- v .. " " KEEP UP I, On News Intere.tina to Farmers Through the Farm Newt , ~ ~ I Vol. XVIII, No.7 COUNTIES TAKING They Will Addre Ins itute Behind the OVER BUREAU'S • 1--.- Wheel MEMBERSHIP WORK With J. F. Yaeger, American Institute of Co-op r Under Terms of Agreement Director of Membership That, and Improvement of Relations Developed at Leader Conferences Business Practice , J I UNDERSTANDING Junior Farm Bureau Leader Ken- For the first few years of the Farm How is the American farm r going to f I th ff neth McCurdy of Barry county has Bureau organization in Michigan the war abroad and what can he do abou it? written us: Coun ty Farm Bureaus collected the "Last night I attended the last of membership dues, and had charge of Louis J . Taber, master of the ational Grang nd the eight Community Farm Bureau membership building and mainte- meetings in this county. I missed A. O'Neal, president of the American Farm Bure u d r - nance. with help from the Michigan only one out of the eight and I am State Farm Bureau. tion, will discuss the effects of war upon agriculture hen th sorry that I missed that one because In the early 1920's the county and I have gotten such a better under- American Institute of Co-operation meets July 8-12 t i h- state organizations decided to try a standing of Farm Bureau from these central due colle tion and member- gan State College for this sixteenth annual ses ion. 'ber nd meetings. After each meeting I heard persons say that Junior Farm Bur- ship accounting department at State O'Neal will speak on the evening program Thursd y, Jul 11. Farm "Bureau headquarters. It work- eau is a good thing, keep it rolling. ed well and has been in operation for Nearly 160 speakers and discussion lead r will t Ik or That is rather encou~aging and I 15 years. think that our getting together has direct informal forums on agriculture and f rmer co-o ra- During the past three years the resulted in a much better under- tion. All Institute sessions will be free to the publi. N County and State Farm Bureaus have standing between the youth and been discussing possible advantages to tional leaders expect more than 3,000 farmers, co-oper iv adults. Our Junior Farm Bureau at- the membership program in a return tendance at these meetings ran from leaders and others to attend. There will be a larg ttend nc of these duties to the County Farm three to seven young people. I feel Bureaus. It is believed that the ini- from Michigan's farm co-operativ s. the joint meetings were a great sue- tiative and continuous membership cese." programs that could be developed ,by Co-operation in American life will be stressed by his y r' TEAMWORK 44 County Farm Bureaus' boards of Community Farm Bureaus are fine directors as a year around proposition Institute. Clark L. Brody, executive cretary of th Mich- places to exchange ideas with the are something that the organization igan State Farm Bureau, will talk on "Co-operation as n other fellows and to relate experi- needs. It has the promise of adding ences of interest to all. Recently the much home interest in all phases of Instrument of Democracy," on the Tuesday m ning ge ral Woodland-Castleton Community Farm the Oounty Farm Bureau member- program. Bureau was organized in Barry coun- ship program, and the County Farm ty. Mr. Floyd Dillenbeck of Woodland Bureau people want to take it on. Three phases of co-operation: credit unions, colleg co-op told of having the experience t hat County Farm Bureau officers and and co-operative health associations will be discussed Wed- members and the State Farm Bureau afternoon of driv- of directors and membership rela- nesday mornin~, July 10, at the general session. ing a six horse team on a drag. tions department have discussed the Louis J. Taber Co-operative. principles will be discussed in "early bird" There were four subject at a number of County Farm --------------" Top left: EDWARD A. 0'1 EAL.·----------------- Bureau leader conferences. These Chicago..... Ill., president. American gatherings at 8 a. m. each day. These sped 1 m etings will colts and two old- er horses hitched together. Every- have boon reported in the Michigan Farm News. The State Farm Bureau SALT RIVER Farm Bureau EFFECT OF THE Federation. ECO D"\ ORLD Subject: open on Monday with an outline of farm co-operation' his- torical background by Dr. A. E. Holt, prof ssor of oci 1 thing went but Floyd says he well directors and county Farm Bureaus have approved transfer membership a working plan to responsibilites VALLEY MAN WAR UPON AMERICA. AGRICUL- TURE. Thursday. July 11. ethics, University of Chicago. +----------------- til.F. YAEGE~ kept them work- ing hard and in a large field so that to the County Farm Bureaus. Final approval was given at the County COIMES BACK Top center: missioner of Agriculture. E. A. BEAMER, Lan- sing, Michigan, Mic igan State Com- Chairman, Sectional Meetings Important Sectional meetings with widespread former land bank commissioner. importance to Michigan will attract W. Hones, president of the Farmers K. if they ran away he could keep them Leaders conference May 25, 1940. G. H. King Helped Organize conference on co-op rative 'marketing President Reid Points Out managers, directors and members of Equity Union and A. W. Rick 1', dt- Beginning Sept. 1. or sooner many of of livestock. Monday, July Michigan c operatives. tor of the Farmers Union Herald of going in a circle and do no harm. Michigan Farm Bureau Plight of Refugees He didn't chance driving them down the County Farm Bureaus will be Top right: FRA K MULLE , ew There are five conferences to be de- S1. Paul. Minn. a narrow road the first time. working on the new plan. collecting in 1920 York City, director 0 public relations, in War Areas voted to problems before the livestock The use of advertising as an aid in And so it is with human beings. membership dues. building and main- Radio Corporation of America; former and wool industries. Fourteen live- marketing farm products w111be ad- The ypunger men can do an excellent taining the Farm Bureau membership. It's a long way from the Salt River director, ational arm and Home To County Farm Bureau Presidents stock and wool experts are scheduled vanced by W. G. Gteissinger of Lord job or' helpln~ to pull the load with Twenty County Farm Bureaus and valley of Arizona to Michigan, but Hour. Subject: T A CO-OPER- and Discussion Leaders of Community for that program. & Thomas advertising ag ncy of Chi- the counsel and coaching of the the State Farm Bureau have executed not too far for G. H. King, who was ATIVE EXECUTIVE SHOULD Ki TOW Fa I'm Bureaus in Iichigan: Four afternoon meetings will be had cago, C. C. Teague. president of th "older wheel horses". At first the a Membership Agreement which sets here in June to visit his brother, Karl A D DO ABOUT P BLIC RELA- There are probably a million or on poultry and egg marketing. Mon- California Fruit Growers Exchang "team" needs to work on projects forth the duties of the County Farm King, of Greenville R-1. a member of 'nONS. Friday, July 12. more men, women and children to- day's special sectional meeting will In- will discuss the use of market naly 1 where no great harm is done if it Bureaus and the State Farm Bureau the Montcalm County Farm Bureau. Bottom left: ALBERT G. BLACK. day in the war torn areas of Europe elude mid-west marketing. Tuesday by a o-operative to in rease sale. does "run away". Later the more dif- under the new arrangement. The "G. H." can tell you about the early Washington, D. C.• governor, Farm who are refugees . . . dependent for is for consideration of quality. con- Frank D. Stone. sales director for the ficult job and the more exacting Agreement is being presented to days of the Montcalm County Farm Credit Administration. Subject: THE shelter and food upon the generosity sumer pref rences, and effects of leg- Land 0' Lakes Creameries wlll ap- tasks can be done without so much other County Farm Bureau boards of BureaU and the Michigan State Farm BA KS FOR CO-OPERATIVES A D of others. . islation. Wednesday will bring new praise sales performances by farm I' danger of enthusiastic youth getting directors during July and August. The 20 County Farm Bureaus which I Bureau. because he was a charter member and helped build the original July 9. THE CO-oPERATIVES. Tuesday. Before the summer doubt has flown, no developments there will poultry. in sharp freezing of co-operatives. Thursday's session will be Thursday morning, July 11. These men wlll speak into a jam. Old and young are not considered by some as a desirable have taken over their membership membership in 1919. He came to Lan- Bottom, center: LOUIS J. TABER. be tho usa n d s limited to turkey problems. Public relations problems for co-op- team, Ibut we think its an excellent work are those of: sing June, 20 with the Montcalm mem- Columbus, Ohio. master. ational upon thousands of From Monday through Friday, the eratives will be discussed Friday. July combination; be it horses or humans. Bay Ingham bel'S on their visit to Farm Bureau Grange, Subject: EFFECT OF THE others who will be afternoon sectional meetings for milk 12, by Frank Mullen. public relations headquarters. He saw in action the SECO D WORLD WAR UPO AMER- homeless because co-operatives will discuss the market- director of the Radio Corporation of APPRECIATION Says L. E. Osmer, manager of the :~~~I~~ Barry Calhoun Ion ia ~:~~':,'azoo Newaygo seed and supplies and other services IC that the membership men of 1919 talk- July 11. AGRICULTURE. Thursday, of the devastation ing of dairy products and the changes America and former director of the brought about by that are taking place in those fields. national farm and home hour. A. H. Elevator Exchange, Michigan's co-op- Farm Credit Policies Lauterbach of the Pure Milk Ass'n ot g~~:on ~~:~~:est Michigan ed about with a gleam in their eye. Bottom right: E. "W. GAUM ITZ, war. We are in- erative bean and grain marketing or- The future of the Farm Credit Ad- Chicago will appear on this program. Eaton Tri-County The whole Farm Bureau outfit was a Washington. D. C., director of market- formed that in all ganization, : Gr:atiot Saginaw satisfying eyeful to King from Ari- ing and marketing agreements, U. S. of the nations in ministration and its policies will be Michigan farm co-operatives and the "You can't buy appreciation or Hillsdale VanBuren zona. Department of Agriculture. ubject: which there has discussed Friday. July 12. by W. I. Michigan State College are hosts to loyalty. We tried it in three ways: "G. H." is still a Farm Bureau man. NATIO AL TRE DS I MILK DIS- been fighting that Myers of Cornell university, a former the 16th annual convention of the (1) We have distributed a half mil- their farming op- governor of the FCA; Albert S. Goss, American Institute of Co-operation. lion dollars in dividends; (2) We have They Joined He's in the insecticide Glendale, near Phoenix, and is a mem- business at TRIBUTION. Monday, July erations have been praised those who have worked with us for their loyalty; and (3) Others we have shown a good time in the Farm Bureau ber of the Maricopa Farm Bureau. He told us that the Salt river valley is about 40 miles long, and from 7 to 15 affected seriously. There are pro- p OG hope that they would like us and work with us. None of these have During June miles wide. It was around 110 in the shade when he came away, and it spects for a great shortage of food in those nations. AInerican lay I suggest that here is an op- worked 100%. Some who have re- never gets much colder than a few ceived the most in dividends are our worst knockers today those whom we Twenty-six families joined the Mich- igan State Farm Bureau during June, frosts in Decem bel' and Jan uary. Win There's a wide range of agriculture, State Farm Bureau ounty and Community Farm Bur- portunity for the membership of our Institute of Co-oper t- 0 making a total of 1.731 families who eaus to a sist with contributions, in- praised thought themselves 80 good have been welcomed to membership all under irrigation. There's some Awards for Exceeding dividually or as a group, in the great At Michigan State College that today they go it alone and wheat and a lot of cotton in the val- won't co-operative. and some who we since January 1. 1940. We list the new ley. Maize takes the place of corn. 3 Year Average r lief work now under way by the showed a good time criticised us for members and their home addresses: Salt river farmers go in for vegetable m rican Red ross? Monday, July 8 Through Friday, July 12, 1940 Kindly bring this before your next spending the money. What's the BARRY COUNTY production in a big way. In Mr. Farm Bureau m mbership work ha King's neighborhood, they'll be plant- 'been going along very well since the meting. I suggest further that your Following are the Topics to be answer?" HASTINGS Your right. Mr. Osmer. you can't Stuart Clement ing 10,000 acres of lettuce in early first of the year. 0 far 14 County contribution be made to your local Discussed by Co-operative Leaders buy appreciation. Only when folks BRANCH COUNTY Farm lBureaus have attained the fiI t branch of the Red Cross, and that a September. Carrots, broccoli and . 40 b hl see the need will they forget selfish. COL.DWATER cauliflower are winter crops. Grape part of their 19 mem ers Ip P~'o- report be made to the Michigan State GENERAL SESSIONS, JULY 8 TO 12 Arthur Baker ... . gram. That has been to get a paid- Farm Bureau Membership Relations ruinlous individualism and co-oper- trutt IS an Important crop m the val- b hi th till d th . ate or be 10yaJ. MaYlbe unemotional thinking and analysis will never CASS COUNTY MARCEL.LUS 1 ey. . . I up mem ers IP a w county average for membership excee ell' D partment. for Far,mers m the Salt rrver valley c?n- the past three years. The next phase Community Farm Bureaus are enjoy- Trusting that your County and Monday Morning Co-operation in American Life Co-operation Among College Students Co-operative Health Associations bring folks to see that need. Some Ray P. Chalker Analysis of Principles Thursday Morning trol Insects largely . by the . dust.ing 0 f thei , I 11'year s wor k in m mber hip 1'"" ., ing a successful year. I am Progress in Co-operative Purchaalng Co-operation in American Lite folks just won't prepare for the HURON COUNTY Co-operatives in the Modern Society method. Water IS expensive. Cotton to show a 20% increase by ov. 30. Sincerely yours, and Services future or think if they can get by PIGEON Progress in Co-operative Marketing H. B. Harder and some other crops ar~ dusted trom All 44 County i arm Bureaus are in MICH. STATE FAR 1 BUREAU E~~omics of Advertising as Appl1ed for the time being without it. Maybe an aeroplane. G. H. Kmg and som this test Progress of Agricultural Co-opera- to Marketing INGHAM COUNTY CL RE E J. REID, Pres. tion in Canada it takes the threat of a Hitler invas- others ~ell insecticides. on the basi of ~h~onCou~ty Farm Bureaus that Discussion se of Market Analysis by a Co-op- L.ANSING Jun 25. 1940 erative to Increase Sales ion to jar folks out of their com- inspe?h~n of the gro\~mg crop. If the made quota by exce ding their three Frank A. Alleman Monday Evening Appraising Sales Pertormanc s by placency. a threat of economics ruin, cro~ IS m.f~sted sUfficI~ntly to warrant year a erage for membership al 0 Address of W leome Farmer Co-operative Associations starvation and depression before we IONIA COUNTY an msectIc~de, Mr. Km? makes a. re- qualified themselve for an a yard of Brome Grass Comes Response Dh cussion will act together tor the common BEL.DING commendatlon. Otherwlse, he advis s 100 each from the lchl an tat The Place of the Institut in Amer- Thursday Evening good. Floyd E. Jenks &. Sons the producer to hold his insecticide Farm Bureau. Here are the winning l But it Doesn't Hurry ican Life Effect of the Second World War Upon LAKE ODESSA Brome grass seedlngs come along Address American Agricultur ORCHESTRA Henry Beland money until he needs to use it. The County Farm Bur aus to date. Co-operative Dance Friday Morning slowly the first season. R. C. Lott, The Branch County Junior Farm LIVINGSTON COUNTY grower is invited to .check the dust Berrien Ingham Tuesday Morning Co-operation in American Life or spray recommendation through the Branch Isabella Lapeer county agr'I agent says the Co-operatives In the Modern Society Bureau is very proud of its new FOWL.ERVIL.L.E use of alfalfa and brome grass mix- Co-operation in American Life orchestra. They made their first ap- J. G. Horton county agr'I agent's office. which Calhoun Kalamazoo Co-operation and the Individual . . . Cass Newaygo ture is expanding rapidly there. He is W~~ a Co-operative Executive maintams several insect and pest In- Clinton Ottawa Co-operation as an Instrument of Should Know and Do About Public pearance at a Junior Farm Bureau MONTCALM COUNTY making every ffort not to oversell Democracy spectors at various points in the val- Genesee Saginaw Relations meeting recently and made a great GREENVILL.E ley. Gratiot Tuscola farmers who are usiug brome gras on I<~edral Policy Toward Agricultural PUblic Relations Programs in Action hit. For two or three years, the Elvin Rydahl L. A. Hansen &. Son Co-operation th expectation that they will get re- Needed Fed rat Leg lsla.tion to En- Maintenance of Membership Interest S. L. O'Connor as a Phase of the Public Helatioll8 young folks have talked of having SHERIDAN We Supply Magnesium sult the first y ar. Many are going courage and Protect Agrfcultural Program Co-opera.tl ves an orchestra and today it's a reality. Genevieve Anton. a rural school- teacher, is their leader. Others are Carl Olsen NEWAYGO Fred COUNTY O. Olsen INGHAM BUREAU This is a war of machines. Magnes- to be disappointed. In fact. Mr', Lott ium has hel-ped make possible the aid. one man has already light r airplane motor. Michigan sup- a fi ld that was sown la t spring be- Co-operation in American Life plowed up Discussion Wednesday Morning Discussion Friday Afternoon What is to be the Futur of the Farm Virginia Anton. Jeane French. Ruth Eichler, Irma Preston. Herbert Arch- A. S. Palmer E. J. Stone R. Dell FREMONT Herman Ensing Evart Hall Garrit Hooker REACHES ITS G L plies the ntire mar'y m tallic magnesium. . S. output of prt- cause he didn't see a big growth of grass coming, On the other hand, while brome Co-op ratlv s and the "omrnunity Credit Unions in the United States Cr dit Policies Dlsousston Administration and It er, Marcella Greenamyar, Donald Rus- Myreenus Hooker sell and Leland Vance. GRANT Committee Wins Membership doing, they qualiofied the ounty Farm gras is g tting a lot of attention COMMODITY GRO UP STRAIGHT THINKING Marius Nelson Prize by Attaining Bureau for a 100 award from the now, it i n't new to some farmers. A co-operative buys and sells for NEWAYGO Michigan State Farm Bureau. John Holewinski, northern Michigan LIVESTOCK MARKETING AND Victor Swanson farmers. Too often folks say, "Our WHITE CL.OUD 1940 Quota The board of directors and several farmer, grew brome grass on his tarm MEAT DISTRIBUTION co-operative sells to farmers or buys Fred X. Anderson Ancil E. Sanford others constituted the committee that 30 years ago, and there's still Borne from farmers. That isn't straight SAGINAW COUNTY Ingham County Farm Bureau now did the work for Ingham county. gro ing in the fence rows, he told Monday Afternoon Co-operative Livestock Marketing in thinking. When you do things to BRIDGEPORT has 127 member families. All mem- They are: Thomas Haggerty. chair- Arthur Glidden, county agr'I agent the Middlewest Today people or take Irofl~ people you im- Elmer Jerome bership dues are paid-up for the year man; President H. R. Bullen, Sec- for Otsego and Montmorency counties. Building an Effective F'leld Service Program mediately think of those people as SHIAWASSEE COUNTY 1940. and the ounty Farm Bureau retary Walter Carven, J. O. Gretten- Old time fur trading posts were Livestock farketing as It Look to other folks who may even be opposed membership was one of the first to berger, Lynn Jewell, Fred Kaiser, Gil- Us OVID uniform in plan and construction. to you. And certainly that isn't true Harold A. Fink make its 1940 quota. They did that bert Putnam, Harold Spink, Wesley Discus ion of a co-operative and its farmer mem- WASHTENAW COUNTY during the past few weeks by writ- Brownlee. Mr. and Irs. George Frost. They were called stockades or forts l l Wednesday Afternoon bers and patrons. The farmers and ing a membership that exceeds their The committee expects to continue its and occupied space that was about ANN ARBOR equal to a moderu city block. Changing Conditions in the Dl tr'lbu- (Continued on page 2.) E. W. Latson average for the past three years. By so campaign. tion of Livestock and leat Produ 18 BUREAU & MICHIGAN FARMER 1 ag one) the -e the same thing. The co-operative is the means by which farmers do hings for th m- smatter JaTIuary 12, 1923, at the P08t- lchigan, under the Act ot March '3. 1879. selves. o-operatives sell and buy for not sell to or buy from. Let's think l>ubHah d first 'aturday of each month by the Michigan State Farm straight. Bureau at Ita publication ofrIce at 114 J..o'V~tt St., Charlotte, Michigan. Across the world there swaggers how that burly scoundrel, Mars; are GOOD FRIEND IS TAKEN Editorial and general orrtces, 221 North Cedar St., Lansing, Michigan. Armed to the teeth with ships and planes, with tanks and armorel:l ears. Wednesday, ay 29, while Mr. Po. tottice Box 960. Telephone, Lansing 21-271. A murderer of the deepest dye, devoid of soul or heart; Frank Hartman, a fruit grower in The foulest imps of hell must laugh to see him play his part. Berrien county, was spraying a rein AR UNGREN Editor and Business Manager came unsnapped. As Mr. Hartman He fattens on the flower of youth; his loose lips slaver blood, While in his track are smoking ruins and pestilential mud, walked around the team to fasten the SubscrIption 2' cents per year; 4 years tor $I, In advance. rein, the team became frighten d and With might and main, with strength insane he tears his cho en And few there be but sense his might across the world today. bolted. Mr. Hartnian was knocked Vol. XVIII SATURDAY, JULY 6, 1940 No.7 down and two wheels of the sprayer ran over him. He died about an hour later. Co-o erative Institute Mr. Hartman was a member of the r Berrien County Farm Bureau from. Farmers co-operatives in Michigan have business send you a free copy of the folder giving its beginning 20 years ago. He was problems. Some have more of them than others. They There an active worker and took part in have problems in marketing, in buying farm supplies, every Farm Bureau membership campaign in this county. ", in credit, in selling to their local trade, and In many In 1909 Mr. Hartman was elected, other fields. So does every kind of business. justice of peace for Berrien town-· ship. He held that office until his However, in almost every part of co-operative busi- death. HE? was elected overseer of highways in 1911 and filled that ness, there's some fellow who has learned to do some position satisfactorily for 17 years. part of the business better than it has been done before For the past 1'6 years he had served as sexton of Union cemetery, where by anyone. These men have been invited to the Ameri- and I. he is burted. Mr. Hartman served as can Institute of Co-operation at Michigan State College treasurer of the Liberty school dis« July 8 to 12. They have been asked to come and tell how It is not right! Almighty God will witness what J say, That these poor nine should fIght Jike rats around the world today Because the greed of number ten, his avarice and his lust I trict for 20 years. We in Berrien township shall miss. . they do it ... what kind of a fix they were in before they Demand that they should shed their blood and makes them think they must. him. A great deal of the credit for Name . the large Farm Bureau membership b gan thinking about the problem that bothered them It is not right that men should fight, Qr: women pull the plow, in Berrien township can be attributed most ... and what their idea has done for their business. For Peace is such a blessed thil'\g, and people need it now, Address ··· R. F. D . to Frank's unceasing labor. And there is work and food for all, if all will but agree. J. Burton Richards, Secretary.' We'II hear men from New England, and the deep The things that men still do to men ju~t wring the heart of me! Berrien County Farm Bureau .• County : . south, from the middle west and from the far west. They (If you want this same material sent to friends, send their will speak on business problems that are common to all storages, names and addr ss s in also on a separate sheet of paper). I Gr ",,~rs of us. They're likely to have an answer for managers, Take Advantage 01 the directors ana members of Michigan co-operatives. You War May BOom Pool Marketing Plan! are cordially invited to attend any or all of the sessions of Michigan 'Mi~es, Wells Shearing season is usually the most un- favorable time of the year to sell your War in Europe, if it is not ended wool. By consigning to the Michigan the Institute. They are open to the farming public. Co-op Wool Marketing Association Pool quickly, is certain to draw onlVIich- JUigbt ot occur to vou that Roy you can secure immediately 20¢ per Michigan's farm co-operatives, large and small, and including the co-op in your community, have joined The Associated en ett, rna agel' of the Farm Bur- eau Services seed department, knows igan's reserves of oil, coal, iron and copper, according to the State Dep't of Conservation. Michigan's brom- lb. on medium wool, 18¢ per lb. on fine wool and 15¢ per lb. on fed lamb wool. There will be a second advance after grading and you still retain your anything about buffaloes, but he does. ine and magnesium will be sought. equity and when the wool is sold you with the Michigan State College in inviting the Institute He knows, a lot about buffalo bones. will receive all that it nets less these ad- The last great war brought boom to Michigan. in this paper. A summary of the program is published Michigan co-operative leaders helped American rm Roy got to reminisoing about his boy- hood in western Kansas, and that's how we came to hear this story. times to sections of the upper penin- sula. vances. For sac-ks and shipping tags or further information write to the MICHIGAN CO-OP WOOL MKTG. ASS'N 221 N. Cedar Lansing, Mic~igan Mrs. Pearl E. Myrn, Director fOT Michigan draft the program. Plan to attend some sessions of the When Roy was a boy, buffalo bones CO-OPERATIVE HEALTH be obtained fro - Institute. ASSOCIATIONS Iichigan Stat Farm Bureau were plentiful on the plains of west- Invaded Area of Franee Is Co-operative Health ssoclattons is Printing and Mailing Department ern Kansas. In many places there I A Solvay Agr.icultural were piles of them. Roy gathered the mportant grieulturally one of the discussion topics at the 221 orth Ced I' Street A. Civil ervice Amendment general session of the American Insti- Lansing, I ichigan bones and sold them at 50 cents a hundredweight. At that time, he said, The -present invaded territory northern France includes the best of of Limestone tute of Co-operation at .:\Iichigan State I would like to hear from you on College, Wednesday forenoon, July 10. the progress your group is making so there were two uses for them (1)' as "France's 90 provinces - Ardennes, Michigan Producers of "What is there so important about 90 per cent of an ingredient in commercial fertilizer Aisne, Nord, Somme, Pas-de-Calais- The speakers at the institute are will you please drop me a card in the PULVERIZED LIMESTONE state jobs that should require a college or university from co-operative enterprises from all near future. (2) for the manufacture of bonedust and part of two onhers~Meuse and for the refining of sugar. Roy earned, lVIarne--but represents one of the LIMESTONE MEAL parts of the United States. We are irs. Ruth E. Wendel, Chairman education to get them?" asks Myles F. Gray, clerk of fortunate in having the Institute in Women's Speaking Contest, his first money and quite a little of most important agrlcultural sections Ava:~lableA_t Your Nearest Jj'~al~l" IMichigan this year. Lapeer, R. 4, Michigan it in his buffalo bone business. of the country, according to the U. S. Solvay Sales Corporation the house of representatives at Lansing, in commenting Occasionally he found a buffalo Department of. Agriculture. It is the Co-operative Health Associations be- 7501 W. Jefferson Ave. upon the proposed civil service amendment to the state ing the topic for the Michigan Farm MUSiC AT FARM skull . . . and that was a find. He largest sugar, wheat, and flax produc- DETROIT, MICH. Bureau women's BUREAU MEETINGS had use for it. There was a market ing section of the country. con titution. It i bing advanced by the Merit System conference in Oc- fur h~ rncks wh~h fu~UNd buff~o ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Women of the .• ichigan Farm Bur- association. tober, I suggest eau believe we should have music horns as the place to .hang your hat and cap. The boY-he was about 12- Vern Brown, the auditor general, remarked that civil that all women's at our community and County Farm conference mem- Bureau meetings. Mrs. William Sher- would tunk the horns with a hammer STOCK to loosen them from the skull. He a successful service appears to have the tendency to freeze more obers and others at- man of Vernon, Shiawassee county, is Michi~a~ Live. Stock Exchange has. operated commisaion ~elhng agency on the Detroit and Buffalo markets tend the July 10 chairman of the music committee for smoothed their roughness with his 1922.'. persons into places on the state payrolls, and that per- meeting for infor- the Associate Women. She asks some Dad's draw-shave, and scraped them' BECAUSE to a velvety finish with a bit of glass. haps, the state would be better off if efforts were devoted mation we may use woman in each Farm Bureau group The next step was to shape a wooden (1) (2) It matntalns a thoroughly tramed and experienced personnel. It 1S represented on every prtnctpaj market In the Unit:a.1i States in our October' to make her responsibility to organ- Producer owned and operated agencies. to find ways to get along with less help, rather than set base for the hat rack. Mother came discussion. ize the group for participation in (3) It renders better information. and market servlee to its members into the picture to cover it with red (4) It can furnish 4lh% money for financing feeding operations. ..':... -~ up a system to encourage more jobs. There are many music. plush. The boy fastened the horns other interesting sessions scheduled Mayfield Community Farm Bureau PLUS in their proper position ... and there The Merit System association has been engaged in for the Institute. Some are topics we or- Lapeer county, under direction of features ot good practice In the Uve stock eommtsstori have been discussing in our conference you were. It was in style and might Mrs. Lawrence Garries, and Elba- collecting 180,000 signatures to its petition by July 1, The program may be had 011 request Hadley Community Farm Bureau, last a lifetime. He sold plenty of to the Iichigan State Farm Bureau, also of Lapeer, them at $1 and $1.50 apiece. We su- REMEMBER" .n order to force its proposal upon the ballot in Novem- under direction of spect the $1.50 .buffalo horn hat racks patronize the Michigan Live Steck Excifu~ge you are bulldlng or the Economics Dep't of the Mich- Mrs. Herbert King, have a music your own live stock marketing agency. ber. It probably succeeded in doing so. igan State College. Shall I 'ee you program at each meeting. were what in our day we can describe Reports furnished Michigan State College Ra.(lio Station WKAR tor early there? only by the use of such terms as markets at 6:45 a. m, : Undoubtedly, between now and November, we'll "de luxe" and "super de luxe." have to make up our minds, what to do with civil service. FARM BUREAU WOMEN'S FAVO ITE CAKE 1 cup Michigan lJ et sugar MICHIGAN LIVEST0CK EXCHANGE I Secretary'. HUdson, MichIgan O~lce SPEAKING CONTEST lh cup Htrd More than 75 per cent of the cross 2% 'IIPI->cake (lour or 2 cups bread flour Frank Oberst, President; J. H. O'Meaiey, Secretary &. Treasurer; Our experience so far: The Murphy administration At the conference of the Associated sifted h for measur-Ing ties now being installed by the rail- George J. Boutell, M,anager . ;Vomen of the Farm Bureau, which 3 tSI>. baking powder Ih tsp, salt roads are chemically treated which adopted it, nd the Dickinson administration threw most met in L n ing, April 25, among the 1 cup m ilk SHIP YOUR STOCK TO US AT 1 tsp, ach vanilla and lemon extract gives them a life from 20 to 25 years. of it out the window. many suggestions was one pertaining 3 egg yolks Michigan Livestock Exch. Producers Co-op Ass 'n. to the Women's Speaking Contest for :3 egg whites with Ih cup sugar r am sugar and lard well. Drop the Bumble bees are the most valuable Detroit Stockyards East B.uffalo, N. Y, 1940. egg yolks into the milk and b at slightly. The lack of interest last year was Add to the lard and suxar alternatelY insect in pcllmating blueberrtes, I use m for Agric It r so noticeable that an effort is being made to place more emphasis on this with the . ifted dry ingr di nts. Whip the egg whites stiff, add the Ih cup sugar and heat again. Add last. The United States is the only major agricultural subject. ~lakes a larg 2-layer cake. This m thod of mi. ing Is especially country without a national agricultural museum. The suggestion was made to use the suited to .ak s mad with lard. topic, "Producer-Consumer Relations" Mr .. Forrest Dunham, Sh lby, • Ii .h, America has been too busy making agricultural history as a topic for general discussion by all Gomunity Farm Bureau groups for the to think much about preserving it. So the Agricultural month of July. Perhaps this would Frightens Waterfowl create interest among prospective Migratory waterfowl can be fright- History Society at Washington has started a campaign to interest the farming public in a National Agricultural contestants and also bring out essen- tial points to be used in the contest. Let every effort be made to have at ened from grain fields by inexpensive reflectors and revolving beacons made from old bicycle wheels, tin cans and Your Business Partners ... Museum at Washington, and possibly with branches least one and perhaps more cont st- lanterns. Protection of this sort can I e Ii. re in he nation. Carleton R. Ball of the Exten- ants from each Community group. opies for source of material may be' obtained for an estimated 50 cents an acre, the Coun'ty Agent and the ion S rvice, U. S. Dep't of Agriculture, at Washington i chairman of the Society's museum committee. The agriculture of the United States dates back more CI s·£ied Ad han 00 years. More progress in agriculture has taken lace d ring the 300 years of American farming than in all history. Present and future generations of merican have a right to see the history of this The county agent brings to the farmer the results of ex- FOR SALE-REGISTERED HAMP- progres adequately presented, not only at the national shire Boar, 12 months old. Out of a $500 perimental work conducted by specialists in agricultural eco- boar. Also on r gistered 2-Year-old capital, but at many other suitable points throughout sow, due Sept mber, Hooks Acres, nomics, daIrying, farm crops, farm management, insect co trol, Brighton, Mich. (7-lt-2op) ur a t countr T. REGISTERED HEREFORD, BULLS poultry, soils, etc. The technical advice thus made available and heifers. We have a nice sele ·tion. arty year ago t~ re was a nucleus of an agricultural enstble prices. A. L Todd Co., Men- is of inestimable value to farming generally. tha. (14 miles northwest of Kalamazoo). mu um in an old building on the grounds of the U. S. (7-3-tf-22\) D p't of gricultur at Washington. 0 one of influence . . enables the r a tho it as sufficiently interested in the subject and places his th n, and in the rapid dev lopment of the Department th building nd it contents disappeared. Th Unit d Stat s 0 ce was almost entirely an agri- ultural n tion. It till is dominantly so, for agriculture h larg st single ind stry both in its importance to tio al lfare and in the percentage of population dependent po it. nd t r to t 11r ga ding the develop .. f m rr n agriculture. There must MICHIGAN FARM NEW there would be no more 15 cent eggs u ure Farmers Band to Tour State This Mo t (I' five dollar hog. r on't know how to sp nd mon y! Why, we fu t I r.••.'here were more bo ses, and stra losses and foremcn and 0 erseer and . pring in l' gard to hybrid corn, then each had a car or a truck or I S. J. CuI r, ount· pickup and thc gang of men and the Jackson county. In this county, h little work each one did!! aid, ve don't have to ad is u 'in Chosen from 200 Rural High Farm Planks and Facts hybrid seed corn. On farmer told me I noticed in the agricultural plant that he would have to lock his front School Bands ; To Give of the platform adopted at tho con- gate to keep hybrid seed a" nts off 18 Concerts ntion last w ek, they expressed a his land. As in former years, ve ot gl' ater eft:ici ncy in production and much Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois hv- July 11-15 the Future Farm rs of I wond red why they singl d out agrl- brill seed stock for ale. om 0 it 1 Afnertca band from Michigan will as- cuItur. I truly believe w 'd have know to be good, but other variet ies semble at the State' Dep't of Voca- many other things besid s food that vlll produce only some verv "wa: hy" tional Education camp near Alleg would b cheap if the sam standards silage, pro ided the growers call cut it for a four day rehearsal period, pre- of effi iency could be applied to all early nough to avoid early frost . lfminary to the fourth annual series crafts. of summer concerts by the band. But it's up to th farmer. He can Montcalm Members Visit The 8 bays in the band were chos- go his own way alone and take what's State Farm Bureau en from applicants from more than handed out to him or he can join hands with his neighbors and say June 20 the m n and women of th 200 rural- high schools in this state. Final tests were given May 4-5 what h '11 take. If that time vel' Montcalm County Farm Bureau were at State College. Selections were comes, he'll not only command re- gu sts of the Michigan State Farm made by Nick Musselman, director spe t from others but he'll feel more Dur au at Lan ing. About 40 persons for himself. came. Th y visited the s d and sup- of the band, and instructor music at the Okemos high J08~ph Weiman, instructor school, and in music by Soloist SODle Observatio s Lapeer Bureau Plans plies d pa rtm nts of the Farm Bur au f?ervices, the Farm Bureau iusuran e d partrnont, and other offices of the at Mason high school. Miss Jean Me- 'OQrdY, Bellevue high school junior is' solotst for the band this year. Direct frorri the Fazrri Farmers Picnic Aug. 3 The Lapeer ounty Farm Bureau is Farm Bur au, th y hard Farm Bur au. Aft r luncheon at the J. :F'. Yaeger The band wlll present a series of • sponsoring a Farmers picnic Satur- of the Iembersh in relations depart- concerts -In a swing 'around the state. On Farm Crops and Income be and how negligent we all are of day, August 3, at Palmer's Lansing, , those who at one time spent so many Pleasant lake. It is to b a basket These 'have been financed by local Political Oratory, and community groups, such as the cham- bers of commerce. The concerts are tree to the public. The boys will fi- About People years in the thick of Farm Bureau activities and suddenly selves entirely out of it. I wonder if we cannot inject a little more human find them- picnic. There will be ball games, plen- ty of contests and other forms of en- tertainment. attend. The general Everyone is welcome to committee is: early Frozen nanee, thei,r .stay at the Allegan camp. By MRS. EDITH M. WAGAR They'll travel by bus. Behind them Some years ago, farmers planned kindness, a little more sympathy and Irs. Kenyon Davis, entertainment for wI Ii be" a truck loaded with army their work 80 as not to be caught by a little more personal thoughtfulness the ladies; Murray Phelps, entertain- cots, blankets, and baggage. They'll the June freshets. They hurried to towards our older members? ment for men; Carl eilson, grounds sleep in high school gymnasiums. get the corn cultivated and the late A Beautiful Tribute arrangements; Carl eil.son, Geor~ They're really on tour when they potatoes planted before the custom- I attended another gathering of a Marttn, Albert Gusta, prrzes ; .~dwl1l s-tart. ary wet spell came and they delay- different nature, one that warm d Iartus and Charles {yus, publtcity. Following are the concert dates, ed hay cutting until it had passed. my heart immensely. It was the un- all evening performances except But the month of June this year has veiling of the portrait of a classmate Genesee Farm Bureau those noted: been one intermittent shower with all thru high school. This fine exhibi- July 13-Plainwell (aft.) hardly a day escaping. tion of honor and gratitude was held Picnic July 25 . 1~Fennville in the Wilson School in Detroit, Genesee County Farm Bureau mem- MISS au Stores and Co-op Ass'ns - Co-o I active locrecU· She can't help but be lonely, for ent. Mk for It toda,. since she was widowed she has lost one of her two sons and the other is or write Farm Bureau Services, Inc. Machinery Dep't, 728 E. Shiawassee, lansing Hay Loa e stationed in Escanaba, hoping to re- gain his broken health. OO-oP PLOWS DISCS HARROWS We visited long into the night. I and CLE-TRAC GENERAL and renliz d how: c~ang d h r life !Uu_t ~iiiiiiiiiiii''iiiiiiiiiiiiiii __ ':'iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii_iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii __ '''~;';''''' •••••••••••• _ ••... ~ R M NEW SATURDAY, JULY 6, 1940 social and educational values in farm producers' eggs when sold direct, but life. "Farm co-operatives have discover- e h if handled by a third party in Chi- ed and trained many men for places cago, the handler would be required to bargain with the union. of responsibility not only in the farm Help From AFBF movement but for public service. • Thousands of farm men and women are carrying increased responsibil- era o "Edward A. 0' eal, president the American Farm Bureau Federa- of (Contined from page one) tion, has served notice on the unions ities in the co-operative movement, Summary of Address by C. L. and continue with the practical oper- LIVESTOCK AND WOOL of Potatoes that farmers do not propose to toler- ~onsllm I' Pr f rene and Itetatl ate any interference with the free ation of a farm. The local farm co- MARKETI G Practices a They Aff t radin~ Brody to Co..op Institute and ...farkcting by Potato Co-op- movement of their commodities to operative has been the training school erattves Tuesday t July 9 (JOINT CONFERENCE) market and any violations of the anti- for such nationally known persons Tuesday Afte ••noon DIscussion trust laws," Lohman reported. as Chester Davis of the Federal Practices in Live tock .Iarketing- SUGAR BEET MARKETING an ppraiaal The manager reported the public "The modern farm co-operative is Reserve Board and aUonal Defense How to K ep a Co-operative Iarket- Wednesday Afte r noon service commission had rejected the the twentieth century version of mu- Commission, Charles Teague of the ing Association Growing . The Plan for OrganIzation and Opera- Farm Bureau's petition for a $1.50 a ual helpfulnes . It contributes much California Fruit Growers, Governor co-on rative Purchastng and Financ- tion of Sugar Be t Grow r s.socl- ing of Feeder Cattle and Lambs atlons, and Their ccornpllahrnerrts 'month telephone rate for' farmers. to the PI' servation of great social M. C. Townsend of Indiana, fich- Di cus 'ion Thu r sday Afte r noon The utility recently increased the and plritual values. It is a true in- igan Commissioner of Agriculture, El- F deral SUKar L Islatlon and Its rate to $2 a month. He advised farm- strum nt for democracy", Clark L. mer A. Beamer and many others. WOOL MARKETING Effect on • Ia rkettng Pays $24,000 in Dividends to Oovernm nt Procrarns for the Rcgu- ers to use their own judgement rela- Brody, executive secretary of the "Fifty-four national or regional Monday Afte ••noon lation of Sugar Market ing' Patrons ; Founded 20 larketing u ar B ets I nder Con- tive to keeping or taking t~ephone Michigan State Farm Bureau will say farm co-operatives comprizing the Wool Procurement Problems of Co- trol Programs service, explaining that he would reo. July 9 in addressing the American National Council of Farmer Co-oper- operatives Federal Sugar Legi slution Years Ago Present fethods I<~01l0 zed In S lltng fer the rate question to the Michigan Institute ot Co-operation, which is atives are giving thousands of farm- Fleece Wools PROBLEMS OF LOCAL State Farm Bureau. holding its 16th annual se sion at ers practical lessons in democratic Effect of Competitive Substitution on Gross sales of the Hamilton Farm the Wool ituation GRAIN ELEVATORS Bureau, nationally known for its President Joseph G. Schipper of Ie igan Sta te College, East Lan- organization. Each group has its Di cusaion Holland and George Kaper of Ham- sing, the week of July 8. locals operated directly by the mem- Monday Afternoon J LEE MORFORD poultry and egg marketing achieve- The Farmers' Elevator < s :l G n erat ments, passed the million dollar ilton were re-elected directors. Hold- "The objective of farm co-opera- bers. The locals are federated into MARKETING MANUFACTURED S rvlce Agency J Lee Morford, well known to older over members of the board are: Bert tives", Mr. rody will say, "is to pro- regional or national groups, and these MILK PRODUCTS The Place of th Farrnor« 1~levator mark for the first time in the history in Today's Mar-ket.ing l'il·tllr~ members of the Michigan State Farm Tellman of Hamilton, James Koop- duce good citizenship, effective or- in turn are affiliated with the ational of the 20-year old corporation in the Monday Afternoon The F'arrnera' l!;levatol' Hd •• :::iuPllh' Bureau as its first financial officer, man, Benjamin J. Tucker and James Council. The Council harmonizes con- Consolidation as a Practical leans Agency fiscal year ending May 31, General of Offsetting Incr a ·in~ "0 ·t of Discu slon for the years 1920 to 1924, died at his Kleinheksel, all of Holland rural flicting geographical and commodity Creamery peratton and Lowered Manager Andrew G. Lohman report- Tuesday Afternoon home at Lansing June 15 after a short routes. interests and has come to represent Price L vels of Butterfat ed at the recent annual meeting of How to D termine the Wtsdorn of a The Eff ct of Motor 'I'rockrng' on illness. $2,000,000,000 of farm co-operative Polley of Consolidation Co-oP rative Grain Handling the stockholders. D onsolidations Lead to ;Vorth- 'l'h Hard Winter '\Vheat Area Mr. Morford came to Lansing from The management announced a 5 LEST WE FORGET-Be sure your business annually: hile Economies? 'I'he Corn and oft 'j'ed Winter Otsego county in 1920 to set up the Wheat Area per cent cash dividend would be paid community Farm Bureau elects dele- "Co-operative leaders should con- Dlscu sslon bookkeeping and general accounting ·What Should Be the Futur Polley on the corporation's capital stock and gates to represent your group at the sider the extent to which agriculture of Middle '\ 'est rn Fanner, in offices for the Farm Bureau, and to FLUID MILK MARKETING $24,000 would be distributed in pa- July series of meetings to consider as a business and as a way of life 1 egard to oy Bean j roductton, serve as assistant treasurer. During Monday Afte ••noon Handling and .Iarketlng? tronage dividends, The company's a discussion topic for 1940-41. has come under government control. Discussion the next four years he built a finan- Because of the trend of the war, the Changes in M1J.k DIstribution surplus and reserve fund was increas- attonal Trends cial program for the Farm Bureau ed to an "adequate amount" accord- products of additional millions of Trends in a TypIcal Large Industrial POULTRY AND EGG Center that carried it through the early ing to the auditors' report. acres now have no market. The prob- MARKETING 19°()'s and through some of the most lem of agricultural surpluses has Discussion Gross sales for the year totaled Monday Afternoon difficult times the Farm Bureau had been in tensified. There will be more DAIRY PRODUCTS MARKETING $1,076,085.43 and represented a gain tatus of I