SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1940 Publi Behind ASK CONGRESS We ~re Fishting, Too Farm rea .the TO CLOSE FA M Whee PRICE GAP a Lo ere With 3. P. Yaeger, Farm Bureau Directors Call Proof Lies in Comparison of a Competing Fertiliz r Compan Direotor of Mem.b,rship on Michigan Delegation RelatioDS' For Support to Wisconsin Farmers with their Price on arne Go d Michigan Farmers, After a Reduction to Me CATTLE The Michigan State Farm Bureau When you mention Red Polled cat- board of directors meeting at Lan- / Farm Bureau Prices for Spring tle, Mark Westbrook of Ionia county, sing, January 30, voted to request Farm Bureau leader and outstanding each member of the Michigan dele- in Red Polled circles. immediately gation in Congress to support action The Michigan Farm Bureau has made a sweeping reduction in fertiliz r pri comes to mind. If it's Milking Short· this session that will enable the fed- eral farm program to accomplish its for spring of 1940, ranging from $2 to as much as $9 per ton. The Farm Bur u horns you're talKing about Stanley Powell, also a Farm Bureau leader purpose in securing parity prices for cut its fertilizer list in half to concentra te on the most popular and re omm nd d and from Ionia county, is bound to agriculture. In other words, bring farm selling prices into more even fertilizers for Michigan. It has passed the manufacturing economy and oth r d- enter the conversation. These two men have quite a lot of fun joshing terms with what farmers pay labor vantages to its membership and patrons in lower prices. each other about the merits of their and industry when they 1buy. respective breeds. This action reaffirms a resolution The savings to members and patrons of the Farm Bureau has been m de po ibl For the lSi three years Mark's Red adopted by the Michigan State Farm by the co-operation of the Tennessee Corporation, which manufactures fertiliz r for Polled herd has won more ribbons at Bureau annual meeting in November, the Chicago Stock Show then any 1939. and another resolution adopted the Farm Bureau. Michigan herd at the same show. ,by the American Farm Bureau conven- With seven cattle at the show in De- tion at Chicago in December, 1939. Others fertilizer companies have made price concessione on the an lyses off r The .Michigan Farm Bureau direct- c e m b e r, Mark ors said also. "We emphatically oppose by the Farm Bureau. It is interesting to compare the approximate c sh price off r- brought home nine money prizes. Last any reduction in appropriations to ed by a large competing company to farmers in Michigan and in Wisconsin. year Stanley's show carry out this program which shall be stock brought home greater proportionately than that tak- In this instance, the Farm Bureau cash prices to Michigan farmers are usu lly en ,by any other group or industry." the "bacon" or Ask Cherry Aid, Too lower than those in the first column below. whatever it is that shaw . cattle bring home when they The Michigan directors also asked Michigan Congressmen to support They Joined MICHIGAN A competing Company's WISCONSIN A competing Company's proposed amendments to the Agr'l win. This year the Shorthorns 'from Adjustment Act marketings agree- Far'rn Bureau ANALYSIS Price, Affected by Farm Bureau Reduction Price, free from influence of Mich. Farm Bureau per EXTR ton OOST to Wlsconaln ments section which if adopted will the Powell nerd didn't quite equal permit Michigan's cherry growers and other fruit growers and vegetable pro- in January CASH PRICE CASH PRICE farmer eJ. F. YA£GEJe Iast year's show- ducers in the nation to execute effec- PER TON PER TON ing. So Mark kids Stanley and Stan- tive marketing agreements with the The Michigan State Farm Bureau l~y comes back, with, "Shucks, any- secretary of agriculture. Support was welcomed to membership 116 families 7 of Every 10 Farms in 608 0-20· 0 $21.25 $25.55 $ 4.30 one can win in the Red Polled class? asked for Senate bill No. 225 and during the month of January. We Townships Have Light There isn't any competition". House bill 6208. list the new members and their Coun- 0-12-12 24.30 30.95 6.65 'Says Mark, "The heck there isn't: AFBF Goes to President ty Farm Bureaus. and ·their homes and Power 21.50 0-14-6 27.75 6.25 there are just about as many Red Earlier in the month officials of the in this column. Polled shown in this show as there American Farm Bureau Federation Harlin ALLEGAN Wynne COUNTY Allegan Continuing its widespread rural 0-20-20 36.90 48.00 11.10 are Milking Shorthorns." And so the called upon President Roosevelt to Jacob Hildenbrand Dorr electrification program. Consumers battle is on. The two men. coming advise him that they will ask Con- Antone Berens Dorr, R-1 'Power Company constructed 2.366 2-12-2 21.25 27.45 6.20 John Freeman Dorr, R·2 !tom Ionia County, . ip together and gress to appropriate sufficient sums Henry Eding Hamilton, R.1 miles of rural line in 1939 and took have pIe y of chance to talk things this session to !bring parity price pay- S. B. Wilcox Hopkins, R-1 electric service to 9,181 additional 2-12-6 23.45 29.85 6.40 over as they railroad it. Both are BARRY COUNTY ments to producers. 34.75 Interested in the general welfare of They told .the President they would Don D. Putnam Ethel Copenhaver Battle Creek, R-4 Hastings Michigan farms. according to a report 2-8-16 27.95 6.80 John C. Ketcham Hastings, R-4 today by Dan E. Karn, vice-president agriculture. That'~ why they're Farm ask for $607,000,000 for parity pay- BERRIEN COUNTY and general manager. 2-16-8 27.95 34.75 6.80 Bureau leaders and active in many ments to producers of basic crops Harold C. Tudor Berrien Springs "Of the 93,846 farms in the 608 community act ties. under the provisions of the AAA, and Laurence CASS COUNTY Nelson Dowagiac Michigan townships in which Con- 3-18-9 32.70 39.75 7.05 CATS $200,000,000 for llairy and other non- sumers operates. 66.511 now are en- Last 'I'hanksgfving Day, Mr. and basic products to be expended under ~im~' C. R. Shannon ~eoo~~::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::.~~~:i~~~ Marcellus. R·1 joying electric service," Mr. Karn 4-10-6 26.25 32.10 5.85 Mrs. Whitney, Wastenaw County Farm section 32 of the AA:.A. in addition to L. W. Lundy &. Son Marcellus. R-2 said. "In other words, the territory is 4-16-4 28.50 36.50 .00 Bureau, tmder ..&ave their pet cat to the usual appropriations under the Mead Burton Niles. R.3 71 per cent electrtft . That, however. Mrs. W r w1u>se home is soil conservation act. ISABELLA COUNTY These figures represent the esti- Loren Black Mt. Pleasant, R-3 is not all the story. Service is avail- 4-24-12 43.60 52.65 9.05 in Ecorse, 50 mUes from the Whitney LENAWEE COUNTY able to an additional 14 per cent of home. Evidently the cat did not care mated amounts which will be needed W. E. Dudley Adrian, R-4 to raise returns of producers to parity farms along existing lines. There- NEWAYGO COUNTY Oakland Farm Bureau for city Ufe -,&.Q it returned home a week later, just in time. for the Com- munity Farm Bureau meeting at the position, which is the objective set up in AAA and Soil Conservation legisla- Wm. Speet SAGINAW COUNTY Harold Fischaber :..Fremont, Birch Run, R-1 R·4 fore, it is no exaggeration to say that our job of rural electrification is 85 per cent complete, and that only 15 per 20 COUNTIES Annual Meeting Feb. 8 MICHIGAN LEADS Whitney home. What everyone wants to know is how the cat found its way tion. Federation officials estimates that cotton will need $242.000,000; corn, ,$218.000.000; wheat. $121,000,000; Ray M. Johnson Herman Meyer H~rbert C. Weiss Richard Latterman Birch Run. R-1 Birch Run, R-1 Birch Run, R-1 Birch Run, R-2 cent of the farmers in Consumers Power's service area have not yet been TAX FARMS Stanley counsel of the State Powell, legislative Farm Bureau, IN MID-WEST back over those 50. miles through city and country. SATISFIED tobacco. j12.000,000. $14,000,000; and rice, Herbert Mrs. Clyde Elrich Thomas Gray Martin Warnick Scharrer Birch Run, R-2 Bridgeport, Bridgeport, Bridgeport, R.1 R.1 R.1 reached by distribution lines." The average number of farms along the company's 17,000 miles of rural FOR ROADS will address the annual meeting of the Oakland County Farm Bureau at CREAMER ES 'I'he 'Farm Bureau delegation. which Gustav Klingbail Burt, R-1 the Methodist church at Holly, Writes Mr. Charles. B. Taylor of called on the President at the White Gardner Rivers Burt, R-1 line, Mr. Karn said, is now 3.91 per Return to Real Estate Tax Thursday, February 8. The meeting Eleven Co-op Creameries Oakland County: House offices consisted of Edward A. James F. Small Burt. R-1 mile. Some 32.000 non-farm rural cus- "Am enclosing my check for $5 for Charles M. Warren Burt, R-1 Charged to Township starts at 10: 30 a. m. with the busi- Made 12,074,930 Lbs. of O'Neal of Florence, Alabama, presi- Henry Giitrop Fosters. R-1 tomers also are served by the rural ness session, which includes the my annual dues in the FarmBureau. dent; H. P. King. Trumansburg. New Herbert Arno L. Fischer Bruns Frankenmuth, Frankenmuth, R-1 R-1 lines. Road Act adoption of a program and election Butter Last Year I patronize the Farm Bureau Services, York; Francis Johnson, Terrill, Iowa; Gugel Brothers Frankenmuth, R-1 A Big Four Years of officers. Dinner will be served at Inc., and have enough credits to more Alfred Hildner Frankenmuth, R-1 In the last four years. Mr. Karn Some twenty Michigan counties noon at 50 cents by the ladies of the J. F. Porter, Columbia. Tennessee; then pay my dues. However, I am so H. J. King. Laramie. Wyoming (all Arnold J. Roedel Frankenmuth, Fred Roedel Frankenmuth, R-1 R-1 pointed out, Consumers has built al- have returned in part to the system of church. There will be a program of Michigan member creameries of the well satisfied with the work of the members 'Of the Federation's execu- Louis SeiJinger William Stebner Freeland, Freeland, R-3 R-1 most 12.000 miles of rural lines, set- taxing farm real estate for new con- music and a panel discussion of a Mid-West Producers Creameries, Inc. organization and the benefits. we enjoy tive committee); R. W. Blackburn, Russell Vasold Freeland. R.3 ttng: a record probably unequalled in struction on township roads. accord- live topic by members took the lead from Indiana co-op of the Oak- as a result that I ani pleased to send secretary; Donald Kirkpatrick, general Wilbert Vasold Freeland, R-3 the utility industry. At the end of ing to Dr. Louis Webber, secretary of land Junior Farm Bureau. creameries for butter production in Herman Pahl Hemlock. R-1 you the full membership dues in cash. counsel; and W. R. Ogg, head of the Milo Punford Hemlock, R-1 1935, only 24 per cent of the farms in the Michigan Ass'n of Road Commis- 1940. I am much plea,sed to see younger men organization's research staff. W.lt.r J. Schomaker Hemlock, R.1 Michigan member creameries pro· co-op Bernard Darby Hemlock. R-2 the company's service area were elec- sioners and Engineers. stepping into the Farm Bureau leader- Ship and continuing the work in William Charles Doyle ............•... Fiting Hemlock, HemJock, R-2 R.2 trifled. as compared with the present 71 per cent. The intent of the Horton Act of 1932 and the Me itt township road CUNICS duced 12,074,930 lbs, of butter. ty-two Michigan, Indiana, Tennessee Twen- broader fields." HITCH·HIKING WOOL MARKETING Fred E. Fiting Charles Foye Herman Neuenfeldt Martin Neuenfeldt Hemlock, R-2 Hemlock, Hemlock, R-2 Hemlock, R-2 R-2 A sharp increase in the average act of several years earlier was to amount of electricity used by farms finance the state, county and town- IN FEBRUARY and Illinois creameries in the group made 26,024,624 lbs. of butt r. Says Prot. WhitoQ. Powell, Depart- ment of Business Management Cornell University:' .' ASS'N ANNUAL AT Edwin Herbert Roy Scoles Edwin Preuss Preuer Preuss Hemlock, Hemlock, R.2 Hemlock. Hemlock. R·2 R-2 R-2 was also reported by Mr. Karn. In ship road systems from the proceeds 1935 the average farm served by Con- of the gasoline tax and the license surners used 751 kilowatt-hours. In taxes, together with funds received Methods That Build Business eau at Lansing January 19, and nomt- The Michigan district held its an- nual meeting at the State Farm Bur- "Oo-operattve alarmingly 'hitch-hiking' frequent practice. is an Only LANSIN'G, MAR. 6 Edwin C. Wardin Clyde Alward Godfred Fritz William Neuenfeldt Hemlock, R-2 Hemlock, R·2 Hemlock, R-2 Hemlock, R·2 1938 the average annual consumption was 1,169 kilowatt-hours. from other sources than real estate. Last year's That was the program supported by and Membership Will nated six directors from this state for presentation to the Mid-West Annual half the patron pf purchasing asso- Herman A. Wegner Saginaw. R-6 figure was 1,254 kilowatt hours, an the Farm Bureau. Be Presented meeting at South Bend, Ind., Feb. 22- ciations in the United' States-52 per Will Consider Program for George Landsburg Saginaw increase of 7.27 per cent over 1939, But, it appears that the 4,000.000 23. Michigan nominees are: A. L. Bates Saginaw, R-1 cent to be exact-are members of 1940; Plan Wool David Cole Saginaw, R-1 and a jump of 66 per cent from 1935. received annually by the counties is Good ideas used by farmers co-oper- G. S. Coffman of Coldwater; Charles the co-operatives. Three quarters of Harold Dittman Saginaw, R·1 As average use has risen, the aver- not enough to maintain the township atives in Michigan to build business Ranney of Elsie; Fred Pernert of St. a million farmers are riding free on Exhibit George E. Fischer John F. Grohman Saginaw, R-1 Saginaw, R-1 age cost per kilowatt-hour has de- roads and provide snow removal, let and build interested. participating Louis; C. A. Brody of Constantine; to Evart Hall of Fremont; Fred Walker John Kamenar Saginaw, R-1 creased. In 1935 the farmers were alone new construction, according to memberships co-operatives run by their neighbors. Adam J. Kreuzberger Saginaw, R-1 will be presented ••. We w ride only in a closed Leading wool producers in Michigan Walter D. McNalley Saginaw, R-1 paying an average of 3.77 cents per county road commissioners. They managers and directors of co-ops dur- of Carson City. In the Mid-West or- car with a radio, and we want it will gather at Farm Bureau head- Joseph Schwarz Saginaw, R-1 kilowatt-hour. In 1938 they paid an state that in many counties they are ing the last two weeks of February. ganization C. S. Coffman is Vice-pres- JUlius 8eamon Saginaw. R-1 quarters at Lansing, Wednesday, to go all the way to our destination. Edward Stanzel Saginaw, R-1 average of 3.19 cents per kwh. and adding an equal fund from other Farm Bureau Services. Inc., in con- ident from Michigan. Fred Walker is March 6, to plan together for the im- Joe Toth Saginaw, R-1 in 1939 only 3.09 cents. While the county road funds to maintain what junction with the Michigan Elevator secretary for the Michigan group. When we do take the offer of a ride, Frank F. Berka Saginaw, R-2 provement of wool marketing condi- average amount of electricity used per were once called the township roads. Exchange and the Economics Dep't The Elsie Co-operative Creamery we are always hopping out when we Harry Kurchinsky Saginaw. R·2 tions in Michigan. The occasion will Carl J. Simmet.. Saginaw, R-2 year rose 66 per cent from 1935 to If new construction is needed in a of Michigan State College has planned joined the Mid-West during the year. see another car that looks better or Herman Volbrecht Saginaw. R-2 be the annual meeting of the 'Mich- Robert Mueller Saginaw, R-3 1939, Mr. Karn said. the revenue from township. in some 20 counties the a series of Co-operative Clinic meet- The increase in butter volume ntitled seems to be going faster. This at- igan Co-operative Wool Marketing Arthur Rinbold Saginaw, R·3 farm sales of electricity rose in the township is asked to levy a tax for ings, to be held four times a year. Michigan to one more delegate. Mr. titude has been called 'fair-weather Warni McVannel Saginaw, R-4 Ass'n. co-operation.' Fair-weather co-oper. Ra.lpft Prueter Saginaw. R-4 same period only 36.6 per cent. that purpose. {ana gel'S of local farm co-operatives Ranney of Elsie was lectcd. ators use their orga W\Uo when the The producers 'Will listen to reports Albe Rosbach Mr. and Mrs. H. Schwager Saginaw, R-4 r Dr. Webber states that in 1920 the and their boards of directors are in- Michigan member creameries of the of their officers, conduct their annual ................................................ Saglnaw. R·4 . people raised $12,000,000 by property vited and urged to attend. Mid-West Producers Creameri s, Inc . advantages are immedjate and certain. Otherwise, they CfOBa\ the road . . . I believe the time will come when election, and in their business session will lay plans for giving growers greater bargalning power and further H. A. Turner Francilt Wurtzel F. Anton Josie Drissel Dahl Saginaw, R·4 Saginaw, R-5 Saginaw, Saginaw, R·6 R·6 BARRY FAV R taxes for township road purposes. For Studies made of a number of farm the past 6 years the McNitt act has co-op businesses in Michigan will be are: Coldwater Constantine Dairy Company 'o-op Creamers membership. n a co-op and patronage of a co-op will be privileges which one must earn by consistent use." developing marketing through which they may secure liberal machinery Henry Sthwan Matt Geiger Hartlep Edwar Brothers C. Hoffman Saginaw, R-6 Saginaw, R-7 Saginaw, Saginaw, R-7 R-7 ADVERTISING LAR produced same roads. mobilies has 4.000,000 per year for the presented by the men who made' the The number increased four of auto- investigations. Invitations have been times mailed co-op ass'n managers for the Carson Clty-Dairyland Elsie Co-op Cream ry Fremont Co-op Cr amery Grant Co-op Cr amery Cr. cash advances for their fleeces at Arthur A. Kruscke Saginaw. R-7 since 1920. Lawrence Co-op creamer MINNESOTA shearing time, and then have them Christ Kuhl Saginaw, R-7 Downs Resolution Advocating first series of regional meetings at If 4,000,000 a year is not enough these points: • Iareellus Co-op Creamery I had the opportllnity recently of at- sold 011 a later and usually a more Urban Lang Saginaw, R.7 Nashville-Farmers Creamery tending the annual meeting of the John A. Luibrand Saginaw, R·7 Social Security for Mc./.itt money for township roads, the -ile~-Producers Dairy favorable market. Louis McGuire Saginaw, R·7 experience of the county road commis- Feb. 12 Grand Rapids St. Louis Co-op Cr amery Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation. Although it is probable that the William Clifford F. MiJler Thoms Saginaw, R-7 Saginaw, R·7 Farmers sions by now should show what the Feb. 13 Shelby Their meeting is held during Farmer's growers will make some changes in ST. CLAIR COUNTY Feb. 14 St. Joseph Tractor Fuel Bill ann ual return for townsh ip roads Week at the college in St. Paul. An the details of the plan as it has been Anthony J. Prlntz Capac, R-1 Creation of a fund to advertise lard Feb. 16 Hillsdale George Grote Fair Haven, R-1 should be under the McNitt Act. 440 Millions a Y ar entire day of the Farmer Week pro- followed during recent seasons, the Clifford Halsey Yale was favored in a resolution passed by Feb. 19 St. Johns gram is given over to Farm Bureau. basic idea of permitting them to reo George Kook Yale the Barry County Farm Bureau at its Feb. 20 Howell Information compiled by the Unit d About sixty million tons of steel The temperature was never warmer ceive all that their wool nets on a OAKLAND COUNTY annual session at Hastings late in Feb. 22 New Haven States Department of Agrtcultur Edwon M iller Lake Orion, R-2 rails are in use by the railroads of than 10 degrees below zero during the grade and quality Ibasis will undoubt- January. The resolution was forward- Feb. 23 Cass City shows the huge increase of ru I and TUSCOLA COUNTY this country. three days that I was there, but that edly remain unchanged. Ellis Aldrich Fairgrove, R·1 ed to the State Farm Bureau. annual cost of operating tractors, didn't seem to phase those hardy folk. Wool Authority Will Speak VAN BUREN COUNTY The resolution recommended that Harry Babcock of Dowling and F'errts trucks and automobil for farm B. Archie Cleveland Laurence Over 5,000 were in ttendance. Said It is expected that there will be at Howard Warren Hartford each farmer pay 5 cents for each hog Brown of Prairieville. Berrien A Com County Back in 1910 the national total wa he sold to create the advertising fund. Dean W. C. Coffey ot the College in least one speaker of national reputa- The directors elected Mrs, Claude Berrien county in Michigan is of. about four million dollars, but r c nt- speaking on the topic, "Twenty-five tion and it is also probable that there Warmup Saves Tractor A reselution asking for social security Hoffman, president; Carl Brodbeck. ficially a commercial corn county, ly the annual cost has been av raging years of extension." "This could not will be an extensive wool exhibit, for farmers was defeated. vice president; Mrs. Warren Bolton, one of 13 newly designated counties 440 millions. ha~e happened had it not been for the showing not only fleeces in the grease. An occasional starting and warm- The group voted to amend its secretary-treasurer. named by Henry A. Wallace, ecre- Farm Bureau." but all stages in the preparation, Ing up of a tractor, even when it is charter to stagger the election of offi- Delegates named to the state meet- tary of agriculture. Other Michigan manufacture and utilization of wool. not being regularly used during cers. Directors chosen .for one year ing at Lansing next fall were: Mts. counties previously classified as com- II consignor and other wool grow. winter months helps keep internal were: Mrs. Claude Hoffman of Dowl- Bolton. Arthur "Getty, Frank Ferris, mercial In 1860, there were 30,626 miles of corn growing areas are ers are invited to attend this meeting. parts lubrtcated, suggests H. H. Ius- ing, Carl Brodbeck 01 Woodland and Edward Stanton, Wayne Ottley and Branch, Calhoun, Cass, Hillsdale. railroad in the United States. fifty Voting will be limited to those who selman, head of agricultural engineer- Arthur Getty of Middleville; two-year • rs. Claude Hoffman with Carl Brod- Jackson. Kalamazoo. Lenawee, Mon- per cent of which were on the Atlantic pooled through the Association in 1939 ing at Michigan State College. Inside terms. Irs. Warren Bolton of Hast- heck. Frank Waters and Clarence roe. St. Joseph, Washtenaw and seaboard. (Continued on Pa~e 2.) parts kept well oiled resist rust. ings. Mrs. Shirley Blood of Hastings. Longstreet as alternates. Wayne. SATURDAV, FEBRUARY 3, 1940 ,- ional action that labor uni ns become mcorporated and be made responsible Lett r for their actions. The Iaborin man undoubtedly has to t e many complaints and grievances. farmer will object to their organizing 0 uccesaor to the Michigan Farm Bureau January 12, 1923 NewlI. founded Editor to better their own condition, but he do re ent, after having already paid more money, through shorter hours ED er64 u • conll cla matter January 12. 1923, at tile poet- Timely Comment office at Charlotte, Michigan, under the Act of March a. 1871. in Readers' Letters In Some Instances Tribute and higher wage , for the equipment Publiahed ;first Silt rday of each month by the MIcb1gan State Farm Bur u at its publication office at 1U Lovett St., Charlotte. MIchlpD. The Flower Catalog Seems to Be the Main and nece aities of life that he buys. to have some tabor organization de- When news is bad it travels fast; it brooks no least delay, Objective mand through whomever merchan- Editorial and general ofrlce8, 221 No~th Cedar St., Lansing, Michigan. But good news is a patient sort and takes the slower way. Reapportionment dises or handl s the farmer' products o toftlce Box 960. Telel>hone, Lansing 21-271. Tidings of fire and flood and death arrive by telephone, Editor that the farmer pay tribute to their In our January edition 'We comment- ed upon the difficulty Hamilton Farm organization. But by the good old R.F.D. are better things made known. ichigan Farm ews: ZI AR UNGREN.. . Editor and Business Manager Today I heard the mailbox slam and hurried out to find I have read in the newspapers that Bureau and other farm co-operatives Producers Pay For Waste A brilliant neW seed catalog, the earliest of its kind, the Wayne County Board of Super- in other parts of the country are hav- 'Why should egg Iobbers in Chicago ubscrtptton 25 c nts per year; • y.ea.rs for U, In advance. Bedecked abundant and replete with vegetables and flowers visors (dominated by Detroit) wl1l ing with certain labor unions. be comp lled to ign contracts that To breathe upon the fla.me of hope in these cold hearts of ours. cause the submission by initiatory Hamilton Farm Bureau hips eggs all eggs they handle, including Gov- Vol. XVIII SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3,1940 No.2 And here tonight, our chores all done, we sit, my wife and I, petitions of a proposed amendment to Chicago. They are graded at Ham- et nment graded and inspected eggs, And leaf the gorgeous pages through, and shortly we shall try of the .•. ichigan state consititution ilton by licensed federal inspectors. be recandled by union labor? The To formulate a written sheet whereon there shall appear reducing the membership of the graded by licensed federal inspectors. Government gra ed eggs have been ow To Get Ahead A list of all the newest stuff we aim to raise this year. The trusty old familiar strains that we have always grown- House of Representatives in the state legislature to 64 instead of the present When a Chicago egg candlers union candled and graded and packed by the insisted upon recandling the eggs to sons and daughters of the producers About four years ago the Coldwater Co-operative We save the seeds of these ourselves, we like to have our own; 100 members. provide more busine s for members of in their own organization, Recandling its union, the Hamilton Farm Bureau, of these eggs would mean owering of But every catalog that comes has new and better things A careful consideration of the Company was plugging along with a fair business and To tempt the furtive pocketbook an loose tight wallet strings. counties which now have stale rep- the Michigan State Farm Bureau and the grade, some breakage and an add- about 300 shareholders' names recorded. How many New vegetables of wondrous size and excellence will grow resentatives and which will not have the American Farm Bureau took it up ed expense which would have to be were really active, we don't know. Over at Union So fast that weeds are cr-owded out and never have a show. such state representation if and after with the U. S. Dep't of Agriculture, borne by the producer. Production Oab, peas, beans and barley grow inside those fecund pages such proposed amendment were and gave the situation considerable and marketing of quality eggs will C:ity the once strong farmer's co-operative was a pretty With luxuriance unknown to men all down across the ages. adopted rev als clearly that early publicity. The egg candlers' uni n never be accomplished by candling Sick cat. Right there on page on lovely page my good wife Marthy sees if not quite all the 36 representatives backed off, and took another tack. and grading at some distant point. It A thousand flowers much like the old-but named varietiesl which would be eliminated from the should be done at the point qf pro- The Coldwater Co-operative Company directors and Of germination unsurpassed, all choicest thrifty strain, In the meantime, Andrew Lohman the new manager, M. H. Wallace, embarked upon the House are the rural representatives; manager of the Hamilton Farm BU~ duction. Free blooming, draught resistant types, in sunshine or in rain. Farmers are also experiencing labor some counties, like Kalamazoo which reau, has taken the matter up with policy of making every non-member customer a member And all about this new B-1, (which I am not so 6ure now has two, one from the city and Congressman Clare Hoffman, and has trou-ble with fruit and vegetables. o~ ~he co-operativ~ ~hrough the medium of patronage Has anything worthWhile to add to good rich sheep manure) one from the country by separate dis- cited other' instances of unwarranted Why should a farmers' co-operative with farm marketing by organization that employs the sons Till Marthy wants a dozen things, and adding her's to mine dividends. The dividends, if any, were to be applied tricts, would then have only one rep- interference It makes some several dollars worth down on the dotted line! and daughters of its own members be resentative, and that one would be certain labor groups. first to the purchase of a $10 share of stock. It has Oh, blessings on the Catalog, that fanfare of good news, chosen from the city which dominates compelled to pay memberships ann That triumph of the printer's art, that epic of the muse; Mr. Lohman's Statement monthly dues to some la-bor union for ~~rked to advantage in every field in which the co-op the county by having more than one- The Michigan Farm News has this its drivers and workers before they It takes both cabbages and pinks; chrysanthemums and chives IS Interested. A while back there were' more than 700 halt the county population; moreover, statement from Mr. Lohman: To make the world spin merrily for farmers and their wives. are permitted to unload their celery _ the number of representatives ;from Editor, shareholders. At the 1940 annual meeting being held the upper peninsula and from. the and produce in the Chicago market, from the herd adds tremendously to the cost of produc- Michigan Farm News: the celery and produce having been today , Feb. 3, some 1,035 shareholders are privileged northern end of the lower penlnsuta Must agriculture pay tribute' to produced -by its own members? to attend. Another good sized group of fractional ing milk in many herds. Since two-thirds of the heifer will be greatly reduced, thus weaken- labor unions? ing the influence of those sections in A $50 membership and $5 a month shareholders is being advanced by the patronage dividend calves born every year are predestined by their inheri- If certain labor leaders are allowed dues is excessive' and surely unfair. the House. to go on uncontrolled with violence, Some labor leaders are always com- route to be the holders of a share by the next annual tance to be unprofitable, the big problem in improving Detroit has previously in recent boycotts, lockouts and failure to recog- plaining'about everybody being unfair meeting. the Nation's dairy cattle is to eliminate the hereditary years submitted two propositions by nize law and order, the Ia.boring man to labor. Haven't they been much Intttatorj' petitions for the change of is -bound to suffer in the end. The more unfair to the farmer and the con- Prior to the 1940 annual meeting Coldwater the Co- factors responsible for the low-producing females. the state representation in the state farmer and the consumer surely re- sumer? operative Company disbursed $18,510 to its share- The Bureau of Dairy Industry has now completed 21 legislature; when one such proposal sent and deplore their actions and Results from their unfairness un- holders. Four per cent on the common and preferred was under consideration, I submitted will demand legislative and congres- (Continued on page 3.) years of breeding investigations, and the results indicate to you and the readers of the Farm stock, and a 7 ~ patronage dividend on all business done News a counter proposal to limit the that the most promising method of improving the inheri- with the Company. The volume of business was membership in ·the House to one rep- $279,.000 through the elevator, oil and gasoline, farm tance of a dairy herd is through the use of an unbroken resentative from each county without supplies and service operations. Union City now a succession of proved sires-that is, sires that are known regard to population, ,the House there- STOCK PRODUCERS 1'ore being dominated by the outstate, MIchi~a~ Live. Stock Exchange has operated a successful live stock branch of Coldwater, earned its dividends and a little to have the ability to transmit high levels of production and the senate of course by the commrsaton selling agency on the Detroit and Buffalo markets since 1922. more. Some come back [ cities because the senate woud be uniformly to all their daughters. apportioned according to population BECAUSE The point is that when a farmers' co-operative under- and woud be dominated by the urban (1) It rnalntalns a thoroughly trained and experienced personnel (2) . pIt IdSrepresented on every principal market in the United States by takes to make all its farmer customers shareholders. centers, which have a large majortty 3 ro ucer owned and operated agencies. the business and the individual farmers benefit. And Farm Sit ation After a War of the state populatfon ; even as at ( ()4) It renders b~tter information and market service to Its members It can furmsh 4%% money for financing feeding operations. • present constitu-ted under the consti- what an easy way for farm customers to acquire a After the last war, wth agriculture in excessively high tutional provisions, Detroit and its PLUS worthwhile interest in the business! Patronize it and gear, there was wide disparity between farm and non- immediate environs would have a features of good practice in the llve stock commission share in the earnings. good working majority in the state farm prices. We turned to the Government purchase senate. REMEMBER and storage of crops, to co-operative limitation of farm This comes about because appor- p.atronize the Michigan r...iv~ Stock Exchange you are buUdlng your own Iive stock marketing agency. We'll All Have Electric Service acreage, to benefit payments and price-adjustment pay- tioning representation population according gives to some ,portion of to Reports furnis~ed Michigan State College aacio Station markets at 6 :4::. a. m, WKAR for early Members of the Michigan Stat~ Farm Bureau have ments as supplements to low farm income, to price-sup- the state a majority of the represent- porting commodity loans, and finally to export subsidies, . atives apportioned (thus, if Detroit MICHIGAN LIVESTOCK EXCHANGE Secretary' •• 0~1C4 contributed much to three revolutionary advancements had three-fourths of the state popula- Hudson, Michigan observes the U. S. Dep't of Agriculture. Frank Oberst, President; J. H. O'Mealey, Secretary &. Treasurel'j for Michigan farm life during the past twenty years. tion, Detroit would hae three-fourths George J. Boutell, Manager of the representatives apportioned). They are good measures of the potential value of the The trend, much against our inclinations, was in line If both Houses are apportioned ac- SHIP YOUR STOCK TO US AT organization for the years to come. with the world trend toward so-called economic national- cording to population (as in Illinois), Michigan Livestock Exch. Producers Co-op Ass 'n then that little part of the state Detroit Stockyards East BuJfalo, ~N.Y. The Farm Bureau stood for a highway program that ism. We could not by ourselves go back to relatively largest in population (meaning De- should finance' the debts, maintenance and new con- free international trade. And international co-operation troit and its surrounding territory) would have control of both Houses. struction of all Michigan highways from the proceeds was not forthcoming. In remorseless preparation for When one House is apportioned ac- of a gasoline tax and the license tax. We have that pro- another war, the nations traded less and less with one an- cording to population (the Senate) and the other House is chosen one gram in force. other and reverted more and more toward local or na- from each county without regard to tional rural ..urban balances. populatlon (the representatives). The Farm Bureau advocated a program of state aid neither faction created by the appor- to schools that should make the cost of a good grade There is small prospect that the outcome of the present tionment (the rural and the urban) war will be greatly different. Even if it establishes more can dominate the other, but all legis- school and high school education for children about the lation must be by mutual agreement same to taxpayers everywhere in Michigan. That is well favorable political conditions for international trade, it by the two factlons. under way. may in large measure destroy the economic basis for This illustrates the reason for some persons' adherence to the uni- commerce. In short, after an interlude more or less The Farm Bureau, co-operating with the Michigan cameral or one-house legislature· it brief the United States may be driven yet more rapidly Michigan had but one house in' the State College and the State Grange, asked Michigan legislature, and it would surely have toward self-containment or hemispher.c containment. power companies in 1935 to extend rural lines to all to be apportioned according to popu- farmers. We asked the companies to drop the charge As we know from what has happened already, the lation, then Detroit and its metro- politan area (which have a majority for construction of rural lines in return for an agreement repercussions will be economic, social, and political. of the state population) would have by farmers to use a reasonable volume of electricity. While the war continues, the potential consequences a majority of the legislators, and that section of the state would dom- The yard tick agreed upon was the consumption of $2.50 will probably be masked. Employment may increase inate ,the legislation. of electricity per month for each of five customers per here in urban industry. This will stimulate the domestic Detroit is a big horse, and there-f. market for agricultural commodities and for a time may fore wants the big end of the evener; mile of line. that is the substance and the sum of draw excessive manpower away from the farms and all the proposals put forth on the The Con umers Power and the Detroit Edison adopt- toward the cities. The danger is that we shall base our subject of state representation, in- ed the plan. They serve three-fifths of rural Michigan. clUdi~g the last under initiation by hopes for the future on the utterly false assumption that pettttons now; it will reduce the hen other companies adopted it, and the Rural Electri- wartime conditions of employment will continue after rural influence and beyond doubt give fication Administration came into Michigan in a large the urban centers of the state a work- the war. In the post-war reaction exactly opposite con- ing majority in each house. wa on a somewhat similar plan. Rural Michigan has ditions will probably develop. This proposal is Ito be Submitted Been and continues to be connected to electric service at under the pretense of reducing the almost unbelieveable speed when one considers the It is more than probable that peace will find us thor- expenses of the state legislature; but oughly maladjusted to peace-time conditions; that agri- after its adoption, it would certainly problems involved for so large an area. prove not to be so economical in re- culture will again be faced with the need of drastic acre- ducing the state expenditures as its The Consumers Power Company has built 12,000 age limitation; that rural and urban unemployment will sponsors pretend. With Detroit and mil~s of line to run its total of farm customers in 608 other large cities burdened with ex- cause a further increase of non-commercial farming; cessive debts, state money has been town hips served by that company from 26,000 in 1935 and that commercial agriculture will find itself in more wanted to carryon certain works or to 06,511 today. Seventy-one per cent of the farms in make up deficits in school expenses urgent need than ever of safeguards against the depress- or provide means for other projects that area have electric service, and it is there, ready for ing influences of world prices. Unless we can shift over desired. This is an aspect of the onnection, for another 15 per cent. The Consumers subject that the rural counties and quickly from heavy urban production for a world at war communities should take under im- and other companies are going forward with the work. to equally heavy urban production for a large domestic mediate consideration. This last pro- e belie e hat the day is not far distant when every posal out of Detroit is more suave consumption, agriculture will lapse back into price de- and less radical than the former ones Michigan farm will ha e electric light and power. Only pression and stagnation. Any wartime gains it may but it has all the ear-marks of the fe ears back the probable cost of the lines was about former two. have accumulated will vanish speedily. as far as one needed to go to end the dream. Today it's ~he 'Farm Bureau and the State where he spent a week studying and Grange and other such farmer organ- orking and paying its way. The Farm Bureau is proud Wool Marketing izations should begin at once to lay observing wool handling and utiliza- to ha e been a representative for Michigan farmers in Ass'n Annual tion. their plans for the defeat of this new The wool supply and demand situ- proposal (which may be more dif- Financially On of the tron st Or anlzations or ing out the plan that made it possible. (Continued from page 1) ficult to defeat than the former two) or who sign an agree ent to pool in ation is unusually favorable from the ••• the United States 1940. grower's point of view. Every Mich- in order to preserve their present in- • Preceding the State meeting at igan flockmaster should give careful fluence in the legislative affairs of f rov d Sire Lan ing on March 6, many County consideration to marketing conditions the state. St te arm ulu I Auto Insurance Co. "Tool Producers' Ass'ns will hold their and methods before converting his Very respectfully, a r ult of many surveys of the production and in- RICHARD E. KIDD Bloomington, nlinois annual meeting. These are now be- 1940 fleeces into cash. ord of herds in dairy herd-improvement asso- ing arranged by the county officers. Growers, extension specialists from The United States Weather Bureau Kalamazoo, R-2 December 23, 1939 ----- I ------------ th ur au of Dairy Industry concludes that ...1. . C., county agents. and 4-H lead- in Washington reports that there are STATE I 221 North FARM MUTUAL AUTO INS Cedar St., Lansing Michi~an·' co M· Ich, State Farm Bur. Stat. Ag'y. I o-third of the heifer cal es ved for replace- ers are listed to participate OIl these about 44,000 thunderstorms daily The fame for wheat by reason of , I county program. Stanley. 1. Powell throughout the world. which Minnesota became known as I s throughout the United tates fail to be of Ionia, Field Representative of the ?A IE ......................................... _...._.I the "bread basket of the world" is now '1 prod icers, Raising three heifers to the State Association, wi11 also speak. I Please send Information The first prune trees were brought outranked by butter, of which _Ilnne- about auto in urance, ADDRESS -.. -..--......•..•••.••..•.•.............•••.••.-. I r n determi hich toto cull Among other thing , Mr. Powell will to the United report on his ob erv nons in Boston, 1 66, tates from France in sota produces more than any oth r state. - I .•.• -.._-- ------_:..._--' SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1940 MICHIGAN F~"RM NEW industry, labor, consumer, and the The Klondike is a district northwest Canada. in the H W SAGINAW We Can S.e F.rth.r Ahead farmer get together and co-operate or the benefit of aU and put forth h ir SERVING o lED THE FEED MILK INDUSTRY UP best efforts to make American mocracy safe for mert ANDREW LOlLI}. _ n. e- For Poultry, Hot:! &. Calf Feeds Quotations Made to Elevators By Wire or Mail CAMPAIGN Hamilton Farm Bureau, Hamilton, Mich. Jan. 17, 1940. DRY MILK SALES DIVISION inety-Three New Members cfiL1IcJf1!¥ Lansing Michigan Enrolled In Day by TW'o 52 Workers By FRED REIMER Farrnlies on Farm Bureau District Represenuitive The Saginaw county board met and One Farm decided to invite in the president, vice- A Discussion of president and secretary of all Com- munity Farm Bureau clubs. These of- Farm Tenancy ficers made a committee to work with By R. W. EV.•L T the county board on the membership u. S. Department of .•lgl"iClllture campaign. There's a limit to the number of The three representatives from each people a farm can carryon its back. club volunteered to bring in three When farm income is high, it can more workers to work with them on carry more than wh n it is low. Then, the campaign. only the most productive farms can Lice on Cattle The educational meeting was held stand up under the strain. t this eason of the y ar dairymen on January 18. Those present, in addi- That's the trouble with the farm should prevent cattle from becoming tion to the County Board, were the tenancy system. It's geared to an ab- lousy. This type of pest can easily club representatives, who turned out normal prosperity. be prevented by treating the cattle about 98%. Each representative Forty-two percent of the farmers in with a dry powder. This is prefer- brought in one team mate. Forty- this country lease or rent all of the able to the wet methods this time of five people were present to represent land that they cultivate, and 10 per- the year. County agricultural ag nt the nine clubs in the county. I drew cent more rent a part of their land. have information as to how the cattle sketches on the black board showing Half of all the land in farms in the should be treated. the Farm Bureau set up and asked United States is rented. for questions and received many dur- More than 16 million people-tenant ing the 1% hours. and sharecropper families-are de- How Many Bags Full? pendent upon these rented farms for Michigan has its share of sheep, All on the Job their living. about 8,000,000, and thus can claim, The drive date was set for January 24. The same group came in to a final That indicates how farm tenancy especially in quality, its share of the educational meeting on January 23 in has grown. In large areas of the nation's wool production. On western ranges and in farm and feeder flocks the evening and we had a few more present to hear E. J. Harger of the It's Human Nature to United States it has pro ed to be hard on landowners and tenant, and of central and east rn states there is an estimated total of more than 50 State Farm Bureau. Material handed out and all was ready to start drive Seek an Escape hard on the land itself. Interest Burden Doubles million sheep. 001 produc d by th se animals is nearly 500 million pounds Thousands •. op 0 of m ill-mi ed mashes conlain XX" - ide nnfied in many by the familiar R"I Top guarantee t.g. AI 0 u if. next morning. Fifty-two people start- and a chance to talk, and a chance to That it is increasingly hard on the able from d al rs in handy 2 and '.lb. cans. ed out next morning. All agreed to annually. see what the other fellow bought and landowner is suggested by the fact come in to a victory meeting on Jan- So People Go to Auctions what he was willing to pay for it. that tenancy and farm debt have in- A white man-a sea captain of *" opco XX" is • registered trad -mark o( uary 26 in the evening with report. for Purposes that Rolls Up Membership in East creased together. In 1909 two hun- orne, laska-crossed Bering Strait .tion.1 Oil Products COIllJ>.ny About 98% of workers again came into It was my privilege one time to dred million dollars was paid as in- on the ice by dog sled, showing that a victory meeting. Each read his re- Point a Moral NATIONAL OIL PRODUCT CO. ride on the same train with a leader terest on farm mortgage debts; in America's early natives could have port. It was tabulated on the board 1936 about four hundred million was come from Siberia tha 1861 ESSEX STRUT, HARRISON,NEW lOS in the Grange on our return trip from way in pre- as made by individuals and summed By MRS. EDITH M. WAGAR a Country Life Association meeting paid. historic times, even without boats. up for prize awards. I've been doing some most serious at Madison, 'Vis. Being members of The system is often hard on the Of the new members stgned; 82 paid thinking during the past month, try- both the Grange and the Farm Bur- tenant because he is working to sup- cash with their enrollment, 11 without ing to solve some of the perplexing eau naturally our conversation drifted port two families-his own and to cash, and 12 promised to sign within problems that confront me. the next week. A $10 prize was Problem No. 1 is strictly a Farm into organization channels. One some extent the landowners--on a WHAT DORMANT SPRAY ARE YOU awarded to the highest point club. To Bureau matter. I'm sure if there statement he made has clung to me farm not sufficiently productive. USING THIS YEAR? ~!!!!l!!!!!!£!!!!l!!!!!!L!!!!l!!!!!!G!!I!!l!!£!!!!l!!!!!!T!!!!l!!!O!!!!l!!!l!!!!!!1_II!L.,...-TH as outstanding and possibly funda- It is hard on the land because the each member of the winning team can be a solution found for it, it will mental. tenant, who is often under pressure to was awarded a five tine fork. These not only ease my disturbed peace of C ETE Do your modernizing for keeps, with concrete t prizes were paid for by the County Farm Bureau. mind but will be beneficial to every Farm Bureau leader in our state. He mentioned an Eastern state and said, "They have the largest Farm Bureau and largest Grange member- get every last cent of income possible out of the farm, grows too large an acreage of "cash" crops, without re- ~ DORM CONTAINS NT SPRAY THAT NO OIL AND Here's a "howtodoit" book that gives detailed The Hemlock Community club won As president of a county organiza- plenishing the land through rotations information on building septic tanks, founda- first place with 21 new members of tion, I have felt that the responsibil- ship accord to their farm popula- 'S NON-CORROSIVE tions, feeding floors, bam floors, tanks and tion of any state in the Union and and without protecting it by terraces troughs, milk cooling tanks. which: ities, the worries and cares and the both do the least for their members and contours. The tenant lacks the Remem&er, concrete is firesafe, termite 15 paid $5.00 in full disappointments, feelings are way out proof, ea.v to work with, low in first cost, of any state that I know of. Both incentive to conserve the land. need. no upkeep, endures for generations. 3 paid $2.00 each of proportion to the satisfactions that have good leadership and with the Changes in the Making You can do your own concreting-or hire a 3 paid nothing come out of it. local concrete contractor. Write us for your free large state funds, each can do some Where farm tenancy is not success- copy of "Permanent Farm Construction." The two members of the winning Price for Leadership outstanding legislative lobbying, can ful, it either must have its defects ~---------------------~ PORTLAND CEMENT ASSOCIATION team were Otto Fisher and Clarence Maher of the Bridgeport Club. This When we count the days of work, the miles of travel, the gallons of gas, put on some enviable state and dis- trict meetings, can afford to encourage remedied or else it must be replaced ~ by something better. The Bankhead- Dept W2·4, Obis Tower Bldg., Lansing, Mich. team signed 12 new members, all pay- the energy and the Pleasesendme"Permanent Farm Con- such movements as 4-H and mothers Jones Farm Tenant Act of 1937 made struction." I am especially interested in ing $5.00. thoughtful study, camps and fair exhibits and in fact a beginning in that direction by pro- Ed. Watson and William Raucholz the five dol 1 a r keep their names before the public viding authority for loans to help a Narne: _ of Hemlock were a close second with membership fee is to such an extent that all farmers feel limited number of competent tenants, St. or R.R. No. _ City State 13 signed, of whom 10 paid $5.00 in a small factor in that it is a part of their daily life sharecroppers, and farm laborers buy ELGETOL kills out both the insects and diseases of full and three paid $2.00. the actual money to belong to both of them." their own land. The loan in each case that a few leaders I have watched this state ever since your fruit tr es. ELGETOL is a dormant spray that must buy a family-sized farm which contribute eve I' y and have long felt that in many can be worked without hired help. combines ovicidal, insecticidal and fungicidal action. year, much less things we might pattern after them. what it takes out As additional appropriations are ELGETOL is water solubl and easy to use. Suggestion for Community Program made, the number of loans can be in- of one physically in order to keep the old ship afloat. Much depends on the Community creased. Farm Bureau. If these meetings are But those who do remain as tenants " ·~'.STANDARD·..AGRICnLiURAL· CHEMICALS, INC. . '~". 1301 JEFFERSON.STREET; . HOBOKEN, N. J. . . evenings of pleasure, where folks can also need help. To that end, long- [ow one must be- look forward to a good time and a term leases in the form of written lieve in policies of place to actually forget their trou- contracts have been advocated, with the organization or bles, they will continue to live and provisions Whereby the tenant benefits MRS. Wt"l~ you just will not grow, but if they know they will be do this over year in and year out. The approached with serious matters and lamentable part of the whole story is questions that require thought and that one has a right to expect thous- ands of members as a result of this perhaps more effort, even if it is per- tinent legislation, they will soon drop ohe continued effort and loyalty, but we out and eventually be gone. They find a mere handful who sees the pic- ture as you do. have had too much time to think of their underpaid labor and non-paying BROODI G PE IOD What Makes People Go 'round investment. while they performed the 'Ve know what the organization as a whole has done in our state in its multitudinous tasks of every day farm IS THE • • life without going to hear more of i~ 20 year life, and it's something to at night. They want a change, no boast about too. But even that does matter if it does appear frivolous. not convince the other fellow that he Cri ical I know it seems almost ironical should take a hold of the rope and when we enumerate the many won- relieve the strain on those pulling. derful things that the Farm Bureau I'm firmly convinced that we cannot has done for the farm folks and then build on past performance. We've have to admit that it takes a back offered these things to our fellow seat in interest to the manchinery farmers without any demands on them Period companies whose products we must at the time and it's useless to try to have even if they cost us far more collect afterward. than they should, We must face hu- That brings me to resolution No.1. man nature as we find it and not as PQTA H-FED POTATOES In the future when there's a job need- ing attention, let's aim to solicit their aid before we tackle it and not wait we think it should be. Let's cast aside at least part of our dignity and see if we cannot get a more lasting Electric brooding provides the practical and natural method of raising chicks. It 1J'Iiw; p~ to brag about it afterwa:rd when we approach them for membership cause we have done a service for them. be- membership. is designed to maintain the desired temperatures under the hover, with as little loss of heat as possible so that the brooder house is not heated to any extent. spoken of as cool room brooding because the chicks are in the fresh cool air of the It is often Auctions Have Something Union Labor Draws room when they are out to eat or drink. This induces vigorous exercise and produces · fD\ 0 YOU want to increaSe your yield per acre, get During our recent cold spell, there Blast From Hamilton a strong healthy bird which feathers earlier and more evenly than in a heated house. was an auction sale in the neighbor- ~ more No. I's, and make more profit on ybur hood. Every man for miles around at- (Continued from pag 2.) BROODER CAPACITY potatoes? Then make sure that your crop gets enough tended although 9 out of every 10 who dowbtedly will be decentralization of Manufacturers often list their brooders as having the capacity of a certain number went knew before he left home that large cities with industries moving potash. Potatoes are heavy feeders on potash and to get he was not going to buy anything. into the smaller towns and rural sec- of day old chicks. The chicks increase in size so rapidly that the brooder is 800n overcrowded. A safe rule is to allow at least seven square inches of space under the the highe yields of the most marketable grade, this Now the question I'm asking is: tions. For economic preservation the hover for each leghorn chick for a brooding period of five to six weeks. The heavy What do they offer at an auction sale farmer may be forced to consider hunger must be satisfied. Potash also makes potato manufacturing some or his own neces- breeds require eight or nine square inches of space per chick. For early season that we do not, that will make men brooding it is generally good policy to allow even more space, so that all of the chicks planbl healthier and more resistant to pests. diseeses, want to attend even if the thermome- sities of life. The large majority of can get under the hover at one time without crowding. the laboring men are not to be con- drought. and light frosts. It improves the shape of pota- ter hovers near the zero mark? demned tor much of the past violence Machinery Meetings VEN.TILATION toes and increases the starch content. And at two different times during and lawlessness that has been commit- A chick can live for several days without food or water, but only a few seconds the past week farm machinery com- ted, but they should be informed of without air. Manufacturers are using either a specially designed fan to insure air Use high-potash fertilizers, such. as 2-8-16. 3-9-18. the fact that it is very important that panies have enterta.:ined between 500 movement or heat reflectors to set up air currents. There are many advocates for 3-12-12on sandy soils and 0-8-24. 0-10-20. or similar and 1,000 people on each occasion in they have good, respectable and sensi- each method and we have observed satisfied users of each type. ble leaders. ratios for muck soils. Ask your county agent or experi- two nearby towns. We know without Farmers' organizations should care- Adjustable legs will enable the operator to raise the brooder as they get older a question that we never could have and require more ventilation, A counterbalance connected to the top of the brooder ment atation how much potash your soil will supply and expected any such attendance at a fully observe the public's reaction to- and operated through pulleys is a very practical way to regulate air movement and is ward labor organizations whose lead- how much to add to carry your crop through to profit. farm organization meeting no matter ership and policies have been opposed extremely handy in raising the brooder for cleaning or stirring the litter. how important. Then make sure that your dealer sells you a fertilizer to the welfare of the general public. BROODER CONSTRUCTION ow what is the difference? The result is that an inten e reaction contaiDingenough to supply what you need. You will And Here It Is It is generally poor economy to purchase a cheaply made brooder. A well insulated in the mind of the general public is brooder will often save as much as half of the cost of electric current and guarantee s~ how little extra it cosf& Well just this: At the machinery being generated toward all labor union a safe brooding temperature under the hover even in severe weather. Many of our meeting folks got what they wanted- activities. All organizations, whether customers have brooders which have given trouble free service year after year without Write us for further in/ormation and free a free entertainment and one that re- farmer or labor, must keep in mind repairs. A little more invested in a brooder of proper design and construction will quired no thought, no effort. All they that the power of their organizations literature on the profitable [ertilisatiot; of had to do was to sit down, relax and is a matter of public trust and carries not only produce better results, but will actually save money over a period of years. enjoy themselves freely for they knew your cro ps. with it an element of responsibility to they would not be asked to sign any- thing at that time that later would the public generally as ell as to the apparent immediate welfare of their START YOUR CHICKS Right! mean an outlay of money. DO IT BEnER Electrically own organizations. Violations of this •••••••••e N PO ••••s INST ••••U•••• At one it meant a free lunch, pre- pared by some one else and an enjoy- trust will ultimately bring about a YOU CA INCORPORATED demand from the public tor control INVESTMENT BUILDING MIDWEST OFFICE: LIFE BUILDING, WASHINGTON, D. C. LAFAYETTE, INDIANA able entertainment afterward. At the auction was offered an oppor- and restriction these self-centered of the powers which selfish organiza- co SUME 5 POWE c~..•...- tunity to see a crowd of folks that tions have arbitrarily seized. was just 81 little di4erent than usual, It is high time that the Government, MICHIGAN FAR SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1940 e • I Mic a e and Lif a ce Agents AI p n e a 'Wit o er Parts of the F''a r rri ur. a Progrant By LFRED BENTALL holder was unfonmate enough to have za tion i composed of 3 compani tor and an a. si tant; an office taff are con rn d largely about insur- Director of Farm Bureau Insurance Department an accident in the city of Lansing the State Farm Mutual of 9 in the Lan ing headquarters. ance ma tters, we feel ourselves just which resulted in the death of a man crlbed above. the tate Farm Li e In- In the field are { full-time district one part of the Farm Bureau activi- HE owners of more than a half million motor in the other car. This lady was a surance Company, and the managers, each having a number of ties. vehicles tr veIling the hignways of the United long way from hom. ertainly her Farm Fir Insurance ompany. counti s under his supervision. As a Farm Bureau service depart- sta t of mind was bad nough with- The tat Farm Life Insurance There ar 6 fulltime • pecial agent. ment we are interested in all of the State and Canada use the protective service of the out having any legal difficultie to Company has over $ .000,000 of each haYing'a large city under his insurance .problems that any of State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company of face. However, her cal' was in ur d insurance in force in U higan. car. The e 'men direct the efforts our Farm Bureau folk or their neigh· by the tate F'arrn Iutual. The Lan- i sue all the l' gular forms of life of about 400 local agents in the bors may have. We spend a good Bloomington, Illinois. From the first policy written sing State Offi and the ichigan in urance; specializing in policies npp r and lower peninsulas. deal of time in giving insurance coun- the 7th of June, 1922, this company has grown to be laims Division gave h r xactly th which include the 3 general forms of While the chi f business of the el and information to large numbers service sh would have received if ordinary. paid-up insurance, and en- members of our Farm Bureau Insur- of people all over the state. If any- by far the largest carrier of automobile insurance in the th accident had happen d in her dowment. 11 are available und I' ance Department is, of course, con- one reading this bas I an insurance country. home town in Mtssourr. H r intere t one policy which may be used for nected with selling in urance, we problem that he needs help with or if was protected every st p 0 the way either of these 3 purposes a t the op- look upon it as a part of the large, there is something about any of his From its be inning in two small and, after the case was all O\'e1' and tion of the policyholder. State Farm general Farm Bureau personnel in insurance policies that he does not rooms in th ~{cL an county, Illinois, heavy judgment rendered again t this Life policies are is ued from ages 0 Michigan. 11 of us spend time and understand, or if he is in any doubt Farm Bureau building it has come to person .• it was not her elf and family to 65. effort in a sisting wi th other parts of about things pertain ng to insurance, own and occupy a building covering that had to bear the an i ty of rats- Farmers and Life Insurance the Farm Bureau program. a letter to 01' a call at the State Of- an entire city block at Bloomington. ing everal thousand dollars. The Our applications show that mol' fice will brmg him prompt and' cour- aU of the building is 13 torie Interests Junior Farm Bureau judgment wa paid promptly by the than half of the farm families teous service. If we do not have the high, and the other hal i ight The Insurance Department is par- tate Farm Mutual. have no life insurance of any kind, ticularly interested information right at hand, we will tories high. It houses over 700 em- in the Junior Service in Florida State Far.m Building at Bloomington so the Farm Bureau feels that we are get it for him immediately. The loye , working in the interest of Farm Bureau movement. We have a number of .•Iichigan policy- Duri.ng the pa t year more than rendering our farmers a very distinc- already secured Farm Bureau Insurance Department hese half million policyholder s. from its ranks a spend all or part of their 12.000 .la lms of several kinds were tive service in taking the State Farm good many very exists for the service not only of our 7,000 Agents in U. S. promising young wint rs in Florida. It is not at all handled for Michigau policyholder. _.~e program to them. Generally policyholders, hut of anyone else who In Michigan 49,500 owners of motor agents, so that while we necessarily unu ual for the Claims Department to needs our help. vehicles have tate Fal m Mutual B au e of the wide distribution of speaking, city life insurance agencies Insurance. In the company as a take car of 70 to 75 ca e for our our ag nts, prompt rervice is given do very little work in the country. whole there at' about 7.000 agents, Michigan folks while th yare in and settlements are. in a large por- Department Serves Farm Bureau o that no matter where one travels, Florida. So it goes throughout the tion of the ca es. made within 5 or The Iichigan State Farm Bureau Ither in the nit d States 01' Canada, nited tates and Canada. 6 days. holds the sole state agency for the e are always within easy reach Policies issued by the State Farm As an illustration of how prompt State Farm Companies. Through hen assistance i needed. Mutual contain all of the provisions this service can be. on Sunday, Jan. the work of its insurance department The Iichigan policyholder receives u ed in the national standard auto- 14, an agen t in Kalamazoo heard on the Farm Bureau renders a very he same service in Texas, California, mobile insurance policy. Our policy- hi radio from the station in that large service, as described above, to lorida, Canada, or any other state holders are protected when driving city that a man had been struck and many thousands of Michigan farmers as he does when at home. Policy- other people's cars. They are pro- injured fatally by the cal' of one of and their families, besides writing a holder from Florida, Texa, Cali- tected when their cars are loaned to our policyholders. 1 he agent who considerable amount of busines in omta, anadian, or any other state other people. We conform to the had written the application for this the cities. Revenue produced by the ~ policyholder needing service in Mlch- financial responsibility laws in all of policy wa called and within 2 or 3 Farm Bureau insurance dep't is used lgan can et it from anyone of the the states and in' all the pro inces of hours contact was established with by the Farm Bureau for organization, 400 agents in service in this state. two hours away, and that i mighty Canada. OUI' renev a1 premiums are the policyholder. The first thing legislative, and other forms of ser- 1\8 a matter of fact, the Home comforting to the motorist when he paid semi-annually. The acquisition Monday morning our special adjuster vice to the Farm Bureau member- Office guarantee that anyv here in is away from home. cost is paid only once, and a consid- for that ort of case was assigned to ship. 5j, he United States or anada, our in- By way of illustration, sometime erable saving is effected by our the ca e. The Farm Bureau Insurance De- Accidents do happen and urance ervice inver more than ago the wife of a Iissouri policy- special plan of operation. The State Farm Insurance organi- partment consists of the state direc- out insurance protection Exchange are regional members from , S ate Co ege Sees F. B. Members On Heads 1'(at'l Council Michigan, and represent most of the Farmers Week Program Of Co-:ops at 83 farmers co-operatives in this state. A a Better Year How Michigan Farmers was the theme of the 1940 Farmers Succeed John D. Miller at 83 has been elect- ed to his 8th term as president of the N. P. Hull of the Milk Producers, E. A. Beamer for the co-operative Live to support wheat prices, with increas- Week at State college. Among the National Council of Farmer Co-oper- Stock interests, and Clark L. Brody Most Farm Products Should ed demand balanced by abundant sup- College Develops Practical farmers asked to take part "in the atives. Some 4,000 farmers' co-oper- of the Farm Bureau Services pur- Bring More Than In plies which apparently will be carried Plan for Producing program and explain bow they do it atives are affiliated with the Nation- chasing group are directors of the over into 1940. were the following Farm Bureau al Council through their membership National Council. 1938 or 1939 Bean supplies are about the largest Chicory Seed members: in 54 large federations. AA In the opinion of R. . Gunn, Mich- on record. There likely will be some decrease in bean acreage in 1940. Ta_ Dividends were already in sight but Rochester; ,Miss Sarah Van Housen Jones of Sidney Phillips of Char- The Farm Bureau Services, and the Michigan Milk Producers Inc., 'I'he summer months in the Philip- pine Islands are March, Aprtl and igan State College agricultural econo- tlonally it is expected prices for beans it took present war conditions to bring lotte; J. D. Robinson of Pellston; Ass'n and the Michigan Live Stock May. mist. prices for mo t farm products in the 1940-41 season will be higher out the importance of a new seed pro- iles Hagelshaw of Climax, E. T. By a. L. BRODY should average higher than they did than the average for the two preced- ducing process developed at Michigan Leipprandt of Pigeon, J. H. F'orr ell of From 1939 Annual ReZJ01-t in either 193 or 1939. His survey i State ollege as an aid to Michigan's Charlotte, Fred Meyers of Fair ing seasons. On national legislation the Mich- a result of studying probable demand chicory industry. Haven, J. B. Richards of Eau Claire, Potato acreage is expected to in- igan State Farm Bureau has worked ai)(1 upplies and stimatlug Itchl- Chicory is a root crop imilar to Lloyd Ruesink of Adrain. crease. Pre ent marketing Iconditions through the Washington offices of gan's condition for the next twelve su ar beet . i .htgau, with 8,000 to indicate the remainder of the 1939-40 the merican Farm Bureau Federa- 9,000 acres practically has a monopoly months. He has probed possibilities eason will average higher than the tion and the ational Co-operative of production and consumption and 1938-39 season. Foreign trade will on U nited States production of chic- Home Butchering Time; ory. The root is diced. dried, roasted unell, and .by contacting ators and Congressmen our Sen- direct. We he has taken war factors into consid- have little effect but consumer pur- and ground for use as a coffee blend Bulletin Gives Ideas eration. chasing power will be a factor. Low livestock prices and cool tem- huv actlv ly supported the following for greater flavor, aroma, appearance "Demand for farm products is ex- Livestock price should react to in- peratures are reviving the homely 1) asures: and keeping quality after brewing. pected to be con iderably stronger in creased demand. Probable effects now but economical practice of home but- 1. Legalization of Low Interest Gro ers ha e depended on Old 1940," says the economist. "Reason seen in any forecast are that cattle chering on Michigan farms. F'reezer Rates on Loans to Co-operatives World seed supplies. Too much hand are found largely in prospective in- and lambs will find favorable markets lockers, points out G. A. Brown of the Made by the Federal Farm Board. labor, they rep rted, is involved in the creases in domestic business activity but that hog markets will reflect the animal husbandry department at The enactment of this measure re- process u ed in Europe for seed pro- and in consumer income levels. present 20 per cent increase in slaugh- duction. Pulli g the plant, storing it Michigan State College, are stimulat- li ved the lar ge regional and national co-operatives from paying back in- "Don't expect a runaway market tering. over winter a d then replanting in ing meat preservation and storage. terest amounting to hundreds of thou- because of war conditions. Europe is Dairy and Poultry Prospects plots for seed production was left to Dressing of animals should take sands of dollars. In some instances, mucli better supplied with food and Dairy consumption increases appar- Europeans who then usually sorn seed place when the temperature is be- this burden would have meant the other materials than in 1914. Even antly will continue in 1940. Butter- to Michigan growers for about 30 tween 15 and 30 degrees so that the nd ot the organization. if we could expect war price increa es fat prices at present are three cents cents a pound. carcass can cool, but not freeze, 24 to 2. Amendment to the Federal we ought to remember that during the a pound higher than a year ago and H. . Rather, head of the college 48 hours before cutting up, Professor Seed Law, further protecting the pur- World War of a quarter century ago milk prices in Michigan are up 15 farm crops department, thought that Brown urges farm butchers. Thor- chasing farmer and the domestic grower from foreign and undesirable seed importations. farm prices did not advance material- ly for the first two years." The Crops Outlook cents a hundredweight. Poultry and egg price improvement are in prospect for the latter part of even 30 cents a pound could be made to pay Iichlgan farmer. ed within reas nable plantings. ough cooling after if they stay- means better quality meat. Meats stored thorough in frozen bleeding lockers I 3. Amendments to the Marketing What about Michigan's beans, win- 1940. Hatchings for 1939 were said He devised a system and it works. should be cut first into chops and Agreements Bill e tending the list of ter wheat, livestock, potatoes, dairy- to be the highest on record. Early in Because it is a two-year process there roasts and wrapped in moisture proof agricultural commodities eligible for ing and poultry? 1940, egg and poultry marketings like- may be some shortage of seed this cellephane before placing in the freez- marketing agreements upon the ap- Here are some of Mr. Gunn's deduc- ly will be in increased volume, but if year. When growers have time to ing locker within a few days after proval of the growers of the commod- tions on probabilitie : a smaller hatch in 1940 occurs as is adopt the idea, as they probably will butchering. i Ies concerned. e shall have to Winter wheat acreage appear to be now f reea t, maller supplies later in view of present prices of around In addition to such storage and pre- continue to work for these amend- about the same nationally as was in 1940 and larger consumer incomes $1.50 a pound for inferior imported servation by canning there is a third m nts in succeeding sessions of Con- seeded for harvest in 1939. Un a or- may see price improvements to pro- seed, ~Iichigau likely will grow its method, that of curing in the form of r 88. hams, bacon or corned beef. When you own a eletrae you haVe year~UD.CI power able drouthy conditions have tended ducers in losing months of 1940. own seed. 4. Steagall Bill providing for a In brief. the college idea saves labor. For 100 pounds of pork a suitable • •• for all your jobs ••• from fitting the soU in the spring to . joint Congres ional study mon tary probl m . committee to Far spring grain crop Is seeded with cure consists of seven pounds of salt, harvesting the crops in the falL and for an the odd 10&8 5. Amendments to Wages and chicory. The mall grain is harvested two pounds of sugar and two ounces ii1 between. ,." .' s» , f . in the usual ay. The chicory con- of saltpeter in four gallons of water. Hours Act pertaining particularly to More than that, the Cletrae has the hiqli qro if dear-: the definition of agricultural labor 110 .r •• " J , , '.':",1 . ,~.. , tinues to gro , winters over in the Pork should go into the cure within stubble which is then cultivated out 4 to 12 hours after dressing out the ance, the ease of handling, the special workinCIequipment. and e eruptions. h1f\ .,.- ~•. ~' in the following spring and the chic- animal. 6. Appropriation of $113,000,000 I. .o,r •. "", ' .- After meat is cut up, salt and the five row widths that make it the ideal cultivatiDq surplus removal and 225,000,000 for 1'0 - f ory grow on to seed maturity in should be rubbed on surfaces and tractor as well. The Cletrac cultivates many row crops ••• pat1ity paym nt funds. 1'0 \a.v, ' , August. Plan are tied and shocked some worked in about the bones at like corn to mature, then thre ihed. potatoes, vegetables, beets and beans; even tCd1 com. 7. Schwartz-Martin Bill to protect Wool Labeling rower and consumer '1" '. " r '\ either end of hams and shoulders and the meat let stand for 24 hours before efficiently, economically, profitably. Growth f Farmers " in enabling him to know the actual IfV ~ ~ it is placed in the liquid cure. ......" r Look over the Cletrac ••• check its many features ••• Its , ». -r 100 truth in fabrics. The fight will still An earthen ware crock thoroughly hav to be continu d on this bill. 10 . '\ .f Week in 25 Year cleaned and without cracks is most rock-bottom economy ••• its vimbility ••• ease Of hanCUl!1q 8. The Ellender Bill designed to In planning for the 25th annual satisfactory for curing. Bacon strips, ••• simplicity of maintenance ••• sound constructlOil ••• ita res rlct the Secretary of griculture ~ ~ I· I Farmers' Week recently at Michigan says Professor Brown, should be in ability to do all your Jobs easier, better,mor&eco omica1ly. . State College, memories of some of the cure 2 to 2lh days for each pound 'l in increasin the importations of d" the more veteran members of the staff but hams need to remain 3 to 3% for ign sugar. Thi measure was not r ,., ehacted but ur con inuation of the battle is amply warranted to protect 10 J. , r turned back decades to the time when days for each pound. the annual sessions were limited to not become cloudy or ropY,-if it does, Brine should 00 th interests of our own Michigan , , , ' r ., 600 to 00 because that was as Targe the meat should be washed off and F. O. B. Cleveland b et grower and those in other a crowd a was convenient to the Old placed in new brine. 1,a lAO 1'~ 1,n ·tates of our country. Armory, recently torn down to make "The Home Meat Supply," Exten· The brief enum ration of thes room for a new music building. In sion Bulletin 151, is available in m a ures fall far hort 0 telling Michigan farm prices and farm income for 1940 are expected to average higher than in 1939 or 1938, says R. V. Gunn, agricultural the daytime the visitors attended spec- offices of county agricultural agents th whole story about our national economist at Michigan State College. Spectacular prjce advances ial classes during the week, in the or by writing the Bulletin Room, 1 gislative acttvtttes. orne of the because of the European war, however, are not expected to develop evening they met to hear inspiration mo t important thing accomplished Michigan State College, East Lansing. in the next 12 month. In the hove graph, prices in 1910-1914 were provided by a speaker and SOme com- I11us rations and complete information often result from answering in- used for an index of 100. munity singing. The 1940 program on butchering and curing beef, pork, qutrte from our Sena tors and epre- included 161 events and attracted ntative or informal suggestions can be obtained trcm a well managed veal and lamb are included. more thousands than any other sim- made b 1 tter or in person during woodlot not pastured. It ought to aver- Ilar event of its kind at any other in- o a tonal vi it to a hington. Our corr pondenc T and contacts with age 4.50 an acre annually by produc- stitution in he United States. Black Scourge in one standard cord Or three stove Black Scourge is the title of an our national legislators, both urban cord each year. educational motion picture which nd rural, in kate they have a grow- shows the fight science and farmers in r pect for h ichig n tate ROAD GRADER SAVES SOIL are making against such old villains I'm Bur au. Van Yodel', farmer and orchard op- as stm ing smut of wheat, smuts of • • • the world's newest wheel tractor suited to the majority erator at Almont in Lapeer county oats and rye, stripe disease of bar- of farms. Plow, Cultivator and Planter attachments for has used a road grader to build diver- ley and eed and seedling diseases of corn, The picture wa taken on the General at very reasonable price. sion ditches which prevent erosion in hi orchard. Cover crops also help farms and in the scientist' labora- him ave soil. Federal and tate soil COll ervation specialists have co-op- tory. The Baye· emesan Company ~f ;Wilmington, Dela are, will loan Solei (,y Yo r Far .r erated in planning the project. the film to farm groups for showing. MICHIGA Here and Th re with the B tie Creek Farm Bureau Camera Man Large Volume of Purchases Farm Bureau Organizations Charged; Patrons Owe In Lapeer County Did $2,000,000 Well In 1939 Credit Extension* Calhoun Farm Bu u Credit extension to patrons is a Lapeer County Farm Bureau mem- major problem facing many Michigan Winter Meeting bers, who are also the stockholders of The mid-winter meeting of the Cal- the Lapeer County Co-operatives, Inc., co-operative associations. A recent study** shows that about 11,000,000 houn County Farm Bureau memb r- at Lapeer and Imlay City, received hip was held January 25 at the worth of farm supplies are sold each $2,000 in patronage and dividends and Postum club house at Battle reek. year by 195 Michigan co-operative as- interest paid on capital stock at the The Postum Company entertained by sociations direct to their farmer annual meeting of the Co-op at Hunt- showing members through the plant, patrons. It has been estimated that ers Creek Community Hall, January and by providing the facilities of its about 7,000,000 of these supplte are 16. The Farm Bureau and Lapeer club house, including the serving of sold on credit, representing an amount Co-ops annual meetings were held the dinner. Two hundred and seventy-fiv of $2,000,000 that these associations same day. members of the Bureau attended. E. Lapeer County Co-operatives, Ine., are owed by their patrons at the end E. Ungren of the Farm ev s spok operates elevators, feed grinding and of the fiscal year. on the public relations program of the A case study has been made by the mixing plants, gasoline and oil ser- ichigan State Farm Bureau. Mem- Economics Section of the Michigan vices at Lapeer and Imlay City. Both bers of the Calhoun County Junior gricultural Experiment Station of places have a complete merchandise arm Bureau presented a program of the credit situation in six associations service on Farm Bureau farm sup- music and readings. plies,. including tractors and farm ma- which were chosen to represent three Calhoun County Farm Bur au will of the major agricultural areas in chinery. hold its annual business meeting and The Co-ops paid a patronage divi- Mlchigan. Two of the organizations dinner at the Brooks Memorial church dend of 2 per cent, 6% on common represent the dairy and general farm- ing region of southeastern Michigan; at Marshall, 'Vednesday, larch 6. A stock, 6% on the Class A preferred complimentary dinner will be served stock and 4% on the Class AA pre- two, the potato growing area of north at noon by ladies of the church. The ferred stock. central Michigan; and two, the fruit Farms such a' this one, owned by Warren Fenn of Con vi: town. hip, mak he 'work growing section of western Michigan. speaking program will be announced These officers were re-elected: L. later. Frank McDermind of Battle of the Farm Bureau Candid Camera Man a genuine plea. ure ven in winter time. Experience By Commodities Roy Maberry, president; J. R. Farley, Creek R-3 i president, and . J. Decl - Mr. F'enn has operated this farm inee 192 , and ha been a member of the Farm It is to be expected that the extent vice-president; Mrs. Frank Myus, sec- er of Marshall R-l is secretary of the of sales on credit would be influenced retary. Frank Leach of Attica suc- Bureau for many years. In 1\11'. Fenn's opinion, the Farm Bureau 11a. be n "mo·t by the kind of upplies sold, and the Calhoun County Farm Bureau. ceeded Oliver Youngs of Attica as beneficial to all farmers through the promotion of 'far. iehted ' proO'ram. .ince it. type of agriculture in the surround- treasurer. inception more than 20 years ago." The Fenn farm is the former Huggett home- ing area. In the study of these asso- The directors are: Arthur Martus, ciations it was found that the oppo- E. R. Bristol, James Shepard, Roy stead, having been founded by: the late Albert Joan Huggett about 1 60. (\Vatch site situation actually existed. Maberry, Mrs. Pearl Myus, Bruce for future Farm Bureau pictorial adverti iements high-spotting interesting facts con- The grain and feed co-operatives in Clothier, Frank Brown, J. R. Farley, cerning farmers and their farms in this community.-BATTLE CREEK FAR~l B the dairy region had the highest per- Frank Leach. centage of supply sales on credit. As- Farm Bureau's Annual Meeting READ.) sociations A and B sold 71.4% and Elect Directors and At the Lapeer County Farm Bureau * * ~ * 76.4 % respectively, of their .supplies meeting it was announced that Farm Editor's Note-The foregoing is taken from a series of pictorial adver- Changes in District Bureau membership credits 1% on tisements being published by the Battle Creek Farm Bureau on the in credit. purchases of Farm Bureau products farm page of the Battle Creek Moon-Journal and the Enquirer & On the other hand, the fruit co-oper- Representatives had totalled $745 to Lapeer County News once each week. The advertisements attract favorable atten- atives E and F sold 48.7% and 58.6 % tion to the individual Battle Creek Farm Bureau member, and to his respectively, of their supplies on 100 members members during 1939. This made the annual me ting of the total of $2,745 paid to Lapeer members organization. Howell Sandford manages the Battle Creek Farm Bureau. credit. The potato co-operatives C and D Genesee County Farm Bureau as patronage dlvldends, interest on stock investment, and credit. membership Restoring Michigan's Fort Wilkins The Associated Women sold 66.4% and 54.5% respectively, of their supplies on credit. Therefore, even in cases where the type of agri- late January at Grand Blanc. The president, sided at the Wilbur Short, pre- business meeting at Ervin Haskell of Lapeer was elected president of the Lapeer County Farm Wintry winds which lash across sf the culture and the kind of supplies are which the following six directors similar, the amount of sales on credit were re-elected: Mr. and Mrs. Bureau. Walter Broecker was named Lake Superior and sub-zero tempera- vice-president. Carl Nielsen was elect- tures which lock Michigan's northern- ed secretary and treasurer. The new most point in icy grasp have not hal- American Farm Bureau may vary considerably. sion to be reached then The conclu- is that some Alonzo Torrey, Mr. and Mrs. Ward Perry and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Lang. Fred Harger, supervisor of co· om~ers and Laurence Porter of Dry- ted work of restoring and repairing Mrs. Pearl E. Myus, Director for Michigan other things are of fundamental im- operative elevators for he Michi- of Dryden, buildings at old Fort Wilkins at the ACT UPON portance in determining the various den, George W. Martin +--------:------:-- gan State Farm Bureau was the Dan Dwyer of North Branch Alfred tip of Keweenaw peninsula. WHAT THEY SAID wondlerful work it is doing for farm aspects of the credit problem. principal speaker. Stephens of Brown City, Albe;t Gusta One of Michigan's state parks, the peop e. Evidently the credit policies and Keith Tanner, district organizer of North Branch and Ralph Davenport abandoned military post is being put Mrs. Ward Perry, Mrs. A. H. Toney, "The women in our Community practices which are adopted and car- for the State Farm Bureau, an- of Lapeer are the board of directors. in shape by WP A labor as a project and Mrs. Faye C. Myers of. Genese~ E'arm Bureau have attended the meet- ried out by the members, the direct- nounced he is being tran ferred to Speakers at the meetings were Al- whose co-sponsor is the department county, and Mrs. Mallory Stickney 0 ings and are more than ready to help ors, and the manager of a co-operative work at the state office in Lansing. fred George of Buchanan, president of of conservation. Oakland county were a~tive. in t~e with the entertainment. I am sure association have developed into the He introduced Anthony Kreiner of the .Farm Bureau Services, Inc., and , Fort Wilkins was established in recent membership eampargns III thetr we would all like to know a great deal real determinant of the credit prob- Lapeer who has been appointed to 1844, the year following the signing counties. These women, with the ex- more about the work of the Associated lem. VITAMIN A and D Olr.; Fred Harger of Lansing, represent- succeed him in this district. ception of Mrs. Myers, attended both Women." For Poultry and Animal Feeds ing the Michigan State Farm Bureau. of a treaty with the Chippewas which Reasons for Extending Credit: Short talks were given by James of the State Women's Conference 1. Service and convenience The :Junior Farm Bureau served the opened up the region to copper min- MRS. PETER YOU G R. Camp bell and Sheldon LaTour- contains minimums of 3,000 USP ing. Last troops to be stationed at groups at which it was agreed that Saginaw, R-4. patrons. dinner and r tertainment at ette of the Genesee county extension units 'Of vitamin and 400 A AC the a rnoon senton. the fort were withdrawn in 1870. participation in membership acqui- AFBF PRESIDE O'NEAL 2. Practices of competitive dealers. office. Mrs. Ward Perry gave are· chick units of vitamin D, 'Per gram. Following the Civil war, it was used sition was part of our women's work. TO THE ASSOCIATED WOMEN (It is to be remembered this port of the State Farm Bureau con- Ask your Farm Bureau dealer for for.a time by convalescent soldiers OCEANA ANNUAL "I want to commend in the highest works Doth ways.) Out of every dollar of railroad rev- of the northern armies. vention. feeds containing VITAND; If you SUCCESSFUL EVENT terms the work that is bei 19 done 'on 3. Expansion of volume. Community singing was led by enue, 36 cents goes to pay the cost mix your own feeds, ask for quota- Mrs. J. H. Birdsall, secretary of the the distaff side' by the Associated Wo- Disadvantages of Credit Extension: Gean Kurtz. tions on the VITAND 011. of owning and maintaining the roads 1. Costs of extension of credit. i' Julius Caesar gave November 31 Oceana County Farm Bureau, reports men under the direction of Mrs. on Which their trains operate. days, but Augustus made it 30 days. their most successful annual meet- Sewell. There are many public ques- 2. III will from collections. group in Ceylon NAPTHOLE, INC. t ing. The women of that county are tions affecting the home and the social place to live. Let us give them, in all BOONTON, N. J. active on the County Farm Bureau welfare of farm p ople, in the consid- of our states, our earnest support and board and in the community Farm eration of which we defer to the our continued and complete co-opera- Classified Ads Bureaus. They served a real meal women. Well we know that in many to 125 persons at a cost of $18.87, Mrs. cases the intuitive judgment of wo- tion. We must look to the women to lead us in education, one of the very rate~!·:'Jfie~ advertisements are c~~h with order at the follOWing • cen ~ Per word for one edition. Ads to appear in two or Birdsall said. men is often far better than that of rocks upon which we were founded." more editions take the rate of 3 cent. per word per edition. SHE ENJOYED THE men. They sit in all of our Board COMMENT BY WAY SAFE INSURANCE SPEAKING CONTEST meetings, and the men appreciate the MICHIGAN WOMEN 'I "I feel that I gained a great deal by increasing part that they are playing MICHIGA 's Largest Farm Averaged $1,000,000 per month CHICKS " PULLETS Mrs. Carl Buskirk of Van Buren BABY CHICKS entering the Farm Bureau women's in our deliberations and decisions. county-"I liked especially the friend- Mutual Fire Insurance Co. in new insurance during 1939. speaking contest in 1939. It was the "These devoted women are carrying Over $100,000,000 at Risk.. PULLETS, CERTIFIED LEGHORNS ORDER FAMOUS SILVER WARD ly spirit of the women at the Ameri- Insured classified and assess- and Barred Rocks, ready now. Winter c~icks. no~ .. Big, hus·k~ chicks that have first work that I tried to do outside on a great work in their home states, can Farm Bureau convention." Over $250,000 in assets and btoUer chicks. Write or Visit, Lowden ,!ugh Ilvabi li ty, excellent productive abtl- my home in nearly 20 years. I gath- laboring uncea ingly to lighten the resources. ed according to hazard. Farms, R. O. P. Breeder. P. O. Rives rty, and are sure to satisfy. White Leg- ered material from the public library burden of the far wife and mother, Mrs. Chester Shirkey of 81. Clair Junction. Location, Henrietta. Phone horns, Mottled Anconas, Barred Rocks county-"What the ssociated Women ~hite Rocks, R. I. Rens,' White .Tersev and many other sources, and did a to improve the quality of education 816-F23. (1l-tf-25) GIants, Legorcas, Leg-Rocks, Mammoth f the Farm Bureau could do if each HAS PAID $5,919,615.93 IN LOSSE Bronze T.urkeys, Whtte Pekin Duclay his Farm Bureau dues for five years. cate BANGS DISEASE in Michigan. ing and parity payments, for admin- istration of sugar act, for crop insur- You know what you'll want next Spring. Make 9----Helped secure milk control and In the following, the projects are giv n with the estimated total benefit warehouse storage acts. mated as saving the Michigan farmer Both esti- ance, for road construction, Credit dministratloa, for Farm and 97,000,000 sure that you'll get it. to Michigan farmer annually. many millions of dollars annually. for routine activities of Department of griculture. 1-Elimination of SALES T X on those items u d in agricultural pro- 1o-A Farm Bureau MERCHA DIS- ING program on a co-operative basis 17- s isted in securing weight tax Farm Bureau alfalfa and clover seeds are Mich-' duction. Savings to farmers- 1,500,000 that brings to Michigan farmers, low limit for Michigan trucks used only annually. 2-Reduction in FERTILIZER cost fertilizer, guaranteed seeds, open- in farm operations. igan adapted, select, high germinating, high formula feeds, and quality products in 18-It was the Farm Bureau that COST: 12 per ton in 1922; aver- age of $5 p r ton in 1940. Total re- machinery, harness, electrical ment, sprays and insecticides, equip- petro- organized the first "agricultural in Congre s to secure parity prices for bloc" purity seeds. They have no superior for hay or duction since 'Farm Bureau became active in this project- 17 per ton. leum products, fence and other steel products. It has returned to Michigan the American farmer. 19-The Farm Bureau has been seed production. We offer a complete line of Total saving for ichigan farmers farmer from $10,000 to $20,000 annual- active in the past 20 years in securing annually-Approximately 3-Promotion $1,360,000. of RURAL ELECTRI- ly in divtdends and membership credits both state and federal legislation of benefit to the American farmer and Farm ROY W. BENNETT Bureau Seed Service field seeds, including hybrid corn. in addition to hundreds of thousands FICA TION program, has 'brought of dollars annually in greater values. has been equally active in defeating electricity to 60,000 farm homes since January 1, 1936. 11-Secured rural SCHOOL TAX legislation harmful to agricultural terests. Said TI'ME MAGAZI E, in- CLOVE S ALFALFAS CORN, ETC. RELIIDF and in the spring of 1933 4-Drafting and bringing into effect secured $6,000,000 of additional state "There is no farm organization more Our Michigan grown clover seeds (and BROME GRASS) Many fanners are aJ.Tanging with present SOIL CO SERV TIO A D aid for schools. powerful in Washington today than hold all records for hay and Farm Bureau alfalfa with palat- Farm Bureau dealers for our AGRICULTURAL ADJUSTME TACT 12--....Defeated in Congress a pro- the merican Farm Bureau and no able, nutritious brome grass makes which gives Michigan farmers ap- posed 15% increase in freight rates leader' more respected than Ed. seed production. Thoroughly good, high yelding husking and a great hay and pasture team. proximately $15,000,000 annually in on farm products. Estimated savings 0' eal, its president." cleaned, high germinating. None ensilage seed corn. We have Soil Oonaervatlon pays $1.60 per better for Michigan. Alsike and unit (acre) on acres allotted to adapted hybrids for all Michigan OXFORD ELEVAT R o Snow Storm Too Bis timothy are a bit scarce this year. alfaJfa; $3 for alfalfa and brome grass sown together. corn growing sections. HAS GOOD YEAR Timothy Soy Beans Repe "a Beans Corn O.ts Stockholders Share Patronage Dividend; Business Field Peas Buckwheat Vetch Sunflower Sudan B.rley Increases Stockholders earned a 12lh% on the they did with of the Oxford Co-op- erative Elevator in Oakland patronage dividend amount of business the elevator county during of $ 0 $5 Per Ton or More Savings ., 1939. This was made known at the annual meeting at Oxford January 25. Ray Allen manager, announced 0 F M BUREAU FERTILIZERSI that there had been an increase of 10% in the number of stockholders during the year, and that there had YOU want to get in on this, of course. See your Farm USE THIS ORDER COUPON been a substantial increase in the Bureau fertilizer dealer and get his prices for spring 1940. To ........................................................................................................• volume of business. Seldom are Michigan highways blocked by snow, even in the (Your Farm Bureau Fertilizer Dealer) Glenn Sherwood, J. C. Haines, M. snow belt regions of the state. The state highway department and Note what the Farm Bureau is saving you in comparison to G. Dunlap and Ray E. Allen were re- every county road commission has equipment ready to keep the Date _ . elected as directors for erms of two main and secondary roads open. Above is some or the 'big equipment prices in the spring or fall of 1939. I want to be protected on Farm Bureau ,fertilizer !or ther years. used where we get snow and lots of it. 'Snow removal is financed 1940 spring season. I Iplace my order lor: Cleve Blaine supplied 180 lbs. of from the gasoline and weight taxes and is part of the regular highway Nothing mysterious about it. Farm Bureau Services •....•.•............Bags of .......•....................................at $•..•...•.•...•.•.. :.ton dressed turkey which formed the service. ...•......•.........Bags of at $ ton basis of a fine dinner served by the and the plant manufacturing fertilizers decided to make the ....................Bags of ................•.....................•..... at $ ton ladies of the stockholders and Eastern their Star to the wives and Outbreak of War Breckenridge Oil Co. 12 leading and recommended fertilizers for Michigan instead SIGNED .............................................................................•................. friends. About 200 attended the Tested U. S. Railroads Dividends $22,840 of a large number. This manufacturing economy and other meeting. When war broke out in Europe, When 296 stockholders of the co- ADDRESS . For several years the Oxford Co-op right in the crop moving season, operative. Breckenridge Oil Company advantages are being passed on to farmers in lower fertilizer Elevator has been sending a young there began the sharpest, most rapid of Gratiot county assemble for their prices. Now, it's your turn to move. TAKE THIS FORM TO YOUR FARM BUREAU·D£AI,.ER man or young woman from the farm rise in demand for transportation annual meeting at the Methodist AND GET PRICE OF FERTILIZER DESIRED. to the summer camp of the Junior service in the history of railroads. church there at 2 p. m. Thursday Farm Bureau at Waldenwoods. Miss Because, as most people knew, the February 8, will mark the close of a .::"t Margaret Bradford attended in 1939 for For MORE EGGS and MORE MILK railroads had fewer cars and locomo- most successful year. the elevator. Miss Jane Angus and tives than they once had, there was The Company returns patronage divi- Glenn Killom, high school students, some doubt and shaking of heads as dends monthly. During 1939 it re- received their scholarships from oth- to their ability tio meet the expected turned $22,840 to its stockholder er sources. The young people were demand. That doubt has been com- patrons, and placed $1,400 in the re- guests at the meeting and short account of the work given at gave a pletely removed by performance. railroads did the job-and The did it with serve fund. in operation The company has been since 1931. During Balance Home Grains with these Concentrates,- the camp. capacity to spare said the American those years it has improved its pro- The entertainment was musical Ass'n of Railroads in December. perties and broadened its service to numbers by Tim Hoard, songs by include Farm Bureau seeds, feeds, Farm Bureau Farm Bureau Miss Helen Weir and wood. Mrs. Milton MIller gave sev- eral readings which were very inter- Glenn Bher- Puerto Rico InAFBF fertilizers and other products. gasoline and oils sold are Farm Bur- eau products. The original The $10 Po Itry Strppferrrerit MILKMAKER talnlng. Bill Otto, se retary of the Lansing The Farmer's Assoctatton of Puerto shares now have a book value of 32% Protein 34% Protein Rico was admitted to membership in about $30 each. H. E. Schall has LBS, OF FARM BUREAU POULTRY LBS. OF MILKMAKER 4% P 100 Chamber of Commerce, spoke on the been secretary and manager of the 1 O the American Farm Bureau Federation ubj ct that he is rich despite the at the 21st annual convention at Chi- company from the start. Supplement 32% protein (or Merma-id TEIN, or Mermaid Milkmaker 32%, depression. From persona 1 experi- ence and observations among others, cago. Balancer 32%) with 300 lbs. of farm mixed with 300 lbs. of any mixture The Puerto Rico association is the he stressed that real wealth is com- 41st farm group to be affiliated with Jackson County grains will make one of the best 16% poultry mashes. of farm grains will make 400 lbs. of an excell t 16% ing to appreciate the common every day things of life such as health, our the American Farm Bureau, and the Elects Tanner Use 100 lbs, com, 100 Ibs. barley (or corn) 50 Ibs. wheat da.iry ration. Feed with alfalfa hay. With clover hay first outside the continental United Vaughn Tanner was elected pres- 50 Ibs. oats. use 200 lbs. of farm grains to 100 of concentrate. ability '10 hear, see, to have the use States. The island organization has ident of the Jackson of our limbs, and other things that County Farm are taken for granted until something a membership of 10,000 farmers. Mem- Bureau at the annual meeting Jan- * QU START G co-oe bership in the 40 state Farm Bureaus uary 17 at Jackson. He succeeded happen. Beauty in Cow No Proof at Pail affiliated with the A.F.B.F. about 450,000 far-m families. totals Arthur Perrine who headed the or- ganization for several years. Laverne Wheeler was re-elected vice-pres- * TH ERFORMANCE {ore than 900,000 milk cows in Henrietta-Waterloo ident. Directors elected were George House, Earl Lowden, Fred Baxter, in Cold Weather..• ~ Ichigan include many "ugly duck- Twps. Winter Fair Clarence Pulver, Henry Latson and lings" vho e milk production proves Six hundred and twenty-five ex- Roy Hatt, Other directors are th t beauty i no 1110rethan skin deep hibits were made by 250 exhibitors and that a pretty set of horns or an at the annual Henrietta-Waterloo Meade J. Allen, Mrs. Ruth Day, and Dennis Cobb. the meeting Forty-three and annual attended dinner. U EAU' attractively r latlon say colored hide have no cor- township fair at Munith, Jackson rlth ability to pr-oduce. So county, Jan. 19·20. Some years ago Speakers were Stanley Culver, Jack- . Baltzer, e tension dairy- the fair was promoted as a very son county agricultural agent, and PE --.•.•DER S. tight in drah, you can 'pull it by one hand with beaten ill a~ man at Iichigan State College. small affair by the Farm Bureau E. E. Ungren of the Farm News. Automotive type wheel swing for making sharp turns. Passes tltroush members of that community. It didn't narrow tioors. Top of box only 3 feet from ground. Less work to IMd. remain small very long. The entire The greatest bell that man ever Plenty ef clearance. Fits under carrier. Shreds and pulverizee manure community was invited to partake, made, ibelieved Ito weigh 200 tons, is and it did. Farm Bureau members now mounted on the street level in I thorcugltly. 60 bus. capacity. Wide, even spread. Broad tread. See thie time-a ad-labor-saving spreader ~oday at your Co-op store. continue to be the planners and di- Moscow. It was found too heavy or rectors of the annual fair. a building to support. SAVES yOU •••SAVES· HOSS FLESH Tell Him Now! Our 100% pure Pennsylvania oil is ftee flowhiq III the orW'ay $1.00 Gallon "If with pleasure you are viewing any work a man is doing, coldest weather. Improved for quick starUnq and low 00 Three quarts doee work of 4 If you like him or you love him, tell him now; Don't withhold your approbation till the parson makes oration, conswnptiOIl for winter drivinq. Bureau PeDD Is ODe Anti-Freeze of ordinary alcohol. And he lies with anowy lilies o'er his brow: of the best motor oils on the market reqard1esa of price. U ICO :~~OfALCOHOL For no matter how you shout it, he won't really care about it; He won't know how many tear-drops you have shed; If you think some praise is due him, now's the time to slip it to him, Nioco or mld-continent is our next best oU. Th••• oUe For he cannot read his tombstone when he's dead. Priced low. Won't corrode cooling system are sold in quart, 5 qt., 2 qal. and 5 ~. cans. Good oila More than fame and more than money is the comment kind and sunny and priced riqbtl redUs, pay- And the hearty, warm approval of a friend, For it give to life a savor, and it makes you stronger, braver, em- )·ear. And it give you heart and spirit to the end, If he earns your praise, bestow it; if you like him, let him know it; Far ure u Brand 5 t 3 0 Farmers Let the words 01 true encouragement be said; 8U E U Do not wait till life is over and he's underneath the clover, FA M BU E E5, L nsins, Michisan For he cannot read his tombstone When he'. dead,"