KEEP UP MICHIGAN FARM THE NEWS NEWS On New» Interesting to Farmers Through the A Progressive Newspaper Farm New* For Michigan Farm Homes A Newspaper For Michigan Farmers y0l.X.No. 18 FIFTY CKNTS FIVE CENTS Issued Semi-Monthly PER YEAR SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1932 PER COPY GOLDSBOROUGH BILL Public Gets Skinned In Mergers Like This DETROIT'S MILK Nat'l Wool Co-op Ups AMENDMENT NO 3 Price 4 Times in Month SUBSTITUTE FAILS What happens to the public in Proposed Amendments Summary of PRICE SITUATION B o s t o n—Michigan Go-oftGrative BINDS AND GAGS some of the mergers is brought out THE PEOPLE,-GRAY -in recent hearings before the Fed- eral Trade Commission at Washing- To The Constitution of Michigan Which will Appear on the Ballot in November LOOKS OMINOUS Wool Marketing Ass'n is advised by { the National Wool Marketing Cor- poration that for the 4th time In one '33 LEGISLATURE ton concerning operations of the month it has advanced its asking As Predicted, The Amount of power trusts. A gas and electric NOTE—The Amendments will be numbered on the ballot and prices for wool. The National has Money in Circulation combine bought an electric power will be referred to this fall largely as No. 1 and No. 2, etc. Distributors Won't Increase; sold nine carloads from the Mich- It Is Its Constitutional Duty company with six subsidary firms. igan Ass'ns 1932 wool. To Reapportion The Shrinks Further Some 17 million dollars was paid for The numbering plan was' adopted by the Legislature on sug- Producers Call In The bulk of the unsold wool on them, but their value was "written gestion of Rep. John W. Goodwine of Sanilac county, who also Fact Finder hand is on consignment with private Legislature W a s h i n g t o n—'Chester Gray, up" in the books to 3 4 millions of originated a quick summary of the amendments, which voters may dealers, said the National, which be- American Farm Bureau legislative dollars, for rate making purposes, mark and take to the polls. v Detroit—Michigan Milk Producers lievejs that the wool trade in general Menominee, Representative Martin Bradley, of representative here points out that and, of course, for the benefit of Mr. Goodwine and other rural leaders are speaking before Ass'n members have been getting will follow leadership of the Na- fact calls attention to the the Glass-Borah amendment to thethe stockholders. meetings and distributing amendment summary cards which the that the Constitution provides Home Loan Bank bill is not proving , It appears that about the best the $1.60 per cwt. for "base milk" or milk .iomil in asiking higher pri< that the Legislature shall reappor- voters may mark as memorandums for November. The NEWS for retail sale, delivered Detroit. Except from some odds and ends, tion the House and rearrange the jn practice effective in enlarging the Federal Trade Commission can do ^presents its adaption of Mr. Goodwine's idea: circulating medium of the country about it is to make the facts ex- Surplus brings 68c at the receiving tie stocks of old wool have been Senatorial districts in the year of stations. Farmers average about $1 leared away. Sales continue in 1 !> 1 3 and every tenth year there- as Senator Glass maintained it tracted from pub.lic utility officials THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS would. public property for consideration in per cwt. for milk, when they should atisfactory volume, which is not as after. No. PURPOSE Your Decision •get $2.10 to break even, according to arge as that for August. Mill con- This measure was substituted by making new^Tates. YES NO the Ass'n. umption of wool in July increas- The Legislature convening in 1933 the Senate Committee on Banking 1. Establish state liquor commission; nullify state prohibition laws. In the last two monthly sales meet- detter materially over June and a .still is under Constitutional mandate to and Currency for the Goldsborough report is expected for August fails toado make reapportionment. When it. Honest Dollar bill, which all farm organizations supported in its favor- YIELD OF ALFALFA , 2. Limit total taxes assessed on real estate in any one year to 1M:% of assessed value. Excep- ings with Detroit distributors the nd September.- Milk Producers has been unable to increase the base price to $1.85, de- so, it will be time for the City of Detroit to rewrite Article V , pf the State Constitution, Mr. Brad- able consideration by the House of Representatives. "It is evident that the nation needs SEED VERY LOW tions for payment interest, principal on old debts. 3. Reapportionment of representation in House in manded on one occasion, or to $1.75 on another. Distributors insist that NO DEPRESSION IN ley said. If Amendment No. 3 to the State Constitution) Wayne county politi- more circulating money, and par- Legislature strictly on population basis. Wayne unemployment, falling sales, bad col- ticularly needs the administration Weather Not Right to Set of monetary affairs so that the vol- Seed; Report Harvests Co. effort to secure practical control by securing many seats now held by out state counties. 4. Proposal to assess property on cash value with lections make an increase impossible. Producer members are not con- THIS YUKON TOWN cians' efforts to reapportion the Michigan House of Kepresentat ives strictly according to population, ume and value of money will personal property exemption of $1000 and home- vinced by the distributors' arguments. be more nearly in keeping with the 1/10th of 1931 stead exemption of $3000. Talk of a milk strike has been heard. vVood Sales at $.15-$22 Per this should be approved by the voters, value of commodities," Mr. Gray would happen: 5. To enable voters in city within twp. to have At the September meeting with the Cord And 60 Below All Michigan north of a line from said. A new low record for alfalfa seed polling place within the city. distributors, the Producers continued Senator Glass stated, after his bill production in Michigan was set recent- Are Allies Bay City to Muskegon, which now the $1.60 price pending results of has ill representatives, would lose was substituted by the Senate Com- ly on a farm in Huron county. This 6. To prevent reprieves, commutations or pardons their invitation to Dr. Clyde King, all but 15, mostly to Detroit. mittee for the Goldsborough meas- is the county that has been leading jn convictions for treason, 1st degree murder, University of Pennsylvania authority Ann Arbor—At least one town lias impeachment. Requires governor to explain to Other Michigan counties south of ure, that it was presented merely everything east of the Mississippi for each session of Legislature each reprieve, com- on milk markets and prices, to* come i in discovered, according to Pro-that line would lose enough rep to sidetrack the Goldsborough type alfalfa production the past few sea- mutation or pardon for other offenses. and investigate the Detroit situation. •ssor Dow V. Baxter of the School res.-ntatives to enable Wayne, Oak- of legislation. However, when his sons. f Forestry and Conservation at the Diversity of Mickigan, which is not land, Genesee and Kent counties to 7. Limits vote on expenditures of public funds to bill was presented by Senator Borah Forty-seven loads of alfalfa, second taxpayers. as an amendment to the Home Loan cutting, left for seed, were threshed Milwaukee Dairy Firms Jaxter has seling a depression. Professor haveHouse 53 out of 100 seats in ili> of Representatives. Bank bill, the .^Virginia Senator be- out, during the week of Sept. 6 and just returned from came very enthusiastic in his ex- produced a total of three pecks, ac- Referendum seeking to set aside Lennon Act of 1931 which prohibits sale in Michigan of oleo Profit in Depression laska wheTe he spent the summer Detroit would get the lion's share, planation and defense of his meas- cording to the owner of the threshing or butter substitutes colored to resemble butter. Imposes $400 annual license fees on oleo manu- lonths studying wood destroying followed by Flint and Crand Rapids. Milwaukee—Profits of five large ungi and during which time he Wayne county politicians havn ure. outfit, who said he could not figure facturers and wholesalers in Michigan, $5 on retailers. » written the BO-called Michigan Plan Milwaukee dairy firms, including pent a period at Whitehorse, Yu- Xot Effective threshing costs by the bushel in this three owned by two great national on Territory, 110 miles north of O f Reapportionment to make no "In the last report of the Federal case but made a charge of $2 an hour milk combines, have been maintained kaguay. change in the Senate for the verv Reserve Board' it is shown that the for the work. The farmer's threshmg This community, according to good reasons that Detroit and Glass-Borah measure ha:; not been bill was $15 for the three pecks, he during the depression years. Salaries Wayne county now have 7 out of >V2 effective in increasing the volume said. of the officers of the companies have 'rof. Baxter, has a population of Senate seats. Eighty-two counties of money," says Mr. Gray. "With % been increased, according to a study bout five hundred, whose liveli- divide the other LT>. Detroit's effort The Thumb counties, Michigan's made by the Wisconsin Department ood comes from trapping, fur trad- to force ^apportionment of both the Glass-Borah bill supposed to be largest .producers of alfalfa seed, gen- in operation the volume j of money erally report very low yields for 1932. in circulation last week, according One prominent grower from Tuscola Do You Remember? of --Agriculture and Markets. ng, employment by the railroad houses of the Legislature by a Con- One plant was reported to have nd steamship companies and caring stitutional amendment was over- to the report, increased only ounty estimated the average yield for News From the Files of This Paper Regarding Matters In shown 9.82% profits on sales for or tourists. whelmingly beaten in 1930. Which You Were Interested Years Ago 1930 and 8.33% for 1931. One of the necessities of life, says $7,000,000, which is not as much as his district at one-tenth that for 1931. rof. Baxter, is wood for fuel. There The strategy of those promoting the normal increase for this period In Saginaw county some very good in- "One of the worst features connec- i plenty of standfng timber, readily the 1932 effort is to hang onto the In- in former years. During the last ted with the history of the dairy com- ccessible and cheap (as standing creased Senate represenI at ion grant I week of August in 1931 the in- dividual yields, up to 8 bushels per panies for the past few years is the mber) but. as in all frontier com; ed Wayne previously by the rest of crease of outstairding money was ap- acre, have been reported. It appears SEPTEMBER 21, 1923 result of mergers and consolidations," munities, labor is the big item. the State and bid for practical con- proximately $39,000,000. The same that Michigan grown alfalfa will not Farm organizations led by State Farm Bureau support State Board the report said. Instead of benefiting A Canadian citizen may pay five trol of the House. week in 1930 it was $63,000,000; be plentiful for 1933 plantings. 4>f Agriculture in charge of Michigan State College in beginning of producers and consumers, as repre- ollars to the mounted police, rep- and for 1929, $81,000,000. These The summer of }931 was very dry long struggle with Governor Groesbeck who has demanded that control sented in 1929, "those who really esenting the Canadian .government, figures indicate that the Glass-Borah and ideal for formation of alfalfa seed. amendment is not bringing about Rains at blossom time in 1932 pre- any inflation. In fact it is having vented seed from setting. of the college and its finances be vested in the State Administrative Board. benefited are the operators and stock- or a perpetual license to cut timber holders.' om the timber limits. He then YOU TASTE VERY the reverse effect. State Farm Bureau under administration attack for carrying gaso- line tax through the 1923 legislature. It was vetoed by Gov. Groesbeck. The report states that immediately ays fifty cents a cord for the wood after acquisition of a Milwaukee dairy e removes and can sell it laid down LITTLE OF FOOD "The trouble with the Glass- Borah proposition is that Federal Reserve notes are disappearing and ASK ONION GROWERS Farm Bureau at work throughout State building up demand for 2 cent gas tax in the 1925 Legislature. company by a national concern, there t Whitehorse, a few milos distant was written on the books a new good t most, for $15 to $22 a cord, his will item of $2,411,578.89, which repre- nly capital being' a few tools and Most Flavors- Are Actually Michigan Live Stock Exchange announces that its Detroit sales national bank notes are taking their place. The effectiveness of the Glass-Borah amendment lies almost TO DESTROY CULLS office, 16 months old, is handling one-third of the live stock business on that market, $100,000 to $200,000 per week. Saved shippers $12,500 sents 48% of the total net worth as nough money to buy and transport represented by the common stock of he material. Tasteless; Recognized By Smell first year in commissions. $5,000,000. Dividends of 12%% and The wood, which is principally wholly with national banks. These 10% were paid on this good will item hite spruce and white birch, much institutions, under its terms, are 1933 Onion Maggot Damage in 1930 and 1931, and that "the return ke our Michigan paper birch, te stopped Ithaca, X. Y.,—Have you ever allowed the use of certain govern- Can Be Reduced SEPTEMBER 22, 1924 on the actual investment was approx- auled in winter by sled and small sweet orto consider why sugar tastes ment bonds as the basis for the issu- $25,000 saved rural taxpayers in Calhoun, Ingham and Washtenaw ractor. Snow usually does not ex- a lemon sour?" ance of currency. This provision Half or More counties as result of tax assessments 'Studies conducted this summer imately double the dividend rate or ed three or four feet in depth, Hans Platenius of the New York permits banks to secure ready between 20 and 25%." lthou^h temperatures range from Stale College of Agriculture says East Lansing—Michigan onion by State Farm Bureau. Excess valuations were lowered. cash cheaper than it would be secur- 0 degrees to 70 degrees below aero relatively little is known about the ed through the Reserve system. So, growers are advised by the entomol- Forty-one State representatives and 15 senators who voted for gas t coldest periods. There is no mechanism of tast. rather than increase the total vol- ogy department of Michigan State ume of currency in use, the National College that more than half the onion tax in 1923 legislature renominated. Of 18 representatives who voted against the gas tax, 13 were retired, State Farm Bureau reports. Other PREDICT CUT IN ver production, and the intense The tongue is covered with small old is the ally-of the fuel producer, projections and these carry even banks are converting government maggot damage threatening next bonds into circulating National year's crop can be avoided if the piles bank notes and retiring Federal Re- of cull onions from the present har- gas tax foes were not candidates for renomination. Federal Trade Commission upholds American and Michigan Farm Bureau's complaint against "Pittsburg Plus", a system whereby manu- 1933 WHEAT CROP ven the steamships which ply thesmaller indentations, called I ukon during the summer, bum cups, which are the true centers of ood. taste. The taste cups are surround- serve notes," Mr. Gray explains. vest are destroyed immediately after facturers of steel in midwest and elsewhere "added freight from Pitts- Outlook Is Winter Acreage The tourist season lasts from the ed by nerves which carry the Merely A Trade harvest. burg". Estimated to have cost buyers of tools, farm implements, etc., tiiddle of June to the middle of sjition of taste just as the nerves of "This merely swaps one sort of The piles of culls furnish ideal Will Be Substantially August, and while the number of the eye transmit the picture on the $50,000,000 annually. Practice is forbidden. currency for another at son\Q profit places for the deposit of eggs which Less This Year ight-seefs has notbeen so great eye lens. One can actually taste 1" the banks. To indicate that this hatch into onion maggots. The larvae Farm Bureau Seed Service pioneers by shipping seed in sealed, his year, the curio stores were wise only those substances which are is being done, it is significant to Yiotye pupate in the culls or in the soH be- bushel, trademarked sacks. Farmers' reports indicate that nough to anticipate a quiet season soluble in water. Yet only a feu- that Federal Reserve notes decreas- neath the piles and emerge as adult Railroads win right to re-argue Michigan Zone Rate case at-Wash- winter wheat acreage for harvest nd are doing well with small parts, of food, salts, sugars, acidfl ed almost $11,000,000 in a recent flies in time to deposit eggs on th* ington Oct. 1 after shippers win sweeping victory which Michigan next year in the United States will tocks. and a few others are soluble. Most week, at the same time that a slight seed onions as they appear above Farm Bureau estimates was worth $500,000 annually to Michigan be slightly smaller than this year, Prices are not surprisingly high. food consists of starch, protein and increase in other forms of currency ground. farmers alone. but general conditions lead to the Bread is 25c a loaf. Oranges are fat, and these are tasteless. What was visible. Adult flies do not all emerge at one Two thousand have signed Michigan Potato Growers Exchange conclusion that the world wheat 0c a dozen. Gasoline is 65c a gal- is tasted in potato or meat may com- "Another trouble with the Glass- time so the laying of eggs is prolonged 5 year- marketing contract. market "will still be under the in- on and lard is as expensive as prise less than 1-100 of 1% of these Borah amendment is that it leaves fluence of large stocks wllen wheat utter. Moose meat at 25c a pound foods. our monetary affairs too much at over a considerable period. All these planted this fall comes to market," nd Alaska grayling are part of the Strictly speaking, an onion is not the disposition of a great number of insects do not pass the winter in piles SEPTEMBER 21, 1925 according to the U. S. Department egular fare. There is no deprea- known by its taste, but only by the National banks, each acting individ- of culls but the number which go Michigan State Farm Bureau's part in 4 year Michigan Zone Rate of Agriculture. . ion. odor from oils which reach the ually and without regard to the en- through the winter as ad^ult flies in freight rate fight comes to end. -September 10, 1925, reforms won by Assuming average conditions er- nerves of the nose. Persons rarely tire Federal Reserve system, and sheltered places is much smaller than distinguish between taste and smell, Quite regardless of anything other the number surviving in the trash shippers became effective. Total savings annually to Michigan ship- ecting the United States crop, >roduction next year would be about the Yields, Are Excellent yet the flavor of foods is enjoyed pers $750,000. Farmers share $375,000 as result of remarkable else For All Michigan Crops through the sense of smell more than profit to the particular bank, piles. presented for them by Farm Bureau Traffic dep't. Farm Bureau in 85,DO0,000 bushels on the basis of in issuing the most renumerative Destruction can be accomplished by he indicated winter wheat acreage than through the sense of ti burying the culls a foot or more be- new case attacks high rates on farm products moving in Upper nd average spring wheat acreage, East Lansing—In his weather and All vegetables contain materials type of currency. This is a vastly Peninsula. v different proposition than was sup- neath compacted soil or by burning. he Department said, compared with rop report for the week ending Sept. in small quant ities which give each Ported by the Farm Bureau in the Any culls left in the field till spring Four thousand farmers join Farm Bureau in campaign conducted probable domestic consumption of 21, Dewey A. Seeley of the U. 8.! vegetable its scientific flavor and Goldsborough bill." should be plowed under as deeply as in 11 southern counties by member volunteer workers. Figure in- wheat of a littte over 650,000,000 Weather Bureau Station here said: ! m o s t ° f t h e »" are recog- possible. This is much less effective cludes Jiew members and those renewing membership. jushels annually in the next few "The weather was mostly cloudy nized i bby the sense of smell; aspara- 'ears. with occasional rain which delayed the ;in, and amino-acid are rmpon Illinois College to Take than destruction in the fall but is bet- ter than permitting the fltes to develop Federal Treasury report shows one reason why Wayne county fights a State income tax. In 1923 53% of Michigan's largest U. S. harvesting of beans and other field or the peculiar flavor of asparagus. Produce For Tuition unhindered. income tax report to date came from Deti-oit. State Tax Commission Largest Plow Repairs vork. Many beans were pulled and on Onions have a41yl*-fulfidea/ or sulfur Destruction of the culls should be figures showed Wayne county to be paying 40% of the State Tax. he ground and it is feared -that some •ompounds, actually- tasteless, but Kloomington, 111.—Illinois Wesleyan adopted as a practice by all growers Menominee Farm Bureau for 3 cent gas tax. Gov. Groesbeck Damage Done by Flood damage has resulted from the rainy eadily perceived by smell. University will accept cattle, hogs, in a district as neglect by a few grow- weather. Unusually cold weather pre- yielded before the 1925 legislature met in January 1925 and agreed to What is said to be the largest plow vailed the last part of the week and Borrowed Dollar Has Siain or other' farm produce in ex-ers may lessen the value of work dpuo a 2 cent gas tax. change for tuition this fall, President by their more careful neighbors. n the world is reported by the Depart- rost damage to tender vegetable's H. W. McPlrerson announced. ment of Agriculture, is being used in occurred in some localities as far Doubled And Tripled The offer of "tuition in kind" is open 14-17 Bu. More Wheat SEPTEMBER 23, 1926 Orange county. Calif. It is» used to south as WasHtenaw county. to Thousands attend Farm Bureau legislative rallies at 20 county turn up the rich soil that was covered "The harvesting and hauling of sug- Prof. Irving Fisher, Yale University bona fide students from farms and they may apply also their offerings on From 2-12-6 Fertilizer seats, addressed by Chester Grey of Washington office of American with from one to two feet of sand by ar beets to the factory proceeded satis- economist, says that so rapid hai- dormitory fees or for a musical edu- Farm Bureau, and Stanley Powell, legislative representative for the overflows of the Santa Ana river. The actorily, however, and much silo fill- the deflation of the dollar, that the plow was built especially for the pur- ing and corn cutting was acomplished. man who borrowed a dollar back in cation. Lansing—A farmer from near Ver- Michigan Farm Bureau. non, Shiawassee county, taking ferti- pose at a cost of about $2,000. It is Many late potatoes are still green and 1919 and has to repay it today | f M A substantial premium over current American Farm Bureau directors meet at Muscle Shoals to fa- 4 feet high and 22 feet long and weighs need some time to mature, but most really $3.33. If he is repaying a dollar Market prices will be accorded by the lizer out of the Farm Bureau ware miliarize themselves with this great water power and fertilizer project. about a ton. It plows a furrow from other crops are past injury from borrowed in 1925 he is out $2.17, Pro- University, which has completed ar- house here, said that three farms in Michigan County Farm Bureaus appointing Legislative Minute 36 to 42 inches deep and 3 feet wide frosts. Fisher estimated and if he ra ngements with an elevator .for the his neighborhood where fertilizer was Men in every township. Six hundred accepted. It takes 3 heavy tractors running in borrowed a dollar so recently as iWO storage and sale of grain it may le-not applied to wheat last fall averaged low gear to pull it. "Fruit is in good to •excellent condi- ceive. 22 bushels per acre. Three other tion and abundant crops ot peaches, he now will be repaying $1.77. U« farms put on about 200 lbs. of 2-12-6 SEPTEMBER 24, 1927 pears and grapes are being harvested. wants the dollar "reflated" through per acre and had yields of 36, 38% and Three hundred' delegates at Potato Growers Exchange annual to COUNTING AT THE TREASURY Picking of late apples will probably inflation back t vels. Cook It Frozen , 39 bushels per acre. hear about one of best years in Exchange history. Sales gain 205 car- In the counting room of the treas start in a few days and this work wil ury department the silver is weighed "If it v Cooking experts say frozen meats loads. More than 114,000,000 pounds of potatoes sold for growers, in- instead of counted. If it was count also be completed before the end of ar e more tender if cooked without An Irish census recorder on in- along a y to cluding 61,000 bu. of certified seed and 10,000 bu. of uncertified. ed by hand at the rate of 1 a secon the month, with satisfactory weather 25 miles an hour, the Rawing it but first. Saw, or chop quiring. "How many males in this State of Michigan worried about finances. Gov. Green and ad- and 8 hours a day, it would take conditions. One of the most satisfac wouldn't pass a law. they'd put your frozen meat while still frozen house?" received the reply: "Three, ministrative board hold up all building, curtail highway operations. person about 35 days to count tory crops of corn on record in Mich bump" st >ff and put it in the oven and cook of course, breakfast, dinner and (Continued on page 2) million coins. igan is now mostly in silo or in But! }{ in that condition. If It is allowed supper." shock," to thaw first it will be tougher. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1932 TWO MICHIGAN FAHM5EWS ing mantis us a sacred bug which O'NEAL SEES NO 15 MORE BU. WHEAT always prays with its face toward Mecca. In southern Europe where it Do You Remember? C io common thc-y club it the sooth- News From the Piles of this Paper Regarding Matters in REAL SUCCESS IN PERACREAT25 EA. sayer. FARMERS' STRIKE FROM FERTILIZER The difference between death and Which You Were Interested Years Ago la that death does not g e t Successor to the Michigan Farm Bureau News, founded (Continued from Pmr»- 1) every time Congress meets. January 12, 1923 Entered as second class matter January 12, 1923, a t the postofflce at Charlotte, Michigan, under the Act of March 3, 1879. / Violence Can Have No Last- Also 1,336 Lbs. Extra Hay at Farmers 9 Buying authorize Governor to name a committee to pass on employment in each department to ,cut employment where possible. In 1927! ing Benefit; Describes $1.82; All From $5.70 in Guide Published the second and fourth Saturday of each month by the Rates on Application Michigan Farm News Company, at its publication office at 114 Lovett U. S. Gov't decides to verify origin of all commercial alfalfa and Better Program Fertilizer Per A. Bt., Charlotte, Mich. At Lansing. Many Editorial and general offices, 221 North Cedar St., Lansing, Michigan. clover seed following Farm Bureau's action in securing Federal seed Hotel Kerns years farm organl- I'ostoffice Box 708. Telephone, Lansing, 21-271. staining law to stain imports of winter-killing alfalfa and clover 10% Chicago—"It is my firm conviction One of the features presented by nation Cotnfort at that the methods followed in the the Ohio Agricultural Experimental Cafeteria, oriees N Grand »t Mich. Center of city red, all other imports of foreign alfalfa and clover seeds 1% green. farmers strike in Iowa cannot result Station at the Coluttibtis, Ohio, State garage, Rates f 1.50 to $2.50. E. E. UNGREN Editor and Business Manager This act practically dried up enormous imports of foreign alfalfa and in general success," said President E. Fair gives their up-to-date results on Monuments— D clover seeds of doubtful value. A. O'Neal of the American Farm Bur- fertilizing wheat as follows: monuments of the most beautiful granite Bubacrlption 50 cents per year; 3 years for ?1. in Advance eau recently to the Iowa Farm Bureau and marble. Cnll or write. We employe Y I E L D S PER ACRE no salesmen. SEPTEMBER 26, 1928 membership, which is not a party to WHEAT HAY You save the difference. Largest monument works in Western Seedsmen of the Michigan, Ohio and Indiana Farm Bureaus, with the Fanners Holiday movement. Fertilized 29.72 Bu. 3,677 lbs. Michigan. SIMPSON GRANITE WORKS, Vol. X SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1932 No. 18 representatives of th'eir State Agricultural College farm crops dep'ts, 14.19 Bu. 2,341 lbs. 1358 W. Leonard. Grand Rapids. "The real solution of the farm prob- Unfertilized and co-operative ass'n managers from those States complete inspection lem lies in the establishment of a Fertilizer Gain 15.53 Bu. 1,336 lbs. tour of the alfalfa seed producing regions and production methods in sound agricultural policy," Mr. O'Neal Utah. The cost of the fertilizer to produce Mr. Coolidge Gives Farm Board Credit said. "Upsetting loads of milk and the extra yields \v;u; 25c a bushel for Robert Addy, dairy extension specialist at State College for 6 preventing farmers from hauling their wheat and $2.76 a ton for hay. These Not enough attention has been given to the constructive action of the Farm Board and its beneficial results, wrote Calvin Coolidge in the course of an article appearing in the September 10 Saturday Evening Post. years, joins Farm Bureau Services to assist patrons of co-ops with their dairy programs. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company service adopt- produce into market will not right our figures were arrived at by charging wrongs. Wherever violence occurs, two-thirds of the cost of the .fertilizer public sympathy for agriculture is to the wheat and one-third to hay. lost. Irresponsible groups not engag- Feeders ed by State Farm Bureau for Michigan Farmers making great pro- The above is a summary of 21 ferti- Emergency actions taken by the Federal Farm Board, at the request ed in agriculture participate in these lized plots (S4 trials with fertilizer) of President Hoover held the price of our farm products about 30% above the price in other countries while our farmers were disposing gress. Seven State insurance examiners «xpress themselves in report as "m,ore than satisfied" with service to policyholders and promptness movements. conducted for four years on D ex- "We are convinced that a sound ag- perimental farms scattered over Ohio. Cattle in paying claims. of their crops. The Board action averted great personal distress and many bank failures, since many crops are raised on credit supplied ricultural policy includes recognition of the fact that a prosperous, free Ohio's Experimental Station says: Calves SEPTEMBER 27, 1929 "The evidence indicates that the by banks, Mr. Coolidge said. Mr. Coolidge calls attention to the fact that while crude oil dropped President E. A. Beamer of the Michigan Live Stock Exchange says that too often local hankers fiave unwittingly contributed to difficulties farming industry is essential to the moderate fertilization of wheat this safety and progress of the nation. fall is likely to prove profitable, if the Lambs in some sections from $1.85 to 5 cents per barrel, copper from 18 cents of regular cattle feeders by allowing "in and outers" to have the credit. "We are insisting that the Agri- returns in both the wheat ani hay We are in position to furnish to less than 5 cents per pound, banking and other securities declined He ciiticized policy of city banks to become less and loss interested in cultural Marketing Act be amended crops are considered. An application through our western connections, 85 to 90%, the percentage of decline for wheat and cotton was not live stock paper, preferring "the more lucrative short term paper, an so as to provid^e for full control of our of 175 to 300 pounds per acre is sug- either direct from tlte range or off nearly so great. Wheat dropped 61%, but Farm Board emergency or. abundance of which has been available." (A prophet in 1929!) marketing machinery in the hands of gested." the Urge* western livestock mar- stabilization operations kept the U. 8. price as much as 28 cents per farmers themselves, without requiring The fertilizer cost above in the kets, all grades, including' choice State Farm Bureau disappointed in tariff revision under way. any subsidy from the government. bushel above the world price, while our farmers marketed 250 million Writes Michigan Senators and Congressman setting forth what is tests was $5.70 per acre figured as •feeder cattle, calves^and lambs at bushels at an increased return of $50,000,000 to $60,000,000. Similar "We are convinced that there is dire follows from the extra yields: Reasonable prices. service was given the cotton growers. Other crops benefited in their happening to agriculture in the log rolling which is beginning. necessity for ^he stabilization of mon- 15.53 bu at 25c $3.88 usual relation to wheat and cotton. October quarterly meetings of Michigan county Farm Bureaus ey so that our products can be ex- 1,336 lbs. (.66 Ton) at $2.75 Mr. Coolidge pointed out that ,the Farm Board is having success with hs main purpose, which is to help the farmer develop his own announced. changed on a fair basis. "Our tariff system must be revised 1.82 $5.70 6% Money marketing system, largely through co-operative associations. The SEPTEMBER 27, 1930 so as to give full equality of protec- For Livestock Purchases Board has increased the number of associations to 12,500, doing an With this edition Michigan Farm Bureau News changes its title tion to agricultural products with The Bug That Prays to Michigan Farm News. those of industry and still enable us Came Here From China Wfe <"AN F I N A N C E Y O U R annuai business of 2V4 billion dollars. to retain our foreign markets. FEEDER PURCHASES WITH Some 3,600 of the 12,000 farmers co-operatives in the country have Michigan Farm News describes recount of 835,000 votes in Brucker PERERAt frIONEY THROUGH -Groesbeck contest for republican nomination for governor. Recount "Our rural credit system must be OUR CREDIT CORPORATION borrowed $326,787,000 from the Farm Board to carry out marketing cost $235,000 and Brucker emerged winner with a 4,276 majority, about re-organized, to the end that the farm- The praying "mantis" is so-called AT SIX PER' CHNT INTER- EST. and other projects approved by the Board. er borrower may receive the service to because of its habit of holding its According to "Farmer" Brown of the Federal Farm Board, who the same as in the original vote. 2,000 persons frequently jammed the front legs up in a praying position. We sell all grades of livestock at counting floor at a time. Ballot boxes from 3,317 precincts in 83 which he is entilted. spoke in Michigan recently, 55% of these loans have been repaid be- counties were piled 10 feet high awaiting recount. Not, a stuffed or "The cost of government must be This insect looks all the world like an strong market values through our fore due, paid into the revolving fund and re-loaned. All others are crooked ballot box was found. very materially reduced and our sys-are scotch grasshopper, overgrown but its wings selling agencies at the Detroit and on the security of the plants and other property of the ass'ns, includ- tems of taxation must be revised so and it has a triangular head and plaid in brown green and large 'Buffalo markets. ing the products they handle. Many ass'ns have made and paid off Michigan celebrates recognition September 19 as a modified ac- that the basis of taxation shall be abil- beady eyes. Severn 1 nnrketing loans from the Farm Board revolving fund. credited area, having less than \xh.% of bovine tuberculosis. State ity to pay. % Write For Information. M statements of fact by Mr. Coolidge will be appreciated by College recommended T-B testing and eradication in 1911. State Farm "Speculation in basic farm crops It was brought from China by acci- tervmt and o: er friends of the Farm Board. Mr. Coolidge has* been and is in a position to know whereof he speaks. Bureau endorsed it in 1919. Hillsdale county, Mich., became first modi- fled accredited county in U. S. State must re-test every county each must be controlled or eliminated and dent some 35 years ago and introduced we seek additional legislation to ac- near Philadelphia. The mantis de- Mich. Livestock three years. Schedule is 28 counties annually. State Farm Bureau for a State Income Tax, Governor's Commis- complish this purpose. stroys insects and attempts have been made to spread them. They have a Exchange Figrving Value of a County Agricultural Agent sion told, only if it is made to relieve real ^estate, The Bureau will* vavacious appetite and sometimes the Hudson Mich. CAUTION AGAINST DEIiTS females turn cannibal and eat the When Kansans argue the merits of having a county agricultural not support any revenue measure that will encourage governmental spending. •"Probably the low point in prices males. The Moslems regard the pray- agent, they compare 'he average crop value per acre of counties that of stocks, bonds and basic have agricultural agents with the crop value per acre of counties that State Farm Bureau, Farm News, County Farm Bureau members commodities has been passed, but do not have agents. continue five months battle to arouse out-State Michigan against the the world monetary chaos is still T. F. Yost, Fort Scott, Kansas, farnrer, shows conclusively that the Wayne couqty constitutional amendment on the November ballot to with us. For the next ten years, work county agricultural agent pays farmers handsomely reapportion the Legislature strictly according to population, which world demand for gold will probably every ^ear foi the investment made from tax money. Said Mr. Yost to would give Detroit and Wayne county politicians many additional seats be the major factor affecting prices, the Kansas (Juy Weekly Star: in House and Senate and practical control of the Legislature. Many as it has been for the past 17 years. Farm Bureaus call meetings. Caution about debts continues to be "Believe it or not, the county agricultural agent is the best good advice."—G. F. Warren, Cor- investment made by taxpayers. SEPTEMBER 26, 1931 nell University, August 19oU. Tsing two Kansas counties that are comparable, interest- Farm News reports in full proceedings of Gov. Rrucker's Commis- ing facts are available. From 1911 to 1917 the crop value per sion of Inquiry into the Cost of Milk. Inquiry nears end. Commission fr acre in Rawlins County was $7.55; in Thomas County, $8.59, notes savage warfare among large and small Detroit milk distributors. an advantage of $1.04 per acre in favor of Thomas County. "A county agent was employed in Rawlins County in 1918. They damn surplus but finally admit ice cream, a surplus item, is very Classified Ads profitable. Admit other surplus items pay* Detroit milk distributors Classified Advertisements are cash Since then the average annual crop value per acre increased claim it costs 4% cents to 7c per qt. to distribute milk they sell for 10 with order at the following rates: 4 cents per word for on edition. Ads to $13.96; in Thomas, without a county agent, to $11.69, a differ- and 11 cents per quart, without counting in cost of the milk. Produc- to appear in two or more editions take the rate of 3 cents per word per ence of $2.27 an acre in favor of Rawlins County farmers ers agree that it costs 5 to 7c per qt. to produce milk for which they edition. ,, instead of a handicap of $1.04, or an average gain of $3.31N an averaged 2c per qt., sometimes less, due to surplus caused largely by acre annually for twelve years on 272,000 acres for an outlay of depression and underconsumption. Commission continues probe. FOUR HOURS LATER! approximately $4,000 a year in tax money. Secretary Brody of Farm Bureau explains irew life membership BABY CHICKS , ''Friday, April 29, about 9 o'clock I infcured this Chevrolet truck. Four hours later t h e owner was cleaning the gas line when it burst into "Another comparison can be made using poultry as the plan. All members become life members within 10 years on $10 per LIVE STOCK flames w.th the nesult shown in the picture," D. Elbert Harvey. 5>tate Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. agent at Jones Cass measure. In twenty-seven non-county agricultural agent coun- year annual dues. 100 members purchase life memberships on dis- county, wrote the Michigan State Farm Bureau, State 4gent ties the average income per hen was $1.39 in 1929 and $1.41 count for cash or payment within year. HOGS in 1930. In the seventy-eight county agent counties the income FIRE is a hazard that may destroy your automobile or truck any Michigan Farm Bureau joins American Farm Bureau in national FOR S A L E - T K X GILTS. HAMPSHIRE moment. THIEVES may steal your car, strip it, wreck it, burn it was $1.56 in 1929 and $1.59 in 1930. This represents an average protest against a general 15% increase in rail rates on all products. II()<;S four months old. Klij;ible to reg- , You may never see it again. State Farm Mutual insurance protection loss of $15,500 in 1929 and $17,400 in 1930 for counties' without , istry. Fine stock, a t a bargain. Write against loss from these hazards is very low. Benzie-Co-op Co., Boyne City Co-op Ass'n, Falmouth Co-op Ass'n, owner. L. O. Manning, Marcellus, Midh farm agents." (9-24-lt-s) Leelanau Twp. Farm Bureau of Northport, Traverse City Farmers , Public Liability and property damage claims arising from an In Kansas, as in Michigan, county agricultural agent work has Co-op Ass'n and Oxford Co-op Ass'n take membership in the State Farm accident in which your car is involved may throw you into court and always been endorsed by the Farm Bureau as a good investment for WANTED—FARM WORK Bureau and purchase common and preferred stock in Farm Bureau cost you yotfr life's savings if the verdict is against you. State Fami farming. Commenting on Mr. Yost's letters, the Kansas Gity Weekly Star Services, Inc. WANT HI.) FARM WORK T'.V .MONTH Mutual will assume all such risk, court costs, etc., at a low insurance or year by capable married man, 28! Two rate. Our insurance rate for collision damages to your car is also low. said editorially: • » children. Now employed on tattn; owner "There are many ways to determine the cost and value of a nicer stand than I have at the taking over himself. Dairy and general We have more than 500,000 policyholders and 7,000 agent's services given by county agents. The increased acre value of If Stars Went Tonight, present time. Experience'. Able to so ahead or carry on work alone. Would be interested in fur- m o0 states in this national Legal Reserve Company. crops, the increased efficiency in livestock and poultry, changes We'd See Them 3 Years CLKAM\G ALUMINUM nished farm on shares. Ben Hungerford Grand Ledge, n - i . (9-ui-it> in crop rotation, control of weeds and disease, use of better seed, STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTO INSURANCE CO. brought about through such agencies, may more than justify The total number of stars visiblo A brisk rub with fine steel wool WANTKI) -WORK o x FARM HV DAY Bloomington, 111. their cost. The fact that there is someone to whom farmers to the naked eye at any one time is will remove discoloration on alum- or mouth by experienced .single man, 24. MICHIGAN STATE FARM BUREAU, State Agent-Lansing may go for dependable information on all kinds of subjects is of Has been doing day work. Willing to estimated at five thousand. inum. If that ddes not 'worft, try t.ike part of pay in prod dee. Bernard great value to those who make use of their opportunities. Much The nearest star is estimated to vinegar. Sackner, 1S27 Sunset Avp., R-l, Box 418 Lansing, Mich, ' (D-l'1-11 >' will depend upon the individual agent selected for the county be about 19 million miles from the and still more upon the support which he receives in determin- earth. Light, the velocity of which ing whether his services are worth more than they cost." is 186,1)00 miles per second, or swift ertough to make a journey Soft Pork From Soy Beans Is Discounted seven and a 'half times around the earth in a second, would require WHEAT and RYE Feeding soy beans without the oil extracted to hogs produces a soft three ye^rs to travel this immense oily hog. His hams are flabby, his bacon is difficult to slice, his lard distance In other words, if all the Fertilizer Recommendations for 1932 is soft and runny. Consumers find him less desirable and will not pay stars were blotted out tonight, it as much for such products. Swift & Company tell us in their current would be at least three years before we would miss a single one. From Circular Bulletin 53-Michigan State College Soils Section ' advertisement "Diet Makes the Hog." Altho the stars move through BY DR. C. E. MILLAR, G. M. GRANTHAM, P. M. HARMER Investigating the situation in Michigan, we find the Michigan State space at the rate of many miles a College adds emphasis to the fact that soy beans pVoduce soft pork. The second, they seem to keep their College also says that few hogs are fed soy beans in Michigan. We pro- place in the heavens from year to TABLE I—SANDS AND LIGHT SANDY LOAMS dnce soy beans largely for hay and the farther north one gets in the year, from decade to decade, and Fertilizers are u.uaHy more effective on soils containing sufficient amounts of .ime than on soils deficient In ,ime. State, the smaller the variety of soy beans he finds. In IMmois and fFom century to century.—Our Boys Indiana the larger varieties of soy beans may be grown, and as a result and Grrls. six times as many soft hogs have come into some packing plants the Group 1 Group 2 Crop No manure, or leguminous green past year as came ia three years ago. If the public object* to soy bean Boys Who Won Hardigan manure used within the last ^the\ last , alfalfa Gr °r two-years. pork, communities feeding soy beans must be prepared to take lower two years. prices. Michigan is fortunate in having this information on soy bean Well Pleased With Stand 2-12-6 or 4-16-8 2-16-2 or.2-12-6 feeding results without the bad experience that will go with it. With no seeding of clover or Aduison—Two years ago two alfalfa '.rain alone, 200 pounds or more. With alfalfa or high school agricultural students in ding the small grain. A spring top dly opposed to the holiday program, according to "Farmer" Brown's Student: "Two years ago I received three pecks of Hardigan Alfalfa TABLE II-HEAVY SANDY LOAMS, SILT LOAMS AND CLAY LOAMS observations. seed from the Farm Bureau. I Fertilizers are usually more effective on soils containing sufficient amounts of lime than on soils d ^ seeded seven acres at the rate of Only Man Can Do It TheAhighest Train IS Coming six and one-half pounds per acre. I court in the land has obtained a remarkable stand and Group 4 Scientists tell us that what has ruled that vehicles on highways this year I had a good crop. It grew Crop No manure or leguminous helped lift niaa above the brute crea- must stop for the trains—not the tall and was not coarse." manure used within the last tion with which he has so nail two years. trains for them. If the motor-driv- LeRoy Williams, Junior Agricul- common is the fart that he Cftfi iuueh ing public could be induced to ap- ture Student: "I received one peck 2-16-2 or 4-16-4 each of bis fingers with his thumb. !\o proach grade crossings with the of Hardigan Alfalfa seed from the With no seeding of clover or alfalfa other living thing can do that. Try mental attitude that "a train IS Farm Bureau for first place in late Grain alone. 200 pounds or more With alfalfa or clover scedings, experiments with your own hand, and coming" and with their minds on potatoes. This spring I seeded one WHEAT OR RYE seeding the small grain. 300 pounds or more at time of nt«-what -e it would make if their jobs, the result wottld speak and one-half acres of Alfalfa with With seeding of clover or alfalfa do this simple act. 2-12»6 or 4-16-8 2-12-6 or 2-16-2 for itself and accidents at grade oats at the rate of ten pounds per 0-20-0 crossings woald become largely a acre. Many of my neighbors have You're never too broke to be thing of the past. \ remarked that they have never seen to be go FARM THU V. 15 More Starch In Popcorn The Better It Will Pop dirty machines' so Ion;; that they can Tomato hardly realize how easily they run (lreat difference! are found in the Home and Family Section Juice and after they are cleaned," Miss Brekke says. FARM BUREAU FENCE is strong and ' jng qualities of popcorn, aceord- Edited by MRS. EDITH M. WAGAR durable. It will give f0' to the American Agriculture emlcal Company. There are a num- Addres. a,, communication, to her at Carleton, Michigan. Soup Puree Clubs Came many years of efficient service at low cost. It r of varieties <>t popcorn, with Tom The tomato is one of the most use- is made by a large steel rhumb rice corn and the white and C n Enemies ful of the common vegetables and From Snubs manufacturer, with years } ellow P e a r l . good c o r u tt n c m o s tt wllim should increase 20 Popular, iSf S°"°^ making Farmers Suspicious? Win By the only one that may bo eafely canned at home without a pressure cooker. An adequate supply pre- To Women of experience in the manufacture of high- fmes in P°PP«*. althoug pared now will provide means of grade field fence. When In 1868 when Charles Dickens ucft popf° rn w i I ! increase 25 to30 lea in popping. heat used and the amount of Of Agr. Staged By —big salaries were being paid. That variety on the Attacks on Farm Board, Dep't to business—money was being wasted the Michigan State college home the conclusion economics dep't. winter menu, says was about to sail for England ;it of his tour of the United States, the New York FARM BUREAU you buy Farm Bureau Fence you get sound value for every dollar. FENCE o i s e in the kernel determine to a board was blamed for everything that Tomato juice ^is an excellent source Club p;ave him a complimentary pin- There is a style and "eat extent the popping qualities ot Middlemen was wrong with the farmer's lot. Peo- of vitamins and should be included ner. Some braVe and brainy women, ple 'who actually knew better quoted in the daily diet. The plain jui>e themselves doing press and other size for every purpose. corn, but even more fundamental Ls By MRSi EDITH M. W \(IAR Best service can be l wild and exaggerated figures of themay be driven the children while the literary work, asked permission to lie amount and character of the ow easv rcjj in the corn. ,ralns of starch explode and Inch In popping, the it is these days for 'peo- great cost of agriculture to our gov-adult's to follow the noisy fellows! If ernment. may prefer it in cocktails. hear, the toasts and after-dinner There are a great many kinds in speeches. Such a natural desire! i Pin them down to a real sane Just the other day, a nationally which it may be used, such as with Such a simple request! Not to Sit at gives you sound value obtained from Farm Bu- reau Fence when it is erected on Farm Bureau he bulk of the corn. Fertilisers used 0 increase the yield of popcorn hould for this reason contain a high prised".to", " " ^ " y ° , i r L^ I": P » *?»« to hear, "Well, because, and Dep't of Agriculture "" official slammed the sauerkraut juice, or flavored with the banquet table but in the gallery ««. cost of the U. S. onion, celery, tomato catsup or or ante-room and listen to the wis- horseradish. for even dollar Steel Posts. These rigid, durable posts are made portion of f potassium ti salts, lt which not much more. * in a radio talk. dom of the Lords of Creation. of high-carbon rail steel Jjoiulate the development of starch He would resent it if he would be The reddest tomatoes (Should be The managers of the banquet to the same quality "Because" has always been termed selected for preparing or (aiming were horrified at the affrontery >of ii the plant. The more starch and a woman's reason, but if it is, many classed with the liars or the fools tomato juice. These should be free the women and denied their request. standards as govern the the development of the men are fast becoming effeminate. but if truth were to be the gauge hej manufacture of Farm be better would certainty have to drop into one from bad or soured spots as the Having prepared the tables and seen itarcb cells, the hetter will be the I don't care how much one raises of these two classes. He knew he water content of a tomato is so high, that all was ready" the proper thing Bureau Fence. )0P- objections if he can give a logical could "get by" with it at this time. sourness and a spoiled,taste quickly for them to do was to go h»me. Re- Use good, dependable g permeate the whole and make it Farm Bureau products reason, it is the objections to a system Now just who started this big noise almost impossible to cut out a bad bellion was inevitable. \VP will form a club of our own." iif the new fence you that bring about something better; but anyway? spot. said one woman, herself a reporter too often the objector has nothing bet- Well, in the first place the Chicago After careful washing, the toma- and plan to build. PAYMASTER ter to offer as. a substitute. writer of no mean caliber. "tVe Board of Trade was an objector and a toes are cooked over a slow fire for will give a banquet to ourselves, FARM BUREAU SERVICES, INC. Economize on Farmer* strong one; if this Farm Board con- about 20 minutes, or until soft. make all the speeches ourselves and Almost to a man, the great horde tinued encouraging co-operative mar- Then rub the tomatoes through a not invite a single man." Lansing, Michigan The Paymaster is the new of candidates for Congress that we keting it would certainly cripple their fine sieve until the remaining pulp But when the banquet was given 1932 Life Insurance policy- have heard so much about this late business.and lessen their profits. They is about the consistency 01 a thick |.he women relented and invited tbe just issued by the State summer, proclaimed from the house- had many warm supporters in their paste. Not all the pulp is rubbed men, who came and learned tbat tops or rather more often from the agitation against this form of farm through to make juice. The firstwomen could speak well and sensi- Farm Life Insurance Com- tail end of a truck, that if they could help; every type of farm middleman extract to be used, for the 'juice, a*nd bly. [ but be chosen to help run this gov- could read the hand writing on thethe rest rubbed through for soup Twenty-one years later this origi- pany. THE PAYMASTER / ernment that they would show us true wall. economy to the nth degree. /Then (ainpaiirn of Malicions Abuse pur^e. they would attempt to enumerate Oratory began toflow,radio was se- add one tablespoon or salt to aclubs in the United States to a ban- nal club celebrated its "coming of Heat the juice to the boiling; point, age" by inviting all of the won New Low Prices 1. A low Premium policy. FOR FARM BUREAU 2. Sound legal reserve insurance. their plans for slashing. Often they cured, newspaper space was used and quart. Put the juice into sterilized quet, which was made the occasion would declare their great desire to every conceivable means of reaching glass jars and partially seal, or inof uniting them in a national body. 3. Pays for death from any cause. cut off the Farm Board, and their list the ear of the public was put into ac- tin cans and completely seal. Pro- Thus was the General Federation of Suits Overcoats Blankets 4. Has guaranteed premium for would end right there. Some farmer tion. One of the greatest accumja- cess both juice and puree in boiling Women's Clubs born. From that Imagine Farm Bureau tailored-to-measure suits and our life. candidates seemed just as anxious to tions of propaganda ever loosed water bath for 15 minutes. time on a steady growth in activities wide selection of weaves and patterns for Fall and Winter ftrf 5. Is available to a select class. start the pruning process as any ofagainst any public service has been and organizations of club women 1!):!2 at the prices below! We bought our usual high quality 6. Meets the- needs of a small them. Cleaning Sewing Machine has taken place. income. turned loose on the' people. People suitings at savings which are passed to you, with other re- When asked their reason, we got the are swallowing it without any attempt Makes Vast Difference ductions in tailoring costs: 7. Is sure protection only—pays last expenses. old reply, "Well, because. You don't to digest it. "avor keeping a Farm Board do you? The most disheartening part of the "Like cleaning house, your sewing Canning We Offer machine should be cleaned once a 8. Fits in with any other life insurance program. Nobody seems to want it." They would seem amazed and per-whole farm thing is that so many of ouryear whether it needs it or not," de- folks are anxious to accept the clares Miss Julia Brekke, clothing Recipes Suits in These Price Ranges 9. Cannot **e secured elsewhere. GRAPE RELISH plexed when we would reply that the • $20.00 $23.50 $28.50 $32.50 Our representative will be Farm Board was created because story. specialist, of the North Dakota Agri- 3 4cups pounds grapes, 4 pounds brown sugttr, vinesar, 2 teaspootfs allsj> With Extra glad to explain the many very farm organization and every The very fact that these boards of cultural College. "It's ttye dirt inside Wash and .pulp L' teaspoons ciim;nnoir grapes, Rub pulp Trousers $25.00 $28.50 $35.00 $40.00 farm leader and spokesman for agri- trade and commercial trusts are will- on the mechanism thai causes through colander to remov.- seeds. advantages of the new Pay- mlture in the United States had- asked ing to spend unlimited money and trouble." bine pulp and skins and add other ingr#d- master policy. It's built to or such a board. make such a terrific attempt to kill Three places on the sewing ma- glasses. off the Farm Board should be reason inets. Cook until thick. Pour in jelly Special Blanket Prices meet 1932 conditions and to All agreed that no proposed or hoped enough to arouse the suspicions of chine need to be cleaned at least once TOMATO CATSUP or plan of farm relief could be effec- farm a year, and oftener if the machine is tomatoes and 1 pound dry MAYTIME SPECIAL COMPANION fit the 1932 pocket book. folks that all tnis is not for their used a great deal. The job is not dif- onions, B stems from ton ive without some central national ma- good. 70x80 plaid—double 70x80 - single - solid color rine through which to work. We all ficult and can be dorie in a few min- and peel and slice the onions. Cook un- til soft «nd run through a sievo. Return nsisted on the co-operative marketing In ordinary times the farmers would utes. First, remove the pjate which to STATE FARM LIFE act as a guide to govern the type of had have stood by the things that they covers the left side of th( machine tablespoon kettle. Put in a cheese cloth ba& 2 tablespoons broken stick cinnamon 1 whole ctoves, 1 tablespoon qel- $6.45 $4.25 work they should . undertake. We asked for; if changes were needed above the needle bar. All lint and ery seed, 1 tablespoon pepper cornfl and Choice 11 colors Choice 7 colors INSURANCE CO. lodded our heads with approval on the so as to make the act more effective gummed oil packed in tl 1 tablespoon all-spice iK-rries. Boil to- space gether until reduced one-third. Then add A LEGAL RESERVE COMPANY aliber of that first board as it was they would have seen to it that the should be removed with the' aid of ker- •J oUps light brown su^ar, :: tablespoons SERVICE COATS—COVERSUITS elected. necessary alternations came about. osene and a stiff brush. NeM take off salt, cayenne 2 teaspoons white pepper, 1 teaspdon pepper and : > ' cups vinegar. BLOOMINGTON, ILL. But now everybody is so discouraged the plate which covers thefcjbbinandthick, stirring with a lon^r handled sp6bn You'll find these service coats and coversuits just the thing When Hoard Failed to Fail and feels so handicapped and helpless to prevent sticking. Pour into hot jars this co.oler weather. Keep your clothes clean and save them and seal. State Agent What followed? All of a sudden that they do not see any clear sky be- shuttle race and clean o u i the lint with these garments. Farm Bureau Services lettering across we heard a hullabaloo that echoed yond the clouds. and gummed material there. The third CARROT MARMALADE the back und Services emblem over the left pocket. Good ad- Michigan State Farm Bureau to the furtherest points of our nation But it Is nothing less than suicide place to clean in under the. head, use ons,4 cups 4 grated eafrrots, 2 oranges, - lem- cups sugar. Cook carrots thor- vertising' for co-ops. A real buy at $2 for coat or coveruuit. Lansing Michigan —the Farm Board must be cut. out— to discard the things that we have kerosene and a stiff brush. oughly in a little water. Add the orange and lemon pulp, cut fine, also sugar and , discount granted Farm Bureau members the government had suddenly gone in- worked so hard to secure. In cleaning, Miss Brekk$," suggests lemon peel shredded fine after cooking is applied as credit on membership dues. that women make use of the manual separately. Cook together a short time We hear all kinds of farm grum- which comes with most jnachines. and pour in hot jars and seal. CLOTHING DEPARTMENT bling about our department of agri- After the kerosene has been wiped * PEACH AND APPLE CONSERVE MICHIGAN STATE FARM BUREAU culture; some insist on* it being elim- away, a good sewing machine oil I'se equal parts of peaches and apples inated entirely, many repeat what they should be used to thoroughly oil the not peal . If the apples are a good color ilo them. Add, three-fourtha ,as 221 North Cedar Street Lansing, Michigan hear about extravagance in agricul- working parts. much sugar as fruit. Cook the mixture tural appropriations, they want exten- "Many women have worked with In hot jars. it Is thick and clear. S*al slowly until MICHIGAN BELL sion work dropped and research work urtailed. Yet not once do we hear a .•ord about eliminating or reducing TELEPHONE GO. ppropriations for commerce, industry r war. Farmers worked untiringly to ure a national department for their ocation in the president's cabinet In emergencies like this nd there was great rejoicing when once we were recognized. And we must not now do a thing that will ripple the service that department your telephone is an render to our cause./ College W»8 Muzzled Once For years in Michigan our own Ag- icultural College was governed by boards who were politicians rather PRICELESS PROTECTION nan farmer minded people. Every- thing went smoothly so long as the farmer did not ask the College to help him to know the cost of production of a crop and how to get a reasonable return for that crop when sold. So long as the farmer was content to produce abundant cheap food without While playing in the yard one day, the thought of what was a right price to him for his investment and-labor, young daughter of an Illinois farmer fell ;t so long we met no resistance. But when we wanted to talk over the price to be received for our sugar into a cistern. Her mother, alone at home ' at the time, was unable to reach the child. beets or our dairy products, the poli- ticians denied us College help. WeT)egan to see the light and we Diet Makes The Hog planned to put farm folks on that gov- Frantically racing to the telephone in the erning board. It was a hard battle I X E WAS CQRNFED; and that is why for a hundred • Fortunately, the cause of this lowering of quality, but we won and have been able to house, she called the operator in the near- keep it farmer minded ever since. years the Midwestern hog has, been an aristocrat which may be only temporary, is known. Scientists But have our folks always been among swine. His quality was in his food before his at the college of agriculture and experiment station by town. .Help was sent immediately, and loyal and nave they always sought out of the University of Illinoisfeythe blame, after long .the sources of the criticism that food was in his belly. arrived in time to rescue and revive the breaks out every once In a while? study, almost wholly on the feeding of soybeans in Who's behind all this opposition? Why are exaggerated and malicious tales • The meat of the hog aristocrat is hard,firm.Con- their natural state. Their circular No. 369, issued child. sent broadcast about the government sumers like it because it looks as good as it actually is. last April, says of the soybean: — "No way has yet of the institution? Tire answer is jrtst The value of the telephone in emerg- as it has been in other things—some- been found to use it (natural state) in the rations of body's toes have been stepped upon. • The meat of the soft, oily hog is much less desirable. fattening swine without producing soft carcasses." encies like this cannot be measured in OUT Chilis Self-made His hams are flabby, his bacon is difficult to slice, his Copies of the circular may be secured from College of We farmers must watch our step or dollars. It is priceless! Yet this protec- "we will find ourselves being strung lard will be soft and runny. Consumers will not pay as Agriculture, Urbana, Illinois. along until we wake up some day and realize how badly we've been taken in. much for the meat of the soft hog and packers cannot t +> Scientific men speak positively only when they tion, together with the many ways in Let's insist on keeping what we have, none of which has come to us pay producers as much for this type of meat animal. know. There is no qualification here; the University I which the telephone serves you daily, through the thonghtfulness of other experts assert that the oil of the soybean will certainly classes in our behalf. Every recogni- • It is a matter of keen regret to Swift & Company' costs only a few-cents a day. tion agriculture has received has come make soft hogs. And soft hogs mean lower prices to through the untiring efforts of thethat six times as many soft hogs came into some Mid- entire communities in which feeding of soybeans farmers themselves during sane times. We will not let the insanity of the western packing plants this year as came three years ago. with the oil unextracted is common. present time be our undoing for all time. If we must agitate ourselves in- to a frenzy about something, let's go after some other public service, wt might find some thing worth while to Swift & Company us if we studied the details of other This advertisement is reprinted in the interest departments. of the bog producers of the United States The original was printed in the fall of V)31 A flying rumor never has any trouble finding a landing place. SATFRPAT, SEPTEMBER 24, 1930 MICHIGAN FARM 5ETT8 QUEEfl BFK'S IMMBLE of the largest manufacturers of lard one-half bushels of wheat, four to Origin of "P. The queen bee lays both lertiij2eri DIFFICULT TASK Vegetable Oils Forcing (jUbstlttttea. Ii is said that 500,000,000 Change in Hog Types pounds of whale oil isiiow hydrogen- C. T. Croften, Farm Bureau mem- A 75 Cent Breakfast five bushels of oats, five pounds of butterfat, 17 pounds of pork, seven "P K" the name applied to one and unfertilized eggs. The unfertii ized egss hatch into drones. Xh GETTING LOST IN ated and deodorized so as to be made ber of Savanna, 111., who was in Changes in hog types can better be useful in cooking.—The National Live- Chicago recently, computed the and one-half dozen eggs, two four- variety of Wrigley glim com« trom pound hens, or a It) gallon can of t h e initials of Philip K. Wrigley 37 drones may be said to have no-fathJ* or in other words the queen bee i' MICHIGAN WOODS understood when it is realized that stock Producer. • packers today are supplying only 53 per cent of their old market for lard. Another nice thing about being commodities. value of a 75 cent breakfast on a railroad diner in terms of farm milk. year-old son of the late William Wrigley, who is now carrying on Ins Keep*/:he new lawn clean of weeds father's business. both the father and the mother. 8 Tho trouble with most of Ou Fire Towers Clear Confusion Forty-seven per cent of the shorten- poor is you can drive a ten-year old He figured that 75 cents at coun- during August and most of Septem- Some men use poor material when self-made men is that they quit the ing today comes from vegetable oils, car without fear of injuring your try prices would buy approximately ber and sow the seed in late Sep- iob too early. Of Tourists Even In according to a recent statement of ona social standing. three bushels of corn, or two and tember. •they make up. their minds. Wildest Spots Lansing—"You can't lose yourself in Michigan's woods and get away with it." w NEEDS FERTILIZER That is the way the Department of Conservation feels about it and during the present summer has been able to cite several instances to prove that despite the wilderness some parts of Michigan offers the recreationist and despite the fact that there are some pretty wild spots both north and south of the Straits of Mackinac, a man has a hard time getting lost. To Grow Quickly a Strong Stand that Won't Winter Kill Elmer C. Adams of Detroit recent- ly started a trip through the Thun- Winter Killing of Wheat The later the planting because of Hessian fly and other matters, the der Bay River region intending to enjoy a vacation completely isolat- ed. A few days after he had gone shorter the fall growing period, and the greater the need for fertilizer to the Conservation Department re- ceived a plea to aid in finding Mr make the stand strong for the winter. A thousand words won't tell any bet- Adams. The death of a relative de- manded his presence home. The ter what the State College photograph in this advertisement tells about request was referred to the field ad- ministration district with headquar- winter killing of wheat. ters at Atlanta, and fire wardens, conservation officers and towermen FERTILIZER PAYS FOR ITSELF TWICE were notified to begin search. The searchers scoured the woods Tests made by farmers under observation of the State College Soils Dep't shojv that and streams and within eight hours 250 to 500 lbs. of the RIGHT complete fertilizer on Mieat increases the yield and qual- Mr. Adams, believing he had left civilization behind, was approached ity to pay "the cost of the fertilizer and a profit. by a man wearing a conservation officer's badge ana who made the NOT ONLY THAT, but the same fertilizer causes the following crop, alfalfa for prosaic remark: "Mr. Adams, you are wanted on the 'phone." example, to increase its yield to again pay for the fertilizer and a profit, all of whioh Searches for missing campers is profit, of course. hunters and fishermen are frequent duties of conservation field men, ac- cording to the Department and in- State College reports that on the Ivan Heckroth farm at Union- variably the missing people are ville 250 lbs. of 4-16-8 per acre on wheat in 1929 was more than paid found within - a short time. for by the extra wheat yield. The F O L L O W I N G A L F A L F A Y I E L D in 1930 was increased by $17.30 per acre. The fertilizer cost was A hundred and fifty fire towers $6.32 per acre in 1929. It's less now. scattered through the northern woods are focal points to direct per- sons who have lost their direction and the telephone lines leading to 1. S T A T E COLLEGE E A R L Y SPRING P H O T O G R A P H Wheat in foreground was not fertilized. Much winter killing. For the RIGHT FERTILIZER for Wheat and Rye the towers are often used as guide lines through the woods. 2. 3. Wheat between stakes is on strip of land that was limed. Wheat beyond the stake* received complete fertilizer. Strong stand. See State College Recommendation on Page 2 Produced good yield of grain. PLANT LICE ARE MARVEL OF NATURE Times Were Tough in 1922 Here's what a fanner at Three Oaks wrote us in Sep- tember, not many months after we offered Michigan Only Females Live in Sum- mer; Young Born Without A Father Pallets That Lay farmers MILKMAKER open formula dairy ration: "I have been 40 years in the dairy business. I had been feeding another 24% feed, but one Little does the home gardner Are the Pullets That Pay! week after changing to Milkmaker several months ago my 8 cows gained 4% gallons of milk' per day. The feed keeps the cows in fine condition." suspect that the tiny green plant lice, Mermash contains MANAMAR, or aphides, so common x>n his rose That is just the kind poultry- At that time we said, "Mi*. Hoffman's increase in produc- bushes are one of the most interest- men everywhere produce by the famous "Sun and Sea ' tion is unusually large, but he bottles his milk, and he knows." ing marvels of Nature, as well as a feeding Mermash 16%. supplement. Mermash furnishes IN SEPTEMBER 1932 nuisance. Big, healthy birds, firm boned, essential minerals which most The life cycle of aphides is remark- Mind you, along comes Doan Straub of Berrien county able. In the spring the insects are early laying. -Mermash eggs feeds lack - calcium - phosphor- with 13 grade and pure bred Holsteins and for the hatched from eggs laid the preceding are strong-shelled eggs of finest us - iron - iodine. It supplies SIXTH straight year leads 1,200 herds in cow testing fall. All the young are wingless fe- flavor. needed animal protein. males, and although no male aphides ass'ns, all breeds, for butterfat average per cow. Their make their appearance until late in Mr. M. C. Lung tested Mer- 6 year average was 532.9 lbs. This year those cows aver- LIVER MEAL the seasan, the females hatch forth mash against other feeds. He aged 550.1 lbs. THE FEED WAS MILKMAKER with living young throughout the summer. In laying rations increases says: "Of 700, my 350 Mer- home grown grains and roughage. Winged females also appear, and they production, adds thrift and bear living young. mash hens weighed 59 pounds vigor to the flock. MORAL—MILKMAKER and the same cows, the same Towards the end of the season the more, altho they were 9 days Mermash 16% and 10 other BUREAU MfLtfHG labor, the same home grains and roughage usually pro- males and the egg-laying females younger. It's sure the best make their appearance, and after Farm Bureau poultry rations duce enough more milk or butterfat to get exoited about. feed I ever used.'' mating, the females lay eggs which containing meat scraps include Why not have it? Get the price of Milkmaker from your are carried over through the winter in the meat scrap the proper dealer. It's far better, safer than cottonseed meal. to the next spring. Thus does an aphis born in the summer have the amount of LIVER MEAL from remarkable distinction of having a vacuum processed fresh pork, mother, but no father, explains a bul- letin of the Bowker Chemical Co., maker of Pyrox, an insecticide which livers. DUMB—Just Like Foxes They're still sowing GRIMM and HARDIGAN certified alfalfa, we hear. If you are not now feeding this not only rides one's garden of plant- They must know that this summer's rains probably didn't do Michigan's lice, which are sap sucking insects, better mash by all means try alfalfa seed production any good. 1931 was a bumper alfalfa seed year for but also destroys plant pests which a bag today! It costs no more Michigan. Hot and dry. 1932 low prices for certified GRIMM and HARDI- eat the foliage. than ordinary kinds. GAN may soon be like U. S. STPJEL at 21 last June. U. S. Steel is 40 or so Scientists have conducted extensive experiments with aphides, or plant- ? lice, and generation after generation A lot of others have planted about all the certified Bald Rock and Red of females have been produced with- Rock wheat there is. They tell us that certified wheat and rye yield out mating with male insects. How- so much more of all high quality grain per acre, that the small difference ever, in every case male insects final- in seed cost is just sound business judgment. Ask your co-opp about certi- ly appear, although they have been fied: absent in some experiments for more AMERICAN BANNER—White, soft, winter wheat. than four years. , Beardless. Stiff straw, winter hardy. Heavy yielder Best for lighter soils. This phenomenon of nature in which ROSEN RYE—The outstanding heavy yielder. Large offspring are produced with no father, plump berries. Well filled heads. * « " r. i_arge is known as parthenogensis. Among LAWN GRASS—No better time than late September to sow Farm Bureau insects besides plant lice, gall-flies, saw-flies and drone bees are produced in this manner. What's Dowfi|me? We Sell It. lawn grass mixtures. Priced low. L I S ^ k r M ° T H Y ^ hl Str ° ng dCmand aS USUaL None better wureau The scientific name for it is propylene dichloride. It's the new, non-inflammable and non-explosive fumigant for destroying weevils in grain and beans. It's recom- ORDER PROM YOUR FARM BUREAU DEALER Hard To Believe mended'by the State College for these reasons. You can use DOWFUME without The yakamik, a species of crane, is creating any fire hazard. used by the natives of Venezuela, South America, in the place of shep- herd dogs for guarding and herding You remember that with carbpn disulphide, which is highly inflammable and explos- ive, some insurance companies refused to continue the insurance during the fumigation Pay Too Much For Oil? flocks of isheep. No matter how far Not if you use Farm Bureau automobile and tractor oils. Their process and you risked your darned neck. the yakamik may wander with the specifications make them the equal of any 30 or 35c per quart oil flocks, it never fails to find its w«.y Not so with DOWFUME. Buy it from your co-op. Farm Bureau oils are paraffin base and dewaxed, built to lubricate home at night, driving before it all perfectly under the hardest hot weather conditions. Winter grades th« creatures entrusted to its care. perform likewise at zero. Beet Sugar In U. S. Fall a Good Time to Lime FARM BUREAU OILS cost much less per gallon than some of their expensively For the best results with lime, apply several months to a year ahead of the crop for advertised brothers that come from the same wells. Indiana, Michigan and Ohio Farm The first sugar beet factory was Bureaus Oil Company enables you and 25,000 other fanners to enjoy the benefits of™ erected by Edward Lee Church at which you want it, the Soils Dep't of State College says. You can put it on a sod to be Northampton, Mass., in 1838, and the turned under for a cultivated crop. Lime needs time to sweeten soil. You can't lose co-operative oil distribution. Ask your Farm Bureau dealer for following year it produced 1,300 any of its value by applying it this fall. Instead, you gain effectiveness. See your MIOCO 100% Paraffin Base pounds of sugar. A few other fac- co-op or Farm Bureau dealer for our superior, low priced lime: A Midcontinent Oil BUREAU PENN 100% Pennsylvania Oil tories were built but all were failures. , From Bradford, Pa. Crude In 1870 another factory was built 1. AGSTONE MEAL ground limestone (bulk only). In 5 gal. cans -and larger drums. in Alvardo, California, and marked the 2. FARM BUREAU PULVERIZED LIME (bulk or 80 Ib. bags). We make greases for transmissions, bearings,- uni- beginning of sugar being made from 3. FARM BUREAU HYDRATED LIME. 50 Ib. sacks. versal joints, water pump, etc. sugar beets. Processed Soy Bean Meal Equals Linseed Oil Meal 1 Lansing—Soy ,bean meal, KILLS FLIES! F A R M BUREAU F L Y SPRAY has no superior for cattle and other out door uses. "The price is right. Our For Farm Bureau Products KILLS WEEDS! , A T L A C I D E , the chemical weed killer, is an efficient, cheap, labor wfeteti is the soy bean with its oil content cut from 14r/t to 5% in a re- K I L L - F L Y for household use kills SEE YOUR CO-OP OR FARM BUREAU DEALER saving, positive weed killer. Not flies, mosquitoes, moths, ants, other poisonous or inflammable. Kills finins: >>nsidered good live insect pests. Will not stain cur- Write Us If You Have No Dealer quack, poison ivy, thistles, all feed, and its use in commercial tains or furniture. See your co-op. FARM BUREAU SERVICES, Inc., Lansing, Mich. weeds. 1 ib. per 100 «q. feet. i feeds has the O. K. of the Spray or dust. Mkhisan, Indiana and Ohio agricul- tural colleges. It is considered the 1 of linseod oil meal.