MICHIGAN PUBLISHED FARM NEWS KEEP UP On News Interesting to For 19,000 Farm Families Farmers Through the in 65 Michigan Farm News Counties Vol. XIII, No. 10 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1935 Published Monthly Behind BELIEVES FARMER Farm Power Lines Make These Things Possible FARM BUREAU BELIEVES FIVE RURAL the MUST DO SOME ELECTRIC CUSTOMERS PER MILE AT Wheel EARNEST THINKING \ $2.50 MONTHLY WILL SUPPORT LINE with J. F. Yaeger, Organization Director Appreciate Gains so Far and Work Constructively Progress Being Made by Farm Groups, Power Karal Electrification For More Firms, and Commission on Plan for the The Kent County Farm Bureau held Companies to Finance New Lines for a very interesting rural electrification By MRS. EDITH M. WAGAR meeting at the CoTtland Grange Hall Wherever one goes these days he Paying Business from Farms Sept. 13. Mr. M. B. McPherson, who finds some farmer willing "to talk represents the Michigan State Farm against ALL recent legislation that Bureau on the Rural Electrification has been enacted for his benefit. He Lansing—Much progress has been made by the Michigan Committee for Michigan, outlined the is repeating what some hostile paper Public Utilities Commission, power companies, Farm Bu- part that the Farm Bureau has had has published, or what some politician reau, Grange, State College and others since July 16 in and is playing in securing electrical has told him, or what he has heard developing a plan whereby farm power lines can be con- power for farmers. He pointed out at some meeting sponsored by enemies that farmers are anxious to use elec- of progressive agriculture. structed without charge to the farmer patron, providing the tricity but have been unable to pay The farmer must begin to do some farmer will use current in paying quantities. for the erection of the power com- earnest thinking or he will find him- panies' lines. The Farm Bureau pro- self losing the gains he has made in £LECTRIC *«a FUEL RANGE The foregoing groups have a committee of eight, work- posal is that power companies erect the past year or two. And we have ing together as the Rural Electrification Committee for lines at no cost to the farmer if an made gains; everyone knows it. Michigan. The committee meets again at Lansing, October average of five farmers per mile agree There are still distressed farmers, 10, and hopes to have a plan ready. ito use the service or, possibly, if and none of us are yet satisfied with fewer farmers per mile agree to use our position, but we have taken many Interest is strong throughout rural Michigan. Develop- a certain amount of the power. Prof. forward steps if we will only own it. ments have been fast. The utilities commission said Oct. 5 Gallagher, Michigan State College, We only have to study the farm mort- i:hat it has applications for new power lines totalling 1,700 discussed the use of power *on the gage situation. Much has been done farm. About 200 farm folk attended. to save farms for the distressed own- miles in the Consumers' Power Co. territory alone. Similar meetings are planned through- ers and it is still going on. When we The Michigan State Farm Bureau is taking a leading part out the State. study the matter of farm surpluses we in this effort to bring electric power to thousands of Michigan The Big Push Is On must admit that much has been done farmers on a basis whereby the power companies can afford The fall Farm Bureau membership along that line. It has reflected on campaign for Michigan is under way, the price the farmer is getting, even to construct the lines without cost to the farmer. The im- as it is in almost every State in the if it is not yet what we know we mediate problem is what shall be considered a sustaining and Union. Thirty-six county Farm Bur- should have to enjoy a better stand- paying revenue from the farmer, based on sound figures on eaus in this State are planning mem- ard of living. In my estimation, the operating costs? bership drives. The Northwestern only way to reach our goal is to battle Michigan Farm Bureau staged a brisk to keep what footing we have already On page 2 of this edition, we present an analysis showing four-day drive the week of September gained and to press forward for more. that the average mile of rural power line must earn about 15 which netted 115 new Farm Bureau In Michigan we can congratulate members. St. Clair ourselves on our tax relief during the ELECTRICITY FOG. LIGHT, POWE/Z, $150 per mile per year, or $2.50 per month per customer at County is to cam- past two years: Not only has there PLUQ IN Foe. five patrons to the mile in order to pay annual operating paign October 9; been an extension of time in which CO/VSTAAJT / charges and a small return on the power company invest- L a peer County's to pay delinquent taxes, but the State ment. membership work tax has been removed. The highway begins October 2; tax will soon be gone. More recently H u r o n County's we have been assured considerable Michigan Man in Hungary 20 thermal springs—water at 85° F— The larger Michigan power companies have indicated some more, some less, and conse- that they can finance power lines if they will produce $ 1 50 or October 16; Oak- relief through state aid to local land County's No- schools. All in all, we could not ask Finds Budapest Fascinating quently a health resort. It rivals Wiesbaden, Carlsbad and Aix-les- more in revenue per mile per year. The Farm Bureau and the vember 5; Clinton, for much more in tax legislation in so Banis. Farm News present this analysis to give our readers the best Only for Me." "Sweet Adeline" call- information on rural power line costs and sustaining reve- Shiawassee, Ionia, short a time. The Way They Enjoy Some of ed here "The Dancing Queen." "Kid Radio, Laundries and Barbers Eaton, and Gratiot Well, why not drop our hammer and The Things We Like Is Millions" called "Scandal in Rome." To have a radio one must have a nues available at this time. Counties have al- quit our knocking for a while? I know license from the government and Farm Bureau Program ' So Different Pbstoffice stamps are available at pay a monthly fee of 75 cents. There there are people who enjoy raving and all traffic stores the only places you is no advertising over the radio. It is On page 1 we present the Farm power -companies have turned over all machinery for membership campaigns ranting. They never say the kind Editor's Note—The following letter may buy tobacco goods, and at post- Bureau's suggested program for Farm i - - applications in their —•files, and forward which will get under way this month. word; they are always suspicious, and published in the Republican-Tribune offices. Even small towns have post- a municipal enterprise and only high Electric Lines. This program makes 3 j [*°f*.they are receiving. te Public Isabella, Ingham, Ottawa, Hillsdale, they never give support to a public atKuhn, Charlotte is from Mr. E. John class entertainment allowed. proposals to the power companies, 3 Utilities commission has recei ed a former resident of that city, office branches. Laundry work is exceedingly inex- to prospective farmer customers, and many direct, and others through tue Jackson, Cass, Branch and St. Joseph effort that is in their interest. In now traveling in Europe. Store Keeping in Budapest Counties have signified their inten- fact, they enjoy being a martyr. They Already here two weeks and each pensive here. Shirts are washed and 2 to the Michigan Public Utilities Farm Bureau and other intere ted All stores in Budapest must close tion of having Farm Bureau member- want something different, yet they day more fascinating than the day promptly at 6:00 P. M. except grocery ironed for 8 cents. White flannels Commission. groups. ship campaigns. As I write this, the cannot advance any reasonable policy before. Three cities in the world are stores. These close at 8:00 P. M. A handkerchiefs cleaned and pressed for a quarter and The proposals are designed to pro- On the map the rural lines of all counties of Genesee, Mecosta, Monroe, that could supplant what others are outstanding for their geographical special police officer starts down each laundered for 3 cents vide definite working agreements to existing power companies a i e suo.vn Washtenaw, Muskegon, Sanilac, and satisfied to at least give a trial. They'll beauty—Budapest, Rio de Janeiro and street to make sure the law is obeyed. apiece. The only difficulty is the enable the power companies to con- in colors. All applications for power others are taking preliminary steps accept all benefits that others might fact that it takes about ten days to Constantinople. I've seen two of get for them but howl for more at the these, the first and last, and shall see Stores open at 7 A. M. and often close do a little job. There is never any struct rural power lines without line servi-e that can l.e mapped ;u-e for membership campaigns. tightly from 12 to 2 for lunch. charge to the farmer, and to assure sketched in their proper plaot o he Farmers are more organization con- same time. We'll always have that Rio soon. rush. type, we cannot hope to convert them If you get on a street car in front A good haircut is 20 cents and a the power company of sufficient busi- master map so that il.e scious this fall than ever before. They Although the Hungarians have been and stand with the motorman you ness to pay operating costs plus a re- Utilities Commission h s a c,ear pic- realize that only through organization or to exterminate them, but we can cruelly dealt with as a result of the may ride for one-half the fare you shave 10 cents. To get a haircut is a urn on the investment. The proposals ture of the problem as it aifects uow r can their individual efforts be made tell our story so earnestly and so war and unjustly treated at Versailles, would ordinarily pay. The motor- fatiguing experience. The customer !avor the farmer by specifying, companies and commun tie: . effective. 1935 is the year for mem- convincingly that we can reduce the they retain their spirit for gaiety and man collects this fare, if you want to is robed in a long coat with sleeves bership. Every county that has anyfollowing they might otherwise have. pleasure, and Budapest teems with ride with the conductor you pay twice and prepared as though for an opera- pride in their membership standing is Instead of spending all of our time night life and gypsy music, cafes and as much. Funny ideas, these Magyars tion. The barber often sits down on a planning a campaign before Novem- relating our woes, let's spend a por- songs. stool while cutting the hair and uses RURAL POWER LINE PETITIONS have! at least six kinds of scissors—one for ber 15. tion of it expressing our appreciation No continental city, except Rome Food in Budapest is cheap. A good each part of the head. The s.issors Michigan has a quota of 8,000 new for what we have secured. It will be perhaps, has so many beautiful wo- dinner* may be had for 30c including have teeth like a saw and the ton- Information Wanted by Public Utilities Commission Farm Bureau members before Decem- far easier to secure additional bene- men, elegantly dressed, as this city. soup, a fish course, half a chicken, a fits by giving full credit for what we It is quite fascinating to watch the vegetable, dessert, bread and butter sorial experiment is completed with 1. Make map of area desiring power line. Shi w proposed line, ber 1, 1935. The Michigan organiza- have artistic gestures and much bowing and where it will connect wi h easting power liiiu. (Jive name tion is competing with 11 other mid- after received than it will be if we go o'clock tea hour crowds in the side- and a glass of Dreher beer. more by the hammer and tong 5 and scraping. of company owning that line, bhow other power company western States for new membership method. walk cafes, to listen to genuine Hun- Wine is very inexpensive. The Movies and Automobiles lines in or near area, if any. honors. Farmers are rallying around garian gypsies, and participate in the famous Tokay wine is 10c a bottle Movie performances are not con- the Farm Bureau banner. The his- entertainment. and it is real aged wine, a specialty tinuous. There is a matinee at 3 2. Length and route taken by proposed line should be n;io J n tory of Farm Bureau accomplishments Soy Beans They seem to have our latest movies here. and the evening show at 8. Tickets miles, or fractions. Each house and barn or other i uasible speaks for itself and farmers are duly The soy bean, brought here from here but they are titled otherwise Auto traffic is vice versa from our re sold as for our stage shows and consumer on each mile should be shown, and ideutine b; appreciative of -ylmt this organization the Orient, has increased from 50,000 than at home. For instance now country. A bit confusing at first but there is no coming and going af er name of owner. Line should be described, for example: has done and is doing in the interests acres in 1907 to 5,000,000 acres in playing in Budapest are: "It Happen- one soon gets used to it. Cze-hoslo- the show starts. The price of seat is "beginning at NE. corner of Sect. 28, Watertown Twp., Blank of agriculture. THE BIG PUSH IS 1935. It's grown for pasture, hay, ed One Night" but they call it here vakian and Italian cars are plentiful, much more expensive in the rear of county, and extending west one- mile, etc." ON. Don't let the zero hour find you green manure and seed. Chemists "Miami-New York." "Imitation of especially the Italian Fiat car. the theatre because It is farther from 3. Attach petition signed by interested farmers. List electric asleep in the dugout. Go over the have found more than 300 uses for the Life," called "A Woman on the Train." Budapest is a city of thermal springs the screen. Cheap seats are the first equipment that each farm is interested in. , top with the rest of the gang. Get soy bean. "One Night of Love" called here "Sing and natural wells. There are at least (Continued on Page 2.) 4. Signers of petition should designate an executive com into the fight. one of their number to do business for them. State on p i ou Them's Kind Words that communications should be addressed to th otate and Son, Ovid. SUPPORTED BY THE MICHIGAN STATE FARM BUREAU AND MICHIGAN STATE GRANGE. would be glad to have a copy, and so would your power company. The petitioners should retain a copy. Power companies should build power lines without cost to Bulletin farmers when there are an average of 5 customers per mile for the entire length of the proposed line. Special to Michigan Farm News. (1) "an average of 5 customers per proposed extension is indexed to refer Lansing, October 5.—The Michigan Farm customers should be classified in accordance with facil- mile for the entire length of the line" o the original petition for service and Public Utilities Commission today or- ities installed to consume electricity. For example: Lights (2) classification of customers accord- other information in the records of dered 0e Consumers Power Company only, perhaps rated as one customer. Lights, electric range ing to volume of power used in order he utilities commission. The time to mak£ extensions of power lines so and refrigerator, might be rated as two customers. Lights, to build up customer representation may come when the utilities commis- «« to provide electric current wherever range, refrigerator, water heater, farm power motors, etc., on all rural lines, (3) provision that sion will use this map to bring about perhaps as three customers, or more. This principle is in the consumption of current expected construction of rural power lines in there is an average of five farms to use in some places. the mile, and the customers will agree from farmer to sustain the line shall :onsiderable areas simultaneously. to pay at least $30 a year for the cur- Electric companies should promote consumption by making be based on sound construction and Thia indicates the importance of in- available at reasonable prices and easy terms, ranges, re- operating costs. • erested rural communities getting rent. Wherever this condition exists, Job Will Take Time their application for service made a the Consumers Power Company must frigerators, motors and other equipment. To bring rural power lines to thous- part of that map, and the necessity extend its lines to serve the farm I. Farmers should furnish free right of way for their power ands of interested Michigan farmers for including with the application lor homes without any charge against line service and co-operate in securing subscribers for line. even in lower Michigan in the areas service a drawing that locates and the customers. The only condition is pretty well covered by private and describes the proposed rural line. an average of $30 per year or $2.50 Farmers and assessing officers should realize taxes are major items of expense and fix reasonable and quite municipal power companies is a On page 1 we have an outline of a month for current for each of the tremendous undertaking. It will not what a group interested in a rural five customers. If the average is more permanent valuations. be accomplished in a very short time, line should include in its petition for than five to the mile they may get Farmers should expect to provide a paying load based on no matter how favorable a working service. The map and petition should the current for less than $2.50 a sound figures on construction and operating costs.* agreement can be worked out regard- be sent to the Rural Electrification month or if the territory is thinner If the power companies build the lines free to farmers as ing free power lines in exchange for Division, Michigan Public Utilities the average monthly bill will be in- above, and farmers agree to use power in paying quantities, paying electric consumption. Commission, State Office building, creased proportionately. then the Public Utilities Commission should promulgate a At this time there are some 48,000 Lansing, Michigan, as soon as pos- The Consumers Power Company is set of uniform rules for all power companies in Michigan Michigan farms connected to power sible. expected to start work at once. The and order the construction of rural lines where farmers lines. Thirty million dollars has been Farmers Hare a Choice Commission says this plan does not qualify for them in average numbers per mile and agree invested in that construction, accord- It appears that Michigan farmers may apply to other companies and rural to use a paying volume of electricity. ing to Henry J. Gallagher of the Mich- have their choice of taking (1) power extensions in Michigan at this time. W. E. PHILLIPS The Utilities Commission should prevent one power com- igan State College. lines and power from the established Detroit Edison Company and Mich- President, State Farm Bureau C. H. BRAMBLE Engineers Mapping Proposed Lines private or municipally owned power pany from blocking another out of «a territory which it Master of State Grange igan-Indiana Power and Light Com- can't or prefers not to serve. After a reasonable time, the At the Michigan Public Utilities companies; (2) of building their own pany, serving the most of the remain- second company should be permitted to go in. At present, Commission, State Office Building, Co-operative distribution lines and buy- der of the territory in southern Mich- by regulation, companies may not parallel each others' lines Lansing, the engineers are daily add- ing and reselling the power through igan, are said to be ready to co-operate with new construction. ing to a huge map which shows the a co-operative group; or (3) manu- along similar lines. The Detroit Edi- proposed rural power line extensions facturing and distributing power son may not ask any guarantee. now being asked in Michigan. The (Continued on Pag« S.) SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1935 TWO MICHIGAN FARM NEWS struction of the proposed line or pow- EVERSON REPLY TO FarmElectric Bureau Presents Line Figures er plant, rates, standard of service, and obligations to the public in the Av. Mile of Rural Power "DEADLY PARALLEL" (Continued from I'asre 1.) through a farmers' co-operative. territory served. Line Must Earn About As regarding the cost of construc- tion cf the line, it is our understand- National Leader Side-Steps ing that the privately owned power Wool Ass'n Members Successor to the Michigan Farm Bureau News, founded Win State Fair Prizes January 12, 1923 $15O per Year In Commenting on Farm companies follow the practice of building lines and re-building them as Detroit—At the Michigan State Fair Entered as second class matter January 12, 1923, at the post- News Article office at Charlotte, Michigan, under the Act of March 3, 1879. OR $2.50 PER MONTH PER CUSTOMER I needed on borrowed money, and never quite a number of prizes for good figure on retiring those loans. No Published first Saturday of each month by the Michigan State Farm AT FIVE PATRONS PER MILE September 7 the Michigan Farm provision is made in the rate for re- wool were taken by members of the Bureau at its publication office at 114 Lovett St., Charlotte, Michigan. News published under an appropriate tiring the loans. The loans may be Michigan Co-operative Wool Mktg. heading re-prints from Michigan news- Ass'n. As clips in the 1935 pool were Editorial and general offices, 221 North Cedar St., Lansing, Michigan. By E. E. Ungren and Others papers and from the Farmers Union refinanced at lower rates of interest, being graded, Grader Upham laid aside Poatoffice Box 960. Telephone, Lansing, 21-271. These figures show the average annual expense of Herald at St. Paul, Minn. These items which is going on now in Michigan, fleeces that should be prepared for E. E. UNGREN Editor and Business Manager said that last August while Mr. E. H. as a transfer from 6% interest to 3% exhibit. The Ass'n tagged and sent maintaining a mile of rural electric line, and the Everson of St. Charles, South Dakota, or 4% interest, which is reflected in them to Detroit's wool show. Out of Subscription 25 cents per year; 4 years for $1, in advance. revenue required to pay the expense and to provide national president of ,the Farmers our analysis on page 2. 280 fleeces at the show, Wool Mktg. a reasonable earning. Union, was lipping the AAA up the 1 Municipal plants, we understand, Ass'n members won: Vol. XIII SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1935 No. 10 back in his Michigan speeches the] can extend rural lines and borrow Fine Staple—3rd, Edw. Mack, Milford; Figures below art from Michigan power companies, the Michigan Farmers Unions in four northwest from the federal Rural Electrification 4th, Wm. Kermit Pierce, Williamston; 5th, Blackmore, Imlay City. Public Utilities Commission, and the State Tax Commission. States were supporting the AAA. Administration to do so. However, Half Blood Staple—1st, Francis Fox, They are basis for action by these groups and the Farm Resolutions to that effect were pub- the municipal lines must add suffici- Ceresco; 2nd, John A. May, Charlotte; Our Rural Electrification Ideas Burtau, (! range, Farmers Union, Michigan State College, and lished in the Farmers Union Herald, ent to their rates to maintain the 3rd & 4th, Delbert Enzian, Cressey; 5th, Edward Mack, MilforU. This is quite a rural electrification edition. The Michigan State State Department of Agriculture,—working together as tlu> Rural whi$h reports 100,GD0 Union members and to Co-operative Kh'ftritieation Three-eighths Staple—1st, A. C. Louden- Farm Bureau and farmers ibelieve power companies should build rural Electrification Committee for Michigan. as subscribers in Minnesota, Wiscon- beck, Fowler; 3rd, C. R. Leland, Ann Ar- power lines in exchange for paying revenue. The power companies in sin, Xorth Dakota aud Montana. Our The federal REA will also loan to bor; 4th, Geo. Campbell, St. Johns; 6th, Michigan seem to be agreeable. The question becomes: "What are the The Rural Electrification Committee is seeking a formula whereby co-operative groups of farmers to J. T. Sleight, Bath. the power companies will agree to build rural power lines without appropriate heading was: Low Quarter Blood—5th, W . E. Bor- costs, and what should the farmer customer expect to pay?" build lines, or a complete plant, under charge to farmers, providing there is an average of 5 rural cus- THE DEADLY PARALLEL certain conditions. It is provided that land, Hope. We have published an analysis which says the average mile of tomers to the mile for the entire line, and the farmers will pro- Braid—2nd, F. F. Walworth, Corunna; rural power line should earn $150 or more per year to pay its annual such groups must add enough to their 6th, King Lee, Lansing. The cash prizes vide a paying revenue. National Farmers Union Chief from So. rates to retire the construction cost of *nd ribbons due each member were sent operating expense, and to provide a small margin for its owners. Dakota Attacks A A A in Michigan Speeches While 4 Northwest State line, or line and plant together, within to him. That means five customers to the average mile should expect to use Average Annual Expense for Each Mile of Rural Line Unions Praise It 20 years, plus 3% interest on the borrowed money. Co-operative groups Potato Growers Would $2.50 or more per month of current. That figure would go up or down, Expense .Expense. according to the number on the line. Many farmers use more than Per Year Per Month Of course, some one handed Mr. will be required to have rates that Market Only No. Ts $2.50 of current per month. Many do not. COST—Capital charge at $1,000 per mile. It is n Htiitt'd by bo: when Hires are built Everson a copy of the News when will maintain the property, provide We're not qualified to say how accurate these figures are. But by the company. Annual interest expense $ 40.00 $ 3.33 he came to Owosso, September 24, for reserves for depreciation, etc., and Potato groAvers meeting at Lansing they are under consideration by the Rural Electrification Committee for TAXES—Lines assessed at $750 per mile on average the annual meeting, of the Michigan they must operate with skilled help. Sept. 30 urged State and federal rul- Michigan—representatives of the power firms, Farm Bureau, Grange, cost of $1,000. Average tax rate is 1%% plus Farmers Union. Here's how he Not much information is available ings permitting marketing of U. S. */&% for debt service 15.00 1.25 Farmers Union, State College, and Public Utilities Commission. They handled the situation, according to a so far on the set-up of co-operative No. 1 grades only to provide decent are seeking an arrangement whereby the power companies will finance RUNNING EXPENSE—This item includes upkeep of the line in labor and materials ($25); reserves reporter covering the meeting for a groups for rural electrification. In prices for potato growers. rural lines in return for paying revenues from farmer customers. for depreciation, obsolescence ($40); Includes daily newspaper: Michigan there is no special legisla- the generating of power ($15) S0.00 6.66 These are Michigan figures—largely from power company experience. Iff. KviTson's Keply tion covering co-operative power In the year 1794 a French cavalry However, we note by the Federal Rural Electrification Administration (These average annual and monthly costs are Owosso—Holding a copy of the Sep- ass'ns. Such groups would incorp- unit won a naval battle. The Dutch applicable whether a power company privately handbook that the government figures good rural line construction or municipally o\v peiative group or tember 7 issue of the Michigan Farm orate under Michigan's laws for co- Fleet became ice-bound in the Zuider cost to be $1,000 or less per mile. That includes transformers, etc., for individual builds and operates the line.) News in his hand, E. H. Everson of operative business organizations, and Zee. When the French cavalry heard three customers per mile. The cost increases slightly for more cus- j3t Charles, S. D., national president would be subject to all Michigan Pub* of this they galloped across the ice, ANNUAL AND MONTHLY EXPENSE to build, tomers. The REA in making any loan for rural line construction "will maintain and supply power over a mile of of the Farmers Educational and Co- lie Utilities regulations regarding con- surrounded'and seized the fleet. require that the customers pay electric rates that will provide for rural line ] $11.25 operative Union of America, sarcastic- wholesale purchase of power, line operation, maintenance, depreciation, ally charged, that the "Michigan Farm taxes and 3% interest on the loan. It will require that rates include Revenue Necessary to Provide Reasonable News is consistent in its lack of a charge sufficient to retire the loan for the line in 20 years. Power Earnings veracity," when he spoke before 1,500 Genuine Fire Insurance Protection companies seem to make no provision in their annual operating expense members of the Michigan Union at ;In Michigan's Largest l^iiarVof Farmwhich Mutual over•Fire Insurance Company. Assets over One one-ha If $11.25 per month is the average expense ih h l f i i Companies h Government lor retirement of capital borrowed to build a rural line. per mile of rural line, we believe that $12..">0 iheir second annual convention here Like o t her well managed reasonably large Insurance it owns itsBonds own So, our figures may illustrate fairly what the builders and customers revenue per month per mile is the revenue that September 24. office building thereby saving high rental of office space as well as being accessi- the Rural Electrification Committee should ble to members having business at office. Michigan State Board of Agriculture of a private, municipal, or co-operative rural power line have to consider consider since the power companies are quoted The story in the News to which carries insurance on all State Experimental Farms in this Company. Losses satis- in the matter of annual expenss and sustaining revenues. as saving $12.50 per month per mile or $160 per Everson took bitter exception was the faetarfly adjusted and promptly paid. will permit them to build the lines without -eprint of a story from the Lansing First Company to write a blanket policy on personal property. First Farm Mutual Q Charge and will provide them with a basic, paying revenue. . . , i»,« B O i . « ' . • ( r- n „• Company in Michigan to employ full time inspectors. Careful underwriting and fatate Journal reporting his speech at systematiC inspection eliminating undesirable risks and fire hazards result in Newspapers and Co-ops Use Same Plan Ionia, August 12, in which it was fewer losses. Low cost'and reasonable terms granted to all members. Insurance .Newspapers have much in common with farm co-operatives. Every For For classified according to hazard. Fire prevention equipment sold at approximate cost. Earnings Earnings stated that "300 were attracted" to Neither Secretary or any Officer of th« Company profits in any manner by its sale. time you pick up your daily newspaper and read an Associated Press Per Mile Per Mile the meeting'at which he spoke. Write for literature, financial standing and references of Company. itch, you are making direct contact with one of the important co- Per Year Per Mo. After reading the story to his audi- S T A T E M U T U A L F I R E INSURANCE COMPANY OF M I C H I G A N Difference between $12.50 and $11.25 (expense) operative organizations of the world. Few persons realize it, but the . $ 15.00 $ 1.25 ence of Union farmers, Everson asked W . V . Burras, Pres. 702 Church St., Flint, Mich. H. K. Fisk, Sec'y Associated Press is purely a co-operative organization. No newspaper A N N U A L E X P E N S E plus above EARNINGS per the crowd how many were at the buys Associated Press news. The editor or publisher becomes a member $150.00 $12.50 meeting. Several jumped to their feet of the Associated Press, and his newspaper receives the service at cost, and yelled "thousands!" pro-rated, of course, in proportion to the size of the newspaper and the Addressing Walter Nelson, Detroit Minimum Average Current Consumption by amount of service it obtains. So said Frank E. Gannett, New York pub- lisher, to the American Institute of farm co-operatives at Ithaca, New York, recently. Farmer if Line Pays: attorney, who is attorney for the milk committee of the Michigan Union, Everson asked, "Walter, you were at Farm Bureau Paints If expense a n d reasonable e a r n i n g s a m o u n t t o Ionia and the meeting that day; how Mr. Gannett could have added that the present day newspaper would $150 p e r y e a r or $12.50 p e r m o n t h per mile of be an impossibility without, the co-operation of hundreds of newspapers r u t a l line, it follows t h a t a t 5 c u s t o m e r s to many were in that crowd in the throughout the nation in the veteran Associated Press, for example. t h e mile, t h e line will p a y if e a c h c u s t o m e r Per Year Per Mo. grandstand?" consume* t h e s e m i n i n i u m s of c u r r e n t * $ 30.00 Other newspapers are served by other press associations developed later. $ 2.50 "Twenty thousand, at least," Nelson But the world wide coverage of news and its instant transmission by 5 p a t r o n s a t $30.00 per y e a r , $150 <>r> shouted so that the entire assemblage wire, radio, and mail in a great network of communications is the result 5 p a t r o n s a t $2.50 p e r m o n t h ; could hear him. of co-operative effort. The richest newspapers in the land couldn't "There you are," Everson continued, present alone the national and world coverage they enjjoy by co- "that gives you an example of the operating with their lesser brethren. The smaller newspapers benefit veracity of the Michigan Farm News. Bookkeepers may get $60 a month They maintain that percentage con- immeasurably through their co-operation in the Assocfated Press. Michigan Man Finds and the average salary is between sistently. You can figure from this Likewise, farmers, farmers' elevators, creameries and other enter- prises are benefiting in Michigan and nationally through their con- Budapest Interesting $50 and $75 for the better and higher comparison what their percentage of branches of employment. Conse- correctness is.'' nection with the Farm Bureau and other sound, progressive farm (Continued from Page 1.) quently rents are lower and living organizations. The daily newspapers have about 2,500 publications in 5 rows. Sandwiches, tea and coffee expenses much less. Everson then asserted, "this is just the three principal press assocaitions. No daily can get along without are served in the foyer before the an example of the News tactics used show starts, for a fee. There is much Tailors Plentiful to keep the Union from gaining One gallon of Farm Bureau house paint will cover 300 sq. ft. press association membership and service. It must have them. Farmers It is quite unheard of in Budapest strength. They don't want to recog- have the much greater task in organizing themselves and their business looking about with lorgnettes inside two coats on average surfaces. It's a job that settles the ventures into the several great farm organizations. But great progress the theatre before the show starts to buy ready made clothes. Men and nize how big we are." paint question for six years or more. has been made, and benefits are being enjoyed. and much handkerchief waving an<] women have their clothes tailor made, This attack on the Farm News was greeting to friends no matter where and even their shoes. There are hun- made by Mr. Everson during a speech Farm Bureau house paints are a combination lead, zinc, and they sit. dreds of tailors and shoemakers and in which he bitterly assailed the Agr'l inert with pure linseed oil and thinners. Our Red Oxide Barn Take It Easy prices are low. Adjustment Act and the Farm Bureau. Paint is bright red and will not fade. Ask your co-op about There are definite laws regulating Last year in these United States, some 36,000 persons were killed the blowing of auto horns during day- The Hungarians boost for the Ital- Farm Bureau paints. We list them below and the approxi- in automobile accidents. That's one for every 15 minutes day and night time and during the night. Every ians and are anti-French. They are complain EDITOR'S NOTE—Mr. Everson may about the veracity of this mate square feet a gallon of each will cover for one or two throughout the year! Thousands more were injured, many of them automobile is equipped with two opposed to Hitler and everything con- report. But he shouldn't complain if coats: crippled for life. It's been going on for years. More and more people kinds of horns. One, the old fashioned nected with him and naturally are stepped we point out that his reply side- the important question raised are becoming apprehensive of the dangers on the highways. honk and the other a shrill tone. Dur- anti-Serbian and anti-Czechoslovakian. in the "Deadly Parallel" article. Mr. (2 coats) (1 coat) ing the night the shrill horn is pro- They are comme si, comme sa wiih Everson said nothing in his reply to Driving at high speeds or driving carelessly are responsible for most HOUSE PAINTS (300) L I Q U I D A S P H A L T ROOF hibited. The use of the horn is limited Austria, which means they blow hot explain his consistency as national such accidents. In an effort to horrify the American public into being president in coming to Michigan to BARN PAINTS (250) P A I N T (150) more careful, the Readers Digest has published gruesome descriptions •to the minimum either during day or and blow cold when Austria is the cuss the A A A while four great State (1 coat) A L U M I N U M P A I N T (700) night. subject discussed. Farmers Unions . . . right in his W A L L PAINTS of injuries and death caused by automobile accidents. They're sickening. backyard - - - were supporting the GREEN ROOF P A I N T (400) Budapest, Hungary, Some daily newspapers have begun to report the terrible details of Elevator and Key Fees AAA. The Farmers' Union Herald ASBESTOS ROOF P A I N T (150) FLOOR PAINTS August 1, 1935. for August 1935 published AAA sup- VARNISHES accidents as a warning of what can happen when two cars come together. In buildings with elevators a small porting resolutions that these Farmer T I N N E R S RED ROOF (600) ENAMELS fee of 2 cents is charged for the use Union groups sent to the U. S. Senate Something has to be done to stop this awful carnage, which takes in July . . . And, . . . Walter, the FARM BUREAU SERVICES, Inc., Lansing, Michigan of the elevator. Grand Rapids newspapers also said greater toll in deaths and injuries annually than .American troops lost Every office building, apartment Tools of Wall Street the attendance at your Ionia meeting in the World War. Speed can't be blamed entirely, but it is significant was abftut 300. The attendance fig- pension and even hotels generally that the capacity of automobiles for speed has increased steadily. Ten lock the front doors at 11 P. M. There Are Listed by Union Deadly ures didn't interest us much, but the Parallel situation did. years ago automobile deaths were far too high at 21,628 for 1925. Today, is a man who "holds the key" who 36,000! However, the records show that drivers who have sense enough must be called by ringing a bell to Owosso—Speakers at the second an- to take it easy have the least trouble. What's a few minutes to an hour let you into the building after that nual meeting of the Farmers Union New Wheat Contracts longer on the road to be compared to the possibility of never arriving? hour. There is a small fee of 5 cents here Sept. 24-23 called those with Run for Four Years JURIES ARE GENEROUS whom they disagreed hard names, lor coming in late. The new AAA wheat contracts run The Hungarians are proud of the but the phrase "tool of Wall street' f o r f o u r y e a r S f b u t a n y p r O ducer who WITH OTHER PEOPLES MONEY 1,000 years old history and of the fact was the handiest of all, according t o i W a n t g t 0 e n d h i s c o n t r a c t at the close that it was they who kept the Tartans reports of the proceedings. For ex- o f t n e 2937 c r o p y e a r m a v , j o s 0 and Turks back from invading and ample: Neighbors overrunning Europe in the 16th cen-Wall four year period was taken to avoid The Hoover Administration,—"tool of the expense of frequent sign-ups. A street. tury. The country is predominately The Roosevelt Administration,—"tool farmer who withdraws in 1937 can't By R. S. Clark Catholic, although the wealth of the of Wall street." come back in. The contract may be When Clem and Cinthy, as they often do, country is undoubtedly in the hands Sec'y Wallace,—"World's worst vandal, withdrawn by the Secretary of Agri- Come in to set a spell and visit some, of the Jews. Since the war many of and tool of Wall street." culture for the country as a whole at Farm Bureau,—"tool of Wall street and It may be we are feeling sort of blue the Jewish race have embraced sells the farmers out at Washington." the end of any crop year, or after a And solemncoly like before they come, Christianity, changed their names and Grange,—"Rotary club, and not strictly referendum of contract signers. The But when their friendly faces meet our e y e s - have assumed places of importance, a farmers' organization." contract may also be stopped if the Plain homely faces we have known for years— politically and socially. County Agr'l Agents,—"tools of Wall purposes of the adjustment program And when friend Clem starts to philosophize Ice cream sodas have been intro- Street." are attained. The wheat planting for There's not much room for pessimistic fears. U. S. Dep't of Agriculture,—"national 1936 will be reduced by 5% instead of duced into Budapest but the ice cream lunacy dep't." When Cinthy says, "Nlarthy, remember when—>' is more like sherbet and not very because of a decrease in the Sentiment and sympathy are likely to influence a verdict in And then goes on to recollect some joke solid. U. S. wheat crop harvested in 1935. m S i n g U t f m aUtOm<>bile That happened once (we all were younger then), The years just roll away like so much smoke. Dinner never starts before nine. When the Michigan legislature If you are going to the theatre you meets again, the House of Represen- The federal Rural Electrification Llf T ° ° with «**»*• "on- We live together throi gh old times once more, never eat before the show—always tatives may have an electrical system Administration maintains no State or And many a reminiscent tale we tell,— after the show. Nibble on a sand- for registering votes of the 100 mem-regional i l offices. ffi All iinquiries i i mustt be b Enjoy again forgotten joys of yore, wich in the theatre lobby before the bers. Purchase of the system is under directed to it at its Washington, D. C, When Clem and Cinthy come to set a spell. offices. ihow, in case you are hungry. At 5 consideration. the Tar- An For Clem and Cinthy H k k s are of the breed o'clock everybody stops work for light That neighbor just the same through thick and thin. refreshment. Clerks in stores bring We know they are oi;r friends in thought and deed, their own sandwiches and chew on And they know we are theirs. For years it's been We've helped at tending one another's sick them at this hour. Few customers plan to shop between four and five. Classified Ads he carries good insurance. And swapped day's works as freely as you please. ClMBifled advertisements are ca«h with order at t h t rollowlng They pause for coffee and cookies. pates- 4 cents per word for one edition. Ads to appear m two or more Such friends as Hicks are the «ort that sticks; In each store there is a small oil edition* take the rate of 3 cent, per word per edition. age insurance at v « y reasonable As steadfast and as true as rooted trees. stove in the rear and one of the auto accident, it will defend Not everyone has friends as true as they clerks serves the employers at this time. A customer is often invited to FOR SALE—MISCELLANEOUS h in ^ d a n c e with the We know, and all the more we value them LIVE STOCK That's why the blues are scattered every way have a sip of coffee in case he hap- MICHIGAN SEPTIC TANK SIPHON When folks like Cinthy come to set—and Clem. pens to be in the store at the refresh- REGISTERED HEREFORD BULLS— and bell as recommended by State Col- That's why we like to b« as good to them ment hour. Best Blood Lines. Two young fyull calves lege Agr'l Engineering dep't. Build your carrying over 25% "Anxiety 4th" blood. own septic tank and sewage system. In- As what they are to us—b«cause we know Salaries are very small. A clerk Should appeal to registered owners. stall when tank is built. Installation and A right true neighbor is as good a gift DAIRY FARMERS—cull your dairy herda STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTO INSURANCE in a store • gets about 100 to 180 and use a Hereford and see the quality operation simple. Discharges automati- cally. Have been sold 16 years. All in As i« vouchsafed to mortals here below. pengos a month—$25 to $40. To get of veals. Don't feed scrubs any longer. dally use and giving satisfaction. In- Bloomington, 111. W. structions with each siphon. $7.00 de- a salary of $100 a month is enormous A. K M. Todd Companyy (14 mites N W Kalamazoo) Mentha, M Michigan. orld's livered. Farm Bureau Supply Sto e, 728 r FARM BUREAU, here and unheard of. Largest Mint Farm. 55b) E. Shiawassee St., Lansing. (3-4-tf-60b) (3-2-tf-55b) SATURDAY, OCTOBER .*,, 1935 M I C H I G A N FARM > E WS 1I1KKK TOO LATE for the Farm Bureau organizations of From poverty to wealth is a trouble- IS middle and western states, includ- some journey, but the way back is come from tilings that M Mistress: "I saw the milkman kiss Farm Bureau Fertilizers Made in New Modern Plant ing Michigan. easy. much,—such as the ol' swimmin hoh\ you this morning, Sophie. Hereafter Systematic Plant I'll take in the milk myself.' Here we saw how the dream of one Cook: "It won't do you no good, man had been fulfilled in the planning mum. He's promised not to love no- body but me." and arrangement of this huge modern manufacturing plant. We noted es- pecially the systematic method of pro- What Causes duction; apparently not a single mo- tion was lost in the entire procedure. All raw materials for use in the plant are brought in at one end. The wood goes in one end of the woodwork BLACK SCOURS building. Iron and steel move through in The accepted standard their foundries and from here into the finishing rooms. Iron, steel and wood and other parts meet in the % Calves of quality for laying F£&TIU?.E.R. PLANT assembly lines. The hnished ma- AT LOCXL/WO , O. chines move by traveling cranes to hens the world over. the warehouses, or to the loading platforms. Thus the materials pro- NATIONAL ceed step by step through the huge system of buildings and finally im- merge at the opposite end of the fac- tory, a complete finished product, placed on the platform ready for ship- ment. This platform is large enough to load sixteen cars at the same time. In this plant we saw farming imple- TheAnswer ments made for nearly every country in the world. Some peculiar looking farm tools too that appeared to us like is in this Book playthings. The plant had recently • Here in logical form is a summary eluding Carnation Farms (where more completed the manufacture of 10,000 of the best practices of the leading than 300 calves are raised yearly) are plows for one order to Mexico. These herdsmen of America. As you study growing their calves on the principles were about the size of our one horse these practices, resulting from gener- outlined in this book. Now, with this plows, although, somewhat different in ations of experience, you will see book as a guide you can quickly and how digestive upsets and scours can easily adopt these same principles and design. be eliminated. You will find that it follow through t o similar results. Here we saw the small one-handled isn't necessary to worry about pot- Your copy of the book is ready. It's CARBIDE plow with the long tongue to which bellied or stunted calves. free. Just ask for a copy of "The Key manager for the farm machinery plant to Successful Calf Raising" and in Travel Story Covers l,2OO we were to visit in that city. Here the oxen of India are tied by their horns, showing the very crude manner Principles Tested at Leading Dairy Farms a few days you can read the rules America's that have been established by leading we partook of a delicious meal pre- Miles by Bus in 5 States pared by southern cooks served by in which the people of that country still till their soil. most suc- herdsmen t h r o u g h o u t America. cessful dairy colored waiters in true southern style. Mower on Display farms, in- Write today—a postal card will do. Twenty See Country & Farm After dinner we divided into groups, In spite of the comforts at this We saw the first Champion mower CARNATION CO., Dept. M-F, Oconomowoc, WIs. Bureau Plants in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky from where we went window shopping or enjoyed the sights of the city, or took in a movie as our fancies hotel, we spent a very restless night, due to the extreme heat, to which we were so unaccustomed. Breakfast over with, we were taken to the B. F. ever manufactured in this plant, still on display; also many other similar machines used by our early settlers. Ttlanna, Albers Bros. Milling Co., Dept. M-F, Seattle, Wash, This Book may be obtained from Farm Bureau stores wh ich carry a stock of Calf-Manna. prompted. When we consider that this company IN THE VITAMIN Editor's Note—In early August a group of 20 northwestern Michigan Farm Bureau folk and co-op associa- tion managers and their wives took Tuesday morning our plans were completed for our visit to the great Avery Manufacturing company's im- mense plant where farm implements of all descriptions are manufactured has been manufacturing farm imple- ments for a period of 120 years we THE BETTER WAY TO FEED CALVES a 1,200 mile bus tour into Ohio, In- fertilizer plant whose entire output (Continued on pag:e five; ALPHABETJOO diana, Kentucky and Illinois to visit is taken by the Farm Bureaus of the great fertilizer, oil, machinery, Until recently " D " led the field in vitamin binder twine and feed manufacturing Michigan, Indiana and Ohio. value. Now, according to Experiment Station plants serving the Farm Bureau and tests, Vitamin A has been found to be of Michigan co-ops. The party appoint- This plant is located 14 miles from great importance in poultry feeding. For more ed Louis A. Hawley, Manager of the Cincinnati. We were divided into than four years we have been preaching the im- Ludington Fruit Exchange, and his wife to report the trip. We present groups,,the ladies being in charge of portance of adding CLO-TRATE to poultry feeds, because of its concentrated Vitamin A as their travel story. Mr. Brown, one of the plant mana- tvell as Vitamin D value. The average ration Editor, The Michigan Farm News: gers, while the men were escorted by needs more Vitamin A. Use CLO-TRATED Mr. Pettit. At this completely equip- feeds—rich in both Vitamin A and Vitamin D. Thinking that you as well as some They will protect your birds and help increase others might be interested in a trip ped fertilizer plant, we saw the huge your profits. which a number of us took recently, vats, tanks, derricks, cranes, grinders, we will endeavor to give you a brief acid phosphate plant, fertilizer sack HEALTH PRODUCTS CORP. NEWARK, N. J. description of this enjoyable and ed- factory, and other things necessary CHICAGO SAN FRANCISCO ucational tour. for the preparation of the thousands CLO'TRATB is made under the This trip was made possible through of tons of mixed fertilizers which this Barthen process (U. S. patent 1984858) and is fully guaranteed. the untiring efforts of Wesley S. Haw- plant ships out each year. ley, field representative of this dis- On to Louisville TRATED FEED! trict for the Michigan Farm Bureau Services, and who also acted as guide. Leaving Cincinnati about 2 p. m. we crossed the Ohio river and rode 120 miles toward a very beautiful ARE MORE DEPENDABLE Leaving Ludington at 2 o'clock in the morning we started out in the mountainous country, following the beautiful Dahringer Greyhound bus river to Louisville, Ky. On this 120 plUTYOUR 1 on a journey of more than 1,200 miles which took us through five states and a section of country never visited by many of us. miles we saw some of the most attrac- tive and picturesque scenery of the entire trip. The country being of a very rugged, uneven structure, with numerous grades, and from the side Those in the party were: Mr. and Mrs. Martin Schwass, Scottville of each one of these grades that jutted INTO Co-op Ass'n. out so frequently there appeared a Mr. and Mrs. John Houk, Ludington. solid formation of limestone, and PERMANENT Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Hawley, Ludington. Mr. and Mrs. Elon Colburn, Scottville. granite rock, layer upon layer from the road bed to the summit of the Mr. and Mrs. Newell Gale, Farm Bureau CONCRE Supply Store, Hart. Ernest Stein, mgr., Great Lakes Fruit Industries, Shelby. mountain. We saw luxurious tobacco fields, tiny negro cabins, and occasionally IMPROVEMENTS Mr. and Mrs. MeKvin Chapman, White Lake Mktg. Ass'n, Montague. Mr. and Mrs. R. D. McKinley, Grant Co- operative Creamery. real southern plantation homes. We were agreeably surprised to note that a number of Kentucky farmers are en- Sears, Qoeiuclc can't forget... gaged in dairying, as we saw numer- THE OLD COVERED WAGON Mr. and Mrs. Howard Slade, Ravenna. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Hass, mgr., Ravenna ous large herds of Jersey and Guern- Inc. Butter Co. sey cows pasturing on the hillsides. Wesley E. Hawley, Ludington. Farm improvements^adewith con- crete now, will last and bring re- turns for many years to come. THE OLD TRAIL IS GONE. Here and there with us, will always begin: "My COUNTRY Concrete will make your hog house, cow barn, dairy and poultry the bleached skull of a longhorn, half buried in 'tis of thee." house more sanitary, increase re- the sand, gives us some inkling of what all turns from your livestock, and cut this cost and who paid the bill. But, high We are not unmindful of modern improve- down on work. above the rough road over which our fathers ments. We, too, like our good roads and our Concrete basement and founda- tion walls, approaches, floors, and struggled, comes now the soft drone of motors automobiles, our movies and our radio. We, mangers will restore old buildings to too; get a thrill out of stepping into a high- usefulness and end the need for QUR&W GROUP AT LQQKLAAlD , 19.V, ro?rm F A R M work in the county, the clubs rallied j Scarcity of Hogs to Washington Spud Hearing Michigan LIVE STOCK EXCH. BA TTLE CREEK'S NEW LIVE STOCK MARKET to its support and for two years donated $1,200 each year so that the Continue Nearly Year attended earing Oct. 3 on control bill. Mf. OPENS NEW PLANT 4-H club work and extension program might continue in the county. World hog numbers are the smallest Last year the supervisors thought in ,> decade. The United States has ; the Michigan State Farm Bureau. Mr. Wallace said ad lie would try as little as AT BATTLE CREEK better of the work and again it is 30% fewer being financed out of county funds. Germany, Over 500 boys and girls are enrolled Ireland have *'*' .te*e,r_. U ^ ' ^ U v ( . pro- in the club work. County Agent stock supplies fited Warren i To Serve 60 Mile Circle on plants have be lay-offs for nearly a quarter of t h , The Farm Bureau said Direct Marketing, and The best speakers that can be se- said newspaper reports in it would back any reasonable plan Buying Feeders cured are brought into the county lfemployes, 10 grower sup- for meetings, Recently at a picnic »te late August. August. The U. S. Den't of Agri- port. The Farmers Union at I,an- ded by 1,500, Connnis- culture believes the end in the decline which was attended l ; in numbers of hogs has been reached, ;it a committee to Battle Creek—Fifteen carloads of sioner of Agriculture Thomson a n t and that the 1935 fall pig crop and lington to demand a guaranteed is from Kansas City rolled into Prof. Gallagher, Michigan State Col- the 1936 spring crop will show sub- for potatoes . . . $1.50 per hun-^Battle Creek for the opening of the lege, an authority on rural electrifica- stantial increases. However, not until Battle Creek branch of the Michigan tion, were the speakers. The groups the summer of 1936 can slaughter Live Stock Exchange September 27. Battle Creek's Live Stock Exchange plant represents an investment of $20,000. The largest buildin- are very much interested in rural Twenty Michigan electrification. supplies of hogs be expected to in- Hundreds of farmers from a 60 mile 2lo feet long by 9t> feet wide. It is divided into pens or yards, eacli capable of holding a carload of crease. College had 1,.",IHI students. Today radius visited the new plant and did stock. The second building is 72 by 24 feet and will be used as a dairy cow barn. Quite a business is ex- nearly 1,000. business there the opening day. They pected in that; line. The plant has a handling capacity of 28 carloads of stock. It has every convenience for A BAD BAKUAIX HOKSK PILLING saw on the 17 acre tract at Verona, loading, weighing and handling stock. Uncle—"You boys of today want to Ten world's records have been sot CONTROI just off the Grand Trunk tracks, two new buildings that will house 28 car- loads of animals. The plant will Fanners may bring stock to the 1,000 Families Belong to make entirely too much money. Do from time to time at the horse pulling you know what I was getting when I contests at the Hillsdale, Michigan, PEST! and operate 24 hours a day, six days in Battle Creek branch; they may have the week, and is completely equipped it taken there by truckers, or they for direct marketing of live stock, and may notify the Exchange that they 22 Sanilac Fanners Clubs married your aunt?" county fair. Geo. Statler's Ohio team Nephew—"No and I'll bet you didn't of Belgians, 4,700 lbs., set a new record either." this year. to serve farmers on their feeder re have stock to market and arrange- DISEASE quirements, said Pres. E. A. Beamer ments will be made to have it brought Federation Has Become Power ated group was „ .put into effect 10 . ...with in. months ago. In Sanilac Farm Livestock Feeders! of the Live Stock Exchange. On reaching the Exchange, the The activities of the group is gov- stock will be graded and sorted and Affairs erned by three main committees; prepared for shipment to packers and agricultural, legislative and social. FARM BUREAU SERVICES other available) markets. Immediate When it comes to farmer clubs, San- The agricultural committee is made Big crops of cheap rough feed, an abundance of damaged, payment will be matde to the farmer. ilac County up in the Thumb of Mich- up of the president and secretary of 221 N. Cedar St., Lansing each of the 22 clubs. Each club names unmarketable small grain, and the prospect of a bumper corn Each participating producer of live igan leads 'em all. Sanilac County stock may become a member of the has 22 such clubs which are welded those whom they wish to serve on the crop means a big demand for all classes of feeder lambs, Exchange by paying a 50 cents mem- together in a county federation. A. A. legislative and social committees. The cattle and calves. CHICAGOS bership fee, which entitles him to Pattullo of DeckervilVe is president; committee members meet when neces- share in any patronage dividends that Arthur Merideth of Snover is vice sary and bring to their respective may be earned. They are distributed president; Albert Hall of Sandusky clubs such information as they re- PROFITABLE feeding operations this year will require that this live stock be PURCHASED as cheaply as possible, FINANCED a t a reasonable interest rate and when finished' SOLD at the highest market value. « GREATEST on a patronage basis, said Secretary is secretary and Frank Derby of Ap- ceive regarding their various activi- PURCHASING John H. O'Mealey, of the Exchange. plegate is treasurer. The federation ties. In turn they bring to the fed- The Michigan l.ive Stock exchange through its NATIONAL connections can H0TEL The Michigan Live Stock Exchange, includes over 1,000 farm families. erated group the wishes of the Indi- furnish, at cost plus a reasonable handling charge, all grades of Western founded in 1918, now serves about Banded together to promote a pro- vidual clubs. feeding lambs, cattle and calves from any of the Western markets or direct from the range. A large assortment at our Daily Markets is now VALUE 20,000 members.- It has operated its gram of betterment of all farm con- own commissiot offices on the De- ditions, the group works closely with Each project, whether it be agri- cultural or legislative or social, is kept on hand at St. Johns and Battle Creek at all times. .'>% FINANCING In the heart of Chicago's troit and East Buffalo, N. Y., markets County Agricultural Agent Waite. It discussed in the various clubs. Their 5% MONEY without any so-called red-tape is available for the feeding- Rialto - close to storey since 1921 and- Yxi-1. usually doing promotes 4-H club work, discusses representatives in the federation in- operations of all worthy feeders who have feed, regardless of where they purchase their feeders. about a third of.the business on those and makes recommendations on such structed as to how to act regarding offices and RLR. Station* SELLING markets. Theseltwo sales offices have legislation as concerns agriculture. each proposal. Letters are sent to Our new enlarged complete Selling Service now consists of not only Com- State and National legislators in- HOTEL returned a totallof $160,000 in patron- For two years it financed extension age dividends, Ipsides iproviding good work in the county when the board forming them how the club members mission Sales Agencies on Detroit and Buffalo terminal markets, but a daily market a t St. Johns, and another a t Battle Creek opened Sept. 27, SHERMAN 1700 ROOMS marketing sen The Battle Cjeek Branch is man- aged by Vein E. Stealy of Marshall. of supervisors withdrew their sup- feel regarding certain legislation. port. Such letters coming As President Pattullo puts it, "We sentatives of 1,000 folks in any county from the repre- where all species of live stock are purchased each day and moved direct to the packers or the public, market. For complete information phone or write I7OO BATHS The Battle Creek branch of the Live are bound to make quite an impres- Stock Exchange will serve live stock His assistant is Russell Conley of Bat- believe in organization men in south central and southwestern tle Creek. Both are men of long ex- motion of agricultural projects that section. and the pro- sion on a legislator representing that Michigan Live Stock Exchange Secretary's Office, Hudson, Mich. Michigan. A similar plant at St. perience in marketing live stock. The will better farm conditions. That's Daily Markets Terminal Markets why, in my opinion, the Farm Bu- Three years ago when the Sanilac St. Johns &,Battle Creek Detroit & Producers Co-op at Buffalo, N. Y. Johns is serving north central Mich- Battle Creek plant expects to do county board of supervisors decided igan. A third plant is to toe estab- $90,000 or more in business monthly. reau is a great farm organization. I to withdraw support for extension Favorite Chicago lished in the Thumb. The St. Johns branch, managed by think the Farm Bureau has done Home of American Based on the co-operative plan of Carl Smith, formerly of Urbana, 111., more to help the farmers through a Business Men operation, the branches are designed and Ray Harper, assistant, during broad, intelligent program than any to aid live stock farmers in several August, handled 7,000 head of stock other organization." ways. They may market direct, valued at $119,560. The 22 clubs meet once each month eliminating shipping charges and at the homes of members. A program Your Car VODERS CLIFF UWKLI.I-ItS of entertainment and speaking is fol- into loading feeds. They may buy, sell or the Hotel exchange cattle, hogs, or sheep. Landlord (to prospective tenant)— lowed by serving of refreshments. HOME OF THE It is expected that most of the "You know, we keep it very quiet and From 90 to 200 farm folk attend these stock from the Battle Creek branch orderly here. Do you have any chil- monthly meetings. Staging them in will be shipped directly to the Atlantic dren?" seaboard packers, including the east- ern plants of Armour, Swift, Cudahy and Wilson. Some shii)ments^will be "No." "A piano, radio, or victrola?" "No." homes gives an air of sociability that a meeting hall does n6t have. Each member pays $1 dues each year. This goes into a fund for necessary ex- made to the Detroit and Chicago mar- "Do you play any musical-fostrw* ipenses, flowers to the sick and in A Growing kets. $ ments? Do you have a dog, cat, or memory of members wno have passed on. parrot?' "No, but my fountain pen scratches The first of the clubs was organized a little sometimes." at Lexington 12 years ago. The Sha- bona club is the largest with 200 Co-operative Institution Charley Gehringer, Livingston coun- members. Most of the clubs have Owned by Those ty farm lot ball player, is the best been organized in the past eight years. second baseman in baseball. The idea of joining them in a feder- The Co-operative Creamery It Serves Bed Blanket Sale Movement in Michigan Is The ownership of the Michigan Bell Telephone THIS FARM BUREAU VIRGIN WOOL Company, as a part of the Bell System, is shared among 850,000 people in all sections of the coun- 72x84 INCH DOUBLE BED BLANKET Making Progress try. More than half the stockholders are women. Of these, 210,000 are housewives. There are There are now twenty-one co-operative creameries federated in 1 15,000 employees of the Bell System who own shares. The other owners include thousands of the Mid-West Producers' Creameries, Inc., Ten of which are in clerks, salesmen, mechanics, doctors, teachers, Michigan, three in Tennessee, one in Illinois and seven in In- farmers, laborers—people in all walks of life. diana. Through these ten co-operative creameries in Michigan The average holding per person is only 28 shares. it now is possible for a great number of farmers within the And nobody owns as much as one per cent of the State to market their dairy products through one of these farm- stock. er owned and farmer controlled associations. J , p Thus, the tremendously valuable equipment behind your telephone was built by the savings of many $6.95 thousands of small investors. That money was You may order from this advertisement. Satisfaction guaranteed. Mr. Farmer, by marketing your dairy products co-operatively, invested because people believed in the telephone Shipped prepaid. Choice of colors as below. Soft, thick, carefully you get all the consumer pays, less actual costs of handling and as a necessity vital to modern business and social woven. Binding, 4 inch sateen ribbon. Weight 4% lbs. selling your products. You help stabilize the butterfat market. life. Such public confidence is a tribute to the Mich. State Farm Bureau, 1935 You help to maintain a higher price level on your product. You policies of the management; it made possible the Lansing, Mich. development and expansion of the service through I'luase entes nay order for blankets to be shipped postage prepaid. are building an institution for yourself. FARM BUREAU SPECIAL a half-century of unhalting progress. Double—Plaid 72 x 80 Without that money, without that confidence, tele- Uosc 4nd White Reach and White Red and Black This year the Mid-West Producers' Co-operative Creameries will phone service could not exist as we know it today Tan ami White Gold and White I'.lu.. and White manufacture 30 million lbs. of high grade butter! Greefl and White Orchid and White in this State and Nation. It could not have attained the degree of perfection which makes it indis- (CHECK BELOW) Name MICHIGAN DISTRICT MEMBERS putably the finest, most efficient telephone service Ship C. O. D. IV 0 K. F. D Coldwater Dairy Company Fremont Co-operative Creamery Nashville Co-operative Creamery Constantine Co-operative Creamery Grant Co-operative Creamery Co. Schultz Co-operative Creamery in the world. Dairyland Co-op Creamery, Carson Lawrence Co-operative Creamery st Louis Co-operative Creamery I enclose payment Menibn- Co. Kami Bureau City Marcellus Co-operative Creamery Such wide-spread ownership is a measure of public confidence in the telephone in this State and Na- tion. It is a gauge of the people's estimate of the NEW LOW PRICES G. S. COFFMAN, Coldwater, District Vice President FRED WALKER,, Carson City, Sec Secretary Directors: C. A. Brody, Constantine; F. C. Pernert, St. Louis; Louis; Elmer El HHathaway, Schultz solid, enduring worth of the service. TAILORED FARM BUREAU SUITS AND OVERCOATS Fred Walker, Carson City; G. S. Coffman, Coldwater SUITS $22.50 $27.50 With Extra Trousers OVERCOATS $25.00 $27.50 $30.00 $30.00 $35.00 $32.50 MID-WEST PRODUCERS CREAMERIES, Inc. General Offices, Lemcke Bldg., Indianapolis, Ind. FARM BUREAU MEMBERS: In a d d i t i o n to t h i s special pi i patronage dividend will !>e credited on your next membership dues. MICHIGAN BELL CLARENCE A. BRODY, President, Constantine, (Mich.) Co-operative Creamery O. W. SWANK, Secretary-Treasurer, Orleans, (Ind.) Dairy Marketing Ass'n CLOTHING DEPARTMENT E. J. RIGER, Manager, Indianapolis TELEPHONE CO. MICHIGAN STATE FARM BUREAU 729 E. Shiawassee St. Lansing, Michigan FIYF SATFUDAY, OCTOBO g, 1935 MICHIGAN FARM X EWS manufacture of these products. Also departments of work in every plant. urged to attend the Thursday morn What Cost of Production Credit Will in the department where they manu- Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Hawley, session. Loan on Stored Grain Inside Farm Bureau Fertilizer Plant facture Mermash poultry feeds. Daily Ludington, Mich. a World War Michigan farmers who have grain shipments would make solid train loads. Farm Bureau Women's Short Courses Would Buy that they do not wish to put on the market at present generally unsatis • Our visit to this plant was neces- sarily a Khort one due to the fact that Speaking Event Nov. 13 The Michigan State College opens its 16 weeks tkOTi *.-*> ;se in general agri- factory prices, may obtain loans on we were compelled to be home on Fri- According to the best statistics ob- the security of the grain in their own One of the big events at the 1935culture Oct. 18, eight weeks before tainable the World War cost 30,000,000 granaries at home, says the Produc day evening. We arrived home at annual meeting of the Michigan State mas and eighi m lives and $400,000,000,000 in property. tion Credit Corporation of St. Paul. midnight Friday very tired, but well Farm Bureau will be t h e women's Christmas each of two y« ;u >. The lat- In order to give some idea of what pleased with our trip, both from the speaking contest. The subject this est information is given in farm I This will enable many farmers who standpoint of sightseeing and its edu- year is "The Farm Home and the soils, plant diae&ses, live sunk, dairy this means just let me illustrate it may be short of cash needed fo in the following: cational advantages. World Today." and other sub italics can be meeting immediate obligations, to ob With that amount we could have tain advances now at a low rate o This story would not be complete This State contest will be held at had on request from R. W. Tenny, built a $2,500 house and furnished interest (5 per cent) and hold thei unless we were to mention the won-Farm Bureau Headquarters on Wed-Short Courses. Michigan S4.»te Col- this house with $1,000 worth of fur- grain for an improvement in tin i derful comfort and convenience of nesday evening, November 13th. This lege, Kast Lansing. niture and placed it on 5 acres of land price. The loans may be made on a i the Dahringer Greyhound bus^used on date will not be changed. worth $100 an acre and given all this chattel mortgage upon wheat, rye this tour, and also the careful atten- Contestants are now sending to Mrs. to each and every family in the United barley, corn, oats and flax for as much I tion paid by the driver, Jens Johnson, Edith Wasar, Carleton, Mich., their States, Canada, Australia, England, as 50 per cent of the local elevato who it seemed to us was all that any- intention to participate. Indications 1 Wales, Ireland, Scotland, France, Bel- price at the shipping point. one could ask for. We heard different of lively rivalry among our women gium, Germany and Russia. In order to obtain a stored grain I members of our group remarking orators are evident. All planning on After doing this there would have loan in Michigan, the farmer applie I about >the careful operation of this bus attending the annual meeting are been enough money left to give each to the Production Credit Association ; by the driver and the freedom from urged to come early so as to not miss city of* 20,000 inhabitants and over in making loans in the county where he | worry that we all enjoyed due to his this evening of entertainment. all the countries named, a $5,000,000 lives. ; skill. The women's group will have its library, and a $10,000,000 university. There are 15 Production Credit As Neither would this story be finished annual breakfast Thursday morning. And out of the balance we could sociations in Michigan covering al I without we mention again the hospi- This will include a round table dis- have still sufficient money to set portions of the state, and all thes tality that was given us upon every cussion on matters pertaining to the aside a sum at 5% interest which associations have cash loan fund hand by all those with whom we met,farm home. All Farm Bureau women would pay for all times to come a from which they can quickly make from the highest to the lowest in all and leaders in Extension work are $1,000 yearly salary each for an army loans to their members. The mem MILK MINERALS of 125,000 teachers, and in addition her pays the association interest onlj to this pay the same salary to each of for the actual time he uses the funds FOR LAYERS any army of 125,000 nurses. If he should make a loan for a 6 And after having done all this, we months period and should decide t< FARM BUREAU FEED MILL AT CHICAGO Dry Skimmilk could still have enough left out of sell his grain in 30 days, he pay GREEN VALLEY BRAND our four hundred billions to buy all interest of 5 per cent for only 30 days (CHOICE GRADE) of France and Belgium, and every- For further information write th thing of value that France and Bel-Farm Credit Administration at St Milk minerals are more easily gium possesses, that is every French Paul, Minnesota. digested than minerals in any- and Belgium farm, home, factory, other form. Dry skimmilk church, railroad, street car, in fact, contains enough of the essential everything of value in those two Believe Corncobs Will minerals. It is a dependable countries in 1914."—From address of Representative Huddleston of Alabama Some Day Have Value source of good mineral balance. ALSO to Congress, quoting the Current His- New products from old crops come tory magazine.—The Congressional steadily out of the laboratories of the The outstanding source of vita- min G, growth promoting vitamin, Record. U. S. Dep't of Agriculture at Wash- AND ington. provides greatest quantity of t h * Corncobs are thrown away today for State Farm Bureau's the most part because they have little highest quality protein known. Ann'l Meet Nov. 14-15 value. Some day they may be highly Travel Story Covers the necessity for serving intoxicating Dry skiinniilk should be one of jour laying mush ingredient*. Lansing—The annual meeting of the prized as the source of nine impor- drinks by numerous restaurant keep- Michigan State Farm Bureau is an- tant chemicals which have been dis- 1,200 Miles, 5 States ers, in order that they might stay in nounced for November 14 and 15 atcovered in them. (Continued from Page 3.) business, this restaurant with its the S