- KEEP UP On News interesting to Farmers Through the Farm News Vol. XVI, No. 5 , •In Behind MICHIGAN HURT Wools Michigan Pool Get overnment Loan Automatically Alfalfa P September dL He ve the BY GROUPIN WITH The Nat '1 Wool Market- Alfalfa has c me through the win- ter in good shape. e rcept that which Wheel CORN BELT SAlES ing Corp. warehouse at was cut for hay or pastured heavily in September. Those fl Ids ha e been damaged by heaving of the alfalfa. Organization Director Boston is the :first to be with J. F. Yaeger Soil Depleting Acreage Cuts approved by the Commod- According to Prof. C. R. Iegee of the State College Farm Crops Dep't, l u. For Corn Belt Forcing pasturing ill September starts new Our Farms Out ity Credit Corporation as growth which weakens alfalfa and its PIGS AND PIES Over in St. Clair county, 'Mr. Clar- having facilities to qual- root system. Since the plants have Unless the federal farm program is less anchorage, they hea e out in ence Reid, president of the County ify wool for parity price By STALE M. PO EI~L liberalized and localized, participa- winter. Left alone in S ptember, Farm Bureau and vice president of Michigan Co-op Mktg. A 'n tion by Michigan farmers is destined loans, These non-recourse alfalfa may be pastured in ctob r. the ,Michgan State Farm Bureau, has In addition to all th s r ic to grow smaller with the passing of During October the plant hard 11S for corded consignors in r c nt a herd of hogs that live better than time, write D. L. Runnells, agr'! loans will net the grower the winter. many humans do, as far as feed is the Michigan Co-oper tiv 001 editor of the Grand Rapids Press. from 18 to 20 cents per lb. keting Ass'n has completed arr concerned. Every day those pigs get Reports from the country indicate their ration of cakes, pies and other pastry. 'Muoh of it is cellophane wrap- ped. None of the pastry is over a many farmers can no longer afford to make any more diversions from soil on average fleeces, CO NBELT ments wher by all pooler matically given the full benefits of the Go rnment's ne are uto- 50,00 ,000 day old. Clarence buys it for the hogs by the barrel. The pastry is depleting crops to soil conserving or building crops. For three years the AAA has set WITH FULL CRIB wool stabilization loan made available thru th hich i bein ommodity day-old material that a baking com- pany finds it impossible to dispose of the soil depleting about 15 per cent a year-and bases lower- the The Michigan Wool Mar- keting Ass 'n is now re- FAC 1938 Credit Corporation. This means that ov rand ab ve the substantial cash advance m dim- through the regular channels and "goals" now are so low that many sells it for hog feed. Clarence says farmers find it impossible to qualify ceiving wool at Lansing. m diat ly upon the arrival 0 Heavy Crop, Without Acreage the Lansing warehou , th r will 001 at the hogs sure like it and are bhriving. be for soil conserving payments in 1938. It makes a cash advance, Reduction, Means Low a cond installment of s eral nts In fact, even the cows and horses Land owners report they would lose take' a fancy to the desserts. and -ships wool by carlots a ound payable to the ow r aft l' money by making further diversions Prices hi 001 has been graded and appral - SCHOOLS of fields from soil depleting crops. to the National for grad- ed b a C. C. C. inspe tor. One of the finest and best equipped They explain that reductions in cer- ing, storage and sale, The question of accepting, or not ac- The initial cash small town schools that I've ever seen tain crops below a fixed acreage cepting, the corn acreage adjustment dvance on br ed- is located over at Middleville, Barry would throw !production out of bal- county. It's a W. K. Kellogg Founda- Poolers will automatically plan is not now a matter of politics, ance, force them to purchase feed said the Prairie Farmer to corn belt ing flock wool is tion school. That is, the school was for their Iivestock and upset their receive the CCC loan, from . farmers April 23. 14c a pound. The built and is quite largely financed by farm programs. which the initial advance "Abstract questions of 'regimenta- advance on f d the Kellogg Foundation. Sup't Julius For example, the AAA has an- tion', 'dictatorship' and the like are lamb wool is 10c Skipper, who pilot- nounced that 'Michigan's wheat acre- is deducted. just words in the wind. Before the a pound. The full ed me through the age allotment under the 1938 farm farmers of the corn belt is a very spec- n t Government b u i1 din g s (yes program had been fixed at 765,831 ific and definite situation, a turning loan value will de- there's more than acres. This compares with 1,011,000 point which may have consequences pend on grade and one), says that the acres harvested in 1937 and 889,680 school is one of about a half dozen acres planted for harvest thi~ year. Michigan Suggest Plan SUDAN GRASS Junior PLANT SOY BEA S for years to come. "Acreage allotments require a sub- stantial reduction in corn. That re- shrinkage, but for all th wool in the 1937 Michigan in the state. no more are to be erected, he thinks As To relieve this situation, the AAA eventually may find it advisable to follow Michigan's two-year-old sug- HANDLED RIGHT, Farnt AT EARLY CORN duction is a shock to many when they C. J.-FAWCET come to comply. At this writing, par- it would have averaged 18.3 c a pound Pool for e mple his community very fortunate. agree with him. is I gestion by giving states powers in devising their own soil con- broader GOOD PASTURE Burea PLA TI GIl E ticipatton is in doubt. a man is re- to the grower. qulred to comply, but he should realize net loan value would exceed 20c a the full significance of his action if pound. On the best grad s the serving programs. This proposal, at Personal Comment he does not. New Loan I Popular eI. F. YAEGC~ - Wouldn't it be a first outlined at the middle western Should Never Be Pastured fine thing if the income of folks living About oung People .Whether For Hay or Seed, "The cribs of the corn belt are full. Several factors c mbine to Influ- conference in Chicago by C. H. If there should be a heavy crop this ence a reatly increased number of in small communities and the rural Bramble of Lansing, master of the Nor Cut When Under There Are Important year, on top of the present carryover, growers to fell that consignment of- areas were such as to provide such fine schools {or all boys and girls? Michigan State Grange, and N. P. Hull One Foot ACTION Advantages it would normally be expected, under fers them their best opportunity to of Lansing, then president of the The Michigan Jr. Farm Bureau the old-time rule of every man for him- realize full value on their 1938 fleeces. The Federal Trades Commission in Michigan Milk Producers association, a recent report said "rural schools Sudan grass is one of the most radio program over the BC climaxed The best time to plant soy beans is self, that the price would drop way They are naturally dlss tisfied with was based' upon the belief the gov- are so inadequate that illiteracy in popular and effective emergency pas- a season of unparalleled activity early corn planting time, May 10 to down, with corn a drug on the market local offers which are onsid rably ernment could not devise a satisfac- the rural areas is twice that of urban ture and hay crops in Michigan. Very among our young people. The size 20 in Ilchtgan, according to obser- again. out of lin with Boston prices, which tory farm program for the entire little if any trouble has been reported of the gatherings varied from small "Livestock feeders, who might be in- . turn are many cents below import- areas" for children 10 years and vations by the State College Farm country. Farm conditions and prac- with tit since ,Michigan practice seems committees and individual efforts to Crops department. clined to say they would rather see ing parity levels. older. What a pity. tices differ 'by states. to- be pasture only after it is a foot commodity schools and social affairs If Ianchu Soy Beans are planted at low-priced orn because they buy in- Th n, too growers who have given OUTSTANDING Michigan has been grouped with a or more in heighth. Hay is cut when with several hundr d adults as well that time, you'll probably be cutting stead of sell it, should remember that careful study to the provision of the Outstanding, that's the word that large number of cern-hog-wheat states it is three or more feet tall. as young folks att ding. It is only soy bean hay about September 1. low-priced corn means low-priced live- new Government loan program feel fits best when describing the farm in the noreh central region. These However, since the use of Sudan hard work on the 't of hundreds of stock. Through the years, the live- that it off rs th m a. "sur b t". t That is still pretty good hying and home of Jesse Treiber, president states have large acreages in soil de- of the Tuscola County Farm Bureau. pleting crops to divert land to soil con- is steadily dncreasing, it is well to young people that created such re- weather. But three weeks later can stock producer makes more money in is an non-recourse loan. They are not Located in a region of fine, black, recognize that it is a praiseworthy know when it is good and when it sults. be a very different story, according years of good prices for corn than liable for any possible over-advanc . isn't. The Jr. Farm Bureau as a whole to Prof. C. R. Megee. when it is almost too cheap to shovel On the other hand, th y retain thetr fertile soil with the land all tillable effort on the part of the government Like the cassava root 'of South Amer-i under the leadership of Lloyd Ruesink Early planting is good for the out. equity or interest in the wool up un- and well drained, Mr. Treiber makes to encourage their growers of soil de- ica, the West Indies, and Africa, this year has worked its way into the "It is possible for the corn acreage til the time of final sale and hence production of seed too. The seed will the most of his opportunities. He pleting crops to divert land to soil con- Sudan grass at one stage in its life Farm Bureau program of the national, mature much earlier and may be control plan to fail if enough gro ers l} Id profit by any improvement in grows certified grains and heads a serving. crops by whittling down the contains hydrocyanic or prussic acid, state, county and community groups. harvested any time during the fall. refuse to comply Then would come market conditions. When the wool group of seed growers who have built soil depleting goal 15 per cent each which is poisonous. Cooking the The younger element is now recogniz- Combine harvesting is the most eco- the matter of a marketing quota. It is is sold, they will receive all that it a reputation for fine seeds. Rarely year. cassava root removes the poisonous ed as a vital part of the rural life in nomical method for soy beans, accord- possible for that to fail, too, if more nets above the loan, on which the in- can they supply the demand for their Fits Others, Not Michigan juices. The remaining starch is a which communities the Jr. Farm Bur- than one-third of the growers -vote terest would be 4%. ing to 1MI'.Megee. exceptional product. While the present program may fit foodstuff, and from it we get tapioca. eau has a group. against it. If that came to pass, the During the past week warehous s Just to illustrate the methods used the corn-hog-wheat states, it is con- Waiting until Sudan grass is at least corn belt would be right back where of the National Wool Marketing Cor- on the 120 acre Treiber farm: all sidered unfair to dairy and diversified one foot in hetghth makes it safe for Following is a record of the past Convenience Plugs it started, with no corn loans, no 01'- poration, in which the Michigan pool- grain is brought indoors so that it farming states like Michigan, Wiscon- three months of Jr. Farm Bureau derly marketing, the possibility of ed wool is to be stored, have been ap- pasture and hay purposes. . wall be bright and clean at all times. sin, Minnesota and New York, where The Wisconsin College of Agricul- activity: 28 Junior Farm Bureaus At Two State Parks those same tfeast and famine' condi- proved by the CCC. These w re the The 120 foot barn houses a dozen fine the percentages of land in soil con- held a total of 192 meetings from Jan- Electrical current for trailers in two tions which have put farmers in a hot first warehouses so approved in the ture has completed a study of Sudan Holsteins. serving crops is higher than in the uary 1st to April 1st of which 139 of the state's parks this year will be spot so many times before. entire United States. Mr. J. Dings, grass with regard to its use for pas- The farm home is as fine as any corn-hog-wheat belt. were regular meetings. Total mem- sup lied by underground wiring. "Each corn grower should remember for many years head grader for the ture and hay. It emphasizes that the large city hom-e. Finished in the fin- Mich gan farm leaders have signi- bers present at the 139 meetings were This type of electrical installation that it is not corn that he uses to pay National Wool Marketing Corporation, short, dark green Sudan grass under est of woods and furnished in ex- fied intentions of continuing their de- 2,832 or an average of 18 to a meet- is going in at the Otsego state park at bills, interest, mortgage payments. It's has been appointed by the CCC as one foot in heighth is dangerous to cellent taste, the house impresses one mands for a "new deal" in the group- ing. Nine hundred and seventy-six Otsego and at the Grand Haven state money. What will it matter if you chief appraiser These development pasture or cut for hay. Second growth wlth its richness and moderness. The ing of states in the hope that event- guests were present at these meetings park. At Grand Haven the system is have cribs overflowing with corn, but are good news to Michigan consignors after pasturing or removal of a hay basement is fitted with cooking facil- ually Michigan will become a part of or an average of 6 per meeting. Of being financed and installed by the only a dribble of money from a beggar- as they indicate prompt and friendly crop is dangerous to pasture until one ities so that workers at harvest and a regdon where farm operatlons and the 49 special meetings, 44 were spon- Grand Haven board of public works, ly price? foot in growth has been attained. treatment from the CCC authorities. threshing times may be fed there practices are comparable, where a Drought keeps Sudan plants small sored by the Junior Farm Bureaus which has authorized $3,750 for the "Prairie Farmer says now, as we Big Clips Are Pooled without the inconvenience of hurry- sound farm program adapted to the and in the dangerous stage. for adults. Four thousand sixty-two purchase of materials. The installa- said when this law was passed, the Deliveries to the Michigan pool are ing up and down stairs. The oms region would work more equitably adult people responded to these meet- tion will serve outlets for 240 trailers thing to do is give it a real trial run. running well ahead of those for the It is a good plan to keep an eye on are large and comfortable. The among all paetictpants, and where the ings, or an average of 116 to each along the new section of the parking Maybe it will break down in some corresponding dates in the last sev- cattle for an hour after they have grounds are in process of being land- objectives sought by the government been turned into Sudan. If some of meeting. The Juniors assisted or oval which will be completed before places. Maybe it isn't as good as some eral seasons. This is due in part to scaped with drives arranged so as to -a more permanent and prosper- the animals stop eating or start look- were guests of 10 adult meetings, 217 the opening of the summer season. people think it is. But here in the an increased number of consignors give easy access to the various build- ous agriculture-would be reached ing around for other grass, it is a Juniors attended these meetings, or The installation will supply 2,000 watts corn belt we have been talking, making and also to the fact that several ings. Outstanding is the right de- more speedily and satisfactory. an average of 21.7 young people per for cooking, heating, refrigeration, speeches, writing protests, demanding, breeders and feeders with large sign that the grass may not be ready scriptive word. meeting. The total inches of public- lighting, radio and olher electrical de- year after year, that somebody do clips have brought or sent th ir wool for them. If Sudan grass has a high I. . HORSES Isabella Farm Bureau prussic acid content, cattle will leave ity, news clippings and news articles vices. something. Well, this is something. to the pool. mong the larger con- If 'its fine horses your dnterested in, off eating it within 15 minutes if they equal 3,126 inches. This is equivalent It may work. It may lift the income signments received at the pool Lan- you should'visit the Joe Bell farm in Urges 3Y2 Pet. Interest are not too hungry and are in good to the publication ews papers. of 10 State Farm Artillery Range in level of all Middle West agriculture. sing warehouse thus far are the tol- Tuscola county, especially if its Bel- At its meeting April 25 the Isabella condition. Cattle will usually stop Are we going to take the medicine and lowing: gian horses. IMr. Bell is proud of County Farm Bureau board of' direct- eating before they get too much, "MISTER PRESIDENT, 1-" Au Sable Forest find out, or are we going to throw the dose in the ashean, fire the doctor and POUND those animals and he should be ; they are fine animals. Starting seven years ors asked Congress to continue the lowered interest rate of 3%% on fed- But when the grass is more than a foot high, it's safe for pasture and The State Council meeting resem- bled a convention of budding legislat- Permission has been granted the expect another elapse?" ~a'ron J·R~~~~~e,........................................ 12,230 ago, ,Mr. Bell has built up a reputation state military board for the use of Porter Bennett, 2851 eral farm loans. R. Wayne Newton hay: Michigan State College tried ors. Generous applause was given to Milford .......................................................• for a dealer in fine horses. His ani- 4,327 acres in the Au Sable state +01'- of the State Farm Bureau discussed the to poison stock by pasturing them on presentations by Paul Heussner, Eu- C. H. Oxenger, mals have won firsts at many a fair American Farm Bureau's work on the heavily frosted Sudan well over a gene Smaltz Margaret Hensley, Burton est as an artillery range and for other military training purposes. Michigan's Pearl Reading Harlan Wilt, ......................................•............. 2,792 and show. A mare won first in the yearling class at the horse show dur- farm loan interest matter. Isabella foot in heighth, but nothing happened. Richards, Alton Reavy, and George Schleder and Margaret Runzel. Mo- Due to dense forest growth the Han- Button Industry Blissfield Howard Lake, ...................................................•2,139 County Farm Bureau is planning a son military reservation is no longer Action by the state conservation ing Farmer's Week, Michigan State tions adopted included regional Gaines ..........................................•......•......1,627 county meeting for the membership suitable as a range, while the tract commission to give the lowly mussel Ellis Haynes, college. in May. Avoid Bloat in camps after Waldenwoods, recreation- in the AuSable forest is only sparsely a respite by reducing the open season Mason .......................................................•1,436 A reputation for honesty is one al schedule, home talent shows, and enjoyed by few horse traders but Mr. Cattle on Alfalfa election of a board of directors. covered and is crossed by few roads. on it from three months to July only Mikesell Charlotte & May, ....................•...........•..................•1,205 The same arrangement by which calls attention to the decline of what Earl Ivory & Son, Bell has not only a reputation for Looks Like a Lot of Here's a plan to avoid bloat in cat- Burton Richards, Lloyd Rues ink, Lyle use was made of the Hanson reserva- was once a sizeable business in Michi- Lapeer .................................•.•........•.........••1,195 honesty but is very hi~hly respected tle on alfalfa or other legume pasture. Clack, iel Weirick, Maurice Gier- ill hds community. And what else Wheat On the Way First, get the stock accustomed to man, Eugene Smaltz, Marjorie Web- tion will prevail in the Au Sable gan. Kermit Pierce, Williamston ........................•..............•.... 1,2Z1 It looks like a big wheat year, un- grass pasture. econd, when the ani- ster, and Lloyd Palot were elected agreement, . with the state retaining In 1929 more than 6% million A. T. Cornell, would one expect . . . he's a ]i arm less the usual summer dry spell shows mals are full of grass, turn them into to the board. all mineral, oil and gas rights, and pounds of mussels valued at $301,650 Charlotte ..............................••...•••..............1,18 Bureau member. up in the wheat country. The indica- the alfalfa pasture. Third, leave them oversight of game, fish, fire and for- were taken. In addition, pearls worth C. A. Bigelow, Milford .........................................•..............1,143 SLOW DEATH QUEST FOR KNOWLEDGE estry interests and public hunting $16,375 were found in the mussels or Rudolph Gross, tions now are for a winter wheat crop on the alfalfa pasture continuously day Your Co-operative- Mr. G. S. Coffman, manager of old- rights. clams. Saline, R-2 ....................•....•.....................•1,054 of 725,707,000 bushels, the biggest and night, rain or shine. Fourth, have Is not a Bank. water Creamery, pictured the history The ebb was reached in 1935 when L. G. RObbins, since 1932. In the period from 1909 water and salt always handy in the Jones ...................................••...............•.••1,003 Is not a Credit Union. and present functions of co-operative Is not a Loan Agency. on, only two crops have been as large pasture. marketing to St. Joe Jr. Farm Bureau. Origin of the the total haul produced only $8,759 A. C. Behling, as this year's winter wheat crop prom- Grass in an alfalfa pasture or some worth of mussels and $183 in pearls. Albion ...................................•...................•1,001 Is not a Relief Agency. ises to be. One was' in 1932 and the dry roughage such as a straw stack The group agreed with him on the ef- Name Michigan Last year, mussel fishermen got $18,712 If these leading grow 1'8 who nro- But-!- Sometimes, some people, ficiency, value, and the bright future The name Michigan is a combination worth of the clams and $493 worth of duce such large clips feel that con- other in 1919. in the field helps to prevent bloat. use it for all of the foregoing. A con- for farmers' co-ops. of two Algonquin Indian root words, pearls, both of which figures are less signment offers them their best op- tinuation of that policy will eventually J. G. Hayes, M. S. C. Dairy Exten- "machi" or "michi", meaning great than those for 1936. portunity to get th greatest retur wreck the co-operative. Ceresan Benefits Potato C tti g sion Specialist, spoke to VanBuren Jr. or vast, and "san", meaning lake. The Of the clams found in Michigan, from their wool, then c rtainly heir Why should your co-operative sell Farm Bureau on t'Feeding D' try Cat- you merchandise "on time" and by so S gar Beet Seed Even a seed pot· to can be cut up tle". Incidentally, this group has a combination were variously"Machihi· 80 percent are from the Grand River plan deserves the careful consid r - The Iowa State Agr'l College reports right or wrong. Proper cutting of treasury and refused to spend it for ganing; Michiganay, Mishigane, Mech- and its tributaries. The shells are lion of the average Michig n 001 doing become a Bank-Credit Union igan and Michigam l. shipped to button manufacturers out grower. -Loan Agency or Relief Agency? that damping off or black root of sugar seed potatoes should leave a thick, refreshments. of the state. There are two small Wool Suppfles Below orma' They are not set up' to perform beets has been very materially reduced blocky piece about the size of a pul- Mr. L. J. Bassett, manager of the "The world wants the kind of men blanking plants in the state. These Growers' sentlm nt in favor of con- that type of service and it is an in- by treating the seed with 4 to 7 ounces let's egg. It should have at least one Monroe County Fair, spent an evening good eye, though more do not matter. telling the Monroe Jr. Farm Bureau who do not shrink back from tempor- perform the first process in the mak- signment was greatly stimulated by justice to those patrons, that always of Improved Ceresan per 100 lbs. of seed. This is true even on the "Blossom- about the history and problems in ary defeats in life, but come again and ing of buttons, which consists of cut- the quarterly wool tocks po t pay CASH for their merchandise. ting or stamping button-sized pieces cently i ued by th D part nt end" piece. Do not cut away extra conducting a county fair. wrest triumph from defeat."-Theo- Keep your co-operative in a sound out of the shells. Commerce. It plac d 001 to' financial posttdon-e-Pay your account Despite a score or more of avail- eyes. dore Roosevelt. ' Peculiar accidents and general high- this country at h 10 now-then start paying CASH When able varieties, peach growers are still ------------- way safety was presented by Sgt. than had b en gen r By ti you receive the merchandise-You looking for the perfect peach. The time and money spent in tight- Arlo Bailor of Blissfield post of the At 25 miles an hour, a car is like Public prosperity is like a tree. Ag- For instance, stocks of ppa 1 will feel better-so will the Stock- ing weeds-the poorer quality of weed Michi n tate Pollce to Lenawee Jr. purring cat; at 50 miles it is four riculture is its roots; industry and owned by manufac u rs nd holders, Directors and Manager of Pasture experts say there is nothing infested hay--ean be done away with Farm Bureau. After his talk everyone times as powerful, at 75 miles nine commerce are its branches and leave . makers were the i b t po your co-operative. like a top-dressing of manure and sup- if you buy Farm Bureau seed, making drove home quite a bit slower! times as hard to stop ... a potential, If the root suft'ers, the leaves fall, the their hand since tee (Continued on Pa e 3.) erphosphate to pep up an old meadow. it the cheapest seed in the end! (Continued on ~e 3) raging tiger. branches break, and the tree dies. (Conti !,.l d f) • Th Handy Man • • ichigan. A handy man is Edg<:r Barne. H is versatile career Consists in labors neatly done, for clients far and near. ake I No limit has been found a yet to all his stock in trade Of simple art and artifice. Friend Ed is not afraid AR UNGREN Editor and Business Manager To tackle any Job a tall. He does the best he can And all Hicks !='.treetpronounces Ed a downright handy man. Most of us Mu t Go into Debt to get Ahead, but He does not move as fast as some, but every mOve he makes No.5 Applies to What he's working at in all he undertakes. When to do it and What for Are -Important In case the clock declines to run why Ed can make it go, In fact, he made a wooden clock here not so long ago. osition Sound 'Twas Ed whc built our new back porch, and screened it in so tight The ~ 1 riean Farm Bur au ederation is on sound ground in That not a fly can enter now (to Marthy's huge delight). By MRS. EDITH M. WAGAR urging an end to tax exempt curiti R, said the ditors of the Country His gentle aki.l in shearing sheep is known for miles around, G n I man in heir lay numb r. It is a system that is "Working to the He does not deal in button holes nor mop the fleece around. d trtnt n 0 he public in a number of ways. The greater part of th n lly 5, ,000,0 0 of public debt consists of tax-exempt bonds and And he can WiEld an agile brush at painting, new and old; Nor does he slobber paint about, to make the housewife scold. ORTIl hind .itrht ha alway been better than our fore ight. great t r deeming feature to a hind ight regret is who have had their jobs through thick and thin, perhaps not exactly as they were during the flush times, but at cr dlts n d by our various Iorms of government. When Fd lays in a run of tile he swings a dexterous spade, a determination to n v r let it happen again. any rate, they were not walking the It is perpetrating a vrong upon other groups of taxpayer to provide And when he's through, I tell you What, that run of tile is laid. streets looking tor something to do. r Iuges 01' such an norrnous amount of capital. But there are oth l' otwith: tanding the hard hip, di appointment and di - He tinyers with a camera, too, when other work is slack, Years ago people spoke of "learning still worse features, said the ountry Gentleman. So long as idle And harvests fruit, in season, from the woods behind the shack. comforts suffered practically by everyone through tho e ter- the trade." Everyone working for capital can enjoy such special privileges it will not be put to work He's mighty gOOdat stretching fence and every kindred art rible year of depres 'ion and again in the pre ent rece ion, others had served a given time of flnancing needed nterpris s and pay rolls. nd, so long as they ar Like splitting posts and grUbbing roots and taking stumps apart. apprenticeship under the watchful eye all wed to enjoy the special privileges or lower interest rates that go the experience has value if we will only allow ourselve-s to At butchering time comes great demand for handy men like Ed of a master in that trade. He made with tax-exempts, our governmental bodies are tempted to go deeper To stick amain the shrieking swine and scrape him, hoof and head. admit it. . good, or he was let out to try some- into d bt. thing else. Three 01' more years of In fac , as I recall to mind his multitudinous labors here wa a time when we aid," ever go in debt until Ta -exempt securities may have been all right in the earlier days apprenticeship was the rule. of developm nt, but they are . and in the economic b artngs now. It's very plain that Neighbor Ed lives but to serve hi neighbors. you have tak n out life in urance 'Sufficient to cover it." But what did the World War and His home is mean, devoid of paint, his premises untidy, He cannot serve himself and still be everyman's Man Friday. .\ That wa a errand idea. But tho e years of falling prices, good times do to the majority of the More B rmaids Than Co-eds And yet he does not live in vain, for it is truly said working class? If the wages paid a That 'Hicks St, eet is a better place because of Handy no extra job', high taxes and increasing responsibilities on certain class of mechanic were great- Ther re more barmaids ill America today than there are young the property owner, empha ized the fact that future life in- er than those of other kinds of work, women in all th colleges and univ rsitie in the nation. omething uran e does not care for pr ent demand. Therefore, it be- multitudes claimed to be such me- should be don about it, said ~1i s Maria L onard, dean of women at the chanics. There was many a farmer, niversity 0 Illinois, in addr ssing middle west stat s educators recently. hoved everyone to con .del' the problem from other angles. indifferent to the numerous tasks ot only tht t, aid D an L onai 1, but it is to be noticed that Ju t what have we developed as a policy to offer those to waiting for his hammer and saw or educatio 1 against the use of al ohol has practically disapp ared from follow us. t his mechanical ingenuity, who, when our public school. Th t, sh said, might indicate a serious fault in the jobs were on every hand in the city There Are Good Debts just go and tumble in debt any old factory or the nearby village, left his modern Am rican ucational system. We agree. We cannot say " ever contract a time ,for anything we take a fancy to. 108t of 8 will r all that in our early grade school days there was farm with its monotonous duties and debt." The great majority of up and It has been proven to us that it is developed into a mushroom carpenter ours in physi 10 y long ince supplant d by something lse. Those old coming folks must go in debt some- a dangerous thing to bank on the fu- phy iologies were harsh in th ir discussion of the bad effects of alcoholic or contractor or painter or what-not. time or they would never have any- ture to much. One might far better bev r 8 on th human body. They were not friendly by any means All antlsts in their own line, so they thing. It is through that system that contract for less, even when more to the u of tobz ceo, and specially by the young. claimed. we have fine farms and fine homes. seems attractive and easy. Its foolhardy We agr e with iss Lc nard that the educational system may be Is it any wonder that industry But we should know when to go in to contract a d-ebt at peak prtces, 11 gl ting all important phase in the ducatiou of youth. Surely, the turned to machines to utilize the type debt and why we should go in debt, not knowing full well if there is to be any world has plenty of high powered advertising in behalf of liquor and 'employment may be kept. This means of laborer it had to depend on? change, it will be downward. It's cigar tte int r sts. that all groups must receive parity IMany of these workmen rebelled just as unwise to contract large re- prices-not the farmers only. With guaranteed employment and against a hard job or any work that payment installments over a short Farmers Exonerated in Deer Case But, having a limited currency, if a market for Industry provided there period. Short period debts are splen- both .. required skill or strength or perhaps any group takes a profit, that group remains to be found the economic It happens that hereafter and under proper regulations Michigan did when one can do it, but it's ever must take money from another group, value 'of Government in relation to the so much safer to be .tied to a long Even today with the streets over- farmers will have the right to shoot deer in defense of their crops. income of other groups. What part flowing: with men unemployed, there's or groups, hence, parity prices de- term debt, and then make hay In late April Judge Miles at Allegan dismissed a charge of illegal of the national (and individual) in- a scarcity of trained workers along pends on a revision of the currency killing deer, preferred against farmers Jerry and Byron Arndt, cel~ry first, and the re ent enactment can- come can be appropriated by govern- when the sun shines and pay it off certain lines. The trained man is the as quickly as possible. growers at Hamilton. The charges were brought by the State Conservation Calhoun County Farm Bureau not give parity prices to farmers. ment and result in economic balance? last to be laid off. What does all this department. Many estimates agree that Govern- - - And Poor Debts point to? As I see it, there should Member Suggests New Points of Agreement ment now takes between 20 and 30 % Not only did 'farmers buy land at be some form of apprenticeship train- Jud Illes ruled that a f· rmer has as much right to kill a deer In arriving at an acceptable solu- unreasonable prices and build new in d fen e of ,his rops as ,he has to kill a dog caught in the act of Measure of Value tion to any problem, there must be of every dollar of income; -and, if the houses and barns when material and ing established for those. who really ill' g or injuring his live tock. He warned, however, that a farmer certain obvious factors to which debts are paid, it must take a much labor were not in line with farm com- know the type of work they should do. mu t how proof of dama e to crops before shooting at or killing a deer. Editor, Michigan Farm ews: everyone can agr e. In the economic greater proportion; which precludes Schools Have a Problem Conservation officers have a' d '1, permits to take deer will be issued The answer to the economic pro. problem these factors are: any chance for economic balance modities, but we found that it was I feel that our educational system bad judgment to sanction 20 year wh re proof of crop damage has b en shown. blem desired by everyone is economic 1. If Industry is to produce, there under the present monetary system. road programs for our children to should be so revamped that certain balance and universal prosperity. A Currency With Velocity topics could be more thoroughly mas- In our February edition, when thi trouble dev loped, we quoted must be a market for its products, pay after we are gone. We have all What is economic balance? and it is the m sses of Individuala Inasmuch as neither expenses of tered in high school, Students should 01. William A. Bergin of the Conserv tion Dep't, as urging farm learned that it's best not to go into organizations not to per it spo ·tsm n's -g 1 iz ion t plant h rds ! If industries were kept in operation that must furn h the market for Government nor ,national income can the game ,Qf...1 ~peculation. We are be made self-supporting through deer in their counti s. Suoh plantings lead to rouble. The annual contil By t re 0 abl profi, if m ss-production. h refore, if In- be anticipated, the only possible way farmera and the very 'best place to sound training. increase in a herd is 50 to 70%. It doesn't take very many deer to agriculture received parity prices dustry is to op I' te continually, gov- to arrive at economic balance, is for invest money is on that farm in the Today the curriculum spreada over with urban industry; if labor were ernment must guarantee employment the federal government to finance all too wide an area. As a consequence, destroy a lot of celery, alfalfa, corn, or grain, I' fruit trees. One of guaranteed employment at wages at adequate wages as a market for governmental units with credit, and line of comforts 'and conveniences, the student gets a smattering along the defendants in the Allegan county deer case estimated the damage to adequate to provide the buying power industry, if the latter fails to provide pay debts and replace present cur- fences and tools, paint and clean up a ,great many lines but in reality bas his celery crop at $800. De r belon in the north woods. rency the same way. Cause this work. There may be fortunes made necessary to provide a market for all it. mastered nothing. He should be credit to be recorded and discounted over night dn speculation, but these the products of industry; if govern- 2. 0 locality is alone responsible taught too that whenever he applies plums are rare indeed that fall in the W tering the Mi k . • • P olit bly ment could finance relief and old-age for the unfortunate incapacitated, 10% . Checks (and certain tokens) lap of a farmer. for a job, he should do it with the gJOod supply of running wat r can increase milk production, says security without burdensome taxa- ignorant and vicious in their midst. must be the medium of exchange (and spirit of giving a full measure of serv- cannot be transferrable) and must be _A Fair Question iurr nt farm 1 trifi ation adv 1 tisement. tion; and if expenses of government Therefore, the federal government ice in exchange for a pay check. Far recorded and discounted 10 % when If the old farm is such a comfort- dairy cow in full production will consume about 3 pounds of \ ater were limited to that certain propor- should finance relief, education, too often the money that is easily tion of the national (and individual) health and police protection, and se- first received by anyone. Any credit 'able refuge in times of adversity, why acquired is spent in the same way for ev ry pound of milk produced, ccording to observations m~de by not appreciate its posstbtltties in times the Michigan State College dairy d partment. Cows need and WIll con- income necessary to economic bal- curity for the aged, to provide econ- that is not spent within one year from of prosperity? And i,f farm prices and and to the detriment of the individual. anc ,without l' sort to borrowed omic balance. date must be discounted 10 % annual- We need industrial systems that will sume from 30 up to 70 and v n 0 or 90 lbs. of water a day. money ;(which must eventually dis- ly. This plan liquidates all govern- farm living are not comparable to develop real men out of the labor Milk production per cow on the average, can be increased 2 pounds It is only just that old-age assur- the prices and living of other classes, rupt balance), veryone must agree ance should be provided by govern- mental expenses as the currency cir- employed, that will create within each per day by in talling an lectric w: tel' pump to supply water cup at the during; any or all times, it is up to that conomic balance would be at- ment for the simple reason, that if a culates, and compels the national in- individual the desire to do his task stalls. An additiou I 2 lbs, of milk daily for 300 days is 600 lb. At tain d. come to be ten times the expense of us farmers to have that our main well and to know just a little more person is supported for the first 20 $1.75 per cwt. that is 10.60 additional rev nue per cow per year. . From the above idea of economic years of life, then works 40 years to government, eliminating all other objective and never give up until about the job every day until he is Baltzer in harg of cow testing; activiti s for State College, says It is we've made them so. balance it is evident that there are support himself and others; that per- taxes and the expense of assessing outstanding in his class. common experience for farmers to report that their dairy cows paid for and collecting same, and preserves Too Many Lack Training four basic economic groups: Industry, son has 20 years more of support by Industry needs good skilled labor. the drinking cups from one to several times in the flrst year. Shall we that energy Congress so often wastes There's another thing that the de- Agriculture, Labor and Government. others, actually his due, beginning at Public places need efficiency in em- call that watering the milk '... profitably? in formulating tax laws, which never pression brought to light and that is The problem is to find the true rela- the age of 60 years. ployees. Farmers need good intelli- n I ctrtc pumping system will pump 1,OUO allons or ,0 0 lbs. of truly balance the budget. that there are too few real good Class- tionship of each of these groups to 3. If parity prices and economic gent farm help, homes need expert- wat r for less than a nickel for mo t farmers. It takes about 2 kilowatt There are several excellent reasons A workmen. There have been a few (Continued on Page 3.) the Whole economic body and to each balance are ever to be attained, equit- hours f l' th job. F r 110st farmers those kilowatt hours shoul be oth 1', and how to measure this rela- able taxation must be guaranteed by whkh prove ili~ gov&nmen~l e~ ~i~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ figur d on th lowest t p of their lectric rate. tionship. This is pur ly a mathema- limiting governmental expenses to a penses should be limited to 10 % of rill in up shov how to make the pump pay for itself, and the tical problem; and the prime neces- certain per cent of the national (and the national (and individual) income, cups. The system will supply th house and barn with plenty of run- nin w t 1'. All ctrIc pump is profitable and saves a lot of work. sity i to discover a right measure for individual) economic value. income, and all other which are obvious to any intelligent person. The first is that it provides Classified Ads T taxes, license fees, etc., must be elim- Classified advertisements are cash with order at the following Without first acquiring a clear con- inated. a method by which economic balance rates:. - 4 cents per word for one edition. Ads to appear in two or can be attained by mathematical law more editions take the r-ate of 3 cents per word per edition. 1938 cept of the meaning of economic value 4. The expenses of an efficient gov- and of parity prices, there cannot be ernment which cannot be refuted. The second Th . S. tim s on the can never be anticipated a right conception of the nature of a with any more exactness than can the is that it provides a foundation for farm by sayin 23 cents in buying power LIVESTOCK PLANTS right measure for economic value, amount of the national income. But, equitable taxation. The third reason last y ar, (which in fact is the primary one) is vhich an r sult in economic balance. we do know that money-the measure REGISTERED HEREFORDS, BULLS FREE CATALOG-FROSTPROOF, CER- That mans that th 8 n quantity of farm products th t brought Prices of Equal Rank that it provides a just measure of com- and heifers. We have a nice selection. tified, field-grown cabbage and onion of both the expenses of govenment dollar's worth of industrial goods and ervlces about a y l' ago will now Pa rity prices, or prices of equa 1 and the national modity value, a true commodity dollar. Sensible prices. A. M. Todd Co., Men- plants. Also tomato, pepper, sweet po- income-changes tha. (14 miles northwest of Kalamazoo). tato, eggplant, caultflowe r, and other b y but 77 cents worth. -ank, means equal reward for labor hands a cei·tain n m bel' of times in a The economists, who advocate a (7-3-tf-22b) plants. Special offers. Write today. Pric s of goods farm 1'8 u ually buy are said to be 30% .higher than (according to skill) and equal profit given length of time; and this veloc- commodity dollar, have taken merely I Union Plant Co., Texarkana, Ark. the important factors-the effect of . POULTRy-omCKS (3-5-3t-28b) they were for the per ioel 1909·14. In those years,. econ?nusts tell us, on investment for all groups neces- ity is governed by the quantity ot . I'm products brought pvices t iat were on an quallty WIth the cost to Gary for economic balance. As an moneu in circulation and, the price time and use on commodity value. QUALITY LEGHORN CHICKS AT BUILDING SUPPLIES th farmer for industrtal product and services. illustration: Farmers, being more levels. A little study will show that the time reasonable prices. U. S. Approved. Blood tested. From heavy producing Manamar LUMBER, METAL ROOFING, PIPE, than 14 of the total working popula- factor causes an average depreciation fed flocks. Mated to males from high new and used. Guaranteed usable con- Prices paid for farm produ t are now said to be 26% below the A Method For Economic Balance record dams. Circular free. Lake Bluff tion, and having at least ~ of the of 10 % annually in the value of com- dition. Stockyards Lumber Co., 4600 S. 1{00-1 period, and are a th lowest level since July, 1933. These four factors are the ones that Poultry Farm. Holland, R-1, Michigan. Halsted St., Chicago. (6-5-37-20t-l9p) total true value of all industrial in- must be used in solving the economic modities, while the use factor causes (3-5-3t-34p) The clin ill farm buying power has l' ult d from the fall in pri os an average depreciation of 10 % with aid for cotton, wheat, C I'll. hay, potato' , hogs, dairy products, cattle, vestments, in land, buildings, im- probl m to result in economic balance. POULTRY LITTER-SERVALL-lMade FOR SALE-~SOELLANEOUS plements, stocks, seed, etc., if' they The method follo 's: each turnover of the currency. from sugar cane) is dustless-odorless- and lambs. The. fourth reason is historical absorbent-sterilized-bright. Helps san- MICHIGAN SEPTIC TANK SIPHON received parity prices, farmers must Inasmuch as the labor-incom in itation in poultry house or brooder. and bell as recommended by State Col- get at least lA of the total national every group of the economic body Moses discovered the economic law Keeps floors dry. lOO-pound bales. An lege Agr'l Engin ering dep't, Build your ock income. In 1937 the national income must provid the buying power for th governing balance, when he establish- American Farm product. At most deal- own septic tank ann sewage sy tern. In- ers. Descriptive booklet on request. stall When tank is built. Installation and was estimated to be 68 billion dollars: products of Industry, and thi buying ed a complete economic system for Harry Gates Company, Jack on, Mich- cally. operation simple. Discharges automati- Have been sold 16 ¥ear. All in 14 of which is 17 billion dollars, which power must be adequate to purchase his people, limiting governmental ex- igan distributors. (2-5-4t-43p) daily u e and gfving' satisfaction. In- rarrners should have received that the products penses to a "tithe of the first fruits tructions With each siphon. Price, de- of mass-production, so SEXED CHICKS livered, $7.60 which includes sales tax. year, instead of the paltry billion that they may be consumed and re- of the increase." This first tithe 'Was C. O. D. charges are extra. Farm Bureau dollars that they did get. But, a limit- produced, ad finitum, the only logical tor the governing tribe 0/ Levi. The BABY CHICKS - SEXED CHICKS U. S. Supply Store, 728 E. Shiawassee St., Lan- certified Leghorns and Barred Rocks. sing. (3-4-tf-60b) ed currency will not permit parity sequenc is, that a certain standard of L vities tithed their tithe to the Ready now. Low r price in 'lay and prices. priests, and the people brought gifts June. R. O. P. breeder. Lowden Farms, 1,000 WATT, 32 VOLT WINO DRIVEN living Jn11t be the standard, of eco- Poatoffice, Rives Junction, Hch. Loca- lighting plant. 270 ampere hour battery, What is Economic Value? nomic value, if industry is to operate offerings and sacrifices for religious tion, Henrietta (Pleasant Lake, Jackaon 60 foot tower, 32 volt cabinet radio, and It has been said by orne one that continuously, cermonles. county). (5-tf-30b) 32 volt 1ft horse power motor. Rees Van and result in economic Vranken, Clim.a.·, Mich. (5-7-lt-30b) "ev ryone knows the price of any- balance. Conclusion: Government must Economic law and mathematical ELECTRIC FENCE thing; but no one knows its value." adopt a certain standard 0/ living (em- principles never change; but methods PHOTO FINISHING This is very true, because value is a b1-acing all the product.'J 0/ mass-pro- must change in applying principles ELECTRO FENCE SAFETY BY AS- sured amperage (the danger element). SNAPSHOTS IN COLORS. ROLL DE. relative term, and most commodities duction) as the standard 0/ economic to changing conditions. Unless the 17/1,000 of an ampere on all eiectric veloped. natural color prints-25c. Nat- are of different value to different in- value. first victims farmers and laborers models (direct current). Radio tube acts ural color reprints - 3c. Amazingly beau- -understand these principles and as tra"nsformer and fu e block, tandard tiful. atural COlor Photo, c-41, J n s- dividuals. But economic value has A Measure of Value lodel $17.50. J. Vasold & Son, Saginaw, ville, Wisconsin. (4-2-tf-20b) different meaning. Economic value The measur of value must be th demand a change in method to fit R-S. Hchigan (3-S-4t-3tip) means alue in relation to the na- quantity of commoditi s (measured conditions, they can never be free BEEKEEPER'S SUPPLIES .,.A.RM: WORK WANTED tional economy, to economic balance by a certain number of dollars) nece - from bondage to an unjust monetary BEE HIVES, SECTIONS, COMB FOUN. nd prosperity. Hence, economic sary for the adopted standard of liv- sYstem. SINGLE MAN 34, WANTS WORK ON dation, etc. Outfits for beginners. Send Lenabelle S. Carver. general farm. entral Michigan. Exper- catalog. BERRY B SKETS A D values must be kept in constant rela- ing for a c rtain length of time-pre- ienced help. Claud F_ Go ch, Cavanaugh for en \ TE. Send for prkes. M. H. HUNT tion hip to ach other, ill order to ferably a weck. The 'measure 0/ value Climax. alhoun County road, Box 22 , R. 2, Lansing, Ilch. April 22, 1938 (5-7-lt) & SO ,511 o. Cedar St., Lansing', :t:ich. balance. 1n11St be adopted by the government (5-7-lt-29b3) To illu trate: Indu try must alway as the minimum 'weekly 'Wage for SINGLE MAN, WANTS FARM WORK, ~eneral or dairy farm. Can handle tractor. Most of the largest animals in t.he Good milk r. Herman lark, 30 Harri t WANTED ave a certain amount of ra v ma- a certain number of hours for all terial, a id a market or its products; abor nece sary in mas production. world are vegetarians; elephant, street, Flint, Hch. (5-7-lt) WANTED-10 GAL. SPRAY PUMP. Labor must have a ertain amount of and if Indu try does not supply such giraffe, gortlla, hippopotamus, rhi- SINGLE MAN, MIDDLE AGED, WANTS ana 'Will . change ~iagara (lust r; steel mill derrick. or trad in 6 gal. Triplex buying power whic i the market for employment, Government must do so nocero , water buffalo and muskox. work on g-eneral or dairy farm. E. C. Pn.yer and balance in ea h. ddress Parson • 422 Ea t :Maple str t, Lan ing, C:BC, care or Michigan Farm News, 221 I du try; nd Gov rnment must b on public vorks. . n ·h. (5-7-lt) o. Cedar, Lansing. (4-2t-24b) limi ed to a certain p l' ntage of The dollar 'Would be merely a unit .•~early half the traffic haudl d hy th nr tionul (and individu 1) in orne, of mea'1lrement (0/ only nom inol the raih oad is now carri d in r i ht Uncle Ab says he Wishes that houses t rat th balance in production and lue) and a m (lium of exchange. trains of mol' than evenly car . ot as much archtt tur as sky. scrapers and filling stations. EARLY PASTURING cultivation or early spring cultivation or plowing will destroy the seedlings and prevent further seed production. Junio layers Do Well ervlce to 250 oun communi s, D. S. Finkel tetn, people f HELPSCO T OL The plants should be destroyed by the Over tiona 00 -up Stuttgart, young peo le. "e Ark.- fine group have nothing her time they reach the early blossom .--------------- to compar with your organization, DOW YBROME stage. The plow, the disk harrow, and the spring toothed harrow are ef- fective for controlling downy brome- Willow Valley Program Please Farm & Home Audiences . er, and gave his directions by micro- phone and amplifier to the studio. The broadcasting tudio was a Wm. Hagan. Wibant, Mont.-It was music to grass. Everywhere hear all those young voices .... I am Wild Oats, Troublesome For- Spring Grazing Helps room about 50 by 100 feet, with a 30 foot ceiling. There were seats for an old woman, raised in agina age Crop Pest, Spreads Downy brome plants are very un- 200 persons. Around three sides of county. Mrs. Hugh Lockray. palatable to live stock except in the You thought very well of the Mich- Only By Seeds the room were sound proof balconies. Kingston, Pa.-If this is typical of seedling stage. On . demonstration igan Junior Farm Bureau's broadcast At the front of the room, to the right the work you ar carrying on, pleas plots at the Kellogg Demonstration over the ational Farm and Home of the stage, sat a 17 piece orchestra. send be a copy of your program. La Downy brome grass, frequently Farm at Augusta, the State College Hour network Saturady, April 9. On the stage were the microphones. rence Lambert. spoken of in Michigan as wild oats, is Farm Crops Dep't, observed that al- So did listeners throughout the From the left side of the stage jutted a troublesome weed. It spreads rap- falfa plots grazed during late April nation. Woodlawn, Md.- 11 planned. a bay window. Behind it, in a sound idly in alfalfa fields, fence rows, and and the first half of May were almost From many stat s, the National have never heard its like. proof room the BC director kept the waste places, especially on sandy soil. entirely free of downy brome. Plots Boardcasting Company has had let- Avendorf. program according to schedule, Th ir This pest should not be confused that were not grazed until May 15 or ters praising the dramatization of Wil· Grafton, W. Va.-I b lieve this type engineers controlled it for 117 NBC with the very valuable, productive later were badly infested. Alfalfa low Valley Junior Farm Bureau activ- of young people will be the leaders of stations. Every instant of the broad- and palatable smooth brome which is plots grazed during September be- ities, They praised the players, and they tomorrow. Mabel B. P ters. cast the orchestra director had one meeting with favor for pasture and came almost entirely brome the next praised the kind of an organization eye on the program director, who, by Ada, Oh io-I should like more in- hay when seeded with alfalfa. season. The alfalfa was greatly in- they have in the Junior Farm Bureau. hand signals, facial expression, and formation to inspire peopl h reo Mrs. Most downy brome plants, or wild jured by the September pasturing. Finally, the ational Broadcasting by pointing at the players, and to cere Alma Lewis. oats, behave as winter annuals. The This gave the downy brome an ap- Company's program director and his HRS.ROYG.BJfl.IJHM tain sections of the orchestra at times, Bath, N. Y.-Interested v ry much seed germinates during late August portunity to take possession of the staff at Chicago's WMAQ station stepped up the pace of the program, in your Junior Farm Bureau work. n and September when the fall rains land. Mrs. Nellie Brumm, wife of Roy G. thought very well i deed of the Iich- faded it, and got other effects he Mr. and -Mrs. Flank Overhiser. port- start. The plants live over the winter Alfalfa Management Brumm, passed away at the farm home igan Junior Farm ureau radio play, wanted. and mature seeds just before the first The thicker the stand of alfalfa and near Nashville, Barry county, April 24. and the excellent erformance given Pawhuska, Okla.-We enjoy d your The Players n alfalfa crop is harvested. The brome the denser the bottom growth, the Mrs. Brumm had many friends before the microphone in a big-time Junior Farm Bureau program im- plants are very winter hardy and are studio. The Michigan Junior Farm Bureau mensely. Mrs. ictor Fulton. ah more difficult it is for downy brome- among Farm Bureau people through- players were: George Cox and George prolific seed producers. grass seedlings to become established. out Michigan. For many years she was National Broadcast Exper' nce Rome, Georgia-Am glad to om- Clean Cultivation Controls The young people had participated Schleder of the Gratiot Junior Farm Smooth bromegrass is drought resist- president of the Barry County Farm mend your splendid rogram to ay, There are no well established meth- in 20 radio plays over Station WKAR Bureau; Helen Shanahan and Ruth ant and makes a relatively good Bureau, and took an active interest Caroline Burney. ods ,for controlling downy brome- at State College u der direction of Shueller of the Isabella Jr. F. B.; growth during July, August and Sep- in building the State Farm Bureau. Margaret Runzel, Francis and Henry Alice, Texas-Here I am on the 'grass other than clean cultivation. tember, and is an excellent grass to She gave generously of her time and Don Buell of the college speech dep't. Rant.hum, and J. M. Chapman of the Mexican border. About 90% of neigh- Since downy brome is an annual or mix with alfalfa. strength to build and maintain in They had had several hours rehearsal bors are !Mexicans and mighty good winter annual plant and propagates under his direction for the April 9 Muskegon Jr. 'F. B.; Gerhart Gettle of Other practises which assist in pre- Barry county an ideal Farm Bureau. the Huron group; Lloyd Ruesink, neighbors. I got the latter part of by seed only, it can be 'controlled serving the stand and vigor of alfalfa Several hundred families responded show. Lenawee Jr. F. B.; Marvin Osborn, your broadcast and it did my soul easily on cultivated land. Late fall and in keeping out downy brome are: to her leadership to achieve an inter- At Chicago on the Saturday morn- Kalamazoo Jr. F. B.; Don Buell, State good. Jule F. Talley. (1) Cutting alfalfa twice instead esting, progressive group. Their pro- ing of the broadca t, they had three College, and Ben Hennink, director of Palo Alto, Calif.-I found your pro- of the of three times a year. gram had something for all members more hours of reh arsal in the a- BIG HUSKY CHICKS tional Broadcasting Co. studio in the the Junior Farm Bureau. gram well worthwhile. Vernon Dun- hurch (2) Not cutting, nor grazing heav- of the family. Attendance and the en- Notes From the Audience lavy, Stanford University. U. S. APPROVED AND MICHIGAN ily during September. joyment at the frequent Barry County Merchandise Mart uilding under di- bonded White Leghorn Chicks, 100% rection of the BC staff. Their hour' Excerpts from letters: Fairfield, Vermont-It was very in- blood tested for Pullorum disease. Large Downy bromegrass matures seed at Farm Bureau Family Night programs type stock for larger profits, R. O. P. least a week or 10 days before the are experiences that live with those length program was timed by stop Cedar Rapids, la.-Speaking for the teresting. Safe Shipmen males. Pullets and sexed chicks if de- watch for each para raph of the scrip, Linn County Junior Farm Bur au, I sired. Send for descraptive price list, usual time of cutting the first crop of who participated in them. Mrs. Brumm Chicago, III.-The program you put Clai 1S resulting from robbery sound effect, orches ration. The BC was much int rested. George E. on was a great radio su cess. I don't freight paid by the railroads of th WINSTROM HATCHERY alfalfa hay. It is a good practise to was a good friend and an inspiration program director handled the re- Borghart. recall when we have had so many United States and Canada in 1937 Zeeland, Box B-7, Michigan cut the alfalfa when the earliest ma- to a great many people. turing downy bromegrass seeds have hearsals from a s und proof booth. Jamaica, L. I., N. Y.-We should enthusiastic letters. John Lacey, v ere the smallest on record, average reached the early dough stage. Then He heard the rehearsal by loud speak- like to borrow American Farm Bureau Federation. ing only 1.3 cents for each loaded car. Solvay Agricultural they will germinate less than 60 %, and seeds are not scattered about the Junior Faern Limestone field so much. This is earlier than alfalfa should be cut. The next cut- Bureau (Continuea rrom page 1) ting of alfalfa should be allowed to Michigan Producers of reach approximately the full bloom WELCOME TO THE CIRCLE! stage in order to prevent injury to We've another addition to the fam- PULVERIZED LIMESTONE ily! The Bartlett home south of Allen the stand. LIMESTONE MEAL in Hillsdale county was the scene of . the election of officers for a new Available At Your Nearest Dealer Castor Beans group. Wm. Moore, president; Guy Solvay Sales Corporation Won't Stop Hoppers Hill, vice-president; Evelyn Donahue, 7501 W. Jefferson Ave. publicity chairman and Alice May . DETROIT, MICH. WIth a grasshopper infestation that may prove more serious than any Wells, secretary-treasurer. Our State previous growing seasons in Michigan, President, Lloyd Ruesink and Med- steps are being taken to catch up early ford Pfeister of Adrian were present with the young hoppers with poison to explain the aims and purposes of bait. Advice from the United States the Jr. Farm Bureau. Department of Agriculture tndicates A group led by Ivan Kurrle has that farmers in Michigan had better been meeting lately in Shiawassee stick to poison baits. Reports from county. They p,lan to organize a Jr. states farther west had indicated that Farm Bureau soon. Chicks need plenty of Vita- perhaps the castor been plant was cap- CANDID AND OTHERWISE min D to help them turn feed able of protecting other crops by pois- minerals into firm flesh "Here Comes Charlie" was the play and strong bones. Play safe! oning and controlling grasshoppers. that netted Montague Jr. Farm Bur- Feed NOPCO XX, the de- pendable source of Vitamins The federal department has tested out eau actors $100.00. A & D--vitamins necessary the theory and claims that castor bean The schedule for the recreation to help you get fast, sound plants are not the answer to the farm- gr'owth and pro d u c e big broilers in a hurry. At your dealer's in mill-mixed or I er's prayer for a cheap and easy way league is almost ready. It calls inter-county contests, softball. for locally mixed feeds, or in to control the pest. boys, volley ball for the girls. handy cans for home use. strangle holds are barred. National Oil Products Co., Inc. Essex sc. Harrison. N. J. Life is What Kalamazoo and St. Joe groups got together in Max Hayward's barn loft. We Make It When. noses were counted between (Continued from Page 2.) games and square dances there were enced maids, all busmess needs men 73 present. with executive ability.· Berrien will hold a hay loft party Hard Work Makes Success May 21st. This group is also plan- Even with the great hordes of peo- ning a canning plant rally at Coloma. ple out of work, there's &till places Lloyd Ruesink was elected vice going without necessary help just be- president of the student section, and cause the right kind is not available. Ben Hennink vice president of the the old world sends to We've made a bad mess of life itself by thinking too much of getting away senior section of the Michigan Coun- ARSENATE OF LEAD ty Life Association at their recent America for Pilot Brand from hard work and kidding our- meeting. Oyster Shell. Hundreds of selves in thinking that the best. is none too good for us. We will move "The house across the street" is the place where Ben - has his office You put a lot of time and effort into the job of ARSENATE OF CALCIUM heaven and earth to prevent our 'chil- .ho1,lsands of poultrymen in now. Jack Yaeger and the Farm Bur- this country feed it to their dren having the hard struggle we had to endure. eau organization the right. department The Fruit Products is up- are to crop protection. It's certainly important to make BORDEAUX . "; _ .-1/-- _ MIXTURE Every class has contributed a share stairs. There's a large parking lot laying hens. to these times we are now experienc- ing. We cannot truthfully place the in the rear of "The house across the street". that every bit of that effort is effective-that DRY LIME SULFUR its consistent purity over a blame entirely on the other fellow, An M. S. C. picnic spot with a grove I but if each class would attend to its long term of years has made own business, I believe affairs would soon ~raighten out. Labor and in- of white pine trees was the scene of a wiener roast preceded by a canoe- every mi ute and every cent that go into the spraying job are LIME SULFUR SOLUTION itthe largest selling brand of dustry could solve their differences ing trip on the Red Cedar. About 3'0 of the studious Jr. Farm Bureauites and Oyster Shell if each would do what is just and fair showed up in bright spring outfits. bringing you the maximum return. Quality in spray materials to both and the farmer could be Our Jr. Farm Bureau director, Ben in the world. master of his own craft if he but willed it so. Hennink, has been inviting everyone to visit his new home in East Lansing. makes a big differen e! OIL EMULSION The Livingston Jr. Farm Bureau Hens that fail to respond to good came in on Ben in a body. The group feeding and management during the If you're a u er of Farm Bureau Spray Materials you know came as he was gardening, and with summer should be disposed of prompt- honest sweat upon his brow. He was ly. Hens of all ages should be care- presented with a hybrid lilac shrub -fully culled until September 1. which promises to be one of rare that every penny that goes into these high-quality sprays buys blossoming beauty. Ben countered TIE B TIINIZED COITING by inviting the guests in for games followed by ice cream and cake. you extra crop-protection .. Manufactured by the General L. D. Marshall, re-asserted himself as ;s Unilorm-Crackproo/-99~99% pure champion for quantity stowed away. No one was even a close second. Chemical Company especially for Farm Bureau, these spray We are sorry to hear Grace Moore's The bethanized coating is put on by electricity. The ill fortune. The peppy girl from electric current deposits the zinc-atom by atom-as Quincy lost her home by fire lately. materials are of the finest quality available-are most efficient the wire goes through a solution. It just isn't possible Her Jr. Farm Bureau records went up to get an uneven coating using this process. in smoke as did other property. In us rve you more consistent control throughout the Here are the results: Sudan Grass For Also ORCHARD* BRAND: 1. No thin spots to give rust a EdnergencyPasture season. start-Bethanized fence is protected by ZINTOX*. a tight armor that is absolutely unvary- In any program aimed at supplying Basic Zinc Arsenate ing in thickness. emergency pasture, sudan grass is Put your investment for better crops into the spray materials Apple Dritomic* Sulfur worthy of front rank consideration. 2. Crackproof-Crimping, twisting, Sudan grass sown by the middle of Dritomic* Sulfur bending-any strain that the wire re- May may be expected to supply excel- that make every penny count ••. Standardize on Farm Micro-Spray Sulfur ceives while being made into fence-does lent pasture by the first part of July. not faze the bethanized coating. It will last until the first frost. Don't "Potato Spray" pasture frozen Sudan grass. May be Bureau pray Mat rials. "34" Coppe~ Spray 3. Protected by exceedingly poisonous. pure ZinC-Tests have shown that it's A well prepared seed bed is essen. Nicotine Sulfate 40% impurities in a zinc coating that cause tial to sUCfess with sudan. The seed Para-dichlorobenl n early weathering away. The bethanized may be broadcast and harrowed in the coating is virtually free of these. It's soil or drilled solid. About 30 lbs. of Paris Green 99.99 per cent pure. seed per acre should be used. There is an abundance of sudan grass seed FA R BUREAU SERVICES, INC. V get-Aid" Dust and V 9 I-Aid ThouAh bethanizinA embodies the latest features in fence coatinAs, it is already available this year and it is reasonable (Rotenone Products) a tried-and-proved protection. All bethanized fence is woven of copper-bearinA in cost. 221- 227 N. Cedar Street Lansing, Mich. Zinc Sulfat wire-a second line of defense at no extra cost. Muriatic Acid Only three passengers lost their lives in 1937 in train accidents on the Sulfur Dust FARM BUREAU SERVICES, INC. railroads of this country, the fatalities occurring in two accidents on two Copper Du ts LANSING, MICHIGAN separate railroads within two days in *Reg. U. S. Pat. Off. November. 7, 1 it had been doing bu iness on a sound ance of these expens s ith a. "facilit; Com Crop oi er basi for all those years. Its losses loan" from th bank for eo-operatl e rom a Corn State were met promptly and its policy at 4 per cent and also obtained a sub- stantial "working capital loan" to en- It's time to consider spring planting. holders were prompt in paying their H. D. Hughes of Iowa State College premium . The company operates on able it to P y ca h to farmers for has a few corn planting pointers which the principl of making a esment their wheat, oats, beans and barley we would like to emphasize. according to the 10 es already us- a they hauled it in. The elevator 26 County Farm Bureaus Take tained, but in order to meet heavy also handle various staple commod- A good crop of any kind of corn is • Member hip Invitation To eighbcrs only produced by following eight fun- d mental rules. 1. Be sure that your soil has a o a-opera ve losses coming close together it had been cu tomary for the company to borrow from banks the funds needed, ities for its member. of a small percentage ales of merchandise, Monthly re- payments are being made on the basis on the gross small grains sufficient amount of the plant food and to repay these loans out of its Co nty arm Bureaus have report- premiums later. and beans. d spring membership campaigns add- necessary to grow corn. How Canneries, Elevators, C eameries, Livestock, In- Help Livestock Marketing 2. Prepare the seed bed with care. Following the severe and wide- ing over 2,000 farm families to the 3. Select the strain or variety of surance and Trac or Organizations Use Fund From the spread hail storms of 1936 the com- The ,Mich'igan Livestock exchange roll. Out of the 43 organized county pany needed a large amount of cash of Hudson, Uehigan, needed funds Farm Bur us in ichtgan, 26 have seed that is best adapted to your local St. P ul ank for Co-operatives. within a short period ot time, and it two years ago for expanding its opera- completed spring ampalgns, Four conditions. . 4. Test your seed for germination applied to the tSt. Paul Bank for Co- tions and to reftnance on more fav- oth rs are under way at the present operatives Ifor an "operating capital 01 able terms a loan it had negotiated time. and treat it with a mercury dust to By RALPH L. HARMON guard it against disease. loan". commitment of 100,000 was previously. The St. Paul Bank for Tbe counties that have completed Farm Gredit .•.. t(lmini tratitm 01 St. Pa111 Co-operatives approved the nece sary 5. Use an accurate planter. made, after analysis of the company's their campaign and the number of history and methods, but this amount loans and has continued to finance it 6. Follow an effective system of cul- al enterptisct new families added are as follows: Berrien 261, Washtenaw naw 205, Van Buren 125, Lapeer 109, 237, Sagi- tivation. 7. Use dependable harvesting equtp- A Ll\IO T a. are the u: agrieultu to which various farm I ' or nnizati n. ar was never all needed, as premiums were paid in such volume that they went a long way towards meeting cur- up to the present time. The associa- tion's working capital together with the capital obtained from the bank is Hillsdale 101, Ingham 70; Shiawassee ment to cut down your costs and get putting th fund. th y h rrow from Vhe t. Paul Bank for your corn harvested when it is in the rent losses. The loan from the bank used for the purpose of marketing 68, Kalamazoo 67, Sanilac 65, Barry ~-o~ rativ Loan out. tandinz to farm r co-op ratives in for co-operatives is being repaid on livestock in the Detroit and other 65, Ionia 61·, a s 68, Gratiot 53, best condition. 8. Provide yourself with adequate I ichiaan on .January 1 thi: Y ar amount d t a monthly basis at the rate of one- terminal markets. Funds are also Isabella 50, orthwest Ichigan 50*, half of the premiums received. The used to assist the association in storage facilities, thus protecting your St. Clair 4'{, Jackson 43*, Bay 40, Tus- 'I'hii aggr O'ato um i. financing co-op ratives ha HHinO' company is paying interest at the purchasing and distributing feeding col 34, lJivingston 31*, St. Joseph 29, crop from weather and from rats and gen r~l farm. uppli , uch a f d, e d, f rtilizer, . pray rate of 3 per cent and reducing this cattle and sheep to its farmer mem bers l .•enaw e 28, Oakland 25, Missaukee mice. ~at rial twme and wire; co-op. packing fruit s and v ee- item every 30 days, as the bank in all parts of Michigan. 22, Huron 15, mise llaneous 73. charges interest only on outstanding The four counties having member- Pa ture Cheapest table. grown by their ID mb r ; other enga ed in , -lling balances. AAA Classifies Seed ship campaigns at the present time beet to ~h ugar factorie ; co-operatv buying and ~ Bing Grain Trade Uses Co-op Funds are Oc an , Newaygo, Muskegon and Source of Feed • m n gram. and beans or turninz milk and cream into butt r When the Chesaning Farmers Ele- Crops as 'Conserving' Ottawa. ountl s planning f.11 cam- The cheapest source of feed for the vator company had a disastrous fire Seed may be harvested from any of paigns include Ottawa, umm tt, Alle- dairyman comes from pasture grasse ie cr .am, n~il~ powd r, 'h e and other products , o-op' about 3 years ago that destroyed its the conserving crops such as clover or «an, Eaton, lhoun, Branch, G n see so it is shown by the U. S. Department upplying hnil ms uranee mark ti11O'live tock, mai tf'acturing entire pliant it had to rebuild. Its alfalfa, and the acreage still will be n~ onroe. of Agriculture. Information gathered first loans for this purpose were made considered nondeplettng under the Reports illcompl teo from 16 states showed that for each tractor . from other sources, but later the ele- terms of the 1938 AAA program, the 100 lbs. of digestible nutrients, pasture vator refinanced the remaining bal- AAA has ruled. ew Weed Pest grass cost 64 cents, alfalfa 83 ents, Downy brome, a grass that crowds clover hay 97 cents, corn silage $1.50, out more desirable alfalfa in hay fields and oats $2.02. and pastures, can be controlled, wh re MICHIG N FA E fields are badly tnt sted, by pasturing PREFER arly, states H. C. Rather, Michigan rop Sp ctallst. MICHIGAN CERYIFIE EED BECAUSE THEY OAN GROW LARGER CROPS of HIGI-IER QUALITY OHIEF THE SIGN PETOSKEY OF QUALITY "Commodity Loans" Co-operatives that have large stocks of marketable such as canneries, commodities on hand grain elevators, Russet Rurals Irish Cobblers creameries, sometimes obtain a third White Rurals Chippewas Katadhins WRITE FOR PRICES Michigan Potato Growers Exchange, Inc .. CADILLAC, MICHIGAN T rn your rock piles into a tractive buildings with E There's opportunity in those field stones stacked along your fence lines. A few sacks of cement, some sand and boards are Facility loans enable elevators to install needed machinery, enlarge PU all you need to turn them into attractive, valuable buildings. and modernize their plants to serve farmers better. Cobblestone ~oncrete construction is economical, strong, durable, termite proof and firesafe-a practical way to build good looking homes, barns, poultry houses, and hog houses. You'll find all the information you need in our free, illus- trated booklet (I Building with Concrete and Cobble- stone." Write for it today. PO T A c E T ASSOCIATIO Dept. W5-4, Olds Tower Bldg., Lansing, Michigan Please end me booklet "Building with Concrete and Cobblestones." Name .......................................................................................................................... Address .................................................................................................................... City State LECTRIC water pumping - - with Con- sumers cheap electricity - - ends pump priming days ... ends pumping, lifting, o the endless carrying of water for the home, the barn, and about the farmstead. w r Electrically pumped running water is one ···•.... n r of the greatest boons on the farm - - and a real economy. Cheap electricity means you can also have cheap automatic water heating and add one more convenience to farm life. r o. Get the facts from your nearby dealers ... or E AGE T N AR YOU inquire at our nearest office for information. STATE FARM I SURANCE CO'•• Mich. Farm Bureau, State Agt. 221 N. Cedar, Lansing, Mich. PI ase nd me mrormatlon about E your utomoblle insurance ervlce, co p I I Ne o ao e rs If all the families making up the Michigan State Farm On April 25 there were 11,587 Farm Bur au famili Bureau were to congregate at one place, it would mean the Most of them take an active intere t in farm and public af- setting up of a temporary city the size of Battle Creek or fairs, local, state and national. Farm Bureau group work Kalamazoo. Nearly 12,000 families represent in the neigh- together and thus multiply their strength. ince 1920 the have helped write new highway, school and oth r tax law borhood of 50,000 men, women and children. tha t have equalized and there by lightened farmers' taxes. SHEEP-HOGS·POULTR Most of them live in the southern half of the lower Farm Bureau members own a general eed and farm sup- old by Dru and F peninsula, and are represented by 43 County Farm plies usiness that has become the backbone of farmers' co- upply tore Bureaus. Having strong programs in rural communities, opera ive merchandising enterprises in Michigan. these people are a much greater influence in the state than are the citizens of any city in the state, hardly excepting De- Farmers watch with interest the work of the arm w GET YOUR H R troit. They are centers of in fluence in a thousand com- Bureau. A measure of that intere t was taken this pring of the munities. when .2,000 more families become member MEMBERSHIP BY FAMILIES IN THE MICHIGAN STATE FARM BUREAU Allegan 235 Eaton 159 Isabella 109 Macomb 38 Oceana 337 Shiawassee 240 Barry 341 Emmet 36 Jackson 274 Mason 282 Oakland 267 Tri-County 175 Bay 229 Genesee 191 Kalamazoo 267 Missaukee 91 Ottawa 225 Tuscola 160 Branch 283 Gratiot 109 Berrien 942 Hillsdale 307 Kent t110 Monroe 179 Baginaw 726 Van Buren 482 Ca~oun 379 Huron 209 Lapeer 749 Muskegon 178 St. Clair 549 VVashtenaw 491 Til, Michigan oo-on 001 nt . Cass 287 Ionia 191 Livingston 215 Newaygo 196 St. Joseph 146 Wayne 24 ss 'n pool will advanc He per lb. imm diat ly n delivery of good v 001 Clinton 197 Ingham 225 Lenawee 39 Northwestern 359 Sanilac 294 Other Counties 65 to its Lansing war house at 72 Ell. t Shl was. ee st. 10c a lb. on fed Iamb wool. Balance of fnll n t amount of gov't loan available after grading and A Fazrri PrograIn consumption. 5. An amendment to our seed tag- highways. gasoline tax. Finance highways from ational Wool Marketing Corporation and its member agencies, of which the Pullman cars formerly w re mount- ed on wheels having a steel rim and apprat sal of wool. Write u for complete Wool sacks sent on application information. .For' My Legislator ging law which would include the bulk of seed grains now sold for seed 5. Favor consolidation schools, but not m ke it compulsory. of rural Michigan Co-operative 'Wool Market- ing Association of Lansing, Michigan, sides with a core consisting of baked strawboard paper. Increasing weight MICH. OFFICE, CO·OP WOOL MKT. A S'N 221 NO. CE AR, LANSING +-------------- purposes but not termed seeds. They 6. Oppose unica eral or one house is one, stand ready to offer just that of cars, however, brought about the Farm Bureau Members Ex- he has no need of an article, it is too are sold without tag. The buyer legislature. Favor civil service to do service." installation of solid steel wheels. . V' Wh costly at any price. However, Uncle should be protected. away with spoils s stem. press Thelf lews on at Sam buys and buys and buys, or at 6. Sound economy in the admini- 7. Favor REA. Stop all building Is Needed least permits the importation of stration of our state government. of spite lines. Favor as nearly uni- foreign goods long after we have a JESSE E. TREIBER form electric rates as possible. The Farm Bureau legislative dep't burdensome surplus of our own. What Unionville, Mich. 8. State supervision of weed con- WHY IS A LOSS? in our June 4 editition will an- is the use of asking the American Tuscola County trol measures. Need legislation to nounce the three prize winning Insure in Itchlgari'a Lara-est Farm Mutual Fire Insurance Company. farmer to reduce his planted acreage control spread of contagious diseases A s ts ov r One Quarter Mlllton Dollars of which more than half is in ca h letters Program on the subject for My Legislator." "A Farm We if the harvest decrease will be more Mason County in animals. or Government Bonds, or Bonds guararrt ed by the U. S. overnment. et are pUblisding these letters in our Michigan State Farm Bureau: increa e of nearly $10,000,000of insurance carried in 1937. Lo ses satisfact- May and June numbers. than offset by foreign imports? Logi- 9. Favor loc I administIation orily adjusted and promptly paid. cally, then, the American farmer My farm platform for my legisla- of welfare. Oppose centralization in tor is: Featuring a blanket policy on farm personal which otten in case of loss Tuscola County would be compelled to reduce his pro- government. pays double the amount of a classtrt d policy. A broad and lib ral policy Michigan State Farm Bureau: duction until he would have no in- 1. Curtailment of relief funds in 10. Oppose tax on oleo which is contract parttcutartlv adapted to the insurance requirements of the farmer. communities where farm labor is Careful underwriting and yst ema.tic Insp ction eliminating undesirable Nationally, I have but one sugges- come at all. untatr to consumer, but compel oleo risks and fire hazards. Insurance classified and assessed according to haz- tion to offer as a farm platform for For our State farm platform, I needed. industry to discontinue false and un- ard. Assessment rate as low as 2.94 per $1,000. my legislator: American markets for would suggest: 2. No compulsory consolidation of fair advertising. WRITE FOn LITE TURE A D FI s: ~CIAL STA ~DI.• G American agriculture. Normal tariff 1. Shorter and more active sessions rural schools. Stress practical sub- 11. Keep vocational education in rates with definite and enforced allot- of the legislature. Increase salaries jects in the schools, with a thorough the high schools. ments for the various foreign coun- of our legislators. I believe long, groundwork of Michigan and U. S. 12. Favor Ohio-Indiana-Michigan State Mutual ire Insuranc Co. of tries. Quotas must be established to drawn out sessions at $3 per day sal- history and civil government. police system blockade, and favor W. V. Burras, Pres. 702 Church se., Flint, Mich. H. K. Fisk, sec'y let American farmers produce norm- aries does everything but encourage 3. Promote rural electrification and strict rules for paroles, pardons, etc. ally. If American agriculture pro- good legislation. telephone service at rates compar- HARRY MARTOLOCK duces enough or more than our mar- 2. Build one way traffic highways able to farmers' means. Palmyra, Mich. kets demand, then foreign limitations for all main throughfares. 4. Seek better distribution of farm Lenawee Junior Farm Bureau, should go into effect. 3. A prohibitive tax on oleo and products rather than crop curtail- Lenawee County Every business concern, every butter substitutes. ment. housewife, and every farmer buys 4. Strict inspection of all dairy 5. Automobile license for the life Muskeg County what he can use or dispose of. Be- barns and equipment where milk or of the car. Michigan State Farm Bureau: yond that he doesn't buy, because if dairy products are produced for human 6. Eliminate real estate tax on The farmer and his wife and family farm property. 7. Fewer government officials, and can work out their own problems in the production of food and fiber, but FO D reduce cost of state and federal gov- ernment. as soon as they go out the front gate on the road to market, they encount- M RK 8. Legislation for less expensive er problems they are helpless to solve settlement of estates. single handed. 12:30 P. • to 12:45 • M. How Y a' -Gonna Keep 9. Legislation to set major prices for farm machinery. G. PEARL DARR Some of our greatest problems are taxation, transportation, tion. Also the importation and distribu- of farm Monday over all stations through Friday of the Sauble River Community products, and substitutes which often tworlc 'em Down on the Farm Bureau, Mason County Barry County force farm prices below the cost of production. S. D. Mc ITT Michiga" Station WFOF Flint Location Radio Station WXYZ WELL Location Detroit Battle Creek President, Muskegon County WOOD Grand Rapids WBCM Bay City WI 8M Jackson Michigan State Farm Bureau: Farm Bureau, Farm? WJIM Lansing WKZO Kalamazoo I submit the following farm plat- Ravenna, Mich. form for my legislator: 1. Leave the sales tax on food Morning M ric t 6:4 • • where it is for the time being. 2. Rural s c h 0 0 1 consolidations Wool Receip Ahead We are furnishing ket reports to early livestock state College mar- station should not be forced. of Other Se ODS WKAR reports. for their early morning m~rket 3. The discontinuance of the 7th {Continued from page 1) FARM LIFE is more attractive to young- and 8th grades, or either of these been kept which dates back to June, grades must not be made compulsory 1934, and the total held constltut 8 sters when there is ample opportunity to i order that state aid be received less than a two months supply under for transportation of rural high school normal operations. On a scoured associate with churns their own age. The students. 4. No return to the property tax basis total stocks in the hands of man- ufacturers and dealers were 11,000,000 .for road purposes. pounds less than the corresponding telephone helps cement friendships and 5. Forbid spite lines in rural power figure for a year ago. line construction. Another favorable factor is the foster mutual interests of healthy active 6. Easy installment buying should drastic decline in wool imports which be curbed. for the first 4 months of 1938 amount- youth. 7. Tax oleo. ed to less than 4,000,000 pounds, IRS. CL UDE R. IIOFFMA . which contrasted strikingly with im- Dowling, Mich. ports of 95, 67,000 pounds for the cor- The farm telephone helps keep friends Barry County responding 4 months of 1937. There ,-There's always a good market at a good price for is little likelihood of our experiencing Lenawee County • large and steady supply of high quality butter. We and relatives of all ages in touch with each Michigan State Farm Bureau: much competition ith foreign wool as long as domestic prices continue ~ffer producers of high quality cream an entry to that My farm platform for my legisla- so far below importing parity. other. It enters into business negotiations tor: A better tone in the wool market at Y~l1 established' d profitable market. 1. lore strtot regulation of liquor Boston is reported by C. J. Fawcett, and makes the job of running a farm eas- ales; restrict beer gardens to cities General '1anager of the ational Wool I the Mid-West oducers Creameries, In , and towns having organized police larketing Corporation. Summing up J 4,765 tanner produc s and the member cream ri s ier and more profitable. Its usefulness is protection and zoning laws: forbid an analysis of market conditions, he \ get better returns through their program for improving sale on liquor on premises on which concludes "we hold very strongely to apparent in emergency when neighbor, a public' dance hall is located; close the opinion that the man who refuses quality of oteam and butter. We work together beer gardens at midnight. to sell at present prices and permits at every step to produce a uniform fine quality butter doctor or veterinarian is needed badly. 2. Urge uniform traffic laws and the marketing of his wool in an order- that brings top prices. Our manufacturing operation more restricted speed zones. . ly fashion as the demand increa es, 3. Lifetime license tag for each having it Bold by trained salesmen, are superviled by our own butter testing'laboratory. As one farm mother said, "The telephone automobil . 4. 0 return will b the man to property tax for most out of his wool this year. The ho r ei es he e ar telling at good prices 26,000, 00 lb . of Vall y Le butter each year. Farmers and eo- is so conveniently helpful in so many operative creameries are invited to investiga the ways." 'advantages of membe1"$hiPin the Mid-West Produce Oreawries gro~p, AGSTONE MEAL HI-CALCUIM HYDRATED LIME PULVERIZED LIMESTONE SPRA YING LIME See your Dealer, Co-op, or Farm Bureau G L Dealer for FRA CE GRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 1 R D I A N A OFFlCES Columbus-Farmers Mklq. As.·ft •• 22t W. JEFFERSON Porlland-Farm Bureau Cr. Rushville-E. CAnt. Co-op Cr. SOUTH MICHIOA. BEND. Coldwaler Dairy Compaay CraWfordsville-Farmers Prod. Au·a TEN If E S 8 E I cemstantine Co-op Crea;merr Carson etfy-Dairylcmd. Cra THE FRANCE STONE CO. • .•Io.~nOE, .•IICHIGAN Middlebury Co-op Creamery Marion-Produce,. Creamery Orlecms-Producers Mklq. Ass'a Gallalin-Swanef Co. Co-op Cr. Murfreesboro-Rutherford Co-op er. NoleDSVWeCo-o~ Creamerr Fremont Co-op CreameIJ Grant Co-op Creamerr Lawrence~C Or TIl TO E CO., Tol 0, Oh' 0 rzo« ~ake 26,OOO,O(J() OUHa. of' huite~ A~ , ---- - -=.:...,. •.. --_:._--=---- FARM BUREAU ~ _ BRAND SUPPLIES _ • AT 300 FARMER'S",.E~lEV·ATORS •• _ .• • •.•.• :. W' ••. ;. ~t. , ~ •• •••• ~~... It.' ~ IN MICHIGAN t