KEEP UP ICHICAN Vol. On News Interesting to Farmers Through the Farm News XIV, No. 4 FARM SATURDAY, APRIL 4, 1936 NEWS PUBLISHED ' For 19,000 Farm In 55 Michigan Counties Published Monthly, Behind BUILDING HUNDREDS SOILS AUTHORITY SOIL CONSERVATION ACT PROGRAM MAY the OF RURAL POWER How to apply Soil INTEREST MOST MICHIGAN FARMERS; Wheel LINES THIS SPRING Conservation Act TWO CLASSES OF PAYMENTS AVAILABLE with J. F. Yaeger, Organization Director Revenue Plan Advocated by Floods Cause Memories Farm Bureau & Grange Gets Results To your Farm Change from Soil Depleting to Soil Conserving The floods in the east caused Jake Crops Will Pay $11 per Acre up to Certain Heer of Shelby, Farm Bureau county Michigan power companies are To illustrate how the Soil Conservation Act may be applied director in Oceana county, to recall building hundreds of rural line ex- to your farm, classes of grants to be paid, and how much, Limit; $\ per Acre Paid for Soil the time when as mayor of Middle- tensions this spring. Where there is an average of five customers per we present these diagrams. They apply to any farm, ac- Building Practices town, Ohio, in 1913 he directed the mile, the farmer has no line con- cording to information now available. They show two flood fighting and reconstruction work struction cost to pay in Detroit Ed- during the period of emergency. ison and Consumers Power company general options the farmer has if he accepts the Soil Conser- Any Michigan farmer who elects in 1936 to increase his Middletown is a city of 35,000. It had territorities. Farmers get the ser- vation Act program for 1936. acreage planted to soil conserving crops and to reduce his a strip 2Vk miles long and 1 mile wide vice on the basis of electricity con- under water for several days. Getting sumed. This is the plan advocated Basically, the Act proposes: (1) To pay farmers a federal soil 1935 soil depleting crops acreage accordingly—under condi- things in shape again was no easy by the Farm Bureau and Grange. conserving grant of about $11 per acre for changing part of their tions of the Soil Conservation Act—will receive a federal task, Mr. Heer remembers. Streets Reports from the Consumers and 1935 SOIL DEPLETING CROP ACRES to SOIL CONSERVING grant of about $ 1 1 per acre for making the change. were torn up, lighting and water sup- Detroit Edison to the Michigan Pub- CROPS for 1936. Limit for such payment is 15% of acres classed plies cut off, basements were filled "ic Utilities for January and Feb- as soil depleting crops in 1935. (2) To pay farmers a SOIL BUILD- The same farmer may also receive a federal soil building with refuse and water. It was very ruary showed 24 3 new farm lines un- ING GRANT of $1 per acre on soil conserving crops or soil im- grant of about $ 1 per acre on all acres of soil conserving crops much of a mess, with some loss der construction as follows: proving crops now in, or to be put in. Provided, that each farmer he now has, or will plant in 1936, providing he makes certain of life. Disease threatening when Miles of New EARNS the $1 per acre by performing certain soil improvement Mayor Heer called the leading citizens Consumers Power Line 213 Customers 328 J practices anywhere on his farm at certain rates to be set for soil improvements on his farm at rates to be set by the Soil of the town to- Detroit Edison 159 911 such work. Conservation Act administration. gether, gave them 372 1,239 police authority and Severe weather in January and PROFESSOR C. E. MILLAR The Act was explained by men from the U. S. Dep't of started the clean- 'ebruary held up construction. The Prof. C. E. Millar, long time head of Agriculture and State College officials at East Lansing, March up campaign. The number of new farm lines ready for the Soils Department of Michigan 27-28 to a group of 400 former AAA county and township city took on the onstruction under the new plan is in- State College, Prof. C. R. — _«,__, ommitteemen and county agricultural agents. Megee, They will entire job of clean- creasing daily with the improvement 1935 ANY MICHIGAN FAEM Farm Crops Dep't, E. C. Sackrider of ing up the flood in weather conditions. March 30 This diagram illustrates a 100 acre farm with soil depleting and the Soils Dep't, -together with Farm mndle the Soil Conservation Act administration in Michigan, area, including the alone the Consumers reported 24 soil conserving crop acreages as shown. See list of such crops ers E. L. Brown of Kalamazoo count, under direction of a State Committee, and in co-operation premises and base- new lines ready to build. That com on this page. A L L crops fall into these two basic classes and E. A. Lundberg of Eaton countj with the Secretary of Agriculture. ments of business pany has been reporting an average under the Act. You can estimate your own farm for 1935. of two rural extensions per day. Con Omit from consideration in either class vineyards, fruits (until are t h e committee to classify Mich and residential dis- struction reports have not been made further ruling). Also idle crop land, fallow land, wastelands, igan crops and soils for application o It is believed that grants under the Soil Act may total 1 1 tricts. In two weeks by the smaller companies. roads, yards, woodlots. Sugar beets are considered separately the Soil Conservation Act to Mich to 15 million dollars for Michigan farmers, as against U. F. ' things were norma How Plan Is Working as a special soil depleting crop. See main article for details. igan conditions. This committee's $8,800,000 total under the AAA act. Corn, hog, wheat again except where streets and homes Under the Public Utilities Commis work will go to the State Soil Conser- had to be rebuilt. Every cellar was sion ruling last October the Consum vation Act body for action. The Stat and sugar beet growers only benefited on those acreages cleaned and whitewashed. Excellent ers Power company must build SOIL DEPLETING CROPS BASE 60 A. Committee's recommendations will be under the AAA, but it is believed that 80% of Michigan's co-operation coupled w"ith organiza- rural line extension at its own cost Corn Potatoes placed before Sec'y Wallace for ap-farmers may qualify under the Soil Conservation Act, which where an average of 5 customers per Beans Truck proval. tion did it, says Mr. Heer. Grains is applicable to nearly all, if not all, major crops in Michigan. mile will guarantee total revenues of Leads Farm Bureau Band $150 per mile per year, or an aver The county agricultural agents and local committeemeri Mr. William Summerfeldt of Custer, age of $2.50 per month per customer. Mason county, directs the only Farm The Detroit Edison adopted the plan Bureau band in Michigan. I heard in principle. The Edison establish- SOIL CONSERVING CROPS BASE 40 A. Alfalfa With or without nurse crop if such crops ACTIVITY OF FARM are now engaged in holding community meetings to explain the Act, as it was presented to them by W. O. Fraser and the band play at a Farm Bureau ed a line construction charge of $500 meeting at Scottville on March 21. per mile, and credits each original Clovers Grasses pastured or clipped green in 1935. If grain crop harvested, count as soil depleting in 1935. All lands retired on A A A contracts BUREAU AT HIGH Ralph Moyer, Washington representatives. It sure made a good job of it. The customer in the proposed extension How the Farmer Proceeds crowd of 400 or more were enthusias- with $100 when connected. Five tic in their applause. The band is customers in the mile would receive may be considered soil depleting in 1935. LEVEL THIS YEAR No contract with the farmer is involved. The farmer makes an application which qualifies him for either or both made up of farmers in the county ;he line without cost. The Detroit and is called upon to play at many Edison requires no monthly guaran- Questions of the Day Are classes of grant. He prepares a statement of his 1935 crop functions. Much credit is due Mr. ee of revenue above a small meter Considered in Ma:-.y acreages for the local community committee. He goes ahead Summerfeldt for the excellence of this charge. Local Meetings with his 1936 operations, making his changes from soil de- musical organization. In the construction to date under ;he new plan, the Consumers is aver- 1936 THE SAME FARM pleting to soil conserving acres, if any; and he performs the A County Agent's Life aging 5.7 customers per mile. In Farm Bureau activities during March continued at high level. Dozens soil improvement practices on his farm in order to qualify; Owner will make no changes in operations In 1936 but wishes When it comes to a group of hard he Detroit Edison territory south of to qualify under S. C. Act for the $1 per acre Soil Building working folks, county agricultural Tanilac and Tuscola counties, which Grant on soil conserving crop acreage he now has. of organization and Farm Bureau existing or new soil conserving crop acres for the $1 per agents of Michigan belong. Coming largely electrified, the job is most- service meetings were held through- acre soil building grant. Later in the season the local com- in contact with a number of them y short connecting lines. There the out the State. Sixty-five community during a recent stay in western Mich- tverage new rural line is 6/10 of a SOIL DEPLETING CROPS 60 A. Farm Bureaus have been organized mittee will check his report of performance and send it to igan, I couldn't help but note the mile long. In its Lake Huron Divi- and many of these have begun Washington. In the fall or later, checks for the federal grants ion—Sanilac, Tuscola amount of effort these men put into counties—recently taken over by De- and Huron (Same as above) monthly meetings. Subjects dis- will be mailed. In the early part of the season the local com-r their jobs and the varied tasks that troit Edison, the new lines average cussed at the various meetings in- they are called upon to do. Agent 6.7 miles in length. A typical power cluded farm co-operation, seeds, mittee is charged with gathering 1935 crop acreage informa- feeds, fertilizer and other Farm Bur- tion for every farm in its territory. Some time in the season a Carl Knopf of Muskegon county, who company report of a new farm elec- SOIL CONSERVING CROPS 40 A. reau services, rural electrification, recently recovered from a lengthy ill- tric line: (Same as above) membership responsibility, etc. The final date will be set for receiving applications. ness, had a schedule of 12 meetings "Constructing farm line west demand has been great for Farm Bu Diagrams Explain Act a week in addition to farm calls and through Sect. 24 & 23, Oregon twp., known. So far the national average $1 per acre soil building grant can be earned reau speakers. Attendance at meet We present in this issue a set for change from soil depleting to soil office work the week that I saw him Lapeer county; thence north along for these acres in 1936 by certain soil ings ranged from 50 to 500. diagrams to show how one can figur conserving crops is figured at $10 per Agent Clarence Mullett of Newaygo the east side of Sections 15, 10 & 3; improvement practices anywhere on the farm. At Ypsilanti possible applications of the Soil Con county finds that reforestration proj- also west and north to the northwest Two hundred farmers and their servation Act to his farm. We als acre of change. Michigan's soil pro- ects and keeping sand land in place corner of Section 15, all in Oregon families attended the annual Ypsi illustrate the grant that can be ha ductivity is expected to rate us about are just as vital problems in his twp., Lapeer county. To provide lanti Farm Bureau meeting on March for a Michigan farm, under the tw $11 per acre. The soil building bene- county as the strictly farming proj service for 35 farm homes and 26 Under the Act, this farmer can qualify his 40 soil conserving crop acres 9. Speakers included Miss Estelle options for 1936 which are open t fit will probably be $1 per acre, to be ects are. And the county agents connections at Bronson Lake." for a $40 grant without changing his crop program.. He must EARN Downing of the Ypsilanti Normal col- every farmer. earned by soil improvement perform- this grant by performing one or more soil improvement practices on his ance on the farm. wives take part in the problems of The Consumers Power and the De- farm in 1936 from a list made up toy the State Soil Conservation Act lege who spoke on the co-operative their husband's jobs. I had the pleas- Edison serve probably more than committee and approved by the Secretary of Agriculture. For these movement of Europe, Japan and Differs From AAA Conditions for Payment ure of meeting with groups at the three-fifths of the area of lower Mich- soil building practices he will be credited for the performance at rates America. Directors named included The old AAA program, said Messer Payment for converting soil deplet- homes of both Agent Mullett and igan. to be set.. When his total credits reach $40 or whatever his soil con- George McCalla, Edward Foster, E. Fraser and Moyer, operated to in ing crop acres' into soil conserving Agent James Thar of Oceana county. The Consumers power Company servatlon acres total, he is qualified for the $1 per acre grant. He can C. Simmonds, Clyde Breining and crease farm income through contract! crop acreages is limited to 15% of the At each place their wives not only has made effective April 1 a sub- qualify part or all such acres. For example, the soil building practice Robert Wanty. with farmers to reduce production o 1935 soil depleting acres. That is, if a options and the rate of credit therefor, as approved by the Secretary of 500 At Scottville opened their homes and made the stantial reduction in rates for elec- Agriculture, M A Y B E : y surplus crops more nearly to th farmer had 40 acres in soil depleting Five hundred turned out March needs of the domestic market. folks welcome but arranged a fine tricity throughout the area it serves crops in 1935, under the Act he could 21 to hear Farm Bureau speakers The soil conserving and soil im switch up to 15%, or six acres to soil lunch as well. No public servant To illustrate the reduction, a bill for (a) New seedings of soil conserving or discuss the organization's legislative provement features of the Soil Con conserving crops and draw the approx- works harder than a conscientious a50monthly kilowatt hours which has shown charge of $2.76 will under improvement crops. Rate of credit (b) Lime, marl, any acres on farm. Credit ,. ! and merchandising program. Harry county agricultural agent. imate $11 per acre grant. He could the new rate be billed at $2.32. (c) Green Manure. Credit oombs of the Tennessee corporation switch more acres, but 15% la the The Co-op Manager Other monthly consumptions—from Credit for weed eradication, tile drainage spoke on the use of fertilizers. limit for the $11 payment. He can the small to the largest consumers of and other practices has been recommended. Music was furnished by the Mason SOIL CONSERVING Recently I had the pleasure of electricity—will be benefited accord- ounty Farm Bureau band under qualify any number of soil conserving meeting groups of co-operative man- ingly in their entire consumption. the direction of William Sommer- CROPS crop acres for the $1 per acre soil agers in western Michigan north of Other Power Companies eldt. A clever darky comedy act ALFALFA TIMOTHY building payment by carrying out cer- Muskegon. Among those whom I The Indiana-Michigan Power Com- completed the program. A group CLOVERS GRASSES, Ect. tain soil improvement practice on the found to be enthusiastic in the co-pany, serving southwestern Michigan 1936 of women of Center and East River- farm, as explained under Diagram operative method of doing business ounties has been building lines for . THE SAME FARM on played the characters. W i t h or without nurse crops if No. 2, page 1. nurse crops were pastured or and who put the theory of co-operation sometime at its own expense and con- This farmer wishes to convert some of his 1935 soil depleting Saginaw And Bay clipped green in 1935. General Regulations into practice by co-operating with necting farmers on a revenue basis. acres to soil conserving acres for approximately $11 per acre Two meetings in Saginaw and Bay grant. Also to qualify for Soil Building grant of $1 per acre SOIL B U I L D I N G If a farmer increases his soil de- other co-operative groups are: J. M. The Consumers $150 per year plan A L L 1935 soil conserving acres, and the 1936 Soil Conserving bounties March 25 and 26 were at- CROPS & PRACTICES pleting acres in 1936 over 1935, he dis- Chapman of Montague, manager of epresents 15% on an established acres addition as well. ended by over 450 farmers. Excel- qualifies himself for any grant. $1,000 per mile construction cost, ent dinners were followed by talks Vetch, sweet clover & other crops the White Lake Marketing Associa- sown in 1935 & turned under in There will be no deduction from the tion; Martin Schwass of Scottville, which actually may be from $800 to jy Mr. Coombs, A. B. Love of the 1936. rants for local or other administra- manager of the Mason County Mar- $1,500 per mile, depending on the SOIL DEPLETING CROPS Michigan State College extension tive expense, as under the AAA. Such keting Association; Ernest Steen of 'erritory. The Indiana-Michigan taff, Roland Sleight of the Farm New seedings of alfalfa, clovers (xpenses will be paid from Washing- Shelby, manager of the Shelby Oil uses the 15% plan in setting a re- Acreage reduced 15% in 1936 to 51 A. Bureau insurance department and in 1936. venue guarantee for 5 years, and ap- arl Johnson of the Bethlehem Steel Probably will include: Liming, ton. Company; Lee Twing of White Cloud, plies it to the estimated cost of in- ompany. Fred Harger, manager of Farmers who took land out of pro- manager of the White Cloud Co- stalling marl, weed eradication and other the line. Therefore, the In- 1936...ADDED TO SOIL CONSERV. CROPS...9 ACRES he Farm Bureau stores at Saginaw soil improvement practices. duction under the AAA corn, hog and operative Association; Roy Haas diana-Michigan monthly guarantee (a) $11 per acre Soil Conserving grant paid. nd Bay City presided. Mr. Paul wheat contracts will be permitted to of Ravenna, manager of the Ravenna per customer may he higher. (b) $1 per acre Soil Bldg. grant available. Begick, director on the State ^ a r m lassify such lands as soil depleting Butter Company, and L. A. Hawley, Ludington, manager of the Ludingtou theThe Michigan Gas & Electric and Bureau board also spoke at tb*e Bay servation Act are directed toward bet- acres for 1935, regardless of the, use Michigan Public Service Compan- SOIL CONSERVING CROPS 40 A. meeting. Entertainment was ter farming practice everywhere. The t was put to. This ruling was made Fruit Exchange. ies are understood to be working up- $1 per acre soil building grant can be earned iirnished by Ford Motor Company federal grants are made to encourage n order not to penalize AAA crop "Few Realize* on an application of the $150 per for these acres% in 1936 by certain soil mskal organizations. compliance "in the national interest." ontract signers. It is a real advant- As, Mr. Louis Hansen of Scottville mile annual revenue for free farm improvement practices anywhere on the farm. In Barry County Indirectly, the Act is expected to puts it, "Few realize how much bene- power lines, Which will fit their ter- Well attended meetings at Middle- keep production of surplus crops at a fit we get out of the Farm Bureau ritories. Under the Act, this farmer can collect $11 per acre for changing a ille, Delton, Coats Grove and Moline point sufficient for home use, provide SOIL DEPLETING program in Michigan." And that ap- who The Farm News advi.sos all groups portion of his 1935 soil depleting crop acres to soil conserving crops. vere held March 10, 11, 12. Harry a safe reserve, and volume for a fair plies whether we are Farm Bureau plications have filed various types of ap- His limit for such payment would be 15% of his 60 soil depleting crop oombs and Carl Kidman spoke of export market, and thereby maintain CROPS or petitions for rural pow- acres in 1935, or 9 acres. He may also qualify for the soil building grant arm Bureau fertilizers and feeds. or improve U. S. prices for farm prod- members or not. er lines with the Consumers, Detroit Proud is BlgfcU of $1 per acre on A L L acres in soil conserving crops. In this instance the !. E. Ungren described the probable ucts CORN SMALL GRAINS Edison, and other power companies total grant could be: pplication of the Soil Conservation BEANS POTATOES And when our good friend and to follow Jhem up from time to time. ct in Michigan. The Act aims to transfer about 30 TRUCK «. CANNING CROPS neighbor, Clarence J. Reid, state vice- It can be said that as power com- (a) 9 acres transferred to Soil Conserv. crops at $11 $ 99 (irnesee Boosts Membership million surplus crop acres to soil con- president of the Farm Bureau, re- panies develop their own application (b) Same 9 acres qualified for soil building grant by doing certain soil impr. practices on farm 9 Fifty-four Farm Bureau members serving crops. To north central states Ail small grains harvested for grain or hay. turned from the National conven- forms for a rural electric line, they athered at Grand Blanc, March 3 that means about a 10% reduction in tion at Chicago, and told of the fine will expect the group to complete such (c) 40 acres already in soil conserv. crops qualified for reparatory to- a membership cam- corn, oats, barley, and 15% for wheat Annual grasses harvested for hay humanitarian spirit manifest through- a form as a regular course of com- soil building grant by practices mentioned 40 aign that added materially to the and rye. or seed- out the proceedings of that great pany business. This advice may pre- TOTAL SOIL CONSERVATION ACT GRANT enesee County membership which There Is about $470,000,000 In the Annual legumes harvested for hay body, we are inclined to the belief vent needless delay where a group under this set-up .$148 as been doubled since last fall. Soil Conservation Act grant to be or grain. Soy beans, field peas, ect. that Clarence is just a little prouder has filed any other form of petition Jackson Visits State Office spread over the United States. It will of his organization than before he with the power company. Seventy Farm Bureau families and be budgeted according to crop regions. went to Chicago. No intoxication, sire to be fair and just, are only a . RURAL TAX IN NEW YORK riends participated in a motor tour Michigan is in the North Central age for AAA signers. They will see either on trains traveling to or from few of the things mentioned which In the rural sections of New York, TO PROTECT CHILDREN o the Lansing offices on March 12 States region of 12 States, including hat in applying the Soil Cons. Act. the convention or at the sessions; no contrasts the Farm Bureau conven- about one-third of the property taxes To help keep children safe from o inspect the plant there. They al- the corn belt. When local, county, and The present Soil Act program is for o visited the Lansing retail store 936 only. A committee is working cigarette smoking by women, toler- tion with others of these modern are for town purposes, one-third for automobile accidents, dress them in nd warehouse. Arthur Perrine of State committees have built up their n 1937 and 1938 programs, and will be ance for the welfare of others, a de- times.—Yale Expositor. brightly colored clothes. Drivers report of performance, the exact county, and one-third for school uses. then may see the children more easily. lives Junction, president of the (Continued on page 3) amount of grant per acre will be uided by the 1936 experience. Th« (Continued on page 2) TWO MICHIGAN FARM NEWS SATOBAY, APRIL 4, 1936 THUMB MEMBERS FAW. IR'AM and HONOR PRESIDENT Farm Bureau Paints Successor to the Michigan Farm Bureau News, founded January 12, 1923 •MiULTHA S.CLARK Present State Farm Bureau Leader With 400 House Barn Roof Enamel Varnishes Entered as second class matter January 12, 1923, at the post- office at Charlotte, Michigan, under the Act of March 3, 1879. Memberships Thumb of Michigan Farm Bureau Published first Saturday of each month by the Michigan State Farm Bureau at its publication office at 114 Lovett St., Charlotte, Michigan. The People Who Pity Themselves members had their first meeting with State Farm Bureau President J. J. Editorial and general offices, 221 North Cedar St., Lansing, Michigan. I oftentimes pity some fellow Jakway on Friday, Febraury 13, at a Postoffice Box 960. Telephone, Lansing, 21-271. Whose lot is less pleaiant than mine; dinner they gave in his honor at La- Who hoes a hard row, or whose debtors are slow peer. EINAR UNGREN Editor and Business Manager Or whose business is in a decline. To mark the occasion they went I pity the poor and the orphaned, out beforehand and gathered more Subscription 25 cents per year; 4 years for | 1 , In advance. And people in sorrow or sin, But I pity the most that self-pitying host, than 400 new Farm Bureau member- The people who think they're all in. ships which they presented Mr. Jak- Vol. XIV SATURDAY, APRIL 4, 1936 No. 4 way with their best wishes. There are slaves in the black tents of Islam "I 'believe the future hasn't any- There are serfs on the steppes of Tibet thing so good to stay with and to de- Poor muzhiks there are in the U. S. S. R. pend upon as a Michigan farm,' O N E GALLON OF FARM BUREAU HOUSE P A I N T will cover 300 sq. ft. Farmers or Small Game Come First? Whose fate I sincerely regret. said Mr. Jakway in response. "Where two coats on average surfaces. It's a Job that settles the paint question Newspaper reports indicate that because of the uproar raised by There are ignorant people, and hungry, else can you raise a family as well as for many years. Our house paints are a combination of lead, zinc, and certain conservationists of wild game, the federal government may stop There are victims of grief and neglect, you can in the country? Where else inert with pure linseed oil and thinners. Good paint makes the best work on $4,000,000 of WPA projects to clean out farm drainage systems in But I shed the most tears for the fellow who fear* is there peace, and where else is wearing and the cheapest job. ' Michigan, and go no farther. That all hope for the future is wrecked. there no loss of prestige if you're FARM B U R E A U QUICK DRYING 4 HOUR E N A M E L S come in 14 colors, Some newspaper writers seem to think that a primary object of a We pity the weak and the erring; not keeping up with the Joneses? including black and white. Brilliant gloss . . . no brush marks . • . farm is to provide an approved home for game for hunters from the We pity the old and senile; "I think the light is breaking in washable . . . not expensive . . . and cover well. cities. They have been writing articles to show that farmers would be Our hearts feel a pang for the fast-stepping gang the cast. Thanks to the aid given by OUR P E R S I A N GOLF R E D O X I D E BARN P A I N T is bright red and done a favor if their drains are left alone. We think a far greater favor Who are swiftly hell-bent all the while; the Michigan State Farm Bureau our will not fade. W e have a fine line of roof paints . . . wall paints . . . will have been:done to the notions of certain conservationists, sports- But none of the folks I have mentioned property tax for highways is gone, aluminum paint . . . and floor paints. Receive as much sympathy, quite, and our school taxes are much lower. men's clubs and regort owners. BUY FROM YOUR FARM BUREAU DEALER As the people who claim that Fate is to blame, I am enamored to the farm and the The facts of the matter are that farmers may lose their opportunity And pity themselves day and night. surroundings whereby the farm glor- to have important drains cleaned out and restored to their original Farm Bureau Services, Inc., Lansing, Michigan Oh, their's is a case that is hopeless. ifies a family, and the family glori- effectiveness, and without cost to farm taxpayers. It has come to our No cure for what ails them is known. fies the farm", attention that all the WPA drainage projects are limited to the cleaning The source of their woe is inside them, you know, "The Farm Bureau has always out of existing drains, and not to deepen them below original surveys. And it hurts them to hear themselves groan. been fortunate in the high character In fact, in some instances the cleanout will not make the drains as deep But the world does not really feel sorry, and ability of the men who have been in some places as they once were. The work is being done in accord- For the Judgment of candor compels its presidents," said Sec'y C. L. ance with the recommendations of the county drain commissioners, That we give a loud hoot and a chortle to boot Brody, adding that he has known all and under their supervision. For the dim-wits who pity themselves. of them. "The president of the Farm Bur- Under the drainage project, farmers were to have adjoining lands eau," said Mr. Brody, "has always improved so that they could work them earlier in the season as they did been an active farmer, and as such when the drain was new. In some instances, drainage improvement he registers in the legislature and siirveyp were made and approved several years ago but dropped for lack every where else a view point that is FARM BUREAU of funds from local tax sources. Many drains needing attention haven't straight from the farm." had it because of the tax raising involved. Mr. Brody paid tribute to the cour- The Looking CMass river drainage project, affecting areas of Shia- age and faith in the future that all wassee, Clinton, and Ingham counties, has drawn much fire from game State Farm Bureau presidents have conservationists. This system was built by the farmers in 1888 and contributed to the organization which they serve without salary or other 1894 at a cost of $30,000. In 1920 a survey was made for restoring its financial reward. effectiveness, but was not undertaken for lack of funds. WPA program, 900 of the 1,200 farms affected are reported to have approved the project to clean out what has been termed a more or less broken down drain system. Writers on wild game subjects have made Under the a battle ground out of the Looking Glass project, notwithstanding that a Lapeer County Farm Bureau led all county groups by turning in 128 new memberships. James Mahaffy of Sanilac county brought in 33 sin- ft le handed. President Milt Burk- Shiawassee county rod and gun club of many years standing calmly approves the cleaning out of the drain and observes that hunting in the holder of the Michigan Elevator Ex- hange, and Director Will Bristow of Protected by Soil Conservation Act of the land. Our attitude will be to the Michigan Milk Producers Ass'n territory is much better in the dry years. If sometime farmers there decide to clean out the Looking Glass support it. We want it to produce the Interesting tO S t a t e begt results possible in Michigan." ach turned in a batch of Farm Bur- a newly A new kind perfected electrolyticof It zinc process known as Bethanizing ap- coating is also so* ductile and tightly bonded to the steel base that there river and finance it themselves it may cost them about $40,000. The (Continued from page one) •»«• n j •. . , . , ., eau memberships in the name of 1936 and 1937 programs will be directed1 M r > B r o d y P ° i n t e d out m the meet- their Ass'ns. plies a zinc coating to Bethanized is no loss of protective value from WPA expected to do the job without any local expense. I n g that Farm Bureau Pence that in its en- the wrapping at the joints in weav- from Washington in their entirety. By j Michigan's fruit and beet Counties represented among the County drain commissioners met recently at Lansing and agreed to 1938, if the program continues, the; f a r m e r s must have rulings that will 300 folks who attended the dinner tire thickness is 99-99 per cent ing. Furthermore, it is heavier in classify proposed drain projects under the WPA in the order of their Act provides for administration by the the Act serve them as equitably were: Genesee, Oakland, Macomb, pure zinc, the purest ever applied weight than other farm fence coat- necessity and submit them to boards of supervisors for prompt action States, in co-operation with Washing- as any other class of farmer. Lapeer, St. Clair, Sanilac, Tuscola, to wire. Free from the embrittling, ings. Yet Bethanized Farm Bureau in order to save most of this aid. Controversial drains are to be dis- ton. By and large the Soil Conservation Huron, Saginaw, and Shiawassee. rust-inviting iron contamination Fence costs no more. While bring- cussed later. Hunters and conservation interests were warned that The State committee will make Act application for the 12 North Cen- and other impurities unavoidable ing greater value and longer fence they are treading on dangerous ground. Michigan farmers have an recommendations to Washington that tral States, as presented at East Lan- Farm Pay Rising in older zinc coating processes, life, it sells for usual fence prices. investment of $53,000,000 in farm drainage systems. certain practices in Michigan be con- sing showed the beneficial results of the Farm hands in the United States the Bethanized coating has remark- Ask to see this new, better pro- Farmers who depend upon the land for their living, and who pay sidered as soil conserving and/or soil work done for Michigan farmers by the are getting the highest pay in four ably high resistance to the weather. tected, money-saving fence. vears, according to the United States taxes upon it are the best judges of whether drains should be cleaned building. In the latter case the State Farm Bureau, Grange, Live Stock Ex- change, sugar beet ass'n and State Bureau of Agricultural Economics. out or not, and by whom, and when, and under what conditions. The committee will make recommenda- hunter carrying a small game license does his hunting as gome farmer's tions for the bookkeeping credit for College. At the recent Chicago con- FARM BUREAU SERVICES, Inc., Laming, Mich. guest, and not by any other right. Some sportsmen will do well to performance to be allowed the farmer ference with Sec'y Wallace, these AN EMINENT remember that. as he seeks to qualify for soil im- groups fought for equal treatment provement grant. These rulings will with the corn belt States on every be made public later. point, and got it." AUTHORITY SAID When American Ships Are Needed If participation in the Soil Conser- In the final results, Michigan's large The present crisis in European affairs brings home to America the "Pilot Brand Oyster Shell vation Act is very high, the rates per acreage of soil conserving crops and Importance of an adequate American merchant marine to transport our acre may be reduced as governed by her dairy program should enable her Flake played an important exports to foreign markets, according to the Mississippi Valley Associa- available funds. If participation is to use the Act to advantage. Mich- part in the record made by tion. In view of the present acute uncertainty in world affairs, America low, the rates may be higher, but not igan can outshine most others in col- the 10 high pens of 5 birds may find herself wholly dependent on American ships to move our export products. During the World War when England commandeered 1,500 of her more than 10% in either case. lecting soil building grants on hay In Michigan the State Committee is and pasture lands. There are those working on recommendations to pro- who think the present application of each of 222-2/3 eggs each for the year—a total of 11,120 eggs. How Many Friends merchant ships for war purposes and German merchantmen were swept vide our fruit industry with soil de- the Act may be more popular in Mich- "It is as important in the lay- from the seas embargoes were enforced against many of our exportable pleting classification, a cover crop and igan than in the corn belt. er's ration as feed and water." products. The cost of transporting a bale of cotton from Galveston, Tex., to Liverpool rose from $2.50 to $50. The freight rate on wheat from New York to Liverpool Jumped from 8 cents a bushel in 1914 to other rulings that will enable fruit men to participate on an equal basis with other farmers. At present fruit Under Six Flags Pilot Brand is used in most egg laying tests, it is the ac- cepted standard of quality. Have You? Flags of six nations have flown 27 cents in 1915 and reached a peak of $1.36 befoje the war ended. Other is not classed as soil depleting, and exportable products suffered the same handicap. An adequate American is therefore practically excluded from over Texas soil^Spain, France, Mex- No waste— merchant marine is important to both agriculture and industry. the Act. ico, the Republic of Texas, the Con- no odor—no Sugar Beets a Special Crop federacy and the United States. p oisonous It has been said that the number of friends you In 1836, Texas became an independ- matter. have depends almost wholly upon you; for friend- Electricity For Less Than Lighting Plant Interest Under the Soil Conservation Act, ent republic by breaking away from sugar beets, flax, cotton and tobacco Ten years ago—in 1926—it would have been an amazing thing if are considered special soil depleting Mexico. The Texas Centennial Exposi- FEED ship is like many other precious possessions in farmers were offered electric lights and power! for merely paying the DEALERS interest on the cost of a plant. That is about what the new rural electric crops and subject to special payments that it does not thrive on neglect. and conditions—which are under de- event and the century of progress EVERYWHERE line regulation amounts'to, assuming there is an average of five users since achieved. bate. to the mile. It is ruled that sugar beet acreage Most expressions of friendship, in ;this modern Several farmers who installed individual lighting plants on their premises have told us they spent $600 or a little more for the outfit. The shall not be included in making up age, involve the use of the telephone. Direct, the soil depleting and soil conserving interest on that amount for one year at six per cent amounts to $36.00. Rural lines can now be had if a revenue of $150 a year per mile Is guaran- base acreages for a farm in 1935. Beets shall be considered separately. Classified Ads personal, inexpensive, it has come to be the recog- nized means of arranging nearly all informal social Classified advertlsemenis aro cash with order at the following teed. For five premises that would amount to $30 a year each. A grower may grow as many or less rates: 4 cent* per word for on* edition. Ads to appear in two or mor« Looking at this service from the standpoint of convenience, comfort, acres of beets in 1936 as he did in editions take the rate of 3 cents per word per edition. gatherings. safety and utility, we can think of no way that similar benefits can be 1935. It is possible that he may obtained for a like amount of money. We have talked with many farmers grow more acres under the allotment LIVE STOCK It has greatly simplified the role of the hostess, who have installed electricity oh their premises and have never heard provided in the Act. However, to SEEDS of one who would have it removed for several times what it cost in qualify under the Soil Act, he must REGISTERED HEREFORD BULLS— MUCK FARMERS: WE OFFER SEED relieving her of bothersome complications once dollars and cents. There may be those who will argue that it is a luxury. grow in 1936 for every acre of sugar Best Blood Lines. Two young bull calves "Peatland" Barley and Siberian Millet inseparable from entertaining. By telephone the We will grant that it is when compared to other and older kinds of beets a half acre of Boil improvement carrying over 25% "Anxiety 4th" blood. raised by ourselves. A. M. Todd Com- Should appeal to registered owners. pany, Mentha, Michigan. (2-l-3t-19b) woman of today can obtain acceptances or regrets lighting and power. When the installation costs get down to that or conserving crops, and he may not DAIRY FARMERS-cull your dairy herds established in this section of Michigan, we cannot agree that it is a harvest those half acres and still and use a Hereford and see the quality PLANTS FOR SALE without delay; she can make a last-minute addition luxury—it comes mighty close to being a necessity.—Clinton County have them considered soil improving of veals. Don't feed scrubs any longer. A. M. Todd Company (14 miteg N. W. Republican-News. crops. FROSTFROOF Kalamazoo) Mentha, Michigan. World's bunch fifty, mossed, labeled variety CABBAGE, EACH to her guests, can quickly summon a fourth for Largest Mint Farm. (3-2-tf-55b) name, Jersey Wakefteld, Charleston It is not quite clear yet as to Wakefleld, Succession, Copenhagen, Early bridge. Jumbo Smelt California Calls Farm whether he must put in an extra % REGISTERED HEREFORD CATTLE and Late Dutch, postpaid: 200, 65c; 300, 75c; 500, $1.00; $1,000, $1.75. Onion: acre of soil improving crops for each -^•Four Sires ready for service. Eight Crystal Smelt run to huge proportions in Little Bay De Noc. They are referred Bureau for 1936 Meet weaned bull calves. Come and pick out Wax, Yellow Bermuda, Sweet acre of beets, or whether he may as- a few females from our herd of ninety Sj>;mish, Prizetaker. Prepaid: 500, 60c; Modern telephone service is a special boon to those The 1936 annual meeting of the sign an existing acre of soil improve- head. "W. H. McCarty and Son, Bad Axe, well l.ooi), $1.00; 6,000, $3.50. Tomato: Large, to locally as "jumbos" and it is not American Farm Bureau Federation is ment or conservation crops for that Michigan. (3-7-32b-2t) labeledrooted, open field grown, mossed, with variety name. Livingston who have been parted by distance. It gives them, uncommon for an ice fisherman to to be held at Pasadena, California, purpose. We think that latter idea FOR SALE—MISCELLANEOUS Pink, McGee, Earliana, Gulf State, Mar- Globe, Marglobe, Stone, Baltimore, June despite their separation, the opportunity for "voice take a "jumbo" of 12 inches or more in December 9-19-11. More than 5000 dele- ket. Early Detroit, postpaid: 100, 60c; length. gates and visitors are expected. The will prevail. MICHIGAN SEPTIC TANK SIPHON 200. 75c; 300, $1.00; 500, $1.60; 1,000. $2.25. reunions"—for a kind of personal contact which Under the Act, the beet grower as and bell as recommended by State Col- Pepper: mossed and labeled, Chinese Gi- While fishing in the bay recently D. Nashville, Tenn., convention in 1934 qualified above, will be entitled to a lege Agr'l Engineering dep't. Build your ant, Bull Nose, Ruby King, Red Cayenne, postpaid: 100, 65c; 200, $1.00; 500, $1.75; only the telephone can provide. Over it they can B. Reynolds of Ann Arbor hooked and drew 3,600. Eastern and middle west- own septic tank and sewage system. In- landed a smelt measuring 14 inches in ern State Farm Bureaus are investi- beet grant of 12^c per 100 lbs. of stall when tank is built. Installation and 1,000, $2.50. Full count, prompt ship- send greetings of the season, condolences, con- sugar yield, or about $3 per acre, at operation simple. Discharges automati- ment, safe arrival, satisfaction guaran- teed. Union Plant Company Texarkana, length. He caught numerous other gating railroad tours which will make around 35c a ton of beets. cally. Have been sold 16 years. All In Arkansas. (4-4-2t-114b) gratulations—all the various remembrances that emelt approximately a foot in length. it possible for their groups to see the daily use and giving satisfaction. In- Thousands of Michigan fisherman Grand Canyon and many other points It is understood that the beet grow- structions with each siphon. $7.00 de- TURKEYS arise from genuine friendship—and prove that er may qualify the half acres of soil livered. Farm Bureau Supply Stpre, 728 know the smelt as small silvery fish, of interest en route to and from Pa- improvement crops tied to his beet E. Shiawassee St., Lansing. (3-4-tf-6Ob) HIGHEST QUALITY BRONZE TUR- absence need not necessarily mean forgetfulness. easily taken in their spring spawning sadena. It is quite likely that a num- runs upstream. The smelt, however, ber of eastern State Farm Bureau program for the $1 per acre soil im- BEEKEEPER'S SUPPLIES key poults and eggs. W. D. Willard, Crystal Highlands, Beulah Michigan. Quick, dependable, the telephone service provided provement grant by carrying out cer- (2-3t-14p) attain much larger size than those delegations will join on the same tain soil improvement practices any- BEE HIVES, SECTIONS, COMB by this Company has won a definite part in the commonly caught during the smelt train. Two cent railroad fare effect- where on his farm as provided. foundations, etc. Outfits for beginners. runs. The large-size smelt are found ive June 2 may develop further trans- Send for catalog. GRAFTING WAX for FENCE social life of the people of Michigan, and daily ful- orchardists. Both hand and brush wax. for the most part in Great Lakes portation economies for such groups. Failure to qualify a beet crop under BERRY BASKETS AND CRATES. Send ELECTRIC FENCE. BIG CUT IN fills an important function in the many occasions the Soil Conservation Act may dis- for prices. M. H. HUNT & SON, .".11 Xo. price for 30 days. $22.50. Wayne Latson, waters. At Pasadena, the convention schedule qualify a farmer from other soil con- Cedar St., Lansing, Mich. U-4-lt-39b) Howell, R-3, Mich. (4-4-3t-p) which both promote and preserve the treasure of will be arranged to permit visitors to servation act benefits. Charles £. Hearst visit nearby scenic places, and import- Secretary Brodj'i Comment WANTED TO RENT FARM FARM LANDS FOR SALE friendship. Charles E. Hearst, vice-president of ant agricultural districts and farm Asked to comment on the Soil Con- YOU OWE IT TO YOURSELF TO IN- MATURE MARRIED MAN NOW vestigate the farm bargains offered by the American Farm Bureau federation, co-oper»tives. servation Act as presented at the East workingr on 240 acres, 25 head of stock the Lank Bank on 20 year terms. Good passed away at his home at Cedar Lansing meeting, Sec'y C. L. Brody wants to rent up to 160 acre farm on locations in Michigan, North Dakota, shares, everything furnished. Or will Minnesota and Wisconsin. Only 20% Never too Late to Learn of the State Farm Bureau told the work by the month. Has boy 16. Refer- cash required. Write today for free in- Falls, Iowa, last month. Mr. Hearst organized the Black Haw County Farm The Globe said an Atchison, Kansas, group that at Washington in Janu- ences. George Galvin, care of Lester formation. Department 61, Federal Land Bureau, the third in Iowa, in 1912, and man, "I'm very much interested in a ary all the principal farm organiza- Galvin, 146 Cartherine St., Lansing. (4-4-lt) Bank, Saint Paul, Minnesota. (2-4t-45b) M I C H I G A N BELL be«an a term of service which led him certain young man. He says he can tions had agreed on the basic princi- to the second post in the American support my daughter on $18 a week. ples of the program. Farm Bureau. Last summer Mr. I can't do it—and I have a notion to "In my opinion," said Mr. Brody. MISCELLANEOUS FARM WORK WANTED SINGLE MAN, 22, WANTS FARM work by month, dairy or general farm. TELEPHONE CO. t addressed a number of Farm let the young fellow marry her. "the new act will probably prove to WANTED TO BUY—USED METAL Ingham, Eaton or Clinton counties. Has Bureau uniting* iu Michif an. can study his method of be most constructive. It is the lawoutdoor brooder house. Michigan Farm experience, n.vde Coffey, Hillcr.st road, News, Lansing Michigan. (4-4-U-13b) Lansing, R-3. (4-4-36) MICHIGAN FARM NEWS THUFF SATURDAY, APRIL 4, 1936 Uncle Ab says every task takes more Further prog OBLIGING Corn Borer Control time than you thought it would, even season in reducing the lead arsenate Fat Man (in a movie to little boy sitting behind him)—"Can't you see, little fellow?" Only European War Can Take U.S. Two ways of controlling the corn though you knew it was going to. spray residue on apples and Little Fellow—"Not a thing." Gov't Out of Farming Business borer when corn stalks are mixed in with manure are recommended by C. Fat Man—"Then keep your eye on me and laugh when I do." Leading Business Magazine Says Industry's Tariff B. Dibble, extension entomologist, Michigan State College. When ma- What made it look that way was annure is spread on the fields, plowing awkward little computation which before June 1st will completely des- Livestock Feeders! PROFITABLE feeding operations this year will require that live Policy for a Closed Market for Industry seemed to show that though industrial troy the borers. When plowing before stock be PURCHASED as cheaply as possible, FINANCED at a reasonable interest rate and when finished SOLD at the highest market I prices were still 10 per cent above that date is impossible, the corn stalks Mo y Has Forced AAA, Etc., Until the pre-war level at the very pit of hould be gathered in a pile and PURCHASING «~> lawns . H v,,,,Hs_/,ree Catalog. the depression in 1932, farm-product urned, he advises. STANDARD ENGINE CO.! Farm Markets Expand prices were 48 per cent below. Since Thp Michigan Live Stock exchange through its NATIONAL connections can furnish at tost plus a reasonable handling charge, all grades of feeding 4028 COMO AVE. MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. the farmer had to sell eggs to buy F. F. A. Speaking Contest lambs, cattle and calves. A large assortment at our Daily Markets i Editor's Note—In March we presented a statement by Benjamin Ander- kept on hand at St. Johns and Battle Creek at all times. son, economist for the Chase National Bank of New York. He believes buttons, it was arguable that the farmer was at a certain disadvantage. 5% FINANCING the only permanent cure for our farm surpluses is the restoration of our All Future Farmers of America 5% MONEY is available for the folding operations of all worthy ft lost farm export trade. At Indianapolis in January he blamed industry's What AAA Really W « hapters in Baton county have been who have feed, regardless of where they purchase their f»- tariff policy for that loss. He said industry must lower its tarifis if we "The AAA, as all the world has nvited to participate in a speaking SELL1>G are to get the farm export trade back. In the meantime, said he, the U. S. must by land leasing or otherwise keep export crop production in been told," continues Fortune, "was ontest at the Olivet High school, Our new enlarged complete Selling1 Service now consists of not only Com- balance, or expect farm surpluses and very low prices within a year or an attempt to remove that disadvant- Wednesday evening, April 15. The mission Sales Agencies on Detroit and Buffalo terminal markets, b u t daily market at St. Johns, a n d Hattle Creek where all species of live so. This month we present a statement on the farm problem by the age." Specifically, it was an attempt oarm Bureau will present a banner the winner. Parents of F. F. A. BtocK ar« purchased each day and moved direct to t h e packers or the public market. All grades of dairy cows bought a n d sold at Battle Cre*k. magazine FORTUNE, an outstanding publication in the business world. to get the farmer inside the economy nembers and Farm Bureau members For complete information phone or write These pungent views from the other side of the fence do not spare the of scarcity which industry had built re invited to attend. industrial brethren. "The Supreme Court has put the American taxpayer for itself through protective legisla- tion such as industrial tariffs. Michigan Live Stock Exchange /3.6% Secretary's Office, Hudf n, Mich. "Properly considered," states the into the farming business to stay," says Fortune in its March article, "the processors who took the Daily Markets Terminal Markets St. Johns & Battle Creek Detroit, & Producers Co-op at Buffalo. N. Y. ssue, "and every Federally taxable citizen will help to feed AAA to the Supreme Court were fight- Listen to the Farm Market Reporter, sponsored by the he pig and pay the interest on the mortgage from now until ing the latest engagement in a very Ford Dealers of Michigan via Station WXYZ and Michigan Radio Network, Mon., Tues., Wed., Thurs., F r i . at 12:15 p. m. ancient war, and their victory must You don't have to worry as long as Clo- Trate la mixed in your commercial starting mash. Even if the weather is damp and rloudy, chicks will develop strong, sturdy bones, because Clo-Trate supplies a uni- e dies." In an exhaustive study of the AAA decision, Fortune oncludes that by throwing the farm problem back into be measured by that fact. The AAA experience, whether well-advised or ill-advised, had served to dramatize the farmer's difficulties. The country MORE YIELD form and adequate amount of the sunshine politics in an election year, the Court has tied the farmer vitamin D. It makes them grow faster, too, and helps build resistance to infections (colds, roup, etc.) because it Is also con- centrated in vitamin A. around the taxpayer's neck. knew in terms of slaughtered pigs and plowed-up acres what those dif- BY TREATING NEW IDEA Spreader CLO-TRATE is concentrated cod liver SEED POTATOES oil, made under the Barthen Process (U. S. Pat. No. 1084858) and Is fully THIS W A T . . . . guaranteed. HEALTH PRODUCTS CORP. Dip-treat your seed potatoes with New Chicago San Francisco Newark, N. J. Improved SEMESAN BEL this sea- son and look forward to a bigger yield of better potatoes — at less cost! Easy—just dip and plant. stable manure, unspoiled by Thj . loadi N£WJDEA s d,er .estg ^ Actual cost of treatment with this ,»or leaching, has a proven Fer- handiest to drive and the jght- in draft of any spreader on the mar- tility value of $3.50 or more per ton. quick dip is about 21c an acre—for Much of this profit may be lost to you ket. It gets the job done quickly and one pound treats 60 to 80 bushels of through poor spreading, or wasted if has never been excelled infieldper- h o 6 BUSHELS seed. For this slight investment, New Improved SEMESAN BEL gives better stands; reduces or prevents your spreader is clumsy, hard to haul and requires too many repairs. formance. Pulverizes the toughest man- ure and distributes it in a wide, even blanket of controlled fertility. And as for repairs, a NEW IDEA hardly ever MORE CORN ANACRE losses from seed-borne scab and Rhizoctonia; increases and improves needs them. It is the most durable spreader ever built. CENTS yields. In actual field tests, it has increased yields an average of 13.6%. The NEW IDEA Spreader pays a bonus on every ton of manure—by the extra INDUSTRY HAS WON EVERY ENGAGEMENT WITH AGRICULTURE" 4-oz^ 50c; 1-lb., $1.75; 5-lbs., The NEW IDEA Steel fertility it extracts — by the time and Farm Wagon replaces the labor that it saves—and by its notable With good seed corn so scarce this $8.00. Ask for free Potato Pamphlet. sturdy wood wheel wagon of older days. Better economy of operation. year, many growers will be forced to "Any congressman could tell this than the Democrats have offered ficulties were. It had some compre- made, more durable, lighter running, safer, handier. Adaptable for every type of load. Tele- without taking his feet off his desk," them is out of touch with what hension of the fact that the drafters scoping reach; adjustable bolsters; twin roller plant mediocre seed. But — good Fortune says. "There are 15,000,000 might be called the political realities. of the AAA were in reality saying: TREAT SEED EVERY YEAR bearings with renewable sleeves. Wheels famous Built in two sizes. Model 8 for heavy usera. seed or only fair — make what you for their strength, rigidity and wear-resistance. Model 9 for the average farm. Mai! the farm votes that can be beautifully or- "Since Lincoln's time, industry has 'This country cannot exist half a plant produce to the limit by treating it with New Improved SEMESAN JR. ganized on a farm issue, and neither won every engagement in its struggle "plenty" economy and half a "scarc- - I T PAYS I coupon today for complete description. NEW IDEA, Inc., Dept. 8 9 , Coldwater. Ohio party will dare bid less than the farm- with agriculture," Fortune says, "par- ity" economy.' When, therefore, the In 14 Iowa-Illinois tests, this ethyl er has actually been receiving under ticularly in its fight for a tariff which Supreme Court overturned the law it BUY PROM YOUR Send free information on items checked. Manure Spreaders. . • Power Com Shellers D I IDEA, , inc. mercury phosphate dust gave yield the AAA. Both parties will therefore would give industry a closed market. did not solve the problem. It mere- FARM BUREAU DEALER Steel Farm Wagons . D Husker-Shredders . . D I Factories at increases of from 134 to &A bushels start with a recognition of Federal Hay Loaders • Corn Pickers O I Coldwater, Ohio Sandwich, Illinois an acre; in 51 tests it produced an Indnstry's Economy of Scarcity ly tossed the problem, sharply drama- Or, buy from us, cash with order, Side Delivery Rakes . D Portable Elevators . . D responsibility for the farmer's ills. tized for the first time in U. S. his- plus mailing at 10c per Ib., if Transplanters . . . . D Gasoline Engines . . • average 10% increase — more than And the upshot is that, regardless of "But not only did industry win. It dealer can't supply you. Hand Corn Shellers . • Feed Mixers D 3% bushels an acre for 2J^c. tory, back into the laps of the voters. the outcome of the election, the fed- also imposed upon the country in the And not only back into the laps of the FARM BUREAU SERVICES, Inc, Name New Improved SEMESAN JR. can eral government will pick up the process an economic partition of the voters, but back into their laps in an give such results because it checks farmer where the Supreme Court most curious kind. In effect, to adopt election year!' 221 N. Cedar Lansing, Mich, seed rotting, improves stands, re- set him down and carry him consid- a form of speech now current, indus- duces losses from root and stalk rots. erably farther than he was carried by try set up for itself an 'economy of Obviously, given the 15,000,000 Use it! 4-oz., 50c; the AAA. scarcity' separate from the national farmers' votes, the Government will '-*£,' 1-lb., $1.50; 5-Ibs., economy, leaving agriculture to prac- take over. And the payment of sub- •«-«V Will 3Ieet the Bid tice an 'economy of plenty' by itself. $7.00. Ask for free "Proof of the soundness of these U. S. industry, its markets protected sidies out of general taxes will con- tinue in whatever form the embar- Corn Pamphlet. assumptions was provided within ten by days of the decision. The Adminis- artificial tariffs and its prices raised by an rassment of the Supreme Court make TREAT SEED tration served notice that it proposed scarcity, lived one kind of possible. .* • -r.5 to give the farmer about what he had life. And U. S. agriculture, its mar- Until Expanding Markets Return BUY FROM YOUR EVERY YEAR -IT PAYS been getting regardless of 'the sixket the world and its price lowered "Once the tax payer has actually old men'. And on January 16, theto meet the world's competition, faced the fact that he is now in farm- outstanding figure in the Republican lived another. ing up to the elbows, he will ask him- party, Mr. Hoover, informed 8,000 ^For a longer time than might self: 'How long?' The answer is the Crops ^ FARM BUREAU DEALER Republicans, citizens of Lincoln, Nebraska, that the have been thought possible, the na-simple if somewhat crude. The Amer- ON THESE FARM ACRES ARE if he ihad his way with tional cleavage this created main- ican farmer will continue to live, Or, buy from us, cash with order, tained its precarious balance, but in partly at the public expense, until plus mailing at 10c per Ib., if them, would meet that bid. dealer can't supply you. The Political Realities 1920 the inevitable happened. The American farming on a 'plenty' basis WITH "Mr. Hoover's proposal was direct agricultural half of the disunion went finds again the constantly expanding FARM BUREAU SERVICES, Inc 221 N. Cedar Lansing1, Mich and to the point. Instead of persuad- to pot. For some ten years the in- markets which such a producing ing the farmers to grow less wheat by dustrial half refused to admit that it system means. paying them to grow less wheat, as (the agricultural half) had gone. Cap- 'There are two reasons. One is the Democrats had done, Mr. Hoover italists and industrialists failed to that American farming, as it is now would persuade the farmers to grow take cognizance of this denouement organized, cannot survive without the less wheat by paying them to grow on the part of American agriculture taxpayers' help in a period of con more beans, or something else. until it was noted that the average farmer's cash income which had some- tracting markets. The other is that "The Republican party will have as times exceeded $1,000 per year had it would cost the taxpayer just a little to do with Mr. Hoover as itfallen to approximately $66 per year much or more to change American decently can, but anyone who believes in 1932. farming over from a 'plenty' basi that the Republicans, with their hist- to a basis of artificial scarcity like ory of Cappers and Lowdens and An Odious Comparison that enjoyed by industry. other agrarians, will offer the 15,- "It even began to look," says For- "The only possible escape from ROTECTED" for profit! Spraying is not an 000,000 farm votes less than Mr. Hoov- tune, "as though the farmer had had a that conclusion would be an Euro- er offered them, which is to say, less dirty deal somewhere along the line. pean war." Wayne Newton, legislative counselor planned in Oceana, Livingston and P expense. It's an investment. Every dollar spent on pest control conies back at harvest Farm Bureau Activity of the Farm Bureau, Agricultural other counties during the coming time and brings an extra profit with it, pro- <«" Indicated by Meetings agent Lott, and Vice-president C. J. month. Reid of Avoca, Michigan State Farm vided that quality materials are used and ap- (Continued from page one) Bureau. FIRE as less Jackson County Farm Bureau, and Arthur Edmunds pf Battle Creek, district representatives, conducted the tour. Thomson At Oxford The Oakland County Farm Bureau Farm and Home Radio Hour held a meeting at Oxford early in Saturday, April 11, from 12:30 to March with Agricultural Commis- 1:30 E. T., the American Farm Bureau plication is thoroughly made...It is a sound starting point to standardize on Farm Bureau chance on the Ionia and Clinton Want Power Ninety Ionia County farmers sioner James F. Thomson addressing will broadcast its program over th Brand materials. You have the combined the meeting Commissioner Thomson N. B. C. Farm and Home radio net- gathered at North Plains March 25 assurance of ourselves and our manufactur- CONCRETE and 75 at the Loud Church, Clinton County on the evening of the 27th. Mr. Herman Gallagher of the Consum- emphasized the fact that Michigan's work. Farm news from Washington income last year increased 17% organization news, addresses by na whereas the national income had in- tional leaders, and a good musica ers, General Chemical Company, that these FARM ers Power Company spoke t>n rural electrification. Both meetings were creased but 10%. He attributed the program will be heard. larger income to the increased farm- ir prosperity and tourist trade. are insecticides and fungicides of highest sponsored by the Farm Bureau. Many New Farm Bureau Members Farm Bureau on WKAR quality, consistently effective and economical Charles Mattison, Ionia County re- AR out from the nearest presentative of the Farm Bureau In addition to the above meetings During late April the Michigan to use. Ease of mixing and absence of sedi- Ffire department . . . what presided at North Plain while Harold Dersham, Community Farm Bureau special membership campaigns were State Farm Bureau will appear on the conducted in eight Thumb of Michi- State College WKAR program at 12:30 gan counties, in Muskegon County noon Saturdays with a 15 minute talk ment are definite advantages* You can pin will happen iffirebreaks out in leader, presided at the Loud Church your home or barn? The best meeting. and Eaton County. Many hundred on timely subjects of interest to farm your faith to Farm Bureau Spray Materials! answer is to build with con- Xewaygo And Muskegon Counties new members have been added dur- people. Sec'y Brody will start th Eighty-five gathered at White ing the month. Campaigns are being talks April 18. crete. For concrete can't burn. It resists fire;retards it and keeps it from spread- Croud on March 16 where Manager Lee Twing of the local co-operative Farm Bureau Services ing. Protects your family. conducted a Farm Bureau commodity meeting. Similar meetings were INSURE YOUR FARM PROPERTY Lansing, Michigan Saves from destruction the val- held at Ravenna on March 19 where In Michigan's Largest Farm Mutual Fire Insurance Company. In 1935 a uable herd and equipment on 150 attended, and at Montague where net gain of over $7,000,000 in property at risk. A gain of over $36,800 in 221-227 North Cedar Street which your livelihood depends. 108 were present. net assets after material reduction in assessment rates. Total net assets over $288,250.00. Owns U. S. Government Bonds and other Bonds guaran- Concrete farm homes and The subject of soil conservation teed by U. S. Government valued at $113,124.36, which is more than any has aroused much interest in the other Farm Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Michigan, earning interest buildings are attractive and annually of $3,765.00. Interest earned annually on other investments community Farm Bureau meetings. $1,737.70, making an interest income of $15,08 every time the sun goes down. comfortable, economical to In these meetings those attending Insurance Department writes "Your members are to be congratulated on the build and to own. You can are urged to voice their opinions in- efficiency of your management of their business. The progress shown in the increase of insurance and the very moderate cost of procuring this do much of the construction stead of being lectured to and this increased business is evidence of thorough knowledge of the business and proceedure is meeting with much attention to detail." yourself. Or ask your cement Mi higan State Board of Agriculture carry insurance on State Kxperimental dealer to recommend a good favor. Preliminary reports indicate Farms in this Company. First Company to write a blanket policy on concrete contractor. these groups in favor of the soil con- farm personal property which often pays double the amount of classified servation progam. policy. First Farm Mutual Company in Michigan to employ full time Check list and paste on a postal for help- Inspectors. Cartful underwriting and systematic inspection eliminating ful literature. La peer Meetings undesirable risks and tire hazards. Insurance classified and assessed A number of smaller meetings according to hazard. Assessment rate as low as $2.94 p°er $1000. Reasonable PORTLAND CEMENT ASSOCIATION terms granted to all members. Write for literature and financial standing. Dept. D4-5 were held in various localities in the Also ORCHARD B R A N D "ASTRINGENT" ARSENATE OF LEAD - BASIC ZINC ARSENATE 2012 Olds Tower Bldg., Lansing, Mich. State. Lapeer County held 3 local • Firesafc Homes • Concrete Barns G Hog Houses C! Feeding Floors D Gran- meetings with such speakers as State Mutual Fire Insurance Co. of Michigan DRlTOMICSULPHUfc - "POTATO SPRAY" — BORDEAUX'ARSENICAL, ROTENONE «t OTHER DUSTS NICOTINE SULPHATE - PARADICHLOROBENZENE - X-13 (PYRETHRUM EXTRACT) - PARIS GREEN aries • Poultry Houses D Storage Cellars County Road Commissioner Hugh W. V. Burras, Pres. 702 Church St., Flint, Mich. H. K. Fisk, Sec'y D Milk Houses O Concrete Making. Stewart, County Clerk Charles Stier, FOfR MICHIGAN FARM NEWS SATTRPAY. APRIL 4, 1936 J. T. Sleight, Bath, Clinton: turned to Illinois but returned to Ravenna Creamery for 12 years. Mrs. 1935 Wool account. Many thanks. I am not in a position to offer advice on the wool "Having pooled my wool 13 years Michigan in 1905. McNitt organized the first 4-H club in Lansing Sugar Beet Growers Ann'l Meeting Pool question. You seem t o be doing all it has been my experience and obser- right." vation that a wool grower receives Presidents of Mrs. McXitt died seven years ago the district. and now Mr. McNitt lives with his Comment Geo. H. MacKenzie, Johannesburg, Otsego: more money or nearer to parity value for his wool through the pool than he would if it were not for the Co-op- Michigan County son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Mead Cryderman, who operates the Biggest Cattle State Several hundred members of the Lansing Sugar Beet Growers Assj^n in Following are excerpts taken from "I am well satisfied with the 1935 erative Wool Marketing Association, Farm Bureaus homestead farm of 240 acres. Organization work is Mr. McXitt's Becomes TB Free Area annual meeting at Kast Lansing, TLpril wool crop settlement." I heard C. R. Oviatt, beet sugar letters to the Michigan Co-operative because the influence of co-operative hobby. He believes in the fundament- The U. S. Department of Agriculture authority, say that tin1 sugar outlook Wool Marketing Ass'n at Lansing with action creates a general feeling of al principles of organized effort as 'V •) f . . . . i 1 Co-op Manure Spreader Where Farm Bureau Machinery is Made Low down, 3 feet high, full capacity, light draft, short turning. New, complete, modern equipped B. F. Avery Factory at Louisville, Kentucky. Flexible frame, self-aligning bearings. Zerk lubrication. Co-op Combined Fertilizer & Grain Drill French & Heck steel wheels. Easily loaded. Easily pulled. Double run feed, easily adjusted, drills perfectly. Grass seeder attach- ment. Zerk lubrication. Wood or steel wheels. Our wood box lasts. Volcano Disc Harrow New Torpedo Sulky Plow Sure Drop Planter Electrically heat treated discs, long gang bolt, special Positive clutch. Edge or flat drop hoppers. Three valve Extra strong construction throughout. Levers con- spool flange construction. Bearings lubricated from veniently located for operator. Light draft. Four construction assures accurate planting. Adjustable for Jack Rabbit Cultivator bottom. Insures positive lubrication. width. Fertilizer attachments. An exclusive feature assures perfect balance at all times. point I. D. shares. Rigid frame. Wheel and gang shift in a class by itself. We advise ordering early. MAIL THIS COUPON Last year all manufactur- For Free Booklets ers fell behind their or- Each booklet illustrates the machine ders. 1936 will be another or implement. It describes the fea- tures that makes it extra strong, big implement year. long wearing, and convenient. Side Delivery Rake & Tedder This Avery-Champion has an extra strong angle steel frame. Fertilizer & Grain Drill Adjustable caster wheels. Lever control within easy reach of Volcano Disc Harrow operator. 3 adjustments for angle of teeth when raking— Tractor Disc Harrow 2 when tedding. Each tooth independently mounted on angle Tractor Plow steel bar. Replacement easily made. Geerless reel. Torpedo Sulky Plow Walking Plow Sure Drop Corn Planter Jack Rabbit Cultivator Co-op Manure Spreader Guard Rail Spike Tooth Harrow Spring Tooth Harrow Pull-Cut Mower (New!) Pull Cut Mower Champion Grain Binder Automatic Tractor Disc The only mower with pull-cut construction. Genuine Hyatt Farm Bureau Harnesses Champion Side Delivery Rake Extra large gang bolt. Special spool flange construc- roller bearings on main axle, and Timkin tapered roller bear- Made from No. 1 selected steer hides. Best workmanship. Champion Hay Loader tion. Angles and straightens by pull of rope. Bearings ings on counter and crank shaft. Single reduction gears. Co-op Tractor lubricated from bottom. An exclusive feature. Traces, breechings, strap work extra strong for long wear. Extra long oil bath for Ditman bushing. Draft much lighter. Farm Bureau Harness You must see these implements and others of our complete line to appreciate them— NAME „. Displays at Hart, Lapeer, Imlay City, Hastings Farm Bureau Stores— ADDRESS RFD. MAIL TO Farm Bureau Services, Inc., At Bu hanan, Holland, Hudsonville, White Cloud, and other Co-ops. Ask your Co-op. 221 No. Cedar St., Lansing, Mich. FARM BUREAU SERVICES, INC., LANSING, MICHIGAN SATURDAY, APRIL 4, 1986 MICHIGAN FARM IT E W 8 Wool Pool Now Open! THE HARVEST TOLD ANOTHER STORY NEW SOIL TEST SPOTS ALKALINITY Dr. C. H. Spurway of M. S. C. Has Rapid Method For Farm Use • Each succeeding year a greater number of fruit Dr. C. H. 8purway, Michigan State college expert, who is credited gener- growers express definite ally with having produced the first preference for and demand accurate quick test for acidity in soils, revealed Monday that he has NuRexform, the improved evolved a new form of rapid test that Arsenate of Lead. Here are also will reveal alkalinity and the de- gree of it. some of the reasons: It mixes Pr. C. E. Millar, head of the soils readily with Lime Sulphur; department, announcing his subordi- Present Rate of Advances nate's accomplishment, said Spurway stays in suspension; spreads MEDIUM WOOL FINE WOOLS 20c per 1b. .17c per lb. employs a new organic dye that in- evenly; leaves no gaps; creases the soil testing range "by 200 percent". It will be valuable won't clog screens or noz- NaTtEXFORM FED LAMB WOOLS 15c per lb. especially to muck farmers, he add- zles. That's why growers fr£RT/UZ£D S5CPOA/ Y/£LD£J> /# AfO/?£ 01/ P£R. A ed. GRASSELLI GRADE Indications point to strong wool values during 1936. If you call it the "Improved Arse- Bordeaux Mixture Lime Sulphur Solution This photograph was taken the last of June. The corn was The revised test requires from Calcium Arsenate Lore* consign to the pool you get a liberal cash advance and are three to four minutes, about a min- nate of Lead." Dry l i m e Sulphur Manpanar* planted on a clover sod, which had 125 lbs. of 2-12-6 fertilizer per ute longer than the old method. A Dulox* Parailichlorobenione still in position to profit by a rising market. The 1935 pool acre, except the test strip in the middle. When the corn was Sulphate of Nicotine small lump of soil is placed in a wax- Sulforon* was settled in the calendar year and at prices generally very finished, the unfertilized strip looked about the same as the rest ed paper trough and mixed with the THE GRASSELLI CHEMICAL CO., Inc. Zinc Sulphate satisfactory to the growers. of the field. But the fertilized corn yielded 14 bushels more per dye. If the soil is acid the mixture Founded 1839 ami many others (* Trade Mark Keg.) becomes yellow. If it is alkaline it CLEVELAND, O H I O The 1936 Wool Pool is now open for receipt of consignments. Interested acre than did the strip without fertilizer. becomes purple. Comparison of the growers should write for Wool Marketing Agreement and other information. mixture's shade with a color chart Upon return of a signed Agreement, the Michigan Co-operative Wool Mar- will show the degree of acidity or al- keting Ass'n will furnish wool sacks and shipping tags. Ass'n members may draw their wool to our Lansing warehouse, 728 East Shiawassee St., Many Are Going to Enjoy kalinity. Millar said the test will be valu- Made by. a Finn With 97?eays Lansing, any week day. They may ship by rail or truck, collect. Cash ad- vance is made at once on net weight of wool here. Inbound freight if any is paid from cash advance. Also, Wool Marketing Ass'n membership of Life Sometime But Never Do able in helping farmers to determine what crops to plant, and in saving Of Chemical Experience $1 per year. For 1936 Wool Pool Information, write to: prospective purchasers from purchas- There Are Ways to Enjoy better attempt to bring to farmers just ing land not suitable to their pur- MICHIGAN CO-OPERATIVE WOOL MARKETING ASS'N what their individual responsibility is poses. Life as One Goes and concerning their everyday farm life Secretary's Office 221 No. Cedar St., Lansing Still Do Well rather than to get them all excited over what we are going to force some- By MRS. EDITH M. WAGAR one else to do lor them. The man To spend or not to spend is a most who does not do his part after once 'II5.BU$HE1$ vital question. the help is handed to him should have LIFE INSURANCE PROTECTS How often we have heard, "We no hope of further assistance. saved for old age but where is it If we keep our minds well balanced MORE OATS now?" or "If we could have only we can face our everyday problems in The Family Circle known, how differently we would a business-like manner and work have lived!" them out little by little and at the FOR $225^ It is difficult to know what is best same time take our share of life's en- to do. Some people are easier spend- joyment as we go along. IS SOME As item NUMBER ONE in our ers than others. That trait usually We travel this road of life but once budget we'll put down an invest- reflects the earlier training. and we can make that journey Some spend their whole life in pleasure and hope and future security one of BUY!" ment in a certain amount of new CO-OP fence each year. Including scrimping to pay a debt, denying them- at the same time,—or we can make it the fields already fenced, in 3 years selves everything but the most urgent a humdrum affair that at its be«t is our entire farm will be made up in necessities, promising themselves that drab and unsatisfying. We can have You bet it's a buy — even sized fields, all hog tight. when this, that or the other thing is an accumulation of world's goods that the oats increase you Then we can do a far better job of diversification, and crop and stock paid for, they will then have that might be enviable to a few, yet be get by controlling rotation. I'm sure we'll get enough which they had always longed for. poor to the extreme so far as the loose and covered smuts with New increased yields to pay for the But that time never comes, for they things that are most worth while in Improved CERESAN1 Tests on clean fence and extra money besides to no more than are life are concerned. seed prove the average increase with pay for the many other things we free from one debt We can go in for a selfish good this treatment to be about 115 need. So let's start with fence." but they find some- time regardless of the cost and with bushels on 40 acres. Yet all it costs The most economical fence to buy thing else to scrimp no eye for the future, living from day to treat seed for this acreage, at the is CO-OP. It's made by a process for, and another to day with no thought of payday and average U.S. seeding rate, is $2.25J which blends a very heavy zinc debt is entered into. be poor in the eyes of the world. But protection with the wire. In addi- Co-op Copper-Bearing This system has we can also shape our everyday life U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Miscel- tion, the wire is made of copper- bearing steel, which further in- Zinc Protected bought farm homes so that we can find moderate enjoy- laneous Publication 199 recommends creases its resistance to rust and and has paid for ment as we travel on and at the same ethyl mercury phosphate dust {New corrosion. many a convenience time be business-like in conducting Improved CERESAN) for barley seed When the head of a family gets somewhere near the half- way point in bringing up his family, he is probably around the same point in paying for his home. He finds it very and comfort, but if our business affairs. carried to extreme, it has denied many a family an oppor- Sparta Co-op Enjoys tunity to enjoy life. treatment to control covered smut, black loose smut, stripe, and seedling blight. Tty this effective dust. One pound Increase in Business treats 32 bushels of seed. A measuring OB BUY AT YOUR CO-OP FARM BUREAU DEALER Farm Bureau Services, Lansing Mich. Fence difficult to make substantial cash savings. They are always The Sparta Co-operative Ass'n, Kent spoon in each can. MM. going to e n j o y county, shippers of lire stock through 1-lb., 75c; 5-lbs.. He can assure himself and his family a large measure of something they had always hoped for the Michigan Live Stock Exchange, $3.00. Ask for new financial security by purchasing a fair amount of life insur- but never reach that point. nearly tripled its (business in 1935, over Cereal Pamphlet. ance. He may assure his family a sum that will pay for the Many a couple have put off all en- 1934, according to J. R. Bettes, sec'y. It's free. home, and raise the family in comfort. joyment as they have traveled down The Ass'n shipped 115 carloads of the road together, spending all ofstock, numbering 6,276 head of stock. TREAT SEED State Farm Life insurance policy plans are especially their time and money for work and Sales for patrons totalled more than EVERY YEAR adapted to farmers' needs. You should know what we have the things work requires,—always $115,000, of which nearly $108,000 was thinking that some day in the future paid to the patrons after freight, yard- — ITPAYP to offer before you buy a policy anywhere. We are glad to they would turn the work over for age, feed and selling commissions explain, and without obligation. otfhers to do and then would take a ($1,754.10) had been paid. The Ass'n BUY FROM YOUR real vacation with nothing to do but began the year 1936 with a net worth FARM BUREAU DEALER go and enjoy everything in sight. of $1,290.39. Or, buy from us, cash with order, STATE FARM LIFE INSURANCE CO. But they almost always are keenly plus mailing at 10c per lb., if Bloomington, Illinois disappointed. By that time, they don't COST OF CREDIT dealer know how to spend money for pleas- Studies show that it cost merchants FARM BUREAU SERVICES, Inc can't supply you. The "Other Side" of the MICHIGAN STATE FARM BUREAU, State Agent, Lansing ure. They don't know how to be idle. about twice the usual bank interest to 221 N. Cedar They find themselves out of touch with extend credit to farmers. Lansing, Mich St. Lawrence Waterway everything along that line. They can- not convert themselves into new habits. They find that there is some- thing within their make-up that has THE ST. LAWRENCE Seaway rejected by the U. S. FRANCE ACR'L PRODUCTS Garden become so fixed that it hurts to spend money differently than they always did. They find that they are restless and uncomfortable when they have Senate in 1934 on its imagined navigation merits is being stirred into life again with its electric power phases blithely offered as a co-equally important argument. But in neither respect is the seaway needed. Seeds nothing to do. So usually a vacation is a hardship to those persons. We have far too many of these folks,—especially farmers. They have AGSTONE MEAL PULVERIZED LIMESTONE HI-CALCUIM HYDRATED LIME SPRAYING LIME VIEWED as a transportation agency, we already have a lakes-to-the sea route. On it can be, is being, econom- ically borne all the products for which America can find Farm Bureau's Tested Seeds missed much by neglecting to have a See your Dealer, Co-op, or Farm Bureau world markets. (Our railroads with their 50% surplus of system of living that allows a reason- equipment can handle all traffic given them, now and Are Selected as able amount of pleasure and rest and Dealer for FRANCE AGRICULURAL PRODUCTS through the coming generations.) change. This lack of proper budget- ing of time and money has caused IT WILL create no new markets, nor new traffic. It is BEST many a boy or girl to leave home. It simply a new shipping route, diverting traffic from exist- has made much family discord, has • T H EF R A N C E STONE CO. ing transit agencies. It will function only in summer VARIETIES FOR caused many a. husband or wife to MONROE, MICHIGAN when railroad efficiency is greatest and need of it would feel that they had been cheated in life be the least. It will be idle five months each winter when MICHIGAN and they usually go to their grave need of it would be greatest. or — THE FRANCE STONE CO., Toledo, Ohio with an unsatisfied feeling about it all. How many times we have heard IT WILL not benefit the auto industry; or the wheat # Reliable bitter regrets during the past few farmer; or bring farm relief; or aid employment; or "cure Vigorous years from people who had failed to the depression". It will shorten no trade routes. It has participate in everyday enjoyment and no military value. Productive Priced Low all of a sudden learned that their sav- ings were gone or so tied up that they (pAfifatUeWi (Baby Chicks,j VIEWED for its power (half of which belongs to cannot expect to realize on them for Canada) again the seaway is not needed. The region can- years to come, if ever. Manyfinepeo- Buy at These ple learn too late that accumulations of wealth and acres and stock some- Buy a not absorb the vast surplus of harnessed hydro power it now has. The seaway is so remote from consuming (but Farm Bureau Stores disinterested) markets that transmission costs would PINCONNING times are not the best things in life. Then on the other hand, wefindthe peQple who never look ahead for a CO-OP make the new power—as it does present power—so costly as to be unsaleable. rainy day—who think the world owes IMLAY CITY them a living whether they work or Oil Burning TO ABSORB the contemplated power an industrial district twice as large as Detroit's must be built adjoining BAY CITY not-—who care nothing whatever for the seaway. Without such a nearby market the power Main and Henry Sts. SAGINAW the consequences, so long as they get by. The past few years have brought Brooder and the immense cost of its development would be wasted. to the surface far too many of this With a Co-op Brooder Your Chicks 220 Bristol Street class. are safe — So is your Investment. LASTLY, we must furnish the bulk of the new money LANSING We sometimes wonder how much a Do not gamble with an obsolete brooder—get a dependable needed for a project benefiting another nation more than 728 E. Shiawassee St. country must endure before its people time tested Co-op Unit. No temperature variations—Modern our own and lying more largely in another's territory than HARTFORD can strike a happy medium and ad- Co-op Burner Unit reduces operating cost to a minimum. in the United States. Gleaners' Elev. Co. just themselves to a system of living MT. PLEASANT where each life would be protected Let us show you the up-to-date 1936 model. A size tofitevery FACT, not fancy and emotionalism, should influence Co-operative Elevator from privation and where each indi- need. Our standard Co-op Brooder is shown—500 chick size. our consideration of the seaway. And the fact is America vidual could participate in life's en- Ask us about Co-op Brooders—Fountains—Nests—Ventilation, has come to know it as a project that is economically un- joyment. and all poultry and barn equipment. sound. For example, there are farmers who after receiving a Federal Land Bank BUY NOW AT THESE FARM BUREAU STORES loan have made no particular effort to meet the semi-annual payments or pay current taxes. There's plenty of Hart Hastings Imlay City Lansing Hartford Gleaners Elev. Lapeer* Mt. Pleasant Michigan Railroads Association educational work that must be done. As farm organizations, we might far BIX FARM NEWS SATURDAY, APRIL 4, 1»S« MICHIGAN NEED THREE AIDS Beekeepers Advised to Watch Hives, Build Windbreaks, Buy Packages Now Seeds Are Moving Fast These Days Two hundred thousand colonies of bees In Michigan are about to re-en- i HARDIGAN and GRIMM ter the honey business for 1936, THE WAY IT LOOKS NOW certified Hardigan and Grimm alfalfa seed should be hard which leads wise beekeepers to make to get befoie June 1. It's still lower priced than last year. No superior for yield and their phuis now along three lines of quality of hay. Eligible for production of certified seed. We will record Farm Bureau action, said Prof. H. H. Kelty, exten- sion specialist apliculture for Michi- Hardigan and Grimm fields. Important to seed growers. We offer these other good gan State College. alfalfa varieties: To protect their investment of ap- proximately twenty million dollars, MONTANA GRIMM WESTERN GRIMM KANSAS COMMON Professor Kelty suggests that bee MONTANA COMMON WESTERN COMMON men watch hives closely and plug up IDAHO-UTAH COMMON the openings of a hive as soon as il Good Ensilage Corn Scarce is proved beyond doubt that a colony has died, plan and build wind protec- GOOD HUSKING CORN IS AVAILABLE in quantity in both certified and uncertified tion in spring to aid bees in theii stocks, but good ensilage seed corn is a scarce article. We advise speaking for it long flights, and place orders now l'oi package bees that will be needed before you want it. Farm Bureau corn for HUSKING: Certified Federn's Yellow Dent; April 20 to May 1 for strengthening M. A. C.; Golden Glow, Picketts, Polar Dent, and a few varieties of uncertified cprn. colonies, or for replacements or addi- Choice stocks, germination 90', or better. ENSILAGE: Farm Bureau Yellow Ensilage, tions to the number of colonies. Bees have been through a severe reliable, Nebraska grown. Treat seed corn with Semesan, advertised in this paper. winter. Reports from over the State indicate that In general the last flight CERTIFIED OATS and BARLEY in fall was around Nov. 10 and that CERTIFIED OATS AND BARLEY are discolored this year, but the germination is no flights were observed until Feb. 24 and 25. Such a long period with- high. We offer certified WOLVERINE oats for light soils, WORTHY oats for heavy out flight usually leads to heavy win- soils. For west part of State we recommend certified Spartan barley for pearling ter loss. and feeding; for the east part, Wisconsin No. 38 barley for malting and feeding pur- At the close of the season a heavy moisture content was evident in the DON'T BE DISAPPOINTED poses. Treat oats and barley seed with Ceresan, advertised in this paper. stored honey which the bees have been using for winter feeding and All clover seeds have been selling faster than in several years. Sudan Grass, Soy Beans, Other Seeds this»also is expected to show up this OUR SUDAN GRASS FOR EMERGENCY HAY CROP and pasture is high quality seed spring in weaker colonies. If you haven't got that Michigan grown alfalfa seed you're plan- Package bees are being sold this and of good germination. It has been recleaned by us to assure you the very best of seed. year at a price of $3.15 for a three- ning on, you'd better act. The crop of Michigan grown seed was SOY BEANS are in big demand. We offer Manchu, the best variety for Michigan. High pound package with queen, plus ex- press charges, according to professor the smallest in five years. We can't predict accurately how much germinating stocks. We also have a batch of Manchu containing 2 to 3% of Illini Manchu Kelty. Some .beekeepers operating the Soil Conservation Act will stimulate demand and price beans,—a very good buy for emergency pasture or hay crop. For fanners having swales as many as 450 to 1200 colonies are or other game bird cover, or who like to provide bird life with winter food, we have the gassing their honey gatherers each fall, purchasing new package stock throughout the nation for alfalfa and clover seeds, but we ex- Conservation Dep't Wild Life Mixture of sesds for planting such patches. eaeh spring. Three pounds of bees pect that it will be quite noticeable. It's a good time to get those will start off a colony with a popula- tion of about 15,000 bees, although idle acres or run down acres into soil building, pasture and hay Michigan Variegated Timothy Rape experts point out that five pounds, or 25,000 bees, make a stronger colony. producing clover or alfalfa while seed is still so reasonably priced. Field Peas Farm Bureau Training ' Vetch MICHIGAN VARIEGATED Soy Beans1 Young Men for Future A Great, Low Cost, Long Lived Hay Producer Robust Beans Some time ago the Michigan Stale OUR 1936 STOCKS HAVE PURITY OF 99.25% or better. Never any common in Farm Bureau began to provide op- our Variegated, which comes from fields sown to genuine Hardigan, Grimm, Ontario Buckwheat portunities for young men in its Junior League to learn the manu- Variegated, Lebau or Cossack varieties. The uncertified seed from these fields is Lawn Seed facturing end of tlie co-operative dis- tribution of farm supplies as it is done known as Michigan Variegated. It's a great hay yielder. The seed is select, high [Sunflower Seed hi Michigan through the farm Bu- test, thoroughly cleaned, and the price is a money saver. Order from your? co-op early. Millets 52 tons from this 14 acres of Farm Bureau A Halfa in its fourth year reau. (Fred Curtis Farm, Lake Odessa) These young men are selected on FARM BUREAU SEED GUARANTEE the basis of merit and go to the farm DELIVERED IN SEALED SACKS machinery plant at Louisville, Ky., or The Farm Bureau Services, Inc., of Lansing, guaran- For Farm Bureau ALFALFA SEED Farm Bureau Brand Seeds are delivered to you by to the fertilizer mixing plant at Lock- tees to the farmer to the full purchase price of its seed —see your local distributor your distributor in sealed, trade-marked Farm Bureau lund, Ohio, or to the vitality, description, origin and purity to be as de- the «il blending scribed on the analysis tag on sealed Farm Bureau bag. of Farm Bureau Seeds Brand bushel sacks, direct from our warehouse. See plant at Indianapo- our seed guarantee. Good seed is a good start. lis, Ind., or to the dairy and poultry feed mixing plant at Chicago to serve rmploye appren- ticeships in t h e KEEPS US WELL AND STRONG manufacturing and o t h e r operations carried on there. Mini Parker of Ciand Ledge has PARKED b e e n invited to spend several months at the Farm Bureau Oil Company plant at Indian- apolis where he will study the labora- tory and plant methods used in manu- facturing the various grades of Farm Bureau oils for memberships of the Michigan, Ohio, Indiana Farm Bu- Mermash reaus, and members of local farmers' TO PROFIT ON YOUR CHICK INVESTMENT, start them on GUARANTEED ANALYSIS co-operatives in those and other Protein (min.) 16% States. the right feed, one which you can continue throughout their Fat (min.) 3>/fc% lives. More chicks, and better chicks, better pullets and laying Fiber (max.) 5% Walter Schroeder of Charlotte, the first of these apprentices, spent a year OPEN FORMULA hens is the verdict which steadily increases the use of Mermash 1000 lbs. Ground Yellow Corn in the departments of the B. F. Avery A Company farm machinery plant Ht 16% poultry ration. 300 lbs. Pure Wheat Bran Ator MO/ZE. BUT Maxa PG/Z. ACR.& 300 lbs. Flour Middlings Louisville.' He has returned to Mich- 100 lbs. Meat Scraps igan and is now employed in the ma- chinery sales department of the Farm Bureau Supply. Store at Lapeer. MERMASH CONTAINS MERMAKER, a blend of Pacific Ocean kelp and fish meal, which are known to contain essen- 100 Ibtf. Alfalfa Leaf Meal 200 lbs. Mermaker (Manamar formula: Fish Meal, WE CAN MAKE EVERY ACRE PAY Harold Sloan of Charlotte, second tial minerals in digestible form. Those who use Mermash Kelp, Calcium Car- FOR THE BEST RESULTS nitrogen in Farm Bu- of these apprentices, spent a season have come to expect fast growing, healthy chicks that will bonate) reau fertilizers is guaranteed to be 95% or more with the Farm Bureau Seed Service soluable in water to insure the young plant the CORN RESULTS VM>0 lbs. at Lansing. His interest in good seed develop into heavy broilers and well developed pullets. Mermash is made with or with. boost it needs for a good start. (State College Test, Cass County) took the turn that he resolved to re- But cod liver oil. 5 lbs. of our Yield Per turn to the home farm as a producer MERMASH IS A COMPLETE MASH. No other supplement Nopco XX oil has the Vitamin FARM BUREAU FERTILIZERS are manufactured Acre of seed. He is there now. D value of 40 lbs. of ordinary from proved materials of the highest quality and No Fertilizer 12.4 bu. is needed. It's a life time ration for chicks, broilers and hens. cod liver oil. The gain is yours. availability to plants. They are thoroughly cured Fertilized 31.2 bu. Grange 99 Year Lease Good and prepared to give you a well made, dry, free Fremont—Thirty-two years ago, Big Fertilizer & Lime.. 44.1 bu. Prairie Orange contributed $500 to- running and perfect drilling fertilizer. ward the construction of the town hall with the provision that the Grange BRINGS LARGER MILK CHECKS should have a 99 year lease on the sec- ond floor, L Recently WPA funds were It is easier to keep milk OIL AND GREASE FOR SPRING WORK sought to improve the hall. The gov- erment demanded that the title be production up, than to build Ask your co-op ass'n cleared. The Grange refused to va- cate. The town board sought to set it up again/Milkmaker pays for these Farm Bureau aside the lease. Milo White, Neway- gd circuit court commissioner, ruled for itself with bigger milk petroleum products. that the Grange cannot be evicted dur- checks. Ask the man who ing the life of the agreement. Motor Oils feeds it. Tractor Oils CREDITS ON PURCHASES Cup Greases Help Pay Farm Bureau Dues! Tractor Greases NOTICE TO MEMBERS: Purchases of Farm Bureau Brand dairy and poultry feeds, seeds, fertilizers and Grease Gun Stock fence from your local dealer; atso, pun-liases from our clothing and Milkmaker dairy feed witn home grown grains Transmission Grease blankets dep't at Lansing, are eligible to membership credits when declared. and roughage has been a moneymaker since MILKMAKER FORMULAS Stock Disinfectant MAIL YOUR DEALER SALES 1922. For years Milkmaker fed herds have Fly-Spray (cattle) SLIPS to the Michigan State Farm Bureau, Membership Dep't, 221 North been among the leaders for butterfat produc- 16, 24, 32, and 34% Cedar street, Lansing, about every Kill-Fly (household) three months. tion in Michigan cow testing ass'ns. Protein BE SURE Farm Bureau brand goods are entered on slip as "Farm Bureau Alfalfa," "Milkmaker," "Mermash," etc. $10 annual dues mature life mem- lips: $5 annual dues do not, but participate in Membership Credits, which reduce the amount of dues pay- able. Mean* Moneymaker See Your Farm Bureau Dealer Means liife members receive their Mem- bership Credits in cash once a year. FOR FARM BUREAU SUPPLIES We furnish addressed, postage pre paid envelopes for this MILKMAKER FORMULAS Write Us IS You Have No Dealer MILKMAKER FORMULAS purpose on your request. 16, 24, 32, and 34% 16, 24, 32 and 34% FARM BUREAU SERVICES, Inc., Lansing, Mich. MHIIICW ST\TK FARM BUREAU r, Michigan