Summer Seeding of Alfalfa Edition FAKSr MICHIGAN KEEP UP THE NEWS NEWS On News Interesting to Farmers Through the A Pr«gre»slve Newnpaper Farm Newe For Michigan Farm Homes FIFTY CENTS FIVE CENTS PER YEAR SATURDAY, MAY 28, 1932 PER COPY Issued Semi-Monthly WILSON OBJECTS A l f f Ka, V a « e t y Tests Prove WAYNE RENEWS Alfalfa Seeded in Summer 2 0 0 , 0 0 0 POUNDS TO CENTRALIZING Michigan Strains Hardiest DRIVE FOR RULE Has Important Advantages OF WOOL IN THE BANK CONTROL >thers; Southern Alfalfa Michigan G r o w n Seeds Lead a »«' Ontario Variegated strains, all of which are very well adapted to Mich- igan and will yield exceedingly well if OF LEGISLATURE Clean, Firm Seed Bed; Warm Soil, Showers All Help, Firm Seed Hed Important Summer seeding also permits the establishment of a firm and well com- ASSOCIATION FOOL Fears It Could Mean End of Winter-kills growing conditions are at all satis- Prof. Megee Says pacted seed bed which is essential for factory. The second group is corn- BttCceaeful alfalfa culture. Alfalfa seeds Heavy Deliveries Come Later; Small, Independent /•>/ GEORGE WEXNER slight advantage over all varieties. In Constitutional Amendment By PROF. ('. R. MEGBS are small and have a varnish like sur- Business Conditions Drop Banks Extension Specialist, Farm Crops Cratiot county the test was planted on For Reapportionment Called in mi crops Department face. When scattered in a lose, cloddy, Advance to 7c Michigan State college a heavy loam soil with Grimm out- seed bed, seeds dropped into open For several years alfalfa variety yielding the other varieties. Michigan Plan Michigan State College 'independent banks In the county Ordinarily, alfalfa can be seeded spaces do not germinate readily. For Lansing—More than 200,000 lbs. of [seat towns and even in the larger tests have been conducted in co-opera- Variegated iw-sf Everywhere Lansing—Petitions are in circula- quite successfully from early spring to quick germination moist soil should be wool has been pooled with the Mich- cities of America are facing a fight tion with individual farmers in vari- In the oldest tests located in tion to place on the ballot at the No- late August. However, the best time well firmed around the seed and theigan Co-operative Wool Marketing for their lives," according to Mr ous parts of the state to determine the Branch, Arenac, Otsego, Eaton, Jack- vember election an amendment to to seed depends upon local conditions. cultipacker is a very useful implement Ass'n this spring, which is twi. Lucius E. Wilson, or PJcnkney, Mich.| performance of various varieties un- eon and Livingston counties, the varie- the State Constitution to reippor- Summer seedings, if properly handled, for the preparing of a suitable much wool in the warehouse than last who has been writing a series of ar- der different soil and climatic condi- ties have tended to group themselves tion the Legislature, according to bed. •ear at the same dale, the Ass'n said ticles for the Michigan Farm News, tions. into three classes. The first class in- the "Michigan Plan"' a title given are frequently very satisfactory. In On most loamy soils it is not neces- Vlay 27. urging the necessity of a managed Whenever possible these tests are cludes the Hardigan, Grimm, Coesack an arrangement concocted by thelate June and early July the ground sary to seed the alfalfa with a nurse Unusual spring weather conditions, currency as the way out of the de- Wayne county board of supervisors, has become well warmed up and usual- crop when the seeding is being made teeping farmers on edge regarding gression and to prevent future crashes Wayne county members of the Legis- ly showers are sufficient to moisten the during the summer. The nurse crop heir other farm operations, lias been , [ credit and financial stability. lature, Detroit and Wayne county soil thoroughly so that the seeds germ- politicians and which "has the ap- inate readily. will compete with the alfalfa for mois- lolding large quantities of contracted "An assault is being made on the ture and plant food. On sandy soils proval of the Michigan Municipal Clean Seed Bed entire State banking system by the that are inclined to blow, a peck or League," according to a letter from It is also possible to prepare a clean 'invisible government' in New York,' the Wayne Board of Supervisors. two of oats or a light sowing of buck- Mr. Wilson said and explained his seed bed if the summer seeding is to wheat may be necessary. The Michigan Plan, a title change Uiew in the following statement: from the Wayne Couply plan which be made. It is much cheaper to kill Lime and Fertilizer Eugene Meyer, governor of the was defeated in November 1930, isoff the weeds before the crop is planted The proper use of lime and fertiliz- Federal Reserve System, George Har- «4J11 the same plan to concentrate than afterward. Alfalfa devotes a con- ers should not be omitted. On soils gorernor of the \ e w York city legislative power into; t lie metropoli- sible part of its energy during the Federal Reserve Bank, and other pow- tan area around Detroit. early stages of growth to the develop that are decidedly acid, lime is usually erful figures in the financial world are The Michigan plan vould reappor- nient of intensive root systems and, considered the iirst step in sue.•• pressing for a modification of the na- tion the Senate according to area consequently, does not make nearly so crop production. Legumes may be so tional banking laws which would put and the house strictly according to handled that they add nitrogen anil or all banks of deposit under one (•barter- population. The Wayne county ganic matter to the soil and tln-se are ing-power (probably a group control- plan would have reapportioned both •ary in crop production. Alfalfa ALFALFA VARIETY TEST County Agr'l Agent Gorsline of Arenac county standing in plot of Senate and House according to popu- is a lime-loving legume so that the Hardigan alfalfa from Michigan grown seed. Left of picture shows lation. lime content of the soil should be few Arizona Common Alfalfa plants. Most of the Arizona stand winter-killed; weeds and native grass filled in. Alfalfa seed of The Michigan plan would not dis- clunked upon 'before seeding. The unknown origin may contain weak, southern grown seed. turb the present Sena' area plan, proper fertilizer to use will depend seeded in the summer without a com- prised of a number of common strains which in effect would retain for much upon the previous handling of panion crop in order to insure a more from northern states, which give fair Wayne the benefit of ihe last read- the soil. Ordinarily, the sandy loams rigorous stand. resulte in Michigan, but which lack justment of Senate seats according respond to a fertiliser containing an to population and through which abundance of potash and a relatively Occasionally, farmers question the hardiness of the variegated varie- Wayne county has 7 of the ?,2 seats whether or not common alfalfa might ties. In the third group are Hairy in t.he Senate small amount of phosphorus. When Eighty two counties fertilizer is used upon the heavy clay not. be more satisfactory than the var- Peruvian and seed from Arizona and divide the remaining 2.. scats in the ILFRED BENT M.I egated types for sandy soil, the sup- Argentine, a class of seed totally lack- and silt loams, a fertilizer high in Senate. Directs in.!,' Wool Pool losition being that its root system will ing in winter hardiness and conse- phosphorus and low in potash is The Michigan plan, proposes that wool in the country. As soon as work o deeper after imoisture than the quently unadapted to Michigan con representation in the House of 100 recommended. more branching roots of the variegat- d i t i o i i s . Inoculate (lie Seed s caught up, wool deliveries will bi- members shall be strictly according •d alfalfas. These tests will be harvested again to population, and- thus would as- Inoculation is just a.s important ll) in greater volume. Thirty thous- There is no apparent foundation for this year supplemented by tests seeded sure Wayne county -.-8!) or 4 0 rep- for summer seeding as it is tor spring n d p o u n d : ; n c c i v d i n &ne i k i v a l t h e his contention, for, when planted in 1931 in St. Joseph, Hillsdale, Sani- resentatives, with all but fi or 7 seeding*. If neither alfalfa nor sweet t&nslng warehouse is the high maii> inder identical conditions, the roots lac, Oakland, Benzie and Branch coming from Detroit. Eighty-two clover have been grown on the land o data for, i!t::::. in IIKSI more n..m >f Hardigan and C.rimm go just as counties. remaining counties would be re- previously, it is advisable to itioeii 00,000 lbs. was delivered in June and leeply for moisture as the roots of the Such tests make valuable demon- districted and regrouped to share late the seed. Uninoculated alfalfa uly. Tin- National Wool Marketing < iomznon types. strations in the various sections of the the remaining ill) or Cl seats in the plants which produce no nodules upon House. the roots draw upon t h e soil nit i joration on May 23 notified aftiliaicl A test located in Manislee county on state as they usually run over a period Michigan's population, according in much i >ru, pota- wool pools throughout the United a light sandy loam showed Hardigan ,i'ral years and people interested States that effective to the 1980 censtt 1,842,325. 1'lxOf V. ft. and Cossack leading the field, with in alfalfa haw an opportunity to seeThe unit of representation in the and s u g a r beets. ance was reduced from S to 7 oentfl Grimm a close second. On a clay loam what, different varieties will do under large a top growth as many of the an- The statement i.s often times made per pound, in accordance with further House for 100 seats would be 4 8,- nual weeds that have only a shallow soil in Clare county, Cossack held a their particular soil conditions. 423. Wayne county's population is fibrous root system and an extensive that one makes no mistake in using lecline in the market and general HJCIUS £ given as 1,888,94(J, of whom 1.5G8,- top. of seed. I doubt the wisdom of msines.s conditions. led by the central banks and subser- the crop is growing most rapidly— Consequently, seed beds should this statement. If 7 pounds of seed leal to the New York crowd) and one rvisory and regulatory power. "Nominally this regulatory power 3 TONS ALFALFA just coming into bud. Alfalfa is important in soil improve- <;»;:_' shows persons how resided Detroit ment as a supplier of humus. "Well 34 seats out. of 39 or 4 0 Wayne tion. in Detroit, would get which 33 or be quite free of weeds BO that the al-per acre is sufficient to establish a he woolen industry in gto+ral there falfa plants will have less compeli good stand, then the use of 15 or 20 is s no business of any sort, the wool In the eastern wool markets and in will be vested in the United States gov- ernment; actually it will rest in the CONTAINS $20.38 county would cared for manures of animals fed al-igan Plan, which provides that the get under the Mich- uneconomical. According to the ex-pools were advised. The market ia If the ground is plowed early and perience of many farmers and of the eing depressed by privai. offeii falfa on the farm are about 26% hu- last decennial census shall be used cultivated frequently with the spring- tests conducted here at the college, if it very low prices, and the pools arc ,mds of the international banking mus, and humus is urgently needed by as the basis for reapportionment. group, just as the control of the Fed- Reserve System has gravitated IN PLANT FOOD most Michigan soils. Proper handling Today Detroit and Wayne county of these manures rich in plant food have 21 seats in the House. tooth and disced, several crops of one uses an adapted strain such ae bliged to govern their financial «>i> weed seeds will germinate and theHardigan, Grimm or Michigan Varie- erations in accordance with busm young seedlings will be killed off be- gated, and uses seeds of high germina- onditions. into its hands. If this unified banking is essential also, in returning to the The Michigan Plan constitutional heme should become law, it will Heavy Feeder on Phosphate soil much of the nitrogen which the amendment provides that the Legis- fore the alfalfa is seeded. This prac- tion and purity, and has prepared suit- Will fCot Have To Hump tice is especially important on fields able seed beds, from 6 to 8 pounds per The Michigan wool pool and all mark the end of locally owned and fed alfalfa contained. Plowing down lature shall reapportion itself after acre is sufficient. If the seed bed is )ther pools connected with the Na- controlled banks. And Potash; Makes top growth when breaking up the sixeach U. S. census, which presumably that have been neglected for a few not properly prepared, more seed will ional Wool Marketing ('orpoi ation years. It is our observation that a "In theory the unified banking 147 lbs. Nitrogen or eight year old alfalfa stand adds would further increase Wayne not likely insure a stand but will be re making their advances on wool scheme has merit. If it were regu- humus as well as nitrogen to the soil. county's hold on affairs. It is made number of 6uch fields are to be seeded hrough funds borrowed from the Fed- lated in the public interest, and con- r,y PAUL ROOD Decreasing Soil Fertility mandatory upon the Secretary of :iis summer. wasted. ral Intermediate Credit Banks, cre- trolled by governmental agencies Extension Specialist, Soils Dep't Alfalfa requires more phosphoric State to do so should the Legislature NO BENEFIT FROM EXTRA-HEAVY SEEDINGS ated by Congress for the purpose of which were responsible to the citizen- Michigan State College icid, more potash, and more lime than fail to act. financing farmers' co-operative enter- ship, such a system could be made Rate of Seeding Alfalfa and Yield of Hay Secured Alfalfa has a tremendous capacity to normal yields of any other crops com- From Well Firmed Seed Bed and High Quality Seed. prises which serve only members of more stable and secure, from the standpoint of the depositors, than the build soil fertility and also has a mon to Michigan. To grow alfalfa and sell it without purchasing phos- Mich. Gas Wells Could LBS. SEED SOWN TO TONS AIR DRY HAY PER ACRE he co-operative. The wool pools ffl~ luire a membership marketing con greater capacity to use it up than any THE ACRE 11resent system. But if it were regu- phoric acid and potash fertilizers is lated by a commission or board which )f the common farm crops. How to o rapidly deplete the soil supply of Serve 234,000 Families (12% Moisture) ract from every pooler. use alfalfa? D r i l l . s e t Actually 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total Average The National Wool Corporation actually bad to respond to the ruthless sown yr. yr. yr. hese plant foods. To carelessly handle Lansing—Gas wells now operating yr. states Ihat it has Intermediate Credit selfishness of the international bank- Increasing Soil Fertility T..64 2.90 14.18 Alfalfa is a legume very sensitive to the manure© from animals fed alfalfa in Michigan have sufficient daily ca- 4.7 2.M ."..10 Bank financial backing to handle and ing gang, it would become a tyrannous 8.1 •J..T2 5.82 3.03 3.34 14.H1 3.72 >n the farm is to waste much of the pacity to furnish natural gas for all 10.9 2.69 5.72 3.18 ::.30 14.79 3.69 idvance on every pound of wool pro- thing. It would possess power to de- acid or sour soils and produces abund- nitrogen which might be added to the domestic uses for ft:!7,000 families LS.6 2.58 6.00 3.14 3.23 1-t.W ::.74 luced in the United States. Last year flate prices and wages at will. It antly only when the supply of lime 15 16.0 z.«i 6,71 3.31 3.32 15.09 :;.77 soil and hence to minimize the effect or approximately 2,811,000 people. IS is.:: 3.13 3.40 he National received about 100,000,000 could decide what the income of the and of plant food is sufficient. The 21.0 -\t>7 5.81 8.16 14.84 3.71 bs. of wool from the 2(5 State pools, >f alfalfa ae a soil-builder. In Michigan only 25 percent of L'l 2.59 3.14 farmers of America should be, andbacteria which produce and live in the the capacity production may be 24.0 3.40 15.09 3.77 ir about one-fourth of the nation's then enforce iU decision. This power nodules on the roots gather nitrogen taken from a gas well, leaving pres- In the above mentioned experiment, which was conducted at the Michigan lip. This year the National may con- is so staggering in its sweep that in- free from the air, provided the soil is ent production in the statt> at a little State College at East Lansing, there was no appreciable difference rol half the total clip and be well on between different rates of seeding, in either quality or yield of hay. telligent citizens are not going to sweet; they do not endure acid soils. more than 18,000,000 cubic feet a he way to controlling the market, up Place it in the hands of the same sinis- How much free nitrogen does alfalfa day. This is sufficient, according to o the 34c per lb. duty on clean wool. ter outfit that has engineered the pres- gather from the air and how much is figures, to furnish domestic gas for Romans Built Britain's Notice of Special Meeting The National's policy is for a firm ent deflation. One treatment of this worth? A three ton crop of alfalfa about 234,000 families. First Woolen Factory of Members or Delegates Market. It refuses to dump wool when kind should be enough to suffice for •ontains al>out: Most of Michigan's gas wells are he weaker fellows have to unload. al least another seven years." Pounds located in the Mt. Pleasant field. Cloth weaving was an important The National's loans are not with Notice is hereby given that a special Nitrogen 1 }' Natural gas is now being supplied art in the Roman civilization. When meeting of the members or delegates commercial banks. Phosphoric Acid •.;': for domestic and industrial use to the Romans invaded Britain, a half of the Producers Co-operative Com- Col. Charles P. II. Johnson, presi- Get NewBuilt. 142 For Potash Calcium ';!,' - :,,'•:. Midland, Mt. Pleasant, Rosebush and century hefore Christ, they reared mission Association will be held at the dent of the Botany Worsted Mills of Grain Disease Control Magnesium -'•"' Clare, long pipe lines carrying the a factory at Winchester for the office of the association, 1139 William Philadelphia, and a leading figure in To supply the same amount of plant gas direct from the wells to the manufacture of woolen cloth. he wool trade, addressing the wool East Lansing—Michigan farmers food in commercial form would re- various cities. Natural gas produced Britain's moist climate chilled the Street, City of Buffalo, State of New and textile trade recently spoke well in this state has about twice the legions from the warmer Italy and York, on Monday, the 13th day of June who have lost portions of their grain quire: warm cloaks and tunics were wel- A. D. 1932, at one o'clock P. M., forof the National and its wool pools, crops can avoid some of these losses Pounds heating capacity of artificial gas. saying: Fertilizer Cost I corned by troops. The barbaric Sax- the following purposes: in the future by writing Michigan 7:;:. Sulphate of Ammonia .y,',,. ons, who next pre-empted England 1. To consider and vote upon the ap "It stands out as the most construc- State College for Circular Bulletin 150 20% Superphosphate Muriate of Potash -•' ''•:;'.; Hot Weather Shipping were ignorant of spinning and weav- proval a n d ratification of alt contracts', a c t s and proceedings, which shall have tive activity within this industry in No. 142, now being printed. •js:; Limestone " theretofore made or taken* by t h e the past decade." Directions For Hogs ing and it was not until after the been board of directors <>r i>y the executive Many of t h e common diseases are 120.38 Norman William overthrew the Sax-committee and ratified by the board of Buyers Follow Pool Advance rarried on the seed .main and can be Practically all of the 147 pounds of on Harold, at the end of the directors, as Bet forth In the minutes of Local wool buyers are reported to SAVE THE HOC! Even though the meetings of the board of directors; prevented by simple treatments. nitrogen in the 3 tons of alfalfa came the value of hogs is low, the loss of Eleventh Century, that cloth mak- and be paying anywhere from 5 to 10 < Rusts and smut damage grain crops •.,-,.,.,.- from (lie air, and if it is plowed a Bingte head on its way to market ing was resumed in Britain, '.. To consider and vote upon incorpor- per pound for wool, with the average The great English woolen guilds ation most. Nearly all smuts are carried down for soil improvement, the alfalfa of the association under Article 8, is as. serious ;is when hogs were sell- Chapter lu-A of the Co-operative Corpor- 7 to 8 cents. Where wool pool activ- from one crop to the next by the would add as much nitrogen to the ing from twice to three times a^ were established in l?>00. For cen- ations Law, Chapter 77 of tn« Consoli- ity is strong, higher prices are offered. seed Infection can be prevented it •oil1 as would be added by 735 pounds dated L a w s Of t h e S t a t e of N e w York much, says the Michigan Live Stock turies they were a power in British and a proposed Certificate of Incorpora- In many communities there is no mar- the seed is treated before planting. of fsulphate of ammonia, costing about Loss Prevention Ass'n In warning of affairs. In 13.">0, a guild member, tion therefor. ket for wool. The Bulletin describes and illus- $11. t;s VERNA ELSINGER hot weather shippers dangers. Thomas Blanket, invented the utili- adoption :;. To consider and vote upon the Since the pool advance is as good of revised by-laws of tlie trates most of the common diseases To grow alfalfa, for feed on the Miss YVrnn Klsinger, organization A sudden warm spell is more tarian commodity that bears his of ••iation, or an amendment to the by law) or very close to the buyers' price, and gives directions for the var.ous farm and as a green manure soil build- director and State home and com-dangerous than hot weather in surname. the association, amending Section I o Article I, Section 1 of Article II, SectkM many new members a r e coming into disease treatments. H will be avail- ing crop, is most certainly a very munity chairman of the Ohio Farm August, the Ass'n said, advising 2 of Article III, Article XI and Article the pool, reasoning that if the buyer able early in Jiui'v economical way to add nitrogen to the Bureau, spoke at the annual Achieve- shippers ns follows: XIX and such other section or artii H. D. Horton the by-laws as i emed advisable considers their wool a good in - / soil. Nitrogen is more expensive tc ment Day of Monroe county extension Do not overload hogs. Do not 4. To transact .sncii other busiiw ment at his pri> to their advan- TT. D. Horton of Port Huron, secre- may properly conic i•• Annual Meeting Contests buy commercially than is phosphoric work at Monroe April 20. over-exert them. Do not over-feed tary of the Michigan Elevator Ex- UEE R. i n < ; m . i : N tage to pool and play the Investment Chicago—At its 14th annual meet- acid potash, or lime. It is in thu The recovery of agriculture is be- before loading. Use sand bedding change and officer of that organization Producers Co-op Commission As.s'n themselves. East Buffalo, N. V. ing in Chicago in December the way that alfalfa can become a very im lieved to lie the first step in ending Move them to market swiftly. Keep for many years, died suddenly at. his Date at Indianapolis, Ind., Sellinjr Wool Season Job American Farm Bureau will onei Dortant soil .builder by adding neede* depression. Farm women will play hogs cool. summer home at Rose Island, near May 13th, 1932. The pool is emphasizing that the prizes for best State Farm Bureau nitrogen CJi to the soil. Adding only th< a great parl In every phase of this t year hog losses I net eased Sebewaing, Thursday, May 27. marketing of g iianu publicity programs, a public speaking roots 0 | alfalfa to the soil is not Mil recovery," Miss Klsinger said. • above the previous year. More Mr. Horton formerly managed the A POUND o r HONEY facturers job contest for farm women; and quar- iicienl since they contain no more in hogs (lie on their way to market in co-operative elevators at Kinde and A single pound of honey repre Mills expect both privat tet contests for male and mixeo trogen than was taken from <»« sm The graves of :s77 American wo- May than in any other month. June Hastings. .seats the life work of :U)0 bees. I •ols to Im „ crop. For green manuring 1 1 men who lost their lives in France and July are likely to show I it were possible for a single bee t when' quartets. Medals and cnsh prizes- by the above normal. When relining a coat, cut out half produce a pound of honey, sh way they buy. They don'i win be awarded in the lasi twi is, therefore, essential to plow down during the World war are undecor- the old lining to use as a pattern. The would have to work all day long year's supply of ai events. Cotopl&te information can top growth. The time when green ated. More than 20,000 American Lemons will keep two or three other half may be a guide in sewing in 365 days a year for eight years t lie had from the American Firm Bu- manuring ing crops will add the most ni women went to France with the months without any treatment. the lining. produce it. Regardless of carryover from Teau at 58 East Washington street trogen to the soil is at that stage when armies. (Continued on page 2/ Chicago. SATURDAY, MAY 2ft, 1982 TWO MICHIGAN FARM NEWS Co-ops Exempt From BUSHEL CERTIFIED No Alfalfa Overproduction SudanEmergency Grass Is Good Pasture Washington—The Income, Stamp Taxes MICHIGAN ALFALFA Acre for Hay, 1 for Pasture Here, Prof. Anthony Says East Lansing—Sudan grass, which in Congress makes new revenue bin no change in the exemption from income tax granted Further than this the greatest need is eaten readily by cattle and sheep, co-operatives that qualify for su<-i, r to the Michigan Farm Bureau News, founded SOWS 6-8 ACRES Per Dairy Cow Only will furnish pasture from early in a good dairy ration is an adequate July until the first heavy frost, ac- exemption under the present law, ana supply of protein. Alfalfa is the cording to the .Michigan ^ a t e col-continues their exemption from th e !_', ma Half Realized greatest protein producing crop which lege Farm Crops Dept. Many Mich- payment of stamp taxes on stocks, itter January 12, 1923, at the pofitofflce Decker Describes Quality and may be grown by Michigan fanners. igan farmers have reported Sudan bonds or other certificates of \ni at Chario ..nder the Act of March 3, 1879. By ERNEST L. ANTHONY One acre of alfalfa will produce about grass pasture which carried two and debtedness, the National Co-opera live Purity Sought by Crop Professor of Dairy Husbandry 590 pounds of digestible protein while three cows or the equivalent num- Council here advises. Published thf second and fourth Saturday of each month by the Improvement Ass'n an acre of timothy produces less than ber of sheep per acre. Mich my, at its publication office a t 114 Lovett Michigan State College 90 pounds of this essential feed nu- :; i r 1 f > 11 • •, M i o h . Editorial and general offices, 221 North Cedar St., Lansing, Michigan. By R. E. DECKER More than 660,000 acres of alfalfa found on the farms of Michigan Sudan grass should be seeded trient, or less than one-sixth as much during rhe last half of May, but may- Midwest Wool Pool Box 708. Telephone, Lansing, 21-^71. Extension Specialist, Farm Crops today stand as a glowing tribute to per acre as alfalfa. be seeded to mid-June. A grain drill Pays Farmers $45,345 Michigan State College the recognition of the wonderful val- A 1,000 pound dairy cow giving set to sow two pecks of wheat per Kansas City—Checks totaling E. E. UNGREN Editor and Business Manager The season of 1931 -was favorable ues of this great farm crop. 8,000 pounds of 4 per cent milk per acre will distribute about 2 5 pounds $45,34.". were mailed last week to for production of alfalfa seed of good As great as is this enormous acreage year requires about 775 pounds of di- of Sudan grass seed per acre, which 1,000 farmer members of the Mid- Subscription r,0 cents per year or 3 yrs. for $1.00 in advance. color and plumpness. Michigan certi- there is no overproduction of alfalfa gestible protein each year. This can is the correct rate of seeding. The west Wool Marketing Ass'n. it wan fied seed growers used much care in in Michigan. This acreage could well be almost completely supplied by grass is ready for pasture within a payment on part of the 1331 CHJ, Vol. X SATURDAY, MAY 28, 1932 No. 10 rogueing their fields and the net re-be expanded to more than double this heavy alfalfa hay feeding with home five or six weoks and will then fur- The Ass 11 said that a portion of the sult is that the 5,200 bushels of certi- amount and yet the supply would still grown grains and by abundant sweet nish continuous grazing until frosts. clip remains to be sold by the fied Michigan alfalfa seed available to be inadequate ifor the use of dairy clover or alfalfa pasture. A Holstein Freezing injures Sudan grass and a National Wool .Marketing Corpora- poisonous substance sometimes de- farmers for use in their seedings this farmers alone in this state. This cow on experiment at the Michigan velops in the plant so it is safer not tion. "Gold Pollar No Longer Honest"—Senator Borah season is of exceptional purity and makes no recognition of the large State College has produced better than to pasture the grass after the first 9 Con; restling with the job of balancing the budget—looking high in probable live seed content. acreage needed for all other classes of 13,000 pounds of milk on alfalfa hay. heavy frost. Dairy cattle .have main* Farmers Buying for new .sources of revenue, new taxes. It's having a hard time. Every Any alfalfa seed grower who wants livestock as well as the rapidly grow- corn silage and ground corn. Her in- tained as heavy milk flow on Sudan industry or commodity or group invited to contribute makes the welkin to get his crop inspected and certified ing market for alfalfa hay for eastern take of alfalfa hay, however, has grass, in the college tests, as on good Guide ring with its protests about being singled out "for ruin." by the Michigan Crop Improvement dairy markets. Alfalfa is one of the reached as much as 20 pounds per day. sweet clover or blue grass pasture. Rates on Application More than once Senator Borah of Idaho, uncompromising independent, Association must furnish evidence that very best cash crops on the farm to- Michigan farmers who fill their has called attention to the fact that the money situation h^s something the seed which he used in seeding the day. cows up on low protein roughage such Hotel KernsJ J£R as timothy, mixed hay or corn stover, zation headquarters. Comfort at easy to do with the budget difficulty a.s -well as with business recovery. Last week he said to the Senate: crop was certified seed. He must furnish a satisfactory record of the pedigree of the seed. Dairy Farms >'eed More It has long been recognized that the goal of good dairy farm practice calls do not supply their cows with enough .protein or else must purchase large NATIONAL prices. N. Grand at Mich. Center of city Cafeteria, garage, Rates $1.60 to J2.50. "Balancing the budget has been made a slogan. But we delude our- selves if we think we are going to balance the budget simply by passing Certified Hardigan alfalfa, for ex- for at least one acre of alfalfa for hay ample, must trace to the original seed and one acre of sweet clover or alfalfa quantities of high protein concen- trates to supply this necessary ingredi- CARBIDE * Beekeepers S and A. 1. Hoot Co, goods. Send for cata- log M. II. HUNT &. SON, LANSlNi; ^ this tax bill. We must take up the question of stabilizing prices. The ent. for HOUSE-LIGHTING Y gold dollar is no longer an honest dollar. How many suicides must we of that variety released from the Mich- for pasture for each dairy cow in milk COOKING AND MICHIGAN. igan Experimental Station in 1921.in the State. For this goal to be Poor roughage ie merely filler while / COOKING AND M register, how many insane mu.st AVC put into asylums, how many farms IRONING must go under the liiiiiiinor before we do something to stabilize our Genuine certified Grimm should reached with more than 850,000 cows good alfalfa hay, though a roughage, is Garden Seed— Bureau supplyra still more like a concentrate in its Store, Lansing, Mich., for price list on currency?" trace to the original Grimm plantings now being milked would make it pos- made in Carver county, Minnesota. BUY with Confidence! their hinli quality, adapted natne, guaranteed garden seeds. true-to- A certified tag placed on a sack of B New Produce Outlet Denied seed by a State Crop Improvement USE with Confidence Monuments— ^USKLT^ Thn Big Four packers are Swift & Company, Armour & Company, tnonuments of the most beautiful granite Associatipn or similar inspecting Wilson & Company and the Cudahy Packing Company. agency is accepted as proof of the RECOMMEND with and marble. Call or write. We employ^ no salesmen. You save the difference. Fuirgest monument works in Western Permission to the Big Four Packers to re-engage in the handling of vegetables, fruits, milk, butter, fish, sugar, coffee, teas, cereals, genuiness. of the seed. Pedigreed, or ertified seed has a definite family Confidence! 13!>8 VTi.hisran. SIMPSON GRANITE WOKKH W. Leonard. Grand Rapids. flour, grain.- juice and some other products in a wholesale way "up to the vistory as does a registered animal. FARM B U R E A U SERVICES doors of retail grocers", granted them by the Diatriqt of Columbia Su- The Crop Improvement Associations Be~rry B a s k e t s - Lansing, Michigan f o b cats, M0 for yi.ZU; 1,000 preme Court Jan. 5, l!t:{1, in a modification of the Packers Consent Decree are attempting to do for the farm seed for $ " $!• further in- content and probable live seed are con- sible to further expand the present feed value, as one (pound of good al- formation, write our home office. »:'O the Big Four Packers argued, with support from co-operative cerned. acreage of these crops several times falfa hay is equal to a pound of wheat organizations and farmers' organizations throughout the Blue and White Tag Seed W . V. BURRAS, President. Slate mutual Rodded Fir« country, including the Michigan State Farm Bureau, that conditions had with little fear of having too much. bran as a source of nutrients. Insurance Co., of tllich. changed and modification was in order. Great chain grocery systems had Last year a meeting of representa- While it would be expected that H. K. F I S K , Secretary. To Save 5 lbs. Grain Daily \ HOME OFTICE- FLINT. MICH / come into being. Some operate their own packing plants. Most of them tives of the Utah, Idaho, Montana and dairy farms would be the most impor- A typical daily ration required by a have retail meat counters. The chain stores are permitted to do what the South Dakota Crop Improvement As- tant users of this great milk produc- 1,000 pound cow producing 25 pounds packers are not. sociations and representatives of the ing crop, yet a recent survey shows of 4 per cent milk -would be 12 pounds seed growers met at Salt Lake City that only 45 per cent of Michigan's Judge Bailey of the District of Columbia Supreme Court held that of mixed or timothy hay, 35 pounds of LIVE STOCK MEN and adopted standards for the certi- total alfalfa crop is produced on dairy there is no monopoly in the packing business and no danger of one. Jle fied alfalfa seed produced in their silage, 4 pounds of ground corn, 5 farms and only oi:»'-third of the dairy pounds ground oats, 2 pounds wheat denied the packers' request for a modification that would permit them to enter the general retail food business, but granted permission to engage in such business in a wholesale way. states. They aleo adopted three grades: farms of this state grow enough al- A "Fancy" or "blue tag" grade, a falfa hay for their total needs. "choice" or "white tag" grade, and a bran, and two pounds of linseed or cottonseed meal, or a total of 13 pounds SELL YOUR OWN Lower Feed Cost Answer of concentrate grains with this rough- Buy your feeders . . . Finance your purchase! . . . Sell Farmers saw in the modification decree a new, substantial, and "yellow tag" grade. Dairying at this time is in a period age. competitive market for more farm products; an elimination of empty If this same cow is fed on al- them finished . . . Co-operatively all the way. .Micliitran Standards Higher of readjustment and reorganization to falfa hay, she will readily consume 12 refrigerator car hauls that are now charged to the livestock industry, The Michigan Crop Improvement meet the lower market prices for dairy pounds alfalfa hay, the same amount You can send your stock to Detroit or East Buffalo yards and and finally oven competitive conditions for the big packers with the Association decided last fall to adopt, products. Feed costs are generally ac- of silage, and the grain ration needed sell it direct to the packers through the Michigan Live Stock' Ex- great chain .store systems and 1,300 other packing plants not bound by with a few changes, the same stand- cepted a.1* representing one-half or change, which is as near to you as your nearest shipping ass'n or the decree. We believe the farmer stood to gain by modification of the ards for our 1931 seed crop as were more of the total costs of milk produc- to balance this roughage will be four member who is affiliated with us. Get the FULL RETURNS from Consent Decree. pounds ground corn or barley, two set up at Salt Lake City. The "Fancy" tion. Since the feed costs represent pounds ground oats, and one pound your stock. and "Choice" grades were adopted but so large a share of the costs of pro- each of wheat bran and cottonseed the "yellow tag" was not. Some 20,000 farmers, belonging to 150 Michigan shipping ass'ns, When Money Rises and Commodities Fall duction, it is very natural that this meal, or a total of only 8 pounds of have at Buffalo and Detroit their own sales offices, top notch sales- "I had $300 in the bank at the beginning of 1931," a farmer told us The standards decided upon by the is the place where first thought and grain to supply the same balance and men, and handle a large volume of stock on both markets. the other day. "I worked hard all year and at the end of the year I western Associations for the Fancy attention is given when dairymen are amount of nutrients as supplied by 13 figured I had got nowhere and the $300 was gone. I paid out $1 per (blue tag) grade were: Purity, not less faced with the necessity of trying to pounds of grain with the first ration. Returns to patrons guaranteed by |50,000 bond meeting U. S. Government requirements working day to exercise mjself in 1931." than 99.25%, inert matter not over show a profit against continuing low- This is a saving of 5 pounds of y2 of 1%, and not more than % of er markets. Fortunately thousands of MICHIGAN I I T E STOCK EXCH. PRODUCERS CO-OP ASSTJ grain per cow per day by using alfalfa. 1% foreign seed. Detroit POTASH FERTILIZER gether should not be practiced as the seed will be too deep or the fertilizer dairymen are facing this problem in At l%c per pound this is a saving of These were changed by the Michigan the right way by rapidly readjusting 8c per cow per day or on a 10 cow herd too shallow. If seeding and fertilizing Association as follows: Purity, not the farm and farm operations so that a saving of nearly a dollar a day. ' East Buffalo, N. Y. FOR ALFALFA ON must be done at one operation, place less than 99.25%, inert matter not more and more of the right sort of the fertilizer deep in the soil by means over ^4 of 1%, foreign seed not over home growrn feeds may be on hand in of the regular drilling device and ar- % of 1%, and this foreign seed con- Saving $14 P e r Cow From a study of more than 3,500 abundant amounts for the needs of the cows in Dairy Herd Improvement MaiM THEJJGHT SOILS range the small seed drill tubes BO tent could not be made up of more herd. the seed will fall back of the discs, than 1/10 of 1% weed seed; noxious spikes, or shoes. If drill chains are weeds, none; Associations last year it was found The majority of Michigan dairymen that the cows fed on alfalfa as against probable live seed, at are thinking in terms of making the f those fed on mixed hay or timothy Mr. Grantham of College Soils not used for covering, either cultipack- least 90 /,,. if arm produce the greatest amount of produced more milk at a grain cost of ing or light harrowing will be neces- How good is our 1931 certified seed the right sort of feed for their dairy $14 less per cow per year. This dif- Dep't Describes Best sary for proper covering of seed. compared with our standards? Re- herds. This is as it should be, as ference alone may be the difference Procedure Top Dressing Alfalfa With ports from the state seed analyst on Michigan is ideally suited to the pro- between profit and loss on a cow in a Commercial Fertilizer 140 lots of our Michigan blue tag cer- duction of an abundant and well bal- year under present price conditions. By GEORGE M. (JRANTHAM The proper place for fertilizers is in tified alfalfa seed shows an average anced feed supply. Michigan dairy- Alfalfa hay not only supplies digesti- Soils Department the ground at or beforfe the time the analysis of: purity 99.77%, inert mat- men have found through their Herd ble protein and feed nutrients in the Michiga-n Shite College crop is seeded. However, this is some ter 16/100 of 1%, other crop seed Improvement Associations that eco- cheapest form but it is also a good On the light group of soils potash times neglected and later applications 44/1000 of 1%, weed seed 26/1000 of nomical and efficient production of source of the much needed minerals is very important as a fertilizer for are desired. The analysis to use is 1%, probable live seed, 92.74%. milk is perfectly possible with home and vitamins which are so necessary legumes. an 0-8-24 on the light soils low in fer- By comparing the above sets of fig- grown rations, provided such feeds to satisfactory milk production. Al- For these soils probably no more tility and an 0-14-14 on the more pro- ures you will conclude that the Mich- are of good quality and properly bal- falfa hay is not only the cheapest economical use of fertilizer can be ductive sandy soils. The rate of ap igan certified "blue tag" seed is of ex- anced. source of protein available to Michigan made than fertilizing the legume crop plication should be 300 pounds per ceptional quality. with fertilizers carrying high percent- acre or more. After the first cutting ages of potash. The "Choice" or "white tag" stand- Alfalfa's (treat Feed Value Alfalfa is the most important and dairymen today but it ie home grown. Good alfalfa hay from any angle has been removed seems to be the best ards adopted by the Michigan Asso- first crop to be considered for the best that it may be studied always shows Four Hours Later! time to apply. Early spring applica ciation were: development of a home grown feed up to be a milk making and a money "Friday, April 29, about 9 o'clock I insured this Chev- tions have not been satisfactory on Purity, not less than 99%, inert supply. Alfalfa will yield the largest making feed. rolet truck. Four hours later the owner was cleaning the sandy soils. Applying the fertilizer on matter, fiot over % of 1%, other crop number of pounds of digestible nutri- The greater use of alfalfa hay on gas lme when it burst into flames with the result shown the surface soil, when the plants are seed, not over % of 1%, and weed ents per acre of any crop except corn every dairy farm of Michigan is the in the Picture," D. Elbert Harvey, State Farm Mutual dry, seems to be as effective as where seed, net over % of 1%, noxious and for much of Michigan probably one sure way that dairy farmers of lle it is placed into the soil by means ol weeds, | o n e ; and probable live seed the largest yields of digestible nutri- this State may keep down costs and ™???5 Jtosurance Co. agent at Jones, Cass county, a drill or working in by means of a content,*not less than 85%. ents per acre of any crop that may be continue to make a return from their wrote the Michigan State Farm Bureau, State Agent. spring toothed harrow. Sixteen lots of seed were placed in grown. "While manure carries phosphate and the "Choice" grade. The average an- cows. FIRE is a hazard that may destroy your automo- potash, which are recommended for alysis r>f these lots was: Purity the sheep were handed to him. The bile or truck any moment. THIEVES may steal your alfalfa, it also carries a relatively high 99.611%, inert matter 182/1000 of 1 % , 200,000 lbs. of Wool Australian • method of holding sheep car strip it, wreck it, burn it, or you may never hear of content of nitrogen. Experimental other crop seed 113/1000 of 1%, weed it again State Farm Mutual insurance protection work shows that nitrogen applied to seed 94/1000 of 1%; probable live In The Ass'n Pool for shearing I s : Tlio BlMCirer starts his cutters at the this crop has not been a profitable seed, 90%. (Continued from page one) tail and clips straight through to the against loss from these hazards is very low. year to the next, the pool keeps each neck. Then he clips off th© tuft on practice. Therefore it seems advisable Here ^gain it is apparent how much the head and starts back along1 one to apply the manure to non-legume better the "Choice" lots were than year's pool separate in every respect siile, cutting straight through In strokes and turning the Sheep ns lie long Public Liability and property damage claims aris- crops where good us© of all t h e ele (standard requiremenjts. from the pool of any other year, and clips. The method is called the ing from an accident in which your car is involved may L E F T — A l f a l f a from limed land. aims to sell out each pool within the "bloody blow." RIGHT—Alfalfa from equal area of .ments may be made and apply phos- As was stated before, the certified current year and as soon as market throw you into court and cost you your life's savings limed soil fertilized with potash and phate and potash in commercial forms seed growers deserve much credit for phosphate. (Same field) for the alfalfa. Manure is effective in the splendid work they did in 1931 in conditions will permit a good selling Senators Oppose Plan it the verdict is against you. State Farm Mutual will On sour, sandy soils alfalfa requires potash and phosphate in addition to lime. increasing growth of legumes but therogueing their fields of crop mixtures job being done. The Michigan Co-op- assume all such risk, pay court costs, etc., at a low Nitrogen when used alone or in loss of nitrogen is to be guarded and weeds. erative Wool Marketing Ass'n adver- To Tap Tax Dodgers insurance rate. Our insurance rate for collision dam- tisement on page 3 of this edition de- mixed fertilizers has not shown profit- against. Manure may also carry grass A bushel of certified Michigan alfalfa scribes its plan of operation. ages to your car is also low. able returns for alfalfa even on the and weed seeds which are not desir- seed wil! sow between 7 /fc and 8 acres, 1 Washington—A tax on the income light soils where nitrogen able at the time of seeding alfalfa anc as it is necessary to sow only 6 to 8 of tax exempt securities has been pro- is usually a very limiting factor. which may be controlled much better lbs. of this seed. The low cost of cer- Describes High Speed posed to Congress by Chester Gray, nl k SURE P rno t edcatui ot onm against financial losses Washington representative of the S Fen recommended on soils which are to be cultivated tified seed this year and its high qual- Sheep Clipping System ity should be of great benefit to our Mr. Leonard D. Purks, Farm News American Farm Bureau. Senators T °bile insurance. Let Fertilizers to be recommended are: more frequently. For extremely light soils poor in fer- farmers in making their summer seed- Smoot, administration finance expert, reader at Lupton, Ogemaw county, and Bingham and Reed, oppose this tility an 0-8-24. For soils better man- ings. aged including legumes or manure in Farm Bureaus To Have and sheep shearer, asked if the arti- plan to tax those who have wealth in cle in a recent issue stating that an the rotation an 0-14-14. The rate of Washington Picnics In a depression during Revolution- Australian holds the world's sheep tax exempt bonds. The opposing We have more than 500,000 policyholders and application should be 300 pounds or ary times, t h e price of a newspaper shearing record by clipping 346 in Senators rather like a general sales tax, which has been described as a 7,000 agents in 30 states in this national more per acre. Chicago—Farm Bureaus throughout rose from one to five barrels of one day is correct, and if so, what is splendid method of taxing the great Fertilizers should be placed as deep- the nation will celebrate the George flour for a year's subscription. his method? Legal Reserve Company multitude of those who have not for ly in the soil as possible just previous Washington Bicentennial with Wash- That National W o o l Marketing the* benefit of those who have. to the time of seeding. The grain drill ington picnic programs July 4th, ac- Instead of worrying about what cannot help, t r y worrying about Ass'n advises the News that the per- STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTO INS. CO with a fertilizer attachment is pro-cording to the American Farm Bur- you what yoiu can help and won't.—New- formance is not impossible. In west- When oiling the sewing machine, bably t h e most convenient method of eau headquarters at 58 East Wash- ton Newkirk. ern sheep camps expert shearers wipe off any surplus oil with a soft Bloomington, 111. applying. One field operation will ington street, Chicago, which advises must do 200 sheep a day and can't cloth that does not shed lint, and both spread the fertilizer and place it that it has suggested programs and A poultice is usually better than stay on the job unless the average is then sew through a blotter. This MICHIGAN STATE FARM BUREAU, State Agen^Lansing at a euitn ti in the soil. sources of program material for the a blister—remember this when you 150. An Idaho sheep man said one will prevent the likely oil spot we Drilling the seed and fertilizer to- event. They may be had on request. speak. of their men did 412 in one day, hut dread. SA1TR1UY, MAY 28, MICHIGAN FARM NEWS THRU THK MKTRIC SYSTEM Thirty-six nations, including all .,,,f>ne ope outside of the United King- King Dr. Millar Tells Best Ways I Birds and game add to the interest Properly landscaped homes sell for of life on the farm, and many joys of from twenty to thirty per cent mor© om, have adopted and use the met |rii- system of weights and measures, Home and Family Section To Lime a Field for Alfalfa childhood on the farm track back to than implanted homes, according to a he wood lot. real estate survey. 1.,,.,-ording t o a recent report. More Edited by MRS. EDITH M. WAGAR lluin half of our foreign commerce, Address all communications to her at Carleton, Michigan. portion to the neutralizing power nxlay, is 8 a i d t 0 *» w i t h th Shows Alfalfa Heavy Feeder printed on the package. For example, On Lime; Application if hydrated lime has a neutralizing FARM BUREAU Sec'y Brody Barry Co. Time Important power of 166, it would only take 100/166 as much hydrated lime as it FENCE is strong and durable. It will give Suggests Elects will of ground limestone to correct the many years of efficient 4 By DR. C. E. MILLAR The Picnic July 4 Head of Soils Department Michigan State College same amount of acidity. Dividing 100 by 166 gives us 60 and hence we find service at low cost. It is made by a large steel Mrs. Brumm Alfalfa will not make a luxuriant jrowth on soil deficient in lime. Next that we should use about 60 per cent as much of the hydrated lime men- manufacturer, with years of experience in the The nation is paying homage to tioned as of crushed limestone in or- Mrs. Roy Brumm of Nashville was manufacture of high- total human llf ' " T O Washington during this year elected president of Barry by observing his 200th birthday an- County o drainage, an adequate supply of ime is the most important factor in der to get the same results. Some hy- drated limes have a neutralizing power grade field fence. When niversary in some appropriate man- Farm Bureau at their annual meet- FARM BUREAU you buy Farm Bureau losses ner. ing held recently. She is the first woman to be elected president of alfalfa growing. Frequently, a seeding of alfalfa will ook thrifty during the summer and of 150 and some even 170. Proportion- ate quantities of these materials Fence you get sound value for every dollar. The Farm Bureau will pay tribute any county Farm Bureau of Mich- should be used in accord with their There is a style and (1) PREMATURE DEATH Income available or cash settlement of to Ins memory in a national pro- igan and one of a very fey in the gram of fourth of July picnics in United States. honor of him as America's First Mrs. Brumm is a farm woman, Farmer. Sec'y C. L. Brody of the living on a farm and sharing all of early fall of the year it is seeded, but by the next spring the stand will be hin and the plants weakly and the armer says that the stand has winter- neutralizing power. I se Marl When Available When a bed of high grade marl is FENCE size for every purpose. Best service can be obtained from Farm Bu- $5,000 Michigan State Farm Bureau har, the perplexities as well as the pleas- suggested that every county Farm ures of ordinary farm life. Being Bureau in Michigan consider a the wife of Barry's first county ag- killed. Such a behavior is typical of alfalfa located in the vicinity, it can' fre- quently be used more economically than other kinds of lime. For'soils jives you sound value reau Fence when it is erected on Farm Bureau (2) ACCIDENTAL DEATH Washington picnic program July 4. ricultural agent, she early learned Secretary Winder of the American many of the needs of farmers in a on a soil deficient in lime. The rea- son the young alfalfa plants did not survive the winter is because, grow- which are moderately to strongly 'acid, about four cubic yards of high grade marl to the acre is an adequate appli- for every dollar Steel Posts. These rigid, durable posts are made of high-carbon rail steel Farm Bureau says, -'There has never public way. During the war calls ng in a lime-deficient soil, they lacked to the same quality Monthly income of $98 cation. When the soil is extremely been a time since the Farm Bureau were many for canning demonstra- vigor. Enough alfalfa usually sur- standards as govern the acid, or the marl of lower grade, for 10 years or was organized, when there was a tions. When Michigan Agricultural vives to make a thin spotted stand around five to six cubic yards to the manufacture of Farni, greater need of bringing farm people College could not send an instruc- $10,000 together to strengthen faith and con- tor Mrs. Brumm served. which will cut some hay, but not nough to make the stand really worth- acre should be used. The manure spreader is the most Bureau Fence. Use good, dependable fidence in their industry and their A few years later she assisted in while. On the other hand, there is convenient implement for applying Farm Bureau products country. Above all, we must have it organizing women's extension class- clearly understood that the Farm es in her county and served as often enough hay so that the farmer marl. Frequently, a few inches of in the new fence you ar# (3) LIVING DEATH Bureau is a constructive agency, en- county chariman of the same for lates to plow up the field. The result manure, muck, or straw are put in in the new fence you Free insurance during total deavoring to preserve all that is fine three years. She also was a local s, that particular field will return a the bottom of the spreader and the plan to build. in American life and at the same leader for five years, besides she rery poor income for a period of years. load filled out with marl. The spVead- disability besides time trying to bring about a correc- was 4-H club leader for two years. Alfalfa I'ses 3[uch Lime er should be set to operate as slowly FARM BUREAU SERVICES, INC. tion of conditions that are unsatis- Mrs. Brumm has been a most Three tons of alfalfa hay contain as possible. jgQmonthly factory." loyal Farm Bureau member ever enough calcium and magnesium to Lime Well in Advance of Seeding Lansing, Michigan The American Farm Bureau offices since it's organization in our state, qua! about 283 pounds of limestone. It is advisable to apply lime a con- income has prepared program material and having served for seven years as a This is approximately ten times as siderable time in advance of the seed- entertainment suggestions for local county home arid community chair- much limestone as is contained in a ing. Several months or a year is more Farm Bureau picnics July 4. man. She has represented her coun- 25 bushel crop of wheat, counting both (4) ECONOMIC DEATH Shiawassee County Farm Bureau ty as either a voting or alternate satisfactory than applying lime' im- for more $45 monthly income is the first to announce a Fourth of delegate at several of the annual after age 65 or July picnic. state meetings. fancy fruit. . • $5,000 Farm Bureau's National Men Might GRASSELLI Our Complete Coverage Flan Broadcast on June 11 Learn From SPRAY Guarantees money when It Keen interest 'is being taken in Housecleaning and DUST is needed the most. ihe Farm Bureau "party line" broad- cast on the second Saturday of every These are housecleaning days State Farm Life insurance policies are especially adapt- month by the National Broadcasting Company and 59 associate stations. when all the old is brought out in the open, made usable if possible, PRODUCTS The next is Saturday, June 11. Mich- checked over and either put in its ed (o farmers. AVe shall be igan may receive it through station own particular place for future de- Manufactured under definite chemical control/ mands or discarded to the rag bag thus Insuring uniformity; certified as to qual- Klad to tell you about them WJR, Detroit, at 12:30 Eastern or consigned to the rubbish fire. Standard Time. and without obligation on The programs are one hour long Every drawer, every chest, every ity and preferred by many leading growers. your part. and have always been packed with closet is turned wrong side out and the good housewife has once more GRASSELLI GRADE Farm Bureau news flashes from catalogued her belongings. Anenafe of L«ad Powder Monohydrated Copper Sulphate member states from coast to coast Calcium Artenats Powder Casein Spreader STATE FARM LIFE and from the borders of Canada to those of Mexico. To be sure this year there has been many disappointments, for al- Bordeaux Mixture Powder Sulphate of Nicotine INSURANCE CO. The talented rural leadership of most without exception, plans have Lime Sulphur Solution Dry Lime Sulphur Solforon had to be altered during the past Flake Zinc Sulphate A LEGAL RESERVE COMPANY our nation have rendered most valu- Kleenup Oil year or two and the old rug or cur- SOUR LAND FIELD LIMED DUTOX-Ou/ Non-A/ienlcal liuectleUfe able information and splendid enter- BLOOMINGTON, ILL. tainment every month since the ser- tains must still do duty altho the Alfalfa does not grow well on lime deficient soil. LEFT, alfalfa on sour land. RIGHT, alfalfa on a portion of the same field which was limed. THE GRASSELLI C H E M I C A L COMPANY vice began. plan had been to have something incorporated State Agent This is another means of keeping new. But it is the nature of farm grain and straw, and about five times mediately before seeding. Frequently, 629 Euclid Ave Cleveland, Ohio folks to be a class of great faith and much lime as is contained in the lime may be applied on a sod whi|Ch is 1530 E. Hancock Ave '. Detroit, Mich. Michigan State Farm Bureau the membership informed and at the there is always the hope with them stover and grain of a ferop of corn to be plowed for a cultivated crop. 2101 Canalport Ave Chicago, Illinois s^roe time tell to the non-member Lansing Michigan the story of Farm Bureau work, ac- of something better coming and that yielding 50 bushels of shelled corn. The cultivated crop will then be fol- spurs them on. And while that [t can be seen, therefore, that alfalfa lowed by a small grain crop in which complishments and aspirations. hope still remains as only a hope, yet a certain amount of satisfaction makes a heavy demand on lime to supply its own needs. the alfalfa is to be seeded or the alfalfa may be seeded alone the next spring GRASSELLI GRADE lies in their ability to take enjoy- Alfalfa Boot Bacteria Need Lime or summer. There need be no fear C4 Standard 9/r/J Mkjh tor 93cYeqn ment in the old. that the value of the lime will be lost The bacteria living in the nodules Much has been written about the if the lime is applied a year or so in on the roots of alfalfa will not grow spasmodic fury of housecleaning advance of the seeding. •n a soil which is greatly deficient in days among women; they are ridi- MICHIGAN BELi culed in no small degree for their hustle and bustle, their tired nerves, lime. These bacteria are the organ- isms which take the nitrogen out of the soil air and convert it into a Frequently, lime may be applied to advantage while the soil is being fit- ted for a crop of wheat in which the TELEPHONE CO* their upset household schedule and the discomfort they inflict on other members of the family through these annual upheavals. But isn't there a lesson of order- liness that comes out of it all that form that is of benefit to the alfalfa crop and also the crops that follow. Alfalfa which is not assisted by these nitrogen-fixing bacteria is not so rich in protein and is not so good a feed as alfalfa will be seeded the next spring. Seldom is it advisable to apply ;lime in the spring for oats or barley in which the alfalfa is to be seeded. At this time of year the soil is wet so POOL WOOL! 7c might well be patterned after by alfalfa which is thoroughly inoculated that an application of lime is difficult. Weather conditions are also not suit- some of the male members of the family? with these germs. able for shipping and applying ( the Pool Will Per Pound He Gave The Worms Don't you think it would bring to light many long lost hammers, Limestone .Meal an Economical Form Limestone ground so that all of it will pass an eight mesh screen will lime and there ie generally a rush of work which prevents the lime being ADVANCE clevises, ropes, screw drivers, neck contain from thirty to forty per cent put on properly. When applied at; this Wool Pool advance reduced from 8 to 7c per db. by National Wool A Meal Of Arsenic yokes, horse shoes, nails, stretchers, and a thousand and one or even more things that might be fence of fine material which will pass an eighty or hundred mesh screen. Lime- stone of this degree of fineness is later date, there is also not much time for the lime to react with the soil acids and correct the undesirable con- Marketing Corporation, effective May 23. The pool advance is subject to change according to market conditions. Why sell your wool at today's very low prices (average put to almost everyday use, if some dition before the alfalfa plants start designated as limestone meal. This is 7c to 9c) when the Michigan Co-operative Wool Marketing such periodical epidemic might cir- growth. culate among the men folks in the grade of limestone can be purchased Ass'n 1932 wool pool will ADVANCE 7c per pound as FIRST for from $2.00 to $2.25 a ton in car- Lime may be applied in the spring A farmer received a telephone call from barns, sheds and tool houses? on land which is to be seeded in the PAYMENT? Yes, it is a peculiarity of woman- load lots delivered in central and hood to contract "house-cleaningitis" southern Michigan. Under most con- late spring or early summer. When ap- Buyers consider your wool a good investment at pricesl the government agricultural agent advis- every so often, but after it has run ditions this is the most economical plied at thie time, the lime should be slightly above or below OUR ADVANCE for later sale to the its course and things have gone form of commercial lime to use. worked through the soil very thor- eastern woolen mills. Why not pool your wool, and OWN ing him that it was the proper time for back to normalcy, there's great sat- Hydrated lime gives satisfactory re- oughly to a depth of several inches in THE INVESTMENT YOURSELF? isfaction in knowing how much sults, but is usually more expensive. order that it may react with the soil spraying apple trees. The farmer follow- canned fruit is still in store, and Hydrated lime ehould be used in pro- acids as rapidly as possible. The Wool Marketing Ass'n is conducting the 14th annual that there is underwear rendy when Michigan Wool Pool. We enable members to sell large ed the advice, and had a price crop of hot weather comes, and that there Father's example of eating every- The only good reason for knock- quantities of expertly graded wool direct to eastern mills. are no moths in the house, and that thing that is served to him can ing is when, by so doing, you can With 25 other State wool pools, we are affiliated with the co- apples. the furniture looks more inviting in its new setting and that one knows usually do more to get the child to Duncan-Clark. open the door to better things.— operative National Wool Marketing Ass'n of Boston, recog- to the very depth of ones closets at as he should than all the talk- nized by and assisted by the Federal Farm Board. ing mother might do. A few miles away was an apple grower just what is there and what is not. The strips of new paper and the DIRECTIONS who did not have a telephone. He failed evidence of new paint all add to the Prospective members should write for our Wool Marketing Con- to receive word from the government pleasures of family life for many months of the year even if th* pro- Classified Ads tract which is a fanner contract, clearly and plainly stated and rea- sonable. No funny business. On return of signed contract, we will cess of changing is not so easily en- Classified Advertisements are cash ship wool sacks (capacity about 200 lbs.) and shipping tags. with order at the following rates: 4 dured. It's worth the discomfort. man, and his crop was below average. . cents per word for on edition. Ads to appear in two or more editions Association members may draw their wool to our Lansing ware- house, 728 E. Shiawassee St., any week day; open from 7:00 a. m. to take the rate of 3 cents per word per edition. Postal Cut Would Drop 5:00 p. m. They may ship by rail or truck collect. Wool is weighed A telephone is a daily help to the farm- 310 Michigan RFD Men BABY CHICKS on delivery; wool sacks weigh 4 lbs. and are deducted. Cash advance of 7c per lb. on net weight of wool, made at once. Inbound freight, if any, is paid from cash advance. Also, nominal Wool Marketing er, 'with it, he can call neighbors and May 7 the Farm News published BABY CHICKS—ROCKS, REDS, Leg- horns. Hatches every week. Splendid Ass'n membership of $1.00 per year. testimony by Postmaster General layers. Great for broilers. Thirty day A Little Jumping Goat ' friends readily; obtain best market prices Brown before a United States Senate livability guaranteed. Get 1932 prices. High egg strains. Brummer & Fredrick- Gave Its Name to The wool pool cannot guarantee any certain profit, nor a certain final settlement date. Market conditions control for produce and livestock, and, when Committee to the effect that an $80,- 000,000 postal reduction next year, proposed by Senator Oddie of Ne- ton Poultry Farms, Box 30, Holland, Michigan. (12-26-tf-32b) TAXICAB Taxicab is an abbreviation of taximeter-cab' that. Generally, the pool has made money for its members. CHICKS FROM VIGOROUS NORTH- emergencies occur, summon aid immedi- vada would have to be taken out of the employes, who do not have ern bred stock; sweepstakes prize win- ners; MICHIGAN ACCREDITED. Large rioltt—a vehicle carrying an instrument fop automatically registering the fare.The name Mail This Coupon Now type Leghorns as low as $5.50 per 100; cabriolti is the diminutive of the French cab- ately. service contracts, as do railroads, property owners renting to the gov- Barred and White Rocks, Reds, White wyandottea $6.50. Pedigreed males head riole, meaning "a leap" like that of a goaf, and was applied to this type of carriage Mich. Co-op Wool Marketing Ass'n, 221 No. Cedar St., Lansing. BStar Matings. Also assorted chicks. because of its light, bounding motion. ernment. The Department would Livability guarantee. Gee free catalog. Cabriole came from the Italian capriola Date have to drop 30,000 employes, Mr. U-ikeview Poultry Farm, Ii-8, Box 36, The telephone is worth more than it Brown said, suspending daily rural Holland, Mich. (4-23-4t-53p) meaning "a somersault," from Latin caper "a he-goat," capra "a she-goat." There are Please send me a 1932 Wool Marketing Contract. sacks for shipping wool at your direction. You to furnish service to tri-weekly on 9,000 rural thousands of such stories about the origins SEEDS and PLANTS costs. routes and consolidation of 8,000 more rural routes, etc., Mr. Brown ILLJNI ROY BEANS, MICHIGAN of English words in I expect to have about lbs. of wooL grown, good quality seed. A good hay or WEBSTER'S NEW «<-e Gerislffer hay has been observed by some "When shall I leave a crop of al- growers during the last two seasons falfa for seed?" is a common question that in those lields where high seed duction for more than thirty years, expresses the opinion that, when a man goes into alfalfa seed production the above conditions, very much as they do on that other legume, our common pea bean. try lor seed on the second crop._ Dur- ing the past two years over 9o% of the alfalfa seed was produced on the forfge crop. Many farmers believe tlm they can increase their acreage a ljtti above their hay needs and try to n r e BILL TO RESTORE from many growers. The only way to yields j were obtained, there was no tell is to let the crop come to full time when a large number of blossoms bloom and then examine plants in a could be .seen, as seed pods formed he must also be prepared to make hay. Mr. Perry has had the experience of letting the crop come to full-bloom The matter of watching the plants at blossoming time to determine whether to .save the crop for seed first crop. There is a farmer in this state who duce some seed. It is a venture which is at least worth trying and under th above conditions it does not involv* OLD PRICE LEVEL number of places in the field to de- rapidly and even at the one-third termine whether or not seed pods are bloom stage many seed pods were forming in sufficient numbers. If forming. This is in line with reports and then find that no seed is setting. Lisle Berry, Cheboygan county farm- er, has had considerable good yields of really takes care of the question as to whether the first or second cutting should be saved. If hay is needed at present has a large alfalfa acreage and expects eventually to have five or *ix hundred acres. Whether this is the risk of a total loss because if MANCHU SOY BEANS ROBUST BEANS Senate Committee Has quality seed and best adapted to Michigan For Emergency Hay. Better than Sudan Grass or Always out-yield all other varieties. That Extra Millett Because Protein Content Is Higher yield from low cost Certified Robust Bean* Pay* The Goldsborough Bill conditions. 'Vfc Washington—May 24 the Senate Committee on Finance and Banking voted 7 to f> against reporting out the Coldsborough bill to stabilize the dol- lar, but later agreed unanimously. t< take it up again May 31. Senator Nor beck of North Dakota said that he be lieved "something along this line FARM would be reported favorably by th committee." BUREAU MICHIGAN ALFALFA SEED CROP WORTH 44 IT WAS EASY TO SEE,— FERTILIZER $300,000 IN '31 The Mermash Chicks Were Better!" Production Was 36,000 Bu.; Farm Bureau Services FOR Lansing, Michigan Decker Tells When To Dear Sirs: Consider Seed I thought you would be interested to know of my success with Mermash 16 r ; in raising my chicks. I put 5600 chicks under the brooders this year. YIELD 2500 of them were Barred Rocks and the balance Leghorns. /.'// 7?. E. DECKER Extension Specialist, Farm Crops Our success was simply wonderful. We had very few .losses, the chicks Michigan State College grew rapidly and they feathered over the back early. Michigan harvested its largest al We tried a part of them on another well advertised feed and while they falfa seed crop iin 1931. According to did fairly well, it was easy to see the Mermash chicks were larger and better LATE CORN POTATOES BEANS V. H. Church, agricultural statistician feathered, and we put them all on Mermash. Our best Rocks weighed 2'/2 our estimated production was 36,000 and 3 lbs. at 9 weeks, and they all averaged better than 2 lbs. 3n weight a/t LATE CORN needs Farm Bureau Fertilizer's water soluble NITROGEN ibushels. The value of the crop base< that age. on average farm prices will probably Hoping that you may continue to supply us with quality feeds at such fair for a quick start, to insure heavy yield and early maturity before frost. exceed $300,000. Mr. Church states prices, I am that the only other field crops to sur POTATOES usually pay back from extra yield twice the cost of 200 to pass alfalfa seed in value per acre las Very truly yours, year were potatoes and sugar beets. L. VAN WEZEL 300 lbs. or more fertilizer per acre. The entire crop pays with a higher per Holland, Mich., R. 6 cent of marketable stock. April 29, 1932. IF you HAVE NOT FED MERMASH- This Coupon will bring you THE BEANS respond to Farm Bureau fertilizer with extra dollars from the STORY O F M E R M A S H and our Special Introductory extra yield. They mature earlier. Price Offer for your first bag of Mermash. For MERMASH—see your local dis- Farm Bureau Fertilizers are extra dry, free Nam* running and easy to regulate in the drill t r i b u t o r o f Farm B u r e a u F e e d s Address FN-JT-28 M A I L T O Farm Bureau Service*. Inc., f-anilns, Michigan The Right LIME For Your Needs 1. Agstone Meal (bulk only). 2. Farm Bureau Pulverized Lime (bulk, or 80 Ib. baas) Dafl 3. Farm Bureau Hydrated Lime, 50 Ib. sacks. "'' "For five years I used a 30c oil in my Buick car, which is a Ask Local Farm Bureau Dealers for Prices MR. ROSE ' 1926 model. I ran 900 to 1,000 miles before changing," writes Mr. E.|G. Rose of Clare, Clare county. GETS TWICE "October 12, 1931, I changed to Farm Bureau Oil and ran THE OIL 1,800 miles before draining or examining this oil. I found it was SERVICE good or better at 1,800 miles as the 30c oil I had been using was AT HALF at 900 to 1,000 miles. FARM BUREAU BINDER TWINE /.'. S. DECKER "!^he Farm Bureau oil cost about half as much. There be- THE BEST TWINE FOR YOUR MONEY The good yields of alfalfa seed dur- OLD COST ing so much difference in quality and price, there was but one We make it extra strong, smooth and trouble free ing the last two years have stimulat- ed an interest in seed production. conclusion for me,—Farm Bureau Oil." Insect treated twice. Machined 9 times for perfect Many believe that the abnormally dry smoothness. Four times during the manufacturing seasons have caused large yields and process it is checked by automatic machines for even that, when we get normal Michigan ASK YOUR FARM BUREAU DISTRIBUTOR FOR weather, yields will decrease. I'ossi size and strength. Lumps and knots are eliminated bly the dry weather had some bene- M I O C O 100', Paraffin Base Our 1932 prices are the lowest in history for this ficial effect, although nobody has ex- quality twine. It's cheaper to buy the 600 and 650 plained just what part it played in B U R E A U P E N N 100% Pennsylvania oil foot sizes. increasing yields. Certainly it helped SMALL BALL in producing a high quality of seed In 5 gallon cans and drums at Farm Bureau prices that will save you money. 25,000 Michigan, LARGE BALL We cau expect, however, that as our 500—600-650 Foot Sizes alfalfa acreage increases and our hay Ohio and Indiana farmers use our oils and greases. Guaranteed Full Length and Strength needs are satisfied, there will be a larger acreage left for seed, even though we may not have as large yields per acre as during 1930 and KILLS FLIES! The primary reason for sowing al- falfa in Michigan is for hay produc- tion. Putting iiv the crop just to pro- Farm Bureau Fly Spray has no superior for cattle and other out door uses. The price is right. Our KILL-FLY for household use kills Farm Bureau Services, Inc k KILLS WEEDS! ATLACIDE, the chemical weed 'Her, is an efficient, cheap, labor saving, positive weed killer. Not ardou from it is considered a haz- We may li flies, mosquitoes, moths, ants, other insect pests. Will not stain cur- tains or furniture. See your co-op. Lansing, Michigan poisonous or inflammable. quack, poison ivy, thistles, all weeds. 1 | b . p e r 1 0 0 s q Kills 11 it may be a feet trery low yields Spray or dust. of seed were obtained.