v= KEEP UP On News Interesting to Farmers Through the Farm News ALFALFA SEED TO Shanghai, Where Crooked FIFTY CENTS PER YEAR MICHIGAN A Newspaper For Michigan Farmers SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1932 MOVE TO ABOLISH Farmers Gird For Battle urns FIVE CENTS PER COPY WOOLMKTCASS'N THE NEWS A Progressive Newspaper For Michigan Farm Homes Issued Semi-Monthly] COST LESS IN'32, Streets Fool The Devils TWP. GOVT RUSE, To Save Lennon Oleo Act WILL ANNOUNCE CO-OPS ADVISE EastNeverandFuse West Mingle But in World's "Chang" or "Wong", is undoubted- ly Chinese. Lascars, Chinese coolies, Filipinos, Hawaiians; seamen and GOVERNOR SAYS 51,521Referendum; Detroit Voters Force Would Townsend Act imposing a tax of 10c per lb. on oleo made l'rom oils of yellow color, or colored to resemble 1932 PLANS SOON Most Colorful Port stevedores, white, brown and yellow- butter. Co-Ops Specialize In Michigan rub elbow3 and make themselves Fearing Tax Revision, Urban Kill Act In July, 1931, petitions were pre- Grown Grimm, Hardigan, waters Chinese junks mingling in the understood among others by their sented to the Secretary of State Makes FARM NEWS the Of. of the Whangpo River with polyglot pidgin. Interests Raise Lansing-—Michigan farm and dairy from Detroit, asking that a referen- ficial Publication of the Variegated the warships and merchant craft of literals will figut the effort of dum should be held as to whether Under about every other nation in the The flags of many nations fly over Many Flags Smoke Screen 31,521 petitioners in Detroit to kill or not the Lennon Law should stand. Membership world; Americans and other foreign- the city, denoting both consulates the Lcunoii Oleo Act in a referen- No reason was given in the petition MICH. GROWJTOWN SEED ers swimming m marble pools'as and business institutions of every dum at. the coming November elec- for the petitioners' opposition. The WOOL OUTLOOK BETTER Jhinese, ever imperturbable, drive sort. HOLD TWPS. WASTEFUL ion, Farm leaders met in Lansing referendum will appear on the bal- College Warns 'Bargain Seed' their water buffalo along wheel- known In that part of Shanghai, ast week to plan their campaign. lot in November since the Sec'y of as t)he International Settle- Brucker Says Not So, Adding,. The Lennon Act was enacted by State's office checked the names ol Stocks on Hand Lower; 1932 barrow roads nearby; Racket, Exposed in 1931, scurrying about to avoid rickshas Chinese ment, a section made possible by a Trick Is Aged ; Has -he 1931 Legislature. It was back- 51,521 legal voters on the petition Clip Should Be Less; Is Back Again made motor cars— foreign- government concession of ed by Jill farm interests. It prohibits as against 42,f>00 names required. Buildings of distinctly Chinese many years ago, the predominance Been Successful the sal<> in Michigan of oleo or but- Michigan's Milk industry—farm- Demand Better i of the British is evidenced by the ;er substitutes colored to resemble ers, milk distributors, butter manu- Kast Lansing—Farmers co-opera- architecture overshadowed by what presence of Sikh policemen, swarthy, East Lansing—"It is strange tihat butter. It imposes an annual Lansing—Directors of the Mich- tives in Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, New we might term the more modern towering fellows in vari-colored the chief opposition to the proposals icense fee off $100 per manufactur- facturers ganizations will be aided by farm or- igan in the fight to save the Co-operative Wool Marketing York and the New England States— structures of America, England or tunics. to abolish township . government ng plant on manufacturers of oleo Lennon Act. Due to become effec- Ass'n met at Lansing recently to dis- such organizations as the Michigan Europe; Chinese girls riding in red The International Settlement com- come from farmers, those supposed n Mioliieran. $100 annual license tive about September 1, 1931, the cuss plans for the 1932 wool pool, State Farm Bureau—say that prices hairs to unknown bridegrooms prises only about one-third of the to be the chief benefici said fees oh wholesalers handling Oleo, Act has been suspended pending which will get under way shortly. for the best alfalfa, clovers and other while American girls, tiny cameras city. Only across the street from Governor Bruoker Thui>.:•!>•, Feb. 4, and an annual Ikasjise i'oe of $•"> onaction on the referendum. Presently the As.s'n members will Held seeds are down to 1932 levels or in hand, wend their tree way about the boundary is France, which, if to a Farmers Week audience when each retail establishment handling At least 60 days before the Novem- receive a letter from the officers lower. They expect that many a field n sightseeing; shops, large and not true geographically, is correct he stated that he is epposed to a oleo. ber election Lhe Attorney General reporting on the 1931 pool and other is going into alfalfa or clover this small, everywhere and selling about in the sense that the Frendh conces- wholesale abolition of township gov- About the same time dairy farm- and Sec'y of State will draft the business. everything there is to sell in the sion is usually referred to merely ernments. spring. world. re n\e\. the threat Ot natural yellow question on the Lennon Oleo Act The Ass'n has made the MICH- as France. The Shanghai which is Shanghai! Probably Kipling was Chinese is indicated by a few streets palm Oil oleo in a natural way when referendum as it will appear on the IGAN FARM NEWS its official pub- enacted the Brigham- ballot. lication. All Wool Marketing Ass'n ight when he said something about farther on by a sudden transition members will receive the paper here- the East being the East and the to narrowed streets and a vastly dif- 'after in connection with their an- West being the West "and never the ferent collection of aromas, which ^wain shall meet." But he was not seem to hang subpeuded in the at- far within the bounds of accuracy mosphere FARMER BROWN E. A. BEAMER SAYS nual member-ship in the Ass'n. Sub- scription to the publication has been made part of the annual dues. Theio wihen one considers this melting pot Yes, and not alone are the streets that is Shanghai wherein East and narrow, but, like all good Chinese EXPUINS FARM CO-OPS NEED ONLY will be no increase in dues. The directors expect to (mhoiinca West have met, although always streets, they are crooked. Else what maintaining a rather uncertain re- would there be to stop the straight- lationship. line tours about the city of evil Of all eastern ports, or, for that spirits? Such undesirable and invis- BOARD TO COOPS STAND BY GUNS their 1932 pooling schedule, ware- house and grading plans, casu ad- vance, etc., shortly. Ass'n announce- ments will be made in the Farm matter, of all the world ports, Shang- ible creations of the Chinese mind Hundreds Attend Series Of Their Business Problems, Foes Wws. hai probaibly is the greatest melting long since determined these spirits Meetings Throughout National Wool Marketing Cor- pot of all. TJie city is neither Chi- traveled only in straight lines. There- Increase With Their poration, Farm Board co-operativa nese, Japanese, Russian, French, fore what better means of checking State Success with which tho Michigan pool is af- English, American nor anything else. their travels could be hit upon than iliated, says that wool stocks are Rather is a combination of each, an that of deliberately making crooked Lanring—"Farmer" Brown of the ower than a year ago; that tha Federal Farm Board discussed the By R. 1). FOLEY !•:',-2dip should be smaller than intermingling of all, says R. S. K. in streets? Although these spirits are the Weekly Kansas City Star. not flesHi and blood, it generally is Agr'l Marketing Act and the Farm Buffalo, N. Y.—The Buffalo Produc- 1931; that woolen goods business Along the waterfront are the great accepted their jaunts are terminated Boaxd with several thousand mem- ers Co-operative Commission Associa- ontinues to improve, foreign im- docks and warehouses, with here an when they run smack dab into a bers «)f farmers co-operatives at tion, held its 9th annual meeting here ports are low and that tho outlook American touch; there a name dis- brick wall. meetings in various parts of the February 8 and 9. or wool producers is better than a tinctly in English; somewhere else Like all cities in the Orient, State during the period Jan. 25 to In spite of depression this farmer- fear ago. a sign denoting distinctly Japanese Shanghai begins, or, if one prefers, Feb. 2- owned firm is entering its 10th year The National has handled nearly ownership or possession, and still it ends at the waterfront in the The Ijoard is behind co-operatives, with a substantial surplus. This U 225,000,000 lbs. of wool for 2(3 af- another, which, by its "Sing", (Continued on page 2.) said Mr. BIDAVII. It does business due principally to the good leadership ilia-ted pools in its two years of ex- GOV. WILDER M. URUCKER with tlieui on a sound basis and is and management that the Producers stence. Farming Has Changed interested in seeing them develop in the country have selected. PROF. II. C. RATHER "Bargain Seed" houses facing the BUREAU SUPPORTS Most in Past 40 Yrs. advocates The proposal to abolish township and succeed. The Board on occasion President E. A. Beamer in address- government seems to have its chief has loHued funds to co-operatives ing the delegate body said: in the metropolitan cen- where brivat& interests had threaten- "1931 was a troublesome and an un- SUPERVISORS SIT low price of good seed are offering their alfalfa and forage crop mixtures at lower prices than ever, according VANDENBERG BILLS Madison, Wis.—"If I had lived from ters, the Governor observed, inti- ed to tyithdraw financial service, fortunate year for livestock producers the time of Abraham, to the time when mating the ' volunteer talent deter- Mr. Bn>ivn «a,id. and most lines of business. The big TIGHT ON COVERT to Michigan State College. I was born in Iowa county, Wisconsin, mined to improve the condition of Two classes of people oppose the To Liberalize Reserve Banks; the farmer, with or without his con- In 19'31 the College analyzed pur- I would not have witnessed as many sent" is traceable to alarm growing Federal Farm Board, Mr. Brown chases from some of bargain seed Michigan Delegation changes in agriculture as it has been out of farmers' insistent demands said: Those having private finan- \eier to Committee Majority; houses and found in some lots as Approves my privilege to see." cial re*tgons. and a mass of people many as 5,000 weed seeds to the for tax reform. who ai"'! uniaformed, but exposed to And Minority Ideas So spoke Alfred Vivian, dean of the "It is the most natural thing in sensational pound, or 50,000 weed seeds in Lansing—Meeting here Farmers college of agriculture of Ohio State the world for those who are appre- and hostile propaganda. For Relief the quantity of seed to sow an acre. Week the Michigan State Farm Bu- University, recently to a gathering of hensive that new taxes, if levied, The )){isic job in the Marketing Plain Notice of Trouble Act is to reduce speculation in agri- Lansing—The Michigan State ASH'II reau directors endorsed Senator Van- farmers. might have adverse effects on their Several particularly bad varieties denberg's bills and efforts for a lib- Vivian remembers 15 cent corn and interests to charge that it" local gov- cultural commodities, to eliminate waste in distribution, to help the of Supervisors met here the week of of mustard, Canada and Russian this- eralized Federal Reserve Bank sys- when corn was burned for fuel on ernment costs were properly reduc- farmer Jan. 25, indicated their interest in re- tle, catchfly, pigeon grass and other tem as being vital to the restoring of Wisconsin farms because it furnished ed there would be no complaint marketing" own and operate his own ision of tax laws to reduce property enterprises. From all and highway taxes, but declined to I tests were found in profusion in such general business activity. heat more cheaply than did three-dol- against the present taxing system. those ill the road comes the howl, seed. "Five dollars a bushel for al- Members of the Michigan delegation lar coal. This is the counter attack to de- Mr. Bro>vn explained. Continuing, favor any one of several plans pre- falfa seed is plain notice that some- in acknowledging receipt of the Farm "Si'nce 1890 the agriculture of feat farm tax relief that has been he said sented, referring all to committees thing is wrong with the seed," Prof. Bureau's statement have advised America has shifted from a type that used by certain powerful Michigan or State commissions now studying "Few" Know that a commission ap- he several plans. H. C. Rather of the College Farm Sec'y Brody as follows: demanded a large amount of man interests for years," the Governor pointed ,py President Roosevelt 2S Crops Dep't told the FARM NEWS. Rep. J. C. Ketcham—"The sentiment power to feed and clothe the people said. years &.%o recommended an agricul- The Supervisors referred to their "Strong, Michigan adapted, high in Congress is in line with this expres- "It is a matter of record that the tural Jnajrlceting act. Few stop to own special committee the matter of sion of views. * * * all agree we have to a type which can be carried on with highway finance proposals designed germinating and pure alfalfa and gone too far in the opposite direction, a small amount of man power", he township cost has not contributed think that thf> Federal Reserve Bank clover seeds make their first economy enable uid that a degree of inflation that would most toward raising the level of tax- law wjni enacted for the banks; the o relieve Covert road bond distress a man to pay off his debts in advised his audience- "In spite of the ation. Townships stand next to the n Wayne, Oakland, Macomb and Ber- by enabling the fanner to get 100% something like the same currency that rapidity of movement of people from Esch-CUnimins law t o aid the rail- results from a lighter sowing per hey were incurred would be helpful. State when the various taxing roads; the Jones immigration law rien counties. :H re. Next, the complete stand that theRep.matter Robert H. Clancy—"I will give the farm to the city, it is now evident bodies are ranked in their ability to protect labor; the good roads ap- The supervisors heard a majority earnest consideration ana that the movement has not been fast to resist the growing demand for statement from the Governor's < In- comae up from hardy seed is very when any legislation along this line is propriations fienofit^d the automo- drought resistant and stands our •ailed up, 1 will be glad to bear your enough." more public expenditures out of gen- bile industry immensely, aud so on. vert Bond commission, which includ- -Michigan winters with little or no uggestions In mind." Dean Vivian is impressed that agri- eral property taxation," Mr. Bruck- Why n<>t a^i agricultural market- ed an additional gas tax of 1 cent to Rep. Earl C. Michener— 'T am happy ultural education has undergone er said. o be returned to all counties for winter killing. Above all, the farm- to co-operate With Senator Vandenberg ing act in tli" farmers' interest?" er who puts such seed in knows that *ind* have followed this matter closely. marvelous changes since 1890 for, as "At first glance it might appear Attendance at the Farmer Brown lighway purposes, including Covert * we hope that out of it all win observes, "in those days a course that abolition of townships would meetings **•*: elief. A minority report from the Co- lie lias an enduring, vigorous stand •ome something beneficial." vert commission suggested instead which will yield considerably more Reo Joseph L. Hooper—'I am in favor in agriculture was but a course in mean the saving of entire township Stanwoo'l 350 Lapeer 1,200 b e r a K g the Federal Reserve Bank general science spiced with a taste of taxes. This is by no means the case. Bay Cit> 800 Holland 450 he returning of all the automobile than run of the market seed. Tests in,f hthe way that has been suggested by Berrien Springs 350 Lansing 500 'MR, E. A. BEAMER weight tax to the counties. The KIMI- on State college plots and observa- Senator Vandenberg." agriculture. The abolition of the supervisor East L a d i n g . Saginaw 700 Rep. Carl E. Mapes—"I am glad to join does not mean that there will be no Farmer* Week 3,000 uudington 700 decline in live stock prices last year, srvisors appointed a committee head- tions by farmers have proved that," woth you in your commendation of the said T. C. Maurer, seed specialist for work and ability of Senator A andenberg more assessments of taxes, or wel- coupled with the severe drought con- id by M. B. McPherson to act for Farm Bureau Services at Lansing. ande to get vour recommendations iela- Many Like $5 Dues; fare work to be administered. It 112fcu.Corn Per Acre ditions during 1930, necessitating a hem before the Commission and be- to the liberalization of the Federal means that salaried county officials large decrease in live stock produc- bre the legislature. Other membeiH r>,IMH) Weed Seeds Per M>. In !.., serve Bank law. I hope that so - tiling satisfactory may be worked out Othersj-or Life Plan will perform the tasks now attended Wim '31 Championship tion In much of the territory tribu- John C. Barron, Marysville, president "Bargain Seed" llong the line suggested. to on a per diem or without pay. tary to Buffalo, placed a double pen- of the Ass'n, and Wm. A. Ward, In 1931 Michigan State College Rep. Jesse P. Wolcott-"I arn very Lansing—Jan. 25 r 3921, according to Mich- truck—the improved highway—local ax, also including an additional 1 gan seed laws would condemn such Rep. Roy Woodruff—"i am in agree- to be sold for cash or on short time Mr. Brucker observed that there igan SUte College farm crops depart- and interior killing plants and con- :ent gas tax for distribution to 11m seed if it were offered by Michigan ent with you." contract for $60, or members may are areas in the State where dwind- ment. centration points, have all cut further counties, was referred ^o the State The Ho»d c rop was the result of into our shipping associations the ommission of Inquiry into Taxation. Prof. Rather noted that the b S..» fflJ continue at $10 per year and have a ling population and shrinkage of wealth has brought about much paid up life membership in a few waste expense because there is too the use ot light quality seed, com- past year and our problem at this Gov. Brucker told the supervisors literature failed to state the percent- up for consideration." mercial fertilizers, alfalfa and mam- that he could find very little merit in age of crops in the mixtures offered. Would Boost Gas Tax; years. much government machinery. In moth clover in the rotation preced- market, which is located so far from ;he proposal for consolidation of coun- The Bureau reports a prompt and such places a reduction in local gov- ing corii, and good cultural methods. the territory of its member associa- An Alfalfa-Red ciover-Alsike-Timothy considerable response in $5 memberr ernment overhead is required and The vaHety '>f corn grown was Gil-tions, is to maintain our volume. governments, ties and abandonment of township mixture, was ordered by ft Michigan Limit Real Estate Levy One gratifying factor, however, is holding that the local ship payments. Also, that $10 annual might be ihad in the reduction in the bert's "Vollov Dent. governments are the last stand of farmer. He discovered thai the anal- that our Berrien Springs—At its recent an- dues continue to be received on the number of township governments. Michigan in divided into three re- lot feeders and shippers showed a true representative government. volume from individual car- ysis tag promised 7!>',; timothy, 6 $ In over-populated, wealthy areas, gions jii the porn growing contest to alslke, 7V2% alfalfa, 6% of weed and nual meeting here the Berrien Coun- life membership plan. arm Bureau adopted the follow- the township system is wholly in- permit farmers in each section to substantial increase during the past foreign crop seeds and the balance ty Farm adequate, but there are other areas compete against growers who pro-year. In several instances we receiv- Fabius Farms Holsteins clover. The College told him that ing resolutions: 'ed favor the ultimate discontinuance Panama Canal Pays Well; where the township system with the duce cfoPs under similar climatic ed as high as 12 to 18 cars of live- il sowing of 10 lbs. per acre would tax levies .... farm and other reU school district as a separate unit conditions. stock from one individual." Won D. H. I. A. Honors Introduce 1,200 brown eyed Susans. hihy an Lakes Seaway Would has been most efficient and satis- The vinners for Region 1 are "Co-operative marketing is a real By error, the registered Holi 3,000 to 6,000 catchHy ftnd about 1,100 factory," the Governor said. Rheo Welliri?, Waldron, 112 bu.; N.established activity and is long past Friesian 1ierd of Fabius Farms, Th r ••«• tumbling mustard. U contained more The Panama Canal cost us 386 mil- Mr. Brucker insisted "that he G. DkKerson, Bloomingdale, 92 bu.; the experimental stage, but we must Rivers, Mich., owned by A. L. Jones, that one noxious weed seed to 2,000 ^addition to the gasoline U*. , crop seeds, the legal limit in Michi- W.. endorse the programs of _the u • lions, of which 113 millions were would noi innocently foster a cam- Felix Wjtt, Jasper, 8 6 bu.; and Ros- not allow this fact to cause us to was omitted from the 1930-31 Dairy n State Farm Bureau and the Amen charged to national defense and 273paign to stave off tax revision by al- coe Musters, "Waldron, 85 bu. weaken one bit in our fight, as our Herd Improvement Ass'n honor list of gan. n Kami Bureau Federation. lowing an exaggerated emphasis on Regio 2: Arthur W. Jewett, Ma- problems today are just as compli- herds having over 400 lbs. butterfat "Another lot, alfalfa at $9.60 per Wei 'approve of the selection of Berrien millions to the commercial side of the the relatively minor savings that son, 92n bu.; John A. Thurman, Mt. cated and as difficult to solve as they new Koad Board and pledge enterprise. average, as published in the Michigan bushel and advertised as a "star value I , ; ; , ; : ; , , ; JuPPort t 0 a program of hon- During the past year the Canal's might be made through revisions of Clementj, 91 bu.; Milton Shear, were in our early history ten years Farm News Holstein Honor Roll, Edi- "i' the first magnitude" promised ,stv and economy. commercial tolls amounted to 275 local government." Flushing, 8 2 l>u.; and Vern Cronk, ago, and in these depressing times tion January 23. 97%% alfalfa oC 90% germination Believe, 81 l u , the salvation of not only the live The Fabins Farms herd ranked 47th :| million dollars, which shows that the Region 3: H. Alfred Sturm stock producer, but of all persons en in 2,400 herds reported. The average nd 1% weed seeds," said Prof. Rath- Canal must be a good thing commer- er. "College analysis determined 36% Co-op Cannery Burns City, Pigeon. 95 but.; George H. Rae, Bay gaged in any phase of agriculture is test for 27 cows was 12,750 lbs. of milk °f the seed to be shriveled and worth- cially. 66 bu.; B- & \V. Crandall, Bell- in organization. However, the aver 'ess for planting, that positive germ- States tributary to the Great Lakes aire, 5-J bu.; and Herbert Gettle age farmer in times of distress is ap with a 3.33% test and an average but- uation was actually 56%. 1% w e e ( ! e our believe the St. Lawrence deep water- Shelby—The Shelby-New p>a co-Pigeon. to forget his organization and wha terfat production of 425 lbs. B pathies way to the sea, involving deepening operative cannery of the Great it has done for him in the past." Mr. Jones is a life member of the eed meant 5,000 weed seeds per Michigan State Farm Bureau. Pound, including 10 species. At $9.6( HOW TRUE! of the channel of the lakes and river Lakes Fruit Industries, Inc., was Prunes stewed until they are just "The Agricultural Marketing Ac Per bushel plus postage the cost of Uncle Ab says that most of the pess- for ocean boats, will prove equally destroyed by fire of unknown origin barely tender, cooled, then seeded, and the Federal Farm Board—the 'he SOUND alfalfa in that purchase imists he knows base their judgment profitable for the northern half of the the night of Feb. 10. Loss was esti- make Hplendid salad when stuffed first and only recognition our Govern No matter how cheap an article xv «s around $20 per bushel. Where's on others; the optimists generally United States. The waterway is ap- mated at $40,000. The plant was with rr<.nin f\*ieese ^nd chopped nut merit ever gave agriculture, are be is, it is not a bargain unless you flip bargain?" proaching its final stages. insured and will be rebuilt. have a use for it. b a S e their judgments on themselves. (Continued on page four) (Continued on page 2.) SATTKPVY, FrRKrAKY 13, 1930 TWO WTfTITOAN FARM NEWS ters. Kami Bureau Services, iU(. Shanghai Made Streets Alfalfa Seed To Cost and alliliated farmers' co-operative^ POOR PA AUNT HET Less Co-ops Advise Us announce that their 1<)32 alfalfa seed By CLAUDE Crooked to Fool Devils By ROBERT QUILI^EN (Continued from page onn) will be largely .Michigan grown, re- FARM • < 'ontinued from page 1 > Bund. Along the Bund in ;!i" In-'. tc-rnational Settlem Lags which stand as lnomuntMi t i e build-j Michigan produced a large crop of .Michigan grown Qrinuu, Hardigan, .Michigan Variegated alfalfa seed in L931. Michigan grown alfalfa cleaned stock, continuing to MicliijrUIl seed law standards of purity a n , j genuineness as to variety. The Fain, Bureau and altiliated co-operatives, Successor to the Michigan Farm Bureau News, founded t.he success of many of the possibili- ; January 12, 1923 ties of trad^ with foreign countries. ' comes from hardy plants that have are the largest distributors of alfalfa Each Follows in general the archi- withstood ut least two Michigan win- seed in Michigan. Entered as second class matter January 12, 192S, at the postoffke tect inc of the country of its owner. a t Charlotte, Michigan, under the Act of March 3, isTy. Commercial China makes its ap- Published tin- second and fourth Saturday of each month by the pearance with its silk shops only Miown on BrJgvs' hill; Ami bed il nicely in the coals Mnrthy was my sweetheart tliet, colorfully attired women await the .\n<\ then just take ami .sit. And we are sweethearts still. S u b s c r i p t i o n 50 t e n t s p e r y e a r in a d v a n c e customer, fingering, in the process, > "it's a Bbame Tom an' Sadie caa't the lovely creations in brocades of And put your feel upon a chair, How we went together "The way 1 look at this divorce Some snowy Mows night, T<> singing school, and such; get Bjeng," 1 » y e to Ma. "II l brilliant texture- and fanciful pat- When lingers on a sutitf-book business, it's silly M scold anybody And hare a dish of apples, thought it would do any good I'd talk Would tingle a! a t o u c h . VoL X SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1932 No. 3 l,i '.•m an' try to k««P '«•> " ' " " - r t " tern. for turnin' louse a hot brick. The there, To lend Internationalism to the; sensible, thing would be to put up That's comfort! Ain't 1 right Love is blind, t h e y tell u s ; tin' a divorce." situation, a liritish tramcar clangs Bigns warnin' ever'body the brick is (i knew w i n e w a s d u m b ) 'it's too late to helj? 'em," Ma Often l anil Marthy Vet o u r love looked out a h e a d along the street, with human horses hoi. T h r o u g h t h e y e a r s to come. 1873-78 and 1929 to Date •ay.*. "Their parents should have drawing human freight in rickshas ••Yon take Peter an' Lou May, for Sit ami bear it blow, And talk about the winters started' In •>" V m when they was A n d often [»and M a r t h y The five years of business depression beginning in September, 1873 u nix years <>1<1." and foreign motoi cars of foreign Instance. Everybody knows they're of not-so-loiii; ago— Hit a spell a n d c h a t manufacture intermingling their ex- about to bust ui', an1 most ever'body How we went a-skatini;- Before I fix t h e n i g h t fire and the current depression beginning in October of li)2'J have a number "What do you mean, mania?" i When we were little tads: of things in common. hausts with the pantinga of the rick- is tryin' to Keep 'em from doin1 it. And Marthy liked me better A n d s h e pui:, o u t t h e c a t . asked. sha boys. Nanking toad terminates Tellin' 'em it's their duty 1<> be pa- Than all the other lads. Both followed a period of great expansion during and after a •'[ in<-aii," Ma s a y s , "that if you in two "Coney Islands" and the tient an' cultivate a forgivin1 spirit, war. Prices, wages and securities reached dazzling peaks and seemed want i" keep a coMPle trom gettin' a broad area developed for outdoor iiuh: destined to stay there. The crash in both instances came overnight, divorce over notlito' you've got to l>«-- ation of the foreigners. This ••it's mighty easy to see somebody g}n tralnlu' 'em early. Tom an' Sadie when the nation and the world had no more ready money to put into holds tennis courts, cricket else's duty air forgive a k'(•'•<• "" expansion. First went security values, then commodity and real estate didn't get enough spankin's when grounds, polo fields, race course and somebody else's pants. LIVE STOCK MEN they was children an' they was hum- prices and along with them banks in their inability to keep pace with the ored t<.<> much when they was growls 1 other provision for entertainment e trouble is these meddlers liquidation. In 1S7^. the bank situation was much worse. Scores of the nation's O p, Tom's parents give him all the money an1 everything etee lie wanted. He never had any work to do an' he -depending upon the country of S our nativity. Bubbling Well road, w&icb one en- don't know Peter and l.oii May an" don't have to live with 'em. They bearded at our house the first six SELL YOUR OWN largest banking houses failed as did thousands of the smaller hanks. wasn't, trained to take any responsi- counters at the end of Nanking road, months after they married, an' I Buy your feeders . . . Finance your purchases . . . Sell Commodity prices fell. Agriculture was prostrate. All construction bility. An' Sadie was brought up the is one of those typically crooked know what they're like. They're them finished . . . Co-operatively all the way. stopped as we have it today. Labor was largely idle. AVages were cut. same Way. She wasn't taught to streets of the residential section tliat both spoiled an' selfisb an' babyish, cook o or to do anything use- derives its name from the muddy, around with their feelin's You can send your stock to Detroit or Kast Buffalo yards and ) tail road labor was asked to take a 1(1% cut just as in 1!>:'.2. Kail- ba'bbling springs found thereon. The an' they out ful, an' nf COUrSS she's a failure. I stick in' for somebody to step on, sell it direct to the packers through the Michigan Live Stock Ex- road trainmen refused the wage cut. Strikes and rioting followed, but got no more chance o' livln' the cut prevailed. In 1873 and for five years following there were don't Bfelieve In divorce, but I don't sireet of amusements, Fooehow change, which is as near to you as your nearest shipping ass'n or think '; - really was mar- together in peace than two cats with member who is affiliated with us. Get the FULL RETURNS from thousands of business bankruptcies annually. Money inflation was de- road, is three streets removed from their tails tied together. ried in Hie nr*t place." Nanking and parallels it. Here live j your stock. manded, as today. Congress linally passed a measure to start the "If I had to live with lVte, I'd pois- Government mint printing presses going, but the bill was vetoed by ••of po i-se they was married/' 1 the sing-song girls of China whose on him; an' if I was a man an' bad Souie 20,000 farmers, h;>lonj;iii;; to l.j(> .Michigan shipping ass'us, says. activities become increasingly ap- to live with LOU -May, 1(1 go Jump have at Buffalo and Detroit their ov unices, top notch sales- President Grant. ••[ kpcj . there was a ceremony," parent as darfcness settles over tlie in the creek. men, and the largest volume on both marl At length, after five years, the unpayable public and private debts, Ma says, "but they just wanted each city when they start out for their ••I got tired o' tiearin' big-heartetl Returns to patrons guaranteed by >M"»08! bond represented by bonds, mortgages, and other debts, incurred at boom other like they wanted .very toy they evening of restaurant singing. meddlers tellin' what they'd do if it saw when they was children, an' now Fooc.how is the road that holds meeting U. S. Government requirements prices, had been washed out by settlements with available cash, by was them. How do they know what repudiations, by bankruptcies. The people once more had reduced their they warn to throw each other away much of the city's night life so far MICHIGAN LITE STOCK KXCII. 1'KOIM t L US (O-OP ASS'N an' buy some new toys." they'd do? We're all human; an' debts to a sound relationship with their assets. Then business got better, as the Chinese are concerned. when two folks are so mean they Detroit E ^ t Buffalo, a, Y. -says Marquis James writing in the American Legion Monthly. ight 1:i:; -. Publishers Synd.) In fact, it also concerns, for can't stand one another, it's a safe one cinis<> or another, many foreign- bet that nobody else could Maud 'em It is interesting to know that we acted in INT'1-TS alxmt as we are ers. "Thieves' Market." jusi off either. acting now. V^ry likely, when we begin to mend it will be as gradual this street, which incidentally, holds "A lot depends on the way you us It was then, and some parts of us will get better much quicker than others. At any rate, we are .sure to recover and fuel good again. Letters From many unadvertized gambling est&b- lishmeius. is the meeting place of handle a horse, bi.t I've always been suspicious o' one somebody was anx- those Chinese gentry who admitted- Oar Readers ly belong to a union of pickpockets and other criminal activities. ious to trade off." (.Copyright 1932, Publishers Synd.) aKe Situation is Reversed Avenue Edward VII. still farther T From shortly after tlie war until early 1930 or so. the farmer has considered himself and has been considered by town and city residents Mrs. Murrow Takes removed from Nanking road, a broad, winding highway, marks the motely horde of beggars, who stop as being rather out of luck as far as his income and expenses were con- Mr. Harraman To Task beginning of France. The aspect of at nothing to win the sympathy of cerned. Thousands of farm families went to town because they wanted Michigan, Kami News that section of Shanghai has chang- the visitor. The street of the por- to or felt that they had to. Two and one-half years of business depression finds the farm family, Lansing', Michigan. Editor: I nave read with Interest the published address ol .1. C. I lairatuan in your Jan- ed greatly? with tin' passage of the trait painters; the lane of the for- years. For it once was the home of tune tellers and soothsayers. Garden Biaiidiftg low prices, almost war time taxes and still high replacement uary 9tn Issue on the u. K. i>. service. gambling houses, saloons and kin- One might go on and on, describ- As a farmer unable to avail myself dred establishments, maintained for ing particularly the Chinese part of . but nevertheless with a living security which their tyv/n and city of this service unless I will consent to the "benefit" of the sailors of all the great melting pot. Its virtues brethren have not had for these many months. The farmer has food and feed, a warm home, and plenty to do in the occupation of his choice. the loeation of my mail l*ex one mile from my home, hut as a patron of the parcel post service, I should iWce to say nations. and sins would readily fill volumes. It probably is in the strictly Chi- Chinese dwellings and the houses of itable As James J. Hill said, "The farm is the anchor that will hold through a few things about the expenses and possibilities of that service. pari of Shanghai that the great- foreigners exist tide by side. Chinese the storms that sweep all else away." I do not question the lfrtj>oi*ance of est interest abounds for the tourist. artisans and coolies work, iu many Everything depends on good seed. the daily mail in rural comurunlt! For it is he carriers l^'.d'iii hre now playing at. do the T h i s ^-ould mean a saving of $•;,• work which Av. Cost of 24 Wks. Pullet High school teachers will handle advanced music cli school teacher was assigned about 2©9< more class work. Teachers Bach high which might well be spared t h e taxpayer, As to t h e f a r m e r shipping t o t h e city consumer there has always been a handi- Is 69c, College Finds cap in Derishable products. They tir • R91 hired at lower rates during the past two years retained present salaries handled quickly enoupli and are usually but all other salaries were reduced. desired in such small quantities. Also The Okemos action showis how one community disposed of a much discussed subject. iy markets have developed so rap- Idly and with the trucking service also extended and the further fact that one is often Obliged t<> remain at home to re- ceive and care for these perishable ship- East Lansing—In l!i:!l the State College Farm Management Dep't made a study on 40 farms in the Detroit, Holland and Grand Rapids areas to determine the cost of producing pullets, which is reported If An Earthquake On Abolishing Townships, Consolidating Counties ments tlie fact that only ^S2 replies were received in answer to !!»,ouij Inquiries does not Indicate apathy or ignorance on the part of farmers; rattier it indi- in full in circular M-50 the Agricultural Experiment Station. Pullets 24 weeks old were produced as low as 37c each, as lii^h as $1.09 each, average 69c each for the 40 farms. White and Brown Destroyed All Colorado One hears agitation in this and other states for the abolishment Of cates an Intelligent understanding of the Leghorns. Barred Rocks, Black Minorcas and Rhode Island Reds were situation that is not fully shared by township government, for the merging of several counties into one with those in charge of tiie ser\ | the breeds studied. The number of chicks at the start on each a central government for the entire territory. The argument is that it Now I would not wish to seem unap- farm ranged from l">i' to 2274, average for all farms G:>8. Feed costs Killing some 34,400 persons and injuring 997,600 will reduce taxes by havinu one circuit judge, one sheriff, etc., serve pivciative <>t this service. ( .r too critical included home ami commercial feeds at purchase price or market more or less seriously, crippling many for life, the world of our would be benefactors, bui oh several counties. That argument alone is enough to win considerable come about so rapidly that only value, otjter costs included man labor at 25c per hour, depreciation, would be appalled. It would be the greatest single dis- an actual participant in parcel post interest, repairs, fuel. etc. Income credits included sale of broilers, interest in the proposal. shipping could realize and anticipate aster of all time. The property loss would be staggering them. eggs produced before end of 24 week periods. The College summarized Many of Michigan's counties were carved out of earlier and larger That. I have been for 1.". years, till to- Hie voluminous report, copies of which are available to farmers, as in its immensity. counties as the population increased. day I have just one parcel post customer. follows: Yet I one,, hailed David I.ubiii as a new A question arises and it must be answered satisfactorily: Would the Moses to lead us to prosperity. MRS. <:. W. HURROW. SUMMARY During 1931 in the United States automobile acci- abolishment of township governments and consolidation of counties liitely, Michigan, result in better government, more efficient service to the taxpayers, Newaygo <'ounty • 1. The average net cost per pullet at L'1 weeks of age on 37 dents took the lives of 34,400 persons and injured January 20, 193J farms in 1!K>1 was (i!) ceuty. •W.600 others, a casualty list equalling the entire popu- greater interest by the taxpayers in their local government? 2. The ten most efficient farmers had a net cost of 37 cents lation of Colorado. The immediate property loss was Generally speaking, the more remote government is from the citizen, Railroads and Employes per pullet. and the larger its scope becomes, the less personal responsibility or Agree on 10 Pet- Cut tf. The high cost ten farms averaged $1.00 net cost per large. The damages awarded in courts and the legal interest he feels in the maitter. expense of the suits is tremendous and continues: 1932 Chicago—January ,'J1 two million pullet. Judge Arthur J. Lacy of Detroit has become a nationally known railroad employes, from section hand I. These :;7 farms averaged 638 baby chicks at the start, will probably repeat last year's toll." advocate of consolidation of local governments. Last week at the meet- to engineer and all clerical forces which was usually around April 15. ing of Michigan's local supervisors at Lansing Gov. Rrucker took issue agreed) with 200 railroads that they 5, At 12 weeks the mortality was 11.3 per cent and at 21 with Mr. Lacy by opposing such consolidations for the purpose of saving should take a 10% wage cut effective weeks 15.7 per cent. Many of these accidents irf/olving pedestrians, administrative expenses. at once'. <>. Average cost per chick at 12 weeks was :!."i.2 cents, which other automobiles or other vehicles were unavoidable. "More actual civic spirit, is generated through attendance and par- Wagef agreements are unchanged; was l.t; cents less than their estimated value at meat prici An accident involving injury to others always carries ticipation in township meetings than could be acquired by reading a the cut is for one year; union and 7. The broilers were usually sold around 13 weeks of age dozen text books on the subject. It is personal and real. It is man to non-union employes are affected by and weighed 2.2 pounds. The average sale price was 20 cents the possibility of a suit for personal damages. No man," the Governor said. the final action of the union employes. a pound. driver can afford to run such a risk when he can have Villages, towns and cities have long argued the merits of the town Railroads c-xpect to save $215,000,- S At the age of 21 weeks, the average had :;s pullets out both public liability and property damage protection, 0(ii). The men hope to stop layoffs and of every 100 chicks, while the ten low-cost farms had 41 and the council or aldermanic; form of government which has one or more mem- get moh-e men back to work, a pro- ten hiph-tost :;4. with complete legal representation, at very low semi- l each ward as against the commission form of government in •which a small group of 3 to 5 or more give their whole time to managing posal tji which the railroads have !>. Pullets of the light breeds average 3.4 pounds at 24 annual rates through a policy with us. Our agent will the municipal business. "Both systems have their good points and their promised attention. Workers dropped weeks age on 2.'. farms, and those of the heavy breeds 4.4 describe our service and without obligation. their plan to substitute a 6 hour day pounds on 12 farms. weaknesses. Counties in some parts of the country operate on the cora- -iou form of government. to sav* their rate and get more men 10. Of the total costs at 24 weeks, feed constituted 12 2 to work, but served notice that better per cent, the cost of the chicks 22.2 per cent, labor it;.:: per cent, It has been our observation in both town and country that local times for the roads shall mean re- equipment and brooder house charge 7.0 per cent, and other costs STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTO INS. CO. interest in government is strongest when the citizens are close to tlifeir turn to the old wage scale. In the 12.3 per cent. representatives and the business of government itself. We have also 18T;;-78 depression rail wages were II. Average feed consumption of mash and scratch was 5.1 Boomington, 111. noted that aldermen «\nd supervisors regularly perform considerable cut 10 c/c, but the action was not the pounds per pound of poultry produced. The ten most efficient routine and special work that costs their taxpayers very little, some- results of an agreement and was fol- pullet producers used 4.2 pounds and the high cost farms 6.1 MICHIGAN STATE FARM BUREAU times nothing. lowed by serious strikes and riots pounds of feed for each pound of poultry, and the feed cost $1.61 State Agent T «»• t, Government from a distance has some things to recommend it. but & which brought the entire regular and $1.81 per hundred respectively. Lansing-, Mich. possibly it has some faults that may be all-important, army into the fray. WTCHTGA?r FARM NEWS School Act Aids Districts In Economy CO-OPS REPAYING Miss Van Heulen 71PCT. OF CHICKS Ogrenurw Gladwin ...., « 42 Japan Buying Wool ton—Japan has become a I , ;,,;Si!ii; -I'.. J. Ford, supervisor of i i r a l agricultural schools for the FARM BD. LOANS, Hiss Barbara VanHeulea, recently women's marketing specialist at Calls ON MICH. FARMS Chailevoix > tacoEta .Mason Kalkaska ....* « 41 4O '.'•'•> buyer of Australian wools for military purposes, thu> ilable i Late i^i'' 1 °* Pnbllc Instruction calls STONE ADVISES Michigan state College, will he con- Mr. Marshall so Cheboygan 36.6 world supply which wa Niter FROM HATCHERIES nected with the marketing division 81 Preaqua ls!»- 34.9 .(tentton .ttentton to to A< t 75 75 of tthe e Public Acts 82 Otse*o I :••'.'.s in 1!>:U t h a n in S itkmal of th<> National Farm and Garden 83 Lake 2».l Wool Marketing Corp. with which .1 which provides neaaa WIUMT- Hit MRS. EDITB .1/. WAQAR Association after Feb. 15. State Average 71.2%. [L c.,)i!niiiinit;f.-. baVi&g or congid* Duncan Marshall ot Toronto. the Michigan Co-operative Wool Mar- The Christmas Greens sale, spon- Farmers' Week speaker, made some J rural a rural agricultural g r i c u t a l schooll m m a y pre- Half of 900 Million Repaid; sored keting Ass'n is affiliated. dl diiitlicali i a i by that, association and held comparisons between our farm con-! College Finds Farmer Buys St. Joe Vailley Shipping vent n e e d l e s s d i i i t l i c a l i o n iu muiuUii- Drops Publisher Foes in Detroit early in Deeetntoer, was so ditions and those in his country We lucate our school boards ,ult.e i »a establish- Into Own Fire Successful t h a t a y e a r - r o u n d store, which reflected quite unfavorable 'Em; In Some Counties Ass'n Sej'ls Niles Plant as tn what ma:. 1 school. meB t ol a small liiftli school. Text of through which members may market to our folks. More T h a n 90 Pet. A,t and other Information may be their products, has been the out- We cannot refrain from expressing Buchanan•- Th>e St. Joe Valley . . . ASK tl)e secur«d trom Air. Ford by writing Washington—Reining to Farm growth. our views. We t i l l admit that farm- Shiliping Ass'iij large co-operative East Lansing_Mkhigan farmers lliin a t th the State Dep't of Public In- Board critics, particularly publish- era can help themselves to a great n . , v u u ( . l ) m u u . r f . i a l hatcheries to here, announced Feb. 1, the sale of duction, Lanain Lning er foes or the Board, Chairman ext.nt. as Mr. Marshall said, by n r o v i ( l r ( . h i ( . k s f o r t h e i r , l o c k s e ach its Xiles branch jto a group of farm- yourself this question about your i-u( tape on t l i - Stone said the other day that the Hoard In three years has loaned nearly 900 million dollars to H< y backed by the re- sources of Michigan's Largest Mutual l-'arm Fire insurance Comjwrtiy. full details write H. K. FISK, Secre- liberal, For avoided. can't gel ahead or keep even if by are interested. the best of crops we cannot raisln B me » « v x <*»V «« rauwoi purchased ( . hi( .ks rais( .from d (m commercial f u n n an(J th()se hatcher- of the business. tary, 702 Church St., Flint, Michigan. Ho declared that stabilization at- Exhibits For 1932 Considered * coat Of production. , ^ a v a i l a b l e u n t i l tW(, >ral.s a g 0 In re-appraising- t h e St. Joe Valley I and p u t t i n g them oil today's tempts on wheat and cotton were Best College Has I t s ioolhardy to evade the truth w h ( ? n ^ ^ , b(,Kan (.()UUl values, it was s t a t e d that each $100 SljAe mutual Rodded Fire i ISTRAWBERRY PLANTS helpful to the country as a whole at Produced In times ol distress. Farmer Brown F j m , s s h ( ) W ^ „ , commerciai Seeds — Berries — Evergreens the time. ot Arizona illustrated the need for h a l c l u . r i e s l u r n i s h a s hi%h a s U „„,._ invested in t h e St.j Joe Valley Ship- Insurance Co., oj Itlich. n The Board has a paper loss on ping Ass'n netted f,ts o w n e r | 3 9 2 . 8 0 , Ing t<> plant in garden, orchard, some re-adjustments m farm condl- {.vut f Ule baby chicks for f a r m besides paying 7 per cent a n n u a l l y wheat and cotton stabilization which East Lansing Farmers Week. turns by his own farm operations n o c k s j n ( , , r t a h / r o u n t i o s , w i t h an would average $83,000,000 for the every year since tine organi/.ai ion of l-tj, brought i«> the campus of v. here he received 75 cents for a average of 7 3 per cqnt for all coun- three years if the Hoard had to Michigan Slate College about 19,000 t h e CO-operative. Sixty-nine stock- crate of three dozen heads of lettuce, ties and with a minimum of nearly h o l d e r s of the Kuchvinan branch n o w liquidate all loans at once. Even people, in the opinion of Joseph F. while on the diner of the Santa Fe :io per cent in one low production o w n t h e Si. J o e Valley Shipping Potatoes llH . $1.23. rniuiri-.s at %\ , l .,., l s so, said .Mr. Stone, it would be a Cos, dean of agriculture. for ?l postiMiid, I kinds, 12 to 15 Inches train he pays 25 cents for a staring Ass'n, With all iiic<:imbranees paid ••„ spiraea \ . H. for $1 postpaid. Bee small drain on the treasury consider- Dean Cox said that Iv. J. Taber, of one-third of a head, or at a rate Following is a list of Michigan ,,nomy List before you buy. \ \ rite ing the benefits to organized agricul- master of the national Grange, after a n d a new s u r p l u s tv> work on. of $27 a crate. Mr. Brown expressed counties whKh shows the percent- Allegan Seed and Nursery Co., ture, to other farmers and the nation addressing one of the big general the opinion of every red blooded age of their annual chick crop which true Box C, Allegan, Mich. a;; a whole assemblies of Farmers Week, stated American farmer when he said we they purchase from commercial Inland Lakes May Get To his publisher critics Mr. Stone that it was the greatest fathering of are not getting a just share of the hatcheries, according to Michigan observed the subsidy granted them its kind that lie had ever seen as- profit derived from our labor. State College poultry dep't; Great Lakes Shiners GUARANTEED by the government in .second class sembled anywhere in the United And it is my opinion that Cana- Rank County Percent Lansing—Experiments will be car- aft 300 bushels per mail rates ran the postolfice to a dian farmers would tell a similar 1 Lenawee !'V" ried on within the exuning year by ^cre remove from • 2 < Jrawford WATCH $96,000,000 loss last year, and that lor the past six years the lo*s on asion to remark that the evening Governor Jirm-ker, also, took oc- story. In fact, I know they would, -,3 HiHs«l:iIe for I have direct contact with many ',' 89.S several of the state's lish hatcheries to determine whether the lake shiner Ot this handsome Amer- or Film Tack Camera; Irsn-made man's or boy'n )w:itrh with Intest "Round or 30-piece all-whit* embossed Cnn*c publishers' mail has million dollars, more than the Farm totaled 533 meeting he addressed was the big- crowd he had addressed under OL them. Mr. Marshall claimed that ('ana- 2 SaKinaw 5 Ottawa .... Mar<|iietU- will propagate and thrive as food for game Ash iu the inland waters of your soil POTASH j ho World" airplane *- set. $6,5 design M back of Its durable case, •elf sell SO |>kt-«. Board's entire revolving fund. In this respect Mr. Si one said he roof in Michigan. Daily attendance at various meet- dian fanners in general were happy g klacomb < iogebic and contented, with no problem* '•' S t U a w a s s e e 86.2 85.4 Michigan. The adult lake shinar, averaging equal to 192 pounds >> :'..'•> , ( \Vpetable and i- objected to certain publish- ings and conferences during Farm- worrying them; many of them liv- ]',' Ionia 82.5 large park to Be- i i< k i n s u n 7*.:: 77.1 T7.:J. perch, unnumbered millions of these pounds of 3-9-18 about 15,000. body offering advice. They resent 16 K.-ni fish annually run up many of the 9 Forty-seven farm organizations of both, and they have no use- for farm |£ Livingston Farmers Buying one kind or another held their an- organizations or Farm Boards. Huron Chippewa .. 7'i.t 7 1.6 streams bordering along the Great Lakes and it is possible to seine out a nual meetings in conjunction with Weil, we will listen to advice and Guide the rest of the Farmers Week pro- Washtenaw will counsel together and have faith r,.1, Houghton .. 71.4 7 l.o Sufficient number each year to give Rates on Application gram. in organizations, bureaus and boards!23 Lap* er 71.4 adequate plantings to every inland 71.:: The 1032 exhibits were considered for we know full well it is only :,- St. ("lair .... Newaygo 70.7 lake of Michigan were it maybe desir- War HAND WAX and the best ever arranged for the oc- through united effort that the busi- 26 St. Joseph 7o. t; able. w a x — BRUSH WAX. casion. The general exhibit set-up 70.1 one ness of farming can be made self Delia •».« W e uae tin- b e s t of m a t e r i a l s , a n d m i x planned to show what the supporting with a measure of satis- 68.8 bell. Set.(I f..r p r i c e l i s t . -\!. I t . H U N T (tatoaagoa Sox, LANSING, MICH. farm can contribute toward farm fying life connected with it. We ad- (ieoesee 19.4 We alto mit our true condition and face < 'alliouu beauti- At living. 69. l KWnft Lansing. Many facts as they are and are demanding Berrien ful jeweled Wrist »^*-»"<» years farm orgaai- The college poultry department [sabella fc7.:i Watohrs, S-color Bets of Flash- zation headqu&fcterf. Comfort at easi showed that one good hen could re- N. Grand at Mich. Center of . Kew eenaw M Mi roe Mi 7." OF OUR lights «ad> other fine n>wn in ©or Cafeteria, garas», Rates $1.50 to $2.50. age-run liens; the dairy department One redeeming feature of Mr. Mar- shall's speech was his statement Sanitac Inn ha in 66.9 Cfi.l' BB.« BELL h explains pltn by which j ou s e t gift you want. N W showed what a good herd .sire Beekeepers Supplies— ,!i M< :ES do in raising the records of the and A. 1. Root C(i. goods. Send for cata- progeny of a good .herd; the crops fag. M. II. H U N T & SOX, LANSING, can that he had been a politician for -•"> years. We have far too many of his CacM Midland 61.6 64.1 <;:i.7 H9PS... SAID — Branch 6S.6 MH'l t i c AX. department stressed the achieve- kind running loose in our country, Ilcll/.ir "Tell the folks how w« ments of Michigan farmers in crop too. > Bay 62.1 take care of them when production. The Canadian farmer is no differ- (tceana 62.0 they coma hera." vPOTASH EXPORT MY Monuments— BEAUTIFULLY DESIGNED Interest in Farmers Week con- ent than the farmer in the United 'ei.8 He taw from the inside Tuscola B0.8 our mall service to the monuments of the most beautiful granltt States. He is a law. abiding, earnest Luce 60.1 and marble. Call or write. We employ€ tinued throughout the final day's worker, living out in the open, tak- Eaton 69.1 rooms . . . our public safe- no salesmen. You save the difference. program, Dean Cox said, there being ECalataaxoo ty campaign . . . our extra Largest monument works in Western some 1,500 people who attended the ing his enjoyment with his (lose < on- Cratiot kitchen for making more Michigan. SIMPSON GRANITE WORKS. tin -t with Nature and his God, hop- Van Buren 57.1 delicious dishes . . . out 1:;.".» \V. Leonard, Grand Rapids. annual Grange singing contest on ing through .his toil to supply com- Antrim particular courtesy to Friday. :,i;.t; ladies and children . . . Maple Syrup Cans gj£ Dean .Marie Dye, of the home eco- nomics depart m ei; t. reported that forts and edmation for his family. But for years he has been pitted 156 Clinton Barry 55-2 and many other services In which we pride ourselves. Muriate of Potash f. o. b. fob Detroit, 54.9 against a losing proposition just J1 AMeoootfl rHI; "' Lansing Wheeling, \V. Va. more women attended economics programs the home than in pre- the same as we have been. 59 Montcalni .M.I Room with b«th, $3.80, 1)4.00, $4.S0, $6.00 and is now available 25 for $ 3.50 5 ::.i'5 00 Grand Traverse •8.00. Room* without vious years. Writ* today for seed?, us when sreds are sold. Karn 50 for ]ou for .. 6.75 .. 1-VT.-. i ;._••" U.^5 Various speakers on the program I'.sing the stony soils or the steep [jj Oweola ! r.i.-' 50.1 bath, 92.50. in 100-pound bags. Money — Liberal CASH rnmmfs- 100 for .. J5.00 4«.7 d of GIFT, 'f '' :,nn t i n - .. 61.25 made reference to the gains made hillsides for timber growing does not 63 Leelanau -is.ti i; AMERICAN SEED CO. Hjality cans .(" strew M. by the co-operative movement. Dean detract in the slightest from the pro- j W«cft>rd 17.S Dcpt. I >-1 •; Lancaster, P a . j II. HUNT .& SON, LANSING, MICH. Cox said, and stressed the import- ductiveness of the farm in a strictly gg Mantatee 47.2 ance of the assistance given by the Federal Farm Board. agricultural sense as they are usually 67 Aieona not well adapted to other u.- \'.^ Alpena Menomine« 47.i; 47.^ t HOTEL N.V. POTASH EXPORT MY.,INC. of Amsterdam, Holland WE CLEAN SEED — 70 Emmet 7J1 Montmorency Barags M 16.3 CHICAGO Buckingham Bldg. Chicago, III. RANDOLPH ATLAMUI Quick Service—Modern Equipment You may pay for tin- cleaning by having us deduct clean seed at pre- vniling quotations for the quality. This service offered now. It m a y be Farm News Patterns (Price 15c each) withdrawn without notice. Ship freight prepaid or collect to us. All charges based on receiving weight here. Farm Bureau dues may be paid with clean seed. RATES 30c j>or boriiel for 1 run over dipper mill. BOc vov bu. for t w o r u n s . Jl per bushel lor cleaning for buckhorn, which includes a clipper mill run. FARM Bl'KEAU SERVICES, IXC 221 No. Codfir St. Lansing, Mich. Calvin Coolidge Has said that "Life insurance is the most effec- tive instrumentality for the promotion of industry, saving and character ever devised. Life insurance is as safe as any financial institution can be." Today the people of the United States and Canada own over 100 billion dollars in life insurance. Very A King's Ransom few men have enough. Life insurance is simply a contract for money for FOR delivery to yourself or to your family in the future. It can be used to assure payment of a mortgage with a balance for the family; to put the children through The Queen's Taste school, to protect partners in farming or other business operations; to retire on in later days. I AST year we paid over $3,400,000 for excellence. But even though we Life insurance automatically provides a growing L above fhe open market price for do pay a rather high reward for the savings or reserve cash fund at the insureds command extra quality in the food we bought best food, it actually keeps the while he lives. If his life should be cut short, life insur- for our stores (yes, three millions prices in our stores lower. For the ance steps in with a volume of immediate cash when four hundred thousand dollars). If better our food, the more customers the family needs it most. we'd been satisfied with just the we have. And we have so many cus- ordinary run of good food, we could tomers that we don't need to take The principal questions about life insurance are: a very large profit from any one of Can I qualify for it and, how much can I pay for? have pocketed this $3,400,000 Your local State Farm Life agent will discuss these ourselves and taken a bigger prof- them to keep our business going. matters with you, without obligation. Our policies it. But we'd rather offer a little So by paying a king's ransom to are designed for farm people. Write us for our life higher price to growers and get the best food, which In insurance plans. producers so they'll come to turn gets the best customers, us whenever they produce we can charge low prices STATE FARM LIFE INSURANCE CO. MICHIGAN FARM NEWS Pattern Service, something especially good. while many small profits BLOOMINGTON, ILL. 11 STERLING PLACE, BROOKLYN, N. Y. It's a sort of prize that we pay mount up very pleasantly. Enclosed find .cents for pattern size _ A LEGAL BE8ERYE COMPANY Pattern Sire _ Spring 1932 Fashion Book Name R. F. D. (or street) Michigan State Farm Bureau City State The Great ATLANTIC & PACIFIC Tea Co. (Patterns are 15c each, fashion book 15c. Send silver or stamps.) State Agent Lansing, Mich. NOTICE! Be sure that you address your pattern order envelope to the Michigan Farm News, 11 Sterling Place, BROOKLYN, N. Y. SATTRTMY, FF.mtrAKY 13, MICHIGAN F A 1MI NEWS operative marketing structure, and these wage and salary adjustments. Elmer A. Beamer, president, Blig8 LIVE STOCK EXCH. ;m ing cited for a lot of criticism, large- in livestock marketing and I am not policy of many big corporations and mously to succeed himself. a prophet and will not attempt to pre- to further carry out the spirit of the The Buffalo Producers adopted a dict what the next ten years will co-operative, a salary and bonus sys- resolution asking the Stock Yards Co ly sponsored by old line interests LANSING FEB. 25 1922 1930 By Rail 96% 47% By Truck 4% 53% PLANS FEB. 15 who are dealers or handlers of cer- tain agricultural commodities. This bring forth, but I do know there will tem lias been instituted for the com- to make a substantial reduction n[ be many more changes, and our job ing year, which will make every per- feed and yardage charges. is to meet these conditions and find son on the pay roll feel that he is an 1931 38% 62% criticism is being given wide publicity Important Transportation and During 1981 some 25 live stock Minority Report Balks On through the press and over the radio the solution to our problems as they indispensable part of the organiza- present themselves." UOOI) WOKD FOR AN EGG shipping ass'ns met the trend by in- and in many cases it has taken on tion. This is more or less of an ex- Other Changes Have $2,000,000 Loans, the form of false propaganda. Many "In line with present day conditions periment among co-operatives, but is Instead of taking iron tonics stalling a trucking service, using Come In their own trucks or those of respon- Interest Free a live stock producer and farmer is and low prices for livestock, your di- worth a trial." bottles, eat an egg for breakfast every sible contract carriers to gather live going to get the wrong viewpoint on rectors found it necessary to reduce stock. They may truck it to Detroit Lansing—Feb. 15 at the second these matters unless we as leaders wages and salaries. A general reduc- Delegates from Michigan were Ab- morning, suggests Mrs. Luella MOTU RAILS LOSE TO TRUCKS or ship by rail, which ever is best for Covert Roads Assessment Relief get out and tell the true story. I tion was made in the pay of em- ner Fair, manager of the Burr Oak enson, nutrition specialist at the Wis. the producer. Shipped by rail or conference at Lansing Governor don't think it at all probable, but ployees, directors and officers, and we Co-operative Ass'n; Truman Hubbard, consin college of agriculture. The Annual Dinner Thursday Eve- truck, the stock is fully insured. Brucker's committee, appointed at should the Agricultural Marketing are particularly pleased with the fine Concord, Mich., a feeder of lambs and yolks of eggs are especially rich i n the Dec -1 conference, will present Act be repealed at this time, it would spirit shown by employes in accepting hogs. Directors from Michigan are iron. ning; Fulkerson to Address Drought Shrinks I'm The 1930 drought was largely re- four relief plans to the conference mean a terrific blow to the whole co- Business Session for consideration. sponsible for a decline in Detroit The plea for relief, aid or refin- yards receipts for 1931 amounting to Lansing—Members of the Michigan 100,000 head of the various kinds of ancing comes from Wayne, Oak- Live Stock Exchange coming to Lan- live stock. Farmers sold breeding land and Macomb counties, which sng Feb. 25-26 for the 14th annual stock in the drought period, particu- have $24,755,189 outstanding bonds meeting at Hotel Olds will observe in larly hogs. Detroit received 53,972 for Covert roads, built in the real their business. esLite boom era just passed, and less hogs in 1931 than in 1930. which they state neither the respon- Ten years ago the Exchange found- Truck receipts of sheep at Detroit sible or innocent taxpayers involved ed its own sales offices on the Detroit were 18,069 greater In 1931. The Live can pay. Stock Exchange got 16,981 of the in- Temper of the first state-wide con- crease in trucked sheep. Heat • * More Calves Marketed ference was that any aid to the three counties should bo given to all Calf receipts by truck jumped 33,- other counties as well; that the a Germicide 773 in 1931 of which the Live Stock three distressed counties could use Exchange got 14.935. the money raised to pay off their The Live Stock Exchange's sales Covert debt and the other counties office at Detroit will report a satis- coujld use their share to pay other Every bag of PILOT BRA.M> factory operating profit for 1931, a highway obligations, etc. MERMASH 16% OYSTER SHELL is kiln general gain in business. The Governor's Committee was un- lim'i'iilo Continues (iain able to agree unanimously on any of dried. Through intense The Exchange's East Buffalo sales the four plans suggested by its mem- heat all odor and impuri- office, the Producers Co-op Commis- bers and is reporting all four. In ties are removed. sion Ass'n, operated jointly with brief they are: Ohio, Indiana and New York co-op edPlan 1. Annual loans to distress- Covert road counties from State live stock groups, held its annual Highway It is screened to the meeting Feb. 8-9 at Buffalo. In 1931 total not Dep't, without interest; exceed $2,000,000 in one proj>cr size and all waste it handled 37.7% of all receipts by 17 year. State highway construction firms operating at Buffalo, a ll/z% to be reduced in counties in pro- is eliminated. The extreme eure in the volume increase over 1930. Both Detroit and portion to loans. Buffalo offices have gained a little in Plan 2. Return all weight tax to every year. counties aftor deducting Smith- Grows Large, Vigorous Pullets and Hefty Cockerels preparation of PILOT EQast Buffalo had a general decrease Holbeck township road funds. No BRAND makes it safe and in live stock receipts for 1931, butincrease in gas tax. Legislation to dependable. noted a tremendous increase in hog enable Covert road counties to apply shipments to Buffalo from Illinois, funds to pay bonds. Provides county Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota in road commission control. at Low Cost— It is the purest form of l!t:;i, which continues. In January Plan :!. Increase gas tax 1 cent calcium carbonate (egg 1932, these States sent 50,000 hogs to and return increase to comities in Mermash is a superior dry mash and contains Buffalo. Apparently those shippers ratio in which weight tax is paid in, shell material) and insures are realizing more at Buffalo than at which would suit Wayne and Oak- Manamar—a sea-food, rich in digestible iodine and maximum eg<; production. despite the longer haul. land counties. If that Is not enough, Railroads serving them have cut 16 to plan 3 makes provision tor State other essential growth elements scarce in farm I n s i s t u p o n PILOT BRAND. IS hours from the haul to Buffalo. highway dep't loans without inter- grown grains and animal products. Animal Meeiintr Program est by the counties in Covert road It's the standard here The Live Stock Exchange annual trouble. and abroad. neeting begins with the annual din- Plan 4. Is a minority plan and Chicks fed Mermash 16% grow into large, well ler at the Olds Hotel, Lansing, 6:30 not supported by road building developed pullets and marketable cockerels days • salr of feed dealers .). m., Thursday, Feb. 25. Major Nor- people on the committee. It aims ahead of those grown on ordinary mashes. Mer- min C. Imrie of Culver Military Acad- to eventually eliminate all property iny will speak on "What America tax levies for county and township mash reduces growing costs and builds stronger, everywhere. Needs." Joseph R. Fulkerson, presi- roads. It does not offer counties dent of the St. Louis, Mo., Producers loans without interest. It would healthy chicks. Start your new chicks right with return all the weight tax, dividing md prominent Illinois Farm Bureau 7/8th of it between the counties, ac- Mermash 16%. nan, will preside. Noted male quar- cording to automobile registration, ets, radio entertainers and dancers and 1 /8th equally between the 83 will entertain. coutnties (today 7/8tha of one-half Business session of the Exchange the total weight tax receipts is dis- For MERMASH —see your local opens at the Olds Friday morning tributed to the counties; the State FOR POULTRY Mr. Fulkerson will make an address keeps half). Plan 4 would retain Reports, resolutions, new business the Smith-Holbeck township road distributor of Farm Bureau Feeds OYSTI !( - I l l I . I . I'KoDi CTSCORPORATION New York Si. Louia London and election of directors will be in act as it now is. Plan 4 puts clean- order. ing up of the Covert road trouble in the hands of the County Boards of Supervisors and the State. The Farm News would support Plan 4. Alfalfa Is 1932's Best Buy! Classified Ads Classified advertisements are cash with order at the followlnfl rates: 4 cents per word for one edition. Ads to appear in two or mor« editions take the rate of 3 cents per word per edition. The Feb. 15 meeting will be a gen- eral meeting without authority to enact a program, but possibly a good working conference of Mich- igan, public opinion. Quality and Economy BABY CHICKS BABY CHICKS—ROCKS, REDS, Leg- LIVE STOCK Hereford* START 1932 WAR Must Rule Your Q i l Buying liorns. Hatches every week. Splendid layers. Great for broilers. Thirty day inability guaranteed. Get 1932 prices. High egg strains. Brummer & Fredrick- Hereford yearling WE HAVE TOO MANY &EGI8TERED bulls. son Poultry Farms, Box 30, Holland, c h a n c e t<> s t a r t in p u r e b r e d * . R e p e a t e r i Wonderfu ON CHERRY FLY Michigan. (12-26-tf-32b) and Woodford breeding. 'While they last, Kc pound. Todd Company, Mentha Growers, Dep't of Agriculture Cheap oils come from two sources. One is that pro- HUSKY, HEALTHY CHICKS—MICH- Michigan. (l-23-3t-27b) iKiin accredited Large Type 8. C. White To Meet At Hart duced by the reclaiming process, in this manner: Crankcase Leghorns, Starred A White Rooks, n . I. U«da, assorted chicks for broilers; full HoMeins Soon drainings picked up from filling stations and run thru a re- count; live delivery guaranteed; post- paid; 1932 catalog free. AMERICAN CLQVERDEAN FARM HOLSTEINfl Lansing—A meeting of possibly claiming plant. Here, dirt and metal particles are filtered. CHICK FARM, Box B, Zeelaml, Mich. in herd test average over 400 lbs. fat for (l-23-6t-37p) four years. Young sires and choice fe- 75 leaders in the Michigan cherry Small portions of new oil are added to give "color". It is WHITK WYANDOTTES AND RHODE males for .sale. .D. C. & M. A.(l-23-2t-# Parsons, industry is being planned for Hart, then barreled and sold to dealers. Island Kv married man, - children, -i> KAUBITS & HUTCHES years experience. Dairy or general growers bank the cost of spraying igan Variegated has all the good points of its distinguished Are Paraffin Base — Dewaxed — Guaranteed farm. 1 >. t \ Whitemore, Box 113, R-8, FOR BAL/E OK EXCHANGE—TWO 6 and eradication work against this parentage, is low in price, and a cracking good alfalfa in- compartment rabbit hutches with thirty one season's poor returns, Herbert EXPERIENCED STOCK AND DAIRY registered pedigree rabbits for what have vestment. Insist upon Mioco or Bureau Penn Oils. Good for man, married, 31, general farm hand, ex- you'.' Cus Philippsen, Paris, Michigan. Powell, Commissioner of Agriculture, tra good milker. Wife good baker, cook (l-9-31-3t-s) said. However, he added, many of and housekeeper. Want, permanent work. Certified 1200-1500 miles. You can buy them for 65c to 75c per Have no children. Can furnish beat the leaders in the industry are more gallon, in five gallon lots. references. Address I >. Crotty, 812 Grove determined than ever before to FARMS St., Lansing, Michigan. WANTED WORK ON FARM BY month or year or would work on shares (2-lH-iu FARMS FOR SALE maintain clean orchards. The big, general meeting being scheduled is Hardigan and Grimm with everything famished. References. expected to attract the more active Unexcelled for seed and forage production. Produces Curt Q. Mason, 3760 Monroe Ave., De- FOR SAL!-: T W O flOOD 40 ACRE producers of each community. These troit, Michigan. (2-13-lt) farms with fair buildings, new house on one. Good land, with or without stock, tools. Mile from town. M. K. Kershner, leaders are to be schooled and will carry back home the Uttggeated reme- high yields of certified seed and most enduring stands. Eligible for re-inspection by Michigan Crop Improvement Ask Your Local Farm FARM MACHINERY Paris, Michigan, U. 1. (l-9-31-3t-s) Ass'n.. Sow an extra acreage for certified seed production. FOR S.M.I-:--NEARLY NEW WOL- verinc Greyhound Hay Press 17x22. city of Big Rapids. A beautiful : SALE—15 ACRES OF LAND IN site dies for a control of the fruit fly. Certified seed always commands a premium. Bureau Distributor Charles 11. Montague, Clio, Michigan. overlooking city. 8 acres in orchard. (l-23-2t-13-p) Also some New Zoeland red rabbits. JO. Fish Spearing Illegal If FOR SALE ONE 8 M. P. IHC GAS Michigan. R. Swanson, Big Rapids, R-4, Box 111, (l-23-3t-s) Not Through The Ice engine $50.00. One Hercules Stump Puller $50.00. Both nearly new. Real FOR SAL-E FINE SUBURBAN HOME Lansing—Spear ins: through the good buy for some one. Albert E. Tetz- mile from town, good 6 room house, good latr, Big Rapids, R-4, Michigan. FOR SALE DELCO LICI1T AND repair; other buildings, " Big Rapids, Route 4, Michigan. .> acres land, (l-23-3t-s) priced right. Mrs. Lula Schweickhard, ice means spearing through the ice, as the Conservation dep*t in- terprets, the law. Spearing is not Farm Bureau Services, Inc. power plant cheap. I Will sell my 110 volt, 54 battery 1 >elco plant, complete, ANN ARBOR APPLE AND CHERRY in excellent condition, including 8 D.C. orchard adjoining city limits. (2-13-lt-s) One permitted in open water from boats or floating spear houses or Lansing, Michigan motors for 1200. Cost four years ago thousand vigorous, mature bearing trees. from 4 he shore. Five lines are per- ximately $1,000. Win. Chamberlin, Excellent buildings including attractive missible through th£ ice but only modern bungalow, landscaped grounds. unora, H-.°., Michigan. (l-23-2t-41 inv) Owner called to Pennsylvania. for pictures and description. Mrs. A. L. Write one line, constantly attended, if the MI NORTH CEDAR STREET WATERPROOF CANVAS COVBRS, Ferguson, 721 Church, Ann Arbor, Mlch- tisliing is not through the ice. If hing in canvas. Guaran- (2-ir»-lt-39p) there is no ice, "spear water' be- 4c and 5c Write for free 11 oosier SEEDS and PLANTS comes hook and line water. ..Seed, Feed, Oil, Twine, Fertilizer lis, Indiana. • Uept. 33. (2-13-2t-37b) PUNLOP STRAWBERRY PLANTS $3 per 1,000: :>,000 & $2.76; 10,ooo @ $2.60, When (neese is Kintr Wisconsin makes about 95 per cent Life and Automobile Insurance §0 varieties. P.est plants in Michigan. XS WTKD TO RENT—FARMS All kinds of Nursery Stock. S Is. Write us before you buy. Fr^o MM. FA KM FUR- Prices down where they belong. .lames of the total United States output of Brick cheese. Dodge county is con- See Your Local Farm Bureau Distributor I Reference if G. Prestase & Sons, THE ALLEGAN sidered the center of this great Badger ibert James, Fennville, Home NURSERY, AUegan, U<>\ X, Michigan. industry. (2-13-1U (2-l'3-6t-42b).