KEEP UP On News Interesting to MICHIGAN THE NEW9 Farmer! Through the A Progressive Newspaper Farm News For Michigan Farm Homes A Newspaper For Michigan Farmers FIFTY CENTS FIVE CENT8 PER YEAR SATURDAY, JULY 9, 1932 PER COPY Issued Semi-Monthly ELEVATOR EXCH. Wheat, Cotton Stabilization CONGRESS, PARTIES General Rains Broke RESTORE PRICES TO LEVEL AT WHICH ANNUAL SET FOR *>y Farm Board Is Near End IGNORE FARMER Drought Last Week Lansing—Af\er several weeks of de- DEBTS WERE CONTRACTED, PROGRAM LANSING, JULY 12 Remaining Stocks for Red Cross *to Use Bulk of it purchased in an effort to stabilize cotton prices. Assuming that this will be sold, the subtraction of an addi- O'NEAL DECLARES ficient rainfall over the entire slate, Cdplous rains fell during the week oi July 4 in practically all parts of Mich- URGED AT FARM BUREAU MEETINGS Relief Work tional r.Oii.ooo hales to provide cloth- igan. The rains were heaviest in the Several Hundred to Attenc ing for the needy will leave only 150,- southern half of the lower peninsula Sessions of Bean and Washington—President Hoover on 000 bah-, a cnniimi-alively negligible Rush to Aid of Industry and although a considerable amount fell Deflation of Prices Has trebled Debts, Says Grain Co-op. July 5 signed the resolution (K. J. amount, in the hands of the Corpora- Banks; Urges Action in northern sections as well and the » Res. 418), authorizing the Federal tion at the end M next year. drought was effectually broken, ac- Resolution Urgiitg a Managed Currency; Farm Board to give to the American With Ballots cording to the U. S. Weather Bureau Lansing—Twelfth annual meeting Red Cross 40,000,000 bushels of wheat The Grain Stabilisation Corporation at East Lansing. Farmers Would Restore Control of of the co-operative Michigan Ele- of the Grain Stabilization Corporation already has reduced its cash wheat Ottuma, la.,—"Bqth Congress and The rains interrupted haying and Money to the People vator .Exchange membership will be and 500,000 bales of cotton of the Cot- holdings to about 80,000,000 bushels. the two political conventions have other field work and much hay was held at the Hotel Olds here Tuesday, ton Stabilization Corporation. Setting aside of the additional 46,000,- shown an indifference to the wel- cut and on the ground at the close of July 12. The meeting is generally attended by 500 or more representa- The wheat and cotton will be used only hushels 000 for the needy will leave fare of agriculture for years in 35,000,000 hushels on hand avail- favor of greedy financial and indus- the week. Wheat is ripe in the ex- Restoration of commodity* and farm prices about to the tives from the SO- farmers elevators by the Red Cross, or any organization able for sale, a small percentage of trial interests which control the treme south and harvesting will be- level prevailing in 1926, and the wresting of the control of and 17 Bean Growers Ass'ns in the designated by the Red Cross, for pro- the maximum come general when wheather permits. organization. * viding free food and clothing for the bushels held byofthe about 257,000,000 lion's share of the national income. Corporation in The time has co1H% Mien farmers Raspberries are beginning to ripen of our monetary and credit policies from the hands of a few needy, and for livestock feed in crop- the course of its stabilization opera- must battle with thuir ballots and and cherry harvest is well advanced. large financial interests in New York constituted the prevail- Business sessions will begin at failure areas. 10 a. m. at the Olds, eastern stand- tions. elect friends of agriculture," said Corn, oats, barley, pastures, beets, ing sentiment expressed by the leading farmers of the State ard time and will be completed in The Wheat and Cotton Stabilization President Edward O'Neal of the beans and truck crops in general were time for the annual luncheon at Corporations will be paidx for the The Corporation has been gradually American Farm Bureau here Jiily greatly benefitted by the -rains and at the series of Farm Bureau regional meetings held during the 12:30. Mr. James E. Gheen, of wheat and cotton at current values by working its wheat stocks^on the mar- 4 in addressing: a Farm Bureau pic- now making rapid progress. The week of June 27-30 at Kalamazoo, Grand Rapids, Saginaw New York City, will address the he U. S. Treasury, Congress directed. ket during the year under a fixed nic crowd estimated at 25,000. most unfavorable feature is insect in- Lapeer, ancfat Ann Arbor July 8. luncheon meeting. The end of the price stabilization policy of selling not more than 5,000,- "Speech after speech was made in jury. Grasshoppers are bad in sec- The Michigan Elevator Exchange operations of the Federal Farm Board )00 bushels a month, except for such the last two party conventions on tions. Potato and cucumber beetles Wide-Spread Interest was founded in 1920 as the grain has come definitely into sighj. and the sales as it could make to foreign gov-, other .subjects than agriculture, but and other insects are far more marketing department of the Mich- program for disposition' of the huge er^iments. It has sold/ about the maxi- not a voio- tofts raised to tell the troublesome than usual. The Kalamazoo meeting was attended by 100 Farm Bureau igan State Farm Buireau. In 1923 stocks of wheat and cotton bought in mum allowed under its pledge to reg- actual condition and needs of 50,- leaders from Berrien, Cass, St. Joseph, Kalamazoo, Calhoun, :he operations is practically complete ulate its sales. The pledge expired oon,00 0 people dependent on agri- Branch, Barry, Allegan, Van Buren and Eatbn counties. W. E. it was separately incorporated. It has grown from 20 to 80 elevator members and 17 Bean Growers following the above action of Con- July 1 with the start of the new wheat culture," Mr. O'Neal observed. ress. crop year, but the Board in all its BORAH DECLARES Phillips of Decatur, a director of the State S%nm Bureau, pre- sided. ' Tire Board already had authorized sales policies has held to the princi- Ass'ns and markets from $9,000,- 000 to $10,000,000 in grain and beans annually for 15,000 farmers the Cotton Stabilization Corporation ple that the deals must be conducted to sell during the year beginning July to have a minimum effect on the mar- CONGRESS MUST At Grand Rapids, representatives caniej from Grand Tra- verse, Mason, Newaygo, Mecosta, Montealin, Ktui. Ottawa, Al- legan and Barry counties. F. X. Church, president of the Kent who are members of the local eleva- tors. 30 up to 650,000 bales of the 1,300,000 kets. » EXPAND MONEY City Co-op Association, presided. At Saginaw, representatives came from Bay, Clinton, Ing- For years the Exchange has been Michigan's largest handler of beans. It has been credited with providing LIVE STOCK EXCH. WOOL MKTG. ASS'N Do It Now or Come Back in hani, GladWin, Gratiot, Huron, Genesee, Midland, Saginaw, Shia- wassee, Sanilac and Tuscola counties. Mr. E. W. Irwin of Saginaw, a director of the State Farm Bureau, was chairman Fall in the Face of and maintaining for its membership the beet grain and bean market ser- vice and prices they have ever en- GETS RAIL RATE REPORTS RECEIPTS Disaster of the meeting. The Lapeer meeting was attended by representatives from Tuscola, St. Clair, Genesee, Macoinb, ^Oakland, Shiiawassee, San- joyed. Local elevator members have observed their original $200 memberships in the Exchange in- CUT TO DETROIT OF 425,000 LBS. ' Washington—Senator Borah of Ida- ho, declared in a statement July 5 that Congress must choose between ilac, Lapeer and MoiAcalw counties, and was presided over by W. W. Billings of Davison, vice-president of the Michigan crease steadily in value each year staying in session long enough to pass State Farm BUreau. until they have^become very -valu- •loads Cut Minimum Weights Boston Sales Office Advises the Glass "currency diffusion" bill, or able property. Mr. Lawrence E. On Michigan Shipments return next December "to face the Prices and Debts Osmer has >been manager of the Ex- Wool Sales Are change since February, 1921. To Detroit Improving question of devaluating the dollar," These meetings were held as a result of the urgent interest according to the United States Daily of Farm Bureau members and co-operative leaders in develop- Following are the member eleva- at Washington. tors of the Michigan Elevator Ex- Detroit—Michigan railroads have Lansing—Volume of wool placed Senator Borah's statement follows in ing a program to meet the problems the farmer is facing dur- change: ' annouriced an adjustment fti live with the Michigan Co-operative full text: ing the present depression. Farmers have come to realize Albion Elevator Co. tock freight rates on shipments of Wool Marketing Ass'n by Michigan PRES. E. Congress should not adjourn until that even with economy in goverrfcnent and reduction of Allegan Fanners Co-op^ Ass'n. ive stock moving from points in farmers for sale by grade and in Atwater Co-op. Elevator. Reviews Congress the problem of the expansion of the Battle Creek Farm Bureau Ass'n. Belleville Co-op. Ass'n. Michigan to Detroit, effective June large lots direct to eastern mills Concerning Congress and its fail- currency has been considered. We (axes, other s.erious problems remain to be solved. Particu- Benzie Company, Beujah. 17, 1932, according to the Michigan and other buyers has passed 42 5, have sufficient gold in this country to lar interest has been expressd throughout the State in our BliSBfleld «'o-op. Co. Live Stock Exchange. 000 lbs. ure in this session to enact a single justify upon a sound basis currency Breckenridge Farmers Elevator. Bronson Co-op. Ass'n. v This action was decided upon Last week the Ass'n shipped a fundamental measure to improve the expansion to the extent of billions if money system in relation to farm prices and debts. Lucius E. after conferences *ad with officials business conditions in agriculture, Brooklyn Co-op. Ass'n. / carload of representative samples of necessary. We have far more than Wilson, whose articles on the monetary question have been Byron Center Co-op. Co. i ;iU'donia Farmers Elevator Co. of the Michigan Live Stock Ex- all grades on hand to the National Mr. O'Neal said: one-third of all the gold in the world. appearing in recent issues of the Michigan Farm News, was Caro Farmers Co-op. Elevator Co. hange, representing live stock pro- Wool Marketing 'Ass'n at Boston for "Four years ago both political Central Farmers Ass'n., Cassopolis. parties gave solemn pledges to the But, hidden, hoarded, cornered, refus- farmers that they would seek legis- ing to help in this great national cris- secured to address these meetings. C. L. Brody, secretary of. Chesaning Farmers' Elevator. ducers and co-operative organiza- display to eastern mill buye»s. Cold water Co-op. Co. ions. The Ass'n is receiving wool daily lation for restoring equality to agri- is, the country is left paralyzed. the Michigan State Farm Bureau, also appeared on the pro- Coleman Farm Bureau. These producers and co-operative at its warehouse here at 7,28 East Constantine Co-op. Buying & Selling Association. organizations, at a meeting held in Shiawassee street. A flat adVance culture to the end that Agriculture Crop season is on and it is literally gram of each meeting , Coopersville Co-op. Elev. Co. Lansing nearly two years ago, re- of 5%c per lb. ^s made on wool de- might prosper. Tqday those prom- true that in parts of the country farm- <'o-operative. Elev. & Mlg. Ass'n, Pigeon quested the Michigan Live Stock livered to the warehouse. This ad- ises stand unredeemed. The in- ers, cannot get credit currency with Farmers Want Reform CrosvvHl Co-op. Co. „_ Decker* Farm Bureau T,ooal. Exchange to confer with railroad vance represents 65% of today's equality of agriculture is far worse which to buy binding twine. What- Each day, following Mr. Wilson's address, the informal Deerfield Co-qn. Association. representatives and explain the ne- selling price for Michigan wool de-1 than in 1928. ever virtues the legislation already Delton Farm Bureau Elev. Co. DoWaglac Farmers Co-op. Ass'n. essity for such action. Several livered in Boston. The funds are "It is shameful and disgraceful passed may possess, such as the Re- discussion by representative farmers brought out clearly that Eau Claire Farmers Exchange. inferences were had during this loaned the Nat'l Wool Marketing the way Congress and the President construction Finance Corporation, it is their desire for the Farm Bureau to make a thorough Elk ton Co-op. Farm Produce Co. Faltnouth Co-op. Mktg. Association. ime, ibut no agreement was reached Ass'n on that basis Jjy the Federal' have treated agriculture. They have such legislation has not revived trade study of our national monetary policy and take steps to bring Farmers Elev. Co., Cluirlotte. until early in May of this year, Intermediate Credit Banks and the listened calmly to our pleas but have or started business. Farmers Co-op. Elev. Co., Fowler. done nothing fundamental to correct The forces of deflation are still ad- about such reforms as the facts indicated. It was accordingly Farmers Co-op. Elev. Co., Hudsonville. when a plan offered by carriers was Federal Farm Board. Farmers Co-op. Grain Co., Kinde. agreed upon, and accepted. The ad- Grading continues Idaily at the agriculture's inequality. Agriculture vancing. Unemployment is increasing. agreed at all the meetings that the first step in improving con- Farmers Kiev. Co., Marshall. Farmers Elev. Co., Minden City. ustment was understood to be for Shiawassee street warehouse. About has been thrust aside and forced to Unless the fall of prices can be ar- Farmers Milling Co., Mi. Clemens. emergency relief only, expiring De- half the total receipts to date have wait more than seven months of rested, there can be no return of ditions affecting the farmer is a rise in commodity prices and Farmers Co-op. Elev. Co., Owosso. Farmer* Produce Co.Nsf Bridge water. cember 31, 1932, but it is hoped been graded and "re-sacked by grade this session while Congress and the trade, no lessening of unemployment— that the continued unprecedented deflation of farm prices is Farmers Co-op. Ass'n., Prattville. hat Michigan shippers will take ad- and are ready for sale. Farmers otherPresident hastened to the relief of and the fall of prices cannot be ar- groups. « rested except through the change of due in a* large measure to the serious restriction of the volume Farmers Produce Co., Cass City. r Four Counties Co-op. Ass'n., Marcellus. antage of the reduction so that are invited to come in and see the Fowlervflle Farmers Co-op Ass'n. efforts may be made to make it per- grading done. It took Congress and the Presi- the monetary situation. of money and credit which is made possible by existing Grand Blanc Co-op. Elev. Co. manent. dent only six days to rush aid to One of the greatest living authori- Grand Ledge Produce Co. • Shipments to the Detroit market foreign governments in the form of ties on economic and monetary prob- practices. Grass Lake Farmers Elevator. a one year moratorium on war debts The meeting showed that sentiment* Hamilton Farm Bureau. Haslett Elevator Association. only benefit by this reduction, which provides for minimum weights on Wool Sales Pick Up involving billions ot dollars of obli- lems s*aid only a short time ago: "The among our farm people is growing KALAMAZOO MEETING Hastings Co-op. Elev. Association. gations. Mr. O'Neal reminded. Just Federal Reserve authorities control June 27, 1932 Highland Producers Association. logs in 36 foot single deck cars not only the general level of prices in rapidly to the effect that a conipara- Holland Co-op Association. being lowered from 17,000 lbs. to Boston—Wool sales looked better P3 days were required to pass the ively few financial leaders should not Homer Farmers Elev. Co. the United States but also the price Ida Farmers Co-op. Co. 15,000 lbs., and 40 foot single deck the past week, according to the co- Reconstruct ion Finance measure ap- level of all other gold standard coun- "etain control of the volume of money rvin Fox ALLEGAN COUNTY Allegan Jones Co-op. Association. ar minimum from 18,000 lbs. to operative Nat'l Wool Marketing propriating two billions for the re- ind credit with the power to deflate A. D. Morley. tries." Allegan Kent City Farm Bureau. Lake Odessa Co-op. Association. 17,000 lbs. Mixed single deck loads Ass'n which sold 1,500,000 lbs. at lief of the railroads, banks and in- If we do not at once adopt measures commodity and farm prices to the lev- Mr. and .Mrs. Mont Baird Hopkins Lawrence Uo-op. Co. cattle, calves, hogs •» or sheep, cur- what it considered was the top surance companies, he continued, Mr.'and Mrs. W. P. Nlcolai Hopkins for the expansion of currency and a Is of today. The State Farm Bureau Livingston Co-op. Ass'n., Howell. Marlette Fanners Co-op. Elev. Co. rent hog minimum and rate. This range of the present market. It and only 12 days to pass the Glass- furVher extension of credit, we will was urged to carry on an educational .Mr. & Mrs. Howard Paquln....South Haven Mason Co., Co-op. Mkt£. Association provision will greatly benefit ship- turned down opportunities to sell Steagall 'bill for thawing out the ampaign with a view to developing Robert It. BARRY COUNTY Scottville. / pers of light loads, and will provide three times that amount at prices frozen assets of the banks and to come back in the autumn facing the Montelth Martin Memphis Co-op: Co. below the m alike t. help them meet the demand on them proposition of devaluating the dollar. an intelligent public opinion and in- Harold J. Poster Hastings a saving of $3 to $11 per car, by Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Andrua Hastings MidiUt-ton Farmers Elev. <'<>. Mt Pleasant Co-op. -Kiev. Co. eliminating the paying for weight Manufacturers find prices on fab- for gold. There is literally no possible way to fluence sufficiently strong to bring John Fred A. Smith ('. Killick Hastings Doster Nashville Co-op. Elev. Association. not contained in the load. rics so low that they are obliged to What About AgMcaiture avoid disaster under the present pro- about the needed reform and place the Mr. and Mrs. It. (!. Brumm Nashville New Haven Farmers Elev. control of our monetary and credit * This action was accomplished only buy wool as low as possible and "But what about agriculture? gram. Mr. ami Mrs. C. W. Pennock Nashville Oxford Co-op. Elev. situation in the hands of the people. Ralph Pennock Nashville Parma Co-op. Elev. Co. Plainwell Co-op. Co. Through the persistent efforts of the bids of 2 ^ to 5 cents per lb. below notwithstanding that the condition Sentiment for a managed volume of I tertrude Psnnock telbert Ehzla n NaBhville 1 Cressey Michigan Live Stock Exchange, the the current market are common. of agriculture is even more desper- # ate, more long-standiag,- more vital Post Office Lost 204 Portland Farm Bureau. currency prevailed at all of the meet- Flossie Lee Reynold* Creesey Re&dipg Co-op. Commerce Co. only farmer owned and farmer con- The National has rejected such bids Reynolds Cressey I lock fold Co-op. Kiev. - ings where the following Million In Past Year was approved without a dissenting A. J. George resolution BERRIEN COUNTY St. Joe Valley Shipping Ass n., Niles. trolled co-operative live stock mar- and most other sellers 06 wool are to a greater number of o. > citizens, Buchanan St. Johns Co-op. Co. keting organization in Michigan. doing likewise, it said. As a whole, more fundamental to the prosperity Cl Haslett Buchanan Snover Co-op. Elevator Co. more opportunities to sell wool are and well-being of the whole nation, vote: I. C Hollenbeck Berrien Springs* Stan ton Elevator Co. Washington—With postal receipts U. 11. Sherwood Waiervliet Three Oaks Shipping Association. appearing than have appeared in than any of these groups, agricul- for June far below normal, the Post RESOLUTION .1. A. Richard* Eau Claire Trufant Farm Bureau. Av. Wheat Production recent months. ture has waited in vain for the past For A Managed Currency Herbert Nafziger Benton Harbor Breckenridge Farmers Elev. <-o., seven months of this session of Con- Office Dep't announced that revenues "The .beginning of the present Albert Nafziger Lynn J. Pardee Benton Harbor Three Oaka Wheeler. , Cost 81c Bu. Last Yr. greet for action on any program of for the year ending June 30 were the !•'. Jl. Morley New Troy Washington Co-op. Co. lowest since 1924 and that the Dep't depression found large numbers B, W. Keith Sawyer Watertown Co-op. Association. White Pigeon Co-op. Association. Hear Wilson on Money relief. To date, not a single funda- would show an operating loss of of farms heavily in debt, ,the ob- Mr. & Mrs. n. D. Bishop....Benton Harbor Asso c a t ri Washington—Taking figures from mental measure on our program has ligations of which were contract- F. . 10. Williams Bronson Breokehnd^e Bean Growers Ass n. average cost of producing wheat was Ann Arbor-*-County Farm Bureau Washington, he declared, was the economics, including wage reductions, "The depression and unprece- Cordon Schlubatis ('has. <: Bomerlott Bronson t'ass Ciyt Bean Growers Assn. Cold water 81 cents a bushel last year, for which leaders, representatives of farmers defeat of the federal sales tax. This, effective July 1, 1932, are expected dented deflation of juices received Frank Kunst Bronson farmers received an average of 47 to-operative as^'n of southeastern he said, was a victory against the to reduce operating expenses by $80,- for farm products practically Warren Williams Bronson Alt. I'Wasntit-Isabella Co., Bear. Growers cents per bushel. Michigan counties gathered here July leadership in both parties. 000,000 or more between now and amounts to trebling the number of - Mr. & Mrs. B. 10. Boyer CALHOUN COUNTY Battle Creek Ass'n. "We may claim some victories in next June 30. Three cent ' postage Marlette. Bean Growers Ass n The average cost of producing corn 8 at a meeting called by the Michigan the fight for rural credit facili and other revenue increases may en- farm obligations. Mr. & Mrs. Reed R. Cartey W. S. Frost Marshall Homer Aliddl.tnn Bean ('.rowers Assn. Merrill Bean d o w e r s Ass n. as reported by 5,147 farmers was 61 State Farm Bureau to hear Mr. he .continued, ."but in other dirt •<- able the Department to break even. "Be It Resolved, That this meet- Mr. & Mrs. J. F. Carnes Ceresco .\l miner Bean Growers Ass n. cents per bushel, and the average Lucius E. Wilson discuss the need for ing go on record as urgefltf|f*fav- A. M. lOdmunds P. H. McDermid Battle Creek rin.-onninp--No. Bay Bean Or. Assn. ,cost of producing oats as reported by public study of our money and credit tions the moneyed interests have Mr. & Mrs. Elmer E. Ball Battle Creek Albion Saginaw Bean Growers Ass n gained the victory against us. They oring a regulated volume of cur- Qarfleld Farley Snovi.r Bean Growers Aso n. ,3,463 farmers was 42 cents per bushel. system in relation to present business won in the fight for Philippine In- Lake Michigan Winds rency, so that the purchasing CASS COUNTY .'. Albion Watertown B«an Growers Assn. Where production averaged 29 conditions.' dependence and in the fight for con- power of the dollar and farm bushels of .wheat per acre, the cost Examination of the close control of trol of speculation in the marketing Pile Sand Into Parks prices may be maintained at a George P. II. Savage W. Brown Marcellus Marcellus Oklahoman Purchases averaged 52 cents per bushel; where money and credit by a few powerful of our crops. level comparable to that upon Summons h Cassopolis Cassopolis Bride For 50 Ponies production was as low as 10 bushels, that interests will convince the public "In our fight for the 'Honest Dol- Lansing—The winds that blew which debts were contracted." S. Mclntyre Cassopolis is time to return control of our lar' which would restore commodity across Lake Michigan last winter • l. C, Burgener I assopolis cost per bushel was $1.02. It is the plan of the county lead- Martin F. Pierce Dowagiac Hominy, Okla.—In one,of the most The wheat cDst of production fig- money system to the Government of prices we had a great victory in the blew 15,000 cubic yards of sand onto ers attending these meetings to J. W. Phillips Dowagiac l>illrnan Dowagiac elaborate native ceremonials in ures included charges at going wages the United States, said Mr. Wilson, House but the bi£ interests in the the concrete parking places at the arrange for meetings in each ol Paul File CaMopolis years Thomas Whitehorn, 19, Qsage for the labor of the farmer and mem- who is discussing that program and Senate defeated as. They won again Grand Haven and the Holland State the respective counties, to be fol-. IJ. Elbert Harvey Benedict Cassopolis Jones Indian fullblood, "purchased" his bers of his family who worked on a managed currency to keep the sup-in our fight to establish the Ameri- Parks, all of the sand having been lowed by local meetings for the Jones bride from her parents for fifty wheat, and a charge for the use of ply sof money in balance with the na- can market for the American farm- blown over the concrete since the further study of the monetary Edna \>. B Cassopolis Ponies here recently. the land on a cash rental basis, as tion's productive growtn and their er. but In the House they did nothing parks closed last fall. In places ten play politics with us for all question antl the development of EATON COUNTY Nashville The bride, Lucille Matin, like' the well as all of the out-of-pocket ex- control over natural over-expansion these seven months." • feet*of sand had accumulated during an intelligent public opinion and KALAMAZOO COUNTY groom, is descended from a line^of penses of growing the crop. and the usual credit collapse and the winter months and it was neces- influence for the solution involved Clintoi hterno Osage chiefs and assistant chiefs. Therefore, the farmer whose pro- panic that follows. "During these seven months we sary to employ steam shovels to re- in present day distress. Mr. & '.erg Kak<> farmers have been w-aiting, watch- • I Hopkins Several days of feasting featured duction cost was 50 cents per bushel Similar meetings were held during ing, hoping at the door of the move it. Both the parks are locatec Those Who Attended the event. and who sold at 50 cents per bushel the week of June 27 at Kalamazoo, temple. With, callous indifference among some of Michigan's be.t A list of those attending the dis- The bride and groom were united did more than just break even. Grand Rapids, Saginaw and Lapeer. (Continued on page -) known sand dunes. trict meetings follows: E . O. 2, in a Christian wedding a month ago. • . SATTRDAY, JI'LV 0, 1032 TWO MICHIGAN FARM XEWS "As the head of a great national took occasion to thank oa behalf of I , Congress and Parties organization of farmers, I declare his country, both verbally and by let- war on the.se forces of organized ter, Mrs. Margaret Whetten of New Ignore the Farmer selfishness and heartless indifference York, whos« home was referred to as (Continued from pa$6 1> —a war, not of violence, but a war "Rebel Headquarters," for her many acts of mercy toward the patriot pris- The Season Opens and even deliam••>, wo are left ii the darkness outside, while the i of ballots at the American polls. You must select as your representatives oners. By R. 8. Clark Industries of our country are invite in Congn ss me* who are true Successor to the Michigan Farm Bureau News, founded alive, I wonder where can, Birani IJ*•'.' in. Seemingly the leadership of thi friends of agriculture, men who will .I mi n a r y VI, Vtl\>> is fie a-tinkering, some place out of sight? country cares more for the welfan truly represent your interests instead Entered as second class matter January 12, 1923, at the poatofFiee Restore Prices to the All til- rainy morning1—instead of helping me? Hiram makes me mad sometimes; mad enough to bit*. of corporate interests and intrench of the interests of campaign cou- at Charlotte, Michigan, under-the Act of March 3, 1879. ed wealth than it does for agricul trlbjUtora or purely political inter- Level of the Debts Woman's work, is never done. AH this clutter here! i extra hand just as well as not, ture and the masses of the peopl* mm who love agriculture and (Continued from page 1 .> Published the second and fourth Saturday of each month by the L. A. Strong Vieksbnrfr And him a-flxing somethlnv and never coming near ture and the masses of the thefr country more than they iOVe Michigan Farm News Company, at its publication office at 114 Lovett I., il. studdard Kalamazoo To see if he could help me, or hinder me, or what! leaders are willing to do any party machines, I ask for the sup- • arlotte, Midi. ' -II Riehland Editorial and general offices, 221 North Cedar St., Lansing, Michigan. Fred K. Hayward Scotts Oh, there he conies a-mogging in. Hiram, shut that screen. for the farmers." port of every farmer and every farm Postoffice Urns. 708. Telephone, Lansiug, Z\-2ll. Carl l'. 11< Lano Kalamazoo Can't you see that swaim -,i tlit-s up around tine top? Will Farmers Submit'.' woman In America to unite together K. "I,. Olds Kalamazoo Wipe oft those old muddy boot*, and mind you wipe them clean "Are farmers going to tamel> to set our agriculture free—to de- Clark D. Mason Kalamuzim Do you think my chiefest joy is just to push a mop? E. E. UNGREN ...Editor and Business Manager N. B. Snow Con. submit while the leadership whon liver it out of the hands of its eco- Mrs. Till Conyer Cressey Where you been all morning? What you tinkering at? we have elected tb public offic nomic oppressors. I ask for 10 mil- ST. JOSEPH COUNTY What In time you hunting for? .Little pinrlners, eh? A. E. Beebe Mendon ii- just where you used them last; you can count on that, openly fiout our pleas and collousl] lion volunteers to come to the rescue Subscription bo ; 3 years for $ 1 , i n A i i VAN BUREN COUNTY it there on the elook shelf, just as plain as day. ignore the desperate plight of agri of American agriculture by banding A. N. Moulton Decatur culture?" he asked. "Are we $oing themselves together, pledging them- Win. F. Johnston Paw Paw Maybe you'll inform me, since you happened in, VOL. X SATURDAY, JULY 9, 1932. No. 13 K. B. Copley Decatur i aim to do the chorea I been dinging tor. to allow our nation to pursue a poli to work unyieldingly, cease- Mr. and Mrs. Bert Gleason Paw Paw When you're going to mend the crank, 8O I can churn again? cy which enriches the creditor clasi . until the prosperity of OUr Miller Overtoil i Bangor When you're going to fix that Baggfiig back screen door? at the expense of the debtor class' agriculture is assured and it 3 r e , C. E. Buskirk Paw Paw Wtoat's that little chain you've got? Oh now I se<> it all! "As a result of our rapid develop establishment as the basic industry <;K.\M» RAPIDS MEETING You're just overhauling your fishing tackle kit. ment there has grown in our nation of lliis country is assured." Stories of Women's Heroism June 28, 1932 Woman's wants are nothing. Man must overhaul I wry single gadget and fix it up a bit. vast concentration of wealth am .power," Mr. O'Neal said. "This In the American Revolution BenJ. Brower Bernard Begeman ALLEGAN COUNTY Hamilton Allegan Man must spend all morning sorting little flies, And making- different leader things, and patching up a creel concentration of wealth and powej Farm Bureau Objects with its 'selfish viewpoint has Late in May, 1782, Deborah, posing Mr. and iJrs. Gilbert Scott BARRY COUNTY While woman mops and mixes bread and bakes a couple ptes, So she can set her husband some sort of decent meal. brought about a crisis in our natioi To Philippine Bill Mercy Warren, Molly Pitcher, as a man, was mustered into servici ('has. A. Woodruffl Hastings Halting* which we are facing today. • Smal Washington—The American Farm Don't stand there as-wallowing-. Fix your stuff ftnd go. selfish groups are controlling us Bureau will oppose the present dratt. Deborah Sampson, Nancy in Worchester uncter the name of Ro < ':u 1 J. Martin BRANCH COUNTY Coldwater I'm not trying to stop you,—wouldn't if 1 tried, forgetting the fundamental prin- of the Philippine independence legiK- I've been Mrs. Hiram long enough to know t, and Others t bert Shurtliffe. GRAND TRAVERSE COUNTY When you're benfr on fishing the world must stand aside. ciples upon which our nation lias hition, which will go over to the De- Recovered From Wounds John Goodman Traverse City been founded. They have forgot te.i cember session of Congress. The bill Jainen Harris Travers> Through the story of the "Midnight During a contest near Tarrytown Ci M. Buell Traverse City wo farmers; they have forgo)tei provides grantin'g independence t« Ride of Puul Revere" to Lexington, so Deborah was shot in the thigh and re INGHAM COUNTY that we have been the principle fac- the islands during an 18 year period. vividly portrayed by the poet Long- ceived a flesh wound in the head. Sin L. Roy Smith East Lansing tor in the development of our na- fellow, the name of Revere is known was fortunate, however, in soon ob Floyd Sohut KENT COUNTY HURON COUNTY Calhoun County—M. Woods, Mar- tion. They have built up the great Agriculture a^ked for tariffs on co- / Sparta Emmett L. Raven Bad Axe the world over. While no taining permission to nurse a sick Chas. Dahl Wright Kent City Jas. K. Davidson FIJlon shall, 41 two year old Herefords, hand capitalistic system, forgetting the coazrat oil and sugar. The bill makes Kent City INGHAM COUNTY fed; Arthur Casey, Marshall, 50 Here- rights of the individuals. The re- a pretense of limiting free-entry of of a woman of that period ap- comrade, and during the period of her Chas. Montgomery Kent City R. J. Baldwin M. E. uoone Knit City East Lansing fords, yeanlings, self-fed; L. E. Brooks, sult is that many are now saying those products, but fixes for 18 years pears to have been so picturesque RUd absence from scouting and raiding Andrew A. Johnson ' Ken1 m »LAPEER COUNTY Marshall, 50 Shorthorns of a group of that civilization has tailed; that a volume to be duty free tbat is larger thrilling as this event and it if-; not duty she recovered completely from Anderson Kent City Lin Forbrush Karl 8. Ivory Elba than the largest' dmounts ever im- L>. Kaechle Caledonia 400 on pasture, Carl Marhle, Marshall, to our proficiency in producing believed that one figured actively in her wounds. In November, 1782, sheJ. Haghaa Powell Sparta Guy Eastman 52 yearling Herefords from the S. M. ported hy the U. S. from the islands. to important an episode in tna strug- took part in Schuyler's expedition X. B. Wanton Kent City Harold L. Lamon " ^ j things in abundance, our civilization E. S. Sheets Kent City Baxter Lap.. SL ftanch, Texas, hand-fed, 45 year- will ibe destroyed. The present bill would hold up pro- gle for American freedom, it is, how- against Jjie Indians, this engagement Sierd Andringa Byron Center F. J. Stepheneon Laptee ling Herefords on pasture; A. T. Boyd tection tor U. S. Sugar producing ansi ever, a fact that vvoinnan's part was of sapping in a measure her strength Jerome Lilly Byron (Ynt.i ('. A. Wow Cheiify Lapee Dryde & Son, Homer, 40 yearling Shorthorns The Consequences dairy farmers for nearly a generation, far greater importance than than or and courage. And. H. Anderson Robert M. Ferrall Kent City Oacar C. Holt Grand Rapids Howard Holt Imlay Cit and Herefords, hand-fed; Hector Meet- "Some of our industrial and po- said, Chester dray of the American. merely furnlghing inspiration and The following summer she joined , Imlay Cit Glenn Hunsberger K. K. Vinlng- Grand Rapid* OKver C. Youngs Grand Rapids Mr. & Mrs. John N. Stephen. .. Attic dagh, Homer, 50 yearling Shorthorns litical leaders, deluded by the bub- Farm Bureau. sympathy, and :v*epJug and suffering the troops which were sent to Phila- Arthur Haradlne Alpine James Shepherd Metamor and Herefords, hand fed; Frank Ben- ble , of industrial prosperity which in silence at Lome, Virginia Price delphia for the purpose of quelling Lowell P. Saur Imlay Cit Kent City J. J. Walker Metamor ham, Homer, 20 two year old Here- ^prang up during the war and post- The unemployment situation would •writes in the ".W-: .ngton Star. the disorder of mutinous soldiers. On Maurice . k. Feenstra Post Rockford S. C. Taylor Grand Rapids Mr. and Mrs. Frank Myus : Lapee fords and Shorthorns, hand fed; Far- war period blindly thought they be materially improved if all the this journey she suffered an attack o! W. A. Peterson .'...Lapee Many Edison Rockford Grand Rapids W. A. Gwinn Lapee ley Brothers, Albion, 35 yearling would continue to reap the lion's candidates could be elected. One of the most interesting and in- fever, bringing with it the discovery M. B. MCPherson Lowell MACOMB COUNTY Shorthorn and Herefords, hand fed. share of the national income and let fluential feminip^ figures of the Revo- of her sex Ortonville this country. Mercy Warren, the third child o the soldier, Robert Shurtliffe, was a Jas. W. McBain MISSAUKEE COUNTY Hammond Perry Ortonville money invested at the time of pur- " l u t u a l Rodded h a s e n j o y e d a ^ P McBain E. Weld Pontiac chase of thin cattle for fattening is "Let us take warning. England s t e a d y rfrowtli built on a s o u n d Col. James Otis, was born September woman. H. W. Taylor Lucas J. S. Mitchell Holl> financial basis and prompt, sat- (A) A. Haeknoter MeBain Frank Williams Milford, R. 1 of greater importance than the par- neglected her agriculture for indus- isiartoiy settlement of claims. ^ ^ 25, 1728, at Barnstable, in the old col- Mrs. Lydia Darragh aaac Burkel McBain M. W. Frey Brown Cit> ticular type or .grade of cattle pur- try and witness her plight today. If you would lil ri ^ ^ ony of Plymouth. She died October When the British under _ General Ralph Meyeiing Lu< as SHIAWASSEE COUNTY protection" with safety and t h e H ) MONTCALM COUNTY chased unless the time of purchase is France on the contrary has fostered added advantages of a broad 19, 1814, in her eighty-seventh year. Howe held possession of the Quaker Vfr. & Mrs. Earl Cassaday Morley C. B. Cook ST. CLAIR COUNTY Owbsso in late spring. her agriculture as her basic indus- liberal poli.-y at actual cost A. Molly Pitcher City in 1777, a room in the home ff larence G. Holmden Greenville F. A. IVtz Capae write today to f^j q. Lewis Greenville A. G. Taylor ....A .Memphis (3) The selection of feeds for the try witfi the result that she has A picturesque ligure, lamed for her the Quakers, William and Lydia Dar- Yin. Wolkow Greenville Mr. & Mrs. F. W. Allington.._.*:...St. Clair preparation of the ration offers a w d been the marvel of the world in H. K. FISKE*Secretary ^ daring and courage at the battle ol ragh, was used as a conference room ! W. Hardy Stanton G. J. H». Howard O. Cook C Capae opportunity for display in judgment every great crisis. Either agricul- 702 Church St. Flint, Michigan ( • ) Monmouth, was Capt. Molly Pitcher by some of Howe's officers. toy ROsisman Greenvil e ture must be brought up to the level )liver ThThompson Amble Amble TUSCOLA COUNTY and skill in cattle feeding. who was the only woman in trie state On December 2 an officer notified NEWAYGO COUNTY Thos. Valentine Fostoria (4) The fat yearling of "baby beef", of industry or inevitably industry of Pennsylvania to draw a pension on Mrs. Darragh that a meeting would B. B. McKinley Grant WASHTENAW COUNTY will ibe brought down to the level of State mutual Rodded Fire account of her ov.n services to tin 6e held in the council room that eve- . W. K. Riblet White Cloud Mr. & Mrs. G. H. Thompson Northville steer or heifer carcass is at present Cannon White Cloud Mr. & Mrs. W. B. lioraba ; cii..' « of the State ColTege%ninial husbandry Chas. H. Reed a plentiful supply of farm grown Molly Pitcher's most conspicuous American army fully prepared to re- Fred W.jWllber Clio dep't*. them. I.ydia Darragh's timely Louis H, Partridge grains are available is of doubtful service to the cause came, 'however, Some 250 cattlemen from 15 coun- Harry H". Jennings iralue. when her husband was wounded on warning had saved General Washing- S H. Latourette i>lmt ties attended the recent beef cattle (10) When wheat is equal in price, the field of Monmouth, and there be- on and his army from capture by the ) GRATIOT COUNTY st » jOU 5 feeding tour in Calhoun ai}d Kalama- British. . Peinert - i ! ushel for bushel, with corn it can be ing no one else to nerve his cannon, Frank IvAjilton ^--^iifflJ! zoo countres, sponsored by the Col- used for fattening and the results are she seized the rammer and through- Lydia Darragh died on December 28, L. M. Halatead lege, i about equal to those secured ifrom out the day until the close of the bat- 1789, at the age of 60. A few years W. A. Spooner Part of Michigan's renewal of in- HURON COUNTY orn. Wheat is best fed as only a part tle filled her husband's place "with arlier she had been "read out of the W A. Lonsbery the vigor and coolness of the Wevet meeting" of Friend's because of her II ' .1. Clabuesch. »oMi ' A monunvent, unveiled at rregular Herman Herm attendance at religious c I Diefenbach Buchholz Caseville terest in cattle feeding, against a 16% )f the grain ration. Pigeonn decline for the nation as a whole, is •• P»f^ . Bay Port due to- the available supply of corn, attle receiving corn, there is less (11) When pigs follow fattening RAD I'a.. June 28, 1916, commem- meetings. M Wid Pigeon small grains and roughages, and the waste when whole corn is fed than orati > Cher's heroic action. Nancy Hart Emily dieiper An authentic instance of a woman's Mosrs"M.*~W~eidman"..'...' \V C. Wlghtman INGHAM COUNTY Caseville fact that grains can be used to ad- vajitage in cattle feeding enterprise. when ground corn is used. FOR YOUR ROOM Despite the difference of opinion patriotism was that of a young girl, John L. Potter Lansing The majority of the 1,500 feeding Hotel Fort Shelby, situated in the hearAof downtown which exist as to her rightful place Emily Geiger of South Carolina, who Mr and Mrs. among the Revolutionary heroines, by arried an important message from B. B. Bashore a recent act of congress "a tablet or Jeneral Greene to General Sumter. MIDLAND COUNTY F. A. Lundy SAGINAW COUNTY Coleman cattle owned by Coleman yearlings, although a few lots were feeders two year olds. A few lotg were about visited were REGULAR DRENCHING Detroit, offers you every conceivable comfort and conven- ience . . . even cabinet sized Violone Radios, with superb tonal quality and far rpnge, at your beck and call! Next marker to commemorate the memory Experiencing difficulty in finding a FWm.J. B. of Nancy Hart" is to be erected at man to engage in so dangerous a mis-Freeman some point In the state of Georgia. sion, General Green« finally accepted L H Burger Harger Arthur Smith Hill Lytle Saginaw Frankenmuth ready for market; the remainder will St. Charles be fed for fall sale. •• Chesaning Saginaw, W. S. Farms were visited where a system OF SHEEP PAYS time you visit Detroit, driv| direct to Hotel Fort Shelby where alert, obliging attendants will relieve you of your car and return ifat your command, free of charge. Moder- Mrs. Hart, who had been marked by he offer of Emily's services. Taking A' . H. Iftirnly Mr and Mrs. John McCormick Saginaw of baby beef production is operated. Burt nternal Parasites Responsible ate garage tariffs. Lobby shop, to serve your needs in- the scourge of smallpox is said also to i letter from Greene and receiving at Arthur P. Bender Saginaw Here the feeder produces his own stantly and economically. Three restaurants to suit your v txave been cr< ad cross-grain- be same time verbal Information as Alfred Mrs. J. E. Milks Burt Frankenmuth calves. A herd of cows supplies For Great Losses To ed, but although lacking in beauty she to its contents, Emily proceeded Richard F. Price Grueber Saginaw, K. 8. calves for the feed lots. The calves Sheepmen Zll in P u U D, e * ~ a n dmenuS O f f e r i n 9 such v a l " e s at this Miss May Abbott Birch Kun typical Club.PJate Dinner, served every evening m the Coffee is known to have been a hard swcaret horseback through a nest of Tories. Stanley Faltjn Saginaw are usually dropped in the spring, ohop for 90 cents: and a sharpshooter. The day after her departqre she wasTom C. Price Saginaw, I-. B. weaned in the tall and fed through the Farmers shauld drench sheep reg- E W. Irwin Saginaw r'_ Choice of A group of Tories came to Mrs. a ken in custody by some of Lord L. J. Braamge Saginaw winter for the next Hummer's market. larly every four to six weeks dur- c (uprems of Fruit ,- ^ Hart's house, kilred her last turkey Rawdon's scouts, who arraigned to 6ANILAC COUNTY The cows are usually wintered «n ng the grazing season, according Consomme, Okra and Rk» gobbler and bade her cook it foV them. have her searched by a Tory matron. John McLellan Cass City roughages while concentrates or o D. H. LaVoi of the State College tream of Tomatoes Rosa, Souffle Croutons M. Burkftolder Marlette Mrs. Hart by her cunning and strat- Smily ate up the tetter, and the care- John D. Martin Sandusky grains fatten the ~calves. It appears nimal husbandry dep't. Relish egy was able to secure possession of ul search which followed proved John W. Goodwirre Marlette that this system of baby beef produc- Internal parasites cause many ' Choice of SHIAWASSEE COUNTY tion is successful in Michigan. Fol- eaths among sheep and great flnan- their guns. She leveled one of them fruitless. She in due time reached her Gar Jenkinson Corunna B M , i Fresh Roast KIo mF foM h JF I U tA o f H, a dSd o c k wl»hBMushrooms Fr..K « roi|ed ^ and beoause her eyes were crossed ourney's end and delivered General W. R. Gdodrich Owosso lowing is the list of feeders visited, ial losses to owners. They sap the Roast Bejf Tenderloin, Bordelaise Sauce each of the five Tqriea in his bewild- Jreene's verbal message. F F Wllwoith Corunna the* number of cattle fed and the sys- Igor and retard growth >of laovba. ,.' },; Noyes Owosso ]wes are made unproductive. Stom- erment is believed to have thought Mrs. Jackson R. J.'Colby ••••• Owosso tem used: Butter* * n n g Beans Romai, Salad, French D r y i n g Whipped P otato^ she was aiming her but ki rid directly The heroic- mother of Andrew Jack- Fred K. Jones - Laingsburg Kalamazoo County—William De- Gft) and tape warms are most com* » _ Choice of Kmil Lee Laingsburg ion. at him. With a "blazinr oath" she or- sou laid down her life for the patriot S. S. Miier Owosso Puiester, Augusta, 28 Aberdeen Angus •oston Cream Pi. Raspberry Sherbet Philadelphia Ice Creai dered them to surrender. One of them ause. She spent the closing days of Oscar F. Barnes Byron and Hereford yearlings, hand fed; Control by drenching. Best method Coffee Tea E L Sieb Laingsburg Milk moved. Nancy's gltn < racked, and it ter life nursing the wounded, visiting W. Harvey Mills Perry Gullview Farms, Augusta, W. S. But- ith bottle, syringe of bulb syringe. is said that he never moved again. A patriots in British prisons and provid- TUSCOLA COUNTy terfield, owner, 49 Hereford yearlings, Material: 1 oz. ooppersulphate Music and dancing every evening in the Eber DeCoe Vausar and 1 oz. nicotine sulphate -(black second Tory attempted to move. But ng food and clothing for the needy Glen DeCoe _ • Vaasar hand fed; II. 1'. Gilkey, Riehland, 41 leaf 40) in 3 qts. of water. Other before he eould advance another shot soldiers. She was stricken with fever Lewis H. Fox :•• ^ mixed beef cattle, self-fed; A. B. Read, Shelby breakfasts begin at 25 cents- was fired and be loll wounded at the md having already been forced to flee Mr M D. Lynch Silverwood Riehland, 81 Hereford yearlings, sell- (substances of value, but a-bove mix- and Mrs. Herman Walt Reese ture is cheaper and more effective luncheons 35 cents and upwards. feet of Nancy Hart. While Nancy rom her home on the Waxhaw, she Dorr W. Perry - Cavo fed; W. E. Upjohn, Riehland, 75 Here- aimed her gun at the others, her hus- soon died in her dilapidated tent in ford yearlings, self-fed; Otia H. Boy- for cost. Dose: 4 ozs. of above solu- Ian, Kalamazoo, 30 Hereford yCarlings, tion enough for mature sheep.' 2 LAPEER MEETING ^ ice band arrived with some neighbors. he Carolina woods. oz. for 50 lb. lamb. I oz. for 25 to as Although the latter suggested shoot- Betsy Ross June 30,1932 self-fed; C. W. Southworth, Vicksburg, per day "' ing the remaining Tories, at Nancy's Betsy Ross, because of her persis- 59 yearling Aberdeen Angus and Here- SO lb. lamb, Precaution: Adminis- Swartz Civ-k ford cross-bred heifers, hand-fed; F. ter correctly- -mix dose properly. orders they w» re taken out and ency in making flags for congress, Frank Fred Seitbn Day Swartz Civek When: Best to drench once a hanged. was "read out of the meeting" of W. W. Billings .... B. Tobey, Vicksburg, 35 two-year old Jas. R. Campbell ... Herefords, self-fed; L. W. Oswalt and month during grazing season, but l»»'lx.i;tli Sampson friend. All Friends who took part in Frank Partridge - V, V not less than three times. Laniba At least one woman, Deborah Samp- he American Revolution were dis- Marvin A Carrie Tiedeman Linden Son, Vicksburg, 69 two year old Here- slrould be treated now as some ex- iron ^ DU ion of Massachusetts, enlisted tor reg- owned by the Society of Friends. Af- Wm. Marshal Cousins *J! ut fords, hand-fed; Norman Harper, R. & Mae E. Nutter ;-;?L int Vicksburg, 60 Hereford yearlings, self- amined recently were dying »from ular service in the Revolutionary er the war they organized the Socie- Claus Tiedeman ... tapeworms. War, served in thv army ranks lor a y of Free Quakers, frequently refer- Mildred Ralph K; Garratt ... fed; A. E. Beebe, Mendon, 30 yearling' Information: Complete directions Garratt *}!nJ Herefords produced on the farm, self- perior onths, was wound- ed to as "Fighting Quakers." Raymond Garratt :; *"" bn drenching can ibe secured from Mrs. Margaret Whetten B L Bush Swartz Creek fed; 40 Hereford cows and calves for lyour county agricultural agent. Re- ed in action a1 8d an hon- A. C. Hermann Swartz " *• J . BRADWELt *£>WEU, u . . _ ~. **** or abi After the war, General Washington W. J. Flushing b a b y f e e d pror i uc tion. member a healthy flock pays. DETROIT gATTRDAV, TCI A9 ft, If T C H 1 0 A X F A11 tt S E W S TH1M1? Century of Progress Those Who Cry Wolf! side of a one-roomed school before autos, autr> buses, airplanes, hard There is much agitation by she entered as teacher? Are you sat-Expect 6 0 Million Visitors. roads, steamships and a travel-mind- It will surprise many to learn that At World's Fair In 1933ed public indicate conservative^ 100 years ago wheat flour was a lux- ury, corn meal w a s staple; no whitt Home and Family Section various cliques oi*groups against re- isfied with the cost of school books? taining the services of agricultural Are you seeing to it in these days of agents; some a r e actuated through wary curtailnieats thaft the es- Over 26 milion visitors attended ot Progress in 1933. attendance of .".0 million • Rtury sugar (only brown sugar was us< of present day nature for all time change, which is as near to you as your nearest shipping asa'n or greater expenses. In one county a to come, if they would but rise up member who is affiliated-with us. Get the FULL RETURNS from Guide during the past year or two. Are we willing to submit?' Have group has been led by a scheming and assert themselves. Every indi- j your stock. Rates on Application We should use judgment in ourwe analyzed the situation as weattorney to demand th< relinquish- vidual so registered means that At economy plans; we should study on should? Are we satisfied to live t h e ment of agent service for the county, much more strength in t h e demand. Some 20,000 farmers, belonging to 150 Michigan shipping aas'na, LanBing. Many what we can discard without injury simple 1870 life even if we arewhen a t the same time he has been have at Buffalo and Detroit their own* sales offices, top notch sales- orgaBf_ to ourselves and our future pros- farmers? Are we content to econo- taking from t h e county in a most men, and handle a large volume of stock on both markets. years farm zation headquarters. Comfort at easy uilces. N. Grand at Mich. Center of city pects and what we must save. Cafeteria, garage, Rates |1.50 to $2.50. mize at home and in things that in- high-hand«d manner, many There's many a practice thai;? seem- fluence farm life and not look into as much for unne<•• times 'vice ren- Mackinac Returns to patrons guaranteed by $50,000 bond Beekeepers p p ^ ed times fitting of and progress necessary andNorward during mov- other things for which we are bear- dered a department of ing our full share and in many times ernment Who by rights should have county gov- Island MICHIGAN LITE meeting U. S. Government requirements STOCK EXCH. PRODUCERS CO-OP ASS'H and A. I. Root Co. goods. Send for cata- l0g. M. H. HUNT & SON, LANSING. ing, which today is really out ofmore than our just share? used the services of the prosecuting Mackinac Island claims the honor Detroit East Buffalo, N. Y. MICHIGAN. reason. We cannot go on having Are we satisfied to let the rail- attorney, t h e proper legal advisor of being the outstanding summer the expenses that we did in times roads go on, borrowing the govern- of all county officials. He knows resort of t h e lake states. It was a Monuments— SKSSSSS when it was no hardship to pay but,ment's money and at the same time that just so long as h e can keep popular resort long before we ever ,rionuments of the most beautiful granite rather we must gut our garment to cutting -off service, yet their higher eyes focused on t h e county agent, learned the meaning of t h e tpurist mid marble. Call or write. We employe fit our cloth even, if it gets to scant, no salesmen. You save the difference. Largest monument works in Western and crude proportions. Michigan. SIMPSON GRANITE WORKS prices continue as they have been 1358 W. Leonard, Grand Rapids. If farm officials drawing great salaries? ment offices tilled with workers run- for the past year expenses must be ning on a 1928 schedule when our his own job will be all the more industry. Are we satisfied to support govern- secure. The island is rich in historic fact, Yet, what county official is more legend and traditions. It Is three d to the farmer than the coun- miles long and about two wide and 1 2 MONTHS supply Berry B a s k e t s - ^ t o w f out accordingly, for farm*people can- income has been cut two-thirds? ty agent? And what Other county is in the waters that join Lake Hu- f o. b. cars, Lansing. 500 for $3.35; 1,000 not continue to pay 1928 debts or lor $6.50. Also 16 qt. crates K. D. Special rate of expanses with 1932 com- rate on 200 baskets postpaid in Michigan If farm women must go back 76 employee works on his job bqth day ron with those of Lake Michigan. years why cannot our government B.nd night? What other man of the It has numerous unusual, ( geo- county is rated so necessary that the logical formations, among of VITAMIN D FOR for $2.00 Free price list. M. H. HUNT modity prices. It just cannot be go back at least 25? yhich & SON, 510 N. Cedar St., Lansing, Mich. done. We know taxes cannot be paid un- state and federal governments will lare the Arched Rock, Old Sugar Wo Are Making Changes less they are reduced to a compar- assist in paying his salary? In many instances it is no easy able level with, t h e present day It is high time that we begin to Kitchen. x task to adjust affairs. Farms are prices and one of our problems is think for ourselves and sete to it Loaf, Lover's Leap and the Devil's One of the oldest fortifications in A FEW T^HIXK of it! Just a few cents form, standardised, peftftbld equipped to be operated under a to see that they are. Now how arethat the servants who axe necessary the New World is that of old Fort x buys enough Vitamin D in Vitamin 1) content not , found in higher price level and adjustments we going to go about it? to encouragement of farm life be left Mackinac. It has been kept in an Nopco XX Cod Liver Oil to take a unfortified cod liver or Rah oils. are difficult to make. The farmer A Few Sore Spots where they a r e and those who areexcellent state of preservation' and pullet from chick to maturity or Moreover, Nopco. XX carries an who equipped his farm for tractor In the first place many counties, of no particular use to us and of but is visited by thousands ofi. sightseers to carry a laying hen through abundance of Vitamin A. farming in days when he had no townships and school districts are invery little to anyone be, cut off. every summer. twelve months of heavy egg pro- This small investment in Nopco thought of ever facing present cir- debt, most of them to an extent way Demand For Accounting For several years t h e island has duction. For this small cost can XX insures against rickets, pro- cumstartces, finds himself just as beyond their ability to pay. It seems We should demand an itemized re- been under administration as a you afford to gamble with less de- notes normal and rapid growth in pendable sources of Vitamin D? pullets, builds strong bones and handicapped in froing back' to horse only fair that we ask for the co-op- port of all county expense, together State park, separate and distinct Can you afford to take a chance on insures a body reserve of Vitamin power as he is in using the tractor, eration of those holding t h e debts with a report of expenses and labor from all other parks, having its own sunshine alone which varies s u r - I> tor the heavy egg production to for any change means added money in making it possible for an exten- performed from every county de- board of governors and business prisingly in protective power? The afollow. For the layers Nopco XX demands. sion of time and at a lower interest partment, similar to that expected organization. year 'round cost of Nopco XX is permits increased egg production, Just so with the telephone—this rate. from the county agricultural agent It is one of t h e rery few places insignificant when the vital need produces stronger egg shells and convenience is now as much a neces- We should study other items, one and the school nurse. I predict ill Michigan where automobiles are for Vitamin D in poultry nutri- improved interior egg quality. sity to the farmer as it ever was, yetby one, and make adjustments many surprises would bo in store banned and all travel is by horse tion is considered. Ask your local feed dealer for it is an expense that one can really wherever necessary and possible. for even those who try to be in-and carriage. Boat service is main- Nopco XX affords mai# advant- Nopco, and remember, Nopco XX drop and we have heard of late that The tax survey made recently by formed. tained from both Maokinac City and ages in addition to this low cost Cod Liver Oil is niixfd into FARM farmers are doing so on every hand. Farm Bureau members in several of Within a few days the annual St. Ignace for t h e convenience of Vitamin D protection. Nopco XX BUREAU MAS! IKS. meeting of schools will ibe held. Wi11 visitors who are touring this section carries a concentration of natural Mfiprn CAW * The new germicide, It was surprising to see a t theour counties brought out many in- Vitamin D made possible by the"UrUJ-iJAlv deodorant and disin- you be there using your influence by motor or train, as well as for the patented f c nt WHEN IT STRIKES spri-jg election how universal was teresting facts. for t h e very best school that your convenience of £hose who spend the Columbia University pro- * ** 'or positive poultry and liye- the^demand that no money be raised The townships reported an election cess No. 1,678,454. It has a mil- stock sanitation. Write for descr p- We Pay the Loss V>x for "local road purposes, t h e farmer cost of over $1 for each vote cast at limited income will allow? Are summer there. Most of the larger tive literature and prices. A few minutes of the great crop being willing to do free work if an election held during' the past you giving our educational system passenger steamers^ which ply the destroyer—Demon Hail—and your needed, rather than /add to t h e taxyear; the mother's pension costs :he careful thought it, should hava Great Lakes make Mackinac Island NATIONAL OIL PRODUCTS CO., INC. < titire season's work is wiped out burden. these days? Are you satisfied with one of their regular stopping phac- 80PCE together with your income. DON'T varied in several countres, t h e cost hese modern methods? Do youe# and time is allowed the traveler SAN FRANCISCO EXECUTIVE OFFICE: HISK IT! J^et us shoulder this re- Farm women are malting soap per person was double in some approve of teachers befog placed in to make a visit to t h e places of BOSTON CHICAGO 52 ESSEX ST., HARRISON, N. S, sponsibility. »et us pay your hail land making their breakfast foods; counties to what it was in others. rural schools who never *aw the in-greatest attraction. losses THIS year. A policy in the Michigan -Mutual Uiey are using makeshifts and ap- One probate judge became indignant fives you full protection—a safe and plying grandmother methods in all when the suggestion was made ' b y sound investment in the oldest hail ways possible; the old cook stove over burdened taxpayers that t h e ince company in the State. A las again gone into action as a sum- same money allowed in 1929 should ii that is farmer owned, farm- i rolled. For nearly 20 years it mer meal getter, not from choice support twice the number of indi- lelping Michigan farmers. t>ut because the farm can furnish the viduals in 1932. SAVE MONEY ON TIRES [an NOW to get crop wood and in this way save the cash The subdivision craze of a few your local agent or Wifle to (l»o Company for full details. that would be required for other years back did not materially add Agents Write For Territory types of fuel, no matter how cheap to the taxes collected, yet it did in- it is. erea,se the tuition demands on many MICHIGAN MUTUAL HAIL INSURANCE CO. Now comes the question—have rural school districts as well as the "red Milbourn, F. H. Hector, we gained anything since the days necessity of enlarged or new school Pres. Sec'y - Teas. of our grandparents? To ibe sure, buildings. LANSING, MICHIGAN we have had a taste of many con- , The jury system of our circuit Insurance In Force $20,000,000 veniences of modern progression and courts has become a costly practice; we were unselfish enough to want in many instances of jury suits the all of our farm folks to share in thecost to the county was far greater same comforts. than the judgment allowed. through Farm Bureau National Buyins Power! A Farm News Patterns (Price 15c each) Farm Bureau Federation Members throughout the entire, State Farm country are taking advantage of the tremendous savings ef- fected through their co-ordinated buying power. From Texas Life Policy to Michigan, New York to California, Farm Bureau Members will provide for your are buying on an equal basis with the Nation's Huge Business family, or yourself, as Corporations—because of the tremendous purchasing power of organized agriculture. Through Farm Bureau Federation required, in case of: • States' national co-ordinated purchasing, you can now ob- (1) PREMATURE DEATH tain world-famous Mohawk Quality Tires at prices n o Monthly income or higher than you pay for just ordinary tires. cash settlement of You get more for your money in Mo- Don't confuse Mohawks with ordinary, $5,000 - hawks—more milage, more dependabil- tires. They're made better; they stand ity, more safety^ mo»?.quality.. ' up under punishment from rough road* and heavy loads; they still give miles and miles of service when, other tires (2) ACCIDENTAL DEATH are through. Monthly income of for 10 years or Many Co-Operatives Using Plan Mohawks Guaranteed Farm Bureau Co-Operatives in many $10,000 MOHAWK states—including Texas, Missouri, West ,Virginia, Arkansas, Kentucky, New Hamp- shire, Massachusetts, South Dakota, Wash- ington, Michigan, California, Tennessee, And Mohawks are manufactured by a fl» nancially responsible company that has been building quality tires for over Heavy Duty Balloon nineteen years. The Mohawk Rubber (3) TOTAL DISABILITY etc., have joined in sponsoring this na- Company stands back of it» products. Free insurance during total tion-wide money saving proposition. Mohawk Tires are guaranteed to be free . . . an Example of disability besides Thus, for the first time, Farm Bureau from defects caused from faulty mate* Mohawk Farm Value! Members everywhere are placed on a rials or workmanship; carry the standard | monthly warranty adopted by the Rubber Asso- $50! income Mohawk Heavy Duty Balloons are made from the most carefully selected mate* parity with other basic industries in the purchase of their tires and tubes. „ ciation covering finest quality tires; and are guaranteed to giva t rials, built with the most modern meth- ods by Mohawk Craftsmen—the master Mohawks yon the service and' .workmen of the Tire Industry. They're World-Famous satisfaction you huvo (4) RETIREMENT imassive, husky tires that are still going a right to expect from strong after many months of hard service. Your „ National Co- $45 monthly income (Their deep, clean-cut tread bites into operative Purchasing SAVE O N TRUCK high grade and qual- Committee selected ity-built tires. after 65 or cash, mud, giving traction under conditions where ordinary tires would elide and skid. Mohawk Tires because TIRES of their acknowledged Farm Bureau Federa* In fact, Mohawk Heavy Duty Tires are Mohawk Hi-Speed Tires tion States are able to $5,000 ljuilt to good and perform so well that high quality. For over and Mohawk Truck Bal- offer these finest quul< nineteen years Mo- loons save money and they have often been called "custom hawks h a v e been ity tires at prices no built." time for the farm truck known everywhere as owner. They are depend- higher—in some cases Our Complete Coverage Plan Mohawk Quality Red or Grey Tubes the finest quality tires able, long-wearing, and actually 1 e s s—than, guarantees money when (shaped to fit the tire) conform to Mo- obtainable. Nationally give you the utmost in those asked for ordi- hawk high quality standards. Their long known organizations safety. Secure Mohawk nary and lesser quality it is needed the most. life makes them truly economical. with immense fleets Tires for your truck and tires. We feel that we Mohawk Hi-Pressure Tires are a- wonder- of trucks use Mohawks realize Big Savings by •re performing a real State Farm Life Insurance exclusively. Why? Be*- taking advantage of your service in offering and ful value for car owners driving older cause they deliver long Polices are especially adapted models. Farm Bureau National recommending Mo< to farmers. We shall be glad mileage and service Buying Power. to tell you about thetn and with- Whatever your car, whatever yo^ need— and the cost per mile hawk Tires and Tubes out obligation on your part. tii;»-« are Mohawk Tires and Tubes to is thus v e r y much to our Farm Bureau you billet gau inore lasting service!, . lowejcv Members, STATE FARM LIFE A LEGAL INSURANCE CO. RESERVE COMPANY MICHIGAN FARM NEWS Ti a t |TERtTNG e pLAC E , BROOKLYN, N. Y. Endued find cent, for pattern ~- - •! For MOHAWK Tires and Tubes „,„ Summer 1932 Fashion Book SEE YOUR CO-OP or FARM BUREAU DEALER BLOOMINGTON, ILL. Pattern . 8lza ~ , F. D . (or street) Write Us if You Have No Dealer State Agent FARM BUREAU SERVICES, Inc., Lansing, Michigan Clty ((Pauerni" P u a ri"i5ceach;"f,.ni^n- book 15c. Send ...ver or .tamp..) Michigan State Farm Bureau *.. • «„.. address your pattern order envelop* to the NOTICE! Be .ure that you address y ° R C ) P K L Y N | N . Y . Lansing Michigan Michigan Farm News, 11 Sterling r-iai-j ••• TTTiY 0, 1032 MICHIGAN FARM NEWS into a multi-colored panorama of light and flaming pylons. The foremost | j . to Wed WALL-EYED PIKE Livestock Men to Save amounts in some cases to as much as bathing the building in mellow lumlnating exports of the V. 3 3. a r ^ ILLINOIS LED ALL Inducements Denounced by Clergy By Commission Slash 25 per cent and is in line with what tints ' and ever changing, effects. collaborating to create a great the American Farm Bureau has ad- Dancing and scintillating colors sha- sational spec spectacle and new histor history STATES WITH HER Lexington, local clergymen Mo.—A number of have denounced LIKE A CAT-HE Chicago—Millions of dollars In number of years. vocated and worked to get for a i e of lighting is promise,! effects,. waterfalls the science promi JULY 4PICNICS what they describe as an attempt to 'commercialize marriage and use it CAME BACK HOME commission charges will be saved live stock raisers of the nation by an order issued by the Packers and Fascinating Lighting 90 County Farm Bureaus Had as a source of advertising." One month ago* Jeff Wilson, coun- ty recorder, announced he would Stockyards Administration after For Exposition in 1933 Swam Many Miles From Lake lengthy hearings which established One of the most fascinating aspects that commission charges being $1,976,853 Surplus To Return To His From 1,000 to 12,000 Present. issue marriage licenses on a CO-day credit basis to help young persons wed despite the depression. A week River assessed against cattle men were un- of the Century of Progress Exposition reasonable under present economic at Chicago in 1933 will be the illumi- conditions. nation of the grounds at night. The Protects Your Policy ago a local jeweler said he would The reduction in selling charges entire lake front will be transformed Chicago—Illinois led all other give a marriage license with every Like a cat that always finds its way home, a wall-eyed pike wasn't In the State Farm Mutual Auto Insurance Co. states in the magnitude of Farm engagement ring sold. Next a fooled when the Department of Con- Bureau Fourth of July picnics motor car agency said it would pay servation took him out of the Che- According to Alfred M. Best Co., authority on all throughout the nation, with next, the American Farm Iowa Bureau the pastor provided a second-hand machine was purchased, and adding, that if the ceremony was performed boyfran river, equipped him with a numbered tag, and moved 'him to Classified Ads insurance in America, the State Farm Mutual Automo- said July 5. Several thousand local iTiooked lake. In less than two Classified advertisements are cash with order at the fol J o *[j"jj bile Insurance Company of Bloommgton, III, merits in its showrooms, would lubricate rates: 4 cents per word for one edition. Ads to appear in two or more and county Farm Bureau July 4 pic- months the pike was back after a nics were held. the car six months free. journey through a maze of lakes editions take the rate of 3 cents per word per edition. its highest rating for policyholders. Ninety Illinois County Farm Bu- Vigorous denunciations were made and streams scattered through the Best shows that Dec. 31, 1931, the Stirte Farm reaus had picnics with attendance by a number of preachers. They northern tip of the lower peninsula. running from 1,000 to 12,000. In termed it "cheap advertising and The fish must have swam down BABY CHICKS WANTED—FARM WORK Mutual was in position to pay every liability against Iowa two county picnics reported ballyhoo stunts." Other merchants Crooked lake, down Crooked river, BABY CHICKS—ROCKS, REDS, Leg- WANTED—WORK ON FARM BY it and would have left over $1,976,853 in surplus which gatherings of 2 5,000 each, one ad- planning similar advertising induce- anoss Hurt lake, down Indian river, borns. Hatches every week. Splendid month or day. Single or with mother. ments to betrothed couples have de- \"e 24 Experienced In general farming. is additional protection to the policyholders. vdiressed by President O'Neal of the tli^u traveled the whole length of layers. Great for broilers. Thirty day Bernard Sackner, 1827 Sunset Ave., R. cided against it since the latest Inability guaranteed. Get 1932 prices. American Farm ^Bureau, and the Mutlett lake and made its way down High egg strains. Brummer & Fredrick- F D 1, Box 4 1 \ Lansing, MifhigaTi. ( i - . ) - 1 K) At that time the Company reported that it owned other by Gov. Turner of Iowa. pulpit outburst. Chwoygan river, over the dam and son Poultry Farms, Box 30, Holland, into the trapnet again. The fish was Michigan. (12-26-tf-32b) more than $5,000,000 in bonds, 73.75% of which were Champaign county, 111., picnic at WANTED—WORK <>X F A R M B \ Urbana counted 12,000 in attend- Propeller Kills Flier taken back for a second time to CHICKS FROM VIGOROUS NOKTH- month or year by married man with son, U. S. Government, State, County and Municipal and .Cropped lake. ern hied stock; sweepstakes prize win- •4 Experienced farmers. Edwin ChaiTee, ance. Their Fourth of July parade ners; M I C H I G A N A('(M:i:i)iTi:i). Large 210 W Shiawassee, Laming, Michigan. Public Utility securities. The balance was in railroad, Included four miles of cars and &3 Who Flew a Week The Institute for Fisheries Re- type Leghorns as low as $4.9f> per 100; search is conducting tagging experi- Barred and White Rocks, lleds. White industrial and Joint Stock Land Bank bonds. None of floats. Lake county, 111., organized Wyamlnttes $.'i.95. Pedigreed males head W . W T K D - WORK ON FARM BY a county parade which visited all Rosedale, '.Miss.—-John Hunter, ments with wall-eyed pike as well Star MatLngs. Also assorted chicks. month or day or |ob as truck driver, by the list were in default in principal or interest payments. the Farm Bureau picnic grounds in one of the four brothers who set a as with trout. Persons catching Livability guarantee. Get free catalog. married man, li', with family. Exper- Lakeview Poultry Farm, U-s, Box '•'•*>• ienced. Bert A. Burgess, 383 Kensington the county. Other Illinois picnics world's aeroplane endurance record pike or trout with a metal tag at- Holland, Mich. (7-9r2t-53p) Road, Lansing, Michigan. (7-&-lt) The Company takes pride in making such a statement with large attendance and parades at Chicago two years ago, was killed tached to the gill cover, are re- here recently when the propeller of, quested to send the tag with exact W.ANTKD-FAUM WORK BY MONTH of financial strength to policyholders at this time. were; Whiteside county, T>,000; De~ his ship struck his head. STATE TAX LANDS by single man, U7, experienced help. Kalb county 10,000; Decatur 5,000; Information about the-capture to the William Mizell, S12 Jerome St., Lansing, STATIC TAX LANDS, FARMS, KK- Mich. Institute at the University A'lismiins. sdrts, (7-91t) Coles county 10,000; jasper counties 7,000. Crawford- ON HKOIUM, STEAK deer, hunting ckmpir. Michigan Ann Arbor. The species of lish. Tax Land Service B u r e a u , ltlis Alpha WANTED—FARM WORK BY MONTH STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTO INS. CO. At Washington, Kansas, a cyclone To keep steak from drying out overall length, date of capture and Street, LaneinK, Michigan. (7-9-2t-18b) by single man, 22, raised on farm. Thur- tore through the town in late during the broiling, broil it until exact locality where taken should fnan Jenkins, :,:u East Maple St., Lan- Bloomington, 111. well done on one side, then turn it be given. The tag w i l l ^ e returned FOR SALE WOOD Biife, Mich. <7-9-1t) afternoon killing three persons, in- juring 20. It destroyed two new and cook the other side. It should together with the history of the tish THIRTY CORDS OF HARW WOOD, Oilcloth wears much longer if the MICHIGAN STATE FARM BUREAU, State Agent—Lansing schoolhouaes, the railroad station, not be necessary to turn the steak to the person sending the informa- See or write I'rank Lenneiiian, Ragle, table is first padded smoothly with R-8, Clinton county, Mien., for cash price. 50 homes and the court house where more than one time. tion. (y-7-ii-lt) newspapers. . the Farm Bureau was to have un- veiled a bust of Washington. Clinton and Shiawussee County Farm Bureaus in Michigan were among those that had picnics. STATE DESCRIBES LAW ON FISHING IN HARDIGAN Certified Michigan Grown GRIMM POSTED STREAMS MICHIGAN VARIEGATED and MONTANA GRIMM Most Are "Navigable" And Open; Owner May Bar Himself Lansing—The owner of property Alfalfa Seed for Summer Seedings on either side of a stream that is not navigable and which has been planted with fish by the state, and who forbids the public to fish in the Seed Cost $1*50 or Less Per Acre—the Lowest Ever Known! waters included in his property does not himself have the right to fish there, according to the Department WHAT FARM BUREAU ALFALFA SEED WILL DO of Conservation. On a stream that is not navigable 6 to 8 lbs. of FARM BUREAU alfalfa seed per acre on a good seed bed is the owner of the property on both banks may fence across the water ENOUGH fon 3 tons or more per acre of the highest quality hay. A bushel of and forbid anyone from trespassing. FARM BUREAU alfalfa seed sows 8 to 10 acres. Our certified seed is eligible However, if he excludes the public for certified seed production. when fish have been planted at pub- lic expense in the waters, he does not have a right to take fish there, the Department says, citing an act adopted by the Legislature in 1932. If the property owner permits the public to fish there, he may fish and Deals Like This Please if he resides on the property, he does not have to have a license to take Records kept by Michigan State College on a number of farms trout from the waters. throughout Michigan prove that not only are applications of ferti- The term "navigability" has never lizer profitable on wheat, BUT the increase in yield in the following been definitely determined by law, alfalfa crop has been enough to pay the entire fertilizer cost and a tout supreme court decisions have ruled that it includes those waters profit besides! which in their original state were On a Washtenaw county farm 250 lbs. of 16% phosphate per able to support any kind of water acre increased the following alfalfa crop $7J75 over the cost of the craft. This was taken to include fertilizer. On the same farm an application of 0-16-0 showed a gain the floating of logs. of $15.27 over the cost of the fertilizer. There are but a few streams in Michigan which might not be term- It pays to use 250 to 500 lbs. of fertilizer on the alfalfa nurse ed "navigable" under this definition crop. IT PAYS to use Farm Bureau Fertilizers because* they contain the* Department said. the highest grade, quickly available plant food ingredients. They Along "navigable" streams the are extra dry, granular, free running and easy to regulate. You'll public has a right to use a boat or to wade and fish without trespassing on the property along the shore, so Mermash for Good Pullets like the price. long as they do not go on the land above the water line. Mrs. Dan Killian of Ionia raised 1,200 White 52,572 Patents Granted Leghorn pullets on Mermash 16% last year at less than half the feed cost of White Leghorn pullets the Why It's 1,500-Mile Oil In Last Year,—A Record previous year on "——" mash. The Mermash pul- The best paraffin base and Pennsylvania crudes, superior refining Washington—Granting 52,572 pat- lets laid their first egg at 4y2 months. equipment, able employes of long experience make FARM BUREAU ents during the last fiscal year, the MIOCO and BUREAU PENN oils good for 1,500 or more miles in Patent Office set a new, all-time rec- Mermash, 16% protein, is a starting, growing and laying mash. You can your automobile, good for your truck and tractor. ord, according to a Department of start birds on it any time. Chicks and pullets make rapid, healthy growth on Good oil costs far less than repairs. See your local Farm Bureau Commerce statement July 6. Mermash, which supplies them with iodine in food form. Iodine, an important distributor for the proper grade for your car or truck. It will pay The examining divisipns have made you to do so. / marked gains and all 65 are now less growth element, is lacking in Michigan soils and crops. Mermash supplies it in than six months behind in their work, kelp, an ocean plant, and in ocean fish meal. Ask your Farm Bureau supplies Ask your Farm Bureau dealer about prices of Farm Bureau oils in five gallon cans and larger drums. We have a complete line of it was pointed out. Two years ago dealer to tell you more about Mermash. Farm Bureau greases, fly sprays, cattle sprays and other petroleum only three divisions were less than half a year in arrears. products. The number of cases awaiting ac- tion has been reduced 44,000 during the past two years, and since Jan. 1 the number has dropped from 90,274 ALFALFA MUST HAVE LIME FARM BUREAU TWINE IS O.K. to 7(5,723. All the gains made by the workers Test yom\soil before making your summer seeding. Alfalfa will NOT of the Patent Office may be translated Farm Bureau Binder Twine is made of better make a luxuriant growth on soil low in lime. Three tons of alfalfa hay re- fiber than generally used in binder twine. It is into time saved inventors awaiting action on patent applications. This quires the equivalent of 283 lbs. of ground limestone, the most economical extra strong, smooth and trouble free. Insect treat- saving of time has not been confined form* of lime. See your co-op ass'n or Farm Bureau dealer for our superior, ed twice. Machined nine times for perfect smooth- to the examining divisions. The Board of Appeals has gained so rap- low priced lime: ness. Checked four times by automatic machines idly on its work in the past two years for even size and strength. No knots or lumps. In that the time an inventor must wait 1. AGSTONE MEAL ground limestone (bulk only). 500-600-650 foot sizes. Our 600 foot size saves time, for a decision has been cut in half. 2. FARM BUREAU PULVERIZED LIME (bulk or 80 Ib. bags). Under the new economy bill recent- SMALL BALL costs less per 100 feet and per acre than most stand- 3. FARM BUREAU HYDRATED LIME, 50 Ib. sacks. LARGE BALL ly passed by Congress, the filing fee , ard twines. See your Farm Bureau dealer. which must be in the Patent Office before the search is started on the patent is increased from $25 to $30, and the final fee, which must be paid before the patent is granted, has been increased from $25 to $30 also.. The new fees become effective July 31, KILLS FUES! FARM BUREAU FLY SPRAY has no superior for cattle and other out door uses. The price is right. Our For Farm Bureau Products KILLS WEEDS! ATLACIDE, the chemical weed killer, is an efficient, cheap, labor 1932. It is estimated that the addi- tional tees will amount to about KILL-FLY for household use kills SEE YOUR CO-OP OR FARM RUREAU DEALER saving, positive weed killer. Not flies, mosquitoes, moths, ants, other poisonous or inflammable. Kill" 1600,000 during the coming year and insect pests. Will not stain cur- Write Us IS You Have No Dealer quack, poison ivy, thistles, all that the Patent Ottioe will have a sur- tains or furniture. See your co-op. weeds. 1 ib. per 100 sq. f" 4 * plus over all expenditures of several FARM BUREAU SERVICES, Inc., Lansing, Mich. SpVay or dust. hundred thousand dollars at the close of the new fiscal year.