E UP On Newe Inter_Ina to F.rm •••• Throuah the F.rm Newe Vol. XVIII, No. 5 SATURDAY, MAY 4, 1940 Behind FARM co-ops Grass Ensilage He ps MEMBERS WI ar the LOOK FORWA D Stop Spread of eeds HONORS IN il T r Wheel TO JULY 8·12 Few W eeks -:--E·l km +duPlicate In nSIage I S office. samples 'he had kept in his PORK PR DU TI Germination of Many Only three kinds-bindwe d, Les- With J. F. Yaeger, Good Ideas to be Presented pedeza sericea, and American dragon- Four Place in First Fifteen Rises Director of Membership Weed Seeds head mint-showed any life after be- In 1939 Spring Pig Relations During Week of Co-op ing buried in the silage. Bind weed Seeds of most weeds die after a few showed a germination of from 5 to 11 Contest Institute weeks in the silo, according to T. E. per cent, Lespedeza 1 to 5 per cent, Four members of the lichigan Woodward of the Federal Bureau of and American dragonhead mint three HISTORY Directors, managers and members Dairy Industry at Washington. Mr. per cent. In these three kinds, and State Farm Bureau placed among the One of the first counties to have of any type of farmers' co-operative Woodward made this discovery in a also in the sweet clover sample, some flrst 15 contestants in the 1939 Spring In the last day' of April and tho' the benefit of extension service in in Michigan can look forward to the side-line experiment while he was try- hard seeds remained after the gerrnl- Pig ClOP Conte t, which was carried Michigan was Branch county, accord- F'arru Bureau members had a part in one f the week of July 8-12 at East Lansing. ing out different methods of making nation test. These also might have on in co-operation with the animal blg to Gordon Schlubatis, county They are interested in building up hay and grass silage. tumble legi rlative battle'.' 'C n in thc Hous of germinated under more favorable con- husbandry dep't of the Michigan agr'l agent. That was back in 1913. their .business, establishing sound Thus, the advantage of weed con- tim. The row is over amendments to th " rag S - Hours t t ditions. State College. 'Po have the service it was' first nec- credit practices, and in many other 'trol may be added to the many other provide c. emption' for WOl+ rs proce sin Y' farm product and ill The experiments showed no measur- C. E. Puffenberger of Eaton Rap- essary to have a County Farm Bur- matters that must be handled right in advantages of siloing hay crops, Wood- certain other lin s, ' able differences b tween the corn id, member of the Eaton County eau and raise local funds before re- the successful conduct of a business. ward says. When a crop is made into silage and the hay ilages, but there Farm Bureau, placed third. He en- The American Farm Bureau, Michigan and other State Farm ceiving co-operation from the feder- July 8-12 is the week Michigan State hay weed seeds present are spread to was some evidence that the low- tered four litters totaling 34 prigs. At al government. In fact, that's the Bureau got up off the floor after being I noel eel almo: told b College, and all farmers' co-operatives the farm land in barnyard manure. moisture silages may not be quite so 180 days the pigs averaged 245% lbs. way that most county extension ser- in this state will entertain the 16th In making his ensilage and weed the def at of their ard 11 amendm nts. 'I'hey rose to see t h effective in destroying the gerrnina- The litters averaged 2,087 lbs. vices became possible. In Branch annual session of the American In- seeds experiments, Mr. Woodward tion of weed seeds as the high- E. Johnson &. Son of Charlotte, House attach the main id a' of the Barden proposals to admini 'ha- county the folks raised $2,600. The stitute of Co-operation. buried 26 different kinds of seeds moisture silages. members of the Eaton County. Farm tion amendm nts off red by Rep, or'ton. original County Farm Bureau num- There are 10,000 farm co-operatives (common weed seeds and some of the The 26 kinds of seeds tested in- Bureau, entered three litters totaling t nder the Bar den amendments the Farm Bureau asl ed that bered among its ranks over 200 farm in the United States. Some 3,000 farm crops) in separate bags in the eluded shepherd's purse, chickweed, 26 pigs. At 1 0 days the pigs av raged ex .mptious ~e granted in agr'l proce ing and canning ir:dustrip" families. Some contributed as high representatives will be in attendance silage while the silo was being filled. buttercup, dandelion, bigseed lady's 235 lbs, ,The litters averaged 2,039 that iomething be done about rath r unworl ahle exem phon' no as $50 or $100. fOIl the institute. From this group, The seeds were buried at various thumb or Penn ylvanla smartweed, Ibs. Johnson & Son placed 5th. The Farm Bureau officers at that and from the colleges, Farm Credit depths, from 14 to 30 feet below the granted in "areas of production ", a' d fined by the wa ,s and goose grass, amaranth, crabgrass, com- Howard McKenzie of Cassopolis, time were president, otto E. Luedd- Administration and other places will surface, and in silages of different hour. administra.tion. 'I he Bureau has held that a "age and hour mon ragweed, pigeon grass or foxtail, member of the Cass ounty Farm Bu- er; vice president, Thomas Buell; come the institute speakers. They moisture content. quackgrass, corn cockle, India must. rea , entered 23 litters totaling 163 rat and work day cut to fit manuf'aeturing and distribution is secretary, E. A. Gunton; treasurer, are men who have been thinkers and Over a period of three years he ard, perennial sowthistle, oxeye daiSY,] pigs. At 180 days the pigs averaged impracticabI in handling farm products and that th producers A. W. Gole. Following this two-year doers in their field as local managers used corn, alfalfa and grass-and-alfalfa Johnson grass, lespedeza sericea, bind- 1 4 lbs. The litters averaged 1,304 can't afford it. period the Farm Bureau petitioned or as state, regional or national man- silage, made with and without the weed, sweet clover, American dragon- lbs. Mr. 1cKenzie placed 13th. The Stat Farm Bureau, lounty and ommunity Farm Bureau the board of supervisors for financial agers. Others are specialists in the addition of molasses. As the silage head mint, Canada thistle, horse net- Wilbur Haskins of Osseo, member officers and ] gislat iv minute men wrote more than 400 personal assistance. The Board has co-operat- fields of sales promotion, advertising, was fed out, the seeds were recovered tie, leafy spurge, perennial pepper of the Hillsdale County Farm Bureau, and so one. and tested for germination along with 1 tt rs to Michigan concressmen and to Rep. Graham Barden it ed in supplying expense money ever grass or White-top, timothy, and oats. entered three litters totaling 27 pigs. There will be series of daily in- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ At 1 0 days the pigs ~eraged 169% support of the Bard n arnendm nts. Farm Bureau mcmbi rs in othe since. 'tate' wrote their congre smen. This is true in most counties today. In the average county federal funds dustry programs for all branches of the co-operative milk industry; the live stock groups; for gain and for FLY CONTROL GOV'T 0 EDGE lbs. The litters averaged 1,560 lbs. Mr. Haskins placed 14th. John Rockeline of Leonidas, St. Hous Admini .tration labor committ fore s, h ad: d by H p. l\Iary made eery eff'ort to prevent orton of the the Barden take care of the agent's salary. The granting of suffi- bean elevator vegetable growers; interests; fruit and poultry and egg MEASURES ARE REVEALS EXTE Joseph county, placed first. He enter- ed four litters having an average amendment' from r aching the floor, but the Hous demanded them. fter three day: debate th amendments were so changed that Rep. cient federal funds to take care of interests; sugar beet growers; and for farm supplies organizations. programs such as advertising, Certain sales EFFECTIVE OF SO 0 S farrowing date of March 27, and mar- keted 34 pigs. He sold them at five months and one day. They averaged Bard n di owned them and they were voted out. Bard n amendments had b n threatened t th last the with a certain presid mtial all but local ex- promotion, membership relations and A Few Practices Do Much Takes 100,000 Yds. of Berrien veto. 199 Ibs. Mr. Rockeline's entry, pro- penses for exten- others will apply to all groups. tion agen ts was jected to 180 days, credited the pigs P rhaps the House out-smarted the administra tion. 1.'01' when The institute will be an opportunity. To Eliminate Breeding Co. Topsoil from St. Joe with an average weight of 256% lbs. 1\11':. T rt on's mild amendments appeared as an administrat ion brought about by Visitors may pick the programs they Harbor Each Spring for that period, and the litters with an the 0 rtp ani zed want to hear. They can hear some of Places average weight of 2,180 lbs, measure, th y W I' •.addled •.fa ~ 2 with amendments e. empting farmer. He Instst- all workers proc ss ina' or canning- fruits and vegetables. Til. ed that all coun- the best men in that particular field D'bbl fth M' hi John G. Woodman, county agr'l Thirty contestants from 12 counties area of produ tion clause was abolish d. 'I'his i' said to e ctend and enter into the discussion after- C. B. 1 eo. e. IC igan State entered the 1939 contest. Twenty ties, the poor as ' . th e firs ttl' me the in • College staff says It IS far" more Im- agent for VanBuren county, notes the agr'l exemption.' in a large way. Mrs. T orton has disown d 11 'r war.d Th'IS IS turned in final weights. All contest- well as the wealthy s 1 u e as come t 0 MI'chI'gan. tit t h I portant h't to. prevent breeding of fltes relationship between the government ants were outstanding in the methods amendm nts, but her administratioi measure i now on its way to should have the services of an Co-operative leaders will be here t an 1 IS to. wave a swatter. Of dredge General Meade in St. Joseph and practices used. The same project the ~cnatc, carrying the exemptions a. ked by the F'arm Bureau. river harbor each spring and the loss- extension agent available could raise enough money locally to pay office and traveling if they expenses. from nearly every state. Within Mich- igan every county will have an in- terest, for Michigan has 350 farm co. ?ou.rdse hhehadmlts tbhat once they ~re mSI e t ~ ouse or arn the.n swatting or spr~ymg has so~e mertt. es to orchards and fields in the st. Joe watershed through erosion. is being conducted in 1940. Farmers having three or more sows to farrow Fruit Marketing Agreement Michigan farmers, particularily .---------------- have assumed to speak for the grow- are encouraged to enroll in the ers too. To offset their efforts, the This is one of the projects advanced operatives doing an annual business If .gIve~ opportumty, a new hatch The coming of the General Meade cherry growers. are int rested in the project. Write H. F. loxley, Animal merican Ii arm Bureau and State by the Farm Bureau. of $80,000,000 in farm produce sold of flies '~Ill appear ever~ thr~e .days each spring should be of great interest Hu bandry Dep't of the Michigan effort to amend the AA arketlng and farm supplies purchased for mem- from Aprtl to ovember III Michigan, to farmers and fruit growers, said Agreements Act to authorize market- Farm Bureaus, including Michigan, R. E. A. State College at East Lan lng, or see bel'S and others. according to Dibble. Mr. Woodman. n its work of main- ing agreements for fruit and vege- took th cas back to be grow r. :M. '86rt Thompson, director of your county agricultural agent for a A printed program for the institute . Trash ~r decaying or~anic matter taining a 21 foot channel in St. Joe tables grown for canning and pro- and asked them to writ th ir Con- , the Fruit Belt Co-operative Rural copy of the rules and an entry blank. will oe available soon, from the Mich- IS responsfble for most fhes. S? now river harbor, the General Meade re- cessing. gressmen. Electrical Administration project in igan State College Economics Dep't, is a good ~ime to do some cleanmg up moves 100,000 cubic yards of what was Gillette Bill S-3426 and Jones Bill The Michigan State Farm Bur u southwest Michigan, gives the Farm or from any farm co-operative. The as able smg for both household and once rich topsoil from orchards and Bridge by the local Soil Con ervation HR-6208 are companion bills now said in explaining the proposed mar- Bureau much credit for making REA meetings are open to the farm public. barnyard, the entomologist reports. fields to a watery grave in Lake Mich- Service office during February 1937 in the Senate and House agricultural keting agre ment for fruits and veg- possible not only in that section of Michigan committees named to Straw stacks ought to be capped so igan. indicated that 23,630 tons of top soil committees to provide a marketing etables: Michigan but throughout the United smooth out plans and programs, in- that they shed water, for moisture is $20,000 Dredging Expense was passing under the bridge each 24 agreements section of the A A for How it Would Work States as a whole. At a recent Farm clude the executive committee headed one of the necessities for rearing new The value of the top soil is great hours. The river remained in this fruits and vegetables. The State, A Marketing A r em nt is simply Bureau meeting in Cass county, Mr. by C. L. Brody, Lansing, of the State crops of flies. Manure should be haul- indeed. It won't be replaced soon. same condition for approximately four County and Community Farm Bur- a v hicle whereby authority would Thompson said, "Farm Bureau did Farm Bureau; R. V. Gunn, East Lans- ed frequently and spread thin so that Furthermore, it costs about $20,000 a days. This daily soil load in the river eaus and legislative minute men in be vested in the D partment of Agri- more to make REA possible than sing, secretary, and Michlgan State it is dried quickly. Garbage ought to be year to have it removed from the har- is enough soil to fill a string of 2-ton . Iichigan gave the Gillette bill con- culture, upon the request of a major- any other organization. In some College economist; N. P. Hull of Lans- kept covered, or if buried, should be bor. dump trucks, bumper to bumper, siderable support by letter in early ity of producers and a majority of states the Ftrm Bureau even spent processors, or by producers alone if ing of the Michigan Milk Producers a foot under the soil surface. The amount removed by the General reaching from Benton Harbor to Kala- April. thousands of dollars to promote the two-thirds so request, to bring togeth- association; Neil Bass, Lansing, Mich- Milkhouses, homes, and other build- Meade represents only a small part mazoo. In late April the Jones bill was program. Certainly the American Igan Elevator Exchange; Elmer Beam- ings ought to be screened if possible. er the grower and processor and of the actual soil loss suffered by the This enormous soil loss can be ma- scheduled for hearings before the Farm Bureau Federation fought hard er, Lansing, state commissioner of Dry feed lots help control the pests, have them jointly develop an order- growers. Much of it is retained be- terially reduced by using more vege- House committee on agriculture. for the program. One of the greatest agriculture; G. S. Coffman, Coldwater, for if wet feed lies around on the ly marketing program. hind the dam at Berrien Springs. In tation in the fields. More special ero- Michigan Farm Bureau legislative contributions the Farm Bureau is director of the Mid West Creameries; ground a breeding place is set up for After hearings have been held and time the storage capacity of this dam sion control practices such as contour minute men and Farm Bureau groups making towards the success of the and Carl Buskirk, Paw Paw, repre- flies. Dibble recommends a feed lot such a program agreed upon, the will be materially reduced by the ac- planting of fruit, strip cropping, ter- again went to the aid of the I gisla- projects is the educational work it senting fruit industries. that can be washed off if refuse col- Department of Agriculture would cumulation of rich farm soil. The racing, and reforesting will reduce the tion with scores of letters urging is doing in the principles of co-oper- On the Michigan finance committee lects. have the authority to put an admin- coarser material is laid down in sand soil load in our streams to a minimum. support. ation. Without a doubt Cass County are A. B. Love, chairman, of the Mich- So that is his recipe for fewer flies. istrator in to enforce the program. or gravel bars in the river channel For further information regarding made the REA possible in this sec- igan 'State College economics staff; Cleanliness, he promises, is far more Canners Say Too Much Making this poss ble und r the law, if so that where river boats once travel- the control of soil erosion see your tion of the state." Mr. Bass and Mr. Brody. important than flypaper, traps or swat- The present Marketing Agreement and when it is desired, is the pur- led a canoe cannot travel without dif- local county agent or local erosion The Fruit Belt REA has 700 miles T·he Michigan program committee ters. One other pointer is that the Act is limited to a few commodities, pose of the present pending amend- ficulty today. The most valuable part control office. of line and has 2,025 meter outlets is headed by Dr. H. S. Patton of the use of lime in refuse is not a preven- including cotton, wheat, tobacco and ment to the Marketing Agreements of the soil is carried directly into including 77 rural schools. Ninety college economics department, and tive, but that a sprinkling of borax rice. The situation of the Michigan Act of 1937. Lake Michigan because it is light and percent of the folks at the Cass Mr. Hull, Mr. Brody and Mr. Beamer. will prove effective. fine enough to remain in suspension Fewer persons lost their lives in cherry industry has been critical. Until such an am ndment i8 includ- County meeting that day held up The facilities committee includes R. for the entire trip from the eroded railroad accidents in 1939 than in Cherry growers are interested in a ed in the Act there is no hope of g t· their hands when asked how many W. Tenny and Arthur Howland of the For hauling a ton of freight one field or orchard into Lake Michigan. any year since the Interstate Com- marketing agreement. As usual the ting the fruit and vegetabl proces- were being furnished electrical pow- college staff and Jack Yaeger, Lans- mile, the railroads now receive 24 per At Flood Stages merce Commission began the compil- canners are fighting a marketing sors and produc 1"8 together, and (Continued on pa~e 2.) ing, State Farm Bureau. ation of these reports in 188 . agreement for canning crops, they (Continued on page 3.) cent less than they did in 1921. Measurements taken at Somer ley ton Meet Folks Who Joi ed t e Farrn ureau +,--------------------------:--- THREE OAKS MARSHALL R.1 EDWARDSBURG BAY CITY R-3 Clarence Butzback P. D. Pitcher There are 694 Families Gottleib Streiter BERRIEN COUNTY BAINBRIDGE Coloma Orchard Co. Andrew Graham COLOMA R-2 Leslie Schmuhl . Rollin Ackerman James Cornelius John Hoven Fred Long Fred E. Sc.helley J. S. Dawson &. Son Joseph Smith B. E. Henry Earl B. Reagle Ralph Mills MARSHALL R-2 Frank Van Voorhies W. J. Dempsey C. W. Landis Edgar Nivens EDWARDSBURG R-1 Otis D. Smith William Thatcher in T is Group Louis Gelder &. Son E. F. Fast BARODA Lloyd Wetzel E. A. Carter ,COLOMA R-3 . Joe Galpa DOWAGIAC R-4 Emma C. Munson Fred Hoadley THREE OAKS R-1 F. W. Gluth &. Son Lawrence Kramer THREE OAKS R-2 Otto Cook Fay Owens MARSHALL R-3 MARSHALL R·4 H. R. West J. B. Hadden EDWARDSBURG R·2 Ronald Cardevaant O. A. Fiedler Zyg Dryer Ray Weatfall Myron Miller EAU CLAIRE John Cameron Oscar Martin Forrest Wagner EAU CLAIRE R-2 BARODA R·1 C. B. Cassiday W. W. Keigley C. Klinke Vieva C. Pardee SPRINGPORT R-2 Frank Burkett Another 418 Families Who Joined During April E. LaMunion August Totzke BENTON HARBOR Gail Handy EAU CLAIRE R-1 Stanley Smith Oscar J. Smith WATERVLIET Wm. A. Stark N. H. Backs JONES Jon s Co.op As 'n, Irving Horton John P. O'Brien TEKONSHA R·1 A. Schoenfeld &. Son L. K. Scutt, S.c'y Will, be Presented in the June John Mess EAU CLAIRE R-2 WATERVLIET R-1 Harvey Bauschke Hart and Son Warren J. Clark Carl Shumway UNION CITY R-2 Perry Whited BENTON HARBOR R·1 F. Benson Hall WATERVLIET R-2 Byron Hamma JONES R-1 Edition of the ews A. Dominy Noble Wells GALIEN Alfrod Butzbach Ivan D. Wigent SPRI NGPORT R.2 LeRoy W. Bent Will Hunt The Michigan State Farm Bureau • Ben B., Brown HASTINGS R-1 A. C. Kent BENTON HARBOR R-2 Don Hamilton Walter Schmuhl Leonard &. Dwight Babcock Beryl Bowker GALIEN R-1 SOUTH BEND, INDIANA Isaac M. Wells George Fouracre CASS COUNTY Walter Born George Frank MARCELLUS Tony Lampen Jay Wheeler welcomed to membership 694 families BENTON HARBOR R-3 CALHOUN COUNTY CASSOPOLIS Lee Manning &. Son Riley W. Pile HASTINGS R.3 BroderiCk Bros. Arthur Edinborough HARBERT Ed. &. Wm. Gardner Anton Karason MARCELLUS R-1 during the month of March. We Walter E. Culbert Chas. Norris G. R. Closson E. J. O'Brien Thomas R. Glavin Seeder Brothers ALBION R-1 Lawrence Forrell Rollan Jones Ed. Bainbridge Lyle Castner list the new members and their Coun- Dennis. Horan LAKESIDE Don C. Sweeney CASSOPOLIS R-1 &. Son HASTINGS R-5 BERRIEN CENTER R-1 R. L. Wire ALBION R-4 Paul File P. H. Langenbahm MARCELLU R-2 ty Farm Bureaus, and their homes John S. Bechtel Gerald Hine. Chas. A. Dean Miles W. Skinner NEW BUFFALO Henry Bunday Thomas Howley Olivia Southworth Geo. Crakes Samuel Baer Cecil R. Waltz in this column. Edward Haskins Carl Sommers Geo. Behner &. Son J. E. Myers BATTLE CREEK R-1 Paul Jessup &. B. E. Phillips Harold Swartz MIDDLEVILLE Vere Ireland Clifford Young NEW TROY Julius Paul Ralph L. Jones C. O. Stevens MARCELLUS R.a Edi or's Note-. Iembersblp in the Wm. Cridler Oscar Finkbeiner C. W. Shafer Dean Morley BATTLE CREEK R-2 CASSOPOLIS R-2 Fa Bureau is a family member- Henry Knight MIDDLEVILLE R-1 BERRIEN SPRINGS NILES Floyd L. Fox Don S. Morse Joseph Nemeth NILES ship. Husband or wife may vote the Geo. Adams Clyde Grummet Walter H. Eidson Henry A. Zech BATTLE CREEK R-4 Frank Nemeth E. A. Turpin Dan Tuesley Fred Aubel Oscar Kaechele Walter Rudowske Wm. Womer Orville C. Damon membership in meeting. Each has B. M. Carpenter Ralph Kenyon NILES R-2 CASSOPOLIS R-3 NILES R.1 all the privileges of membership. Ac- Grover Cline Earl Kermeen BERRIEN SPRINGS R-1 Robert A. File Verlin M. Williams BATTLE CREEK R·7 Kathryn A. Powell Wm. A. Bradford Walter Kauteroskl Guy Cline Floyd Noffke Ray Birdsey Peter Koehler Frank Brunt Randolph Russell CASSOPOLIS R-4 cordlnglv, many write their member- Henry Heimbuch Clyde Lemon NILES R·3 NILES R-3 Geo. Davis Noah Scheidel Edward S. Bunbury E. W. Schadler Wm. P. Midlam H. E. Aldrich Ben H. Gleason Guy A. Swift ships as "George Adams & wife" or C. M. French Wm. Trumble Arthur Hetler Earl Mitchell CERESCO C. A. Dixon &. Clarence L. Gleason ",Ir. & • Irs. Donald Miller" or "l\fr. V. O. Koebel Herman C. Radtlce Ernest Herman Henry Snouwaert C. E. Warrell Fred E. Wright THREE RIVER R-3 MIDDLEVILLE R-2 Ralph Madison A. D. White Claud W. Fanning Leonard C. Norton &. Son & .Irs. H. F. Bowers & Son." A M. G. Bedford Howard M. Smith BERRIEN SPRINGS R.2 CLIMAX R-1 Terry Fisher Bert Cable Arnold Kolberg NILES R-4 DECATUR R-3 VANDALtA R-2 large share of the memberships are Chas. &. W. D. Ernest Vermeulen Max Calderwood J. M. LaPointe H. B. Ostrander John V. Weaver Lee HiSCOCk Earl J. Seaver Frank Breseman CamDbell Fred Wirenga EAST LEROY N. C. Everett E. Rutherford &. Son witten in that way. In fact, that's J. M. Potts Anton Christe Lyle Morris SODUS Cecil R. Haefner J. M. Stafford CLINTO COU TV w they all mean. However, in Jack Dean Richard Prillwitz D. H. Case Jas. Smirniotis Ed Cuthbert MIDDLEVILLE R.3 Sodus Fruit Exch. EAST LEROY R-1 DOWAGIAC DEWITT A.1 reporting new m rnbershtps in this BUCHANAN Merrill S. Fuller Chas. M. Myer Leo Parker H. S. Bedaine Donald iller Walter Bender Chas. Bauman Fred Samson Sam Hull Noble O. Walcott Francis O!Heran Clark Tuller W. J. Myers J. W. Phillips .. column, we re unable to squeeze into the length of line available for' each name the complete information Nelson Brumm NASHVILLE R·1 Don. &. Elgin Mead Ernie Skidmore NASHVILLE Pt-2 Richard Blombard Martin Gilbert BUCHANAN R-2 L. Glade &. Son SODUS R-1 W. F. Michael STEVENSVILLE R-1 Donald G. Thompson HOMER Geo. W. Feighner R. E. Patch Adolph Arndt B. J. Opfell DOWAGIAC R-1 Edna &. Glen Phillips H. F. Bowers Allen B. Gibson W. S. Lusk LSIE Chal. H. Ranney set forth above. o. when we report BUCHANAN R-3 Wm. C. Heyn, Sr. Frank Klackle HOMER R-1 D. Rynsburger the new membership for George John T. Maurer Sidney Stanton St. Joe Valley Creamery Co. ST. JOSEPH Melvin &. Dorothy T. B. Shaffer DOWAGIAC R-2 Clarence R. Shaw Avery Frank Trader Arthur J. Dennis H. McCuen &. on Adams, we mean Mr. and l\Irs. COLOMA M. P. Dwan Clinton Gridley Geo. Weiss, Jr. NASHVILLE R-3 Roy Luhens Reuben Wendzel ST. JOSEPH R-1 F. A. Limbeck Millard A. Phillips George dams. Clayton Decker HOMER R-2 John A. Rorick Chaa. F. Woods John Diederick Harry T. Gast DOWAGIAC R-3 BARRY COUNTY WOODLAND R.1 Fred Warman Glenn A. Yund Neal Dolph John Procupile Karl R. Bakeman , Earl Shearer Fred Geiger ST. JOSEPH R-2 H. L. Findley BELLEVUE COLOMA R-1 Frank O. Bender Dr. Fred M. Miller Geo. W. Jones Earl R. Williams Glenn R. Brown BAY COUNTY Chas. E. Arent Leon Dolezan Harry Bort Roscoe Miller HOMER R-3 DOWAGIAC R-4 Bernard Bachman Harry Howe Geiller &. Moyer Otto Vetter Seth McAllister Adolph Bandwock Fred J. Holle HASTINGS AUBURN R·2 Mrs. Peter Becker Fred Lombard Farm MARSHALL Dr. Alice Conklin Walter Leitz Allen MeDon ld Otto Kreuger Adam Brin.y We ley Miller Chas. Kugel Ralph Thoma. Cora Criffleld R. B. Mill r wo MICHIGAN SATURDAY, MAY 4. 1940 OCEANA COUNTY DEXTER John Bauer Ellis Green ' HART R-1 Robert Ecktson Wm. Pidd Vernon Walker E. E. Win hip DEXTER R·1 HART R·3 Wilbert Trinkle Byron May SALINE R-1 HESPERIA R·2 Fred Arend Gottlob Hinderer Geo. Williamson Carl W. Carr Ed Johnson HESPERIA R·3 Fred Finkbeiner Edwin Schill Michigan Farm Bureau Newa, founded F. Fogg January 12, 1923 Albert E. Gall MONTAGUE R·1 YPSILANTI R·1 Geo. &. Brown &. Sam Kenneth John T •• Ackerman Sherman Dibble 12, 1923. at the po t- Thos. Fordham l1chlgan, under the Act of March a, 111•• NEW ERA Michigan Producers of PubUahed fir.t turday of each month by the Michigan State Farm ure u at Ita publication office at 114 l~vett Bt., Charlotte, Miehlpn. Sheep Shearing Lynn Lewis NEW ERA R·1 Behind PULVERIZED LIMESTONE Geo. Grasmeyer Robert Each season has a character by which we hold it dear Munson Bros. Editorial and general offices, 221 North Cedar St., Lansing, Postoffice Box 960. Telephone, Lansing 21-271. :MIchigan. And there's some presiding genius for e,ch separate time of year. Herman Strauss, that honest Dutchman, with his chuckle vast and deep Maurice Lankfer NEW ERA R-2 Weel LIMESTONE MEAL Available At Your Nearest Dealer PENTWATER R-1 (Continue4 from DUe 1) Used to range the length of Hicks Street every springtime, shearing heep. Marshall H. Paulson er through the RE . Mr. Thompson Solvay Sales Corporation .......... Editor and Business Manager And his coming was a symbol of the erstwhile May time scene ROTHBURY is mighty popular among them. 7501 W. Jefferson Ave. Just as truly as the gamboling of the lambs upon the green. Worrie Van Dyke DETROIT, MICH. I can see his florid features and his twinkling eyes of blue ROTHBURY R-1 CHILDREN 25 cents per year; 4 years for $I, In advance. Frank- Benovic Fred Van Dulnen And his crooked stemmed old briar with the bit chewed half in two; William Elkie &. Son "Thirteen children and only one I can smell his greasy costume, reeking of a thousand fleeces. SHELBY our own," brought the question, Vol. XVIII SATURDAY, MAY 4, 1940 No.5 I recall his cheeks crowfooted in a maze of merry creases, John Bender Loran A. Mill r "How come?". And the glad anticipation that his coming would arouse SHELBY R-1 Mrs. Arthur Squires said, "You In the hearts of all the children-for they loved old Herman Strauss. Morningstar Orchards L r d Agreement? Herman's days were full of stories, sad and Jolly, old and new. Emil Studar SHELBY R-2 see, we adopted 12." That was very interesting and of course the next Wm. Baade Grover Brothers Friday, April 5, Congress adopted an act which And his talk was so incessant that he needed listening to. Jesse Bonham John Huston question had to do with attitude pilot brand oyster sh 11 is We would make our preparations very simply, he and I, R. Burmeister Oscar Mauk towards the adopted children as com- nol only a dependably pure extends for three years the authority of the U. S. State Two sawhorses and the dumpboards, with a barrel standing by. SHELBY R-3 pared to the one of their own flesh From his pocket comes a bundle now, and now we all behold Peter Burmeister Department to negotiate reciprocal trade agreements and blood. "We love them all alike", egg sh~ll lI\at~rial; but it Two pairs of gleaming sheep shears and an oilstone worn and old WALKERVILLE Thomas Johnston was the answer, "And now that aids digestion and furnishes with other nations. Which now he places on the bench and strokes each parted blade In the deep crease across the stone which just such strokes have made. SAGINAW COUNTY they've all grown up but one and are calcium for body, bone and In making the extension, a majority in Congress He plcks a snorting wether up and with a practiced swing FREELAND away from home, we're kind of lone- agreed with the State Department that there should be Deposits him upon the bench alarmed and struggling. Thomas Leaman some." feather malting. SAGINAW STORE no amendments requiring the Department to ask the But under Herman's greasy sleeve soon as his head is bent FREELAND R.3 All of us should take off our hats That sheep is putty in his hands and lolls there quite content. Wm. J. Kirchner to the Squires. Nowadays folks think approval of other cabinet officers, or the approval of the With clip-clip· clip of Herman's shears and clatter of his tongue SAGINAW one or two children are enough to Sag. Co. Jr. Farm Bureau Senate before a trade agreement is completed with The yellow lined warm woolly coat in loosened folds is flung, SAGINAW R·2 worry about, say nothing of adopting And soon it spreads upon the bench as with a bounding leap another nation. The wether spurns the stable sill-the season's first horn sheep. Joseph Galganski SAGINAW R-5 another dozen and giving them all a good start in life. The Farm Bureau asked that the approval of the And Herman seizes number two, While I with busy care Carl Sieggreen SAGINAW R·& The Squires farm is located in Fair- Arrange the fleece of number one upon the wool box there. Secretaries of Agriculture and Commerce be required Walter Marti field Township in Shiawassee County. Oh, every season, as it comes, brings characteristic joys; SAGINAW R·7 W. S. in order to give agriculture and industry a voice in diplo- Norman Priem They are Farm Bureau members. Old Herman Strauss is in his grave, yet still I hear his voice; BASEBALL matic proceedings for the restoration of trade abroad. And still I hear the children laugh to see the heep set free; ST. CLAIR COUNTY Now that the baseball season is Each tiniest detail of it all comes surging back to me. EMMETT But, Congress said no. These new power clippers do it fast, and just as well, I know, Frank Pierce again under way, Mr. N. A. "Nick" But I like to think of Herman Strauss and the days of long ago. YALE Larson of Allegan County is showing About the time Congress was making its decision, John Black folks his autographed basball of Wallaces Farmer & Iowa Homestead was asking Iowa LESLIE R-2 YALE R-1 farmer what they think about Secretary Hull's recipro- They Jo·ned Clarence H. Kilburn MASON Harry Leininger ST. JOSEPH COUNTY which he is very proud. Written on that ball are all the names of the cal trade agrements. They weren't excited. About half of Iowa farmers Farm. Bureau Clark Bros. Ethel M. Webb MASON R-1 H. R. Taylor . WHITE Chas. C. Kline TUSCOLA PIGEON COUNTY R-2 New York Yankees Dickey, Lou Gehrig, Charles Ruffing, including Bill Joe DiMaggio, Monte pearson. Red interviewed said the trade agreements are of no par- in March Wm. M. Keller MASON R-3 OKEMOS H. W. Barriger AKRON Louis Severance Rolfe, Bump Hadley, Lefty Gomez and others. Nick has the ball wrap- ticular interest to them. Have' em or not, as you like. (Continued from Page 1.) J. O. Grettenberger O. K. Grettenberger F. C. Burgess C. E. Morton Theron Steele FOWLER R·2 WEBBERVILLE R·1 ped in cellophane. Woe be unto the Twenty-seven per cent wanted the agreements program Clarence Damon Wm. Hufnagel B. D. Granger AKRON R-1 man who mars its cover. Frank E. Fedewa Leo Walker Theron Bedell Wm. Partto contined. Twenty-eight per cent of Iowa farmers inter- HUBBARDSTON IONIA COUNTY Frank Biles Raymond Rayl Just to prove his great interest in Lyle Dean Wm. E. Rohlfs viewed wanted the agreements cancelled, or at least re- E. P. Robert &. Leslie Moore HUBBARDSTON John Fischer Ruppal Bros. the national pastime, Nick recites LANSING R.4 Handlon Bros. Ralph Harrington W. R. Turner "Casey at The Bat" in a way that vised. Howard Borton Henry Wohlert HUBBARDSTON R·1 Wm. Leuenberger causes him to be called on at many OVID Foster Thompson AKRON R·2 On top of the Iowa farm view, Wallaces Farmer Wilbur A. Durkee Wm. H. Rhodes IONIA McPherson Bros. C. H. Nixon a gathering. A. J. Kelley Floyd Hammond CARO observes that the reciprocal trade agreements have been OVID R-1 MUIR George Bieth John Sherdian SERVICE Ward Warren James McKeon Thomas Rogers Caro Motor Sales Gibs Smith It was about 20 years ago that a scuttled by the war. As long as the war lasts, the OVID R-2 MUIR R-1 B. B. Reavey group of farmers near Parma in John &. Helen Bracy E. H. Schultz CARO R-1 nations will be on a barter basis when they can trade. Harold Frisbie Glen Wisner Jay Houk PORTLAND Edw. H. Hummell Ralph Brandmaier Joe Romain Jackson County decided to organize But, after the war, the situation will be different. Per- Clyde Morrill Alton Gunn John Brinkman a co-operative elevator. When it came PEWAMO R·1 SUNFIELD CARO R-2 to choosing a manager, they picked haps then the trade agreements negotiated will help the Lee Kellam Andrew Schneider Geo. P. Thelen William Thelen Fred Reahm Rex G. Griffin S. Lochkovic &. Son Frank Gilmore, a hustling farmer in FAIRGROVE Unit d States get a good share of the world trade and Bernard Simon ISABELLA COUNTY Ward H. Green E. E. Jameson the neighborhood. "At first" says PORTLAND R-2 Myron Hall &. Son help get world trade as a whole back on a better basis. Fred Knoop John J. Pohl BLANCHARD R-3 Frank in thinking back through the FAIRGROVE R-1 Gerald S. Fuller J. T. Davis Robert Kirk years, "I was undecided but finally ST. JOHNS A. E. Moore Clarence W. Neller MT. PLEASANT Fred Finley W. J. Kirk accepted and have never regretted Farm Bureau Stores and 'Co-op T e Associated Women W. G. &. Roy Anderson ST. JOHNS R-1 G. Campbell &. Son H. Redman &. Son Bert Bozer &. Son Leon McBride E. J. Grambau George Keiser MT. PLEASANT Victor Pohl W. E. Prescott R·1 Herman Hadaway FAI.RGROVE A. Campbell Sons ~i1ford ClIlbert F. Parish &. Sons R-2 Merton Hall Wm. Proflt it." . Frank has been manager tinously for the 20 or more and his con- Ass'ns sell Poultry anaStock reinforced Supplement. with VITAND Vitamin These feeds should feeds sf the ST. JOHNS C. H. Hicks &. Son Oliver Knight R·2 Joe Ballman Burdette O'Connor Everitt Cramer patrons swear by him. There aren't L. Bierschbach Ernest Pohl many who satisfy the exacting pa- be better than the average quality • REESE R-2 Bureau ST. JOHNS R-4 mertcan Farm Robert Irrer ST. JOHNS R-5 J. Montague &. Son Ward Wyrick Lloyd C. Grace Herman Murphy Bros. Grinzinger MT. PLEASANT Ralph Powell E. Seybert &. Son Clayton D. Ward R-2 John Young Oscar M. PI~I; VERWOOD tronage of a co-operative years at a stretch. for 20 because VIT AND does not appeal to the mixer who seeks only the cheapest ingredients. Mr•• Pearl E. Myu., Director lor Michigan D. E. Shumaker Mildred Lueder erald D. Pope Truman. UNIONVILLE Ackerman R-1 Carl Rockstroh ST. JOHNS R-6 VITAND contains' minimuxhs E>f- CONFERENCE AMES .'----..-". -....- ..:...-- F. G. Henderson Byron E. Kissane E. C. Norris Proctor MT. PLE SANT R-3 Hill &. Son Verne Stackman Arnold Bell Bush Bros. Walter Stasik Elmer Uhl State Ranks 4th 3,000 USP units of vitamin A and PERMANENT COMMITTEES THOSE ATTENDING Myron H. Maxwell Arthur Eckfeld Ed. L. Yonke The April 25 conference was called THE CONFERENCE GENESEE COUNTY MT. PLEASANT R-4 Reithel Bros. For Alfalfa Seed 400 AOAC chick' units of vitamin SWARTZ CREEK R·1 J. A. Brown &. Son Paul G. Lange UNIONVILLE R·2 Michigan can well be proud of its D, per gram. Ask for Poultry by' r. Pearl Myu. It was attended Those at the April 25 conference F. H. Crawford J. G. Merrill Leonard Bell L.eo Ai ••sworth Thos. &. Walter Mitchell Leonard Fertaw David P. Schechter Ben Sattell>urg alfalfa seed producing industry, rank- Feeds containing VITAND. Iby 20 ladie. T·he problems discussed were: Mrs. Cecile O'Brien of Jackson G. &. N. Kennedy Fred Schlafley GRATIOT COUNTY UNIONVILLE R-3 ing fourth in the nation in 1939 with were later placed in charge of perman- R-3, .Mrs. Ruth Day of Clarke Lake, MT. PLEASANT R·5 John Bang W. H. Kyser NAPTBOLE, INC, ent confer nee committees, as follows: and Mrs. Zora Cuff of Jackson R-8, ALMA R-1 William Thurston Albert S. Baur- Wallace Louis a crop worth an estimated $1,144,000. BOONTON, N. J. E. O. Anderson G. O. Bloomquist ROSEBUSH R-1 Ed. Baur Alfred Stoll Publicity, Mr . Emma Porter, chair- all of Jackson county; rs. Emma BRECKENRIDGE Milton Baur Henry Stoll Dan Mogg man, I. peer county; Farm Bureau Porter of Dryden, Mrs. Ruth Wendell Robert L. Baldwin E. E. Peterson Elmer Bitzer ROSEBUSH R-2 E. A. Crawford N. J. Roth Oliver House Ben H. Johns~on omen' Speakin Contest, Mrs. Ruth and Mrs. Ervin Haskill of Lapeer, all VAN BUREN COUNTY BRECKENRIDGE R-1 SHEPHERD R·3 Wendel, chair~~n, Lapeer count~; of Lapeer county; Mrs. Carl Buskirk C. L. Baxter Holton Cecil &. Son Howard Kennedy F. W. Spencer BANGOR R-2 u ie, Mrs. William Sherman, ~h.all>-and Mrs. George Schultz, both of Paw W. M. Fuhrman Emil Nagel W. E. Westcott Hugh A. Hollenbeck SHEPHERD R·4 QECATUR m n, Shiawas~ee count~; Advertlsl~g, Paw, VanBuren county; Mrs. Carrie BRECKENRIDGE R-2 Chas. E. Wilson Ray L. Slack WEIDMAN R·2 1'8. Ray county. eikirk, chairman, Gratiot Lawcock and Mrs. W111iam Sherman f V Sh' t M George Coston ITHACA R-3 Harry Van Auker Mqrion Wilkinson DOWAGIAC WHEN YOU WANT IT~ PUaLIC PEAKING 0 erno?, Iaw~ssee coun y; .rs. Lester J. Allen A. Humm and Son HARTFORD R.2 CONTEST MATERIAL Iva M. Ml1ler and Mrs. Mallory Btick- ST. LOUIS R-1 KALAMAZOO SCHOOLCRAFT COUNTY R-9 Rudy Kroboth AS YOU WANT IT ••• Reuben Raske Profes or Orion Ulrey of the Mich- ney of Clarkston, both of. Oakland Maurice Harvey WASHTENAW COUNTY In these limes of ftuctuatinq mark ••• , why tie up your funds by buyinql. LESLIE qf 1M ti9n- ',d8 lJell Telephone !.Y t lR" H. • Covort $on FOV -TM1 Joined F. ,in Mar~h SATURDAY, MAY 4, 1940 Products From tangible realms of cience and th Cornstalks The following products have been manufactured from corn stalks through Employment in human spirit. the material nd learn in together 0' Tew Fa' of utilizing resonrc s all about us etter to live and .ork confront u with ft ontier chemical and other industrial process- es developed within the last few years, according Foundation: to the Farm Chemurgic Co-operative Agriculiur. ~hose horizons whose accomplishm nt are limitle sand eternal unfolding of human life and its possibilities. mean the Alpha cellulose ( ontinued from page 4.) - so, I shall feel the attempt well worth land. He must get much better and Building blocks Cellulose acetate ticular or special line of training pre- while. I am cognizant of the possi- more effectively organized through co- 'ellulose nitrate dominating. Circumstances, tempera- bility that your youthfulness, and en- operatives to increase farm prices Cellulith harcoal ment and de ire to progress and be thu iasm, unmarred by the vicissitudes and increase farm purchasing power, Farm Bureau Fights Diabetic food Dynamite absorbent of service have all played a part. of the past may he a more accurate which is much safer for all business. Battles in Congres Fiber There are probably as many or more guide for the future, for you will We have only made a start in mak- Poultr m n Fuel in high positions not occupied by largely be living in a much different ing the influence and power of the (Continued from page 1.) Furfural .•fichigan ar ne 1 tin Gun cotton college graduates as there are world from the one in which I am farmer effective, because of the diffi- even if they did get together and de- tel' of 3,600,000 annuall Lumber substitutes those of college training. Probably spending most of my life. culties encountered in handling the velop a better correlation of orderly Oxalic acid fit p asibl by ma 111 Paper a few of the incumbents are not high The co-operative field itself may member relations within our co-opera- marketing, the chances are it would produce better qualit Paper mac-he school graduates. Other things being and probably will be much different tives. An unlimited opportunity lies collapse, as former programs have Pulp board On th t premis , J. Pvroxyllt varnish equal, however I would rate a col- than I have experienced. The demands here for some of our young people done, becau e of the lack of author- ialist in the poult I' • Rayon lege education as a very valuable and po sibilities of the future will having the unusual qualifications re- Wall board ity to ee to it that the small minor- Mlch igan State 011 g Viscose portion of the training of a prospective undoubtedly be so great in eompari- qulred. ity, who never will agree, goes along. a sf -point qualit impr 0 Xylan co-operative worker. son to those of the past twenty-flvs Why They Succeed H the amendment is included in the gram to h lp boo th years that the experiences of my Most of the people in the higher ct, the authority is there for a ma- Complete Your School Work in ome abo e the PI' nt World Fair !four Please do not interpret my remarks contemporaries and myself can at positions today tarted at the foot of jority of the growers and processors tate crop reporting timata The Michigan Farmer and the best serve only as a partial founda- the ladder. They have succeeded be- to petition the Secretary of Agricul- as belittling a college education. I 000,000 a year. Michigan Stat Farm Bureau mem- tion for the future. Research 'Work in cause they have an inherent adaptabil- ture to develop the .•larketing Agree- have only been pleading for the right r Ieetlugs throughout bership relations dep't will co-operate agricultural science is constantly pro- ity and a, sincere desire to serve their ing attitude of the grov ers and pro- appraisal and application. By all ment. If the proce SOl'S refuse to so convincing COllllll rial in a week's tour to the World's fair ducing new crops, insecticides, fer- fellow men. They have succeeded be- ce spr . means finish your course and get your petition, then if two-thirds of the farmer poultrymen 0 the e nd at New York City by way of the New tilizer, and entirely new products cause they have continually done The cherry growers and Farm Bur- degree whatever you expect to do growers petition, the ecretary the e tra returns in corr ct metho . York Central railroad August 12-17 never used before. New agricultural many things that the ordinary routine eau groups in orthwestern Itch- later. Graduation and getting your could still act. If the petition were Here are the si point 1'8: Farm Week at the Fair. The cost of pests are constantly bringing new of their job did not require them to Igan are very anxious to have this diploma marks the accomplishment of supplies into the inventories of our granted, a series of hearings would 1. Produc only clean eggs by ut- the all expense tour is $45.80 from one of the most important undertak- do. They had the initiative to see legtslation enacted. co-operatives. be held as to what should be includ- ficient nests, confin m nt in rainy Detroit. Includes lodging and meals ings of your entire lifetime. without being told what needed to be Psycho- The co-operative marketing and pur- ed in the agreement. Testimony Truth-in-Fabrics Bill "\ eather and placing nests in dar . at New York except two lunches and logically it will bring you satisfaction done. They were faithful to the chasing possibilities of the farmers farmer, his organization and them- would be taken and a sur ey of the Twenty-five years of ffort for f d- two dinners at the Fair Grounds. A and self-confidence 2. Gather ggs often, < t 1 a t thr . that will stand have not been even dented by our work selves. difficulties made. An agreem nt would eral truth-In-tabrtcs legislation may descriptive folder will be available time daily. you in good stead throughout all the of today. Progress has been made in You are going into the future face then be developed and an administra- he rewarded at this ses ion of Con- shortly. years to follow. It will command re- tor with authority named, and- the gress. Schwartz Bill S-162 has been 3. Hold in 001, moist, w 11 v ntll- developing contacts and bargaining foremost, while those of us on life's • spect from others and aid you in A well-governed mind Iearns in time making contacts that otherwise might power in relation to the large combi- pathway ahead of you are too apt, as program would become effective. approved by the Sena e. The compan- lated room. 4. Mark t eggs often, twice a e k nations of capital in our country. Mr. Kettering said the other night, Just what would be included in the ion measure, Martin HR-944 has been to find pleasure in nothing but be impossible. That I believe this is it possible. the true and the just.-Amiel. Entrenched influence and power to be backing into it with our eyes agre ment would depend upon the reported to the House. During April indicated by the fact Ithalt I have used held by the large corporations though on the past. The frontiers of prog- analysis based on the testimony in the Michigan Farm Bureau joined 5. Sell on grade only. lthough .the major part of my income the past is still throttling our progress. The the hearings. It may be that there with the AFRF in urging Ilchigan grading do s not improve the qu, lity Wool Oro'W'ers thirty years to give my own family a college education. Don't let the wor- big part of the job is yet to be done. Too much of the general business ress have by no means all been con- quered. They no longer lie in the would be years in which the cherry marketing conditions would be per- Congressmen and those from other states to support the bill. it helps the price and a lso he ps con- sum rs demanding more. Take Advantale 01 tbe ries and difficulties of college life western prairies or the forest or with structure of our country still rests on new continents to be explored and fectly satisfactory to growers and Under the proposed Schwartz-Mar- 6. Feed for quality eggs. This Pool MarketiD. Plan! swerve you from your determination the explottation of the man on the conquered. They are in the more in- processors alike. In this case, agr e· tin truth-in-fabrics biil manufacturers means f eds of proper quality and Shearing season is usually the most un- to finish your course. By qulbting ments could be abandoned and the of woolen goods may use any mater- kind as well as clean fre h water. favorable time of the year to sell your college and attempting to take a short normal course of procedure for mar- ials they choose, but they must in- Thus Michigan is making a bid for wool. By consigning to the Michigan cut you will be merely "flying to evils Co-op Wool Marketi~ Association Pool you can secure immediately 20¢ per you know not of." I know many of lb. on medium wool. 16¢ per lb. on the things I have said may not be ap- fine wool and 14¢ per lb. on fed lamb There's Safisfacti on in keting cherries be effective. On the other hand, it might be desired that form consumers truthfully as to what they are buying. The bill has b en a greater share of the quality egg m r- ket, Moore claims, a project that can an orderly marketing program be ef- endorsed by farm organizations, labor wool. There will be a second advance preciated by college students and it after grading and you still retain your is not my purpose to make the road eqUity and when the wool is sold you will receive all that it nets less these ad- appear more difficult than it really is. Doing Your Part • I fective at all times. This, of course, would all depend upon the petition- groups, consumer many manufacturers. groups and by aff ct the output of the st t '8 13 mil- lion laying hens producing about 120 million doz n eggs annually. vances. For sac-ks and shipping tags or I feel certain that some of the Miss were to enter the millionaire class further information write to the greatest opportunities for service, ad- Self-centered Folks MICHIGAN CO-OP WOOL MKTG. ASS'N at the next corner. In fact our think- a Great Deal In The Big uy • 221 N. Cedar Lansing, MiChigan vancement and accomplishment the ing and our planning got way out of next twenty-five years lie in the co- focus. When the slump came, as SERVING THE FEED INDUSTRY operative field. These range all the This Life slumps always do come when the DRIED SKIMMILK way from subordinate positions in of- By MRS. ·EDITH M. WAGAR world is abnormal, we just couldn't nried ButterDll1k fices, warehouses and local co-opera- take it. I sometimes think too flush Dried Whe7 Condensed ButterDli1k tives to some of the best paid jobs in Look in any direction these days times are really more dangerous than the country with regional or nation- and one can see optimistic farmers a Lepression. wide co-operative business organiza- moving teams and tractors back and in Binder Quotations Made to Elevators tions. forth over the fields, just as farmers More From Our Neighbor By Wire or Mail Now, our neighbor whom I men- DRY MILK Lansing SALES DIVISION Michigan Great Advances Before Us I hope my effort will in some small have tions. done every spring for genera- tioned in last month's paper, isn't Truly the old adage "A good farm- satisfied with any farm organization. measure help you to avoid the pit- er places faith in God" is especially They're not doing enough for him to Twine 1 falls of post graduate experience. H applicable this spring, for as you want to stay a member, yet when we meet them you will find each one pin him right down to facts, he ad- adorned with a smile that leaves no mits he's getting more out of them You know how impor.. than he's helped to get. And we can ACT NOW! doubt about its sincerity. It's been a fine make him admit that it was the pow- spring for farm erful influence ship in the of a large member- Farm Bureau that tant it is during harvest to use a twine you can depend work, and it's re- Lime your sour fields now and more profits are brought about justice in the matter m ark a b 1 e how of exempting from the sales tax farm on-twine that is uniform yours. Use your Soil Conservation Payments much one, man supplies used in reducing farm com- c an accomplish in strength and weight all to best advantage by using FRANCE AGSTONE when he is bless- modities for sale. He will concede ed wit h go 0 d that Farm Bureau membership was through the ball, from the •• A PROVEN PRODUCT weather and has the foundation for organized effort access to the nee- that brought about relief in road tax- first foot to the I t. See Your Elevator Man or Farm Bureau e s s a l' y modern es and school taxes and helped make the soil conservation program pos- f a I' m machinery. He pus h e s his sible. He will agree that Farm Bur- THE FRANCE STONE COMPANY than eau competition cleaned out bad Farm Bureau Twine is non-tangling, full.. Monroe, Michigan work rather let it push him, practices in the fertilizer trade and length, full-strength. Insist on getting Farm Play Safe •. . Insist on MR6. WA~ and he has time in the seed and feed trades. Producer. of Ag.'one Meal. Pulverized Limestone, Hi-Calcium Hydrat« and Spraying Lime for the many odd jobs always found on an up-to-date farm. to be We Can't All Sit Around Some folks had to belong to the organization in order that that or- Bureau Big Ball Twine. Order the amount FA M URE U Two Types of Farming you need for harvest. Your order, placed During a recent drive through the country, one could pick out the full ganization matter justified. might do anything-no how it was needed or was We told him it was the now, will help us give you better service. TWI time farmer against the fast increas- members who had carried the load ing part time farmers, the man who who had a right to find fault and to tries to hold down a factory job the rebel and if there were things yet required hours each week and then after hours and on Sundays attempts undone it was principally because fARM BUREAU SERVI'C'I:S'; I·NC. there were not enough folks who t A N'S" N G, M I C·H (G AN.'" to operate a farm. were sharing the load. There's no doubt about the wel- Not only do the members pay their come the added money receives, but dues but they spend time and money the farm often shows neglect and a keeping up local groups and helping haphazard system of care. One can- with membership getting and holding. not help but wonder just how much We asked him what he would ex- the factory job is slighted too. Pride in one's work is a big item in measuring contentment and peace pect to happen if the Farm Bureau were to disappear? We asked him if POT SH·STAR1(ED ALFALFA RUN OUT! he wanted to return to old fertilizer of mind. practices and prices or to old time We Have Come Far We cannot say farming is the same farm seeds and dairy feeds? TOP-DRESS TO KEEP YOU STA D If We're 100% Self-Centered old story year in and year out, for The one thought he expressed over looking back over the span of one and over was that when he belonged Many an investment in getting a good stand of alfalfa fails to generation we can see that we have to an organization he wanted all of U pay out" because the plants cannot get enough minerals to keep come a long way from the old walk- the benefits from it to be confined going year after year. Especially is this true when the soil and ing plow and A-drag, and from the to those who were members paying fertilizer applied do not provide enough potash, since alfalfa i stumps and the bogs. dues and not something brought to a heavy feeder on this plant food. IF YOU NEED ROAD SERVICE Yet that farmer had the same op- everyone. timistic smile during the seed time We tried to show him where he of a normal spring. It's his love for was lame in his thinking. We support Alfalfa and clover will show lack of potash by. typical potash. the soil and his hope for a liberal a church not for just what it means harvest that has kept him a farmer starvation symptoms. White spots appear at first around the edge to us individually but for what it can of the leaves and then over the entire surface. Later the leave Have you ever thought, "I State Farm's modern auto- for a lifetime. do for the community; we support have been driving for years mobile insurance protects schools not for just our own children turn yellow and die. Don't wait for these symptoms to appear Boom Times and Today and never have had a serious you from the many unfore- but for those in our community. because long before they show up, your stand will be weakened seen hazards of driving an I heard a man say the other day accident 1" This type of automobile-and at a cost that the world is becoming sour. That It's Better to Work Together and your yields decreased. thinking has lulled many suitable to the average man's everybody feels that he is being dis- Oh! I know how discouraging it is safe and sane drivers into pocketbook. criminated against: that the other at times and how one feels like junk- bankruptcy. The most care- All claims settled prompt- To get a good hay crop year after year and still maintain the fer- fellow is being favored at his ex- ing the whole thing and going self- ful driver can become in- ly anywhere in the United pense. I began to analyze the situa- centered and wait until each and tility of the soil, plan now to top-dress the field after the first volved in a lawsuit that will States or Canada. Since or- cutting of hay. Apply 200-300Ibs.ofO-12-12 orO-20·20 wipe out his lifetime savings ganization State Farm has tion regarding that viewpoint. I found every farmer comes to the realiza- in a twinkle of an eye unless satisfactorily settled and that people who have money to lend tion that he must not expect benefits per acre on silt loam soils, and a similar amount of he has GOOD INSURANCE p aid more than ~50,OOO are disgruntled by the interest rates unless he does his part. But what a 0-8-24 or 0-10·20 on sandy soils. PROTECTION. claims. - of the farm credit administration. selfish old world we would make Those who have deposits in banks of it, if all thought of no one but are disgusted with 2% interest. We himself! We'd kill progress and gain Consult your county agent or experiment tation re- find labor organizations pitted nothing. garding having your soils tested. See your fertilizer against each other, and industrial It's out of the question; we must dealer or manufacturer about how little extra it co t corporations declaring they are being tarry on. We must convince the oth- to fertilize with enough potash for the crop yield thwarted in their development. The er fellow that he should be with us and quality which you plan. farm I' believes that he is the under- and not a drag on us. dog in the picture of world affairs. And when the skies look black Farm Mutu 1_Auto Insurance Co What has brought about this con- and we feel we are growing sour, If we can he of any help 10 Poto§h 1Jlore means dition? Is it the reaction from that let's take a look around us and see if Bloomington, Dlinois • period of flush times when every- we can not decide that America yOll, please write liS for in- body thought that he was entitled to stands out beyond all other nations a taste of everything that this world in advantages and comforts and con- formation and free literature, more Profit produced, that there just wasn't any- tentment for her people. Its the sel- thing that was beyond our reach? fishness of her people that is the I The rich doubled their money over cause of our shortcomings. Individ- A I Please Bend Information NAME ................................................................ I night; labor could demand most any ually, it's ourselves and not the other I price it wanted, and there was a fellow. After we set our own house 1--------------1 POTASH L about auto Insurance. _ ADDRESS - - - ------ I place for everybody .to fill. Farm in order, it's time enough to punish INVESTMENT BUILDJ STARVED MIDWEST OFFICE: values ~ent to the sky. Yie felt xe the rest .but not before. MICHIGAN FARM NEW SATURDAY, MAY 4, 1940 ts fo Succ t e Opportuni ·es for Service A e Pre at Mic iga Co ege Vo c a tf o Conference By C. L. BRODY, EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF THE MICHIGAN S!1'ATE FARM BUREAU, APR I L 10, 1 940 the most useful. However, ome of tate Farm Bureau. which the non-college person began. busy at something. Do not hibernate. HIS subject might be treated from a broad stand- the special pha es of agricultural Alfred Bentall, head of our Insur- college educatton is not a guarantee Co-operatives and Wages point embracing practically the whole field of education do oft n serve to a ist the ance department, a college man, was that the graduate is a better person Regarding salaries-you will flnd gl aduate to ecure a foothold, al- formerly a rural minister and county to be employed than the non-college the co-operatives paying men and wo- a riculture, including both the productive processes of though many college graduate find agricultural agent, and has been with graduate as there is more than one men salaries that are comparable with farming and the organizations engaged in marketing themselves twenty years later fol- u the past eighteen years. J. F. Yae- way Ito secure an education. How- those paid by progressive employers lowing a line of work which they ger, manager of the Fai m Bureau ever, I am strong for college education elsewhere for the same ability in em- the products grown and supplies purchased. I note, never anticipated and for which they Membership Relations department, an and believe that if properly evaluated- ployes. Reasona ble starting wages owever, you desire the treatment of the subject to did not e pecially prepare, that I feel M. S. C. graduate, spent several years by the person himself it cannot help are paid. These take into constdera- too much stress should 110t b laid in mtth-Hughes teaching, followed by but make him a more desirable em- tion the size of the community in be mainly along tlie line of the opportunities for service upon whether a student majors in ag- ix years in editorial and new work ployee than he otherwise would have which the co-operative is located and ricultural economics, general agricul- on a rural-urban paper in one of the been, but not necessarily a better em- the cost of ltvlng, Farmers co-opera- and a livelihood in farmers co-operative business ture or what 110t. If I were to name county seat cities of the State. B. F. ployee than some person who is not tives throughout the country are look- orga izations. In plain words, I take it you want me additional subject, I would uggest Hennink, head of our Junior Farm a college graduate proves to be. ing for men and women Who can that greater emphasis be laid upon Bureau work, an L S. C. graduate, build 'business, and build the co-opera- to talk about the opportunities for college people for It's Not Where You Start character building and general cul- had seven years of Smith-Hughes In short, I would consider the tive membership, and develop the co- jobs in farmers co-operative organizations. tural subjects. I would avoid narrow teaching before he joined our staff. better way to make the starting con- operative idea. They are willing to pecialization. 'I'his type of training Robert Addy, manager of our Ma- tact is to show a willingness to do pay for that ability. Managers of local What I shall say will come out of 36 years of can be obtain d rather readily after chinery department, not a, college anything, there is to do. Make your- co-operatives in Michigan are paid graduation if found neces ary. I have co-operative agricultural experiences rather than from graduate, tarted as a cow tester, later self useful to the organization co from $1,500 to $4,000 or more per found the most practi al subje t pur- worked at extension work in dairying which you are applying, regardless of year, according to their responstbtl- extensive reading and investigation of the work of sued in college to b plain, good old- for the Michigan State College, com- whether it is in line with the special ities. Heads of departments tor state 'a hioned English. "", lO the Farm Bureau fifteen years training you have had or not. and regional or national co-operatives others. As I compare some of the views I held on The ability to write or dictate a ago. He has had many years experi- It is not where you start but where may draw from $2,500 to $6,000 or good I tt r, fre from grammatical er- graduation day in 1904 with: the state of my thinking ence in sales work with practically you are ten, fifteen or twenty years $8,000 per year. General management and ambiguous and awkward CI..R121( L. BR(1)~ It is quite salaries for large regional co-opera- 1'01' all of the major commodities handled later that really counts. today it is evident that I must use care that my own statements, is one of the he t founda- lowly a job a thong he had no col- by the Farm Bureau ervices. Wayne possible that there are some people tives are ftom $6,000 upward. The tion for co-operative ork. The bed- Mills, sales manager for Farm Bu- highest executive salaries paid in i illusiontnents or disappointments of the years do not rock fundamental of co-operative work lege education. In applying for a job in inferior clerical or white collar jobs I would offer to do anything there was reau Services, not a, college graduate, today who if they had started via the national co-operattvs marketing' or. cause me to throw a wet blanket on your aims and being human relations, the study of o do, be it digging ditches, sweeping started as a stenographer in our overall route doing common labor ganizations dealing with as much as psychology should prove to be one of Traffic depar tment fifteen years ago. 75,000 car loads of business annnally atnbitions. Rather; I hope that my remarks in some the most practical lines of training. floor , or washing windows. Getting would be in high executive positions may reach $35,000 or more per year. the connection with the firm or type Start From the Bottom today. small measure may encourage you and serve to guide Training in public speaking is also of organization for which you wish All of this indicates that both col- If you are going to supervise the Some of the highest salaries in the co- you in getting a start after graduation. one of the most practical subjects pre- to work is the important thing. lege and non-college people have efforts of others you must be aible to opemtive field are paid by eastern paratory to co-operative service. Be- I am prompted to make these state- worked up to ,the higher positions, and appreciate the viewpoint of the human farmers' supply organizatlons. These ing able to express yourself clearly ments in the light bf our own experi- that the college graduates in the list beings under your management. There range from $8,000 and $9,000 per I believe, too, that my contact with you will serve and effectively both orally and in writ- ence in the Farm Bureau organization have had a dozen or more years ex- is nothing like having actually lived year for department heads up to to temper any reactionary conservatism into which I ing inspires confidence and respect for over the past nineteen years. Today perience since leaving college, and all the life yourself as a training for the $25,000 per year fOr general manage- may have unconsciously drifted as a result of the wear you personally and for your organiza- in the Farm Bureau no man is at the of them .started practically at the higher posttions in co-operative work. ment. Responsible assistants to these tion. The ability to address both smalt head of a department who has not had bottom the same as did the non-col- Besides it is important that you get executives are paid accordingly. nd tear of experience. In short I regard our meeting and large meetings is an extremely The same is true with through the period of meager remun- Some of these incumbents are gradu- year of experience in our organiza- lege people. practical qualification. tion or, in the case of one or two ex- important 'positions in all of these de- eration in your younger days ,before ates of Michigan State College. a m tual affair. shall try to help you and I know Physical limitations and time do ception , with other companies. partments. They are occupied by. the heavier responsibilities and ex- National Co-op Executives you are going to Be of help to me. not permit talking with hundreds or Our Department Heads college and non-college people. penses of family life are resting on The men who have made a success thousands of people individually. Be- B. A. Rainey, ass't mgr. of Farm Bu- One of the more recent graduates your shoulders. of what might be termed the co-opera- The P rsonal Qua Iities ~-T-h---e-g-re-a-t-e-s-t-a-s""'s-i~s-ta-n-c-e---'''''i n-m-e-e-ti-n-gsides, the atmosphere of it group as reau Services, an M. S. C. graduate, who finished college two years ago If at all practicable I would advise tive profession include such personal- I have in the main ndeavored to trials and tribulations will come from contrasted to that of the individual, is started eighteen years ago at common partially paid his way through college the under-graduate to begin to build ities as Mr. Armstrong, manager of follow th outline furni hed me by the support and interest of the board often much more conducive to results, labor in the warehouse. Roy W. Ben- by working in the Farm Bureau ga- his contacts in every way posstble the California Fruit Growers Ex- your committee. The fir item has of directors or other interested lead- Training in radio speaking will in my nett, manager of the Seed Depart- rage, Following graduation he became throughout his college course. Re- change, an M. IS. C. graduate, senator to do with personality. The funda- ers among the members who are em- judgment be one of the most practical search or thesis work relating to the N. ,C. Wil1iamson, manager of the ment, not a college graduate, was at a salesman for our paint department. mental requirements of o-op r tive ploying you if you have kept them possessions for the co-operative work- that time wheeling sacks, loading cars, His pre-graduate 'work served as a practical affairs of eo-operattvss might American Ootton Growers Association, agriculture, such as honesty, courage, informed and sincerely tried to serve er in the most distant future. etc. Fred Harger, present supervisor means of contact to secure his job serve .to get y-ou acquainted with your Carlisle Tho'rp, manager of the Cali- judgem nt, inttiaaive, vision, etc., are them. He also worked future employer. Work during vaca •. fornia Walnut Growers Associatfon, Farm Experience of our wenty-four retail branches, not after graduatton. the same s are essential to equiva- n ingrained, heartfelt sympathy As for other experience aside from a college graduate, has come up from during vacations in the co-operative tion periods or during the college year Earl W. Benjamin, manager of' the lent responsibtlt ies in oth r vocations for the fa mer in his struggle for eco- school as suggested in your outline, the farm through the management of managed by his father. Also I think as a means of support might serve to New York office of' the Paclfle :ffigg in general. nomic equali y. and better farming con- actual farm experience itself cannot a local co-operative, the management of another notable instance where a break the ice and help you get into Producers Co-operative, C. W. Holman, However, the posses ion of these ditions is of fil t importance. This be excelled. The co-operative worker of one of our own branches, to the young man who is a graduate of one the field after graduation. secretary-manager of the National qualities, important as th yare, does qualification is nece ary if one is to who has actually experienced the supervision of all of our branch op- 'Of our normal schools letit his teaching The manner in 'which one man made MHk Producers Association, R. A. not insure succ ss in co-operative agrt- endure the difficulties, disappoint- farmer's problems such as being un- erations. He has' een in the employ- job and worked for three years at his contact with the Farm Bureau or- Ward of the Pacific Wool Growers, cultural .work, A high degree of ments and self-denial nece ary to der a crushing load of debt, disappoint- ment of the Farm Bureau for about common labor in one of our elevators. ganization is interesting in this con- Quentin Reynolds, manager of the diplomacy and adaptahility is essen- success. A character bordering on ment when the hired man quits in a ten years. Today he is managing one of the nection. The first time I recall meet- Eastern States Farmers Exchange, tial, lor a co-op rative organization the idealistic and balanced with sound busy time, the ruination or a whole G. F. Gri wold, assistant treasurer large fruit packing locals of the State. ing him was when he called at the of- H. E. Babcock, James McConnell and career is primarily an adventure in judgment is really ssential to rend- s son's work by bad weather, the and manager of our Credit and Col- He took the new position because of fice and requested assistance with a A. L. Bibbins of the Grange Lkague the field of ~lUman r lationships. ering satisfactory and enduring serv- death of valuable animals, low price , lection department, our close relationship with the co- young people's program in connection Federatton, W. 'G. Wysor of the is not a college Along with this a syn pathetic under- ice in co-operative agriculture. etc. enables the co-operattve worker graduate, has worked up from a rou- operative in question. with his Smith-Hughes teaching. He Southern States Co-operative of Ribh- tanding of the farmer viewpoint Private Enterprise and Co-ops to appreciate the viewpoint of the tine clerical jo b. Two women graduates of the busi- followed this up the next year with a mond, Va., M. G. Mann of the Farmers aud the everyday' problems of the The person who takes this up as his farmer, which aterially affects his C. . Hinman, manager of the Farm ness administration course in 1933 and discussion of the plan 'for a Junior Co-operative :Extohange of Raleigh, N. tarrn is indispensable. To hold his vocation should recognize at the be- relationship to an his expectations of Bureau Fruit Products Company, a 1937 are serving at secretarial and of- Farm Bureau. This later led to his C., Murray D. Lincoln, executive s-ec- loyalty and support the farmer must ginning that he is giving his life for his co-operative organizatlon. In ad- graduate of Harvard in 1926, came to fice work. The three women in the employment on a meager salary with retary of the Ohio Farm Bureau and know that you are sincerely trying to an enterprise to serve others with no dition to farming, experience in Smith- president of the ~rm Bureau Insur- us in 1936 after a ecade of experience Farm Bureau organiza tion occupying a commission on Farm Bureau memo help him and you must be his genuine opportunity to ever become the own- Hughes teaching, county agent and bel'S written. Writing members was ance Oompanles of Ohio, Harvey Hull, in teaching finance and accounting and the highest positions have been with friend and associate. high-hat attt- er or part owner of the bu iness. In extension work generally rank with as a certified public accountant the organization since the 'beginning not what he was looking for Ibut it manager of the Indiana Farm Bureau tude is bad in any occupation but it private enterprise business history is the best preparatory foundations for L. IS. Monroe, the man upon whom and are not college graduates. was an opportunity to get started. He Co-operative association and Herbe,rt is fatal in all co-operative organization full of experiences in which many of co-operative organization work and we depend for tax-ation, accounting Michigan State College graduates was so constituted that the tougher M. Smoots, manager of the United work. or course, managerial ability our business leaders today started as management. Co-operatives, Inc. . and co-operative technique is not a Who have advanced in the Farm Bu- the prospect the better he liked !the and good business judgm nt are im- office boys and have become partners reau include Mrs. Carol Bielinski and work. The experience not only af- Others Whose industry and vision How To Get Started college man. He came to us four portant requirements a in all other in or owners of the business, accum- for the co-operative movement bave The problem of getting into the field yea rs ago after several years of work Miss Mary Ballard, business admin- forded him a start but has stood him lifted them from humble beginnings occupations but these will largely ulating large personal fortunes in istration graduates. They are doing in good stead in the Junior Farm Bu- is one of the greatest hurdles the as certified public accountant. to national leadership include: Ed- come to naught if the co-operative some cases. 1 0 such material re- David Cotter is in reau work which he has established. young person desiring to engage in E. E. Ungren, editor of the Michigan secretarial work. worker himself is arrogant, unap- muneration is possible in co-operative ward O'Neal of Alabama, now presi- co-operative endeavor has to surmount. Farm ews and manager of our Print- charge of state-wide 'business in co- Juniors Enter Our Work proachable and unsympathetic. employment. There are, however, great dent of the American Farm Bureau Ones' personal attituCfe toward the ing and Mailing department, an operatively manufactured house, 'barn Also seventeen young men of Moreover, these qualities of diplom- rewards in co-operative agricultural and roof paints. Victor Bielinski has Federation; R'. W. Blackburn of Cali- question is one of the important de- M. S. C. graduate, started with us twenty-five 1.0 thirty years of age who acy, sincerity and adaptability must work in the way of personal develop- fornia, secretary of the American termining factors. nineteen years ago at routine news important respon.sibilities in our have just passed through their Junior be possessed by an employee to se- ment and satisfaction for the person Farm Bureau eeed service. B. D. Farm Bureau experience, Farm Buteau; L. J. Tabor of Ohio, I would suggest first of all that we and o:ft'ice work. He. had previously several Of cure the help nCl information he temperamentally adapted to the master of the National Grange; Frank approach the matter with the right spent a year or two with one of the Bennett, another business administra- whom are college graduates, are build- White, president of the Minnesota needs to be constantly getting from work. There is also the opportunity tion graduate, is a key man in the ing a splendid foundation for a future appraisal of the place of college train- city papers of the state. .Farm Bureau and secretary of the the farmer himself in order to succeed for reasonable financial remuneration ing as a preparation for this service. S. M. Powell, head of our Legisla- Farm Bureau Services wholesale remunerative business by wr-iting co- great co-operative Land 0' Lakes with hi.•.. job. for the successful person, but he must orders and routing dIvision. operative insurance at the regular It may be difficult at the outset to tive department, a gradua e of Michi- Creameries ; John F. Brandt, general humble attitude and a realization recognize the fact that he will always that the farmer's ideas straight from be working on a alary and cannot realize that a college education is no gan State twenty years ago, has From the foregoing it appears evi- agents' commissions. Not only is manager for \Land 0' Lakes; J. S. through ticket to success. It is not a operated a large farm during that dent Ithat in the case of the college this a splendid type of experience the grass roots are many times hope to personally own the business J ones, secretary of the Minnesota consummation of one s career. It is period, served a term in the Legisla- graduates probably none of these peo- whatever your occupation in later superior to or more practical than or become wealthy financially. Farm Bureau; Earl Smith, president your own hould haracterize the state Health Requirement but the beginning. ture, written extensively for farm ple would now be occupying Ithe im- years, but in our insurance work it- of the Illinois Agl"l Ass'n and its co- I would suggest as a means of papers, and been in the Farm Bureau portant places in our organization if self lies some of the best and most of mind of the co-operative worker. Health requirements for co-opera- operative business enterprises, and Some of the mo t capable people in tive agricultural work do not differ making contact in the field it should employe for the past five years. He they had not practically forgotten that permanent opportunities for young vice president of the American Farm be of first importance that the college also served a previous period as as- they were college graduates and been men today. The field of insurance is Bureau; Hassil Schenk, president our entire citiz nry .are engaged in from those of other occupations. Good of graduate be willing to start in just as si tant secretary of the Michigan willing to start on the same level at continually unfolding. While we have the Indiana !Farm Bureau, and Perry ilie prnctic~ ~Mation ~ llie hrms ~alth anywhere~ one ~ oor~~~I;~~~~~====~=±==~=~=========================~~=~====~l 375 local agents in ,Michigan, I do not of our state and country. The co-op- e t assets. If I were to attempt any. remember a time in the last fourteen Green, president ot the Ohio Farm erative worker must recognize this advice in this regard I would suggest Buteaus. Another is EmU Syttestad, fact and keep himself in an attitude to receive suggestions mak th m. that you keep your work and recrea- as well as to tion in proper balance. The hard and faithful work r quired of the co-opera- v EX II years that we did not have good terri- tory available young man or woman. Getting a start for the enterprising requires a1l t general manager or' the Union Central Exchange at St. Paul, Minn. I Farmers In the case of advice many imes tive employee to be most productive in co-operative agriculture, fa m manace- initiative and originality the young Michigan Co-op Leaders in co-operative work it is more blessed must be tempered with at least mod. lectrification, law, education, in rurance, accounting and in Coming to 'Our own -State, I would aerson can master. Even working for to rec iv than to give. It is true, erate amounts of recreation, physical oIl ge tudent want to know. 0 for the pa t name B. F. Beach, secretary-manager !Iothing or for your expenses in order huwev r, that the co-opera ive leader exercise where need d, and wholesome four year' they have had a two day vocational onferen e. Leader from agriculture, indu try, of the Michigan Milk Producers As- ~o learn the bualness or get a start, ha at tim s to combat misunder- diversion that res and replentah he sociation, L. E. Osmer and Neil Bass tanding a in all other walk of life. person carrying the re pon Ibiltty. bu iness in ceneral and the prof'e .. ion hav accept d invitation to di cu. th ir work and the nay prove a more profitable way to of the Michigan Elevator Exchange, opportunitie. in th ir field '. "' e pre ient the . u bjects for discui ion pril 10-] 1, 1940, and the ')e spending your time than walking 1 high d gree of patience and toler- Our value to our work is deter- F. P. Hibst, manager of the Michigan m in and women who advi ed with student con cerninz their future work. the streets looking for work at good ance for the other fellow's viewpoint mined fUlly as much by how we con- Po ato Growers Ex'change, Elmer A. wages. This method may help you re alway 11 c s ary pos e sion . The duct ourselves during leisure time as IICooperative Agriculture" .C. L. Brody "Self Placement Techniques- College "Physical Education" .. E. D. Mitchell Boo er, former pr sMent of the Mich- avoid the stereotyped practice of ask- co-operatlv employe sometimes bas by what we do while on duty, so pre- E, - cuttve ecretary, dichi~an Placement Bureau Viewpoints" D partm nt of Physical Educa- igan Livestock Exchange and National State Farm Bureau, Lanstng Dr'. T. Luther Purdom tion, niver -ity of Michigan, ;ng for a job and having your applica- to endure til most s vere and even serving the proper balance between Director, LTniVM-sity Bur au of Ann Arbor Livestock Marketing Association and "Diplomati Service" ~ion placed on file. Utilize every op- unjustified critici m. recreation and dlveraion on the one Marshall M. Vance ppolntments, Ann _ rbor now State Commissioner ot Agriculture m rlcan Consul. . S. For Ig n "Personnel" , .Charles Winegar portunity to centac those in charge of In m in tance destructive crltt- hand and application and industry with "Hospital Dietetics" P rsonnel Director, Chryeler' George Boutell, manager ot the Mich- ervlce, Vtndsor, Ontario Mable MacLachlan orp., Detroit the work in which you wish to engage. ci 111 and Hacks ar made upon the our work on the other is of first im- "Retailing and Department Stor~ niver Ity of .1ichigan Hospita l, igan Livestock Exchange, E. J. Ryger, "Raido Broadcasting" .. Duncan Moore 'Try to think of experlenc~s that may p srsonn I of the co-operative by those portance. Buying" .. , L. B. Sapptngt,on Ann Arbor manager of the Mid-W~8t Producers s.ustant neral Merchandl.:e Station WJR, Detroit result in such contacts. who wi 11 to .tplott either the Influ- In regard to scholastic preparation .lanager, H udson' s, Det.ro!t I'Commercial Art" Harry Deady Creamenes, Inc., and several depart- D ady .'tudios, Lansing "Accounting" ..•......... L. D. Crusoe Starting From the Farm nee or financial re ource of th or- I would suggest that almo t ny of "Bacteriology" .. , ... Dr. J. A. Kasp«:r mptroller, Fi her Body orp., ment heads of the Ichlgan State D partment of Health, Det.rort "Psychiatry and Psychology" Detroit If you return to the farm, become ganization. Whatever th ource or the agricultural courses commonly Carl W. Bradford Fa m BUl'aeu. Another ichlgan lead- "Education" , John A. Emens "FlYing Cadet Training Corp" active in the local farm organizations. c~ u the co-operative worker must taught at Michigan State ollege ssoclate Prof ssor, S condary Lansing Lieut. Thomas B. Summers er is atban P. ull of Lansing, for "Insurance" W. O. Hildebrand Call on the personnel of the tate and III adv r activitie and criticism would answ r. Training in a rlcul- Educa.tion, Wa 'ne ntver 'it:y S cretary f lr-hlgan sH'n r Selfridge Field many years pres .. 'i-t--" . E pClnsion wings ., perfected _. h CIting bar ., d~e to its rapid toxic action has, during past years, built up a resulting in a continual reduction in It was an interesting meeting with where legumes have not been grown dreftless ventlleticn •• full dge h Clling •• wool inventories througho t th plenty of discussion. Mrs. Harry Cog- of the later hatching. The chicks Celotex insulated Armco Ml'IClI construction widespread preference among successful fruit growers. And as world u e dal directed the recreation period. grow rapidly after April or May recently, an application of 150 to 250 •• full automatic controls. Order Now While a result of recent important improvements in the covering . Twenty-two attended the meeting. hatching. Insects are plentiful, sun- pounds of 4-16-8 is the best reconunen- Prices Are low. ability of "Astringent," fruit packs have been of even higher When consignments arrive at the I President Don Barden presided. shine is easier to get, chieks are us- ually lower in price, less heat is re- dation. Where more organic matter is indicated and where barnyard ma- Th CYCLONE M G. CO., U AN, IN • Lansing warehouse at 728 East Shia- quality in thousands of orchards. was see St., a substantial advance Is quired for brooding. nure and legumes have been applied The high efficiencyof "Astringent" now lies not only in the quick-killing effect of the Arsenate of Lead, but also in "Astrin- made to the grower. The wool is for- warded to Boston in carlot quantities AlfALFA ESPONDS But good poultry necessary for these later practices are chicks, in management programs, 150 to 250 pounds of 2-12-6 does a better job. gent's" unique physical properties. "Astringent's" particles are of a "flake-like" nature and tend to overlap to make a more for grading, storage and sale. Fur- ther advances are made after grading, and when the wool is sold the grower TO FERTILIZER Conolly points out. temperatures Brooder house should be the same as for earlier chicks. Feeding practices Oats or barley seeded with clover or alfalfa on the better sandy soils will do well on 250 to 350 pound of 0-12-12, closelyknit, more uniform spray coverage on the fruit, with the receives the balance of the net pro- should .be similar except the mash as the legumes do not need the nitro- result that stings and entries are brought down to a new mini. ceeds. Doesn't Ta.ke Many of the consumption should be encouraged gen but will need more potash. mum. Write for information today. The Michigan Co-operative Wool Extra Pounds of Hay rather than heavy grain feeding. Most important is sanitation to curb On Southern Michigan farms is a Marketing Association recently pub- to Pay Off disease. Clean ground is necessary. normal animal population of approxi- lished an interesting leaflet which explains fully its methods of hand- Houses should be cleaned frequently mately 726,00 cattle, 288,000 hogs, Alfalfa or clover has to "eat at sec- and kept on clean ground. Feed hop- 755,000 sheep and lambs, and 448,000 SPRAYCOP*... Copper Fungicide having high ling consignments and serving wool ond table" so to speak, and take what pers and water dishes must be re- cows and heifers, two years old or active copper content and wide safety margin. growers. Write the Association at may be left following the grain har- moved and cleaned often. Chicks over (veal source). From these farms Lansing, Michigan for a copy and for vest. APPLE DRITOMIC* SULFUR'•.. Maximum scab the name of the local Assembler in should be kept away from old stock. and herds fiow a steady stream of control properties among dry sulfur compounds, If a soil has been sufficiently limed, Thus, says Conolly, there may be livestock for slaughter. your community or any other inform- the seed inoculated, and still the -due to patented sodium thiosulfate feature. ation which you may desire. yields are low, the trouble undoubted- Pooled 9 Years 'ZINTOX* .•. THE EXCLUSIVE Basic Zinc . In writing to the Mtchigan Co-opera- ly is mineral deficiencies-lack of Arsenate. An effective apple, pear and grape tive Wool M'ktg. Ass'n requesting sacks available potash or phosphates, A 3- for his 1940 fleeces, Mr. Charles D. Oat- spray for control of codling moth and berry moth. ley, R. I, Mesick, Michigan, commented, ton alfalfa hay crop takes with it from "I think the Wood Pool is O. K. It the field as much phosphate and pot- makes me more money." Mr. Oatley DRITOMIC* SULFUR... Unexcelled for control of peach brown has consigned consistently for the past ash plant food as contained in about rot. One of the first wettable sulfurs ... and always among the 9 years. 400 pounds of an 0-8-32 fertilizer. It The Voice of Experience first in performance. "I have sold my flock of sheep, so I will is no wonder alfalfa runs low on avail- not have any wool to market, but during able potash or phosphate when cut for the 20 years I owned sheep I marketed 19 seasons with your co-op and it was hay for several years, if the soil does very sattsfactorv,' B. B. Bashore, R. 2, not have a very high reserve of these Coleman, Michigan, wrote the Michigan Co-operative Wool Marketing Ass'n re- plant foods. cently. When seeding alfalfa on a silt loam soil found to be low in both phosphate V SIT ¥OU Co-op Clinics and potash, an application of 300-400 pounds of 0-12-12 or 0-20-20 per acre Announced for June is recommended. On sandy soils the ETMA IZED FE CE The second series of Co-operative same rate of an 0-20-20 is suggested. For established stands, a top-dressing Dairy Barn Hog House Clinic meetlngs for directors and of 200-300 pounds of similar fertilizers DE LE Milk House Septic Tank ~I managers of Michigan farm co-opera- * Reg. U. S. Pat. OtT. tives will be held June 3-6 at Shelby, after the first cutting is used to main- Poultry House Granary Storag Corn Crib ollar Grand Rapids, St. Joseph and Hills- tain fertility and assure good hay Potato Cellar F ding Floor ( 'Ch~' i~du~try year, some brick and munster and dale, and June 10-13 at St. Louis, crops year after year. When yoU're in town this Saturday, other fence coating that money can buy. Ice House Smoke House Howell, New Haven and Cass City, For instance, an increase of only a drop in and see your bethanized fence When you back up this improved rust- Machine Shed Wat r 'rrough some Iimburger and a large quantity half-ton of $10-per-ton alfalfa will us- dealer. He has something special to show prot7ction. by heavy, full-gage copper- Cooling Tank F'arrn Homestead Grows in Michigan of Italian cheese. There also are all evening meetings starting at 6: 30 you-a 4-value rust-fighting fence with uaTIy pay for a 2-ton limestone appli- everything it takes to be an outstanding bearing wire, strong flexible hinge-joint Write for your copy, with supper. The programs are pre- Michigan is becoming a more im- ,huge amounts of cottage cheese made cation. An extra 100 pounds of 0-12-12 fence buy. construction, and generous tension curves portant cheese producing state as in Michigan. Factories number 51 pared by the Farm Bureau Services, you've got a long-lasting combination ( T se penny postcard or this coupon) Inc., the Michigan Elevator Exchange fertilizer from the Farm Bureau, cost- Here's the story: that can't be beat for love or money. compared with several years ago, de- with 24 in the lower peninsula and 27 dares J. M. Jensen, dairy specialiat in the upper peninsula. and the Michigan state College ec- ing about $1.20, would be paid for Bethanized fence isn't just hot-dipped. less than 300 pounds of $10 alfalfa It's bethanized. That means that the Don't pass up a chance to see betha- nized fence this coming Saturday. Check j---------- Portland Cement Association, 1 at Michigan State College. Reasons: onomics dep't. The idea is to present protective zinc coating is locked in place I Dept. W5-4 Olds Tower Bldg., I hay. If a grower is trying to decide our statements yourself. The bethanized 'to more cows, greater national and Mich- Fatalities resulting from accidents the helpful developments among by a powerful even-flowing electric fence dealer will be glad to tell you more I Lansing, Michigan" I local co-operatives and to keep the how much potash he can afford to use current. igan cheese consumption increaaing at highway-railroad grade crossings about. bethanized fence, explain why this farmers elevators and their state along with the phosphates, an applica- What a big difference that makes! electrically-coated farm fence is an invest- I PI ase s nd me "Plans for Concrete I d'rom ,3 to 5 pounds annually per in 1939 were less than in any year tion of 300 pounds of 0-20-20 fertilizer The bethanized zinc coating is tighter, Farm Buildings". exchanges abreast of the times in ment th.at's good for many years to come. I ductlon is nearly 13 million pounds a since 1915. would cost approximately $4.00. In m.ore uniformly applied, purer, than any Bethanized fence costs no more. I all matters affecting their business. I arne I six cuttings of hay over a 2-year per- iod, only 55 pounds more hay per acre I St. or H..R. No I Peach Pits Waste per cutting will pay for the extra pot- FARM BUREAU SERVICES,~.JINC. LIVE" STOCK PRODUCERS Tumed into Fuel ash in the 0-20-20. Such small but yet LANSING, MICHIGAN a , . ", . I City State .......................•I Michigan Live Stock EXCh~nge has operated commtssion selling agency on the Detroit and Buffalo markets a successful Iive stock since 1922. Nine years ago, R. Hensley of San lLeandro, California, was making a profitable differences in yield can be credited to fertilizers. , •...• ~ • .• ,. t • --------- I ... _---- I bare living trucking peach pits from BECAUSE a cannery and dumping them into San (1) It maintains a thoroughly trained and experienced personnel. fuel. Sun-dried in an open 'field, the (2) It is represented on every principal market in the United States by Francisco Bay. But as 81 result of a pits are said to give as much heat Producer owned and operated agencies. lbrigtht idea he had, he now makes a w (3) It renders better information and market service to its members. a's coal.' The low-cost fuel is used in (4) It can furnish 4%% money for financing feeding operations. profitaible income selling the pits as home furnaces, stoves and grates. PLUS features of good practice in the live stock commission REMEMBER Classified Ads Classified advertisements are cash with order at the following When you patronize the Michigan Live Stock Exchange you are building rates: 4 cents per ¥ford for one edition. Ads to appear in two or your own live stock marketing agency. more editions tako the rate of S cents per word per edition. Reports furnished Michigan State College Ramo Station WKAR for early markets at 6:45 a. m, MICHIGAN UVESTOCK EXCHANGE Secretary's. Of.fice Hudson, MIchIgan BABY CHICKS PLANTS Frank Oberst, President; J. H. O'Mealey, Secretary George J. Boutell, Manager &. Treasurer; BIG HUSKY U. S. Approved, CHICKS-MICHIGAN- White Leghorn Chic-ks, CERTIFIED, bage and onion plants. varie~ies. FROST.PROOF Cabbage Parcel post prepaid, 200, 6fi CAB- all IE 100% blood tested for Pullorum disease. smp YOUR STOCK TO US AT Large type stock for larger profits. cents, 500, $1.00; 1,000, $1.75. Express collect, 2,500, $2.00. Onion, all vari ties, Michigan Livestook Exch. Producers Co-op Ass 'n R. O. P. males. Barred and White Rocks and R I. Reds. Pullets and sexed chicks if desired.. Send for descriptive price list. parcel post prepaid, 600, 60 cents; 1,000, 1.00. Express collect, 6,000, $2.00. Especially Detroit Stockyards East Buffalo, N. Y. Prompt shipment, afe arrival, satisfac- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~. Winstrom Hatchery, M~higan. Zeeland, Box B-7, (3-4t-47b) tion guaranteed. Catalog free. Plant Company, Texarkana, Arkansas. Union (2-4t-50-ba) De igned for CHiCKS! CHiCKS! READY NOW. Barred Rocks for broilers and layers. Certified Leghorn. pullets, both breeds. Write or visit LOWDE Rives Henrietta. Junction, Sexed cockerels and R. O. P. breeder. 'Hchigan. (Farm Bureau member). SPECIAL Location, .•Iuoksoy Beans, (3-tf-36b) MUCK LAND SEEDS. RAIS· FARMS, P. O. ed and used by us. Yellow Dent Corn, luckland r. Todd Co., Mentha, Mich. POULTRY UPPLIES Barley, A (4-2t-22b) FA BEE chardist. Cedar HIVES, dations, etc. Outfit for catalog. SECTIONS, GRAFTI G COMB FOUN- for beginners. Send Both hand and brush wax. BERRY BASKETS A D CRATES. Send for prices. ;;1. H. H t., Lansing; T & SO , 511 . for or- Michigan. (4-2t-39b) POULTRY (made from LITTER - ugar cane)- keeps floors dry. IOO-pound bales. American farm product. Htter. Most dealer for descriptive name. SERVALL odorless, absorbent, sterilized litter. Will k ep poultry house and brooder sanitary. The light color brightens the quarters- dustless, e American now have it. Ask booklet. giving dealer's Harry Gates Company, Hudson ::MICHIGA di tributor. (2-4t-57p) An u E See the BIG JEW 1940 Electric Farm Refriger- MICHIGAN SEPTIC TANK SIP-HON and bell as recommended by State Col- lege Agr'l ERgineering dep't, Build your REGIS1ERED HEREFORD, BULLS ators. Their special interior design makes them own septic tank and sewage system. In- and heifers. W have a nice election stall When tank is built. Installation and operation simple. Discharges automati- Sensible prices. A. M. Todd Co.• Men~ tha, (14 miles northwe t of Kalamazoo). ideal for farm needs. They will bring new can (7-3-tf-22b) cally. Have been sold 16 yean. All in daily use and giving satisfaction. structions With each siphon. In- Price, de- REG. GUERNSEY BULL CALVES UP venience and help Increase farm income. livered, $7.60 which Includes sales tax. to one ~. ar old. Write for pictures and C. O. D. charges are e tra. Farm Bu~u record. Hooks Acres, Brighton, .•Hch. (5-2t-l -p) Supply Stqre, 728 E. Shlawassee St., Lan- ••inc. (R-4-tf- Ob) REGISTERED HAMPSHIRE SPRING Select one of these new refrigerators n w an WATER SOFTENER gilts. One bred months boar. gilt. Hook One choice 10 Acres Brighton, enjoy it when hot weather comes. Mich. ' (5-2t-16P) HARD WATER a sample of the water. TROUBLE? SEND Give size of fam- US PHOTO FINI RING LOW DOWN PA YMENTS - E. Z. TERMS ily. We give you a tree estimate 9D AT LAST! ALL YOUR SNAPSHOTS equipment needed to ~t rid of the trouble. Co-op Water Softener with new type of mineral, all in one tank, softens water softer than rain water. iron, objectional now present in water. taste, odor and color Removes Saves its cost natural colors! Roll developed, color print, cents. only 25 cent.. Amazingly utiful Color Photo, Jane Ville, Wiscon~in. natural Reprint .• atural (3-tf-25b) 3 EE YOUR EL.EC7: tc In one year. Semi-automatic. Requires "'THIS AD PUBLISHED' IN CO-OPERATION WITH only three minutes attention to regener- ate. Priced from UO to $150. See your Farm Bureau dealer, or write Farm Bur- eau servtc s, Electrical Deop't, 728 E. Shiawa:s St.., Lansing, Uch. (9-2- 3b) f MICHIGAN FARM NEWS SATURDAY, MAY 4, 1940 e and Program of lor Farm Bureau • • STATE FARM BUREAU PRESENTS BAOKGROUND MATERIAL FOR OOMMUNITY GROUP DISCUSSIONS DURING MAY ee a ertl I.zers are By KEI7'H A. 'llAN ER 11. What is the Junior Farm Bureau? "The third problem of the Junior M em bership FOREWORD: th Relations and Education The del gates from ommunity Farm Bureau groups, In their meeting last summer decided "T'he Junior Farm Bureau i a 1 ad- Farm Bureau has to do with the mat- ership training institutio~ o~ organiza- ter of Ife ding in new young people at tion, sponsored by the MlOhlgan State the bottom 'and to encourage the older Farm Bureau, for the I'm 1 young peo- y ng ,people of the organization to Par ers ett Crops upon the year's them , "How to Get ple in the state, who are beyond high aggressively participate in moulding AV GS Better Pric for Farm Products.' school age. 2 county Farm Bureau program and Th y divided the dt cussion into "The objectives of the Junior Farm take adult reponajblllties.' Per Ton th foliow~ng mo~thlY to~~~::;:""What's Wrong wun AgrJ ultur ., operative • y", "Agricultural The Co- Ad- Bureau are to provide -acti prac Ice g .. training and round for the rural young D. Public Relations. . "The final problem, which will al- to or More justment" "'rh Farm Bureau and people to acquire sktlls of Ieadership ways be vresent, is in the field of It S t-up", "How the Farm Bureau so that agriculture of the future may public relations. Quite often the Prosrram Has Benefit d Me", "Plan- ning th Campaign", and "The Work of the Farm Bureau". All of these dil!lcUrslons center around adult problem~ and programs; have skilled leaders, and be able to method of handling acquire information have a more secure future." and knowled e on Farm Bureaus, and for that matter, their own initiative, as will help them all of them, is criticised; 2. What is the size of the Junior claimed that not enough control and the new Junior because it is o r ure Fertilizers 1:10 the delegates felt It we.ll to ~evot the month of lay to a discus JOn of Farm Bur.eau? . guidance over the groups. on leader hip is exercised The policy has been, Compared to Fall 1939, because the Farm the "Junior Farm Bureau", so as to become b tter acquaint d with our "There are 42 Junior Farm Bureaus located in 39 counties. and will be, that the young people The member- must sweat out their experiences and Bureau has reduced .fertilizer prices. young folks, th Ir problems and the ship in each Junior group runs, on do the job of training their leadership junior organtzatton. the average, from eight to twelve themselves. RURAL YOUTH MOVEMENT members to a total of 150 members, as advice that they feel is necessary All the help, counsel and to NITROGE STARTS early or late planted crops Rural young people are very for- is the case in the Branch County call upon to assist them, is available; tunate in being a ble to have an organ- group." but trhey must learn by themselves of Farm Bureau uses the "starting kind of nitrogen" ... 9S % water ized program from the time they are 3. How is the Junior Farm Bureau the resources they can employ to as- twelve years of age until they are Organized? soluble nitrogen that is quickly available to plants to give them a quick sist them in doing a good job. We ready to assume the responsibilities "The officers of these Junior Farm find so often the lack of appreciation strong start. Our phosphorus and potash are the best. We have the of an adult organization. At the age Bureaus are officially elected in July and acknowledgement of the fact, that of twelve a farm boy and girl has the and take up their duties in October. the young, people 011 the land are the RECOMMENDED ANALYSES for all Michigan crops and soils. Be privilege of becoming a 4-H Club The purpose of this is to allow new ones who have the inherent ahead wtih Farm Bureau fertilizer! At Farm Bureau dealers. o right to member, and has the choice of several officers to have plenty of time to pre- manage, proj cts, which are under the super- pare and educate themselves vision of an adult group leader. to their control, and direct policies which affect their business. All new job. Each county has one or two The Junior Farm Bureau is attempt- those or u Michigan Crop Improvement Ass' n certified Michigan Hardigan of thi is made po sible through the meetings in August, when the year's ing to develop in those young people and Grimm alfalfa seeds are the cheapest we've seen them in Smith-Lever Law. program is planned. The majority of those skills and attitudes which will CERTIFIED a long time. Their quality is wonderful! The seed is eligible When a rural boy or girl enters these organizatioas have a meeting enable them to plan and direct those high school, it is possible for them to every two weeks, and once each month forces and factors which operate for for re-certification for seed production. If you want the best continue their project work under the during the summer months." direction of a mith-Hughes teacher. A. The State Council. or gainst their well-being." foundation stock for seed production, this is your opportunity. 'l\he above material gives a mental This law provides teachers in both "The governing body of the Junior picture of the Junior Farm Bureau set- Certified Hardigan or Grimm has no superior for yield and horne economics and vocational culture. Even though agriculture agrl- Farm Bureau is called the state coun- up and the work they are striving to ell. It meets once each three months is consid- and is cornposen of all the presidents accomplish. It seems that the Com- munity groups should be able to work a quality of hay. (We have complete stocks of other alfalfa seed). ered the most important occupation of the Junior Farm Bureaus. The state with the Junior Farm Bureau in bring- in the country and has been called council decides all business as it con- ing about a more constructive pro- RELIABLE HYBRID CORN! the back-bone of the nation, it was cerns the Junior Farm Bureau, lays gram and a better informed member- one of the last courses to find its way plans, and builds policies toward's the ship in both the groups. uslcing Ensilage Corn Order these Michigan adapted hybrid corns from your co-op The Junior into the high school curriculum. It effective working of the organization. Farm Bureau is doing a splendid job Speak to your Farm Bureau dealer now for Farm Bur- while stocks last, They have made good in Michigan State was not until 1925 that the Future By this set-up, all the Junior Farm in helping our young people during Farmers of merlca organization was Bureaus are constantly in contact eau seed corn. The best seed corn is a low cost in- College test plots. See Measuring Hybrid Corns for Michiga.n, this transitional period in their lives. d'ormulated, !With its slogan, "Earning with other Junior Farm Bureaus, and It is helping these rural youth to dis- , vestment par acre and pays big. HUSKING CORNS- 1938-39 Trials, Michigan St-ate College. (College Bulletin). While Learning". the policies rest directly in the hands cover tools which they can use to help I We offer certified M. A. C., Polar Dent, Duncan, Golden Variety Corn Zljl18 MIN N ESOT A-M ich. Grown We now find our rural young folks of the leaders of each Junior Farm bring about a solution to their adult MICHIGAN 1218 3 No. 402 ...........•............•....... 4 II. 5 graduating from high school with an Bureau." Glow, Picketts, Ferden's Yellow Dent. ENSILAGE MICHIGAN 561 1 problems. The Junior Farm Bureau is KINGCROST (pure yel. corn) excellent training in project method B. Regional Directors. CORN- e offer corn of the best varieties for the sev- WISCONSIN-Mich. Grown E 6 not an end in itself, but a means to No. 645 ............................•... 1 A3 4 &. 6 •.•..•..•...•...•.•.....•.••.•.......• and procedure as well as training in "In order to effectively keep the an end. eral corn growing zones in Michigan. Also, Michigan No. 606 2 04 3 conducting a business meeting of Junior Farm Bureaus in working rela- THE YOUTH PROBLEM IN No. 525 ;3 o 3 their 'Own organization, which has tionship, the state is divided into hybrid 561 for ensilage. No. 531 •.........•.................•..• 3 OH 10-certified GENERAL No. 355 5 K.23 ......................•.......•..•1 &. 2 been under the direction of some of twelve regions, with approximately There are about twenty-one million our ablest rural leaders. These stu- four counties to each region. The Americans between the ages of six- dents have been a part of an organ- young people name a representative ized program which has trained and of their membership teen and twenty-four. within the region, of this number live on farms or in Fifty per cent LOVE SOY BEANS - SUDAN GRASS guided th m through adolescence. as their member to the state board towns of less than twenty-five hundred MANCHU SOY BEANS are best for Michigan. Our stocks are high germinating. Now, what happens to their training of directors. This regional director population. Farm Bureau has plenty of A-1 We also have some Manchus containing 2 to 3% of Illini soy beans. Both good after they have reached the out-of is directly responsible for the con- RURAL YOUTH Michigan grown June, Alsike and school age? duction of regional meetings and in We do not hear a great deal about buys for emergency pasture or hay crop, or for soil building purposes .• FARM The Junior Farm Bureau assisting in local programs. Once the ten million farm boys and girls Mammoth clover seed. All pure, BUR~Al! SUDAN GRASS comes from Texas. High quality seed, and of good This is the point where the Junior each year, usually the first week in because most of them are living at high gerlirinating seed, and the gernllnatlon.l Farm Bureau enters the picture-to ovember, the entire membership of home. It may be of interest to very best for Michigan farms, bridge the gap from boy and girl ac- the Junior Farm Bureau gathers at analyze these farm you ths still further tivities to adult activities; to allow the state convention. It is in the and to learn how they are living. Farm Bureau brand clover and Timothy Sunflower Rape Atlas Sorgo youth to have transitory experiences convention that the policies are adopt- About one-half of the rural boys alfalfa. seeds come to you in If you must cut your corn acre- of their own. ed 'for the new year, officers are are in school; one-sixth of the boys sealed b hel bags . age, you can sow Atlas Sorgo The report of the American Youth elected, and other Ibusiness of state- are classified as unpaid family work- Pea Beans Buckwheat Vetch for ensilage. Seed is certified. Commission, •• ural Youth in Farm wide nature is transacted." ers; one-fifth are unemployed; and Organization", gives the following C. County Delegates. about seven Iper cent of the boys re- comment on the Michigan Junior Farm "Each county is allowed two voting ceive a share of the profits or receive Bureau: delegates, and the business of the con- produce in lieu of cash. Seventy-five ,'1. " s an outgrowth of a desire to vention must be placed in the hands per cent of the girls have no jobs. ~, ,r~ HARVESTS train young farmers for future aggres- of the local Junior Farm Bureaus at RURAL OPPORTUNITIES .•.. sive relationship, Farm Bureau spring of 1934. Membership the Michigan Junior least a month previous to the conven- was organized in the tion. This enables is ron- Farm Bureau to make its decisions the local Junior DIMINISHING In that pamphlet "Rural Youth", 'the ational Youth Administration pre- -,- (ElllS." ~•.•........ •.•..~":.':'~ PRO V'E fined to those eighteen to twenty-eight years of age, and is comprised and instruct its delegates on the bust- sents material most- ness that is to be conducted at the opportunities explaining are diminishing. why rural ~~~~:~ It Pays to, ly of high school graduates, many of convention." "Older city people who come from whom took vocational agriculture and 4. What is the membership policy of the country thirty or forty years ago TREAT ITH QUICK, EASY SEMESAN~ Jr. TREAT ALL CEREAL SEED WITH Treat Seeds remain 011 the farm after graduation. the Junior Farm Bureau? and who remember farm life as it was SEMESA DIP FOR LARGER POTATO BEL CROPS Protects Seed Corn CERESAN . t th present time there are over "Membership to Junior Farm Bur- then, are sometimes unable to realize FOR GREI\TER YIELDS 2,000 young people in this state set-up, eaus is usually one dollar vel' year, of how different farm conditions are with 42 counti s having local groups. which fifty cents goes into the treas- now. "Ohi f aims of the program are to: ury of the State Junior Farm Bureau. "There are still a good many pros- 1. Bridge the gap -betwen youth This fund is entirely under the con- perous farms, and the young people and adult activities; trol and direction of the state officers who inherit them will have the ad- 2. Provide a program for continu- and the state board of directors. It vantages of modern methods with lug ducation among rural young is used for the conduction of the radio which to carryon (farm work. But peopl ; program, the state convention, ex- landless country boys can no longer 3. Furnish work for rural leadership; 4. Provide training challenging ilacement of worthy leaders in the reau. and ground vocational pens s of regional directors and state go out to a free frontier and start new officers. a membership Each Junior Farm group has farms of their own. Youth's present in the senior Farm Bu- opportunity be measured for farm occupancy by comparing the num- can co-o agricultural 5. Correlate field, and and consolidate "The state director of the Junior ber of farms the Farm Bureau and the state office is boys who might want to occupy them. with the number of PULL-CUT MOWER strength of progre sive young people supported by the Michigan State There are census figures that show New front-lift construction takes all neck weight off the team, for t11 largest good to rural Mich- Farm Bureau." how many in farm families die or be- puts it on the shoe to keep the cutter bar at work and leaves Igan.' 5. What are the problems of the come too old to work, and how many the frame weight on the wheels to insure perfect tractio? During a recent talk with the state Junior Farm Bureau? farm ,boys are growing up to take Cuts all kinds of hay with lightest draft. Gears sealed In director of the Junior Farm Bureau A. Developing confidence within the their Iplaces. In 1920, for example, oil. See this remarkable mower at your Co-op store today. 11'. Benjamin Hennink, the fOllowin~ young people. 160,000 farmers died or reached the material was discussed: "First, the development of poise and age of 65; and that same year 337,000 confidence in the young people in an farm boys reached the age of eighteen. attempt to aolve this problem, young Thus, there are more than twice as people find that they have little if many boys coming along as there are AVERY; any skill or resource by way of train- farms ,for them to inherit, or take over, ing in the matters of parliamentary cedure, public an active program, speaking, conducting pro- the boys surplus was 177,000. And in 1930 the situation and public rela- surplus of boys with no prospects was worse. ThE' of CO-OP tions. In the course of developing these skills they make a great many farm occupancy was 201,000. S'IDE DELIVE Y RAKE mistakes, and the hard work that it statistics "How long will this go on? takes usually appeals to only a com- births in this country was on the in- paratively few. The original how that the number group crease up to the early 1920's, and the Vital of p E Places hay in light, fluffy windrows with leaves in and stems out. Keeps it from parching and drying out. Prevents shat- starting a Junior Farm Bureau tering when loading. Preserves color, moisture content and annual increase in boys reaching changes considerably as to personnel eighteen can therefore be 'expected to full feeding value. Rake and tedder combined. Easiest and in the first difficult months. who have the courage, stick it out, eventually however, Those continue until the early 1940's. to 'birth rate is now falling become those rural areas as well as in the city. But in most The for G OK best way to cure hay. Follow your Avery Pull-Cut Mower with an Avery Side Delivery. At your Co-op store. who find their way into responsible with the improvement of health serv- position in the farm program." FAR BUREAU'S B. Creating a vision of agriculture. ice fewer children die in infancy. The proportion "The first problem is one of creat- able farms will continue to be large of urplus youth to avail- UNlCO GASOLINE See Our ing a vision within the leaders a to for many years." the part they are to play in ,formulat- ing a Ibetter ituation in agriculture. SEEKING WORK IN OWN DISTRICT We also find that the American T ACTO F LS Push-Bar We attempt to solve thi problem in Youth Commission states that during two ways. Fir t, by the camping pro- the early 1920's there were several gram; a it brings important people million rural youth who left their Bureau Penn Oil Mioco Motor Oil Co-o to meet with the young people. ec- homes to seek work in cities, But this ondly, we attempt peopl actively to have the young expre their vi total has changed the last few years. point, fir t to their 0 zn meeting . then rural youth seeking and making jobs considerably 'We now find the in Farm Bureau Greases Hay Loader in joint meting with other Junior within their own districts, as well a Farm Bureaus, and finally 'ithin the going into farming for themselves. senior roup. an ability to . pre They thereby build up They are going into mercantile their riewpotnt. prises in the smaller town , rural co- If it i not bas ed on ound ra ts and opera tive buying and elling e tabli h- enter- re u ra plies at 300 Farmers Eleva ors FA M U EAU SE VI ES, Lansin" Michi, n tudy, they alone are to blame." C. 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