KEEP UP Newt Interesting to MICHIGAN THE NEWS NEWS On Farmers Through the A Progressive Newspaper Farm News For Michigan Farm Homes A Newspaper For Michigan Farmers S A T U R D A Y , J U N E 11, 1932 FIVE CENTS Issued Semi-Monthljfl PER COPY 1931 WOOL POOLS Moving Unemployed on GAINED $252,215 Land Not the Answer GRADING IN MICHIGAN WOOL MARKETING ASS'N POOL Wouldn't These Prices Look Good Again? 350,000 POUNDS IN FOR THE MEMBERS The history of wholesale and in- discriminate movements of ployed back to the land has not unem- Washington—A bill introduced in the present session of Congress would ASS'N WOOL POOL Farm Board Reports 28,470 been a happy one, Congress and the Secretary of Agriculture have been advised by rural groups noting the establish the following prices for basic agricultural com- minimum modities. The bill will get nowhere. GROWING STEADILY Growers Profited By activity of business, relief and civic During the war agricultural prices agencies in advancing plans whereby New Low Markets at Boston Co-op Marketing were pegged to keep them from going the unemployed can be put on the above certain levels. Price of labor Cause Advance to Drop Washington—There are 28,470 land. Capital is necessary in the and other commodities were not peg- settled regions, which the unemploy- To 5V2C. farmers in 22 fleece-wool states who ged. Agriculture would enjoy a lit- .ihead $25 2,215 as a result of ed have not. The unsettled regions tle pegging like this now, as per this Lansing—Some 350,000 lbs. of are wholly unsuitable and require selling co-operatively their 1931 clip paragraph from the bill: wool have been pooled at the Mich- capital too, Congress was advised. through the National Wool Market- "SEC. 3. A minimum price is here- igan Co-operative Wool Marketing ing Corporation instead of selling it A magazine article depiciting the opportunities on the remaining pub- by established on the following basic Ass'n frovernim nt bonded warehouse individually to private local dealers, agricultural commodities: Wheat at here, where grading is now under according to recent reports made lic domain of 180,000,000 acres has aroused false hopes in thousands of $1.25 per bushel; cotton at 15 cents way. Wool is being received daily. by the National and its stockholder per pound; corn at 75 cents per bush- Private dealers selling large quan- numbers to the Federal Farm people. The facts are that such lands contain little or no land suit- il; rye at 70 cents per bushel; barley tities of wool delivered to eastern Board. at 65 cents per bushel; hogs and cat- markets for as low as 10 cents per able for cultivation and will support The growers delivered a total of. cattle or sheep only at the rate of tle at 10 cents per pound; butter at lb., in the last two weeks dropped 11,139,490 pounds of wool, averag- 20 to 50 acres per head. The largest 32 cents per pound. Such minimum the market again. Dealers making ing about 391 pounds per clip, last unit available under the Homestead prices shall be the base minimum such sales were estimated to bo year, to their eleven state and re- Act, 640 acres, would be too small price at terminal markets designated profiting as little as a cent or half gional associations that are members to permit a family to live by grazing by the Secretary of Agriculture, in a cent per pound on the transaction. of the National with headquarters cattle. Further, these lands are al- Still it was a profit and a turnover the United States." in Boston, Mass. They received from ready in use by western livestock of capital. It meant that wool that a fraction of 1 cent to nearly 4 y<> men, it was stated recently by the sold at Boston for 10 cents after cents a pound more than private lighted corridor eighty feet under- paying freight and other necessary United States Daily. local buyers were offering. ground, forty feet below sea level, expenses returned the farmer who and nearly fifty feet beneath the sold it a very small price por Where Wool dame Prom Farmers who received these ad- ditional returns en wool handled by ALFALFAPASTURE tracks of the new subway. Three lb. Such sales and the prospect of men of middle age, unarmed, wear- more like them to come fixed the ing clean white shirts and black market at new lows. their own central merchandising agency, live in New York, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota, ABOUT THE BEST neckties, greeted the visitors. Other The National men in blue uniforms, with pistols Corporation, advancing about 6f>% at their belts, stood on guard. Wool Marketing of the maflket value of wool at Boa- Michigan, North Dakota, Kentucky, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Ar- kansas, Missouri, Maryland, Virginia, FOR GROWING PIGS Three Men With Keys were leading us through a succes- obliged ton, from money loaned by the Fed- "The three men in white shirts eral Intermediate Credit Banks, was to reduce its advance Tennessee, North Carolina, South TOP—Everett L. Upham of Bos- sion of barred doorways which were throughout the country to 5 % cents Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Mis- Produces Cheapest Gains By ton, National Wool Marketing Cor- unlocked for our passage by senti- per lb. for all wool. sissippi. poration grader, grading a nice lot If the other growers in these 22 Saving on Protein Feeds; of Michigan fleeces at Lansing ware- nels who stood mutely by," Mr. Wool buyers have worked down Markey relates. from their starting price of 12 cents ates had sold their wool through Pigs Like It house of Michigan Co-operative "But presently, in the wall of a per lb. to 7, 8 and 9 with most of the the National Wool Marketing Cor- Wool Marketing Ass'n. Mr. Upham square room that was brilliantly il- wool bought at 7 cents and plenty poration instead of to private local By PROF. V. A. FREEMAN has complimented the general quali- luminated, we came to a different at 6 cents. Those who sort wool is they would have been ahead Animal Husbandry Department ty and appearance of clips in the door. It was of that familiar sort make the sort stiff. $1,302,461. The National handled Michigan State College pool. Farmers visiting the grading which one sees in bank cellars Association's Purpose 1 Hi million pounds of wool and mo- Any pasture that produces green have noted the interest he takes in everywhere; an immense thing of The Michigan Wool Marketing hair during the 1931 marketing succulent feed that is palatable for making the pool do its best by the steel and oiled bolts, time locks be- Ass'n makes it plain that it is not season. swine is a valuable addition to any pig farmer. Frequently his practised hind glass faces, levers and brass buying wool at any price. It's pur- Cood Year For Midwest ration. Alfalfa pasture has long been eye and hand, together with his knobs. pose is to enable farmers to sell The Midwest Wool Marketing As- the standard of excellence to which knowledge of mill buyers' require- "It was rolled back upon its wool by grade, direct to the mills, sociation which receives wool from other pastures have been compared. ments, enables him to clean up or hinges now, but in the passageway and get for it the last cent it will farmers in Kansas, Nebraska, Mis- The acre value of alfalfa pasture is touch up fleeces in such a way as to which it would (bar during the bring, less actual operating expens- souri, Oklahoma, Arkansas and usually higher than for most other keep them out of the lower grades. night there were two gates of grilled es, which include cost of grading, .Northern Texas, .handled in 1931, purposes for which the alfalfa may be His trimming off rejects and, sym- iron. In each of these gates there storage, insurance and transpora- through its main office at Kansas used. pathetic handling of the fleece often makes a vast difference in its appearance and marks it for a higher were three locks. One by one, the tion to the eastern mill. The pool's City 3,100,000 pounds of wool. grade basket and several cents more per lb. in value. three men in white shirts stepped expenses in these respects ia as low Any good hog pasture reduces the The "growers, with clips averaging In front of Mr. Upham is the passer-up of fleeces frofn the pooler's wool bag. In the rear are the forward, and each inserted a key. or lower than any private firm. The amount of grain required for each tiL'O pounds received 2 Ms cents a floorman and wejghmaster tossing graded wool to the piles -it'ter it has been weighed and recorded on the When all had done this, they step- Ass'n is cutting every operation cost one hundred pounds of gain. More im- pound more, or an average of $15.50 grower's grading sheet. ped back to give us passage—and to the bone. The pool advance of per clip, by selling their wool thru portant than the reduction of the total BOTTOM—Growing piles of graded half-blood, three-eighths an d quarter-blood combing wool. Later suddenly there we were." 5%c per lb. enables the farmer to the National than they would have amount o,f feed is the fact that it re- this wool will be sacked by grade, ready for sale. That was when Markey came get about 65% of the then cash value received if the wool had been sold duces the proportion of supplementary face to face with some 500 million of his wool and still own the invest- to local (buyers. This does not in- feed, such as tankage, skimmilk or lever for starting or stopping. Its dollars in gold. It had a decidedly ment. The pool expects to pay clude more than 700,000 pounds of other protein rich concentrates that Describes His Visit To The descent is controlled from without. sabering effect. more. wool delivered to the Midwest as- usually cost more than grain. sociation's branch office at St. Louis. Alfalfa Fed Hogs Cheapest Federal Reserve Gold Vaults Three Floors of Treasure "Gold in solid bars is no bauble In this edition are several views "All the elevators to the vault and no grimcrack. In the yellow, of grading and wool handling op- are operated by a man in a control steady gleam there are a profound erations at the Lansing warehouse The Association estimates that it Tests at the Michigan State College will handle a total tonnage of five from 1925 to 1927 show that alfalfa room on the lowest floor," the guide earthliness and a portentous tangi- at 726 East Shiawassee street. million pounds in 1932. pasture is particularly useful in re- 500 Millions There Include Gold Mined Before explained. "He taikes his directions bility that are not come upon with Farmers are invited to come in and In addition to payments made di- ducing the proportion of protein sup- Solomon's Time; Is Stored In Bars And by telephone and doesn't need a flipancies. Slim, neat bricks, at once see the grading and the pool's system of countersigns, because he the anchor and the hurricane of method of handling wool. Those rect to growers, the association has plement needed with the grain. Pigs set aside a reserve fund of more consumed forty per cent more tankage Coin In Impregnable Vaults Below recognizes the voices of the fore- human dreams—warm and hypnotic who have watched the work have men. than $18,000 to go towards building and linseed meal on rape pasture than up a permanent capital for the similar lots fed on alfalfa pasture, and Subway and Sea Level to the eye—not a symbol of value, been impressed by Grader Upham's "The vault has three floors: Bar but value itself. policy. He aims to be fair. He con- Midwest Wool Marketing Associa- the feed cost for each one hundred gold and coins on the bottom, cur- Like Shelves of Library ceives it his duty as National Wool tion. The association reports it is pounds of gain was 47c lower on the To look 500 million dollars' He describes first of all the load- rency on the second floor, securities "There was a long, narrow alley, Marketing Ass'n grader to do every- generally conceded that the organi- alfalfa pasture. worth oi gold in the face is a curious ing concourse of the Federal Re- on the third.. Under this arrange- and on either side of the alley there thing he can to help the farmer's : tion of the co-operative has caused experience. Morris Mariccy, "re- serve Bank at 33 Liberty street, ment with the elevators, it is im- was a row of little cells. The cells wool make its best grade. Fre- While pasture is valuable for all porter at large," followed a consign- says the Literary Digest, reviewing possible for an employee to an- were partitioned from the spectator quently his skilled eye and hand3 local dealers in its territory to pay hogs it is especially important for ment of Argentine gold bars, pack- Mr. Markey's story. This platform nounce one destination and stop and from each other by a coarse will vastly improve the appearance from 2 to 5 cents more per pound young pigs. The young growing animal ed into kegs, to the vaults of the is encircled with a thick steel secretly at another. steel mesh, and in each the lights of a good fleece which could go than they paid on the wool purchas- needs liberal amounts of body building Federal Reserve Bank in lower balustrade with portholes every two "Then, in case of trouble, if the were burning very brightly. The down easier than up in grade. It ed prior to the announcement of the materials which are "well supplied by Manhattan, and presents in the yards, the whole "designed to with- man in the control room shut off locks were small—not so largo as goes up. Some can't be helped; < o-operativo's advances during the pasture crops. Alfalfa pasture is par- New Yorker a sharp-lined picture of stand a revolution." The heavy kegs all the elevators, nobody could get the wax seals that were paired with most need no help. Chaffy seedy last two years. those subterranean vaults in which of gold are taken on hand-trucks down to the vault at all. There's them in the gate links. Its present membership is 10,494, ticularly high in protein and it fur- the vast gold reserves of this coun- from this platform to an elevator. no stairway." and burry are chaffy, seedy and or an increase up to date of 3,514 nishes a protein of the right quality "We paused before the first cell. burry. The damage has been done. to supplement the protein of the com- try are stored. That elevator is equipped with no They stepped out into a brightly- IIs interior was constructed after Hatch's Remarkable Clip over last year. mon farm grains. Alfalfa is particu- the manner of a very small and J. F. Hatch of Concord, Jackson larly rich lin lime and furnishes some compact library;. Shelves wefe county, now has six fleeces of Examination of a mil The trouble with milk of human the coin room: wool will be in strong hands. li( TOP, RIGHT—Welghmaater weighing a >n j>each trees in 56 townships of kindness is that it is skimmed too grade from a farmer's clip. He enters "Here, too, cells were arranged Consumption of wool is now at MicMgan revealed that only about graded weights on grade sheet in tripli- :; often. cate—-one for pooler, one for Wool Mar- along a corridor, but the gold was the lowest point since the Dep't of ^0() trees wore suffering from keting Assn. on«> tor Nat'l Wool Mar- not naked to the eye. Each cell con- Commerce has kept records. Cloth- Allows, according to information keting Corporation sales office at Boston. tained about 50 million dollars in ing must be had, and these condi- demned and destroyed for Little [n-weights and graded weights must tally. a e m b l e d this week by E. C. Man- Peach disease and 2,935 destroyed Next step for this wool is to the proper douible eagles, and the coins were in tions cannot continue indefinitely, Iriiberg, head of the state depart- because of Yellows. The inspection grade pile. neat white bags, very flat, that were but it is still beyond the power of ment of orchards and nurseries in- revealed about 1,400 trees having BOTTOM—Southwest quarter of grad- stacked like bags of sugar. anyone to predict just when im- fection work. Red Suture, he said, and these trees ing floor. A few of the hundreds of sacks "One cell, however, did not con- provement can be expected. Never- of wool ready for the grading table. Kach The examination covered peaoh also were taken out of production. sack is tagged with owner's name and tain American coins. It was filled theless, wool in the pool will be ftold tr ees on 2,600 farms, Mr. Manden- The total number of peach trees lot number. Grade sheet showing num- with 40 million dollars in English •by grade, dire«t to mills, by the be#t l)e rg said, and showed that there are found in the 56 townships was ber of sacks and in-weights, etc., is ready sovereigns. The value of these coins wool salesmen in the country, to ad- for grader, regardless of which lot is nearly nine trees with Little Peach 1,095,362. About one-half were next in line. The third floor of the big was not ascertained by calculating vantage in these times as well* a« disease to every tree with Yellows, Me survey revealed. government licensed warehouse is rapid- inner! pn Page 4) in goorl times. ly filling with pooled wool, " total of 18,675 having be#n con- SATTRDAT. JF>E 11, •nro MICHIGAN FARM NEWS —— about it. Wilson Compares Reactionary, Progressive A M A N A G E D C U R R E N C Y MUST i l l The supply ot money in t h e , ^E must increase as the production ,,,- '."". Bui th<- ui.s ,r m,ui ,. discovery of g©K) j s ""• attention from the bitter fact that all commodity prices and wages tives, joins hands with Qg*» 1- Mills, multimillionaire Republican e'lit. The amouni in existence in H8 Published the second and fourth Saturday of eai-h month by the were being beaten down so low as to ruin millions of farmers and world is a microscofic matter eomnaJ 5 Michigan Kami News Company, at its publication office at 114 JLovett Secretary of the Treasury, to whip an unwilling House into adopting with the vast production of other \ ^ a harlotte, Mich. workers. For the first time, many of these men tl gimcracks are a tax bill which shifts the maximum on the backs of the masses and moditics. "- brought-together, in parallel columns, showing in graphic form, the (3) Even the beneficiaries of the r Editorial and general offices, 221 North Cedar St., Lansing, Michigan. relieves the huge incomes of sur-taxes. Standard admit the utter lmpos8ibni» y Postoffiee Box 7<»s. Telephone, Lansing, L'I-L'71. sources from which they sprung. "Who is it that darkeneth counsel of payinu debta in gold. The Gold St«,i by words without knowledge?' demanded Job of old. Kugeue Meyer, (iovernor of the Federal Reserve System. George aid is merely a in.sth, which g i V e 8 ;,,,',,;• Harrison, Governor of the New York Federal Reserve Bank; Al peaianc* of Mih.-ua- .J'ap- E. E. UNGREN Editor and Business Manager A Corrupted Press! Smith, perennial Democratic candidate for office; Senator Kobmson. system'- Each of the great New York banks has its own publicity depart- i 11 Smaller hanks, m democratic floor leader, John .1. Raskob and other prominent demo- i-annot i oninmntl theiv Subscription 5o cents per year or Z yrs. for $1.00 in a d v a n c e . ment. There is ground for suspicion—borne out by the testimony cratic leaders are found lined up behind the policies that suit the produced recently by Congressman F. H. LaGuardia before the Sen- international banking group: and with them are Republican*. 1 ins Vol. X SATURDAY, JUNE 11, 1932 No. 11 ate Committee—that the regular writers for the financial pages of bi-partisan combination has rushed through Congress tbe Reconstruc- nvany newspapers are subsidized by the Wall Street crowd. tion Corporation appropriation of a half billion; has urged reduction would insure the smaller banks The Federal Reserve System has its own of telling the of taxes on large incomes under the threat that "capital will go on chance to live. public whatever it believes the public should be permitted to know. strike if made to pay its share": Opposed the creation of a rediscount (5) A National Monetary Commission Steps To Stay In Business The life insurance companies and the railroads, as well as the public could be authorized by Congress .,,,,, bank to help home owners and builders salvage some part of their clothed with tile rower to Issue its ,,,, "Every business man must solve the problems of purchase and sale, utilities, all have trained newspaper men who "know the ropes" and equities; fought all moves toward loaning government credit to states nione\ in exchange for government who draw their pay because they are able to conceal unpleasant news bonds. There is nothing new in such » transportalion and competition if he is to survive. At. the .same time he and cities that are broke from Welfare Relief. plan. But the Monetary Commiss nn must take stapfl fu insure himself against loss through oppressive legisla- by telling hall-truths; as well as boost whatever might profit their would lie charged with the responslbiliti principals. In these bi-partisan days it is impossible to label any policy "Rc^ of keeping enough money in circulation }„ tion, excessive taxation, accidents and catastrophes. maintain the "molehtir In balance with publican" or "Democratic". A personal battle is being waged be- the "mountain" ot products. As the in. ". . . It is now freely admitted that prosperity for the farmer is large- Backing up these "public relations counselors" as tbe writers tween John earner and Herbert Hoover, but the discussion will never (iea I'rice of Conmiodities went down .v" ly dependent on all of these other items, none of which will directly add term themselves, is a vast program of "good will advertising" by get beyond shadow boxing. The one great issue before the people— Commission would go into the market one pound, bushel or gallon to the total volume of commodities produced, central banks, transportation companies and their fellows. Of buy bonds, and put out money, ir tj ' the question whether we shall have a money system that grows as Index Trice lot-v ahove the determined but have a profound effect upon the net return from his labors."— R. course, newspapers violently deny that the purchase of advertising the producing powers of the age increase,—is carefully avoided. point, the Commission would re-sell the Wayne Newton. space loosens the control of news columns, but trained publicity men bonds, and return the money to its vault* Comparing KeaHionarfrs, Progressive, Kiulicals FOREIGN TRADE & GOLD Only through strong farm organization can farmers protect themselves advise clients to buy .space as generously as means will permit. (1) Foreign trade, when it is healthy Therefore, in arranging the mass of assertions, proposals, plans, is merely the exchange of goods. When against oppressive legislation and tax injustice. Where such conditions Thus a welter of corporation publicity overwhelms the columns tricks and policies that have claimed public attention since the panic gold appears in the transactions, it j s exist, strong farm organization provides the relentless pressure for a of newspapers. Kven the country weeklies are furnished with "mats" only to settle balances. The nation Uial began, it is necessary to classify them according to their sources. DUVB more ^<>ods than it sells must set- change. or type matter by Bankers' Assn. An editor who could withstand all Stark contrast, in parallel columns, is sufficient to destroy much of tle the differelK e ill whatever kind ,,f this pressure, and present an unbiased picture of the present economic money the creditor nation requires In ten years time the Michigan State Farm Mureaii ha.s seen its policy the bunk that gained wide -acceptance. whether it is gold, silver or paper. ' for removing highway taxation from real property become law. The two turmoil would be a marvel. Big Banking Group Keaelioii.iries CM Because the United States is the No Peoples Publicity Ih'p't greatest creditor in the world, and must, eerit gasoline tax, then the three cent, gasoline tax took the growing State Column 1 below lists the propaganda of the Rig Banking group. collect balances each year from debtor Highway concrete road system off the back of real estate and placed it upon Hut there is no "peoples publicity department". The unorganized, It has come to the public through the various publicity agencies serv- nations, we ne.ed not worry about the gtaAe of our Foreign trade. France has automobiles in accordance with their use of the loads. It lifted $50,000,000 inarticulate mass of humanity, which, by its labor pays for the news- ing them directly or indirectly. It contains far more material than cornered a large ^>1<1 supply by the gov- in highways bonds from real estate and provided for their long-time re- papers and the railroads and tlie life insurance companies and all the the other columns because it has monopolized the newspapers for erntnental control of the hnportatii goods. French merchants are not allowed tirement from gas tax money. other corporate institutions, has no skilled publicist to paint plaus- over two years. io buy more goqds abroad than the Next came the McNitt-Smitli-liolheck township road law. growing out ible word pictures of even handed justice for them. No voice has Managed Currency Progressive French exports will pay. and stfll leave a margin of goM coioiag to Krame. of farm organization road study and support. Beginning witli $2,500,000 spoken for them. Until very recently there has been no metropolitan Xinet\-niue per I ent oJ the talk about in 1932 and increasing to $*,WO,000 annually in 1936 and thereafter, coun- daily that would give space to proposals that aimed at bringing the Column 2 shows what is under consideration by the advocates the necessity of the Tinted St;u. of regulated "reflation" of the currency. A number of leaders in Coa- taiaing the gold s t a n d a r d as an adjunct ties will receive state Highway money for the support and building of dollar back to a reasonable relationship with labor and goods. The to Foreign Trade is sn^er bunk. township roads. Real estate will be relieved. Detroit News is the first Michigan daily to declare for "reflation". It gV^BS;—particularly the able advocates of the Goldsborough Bill— marks an epoch in the struggle of the masses to win a hearing. still believe it possible to effect sincere and competent increases of In the special session of the Legislature this spring, the Farm Bureau The failure of the American public, during the past 2'L> years, to thu stock of basic money, while operating through the Federal Re- Column 3 saw strong farm organization support from itself, the Grange and other serve System and remaining tied to the Gold Standard. This mistake Radical or Third farm groups help eaact the Highway diversion fund law in its present grasp the meaning of events, is due to tlie skillful misuse of publicity. People still believe we are on the threshold of prosperity. Although will correct itself as it becomes increasingly clear that the bankers' Group Policies form, which returns the entire weight tax to the counties for road pur- mind which controls the Federal Reserve will never function when tladical remedies are sure to grow \n poses, tirst to pay off old and current road bonds and maintain the roads, every prophet of cheap optimism has been discredited over and over number as the stresses of the panic bear again, still the twelve-year-old mind of the public clings to the myth the need for regulated and decisive inflation of the currency is critical. more heavily upon increasing millions of then such improvements as are necessary. The new law instructs that the people. The white-collared worker is McNitt-Smith-Holbeck funds shall be paid from the State Gasoline tax. of Santa Claus. Neither the Federal Reserve nor the Gold Standard can be trust- feeling tlie pinch more with each month. Blind Leading the Blind ed to pull us out of the panic. Both were in operation when the stock THOMAS AND PATMAN PROPOSALS In fen years time a tremendous annual road cost has been transferred market crash occurred. The record of the Federal Reserve discloses for Paper Money to pay Bonus from real estate to users of the roads in accordance with their use thereof. There is no lively interest in politics; in spite of the admitted (1) The payment of the Soldiers' Bon- fact that the panic has long since achieved such huge proportions that its stubborn unwillingness to use its vast powers to maintain a us by the printing of Two Billions of It was a Farm Bureau organization program all the way,—and is a prac- stabilized dollar. Column 2 lists the clean and sound proposal for a paper money is advocated by Senator tical example of what Mr. Newton la talking about in the first two para- only government can help. Universal bewilderment has gripped citi- Thomas and Uepivsentat ive l'atnian. The zenship and strangled all constructive action. For the first time in Managed Currency. It will grow with every month and year until objection to such a course is that it is graphs of this editorial. it is made the law of the land. utterly unscientific. Putting Two Billion America's history, men have been uble to retain political and bufcinesjj I lollars of new money into circulation leadership, while mouthing ponderous futilities; or flatly admitting Radical Proposals might afford temporary stimulation to Colunm 1 Strawberry tltat they know absolutely nothing about the cause or cure of the panic. Said Andrew W. Mellon, "None of us has any means of know- Column 3 catalogues, in brief form, the more radical propositions. The issuance of money, via the printing press route, with no regard business, but inasmuch as it has no sound relationship to the increase of production it would soon fall into confusion. It is t h a t she Cannot, or will not, pay. pay the Strawberries do not "jell" with- to a satisfactory denoument. The proposition to issue two billions equally likely that the supply of monef United s m i e s ia not large, but tbe other out the addition of fruit pectin, but leadership. But even when disclaiming all understanding of the cure (an lie slowly reduced for a time as con- Kuropean nations will not release Ger- of the panic, Mr. Mellon set his face stonily against any and every of paper money to pay the soldiers' bonus might bring temporary re- fidence grows. Therefore a rigid paper many, unless their o w n obligations to the since pectin can be secured at most money, no matter what its primary pur- United S t a t e s are also canceled, li Amer- any grocery there has been produced plan that would permit the issuance of any more money. More money lief to the commodity market, but it could not stabilize prices be- pose may be. is just as objectionable us ica, forgives T w o Hundred a n d F i f t y Mil- in circulation was taboo to all the tycoons of the linancial world. cause it planned with no consideration for them. a rigid metal money. lion a year, that Barne amount must be some fine jellias and jams with INTELLECTUAL SOCIALISM raised, by extra taxation, right In strawberries and cherries, as well From the standpoint of privileged wealth it has been necessary to Socialism as advocated by Norman Thomas, deserves a place in (11 Norman Thomas, in his boofe, GOLD STANDARD MUST BE as from fruits with a more liberal keep the public confused, or bewildered or stupidly tranquil. When this graph, but his book "America's Way Out," covers his platform so "America's Way Out", gives a new state- PRESERVED ment of "A Program for Ocmoc-rary" as Federal Reserve System Must Be Left i supply of this thickening ingredient. the Chase National Bank, and the International Ranking group de- well that a reader who is determined to know what ideas are com- the intellectual Socialist sees it. II" Tin.; Gold Standard is caCPOsanct. society «ill adopt better means o (2) We are told that "we have to gathered using these fruits and are and squeezed, those leaders knew the absolute necessity of bringing opposes all violence and bases his appeal upon the theory ^that nomic life as soon a s we leat'n how to inueli gold" and the same men then te now submitted for the woman wait- the enormous power of all their associated publicity agencies to bear Socialism is bound to come as soon as human society is ready for it. use them. II.H the h'edfcal Reserve could go no far ing for something new to try. COMMUNISM ther than it did, in checking the Panic on. the job of feeding divertisement to the masses. Summary el' Throe Policies (1) Although there a r e a great many because of the possibility of large with SPICED STRAWBERRIES professional Communists in America. drawals of gold by European depositor*. 1 cups prepared fruit; ti'-j Gyps sugar; Three Money Armies Forming Thus Three Groups of people;—or to speak more accurately, many of them paid by money from i- cup vinegar; 1 teaspoon each cinna- Europe, they make little headway among Witli Four Millions of gold, Am.-ri mon, cloves and allspice; ' - cup fruit Notwithstanding tbe absence of the usual means of critical dis- Three Schools of Thinking—are in the field. The Big Banking group ca, in licit was attempting to transa< pectin. American workers. The only hope they m a r l y a Trillion dollars of business cussion of money banking and debts, an intelligent minority has done demands the preservation of the status quo; debts are to remain at have of success is t h a t the "stand pat" Use ripe berries, cut in small pieces. attitude of Big Banking will drive the but the Central Hanks argue this is a tin Put fruit, suj;;ir, Vinegar and spices into sume clear thinking. Gradually the population will range itself into the present level (the only cancellation to be applied to European thing- "Business is done on credit'1 is th people into violence. Lenin once told his explanation. If debts which are legal! large kettle, mix well and bring to a three deiinite schools of thinking upon the panic. The first group, of debtors); wages are to be kept low and go lower; commodity prices followers: "Capitalism is a fool. It will full rolling boil over the hottest flre. IW.il Bell us the spades with which to dig its payable in gold, actually had to i>. pal hard ;; minutes, stirring constantly. Ke- course, will be the reactionary. International Hanking Big Business are to drift along. grave". in the metal, we would not emerge fror movc from Hie and stir in pectin. Then the tangle in (iftv y e a n . Thus we have group with its control of railroads, life insurance companies and stir and skim by turns for just ".> minutes The Progressive Group demands the stabilization of commodity gold standard, if it is never used. to cool slightly, to prevent floating fruit. public utilities, and its army of "yes men" who are spraddled all Medical men have compiled a li?t The sold .standard lias only on Pour quickly into jelly glasses. Paraffin prices at or near the Index-Figure for 1926, and asserts that the only over the nation. This group is in the driver's seat at Washington of 15,000 diseases. The much ad- real purpose by ooroerlng the gola sup hot j a m at once. way such a basis of price can be had is by making the stock of money lily the central banks can control credit today. vertised nostrum which is recom- and the control of credit means the ulti grow at the rate which production grows. mate control of Mil prqtaa. STRAWBERRY JELLY There is no difference between the two political parties; no one mended as a cure for only 50 really 4 cups Juice; 7% cups sugar; 1 cup fruit The Radical Group demands a complete uprooting of established isn't much good after all. LIVING STANDARDS, BUYING POWER pectin. : \ i j x juice and sugar thoroughly, cai say "Here is what Republicanism means;, and here is Democ- bring to boil over hottest fire, then ;it capitalism and the substitution of another economic structure. WAGES racy's stand". Newspapers are shouting for "the elimination of Farmers9 Buying (1) The stress of the present time once add pectin, stirring constantly. Study this Map of 1932, and choose the Policy you are willing to will be used to fasten upon the America! Bring to a full rolling boil and boil hard. politics". What is actually being eliminated is everything that looks people a far lower standard of living thai » minute. Remove from tire, skim arid like a living issue which might arouse the public to a critical and support today, tomorrow and the years that follow. We have been bred to regard as our ri^ht pour quickly. Paraffin at once. In these days a "working man thank God lor any job" and will not rebe STRAWBERRY and PINEAPPLE JAM currency in such quantities as was need- Guide against low Ihrlng. - cups crushed strawberries: 2 cups (-1 The International banking gTOU1 erushed pineapple; 7 clips sugar; L. , up Column 1 1 Briny Back Prosperity". (S) T h a t we must practice rigid econ- Column 2 ed to restore the Index Price of eonunod- Rates on Application A t Progressive or Managed 1 l Item ^arising. Many includes men who Argue that "Anieric lias sold to Europe our machines for mass fruit ed; pectin. Each berry must be thoroughly crush- grind a ripe pineapple or use canned Reactionary, Big Banking omy, cut costs, reduce wages, discharge every possible employee, whether In pri- vate business or the government. Currency Policies VAS^ (LI) The necessity ef ratting commod- i zation headquarters. j e a r s f a r m organi- Comfort at easy production, ami taught the use of tin machines. Now, when American-mad^ (roods. Follow directions lor spiced straw- Group Policies d o That we must t>ave every cent and Progressive thinkers, who have the ity prices to the 11J28 level is finally r< prices. N. Grand at Mich. Center of city. Cafeteria, garage, Rates $1.50 to $i!.5O. berries. The International Bankers, acting put it in the banks. courage to face I In- present panic in its nizefl by all informed people, as the first goods meet European goods in netttra step toward a healthy progress. We paid markets, the American goods must no through life insurance companies in the entirety, know that we cannot have (10) That "Ueeovery is Juat Around healthy business until the supply of our debts and our taxes in 192% \VO carry a higher wage-cost than the Eup- A NEW STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE Kast, public utility balding companies, railroads and industrial mergers which money is made to keep step with the could do the same again, if the [eve] of Beekeepers Supplies— " A .Missouri friend says—••This recipe is P r t ( *» f o r commodities and labor were r e - and A. I. Hoot Co. goods. Send for cata- they control, have carried through a con- i l l ) That we wijl muddle through this production ot' goods. i leans must content them- BO Simple and so delicious that I am sutv certed publicity campaign for more than panic uc. muddled through other Honey should be nothing more or less log-. M. 11. HUNT & SON, LANSING selves with a plane of living as low as u will want to use it not only with two years, misleading tbe public Into panics no consideration need be given to than a medium of exchange. It should <:'•) The "Quantity Theory of Money" MICHIGAN. bJurone. strawberries, hut raspberries, black ber- childishly cliasing one will-o-the-wisp the tremendo us new problem* caused by not be a trick combination of a little is denied by no student of money If all ries, peaches and other fresh fruit after another. They have dominated the surplus of larm products; or the over- yellow metal on winch a complicated BKAUTIFULLY <4i Thttfl i.ipital can claim an enor- make this shortcake only four Ingredi- the products of farms, factories and Monuments— mous share of the products of hand 01 ents are necessary, the whites of . the, columns of the metropolitan dailies. whelming unemployment among factory paper currency is erected, ami then an In- mines were put in one vast mountain: DESIGNED br*in. Men who build houses, or pro- 1 ' i cups sugar, :: tablespoon a .\ii.iv i-e.-eiitly they have gone on the air, workers because of the marvelous exten- flated credit structure perilously balanced and all the money and credits in one monuments of tine most beautiful gTanlte baking upon tlie paper. and rnarhle. Call or write We employe food, or clothes, or automobiles, using the executives of various controlled sion of automatic machinery. molehill: the mounlain would have to be construct highways, are U> become f;i 1 powder, and ', teaspoon vannilla. (12) That all unpleasant facts must be A vast amount of blind prejudice exchanged for the molehill. It would be no salesmen. You save the difference. Important than the ownership o the whites until stiff and dry. Gradually Corporation Mouthpieces. "shushed''. against any form of paper money has impossible to get any more money for tiie Largest monument works in Western machines. add about 2, 3 '-up of sugar and beat u n - been fust, red by the Central Hanks. The til mixture will hold its shape. bold in Here are samples of the stuff, the publie (13) That any piers<.m who declines to public has let the big bankers do as they mountain than v the molehill containe.r Michigan. SIMPSON GRANITE WORKS, 11 olll... mber 19291 The I ^construction Corporation, ucrry oasKeiS— v s FOLLOWS erage • Itizens are asked to accept, with- .slow oven, about 216 degrees, fof 30 min- <_) "Any la• b. cars, Lansing. 590 for $:!.:!"': ]-"!K! out critical Inquiry. utes. Increase the heat to '•'•••« At nomic future or tin B] rengrth <>f dollar- t'»r $•;.•"•". Also Hi , , : . crates K. 1 >. Sl"'<''aI 'lie moiivy wan rushed to 30 minutes longei - foolish". through Congress early in the sermon, i t late on L'OII l.askds postp'a-ifl m MicfitR«n fest DOUtradkitlon is "a bad citizen". two of these meringues for a serving, business iii the L'niti Jed to the public having anything to say far 12.06 K r c ,,,-i,.,. . , \ 1 .i i . i l l ' M place froii sweetened berries between • lent 1 Ipovcr, November l!cj;i. has loaned over six hundred millions to lisl & SON, 510 X. Cedar St., liaising, Mi0,T and encourage building, was "stopped 1 '. •trgar and the juice of 2 lemons." Cook Hint." - A r t h u r I '•• State I'nivcrsity. warns of the haz- rapidly until thick and clear. 1'our into oil "I believe that many who have The GlaWrSteagall Bill di ards of crowding:, which leads to glasses and cover with paraffin. been caught (in the. tirst crash* could r e - the Federal Reserve System to in ock of currency in eirculiUion, by cannibalism in ehicke. Zumbro of- I Sweet cherries, 2 iiuarts; L' pineapples; pounds sugar and 1 cup of not water ^r. .iul- LIVE STOCK MEN after three or four weeks. If con- >f moss a troublesome pest. Half a 1930. y Commerce, June of Taxation has been made the object a vast newspaper "drive' . Prosperity 0 be brought ba reductions. lined until 12 weeks of ago provide token goldfish to an eight-foot tank do GO square feet of space for each 100 chicks. < In) "Judged by historic p we have now reached low ebb". -Resolu- he job. Editor's note: We can't tion, American Hankers Association, Oct- tisan machine in .Meanwhile, vouch for this one. , Sounds interest- ober 1930. Fantastic Htorii Hill that would have relieved great in- • riuuent waste the Bi-Par- Congress trained, a Tax LUCIUS £ l*J/L.SOV SELL YOUR OWN 2. Darken the house. Most brood- n g. fiom s u r - t a x e s ; and placed the wished with the whole involved scheme For twenty-four months Bophomorie i>p- burden on tea through a -• "f money, interest, credits and debts. Al- er houses, h contain more 'i!ed down i :N. 'I'he rank and file of Coi though tins bewildering system breaks 8eU windows than are necessary. by the. publicity agencies of the Interna- rose in rebellion and fought. But the Hill. down every few years and destroys the 3. (ifet the chicks outdoors. Let The oldest railroad in this country tional Bankers;, a n d given to the people when complete, will be an indefensible economic welfare of the masses, yet we them out in the sun whore there Ls D continuous service is the Balti- in this fashion: discrimination against the public. are told not to complain. Any hand raised against the Ark of the Covenant of the ..ii u ou di';-c"t s toV imr I " " * t 0 D e ' r o l t M i C h i s a n L i v S nore & Ohio ( I i There is no panic. Unemployment Relief was n • « "** * ' plenty of room and where thev can Railroad. This was ' "That if we are in the grip of a by the Bi-Partisan-Banking Bloc, with Qotd Standard is threatened with palsy. Nevertheless, rapid progress is being change, wwch 1, tT have plenty of exercise without hartered in 1S27 and ground was panic, the public is to Maine. great gust". Cities and slates were told made in educating I to realize member „, „ i, with™ w t h ug. " ,uet ? " ' "the eareSt 8i Pping " FULL. RETURNS " ""'" "' lighting. Broken for this road on July 4, 1828, Thai we a r e in the backwash of to expect no aid from the Federal govern.- that much of (he present distress can be the Wtuld War. nietn. Bui as "lie *That Kurope's War Delits ( under the load of feeding millions cured i>> an honest and Intelligent money space in which to eat by providing )eclaration of Independence-. .njc the debts must be shifted to of unemployed, the tune is changing. system. Us of American taxpayers through Probably sOtne sort of Federal loan IN CONGRESS at le.ist eight ftet of feeding space ent green feed. Then they won't cancellation. M-kt-nie will be provided, in tlie end, the meu, ana hanU.e a (1> T h e Goldsborough Bill, Introduced for each 106 birds. kk their neighbors. (5) That the panic is caused by undue out of home owners and small tax-payers. ». Provide plenty of ventilation 7. Paint the injured chicks with tiie "credit expansion in 1928-29" and this is ''Big Money" will evade the burden. "f passing; imt the Hearings before the " n a t u r a l " outcome. Congressional S u b - C o m m i t t e e were c o n - and don't t brooder house. mixture containing two ounces of EUROPE'S WAR DEBTS ducted with such energy and intelli $. Kex*p the chicks busy picking )ine tar. 1 ounce of bitter aloes, and of (6)"confidence". That nothing- ails us except a loss Of oource, the public (It The International banking group that the publication or the testimony is MICHTGAT, HVESTOCK EXCH. a contribution to the public advance The FBOTmCERS CO-OP ASS* tlfa hay or incture of iodine. to hlame for this. lias loaned so minn money to Germany Bill aimed to place v mi ,, : , t i ; e (7> iTliat we must "Buy Now and (Continued on first col. this page) Federal R< n e w East Buffalo, N. I . gAlTBPAT, j r \ I n . 1982 FIRST R U U l O A D s PURPOSE FARM IBW8 THRU The first railroad built and oper- ated i» t n o Utltted States was the (jraiiite Railway Co. of Massachu- How Alfalfa After Fertilized Bees Have One Track Mind be open where tin Inline the bees are brought onto the eett* This was a railroad three i n ) l e s long, built in 1826 to convey drain Pays^Fertilizer Bill Home and Family Section Ithaca. N. Y.—Bees are interested location, says Prof. L. H. McDaniels oi New York State College of Agricul- mainly in nectar gathering and not granite from the quarries a t Quincy Grain Benefits, Then Extra *inaw county, 250 pounds of sixteen per- Edited by MRS. EDITH M. WAGAR. in man's problem of pollinating fruit ture. He recommends for reading the 1 College Bulletin No. to tidewater, for the Bunker Hill cent superphosphate, applied for wheat Address all communications to her at Carleton, Michigan. blossoms, which explains w by Inns ;\lonument Hay Pays Fertilizer in the fall of 1927, boosted the follow- pieced in an apple orchard may find P-4!)7, which may be obtained free by writing the college here. Cost and More ing alfalfa crop enough to pay a profit cherry blossoms In the next orchard of $7.75 per acre over the cost of the fertilizer, while 500 pounds of the Farm Vacation ready first and go to work there first. It is estimated that $5,000,000.- 4 Wherever they start, there they stay f000 of American capital is invested The BV R. L. COOK, Mb Department same material netted $13.95. On thi« same field a mixture of superphosphate Women's Camps until they finish. The blossoms should in South America. Uichlgm state Colleye N hen alfalfa is grown continuously tor many years on the same field large and potash in the proportion of 0-16-10 showed a gain of $15.27 over the cost Week Date Set Planned of the fertilizer. Fertilized sections total human WantHies of plant food are taken from the Mil. Unless definite precautions The seventh annual Farm Wo- of these fields were checked with sec- men's week is July 24 to 29, accord- tions receiving no fertilizer^ Camps for women are bein,g plan- ned to include larger areas this losses are taken, the depletion of certain ele- ments in the soil is likely to occur. 8-ie-a PaM $11M Another experiment, performed on It is the general opinion among a silt loam in Tuscola county, showed ing to Miss Edna V. home demonstration leader. Hmith, state year. Miss Emma DuBord and Miss Elizabeth Weld will have charge of Beginning with Sunday evening, a district camp at the Flint Y1. M. C. HOLD YOUR WOOL instead of Saturday, as has been the A. camp at Lake Copneconie, June The National Wool Marketing Corporation and the Michigan (1) PREMATURE DEATH farmers that alfalfa is a soil builder that 250 pounds of 2-16-2 applied with case in previous years, the cost of Co-operative Wool Marketing Ass'n see no use in farmers soiling Income available or and the longer a field produces alfalfa oats caused only a slight increase in the week will be reduced to $5.00. J4-26. Women from Wayne, Oak- the more fertile it will become. This the yield of oats, but the growth of al- The first event will be a lawn supper and, Monroe, Genessee and Macomb wool at present low prices. cash settlement of souaties will be eligible to attend. at the Gunson home on the campus, The excellent facilities of this camp HOLD YOUR WOOL at home or in the Michigan Co-operative Wool Marketing Ass'n Pool. The Wool Marketing Ass'n will advance $5,000 followed by a vesper service. make it especially desirable for a Daily programs for the week will women's camp. you 5%C per lb., will provide safe storage, insurance, will grade your be arranged in a slightly different wool and sell it by grade, which affords the best return the market Miss Mary Seekell, Miss Esther can i way with groups enrolling for special Lott and Mrs. Agnes Richardson will (2) ACCIDENTAL DEATH instruction for the series of four supervise a camp for women in the Monthly income of $98 days. The morning period will be western counties. Benona Lodge at DIRECTIONS divided into two sections. During the Stony Lake, at which the Oceana Prospective members should write for our Wool Marketing Con- for 10 years or lirst period, from 8:30 to 10:00 it women's camp has been held here tract which is a farmer contract, clearly and plainly stated and rea- $10,000 will be possible t o elect (1) Home fore three years, has been selected sonable. No funny business. On return of signed contract, we will Furnishings and Home Management, for the camp, which will be held ship wool sacks (capacity about 200.lbs.) and shipping tags. (2) Foods and Nutrition, or ( 3 )June 14 to 17. Women from Association members may draw their wool to our Lansing ware- Clothing. The second period from Oceana, Ottawa, Kent, Newaygo and house, 728 E. Shiawassee St., any week day; open from 7:00 a. m, to (3) LIVING DEATH 10 to 11:30 will be devoted to ( 1 )Muskegon counties may attend this | 5:00 p. m. They may ship by rail or truck collect. Wool is weighed Free insurance during total Poultry, ( 2 ) Landscape Gardening, jamp. Programs will include rec- (3) Floriculture, ( 4 ) Parlimentary reation, handicraft, on delivery; wool sacks weigh 4 lbs. and are deducted. Cash advance disability besides nature study, on net weight of wool, made at once. Inbound freight, If any, is paid Law and Literature. music, swimming and other educa- Afternoon programs will include tional features. from cash advance. Also, nominal Wool Marketing Ass'n membership «}50monthly lectures on "Safety in the Home," of $l.t)0 per year. Through the courtesy of county "Child Nutrition," "International hairman, Mrs. Ashton Ruttle, and The wooj pool cannot guarantee any certain profit, nor a ^ income Relations" and other topics—Handi- leaders, Mrs. C. Campbell and Mm. certain final settlement date. Market conditions control craft and Recreation. The play A. H. Ainsworth, who have cottages that. Generally, the pool has made money for its members. Pool advance is subject to change, according to market program will include swimming, at Port Sanilac, Sanilac county lead- conditions. games and archery. (4) ECONOMIC DEATH LEFT—250 lbs. 0-16-8 per A. RIGHT—No Treatment. ers will have their first women's For the evenings an organ recital, camp June 28 to 30. The camp pro- Fertilizer not only increases the yield of wheat, but $45 monthly income after age 65 or it proves beneficial to thefollowing alfalfa crop. a lecture on Astronomy, a Japanese gram will be in charge of Muriel may be true as regards nitrogen and to determine the effect of fertilizers on Lantern Party, the Dramatic club Dundas, who has just completed a play and the annual banquet on Mail This Coupon Now Mich. Co-op Wool Marketing Ass'n, 221 No. Cedar St., Lansing. organic matter, but it does not hold all crops in the rotation. For many Thursday evening, promises to pro- three year nutrition project in the $5,000 for soil elements as phosphorus, po- of these experiments, the data enow vide an interesting program. county. Group members and guests Please send me a 1932 Wool Marketing Contract. You to furnish tassium, and calcium. that the alfalfa crop alone has been will be invited for t h e concluding sacks for shipping wool at your direction. increased sufficiently to more than pay day a t which time a chicken can- Fertilizer Helps Alfalfa Our Complete Coverage Plan Alfalfa hay is rich in these minerals for the fertilizer. Only 10 in 2,500 Pass ning demonstration will be given. I expect to have about lbs. of wool. Saint Clair county women a r e Guarantees money when It and they must all come from the soil. On a Brookston clay loam in Sag- Radio Announcer Test planning their second camp with is needed the most. Considering these facts, it is logical falfa was stimulated to the extent that which Miss Dundas will als6 assist. NAME to assume that additions of plant food the next year the difference in yield of The big national broadcasting con- The Port Huron community camp State Farm Life insurance would be beneficial to the alfalfa crop: hay not only paid for the fertilizer, but cerns are making it simple for pros- will be available for this group the ADDRESS R. F. D policies are especially adapt- Experimental results obtained on made an additional profit of $11.09 per pective announcers to get by the first week in August. many of the heavy soils of Michigan acre. ropes and become a part of Amer- FN-f II ed to fanners. We shall be have shown this to be true. ica's great chain of entertainers in If your brakes don't work see 1-1G-S PaW $12.79 the field of radio broadcasting. All either a garage man or a f life in- Kind to tell you about them On the heavy soils of eastern Mich- A similar experiment conducted on that the prospective announcer has surance agent a t once. and without obligation on igan, it is customary to include alfalfa Wisner silt loam in Tuscola county in a regular rotation. Because of the where alfalfa followed wheat proved to do is to take a specific test and, if your part. he qualifies, there is usually an water retaining power of these soils, quite conclusively that maximum opening for him on the staff. it is easier to get a seeding than it is yields of alfalfa could not be obtained One broadcasting concern put on the sandy soils, and as a result unless fertilizer w#s used. On thi some -.'>00 candidates through its STATE FARM LIFE it is customary to seed with a nurse field 500 pounds of 4-16-8 not only "simple" test last year and 10 of INSURANCE CO. A LEGAL RESERVE COMPANY crop. When this practice is followed, aused a much greater yield of wheat them made t h e grade and were special care should be exercised in pre- but increased the yield of alfalfa suf- hired. This is according to a report paring, seeding, and fertilizing be- ficiently to pay a profit of $12.79 per made public recently in which was VOLUME STEADY BLOOMINGTON, ILL. cause the operation is to serve for at acre above the fertilizer cost. When carried one of the simple, catch ques- least two and possibly three crops. the increase in yield of wheat was con- tions used to detect the candidate's State Agent The amount and kind of fertilizer to sidered, the total profit due to the 500 quality of diction. The questions re- Michigan State Farm Bureau | use on fields of this nature is very im- pounds of fertilizer was $31.S9 perquired pronunciation of a difficult LUMBER \ portant. During the last five years acre. sentence, one in which nearly 100 Lansing Michigan several experiments have been con- percent of the candidates show a These and other experiments on the ducted in various parts of the state same and other types of heavy soils tendency to whistle' or hiss when repeating the words into the micro- seems to justify the conclusion that it phone. pays to use from 250 to 500 pounds of To be able to take tiie tost at all, fertilizer on the alfalfa nurse crop. a candidate must be able to speak at Classified Ads This material should be high in per- least two foreign languages, it is Classified advertisements are cash with order at the following rates: 4 cents per word for one edition. Ads to appear in two or more editions take the rate of 3 cents per word per edition. cent of phosphoric acid, relatively high stipulated, in order to assure that n per cent of potash, and should con- the announcer, when finally .selected, ain enough nitrogen to satisfy the will not be baffled with peculiar COSTS DOWN needs of the nurse crop. foreign names. FURNITURE BABY CHICKS IT SEEMS UNBELIEVABLE! A com* BABY CHICKS—ROCKS, REDS, Leg- I'lcte four room outfit of furniture sold horns. Hatches every week. Splendid eight months ago for f865.00for only J182. layers. Great for broilers. Thirty day Here's the reason, w e were forced to livability guaranteed. Get 1932 prices. Farm News Patterns (Price 15c each) AN 1925 the National Distribution Council found that the packers' • ;ike this out lit back and will soil it for High egg strains. Brummer & Fredrick- mall balance due us on the original Bon Poultry Farms, Box 30, Holland, branch house distributing system had a lower cost of marketing than uu tract of only llyi'.uo, ;« saving to theMichigan. (12-26-tf-32b) any other system in the seventeen principal trades studied. iiuyer of $•;?:'..i«t on the original purchase of J865.00. Entire outfit is in A-l CHICKS FROM VIGOROUS NORTH- 'Miditioii with the exception of theern bred stock; sweepstakes prize win- ud tliis will be refinished. ners; MICHIGAN ACCREDITED. Large deliver free of ihar«e anywhere in type Leghorns as low a s ?5.50 per 100; Each year Swift 8s Company tries to improve its service to the in- Michigan or will store free of charge for Barred and White Rooks, Reds, White dustry and in 1931 it set out to better its service record of other years. time delivery. Outfit Includes two piece Wyandottes $6.50. Pedigreed males head room suite, occasional chair, !»xl^ SStar Mating*. Also assorted, chicks. unless living room rug, lamp, occasion- Livability guarantee. Gee flee catalog. •!«-, end table, BeWing cabinet, eight Lakeview Poultry Farm, R-8, Box 36, ivalnm iHniiiK room .suite, 9x12 din- Holland, Mich. (4-23-4t-53p) It had no control over (volume) the supply of meat. That was "lii rug, walnut vanity of drawers, full size bed, double- dresser, determined by the number of head of livestock sent to market. • oil springs, bedroom chair, proce- WANTED—FARM WORK Ittheft table, four breakfast chairs, tronj; ru£ ami stove, all for only MARRIED MAX WANTS TO WORK ill 3-3*36 Grand Rapids at once, ,„, farm—Would like to work on shares Swift & Company did have control over its own expenses. These •II the opera to v to reverse the charges, and be able to go ahead with the work. II \!-Ki:i: BROTHERS I'TKNI- Farm experience, can furnish references, were reduced. Wages and salaries were reduced. Supplies for use in C O M P A N Y , 106-118 s. Division :::•.. Edward A. Smith, Lansing, General ie. Urand llapidSj Michigan. (6-ll»2t-182W I delivery, Michigan. preparing products were bought at lower prices. Every item of con- Pullets PLANTED—WORK ON FARM B l month oi- day by single man, 4... Exper- trolled expense was reduced. ienced, Ray Stanhope, % Michigan Farm J U N E News, Lansing, Michigan. F t T L L E T S <'IU>i:R .-,) ptdlets now. SfoUR Four weeks o l d , 28 WANTED—WOEK ON FARM BH Swift 8B Company does not control livestock prices. For, after all, cents; six weeks old, :;i cents; delivered. month or day by single man, 20. Exper- Guaranteed disease free. Spring Arbor i oultry Farm, Spring Arbor, Michigan. ienced* Henry Stanhope. Michigan Farm livestock is only worth what can be obtained for the meat and by- New«, Lansing. Mkhigan. olliu (6-ll-2t-2Sb) products. Meat could not be allowed to spoil by holding it for higher prices; it had to be sold for what consumers could afford to pay from lowered incomes. Collision With Through such economies the number of cents a hundred pounds* required to cover all charges between producers of livestock and re- Stationary Objects tailers of meat was made materially smaller than in 1930 and preceding years. The Swift 85 Company national market continued to work, paid Your chances of colliding with a fence, post, tree cash for its purchases and handled a larger volume of products than the or culvert, of damage to your car as the result of an year before. upset, or being forced off the road, are greater than the chance of colliding with another car. Profits over a term of years have averaged less than half a cent a The damage to your car may be great. You don't pound of all sales. have to carry that risk. We have stationary object col- lision to cover such accidents. It covers glass breakage Swift & Company offers to retailers everywhere the highest from any cause. The rate is very reasonable. quality of meats in Swift's Branded Beef and Lamb, Swift's Ask our local agent about Stationary Object Col- Premium Hams and Bacon and enhances demand for produce by advertising brands of high quality, Swift's lision. The rate is very reasonable. It may save you Premium Milk-Fed Chicken, Golden West Fowl, Swift's many times your insurance investment. Brookfield Butter, Eggs, Cheese and many other products. MICHIGAN FARM NEWS No One Can Afford to Drive Without Insur ence Pattern Service, 11 STERLING PLACE, BROOKLYN, N. Y. 9 Swift 85 Company • Enclosed find .. .cents for pattern - »l»- STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTO INS. CO Pattern Size Summer 1932 Fashion Book .... Name R. F. D. (or street). Bloomington, III. Purveyors of fine foods City State (Patterns are 15c each, fashion book 15c. Send silver or stamps.) 774-r> MICHIGAN STATE FARM BUREAU, State Agent-Lansing NOTICE! Be sure that you address your pattern order envelope to the Michigan Farm News, 11 Sterling Place, BROOKLYN, N. Y. SATURDAY, H > E IT, M I C H I G A N FARM SFWS — — i — » - — •»-' I HM I than the usual number of calves with should happen in the regular cur- less cruelties, and tiny chunks of Ten Largest Cities Ancient and Modern Ideas the idea of being ready for the normal dairy day when it returns. Describes His Visit To The Federal Reserve Gold Vault rency division of the Reserve bank gold that once were tfie price of a on the floor above." ording to Dr. Joseph A . HJM whole life's toil—these were Inex- acting director of the United State* Blend at VanHousen Farm Morris Place of Hesperia, a former .(Continued from pase l) Most of al! Mr. ,Markey is Im- tricably fused in those burs with the census, the ten largest cities of th* cow tester of superior qualifications, English coins were weighed on a pressed with the indestructibility of gold that came yesterday out of world in order of their population a r 8 some unromantic Colorado mine. Century Old and Present Day while all of those producing certified is the herdsman and barn manager of giant pair of balances that are ac- this gold—"the eternal nature of New York, London, Berlin, dhicag milk are milked three times a day this business. The mistress of the curate t o one ten-thousandth of an the dense, gleaming stuff. . . The "All, all melted together and Paris, Osaka, Tokyo, Buenos AirJ" Furnishings Are There and the balance the usual twice a djy farm and her aides work together for ounce, and t h e worth of the gold gol^d that exists in the world re- poured intp those oblong bars, it Moscow and Rio de Janeiro. In Harmony system. By using the third milking a better business in every way. It is they contained was thus computed. mains in the world, and that which made the foundation for this scheme The ten largest cities of the United method she has averaged a 20 per their aim to use as much home grown A Reserve <>»' Hank >otos they dig today is simply added to by which we live, and of which we States according to the last census r feed as" is possible and practicable, that which men have been digging are so proud. />'// MRS. EDITH M. WAOAJt cent gain in milk and the added cost " 'Virtually all of this gold' said "They were telling us of the pro-ports are New York, Chicago, A short time ago, I was invited to has been but the price of a half-man there being some 500 acres in the our suide, 'belongs to the govern- since time began. farm with about 300 tillable. lections for it: Ninety leathernecks delphia, Detroit, Los Angeles, attend a meeting of the Washington wage per 50 cows. ment. A little of it is here on stor- Before the Days of Solomon under an old army colonel; a wall land, St. Louis, Baltimore, Boston'an Farmers Club to be held at the Van These are not flourishing times for age from t h e banks, but most of it "Mixed in those bars were gold Pittsburgh. Hoosen Farm, northwest of Roches- any dairyman at the very best and is reserve, against which we issue mined when Solomon's glory lay far of steel and concrete, eight feet CERTIFIED SEED POTATOES thick; innumerable electric devices The ten largest cities of Michiga, ter, Oakland County. the profits can soon dwindle on a bank notes.' ahead in an incredible future, gold We came to that modernized old commodity such as certified milk when "Some of theso bank notes were snatched from the ears of crying to betray a bold thief. But it seem- are Detroit, Grand Rapids, Flint, g a With ;{II cent potatoes, New York stored in one ot the cells in the girls by Tamerlane's captains, gold ed incredible that anyone should inaw, Lansing, Pontiac, Hamtramck homestead. The door swung open the price is above the price of the state potato growers can pay 80 coin room. But is was just an once beaten into slim lovely chains dare to steal it. Nobody has ever Jackson, Kalamazoo and Highl aiu i and admitted farm folks from far and common product, but Miss Jones is cents a bushel for certified seed and emergency supply—3^) million dol- by Benvenuto, or into queer, tried." Park. near. We were welcomed by the hos- taking advantage of the slump and make $ 1 G.l'o an acre, according to lars' worth—enough to " fill the thick amulets by some forgotten tesses, Mrs. Alice Van Hoosen Jones is culling out all but her choicest cows nine years' figures from fourteen needs of all New York banks for one Aztec craftsman, gold that intoxi- Every man thinks his wife has the A ruffled mind makes a restln-s and her daughter, Miss Sarah. and at the same time is raising more countioR, pillow. day, in case something unioward cated t h e conquistadors into name- best husband on earth. Settled among the hills and wind- ing roads, the Van Hoosen home is a wonderful stone house, spacious in size, strictly modern in its living qual- ities, yet overflowing with reminders of past generations. The upright part was made of the hand hewn timbers of the grandfath- er's barn with the beams and rafters exposed. The walls were so thick) that the radiators were recessed in them, beneath the windows. The ceil- ing of the large living room ran to SUMMER SEEDING ALFALFA the roof and was plastered between the rafters. Long windows of many panes let in the sunlight and they were assisted in this mission by small uncovered windows near the J:ves. A balcony with a lattice iron rail- At the Lowest Prices Ever Known! ing overhung the width of this room on one end. It also served as a hall- way for the second story of the other part of the house where are several bedrooms. A mammoth fireplace occupied the HARDIGAN Certified Michigan Grown GRIMM far end of this interesting room. I counted five open bookcases filled to overflowing of well worn books in MICHIGAN VARIEGATED and MONTANA GRIMM this room, some recessed in the walls and others occupying the entire wall space of one corner; still there were more in evidence in the balcony above SAVE ALFALFA BUY by sowing 6 to 8 lbs. of FARM BUREAU Alfalfa is the cheapest, most productive, most efficient pro- and in the office at the side of the re- Seed per acre on a good seed bed for 3 tons or more Farm Bureau's Hardigan or Grimm, ception hall. tein roughage for dairy cows. Saves $1 per day Michigan Variegated o r Montana Modern furniture kept company per acre of the highest quality hay. Bushel of seed grain cost on average 10 cow dairy herd. Two acres with that ot other days; American sows 8 to 10 acres. Certified seed is eligible for of alfalfa per cow for pasture and hay is recom- Grimm from your local co-op or dealer furnishings vied with trophies from certified seed production. mended dairy practice. in Farm Bureau Seeds. China and France and other European countries which have been collected from time to time on the trips that have been made to these countries by Mrs. Jones and her family. Nothing is too good or too sacred to be used and it is all shared with the neigh- borhood when they gather there at a club meeting or social evening. IjHghty-nine farm folks partook of the sumptuous potluck dinner which was served in the large dining room and the adjoining reception hall. These rooms are also filled with a mixture of ancient and modern—all adding comfort and interest to the household. No new house could possibly mean Farm Bureau Alfalfa in Poland China Hogs Doing Grower of Certified Alfalfa Higher Corn Yields After more to its occupants than this old Monroe County home with its memories preserved Well on Alfalfa Seed Rogueing Field An Alfalfa Sod yet modernized with up-to-tfre-minute conveniences and comforts. Acres of well kept and landscaped lawns surround this home. On one MIOCO Oil is the best that can be made from completely side it slopes down into a private SAVE dewaxed, western paraffin base crude oil. park used for family gatherings and Bummer picnics and on the adjoining Hide is a beautiful stream coming WE YOUR MOTOR BUREAU PENN is 100% Pennsylvania, permit No. 349, down the hillside, making a minia- WITH made from the finest crude oil in the world. It is refined by a ture waterfall which could be seen and heard from the house. There was abundance of water for HAVE FARM BUREAU very modern refinery in the Bradford, Pa., crude oil region. These oils can be used for 1,200 to 1,500 miles in your car both house and barns and yards piped from springs on the adjoining hill. OIL before draining. Even then you will find the oil has plenty of How I wished our farm women of the state might see for themselves how braided rugs and homemade THE RIGHT body for good lubrication. quilts, four-poster beds and century- old kitchen chairs could find a place next to the finest of modern home furnishings and still be appreciated LIME with no thought of being out of place. Much as I enjoyed this home, my TRIED and PROVEN greatest interest was across the road with the barns and the wonderful dairy herd of Holstein cows that has FOR All chick starters are good. This statement is made ad- been in the limelight for a few years visedly, because all companies realize the importance of quality back. The old barns have been remodeled and brought up to date in all ways SOUR LAND FIELD LIMED Alfalfa does not orow well on lime deficient soil. LEFT, alfalfa on ALFALFA ingredients for tiny chicks. BUT, some are better than others because of the basic factors they carry. possible and would be the pride of sour land. RIGHT, alfalfa on a portion of the same field which was limed. any Michigan farmer, yet the new Mermash 16% carries Manamar—a sea product, rich in barn built in recent years does eclipse Alfalfa will NOT make luxuriant growth on soil deficient everything that I have ever seen for organic minerals and vitamins. Mermash saves more chicks, efficiency and convenience. It was in lime, says Michigan State College Soils Dep't. The calcium thoroughly thought out before con- grows bigger and better chicks because it has the finest and Farm Bureau Feeds with and magnesium in 3 tons of alfalfa hay equals 283 lbs. of ^ f a n a a a r " supply animal struction began and was made free ground limestone, which is the most economical form of lime. most complete combination of essential food factors If von VP protein, iodine and other from the many factors that cause an- , _, , ' JVXA v c mineral, in difestirt form. mineral noyance in the dairy business. It is Alfalfa must have lime. Test your soil before making your used Mermash you know this is true. If you have not fed Mermash, here's made almost entirely of glazed tile and cement and is thoroughly washed summer seeding. See your co-op ass'n or Farm Bureau dealer the opportunity to get the most joy and pleasure and the greatest profits from every day. It was the cleanest barn for this superior, low priced lime: the poultry business. Just get Mermash 16% and try it against ANY mash on I have ever seen not even excepting those operated by public institutions the market. Let results PROVE our statement. with public money to pay the bill. 1. AGSTONE MEAL ground limestone (bulk only). When I saw that herd of 65 cows, 2. FARM BUREAU PULVERIZED LIME (bulk or 80 Ib. bags). The cost? Oh, yes! Just ask any Farm Bureau distributor and experi- 3. FARM BUREAU HYDRATED LIME, 50 Ib. sacks. each one looking like a prize winner ence a pleasant surprise whem you find how low priced it is. (and I learned that many were) and that flock of some 75 heifer calves, I could readily see that Sarah Jones docs know cows and is entitled to all the honors that her exhibits at the state and county fairs have been FARM BUREAU BINDER TWINE bringing her in recent years. Miss Jones was fortunate in having an opportunity for education. She IS BEST OF COURSE hAd her choice in any line that took her fancy. She shocked many of her We make it extra strong, smooth and trouble free. The lowest milk production costs go along with CON- associates when she chose agriculture Insect treated twice. Machined 9 times for perfect in preference to any of the arts that TINUED, heavy production,-and healthy cows. usually appeal to women. She ab- smoothness. Four times during the manufacturing sorbed the full agricultural course at process it is checked by automatic machines for even the University of Wisconsin because MILKMAKER 16% or FARM BUREAU LO-COST keeps she wanted above all else to come size and strength. Lumps and knots are eliminated. cows in condition to make milk at the lowest possible figure. It back to the home of her ancestors and Our 1932 prices are the lowest in history for this live her life among the surroundings supplements home grown grains on early pasture. Get it at your she had so loved as a child. SMALL BALL quality twine. |500—600—650 Foot Sizes. Means LARGE BALL And she has more than made good; MoneyniaKe co-op or Farm Bureau dealer. It's a profit maker for these times. she holds an enviable record among the dairymen of the state. She has specialized on certified milk for the KILLS FLIES! it market. She has searched the nation for additions to her herd would make it better, buying some from the Carnation Farm, some the 1'ahst Farm as well as from Farm Bufeau 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 KILLS WEEDS! ATLACIDE, the chemical weed killer, is an efficient, cheap, labor saving, positive weed killer. Not the best herds of our state. She has . (I new methods with a view to 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 w «ds. ! ,b. p e r 1 Kills greater production per cow. She now has Iti cows on test that Spray or dust. milked four times daily.