EEP UP On News Interesting to Farmers Through the Farm News Vol. XVII, No. 7 FA M R A K p OG A Spe leers Behind the WAG & nOll MIDWEST FARM BUREAU a.t the TRAINING SCHOOL Wheel ACT EXEMPT ON. Michigan State College Union Memoria.l Building July 16-20, 1939 With J. F. Yaeger, eoeral Hundt d Coming from Fight Effort to Extend City SUNDAY, JULY 16 Director of Membership Pay and Time to All 2:00 P.M. Registration and Room Assignment, Union Building, J. Iich- Bureaus for Meetin ,July 1 Relations igan State College, East Lansing, Uchigan Agr'I Operations to 4:30 P.M. Marjorie Karker and R. W. Tenney Member Inuit d; Man 6:00 P.M. Reception and Dinner-Union Buildini DICE The American Farm Bureau, in co- The Nebraska Farm Sure u dele ation will 7:30 P.M. J. F. Yaeger, Presiding Over a month ago Mr. Wilbur M. operation with the National Grange Lincoln, leaving at 6 a. m. Friday, July 1 , and Vesper Services Paul, Muskegon county fruit grower and other farm groups, has been at East Lan lng, Michig n, Sunday noon, July 1 . Music had just gambled $100, in the form of carrying on a vigorous battle through- Address-Dean E. L. Anthony, School of Agriculture, a barrel of nicotine, with Old Man out the present session of Congress This is typi I of th ann un State College Weather in an attempt to win a crop to secure for agriculture broader ex- publi ation of t n midwest rn of fruit. It was the day before the emptions from the federal wages and MONDAY, JULY 17 big freeze. Recently I saw Mr. Paul hours act. There is a determined b sending stat and ounty I Morning Session again and asked him 'how the "dice attempt to force upon agriculture the 9:00 A.M. Call to Order-J. J. Jakway, President, Michigan State Farm Bureau States Training Scho I at Mi hi game" came out. application of the wages and hours Farm Bureau College from Sunday, July 16, through Thur d y, jul 1. "I lost," said he, "the entire crop act as applied to manufacturing. Community Singing-Led by Benjamin F. Hennink on that ten acres froze out." He The Michigan State Farm Bureau Address of Welcome-Dr. R. S. Shaw, P esident, Mich- F rom the sweltering corn b It and th wh t t t estimates that instead of the 5,000 has assisted by presenting to Mich- 1. L. WIL ON the midw st they will com to Mi higan. i t deleg .. igan State College bushels of apples that the trees should igan members of Congress upon sev- 9:30 A.M. Hassi! E. Schenck, Presiding 1\11'. Wilson, formerly of South Da- tions will com from the oth r side of th Mi i ip i. Th y bear, he'll be lucky if he gets 300 eral occasions the views of Mich- How to Get the Most Out of a Training Sc ool-Hassil E. Iota, and now nder Secretary of the bushels. igan farmers. Schenck, Chairman U. S. Dep't of Agriculture at a hlng- have systems of farming quit diff rent h n wh t Mi hi This loss of the crop has occurred Exemptions Were Nullified 9:45 A.M. Sectional Meetings ton, will speak to the Mid-West Farm will how them, beginning with Lake Michiga uit It. two years in a row. Mr. Paul thinks At the time the wages and hours Rural Youth Section in Charge of Frank Gingrich, Chair- Bureau Tra ining School at the ban- Several hundred will hay arriv d t th all g by nd y he'll resort to smudge pots next year. act was adopted, Congress thought it man (See Complete Program Rural Youth) quet Wednesday evening, July 19. EDUCATION had exempted farm production and Community or Township Farm Bureau Section-In night. Monday, when Michigan Junior F rm Bur u g oup James Ten Brink, county school marketing labor by Section 12 (a) Charge of A. G. Mereness, Chairman and Michigan county arm Bureau I ad r iv ,th on" commissioner in Muskegon county, is (6) which covers operations on the Mrs. Lewis Minion, Director, State ome & Com- ference may numb r a thousand or mor. w of the opinion that a survey of school farm or by the farmer off the farm, munity Dept., Mlanesota Farm Bur au Federation conditions and fi and in Section 13 (a) (10) which D. E. Lindstrom, Rural Sociology, University of are expected from each of 150 Mi higan ommunity nancing would, in exempts labor "within the area of Illinois Bureaus. m os t c 0 u n tie s, production (as defined by the Admin- County Farm Bureau Sectitm-In Charge of Jesse Trei- i1 v t show some excel'l- istrator) engaged in handling, pack- The trai i g s hool is the du a Ion d ber, President, Tuscola County Farm Bureau, Mlch., ent chances foo' ing, storing, ginning, compressing Chairman of the year for the midw st Stat F arm Bur u All rm economy. pasteurizing, drying, preparing in J. E. Harris, President, Illinois Farm dvisers Bureau memb rs are invited to participate. "I'm for adequate their raw or natural state, or canning Larry Brandon school financing," of agrtcultural or horticultural com- State Farm Bureau Section-In Charge of . B. Hamilton, An Interesting Group emphasizes Mr. Ten modities for market, or in making Chairman The s hool is a working conferenc , d voted to Brink, "but I do cheese or butter or other dairy pro- Earl C. Smith, President, Illinois Agricultural Ass'n bett r ways in whi h to build and maintain th m Bur think that co-opera- ducts." J. S. Jones tive methods would Along came Administrator Andrews It pr sents an opportunity to me t Farm Bur au p opl 11:30 A.M. Adjourn for Special Conferences, etc. allow much saving in due course and nullified much of 12:00 noon Dinner oth r states. he program is inter sting and inform tiv , but v' F. YAEGER.. in costs, if we but the foregoing by ruling that agr'I pro- a great deal may be learned in conversation with vi it took the time to examine the s.tu- cessing, etc., performed in establish- Afternoon SessIon ation." ments employing more than seven MONDAY from other states. One can match id as and e p ri n He cited two or three schools in Mus- persons, or which are located in 1:15 P.M. Special Feature with Missourians and Kansans; with corn and hog r f om a towns of more than 2,500 population, Comunity Singing---,Led by Benjamin F. ennink kegon county that are keeping H. B. Test, President, South Dakota Farm ureau Federa- loway, plainsmen from Nebraska and South 0 ko nd school open and hiring a teacher to or to which the farm products are educate but three or foul' children. hauled more than 10 miles are not tion, Presiding on. Ideas and fri ndships sprout in uch n atmo ph The cost per child is between $300 "within the area of production." 1:30 P.M. Panel Discussion R. w. BLACKBUR A f w y ar ago the confer nc was at St. ul, Min 1. and $'400. Mr. Ten Brink thinks it The administrator has held himself Community or Township Farm Bureau Mr. Blackburn, secretary of Don Gag r of Eau Claire, on of th young deleg t om would be much 'better for the children unable to determine the "area of pro- County Farm Bureau American Farm Bureau, will op n the Michigan, m t the Minnesota and the district if the school were to duction" differently and has asked to State Farm Bureau girl who I t r b m hi wi e. proceedings of the rural youth or Jun- be closed for a year and the students be relieved of that responsibility. Con- ----.In Charge of Leaders Selected at Morning Session ior Farm Bureau section of the • Hd- 11 in all, the training school ha endless pos ibiliti s. transported to another school. gress ha been faced with the neces- 3: 45 P.!\1. Report----Critic Committee west Training School 10nday morn- Program Comment "Certainly it would be a lot more sity of clearing up the agricultural Adjourn ing, July 17. T e Farm ews is publi hlng the economical". argued Mr. Tell Brink, provisions of the wages and hours 4:00 P.M. Recreation in Ch rge of Benjamin F_ H nnink-Swim- complete program in this dition. ."aJ;ld I'm sure a survey would show act. That has brought out amend- to ming, Archery, Volley Ball, Softball, Campus Tour, Sunday afternoon from 2 to 4: 30 .a lot of other spots where finances ments . that would make it worse for 5:00 'P. 1. Canoeing and Golf. o'clock will he d voted to regist; a- could be conserved. I'm ,for adequate agriculture rather than better. tlon and 1'0 m assignments at the Chief among these amendments has COMPLETE PROGRAM-RURAL YOUTH EO ION financing of education, 'but I'm also nion building. Dean nthony of for conservation of public money." been the Norton bill which would MONDAY, JULY 17 State ollege will sn ak Sunday RECOVERED extend the general wages and hours Frank Gingrich, Presiding evening. Mark Westbrook, genial president provisions applying to factories to all 9: 45 A.M. ".Kick Off" The tr ining s hool for 1939 has of the Ionia County Farm Bureau, was agr'l establishments. In May, the -R. W. Blackburn, Secretary, American Farm o be n termed a "blue print" confer- in the other day, fully recovered from farm organizations defeated efforts Bureau Federa tion ence . . . a planning conference. nd his automobile accident on March 28th. to force the Norton bill through the 9: 55 A.M. "Forward Passing" Monday, July 17 th group will work "I'm still a little shaky and not House without debate or privilege of -A Chance to Get Acquainted and Exchange Ideas t I on the ideal organization and program working overly hard," Mark admitted, amendment. 10: 45 A.M. "The Huddle" for a township, county and state "but I'm glad to ,be alive and think Why Farmers Are Opposed -Finding Our Places-Eugene Smaltz, Discussion tlon, Farm Bureau, and for an ideal Junior I'll be Iul'ly recovered soon." Why is the Farm Bureau and other Leader. A "Round Table" by those attending Farm Bureau. When his view was obstructed by a farm organizations opposed to the National Conference on Farm Youth Problems, Tuesday the groups will atempt to big tree, ,Mr. Westbrook drove his car present ruling on "area of production" held at Washington, D. C., April 24-26, 1939 blue print a sound membership ac- into the path of another at a road and the attempt to pass the wages 11: 45 A.M. "An End Run" quisition and maintainance program crossing. A day later the a woke in a and hours act onto agriculture in its ---'Special Feature, Indiana Rural Youth for these Farm Bureau units. hospital, moved first one arm, then entirety? (Continued on ~e 2.) The women vill con sid l' Women's the other, then one leg and then the First, because the wages and hours State Farm Bureau organizations and other, wiggled his head and decided act doesn't fit agr'I operations; that he was alive after all. ond, because the tarmer is not in sec- CHOOL AI FIXED Grou activities. • Wednesday the group will consider ur- , "It seemed funny to gradually come position to pass additional labor ex- awake, look about you, and realize penses on to consumers, but would AT $39,000,000' . Leaders to E. L. ANTHONY the present day relationship Farm Bureau memb rshlp with ex- of the you're in a hospital 'but not kn-ow be compelled to absorb those ex- where the hospital is located or how penses himself. you got there", Mr. Westbrook recalls. Statement to Congress AND MAYBE MORE Meet During Farm western Bureau states leaders will be from 11 welcomed mid- to tension work, farm credit adminis- tration, and national legislation. M. L. Michigan for their 14th annual train- Wit. on, under s cretary of the U. S. "Still I knew it must be located some- In their statement to Congress, the place on the good old earth and tha t Farm Bureau and National Grange July ing school by Dean E. L. Anthony at Dep't (o'J/ Agriculture will conclude this Governor's Threat of Extra fichigan State College, Sunday even- phase of the meeting with his address was some consolation. Then a nurse and associated farm organizations The State Farm Bureau member- ing, July 16. at the banquet \Vednesday evening. came in and explained everything and said in part: Session Spurs Solons Thursday morning will witness "(1) The wage-hour act was de- ship relations dep't is asking the dls- life went on again from there," to Compromise cuss ion leader of 150 Community final and summing up sessions of th FACTS signed primarily to deal with urban school and the final luncheon. There Farm Bureaus and the secretary and Sometimes we get peculiar notions industrial problems, and the stand- By T I LEY M. POWELL chairman of these groups to attend the group will hear an inspirational about things. Many of my friends ards set up should not be applied to Farm Bureau. Legislative Counsel one of a series of meetings in July address by Dr. N. A. McCune of th insist on putting soil conservation, agriculture . . . Agricultural process- All 32 senators and practically all Peopl 's church, East Lansing -"The crop control, etc., on a political 'basis. es, both in production and in market- of the representatives were on hand at which the 1939-40 program for Com- munity Farm Bureaus will be plan- I U. S. ., the Land of Rural Opportun- They insist that such New Deal meas- ing, do not fit into the mechanized June 29 and 30 for the final meetings ned. All meetings start at 8 p. m. ures are contrary to their Republican way of thinking. operations I try to point out to industry ... and regulations necessary of the 60th session of the state legis- Neither the farmer lature. The big issue which drew the 217July . 3-0wos o-Farm Bureau office, AYY ity." States to be represented school include: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, at the Ball t., Ionia, Clinton, Ingham, that such programs are not to be nor those who work for him can rea- lawmakers back to Lansing at this Shiawassee, Genesee counties. I ansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Miss- thought of as political measures but sonably expect to enjoy either wage time was the announcement by Gov- July 5-Saginaw-Farm Bureau Store, Statistics Suggest dvancing ouri, Nebraska, Ohio, South Dakota are the programs endorsed ,by the conditions or hour conditions which elinor Dickinson that he would de- 00 S. Washington Ave., Saginaw and Prices; Michigan Pool and ·Wisconsin. are arbitrarily set up in defiance of mand a balanced budget. Bay. organized farmer. July tJ.-.-CassCity-Elkland Town Hall, Open into August Rooms I'm afraid that in some instances natural and economic forces over When the senators and representa- TusCQla, Huron, and Sanilac. The college is co-operating by fur- my explanation is doubted. That's which the farmer has no control. tives went home May 26, after the July 7-Imlay Cit~'-eo-operative Store, Ry Sl'A f~EY f. POW BJ~D nishing rooms in the new dormitories why I take this space to have printed "(2) Imposition of the wage and end of the main portion of the present Lap er and St. Clair. I/ichigon o-op Wool stta». Ass'n on the campus at th rate of $1 per an excerpt from the Congressional hour standards of the act upon agri- session, they left in effect the 1937 July 10-Traverse City-banquet room, Just what proportion of the 19391 person wh re there a e two to the school-aid bill which provided for Hotel Traverse, orthwest .•Hchlgan and Record of May 23, 1939, which quotes cultural production and marketing Tri-County. Michtgan wool clip is now out of the room. Single rooms at a higher rate. one Mr. Gilchrist, Republican repre- will add to the farmer's cost by in- 43,000,000 tate-aid for schools. There July ll-Hart-Masonic Hall, fanist e, possession of the growers is of course Rooms will be assigned at the Union sentative from Iowa. creasing wages and decreasing hours was no question but that that amount Uason, Oceana and ewaygo, impossible to state definitely. The it- building. Said Representative Gilchrist, while as well as by rigidifying hours and of revenue would not be availa Ie un- July 26- nn Arbor-Y. M. C. A., Liv- nation is summed up tersely in the Michigan oom debating House Bill 1940 on appropri- by curtailing marketing services . . . less new taxes were levied. ingston, Washtena , Lenawee and 10n- following paragraph from the leading ations for agriculture and farm Having no control over the prices at Although there was more or less roe. eservations J'uly 27-Cold' 'ater-Court House, Hills- article in the current issue of The Na- Michigan Farm Bureau members credit: which his products move into market. parliamentary squtrmishtng in both dale and Branch. tional Wool Grower: " desiring room reservations for the "Mr. Speaker, a fact is a thing that the costs of preparing for market rep- the house and the senate on June 29, July 2 -Battle Creek-s-Club Hou 'C, "It is many yea' since grow- from what the principal developments regarding Postum real, llegan, Barry and Kal- Midwest Training School should admits of no doubt. It is a thing that resent direct deductions er' generall y wer so r ady a nd the farmer receives. Increases in the school-aid bill were carried on by amazoo, Jackson, St. Joseph. writ the State Farm Bureau mem- corresponds perfectly with everything July 31-Dow tac-i-Dowagtac Co-op an ious to ell, and deal rs and these costs are directly borne by the a conference commi ttee consisting of Hall, hership relations dep't at 221 No. that is or has been or shall be. VanBuren, Berrien and Ca~. order handlers so ke n to buy. Cedar, Lansing, S0011 stating the "As a Republican and on the admit- farmer and curtail his income to the Senators Don VanderWerp of Fre- The stattsttcs of supply and con- extent of the increases. mont, Miles 1. Callaghan of Reed nights they will stay over, and the ted facts, I speak for the appropria- sumption in the nited States and tions contained in this bill. It is a "(3) The farmer can't bear addi- City, Earl L. Burhans of Paw Paw, Newaygo Bureau els wh re all suggest advancing persons for whom accomodations are wanted. fact that th platform of my party in tional costs. The prices of farm pro- and Representatives E. V. Root of To Mark 20 Year wool pr-ices. A few months will 1932 promised control of acreage of ducts are only 71% of 1910-14 prices, Paw Paw, John P. Espie of Eagle, Mr. Ervin Price has been named a. show whether grow 1'8 or d aters land under cultivation as an aid to the while the living and production costs and Arthur Odell of Alma. W'Orking chairman of the committee to make ar- are doing the hest guessing. There Dedicate Co-op r ctor efforts of the farmer to balance pro- of farmers are 120% of prices for with this committee were Secretary of rangements Farm wages are 117% State Harry F. Kelley, who was acting celebration for the 20th anniversary an b no complaint if it develops Plant at Arthurdale duotion. That is what this appropri- those years. and picnic of the Farm that the trade's judgment was the Representatives from Michigan, ation will do. It is a fact that the of the 1910-14 level ... The federal as governor in the absence of Gover- Bureau of ewaygo county. The first Ohio, Indiana Farm Bureaus, and Far- best." platform of the Republican Party in government has spent billions of nor Dickinson, Attorney General Tom meeting of the committee was held Despit the frenzied efforts of old- mers nion of SL Paul, Minn., and 1936 promised to protect land re- dollars during the last few years in Read, Superintendent of Public In- June 15th. The date for the celebra- line wool buyers, loyal Wool Pool other farm co-ops attended the dedi- sources, which is soil conservation as an effort to relieve farm distress. Yet struction Eugene Elliott, and other tion is set as August 15th. members in Michigan and other states cation of the Co-op Tractor Plant at con ained in this bill, and also to pro- while some agencies of the govern- legal advisers. Hovering outside the The picnic is also to feature the have continued to market their fleeces Arthurdale, W. Va., this w 13k. Three vide In the case of agricultural prod- ment are endeavoring to reduce farm- closed doors were a group 'Of school Silver Jubilee of the exte ion work in co-operatively. Poolers receive a ub- new co-op tractor models were shown ucts of which there is an exportable er's costs and increase farm income, men representing various types of the county. Cal! club and other 4-H They are new in de ign, have new surplus, payment of reasonable bene- another agency is permitted to offset districts. They were interested both club exhibits are being planned along stant ial advance when their wool is delivered to the Association, a second fits for certain uses. That, Mr. these efforts. Most farmers do not in the amount of money to be made with a review of agricultural exten- advance following grading and ap- Speaker, i a fact which cannot be themselves receive as much hourly in- available and in the basis of distr!.- sion work in the county during the praisal and he balance of the net pro- controverted. And that is what th is come for their own labor as the wage button. past 25 years. ceeds when the wool is sold. and hour act would require them to Possibly $2,000,000 More bill will do. The Grange, }11 rmers Union and var- A substantial portion of the wool "It Is alao true that the Democratic pay hired labor. The compromise bill as it emerged ious Chambers ot Commerce are being that was sold locally to old-line buy- ••(4) Imposition of urban indus- from this committee late Friday fore- The Farm Bure u works on platform of 1936 promised parity for invited to Join in promoting the cele- ers left the grower's hands early in trial standards upon agriculture noon set the definite amount of tate- tax and legislative problems. farmers. It promised to raise tarm bration. (Continued on pap Z) (Continued on Page 6.) (Continued on page 5.) (Continued OD PaKe a.>. 001 arket Activity Greatest in fYear (Continued from Page 1) the season at prIces several cents be- MIDWEST FARM BUREAU TRAINING SOHOOL ( ontinued from Page 1.) low prices prevailing during June. to the Mich1gan Farm Bureau News, founded Regardless ot what he got or when he 12: 00 noon "Time Out" January 12, 1923 -Pic;nic Lunch sold, one thing is sure about. the grow- er who sold outright,-there will be no Afternoon Session further payment made to him on his RURAL YOUTH 1939 clip. 1:16 P.M. Foot Trouble The statistical position of wool is "Coach's Pep Talk" -Edw. O'Nea.l, President, American Farm Oh, woe is me! My erring feet! They do me evil still! the strongest it has been in years. Bureau Federation Michigan. One day last week they carried me, det\pite my struggling will, Stocks are less; world supplies are 1:30 'P.11. "Scrimmage" Inside a swank emporium where temptingly displayed lower, consumption is heavier and -A Discussion of What We Do in Our Local Pro- Stood forth the latest thing on wheels,-the finest ever made. America will have to import lots of grams-Iowa Rural Youth Member in Charge INAR UNGREN Editor and Business Manager They carried me inside this place (my feet did that to me) wool. Under such favorable condi- What We Do, How, When, Where-Group will be And then they stood and held me where I couldn't help but see. tions growers shoud receive full for- into small groups for discussion. Suo crtptlon 25 cents per year; 4 y ars for $1, in advance. At every halting step they took across that gleaming floor eign parity prices for their wool. But 2:30 P,M. " leasuring the Yardage" The Impact of the thing I saw bedazzled me the morel thus far this season millions of pounds -Reports from Group Chairman on What We Do Vol. XVII SATURDAY, JULY 1, 1939 No.7 Now our old car runs fair enough,and has for quite a sPilll, of wool has left the hands of Ameri- • in Our Local Program and General Discussion- And I know all her numerous tricks most thoroughly and well. can growers at less than such foreign Kenneth Foley in Charge Of courses she rattles more or less, but I would freely bet parity. Had the growers all market- 3:16 P. 1. "Razzle Dazzle" $1,300 That twenty thousand lIseful miles are in her carcass yet. ed through their co-operatives the U. -Special Feature ,by a State Rural Youth Group Mr. A. G. Moeckel farms 250 acres near Munith in And I and Marthy are agreed that While she runs so slick S. clip could easily have netted the 3:30 P.M. "Touchdowns" And takes us Where we want to go and brlngl UI back 10 quick growers $ ,000,000 more than it is go- Idea Exchange: Working Ahead Together-Inter- Jackson county. He credits the Farm Bureau's high- That car shall have a home with us and serve us day by day; ing to bring. state Activities-John Schuett, Discussion Leader way and school tax program with saving him $1 ,300 And furthermore we can't afford a new car anyway. The following figures give the U. S. Evening Session in taxes during the past six years. But, oh, my feet. They took me there. I never meant to go. wool supply situation: On June 1, MONDAY I have a weak and pliant soul. Temptation lays me loW! 1939, the stock of apparel wools in all 6:16 P.M. Buffet Supper-Union Building Dining Room-s-Under Mr. Moeckel is interested in the Farm Bureau's legis- The salesman spied me. He approached; appraIsed; approved; applied; hands totaled about 563,000,000pounds, Direction of Michigan Junior Farm Bureau Council lative program. He keeps an itemized record of his tax Opened both doors, with what an air! And would I sit inside? greasy shorn basis, compared with 7:30 P.M. Entertainmen t receipts. His record shows that for the years 1926 to Explained the gadgets on the dash: extolled the sterling worth 645,000,000 one year previous and a Rural Youth Report-National Youth Conference, Of this and that Which went to make his car the best on earth; ten-year June 1 average 597,000,000. Washington, D. C.-George -Doup, Indiana 1932 inclusive his taxes totalled $1,800. They reached With fulsome flattery inquired what model I preferred- SummarizIng the market outlook, C. RuraV Youth 'Section-Midwest Training School- a peak of $350 one year. The largest items were road He'd send a demonstrator out, did I but say the word. J. Fawcett, general manager of the -I I. Eugene Smaltz, Mdchlgan and school taxes. ational Wool Marketing Corporation, Special Program Pray what car was I driving, Sir? How many miles? What year? My name? Oh, yes, he knew me now, (quite well, it would appear) central sales and service agency for 9:00 P.M. During those years the Farm Bureau presented and Concerning his competitors, who sell the watawhiu, o er 30 co-operative wool pools, states: • to Mixer and Social Dancing built up public support for a program of financing all They had no features to compare in any way with his; "Bullish factors predominate and 11:00 P.M. highway building, maintenance and debt payments from And he could Judge with accuracy, (w'lh suavity, with ~I) growers who still own their wool and TUESDAY, JULY 18 That overtures from them to me would fall on barren soil. will pursue an orderly marketing pro- the license tax and gasoline tax revenues. It became a Morning Session And, now then, how about it, Sir? Would I not care to sran gram throughout the year, as do Aus- An order Which in time's due course would make this marvel mine? 9:00 A.M. Special Feature reality in the early 1930's. The Farm Bureau supported tralian growers, may yet realize a 9:15 A.M. F. W. White, President, Minnesota Farm Bureau Federa- and contributed important ideas to the present system prIce that once again will yield a reas- tion, Presiding Reason returned, to stay my hand,-but as I stepped again Into the old familiar street and looked at other men onable profit above cost of production." Securing Members of increased state aid to local schools, with resultant Wool in the Michigan Pool is accum- I sensed that I had seen and felt what simple souls like me --.L. F. Warbington, Chairman decreases in the local school tax for many rural areas. Who can't afford to buy a car should never feel or see. ulated in carload lots at the Lansing W. W. Fuqua, Acting OrganIzation Director, Missouri That I had let the lustful urge to own a car like that warehouse, 728 E. Shiawassee st., and For the next six years, 1933 to 1938 inclusive, Mr. Just grab me by my shrinking throat and shake me like a rat. Farm Bureau Federation at the freight depot at West Branch. E. T. Winter Moeckel's taxes dropped from $ J ,800 to the neighbor- As one who from a sensuous dream wakes to memory sweet An initial advance of 15c per pound I fared along my guilty way-upon my guilty feet! Building a Complete Acquisition and Maintenance Pro- hood of $500, with a low of $70 in one year. His road is made on good breeding flock wool. gram-O. D. IBrissenden, Director of Organization, taxes on real estate are gone. Local school taxes have After arrival at Boston the wool is Illinois Agricultural Association, Chairman been reduced. Mr. Moeckel is convinced that men working together as they do in the Farm Bureau can The ASSOCIATED W MEN ~:~::~i:~:. it~g~::;:m::r~i~o:nO;a:~: wool in the Michigan pool has now Francis Johnson, President, Iowa Farm Bureau Fed. ~C. J. Reid, Vice-President, Mich. State Farm Bureau Campaign Methods-Plans and Procedure shape an acceptable program and get it adopted. The of the been graded and appraised and the -0. W. Beeler, Chairman second payments due the indivIdual A ERI~AN FA M BUREAU FEDERATION benefits are real. L. F. Roherty consignors are now being computed Geo. E. Metzger, Field Secretary, Illinois Agricultural \;; and will be mailed out very soon. .Assoctatton Copper is More than Commonplace o definite closing date for the re- 11:00 A.'M. AdiQJlrnmen t HERE is need for the organized farm Most of us are familiar with copper . We think of it first as the cheap and efficient carrier of electric energy T woman to take 'her tand with the gen- eelpt of wool has been set as yet. De- liveries will be accepted until some time in August. All consignments are Special Conferences-e-General Afternoon Session Discussion-Etc. eral farm organization which are seeking fully insured against fire and theft so TUESDAY from place to place,-lights, power and communication. earne tly to improve farm condition. The 1:15 P.M. Sllecial Feature it is to the grower's advantage to as employed in the telephone. It gives long service .1:30 P.M. Mrs. Ohas W. Sewell, Administrative DIrector, Associated women in home demonstration clubs ean do consign promptly, and have the use in kettles and boilers. We see it in pennies, and may of the advances that much sooner and Women of A. F. B. F., Presiding much to help tell the true story of conditions An, Analysis of the Women's State Farm Bureau Organi- still be in position to profit by any know that its presence gives endurance to other coins. in farm home and in farm busine s to the zations or Activities-Facts and Discussion strengthening of the market up until The world knows copper roofs that are centuries old. women of the city. Many of them do not the date of final sale. (Continued on Pa~e 5.) :; Cheap and common as copper is, it has a romantic r, und I' tand that out of the sum which they history. Senator Ashurst of Arizona has said that it NIlS.P£IIIlJ.£,MYI./S mu t pay for food that only a mall portion Atlacide Considered was probably the first of the common metals to be of it go back to the producer of the raw material. This mis- Safer Weed Killer worked by man. The ancients combined it with tin under 'tanding often leads to very unpleasant situations. Only L. W. Kephart, weed specialtst of Classified advertisements are cash with order at the following rates: 4 cents per word for one editioh. Ads to appear in two or for the hardness that is bronze. Copper, said the Senator, by edueaiion and correct information can thi c ition be the U. S. Dep't of Agriculture, com- more editions take he rate of 3 cents per word per edition. menting on the efficiency of sodium is permanent and invincible and survives whether in o 0 chlorate- as a chemical weed killer, water, earth or air. Bronze vessels buried in the earth urges that spreading dry sodium LIVE STOOK for a thousand years endure and become pure blue. Bronze vessels buried in the water for a thousand years TIIEthebeextern t hou ekeeper ion club. Planning 'and houseke ing are ound in chlorate crystals over weed infested areas is a much safer way to apply it. REGISTERED HE.REFORD, .BULLS SPECIAL MUCK LAND SEEDS. RAIS. SEEDS and heifers. We have a nice selection. ed and used by us. Yellow Dent Corn, parallel, so we will find anoth l' point of conta t for the e Sodium chlorate by itself is not dan- Sensible prices. A. M. Todd Co., Men- "Mucksoy Beans." Supplies limited. endure and become pure green and glossy as jade. The fine farm women in fumiliariaing themselve with the pro- gerous, but becoming mixed with dust tha. (14 miles northwest of Kalamazoo). A. M. Todd Co., Mentha, Mich. on a wagon bed, or impregnated in __________ ~_(7_-_3-_t_f-_22_b) (3-tf-21b) Senator's story of the Colossus of Rhodes illustrates visions of the gricultural Adju tment Act, through their GUERNSEY BULLS, DAMS OVER 500 one's clothing, it will flame up from his point about the everlastingness of copper: tudy of ·the measure and it gradual development toward the least spark. lbs, fat. TB and Bangs accredited. PLANTS Come and see them. Clark & Nimtz, "On an island in the Aegean Sea once stood the Colossus national planning for merican agriculture. Farm Bureau Services advises that Eau Claire, Mich.- (6-3t-20p) PLANTS, CABBAGE, ON~ON,TOMATO, of Rhodes, which towered 112 feet above the water. This Atlacide, the chlorate weed killer, con- pepper and other vegetable plants. Cat- alog free. Union Plant Company. Tex- Ol\fEOl TE lui' aid that the pa t decade ha given the SPRING PIGS statue was one of the seven wonders of the world. lolossus was a nude bronze Apollo, who stood with a torch upli it d in his right hand. There was a curious medieval The S . meriean farm woman a "can t have it" complex. When tains sodium chlorate, but it also con- tains calcium chloride to reduce the fire hazard so that spontaneous com- BROADVIEW FARM, ANN ARBOR, off\ers pure bred Chester White arkana, Arkansas. CHICKS & PULLETS (5-2t-16b) tradition that the statue straddled the harbor so that ships future hi, tor ies arc written, there hould be something said bustion by sunlight, friction or atmos- Mlch., SWine. Best blood lines. Prize winning CHICKS, PULLETS, SEXED CHICKS. passed between its enormous legs; but this is not so. ot of the part that the e heroic worn n have played in helping phere heat is practically impossible. stock. Spring pigs, either sex, now Certified Leghorns and Barred Rock only would no Greek sculptor design pollo in this ridiculous ready for shipment. Prices reasonable. pullets, different age'S, ready now. Chick maintain the morale of their men folk. Doing without much Spraying is recommended by the man- It will pay you to see or wrlte us. Char- attitud but the engineering problem of erecting so vast a prices reduced. R. O. P. Breeder. Write ufacturer, who states that under con- les McCalla & Sons; Ann Arbor, R-6. or visit LOWDEN FARMS, P. a. Rives mass of bronze on a rock in the ea was sufficiently difficult which is con' dered neces rary by "omen who are the (6-2t-43b) Junction, Mich. Location, Henrietta. ditions brought about by application without added complications. partners of men in other prof'es io ; by the raising of acres of ordinary spray solutions, Atlacide Phone Jackson 815-F-23 (6-33...tf) PHOTO FINISmNG "The Colossus stood only for the space of 56 years-from of garden , canning thou 'and of can 'Ofvegetables and meats, gives practical insurance against loss FOR SALE-~saELLANEOUI 280 B. \ to 22 B. C. In that year an earthquake brought manufacturing 'hundred of garments and hat' and reclaiming of life or property. Clothing should be AT LASTl ALl. YOUR SNAPSHOTS Apollo crashing into the sea, where he lay for 900 years. Pliny changed or cleaned after using the in natural colors. Roll (}e,veloped,8 Na- MICHIGAN SEPTIC TANK SIPHON scores of pieces of antique furniture. They have done this tural Oolor Prints, only 26c. Reprints 3c. and bel! 88 recommended by State Col- 'saw this mass of bronze lying at the entrance to the harbor chemical. Smoking or fire should be Amazingly beautiful. NATURAL COLOR lege Agr'l Engineering dep't. Build your when he visited the island in the first century A. D. work uncomplainingly and cheerfully, and have added to avoided. PHOTO, Janesville, Wis. (1-39-tf-23b) own septic ,tank and sewage system. In- stall when tank is built. Installation and "'Ey n a it lies,' wrote Pliny, 'it excites our wonder and the e accompli hments many other products to help make POLICE DOGS operation simple. Discharges automatt- Imagin tion. Few men can clasp the .thumb in their arms, Eleven entrance gates admit visit- ca~ly. Have been sold 16 Years. All in agriculture pay. dally use and giving satisfaction. In- and th fingers are larger than most statues.' T eem gro ly unfair that farm women ihould have had ors to the New York World's Fair FOR SALE -- DOBLEMANN PINCER 1939. The peak rate is 160,000 perl Pups. Both .sex~. (Ger.man pollee dogs). structions with each siphon. Price de- livered, $7.60 which includes .sales' tax, ., "\1 hen the Saracens took Rhodes in 672 A. D. they sold the statue as crap m .tal, and this bronze Apollo, which had for 900 year. resi ted the tooth of time and the corroding canker of I to do more work, ra'th l' than le . The poet Ruskin ha aid hour. Very Intelligent. EaSIly trained, Roy Stevens, Marcellus~ R-2, Mich. (7-2t-18p) C. O. D. charges are extra. Farm Bureau Supply Store, 728E. Shlawassee St., Lan- • sing. (3-4-tf-60b) th ea, vas taken away by a merchant, who salvaged 900 tons -"v T'Omenmust either weave men' fortune and embroider of th bronze, or 1,000 camel loads, and the bronze was probably upon them, or like the moth fe d upon, de. troy and decay." made Into weapon of war." Th American farm women ha had no de ire to be in the latter class, but we want the farm home and rural community Chic go Asks What's Wrong plea ant, attractive places in which to live. 'Ve mu t have ot long ago the Chicago Chamber of Commerce culture, comfort and convenience, conforming to modern. In it d the president of the Farm Bureau in Illinois, ideal', and while farming may never pay bie return, it i ~ to p ak on th subject" "What's Wrong with Chicago?" .till true that farm rs can cet ju. t about a much as they are "It is peculiar but true, President Earl Smith told the tt willing to demand. "\ e call the e demands tandards of living, busin ss leaders, "that while Chicago is recognized and beli ve it is e sential that men and women band them- .elve« tosrether in a gr at nation-wide organization to hold Bailroatfs operate on their own - liese inland waterway freight ear- throughout the nation as the agricultural capital of o • fust to tandard which include adequate rural educatIon, -.dways, built and maintained riers slightly under 2 cents goes for merica, yet wherever one goes among farmers you furnace', electric liO'ht running water, good churche , farm- tirel, by the railroads. taxes of all sorts-and this, too, ill find the belief that Chicago is unfriendly to agri- ulture. to-market roads, whol ome recreation, proper food: and whole- Out of every dollar the riillroad represents all they pay for ~'road- . om community and heal h condition .-From Partners in the take in, taxes take 9 cents, and their way" and taxes . ac in the J 920's when farmers were proposing poi t marketing program to dispose of their sur" Farm Bureau. rights-of-way take 23¥2 een Thoughtful people now 'believe lu roduct while maintaining, without government to prevent the tractor from nosing up total of 32lf2 cents for roadways and that forms of transport which oper- b id r, parity prices for that part consumed domestically, Ford Tractor and backwards in case forward action taxes. a on and by means of facilities 'Ph new Ford farm tractor with is halted by an obstruction. ther va feeling among your meat packers, grain Ferguson tillage attachments was IDghway motor carriers operate rovided by the taxpayers shall pay tra en and many of your business leaders that some- shown at Dearborn, June 29. 11 four "Feeding for Egg Pro uetion", Ex- on public highways, built an main- for the use of such facilities and 'heels of the tractor are adjustable tension Bulletin 0•.51 is a new bulle- ho the 1c ar r-Haugen legislation would cripple their for width. The tractor is light and tin available from the county agent's tained by taxpayers. shall be on an equal basis as regard bu i argely because of opposition from com- powered to handle two 14" plows. A office, or from the Bulletin Room, taxes-real taxes to be expended for Out of every dollar taken in by ial .nt r sts that program was vetoed. mechanical feature is an arrangement State College, East Lansing, Michigan. e general support of govemment. the certificated motor carriers, 7% t din as it rna seem, many grain dealers who OD1Do~)ed th th armers' e port program, and who gri ultural djustment ct because it HY IS os ,• cents (I. C. C.) goes for taxes of all sorts---and this represents all they pay for roadways and taxes. . Law now before Congress aim t? re~edr the present inequitable ~ufuation m the American tranSpor- Ium of rain handled, are now advocating In sur in .lichignn's Largest Farm dutual Fir In surance Company. tation industry. Barge lines which operate on our th port su plu disposal program ern- .• ,'S t- over One Quarter 1ill1onDollar-s, of whi h more than half is in cash, Government Bond' or Bond' guaranteed by th S. Government. Net gain inland waterways - the canaliZed e ar -Haugen legislation." in 193 of a,972 polici T, for over $10,000,000in urance, Lo e satisfactorily In substance, they call merely for a dju ted and promptly paid. rivers of the countrjr-operate on a quare deal for the railroads. - "roadways" built and maintaint!d by taXpayers. Jrnd a square deal for the rail. roads means a square deal for the Out of every dollar ta en in t~'!Payer~, too. W. V. Burra., Pre. 702 Church se., Flint Mice, Phone 25221 Holding Custorriers Is ot Behind Aphids or plant lice are present in unusual numbers this year on garden A Matter of Passing Law-s HOW DO YOU E The (Continued eel from Page 1.) income to pre-war pur ha ing PO\ -er. ad field crops, shrubs and trees. +-------------- Michigan State college has just pub- lished a new Extension Bulletin No. 01eo, Lar,d M1'lkt Beans, Beet how much we feel that they encroach on our business. The manufacturers Yourself as a The appropriations the only things before thi House or in this bill I the only thing that can come bet 1 e 198. "Controlling Plant Lice on Field Sugar Challenge Our of buggies no doubt resented the & Garden Crops." The bulletin is free. Common Sense a rrrr Bureau MelD e ? the House which vill restore parity, coming of the automobile, but that was no reason for insisting on a law • promised Averaging by both of the p rtie . the situation 110', th to prevent the manufacture of auto- By MRS. EDITH 'M. WAGAR SCORE CARD farmer does not have parity. Ever· mobiles. b•••• d body knows taat, It has been proven A few weeks ago I was chided for Shelf Can Be Avoided .For Farm Bureau Members over and over again that he tands in not getting wrought up over the oleo A prominent Michigan gasoline now (or high (all egg prices ar~ usu.ally ~est,.by production, feeding your pullets when tax bill that was before the legisla- ture. I was told that I was altogether engine manufacturer once took issue with me when I publicly encouraged ME~IBER of ommunity Farm Bureau recently di- the relation of about 66 to 72 as com- pared to 120 for other industries. These th ings are facts:' a mash rich In Vitamins A & D. These vita- too passive on the proposition for the our Michigan State College to con- cu ed a core card for judging a "perfect Farm Bureau mins help them ward off disease and develop good of the farmer. tinue their experimental operations member". Out of their di cu: ion we have evolved uch a • Well, I'll confess I'm not in com- us ler bodies that will better stand the strain of plete accord with the oleo tax pro- ponents. for it does not seem absolute- ly fair to the consumer for the farm- er to insist on an extra tax to be in rural electricity. created a business upon rural patronage. He said he had that depended Taking elec- tricity to the farmer would in time core card. 0 lone l' n d the que. tion, "'\Vhat i a good Farm Bureau member;" go unan wered in Iichigan. It is ea y for a memb r to ore him elf to ee how near perf ct LIVE Michigan Live STOC to k E. l hange commission s lling agency on the 1 t ro it and heavy egg production. NOPCO X· Stand- put his business on the shelf. I sue- ardized Cod Liver Oil provides the uni- placed on a commodity simply be- he i in relation to hi organization and it program. form quantities of these vitamins that your gested that he try to see the hand- BECAUSE cause it competes with the farmer's writing on the wall and aim to be business. 'Dhe score card wa developed from di cu ion by nearly (1) It maintains a thoroughly train d and p peri need pullets the first to introduce electricity to (2) It is r pres nted on e ry principal mart t t in th I am a strong advocate of trying his customers. 4,000 Farm Bureau member in 150 Community Farm Bureau. Producer owned and opera ted ag 11< ies, (3) It renders better [nformn tion a nd marl' t r it e to raise the standard of food products. Each group ubmi ted a core card a agreed upon by the (4) It can furnish 4lh% mon y for fin, twin ,. 1 din'" including oleo, and I wonder sometimes if farmers need to help them develop into profitable would like to see were not really the cause of butter local membership. Th Iichigan tate Farm Bureau member- PLUS layers. The guaranteedfotency of NOPCO X (1500 U.S.P. units 0 Vitamin A and 200 a hi w enacted re- substitutes in the first place. Unttl ship 'relation dep't made a ummary of all core card. Here features of good pra Uee in the liv . t ocl ommlsalon A.