KEEP UP On News Interesting to ICHICAN Farmer* Through the Farm News A Newspaper For Michigan Farmers Vol. XII, No. 1 FIVE CENTS SATURDAY, JANUARY 6, 1934 FIFTY CENTS PER COPY PER YEAR Published Monthly $4 LOAN ON BEANS Baron Munchausens of Food LOAN ASS'NS FOR ASKS INCOME TAX HAS MANY A SUP and Drug Ads Fear New Bill FINANCING CROPS FARM BUREAU OIL PLANT GUARANTEE FOR 'TWEEN CUP AND UP Can't Fool Public and Sick With Untruths and "Cures" "If you will lean forward and com- pare each numbered testimonial with the correspondingly numbered death DUE MICHIGAN PROPERTY OWNER As at Present certificate, you will find that the Production Credit Ass'ns and Must Not Become Additional Beans Must Sell for $4 up or name, the address and the descrip- Organization Plan Tax, Farm Bureau Tells The Farm News is in sympathy with tions are all the same. Every one of Loan May Be Gesture; the intent of the new Food and Drugs those persons who wrote the testimon- Explained Legislature bill by R. G. Tugwell, Ass't Sec'y of Elevators Uneasy Agriculture, to compel food and drug ials died,—and the doctors in every manufacturers to tell the truth in By R. L. HARMON their advertising. Herewith are ex- case certified that the cause of death St. Paul, Minn-—Farmers of Michi- Lansing—The Michigan State Farm Saginaw — Three hundred repre- cerpts from a Tugwell address to was diabetes! gan are going tofind,in the new Pro- Bureau has asked for three safe- publishers and broadcasters on the guards for property tax payers in the sentatives of Michigan elevators subject. "This $12 product is not manufac- duction Credit Asociations soon to be handling beans meeting here Jan. 4 tured by a pharmaceutical company; formed by the Production Credit Cor- State Income Tax proposal which has found the bean dealers' committee By REXFORD G. TUGWELL many patent medicines are not. It is been suggested to the Legislature by plan for a U. S. loan of $4 per cwt. "1Ass't Sec'y, U. S. Dcp't of Agr. manufactured, advertised and sold by poration of St Paul, a source of credit its members charged wi:h drafting on beans unsatisfactory. They ad- hibit saw recently an impressive ex- a travelling shirt salesman who built that has been lacking sine© the bank new legislation. This gr up, headed I wish I could place before every up a profitable business by preying on situation became acute. by the speaker of the House, is called journed to consider for another week to see if the plant can't be improved. manufacturer of medicinal prepara- the gullibility of diabetics. The farmer who has been needing The Legislative Council of the Legis- tions and every consumer in the Consumers Ask Why? a team of horses, who was short of lature. There is no guarantee that a $4 United States. money and couldn't borrow from a loan will make a $4 price. The farm- "In the center of the exhibit is a "'Consumers want to know why the local bank, will wticome the organi- The proposal is to submit a new er is obliged to guarantee the safety pint bottle of a dark liquid which sells government permits worthless prod- zation of the Production Credit Asso- Article X of the State Constitution to of the loan with 25% of his beans. It for $12. Surrounding the bottle is a ucts like that to be sold. Consumers ciaton in his county. Through it he the people which will permit classifi- can easily work out as an empty medley of direct mail leaflets which want to know why . .. . advertising will toe able to borrow the money to cation of property for tax purposes promise and a terrific headache. The claim the nostrum will cure diabetes. which fraudulently claims a product buy the team, and also to replace the and at such rates as the legislature government has not set the price of will cure diabetes. may set; will permit a graduated in- "To the right is a bundle of letters "If you read 'Vapo-Cresolene' adver- worn out machinery and implements. come tax and assure the schools suf- beads at $4. —testimonials—written by persons He can buy a needed dairy bull, or The bean dealer committee plan who used the medicine and declared tising you will find that it is recom- half a dozen cows, a cream separator, ficient of the income tax money to •would loan the farmer $4.00 per cwt. that they were cured. mended for whooping cough, spas- maintain an adequate system of tiling for his 40 acres, or a new roof on 75% of his beans, LESS 65c per "These testimonials are numbered. modic croup, bronchial asthma, nasal for his barn. When harvest time schools. These provisions would be cwt. for handling or a NET of $3.35 To the left is a batch of death cer- colds, bronchitis and other ailments. comes he can be assured the money to This is the section of the Michigan-Ohio, Indiana Farm Bureau oil plant written into the State Constitution. per cwt, which of course is better tificates, grim evidence that no one These statements used to appear on pay for hired help, to pay the thresh- at Indianapolis where drums and cans of various sizes ot Farm Bureau oils Dec. 14 the State Farm Bureau ap- the label. The government seized the than the present $2.25 market. can dispute, These are also num- product on the ground that it was erman, and to build or repair a gran- and greases are prepared for shipment to thousands of farmers in the three peared at a hearing on the proposed income tax amendment befor)e 'the BUT the farmer must put up the bered. (Continued on page 2.) ary for storing his grain. States. Local farmers co-operative assn's are the principal distributors. other 25% of his beans as collateral The farmer who desires to fatten a Many of them have Farm Bureau tank wagon routes *.n connection. A Legislature and suggested that the sto protect the $4.00 loan. IF the flock of lambs or a carload of beef scrupulous cleanliness is observed at the Farm Bureau plant. Drums and following policies be written into the beans can't be sold at $4.00, the 25% would be sold at the going price to Prices to Michigan FARMERS CLUBS cattle, can get the money through his Company's tank cars are thoroughly cleaned before re-filling. The Farm Bureau Oil amendment if possible to guarantee own line of railroad tank cars are becoming mure familiar in property tax payers relief in the make up the loss. IF ALL the beans sell for $4.00, the Farmers 1926, 1933 ADOPT KEEN SET local Production Credit Association with which to buy them. If he is the three States as the business grows. amount of any income tax collected: 1. Farm Bureau said that a State farmer would net $3.35 per cwt. IF ALL the beans couldn't be sold for $4.00 and fell to $3.50, for instance, President Roosevelt is at- tempting to restore the 1926 OF RESOLUTIONS short of finishing feed to put them in the best marketable condition, he can borrow money from his association to BUREAU GIVES ITS AM. FARM BUREAU income tax MUST NOT become an additional tax on property owners. 2. Farm Bureau urged that prop- level of prices for farmers and purchase this feed by the truckload and the 25% of the farmers' beans as collateral were absorbed, the farmer industry with the monetary pro- gram which he is developing. would get about $2.35 per cwt. for What does that mean in Mich- For Tax Reforms Include Graduated That Would or the carload. Fertilizer for his fields, labor, boxes, crates for his or- MEMBERS 2 PCT. BACKS ROOSEVRT erty owners should be permitted to DEDUCT real estate taxes paid from their net INCOME TAX. If this is Income Tax all his beans, as against today's $2.25 market, in which he is not interested. igan? The Farm News has secured Mason—Real property should pay chard or truck farm, can also be bought with funds obtained from this source. These loans are to be secured ON BUSINESS DONE RECOVERY PLAN not done, many property owners will pay both taxes in full amount, where- as non-property owners will pay in- A LOAN ILLUSTRATION the following average prices taxes only for local government ex- by Chattel Mortgage on personal prop- Farmer offers 800 lbs. for loan Members Buying Farm Bu. come tax only. 6 cwt. (75%) eligible for loan. paid to farmers in Michigan in penses. Schools should have more aid erty. Urges Full Steam Ahead on 8. Farm Bureau said the income 2 cwt. (25%) held as collateral. 6 cwt. x $4 $24.00 1926 and 1933 from the records from State revenues through income Help Each Other Get Loans Supplies Share Earnings; Program to Restore tax law should provide that local gov- of V. H. Church, Federal Crops and other taxes, said the State Ass'n The Production Credit Association (Loan on note a t 4%) LESS, handling chg. estimator at Lansing: of Farmers Clubs in pointed resolu- will be a group of the neighbors asso- Applied to Dues Farm Prices ernment units receiving income tax 8 cwt. x 65c 5.20 1926 1933 money (including schools) should be Av. Price Av. Price tions adopted at their annual meeting ciated together in this instance for Lansing.—Farm Bureau members compelled to reduce their real estate Proceeds of loan $18.80 Potatoes $1.70 bu. $ .80 bu. here December 6-7. the specific purpose of helping each whose 1934 dues were payable Jan. 1 Chicago.—The American Farm Bu- levy rate in proportion to the income (2 cwt. held as collateral.) Wheat 1.42 bu, .66 bu. reau Federation at its 15th annual Corn .72 b§. .41 bu. The resolutions on taxation follow- other to get the credit they need. and who had turned their sales slips here Dec. 11-13 pledged its tax benefits received. If ALL beans sell at $4: Rye .78 bu. .45 bu. ed closely the views of State Senator How is it organized? "What does it on purchases of Farm Bureau Brand meeting support to President Roosevelt's re- If these things cannot be incorpo- Net of loan on 6 cwt $18.80 Barley .65 bu. .42 bu. 2 cwt. a t $4 8.00 Oats .40 bu. .28 bu. Andrew L. Moore of Pontiac, who ad,- do? When can we have one? Where seeds, feeds, fertilizers, fence, binder covery program, including his mone- rated in the basic law, the Farm Bur- Net to ifirmer $26.80 Beans 4.00 cwt. 2.10 cwt. dressed the meeting. The resolutions: does it get the money? Who runs it? wine, oils and other commodities into tary reform policy, looking forward eau will work to see that they are Cattle 6.71 cwt. 3.58 cwt. Net on e£. of 8 cwt $ 3.35 Calves 12,02 cwt. 5.40 cwt. 1. We request a complete revision These and many other mestions are the Membership Dep't before that to revaluation of the dollar to achieve not prohibited, and will endeavor to (deduct* 4% interest on Sheep 6.42 cwt. • 2.10 cwt. of the State taxation and revenue sys- >now pouring into the office of George date, found a credit on their member- the 1926 level of prices. make them part of any State Income Lambs 12.42 cwt. 5.40 cwt. $24 for the period) Hogs 12.02 cwt. 3.73 cwt. tem. In this proposed revision, we Susens, president of the Production ship dues statements of 2% of the President Roosevelt sent a message tax act adopted. If beans don't sell at $4 and 2 cwt. is lost: Butter .44 lb. .21 lb. request that real property be exempt Credit Corporation in St. Paul. purchase price of such Farm Bureau to the convention saying that the agri- Eggs .34 doz. .15 doz. Michigan Man Heads Work oods. from taxation except for the normal cultural outlook has been changed in Divide $18.80 loan by 8 $2.35 cwt. net to farmer (Deduct 4% interest on $24) During 1933 prices paid to farmers averaged about 50% of the 1926 prices. Hogs brought the farmer less than a third of the 1926 price. expense of local government and that Fred D. Elliott, formerly of the Many members had very substantial a few months and that with full co- State revenues be provided to, aid Marion State Bank at Marion, Michi- reductions in their dues. A number operation by farmers the success of gan, who is now treasurer of the Pro- lad credits which more than offset the program can be assured. He 1933 WOOL POOL In the above plan, the- Saginaw meeting noted that there is no way to provide for orderly marketing of the Note—1933 figures were incomplete for the full 12 months, but the average above is believed approx- imately correct. the public schools. duction Credit Corporation of St. Paul their dues and left them a balance to warned that an overnight cure of farm 2. We request the classification of will have charge of the organization apply all property and the return to the tax of Production Credit Ass'ns in Michi- take.^ in toward a life membership or to ills could not be expected since the WILL DISTRIBUTE accumulated beans from month to month. In fact, the elevators, can't rolls of all tangible and intangible gan. next' cash. The members whose maladjustment between supply and membership year began Oct. 1, property that now escapes taxation, The proper method for starting such 1933, also had 2% credit given on the demand has been years in the making. ANOTHER $24,000 tell what their selling rights are. LAPEER FARMERS' each class to be taxed at a uniform association is either to see the county sales slips turned in. Resolutions urged that all powers of the AAA be invoked to restore BUY BEET SUGAR DAY IS COMING rate. agent or write directly to the Produc- The Farm Bureau began its policy farm prices; that the value of the Final Payment Coming Soon; 3. We request a graduated income tion Credit Corporation in St. Paul of sharing earnings with members dollar be established on the commod- Wool Ass'n Has Very MADE IN MICHIGAN tax. The county agents in Michigan have only through membership dues cred- ity index basis as soon as possible, 4. We request that all tax collec- been helpful in all departments of fed- ts early last summer, after several and that silver be re-monetized. Speed tion agencies' be placed under the President Susens. jxperiments in that direction. The in appraisal and lower interest rates Successful Year Housewives Told Sugar Has Nat'l Figures Are Coming to single head of a tax commission. Where local banks are in position to aim is to specially recognize the were asked of the Federal Land Banks. Lansing—Some $24,000 will soon be No Superior; Money Farm Bureau Program 5. We request the same exemption lend, or where farmers prefer to bor- membership on purchases of Farm Bu- Resolutions asked that domestic distributed to members of the Mich- Jan. 25 or 26 on articles consumed in farm opera- row through banks or other agencies, reau Brand supplies. The rate of sugar producers be given first consid- igan Cooperative Wool Marketing Stays at Home tions that the manufacturer now en-the Production Credit Corporation membership credit or earnings shared eration in any sugar marketing agree- Ass'n who had wool in the 1933 pool Saginaw—The Farmers and Manu- Lapeer.—Only the Lapeer High joys in manufacturing operations. will not seek to thrust any association with the members is necessarily de- ment; that tariffs be applied to duty as their final settlement, according to 6. We request the reduction of the upon the community, according to pendent on the rate of earnings of free fats and oils now competing with Alfred Bentall, manager of the pool. facturers Beet Sugar Association, school auditorium of 1,000 seating President Susens. he Farm Bureau's business services. American farm products; that direct The 1933 pool has been sold and representing all of the sugar beet capacity will hold the crowd of La-, cost of the State and local govern- Where the farmers of a community Curiously enough, the patronage buying by packers be regulated; pub- final accounting is under way at the growers and practically all of the peer county farmers who come to the ment. 7. We ask for a repeal of all laws decide they would like to have a Pro- dividend clause for farmers' organi- lic utility rates be lowered; urged 2c Ass'n headquarters at the State Farm beet sugar companies operating in annual Farmers Day Program given providing for special assessment im- duction Credit Associaton, a special zations in all industrial and retail postage, endorsed guarantee of bank Bureau. Checks will be mailed as Michigan, Ohio and Indiana has be-for them by the Lapeer County Farm provements. representative will make a study of :odes affecting farmers, now requires deposits; urged revision of the na- soon as possible, Mr. Bentall said. gun a vigorous newspaper advertising Bureau and the Farm Bureau Supply Store at Lapeer. 8. We ask for the creation of a set- the conditions to see whether there is hat a co-op pay patronage dividends iional tax structure to lower the bur- Since much Michigan wool was sold campaign to stimulate the sale of beet This year the all day program is tlement or adjustment board with a sufficiently widespread demand for of any kind only to members. Farm- den on real estate. early between 10 and 18 cents, the sugar grown and refined in Michigan, planned for Thursday or Friday, Jan. power to deal with delinquent taxes, such loans. This invesaigation will rs' business groups may be compelled Ass'n will show an excellent return. Ohio and Indiana. determine how large an area should by codes to charge exactly the same The Wool Ass'n began by making an 25 or 26. The date will be set soon. since it is imperative that many taxes Dr. J. A. Brock, educational secre- President Edward O'Neal of the must either be reduced, adjusted or be included. Usually, it is expected rates as competitive private business, advance of 6c to 8c per lb. delivered tary of the Association said, "It has American Farm Bureau is sought as cancelled. that in Michigan, it will be one or two mits >ut the patronage dividend clause per- Sales Tax Paid to its Lansing warehouse. It in- the co-op to share earnings with been demonstarted that the beet sugar the afternoon speaker. V. L. Everson 9. Believing that the liquor traffic counties. In some of the cattle areas, its members. On Farm Supplies creased its advance with every im- provement in the market up to 15c industry is vital to the agricultural of the Indiana Farm Bureau and man- cannot exist except under a monopoly and in thinly populated sections, as For Food Production and industrial prosperity of Michigan, ager of the Michigan-Ohio-Indiana and that said monopoly cannot exist many as four or five counties will be per lb. for fine wools and 18c per lb. Ohio and Indiana. The continuance Farm Bureau Oil Co. will speak to the except under the license system, be it grouped. The investigation will find Shiawassee-Vernon Farm Price to 3% for other grades. It brought all pre- Farmer Sales vious and lower advances up to these of this industry can only be assured men in the morning. Mrs. Charles resolved that all laws governing the out how many farmers are in need Bureau Local Meeting Tax levels by later advances to the grow- by our having the loyal support and W. Sewell, nationally known Farm Bu- sale and making of liquor be repeal- of credit, how much money they are Vernon.—Shiawassee-Vernon Twp3. Alfalfa, bu Clover, bu $ 12.00 $ .36 8.50 .25 ers. The final settlement may net likely to need for a season's active co-operation of the people in reau leader and member of the Amer- ed. If the liquor business is wrong, tions; what they will need it for. Farm Bureau local held its regular opera- Egg Mash, Cwt 2.20 .07 ican Farm Bureau board of directors, Bran, % T 15.00 .45 member growers 4c to 9c per lb. these states. stop it. If not, let it alone. We de- more, according to their grades of When the aproximate volume of cred- meeting at the W. H. Sherman home Midds, std. % T 16.00 .48 "We propose to present facts con- will speak to the women at a morning plore the return of the legalized it is determined, the Production Credit lere Dec. 19. Mr. Roland Sleight Midds, Fl. % T 18.00 .54 wool. ;erning beet sugar and the beet sugar meeting. liquor traffic, believing that the Oil Meal, % T 24.00 .72 At noon the Presbyterian and Meth- traffic is inimical to the health and Corporation of St. Paul will subscribe advised all to carry automobile liabil- Cottonseed M'l, % T... 18.00 .54 Fertilizer, 16%, T 21.00 .63 Just before the bank holiday Feb. ndustry, through the medium of an odist Ladies Aid Societies will serve one-fifth as much as this total credit ity insurance in view of the financial Fertilizer, 2-16-6, T 30.00 .90 14 the Ass'n mailed checks in final xtensive newspaper advertising cam- dinner at their respective churches. well being of the people and that volume in "class A" capital stock to responsibility law now in force. Ai- Fertilizer, 4-16-8, T 41.00 1.21 payment of its 1932 pool. The funds aign. We believe that the consum- The Supply Store is arranging a "cer- economically a system that requires launch the new association. red Bentall of the State Farm Bu- Binder Twine, 150 lbs.. 9.75 .30 Bean puller 40.00 1.20 were caught in a closed bank. The es of sugar in Michigan, Ohio and tified dinner." Potatoes from certi- the consumption of five dollars worth Borrowers Control Local eau. A co-operative dinner was serv- Disc Harrow, 8 ft 95.60 3.00 Ass'n hustled around, recalled all the of liquor to provide one dollar in idiana will recognize the folly of fied stock, beans from certified seed, revenue is wrong. We are also un- The association will select a board organizations and the legislative, Grain Drill 121.50 3.64 checks sent out new checks to pay Culti-packer 65.50 1.85 nding millions of dollars to foreign purebred beef and so on. It will be a utterably opposed to the support of of directors, apply for a charter, and ransportation, seeds, feeds, fertilizer Hay rake, S. D 85.00 2.55 the growers. This refinancing had no untries for a product produced by real event, says Austin Gwinn, who is the public school from the revenues when the charter is granted, will se- and other services of the Farm Bu- Hay loader Grain bjnder 91.25 2.73 235.00 7.05 connection with the 1933 pool. The eign labor which is, in no respect, one of the head pushers. Dinner of the nefarious traffic. lect officers to serve until the first an- reau. A co-operative dinner was serv- Corn binder 210.00 6.30 Ass'n expects to recover most of the lerior to beet sugar grown on tickets are 20c each, which the Ladies 10. We wish to go on record as nual meeting. It will adopt by-laws ed cafeteria style. The Dillon or- Tractor 850.00 25.50 impounded 1932 bank account in time. erican farms by Michigan, Ohio Aid Societies will get for their work. being decidely opposed to the pro- and fix the date for its annual meet- hestra of Lennon entertained. This Every pool is a separate affair, Mr, Indiana farmers and refined in The Lapeer High School Band and a posed elimination of rural routes ing; and most important of all, it will, group next is holds regular meetings. The to be with the County Farm Bentall said. Meetings and other pro- ories located in the three states program of vocal music will open the tending to restrict or deny service, through its secretary-treasurer, who Cass County Bureau motion for the 1934 pool will get un- afternoon program. Committees in also to proposals that rural mail serv- will be the real business man of the Bureau annual at the Maple River der way shortly, earlier than in any \m erican labor." every Lapeer ftownship will direct ice be restricted to two or three days organization, make application for the church the last Thursday in January. Holds Annual Meeting other Michigan wool pool. the march to Lapeer. loans that its members need. Of —Mrs. Britton Matoon, Sec'y. per week. Cassopolis.—The annual meeting ford Co-op Elevator 11. Resolved that we go home to course each member will make his and potluck dinner of the Cass Coun- iV8 Dividend in Trade is When the Boulder Dam (Arizona) our clubs with the determination to own application, and-offer his own se- Taxes, Real and Painless, ty Farm Bureau here at the Methodist Marine Foods Have ford.—Oxford Co-operative Ele- completed the reservoir above it work for the realization of the vision curity, and the loan committee of the Take 25 to 33% of Earnings church, Dec. 14 was well attended. R. Needed Mineral Values vator Company Board of Directors has will be 115 miles long and 520 feet we have had as to what we must do to association will examine the security D. Van Velzor of Farm Bureau Ser- declared a 7% dividend on its stock deep and will be largest artificial bring about a saved and regenerated determine its sufficiency, and report In 1913 the average person gainfully vices explained the seeds, feeds, fer- The U. S. Bureau of Fisheries ex- to the association. The association employed, contributed $1.00 out of tilizers, oil and gasoline services of hibit at the 1933 World's Pair at Chi- from April 1, 1932, to March 31, 1934, lake in the world. State and Nation. to be paid in trade or to be applied on The following officers were elected: will then issue "Class B" capital stock every $11.00 earned to pay the cost of the Farm Bureau. Arthur Edmunds cago said: account. Stockholders may come to ment of Ray E. Allen, has prospered. President, Rev. E. R. Wilson of Gage- to to its members in an amount equal government. 5 of the Farm Bureau membership dep't "Approximately 70% of the surface per cent of the amount of the loan In 1925 this average person was discussed the legislative work of the area of the world is ocean, which the elevator or coal yard and order It reported to stockholders that it town; vice president, C. S. Langdon any commodity from the elevator's owns the elevator site and buildings of Hubbardston; secretary and treas- of each member, and this stock wil paying $1.00 out of every $7.50 earned. Farm Bureau and observed that he serves as a mixing bowl for the miner- large stock up to the full value of theand a lumber and coal yard. Assets urer, Mrs. Clayton Potter, Owosso; have not on to be paid for. If ready cash is In 1932 economists differ, but the found membership interest good. al elements washed from th© land. hand the loan can be increased general accepted figures range from County Agr'l Agent Schlubatis spoke "Marine plants and animals face no dividend. The trade dividend idea were given as between $17,000 and directors for 3 years, Mrs. Lester was evolved to give the stockholders a $18,000 with but $2,925 of liabilities, Purdy, Alma and Charles Warren of to provide it, and the mortgage, be $1.00 in every $3.00 earned to $1.00 in on extension work within the county. deficiencies and in time take these given to cover both amounts. substantial and practical return on including the trade dividend to be Ovid. every $4.00 earned. All Farm Bureau officers were re- mineral elements and assimilate them their stock now and to conserve cash paid. The elevator has been operat- This matter of capital stock is im elected. The Bureau changed its an- into organic compounds which Are for elevator operations. ing on a strictly cash basis for some There are 53 rooms in the main portant—and interesting. The Pro- Negroes comprise 9.7 per cent of the nual meeting from December to the needed by the inhabitants of th« land The Oxford Co-op, under manage- time. building of the White House. (Continued on page 3). population of the United States. second Thursday in October, to prevent or cure deficiency dise*ses." TWO KtTflirCAN FARM NKWS SATFRADT, JVM'ARY fi, 1933 WHAT THE FARM BUREAU of circulars flood the mails every state with equal prominence . . . that MEANS TO ME month no one knows. These are some the drug is NOT a cure of such dis- of the advertising outlets. ease, or (2) any representation, direct- By Mrs. A. L. Lott FARM Cold water, Mich. Member, Branch Co. Farm Bureau Given at Farm Bureau Women's Speaking Contest and at the Annual Dinner of the State Farm Bureau, Hiram on the New Year By W. S. Clark "Advertising originates from 5,000 ly, or by amiguity or inference con- manufacturers of medicinal prepara- cerning the effect of such drug which tions, 2,000 cosmetic manufacturers, is contrary to the general, agreement and thousands of good manufactur- of medical opinion. Successor to the Michigan Farm Bureau News, founded Nov. 9, 1933. The SJHIIIS ate run. Old NirieU'en-thirty-three ers. This is only part of the picture (c) To discourage the public adver- January 12, 1923 When first I heard this question, I his tucked his whiskers up and passed along ! Retailers advertise too. There are tisement for sale in interstate com- I answered without thought, What we have done la as It's going to be, It doesn't mean a thing to me No matter if we did It right or wrong. more than 60,000 drug stores alone in merce of drugs for diseases wherein Entered as second class matter January 12, 1923, at the post- office at Charlotte, Michigan, under the Act of March 3, 1879. If the Farm Bureau functions or not. the United States, the proprietor of self-medication may be especially dan- And then I had a change of heart, The pest is all behind us, and i find That no man plows a good straight furrow through any one of which is likely to sit down gerous, or patently contrary to the in- Published first Saturday of each month by the Michigan Farm News When I began to think, Of all the Bureau's services Who turns liis head around to gawp l>ehinn where the sight pole makes a mark for me I group can regulate this whole field The new Food and Drugs bill would Vol. XII SATURDAY, JANUARYS, 1934 No. 1 When harvest conies and grain is ripe, While all the time the thought is in my mind and give anything approaching a high prohibit false claims regarding foods, The binder hums its song, Farm Bureau twine ties the bundles That when the horses' noses touch the fence degree of consumer protection. drugs, and cosmetics in publications, tight I'll turn and squint—and then I want to find 190(> Art HJIS Shortcomings radio broadcasting and in the United And binds them firm and strong. A line that's middling free from bumps and dentil States mails. The new bill, if enact- Says Prof. Warren Is Right "The protection afforded by the ed, The gas that runs my auto The mash for my leghorns white I w.int to see a Straight clean furrow there. Food and Drugs act passed in 1906 is achewill produce a tremendous head- radically insufficient today. There who have the for class of manufacturers "The real value of money is in what it will buy, and that is the value Of which I need not be ashamed to say, Comes from a Farm Bureau station "I plowed it. It is mine. I ran it fair, that should be stabilized. We do not care how much gold there is in Or a truck painted red, blue and white. Up hill and down—just as the country lay." been humbugging the pub- have been many changes in the food lic with their misleading claims and the dollar as long as the commodity value is right," writes George B. We take tWe fleeces from our sheep and drug business. The cosmetic in- quack scientific arguments. "I took the little gullies in my stride. Johnson of Port Hope, Huron county. To the Farm Bureau pool, I did my hest. A king could do no more!" dustry has grown like a mushroom. That's the gospel the Michigan State Farm Bureau and the Farm And they advanace a payment I'll not stop here to rest. World, stand aside! To keep the boys in school. Let's plow ahead through Nineteen-thirty-fonr! The progress of science alone can in- News has been preaching for a long time. It's the gospel of Prof. George The Farm Bureau has a tailor validate a law. In the case of the Why Not? B. Warren, who has become President Roosevelt's No. 1 financial advisor. Your purse he will not loot Food and Drugs act this is true. It's the reasoning that sees the dollar must be revalued in terms of gold He'll gladly take your measure For overcoat or suit. "More than 22,000. legal actions Mr. G. S. Coffman, manager of the if fixed debts are to be paid with dollars that can be obtained from com- taken under the law since 1906 have co-operative Coldwatcr Dairy Com- Or you can buy a blanket modities and labor. So-called "sound money" men, which is a better sounding name for standpat-ism is applied to money, received a severe setback recently in To fit your color scheme Of orchid, blue or yellow Of brown, or grey or gTeen. FARMER BUTCHER Baron Munchausens of pretty Drug Ads Fear New Bill the best policy. well convinced food and drug pany, sends this notice inserted in his manufacurers that truthful labeling is local paper: To the Oleo Eating Milk Producers their ridicule of the Warren program when Charles Rist, financial ad- visor to France, said such a program as Warren advocates is right. Farm Bureau Mioco, Bureau Penn, Are good for many miles, And they have different greases, PAYS PROCESSING (Continued From Page One) "Unfortunately, the 1906 law does of Branch and Adjoining Counties: — labeled with false and misleading not cover advertising except that ap- There will be a meeting at the France and Italy, after the post-war gold standard prosperity showed signs of slipping abroad, re-valued their money in terms of gold to hold For cars of different styles. Farm Bureau fence the makers s a y Is made of special steel, TAX ONPORK SOLD declarations. pearing on the label. As a result, Court House at Coldwater, December "The company quickly revised its false and misleading statements have 23rd, for the purpose of forming a commodity prices up and to accomplish artificially in a short time a And lias a heavy coating labels so as to make them unobjec- merely moved from one pla.ee to an-Co-operative Oleo Eater's Association return to higher prices that might have taken 20 years otherwise, Mr. That will not crack or peel. Subject to Same Rules as tionable (under the Food and Drug other. Take a copy of a newspaper for this territory. Tape will be furn- Rist said. Warren predicted a generation of collapsed agriculture and On Farm Bureau feeds the dairyman Packers; News Explains Act of 1906), but the product is still and carefully compare the advertis- ished all Charter Members to paste industry if revaluation of. gold was avoided in the United States. Will never come amiss, advertised as heretofore and whoop- ing claims for a drug product with over your cows' eyes, so they will not The milk pail will be brimming full Situation Great Britain and the United States, said Mr. Rist, clug too long to On the right analysis. ing cough sufferers continue to buythe label of this same product! . . . be able to see your Badge. the gold standard of 1925 without a revaluation of their money in terms And when the cow goes out to feed, the product. Vapo-Cresolene . . . Lydia Pinkham Along the pasture section, Washington.—If farmers sell any Advertising Claims Exempt . . . patent medicines and others. FARLEY LAND BANK DIRECTOR of gold. The United States is now on its way to a revaluation of our Farm Bureau fly spray meets the need part of the pork or lard from hogs "Compare the label and the newspa- "Most publishers and broadcasters Albion.—Garfield Farley, Calhoun dollar to improve commodity prices and in turn labor prices. Some of For complete insect protection. they slaughter, they must pay theper advertising of Lydia E. Pink- are willing to sacrifice a few dollars county Master Farmer, and a direct- these days prices and other conditions will determine in the Administra- And since the law requires us processing tax on the parts sold, un- hams' compound. The label says, in in the interest of public health. But or of the Calhoun County Farm Bu- tion's mind that the point of stabilization as far as the gold content of the To settle damage claims der penalty of a heavy fine or im- part, modestly and innocuously what a hundred or ten hundred pub- reau, has been named a director of the Farm Bureau insurance dollar has been reached. Is the safeguard that remains. prisonment, as provided for evasion of enough 'Recommended as a vegetable lishers do will not solve the problem. Federal Land Bank at St. Paul. And when we want to take a look the processing tax. compound in conditions for which this A chiseling minority can defeat the Facts versus Baloney At legislative views The processing tax is charged on the preparation is adapted.' Quite possibly for the first time in his distinguished career, former There is a front page column In the Farm Bureau News. live weight of the hog at time of constructive efforts of a majority. "The consumer is curious to know False advertising is just as harmful in slaughter. The tax is due at the close about those things for which the prod- Kansas as in New York City. Just as A Quarter Century of I Governor Alfred E. Smith, in his attack on President Roosevelt's money It tells us what our solons do policy, has neglected his own sound advice always to "look at the record." , Up to March 4th the United States engaged in the greatest monetary And how the men react It gives us all the latest news On the old age pension act. of each month, and 30 days additional uct is adapted. So that the news- harmful on a billboard as in a news- is allowed for payment. The Decem- paper advertising—which remember, paper. ber 'processing tax must be paid be- is not subject to the present Food and PROGRESS I And in another column Revised Bill Will Protect Is recorded by Michigan's lar- experiment by remaining on the gold standard after 31 nations had found We find a good account fore Jan. 31, for example. Drugs Act—boldly claims that the "The revised Food and Drugs bill gest Farm Mutual Fire Insur- it impossible or undesirable to do so. The American people were made Of how a special session Michigan farmers who butcher and product has remedial properties for in- before Congress, when passed, will ance Company. For twenty- Will make the taxes mount. sell pork should write the Collector flammation, female weakness, nerve give the consumers real protection. It five years, through good times the "guinea-pigs' 'then—and were placed on a starvation diet! The building of a boulevard and hard times this company Along the coast line way of Internal Revenue at Detroit for troubles, 'pains in the side,' rundown places the responsibility where it be- has been insuring farmers in Under the guidance of the Federal Reserve and the financial leader- Has met with opposition Form PT-4. Payment of tax is to the condition, and other disorders of thelongs—on the shoulders of the manu- Michigan. Today, payments of ship of New York, the American people were put through a ruinous de- From those who have to pay. Collector at Detroit. Complete direc- body,—all of which, any physician facturers or persons placing the ad- Its losses are guaranteed by It» flation. It brought falling pries and unemployment. Farmers had to We want our roads distributed tions are provided with PT-4, includ- knows, is so much tommyrot. assets and resources—of nearly produce two or three times as much to pay their debts. Homes that For everyone to use vertising. It requires publishers, ONE HALF MILLION DOL- Not an Alaskan highway ing computation of tax on the sale of False Advertising's Toll broadcasters to supply the names and LARS. Its policy has no tech- workers were trying to pay for lost their value. There were no tenants For tourists to abuse. parts of the dressed hog. Farmers "Believing some of the advertising addresses of those placing the adver- nical loop-holes to avoid liabil- for new skyscrapers erected when financiers were making what they The price of beans we can't control do not pay processing tax on hogs they hear by radio and read in pub-tisements, but it does not hold them ity, consistent with safe under- thought were safe mortgage loans under Governor Smith's "sound money." It's bound to be too low, writing. Its blanket policy on To recompense us for the seed raised on their own farms and butch- lications, people today are using dan- liable, further than this. Neither does personal property often gives Bank assets were impaired; millions of depositors lost their savings. And what it costs to grow. ered for their families or help. A gerous fat reducers and are thereby the bill require that the Department as much protection as double With assets reduced, some insurance companies failed, and finally on farmer butchering hogs for others, ex- impairing their health; they are us-of Agriculture become a high-powered the amount in a classified pol- Yes, Farm Bureau service reaches far icy. Careful underwriting and a March 4th, sticking to the "good, old fashioned gold standard", our en- In duty it's not lax cept in an exchange of work, is liable ing depilatories with dangerous drugs censor, requiring that all advertise- thorough system of inspection tire banking structure collapsed. In protesting the rank injustice for processing tax. The amount of and are being sent to hospitals. Of the present state sales tax. ments be submitted in advance. The is maintained, elimi- There are facts and not "baloney". processing tax on hogs butchered for "They iare using 'safe' hair dyes new bill proposes: FIRE nating overinsnrance. In my fair county one and all sale is: fire hazards and war There was something so wrong on the gold standard that England, We gather from every way only to get lead poisoning for their "Sect. 9 (a) An advertisement of a desirable risks. When the Farm Bureau announces Nov. 5-30, inclusive 50 per cwt. trouble and their money; they are tak- food, drug or cosmetic shall be deem- with, the wisest financial leadership in the world, went off the gold two A frolic on Labor Day. Dec. 1-31, inclusive 1.00 per cwt. (years ago and increased the price of gold from day to day in her London Jan. 1-31, inclusive 1.00 per cwt. ing radium water and are breathing ed to be false if in any particular it Send for literature Mp4 financial statement., And once on a summer outing free gold market, exactly as President Roosevelt is doing now for the In a fleet of motor cars Feb. 1, and thereafter indefinite their last; they are trying to cure is untrue, or . . . creates a misleading United States. For Australia and New Zealand she doubled the price They took us into Jackson, And we saw behind the bars. Nearly all processing tax will nor- colitis with a common laxative sold at impression regarding such food, drug, W. T. BUBBAS. r i « H. K. FISK, Bi of gold and restored prosperity. mally he collected from packing a fancy price; they are trying to treat or cosmetic. 702 Cbwtk St, We visited the village plants. It will be paid to those farm- stomach ulcers with worthless tablets, When Dru£ Ads Are False FLINT. MICH It takes insight into the financial mechanism and careful study to Reproduced by Henry Ford understand these problems. At Cornell University, during the past fifteen And motored into Dearborn ers who contracted with the Agr'l Ad- only to impair their health with ex- (b) An advertisement of a drug years Dr. G. F. Warren has carried through the most exhaustive investi- Behind our County Board. justment Administration to reduce cessive cathartics; they are stuffing shall be deemed to be false if it in- We took a trip to Lansing corn acreage and hog production in themselves with worthless nostrums cludes (1). the name of any disease State lUutual Rodded Fire gation ever made into gold and prices. And Cedar Street we found and if, in despite of the nostrum, they Insurance Co., of ITlicK. With a glad hand they met us proportion to the reduction each farm- for which the drug is not a specific Guided by the results of this work, President Roosevelt, with the as- And showed us all around. er accomplishes. get well, they sit down and write cure but is a palliative, and fails to sistance of Dr. Warren, is now carrying through the necessary monetary The 4-H Work they sponsor, testimonials for the manufacturers. I changes to re-establish our prosperity. He is proceeding with greater The calf clubs and the rest Only Gor't Clean-up Practical understanding than any statesman who has grappled with the problem. And furnish transportation WE DON'T BELIEVE IT For those chosen as the best. East Indian natives have such a keen tisers,wish "I it were possible for adver- publishers and broadcasters Rebuilding to a really sound money and a proper medium of ex- change is too complex a problem to be dismissed with the epithet "baloney". Blindly returning to the gold standard is not the solution. And once when the voters failed us, And spiked our Extension guns, The Farm Bureau met the challenge And furnished us the funds. sense of smell that they can dis-themselves to clean up the advertising tinguish between the foot-print of an business in every nook and hamlet of European and aperson of their own the United States. Live Stock Men! Insight and constructive statesmanship are required. Buy your feeders . . . Finance your purchases . . . Sell So the women of Branch county race. "Unfortunately, that is too much to Can hardly be wordless or slow, expect. The presses of this country them finished . . . Co-operatively all t h e way . . . I t P a y s ! Hogs $13.56 . . . Wheat $1.38 . . . Corn 77c When asked to give a reason Notwithstanding the temporary set-backs suffered by farm com- For supporting the Farm Bureau. Mrs. John Converse of Oalhoun turn out 40 million newspapers every You can send your stock to Detroit or East Buffalo yards and modities from time to time since President Roosevelt began increasing When father joins the Masons, County has been a 4-H Club leader day; they print 120 million copies of sell it direct to the packers through the Michigan Live Stock Ex- Or becomes an antlered Elk, ever since club work was started in magazines each month; 600 radio sta- change, which is as near to you as your nearest shipping ass'n or the price of gold to increase commodity prices, we have evidence that It doesn't take his partner in, member who is affiliated with us. Get the FULL RETURNS. the President's theory works, and that some of the set-backs are the It only means himself. the state. Each year her "club alum- tions broadcast daily with smooth and result of storms generated in other fields. Not so the good Farm Bureau i" hold a reunion, with Mrs. Converse persuasive voices, turning on sales Some 20,000 farmers, belonging to 150 Michigan shipping ass'ns, There is no mystery as honor guest. appeal full tilt. How many millions have at Buffalo and Detroit their own sales offices, top notch sales- From October 9 to November 21, says the Prairie Farmer, the price Each is a voting member men, and handle a large volume of stock on both markets. And not auxilliary. of gold was increased 16%. Silver followed with 16%. Wheat 11% and corn 12%. The partners stand together As in their daily toils. Ask about our purchasing service on feeder cattle, calves, lambs from range or markets. Our credit corporation and 6% U. S. money. In mid-December in a single day a report that the New York Stock Exchange might investigate operations in stock of a large paper and Go half and half in hardships And half and half in spoils. Classified Ads Tune in CKLW at 12:35 P. M. Mon., Tues., Wed., and Thurs., twine corporation caused its stock to drop $9 a share; the entire stock This makes the Bureau truly Classified advertisements are cash with order at the following for live stock quotations at Detroit market Not mine, or thine, but ours, rates: 4 cents per word for one edition. Ads to appear in two or more market shivered and many losses were recorded. Wheat and other grains Divides the heavy burden editions take the rate of 3 cents per word per edition. Returns to patrons guaranteed by $50,000 bond suffered severely from the speculative fright, dropping wheat to And doubles all its powers. meeting U. S. Government requirements October lows. And so the Bureau means to me, A hope for future good, MICHIGAN LIVE STOCK EXCH. PRODUCERS CO-OP ASS'N Nevertheless, through revaluation of the dollar, production control, A pot of gold at rainbows end BABY CHICKS FOR SALE—MISCELLANEOUS efforts to increase consumer purchasing power, efforts to stimulate our After the storm and flood. Detroit East Buffalo, N. Y. WORLD'S LARGEST CHICK PRO- GOLDEN CIGARETTE BURLEY, 5 lbs lost agricultural export trade by making it possible for other nations Farm Bureau means a friend in need ducers. Leading breeds; also sex gruaran $1.00. Cigarette Lighter, Roller and pap- to exchange goods with us, we are headed toward the 1926 level of prices It holds prosperity's key, teed chicks. Bargain catalog' free. Colon- ers free. Guaranteed Tobacco Compan\ For those who accept its services ial Poultry Farms, Dep't. 85, Pleasan LB302, Mayfield, Ky. (1-6-lt-p) •when hogs sold for $13.56, wheat $1.38 and corn at 77 cents, and other In grateful loyalty. Hill, Missouri. (l-6-3t-20b farm products accordingly. Life and business being what it is, damag- MICHIGAN SEPTIC TANK SIPHON LIVE STOCK and bell as recommended by State Col- ing squalls must be expected. State Ferry Drops 25c RINKLAND FARMS — REGISTERED 'ege Agr'l Engineering dep't. Build your own septic tank and sewage system. In- TKKK ( IJTTKR I \ J l RKI> MT. CLKMIOXS, Dec. 30—i^O . 56 stall when tank is built. Installation and Who's Getting Soaked? Per Head on Livestock Holstein bulls, cows and heifers for sale. World's record breeding at farmers operation simple. Discharges automati- cally. Have been sold 16 years. All in years old, of New IIiiv«:ii, suffered Beveie fractures of the left arm and )eg Saturday Fanners and city residents really "exchange work",—food, clothing prices. Must reduce herd. John A. Rinke daily use and giving satisfaction. In- when a tree he was cutting down fell on and industrial materials raised on the farm—for many products manu- Lansing.—The State Highway Dep't & Sons, Warren, Mich. (l-6-2t-24b) structions with each siphon. $7.00 de- him. lie is in St.. Joseph Hospital here has discontinued the charge of 25 REGISTERED HEREFORD BULLS, livered. Farm Bureau Supply Store 728 Physicians say that his IPK is broken In factured in cities and towns, says the Prairie Farmer. cents per head on live stock carried "llepeater", "Woodford", and "Panama" E. Shiawassee St., Lansing. (3-4-tf-60b) live places and his arm in two. Farmers haven't been getting a fair trade in the matter, the Prairie blood lines. Prices $25 to $75. Good se- on the State ferries across the Straits lection. Farmer added, and we agree. In October of 1933, said the U. S. Dep't of A. M. Todd Company, Mentha, WANTED— TO RENT Agriculture the relation of the average price received by farmers for their products as against the average price of the things they have to of Mackinac. Michigan (14 miles northwest from Kala- Late this summer the highway dep't mazoo) World's largest mint (l-6-6t-29b) revised its ferry rates and slapped on farm. WANTED—TO RENT OR CARE FOR farm, 10 acres. Strawberry patch, chick- en runs. Modern house with buildings. WHO WILL PAY buy was the relation of 70 cents to $1.16, with the farmer on the short the 25c per head on all classed of Not too far from Detroit. Will buy if end. It's been that way for a long time. BEEKEEPER'S SUPPLIES desirable after one year trial. Full par- Doctor Bills stock. Farmers and truckers hauling ticulars. Lillian Hamilton, 3207 Brooklyn to the Detroit market were subjected dation, BEE HIVES, SECTIONS COMBFOUN- Nurse Bills The Agricultural Adjustment Act to reduce surpluses by hiring land etc. Outfits for beginners. Send Apt. 5, Detroit, Mich. (1-6) out of production on a self-financing basis is one effort to end the in- to extra charges up to $20 in some in- for catalog. GUAFTIXG WAX for or- Hospital Care equality. It's the only agricultural relief act that any Administration has stances. chardists. Both hand and brush wax. WANTED—TO BUY ever been able to put into action immediately in the entire wheat belt, or Send for price list. BERRY BASKETS The State Farm Bureau and Mich AND CRATES. MAPLE SYRUP CANS. Medicines, ect. WANTED—300 TO 400 GOOD, SECOND cotton belt or the corn and hog States. The Adjustment program may igan Live Stock Exchange made in Send for prices. M. H. HUNT & SON, hand sap buckets. O. F. Ottmer St lhave a hard time preserving its identity in the money contest which ap- Quiries at the highway dep't and 511 No. Cedar St., Lansing, Michigan. (l-6-3t-46b) Johns, R-4, Mich. (H-4 & l-6-13p) pears imminent, but any sound movement directed at moving the 70 cents found that the legislature had said 18 HORSEPOWER BOILER OR LARG- upward toward the $1.16 level merits respectful attention and support. the ferries must be placed on a bet- FARM MACHINERY er in good condition for boiling sap. Not interested in condition of other parts. IF YOU ARE INJURED? Opponents of the Agricultural Adjustment Act complain that the city ter paying basis. HAVE ONE OHIO HAY BALER IN Fred Wilson, Carson City, R. F. D., Mich. consumer is being soaked by a processing tax, and that consumers will "Would you charge extra for a good working order. If interested write (1-6-p) truck loaded with brick, or baled hay, to George Wruble, Harbor Beach, Mich. strike and so on. Judging from the fact that said consumers appear to or furniture or any other cargo?" • (12-2-3t-18b) WANTED—FARM WORK THE SAMARITAN be tapping the farmer for $1.16 when they sell and giving him 70 cents asked the farm organizations. when he sells, who's getting soaked? CLAIMS SERVICE MARRIED MAN, 33, THREE CHIL- A good, low cost accident policy with farm features will The highway dep't said "No" and dren, wants farm work. Farm raised and provide as set forth in the policy. "If a community should be unable saw the point that singling out live usFARMERS CLAIM SERVICE. LET knows the work. Would be glad to rent If You Can't Get Beet to secure beet sugar and thus assist present your claim for stock 'killed, or stock in trucks was a discrimination injured on railroads or highways; for on shares, everything furnished. ~uthrie, Grant, R-l, Mich. J. C. (1-7-lt) Sugar, Write the Ass'n Michigan farmers and other consum- on farmers. The live stock ferry damages resulting from fires set by loco- Pays $1,000 to $5,000 on motives. We advise and do collection Saginaw.—"In every part of Mich- ers help themselves to their own prod- charge was dropped Nov. 30. service on claims arising from power MARRIED MAN, 39, TWO CHILDREN, Death or Dismemberment wants farm work by month or year. Ex- telephone or pipeline crossing1 your prop- igan it is possible for retail grocers uct, to which there is no superior, the erty. If gravel operations or damming it ri.need farm help. Has been doing and distributors of foods to purchase Beet Sugar Ass'n at Saginaw will see COST OF COLUMBUS' TOtAGE a stream may affect your property, write 'arm work. Would rent on shares, every- thing furnished. References. Wants to STATE FARM LIFE CO. Michigan made beet sugars through that beet sugar is made available," The total cost of Columbus' first us. We collect loss, damage and over- return to farming permanently. George charge claims on freight or express. alvin, 2311 W. St. Joseph St., Lansing, Bloomington, 111. wholesale houses supplied by Michigan Mr. Crawford 8aid. expedition, including the three ships, Nominal charges for the collection. Our Mich. (l-6-lt) beet sugar plants," said Mr. F. L. Mr. Crawford has complimented the the wages of the crew, stores and pro- operative service available to all farmers and co- Crawford of the Farmers and Manu- Farm Bureau on several occasions for visions, was about $4,580 in American for many ass'ns. We conducted this work Ask your local State Farm years for the Michigan State aq ano factU' gftr Ass'n recently its assistance in reviving the beet money values of today. The cost of Farm Bureau. Write A. P. MILLS, pus amn ut Mutual Auto Agent In & L Brody of the sugar industry in Michigan in the Byrd's first expedition was estimated MICHIGAN LIVE STOCK EXCHANGE Transportation Dep't, 6750 Dix Avenue, 3AB XJ3A9 State Farm Bureau. past several years. at $855,000. Stockyards, DETROIT. (9-2-tf-105b) si snsaaD ay SATFFADY, JANUARY 6, 1933 MICHIGAN FARM NEWS I IIK \ V Annual Sales Tax Form | an annual return, according to the Due Close of Business Year State Board of Tax Administration a Production Loan Ass'ns Detroit Packing Co. Shows Farmers' Right to Grow the land squawk. Stock argument t Irms. llcnco the Lansing. Organizing in Michigan Norway Spruce Challenged Lansing—All taxpayers are required Monthly sales tax returns will be to make a monthly return for the mailed to the taxpayer on Decembe duction Credit Corporation at St. Paul (Continued from pa&e 1) a Business Needs Watching is the same one used by certain grain elevator, Muskegon.—Nurserymen and land- other interests: Tl\at a count> bean elevator, live stork and month of December, and those taxpay- 26, 1933. Annual sales tax return; gets only "Class A" stock, which 2,300 Farmer Stockholders ment. Yes, they went home so satis* scape firms in Muskegon county seem employed by public funds, to i ers whose business year closes as of for those whose business year closes shares in any earnings, but has no fied that they were willing George to have joined the self-appointed list they contribute their mite (ignoring I December 31, 1933, are required to file as of December 31, 1933, will be mailed voting power. The farmer-borrowers Awakened in Time to could look after it and many never of God's chosen people by complaining farmers' taxes1*, should nevoi to the taxpayer not later than Decem get "Class B" stock, which also shares came again. That was the beginning that the county agricultural agent courage a farmer to get into anything ber 28, 1933. The annual returns ar equally with "Class A" stock in any Save It should not encourage farmers to plant that competes with established pri- of many mistakes. A BILLION DOLLAR printed on yellow -paper, and designat earnings, but has the additional fea- ed GST-IB. The annual return mus ture that it is the voting, the control- be filed on or before thirty days after ling, stock. Thus the members own Editor's Note—Mrs. Wagar is well qualified to tell the recent history of the Detroit Packing Company. the We saw a board of directors elected, Norway spruce. The county agent has vately owned busin majority of whom were our best been doing that. Objection by the landscapers: Farm farmers but, we did not see through INDUSTRY the end of the business year by orde the association, select their own offi- of the State Board of Tax Adminis- cers and have a direct and constant She was chairman of the group of stockholders who gave battle and saved the institution for its farm- what now looks like a premeditated scheme, when at later meetings ers will take money from the public for a NoTway spruce and that in TACOMA BIRDS Are You Giving or Taking? tration. hand in the conduct of its business. The Production Credit Corporation re- er owners. By MRS. EDITH M. WAGAR smaller boards were advocated and at trudes on the business preserves of each board trimming, a farmer was BRING HOME serves only a supervisory control and If I were asked to give any New taken off until at last only one friend the right to displace any officer who Year's advice to my farmer friends, was left to fight the farmer's battle THE BACON CREDITS ON PURCHASES After Laying the Eggs Poultry and eggs are the most staple and dependable income $1,000 should be found undesirable. This I'd say "Mind your own business." right is retained as long as the Cor- Not that I would insinuate in any wink him and defraud the rest. against a clique organized to hood- Help Pay Farm Bureau Dues! producers on the farm. Poul- poration has invested 20 per cent of way that anyone was poking his nose Fourteen years passed and hun- NOTICE TO MEMBERS: Purchases M R. LOYD, owner of "Loyd's Red Farm," 7011 Pacific Avenue, Ta- try is one of Uncle Sam's few billion dollar industries. INSURANCE the loan volume in capital stock. Ul- in another's business. Not at all. But dreds of stockholders had given up of Farm Bureau Brand dairy ana timately the association might have it is very apparent to me that farm hope and thought all was lost, a few poultry feeds, seeds, fertilizers and coma, Wash., is happy to make this statement regarding his high hen and the Illinois contest pen— Many thousands of producers Sor$S earnings sufficient to pay dividends folks are too apt to let some one else traded their shares for worthless real fence from your local dealer; also, to its own borrowers and even to pay manage business matters that belong estate, a few for mining stock while purchases blankets from dep't at our clothing Lansing, are and eligible "Our pen of five hens laid 1,411 eggs. an average of 282.2 eggs each, in the year. contributing to this great in- back to the corporation its 20 per cent strictly to themselves. many others tried to forget their dis- They made a new all-time Western dustry are not taking a profit. Every Six Months investment and retire the "Class A" We've had a striking example of appointment entirely. Dividends had to membership credits when declared. Record for their breed, and the high hen stock. But until such time, this capi- how many Michigan farmers folded not been forthcoming, additional MAIL YOUR DEALER SALES of the five, No. 404, in laying 332 eggs I t is not difficult to get into Our Paymaster Policy tal and that subscribed by tire farmers their arms after making an invest- money had been requested from time SLIPS to the Michigan State Farm was high Rhode Island Red of all Ameri- the profit-taker's class. Keep Premium guaranteed not to In- Bureau, Membership Dep't, 221 North can contests, according to word from the crease. Accidental death double is held as a guaranty fund against ment and then when too late learned to time, yet no one rose up and east. This record was made at the good stock, feed the best feeds, indemnity is available for $1 extra losses that might occur on loans, to their sorrow that the business manded an investigation T even an Cedar Street, Lansing, about every three months. Murphysboro, 111., contest." cull properly, house well, keep semi-annually. Policy fee is *5. made through the association. couldn't run successfully without explanation. Now read the part NOPCO XX played— the fowl clean and healthy. This sound, legal reserve insur- Helping to establish and to guide some watching. I plead guilty with Effort to Oust Farmer Owners BE SURE Farm Bureau brand goods Mr. Loyd continues— Gather the eggs several times the associations, however, it is the ex- the rest and have a bitter taste of are entered on slip as "Farm Bureau "It will interest you to know that these ance meets the needs of small in- This went along until about two1 Alfalfa," '•Milkmakor," "Alormash," hens, as well as all others on our farm, re- daily in order to get top prices. comes; fits In with any insurance tent of the Production Credit Corpor- the medicine still in my mouth which years ago. There were suspicious , ceived NOPCO XX Cod Liver Oil every Run the poultry department program; is available to a select ation's functions. It does not lend I know will stay by me for some time changes being made. Some began to etc. day of their lives from their first feed as a business. class. Let our local agent tell you the money that the farmers borrow. and I hope for the rest of my life. question the motive for it all. At that $10 annual dues mature life mem- until the day we sent them to Illinois. . . . about it. They get that from tire Federal Inter- An Expensive Lesson time there were rumors of prohibition participate berships: %') annual dues do not, but "In fact, we attribute their ability to Oyster shell is a small-cost P A Y M A S T E R PAYS A T D E A T H mediate Credit Bank of St. Paul. Their The experience gained, through the repeal. All of a sudden, the packing in Membership Credits, produce as they did and come home look- essential to health and large Age A m t . Age Amt. Age Amt. association takes their individual period of expectation down through plant was declared a failure and we which reduce the amount of dues pay- ing ready to duplicate their lay next year, in considerable measure to NOPCO X X " egg production—costs about 16 $1,000 26 $1,000 36 $1,000 notes and mortgages and discounts the years of disappointment and into were told it could not survive and it able. (Concentrated Vitamin D). 17 1,000 27 1,000 37 1,000 them with the Intermediate for th« the day of realization of failure, so was thrust into voluntary receivership Life members receive their Mem- 3 cents a year per laying hen. 18 1,000 28 1,000 38 1,000 Readers of this paper will be interested 19 1,000 29 1,000 39 1,000 amount they wish to borrow. far as the farmer stockholders of the by those in power. They were rail- bership Credits in cash once a year. in a brief history of Vitamin D and PILOT BRAND OYSTER SHELL 20 1,000 30 1,000 40 1,000 NOPCO XX called "Twenty Years of 21 1,000 31 1,000 41 1,000 The farmers will be individually Detroit Packing Company were con- roading the whole business into the We furnish addressed, postage is always dependable. It is 22 1,000 32 1,000 42 1,000 charged an interest rate sufficient to cerned, should be a lesson to all farm hands of a new company organized pre-paid envelopes for this Progress in Scientific Poultry Feeding." ; clean, containing no waste or 23 1,000 33 1,000 43 1,000 co\ner expense of operating their as- folks. purpose on your request. If you're not a poultryrnan—show this 1 24 1,000 34 1,000 44 1,000 with the hope of going into the manu- ad to your neighbor who is. The folder is poisonous matter. Keep it be- 25 1,000 35 1,000 45 1,000 sociation and to pay the Intermediate When organized, the motive behind facturing of beer. JIK HIGA\ STATE FARM BUREAU quite worth while. Copies of this sent ( fore laying hens all the time. for the money they borrow from it. it was along the right channel. Mich- Lansing, Michigan without charge and postpaid to anyone If this rate is found to provide more igan farmers needed just such an out- Soon after, a few of the stockhold- addressing a letter to:— NO 4 than is needed, the surplus will go let for their livestock; there was a ers awoke to the fact that they were NOPCO, 52 Essex St., Harrison, N. J. On sale at feed dealers everywhere. Age Amt. Age Amt. Age Amt. into the dividend checks which asture and hay crops. These strains are all annuals, that hardy alfalfa and clover seeds of the most productive varieties for is, they mature seed and die in one Michigan. They are genuine varieties such as Grimm, Hardigan, on, but usually enough seed is scattered so a satisfactory volunteer Michigan Variegated alfalfas,—heavy yielders, free from weeds crop is secured and the crop may be handled as a permanent pasture. and crop mixtures. Their purity, quality and germination are Lespedeza is also used for hay. LEFT: Alfalfa not adapted to Michigan. WINTER-KILLED. Where red clover or alfalfa can be RIGHT: Alfalfa from Michigan Seed. (State College Photo} top notch. grown successfully none of the lespe- dezas have a place as, under such conditions they are inferior to clover C Michigan's co-op ass'ns have booked hundreds of thousands of and alfalfa both in yield and feeding value. C. Here are two plots of alfalfa on test at the Michigan State pounds of Farm Bureau's dependable alfalfa and clover seeds for >0 (.owl ju .Michigan An extra early strain of Korean College in their second summer. 1934. They produce the best stands and high yields. lespedeza known as Harbin has recently been exploited in the press as having great value in the north. C The plot at the right was sown to Michigan grown seed. While the so-called Harbin lespedeza will mature seed in Michigan it is an exaggeration to say that the crop has Note how thick and luxuriant the stand is! Plenty of cheap le- FARM BUREAU BRAND SEEDS Are delivered to you in sealed, trade-marked, any value here. In trials at East gume hay in a field like that. This year, and years to come. Farm Bureau Brand bushel and half-bushel Lansing conducted by C. R. Megee of the Farm Crops Department, Michigan sacks, direct from our warehouse to you. State College in 1933 Harbin lespe- C The plot at the left was sown to seed NOT adapted to Mich- deza matured seed alright but at no time did the growth of the plants ex- ceed 6 or 8 inches in height Th igan (southern States or South American seed). It winter-killed FARM BUREAU SEED GUARANTEE Farm Bureau Services, Inc., of Lansing, Michigan, plants were too small to furnish an and HOW. Disease took its toll, too. guarantees the vitality, description, origin and pur- appreciable amount of grazing an ity of its Farm Bureau Brands of Seeds to bo as too short to be harvested with an) represented on the price card and analysis tag farm implement now available. Simi C Both were fine looking lots of seed. But whoever bought seed lar results have been secured by th to the full amount of the purchase price if Farm Bureau Seed Cleaning Mills received by the customer in our original, sealed Farm Crops Department at Augusta Michigan, in co-operation with th from stocks like the pretty seed at the left bought trouble. Assure Super-Fine Quality and branded bags. Division of Forage Crops of the Unitei States Department of Agriculture The exploitation of Harbin lespedeza at prices of as high as $12.00 a pound are entirely without the sanction o the Federal Forage Crops Division. Persons who fall for the absurc prices now quoted on the Harbin Pays -with Production 4OO Pullets—Sis Eggs Daily Average for October strain can only hope to break even by "sticking" someone else am as lespedeza seeds profusely such op M. J. DUGGAN of the West Branch Farmers Elevator Company has a portunities for exploitation are or report from Mr. Fred C. Worth of the Northern Oak Poultry Farm at St. short duration. The Boss says we're doing ^une oi Them .Much Ciood well on Milkmaker and are Helen, Roscommon county, that 400 April hatched leghorn pullets produced an Korean lespedeza seed may be ob- making a good profit over average of 215 eggs for 31 days of October. The feed was MERMASH. tained at normal prices of less than 10c per pound. However, George Wcii- the cost of feed. I think ner of the College Crops Department he's proud of us. conducted eleven trials of Korean THIS IS AN EXCELLENT RECORD for 6 months lespedeza in as many Southern Mich- old pullets in northern Michigan or anywhere, and es- igan counties the past season and in none of them did this strain appear pecially when one considers no artificial lights were used. promising. Growth was small, other pastures were preferred by livestock and it did not appear that sufficient MERMASH IS MADE of the best home grown seed matured to insure reseeding. Before I came here, Bess, I grains, meat scraps and other feedstuffs, to which has However, seed of ordinary Korean les- pedeza has been matured at Augusta, worked on a lot of rations. been added a ration of Pacific Ocean kelp and fish meal You can't beat Milkmaker MERMASH Michigan, in favorable seasons. The to supply iodine and other food minerals lacking in our Kobe, Tennessee No. 76 and Com- mon strains of lespedeza are later added to home grown grain 16% soils and crops. Poultry responds to Mermash. It aims than Korean. and hay. I'm making good to be the lowest priced feed of its quality. We use Lespedeza Sericea is a perennial here. NOPCO XX cod liver oil, which has the vitamin D value lespedeza which also is getting some unwarranted publicity. It, too, is of 8 times the same quantity of ordinary cod liver oils. southern in adaptation but a North Carolina agronomist recently told me they could find no worthwhile use for this plant except to prevent wash- ing in worthless gullies. 45 MICHIGAN COW TESTING ass'ns reported 161 cows culled in November, Lespedeza Sericea starts slowly the first season but makes a fairly large and woody growth thereafter. It is the largest number of any month in the year. Average feed costs increased 15% over the month of October. USE FARM BUREAU WINTER OIL not considered particularly palatable HEAVY PRODUCING COWS hold their production and condition at lowest to livestock and present strains are feed cost on home grown feeds properly balanced with Milkmaker. Our of doubtful winter hardiness. It is entirely possible that strains booklet Feeding Instructions tells how. It is free for the asking. of lespedeza of some value in Mich- FOR YEARS MILKMAKER fed herds have taken 4 or more of the first 10 igan may be developed in the future. Expenditures by Michigan farmers places for herd butterfat production in 1,200 herds of all breeds in cow testing for seed of strains now available are ass 'n in Michigan. warranted only on a small basis for experimental purposes. The seeding LIKE YOUR HERD, the job of these herds is to produce farm income. They of any considerable acreage in this receive everyday good farm care. It is a fact that these Milkmaker fed herds State is a pure waste of money. make money. Potato Exchange Takes New, Larger Quarters MILKMAKER lillac. — The Michigan Potato Farm Bureau oils cost you less than their high priced brothers of the great oil firms Growers exchange has leased a build- Means taken from the same fields, because the Michigan, Ohio and Indiana Farm Bureaus own a co-operative blending plant and distributing system. See your local co-poerative ass'n. ing on West Harris st., formerly used by the National Grocer Co. The of- Moneymaker fices have been moved into the new location. The warehouse portion will MILKMAKER FORMULAS Farm Bureau Zero Grade Oils start easy and lubricate perfectly in be used for a wholesale service to its 16, 24 and 32% Protein the coldest weather the Old Man from the North brings to Michigan local associations in this section. The exchange also plans to expand its insecticide business and will take on the wholesaling of national lines. Later the exchange may open a re- tail store to handle its various lines. The new building has ample space for storage, having 41,000 square feet of floor space, elevators, automatic sprinkler system, and loading docks. Ask For FARM BUREAU For Farm Bureau Supplies Ask For FARM BUREAU Coal Fence Salt SEE YOUR CO-OP OR FARM BUREAU DEALER "Which would you prefer in your Oyster Shell Lime husband—wealth, ability or appear- Write Us If You Have No Dealer Greases ?" asked one maiden lady of FARM BUREAU SERVICES, Inc., Lansing, Mich. another. "Appearance," replied the other. "And the sooner the better."