FAK8S MICHIGAN KEEP UP On News Interesting to THE NEWS NEWS Farmer* Through the Farm Newt A Progressive Newspaper For Michigan Farm Homes A Newspaper For Michigan Farmers SATURDAY, APRIL 9, 1932 FIVE CENTS Issued Semi-Monthly PER copy 40 MILLION LEVY Brucker Proposals Travel 1932 WOOL POOL IN 1910 GROWS TO Slowly in Special Session POOLING WOOL AT LANSING WAREHOUSE IOWANS WEIGHING Bank Bill Enacted; Weight TO BE RECEIVED LIVESTOCK BEFORE 340 MILLION IN'30 Tax Distribution Plan -. Taxpayers whose lands are now State lands by reason of 1927-L'H delin- quencies should be permitted to redeem far those years without redeeming at AT LANSING WHSE. TRUCKER GETS IT In Controversy present for subsequent years as well. Ayres Says Economy in Large :'>. IVrmit those delinquent for 1930 or 1931 taxes or both to pay 25% install- Chunks Is Michigan's ments Lansing—April 8, ten days after tune, effective on these taxes within a reasonable Ass'n Will Advance 10c Per Say Truck Shipment Shrink -May 1: reduce interest Only Relief Gov. Brucker had called the Legisla- from "i to y2 of 1% per month; further, Lb.; Services Co-ops to Exposed Is Returning ture into special session to act on his one year beyond timeshall that Buch payments postpone for now set by law Accept Wool Business to Rails Detroit Addressing the Detroit program to relieve public expense, to demption the tax sale date, also extend tlie re- date one year, to May 1935 and Heal Kstate Retard recently, Clarence aid stricken taxpayers, to assist in •May 1936, respectively. (Passed by 'Lansing- -Michigan <'<>-np'-r;!tive Lansing L. B. Osmer, manager of L. Ayrc«, president of the Economy opening closed banks and safeguarding House.) Wool .Marketing Ass'n will i c League of Michigan, In urging "gov- others, to refund pressing bonded In- BANKING the Michigan Elevator Exchange, just The Governor recommended these grade and warehouse the 1!>;52 wool returned from Iowa, brings us this in- ernmental economics in large chunks" debtednesses, to reduce State salaries err d pool at Lansing in i'ie Shiawassee teresting live stock shipping story: to relieve taxpayers said that in 1930 and governmental expense by 15'/,. to amendments to the Banking Laws: (A) That Federal Land I Sank bonds street warehouse } < formerly the the State and all its subdivisions of curtail local school expense where and a).proved first, mortgages on real National Grocer Co. warehouse) Iowa shippers, in these tough times, government levied over $340,000,000 in needed, to consider a State income tax pledged for security of public deposits. which lias been leased by Farm Bu- estate be approved as securities to be are checking their shipping ideas with, a set of scales. They are beginning lo against $40,000,000 in 1910. and to distribute all the automobile Adopted by House. M.i That sr>% of the depositors be reau Services, Inc. Location is 726 weigh before it leaves home the stock In 193Q, said Mr. Ayers, Michigan weight tax to local governments for empowered t<> reorganize a closed bank. East Shiawassee street. Lansing. the trucker takes to market. They're spent nearly 75 millions on highways highway purposes,—ten days there- Adopted by House. (C) That municipalities or school dis- Drive y2 block north of State Farm checking the trucking cost and shrink alon», or nearly twice the entire levy after the Legislature had enacted one tricts be empowered to sigh depositors' Bureau building on North Cedar St., with railroad freight and shrink. in 1910. banking bill, had ratified the Norris agreements to permit re-opening of a to Shiawassee; warehouse is two Lame Duck measure, and each house closed bank. blocks east, across tracks. Those who make the comparison The situation, according to Mr. had acted favorably on several bills. (l>> That receivers be empowered to The Wool Marketing Ass'n has quit long distance trucking of live- Ayres, is the result of a growth of so distribute assets to depositors, with their consent, on equitable basis, without re- been- authorized by the National stock, Mr. Osmer said, reporting that many boards, commissions and othfer The banking bill enacted permits ducing such assets to cash. Wool Marketing Corporation to ad- frequently the shrink alone from bank receivers to pledge pending agencies, and the enlarge- to the Reconstruction Finance Corpor- quiredbank assets (EJ That local governments be re- vance 10 cents per lb, when wool is to designate a depository for pub- trucking amounts to more than rail ment of powers of other central agen- ation for cash. lic funds, which makes depository bank received at the Landing warehouse freight and shrink combined. 'hich have by their rulings forced and its sureties liable, and thus avoid on Michigan medium and fine wools. Immediately the Governor had read fidelity difficulties of local treasurers in securing State Representative Stanley M. Powell of Ingleside Farm, Ionia, "There's a lot of weighing being extravagances on local communities. bonds so as to qualify to receive Clips that are entirely western done in Iowa these days," Mr. Osmt-r Mr. Ayres urged use of all highway lis message, administration leaders of- tax rolls for collection. wools will draw 8 cents per lb. ad- about to unload some 240 fleeces to the Michigan Co-operative Wool said, "and the railroads are getting i ues within various districts to fered about 30 bills in the interest cf legal (F) That State Banking Dep't have vance. Michigan wool buyers are supervision of banks in receiver- Marketing Ass'n pool at its Shiawassee Street Warehouse, Lansing, back their livestock business." pay for roads already built before the various recommendations. Un- ship; receivers to file regular reports, to reported to be paying 10 to 13c per April 5. Next is a trailer load of wool from A. H. Lust of Litchfield. be examined; to receive uniform salary lb. for good wool. building more; curtailment of expan- doubtedly more are to come. Imme- scale, to be special officers of the bank- e enacted to wool at the Shiawassee street ware- receivers of closed Michigan power to force agricultural drains, re- the bills. Special interests irked by banks to pledge assets to Reconstruction house. First wool drawn to the Motion Picture Series Boundary Is Marked F. B. Scholarships Graduate proposed highway changes, the income Finance Corporation to secure money for warehouse were loads pooled by straint on local commissions and depositors, to assist liquidation, to re- Rep. Stanley Powell of Ingleside Ludington—The Mason County Farm la by enabling taxpayers to stop tax proposal and so on appeared to lieve local financial stress. (Enacted by Many references at gatherings In Kast Lansing—Two Branch County voice objections, to re-write bills to Legislature.) Farms, Ionia, and A. H. Lust of Bureau is to become a user of Official Canada and the United States are Farm Bureau Scholarship students unnecessary expenditures. The real Litohfield. cure for our ills is to spend less, Mr. their fancy. Each bill is something of The Governor recommends In the mat- REAL ESTATE BONDS American Farm Bureau motion pic- made to the "4,000 miles of undefend- graduated from the Short Courses at a tug of war of its own, and the tug- ter of distressed real estate bonds: Cash advance is Blade when the tures. A schedule has been arranged ed boundary" between the two coun- Michigan State College during the Ayres urged. That, legislation be provided to assist wool is weighed in. V: Wool will be for showing these films from April tries. As a matter of fact, the boun- ging is under way. in solving the problem; to help bond- winter term. Emmet Smith of Bron- The big battle is as to how the Legis- holders help themselves; that Governor graded from time to'time during the 18 to May 2, 1932, in various parts dary is 5,500 miles in length, of which son received the scholarship for tha be authorized to name a non-salaried assembling season. "Poolers will re- of 3,100 miles are land boundary and two year course in general agricul- Farm Bureau to Present lature shall distribute all of the auto- authority commission of three State officers with ceive the usual gratftng sheets after the county. 2,400 miles are water boundary. The ture, and Walter Ely of Union City re- mobile weight tax to the counties, who bonds, totoassist require reports on defaulted grading. All wool should be sacked The following pictures will be Planks for Agriculture shall control its distribution within etc. bondholders organize, land "boundary is marked by 5,483 for delivery to the warehouse to shown:"All in the Same Boat", "After monuments and a vista cut through ceived the scholarship for the winter the counties and how, whether or not LAME DUCK AMENDMENT preserve identity of *the shipment. the Fog", "The Way Out", and term course in general agriculture. Chicago—The American Farm Bur- such monies may be spent for other The Governor recommends ratification of the proposed amendment to the 1*. S. teach sack should bear a Wool "Deadline". "The films are sent to the woods in all forest covered areas; In 1929 the Branch County Farm eau Federation will present the needs than road purposes, etc. Constitution providing that Congressmen Ass'n shipping tag carrying the us free and we will make no admis- the water boundary is identified by Bureau adopted this forward looking of agriculture to the Republican and Thousands of willing hands and shall and the President and Vice-president take office the .January after their pooler's name, address and other in- sion charges. There will be music 2,530 reference marks. plan of setting up a scholarship fund Mrmocratlc national conventions'when minds are eager to influence the hand- election. (Ratified by Legislation.) formation requested. and other entertainment," advises There is no other boundary in the to be used for the payment of fees tliey convene here in June. Since the ling of the weight tax money. The REFUNDING BONDS Wool pooling sacks,' shipping tags Wesley Hawley, sec'y of the County world of such length on which no for two students in the Short Courses The Governor, observing that a large gun or armament is to be found. Farm Bureau, Grange and Farmers' administration's intent in passing back percentage of local taxes is for retire- will be sent poolers on their request Farm Bureau. at Michigan State College each year. I aion for the first time are agreed on the second half of the weight tax ment of principal and the carrying to Sec'y Brody of th»: Ass'n at UJL The first meeting will be at Oriole The individual who earns this honor charges on bonded indebtedness, recom- a definite legislative program, it is money is to enable local governments mend* that the Legislature provide for N. Cedar street, Lansing. Farmers Hall, Ludington, Michigan, Monday is selected by a committee composed • ed that the three organizations to pay road debts, reduce road taxes subject refunding of bond and note obligations, wishing to pool for tin first time evening, 8 o'clock (fast time), April A. F. B. F. Movies Are of the county agricultural agent, to supervision of the Administra- may secure wool "marketing con- 18. There will be music by the Lud- will present a unified program to the and eventually relieve real property of tive board, with power to the Board to issue bonds without principal or sinking tracts of the Ass'n by writing Mr. ington high school orchestra and a Popular In Michigan county school commissioner, a county i>olitical platform makers. the road tax. fund payments for a limited time. Pur- banker, and two members of the Farm Brody. They describe the plan in short talk by Mr. Lawrence Lind, Bureau Board. The Governor has proposed State pose of caused refunding bonds,—to readjust full. Chicago—Motion pictures produc- All Michigan Road Signs 15% salary cuts and economies which pressure funds. by universal shortage of Poolers may truck wool to the Sec'y of Ludington Chamber of Com- ed and circulated hy the American Have Significant Shapes he thinks will save $4,000,000. If lo- SOLDIER BONUS BONDS REFUNDING The State has $5,000,000 Soldiers Bonus warehouse themselves, neighbors merce. The remainder of the schedule Farm Bureau Federation have been Holstein Breeders Have cal governments follow suit, taxpay- bonds due in July, 1932. The Governor may go together in trucking wool is as follows: Scottville Community shown in 36 Michigan counties. advised that it is more economical to in. It may be shipped by freight Hall, April 20; Custer, April 22; C. H. Blivin, county agent, Alpena Sale at Howell, May 11 Do you know your road markers? ers will save $32,000,000 more, he said. pay $1,000,000 from cash on hand, and Can you recognize by their shape and So far the legislature has changed refund the balance over four years, pay- collect. Cash advances are wool f. Fountain, April 25; Freesoil, April 27; county, in reporting on his use of that to 10% reduction on salaries be- ing same from the annual tax levy pro- o. b. the Lansing warehouse. Rail Summit Town Hall, April 29. the photoplay, "They Call It Rest," Michigan Holstein breeders ar« < "lor, the signs which guard school- ginning vided for that purpose, than it is to pay at $1,200 annually up to 25% the $5,000,000 Which would necessitate or truck freight, if any, will be de- stated: "Just the right kind of planning a sale of purebred Holsteina liouses, stop streets, dangerous curves in the higher (brackets. selling sinking fund bonds that have de- ducted from the advance. picture for a community meeting." Wednesday, May 11, at Howell, under and railroad crossings? preciated. Services l>ealers Accept Wool To Carbide System Owners G. R. Schlubatis, county agent, The NEWS presents a digest of the GOVERNMENT EXPENSES Branch County Farm Bureau, Cold- the direction of the Michigan Holsteia Stop signs are octagonal, school The Governor Proposes a reduction of V. ool pool information can be had Friesian Ass'n. are square, curve signs are Governor's Message to the Special Ses- $4,000,000 in State operating expense and from any local Farm Bureau sup- Any reader of the Michigan Farm water, considered the same photo- Each animal in the sale over 6 quare but set upon one point and sion, noting proposals that have been units said that municipalities and local taxing can save $32,000,000 if they will plies distributor in Michigan and News who may wish information on pJay "a very fine picture". months of age will have pasBed a 'ailroad crossings signs are round. enacted at this writing: cut costs proportionately. He recom- most of them are prepared to accept carbide lighting systems or their op- L. B. Thomas, county agent, Lake clean test for Bang's diseases (con- These signs should be familiar to DIGEST Of Recommendations Made By mends suitable legislative action to make the following curtailments effective July wool for shipment to Lansing. eration or on carbide is invited to county: Baldwin, after showing tagious abortion). Consignors include every automobile driver. Governor Brucker 1, 1932: Wool pool meetings are being write Mr. Gilmore of the National "The Transformation", stated: "We Detroit Creamery Farms, Van Hooseu UNEMPLOYMENT 1. Reduce total State personal salary and other expense 15%, with greater held in various parts of the State. Carbide Corporation in care of the were very much pleased. Many Farms, Lakefield Farms, Blythfleld, Producers Ask State To The Governor recommends that the Legislature broaden the scope of laws proportional reduction in the nighei Wherever farmers care to get a Michigan Farm News, Lansing, for said they received valuable sugges- Farms, Serradella Farms. Fourteen relating to issuance of "calamity bonds" brackets. wool meeting together, the pool will this information, which is given with- tions and ideas that were practical." Review Milk Haul Costs so that welfare-embarrassed cities, town- 2. Reduce by 15% salaries paid out of send a representative to talk. Earl C. McCarty, county agent, St. young animals suitable for 4-H club ships, villages may issue .such bonds to any other State funds. out charge. Clair County Farm Bureau, Port work are consigned by Battle Creelt realising—The Michigan Milk Pro- raise additional funds needed for direct 3. Reduce by 15% supplies, material, Each annual wool pool is an in- 'lucers' Ass'n has aaked the State local relief. contracting service expense of University dividual business deal. The finances The St. Lawrence Seaway will Huron, heard much of the same Sanitarium Farms. • >ep't of Agriculture to review milk DELINQUENT TAXES of Michigan and Michigan State College. and other arrangements of one an- move the Atlantic Sea base inland, comment after he showed one of the Jay B. Tooley of Howell, treasurer1 Since nothing can be done in the mat- Adopted by House. hauling charges for the Detroit area, ter of extending the redemption period 4 Cancel all •'capital outlay" appro- nual pool are absolutely separate save one thousand miles of rail haul newest Farm Bureau films, "After of the Ass'n, will be sales manager. Of existing mortgages and, contracts, the priations and reduce all other approprl- from all the others, the Ass'n ad- and open a continent to the sea. the Fog." according to the department. Some Governor recommended the following re- ations IV say that present milk prices and road lief for delinquent taxpayers: vises. DAIRYING 1. Extend period of redemption for 5, Recommends personnel commission The Lansing Farm Bureau Supply HOW TRUE "TIio importance of keeping and < onditions incline some distributors for greater de-ice of legislative control property to Be sold for 1929 tax from 1 over State payrolls. Store has moved to the Shiaw, oils and other products there, which Uncle Ab says a lot of folks work using dairy records will be greater to favor buying long haul milk rather to L' years and substantially reduce the SCHOOL BUDGETS street warehouse. Farm Bureau should be convenient for wool pool- like blazes to get where t'hey won't in 1932 than in past years."—The 'Itan short haul, that the hauling pays reduced to 50%.) penalty Imposed at end of redemp- Observing that by Constitutional pro- Services is storing seeds, fertilizers. ers who truck to Lansing. have to work—and never arrive. 1932 farm outlook. • i than the milk. tion period. (Passed by House. Penalty (Continued on page 4) Declares Gold Standard is Cause of Money Shortage self; for example,—if a man pro- now have been enjoying a marvelous the plain meaning of the bankers is the admitted means of adding to apologists for the gold standard are duced one bushel of wheat and ex- era of happiness and genuine suc- polite phrase "contracting credits") Inadequacy Brought Disaster the luxuries and necessities of ma- in such a tight place that they must terial life. There were no more deny the obvious advantages of the changed it with the tailor for one cess. But we were cursed with a coat both men benefited from the money system that is inflexible, un- there were other customer who lost faith in banks and asked for money. vacuum cleaners in American homes machine age, if they are to justify To U. S. Though Rich In Goods in 1929 than were good for house- the continued use of gold as the transaction; but if the farmer pro- scientific and unbelievably involved. duced two bushels of wheat, and the We had about four billion dollars of Thus started the vicious downward spiral of credit contraction, the forc- wives of the nation. There were no basic money which measures the more good clothes, or good books, selling price of all goods. tailor two coats, the exchange was gold, and that was our entire stock ed sale of goods at distress prices, Four Billions in Gold Held Up 51 Billions in Bank or automobiles, or farm machinery, doubly desirable. So long as men of basic money. On that gold our the further contraction, of ..credit, or fine furniture, or carpets, or rugs, wish wheat and coats, increased pro- banking system set up an enormous- the runs on banks and the ultimata Credits; Call for Cash Stalled System and or houses, or water supply systems, duction profits society. ly inflated body of 'bank credits disaster of today. or pictures, or electric lighted homes Production Increases amounting (in 1929) to about fifty- The Gold Standard Reim-fly Beggared Values; We Need Money Based than human beings found intensely Only within a few years since the one billion dollars. Now we are fumblingly attempt- On Our Production, Wilson Says I desirable. It is nonsense to say that war has the problem of surplus pro- There was a reason for this im- ing to buy and sell the mountain «r. "we were having a joy ride in 1929." duction come into public notice. No mense and steadily expanding credit production, with thu mole hill of a market prices of milk or beans or Are We Better In Want? attempt was made to discover balloon. The stock of gold could money-credit that has been cut to By LUCIUS !•:. WILSON live stock will fail to discover any Who will arise to say that we are whether it was surplus production not be increased. It is not possible less than half its 19 29 size.". Advocates of the gold standard evidence of extreme profit. better off when we go hungry and or curtailed consumption. Just be- to go out to the mountains with Of course it cannot be done. Even are put to straits to explain the Only in the stock market was cold and unhoused? Although it cause the producing power of the pick and shovel and dig gold at will. the advocates of the gold atandard '•'iise of the present panic. there exaggerated confidence. The will always be true that an individu- nation had enormously increased, There is an old saying among pros- recognize that bitter fact. But they They cannot admit that the mone- boom in the stock market came and al here and there may commit ex- the public jumped to the conclusion pectors that "Gold is where you are not willing to unshackle us yet. tary system had any part in the dis- went. It should not have been al- that we had too many things. find it." The world may need ten They are proposing that we re- a and will use the growing aster unless they also confess that a lowed to affect the general condi- wealth if the world in whoopee, yet No attention was paid to the mil- billions of gold tomorrow, but the duce production, so that the moto tion of the nation's economic affairs the same type of individual raised lions of people who were living in need is fut'ile because the gold can- hill of gold will be sufficient The moment that attention is except as a passing incident. his own particular kind of hell ten city! slums, lunderfed, underhoused not be found. Therefore something handle it. They propose to close ui> ^ t e n e d upon the breakdown of the The stock market is not the tap thousand years ago when he had and underprivileged. Nor was the had to be done in those busy years two-thirds of the automobile means of exchanging goods and ser- root of prosperity; and it should not nothing more than a breech clout to public even mildly interested in after the war to "piece out" the tories; drop all the plans for high- . that moment the whole in- be the dominant cause of wholesale wear and resorted to a stone ham- meeting the growing unemployment gold if we were to buy and sell the way construction; stop all public volved mechanism of gold and bank adversity. In fact, the stock market mer instead of machine guns. which, sooner or later, was bound huge volume of goods that became* building operations; fire every pos- 1 "'dits discloses its catalogue of in- should be a mirror in which general The substantial and intelligent to react upon the purchasing power greater each month as marvelous sible employee from public and pri- justices and ineffectiveness in the business conditions are reflected, part of the human race will find the of millions. machinery multiplied production. vate pay rolls and reduce the gcal« 1;i sH. It who lives in a great castle and main- Plausible explanations have been in- but that does not alter your real tion will be given to the pursuit of the ten years following the war, These bank credits worked well tained a bed on w,hich unwary trav- V( sted, all of them intended to di- coat size. a better ordered way of life. The American factories adopted new ma- enough (although they were enor- elers were invited to rest at night. vert attention from the shortcom- unremitting striving of mankind for chinery that turned out more and mously expensive to business) so But if the traveler happened to be a i The general level of Prosperity centuries in science, invention and more goods with less and lees em- long as people were willing to use very tall man, so that hi6 head or of the gold standard. that was enjoyed in 1928 and 1929 the useful arts is entirely w.hole- LUCIUS B. WILSON ployees. checks for ninety-five percent of lJ>28-25> Joy EUdfl ife feet stuck out beyond the bed, the w a s lower, instead of higher, than By the rapidly increasing use of Money System Perilously Balanced their transactions, and never ask cruel giant would *:hop off th< Witness the attempt to make the we should have expected. The some. If the distribution of this mount- for cash. But, when the banks were 1'iiblic believe that the years of 1928 wealth of a nation is in the things Gold In TiRht Place machinery the present generation jeeting members to fit the | a »d 1929 were an era of unsound that it makes. The output of fac- Such simple truth should be ac- multiplies its production of goods. ing store of goods had kept pace frightened by the stock market col- is what the gold standard H I'l'osperity and that we must pay for tories, farms and mines make peo- cepted universally. Proving them John Stuart Mill told us years ago with the rate of increased produc- lapse in 1929 and began to require propose to do to business. The pro* the "joy ride of those years". Yet ples rich Stimulating production ought to be surplusage. Yet the that production should finance it- tion, this America of ours would customers to pay notes (that being (Continued on page 2.) an y farmer who cares to review the SATTIfDAT. APRIL 9, 1332 TWO FARM > E W S Gold Standard Cause Of Money Shortage Hiram Philosophizes FARSS By R. S. Clark (Continued from page l) ducing ability of our inventive peo- Successor to the Michigan Farm Bureau News, founded J pie has outrun this antiquated and rigid gold scheme. Therefore, in- stead of scientifically increasing our (money supply, in keeping with pro- Why Organization ? I often hoar folks wish their childhood back. Hut few. I guess, are right sincere about it. Their wish is always tempered by a hick January 12, 192:5 Of thorough-goingncoss that makes me doubt it. duction, \t is proposed to cut off the Entered as second < lass matter January 12, 1923, at the poatoffic* I head and feet of business to keep il I'm not so sure that I should like to be at Charlotte, Michigan, under the Act of March 3, 1870. !as small as tho bed of gold. I have endeavored, both in a public and private A boy again, and have to learn untaught Published the necond and fourth Saturday of each month by the character, to encourage the establishment of Boards The lessons lite has held; for 1 can see Michigan St., Charlotte, Mich. WB Company, at is publication office at 114 Lovett Correction of Agriculture in this country.—GEORGE WASHINGTON. ; I have not learned so aptly as 1 ought. Kciitoriitl and Ktntral offices at 221 North Cedar St., Lansing, Mich- In our March 26 edition under the drawing headed " I n 1928 Banks Loan- Yet mine has been a smoothly ordered way. igan. Postojffjce box 708. Telephone, Lansing, 21-271. ed Twelve Times Their Cash Re- And God has dealt right graciously with me— serves" the last sentence should have read: "When banks extend their lias cleared the path before mo day by d a y - E. E. UNGREN Editor and Business Manager credit ratios to this extent they are inherently UNSOUND, yet in 1928 Has lighted life for my dim eyes to see— this w.is a common practise." March Subscription 50 cents per year in advance 26 a typographical error made the Has given me to know that he is near. text reafl "inherently sound". And that His love is ceaselessly outpoured, The answer to what the farmer can and must do to That life is his who lives it without fear. Vol. X SATURDAY, APRIL 9, 1932 No. 7 'This Way to Prosperity* put himself on a parity with other industries is con- tained in the one word, "organization."—AI.FXANDBR That what seems lost through Him can be restored. This is the title of a booklet writ- LEGGE, former Chairman, Federal Form Board. ten by Mr. Lucius E. Wilson which No high adventures have I struggled through. discusses the stabilization of money. It can be had from the Michigan No crisis in my life has turned its tide. Less To Worry About Farm News postpaid for 25 cents. I have not done the best that I could do. Mr. It. Perry Shorts, a recent of the University of Michigan, called But, Heaven is my witness, I have tried. attention in a recent address to some interesting and hopeful facts con- cefning the present depression. The past is gone. 1 would not wish it back. There are, said Mr. Shorts. 38 million men at work as against four What They Say It is not possible for the farmer either to protect himself against the forces that are unfriendly to his The future is forever out of reach Today is mine, to tramp my lowly track million idle. Some authorities put it as high as eight million Idle, b«t the t a d remains that most of the population is working for pay. of Wilson Articles interests or to render better service to his customers without effective organization. The Farm Bureau And learn as best I can what life can leach. exists for these primary purposes.—DEAN W. C COF- Fifty-eight out of every 100 farms are not mortgaged, said Mr. Shorts. I I Y. Department of Agriculture, University of Minne- Today is mine, and yours, and we must do In that respect farmers are undoubtedly far better off than city wage sota. Our lowly service now. Speak now our speech. earners are with respect to their homes. Calls Pyramiding Credit Today's the day; for yesterday is through; Several thousand hanks have failed, hut more than 20,000 are still Tomorrow is forever out of reach. Money Inflation for Banks doing husiness, and since they have survived the past two years on their own resources, they should be able to "ride out the storm" with the Michigan Farm News, United States (Government aids rolling up behind them, Mr. Shorts Lansing, Michigan. reflects. Bditor: The Farm Bureau's activities in stimulating and Tin- arfido by Lu>ius K. Wilson in the guiding various kinds of agricultural co-operation, in Win- debts and foreign loans should be paid and may he paid, but why agonize unduly over them if Mr. Shorts is correct when he says March Vi issue is an eye opener for all. Of course, most farmers have so little money and have .such a hard time get- my opinion represents one of its most notable contri- butions toward placing the farmer in a position of Classified Ads Classified advertisements are cash with order at the following that it all the war debts were cancelled our annual income would be ting it tliiii we seldom jdve ;i thouKht as economic equality in the nation.—ROBERT P. BASS, rates: 4 cents per word for one edition. Ads to appear In two or more to how the other fellow pyramids his former Governor, New Hampshire. editions take the rate of 3 cents per word per edition. reduced by only $2 per person? profits. No one knows just, how long the depression will continue. Very . . . Pyramiding credit 18 <>i- i l times is Milling inuif than Inflating the cu»r likely the change for the better will be hardly noticeable for a time. re-npy: hut the greatest crime la short Hut it will come. In the meantime, such observations as those made by selling it and calling it credit; They BABY CHICKS WANTED— FARM WORK sell something they cannot pro4uoe un- Mr. Shorts are encouraging, to say the least. iier any circumstances. MAIlItlED MAX. 20, EXPERIENCED We have had the good sense in New York to realize BABY CHICKS—ROCKS, REDS, Leg- We have t r i e d to outlaw this on o u r horns. Hatches every week. Splendid farm lielp wants work by month. Lyle stock exchange* hut it seems there are more and more as the years have gone by that it is layers. Great for broilers. Thirty day Carey, Vrrmoiuville, R - l . (t-9-it) Live Stock Co-ops Grow Despite Distress so many of our higher up gentlemen in- volved that action is next to impossible. through organization that we can get somewhere. I livability guaranteed. Clet 1932 prices. WANTED—FARM WORK BY MONTH Daring the most distressing times the live stock business has ever congratulate the Farm Bureaus of the United States High egg strains. Brummer & Fredrick- or year by married man,'.u>uwith 2 chil- Wish you could print an article on Uns on the perfectly magnificent work which they are son Poultry Farms, Box 30, Holland, dren. Experienced farmer. James H. known, the National Live Stock Marketing Ass'n, co-operative, with RhRllnh am! Canadian banking laws. carrying on. . . . More power to your arm.—GOV- Michigan. (12-26-tf-32b) Leiby, 127 youth Charles St., Lansing. which is affiliated the Michigan Live Stock Exchange, advises that in giving a few of the nioro material points and why (here ore so tow failures. What ERNOR FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, New York. l!>::i it Increased its membership about 50% and its territory about safeguard have they to protect deposi- HUSKY, HEALTHY CHICKS—MICII- EXPERIENCE! > FARMER WANTS 100%. tors? lgan accredited Large Type S. C. White to rent 160-200 acre farm, everything- fur- . . . .More power lO the Michigan Farm Leghorns, Barred & White Itoc-ks, E. I. nished. Three to work. A. L. Dancer, On 22 terminal markets, including Detroit and Buffalo, the Na- News and Ah. I.. K. Wilson. We believe Lieds, assorted chicks for broilers; full Maine U-_, Mich. (1-9-lU you are oif the risht track. count; live delivery guaranteed; post- tional Live Stock affiliates, including the Michigan Live Htock Exchange, H. C CARTBR. paid; 19IJ2 catalog free. AMERICAN WANTED—FARM WORK BY MONTH aold over $118,000,000 worth of stock. Traverse City, -Mich. CHICK FARM, Box B, Zeeland, Mich. or year by married man, 28, with family. March LG ' , 1982. Co-operating in many ways with the other great (l-23-6t-37p) Alfred Jones, 3SU5 So. Cedar St., Lansing, A continuous fight lias been made to maintain open markets, the farm organizations in America . . . the American Michigan. (3-12-lt) AHS'U said. During the year an agreement was reached with packers Farm Bureau Federation is performing a great serv- and government agencies on market grades of hogs,—a question of long Partly Agrees With Wilson ice to American agriculture and the nation.—ARTHUR SEEDS and PLANTS WANTED— FARM WORK BY MONTH or year by young married man. Farm Btandl&g. Uniform grades for market cattle and lambs are now under Holds Bank System Vicious J. WEAVER, former Governor of Nebraska. raised. Experienced. Ray Van North- wick, 1317 Emerson St., Lansing. consideration. The Ass'n has built up its credit service to producers DUNLOP STRAWBERRY PLANTS $3 (4-9-lt) to the point where it has loaned $12,000,000 during the past year and a per 1,000; 5,000 @ $2.75; 10,000 @ $2.50, Editor: ; 30 varieties. Best plants in Michigan. WANTED—FURNISHED FARM TO half, it was said. I discovvr Mr. Wilson and myself li ive All kinds of Nursery Stock. Seeds, work on shares or will work by month some views in common, though not co?u- Write us before you buy. Fr-^e Iifct. or year. Married. .">-', one boy, B2« Ed- All farmers' co-operative business is on the gain. Chairman Stone pletely so. Prices down where they belong. James win Chaffee, 201 Hill St., Lansing. Midi of the Federal Farm Board reports that total business transacted by I think Ids illustration by pyram; hank creiljt overdrawn. J am not ready NURSERY, Allegan, Box X, Michigan. all co-ops in lT.o-:;! was |2,400;00d,000 as against S2,::00,000,000 for 1927- to impute criminal motives to big bank- The most helpful movement of modern time* in (2-13-«t-42b) WANTED—WORK BY MONTH OR 28 when prices were much higher. Had the H^T-l'S prices prevailed ers. I do hold that the banking system agriculture is the Farm Bureau. . . . I have more year. Single man, 24. Experienced help. from the Federal Reserve down is vic- faith in an improved and permanent agriculture Good milker. Carl Gladstone, 1001 No last year, the volume of farmers' co-operative business in dollars would ious. Altruists could not make it func- GUARANTEED SEEDS—CERTIF] ED Cedar, Lansing. (4-9-lt) have shown a 11/,; gain over 11)27-28, Mr. Stone said. tion permanently with justice. through the agency of the Farm Bureau than in any Worthy Oats, Purity 99.8%, Germination Money in no wi.se measures values. Tt other single agency we have.—FRANK O. LOWDEN, 98%,' C31S-508, bushel, 45 eents. WANTED—FARM WORK BY MONTH ii+ only a medium of exchange. To be Illinois. Certified Spartan Barley, Purity 99.8%, or on shaies. Married man. One child. Another Good Argument Gone sound an.! stable In value, every dollar Gernimation 98%, C3133-508, bushel, 70 Melvin Wade, lio.v is:., Fowler, Mich. aMriat. must have that value of goods cents. ( i m When we were at that age when candy and other sweets were the unilci- government eiisfody that may be Certified Golden Clow Corn, Purity had in exchange upon presentation. 99.9% Germination, 94%, Shelled, Graded, WANTED—WORK BY MONTH OH NO. 1 interest in life, we were frequently and firmly discouraged by Money is only a methoil of bookkeep- <'::oii)-508, bushel $2.25. Two or more at year by mature married man with family. being told that candy caused tooth decay, and so on. Dejitists vflid ing in cases of uncompleted exchanges. $2.15 bushel. Phone 20-F-4, Ralph G. Experienced farmer. Thos. K. Parks, Warehouse credits would serve the pur- Collin, Alt. Pleasant, Michigan. Fenwick, R-l. (l-9-lt> physicians subscribed to the theory. Young hopefuls of this generation pose and l>e more convenient except In C3-12-4t-47D) undoubtedly hear the same story. small amounts. If we must have money President Edward A. O'Neal of the American Farm WANTED—FARM WORK BY MONTH for psychological reasons, bonded ware- Bureau Federation has invited every Farm Bureau member SEED POTATOES—IDAHO RUSSETT or year, by married man, o children. Now comes the University of Michigan to say that neither sugar houses should be the channel through Bur bank :'."(• bushel -»t farm. You can James II. Duffy, Evart, R-l. (4-9-lt* nor germs cause (tooth cavities, at least not in rats which were fed as which the government issues it. That authority should be withdrawn from in the nation to accept appointment on his Membership Com- grow baking potatoes In Michigan if you plant the Hmbank. P. \Y. Johnson K- WANTED--FARM WORK BY MONTH much as 53% cane sugar for as much as nine months without develop- banks. , mittee for the month of April, pledging himself to call on at Son, Etlmore, Mich. 4-9-2t-28p or year by single man. 20. Good milker, experienced help. Hale Carey, Vermont- ing cavities. Nine months in a rat's life is comparable to nearly one- Sunbury, Ohio, Jl. P. MILLER. least one non-member neighborhood family during that period, ville, ll-i. (4-9-lt i third of a man's life. March 17. w~- tell him the story of the Farm Bureau movement and its* FOR SALE—MISCELLANEOUS WANTED—FARM WORK BY MONTH The cause of dental cavities is still unknown and the investigation A purpose, and invite that family into membership. Mr. Mont by mature man, married. Experienced in general work: not yood milker. Wil- continues. The best thing that humans can do, until absolute knowledge Waiting For More Baird of Hopkins, Allegan county member, first from Mich- liam FOR SALE—FROM 1 M> TO 7 INCH 24192, Lansing. Michigan. Cone, ISL'I Coteman Ave., Telephone of the cause of tooth decay is known, is to make sure that expectant (4-9-3.) mothers eat plenty of foods containing phosphorus and calcium for prop- Koitor: igan to enroll, made his call and won a new member, Mr. W. four and live ply new belting- cents per foot, up. Also 7.". foot endless Five er bone formation, the University advises. The scries of articles in the l-'anu F. Nicobi. Following is the Enrollment Blank for Michigan: belts. Steel watei t:inks._ 3 to 8 bbls. by married man, 27. two children. YEAR FARM WORK" BY MONTH OR Ex- News by Lucius E. Wilson ;ne the eleaf- Write for prices. O. A. Rasmussen, perienced. Ira A. Cosper, 1125 Emerson uSt anil best I have ever lead on that Greenville, Mich. < l-9-2t-30p) street. [Lansing. O-9-lt> sulijeet, and I am anxiously waiting for Farmers Have a Final Answer further articles by him on the tfttoject of 1'mames-. ENROLLMENT BLANK The producers share of the price consumers pay for meat has been PRESIDENT'S MEMBERSHIP reduced to the lowest pojnt on record, said C. B. Denman, live stock Northport, Mich. HERMAN \VA.U;L;O. COMMITTEE OF THE A. F. B. F. LIVE STOCK MEN March 19, »1982. E. A. O'Neal, President, mem her of the Farm Board recently. Agencies between the farmer and the consumer have not necessarily profited by the increased percentage <>f (lie consumer's dollar they retain as they have not reduced their Interested American Farm i:m<\iu federation, B8 Bast Washington Street, Chicago, Illinois. SELL YOUR OWN costs proportionately to the decline in retail meat prices. Editor: Dear Mr. O'Neal: Buy your feeders . . . Finance your purchases . . . Bell Such a situation does force an excessive burden on the farmer. t tun mueli interested In Mr. Luclufl J will d o m y part. I MIII h a p p y t<> t h e m finished . . . Co-operatively all t h e way. His products are worth only half as much as in 1913 in exchange for Wilson's MTiM of articles in the Michi- accept appointment on the President's gan Farm News. . . please send me two commodities he buys. A farmer living on the same farm as in 1913 or three extra copies of the March 1-' Membership Cojnmjttee of the A.F.i:.!'". You can send your stock to Detroit or East Buffalo yards and must sell over twice as many hogs to buy commodities used in produc- edition. and will serve for the next 20 days on Bell it direct to the packers through the Michigan Live Stock Ex- tion and living, while three times as many hides are needed in trade for JAME8 *;. BONIME. that Committee. DurlHg that time I change, which is as near to you as your nearest shipping ass'n or < 'assopolin, Midi. will call on at least one non-member a pair of shoes. March 1.",. 1932. member who is affiliated witli us. Get the FULL RETURNS from neighbor farmer, will tell tliat family your stock. An etmitahle distribution of the price consumers pay lor meat is the story of our organization, and will pertinent to the welfare of the live stock and meat industry. The neces- Much to the Point do everything in my power to bring Some 20,000 farmers, belonging to 150 Michigan shipping aps'ns, sity of farmers being self-sufficing under present circumstances i s not them into the organization. In do- have at Buffalo and Detroit their own sales offices, top notch BUICB- only .evident but becoming an actuality. Increased farm and local Kditor: ing this, I realize that I am doing my uicn, and the largest volume on both markets. Mr. Wilsons articles are much to tho part in the effort of the entire organ- slHughter of hogs during the past season is but evidence of their efforts point. . . If I can do anything to help ization to secure equality for Ameri- in this work, direct me. Returns to patrons guaranteed by $r,o,000 bond to evade trading raw products lor linished goods at present unfavorable can agriculture. Count on me. meeting U. S. Government requirements exchange relationships. A. G. BLA.NCHARD. Niles. B-6, Mich. MICHIGAN LIVE STOCK EXCH. March 17, !!•:;:'. PRODUCERS CO-OP ASS'5 s. /;. A. O'NEAL Detroit East Buffalo, » . Y Isn't It So? (Name) A fellow lias to be a contortionist to get by these days. First of all If Mr. Williams Had he's got to keep his back to the wall and his ear to the ground He's Spoken As He Thought Radium Dangerous In ^^ expected to put his shoulder to the wheel, his nose to the grindstone Hands of Untrained (Address) keep a level head, and ho.!, feet on the ground. And, at the same time' "If Mr. Williams (referring to look lor the silver lining with his head in the clouds Dainoron Williams of the American Ann Arbor K a d i u m poisoning Cotton Shippers Association) had through treatments given by untrain- (State)"" Collision With FOODS CHEAP, BUT richer. All ice cream' is white to- said that he represents merely eight ed persons or the indiscriminate use day, probably for the first time hundred cotton shippers, wiio are of radio-active waters, emanators, since is* IS. By terms of the same the richest men in the south, per activators and similar appliances may (County) Stationary Objects SOME ADULTERATE law, effective April 1, Ijr82, fruit capita, of any group of southern well be a hidden cause of cancer or working in air laden with radio-active flavors must contain the fruit juices business men, while the fanners other serious degenerative diseases dust may produce eventually fatal re- for which they a r e named. Straw- whose products they have handled which may not appear until years sults if continued for only a relatively Your chances of colliding with a fence, post, tree Dcp't of Acr. Hand Is Heavy; berry icy cream, for example, must are the poorest and live at the low-after such appliances or medicines short time. All Ice Cream Is contain 5% strawberries; nut Ice est standard of living of any class have been discontinued, warns Dr. or culvert, of damage to your car as the result of an up- creams must contain 3 % nuts, cus- of American citizens engaged in Carl Vernon Weller, of the University Many degenerative diseases of the Whifce Again tard iee cream must contain eggs. productive enterprise, and that ac- tissues may be the linal sign of the set, or being forced off the road are greater than the Imitation ice cream cannot be sold |cording to research conducted by of Michigan. activity, cancer and some types of chance of colliding with another car. - " F o o d s arc the cheapest unless plainly labeled as such. The jthe United States Department of The danger of radium or radio- anemia being commonest, as shown in years. ye\ wo are receiving more fment can require exact state- i Agriculture and Southern Experi- active substances when used by in- by workers engaged in watch dial The damage to your car may be great. You don't reports of attempts at adulteration ments as to the vitamin content of ment stations they (the cotton ship- expert hands lies in the fact that painting who pointed their brushes than usual," <^jjd Herbert E. Powell, milk or other advertised dairy jpers) ha sail-age makers stating better ice cream with higher butter- profit and extravagant handling cost minute but powerful radiations which that 7 5 lbs. of meat and 4 lbs. of fat content than the ice cream it re- is the reason for his opposition to literally bombard all the surrounding declares. hsion. The rate is very reasonable. It may save you compound would make 100 lbs. of placed. the Fariri Board and the co-opera- tissue. Year in and year out this many times your insurance investment. suimage. The Department advised tives, he would have bern telling process goes on unceasingly, since mainr the compound was the whole truth and nothing but the Uncle Ab says that one article of College Cancels Celebration truth."— : From t h e statement of ('. the radium breaks down so slowly food -which is as much of a gamble not illegal \>u\ • usage O. Moser. vice president of the that the life time of an individual sees as cantalope, is church-supper pump No One Can Afford to Drive Without Insurance. ail nil' ulil bring swift prose- Kast Lansiug—Michigan State Col- American 1 Cotton Co-operative As- little weakening of its power. An- kin pie. as an economy measure has sociation before a committee of the So penetrating and so powerful are wrong. ii o u r experi- abandoned plans for celebrating the House of Representatives. the radiations that a quantity of radio STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTO INS. CO 75th anniversary of the founding of active matter as small as one one- WANTED— TO RENT >id Mr. Powell, " w e have Bloomington, 111. Istrttwtor adding tiie college. A four day program had Granulated sugar sprinkled over hundred thousandth of a gram may Bilk and cream. That was been planned lor June 10-13. Several the top of a sponge or common loaf cause death years after it was ab- W A N T E D — ! T O UKNT I ' A I U I . 160 . MICHIGAN STATE FARM BUREAU days ago the College advised Gov. cake before putting into the oven sorbed into the body, Dr. Weller o c r e o n p , e v e r y t h i n g f i i r n i s i i c i . l l a v Rrucker that it act for a LV boys, youngest 16. Experienced farmer. SUte Agent H is now a thing will make a rich brown crust that points out. The careless use of C. L. Conrad, Sagtaaw, w s., Oen, Lansing, Mich. of t l lored to appearduction iu operating expen- does not require frosting. radium or radium appliances, or (4-9-lt) SlTrRTUT. APRIL 9, 1930 FARM APPLE CUSTARD PIE Spring Arl.Lr onions, spinach, potatoes, cucum- Home and Family Section ,.'','"• ;'>'>>1(- custard pie, line a pie tin , '•' l l l ! x l and put in the following m i x - ture and b;ik«. in a slow oven: 2 heaping tablespoons of apple wiuee, one table- FARM NEWS LISTS Orvillo Crapser Fred 1>< wey t \\ ins VVaUcei KALAMAZOO ber and beets furnish the family ,J\akunazoo with Vitamin (', insurance Kalamazoo, R-1 against A&P Reduces Price Of Bread to New Low Edited by MBS. EDITH ft WAGAK Address all communications to her at r . * ner at c »rleton, MichiBan. spoon 01 Hour, one e g g well b e a l . n , % cup of puBar, B little nutmeg and one pint of milk. COUNTY SEED LOAN Clinton Buell John K. Kline William I'ursell KALKASKA oshi.ma scurvy. Kalunm/.oo IV~\>.' Bchoolcraft Vitamin 1> Plant sources, as a (lass, are ]>rai- Lansing Effective March 2G the Great Atlantic ^ Pacific apany elfare class to do their with it an APPLE DRESSING When serving a r , M s t ,, t pork bake apple dressing invee cups ,,f bread crumbs soaked In made with COMMITTEEMEN I.. <1. Bloomer t Menu Cotton • leu. P. Bow KENT Kajkaska tically devoid of vitamin 1), so that Kalk;i»ka this will need to be secured ffalkaijka sunlight, cod liver oil, and from from reduced its 1 lh. loaf of bread to I cents and the l l 2 U>. loaf to 6 cents, the lowest price, it said, that bread of « * J M | to have Us '""• cup «,t warm Inlttc; add ;i pinch <>t Applications For Loans Must Charles Johnson, Chm Sparta such animal products as egg yolk, its quality, whole or sliced, has ever lurden Calls •re becomi the Qver-burdened public becoming hardened salt, two tablespoons of butter, one w.li Folks beaten egg arid a lai^e chopped tarty a n t appte. Be In Washington Lee '".riswold Wilmarth T. Shafer LAKE nt a lay- By April 30 1:. .1. Smith, Chm •Mamie M. Nlchoson •James K. Evans Baldwin Luther Chase DROP 72 HR. WAIT plus would be a good thing in helping reduce surplus stocks. Slll0<)1 D an er 1:1 a w d i buttered pudding dish, then Lansing—The Michigan Faun News LAPEER liif MI!S. KDITH M. WAGAR • „ ?, ° investigation a layer oJ bread i n i m W , sprinkle with >l d a . e e - t h o s e who are not in brown sugar and cinnamon ami repeal presents herewith the County Se«d or O. I,. Laesch, Chm Lapeer l,i the recent tax surveys of .SOUK |t our counties groat emphasis iias Ucn placed on the fast i ; , tion—those ^ "»• votes who at have the:spriag raised a elec- fam- until the dish is lull; add several lumps Crop-Production Loan Committees for I-:. S. l vui y ot butter ami pour sweet milk on until ii conies nearly to tin- top of the pan- Michigan for 1932, to whom fanners Italpil Davenport LEELANAU Lapeer lludley IN FEEDING CHICKS StripedKilled Cucumber Beetle by New Insecticide Bake in a moderate oven until brown and desirous of a U. S. Uep't of Agricul- Cieii \\ hitman Buttons Bay linden of welfare work. a j , W and helped to make a home by serve with cream. Stanley Oarthe North&ort .loiiishing w h e n ODD l e a r n s of t h e ben-denial and rigid economy Wo- ture loan for seed or fertilizer for Frank Sbonefe Cedar New Knowledge Shows They The Grasselli Chemical men know the value of money and 1!).:^ crop production should apply. LENAWEE Should Be Fed in 12 inl.m(ls falling o n the- a l r e a d y h W t0 makG V e r aml do Wm. K. Seager, Chm Blissli'eld reports a new, non-arsenical insecti- n,.'burdened t a x p a y e r for t h e sitp- * ° ° THE AWAKENING Applications for such loans must be .1. i i . laeKlin Band Creek to 24 Hours cide, which applied as a dust 4 to 6 )lt of dependents. liy .Jessie Frit Limbeck made in time so that the local COTII- Wm. Sliephard Adyan pounds per acre produces practically W liy not insist on each welfare mittees can pass on the same and have Fred Ala IT, Chm LIVINGSTON ]t costs s o m e t h i n g l i k e | l l , 5 0 0 a laimly growing a garden this year I.ast night, upon my window pane, 11 ..well Inn', kill of the striped cucumber iiv t c car« tor t h e i n m a t e s of t h e I heard the Angers of the rain; them at the Fanners Seed Loan OfOKJ l>.i:. II. X. Manning lio\<. Luepnitv Kiskirie, Chm AlUnville nation with copper-lime dusts, bor- 1 saw the in st, faint blur of green. uunvi Hi- to become absorbed and avoid diges- Lree classes are largely of the cut out the automobile and its gaso- their 1932 crops in repayment of the ll. A. Powers... St. Ignace tive trouble deaux spray or nicotine sulfate. Here- Daffodils will soon unfold This plan is 1,0 longer l ate . They cannot help their con- line? Walking is healthy and still All their wealth of bursting gold: loan; tenants or contract farmers must IMACOMB justified, for it is found that many tofore, about the best growers could [ and need our greatest sym- respectable. Why allow a dog or a Through quickening sod the crocus secure waivers from the actual own- I'. 1 >. Comj)t-Hi Clarence 1 >. Atwood.Clun Mt. Clemens .Mi. Clemens, U-J good chicks retain the yolk sac for do was to repel the cucumber beetlo. khy and best care. gun when a few hens would be more peep ers of the land until the government Harry Green Washington, lt-2 as high as five or six weeks. A three- Dutox kills the beetle. It is effective In Monroe county the mother's profitable? Why buy prunes or For Spring is stirring in her sleep! loan is paid. MANISTEE day wait, furthermore, causes the in controlling the Mexican bean beetle, j bill for last year was be- oranges, even if they are cheap, i:il.-worth Itillnian K Crop production loans range from Porter*! < lopemish chicks to become very hungry and blister beetle, cabbage worm and cab- v3en 13,000 and $4,000 per month. when tomatoes are so easily grown? Li the hospitalization bill was al- Why not take it upon ourselves to jost $40,000 for the year. This give them a few lessons in thrift Household $3 per acre Avithout use of fertilizer; Qeorge Iverson to $6 per acre with fertilizer, if re <'hailos StaUelMARQUETTE k, AicaTlia may result, in their eating sand and I [attpeming litter, a condition that very often bage looper. ies not include any of the hospital and management? Us for the care of the insane, nor Helps quired, except in the case of truck B. S. Rice crops and potatoes for which the limit August Syverson MASON *....... Marmiette causes death, according to C. B. Marquettte Holmes of the Wisconsin college of NATION There has been something lacking 4* is higher. Not more than $400 will be M. S. Stowill Seottville agriculture. „.. it include any of the hospital all along or the great majority After oiling the sewing machine, loaned to an individual farmer. (I. .1. • JreKury Fountain ilohnes gives the following Us paid by the townships. The would not be where they are now or it is a safe practice to sew through •). Z. • rook Ludinstun The loan committees serve without \. R. Vest liny I,udin£ton method which he uses in growing ,al welfare work Wdj appalling in would be willing to co-operate to a blotter which will absorb any healthy, peppy chicks at the Uni- fr HOUSE-LIGHTING pay or allowance for postage or other .1. ffffnk Murtoid. MECOSTA i extent. the last degree with those upou surplus oil. Chm Btg Uai.uis versity poultry yards. When chicks / COOKING AND w, how are we going to meet whom they must now depend. It is necessary expenses. They stand such Alberl James 1 (ersey are dry and well * fluffed, he takes IRONING is obligation that society places no disgrace to bo poor if you have A hot sand or salt bag is often expenses themselves. County agricul- llerrnin Liog«rs MENOMINEE .Morley them from the incubator and places ion the taxing public? tried to your limit and failed, but it much more comfortable and prac- tural agents at the various county- M. A. Nad.au, Chm Stephensotl chicks ate kept coni£ortable ami More and more the home owner is is" another story when one is poor tical for neuralgia than is a hot seat towns are advising fanners in E.Albert T. Wilfimd Kipfer „..., Powers Stepheiison when they become Beet less, which is BUY with Confidence! lling behind in paying his taxes; through selfishness and lack of am- water bottle. It should be sewed preparing applications, etc. Many seed MIDLAND usually from 12 to _'1 hours after and fertilizer loan applications have ore and more be realizes that he bition. ill sooner or later be on the weir up like a bean bag and heated in the been forwarded from Michigan. Foi- Wm. J. Baker, Chin Robert Murphy Midland being put in the chick boxes, they Coleman USE with Confidence oven. Thompson Freeland, It-1' are removed to the brooder house lowing are the county committees: list himself if the present sys- MISSAUKEE in which has alreadV been placed RECOMMEND with 111 continues. We wonder if public sentiment, if What To Do Spread layers of newspapers pij <). R. lstitute for meat, eggs at eggs; they are wholesome i'ood and when frying if they are first rolled I. it. bhepard, ANTRIM Chin -.... Mha John Nash lioltim e present prices, Michigan apples there are many ways of serving in flour. Win. Bowers itjtnirul "La-ku NEWAYGO cherries and why not keep some A. B. Fairbanks &..Klk Rapids • Howarth, Chm Fremont them so that the family need not ARENAC T. 1. Fry Freiiiont our surplus milk off the city StandiSh C. Keinpf Quality FENCE tire of them. W . G. Jennings, Clan t, Fremont and keep our poor healthy Heat the knife blade before cut- Benlyn I'rice Sterling OAKLAND Those that are offered for sale ting a- loaf of fresh bread. This pre- Henry Selle , An Ores R. J. Smith, chm South Lyons supplying them with their needs should be strictly fresh. Do not vents the usuaj breaking and crumb- BARAGA James Leece Ortonville (1 at the same time save ourselves have them standing round waiting ling of the slices. '1 lios. D. Tracy L'Anse J. S. Mif hell Holly Homer J. Pennock L'Anse eir doctor bill? Everywhere we hear of great for a higher price. Gather them regularly and keep in a cool place. A pantry shelf shower is one J. Perry Shulstad BARRY Baraga J. M. Davis. Chm Walter < 'hurchill OCEANA Meal's New 10ra through the I being practiced by allowing Candle them and remove any that David Goodyear, Chin «. Hastings Thos. Welsh Hart Farmers Buying 9 las any the careful caudler. tendency of cloudiness. The greatly appreciated by the bride- Fred Stebbins tiniest blood spot will be visible to to-be. Cans and jars of fruit, veg- etables, jellies, preserves and relish- Kim \v. J:. Sigler Markey, Chin BAY „ „ Bay Hastings Hastings city, 11-1 Win. F. (libhs, Chm Jos. L. Fritz Nelson Mills OGEMAW Al«er, U-t Rose <'ity. R-1 1'reseott.U-J Farm Bureau Guide es can be included as well as small W. S. Dicken Never offer for sale a dirty egg; cooking utensils, pot holders, waxed James Pel ton Bay City Pliiuonning Wm. Siren ONTONAGON Wainola Farm Bureau Fence is good, dur- Rates on Application lean nests and plenty of them help paper and other small essentials. BENZIE Andrea Anderson Ewen able fence and will give many years tremendously in clean egg produc- II. B. Woodward ^ Beulah Rudolph Stindt Topaz IrafHno Wav HAND WAX and tion. ^. Janus Rice Beulah OSCEOLA of efficient service at low cost. Mado A. K. Taylor Benggnia, KFD Vern Btible, Chm Marion by a largo steel manufacturer, in a, pat ling w a x — BRUSH WAX. Grade your eggs and sell by grade. To remove stains on mattresses BERRIEN c. A. Stiles LeRoy modern factory where high-grado Kd. York Kvart c Wat of materials, and mix Have uniform size and weight in cover them with a thick paste of John 0. A. l>. Baldwin, Chm WaVman Brid»man Watervliet OTSEGO farm and poultry fence has been III. Send for price list. M. H. HUNT laundry starch and soap jelly, allow SON, LANSING, AMICH. each class. Fred C. Franz Nilea Frank J. Shlpp, Clnn lsen, Chm Sandusky liigan. SIMPSON GRANITE WORKS, be kept in condition for use. little rubber band around a box of CHEBOYGAN James Mahaffy Marleli*.' FARM BUREAU SERVICES, Inc. W. Leonard, Grand Rapids. Serve the hot sauce with a lump ol butter melted in it and sprinkled With silver will tarnish the silver in a Albert Carlson 1 Searge Nimmo Cheboygan Che hoy Kan Bert Mortimer J^ee Deekerville Vale Lansing1, Michigan grated nutmeg. Or add a cup of raisins few hours. Guy Tromble Aloha SCHOOLCRAFT »arden b e e d — Bureau supply during the last part of the cooking and CHIPPEWA Wm. I'.. Thomas, Chm Manistique I Lansing, Mich., for price list on cook until raisins are plump. Add a few DOB Finlayson Sault S4e. Marie Albert Huebscher d F. Wahvorth Conimia lemorials- Centra! Michigan's HONEY FILLED BAKED APPLE point, a little salt added. G. H. Sutherland : Clare D, i stock. PerpttUftte urn, ;i distinctive Memorial. Let the family The next time you bake apples, sur- ise the toiks by dressinn them up with prise honev filling fillingBeatBeata half a halfcup of ofcream cup cream Frank Cotton Henry Madmits -..Clare Clare A. B. ' 'ook C. B. Noyes ST. CLAIR < IWotm Uwcsso Farm Bureau . with y.-ii in its design and unttl stiff stiff and and whip whip in gradually gradually oneJ* The use of a woolen or part wool- K. ]•:. Hall, Chm.._ CLINTON I Attractive booklet "Personality St. Johns c. J. Reed',Chm Vvoca o tablespoons of hone>. « 'out 01 e- en pressing cloth will ward oft that I .ce I Ussell lloy Pearce Columbus Garden M b r i a t e " free 611 tvi'iest. Phone wo t b l p n s of h o n e > « ' o u t 01 St. Johns \ II. A vr.VKKK, 1026 E: Mt. 10,1 1tha Pinch cup of finely chopped nut meats of salt. Serve in the center shiny look that so often looms up at J. E. Crosby..... St. Johns Raymond Wurzell North Strict t A v c . Lansing. "W« cover toe ,1 ST. JOSEPH the baked apples when •••old. the home pressing. DELTA We." I..•she KivUvh, Chin Ks.anaha 11. c. Bueknell.Chm Centrevnle John (>isim Gladstone C. D. Mosher Centrevllle Sheer material will not pucker K. J. Bergman, Sr Clarence Brody Constantine Bark River TUSCOLA when it. is stitched on the machine DICKINSON Clarence Meyers, Chm < 'at <> Kiank Morett, Chm Iron Mountain if strips of paper are placed under- Ed. Wickman iion Mountain, Star U-l Ed. Fulford Kingston Frank Baker Vassar Life Insurance Aids neath it and the stitching done Krud Langsford through both fabric and paper. 41 Khm v Lundjiergi Clnn EATON iron Mountain Dimondale Wm. N. A. Perry CarMitright VAN BUREN Vkron C a s s City Joe Latnie Charlotte Farmer Who is in Debt To tell when a cake is done; it •I MainIf shrinks from the pan; it springs >flhci t 1 'K.nk Reader EMMET Bellevue Charlotte Earl B. Copley, Chm \ i:. Wiggutt J oil 11 M. Stafford Qeorge Landrua Deoatnr Bloomlngdale Lawrence Grand Junction Like Farm Bureau alfalfa, back when pressed lightly with the Ellas Lueslng, Chm uevering Miller o v r t o n Ban|pr clovers and oilier held seeds are finger; it leaves a clean, non-sticky C. < reorge ("oofe 1 larbor Springs If you are in debt you probably are paying for your Curtis, j r Petoskey (• A. Curtis WASHTENAW Saline tester of straw or toothpick. GLADWIN farm or parts of it and have family responsib.ht.e8, both Ralph I'.nibaUer, Chm Glad win Fred Not ten Chas. M. ('alia Crass Lake \ m i Arbor RELIABLE Tack the tape- measure to an Fi 1, M. Hilton Uesiqk chance. Make the most of it GRATIOT with Farm Bureau garden seeds. Use the waste space between the 1. B. Smith. Chin shelves in your dish cupboard by Ainbivy Mellinger adding another shelf. An in-between M. O. Nagle North Star Breckjenridge Alma Vitamins In financially stronger by reason of the life insurance shelf only six inches cups and tumblers accessible wide makes ('. f. I'ri <'d, G h n i and (>tt<> ( l i l m ^ T . ' HILLSDALE Hill.-dal.- ( !atnden Garden Rows Write for our Garden Seed Circular. Best varieties for A. F . Aiuh.-r.son Lttchfield saves waste space. Also narrow "The garden can supply ftUCh »n Michigan. HOUGHTON savings that are accumulating. shelves are more convenient for K. A. Hainar ChasBell assortment of vegetables thai cveyy W. .1. Thorn 1'son Hancock Ltff insurance . a y ^ - v - t e d to - n ^ month- spi.es and cooking supplies. .1. B. raton « Calumet vitamin which can be obtained from PRICES ARE ROCK BOTTOM ly income when your neea JW P HURON plant sources is included." accord- When taking off snap fasteners: Al.\ Gu years Chm Had Axe ing to Mrs. Luella Alortenson of ttye with the years. from a garment, have a piece ot Qeorge Amos Van \'. Phelp Bad Axf '"'"d Axe home economics extension at tl|ie FARM BUREAU SUPPLY heavy paper at hand through which Life insurance companies pay most of their money to snap them together. Then when (;.•... (iraham, Chm INGHAM Mason University of Wisconsin. , STORES Vitamin A , ' policyholders. y You are more l.kely to be a they are needed much time will be Juh 11 A very 1; •ge Kunciman Mason, U-2 Wllliamston Carrotts. lettuce and spinach a^e Bay City Lapeer ^ d r years ^ - ^ ^ fig saved by finding matched parts to- gether. H.-nry Wcl< h IONIA Ionia, KV]^> excellent Uich sources protects of vitamin A, against infections Hart imtay City Lansing Pinconning financial worries. 1-et us ICII yw Win. li. McCartney Lake Odessa Wm. Toan - Portland and promotes growth and vigor. Saginaw Cliintz curtains hung on kit. hen Policies serve farmers' needs. windows will brighten a dark and Waldo Curry, Chm IOSCO The yellow varities of corn Tawas City, R-1 this vitamin in goodly amounts, to,o. supply gloomy room. ("lias. Tltnreck Tawas <' i t > Harry Gomlnle....Kast Tawas, Star Routs Vitamin I' STATE FARM LIFE INSURANCE CO. On the average, an eight-ton yield Lloyd <:. McKay IRON Bast Tawas Stimulates the a-pnetite and keeps BLOOMMGTON, ILL. of silage to the acre ,-osts about Win. Reynolds, Chin Crystal Falls the digestive tract in good condition. Carl Lindquist Iron Rlrer, R-1 Vitamin B is not found quite so LEGAL RESERVE COMPANY $7..-)0 a ton: five tons cost $11.UU; 1:. .). Van Ornum li'"> River abundantly In vegetables but peas, A and eleven tons cost $6.00 a ton. ISABELLA John KenfoM -"^«t. Pleasant asparagus, celery, c a u 1 i 1 1 o W e r. Michigan State Farm Bureau^ Willie: "(ice. what big feet your James SMrtlng W. N . 1'i.i-pout t Mt. Pleasant turni) s and parsnips contain ^ VIIM amounts oi' it. good JACKSON new puppy l l i i S -" Vitamin C Agent Kddie: 'Yeah, l i e s gonna be ;i Frank A. AJdrioh.Chm W. K. Kckerson ' oncord lat-kson, K-l Tomatoes, cabbage, 1 e 11 u c e, police dog when he grows up." Roy Cuff Jackson, U SATI RDAY, APRIL 9, M I C II ! V, A X F A R M permitted under existing law, except to ship or city stated apposite their and replace these funds with the pro- Act. fix definite priority for county use oi meet bonded indebtedness. names. PROPER PACKING Brucker Ideas Travel Slowly in Legislature ceeds from a properly limited graduated iiu ome levy. HIGHWAY TAXATION in providing emergency highway relief, termine. I- That the remainder of this appro- these funds, earmarking same so i t priation shall be, apportioned to the sev- not be used for other purposes. 1 rior- i-tration t. eral counties us the legislature may de- ity to be: c a n - It will he the policy of the admin- rchase county bonds for highway sinking fund Invest- hlghwaj (1) Covert assessment district, town- ment Where possible and necessary to (nullified elector. Petitions must be circulated by a Names must be OF WOOL MOST (Continued from page 1) vision the entire echool system is ;i system with the Legislature responsible overnor said, it should lie remem- bered tfcat highway tax relief is i.. •". That out of the county's share as ship and county relief where needed to rehabilitate counties demonstrating a signed in lii« presence as he must apportioned, there Bhall be the following reduca levy on property by application need therefor. in varying degrees in all parts of the distribution and payment: of pro rate payment to each. .,,• this program is adopted i t w U l swear to the statement at the bottom the Governor remarked that i-D Reduction of county mill tax lev- not he a diversion of one dollai ot auto- of the petition. IMPORTANT NOW the schools promotional :••>• t.. c o s t s foi tions, lias passed; that while many school officials are co-operating in a policy of onduc* condi- state, ;ii'd that t h e time is h e r e t o abol- poses and substitute automobile tax emies in its place: also that any action (a) A portion tj taxation for highway pur- the legislature may determine. to cities and villages (hi State supervision to tix definite taken must not overburden the use of priority of city use of such funds, care- as ied on property. (li Reduction of general mobile weight tax revenues but Will con- (.") Maintenance Of county highways, f u t e a strict application of these^undfl Women signing petitions must sign highway to highway use without necessitating tn« their own name, such as Mary J. j O n e s raising of' additional taxes. To return Pool Says the Little Things 'etrenchment, ol not. automobiles, must not unduly postpone fully earmarking such money so it can- township bonds. Improved highways to communities that not lie used for other purposes. Priority (.") New construction of highways. i , weight tax and thereupon remove or Lucy Smith and not as Mrs. James The Governor recommends a l".• this local tax from real estate would, he- Jones or Mrs. L. Smith. Make Big Difference iuction in school expenses below ti • have waited patiently; must deal fairly with counties that have not over-built t o l i e : (6) Adoption Of more mileage under ( us. of its uniform scope, furnish real (l) To pay assessments against city McNitt-Smith-Holbeck Act. budget, with legislative intervention in ax relief and at the same time help res- Do not sign more than one petition- In Selling behalf of taxpayers where necessary; Covert roads, must deal equitably with under Act ."!», DM:., Covert Act. city and rural taxpayers, must prevent (d) The Covert Act should be amend- cue these distressed areas afflicted bj never use ditto marks for address or that Legislature should require ans dis- •vc assessments for highways. In trict considering expenditures beyond repetition of present difficulties. The taxC2)for To pay city share of any general ed, to permit: county road or bridge bonds this way all would benefit Without dis- dates; never date signatures on. Sun. Lansing—Whether wool prices are ihove reduced figure within next three < iovernor recommended: (1) Refunding of outstanding bonds crimination. This objective,, will bring other than Act 59. years to obtain State administrative low or high it pays to prepare and board a p p r o v a l o r l o s e s t a t e a i d . 1. That State highway construction be ( t To pay city at large bonds for over a longer period. about genuine tax reduction, the OoV- day. curtailed. streets, bridges. (J) Suspending for five years the op- ernor Baid in conclusion. j>ack the clip properly for delivery, STATE INCOME TAX _. That an amount equal to the entire (O To pay city's share under Dykstra eration of that portion permitting new Head the petition carefully before according to the Michigan Co-opera- Theature Governor recommended that the ta\ he returned to the counties act. construction. When Circulating Petitions signing. No department has author- tive Wool Marketing Ass'n, which nen( to thesubmit to the people^ an amend - State Constitution authoriz- annually. (e) That no county (•".t Maintenance and improvement of levy county road taxes upon real estatebe permitted to ity to remove names from petitions quotes wool salesmen working on ing the Legislature to abolish some defi- :'•. That out of this appropriation the important city streets connecting with except as an emergency, by two-thirds trunk lines. Men and women signing petitions after they have 'been filed. McXitt-Smith-Holbeck annual appropri- i' > State and county supervision to to exceed one-fourth of the amount now must be qualified electors of the town- nite part of the genera] property tax vote of the board of supervisors and not the Boston market. evies for local school operating expenses ation he apportioned as provided in the "When the wool prices are good the penalties exacted by the wool trade for improperly packed woo! are all the traffic will bear. When prices are as low as at present, it is difficult to sell inferior and poorly packed wool at all", said J. W. Wil- son, Manager of the Co-operative Keep Your Motor Nat'l Wool Marketing Corporation Hales organization for 26 affiliated pools. Improperly Packed (lifts PERFECT "Growers are giving more atten- with Farm Bureau Oil tion tluin ever before to proper pack- ing of wool, but even today every wool, warehouse in the country con- tains, plenty of examples of Im- Farm Bureau paraffin base motor oils are Farm Bureau oils and the real economy in properly packed clips. There will their long life and the worry-free lubrication. In- a few fleeces tied with the built to rigid specifications to maintain their weather side out, some loaded with lubricating qualities under all operating con- For your auto, truck, tractor or stationary chaff and dirt from shearing, others ditions. engine ask your Farm Bureau dealer for our with dung locks rolled inside, a few tied with binder twine and some You can depend on Farm Bureau oils for guaranteed bags with the gray and black wool thrown in with the white fleeces," 1,200 to 1,500 miles of service. You can be MIOCO, 100', Paraffin Base Mr. Wilson continued. sure that at 45 to 60 miles an hour Farm BUREAU PENN, 100 f;i Pennsylvania "Mill buyers appear to have re- Bureau oil is giving perfect service. markably keen eyesight when it CHICKS FED MERMASH GROW FASTER Ready by the quart, in 5 gallon cans, and comes to spotting imperfections. You will be well satisfied with the price of in larger drums. They can see defects from afar and when they try to strike a bargain for a particular lot of wool the im- perfections are emphasized to the utmost. Well Begun 25,000 farmers in Michigan, Ohio and Indiana use Farm Bureau "The first requisite to good mar- ket demand is good wool. Frequently growers fail to realize full value on good wool because of indifference or careless methods at shearing time is Half Done oils. Farm Bureau greases keep gears in perfect condition and the chas- sis free from squeaks. Proper packing is the most import- Michigan soils and crops are lacking in iodine,—an important ant item. It is particularly desirable that the 35,000 farmers in our wool food element. pools use diligence in shearing and packing their clips to bring the best Mermash supplies chicks with iodine from the sea,—in food possible returns. Co-operative wool form. Chicks raised on Mermash simply walk away from those is Hold strictly on its merits. Pool raised on other rations. They are healthier, grow faster, feather packing means extra grading and handling costs at assembling points better, mature earlier. Chick losses are lower. Cost per chick is to put the clip in marketable condi- lower. tion. Shearing, Packing Rules Mermash includes the ocean product Manamar in a poultry "Rules to be observed in shearing ration that is outstandingly good. Manamar is composed of kelp, and pactking wool are simple. It costs no moro to do things the right which is an ocean plant, and of fish meal. Both ingredients are rich way. in digestible iodine and other minerals essential for health and "Shear only when wool is dry growth. Shear in a clean place. Keep dirt and chaff out of the wool. Keep Mermash 16% protein is a superior dry mash. Starts chicks, the fleeces intact after clipping oft the taigs and stained wool. Roll the grows pullets and maintains peak egg production at lowest cost by fleeco with the flesh side out. Tie supplying all the essential elements. It's a life time ration. Mer- each fleece separately with PAPER BLENDED PROTEINS twine. NEVER use binder twine or mash is also a fine ration for the rapid growth and development of There are no mystery ele- young ducks and turkeys. string. Pack the dead, gray, seedy burry wool and tags separately. "Much wool is penalized because ments in Mermash. The open formula names every ingre- dient and the amount there- And the price? Mermash aims to be the lowest priced, good, MICHIGAN VARIEGATED of excessive use of branding paint chick-starter and growing mash on the market. This is one of the most difficult problems faced the industry today of. Mermash ingredients were chosen to blend proteins to For Long-time Heavy Yielding Stands by growers and manufacturers alike produce healthy, quick grow- Growers should avoid having too ing chicks. Mermash wins much paint on the fleeces, as this IF you HAVE NOT FED MERMASH- We recommend Farm Bureau's Michigan Variegated alfalfa as usually is difficult to remove. Only the pen against pen tests. This Coupon will bring you THE standard branding paint should be STORY O F M E R M A S H a great, low cost, long-lived, heavy producing alfalfa. Consider its used. Insoluble branding fluids and our Special Introductory must be clipped off by hand before Price Offer for yourfirstbag history: the wool can be made into cloth of Mermash. This is expensive and the cost is dis Name Michigan Varieg-ated alfalfa seed conies from fields sown to genuine Hardigan counted from the fleeces. For MERMASH—see your local dis- Grimm, Ontario Variegated, Lebeau or Cossack varieties, which are our hardiest, "In the pool every man's fleeces Address longest lived, heaviest producing varieties. These fields were not registered are graded for his account. Gooc for certified seed production, but they have produced seed. Seed from such fields t r i b u t o r of Farm Bureau Feeds is Michigan Variegated. wool gets a top grade. Carelessly handled wool, tied with binder M A I L T O Farm Bureau Services, Inc., Lansing, Michigan twine, etc., is graded accordingl> and joins wool of a similar oharac ter," Mr. Wilson advised." MICHIGAN VARIEGATED Will give you large yields of high quality hay year after year. The pro- Walking Stick Insect Menaces Oak Forest: FERTILIZER RETURNS duction is comparable to that secured from the Grimm variety. Michigan Variegated is selected, high test seed, thoroughly cleaned in our modern Aitn Arbor—Oak forests of north $2 or More for $1 Invested plant. Its price is a money saver. Farm Bureau's Michigan Variegated is guaranteed to meet State College requirements as to origin, ancestry and central Michigan are menaced by a new surprise attack from a new ene- John W. Sims, fertilizer authority, tells us that a farm- variegated bloom characteristic of this hardy, Michigan grown alfalfa. my, the "walking stick" insect, which er should demand a return of $2 or more for every $1 in- in the last few years has increased vested in fertilizer. from a curiosity in the insect world SEE A SAMPLE OF MICHIGAN VARIEGATEED SEED to a serious pest, whose eggs liter- In 1929, says Mr. Sims, 344 Michigan fanners reported ally shower the ground in infestetl Go to your Farm Bureau seed dealer and see his poster showing samples an average extra return of $5.05 for each dollar's worth of areas, reports Samuel A. Graham, pro- fertilizer used on corn; and an average extra return of $4.53 of Farm Bureau alfalfa seeds. Mail us the coupon below and we'll send >r of economic zoology in the Uni- you a sample of Michigan Variegated, together with descriptive literature. versity of Michigan School of For- for each dollar invested in fertilizers for potatoes. estry and Conservation. When grain prices are low, forage crops are most profitable Lay a The walking stick insect, a wing- In Ohio 1,518 farmers reported an average increased less relative of the grasshopper, gets return of $3.71 for each dollar invested in fertilizer for foundation for plenty of hay and future prosperity by sowing Michigan its name from its angular shape and corn; 358 farmers said the dollar in potato fertilizer return- Vanegated alfalfa this year. brownish color, which gives it the ap- ed an average of $5.08. pearance of an animated twig. Or- dinarily it is a rarity and because PRICE OF FERTILIZER IS LOWER of its excellent disguise is seldom Other Farm Bureau CERTAIN-SEEDS are seen by the casual wanderer in the Red Clover, Alsike, Mammoth, Sweet Clover, Crop prices are lower than in 1929, but the price of Timothy and Beans. woods. In the present unusual out- fertilizer is also lower, which balances somewhat the lower break, however, the insects are so crop prices. The use of proper fertilizer is an investment SEED GUARANTEE: Only Farm Bureau Let us show you . • . numerous in some areas of the north guarantees to the farmer to the full purchase that is likely to yield 200 % or more within 6 months time. central portions of the state that one can scarcely walk with comfort price of the seed its vitality, description, origin Michigan Variegated where they are feeding, and in some Farm Bureau fertilizers contain the highest quality and purity as described on the analysis tag. This coupon will bring you a sam- places they are so numerous in late plant foods. With fertilizer also, well begun is half done. ple of Farm Bureau MICHIGAN Active ingredients in our fertilizers dissolve in water and VARIEGATED alfalfa seed and our siunnier that they have eaten all the descriptive circular. available leaves and are found wan- are ready when the young plant needs them most. dering aimlessly in search of food. Name One reason why this insect is us- Farm Bureau fertilizers are extra dry, granular, easy For Farm Bureau ALFALFA SEED ually a rarity is its careless habits running and regulating,—and good to handle. You'll find Address with its eggs which are simply drop- the prices right. Ask your distributor of Farm Bureau —see your local distributor ped hit or miss by the female, with supplies. of Farm Bureau Seeds the result that the young may die be- M A I L T O Farm Bureau S.rvic... Inc., Laruinf, Mich. fore they find food, or be devoured in the egg by other insects or birds. The which resemble tiny beans, now D some areas as numerous as 30 to 100 or more in a square foot, ac- cording to Prof. Graham. Strangely enough the Michigan walking stick "BUY ERA ...SEED... FEED... CO-OP- TIVELY" Farm Bureau Services, Inc LIFE AUTOMOBILE « A ND do not hatch the next spring af- [1 the previous fall, as else- TWINE... TIRES... LIME... SUPPLIES Lansing, Michigan INSURANCE ATA "FARM where, but lie over two winters and a summer before hatching. This is fortunate for the oak trees since de- urn annually is much more ser- 221 North Cedar Street RISK RA TE" currttig alternate