MICHIGAN FARM KEEP UP On News Interesting to Farmers Through the Farm News A Newspaper For Michigan Fanners Vol. XIII, No. 4 SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 1935. Published Monthly WOOL ASS'N HEARS RedWith Flannels Now Rank Other Antiques SOON SCENES LIKE THIS IN 1935 POOL No Doubt Many Public Men Are So Tempted HOUSE APPROVES MARKET FUTURE Orafit Wood, artist, preparing for a midwestern painting "The Bath-1880" No common Congressman is Cali- fornia's white-haired John Steven Mc- LIFTING SALES TAX WILL BE BETTER finally advertised in The Chicago Tribune and the Des Moines Register Groarty, 72. He sponsors Dr. Francis Everett Townsend's fabulous old age pension plan. Recently he told the ON FARM SUPPLIES for old fashioned red flannel under- Embach. Head of the National wear. He drew four replies. One Press he had sent a constituent the Also Exempts Basic Foods; from Boston, by way of Minneapolis, following letter: Addresses Michigan and that pair he bought for $10. An- ". . . One of the countless draw- Senate Has a Bill on Annual Meeting other reply came from Illinois, and backs of being in Congress is that I The Subject two pair were reported to be in use am compelled to receive impertinent Lansing.—One hundred represen- in Wisconsin. Regarding the flannels letters from a jackass like you, in Lansing—Seeds, feeds, fertilizers, tative wool growers attended the he bought, Artist Wood said: which you say I promised to have the spray materials and binder twine and annual meeting of the Michigan Co- Sierra Madre Mountains reforested certain basic foods are exempt from "These flannels are all that I could operative Wool Marketing Associa- and that I've been in Congress two the 3% sales tax, by the terms of tion here April 4th. ask. They have been washed so often that they have faded into a delightful months and haven't done it." Frey-Lingeman Bill, House 42, which They heard reports from their "Will you please take two running was approved by the House of the officers and re-elected them; they shade of red. The knees are appro- priately baggy and the general effect jumps and go to hell?" Michigan legislature April 4 by a vote heard Mr. Harry B. Embach, gener- al manager of the National Wool is one of authentic droopiness." of 77 to 13. Marketing Corporation at Boston, which is sales agent for the 2(J state wool pools. ASK THAT OLEO SENATOR MOORE'S Thus was taken another step in the nearly two year fight started by tho Michigan State Farm Bureau to ex- Secretary Clark L. Brody of the Farm Bureau, an organizer of the STAND SAME TAX SCENES LIKE THIS will soon be with TAX CANCRLATION empt all supplies bought by farmers to produce farm products which are Wool Association, complimented tho group upon its growth during the depression and the fact that BUTTER CARRIES us at the Michigan Co-operative Wool Marketing Ass'n warehouse at 728 East Shiawassee St., Lansing, where wool is being received daily for the 1935 pool BILL DRAWS FIRE to be sold. The State Senate has a very similar bill, S-78, by Senator Flynn. It ia they were now organizing men under consideration by the Senate rather than wool. "The commodity TOP, LEFT—General view of grading floor. Grader Upham grading, and passer- Would Forgive 1933 and Prior Committee on Taxation. That is will take care of itself if you have Say Cost of Every Pound of up of fleeces standing by. A farmer's Years if 1934-35-36 Are where the House Bill will go. The an organization of men who will clip is being graded. Partially filled grade Senate may adopt the House bill as stand together through thick and Butter Includes 5c baskets around the grader. Paid When Due it is; it may amend it; it may reject thin," Mr. Brody said. Of Farm Taxes TOP, RIGHT—The next step. Weigh- it and send the Senate version over master, weighing each grade from a Lansing—A wholesale cancellation farmer's clip. He enters grade weights to the House. The Senate may refuse Lansing.—Senator Brake's bill to of all property taxes delinquent for on a grade sheet, which is in triplicate to amend the present general sales place a state tax on all butter sub- to provide a copy for the grower, one for 1933 and preceding years is proposed the Wool Marketing Ass'n and one for tax law. stitutes will come before the legis- the National Wool Marketing Corporation, by the terms of a bill offered in the lature on the ground that the oleo sales agent, at Boston. Next step for legislature by Senator Andrew L. Before Supreme Court and butter substitutes industries this wool is to the proper grade pile. Moore of Oakland county. The bill In the meantime, the Michigan Su- should contribute taxes to state and BOTTOM—A few of the hundreds of has strong farm and city opposition preme court has before it the manu- ocal government equally with the sacks of wool ready for grading. Each from taxpayer groups that have paid facturer's Boyer-Campbell case in sack is. tagged with the owner's name which the manufacturers hold that dairy farmer. and lot number of the wool. The ware- their taxes. Last week at a hearing before the house is government licensed and bonded, In short, the bill provides that if machinery, oil, power and everything senate agricultural committee, and all contents insured. consumed in the making of goods for delinquent taxpayers will pay their which was attended by the Michi- 1934, 1935 and 1936 taxes when due, re-sale become part of the product and Who and What Are 30,000 I gan oleo manufacturers, and repre- any delinquencies they may have will are taxed when sold, and should not sentatives of the Farm Bureau, be taxed When bought by the manu- RE-ELECTED be cancelled in this order: Grange, Farmers Union and co- operative milk industry, it was Farm Families on Welfare? Payment of this T a x W i l l Cancel Delinquencies facturer. That constitutes double tax- ation, the Court was told. brought out that every pound of 1934 1930, and The Farm Bureau won exemption on prior years butter produced in Michigan has , . • ' More Are Corning if Cities sort he welcomes the advice and ac- 1935 1931-1932 all farm supplies including farm ma- within its farm costs three cents cepts what assistance can be given for local and state taxes. The butter May Farm out Their him. 1936 1933 hinery last November in the Ingham Distressed Previous legislation along this line circuit court. That case has been ap- substitute industry pays no local or Some Want Belief Only is the Moore-Holbeck Act of 1933 pro- pealed by the State sales tax board state tax in Michigan worth men- If he is the kind who will not heed tioning. Editor's Note—This article comes viding 10 years for installment pay- and is on its way to the Supreme from Mrs. Wagar's observations as a little advice or resents supervision, ment of back taxes. The Moore bill court. State College studies show that the rural rehabilitation supervisor he is not one the department can do the dairy business provides one- for Monroe county. Situated between provides that anyone who cares to House Bill 42 provides for exempt- Toledo and Detroit, the county has much for and will perhaps have to may continue under the Moore-Hol- ng manufacturing and agricultural HARRY B. EM BACH third of the income of Michigan a considerable welfare problem. continue on the direct relief rolls. farmers. Relation of that average beck bill, but hardly anyone would if production supplies by making this President Billings recalled lite By MRS. EDITH M. WAGAR There are many border line cases payment of current obligations, which amendment to the general sales tax income to average taxes paid by wool pooling experience of some 15 farmers calculates to three cents What do our farm organizations where just a little lift over the bump they will have to pay anyway, will act: years and declared that the men taxes in the cost of producing a want when it comes to rural rehabili- will get them going again and no automatically cancel what they owe "The sale of anything consumed who have stayed by it have made pound of butter. Taxes paid by tation? Do they approve of the meth- doubt in time these people will take for years past. exclusively in the manufacturing, as- money through the pool policy of their places among the common run sembling, producing, processing, creameries, haulers of cream and ods employed by those having charge There are those who say that not- wrapping, crating and/or otherwise grading and selling according to butter to market raise the taxes car- of self-supporting farmers. withstanding any good intent in this preparing for delivery any tangible quality and grade according to jnar- of the work? ried by butter to at least 4y2 or 5 bill, the principal beneficiaries will be personal property to be sold, including ket demand. Is it the opinion of farm leaders seeds, feeds, fertilizers, spray mater- cents per pound. It is estimated that that this work be confined to those al- real estate speculators and other large ial, binder twine and wool twine used Mr. Embach's Talk Michigan's butter industry invest- or consumed in producing agricul- ready engaged in farming or shall it interests who have not paid taxes tural and/or horticultural products Mr. Embach said he believes the ment contributes $2,280,000 in wool market is on the way to better broaden out and cover the group of when they could because they have shall NOT be termed a 'sale at re- taxes annually. counted upon their cancellation. De- tail' and shall be excluded from the prices. stranded industrial workers also? provisions of this Act." The oleo industry in Michigan troit newspapers have carried ac- Mr. Embach, who for years oper- has some 13,000 retail outlets and a It seems to me that consideration An attempt to further amend the ated 34,000 head of sheep in the should be given this work by farm ounts of "property milkers" collecting distribution of some 13,000,000 rents but refusing to pay taxes. They above by writing in "cattle, horses, west, and is well acquainted with pounds annually. Licenses to sell leaders everywhere, for it deals with poultry and farm implements and what the mills and retailers of the future of agriculture to a great are counting upon cancellation. oleo are federal licenses and cost L. BRODY heir repairs" failed by five votes. woolen goods are doing, believes extent. The department controlling In a statement Senator Moore is about $8 per year. Only oleo con- Since farm machinery and manu- we may see lower prices for wool in cern to pay state or local taxes in Mr. Brody. long time member of the rehabilitation program would not credited with estimating that the en- actment of his bill would wipe out acturing machinery are consumed the next 30 days—the always low Michigan is the Shedd Manufactur- the State Board of Agriculture, which intentionally promote anything that period around shearing time—but $200,000,000 in taxes delinquent for n manufacturing and producing, it is ing Co. of Detroit, only manufactur- directs affairs at the Michigan State would be detrimental to the great 0 be hoped that the phrase "The sale has sound reasons for his belief in er in Michigan. The firm pays sev- College, was re-elected for another 6 mass of farmers. the years preceding 1934. He is also better times. credited with suggesting that any of anything consumed" is broad eral hundred dollars taxes annually. year term at the April 1 election. W. Hare Beached the End enough to include them. "I don't believe the country wool Senator Brake's bill proposes a K. Berkey, editor of the Cassopolis shortage of revenue can be remedied When we consider the fact that In trade nor the Boston dealers are in tax of 10 cents per pound on all by spreading a tax for it. Basic Foods Vigilant, was also re-elected. Mr. our State alone over 30,000 farm fam- a position to pay much for wool butter substitutes. The agricultural Local editors throughout the State, The basic foods proposed for ex- now. They got rapped pretty hard Brody began his service on the Board ilies have been on relief the past year interests stated at the hearing that noting what the Senator would do foi emption by other amendments are in the drop last summer. Further- of Agriculture in 1921. He is chair- which is about one out of every six they would be content if butter sub- families, it brings us face to face those who haven't or won't pay their breads, flours; meats including fowl more, it's natural for them to wait man of the Board. stitutes were required to shoulder with the remedy that is being adminis- taxes, want to know what nice thing and fish, but not canned meats; lards for you farmers to weaiken. That's the same Michigan tax load that he has in mind for those who have and shortenings; milk and sweet the history of the past 34 years at Two-thirds of U. S. is tered. butter does. Quite likely the bill paid taxes since 1929. cream but not canned milks; butter shearing time. will be amended to around 5 cents Who and what are these farm wel- and butter substitutes; cheese, lnclud- "However, we had a spectacular per pound. Now Free of Cattle TB fare folks we have in our midst? Our ng cottage cheese, but not fancy rise in wool during 19 33. There was Michigan, Ohio, Indiana and Illi- answer is that they are people who a rush to manufacture. Mills and nois are four states that so far have Two-thirds of all the counties in have gone to the end of their rope Quite often there are cases when Sales Tax Paid cheeses; shell eggs only; fresh fruits and vegetables, but not canned vege- retailers awoke January 1934 to where they are. find they had far too much stock on not taxed oleo, and they have the largest numbers of distributors and the United States are now practically free of bovine tuberculosis, according Some are renters who have not been the man has been the victim of some finance company. In a desperate mo- On Farm Supplies tables; sugar, but not sugar products. It would appear that the above hand. We have now gotten to the point where both mills and retail- leaders in sales. to the U. S. Dep't of Agriculture. able to keep going; some are those ment he appealed for a loan. It does For Food Production classifications on food will bring about Interesting side-light of the oleo Michigan was one of the first states who have had a small equity in a farm not take one long to realize that it is ers are well cleaned up. Price to 3% ridiculous situations. Fresh 'tomatoes testimony was the remark that co- to make itBelf a modified accredited but could not meet the high taxes and impossible to pay 3% per cent per Farmer Sales "They are wary about the future. interest and gradually slipped back Aug. 15, 1934 Tax are very seasonal and are exempt in coanut oil used alone would make an area, or practically free of cattle TB. month interest. But there is no way At this time they have practically oleo as hard as soap. Peanut oil and until they found themselves mired; the name of the poor man's pocket- Today her neighbors, Ohio, Indiana, to free one's self when once a man re- Com. Alfalfa, bu % 14.00 $ .42 all their summer goods made up. cottonseed oil are responsible for some are those who have always taken Clover, bu 13.00 .39 book. Canned tomatoes are his year Soon they will be booking for the Illinois, Wisconsin and Minnesota are sorts to this type of aid. Invariably around staple, and they would be the butter-like consistency of oleo- life's anxieties and burdens in a mild, Egg Mash, cwt 2.45 .07 winter season goods of 1935-3ti, but modified accredited areas. Other each loan has attached to it a chattel Bran, % ton 16.00 .48 taxed, and so on. margarine. Very little animal fat states are nearly so. Each state re- way, thinking things will right them- mortgage on all livestock, machinery Midds, Fl. % T 17.50 .43 they don't have to start manufac- oleo is made now days. Less than 3 selves in some way; some are down- Oil Meal, % T 22.50 .68 Other important developments with- turing until July. It requires some tests regularity, getting around about and furniture he may possess. Cottonseed, Ml. % T. 23.00 .69 in the past month in the fight by the percent of the output is animal fat, once in three years. The New Eng- right lazy; some are those who per- Milkmaker, 34% T » 48.00 1.44 55,000,000 pounds of wool as a which disposes of the argument that No one realizes the actual destitu- Farm Bureau and co-op ass'ns to ex- land States, the area around New haps inherited a farm but who never tion in the rural sections, even in some Fertilizer, 2-12-2, T... 30.90 .93 backlog to thread the looms of U. the oleo industry of today is impor- Fertilizer, 0-20-0, T... 24.40 .73 empt farm supplies for production S. woolen mills. They haven't got it York and Philadelpia, part of New had known the sacrifices needed in of our richest agricultural counties, tant to the beef cattle industry. Fertilizer, 4-16-4, T... 37.00 .81 purposes were as follows: on hand today. They're buying now York State and nearly all of Cali- paying for a home bit by bit, and when until one is faced with the problem Binder Twine, 150 lbs. 11.75 .34 1. It is believed that the Michigan for prompt delivery for immediate fornia and the deep South are the distressing time came to them they of trying to better the condition of Arsenate Lead, 200 lb. 20.00 .60 Supreme Court may hand down a de- manufacture. Our American Hustle worst cattle TB areas today. had no reserve force to fall on. They soon go under. those needing assistance. Copper Sulphate, 1 bbl. 19.30 .60 cision in the manufacturers' or Boyer- "1 believe that January 1, 1936, There are now 18 States called A Farm Policy Needed Fence, 80rd. 1047-6-11 45.60 1.37 Campbell case early in April. Ex- may see all of 1935 wool sold and Broadcast from Manhattan was an modified accredited areas; which Some Situations Hopeless There is one side of this work that Disc Harrow, 8 ft 77.65 2.33 the balance of 1!»M4 sold as well. interview with James Lin, Columbia In the rural rehabilitation plans Grain Drill „ 170.00 5.10 emption of machinery for manufac- means that TB among cattle has been should command the attention of our CultlrPacker 88.20 2.65 turers, would tend to exempt farm Reports <>n National graduate, son of China's President reduced to less than V2 of 1% of the each case coming to the notice of the farm organizations and leaders every- Hay Rake, S. D 124.20 3.73 "The National Wool Marketing Lin Sen. Excerpt county supervisor is treated as an in- Hay Loader 128.40 3.85 machinery, etc. number of cattle. Some 2,035 counties where, and the rural rehabilitation Grain Binder 246.00 7.38 2. State sales tax receipts for last Corporation," said Mr. Km bach, Q. How did you become so pro- in the U. S. or 66% of the total num- dividual case. Thorough examination supervisor of the county would appre- Tractor 985.00 29.55 "never buys wool for its own ac- ficient in English? is made at the beginning and the December, January and February ber are accredited areas. The clean- ciate co-operation and counsel, I am count. It is owned by the producers A. In the classroom I learn gram- cause is found if possible. Quite often show such gains that a total of $45,- up campaign continues throughout the most certain. and acts as their trustee in assemb- 000,000 is expected for the year end- ling, grading and marketing their mar, but such expressions as "nerts," "baloney," "horse feathers" and "son U. S. at the rate of 1,500,000 tests per month. the client is found trying to eke out an existence on soil unfit for farming, or There is a tendency to move out on Hillsdale Farm Bureau ing June 30, rather than $40,000,000, farms and in groups of small acre- which offsets talk of serious loss of dips at a small and fixed charge per pound. Whatever savings the of the gun" were contributed by my The Michigan State Farm Bureau if it is a type that might in time be ages, stranded industrial workers. Elects New Officers revenue if production Items are ex- American boy friends. and the Grange were pioneers in sup- brought to a productive stage, the About 140 Farm Bureau members empted. Wool Marketing Corporation can Some of them are past the age of ac- Q. Has it been difficult to adjust porting the bovine tuberculosis clean- cost would not warrant it. and their wives met in the Hillsdale effect on that sales charge becomes tive industrial labor, some were those 3. Manufacturers and farmers, rep- working capital and some day sur- yourself to America? up in Michigan. It is the hope of those in charge who left the farm for much greener Methodist church on March 14: The resented by the Farm Bureau and as- plus for the co-operative to better A. In America everything is hustle that this unprofitable land may be pastures when farm life was irksome Hillsdale County Farm Bureau was sociated co-operatives, are behind Sen- and bustle. For example, I saw a man taken out of production and other reorganized and the following officers ate Bill 78, offered by Senator Felix carry on the work. "Today," continued Mr. Envbach, rush into the subway pushing every- Clinton Farm Bureau uses made of it, for all agree that and industrial work attractive and more remunerative. were elected: one. As the subway stopped I follow- these marginal farmers have always H. Flynn of Cadillac, to exempt manu- "we are happy to report that we ed him as he ran up the stairs, think- Visits Lansing Officers been millstones around the neck of The question is, does agriculture President—Ralph Bach of Hillsdale facturing and farming supplies enter- Vice-Pres.—Mrs. Seward Green o: ing actively into production of person- have come through these bad years, want to adopt this class? They will and have saved enough on the mar- ing something was wrong. To my Lansing—Two hundred members of progressive agriculture. Hillsdale. be the charge of the rural section to al property to be sold at retail. (Continued on pace five) amusement he sat down in the park the Clinton County Farm Bureau, Their many debts must be adjusted which they are removed. Will this Secy-Treas.—J. D. Hawkes of Lltch- and read the newspaper. husbands and wives, attended a quart- before help can be granted. A cred- Developments at Hearing type be an asset or a liability to a field. Representatives of farmers, millers, Detroit Markets Change erly meeting of the county group itor is convinced that it is surer pay rural community? Shall we encour- Directors: Arthur Wells of Jones- and other divisions of commercial en- held at State Farm Bureau here last for him if he agrees to a non-disturb- ville; Mrs. W. A. Lawrence, Hills- terprise of the state, met March 27 Detroit—The Michigan Live Stock Michigan Living Wage week. They had dinner together, ance contract over a period of a year age the movement? Personally, I have not favored it at dale; L. W. Hersh, Jerome; J. B with the Senate taxation committee Exchange announces that its radio A living wage in Michigan for a heard talks by Sec'y Brody and mem- or two so as to give his debtor a Strong, Jerome. man and wife and two children is bers of the Farm Bureau staff, and chance to get on his feet so he can all. I may be wrong in my ideas. and members of the State Board of broadcast of the Detroit live stock The meeting was addressed by Sec Tax Administration, for a confc:< $25.05 per week, according to a recent visited the seed, supplies, publica- pay. The debtor is advised how to Some connected with this new relief market on Tuesday, Wednesday and retary C. L. Brody and A. M. Ed to determine the best language with Thursday has been changed again report published by the state depart- tions, insurance and machinery de- plant, what to plant and how best to department are frank in telling me I am icrong, and I appeal to our or- munds, district representative of the which to amend the sales tax so as to from 11:55 A. M. to 12:50 P. M. ment of labor and industry. pa rtments of the Farm Bureau. manage. If he is really the right Michigan Farm Bureau. (Contlnued on paf« 2) 1 (Continued on page 2.) TWO ( II I V V \ F A TI }I \ F TVS SATIHDAY. APMI/ i, r MICHIGAN MEN The Buckwheat Itch HEAD CREAMERIES By R. S. Clark The seasons run their steady course, each bringing in its turn Successor to the Michigan Farm Bureau Newo, founded A multitude of lessons that the seeking mind may learn; Midwest Group Recalls Plan January 12, 1923 A multitude of lovely sights for seeing eyes to view. Of Land O' Lakes Entered as second class matter January 12, 1923, a t the post- And a multitude of urgent jobs for farmer folk to do; office a t Charlotte, Michigan, under the Act of March 3, 1879. A multitude of meanings for the thoughtfully inclined, Organization And a multitude of labors, too, that must not fall behind. Published first Saturday of each month by the Michigan Farm News Now Summer is the season when we work and sweat like sin. Company, a t its publication office at 114 Lovett St., Charlotte, Michigan. For some years the success of the We fairly bust our galluses to get the harvests in. great Land 0' Lakes co-operative Editorial and general offices, 221 North Cedar St., Lansing, Michigan. And Autumn is the storing time, for feathering our nest Postoffice Box 960. Telephone, Lansing, 21-271. Against the barren Winter, when it storms like all-possessed, creameries federation of Minnesota When We must sort of coast along and chore our hungry flocks and Wisconsin has been outstanding E. E. UNGREN _ Editor and Business Manager And bide our time with patience till the vernal equinox. in the dairy world. This harness also available In back pad style. Michigan and Indi- Subscription 25 cents per year; 4 years tor $1, in advance. Then April comes a-prancing up. The birds commence to sing, And Winter sits uneasy in the ardent lap of Spring— ana co-op e r a t i v e BEFORE BUYING HARNESS! Wk creameries have cre- Whose every art is striving to enamour and bewitch— Ask your Co-op Ass'n or write us for illustrated descrip- Vol. XIII SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 1935 No. 4 And I perceive the symptoms indicating buckwheat itch. ated a federation tion of Farm Bureau's Co-op Harnesses,—built to our A fine red rash develops, and reluctantly I say that last year sold To one more season's buckwheat cakes, Farewell, and Lack-a-day! 23,000,000 pounds of specifications by one of the largest and best manufac- These Ideas Make Sense Farewell, my breakfast standby, in maple syrup drowned, butter of a standard- turers in the country. Get the prices on this harness! No more can we be friends again till next year's crop is ground. ized high quality, We use only No. 1 selected steerhide in all harness and Last week we heard Governor Fitzgerald give an informal talk on and had inquiries for Full many a happy hour I've spent with you this season past, strap work. Only the best hardware and other materials. the taxpayers' money. He began by saying that the State creates no And I sincerely promise you they shall not be the last— twice the volume of wealth in a business way, but spends millions, all which comes out of That when another winter comes Old Hiram, tried and true, their production, Workmanship is guaranteed by a skilled, veteran force. the taxpayers. Will wash and comb at breakfast time and gladly welcome you. which is being sold Governor Fitzgerald wants every dollar collected by the State to go at premium prices, Tugs, breechings, strapwork are extra strong and As in a grey-brown stack you come from Marthy's smoking griddle into the General Fund, out of which the Legislature shall make appropri- W i t h sausage patties on the side and butter in the middle. according to Mr. long wearing. No splices in tugs. For complete descrip- ations for the various State services, on the principle that the total I'll decorate you two by two with syrup quite superior, George S. Coffman, tion of our three lines of harness in usual styles, ask your appropriations shall stay within the total revenues, rather than the And you shall decorate in turn my cavernous interior. manager of the Cold- co-op, or write for our Harness Circular. revenues hustle to catch up with appropriations. Until that time, with fond regret, I'll scratch my itch a spell w a t e r D a i r y p a , and The Governor insists that some 36 tax gathering and tax spending And say good-bye to buckwheat cakes. Farewell, good friends, Farewell. president of the Michigan District of FARM BUREAU SERVICES, Inc., Lansing boards and commissions be abolished or revamped so that the Legis- the Midwest Creameries, Inc. lature can say "yes" or "no" regarding the disposal of $Ll t n e State C. A. Brody, manager of the Con- income rather than on 38% of it, as at present. Today 62%iof the State stantine Co-operative Creamery, was outgo is fixed by statute, and controlled by boards and Commissions House Approves Lifting Who and What Are the recently elected president of the Mid- created by statute. They are not responsible to the Legislature, accord- ing to our understanding of the Governor's talk. The Legislature can talk economy, but on 62% of State expenses it can do very little. Sales Tax on Supplies Families On Welfare? west group. The creameries are not only stand- Buy Fence (Continued from r.ige 1.) (Continued from Page 1.) ardizing and improving their make, The Governor wants a consolidation and simplification of the State's present duplicating and overlapping administrative board, auditor gen- eral's office and other financial departments to the end that eventually exempt from the tax sales of goods used in processing or producing other ganization folks in helping me to de- but they are working together for bet- cide right. ter markets, and are buying supplies of goods foij re-sale. We already have so many misfits together for the economies to be had. the State can know every day its actual revenues and outgo and where from and what for. Today, said the Governor, the State doesn't know Clark L. Brody, secretary, and Wayne B. Newton, tax advisor, and E. in the rural sections, why run the Following is the Michigan co-opera- risk of more? Why cannot we have tive creamery membership and their Known whether its going ahead or falling behind financially. Statements from a selective group in the business of annual make of butter: E. Ungreii, editor, all of the Michigan the several State financial departments on that question will be very HEN you buy Farm Bureau Fence different. No private business could run for long contrary to the prin- ciples Gov. Fitzgerald advocates. State Fa*m Bureau, were present, in the interests of the farming group, which was also represented by the farming as well as among lawyers, or Carson City doctors, or barbers or any other Coldwater trade or profession? •Constantine OSS,000 lbs. 1,120,000 lbs. 4,781,000 lbs. W you get known and tested fence value, just as you do when you buy Fremont 518,000 lbs. presencev>f a number of co-operative Why dump the misfits out in the Grant 269,000 lbs. other Farm Bureau supplies. Farm State School Aid Is Coming elevator tnanagers. country and attempt to make poultry- Lawrence Marcellus 320,000 lbs. 540,000 lbs. Bureau Fence is made of true copper- Michigan school taxpayers appear in line for very material State aid Farmers seek exemption from the men or gardeners out of them? It .Marion not stated means changes in schools and com- Nashville 769,000 lbs. bearing wire containing not less than from the 1935 legislature. It will either be the $20,2000,000 which Gov. sales tax of such things as seeds, fer- St. Louis 1,147,000 lbs. tilizers, binder twine, feed for poultry munity life in general. 0.20 to 0.30 per cent pure copper. It Fitzgerald believes is enough, or it may be $25,000,000, which is what Schultz 183,000 lbs. the educational groups think will be needed to arrive at a total of and stocl*, and other things which they A Farm Woman's Question is heavily, tightly galvanized. And it is Why not take the misfits out of ag- Total 10,629,000 lbs. $68,000,000 from local taxes, primary school fund and State aid to run buy in oriler to enable them to produce •Second largest farmers co-operative of the cut-stay, hinge-joint type of the schools. their ultimate product, which in its riculture and set them up in the bar- creamery production in the United States. construction, with a springy tension- turn is taxed under the state's 3 per ber business for instance? That field arc curve in the line wires. Experi- Three groups investigating school costs, and working independently, cent retail sales tax. They claim that isn't overcrowded we know, for don't arrived at approximately $68,000,000 as the annual requirement for Michigan's schools. The Governor and all interested parties are agreed while they buy seeds, for instance, at we have to wait until eight in the Our State Forests ence has indicated that this is the most economical and satisfactory type of and livestock for a long time to come. retail, that in effect, they actually buy morning, no matter how rushed we Nearly 150,000 acres of land in on that figure. But the Governor and the educational groups are Many farmers keep a supply of Farm the seeds for resale, in that the seed are, before the local barber will even Michigan's state forests have been all-purpose farm fence. $5,000,000 apart on the amount to be appropriated by the State. is essentially contained in the farm turn a key? planted to jack, Norway and white Farm Bureau Fence is the kind of Bureau Fence constantly on hand, The House has voted almost unanimously for the $25,000,000. What Again, how can we discourage the pine seedlings from the state forest produce sold at retail to consumers. fence that you can buy and erect at erecting it as opportunity permits. the Senate will do remains to be seen. Governor Fitzgerald promises growing attitude that the government nursery at Higgins Lake. The first Court To Decide Point your convenience. And after you've Why not order your supply now? It that he will veto a $25,000,000 appropriation. owes its citizens something. That state forest was established in 1903, The Farm Bureau brought suit in set it up, you can be certain that it will keep! And what's more, when Purpose of the pending school legislation, which it is to be hoped, the Ingham county circuit court, to something is usually the thing they but until 1910 only 242 acres had will be enacted, is to make the cost of educating children in the grade want most—it may be a loan for a been reforested. There are now 12 will be there to protect your crops up, it will last! force the Board of Tax Administra- ;itul high schools as nearly equal to taxpayers in all parts of the State tion to rule in accordance with the team, a cancellation of taxes, a start state forests under supervision and as it is possible to do. in farming, a rebt-free place in which from 25,000 to 35,000 acres of land resolution. The court found in the FARM BUREAU SERVICES, fine, Lansing, Mich. The $20,200,000 plan will provide $40 of State aid for every child in Bureau's favor and the State appealed to live, comforts for a rapidly increas- are considered a normal annual plant- jsrarie school. The $25,000,000 plan will make that figure $48. Both plans the decision to the Supreme Court. ing family, work that they prefer to ing. provide $65 State aid per child to high school districts, and provide that The so-called Campbell-Boyer case do, and almost always an automobile. the State shall pay that as the tuition for children from rural districts. now before the Supreme Court, with a What can we do to convince folks Provisions are made for funds to equalize costs to taxpayers by increas- decision expected April 8, is based on that pay day will surely come; that ing the allowance for one room schools proportionate to the increase for the same situation. the Lord gave us feet and legs to city schools, and for the adoption of two mills as the basis for equaliza- James A. Mogan, managing director walk with; that he who dances must tion instead of three mills as now provided by law. of the Board of Tax Administration, pay the fiddler; that a loan should be Im going to give The Michigan State Farm Bureau and the Michigan State Grange told the taxation committee that ex- covered with security, that our gov- have endorsed the principles of this legislation, and have reaffirmed emption of sales of farm "processing" ernment is made up of each and every their position on retaining control of rural schools in the hands of rural goods would reduce sales tax collec- one of us, and that we owe more to citizens. tions about $750,000 annually; he Jmd our government than it owes to us? no accurate estimate of the loss which Are these foolish notions? FARM BUREAU Compulsory Organization of Labor might be occasioned by similar exemp- tions for manufacturers. THAT WAS PUBLIC II' the Wagner Labor Bill, introduced in Congress by Senator Wagner, Speakers stressed the contradictory Henderson—"Ever do any public should become a law, it will undoubtedly become the greatest organiza- rulings of the tax board in its inter- speaking?" tion aid that the American Federation of Labor has ever experienced. It pretation of the sales tax law. Feed Anderson—"Not exactly, but my paves the way for the "closed shop" and quite likely virtual control of many businesses by the employes or those who control employe unions. The bill outlaws any organization of workers in which the employer assists even to the slightest degree. Labor organizations may come into for steers is exempt; food for dairy cows is not. Feed for chickens for fattening process is exempt; food for wife lived on the next farm but one, and I proposed to her over a party line." my Spray Material hens for egg-laying purposes is not. the plant and organize it. If 51% of the employes vote for a certain type of employe representation, the other 49% are bound by it, or out they go. Because the 51% may use the "closed shop" agreement with the employers to forbid him to employe persons not members of that A recent survey in New York City According to the 1930 census, showed that the great majority of about three out of every four farms consumers knew nothing at all about Business particular union. The employer, it appears, will have very little to in New York state grow potatoes. apple varieties. 99 say to his employes, but no restraint seems to be placed upon the employes or labor leaders regarding their relations with other employes. Heretofore, employers have had more than an even break in deal- ing with employe organizations. The Wagner bill gives the employer tlit> very short end of the stick. If it should be enacted; it will undoubt- Classified Ads Classified advertisements are cash with order at the following edly produce some unexpected results. It is difficult to see how it will rates: 4 cents per word for one edition. Ada to appear in two or more editions take the rate of 3 cents per word per edition. encourage any person to invest his savings in a business enterprise the UREAU FARMERS were keen to see the management of which may be more or less transferred to outside in- fluences at any time. A Factory Accident hast week a young man of our acquaintance was fearfully and fatally LIVE STOCK REGISTERED HEREFORD BULLS— Best Blood Lines. Two young bull calves carrying over 25% "Anxiety 4th" blood SEEDS and PLANTS MUCK FARMERS: WE OFFER SE£tD ' IVatland" Barley, Siberian Millec raii-vJ by ourselves. Also limite 1 quantity ni- B economy of buying Farm Bureau Spray materials last yean And they got results — as Should appeal to registered owners called "Brigham" strain of Yellow Globe burned in an accident in a Lansing plant where automobile steel is forged DAIRY FARMERS—cull your dairy herds Onion seed (not raised by us). A. M and heat treated. uid use a Hereford and see the quality Todd Company, Mentha, Mich. The young man was twenty-two. He had always lived on the home of veals. Don't feed scrubs any longer. \. M. Todd Company (14 miles N. W. (2-2-3t-32b) expected. We told them that General Chem- farm until he came to Lansing not many months ago to take his first valamazoo) Mentha, Michigan. World's Largest Mint Farm. (3-2-tf-55b,> REGISTERED CERTIFIED WORTHY job in an industrial plant. oats. Henry Lane & Son, Michigan. Phone Cai'o 957-12. Falrgrove, Write for ical Company was manufacturing for us the Not many parents have the opportunity to see what dangers their FARMS FOR SALE prices and samples: (3-2-2t-p> sons are exposed to in certain industrial operations. In this instance, a youth, hardly more than a boy, found himself bringing hot steel and THE FEDERAL LAND BANK OF FARMERS WANTING STRAWBERRY finest spray materials we could put under Farm Saint Paul offers you an opportunity to or any fruit plants will profit by writing chemicals together. A mistake or accident could bring disaster. At dawn juy a farm home of 80 acres or more in Bert Keith personally of Keith Brothers. one morning it came. Something went wrong. Part of a ladle of molten Michigan, Minnesota, "Wisconsin, or North Dakota now while prices are still low. Box 16, Sawyer, Michigan. Bert is pre- pared to give farmers a bargain. There Bureau labeL Field and orchard results proved salt—at nearly the temperature of melted iron—splashed onto something Attractive terms with a reasonable is quick cash In berries. Have you had imount down, twenty years to pay the poor success? Write him. He'* a berry else. In the instant inferno of flame and poisonous gases, a splendid, balance and interest at only 5%. For ree booklet and information write to specialist. Xew Berry Book Free. our point — conclusively • • . Last year's buyers promising youth became a poor maimed creature, with but a few hours (3-2-2t-50b) to live. He couldn't realize what had happened to him. Industrial plants )ept. 93, Federal Land Bank of St. that permit beginners to handle work that should be done by seasoned, •aul, -Minnesota. (l-6-4t-68b) FROST-PROOF CABBAGE, bunch fifty, mossed, labeled variety name. EACH will surely repeat, this year, and will be joined experienced hands have a moral responsibility in cases like this. But FOR SALE—MISCELLANEOUS leisey Wakefield, Charleston Wakefteld, Succession, Copenhagen, Early and La^e that doesn't bring back the boy. MICHIGAN SEPTIC TANK SIPHON Dutch, Postpaid: 200, 65c; 300, 75c; 500, M.10; 1,000, $1.75. Onions, Crystal Wax. by hundreds of new users • • • Have we quoted Farm work has its dangers, its monotonies, and uncertainties re- nd bell a s recommended by State Col- fellow Bermuda, piizetaker, postpaid: ege Agr'l Engineering dep't. Build your garding income. But there are plenty of men, tied in one way or another >wn septic tank and sewage system. In- "00, 60c: 1,000, $1.00; 6,000, 14.00. Tomato, arge, well rooted, open field grown, moss- you prices yet? to hard and sometimes dangerous factory work, who regard factory life tall when tank is built. Installation and >peration simple. Discharges automati- ed, labeled with variety name. Living- HKMBWgf PRODUCTS „. in the same manner. They start young and seldom get out of the factory ally. Have been sold 16 years. All in ston Globe, -Mat-globe, Stone, Baltimore, until they are laid off for the last time, which too frequently is for Jaily use and giving satisfaction. In- lune Pink, McGee, Karliana, Gulf State being too old at forty-five for factory work. Baking soda is a by-product of tructions with each siphon. 57.00 de- ivered. Farm Bureau Supply Store, 728 E. Shiawassee St., Lansing. (3-4-tf-60b) Market, Kurly Detroit, postpaid: 100, We; N)6, T.'c; 300, $1.00; 500, $1.50: 1,000, $2.r>0. Pepper. moss.,I and labeled. Chinese liunt, Bull Nose Ruby Kins, fted Cay- 32* Farm Bureau Services Produces Two Incomes the manufacture of washing soda. DAIRY GOATS >nne, postpaid: 100, 75c: 200, J1.00; WO, $2.00; 1,000, $3.50. Full count, prompt shipment, safe arrival, satisfaction guar- ri Lansing, Michigan DAIRY GOAT JOURNAL DEPT. 15, "airbury, Neb., Monthly Magazine. 25o anteed^ I'uion Plant Company. Tex ark r Two hundred or 250 million pounds Tomatoes, canned or fresh, have oaily: 5 months 10c. (4-6-14b) ana, Ark. ( l-rt-Jt-1 Ub) of honey are produced in the United the same health value as oranges. BEEKEEPER'S SUPPLIES KATAHDIN SEED POTATOES. AL- 80 some Russet lUiral and Hurbank. In- A R S E N A T E OF L E A D Statos each year,—yet the value of the spected. Clean from field diseases, !•:. W. C A L C I U M AR S E N ATE hom\\ be* to the fiuU and seed crops The Japanese would be as ready BEE HIVES, SECTIONS, COMB FOUN- incoln, Ctreenville, Mich. (4-6-1!'p> is many times greater than the value to wear summer clothes in winter ation, etc. Outfits for beginners. Send ASTRINGENT or catalog. Berry baskets. Send for BORDEAUX MIXTURE Of the honey crop. as to use decorative flowers that rices. M. II. Hunt & Son, 51] North WANTED TO RENT FARM The commercial fruit grower is al- are out of season. filar Street. Lansing, Mich. (4-4-3t-28b) WOULD RENT FARM, FURNISHED, DRY L I M E S U L P H U R omirely dependent on the honey On shares. Can furnish stock and tools. LIME SULPHUR S O L ' N 'ORCHARD bee for the transfer of pollen from Three kinds of tea. green, black WANTED—FARM WORK Cecil Foss, Lansing, R.-Z. cue variety of fruit to another. and oolong, can be made from YOUNG MAN, 21, EXPERIENCED, WANTED—FARM TO RENT ON . Cedar St., passing, Also ORCHARD BRAND OIL EMULSION "83"-"ASTRINGENT" ARSENATE OF LEAD-ZINC ARSENICAL ,td before the blooming season atisiiiK, Mich. Phone 737-F-12. (4-6) Michigan, DRITOM1C-SULPHUR-"POTATO SPRAY"-BORDEAUX. ARSENICAL, ROTENONE AND OTHER DUSTS and should be distributed at the rate Eliza Leslie, a native of Boston, MARRIED MAN WITH CHILDREN In ancient Italy the time allowed NICOTINE SULPHATE - PARADICHLOROBENZENE-X-13 (PYRETHRUM EXTRACT) — PARIS GREEN on* lolony to each acre of wrote the first book of American ants farm work by month, year around, to cook certain dishes depended on ood rffereno«\ .T;nnes H. Duffy, Kvart, in IS SO. i.h. (3-1 n the length of certain prnyors. SVTTRDAY, AfRIT, 6, 1935. MICHIGAN FARM NEWS THHFI CAN EASILY REPAIR Greely of Arctic Fame Is NEARLY A MILLION MISBRANDED SEEDS which also is the address of the Sun-Field Seed Service, has been fined $200 by the V. S. District scarcity of seed this aprinj a temptation to unacrupu era to misrepresent their w MOWERS, BINDERS Remembered in 91st Year BRING U. S. ACTION Court after pleading guilty to ship- ping to Remington, Ind., two bags of sweet clover seed misbranded as cording to officials of i of seed iavmttgattona which a< isters t h e Federal n J J D iv/I J through t h e winter. Next summer to germination, weed seed content department. Agr. Engineering Work Shows Commanded f a r t y Marooned t h e r e l i e f B h l p s a n k pn r o u t e Oats, Sweet Clover Seized as and inert matter. Minor Faults Cause In Greenland for Failure of the ship to arrive For shipping live bags of mis- The above seizures were h Two Winters caused Lieut. Greely to march his No Good; Firm Is branded leepedeza seed to Mont- al a u t h o r i t i e s on seed in lnt( Much Trouble men down to Cape Sabine, where he Fined gomery, Ala., Sidney J. Weber of commerce. The Michigan State l> Washington—In late March at hoped the relief party might be. Baton Rouge, La., was placed on p a r t m e n t of Agriculture ha East Lansing.—Michigan farm- Washington the Congressional Med- Instpad he found only enough food Washington. — Misbranded seeds probation for one year and imposi- Michigan farmers t h a t th< j who have millions of dollars al of Honor was awarded to an old left by previous explorers to last his continue to run afoul the Federal tion of sentence suspended by t h e of some varities of seed and p r | invested in farm machinery, have army officer on the eve of his 91st party 40 days, and Arctic winter Seed Act. r . S. District Court in New Orleans. vailing higher prices is like coming on. The men were put on a bring out poor lots of seed that wilVv found that it is possible to success- birthday for heroic leadership of a f e w Q of food R Refore So-called "New Victory Oats" rep- The seed was sold as choice grade, fully repair mowers and binders party of 25 Arctic explorers on the j Qne ^ sh()f ^ f(>od resented as being a winter variety best quality, government tested. It be represented to be much h By spring they were had n o t been government tested than it is, especially with el. > and to put them in first class opera- ting condition at low cost, according to the agricultural engineering de- ?^'" '^ ,..-.••- ^^ , , weed a n d whatever they could get > ; by the Sun-Field Seod Service of Chicago, and shipped from Clarinda, and was of poor quality. found t o have a germination test of It was and alfalfas. The purchaser protect himself 1«> examining must the Few people today have ever heard f r o m t h g g e & Iowa, to three points in Kansas—- partment at Michigan State College. Salina, Humboldt and Baldwin— only three percent a n d approxi- tap on the bag for t h e puritv of -Major General A. w Greely, r e - I n J u n Q ' lgg4 & minatlon, and weed content of i h e \ Specialists from the department have been shown to be Victory oats, mately 20 percent of b a r d seed. tired of Washington. D C , or if d w a g c o m m a n d e d b (, seed, and make sure that t h e lot r have held many machinery repair they have, they may not know h i m U ^ S c h l e y ( , a t e r t o b e r o r r e f a m o u s a northern spring variety. The ship- F o u r bags of oats shipped l y t h e schools in the state where either a ment to Salina was labelled "Iowa Fidelity Seed Company Of Memphis, one that he would care to use for as the Lieutenant Greely of so many | n t h e g fa A m e r i c a n war> Of seeding. Samples of suspicious lots mower or a binder was torn down. years aso who commanded what be- G r e e l >g p a r t v o f 2 5 > s e v e n w e r e grown" but all three shipments Tenn., to Birmingham, Ala., were repaired, and re-assembled before a were grown in the Pa< Iflc north- misbranded as to purity and weed should be submitted to t h e S t a t e came known in the h.story ot Arctic | a l j v e T h e others ha(1 starvedor D e p a r t m e n t of Agriculture at Lau- group of farmers. The men who exploration as the "ill fated Greely f r o z e i . t o d e a t h west. The oats were seized last fall seeds. T h e I*. S. District Court in watched the repair jobs have been expedition. upon recommendation of the De- Birmingham ordered the seed de- ing for test. Greely came back and over the able to make adjustments on their In the summer of 1881, Greely, a years distinguished himself as the partment of Agriculture. In test3 livered to a charitable institution machines at home and to assist Civil war veteran, led a party of 25 builder of thousands of miles of during the' past winter, by the I . 8. for feed. I AKMIMIS BUYING MOllK neighbors in making necessary re- soldiers to barren Ellesmere island, telegraph wire and cable in the Department of Agriculture at Wash- The Department of Agriculture Demand for steel for agricultur. pairs. several hundred miles trom the P u i l i p p i n e s > C h i n a > P u e r t 0 Ric0> ington and by the Kansas State co-operates with state seed Inspec- purposes last year totaled 1,400, The average cost of putting a north pole. For two years the party j C u b a a n d A l a s k a _ H e ( i i r e c ted army College of Agriculture at Manhat- tors in keeping close tab on seed 000 tons, the largest volume sine* mower in first class condition was conducted scientific explorations, j r e U e £ W Q r k -n l h e S a n F r a m . i s c o tan, they were killed by tempera- shipments. High seed prices and the litiMt. a commercial report stat< approximately five dollars. Some of and one party made it to 4 50 miles earthquake of 1906, and was retir- PROF. II. C. RATHER tures which did not damage winter the machines repaired at the schools of the pole, then the "farthest ed in 1908. Michigan reported 891,000 acres of oats. were considered worthless by their owners. north" on record. First hint of the troubles to come came when the relief ship scheduled MILK HANDLING COST alfalfa for 1934; ranking her as the The American Field Seed Com- second largest in alfalfa acreage in pany, 1929 West 43rd St., Chicago, Huber Repairs or replacements of knives, guards, ledger plates, and knife heads were the adjustments most to arrive the summer of 1882 fail- ed to show up. The men got The sale and delivery of milk from house to house in New York the United States, according to Prof. Howard C. Rather of the Michigan State College farm crops department. Michigan adapted varieties and in the Roto-Rack frequently needed. Worn bearings or gears were not so common. Oc- City is responsible for not less than four and three-fourths cents of the At that Michigan was within 70,000 development of Hardigan, an excep- acres of leading all States for acreage tional Michigan variety. The crops Separator casionally, gummed oil in bearings to adjust until they received in- price charged for each quart, ac- in alfalfa. Back in 1919 the Michigan department and the dairy department Built in :i Sizes and gears caused inefficient opera- structions in the schools. The spec- cording to studies made in that city. acreage was 79,000. Some day Mich- carried on alfalfa campaigns for 18.44 itt-ftO tt-M tion of the machines. This could be ialists furnished owners with a re- igan will have a million acres of al- years. The seed service of the Mich- pair bulletin which helped them ONCE UPON A TIME remedied by washing the parts with Sixty million acres of land in the falfa, and will have use for all of it. igan State Farm Bureau assembled The new Roto-Rack is the finest suul most modem Ulresltm liuiif. its later to make the necessary adjust- kerosene oil. ments. This bulletin can be obtained United States were formerly re- The tremendous increase in acreage and guaranteed Michigan farmers unusual features appeal to experienced thrmaemea. Send for complete Failure of the knotting mechan- by anyone who writes the bulletin quired to grow enough crops to pro- has been credited largely to the work Michigan adapted or Michigan grown catalog describlftg 1 iiis aeir nuuliinc .lust right for today's needs ism on binders was a common oc- curence and was hard for owners clerk at Michigan State College. vide for the nation's exports. of the farm crops dep't in determining alfalfa seed. The Huber Mfg. Co. 116 North East St. Lansing, Mich. Buy Bureau This Year Greater Values, Extra Strong, and Designed for Efficiency and Long Service g% ' ^ - CO - OP >—» 1 1 B i *i • _ FEHTllI/lH _ _ i Dm i i . I • mm m Imi'iifSiii'ii Hi Si w Co-op Tractor Co-op Manure Spreader LVJMB Co-op Combined Fertilizer & Grain Drill ! Volcano Disc Harrow Spring Tooth Harrow Sure Drop Corn Planter Jack Rabbit Cultivator MAIL THIS COUPON For Free Booklets Each booklet illustrates the machine or implement. It describes tbe fea- tures that makes it extra strong, long wearing, and convenient. Walking Plow Guard Rail Harrow Fertilizer &. Grain Drill •• Volcano Disc Harrow Tractor Disc Harrow Tractor Plow New Pull Cut Mower Sulky Plow (Revolutionary Improvements' Put This Mower Far Ahead) D Walking Plow • Volcano Disc Harrow • Sure Drop Corn Planter • Jack Rabbit Cultivator • • Co-op Manure Spreader • Guard Rail Spike Tooth Harrow • Spring Tooth Harrow Automatic Tractor Disc • Pull-Cut Mower (New!) • Champion Grain Binder New Torpedo Sulky Plow Champion Side-Delivery Rake • Champion Side Delivery Rake • Champion Hay Loader Co-op Tractor You must see these implements and others o£ our complete line to appreciate them— NAME Displays at Hart, Lapeer, Imlay City, Woodland Farm Bureau Stores— ADDRESS RFD.. MAIL TO Farm Bureau Services, Inc., At Buchanan, Holland, Hudsonville, White Cloud, and other Co-ops. Ask your Co-op. 221 No. Cedar St., Lansing, Mich, FARM BUREAU SERVICES, INC., LANSING, MICHIGAN MICHIGAN FARM NEWS SATTRDAY, APRIL 6. 193S. Ford Tells Part Farm Has in PROPOSE LAW TO Making Today's Automobile CONTROL WHERE FRANCE AGR'L PRODUCTS hemp and sisal and nuuiila fibre for SPRAY A N D DUST PRODUCTS Fields, Pastures, Woodlots, carpet backing and ropes. MAD! «Y A FIRM WITH 96 YEARS Of CHEMICAL EXPERIENCE Even the Bees Make tion. "The trees make their contribu- We shall need 112,000,000 SETTLERS MAY GO AGSTONE MEAL HI-CALCIUM HYDRATED LIME Contributions feet of lumber, mostly for packing PULVERIZED LIMESTONE SPRAYING LIME OUTOX* • L I M E SULPHUR purposes and r>, 00(1,000 feet of -n-arseniral insecticide that kills (Dry and Solution) "Yesterday the world made vege- market paper board, and that provides a Increased Welfare, School and e» and leaf eating insects. A fluo- A fungicide ae well as an insecti- table wood and mineral wool; to- The pitch for 20,500 acres of timber. Road Costs Given See your Dealer, Co-op, or Farm Bureau < ompound—no lead or arsenic. cide, made as a liquid and a powder. morrow it will be making vegetable 000 poundspine of will supply turpentine 1 2,000,- for sol- As Reasons LORO glass and metal. The growing things vents and paints and adhesives. Dealer for FRANCE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS OTHER SPRAY PRODUCTS of the field, new every year, are Rubber trees, whose product is used . new contact insecticide. Kills aphids Blue Vitriol Paradichlorobenzene serving mankind in most wonderful in 203 parts of the Ford car, from Bills introduced by Representa- Copoail SuMoron * v! many other sucking insects. Con- Flake Zinc Sulphate Sulphate of Nicotine ways. Stockings are made of vege- tires to tops, will supply us with tives Odell from Allegan and THE FRANCE STONE CO. ns no nicotine — is non-staining. Kleen-O-Cil Sulphur table substance, dresses of wood :!">,iM)0 tons of rubber. Cork trees Nichols from Jackson and by Sena- Kleenupf Dormant Oil) Zinc Chloride fiber. Substitutes for rubber come will yield a quarter of a million tor Luecke from Escanaba are de- MONROE, MICHIGAN BORDEAUX MIXTURE Kleenup-Tar Oil Emulaion. from the cornfield. We paint Ford pounds of cork. And because we signed to permit rural communi- mgiride used to prevent potato Hopper's Flotation cars with soy beans," said Mr. W.shall use 728,000 gallons of tung ties to zone the land in their com- or — T H E FRANCE STONE CO., Toledo, Ohio blight, grape black rot, bitter rot, elc Sulphur J. Cameron of the Ford Motor Car oil, which 16,000 acres of tung munities to prevent unwise use of Monohydrated company recently in a talk on trees will produce, a new tree in- the land which may result in future NuREXFORM * Copper "Farms and Motors." welfare burdens on the commun- Sulphate dustry is being encouraged in the ity, according to the forestry de- The Improved Lead Arsenate. An effec- Orthol K "Tonight we simply look at the United States. ive control for Codling Moth and many (Summer Oil) , part the farmer plays, with things partment at Michigan State College. as they are, in making such a pro- nary "This is only to mention the ordi- The plan would prevent sales of -.r chewing insects. materials. Another time we duct as, for example, the motor car. shall deal with more recently de- personsunsuitable lands for agriculture to who might through lack of High Sales—Good Weights—Proceeds Guaranteed RSENATE OF LEAD Fields, pastures, wood-lots are all dependable control for Codling Moth 1 many other chewing insects. used by modern industry. veloped uses for the annual crop knowledge buy such land and try to "To fulfill its announced inten- of the farm. But this will indicate establish their families upon it. Farmers and Stockmen are assured of these important and essential Services when live stock is tion of making a million cars this how great a farm market our Com-Settlement of lands outside school sold on the Open, Competitive Terminal Live Stock Market; where both CALCIUM ARSENATE year, the Ford Motor Company will pany is. The motor car is not a districts and without highway facil- large and small Packers, knowing there will be ample supplies of all grades purchase many products of animal kingdom in itself; it must buy ities would also be controlled. The of live stock available every day come and pay the Price by bidding against )sed to kill leaf-eating insects on pota- each other for their killing needs; where Weight* are good because all live husbandry. That number of cars something of nearly everything that lands in Michigan have almost all stock is properly fed and watered and not sold empty; and where all Checks will require 3,200,000 pounds of is grown on the farm and that is been surveyed to determine the issued for payment of live stock sold are Guaranteed by a Bond meeting wool, and that quantity of wool will made in other industries—for, of uses for which they are most suit- Government requirements. Why take a chance on any other system? Secure all these services by Consigning your live stock to require more than 800,000 sheep to course, mcst of the products named able. produce it. The wool goes into up- here reach us after much labor ha; Settlers locating in sections out- MICHIGAN LIVESTOCK EXCH. Stockyards, Detroit PRODUCERS CO-OP ASS'N holstery, floor-coverings, lubricants been spent on them in other indus- side farm areas usually have chil- East Buffalo, N. Y. and anti-rust preparations. tries. The motor car is a good cus- dren who must be sent to school. "And then comes the part the tomer of everybody, The farmer This often means that the estab- cow plays. The production of glues helps to build motor cars, just as lished farmers must help pay for 5% Money Available for purchasing Feeder Cattle and Lambs, No so-called red-tape; No investment of five made from hides, glues made from the motor manufacturer helps to highway construction and for high- per cent of the amount of the loan In capital stock in a Production Credit Association; No guaranteeing the milk, stearic acid, greases, glycer- make farming more efficient and er school costs. Failure of the new payments of any other borrowers' loans. Five years of established and Farm Bureau ine, soap chips, and 1,500,000 convenient. They help each other settlers to wrest a living from the satisfactory feeder loan service. For complete information write us. square feet of leather for uphol- and that helps the country." soil will result in increased welfare Tune in CKLW, 1030 Kilocycles, at 12:50 P. M. Mon., Tues., Wed. and Thurs. for live stock quotations at Detroit market. Bterjr, will utilize-30,000 cattle. costs for the community in which "The hog also enters the picture. they live. Hudson, Mich. Michigan Live Stock Exchange Garden For lard oil in lubricants, oleic acid and bristles for brushes, 20,000 hogs will be used. Even the goat yields his quota; -for in making the WITH PRODUCERS ed The type of settlement complain- of was illustrated to of Representatives recently by the the story of a family that settled in the abandoned part of a northern coun- House Seeds pile fabric used in upholstery, 350,- 10(1 pounds of ghat's hair—mohair will be needed, which means ty. The head of the family demand- ed transportation to school for his END YOUR TROUBLES AT sire u Ing sT.r.oo gfehtA. "liccswax is not BO much used as children. It finally worked out that it was cheaper for the taxpayers tn Keep Your Cows CALVING TIME hire the father to drive his own children to school. In other instan- In Production with t was, but it stiH serves in electri- •al imbedding cdmpounds, and the Best ons of beeswax used in making a million cars will require the labor ces the cost of unexpected school transportation and highway costs is -MAN A MAR' complained of. Varieties for of 93,000,000, industrious honey- bees. "Turning to cultivated fields we THE NEW WAY TO FEED MINERALS It isn't necessary to have good cows /j ^ New Ballhead Cabbage Michigan come first to cotton. Every four- loor Ford sedan uses 70 pounds of Resistant to Yellows out of high production for extended periods because of trouble at calving time. Actual results on various farms cotton. A million cars will require show that ManAmar in the dairy ration • Reliable ivcr G9,000,000 pounds of cotton— practically eliminates retained afterbirth jr.,ODD,000 pounds in tires; 34,000,- A new cabbage developed in Wis- —keeps cows in condition to return to • Vigorous 000 pounds in butting, cloth, brake consin which is resistant to cabbage production promptly. This Free Booklet yellows, also has the commercial ex- tells you the ManAmar story • Productive inings, battery box, timing gears HEALTH MEANS PROFITS TO YOU —brings you proof of results md safety glass. It will take 4 33,- cellence of its parent, Danish Ball- on hundreds of f a r m s - • Priced Low head. It has been christened Wiscon- Cows having trouble at calving time points out the way to stop >00 acres of cotton to produce this can easily lose 20% to 30% in production. losses end pro- material. King Motor is a strong sin Ballhead. It is expected to sup- [ FAFM t i l I M MILLING (I This is a loss to you. The extra cost of tect profits ally of King Cotton. plant gradually Wisconsin Hollander • ••""""" '" — J veterinary care also eats into your pro- w i t h your Buy at These "The cornfield also is laid under and other varieties which are only on ManAmar fits. Stop these losses — protect your profit margin by insisting own herd. It's FREE. Farm Bureau Stores tribute. Some half million bushes of partially resistant to yellows on soil in your dairy rations. WRITE for IT TODAY orn will be needed for butyl alco- CLARENCE L. BOLANDER which is heavily infected. These are hol and starch used in manufacture. Clarence L. Bolander, county agri- all late shipping and storage varieties Ask your Farm Bureau Dealer about Mermaid LAPEER PINCONNING This will bring the product of 11,- cultural agent in Lapesr County for grown in Wisconsin, New York, and Dairy Feeds, made with Manamar, or write: HART IMLAY CITY 180 acres of corn to the Ford fac- the past tour years, has joined the parts of Pennsylvania, Ohio and Mich- ory. FARM BUREAU SERVICES, Inc. igan adjacent to the Great Lakes. No BAY CITY "Flax growers will furnish 2,400,- staff of the Michigan Milk Producers seed of the new variety is available 221 North Cedar Street Lansing, Michigan Main and Henry Sts. 000 pounds of linseed oil, and to Ass'n. The new position .is quite an for distribution. Cabbage yellows is produce this they will cultivate advance, and came to Mr. Bolander a soil fungus which gains entrance SAGINAW 17,500 acres of flax. because of his exceptionally fine work through the roots. It is not seed 220 Bristol Street "Even the fields of sugar cane in the extension field. His new work borne but persists indefinitely in the help build the Ford car; for they will be in the department of publicity soil. The disease becomes more se- furnish the 2,50,0,000 gallons of and information. molasses from which come solvents, Coming to Lapeer County in 1931,| v e r e as the temperature rises. anti-freeze and shock absorber Mr. Bolander brought the extension fluids, and it will take 12,500 acres program from nothing, following a Venice-Hazelton Club The Heart of sugar cane for that. "Growers of the castor bean will lapse for lacquers and artificial leather. of seven years, to one of the Corunna—R. H. Addy of the Farm finest in Michigan. Dozens of profit- supply 240,000 pounds of castor oil able projects for the rural population Bureau Services'addressed the Venice- Hazelton (Shiawassee county) Farm- of the Community "All this from the ordinary farm. have been organized and carried ers Club in March at the meeting held From farther afield come jute and through successfully by Mr. Bolander. at the home of Floyd Walworth, here. Hundreds of boys and girls have been Mr. Addy explained the seeds, feeds, inspired to carry on 4-H club work fertilizer and machinery work of the The yellow moon drops below the horizon. One and exhibit their wares in various Farm Bureau. A program of readings, •^Sm^f^MB-—. community, county and State shows. instrumental music was given by club by one the houses darken as silence settles over the Mr. Bolander came to Lapeer Coun- members. Fifty were present. A ques- countryside. It is a time of rest, of slumber. ty from Livingston County where he tion box brought Mr. Addy some had been agricultural agent for nine posers on the questions of currency years. Previous to that time he hadinflation, the United State's govern- But there is one building where rest does not enter, Every 7 Minutes worked in Marinette County, Wiscon- ment's position in refusing to pay sin. He is a graduate of the Universi- Panama in gold as per contract, on where the windows never darken; for the work of the telephone exchange, like the work of a sleeper's ty of Wisponsin. the sugar beet situation, Snd others. We Settle a Claim Northwest Michigan The next meeting will be held the second Thursday in Aprjl with supper at the home o£ Mr. and Mrs. L. J. heart, must go on by night no less than by day. Here trained operators, alert and skillful, sit at CONCRETE^ Farm Bureau Starts Veale. Young people of the Club will March 13 Farm Bureau members in handle the program. the junction of many wires. Here are linked all who would speak across the miles of darkness. . . fix up your the vicinity of Traverse City met and Skimmilk and buttermilk are rich organized a regional Farm Bureau j in protein and mineral matter and unit known as the Northwestern make good additions to .farm grains Somewhere an anxious mother is wakened by a childish, fretful cry. . . Somewhere furtive foot- farm • • once Michigan Farm Bureau. The follow- to grow and fatten pigs. ing officers were elected: James Harris, president; George steps betray the presence of a prowler. . . Some- Boiling, vice-pres.; Homer Willobee, where, in a cellar, smouldering rags send warning »• andfor all TT pays tofixup your farm with aecy-treas., all of Traverse City. Directdrs are: Stanley Garthe, Northiport; Roy Hooper, Traverse* GREATEST smoke drifting through a home. . . At some lonely crossing two cars crash and overturn. •*• Concrete. .It really improves .a . City; E.dw. Rawlings, Kingsley; Theo- farm. Concrete is sanitary and fire- proof . . . makes your work easier . . . dore Esch, Suttons Bay. The membership of the new Farm HOTEL In these emergencies, help is as close as the nearest lasts a lifetime... increases returns. Bureau comprises prominent growers VALUE telephone. Over a waiting wire speeds the call Serving 500,000 automobile owners in 35 States we know that What do you n,eed on your farm? and farmers of this section and was for aid—for the doctor, police, fire department, an there is far less danger of a person suffering a loss by burning New steps, sidewalks, a cellar floor sponsored by the Farmers Progressive In the heart of Chicago's . . . a sanitary milk house • . . new League, Michigan Cherry Growers As- ambulance. If that wire were hot waiting, there Of his home or other buildings than there is by reason of approaches, floors and mangers in Rialto - close to stores, what may happen while he is driving his car. the horse barn? You can make the sociation, and the Farmers Co-opera- offices and R.R. Stations would be heavier penalties of grief and loss; help, improvements with concrete your- tive Association of Traverse City. at times, would arrive after help had ceased to be of We insure our homes and bams against fire, but many leave self, at lowest cost. And when you do it with concrete, it's done! Year Gifford Patch. Jr., of Michigan State College was present and assist- HOTEL use. Faithfully rendering a vital service both day themselves wide open to loss by driving without adequate auto insurance. by year you can invest your money in the improvements you need most, until all your rebuilding is com- pleted in long-lasting concrete. ed 'with the articles and by-laws. Secretary C. L. Brody conferred with tli*> members and discussed state and SHERMAN 1700 ROOMS and night, the telephone exchange plays a part which makes it, in a sense that is very real, the An accident—unavoidable as far as you are concerned—may national legislative problems. Earl 1700 BATHS bring a lawsuit that will take your property, your savings, Let us help. Check the list below heart of the community. for free plans and suggestions on Qale and Fred Dobbyn, Farm Bureau and levy on your earnings for years. permanent concrete improvements district representatives, were present. for your farm. The Farm Bureau has been par- Drive carefully and protect yourself with sound State Farm ticularly active in assisting the cherry] Name Mutual Automobile Insurance at very reasonable semi-annual growers with their marketing agree- j Favorite Chicago Address ment in conjunction with the AAA. Home of American rates. In case of an accident involving public liability, prop- Business Men R. R. No. ..P. O... State erty damage or damage to your car, let the State Farm Mutual policy protect your interests. Q Floort • Permanent Repairs Argentina Corn Crop G Foundations • .1 Milk House G Basement Walls D Milk Cooling Tanks A record Argentine corn acreage G Paved Yards [ ] Feeding Floors and crop, with the harvest a little Your Cor We have more than 500,000 policyholders and 7,000 agents Right into in v> states in this national, legal reserve company. Let • Tanks D Poultry House more than a month away, is the re- O Troughs Q Septic Tanks the Hotel our local agent explain our policy to you. • Sidewalks D Making Concrete Check the coupon, clip it—paste it on a port of the U. S. Dep't of Agriculture representative at Buenos Aires. This MICHIGAN BELL STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTO INSURANCE CO. eovernmftpt postcard. Mail to year's crop of 443 million bushels will Bloomington, 111. PORTLAND CEMENT he almost twice that of last year. The average for the past 5 years has TELEPHONE CO. MICHIGAN STATE FARM BUREAU, State Agent, Lansing ASSOCIATION been 302,683,000 bushels. 2016 Olds Tower B!dB., l.ansi.iK, Mich. Uncle Ah says tho approach to many a town is only a reproach. MICHIGAN FARM 5Eff8 SATTRDAY, APRIL 6, 1935. WASTE OF WAR SHOWN BY WHAT World War Cost Could COULD BE DONE Be Sure With Farm Bureau Seeds Have Transformed Our Living HARDIGAN AND GRIMM We have supplied co-ops and other Farm Bureau seed dealers with fair stocks of available A thoughtful mathematician, .statis- tician ami pacifist h a s figured out certified Hardigan and Grimm, blue tag alfalfa seed. Later it will be scarce as hen's teeth. what could have been done with the Speak for it now. It has no superior for yield and quality of hay. Eligible for pro- money used to destroy lite and prop- duction of certified seed. We will record Farm Bureau Hardigan or Grimm fields. erty by the n a t i o n s engaged In the 11 World War, says .1. W. J., writ- ing in the Chicago Journal of Coin- MICHIGAN VARIEGATED ALFALFA The vast sum. Incomprehensible to finite minds, except hy way of com- A Great, Low Cost, Long Lived Hay Producer parison, employed to carry on a sangu- Michigan Variegated Alfalfa seed comes from fields sown to genuine Hardigan, Grimm, inary struggle In which so-called civ- ilized nations engaged with the view Ontario Variegated, Lebeau, or Cossack varieties, which are our hardiest, longest lived of destroying one another, is made and heaviest yielding varieties. These fields were not registered for certified seed produc- more or less understandable through tion, but they have produced seed, which is known as Michigan Variegated. Naturally, the medium of the following figures: Enough to provide a home, with Variegated is an excellent hay yielder. The seed is selected, high test and thoroughly garden, garage and other outbuild- ings, at an expense of $8,000 for each cleaned. The price is a money saver. There is great demand for this seed. and every family in the United States, Canada, England, France, Bel- gium, Germany and Russia. Enough, besides, to build a 10-mil- June Alsike Mammoth Sweet Clovers lion-dollar hospital in every city of 200,000 population and over, in the We Have the Right Corn tor Your Section seven countries above mentioned. JUNE, the old reliable for hay and cash seed crop. Many are restoring June clover in Enough, also, to erect a 10-mi!lion- their rotation. We believe those who buy early will save. ALSIKE (and Timothy) are dollar library in each city of 200.000 and over, in the seven countries men- C,For early maturity and top yield, use the corn varieties best scarce and high. MAMMOTH cheap and abundant humus to plow under—improves tioned. Enough, too, to provide a univer- adapted to your section. Check them with your county agr'l heavy soils. SWEET CLOVER at today's price is an especially good buy for low cost sity for each city in each country, above referred to. And finally, after all these gifts of agent, Farm Bureau dealer, State College Farm Crops dep't, or pasture, roughage, hay crops, green manure, or a cash seed crop. peace and beneficence have been made, there would still be enough of write us. The right variety makes a big difference in yield. World War money left to buy and GOOD SEED OATS AND BARLEY pay cash for, and at good prices, every foot of real estate, valuable or other- CHann Bureau stocks of certified husking and ensilage corn are wise, in France and Belgium. Buy Michigan Crop Improvement Ass'n certified WOLVERINE oats or certified There is no guess-work ahout these statistics, because, if you know what field selected, dried, shelled, graded by corn specialists. All ma- MARKTON oats for lighter soils. Markton is rust and smut resistant. Buy WORTHY the war cost was in the aggregate, it ture in sections of Michigan for which intended. Dats (stiff strawed) for heavy soils. These are Michigan's best yielding varieties. Certi- becomes B mere matter of mathema- tics. And we call ourselves civilized C'I his spring we offer Michigan grown Soy Beans, Manchu fied SPARTAN barley generally outyields other varieties by 3 to 10 bushels per acre. and Christian! What monstrous in- congruity and inconsistency! In ad- variety. Worth more to you than southern grown seed. Should Emergency Hay Crops dition to the inconiprehensive waste of money and property, we engaged mature easily as far north as Bay City. Get a better crop with One bushel of oats and 1 bushel of Canada field peas makes a fine hay crop. Cut when in the wholesale murder of human be- ings with guns and gas, with bayonet Michigan grown Manchus. # oats are in the milk. Others are our Michigan grown Soy Beans, Rye and Vetch, and and sword, with deadly bombs and C,Farm Bureau's Michigan grown, certified Hardigan and certi- Sudan Grass. For muck land, Michigan grown Siberian Millet. Plant June 15. Hay charging Juggernauts; and all because crop in 60 days. Cut before seed forms. Demand is heavy for these seeds. we a r e not yet civilized. fied Grimm, our Michigan Variegated and our Western Grimm Charles Bumner, great American s t a t e s m a n of New Kngland and a con- and common alfalfas can't be beaten for hardiness and yield! HUSKING CORN temporary of Horace Mann, the educa- tor, once alluded to w a r after this CWhen you have fitted land, why take a chance on anything but Certified M. A. C, Pickets, Golden Glow, Polar Dent, Ferden's Yellow Dent. All butted fashion: and tipped. All varieties grow and mature in sections of Michigan for which intended. "Give me the money that has been spent in war and I will clothe every Farm Bureau's adapted, clean, tested, high germinating and high High, vigorous germination. Field selected, dried, shelled, and graded by corn specialists. man, woman and child in attire of which kir?t)s and queens would be yielding seeds? You can sow fewer pounds of them per acre and proud. I will build a schoolhouse on every hill and in every valley over the whole earth. I will crown every hill- get high yields. This.year farmers must be extra careful. Drouth ENSILAGE CORN side with a place of worship, conse- crated to the gospel of peace." conditions have scattered much unadapted seed. Poor se$d will t Farm Bureau Yellow Ensilage, White Cap, Red Cob, be sold. Be safe with Farm Bureau seeds! * Learning, Eureka, Sweepstakes, Reid's Yellow Dent. Sell Eggs by Weight? Editor, Michigan Farm News: FARM BUREAU SEED GUARANTEE DELIVERED IN SEALED SACKS "] am writing you on the impor- tance of paying farmers for eggs by The Farm Bureau Services, Inc., of Lansing, guaran- For Farm Bureau ALFALFA SEED Farm Bureau Brand Seeds are delivered to you by weight instead of by the dozen. It is tees to the farmer to the full purchase price of its seed —see your local distributor your distributor in sealed, trade-marked Farm Bureau the only fair way. This ought to be the vitality, description, origin and purity to be as de- Brand bushel sacks, direct from our warehouse. See in your program. Grocers may sort scribed on the analysis tag on sealed Farm Bureau bag. of Farm Bureau Seeds our seed guarantee. Good seed is a good start. and sell eggs by the dozen, but the farmer should receive a price per pound for eggs. Mears, Michigan MIlS. M. R. GRAHAM. FARM BUREAU FERTILIZERS March 8, 1985 Bditor'8 Note—Not so long ago thei banana industry junked a lifetime ex- WELL For Beets and Spring Grains perience of selling bananas by the SUGAR BEETS, REACH FARM, CASS CITY dozen. Today they are sold by weight. You may buy a dozen, but you pay according to weight. BEGUN Arkansas Justice Down in Arkansas they tried a man IS for assault and battery with intent to Kill. The State produced as evi- dence the weapons used—a rail, a gun. a saw and a rifle. The defense, HALF on the other hand, exhibited the other man's weapons—a scythe blade, pitch- fork, pistol, a dog, razor and hoe. Alter being out several hours, the DONE! jury sauntered back into the court room and reported that they were Mermash unable to agree but that each of them GUARANTEED ANALYSIS would have given a dollar to see the Protein (min.) 16% fight. Fat (min.) 3>/2% LEFT—Without Fertilizer RIGHT—Fertilized with 4-16-4 Fiber (max.) 5% \ A U K OF WOODLOT The typical woodlot in New York FEED MERMASH 1000 OPEN F O R M U L A lbs. Ground Yellow Corn FARM BUREAU FERTILIZERS rank high with men State has almost thirty acres which produce products worth nearly one To baby chicks from the start and 300 lbs. Pure Wheat Bran out to produce the most per acre. They contain the 300 lbs. Flour Middlings hundred dollars a year for sale and raise a fine flock of laying hens. 100 lbs. Meat Scraps highest quality carriers of nitrogen, phosphorous and home use. 100 lbs. Alfalfa Leaf Meal potash. The nitrogen is guaranteed to be 95% water MERMASH 16% PROTEIN is a superior dry mash. Starts 200 lbs. Mermaker (Manamar soluble, which means that it is immediately available to I'ucle Ah says the A B C's of chicks, grows excellent pullets and maintains peak egg pro- Formula, Fish Meal, good conduct may be summarised Kelp, Calcium Carbon- tiny plants when they need it most. in three words: Always Be Consid- duction in hens by supplying all the essential elements of a ate) YOU WILL FIND OUR FERTILIZERS in perfect erate. life time ration for poultry. 2000 lbs. mechanical condition. They are extra dry and easy to CHICKS RAISED ON MERMASH simply walk away from Mermash is made with or with* regulate in the drill. Farm Bureau has the recommended those raised on other rations. Mermash chicks are healthier, out cod liver oil. 5 lbs. of our analyses for: CREDITS ON PURCHASES grow faster, feather better. Chick losses are lower. There- Nopco X X oil has the vitamin Help Pay Farm Bureau Dues! D value of 40 lbs. of ordinary fore, cost per pullet or broiler is lower. cod liver oil. The gain is yours. CORN BEETS MUCK CROPS NOTICE TO MEMBERS: Purchase! BEANS POTATOES SPRING GRAINS of Farm Bureau Brand dairy and poultry feeds, seeds, fertilizers and fence from your local dealer; also, purchases from our clothing and blankets dep't at Lansing, are eligible to membership credits when declared. PAYS WITH PRODUCTION OIL FOR TRACTORS MAIL YOUR DEALER SALES " I HAVE RUN MY TRACTOR 1,000 hours with Farm SLIPS to the Michigan State Farm Milkmaker Dairy Feed with home grown grains Bureau oil. I change oil frequently and find Farm Bu- Bureau, Membership Dep't. 221 North reau oil in much better condition than oils used before. Cedar Street, Lansing, about every and legume hay leads for low cost production. three months. "Regardless of the price we pay for any I have no motor trouble," Mr. Fritz Mantey, farmer and BE SURE Farm Bureau brand good* For years Milkmaker fed herds have taken 4 or more of oil in our stock. Farm Bureau oil is the seed grower at Fairgrove, Tuscola county, wrote us. are entered on slip as "Farm Bureau the first 10 places for butterfat production in 1,200 herds best in our experience," the manager of Alfalfa," "Mllkmaker," "Mermash," of all breeds in Michigan cow testing associations. a Tuscola County Farmers Co-operative FARM BUREAU OILS are paraffin base and dewaxed. •to. Oil Company told his board of directors. In 5 gallon cans and drums. Buy Farm Bureau greases. 910 annual dues mature life mem- berships; $5 annual dues do not, but participate in Membership Credits, which reduce the amount of dues pay- able. Life members receive their Mem- bership Credits In cash once a year. Means For Farm Bureau Supplies Means MoneymaKer W e furnish addressed, postage p r e p a i d envelopes for this SEE YOUR CO-OP OR FARM BUREAU DEALER purpose on your request. MILKMAKER FORMULAS MILKMAKER FORMULAS Write Us If You Have No Dealer MICH KM \ ITAT1 r ARM BUREAU 16, 24 and 32% Protein r, Mu-hliran 16, 24 and 32% Protein FARM BUREAU SERVICES, Inc., Lansing, Mich. S A'IT R DAY, APRIL f», IMS. M I CH I G A9 V A R M >* F W S Parts that may be needed as re- placements on the plow this spring are plow points, jointer points, plow Ingersoll and Napoleon WOOL CARRYOVER Wool Ass'n Hears That Market Will Be Better SHEEP MEN CUT NON-SMULLING CABBAGE Fifteen new strains of cabbage have been developed in the depart- Solvay belts, and landsides. An early check- up is advised. Robert G. Ingersoll, aside from his disbelief, said some very fine and eloquent things, now and then. At ABOUT AS USUAL (Continued from Page 1.) keting charge to present the pro- ducer members with a working COST OF DIPPING ment of plant breeding at Cornell. One, a non-smelling type, is a selec- tion from a well-known European AGR'L LIMESTONE variety called the Early Savoy. Michigan Producers of Let the'Spark of LtfeMui M a n A m a r one time he visited the tomb of Na- Difference Is That Co-ops capital of nearly $700,000. In time Communitiy Tank Handles up PULVERIZED LIMESTONE we hope to have a working capital CHICKS poleon and looking down on the Have it; Mill Stocks of $1,000,000 and a surplus of To 1,800 Sheep in BIG. HUSKY CHICKS LIMESTONE MEAL sarcophagus of marble, gilt and gold, Very Low. he said: "I would rather have been a $500,000. With that we won't have One Day Michigan Approved Large English Typo Available At Your Nearest Dealer to borrow *so much money, and we "White Leghorns, Hardy Stock, Real Lay- poor peasant with my loving wife Washington.—Wool growers are can operate more efficiently. Then ers. All B.W.D. Tested, Stained Anti- Solvay Sales Corporation autioned by the Farm Credit Ad- wool poolers can expect to receive East Lansing.—Michigan fthaep gen, Own Supervision, Reactors Unnoved. knitting by my side, my children upon raisers have found that by building Write for Circular CC 1175. 7501 W. Jefferson Ave. my knees and with only a crust for ninistration not to become panicky an even better return on their co- DETROIT, MICH. about reports concerning a large operative marketing." a community tank for dipping WINSTROM HATCHERY, T H E NEW WAY hunger, than to have been that im- arry-over of wool. Mr. Embach said that insofar as flocks internal and external para- Box B-4, Zeeland, Michigan perial impersonation of force and Such is not the case, according to predicting a date when final re- sites of sheep can be controlled at TO FEED MINERALS murder known as Napoleon the . M. Coon, wool authority with the turns could be made on 1934 wool, very low cost, according to the Great." AAA, who has spoken before the all members of that pool are in animal husbandry department at The right start is a big step towards success with your chicks. Livability— rapid, but sturdy, growth, health and vigor Michigan Co-oi,erative Wool Mar- business together, and when the Michigan State College. keting association. The carry-over commodity can't be turned at a pro- It has been possible to treat as of 125 million pounds is the amount fit, and there is no one forcing them many as 1,800 sheep- in one day by We Will Guarantee mean early production—big eggs, practically no pee-weea" and better profits. You can get that start with mashes containing . . . PILOT lormally carried over from one sea- to sell, they'd better wait for the combining the efforts of the flock son to the next, said Mr. Coon. The better times the trade expects. owners and by using the tank and sorting pens designed by agricultur- Your Family mportant difference is that these M6RMASH ••AMD OYSTER SHELL- FLAKE Delmar H. LaVoi, extension spec- wools are mostly in the hands of ialist in sheep for the State College, al engineers at the College. The he co-operatives, rather than with said that the trouble with wool to- sheep are drenched for internal si.ooo s2.r»oo Made with MANAMAR he mills, as is the case usually. If day is a 50 percent consumption of parasites while they are in the pens in event of your death, if each six months you will pay us .NATURE'S F00O MINERALS i ROM THE SEA Hf " . ^ Chicks from Mermash fed hens he mills were normally stocked, we woolen goods. The nation needs waiting to be dipped. Both treat- $5 or $12.50 or $17.50 in premiums for our PAYMASTER start life with an ample sup- would hear very little if any talk of education to restore the use of ments cost less than two cents per Life Insurance policies in the above amounts. ply of easily assimilated min- a carry-over. head. erals in their bodies. Mermash f OR POULTRY wool. The Michigan Wool Market- This sound, legal reserve insurance plan to meet the needs mixed starting and growing "Looking beyond June, a reduced ing Association, said Mr. LaVoi, is Improvements obtained from the mashes maintain that supply treatments includo better fleeces of small or moderate incomes will fit any insurance pro- —build red blood and vigor— clip is expected for 1935," Mr. Coon the only group doing educational said. " I t appears that we can expect work to improve the quality of wool and higher wool prices and more gram., It is not available elsewhere. These small premiums protect health — and assure proper development. Mermash Its use is a prof- rapid gains in weight of the ani- assure considerable sums to pay off a mortgage, to educate cuts down losses—gives you about 505 million pounds from all placed on the market. Mr. LaVoi mals. Flocks infested with miteg or better chicks and opens the ources as against the average an- exhibited children, or to care for the family for a long time. way to better profits. itable habit many lual consumption of about 494 mil- that took prizes at the Chicago Michigan fleeces lice have ragged fleeces and the Farm Bureau Mermashes keep animals themselves are kept in Alter age 45 thesefixedpremiums will hens in production—improve ion pounds for the past 10 years. Live Stock Show. M F l 5 -3 CKpr shell quality and assure with most Based on this analysis, the future poor flesh by the annoyance of the buy less flaymaster insurance each year. Polrcy fee with application is STATE F A R M LIFE INS. C O . Michigan State Farm Bureau, Stale Agent, high hatchability. "Pen- Wool Ass'n I'.iisiiM'ss insects. Internal parasites are a 221 No. Cedar St., Lansing, Mich. aKainst-Pen" tests on thou- or co-operative wool marketing The Wool Association changed its direct drain upon the vitality of $5, $12.5Ofcr $17.50. Premium guar- sands of farms have definitely proved the superiority of Farm poultry men. organizations appears good." annual meeting from the first animals. Lowering vitality makes anteed n o | to increase. Plea3e use W i t h o u t obligation to me, please send more information about your Paymaster life in Bureau Mermashes. Thursday in March to accommodate the animals susceptible to diseases coupon for more information. surance policies. See your Farm Bureau Dealer or write: STATE FARM LIFE INSURANCE CO. NAME FARM BUREAU SERVICES, INC. Life of Worker Bee farm work in southern Michigan The dipping tanks are built from Bloomington, Illinois Lansing, Michigan Oyster Shell New Rochelle, N. Y. The life of a worker-bee may be six and usual road conditions in north- removable forms, the plans for ADDRESS Products St. Louis or eight months, extending over the ern Michigan. which are furnished by the College Herbert E. Powell of Ionia and agricultural Assure Red Blood £ Vigor Corporation London,Eng. less active season of the year—fall, winter and early spring. But a work- R. N. McLachlan of Evart were re- ment. Construction costs are low engineering depart- r-bee hatched just at the honey- elected as directors. H. P. Roach of and the tanks last many years. Most West Branch succeeds O. R. Fred- of the materials needed except the GROW HEALTHY CHICKS! jathering season in summer is likely erick of Glennie. Other directors to wear out its wings and life in a are: W. W. Billings of Davison; eniu-rete and hardware is present on One-half pound of Green Valley NOPCOXX EGGS few weeks in the intense work of fili- Forrest King, Charlotte; J. E. Cros- the farms where the tanks are built. Specialists from the animal hus- ng the hive with money. It often falls by, St. Johns; W. D. Alber, Grass bandry department have supervised t O O I B * NET Dry Skimmilk per ohick over a period of eight weeks will BRING HIGHER PRICES 3xhausted outside the hive and there Lake. the treatments of flocks where IGREEN VALLEY I best prevent coccidiosis, leg: dies. President Billings. Vice Presi- large numbers of sheep have been BRAND paralysis; will increase growth; "I feed NOPCO XX to my laying hons," writes one The average flying distance for a dent King were re-elected by the run throitfrh the tanks. The proce- POWDERED produce earlier maturity; pre- enthusiastic poultryman. "The production is heavy jee-load may be a mile and a half. If board, which again named Alfred dure is not complicated aud can be vent chick mortality and in- and the eggs of a fine quality with nice, smooth, SKIM MILK strong shells. They demand the highest - market one bee could gather enough nectar Bentall of Lansing as secretary and done satisfactorily by any*careful crease poultry profits. price." (four pounds) to make one pound of treasurer, and Stanley M. Powell of sheepmen. FOR County agricultural During the last eight years hundreds of feed manu- honey it would have to make 80,000 Ionia as field representative. agents can furnish directions for : ANIMAL OR POULTRY j Lactose is the essential factor facturers, thousands of poultrymcn—colleges and both drenching and dipping sheep. f FEED in coccidiosis control. Dry skim experiment stations, too, have reported similar trips of one mile each, or fly a distance APRIL MEETINGS SCHEDULE NOPCO XX results. In one test 3500 poultrymen equal to more than three times around Schedule of wool producers' meetings milk is 50% Lactose. owning 3,000,000 hens proved NOPCO XX fed daily to be addressed by C. L. Nash, M. S. C. earned them $12.00 extra per 100 birds. the globe. Economics Department, and Stanley M. Green Valley Dry Skimmilk is Powell, field representative of the Michi- Curious Bee Facts made to give you better poul- You know you are right when you ask for NOPCO XX gan Co-operative Wool Marketing Ass'n: by name. NOPCO XX is guaranteed. You'll find your try at less cost. Dependable— guarantee on the special "Red-Top" Tag,attached to WRITE TODAY Congress Hears From April 9, Tuesday—Charlevoix Co., Mar- A queen bee can lay \\'z times her all feeds containing genuine N0PC( XX properly for your free copy ion Center Grange, 4 mi. south of Charle- Guaranteed Analysis uniform in quality. mixed. If you want more feeding of this helpful booklet. Lapeer on AAA Future voix, 2:00 p. m. own weight of eggs in one day. profit go after it with NOPCO XX April 10, Wednesday—Emmet Co., Lev- A queen bee hatches from the same Protein 32% in the daily ration. ering school, 2:00 p. m. Lactose 50% April 11, Thursday—Montmorency Co., kind of an egg as a worker in 16 days Minerals 8% LANSING MIUIH.W NOPCO XX is Vitamin A and Washington—Placed before the Sen- place to be announced locally, 2:00 p. m. from the time egg is laid. National Oil Products Go. D Concentrate manufactured ate and House committees of Con- April 11, Thursday—Alpena Co., place Contains Vitamin G, the 5259 Essex St., Harrison, N. J. under U. S. Patent 81,678,454 to be announced locally, 8:00 p. m. A worker or female bee hatches in growth promoting vitamin. owned and controlled by one of gress now studying the future of the April 12, Friday—Alcona Co., Fisher 21 days from the time the egg is laid Dry Milk Division Feed your baby chicks NOPCO XX the leading Universities of the Agricultural Adjustment Administra- Grange, near Marrisville. 2:00 p. m. daily to build big sound frames United States. NOPCO XX is in the worker cell. biologically tested and also tion was this resolution adopted by April 12, Friday—losco Co., Hale, 7:30 and well-fleshed bodies so you can farm proved at the p. m. A drone or male bee has ,no father, 2,500 farmers at the Layeer County MILK is a sell your broilers sooner and get NOPCO DEMONSTRATION but has a grandfather on his mother's FARM, Flemington, N. J. Farmers Day Feb. 15 when Henry A. Ingham Bureau Elects bigger eggs more quickly when side. your pullets begin to lay. Wallace, Secretary of Agriculture, came to address them: There are from 30,000 to 50,000 bees Lansing—Last week the Ingham in the average bee colony. "We favor such amendments to the There is but one queen bee to each County Farm Bureau met for dinner (PAe&ct U&Wt.. 1 ..ui.-ing Lapeer Imlay City Lansing The wool pool cannot guarantee any certain profit, nor a cer- area. 728 E. Shiawassee tain final settlement date. Market conditions control that. Detroit Creamery Co., Detroit McDonald Dairy Co., 1 lint Generally, the pool has made money for its members. Pool Halpin Creameries, Inc.,Pinoonning Michigan Producers Dairy Co., Adrian advance is subject to change, according to market conditions, Uncle Ab says that many of the Wolverine Dairy Products Co., Midland and at this time is at the rate of 10c per Ib. Fed lamb wool 8c. real lessons are learned too late. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION regarding shipment or delivery of wool to Lansing and cash advance, write the Michigan Co-op Wool Marketing Ass'n at Lansing, or see your nearest local wool assembler, below: Ionia Herbert E. Powell Alanson Albion Allegan Thomas French, Jr. Farmers' Elevator Co. Allegan Co-op Co. Ithaca Jackson C V. Tracy Dennis Cobb The Little Items Count in Making the Farm Pay — Jeddo Jeddo Elev. Ann Arbor....Walter Rorabacher Batavia W. E. Dobson Battle Creek,...Bt. Cr. Farm Bur. Kalamazoo Kent City Farmers Prod. Co. Kent City Co-op Co-operatively Purchased, These Items Bring More Lapeer Farm Bureau Store Bay City Farm Bur. Store, Main & Henry Linden Clans Tiedeman Value for Your Money, and qtcMs oettet caHves Lowell....M. B. & Don McPherson Brooklyn W. E. Randall Manistique Lee Stewart Buchanan....St. Joe Shpg. Ass'n Marcellus Four County Co-op Byron J. Fred Smith McBain James W. McBaii CERESAN FOR OATS, SEMESAN JR. FOR Caro, R. 4 Dorr Perry Mesick Alortzo Oatley Cass City John McLellan Cassopolis..Central Farmers' Ass'n Milan Henry Hartmann BARLEY, WHEAT SEED CORN Millington Farm Bureau Store Cathro George Cathro Mt. Pleasant.Mt. PI. Co-op Elev. Costs only 2c per bushel of seed Costs 2'/4c per acre to treal Charlevoix.Charlevoix Co-op Co. CALF-MANNA Nashville Roy Brumm to control smuts of these grains. field and sweet corn, ami it MkTDJ Charlotte Forest King Niles Niles Farmers Inc. Charlotte Farmers' Elev. Co. Lowest cost dust disinfectant on dollars. Semesan Jr., protects North Adams Bert Taylor Clare Richard Brooks Omer Wm. Tulloch the toarket. Generally improves seed from decay, blights, rots. Clare Walter White Oxford Oxford Co-op Elev. Improves yield several bushels THE BETTER WAY TO FEED CALVES Clarkston John Lessiter yieldf several bushels per acre, Parma E. C. Chambers per A. Half hour treats seed for Climax Niles Hagelshaw Paw Paw....Paw Paw Co-op As'n Twejve farm tests on comparing Constantine Kenneth Munson Perrinton....R. C. A G. N. Blank yields from Ceresan treated smut 80 A. Average increase in yield C'ALF-MANNA fits all cases. If you are selling milk you can Corunna Floyd Wai worth Pinconning....Farm Bureau Store in many tents has been around 10%. Semesan Jr. Curran Louis McFadden Port Huron Farm Bureau free seed oats with the same seed untreated ^ raise your calves on Calf-Manna and have more milk to sell. Dafter Erwin WiMiams Feed Store, 3 Grand River Bhowed gains of 1 to 6 bushels per acre for the will not control corn smut, wire worms and grubs. Davison Enos Billings Quincy Elmer M. Dobson treated, smut free fields. Ask your Co-op about When seed is planted Semesan Jr. protects it If you are a breeder and are looking for a feed that will prevent Davison W. W. Billings Reading Reading Co-op Co. against disease spores on seed or in soil. Ask Dowagiac...Farmers Co-op Ass'n Richland C. F. Bissell Ceresan. Treating with new improved Ceresan scours and digestive troubles, Calf-Manna should be your choice. Elba Earl S. Ivory Romeo Gray Elevator is duick and easy. Dust it on; y2 ounce per your Co-op. This year it is more important Evart Evart Co-op Co. St. Johns Arthur J. Gage bushel. than ever. Calf-Manna costs less than milk feeding*. It provides in concen- Evart R. N. McLachlan St. Johns J. E. Crosby Fairgrove Earl Smith & Sons Saginaw Farm Bureau trated, unfailing measure the same exact elements for growth Fairgrove Otto Montei Supply Store, 220 Bristol St. FARM BUREAU PAINTS SEMESAN BEL FOR SEED POTATOES Fenton W. H. Keddy Stanton Stanton Co-op Co. that we look for in milk, plus additional needed nutrients from Gladwin Fred Swinehardt Stanwood....Stanwood Co-op Co. Oilers greater control of seed other sources. Grand Blanc Maurice Meyers Tustin Elev. & Lumber Co. Our house paints are made of potato diseases at less cost in Grass Lake W. D. Alber Vassar G. K. Thurston pure lead, zinc and linseed less time and with less labor. A Calf-Manna was tested and developed and is today used at Grass Lake David Crouch Vernon W. H. Sherman oil to U. S. Bureau of Stand- ^^^^ fairoi's Carnation Farms of Seattle in raising all Carnation Hart Farm Bureau Store West Branch John Gehl pound treats 60 to Hi) bushels of Hartland J. R. Crouse, Jr. White Cloud Co-op Ass'n ards formulas for good, last- potatoes. The cost 1B only 1% to calves, including those from their world's record producers. Hope W. E. Borland Howell Livingston Co-op White Pigeon Glen Wade ing paint. Our red oxide barn 3c for each bushel of potatoes Because it grows calves better it has become popular with leading breeders in all breeds of livestock. Calf-Manna saves Imlay City Farm Bur. Store Woodland....Farm Bureau Store paint is the same quality. planted. No iy 2 to 2 hour soaking money. Feed your calves this proven, better feed. Raise Farm Bureau paints save is necessary. Improve'! better calves with less labor. Be protected against calf money by spreading nearly Ml comes in powder form. M scours and avoid losses from under developed calves. MAIL THIS COUPON NOW twice as far and lasting in good condition nearly twice easily with water. Potatoes can be treat< a:s you can fill and empty the baske 0 man Go to yot'r dealer today. If he has no Calf-Manna in stock, as long as cheap paints. Paints for all roofs. can treat 10 to 30 times more potatoes a day than Michigan Co-op Wool Marketing Ass'n, 221 N. Cedar St., Lansing write us. We will assist you. Send for free circular, Interior paints. Ask your Co-op. with the old soak methods. Semen-da Bel gr< •CALF-MANNA. The Better Way to Feed Calves." Address: Please send me a 1935 Wool Marketing Contract and other information increase* yield and quality of potiH about your Association. I expect to*have about lbs. FARM BUREAU SERVICES, INC. 221 N. Cedar Street. Lansing. Michigan FARM BUREAU SERVICES AT LANSING, MICHIGAN NAME You can buy CALF MANNA at all Farm Bureau Stores ADDRESS R. F. D