1(1 KEEP UP News Interesting to MICHIGAN THE NEWS Farmers Through the A Progressive Newspaper Farm New« For Michigan Farm Homes A Newspaper For Michigan Farmers V o l. X, No. 22 FIFTY CENTS PER YEAR FIVE CENTS Issued Semi-Monthly SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1932 PER COPY ISGANPLAYS Show Cow and Calf To Detroit Children Tax Railroads 50 Pet., BEET PRODUCERS IMPORTANT PART A cow and her calf were hauled SNAP AND ACTION IN THESE CLYDESDALES N. Y. C. President Says That railroads as well as farm own- NOTE PROSPECTS IN NAT! SHOW about the streets of Detroit for about a month to enable the school, children of that city to learn the exact source ers are actutely interested in the question of reducing taxes is seen in a report made public November 4 by AHEAD BRIGHTER of bottled milk, according to a report the president of the New York Central Chicago Exposition Greatest given at the recent annual meeting of Railroad which shows that in 1931 the Full Speed Production Seen Ever Planned; Exhibits Michigan milk producers, at East company's net revenue was $75,000,000 Lansing. Only about onle-half the! Possible in Michigan, Cover 22 Acres school children of Detroit were found and its tax bill was $32,000,000, or Ohio and Indiana 43%. to have any very definite conception During the first eight months of Chicago — Michigan livestockmen of where iriilk comes from. The cow Confident that the new administra- will be strongly represented in the 1932, the report states, the tax burden and calf were hauled about to the for this one company is the equiva- tion, which will assume control of the 33rd International Live Stock Ex schools of the big city and an attend- federal government on March 4, will position to be held at the Chicago lent of 51 per cent of its net revenue, ant explained the value of milk as a before taxes and fixed charges are fulfill its general pre-election promise stock yards November 26 to Decem food and told the school children facts that it would not interfere with the ber 3. figured out. regarding the dairy industry. All railroads of the country, it is tariff^schedules affecting agricultural A great increase in exhibitors and products and its specific pledge not to exhibits from the wolverine state over claimed, show an aggregate tax dur- the number taking part, last year is reported by the Exposition manage- ROAD BUILDERS" ing tht first eight months of 1932 equivalent to 46 per cent of their net operating revenues. destroy the beet sugar industry of the United States by reducing the tariff on foreign grown sugar, the ment. Eighteen livestockmen of the state will send 304 animals represent- ing nineteen different breeds to the SEE PROSPERITY "No business concern can long re- main solvent when half its net opera- Farmers and Manufacturers Beet Sugar Association, with headquarters at Bay City, Michigan, representing Chicago Live Stock show. Hereford cattle will be shown by Crapo Farms, Schwartz Creek; Mich- IN GOOD ROADS ting revenue goes for taxes", the N. Y. C. president said. more than 18,000 sugar beet farmers and all of the beet sugar companies in Michigan, Ohio and Indiana, has igan State College, East Lansing; and Grover Dillman Would Create the Rosebush Ranch, of Amasa. Shorthorns will be listed by W. S. Extensive Road Program STATE FARMERS launched a campaign designed to en- tourage the reopening of all the beet sugar factories in the three states Wood and Son, of Rives Junction, and the Michigan State College, who will To Stimulate Industry These big fellows step proudly to show the world that a race horse is tion. They are closely matched Clydesdales, a Scotch breed famed exhibition wagon, they will be fea- tured at the evening and matinee TO ATTEND BIG which have been idle for several years and to assure the continued op- also exhibit steers in the Aberdeen- Angus competitions. Better farm-to-market roads are needed to serve two and a half mil- Other well known exhibitors of An- lion of the six million farm families not the only member of the family capable of spectacular flash and ac- for great size and dashing appear- ance. The six above weigh over a ton each. Hitched to a three-ton horse shows of the International Live Stock Exposition at Chicago, Nov. 26 to Dec. 3. NATIONAL MEET eration of the factories which are in operation at the present time. Dr. J. A. Brock, education I secre- gus cattle from this state who will of the United States. These two and tary of the association, says there make nominations at the International a half million families live on mud American Farm Bureau Holds show are Woodcote Stock Farms, roads, according to Grover C. Dill- How Very Little of Michigan 12,000 ATTEND Annual Convention in are a total of twenty-one beet sugar factories, with an operating value of Ionia; George H. Coe & Sons, Ionia; man, state commissioner of high- and Hall Orchards, of Belding. Herds ways. Products Do We Consume Chicago, Dec. 2-7 more than $26,400,000 in Michigan, of Polled Shorthorns will be entered Taking a ten year average of by Robert MacFarlane of Grand Rap- costs of road construction in this We Ship Thousands of Cars TALKIE SERIES The annual meeting of the Ameri- Ohio and Indiana, offering a potential market for more than two million tons of sugar beets annually from ids, and L. C. Kelly & Son, of Mar- forded shall. ountry, every $350 expended af- the equivalent of employ- ment for one man for one month. To Other States; They Ship Theirs Here EXCHANGE HELPS Free Talking Picture Shows can Farm Bureau Federation will be held at Hotel Sherman, in Chicago on December 5, 6, 7. Michigan will have which they are capable of extracting 517,500s000 pounds of sugar. In ad- Michigan sheep breeders will send This figure covers average condi- entries to tl«e competitions for seven tions on all classes of roads and the different breeds. Among the larger total amount expended for all road By VERNE H. CHURCH LIVESTOCKTEEDERS DrawofAverage Attendance More Than 700 one voting delegate on the basis of paid up memberships but is entitled to several non-voting delegates who dition they could produce 207,000,000 pounds of high quality dairy feed «iu he form of dried beet pulp and 165,- U. S. Crop Statistician, Lansing 100,000 pounds of molasses. The sale exhibitors will be Armstrong Brothers purposes during the period 1923 to Loans Advanced in October The newest innovation in good will are entitled to the privileges of the of Fowlerville; Harry T. Crandell, Sr., 1931, inclusive, was approximately The City or village resident buys floor but not the right to vote. f these products would result in the of Cass City; and the Michigan State fourteen billion dollars. the greater portion of his foou" prod- Reach Total of More building, staging a free show, all talk- The actual business of the conven- istribution of more than $24,840,000 College farm, which wm also be a This information was assembled ucts from the storekeeper. Does he Than $50,000 ing pictures, has brought the State tion will begin on Friday, preceding nnually among the farmers, wage competitor in the classes of four and made public by Mr. Dillman in ever stop to inquire where these Farm Insurance companies in contact the general meeting, with a meeting arners and manufacturers in the breeds of swine and two of draft an address delivered at the annual products were grown and does he with nearly 12,000 of their policy- of the board of directors of the nation- hree-states, he explains. insist on having fruits and vege- Fifty thousand dollars in loans to horses. national convention of state high- Michigan livestock feeders was ad- holders in several Michigan counties al organization. President M. L. Noon, Growers Get Half tables raised in his own state? during the past two weeks at a series M. H. Thornton,'shepherd of the col- way commissioners Nov. 16. Statistics furnished by Verne -H. vanced during the month of October of Jackson, is a member of the nation- In accord with the terms of the co- lege flocks at East Lansing, will serve Mr. Dillman showed that more as one of the services rendered by of 16 shows. The average attendance al board and will attend. perative contract under which sugar Church, Agricultural Statasti c i a n at each show has been more than 700 as one of the judges in what the man- than four and a half million dollars for the Federal and Michigan De- the Michigan Livestock Exchange, persons. The company plans to con- On Saturday morning the Home and ieets are grown, one-half of the net agement reports will be the biggest went form into capital investment in the of road construction and right- partments of Agriculture, indicate according to announcement made tinue showing the eight reel program Community chairmen of the different :ash return from the sale of the sheep show ever assembled at the ex- of-way for that such instances of home loyalty this week by Elmer A. Beamer, states will hold a conference to formu- ugar, pulp and molasses, or $12,420,- state highways through- president of that organization. in at least two dozen more communi- late plans for the coming year. 00, would go directly into the poc- position. Michigan State College will out the country. Local road con- are all too rare. Mr. Church has ties, dates having been set and show also be represented in the Intercol- struction during the ten years was been pointing out during his 15 The loans are made at low inter- In the afternon an executive confer- kets of the farmers while the balance est rates as a means of stimulating houses engaged for this many shows, nce of Farm Bureau officials and would go to support 7,000 factory and legiate Live Stock Judging contest to about two billion dollars while years of service in his present posi- the feeding business in Michigan and according to Alfred Bentall, agency which nineteen state universities and m a i n t e n a nee expenditures ran tion that many dollars could be tate directors of agricultural exten- ompany employees and for the pur- saved to both consumers and grow- have been the means of helping director for the company in this state. ion service will be held for an in- hase of more than 498,700 tons o£ the Ontario Agricultural College will lightly under construction costs on many Michigan farmers and stock- The State Farm Bureau is state agent send student teams. this class of work. ers in this State if consumers would ormal discussion of some of the prob- oal, coke, limerock and miscellane- insist on Michigan grown produce. men to stem the ebb tide in agri- for the two companies, the State Farm ems of agriculture and proposed lus supplies. According to B. H. Heide, secretary- The-labor required directly for cultural returns during recent years. Mutual Automobile Insurance com- manager of the Exposition, stockmen the big national and state road Beet -Sugar Buy-at-Home methods of solution. According to statistics issued by The first real outstanding move- Mare loans are a v a i l a b l e pany and the State Farm Life Insur- he association, if all of the beet sugar from 29 states and the provinces of buifding programs during the ten and the Exchange urges Michigan ance company. On Sunday evening will be the an- British Columbia, Ontario, and Quebec year period was,' equivalent to ment in this direction was made livestock men to take advantage of ual dinner for the state Farm Bureau actories in Michigan, Ohio and Indi- will send the best specimens of their steady employment for approxi- this year when leading newspapers The shows are staged with no ef- residents and secretaries. ana are operated next year more than throughout "the State, assisted by the special co-operative service af- fort made to advertise directly. Each herds, studs, and flocks to contest mately 110,000 men, Mr. Dillman forded. Communications addressed The regular sessions begin on Mon- 230,000 acres of land in the three various organizations, asked the show consists of eight reels of inter- states will be devoted to sugar beet the year's final honors in this climax stated, while, indirectly, employ- public to buy sugar from Michigan- to the Michigan '.Livestock Exchange, esting talking pictures, including two ay morning, togethere with the open- of American livestock shows. ment was furnished for the equiva- Hudson, Michigan, are given ng of the second annual A. F. B. F. ulture, thus reducing the acreage to ent of 220,000 other workers. grown 'beets. The city people re- prompt consideration. The Ex- dramas, one reel of talking pictures of xposition of Agricultural Progress, be devoted to the production of other The total entry is the biggest in 'the Local road building afforded the sponded generously to this move- the national corn husking contest, crops of which there is a surplus. history of the exposition, he says, de- equivalent change is a service organization for ivhich is held in the exposition hall of of, steady employment ment and thus aided in keeping Michigan farmers and its officers scenes and activities at the National he hotel. The growing of the crop would furn- claring that every foot of the 22 acres or 51,000 workers and another many millions of dollars from leav- Livestock show at Chicago, with em- sh employment to more than 23,000 of exhibition halls and barns will be 100,0t)0 employed indirectly, mak- ing the State as well as improving welcome inquiries regarding the fi- On Monday afternoon will be public the financial position of the Mich- nancing1 and handling of livestock phasis on the work of 4-H club boys peaking contest for women and the beet field workers and at the same taxed to capacity to house the unpre- ng a total of nearly a half million to and from market. and girls at this big exposition and a ime enable Michigan, Ohio and Indi- cedented number of farm animals-and men continuously igan sugar beet growers. This eneral sessions, followed by a meeting employed in face-to-face presentation of the na- n the evening when several awards ana farmers to produce- a cash crop. crops that will be displayed. highway work. worthy movement was started at an opportune time and while its ex- Ten Per Cent Killed tional health champion 4-H boy and ill be granted to distinguished serv- Railroads from Michigan points to Mr. Dillman explained how the Chicago announce the lowest fares oad dollar was divided; only about they have ever granted for this event, 14 cents of each dollar goes directly ample is still before us, we should look about to see if some similar assistance cannot be devised to aid Canada's part in the Gread War is briefly but eloquently epitomized girl and one reel of comedy talkies. The two dramas convey some very touching thoughts regarding little in- .nts of agriculture and the organiza- ion. Tuesday will be a busy day with SUGAR CO. FINDS" and a number of lines will run special for labor on the job, for concrete week en'd coach excursions, in accord- paving, although, when the money ance with which the exposition will paid out by contractors is traced to the 90 per cent of our farmers who do not raise sugar beets. on one of the tablets in the Me- morial Chamber of the Peace Tower of the Houses of Parliament in the cidents in ordinary life and with the acting parts very well taken by "farmer" actors. business and special group meetings, nth the annual banquet in the eve- FERTILIZER USE offer for the first time a full entertain- sources of road machinery, material ment programs on Sunday, November and other things, it is found that -7, consisting of an afternoon and about 91 cents of each road dollar Almost Unbelievable Why not buy Michigan-grown beans, potatoes, apples, peaches, following words: "Six hundred twenty-eight thous- Family tickets have been issued to policyholders and their friends. No ing and on Wednesday resolutions rill be adopted and directors elected, 'hese meetings will be interspersed YIELDS PROFITS actually pays for labor costs. and a dozen other commodities? and six hundred forty-two bore the strings are attached to the issuance vith community singing, special num- evening horse show. (Why do our farmers have to ship badge of Canada ^n the Great war; of these tickets and no soliciting is ers, singing contests, addresses by Mt. Pleasant Concern Makes The address by Michigan's high- hundreds of carloads of apples, sixty thousand six hundred sixty- carried on. The tickets are issued so way chief was intended to encour- he leaders of thought along given Field Tests of Soils (Continued on page 3) one met death and passed on." HOOVER FIRM FOR age a national move to embark on an extensive road building cam- paign as a means of relieving unem- the local agents in each community, who are responsible for the success of the venture in their own towns, can ines, luncheons, and group confer- ences. and Beet Crop WARDEBTPAYMENT ployment through the states. In- terests behind the move carry the Farmers Win 5, Lose 1 get a desirable estimate of the size of auditorium to engage. Many of the State Led by Dems. shows are staged in local theatres and Tests of soil on farms in the area served by the beet sugar company at Mt. Pleasant show that the so-called impression that a federal bond issue quite a number in high school audi- But Once Previous best farms are more depleted in cer- President and President-elect of several billions of dollars would work wonders as a return to pros- IN VOTE ON CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS toriums, where the local school has a tain soil plant foods than the farms AND REFERENDUM Only once before, in the session of rated as poor farms. This state- Meet to Consider Debts perity plan. modern, large sized auditorium. 891, did the Democratic party hold a of Other Nations , Less than ond-fourth of the rural Defeat of the proposed reapportionment amendment and adop- Friends of the companies are majority hand over both Houses of the ment was made by the chief chemist highways of the nation have been tion of the tax limitation amendment to the State Constitution, urged to take advantage of this op- itate Legislature since the founding partmentsugar for the company whose de- conducted several tbous-' improved with some kind of sur- voted on Nov. 8 with others, was made certain by final out-state portunity whenever the show is staged if the Republican party in 1854, ac- and soil tests during the past sea- I'ay now and parley later, was facing, Mr. Dillman said. About returns, largely from rural districts. in their community. A schedule of ording to a review published in the son, recommending liberal use of ''resident Hoover's demand to for- five per cent of the roads have hard show dates is carried in this edition of ..arising State Journal recently. eign nations regarding installments surface while there are still some Reapportionment had a commanding lead in Wayne county, fertilizers adapted to the respective where the amendment was written by Detroit politicians. Tax the NEWS under separate heading. The new Senate will have 17 Demo- soil plots. 'lue pn war debts Dec. 15. two or three percent of unimproved Dates beyond December 15 are being rats and 15 Republicans, the exact Use of fertilizer is recommended The President's demand for pay- roads on state trunkline highway limitation ran behind there. Out-state turned in tremendous ma- jorities against the reapportionment amendment, and it was the withheld for a subsequent issue of the division of the Senate in 1891. The and is urged by the sugar company ment without delay followed an un- systems. NEWS. Every date up to Christmas lection of 1890, according to the as a means of maintaining continu- precedented conference between the Decentralization of i n d u s t r y , final rural returns that adopted tax limitation by a majority of some 20,000 in about 1,250,000 votes cast. Reapportionment lost by has been scheduled and dozens of re- ournal's review of facts, gave the ed high crop production, year after nation's out-going and its in-coming made possible with transmission of quests have been coming in for show- Democrats 15 Senators and the Re- year. Actual benefits from the use President, this week. lectrical power, will require a about the same margin. President-elect Franklin D. Roose- capillary network of improved ings beyond that date. The Michigan publicans 17 but, by a trick move after of commercial, fertilizers is meas- Before election representatives of the Michigan State Farm agency, however, is limited to a cer- he Legislative session got under way ured through the beet crop and the velt ( expressed himself as of the roads in an increasing degree, he Bureau and the Michigan Farm News explained the proposed tain number of showings and for that two Republican Senators were unseat crop following the beet crop rather >l>inion that debtor nations and pointed out. He urged immediate creditor nations, like individual action to take advantage of exist- amendments and Lennon oleo act referendum before many farm reason it is suggested that persons in- ed and two Democrats sworn in to than as results obtained during a debtors and creditors, could gain ing low construction costs to meet meetings. Polls taken indicated rural public opinion on* the ques- terested arrange with a local agent of succeed them, during absence of al single season. While it is admit- much through frank and open dis- a probable increased demand for tions. Final election returns show that the great majority of rural the companies for tickets whenever he Republicans, who attended a partj ted that fertilizing does not add ma- cussion of their financial mutuali- better roads when times of greater opinion was satisfied on five measures, was defeated on the oleo the show is given in your county or convention in another city on tha terially to the sugar content of the prosperity arrive, bringing a strong- referendum, and was divided on two issues, as follows: near enough so you can drive to it date. beet, greater tonnage is obtained ties. per acre and the soil is left with a President H«over declared." him- er pulse of transportation. Majority of The Voters' conveniently. There were enough Senators pres higher degree of fertility for the en- self against war debt cancellation, Mr. Dillman's plea for an exten- THE PROPOSAL Farmer Opinion Verdict Representatives of the NEWS have ent for roll call to constitute i suing season. Was: Nov. 8: suggesting some forms of tangible sive road-building program was attended several of these shows and quorum on that date so that busines based on the fact that road building 1. To establish State Liquor Control Divided YES have heard hundreds of enthusiastic could be transacted in the usual way also carried The Mt. Pleasant sugar compariy compensation other than cash. 2. To limit .tax on real estate Yes YES on tests to ascertain employment does not, in a certain 3. To reapportion legislature, Wayne Co. Plan No NO remarks concerning the plays, indicat- but early departure of Republicans when the 1932 beet crop should be 4 $1,000 Personal, $3,000 Homstead Exemption No NO Ho\*Wayne Co. Voted sense, prodtlce a commodity that must be bought, hence, he contend- 5. To enable twp. voters to vote in city Yes YES ing that the guests are well pleased left the floor to the Democrats who harvested. Growers were not per- ,flhe record of attendance indicates that lost no time in unseating two Republi- mitted to harvest their beets until 6. Prohibit pardon for 1st degree murderer Divided NO On the Amendments ed, the road dollar goes out as an in- 7. 9. Taxpayers only to vote on expenditures To adopt Lennon oleo law (referendum) Yes Yes YES NO in some towns the show has been run cans whose election had previously a 15 per cent sugar content was itiatory factor in setting wheels of twice, once in the afternoon and been questioned. shown on test. Later in the season Repeal—Yes, 400,259; no, 91,087. industry revolving faster, thus cre- The adopted amendments on liquor ^control and tax limitation, again in the evening and occasion has this was raised to 17 per cent to per- Tax limitation—Yes, 171,769; no, 251,- ating better times for the country. and the problems involved in the rejected reapportionment measure lt;r,. arisen where an overflow crowd has OPEX P6RTLA]VD CHEESE PLANT mit handling of the ripest beets Heapportionment—Yes, 243,709; no, 138,- will keep the 1933 legislature busy with the problems involved. NOG. TO AWARD SERVICE MEDALS necessitated running second Negotiations are reported to have first, thus leaving immature beets to Homestead exemption—Yes, 152,248) no, Rural Michigan must be prepared to protect its interests under time, successively. been completed for operating a ripen before feeing pulled. 9,9r.1. Minnesota and South Dakota state all three questions. The State Farm Bureau is now discussing these cheese factory at Portland, Ionia Legal residence—Yes, 247,523; no, 128,- Farm Bureaus will award 1,000 and other legislative problems in local Farm Bureau and other He: "This is an ideal spot for a county, in a plant formerly operat- Twenty-eight of ttie 57 New York Pardons—Yes, 200,732; no, 202,202. medals to Farm Bureau members group meetings. picnic." ed as a creamery. The plant will counties that grow potatoes grow Only taxpayers to vote—Yes, 198,194: She: "It must be. Fifty million have an operating capacity of about fewer bushels of potatoes thaa tk» "o. 198,048. who have been in Farm Bureau ^Oleomargarine Tax—Yes, 83,572; no, work for ten years or more. insects caa't be wrong." five tons of milk daily. county uses. SATTRDAY, NOVEMBER 2f TWQ MICHIGAN FARM NEWS to him and to his industry as a whole. There Is no purpose to destroy. Cocoa Bean Shells Are The The purpose of the co-operative system is to build—to build adequately Source of Popular to meet existing needs. To arbitrarily destroy an established business with its acquired property interests would be an economic wrong and Cocoa shells are the shells of M should not be tolerated. cocoa bean. They are low in nutrj e Successor to the Michigan Farm Bureau News, founded "During the last half century, agriculture has suffered a gradual but increasing decline in comparison with otner industries, and through- The Story Hour tive value, but because they contain much of the characteristic cocoa flay January 12, ,1923 out this period a remedial system has been in course of development. By R. S. Clark or, a cheap ' and pleasant beverag" — — — - ~ - • • •••• — — -- • • _ ^ — ^ ^ _ — This system, commonly referred to as 'co-operative marketing' has Hiram, hero's what let'a «!<> tonight: may be made from them. Entered as second class matter January 12, 1923, at the postoffice grown up as a natural reaction against the weaknesses and abuses of the Beln' it's lowery and drizzly, and all at Charlotte, Michigan, under the Act of March 3, 1879. Your raft of night chores dotoe up r p i . Chocolate is made from old system and the soundness of it has so appealed to the country that And all the stock comfy before night tall. beans that are ground under p r e s Published the second and fourth Saturday of each month by the it has become generally accepted as one of the most helpful means of re- sure. It is sold in the unsweetened Michigan Farm News Company, at Its publication office at 114 Lovett Ju*t net and r.ad to . » , (the Post «*™» today > St., Charlotte, Mich. storing agriculture to a position of economic equality. SomeXjrood story, while 1 ''heel M«* t o e ; form, such as we commonly use f0 Editorial and general offices, 221 North Cedar St., Lansing, Michlean. "The Commission Merchants say that the 'Agricultural Marketing Act Never mind that apple pan. Do a* i *• >- , a beverage, and also in a sweetened Postoffice Box 708. Telephone, Lansing, 21-271. When you read apples you chew >oui WOWS was a political compromise shot through and through by the most sordid and flavored form. £. £. UNGREN Editor and Business Manager catering to political expediency.' Let the record itself answer this crit- No need of chucWn* the cat quite so far. If chocolate is stored in a warn, icism: Prior to the special session at which the Act was passed, both Your .hair is her's till the chores are Id < • Right there's your passes, where they always a i t . room, the fat, cocoa butter, will melt parties in Congress had supported legislation having all the important 1 ean/t wait till that story's begun. and come to the surface, and when it Subscription 60 cents per year; 3 years for $1. In Advance features of the Marketing Act. In the presidential campaign of 1928 the All r i g h t MTarthy, don't care 'f I do, hardens will give the chocolate a platform declarations of each of the major parties were strikingly simi- .soon as my shoes are where tiny can dry. gray look because the fat is almost Vol. X SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1932 No 22 lar. The Democratic party declared for economic equality for agricul- You get to darning, and I'll leaf through white when separated from the cocoa And see what there is here we mi«ht t,i>. ture, control of surpluses, loans to co-operatives, creation of a Federal powder. The chocolate has lost none Farm Board and development of co-operative marketing. The Republican Gosh, just a minute, what's this here? of its food value and is still alright Will These Things Happen? party pledged reorganization of the marketing system and loans during Looks as if Bunk's iprong something new. for use. Double page in colors. Great idea. TIME, smart and usually best informed magazine on the rrews of transition, the establishment of a Federal Farm Board, the creation of Every last gadget—and looks nice too. Cocoa powder is the ground bean the day, makes some predictions on the general legislative program in farmer-owned and farmer-controlled associations and orderly distribution •Member back, Marthy, not long ago from which part of the fat has been Congress by the incoming Democratic party. of agricultural products. These platform declarations were discussed Hank's highest aim was to hit on four.' extracted. It is reddish brown in col- TIME predicts "agricultural'legislation in the nature of a domestic and debated during the entire campaign and it may, therefore, be safely Now they have eight, and for all we know or. If it is very dark, it has been' Holes are punched for two or three more. allotment plan—says it will be a straight subsidy to the farm producer assumed that the whole people were well informed upon these proposals. made from poor quality beans or has in return for a cut in acreage. The domestic allotment plan, like the So important had the subject become that for the first time in our Listen here, Hiram, I tell you been artificially colored. Over near the front's where the stories are. McNary-Haugen and the export debenture plans, aims to assure farmers history Congress was called into special session to consider 'measures I'm darning holes that the egg slips through. Cocoa is a valuable food and should the domestic rather than the world price for their products. We believe to effect—agricultural relief. The attention of the entire country was You need socks. Never mind that r;u\ hav^ its place In the general sched- that agriculture cannot guarantee a cut in acreage. If farmers plant thus focused upon this legislation. The platforms of both parties were Gee, look at that big caramel cake, ules of diet. It is a medium by \\\\\(\ more with increasing prices, they are forced to plant as much more as evidently satisfied with the enactment of the Agricultural Marketing Made out of Whosit's flour, I see. milk may be more freely used. Care they can under falling prices. , •But you bet, Marthy, the ones you bake Act, since it was passed by a coalition of the parties. Thus the best Are fixed just right to satisfy me. should be exercised though when TIME predicts that industrial tariff rates will be cut, but agricultural thought of the entire country was crystalized in this measure. serving to children as it contains a Good Land! Hiram, look at that clock. stimulant and the quantity should be rates will stand. Currency will be k'ept on the gold standard, and the Platforms Reflect PuMic Sentiment Put that chunk in. Time to go to bed. Democrats will not inflate the currency; they will scale down debts by "When an important issue is argued and considered continuously I'm most through here—on the last sock. limited to a larger proportion of milk. Well, anyway, you got the ads all read! Cocoa is rich in starch and is of indirect means, whatever that means. for a period of nearly ten years and is finally taken to the people in the TIME anticipates increases in Federal taxes and additions thereto, form of platform declarations by which the parties are to be bound, and much better flavor if boiled for a few possibly a general sales tax to close the yawning gap in the present ef- when all parties come to a substantial agreement upon the issue, how minutes if used as a beverage rather fort to balance the budget. can the legislators who finally crystaliz'e it into law be accused of than simply added to scalded milk. 'sordid catering to political expedience.' A pinch of salt improves cocoa or It is predicted that power legislation will bring government operation chocolate when used as a beverage. of Muscle Shoals. Public utility holding companies will be reined in. "It is not suggested that the measure has been made perfect or that greater return for his product—one more nearly in line with its actual Railroads will have R. F. C. aid, but will be required to whittle down top it ought not to be amended in some particulars. In view of the history valu-e. Such conditions make for harmonious relations between the con- heavy capital. of important legislative measures, the surprising thing is that is was so sumer and the producer. UJiGE SELKCTIXG OF SOWS In the matter of Federal finances, TIME believes that Mr. Roose- well perfected that it has not already required substantial amendment. "In conclusion the Board unhesitantly states, after a period of more velt will make an honest effort to balance the still unbalanced budget. The Federal Reserve Act, for example, was amended four times during the than three years of intimate and daily contact with agricultural CO-QP- Iowa farmers are being advised by A 25% reduction in Federal expenses is promised, but no time limit is first three years of its existence and up to the present date it has been eration and the marketing of agricultural products, that the principle Iowa State College that "instead of set If the present budget were to be cut 6% in each of four years, the amended a total of 27 times. The Reconstruction Finance Corporation of a farmer-owner and controlled co-operative marketing system, as pro- breeding more sows this fall farm- new administration could claim fulfillment of this pledge. As in the Act was amended by the Congress which passed it. vided for in the Agricultural Marketing Act, is sound and is wholly de- ers had better select only the best past, savings will take the form of snippings here and snippings there. A "Many business organizations, including chambers of commerce, at fensible from the economic, the social and other standpoints. If the at- animals for breeding purposes and general reorganization of the government departments is regarded as one time joined with the opposition to the progress of co-operative mar- tempt to improve the condition of a large portion of our population to sell the rest." The college points out improbable. keting. In a spirit of fair dealing, however, the United States Chamber the point of economic equality, and thereby to promote national well- that there is a decrease in number being, shall cause interference with advantages previously enjoyed by of hogs for slaughter this fall but of Commerce, conducted a series of hearings over the country to deter- that last June the Bureau of Agri- mine the merits of this growing system and the needs of th,e agricultural other groups, still the program and the results are justified and are in How About Some Cancellation For Us? industry. In 1928 this organization submitted various proposals for a keeping with the principles of our democracy. So far as co-operative cultural Economics estimated a 1.2 Foreign war debts to the United States, amounting to some 21 marketing is concerned, this is our specific answer to the question^ per cent increase in sows to farrow referendum vote of its membership. Among these was a recommendation before December 1. billions of dollars are "perfectly just" but "impossible" said Thomas W. that 'Which Way America?'" Lamong, J. P. Morgan partner, recently in explaining that war debts and "With low-priced feed supplies" it tariff barriers are the prime stranglers of world trade. 'A Federal Farm Board be created, the members to be appointed by ] this obligation then all possible re- is stated "every indication is that the President of the United States, and be charged in considering the lief should be granted. Nor would spring farrowing for 1933 will be We may never collect much of the existing war debts and post-war much heavier than usyal—which debts since European policy has changed from "can't pay" to a scarcely veiled "won't pay". European governments do not want it said that they problems peculiar to agriculture.' "The recommendation was adopted by a vote of four to one.. Letters From j that benefit the taxpayer aione. The | State treasury would likewise be means a flood of pork on the market next fall and winter," further that defaulted. They want to be forgiven their obligations. If the European governmental debts to the United States are washed "The Business Men's Commission in its elaborate report of 1927 recommended that a Federal Farm Board, consisting of a small number Our Readers benefitted, for collection of the tax —though deferred—would be pref- "there is always considerable lag between an improvement in business of men appointed by the President should be established to aid in the erable to confiscation of property out in that manner, do you suppose that the American taxpayers' obli- for which it has no use. conditions and an increase in de- gation to retire the Liberty bonds representing much of that debt will stabilization of prices and production in agriculture * * * *. Berrien County, mand for meat." Marketing Is Prime Factor Nov. 21, 1932. In the late election (unquestion- be washed out too? We hear much in this country about cancelling war debts to revive foreign trade but not a word from the same sources about "It was everywhere understood and intended that such a board, if By way of introduction: The ably) those upon whom has fallen any injustice in piling that war debt burden on to the backs of American created, would be concerned more with the problem of marketing than writer a farmer and member of the the heaviest burden of direct tax- FARM BUREAU—unable to attend ation have spoken. Spoken in no taxpayers. with any other subject. One after another, obstacles were overcome until finally the way was provided in the Agricultural Marketing Act meeting at Lansing—now asks the uncertain language—by their bal- Classified Ads for the building of a unified marketing system, producer-owned and privilege of spaee in the NEWS, be lot. And without doubt most of the Classified Advertisements are cash Wayne County Vote on Amendments it convenient, for 'brief discussion representatives voted into office are with order at the following rates: 4 controlled, upon a nation-wide scale. Organized opposition is making an of resolutions adopted on that oc- going to Lansing with the determi- cents per word for .one edition. Ads Unless the coming recount of ballots in Wayne county changes mat- to appear in two or more editions aggressive stand against the progress of this system. It is a determined casion. $ nation to relieve the distress of take the rate of 3 cents per word per ters, apportionment of the Legislature was defeated and tax limitation opposition because it is largely inspired by self-interest. Consider for overburdened taxpayers. But in all edition. was adopted by out-state majorities November 8. a moment the fact that the gross income of American farms in normal Though heartily endorsing the fairness to these representatives While the first count shows 243,700 Wayne county voters supporting resolutions as a whole, I should the needs of the people back home times is from TEN to TWELVE BILLION dollars. The handling of this like to review in particular No's. 4, should be made known and kept POULTRY the apportionment measure drafted by Detroit politicians to grab con- vast turnover offers almost unlimited opportunities for profit in one 5 and 6. trol of the legislature for the metropolitan area, 138,806 Wayne citizens form or another, much of which has been enjoyed at the expense of the constantly before them. We people FOR SALE—LARGE TYl'K GIANT No. 4, dealing with utility rates. back home will have failed of realiz- Pekin ducks from 12 lb. stock., Emma voted NO and preferred to put their trust in the legislature, which is di- industry itself, and often to the disadvantage of both producer and con- Though the resolution does not so ing our obligation and opportunity Simpson, Owossso, U-1, Michigan. rected by the Constitution, to apportion the legislature in 19<53. Out- sumer. It is not surprising that a violent opposition should be set up state, it may be the intent to go a if we do not keep in touch with oyr 2) state rural districts turned in large majorities against the apportionment against a system which would lessen this opportunity. It is inevitable, step further and determine whether representatives. This is due them amendment. . however, that in the end the new system will prevail, for it involves not the law under which our Utility as well as ourselves. Never before, BABY CHICKS In Wayne county 171,769 voters favored the $15 per thousand tax only self-preservation on the part of those engaged in the industry, but Commission is operating authoriz- perhaps, has there been *a more LEGHORN CHICKS—PRICK limitation proposal, while 251,466 voted against it. Out-state cities voted it involves the welfare of the industry itself, the success and prosperity es that body to initiate inquiry into promising opportunity than the if ordered now-for Spring shipment. Guar- such matters as excessive charges present for improving affairs in anteed to outlay others. Records to M6 fairly even on it, while the rural districts turned in majorities for it. At • of which is absolutely essential to our national well-being. eggs. Bargain prices on pullets, hens. this writing the tax limitation amendment stands adopted by a majority "The farmer proposes to sell the product of his own toil. The com- for installation and maintenance of State administration. Then, there- Catalog free. George B. Ferris. 'HIT Union. of about 20,000. mission merchant insists upon selling it for him. The merchant's con- service (as well as to rates), etc. fore, let us heed progress in forth- Grand Rapids, Michigan. (li-i'^-iit-Slb) As at present administered it ap- coming legislation with a view to On the proposal that only taxpayers shall vote hereafter on public cern is very naturally to get as much commission as he consistently can pears to be either the policy of the encourage the enactment of those LIVE STOCK expenditures Wayne voted YES 198,194 and NO 198,048. and still keep the farmer's" business. It is the business of the farmer's commission or because of legal limit measures which we deem needful— On these measures of great importance to rural and out-state Mich- co-operative to handle the product at the lowest selling cost and to make tation, to act as a judicial body and pointing out those, if any, which FOR SALE—REGISTERED CHESTER White boars and gilts. Spring fftrro.v. igan, it must be said that Wayrve county citizens voted as citizens of to the producer the best possible return. The commission merchant can only; dealing only with complaints are not favorable. By this means, Heady for service. From Michigan* not be so much concerned with selling ccfet, for any reduction he has to brought formally before it. If a it is reasonable to believe, the Premier Herd, State Fair Winner 5 Michigan. The count proves there is a strong body of public opinion in years. Price $15 each. Registered in Detroit that believes the best results will be obtained in all things by make in selling price, in order to move the product, is largely deducted, commission of this nature is to sometimes "forgptten"—the folks buyers name. Hogs immuned against from what the farmer ultimately receives. Thus the merchant remains function freely in the interest of back home—will be remembered. cholera, Charles McCalla, li-6, Ann Arbor, co-operating with the rest of Michigan. Michigan. (li-i^-Ht-.i' 1 ;" virtually as well off as before. consumers as a whole then, in all The officials of The State Farm There Is no real antagonism between Detroit and the rest of Michi- reason, it ought to be in ppsition to, Bureau, should and will, take the gan in the Legislature. Out-state has been fairly treated by the great "To the extent to which the commission merchant performs a needed WANTED—FARM WORK service he will and should be retained/ and no one should deny or be- on its own motion, initiate investi- city and the city's interests have had fair treatment from the remainder grudge him a fair reward for such service. But, after all, it is the gation, or act upon informal com- lead in promoting legislation. But these in turn are entitled to and WANTED*--WORK ON FARM BY month or year* by man 58. Willing t« of the state. plaint. In other words, it ought to should work for board and clothM and small PRIMARY force in agriculture—THE PRODUCER—with which the na- be authorized to at all times and tion from have brought to their atten- wage. Experienced. Write K •> ' In this election a great body of Wayne county voters objected to tion is most concerned and yet under the old system it is a SECON- time to time conditions -:{'-> Kensington Road, Lansing Michigan- placing the two great groups in what could have developed into a miser- in all ways give close scrutiny and affecting the membership,' and given DARY force—the handlers and processors of agricultural products— oversight of the interests of con- encouragement WANTED—WORK ON FARM BV able situation. The way is clear again for settling apportionment, the which enjoys the protected position. and support in their month or by thirds, by youog marrieil tax problem and other matters in the Legislature, in accordance with the sumers, in this there is no thought efforts for improvement. Yet, let man. Have no team. Prefer Clinton Constitution, and in a spirit of compromise where compromise may be "An examination of stock market reports discloses that tire earnings at unfairness to the Utilities (who us keep in touch and co-operate County. Write .Morris Cotton, St. Johns, available for dividends on the common stock of private concerns handling are better prepared 'than are pa- with our farm organization, and in ii-7, Michigan. (U-Vi-'-''-) advisable for the best interests of all. trons to look out for themselves) so doing reap the maximum of bene- dairy products were 42 per cent greater in 1931 than in 1928. During WANTED— TO RENT the same period earnings of baking and flour milling concerns declined but to see that there be a square fit from it. Now that farm organi- "Which Way America?" only two per cent, and tobacco companies increased their earnings 41 deal to both. zations are in the way of receiving WANTED—TO RENT FARM ON A concise and unretreating defense of our co-operative marketing No. 5, in the matter of tax levies a full measure of consideration in shares, everything furnished, M per cent, while agriculture suffered a loss in gross income of 41 per and boy m and families, 200 acres, Baton movement is found in a release sent out from the offices of the Federal cent; earnings of automobile and truck manufacturers dropped 75 per That the present, arbitrary, method our state and at Washington—and county preferred. WJllard Moore, 248 Farm Board this week and is most fitting at this period "between ad- of prescribing by the State taxing through which we can become ar- Randolph St., and William Vincent, Tay- cent and the steel industry found itself upon a deficit basis. So we lor street, Lansing (11-26-lt) ministrations" when rural and urban folk are wondering what will be have private concerns handling and processing farm products showing a body what aggregate of levies shall ticulate—let us show appreciation done in the way of making changes when the new political rulers assume record of substantial gains while those engaged in the industry itself, be placed against the several com- by getting squarely behind them. WANTED—TO RENT FURN1SHEI> munities leads to undue assess- If. G. Krake.' farm or work by the month or year. charge of national affairs next spring. as well as those engaged in other industries, suffered heavy losses. Married, 43. Uxperiented in general ami ments is within the experience of wairy farming. Write Perrj Daniels, l." The following was written by the Federal Farm Board in reply to a "Complaint is made that as a remedy for agricultural ills, the all. Assessed valuations, in conse- Turner St., Lansing, Miehifatt. (U-26-lt) letter from an officer of the Association of Land Grant College and Uni- Government is giving encouragement to co-operative marketing. The quence, b'ecome more or less set ami Weeds Live Long versities asking for comments on a certain letter, entitled "Which Way fact should not be overlooked that thousands of co-operative associa- continuous—with little reference Many of our common weeds will America?" The article, "Which Way America?" recently circulated by the tions have successfully made their way in competition with powerful existing private agencies without any Government aid whatever, and to changing conditions. For ex- germinate from 20 to 30 years after ample, assessed valuations on farm being iburied in the soil. Experi- Silver King Coal National League of Commission Merchants, purports to be addressed to therefore that such encouragement is justified by the demonstrated and home properties are, at this ments conducted at the North Da- is big, blocky, clean burning. 234 university and college presidents and professors whose names were merits of the co-operative marketing system. It is the industry, consid- time, much in excess of marketable kota agricultural college have prov- Ask your coal dealer for a trial ton. printed conspicuously on the cover of the brochure. If this document ered from the standpoint of national welfare, with which Government is values. If these levies were placed en this,to be the case. More than Republic Fuel Company had been confined to the discriminating and well-informed class to which concerned and the matter of mere competitive interest between individ- under local control (in the hands of that very many of o u r common BAY CITY and LANSING Offices it was nominally addressed, there would be no need to answer it. But local officials, conversant with their weeds are exceedingly prolific. For uals or groups is of comparatively little consequence. own community conditions) as pro- example, we are told that a single the real purpose in addressing this distinguished group became apparent Individual Kffort Out of Picture posed in the resolution, a forward when, immediately upon distribution, many daily newspapers of the coun- "The question of individual initiative is not involved here. If it step will have been taken for tax ?7,000 nnn ° f f " e n ° h W e e d w U l l ^ u c c seeds, a pig w e e d 120 000 try carried publicity on this letter. Prominent headlines were not infre- quent. These headlines were not necessarily indicative of the contents were, the farmer could make out a very good case on behalf of his right to assistance in establishing his independence in marketing his products. equality. This being the intent of seeds, and lambs quarters the resolution it would be useless to 7O,'oOO Money of the letter, but invariably reflected the spirit of it, which was one of repeat, only that it is a matter of denunciation. "It is noted that the letter is aimed against co-operative marketing, "The Agricultural Marketing Act has amply demonstrated that it can accomplish the thing for which it was enacted, and this in spite of the greatest obstacles, perhaps, that were ever thrown in the path of such vital importance as to warrant repeating. And again repeating Names in Maine Credit until something is done to correct a Athens, Rome, Carnage, Palmyra and the Agricultiu'al Marketing Act and the Federal Farm Board. It does not any important economic undertaking." It has struggled, not only against confine itself, however, to a reasoned argument predicated on established the adverse economic conditions which set in immediately after its ad- situation so greatly in need of and Canton; Paris, Lisbon, Dresdon, Naples, Palermo and Vienna; Water- facts, but instead is an emotional appeal based on a biased view of the work of co-operative associations and of the Board. It is an appeal vent, but it has contended against all the obstructive forces, which op- ponents like the Commission Merchants have been able to launch against change. loo and Oxford; and Denmark, Swed- No. 6, relating to deferred tax en, Norway, Poland, Mexico and Peru Debt to turn back the wheels of economic evolution for fear the old method* of it, and in spite of all this itTias made a record of which its authors and payments and penalties. There can are all in the state of Maine. For con- fiy Lucius E. Wilson be no question as to the desire of firmation selling the farmer's products will be radically changed or crowded out by sponsors may be proud. « e the atlas and the postal farmers and home owners to pay guule nots eto mention the railroad This series of 10 articles tells a method designed to better serve the interests of those who till the soil. "The co-operative associations authorized by the Marketing Act are their taxes, and on time—when schedules. why and how our supply of money has been shrunk in this man-made It is a plea to preserve a largely outworn form of marketing upon the admittedly not created for the benefit of the commission merchant, but they can do so. But there has Panic. ground that it has existed for a hundred years, and has made of those en- are purposely created for the benefit of the producer and the consumer arisen a condition under which Describes the control of ° l i r gaged in it 'substantial citizens'—without any showing as to the effect- of farm products. This policy has been declared by almost all the State this, in many instances, cannot be WHO'S LOONY NOW? money system by the few for pro*" it since the Civil W a r , the policies iveness of the service it renders to the producers or the public. Legislatures and by Congress, and has been upheld by many state su- done. The resolution as adopted Beauty culture'experts, in Paris that have bred great panics. ' n * preme courts and by the United States Supreme Court. Nothwithstanding takes cognizance of this &nd has baths are advising their clients to " forms citizens so that they may Co-operation Natural Trend m strawberry j i consider intelligent reforms. "It goes without saying that there are many estimable people en- this, tire commission merchants continue to quarrel with this policy as if mentioned a form of relief. But the gaged in the commission business, and that in the abstract it is a legiti- they had a divine right which is invaded whenever the farmer chooses period of leniency should bo of suf- ficient length to afford ample oppor- The Series mate business ancl has the sanction of law. But this is not the question. to sell that which he produces. tunity for digging-out. When we TEN ARTICLES The question at issue is the comparative merits of two distinct sytenvs "Wherever speculation has been minimized and inefficient and waste- :onsider what great numbers of and methods of selling the farmer's products, together with the right of ful methods of distribution have been eliminated, the consumer has re- $1.00 Prepaid :hese owners have not, despite their the farmer to sell as he chooses and to receive encouragement from the ceived a better product, usually at a lower price, and has been guaranteed best efforts, been able to produce MICHIGAN FARM NEWS li over uiu out in selling according to the method which is most beneficial a more constant and reliable supply. Also the farmer has received a enough, in the recent past, to meet 221 No. Cedar St. Lansing, Mich* Til KM M I C H I G A N F A K Til >' E W S Corn Stalk Lumber Is WHAT IS A HOME? Out f one hundred pounds Perfected by Scientists Few Mich. Products Egg Buyers Particular of butter made in u cream A home may be where the warped pries, four pounds are sold to the synthetic lumber has many ad- wide boards of the kitchen floor are Home and Family Section Consumed at Home New York City housewives will creamery patrons, four pounds arc ages ° v e r w o o d lumber, accord- well worn by an aged mother's iiinued from page 1) I pay .">.?> cents a dozen more tox sold to the local trade, thirty pounds lg to experimenters at Iowa State workshoes. A home ca* be a hall Edited by MRS. EDITH M. WAGAR. peaches and potatoes annually to white eggs than* for brown eggs but are sold to distant markets within College, where "cornstalk wood" bedroom or In 'a beautiful and ex- Address all communication* to her at Carleton, Michigan. other states in order to find a mar- if the white and brown eggs are the state and 62 pounds are shipped ^vas fiT8* l ) r o d u c e d - Varying d< pensive mansion. A home may be ket, and consumers pay freight and mixed they will pay 7. . t o u t s a to other stat> of hardness o£ lumber marie from in a log cabin, under a tent or on a numerous commissions on ' other dozen more for the white eggs than hundreds of carloads bought in dis- for the mixed dozen, according to a cornstalks, sugar cane pulp and straw or other h"Irons byproducts of fishing-smack. fashionable hotel. It m a y \)e \ n a . THANKSGIVING Pressing tant states and shipped into Mich- study of 2,000 retail sales of igan? For example, in the past six by A. H. Gans of the New Vork Silver King Coal the far" 1 a r e I n a ( l t ' I«'^n>l<' through the recently perfected methods of Home may be in any of these Places if, in this place, a human heart holds the love and affection of By Mrs. Edith M. Wagar Pads TS'r of our apples shipped in state college of agriculture. Cus- carlots have gone to other B< tomers believe, he says, that the is big, blocky, clean burning. manufacture so that boards as hard Thanksgiving! For what? For Ask your coal dealer for a trial ton. ^ bone or as porous as felt can be the present one, or of some absent unkept promises and a multitude of As every woman knows, consider- If each man, woman and child liv- mixture of colors shows a careless- Republic Fuel Company constructed from one kind of fibre. one. disappointments? For great crops able pressing must be done while ing in the State ate one apple a day, ness in grading that may apply to BAY CITY and LANSING Offices Without this love and affection, and no markets? For unpaid taxes arments are in a semi-finished con- starting with the opening of the other egg qualities. 9 dition, to give them a neatly tailor- season, Aug. 1, the average ^Michr Farmers Buying present or absent, the walls of marble or the cheap ceil- beautiful and overdue debts? One does sometimes question the d look. igan crop for the past six. years Guide ings of cloth merely mock our at- worthwhileness of the tremendous Tucks and pleats are laid with an would be exhausted by the follow- ron before the different sections of ing February 15, Mr. Church said. Rates on Application Monuments— B DESJSNED L T tempts to be truly happy.- We say a man will fight for his home. You mean a man will battle struggle one is subjected to every once in a while and we grow de- spondent. . garment are seamed together; In 1922, figures of carlot move- Sleeve and other seams are pressed ment into Detroit were obtained. Of open, fullness is eased in under a the total carloads into that city, FREE .nonumenta ofCall the ormost beautiful gTanitt against great odds who has affec- But after the whole dark story is only 22% were Michigan apples; ^d'maVble. Michigan. SIMPSON GRANITE WORKS £358 w Leonard Grand Rapids write. o salesmen. You save the difference tion to fight for. r arsest monument works in Westeri house, tent or cabin, until is Home but a told, one can shake themselves into it is fur- a different chain of thought and nished with the armchair of true can "count your blessings one by damp cloth, welt and other kinds of pockets are pressed flat as they are 44% were grown in came from New York and made, and pressing is done where- Washington, the remaining 6% in the the State State of TALKING PICTURES effection. Then it becomes a temple one". , ever it is easier to lay the half finish- coming from other states. It looks NATIONAL FARM NEWS REEL PRESENTS of sentiment. Thankful? Yes, I'm thankful sd article on the ironing board than as if we believe too fully in the old Some of the most sentimental that I'm living in good old Mich- o wait until the last basting is out. adage: "A prohept is without honor National Corn Husking Contest Tune in spots on earth have been built out igan, a spot not subject to torna- of the driftwood of beautiful memo- does, tropical storms or tidal waves. In our mother's and grandmother's save in his own country". day the best home seamstresses had The Potato Story National Dairy Show WOWO ries. We do have a stormy spell of it A home is never a home until once in a while but that it nothing not only an ironing board of the usual size in the sewing room, but In 1931, Michigan farmers pro- duced 23,750,000 bushels of pota- International Live Stock Show Fort Wayne, Indiana some heart, like a heart, holds in comparison to the many more .lso a small sleeve board for nar- 1160 Kilocycles either the fibre of love or the em- days of sunshine we have meted out ow parts, baby clothes, and similar toes. Of 8,810 carloads shipped OSWALD the RABBIT bers of remembrance. to us. articles that were difficult to press from this crop only 1,861, or 21% A Cartoon Comedy I:A1II MONDAY NOON on the large board. went to points in Michigan. The —Girlhood Days. When I go to the cellar and see other 79% went out of the State. 11:45 C. T. 12:45 E. T. the bins of vegetables and the rows A still newer- and better idea, However, a portion of these was of canned fruit and vegetables and lowever, is to use pressing pads. certified Two Feature Picture Plays FARM BUREAU 80,000 Bees Labor in I look at the piles of wood .and These are an excellent adjunct to planting seed purposes stock to be used for in other parts of By Acoomplished Farmer Players POULTRY BROADCAST Making Pound of Honey know that we have abundance of he ironing equipment in the sew- the county. During that crop sea- ng room. They are made like small son, 3,425 cars of potatoes! were wheat and milk and all the things Feeding Questions Answered Honey is the nectar of flowers necessary to sustain life, I feel that gathered, evaporated .and modified we have much to rejoice over, even by bees. if we do not see our way clear to lard cushions, either long and nar- shipped into Detroit, G0% of which row or with one end rounded so came from other states and Canada, hey will slip into gleeves easily or Maine and Idaho supplying more HORSE SENSE under any part of a garment that is than one-half as many cars as Mich- Nov. 28—Hatchability and Livability' Actual weighings have shown that meet expenses. We have far more it takes about' 20,000 bees to bring than many when we have enough to hard to reach, yet needs careful igan. Allowing four bushels as the and in a pound of nectar, which will eat and fuel for warmth, and I am pressing. annual per capita consumpion in Dec. 5—Toe Picking, Cannibalism, etc. Dec. 12—Fall Paralysis, etc. make about lA as much honey. It not so certain that we are any more would therefore take 80,000 bees to deserving of these blessings than Two pads of different size and Michigan. Our 1931 crop would hape will help give a professional have fed Michigan people with only ouch to any dress. They can be about enough left over for seed re- THE BENEFACTOR Dec. 19—Pickouts and Blowouts. bring in enough nectar, when evapo- hundreds of others doomed to rated and modified by bees, to equal hunger and cold. made easily at home. Make one pad uirements for the next crop. Mlch- TO BE PRESENTED AT THESE PLACES AND DATES a pound of honey, according to the I'm thankful that the family are or general use about 16 inches long an producers paid freight to dis- and 8 inches at its widest part. ant states on more than 6,000 cars LENAWEE COUNTY MACOMB COUNTY American Honey Institute. all here together and all able to en- Adrian, Mon., Nov. 28, 8 p. m. Memphis, Thurs., Dec. 8, 8 p. m. Taper it to a decided point at one id Michigan consumers paid the NATION. About 80,000 more bees evapo- joy even present-day living. Health, rate and modify four pounds of e v e n if limited to spasmodic periods, is a great blessing that is end. For sleeves, another pad about reight on about an equal number ^6 inches long and tapering from 5 f cars from Maine, Idaho, Minne- Brotherhood Tabernacle BRANCH COUNTY Coldwater, Tues., Nov. 29, 8 p. m. Community Hall MIDLAND COUNTY Midland, Fri., Dec. 9, 8 p. m. CARBIDE nectar to 1 pound of honey. Eight to ten pounds of honey is never fully appreciated until one consumed by the bees to produce a finds himself helpless and depen- o 2 inches wide throughout its ota, Wisconsin, New York,t and ength is useful. Maiko the pads of anada. No doubt the railroads High School MONROE COUNTY Community Hall GRATIOT COUNTY fir HOUSE-LIGHTING dent upon others. ickjng, stuffed firmly with saw- eed this freight income but Mr, J Monroe, Wed., Nov. 30, 8 p. m. Ithaca, Sat., Dec. 10, 8 p. m. pound of beeswax. % dust. Cover them first with a soft hurch asks: "Are they moreJ de- Armory Opera House / COOKING AND A queen bee can lay her own Glad To Be ISABELLA COUNTY material like outing flannel, and lving than our own farmersJ and WASHTENAW COUNTY Mt. Pleasant, Mon., Dec. 12, 8. p. m. IRONING weight of eggs in one day (2,000 I'm thankful for work. There's hen with a removable muslin cover, ty workers?" Ann Arbor, Thurs.. Dec. 1, 8 p. m. High School teggs a day and more during the no cry among farm folks that they ike an ironing board. Masonic Temple of egg laying just before the are out of a job. I can think of but SAGINAW COUNTY BUY with Confidence! peak main honey flow. few things that would be more ex- Hundreds of carloads and truck* jads of other fruits move?from WAYNE COUNTY Belleville, Fri., Dec. 2, 8 p. m. High School Saginaw, Tues., Dec. 13, 8 p. m. Moose Hall, 220 N. Hamilton Very few drones are tolerated in asperating to a woman than to have USE with Confidence! modern bee culture, because they her men folks hopelessly tramping Household ichigan farms to other stateS( each ear and hundreds of carloads of HURON COUNTY Bad Axe, Tues., Dec. 6, 2 p. m. BAY COUNTY Bay City, Wed., Dec. 14, 8 p. m. RECOMMEND with are consumers and not producers. the country for work and looking to A drone, or male bee, has no her to cook appetizing meals from Helps le same fruits roll into Michigan ities from other states. A survey Theatre NORTHERN TUSCOLA COUNTY Unionville. Wed., Dec. 7, 8 p. m. Immanuel Lutheran Hall JACKSON COUNTY Jackson, Thurs., Dec. 15, 8 p. m. father; but strange to say, he al- a barren pantry. We may not get lade by the State Department of Confidence! ways has a grandfather (a maternal actual cash for our labor but we do To freshen wall paper make a gricult'ire several years ago show- High School Central High School have food and we do have work d that 90 percent of the canned FARM BUREAU SERVICES grandfather). Worker bees are undeveloped enough to keep time filled. >aste of 1 cup of flour, y2 cup of water, 2 tablespoons each of am- oods on the shelves of Michigan This Program is Presented by the Lansing, Michigan females. I'm thankful that the election is rocery stores monia and vinegar and 1 tablespoon f Michigan, notwithstanding' the were canned outside The colony has wonderful division over. Now the country can settle alt. Cook until thick. When cold State Farm Insurance Companies or see your local Farm , of labor—nurse bees, scout or field down to business and try to find add 2 tablespoons of gasoline. Stir act that there are about 75 licens- Bloomington, 111. Bureau" Distributor bees, honey gatherers, attendants to ways and means of extricating itself well and apply to walls with a cloth. d which canning plants in Michigan, all are State inspected and the queen, maids that clean, under- from this well of trouble and tribu- > and the takers (these remove the dead lation. When once our nation's Save your mail order catalogs and ave a high reputation for quality bees). combined thought is concentrated when you have no farther use for roducts. Michigan State Farm Bureau, State Agent, Lansing. Honey is much the same sugar on the task of saving itself and its hem, put them on the kitchen An Educational Opportunity FOR. that is found in most fruits. It con- people, rather than on a national able, as needed, to set hot dishes, If city house-wives could be in- tains, besides levulose and dexrxose, contest for leadership, it will work pots and pans on. They protect the ructed regarding est a b 1 i s h e d mineral elements such as iron, lime, itself out tp better days in short oilcloth. When a leaf is soiled you rades of Michigan products, en- sodium, magnesia and phosphoric order. lave only to tear it off and a fresh ouraged to make their purchases acid. I am thankful that we h#ve farm one is ready. ccording to the grade desired, and organizations doing for our craft. hown that by demanding Mich- The I'm thankful that I cast my lot White silk hose should be washed an-grown products, they would se- ALL IN FOUR YEARS early with those engaged in n lake warm water with very little ure not only a relatively better organizing the farmer. We feel mild soap and then dried in the uality in proportion to the '•price A city man recently told his farm- that we are moving, ah so , slowly, dark. It is the effect of light and aid but would improve the demand er friend that any farmer could put and at times it looks like we are warm air on the wet silk th'at or and prices of those products and himself on his feet in no time and moving not at all, but . when we makes it turn yeilow. hus directly aid Michigan growers could make himself a rich man in look back over several decades of TELEPHONE 4, . nd Michigan business. Many times four years if he would only g've up organized effort, we cannot help Always apply vinegar after getting he grocer asserts that he cannot waiting for somebody to giv-e him but feel that we have made great ye -on the hands. Rub salt on the rocure home-grown products of a something and would use his head progress. We have not only gained lands to remove onion odor. igh quality to sell as cheaply as a bit. He said the average city'fel- the attention of farm folks even if tie shipped-in products, but, if low would jump at an opportunity we haven't as yet secured their full A good way to carry thimble and hose of us who want good quality r o help himself that co-operation, but we have made our scissors in a workbag is to take a nd Michigan-grown produce would closed his eyes to. presence felt by the world at large On being pressed to express his I and we rejoice in the fact that we views and to tell the secret that ap- have gained their sympathetic in- peared so dense to the farmer yet terest as well. I'm thankful that I cork, fit the thimble over the small nsist on having it and refuse to ac- end and stick the points of your ept anything else, the merchant scissors- in the other end. In this ,-ould quickly adjust himself to way the scissors are safe and the ueet these demands. brings security so easy to others, he replied, "Well, can put up a fight if need be for the thimble not hard to find. The New Jersey State Department /„ CHICAGO suppose in 1930 you had a hen and cause of farm folks. There are this hen laid 200 eggs, which every- times, every so often, that the only one considers a conservative esti- way to gain a point is to go^into a mate. They hatched into 200 chick-, ^tiff battle and show strength and f Agriculture has just create Tint apple jelly with various fruit Division of Consumer Information colorings and many pleasing sur- aving for its object the acquaint- prises may be served during the ance of consumers with New Jersey to the farm World's Tatleit Hotel—46 Stories High ens. fight for consideration. Farmers coming winter dinners. grown products, how to buy them, "In 1931 these. 200 chickens laid have both the strength and the nd how to save money by so doing, Every feature of Morrison Service is 40,iM)0 eggs and they in turn hatch- brain power, if mobilized, to con- Grapes for jelly should be just uch a project might well be in- beginning to "turn" or ripen, Ripe corporated in the Extension pro- designed to makeguests comfbrfob/e. ed into 40,000 chickens. vince a doubting nation that agri- "In 1932 these chickens laid 80,- cultural interests cannot be tramp- grapes will not make firm jelly. ram of this State. Our Extension A telephone in his home gives the fann- The friendly atmosphere; the attroc- Grapes for conserve and grape-juice Service 000,000 eggs and they hatched into led upon and kept as under dog too tively furnished rooms—all outside hould be perfectly ripe. Since both he last has accomplished much in with bath, Servidor, circulating ice- 80,000,000 chickens. "In the coming summer of 1933 long. , , O, For A Friend; grape jelly and grape juice have a ncreasing three or four decades in er and his family a comforting sense of se- farm tendency to crystalize, it is a gooc assisting farmers and farm organi- production and in water and bed-head reading lamp; these would lay no less than 2,560,- I'm thankful for friends, people plan to let the juice stand over night Automatic garage; Special floor for 000,000,000,000,000 eggs and, you who know all about me, my fail- after it is extracted. Then pour it zations to establish better raarket- curity and protection. ladies. could sell the eggs for two cents ures, my mistakes and my weak- ng systems. A campaign for in- each and retire with a fortune of nesses and yet offer me their friend- off carefully, discarding the dreg struction and information to con- All of these advantages plus a per- which have settled in the bottom. umers would fect location—in the "heart of the $51,200,000,000,000,000, all ac-|ship and loyalty. It would be a aid in improving and cumulated in the brief period of desolate werld without friends for standardizing the demand for Micb- For, by means of the telephone, he can loop"—near theatres, shops, offices "no life is so strong or complete but four years. gan products. An increased de- and railroad stations. And prices are Now if only some farmer could it yearns for the smile of a friend." mand for these products would go reasonable. A great hotel in a great find as easy a solution to this unem- I'm thankful that I've been per- Use Light Rays 'ar to solve some of our farm mar- ployment problem for the city folks, mitted to live in this great era of summon aid instantly in case of fire, sud- city. Write or wire for reservations. all might be happy. invention and rapid changes. I'm As Sound Carrier keting problems. 2500 ROOMS —$3.00 UP Perhaps we could practice co-op- glad that I shared the life of horse LEONARD HICKS eration and have the farmers go in and buggy days, of days of oil lamps "Shooting" the voice by means FOR FLAKY I'M: < UlST den sickness or accident. Just one call in of a beam of light is the last To make pie crust that is tender Managing Director the egg business as was suggested and elevated ovens, days of milk word in communication, accord- and flaky mix the fat and fioun only and take on the city fellows to gath- crocks and rain barrels, days of ing to news dispatches from until the fat is in pieces about the such an emergency may be worth more MORRISON HOTEL er the crop. Editor's Note: once-a-week mails and all dirt roads. headquartei-s of the General Electric companies in New York. size of a navy bean say homo eco- nomics workers at the University of Madison and Clark Streets We did not count the ciphers i n I feel certain that I can HOW more Wisconsin. If too much mixing is than the cost of the service for a lifetime. Light rays shot across the hori- CHICAGO the above figures after the first 200 fully appreciate the modern con- zon for a distance of 24 miles done the flour becomes so complete- hens got through settin". veniences and comforts, the time- ly coated with fat that it will not savers and the broader horizons. I were used to carry human voice sound waves as two engineers take up enough water to inake am sure they mean more to me than the pastry flaky. if I had never lived without them. of the General Electric company The telephone is a highly valuable busi- talked with each other at tliis Live Stock Men! I'm thankful that I'm so consti- tuted that I am eager for the new things. I'm thankful that I've been able to drop that feeling of "in- distance apart. Searchlight rays were "caught" by a mirror and impulses borne on the rays were KKAD1XG SPEED To read a standard size book "in 4% (hours or 6 words per second is good ness and social aid to the farmer, as well. B u y y o u r feeders . . . F i n a n c e y o u r p u r c h a s e s . . . Sell average reading speed. It is the feriority-complex" that hindered my made audible by means of a brain, not the eye which determines t h e m f i n i s h e d . . . Co-operatively all t h e w a y . . . I t P a y s ! youthful days and now I can s-p e c"i a 1 receiving apparatus that progress is ours to share and the speed of reading. The eye cannot You can send your stock to Detroit or East Buffalo yards and which transformed and ampli- move steadily, but mus£ move in a ser- sell it direct to the packers through the Michigan Live Stocks Ex- enjoy. fied them. If the Pilgrim fathers could se ies of jerks with pauses between. The change, which is as near to you as your your nearest ^^ggBB^^ff ??« ff 9J pauses are needed to see the printed member who is affiliated with us. Get the FULL Get the FULL RETURNS from apart a day for rejoicing and thanksgiving, if they couM sei Back to the Farm page clearly but still more to your stock. time for the meaning to be grasped. o 150 Michigan yond their hardships and privations, The United States farm popula If they could force down their long- tion will be approximately 32,000 ing for the homeland and friends, 000 people by the end of this year \ PROVIDER how much more reason for the compilations covering the firs "la your husband much of a pro- tsrit farmers of America to rejoice in gratitude and thanksgiving in thi.s autumn of 1932 even if it does go three months of 193? indicate. Thi £ will be close to the peak farn population of 82,077,000 people vider. Malinda?" "He ain't nothin' else, niaani. He g-wine to get some new furniture, M I C H I G A N BELL Government money. down in history as a year of disap- pointment and distress! of January 1, 1910. The farm popu lation as of January 1, 1930 wi providin' he gets de money: gwine to git de money providin' he TELEPHONE CO. We can be thankful for small 30,169,000 people, the low poll go to work, providin' de job suits > ...YE ST.U-K K C * . things which in the Aggregate make since 1910 in the number of person him. I never see such a i>rovi(lin' .1 JOT r O l l up the best, of life. living on farms. man in all my days!" SATT KDAV, >OVKMBER 26, rorn I ( H I G A \ FARM NEWS Show Wool on Hand SKUNK AND FOX operative channels lias steadily grown. Grain sales of the corporation in- creased 47 per cent during tin vision of the United States Forest Service, and the trees come from thick stands for uhieli somo thin- Makes Potato Record All recqrds for potato production BEST THINGS AKK NBARJCST The best things are neatest; breath in your nostrils, light in A very encouraging factor is Jewelry has been worn for at l eas t 100,000 years, according to archeolo- UNJUSTLY ACCUSED I year. Stockholder units report daily Iacquisi.ion of new members, both j farmers' elevators and individuals. ning is desirable. By far the larger portion of the annual supply of Christmas trees, in Massachusetts were smashed when-W. P. Turner of North Read- ing harvested a Greeji Mountain your eyes, flowers at your feet, duties at your hand, the path of God just before you. Then do not shown regarding the stocks of wool on hand, which indicates that at the present rate of consumption all gists. The earliest human creature known, although knowing nothing about tilling of the soil, actually however, is cut from privately own- potato crop with an average yield grasp at the stars, but do life's available wool stocks will be con- mined decorative stones and presented Are Not the Bird and Egg ed lands. Farmers in some states of 634 bu. to the acre. Of this plain common work as it comes, sumed before the new clip can ar- them to the female. The jewelry of Destroyers We Think, have formed local organizations to amount 6 20 bushels per acre are of certain that daily duties and daily rive on the eastern market. The a mere 74,000 years ago included 14 right. He will continue to go ahead standardize their product, to obtain bread are the sweetest things of Naturalist Says along that line," said President fluff. marketable size and quality. -Mr. total unsold stocks of wool on hand, varieties of semi-precious and decora- orders before cutting the trees, and Turner's crop betters the previous life.—R. L. ,Stovenson. as of October 15th, reported in Bos- tive stones, some of which have p e r . to promote care in cutting, so as to record by :!8 bu. per acre, and is ton, Philadelphia, Chicago, St. Louis sisted in the fashions to our own day Ann Arbor—The issue as to dam- Regulate Tree Cutting get annual crops. 400 bu. per acre larger than the It isGUINEA PIGS ILLEGAL and iLouisville show' about 14 7,- age done by Bre'r Fox and fellow average for his section. just as illegal to use a guinea 000,000 pounds against 189,000,000 predators should be clarified by the) Christmas trees out in the nal ion- NOON and MOON pig with which to hunt rabbits as it findings of Dr. Ned Dearborn in two; al forests this year will carry r<-