KEEP UP MICHIGAN On News Interesting to Farmers Through the Farm News A Newspaper For Michigan Farmers Vol. XI, No. 9 FIVE CENTS PER COPY SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1933 FIFTY CENTS PER YEAR Published Monthly FARM BUREAU SALES TAX EXEMPTION WINS CODE DRAFTED FOR Sales Tax Paid THOUSANDS JOIN ALL FARM SUPPLIES FOR PRODUCING RETAIL DEALERS IN On farm Supplies For Food Production WHEAT ACREAGE Text of Resolution FOOD TO BE EXEMPT BY ACTION OF FARM SUPPLIES Price to 3% Farmer Sales REDUCTION PLAN EXEMPTING FARM SUPPLIES FOR PRODUCTION PURPOSES FROM THE 3% SALES TAX STATE BD. OF TAX ADMINISTRATION Tax Alfalfa, bu Clover, bu $ 12.00 % .36 8.50 .25 Fifteen Percent Acreage Cut "The intent of this act is recognized by the board to include Co-ops Offer Proposals to Egg Mash, Cwt 2.20 .07 Has Been Adopted as only sales commonly known as counter sales of tangible Fit Dealers and Farm Bran, % T Midds, std. Vz T 15.00 16.00 .46 .48 The Maximum personal property to be used or consumed by the individual; Seeds, Feeds, Fertilizers, Packages, Twine, Tools Midds, Fl. y2 T 18.00 .54 ,g Requirements Oil Meal % T Cottonseed M'l % T... 18.00 24.00 .72 .54 it not being the intent of the legislature to tax any tangible and Machinery Should Be Exempt; Tax in Lansing—Signing of contracts be- Fertlizer, 16%, T Fertilizer, 2-16-6, T 21.00 30.00 .63 .90 tween farmers and the U. S. Secretary personal property sold by a manufacturer or distributor to a • Force Until Board Issues Formal Lansing — Farmers co-operative manufacturer or producer when such property is to be used ass'n dealers in farm supplies at Te- Fertilizer, 4-16-8, T Binder Twine, 150 lbs... 9.75 41.00 1.21 .30 of Agriculture is under way in Michi- gan. Thousands of farmers are join- in processing, manufacturing and/or producing tangible Notices, Director Says. tail took the lead in drafting a code Bean puller 40.00 1.20 Disc Harrow, 8 ft 95.60 3.00 ins ;i national movement to curtail personal property to be ultimately sold at retail and or for retailers in that line at a meeting Grain Drill 121.50 3.H4 Wheat production to help stabilize the held at Lansing, August 25, with the Culti-packer Hay Rake, S. D 65.50 1.86 85.00 2.66 rnarket for 1934 and L935. tangible personal property sold to farmers when such Every Michigan farmer is now eligible for exemption assistance of the Michigan State Farm Hay loader 91.25 2.73 Sec'y Wallace has set W'U as the property is used in the producing of food products to be soon from the 3 % sales tax he has been paying on seeds, Bureau. Grain binder 286.00 7.05 Corn binder 210.00 6.30 reduction in the average of 1930-31-32 ultimately sold at retail. feeds, fertilizers, sprays, packages, twine, tools, machinery They organized the Michigan Re- Tractor 850.00 25.50 acres in wheat, according to R. J. and other items he has been buying since July 1 to produce tail Dealers in Farm Supplies and Baldwin, director of extension, Michi- "Therefore be it resolved that the state board of tax admini- adopted a proposed code to provide an State College, representing the stration exempt from the provisions of Act No. 167, public crops which are eventually sold at retail, and are subject tp for 66 business hours and a 48 hour work week for employes, except those that might be classed as mill POTATOES SHOULD Agricultural Adjustment Administra- ion. Acreages taken out of wheat pro- acts of 1933, all tangible personal property coming under the above classifications, and sales tax when bought by the consumer. August 30 the State Board of Tax Administration unani- hands or factory employes, whose week would be 35 hours. Increased hours for seasonal emergenieies is BRING $1.70 CWT. duction may be planted to permanent pastures or to hay crops in alfalfa, "Be it further resolved that such policy be put into effect as of August 1,. 1933, and mously of the adopted a resolution directing the managing director sales tax to interpret the law to exempt both farmers provided. The proposed code generally fol- lows the President's Blanket Agree- SAYS DR. BEAN clovers, timothy, blue grass or other orage crops, may be fallowed in or- ler to qualify for participation in the "Be it further resolved that the managing director of this board be authorized and directed to interpret in accordance and manufacturers purposes. on all goods purchased for production ederal government's offer of compen- with the provisions of this resolution, applications that now The Board's resolution complies with the intent of the ment in the matter of wages. In towns Shortest National Crop Since sation. of less than 2,500 it is provided^ that may be on file or may hereafter be filed for exemption from Legislature to exempt such purchases, expressed in House 1925; Michigan Has Michigan farmers have been very Resolution 99 adopted by the Legislature July 1 7 to prevent wages of clerical and sales help be eceptive to the federal government's the provisions of this act." increased 20%, but need not exceed Medium Crop appeal for a reduced wheat acreage. double taxation of farmers and manufacturers. $12 per week; 30c an hour for those State Board of Tax Administration, Aug. 30, 1933. paid by the hour. In cities of 2,500 Cadillac—"Were we in a normal )irector Baldwin stated. Farm Bureau Was Right The big wheat growing countries, at to 250,000 the minimum for clerical price level, the 1933 short crop of po- a conference last week, adopted a 15 The Board's resolution appears to be complete accept* and sales or service employes is $14 tatoes should indicate a price of about per cent maximum acreage reduction ance of the petition for exemption for farmers filed'by the per week and 35c per hour for those $2 per bushel, but since business is on o be carried out in each country ac- employed by the hour. a low plane, we probably can't expect much better than $1.25 a bushel or cording to plans which each country Farm Bureau's Petition Michigan State Farm Bureau July 25. The Farm Bureau de- manded exemption on farm supplies for production, declaring A Diversified Business $2 per cwt. for the national average," will draft for its own wheat growers. The code points out the retailing of Dr. L. H. Bean of the U. S. Dep't of The United States had contemplated on 3 % Sales Tax that farmers buy seeds, feeds, fertilizers, lime, spray materials, farm supplies is a very diversified Agriculture said to the annual meet- a reduction of up to 20 per cent of its binder twine, plants, fruit, trees, live stock and poultry and business and subject to extraordinary ing of the Michigan Potato Growers wheat acreage, up to the adoption of PETITION similar items for the purpose of producing crops for sale. The seasonal demands at seeding, harvest Exchange August 17. ,, he 15 per cent at the world wheat and marketing periods. It provides onference, Director Baldwin said. to the crops are eventually sold at retail and are then properly sub- for extra working hours in order to "Michigan generally averages 30c STATE BOARD OF TAX ADMINISTRATION ject to sales tax. Compensation for reduction of acre- serve farmers at such times, provides per cwt. under the national average," age in this country is to be made that farm supplies retailers' employes said Dr. Bean indicating a possible through receipts from a processing of the Farmers buy such supplies for manufacture or process- may wor* ttr^ali line;; ot' the business $1.70 per cwt. for Michigan potatoes. ax which already has been put into MIGKiGAN STATE FARM BUREAU ing and to be re-sold in another form, the Farm Bureau said. without restrictions that are said to The national potato crop is the effect and is passed on to the con- In behalf of Michigan farmers and commercial feeds to produce poultry, Taxing the farmer on such supplies compel him to absorb the be embodied in some codes, forbidding shortest since 1925. The Michigan sumer. in accordance with House Concurrent dairy and live stock products to be an employe handling coal to work crop is about mid-way between the Resolution No. 99, we petition: sold as personal tangible property at tax, which is collected again when the crops are sold at retail, in any other but the coal business, for highest and lowest Michigan crops on That purchases by farmers of seeds, retail. and constitutes double taxation, the Farm Bureau argued. example. Code of Fair Practice record since 1919. Nevertheless, the national supply and demand controls U.S. SETS PRICE fertilizers, lime, commercial dairy and A large percentage of poultry and poultry feeds, feedstuffs and grains live stock is purchased to be be fed as The Not Exempt Until Formal Notice is Given Sales Tax Board's resolution, quoted on this page, In the matter of a code of fair prac- tice as between all retailers in farm Michigan Michigan prices yield. A regardless high national and a low Michigan yield has small of the yield ON SALE OF HOGS for feeding, spray materials, poultry a short or a long time crop. It is and live stock, fruit trees, plants, binder twine and other products pur- products. sold at retail as meat and various by- says that the ruling is retroactive to August 1, but James E. supplies, the proposed code says: "No retail dealer in farm supplies comfort for the Michigan producer. shall make any promise, either direct A low national yield and a high or UNDERALLOTMENT chased exclusively for manufacturing, Practically all of the poultry, dairy assembling producing, preparing, or cattle, beef cattle, sheep and hogs Mogan, in farm managing supplies director of the Board WARNS all dealers and advises the public that exemption is or indirect, to any present or pros- good Michigan yield, is a good com- wrapping, crating and/or otherwise maintained to produce eggs, milk, or NOT effective until the Board issues a formal order to that pective patron of a gratuity, gift, bination for Michigan, Dr. Bean said. SJo Contract Is Involved; preparing all agricultural products maintained as breeding stock, finally effect, which may not come for some time. bribe or other payment or premium Dr. Bean predicted that $1.70 per Sales to Authorized Packers produced by farmers for delivery to passes into retail trade as meat in or consideration outside of his regu- cwt. for Michigan potatoes would re- be sold be exempt from the 3% retail the course of the business. The Board's resolution instructs the managing director lar price for such goods of such sult in a large potato acreage increase Pay the Premium sales tax now being paid by farmers how he shall interpret the Act, but it is NOT an official ex- Spray Materials, Insecticides grade. in 1934 and possibly a large acreage on such purchases. emption. It is a statement of policy. in 1935. Radical changes in acreage Lansing—Special premiums are be- All seeds, fertilizers, feedstuffs and Farmers purchase such products "No retail dealer in farm supplies usually continue over more than one ing offered farmers, during an emer- exclusively for producing a high qual- The resolution directs the managing director to interpret shall offer to purchase or handle season, when induced by a high price ency period extending . not beyond similar goods are purchased by farm- ity of crop and to produce a .large farm supplies at a price which repre- or a low price. Prices of 40 cents a October 1, for a maximum offivemil- ers solely for the purpose of produc- volume of such quality goods to be the Act "in accordance with the terms of the resolution, ap- sents an intentional merchandising bushel or 60 cents per cwt, to the ion hogs as a means of. reducing the ing or manufacturing products which sold at retail. plications that may now be on file or may hereafter be filed loss for competitive purposes. eventually will sell at retail. All farmer does not change the acreage log population to improve marketing such purchases become part of the We Quote From House Concurrent for exemption from the provisions of the Act." "No retail dealer in farm supplies but price changes up or down from conditions during the next year. Resolution No. 99 shall sell merchandise for less than the figure bring acreage changes ac- products sold at retail in the form of The managing director has said that he will consider the Premium payments are to be made vegetables, fruits, processed grains, "RESOLVED, That the legislative replacement or next invoice cost ex- cordingly, according to Dr. Bean's through specially authorized packer petitions for exemption on hand and will issue formal orders cept in case of bona-flde clearance charting of potato acreage and- prices establishments which serve as buying milk or milk products, eggs, poultry, intent, in passing Act 167, Public Acts on exemption for the industries petitioning, and expects to sales." or meats and the various by-products of 1933, was to exclude from the pro- over a period of years. agents for the federal government, ac- of these industries. Alltfuchproducts visions of the act any sale of any-list the goods that shall be exempt from tax. Open to All Dealers Exchange Doing Well cording to instructions for selling, when sold at retail are properly sub- thing used exclusively in the manu- Membership in the Michigan Retail Pending the issuance of such formal orders of exemp- Secretary Hibst of the Potato sent "out by the Agricultural Adjust- ject to the 3% retail sales tax. facturing, assembling, producing, pre- Dealers in Farm Supplies organiza- Growers Exchange reported the or- ment Administration at Washington, paring, or wrapping, crating, and/or tion, the sales tax is still in effect in every respect as it was tion is open to all such dealers. The ganization in the strongest position on August 31. FACTS CONCERNING SUPPLIES before August 30, and all the rules and regulations issued bjr code if adopted, will affect all such financially and otherwise in any time Seeds and Plants otherwise preparing for delivery any Farmers will not be required to en- tangible personal property to be sold; the Board in its Preliminary Regulations and Supplementary dealers. in its history since 1918. The Ex-ter into any contract with the federal Seeds are purchased exclusively for Officers and directors of the Mich- change marketed better than 7,000,000 administration or sign any papers to producing vegetables, grains, forage and be it further Regulations are in force. igan Retail Dealers in Farm Supplies lbs. of potatoes the past season. Mr. be eligible for any premiums offered crops or plants to be sold at retail in "RESOLVED, That the word 'pro- ducing' as used herein shall include Dealers Must Obey H code organization are: Hibst was highly commended by the under this emergency marketing act. forms subject to tax: such goods for re-sale in crops, livo agricultural production." Both manufacturers and farm sup- stock and live stock products. President, P. D. Leavenworth, Grand delegates at the conclusion of his re- Specific prices are established for 1. As vegetables. plies dealers now making sales tax Rapids Growers, Inc.; vice-president, port on what they considered a re- healthy, normal pigs between 25 and 2. consumption. As processed grains for human We hold that the farmer purchas- The Farm Bureau took issue with ing farm supplies lor production pur- returns will be expected to make their the Board immediately that it became W. J. Hazelwood, Mt. Pleasant Co- markable year's work. 100 pounds each and a definite prem- 3. As constituents of. milk, eggs, operative Elevator Co.; secretary- ium of $4 a head is allowed for sows livestock and poultry products poses is a producer or a manufacturer August return on or before Septem- apparent that farm supplies for pro* treasurer, C. L. Brody, executive sec- Heading the resolutions adopted by weighing 275 pounds or over, due to sold at retail. 4. As fruits, berries. of tangible personal property to be ber 15. Penalties will be enforced. duction would be taxed under the the Potato Growers Exchange was one sold at retail. He should not be and Dealers will be expected to collect Board's interpretation. retary of the Michigan State Farm 5. For other uses than food. Bureau. Other directors are: commending the State Board of Tax farrow within three or four weeks. Fertilizers and Lime compelled to pay and absorb sale3 remit tax, and the public must <*oes to Legislature Administration for deciding to recon- The customary discount of 40 pounds pay the tax, pending formal notice of The Bureau J. H. Pittenger Wixom for sows of this type will not be made Fertilizers are purchased by farm- tax on ingredients which become part exemption in the farm supplies and placed the farmers' George W. Masters ..Pullman sider its denial of exemption of farm ers solely for the purpose of produc- of goods which are sold at reail and manufacturing supplies fields, the position before the Legislature in ita Jerome Lilly Byron Center supplies for production from the under terms of the emergency market- W. C. McMahon Deerfield ing larger crop yields from the con-are taxable. The farmer must absorb managing director said. preparation of House Resolution No. F C Pernert St. Louis 3% sales tax. The resolution said ing plan. 99 (quoted in the text of the Farm Duncan White Evart that the Potato Exchange wished "to Pigs weighing 25 to 80 pounds, will tained nitrogen, phosphorous, potash a sales tax laid on his supplies for Farm Bureau Petition There Fred Vandermenlen :>. Falmouth and other elements, which become production purposes since nearly all The Farm Bureau's petition for ex- Bureau petition to the Sales Tax B. Kendrick New Haven impress on the Board that farmers not be held in storage and offered in Board on page 1.) Soon after Reso- E. Olmstead Nashville buy seeds, feeds, fertilizers and other competition with regular market pur- part of the crop, which may be sold of his production is sold for re-Bale emption presented July 25 is on file L. Kaechle. Caledonia chases of tight pork at a future date, directly at retail as with vegetables purposes. On that portion which the with the Board. It is quite complete lution 99 was adopted, the Farm Bur- farm supplies for production for re- sells regularly at retail, he ex- and is re-published in this edition. eau presented a comprehensive peti- sale as crops, live stock and live stock but will be manufactured into ferti- and fruits, or may be processed as farmer pects to pay the 3% retail sales tax. Eight commodity marketing exchanges tion to the Board for exemption of Michigan Co-operative products, which are taxed when sold lizer. with grain, or undergo further farm processing by being fed to poultry, Therefor, the Michigan State Farm and 325 farmers co-operative ass'ns farm supplies. The petition was en- Creameries Organized atterials retail. Taxing the farmers raw ma- Tire first thing a farmer should do is double taxation and contrary is to acquaint himself with the terms dairy cattle or other live stock, to be Bureau, for and on behalf of Michigan endorsed the Farm Bureau sales tax dorsed by practically every co-opera- to the Act," said the Exchange. of the offer under this emergency finally sold at retail as eggs, milk or farmers, and their organizations, a exemption- in behalf of farmers. tive farmers organization in Mich- Lansing—With the assistance of the plan. County agricultural agents and milk products, meat or other live list of which is here attached, peti- Farmers may credit their organiza- igan. tions the State Board of Tax Admin- tions for the just interpretation that Rough Sledding Michigan State Farm Bureau, 59 co- SPOT CASH local stock shippers are instructed re- stock products. The Farm Bureau petition had operative creameries in Michigan have garding the details of the plan. Feeds and Feedstuff's, Mill Feeds istration for a Trade Ruling exempt- has been accorded them on the sales organized as the Michigan Co-opera- "You say," said the magistrate Commercial dairy and poultry feeds, ing from the 3% retail sales tax pur- tax. The Farm Bureau and the co- rough sledding, as did petitions frojft Farmers should find out for sure that tive Creameries, Inc. Tlvey see busi- sternly, "that you robbed the restau- their pigs or sows can be handled other live stock feeds, mill feeds, hay, chases of farm supplies by farmers ops accepted the issue and carried it the Grange and other farm group*, ness advantages in working together rant because you were hungry. Ex- by the processor before they ship. meat scraps, and all other animal and for production purposes. to a successful conclusion, said P. D.and the manufacturers' petitions. as a group and agreed that only an plain why you stole cash from the This ruling is made following the poultry feeds, including oyster shell, MICHIGAN STATE FARM BUREAU Leavenworth of the Grand Rapids The Bureau's petition was denied organization would enable them to act desk instead of food!" flooding of the markets in several grits and the like, are purchased by C. L. BSODY, Growers, Inc., one of the leaders in with all others on August 7, It wa« reconsidered on August 14 and 'A on proposals that may be offered un- "I'm a proud man, your honor, and places during the past few days. farmers solely for the purpose of pro- Executive Secretary. the movement, der the butter code, now in the mak- always pay for what I eat." ducing dairy, poultry and live stock hearing indicated, but days passed Farmers are instructed to insist on Lansing Michigan Farm Bureau TS. Tax Board without further action by the Boartf, ing. Officers and directors elected: EVOLUTION • federal inspection of their shipments products, milk or which are sold at retail as milk products, eggs, meat or July 25, 1933. From the beginning the Sales Tax so far as the public could see la President—G. S. Coffman, Coldwater where sales are made through local Michigan Elevator Exchange. . Lans> g Board n held that in their opinion the meantime protests began to roll Dairy Co.; vice president, Mark Ar- Diner: "Waiter, I ordered an eggbuyers when there appears to be some other live stock products. Michigan Potato Growers Exch....Cadl!lac Detroji manufacturers bought metals, woods, into the Board from all parts of taf dis. Marion Farmers Co-op Creamery sandwich and you brought me Michigan Live Stock Exchange Even the by-products of crop and Michigan Milk Producers Ass'n Detroit glass, leather, bolts, pipe, etc., for re- question as to the qualification of the live State. Co.; sec'y-treasurer, C. L. Brody of chicken sandwich." hogs shipped. In this case the buyer stock operations are turned back Michigan Bean Growers, Inc Saginaw sale as manufactured products and ex- Waiter: "Yes, sir, I was a little Great Lakes Fruit Industries, Inc. Tax Board is Split the State Farm Bureau, Lansing. may withhold final settlement until he on the land to produce crops and live Benton Harbor empted such purchases under its Aug. 25, Sec'y of State Fitzgerald, Directors—Peter Trierweiler, West- late calling for your order." stock and their products which are Mich. Co-op Wool Mktg. Ass'n receives returns from the processor or destined to find a final retail market. Lansing Sugar Beet Growers Ass'n Lansing "component paVts ruling. republican, member of the Board, de- phalia Co-op at Eagle; Fred Walker, marketing agency at the marketing Lansing Just as tenaciously, the Board held clared himself in complete agreement 325 co-operative elevators, creameries Dairyland Co-op Creamery, Carson j nert, St. Louis Co-op Creamery Co. point. Live Stock and Poultry live stock shipping ass'ns and private to the opinion that the farmer was the with the farmers' and manufacturer*' City; Elmer Hathaway, Hastings, of E. F. Brown, Remus, Co-op Creamery Sales under this plan are made reg- Farmers purchase poultry and live dealers in farm supplies also endorsed ultimate consumer of seeds, feeds, petitions and declared that the Board the Farm Bureau Sales Tax petition to the Schultz Co-op Creamery; F. C. Per-' Co. (Continued on page 2.) stock to consume home grown and the State Board of T a x Administration. fertilizers, etc., and is not a buyer of (Continued on yag» 2> I C HI • IRMHEW8 SATURDAY, M I ' l l MBER 2, 1988 TWO •«• that the si '33 SESSION COST • il during the turning year would ly and is d I , that EXCEEDED $325,000 b«> u harged to culture and IMI : ban to the regular an fveii k.-.l The speculative Troth ntuiit be in the process of Bureau Fence i ing business and t?mployii:< rr AT; i n r\ -i D from of, Mi Of made of Successor to the Michigan Farm bureau News, founded Expense W a s $21 Daily P e r i ^ , ^ ,, ke ,, l u p ot cogee Why Poultry Stumps Entered ;* office at • 1923. at the poat- under the Act of March 3, 1879. Member; Average Cost Per Act $1,173 wate: ; amp it md thenU*-trying th ir Literally uo one Gov't Price Raisers Copper Bearing -hington—KconomLsts com. Published first Satin ich month by in Farm News session ot th' itt li rdlng that matter, h- ' f° r wkh the Agr't Adjustment Adrninitt- vague idea of tration agree that the problem of im- , Steel Company, B Mi.hlgan. to best estimates obtainable a month .'SHion Truly, books of proving egg and poultry prk« Editorial ai offi<. Box rflcials of they are prod the manufacture of Farm Bureau Subscription 60 a ir» for $1, In Ad It was a long session—the longest the house ami inter The 1030 census revealed that poul- Fence adds many years to its life. in state h id perhaps the i water wading through an try or eggs are produced on more With a copper content of not less thau Vol XI SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1933 No. 9 expensive although was only Ing exi*nae and outlay" sheet of than of the approximately this steel is remarkably resist- ..re than for the I'Ml ountiof, even though they tarms in the I'tiit- ant to atmospheric corrosion. It has verage length. were Intimately acquainted with their The number of fa/ms with flo. I from two to three times the corrosion own department < osts. hJckeas was slightly un- resistance -of ordinary steel. In addi- Dairy and Poultry Products Must Come Up The 1933 legislature «at for 115 act- tion, the wire is protected against ual days before preliminary adjourn- •irriiH h a d The markets during the two mom combination of the influences of B| especially grains, and governmental action. I itnent, reduce*! cr kable rise in grain and ment Juuc It. Tti these days, to the taxpayer, was $ WHEAT AT $1.85 of 7<>0 or more. The total number of chicken rust l>y u heavy zinc coating that does not < rack, flake or peel. The use of Farm Bureau Fence pays 119 million. There were neari cotton p: tbruptly halted by the violent reaction during the third Week of July, will he IOUR remrrnb fly has the wheat market shown a more spectacular course than in the third week of July. Considering the loo members < i the lieutenant I 33 In the senate (including governor), the cost per BUSHEL IF GIVEN mtlliou chickens In flocks of 2" leas. 105 million iu locks numb* not only because this feuce, made of strong. full-gaup i-bearing The condition of growing crops as a market factor has grown atead- ily more bullish. Afl the reason pi rice of widespread day, per man, comes to more than oruething for a member osider when he absents himself 1926 PRICE LEVEL from flocks of more than 1,000. In other words, a relatively small number of million in riteel wire, lasts far ljngei, but be- it affordi letter, more depend- able protection for livestock and crops. crop damage grows more apparent. This is xvinx to be one of the short for personal reasons. chickens are on farms specializing in crop years, as regards the major food and feed crops. It begins to ile the general public remembers Wheat Normally Worth 85c poultry. FARM BUREAU SERVICES, Inc. resemble the drought year 1930. that 1933 session chiefly for the beer Bushel on Pre-War Winter wheat is harv. irt of it threshed, buj farm- and sales tax laws, the fact is that 1 0 1 PAHTH I I VK Lansing, Michigan ers are not incltned to hurry it to market. the members presented the state with Price Bushel Htitcher: "Round steak, Mai! Corn has finally begun 'he effect* of heat and drought, also. a tot It (laws) and Bride: "The shape doesn't interest Just as oats headed out on over a wide area public resolutions. These were passed .i bushel ed ir the me, so long aa It's tender." tasseled out on stalks around 4 feet high. It is to be remembered that at an average cost of $1,173 each, Dg to these prospective crop short *rt In the market; tfl I ml ml. Pay D, Of the To remove the black from th- tb»t thousands of gran 'his year, no mat- i of the legislature, and Vork ultue. torn of kettles and pans which have ter how high the price goes; and that other thousands of livestock and the lieutenant governor, is paid $3 a Qg farm pi the average of been used rub with I ptwftry raisers are hurt, not b< Mfb priced feeds. The ris- lays a year, for his two-year price levels along with industrial kerosene applied on a soft cloth. grain already has raised a ser: Uni for eastern dairymen and term. Ti to $1,095 a year <'. tin- K.tnn HIH- Wash very thoroughly following poultry men. per man or $145,855 a year for the 133 In general, farmers are approaching tin til a more men. A full year's wages are chargt If tlio Kt'neral price level should TELEPHONE hopeful feeling than but with less increase in their actual buying power thus far than might be expected. Judging from the upswing remain al 1033 session. It would be unfair to price*, wheat Ol far ma ia uorrnally I with pre-war Solvay in prices. If the main ca- ted and actually sold he higher market, it will mean probably an Increased income, even with smaller crops. But o: ndltlon of genera! Improvement charge the full wages for two years worth eighty-five rents a bushel. o the regular session because of the However, it appear^ that the prenent special session to be called, next year, crop i normal AGR'L LIMESTONE Michigan Producers of SAVES FARM HOME is higher price- for hve-t.xk product*. If the ri»e in feed (Tains is to of $1.27 a bushel would be PULVERIZED LIMESTONE help agriculture as a whole, it ma poultry products to which they will be> fed. not only In th* cash prices they bring but also in prices of the meat animals and dairy and HOUSE ON THE HILL By K. S. Clark requi the n Id the normal pur- he wheat crop. If adv&ot LIMESTONE MEAL Available At Your Neareat Dealer FROM DESTRUCTION •iilil »©ll for I ihel, Farm Bureau's Sales ion of the Sales Tax ^Law exempting manufacturers on cer- Marthy arid m e tutve tried ti> »>• If v 1 rolk.«i, and we a l w a y s will. thus, it xeems to u s , • a hill. while If the prlc» or tl vel, f 1.85 These itttlmata* are a bushel n 1 **i. a y Solvay Sales Corporation 7501 W. Jefferson Ave. DETROIT, M I C H . FROM FIRE the s e a oui t>e. Tax Petition Wins tain of their raw materials and taxing farmers on all their materials to in i rive, he Mays, because they do not take Into account the fact that a (Continued From Page One) f he cttff'a effect a discrimination. p sells for more dollars than by ignoring the Legislature's Resolu- And the Mirf far down below, tion No. 99 "was breaking faith with lie Board in its statement of Au- a large crop, gust 7 denying farmers exemption on i Kue«M«, In the v Despite the poor) Crop, he i the Legislature and the public". Hi promised to demand definite action at the next session of the Board. supplies purchased for production purp hat there art I Mil, out* the rise iu almost in proportion to th*- it price-* $1,000 Auditor General Stack and State tly injustices In the collection of • of II amount of the g urn. The When C H. S.- -• discovered smoke Treasurer Fry. democrats, and the majority of the Board, retorted that the tax under the definition in the n Bureau Services reso- \V of wheat is pretnlum on KOld. weather, and the lit of the INSURANCE rolling hum his farm home, his first act •i o u r lull tup hlKh. Mr. Fitzgerald's remarks were made for political consideration. They were ernor to see that such injustices are | These Indications, *hen they point to pricea are always a« the in.i for $5 () was to dash t the telephone and summon called by Representative Southworth even to calling a special Be long us U'M uanleti by speculation. If the dollar Every Six Months of Monroe county, democratic floor f the Legislature for that Is revalued t immodlty aid. leader in the House, who accused purpose," the r< said. A genei be wr DS, It will le to pre- Our Paymaster Policy Mefcsers. Fry, stark and Mogan of Pot. M f t \crew Wliert wi M. AH latlon The major problem Premium guaranteed not to In- "double-crossing" the Legislature. August It; i'otato crease. Accidental death double indemnity ie available for $1 extra Within a few minutes, 20 neighbors, noti- They met with th< umit- Growt tee which drafted Resolution N and agreed to abide by it, said Mr. ml for Its de- '«• nu the hilU that rise A Quarter Century of I semi-annually. Policy fee ia $5. This sound, legal reserve insur- fied by the telephone operator, had ar- Southworth. Denied, Keviwl A«ain August 28 the Ta from Impressed on | and : hot a» « are •ear, and sk> PROGRESS 1 ance meets the needs of small in. comee; fits In with any insurance program; is available to a select rived, and succeeded in saving the home. and by a party • buy linr*. • nd repose wt • ml fu.H*. ',in breese Is r» m's lar- class. Let our local agent tetl you about It. In such emergencies, when lives and prop- spray r re-sale as crops. Ke»t Farm M itual Fire Insur- continue to admin ance Company. For twanty- terpretation of the law" or continue sales ly pay Z' '<: retail vears. throuRh good tim«a PAYMASTER PAY8 A T D E A T H erly are endangered, just one telephone its present policies. and hard times this company Age Amt. Aqe Amt. Amt. In the next is now i: b the has been in irins farmers in Michigan. T' lay. payments o( IK I call for help may be worth more than the decided to reconsider t; DA their raw materials far A n d W h e n t h i i i K - Its losses aro guaranteed br its 19 I. (MX) 29 more. August 30 the Board in le, which in our opini assets at; ONB HALF MILLION DOL- eg—of nearly 1.000 40 •1 the service for a lifetime. hind closed doors and after 41 trary mge said. LARS. Its policy has no toeh- 32 1,000 •what was said to be hot debate .< nical loop-holos to arold liabil- 1.0.)l> 43 y ollectleii* El k on the resolution shown at the : mwhile ri ity, consistent with safe under- writing. Its blanket policy on. • 1 . <>•"• M 45 *Name on file, page 1. Offered by Mr. Fitzgerald, sales To the far horizon'a ! for July. Out through t h * ha»e o/ those I IM personal property often Rlvea m supported by Mr Fry. and M aa much protection as double in agreement. The Board recessed with tattoo* To Pe«. » • - - and the dear sunsklae. the amount in a classified pol- until 4 p. m • •eded expectations for icy. Careful underwriting and a we try td <>ugh system of inspection Aoe Amt. Age Amt. Aut Amt. upon reconvening, it was Mh the first month. Many believe that ! folks, and we always • I M * ">o to "is to us« It lit h#-ttrr thun Is maintained, ellml- 47 r>ri means that th« farmer shall pay Bales tax just Sales Tax Board officials. of farmer or- Classified Ads r. T . H K SO 662 Uk« the city man.—on his r< chases over the counter ff>i I Any tr\ to Classified Advertisements are cash appear •it the following rates: • 4 per word for one edition. Ad* m two or more e 7« Okaroft St.. rtlNT. HICH STATE FARM LITE Bloomington, III. MICHIGAN BELL . his purchases ! take the rate of 3 cents per word per ities which he and his Tamil or us*> an individual fries, lies foi on, machinery, edition. what the Farm Bureau's SUte mutua* Wooded Fire Insurance Co <•>' tllxch. MICH. State Agent STATE FARM BUREAU Lansing. Mich. TELEPHONE CO. clothing, fuel, and personal pi for home or personal use. sales tax petition Is worth to him each POULTRY Is clear," said Mr. Fitzgerald on year. August 25," that the Legislature in- WHITE LEGHORN HENS AND, lales now at tin If pr tended that the tax should apply only Whoa! Says O'Brien ulleta. A too baby • to regular retail sales. To U agricultural prodl !i as Friday. Sept. 1.—Attorney General products bought for use in industrial Patrick If. O'Brien wrote each mem- >ard of Tax Admin- W i n n r r * s»t L1') t a im to 33< tgn WHEAT and RYE seeds, tools, oil, fuel and so forth is istration advising them that in his to discriminate against Mi' opinion the Board exceeded Its Fertilizer Recommendations for 1933 products and force upon them unfair authority in holding goods used In CLAIMS 8ERVICE From Circular Bulletin 53—Michigan State College Soils Section competition." manufacturing and agricultural pro- FARMERS CLAIM SERVICE. LET BY DR. C. E. MILLAR, G. M. GRANTHAM, P. M. HARMER Board *s. Farmer* ng shall be exempt from the 3% ! on rsUlroitd* For some reason petitions from the sales tax. . . Dangerous.—you may rtamages reeuttinff from fir*a aet b TABLE I—SANDS AND LIGHT SANDY LOAMS fanners did not seem to set well with be held for the tax, especially on ma- • arlnirtK Fertilizers are uaually mare effective on soils containing sufficient amounts of lime than on soils deficient In lime. the Board. Farmer representatives chinery and tools and packages. Mr. elephone or pipwUne rroanina* ymn •were told by Board officials that their O'Brien wrote. Board members de- if gravel operations idea of buying seeds, feeds, fertilizers, clined to comment yet. a ittr«am may affect > M W iocs, dania«e and Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 etc., for re-sale in another form as Crop No manure or leguminous green • r>r alfalfa grown within ired within the last two crofs, live stock and live stock prod- Vominal charges fnr t manure used within the last the last two years. years. ucts was "absurd". The farmer was U. S. Sets Price On two years. told that hv was the ultimate con- sumer of tons of feed, fertilizer, bush- Hog Allotment Sales With DO seeding of clover or 2-126 or 4-16-8 • '1 from page i alfalfa els of seeds and so on, and that was Grain 'h alfalf.i seeding*, 300 pounds or more at tirnn of that. In stating that the Board would ularly, just as ordinarily, except that A spring top • pounds sulphate of ammonia is of nitrogen, supplied in or equivalent quantity of other reconsider the Farm Bureau petition the federal government has authorized WHEAT OH RYE in packers to purchase a limited FOR SALE—MISCELLANEOUS and others Aug. 14, members of the Board were quoted in the daily press number of pigs and sows to relieve and MICHIGAN SEPTIC TANK SIPHON1 bell as r -nded by State Col-1 With seeding of tlover or alfalfa Legume seeding usually not 2-12-6 or 2-S-10 2-12-6 as saying that the farmers "demands" the market. Co-ops and other local fege Agr'l £n ng dep't. Build >OUT mmended in this group. were "among the most unreasonable stock buyers sell to the packers, so statl own septic ta 1k and sewage »/stem. In- j 'when ' tOilt Installation and the Board had received." The farmer co-operative shipments can be made operation simpl«. Discharges automati- wai >, In Effect October 17 Hospital Care menu card. Editor: State Board of Tax Administration: 1923. The commission is announcing Medicines "Bring it all!" came the order. Farmers buying seeds and feeds tell Enclosed herewith find check for its findings of facts and conclusions Public Act No. 203 passed by the 1933 Legislature The waiter's lips closed. He swal- us that it is a rank injustice and our retail sales tax for the month of in its case against the Chamber of M O N T H L Y CASH INCOME lowed his Adam's apple and rolled his double taxation to charge sales tax July. Commerce of Minneapolis, which is makes it bad for the person found liable for damages eyes. Then he loped away, hot foot, on those things going into the manu- $50.09 of the above amount was col- tire grain exchange of that city, and in an automobile accident. to the steward. Soon other waiters facture of farm produce, which is lected on sales of feed, twine, dried the editors of the Co-operative Mana- Death or Dismemberment $1,000 to $5,000 came hustling along. Everyone of again subject to the tax. They are buttermilk, dried skim milk, and ger and Farmer. After Oct. 1 7 if a person is found liable for more those fourteen Chinese had called for not kicking on the tax as consumers. grass seeds sold to our farmers. We The policy of the Co-operative Man- everything on the bill of fare! PULLMAN FARMERS CO-OP ASS'N are paying this tax on feed, etc., of ager and Farmer at that time, says than $300 in an auto accident and doesn't pay the judg- T H E SAMARITAN • A good, low cost, accident policy In vain did the steward suggest a $50.09 under protest, and we ask forthe commission, "was dominated and ment within 30 days, the State shall, pending payment with features for farmers by the change. The Mongolians insisted they SAULT STE. MARIE a refund by your department. controlled by the secretary of the re- Michigan State Farm Bureau: We believe that your ruling asking spondent chamber, (the Chamber of of the judgment: wanted to see all there was to see. STATE FARM LIFE CO. The fourteen orders stood and the We heartily endorse your action in the farmer to pay this tax is discrimi- Commerce of Minneapolis) who fur- 1. Take up his driver's license. Bloomington, I I I . Chinese sat—for three hours. At thebehalf of the farmers of this state in natory, inasmuch as some industries nished the data for a great number of 2. Suspend registration of the automobile. end there were more dishes in theregard to the 3% sales tax. are exempted from the tax on certain articles,. 3. Forbid any other person to drive any car or truck belonging sink than any diner's kitchen ever We claim it is unfair to tax a farm- raw materials while the farmer is The Equity Co-operative Exchange, to such person. accumulated before, and each check er for feed that he may buy for theasked to pay the tax on all raw ma- with others, organized the St. Paul 4. A F T E R T H E J U D G M E N T IS P A I D the State will require came to about $20. The gourmands paid for production of live stock or poultry terial. such person to produce $11,000 of financial responsibility in sale, also unfair to tax him for We sincerely trust that you will Grain Exchange August 1, 1914. From automobile insurance, cash or bonds for public liability without protest. Every dish had been fertilizers that he may use in the and property damage for EACH of his cars before he may that day until the Minneapolis crowd drive again. BLIND sampled and many were entirely con- production of crops; just as unfair to see your way clear to revise your was cited for unethical conduct before sumed. decision and exempt the farmer from Adjoining States have similar laws, with reciprocity; tax him for binder twine and bale ties the Federal Trade Commission, the What would you do If an ac- When the fourteen almond-eyed or anything he may use to produce or the tax on feeds, twine, etc., as men- Minneapolis Grain Exchange and the clauses. Michigan drivers having an accident in Ohio, cident, disease or infection gentlemen marched back to their prepare his crops for market. tioned in the first part of our letter. destroyed your sight? ST. LOUIS CO-OP CREAMERY CO. Co-operative Manager and Farmer Charity supports 82% of th« Pullman, they gave the steward a gen- We attach a copy of a resolution kept up a steady barrage against the for example, will find the Michigan law waiting for blind. 62% of all blindness o c erous tip. Next morning at breakfast adopted by Chippewa Co. Pomona • new booard of trade and the Equity cures after age 49. they did the same thing. At every Grange No. 66: OXFORD them. Exchange. Defamatory articles ap- Each $4 to $7 (according to age) meal, clear across the continent, the Resolved: That we endorse the ac-.State Board of Tax Administration: peared time and again in the Manager paid on our COMPENSATOR story was the same. Their progress tion of the Michigan State Grange, Enclosed you will find our check and Farmer. The most careful driver may have an accident. He POLICY will guarantee you a $5 monthly income for life" in case of 90% or more blmdness. was marked by a succession of tele- Michigan State Farm Bureau, and covering amount of sales tax covering The commission therefore ordered may be sued. But, with adequate public liability and grams to waiting stewards. other farm organizations in their pro- month of July. property damage insurance offered by our Company at We will contract up to $100 per month blindness income under test against the Michigan 3% sales At this time our Co-operative Or- the COMPENSATOR, another REFRESHING RELIEF tax being charged on feeds, fertilizers, ganization wishes to most emphati- very reasonable rates, no driver should risk the legal good policy by the A diner complained about a waiter. binder twine and other commodities cally protest against the levying of the tort difficulties and financial loss that Public Act 203 of JPOtSOM "I'm glad to hear it," was the pro- that may go into production or pre-3% sales tax on certain commodities STATE FARM LIFE CO. prietor's response. paring of live stock, poultry, dairy that the farmer buys. 1933 could bring him in an automobile accident judg- Bloomington, I I I . "Glad?" products, or any other commodities In your decision of August 7th, the ment. The savings on our policy will help buy your "Yes, it's a relief to hear a com- that they may produce on the farm Board very properly decides that it plaint that isn't about the food." for sale. has in mind that there are apparently license each year. We believe that the intent of the injustices in the collection of the tax We have more than 500,000 policyholders and 7,000 agents Legislature was that this material as defined in the Act, and will recom- in 35 states in this national Legal Reserve Company. Let our local agent explain our policy to you. should be exempt from the tax, and mend to the Legislature that amend- FRANCE ACR'l PRODUCTS we believe that the construction ments placed upon the law by the Michigan rect the defects. be placed in the law to cor- O (powder fo READY MIXED ( my) $1.00 STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTO INSURANCE 0 0 . Tax Administration Board to be dis- Is it not true that when the State Bloomington, 111. M I C H I G A N S T A T E FARM B U R E A U , State Agent— Lanslno AGSTONE MEAL HI-CALCIUM HYDRATED LIME criminating and unfair to farmers. took the property tax on real estate, RESUL C. H. HUNGERFORD, Sec'y to extent of about 3% that this same jGUAMX :ANTEEB] PULVERIZED LIMESTONE SPRAYING LIME 3 mill relief also applied to the manu- ELLSWOltTH facturer as well? AGRICULTURAL HYDRATED LIME • State Board of Tax Administration: If the manufacturer is exempt from We the undersigned taxpayers at paying the 3% sales tax on certain of See your Dealer, Co-op, or Farm Bureau Ellsworth, Mich., believing the 3%his raw materials that he uses in the sales tax on seeds, feeds, fertilizers, manufacture of his goods, then in the Dealer for FRANCE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS / spray materials, binder twine, con- same proportion is the farmer exempt tainers and other farm supplies pur- from paying tax on the poultry and chased for production purposes as un- dairy feed that are used to produce fair, and do hereby protest the collec- eggs and milk, and on which a tax THE F R A N C E S T O N E CO. 4 tion of same on above named com- is also paid by the ultimate consumer. 4610 East Nevada Avenue, modities believing it is not in accord- This really amounts to double tax- Detroit, Michigan ance with the intent of U»e Legisla- ation on the same commodity. or — T H E F R A N C E S T O N E CO., Toledo, Ohio ture in enacting the sales tax act, as OXFORD CO-OP ELEVATOR CO. expressed by the Legislature in adopt- ing House Concurrent Resolution No. SODUS 99. (Signed by 30 taxpayers) State Board of Tax Administration: ELLSWORTH FARMERS EXCH. We transmit herewith our sales tax remittance for the month ending July Live Stock Men! BANGOR State Board of Tax Administration: 31, 1933. Of that amount $95.88 is tax paid on We are sending in the 3% Sales Tax seeds, feeds, fertilizers, spray ma- B u y y o u r f e e d e r s . . . F i n a n c e y o u r purchases . . . S e l l Return which we are paying under as terials, binder twine, containers and t h e m finished . . . Co-operatively a l l t h e w a y . . . I t P a y s ! great a protest as we are capable of other farm supplies for production You can send your stock to Detroit or East Buffalo yards and formulating. purposes. We remit this amount un- sell it direct to the packers through the Michigan Live Stock Ex- This is a farmers organization, der protest as their collection is not change, which is as near to you as your nearest shipping ass'n or owned by farmers, managed by farm- in accordance with the inteat of the member who is affiliated with us. Get the FULL RETURNS. ers and operated for the benefit of Legislature in enacting the Sales Tax Some 20,000 farmers, belonging to 150 Michigan shipping ass'ns, farmers. Not a one among them but Act, as expressed by the Legislature have at Buffalo and Detroit their own sales offices, top notch sales- gladly pays their 3% sales tax onin adopting House Concurrent Reso- men, and handle a large volume of stock on both markets. everything they use for themselves lution No. 99. and families in the way of food, cloth- SODUS FRUIT EXCHANGE Ask about our purchasing service on feeder cattle, calves, lambs ing, heat, light and power and such from range or markets. Our credit corporation and 6% U. S. money. luxuries as they partake of. I do not WHITE CLOUD Returns to patrons guaranteed by $50,000 bond believe there is one among them but State Board of Tax Administration: meeting U. S. Government requirements what is just as patriotic as any mem- We wish to register our protest MICHIGAN LIVE STOCK EXCH. PRODUCERS CO-OP ASS'N ber of the Tax Board, the Governor or against your decision of August 7th Detroit East Buffalo, N. Y. any of his crew, but it is simply blood that farmers' purchases of feeds, money when he is obliged to pay a 3% seeds, fertilizer, etc., shall not be ex- tax on the stuff he is obliged to buy empt from the retail sales tax. We to go into the production of the foods believe your decision places an unjust which the people must have and isburden on the cost of production of — From the Corn Belt Farm ZPailie* bought at retail and carries the tax.farm produce. Until September 15 It is no joke when a poultryman Please consider these two circum- has to put $100 into feed each month stances: THIS FARM BUREAU VIRGIN WOOL 70x80 INCH DOUBLE BED BLANKET to feed a flock of hens that is hardly No. 1. A clothing manufacturer paying their way, and then obliged to purchases from us 1,000 lbs. of wool dig up $3.00 more to help Support an from which he proposes to manufac- Fighl Hog Mange extravagant government. ture cloth. We are not required to We protest this payment and all fu-charge him a sales tax. While we are ture payments. We denounce the dealing with him a farmer comes in interpretation of the Act and theto purchase 2,000 lbs. of feed for his ACCORDING to the U. S. Department of Agricul- ignoring of the intent of the Legisla- sheep by feeding which, he proposes ture as a despicable conclusion. to produce more wool for another sea- .. BANGOR FRUIT GROWERS EXCH. son. On this transaction we must ture, hog mange is increasing throughout the MAXCELONA charge him a sales tax, yet both pur- chases are made for production pur- Corn Belt States. State Board of Tax Administration: poses. The wool goes into cloth and We transmit herewith our sales tax the feed goes into wool. The feed is remittance for the month ending July, taxed and the wool is not. We do not Mange in hogs causes stunted growth, wasted 1933. Of that amount $28.22 is taxbelieve either should be taxed. paid on seeds, feeds, fertilizers, insec- The same is true of the farmer who feed, and a high rate of mortality. ticides, binder twine, containers and buys feed for his cows to produce other farm supplies for production milk and cream which enters into the purposes. We remit this amount un- manufacture of ice cream. The feed Since mangy hogs cannot be turned into der protest as their collection is notmakes cream and milk but is taxed. in accordance with the intent of theThe cream and milk makes ice cream quality products, they must sell for less than hogs Legislature in enacting the Sales Tax but is not taxed. We do not believe You may order from this advertisement. Satisfaction guaranteed. Shipped prepaid before OCTOBER 1. Choice of colors as below. Act, as expressed by the Legislature either should be taxed. in adopting House Concurrent Resolu- We shall make our tax return un- free of mange. Soft, thick, carefully woven. Binding, 4 inch sateen ribbon. Weight tion No. 99. 4% lbs. Blankets have advanced twice. This is less than our 1932 price for same blanket. der protest and shall continue to pro- MANCELONA CO-OP CO. test this unfair burden on the produc- September and October are the months in tion of farm produce until our pro- Mich. State Farm Bureau, Lansing, Mich. • 193'. tests and the protests of other farm which to combat hog lice and mange. The U. S. organizations shall bring to your Please enter my order for blankets to be shipped before October 1. Farm Bureau committee a realization of the fact Department of Agriculture tells you how to do it FARM BUREAU S P E C I A L Membership Credits that yon are forcing the collection of Double—Plaid—70 x 80 Notice to Members: Purchases of Farm Bureau dairy and poultry feeds a retail tax on goods that are used only for production purposes. in Farmers Bulletin No. 1085, entitled "Hog Lice Kose aud White Peach and White Red and Black Tun arwl Whit© Gold and White Blue and White from your local dealer; also, purchases from our clothing and blankets dep't at Lansing, are eligible to patronage WHITE CLOUD CO-OP ASS'N and Hog Mange." - Green and White Orchid and White dividends, when declared. Mail your copy of dealer sales slips, receipted by ALBION him as paid, to the Michigan State Michigan State Farm Bureau: (CHECK BELOW) Name Farm Bureau, Membership Dep't, 221 Sales of feeds, seeds, fertilizers and Ship C. O. D. P. O R. F . D North Cedar street, Lansing, about every two months. $10 annual dues mature life mem- berships; $5 annual dues do not, but materials that go for the production of products that eventually pay a tax. According to the Preliminary Regu- Swift & Company participate in Membership Credits, ...I enclose payment. Member Co. F a r m Bureau which reduce the amount of dues payable. lations, milk, cream, sugar and ex- Life members receive their Mem- tract that go into the manufacture of World's Fair visitors are cordially invited to go through the Swift plant in FARM BUREAU MEMBERS: You may use mailing rard sent you some time aso. In addition to this KIHH ial juice, a patronage dividend will be bership Credits in cash once a year. ice cream cannot be taxed, then why Chicago. It is only thirty minutes on the South Side Elevated from downtown. credited on your next membership dues. M I C H I G A N S T A T E FARM BUREAU should feeds, seeds and fertilizers be] Lansing, Michigan taxed? ALBION ELEVATOR CO. FOFR M I C H I G A N FARM NEWS SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1M9 IF CHURCHES PAID TAX Nopco Has New Booklet NRA May Need a Code APPEARANCES DECEPTIVE BUREAU HELPING The value of church edifices in the United States which are non-taxable ^Twenty Years of Progress in Scien- tiftc Poultry Feeding" is the title of a VOW, LET ME Ul ESS After several efforts, the man man- aged to catch the waitress' eye. He Washington—A young woman en- Dinner was being served in a Lon- don boarding house in which an Amer- Hunting Licenses Sept. 15 Lansing—About 1,500 license agents FARMERS IN NRA is about $3,839,500,000. This does not take into consideration property owned by churches used for commercial pur- new comprehensive booklet which can be obtained by writing to the National Oil Products Co., 52 Essex St., Harri- called her, saying: "There's some- thing funny about this coffee. It job. tered NRA headquarters and began typing her application for a clerical In bustled an executive. ican was lodged. The proprietress, bringing in a dish of soup for the American, remarked, "It looks like ot the Department of Conservation will be supplied with 1933 small-game poses, which does not come under the tastes Jike cocoa." rain." licenses, so'that the licenses may be son, N. J. "Take this letter," he commanded. g Farmer Has An Organization head of non-taxable assets. The waitress sipped it, made a wry "Yes, it does," replied the American, placed on sale by September 15, 1G Examining Various face and sipped it again, to make sure. She did and then took several more. "but it smells a little like soup." A copyright protection lasts for 28 HAY! HAY! A second executive sent her on an days before the opening of any of the "I'm so sorry," she said. "I've given Codes errand. Thus began three weeks' years and may be renewed for a fur- Sbudent (in restaurant): "Hey, you tea." work, ten hours a day. Howard Elcock divides all human fall hunting seasons. ther period of 28 years, after which there!" nature into four categories: promot- The resident small game license By MRS. EDITH M. WAGAR the work passes into the public do- None of London's buildings exceed Came pay day and NRA had no ers, Waiter: "Yes sir; how will you have producers, developers and dis- will cost $1, a reduction from $1.75 Regarding Miss NIRA, I am hoping main. it?" 200 feet in height. record that she was hired. tributors. last year. that the farmer will get enough more for his produce to warrant paying the extra charges coming. In the meantime the American farm- er will comply with the requests of his country—he has never failed in that respect and he never will. During the World War the farmers as a class were the only ones who did not fall down on their job—the ship builders failed, the munition makers failed, manufacturers made themselves wealthy on cost of production plus FARM BUREAU FERTILIZERS a profit ruling, labor demanded un- heard of prices and struck for more— but the farmer was told that food W i l l Pay Profits on Fall Grain and Following Crop Yields would win the war and food was pro- duced. Every man, woman and child on the PROVED BY FARM RECORD farm worked to the v«ry limit of their strength; they fasted when others fasted; they used substitutes just as Ed Schultz at Watertown, Sanilac county, advises us that Farm Bureau others did even if their granaries were 1-14-5 fertilizer produced a wheat crop of 37 bushels to the acre this year. never before so full; they bought to their limit of bonds and stamps; they Red Crossed and Patriotic Leagued. State College has recorded numerous farm tests which prove that 250 to If they worked on Sunday just as they did on week days it was for the pur- 500 lbs. of fertilizer applied to ground for wheat not only increased the yield pose of war service and not that they and quality of the wheat enough to pay the fertilizer cost and pay a profit, might demand time and a half pay or more. but the EXTRA YIELD from the following crop of alfalfa paid ANOTHER And it was during those times that substantial profit. the Farm Bureau was born. It's par- ents were that multitude of food pro- ducers who felt that if farmers could Fertilizer for wheat to be seeded to alfalfa or clover should be high in play so great a part in times of war, they felt that they should be recog- phosphate, fairly high in potash and have enough nitrogen for the wheat (or nized and duly recompensed in times rye). For analyses and amounts per acre for various conditions see the State of peace. The Farm Bureau has brought many advantages to every per- College Fertilizer Recommendations for wheat and rye, given on page 2 of FERTILIZED NOT FERTILIZED son living on a farm in America; it This alfalfa followed WHEAT This alfalfa from an equal AREA this paper. has been firm and determined. which was fertilized with 250. on the SAME wheat field, but no pounds of 0-16-8 per acre. fertilizer applied to the wheat. In these critical times, the Michigan State Farm Bureau is assisting our YOU'LL LIKE FARM BUREAU FERTILIZERS farmers co-ops with their code trou- bles, is assisting them with a code of PUT LIME ON NOW Their nitrogen content is NOT LESS than 95% soluble in water as their own. At Washington the Farm LIME this fall for the alfalfa or other crops to go in next spring. The Bureau is checking every code af- against 70% required by State law. That means nitrogen promptly available fecting farmers and their businesses more time lime has to react with the soil in advance of the crop, the better the to the young plant when needed most for a vigorous start. Our phosphorus and has been successful in eliminating results. Apply lime at present prices. See your Farm Bureau dealer for: objectionable features. A strong Farm and potash sources are the best. Farm Bureau fertilizers are extra dry, gran- 1. Solvay Limestone from the Farm Bureau. Bureau organization in good to have 2. France Agstone Meal. Bulk only. ular and easy to regulate. They produce heavy yields. in these times. 3. Farm Bureau Hydrated Lime. Bulk and 80 lbs. bags. THEY'RE MOTH PROOF In putting away woolens, such as hose, mittens or bathing suits, wash and dry them thoroughly, then put in Certified Best Twine for Corn fruit jars and seal. This is a sure way to cheat the moths. Cracked jars The new FARM BUREAU TWINE has given great satisfac- that are still whole can be made use- tion this summer. We knew it would. It cqmes from one of ful in this way. FALL the largest and best equipped manufacturers in the United States. First Waiter: "I woke up that fel- Our twine is strong, even, and comes out trouble free to the low three times and I'm not going to wake him up again." Second Waiter: "Why don't you GRAINS last foot. You'll want it for corn. The price is right. We offer: have him thrown out?" First Waiter: "Nothing doing! FARM BUREAU TWINE 500 ft. per lb. in 5 or 8 lb. Every time I wake him up he pays his Certified wheat and rye are scarce. They always out-yield ordinary balls. Av. tensile strength not less than 80 lbs. bill." stock and produce top quality grain. Their extra cost is a good investment, especially this fall. See your Farm Bureau dealer now for our certified:! FARM BUREAU TWINE 600 ft. per lb. in 5 or 8 lb. balls. A single leaf of the parasol mag- Longer Manila fibre. Av. tensile strength not less than 100 lbs. nolia of Ceylon affords shade for NOTE—the 600 ft. twine gives you 20% more footage and twenty persons. BALD ROCK—Beardless, soft, red winter wheat, Big yielder. Resistant costs only about 13% more per pound. We recommend it. to lodging. Developed from Red Rock. RED ROCK—Old, reliable, bearded, soft red winter wheat, Holds many records for yield. Stiff straw; doesn't lodge. 500 or 600 ft. per lb. FARM NEWS BERKLEY ROCK—Bearded, hard, red winter wheat. Stiff straw. Very winter hardy. Immune to smut. Criss-cross winding. No snarls or breaks. PATTERNS AMERICAN BANNER—White, soft winter wheat. Beardless. Stiff straw. Winter hardy. Heavy yielder. Best for lighter wheat soils. Insect treated. Strong, uniform. 15c each, Postage Prepaid ROSEN RYE—Outstanding heavy yielding rye. Large plump berries. WeU Patented Cover Thoroughly tested. filled heads. There is no better rye. Non-Collapsible Runs to last foot. WINTER VETCH—Sow with rye. Excellent cash seed crop. Michigan ia specially adapted to vetch seed production. Vetch, a legume soil builder. ft FARM BUREAU ALFALFAS There's time yet to put in a seeding of the lowest cost Farm Bureau alfalfa, Knocks Flies Stiff you've ever known. Seed prices should be higher now, and very likely will Farm Bureau fly sprays are certain and quick death to flies, mosquitoes and other in- be next spring. Alfalfa pasture and hay should be money makers next year. sect pests. These sprays will not taint milk, or stain. 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