KEEP UP 1CHICAN On Newt Interesting to Farmers Through the Farm New* FARM A Newspaper For Michigan Farmers NEWS Vol. XII, No. 6 SATURDAY, JUNE 2, 1934 Published Monthly CITY CAMPAIGN FOR 83 Co-ops Average FARM BUREAU TO SUE STATE BOARD COUNTY GOV'MENT GRADING IN MICHIGAN WOOL MARKETING ASS'N POOL $10,825 in Sales Tax OF TAX ADMIN. FOR EXEMPTION OF CONTROL*_ ____MAY WIN Each Month At Lansing, May 18, when the FARM SUPPLIES FROM SALES TAX Amendment to Constitution Michigan State Farm Bureau Aimed at Boards of announced before co-operative Co-operative Ass'ns and County Farm Bureaus ass'n and County Farm Bureau Supervisors representatives that it intended To Aid in Fight on Board Interpretation to go to court to test the appli- of the Law Contrary to Intent Farmers appear to face the battle cation of the 3% sales tax to of their lives to avert loss of repre- farm supplies for production of the Legislature sentation on county boards of super- purposes, it asked farmer's' co- visors, as one of the greatest coali- operatives present to state their The Michigan State Farm Bureau is to contest in court tions of city forces ever assembled in average monthly sales tax re- Michigan is rapidly securing the nec- mittances on such supplies. the interpretations of the State Board of Tax Administration essary petitions to force a vote on an 83 co-operatives estimated that which imposes sale tax on farmers' purchases of seeds, feeds, anti-rural county home rule plan. the total of the sales tax on fertilizers, nursery stock, implements and other goods to pro- This plan is the one that was devised farm supplies collected by them following the failure of the Legisla- from farmers would average duce farm products for sale. ture to pass an amendment that bore $10,825 per month. The announcement was made by the Farm Bureau at the endorsement of both Farm Bureau That is an average of $130 per Lansing, May 18, before several hundred representatives of and Grange officials. co-operative per month, collected The city amendment paves the way contrary to the intent of the farmers' co-operatives and County Farm Bureaus, who for destroying township representa- Legislature, as expressed by its pledged their support. tion on county boards of supervisors. resolution to the Sales Tax Protested Since July, 1933 Its sponsors include the Detroit Civic Board in July, 1933. League, members of the staff of the The Farm Bureau has protested collection of the sales Department of Political Science at the tax on farm supplies since July, 1933, as "contrary to the in- University of Michigan, and many wo- tent of the Legislature which enacted the sales tax, as ex- men's civic organizations. The Mu- nicipal League is co-operating to the IRRIGATION PAYS pressed by its resolution of July 16, 1933." The Resolution extent of granting one of its staff a leave of absence while he organizes the petition campaign. Although one MICHIGAN FARMERS is quoted in full in an editorial in this edition. A census of farmer business organizations present at the of the main objectives is to reduce the i p o r o l l s meeting, and a checking of U. S. census statistics on retail size of the Wayne County Board of ' Hose System Gets sales in Michigan, indicates that Michigan farmers are prob-i Supervisors, that body has gone on Results; Installation ably paying as much as $1,250,000 annually in sales tax on record as favoring the amendment. Cost Low TOP—E. L. Upham, of Boston, Na- Among the prospective candidates tional Wool Marketing Corporation farm supplies, said Secretary C. L. Brody of the Farm Bureau. for Governor, Judge Arthur J. Lacy is East Lansing—Another year's tests grader, grading Michigan fleeces at The Farm Bureau contends that seeds, feeds, fertilizers, quoted as an outspoken advocate of the Lansing warehouse of the Mich- etc., are bought for resale later as crops, live stock and live the amendment. Friends of the of the value of porous (canvas) hose irrigation in Michigan proves that igan Co-operative Wool Marketing amendment claim to have the signa- the practice has a real place in farm Ass'n. / stock products and are not properly subject to sales tax when ture of Governor William A. Comstock work and that profitable increases in Farmers bringing^ their wool to the bought by the farmer. If so, sales tax is paid on both the raw and Secretary of State Frank D. Fitz- yields can be secured, according to pool may see it graded. Many are material and the finished product. Manufacturers and all gerald. In Detroit even the Federated the agricultural engineering depart- taking advantage of this opportunity. Council of Churches has passed reso- ment, at Michigan State College. Mr. Upham's knowledge of what others buying goods for resale, or manufacture, processing and lutions favoring the amendment. The porous hose system was devel- m,ill buyers expect in the appearance resale are exempt, but the farmer is not. The Sales Tax Farm Bureau leaders admit that the oped at the College by members of of fleeces is used to improve the Board holds that he is a consumer of feeds, seeds, fertilizers, situation is one of th« most serious the agricultural engineering staff. A fleeces graded. A little cleaning or they have ever faced. They claim, pump and pipes are required to carry touching up here and there often etc. however, that there is still strong water to the porous hose. keeps a fleece headed for the higher — — • Farm Bureau's Attorney hope of defeating the amendment in The water from the porous hose grade basket and several cents more • n i r i n n AIT r n A H T Tne Farm November, provided the rural people seeps through the fabric slowly and per pound in value. Raymond H. Bureau Berry ofhas theretained law firmMr. oil and city taxpayers are thoroughly in- sinks into the soil. The hose can be BOTTOM—Growing piles of graded half-blood, three-eighths, and quarter-blood combing wools. Later these formed as to its consequences. The moved from row to row, water can be and other grades will be sacked by grade for shipment t eastern mills. The mills buy on sample from the ADVICE ON FROST Berry & Stevens of Detroit. Berry has won circuit court cases In Mr. Farm Bureau points out that the 300,- carried over inequalities of ground piles. The Michigan pool has received more than twice as much wool as at this time last year. 000 votes cast on the bond issue meas- s-urface. The cost of the equipment INJUREDALFALFA Wayne and Kent counties for ex- emption of certain manufacturing sup- ures the approximate strength of the is adapted for use on such crops as Allow to Come to Full Bloom plies since a Supreme Court decision; property owner vote. These votes small fruits and potatoes. should go overwhelmingly against the Tests on potatoes on the farms of Wool Ass'n Reports Twice How Do Before Cutting For made it possible to go into court for, an interpretation of the law as against home rule amendment. Rural super- Mason Parmalee, Allegan county; Mr. visors, the Farm Bureau says, are theI. Pakes, Stanton; and Mr. Stephens, Wool in Pool as Last Year They Get Hay the rules, regulations and decisions of the State Board of Tax Administra- best friends of city taxpayers, who Lakeview, showed increases in yield, are regularly outvoted at city elec- due to irrigation, ranging from 50 to Profit Taking Drops Prices for these notable increases in the fleeces are given as the explanation That Way? Alfalfa moderately injured cent frosts should be allowed to come by re- tion. History of the Case tions. Farm taxpayers control the 200 bushels per acre, and better qual- But Market Future volume of co-operatively consigned Imposing sales tax on the farmer to full bloom before being cut for The Farm Bureau began in July, elections in the townships, and gener- ity potatoes. Michigan wool. for farm supplies bought for produc- hay, according to Prof. H. C. Rather 1933, with a petition for exemption, ally elect to boards of supervisors Looks Good tion, but not on the processor who of the State College Farm Crops Dep't. based on the Legislature's resolution Mr. Stanley Yuill, Vanderbilt, irri- The warehouse is a busy place these men who have a sense of responsibil- gated three acres of raspberries out days for not only are clips being re- buys the finished crop from the farm- On the morning of May 12th tem-of intent, and the fact that farmers ity to the taxpayers. Every day sees more wool rolling ceived constantly, but the grading is er develops the following inconsist- perature at East Lansing dropped to buy seeds, feeds, fertilizers, etc., to of- a 28 acre field. The irrigated por- encies under sales tax board regula- 27.5 F. The freeze was not only in- produce crops or other products for tion of the field yielded 2,000 quarts into the Pool which is being conduct- in full sway, with E. L. Upham of tions : A Leap in the Dark, to the acre and the rest offieldpro-ed by the Michigan Co-operative Wool Boston passing judgment on each in- jurious to ailfalfa but to spring sale. The law says goods bought for, Marketing Association. Growers from dividual fleece and assigning it to its Butter and Ice Cream grains, early planted beets, and even resale are exempt from tax. Says St. Joe Co. Man drought duced practically nothing under the conditions prevailing in 1933. all sections of the state are consign- appropriate grade basket. Elsewhere Farmer pays sales tax on every to ordinary pasture and meadow With its petition the Farm Bureau Writing to the Michigan Farm News Most porous hose installations have, ing their clips and are forwarding on this page is an illustration and ex- item involved: Seeds, feeds, ferti- grasses, especially in low areas. filed a request for hearing. In August with reference to the proposed coun- been at places where there is a stream them by car, trailer, truck or freight planation of the grading operations. lizers, machinery, implements. He Injured alfalfa plants tend to turn of 1933 the petition was denied •with- ty home rule amendment, Mr. Victor or lake close to the fields where the to the Association's Warehouse at 728 Growers are invited to bring in sells (for resale) milk, cream and white or pale yellow. In mild cases out a hearing, Sec'y Brody said. E. McMillan of Mendon, St. Joseph water is to be used. The success of E. Shiawassee St., Lansing, according their wool and to stay and see it sugar beets. the borders of the leaves are affected Later the sales tax board split on the county, protests: the plan now has created a demand to Stanley M. Powell, in charge of the graded and discuss their wool pro- Creamery or ice cream maker buys while in severe cases the whole plant matter and on August 30 the board "It took eight long years of suffer- systems in locations where water pool. duction and handling problems with for re-sale and without sales tax milk, is discolored and wilted. adopted a resolution exempting all ing and bloodshed to wrest from the for has to be pumped through pipes for By the middle of May more wool Mr. Upham. When bringing in wool cream or butterfat, sugar. The injury to the alfalfa tops is farm and manufacturing supplies. On King of England the right to estab- distances as great as half a mile. The had been received than was in the personally at this season of the year, Farmer and public buys from above reflected in a more severe drain on advice from the attorney general thai lish our present form of government. use of second hand pumps and piping Pool for the entire 1933 season. Total now that the grading is in progress, it or other retailers butter, ice cream or the food reserves in the root system. resolution was rescinded without hav- . . . The groundwork that carried it in some cases, has reduced the cost receipts to date represent about twice is not necessary to sack fleeces un- by-products and pays sales tax. Where a considerable proportion of ing been in effect. The Farm Bureau's through many a crisis for 150 years of the systems to $15 per acre. the tonnage in the pool for the cor-less the grower so desires, Mr. Powell Poultry, Fruits, Vegetables active green top growth still remains efforts to induce the Governor to per- in our Nation and for nearly 100 years responding date a year ago. General said. When the fleeces are shipped by The farmer pays sales tax on his it is advisable to let this alfalfa come mit the special session of the Legis- State College Agr'l Engineering in our State has answered every pur- Dep't, East Lansing, has a free de- satisfaction with the 1933 settlements rail or when several clips are trucked raw materials; the processor or man- into full bloom before harvest to af- lature to correct what it believes ara pose for which it was designed. . . scriptive bulletin on porous hose ir- and the determination of the growers in together, of course sacking is es- ufacturer pays none when he takes ford the plants maximum opportunity injustices in the sales tax act were we will be asked during the brief rigation. to secure full values for their 1934 sential. them from the farmer for resale; to rebuild their root reserves. This without avail. period of eight coming weeks . . . to The Ass'n explains that the re- er paysdoes neither a the retailer, but the farm- procedure will result in better second second time if he buys at cuttings and a more thrifty stand next Farmer delegates to the State Farni sign petitions intended to instigate duction in its rate of cash advance to retail, and the general Bureau annual meeting in November! legislation that may destroy our price- 13c per lb. on fine wool and 15c per public buys fall. of 1933 urged and authorized the Farm less heritage. lb. on medium wool is due to a combi- an item taxied twice. Bureau to go to court when advisable. "What assurance have we that this leap in the dark will leave us on any Michigan Farmers May nation of two causes. In the first place, owing to a change in policy on By Feeds for Fattening recent regulation, if a farmer Farmers' Mass Meeting lations Other groups, smarting under regu- of the sales tax board which! the part of the Government agencies buys feed for fattening live stock or Bounder foundation than the one on which we now stand? Pay $1,187,000 per Year through which the funds are secured poultry for market and signs a state- At Yale on Sales Tax they considered unfair, and being denied hearings, took the question ot "What guarantee have we that this to make the cash advances to the ment to that effect, the feed is held to court interpretation up to the Supreme new form of local government will be In Sales Tax on Farm Supplies growers, the Association is now un-be bought for RE-SALE and not sub- Yale—Yale Elevator Company and ourt and there won the right to test any improvement over the present able to borrow as large a proportion ject to tax. the Farm Bureau invited every farm- nterpretations in court. The State form?" Sales taxes collected on farm supplies for agricul- of the estimated market value of the If the same farmer buys the same er in that end of St. Clair county to Board of Tax Administration was un- tural production purposes are collected contrary to wool as formerly. Then, in the second feed to feed the same livestock or a mass meeting at Yale Saturday eve- able to have the case thrown out of place, although comparatively little- poulltry to produce eggs or milk, he ning, June 2, to hear Sec'y C. L. Brody he Supreme Court. Calhoun Farm Bureau the intent of the Legislature wool is changing hands at Boston, is held to have bought it for consump- and R. Wayne Newton, taxation coun- With the road cleared, two groups Adds 241 New Members Net Sales some dealers who have purchased tion and 3% sales tax applies. Yet sel of the State Farm Bureau, discuss of manufacturers, represented by Mr. Class of Retailer Total cheap from the growers seem inclined Ire sells the eggs and milk! sales tax on farm supplies and the Berry, won exemptions in the circuit Stores (1929) to take a small profit for a quick turn- A baker, for example, buys cream, Farm Bureau's decision to go to court court. They will be appealed to the Marshall—The Calhoun County Farm Bureau reports 241 new members this •Farm implements over, so are cashing in on relatively milk, butter, flour, sugar, etc., for re- to compel exemption of such sup- Supreme Court by the Sales Tax spring, according to Arthur Edmunds. machinery, equipment 163 $3,668,574 small amounts of wool at bargain sale and pays no sales tax. The plies, as was intended by the Legisla- Board. A number of members have been car- prices. These sales are of small con- farmer who produced those items ture. The "time to start a suit" as recom- Implement dealers with sequence except that they establish contends that he buys seeds, feeds, rying to farmers the invitation to join hay, grain and feed 26 1,672,841 fertilizers, etc., for resale in crops, mended by the Farm Bureau board of the organization. J. E. Chandler has the market level on which the Inter- mediate Credit Bank bases its loans live stock, poultry and their products, delegates has come, and the Farm, 7 acceptances in one day, W. W. Hardware and farm Bureau is preparing to sue in behalf Sprague 7, Earl Johnson had 6 in one implements 283 8,919,475 to the Association. but by regulation of the State Board day and 14 in 3% days. of Tax Administration, With an abnormally low carry-over to pay sales tax on his raw materials. he is compelled Sales Tax Paid of its members and those of associ- ated co-operative associations. Feed stores—Flour, feeds, Calhoun County Farm Bureau, hav- grain, fertilizers 233 10,075,710 of the old wool and U. S. production Manufacturers of goods wherein On Farm Supplies ing one of the largest memberships the smallest in five years, it will be For Food Production National Crops Disaster in the State, is opening a Farm Bu- Fertilizer stores 11 32,455 necessary to import much of foreign wool, leather, feathers, buys their reau gasoline and oil bulk plant, in 64 374,982 wool. Judging from the factors of locks as for resale and exempt from Price to 3% Harness shops supply and demand, wool prices should sales tax. The farmer pays tax on Farmer Sales Indicated by Drought co-operation with the State Farm Bu- 13 431,729 every item entering into their pro- Tax reau. Tank wagon routes will serve Farmers supply stores be on satisfactory levels when the Alfalfa, bu * 12.00 $ .36 the rural communities. Seeds, bulbs, nurseries 35 1,415,983 Wool Ass'n wool is sold which will duction, and must absorb the tax as Clover, bu Egg Mash, Cwt 8.50 .25 .. 2.20 .07 probably be in the fall. a production cost. Bran, % T 15.00 .45 Lansing—''The drought continues Coal and Feed stores 173 10,914,304 Midds, std. % T 16.00 .48 and is rapidly approaching a national The Money Situation Grain Elevators, with Co-op Machinery Meeting Midds, Fl. % T Oil Meal, % T 18.00 .64 24.00 .72 disaster. Wheat up 5c, corn up 4c# Gold has been partly revalued; sil- 18 1,070,303 Do Not Send 1934-35 Sales Cottonseed M'l, % T... 18.00 .54 oats up 3c and rye up 4c. So long arf retail sales Fertilizer, 16%, T 21.00 .63 the drought continues there can be no ver is now seemingly on the way for 94 3,010,742 Tax License Fee Too Soon Lansing—115 representatives o f Fertilizer, 2-16-6, T 30.00 .90 at least modest recognition, but the Feed stores with groceries farmers co-ops and others interested Fertilizer, 4-16-8, T 41.00 1.21 let down from the very strong mar- stabilization of the purchasing power in Farm Bureau farm machinery and Binder Twine, 150 lbs- 9.75 .30 kets that are with u«," said the Mich- 1,113 $39,587,098 The 1934-35 sales tax license fee Bean puller 40.00 1.20 of the dollar to the 1926 level of pric- TOTAL should not be remitted until the tax- implements attended a machinery Disc Harrow, 8 ft 95.60 3.00 igan Elevator Exchange to its mem* es still remains a future accomplish- Grain Drill 121.50 3.64 ber elevators May 31. $39,587,098 X 3 % is $1,187,612 Sales Tax payer sends his remittance for the school at Farm Bureau headquarters Culti-packer 65.50 1.85 ment. According to the American July, 1934, tax, which is due not later June 1. Officials and machinery men Hay rake, S. D 85.00 2.55 "If some regulations could be ot*dft Farm Bureau, we have not gone as if all the above sales are subject to tax than Aug. 15. At the present time the from the factory were present. Hay loader Grain binder 91.25 2.73 235.00 7.05 to keep out foreign r far as the emergencies of the situa- State Board of Tax Administration is Corn binder 210.00 6.30 would go soaring because •From U. S. Census, 1930, Retail Distribution in Michigan Tractor 850.00 25.50 are for the lightest crop of rye in tion demand, or as far as the author- sending back money remitted for the $27,862,666.63 is the amount of rev- ity given the President in 1933 by 1934.-35 license. enue collected so far by the sales tax. many years." permits, •TWO VI FARM SATTR1MY, Regular woolbraadtng fluids ran be been able to win their share of prem- wrote Mr. William J. Herscher of LAVOI PRESENTS HIRAM'S JUNE SONG used without harm as they can be re- iums. The fleeces shown each year Ovid, RFD, to Secretary C. L. Brody moved from the fleece, but common are better and this is an indication of the Michigan State Farm Bureau, FINE ARTICLE ON By R. S. Clark paints cannot. I'n paring Fleece that tire quality of the wools being recently. produced in the state is also improv- Successor to the Michigan Farm Bureau News, founded IMPROVING WOOL There's a bluebird in the cottonwood Down yon'liT in the lane About to bust his calluses With the protty thinps he's sayin'. In preparing the fierce for market, ing. Last ye^ir 31 ribbons were cane should be given at shearing time ((warded the 34 Michigan fl to see that the sheep are dry when shown, one of which was for a Reserve Collections of the sales tax for April will be over $3,000,000. January 12, 1923 Tells Wool Ass'ns Members Theliascardinal in the orchard oiled his whistle up, the wool is removed, otherwise this Championship, •eight were for iiiist Entered as second class matter January 12, 1923, at the post- Items That Bring More And tliP blackbirds in the cathole Serenade the buttercup. wool is apt to discolor. The fleece premiums and fourteen for second Illlllllii office at Charlotte, Michigan, under the Act of March 3, 1879. should also l>e kept intact when it premiums. CREDITS ON PURCHASES Per Fleece inp a song of Springtime is shorn and as few second Published first Saturday of each month by the Michigan Farm News And let our joys be 1KMni. Help Pay Farm Bureau Dues! Company, at fts publication office at 114 Lovett St., Charlotte, Michigan. By DELMAR H. LAVOI God Is just as good to humans cuts as possible should bo made. Owners of Packing Industry As He is to any bird. NOTICE TO MEMBERS: Purchases Live, Stock Specialist, State College If Jenny Wren can manage When a careful job of shearing is done A study of the annual reports of of Farm Bureau Bian.l dairy and Editorial and general offices, 221 North Cedar St., Lansing, Michigan. (For Mich. Co-op Wool Mktg. Ass'n.) I To Po»toffice Box 960. Telephone, Lansing, 21-271. fipht the crows away, it is easy to tie the fleece without us- the numerous packing concerns shows poultry feeds, seeds, fertilizers and Feeding Practices State Farm Mutual Agent. "RESOLVED, That the world 'producing' as used herein shall in- When sheep are fed, it is advisable clude agricultural production." to be careful so that hay and straw is STATE FARM LIFE CO. Mich.. Farm Bureau, St. Agt. not scattered over their backs. Good Branch County Wool Soy Bean Oil Paint Men See Pool Grading on Swift Fair Bldg. Lansing—Thirty-seven Branch coun- "A few less soft hogs!" said G. F. t y farmers, members of the Mich'gan Swift, president of Swift & Company, Co-operative Wool Marketing Ass'n, as he put the first brush of soy bean vistted the wool warehouse here June paint on the bandshell of the "Swift 1, saw the grading operations and Bridge of Service" at A Ceutury of THE TELEPHONE visited the Farm Bureau. They have Progress in Chicago. upwards of 35,000 lbs. of wool in the pool. Not as funny as it sounds. Soy beans fed to hogs make for soft pork. At the warehouse Grader Upham But when the oil is removed, soy BRINGS PROTECTION demonstrated the grading of wool. He bean meal is us«d as a supplement explained the grading of a fleece for hog feed. And the oil combined from a visitor's clip. At their with linseed oil is a base for paint. AND CONVENIENCE program Prof. George Brown of the Soy bean oil paint will be used on State College live stock dep't, en- tire entire Swift exhibit. dorsed the pool idea, saying that rush The big bandshell will present more TO THE FARM offerings of wool in early season plays or less a jazz symphony, four time3 into speculators' hands. Three years each day, afternoon and evening. A out of four orderly marketing by the varied program of events also is be- A Sound Spray Program Consistently Followed pool idea has paid pool members well, ing planned for the big stage. There It is comforting to know that neighbors will do much to increase the margin of profit between production cost and the mar- said Mr. Brown. The group visit was will be action every hour during the ket price at harvest time. How? By improving the quality of vour cron THERF tponsored by Warren and Elmer Dob- day and evening. The Chicago Sym- son, local assemblers for the pool in phony orchestra will follow Mr. Clark, and friends, even those who live at a con- IS ALWAYS A MARKET FOR "FANCY" FRUIT or PRODUCE SprayingTs Branch county. beginning July 1, for a period of ten an investment—and a profitable one. weeks. siderable distance from your farm home, Gladwin Beef Cattle Sale Spray, therefore, with high quality materials—"Farm Bureau" or "Orchard Brand" BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB WORK are within easy reach anytime . . . by according to your preference. They are both brands on which you can place im- There are in continental United Fourth annual beef and dual pur- States and Hawaii a total of 3,076 telephone. It is convenient to visit with phcit reliance. They are backed by the responsibility of the Michigan Farm Bu- pose cattle sale will be held at Glad- reau Services, Inc., and General Chemical Company win Thursday, June 14th. Both sexes counties. Of this number, boys' and of the following breds will be offered; Kirls' club work was carried on in ap- them over the telephone, learn the latest whose products have enjoyed the highest reputation Aberdeen Angus, Hereford, Shorthorn, proximately 2,449 counties last year. for two generations and more. Milking Shorthorn, Polled Shorthorn neighborhood news, plan parties, and and Red Polled by leading breeders Approximately $50.00 per student is For a severe infestation of codling moth we recommend from all sections of the state. being given the University of Michigan from funds collected by the sales tax. receive invitations. "Astringent" Arsenate of Lead which is widely used in The animals will be sold subject to breeding guarantees and will have the principal apple growing districts and enthusiastically be«n blood tested for abortion. No to improve the breeding stock in When you have poultry, stock or produce reported to have cut "worm" losses by half . .For brown bi-biding will be done by consigners herds in the northern and central rot protection on peaches, thus allowing the purchasers to buy part of the state, thereby adding more to sell, you can determine who is paying "Dritomic" Sulphur occupies the animals at their own prices. quality to the cattle produced for The purpose of these sales has been market from these sections. the best prices by telephoning buyers in a similar position of promi- nence. It not only destroys nearby towns. And in case of sickness, the infection from disease spores, but brings out a depth Classified Ads fire or accident, aid can be summoned of color and sulphur bloom, Classified advertisements are cash with order at the following rates: 4 cents per word for one edition. Ads to appear in two or more editions take the rate of 3 cents per word per edition. instantly, by telephone. which adds to the market price. LIVE STOCK FOR SALE—MISCELLANEOUS A telephone on the farm more than pays ARSENATE OF LEAD Call on Your Farm REGISTERED HEREFORD BULLS, MICHIGAN SEPTIC TANK SIPHON its way. "ASTRINGENT" Bureau Distributor, "Repeater", "Woodford,", and "Panama" and bell as recommended by State Col- for Information lines. Prices $25 to |75. Good se- lection. A. M. Todd Company, Mentha, lepre Agr'l Engineering dep't. Build your ARSENATE OF I F A D and Prices own septic tank and sewage system. In- Michigan (14 miles northwest from Kala- stall when tank Is built. Installation and CALCIUM ARSENATE mazoo) World's largest mint farm. operation simple. Discharges automati- cally. Have been sold 16 years. All in daily use and giving satisfaction. In- BORDEAUX MIXTURE REGISTERED GUERNSEY COWS and structions with each siphon. $7.00 de- •*, T. B. accredited and blood test- livered. Farm Bureau Supply Store, 728 DRITOMJC SULPHUR er!. Forty to select from. Clark & Nimtz, E. Shiawassee St., Lansing. (3-4-tf-60b) 15au Clatre. Mich. (4-7-5t-p) APPLE DRITOMIC SULPHUR BEEKEEPER'S SUPPLIES 1 HOSIERY - LADIES' - MEN'S - CHIL- hosiery. New catalogue ready. N I C O T I N E SULPHATE SPECIAL—fi BEE HIVES. SECTIONS, COMB FOUN- Hose $1.00. Postpaid. pairs Ladies' Ohardoniza •ler.s. Send Sales Company, Asheboro, Guaranteed. L. S. PARADICHLOROBFNZENf X. C. •1 for 511 North MICHIGAN BELL DR ' L I M E S U L P H U R WANTED—FARM WORK LIME SULPHUR SOLUTION Farm Bureau TOBACCO FOR SALE MILOEST—OLD KENTUCKY CHEW- MAN, 52, EXPERIENCED, WANTS TELEPHONE CO. D U S T M I X T U RES Services, Inc. 10 pounds $1.00. 'arm work. Can't milk much. Injured Syndicate, ian«l. Handle all other work. Edmund Lansing, Mich. (6-2-4t-17b) MCiuire, Lansing, n-:x, Mioh. (6-2-ltH SATURDAY, JFVE 2,1934 THBKK M I C H I G A N FARM NEWS Newton at Snover West Michigan Co-ops, Farm Bureau Directors Farm Bureaus to Meet Mrs. Wagar Puts Critic of Warn Rural Michigan MICHIGAN'S RESPONSIBILITY LAW Snover—R. Wayne Newton address- ed members of the Snover Co-operative Co-operative Ass'ns and County Farm Groups in His Place Lansing—May 12, directors ofl the Michigan State Farm Bureau I an- A judgment for $300 or more for injuries or property damage caused by , your car or truck MUST be paid within Elevator and the Moore Town Farmers Farm Bureaus in four western Mich- it's time to tell them that they are not nounced that the organization Ttfpuld 30 days or YOU stop driving and YOUR Club May 31 at the Odd Fellow hall, igan counties are calling general meet- Examination of This Knocker's wanted in our group. They can dourge farmers and others to votd No cars or trucks stay off the road until the judgment is paid. You'll need $11,000 Snover, on the Farm Bureau's pro- ings of farmers June 1 to 8 inclusive, Co-op History Ruined more harm on the inside than they this fall on proposed amendments to financial responsibility to drive again. posed court suit for an interpretation to hear about the sales tax exemption His Argument can possibly do on the outside. the State constitution to re-organize to exempt farm supplies from the 3% suit on farm supplies to be started The A. A. A, program is not only as county governments, and to limit gas- WHY RISK ALL THAT? Our sales tax, as intended by the Legisla- by the State Farm Bureau and asso- By MR8. EDITH M. WAGAR a means of immediate relief for agri- oline and automobile weight taxes. insurance guarantees your financial ture. safety. Satisfies ALL demands of ciated co-operatives in behalf of their "What about the farmer? He's get- culture, but for a purpose that is Neither amendment is in the interest Michigan's Motor Vehicle Finan- farmers. ting the small end of this New Deal! broader and deeper. Heretofore the of rural Michigan, the Farm Bureau cial Responsibility Law, and such Wesley Hawley, Farm Bureau's Where's your farm organization? I've farm industry has been sort of a pufc- said. laws in other States. northwestern Michigan representative, been skinned by every farm organiza- lic football. Farm organizations have The county government scheme COST IS LOW. Save by insuring has assisted the Mason, Oceana, Otta- tion I've ever belonged to. Why didn't had a difficult time of it in correcting aims at eliminating the boards of sup- FLY SPRAY wa, and Muskegon County Farm Bur- the Milk Association take our milk these abuses, ror, even if "we enrolled ervisors in favor of a city controlled in this strong, legal reserve Com- pany. 350 agents in Michigan, 7,000 eaus and the Mascon County Co-op, and get the price we want for it? Why the entire farming populace, we would group in many counties, the Bureau in U. S. Mail us coupon below. FARM BUREAU FLY SPRAY for the Great Lakes Fruit Industries at should I cut down on hogs and corn still be less than one-third of the peo- said. cattle is deadly to flies. Kills on STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTO INS. CO. contact. Repels flies long time. Shelby, the Holland Co-op Ass'n, the when I don't get half price for what ple. Regarding the amendment designed Bloomingron, III. Makes milking peaceful. Helps Ravenna Inc. Butter Co. and the White I have to sell now? This farm loan Farm leaders have always had as to reduce highway revenues, the Farm Michigan Farm Bureau, State Agt., Lansing, Mich. production. Clean, petroleum odor. Lake Marketing Ass'n at Montague stuff is all bosh,—I asked for a loan their goal visions of some day being Bureau observed that real property Won't spot or taint milk or cloth- arrange the meetings for 8 p. m. each and was turned down." so thoroughly organized that this taxes would have to be increased ac- State Agt., STATE FARM M U T U A L ~ ^ F T I . » J " cordingly, or roads and streets be per- 221 No. Cedar St., Lansing Mich. ing. evening, as follows: This was the denunciation hurled at basic industry could protect itself. Without obligation to me, please send June 1—Scottville Community Hall me by a fellow farmer the other day In the meantime, the nation as a mitted to deteriorate. more information about your auto in- FARM BUREAU " K I L L - FLY" June A—Shelby Congregational church when a group of us were discussing whole began to realize that as agri- surance and the Financial Responsibility special for household use. Kills June 5—Holland Co-op Ass'n Law. flies, mosquitoes, ants, moths, etc. June 6— Ravenna High School the farm situation. culture lagged, to that same extent NAME .Both made from Gov't formula. 1 June 7—Lawnsdale Grange-Montague It was discouraging. Here was a industry suffered and some thing must man eager to tell his tale of woe and be done to get farming on its feet that ADDRESS Ib. of pyrethrum per gal. of spray. Sprays of similar effectiveness us- JACKSON COUNTY FARM BUREAU willing to condemn everything and all other industries might again move ually sell for at least 15% more. anything that had not brought returns on. Jackson—Jackson County Farm Bu- to him in the measure that he had This entire A. A. A. program is Kill-Fly In pints, quarts, gallons. Fly Spray in gallons and drums. reau is resuming membership work. expected. I knew it was impossible more significant and far reaching High Sales—Good Weights—Proceeds Guaranteed Certain members may direct the work to convince him with any reasoning. than most folks realize. While it may Buy From Your in onj or more townships. Each It's useless to try because he is an have many features in it that we local leader will be aided by several unreasonable man, always has been would have preferred otherwise, yet Farmers and Stockmen FARM BUREAU DEALER are assured of these important and essential Services when live members in their territories. Arthur and always will be. Edmunds, State Farm Bureau mem- it behooves us all as loyal American HIGHER stock is sold on the Open, Competitive Terminal Live Stock Market; I asked him how many organiza- citizens to co-operate with our govern- where both large and small Packers, knowing there will be ample bership worker, will help. tions had HE "skinned"? I knew I ment in these trying times and help EGG PRICES supplies of all grades of live stock available every day come and keep our business going. Uncle Ab says the happiest people had struck home and that there were pay the Price by bidding against each other for their killing needs; he knows are those who are too those present who knew it. No milk We are going through a period just A N OUTSTANDING result of feeding NOPCO XX Vitamin D Concentrate where Weights are good because all live stock Is properly fed and J busy to worry about being un- association wants his milk because he happy. as critical as in war time when every to laving birds, noticed by all users, is the produces an inferior commodity. He loyal citizen wanted to do and give way egg production holds up through the watered and not sold empty; and where all Checks issued for pay- ment of live stock sold are Guaranteed by a Bond meeting Govern- expected all sorts of protection and all that they could that they might summer Vitamin into the fall months. NOPCO XX D Concentrate (U. S. Patent ment requirements. Why take a chance on any other system? service from his organization but he win a cause. Now, instead of hamper- i 1,678,454) in cod liver oil maintains flock Secure all these services by Consigning your live stock to refused to comply with any of theing through our lack of co-operation vigor, red combs, and the continuous pro- MICHIGAN LIVESTOCK EXCH. PRODUCERS CO-OP ASS'N rules of co-operation. or our verbal denunciations, we duction of high quality, firm-shelled eggs. should look upon this effort as a war One user summarized conditions during Stockyards, Detroit East Buffalo, N. Y. 3 Day All Expense He joined only to get advantages Available for purchasing Feeder that others worked hard to secure and fighting against greed, class preju- the summer and fall of last year as fol- lows: "I have 283 year-old hens and Cattle and Lambs, No so-called De Luxe $ M when he couldn't get by any longer, dice and self interests that were while they were in molt some of them his abuse was poured on the associa- detrimental to others. never stopped laying. They seemed so Money red-tape; No investment of five per cent of the amount of the Tours to the § tion and those in charge of it. We should look upon this program as strong and active. It seemed they were His reputation was against him the channel through which agriculture over the molt in much shorter time than loan in capital stock in a Production Credit Association; No guar- when he asked for a farm loan, and is to find a way to adjust itself. A in Your other years." anteeing the payments of any other borrowers' loans. Five years World's Fair when Uncle Sam learned that he had new order of things is being aborn, results will be equally profitable if you feed the recommended percentages of established and satisfactory feeder loan service. For complete information write us. tried to beat the game by not giving with nothing less at stake than the of NOPCO XX Vitamin D Concentrate full and correct information concern- kind of farm homes we want retained, straight through the summer season, i Our Traffic Dep't at Detroit is maintained to handle your transportation problems and railroad claims. Also other public utility matters. This Includes cab from depot to ing his financial standing, he was re- the education we want for our chil- . We should like to tell you more about service is available to all shippers and farmers. Prompt attention given fused a loan. By so doing our govern- dren, the comforts, the protection, the Vitamin D feeding and how it will in- A Complete hotel and return to depot... two nights' accommodation in comfortable room . . . two mighty good turn. ment did the local loan association a finer things of life, the things that crease your profits. Let us send you our booklet, "20 Years of Progress in Sci- money can buy and leisure time can entific Poultry Feeding"—a history of all Inquiries. Write or telephone. Tune In CKLW at 12:35 P. M. Mon., Tues., Wed., and Thurt., for live stock quotations at Detroit market When we hear these blowheads con- make possible. Vitamin D and NOPCO XX Vitamin D Michigan Live Stock Exchange Hudson, Mich. MODERN GARAGE club breakfasts . . . three trips from hotel to fair demning everything right and left; We must have such faith in this Concentrate. It's free. Send your name to: grounds and return to hotel when we hear them accuse organiza- America of ours that if we but do our NOPCO: 5244 Essex St., Harrison, N. J. When you drive to Detroit, stop tion leaders whom we know are giv- part we will be protected and when at Hotel Fort Shelby. A 500 . . . three souvenir admission ing of their best for the common good, adjustments have been made on all car garage—with complete serv- tickets to the fair. when we find them unreasonable sides, we will find ourselves united ice facilities—is maintained in connection. The Shelby is con- The MIRA-MAR . . . 10 min- against their government; when we into the greatest co-operative group know they are only with us so long as the world has ever known and master veniently located, too—near the utes to the World's Fair gate they can ride through at our expense, of our own vocation. smart shops, theatres, principal . . . is a beautiful, modern office buildings. All of its 900 hotel . . . 350 rooms with No Sales Tax or Profit Century of Progress Uuntln rooms and suites have circulat- ing ice water, box-mattressed baths . . . situated near the beds, private bath and tip-elim- lake, beaches, parks, and Fattening Dairy Cows Tours from Michigan inating servidors. Rooms $2 to golf links . . . no parking $10. Suites $6 to $25. worries. O. B. Price, agr'l. agenjt of the New East Lansing—Increased member- York Central rines announces several Write for leaflet describing this ship in Michigan's herd improvement all expense tours to the World's Fair Hotel and other tours of various duration MIRA-MAR HOTEL associations is evidence either of that have been made up for 7 south- more optimism among dairymen or ern Michigan counties: a determination to know exactly how June 26—Farm boys and girls, their Fort Shelby 6222 Woodlawn Avenue, to make their herds more profitable, according to the Michigan State Col- parents and friends in Hillsdale NEW Chicago lege. Branch and St. Joseph counties wil Maynard D. Smith, President go on a three day tour. Membership in the association en- June 28—Jackson, Calhoun, Kalama- DETROIT IHIIIIBIIIIBIIIiaHIIBIIIIWIIIBIIIiailllBIIIIBIIIWIIIIBUIIB ables the dairyman to tell which of zoo, llldllUlLlllLlLlllLlllltt his cows is paying for her feed and Michigan Allegan and other southwestern which is just putting on fat at the day tour. counties will go on a two owner's expense. The cost of testing each cow averages about one cent a Farm Bureau members and other day to association members and it readers of the Farm News are invited costs more than that to spend 10 min- to go along and can secure full de- WOOL GROWERS! utes a day to milk one of these board- tails as to the cost and time of going Get Full Value for Your Wool Prospects are bright for higher wool prices. The carryover is low. Production is the lightest in five years. It is many million pounds ers if time is worth 20 cents an hour. from their local agr'l agent in those counties, or from O. B. Price, agr' Michigan now has 50 of the asso- agent, New York Central lines, 639 ciations. The number of dairymen in LaSalle street station, Chicago. each association is growing larger. The tester in the association can test and this organization recently started 26 days each month and an equal a new year's work. Testers in the M less than U. S. consumption requirements. Present U. S. prices are number of herds unless there are more associations have special training to below world parity levels. Don't sell your 1934 fleeces at less than than 25 cows in one or more herds. their true value. Merchandise your wool through our pool in an qualify them to give advice on feeding orderly manner. Benefit by selling on grade. Grading rewards you The first association in the United breeding, herd management, and care for quality wool and for care in handling. You can see your fleeces States was started in Newaygo in 1906 of equipment. graded if you bring them in now. Examining the country through a magnifying glass! Liberal cash advance is made upon delivery of wool by rail or truck to our warehouse at 728 E. Shiawassee St., Lansing. Rate of advance Searching for new markets, enlarging old ones, digging varies according to market conditions and funds available from the Intermediate Credit Banks. We are now advancing 13c per lb. on fine Genuine Fire Insurance Protection up demand—this is one of the biggest problems of Swift wool and 15c per lb. on medium wool. For further information regarding shipment or delivery of wool to for Farmers 8B Company. Lansing and cash advance, write the Michigan Co-op Wool Marketing Ass'n at Lansing, or see your nearest local wool assembler, below: • M J policy that repays your loss It is one thing to convert meat animals into dressed Allegan Allegan Co-op Co. Ithaca C. V. Tracy Ann Arbor....Walter Rorabacher Atlanta Harold D. Lakin Jackson Jeddo Dennis Cobb Jeddo Elev. Fire insurance is immunity against great financial meats—it is quite another thing to find quick and ready Atlanta James Milroy Kent City Kent City Co-op loss when calamity overtakes you. When insuring markets for them. Batavia W. E. Dobson Lapeer Farm Bureau Store against fire, you expect to be reimbursed for every- Bay City Farm Bur. Store, Levering Frank Luesing Brooklyn Main & Henry W. E. Randall Linden Lowell Claus Tiedeman M. B. & D. McPherson thing that is burned—but will you? A company i Buchanan St. Joe Shpg. Ass'n Manistique Lee Stewart will do no more than its policy provides. The distributive system of Swift 8s Company is an Bryon J. Fred Smith Marcellus Four County Co-op We write a blanket policy on personal which often pays Caro, R. 4 Cass City Dorr Perry John McLellan Me Bain Mesick George Me Bain Alonzo Oatley double the amount a "classified" policy would pay. Our policy efficient one—as finely organized as a smoothly running Cathro George Cathro Milan Henry Hartmann Is broad and liberal in its coverage and is particularly adapted Charlevoix.Charlevoix Co-op Co. Charlotte Forest King Millington....Farm Bureau Store Mt. Pleasant. Mt. Pleasant Co-op to the farmer's requirements. It does not contain hidden conditions or provisions to limit or void our Company's threshing machine—as responsive to changes in demand Charlotte C. H. Kiplinger Nashville Roy Brumm liability. Our policy is accepted by the Federal Land Bank Clare Climax H. A. Dawson Niles Hagelshaw Niles Niles Farmers Inc. North Adams....N. Adams Co-op and other loaning agencies. as a crop of corn is to hot, muggy weather. Omer Wm. Tulloch Corunna Curran Floyd Walworth Louis McFadden Oxford Oxford Co-op Elev. Sound Financial Position Swift & Company's sales organization has its fingers Dafter Ervvin Williams Paw Paw Paw Paw Co-op Davison Enos Billings Perrinton....R. C. & G. N. Blank We have assets and resources Neither the Secretary or any Davison W. W. Billings Pinconning.F. Bur. Supply Store totaling more than One Quar- other Officer ol our Company, on the pulse of 35,000 consuming centers—avoiding Dowagiac...Farmers Co-op Ass'n Port Huron Farm Bureau ter Million Dollars. Our receives any commission or Elba i Earl S. Ivory Feed Store, 3 Grand River method of levying assess- royalties from the sale of Evart Evart Co-op Co. Quincy Elmer M. Dobson ments on the anniversary of fire extinguishers or spark scarcities and gluts, studying the changing likes and dis- Evart R. N. McLachlan Reading Reading Co-op Co. the policy, provides a daily arresters. Fairgrove Fairgrove Fred Kirk Otto Montei Rlchland St. Johns C. F. Bissell Arthur J. Gage cash income with which to pay losses, thus eliminating We maintain a thorough sys- tem of inspection to elimi- likes of purchasers, and increasing markets for its hun- Fenton W. H. Keddy St. Johns J. E. Crosby Glad win Fred Swinehardt Saginaw Farm Bureau the necessity of using our nate over-Insurance,firehaz- dreds of products. Grand Blanc Maurice Meyers Supply Store, 220 Bristol St. surplus. This leaves our sur- ards and questionable risks. Grass Lake W. D. Alber Stanton Stanton Co-op Co. plus subject only to extreme Full cooperative action with Hart. Farm Bureau Supply Store Stanwood....Stanwood Co-op Co. emergency. all members is maintained Hastings....Hastings Co-op Ass'n Highland W. H. Charlick Tustin Vassar Elev. & Lumber Co. G. K. Thurston Credits are allowed T>y this Company for lightning rods, and all legitimate losses are promptly adjusted and set- Such service is invaluable to producers. Hope W. E. Borland Vernon W. H. Sherman Howell Livingston Co-op West Branch John Gehl approved fire extinguishers tled. Premium or assess- Imlay City..F. Bur. Supply Store White Cloud Co-op Ass'n and fire resisting roofs on ment payments are arranged Swift & Company's profits have amounted to only a Imlay City J. R. Sisson White Pigeon Glen Wade dwellings. to suit yonr convenience. ionia Herbert E. Powell Woodfand.F. Bur. Supply Store FIRE fraction of a cent per pound from all sources, over a Write for financial PREVENTION —protect f a r m period of many years. MAIL THIS COUPON NOW s t a t e m e n t and other information, ON TRt f*t/w means property, with the strongest and larg- est f a r m mutual Michigan Co-op Wool Marketing Ass'n, 221 N. Cedar St., Lansing. pleafie K i r e your section n u m b e r fire insurance com- 1. j j Please send me further information about the 1934 wool pool. 2. I I have decided to pool my wool. Please s*end wool marketing and Township. pany in Michigan. Swift & agreement for 1934, shipping tags and wool sacks for fleeces. &tett Mutual Jttsurtmr* The advertising of Swiff's Premium Ham, Bacon and Chickens, Silverleaf Pure Lard and Swift's Brookfield Buffer, Eggs and Cheese is an imporfant part of the "Swift Service." FtMT, MCI. NAME W . V . Burras, President H. K. Fisk, Secretory Visitors to the 1934 Century of Progres. are cordially invited to vi.it the "Swift Bridge of Service" exhibit, also the Swift plant at tiw Union Stock ADDRESS RFD Yards in Chicago 971 E MICHIGAN FARM NEWS SATURDAY, JUNE 2, 1934 Form 118 FARM GROUPS TO AID BUREAU IN SALESTAX FIGHT Farm Bureau Suit to Exempt SOW ALFALFA THIS SUMMER Farm Supplies Gets Quick Support Farm Bureau Seeds at_ Today's Prices Since May 18th, 118 farmers' co-op- erative elevators, co-operative cream- eries and County Farm Bureaus have pledged the Michigan State Farm Save Again by Sowing Less of These Certain Seeds Per Acre Bureau their support for its court action to compel exemption from the 3% sales tax of farm supplies bought for agricultural production, which is in accordance with the intent of the Legislature which enacted tire sales tax law. The State Board of Tax Ad- ministration has never complied with the Resolution of Intent. The Wayne circuit court has ruled that the reso- lution should govern in court inter- pretations of the law. Since May 18 the Farm Bureau has held 10 regional meetings of all co- operatives in the lower peninsula of Michigan. Present were scores of Farm Bureau Alfalfa in Poland China Hogs Doing Grower of Certified Alfalfa Higher Yields After Alfalfa farmer directors of co-ops. Their Monroe County Well on Alfalfa Seed Rogueing Field or Sweet Clover temper was "Proceed with the suit!" Co-ops which have pledged their aid to the Farm Bureau in behalf of their farmers are: Hardigan and Grimm SWEET CLOVER FARMERS CO-OPERATIVES Certified, None Better for Quality and Yield FARM BUREAU WHITE BLOSSOM SWEET CLOVER has been in great demand this Albion Elevator Co. Ann Arbor—Chas. McCalla Certified Hardigan or Grimm, Blue Tag, are the best varieties for summer seeding, with- spring. Much of it will be sown from now on to fall. As a green manure crop, low cost Bad Axe—Farmers Elevator pasture, roughage, hay crop and cash crop for seed, sweet clover deserves its many^friends. Bangor Fruit Exchange out a nurse crop. They have no superior for yield or quality of hay. Eligible for produc- Batavia Co-op Company Battle Creek Farm Bureau tion of certified seed. Sow this superior seed at the rate of 7 to 8 lbs. per acre. Farm Bellaire Marketing Ass'n Bureau Hardigan and Grimm stocks are limited. If you plan to sow some this summer, FARM BUREAU YELLOW BLOSSOM SWEET CLOVER produces an excellent stand and Benton Center—Gt. Lakes Fruit Benton Harbor—Gt. Lakes Fruit see your Farm Bureau dealer now. is not so coarse as white blossom. Our yellow blossom is Michigan grown, of very good Bronson Co-op Company Buchanan—St. Joe Valley quality, and is cheaper than usual. Byron Center Co-op Co. Caledonia Farmers Elev. MICHIGAN VARIEGATED Cassopolis—Central Farmers Cedar Produce Exchange Charlotte—Farmers Elevator A Great, Low Cost, Long Lived Hay Producer EMERGENCY HAY CROPS Charlexoiv Co-op Ass'n Michigan Variegated Alfalfa seed comes from fields sown to genuine Hardigan, Grimm, Drought in west is making further supplies of Sudan Grass and Millets scarce and high Chippewa Co. Co-op Coldwater Co-op Ontario Variegated, Lebeau, or Cossack varieties, which are our hardiest, longest lived Coloma Fruit Exchange priced for emergency hay crops. We recommend: Coleman—Farm Bureau Elevator and heaviest yielding varieties. These fields were not registered for certified seed produc- Cooperville Co-operative Cass City—Farmers Produce Co. tion, but they have produced seed, which is known as Michigan Variegated. SOY BEANS, the leading emergency hay crop for dairymen of the lower peninsula. Sow Delton Farm Bureau Elev. Dexter Co-operative Co. Variegated is an excelled hay yielder. The seed is selected, high test and thoroughly late May or early June. Drill in 28 inch rows at 30-35 lbs. per acre. A good hay yielder Dowagiac Farmers Co-op East Jordan Co-op Ass'n cleaned. The price is a money saver. Why pay fancy prices for "affidavit" Grimm or and soil builder. Elk Rapids Marketing Ass'n Elkton Co-op Farm Produce Hardigan when you can get them in Michigan Variegated at lower prices'? Sow 8-9 lbs. Ellsworth Farmers Exchange CANADIAN FIELD PEAS and OATS. Sow 1 bu. of oats and bu. of field peas at rate of Evart Co-operative Company Montana Grimm Alfalfa Special Falmouth Co-op Mktg. Ass'n 2 to 2y2 bu. per acre. Cut for hay when peas are in bloom. Sow early as possible. Fowlerville Farmers Co-op The old reliable for winter-hardy, high We bought low some Montana Grimm Fremont Co-op Produce Oo. producing, long lived stands. A parent with 1.32% sweet clover. First cut- Makes fair pasture. Grand Rapids Growers, Inc. Hartford Gleaner Co-op of good Michigan strains. A very good ting will eliminate the sweet clover and Hamilton Farm Bureau Holland Co-op Company buy while our stock lasts. Ask your leave a fine field of Grimm. Ask about Timothy Soy Beans Rape Robust Beans Howell—Livingston Co-op Hudsonville—Farmers Co-op co-op. lot 4163. Field Peas Buckwheat Vetch Sunflower * Jeddo—Farmers Elevator Co. Kalamazoo—Farmers Produce Co. FARM BUREAU SEED GUARANTEE DELIVERED IN SEALED SACKS Ludington Fruit Exchange Lawrence Co-op Company Mancelona Co-operative Co. The Farm Bureau Services, Inc., of Lansing, guaran- For Farm Bureau ALFALFA SEED Farm Bureau Brand Seeds are delivered to you by Marcellus—Four County Co-op tees to the farmer to the full purchase price of its seed —see your local distributor your distributor in sealed, trade-marked Farm Bureau Marshall—Farmers Co-op Elev. the vitality, description, origin and purity to be as de- Marshall—Calhoun Onion Growers o£ Farm Bureau Seeds Brand bushel sacks, direct from our warehouse. See Marine City—Tosch Elevator Co. scribed on the analysis tag on sealed Farm Bureau bag. our seed guarantee. Good seed is a good start. Millburg Growers' Exchange Montgomery—Tri-State Co-op Montague—White Lake Mktg. Ass'n • Mt. Pleasant Co-op Elevator Memphis Co-op Company New Haven Farmers Elev. Co. Northport-Leelanau Farm Bureau No Other Twine Like This Marine Foods in Mermash Oxford Co-op Elev. Co. Michigan, Ohio and Indiana Farm Bureaus have arranged for Parma Co-op Elev. Co. the manufacture of Farm Bureau Binder Twine by one of the Petoskey Produce Co. Pigeon Co-op Elev, largest and best equipped manufacturers in the United States AT THE WORLD'S FAIR Provement Co-op Ass'n FARM BUREAU TWINE is made of the highest quality ma- T H E U. S. B U R E A U OF F I S H E R I E S E X H I B I T S A I D : Pullman Farmers Co-op Quincy Co-op Company terials by skilled workmen. I t must pass many factory in- The ocean serves as a mixing bowl for the Ravenna Inc. Butter Co. spections and our inspector. WE COMBINED our purchas- mineral elements washed from the land. Reading Co-op Co. ing power for your advantage. We offer: Marine plants and animals face no deficiencies Rockford Co-op Co. and in time take these mineral elements and Royal Oak—Pringnitz Feed Store assimilate them into organic compounds which Saline Mercantile Company FARM BUREAU TWINE 500 ft. per lb. in 5 or 8 lb. are needed by the inhabitants of the land to prevent or cure deficiency diseases. Shelby—Gt. Lakes Fruit balls. Av. tensile strength not less than 80 lbs. Scottville—Mason County Co-op St. Johns Co-op FARM BUREAU TWINE 600 ft. per lb. in 5 or 8 lb. balls. Mermash 16% protein, dry mash for chicks, pullets and laying Stevensville—St. Joe Mich. Fruit Sawyer Farmers Exchange, Inc. Longer Manila fibre. Av. tensile strength not less than 100 lbs. hens supplies such minerals from Pacific ocean kelp (a plant) and Snover Co-op Elevator Sodus Fruit Exchange NOTE—the 600 f t . twine gives you 20% more footage and fish meal. Mermash chicks are strong, grow fast, feather well. Saugatuck Fruit Exchange costs only about 13% more per pound. W e recommend it. Traverse City-Farmers Co-op Pullets cost low and are early, steady layers. Three Oaks Shipping Ass'n Trufant Farm Bureau 500 or 600 ft. per lb. Mermash contains the best: Ground yellow corn, pure wheat W a r r e n Co-operative Co. Criss-cross winding. bran, flour midds, meat and bone scraps, alfalfa leaf meal, kelp White Cloud Co-op Ass'n No snarls or breaks. Willis—Gorton & Wright and fish meal. The price is low. Ask your co-op. Yale Elevator Company Insect treated. Ypsilanti Farm Bureau Strong, uniform. CO-OPERATIVE CREAMERIES Patented Cover Non-Collapsible Thoroughly tested. Alto Co-op Creamery Runs to last foot. Caledonia Creamery Co. Coldwater Dairy Co. Conklin—Co-op Creamery Constantino Co-op Creamery FARM BUREAU MACHINERY Carson City—Dairyland Co-op Delton Co-op Creamery Co. Drenthe Creamery Co. Grant Co-op Creamery Co. POTATO POWER A N D LONG W E A R Built for hard work in heavy alfalfa Hemlock Co-op Creamery Co. Lawrence Co-op Creamery Marcellus Co-op Creamery FERTILIZERS or clover. Strong "Big Frame" and mechanical improvements for minimum draft and smootn operation. Middleville Co-op Creamery St. Louis Co-op Creamery Co. 2-12-6 Regular lift in 4M:, 5, 6, 7 foot sizes. Shultz Co-op Creamery Vertical lift in 4yz and 5 foot sizes. Westphalia Co-op Creamery 4-16-4 Roller bearings in main axle. Others COUNTY FARM BUREAUS 4-16-8 long bearings with removable bush- Branch County Farm Bureau ings. Connection to knife head self- Clinton County Farm Bureau Potatoes return $2 for each $1 invested in adjusting for wear. Smooth, steady Calhoun County Farm Bureau Huron County Farm Bureau fertilizers. Apply at rate of 400 lbs. up action certain. Jackson County F a r m Bureau per acre. Our Improved Mower Lapeer County Farm Bureau Monroe County Farm Bureau TWO MACHINES IN ONE Muskegon County Farm Bureau Used as rake, cylinder revolves in op- Ottawa County Farm Bureau Saginaw County, Farm Bureau posite direction in which the machine St. Clair County Farm Bureau travels and delivers hay in light, fluffy Sanilac County Farm Bureau windrows on left hand side. Shiawassee County Farm Bureau Tuscola County Farm Bureau •Shifting lever reverses direction of Washtenaw County Farm Bureau cylinder for tedding. The teeth can Michigan Elevator Exchange be adjusted to 3 different angles for Michigan Potato Growers Exch. raking and two f%^ tedding. FOR ALFALFA Frame built to stand up in heavy Sec V Brody Will Address O 20 20 0-12-12 service. 40 inch main wheels lugged. ~ Also ratcheted to prevent drag on Shiawassee Group June 5 0-14-6 0-8-24 turns. Teeth oil tempered steel. Owosso—Shiawassee County Farm Alfalfa needs a kick of phosphorous and pot- Planters, Threshers Bureau members will have a social ash to get started well. Broadcast or drill at evening at Maple River church 4 ^ rate of 300 lbs. and up per acre. Tractors, Wagons Side Delivery Rake and Tedder miles east of Bennington, Tuesday evening, June 5. Sec'y C. L. Brody of the State Farm Bureau will speak I on the sales tax and farm supplies for production. Music and world's fair motion pictures are on the program. Means Moneymaker For Farm Bureau Supplies Money**5 Means MICHIGAN ELECTRIFYING FARMS SEE YOUR CO-OP OR FARM BUREAU DEALER More than 22 per cent of the farms in Michigan receive central station MILKMAKER FORMULAS Write Us IE You Have No Dealer MILKMAKER FORMULAS electric service at this time. An 16, 24 and 32% Protein FARM BUREAU SERVICES, Inc., Lansing, Mich. 16, 24 and 32% Protein average of 725 kilowatt hours -was consumed on the 38,633 Michigan farms using this service last year.