MICHIGAN NEWS KEEP UP THE NEWS On News Interesting to A Progressive Newspaper Farmer* Through the For Michigan Farm Farm News Hom*i A Newspaper For Michigan Farmers Vol. XI, No. 7 FIFTY «'KNTS PER YEAR SATURDAY, JULY 1, 1933 FIVE CENTS Published Monthly; PER COPY FARM PRICE ACT ' Teachers Colleges Learn What a Surplus Means FARMER MUST PAY 3 PCT. SALES TAX TO BE DIRECTED Ann Arbor. — Michigan's various teacher training institutions turned ON RETAIL SALES REGULARLY MADE BYCO.AGR'LAGT. out 5,494 teachers in 1931, while 8,535 were given teachers certificates, sev- eral times more than were needed to Farm Bureau Reports FARM NEWS LEARNS IN INTERVIEW fill the demands of the State's schools, Washington Picks Extension an extensive survey prepared a! the On Success of Legislative Program Service to Handle University of Michigan shows. A re- Prior to the Opening of the 1933 Legislative, the Michigan State Farm Bureau Produce Sold at Roadside Stands, City Markets, organized State Board of Education, The Job with power to make supply fit de- and Associated Farmer Legislative Clubs, organized largely around fanners House to House Taxable; News Interviews mand, and higher standards for teach- co-operative ass'ns, drafted a 9 point legislative program. The program and Lansing.—Farmers have been ask- er certification are proposed in the Sales Tax Board's Legal Advisor the final action from our viewpoint follows: ing the Farm News for "more informa- report. For Farmers and Co-ops tion on the new Agricultural Adjust- From 1910 to 1920 there was a 67 Our Report ment Act, providing machinery to per cent increase in school enrollment, raise agricultural prices and for eas- and, during the war years, a shortage OUR PROGRAM PROGRESS IN THE LEGISLATURE Farmers who sell produce at retail from roadside stands, ing the farmers' debt burden by re- of teachers. As a result of these con- 1. Promote government economies. 1. We supported 97 Hartman-Brown economy at city markets, or from house to house, or otherwise as a '•bills. 73 enacted. financing farm niortgages. ditions, all of the 91 public and paro- regular business, part or all of the year, must pay the 3 % | 2. Application of the 15 mill law. 2. Allocation Bill, II. B. 184 was re-written in The mortgage relief program is well chial and private colleges training fanners' interest. retail sales tax effective July 1, and have a $ 1 State license to under way. The 12 Federal Land teachers increased their production. Banks and thousands of local farm Since 1920 enrollment has not grown 3. If any new taxes, we favor an income tax, < ouldn't stop the sales tax, but we conduct such business. They must make regular monthly; we oppose a sales tax. at hod eliminate some bad features. loan ass'ns throughout the country at the rate of the previous decade, Ou i proposal to earmark sales tax money reports to the Sales Tax Board at Lansing, the Michigan Farm are swamped with applications for with the result that far more teach- 11-15 millions for State, Welfare and local News learned today in an interview with Ass't Attorney Gen- loans. The farm mortgage relief pro- ers are being graduated than can be Kl.ools lost in House, but Senate accepted iples on 12-19-15 basis, which became eral Ward, legal advisor to the Board. visions of the Act were explained in absorbed by the schools. lev full in our June 3 edition. W< supported graduated income tax. It When a farmer sells his neighbor or some one else seed, a The acreage reduction price in- creasing program on wheat, cotton, rice, corn, tobacco, hogs and dairy DELINQUENT TAX 4. Limit road expense to auto and tax reve- 4. ACCOMPLISHED. nues. lt>st in Senate 16 to 15. brood sow or other commodity NOT as a regular means of disposing of his produce, the sale is not taxable because it products, financed through processing taxes to be collected from millers, PAYERS ADVISED 5. Cut school costs and tuition charges. 5. CiiPd for in several bills having our sup- pent We supported writing $15,000,000 »clu>ol aid into sales tax and supported does not come under the definition of the term "sale at retail'* which is quoted from the law: packers and others and paid to farm- House Bill 500 as plan to distribute it to give ers who contract to decrease their 1934 and 1935 production by certain TO PAY '32 FIRST 6. Tut telephone rates. •i'l to schools whose taxpayers need it most. 6. SHI ported bill to shake up utilities commis- sion which has power to act. action "Sect. 1 (b.l) The term 'sale at retail' means any trans- by which is transferred for consideration the ownership of TANGIBLE PERSONAL PROPERTY, when such transfer is percentages, is slower in getting un- made in the ORDINARY COURSE of the transferor's business der way. The task in setting up such Such Action Stops Interest; 7. Lower 7% charged farmers for Federal money to 3 ^ % or less given other groups. •pot ted Farm Bureau-Grange Nat'l pro- and is made to the transferee FOR CONSUMPTION, OR USE OR machinery is tremendous. The pro- (Naf'l Legisation). ~~g\-Hin in Congress, which brought Farm 1931, Etc., Can Ride to Cifrlit Administration Bill dropping all fede- FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSE THAN FOR RESALE in the form gram is going forward in slow speed ral farm loan rates to 4%% for 5 years; al- of tangible personal property. pending the outcome of the London Sept. 1, 1935 lows suspending principal payments on new 1< s for 5 years; provides many millions to "The term 'sale at retail' includes conditional ^ales, install- Economic Conference now in session. cRefinance farm mortgages, and enable scal- jpig down of mortgages in some instances. ment lease sales and any other transfer of such property when The first processing tax to be levied Lansing.—Now that Gov. Comstock Long time redemption for delinquent taxes, 8. Supported Bellows Act which drops all in- will be on wheat, probably at 30c per has signed the Moore-Holbeck com- the title is retained as security for the purchase price, but is installment privileges; reduce penalties. • t< t. penalties on any back tax paid by intended to be transferred later. bushel, and perhaps beginning be- promise for the relief of delinquent July 1, 1933. Legislative Resolution of last tween July 1 and 15. If the price of taxpayers, the logical thing for them fla of session extends this to Nov 1 1933 "The term 'sale at retail1 shall NOT include an ISOLATED on 1932 tax only. transaction in which any tangible personal property is sold, wheat continues to advance and reach- to do is to pay their 1932 tax first. es pre-war average levels of 1910-15, By terms of the Bellows Act, 1932 • piir suggestions embodied in Moore-Holbeck transferred, offered for sale, or delivered by the owner thereof, compromise bill suspending all delinquent that processing tax may not be levied, or other delinquent taxes paid before tuxes back of 1932 to Sept. 1, 1935 without or by his representative for the owner's account, such sale, trans- or will be levied in lesser amount. July 1 were paid without interest of fpterest. Payable in 10 annual installments, fer, offer for sale, or delivery NOT being made in the ORDINARY with 4% interest. The Secretary of Agricuture is em- penalties. COURSE of REPEATED AND SUCCESSIVE TRANSACTIONS J632-33-34 taxes follow regular tax laws. of a like character by such owner or on his account by such repre- powered only to raise prices to the By terms of a Legislative concur- Limit any county to 25% of Senate or House 9. No reapportionment bill considered by Leg- average existing 5 years before the rent resolution, passed the last day of in any reapportionment of legislature. sentative." (The capitalization is ours.—Editor.) 1ature. Majority of House Committee on war by employing process taxes and the session, all tax collection units acreage reduction. 8 ^apportionment favored 25% limitation Therefore, the farmer or any one else may sell an occa- were asked to extend the time for pay- Advices from Washington indicate ment of 1932 taxes without penalty or sional lot of seed or live stock, or tools, or furniture, etc., at that the county agr'l agent system in interest to Nov. 1, 1933. Auditor Gen- retail and not be taxed, but if he makes a practice of selling each State will provide the frame- eral Stack and the State Administra- seed, brood sows, potatoes or any other product direct to work for administering the Act. Buy- tive Board have endorsed the idea and other producers or consumers "for use, consumption or any, ers of farm products will enter into will carry it out. So have most coun- nUarketing agreements to be approved ty treasurers. Mr. Stack is quoted as by the administrator of the Act, andsaying that where a county treasurer which will tend to raise prices to the refuses to extend to Nov. 1 on the 1932 ELEVATOR EXCH. Intense Cold of Dry Ice Finds Many Uses ASSOCIATION MAY other purpose except for resale" he qualifies as a retailer and must get a license and pay 3 % tax on the gross proceeds o£ farmers. To prevent over-production, tax, the taxpayer may pay direct to the Act levies processing taxes which the auditor general and get a receipt MEETS JULY 13 Although dry ice, or solid carbon BOOST ADVANCES such sales. The term gross proceeds means the total proceeds of the will be paid only to those farmers without charge. The State will remit dioxide at many degrees below zero, sale. No deductions for cost of materials, labor, interest or who agree to reduce their acreage as the county's share, but it will get Cap't Irving O'Hay, Soldier was unknown as a commercial prod- requested. ^)n wheat the talk is a there probably several months later uct ten years ago, it is now being put Wool Has the Most Promising any expenses whatsoever are allowed. Credit may be taken 20% cut from each farmer's average than the county treasurer could have of Fortune, to be the to many uses and its field of utility for goods returned. Sales to State or local governments and acreage for the past 5 years. had it in the first place. Pay 1932 Speaker Sales Future in Many is rapidly expanding. Large quan- their public institutions and subdivisions are not taxable but Sixty per cent of the production of taxes first and check up on these tities of -dry ice are used in the re- Years must be reported. wheat, for example, within a county means to save interest, penalties and Lansing—Annual meeting of the frigeration of ice cream, meats, beer Lansing—The Michigan Co-opera- must be contracted to acreage reduc- collection fees. Michigan Elevator Exchange is to be and soft drinks, and in the last few Fanner Just Another Retailer tion before the government will pay Payment of 1933 and 1934 taxes are held at Lansing, Thursday, July 13, years it has gained considerable pop- tive Wool Marketing Ass'n, now ad- Ass't Atorney General Ward, speak- ing collection of 3% on small the farmer for taking a percentage of NOT required in order to ^qualify for at the Olds Hotel. The Exchange will ularity in the shipment of fish, fruit vancing igan 18c per lb. on native Mich- ng for the Board, classified the farm- amounts. .Detroit, Lansing and other wools, is contemplating making er as a retailer and a competitor of merchants are adopting the plan of his land out of wheat. Only those the suspension of the 1931 and preced- be host at a complimentary luncheon and other perishable foodstuffs. Its farmers who contract to reduce their ing taxes to Sept. 1, 1935, to be paid at noon to managers and directors particular advantages being that it special arrangements with the Na- other retail dealers when he enters collecting 17c. Between no tax on items less than 17c and $1.00 they have acreage will be paid from the 30c per thereafter in 10 annual installments, and their ladies, representing nearly does not become wet and that a very tional Wool Marketing Corporation any city market where he sells direct bushel processing tax on their aver- with interest at 4% after the first in- 100 affiliated cooperative grain and high refrigerating value can be com- whereby the early season advances, :o the consumer and therefore must be divisions in which 1, 2, and 3c tax will age production. The Act compels co- stallment. However, the 1933 andbean elevators. Usually some 600 at- pressed in a very small quantity of which started at 8c per pound, may je licensed as are the grocery and collected. The retailer is liable for" operation. Such farmers may plant 1934 taxes, like the 1932, are subject tend the event. dry ice. be increased to substantially present other dealers, even though the farmer n his gross retail sales each, the land to "non-competing" crops. to present tax laws as regards inter- Capt. Irving O'Hay, probably the Dry ice has many unusual uses. If levels to those growers, according to may offer his produce in this manner month. Those who do not elect to reduce est, penalties and collection fees. best public speaker in the United in excavating for a building, bridge or the management of the Ass'n. but a few times or months during the The bracket system calls for no tax their acreage will collect the market So, pay the 1932 first, and you may States, will fly from an engagement other structure, quick-sand is en- The Ass'n also believes that it will year. on purchases below 17c; 17 to 49c, a price for their crop, as' they sell it in forget about the 1931 and prior years in New Mexico, to speak to the Ex-countered, it can be frozen easily with be able to refinance and pay to the Farmers' Sales For Resale lc tax; 50 to 83c, a 2c tax; 84c to the usual way. Those who contract to until around Sept. 1, 1935. Interest, change. Richard Harding Davis, no- dry ice and the work continued. Very interested growers the majority of the When farmers offer seed, live stock $1.16, a 3c tax. reduce acreage will probably get close penalties and collection fees are drop- ted author, once wrote a book on the frequently old wells are rejuvenated 1931 Ass'n pool final settlement checks or other commodities for sale to ele- Licenses and Reports to 30c a bushel for 20% of their crop ped from the old delinquent taxes. experiences of Captain O'Hay. by placing acid in the water and then which were caught in the banks in vators or other markets, such sales According to Mr. Ward, retailers without planting that portion, and al- Failure to pay such an installment Founded in 1920 as the grain mar- throwing down dry ice and capping the Michigan bank holiday and are will be considered as sales for resale will start collecting the 3% tax July most regardless of what other crop when due will throw the remaining keting Dep't of the Michigan State the well. The dry ice liberates the still caught. Final settlements have and not taxable or requiring a license. 1. Sales tax report blanks will be occupies that land. Two thirds would delinquent tax into the NEXT tax Farm Bureau, and incorporated as the carbon dioxide, one pound giving up been made for 1932. $600 Exemption ready about the last week in July and be paid Sept. 15 of this year and one sale. Michigan Elevator Exchange several eight cubic feet of the gas. This The Michigan Ass'n is advised from The farmer retailer is entitled to each month thereafter. The July tax; third after the 1934 harvest. > Under the Moore-Holbeck bill mort- years later, the Exchange has be- drives the acid into the pores of the its Boston sales office that present the universal exemption of $600 per will be due in Lansing August 15 or gages may be foreclosed, or property come one of the largest grain and rock and cleans them from debris, wool values should see substantial year on his gross sales, which he and shortly thereafter, and so on. Michigan farmers may elect not to carrying old delinquent taxes may be reduce the acreage of their soft red sold and a warranty deed given with- bean marketing organizations in the thus opening up the supply of water advances. Surplus stocks of wool are all other business must take off at tni "When will the sales tax board, winter wheat, since it draws a prem- out paying the taxes back of 1932, middle west. It has always guaran- to the well. cleaned out. Manufacturers are stock- the rate of $50 per month, the News accepting applications for re- ing up for tomorrow's mark-up. Some was advised today. The law states tailers licenses?" .the ass't attorney; ium price. If wheat brings a good T the amount of the back taxes teed its farmer members a good cash In the fittfng together of machine all retailers must keep books general was asked. price, they may want to let well due Sept. 1, 1935, and thereafter must market for their grain or beans at a parts, cores are very often cooled with are sold up to September and are refus- that "When the retailer files his report ing to sell beyond that date, not know- which shall be open to inspection. It enough alone. be stated prominently on the deed or low marketing cost. It has paid cash dry ice and inserted in their housing, ing what they will have to pay for remains to be seen how this require- for July, he will be given an applica- With dairy products sugar beets instrument of sale, or the transaction dividends to members elevators regu- continues the statement of the solid and beans it is different in Michigan. may be voided. larity on their stock, which in most carbon dioxide division of the Mich- wool. The change in the exchange ment will be applied to fanners. tion form to fill out and return with instances has been increased tre- igan Alkali Company. When they rate for the American dollar should the $1 license fee attached. With thia Most of the condensaries in Michigan The back taxes for 1931 and prior Where Co-ops Stand license will be a form for the next have subscribed to a marketing agree- years now in the auditor general's of- mendously from the original invest- reach normal temperatures they ex- enable our wool to go considerably Farmers co-operative ass'ns and all month's report. Thereafter, as long as ment which has gone to Washington fice will be turned back to the county ment by stock dividends. The Ex- pand and fit very tightly into their higher before foreign duty-paid wools other businesses conducting sales at 'the retailer continues to operate and for approval. The condensaries would treasurers in special rolls. change averages about $9,000,000 in house. Cores of golf balls are frozen can interfere. Wool is in the best retail must have a license and pay 3% the law la In effect, he will report up their price, refrain from under- More than a year will be required, grain and bean sales annually. With- with dry ice before wrapping. Trees position that it has been in years. It's on their gross sales monthly. monthly, deducting $50 from the selling and raise the price to the it is estimated by Auditor General in the past few years it has become are frozen for transplanting; ether a good time to pool for a substantial If they conduct a wholesale busi- moiltii's gross sales and remitting the farmer. Should a condensary under- Jofhn-K. Stack, Jr., to set up the mas- the sales agent for the Michigan Bean and other solvents are dried by freez- advance, have the wool sold by grade ness as well, or buy and sell goods for 3% sales tax," was the reply. sell, the Secretary of Agriculture ter list of tax delinquencies provided Growers, Inc., a husky commodity ing out the water; oils are de-waxed by the largest and certainly one of the resale, such transactions are not tax- could withdraw its license to operate. for in the bill. More than 1,000,000 organization of about two dozen bean for special use. It is also finding most capable wool sales organizations able but must be reported separately. Part Time Businesses The Michigan Milk Producers and dis- descriptions are involved. In each growers organizations. wide use in the fumigation field, par- in the nation, and get the gain for Retail and wholesale sets of books Every person or firm retailing dur- tributors of the Detroit and other case, every year's delinquency must ticularly in large grain elevators. yourself, says the Michigan Wool must be kept and subject to inspec- ing July must report to the state, areas served by that co-op have sent be ascertained and entered separately Marketing Ass'n. tion. If not, the entire business is since the new law becomes operatlva their plans to Washington for ap- and the master roll probably will re- Farm Bureau Heard New subject to the 3% sales tax. as of July 11, 1933. proval. They plan to start paying the quire 3,000,000 such entries. Ambassador to Germany Livestock Exchange Upon application to the Sales Tax ion Those who retail during only a por- farmer not less than $1.85 for fluid Farm News readers will recall that Michigan Will Close Board at Lansing a business may be apply of the year must report their sales, milk. Michigan Farm Bureau members to Broadcast Markets for a license and pay the an- the Michigan State Farm Bureau op- Sugar beet interests are distressed posed certain features of Senator will be interested to learn that Presi- Half Its Public Parks granted the right to pay tax only on nual license fee of $1 and the tax pay- its daily cash sales. This provision eacfa month they operate. With by the fact that for the past 5 years Moore's bill from the beginning. The dent Roosevelt has appointed as am- accommodates firms doing a large they have averaged not more than Farm Bureau announced in 1932 that bassador to Germany Dr. William E. Michigan Livestock Exchange an- Closing of half of Michigan's state credit or installment business. Under a total of $600 a year allowed to bo 55% capacity production. This year it favored a grace period and install- Dodd, professor of history at the Uni- nounces a new service to Michigan parks July 1 was ordered by the con the law, ordinarily, goods sold on deducted by eacfa retaitor from his nearly all plants will operate. Plant ment privileges for delinquent tax- versity of Chicago, who addressed the farmers in broadcasting market news servation comission at its June meet credit are to be taxed on the whole gross sales, on whicb no \nx is to be operators and growers have gone to payers, but objected to the Moore bill 10th annual meeting of the Farm Bur- from Detroit by radio. Elmer A. ing. amount when the sale is made, regard- paid, an item of $50 must be deducted Washington to see what can be done as ideal for interests speculating in eau at State College February 2, 1928. Beamer, president of the association, The order was based on the assump less of whether the dealer gets all from the gross returns of sales for to have all plants operating to capac- real estate and not so good for the At that time Dr. Dodd, speaking on is slated to open the series of noon tion that appropriations for the parks cash or not. each month before the tax is com- ity under the Act. the topic "Shall American Farmers hour broadcasts over radio station division of the department for the next Businesses that sell goods and In puted. A farmer, selli i 'dside paying taxpayer. The Bureau sup- Beans are* not recognized under the ported Representative Holbeck's bill Become Peasants?" presented a his- CKLW on July 3. Broadcasting will two years would be unchanged from stall them or service them otherwise months a year, must deduct $50 Act. Bean growers hate to think of and assisted in suggesting a reason- torical background of war-time and be received "at the end of the dial". the sum fixed in the bill introduced and render the customer a single bill from his ; of each o* the acreage reductions in other crops be- able compromise between the two, post-war prosperities followed by Daily market news will be sent out into the legislature. must include in the bill 3% on the ;md pay tax on the w ing turned over to more beans. which both houses of the Legislature terrific deflations. He pictured the over this station at 12:15 o'clock each In addition to 22 parks listed for retail value of the merchandise. The mainder of th< 'al deduc- Soon important announcements con- adopted almost unanimously to close farmer as sinking deeper and deeper day, Eastern Standard time, on Mon- closing July 1 it was also announced firm's books must show the retail therefoTe, would be $150 tor cerning the Agricultural Adjustment a fight of several months on the mat-while high tariff walls held # up in- day, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs- that eight more parks would be closed value of the merchandise sold and the (Mo. three monl lie did not Act will be coming from Washington. ter. dustrial profits, special laws prosper- day. sell more than this amount, he would because an expected revenue of $10 amount charged for ser>. pay but would have to In the meantime, the government is ed banks, transportation acts held rail 000 from the State Athletic Fund has A firm having several branches or gathering information and assembling Store about four tons of ice to rates up, and immigration laws placed are abandoning their calling by the been diverted to another use and stores engaged in like business may pay the $1 a its working organization. Rising mar- cool milk for a cow that gives 8,500 industrial labor at a premium. Not- hundreds of thousands per year, would not be available for park pur- reduct but one $600 annual exemption art blanks will l>< kets may postpone indefinitely some pounds of milk a year, and two and withstanding all this urban prosperi- 2,000,000 in the past 6 years and the poses. This will mean the closing of for the lot. I e tax h> of the price raiding features of this one-half tons for a cow that gives ty, said Dr. Dodd, the agricultural wreck is near at hand. It came in 30 of the 53 state parks now open to aid, and will provide t Act. Tax On Small Amounts ing any and all kinds of retail sated. 5,000 pounds of milk. market is slipping away and farmers October of 1929. the public. Nothing is said in the law regard- (Continued on page 2.) TWO M I C H I G A N FARM N F W S SATFBDAY, JULY 1, 1M8 BRODY REPORTS Gladwin Cattle Sale Points to Better Days WORLD DEMAND FOR GOLD MADE DEAR DOLLARS BUREAU'S PART IN A renewed spirit of confidence and a keen interest was prevalent at the OTHER LEGISLATION beef and dual purpose cattle sale held at Gladwin on June 15. The 800 peo- Successor to the Michigan Farm Bureau News, founded January 12, 1923 Entered as second class matter January 12, 1923 at the post- office at Charlotte, Michigan, under the Act of March 3, 1879. 1 How THE GOLD DOLLAR CHANGES I N VALUE s Helped Enact 6 Important 40 animalsofconsigned ple in attendance was cheered by the prospect better days ahead and the sold for an aver- Measures and Defeat age of $68.25 which was a $6.00 bet- Published first Saturday of each month by the Michigan Farm New« Company, a t its publication office at 114 Lovett St., Charlotte, Michigan. 150 150 6 Others ter average than a year ago. The 26 1 bulls averaged $68.52 and the 14 heif- Editorial and general offices, 221 North Cedar St., Lansing, Michigan. TEB-^V ers $67.65. The animals that went Lansing—In addition to the 9-point Box 708. Telephone, Lansing, 21-271. i4o TO 140 Farm Bureau Legislative Program re- home's through the sale ring found new ported on page 1, Secretary Brody of ding was in 13 different counties. Bid- E. E. UNGREN Editor and Business Manager spirited and a sense of activ- 150 •*» the Panp Bureau has made the fol-ity was prevalent throughout the day. Subscription 50 cents per year; 3 years for Jl, in Advance. lowing statement to the Bureau's People from 31 different counties at- /TIAT'L IND. CONFER E N C E \ membership of other legislation in tended the sale. SATURDAY, JULY 1, 1933 No. 7 120 1 BOARD FIGURE^ I which thd Farm Bureau interested Vol. XI 120 itself in the session just closed: Practically all of the animals sold \ 1^=100 / LEGISLATION BWACTBD went into grade herds where they will replace individuals of poorer breed- Bank Deposits Guaranteed Soon no 110 With Fjirin Bur fa ii Support Drivers BespoMlMltty ing. Testimonials given by purchasers in the past sales show that they have Effective January 1, 1934, the Federal government will guarantee 1. Drivers Responsibility law, whirl) been especially well satisfied with re- all bank deposits of $2,500 and less 100%, in accordance with the Glass- 100 - 100 provides that a driver may have only sults. Steagall Act, one of the last piece* of legislation enacted by the special 1 accident wherein he is found liable This sale is conducted as a state col- session of Congre: • for property or personal damage and lege co-operative extension project » does not settle. Until he settles, he and has as its goal the improvement After July 1, 1934, the Act provides that all deposits below $10,000 90 shall be guaranteed 1""'< : those between $10,000 and $50,000 shall be guaranteed 75%, and those above $50,000 shall be guaranteed 50%. The guarantee is to be accomplished from a fund to be created by H iqzo ,\.« mm '2) 7 4 75 *2 & 7 7 7 6 %2C i i t is barred from the road, and must of beef and dual purpose cattle in prove $11,000 financial responsibility north and central parts of Michigan. through insurance or bonds before he The results of the sale show that the banks contributing one-half of 1% of their demand deposits annually. is permitted to drive again. there is an interest in beef cattle in Milk Commission northern and central Michigan, in a The Federal government will loan the guarantee fund a considerable This "unstable dollar," asserts the the dollar—indicate that our money, of gold, rather than upon afixednum- 2. House Bill 603 for a Michigan section where beef cattle raising is sum to get it started. Committee for the Nation, a group of when tied inflexibly to a fixed weight ber of grains of gold, is a more logi- Milk Commission. Designed by theadaptable. This is one livestock en- This is deposit insurance for bank depositors. Some months ago industrial and agricultural leaders or- of gold, must vary as widely and sure- cal and more scientific measure of Michigan Milk Producers and others terprise which has stood up well un- when the Farm News supported editorially the plan of Congressman ganized to restore prices and purchas- ly as the fluctuations in the world's value than the dollar we now have to provide legal machinery to manage der Woodruff of Michigan for guaranteeing bank deposits by an insurance ing power, is at the root of our pres- price for gold. Consequently, the A dollar of constant purchasing the milk market to prevent cut-throat years,the conditions of the past few mainly because, only simple fund created by the banks, the enactment of the principle seemed far ent financial difficulties. Committee believes that a stabilized power would insure to both debtors competitive practices between distri- The wide fluctuations in purchasing dollar, adjusted from time to time to equipment is needed, labor require- distant. Banking opposition was powerful, particularly in New York. and creditors, to both producers and butors and to organize the industry ments are low and because there is a But even New York banking interests counted for little as against the power—which constitutes the value of correspond to the purchasing power consumers, a relatively level value. for higher prices to the milk producer low disease risk of raising and feed- flood of public opinion that has flowed in on Congress these past few This bill is in line with President ing beef cattle. In addition to this, months. The peole demanded that bank deposits be guaranteed in the Oil Drillers Find World to Stop Burying Roosevelt's general farm and indus- abundant grass and legume forages future. federal legislation to increase are present in this section, all of It develops that New York City banks hold 25% of the total deposits 800 Foot Salt Bed Kentucky Colonels Gold in Dental Work trial •farm prices and wages and thus pub- which are factors which justify the of member banks of the Federal Reserve system and will contribute 25% Progress of oil drilling operations Are Corporals Now Ann Arbor.—If the gold standard of lic buying power. continuation of beef cattle raising on of the nation's bank guarantee furfd. The Chase, National City and First Mortgage Relief Michigan farms. All agreed that the in Newaygo county is being watched There was once a time when dental fillings and repairs were to be 3. We supported the principle ot result of the sale was convincing evi- National Banks will contribute 10% of the total. They have been by geologists, since the earth in this harnessed for the common good, despite their powerful lobby against a Kentucky Colonel had a stand- carried on during the next two years the Bischoff-Munshaw Act to suspend dence that the turn has been made section of the state has been pierced ing and was looked upon as at the rate called for by American mortgage foreclosures until March 1 and ahead lies the road to better the bank deposit guarantee bill. to the greatest depth on record within dental faults alone, as much golc 1935, under certain conditions. Des- times. The guarantee fund will be contributed by all member banks of the the state. Recent reports gave the quite the stutT. But since Ruby Laffoon became Governor of the would be buried in patients' teeth as cribed in full in the June 3 Farm Federal Resei m and paid into the Federal Deposit Insurance depth of one drilling operation as has ibeen lost in shipwrecks in all re-News. Blue Grass Btute, elevator oper- Corporation. State banks may have the deposit guarantee extended to 6,400 feet or nearly twice the depth ators, policemen, and second- corded history. Oov't Economy Mobile Hospital Is them providing they subscribe to the stock of the Deposit Insurance of wells in other parts of Michigan. That is one reason why the noble Corporation, and providing their solvency is approved by their State rate politicians by the thousand At 4,800 feet the operators are re- have been made colonels. metals for dental repairs are going designed i. Hartman-Brown Economy Bills, Put Into Service Banking authorities and the Deposit Insurance Corporation. To retain ported to have encountered 800 feet out of fashion; they are too wasteful to repeal laws fixing sal- the guarantee, they must join the Federal Reserve system,by July, 1936. Reports from Frankfort now and expensive. Another is that where aries and appropriations and turn all put A traveling hospital has just been of salt in the course of their drilling, state that even school children receipts and disbursements back to into service on the lines of the It is quite possible that some State banks cant make the grade; that said to be the thickest layer of salt two metals are used in the mouth, others will deflate further to make certain of passing the examination, are sending quarters to the Gov- they act as the plates in a tiny elec- the Legislature, the board of super- Canadian National Railways in north- deposit found underlying Michigan's ernor asking that they be sent and that depositors will go from uninsured banks to insured banks, thus lower peninsula. tric battery and start chemical chang- visors, or township boards, as the ern Ontario. It will serve a huge ter- forcing all banks in the direction of the Federal Reserve system. a commission. As a result of es around their location which may do case may be. ritory that has been without hospital Oil drilling in Ottawa county, at a Governor Lalfoon's broadcast of Delinquent Tax Sale facilities of any kind. depth of 6,300 feet, had been the state's much insidious damage. commissions, a Kentucky Colo- At the University of Michigan, ex- 5. Supported McKenna - Munshaw The hospital consists of «a car, spec- When Prices Are High record depth for attempts at striking nel now has the rate of about a Act suspending sale of delinquent tax- ially designed by the railway com- d Congress adjourned in June with the national «*t landing a t 2 2 oil. tensive experiments are in progress Much of the state's oil is obtained lance corporal in the National to furnish non-metallic dental repairs es May 1, 1933, for 1930 and previous pany and turned over'by it to the Red billions of dollars. In 1929 it had been reduced to slightly under T bil- Guard. Only 20 per cent of the American peo- years. Cross Society for maintenance. The lions, a nine billion shrink from the high point of nearly 25% billions at 3,000 to 4,000 feet below the surface ple, whose teeth are the best cared Local Schools Aid Red Cross will staff the car and the in 1919. , of the ground. Gas wells are yielding for in the world, can afford adequate 6. Supported House Bill 500 to railway company moves it about from We are also advised by the U. S. Treasury that we will have a three from depths of 1,300 to 1,600 feet, it dental service^ due largely to the ne provide ($15,000,000 from sales tax point to point without charge. The billion deficit July 1, representing the money poured out by the Recon- is claimed. State Has Seeded cessity in the past of using precious revenues for local schools to reduce car is 75 feet long and contains a ful- struction Finance Con-ratio,, and the difference between the daily Big Beet Acreage metals. Perfection of cheap substi- the property tax for school purposes ly-equipped hospital ward with three income and outgo of the Federal government for the past year. Some- State Budget Exceeds tutes is the next step due in dentistry H. B. 500 provides a plan of distribu- beds in it, sleeping quarters for the times that difference has been several million dollars per day on the Revenues by $9,500,000 Bay City, June 30—Reports from When gold, silver or platinum go tion which should bring to a common nurses who are in charge and an op- wrong side of the books. the various sugar beet growing dis- into teeth, they go permanently out level the cost of providing each child erating room complete in every de- Notwithstanding that State and local governments, businesses and Lansfng—Assuming that Gov. Com-tricts In Michif .u indicate that prac of circulation, unless our distant des with good the minimum requirements for tail for hospital and clinical work. common school education, re- Social service and educational or- individuals increased their debts in many instances during the period stock approves the financial set-up of tically all of the 181,000 acres of Ian' cendants take to mining our cemeter of 1919-29, the people were prosperous enough at those price levels to the Sta.te as the 57th Legislature left to be devoted to sugar beet cultur ies. Use of these metals for denta gardless of where he lives. ganizations have to depend to a large live well and pay their taxes at least. The Federal government paid its it June 16, and no change is made by this year have been seeded. If norma purposes is prohibitied in some coun LEGISLATION DEFEATED extent upon the railways for assist- way Ind reduced the national debt nearly one billion dollars a year for a special session, the State of Michi- climatic conditions prevail during the tries. With Farm Bnreau Support ance in carrying out work in the re- each of nine years. gan will probably spend 19,500,000 balance of the growing season, it i "The metals are also going out of Senate Bill No. 20 moter areas of parts of Canada. For more each of the next two fiscal years estimated that Michigan will produc favor because of appearances. * The 1. Senate Bill No. 20 and othei several years the Canadian National In 1919 the farmer was prosperous and business hummed. II tne excess of 1,790,000 tons of suga old style dental jewelry and barbec bills designed to make auto owners Railways have co-operated, with the administration at Washington can so manage It. price »»P'»r™|j} ending June 30 than the State reve- in beets this ye;ir, from which fifteen wire entanglement bridgework is liable for an injury to a guest passen- Ontario Government in a traveling program for agriculture and industry so that the farmer s P"*ucte wiU nues will provide. Lll for dollars as big as those he needs when he buys, as they did after The fvarious items of expenditure Michigan beet sugar factories will ex avoided rather than called for, which ger regardless of passenger's negli- school house that moves from point She war, well have good times again. We hope that time is not far away. listed tfetow are fairly definite figures. tract approximately 495,000,000 lbs. o is a good thing," says Dr. Rickert of gence. Would have increased cost of to point in the north, bringing educa- The nation appears committed to a policy of cheapening the dollar No one knows what the sales tax may sugar, a production which 'woul( the University. "A metal filling may auto insurance without benefit to -car tion to children who would otherwise do. The Legislature was of the opin- place Michigan as the second larges be an electric irritant and furnish owners. be without any means of schooling. ion that it may produce far more than beet sugar producing state in the un space for germ activity in the tooth Insurance Restrictions the $31,700,000 anticipated. In that ion. pulp. It was the best we knew in the 2. House Bill 684 and others de- This car has a fully equipped school room and quarters for the teacher. It of rising prices. case, the $9,500,000 shortage may dis- It is conservatively estimated tha old days, but we can now see farsigned to prohibit farmers and others stays a given number of days at one appear and the local schools would se the 22,600 Michigan farmers who an enough ahead to promise "manufactur from acting as part time insurance point and then moves on, the teacher Farmers Must Pay Salvaging Gold from cure the $15,000,000 provided for them engaged in sugar beet growing this ed materials for all dental repairs agents. An examining committee of leaving enpugh home work to keep. which will be perfectly inert chemic Old Rubber Erasers if and when collected in the sales tax year will receive in excess of $10, ally and will defy any but an expert hand-picked insurance interests woulc the pupils reasonably busy until the 3% Sales Tax afcove $31,700,000 for other State pur 300,000 for their 1933 crop and tha have had power to "examine" a farm- school rolls around again. There are (Contiiiiifil from p&ffe L) By saving up the sponge rubber poses. Following is the State's ex 39,447,272 man hours of employmen to tell from the real tooth." er agent until he could be ruled out instances of children having to come For the first mouth the state is re- used to wipe the excess gold leaf from pected expenses and revenues: will be afforded American labor. Ove lying on the honesty of the retailers newly lettered book covers and turn- Politics In Agr'I Schools as far as twenty miles to attend this in making reports. After that, as the ing it over to the University Depart- 450,000 tons of coal, coke and lime 3. House Bill 543 designed to take school house on wheels. STATE PURPOSES rock will be consumed in the bee BACHELOR HIRAM direction of vocational agr'l higl monthly reports come in there will be ment of Engineering Research for State departments % 4,885,668 By R. S. Clark close check-up made of each report treatment, the book bindery of the Un- U. of M 3,20O,O(Xi sugar factories, and transportation schools and city industrial high to determine the correctness of the iversity of Michigan now finds itself M S C 1,000.000 companies will receive in excess o Marthy's gone to 'tend the nick. schools from educators who train the August Is Month of Prison* 1,967,600 'tax paid, the ass't attorney general richer by $150 in the useful metal. Hospitals 3,379,650 $5,300,000 for transporting sugar AndIt's I right that she should «o, teachers and place "control" in the stated. Wherever more tax is paid, Gold leaf has long been the chosen Normal colleges 1,427,270 beets, supplies and materials, sugar won't be the one to kick— It should be BO, hands of the Sup't of Public Instruc- Dairymen's Meetings Emergency and contingent For sick folk need a woman's care, tion and appointees to be controlled through error, it will be applied on funds l,f>00,000 pulp and mola.sses. In addition to the And you don't find Marthys everywhere Michigan dairymen are planning a bubsequent tax payments or will be substance for the cover titles of good Continuing Miscellaneous purposes 5,219,084 appropriations.. 2,873.689 farmers engaged in beet growing, em So she will have to stay right there, by him. series of summer dairy cattle breed- refunded upon application by the re- books because of its appearance, leg- Institutes and state homes 476,255 ployment will be given to over 25,000 I know. Motor Truck 'Bill ers meetings during August. All tailer, under the terms of the law.ibility and wearing qualities. The li- Soldiers' home Howell Sanitarium 179,200 273,600 agricultural and beet sugar factory Now, I meanwhile, must bach' it here. 4. Original draft and several re- dairymen are invited to attend any or Where it is apparent that attempt has brary bindery applies it to new covers College of Mines 302,000 workers. It won't hurt me a bit; And no one need be scared for fear visions of House Bill 364, designed to all of these events. been made to "short pay" the state, a over an egg albumen adhesive, press- StfUe board of registration 112,763 I'm going to quit, strangle motor truck transportation Aug. 7—Dairymen in the Thumb dis- Reform school 362,400 penalty, in the form of 25% addi- ing In the gold with hot iron letters Psychopathic hospital 91,125 New Food and Drug For I will do my best, and she, Before ehe left, so I would be '.in all forms by rates and regulations trict of Michigan will picnic at the tional taxation, may be invoked, as The excess adhesive and leaf are then World's fair 125,000 baked up some stuff for me "to be not less than railroad rates" Lapeer Home and Training School at provided specifically by law. rubbed off with a plastic rubber eras- Special sessions (1932) 100,000 Bill to Protect Public AllTo right, wit: We supported "reasonable" regula- Lapeer. Trier Tug* and Tiix er. This rubber the research engi Total $27,486,924 A batch of bread, a couple of pics, tion of truck rates and operations anc Aug. 8—The Michigan Jersey Cat- Washington. A new federal food A loaf cake in a pan, In purchasing a sack of feed or any noers took and reduced to an ash, School aki OTHER NEEDS a proposal to treat truck transporta- tle club, George Cooper presiding, will 15,000,000 and drugs art has been offered Con Some cookies of a handy size,— other commodity or supply, the farm- which they then smelted, with the re- Welfare Deficiency aid 12,000,000 6,000,000 gress by Secy Wallace of the Dep't of And thin I < ;ui tion as a separate industry. We in-gather at the Hayes Jersey farm, er may find the price of the article sult that in the bottom of their cru- T. B. deficiency 1,600,000 Agriculture to correct many deficien Oet onions from the garden too, Anl radishes, and quite a few sisted on exemptions for farmers Clark Lake, near Jackson, Michigan. marked on the tag with the amount cible appeared a sizeable nugget of Special for state depart- ment 125.000 cies in the present' act, which was en More kinds of sass that ought to do hauling produce and supplies, with Here they will see one of the leading of the tax stipulated as a separate gold to be refined and turned in on Old Age pensions 6." acted 27 years ago. A man. Vet, while I plow, or pitch manure, privilege of hauling for each other for Jersey herds of the state, owned by item. This, however, is not required. the anti-hoarding campaign. Or cultivate the corn, The new bill gives the government I know she isn't here, as sure accommodations. Also, practical ex- Mr. C. B. Hayes of Jackson. Grand Total $68,236,924 emption in the matter of handling Aug. 9—The Michigan Guernsey The dealer may include the tax in the STATE'S REVENUE authority to prevent false advertising As I am born. price and so state it. Under no con- TRAGIC Sales tax $31,700,000 of foods, drugs and cosmetics and to And, as about the farm I no farmers seasonal packs in the matter breeders will be the guests of the Ber- sideration will a retailer be permitted Corporation and miscellan- Wjth cultivator or with hoe of fruit, beets, etc. Our views pre-rien County Guernsey breeders at eous fees 9,500,000 establish tolerances for poisons addec I know she won't come out and blow vailed in the final draft of H. B. 364.Berrien Springs. to convey the impression, according "I hope that's a nice book for you Delinquent taxes 4,000,000 to foods for preservative and other The horn. to the law, that he is charging no to read, darling," said a conscientious Mill tax, state's share, .8 And when I rise to do the chores mill 3,500,000 purposes. The department is now At five A. M. each day Saved Hlghwny Tax Relief Aug. 10—Dairymen in northern fcales tax. He cannot absorb it. The mother to her very young daughter. Chain store tax 2,500,000 handicapped in the prosecution of It'sWhile lonesome, even out of doors .">. The Farm Bureau helped save Michigan are planning to assemble at intent of the law is that the purchaser Beer revenue 1,500,000 she's away. "Oh, yes, mummy, it's a lovely book, manufacturers of fake remedies and When Maithy'.s gone I seem to lack the Horton Act which turns the sec-Lake City at the Potato Experiment shall pay the full amount of the tax-.but I don't think you'd like it. It's so Poll tax 6,000,000 their advertising thereof. The newAI'll powerful hand at keeping track. ond half of the automobile weight tax station farm. The retailer merely collects and re-sad at the end." Total $58,700,000 bill will require that food and drug To stay. be right glad when she gets back back to the counties to reduce or Aug. 11—The Michigan Holstein mits to the State. "How is it sad, dear?" Needed to balance budget.. 9,536,924 labels to carry sufficient facts to en- When Marthy's gone away, by Jinks, eliminate local highway taxes as well Friesian association has accepted the Report forma tor eaeh month's busi- "Well, she died, and he has to go T O T A L R E V E N U E N E E D E D i t s peaceful, n i allow, FROM A L L SOURCES. $68,236,924 able intelligent buying. But a man gets lonesomer than he thinks as retire existing bonds. The Kulp invitation of the Miller Dairy farm, ness are to be made available through back to his wife." And anyhow emergency welfare bill (Senate 109) Eaton Rapids, for a picnic. convenient channels, including county When she's away I find, by gum, diverted these funds to State Welfare Principal speaker at these eventg agricultural agents, county clerks and ACCURACY Cherry Blossoms I need her here to boss And I'd be thankful if she'd com.- me some, purposes. We helped get an amend- will be Jack Nisbet, associate editor, other local officials, as soon as the "Now tell the jury, lady," instructed Horses of Leadership The first Japanese flowering cher- Right now. ment to limit that practice to Jan. 1,Hoard's Dairyman, according to A. C. State's printers can provide them. the young lawyer, "just where the ries planted at Washington on public IHi. Since then the Sales Tax Bill Baltzer, extension dairyman, Michigan, July 25 or 26 is the earliest date that prisoner was milking the cow." Woodrow Wilson once said, "Theground were purchased by Mrs. Taft was amended in the final days to pro-State college. • he printed forms are expected to be eight horses that draw the triumphal in 1909. The following year, upon ONLY MAIXK LKD MICHIGAN IH vide $12,000,000 annually for welfare ready for distribution the FARM The young lady looked embarrassed chariot of every ruler and leader of suggestion of the Japanese counsel POTATO PROMOTION IN 1032purposes. NEWS was told. and then smiled sweetly, "Why I free men are force of character, read- general at New York, the city of The Michigan acreage planted in KEPT THOSE THAT PAID think it was just a little back of the iness of resources, clearness of vision, Washington received 2,000 trees as a 1932 amounted to 264,000 acres of Agz*I Extension Sen ice Using their herd records as a basis center, sir." grasp of intellect, courage of convic- gift from the city of Tokio, Japan. which 4,000 acres were abandoned due 6. The Farm Bureau helped de- for ciflling, members of Wisconsin I NGIXES VKI < ILLED "SHE" tion, earnestness of purpose, instinct, The entire consignment, however, was o failure of stands, disease, and late eat Senate Bill 85 to forbid the State Dairy Herd Improvement associations TIMOTHY HAY \Y 8. s. arboro, road foreman of the The hay from timothy cut before it and capacity for leadership." ordered burned hy the government 'all freezes. In some sections, especial- to match U. S. funds for county agr'l Hilled their herds closer than ever, because the trees were infested with y the northern and western districts, agent, 4-H Boys and Girls Club work, ast year, and some associations dis- Central Vermont railway, explains is in blossom contains one-fifth more why they call a locomotive "she". MOTION TABLED insect pests and plant diseases. But here was a deficiency of moisture and erative other agr'l educational and co-op- posed of as high as 20 per cent of the movement assistance in Michi- cows under test as being undesirable protein than hay cut in full bloom. luring the early growing period, but "They wear jackets with yokes, pins, Likewise, early-cut second-crop tim- "How did you receive those in- the Japanese people sent another con- September rains brought added growth an. producers, the 1932 records show. shield signment of 3,000 trees that tys. They have aprons. othy makes as good hay as clover cut iuriesn asked an adjuster of a claim- inspection which were planted in Po- and an awrage yield of 115 bushels passed uly do tl hoes but they in full bloom. ant under an accident policy, who had tomac Park at Washington. These per acre was obtained. Yields in the Eld evvn hose while they 14 Income Tax States Tho l'J30 census figures give badl4 battered head. trees have made Washington famous outhern districts were decidedly bet- 12,078,345 radio receiving sets in • hind them. "My wife hit me with an oak leaf."|during their blossoming period, when er than in each of the preceding three State income tax laws are in effect ise in the United States and a trade attract men with puffs The term "Down East" is usually 'An oak leaf?" rears. The quality was also better n Arkansas, Delaware, Georgia, Mass- stimate puts the number now at au»l mufflers. Then, too, they need considered to have reference to the "Yes." tourists flock to the national capital to admire their beauty. han in any other recent year. Mich- achusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, New more than 150,000,000. At the guiding and they also need a man to coast states of New England, especial- "Where did she get an oak leaf that gan's rank in potato production was York, North Carolina, North Dakota, present time there are 610 broad- feed them. And, last but not least, ly Maine, which i« termed "Way Down would inflict such Injuries?" Among the things that have come econd, being exceeded only by that Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, •asting stations licensed in the th«y all smoke." East." "From the dining-room table." down were a lot of elevated noses. t Maine. i Virginia and Wisconsin. Jnited States. g 1 * SATURDAY, JULY 1, 1933 MICHIGAN FARM NEWS Tmtn UN OFRNER FOI>1»« Civil War Veteran Is Lack of Ordinary Faith in CASS LIVE STOCK '41', Branded Sturgeon, Farmers Letters Save Marked 28 Years Ago Aid to Agr'l Colleges The railroad industry ordinarily uses about one-third of the steel Graduated by U. of M. Home Folks•——a Costly Fault output; however more steel, or ten Ann Arbor.—A Chicago alumnus of View With Suspicion Too, s e c t i o n s u n t i l o n e i s brought face to MEN PLEDGE NOT Lansing,—The mystery of number Washington—Announ c « r a e n t by per cent, was used to make tin cans "41", a 75 pound sturgeon taken from President O'Neal of the American 'in 1932 than for any other single the University of Michigan, now 93 We s\r the Manistee River late in April may Farm Bureau and other farm leaders purpose. years of age, who left the University in 1861 to distinguish himself in the o • Often in Spite or Uur Common Sense r /-A ' f a c e w i t h il: Will our farm people ever learn to have ordinary faith in their home TO SELL DIRECT be solved. Twenty-eight years ago he that the Federal budget director ap- was caught, it is claimed, in a net in peared ready to withdraw all U. S. Cocoanuts in the husk will keep indefinitely if kept in a dry place. Civil War and later as one of the» folks and will they ever learn to shun Lake St. Clair and was branded by support from State agr'l colleges, ex- Such cocoanuts have boeu satis- By MRS. EDITH M. WAGAR the stranger approaching them with Expect Their Idea Will Spread Charles Trost, now a resident ot Mt. periment stations, and agr'l agent ac- factorily kept for 25 years or more. originators of the Chicago Fair of Clemens. a proposition until they have made an 1892, was voted his degree as of .the During the past week my attention investigation as to who and what he To Several Adjoining tivities brought bales of protest let- was called to a letter written to one In 28 years the fish had added 34 ters to the White House. The 100% class of '61 by the Regents. He is of our dailies on the farm situation by is; and will they ever get where they States pounds in weight and had moved his cut has now been changed to a 25% George Mason, still an active figure in one who felt it his duty or privilege will refuse to listen to the fellow who home from Lake St. Clair to Lake cut. State College agr'l experiment Farm Bureau Chicago business, civic and veterans to pass out advice to the farmers. asks them to sign their names to con- Dowagiac—Co-operative live stock Michigan. stations may be pruned too heavy. affairs. •shipping ass'ns of Cass county at Do- One sentence was a bit more caustic tracts or releases or agreements un- wagiac, Cassopolis, Marcellus and A crew of men working under the If President Roosevelt's Farm Bill Patronage Dividends than the rest and declared that the less they know the man and all about direction of the Department of Con- In 1861 Mr. Mason was a senior at Jones are inviting farmers to pledge servation a month ago at Junction passes, the Sec'y of Agriculture plans Para Notice to Members: Purchases of the University of Michigan, when the farmer was over-organized, that he him? •. themselves not to ship direct to pack- large use of the county agr'l agent from your Bureau dairy and poultry feeds local dealer; also, put call to arms to preserve the Union did not think for himself any more Years ago the copy on one page of ers. Dam on the Manistee River were lift- system and farm organizations for from our clothing ami blankets dent came. With only two months left to and that his job of producing food the school copy book read like this, ing rainbow trout and pike-perch over at Lansing, carrying out the purposes of the bill, dividends, when are eligible to patronage "Never sign your name for a strang- The co-ops hold that packers and the dam that they might continue on according to the U. S. Dep't of Agri- copy of dealer >at£> slips, receipted 4eetera4. Mail your complete his University course, he was being interfered with. killers should buy their hogs in the by wished to join the regiments going Of course one could readily see that er." What a lot of misery would be public terminal live stock markets. up the river to spawn. Five large culture. Certain groups of dealers him as paid, to thp Michigan State Farm Bureau, Membership Dep't, 221 southward, and on the advice of this man had a grievance; he admit- eliminated if we all had learned that When hogs go direct to packers at sturgeons were found among the opposed to the Farm Bill wouldn't North iVdar street, Lansing, about Henry Philip Tappan, then president ted he was not a farmer, and his ideas one lesson more thoroughly! thousands of fish. One of them wore every two months. Dividends are their private yards, they take the best mind seeing the agr'l extension ser- credited against your membership of the University, he did so. From on farming were in keeping with And then there's the idea of loyalty. and force the shipper to take the rest a distinct brand "41" on his side. He vice extinguished in the name of econ- dtlM until life membership is paid up, the battle of Shiloh, where he served standards of a half century ago. Organizations must stress loyalty if was taken to the Paris Fish Hatchery $1D annual dues mature life member- to the terminal market, where they omy. ships^ $".> annual dues do not, but par- on General McArthyr's staff, and had And then before the week was over, they accomplish anywhere near all that contribute to depressing the price. and held in a pond, the Department ticipate in patronage dividends. Life his mount killed under him, he served I was thoroughly convinced that or- they are empowered to do. There's The depressed price caused by more of Conservation hoping that someone members receive their patronage might be able to identify him. Magistrate—"And you were having dividends in cash once a year. throughout the war, being commis- ganization among farmers had not always such a comforting feeling poor type hogs coming onto the termi- sioned Captain and Brevet Major for even made a good beginning, for farm- when one knows where to put one's nal market enables the packer to pay The department has now received a words with your wife?" Defendant—"Not with 'er, your hon- MICHIGAN STATE FARM BUREAU Lansing, Michigan meritorious service at the end of hos- ers do not investigate the every day) hand on a loyal co-worker. Leaders less for those he buys direct. Hogs letter from Mr. Trost who claims to tilities. happenings that touch their lives as could push ahead and bring forth won- are $2 per hundred or 34% below have branded the fish. or, from *er." Mr. Mason returned to Chicago and they should, they do not analyze the derful results if their job did not in-jwhat they should be, according to Roy "I put the number '41' on a sturgeon entered immediately upon a career in whys and wherefores and then make volve so much backing up to pull the Ward, manager of the Dowagiac Co-op about 28 years ago," Mr. Trost's letter the foundry and iron industry of that decisions that will correct the evils crew out of the rut. Criticism is too Ass'n. says. "At that time I was working city. As a director of the Inter-State working against them. often heaped on the leader who has "Shipping direct to packers is a for the Mt. Clemens Carp Fishery at Industrial Exposition he suggested a If I were to point out any one thing not accomplished what has been ex- practise that is undermining live Anchor Bay which is in Lake St. Clair resolution in 1885 that a great World's above all others that has brought pected of him, but he is too often de- stock prices," said Mr. Ward. "If we near Mt. Clemens. We were seiaing Why State Farm Fair should be held to commemorate more sorrow and wrecked more con- nied the credit due him for the lack watch the receipts on the terminal for carp and obnoxious fish and we the 4OOth anniversary of the discovery structive assistance that might have of co-operation he has encountered markets and figure the percentage go- caught the sturgeon in the seine. The of America. This was the first step been given to the farmer* it is his from those he had a right to expect ing direct to packers, we will see j sturgeon at that time weighed 41 Auto Insurance Costs Less toward the Fair of 1892. gullibility. I know that is a harsh were his fellow workers. where the trouble is. The packers' pounds; therefore the brand of '41' word, but it is the only one that will No, farmers are not over-organized. hope of getting hogs at his own price, on the fish. After branding the fish, You Pay for 3 Things correctly express the thoughts I have In spite of so many modern methods without competitive bidding is close it was thrown back into the water." When You Buy Insurance in mind. of communication—rural mails, tele- to being realized under the direct mar- FORDSON TRACTORS For instance, let a farmer attempt phones, good roads and autos—our keting system. No producer should To remove printing from flour bags, OLD PLAN STATE FARM MUTUAL to get the farmers of his neighborhood rural population taken as a whole is want to see a continuing packer-con- cover the letters thinly with lard, roll ECONOMY PLAN Made Like New or his county together on any particu- still way too far apart when it comes trolled market." the bag, and lay it away for two or 1. SALES COST Paid Each Year *PAID ONCE 50 H. P. 6-cylinder NEW MOTOR to protecting their own interests and 2. SAFETY MARGIN Paid Each Year *PAID ONCE complete with magneto, carbure- lar proposition, let it be what it might The movement originating in Cass three days. The lard loosens the ink, 3. LOSSES & EXPENSES Paid Each Year Paid Each 6 Mot. tor, etc., ready to install. Fully guaranteed. Price $129.50. be, one costing nothing or one defend- knowing what is for their best good county is using the following pledge, to which may then be removed by boil- •ECONOMIES: Your nominal State Farm Mutual mem- ROAMER CORPORATION ing a goodly portion of their life's and we will never be even adequately be effective when sufficient numbers of ing. bership is paid ONCE for a life time of service, and includes Kalamazoo . Michigan earnings, and he will have to exert organized until every community or farmers in Michigan and adjoining the agent's sales comnjiselon. Your safety margin deposit is paid the State Farm Mutual but ONCE. Thereafter, your semj- every energy to even get a hearing, rural school district has an organized States has subscribed to it: anuual premium call (your share ot the losses & expenses) is he will have to run his legs off to unit as a safeguard for self protection. sufficient to keep your safety margin up to par. THESE get his fellow farmers to go half way When that time comes the unscrupu- Being a livestock produce!- i do feel with him; they will all want to share lous salesman with his nefarious' that the marketing of livestock direct to LIVESTOCK AGREEMENT Money KCONOMUSS MAKE STATE FAKM MUTUAL INSURANCE COST LI Solvay whatever advantages he might be able schemes will be kicked out before he the packer is extremely detrimental to MOTE: The State Kami Mutual's safety margin continues AGR'L LIMESTONE to bring them but they will hold off has reached first base. and hang back about giving him even the best interest of farmers and stock men not only in this state but in the country at large. Credit to be "your money", less your share of losses ;nni expense*, at any time and is returnable to you in tliat amount if you dis- continue the insurance. Pledge is for one year, and is not to Michigan Producers of moral support to his proposition, let start until the state of Michigan with and More than 500,000 policyholders in 35 States are benefit- alone, anything more substantial. Advice on Driving to other states have signed enough pledges ing by the savings and service given by this legal reserve PULVERIZED LIMESTONE LIMESTONE MEAL They may have known this man all Chicago's World's Fair the U. S. Date of pledge to start, to be of their lives, he may be their neigh- to make it effective on .the markets of set by the several states. The object of this pledge is to make packer and killer Debt Mutual of unquestioned reputation and financial responsibility. Alfred M. Best Co. of Chicago, the Dun and Bradstrect of Available At Your Nearest Dealer bor or a fellow county farmer. He Chicago.—No parking facilities will go to public livestock terminal markets By Lucius E. Wilson insurance, rate it as " A plus." may be one whose whole life has been be available within A Century of $2.00 to buy their hogs. Hogs being 34% or per hundred below normal, object This series of 10 articles tells Solvay Sales Corporation open to them and nothing said about Progress grounds and officials are urg- to bring hogs up to> normal. why and how our supply of money Assets $7,026,942.24 him beyond the ordinary shortcom- ing visitors to leave their cars in out- PLEDGE has been shrunk in this man-made Reserves 5,793,557.65 7501 W. Jefferson Ave. SURPLUS V33.384.59 DETROIT, MICH. ings of the average human being—yet, lying districts and use the traction oneI hereby pledge myself for a period of year beginning to panic. Describes the control of our he is eyed with suspicion and if he lines for transportation within the market all my hogs for slaughter, Uirougn money system by the few for prof- We offer the most liberal public liability, property damage, does win their support he is nevei* city. This will not only help to re- and the public livestock terminal markets, it since the Civil War, the policies collision, fire, wind, hail, theft and accessories insurance at absolutely agree not to .sell any hogs that have bred great panics. I n - certain they are going to stick with lieve congestion in the already crowd- for slaughtering purposes direct to ;my forms citizens so that they may very reasonable rates. Our local agent will be glad to explain him through thick or thin. They d Loop district but will also be easier packer or killer or his agent regardless of the location of such packing or killing consider intelligent reforms. ' our policy to you and without obligation. want the thick but drop out during and safer for visitors. plants. We further solicit livestock pro- the thin. 1. Watch your speed. The greater movement ducers in other states to Join us in this The Series with goal in mini of making STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTO INSURANCE CO. $1,000 But let any stranger come along, the congestion, the greater the danger this nation wide in scope. let him have any kind of story, the from speed. more impossible the better, and it is 2. In Chicago you must be on the Signed Number of hogs produced Cor slaughter: TEN ARTICLES $1.00 Prepaid . Bloomington, 111. MICHIGAN STATE FARM BUREAU, State Agent—Lansing INSURANCE pathetic and disheartening—yes, it is inner lane of traffiic if you want to disgusting how helpless the same peo- make a left turn. Remember this, for Local Gov'ts Profit by MICHIGAN FARM NEWS 221 No. Cedar St. Lansing, Mich. for $5 ple seem to be under his suave influ- the practice varies in some sections of ence. the country. Right turns should be One could hardly believe that there made from the extreme right lane. State's Tax Land Sale Every Six Months was so much gullibility in our rural 3. Signal when starting, turning or Lansing.—Sale of tax homestead stopping. lands held in May by the Lands Di- Our Paymaster Policy 4. Obey all traffic signals. They vision of the Department of Conserva- Premium guaranteed not to In- crease. Accidental death double indemnity is available for $1 extra FARMERS f are for your protection. STOP means tion resulted in the disposal of 7,259 stop and SLOW means slow. acres and 288 platted lot* at a total sale price of $16,505, the Division re- temi-annually. Policy fee is $5. This sound, legal reserve insur- ance meets the needs of small in- comes; fits In with any insurance Attention* 5. Don't the lights change. onto try to a through street. "beat the gun" when ported today. 6. Look carefully before driving Practically all of the receipts from the sale will be returned to the coun- LET THE TELEPHONE program; is available to a select Insure your property in Mich- 7. Keep your brakes in good re- ty, township and school district in class. Let our local agent tell you about it. P A Y M A S T E R PAYS A T D E A T H igan's Largest Farm Mutual pair. Fire Insurance Co., with a policy that has no technical crossings. loop-holes to avoid liability 9. Be Let on, the your alert at railway passengers do grade the which each description of land is lo- cated, the state retaining only its pro- portion of the tax equity, averaging ten per cent. HELP YOU OBTAIN Age A m t . Age Amt. The sales held in May were in the 16 $1,000 17 18 19 20 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 26 Jf.OOO 27 1,000 28 29 SO 1,000 1,000 1,000 Age A m t . 36 Jl.OOjO 37 38 39 40 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 consistent with safe under- writing. A blanket policy leaflet explaining blanket pol- on personal property (write for be costly. sightseeing wheel. A while moments you are inattention at the may form of public auctions at Gladwin, Gaylord, Escanaba, Manistee and White Cloud and were of lands for GREATER PROFITS Net Resources nearly DRIVEWAYS IN NATURAL COLOR which applications had been filed by 21 1,000 31 1,000 41 1,000 22 1,000 32 1,000 42 1,000 icy). various interested individuals. 23 1,000 33 1,000 43 1,000 One Half Million Dollars. 24 1,000 34 1,000 44 1,000 The legislature refused to enact a 25 1,000 25 1,000 45 1,000 Losses satisfactorily adjusted and promptly paid. Careful The practice of lining the drive law to transfer mineral rights of underwriting and a thorough leading into the farm home with homestead land from the State to the system of inspection main- white-washed or painted stones de- homesteader. It was argued that the Age Amt. Age Amt. Age A m t . tained eliminating over-insur- tracts much from the attractive ap- law was sought by those who had 46 $ 952 904 56 $ 515 66 I 224 FIRE ance, fire hazards and are pearance of the grounds. If stones bought homesteaders' "rights" in case Almost every day new prices for farm products are 47 48 856 57 58 480 447 67 68 193 162 undesirable risks. needed to keep cars on the drive, the bill should pass. 49 50 808 769 60 414 384 69 70 131 100 "Sffiffl?" means landscape m«n suggest the use of Send for literature and large stones placed flv« or six inches quoted, differing in various towns and cities. 51 712 6) 355 financial statement. The two largest vessels on the Great 666 W. V. BURRAS, Pres. in the ground so they cannot be read- Lakes are two freighters of 10,000 52 327 After 53 627 63 302 Age 70 54 589 64 278 $100 H. K. FISK, Sec'y ily moved and they should be left in gross tons each—one American and 55 652 one British. 65 255 Home Office, 702 Church St., their natural color. Because of such variations in prices, the farmer who FLINT, MICH. rr- STATE FARM LIFE has a telephone enjoys a distinct advantage. Before Bloomington, III. MICH. STATE FARM BUREAU State Agent Lansing, Mich. State mutual Rodded Fure^J Insurance Co., of TOich. ^j Classified Classified Ads advertisements are cash with selling, he can call various buyers, determine the best EH- prices, and then sell when and where they are highest. PULLETS BEEKEEPER'S SUPPLIES LEGHORN PULLETS, FOUR WEEKS Such use of the telephone often brings enough addi- DISPERSAL SALE old, June first hatch, 28 cents each, de- livered to your door. Guaranteed disease free. No heat required. Spring Arbor BEE HIVES, SECTIONS, COMB foundation, etc. Outfits for beginners. Send for catalog. Berry baskets and tional profits to more than pay for the service for crates. Send for prices. M. H. HUNT Friday, July 14, 1933, at 1 P. M. Poultry Farm & Hatchery, Spring Arbor, & SON, 511 North Cedar street, Lansing, To settle the estate of Mr. J . E. McWilliams, on the farm, .Midi. (6-3-2t-30b) Mich. (6-3-29b) months. 8 miles north of Mt. Clemens on the "Romeo Plank Road." 8 cows—7 bred heifers—3 open heifers—3 heifer calves—1 bull calf—1 LIVE STOCK FOR SALE—MISCELLANEOUS year old bull calf whose three nearest dams averaged 1,100 lbs. butter. 3.7% test. Also 2 grade cows fresh at sale time. All negative to blood test REGISTERED HEREFORD BULLS. MICHIGAN SEPTIC TANK SIPHON "Repeater", "Woodford" and "Panama" blood lines. Priced $25 to $75. Formerly and bell as recommended by State Col- lege Agr'l Engineering dep't. Build your A telephone on the farm "pays its way." $100. A. M. Todd Company, Mentha, own septic tank and sewage system. In- Michigan (14 miles northwest from Kala- stall when tank is built. Installation and mazoo) World's largest mint farm. operation simple. Discharges automati- (2-4-6t-29b) cally. Have been sold 16 years. All in daily use and giving satisfaction. In- Live Stock Men! FOR SALE—JERSEY BULL WHOSE structions with each siphon. $7.00 de- Dam won a silver medal at t years of age. livered. Farm Bureau Supply Store, 728 Frank Hannan, Melvin, Michigan. 2t21) E. Shiawassee St., Lansing. (3-4-tf-60b) Buy your feeders . . . Finance your purchases . . . Sell FARM HELP—WANTED them finished . . . Co-operatively all the way . . . I t Pays! TRANSPORTATION SERVICE STARR COMMONWEALTH F O R LET US COLLECT YOUR LOSS OR boys farm wants man with good knowl- You can send your stock to Detroit or East Buffalo yards and overcharge claims on freight or express. edge <>f cattle, chickens, general farm sell it direct to the packers through the Michigan Live Stock Ex- We will handle your claims for stock in- work and garden. Prefer single man, HO jured or killed on railroads or highways, and up; could use married man change, which is as near to you as your nearest shipping ass'n or fur damages resulting from tires .set by without children. Wage $30 month, loom member who is affiliated with us. Get the FULL RETURNS. locomotives, etc. We give advice and and board. Write Floyd Starr, Albion, collection service on claims arising from Mich. Some 20,000 farmers, belonging to 150 Michigan shipping ass'n3, power, pipe line, ^telephone lines, gravel operations, damming of streams and sim- have at Buffalo and Detroit their own sales offices, top notch sales- ilar problems affecting your farm. Nomi- WANTED—FARM WORK men, and handle a large volume of stock on both markets. nal charges. Service available to all Ask about our purchasing service on feeder cattle, calves, lambs from range or markets. Our credit corporation and 6% U. S. money. farmers and co-operative ass'ns. We conducted this work for many years for the Michigan State Farm Bureau. Write A. I'. MILLS, MICHIGAN LIVE STOCK FARM WORK BY DAY, MONTH, OR by young men, together or sepa- rately. Each, two years ejcperiei Clinton county. Daniel Folger, 19, and MICHIGAN BELL Returns to patrons guaranteed by $50,000 bond meeting U. S. Government requirements EXCHANGE, Transportation STOCK YARDS, DETROIT. (5-6-tf-95b) Dep't, Harry Folger, IS, 40J North Fairview, Lan^iii^, phone 22 TELEPHONE CO. The domestic wheat carryover in WANTED—WORK ON DAIRY OR MICHIGAN LIVE STOCK EXCH. Detroit PRODUCERS CO-OP ASS'N East Buffalo, N. Y. 1927 was 71,000,000 bushels. In 1930 general farm, central Michigan, by mar- ried man, 38, 2 children. Long exper- it had mounted to 215,000,000 bushels tarm work. <:<>od milker. Have been doing George Calvin, Mil West St. id in 1932 it was 277,000,000 bushels. Joseph St., Lansing, Michigan. fora MICHIGAN FARM NEWS SATURDAY, JULY 1, 1933 LEGISLATURE GAVE COMSTOCK25PCT. OF HIS PROGRAM The State Journal Scores 17 Promises by Governor SOW ALFALFA THIS SUMMER And His Party Lansing—T h e 57th legislature^ Farm Bureau Seeds at Today's Prices dominated by democrats, was about 25.4 per cent efficient, so far as car- rying out the promises of Gov. Wil- liam A. Comstock and the democratic state platform are concerned. There Save Again by Sowing Less of These Certain Seeds Per Acre were 10 chief points in the address of Governor Comstock to the legislature, January 5; there are seven others in Certified HARDIGAN and GRIMM the state platform. On a basis of 100 per cent for complete realization of Michigan's highest yielding and highest quality hay. Sow 7 to 8 lbs. all pledges, eacli point is worth 5.8 per acre. It's eligible for certified seed production. per cent, if they be valued equally, ac- cording to the State Journal, Lan- sing's daily newspaper. The points, and the score: MONTANA GRIMM Welfare relief—Met by passage of the Kulp bill and appropriation of I A Bargain for Seeding This Summer $12,000,000 from sales tax, which per- jmit further R. F. C. loans. Thi For many years Michigan has drawn much of its supply of certified GRIMM, the old scored 5.8 per cent. standard of perfection for winter-hardiness, long enduring stands, and high annual Unemployment aid — Bill providin. yields from Montana and the northwest. Much of the best Michigan grown Grimm for commission of inquiry died, 0 pe came originally from Montana. Farm Bureau's MONTANA GRIMM for 1933 is cent. Old age pension—Republicans fore choice, hardy, highly productive. You can have the best in Grimm alfalfa at near ed real bill through over meaningles common alfalfa prices while our present stocks last. Sow 9 to 10 lbs. per acre. See democratic bill, but democrats vote Farm Bureau alfalfa on Fred Curtis Farm, Lake Odessa your Farm Bureau seed dealer at once. for it, so credit is given for 5.8 pe cent. Primary school fund supplementa ALFALFA IS THE CHEAPEST PROTEIN aid—An appropriation of $15,000,00 from excess of sales tax and iron Michigan dairy herd improvement ass'n records show that in 1932-33 grade and MICHIGAN VARIEGATED general fund means little, save o pure-bred cows on test, depending on HOME GROWN ALFALFA for the BULK of A Great, Low Cost, Long Lived Hay Producer paper. Thus, 0 per cent for this one Delinquent tax aid—Moore-Holbec their protein feed paid the best returns over the cost of feed. They paid a profit even Michigan Variegated comes from fields sown to genuine Hardigan, Grimm, Ontario (republicans) law for 10-year mora at the low prices paid for milk. Variegated, Lebeau, or Cossack varieties, which are our hardiest, longest lived and torium brings 5.8 per cent. heaviest yielding varieties. These fields were not registered for certified seed pro- Pre-primary convention system - Alfalfa sown this summer will pay handso mely on better prices for milk, which we re- Bill failed 0 per cent. gard as certain to come in keeping with price advances already made in other farm duction, but they have produced seed, which is known as Michigan Variegated. Workmen's compensation extensio products' and other lines. Prices are advancing. Two acres of alfalfa per cow for pas- to cover occupational diseases — bi Farm Bureau's Michigan Variegated is guaranteed to meet State College Farm Crops failed 0 per cent. ture and hay purposes is recommended. Dep't requirements as to origin, ancestry and the variegated bloom characteristic of General revision of constitution—0 Farm Bureau alfalfa seeds are the standard of perfection for Michigan farmers. They this hardy grown Michigan alfalfa. Variegated is an excellent hay yielder. Natural- Repeal of 18th amendment kindred wet laws—almost a are selected stocks of the heavy-yielding, northern grown, winter-hardy varieties recom- ly so, from such parents. The seed is selected, high test, thoroughly cleaned. It's the eye here, but the beer costs twice wha mended by the Michigan State College. Undoubtedly, alfalfa seed prices will advance best in alfalfa at a price that is a money saver. For several years it has been in great Governor Comstock promised. Th soon. Farm Bureau seed is sure, and goes furthest. Prepare seed bed thoroughly. If demand. Sow 9 to 10 lbs. per acre. thirsty are not getting "nickel beer thus, 5.0 per cent. soil is acid, lime as far ahead of seeding as possible. Seed before September 15. Revision of the corrupt practice act: "publicity for campaign expense and receipts" — Governor Comstocl was the first to refuse to file a state KENTUCKY BLUE GRASS Common Alfalfa Lot 1711 ment of expenses, therefore, anothe This hardy, western grown common alfalfa is 0. Our cheapest permanent pasture! Now's the time to make the cheapest possible good This limited quantity of MONTANA GRIMM growing on thousands of Michigan farms. It is a bargain because it contains 3 % sweet The state platform: permanent pasture out of fields that may be idle under President Roosevelt's farm prices Co-operation—The governor and th gives very good results. Priced * low. Sow clover, which will be eliminated in the first legislature, and latterly even severa legislation. You'll find it's good pasture. We offer 19, 21 and 23 lb. stock, priced right. 10 to 12 pounds per acre. hay cutting. Ask your dealer about it. democratic leaders, have been a cross purposes all session. Anothe izero. Reduction of small loan rates— New law reduced it from 3*4 to per cent a month; slash of one-half thus, 3 per cent. WE Good Rinder Twine News Abolition of tax-exempt bonds—Leg Michigan, Ohio and Indiana Farm Bureaus have arrang-ed for islature can't do anything about this the manufacture of Farm Bureau Binder Twine by one of the resolution seeking reform from con gress turned down on day of adjourn ment. Another 0. HAVE largest and best equipped manufacturers in the United States. FARM BUREAU TWINE is made of the highest quality ma- terials by skilled workmen. It must pass many factory in- Establishment of a fair trade com- spections and our inspector. WE COMBINED our purchas- mission—Bill died in committee, 0. Centralization of authority—Legis- lature passed two score bills taking THE RIGHT ing power for your advantage. We offer: FARM BUREAU TWINE 500 ft. per lb. in 5 or 8 lb. authority from administrative board balls. Av. tensile strength not less than 85 lbs. and tried to aibolish the board itself, 0 Uniform text books for public schools— Bill failed 0. LIME FARM BUREAU TWINE 600 ft. per lb. in 5 or 8 lb. balls. Longer Manila fibre. Av. tensile strength not less than 100 lbs. Economy in government—$23,000,000 ~~ NOTE—the 600 ft. twine gives you 20% more footage and property tax abandoned, governor ask- costs only about 13% more per pound. We recommend it* ed for $46,000,000 tax program and got one of about $40,000,000; a bill to reduce number of employes of legisla- FOR 500 or 600 ft. per lb. Criss-cross winding. ture went into icebox early in session; No snarls or breaks. special licenses and privilege fees en- FIELD LIMED ALFALFA Insect treated. acted, 0. SOUR LAND Strong, uniform. Total score: 25.4 per cent. Alfalfa does not grow well on lime deficient soil. L E F T , alfalfa on Patented Cover Thoroughly tested. Non-Collapsible sour land. RIGHT, alfalfa on a portion of the same field which was limed. Runs to last foot. Strange Seeds in U. S. Alfalfa MUST have a sweet soil. It will NOT make a profitable stand on soil deficient in lime, says the State College Soils Dep't. Collection from Abroad Strange seeds from many lands, ALFALFA NEEDS LIME. Alfalfa planted on lime deficient soil may start off well, but comes through the winter poorly for lack of vigor. The Deadly to Insect Pests Tanging from orchid seed which is a nitrogen fixing bacteria in th e alfalfa root nodules will not grow in a soil This has been an ideal breeding season for flies, mosquitoes, moths and dust so fine it can scarcely be felt, to greatly deficient in lime. other insect pests. Ask your Farm Bureau dealer for Farm Bureau Fly Sprays. the double coconut which is a foot in They're quick, effective, stainless, harmless to man or animals, and are low diameter and weighs up to 50 pounds, Lime applied for summer seedings should be applied as far in advance priced for the quality. We use 1 lb. of pyrethrum per gallon. Sprays of simi- are found in the collection of foreign of seeding as possible. Lime applied now should be worked into the soil thor- lar effectiveness sell for at least 15% more. seeds of the Division of Foreign Plant oughly. If in doubt, test your soil with a SOILTEX outfit from State College, FOR CATTLE Introduction of the United States De- East Lansing. See your Farm Bureau dealer for these superior, low priced FOR HOUSEHOLD USE partment of Agriculture in Washing- limes: Farm Bureau Fly Spray Farm Bureau "Kill-Fly" ton. Of the 289 different seed families (gallon, 5 gal. & drums.) in the world 219 are represented in 1. 2. Solvay Limestone from the Farm Bureau. France Agstone Meal. Bulk only. (pints, quarts, gallons) the collection. 3. Farm Bureau Hydrated Lime. Bulk and 80 lbs. bags. Among the seeds is that of the traveler's tree of Madagascar. These seeds are about the siae of a coffee kernel and are covered with a silky- They Do Rest on Mermash You Can Pay More Rut fringed coat of bright green. The seed pf the bird of paradise flower is black, but half of it is covered with a bril- Pen against pen tests between Mermash 16% and other poultry Get No Retter Oil liant scarlet plume. rations prove that Mermash has "something" the others haven't. You can't get out of oil or grease more service than its quality The Australian eucalyptus h a s Allen G. Cummins of Calhoun county compared chicks raised on MIOCO will give. That's why Farm Bureau oils and greases are paraffin small brown seeds, shaped like tiny Mermash with a pen raised on another ration: MIDCONTINENT OIL base. Refined and compounded by the long, quality building pro- 5 nal. Cans boomerangs. Watermelon seeds from AGE MERMASk 16% RATION CHICKS or in Drums cess rather than short methods which ignore some impurities harm- CHICKS Russia have a broken pattern on the 2 wks. 3.40 oz. 3.15 oz. at your Farm Bureau Dealer ful to motors. Good oil costs less than repairs. outside whiich often resembles the 3 wks. 6.05 oz. 5.17 oz. 4 wks. 10.15 oz. 7.02 oz. We offer a complete line of automobile, truck and tractor oils, I face of a monke^ A queer tree seed from China has five wings on the That "Something" in Mermash is Manamar, a product made greases and other lubricants. 50,000 farmers in Michigan, Ohio body and three shall wings and two from a Pacific Ocean plant called kelp, and ocean fish meal. Mana- and Indiana use Farm Bureau oils. large ones growing from the top. mar supplies poultry with iodine and other essential minerals from Farm Bureau oils and their 30 to 35c per qt. brothers, One of the most intefesting of the the sea in food form. Michigan soils lack iodine. Chicks and pullets owned by the great oil firms, come from the same fields. seeds is from Java. It is the seed respond with cheap, thrifty grow'th and early maturity. Hens main- Farm Bureau oils cost you less because Michigan, Ohio and Indiana Farm Bureaus own a co-operative blending of a sort of squash which climbs to tain steady production of better eggs. Mermash is low cost feed BUREAU PENN and distributing plant. The saving is worthwhile. the top of the tallest trees. The fruits for chicks, pullets, laying hens. PENNSYLVANIA OIL open and scatter seeds an inch in diameter with a crescent shaped wing 6 inches long and 2 inches wide. The seeds are so shaped that when re- KILLS FLIES! leased they sail down to the ground in a spiral about 20 feet in diameter, resembling tiny airplanes. Farm Bureau superior for cattle door uses. Fly Spray has no and other out The price is right. Our For Farm Bureau Supplies KILLS WEEDS! ATLACIDE, killer, the chemical is an efficient, cheap saving, positive weed killer. weed labor Not KILL-FLY for household use kills HOI SATISFACTORY flies, mosquitoes, moths, ants, other SEE YOUR CO-OP OR FARM BUREAU DEALER poisonous or inflammable. Kills Legpedeaa, a crop which has been Insect pests. Will not stain cur- quack, poison ivy, thistles, all widely advertised throughout the na- tion during the past few years, has tains or furniture. See your co-op. Write Us If You Have No Dealer weeds, 1 lb. per 100 square Spray or dust. feet. given unsatisfactory results in this FARM BUREAU SERVICES, Inc., Lansing, Mich. territory and agronomists are urging farmers to rely upon crops with which they are more familiar.