EEP UP On Ne~. interesting to Farmers Through the Farm New. Vol. XVI, No. 11 Invite Members to Farm Burea ------_._-_--.::.._------------~----.-----------;---, -----------------------------+ A u Behind LAGUARDIA ONE nnual the OF SIX LEADER Wheel TO ADD S AFBF . Gregory, Parran, - Graves, Three Day Program 01 Busines and Enter In- With J. F. Yaeger, Director of Membership Davis, Harriman Also On ment Includes Good Speakers, Anna 1 Relations Nat'l Program Dinners and Social Events Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia of APPLES New York City has accepted an invit- From 300 to 600 delegates and isitors will tt nd e ch 'Dwelve hundred bushels of apples ation to address tfie annual conven- of four annual meetings of Michigan State Farm Bur u per acre is a lot of apples, but when tion of the American Farm Bureau Mr. Percy Anderson of Newaygo Federation in New Orteans, December groups at Lansing and East Lansing, ovember 8..9..) O. Th counts reported growing 4,000 bushels 12-15, E. A. O'Neal, president of the Farm Bureau is preparing to entertain the larg t con n ion on Itwo acres, it's just about a record Federation, announced today. in its history. according to IM,r. Don Hootman, sec- Mayor LaGuardia is one of six na- retary of the IMichigan Horticultural tionally known leaders of industry, The principal convention will be the annu I m ting 0 A,ssociation, and extension specialist labor, agriculture at Michigan State College. Excellent who will address the Farm Bureau and government the Michigan State Farm Bureau membership at th Union soil, closely planted trees at the peak convention. The Mayor will discuss building at State College, Thursday and Friday, Nov. 10 nd of bearing, and an ideal season all the consumer's interest in farm pro- J J. Some 600 voting delegates are expected at th m ting combined Ito bring this huge crop. blems. Speaking for industry will be of the parent organization. They will come from 43 County None of the extensi.on S1Pecialists 81t Henry I. Harriman, former president Michigan State Oollege had ever of the United States Chamber of Com- Farm Bureaus and 139 associated farmers el vators, cr m- heard of a greater yield of Spy apples, merce, Agriculture itself will be rep- eries, and merchandise associations. according to Mr. Hootman. resented by Clifford V. Gregory, as- STUFFED sociate publisher of Wallace's Farm- Wednesday, Nov. 9, 350 State Farm Bureau insurance While many farmers were worrying er, Des Moines. Mr. O'Neal announc- agents for the State Farm Mutual and State Farm Life Insur- through a hectic first day or two at ed that a fourth speaker, not yet se- the opening of the pheasant season, lected, will speak for labor. ance Companies will hold their annual meeting at the St t Mr. Frank J-ohnson, Mundy ~()IWnshi,p, MICHIGAN STAT£ COL.l.;,£GE; College Union. To Discuss Rural Health Genesee county, got a laugh or two Health problems in rural areas will Instead. :Mr. John- Also, on Nov. 9 the 139 farmers' co-operative ss'n be discussed at the convention by Dr. son "planted" a Thomas Parran, surgeon-general of stockholders of the Farm Bureau Services will meet with th stuffed pheasant a the United States Public Health Ser- State Farm Bureau at the Farm Bureau building in Lansing couple of rods in- PROGRAM - side his fence in vice. Chester C. Davis, member of for the annual stockholders meeting and program. the Federal Reserve Board and form- the stubble of a grain field and er administrator of the Agricultural Friday, Nov. 11, probably 600 delegates and members of Adjustment Act, will speak on mone- awaited r e s u 1 t s. tary problems and their relation to the Junior Farm Bureau will hold their one day annual m t- They came and furious in the fast farming. Concluding the llst of head- Annual Me.tings ing at the People's church in East Lansing. liners will be John Temple Graves, persons of anxious hunters who 'Would lecturer and columnist of the Birming- MICHIGAN STATE FARM BU EAU Each of these meetings will present speak rs who re skid the ttres in ham, Alabama, Age-Herald, who will authorities in their respective fields. Resolutions and oth r discuss the South and its problems. and Associate Organizations committees at each convention will draft the program for the - bringing their cars On the convention's opening day, to a stop, jump out with shotgun at December 12, representatives of state following year. Reports of progress and recommendation the "ready" and blase away at the for the future will be made by Executive Secretary Clark L. Farm Bureau organizations, together WEDNESDAY, Nov. 9 stu1)'ed bird. Mter a 'shot or two, the amazed hunter would juII1lPacross the with governmental and private agri- Brody and Farm Bureau departmental heads. fence and with shotgun still blazlng, culture leaders, will meet in a series 11th Annual Meeting INSU RANCE AGENTS .--~-"'-------'--o __ ....-..--__ of commodity conferences. Group STATE FARM INSURANCE COMPANIES AGENTS The State Farm Iutual insurance consider and assemble re olut1ons charge the pheasant which seemingly meetings will be held to discuss spec- agents will note that they have more from the County Farm Bureaus and refused to be killed. When the 9:30 a. m.-State Farm Mutual Automobile, Life and Fire Co. ific problems of tobacco, field crops, than 43,000 automobile policies in member. The committee will com- hunter realized that he had been the agents in all day meeting at Union ilVIemorial fruits and vegetables, livestock, cot- force, a new record. They have more plete its work some time Thursday victim of an April FooL joke in mid- Building, State College, East Lansing. ton and poultry. than 7,000.000 in State Farm Life and l' port to the convention. November, he'd either vent his wrath Two other conferences, to discuss policies in the service of Iichl an The State Farm Bureau meeting in violent language or.Jeok about with 12:00 p. m.-Agents' annual luncheon and program. akers: the Farm Bureau's part in rural youth armers. wi 1 one ude some time Friday, with 'fac~ red from ear to ear and then Pres. R. P. Mecherle of the State Farm Mutual programs and in co-operative purchas- R. W. BDACKBUR the adoption of the resolutions of quietly turn about and somewhat Auto; Vice Pres. Morris B. Fuller of the State The Farm Bureau Services will re- ing Services, will also be held on the Secretary Blackburn of the mer i- policy for 1939, and the election of more slowly guback to Ms car. The Farm Life Co.; and H. G. Fitz, divisional claim port a good year. It has nine more first day of the convention. can ..Farm Bureau will address the directors and officers. Each year the pheasant didn't last but two days, manager of the State Farm Mutual. farmer co-op ass'n stockholders than Also meeting in New Orleans will State Farm Bureau meeting Thursday terms of office of half of the board ot said Mr. Johnson, ,but it sure was fun it had at annual meeting time in 1937, be the Associated Women- of the Am- 9th Annual Meeting afternoon on the national PI' gram of directors expire. The new board or- while it lasted. and has made extensions and im- erican Farm :aure'au Federation, FARM BUR\AU SERVICES, INC. STOCKHOLDERS the Farm Bureau organization. 11'. ganizes by el cting a president, vice- SKUNK provements in its service to Farm which will hold its annual business Blackburn has come up through the presid nt, and an executive commtttee Our Junior Farm Bureau director 10:00 a. m.-Annual business. meeting of Farm Bureau Ser- Bureau members. These will be re- sessions on December 11 and 12. ranks from a member hip the Calif- for the ensuing year. can take a joke about as good as any- vices, Inc., including delegates from Michigan ported at the meeting. Mrs. Charles W. Sewall, administra- ornia Farm Burea u. He i a fruit 'one but when he returned home at 2 State Farm Bureau and 139 stockholding farmers' STATE FARM BUREAU tive director of the Associated Wo- grower. a. m. recently to find a dead skunk on his back door step and the odor men, has announced a program for co-ops at Farm Bureau building, 221 Cedar, The Michigan State Farm Bureau will review the work of 43 County To Ask Legislature Lansing. throughout the entire house it took the afternoon of December 12 which includes talks by Miss Sue Powers of Farm Bureaus. and note the develop- Define Milk Grade many days for him to see the funny 12:00 p. m.-LunC'heon iorFarm Bureau Services, Inc., stock- ment of nearly 100 Community Farm Requests to the 1939 legislature for Memphis, superintendent of education IhQlders, and short program. Mr. C. W. Otto, sec- legal definition of Jersey, Guernsey side. Mr. Hennink had been away to Bureau groups in Michigan, a develop- in Shelby County, Tennessee, and Dr. retary of the Lansing Cham bel' of Com merce, will and Holstein milks by the breeds asso- a meeting ouestate. wo young eolleg- ment which continues. Martha Eliot, assistant chief of the 'speak at the afternoon session. ciations will be supported by the De- ians 'who room at his place in EaSlt Preceding the annual meeting, Lansing had found the skunk in the U. S. Children's Bureau. partment of Agriculture, according to At their final session on December 7:30 p. m.-Informal open house at Farm Bureau building. more than 300 voting delegates at- area 'way of a basement window from tended pre-convention meetings at John B. Strange, commissioner. Many Members and guests arriving for State Farm which Mr. Skunk could not get out. 12, the Associated Women will enter- Ann Arbor, Fremont, Kalamazoo and complaints have been received that Bureau annual meeting are invited. The animal was peaceful enough until tain Farm B'.'eau delegates and of- Saginaw to hear R. Wayne ewton, firms are using the names of these the boys had the unhappy idea of ficials at a banquet meeting. Featur- THURSDAY, Nov. 10 Farm Bureau legislative counsel, and three types of dairy cows in adv rtts- helping by poking a long stick at the ed speakers at the evening meeting Annual Meeting W. R. Ogg of the Washington office ing milk but were not supplying cus- skunk and trying to pry him out of will be Dorothy Dix, nationally-known of the American Farm Bureau, ex- tomers with those types of milk. his diflficulty. lit rwas all well intend- newspaper columnist, and Lena Mad- MICHIGAN STATE FARM BUREAU plain farm legislation and other mat- Other states have adopted simllar ed but Mr. Skunk believed otherwise esin Phillips, associate editor of the 9:30 8. m.-Annual business meettng of the Michigan State ters in advance of reconvening of the regulations, with the laws in most in- and let 'go the heavy artillery. The Pictorial Review and Delineator. Farm Bureau at Union Memorial Building, State Michigan legislature and Congress in stances deflning the meaning of a J er- Michigan Tour Possible net result was that the odor filled not College. Ample parking facilities nearby. January of 1939. sey, Guernsey or Holstein herd and only the yard and neighborhood but The Michigan State 'Farm Bureau making it mandatory that mtlk sold has had under consideration an "all President Jakway's Address Principal speakers at the State the entire house. When Ben and the Report by the Exeetutive Secretary, Farm Bureau meeting will be W. R. under any of the names hay its origin Mrs. got 'home the skunk was dead, expense" tour to New Orleans and 1MI'. Olark L. Brody. Blackburn, secretary of the American from legally termed herd. Commis- bu t his memory lingers on. return for the Farm Bureau conven- sioner Strange is in accord with the tion if enough members are interest- Farm Bureau, and Larry Brandon, HORSES 1 :30 p. m.-ADDRESS-by Mr. R. W. Blackburn, secretary breeders' association, that at the pres- executive vice-president of the Ind- Ernest Wonser, ,president of the Ea- ed. The Eastern State Farm Bureaus of the American Fann Bureau Federation. iana Farm Bureau. ent time the use of the names of breeds ton County Farm l2\lreau ,is sure and the New York Farm Bureau have Presentation of Resolutions. constitutes dishonest advertising, and, proud of his 4,440 pound team of hor- already organized a tour, which the SOCIAL EVENTS that legal definition of terms would THURSDAY EVENING ses which does a neat job of winning Michigan group would join. The ENATUR LARRY BRA toot Dinners, luncheons and other enter- correct present abuses. party would leave Michigan Dec. 8 6:45 p, m.-14th annual dinner and old time square dance of Speaker for the annual dinner of prize money in ipu1'1ingcontests at the tainment will be had. Farm Bureau State Farm Bureau at the Union building, State lairs. 'Mr. Wonser became interest- and return Dec. 17 at $99.50 per per- the Fasm Bureau Thursday evening, insurance agents and their wives will Farm Bureau College. Tickets 75c. ed in pulling contests three yean ago. son which includes all expenses ex- OVa 11 is Mr. Larry Brandon. He is be entertained at the insurance lunch- He entered the team he had at that cept the four days at New Orleans. If Pres. J. J. Jakway, prestomg' a dairy farmer from Auburn, DeKalb eon Wednesday noon. Wednesday Women's Breakfast time but didn't. win much in the way they like, the Michigan folks may join county, Indiana. Mr. Brandon is vice- noon, also, the Farm Bureau Services Farm Bureau women plannlug to at- of prize money. Determined to do the eastern states Farm Bureau's tour ADDRESS-by Mr. Larry Brandon, vice president president of the Indiana Farm Bureau, stockholders will have luncheon and tend the Home and Community break- better, he !purchased his present team of Florida for a week at an additional of the Indiana Farm Bureau Federation. as well as acting sec'y-treasurer, and a program at the Farm Bureau build- fast at the Union bulldlng Friday. and since then has 'placed in the $50. Persons interested in the tour is in charge of membership organiza- ing. C. W. Otto, secretary of the Nov. 11 at 7:30 a. m. are asked to should write the Michigan State Farm Old Time Dancing Party tion. A state senator, he is serving give their name to Mrs. Wagar or to money at every fair where the team Lansing Chamber of Commerce will has been entered. Included are such Bureau Membership Relations dep't, FRIDAY, Nov. 11 his fifth term in the Indiana legisla- speak. Farm Bureau emp oyes at the annual contests as are staged at the fairs at 221 No. Cedar St., Lansing, Mich. for 7:30 a. m.-Breakfast and program for Farm Bureau women, ture. Mr. Brandon is described as an Thursday evening probably 600 meeting Thursday so that plans may Ithaca, Ionia, Saginaw, etc. To train further information. excellent public speaker. be made accordingly. "Better choote main dining room, Union Memorial building. will attend the annual dinner and old them 'Mr. Wonser had the team pull for Rural America" is the subject for time dancing party of the Michigan a large tractor around 'while the ma- Lamb Market 9:30 a. m.-Farm Bureau business meeting at Union B ilding. those taking part In the women's State Farm Bureau at the Union. Mr. speaking contest. chine did its best, but unsuccessfully, Resolutions Brandon will be the speaker. Nearly two-thirds of all the lamb to hold up its end of the contest. eaten in the United States is consum- Election of Directors Those horses certainly are built to go ed In the area north of Washington, ew Business JUNIOR FARM BUREAU Junior Farm Burea places when ,hitched to a load. Adjournment Friday evening the Junior Farm D. C. and east of Pittsburg. Less than Tarzan five per cent is produced in that area. Bureau expects to entertain 600 of its Radio Eac'h Sa urday . 3rd Annual Meeting membership at dinner at the people's Each Saturday noon trom 1 to 1:30 Tarzan stories may be all righ,t to JUNIOR FARM BUREAU church, Mrs. Audra Gingrich of the o'clock the Junior Farm Bureau is read but when it comes to imitating 9:30 a. m.-Business sessions at the People's church, East Illinois Agr'l Ass'n will speak. The presenting a radio program over the ape man, results aren't always so Lansing. good, thinks the oldest son of Mr. and Junior Farm Bureau wJll adjourn to Michigan State College station ,Mrs. Warren Bolton, farmers In Barry 6:30 p. m.-Annual dinner of the Junior Farm Bureau, Peoples a dance at the college gymnasium. WKAR. George Schleder, the "Elmer'· County. The two Bolton boys were Ohurch. COMMUNITY BREAKFAST of the Willow Vall y Junior Farm practicing Tarzan stunts by grasping Bureau programs is in charge. The Junior Farm Bureau party at State College Friday morning at 7: 30 all Farm Willow Valley group Is presenting at a imb as they rode beneath it Bureau women are Invited to the an- plays, music and interviews ith while standing on their pony. The gymnasium. nual breakfast .and program of the farm leaders and ,others on matters of younger son accomplished the trick ROOMS Farm Bureau Home and Community I farm interest. okay and swung from the tree in fine group. It wlll be In the main dining .style. The older boy missed. Result, Room reservations for East Lansing or Lansing residences or Lansing hotels should be made early as rooms are in strong room of the Union building. Break- two broken /Wrists. No more Tarzan fast will be served at 35c. Part of demand. The Farm Bureau will be glad to assist you in making ,for him. the program will be the finals of the 'n SPOR;T8MAN reservations. See embership Relations dep't promptly on arrival. Farm Bureau women' speaking con- In Ingham County, the Lngham test. The best speaker will represent County Sportsman League has posted Michigan at the American Farm Bur- signs calling the attention of hunt- eau convention at ew Orleans in ers to BOrne ports manlike practices J. ..I. JAKWAY December. whioh they are urged to observe. The In 1876 bananas were such a nov- Except for Japan, where labor s President Jakway 0: the State elty hat they were wrapped In tin- very cheap, American freight rates, Farm Bureau will open the annual RE OLUTIO COMMITTEE signs are white with large black type call1ng "Hunters Attention! " The foil and sold at a dime each at the as measured"by revenue received for meeting Thursday morning, with the The Farm Bureau resolutions com- next line read , "Be a sportsman, re- centennial exhibition in Philadel- hauling a ton of fight one mile, are p estdent's address, and will preside mittee will assemble at he Farm (Continued on ~. I.) phia. the lowest In tile world. at the several sessions. Bureau at Lanling Tuesday, ov. 8 to Today I worked at burying a .stone: rga Michigan. A bIg fast stone that I have known for years. It used to be about five inches down, UNGREN ,... Editor and Business Manager But lately it's been heaving, it appears. Excerpt from ddre to nnual Convention It used to be just right to catch the plow in advance. And make the trace-chains jingle at the stroke; of the ate ia tion of Farm r Club And if I held it down we stopped, and how: AT THE MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE, NOVEMBER 1, 1938 And if I didn't hold it - - - something broke! Vol. VI SATURDA Y, NOVEMBER 5, 1938 No. 11 But lately now the soil has got so thin Th t nothing ever grew there any more, By CLARK L. BRODY Better an Expected And I have sheared the cult ivator pin E:rfrutil.'f ,'ecretafy of t h e Mi hi{/an ~ tate Form BUTeau In f w days we shall observe the wentieth anni .. Gn that same tone til' I was downright sore; gested programs and topics for discus' v r ry of Armistice Day. The great war is twenty years o sore, in faot, I vowed a solemn Vow the m ans by ph ich the farm 1" of ion. The Community Farm Bureaus gon , b t ware still struggling with forces created by That not once more should I be vexed and Jarred, the locality, . tat and nation pla e them .elves in a report to the State Farm Bureau office Or hall I be, for it is burled nOW. t w r. 1hey affect our very day life and our standard It ook fa r hours to do it, working hard. to each other He -e.. ary to meet the common ~ch month, of livin . Th tremendous expansion made in our Iacil- 'I'h practical method of making this a.. ociated Understanding B~aets Interest iti s for farm production continues with us. The nation .. It s ei-lous b siness, fooling with a stone: Most people desire to do the right E pecially one that weighs a couple ton, anzibl and ffective through membership thing if they understand. Understand- ali ti c programs for self-sufficiency in agriculture in And if a man is working all alone on th part f aeh individual. In joining with our £0110\ r ing and interest come with participa- ro an nations fearing another war have erected trade He's under quite a tension till it's done. farm rs throuuh member, hip we cr at a whole that 1.' tion and contacts between the member rri r. Barriers that made our surpluses greater and and his organization. The most di- For if h dig the hole too far away O'r('a1er than the sum of its part. rect and live contact possible between or diffic It to dispose of at worthwhile prices. Or not quite deep enouqh to take it, then T.oo much of dirt caves in, and, as they say, 'rhe mere enunu ration of a number of individual. in a the member and the larger organiza- W hav tried with s me success man made programs He has to start right back from scratch again. -ertain area i by uo means a true and full expre: . ion of their tion must be maintained. The local to r stor a balance in American agriculture. Droughts organization is indispensable in mak- Ol gan zed strength and influen . Thi, i. illu trated by the But if he digs too closely or too deep ing this possible, as only through the in two year of the middle 30's combined with the pro- familiar tatem nt that an orsranized "miuOI ity i... trorurer than local organization can the leaders of The stone may start and catch him unawares, r m to wipe out the vast surpluses of F ederal Farm And if it does. - - ligh s out - - • and he's ast p an unorganized majority. Th re i little power in number. the larger organization maintain the rd tl t.xc pti 0 lly good growing seasons the W,Ul0\ t a chance to ever say his prayers! alone for the solution of the great problems of agriculture. necessary contact with the member- ship and bring them information re- I t two y h v br ught them back again, and low lit till a man must do a be t he may: 'I'h individual. ('}1 raged in farming mu. t be organized if garding the larger problems of agri- pis. Choo e his own choice and win or lose alone. their trOl"t. and influence. are to be made eff'ectiv in protect- culture. I did it. And it's done. But still I say Prime considerations in maintain- It' s rious bu ines , fooling with a s one. ina the int r . t. of a {}'ri nlture and mainta inina the industry u. in an ell' ct.iv 1 Iationship with other roups. ing an active and loyal membership in- clude: (1) the participation of the Meaning Of Real Membership +-------""-------:---- member in helping ,bring about the One of the first essentials of a S1lC- ing service from the member as well service rendered by his organization; cesstut organ'iFtation is a loyal ana cc- as performing it for him. (2) asking him to make sacrifices if tice membershtp. Farmers Clubs-Grange-Farm Bureau necessary; (3) active local organiza- The lif principle or soul of a farm Your own organization is a notable tions in close touch with their state or anlzation Ii s in the minds and example of this. I have always felt and national units. attitudes of the members. The strength that the Farmers' Clubs, of which this The Program and u efulness of any organization is meeting is a federation, have ma~y A second essential for a successful measured by the number of its mem- fine points in their progress. The m- and permanesit tarm. organization is bel'S who have experienced genuine formality and freedom. the mem?ers a worthwhile, serviceable program. conversion to the cause of co-opera- feel at your local meetings I belIeve recip- It is true that farm organizations tion. The member who merely pays encourages them to voice their view~ t , are often started on a wave of emo- his dues when he feels like it then and enter into the discussion of van- tionalism and the first membership folds his arms and waits for results ous farm problems in an. admirable drive is a crusade. The hotter the to come is not converted and usually manner. 'Where the Money costs his organization to keep him as The subordinate Grange is another emotional fires burn, the more rapid e ilr ad Can Q it the pronouncements and the more oes in Education much or more than he is worth. Con- example of the necessity of active local profuse the promises, the sooner the At its annual meeting in July, the Michigan Elevator Dr. David ~ . 'I'rout, head of the version to co-operation, as in the organizations in which the members organization dies unless it becomes Exchang told co-operative levator men that in only two sychology department of Central church, means an inner change in the participate. Those of us who have had imbued with a 'purpose to serve the State Teachers college, Mt. Plea ant, individual that in the last analysis can Grange experience know that one of states are small communities losing railroad service more said in an address Oct. 6 before the members intelligently rather than be determined only by himself. Con- the strong points of every subordinate rapidly than in M·chigan. Nearly 600 miles of track merely stirring their preiudlces and fifth regional meeting of the Michigan version is the antithesis of demand- Grange meeting is- that every member protests. w r pulled up in Michigan last year. Where the trucks ",ducation association at Traverse ing everything and givtng ;nothing. has aome 'Part in the meeting, and Worthwhile accomplishments and City that "for every dollar America Organization strength is determined that the maximum number of officers g l too m ch of the business, the railroad eventually service is the nourishment upon which spends to educate the rural child it by the degree to which the members in the local unit have an official func- gives up. The Exchange sounded a note of warning as • P nds $4.44 to educate the city child." are willing to sacrifice for their 01'- tion in every formal session. I be- a permanent organization must live. t wh t it .ght be like without railroad service. The centralization of 'Wealth in cities, It cannot survive and grow strong by The much-d bat and twice vetoed ganlzation. Successful farm organi- lieve this 'has accounted in no small Dr. Trout said, has been an important criticising and knocking other farm Tl re are other ways of having the railroad pulled out Ic ary-Haugen plan of farm relief zation means the acceptance of respon- measure for the long life of the Grange factor in the "apparent dlscrimlna- organizations. No organization was has orked its w' y into the nation's sibility along with its opportunities and its very useful program through from under you. Many businesses are located on rail .. t ion.' ever built by tearing some other organ- agric 11 1 a1 program in modified form and service. The member must serve the years. ization down. It requires little etIort r ad pr p rty, for which they pay nominal rent as poten .. and has b en largely responsible for He said 88 per cent of all the as well as being served. I know from In my organization the Community scho I in h Unt tates are rural or intelligence to voice destructtve t' I hip r, an njoya rail oad siding. tabihzin the meri an dairy indu - long and sometimes bitter experience Farm Bureau serves this purpose. Our schools and that 13,000,000 pupils at- criticism and stir up prejudices, but rv in h last si month, Arthur H. that accomplishments and service for organization department mails out sug- (Continued on Page 6.) Thi ek we talked w'ith one of the owners of such Lauderbach, former chief of the AAA tend them. the member, however valuable, with- a b in s. He was upset. The railroad had askeCl him dairy section in Washington but now ")'fo~t rural s hool buildings date out effort on his part does not alone g neral manager of the Producers Pure from the early post-Oivil war days," build a strong organization. In fact, t cat within 60 days, an option for termination pro .. Dr. Trout said, and pointed to the lack • Hlk association of Chicago, reported care needs to be exercised, even with ided in the rent contract. of modern conveniences in most of valuable service rendered, that the . ·ov. 3 to 500 delegates attending the ~e bus~ne s has ~een establishing itself more firmly, annual meeting of the Michigan Milk them. resources of the organtzatton are. not Producers association here. Several factors, however, have led used up and the morale of the mem- and mvestmg more In property facilities for years and improvements in the status of rural Lauderbach said the plan was put bers weakened. Service without sac- years. It would be a very expensive move. The busi .. into effect by the Dairy Products Mar- education, the peaker said, and point- rifices sometimes breeds selfishness. ~ ss pays a very low rental for its location. aturally, keting corporation, organized by dairy e out national and state aid for Member Participation Important co- perativ s and financed by the f d- chools. The manner in which the program It wants to tay here. However, it admits freely that eral commodities credit corporation. of a farm organization is planned and i ses th railroad but little. The Dairy Product ompany was Dairymen Trim carried out, then, becomes all import- ant. To achieve the above results only Ivation th t We can see in the instance at form d, I said, to purchase and store nd for all cotnmunities, is to use the railroads as sur lu butter. He e plained it was ows To 905,000 every effort must be put forth to keep fou id d upon the principle of the Dairying in ...Iichigan is opel ating the member participating and carrying a pos ible if they want to save their railroad ser .. Me ·ary-Haugen plan, minu the equal- un-der trimmed sails, but for national responsibility himself. With a large I ank Michigan is in 9th place in fluid organization this must be largely done iza ion fe . "I bell ,however, that dairymen milk, 4th as a butter making ate th through active local organizations should make plans ~to completely in cheese, 6th in evaporated milk, 6th within convenient reach of the mem- finance the program in the very near in making ice cream and 4tll in the ber. future instead of dependin entirely production of dry milk. All this from The grouping of the members in a upon the federal governm nt,' said 905,000 dairy cows. The figure is local organization serves as the I~d Lauderb ch. "There i going to come 9,000 more than a year ago but 10,000 rock foundation for all state and na- I ss than in the last census. tional organizations. The meeting of a tim when federal support mu t In ,Michigan the 905,000 cows esti- these local units should be so planned cea e. nd there is no reason hy mated for 1938 will produce his year that every member or a high propor- we now could not finance the program. 4,465,000,000 pounds of milk. tion of the members each time have "Th corpor: tion has purcha d 113 000,0 po nds of butter. This some small' part, at least, in every pro- repre ent an investment of only Fifty-six per cent of the passenger gram. The psychological effect of act- $25,0 0,000. Th r ar 3, 00,000 da iry- trains classified as the fastest sched- ual participation as contrasted to be- men in the nited Stat s. If each on- uled runs in the world operate on Am- ing talked to continually is a prime erican railroads. essential and can only be had by ask- tribut it would finance this pro- gram." Isauderbach believed the hne w111 come when wh at, corn, cotton and to- bao 0 growers similarly their markets by setting up corpora- may stablize Classified Ads Classified advertisements are cash with order at the following tions to purchase and store surplus s, rates:. 4 cents per word for one edition. Ads to appear In two or fin' ncing their operations with equall- z. Uon es. Resolutions proposed check tests at more editions take the rate of 3 cents per word per edition. 2 ere meri s to insure payment for act- • LIVE STOCK FARM PROPERTY ual bu terfat content of the milk, sup- REGISTERED HEREFORDS, BULLS WANTED-TO HEAR FROM OWNER port of a new filled milk bill if the and heifers. We have a nice selection. of farm or unimproved land for ale. This youngster already knows the rudiments of busi- pre. ent law is invalidated, uniform Sensible prices. A. . Todd co., len- Vm. Hawl v, Baldwin, Wis., (1l-lt-16p) tha, (14 miles northwest of Kalamazoo). paint jobs on trucks hauling the a so- (7-3-tf-22lJ) ness. He not only has learned how to raise poultry elation's milk, and the appointment O.I.C. OR CHESTER WHITE SERVICE of leg isl t j om nitt s in ea h mar- .Males _ I 1"(,() Sows _ Fall Pi's, Pall' .• '0 succe fully but how to sell it at a profit. He uses k t. kin. D liver 11 to your farm before you The f Ilowing pay for t hcrn. ere elect d dir ct- -'Hch. H. T. randell, aro, (lO-2t-2!1p). the telephone to get authoritative advice from the ors: Walt l' hristensen of Holton, B. F. ..10 hi r of 'orth Bran h, I.J. W, county agent and to reach the merchant , poultry Harwood f Adrian and 1. K. Ma t ad of 0 o. buyers and house rve to whoni he sell his fOWl. POULTRY Today, farmers young and old recognize the dollars- PULLETSI PULLETSI READY NOW. ertified Leghorn Diff rent a . and Barred Rock. lso R.O. P. cock rels, and-cen alue of the t I phone in marketing activi- '\Vl'lte or visit Lowden Farms, P.O., Riv s Junction, :\fich. Location, Henri- etta (PI asant Lake). Farm Bureau FOR SALE--~SCELLANEOUS ties. They now, too, that it provides an invaluable member. (9-3-tf-30b) MICHIGAN SEPTIC TANK SIPHON means of summoning veterinarian, doctor, and help and b I) as recommended by State Col- lege gr') Engineering dep't, Build your hen fire or 0 her mergencies threaten. d for wn s nne tank and sewage system. In- t n when tank Is built. Installation and OP ration simple. Di. charges automati- cally, rrav Ir en old 16 years. AU in 'all members of the farm family, a t I phone I the dally use -and giving satisfaction. In- structtons with each siphon. Price, de- livered. ;.60 which Includes sales tax. means to great r pa i ip tion in the cial life of HARNESS C, O. D. charg s 3 e extra. Farm Bureau 'upply Store, 72 B. Shiawa,ssee St., Lan- the n ighborhood. HARNESS FOR BIG HORSES, 1,700 Ibs. sing.· (3-4-tt-60b) up. ...•ew: Farm Bureau King harness, he vs duty, be t leather, orkman hlp. WORKW Rust resisting hardware. Black or brown ICHfG ) ath r $67 set. Bronze hardware 72 B L TELEP E C • . t. Buy at Farm Bureau tares and co-operattve a 'ns, or Farm Bureau " rvi s, F.a. t hi w ee treet, L n- sing, lip.hlgan. -G-tf-47)j) A World Wheat War? Facts Often Explode CHERRIES A The substdlztng for sale in werld markets of 100,000,000 bushels of B st Political Argulnen .'------------- TOMATOES BIG wheat by the AAA has set up a big stir in Canada and Argentina. ducers in these two countries think Pro- Mrs. Wagar Suggests Line of ' counting. These many separate agencies T MS IN 1938 Crop Is 75 Per Cent Larger Study to County Farm should be combined under one com- Than Last ear that dumping by the AAA knocks Farmers Trained as Agents by Bureaus mittee or commission,-where each Late Frosts Cut Down Pack down the price to producers all over the world and the Canadian govern- Bureau Prove Their case is investigated and placed on its of Farm Bureau Fruit Washington-The 193 red clo er ment stands to lose, at present prices, Ability By MR '. EDITH !rI. WAGAR particular merits, where accurate re- Products Co. seed crop is expected by the United about $60,000,000 by guaranteeing 80 The most impressive expression Mr. ports are kept, and where the policy tates bureau of agricultural eco- W. R. Ogg, the Farm Bureau's Wash- is to encourage private living rather Activities of the Farm Bureau Fruit nomics to be about 44,000 bu hels or cents-at terminal markets-to its The Michigan tate Farm Bureau, ington representative, made during than public support. Products Company in 1938 included more than three-fourths larger than growers. The AAA stands to lose the as state agent for the tate Farm Mut- his splendid talk at the recent Ann If the local unit of government re- the canning of 2,000,000 lbs. of cher- the small 1937 crop of 469,000 bushels. ditrerence between what it pays at pre- ual Automobile Insurance Co., has in- va1ling market prices and what is gets Arbor meeting, was that the Farm quires the assistance from the state ries at the Hart plant in Oceana coun- The prospective 193 crop is larger sured 43,213 cars in Michigan, accord- Bureau organization shapes its polic- or federal government in caring for ty, in co-operation with the Oceana than any crop since 1933 when about for the wheat exported. The methods ing to Atfred Bentall, director of insur- ies from facts and not from personal its needy, it should be willing to sub- Fruit Growers, Inc., the growers or- ditrer but the effect is the same. ance for the Farm Bureau. 1,112,000 bushels were harvested but preferences or biased opinions. mit to some supervision an authority ganization around the canning plant. it is only 81 per cent as large as the Naturally, Canadian. and Argentine The Farm Bureau's insurance Sometimes it is difficult for one to from the higher unit. Other fruit crops were so short be- ,producers who have long been cool to agency staff includes 375 agents as of average for the 10 years 1927 to 1936, ace pt facts in the case involved, es- Facts To Face cause of severe late spring frosts any plan for international control of ovember 1, Mr. Bentall said. Many pecially if one has jumped to a con- It's alarming to hear that at least that no further operation was pas- wheat marketing don't like the AAA's of them represent the State Farm Life, clusion before ascertaining the facts, one-fourth of the counties owe the sible at this plant. In other years ber- 'program. This isn't a surprise to us through the Farm Bureau. During and the facts prove that we erred in state for hospitalization bills to the ries and pears have been canned in as the program was not designed to 1938 they wrote nearly $1,500,000 of large quantity. our judgment. extent that in order to safeguard the please them. The less pleased they life insurance, for farm fam1lies. Truth is Elusive state, it Ihas withheld those counties' An encouraging development in are, the sooner they will be ready to Indicative of the push the Farm When Mr. Ogg presented the facts share of the gasoline tax. 1938 was the organization of the Bay run up a white flag and offer to talk Bureau agents put into their work, concerning imports and exports of I was shocked to hear that Monroe Co-operative Canneries, Inc., an assoc- terms on division of markets. The their production of automobile insur- agricultural commodities of recent county owes the state about $112,000 iation of tomato growers at Bay City. United States is most strongly armed ance for 1938 was only 10% under the years, a lot of the political argument covering a period of some 18 months They negotiated a management con- financially to carryon a wheat price banner year of 1937, a~ against a 25% we are hearing these days were ob- and not a dime had been paid on it. tract with the Farm Bureau Fruit war, and war it will be until this drop for the automobile insurance in- served to be just so much bunk. It And more shocked when I began to Products Co., to build and manage a country gets a 20% slice of the world dustry. Their life insurance produc- weakens our faith in those using realize this did not include the bills factory for canning tomatoes and import markets in wheat.-From the tion was 14% under 1937, as against them. of several local hospitals and clinics. other crops. The plant was started 'Farm~r, '81. Paul, ~inn. 22% less for all companies. I regretted very much that day that The poor commission now pay their about the first of July and completed They are ambitious. With 43,213 its first day of operation August 19. every last member within the dis- own salaries and expenses from the World's Longest cars now insured, the agents hope to From then on, the plant processed an trict could not have had an opportun- funds coming to their department increase the number of State Farm average of 70 tons of tomatoes daily. Moving Stairs ity to have heard Mr. Ogg and been without any dictation whatever from 'The two longest moving stairways Mutual policies in force in Michigan by 25% during 1939. granted the privilege of questioning the board of supervisors. him on any part of his statements. The old age In all, 2,000 tons of tomatoes were canned or made into juice. I pension bureau runs its little show -.. ever built are to convey visitors fifty November 8 they get together for \Ve need many more such meetings independent of the other relief agen- At Co~ma ~o~s fu~ redu~d ilie ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ feet above the ground to the entrance their annual meeting at State College. fruit available for the plant from 50% that we may know more of the poli- cies and much tlhe same can be said LIVE o to the giant Peri sphere of the New At that time they will "make medi- to even 90% below 1937 crops. Other cies of our own national organization. of several other groups. York World's Fair 1939. Within this cine" for the 1939 push. In February conditions contributed to the failure It behooves the State Farm Bureau Why not put all of these separate 18-story steel-ribbed sphere they will of 1939 they will come together again of the Coloma plant to receive enough to always analyze any subject upon groups under one efficient commis- find two "magic carpets"-great rings at the national meeting of State Farm fruit to operate on. As a result the which it feels a farm viewpoint should sion whose duty is to administer to seemingly unsupported in space-s-slow- ly revolving in opposite directions one above the other. From the "carpets" Mutual agents at Bloomington. will check progress on the 1939 cam- paign, and compare their 1938 record They be registered. Not until all sides the needs of our needy but at the have been brought forward are we in same time run their office as a place a position to make a decision that of business, keeping accurate records plant operated only several days in 1938. The Farm Bureau Fruit Products M K with 7,000 State Farm Mutual agents they will look down upon a model "City of Tomorrow" and its environs, from 38 states. Altogether they have will stand. It is no easy task to de- and making proper reports to all su- cide a policy these days when there pervising agencies? Company and the growers organiza- tions at Hart, Coloma and Bay City Ford Farm Viewing it from noon to night in all nearly 500,000 automobiles insured. is so much prejudice and personal Let's get out of the old rut and at now have three well equipped and Marhet Report r its beauty of color, its lights and its ambition injected into practically least aim to have public affairs ad- modern canning plants, all of ample changing shadows. Addition to every movement afloat. ministered in a business like way. It capacity for their territories. They 12:15 to 12:30 p. m. But a farm organization that is creates suspicion and rightly so, when have a going business of their own, Monday thru Friday Membership Policy worthy of being in existence, should one hears conflicting reports on local and are establishing themselves in over II atatlon. In our Oct. 5 .edition, in publishing be bigger than any propaganda going conditions and fails to find anyone the trade. the report of recommendations made MIOHIGAN the rounds, no matter how spectacular able to give accurate information, Collapse of the canned fruit market at the September 28th meeting of coun- it may seem to the majority. . simply because we are operating tn early 1938 did not exempt the co-op- Radio etwork ty leaders at Lansing, the following, There's the question of what is best under a system that would have been eratives from difficult selling con- WFDF Flint which 'was a portion of the report of WOOD Grand Rapid. for the farmer of the future when we discarded long ago if it had not been ditions throughout the year. Cher- WJIM Lansing the committee on membership cam- take a stand on the farm act. We for cheap personal politics. ries and berries canned by the co-ops WXYZ Detroit paigns, was omitted: must build not only to correct present are higher priced items on grocers WELL Battle Creek Work for County Farm Bureaus "That the membership campaigns WIBM Jack on distressing situations but to aim for What better work can a County shelves and in the food trade that WKZO Kalamazoo be followed by an active program on legislation, business, social and enter- tainment to keep the membership in- permanent equality for our American Farm Bureau do than to analyze their farmers of tomorrow. Milk Commission own county expenses? When have you had a complete are quick to feel a recession in busi- ness conditions. Morning Markets 710 A. M. formed and enthused. "That the organization endeavor to The best feature in my opinion of county audit? How much does your the newly appointed milk commission county owe the state for hospitaliza- Community Groups over enlarge its program so that its mem- bers will get some benefit that non- is that all sides of the perplexing tion bills due state institutions? problem will be represented. From Has your county collected what it in Fremont Fair At the Fremont Fatr, ewaygo coun- State College Radio Station WKAR members do not get. the findings a policy should be drawn should from those receiving hospital ty, in early October the Garfield and WE ARE A FARMER OWNED AND CONTROLLED organization offerIng YOU "That the membership come due on that should be acceptable to all. No care? How much did your county Brookside Community Far Bureaus livestock commission sales service on the Detroit & Buffalo terminal markets; the same date in a given county." doubt each faction will need to com- spend for this service and how much did well in the exhibits. Two hundred we can rurnn h all grades of feeding cattle & lambs; also 6% financIng tor ERNEST WONSER, chairman. promise somewhat, but it is the only has it collected in return? exhibitors made 700 entries. Gordon feeding operations. fair and lasting way any such subject Were the patients all indigent or Christensen of the Garfield group with Fire Hazards can be handled. was it just inconvenient for them to an exhibit of red delicious apples won MICHIGAN LIVESTOCK EXCHANGE S~cretary" HUdson, Michigan Office A careful inspection of the house Relief and Politics pay? the sweepstakes over all fruit in the SHIP YOUR STOCK TO US AT for fire hazards now may Save a cost- It is disgusting to see how political exhibit. The Brookside group had a Michigan Livestock Exchange Producers Co-op A•• 'n How much gas and weight tax did Detroit Stockyards East Buffalo, N. Y. ly blaze some cold winter night. Be personal ambition is dominating the your county receive? How was it remarkable two table exhibit. sure to check the chimney and flues, consideration of our relief legislation. spent in your county ow about your • common causes of preventable fires. The old system had been antiquated outstanding drain orders? How much long before our country was thrown rural school library money was al- into a depression, and it certainly was lotted your country schools? out of the question when the number used for books, or did some agent talk needing public aid began growing by your school boards into buying some Was it Care rivers wa leaps and bounds. Yet we find the pet solar system? politician declaring the old way is the How about the tuition fees your only way. And we hear that they rural high school pupils are entitled are banking on the uninformed voter to? to put their theory across. Changes These are a few of the many local must be made if we ever get ef- problems that our County Farm Bur- ficiency and economy working hand eaus and our Community Farm Bur- in hand in caring for the dependents eaus could well look into. Not only of our communities. We're suffering can we learn much about our county far too much from a 'system that al- government but there's a good chance lows duplication and lack of thorough of correcting some of the loose prac- investigation, climaxed with poor ac- tices in many instances. Resolutions Adopted Farmers Union / By State Grange In Reorganization The Michigan Farmers Union at a Delegates to the 65th annual con- special meeting of 200 delegates at vention of the Michigan State Grange Grand Rapids, November 1, reorgan- from 479 rural communities, meeting ized itself under supervision of the at Allegan the week of Oct, ~d adopted national organization. resolutions of policy as follows: Differences over partisan politics They put the Grange on record and labor policies split the group into two camps during the past year and against sitdown strikes, the welfare reorganization law, diversion of high- led to suspension of the state charter way revenue, appointing of supreme by the national Farmers Union. court judges by the governor and a John Verseky of Salina, Kas., na- non-partisan board, and lengthening tional president, assured the Grand Rapids convention that the state char- the terms of county officials to four ter would be restored when 1,000 farm- years. ers hold national membership cards. They also put the Grange on record ahum Burnett of Charlotte, Social- in favor of a graduated state income ist candidate for governor, and Simeon I~H •• ~IJ:~~~l tax as a substitute for part of the P. Martin of Stanton, candidate for A GAIN this year, the American Why are the railroads having a sales tax; nomination of all candidates governor on the farmer-labor .ll.. railroads moved one of the hard time earning a living today? ticket ,• for state offices by primary elections, two years ago and Union legislative biggest wheat ~rops in history- construction of a bridge across the representative, without any sign of a real car At bottom the answer is: They are were leaders at the straits of Mackinac without obliging Grand Rapids meeting. shortage. The whole job was done so • being restricted and regulated under a 50-year-old theory that they are a monopoly-and, at the the state financially and reimburse- was convention chairman. ment of farmers for damage to crops Mr. Martin CAREFUL ,DRIVERS WA Ira Wilmoth of Adrian, a president smoothly that you probably never same time, have to compete on and property by protected wildlife. of the Michigan Farmers Union, and For the past 16 years State Farm Mutual has systematically a d gave it a thought. unequal t rms with three other The convention approved resolutions leader of the other faction in the forms of transportation. embodying the following proposals: Union, has called a convention for efficiently selected preferred risks and careful drivers as policyholders But ask yourself-what would crtJps beworth if the railroad was,,'t there? And the remedy is this: Control of noxious weeds ,by county November 7 at Owosso. -people who are dependable in their driving; drivers who avold and state hig way departments; incor- Not only wheat-but other grains, poration of labor unions; quicker re- smash-ups bv not taking chances; and citizens of standing in their vegetables, fruits, poultry and dai!y Treat the railroads as a business. Give them reasonable Jreedom IfJ fund of gasoline taxes paid on tractor New Idea In products, live stock and a long hst "price" their only product-trans- fuel; only one parole per convict; con- Building Soil Humus communities. Regardless of where you live or where vou are driving of other farm products are sold in portation service. Give them greater trol of Sunday hunting by county ref- "The Humus Problem Solved" is an you will find State Farm. representatives near-by eager to be of service. a national market. _ freedom to adjust rates to meet com- erendum; adequate snow removal interesting booklet on getting the The final customers for all these petitive situations; to adjust services from highways, extension of public best results from crop residues and foodstuffs live hundreds or thou- to the demands oj traffic; and to health service; state aid in advertis- green manuring crops through plow- YOU MUST BE A CAREFUL DRIVER TO SAVB THE STATE FARM WAY sands of miles from the farms adjust expenses to the conditions oj ing farm producta; regulation of ing aero cyanamid nitrogen and lime where the foods are raised. their business. And, above all, give lights along highways which tend to fertilizer under with the green man- State Farm epresentatives,nearly 7,000 in number, servin. from coast to coat, them equality oj treatment and op- confuse motorists; lower rates of in- ure. The cyanamid hastens the rot- ln~te you, if you are a careful driver, to becomea member and share the avinp The only reason that the United portunity-equality with all other terest on farm mortgages; retention ting process and makes a better qual- States has a "corn belt" or "wheat Jorms of transportati01I in matters of of liquor licensing by town boards; ity of humus in the soil. The booklet of the State Farm Mutual afforded by the clean accident record of hundred. of i belt" or "cotton belt" is that crops regulation, taxation, subsidy, and expanding of state police; revaluation declares that cyanamid makes a good thousands of polievholders. Write today fill" complete informadoa.. • . from these concentrated areas find the like. of farms after morjgage foreclosures manure in the soil from any kind of a market in all 48 states. with provisions for resale to dispos- crop residue, green-manuring crop, or That's the core of a program drawn That's one reason why the folks up by railroad men-a dear-cut sessed parties; eradication huana weed; continuation of mari- low-grade, strawy, barnyard manure. of county Copy of the booklet is free. Write ' STATE FAR U who live on farms have an in- prog a~ for a ~ublic tra!1sporta- terest in seeing that the rail- tion policy. You 11find this whole normal schools, and addition of thir- to the American Cyanamid Co., 30 teenth and fourteenth grades in high Rockefeller Plaza, New York, City. I SURA CE CO roads earn a living. program interesting. Send for your copy today. schools. BLOOM. "TO , o The Grange also asked revision of Walk-in Human Eye the state warehouse act to protect One of the great "sights"-literally ., owners of stored products, compulsory -at the ew York World's Fair 1939 -~------------~----""""'-_ ••• _-------..,,-,..,- •••••••• --- ••••• _tlIiIII_ •• _ inspection of cattle for Bang's disease, is to be the model of a human eye so Michigan State Farm Bureau, 221 N. Cedar, Lansing, Mich. retention of tax on oleomargarine, sen- large that it will permit several visi- State Agt., STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTO INSURA CE CO. ate approval of future reciprocal trade tors to enter it at the same time. It Without obligation send me all facta concerning the advantag of your utomo agreements, an investigation of farm is to look out through its huge lens- Insurance service. " Imachinery prices and continuation of the pupil-upon federal wool investigation. o the fair grounds. an ev r animated part Name ---~--~------------------------~---------~-~-~~-~~~ A.ddress 0- ettiug up that hi interest co-operattves was v ry 10 units of mrs' co-operatives in 1936 were 2 that this is brought about: (4) it must a comp tition within its particular 7/10 billion dollar over one quarter again revived. have loyal, intelligent, info m d pa- other agrIcultural products are ex- field which not only will bring direct o-operatives at one tim or an- ported through co-operative channels. of the to al volume of farm sales tor trons and member. benefits to those who trade at the other have thr lv d in PI' ctically omeone once said that democracy Co-operation ha brought the Danes the entire country. Patrona,e d vi- co-operative, but by virtue of that every country in the world. In the from a nation of tenant farmers until dend amount to bout $25 000,000 dol- alone cannot succeed but democracy competition will force all competing lars a ye r. 65% of all co-operatlves dictator countries of Europe, co-op- and education going hand in hand can at 1 ast 94% of the farmers in that By J. F. YAEGER business to revise its program to the country own their own land. Farmer are over ten years old. 2000 are over eratlves have been stamped out or ucceed. It is equally true that a co- Director of Membership Relation advantage of those who buy from or 25 y rs old. s of the co-ope a- taken over by the government. How- operative without education can never co-op ratives in D nmark handle % sell to that business. In other words, of every 10 unit of dairy produ t , 7% tives are on a fi financial toun~a- a co-operative? to bu Iness. Any city, church, and ev I' ev n in those countrtes, co-oper- fulfill to the greatest degree its pos- he high standard et by the co-op ra- ti n. Only half of the co-operatives die ion ry dine co- in fact, the United tates Itself, is a ation is still cretly discussed wher- ibilitie .. Those who would benefit to of every 10 units of pork products, tive forces other business to meet in the Unit d ta need to borrow op ra i e a "op ating jointly to the co-opel tive enterprise. Co-opera- ever those interested get together. any degree and in any manner from 6 % of every 10 units of f eds and arne end, as; co-operative tore, tives are based upon the realization that comp tition which react to the In d mocrattc nations the o-operattve a co-operative mu t be loyal to that grain, and operat 7 out of every 10 money. benefit of all in the community. Consumer co-operatives in the on h I' th owners make elr pur- that groups of people working together movem nt has grO'11 by I aps and co-operative at all times v n when it packing plants in the country. Some say that a co-operative organ- United States do an annual business chas nd hare in the 2n'01"t8 and in th ir common interests can ac- bound. means p rsonal sacrifice. Sweden ized under this philosophy is of far of about one-half billion dollars each 108.'1e.<;." complish things which individuals 4. What types of cc-operatives are This type of loyalty can only be se- In red 11 co-op rativ a tion has greater ben fit to the people whom it year, approximately 3,000 of them be- Dr. Wm. J) nnls, an ou tanding x- standing alone cannot hope to accom- there with regard to their functions? cured out of a deep con iction brought about usine s in galoshes affects than i any profit haring that brought about through education and so that four firms I' turned to their ing in operation. ponent of 0-0 I' tion in this country, pli h. And having made the effort Generally speaking. there are four might be accomplished. Michigan ays, "co-operation i n art. Coming and sacrifices necessary to bring typ s of co-operatives: 1) 1'1' ducer a thorough understanding of what the patrons oyer 121/2 million dollars in (2) Other co-operativ s, particular- In Michigan the large marketing co- together is a beginnIng; k eping to- about this group activity, those who co-op rative. 2) con umer o-opera- co-operative can do only if the various fourteen years. Within a year after ily the E glish consumer co-opera- operatives include the Michigan Ele- gether is pro I' ss; workin tog ther participate shall share in the fruit tive, (3) financial co-operati ·e. and factors that tend to make it successful "K. F." had declared a war upon th tives, are organized with the philos- vator Exchange, Michigan Milk Pro-, is succes ; thinking together is vic- of this project as well as be willing to (4) the. marketin eo-operative. are given every opportunity to func- galosh trust. the price of galoshes ophy of building up a monopoly as far ducers ssoctattou, Michigan Potato tory." accept whatever reversals there may Among American farm 1'. the pro- tion prop rly. There must be a real- dropped $1.20 a pair. One of every as possible in th ir pal t icular field Growers Exchange, Michigan Live- Dr. J. P. Warbasse, an out ·tanding be in bringing about a successful con- bl m of marketing first : 1'0'1 ed in- ization al 0 that the co-operatives by three households in Sweden are mem- and thereby control, from production stock Exchange. Mid-west P oducers xponent of consumer co-operation, clusion of the particular co-operative tere t in th co-operat.iv s. Through virtue of th competition it meets bers of the co-operatives. Co-oper- to consumption. all the activities in- Creameries, Michigan Farmers and ays, "a soci ty i a poor co-operative project in which they are interested. the marketing co-operat iv • farmers eventually reaches the point where ative activity in the electric light bulb cluded in producing a piece of mer- Manufacturers Beet Sugar Association if its purpose is only to run a cheap 2. What are the philosophies and are able to provide for themselves the direct benefits it can give its business there caused a reduction in chandise. By virtue of this monopoly Farm Bureau Fruit Products Com- stor or some other business enter- purpose of co-operatives? at cost the services usually provided members or patrons are not so great price to the consumer from 37c to 22c and control they hope to b able to pany, Michigan Wool Marke.ting As- . prise in order to save th members' Keeping in mind that we are deal- for them at a profit by the middleman. as to be always obvious. There must per light bulb. elimate the so-called wa t ful prac- sociation. money. The members of co-opera- ing with co-operatives from a business These marketing co-op ratives in- be a realization that people rather United States tices of competition, sales cost , ex- The Farm Bureau Services, Ino.. tive must catch the vision 0 its larg- viewpoint, there are two philosophies clude handling of milk. fruit, eggs, easily forget that the only reason In the United States co-operative cessive advert.is ing co ts, etc., and one of the large wholesale buying co- r possibilities.' of the functions of co-operatives: cotton. tobacco, nuts, in fact, to a that they enjoy these adv ntages business has doubled in the last five operatives. This discussion will d al with the (1) that the co-operative shall im- should have the advantage of stand- greater 01' lesser degree.v-practtcally from other sources is because the co- years. There exists in this country ardizing commoditi , I' ducing hand- Co-operative' action on the part of co-op rative a a bustne a enterprise. prove the standard of living of those all the farmer produces. It is estimat- operative ha set up the competition today about 16,000 farmer co-ops of these farmer groups has improved Co-operation. however, i not limited who participate and for others within ling charges, eliminatin overhead, ed that one out of ev ry t rree armers that brought these advantages into all types, serving about three million materially not only the price but also etc" etc., all of which it is argued. will belong to som c p n tive organiza- being. farmer members. It is estimated that the quality of those products in which result in being able to return to the tion. Employees of a co-operative under the net worth of all co-operatives is they deal. The marketing co-opera- consumer a dividend which in other the leadership of the management close to two hundred eighty-eight tives have stabilized the market and types of independently owned, com- must realize that they have an educa- million dollars. Gross sales by far- (Continued on page 2.) petitive business, would be spent in tional responsibility as well as tha t of UAL E TI G the operation of that business. just selling goods across the counter. Both types of co-operative are built They must become imbned with the Iectric Appliance ale upon the central idea tha t those who are patrons in either a selling or buy- ing process should own the elevator desire through make the co-operative Patrons and members their activities successful. must realize to store or factory and decide how the that their co-operative can be success- WIT HER ITE 5 FEE! business should be run. The producer ful only to the extent to which they type of co-operative us s these prin- patronize it and are loyal to it. At Farm Bureau Services Retail Store, 728 East ciples in much the same way as the Those who are elected to supervise hiawassee St., Lansing. See display at store and consumer co-operative except th t the management, the board of direct- arm Bureau bldg. Sale Ends Nov. 12. the Co-operative is opera ted with the ors, must realize their responsibility view of being as much of an advan- in seeing that the management at all CO-OP ELECTRIC REFRIGERATORS tage as possible to producers in the times is as efficient as it should be 8 cu. ft. Standard Refri erator, price $198.00 with 39.50 Radio marketing of any particular commod- and tends towards the objectives for FR~E ity. The CO-Opel' tive in th nited which the co-operative was set up. A 6 cu. ft. 'ooo}) Deluxe Retrigerator, $159.50 with 25.00 tates (and only the agricultural type co-operative is as good as or as bad as !tau tel' FREE of co-operative is legally recognized its members and the board of direct- under the apper-Volstead Law). ors and the management and em- CO-o ELECTRIC RANGE must do 50% or more of its busine s ployees make it. Combination coal. wood and 1 ctric ~171.50 with 39.50 Deluxe with members and 90% 01) these mem- A co-operative must employ the 2 peed Vacuum Cleaner FRE~ bers must be agricultural producers. same sound business principles that Co-op li~-16Delux blectl'ic Range 139.50 with Sunbeam Shave- 3. What is some of the history and any business must employ if it is to ICHIGAN farmers want rural electri .. rna. t r ThE bJ background of the co-operative? be successful. Its policies must be Jo-op B-36 Range 114.50 with '19.50 Vacuum 01' '1'-26 Radio Our present day conception of co-op- fication-and they're getting it from FRlE uch so as to at all times keep its eration started in the eighteen hun- management and financial matters on dreds in the Engli h village of Roch- firm foundation. Where operating the utility companies of the state. Michigan's CO-oP W SHING M CHINES dale, where irregular work at pitiful- capital is limited this many times 00·205 All White, double wall, lb. iVashillg Machine 64.50 with utilities have set a pace for the nation-' -and have ly small wages in the woolen and cot- means an even more strict financial s t of double drain tubs and 8 cup offee Brewer FREE ton mills, drove people to seek rem- policy than is employed by other bus- done it for years. Consumers Power Company 00-203 Washing • h chine 59.50 with utomatic Snap Stand edies for their miserable poverty. oness. Patrons, therefore, who are Iron FREE has just been recognized as a national leader in Twenty-seven men and one woman interested in the success of' the co- 0-201 Wa shing i lachine 49.50 with Waffle Iron or Toaster FREE pooled their pennies and organized operative should not only be tolerant this public service. under the name of the Equitable Soc- of this but should be insistent that CO-oP RADIOS iety of Rochdale Pioneers. At the such be the case even if it means per- end of one year they had saved 140 The farmers want rural electrification in a way CA-80 'a-OIl ' tub Radio '69.95 with automatic tuning ( 125.00 sonal sacrifice, at least, until such value)-b autiful console with your choice of food mixer, with which they opened a grocery time as the co-operative has operated that's dependable, permanent and economical. fully U oma tic toa tel' 01' Sunbeam Electric Shavemaster store in a basement room. They had long enough to be assured of a suc- < as their common int rest that of con- cessful future. Even then the board Consumers Power Company's program of con- REE '-65 Co-op 6 tube Radio '39.95 with Waffler, Toaster 01' Coffee sumers and they owned and operated of directors must be continually vigi- struction, operation, maintenance and cheap I' wer REE the store and shared in its profits and lant to be sure that improper business losses as consumers. practices do 110t creep in. All factors rates gives them known values In all respects. '1'-26 o-op Radio 6 tube table model $17.45 with Electric Per- cola tor FRIDE :At the end of the first year they must work together to make the co- had made $160 on a 3500 business. operative a success which gives rise co-OP ELECTRIC IRONERS o they decided that their members to the slogan, "Co-operation never F T • • • •• 'O-61Si\'1 Ironer, D lux -double thermostats $59.95 with Waffle had been charged too much and this fails; it's the lack of co-operation Iron 01' Toa tel' F1REE profit was returned is the underlying to them. principle This under that causes failure." (6) What progress has been made LOA TE New electric rate cuts C -OP VACUUM CLEANERS which all co-operatives are organized. by co-operatives? farm power costs. A simple rate, easy to figur~ 141C-2 speed Delu e 39.50 with 11.50 Hand Vacuum FREE But these dividends do not always Co-operatives have flourished and one of the cheapest in the United States. Well 131B --1 speed Vacuum 29.50 with complete set of attachments take the form of cash. Some times do flourish in every country except FREE dividends consist of special services where dictators have dissolved them. below •.co-op" scales. Opens the door to more 122E---- o-op acuum $19.50 with Westinghouse Flat Iron FREE or social benefits such as is the case The attitude of dictators towards co- in co-operative libraries, hospitals, operatives is very well explained by uses, with profit a ELECTRIC PUMPING SYSTEMS ete., or benefits may take the form of the statement of Konrad Heinlein Dayton 3213 De p Well Pump complete with 42 gallon tank, lowered prices for things bought or Hitler's agent in Czechoslovakia' fittings, air volume control and 1fa lIP motor and switch higher prices for the things sold. made recently in a campaign against $6 .00 They may result in an improved pack- co-operatives, According to Ludwig Don D p Well Pump with lh HP • otor ,74.50 ing or distribution which would make Lore, foreign news editor of the New Don' hallow Pump 250 GPH $32 00 for savings in costs. Improved qual- York Post, Heinlein said to the house- DOlT 'hallow Well Pump with 1 gallon cast iron tank $35.00 ity may be the service rendered or wives of the Sudeten area, "You must market stabilization might be the im- bny from the private retailer and not CO-oP ELECTRIC WATER EATER portant factor. from the co-operative. You must do Annual Meeting Regular Price The co-operative idea also spread to this even if an egg costs four times SALE PRICE 62 gallon 8 .00 $70.40 other countries. In Denmark market- as much, Co-operatives are un-Ger- G(I gallon 7 .00 62.40 ing co-operatives being by necessity were brought when the Danish may into all man. Co-operative Everyone of the 700 German societies within the 14 HOURS. 10 • llon 68.00 54.40 30 gallon farmer changed from wheat to dairy 2. Czech nation must be smashed as Hit- 62.00 49.60 farming. At that time 98% of the .., paid ler smashed The farmer connected to power company in 8 tJ. them in Germany." Co- W TE farms in Denmark contained less than operatives are democratic; dictators knows there will be plenty of capacity to supply all Annual Meting 150 acres while 38% ranged from 8 to are not. Regular Price SALE PRICE 25 acres. Out of this necessity of Throughout The World demands, and come storm or shine, the u ilit}'; oacks 20.000 Grain 90.00 - $ 72.00 change came the first dairy co-op- Some idea of the size of the co- up his service night and day. Keeping up lines, 30,000 Grain' 110.00 88.00 erative in 1 2. The movement has operative movement can be gleaned 0,000 Grain' 1:~5.00 108.00 grown until today Denmark is above from the fact that there are in the once they're in is one of the most important jobs- 60,000 Grain' 175.00 140.00 a 11 a land of co-operation. world one million members of co-op- In Sweden the co-operative move- and utility service is good "insurance". Ov r erative housing societies, two and one- UTOM TIC ELECTRIC W. TER SYSTEMS (COMPLETE) ment started out of a "bust the trust" half million members of workers pro- 12,000 miles of lines now supply over 50,000 - Guaranteed 3 years idea 39 years ago. The heart of the ductive and labor co-operatives, ten Stu-R'te 2 0 GPI vst 111 vith 1 movement in Sweden is the "Kooper- farms with the ~ complete good service features million members of co-operative gallon U 11 and all fittings 62.00 ativa Forbundet", familiarly known credit associations, twenty-eight and and low rates. ta-Rite 250 GPH sr ·tem with 42 Free installation throughout Scandinavia as "K. F:' one-half million members of agricul- gallon tan 66.00 on Water y terns t that tim one of the most power- Capper-Vel tead Law, under tural co-operatives, ninety-three and Sta-nite 360 GI;'lI ystern with 42 bought in this ul of trusts in weden wa the mar- the agricultural co-operatives one-half million members of consumer gallon tank 79.00 sale garine trust. The "K. F." answered nit d tates are organized, co-operatives. It is estimated that Sta-Rite 1'-;00GPH gallon tank - st m with 2 112.75 by buying a margarine became a wholesale factory producer. and half the population of Great Britain is represented in o-operative activity: "WE LIV " bitter price war followed. In 1911 England 0.1 Heads the monopoly had been broken up and d n the use the fanner ge s The fourth largest banking institu- , llou auk 111.50 Free installation a price of margarine was e tahlish d tion in England is a co-operative. In Its value depen s 0 d:ants-Co-o~era'" allon tank 125.00 on W ter Sy terns which co-operativ s consld r d fair 1 60 there were three co-operative . H needs-an .a llou auk 136.50 bought in this in relation to production cost . factories in En land. Today there out of It. e d means of put- ....aallon tank 146.50 sale Other line of co-operative manu- 3. . the ways an are one hundred ninety-five. Co-op- tive assistance In facture in Swed n includ flour rative in England and Scotland galoshes, el cric Iiaht bulbs. etc. ' carryon the largest tea business in . it to work. uos 241.25 Co-operatives in The United States the world. English co-operatives extra cost- Co-ope ati in merlca tarted in upply everything that a family needs', f us at no LLOW WELL PUMP th ea t about the s me time that the including a mod m bungalow with all This he gets ro~ d staff wor g w' Rochdale weav rs op n d their store, its furni hiugs, drugs for the medicine xpenence . 6 ,00 but with the opening of new frontier throug h an e 11 as wi h coU Y 7~ .00 ch t, quilt tor the beds and coal in · 1£ as we 4.00 lands to the we t and the coming of the cellar. It can supply clothing of the farmer h ImSe, . . s We're here 97.00 Free install tion ehe ivil 'Val'. the mov m nt prac- all sort , bicycl s, toys. baggage, all d f m olga Iza lon . on Wat r Systems ti ally di d out. food stuf, chocolate. preserves, agents an ar .ve Wiith it . 102.00 fter the tvil Tal', t '0 orgauiza- to do the job--an d 1 5. 0 bought in this candle . etc.. te. The London society 14 .00 sale tiou " the Knights of Labor and the en s 535,000 members with 200 gro- • Tational Grang, ncouragsd co-op 1'- cery and meat stores and 50 dry 125.00 at ive buying but again the 1110 m nt good stores. Between 19'29 and 19 .00 fail d to take root. How \ er, hortly 193 . during th d pth of the depres- before the World "\ ar, farmers were sion, Euglt h co-operatives returned taking h I ad in' organizing market- o their m mb 1'8 ix hundred million I ing co-operativ s, fter the orld dollars a p tronage dividend iehigan ar the loss of foreign markets, Denmark coupled with increa ed production. In D nmark. co-operati lia re 11 d r ult d to he disadvantage of fici ntly grown until 5 of ev ry 11 pounds of tb , merican farmer to the e t nt 1 dir butter, 12* of every 15 units of ba- Are Discussed at Pre-Convention ee lng • y • WASHINGTON REPRESENTATIVE OF THE AMERICAN FARM BUREAU FEDERATION Over 300 representatives from 38 County Farm Bureaus In an addre s on national azricultural l i lation, r. attended State Farm Bureau pre-convention meetings at Ogg asked that judgment a to the value of the nation I Ann Arbor, Fremont, Kalamazoo and Saginaw, October 17 farm program should be ba ed on fact alone, a difficul t to 20, to hear R. Wayne ewton, legislative counsel of the undertaking in the face of the propa anda being circulated State Farm Bureau, and W. R. Ogg, Washington represen- in an election year. tative of the Farm Bureau, dis cuss legislative matters in o recommendations were made by the convention which the Farm Bureau is interested. delegates attending these meetings. There was full di cu . Mr. Newton said that the greatest state problem in legis- sion, but action was reserved until all delegate a embl la tion at this time appears to be the matter of school at the annual Farm Bureau convention ov. 10. J. F. finances, as affected by policies regarding state aid to local Yaeger, director of membership relation, pre ided at th schools, and state payment of high school tuition for rural meetings. We present excerpts from Mr. Ogg's discussion pupils. of the reciprocal trade agreements and the AA of 1938: Reciprocal Trade Agreements ing basic principles;- imports to make up our deficits. On other countries. industrial reductions as agricultural. (From Address By W. R. Ogg) (5) To prote t consumers agalnst (1) That our domestic markets the other hand, our exports of these Take the Cuban agreement for ex- scarcity and abnormal price .. There Is no conflict between the Industrial Gains Help Farm AAA program and the trade agree- for farm products be prot .ct- drought-affected commodities were ample. Before the AAA and before Furthermore agrt ulture is benefit- (6) To provid a more quitabl ed from competing imports also curtailed. Thus, to use such the trade agreement program existed, ments program; instead they fit in ting from the increased purchase of formula for making farm acr ag Concrete aves barn and yard work by which depress farm prices be- comparisons is very misleading. Cuba which used to be one of our best farm products in our domestic mar- allotments. one with the other. We had to reduce making milking, feeding, atering, low parity levels. Now Agr'l Exports Are Up customers for lard, had virtually cut 'What about some of the criticisms the production of four exportable crops kets, which is resulting from foreign Today the situation is completely off our exports by raising her tariff stable cleaning and all the od job because foreign nations have raised (2) That the program be directed reversed. increased outlets for indu trial goods. of. the act? T'h re ar folk who say The effects of the drought against our lard to 9.8c per pound, easier. Your pl look b tt 1', P Y such enormous trade barriers against primarily toward reducing our are gone and what is the situation? The more industrial goods that can th act has fail d. They make this our farm products that we had lost a plus a consumption tax. Under the be sold abroad-the great the statement because of low prices. It better. Housework is en ier be u excessive industrial tarttts and Our agricultural exports in the fiscal Cuban Trade Agreement she reduced I' large part of our foreign outlets. amount of employment and payroll is not the act which has fail d, he- ther 's le mud track d in wh n securing concessions from far- year ending June 30, 1938 showed an her duty progressively over a three- We had no alternative but reduce eign nations that will expand increase of 22% in value and 41% in year period to 11hC per pound, and for industrial workers in the cities cause the act has not ha a full 0 - clean concrete is on th job. production, as there was no use pro. our exports of our farm sur- quantity who constitute the principal market portunity to op rat. If ongress had It's simple and in xp nsive to build above 1936-37, while our eliminated the consumption tax on for our dairy products, fruits and veg- a ted over a year ago , h 11 Farm duclng for markets which no longer pluses. total competittve imports of farm lard. ,; ith concrete - and it'll s rv for existed. It is imperative, therefore, As a result our lard exports etables, and all oth l' farm products. Bureau leaders and the S retary of What are the facts as to the commodities decreased 32% and non- to Cuba increased from 10,000,000 generations. You can do the w rk that we' restore our foreign outlets in 1)1'0- The trade agreements program, Agriculture appeal d for action, our yourself. Or get a concrete contr ctor competitive imports decreased 15% pounds in 1932-33 to 45,000,000 pounds therefore, order to resume a higher level of pro- gress of this program? A total of 17 0 is brigging suh tantial sitnation would have b en much bet- trade agreements are now in effect. Our total farm exports were the great- in 1937-38 or 4% times as much as we tel' today. our cement dealer can put you in duction of these export products, That benefits to agrtcultm e in two ways- is the objective of the trade agree- These countries represented 40 per est since 1930-1931. sold before the. trade agreement. first in redu ing xc ssive industrial touch with a good concr t builder. The act d id not h corne Tr until ments program which the American cent of our export trade in 1929. An Agr'l Imports Are Down Similarly, in the case of flour, Cuba tariffs which foster monopolies and The ch ck list b low will h lp y u the winter of 19:18, after the v inter agreement with Great Britian is now In other words, this year imports reduced her flour duty in the trade p naIize farmers who purcha e thes decide what improv m nt you n Farm Bureau Federation is advocat- wh at crop had be n plant d. The ing to be followed. pending which if successfully negotiat- have dropped off drastically and ex- agreement and our exports increased commodities, and s cond in obtain- oth r programs had to b put into ef- mo t. We'll gladly send f pl ns ed may be more important than all the ports have increased greatly. For from 738,000 barrels to 1,023,000 bar- ing increased outlets for our farm sur- fe t hastily. The AAA was not responsible for W hav not had eft o- and suggestions. others combined, as the United States example, we exported 68,829,000 bush- rels, a 39% increase, whereas our plus, which the loss of our foreign outlets. of our loss in farm exports occurred Most and the British Empire together carry els more corn than we imported; on 40% of all our foreign trade. 99,526,000 bushels flour exports to all other countri s larger volume of produrttion. more wheat ex- increased only 15%. will make pos. ihle a tive surplus control sin act was invalidat <1 hy the Suprern th . or lginr I PORTLAND -- Pa t thi list 011 a postal az d mail tod ty --- ------ CEM NT AS OCIATION prior to the adoption of the AAA in AAA Of 1938 Court in early 1936. Prl s are low Opt. Wll·4, Old Tow r Bldg, Lansin , Mi h. Agricultural Imports Situation ported than imported; 204,961,000 Good Results Apparent 1933. We lost our outlets because of What about the new A of b caur e of the normous. urplu ,s o Dairy Barns 0 Hog House What about the imports of agricul- pounds more of pork exported than An unbiased appraisal of the facts, It is the best program we have o Floor the excessive trade barriers of foreigri. vel' that we now lu on hahd. This 0 Grain Bins tural commodities? imported, yet the trade agreements therefore, certainly points inevitably o Genera I Purpose fl Milk Houses nations, many of them raised in retal- had to deal with the surplus problem. mak s it all the mol' n ssary to Bar-ns U POUltry Houses The facts are these: -Imports of are all still in effect. to the conclusion that we are now It is based on the practica I exp rience maintain this act in ord r to prot ct o Foundations, Walls Tanks nd Tr u h iation against our own high tariffs. o certain agricultural commodities did It would be just as misleading, how- making some definite substantial pro- Storag Cellars 0 Cone ret Making For example in February, 1933, Ger- obtained under the agricultural ad- increase greatly in the period 1935- ever, to say that all of the increased gress through the trade agreements many raised her duty against our lard from $1.08 to $5.40 per hundred, and raised it again in May to $9.40. At 1936 and 1937 in comparison 1932. Opponents of the trade agree- agreements with exports are to b~ credited to trade program in lowering the tariff bar- justment as it was in previous riers against our ments program have seized upon this years during the drought to say that and getting embodies programs the best foreign products, these programs. Its fundamental since 1933. It f atures of all ob- o (,. AI increased outlets. On jectives are: that time Germany also levied a duty of $1.62 per bushel on wheat; four and have flooded the country propaganda to the effect with the increased that our trade agreements. imports were due to the other hand our domestic markets (1) To maintain as nearly a poss- RTI STEEL C times the pre-war tariff. Other na- ha ve been protected in the trade ible an adequate staple supplies. This for Top Prices markets have been swamped with im- Applying The Yardstick agreements through quota restrictions tions, such as France, Italy, Nether- will be a benefit not only to the pro- Scientifically built and ventilated for Quick curing -- • 0 MORE ports that have wrecked prices and In order to get a measure of the and other provisions against exces- ducers of these commoditie , but also lands and even England raised their that these imports are due to trade OFT COR . Rat. Mouse. Vermin, Fire and Weather Proof. duties against our farm products. effectiveness of trade agreements let sive imports that would depress to dairymen lartin Building are shipped knocked-down _. all part!! accur- agreements. us see how our exports to trade prices below parity levels. and livestock feeders ately fitted -- all hardware furnished. Easily Rnd quick] rect; .~"""",,",..,. Our agricultural exports in 1932-33 They generally compare the im- who have to purchase feed. They will ed, SAVE MO EY -. Buy direct from factory. Low price. __ were the lowest in value since 189"6. ports in one of these years with the agreement countries compare to our Another misleading bit of propa- be benefited by stable supplies of f d liberal cash discount or easy payments, OUR E GI EERS gladly recommend the b t building Cor exports to other countries. ganda which cannot be sustained by at fair prices. No wonder our surpluses piled up in year 1932. This is very misleading, your particular needs -- no obligation. our domestic markets! During the fiscal year ending June the facts is that agrt ulture has been 1M EDIATE SHIPMENT (rom the world's oldest and I rgcst as our imports in 1932 were down to 30, 1938, as compared with the two- sacrificed for the benefit of industry (2) To assure parity prices and m nufacturer of teel Farm Building. Trade Agreements Program record low levels due to the depres- year period 1935-1936, our total farm in the trade parity income to co-operating farmers, Write for literature and price. The trade agreements program is sion. Imports were largely curtailed exports to trade agreement countries agreements program. with provisions for commodity loans seeking to readjust our excessive in- then, but who wants to go back to increased 55%, while our farm ex- What are the facts? Out of 4,900 and parity payments to safeguard dustrial tariffs on the one hand, anti 1932 prices? On the other hand the ports dutiable items in 0 Tariff Act on to non-trade-agreement coun- January 1, 1937, the duties had heen prices of co-operating farmers when regain oar foreign outlets for farm imports in 1935·37 were increased ab- tries increased only 3%. On the other prices drop b low parity 1 vels. products on the other hand. reduced on 823 items in sixt en trade normally due to shortages on account hand our imports of agricultural pro- agreements, (3) To continue the soil conserva- The American Farm Durcau Feder- of our severe droughts in 1934 and ducts during and of these 823 items, tion program. the same period de- 701 were industrial or non-agricultur- ation has supported the i~e~otiation 1936, which had the effect of raising creased 3% from trade agreement al, and 122 were agricultural, (4 To provide effective surplus of trade agreements upon the follow- our prices abnormally or a and inviting countries, and increased 4% from all control which will prevent the dump- ratio of nearly seven times as many ing of excessive surpluses on the mar- ket to wreck farm price levels. ARE FARM The 1938 crop of wheat will bring farmers substantially less than last year's crop of 50 million bushels less, Junior It takes a lot of work to keep a good show going. P ICES TOO HIGH? or the 1936 crop of 275 million bushels less, A similar story can be told with Farm Over the State About three hundred people turned out for a sugar beet m chinery dem- the figures for other crops. Editor Clifford Gregory Asks Neither wages nor industrial prices Wisconsin Leaders What fluctuate like farm prices do. The Bureau: onstration conducted by the Gratiot Junior Farm Bureau at the. Saldeen reason Is that labor controls its out- farm east of Beebe. Gerald Lake, Rich- They Mean Personal Comment ard Stahl, George chl del', and put, and so does industry. Control of supply is the only' method that has About Young People others ably a isted Wilbur aId en In addressing tile American Insti- ever been discovered to stabiltze in bringing to their locality the latest tute of Co-operation last July, Dean 'prices and maintain them at a profit- development on sugar. beet harvest- Ohrts L. Christensen of the Wiscon- able level. There is no reason to At the call of President Lloyd Rue- ing. sin College of AgrIculture said: believe that farmers can find any sink, of Adrian, •.about 600 members of Mr. Lyle Ander on agricultural "For centuries it was considered other way to accomplish that result. the Michigan Junior Farm Bureau will teacher, talked to the Dowagic Junior FOR 18 YEARS the Elevator Exchange has unethical and in some instances un- It should be remembered that many convene at the People's church in Farm Bureau an apprenticeship farm- secured for fanners 'and &1vators the good lawful to forestall production of essen- of the 'ill nourished, ill clothed and East Lansing, Friday morning, No- ing as a new plan for interesting and tial goods. But today that practice is ill housed" are farmers. They are in vem'ber 11th. Routine business, ban- educating younger men in this voca- prices for grain and beans. But there's mor elevated to a national virtue. For the that state because of lack of parity quet and dance consists brieft.y the tion. "Membership is on the up- to the' story,- first time in our history the resources between their prices and the prices O!f outline of the session. swing" says Jeanette Swischer. "We of the government are devoted to reo cf,ty goods. The !following subjects will be dis- received 13 new members last week." During those years the Exchange ha ducing the supplies of the necessities It is simply wishful thinking to say cussed in :the convention meetings: Montague Junior Farm Bureau an- of life-and at a time when one-third that the proper remedy is to put Constitutional amendments new con. nounces Clark Rager as their new paid to the elevators more than $500,000 in of the population is underfed, under- wages and industrial prices on the test procedure, aims and objectives !president. Other new officers are patronage dividends on the same business! clothed and underhoused." auction block along with farm prices. for the year, finances radio program, Paul Baerman, vice president; Gert- ,Similar statements have been made No one seriously ex-pects that that leadership camps, and resolutions. rude Ramthun, sec'y-treasurer; liar- That's a worth while second helping! It ha recently by Governor Phil LaFollette will be done. If it could be, the re- Mrs Audra Gingrich, popular Indiana jorie Meinert, publicity. Their new meant more money to farmers. No other and Lieut.-Governor Her:man Ekern. sults might not !be as good as we and Illinois young people's director, club house is to be redecorated by a Just what does this all mean? Does might expect. will be the speaker for the banquet. committee headed y the vice presl- elevator marketing system in Michigan has it mean that these capable leaders of Much simpler is the Wallace plan of Anyone who has met and worked dent, Bob Cockerill, and Don Friday. such a record. public opinion in Wi'sconsin Ibelieve reasonable control of farm production with "Audie" does not need a second leta Meinhert and Al Baerman and that ,farmers are making too much and marketing, with stored supplies invitation. She will deliver an insptr- the president are planning a sea on Fanner patronage of the Michigan Elevator money, and that consumers are conse- to protect the consumer, and !With re- ing pep talk. Don't let anyone miss "Hard Times" party. quently paying too much for food? Exchange has grown. For ten years it haa sulting stability of farm income and thds! Favors will be given to the Gratiot club house is freshly paint- It doesn't seem that it could mean 'buying power. ladies and the decorations will be ed white. Since the 'boys took in sold the largest volume of grain and beans anything else. If as ,the dean's state- Such a plan will decrease, not in- unique. ladies, the group is shining up the marketed for Michigan farmers by anyone ment would seem to imply, one-third crease, the number of people in the . 1 headquarters for a busy year. of the lpopulation is undernourished cities who are ill fed.-By Cliff Greg- Other detalls are in charge of Evert Madge Ladner reminds us again of Michigan firm. because "the resources of the govern- ory, in Wjsconsin Vander Menlen, McBain student at the pride Saginaw Junior Farm Bu- Agriculturist & ment are devoted to reducing the sup- Farmer. M. S. C., who announces Bill Heldt, reau takes in being able to make Try the grain and bean marketing service 'Plies of the necessities of life", the ~awren,?e, as toa termaster. George $100.00. "It was hard :work but plenty natural conclusion must be that they Elm~r Schlede~ tells a new story. of fun doing it." laughs the young of the Michigan Elevator Exchange. W haY are undernourished because the neces, How Farm Co-ops Surprtse music IS in store. ewly lady. It seems that be e n Madge helped others do better in selling their cro..- e~ected officers will be installed at this nd Evelyn Brower as umpire and sities of life are costing them too much, These complaints must neces- Handle Earnings We can help you. Farmers' co-operatives turn 65 per tIme. scorekeeper, Saginaw beat Bay ity sarily be directed at food prices, be- The dance following will be held in baseball. cause there is plenty of food for all cent of their net earnings back to their in the college gym annex. Phyllis Van Buren Is swelling with pride! who are a ble to pay the going prices. patrons in the form of patronage divi- Clothier, orth Branch so homore at And with good rea on. Carl nder- Then Why not come out plainly and dends, the survey found. In 1936, M. S. C., is in charge of activities. son, Myron Larsen and David Madi- say t at ·farmers are getting too much farmers received $25,380,000 in patron- " othing but the best" says Phyllis. son fixed p a fine 1Ioat to exhibit in tor their products so that we can age dividends, while $13,306,000 was We have ate Fry and his 10 piece the Decatur celery festival. ow have a clear-cut issue to debate? It diverted from the net earnings of divi- orchestra. This i the 'best dance they have a silver loving cup--first AlbIon E1eYator Co. Is not a sufficient answer to say that dend-paying co-ops to build up their Croswell Co-op Co. lela Farmers Co-op Co. Piqeon-Co-op Elev. 6. M1V.Au'n band on the campus. prize in the agricultural class! All89Qll Fa:rmera Co-op A.'n Declrer Co-op Co. Imlay City-Lapeer Co. Co-ops the criticism is directed at middle- capital. Over 37 per cent of the coun- The iorch Welcome! lad Axe-Farmers EleT. Co. Deerfield Co-op Au'n JOD" Co-op Au'n Pinconninv-Farm Plainwell Co-op Co. Bur. Servic •• men's charges, because the thing that try's co-ops reported that they paid Bancroft-Farm Bureau Serric-. Delton Farm Bureau EleT. Co. Kent City Farm Bureau Portland Co-op Co. The latest issue of the "Torch" is We welcome three new groups this Battle Creek Farm Bureau A.°n DowaQiac Fa:rmers Co-op As.'n IOnde-Farmers Co-op Gra1D Co. ReadiDv Co-op Elevator is complained of is control of produc- dividends in the survey year. Pur. Bay City-Farm Bureau s.nc•• £au Claire Farmers Excbcmve for now in the hands of all Junior Farm month. ani ee, ashtenaw, and Lake Odeaea Co-op Au'D Reese Fanners Coo-p Au'n tion, and middlemen's tolls are about chasing associations accounted Bureau members. It was pon ored Montcalm have formally organized. Beulah-SelUde Company BUsafleld Co-op Co. Elkton Co-op Farm Produce Co. LanslDq-Farm Bureau Servic:•• Rocldord Co-op [Jev. the same when ,production is large as nearly 32 per cent, and fruit and vege- BreekeDridqe-Farmera Falmouth Co-op Mktljf. Au'D EleT. Co. Fowler-Farmers ~r-Lapeer Co. Co-ops Ruth Farmers Devator when it is mall. If e are not to control production, table co-ops for over 29 per cent of the this time by the Farmers and Manu- Officer for Montcalm are Ch . John- dividends paid in 1936, as they return- facturers eet Sugar Ass'n. The n son, pre ident and Robert Ra mus en, Bridqewater-Farm Bzonaon Co-op Company ••.• Prod. Co. Fowlerville-Farmers Co-op Co-op Grand BlaDc Co-op £lev. Co. 'n Lawrence Co-op Co. Marcellus-Four Sa~-l" Counties Co-op ScotMlJe-Mcqon Marlette Farmers Co-op £leT. Co. St. lous Co-op Co. Ul'eau Co. Co-op "-I. letter includes many fine pictures. ie president. Bucbcmcm Co-ops, Inc. Grand IAdljfe Produce Co. Marshall-Farmers Elevator Co- Saline Mercantile Co. if farmers are in duty bound to pro- ed to their patrons $8,03 ,000 and $7,- Byron Center Co-op Co. Grass Lake El.vator Co. Martin farmers Co-op ExcbaDC,Je Snover Co-op £lev. Co. Keep the nap- hot coming-they cer- ashtenaw elected Gordon Van- duce 11they can, and if it is unethical 529,000, respectively. CaledODla FCIIIIMraEleT. Co. Hamilton Fa:rm Bureau Mempm. Co-op Co. South Haven Fnail ~ ~ainly nltv nand increa e personal r Riper, president; G or~e Brett chnld- Quo Farmers Co-op £I••• Co. Hart-Farm Bureau Sen'ic:es Middleton Farmers El••• Co. Stanton Ele"ator Co. tor tbe government to help them to ea.. City-Fa:rm Produce Co. Hartiord Co-op EleY. Co. ~ City-Farmel'll £ley. Co. Three Oaks Co-ops. Inc:. Interest. er, vice president; Elsie Me t r, sec'y- redu production a it has helped Beef Cattle Cassopol1a--Ccua Co. eo.op. Haslett £leT. Au'n ML Clemens-Farmers MiJJiDVCo. Tndcmt :rann Bureau Radio treasurer. . Charlotle-Farmers Elnator HaatiDe,s-Farm aw.au SerYfc.- MI. Pleasant Co-op II••, Co. MiDia9 Co. them to Increase it, then the Inevit- If all the beef cattle in the United CbetIcmlDq Farmers EleT. Co. Hemlock Co-op £lev. NasbYiUe Co-op £lev. AW. U~?nVII The radio program tor the ,past few ~fary Ander on report hat two Coldwa'ter Co-op Co- Water10w Co AMI. able result is lower prices for farm States were in a procession, moving HlCJhkmd Producers Au'n New Haven Farmers De". ~ 1r aIor product. weeks has been under the direction meetings have been held in Manistee. Co1emcm-Fa:rm Bureau £lev. HoDand Co-op Au'n NUes Farmers. Inc. W I' EI • Co. four abreast at a speed of four miles of George Schleder. Further plans Constcmtbae Co-op CQ. Howell Co-op Co. Oxford Co-op El•• ator It ill not do 0 say that farmers an hour, it would take them more will be -dlscussed at the convention. Lisle is the term used to designate CoopermDe Coop ~. C0- Hudaoa.,w..-r •••.• Co-op n..... Parma Co-op E1ev. Co. Woodl.an~I-I~Q'yrn:s'U*lIUS ••.•••• YpaiJanti F can alntain adequate incomes by than four having more to sell at lower prices. point. months to pass a given Gather up all the idea and contribute th m. sk ev rybody for uggestions. spun and singed. fine, smooth, two-ply cotton, tightly co-a VE anJ~ 'Dwnul~ OVE:MBER 5, 1938 ere It take bard rg ( nUn ed from pag 2) ork, struggte and dis- ppolntment to ring abo t real ac- compl1shm nt wIth the participation co F ED of its member, the only basis upon hlch a farm organization can llve. I am not dwelling at any length on the policies of other farm organiza- Balance Your Farm Grains tion as I do not have the authority to peak for them. However, as I am peaking as a representative arm Bureau, I shall endeavor of the to with point out briefly a few of the signill- ant point and trends, of our process. Farm Bureau Experiences The Farm Bureau, now twenty years old, has endured through the years in FA lURE U co CE TRATES the face of criticism, diftlculties and disappointments. The early e1forts of the Farm Bureau to secure a gas tax was one of the most useful services Grinding and Mixing Service rendered by farm organizations. It re- lieved the farmer of building roads Bring your shelled corn, heavy oats, barley and wheat to from property tax that were worn out your Farm Bureau dealer for grinding and mixing with Farm by city motorists, and removed an unbearable tax burden from his Bureau dairy and poultry feed concentrates. shoulders. Later the Farm Bureau was influent- ial in securing the enactment of the township road bill which applied WE RECO M D THESE FORMULAS: 4,000,000 of the funds resulting from gasoline taxes to the improvement of 16% LAYING MASH the town hip roads. It provided for 100 100. of MID :YIAIDBALA CER 32% protein mixed with 300 lbs. of the eventual building and maintenance either of the following ground farm grain mixtures will make 400 lbs. of all township roads at county ex- of one of the best 16% LA YI G MASHES. Mermaid Balancer con- pense and with county machinery, and tains Manamar (kelp and fish meal to supply minerals. (Feed removed the burden from the farmer's scratch grains at night.) property tax. Later, the Farm Bureau was active in securing the return of 1. 200 Ibs. Corn, 50 Ibs. Wheat, 50 Ibs. Oats. types of farm 'People the opportunity all of the weight tax to the counties for they desire to express themselves and 2. 100 Ibs. Corn, 100 Ibs. Barley, 50 Ibs. Wheat, 50 Ibs. Oats. county road building purposes. I had participate in working out of their diftl- the privilege of serving as a member culties. Furthermore, a combination 160/0 LAYING MASH of the State Committee appointed by Governor Brucker to work this out. All of these road measures together of the e1forts of what we term the more radical farm organizations with 10,500 FAMIL ES 100 lbs. of FAR:\I BUREA POULTRY SUPPLEME may b used in plac of Mermaid Balancer 32% with the above farm T 32% protein remov d one of the largest items from the farmer's tax receipt. the more conservative ones often pro- duces a result that neither could ac- IN THE FARM BU EAU grain mixtures for a good and somewhat cheaper 16% protein Laying Iash. complish alone. Schools And Sales Tax Help For example, the Amer1ean Farm Community Farm Bureau Has The Farm Bureau has been active on the school question and the secur- Bureau has worked for the lowering of the interest rate on Federal Farm Been a Great Help in 16% DAIRY 18% DAIRY ing of more than $20,000,000 of state Loan mortgages to 3%% and is The Program (With Alfalfa Hay) (With Clovor Hay) (With Alfalfa Hay) funds coming from the sales tax, credited with being one of the fore- At the time of the annual meeting, 300 Ibs. any mixture farm 200 lbs. any mixture farm 200 Ibs. any mix, corn, oats, other state revenues for direct aid to most organizations the Michigan State Farm Bureau will grains grains wheat or barley. in holding down schools. Also, the exemption of agr l- the rate of interest. report about 10,500 member families. 100 lbs, Milkmaker 34% or 100 Ibs. Milkmaker 34% or 100 Ibs. BUREAULAS 26% However, the cultural supplies from the sales tax, Farmers Union advocated an interest Of the 43 County Farm Bureaus, 26 Mermaid Mermaid saving the farmer $1,250,000 per year, rate of 1% % and in other respect have more paid-Up members than they Milkmaker 32% Milkmaker 32% 300 Ibs. a was one of the outstanding accomplish- much more drastic measure. had a year ago. Of the remaining 17, WITH CLOVER HAY use 100 lbs. of farm grains and 100 Ibs. of Quite ments of the Farm Bureau. five are not over a dozen or so mem- 400 Ibs. 300 Ibs. Bureaulas. Makes an 18% protein feed. possibly the efforts of tbe Farmers The coming session of the 1939 leg- Union had an important bers behind their record of a year influence in islature wlll need to be carefully securing the 3 % % rate. ago. watched to prevent the reduction of During the year membership work Working Together E ----SH Has What it Talces to these school revenues, including the has progressed very satisfactorily, The manner in which the Grange, tuition of rural school students, and lFalmel Union and F'arm Bureau particularily in areas where there are efforts to do away with. the farmers have eo-operated with the REA pro- Community Farm Bureaus under able sales tax revenues in the scramble gram is an illustration of how the leadership. that will probably take place to se- farm organizations of Michigan have The Community Farm Bureau PRODUCE EGGS! cure additional state revenues. been working together. groups show great possibilities for We joined with our national organ- On the present Tax Study Commis- localizing the Farm Bureau program izations in seeing that agricultural sion appointed by Governor Murphy, and for keeping the member informed labor was exempted from the wages Mrs. Dora Stockman, representing the and sold on his own organization. and hours law and did our best to get Grange, and myself of the Farm Bu- The Farm Bureau slogan through a broad enough definition of the term reau, are co-operating in voicing the the winter will be "Build a program." On the Henry Van Sickle farm, the hens to protect the farmer. By next spring the County Farm Bur- Farm Supplies Service views and interests of ageicultnre. Both the Grange and Farm Bureau eaus and the State Farm Bureau will were divided into two pens of 90 each. The Farm Bureau seed program has have Junior departments and each have well established programs for The group fed Mermash produced 532 made th teaching of the College et- organization holds a large and suc- 1939 under way. ective by providing a means for the cessful young people's camp each eggs in 12 days. The other group on an- farmer to secure known origin north- year. With the efforts of both of them One Man One Vote Plan ern grown seed. It has revolutionized only a small portion of the young Used By Most Co-ops other mash produced 427 eggs in 12 the practices of the seed trade gener- men and women on the farms are be- ally so that private concerns have had ing reached so why not encourage The "one member-one vote" princi- days. to render better service. The same both organizations in the effort? Even ple, generally accepted as an ideal is true of Farm Bureau open formula a little friendly rivalry does no harm basis of voting under most conditions, feeds and other merchandising poli- and results in serving a large num- is used by 86 per cent of all farmers' cies. We are well started with a tract- ber of young people than either or- co-ops in the United States, according to the FCA survey. Ownership of of 105 EGGS for MERMASH! or and farm machinery program which ganization could reach alone. is designed to give the farmer relief We have attempted to discuss and stock or other membership equity de- on his burdensome machinery problem. illustrate three major considerations termines the voting privileges in 12 Each group of hens was fed one-half mash and one-half grain at the Relationship with Others for a uccesstul farm organization, per cent of the co-ops, and 125 associa- rate of 2S pounds of feed per day per 100 hens. A third es entia; for a successful and namely, (1) an active and loyal mem- tions have a set-up in which patronage fJer1nanent o1'ganization is a proper bership, (2) a worthwhile and service- alone, or a combination permitting one In 12 days the Mermash group got 13 S pounds of Mermash and pro- relationship to other farm organiza- able program, (3) a friendly and co- vote to each member plus patronage tions. operative relationship with other farm votes, governs the voting. duced 8% more dozens of eggs. At 30 cents per dozen, the Mermash Ve cannot expect the farmers them- organizations. group produced $2.62 MORE INCOME IN 12 DAYS. selves to compos their individual In a broader sense farm organiza- Medicated Soap differences and co-operate to the fullest tions have a real responsibility in fur- Medicated and antiseptic soaps, like With eggs at 30 cents per dozen, Mermash returned $1.94 more per extent unless their leaders make a thering the interests of democracy all other soaps, are valuable only be- reasonable effort to work together. and freedom in our great nation. The cause they get rid of dirt and grease cwt., to Mr_Van Sickle than the second feed did. Experience has demonstrated that individual initiative exercised by farm which may carry bacteria; since they no one farm organization 'Will answer people through their farm organiza- remain on the skin in a weak solution the needs and desires of the farmer. tions is a great factor to this end for a short time, it is doubtful if they FARMERS FIND ME'RMASH A PROF IT ABLE FEED! Different organizations give different and greater ,particiJpation on the part kill germs, say scientists. CAN INCREASE THE 5 w. buy and co-oP clean seed ic 0 UTTE WE FACE THE FACT THIS FALLthat for the WE BUY MICHIGAN-r.-~mil!~N alfalfa, red clover, al- f.. .,.' sike and swet clover seeds. Send us 8 ounce repre- sentative sample for bid. Take equal amounts from each TWO-HORSE first ten months of 1938we have had the largest bag to make mixture, from which to take sample . . . Let us clean your seeds in our modern plant. Very SPREADER So tight in draft, you can pull it by one hand with beaters in action. production of milk and butter on record for any reasonable charges. Send sample and we will advise Automotive type wheel swing for making sharp turns. Passes through narrow doors. Top of box only 3 feet from ground. Less work to load. similar period in the history of the industry. cleaning needed and price. Have seed. cleaned early. Plenty of clearance. Fits. under. carrier. Shreds and pulverizes manure thoroughly. 60 bus. capacity. WIde, even spread. Broad tread. See this Our cleaning service ends December 31. time-and-labor-saving spreader Soday at your Co-op store. Present prices for butter can be increased. How? Increase the consumption of butter! That will reduce the surplus. This is a matter in which the producef$ of butter can take a Cha ge to Farm Farm Bureau's hand. Producers and their families can do it. Bure u W TE OILS Reliable adiator A TI-F EEZE If every farm family were to increase its Farm Bureau wax-free, zero motor oils consumption of butter by one pound a week, make starting easy. They lubricate Per- the price depressin~ surplus would disappear fectly at all temperatures. 1. NOR WAY rapidly. We need to patronize our own METHANOL ANTI-FREEZE. Three quarts do work business---and generously. of 4 of ordinary alcohol. Practically odorless. BUREAU PENN and MIOCO Won't damage cooling system. motor oils and greases are the 2. UNICO best Pennsylvania and Mid- United Co-ops 200 proof ethyl alcohol anti-freeze. A UGH A PRODUCERS' CREAMERY Continent, long wearing lubri- high grade safe product. cants. They are priced attrac- 3. ALCOHOL tively at co-ops. Completely denatured. Anti-rusting. OFFICES··224 W. JEFFERSON STREET. SOUTH BEND. INDIANA Portland-FarmBUNaUCr. M I CHI G A MarcellusCo-opCreamery K YOUR OO-OP FOR FARM BUREAU ANTI-FREEZE Rushville-£.Cent. Co-opCr. ColdwaterDairyCompany NasbvUl...rarmeraCreamery ConstantineCo-opCreamery NUH-ProducersDairy TEN N E SSE E Carson Cify-DairylandCr. SL LouiaCo-opCnamery Gallatin-SumnerCo. Co-opCr. Murfreesboro-Ruthenord oleasnu. Co-opCream ry Co-opCr. FremontCo-opCreamery Grant Co-opCreamery LcnnenceCo-opCnamery ILL I N 0 I S AtwoodCo-opCreamery ar rea ra d SUDI~I·eS 3 0 Far ers lev rs • 6, O()(),000 pounds of! hutter UALLY A BU EAU VIC , L nsin., Ie •118n