EEP UP On New. Interesting to Farmer. Through the Farm New. Vol. XV, No.3 SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 1937 Behind Activities of Farm Co-operatives n at ate College the, Wheel with J. F. Yaeger, Organization Director Mortgage and Land Contra Become Law; Farm Group Activities Recently I have had occasion to ask and Bean Mark tin L 1 over 500 farm leaders whether they thought a Farm Bureau memlJership The legislature has before it a number of bills 0 could be maintained without some lo- to farmers. This year the legislatur grinds slowl . cal activity. Almost unanimously they said that it could not. first week of March, with two months of the s ssion Last month in my travels about t':e of all measures present d but three h d re ch d Go . State I had occasion to be present at and have his approval as law. two functions, outstanding examples of the type of local activities that are Opinion is divided regarding th rate of progres b th building and maintaining a strong legislature. However, there is strong sentim nt mong th Farm Bureau membership. One was a "family night" staged by the Barry legislators that careful study of all pending bills i mor County Farm Bureau at Hastings. the important than haste, and that the session will be judged by: other a meeting of the Paw Paw Com- the quality of its product, rather than by the quantit munity Farm Bureau. The Barry County "family night" is Mortgage Aid Continued held once each year The mortgage moratorium extension bill by Rep. George and is aimed at Watson of St. Clair county, and a companion bill on I nd bringing e n t ire Farm Bureau fam- contracts by Rep. John Hamilton of Detroit were igned by ilies, parents and Gov. Murphy Feb. 18. Enactment of these measur w children alike, to- recommended by the State Farm Bureau directors at their gether for an even- ing of entertain- February meeting. They instructed their legislative repre- ment and just a bit sentative to work for the bill. of serious thought. It was my pleasure A deficiency appropriation bill to pay the differenc to make a few re- between the actual cost of state government and the ppro~ marks at the func- priations of the last legislature became law Feb. 23. tion but most uf the program was made up of local At this time only five bills originating in the House h v talent. There was a fine potluck sup- reached the senate, and seven senate bills have gone to the per to start with. This was tollowed by entertainment which included some house. excellent instrumental and tap-dancing In the 'senate the civil service bill for stat employes h s numbers. The Junior F'arrn Bureau been on the floor for several weeks. Dozens of amendment led the 200 or more people in games. Dancing concluded the evening. have been offered. Senate leaders predict that the bill will The Paw Paw meeting :s held once be worthy when the final vote is taken. each month and the group is made up of Farm Bureau families.' P,)llowing The real battle on this bill, designed to reform Mich- the potluck supper, a really grand af- igan's political spoils system, will take place in th house. fair, and roll call, those present en- The measure has Farm Bureau support. Any disagreem nt joyed a few mental contests and then spent the larger portion of the evening between the two houses will place the bill in conference corn- discussing the Farm Bureau program, mittee for settlement, a matter that may improve the bill. past and present. One of their number, not the chair- The civil service bill had support from both candid s man, took charge of the discussion and for governor. Therefore, a conference committee i lik ly to after outlining the topic, called on have the pick of each party from both houses. Under th various among those present for their opinions. Boon all, whether called on rules, the report of a conference committee must be accepte or not, took their part and a lively or rejected as a whole, without change or amendment. hour of exchange of opinions followed. Wayne Newton, the Farm Bureau's legislative represent tive, Many points were clarified, opinions freely given and questions answered. forecasts the enactment of a satisfactory measure. All was done in a spirit of friendliness. There was disagreement of opinion UVE STOCK MEN Pictures Reveal Scale of CO-OPS ASK FARM Rural Electrification Bills Electric power for farmers has occupied much of the En er rises LEARNING HOW TO Farnler Owrred.--------------- but without temper. Promptly at 10:~0 o'clock the chairman called a halt and the group dispersed. Late hours are BUREAU AID ON attention of the house. March 3 the public utilitie commit- tee reported to the house, Bill No. 49 and 50. They were tabooed. The meetings are short, in- teresting, include varied items, both SELL CONSUMER F· Market M'I'k Producers Pack Meats Can ruits, 1, was a display of products processed or manufactured by farm co-ops in Mich- Igan, The display included a refriger- EW U.S. LAWS introduced jointly by Rep. H. O. Clines of Mason county. Frederick Kappler of Houghton county, and Laverne Hatch entertaining and educational, and are well conducted. The 40 folks present Process Grains ator display case of meats from ~he Bureau Considering Advisory of Jackson county. They open the way for creation of met .. are as enthustasttc a Farm BUl.'eau Detroit Packing Co. originating That Is the Next Big Step Michigan's co-.operatively organized through the Michigan Live Stock Ex- Service for Affiliated ropolitan districts for the establishment of municipal electric group as I've seen anywhere. Similar local Farm Bureau activ- Denman Tells Live farmers continue to be producers change; dairy products from the Mich- Organizations plants and lines to ser e rural areas. ities, so necessary to maintaining in- Stock Exchange but they have become processors and igan Milk Producers and Lansing These bills have Farm Bureau support, and are intend d terest, are going on throughout Mich- salesmen for their own products, and Dairy Co., Remus Co-op Creamery and Representatives of 114 farmers co- igan. The lack of a participating, in- 'Lansing-Probably 1,000 or more sat in a very large way. • others; trade-marked sacks of pota- operative ass'ns and the commodity to carry out a mandate of the state constitution. It is section formed membership too often has been down to the annual They have become packers of meats, toes from the Potato Exchange; seeds exchanges that are stockholder mem- 31, Article VIII, which has been ignored by the legislature dinner Of the canners of fruits, elevator operators, and fe~ds from the Farm Bureau; bers of the Farm Bureau Ser ices the cause of co-operative failure. Michigan Live Stock Exchange Friday met at Lansing Feb. 24 at the invita- since 1926, when it was adopted by popular vote. Organized evening, Feb. 19 at the Hotel Olds here flour millers, feed manufacturers, beans from the Elevator Exchange; We like people that agree with us. to open the annual meeting of the Ex- That's why I liked the talk given ill change, which has marketed 12,300,000 creamery operators, village, town and metropolitan milk distributors, products manufacturers, milk poultry and eggs from the Hamilton Farm Bureau; flour from the Howell Co-operative Co.; cherries from the Grand Traverse tion of the Farm Bureau to consider how to proceed with social security taxes, surplus taxes, income tax e - Rural Electric Bill No. 51 A third rural electrification bill, No 51, was introduced by Rep. Kappler GRAIN AND BEA .---------------- Lansing recently by Dr. Harry A. head of stock at its Detroit, Buffalo Overstreet, noted phtlosopher, psychol- and other markets since 1922. egg packers, potato and fruits hand- Packing Co., etc. emption and other legislation affect- ing their businesses. ~::n~~P. I~h;;~~~s~' t:~:~~or~;e C:~: REGULATIO N ED ogist and educator, a member of the The Live Stock Exchange has come faculty of the College of The City of to have the largest gathering of farm New York. One statement pleased me people interested in marketing a single Iers and packers, general plies merchants, and are engaged in other business undertakings. farm sup- Pictures in the group above are from the 70 shown on the screen, and are: The meeting was an outgrowth of the Farm Bureau's success with sales tax creation of non-profit membership cor pora~ion~ for the extension of electric BY ELE"I'. XC 1. State College economics dep't dis- exemption for farm supplies. Since service In rural areas, and to place especially. Dr. Overstreet said, "No commodity in Michigan. For several Many of the farmer owned business- play of products manutactured by May 24, 1935, the exemption has been es are large scale operations locally. them in position to borrow funds for individual can count for very much years it has moved to larger quarters farm co-operatives. Center, above saving co-operatives and all farmers Exchange Believes Legi Iation They have large plants and invest- the Rural Electrification Administra- just trylng to do something by him- to accommodate the throng of mem- counter, the continuous display of in Michigan about $1,000,000 a year. ments. They employ numbers of peo- tion at Washington. Wauld Aid Markets self. He who would accomplish things bers and shippers who come to hear lantern slides. The Farm Bureau and associated co- ple. And they are associated with Study of the proposal has convinced •must be the member of an organized about their organization activities. 2. Butter manufacture, Remus Co-op- operatives fought the battle together. numbers of the house members of its In Michigan group." This year C. B. Denman, president other farm co-operatives for advantag- erative Creamery. At the meeting Feb. 24 the co-ops es in merchandising, purchasing and merit. The Farm Bureau approved That's what I'm trying to tell farm- of the National Live Stock Marketing 3. Feed mixer at Farm Bureau Serv- and commodity exchanges suggested The Michigan Elevator Exchange, marketing. a program for a legislative, taxation the principles of the bill, but called ers every day. Ass'n at Chicago, came to recount the ices, Inc., Saginaw plant. largest co-operative handler of Mich- Farmers Week at Michigan State and general advisory accounting attention to what it considered impor- Feeds improvements co-operative marketing 4. Bean picking room, Michigan El- igan grain and beans ha recommend- From Barry county comes word that and organised effort had brought College, early in February, the college service to be carried on by the Mich- tant defects in the orignal draft. to evator Exchange, Port Huron ed legislation to improve marketing economics dep't presented a pictorial igan State Farm Bureau staff for March 3 it was announced that Bill Pettit's Hatchery and Poultry Farm the live stock industry. His message plant. condltons in the grain and bean in- stockholders of the Farm Bureau No. 51 may be considered defective in is rather well satisfied with Farm Bur- included a vision of what the co-op- and products display from farm co-ops. 5. Potato storage, Ellsworth Farmers dustry in this .state, eau feeds. Mr. Oharles Cooper, man- eratIve live stock groups may achieve It was designed to show what farmers Services and commodity exchanges some respects by federal rural electrt- Exchange. The Elevator Exchange has recom- affiliated with the Farm Bureau. ficatton authorities and probably will ager and owner of the hatchery, states in better prices, and more stabilized are doing, and how it benefits them 6. Michigan grown alfalfa and clover mended to the legislature that the At the meeting Gifford Patch and be withdrawn. A new bill may be that the egg production of his flock markets through advertising of meats and their customers. seeds, packed in bushel bags, at grain and bean industry be :olaced un- Arthur Howland of the State Col- suggested presently from Washington has been 75 to 80 percent all winter to consumers, and through co-opera- Picture o. 1 above shows the eco- Farm Bureau Serv ices, Inc., seed der the definite regulatory control of and the eggs weigh from 45 to 48 tive efforts with other sections of the nomics dep't display booth. The cen- warehouse, Lansing. lege economics staff, R. Wayne Newt- Taxes and Oleo the State department of a riculture, pounds per case. H uses 16% Mer- food industry. tral feature of the exhibit was a con- 7. Bottle washer, Lansing Dairy Co. on, legislative counsel, G. F. Griswold, Other bills of interest to farmers in according to Neil H. Bass, co-manager mash with cod liver oil. He feeds 1% tinuous lantern slide show of some 70 8. Egg grading and packing, Hamil- Lee Monroe and Earl Parker, ac- elude several dealing with delinquent of the Exchange. Since 1922, said Mr. Denman, agrt- tons a month which he purchases from culture has been before every Congress pictures taken in farm co-operatives ton Farm Bureau. countants for the Farm Bureau, re- taxes, the oleo tax bill by Sen. D. Hale The proposed legislation was devel- throughout the state. They were 9. Flour milled by Howell Co-opera- ported their studies and experiences Brake of Montcalm county. Also, a. oped at conferences of co-operative ele- the Farm Bureau store at Hastings, seeking a return to parity of income with the various forms of new taxes bill to refund head taxes paid under vator managers and farm organization Bill Parker manager. This informa- with industry and the control of sur- largely action pictures, showing oper- tive Co. upon bustness. and the reports to the law of 1933, and several proposals officers following the annual meetings tion Mr. Cooper volunteered. pluses. It has made important prog- ation of equipment, processing meth- 10. Cherry cooker in operation, Farm state and federal governments con- for reapportioning the legislature. Jackson ress. First through the Federal Farm ods, and the facilities employed by the Bureau Fruit Products plant, Hart. of the State Grange, Farmers Union cerning them. The co-operatives re- Rep. Samuel Kircher of Bay has pro and State Farm Bureau. A year ago I attended the annual Board and now through the agricultur- co-operatives. 11. Beef cooler, at Detroit Packing All three ported confusion on some of the new posed sale of seasonal truck and trail groups asked definite action for b tter .. meeting of the Jackson County Farm al adjustment administration program. Arranged elsewhere in the booth Company, Detroit. la ws and regulations and asked that er licenses to farmers at half the an ment of grain and bean marketing co .. Bureau. There were about 30 present. However, he said, there is much that the Farm Bureau assist them in avoid- Last month I again attended the an- can be done by organized agricultural Livingston Bureau Newaygo's Ga field ing compldcatlons and losses. nual weight tax. Rep. Barrett of Mus ditons, kegon asks increases in appropriations nual meeting in that county. This groups themselves through intelligent The conference appointed a com- A United Front time there were over 250 present and advertising and merchandising pro- Holds Annual Meeting Community roup Meet mittee to meet at the Farm Bureau for agricultural experiment stations Through the affiliation of the Mil a more enthusiastic group you never grams designed to dispose of surpluses. Howell-William Haack and Fred Fremont-Garfield Community Farm Road Side Markets at Lansing, Monday, March 8th, to Produc rs Ass'n, the Live Stock E .. saw. It's the same story wherever I These, in the opinion of the speaker. Marr are new directors of the Living- Bureau met at the Alfonse Feller Rep. James Helme has a bill author- make recommendations and provide change, the Potato Growers Exchange, go. The Farm Bureau is growing. are only seasonal surpluses. ston County Farm Bureau. Mr. Marl' home Feb. 22. Thirty persons enjoyed izing farmers' road side stands to sell ways and means for the program the the Elevator Exchange, the Michiga Farmers are more and more enthu- To illustrate, Mr. Denman described is the new president and Mr. Haack a program of music by the Feller fam- Farm Bureau has been asked to pro- products free from inspections such as wool Marketing Ass'n and the Midwest siastic about the organization and its the work of the ational Live Stock the new sec'y-treasurer. They were ily orchestra and other entertainment vide for the co-ops. Memfbers of the apply to city markets. The bill will Co-op Creameries, and Fa m Bureau program. Leaders are assuming their Producers last summer in meeting the elected at the annual meeting here by the group. Wesley S. Hawley dis- committee are: probably carry after an amendment to Fruit Products Co. with th lcht a local responsibilities with a vim and extra-ordinarily large marketings of Feb. 16. cussed the convenience and savlngs in Merle Crandall, chairman, Howell Co-op broaden its terms as to commodities, State Farm Bureau, the plan ha bee vigor born of a new enthusiasm and beef cattle and the resultant depression Dinner was served by the ladies of using high analysis fertilizers~ Arthur John Elzinga, Hamilton Farm Bureau and to restrict to producers only the before 11 the e groups in a cont no an inspiration of a large farmer tol- of beef prices, and particularly on the the Methodist church. The 7th grade Feller led a discussion on agricultural Fred Pernert, St. Louis co-op Creamery privilege of peddling farm produce and go to Commi stone or Agricul .. lowing. Gradually the word is getting better grades of beef. orchestra played, directed' by Mrs. trade treaties with other nations. The Tom Berghouse, Falmouth Co-op Ass'n without a license. H. H. Sandford, Battle Creek Farm ture Burr Lincoln and the legl I t around, "Watch the Farm Bureau." Advertising Sold Beef Bird all. The Conway-Handy Farmers discussion indicated that the agree- Rep. Ezra Aldrich of Alger and Rep. Bureau with their support. Repre ntativ Trees The Association, said Mr. Denman, Quartet sang, Mrs. Gale Hoisington, ments are more beneficial than harm- Fred Harger, Farm Bureau, Saginaw Victor Knox of Chippewa have pro- these exchanges who ar di ecto Fruits and trees, that's the kind of began in June to enlist the organiza- accompanist. John Hannah, secretary ful, in the opinion of the Garfield Carl Steimle. Sodus Fruit Exch. posed state funds for a 4-H club camp the ?dichigan State arm ur farming that Jay Robotham of Beulah tion of 100,000 retail butchers in an ad- of the Michigan State College gave his group. President Alfred George of the site. Rep. V. J. Brown of Ingham follow hrough on this pro at is doing. The trees are not fruit trees. vertising campaign to housewives to observations of Germany. Donald Farm Bureau Service was asked to it would qualify Michigan to receive ben- Mon y 10 es in t e They're pines. Mr. Robotham farms con ume more of beef cuts. The cam- White, secretary of the Junior Farm Branch CountyFarm Bureau helped in with the committee. efits under the federal Bankhead-Jones Michig n b an have b differently than most fruit farmers. paign wa scheduled to reach its peak Bureau, and C. F. Openlander of the with the bill to prohibit Sunday hunt- Act for the conduct of research along tor yea bee use of th 1 He plants the fruit trees on the slopes in August. Immedlately, said Mr. D n- State Farm -Bureau spoke on organi- ing there. The bill has passed the Of the 4,600 students at Michigan agricultural lines. per in fu n sbing only (Continued O~ Pa~e 2.) (Continued on Pa~e 2.) zation activiti s, house at the tate legi lature, State College 87,% are from ichlgan. (Continued on Pag 6.) ( onU u on a H 8, 198'1 - Live Sock Men ·Learn To Sell the Customer (Conttnued on 096" man, the price of beef began to im- 2.) Our w prove, a did the returns to producers. Farm Fire Policy. • • In August the sales of beef were 37% greater than in August 1935. He cited Covers dwellings, barns, other buildings, live stock, crops parallel experiences in the promotion of other food products. harvested and on the farm, and other property. The five Entered at second class matter January 12, 1923, at the post- urplus control will be most effec- year farm policy is payable in annual installments. W.e office at Charlotte, Michigan, under the Act of March 3, 1879. Publl he tirst Saturday of each month by the Michigan S ate Farm Hiram, on tive, aid Mr. Denman, when organi- have a complete fire insurance service for farm, village, Bureau at its public-ation office at 114 Lovett St., Charlotte, Ichlgan, There, Clem, that's that. A good square stump. I judge two feet across, zations of farmers are able to carry And now it's down I almost feel the place has stood a loss. their knowledge of what the public and city properties. See your State Farm Mutual Auto- Editorial and general office ,221 orth dar St., Lansing, Michigan. Well, I can do the rest alone, and much obliged to you. wants back to the farm and produce mobile Insurance agent, 250. Telephone, Lansing 21-271. What say? Alright then, take a hold and let's block off a few. there the welghts and qualities of This hickory sap is gummy stuff. It makes the saw run mean, stock that meet public demand. That, ........... Editor and Business Manager But we've got what it takes for that, just common kerosene, You know these big old fence-row trees take up a lot of ground; and sales promotion and advertising State Farm Fire Insurance Co. in co-operation with the retail trade, is And this one's been standing here as long as I been 'round. the modern manner qf stimulating of Bloomington, IIllinois Before the chestnut oaks grew up this pignut by the lane Was all the shade one pa ure had,-or shelter from a rain, sales and better prices. Vol. XV SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 1937 No.3 And lots of times I've breathed the team and laid down on the ground Raps Trade Treaties _I And gained refreshment from its shade, the first few times around, Mr. Denman can see no good in the Then, later in the afternoon its hadow, long and thin reciprocal trade treaties with other A Measure of Success Reminded me to drop the tugs and put the horses in. nation insofar as the live stock in- There used to be a tough old root out there about a rod; dustry is concerned. Pointing out that Interesting in ormation can be had from the annual report of a busi- A good green root, three inches through, just underneath the sod. 12%of the live stock and meats on our ness organization ... whether it be a farmers' co-operative business, or an institution like the Michigan Bell Telephone Co. They have things in I've yanked the plow back scores of times, when I was young and stout Because of that old hickory root-until At that I never saw my way to blame it on th tree. I grubbed it out. markets i of foreign origin, the speak- er said that when normal hog produc- MAilE common, too. We pick out of the Michigan Bell Telephone Co. report for 1936 that They have to make their living, Clem, the same as you and me. tion comes back in this country, 12% of imported stock will be too much. MANURE nearly 3,000,000 phone calls are made daily in this state ~ _ . 'or nearly five for every telephone. As a people we believe in getting matters under way Remember when pa's melon patch was over there a ways? How you and I would seek it out on warm September days? We'd test and judge, and finally we'd bring them over here A feature of the Live Stock Ex- change dinner was the presentation or intIJeSoi/ quickly, so in this State we made nearly 24 million long distance calls. And eat ourselves all out of shape, with juice from ear to ear; the Ford Farm Market Reporter daily No it appears that a good little business may do just as well or better Then when we could no longer sit we'd sprawl supinely flat live stock markets, news broadcast anti than a good big business. It ha le s ar flung responsibilities and fewer And rest until we didn't hurt. Sure, you remember that. music program. George Boutell, man- obligations p rhaps. Any ay, we note that for every $36 the telephone A tree is like a farmer, Clem, deep rooted to the land ager at Detroit, Harold True, news company took in, its operating expenses, including taxes totaled 32. The And proudly steadfast in its place, determined in its stand. commentator, and The Mountaineers taxes amounted to 7.74 for every phone in service, and that comes back A poor one may take root a bit and get a likely start, showed how it is done. The music But providence soon cracks it down. It's punky at the heart. was as usual, but the broadcast was of to the people in primary school fund money. The company made 5.6% A good one is a landmark in a land where marks are few, a humorous nature, at the expense of on its investment, before payment of interest and dividends. And by their fruits we know them, as the Good Book says to do; So when your farmer owned business earns the interest on the invest- While some fine trees bear whole orne fruit, and cool a little space, the audience and persons known to ment, and perhaps pays a patronage dividend, besides being of general And they are like good neighbors, Clem, the cr-eam of all the race. them. The Four Rounders, Live Stock service to you ... it' a good record and a credit to the management. It's Exchange meeting favorites, and the also a testimonial that you are helping people in your community with Ford Dixie Eight gave a splendid pro- their business affairs. gram. Since 1922, said a statement to the guests, the Exchange has marketed Rollo Ogden 12,300,000 head of stock, valued at Rollo Ogden is no longer editor of the ew York Times. A few days $281,000,000, and after devoting itself ago he passed away at the age of 2. Behind him is one of the longest to securing the best market return, personal chapters in the history of journalism . . . 56 years of editorial has returned to the local live stock labor on the leading newspapers of our time. He took a new job at 65 ... shipping ass'ns patronage dividends the editorship of the Times, and carried it for seventeen years. totaling $320,000. It has furnished By training he was a minister. He preached for seven years, begin- 400,000 feeder lambs and cattle to ning in 1880. Today in orne quarters the notion is that a man is too old stockmen and has provided finances to at 40. We find Ogden starting with the New York Evening Post in 1891 at live stock feeders in the amount or the age of 35. Twelve years later he was editor in chief and continued in 1,000,000 during the past five years. holder list numbers more than 4,000. 500 pounds 01 'Aero' Cyanami'd per acre that capacity for 17 years longer unti11920. Then the Times claimed him. At 65 this man was an editor of great reputation as an advanced thinker. During the past year the plant made Clyde Horner, Houston, Tex., work- plowed under with cover crops or other, He was ready for seventeen more years at the top of nis profession. Evi- nearly 5,000,000 Ibs. of butter and ed 500 hours to build an exact minia- $34,000 worth of by-products. ture of the Bounty, famous English organic materials, produces en effect; dently, Editor Ogden never realized that he was getting old, nor did any- (Continued rrom page 1.) Speakers for the ·program were C. man-of-war. The tiny model has 121 one else ever discover it. R. George, manager of the Marion, equal to that of 10 tons of an~~ manure and in the hollows of his rolling land workable pulleys. and plants pines on the top of the Ind., Co-operative reamery; Arthur Blue Hyacinths knolls. It's a fine farm that Mr. Ro- Howland of the Ilchigan State Col- AMERICAN' CYANAMID COMPANY' "Blue hyacinths were placed on all the tables. On the speakers' table lege; County Agr'l Agent J. P. Hoek- 1542 GOULD ROAD, TOLEDO, OHIO botham has and some day those plnes was a cherry limb from the orchard and a hatchet in it. The tables were zema, and G. L. Brody, sec'y of the will be worth a lot of money. In the (Ask You)o Local Farm Bureau "Dealel') Michigan State Farm Bureau. decorated with red, hite and blue. Little hatchets and the napkins sng- meantime they keep the tops of the ested Washington." sandy hills from blowing away and A young lady, 11ss nna Heel' of the Oceana Junior Farm Bureau, is worthless land becomes valuable. The Brookside Group describing the Junior Farm Bureau's potluck dinner to which Farm Bur- fruit trees are well kept and a fine Talks Trade Tr ties eau leaders throughout the county were invited February 19 ... and they f uit crop is harvested every year, Brookside Community Farm Bureau came, one hundred of them ... to enjoy a fine setting for a meeting and There is one block of 40 acres in ap- of ewaygo county, has come to the a splendid program, presented with skill. The young men in that group ples alone. conclusion that the reciprocal trade are smart. They presented an all girl program ... Miss Florence Hayner Mr. Robotham is a member of the agreement with Canada has not demor- a program director ... Miss Ruth Esther Kerr to speak for the Junior Farm Bureau, a director of the Beulah alized American beef and milk mark- roup, n of u . the youn ladie re hostesses. ext he PI' se - 0- I' V nd member 0 the ets as much as it was feared it would. ed Henry Hendrickson to speak for the Farm Bureau, and R. G. Waite of iclli an Horticultural Society. The group of 25 Farm Bureau fam- the National Youth Foundation. He can hold people enthralled for an ilies discussed Exports, Imports and hour, speaking on the subject: "When people cease to become they and be- come we." 3,000 at Constantine Trade Agreements at their recent meeting. Mr. Kaarnemaat presented We can't imagine the men of any organization spotting blue hyacinths, Co-op ere er Meet the topic. The group was entertained etc., around ... except under direction. But we do know what such extra Constantine-Three thou and per- by Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Huff. The touches do for the setting of a meeting, and how favorably a well appoint- sans-c-stockholders of· the Constantine March 5 meeting was to be with Mr. ed meeting is remembered. People like those things. Co-operative Creamery and their fam- and Mrs. Raymond Corrie. Lester Wil· ilies-attended the 22nd annual meet- cox is president of the group. ing here Feb. 10. They came from AGe t ccom lishment nearly 20 counnes in southern Mich- One of the accomplishments that can be credited to most meetings is Topaz is the mo t popular yellow igan and northern Indiana to visit the to make people acquainted with each other, who, though members of an colored gem. plant they do business with daily. organization, or having common interests, have not yet met. Small meet- A new building and equipment add- ings have little trouble in this respect. Larger community meetings and ed recen ly was an admirable 'Setting The fact that certain varieties of county wide meetings do face this difficulty. Smart are the program and for the meeting. Twenty-two years ants keep slaves has been known since entertainment chairmen who see to it that their guests become acquainted ago the co-op began with 168 stock- 1810, when it was discovered by the Ith each other. An organization that neglects this important feature in holding farmers. Today the stock- scientist Pierre HUber. meetings w1ll some day appreciate the story told on the men of Harvard: i, Mu h has been wrttt n about the aloof and snooty at- titude of Harvard's men. aturally, in assembling a foot- ball t am there may be a wide variance in the social status A CI~ssifled advertisments are cash with order at th~ f6110wing of the players. It wa many years ago and Yale was making rates: 4 cents per word for one edition. Ads to appear in two or more thing uncomfortable for the Crimson. Capt. Wilbert editions take the rate of 3 cents per word per edition. Throckmorton, or whatever his name wa , called for time out for Harvard. "Men of Harvard, rally round," said Capt. Throckmorton LIVE STOCK YRUP SUPPLIES i p rfec O. ford English. "The Yiles have the ball on our REGISTERED HEREFORD BULLS ALL MAPLE SYRUP MAKING AND "Yes ••• we've tried nearly every kind of spray material on 1- ard IiI . We ar face to lac with a crisis. In fact, I and h jf rs, Start a regi. tere h I'd ~1 nr BTL PPLIE including "Old now. Dairy farmer, use a Hereford RaH bl " Felt F'Ilt r Bag for cleansing. might say w re face to face with several crises. In a bull and get real v also Don't raise Three color labels, thermometers hydro- the market ••• but we've ettled 0 Farm Burea Insecticides s uation such as this I think it is only right that we should scrubr . . 1. Todd 0., 1\ ntha, Mich. me rR buck tH,. flat bot om pan, tin (14 mil s northwest of Kalamazoo) and gas i contaln rs, "Kf G EVAPO- know each other better-Mr. Pemberton meet Mr. Fish and Mr. Snoggle meet r. Henderson, etc." -----------------1 2-6-tf-33b R T9R ", sap torage tank, off rrgs, sugar moulds, etc. For catalog sugaring and Fungicides because we've found that we can count on and prices. write ugar Bu h upply Harvard man, hearing this story related at a ban- ompanv, DI play room in Farm Bureau Bldg., 72 East Shiawa' ee • t.. La.nelng. their high quality. And that's an extra margin of safety when quet, rose in his seat and declared-HI realize the speak r (12-5-4t-59b) has taken the liberty of enlarging upon the facts of tl e your' whole crop might depend on what you spray with!" case in order to make it a good story. But I must protest FOR SALE--MI CELLANEOUS c that this s not true Harvard spirit. Why, when I wa cap- tain of the Harvard crew in 1 I knew everybody in the MICHIGAN SEPTIC TANK SIPHON A. constant standard of quality in Farm Bureau spray boat-that is except the bow and o. 4 men." and bell as recommended by State COl- lege Agr'l Engineerln dep't. Build your own septic tank and ewage system. In- materials is as ured because our line is manufactured for us stall when tank is built. Installation and OP ration strnple. Discharges automati- cally. Have been sold 16 years. All in under contract with the General Chemical Company, who daily .u e and givin satt faction. In- I t.ructlons with a h iphon. Price de- liver d, $7.21 which includes sales' tax. Farm Bureau Supply Store, 72 E. Shia- manufacture insecticides and fungicides of unquestioned was et> St., Lansing. (3-4- f-60b) BABY CHICKS-READY fied. Bonded ;Vhite L ghorns and Bar- NOW. CERTI- quality. Consistently effective,economical to use, Farm Bureau red Rocks. Michigan R O. P. br eder. Ord r early, Write, or vi it Lowden Farms, P. O. Rives Junction, •.rich. Lo- Brand materials give you the greatest advantages in ease of cation, m mb r '.) Pleasant Lake. (Farm Bureau 2-6-tf-32b) ~ASH FOR OLD RAGS. prrces paid by return mail. Don't throw HIGHEST " away old rag. S 11 them. ai~s. Goldman rite for de- orp., 2,100-BP Loomis, mixing and absence of sediment. Thorough spray applica.. Chtcago. (3-6-lt-25b) tions with Farm Bureau Brand materials are an Invesnnene FARM AGER that have an extra margin of safety! Fa eau ; /' T RD R McCormick President F rm Saginaw Farm Bureau Saginaw-Three hundred agtnaw The t. Clair Junior Farm Bure u County Farm Bureau member and ha been organized with rc i Co 'a , their families attend d the annual Jr., of orth tre t a president; Del- meeting Feb. 16 at the Farm Bureau mere Kell of voca, vice pre ident; ervices' new headquarters, a four Rob rt Robertson of Yale a se rotary- story modern arehou e at 0 S. treasurer. The organization is a group Washington street, aginaw. State College, Farm Bureau of young m nand worn n in their late Clarence J. Reid, State Farm Bureau Take Part in 22nd teens and early twenti s, man of vice-prestdent, came over from Avoca, th m graduates from 4-H club ~ ork. St. Clair county, to make the address Annual Meeting They me t monthly to discus topics of the evening. A. B. Love of the State College Economics dep't spoke ,St. Louis-Five hundred persons at- of interest, and for a so ial m etin regarding bean and warehouse mat- ~n~dilie22ndannu~m~ting~ilie _~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~. ters before the legislature. The Ar- St. Louis Co-operative Creamery here nold Tessin children of Freeland enter- early in February when the communi- tained with singing and tap dancing. ty, the dean of agriculture at the Mich- Alfred Greubel', 6 foot three inches igan State College, and the Michigan and 296 pound president of the County State Farm Bureau joined in the ob- Farm Bureau these many years, step- servance of the long and successful op- ped down to vice-president, and John erations of the farmers co-operative. McCormick is trying out Aired's chair Secretary and Manager Fred C. Per- as president. Mrs. Elmer Frahm is nert reported that the co-op now does secretary-treasurer. Other directors within a few thousand dollars of a elected are: Martin Johnson, Charles half million dollar business a year. Girmus, Mrs. Meldron McLean, Ed. The creamery has grown from a very Watson, and Fred Reimer. modest beginning 21 years ago to an important community asset, and to Juniors Aid Red Cross recognltton as one of the best cream- eries in the state. Donald F. Bms and Roy Harden of During the past year the creamery the Rollin division of the Lenawee bought $281,000 worth of cream and Junior Farm Bureau collected cloth- $162,000 of whole milk. The balance ing, food and money for the Red of the business consists of an egg and Cr05s to -be used for aid in the Ohio valley flood area. poultry dtvtslon, and the co-operative distribution of feeds, seeds, fertilizers, twine and milk supplies to nearly 800 patrons. 86% The traveling crane operator at the Dean E. L. Anthony of State College. in reviewing the work of the cream- ery, declared that it is indeed difficult to place a value of such an institution LISTE THE FARM MARKET REPORTER GROUP AT WXYZ TO THE F R r ARKET REPORT R sponsored Ford d alers of Michigan ea h market !lichigan Radio etwork: by th day at 12: 15 Il. m. over th MOR YIEL right rides almost at the top of to the farm community. Station Location Kilocycles Station Location Kilocycles County Agr'I Agent C. P. Milham WXYZ Detroit 1240 WFDF Flint 1310 a five story building while he WELL Battle Creek 1420 WOOD Grand Rapids 1270 scoops up fertilizer three tons at said that 20 herds have been enroll d WIBM Jackson 1370 WBCM Bay City 1410 in the Gratiot County Cow Testing WKZO Kalamazoo 590 WJIM Lansing 1210 a bite with the clam shell shown Ass'n, and that 160 herds are ready for 'BY fREATING below. The various analysis have the Bangs disease test. Very few 1 e- PROFITABLE =~~~~I~n~E' o~u~~~~~~qd~~iscl~;~Y d~l P~~~i'til:~ ~i~~n~v d stood in gigantic curing piles for at a r asonable int r t rat and wh n finish d sold t th high st mal' t actors are found, and indemnities are valu . SEED P'OTATOES months. Now they're going to the paid. PURCHASING national The Mlchtgan Live Stock E. change through its bagging department. • Speaking from the standpoint of onnectlons can rumtsh at cost plus a THIS WAy •••• years of service as a cow t tel', R. H. reasonabl 1andling At our daily mark t at Battl harge, all g-rade of feeding lambs, cattle, and calves. r I a Ic.rg a soi-tm nt is kept on hand at all times. , Before fertilizer is taken from the Addy of the Farm Bureau ervi es, Dip-treat your seed pile, chemists shown at the upper said that the least expensive and the 501.It FINANCING offoney at 5% is nvatlabl for th f edlng operation. all worthy f ell 1'S who ha f d, r gardl 1\ or potatoes with New left make a final check of its chem- surest way to have good cows that will wh re th y may purchase th 11' feed rs. Improoed SEMESAN BEL this sea- . yield a maximum of profit i co-oper- Our new, . nlarg d, cornpl t s lling service now consist!'! ical properUes, and its handling ate with a cow testing ass'n. SELUNG of not only comrni ston sal s ag'enci s on th Detroit and son and look forward to a bigger u lities. Buffalo terminal markets, but a daily mark t at Battle Creek wh r all yield of better potatoes - at less Officers of the creamery are: Franl{ speci of live sto k are pur has d ach day and moved direct t pa I l' McJilton, president; William Hutchin- or th public mark t. cost! Easy-just dip and plant. the pper right is one of many son, vice-president; F. C. Pernert, sec'y For complete information phone or write ,Actual cost of treatment with tEis bagg ng and shipping crews. To and treasurer. These with D. E. \Vood- q~ck dip is about 21c an acr one pound treats 60 to 80 bushels 0 or theit' station a chute carries ferti- rz r, As the fertiHzer is bagged mansee and Ray Farnsworth board of directors. are the Mic itan Live Stock xch n Secretary's Office, Hudson, Mich. seed. For this slight investment, New it is weighed automatically and at Daily Market Terminal Markets ,Impr.ooed SEMESAN BEL gives the proper instant moves to the Our Porcupine mountains have an Battle Creek Detroit, & Producers Co-op at Buffalo, N. Y. better stands; reduces or prevents sewing machine, and thence by altitude exceeding 2,000 feet. losses from seed-borne scab and conveyor to the waiting roading Rhizoctonia; increases and improves crew. yields. In actual field tests, it has increased yields an average of 13.6%_ At the top are shown two great 4-oz., 5Oc; I-lb., $1.75; 5-lbs., buildings of the Tennessee plant at $8.?O. Ask for free Potato Pamphlet. 'Lockland, Ohio. Here is year around activity in building ferti· TREAT SEED EVERY YEAR llzers tor the Ohio, Indiana and -11 PA~S Michigan Farm take the entire output. Bureaus. They The plant BUY FROM YOUR bag mill has a capacity of 3,000,000 bags annually. Trainloads of emp- FARM BUREAU DEALER ty box cars move in, to be loaded And save postage. Or buy from us cash with order, 4-oz. 45¢; t-Ib, 40 or more at a time. Orders re- can $1.50; s-is. can $6.75, PLUS ceived in the morning are shipped parcel post at 10¢, per lb. that day. FARM"BUREAU SERVICES, Inc. 221 N. Cedar Lansing, Mich. This SysteIn Hemlock Creamery Pays CHIGAN FARME S Patronage Dividend PREF.ER Earned Three Hemlock-The Hemlock Co-opera- tive Creamery at its annual meeting TIP ED SEED FarDls here February 8 declared a patronage dividend of $7,014.54. There was 8% % BECA: SE THEY a N GROW E. ';I'. Knight, president of the Kings- on cream, amounting to $5,736.89. The ley Co-operative Ass'n in Grand Trav- patronage dividend paid on egg deliv- LARGKR CROPS of HIGH·ER QUALITY erse County, counts his wealth begin- eries amounted to 2 %, and 3% upon ning with Mrs. Knight and seven supplies purchased. The regular in- daughters and four sons. terest dividend was paid on the capi- After that he throws in the home tal stock. CHIEF THE SIGN farm, where from the front door he The creamery is a stockholder mem- looks upon an everchanging panorama ber of the Farm Bureau Servlces, Inc., PETOSKEY 0'1' Q:U ALITY of second growth evergreen and oak. and reported cash, inventory, building He says it looks like a million dollar and equipment assets of nearly $3b,000. forest at a distance. From the back Its sales for farmer members the past Russet Rurals Irish Cobblers door he can see . . . sticking up over year exceeded $170,000. J. F. Yaeger the horizon on clear days and many of the State Farm Bureau addressed White Rurals Katadhins miles away to the' north, high spots the meeting. WRITE FOR PRICES of the peninsula in Grand Traverse Offic rs are: Charles Fox, pre ident; bay. -Ernest Fisher, sec'y-treas.: I. J. Michigan Potato Growers Exchange, Inc. But" this is a story of three farms Bauer, manager. Directors: Herman get down to brass \yhat crop is no - urplus.=. CADILLAC, MICHIGAN earned during the depression and how Mueller, August Fitting, George Rey- ac s h hat yo find: hich means Here i alway it was done. The depression wasn't nolds, Dale Turner, \Vm. Feuerhelm. far along before sons Cyril and Lucius Ernest ;Voodhull is buttermaker. What's the best money crop a market for a Iyou grow? found their automobile plant jobs in ---------- --- the farmer can produce? SU BEETS! Detroit gone for an indefinite period. Ionia Group aken Back home Mr. and 1Irs. Knight pro- SUGAR BEETS! posed a farming plan to the young Through Steel Plant . There are a number of other men if they would agree to sti k to it Ionia-When the Ionia County Farm What major cultivated crop for three year. They agre d. The Bureau, Inc., gathered 75 strong at the sensibl r a ons which system :was to acquire more land by Ronald Grange Hall Feb. 18, there to has made farmers the most support the advantage rent or pur hase, and work all of it meet them was Carl Johnson of the money during the last 5 from the home farm. Three addition- B thlehern Steel Corporation with a growing beets. al farms came into the arrangement, yean? full length sound picture trfp through the farthest 3% miles away. the great John town, Pa., teel plant. SUGAR BEETS! But the above must make v ry "One overhead and four incomes. The manufacture of woven wire, barb You an't beat that combination. Some wire fence and nails was shown and What cro helps most to farmer see the most outsta d- of the time ,~ just kept ageing, but explained from the ore and molten destroy eeds and pests? ing, unquestionable benefits during the depression we bought and steel to the finished products. A col- paid for three farms. They ~av orful picture of intricate and interest- SUGAR BEETS! of grawing beets'. buildings, and as the boys set up lor ing processes. thems lves, they move onto one 0 Jack Yaeger of the State Farm Bur- What fi into a well balanced , 'Maywe suggest that you make o them. Grass and more grass and live- eau was there to speak of the oppor- stock is our principal business on tunities open to .orga ized effort by op rotation program? up your mind right DOW? sandy lands." farm communities. A. C. Hayes, pio- SUGAR BEETS! Grow Sugar Beets in 1937 and No. Branch Wins Plaque neer with his ather the late N. B. Hayes in developing a great commer- What crop is the toughest- every year thereafte ! orth Branch-Eighty young people cial appl orchard, described his trip attended a di trict 'meeting of the' to the American Farm Bureau Feder- can better stand all kinds of . high Juni r Farm Bureau here recently. Dr. O. W. \Varmingham was the guest ation at Pasadena, CaL, as seen by a farmer out to observe. bad weather? ~ speaker. Harry Johnson, pre ident SUGAR BEETS! of the tate Junior Farm Bureau, pre- Genesee Organizes One skimminsl ented the ~ orthern Farm Bureau Lapeer Junior with a bronze plaque wartz Creek~ community Farm to honor th ir h' gh record for attend- Bur au was organized recently at the • • ance. He 'aid there are 23 Junior home of \V. H. Rankin, and several IClency grou in the state today, with a total member hip of 500. tore will be organized Gene ee County Farm Bureaus short- among the ly, according to Wilbur H. Short. Students have been increasing SEE IT AT YOUR FARM BUREAU DEALER per year at State College. Paper pulp made in Sweden comes Farm Bureau Services, Inc., Lansing, Michigan into our Great Lakes by boat to The French named Lapeer Grand Haven and to the Kalamzoo .... th meaning, the stones. paper mills. AT RD Y, lARCH 6, 1937 aUng various pieces of equipment, f safety practices, a d selection and care of equipment, with special emphasis ILD WINTER ARM BUGAIP I I1lust~ations. of common pes~s and de crtption ot the bu and their spe- Tri-State Butter Sales Exceed A Million Five hundred and thirty of them turned out for the 'annual meeting and dinner at Jamestown recently. ed assets of $113,904, largely ca h and inventory. ties of $5,731. 7 were re erves for Total current liabili- on motors. Those enrolled also will be given as- F i Ii I cific control treatment are found in Special Bulletin 1 3, "Common Pe ts Aontgomery-The Tri- tate of Field and Garden Crops," available erative As ociation here manufactur- Co-op- The as 'n reported a succe stul year, sales taxes. The patronage dividend was $22,007.94. These and other fea- an increasing bu ines, and an addi- sistance in planning their own electri- by writing the Bulletin Room, Michi- ed and sold 1,023,712 worth of butter tures of their report indicate they are tion to the property at Hud onville. cal installations. Laboratory work State College Has Contro I gan tate College, East Lansing. for its members and patrons last year, The co-op declared a 6 % dividend very succe ful businessmen. will offer opportunities to study many Bulletin Available for Three hundred and fifty of them on the stock, and a 6% patronage Wiring, Motors, Rates, Cost types of electrical equipment in actual dividend. ales for 1936 totaled Of Equipment Among usage under farm conditions. The Asking Washtenaw Farm came to the annual meeting and din- $335,326.18. The co-operative handles State Mutual Handles ner at Cambria Grange Feb. 10 to a full line of supplies, including a Subjects Bureau S ore Opening hear about it, and to learn that their 10,742 Michigan Claim South Haven Growers Farmers are brushing up equipment Ann rbor-e-Monday, March the bu iness is increasing. number of Farm Bureau products and it line of machinery. At the annual convention of State and knowledge of materials and meth- Manager Ben 'Wilson aid tlie in- Opportunity to familiarize them- Honor James icol o s to prepare for a trenuous season's Washtenaw Farm Bureau store will crease in butter production over the This is a Dutch 'Community. All of Farm Mutual Auto Insurance agents the directors of the co-op, Manager at Chicago Feb. 15-16, it was reported s lve with effici nt ways to harness S uth Haven-At the annual meet- battle against insect crop pests. Mild ha ve its formal opening, under the previous year wa 644,178 pounds. The the newest farm beast or burden lee- John R. Mast, and a large major-ity of that 10,742 claims were handled for ing of the South Haven Fruit Ex- winter weather is credited with aid- management of Charles tcCaIla. Din- av rage price paid for butterfat was Michigan policyholders, and that the tricity-is off red thos att nding the the stockholder are Dutch descent, change Feb. 6, Director James icol ing the bugs to bed down comfortably ner will b served at noon, and there 37. cents per pound. The manufac- said Mr. Elzinga. company paid out $323,3 5.42 in behalf two-weeks Rural Electrification sp cial was presented with a bouquet of flow- in preparation for their spring and will be a progr am of entertainment turing cost was .0161 cents per pound. course at iMi higan State college, ers in recognition of his long service The co-op's financial statement list- of Mi higan policyholders. summer riddling, boring and chewing. and speaking to follow. The busine s March 8-19. as a director. Mr. icol not only Muck farmers were warned recently was formerly kno n as the a htenaw ClarkD~ec~rs ~ H. McGrego~ Frank ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The course is offered primarily for made the motion to found the ex- and John Moshier were re-elect- I by Ray Hutson, entomologist at Hch- Farmers Supply o. and is located at ed, and arl mith was elected to the' farmers and farm youths from Michi- change in 1913, but has served con- igan State College, that cutworms, 212 South First street. board. John Pridgeon is president and gan's 60,000 farms now using electric power and for those w 0 expect to tinuously on its board of directors. Dr. Arnold Mulder of Kalamazoo onion maggots and onion thrips likely would be as numerous or more numer- To the elevator grinding and seed and feed business, Charles cleaning that has Waltz, Cobb is buttermaker, secretary. Herbert FRANCE ACR'L PRODUCTS have power in the near future. More gave a very interesting talk on his ous than they were in 1936. • been done at the plant, Mr. McCalla trip through Europe last summer. The Tri-State Co-operative operates than one-third of the state's farms now Orchards and general crop will find will add a completa line of Farm Bur- a general farm supplies business and have electricity, and in all probability Roscoe J. Martin of Bangor, manager of the Mlchigan Apple Institute, that the weather which has been kind eau feeds, seed, fertilizers, harness. creamery at Montgomery, Michigan, AGSTONE MEAL HI-CALCUIM HYDRATED LIME at least 20,000 more will be electrified toward muck crop pests also has aid- machinery, fence and co-op tractors. described the apple advertising pro- has a branch levator at Ray, Ind. It during this year, estimates D. F. Ebing- ed the winter life of other insects as er, of the college agricultural engineer- gram for Michigan apples. The Ex- serves farmers in Michigan, Ohio and PULVERIZED LIMESTONE SPRAYING LIME well, says" Butson. ing department, in charge of the change reported a very good mer- Plowing under debris, burning weeds 19.8 Tons Best Beet Indiana. chandising business, a good financial course. condition, and the largest volume of and other materials badly infested Yield in Macomb Co. See your Dealer, Co-op, or Farm Bureau Alth ugh the course is not a wiring school and completion of the course fruit handled in its 'history. with insects and making conditions as Ferdinand Foss or Lenox twp., pres- Ottawa Dutchmen Have Dealer for FRANCE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS uncomfortable as possible are recom- ident of the will not prepare a person to take the are: Officers and directors Charles Leisering, chosen president; mendations. ew Haven Farmers El- Marvelous Co-operative state electric wiring examination, Eb- evator had an average yield of 19.8 James icol, vice president; B. H. Cutworm combat, useful to home tons of sugar beets per acre in 1936. Hudsonville-Perhaps the local inger says that considerable work with Weriban, secretary; Roy Gibson, gardeners as well as truck crop and According to M. J. Buschlen of the farmers co-operative ass'n in Mich- THE FRANCE STONE CO. wiring plans, materials, and methods treasurer; directors, E. D. Lyman, muck crop operators, is going to be an Farmers igan having the largest membership of installation will be offered. Other and Manufacturers Beet MONROE, MICHIGAN Carne Tucker, Frank Warner, Perry especially profitable preparation for is the Farmer Co-operative Elevator subjects will include methods of ob- ugar Ass'n that was the highest av- Co. of Hudaonville, Jame town and Chaddock, Paul Ketcham, Randolph spring planting, says Professor Hut- erage yield per acre for sugar beets in or - THE FRANCE STONE CO., Toledo, Ohio taining service, rates and costs of oper- Monroe.Cornelius Bus is manager. son. 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Brody, Con tantiue, Mich., was elected president of the Mid- Where Fertilizer a west Producers' Creamerie , Inc., at The sugar beet, a high value crop to attend t e pre-season show:ng the 4th annual me ting at outh is capable of paying for a liheral ap- Bend, Ind., Feb. 25, 26. H. C. Glick, plication of commercial f rtilizer and Columbus, Ind., was elected vice this fertilizer has a residual effe t of 'of ew president, and O. A. wank, Orleans, benefit to the crop ~ hich tollo • Ind., secretary-treasurer .. 1937 Refrigerators - Ranges The new officer a meeting of the newly-elected were named at board Many of our trunk line highway follow age old Indian trails. of directors of the organization. The at your ne.arest Farm Bureau Store new directors include the officers and 9 Fred Walker, arson City, :Mich.; Fred Pernert, t. Loui , :Mich.; Ed- NEW 1937 ward Hall, Fremont, 1\1i h.; G. S. Solvay Agricu ur I o Coffman, Coldwater. Mich.; O. O. Bru- WESTINGHOUSE baker, Marion, Ind.; Oliver chwartz, Limes on ELECTRIC Portland, Ind.; L. W. Hite, Gallatin, Tenn.; Turner Power, raw fords- Michigan Producers of RANGES. · . You'll ville, Ind.; and M. E. Plank, Middle- PULVERIZED LIMESTONE get a new thrill of bury, Ind. LIMESTONE MEAL pleasure with your first This is the hanusome building of runs 6 trucks ,••.ith insulated bodies to The need for adequate capital and the Dairyland Co-operative Creamery gather cream from 1,100 patrons. They good busine s practices was stressed Available At Your Nearest Dealer glimpse of the smooth, by George E. Metzger, outh B nd, Co. at Carson City, Montcalm county built in 192 and added to the building Solvay Sales Corporation clean lines and gleam- In April, 1924, dairymen there were in 1936. The mortgage was paid in secretary of the Illinoi Agricultural commission and director of organi- 7501 W. Jefferson Ave. ing modern beauty of getting 4 cents a pound less for butter- 1934 and today the company has assets DETROIT, MICH. zation work. the new Westinghouse fat than regions being served by co-op of $5 ,00 Last year the co-op made More than 100 representatives of 20 Ranges. Cook electri- creameries. E. B. Stebbins called a 1,301,31 lbs. of butter and paid the co-operative creameries in Indiana, meeting of dairymen which resulted farmer an average a little bett I' than Michigan, Illinois and Tenne see cally-save 18 % to in the Dairyland Co-op. 36 cents a pound for butterfat. Charles heard talks by Arthur J. Howland, 46% in electric cook- ing cost with a West- The road to getting was long, and it wasn't until into business ovem A'. Coryell is president, and Fred Walk- er, an early employe, has been mana- Michigan tate college, East Lansing, Mich.; L. S. Edwards, federal dairy $6~ Wort 0 inghouss . . . Clean - Economical - Automatic ovens - - many exclusive features. Shown at Farm Bureau Stores. bel', 1925 that they opened in a rent- ed building, • with two employes and two rented" trucks. Tooay the co-op ger since 1927. Six hundred and forty- one attended the recent annual meet- ing. specialist of Feddersen, ashville, Tenn.; R. L. of the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea company, Chicago, and eplaces 25 + + Dr. E. \V. Gaumnitz, of the agri- e.A.ND, IN CALF MANNA the calf get a complet feed, U. S. GOVERNMENT BUYS 16,697 WESTINGHOUSE Wool Marketing Ass' cultural Washington. adju tment administration, WIth all the elements of milk-plus additional element that insure growth. Four of the world' greates butter REFRIGERATORS for greater 10 year economy ... Lowop- Has Annual Meeting Last year the Michigan co-operative creamery members Coldwater, Can- producers were raised on Calf Manna. It's cheaper, it's better, and it cuts labor 65%. Feed it dry ju t as t come erating costs of Westing- house Refrigerators enabled I ~:;=========~ Announces Pooling Plans and .------~-------- ment of Federal "Truth-in-Fabrics," stantine, Carson City, Fremont, ville, Grant, Lawrence, Marcellus and ash- from the bag. Ask your dealer for Calf Manna, or wri e Carnation Company, Dept. MN2,Oconomowoc, Wi consin, legislation, appreciation of the assist t. Louis produced 10,767,056 lbs. of Westinghouse to win the Advances f or 193 7 ance of the Michigan State College and • Send for" Successful CaICRaiaine," the new book that i¥ a conden tion of the experience of lead ina herdam . largest refrigerator order Season the Extension workers, and a resolu-. • Write Carnation Co., Dept. MN2, Oconomowoc, Wi • BIG HUSKY CHICKS ever placed, from the U. S.. tton of respect n the passing of u. S. APPROVED AND MICHIGAN Braving a nasty sleet storm, a large Charles Sexton of Iowa, a prominent bonded White Leghorn Chick. 100% Public Works Administra- bloodte ted for Pullorum di eas. Larg crowd of leading wool growers from leader in co-operative wool marketing. type stor-k for larg r profits. Pullets and tion Housing Division. all sections of Michigan gathered at A feature on the program was the sex d chicks if de. it'd. Se nd for d 'rip- tive price list. These refrigerators were State Farm Bureau headquarters at discussion among the members present WINSTROM HATCHERY Lansing, March 4, for the annual of copies of a few of the many commu- Zeeland. 80)( B-7, Michigan bought for PWA's Slum meeting of the Michigan Co-operative nications recently r ceived at the state Clearance and low-rent Wool Marketing Association. En office from memb rs who demand the housing projects on the thusiasm and optimlsm ran high and continuation of the Pool and write that most economical basis Gov- ernment experts could find the growers and local leaders showed a determination to go home and build a larger Pool for 1937. - they will consign fleeces. tions read at the meeting include th following: Apprecia- -nerals I . . . If a Westinghouse lJ.e- Headlining the speaking program Geo. H. Poquette-Alanson, R. 1: I Milk minerals plus the best known source of Vitamin "G" and the frigerator will save money were Delmer H. LaVoi, extension fi~;ktoths~ev.;fo~o~~i~lu~~.O.K. and would highest quality protein known, with an abundanoe of lactose obt Inable specialist of the Michigan State Col- Verne Hand-St. Johns: I certainly only in milk. Where else is there such a result-getting Ingredient for for the Government, it will lege Animal Husbandry Department, hope we can keep this association going chick mashes? There's no SUbstitute. . same money for you. Clark L. Brody, Secretary-Manager of strong . the Michiaan State Farm Bureau, and J. W. Wagner-Williamston: This ser- Milk minerals are more easily assimilated than minerals In any other WESTINGHOUSE Kitchen-Proved REFRIGERATORS ~ vice should be continued. Phil Evans, director of organization H. G. Wells-North Adams, R. 1.: Let form. Dry skimmilk contains the growth promoting Vitamin "G" In of the National Wool Marketing Cor- the good work go on. abundance. Coccidiosis control? Yes, in the lactose content. Lots of - Farm Bureau Services poration, Boston, Massachusetts. Mrs. Ira P. Hayes-Homer: Well satis- it in dry skimmilk. Large quantities at small cost. 221 North Cedar Street, Lansing, Michigan. Professor LaVoi brought with him fied. a splendid exhibit of blue ribbon Dorr Perry-Caro: On account of keep- Be sure your feed formula contains dry sklmmilk. Green Valley Brand Kindly send me further information on Westinghouse: inq the buyer in line we want the compe- dry skimmilk is choice grade. fleeces and other display material of tition. DRefrigerators ORanges DWashers great interest. He made a strong H. A. Hagaman &. Sons--Leonard: Have Guaranteed Analysis talk stressing the power of organi- usually received more than I could have gotten locally besides the pool keeps the Protein .32% .zation and referring to various prac- buyers in line. Lactose 50% DRY DRY 'Name .................................................. tices to bring larger profits to Michl- Angus Home Stock Farm-Davison: Minerals 8% gan sheep men. Keep up the gElod ork, Provides Vitamin Q the SKIMMILK BUTTERMIL Mr. Brody complimented the wool Casper L. Burn Niles: Mich. Wool growth promotin itamin Lansing Michigan Address R. F. D . Mktg. Ass'n is thing for Michigan pool members on their record of loyal- wool growers. ty and predicted a good future for the F. M. Oehmke-Sebewaing: Am fully co-operative wool marketing program. aware of what will happen to price in He gave illustrations of the direct and case we discontinue the pool. indirect benefits of farm organization I PO;:~~I~.DiPPy-perry: Keep pool going if and stated that the individual mem- D. C. Seaman-Jackson: Have been ber's sense of responsibility must be ple~sed. with results from wool pool and further developed. . believe It a worthy project. W;~~d Valued most Mr. Phil Evans brought a first hand picture of wool marketing conditions at Boston and outlined the services b~' aM~~r;~it:et~r .;;,~~ei:nt~rhei;t~ state to Quit. 1937 Pool and Advances ~~ and benefits of' the National Wool Association officers announced that! ' Marketing Corporation which is the" for the present. Wool Pool advances :f~\;!~"'{~ when needed most co-operative sales agency for 25 wool pools, serving all parts of the nation. He supplemented his address by show- would be at the rate of 25c per pound .. for medium wool, 20c per pound for fine wool, and 18c per pound for fed , ing two reels of a talkie movie which lamb wool. These advances are paid traced the various steps in the hand- as soon as the wool is received at the ling and manutacturtng of wool from Lansing warehouse, 728 East Shiawas- Telephone Service has become so efficient, so eas- the time it leaves the farm until it see Street. ily used, that it draws no particular attention to reaches the ultimate consumer. This enthusiastic state-wide meet- Business Session ing climaxed a series of 10 unusually itseif. But its value is sharply emphasized when- Mfue~~M~ su~oo lliewo~ will~m~dCoon~Wo~prod~M~~----------~~----------~~~-----------~-------~~ ever a home is threatened by one of the three great growers adopted the annual report of the Association's Secretary-Treasurer, Associations' annual meetings. At these county gatherings leading grow- JOHN, I'M NOT GETTING - YOU S~E:, LAYING H~NS e Nopeo XX domestic emergencies: Alfred Bentall, reelected Mr. F. F. ers had met together to discuss their I;NOUG~ EGGS TO PAY NEE 0 A -PROFIT-PRODUCTION Call the police! No home is safe from the lawless Walworth of Corunna as a director and chose Mr. W. C. Kempster of Cold- water to succeed J. E. Crosby of St. problems and listen to informative talks by County Agricultural Extension Specialists from the Animal Agents, MY FEED BILL L~V~L OF VITAMIN D- A MUCH H(GH~R.. l~VI;L " rofit-Productio " turns Losses into Profi prowler, intent on theft or violence. But the tele- phone is his enemy; its mere presence in the house creates an added risk for him. The prowler knows Johns as director at large. the day the board of directors organlz- ed by electing F. D. King of Charlotte as president, H. E. Powell of Ionia as vice-president and Alfred Bentall of Later in Husbandry and Economics ments of the Michigan State College and Stanley M. Powell, field represen tative of the Michigan Wool Marketing Ass'n. Depart- Co-operative These meet ~ I WELL, PROBABLY YOUR ~tNS AQEN r G~TTING ENOUGH THAN CHICK£NS NI;ED FOR. RICKETS PREV(:NTION WELL, MY D~L~R. SAYS HES USING COD L\Vf;R.. ff HENS NOTLAVINGas they should? Hatchability low? Then look to your feeds-perhaps they contain only enough Vitamin D for "rickets prevention," not enough for this. He knows how quickly it can spread the "profit-production." alarm, flash out the call that brings the police swift- Lansing, secretary-treasurer. The report of the resolution commit- lngs help wide-awake wool growers to keep abreast of the latest develop-], t: OIL SO ru rtu HIM The four-year test conducted at Pennsylvania State College shows that laying hens require more Vitamin D tee consisting of S. C. Hagenbuch, of ments for more profitable sheep and if - . " than growing chicks-that higher, "profit-production" ly to the scene. Three Rivers, John Brindley of Hale wool production and give them a grasp - . levels of Vitamin D secured over 2 dozen more eggs per and Vern Hand of St. Johns developed of market trends and the outlook for. bird-with stronger, better quality shells, and higher considerable discussion. Resolutions future prices. They serve as the con', hatchability. I smell smoke! After a fire breaks out, time is adopted included a statement as to the necting link between wool growers and The dealers listed below are a few of the 4,000 dealer- mixers who put "profit-production" levels of Vitamin D priceless. Every moment's delay increases the benefits of the Wool Pool and respon- the Michigan Co-operative Wool Mark \' in your feeds with Norco XX-the standardized Vitamin sibilities of the members, a strong eting Ass'n and also are of value i1 A & D Concentrate. damage and danger. There is always a point be- stand regarding control of coyotes, connection with any problems of con ,. , Try them-turn losses Into profits! yond which control is impossible, and' destruction foxes and sheep killing dogs, endorse- cern to the sheep men of the county. complete. But almost any fire can be extinguished 1. with trifling loss-if taken in time. opco XX is included at" ro- Get the doctor! Amid the panic caused by sudden duction" levels in Farm ur- illness or injury, one thought leaps to mind. The eau Mashes. BUT LOOK, ~ARRY- man needed now, above all others, is the doctor. Buy a STRAIGHT OILS MAY VARY AS !. The interval before he comes is one of anxious UCH AS 800% IN VITAM' Years of successful use have waiting-a dread period which the telephone can C·O·Op D CONT~NT. PLAY SAI=E- thoroughly justified your eed shorten. One call secures prompt advice on first- HAV~ YOUR F~~DS MIX~D Oil Burning WITHNOPCO ICJ(-IT'S Committee's original approval aid, and hastens the welcome arrival of the doctor. 'ALWAYS THE. SAMJ;! of opco XX in Farm Burea In emergencies, even seconds are important. And Brooder. With a Co-op Brooder Your ChIcks \ I'Ll TRY IT, JO~N. Mashes. Tested by time, opco the more important they become, the greater the are safe - So is your Investment. XX now has the hearty en- AND THAN~S FOR value of the telephone in protecting property, re- THE TIP.' dorsement of thousand f I?Q not gamble with an obsolete brooder-get a dependable lieving anxiety and saving human lives. time tested Co-op Unit. No temperature variations-Modern Co-op Burner Unit reduces operating cost to a minimum. \ Farm 'Bureau members as well. Let us show you the up-to-date 1937 model. A size to fit every need. Our standard Co-op Brooder is shown-500 chick size. opco XX is available in c n- MICHIGA BELL Ask us about Co-op Brooders-Fountai~Nests-VentiIation, and all poultry and barn equipment. veniently-sized, sealed pac ages at your wn local ar TELEPHO E CO. ,BUY NOW AT THESE FARM BUREAU STORES Bay City Imlay City Mt. Pleasant Bureau. Hart Lansing Pinconning Bastings Lapeer Saginaw Jlartford Port Huron rrayerse Oit, • e Electri By RAY K. HOLLAND, Utilities Commission DETROIT EDISON CO. imum of the standard rat applies. there are five or mol' Aichigan construct rural line with- Michigan, serving the western end of Th minimum monthly guarantee may not in exces of three years' revenue. The Detroit Edison Company with per mile and each of these LUd omer out ash contributions from th« farm the upper peninsula of the state con- about 500,000 customers, serving an be modified at anniversary date of be- "ill guarante a monthly minimum When the cost i in excess of three customers where there ar five or more structs rural service lines '''' ithout years' revenue the customers make a area of roughly fifty mile radius tr-im ginning service by the line for changes payment determinerl by takmg l~J% farm ustorner (.IP1' mile "11.) will ea h contribution from the tarm cus cash contribution of the difference be- the city of Detroit and' including Hur- in the number of customers. erv d by of the cost of the lin e tension }Jer Experienced live tock feeders agree to uaranta» a monthly mini. tomer up to an expenditure of 400 tween the estimated three years' reve- on, Tuscola and most of Lapeer and the particular line. . customer. This monthly guar ..mtes i.' and dairymen know that there's mum of 12.50 per month p 1 mi le of per customer provided the customer nue and the actual cost or ma~·_ no no silo like a concrete ilo. Con- Sanilac counties in its Lake Huron Di- Electric Rates increased or r due d a cu terriers di - Hlle. guarantees a minimum payment 1 ang- crete makes your silo air and vision, constructs rural line extenst ms continue rvice or additional custom- contribution but each customer guar- The standard ity residential rate T;1'... uarantee e tends fOJ :J 11 rtod ing from $2.75 per month for tnvest- water-tight, fire-proof, wind- without cash contributions from the ers are added to the particular line. antees a monthly revenue of 1/36 of applies to the farm customer und r of five years 01' thereafter uut 'I the ment by the ornpany of $250 or less proof and pennanen . customers where there are five or more the total cost of the line per customer. which 100 kilowatt hours per month Electric Rates usage of electr.i. ~!y by the eustimei s per ustomer to $5.25 per month for Plan to build a concrete silo this far~ customers per mile .. The guarantee i for a pertorl of flve Provisions are made for rebating to cost $3.75 but the customer 111, y earn at the standar.t • at equal or exceed investment by the Company of $:no to year. You'll dd to your farm Where there are less than fi 'e farm years and thereafter until the u uee of contributing customers when new cus- a bonus rate of $3.20. 300 kf lowatt 150 per mile Jf 'primary servtr- lmo $400 per customer. 'I'he monthly guar- productiveness and profits. And cu tomers p l' mile a cash contribution electricity by tb cu tomers at t h tomers are added in the three year yo '11 be protected again t feed hour per month cost $7.75 but the per year, after which the minimum of antee is adjusted upon the serving of is required, th amount of Inch i~ the standard rat equals or exceeds 1 % period. hortage in dry years. c istomer rna yearn a bonus J ate of the standard ra appli s. The mini- additional customers. dift I' nce between $500 p r mile of .70. The bonus rates b tnz for in- of th co t of th lin aft r whi h the mum monthl ,uarant e may be modi- Write for booklets on silo con- The plan applies to farm -ustomers Electric Rate . prtmary service lin and 100 per cus- CI eased usag over that of a lJas~ peri- minimum of the standard rate Dpplie , fied at anni vers •.•; y date or bO~lIlning struction.Alsocheck listb lowfor but also includes rural residences, For usage of electricity by the cus- free booklets on other subjects. tomer connected. A rebate i pal 1 by od (for instance Obie tive Rate'). Pri- und I' which 100 ki lo att hours per service by the line for changes in the churches and town halls. tomer after a period of three years, the Company to the original contr'ibut- vate right-of-way for toe Ilno ts reo month cost $4.00, 300 killowatt hours number of custo n rs serve-d h. the o Barn Floors ors, pro rata, of $60 for ach aJtlition- qulr d. / per month 9.1 . A private right-of- vay the standard minimum of the standard o Foundations particular lin . Electric Rates [J Basement Walls al customer connected to t liis line for the line is requtr d. rural rate applies which is $4.00 and Thi company has an optional plan A special rural rate applies to rural o eeding loons within five years. INDIANA AND MICHIGAN under which 100 kilowatt hours cost CJTanks and Trough $4.50 and 300 kilowatt hours cost fJ Milk House lectr-le Rates ELECTRIC CO. fJ Permanent Repairs Th Indiana & ichlgau l%~('tric $9.50. Private right-of-way for the line The standard city re iden Ial rate Making Coner te Comp ny with about 20,500 storners is not required. applies to the farm custom!' under f' which 100 kilo vatt hours per month in Michigan, -serving Berri n county The rural plan of this utility is be- cost 3.38, and 300 kilowatt hours per and parts of adjacent counties in th ing revised to eliminate cash contribu- month cost $7. The CORt includes southwestern corner of the Slate, con- tions by the customers. The principal fl' e lamp replacements. Pr-ivate rtght- tructs rural lines without ca sh con- part of the generating and distribution of-way for the line is r qu lrcd. tribution from the Iarm cust-uners system of this utility is located in Wis- without limitation as to the number of consin. CON U R POWER CO. farm customers per mile, 1f the cus- Th Consumers Po, r L'Jl\Ipany tom 's will guart nt e as. mr nthly EDISON AULT with about 300,000 c istomr rs, (prves minimum for a period Dr five years an the major part of the central distrtct amount determined by t'lK n,.; 11.z<7c. of ELECTRIC CO. of the state under the" ichigan Plan" the co t of the line extension per us- The Edison Sault Electric Company ordered by this ommis ion. It con- tomer. dditional customers to an 0X- with about 5,3"00 customers, serving structs line ithout cash conn i!Ju- t nsion line take the S:11. f' guar: nree the eastern end of the upper peninsula tion from the f 1'111 cust 1 ers here as do dating Cll OUi 1',' on that line of the state, constructs rural lines there are eight 01' more farm custom- f I' a period of five years. Without cash contribution from the ers requiring one or mol' miles of lin Electric Rates customers where there are eight or with a minimum monthly guarantee of The standard urban resid ntial rat more farm customers per mile. Where the urban r sid ntial rate. applies to farm customers und r which CLECr,l:2ICITY rOlf!. LlC:rIlT~ Powel2; there are less than eight farm custom- ~ Where ther ar five to eight farm 100 kilowatt hours per month cost .HE.-9T RND REFRIGERATION ers per mile a cash contribution is re- El..£CTRIC WArE£- PL U6 IN ;:'012- customers per mile the Company III 4.30, 300 kilowatt hours per month HE~TEJ'l..; quired ranging trom $33 per customer construct the lines without cash con- cost $9.30. Private right-of-way for CONSTANT f/E/IT ~for seven farm customers per mile to MICHIGAN PUBLIC requrrmg a cash contribution by the customers with a minimum charge of ~~!ili EJ It pay to dust- treat eed corn with tributions if the farm custome-s guarant e as a monthly 12.50 per mon h p I' mile minimum f prtmary will the line is not required but the materi- ally increased cost of line construcrion in the highway and resulting increas- SERVICE CO. The Michigan Public Service Com- farm customers, the amount shall be the difference between $1,000 of Which $2.75 per month including 25 ki lowatt hours of electrical energy. Under this $795 for one farm customer. ilar sliding seale of refunds are made for c:1.ditional customers connected to A sim- New Improved SEM- service line. In place of a Iarm custo- ed minimum guarantee has the prac- per mile and $100 per farm customer. rate 100 kilowatt hours cost. $6.00 and pany with about 17,500 customers. serv- the line within a period of five years. mer there may be substltuted a church, tical result of requiring private right- Under this optional plan the standard 300 kilowatt hours cost $11.00. The ESAN JR. every ing a part of Muskegon, Oceana, Ma- The ~inimum monthly' guarantee a school, a town hall, a non-tar III cus- of-way. rural rate and minimum applies for principal part of the generating and year. This year it is son, Lake, Manistee, Grand Traverse, tomer guaranteeing at least 2.tiO per farm customers. distribution system of this company is per customer ranges from $2.50 per The Indiana and Michigan Electric and Leelanau counties lying on the more important Electric Rates located in Wisconsin. The rural ;;l3on month for eight customers per mile to month or a cash contribution of ~100. Company distribution system is for the Lake Michigan shore and the counties $7.00 for one customer. The minimum ~~Iil~I!J~ than ever. Good seed In event a cash contribution is made, most part in the State of In.Iian and of the western half of the norther n Farm customers are served un del" a is the same as in Wisconsin. Private applies for five years or thereafter un- corn is scarce. Much rigl't.-of-way for the line is not requir- of the d a ailable ill be only fair. refunds are paid by the Company to the rural policy of thi UJmpany is part of the southern peninsula. has the rural rate which differs from the ob- til the usage by the customers at the ed. So, to make sure of a better yield, the original customers, pro rata, for that in effect in the Indiana terrttorv. same rural policy as the .•IIichigan Gas jective rural rate by being 20c higher company's standard rural I' ate additional customers at $100 per farm and Electric Company and the cost of per customer. Under this. rate the amounts to $240 per year per mile of use this ethyl mercury phosphate dust customer for each net increase in the MICHIGAN GAS AND electric service is identical witn that cost of 100 kilowatt hours per month WISCONSIN-MICHIGAN primary line. that checks seed rotting, improves number of customers served by the ex- ELECTRIC COMPANY company. is $4.25 and 300 kilowatt hours per POWER C_O. st nds and reduces losses from seed- tension, The Michigan Gas and Electric Com- month is $8.25. Pri-vate right-of-way Wisconsin-Michigan Power Company Electric Rates borne root and stalk rots. The minimum monthly guarantees pany with about 10,700 eu scomers, CITIZENS LIGHT for the line is required.' with about 8,750 customers in Micht- The standard full residential service In 51 tests, New Improved SEM- apply for three years or thereafter un- serving parts of Cass, St. Jose h, Van AND POWER CO. gan serves the west central part of t.he rate applies under which 100 kilowatt ES N JR. ha in reased corn yields til the uaeage of electricity by the cus- Buren and Kalamazoo counttes in the The Citizens Ligh nd Power Com- LAKE SUPERIOR upper peninsula and under present hours per month cost $4.35 and 300 an average of 10% - more than 372 tomers at the standard rate equ 18 or southwestern part of the state con- pany with about 1 ,700 customers DISTRICT POWER CO. rural plan will construct rural lines kilowatt hours ·pel' month cost $9,10. exceeds $150 per year per mile of pri- structs rural lines without cash con- serving a part of Lenawee and . Ionroe Lake Superior District Power Com- without cash contribution troin the Private right-of-way for' the line is bushels an acre for 2~cl Easy to use mary service line after which the min- tribution from the customers where counties in the southeastern corner ~f pany with about 6,200 customers in customers when the cost of the ~ine is required.-Feb. 1, 1937. and far smoother - will not clog planter. Four oz., 5Oc; J-Ib., 1.50; 5-lbs., 7.00. Ask for free Corn Michigan Attics The western part of the county was who grow and sell about one-third of cial protection tor the farmer against t Pamphl t. not -in luded in the proposed project the Michigan grain and bean crop. the failure of dealers storing beans or Yield He- loom because' service has been extended The Exchange, he continued, would grains for farmers. TREAT SEED EVERY YEAR elebration of the centennial year there through a branch of the Micht- not be fulfilling its duty if it did not Grower Representation IT PAY in Michigan has quickened interest in heirlooms of all kinds. Many home- gan Public Service corporation, a plant just out of Onaway. from become an active advocate for a con- Oil the advisory board 'complete rep- makers who own enoree pieces ot fur- 70 iles of Original 200 Mile ki townships, and certain areas in structive program. The Exchange leg- resentation of all phases of the in- BUY FROM YOUR Considerable interest attaches to the niture are restoring them to new lives Project Approved for .. other The to nships. tate College a 1"1 engineering Presque Isle farmers' project because islation proposes: dustry would be secured by requiring FARM URE U DEALER of beauty and usefulness. Old chairs Grades, Markets, Storage the commissioner of agriculture to Construction dep't has gone into Presqque Isle to of the fact it is a farm group set up to hat the state shall require eompul- make appointments in this manner: And ave postage. Or buy from of good design that were gathering serve a large rural area where elec- s cash with order, 4-oz. can 35¢; discuss with farmers various ways in sory grading and identification of all Three farmers from a list suggested l dust in attics, barns ana store rooms With more than a year and &. half which electricity tric power has not been available. A t-Ib, can $1; 5-lb. can 4.75, PLUS can be us d to ad- bean shipments under officially estab- by the major general farm organiza- parcel post at 10¢ per lb. ar having a new lease on life. of pioneering behind them, a group of vantage number of such areas are to be found on the farm, and has given Iished state grades. It shall require tions; three dealers from a list sug- F ARM BUREAU SERVICES, Inc. Presque Isle farmers are about ready information regarding the cost of in Michigan. The success of this first definite regulation of the procedure gested by the trade associations of There are more than 30,000 school to complete organization of an associ- building and constructin farm lines, venture may lead to opening of other 221 N. Cedar Lansing, Mich. used in making and publishing the grain and bean dealers, and a repre teachers in Michigan, and about as ation to construct farm electric lines wiring homes and other buildings, and areas to rural electrification under daily and future market quotations 0:1 sentative of the Michigan State Col- many in ew York City. with funds borrowed from the Rural cost of operating transmission lines. some similar program of operation. beans. It shall require provisions for lege from a list suggested by the col- Electrification Administration at Upon organization, he Presque Isle the specific protection of farmers who lege. Terms of office for the advisory . Washington, and to carry on a busi- rural electrification a ociation ex- Farm Elec ric Bills 'store beans or grain with dealers, board members would be four years ness of' distributing electric power. The system now under constderation pect to file a petition with the Mi h- Before Lezislature against the misuse of storage grain or I each, terminating at different inter. igan Public Utilities Commission, urg- 0" beans to private purposes, and finan- t vals. is for 357 farmers along 70 miles of ing the "convenience (Continued from page 1.) and necessity" Education, township roads, taxes on proposed line. Current will be pur- of the line 80 that a commission per- intangible property and incomes are chased from the Alpena Power Com- mit will be for hcoming to authorize other subjects before the legislature. pany. Originally, it was planned to the group to operate. . Farm Group Bills bring service to 607 farmers along 200 Power Compa ies Bid Under consideration are bills on miles of proposed line, Which includ- The Alpena Power ompany.was se-I milk and bean marketing, the regula- ed most of the farm residents of the lected as the source of electrtcal en- tion of community live stock auction county. ergy on a competitive basis. The other sales the control of the sale of fllle.l survey of that project was submit- bidder was the Roger City Light Co. milk'. . . which I is condensed mille ted to Washington. In the fall of 1935 Fir t the power com any proposed a from which the butterfat has been ex- the Rural Electrification Administra- flat rate for all current purchased. tracted and replaced with much cheap- tion referred the proposition back with 'Wa hington officials, however, suggest- or cocoanut oil. the recommendation that all but 70 ed a step down rate chedule to give The last group of bills have been Reliable miles of lines be eliminated for the the; Presque Isle Ass'n an average under discussion by the Farm Bureau. Vigorous present, leaving a starting group of wholesal rate for lec ricity of not Grange Milk Producers Ass'n Michi- 357. This, the federal authorities mol' than 1% cent per kilowatt 1!an EI~vator Exchange, Michig~n Live reductive aid, gave promise of being on a pay- hour. Stock Exchange and other groups at Priced Low ing or self-sustaining basis. A revision agreed to by the power a meeting at the State Farm Bureau Send REA Engineer company offers the as 'n electrical en- in February. State Commissioner o~ second survey to include the 70 ergy at two c nts r kilowatt hour Agriculture Burr Lincoln was present miles and 357 prospective customers for the first 3,000 K ,vH purchas d ea h and expressed his support for the prtn- , as made in January of 1936. The month .. The next 11,000 KWH are at iple of some of the measure. REA sent one of its engineers to make 1% cent, and then one cent per KWH Have you ever been on the wrong its engin recommendation ring survey, and upon his on up t 80,000 KWH. the Rural Electrifica- SO,GOO K H are con umed If more than by as 'n One end of this situation? ... It's expen- tion Admini tration approved the patrons each month, provision is made. sive to pay lawyers, court costs, and smaller set-up. for certain reductions. • a judgment . bout 87 per c nt of the . farmers The Presque Isle l'OUP, ~pitalized Main and Henry Sts. agreed to take electric service, accord- at 200,000 has as it first outlay an What are your chances of never GI AW ing to the surveys. They expressed a e timated $70,000 or more to construct getting into such a fix? In ten 220 Bristol Street willingness to pay from $2.1 to 3.70 70 miles of farm po er lines. per month for electricity. However, Farmers Offer Quotas 5 months our 400,000 policyholders the number of miles of line construct- In the surveys nlade by th county reported these experiences: 728 t. ed, the number of customer contract- committee and the county agr''I' agent, 1 in 10, a collision loss ing for service, the cost of service and farmers set up their own quotas 0 provi ion for paying off the proposed probable consumption for light, wash- 1 in 66, a public liability case RE loan' ill determine the minimum ing machines, wa er ptfmp , refriger- 1 in 16, property damage loss monthl bill. State College Helps cting on request of residents of ation, rang s, and work, etc. The average amount Presque Isle county, the extension de- specified as their Ind] Idual obligation motor the for farm farmers c We paid over $3,500,000 to settle these claims and protect our policy- holders. DO NOT DRIVE without partment of Michigan tate College wa said to be within a few cents of insurance. You may have an acci- and the dep't of agr'I engineerin as isted in the development of the ru- sumption have the monthl which a erage fed ral electrical authoriti con- s oss dent. . ral electrification association, and in said would be required to make an un- making the fir t survey in Jnly 1935. dertaking of this nature a succes . We have more than 400,000 policyholders and 7,000 agents The original propo al to serve 607 in 35 States in this national Legal Reserve Company. In its urvey and rep rt t the RE , Let our local agent explain our policy to you. farmer took in the major portion of the group showed Pre que Isle county the farmers of oltke, Bismark, Bel- to rank high among the surroundtne knap. Po en, ...letz, Pulawski and Kra- kow town hip , and a few resident ounties for quality of farm of paid up taxe. The average debt of and for TAT F R T L AU s. CO. Roger town hip south of Rogers ity. PI' Isle farm stand at an aver- Bloomington, Illinois Th area approved later by the RE . a of p I' acre. The county has MICHIGAN STATE FARM BUREAU, State Agent, Lansing liminat d Bismark, Metz and ula about 11,100 resident . ITS added expense of preparing the ground and sowing emergency !ura~e crops in the second year. Moreover, these emer- California Weather I can readily believe that frost dam- aged the citrus fruit crop of California C F UE F gency crops will be available for pas. ture or forage at a later date in the second year than second year stands later in the season for there was a night or two while we were there that I ould have been far mol' com ort- UNADAPTED SEEDS of adapted red clover and alfalfa. No Soil Conservation able with a good Michigan Farm Bur- eau bed blanket to get under. One "Although the unadapted alfalrn or coul be uncomfortably warm during Agr] Adjustment Directors red clover might attain oome growth Lack of Trees, the Deserts the noon hour and find his teeth chat- in 1937, not much would be accompttsu- and Wasteland Make tering as soon as it got dark. The lack Explains Stand In ed rrc:n the standpoint ot soil conser- Their Impression of twilight is something one v ould Statement vation because comparatively little ni- have to learn to like before he could Chicago-In order to make clear the trogen or organic matter would be do- Iotn in the chorus of singing the usual provisions of the 1937 agricultural con- poaited ill the soil that year. By Mrs. Edith M. Wagar praise song. servation program for the North Cen- "For Lheso reasons, it seems desir- It has been some time since we We were told a year ago if we would tral Region, regarding the use of able to encourage farmers, to seed made the California trip. As we look only come to California we would nev- DO 'T.n ST n Y L • rnA .•. Tel<} - B Y PROT 1.; TIO . 'Or further inf r- adapted seed, the following statement emergency pasture and forage crops back upon it we realize as we never er doubt their hospitality. Certainly matron write Home Offi e. was issued Feb. 5 by Claude R. Wic- such as sudan grass, rape, small grain' did before that this country of ours our Farm Bureau friends of the West kard, director of the North Central and soy beans if they are unable to 00' is a large one of most varied interests. left no stone unturned in planning for • Division of the A. A. A.: tain adapted red clover and alfalfa We spent one afternoon in western our comfort and enjoyment. The great State Mutual Ir In • "Some confusion has arisen as to seeds, Su- '1 crops will yield more pas- ebraska. While still in the mid-west W. V. Burras, Pres. 702 Church se., Flint. Mich. outdoor barbecue was an undertaking how payments to farmers co-operating ture and rorage in 1937, a:.tI the Iai n, and in a state similar to Michigan in but few of us would attempt. in the 1937 agricultural conservatron er wlll know definitely that he must many respects. we soon found where Holding the 'state convention at the New Improved CERESAN treats seed program for the North Central Region make plans Ior his pasture and hay ------- we differed. At same time as the national meeting and oats at lower acre cost than any other may be affected by their seediags of crops for 193R. Grand Island we making both a success is no small job, unadapted foreign and unadapted do- . . dust. Yet it gives growers consistently excellent results - controls both loose mestic red clover and alfalfa seed. "The program for the i·orth Central Region Ior 1937 provides incII;~sed were met by a car- avan of autos to yet California. did it. Yes, California did herself justice as a host and we The fence and covered smuts; usually increases yields. In field tests, at a cost of about "First of all, no practice payment of $2.50 per acre for seeding alfalfa will payments to meet the increase.I COSlS of adapted seeds. It ma-ces special take us for a ride. only hope we gave them something in ith a 5" it has increased the average yield more than 3 bushels an acre I be made if any unadapted alfalfa is seeded on the farm in HJ7. Likewise, provision for the seeding and harvest- ing of emergency hay and pasture hy they should call that p Iace return, if only our word of apprecia- tion. rand Island is be- no practice payment of $2 per acre for crops to replace those cr-ips which Give your oats the benefit of this yond me, for I saw N F B tri~d.and.proved treatment this year. Easy to apply by seeding red clover will be made if any were lost because of the 1931) drought. no evidence of wa- ewaygo arm ureau unadapted red clover is seeded on the "Thus tarmers in th ,,·ortll Central gravity treater without any labor of turning. Only half an ounce needed to (arm in 1937. Region are offered a definite Incentive ter any place. As Sets Me'ntbership G al e left the town I For Protection O make the best use of ~n,~i,:land un- a bushel of seed. Very little Dying dust. f got a glimpse of The Newaygo County Farm Bureau No caking or clogging of drill. Write for Cereal Pamphlet and free "The provision of the North Central Region program as described should der the extstfng seed supply situation, and all farmers who obtain seed from dozens of mules has set its membership quota for 1937 and found we were at 250 members. The County Farm efrie I be of great benefit to farmers from the North Central States are afforded ;;.-------- mule i n d u s t r Y.I Bureau, Junior Farm Bureau and co:' blueprints, showing how to make your protection." own gravity treater from an old oil many standpoints. States in the North Grand Island is the second larges I operative ass'ns will joi~ in the effort. Central area contribute a large prop or mule market i n the United States. There are fir~e c~mmulllty Farm Bu- drum. Baver-Semesan Company; Ine., tion of the domestic supply of adapted reaus operating in Wilmington" Delaware. •.rrlgatlon . . N b In eras k a , , ewaygo, M' . one of BETHANIZED FARM BUREAU FE CE is protected by an electrically.appli d coat- red clover and alfalfa seeds, and the I k f tees r the distance be- the largest counties in ichigan. The fac ing th~t w~,s perfected four years ago and has b en thoroughly tried out under program provisions provnle protection tween arms, 0 th e d us' t y coun toads ry r ewaygo County Farm Bureau of- every irnaginahlj, combination of adverse conditions. The bethanizing pro for all buyers of such seeds in that it made' a Michigan visitor appreciate fleers for 1937 are: . discourages the sowing of unadapted home all the better. We could easily els Hanse~, Ensley OWn!?h.IP, brought an entirely new idea of the durability of a zinc coating by inca ing ir BUY FROM YOUR seeds in the region. In fa vcrable win- see that we had had no drought when president; DaVId Brake, Dayton, VIce in a tough, uniformly thick 99.99-per-cent-pure zinc armor that would stand the ters at least some of the plants from compared with other states. We were president; Mrs. Henry Kolk, secre- severest bending without cracking or peeling. FARM BUREAU DEALER the unadapted seed might survive and taken to a farm where we could see tary-treasu:er. Other members of the And save postage. Or buy from produce seed in the second year thus f I h t it when board of directors are Fred Ackland PURITY OF ZINC MEANS HIGH WE THER RESISTANCE. Scienti ts have determin d us cash with order, 1-lb. can 70¢; providing an opportunity ol contamin- or ourse ves w. a ~ me~n~ . of Garfield, Howard lade of Big that pure zinc j immune to attack by the elements. It is impurities that cau e 5-lb. can $~, PLUS parcel post at they t lk about individual Irrtgation. Prai L H th f G fi ld ·10, per lb. ating the adapted strains now grown ' Ine, ynn a away 0 ar e , coating to weather away. The bethanized coating is the purest zinc ev r manu- ThIS man had an abundance of water Harry Stroven of Dayton and Hen in the North Central area. O~ the factured commercially-and i of the same high weather-defying purity all the F ARM BUREAU SERVICES, Inc. other hand, if the unadapted seeding for irrigation purpo es. He had put Kolk of Sheridan. Repre~entative ~ 221 N. Cedar Lansing, Mich. down a well where he could transfer the four co-operativs associations of way through with no layer of zinc-iron alloy to cut down its life. does not survive the winter, the farm- the flow from one field to another. ewaygo county are: Ed. Hall and er is not only out the expense and la- You pay no more for this exceptional fence valu . It sells at the same pri e as The water level was not v.ery far George Myers, Fremont; Burt Me- Uncle Ab says that real prosperity bor involved in the sowing of such un- ordinary fence with far less to offer in rus resi tance. down and the:e as lots of It. The Kinley, Grant; and Lee Twing, White is being rid of debts. adapted seeds but is Ia ied with the sy~tem cost him about $1:000, b~t he Cloud. Max Kempf is the president said he had more than paid for It out of the Junior Farm Bureau. of his corn crop of this season alone. The pump was operated by electricity. FARM BURE_U.·.S.~RV,ICES, 'INC. We saw why Senator orris has long Co-operation by city consumers is l A N 5 I N 'G,' ~ I ,~ H ,I G A N been a convert to the cause of rural growing rapidly. electrlcity. We were told there were ---------------- seven such farm plants in that town- ----------------------- ••...••....•. ~---;..;;... __ ship although we well knew there were dozens of farmers in that town- ship who do not have this service and ..J. J. JAI