HOLSTEIN HONOR ROLL EDITION MICHIGAN THE NEWS NEWS KEEP UP FARM A Progressive Newspaper On News Interesting to For Michigan Farm Farmers Through the Homes Farm Newt A JNewspaper For Michigan Farmers FIVE CENTS Published Monthly Vol. XI, No. 1 FIFTY CENT8 PER VKAK SATURDAY, JANUARY 14, 1933 PER COPY ACUTE INDIGESTION Annual Holstein Association FARM PRICE DROP Probably Worse Before Its LEGISLATIVE CLUBS Meeting at College Jan. 3O FORCE IS SHOWN IN Better, Dr. Warren's Belief NOT UNLIKELY FOR Holstein will be discussed by Pmf. D. H. Udall BEING ORGANIZED 1933 LEGISLATURE Banquet First Day at Sessions, Dairymen's of Cornel! I'niversiiy at 4 p. m. at the Little Theatre in the Home Economics building* when other dairy interests TAX DELINQUENCY Revalue Dollar, Farmers -Produce More to Earn More; lower than in thai period of "economic balance.") His suggestion for a speedy return was ;i revaluing of the Amer BY CO-OP ASS'NS Farmers Week will gather with the Holstein men. Federal Farm Loan Sees Jump Urged lean d o l l a r to put t h e r e t a i l i n d e x UD Hundreds of Economy Bills, At 6 p. m. the Holstein Ass'n and to t h e i n d e x for cost of d i s t r i b u t i o n Have Program and Will Take By .1. a. HAYS. Bec'y other dairy breed organizations will From $83 to $607,954 "Every farm sufficient unto itself, a n d t h e r e b y b o o s t i n g t h e i n d e x of f a r m I land in the 1933 Tax Limit, Welfare Michigan ftolsteln-Frletian Ass'n have a banquet at the Union. There In 4 Years everything home-made" is a backward c o m m o d i t y p r i c e s a b r u p t l y t<> a n equal Are problems The 29th annual meeting of the will 1)0 but one speaker. The banquet step in civilization, Dr. C. F. Warren, level. < Lawmaking Michigan Holstein-Friesian Ass'n will provide dairymen interested in professor %f agricultural economics at Fa n n e r s should study various representing some 4,000 owners of Lansing—What the decline in farm Cornell I'niversiiy, said in an ad methods proposed for c h a n g i n g t h e - Fan Islative Clubs, compos- all breeds the opportunity to visit to- The 1933 Legislature with Demo- 40,000 purebred Holstein- cattle in prices since 1929 has done to Michigan delivered at the closing session of a system, Dr. Warren ex- ed <»f stockholders and friends of gether and honor outstanding dairy- cratic control and a Democratic ad- Michigan, will he held Monday, Jan. men. farmers is strikingly illustrated by conference of Extension Specialties at plained. They should sponsor some farmers co-operative ass'ns are being ministration for the first time in gen- 30, first day of Farmers' week at the condition of Federal Farm Loan Stale College recently. method and advocate its adoption. H e organized in southwestern Michigan The Hnlstein Ass'n will suggest orations is gorging itself with bills State College, East Lansing. amending its constitution on the elec- Mortgages in this State, John C, Staf- Using a series of charts to supple- r e c o m m e n d e d a c o m p e n s a t e d d o l l a r , to enable the co ops to have a, hand in and bills in the making. For economy The meeting opens at 12 noon with tion of directors and officers to provide ford, s^c'y-treasurer of the Lawrence ment his address. Dr. Warren stress- a dollar based on the aggregate value 1933 legislation In co-operation with in state and local government, for a luncheon at the Union Memorial that 8 directors shall be elected, four Xui'l Farm Loan Ass'n told the Farm ed the Importance of avoiding any cut of commodities instead of gold alone, the general farm organizations. tax reduction, for new sources of Building on the college campus. Busi- from each of the two districts to be News last week. in production of farm crops and com- but said conditions can be improved The state Farm Bureau has been revenue* for welfare purposes to meet ness session and afternoon program provided. The eight shall choose a Quoting a national officer of the modities under present conditions. temporarily by raising the price of assisting co-ops at Dowagiac, Eau the emergencies confronting it, includ- will follow in the same room. v Select- ninth director. The board of ni Federal Land Banks, Mi-. Stafford said, The higher the yield per acre, the gold or by manaked currency, or in Claire, Lawrence, Buchanan, Cats- ing finance problems raised in applying ed, practical Holstein dairymen will shall from their number elect a. presi- tax delinquencies recorded by the lower the cost p©r unit and the great* various ways. Whatever than opolis, Porter Twp. in Van Buren the $15'tax limitation amendment. discuss such vital matters as how to dent, vice president and treasurer ana Federal Farm Loan Hanks for Mich- er the margin between production cost undertaken should not he made hur- county, and Three Oaks to get such Nearly 100 bills have been offered raise Holsteins under the present con- an executive coinmittee^of five. The igan farm loans ;nc probably a fair and selling price, lie pointed out. riedly, he said, emphasizing the fad Legislative Clubs organized. Other to cut waste and make for economy ditions and how to market milk from board shall choose a secretary from sample of the situation With other Dr. Warren's charts proved Hie idea that managed currency, as advocated co-operativeass'ns are planning clubs. in state government, in accordance Holsteins on present markets. » ilie membership of the ass'n and all holders of farm mortgages and em- that any abrupt change in the price by some, would be bad busine There are everal hundred farmers with recommendations made by a Mastitis or garget, declared by many officials shall serve for one year or un- phasize the seriousness of the delin- paid by consumers affects the produc- proper management were not set up. co-operative ass'ns in Michigan, hav- previous Legislative Commission seek- dairymen to be a greater menace than til their successors are chosen, if the quent tax problem and its solution. ers of all commodities. The farmer Rankers Poor Students.' ing a total list of probably 60,000 ing to save taxpayers $5,000,000 an- tuberculosis and abortion in cattle, amendment is adopted. The total of Federal Farm Loan bank gets the hardest bump in dropping Hank f a i l u r e s of t h e i w e r e stockholders. nually. prices but also benefits more than not due particularly to bad banking At Lansing the State Farm Bureau, tax delinquencies each, year since anyone else in the first upturn of but to lack of understanding of eco- the Michigan State Grange and the Probably as many bills Will come from the report of the Legislative Commission investigating local gov- FARMERS WILL PROGRAM 1928: 1928 1929 % 83.89 pnets. 56,0! I «ir Revalued Dollar nomics, meaning a lack of proper ssociation of Farmers Clubs have teaching in the training of persons een active in behalf of various A natural equalization is depending selected to handle money, he said. ernments. This commission has en- visionefl savings of $20,000,000 or . more annually and the elimination of APPROVE TWO OF I'lulr Annual Meeting MICHIGAN HOLSTEIN ASS'N State College / 1930 1931 2:50,751.50 on a reduction of costs of distribution 607,954.40 today, according to Dr. Warren. He He Answers Questions measures at each session of*the Legis- ature. When his address was closed, many as been the 10 year program of the Outstanding accomplishment, thousands from local public payrolls if its recommendations are heeded. Governor Comstock supports these METZGER'S MEN Kast Lansing, .Monday, Jan. .'10 12 noon, Union Memorial Bldg. Luncheon and Business Meeting HOLSTEIN HUDDLE—Discussion Total explained that the tendency is toward $S94,884.M a gradual but quite slow return to con- extension workers pressed him with arm Bureau to remove the tax for For 1932 it is estimated that the ditions similar to those in 1920-21 but Federal Farm Loan Banks will reckon questions. Among the questions pre- 11 roads from property and place it sented were the following: n those who use the roads and in by selected, practical breeders -of with the genera] standard somewhat (i 'oiitinued on pap.' ccordance with that use. The State economy measures and urges others Geagley, Mandenberg Retain- present economic conditions in Holstein business and how to meet delinquent tax on its Michigan farm range has been an outstanding ad- of his own. A legislative committee mortgages at more than $1,000,000, is working on his proposal for a tax on gross incomes, which will" be oppos- ed by Commissioner Mike Hart Named them. I'ltOK. I). I I . U D A L L of Cornell University will discuss Mastitis or Garget swelling the total since the beginning I of the depression to liearly $2,000,000. 34,749 ATTEND STATE PRODUCES ocate of a State Income Tax, with ipport from the other groups. Before the \w\V.\ session the Farm ed by industries. lie has recommend- ed consideration of old age pensions, which business groups estimate would When Sam T. Metzger, Greenville 6 p. m. Union Building Annuftl banquet. All dairymen Efforts will bo made in the I slature) to provide installment"\ payment privileges, suspension of FARM MUTUAL'S 330 MILLION LBS, hireau, Grange" and Farmers Clubs State officers declared ttney would, cost at least $12,000,000 annually, which is about one-third more than a suggested head tax of $2 on the potato buyer and campaign lieutenant for Congressman Mike Hart, who is a bitter foe of all farmers co-operative invited. penalties in part or in whole, other means to enable delinquent tux an< PICTURE SHOWS OF BEET SUGAR tand behind! the $15 tax limitation mendment in the legislature; would avor an Income lax, the proceedB to associations, was appointed State payers to eventually pay what they Slate's entire population would raise. Commissioner oY Agriculture by Gov. Domestic Allotment . owe and save their properly. Pictures Highly Compliment- Michigan Is Third Largest The Farm Bureau is encouraging educe the property levy for schools. Industry is being told by its repre- At Washington a fcnmber of bills sentatives that (he Legislature is be- Comstock, great was among farmers. the surprise Now Goes to Senate 1 have been offered in Congress to en- ed For Information Producer; Farmers he co-ops' Farmers Legislative Clubs nd will be their headquarters at ing crowded to place the load on Farmers favored a farmer for com- able farmers to refinance their mort- Given Do Well ,ansing. The Farmers Legislative business. Washington—The Domestic Allot- gages, particularly the Federal Farm missioner. For the past ten years or ment plan to increase prices on .seven "lubs are organizing to promote legla- , .With the nil- full of economy talk, more the Commissioners have been major commodities to U. R producers Loan mortgages since they appear to By count, 34,749 persons consisting Bay City—-With a production of ation along a definite program and ihe bti'!Lret request of the State depart- ariners and farm organization lead- by means of a processing tax on the i at. Hfmie of the bills of tiie families of State Farm Mutual 30,000,000 pounds of beet sugar for re setting up local working organiza- ments and institutions handed the new >rs. Several outstanding co-operative domestic consumption was passed by propose scaling down the mortgage Auto Insurance and State Farm Life 932 Michigan becomes the third larg- ions. governor would increase those costs eaders were offered this year. A the House in Congress Jan. 11. It as well. Co. policyholders and their friends st beet sugar producing State, accord- about $7,600,000 more for eafch of the Program of Farmera Legislative State College professor had support. now goes to the Senate where it may Rep. Steagall's bill KR-LISHi. would attended "Horse Sense" and "The ng to a U. S. Dep't of Agriculture re- "lubs: next two fiscal years than they are ex- "Anybody but them", thundered have very hard going. It the Seriate allow postponement of Federal Land Benefactor," two full length talking )ort to the Farmers and Manufactur- J. State and local gov't economies. pected to be for this fiscal year. There iongressman Hart from Washington. approves President Hoover probably* Bank mortgage payments for two picture features presented by the rs Beet Sugar Association of Mich- 2. Apply IB mill tnx limit. will be calls for pruning knives. When farmers began to get insistent, veto it. The Domestic Allotment plan years, the suspended payments to be companies through the Sta,t<> Farm gan. 3. Kavor income tax ror BChool aid If Best bit of real news since the Leg- lack popped Mr. Hart from Washing- is considered to have support from spread out over succeeding payments. Bureau the past few weeks. The report states that 121,000 acres any new tax is required. Will oppose al sales* tax. islature opened was the statement on to insist on his rights as No. 1 President-Elect Rosevelt. Hep. Putman's bill UR-lSii-H, pro- The pictures were shown in 39 coun- i Michigan land were devoted to A. Limit road expense to tuto license from the State Highway department ugar beet culture during the past and gas tax revenues. Democrat in Michigan's present day Commodities to benefit by the plan vides for refinancing all farm mort- ties in f>4 cities and towns in Gl show- 5. Cut school costs. that local economies and return of an eason, from which more than 14,1)00 »:. Lower telephone, power rates. politics. Next day came the announce- gages "at 80% on their fair value" at ings in a campaign starting Nov. 9 increasingly large share of State will be: wheat, cotton, tobacco, hogs, armers harvested 1,184,000 tons of 7. Lower interest on Federal loans to ment of the appointment of Mr. Metz- 1V6% interest plu ayment of and continuing for 47 days. armers, as low as given any other in- Highway tax revenues to the eoun- dairy products, rice, peanuts. To ugar beets. tustry. ;er, who campaigned for Mr. Hart in principal annually. Funds would be Attendance was by a letter of invi- ties for road debt extinguishment and participate in the plan, producers will While the cash return to the farm Long tinio redemption privilege Montcalm county. provided by sale of \\'i% bonds. tation to the policyholders. Three of rs cannot be determined until the un- maintenance purposes has reduced Jiave to reduce their acreage from their delinquent laxes; installment plan Under such circumstances farmers' Senator Gore's bill S-.r>ir>!) would every five policyholders invited to the sold portion of the sugar produced is with reduced penalties. local property taxes for road purpos- five year average for any of the above '.i. Limit any one county to 25% of organizations were prepaVed to see a permit purchase of bonds issued by showings found it convenient to marketed, it is estimated that the 1932 fouse es an average of 68% during the past crops by the percentage oredered by oi Senate in any apportionment of complete Department of Agriculture any Farm Loan bank at present prices come. At Holland, in Ottawa county, sugar beet crop will bring the Mich- he Legislature. year. In the next few years the prop- ho Domestic Allotment board as likely personnel reflecting Mr. Hart's views. and applying them at face value, on a 2,500 persons saw the show. They gan farmers well over $6,500H)0(>. FAKMEBS LEGISLATIVE CLUBS erty road tax should disappear in all o provide the domestic consumption. Replacements have begun, but Com- mortgage in effect r> years or more. filled the armory for a regular and an Reports received from "Various sugar l )D\\;iL>i;ic Farmers Co-op Ass'n counties. In 1933 about 53% of all Minimum farm prices to be fixed nissioner Metzger, January 12, an- extra showing. The average attend- producing areas in Michigan indicate Kau t'laire Farmers Exchange State highway revenues will be re- iinder the,measure would be: wheat nounced reappointment of Chief ance per show was 569. Always the hat a large increase will be made in Lawrence Co-operative Company turned to the counties, Commissioner hemist W. C. Geagley and Orchard and rice 7f> cents a bushel; cotton 9 cents a pound; hogs r> cents « pound, Liberty Notes Money largest available meeting place in the he acreage devoted to sugar beets St. Joe Shpg. Ass'n—Buchanan Dillman said. Centra] Farmers Ass'n—Cassopolls and Nursery Inspection Chief E. C. Mandenberg of the previous admin- peanuts 3 cents a pound; butterfat Expansion Bill Offered county was engaged. Showings were aext summer. If the movement to re made in armories, high school audi- open tho several beet sugar factories, Porter Twp. Club, Van Buren Co. 26 cents a pound. Three Oaks Shipping Ass'n strations. Both are favorably known toriums. Masonic temples, churclies, a which have been closed down for sev- MASON BUREAU'S to farmers and their co-operatives. Mr. Geagley is responsible /for main- If adopted, the bill is effective with- Washington — "Liberty Notes," a in 30 days for the crop year 1933-34. new currency, would be issued by the It would die at the close »f each such U. S. Treasury as means of. expanding halls and community halls. 1 tabernacle, town halls, Grange ral years is successful, it is estimated hat morey than 200,000 acres will he Farmers Get Plans For tenance of feed, fertilizer and other The pictures were highly compli- levoted to beet culture in 1933. Meat Curing Ice-Box RESOLUTIONS ASK standards. year unless revived by actioa of the the currency and increasing prices if President. HR-13012, a bill offered by Congress- man Rankin becomes a law. mented everywhere as good entertain- Farmers and business men through ment and sound illustrations of the out the state are behind the movement Many farmers who slaughter meat SEVERAL REFORMS When Coolidge Spoke to Protest Wires Hurled American Farm Bureau On Foe of Farm Board The notes would be used in paying government,expenses or purchasing part what adequate automobile and o rehabilitate Michigan's beet sugar at home are making use of the ice- life insurance may mean to any fam- ily. ndustry, since it has been demon box plans developed recently by the >d that sugar beets are a most import U. S. Department of Agriculture. This outstanding interest-bearing obliga- ant cash crop grown in Michigan. ce-box promotes the safe curing on tions until commodity prices ri Charles S. Young, of the United arms of freshly-butchered meat. More Close Roads to Tax Evasions Ex-President Calvin Coolidge, who W a s h i n g t o n — T h e m o r n i n g l a s t the Department of Labor index of 100. Back To June Low States Beet Sugar Association, said than 600 farmers have requested Want Bank Deposits died Jan. 5, was the first president to weefe wlion Congressman Woodrum of Thereafter the new currency would The farm price index, at 52 per cent Last year the beet sugar industry of opies of the plans. attend a convention of the A. F. B. F. Virginia, foe of the Federal Farm he United States provided, in propor Insured be expanded or contracted to main- of pre-war on December 15, was back In December of 1925, Farm Bureau Board, came before his House com- tain.the index at 100 as nearly as pos- to the depression low point registered tion to its size, more employment than The box was designed primarily to members and leaders greeted him mittee) determined to go the limit in any other agricultural industry. More meet ihe need;; of the southern farm- sible, the report of the bill said. last June, the Bureau of Agricultural Ludington—Ram Hjorthholm, vet- thunderously at the organization's sev- reducing its Federal appropriation, he ers who butcher a few hogs, but it Kconontics, U. S. Department of Agri- ban 80,000 men were engaged in the may be built large enough to accom- eran member of the Mason County enth annual meeting. With him was found a pile of telegrams a foot high production of the crop, 15,000 men Farm Bureau, was promoted from vice Mrs. Coolidge. before him, from farmers' co-operative A dry barn temperature between culture, announced today (Jan. .*?). modate as many as thirty-flve 200- organizations throughout the nation, 50 and 60 degrees Fahrenheit is New low levels were recorded -on were employed by the beet sugar pound hogs and may be used by com- president to president of his organi- The Coolidges were to have stayed tories, 3,000 men were required to pro considered «a good temperature for December 15 for farm prices of corn munities. It may also be used for stor- sation at the annual meeting Jan. 7. in the famous* House on the Roof of protesting his previously announced duce the coal and lime rock used ii dairy cows with large udders and oats, wheat, rye, hay, hogs, cattle Resolutions adopted by the County the Sherman Hotel, but Secret Service program. a scanty coat of hair. When cows calves, and chickens. the manufacture of beet sugar, while ing fish, milk, ice and other products, Farm Bureau: s men opposed the plan an done entire Congressman Woodrum and other from warm, damp barns ar< many additional thousands wore em which are unaffected by high humid- ity, when commercial cold storage Id 1. Would tax additional wealth by floor of the great hotel was given over members of his committee were told posed to draughts of cold air they Uncle Ab says the automobile'proves ployed in the handling of the raw ma not feasible. abolishing tax -exempt securities, to their use. with fact and figure why tho co-opera- terial and the finished product. became easily chilled thus lowering that any person may he just another would have a StateHncome tax, pro- tive groups oppose crippling of the their resistance to certain diseases. "The farmers of the United Stale F r e s n 1 y slaughtered carcasses Perhaps the largest crowd ever as- accident. ceeds to reduce real estate levy for sembled at a national Farm Bureau Farm Board. Many other members of will receive more than $40,000,0on to should be promptly chilled to a tem- school purposes. Congress reported many telegrams their 1932 sugar beet crop, railroad perature of about. .SO degrees F. They convention heard Mr. Coolidge spea*. and letters urging their support. and trucking companies will be paic can be so chilled if cut up and placed 2. Urged a system of insurance for News reel photographers made hun- more than $24,000,000 for handling th immediately on racks in the box, but depositors, to be carried by banks. dreds of feet of motion pictures of the 3. Supported' the State Farm Bu- event. His speech was carried over Michigan Battles for A HOLSTEIN LEADER FOR 1932 raw materials and distributing th the hot meat will be chilled quicker if finished product, more than $12,000 placed in chipped Ice <>r iced brine. reau's program for new economies in the nation's first radio net-work, in State and local governments. Farm Board in Congress 000 has been paid out in >he form o In either case, the box should he iced the first chain broadcast ever staged. salaries and wages, $7,000,000 has beer the day before the meal i« put in. In 4. Asked Congress to make pos , Just before leaving Chicago on the Washington—Enemies of, farmers paid out in the form of state and locfi a tost box built by the engineers, meat sible refund of farm mortgages a occasion of his return to Washington, co-operative marketing and the Fed- taxes, and more than $7,500,000 ha was cooled to'.U»d< :uul held \ytfi interest, with Federal funds. green-striped overcoat disappeared. eral Farm Board are dojng their best been disbursed for materials and sup at this temperature. 6. Declared no county should have For a time it was thought tho coat this short session of Congress to elim- plies. The ice-box is inoxpeh: i^P and of more than 25% of the representation had been stolen or picked up by a inate both the Agricultural Marketing "The sugar boet competes with n simple construction. II may be made in Michigan's Senate or House. souvenir hunter. Act and the Farm Board. One effort other crop. It adds to no surplu in various dimensions and without 6. Opposed elimination of apiary he- next day, however, it was learn- is to prevent an appropriation for the grown in the United States. On 1h skilled labor. The interior is crib- inspection and cherry fruit fly control ed that in the hustle to get to the sta- Farm Board or reduce the appropria- contrary, a larger acreage of beet work, built of 2^inchx4-inch material as proposed by the State Dep't of Ag- tion through the dense crowds that tion to the point where the Board will means a reduction in grain production laid flat. The sides are insulated with riculture, but said the program should pressed about the hotel, the hotel at- be crippled. The Michigan State Farm It promotes balanced farming and i I sawdust and the floor continue with every •economy. taches could not get to the president Bureau and Michigan farmers co-op- assures the United Stafc with a 4-inch layer of cork. The out- 7. Urged a city market for Luding- with the coat. erative organizations have notified tic supply of sugar during national side is of tongue and-groove flooring ton and thanked local groups, inc.lud- / After the president's train had pull- Congress of their opposition to any emergencii or ceiling. Baiplap '> be used ing the Ludington Daily News for ed out of the Bultomore and Ohio crippling of the Marketing Act or for the out friendly support. station, Frank Bering, manager of the Farm Board. SKLDOM NEED PRUMINU ributed with the plans Is a Directors Elon Colburn and Albert hotel, sent a special messenger to Evergreens seldom if ever need pamphlet on construction and proper Langfeldt were re-elected. Louis Han- Washington with the coat. i SHIPMENTS SHRINK pruning except in the case of those king of the box, and on the curing of Ken of Scottville is a new director. Hail and boat shipments of fresh that must be kept in definite formal pork. Entertainment was by the Luding- BARLEY A>D OATS SMUT fruits and vegetables this year were BURKE < O I . A V H I A <;s,VMJ9 shape. Pinching back Ihe buds at high school orchestra, piano solo The loss caused by barley and oat the smallest in 11 years, according to 7S8.7 pounds butterfat—24,412.1 pounds milk any time in order to thicken the A pullet can withstand a range iu 1
ost- rency if the management is not set up How are these two children going to us*' their Bled With ;m open winter like this here , ' *!>••!• "We could use a foot or so of snow, it stems to nit". Services Dealers Get Dress Four Lovely Urrsa properly." ;it Charlotte, Mich I; m, und i of March 3, l s 7: *. Q. "Do you believe in government "Well," s:i.- >a\s. "the pond is froze. Let 'fin .skate", says sho. " 'Member how w\ used to skate, when the. world was new? New Fertilizer Plan Dolls and nipc Dresses Published fust Saturday of ea«h month by the Michigan Faun News aid to farmers?" . kids and learn ein. Tell Vin how to do." % hansinji—Farm Bureau Services, printed in beautiful colors. Given to any girl absolutely Fr*«. R Company, at its pubHcal BditprJal and general ol I it l i t Lovett St., Charlotte, Michigan. North Cedar St., Lanslngr, Michigan. A. "Yes, when a drought or a cyclone or tidal wave or some other So I up and took f i n , same as I was told— Handled pretty tol'nble, causa the day was cold - Kvt r.v feller carried skate:-;, all exceptin' me. i.Mine WHS in my jumjtor where Alarthy Wouldn't see). Inc., is holding ineetinss with Farm Bureau dealers throughout southern Do not send an» money—jmt your name and address. E telephone, Lansing, jl-271. disaster strikes a given section pf the Supply liraifpd.Write today. country, but XO when the farmer as a So that was how it happened,—'cause she told me to U.BABD, 89*77 Uicasttr.Pa. E. E. UNGREN Editor and Business Manager class is singled out for general as- Thai I walked down across-lots to my Waterloo. rre, is only seven past And really couldn't skate touch, 'cause she didn't da'st. "Now", thinks I. \\ou, Hiram, agfe la no excuse. Live Stock Men! world debts would help our country?" You juKt slip your skates on and cut Some <-nrl\vu»»s. Buy 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 S1K)W your little grand-kldj a country tiling or two, A. "It would be helpful but would Make a couple 'Powder-Horns' like you used to do." t h e m finished . . . Co-operatively a l l t h e w a y . . . I t P a y s ! Holstein Men Went Ahead in 1932 not cure the situation." "Likely they have never seen Grapevine skating done. Dr. Warren added a short discourse Nor yet the "Dutch Moll Backward, Why not snow 'em one'."" You can send your stock to Detroit or East Buffalo yards and Once more, by invitation of the Michigan Holstein-Friesian Ass'n Ho I went to show 'em. and I done pretty well sell it direct to the packers through the Michigan Live Stock Ex- on tariffs, pointing out that tariffs are Tickled both the children— Made '•-•in whoop and yell. change, which is as near to you as your nearest shipping ass'n or the FARM .MOWS presfiits the Honor Roll of the best Holstein cows in a result and not a cause of price fluc- Hut when i sot to showiir that there backward stuff member who is atYiliated with us. Get the FULL RETURNS from Michigan. tuations and said that any restriction 1 kinda sorta stumbled where the ice was roiiKh your stock. According to Secretary Hays of the Association, for our Holstein in- of distribution tends to slow up the Ami, tryin' t<» control my feet, L turned a hit aside dustry l!t'!:i has been a year of going ahead, rather thah just hanging on. .And hit a log in full career, and spraddled far and wide! Some 20,000 farmers, belonging to 150 Michigan shipping ass'ns, move toward equalization. Then, just to make it lovelier, when J assayed to rise Holsteins have produced more in the hands of careful owners who have have at Buffalo and Petroit their own sales offices, top notch sales- Worse Before It's Better 1 stepped upon a cat-tail, and to my startled eyes men, and handle a large volume of stock on both markets. provided the protein feed required and have watched every corner. Q. "Is the economic condition of •lion of tin- milky-way and several moons appeared, The. while 1 tried to kick the same,—and how the children cheered! During 19S2 four Holstein cows broke State records for butterfat people to become worse before getting • » * Ask about our purchasing service on feeder cattle, calves, lambs production. Michigan Holstein breeders lead all States for the number of better or will it get better before get- from range or markets. Ask about oux credit corporation ami, 6% They helped me 'limb the fences, for I was sorta sore. Government money. herds and cows enrolled in Holstein Herd Improvement Registry test. ting worse?" They ran and told the Women -Who met me at the door— And what a royal laughin-at they gaye old H i r a m then: Three of the six best producing Holstein herds in the nation are in Mich- A. "City real estate wijl get worse; Believe me, Gentte Reader, I won't try that again! Returns to patrons guaranteed by $50,000 bond unemployment will not improve soon; meeting U. S. Government requirements igan. corn and wheat farmers probably will MICHIGAN LIVE STOCK EX€H. PRODUCERS CO-OP ASS'N' In Michigan Dairy li nl Improvement Ass'n tests—that good sensible not experience any worse conditions; Detroit East IliifValo, X. V. inquiry into what a cow does for her country under average farm condi- dairying will suffer more before it sees tions—a Holstein herd of 1:; grade and purebreds, owned by Doan Straub of dalien, once more leads 1,000 herds of all breeds. His Holsteins aver- improvement and there will be no general improvement very soon." 1895 Herd Butterfat Limit t e d 550 lbs. of fat and 14,822 pounds of milk. For seven years the Straub h o d has had an average of 4!is lbs. ol Q. -Would it be better to go ahead with inflation or reflation?'' Has Been Doubled by Test butterfat. It is a commendable achievement for a herd to average' 400 A. "Better to go ahead with refla- It has mAnt work, lots of it, by our 15,000 Michigan Dairymen in pounds of butterfat. It means good cows, hard work, thoughtful handling. Fifty-two Holstein herds averaged more than 400 lbs. of butterfat in 1D32, an Increase of <>:!'; over the l!t::i 4110 lbs. herd average class. tion but this takes a lot of educational work and a lot of study." O. "What would be the effect on Test Ass'ns Since successful dairymen. It has helped them succeed and the 15,000 dairymen If You Are 1906 The Michigan Holstein-Friesian Ass'n, of some 4,000 breeders who own 40,000 cows have reason to be proud of the records made by leaders agriculture if war debts were cancel- led?" A. "Very beneficial." /,'.// ,1. C. BALTZSR, in Michigan who have tested at one time or another, have aided by their knowledge in solving other kjnotty problems. Not Worth Anything in the breed. The records appear on page three of this edition. Dairy Extension. Mate College Q. "If we raise the price of gold Space will not permit listing all of It's not so risky to drive a car or truck without will we have to do it again?" A pioneer dairyman told me several these high producing herds but the adequate public liability and property damage in- A. "Probably not, because this col- days ago that ; in 1895..his cows aver- A Great Bank Looks at 1933 leading herds under date of July 1, surance. lapse oeme at about 50 .per cent above aged, according to his own records, 1932, within the Holstein breed, .ac- ( But, If you have any property or income or ar" Developments since the election have been disquieting rather than pre-war levels. Raising the price of about 230 pounds of butterfat. Shortly cording to size of herds were the likely to have any property or income, you run great reassuring as far as business prospects are concerned said the Cleveland gold, however, would be a move to thereafter mention was made in the following: EMBLEM OF financial risk in driving without insurance. An ace i- Trait Company recently in regarding 1W3. The war debt situation has take cftre of a specific collapse." leading dairy magazine that a 300 1st, Ray Brooks, six cows or less, PROTECTION dent and a suit may ruin you. You may be garyisheed brought about further sagging in prices, with consequent reduction in Professor E. L. Anthony, head of the pound herd average probably would herd of the Midland-Gladwin Co. ass'n, at every turn for#years to satisfy a judgment. world income and increase in the weight of all debts. dairy 'division of State College, was be the maximum production of the averaged 465.6 pounds fat and 14,674 introduced as the acting Dean -of Ag- future dairy herd. pounds milk with 3.8 purebred Hol- Some 500,000 drivers are involved in auto accidents, large anM In the opinion of this great bank the value of our exports, which riculture. Deatn Anthony urged the small, annually. Many result in large damages being awarded one How times do change! In 1906 the have shrunk nearly two-thirds since 1929, will be less in 1933 than in extension work to spread the gospel of steins under test. first cow testing association in the party. The other party has to pay. 1932. In normal times we export about 10''< of our total production, but co-operation, and close attention, to 2nd, C. E. Puffenberger herd, Eaton- United States, the Old Newaygo of WHY carry such great risk yourself when the Stale Farm Mutual it is far more that for agriculture and some industries. Before the business. South association, 4.86 purebred Hol- Fremont, Michigan, closed its first Automobile Insurance Company will provide adequate public liability depression we were selling abroad about half our cotton, a third of our steins averaged 456.9 pounds fat. year of test with 235 cows averaging and property damage insurance at low semi-annual rates? Will de- tobacco and copper, a quarter of our agricultural machinery, a fifth of 3rd, Roy Gilson herd, also of the our wheat and flour, an eighth of our refined oil and a tenth of our Why Cod-Liver Oil Is So 215 pounds butterfat.* Since then, Midland-Gladwin association, 5 pure- fend your interests in court and elsewhere in case of an auto accident thousands of dairymen in every state involving your car? Will provide you fire, theft and collision in- automobiles. Important For Babies of the Union have tested so that in bred Holsteins averaging 455.8 pounds surance to protect your own investment, also at low semi-annual This bank believes industrial wages will be lower at the end of 1933 lat. 1931 over 1,100 of these organizations rates? • than at the end of 1932; that the trend of the cost of living will be lower; Cod-liver oil is not a medicine but 7 t* Vt Cows or dairy herd improvement associ- that commercial failures will be greater in 19:?:? than in 1932; that a food. It acts as a food, and is con- 1st, D o a n Straub of Berrien We have more than 500.000 policyholders and 7,000 agents ations were testing more than 500,000 dividend rates and interest will be lower in 1935 than in YX.V1. sidered so important in children's county with 13.75 purebred and grade in 30 states in this national Legal Reserve Company. cows. In Michigan 60 dairy herd im- .winter diet that nutritionists urge its Holsteins tested averaging 550.1 lbs. The bank believes that legislative and administrative policies will provement associations are testing regular use no matter how reduced probably tip the balance in 1933 toward an attempt to restore price levels the income. Fifteen to twenty-five 1,000 herds. buterfat and 14,822 of milk. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTO INSURANCE CO. by an Inflation or commitment to the continuance of the long, hard grind For many ye; is Michigan has led 2nd, Howard Olmstead herd- of Bloomington, 111. cents a week will provide small regu- Branch county, 485.3 pounds fat and of deflation with another year of depression. not alone in numbers of cows, per lar amounts of cod-liver oil for each 13,872 of milk average, with 11.83 MICHIGAN STATE FARM BUREAU, State Agent—Lansing If price levels are not going to move up, observes the bank, there cent of cows o: numbers of active as- child under 2 years old—from 2 to 4 purebred and grade Holsteins tested. i« much existing debt in this country that will have to be scaled down sociations testing, but more important teaspoonfuls a day—says the Bureau 3rd, L. E. Campbell herd of the Ea- and there should be amendments to the bankruptcy laws that will per- is the high decree of efficiency attain- of Home Economics. ton-North Association, 10.16 Holsteins mit reorganizations and a scaling down promptly and efficiently with a ed in the herds under teot. For nearly If mothers in families whose food averaged 479.6 pounds fat and 13,376 maximum conservation of assets. ten years 45 to 50 per cent of all supply is low can manage somehow to of milk. Michigan herds tested through these The loans made by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation and other save out this much money through the 16 or 31 ore Cows organizations have averaged more government loaning groups to railroads, banks, marketing associations winter months for cod-liver oil their When Repair Parts than 300 pounds butterfat. Ten to 15 1st, Ionia State Hospital herd with and other institutions have been made on the theory that the securities, children will probably escape rickets per cent of our herds average 400 36.9 Holstein cows tested averaging property and other assets pledged were worth the values at which they and will be more able to resist infec- pounds butterfat. Each year a few 494.6 pounds fat and 14,630 of milk. were carried before the speculative boom and would shortly regain those tion. herds average 500 peunds butterfat 2nd. Michigan Reformatory with values. It', as seems probable, said the bank, the present low prices Cod-liver oil was in household use and even 600 pounds butterfat has 65 cows tested averaged 462.8 pounds are here to stay for a long time, the problems of getting these great loans repaid and the property pledged restored to its owners will prove one of the great financial tasks of our history. long before it was understood what made it so valuable. When vitamins were first discovered, about 20 years ago, cod-liver oil was found to be rich been attained by several herds. The best minds in the 1895 less than 40 years ago—were unable to vision fat and 14,130 of milk. The leading privately owned herd belongs to A. L. Jones, vioe president Are Needed, the puch attainments. of the Michigan Holstein-Priesian as- in vitamin A, the anti-infective vita- Auditor General Stack on Delinquent Taxes .John K. Suick, the new auditor general of Michigan, is strongly in min. Later, vitamin D was found, and this proved to be the substance neces- sary to prevent rickets, a disease Telephone Will Bring favor of a plan to refund delinquent taxes over a period of years. which retards bone development, often Classified Ads "I uni strongly convinced," said Mr. Stack, "that one of the greatest problems facing the State lies in the .solution of the..delinquent tax prob- lem. Thousands of our people haven't the money to pay the accumulated sum of these delinquent taxes, and they certainly are richly deserving of causing crooked legs. Improved Pasture Pays Classified advertisements are cash with order at the following rates: 4 cents per word for one edition. Ads to appear in two or more editions take the rate of 3 cents per word per edition. Them Quickly assistance in some manner. I believe an equitable answer lies in refund- Improved pastures are a cheap ing the amounts over a period ranging from 20 to 30 years. If a man owes POULTRY FURNITURE source of feed for stock. A farmer in $400 in delinquent taxes on his home or business, it is positively revolt- New Hampshire, co-operating with BABY CHICKS CONDITIONAL CONTRACT SALE— ing to everything in1 my nature to think of offering this piece of property his county agent, top-dressed his 5 Circumstances forced us t« repossess and for sale when conditions of the past three years have denied him the store a complete four-room outfit sold acres of pasture with 500 pounds of "AMERICAN" CHICKS WITH THEIR nine months ago for $975.00, and which right to meet his obligation. complete fertilizer at a cost of $75, profit record, offer bigger profits t o you. Choice of White Leghorns, Barred or has a balance due on the original con- tract of $2t>7.00. Outfit has been in stoi- During busy times on the farm, the "Taking a home away from its rightful owner works a tremendous reports the United States Department White Rocks, li. I. Reds. ' All Heavies age for the last three months. Furni- injustice on ,the individual. Our citizens today are the victims of circum- of Agriculture. After 4 weeks he and A. A. Leghorns blood tested. Heavy chicks now for early broilers. 15 day ture is in A-l condition in every respect and can hardly be told from new mer- sudden breaking down of machinery, stances over which they have had no earthly control and the law was turned his cows on this pasture. Tests llvabillty guarantee. Get F R E E Catalog chandise. Will store free of charge for never designed (o confiscate personal property when the owner has no made during the six weeks the cows today. Write American Chick Farm, Box 25, Zeeland, .Mulligan. (12-10-12t-50b) future delivery and deliver anywhere in Michigan free of charge. with the resultant loss of valuable hours, fair opportunity to meel the tax. grazed there showed that his herd Includes two-piece Grand Rapids marie "The law was probably drawn with the best interests of the State produced 7,000 pounds more milk than they did in the same period the previ- EVERY l.AKKYJKW CHICK FROM blood tested vigorous northern bred stock. genuine Cromwell velvet living-room suite, large tapestry upholstered lounge may prove a serious handicap to the in mind and it probably lias served a practical and useful purpose over a chair, 9x12 wool laced seamless Axmin- Michigan Accn ill ted White Leghorns, ster rug, genuine walnut octagon occa- period of years. HOWCVIT, today we face a situation that rfo one dreamed ous year, although the farmer had one cow fewer and fed 800 pounds less Barred and White Rocks, R. I. Reds, White Wyandottes. Write for catalog sional table, walnut end table, new type pottery base table lamp, floor lanTp, eight- farmers. But with a telephone, new parts could possibly exist, least of all the trainers of thi.'i legislation. and extremely reasonable prices. Lake- piece mahogany dining room suite, Hep- grain. Based on current milk prices "I believe thai the m;in who owes $400 in delinquent taxes should be he made $189 on the extra milk and view Poultry Farm, Box 3t>, Holland, Michigan. (i2-24-tf-36b) pi* White design, !>xl2 Wilton velvet rug, walnut vanity dresser, chest of drawers, and supplies can be ordered from the near- given an opportunity to repay this sum to the state over a period of 20 four-poster bed, vanity bench, chintz saved $16 in the grain, netting him to 30 years, with say one twenty-fifth falling due in each year in addition an increase in income of $120. BABY CHICKS SfRED BY PEDI- ^reed males, records to 386 ifftf. Low bedroom chair, double deck coil springs, flve-pfece breakfast suit, etc. est dealer and received within a short to the current taxes. This would only obligate the ma,n in arrears to prices. Quick shipment. Guaranteed to outlay other chicks or pan of your Will rehnish breakfast suite in any pay $16 in addition to his Current assessment." 926 Persons in 1,000 money refunded. Bin type White Leg- color chosen by purchaser. Dining chairs time, enabling work to continue with min- horns that Jay )>\g white <-K«S. Hatching have been reupholstered. All other pieces 8 week old pullet.". Shipped C. ' >. Have Colds Every Year I>. on approval. Write for FRIOK CATA- LOG and SPECIAL PRICE BULLETIN. are in practically new condition. Will sell all or in part. Call 93436 Grand imum delay. Can This Be Possible? Coo. B. Ferris, :>27 Union, Grand Rapids, liapids, collect, or write CHAFPEE Michigan. U-14-3t-60b) BROS.. FURNITURE COMPANY, lie; Dr, Pi D, Farrell, president of the Kansas State Agricultural College, Ann Arbor—Out of every 1,000 rtpeaking at Purdue University this week, said that for the past ten years persons 926 will catch at least one Division Avenue, S., Grand Rapids, Mich- igan. (l-H-2t-l!i«ib) On such occasions, the-telephone may a migration to the country has been under way equivalent to a good- cold a year; October, December, FOR SALE OR TRADE sized trainload each hour of every 24, and 365 days a year. In short, January and March will be the dan- SEVEN RGO.M HOUSE am! half-acre MUST SELL- MAHOGANY TOLLMER save enough to pay for itself many times player piano With rolls and bench for 15.244,000 people have left the cities and towns and have returned to the ger months; and men will have 23 or I acre land. Basement electric hen balance due on contract of '$13.00. Story country. This figure does not include those living on the fringe of per cent more than women. house"! 300 blackberry plants. Shrubbery. 1 block to school, church, business dis- and Clark player piano, guaranteed iii best of condition for balance due on con- over. cities and towns and engaged in some gardening and poultry raising. These odds on respiratory disease trict of Middlebelt and Ford. E. O. tract of $78.00, complete with rolls and More people are on the farm than any time since 1910. chances have been determined from Parker. Garden City, K-l, Box 33 (1-11) Mirh. bench. Free delivery anywhere in Mich- American farming in the next generation will rank first as a means a study of thousands of students by igan, ('.ill 9S43C Grand Rapids, collect, or write CHAFFEE BROS. FURNITURE In any emergency, the telephone of developing a wholesome, satisfying life along independent lines but the University of Michigan student WANTED—TO RENT CO., 1'iti fio. Division Avenue. Grand will i>tfer little encouragement to those solely interested in making Health Service. Rapids, Michigan. < 1-1 l-2t-r.^h > is PRICELESS PROTECTION, Why women should escape more WAXTKI) TO RENT FI'LLY EQUIP- money, in Or. Kn "-roll's opinion. Too many have gotten into farming colds than men, despite silk stock- ped farm on shares by man with family. Two n u n t<> work. Jesse .Mills, Lambert- WANTED—FARM WORK enabling you to summon aid im- armings go >d as far as dollar return alone is concerned. ings and lighter clothing, is still a ville, Mich. Posfoffjce delivery. <1-1(> Many farm families of the immediate future will take more time to mystery, but University physicians WANTED—FARM WORK, DAIRY or enjoy health, BOIW and the satisfactions that cannot be bought found their conclusions reinforced FOR SALE—MISCELLANEOUS general farm, by man :\2. Experienced help. Steady and reliable. Good worker. mediately, day or night. with money. Dr. Farrell believ. when of 10,229 history blanks filled Ha.s family. Needs tenant house. How- ard Hazelton, 1337 Emerson Street, Lan- out by entering students since 1919, MK.VS FIFTEEN TN'i'W HI<;il TOP sing, Mich. (1-14) Michigan Dairy Herd cows averaged 550.1 fat. 14,822 milk. "frequent colds" were listed by IS t ? 9 ttock rubbers, light, new. perfect, post paid. All siz.s. Davis Shoes, This is the third year the Straub herd per cent of the women and 22 per Lansing, Michigan. (l-M-20p) WAXTKD WORK ON DAIRY OR genera] farm, central Michigan, by mar- Improvement Items has been high. cent of the men. Averages of total KILL RATS QUICKLY AND SAFKLY ases treated give the women an Quixello. harmless to all other animals. 'i"d man. 38. 2 children. Long exper- ience. Good milker. Have been doing The 63 herds averaging 400 pounds farm work. George Calvin. L'.".i I West St In ' ,iolstein herd- fat or over for 1932 are located in 22 ven higher advantage. 1'eath-dealing extract from an oriental bulb fatal to rats in few hours but harm- Joseph St., Lansing, Mich. (1-14) 100 pounds fat per cow This is counties of the lower peninsula; there to animals and fowls. Bread, meat 1931. is one herd in Delta county, one in WHKAT AM) RYK SOWN scraps mixed with Quixello Rat Kilter WANTED WORK ON FARM BY eagerly eaten by rats whieh die away year or month by married man with all bi I in Michigan. .>thers Ohippewa. of the upper peninsula. Baton county leads with seven 400 The area sown to winter wheat in Michigan this fall was 803.000 acres, from noose or buildings, leaving no odor. family of three, (experienced in g< Quixello stops rat and mice losses. We and dairy farming. Write yr, ,| Hump. offer $_' package for $1 and few cents i'L'1 S. Howard Ave.. Lansing, Michigan. MICHIGAN BELL are % herds pound herds, Ingham has six, Jackson or 41,000 acres less than the ten-year postage. Follow simple directions. (1-H-lt) are ! : dinia, St. Clair. Washtenaw, (ien- Kalanvazoo, Livingston have average. This is the fifth successive year with less than a normal acreage antee all rats dead or your money back. Send no money. Just your name and ad- WANTED—\yORK Bident, 1112 K\- ON FARM I'.Y i month, farm on shines pie. TELEPHONE CO. i ach. n the State. changfe Bldi und Avenue, K Write John Ilirt. Duranrf, i: l Michigan City, Mo. O-H-llOb) (i-14-it) t -•"*?•! 7 SATTRTlAY, J A M AHV I I . IMS M i r i l l C . W FA KM NEWS . L-L- Mid. .Many low producing cows are a m o u n t s in o r d e r to make the largest A bushel of wheat weighing, (iit Under 5,000 lbs. Milk being Holstein Advanced Registry Per Yr. Cow Can't Pay zer, we figure h«lf a year's leed cost kept Suppose, said Mr. Balt- possible net profit on each cow. ac- pounds, can he made into 41' pounds cording to testing ass'n records for of flour, 9 pounds of bran and pounds of shorts. I at the lowest rate for sucli a cow, or November 1!»32. Testing Was Established 4 7 Years Ago EJa'st L a n s i n g - I t is plain that m a n y $26. In nrder to get back the $2t! the Michigan cows which make less than cow would have to produce 18 lbs. ot Advanced Registry was set up In IS85 by the Hol- stein-Friesian Ass'n of Ameriofl to enable Holstein is called "A". If alter »".> days Ti omYalving a cow is milked only three times a day, her record is labeled .").(MMt lbs. of milk dnriii.ii 1983 will he milk per day or ."I.lT.o lbs. This milk, unprofitable, said A. C. Baltzer, Siat« with \' < test selling at about sife per v Honor Holsteins breeders to prove the production of their cows. 'I:' if only milked twice a day "('". College Dairy Extension man, recent- cwt. would return the feed C08t,v(32.8 MICHIGAN DAIRY HERD IMPROVEMENT ASS'NS Since that time over 30,000 cows have been tested All records are supervised within Michigan by the ly. Only such cows should be kept as cwi x 80c or $26) therefore it fa ap- in the Yearly Division, with an average of about will iiianui hay and grain grown on parent thai cows producing less than Holstein herds that for the D. H. I. A. year ending June 30, Dairy Department of the State College. National 16,760 pounds milk, 570 pounds fat. :'..4 per cent test. supervision is by the Superintendent of Advanced the tarrrr at a sate tnAfgin of profit, 5,00*0 lbs. of milk a r e likply to bfe un- 1932, produced an average of over 400 pounds butterfat: h<> said. profitable. •(-Rank in No. In the Ten Months' Division the average for about Registry, located at Madison. Wis.. II. \Y. Norton, jr., State Name—Address Cows Milk FAT 13,500 cows is practically 14,000 pounds milk, 475 a former Michigan man. The lowest feed cost per cow per Hfkhty-lonr out of every 100 herd 1 Docrn Straub. Calieii 13.75 14,822 1 year reported in 1932 by Michigan owners in cow testing ass'n work are 8 innia State H o s p i t a l , Ionia - i ^ U,6M 4»4.«* pounds fat. The short time, or "Seven Day" record 9 Howard OUnstead, Brpnson 11.83 13,872 485.3 has been officially discontinued. There was a total of -14 Michigan cows reported dairy herd improvement ass'ns i supplementing their alfalfa and home 12 I, K. Campbell, Charlotte 10.16 13,376 179.6 out by Supt. Norton during 1!K?2. Of these. 54 «W« per animal; the average feed cost per grown corn, oats or wheat with pro- 11 I I . i>. W o u d w o r t i i , Pottervtlle 9.73 u,:n; The difference between tire Yearly and the Ten tested in Ten Months "A", 88 in Ten Months "I'.", 16 C. K. lloskins. Mason 8.27 L3.276 l«6.u cow is more than that, Mr. Baltzer tein concentrates iij the recommended is Roj Brooks, .Midland S.8 14,«74 Months' Division is that, besides the length'of ihe none in "('". 1'n Michigan Reformatory, Ionia 86.0 14,136 »6t.»* record, in the "Ten Months" the cow must qualify 21 L. C. H u m , Baton Rapids ''•' ";o" by producing a calf born within fourteen months of J n Yearly Division there were 156 tested in "A", 22 A. L. Jones, T i n e . . Rivers 2«.&8 13.S08 previous freshening. There is no calving qualifica- 4 l*,O44 in succession. Championships won, at Michigan S t a l e Fair last <; years, l i 28 I'.ell A D u r h a m , M u l H k « o 1.6 18,898 154.6 In long time testing some cows are milked four set up as requirements for admission to Advanced ribbons above roartli pla.e won by ARBU BRBD H O L S T E I N S at MichigHn s 30 C J . Zeei. \ Sons, Bath "s 13 80 » « 453 9 - times a day throughout the period. Such a record Registry. These leading records are reported below: S l a t e F a i r in 1982. 36 W i n . Richardson, Hives J u n c t i o n 10»83 11,525 446.2 Bulls from this herd are proving good 37 Robert Gat-rod, Willis 10.92 13.0H 448.9 herd sires. Get our 1933 low prices, 89 Whltne M 12,224 442.2 Michigan Honor Holsteins ARBU FARM & KENNELS Oxford, Michigan 12 43 l'i l''resliour & Son, Mason Harlo G r u e s b e o k , Elaton RHp,lds H. I - . M i l l . Flint 11--'- 7.5 lit."' 12,220 11,6«8 ll.Ml 439.1 438.ti Advanced Registry :,n Fre-d B, Crosby, T h r e e o a k s 52 Brook Farni (Hospital) Kalamazoo 53 Priehs Bros., St. Clalr 7.25 B3.58 16.5 15,662 12,o:Jt; I2,4f>5 134 i 4:u.l The Holstein-Friesian Association of America reports for 1932, the following BUY FROM 408 lb. HERD! 56 Mrs. .1. lloslev. Howell 57 II. W. Piper, A l a m o 8.91 18,539 i::,o:;s Our h ' l ' l average f<>r l>. n . i. work for B herd 01 43 cows w a s 108 11)8. 5a .1. J i . C b a m b e r l a i n , .Mason 7.95 11,811 Michigan Holstein cows that produced Fifty Percent, or more, ABOVE entrance Vat an'»(» son of Sir rnka M a y . w h o took first a t t h e Michigan S l a t e F a i r a n d a son of King r,i piul Seiiiir.T, Remua 7.17 n,S!i:: 422.s 65 I-: GrueBbeck, Baton Rapids ift.o ' 10,970 Mi.n production required for entry to advanced registry in various age classes, stepped Bessfc P i e t e r t j e O r m s b y , o n i o f .si 1,000, 2 y e a r o l d w h i c h t o o k -Ud a t t h e F a i r . 67 >;:' T h e o . I'riehs, S t . ("lair A n d r e w Sibbal.l, Sault S t e . .Marie ii.."> »;..". 12,7:t1 f'J,87T 420.6 in r VAN H O O S E N FARM K0('IIESTKK. HHIIKAN up by 50r< is: 10 u . Darling:, Rive* J u n c t i o n 7:: J|. Yermote, lioek Hi.i'."> 12.M1 1-, U.952 »l».fl 41«.4 TEN-MONTHS' DIVISION YEARLY DIVISION 76 M e l ' l i e r s o n Prospect Farm, Howell 14.68 Ll,786 115.4 Milkings Daily Milkings Daily 77 Mich, s t a t e Sanitorium, Howell 48.5 13,344 4N.!!* 80 Mark Green, A n n A r b o r :».7'. ll,7:'.l 412.0 5 yrs. up 62&5 54-T.n 4 i 2.;> 7iM.il 697.5 l i . 607.3 5404 517.3 HOLSTEINS DUROCS SHROPS 82 ss J o h n Kipfmiller, Auburn... John Kober, S p a r t a l!.2."> 7.48 11,308 11,282 «11.5 14)6.4 4*4-5 yrs joo.o 525.0 450.0 94 Harrj Gleasonj T l i r e e Rivers 2o..',s ii.- 40S.2 -4-41 -. y r s 577.5 562,5 427..". 675.0 CB2.5 585.0 495.0 472.T) A Premier Herd of Each 98 G. A. Kiiim, Fenwick ^.. 9.58 IZ,2«6 407.9 3MJ-4 yrs 555.0 480.0 405.0 ,Now offering grandsons of America's champion butter cow—Daisy Aaggie 97 Colony Farm ( H o s p i t a l ) , K a l a m a z o o T... 51.08 11. i 407.7* 532.6 457 5 3S2.5 630.0 540.0 450.0 99 A . <>. B r u t * © , KreelaiHl - 11.21'. 3-3 Vs yrs COT.-f. 517.5 427.5 Ormsby I I I , out of good record dams at very low figures. iyL'S vrs 510.0 4S5.0 360.0 4S5.0 405.0 102 I'.ei-t Arms. Grand I'.lanc li.8 M.Svi 4 ST..". 412.5 .".'17.5 585.0 2-1% yrs LAKEFIELD FARMS CLARKSTON, MICH. 104 J'.r.en t t Durham, Coopersville 112 II. K. Helms, Flint „ 10.o 39.4 11,100 12.1 ts 405.9 402.7* 113 Rust) BroB., Romeo 10.10 11,964 in-1.,-* 114TC. Ii. A Heber Hulett, Mason 6.26 11,032 4O1.!> TEN-MONTHS DIVISION — CLASS LEADERS l i s * 1 . tiUtS, f e r e s , , , ; 19.08 12.222 401.4 What 121 Wm. C e i u . r \- Sons, ltusllton ( ; 17.12 11,784 401.0 TO QUALIFY HERE THE COW MUST GIVE BIRTH WITHIN 14 MONTHS OF PRE- Do You Want? .in. Kirkpatriek, Okemos t Rank among over 1,000 herds, all breeds. 6.26 11,950 J00.6 VIOUS FRESHENING TO A CALF, WHICH WAS CARRIED FULL GESTATION PERIOD. In Purebred Holsteins? • Milked 3 times daily. Maine and dumber of Cow Ape Milk FAT Owner It is our business to i CLASSIFICATION A (Jinked 4 times a day) help you! Write to— Rose Burke Colantha, 685369 Reformatory Sylvia Veeman, 1065999 24,412.1 is,669.9 78S-7 653.5 630.7 Marquette \ Prison •Michigan Reformatory, Ionia •Michigan Reformatory, loma >in HM;AN IIOISTKIN-FIMFSIAN Michigan Leads In 18,832.3 ASS'N Reformatory Bariostine Olotni|de, 744332 Traverse Ona Hsirtog, 1143289 Xewbeny Pauline Loogfleld 2d, 109+f.St; 19,100.7 17.78S.7 596.S 595.1 Traverse City State Hospital *Xe\vbeny State Hospital P . O . B o x 1018 E. L a n s i n g , Mich. Herd Improvement Registry . 645 i State College, East Lansing Ui) •/. (i. HA VS. of East Lunsiiu/. Traverse Marathon Ivy, 1143286.. 20,964.4 sn'ii Miiliigun Holsteiti-Friesian Association Reformatory Nudine Model, 1166788 581.6 •Michigan Reformatory, Ionia Gleneliff M.B.B.O. Aldermoor, 12006S2 21,292.8 661 3 Detroit Creamery Co., Mt. Clemens Of the :>7 herds reported below, 31 have been enrolled In I ho Reformatory Sylvia Aaggie Lmnde, 1166793 18,380.1 583 6 •Michigan Reformatory, Ionia national herd test, the Herd Improvement Registry, BiQCfl its begin- Traverse Houwt.je Bess, 1201591 16,071.9 :,73's •Traverse City State Hospital 564.3 *Marquette Prison ning in HI2S. Two herds have heen in for (wo years. Continuous Marquette Colantlia Beauty Oirl, 12SJQ94 Pontiac Ecrab I>ake\vood, 1310527 Reformatory Ormsby Aaggie Lorena, 1344341... 15,79213 16,856.1 15,916.0 .".SI ) 546 i) 50::.1 *Pontiai' Stale Hospital 'Michigan Reformatory, l o m a 'Michigan Beformatory, Ionia MICHIGAN STATE HERDS testing of this nature is in line with one of the primary Objects ol the test, to eliminate from the herd the poor producers. Reformatory Norwich Sensation, 1344344 15,151.0 CLASSIFICATION B (Milked 8 times a airo Princess Louis** Jucunda, 10J&984 17,324.2 Serradella Colantha Fobes, 10287S2 14.SUM .-,7.-, II * c K. Schmidt, Opcoda of the eleventh month of the test ins year. Worthless, or "counter- 526!o W a y n e C o u n t y School, X o r t h v i l l e • Charlevoix Ormsby Eleanor Pet, 1183715 16,662.3 feit", purebreds have heen weeded out of Herd Improvement RegiAtrj VanHoosen Banostlne Ona Calamity, 1446961... 16,825.7 SlS 9 Sara.li V . l l . J o n e s , R o c h e s t e r 1. Supply Milk to State Institutions. herds to the extent of over 11 per cent of all the cows entered in Pontiac Yuletide, 116S499 16,416. S r.oti.i »Pontiac s t a t e Hospital # fXiobe Creator Aaffgie, 1247188 16,481.6 610.8 T.akelielrt F a r m s . C l a r k s t o n 2. Supply Breeding Stock to Holstein Breeders. the test. niytliefield Henserveld Pietje, 1141023 17,948.1 521.0 ".). II. I'.rewri-. (^rand Rapids Ceneral supervision rests with Ihe Superintendent of Advanced Ionia AaSRie Maifi. 1157224 14,766.8 4i>7.1 W a y n e C o u n t y School, N o r t h v i l l e .Michigan Mutual Delight, 1203056 15,000.2 4!iii.7 Kalamazoo State Hospital Registry of the Holstein-Friesian Association of America. H. W. " tKalamazoo Pauline AUartra, 1285905 13,990.r. 546.0 "Kalamazoo State Hospital Norton, Jr.. of Madison, Wis. Records are published in an annual Traverse Marathon S t a r F>ho, 1259982 Groveland Pabst Creator Creamelle, 1304398.... 14,791.9 527.2 V.16.4 State Cojlege, East Lansing D e t r o i t C r e a m e r y Co., M t . C l e m e n s When in need of bulls from thousand pound sires volume called the "Red Book". 15,609.4 450.3 *1X. P . I ' l l m a n , M n n e h e s t e r lnsqar Petunia Abbekerk, 1268007 13,576.0 In Michigan the Herd Improvement Registry test is administered DeCream Co. B.B.F. Baroness, 1277299 2 14,479.4 ISO.5 • 441;.2 *l>eti"it C r e a m e r y Co., Mt. C l e m e n s *KaIfimazoo s t a t e Hospital and outstanding dams, write to the by the Dairy Department of Michigan State College. The conduct of Kalamazoo Beth Burke Alcartra, 1288399 2 12,198. S t State Record for Fat. the test rests upon a monthly visit of a "cow-tester" who determines * Breeder. the yield of each cow. Most Michigan herds are run in conjunction with the familiar Dairy Herd Improvement Association work. BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY According to Supt. Norton of tire Herd Test: Michigan starts the YEARLY DIVISION—CLASS LEADERS £. G. Amos, Director fifth year (1933) as the leading state with 40 herds totaling 2,015 Name and Number of Cow Milk FAT Owner cows enrolled in the herd test. Wisconsin follows with 37 herds, HI.. Lansing Michigan cows; then New York, Ohio, Maryland. Altogether there are 37 states CLASSIFICATION A (Milked 4 times a day) C h a r l e v o i x O r m s b y , Z e p h y r , 1183691 26,544.8 911.1 W a y n e C o u n t y School, Northville represented. C o n t e n t K o r n d y k e , 851232 26,639.2 886.2 Detroit Creamery Co., Mt. Clemens AValcowis L a d y Mooie W a t s o n , S69:>40 24,902.2 793. 1 Detroit Creamery Co.. Mt. Clemens There have been 41 herds in the U. S. A. that have averaged bet- 24,103.0 7^6.9 •Michigan Reformatory, Ionia R e f o r m a t o r y Clothilde Sylvia, 815745 24.792. t 739.0 ter thUn a pound of fat daily for the four years the test has been R e e k d a l e P r i n c e s s S e g i s , 747659 Detroit Creamery Co., Mt. Clemens 24,511.7 •J. II. Brewer, Grand Rapid's operating. Ot these, 20 are Michigan herds. These honor herds, with Blythefield F e r n P i e t j e , 1095416 L l e n r o c B e s s B u r k e M a r i o n , 1378300 23,046.5 693.2 Detroit Creamery Co., Mt. Clemens the average fat produced per cow per year for the four years are, I o n i a C o l a n t l i a D a r k n e s s , H469S6 22,806.0 687.8 •Ionia State Hospital Michigan Reformatory. Ionia. 46o: Lakefield Fauns. Clarkston, 4»il; T r a v e r s e M a r a t h o n S t a r , 1201575 21,603.9 681.4 State College, I'-ast Lansins A. H. Buhl, Oxford, 442; R. C. Woodard & Sons, Elsie, 433; J. 11. I o n i a Aag-pie S a d i e V a l e , 11*15696 T r a v e r s e M a r a t h o n Ivy, 1143286 \ r b t i P i i l l y W a u s e o n a P r i d e , 1152708 WacotS Model A n n i e , 1213972 2 1,(4 1.2 23,281.4 22,408.;' 18,536.5 771.4 729.S 680.4 674,2 •Ionia State Hospital State College, East Lansing \\. H. Buhl, Oxford CAN YOU AFFORD Brewer, C.rand Rapids, 42S; State Sanitorium. Howell, 428; Traverse City State Hospital, 426; Newberry State Hospital, 417; Marqueite si • 19,585.0 666.1 Wayne County School, Northville Prison. 414: Wayne County Training School, Northville, 410; A. Ii. T r a v e r s e M a r a t h o n Be83 En T r a i n , 1201685 P o n t i a c D o r o t h y Piebe, 1159455 22.749.i; 664.6 724.9 'Traverse City State Hospital •Pontiac State Hospital To Lose 20 Cents on Every Dollar's Jones, Three Rivers. 400; Wm. Geigei* & Sons. Rushton, 395; Parsons Clendiff M.B.B.O. A l d e r m o o r , 12006S2 23 395.0 Blythefield Cynthia P i e t j e , 1197641.... 20,763.3 17,650.6 631.7 S3L0.fi Detroit Creamery Co., .\lt. Clemens •J, H. Brewer, Grand Rapids Worth of Home-Grown Feed? Hros., Linwood. 395; Michigan Home, Lapeer, 384; McPherson Farm T r a v e r s e H o u w t j e B e s s , 1201591 •Traverse City State Hospital Co., Howell, Prospect Farm. 376, Oakdale Farm, 374, Village Farm, -1.571.1 6S1.1 R e f o r m a t o r y Sylvia K a a s t r a . 12490S8 I o n i a A l p h a Paul, 1233726 2 ' •• 20/071.4 616.9 •Michigan Reformatory, Ionia 'Ionia State Hospital An unbalanced ration doesn't produce efficiently, 573; Jackson Prison, 875; Pontiac State Hospital, M l ; State College. 19,916.4' 637.2 East Lansing. 365. All trtese 20 herds are starting their Jifth year Van H o o s e n Lady Art is Kori:^ 18,6 13.9 591.2 • j . 11. Brewer, Grand Rapids fore increases the cost of milk per hundred pounds. Records made by Herd Improvement Registry herds for 1932 In Michigan, which is the leading State in point of numbers of cows CLASSIFICATION B (Milked S turns » day) We advise that you use home grown feeds—hay— under test, are reported below. fLakeneld Segis Mary, 842559 25,12.1 Ts::.:1. LaUefield Farms, Clarkston Canary Pauline College, 915'..- 19,396. S 705.7 Wayne County School, Northvllle Detroit Creamery Farms, Mt. Clemens grain—silage—to the limit for economy but supply the HONOR HOLSTEINS .Miss Valdessa Kobes, 919898 18,55.8.6 503.3 Qoraes Rag Apple Canary, 630968 19,850.7 652.1 c. E. Schmidt, Oscoda protein balance for greatest production and lowest cost HERD IMPROVEMENT REGISTRY 50,630.8 .1 11. Brewer; Grand Ra^Ws Capital Cream M u t u a l i:.Mtjus d a y s frona q i i v l n g . Kalamazoo Beth Biirke Alcartra, 128^699 L a r r o F r i e n d Piet<-rt.ie SeKis. 12S2I!, T r a v e r s e M a r a t h o n S t a r Echo. 1259982 2 '•'• lS,(ilil.!l 16,459.4 16,703.8 566.8 B87'.2 55V 0 •Larrowe Milling Co., Detroit State College, Kast Lansing Detroit Cieameiy Co.. Mt. Clemens IS you have Ci'ass Ii—Cow m i l k e d :: C l a s s C—COW inilke.1 2 times daily fitter 45 d a y s from cftlvipff- t i m e s daily a f t e r fg d a v s from No.Cows Av. Days Av. Lbs. Av. % Av. Lbt. raMtlg. Groveland P a b s t c r e a t o r Creamelle, 1304398 i s . TO:,.:: 621.6 Kalamazoo State Hospital andClass in Milk MiJk Fat Fat Kalamazoo T r a v e r s e Ona HengerVeld, 12SS4(M; Blythefield Artls Ormsby, 1317061 16,816.8 16.8-VT.2 524.6 511.3 •J. H. Brewer* Grand Raplda •Detroft Creamery Co., .Mt. Clemena good alfalfa hay R. C. Woodard ^- Sons. Btei« r » o n F a r m Co., How«U (SoBPect * 1I(< ^ ^ "••jf0 ^ ;; V _ 41S/r ^ DeCreamCo < >llie Rosalind, 122763H t State Record for Fat. '.Breeder. • t r y one of these William'(iei^e,- •^••sVmsVKusnton: McPherson F a r m Co., H o w e l l ^Village F a r m ) 20C McPherson F a r m Co., H o w e l l (OaJcdale Farm) 1H #C jMtf -i- .,!_' 12,201 1,537 M;... SU ..... ».« 416.1 S83.» 3*3.0 Lloyd 1). M i l l e r , tlmvell ••', ' •;•'_' \W\* ;';••' HONOR FOLKS Rush For Movies Owners of 70 head that out of I'll So great is the demand for oflicial Ormsby Holstein Bull rations Ontonagon County Farm, OntotikKon I). C. £ M. A. Parsons, Linwood C. Wilbur K a n d o i . K a l a m a s e o ]-' '•", j( <' , »J7 ;;••' 3?f l ,•,!'-' I ', •'• fi'3S3 ll - V 11 '•'•'li' :,'.!(V ' Just ready for service. Six nearest 1 G l\\\< Howell • 0> •'•''' ••" ' admitted in I!t32 from Michigan to American Farm Bureau Motion Pic- dams average 1.132 butter. Own A r t h u r Perrine, Riven Junction , -fC •••••. Kj*>- •• • Advanced Registry of the Holstein- tures for lit:1.:1., that Farm Bureau dam 966 butter at 4 yrs. .lames 8. Doten & Sons. Klsie l|C 9,«»1 ... Dudley B. W i i t e r s , Kst.. C . a i . d Rapids 15C 8,989 8.2 (Friesian Association of America, ex- members and leaders who contemp- Fine Individual, $150.00. Battle Creek Sanitarium, Battle Creek ».7»C 814 s.ll.J Z77.2 ceeded the entrance requirements by late using the newer films as late as Blythefield Farms, Belmont Mich. No. 1 No. 2 Lakefleld F a r m s . Clarkstori MichUtan H o m e & Training School, Lapeer-72B-1C 82B ill 303 1...K5S 12,695 ... ( :,.:. ... j at least fifty per cent. ev en April 1. are urged to get their 500 lbs. oats, barley, wheat or 800 lbs. oats, barley, wheat or corn at your value C. A. Stimson, Baton Flapida 8B-8C 8»3 ... t 374.'] NO. OF corn at your value Tlie Larrowe Milling Co., Detroit loB-inr 310 IJ.filfi 1.1 86JJ HONOR orders in now. 106 lbs. Milkmaker 32°» at $1.65 100 lbs. Hy-Pro 41% at $1.70 Lewis Prenkert, OaUen 6B-6C 284 9,772 i.A WT.l COWS Applications for bookings should be per cwt. per cwt. •ftlissveldt F a r m s , B. S. HahcHstt, Owner, Detroit Creamery Co., Mt. Ctomend 13 •MlcTiigan Beformatory, Ionia »J. H. Brewer, Grand Rapidfl B 7 addressed to the Motion Picture Divi- sion. American Farm Bureau Federa- FOR SALE! 600 lbs. Balanced dairy feed at cash cost of 27'/jC per 900 lbs. Balanced dairy feed at cash cost of 19c per j,.nison Carl i:. Schmidt, Oseoda F a h i n s F a r m s , A. L. Jonep, O w n e r . 3B-S1C 24B-Z5C :;n.s 277 M) :'..:; 807.5 M.2 Registered Holstein Bulls. Henl Ked- cwt. cwt. Ijakelield Fai ins. Clarkston B tion, 58 Kast Washington street. Chi- eral Accredited. A b o r t i o n t e s t e d a n d Three Rivera »B 502 18,016 8.2 'Kalamazoo State Hospital 5 officially classified. I». 11. I. Association Mtchigan State Banltorium, HpweU I2B I3,7 the largest on record except that of and Corn. Xorthville 7A-26B-6C 314 I 41...4 Marquette Prison. Marquette .' Newberry State H«epltal, N«wberry....27A-HB»lf »2,9 4117 • '. I-:. Schmidt, Oscoda 1 1925. The average yield was 14 s Limited Service. Exceptional Bla< Is eph H. Brewer, Grknd llapidn 8A-18B-13C i^,lir. •Larrowe Milling <"o.. Detroit - Percherbn Stallion, " d a Laet, Reg. N'o. bushels per acre, the highest since the 20HSX, Kuioihnetit c t r . .Mis, foaled June Arthur l l . Buhl, o x f o r d liA'-«C •A, II. BuW, Oxford 1 For Further Information, Write *K. I*, tollman, M a n c h e s t e r 1 beginning of official records in 1914.3, 1930." Michigan Reformatory, [orila •Newberry s t a t e H o s p i t a l '•'All Honor Cows bred by owner. At i The quality of the major portion of Increase Profits. Use Purebred Live- FARM BUREAU SERVICES, INC. Means Michigan S t a t e College, B. LansitiK Miss Sai-ah V. II. -I s, Rochester f»A-21B 17A.:_'•;(: stock and Certified S Pontiac Stale Hospital. Pontiac 7A-*.4i: 8tfl the crop was unusually good. Lansing-, Michigan Kalamazoo State Hospital, all but 1. Moneymaker Tra . state House of Cm\ & Branch Prison, I :.*IA-::H: The farmer would feel a great The national corn-husking contests FABIUS FARMS M&rquette IA-J0B M,2' happier if a bumper crop didn't are sponsored by the American As- M-60, 7 mi. W. of Three Rivers M i i h i u . i n S t a t e 1'iison, ,hn k s . Phone 737-F-12 T H R E E RIVERS, Mich One cow dry during year. hump him harder than anything ; aoeiation of Middle-Western Farm + One cow dry during year and one less than 45 days iri milk. else. Newspapers. $ Should have been reported in Vol. 2 but held up for missing data. ^ roro M I C n i C A J f FARM NEWS SATOT)AT, .TAXFJkBY 14, 1938 Century Pontiac, Traverse the bureau, "detail the live-at-home which fanners must buy, are given as farm business. at present price SAM THOMPSON State Institution Holstein Kcho Lillie, Traverse Inka Johanna programs, the economies, the trend primary causes of farmers' difficulties. levels." "Universally", says the bureau, "the are a few outstanding record holding back toward a subsistence type of TALKS ON PRIVATE HerdsPurebreds on Institution Farms in Every County cows that have been bred by Michigan farming." "And yet," comments the State institutions, and others are rap- bureau, "from all quarters is confirm- berry somewhere in its immediate idly taking their place. ed the story of the migration from cry goes up that debts and taxes "I'll bet you were mad when you represent an intolerable load upon the caught that skunk." "You bet; I was highly incensed." AND CO-OP PLANS Source of Breeding background. The show ring winnings of these town back to the land, and agricul- Only outstanding bulls arc saved hehls have been very pleasing and ture once more demonstrates its ca- pacity as an economic shock-absorWer Stock and offered for sale, and these at farm Qttlte remarkable when their limited in time of trouble." Best Will Survive and Co-Ops Have Been Gaining By K. G, deemed safe to sell. chances are taken into consideration, prices, or cost of raising to age when as they are shown only at the Detroit ^Low prices of farm products and State Fair where they meet fast com- the disparity between these low prices 1,000 Men Steadily Nashville, Tenn.- "Vnriay, Director, Bureau of Animal Industry The Michigan State Herds of Hol- stein cows are maintained at the vari- The? State ^erds are all accredited pany. In 1!>"5-' they won nine first and the prices of goods and services as being free from tuberculosis, and places and, two Junior Champions. several of them as being free of The coveted Get-of-Sire Class was Forty Years Old productf are handled through two sys- oua state institutions. 1st to furnish Bang's abortion. Others are eligible won for the third time in succession Farmers' Buying They are somewhere near the half-wily point