" , KEEP UP On News Interesting to Farmers Through the Farm New. Vol. XVII, No.8 • Behind Midwest Farm ure u tate emb rs I Trai the Wheel With J. F. Yaeger, Eleven State Farm Bureau Expe t to Director of Membership Relations Quarter of a Million Farm Membership Conference lui ATTENDANCE It is estimated that 1,000 or more farm people from the 11 midwest Farm 'Bureaus attended the various sessions of the Farm Bureau's Train- ing School at State College, July 16-20. The actual registration was' as fol- lows: New Hampshire 1, New York 1, Washington, D. C., 2, Kansas 5, A.F.B.F. 6, Wisconsin 11, Iowa 13, Minnesota 7, Missouri 11, Nebraska 14, Ohio 28, Indiana 63, Illinois 106, Michigan 462. o.f course there were many present who didn't take time to register. BRAGGING Prominent in the conference were the folks from Illinois where the Farm Bureau is called the Illinois Agricul- tural Association. The Illinois dele- gation was the largest of any of the out s tat e delega- tions. Also one of the delegations most heard from. And why not? Af- WHEAT AND COR ter all Illinois leads the nation in Farm Bureau member- MARKETING QUOTAS u ship with 80,000 :family mem- over POSSIBLE berships. And with a $15 membership If Voted by Producers Those That' s the Effect of Battle fee their organiza- tI. F. YAEGER.. tion is adequately Under .AAA May Sell All Waged Over Norton and equipped to do things for their mem- Without Penalty Barden Amendments bership. The Illinois organization finances its own legisla tive, business One of the major battles in this Two amendments to the wheat and and extension services and runs all of corn marketing quota provisions of session of Congress has been the ef- them to suit the mem bership which the Agricultural Adjustmeit Act of fort of the House labor committee, makes these services possible. They 1938, which have been passed by Con- headed by Representative Mary lor- lean on no one's shoulder. They gress and signed by the President, will ton, to make the wages and hours act stand on their own feet in Illinois. simplify the administration of mar- include more nearly all types of ag- Wlly shouldn't they brag? keting quotas on these commodities I gricultural labor. Other sections of SERVICE whenever quotas may be in effect, ac- the so-called [or-ton amendments have Speaking of bragging, I wonder if we in -Michigan shouldn't be speaking cording to Agricultural Adjustment been designed to bracket more people of our program more often and with Administration officials at Washing- into the wages and hours act pro is- more -pride ? After all, the Michigan ton., ions. Farm Bureau program in business and The effect of the amendments is to Equally determin d ha ve been the legislation takes a back seat for no place farm marketing quotas for efforts of farm or nizattou to de- feat the Norton a nendments. They :\1. L. Wil on, under secretary of one. No State Farm Bureau renders wheat, corn, and cotton all on a similar basis. The amendments provide that have sought relief from present in- the U. S. Dep't of Agriculture, is a In 1926 & 1939 a greater service to the farmers in the marketing percentage for wheat tel pretations of the wages and hours great advocate of farmers' discu sion their j,jate than does the Michigan .Farm Bureau and its service organiza- and corn be 100 percent of the farm act by pressing fO! enactment of the groups. In his addre to the f lid- tions. And the Michigan Junior Farm acreage allotment. Farmers who did amendments offered by congressman west Training school, he used the Bureau is constantly being pointed not exceed their acreage allotments for Barden of orth Carolina. Michigan Community Farm Bureau out as an example to be modeled corn and wheat would be able to mar- Score at the the close of July, and to illustrate the type of local organ- after in the youth fields. A little more ket their entire production without with adjournment of Congress near: ization that he believes is most Im- bragging on the part of members 0If penalty in years when quotas were in tell the Farm The farm groups have prevented portant in arriving at a sound local, from Washiug- state and national viewpoint on public the Michigan State Farm Bureau effect just as cotton farmers do now. Mrs. orton from getting her amend- wouldn't hurt any. The corn amendment also provides ments before the House for a vote questions. Mr. Wilson said: "I understand that a good start in HOST that any referendum on corn market- without debate or privilege of amend- ing quotas be held one month later, ment. That was the first battle to be the discussion of such questions has . Acting as host to the conference, been made right here in .•1ichigan, Michigan State College did itself at the end of September instead of fought. The House rules committee through 150 Community Farm Bur- proud. All wants were looked after in August as previously provided. late in July reported both the 01'- eau . It seems that these community fine shape. Those to be compliment- The farm marketing quota for cot- ton and Barden bills, and two others, Farm Bureaus are primarily discus- ed for making the conference so suc- ton and wheat is the normal or actual neither of the latter providing ex- sion groups. They meet once a cessful include: Ralph Tenny, director yield, which ever is greater, of the emptious for farm workers. The argu- month, rotating from one home to an- of short courses at the college; Mr. farm acreage allotment, plus the car- ment centers in the .L orton and Bar- other, unless they outgrow home ac- Proulx, Manager of the Michigan ryover on the farm which might have den bills ... much tighter application commodations, which they do in time. State College Union where all the been marketed in previous years of the wages and hours law, and es- Part of the monthly program deals meetings were held; Miss Hart who without penalty. The farm marketing pecially for agriculture, or practical with state and national legislation or took care of feeding the hungry folks quota for corn does not include the exemption for farm help in the areas other subject matter suggested by the at the conference; Mr. Beachum, in carryover. of production. state office. The remainder of the charge of housing; Mr. Grover, in Previous provisions of the law called ow that they are out of committee, program is local in origin. A report charge of the radio and public address for farmers to hold part of their corn and considering the temper of the of the proceedings of each meeting OLARK L. BRODY system arrangements, and their starts. and wheat supplies when there was a House, the Barden amendments is forwarded to the State Farm Bur- Fourteen years ago when leven COUNTY marketing quota, even if they had should pass. They still have to get eau headquarters. midwest Farm Bureau states opened The 45 Missaukee county folks who planted within their acreage allot- through the Senate. Perhaps there "As described to me, these Farm Bur- 34 Lapeer Members their first membership training school chartered a bus and drove the 150 ments. will be time for that. If not, farmers eau discu sion groups here in :\1ich- In 20 Year Club at Saugatuck, Michigan, Clark L. miles to attend the conference cer- Farmers who exceed their corn or are no worse off than they are now, igan are intended to develop (1) an Brody of Michigan presided, without ainly are Farm Bureau minded. While wheat allotments will be subject to they can start over again on the Bar- open mind; (2) discussion-not ar- Thirty-tour memoers of the Lapeer benefit of public audress system and some county Farm Bureau leaders far penalty' on any corn or wheat they den amendments in the next session gument; (3) a willingness to give as County Farm Bureau are cbarter other modern gadgets that now ro - closer to Bast Lansing were bemoan- market in excess of their quotas. They of Congress in January. well as take; and (4) a broad farm members and have kept their mem- ture big meetings. In 1939 he took ing the ,fact that their constituents may avoid penalty by storing on their Michigan Supports Barden policy rather than a sectional view- bership active for 20 years. They his turn on the rostrum and behind were too busy to attend, Fred Van- farms an amount of corn or wheat The fichigan State Farm board of point. were honored by being made members the mike with the others. N xt year del' Meulen president of the Missaukee equal to the amount which the)' pro- directors at their meeting July 16 "One of the Iichigan State Farm of the 20 Year Club at a celebration the conference will probably go to County Farm Bureau, simply refused duced in excess of their quotas. sent this resolution to Iichigan Con- Bureau officers said to me: 'We have held at the Lapeer high school in Nebraska. It takes a long time to to take no for an answer. It was Mr. 'I'he storage amount for corn will be gressmen in support of the Barden a new local interest. We have a con- July. go around. It may be 1953 b fora Van del' Meulen who organized the the normal yield of the acreage plant- amendments: tinuing program in 150 communities, County Farm Bureaus throughout Michigan entertains another Midwest bus trip and got the folks to take the ed in excess of the farm allotment, or "A serious discrepancy exists be- wherein a strong leadership is de- the nation are participating in 20 Year Farm Bureau Training School. day off to attend the meetings. Our the actual production in excess of the Oceana Celebrates tween the purchasing power of the veloping. We have a stronger and Club celebrations. In Michigan the hat's off to that excellent type of en- normal yield of the allotment, which- farmer and his cost of Ilving and better informed State Farm Bureau.' event is often celebrated jointly with thusiastic leadership. eyer is smaller. The wheat amend- Anniversaries Aug. 16 production. He has very little control I "Thi is all very inspiring and I an observance for 25 years of agr'I Charley and Old Man Riv r, Oceana County Farm Bureau will over the price which he receives for' hope that Farm' Bureaus in other extension work. JUNIORS ment provides for checking compli- celebrate the 20th year of its organi- I They Don't Say Nuthin' Over 250 Juniors and their friends ance with wheat quotas on a storage his products. Increased co ts of pro- states will join in developing this dis- In Lapeer county, these members zation and 25 years of agr'I extension cessing and marketing are largely de- cu sion group movement as rapidly will receive 20 year Farm Bureau Charley Openlander, veteran arm had lunch together on the college pic- basis. A farmer who stores less than service at an all day picnic at the ducted from what he would otherwise as they can. Then you will have a membership pins: Bureau membership man, living near nic grounds the first day of the con- his storage amount will be presumed Hart fair grounds Wednesday, Aug. receive. real solid basis for the formulation Beattie Brothers, John Bird, Ben Grand Ledge, but in Clinton county, ference. The oung people came (rom to have marketed wheat in excess of 16. "When the Fair Labor Standards of natio.n~l, ,~tate and local programs I Bohnsack, W. K. Bristol, Allan Brown, isn't telling this one on himself. He's the midwest states as well as from his quota. Features of the program include a ct of 1939 was enacted it was under- and polictes. Frank Brown, Matthias Cal Ralph been hoping we hadn't heard of it. all sections of Michigan. A few It is expected that most farmers who parade, short talks, music, recognition It's about one of the few situations in counties had more Juniors present at plant within their allotments will stood both by Congress and the gen- Davenport*, Joseph Elwarts, Russell his life where Charley was tuck lor the conference than adults. It may store under loans a proportion of their of members of the 20 Year Club, a eral public that farm production and 1939 W I P I Evarts, M. M. Farley, W. A. Gwinn", the moment for the prop r proc dur . be that in the Juniors and their pro- crops even larger than they would program of sports and a basket din- marketing labor had been exempted. 00 00' J. J. Harr-ison's, John Hunt, Earl Iv- At the Midwest 'I'ratning Seho 1, gram lies the hope of the future of have been required to store under the ner at noon. Section 13 {a} {10} specifically ex- Closes August 31 ory, Jerome Kohler, Frank Myus·, Charley was one of those greeting in- the Farm Bureau and agriculture. original marketing quota provisions of Commissioner Harry Philo has been empted labor "within the area of pro- Mabel Palmer, W. J. Parker, Chris asked to represent the schools of Officers of the Michigan Co-opera coming guests and directing th III t FORD the Act. duction {as defined by the Adminis- - Lindke, Albert S. Martus*, C. K. Oceana county. Oceana's Community tive Wool Marketing Ass'n announce their lodgings. Presently CharI y While in Michigan, 35 of the folks Changing the date for the corn re- trator} engaged in handling, pack- Morse, Arthur Potter, Harry Robert- Farm Bureau groups, tile Hart Farm that August 31 is the last day on drew two charming ladi s from Kan- visited the Ford River Rouge plant at ferendum to late September makes it ing, sorting, ginning, compressing, son, Frank Russell, James Shepherd, Bureau store, Shelby Co-op, Farm which consignments for the 1939 pool sas. He picked up th ir sui co Dearborn at the close of the confer- possible to use the September crop re- pasteurizing, drying, preparing in Everett Stevens, Clarence Walton, Bureau Fruit Products Co. at Hart can be accepted at the warehouse at a nd they moved off, admiring the b u- ence. Here they were given special port instead of the August report for their raw or natural state, or canning Harry Witt, Hugh Youngs, Oliver and others will take part in the pro- 72 East Shiawassee street, Lansing. ties of the campus. Cro ing the main guides and busses and treated to a determining a corn marketing quota. of agricultural or borticultural com- Youngs, aud special recognition to Cash advance of 15c per lb. is made highway at a brisk pace and in t a o complimentary luncheon. In the after- Officials pointed out that the corn crop gram. Jacob Heel' is general chair- modities for market, or in making Robert Taylor who represented Lapeer on good breeding flock wool on de- one of the uitca 8 popped op n. F noon, the group toured the Edison In- is often materially reduced during man for the celebratiou. cheese or butter or other dairy prod livery. Later a second cash advance County at Lansing, when the Farm ucts." Bureau was first organized. inine finery, gadgets a d a' od stitute a Village, also in Dearborn. August and that in some years a re- is made according to grade and ap- ca aded into the stre t. A scr m 0 It was t e Ford Dixie Eight, a group of colored singers, that proved to be ferendum might be held when the September corn report would cancel A Report on "Wage Hour Administrator drews nullified the protection suppos- Corporation An- praisal by the Commodity Credit The above marked members (*) are when the wool reaches Life Members of the Michigan State anguish smote the hans. the high light of the entertainment it. Through this change in dates, the Michigan in 1815 edly guaranteed by the foregoing pro- the national wool marketing ware- Farm Bureau. What to do in a fix 11k th ? pick 'em up, 01' keep out 0 h features during the week's meeting. time for announcing the marketing In 1815 the government sent Major visions by ruling that agricultural house at Boston. If there are any other members in Those darkies sure can sing and Griffith, one of their best posted men, ble that as alrea 'Y und I' quota will be September 15 instead of processing. etc., performed -in estab- Lapeer county who were charter mem- dance. And how the crowd liked it! to check over the territory which now Charley had th rigb sw 1', August 15, and the date for announc- lishments employing more than seven bel'S, have a membership at present, did his duty shaw it. FLOWERS ing the results of any corn referendum is our State to determine the actual persons, or which are located in towns Create Optical Phenomena and have kept up their membership value of the land for agriculture. His tell you how to h ndl ca A fine basket of gladiolas was October 10 instead of September 10. 01 more than 2,500 population, or to Optical phenomena is employed to for the greater portion of the last 20 brought to the conference with the report, after much research, was that which th products are hauled more heighten the color effects at the ew years, they can leave their name at compltments of the Clinton County not one acre in one hundred was suit- than ten miles are not "within the York World's Fair 1939. Thus, the the Lapeer or Imlay City Farm Bur- /Farm Bureau. The flowers came Move Ton of Freight able for crops. In 1934 the value of area of production." entrance into the golden zone is to eau Store, so their names may be In- from the farm of Gottfried Ottmer and 1,000 Miles for $6.78 all crops grown in this State reached Under these unreasonable defini- be painted blue-violet. As vistors eluded as members of the 20 Year were of choice stock. Some of the Due to increased efficiency, the op- a total of $129,360,000. tiona, unwarranted and burdensome emerge from the entrance, their eyes Club. blooms would have sold for ten to erating cost of moving a ton of freight labor costs are imposed upon farmers are "fatigued" for blue-violet and its twenty-iive cents each on the market, one thousand miles on the ratlroads Railroads 'Of the United States now in the preparation of their products complimentary color, yellow, appears, Since the World War more than said Mr -,Ottmer. of the United States in 1938 was $6.78 operate 450 Diesel locomotives for for market. These excessive costs will even more brilliant than under nor- 22,129 miles of railroad lines have (ConUnued on ~ I) compared with $10.78 in 1921. switching purposes. (Continued 0 page 2.> mal circumstances. been abandoned. SATURDAY, :A EMBE SHIP Farm Bureau o tJine of . CO TEST for Commemoration of to the MIchigan Farm Bur au New8, founded January 12, 192:1 for 1939 State Contest No. 1 Farm Bureau-Largest u- 20th Anni¥ r ar The New Car met ical Increase. State Farm Bureau ahowing largest numerical increase in I AMERICAN FARM BURE'AU FEDERATION Time marches wi h a tireless stride before his train of days its membership in the A. F. B. F. in Editorial and general offices, 221 North Cedar St., Lansing. Michigan. And leaves us laggard in the past. half-blinded by the haze. 1!J39 as compared to 193 , based on I'ostoffi 'e Eo 960. Telephone, Lansing 21-271. HIS year Far~ Bureau members throughout America are celebrating Unless we hump our backs to ay nd tote our present load Tomorrow we'll be 'way behind; out-distanced on the road. memb I' hip remittances B. F, during its fiscal year. Award- to the . F. T the 20th anniver ary of their national organization. Since its forma- INAR UNGRE Editor and Business Manager The luxuries of yeaterday-are necessities today- nntversary ictory Trophy. tion in 1919, the American Farm Bureau Federation has' emerged as Tomorrow will be mustv with the taint of slow decay. merlca's most powerful farmers' organization. To celebrate the past ubscrtptlon The horse-and-buggy days evoke a reminiscent smile, Contest o. 2 20 years of Farm Bureau achievemont and to demonstrate the vitality And the rattly old JaJlopy is no longer right in style. State Farm Bureau - Percentage of the Farm Bureau movement as it enters the third decade, the Board Marthy and I have just returned from Mable's place in town, Gain. The first State Farm Bureau of Directors of the merican Farm Bureau Federation has designated Vol. XVII ATURDAY, AUGUST 5, 1939 No.8 And I declare we "clipped 'em one"; in fact we "mowed 'em to reach the 26% iner ase required to 1939 as the "Twentieth Anniversary Year." They spied a big new Thus-&.-Thus with thrills of proper awe, I each the 20th Anniversary goal of To celebrate our rrwentieth Anniversary, we have planned a 1939 But when their Ma and Pa climbed out they doubted what they 500,001 m mbers ; 26'70 increase based "My Business Belong to the Farm Bureau" Ben looked her over and says he, "I'd sorta like to know upon paid memberships to the A. F. program whose purpo e is to: first, make the 'i'wentieth Anniversary Just why you chose the Thus-&.-Thus and not the 50-&'-50." Year itself a year of great achievement; and second, to make the Twen- That was the b ginning of a conversation coming And thereupon I made reply, and thus my mind expressed: B. F. for fiscal year. 1939. Award- tieth Anniversary Annual Meeting of the American Farm Bureau Fed- from a farmer. It was good to hear. "I bought the Thus-&.-Thus, by jing, because I liked it best!" Anniversary Victory Trophy. eration the greatest gathering of organized farmers ever held anywhere. He wasn't to be stopped there, however. He said Oh, are we ever proud of her! We groom her glossy coat, Contest No.8 To accomplish these purposes, t~,e American Farm Bureau Federa- Pronouncing her a beauteous bus; a keen and spiffy boat. State Farm Bureau-Attendance An- tion has set five goals to be reached during 1939: that although he could buy any number of brands, all We check her tires and battery, and just to get the knack nua! Meeting. States having all of 1. Obtain 500,001 Farm Bureau members. This would be an in- varying in price and all represented one to be as good as We run an exhibition mile right down the road and back. their county Farm Bureaus with one crease or approxlmately 100,000 over 1938. Then Marthy brings the whi kbroom out and does her wifely stUff, or more county Farm Bureau mem- the other, he would always stick by the Farm Bureau Exhorting me to cleanliness (which still ain't clean enough). 2. Obtain five new Farm Bureau states. One new state. Georgia. bers in attendance and registered at quality emblem because guaranteed quality, backed by We soak the bltg- juice off the gl ss : we shine the dashboard some the 20th Anniversary meeting. Award has already been added. The additicn of {our more would put a reputation for maintaining quality, is always worth And polish to the last degree the gleaming chorrnlum. Farm Bureau organizations affiliated with the A. F. B. F. in 44 -Anniversary Bronze Plaque. As sure as Sunday rolls around there's some place we should go; states. the price. Contest No. 4 3. Give recognition to charter members of state Farm Bureaus and Some friends we've owed a visit to for seven years or 80, "Then, too, where else could I possibly find an And after Sunday chool is done (or sometimes earlier yet) State Farm Bureau-Pre-Registra to tamlltas which have held Farm Bureau membership con- With mutual joy we climb aboard and off we gaily set. tum. Percentaae. State registering tinuously for 20 years or more. organization or a group of individuals or organizations Down many an old familiar road we guide our nimble steed- lar'gest percentage of their member- that will constantly fight my battles for me? Answer 4. Have at least one member from each county Farm Bureau in That optimum of excellence; that paragon indeed, ship during pre-registration campaign the country in attendance at the Twentieth Anniversary Annual me that." And every old familiar scene seems different now, and new, to attend 20th Anniversary meeting- Meeting in Chicago, December 4-8, 1939. For the circumambient ether bears a faintlY rosy hue. ay 1 to December 1. Award-Silver 6. Obtain 50,000 volunteers who will pledge themselves to help • * * Loving Cup. Congre Passed New Seed Legislation Yes, surely, everything wears out. It's Nature's second rule. Contest No. 5 .reach the Twentieth Anniversary goals. I realize I'm ranting on just like a dummed old fool. The celebration program outtined by the Board of Directors of the ' A new fed ral seed act th t should do much to assure Of course we can't afford to run a sixty- horse machine, County 'Farm .Bureau-Annual Meet- American Farm Bureau ederatlcn includes 'the following'major projects: fa mers better seed is an accomplishment of this ses- And lots of good intentions get dissolved in gasoline, ing Attendance. All county Farm But Father Time is marching on, for Marthy and for me, Bureaus certifying to one or more of 1. Pre-registration campaign to create interest 'in the Twentieth: sion of Congres. August 1 the Senate approved the And we propose to have some fun, and go, and do, and see. their members in attendance and reg- Anniversary Annual Meeting. Coffee seed bill, hicli the House passed during July. The Let fogies of the older school decry in wild alarm. istered at the 20th Anniversary meet- 2. Organization of 20-Yea,r Clubs in each state to honor charter 1 Bill was introduced by Rep. Coffee of Kansas, and had We are not in the work house just because we're on the farm. ing. Award-20th Anniversary Certifi· members, 1 cate of Attendance. -3. Organization of units of a 50,000 CI~b in each state to help with the support of the American Farm Bureau. The Mich .. igan Farm Bureau was assured support for the measure by our representatives in Congress. TheASSOCIATED WOMEN Contest No. 6 County Farm Bureau-Largest berstiit»: The county having the larg- Mem- ' the pre-registration campaign, to help organize 20-Year Clubs. and to assist in'''ev~ry possible, way to make the Twentietl!:,_ Annlver,gary Year a year of achievement. , of the est paid Farm Bureau membership, 4. Record participation in the A.F.B.~. Annual Membership Contests, The Coffee seed bill is a bill in the interests of farm- which ~his year have .been designed to promote the Twentieth based on membership remtttances to ers who want good seed and responsible seed firms. The last great piece of federal seed legislation was the Good- A ERIC N FARM· BUREAU FE ERATION the A. F. B. F. during the fiscal year. Award-Victory Trophy. AnniVersftry Annual Meeting. - I... PRE-REGISTRATION ing-Ketcham Act of 1926. That law provided for the T the dt eam of organized farm women Contest No. 7 County Farm Bureau-Largest Mem- . The purpose of the pre-registration campaign Is to assist us in staining at ports of entry clover and alfalfa seeds from we vi 'ion the day when we can load the reaching the Twentieth Anniversary goal of having all county Farm bership in State. The county Farm foreign nations. Seeds known to be unadapted are produce of our farm, find a buyer and Bureau having the largest paid Farm Bure-aus represented by one or more members at the Twentieth Anni- stained so that 10 ~ is red; clover and alfalfa seeds of Bureau membership in each state 'bas- versary Annual,' Meeting in Chicago on December 4-8, 1939. looking him traight in the eye, ay:" We I doubtful value are stained so that 1 70 is green. Canad- have 0 many head of . tock, 0 many bu hels ed on membership remittances to the Duringtthe campaign, which will run from June 1 to December 1, A. F. B. F'. during the fiscal year and members in every Farm Bureau county will have an opportunity to ian seed is adapted; 1~ is stained violet. The law of fine quality grain, 0 many dozens of having a representative in attendance express their -aeslre or intention of attending the Annual Meeting. Pre- hrank imports of worthless clover and alfalfa seed trietly fre h egg, 0 many pounds of sweet at 20th Anniversary Annual Meeting. registration cards have .been prepared and may be obtained from the Award-Victory Pennant. ,Michiglm 'St1tte' P'arm Bureau, Meffilbei'ship Relations Dep't, 221 N. Cedar from millions of pounds annually to a mere trickle cream. Here ilt is. We will ake 0 much St.; Lansing; Midtiigan. '( , The; Michigan Farm Bureau joined with the American , Contest No.8 for it. You may take it or lea e it." National Champion Volunteer Mem- A F'artn· "Bureau 'member'sstgnature .on a 'pre-registration card does: Farm Bureau in proving the need for the Gooding- bership Solicitor. Farm Bureau mem- 'not mean that he is' obligated to attend "the Twentieth Anniversary Ketcham Act. it be fine if we farmer, who have ber who obtains the largest number , Annual 'Meeting. ~It' means 'simply' that he is interested in 'helptng make boa' ted of our independence, could do of paid memberships froni December the convention \ a success, would like, to' attend, and will make every T e Coffee seed bill forbids and provides penalties for 1, 1938 to ovember 30, 1939, .wlthout effort to be 'present· in Chicago next December, ' ,',,', ..' ju t that 1 But ala! When our crop leave our farms we uch evasions of the Gooding-Ketcham Act as trapping compensation other than travel ex- Each member "Who signs a' pre-registration card will receive a Twen. lose all control of them. Or if we do follow them, 0 the mark- tn rained eed, etc. ertain importers have devised a et place, we it like little boys Ion the fence, waiting for orne- penses and subsistence. Farm Bureau shall certify to each con- The State. tieth 'Annivef~ar~ 'butloh .. : The buttons, like the registration' cards, may be obtained from the Michigan State Farm Bureau: number of methods to get rid of the tell tale stain. The testant immediately after ovember The state . aj:m Bureau which registers the largest percentage of Its new d ill ates that the standard disclaimer used by one el e to name the price. or i. that all, for when the sale is 30, 1939. 1st Award-Gold Medal, members and 1i1es the' pre-registration cards with National Secretary many seed firms is not a disclaimer or dodge of responsi- made and we' are given what the other fellow is willing 2nd Award-s-Silver Medal. 3rd Award R. W. Blackb'mn ~b'YDecember 4 will be awarded a silver loving cup to let us have, and we turn to load up :the wagon with man- Bronze Medal. as winner of Anttilal Contest Number Four.' bility in t e eyes of the law. This is the standard dis .. i J ! , :~, claim r th t the Farm Bureau, the U. S. Dep't of Agri- ufactured thing we need, we mu t pay the price which the I. 20-YEAR CLUBS culture and others supporting the Coffee seed bill said grocer, the implement man or th manufacturer demands. Behind As part of the Twentieth Anniversary Celebration, the American Farm Bureau -1Fedetation plans to give recognition to those pioneer Farm ' hould be tossed out the window for the good of all: "We give no war.ranty express or implied, as to the THEconfrontmany great problem, national, tate an local, which the Wheel (Continued from page 1) Bureau folks who have maintained membership in their local ergantza- .' azrieulture empha ize 'the nece sity for a general tions continuously for the past 20 years, or in case the state organization' description, quality, productiveness, or any other matter of "Uncle" is not that old, to charter members. any seed we send out and we will not in any way be respon- farm organization through which the farm partner hips can "Uncle" George Putman, president of the New Hampshire State Farm To carry' out this project, workers in every Farm Bureau state will sible for the crop. If the purchaser does not accept the goods act collectively in olving the e probl m. How can the organize 20-Year Clubs. Our goal is to have a 20-Year Club membership i on th e terms, he must notify us at once, and we will give Bureau traveled to Michigan to see In truction for disposition of the goods." individual farmer or hi wife acting alone solve the great prob- how folks out here stage a training card" fllled out by every eligible Farm Bureau member. Membership lem of production control, increased outlet' , or farm ur- school. He says he was much im- cards will .be supplied by the Michigan State Farm Bureau. tra t th t with the Michigan State Farm Bureau s t pressed. Uncle George is one of the Member~-f 20-Year Clubs will be given a Twentieth Anniversary plu e , fair di tribution of tax burden, monetary reform, price Button -stmtlar to those given for pre-registration. Twenty-Year Club seed guarantee that has been in oper tion for twenty oldest workers in national Farm Bur- parity, reduction of di tribution costs, an adequate 'rural eau circles both from a standpoint of J members will receive additional recognition at the Twentieth Anniversary ye rs, It appears on the back of the seed analysis tag: f Annual Meeting where they will be given a gold ribbon to wear with the y tern, and all the other problem which vitally affect the age in years and service. Recently "The Farm Bureau Services, Inc., Lansing, Michigan, several testimonial banquets. were I Anniversary 'button. Those club members who are unable to attend the guarantees the vitality, description, origin and purity of its welfare of every farm family? held in honor of Mr. Putman in his I, convention ll"receive ribbons after the close of the meeting. F rm ureau Bra ds of Seeds to be as represented on the HE banded tozether in a nation-wide organizati~n horne state and thousands attended. , . M bership in the 20-Year ClUbs is open -to those wIwhave been price card and analysis tag to the full amount of the purchase prioe If received by the customer in the original sealed and branded bag. It is recognized that a mistake may be made W which can speak for all farm 1", they can mold public r. Putman was the first Farm Bur- eau leader to receive the Farm Bur- members' 'f tb. . : county or state Farm Bti;eaus for 20 ''Years or more and 0 e' berS 'of families in which 'al Farm Bureau membership has opinion and brine about effective, concerted action on a pro- eau award given each year for out- been he 20 years. \. and It is m tually greed that in no case shall the Farm Bu- standing service to agriculture. .• • ,.' ,11 r au r.vice, Inc., be liable for more than the amount actually gram of their own making. Fa m women of the land have a Prior he Twentieth Anniversary Annual Meeting, 20~Year Club That was several years ago, but members I eceive local recognttton at Farm Bureau meetings, IJicnics, p ld for the seed. Upon receipt of the seed if unsatisfactory, definite respon ibility to help build such an organization. "Uncle" George Is still working hard as advl e us Immediately and we will give disposition." special din. ! etc. Local organization of the clubs is left largely to a leader in the cause of a better ag- local Farm ~w:eau officials and members of the special volunteer Glo i g Thought WE merican believe the record of twenty year' Farm Bureau Federation clearly demon trat- ervice of the riculture. OTHERS Two other people, not of Farm Bur- workers' grou 0 'be known as the 50,000 Club. ' es that it i wcll-fitt d for this ta k and i worth of your up- 50,000 CLUB It a gre t thing to lik your work. t If you do like eau leadership,but nevertheless much To achieve Jih.8 goals set for the Twentieth Anniversary Year, much ork is tonic. If you don't-if you just work to port. Oreanized in the communi y, the county, the ate and interested in the welfare of the farm- special wO·. :::be required. To do this job, 50,000 selected' FarPl the nation with a trained leadership and a broad con tructive er, who attended most every session Bureau members throughout the country will be invited to join th orne fat on your ribs-work can be toxic. If you of the school were Miss Ursula P. program, it tand with united rank! to battle for the advance- 50,0~ ~lub, whose 'purpose is to assist in every way possible to make the our work, you'r a god; if you don't like it, you're Hubbard and Mrs. Loleta D. Fyan. Twen ie . a~sary Celebratlon a real success. e. ment of agriculture and everything that involves he wel- Miss Hubbard repre ented the Car- negie Endowment for International Members of the 50,000 Club will help the pre-registration campaign-; fare of farme and their famili ,. It i et up to peak for all * * * he nly way in which a farmer can strike is to farmers and embodie in it rank all type of farmers, Its Peace and Mrs. Fyan the Michigan Library Association. Both are very they into' 2Q . ea 1 hel t' discover all pioneer members and organize them lu s; they will encourage participation of county and much interested in adult education state Farm reaus in the Annual Contests; and they wflI. provide the out along new lines to make a better country life. program i' a broad a agriculture it elf; it et-up i 0 com- "extra somet . g" needed to reach the major goal of 600,001 Farm and the discussion method in Com- pletely flexible that each community, county and state organ- Bureau members for 1939. * * * re a fairly happy lot. One of our ization can plan i own program and adapt it organization munity Groups. TODAY'S THOUGHT Farm Bur~u members who volunteer for service in the 60000 Club "My generation was taught to get will be .• en a special club membership button. These button~ will be our h ppiness i too costly. You through the tate and national organization. The Farm Bur- turnt hed by the American Farm Bureau Federation and 'will be dis- ahead of others; our job now is to d eau recognize the partner hip of the farm woman with her teach youth to go ahead with others. tribu e by th~ MiChigan State Farm Bureau. -Edward Filene, leader in co-opera- o * It's fine to build a new country, * * We appear to have hu band. The family i its member hip unit. equal part and re pon ibility with the, men in building the omen have tive merchandising fields. gaIlizMk> 01 units of the 50,000 Club, as with 20- Year Clubs will ~e th r 81>:0 ibillty of local and state Farm Bureau offidals. 'I'he grou s c~n up Within the present organization program of local o the time to rebuild it. We are still pioneers In organization and it program.-From Partner in the Farm Pig Crop orga JzatI should provide a nucleus ,for future membership work ilding etter tion. Bur au. in addiUon ting with the promotion of the Twentieth Anniversary Largest In Years Oeletiratlon. • ciou * are * tributes * paid to the goodnes Farmers Stop Wages the provisions of H. R. 7133 would clarify the exemptions and are in Lansing, June 29. The spring pig crop in Michigan is 23 percent larger ANNUAL CONTESTS than the crop of a year ago and is meri ot long ago we saw a man return and Hours Act Tru t harmony with what Congress sought the largest since 1927. erican Farm Bureau Federation's Annual 'Membership Con- to accomplish when the law was en- Hog raisers in Michigan Indicate t~sts h e b nit d tat s to go to jail rather than to continue (Continued from Page 1.) acted in 1939." revised this year to tie in more closely with the Twen- in Germany. be further increased on October 24 that they intend to Increase fall far- tieth nniversar lebration program. Following are the details of next, hen the minimum wage re- rowings (June-November) 22 percent the 1939 contests: * . A. quirement will be raised twenty per' Stage Curtain of Water cent and the hours re triction on em- Between the acts at the million- above the number farrowed last fall. Should the expected 98,000 fall far- ReqUirements ployment w111 be tightened up with dollar Aquacade show at the ew rowings be realized, it would be the t~ ~d cOllnty Farm Bureaus must be in good standing and the decrease from a forty-four hour York World's Fair 1939, a certain of largest number of fall farrowlngs In remitte 0 State Farm Bureau and to the A.F.B.F. dues for week to a forty-t 0 hour week. the 16 years of official record {96,000 in good standing. . water 40 feet high and 260 feet "To bring about relief from these across shields in 1924.) the stage from the ershi licitors' contests are limited to those not employed serious handicaps to agricultural re- audience. The curtain will be formed For the United States, the 1939 pig u or any affiliated organization. covery and to avoid further confusion by four sheets of water pouring at crop is expected to be the third largest since 1923. 20 percent ~f county Farm Bureaus must include state Farm regardin the operation and interpre- the rate of 8,000 gallons a minute T larger spring pig crop this year than ion as to good standing of the county and that requ red tation of the Fair Labor Standards under 160 pounds of pressure. last is estimated, and the number of bers have been remitted to state and ational orgaai- t, e endorse the so-called Barden sows to farrow in the fall season of mendments, a embodied in H. R, It takes more than food to make 1939 is indicated as 16 per cent 7133, introduced in the House of Rep- a child grow, say child specialists. larger than the number farrowed in re entatives on July 11. 1939. Excep- They recommend as necessities, plen- the fall sea on of 1988. tion covered by the Barden amend- ty of fre h air, sleep and sunshine and V R E H. CHURCH, Senior Agri- ments relate definitely to perishable playtime with companions of approx- cultural Statistician. agricultural commodities or seasonal imately the same age and in pleasant CECIL J. BORUM, Agricultural mar etln acUvitl. beli ve that surroundings. Statt tlcSan, Believe This l Ju idwest Tr cool C icagoland Letter S,ory or Not to the Editor Chicago is a city 6! nearly 3,000,000, It lies in Cook county. Timely Comment evertheless, there is a Cook County in Readers' Letters Farm Bureau, and it has 1,950 mem- ber families. Each pays annual Farm Bureau dues of $15 a year and consid- Mr. Editor:- ers it a good investment. When the farmers have a union of their own as well organized and as C. E. Mills, a soft spoken, scholarly forceful as the typographical union, appearing man of middle age, is their for instance, they will get somewhere. organization director, and the fellow When the farmers get to realize that who helped build it. their welfare is in production and not In Illinois, said Mr. Mills, what the in curtailing, when their leaders see Farm Bureau builds is for Farm Bur- that the land is here to be used in eau members only. They have built raising crops, as big crops as possible, a large system of county Fitrm Bureau and not in small crops at high prices oil and gasoline co-operatives, supplied that are impossible, and when they by their state wholesale. He said the see that the methods used in the last patronage dividend to members has few years have failed, and have fail- been close to 5 cents per gallon. The ed in every attempt along such lines savings on automobile insurance goes Cor hundred of years then possibly all Too Many Dance To The Duty Serseant R. S.· Hudson on a long ways toward paying the annual will turn their attention to the great- Care of Horses Farm Bureau dues. Only Farm Bur- profitable and very practical task of Music We Pay For R. S. Hudson, head of the horse de- eau members can buy that insurance. Patronage dividends from the Farm applying their energies to raising pro- ducts for manufacture. Farm Bureau Benefits Need • • coun.ty .. The outcome was a 5% re- partment at the Michigan State Col- lege, lists these pointers to make b t- Bureau supplies co-ops, and other ven- I refer, for one thing, to raising of tel' use of horses and materially re- duction 111 assessed valuation on every tures are paid to Farm Bureau mem- crops suitable to maxe alcohol for bers. A strong local and state legis- automobiles. This is practical and is To Be Restricted To parcel of farm land within the coun- duce the loss of animals: The Members ty, yet our membership does not in- Feed regularly, about the same each lative tax reduction, and public rela- widely done In Europe, and ten or day, he advises. Do not feed grain crease. II tions program is carried out by the twenty per cent of alcohol in gasoline when the horse is tired and hot. Al- Today there are 2,641 participating County Farm Bureau. . would provide a better fuel for cars By MRS. ED/TH M. WAGAR though fresh hay in the manger is farms in Monroe county in the AAA On top of that, the County Farm than we now have. Twenty ·per cent I returned home from the Mid-West program permissable, the horse should have to your layers in mill-mixed rna hes-s-or buy for this year. That will "NOPCO X" from ,your dealer for hom u • Bureau hires the county agricultural of alcohol in gasoline would require Training School in a peculiar frame p.lean thousands of dollars paid to farm- half an hour to cool off before graining. agent and his assistants. They pay more land than is now idle and much of mind. Water often, at least four or five ers before the year is over, for to alion.! Oil Products Com them well and provide a large county more might have to be cleared. This school has been held each year date 95% or them have earned their times daily, but not more than a pail- 1843 ESSEX STREET, HA .1 organization of farmers for them to It is true that it would be necessary by the eleven mid-west states for 14 maximum payment. ful of 10 to 12 quarts when the animal work through. State and federal aid to have a government subsidy for the years. Its object is to train the state first comes in from work. first few years until the processes of We Won This Program to the county agents offices in Illinois and county leadership in efficient and Less grain when the horse is not . manufacture have lowered the costs, This is a benefit that is coming to "NOPCO" * COD LIVE appears to be a very small part of the satisfactory membership maintenance. working, perhaps one-half a ra ion on 150'.'·1 'D' units per ••.• '" and enough .byproducts had been de- our farmers because the Farm Bu- VII~~'~.~~U::~~ttd total operating budget. The Farm Great strides have been made in unit- Sundays and rainy days. Bureau supplies the remainder, and veloped to make the process wholly ed thinking and planning and satls- reau folks have battled for it. About Feed hay first and give the heaviest V,llmln 0 lu.ranlted ' commercial and self supporting. On 75% of the /farms of this state are ,nAO AC. uM. the Farm Bureau members get service faotory results have obtained as a feed at night. When pasture is avail- the other hand does not the govern- participating this year-155,842 to be plus. general rule. able, turn the animal out at night at- * TUde ment now subsidize the sugar in- exact. Now, why in the name of milks of Nlt,on.1 011 Produ 1$ Co. The Farm Bureau membership goes The idea was experimental at first. united agriculture tel' warm weather arrives. dustry, did it not aid the steel in- are not a great to bat for those who go to bat for State Farm Bureau leaders had never majority of these farmers members of dustry, until it got on i1s feet? them. met before to discuss their weakness- the organization whose untiring ef- Get in touch with the The Chemical J. F. YAEGER Cook county hasn't always had such· Foundation, 654 Madison Ave., New es and their failures to produce hop- forts brought this help to them in a a strong Farm Bureau, Mr. Mills said. York for further details, and publish ed-for results. Oth- year of unlivable prices? What kind For five days the Midwest Training Twelve years ago they hired O. G. Bar- them and keep on publtshtng them er business groups of aggressive program can we put on School opened morning, afternoon and II rett, then ~ounty agr'l agent for Mason county, Michigan. 182 tarm Cook county had Bureau members. In six until the farmers and others come to realize, their truth. Is not that a tunc- tlon of the Farm Bureau? do that. We all in order to enroll the folks who are evening sessions on time, and closed realized that there enjoying the results of Farm Bureau each meeting on the dot, even to the was no uniformity dues and labor? final session ending Thursday morn- re•.liliza •••.••• years, the membership had climbed 1,200. Then Mr. Mills came ill as or- Wilson, Mich. D. C. Campbell. of program in the Don't tell me our Michigan farmers ing at 11: 30 a. m. General chairman various Farm Bur- do not believe in this type of farm of committees and handling the stop of ,I ganization director. He has built the eau states and to a legislation lfor they must have some and go machinery was J. F. Yaeger, 'I'•.u·l j membership to 1,975 and expected to great extent this appreciative feeling for it, or they director of membership relations for have it 2,000 or better by August 1. All that in a county nesting the sec- Well-lighted basement and stairways and lights in the cellar and attic was also true a- would not accept its money returns. mong the County They may try to convince them- Michigan. In the army they call such a fellow the duty sergeant in polite T•.el!~s laundry help reduce accidents. ond largest city in the United States! Farm Bureaus. We selves that they are not in accord, conversation and whatever they think knew that in order especially when they listen to some of of at other times. At the Midwest eC:OIII•• e.,la4ea of 500 pounds or more of food. .kbout to conserve lead- these self-seeking politicians but-if ·the conversation was polite and the Farm Families 50 new plants a month are adding to ership, time, and we of the Farm Bureau will stand on duty sergeant was even compliment- this new type' of facility and service. energy, it would be our feet and defend our own program, ed by his company for getting so EXPERIMENT STATION HORTICULTURISTS Freezing Foods Townspeople as well as farmers are necessary to have we can soon convi ce the doubting much work out of them. Farm families in Michigan are using this service. Usually the rates a more unified program. So the first Thomases that this is a farmers' pro- recommend fall fertilization for fruit tree ~ among the 850,000 in the nation enjoy- tor rent of a storage locker run from training school at Saugatuck, Michi- gram fostered by farm people. ing refrigerated food locker service. $10 to $12 a year. Llmtted service as gan, had this object in view. An Illinois County Agent Farm Population Close Co-operative and private plants are of- well as complete service is offered in When I think back to that gather- At the Thursday luncheon, I sat To 'Largest on Record 'If condifions fhe frees. fer~ng such services to permit fresh various storage plants. ,Some of the ing, I wonder how the committee held across the table fr an Illinois coun- The farm population of the United steaks, roasts and chops during sum- complete plants resemble small mod- them together as we did, and united ty agent, and he told me that the States on January 1, 1939, was close If gefs file nitrogen dowlI d p lor mer months and fresh homegrown ern packing plants. them in principle on ten fundamental County Farm Bureau In his county to the largest on record, according to file roofs to 1 ed on wJa II pring fru,its and vegetables during winter I One of the interesting phases of the points that have never been changed owns a two-story office butldtng that the Bureau of Agricultural Economics I growth s arts. months. survey concerns reasons for develop- and still stand as signboards pointing not only was used by their county at Washington. The total was 32,059,- the way to a desired goal. organization, but it had office space 000 persons. This compares with the Communities in the state have par- ment and use of this storage space. Farm Bureau training schools are for the county agent, the home mon- all-time high of 32,077,000 on January t! If gefs file job ouf 01 the way 01 otla I' ticipated in this type of food pioneer- Farm families find the primary ad- ing. Those who start now can bene- vantage is not so much economy as it now held every year in the four dis- stratton agent and the club leader, the I, 1910, From 1910 to 1927 there was spring ... work. fit ,by this earlier experience. is to raise the standard of living with tricts of the United States. We find AAA work, the rural electrification of- a decline of almost 2,000,000 persons fice, the :!J1 t~e Q9..9,000,000mlle~ ~! ~O!l!. Farm Bureau Men Te t Brawn in Tug ..of" Judge at Percheron Show Six per cent of this country's annual yield of milk i. 11 ed in the manuf c- ,;.~,.,....,,"""'IIIIi~ R. S. Hudson of Micllig n tate Col. tu~e of cheese. ! e will peak on P rch ron hor e and erve as alternate judg-e a the The chains of habit are too weak to na ttona! Percheron how at th l fin., b felt until they are too strong to b uesota •..tate Fi ir ug. :W·. ept. 4. • hl'okt:ll.-Sill.Jucl Johnson. fe if They P Wisconsin Safety Code; State Will In pect Them Jam 01' nfield, manager of th TIl • HI rtcan Farm Bur au Feder- State El ctrical Admin! .trattve Board Iutual Bu ildln , La n ing, has Ill' following art.lcl ws to call a tt litton to the fol' the ation and other organizations .ug the Truth in Fabric bill WOll a not- able victory in Congress durin' support- July " J t r e ,.•hen the senate by a two to one vote that may lie in home made (4 ·23) appr-oved the chwartz Truth 't1'!e t IH' S t tll t ar conn ct d I ctr!c po wer lines. i I euc ('011 troller 1 ot all connuer- that conn ct to in Fabric Bill, S. 162. Following this ot, enator Thomas .lled a motion to re 'on tder thi of Oklahoma vote. 00 by power lin ar. ate either. Battery .\11 agreem ut, how vel', has been op rated sets are con idered iare, we are dvls d. Mr. Greenfield' Two Th d nth of Robert Deaths in County article: t orey, 21 year leached to take up the Thoma motion .n the senate on July 2 , at which .Ime Senator O'Mahoney of Wyom ing hon " pIau to move to lay the Thomas mo- old man, 'au 'd by contact with n tion on the table. In view of the over- eleetr'Ically eha 'ged f nee, v h ich 0" wh lm ing vote in favor of this bill, curved near BU1'I'yton, . Iecosta county. .t proponent believe the