DEP UP On New. Intereating to Farmer. Through the Farm Newe Vol. XVIII, No. 1 VARY 6, 1940 • Farm Bureau Makes Big Sla I MICHIGAN CO-OPS Genesee President and Beet Loader • Behind I the GOING AFTER Wheel NAT'L INSTITUTE I With J. 1'. Yaeger, Will Entertain 3,000 Co-op Organization Starts New ~ ar with a p Director of Membership Relations Leaders at College Announcement for Farmer; e all In July Big Reduction in 1921 JUSTIFIED PRIDE Mason County Farm Bureau folks Michigan farm co-operatives are feel rather pr ud these days and well making an early and strong start in The Michigan Farm Bureau in I te Decemb r m d it may they be so. This County Farm their preparations to entertain the Bureau was the one picked from American Institute of Co-operation at membership and other patrons a holiday gr ting in the h p Michigan to make a typical County Michigan State College the week of of a sweeping reduction in fertilizer prices for spring Farm Bureau exhibit at the American July 7, 1940. The Institute will be Farm Bureau convention early in probably 3,000 farm co-operative lead- 1940. December. They sure did a good job ers of the United States together in Farm Bureau fertilizer pnces have be n r due d fro of it and as a result have received a great educational program. a very complimentary letter from The Michigan general committee $2 per ton on the lowest cost fertilizer to an av r g 0 those in charge of exhibits at the met at the Michigan 'State Farm Bu- around $5 per ton on the most popular analyses for gen r I convention. The letter, in part, says: reau 'Thursday, January 4. A. B. "We want to congratulate you on Love, chairman of the finance commit- farm use. On the higher analyses fertilizers the reduction the Mason County Farm Bureau ex- tee reported that splendid progress is even more. hibit-it set forth in fine shape an being made. All state-wide Michigan excellent County Farm Bureau pro- commodity marketing organizations Farmer Gets The Benefit gram-and with the publicity scrap have pledged generous support. Thirty Here is Wilbur Short of Swartz Creek, president of the Genesee' County Farm Bureau for many year, and "There is nothing mysterious about the r duct ion in books-made a real contribution to of the first 32 local farmers ass'ns to the sugar beet loader which he and his son Lyle constructed last summer to handle 15 acres of beet . an extremely interesting exhibit. It report have made a contribution to The Shorts farm 225 acres in Mundy township. The idea of building the loader originated with Lyle who F~rm Bureau fertilizer prices", said Clark L. Brody, ecutiv helped make the all states County help finance the school. Many others read of a beet loader coming onto the market. Father and son decided to try their hand at building one. An secretary of the Farm Bureau. HBy agreement the arm Farm Bureau exhibit a real success." will be heard from wi thin the next old gasoline motor, spare planks and boards, wheels and other parts from disc~rded farm implements were few weeks. Large farmers' marketing used. They bought only two pulleys and a metal base for the loading -chute, Bureau Services, Inc., and the plant manufacturing ou ACTION AND RESULTS and purchasing groups in adjoining The loader is attached to a truck. With two men forking beets into the loader they were able to load nd fertilizers have changed from the manufacture of larg Under the leadership of member- states will also help finance the school. haul as much as 21% tons of beets in one day with one truck. It was much faster and much easier than the ship chairman, Eugene Kurtz, the number of fertilizer analyses to 12, all of which are recom- Holman Describes Institute old way. Wilbur and Lyle Short are now interested in perfecting their loader so that it will pick the beets Genesee County Farm Bureau "went Charles Holman of Washington, sec- off the ground. mended for Michigan crops and soils, and have be n most . to town" recently in a membership retary of the Institute of Co-operation, and collection popular among Michigan farmers. The list for spring 1940 and also secretary of the Nat'l Milk campaign. Over 80 per cent of all de- linquent member- Producers Ass'n, was present described the Institute. and BUREAU FIGHTS Detroit Packing Co. Has 3,600 Stockholders AL includes such favorites as 0~20-0, 0-12-12, 0-14-6, 0-20-20, 2-12-2, 2-12-6, 2-8-16, 2-16-8, 3-18-9, 4-10-6, and ships were collect- ed in two days The Institute, said Mr. Holman, is an educational ass'n for the farmers' co-operative movement. It was organ- 50 peT. CUT IN The co-operative Detroit Company will invite 3,600 live stock Packing 4-16-4, and 4-24-12. producer-shipper stockholder members and nearly 50 new members Not satisfied, add e d. the ized as a college at Washington years ago. It may employe a faculty 16 BEAN TA IFF to its annual meeting, March 9, 1940, at Detroit. U "This economy in manufacturing", said Mr. Brody, together with a situation in the fertilizer industry, plus th and grant degrees as a college. The Since going on a revolving stock folks are already making plans for Institute operates at Washington Proposed Trade Agreement plan, whereby every farmer shipper Farm Bureau and 137 Co-op large scale buying power exercised by the Farm Bureau Ser- throughout the year as an educational contacting tho s e organization. Its annual schools are With Chile Had This becomes a. stockholder through a Stockholders Told of vices and associated farmers' co-operatives for the benefit who weren't home small retain from each shipment, the f/. F. Y'AEGEJe on the two-day held on the campus of some college Provision membership of the Packing Company Progress of Michigan farmers has resulted in savings which we ar or university. The Institute is sup- campaign and getting the new mem- ported by voluntary contributions has increased by 3,200 in two years. passing on to the Farm Bureau membership and patrons of bers- organized into Community Farm Shall the U. S. tariff on beans be The voluntary retain program helps from co-operatives. Alfred George of Buchanan, presi- Farm Bureau dealers in lower prices for Farm Bureau fertili- Bureaus. Says Eugene, "Membership reduced 50% in connection with the provide the company with needed The annual sessions are open to all dent of the Farm Bureau Services, pending reciprocal trade agreement is the County Farm Bureau's respon- interested co-operators. The proceed- working capital and qualifies farmer Inc., was re-elected for another year zers. It is the same high quality fertilizer that the Farm sibility imd far be it from us to side- with Chile, and thereby be extended shippers for membership in the co-op- ings receive much attention from the at the annual meeting of the tock- Bureau has offered for years. st~p H.l1 . to many other nations under the erative. press and magazines. 'Some of the ad- most favored nation clause? holders at the Michl an tate Farm Not far from Genesee County is dresses are ·broadcast. The Iustitute The American Farm Bureau Feder- The system provides that certltl- Bureau at Lansing, December 14. Mr. Farmer Support Will Count ~aginaw county and Tuscola county. ca.tes issued for the retains shall be George became president at the 1936 Farm Bureau leaders up that way Report usually makes a book of 700 ation, the Michigan State Farm Bur- called for payment of principal to the HAs yet, said Mr. Brody in a statement to the Farm or more 'pages which goes to agricul- eau and the Michigan Elevator Ex- annual meeting, and has been re- must feel about as Mr. Kurtz does. tural and other colleges and to li- change have said "No!" to the U. S. farmer owner within a few years. elected each year since. Bureau membership, "not all of the competing companies Saginaw has already reported shoot- Series 1938 will be retired before Stock in .the Farm Bureau Services ing at 700 or more paid up members braries throughout the nation, and even Department of State. in our state have lowered their quotations to our price lev 1, abroad. The Report is used as a The Farm Bureau and the Ex- Series 1939 and so on. In the mean- for 1940. Tuscola has set "250 or reference by writers and by those change have spoken and continue to time the certificates may draw up to but some have and undoubtedly all will have to do so. I feel more" 5 % interest. Last October the di- Congratulations folks, we know building farm co-operatives. speak for 57,000 Michigan farmers it important to advise you at this time that you can greatly The Michigan Program who grow 80% of the white pea rectors voted that the 1938 certificates you'Il make it!! To the Michigan meeting will come beans produced in the United States. shall draw 40/0 interest for the year aid the efforts of your State Farm Bureau by buying Farm . INTELLIGENT PUBLIC OPINION co-operative sales managers, 'Public Our Surplus 3,500,000 Bags! 1939. Bureau fertilizer from your local organization, and by urg- In answer to a letter written him relations and advertising men, finance Last year Michigan bean growers ing your neighbors to do likewise. In completing the ar- by Junior Farm Bureau Director Ben- jamin Hennink, Under Secretary Mr. M. L. Wilson, of -Agrlculture at men, buyers of farm supplies, build- ers of merchandising and others who have made national organizations had a surplus of 3,500,000 hundred pound bags of white pea beans-a surplus that was relieved only by the NO SH RTAGE OF rangements we have laid much stress on the addit~o.nalton .. nage to be obtained. By using Farm Bureau fertilizer you Washington, D. C., writes, "I sym- pathize very greatly with the problem reputations for themselves in the co- operative field. They will represent Farm Bureau, other groups inducing the Exchange, the Federal and POTASH FERTILIZE will be getting the highest quality product and at the same that is under consideration by your such commodities as grain, beans, live Surplus Commodities Corporation to time you will aid greatly in holding the volume at a poin Junior Farm Bureau folks. I am par- stock, fruit, vegetables, milk, butter, buy more than 1,000 carloads of American Production Re- ticularily impressed with the sen- citrus fruits, cotton, nuts, farm sup- Michigan beans for relief purposes. where the maximum purchasing advantages can be main- tence, 'It seems to us that after we plies, co-operative manufacturing of These purchases relieved the sur- moves Scarcity We Had tained. have come up through these training (Conttmred on page 2.) plus and increased the price of beans in World War processes and established a respect appreciably, but there is no short- "Whether or not the Farm Bureau can maintain this for ourselves in tile community, that certainly there should be method whereby we are able to es- some FARMERS' WEEK age of beans in the nation. it. Should the U. S. State department Far from There is no danger of a shortage of potash fentilizers for 1940, according position on fertilizer prices for this and other seasons will depend upon the purchasing support given by the m mbers." tablish ourselves on the land and in our communities.' Tltis is a very fair AT COLLEGE include 50% tariff reduction on beans in its reciprocal trade agreement to the American Potash Since the war broke out in Europe the Institute. question has been raised of a po aibil- Mr. Brody estimated that the Farm. Bureau's reduction of fertilizer prices • Fruit Growers sta ement of a very fundamental pro- blem. everywhere Farmers, ought young and old, to be thinking JANa 29· FEB. 3 with Chile, floods of Japanese Chilean beans would soon appear at our ports. ot only Michigan bean and ity of such a shortage. During the World war there was a critical scarity might save Mic~i~an farmers ward of a half mlllion dollars on the fertilizer to be used next spring. up- Meet Jan. 15-19 about it as you are in Michigan. producers would be damaged, but of potash and the price sykrocketed. is held by the Michigan State Farm Promise of a peek at what Mi hi- Farmers co-operative ass'ns and For democratio accomplish1nent best New Field House Has Seating growers of pea beans, great north- III those days potash came from Bureau as majority stockholder, and other Farm Bureau fertilizer dealers gan's fruit industry may tiee by 1950 grows out of in!01'1ncd and intelligent Capacity Twice That of erns and other varieties in New York, Europe. During the war it became by 137 associated farmers elevators, is offered in announcement of the an- almost impossible to get potash, and fruit ass'ns, co-op creameries and have been taking orders for spring nual fruit growers' conference to b pu.blic opinion." Montana, Idaho and California. Demonstration Hall yields and quality of many crops uf- other co-operatives groups. The meet- and summer requirements at their held at Michigan State College Jan. 15 It Hasn't Happened new prices. The Farm Bureau has OUTSTANDING fered from lack of this important ing was attended by nearly 200 repre- to 19. Plans for the 20th annual Farmers So far the protests of the Farm advised members and other patrons Ruth Davenport of Lapeer, says plant food. entative of the stockholders. The leading professional mall in Week program at Michigan State Col- Bureau and the Michigan Elevator that the price reduction will be main- the Detroit Free Press in its "Around Today the situation is far different. Problem is Volume pomology in eastern, states, Dr. H. B. lege are under way with the announce. Exchange appear to have been ef- tained as long as possible. Fertilizer The State" column, is the outstanding There are several sources of American "The pa t year 11a shown consid- Tukey, chief of research at the New ment that the dates for the nationally fective, The Chilean trade agree- ordered at the new prices, said the girl of 1939 in Michigan 4-H canning production, in California and 1 ew erable progress in n wand improved York Experiment station at Geneva, outstanding event at East Lansing are ment is still pending. Farm Bureau, is assured at those activities. In nine years of member- Mexico. They supply a large share of lliues of merchandi e, better standards, is scheduled for three talks in the Monday through Saturday, Jan. 29- Early last fall, when Secretary prices as those orders will be protect- ship, she has canned 3,666 llints of Brody of the Michigan Farm Bureau merican potash requirement . specification and reduced prices on five days. fruit, vegetables, pickles, jellies, jams Feb. 3. ed. learned what was contemplated re- The potash deposit in California many items, said Clark L. Brody, exe- Guest speakers will include Rob rt and meats with a total value of $871. E. L. Anthony, dean of agriculture consists of a porous crystalline mass cutive secretary, in his annual report. Older members of the Farm Bureau and general chairman, is anticipating garding beans from cnue, ne supplied Anderson, fruit grower at Covert; H. 75. which is permeated by a dense alka- Pointing out that the opportunities will recall that in 1921 the first co- even greater service to those who at- the American Farm Bureau at Wash- B. Beiseigel, Huron Farms company What a lucky chap the young man line brine. This 'brine is pumped out for increased earnings for co-operative operative distribution of fertilizer by tend, for the college is able to utilize ington with information regarding the Farm Bureaus was credited in the manager at Ann Arbor; Russ 11 Bra- will be who marries Ruth. She's the the situation in Michigan. He asked and put throuah a refinery which stockholders and patronage dividends man, fruit grower at Grand Rapid ; three new .building.s. lowering of fertilizer prices an aver- daughter of 1MI',and Mrs. Ralph Dav- that the proposed tariff reduction for takes out impurities and turn out a to their memberships lie in increased ,V. C. Dutton, East Lansing, horticul- enport, leaders in Farm Bureau and In the new fieldhouse the general pure, high-grade muriate of potash. business with the Farm Bureau Servo age of $10 a ton. Some years later evening programs in which rural visi- beans from Chile be protested as ag- the Federal Trade Commission in- ture director for the Dow Chemical other organized farmer activities in gravating an already distressed in- The deposits in ew Iexieo are in ice, . II'. Brody said: company; George Farley, rrutt grow- the county. tors gain a better picture of the state's cluded that observation in a report dustry. the form of salt 'beds about a thousand "Sometimes we heal' managers say er at Albion; Fred L. Granger, mana- agricultural greatness can be seen by on fertilizer prices. SINClE 1872 The Michigan Elevator Exchange feet below .the surface of the ground. that they mu t handle brand: of mer- gel' of the Producers' corporation at twice the huge crowds which in prev- proceeded through its legal repre- Potash salts in a pure state are simi- chandise other than Farm Bureau be- Benton Harbor; Erwin Klenk, fruit In Manistee county lives Mr. Arlie ious years have consistently squeezed Bureau Seeks Marketing Hopkins, first president of the Coun- sentative at Washington, and was Iar in appearance to ordinary table can e their customers will demand grower at Sparta; and C. C. 'I'aylor, into Demonstration Hall Wednesday assured help from the American Farm alt, and in fact, this is the principal them and if they do not supply this Agreements for Cherries Albion fruit grower. ty Farm Bureau. He is a life mem- and Thursday nights. Even at that ber in the organization. Before the Bureau. impurity in the potash deposits. 'I'hese demand, the customers will buy from In addition to horticulture depar - the arena open for events will be Under the leadership of the Mich- salts are blasted loose and taken to their competitor. E. perience in op- county extension system was under- larger. Farm Bureau Files Protest igan State Farm Bureau, Michigan ment staff members, the p ogram will way, Mr. Hopkins worked in connec- On ovember 11, 1939 President the surface where they are sent erating the Farm Bureau branches Use of the new music building; will cherry growers started a movement include material from the College de- through a refinery. The product from and management contract points tion with Michigan State College as provide other space previously not 0' eal of the American Farm Bureau at a recent meeting at Grand Rapids partment of botany, entomolo y and an institute speaker. He also spent filed a brief with the State Depart- these plants also is a very high grade show that handling only Farm Bu- available. Music and speech depart- to ask Congress to qualify the cherry soils. two years in South Dakota at this ment programs are planned. ment's Committee on Reciprocity In- of muriate of potash. reau item reduces the neces ary in- crop for marketing agreements under work. He also has been very active Then there is the new livestock formation. He protested any reduc- ten request for the privilege to offer v ntory, improves the rate of in- the Agr'I Adjustment Administration. in the State Horticulture Society pavilion offering a sizeable arena and tions or concession in existing tariffs testimony. ventory turnover and does not handi- but having nothing to In order to do so J. F. Yaeger told and has served on its board of direct- seats for more than 3,000 spectators. on beans and certain other commod- add to its written brief it did not cap volume. the growers the AAA act must be ors and as president. Livestock judging for the annual colt ities in the proposed Chilean agree- testify. Seed Service amended to include processed fruits Mr. Hopkins operates a large fruit development, swine, sheep and beef ment that would hold or reduce dom- Commenting upon the operations of Since the ovember 27 hearing and vegetables grown for processing. farm in a very businesslike and pro- production contests will culminate in estic prices for these commodities Farm Bureau service departments, Mr. the American Farm Bureau has con- Cherries are canned. fitable manner. He keeps a complete this space, a swell as the students' below parity price levels . . . which tinued its discussion of the proposed Brody said, in part: Under such an amendment growers set of records and usually ends up Little International fitting and show- are quite a ways above present prices Chilean trade agreement "The cleaning and handling of field with offic- could petition and if 60% of the pro- the year in "the black". In addition manship competition. for beans. The O'Neal statement seed was one of the early projects of ials of the State Department, urg- ducers and tonnage of the cherry in- to producing ousands of apples each Resumption of the annual turkey was con idered a complete statement the Farm Bureau. For 20 year Farm ing that careful COIl ideration be dustry should so vote, the secretary of year, the fa produces many acres show will be permitted through use of Michigan interests. Bureau brand seeds have set the given to the Farm Bureau's repre- tandard of quality for Michigan. Most agriculture could establi h a market- of alfalfa and Mr. Hopkins usually of some of the space in the huge new November, 27 the State Department sentations of the damage that would ing agreement for cherries. An in- has some feeder steers to turn out. fieldhouse. held a hearing on the Chilean agree- be done to the bean industry should of you present here today remember dustry committee would be appointed On this farm that Mr. Hopkins has The many-sided educational affair ment. At that time interested parties the tariff be reduced 60%. the situation when unadapted and foreign seed failed to stand our winter to exercise control over marketable lived since 1872 and has managed it places in review all phases of the who had filed written briefs could conditions. They cost farmers of the supplies and to fix minimum prices since he wa 16 years old. state's agricultural problems and their submit additional material. The Farm The envelope for letter was in- . tat thousands of dollars through the to producers and to develop new u es (Continued on Paae J.) scien titfic solu tton. Burea u protected itself with a ~rit- vent d in the nlted Sta te iu 1 4:7. (Continued on pac. 2) and outl ts, o MICHIGAN FARM NEWS SATURDAY, JANUARY 6, 1940 j Alfred George Heads Services (Continued from page 1) Tlie Associated Women cost of the seed that failed to produce .f the Farm Bureau a crop, to say nothing of the loss of ucceeaor to the MIchIgan Farm Bureau News, founded the crop itself and the on sequent dis- January 12, 1923 turbance of the crop rotation. In the Entered a econd class matter January 12, 1923, at the post- office at Charlotte, nchigan, under the Act of March 3. 187'. managers report on the activities of the Seed Department, this to say: Roy Bennett Mrs. Pearl E. Myus# . .. Director for Michigan ~bJlSh d first Saturday of each month by the MichIgan State Farm Bur au at Ita publication attice at 114 Lovett St., Charlotte, Michigan. Fun to Be Sick " 'Another good seed year just pass- MICmGAN WOMEN - AT THE AMERIOAN '\. ed and we are sure you are proud of FARM BUREAU CONVENTION I like to be sick, helping to complete 20 years of dis- dltorial and general offices, 221 North Cedar St., Lansing, MichIgan. If I ain't too sick, their pleaslng accent. People intro- Postotrice Box 960. Telephone, Lansing 21-271. tributing good seed to Michigan farm- MRS. LAURENCE PORTER Say just a cold in the head; duced themselves and their con- ers. We find, however, to keep up LAPEER COUNTY And after the morning chores are done to go right back to bed. All UNGREN Editor and Business Manager our high standards of quality we are "Win or lose, you can't help but versations turned to the Farm Not so sick as to suffer much but Just enough to show ( constantly adding new cleaning equip- derive a great deal of pleasure and Bureau. Three thousand people How much my Marthy can do for me when I am weak and low. ment. More strange weeds are coming profit from the experience of par- came from many states to stand Subscription 25 cents per year; 4 Y16arstor $1, In advance. She brings me water to soak my feet, and a towel to soak my head, into the state each year, which shows tidpating in a Farm Bureau Wo- tog ther in building the Farm She keeps one hot and the other cold and I feel right comforted. there are too many just selUng "seed" men's Speaking Contest". Bureau program." Vol. XVIU SATURDAY, JANUARY 6,1940 No.1 She ties a pork-rind on my throat to loosen it up aomewhat, without regard for damage resulting Mrs. Porter, who won in Mich- MRS. ADA WURZEL, She brews a kettle of catnip tea and makes me drink a lot. from the e weeds which are ,foreign igan, represented her state in the ST. CLAIR COUNTY ov s to Mak:e Us Pay Tribute She She covers me up with a patchwork quilt till I sweat at every pore, tucks me in and I take a nap--and then get doped some more, to our state. Sell more Farm Bureau seeds and scatter less weeds. finals at the Chicago convention. In a close contest, the national "When I think of a group farmers building such an organiza- of The action of an egg candlers' union at Chicago And what with treatments of sundry sorts and various kinds of tea "'For two years we have been fav- honors went to Mrs. Marshall of tion that they can bring such She Just proceeds to sweat and dope that cold right out of me. ored with late falls, which have been the Connecticut Farm Bureau. The speakers to -their banquet table as in demanding a recandling of Hamilton Farm Bureau ideal for late maturing of certain hy- subject lor 1940 is "Producer and Secretary of ,State Cordell Hull, Now in the course of my daily life I wait on fowl and beast eggs from Michigan which had been graded and sealed brid corns that are not adapted tor Consumer Relations." Mrs. Porter Secretary of Agriculture Henry And ncbody fetches and lugs for me, outside the house at least. our state. Sooner or later our Mich- said she found the Michigan State Wallace, Mayor Kelly of Chicago, at Hamilton by federal inspectors brought home an So Just to be tended, hand and foot, is a treat that's pretty slick igan farmers are going to get stung. Library a good source of material That's why I say beln' sick ain't bad if you ain't too gol-darn sick. Governor Townsend of Indiana inkling of tactics that may be used by some labor Be careful and don't be a party to sell- in preparing her manuscript. and others, we must carry some organizations to "unionize" Michigan farming. Of course it isn't near so nice when a man is curled up tight ing corn that won't mature in 8J norm- MRL RALPH BABCOCK weight in the nation." With pills and bed-pans and fever-charts, and not much rest at night. al year'." ST. CLAIR COUNTY MRS. ARTHUR MARTIUS, When the Chicago egg candlers' union leaders pro- Then he gets to thinking long tired thoughts and can't quite think 'em Petroleum Products "I didn't realize that the women LAPEER COUNTY through, ceeded to disregard federal grades and create an addi- "The fiscal year just closed shows of the American Farm Bureau were "The loyalty and interest of And wonders if he has lived Just right, and what will Marthy do. tional marketing expense to be charged back to the a good increase all along the line, but -carrying such an important part of F'anm Bureau members in their or- But Just the regular run-of-the-mill, bad cold. and belly-ache particularly in gasoline sales. This the program. gantzatton impressed me. With all producers of the eggs, their sole interest was i~ pro~id- And grippe or a touch of the rheumatiz are not too hard to take gain is largely due to the addition ot "It was interesting to me to the attractions of the ,big city and ing something to do and pay for members of then union. When they make you a king in your own good right, born to be tended to. 12 new bulk plants durlng the pas't observe on the Sunday evening in their freedom to choose, each ses- I like to be sick- year; however, & checkup on the old But they backed off when the Hamilton Farm Bureau, the Stevens -lobby so many people sion was attended ,by a large ma- If I ain't too sick; plants shows that they have, almost arriving from. different states, and jority of the delegates and visiting the Michigan State Farm Bureau and the American Farm Just once In a While, without exception, increased their especially the southerners wi,th members." Don't you? Bureau protested to federal authorities the disregard gallonage. for federal grading laws. "The following plants were installed ed representing the associated co-op been a director. Mr. Walworth re- budget when they proposed the original Triple-A back during the past year: Emmett, Hills- stockholders: Alfred George, of members the first car purchased by Michigan farm co-operatives and others sending in 1933. For two and a half years, until the Hoosac dale, Hudsonville, Imlay City, James. Buchanan; ~,y Allen of Oxford; the County Farm Bureau for the agri- trucks into the Chicago and other markets have gone Mills decision of the Supreme Court in 1936, this pro- town, Lapeer, Mason, McBain, OXford, Thomas Berghouse of Falmouth; cultural agent. He recalls that it Richmond, 'Snover, Vriesland. . Merle Crandall, of Howell. was the first model to have a closed along in the matter of their drivers being made memb~rs gram was self-financing. It is not the farmers' fault, Farm Machinery H. H. Sandford' was elected :vice- top and that "was something". Shl- of a city truck drivers union; they have put up WIth said Mr. Wallace, that since that time the farm program "An oustanding development in this president. Clark L. IBrody was re- awassee was one .or the first 'County the business of paying union dock works to unload has had to be financed by appropriations from the department was to become distribu- engaged as executive secretary and Farm Bureaus to have a woman on tors of the line of wheel and crawler treasurer. its board of directors, Mr. Walworth their trucks, but such tactics as the foregoing egg general treasury. tractors made ,by the Cleveland Tract- said. candling deal are nothing less than a racket. or Company. A considerable volume J. , Only a strong Farm Bureau organization that can go Some ody Wants to Put a Damper on Us of business has .been done on these tractors. Sales on Unlco tires have Behind Potato Champion to the legislature as a representative protect Michigan farmers against such drives for tribute. farm group can If, as articles in the newspapers suggest, the decision ben very good. Arrangements made through the National Co-opera- were the Wheel (Cont1n~&il ·~m page 1) J. D. Robinson,' veteran Farm Bu- of Secretary Wallace to exercise active control over all reau member of Pellston, Emmett Congressman Clare Hoffman of Allegan described some Uves to secure cream separators under COUNTY SECRETARY county, produced 615 buahels of certi- of them when he said to the House on July 20, 1939: services of the Farm Credit Administration is to be fol- I the Co-op trade-mark. They are made For 16 years, IMr. Floyd Walworth fied Russett Rural seed 'Potatoes per lowed by a change of policy that will put a damper on by a reliable manufacturer and have has been secretary and a director of acre on the best 5 acres of his 18 In California it (the labor union) demands that poultry and many improved features. Throu.gh the Shiawassee. C,ounty Farm Bureau. acre potato field. It's a new state farm products put on city markets shall bear a union label. It loans to farmers' co-operative marketing and purchasing this group we were able to reduce At first he was secretary but not record, and Mr. Robinson is king of demands that dairy products, milk, butter, cream, and cheese, shall ass'ns, that is fighting news. prices materially. a director. SJ~ce 1923 he has also the, certified seed potato producers. be sold by the farmer only when he can show that it has been hauled "During the year arrangements But, we are inclined to the belief that these articles to market by a union teamster; that the cows which gave the milk were completed through the United have been fed on hay and grain hauled by a union teamster. do not reflect the Secretary's views, but rather wishful Co-operatives to secure such new In Wisconsin it has demanded that employees of farmers' co- thinking on the part of interests who have always items as Unlco poultry equtpment, operatives join its ranks and pay tribute to it; that otherwise they forks, rakes, hoes, and shovels. This found farmers' co-operatives irritating. The newspapers ,shall not process the farmer's milk; they shall not can nor handle the department is showlng marked im- ,farmer's fruit and vegetables which he has for sale. do us a service by calling attention to the new direction provement, 'but needs more customer In the South it demands that berries before shipment bear a in which pressure will be exerted. and dealer support in order that union label; b handled by union labor. volume may be built up to a point The Bank for Co-operatives appears to be the target where it wfll ,be a more important When Michigan farmers ship their eggs to New York (and because it makes rather low cost loans to co-operatives factor in reducing 'prices and increas- Chicago), again this organization would levy tribute, although their ing income ..• product has passed State and Federal inspection. on ,merchandise on banking terms, and makes mort- gage loans to co-operatives to help them build or improve Feeds 'Ever closer to the home, to the daily activities of the American "The feed department of the Fan1t farmer, this organization is coming. It is not too late, if the farmer their property for service. Objectors charge the money Bureau Services is still the most im- now wakens to his p ril and at the poll repudiates all those who 'bear the label of and owe allegiance to this organization, which would completely wreck him, financially destroy his independence, make him subject to the orders of a racketeering so-called union-labor and is borrowed from government funds, or .s money avail- able from the sale of tax exempt bonds. We ask you, from whence have come the funds of the portant from the standpoint of volume andlliepo~lliilit~s~fhcl~~s~k~ ..• We wish to acknowledge the help. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ful co-operatron of the Poultry De- leader. partment at Michigan State College', Unless he meets and defeats this force at the polls, the merican Reconstruction Finance Corporation for loans to rail- and particularly, Prof. J. A. Davidson farm r will either surrender his independence, acknowledge his serf- roads, banks and to industrial concerns to save them, of that department, who has been con- dom, or by force do physical battle with tho e who are seeking to or to improve their facilities, as in the case of the rail- sulted frequently in respect to bring him under the yoke so successfully imposed upon many of the changes necessary to improve old industrial workers. roads ~ Why from government loans, of course. Both formulas and proposed new teeds -to RFC and Bank for Co-operative Loans are being repaid be added to the line. . • by the borrowers. The results from these loans have Fertilizer ram Ie been good. No one is going to damper the Bank for "A radically changed fertilizer sales We knew Clem Bramble for quite a number of years. program has been perfected to' 'be Co-operatives without having a fight on his hands. presented to our stockholders and When he passed away the night of December 4 as the distributors for the 1940 spring sea- result of an automobile accident, we lost a good friend. Co-ops Going son. Again our organizatioa has taken He had a lot of friends. He had acquired them through After Institute the lead in offering materially reduced a long and useful life. Mr. Bramble was 79, but he w s a vigorous man for any age. For 50 years and items. (Continued from Page 1) feeds, fertilizers, machinery and other They have stories to tell and TV fertilizer prices which will mean sav- ings to all Michigan farmers. . • Paints . more he was a member of the Grange. During those know how to tell them. "Since the inoeptton of the Farm The Institute opens with a general Increases Crop Yields; Helps Bureau soya paint program in August, years he rose through the ranks to become Master in session each morning and splits 'Up Get Stands of Alfalfa 1938, this department has -been de- 1932. into perhaps a score of commodity and Clos-er veloping very sattsractortly. A more As Master of the Grange, Mr. Bramble brought with and service sections for the remainder intelligent and aggressive sales pro- of each day. There will be occasional gram has Good is in charge of a "go- volume of fruit that grapes in the state sometimes are overlooked. But HAD A FROZ ing concern". I do not believe He has turned His world over to Mr. Hitler or to Mr. Chamber lain, to Mr. Roose- a statewide estimate indicates there are approximately which in 193 bore enough fruit to 18 mfllton vines WELCOME velt or to Mr. Dickinson, to the Pro- testants or to the Catholics, to the Pro iding They Ha e give the state thir d place nationally. C. 1. O. or to the A. F. of L., to the To Produce; Better For National Wool Marketing Anti-Saloon or to the Liquor Control Ass'n ; Today Boston Commission, to the industrialists, or Pay II to the farmer. We are all of His peo- is Much Nicer ple and if we will only have faith in Twenty thousand ourselves and our fellowmen and fill wrona. The progress which has been made our hearts with hope for the best to in the co-operative marketing of wool be foremost, this world will shape it- So the figures obtained from herd in Michigan and thruout the United self into peace and contentment and a in Michigan pro·e con lusively that States was considered and discussed bright future. with wi e selection of feeds it er- at a conference held at the Michigan 1940 for each of us will be largely tainly pays to feed a good milk pro- State Farm Bureau headquarters in what we let it be. 0 doubt it will ducer. Dollar return above fe d Lansing, Thursday, January 4. The have its dissappointments and its costs rise surprisingly within reason- meeting was attended by leading grow- able limits. heartaches and grief. If we give up to ers and by extension speetalists from This sign in colors and 28x44 inches in size is being erected by Farm A year ago a mass of figur s went them, we will drop back into the rear Michigan State College, and several Bureau members in Genesee and adjoining counties in a pot near their into federal tabulators in Washington ranks and be ready to say we were county agricultural agents. C. J. Faw- farm homes where it will attract the attention of passing motorists. A who searched for results from th given a raw deal. cett of Boston, general manager of the smaller size, 22x33 inches, is available for fann trucks. Michigan dairy h I'd improvement a - There'll be those who will think National Wool Marketing Corporation, For several years the Genesee County Farm Bureau has been promot- that they alway come out of the lit- ociatlons records. traced in a very interesting way the ing the propel' advertising of Michigan farm products by farmer pro- Some of the animals fell into each tle end of the horn, but it is to be history of co-operative wool market- ducers. The board of directors agreed that the design above would serve of the various dollar return groups. hoped they'll be in a small minority. ing during the past tew years. When their purpose. The board has made arrangements to have the signs made In th lower brackets were sorn 156 the National Wool Marketing Corpora- in the two sizes described. They attract a great deal of attention, and The history of 1940 may be the pivot pound butterfat average cows ~'hose tion decided that it should move its the reception to this form of advertising by farmers is favorable indeed. on which the world turned to peace and prosperity. feed cost $52 and Who managed to headquarters from Chicago to Boston, Signs are furnished Farm Bureau members at cost by the Genesee, return the small snm of 24 above no bank that was a member of the Lapeer, St. Clair, Sanilac, Huron and Oakland County Farm Bureaus. In feed cost to the dairymen ov nlng Boston cleraing house would accept the $100,000 which the growers organ- ization sought to place on deposit. It Genesee county, President Wilbur Short of Swartz Creek heads the sales group, which includes members of the board of directors, as follows: Mr. and Mrs. \Fred Lang, Burton township; ...rr. and Irs. Eugene O'NEAL HEADS them. Contrast this, says A. C. Baltzer, was also impossible to secure any space in a public warehouse in Boston or to hire any Boston wool grader. Kurtz, Atlas township; Mr. and Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo Torrey, Mundy township; eil Gifford, Davison township, and 11'. and Mrs. Ward AFBF OR extension dairyman at Michigan State College, with the top dollar earning cows. Their butterfat production Perry, Grand Blanc township. This was because the sentiment of the firmly intrenched old-line wool trade FIFTH TERM averaged 544 pounds for 12 month, their fe d cost was 88, yet their re- D contains minimum ot YOUB HENS KNOW was so strong against the co-operative 1940 for Us Will be Largely turn above feed cost was $159. P units of it min C cluck unit. of vitamin and 21 st Convention Attended by For an average of all the records, HEN AND BOW MUCH movement that no established busi- ness agency in that city dared be What We Let it Be 3,200 Delegates from the cows produced 7,966 pounds of D, per rs m. Feeds containing Ask for Poultry VITAND. laying hens know when friendly to the co-operative institution. Sales ,10 Carloads Daily +-------------- wrote me urging me to voice dtsap- 39 States milk which contained 328 pounds of butterfat and gave dairymen an av r- I In contrast to that situation which It's a Good W orId, and W e pro val of the fast growing habits of age I' turn of ov r feed 0 t. they need oyster shell and . J. prevailed only a few years ago, the Enjoy Life More if girls bobbing their hair and rolling Edward A. 0' eal of Alabama, presi- just how much. the more dent of the American Farm Bureau National Wool Marketing Corpora- their stockings, and wearing high heels eggs they lay, the more We'll Admit It oyster shell needed. pilot brand is all pure oyster tion now handles more wool than any other firm in the United Sta tes and altho its commission charges are no By MRS. EDITH M. WAGAR and no hats, etc. Well! Bless her heart, it would have been wrong if she had indulged in any of those notions, for Federation for the past eight years, was unanimously re-elected for another two-year term at the 21st annual con- Car Is ama e A State Farm full coverae Automo-o shell and every flake is higher than any other firm and in fact Happy New Yearl How we always she was of the straight-laced kind, vention of the Federation at Chicago, bile Insarance policy Itt not nearly •• purified. have been repeatedly decreased, it has hail the coming of a new yearl And but there were those in my day who Dec. 4-8. Earl C. Smith of Illinois, expensive ILl moat people think. Actual- vice-president since 1936, was also re- ly only a few eenta more per month accumulated an unlmpatred surplus of how fast these New Years creep up were just as shocked over the "rats" may prevent you from payin~ a larare over $1,000,000. Last year they mer- on us! We crowd so many things I wore in my hair and the thin soled elected unanimously. repair bill. chandised over 60,000,000 pounds of of interest to us into a week or a shoes I put on my feet. Let me ezplaln our fun eoveran policy-planned to fit the averaa man'. wool which would average 10 carloads month that a year passes before we What We Do Speaks so Loudly pocketbook. daily. It handled this huge amount of realize just what has happened. I'll admit I'm not certain that I can SEE OUR LOCAL AGENT wool with absolutely no credit loss I recall my mother saying, "T'm so put my stamp of approval on some of For Fur-ther- Information, \Trite and paid the railroads $1,050,000 in . Mich. State Farm Bureau, State Agt., 221 No. Cedar, Lan Ing .• hungry to see another woman and to our modern books as the best kind of freight charges. have an opportunity to talk with her; reading. I really believe those auth- STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTO INSURANCE COM ANY BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS Mr. Fawcett emphasied that in I haven't been beyond our gate in ors could have put across their ideas, this country wool is a defieiency com- four months." What a difference! their themes in good wholesome Eng- modity in that we normally consume And why? lish without injecting actual filth in more wool each year than we produce. There were several things that order to say what they wanted to say. Hence thru proper marketing the made mother's life no different than But maybe they wanted to be sure domestic price should be maintained many others of the neighborhood. We there would be a demand for their at importing parity, by which is recall the means for travel, the old- writings. If so, I'm sure they have meant the world price of wool plus time winter weather, and the roads. accomplished their purpose. And it the cost of brtnglng foreign wool here There was a family of little ones and isn't only young folks who are on the and paying tI ansportatton and tariff no definite call to go elsewhere. waiting lists at our libraries for these charges. The National. Wool, Market- We Take a New Start salacious books either. ing Corporation has exerted a We've left 1939 behind us. To many Help or Kick? strengthening and stabilizing Influenea it was a disappointment. Perhaps How easy it is to condemn those on wool prices and by the competition they had set their stakes too high. who think and act different than we which it has given to old-line wool To many it was a do! In almost every group of folks dealers has reduced the spread be- w 0 I' I' y. The r e congregated these days, there'll be tween growers ell1'i '\ft)el~ -mills by at were war clouds some who will denounce the other fel- least 5c per pound. It is owned and hovering over the low as a "communist" or "anarchist" controlled by about twenty member world in general associations of which the Michigan Co- and the fear of just because. they ?o not see eye to operative Wool Marketing Association bel d . t eye on public affatrs. I El>WIiRl> 11, Q'NEII/..e emg rawn m 0 It's too bad that we shorten our is one. It secures funds for advances Directors from the variou regions f thde mess fPrevent- vision until we cannot see but one to the growers thru the Central Bank for Co-operatives at low interest rates. ~ .0 e many i in rom en- more . the SIde to a quest~on e : sin g s sur- There's no publtc pfficIal's record so " 0: Importance. were re-elected for two-year terms, as follows: ortheastern Region, H. P. In seven years out of ten, the market King) Trumansburg, ew York; advances with the season so that is n .n them bad, but what one can find some good r 0u d I g George i. Putman, Concord, ew one reason why the :consignor usually B t 0 we have . spo t"'f s In It I we are on Iy WI'11'mg to Hampshire. Southern Region, H. E. receives more for his wool than the entered w a new see them. Why spend our time in Short, Brinkley, Arkansas; Ransom grow ir who sells locally at shearing yea I' We can condemning, in abusing, in spreading Aldrich, Michigan City, Missis ippi; time. . leave' the old be- malicious stories! How much better :\Iidwestern Region, Dr. O. O. Wolf, w,..,~ YOU can double your home comfort and en- joyment by providing run- Final settlements on the 1939 Mich- igan Wool Pool were sent out during the first week in December and in most instances represented substanttaj MR6. a fresh start. ('very thing that the world was nothing or less than a maelstrom hind us and take job we might do if we would only We may have felt that offer our assistance or grant them an had gone to the dogs, un.hamper~d hand! more prIse us, If only allowed to do their of evil. It best. At least it might be wise if we They might su.r- Ottawa, Columbus, Kansas; Hassi! E. Schenck, Lebanon, Indiana; Murray E. Lincoln, Ohio; Western George Wilson, Clarksburg, California. Region, "If the railroads are so good - UJ4J' QmI/ /A~ nmf/H profits to the growers over what they The convention was said by offic- ning water and modern would have obtained by selling to does look bad when we allow our- would only ask ourselves if we woul.d ials to have .been the most success- plumbing. A concrete septic old-line buyers. selves to look only on one side of the do any better if we had been the one ful in Farm Bureau history, with more tank will dispose of all hu- During February several County picture, but we don't have to go back chosen to do the job. than 3,200 delegates from 39 states man and household wastes Wool Producers' Associations will be so many years to convince ourselves The Best Time for Living registered. Attendance at the ban- and protect your drinking holding their annual meetings and on that the world has really made a Yes, 1940 is here ready to begin its T quet on Tuesday, addressed by Sec- HAT'S a sensible question, Or it includes cost of service- water against contamination. March 6 the Michigan Co-operative steady improvement. march into history. This is a grand retary of State Cordell Hull, exceeded A wise investment in health Wool Marketing Association will hold It's within the memory of folks age that we are living in. The world 1,900. and we'd like to answer it, and the railroads today haul a and heppiness! its annual meeting in Lansing. ~ill liv~g lli~ many ~ o~ c~~y supported slavery as a divine institu- ~t~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~; because business success in these ton a mile at an average cost A booklet that gives com- tion; most of them were silent on the United States is judged pretty that's about the same you pay, plete construction details for Minion Fishing concrete septic tanks and Licenses for 1940 liquor traffic, many approved and even a few were engaged in it. of it Classified Ads much by whether or not you're able to make money. for a penny postcard well protection is yours for How long would we now tolerate Classified advertisemenu are cash with order at the followlna the asking. Also booklets The Michigan fisherman may get an rates: 4 cen~~ per word for one edition. Ada to appear in two or But when it comes to finaNcial showing how to build other concrete improvements idea of how numerous anglers are by realizing that the col- lective weight of the more than a his fellow a minister who invested his meager savings stock? in brewery or distillery more edItions take the rate of 3 cents per word per edition. But when you talk about the railroads you have to deal with •. success-you run into this situa- tion: needed on the modern farm. million 1940 licenses, packed for 2,200 It's a Better World CEqCKB & PULLETS FARM FOR RENT two kinds of success that don't ~ QU can do concrete work dealers, exceeds three tons. Each In our own country we've made PULLETS, CERTIFIED LEGHORNS Railroads meet all their own license is a small printed card. rapid and tremendous strides in our and Barred Rocks, ready now. Winter 1ro ACRES FOR RENT ON HALVES have much relation to each other. yourself. Or ask your cement efforts for a universal education; broiler Chicks. Write or Visit, Lowden or hire man by month. Near Lansing, costs and help support the gov- dealer to recommend a good The 1940 one dollar resident licenses Write qualifi ations to RLB, Michigan Farms, R. O. P. Breeder. P. O. Rives are necessary for any kind of fishing against the evils of child labor; in Junction. Location, Henrietta. Phone Farm News, 221 No. Cedar St., Lansing, On the one hand is 0peratil1g _ ernmenr as well. They operate concrete contractor. caring for the afflicted and for the 15-F23. (11-tf-25) :\lich. (10-H) arter January 1, and good for all kinds. success. under the strict control of rules Paste lilt on pOital and mail for free Forty cents Ifrom each license sold sick; in the prevention of epidemics; literature on lubjects checked. in caring for the needy and in sani- FOR SALE-~SCELLANEOUS FARM HELP and regulations built up over the will go toward purchase of lake and That includes, for instance, stream ,frontage to insure continued tation and health conditions. MICHIGAN SEPTIC TANK SIPHON SINGLE MAN, MIDDLE AGED, past 50 years on the theory that PORTLAND CEMENT ASSOCIATION While we deplore the existence of and bell as recommended by State Col- wants farm wor-k, Joe Barnum, 212% safety, and on this score the Dept. W 1-4 Olds rewer Sw,.,1aDaiIr. Mich. public access to fishing grounds and North Washington Ave., Lansing. (l-H) crime surrounding us, we cannot say lege Agr'l Engineering dep't. Build your :American railroads have. the they are a monopoly, but actually o "Guard Hilt Health with a Con- for lake and stream improvement and own septic tank and sewage 8Yl!ltem.In- Ws getting the start of us at all. We stall When tank is built. Installation and SINGLE MAN, 23, WANTS FARM crete Septic Tank" 0 Barn Floor. research. work, dairy or general farm. Ernest finest record in the world. they compete with other form o Foundationl 0 Feeding Floor. must remember that our population operation simple. Discharges automati- o Poultry Housel 0 Milk Housea cally. Have been sold 16 years. All in daily use and giving satisfaction. In- Brown, daple Rapids, R-l, Mich. (I-H) of transportation which are pro .• o Storage Cellars 0 Silos 0 Home Caro Farmers Co-operative Elevator has increased far more rapidly as Improvementl 0 Fireproof Home. o ConcreteMaking. Company celebrated its 25th annivers- well as our means of information, but structtons with each siphon. livered, $7.60 which includes sales tax, Price, de- YOUNG MARRIED farm work by month or year. MAN WANTS Refer- Or it includes ability to handle moted and subsidized by govern. ary year during 1939. the ratio of crime never has been C. O. D. charges are extra. Farm Bureau ences. Donald E. McDiarmid, Lake the traffic and in 1939 - when Supply Store, 728 E. Shiawassee St., Lan- Odessa, R-l, Mich. (I-H) mente lower. siDa". (3-4-tt-60b) We are too apt to think and speak records of grain receipts for a LIVE STOCK PRODUCERS of the things that we are not in ac- cord with and all the same time hesi- ., HARD WATER FILTER WATER TROUBLE? SEND US . YOUNG help, wants MAN, 1305 West fain street, LanSing. EXPERIENCED farm work. FARM ~r. Bladdie, (I-H) day, for a week, or for a whole season were again broken at im- The effect of such inequality is to decrease railroad traffic and tate to give any thought or expres- a sample of the water. Give size of fam- YOUNG, SINGLE MAN, EXPERIENCED reduce railroad arnings. Michi~a~ Live Stock Exchange has operated a successful live stock ily. We give )'OU a free estimate on farm help, wants work on general farm portant markets in both the win- commrssron selling agency on the Detroit and ButTalo markets Since 1922. sion of the great number of good equipment needed to glet rid of the Gust ~Iesick, 1115 North Logan St., Lan~ things that touch us on every side. trouble. Co-op Water Softener with new SlDg. (I-H) ter and spring wheat belts-the B'ECAUSE type of mineral, all in one tank, sottens There is no question of the rail- How About Ourselves? water sorter than rain water. Re.moves It maintains a thoroughly trained and experienced personnel There's the young folks of today. I iron, objectional taste, odor and color MILKING MACmNES railroads handled the job with- roads' ability to do the job for It is represented on every principal mal"ket in the United States by -:--:-:-:"":'-:-=:-:-:- _ Producer owned and operated agencies. don't believe they're any worse, in now present in water. Saves its cost . co U NT Y DISTRIBUTORS FOR out a sign of car shortage .• farmers or for the nation from in one Year. Semi-automatic. Requires (&) It renders better information and market service to its members. fact, I'm sure they're not anywhere only three minutes attention to regener- World's best portable milker. One sale ~. (4) It can furnish 4¥.a% money for financing feeding operations. near as bad as young folks were in ate. Priced from $90 to $150. See your each week beats working- for someone an operating standpoint. Farm Bureau dealer, or write Fann Bur- else. Wri~e Michigan Milker Co., 810 Or it includes speed - and the / PLUS days gone by. To be sure they take eau SerVices, Electrical Dep't, 728 E. East MichIgan Avenue, Lansing. features of good practice In the live stock commission the breath out of some of us old Shiawassee St., Lansing, Mich. (9-2-83b) C12-2t-25b) railroads in the past twenty years From the standpoin of earnings, fogies by their talk and their ideas LIVE STOCK have stepped up freight speed all they need to mak a living REMEMBER and their actions and their dress. But at heart they are true, they by more than 60%-with similar is a fair chance to meet other REGISTERED HEREFORD, When you patronize the Michigan Live Stock Exchange you are building your own live stock marketing agency. are loyal, they are good. They only and heifers. Sensible prices. We have &. nice electlen. A.:\1. Todd ce., Men- improvements in passenger form of tran portation on e ual Reports furnished Michigan State College Ra(lio Station WKAR for early look at life with different eyes than tha. (14 mUes northweet of Kalamazoo). . schedules markets at 6:45 a. m, (7-3-tf-22b) terms" we do and 110 doubt they will do a MICHIGAN LIVESTOCK EXCHANGE Secretary'. Office better job for their country and its people than we have. Frank Ober.t, . President; J. H. O'Mealey, Secretary George J. Boutell, Manager Hud •• n, Michigan & Trealurer; I confess right now that I don't think we should be very proud of the ALL marketing MAPLE SYRUP MAKING supplies, including "Old Re- liable" Felt FIlter Bag for cleansing. AND A FAIR FIELD. SE AME ICA IY RAIlROAD- Gu D (. CLE lou ••• Ask SnOB fOR , BEEKEEPER'S SUPPLIES NO GOYERNMEKT FAYOR_ smp YOUR STOCK TO US AT mess we've been in and are still in quite deep. I'm certain our fore- Three color labels, thermometers, hydro- meters, buckets, flat bottom pans, tin IN TRANSPORTATION lttichigaJlLivestock Exch. Producers Co-op Ass'n fa thers expeoted far more of us. The and glass containers, RATORS," sap storage tanks, sugaring "King EVAPO- BEE foundations, etc. HIVES, SECTIONS, COMB Outfits for beginners. ~-~ Detroit Stockyards East Buffalo, N. Y. off rigs, sugar moulds, etc. For catalog Send for catalog. GRAFT! G WAX for generations worse. to follow can do no and prices, write usar Bush upply orchardists. BERRY Both hand and brush wax BASKETS AND CRATES: D I,..".r-..•.•-p;. ••••• Company. Display room and office, 217 MAPLE SYRUP CANS. Send for prices. A few years &10 ODe ~f P1~ trieD@ N. Cedar St., Lansing, Mich. (next door M. H. Hunt Son, 511 • Cedar St., to JJtate po m :Sur u.l ~1-tt.67b) & LaniWr. MlohlraD, l.at."b~ MICHIGAN FARM NEWS SATURDAY, JANUARY 6, 1940 - e aug Iller • ca Far tions es L r s a read u e oy e t A I ep ble RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED AT 21ST AMERICAN FARM BUREAU FEDERATION CONVENTION AT CHICAGO, DECEMBER 7 , 1 939 pects: in co-operatlon with farmer position to such agreement by all to PI' serve the inherent advantages EXTENSION OF MARKETING tial mineral elements in our soils. In FARM PARITY AND NATIONAL PROSPERITY partt ular, the universal deficiency in committee or other o-opera in a rtcultural groups. of each. AGREEMENTS ACT year ago the Federation made the uncompromising groups and that adequat fund he 'Ve Iurth r insi t that in the nego- Ea h Hou e of Congres has pass- We urge early enactment by Con- phosphate is being felt and the urg- tran terred to the E. t n ion rvic tiation of trade agreement, onomic ed a tran portation hill, both of which gre s of pending legislation to extend ency of its replacement made evident. statement that prosperity could not and would not factors be given con ider tion equiv- the order provisions of the Agricul- The experimental concentrated in tates and countt s to provide the ar no v pending betor a Conference b restored except through the attainment of a sound, nec sary personnel for uch ser- alent to the wight accord (11 nded to pro- TOBACCO GRADING ciated groups of farmers throughout nation-wide effect , we ur e that a We urge that the Federal Govern- f ir price and income basis. R cognizing the fact tbat our tari f vide that no agreement h consum- reasona bl time be p rmitted the in- ment appropriate adequate funds for the nation for educational use in With much greater emphasis we reiterate that posi- poltcie had failed to prot ct the do- mated unless unanimou ly approved tere ted public to tudy the bill when practical farm programs which the tobacco grading under the Tobacco reported by th Conference Commit- Inspection Act. . farmers themselves evolve under the tion. Either there must be a readjustment of industrial • te before its final consid ration and guidance of the County Agent, and and labor policies to bring industrial prices to a level e'U d I Toget enactment by Congress. FEED LEGISLATION through the Agricultural Conserva- In the formulation of such bill, we We urge that Congress pass nec- tion Program, as grants of aid for in relation to farm prices which will insure maximum essary livestock and poultry feed urge that the Interstate Commerce soil building practices. consumption of the products of both agriculture and Commis ion be directed to give more control legislation to prevent the We recognize the soundness of the industry: or agriculture will be forced to demand of attention to the rightful interests of movement in interstate and import Tennessee Valley Authority's experi- 'shippers in the regulation of trans- commerce of feeds containing live mental large scale production of con- Congress appropriations adequate to make the AAA noxious weed seeds, and to prevent portation systems, to investigate and cen trat.ed fertilizers and their distri- fully effective in bringing farm income to a level which remove any unjus t discrtmlna tions misrepresentation of feeds in inter- bution for widespread educational will permit farmers to buy the products of industry In ..~'.::nst regions or commodities with- state and import commerce. use by State Agricultural Colleges and in any particular type of transporta- MARKETING SERVICE practical farmers. We I ecommend normal volume. the introduction of improve plant tion, and we especially insist that no We urge that the United States Th parity price concept of agriculture as set forth provision of law or regulation permit- Department of Agrteulture, the Land food products in those areas which In he Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 attests ted thereunder, restri t any natural Grant Colleges, and the Extension have not yet benefited by their use. or inherent advantages of any type of Service place increased emphasis up- In areas where these fertilizers have the sincerity of farmers because in that Act they ask proved their value we recommend transportation where such advantages on research in the field of marketing only for farm prices high enough to insure a fair in rates and services are reflected to and distribution of farm products, more extensive use through AAA dis- e change of farm products for the products of industry. the shipping public. and to further assist in fostering, tribution, such as is now in effect +-------~------ developing, and improving marketing co-operatively with the Authority and AAA HAS HELPED .. and service to its member borrowers. LABOR services for farm commodities. To private industry. We urse adequate 'V reaffirm our unc~m~rOmISmg Until the parity position of farmers The American Farm Bureau Feder- the extent necessary, additional Congressional support of the Fertili- support of toe broad prmcIP1.s s~t is greatly improved we further rec- ation ha always supported organiz- funds should be provided by Con- zer Program of the Tennessee Valley forth in the AA of .193 , WhICh IS ommend continuation subject to Con- ed labor in all reasonable and legit- gress for this purpose. If carried Authority. the mo t .ompr h nsi e and ff~ct- gressional review, of the present em- imate efforts to improve the income out, current proposals that appropria- STUDY OF LJVESTOC ..K AND ive law v r writt n by and or farm- ergency interest rates on Federal of workers and where necessary to tions be made available to other DAI RY PROBLEMS nder the A program pro- Land Bank loans and Commissioner I 1'8. achieve these ends, their full rights agencies of Federal or State Govern- The American 'Farm Bureau Fed- gr g toward parity has been made Loans; extension of the authority to through collective bargaining, We ments for this purpose would only eration set in motion in 1920, through hut we are still f~r from our g~~l make Land Bank Commissioner loans shall continue to support the rights result in duplication and confusion the appointment of a representative b c us we have trt d to pull a I - and an amendment to the Bankhead- of working people in this respect. and would not be conducive to the committee of livestock farmers and horse load vlth a two-horse team. Jones Farm Tenant Purchase Act to However, we deplore the use of greatest measure of attainment. ranchmen, a comprehensive Ist'udy r iontrol of production has not b.een extend the same consideration to violence, boycotts, lockouts, failure to FOREST CONSERVATION covering the field of livestock mar- rigid enough to raise market prices worthy distressed farm owners now recognize duly constituted govern- to parity lev Is, although it has kept extended to tenants. We reaffirm forest conservation keting. The results of this study and mental authority, disregard of con- th m corisld rably above the levels to resolutions adopted at Nashville, De- the action of this committee were tracts and other irresponsible acts, or vhleh they would h ve otherwise fal- ADMINISTRATIVE cember, 1934, and supplemented 'an- comprehensive and have had the con- CO-ORDINATION any form of intimidation or coercion tinuous support of the American l 11. At th sam tions for parity payments have been time appropria- Throughout recent years there has either by labor or employers, any 0; nually, with special emphasis on: Farm forestry; adequate and regu- Farm Burea u Federation. . \ all of which result in the obstruction Changes since 1920 in the field of inad quat to bridge the gap between developed from the enactment of laws lar funds for administration of the of the orderly flow of goods and ser- OJ> 11 11 ~ rket pric s and parity. and amendments thereto the several Prairie States Forestry Project; more marketing livestock and livestock vices to the detriment of the public. We insis that it is time to face lines of agricultural Credit and the adequate control of forest fires, in- products have been many and are For the p.rotection of the public this situation squarely. We believe various types of action programs and mestic price of basi farm commodi- by the Secretaries of State, sects, and diseases on private lands far-reaching in their influence upon interest, consideration should be giv- that failure to raise agriculture's in- administrative agencie for the im- ties generally produced in surplus merce, and Agriculture. through full federal participation un- livestock producers. It would appear ell to the creation of impartial arbi- come to parIty is the major cause for provement of agricultural commodity volume in this country, and further der the principle of the Clarke-Me- that these changes fully justify a tration and judicial tribunals fpr the the unemployment which has cost the prices and rural conditions generally. that such policies had contributed to PROPOSED TRADE AGREEMENT Nary Act; federal research in all reappraisement of conditions in live. settlement or jurisdictional and all Fed ral Government billions of dol- They are well merited and have ac- th disparity that had developed be- WITH ARGENTINA phases of forestry; early completion, stock marketing by a representative other labor disputes and grievances, lara in relief appropriations. complished much for the betterment ten farm price on the one hand With respect to the proposed Ar- of the Forest Survey; speeding up committee of livestock producers. We and that in industries handling and Furthermore, billions have been of agricultural conditions. and indu trial prices and wages on gentine Trade Agreement, we believe acquisition and addition to the Na- believe the need is so great and the processing perishable or semi-perish- ap lit for pump priming, without Bing developed at different times, the oth 1', the merlcan Farm Bureau that it will be extremely difficult to tional Forests of forest and submar- moment so timety that the Board of able agricultural commodities, the solving th fundam ntal problem. it was only natural that what appears F d ration in 1934 authorized its negotiate an agl eement with the Ar- ginal lands mainly unsuited to pri- Directors of the Federatlc should submission of disputes to such trib- take the necessary steps to appoint 'I'hls approach has ailed because to be more lines of administrative Board of Director to support legis- gentine which is not fraught with vate ownership, with equitable com- unals be made mandatory. mo t of the priming has gone into the machinery than are necessary have lation permitting the negotia ion and grave danger to American agricul- pensation to local governing units for a Committee in co-operation with oth- We insist upon early action by er interested groups with authority wrong pumps. Labor needs more been put into operation that now consummation of reciprocal trade tur-e, for the reason that the bulk of loss of taxes; improved administra- Congress to provide a proper defini- and direction to carryon the study [oh and business needs more cus- reach into the respective tates and agreements with other nations; in- Argentine expor s are directly com- tion of the National Forests, especial- tion of agricultural labor in the Na- tom rs. Both of these needs can be the various counties therein. sisting, however, that in negotiating petitive with th products of Ameri- ly in management of range, wild life and make recommenqattons, and tional Labor Relations Act and to 111 t if th buying power of agricul- In the interest of' greater economy, such agreements no concessions be can farms. A similar principle is and recreational areas in control with appropriate arrangements made clarify the exemptions in the Fair tur , the basic industry, is re tared to a higher degree of efficiency, the re- made which might have the effect of involved in the proposed trade agree- of fire and diseases, in developing to finance adequately such a project. Labor Standards Act (Wages and We· likewise recommend that the Ia ir position. This buying power can moval of duplication of effort, better reducing or holding the domestic ments with Chile and Uruguay. 1'0 ds and other improvements., only. from parity prices. Hour Law) relating to "area of pro- American Farm Bureau Federation c m understanding and permanency, we price of any agricultural commodity We again direct the attention of We authorize our Board of Direc- ~uction" and the seasonal and per- We repeat that if industrial and recommend: that the Board of Direc- below the parity level. the State Department to our brief on Ishable commodities. tors, after a thorough study, to take give especial study to the various labor policies are not modified so as tors give careful consideration to the this subject, til d by the American such action as they deem desirable suggestions that have been made for The Federation recently sponsored to bring Industrial prices into fair advisability of securing such modifi- Farm Bureau Federation with the on the 'so-called forest restoration the improvement of the dairy indus- a study by recognized economistsv of ILLEGAL RESTRAINTS relation with farm prices, then agri- cation of law or laws as seems neces- the economic effects of all important Committee for Reciprocity Informa- We heartily commend and support plan for voluntary co-operative or try, embracing research and the ex- culture mu t a k for adequate appro- sary to provide for placing the full existing trade agreements. This tion on October 4, 1939, in which we the Department of' Juatice in their leasing agreements between the Sec- pansion of the use of dairy products. pr atlons or. other equally effective administrative responsibility of all study seems to reveal that there has Insist that no c ncessions be granted retary of Agriculture and private TRUTH-IN-FABRICS efforts to enforce the anti-trust laws means of bringing farm prices and lines of co-operative farm credit and been a substantially larger increase to the Argentine which might reduce owners to secure good forest prac- We commend the United States against unlawful restraints, illegal Industrial price into mutual focus at all types of agricultural commodity in xports to agreement than to non- or hold the domestic price of any tices on farm woodlots and other I Senate for passlng the T'ruth-In-Fab- monopolies and practices, whether a level which will permit maximum programs under the direction of two agreement countries, and that there agricultural commodity below the pr~v~te .lands not primarily suited to rtcs Bill to requir: the honest label- fostered by labor, industry or agrt- exchange of goods and services by all independent federal boards operating has not been any appreciable differ- parity level. To do so would force culture. cu tlvatlOn.. ing of wool products, and we urge group. within or properly correlated with ence in the percentage of increase in American farmers to condemn such In carrying out, these features of ea rly approval of such legislation by To the extent that federal appro- the Department of Agriculture. imports from agreement and non- an agreement and would seriously de- TRANSFER OF FOREST SERVICE the above. ~rogram affect'n~ farm the House. We insist that Congress priation a pe l' to be the only avail- agreement countries. Iany factors tract from their otherwi e support of lands, we tnstst that all agencies con- no longer delay action on this bill to LOCAL CO-ORDINATIO OF We reiterate our uncompromising abl means of bringing about fair have no doubt contributed to thts this fundament 1 policy of foreign opposition to the transfer of the For- cerned, both Federal and State, work protect the wool growers and the con- conomic balanc between farmers AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS trade. We view with deep concern the increased trade, including our gold est Service from the Department of through and in co-operation with the surning public against deception and and other rou 'e authortze the Agriculture to any other branch of Land Grant institutions and organ- misrepresentation. . growing tendency of governmental policy and a general upturn in world Board of Directors of the merican business. government. We insist that all the ized farmers. 'Ve favor the greatest agencies to set up special field per- SUGAR LEGISLATION Fum Bureau Federation to insist possible local responsibility consist- sonnel to contact farmers every time From all facts thus far available, functions of government relating to upon adequate appropriations there- ent with good administration. Conditions within the sugar indus- a new program is to be developed or it appears that while the greatest plant and animal life be retained in for and if necessary, t support such try of the United States require en- a new job is to be done. portion of increased exports has been Agriculture. FERTILIZER PROGRAM OF tao measur as may appear to be actment of legislation for its sound The Extension Service of our Land- in industrial products from whrch TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY economic adjustment. giving due con- 111, f asihle and 1110 t effective to AGRICULTURAL ADVISORY rant oUe es has definitely proven agriculture has only indirectly ben- The American farmers must restore sideration a slst in ral ing the required r venue. COUNCIL to the rights of the con- it elf the best qualified agency to efited, yet this study, together with and maintain the fertility of their suming public. \Ve are deeply con cious of the We commend the action of the Sec- The Federation will carry out the educational work in other information available to the farms, It is recognized that the nec- support such legislation as will pro- public demand for substantial reduc- Federation, reveals that the net ef- retary of griculture in creating a connection with Fed ral programs essary processes of husbandry are vide moderate expansion on th; con- tion in F d ral exp nditures and farm- fect of the agreements has been help- ational Advisory Council, composed aff cting rural people. gradually reducing the store of essen- (Continued on page 6), 1'8 om pl t ly agr that the bus- ful rather than hurtful. of producers, processors, and distri- I In the interest of economy and iness of Gov rum nt must be put on butors of farm products, and repre- efficiency, and to avoid duplication, In giving our support to the con- • a sound basi . li v that he pres nt exc e 'ertll less, ve be- ive cost confusion and conflicts of policy, we tinuance of reciprocal trade agree- sentatives of labor and the general public, to advise with him regard- Lamp IS Ours to Use urge that the Extension Service in ments, we renew, with increased em- of meeting emerg ncy needs is the ing the problems which have resulted the states and counties be utilized as phasis, our demand that no agreement result of failure to olve the farm or may result from the present Euro- the educational and co-ordinating be consummated, the effect of which ]}ri<'e probl m. In oth r vords, it is pean war. agen 'y to contact and assi t farmer might be to force or hold domestic ('0 ling th Government billions be- We recommend that the Council in planning and arrying out all prices for any farm commodity below caus it is not doing the ou thing parity level. Any other ourse would use its influ'ence to bring about the agricultural programs, exclusive of hieh ill solve at once the twin co-ordination of all agencies in the their regulatory and enforcement as- justify the condemnation of and op- pI hl lUS f 10 farm price and I'---:----:.--------------~--------.-----:..------- ..• ------------------- Federal Government toward maintain- wid pre d unemployment. a• tal• ing parity price standards among all 'J he Ul settled condition of the vortd makes it increasingly ti '. tha the United States put its impera- y eace" principle commodities of the nation. Because of its widespread organiza- tion of trained personnel, reaching dom sttc af ail in ord I' rithout fur- into states, counties and commun- TO 1939 RESOLUTIONS t I' d lay The cost of accomplishing ities, and because of its long years of thi 1>y estoring agriculture to om- The merican arm Bureau Fed- over reason and parliamentary, dern- of all is th maintenance of peace experience in this field, the Depart- plet }>c rIty i hardl a drop in the eration cam into being during the ocratic procedure.' with the other nations of the world. ment of Agriculture is better quali- huck t compared to th cost of neg- Our own problems ince the first 'onsistent with the responsibilities fied than any other agency of govern- economic collapse hich followed the Ie till to do th one thing zhich World War have been many and com- of a great hristian nation our coun- ment to handle all emergencies relat- 'ill olv our difficultie . frightful period of the first World ple c. In meeting those problems the try must maintain peace. ing to the food and fiber supply for T have t tnportzed with this rital 'Val'. meri an Farm Bureau Federation has Military and naval armaments dome 'tic or foreign use; therefore ion too long. Te mu t not In 1921, the Federation in resolu- rendered tremendous service to agrt- must he limited to a size which will we urge that whatever action may be- l' d lay ff ct ive a ition. tion offered a heartfelt prayer that culture and to the nation. Our Farm m et the reasonable requirements of come necessary in that field be car- the p oples of the earth should never Bureau achievement have proved national deten e. In these days of ried 011 through the U. S. Department again ngage in vars or xp rience the state manship of th far-seeing national turmoil reason must not be of griculture. the horrors attendant ther to. It i vision of the founders of our organi- dethroned in our deliberations. Fed- MONETARY POLICIES l' grettable and disheartening to rec- zation and today w reconsecrate eral income and credit must not be ours lve to the ideal which they so dis ipated in e pendttures for unnec- We commend the action of the oguiz the fact that that oufiict did nited States Senate authorizing its not p nnanenUy impr the peoples couraaeou ly and so resolutely pro- es ary impl ments of war. On the Banking and Currency Committee to engaged in it with the futility of claimed 20 years ago. contrary, Our national assets must be The fight of organized agriculture conser ed for creative and repro- make a pecial study of monetary armed force in decidin fundamental for the merican farmer has been ductive purposes. Con istent with problems and policies and their effect international is ues. and is no v tor equal opportunity and the necessary reasonable restratnts upon commodity price levels. We re- parity post ion with the other great which our complex economy requires, quest the Board of Directors or its group. It is our conviction that the economic freedom must be main- authorized representatives to co-op- creation and maintenance of fair ec- tained. Con i tent with our rights erate wi h thi Committee in any onomic balance is essential to the of assemblage and free speech free- mann l' that may appear to be de- attainm nt of national pro perity. dom must not be di honored through irable and exercise their influence S rlous a our domestic problems the diffu ion of subversive alien tbeo- Within policies h retofore adopted by are, 'till today the greatest prohl m 1'i s and philo ophies, this Federation. / ws operative programs the e tension ser- Governor to the bill as pa sed two are ne vice broadca ts information in every department available at the college. T is Story years ago. About the last la pas ed by the Legislature fixed $39,000.000 This type of service to the state is available in ach of the 3 .•Iich- Back-Fired as the amount of state aid for each of the next two years and provided igan counties, college admini tered by the tart througti 72 offices main- On Us that under certain circumstances schools might get an the additional tained out in the state. College ex- 2.000,000. On the whole, the form- tension specialists correlate their Clarence J. Reid at 44 may be the ula for the division of this aid to the 630,000 Turkeys Were work with that of county agricultural youngest State Farm Bureau president Bureau Assisted in Enactment individual school districts embodied the recommendations of the Farm Raised In State; Yield Of agents, 4-H club agents and home in the nation today, but he isn't the demonstration agent. younge t man to be elected president of J 2 Laws Important Bureau. u. S. Lab Probes 6 J 5 bu. Of Potatoes of the Iichigau State Farm Bureau. to Farmers 10. Prohibi ing False Advertising Fowl Paralysis We said so in our Decem bel' 2 edi- of Dairy Products. Under the terms Farm Prices Must tion, but the paper had hardly reached By O. L. BRODY of this law it will be unlawful to use First key to unlock th ecr t of the name of any breed of dairy cattle More turkeys than the state ever produced before, 630,000 of them. a Be High Enough the last member From 1939 Annual Report in any advertisement, trade-mark, or' fowl paralysis has been demon trat d in research at the federal regional before some one re- new all time Michigan record of 615 (Continued from page 4) During the 1939 session of the Leg- brand unless the product so advertis- poultry research laborator located on minded us t hat lbushels an acre in potatoes, nearly islation. the Michigan State Farm ed is produced from that particular the farms of Michigan tate ollege. tinent and the maintenance of all Waldo Phillips of breed of cattle or from cattle contain- 60.00U rural youths engaged in lboys' Bureau exerted a major influence in It is anitation, ob erves Dr. J. necessary elements of the industry Decatur was elect- ing at least 90% of the blood of the and girls' 4-H club work, 136,000 securing the enactment of the fol- Holmes Martin, laboratory director. upon a properly remunerative level. ed president in 1923 breed named. housewives obtaining home economics lowing legislation: This first conclusion comes near the when he was 39 1. Farm Produce Storage Law. STATE LEGISLATION OPPOSED information. These are facts found in PHILIPPINE INDEPENDENCE end of the first year of OJ) ration in years of age. This measure was demanded by farm- The following legislation was suc- a year-end survey of how Michigan We oppose any extension of time which 7,000 chicks wer hatched and We were editor ers and rural groups to protect and cessfully opposed by the Farm Bur- State College is serving the state. for the complete independence of the subjected to controls and tests. Fowl of this paper in facilitate the farmer's interest in eau: T.he college did not produce the Philippines, and insist that future 1923 and reported stored grain and beans and other 1. Plumbing Code. An effort to turkeys nor the potatoes. but members trade relations be consistent with the the election of so farm produce, also to provide for make the plumbing code applicable to of the staff were involved in direct reciprocal trade policies of the Fed- eration. young a State Farm warehouse receipts which would rural districts was killed in the and indirect ways. Bureau president. have definite legal value and facili- House after it had been passed in J. D. Robinson grew the 615 bushel FARM BUREAU EXTENSION owever, this lapse ta te the borrowing of money by using the Senate. This would have made yield as an average of al ,five acre RELATIONSHIPS of memory over a it very difficult and expensive to in- such I eceipts and stored commodities field at Pellston in Emmet county. Ir- In a large number of states. county W. E. Phillips 1923period of 16 years stall. maintain. or improve plumbing as collateral. rigation was the secret of the yield. Farm Bureaus have been es tablished merely proves that we can be mis- in rural areas. 2. Milk Marketing Act. This was a phase of production in which college by law or by mutual agreement as taken on a subject like this at inter- undoubtedly one or the most impor- 2. "New Food." An attempt to agricultural engineers have helped the official local unit of the co-opera- vals of 16 years. tant agricultural measures enacted legalize a butter SUbstitute made farmers throughout the state in this tive extension service in agriculture Well, let's have a look at former during the 1939 session. This mea- from soy bean oil and to be kno n as and other crops. and home economics. In many oth- President Phillips as he was when sure provides for the establishment " ew Food" was killed in committee. As for the turkey production. men ers. although not so designated. the elected president in of a State Milk Marketing Board to 3. Sales Tax on Farm Supplies. In poultry extension work have help- county Farm Bureaus work in close 1923 at the age of have control of prices paid Michigan An attempt to repeal the sales tax ed sponsor a quality grading and mar- co-operation with the county farm 39 . . . Above is farmers for fluid milk and to exer- exemption on farm supplies was de- keting program to maintain Michigan agents, home demonstration agents the same news- cise rather broad control over milk feated in committee. producers' reputations and profits. and 4-H Club agents. The county paper 'Cut we used marketing activities il the state. The 4. Repeal of the Potato Grading Ten grading stations set up in 1939 to Farm Bureau movement was organ- then. Below we new board has been functioning act- Act. A proposal to repeal the pres- U8~ federal grades and observe phases ized for this and other service to have him as vice ively for the past few months and is ent potato grading act was held in of a new state law are included in the WHAT'S NEW IN farmers. This friendly working re- president in 1935. making a real effort to give the Committee. program. producers more equitable returns for 5. Reapportionment of Legislative DORMANT SPRAYS? lationship should be maintained' and In that year Mr. Through federal-state-county eo- strengthened in these states and ex- Phillips b e cam e their milk. with due regard for the Districts. A resolution proposing a tended to such other states in which president upon the interests of the consumer as well. constitutional amendment providing Michigan DeLuxe it is possible for the Farm Bureau to death of Watson 3. Release of Agricultural Lands for a new basis of apportioning leg- 4-HMILKER co-operate with the Extension Ser- W. Billings. The in Cities and Villages. The Farm islative districts to give greatly in- Separate milk heads. vice in developing and carrying out 1935 photo is a Bureau was very active in securing creased representation to urban areas MUks in two cream never emerged from the committee cans for testing. Many agricultural programs. We will re- good likeness to- the passage of the DeLano Bill which new features. Milks sist all efforts 'to destroy or impair day. makes it possible for purely agricul- to which it was referred. faster. easier cleaned. tural land lying within the limits of 6. Wine Tax Amendments. Var- Production made low- this fundamental teamwork of educa- From now er price. See your tion and organization which has they've got to come younger than 39 cities and villages of more than 500 ious proposals to decrease or repeal dealer or write for and less than 7.000 population to be the present advantage enjoyed by demonstrnnon. meant so much to the welfare of for us to make any noise about it. Michigan Milker Co.• farm people throughout the years. disconnected from such municipal- Iicbigan grape growers under the 810 East Michigan Ave., Lansing, Mieh. It's possible. They're through in the ities and attached to the appropriate terms of the wine tax law were de- Junior Farm Bureau at 28. We have feated. township. This provides sadly need- one 20 year Senior Farm Bureau mem- ed tax relief to farmers. who have It is impracticable to record all of / A State Farm Mutual ~tandard Oom- 5 ber who is 31. He beganas 11. Yes. indeed. it can happen. a boy of in many instances. been paying taxes for muicipal have not been receiving. services which they the legislative ganization in activities this regard. times the most valuable services ren- of your or- Many bi~ation Automobile Insurance Policy 4. Intangibles Tax. The Legisla- dered lie in informal counsels and con- wlll completely protect you if your car is destroyed by fire _ _ • or if anyone of a dozen 01' more other mishaps occur. They Joined lature made a start toward the tax- ation of stocks and bonds and evi- tacts with members of the Legislature and other groups. In fact. some of ELGETOL is a dormant sp'ray that combines ovicidal, Let me explain our full coverage policy planned to fit the average man's pOCket- book. No obligation of course I Farm Bureau dences of indebtedness. was enacted during The new law the closing the most valuable accomplishments lie in the early suggestions made by insecticidal and fungicidal action. ELGETOl contains SEE OU R LOCAL AGENT For Further Information, Write in Deoernber- hours of the session and will undoubt- edly require some amendments. It the Farm Bureau representative the bills are being drawn or still in when no oil and is non-corrosive. ELGETOL is water soluble and easy to use. is expected that it will produce a the formative stage. often long before Mich. State Farm Bureau. State Agt .• 221 NO. Cedar, Lansing The Michigan State Farm Bureau very substantial amount of tax rev- being presented to the Legislature. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTO INSURANCE COMPANY enue from a type of wealth which Sometimes such discouragement is STANDA~D.,.AG~I~~i.TURAL CHEMICALS,' INC. BLOOMINGTON. ILLINOIS welcomed to membership 79 families during the month of December. We has been largely evading taxation registered regarding' unde irable , ,~303 JEFFERSON·ST., ,sTRm llOIO.KEN, N. J. . list the new members and their Coun- and it should to that extent reduce measures for the farmer so that they ty Farm Bureaus, and their homes the burden on farms and other real estate. in this column. 5. Over-run Law. This law es- ALLEGAN COUNTY o COLD Mrs. A. Smith Martha H. Stream Leon Younp BARRY COUNTY Fennville, R-1 Dorr Hastings tablishes the legal over-run in butter and sets up a system of records and supervision for c eameries so that it will insure accurate and honest but- TOO COL A. J. Hauer Woodland, R-1 BERRIEN COUNTY terfat tests for cream purchased from W. Worth Bean, Jr Benton Harbor farmers. The major purpose of the John W. Read, Jr B. Harbor, R-3 measure is fairer competition be- Clyde E. Pennell Berrien Springs Herman Rudloff Berrien Springs tween creameries. Its enforcement Henry Steltner Berrien Springs will render it difficult for a cream ry Carleton N. Harris Coloma. R-2 to deceive the farmer by boosting Warren Lamb Galien. R-1 Norw'ay $ 1.00 Gallon J. A. Merrill Riverside the price per pound of butterfat and Anti-Freeze Three quarts does work of 4 of ordinary alcohol. Ed. King & Sons John H. Miller Vera Jones Smith CASS COUNTY GENESEE COUNTY Three Oaks. R-1 Sodus Mareellus taking it out of the producer by cut- ting his test. protection This measure to both the producer and the honestly conducted creamery en- is a e 0, W. Sears Cleo. R-3 terprise. UNfCO ~~~Of ALCOHOL OWen Rayner Andrew Riegle Davison, R-2 Davison, R-2 ducts. 6. Advertising A state Agricultural appropriation Pro- of Priced low. Won't corrode cooling system. John D. Stephens Davison. R-2 Charles A. Bird Davison, R-3 $20,000 was granted to be expended W. A. Tenny Davison. R-3 8uy at F a ,r,Q1. B u.r e ~ u' S tor • e 5 . Q' n d -. Co - 0 p . A ~5 n 5 , • • J t . J. R. Bertolozzi. Perry R. Dodge Clarence S. Hill Ernest L. Hill Flint Flint, R-3 Flint, R-3 Flint, R-3 for promoting the popula rity of nch- igan agricultural products. not more than $4,000 to be allowed to any commodity and the amount to be "N OWHERE do I get so much for so little Vernon W. Morrish Flint, R-5 Ernest F. McNiel. Flint. R-6 matched by a producers' organization. cost as I do with electric service." Harry Seaver Grand Blanc, R-2 Commercial apple growers secured Arthur Somers Grand Blanc, R-2 Harold D. Auten Goodrich the enactment of a bill setting up Rupert F. Gage Goodrich their own promotional board and pro- Fred O. Green F. E. McCandlish & Son Goodrich Goodrieh viding the levy of 1e per bushel to Mr. A. M. Johnson, one of our good customers R. W. Porter Goodrich finance their advertising campaign. Ries Bros LOllis Ross Goodrich Goodrich The first 300 bushels produced by on Route Two, Battle Creek, wrote us that, and L. E. Sharland Goodrich 'any grower annually are exempt from Bert Short Mary A. Stimson Goodrich Goodrich this levy. 7. Egg Marketing Law. This re- it is his way of saying that Consumers Power Ellis J. Horton Goodrich, R-1 peals and supersedes the statute on Louis D. Baker John S. Jennings Swartz Creek. R-1 Swartz Creek, R·1 this subject enacted twenty years Company rates ar low. Mr. John on is not alone Sam Roska Swartz Creek, R-1 ago which has proved inadequate and William Burton Thos. E. Lawther ..Swartz Creek. R-2 Swartz Creek. R-2 unenforceable. All prosecutions in thinking so-many Michigan farmers have re- GRATIOT COUNTY formerly had to be made under the Floyd Hoard St. Louis. R-1 General Food Law, which relates centlyexpres ed a similar conclusion. They came HURON COUNTY solely to adulteration. which is a John Jurgess & Son Ubly Thos. Murray Ubly term not applicable to the quality of to that conclusion after comparing the modest INGHAM COUNTY eggs. because spoilage is not due to R. E. Doane Lansing KALAMAZOO COUNTY adulteration tion of the contents. but to natural deteriora- The new law amounts of their bills with the many services Mrs. L. R. Frost & Sons Fulton defines the vartous grades. which J. W. Griswold KENT COUNTY Cedar Springs. R-1 are in harmony with the federal received from the electricity they used. Many LAPEER COUNTY standards, and specifies candling as Henry Sohn Brown City the means of determining the condi- who use numerous electrical appliances say that C. C. Fairbanks Grosse Pt. Hollis C. Moule Lapeer tion of the egg. There will be no LIVINGSTON COUNTY direct regulation of the producers the pleasure of dependable electric light alone is Roy EJlsworth Howell. R-2 under the terms of the new law but MASON COUNTY Raymond Pieczynski. Freesoil, R-1 the retailer will be forced to sell worth the entire amount of their bills. Anthony W. Thurston Freesoil, R-1 what he advertises. The voluntary Walter .T. Zagar ~ Scottville, R.3 co-operation of producers and both MANISTEE COUNTY private and co-operative egg market- Sharon Grossnickle Copemish, R-1 OAKLAND COUNTY ing enterprises in making the changes afforded by this law effective should If you are not making full use of electric serv .. H. L. Miller & Son Oxford, R-2 greatly improve the reputation of Robert McCrory ST. CLAIR COUNTY South Lyons. R-1 Michigan eggs in the consuming mar- vice in your horne, inquire about the rates the Walter Gabbard Capac kets of the nation. Frank Kegler Harvey Kersten Capac Capac 8. Bang's Disease Appropriation. next time you pay your bill, and learn how the William Klann Capae In accordance with the instructions Fred Plauman Richard P. Shutt.. Capac Capac from its members. the Farm Bureau rate goes down with increased use of electricity. vigorously and persistently used its ~:~~ t~in~·iii·.·.·.· ..:...:·..:..:::::::::::::::::::::::::::g:~:~ influence to secure adequate appro- Wesley Ledebuhr Capac, R-1 S. Schimmelfenig Capac. R-1 priations to finance the state's share Henry Klann Capac, R-2 of the expenses for indemnities for The young man, and the man in his prime, does well Louis A. WeiJ.. Port HUI'on Bang's Disease reactors. An emer- Vernie D. Harmer Port Huron. R-3 to save something as he goes along. State Farm Life Bert Middleton Yale gency appropriation of $25,000 to pay TUSCOLA COUNTY the state's share of indemnities dur- Insurance is savings and protection for your family. Emory L,oun.bury Cas8 City, R-2 ing lay and June. 1939. was granted. VANBUREN COUNTY but the appropriation for this pur- Hans Winther Lawrence 4:7,000 Michigan farm and city folk carry State WASTENAW COU'NTY pose for the coming fiscal year was .- - - - - - - - - - - - - Gottlieb Horning & Son . set at only $75,000. $100,000 was al- Fa.rm Mutual Automobile Company Insurance .................................... Manchester. R-1 lowed for the following year. These WAYNE COUNTY amounts are inadequate to permit George H. Grissel Wayne, R-1 State Farm MichIgan State Farm I 221 No. Cedar St., L.ansing, Michigan Bureau State Alt., continuance drastic curtailment. of the program without Insur nc I Please send State Farm In. Co.' infor- For Chapped Hands 9. State Aid for Schools. Early in mation: the session the Legislature passed Comp nies lame 0 Auto Soak hands in hot soapy water lor an emergency appropriation of I ten to fifteen minutes, rinse well, dry $2,500,000 state aid for schools to re- Bloomington, III. • Address _•........•_•....••.•••..••..••.•.••.. _••...•••...0 Life carefully, then apply camphor ice, place a portion of tbe cuts necessitat- cold cream or vaseline. ed by reductions made by a previous MICHIGAN FARM EWS SATURDAV, JANUARY 6, 1940 M BUREAU Per Ton or nd Mare on GANIZATION Farm Bureau Fertilizers STATE FARM BUREAU PRESENTS BACKGROUND MATERIAL FOR DISCUSSION BY COMMUNITY GROUPS DURING JANUARY Company closed its doors. The Farm Activities in the Michigan Farm Bureau Fruit Products Company su- Bureau center around: pervises locally owned canning plants 1-A legislative and research divi- for Spring 1940 at Coloma, Hart and Bay City. sion. The Hart plant was opened in 1936. 2--Co-operatlve business. Cherries, peaches, plums, crab apples 3-Educatlon and leadership train- and pears are canned. The Coloma plant was not operated ing. until ovember, 1936. Only a few 4-Membership Organization. pears were canned at that time. How- 1-Legislatlve and Research-Both ever, in 1937 the Coloma plant ran at full capacity. The plant cans aspara- the American Farm Bureau and the Michigan State Farm Bureau main- Once more the Farm Bureau and associated \ tain legislative and research depart- gus, raspberries, peaches and pears. cherries, tomatoes, It is expected ments regarding those matters affect- dealers lead with a smashing reduction in fertil- that there will be expansion in the ing the farmer. The Michigan Farm canning lines wherever the Fruit Pro- ducts Company can be of service. For Bureau legislative activity deals with all phases of state legislation, both izer prices. DOLLARS SAVED FOR YOU! that reason, canning of tomatoes at Bay City, asked for by local growers, protective and creative. creative program of legislation deals The AFBF Undoubtedly all competing companies will have was instituted in 1938. quite largely with bringing about the COUNTY FARM BUREAUS "parity price" concept. to meet the reduction. You can help yourself The County Farm Bureaus are 2-Co-operative Business - The made up of the Farm Bureau mem- Farm Bureau program in general in- cludes a definite commitment to the and your organization by ordering Farm Bureau be", in each county and name one delegate to the state annual meeting for each 50 members in the county. co-operative movement. It encourages the development of co-operative busi- fertilizer for Spring 1940and urging your neigh- In this organization Farm Bureau has its own board of each County ness, both local and national. Farm Bureau program in Michigan The bors to do likewise. It's the same high quality directors and officers and its own goes a step further. ot only has annual meeting and county program. the program encouraged eo-operative business but has actually brought fertilizer. Nitrogen is 95% water soluble and COMMUNITY FARM BUREAUS 'Community Farm Bureaus are made up of 'Farm Bureau members in any about the organizing and financing of a fruit co-operative, a wholesale mer- quickly available. That's STARTING Nitrogen! chandising co-operative, a wool mar- County who voluntarily organize for the purpose of discussion, etc. keting co-operative, a grain and bean Phosphate and potash are the best. Perfect marketing co-operative, as well as THE JUNIOR FARM BUREAU The Junior Farm Bureau is an or- many retail co-operatives. It also acts as the insurance agent for a mutual mechanical condition for drilling. Use fertilizer ganization of young people in local organizations which are with the State Farm Bureau by virtue affiliated insurance 3-Education company. and Leadership Train- order coupon at bottom of this advertisement. of holding one adult membership in ing-Education is carried on by the AFBF chiefly through "news flashes", the State Farm Bureau. Farm Bureau has 32 local organiza- The Junior tions in 28 counties and has a total membership of 1,200 members. speak rs and the organization maga- zine, "The Nation's Agriculture". The Michigan State Farm Bureau carries " uYlng Alfalf. Clover WE ARE PAYING BEST MARKET PRICES. SEND us an 8 ounce sample of your seed. Make it represent- ative by taking, equal amounts from each bag to make up on its educational program through a general sample lot. We send seed sample mailing Local using the name OTHER GROUPS merchandising their titles mayor institutions "Farm Bureau" in may not be at- the Community and County Farm Bu- reaus, through membership paigns, through the columns of "The I cam- Goo Seed F'ield Seeds envelopes on request. Tell us the amount of seed you have and we will quote you. Michigan Farm News" and via speak-] filiated with the Farm Bureau Ser- ers, meetings, etc. The program of vices, Inc. These local merchandis- ing units include the Farm Bureau retail stores, local co-operatives who own stock in the Farm Bureau Ser- leadership training is carried on chiefly through the Community and Junior Farm Bureaus, 4--Memberahip OrganizCl(tion---The For MORE EGGS and MORE MILK vices, Inc., and local merchandising institutions that may have no con- nection with the Farm Bureau Sere Farm Bureau carries on its program of member 0r~anization through a Balance Home Grains with these Concentrates vices, Ine., whatever. program information as to accom- plishments, through membership ac- FARM BUREAU INCOME quisition and maintainance projects. Farm Bureau Farm Bureau 3. What are the income resources of the various Farm Bureau organi- zations and what is the money used for? ote-All the above, in the Farm Bureau program, are related chiefly to the economic problems of the farm- POU try SuppleInent MILKMAKER Answer: The annual dues a Farm er, rather than to social or fraternal 32% Protein 34% Protein problems. Bureau member in the various Farm LBS. OF FARM BUREAU POULTRY LBS. OF MILKMAKER 34% PRO Bureaus pays totals $5.00. $1.00 of this is retained in the county organ- ization; 50c goes to the American Farm Bureau Federation; $3.50 goes BENEFITS FROM THE FARM BUREAU PROGRAM 6--What benefits have resulted to Michigan farmers because of the 1 Supplement 32% protein (or Mermaid Balancer 32%) with 300 Ibs. of farm grains will make one of the best 16% poultry mashes. 100 TEIN, or Mermaid Milkma.ker 32%, mixed with 300 lbs. of any mixture of farm grains will make 400 lbs .•of an excellent 16% to the State Farm Bureau. In addi- Farm Bureau program? tion to the dues the State Farm Bur- Withou g ing into details it is Use 100 lbs. COl'!I1, 100 lbs. barley (or corn) 50 lbs. wheat dairy ration. Feed with alfalfa ha.y. With clover ha.y eau also realizes an income from the estimated that the saving in taxes 50 lbs. oats. use 200 lbs. of farm grains to 100 of concentrate. Michigan Farm ews, the insurance brought about by the Farm Bureau department. Co-op ass'ns contribute legislative program and the saving to a legislative fund. That portion of in merchandising and insurance costs dues which goes to the County Farm Bureau is used for carrying out the county program. The portion that brought about by the service program benefits every farmer in the State of Michigan to the extent of $160 to PORKMAKER goes to the American Farm Bureau $200 annually. It is estimated that Federation is used to carry on a na- tional office, national legislative pro- the 'Michigan farm income was in- creased in 1937 by $50,000,000 as a re- 16% Protein gram and various research depart- sult of the national Farm Bureau pro- ments. The portion which goes to the State Farm Bureau is used for gram. This figure includes price in- creases and benefit payments. 44% Protein maintaining an executive office, legis- 7-Who are the officers and di- lative program, a membership rela- rectors of the Michigan State Farm FARM BUREAU PORKMAKER 16% and 44% protein tions department, a Junior Farm Bureau, the Farm Bureau Services, Bureau, to keep membership records concentrate is designed to produce 100 lbs. of pork as Inc., and the Farm Bureau Fruit Pro- for the 43 county Farm Bureaus and ducts Company? cheaply as possible, and to produce 100 lbs. of pork in the to carryon such general and miscel- The officers and directors are as shortest possible time. Forty pounds of Porkmaker 44 and laneous programs as will be of bene- follows: fit to the membership. 51h bushels of corn makes 100 lbs. of pork. PorkmAker FARM BUREAU SERVICES MICHIGAN STATE FA"M BUREAU KEEP MERMASH BEFORE HENS AT ALL TIMES 16% is an excellent feed for brood sows and young pigs. Presldent---C. J. Rid, Avoca. INCOME Vice-President-Paul Beglck, Bay City. F ED SORATOH GRAINS AT NIGHT The income of the Farm Bureau Sec'y-Treas.-C. L. Brody·, Lansing. Services, Inc., comes chiefly from its wholesale operations, its retail stores and from certain patronage dividends Dlrectora: J. T. Bussey, Lake Leelanau; H. H. Sandford-, Battle Houk, Ludington; Forr-est King. Char- Creek; John lotte; George McCalla, Ypsilanti; Carl co-os * resulting from its affiliations with Steimle-, Sodus; Woo. Bristow, Flat Rock; G. S. Coffman-, Coldwater; Mrs. United and National Co-operatives. This money is disbursed in the con- Pear) lyu. Lapeer: :Mark Westbrook, Ionia; C. A. Woodruff, Hastings; Lloyd T HYING duct of business, with whatever sur- plus there is being divided among the 138 co-operatives stockholders Rueaink, Adrian; Jame Harris, Traverse City; V{aldo Phillips, Decatur. FARM BUREAU SERVICES, INC. * ERFO MANCE TWO-HORSE in proportion to the 'business each does with The Services, Inc. PresIdent- Vice-Pres.-Howell !fred George-, Buchanan. Sandrords, Battle in Cold Weather..• In addition, there is set aside each year for promotion, a sum which is Creek. Sec'y-Treas.-C. L. Brody-, Lansing. SPREADER turned over to the Farm Bureau members as a membership credit and Dlrectora: Merle Crandall-, Howell; Thos. Berg house", Falmouth; C. J. Reid, Avoca; Paul Begtck, Bay City; Charles Woodruff, Hastings. EAU~ 'So light in draft, you can pull it by one hand with beaters in action. Automotive type wheel swing for making sharp turns. Passes through narrow doors. Top of box only 3 feet from ground. Less work to load. is allotted on the basis of business Plenty ()f clearance. Fits under carrier. Shreds and pulverizes manure done with local distributors of Farm Bureau branded commodities. There is, at present, a program to FARM BUREAU President-O. FRUIT COMPANY PRODUCTS R. Gale, Shelby. PE thoroughly. 60 bus. capacity. Wide, even spread. Broad tread. See thi. time-and-labor-saving spreader ~oday at your Co-op store. . VIce-Pres.-Carl BuskIrk, Paw Paw. substitute the issuing of patronage dividends in place of the membership Sec·y·Treas---C. L. Brody", Lansing. D ctor: Clayton Riley, Mears; John SAVES yOU •••SAVES HOSS FLESH credit the patronage dividend being Houk, Ludington; H. H. Bandrordv, Bat- more in line with sound co-operative tle Creek; James ThaI', Hartford; E. R. King, Bay City; George Badour, Essex- practice. ville; Waldo Phillip. Decatur. USE TIDS ORDER COUPON The income of the Farm Bureau *These men are managers of farm- Fruit Products Company results from ers co-operative organizations. Some To ........................................................................................................• the supervision of the locally owned also own farms. The balance of the (Your Farm Bureau Fertilizer. Dealer) canning plants and a commission on officers and directors are all farmers, Date ~ . the sale of canned fruits canned at living on farms and securing their I want to be protected on Farm Bureau fertilizer for the those plants.' The money is used for livelihood from farming. Our 100% pure Pennsylvania oU is free flowin; In- ~e 1940 spring season. I 'place my order for: the conduct of the business with the ....................Bags of at $...................• ton surplus being pro-rated back to the coldest weather. Improved for quick startlnq cmd low oU local group this in turn being pro- Tracks Start Gullies consumptioa for winter drivinq. Bureau Penn Is one ....................Bag8 of at $ ton rated to the farmer stockholder. Moving a wagon loaded with crops ....................Bags of at $ ton downhill may cause a gully more of the best motor oils on the market reqardless of price. 4. What was th& ba8ic principle costly than the value of the produce, Mioco or mld.continent is our next best 00. These oUa SIG. ED . on which the Farm Bureau was organ- ized? it is pointed out by soil conservation specialists. In early stages some of are sold in quart 5 qt., 2 qal. and 5 qal. cans. Good oils ADDRESS .........................................................................................• "The Farm Bureau is founded on the principle that the security of the survey work in Michigan coun- and priced riqhtl ties has shown that a set of wheel TAKE THIS FORM TO YOUR FARM BUREAU DEALER farmers is dependent upon their abil- AND GET PRICE OF FERTILIZER DESIRED. ity to maintain an organization in tracks has been the source of costly erosion. Where slopes are not too . hieh they can assemble and analyze the facts relating to their own bust- steep it is good farming practice to ness, write their own program as a result of thi analysis, and make it pull the load across the slope instead of up and down. ar rea rand u lies a 3 0 Farmers EI,v or effective through the strength of that FARM BEAU VICES, nsins, Michisan L_-------------------~-------------IIIi------------~..---~-------.. organization. ,t An organization will not go ahead 6. What does the Mlchig n Farm much faster than the members Willi Bureau progr m include? permit.