EE On News Interesting to Farmers Through the Farm News Vol. XVIII, No. 12 SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7,1940 They Joined Alfred George FARMERS President Behind Fann Bureau the FARM P Ie Wheel in Novernbez One hundred and ninety-seven fam- STEPPED UP y ilies joined the Michigan State Farm Bureau during November, making a With J. P. Yaeger, total of 2,080 families who have been Am. Farm Bureau President Annual Meeting Expr se Director of Membership welcomed to membership since Janu- Says Farm Program Resolutions of Policy; Relations ary 1, 1940. Needs Revision One hundred forty-three of the new President Clarenc members live in Allegan county and NEBRASKA are members of the Hamilton Farm Organized farmer want more for I attended the annual meeting of Bureau, which numbers 538 of its their products . . • and they want the Nebraska Farm Bureau Federa- stockholders as members of the Farm it now. The Michigan State Farm Bureau laid ou om r tion recently and found the state Bureau. Genesee County Farm Bu- So said Edward 0' eal, president of for 1941 for its officers, directors, employ and m mb rslii somewhat cooler than last summer reau enrolled 24 members during No- the American Far~ Bureau at Chica- when we attended the annual Mid- vember. We list the new members go before leaving for the American at the 21st annual meeting held at Michig t t olle west Training School there with the and their home address: Farm Bureau couven ion at Baltimore. thermometer hovering around the 110 He was summing up farm sentiment November 14 and 15. ALLEGAN COUNTY degree mark. The hearts of the Farm Bureau folks were just as warm this ALLEGAN in advance on the onvening of the 77th Congress in J uary. The Farm Bureau re-elected President Clarence J. id. winter as they were last summer, L. C. Maentz Fred Mason Raymond Rudlen Julius Siotman Farmers feel, Mr. O'Neal declared, Vice-President Paul Begick, six teran director nd however, and although I could stay Ed Clark Mrs. R. Alschner that the governm t farm program but one -day, I enjoyed the trip very E. A. Davis Oscar Anderson (AAA) "has failed 0 give them full two new directors. It re-engaged Clark L. Brody s e cuti Ronald Knoblock Howard Godfrey much. Leonard Swanty Vern Keel economic parity w'th other groups secretary and treasurer for his 21st year in that post. Farmers there have their problems, James Wheatley Gus Person Mr. George, president of the Farm and that something should be done Elmer Larson H. A. Sage Bureau Services, Inc., since August too. The Farm Bureau leaders tell Mrs. Anna Nyhuis Henry Tue ink about it, especially in :view of the fact Farm }Jureau's board of delegates then laid out cou 0 me that although of 1936, died at his home at Buchanan, that a vast majority of farmers have EAST SAUGATUCK OLARE OE J. REID work for 1941 as set forth in 65 resolutions. M ny of them the farmers make Stephen Bekken Henry Kool Sunday, December 2, after a sudden fulfilled their obligations under AAA illness. Alfred was at Lansing Friday requirements." One good term deserves another up 42% of the pop- FENNVILLE and Saturday of that week on Farm said the board of directors 01' the direct the organization to continue with projects of month or ulation of the state James L. Barron C. H. Dengler Many farmers realize, he said, "that Winifred Welsh Roy W. Knowles Bureau Services business and to as- it would be extremely difficult, if not Michigan State Farm Bureau as they years standing. Others represent the st nd of 0 g niz d and they receive Harry Gregory Fred Martin sist in arranging for the annual meet- impossible, to prev Il upon congress re-elected Pre Ident Reid for the year but 25'% of the in- P. W. Hogancamp C. B. Holton farmers on problems of the hour. come. They pay H. A. Hutchins ing 011 the 19th. The funeral was at in 1941 to make another large ap- ending ov. 14, 1941. ::\11'. Reid turn- HAMILTON Buchanan December 4. Burial was at propriation for cash payments to ed in an excellent job as pre iding 70 per cent of the Arent! Compagner John Rigterink Cassopolis. Officers, directors and officer of the 1940 annual meeting. Prominent among the statements of policy m taxes. This coupled Anthony Elenbaas George Sale farmers, such as ha e been made the with seven years of Melvin Lugten Joe Scharf, Sr.- members of many of Michigan's farm last three years, 212,000,000 in 1938 Iul and effective presentation. Farm Bureau annual meeting were these: Henry Sal Wm. Scholten co-operatives attended the services. "These dark days of war are also drough t and crop James Sal Ben Schrotenboer and in 1940 and $2 5,000,000 in 1939, failure, has caused Dick Snyder Albert Stankey Mr. George is survived by Mrs. George, because of the tram ndous appropria- great days of opportunity," said Pres- National Defense-This nation should follow polici s nearly a half mil- Henry VanDenBerg H. D. Strabbing one daughter, Miss Margaret Ann, and tions that will hav to be made for ident Reid in his president's address Donald VanDoornik Wm. VanderPloeg his son, Leland. to the convention. He said that he that will keep us out of all foreign wars. The F rm Bureau lion farm folks to James Ackerman Alva Ash national defense." leave the state in the past 10 years. Eldon Arndt· George E. Baker Alfred George had a leading part in There appears to be increasing believes a new era in civilization is pledges full support to the defense program, asks th t profi- John Bennink Henry Becksvoort The Farm Bureau is starting a fight George Brower Justin Bultman the development of farmers' co-op era- sentiment across the country, Presi- being born. "The big question before to get taxes levied more equitably and John DeYoung Wm. DeZwaan tlve business for nearly 20 years. For dent 0' eal said, f I' revision of the the world is what kind of a day will teering be prevented, and that taxes for defense penditure George Ende Sarah Dykman some time he was manager of the Cen- wanted to know about the spread of Lamberg Graveling Agle Glass tral Farmers Ass'n at Cassopolis. Be- present farm program so as to give tomorrow be? 'Vill it be a day of be allocated on the basis of ability to p y. the Michigan tax base. That was my John Haakma "P. L. Griffin producers of basic crops higher prices peace and truth? Will it be a day ot John Heck Nels O. Hanson ginning in 1927, he was employed for excuse for being there. Earl Hoeve Corney Kampker under the so-called parity-loan plan. equality for agriculture? Will it be Farm Program-The Michigan Farm Bureau will stand Joe Jipping Stanley Klein several years by Farm Bureau Serv- . VIEW POINT a day of economic and social justice by the federal farm program as a means to improve farm Harvey Johnson Henry Klumper ices as traveling salesman in south- On the way west, the train was crowded I sat with 11 years old Jack Conners of Chicago. He was return- H. R. Johnson Steve Kalmink Ernest Klein John Klein Harm Kotman, Jr. George Lenters Louis Lohman J. Kenneth Martin western Michigan. In the early '30's he went to Buchanan as manager of BASS IS for all? Will it be a day of the Gold- en Rule?" "If the American people will co-op- prices and income to enable farmers to deal with other groups the co-operative there. He re-organ- on a basis of equality. There should be more of farmer ing home after visiting his uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Ella Miles, near Clio. I asked Jack how he liked the nt and G. J. Klingenberg Wm. T. K-rueger Henry A. Lampen James Lampen Steve Mepplink Joseph Overbeek Andrew Rienstra Henry Roelofs ized it as the Buchanan Co-ops, Inc., and became general manager for OF MICHIG erate and stand fast by the demo- cratic principles on which this na- tion was founded, our doctrines of control and policy making, and farmers should put mo e farm in comparison with Chicago, and he surprised me by saying that he preferred the farm very much. Most LaVerne Lampen Geo. H. Rigterink Glen Rigterink Harry Rigterink H. M. Siotman George Timmerman Herman Volkus Henry Wassink Buchanan, Three Oaks Co-ops, Inc., and Central Farmers Ass'n. During these years he was elected director ELEVATOR XCH. democracy and Christianity will pre- vail an..,dgrow stronger, long after the and more emphasis on their own co-operative program lean less on the government. nd Mrs. Hattie VanDerPoppen and in 1936 as president of the Farm names of Hitler, Mussoltui, Franco youngsters like the city best but Mrs. John VanHeulen Bureau Services. Lawrence Osme Retires After and Stalin have become legend." Co-operative Law-The Farm Bureau, Grange and oth r, Jack expects to be a farmer some day HOLLAND . _ . that is if he doesn't get side- John Hirtzer William Nyhof Mr. H. H. Sapdford, manager of the' Twenty Years of co-operatives and the State College were asked to submit to Henry Knoll John Poppen Battle Creek Farm Bureau and vice- tracked before that and becomes an aviation expert. It's one or the other Jacob DeVries Geo. H. Thomas Mrs. Etta Schuitema Ben]. Timmerman president of the Services, has succeed- Service Farrn Bureau the 1941 legislature an up to date se of corporation laws said Jack with farming preferred. Jack was accompanied by his mother William Bowerman Ralph Hoving John E. Kool Henry Top W. J. VanDerBelt Gillis VanDerKamp ed Mr. George as president for the term now ending with the annual Appointment manager of the of e.n H. Bass J higa.n Elevator as10ffers Prize for co...operatives in Michigan. and gJ niffather. Th 1nter had seen a calf born on the farm and admitted John 'A. Broekhuis Augustine DeWitt- Dorman DeWitt Ed VanDerKolk Herbert Veldhuis Mrs. G. Wolters meeting December 19. Exchan~, eff~tlft December 1940, and the acceptance of the res- 1st, For Song Mil,k Marketing Act-The Farm Bureau a ked the 1941 that that was a new- experience for Julius Folkert John G. Wolters legislature to re-enact the milk marketing board law with the him even though he had lived many a long year. You don't see calves born Harold Haverdink· Mrs. G. Klienheksel Willis Kleinheksel Wm. Kleinheksel Tony Woudevyk Herman Zoerhoff Bert Brink Albert W. Evans SERVICES ANNUAL ignation of Lawrence Osmer as eo. Last summer the board of direct- manager, w~ announced Dee. 4, by 01'8,of the Michigan State Farm Bur- Milt J. Burkholder, president of the eau authorteed a contest to provide same principles and procedures, but to reduce considerably in the city. DIVERSI FI ED Although I have always thought of James Kleis John G. Kortering Gerrit Lenters Henry G. Lubbers John Fairbanks John Jacobs George Pieper Ben J. Sternberg MEmNG DEC. 19 Board of Directors of the Michigan a song to~ the Michigan Farm Bur- Elevator Exchange. Mr. iBurkholder eau and associated organizations. the license fees for dealers. State Aid for Schools-Farm groups and others inter- Nebraska as a farming state of corn John H. Nyhof Wilbert VanAppledorn Henry Sternberg Will be Held at College this said: "Mr. Osmer during The award for an accept ble lpoetll the past 20 was to be $35; for an acceptable ested in rural schools should ask legislation requiring the and wheat, less than half of the 'folks Cornelius VanLeeuwen there live on a farm, I was told. And NEW RICHMOND Year in the Music years of service has built the Mich- music setting $35. One person could State to pay high school tuition in full up to $90 per pupil. Igan Elevator Exchange from a small - win both. A number of entrie were it isn't just corn and wheat. Cattle George Lamoreaux Auditorium struggl1nc co-operative to one of the received, but in the judgment of the For greater equity and equality of educational opportunity, a grazing, is as important a feature as PLAINWELL E. H. Church largest co-operative handlers of grain Farm Bureau they were not accept- either crop and in certain areas of ZEELAND' The annual meeting of Farm Bureau larger proportion of State-aid funds should be devoted to the state sugar beets, potatoes, beans Laurence Lahuls Lester J. Timmer and beans in the United Sta.tes, and able. So the contest ha been re- Services, Inc., stockholders will be and even fruit is the main crop. John G. Timmer held at the Music Auditorium at Mich- the largest handlers of grain and opened for a period ending March equalization and less distributed solely on the basis of school MARTIN One thing the folks out there miss Thos. M. Kelsey igan State College, Thursday, Decem- beans in Michigan. 31, 1941. census. after being in Michigan, I was told I!)ORR ber 19, starting at 10 a. m. President "Probably no other large grain The words of the song may deal by some who had visited our own James J. Boseh H. H.Sanf'Ord, Executive Secretary and bean oompany in the United with the beauty: of rural Ilchigan, State Dep't of Agriculture-- The Farm Bureau for the state.vara the trees. The several years SOUTH HAVEN Clark L. Brody and Boyd Rainey wall States is in better position than the the desirability of farm life, etc., but of drought has killed most of the few Dale Mortorff Guy Lyman Emery Bodfish Richard Barden report the year's operations. Direc- Mich1gtan Elevator Exchange Ito these points must be associated with first time advocated the principle of a non-partisan state de... trees that Nebraska did have, and R. N. Holman Elmer Carter tors will be elected and consideration make this change without Interrupt- the Farm Bureau. The organization partment of agriculture on the ground that the selection of Wm. M. Overhiser they never were Many. Today one given to the Services program for lug their service to their patrons and wants a song that is inspiring and can drive for miles and miles in some BARRY COU NTY 1941. John Hannah, secretary of the customers. Mr. Bass, the new man- has dignity. Competent judg s wUl inspectors and employes on the basis of merit houl produce sections and never see a tree. Makes DELTON Michigan State College, has been in- agel', Stanley Wellman, the grain judge the entries. one will be as- things look kind of bald. Walter Hobbs &. wife vited to address the afternoon ses- buyer, Major C. S. Benton traffic soclated with the Farm Bureau. De- results more satisfactory to agriculture than their selection BERRIEN COUNTY bean buyer, cision ot the judges is final. SPEED sion. manager and assistant through political patronage. Coming back, I took the Burlington STEVENSVILLE The Services stockholders include Ed Randall COlIl'P tr oller, and Ward The Farm Bureau re erves the Otto Hoge Zephyr, that fast, silver train that WATERVLIET ithe Michigan State Farm Bureau mem- King, manager or the Port Huron right to reject any or all material. Rural Telephones-Twenty per cent of farmer have travels between Chicago and Denver Robert H. Krieger Walter Warako bership and 138 farmers elevators, Terminal bean processing plant, the Entries should be mailed to the and averages 70 to 75 miles an hour. creameries, merchandise ass'ns, and largest and most modern plAnt of its Music Contest, Michigan State Farm telephones. The Farm Bureau was instructed to continue CASS COUNTY I watched the telephone posts snap CASSOPOLIS County Farm Bureaus. The Services kind in the United States, all with 'Bureau, 221 o. Cedar street., Lan- its currently successful efforts to make telephone service by l1ke a picket fence and wondered John C. Kenny Zeata Roberts does a business of nearly $3,000,000 a over 16 years experience with the sing, leh. what would happen i we hit anything Howard Powell year with Farm Bureau members and Michigan Elevator E change. assure available to more farmers at lower initial co t8 nd upo going at what must have been 100 miles an hour on long, straight GENESEE DAVISON COUNTY patrons of- stockholder co-operatives. our ab1lliy Officers and directors of stock- standard of service. to maintain our high Xm8S Gift '.cle8se convenient terms. Maurice C. Guile Herbert Wiggins stretches of track. That train cuts FENTON holder ass'ns are invited to attend the "Our only regret is the loss of the Sugar Beets-It was declared that any go ernm pro- four hours off the run from Lincoln to Sterling Torrey meeting together with their manager. services of Mr. Osmer, after 20 years Chicago and is called' the . Silver FLINT The business program will be of in- gram to influence the price of sugar should see that the price Streak by some. George L. Curtis Dave Hewitt of hard, efficient, satisfactory ser- terest to all of them. Th'e group will for sugar is maintained in a normal balance with prices for all Dave Hewitt Raymond L. Muchler vice to the Michigan Elevator Ex- The Diesel motored, oil burning lo- have luncheon together at the College FLUSHING change". comotive looks quite different from Arthur J. Bailey Herman O. Luce Union at noon. other foods. In a lette.r to stockholders of the the old type of team engine. In front is the glassed-in compartment the engineer sits. where In a crash he'd John Harding GAINES GRANO BLANC Robert C. Pierce Ioma.e ounty Farm Exchange, Mr. Osmer said: "My twenty years are completed l..iquor-uThe use of alcoholic beverages among youth gives us great concern. It is no longer a moral issue. W never have a chance. It must take a Lee N. Griggs Edgar McNew C. H. Reece Wm. H. Schumacher Bureau Annual Meeting and in stepping aside I want to sin- lot of confidence in one's fellow work- MONTROSE About 150 attended' the annual cerely 'thank you all for the splendid urge that our schools take more responsibility in educating men to drive 14 cars of people through Wm. Godsave business and good-will since 1921. the night at such tremendous spe ds OTISVILLE meeting and dinner of the Ionia. "My associates a.t Lans1ng and as to its serious effect upon the human body and its dang r to I ra Dickinson and not falter. And one can't falter County Farm Bureau at the Baptist Port ,Huron deserve your full C(H)P- if the train is to arrive at Chicago on' SWARTZ CREEK church, Ionia, the evening of Oct. eratlon and I bespeak for them a con. the safety of the public." time. I wanted to get back to Michigan to Dell Herman 'Archie Childs Lizzie Carpenter Roy Sharp H. A. Alexander Walter R. Boiat Crapo Farm 30_ Jack Yaeger spoke. program of entertainment A splendid tinuatlon of your busineas. We have was lPre- had many problems to solve these Debate Liquor Licenses The foregoing resolution was adopt- • Darrell D. Smith of Detroit, director keep a meeting date and had planned sen ted by Farm Bureau members. ed unannnously. T e was much de- of Labor's Non-Partisan Leagu , t le- GRATIOT COUNTY Seven director were elected: Mark twenty years together and in leaving to take the plane out of Chicago but bate upon another resolution to graphed the convention at its final WHEELER Westbrook, Stanley Powell, Harold as friends Messrs. Bass, Benton, couldn't make connections. That Clare Snyder recommend that no liquor license be session: forced me to stay in Lincoln only one Curtis, Howard Hile, James Spencer, Wellman, King, Randall and the oth- granted to establishments located out- "Organized labor applauds the 8U - . JACKSON COUNTY Lyle Demorest, and Elmond Strong: ers, I want to pay my respects to day in fact I got off the train at 11 Farm Bureau Fruit Products Com- side of incorporated cities and villages. cess of farmers in organizing lor JACKSON The board elected: Mark West- .their integrity and fairness. a. m. and at 11 p. m. was back on the Jackson Co. Jr. F. B. pany at 221 orth Cedar Street has The thing was argued on many points mutual benefit through economic co- Zephyr headed back home. At Chica- brook, president, Howard Hile, vice- "The $800 in cash you handed me of issue, but the final conclusion was operation. Our organization tend MUSKEGON COUNTY prepared an attractive ChirJlstmas go we struck the storm. W-ith planes president; Charles Matison, secretary; twenty years ago as working capital that it couldn't be settled there and the principle or co-oper~t1on of indu • MUSKEGON Gift Package in Christmas wrap- grounded, I came the balance of the Otto Eckerman Stanley Powell, treasurer. Howard has turned over one hundred and it was tabled. trial workers into th legislative an pings which it will send to any ad- way on the Grand Trunk. I had start- Hile w named membership direct- fifty million times. Overtures from Union Labor politlcal field independent of polttl~l ed at 4 p. m. on Sunday and was back MASON COUNTY My sincere respects to the Direct- dress in Michigan for $1.25 transpor- parties. The convention had two friendly in Lansing at • p. m. on Tuesday BRANCH ors of this Exchange and my best tation charges prepaid. Outside the "It is our hope hat xIs Joe Cossette state at $1.50 prepaid. The contents telegrams of greeting from organized having been on the tratn all that time wishes and good luck to you all." social problems 111provid FREESOIL of the box as illustrated above are labor groups with headquarters in De- except for the 12 ho rs at Lincoln. Martin Nelson &. Son Prest ent Burkholder announced troit. The delegates were good listen- for eventual co-operatlon in thi LUDINGTON .that Mr. A. B. Love, marketing spec- products from the Farm Bureau can- ers. They took the suggestions for between t 0 great pillars of soc HONORED Einar Christoffersen A number 'Of the resolutions adopt- James Anderson &. Son' ialist at State College, has been loan- ning plants: o. 2 cans of Great co-operation under advisement, but let farmers and labor." Michigan Farm Bureau leaders are ed by the Farm Bureau at the annual SCOTTVILLE ed to the Exchange for six months Lakes Apple Juice, Montmorency it go at that for the present. However, stepping into the national Farm Bu- meeting are commented upon in this reau limelight. Director Coffman of Edwin Mohler to assist with meetings and other Cherries, Whole Spiced Pears, Flav- it is not unlikely that the Farm Bu- NORTHWEST MICHIGAN edition of the ews. For those who public relations matters tor the next orful Blackberries, Glass of Rasp- Coldwater is a member of the national would like a complete copy of the reau and organized labor will become (Benzie, Leelanau &. Gd. Traverse CO'a.) six months. berry Preserves, and a can of Bay aairy committee. Andrew Lohman of resolutions as adopted, we have them. better acquainted as a result of the WILLIAMSBURG Co-op Canneries Tiny Rosebud Beets. overtures. Hamilton is a member of the national Ellendale Farm Write Membership Relations De 't.• poultry and egg committee; Carl Bus- Throughout the world there are Orders and remittance shoal tent August Scholle, president of the OTTAWA COUNTY Michigan State Farm 'Bureau, 221 788,000 miles of railroad, of which to the Farm Bureau Fruit Products kirk, newly elected director of the Michigan State Industrial Union HOLLAND o. Cedar St., Lansing. thirty per cent is in the United States. CompaniY as soon as lPQsslbl Fir&t Michigan Farm Bureau, is a member (CIO), eatd in his message to the G. Schakelaar order was for 45 boxes to a Lansing of the national fruits and vegetables ZEELAND Farm Bureau at Its annual dinner: John Wiersma For every pound of fuel used in Total production of Michigan iron firm. "You can always rely on the un- committee, and Executive Secretary C. L. Brody i secretary of the Mid- HUDSONVILLE freight service, the railroads in the mines from 1848 to 1940 is equival- qualified upport of the member of west AssociaUon of Farm Bureau Cornie Baareman first eight months of 1940, hauled 8.9 ent in tonnage to the material ex- Iehigan is one of the nation"s the C. I. O. to assist you in enactment OCEANA COUNTY tons of freight and equipment one cavated when the Panama canal was ~reat agricultural and induHria,l r of any legislation which will be of PreRidents and Secretaries. (Continued on page four), Turn to page two mile, bIng dug. giOD8. benefit to the farmers of Michigan." o mote eo-operatton between the two groups. Organ ization for Producers One of the best known producer The Associated omen groups in the state, if not in the en- ef the tire midwest, is that at Hamilton, Michigan. About a year ago I had the privilege of visiting this plant and Farm talking with its manager. They have Mr s, P ad E. Myu., Director for Michigan the consumer's approach to their prob- About 50 attended the mcetiu of lead rs. Thi is s- lems of production. Instead of bally- the Asso fat d 'Women of til F' rm ociated Wom n. .11'. eikirk re- hooing their products, tre zing out Bureau at th nion .•Iemorial build- viev red the im ricl- and }10 'tel' COll- competition, limiting their output, and ing at Michigan State College, Wed- tests, Irs. W ley Hawley told of Clem Hicks was bedfast for a month with misery in his joints. using other short Ighted production Arthritis, so the doctor said, but I perceived the points nesdav, ovember 13, ju t preceding -xpertences w ith Iiann Bureau scrap technique with which we are so Of good old·fashioned rheumatiz, and so we let it be,- the annual meeting of the Farm Bur- book, familiar, they work for rigid grading, Arthritis to the doctor-but It's rheumatiz to me. eau. .11'. Mallory Stickn y umma rlzed standardization, an even year round Well, as he lay there on his back and hurt day after day After luncheon, there was a hort an article dealing with the rural flow of goods, low costs of distribu- Clem wished his corn was shucked and his potatoes stowed away. program to precede the finals of the school system of South Dakota. She tion and price as a means to an end He wished his work was all caught up instead of way behind, speaking conte ts and other bustne brought out that their school system and not an end in itself. Their suc- And worry, like a hungry rat, kept gnawing at his mind. of the afternoon. Mrs. Ray [el- was less trouble me financially cess speaks for itself. The rheumatiz was mighty tough. He felt like one big ache; kirk led community singing. Mrs, than ours. Vol. XVllI SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7,1940 No. 12 Nor did he like the lemon juice the doctor made him take; The consumer movement is grow- ing. It is the most logical force we Stanley Sherman sang and very well, J. D. Foster ave a detailed ex- But Clem's got spunk. He set his jaw and took it on the chin indeed. Irs, Chester Shirkey gave planation of group hospital service Till Old Fifth CohJmn Worry darted boring from within. have to bring about that balance be- two of her readings, always god. for the Michigan Hospital Service eorg Then I could see, and Marthy ccjitd, that this just wouldn't do For Clem was getting mighty g'ant, and Cinthy showed it too. tween the producer and the consumer where the interests of both ate best Public Speaking Contest organization. Alfred George, President of the Earm Bureau served. Mrs, Carl Bjork of Traverse City Resolutions adopted favored: pro- And so the word got noised around and on a certain date was one of five contestants in the motion of the group hospitaltzatlon All Hicks Street came, with seven teams, and turned In Hick's gate. It is a long forward step to bring Services, Inc., was associated with the Farm Bureau for about co-operation not only within the finals of the speaking contest on the program for rural people; asking Some went inside and spoke to Clem, where he was flat in bed two groups but between the two subject of Producer-Consumer Rela- the schools to emphasfze the bad et- more than 13 years. He acquired responsibilities that But most sailed in and helped split wood and pile it in the shed. groups. tlons. Wilbur Luick, Gor~on Thom- fects of alcoholic liquors on the hu- made the work a major interest in his life. He died They marched on Clem'S potato patch and dug what spuds he had Through it we have the riglit to as and Thomas Shea of the State man body. (The spuds turned out almighty poor but Clem was ju t as glad). December 2 at the age of 48. hope that in the not-too-dlstant fu- College speech department were the The group sent greetings to Mrs. Then too, the women came, and brought, and spread a noble spread ture, the leaders of industry, the lead- judges. They decided ,that Mrs. Edith Wagar at her home at Carle- We shall miss Mr. George and so will a great many Whereof the workers all partook (and Clem had some, in bed). ers of labor, the leaders of agriculture, Bjork won by a close margin. All of ton. It was the Nrst time in 21 years With jokes and various monkeyshines among the younger men and the leaders of government may sit the orations were excellent and were that Mrs. Wagar had not attended others, We liked him for himself, for his ability, and A right good meal was had by all-then back to work again. down together not as isolated pro- delivered with ability. Others in the the annual meeting of the Farm Bur- for his friendly interest im other people. His was an Light work is made by many hands and so it seemed that day ducer groups but as consumers and finals were Mrs. Thor Hagberg of eau. She was unable to come this That shucking corn was merry fun and hauling stalk was play, discuss their problems. That they Lawrence, Mrs. Victor Swanson of year be~use of illness in her family. active interest. He liked young people and expressed And when the sun's declining rays shone down along toward night m Y.i achieve abundant Production, 'and The lighted Just a stubble field. The crop was out of ight. ewaygo, Mrs. John Storey of 'Wheel- abundaht distribution and abundant it by being helpful to them. He was ambitious for The corn was in the bulging crib. The stalks were neatly piled consumption. , er, Mrs. Howard Hile of Ionia. Represent Michigan at Beside the fence-and you should see how Clem and Clnthy smiled. Mrs. Pearl Iyus awarded an As- farmers to succeed, so he worked hard at his community ay we stop squabbling' about who sociated Women's pin to each con- AFBF at Baltimore job as general manager of the Buchanan Co-ops, nc., All this took place some weeks ago. Friend Clem is better now. is to have the largest piece of pie, bu t testant as an emblem of a service Michigan Farm Bureau will be He gets around a little, and it seems to me somehoW concentrate on making a bigger pie represented at the annual meeting of the Three Oaks Co-ops, Inc., and the Central Farmers performed well. She suggested that That I could see recovery start the day we had the bee. ill which all may share. If this in- the American Farm Bureau et Balti- Good neighbors are a powerful help, it always seems to me. each of them give their oration at separable team of producers and con- more Dec. 8-13 by President Clar- Ass n at Cassopolis. t He thought farmers and their co- Community Farm Bureau meetings. sumers is to go forward it must-I ence Reid and Mrs. Pearl Myus, state Mrs. 'Bjo1'k will represent the Mich- operatives could improve on their retail credit relations, say it must-go ahead together. so he developed at Buchanan a farmer owned credit P OFJUeER & CON, UMER igan State Farm Bureau at the Na- tional speaking contest at the AFBF director. They are v ting delegates. Others in the Michigan are Clark L. Brody, executive secre- delegation convention at Baltimore in early De- union that handles $100,000 of loans annually to facili .. tary; J. F. Yaeger, director ,of mem- tate the financing of farm supplies. He was interested RELA TlQNSHIP5 cember. Mrs. Myus suggested that the con- testants in. the speaking contest head bership relations; Ben. Hennink, di- rector of the Junior Farm Bureau; in the success of the Farm Bureau and the Farm Bureau local clubs to investigate ways and Alfred :Ben:tall, director of lI¥ur- Services, Inc. He worked at it and in the course of time means of dmproving producer and ance ; Dick Anthony,president of the MRS. C L BJORK Junior Farm Bureau; Mrs. Carl, consumer relationships. was elected to be a director of the Services. Later he Tra.verse Oity, Michigan Bjork of Traverse City, winner of 60 Song Leaders became vice-president. He was elected president in 1936. the women's speaking 'Contest in Mrs. William Sherman reported Michigan; Andrew Lohman of Alfred George liked his fellow man. He liked to work First Place that among Bureaus the Community Farm there are 6Q active song Hamilton, member ,of AFBF rpoultry committee. with him and for him for improvement. Women' Speaking Co test Pro ram a d Farm Co-operatives With this peech Mrs. Bjork Farmers have some thinking to do about the future won the Michigan Farm Bureau of the federal farm program and about their co-opera- Women's Speaking Contest. She was awarded a trip to the Ameri- tives. can Farm Bure u Convention at In the first place, Governor Townsend of Indiana, Baltimore, December 8-13. She and R. W. Blackburn, secretary of the American Farm will represent Michigan in the national speaki g contest for the Having a business visitor set his Bureau, told the Michigan State Farm Bureau at its Associated Wo en of the Farm airplane down back of the barn is annual meeting in November that the time is coming Bureau. something to record. It happened a I few -weeks ago to Harry J'Ohnson, when the farm program will have to be placed on a self- president of the Gratiot County Farm financing basis if it is to be permanent. That calls for Throughout history e have been life making only 0 e thing or type of Bureau. His visitor was f~herman producer-minded. Since the first cave thing. He may spend all his working Edgar, of Ithaca, R. 3: prestdent of a processing tax or some form of an internal tariff. y man chased rival hunters from his hours turning out one kind of bolt or l.h~ Emerson ?ommumt Farm Bu- while he is the user of an endless reau of Gratiot county. ShefllIlan Soil conservation and other farm program payments domain, we have looked at the eco- nutriety. , For these reasons then as wtnged in to check on arrangements nomic scene through the eyes or the va consumers we have a wider commun- for delegates to the State Farm Bu- are payments from the federal treasury. producer; we have measured it with ' ity of interests and a more embracing reau annual. meeting.. . the yardstick of production. viewpoint. S herman IS an enthustast on fly IIIg. In the second place, we must realize that there is Why is this so? Perhaps because 'We Need Information He and his cousin built t~e o~e seater some danger that in the course of time a government this is a man's world and man has al- . plane. He says that It 1hes very ways been the producer. Be that as Iuch can be gallle~ for the con- well. He taught himself to fly and managed farm program and its benefit payments might it may-the fact remains that each sumer through education. ~ am not without the aid of an instructor. producer or group of producers trys on~ of ~hese people who belIeves .edu- Think that one over! gradually or even swiftly replace popular farm interest to build a Chinese wall of protection cat~on IS a cure-all. But there. IS a It's no passing fancy either, for in farmer owned co-operatives. around his own field of operation. It crying need for cons~mer education .so Sherman Edgar has been fiying about is done in many ways: by raising tha~ we may ~ave tntormed ~nd m- 10 years, in gliders and in airplanes, On this point, Clark L. Brody, executive secretary prices, limiting output, excluding com- telhg~nt expend1t~re. of family mc.ome. and as he puts it, "with not many in- petitors through legislation, creating Keeping the, pubhc III the dar~ IS ~s cidents to report in that time," Once of the Michigan State Farm Bureau, had this to say In monoplies. For each group alone this old as .t~ade Itself. Producers m their he took over the job of locating lost his report to the annual meeting: may seem to be sensible and practical ~dvert1S111g usually p~ay upo~ the cattle for a farmer. On another oc- but many such programs side by side Ignorance or lack of l1~formatlOn of easton, after two ballonists had lost "The influence of our federally directed program are in their sum total neither practi- the buyer. Let us c.onSlder only one their balloon in a storm ... he found calor sensible. example for illustration. it. He didn t say where the balloonists on the thinking and attitudes of the human beings receiv .. Imagine with me if you will some Take a handful of ordinary wheat. were when the bag got away ... but ing their benefits may be of more vital concern to the articles of clothing: a lovely evening After it has been puffed, shredded, or that's another story. The balloonists gown, a suit of woolen underwear, a flattened and put in an attractive box and several helpers hunted for days farmer and his family in the long run than the current yachting cap, a pair of ski boots, a it has undergone a magic change. It without success. The sheriff thought material advantages. In other words, let us pay more trench coat. Each one in itself is can then give him who eats of it the of Sherm Edgar. The next day beautiful or useful. But get them all skill of a big league ball player, the Sherman started out. Thirty miles attention to what direct government aid may do to us together on one person in a costume energy of an army pilot, and the away he located the collapsed balloon It is only because railroads pro- a well as to what it may do for us. and the effect is ludicrous. Less for More beauty of a movie actress. consuming public could be educated If the in a hay field. Farmers were working within 10 rods of it. And were they W Listen- HAT do you see here? Just a lot of railroad coal cars? vide quick, dependable, transportation cheap to every corner of "Let us by more and more emphasis on our own So it is with producer policies. In to the point where it could spend surprised when he came down and their total effect they conflict, and wisely and well, Cleenie the plug and showed it to them! the land that people can use this You're looking at the greatest inexpensive fuel, and that manu- co-operative programs avoid the danger of becoming so cancel each other. Because they are Elsie the cow might be able to leave One thing would make Sherman protective and not productive they en- the magazines and go back to the happier in his fiylng. That, he said, source of energy in America. facturing and power plants, pro- 'accustomed to leaning on the government that we lose courage a descending spiral of less pastures where they belong. is to have money enough to buy a ducing for our daily needs and and less goods and services with more Organization for Con8umers plane that will carry two. Then his Coal is the No.1 source of power for national defense, can be lo- the r of helping ourselves. in the nation's factories. and more money received for the Education, however, has its limits. wife' could go along. cated long distances from the coal ., 11 of the organized influence and power the maller quantity. We have the Even though the intelligent spending He has another interest. The Farm fields and still be sure of a steady spectacle of tariff barriers between of family income can st etch the con- liul'eau. He said, "If ever there was Coal is the No.1 source of warmth How of fuel. farmer possesses in the Farm Bureau has been the result states which protect some groups but sume s' dollar, it cannot get other a need for farm organization, it is to- in the nation's homes. of a low arduous development over the past fifth of a limit the opportunities of everyone benefits which can only be had through day, I'm glad to elp the Farm Bureau To meet the nation's needs, rail- else. We reduce production to the organized action. Such things as in any way that I can. Coal gives us iron and steel. Coal c ntury. It varies directly with the degree to which each danger point while one-third the na- standards for all important articles, roads every day are called upon to generates most of the electricity haul enough coal to make a train individual member is imbued with the spirit of our tion is ill-housed, ill-fed, and ill-clothed. By his protective policies the producer grading of products, testing and rating services, lower costs of distribution, They Joined Farm used in this country. And just a 150 miles long: handful of coal contains enough ccomplishments. That is the price that has always had figures he will raise his income faster balance between production and con- Bureau in ovember energy to pull a ton of freight a than the markets can take it from him sumption costs. These can only be had (Continued from page one) o other form of transportation to be paid for genuine human progress. HART mile on America's railroads. but for nine out of ten this is a fallacy. by co-operative organization and for could come close to handling so As a result, Mrs. Grundy has to spend all the reasons mentioned, organtza- Harry Philo great a job so smoothly or eco- "The preservation and development of the virility her life buying for a five person fam- tion with the consumers approach. SHELBY Did you know that it takes more Fox nomically. All by itself the move- ily on a four person budget.' Consumers' co-operat1ves have been than a million tons a day to supply and initi ti e of farmer owned and contro led local, SAGINAW COUNTY the nation's demands for light ment of the nation's NO.1 fuel If it be true then that a purely pro- becoming iucreaatngly important with- tate, regional and national farm organizations, and the BURT and heat and power? from mine to consumer would be ducer approach to our producer-con- in the last few years. In these, Inex- J. Periard sumer relations is hort-stghted and pert consumer buyers get together a notable accomplishment. But fe ling of initi ti e and individual responsibility on the FREELAND nega ive in its total effect, you have and pay their managers and their Wilbur Graham Did you know that the annual at the same time, the food you eat, rt of the farmer himself -these constitute the greatest a right to ask, "What is the solution?" wholesale buyer to do the job fo. SAGINAW value of the bituminous and an- the clothes you wear, most of the Emil A. Wegner Bruce McDonnagh I have no infallable panacea, no "good them. And it matters not whether the thracite coal mined in the United things you use every day-and a eguards for agriculture and the farm home of the for anything that ails you" economic consumer in the co-operat1ve is a SHIAWASSEE COUNTY most of the supplies for the na- BANCROFT States exceeds that oj all other mill- pill, That would take a more brilliant laborer, a farmer, or a business man. Maynard Brownlee erals combined? tion's factories-Bow with the futur. The e concepts of life should be protected at mind than mine. But I would like to All groups can see eye to eye because ST. CLAIR COUNTY same smoothnes -by rail. II 0 t . present for your consideration what I they have a common interest. AVOCA But without adequate transporta- like to call the consumer approach. We have many examples of sue- Frank Grace tion from mines to the rest of the o wonder thoughtful people It 011 ists in the .main of two parts, ces rul consumers co-operatives. PORT HURON •.ducation and organization. are all familiar with the farmers' St. Clair Jr. Farm Bureau country these coals would have recognize the railroads as the We are All Consumers group which hire their own managers, TRI-COUNTY little value. Few people could en- nation's o. 1 transportation (Antrim, Charlevoix &. Kalkaska joy their warmth and comfort- s}' tern-not only .n the volume There are 1 any rea ons why the wholesale buyers, and reap the bene- consumer approach is more sensible. fits through lower prices and dtvi- , CHARLEVOIX most manufacturing plants would they handle, but in the skill with Richard Dennis, Jr. By their very nature. consumers can dends. In ew York City, we have have to be located near the mines. which the job is done. see things in larger terms and make the example of a consumers organiaa- TUSCOLA COUNTY common cause with a greater number tion which lowered the pr ce of milk Richard Knoll VASSAR SEE AMERICA - by Rai' of peopl . to the consumers without hurting the You can take your car along too It the fit place, everyone all hi I.rice of milk to the producer, b low- IONIA COUNTY life Is a con tuner while only a per- ering the costs of distribution. Work- LAKE ODESSA OW - TRAVEL 0 CREDIT Ford A. Goodemoot Se. your ticket agent about Grand Circle Tour' centag of our p ople for part of their ing' mo tly through local organization' SUNFIELD liv . are producer. Sick or well, rich consumers all over the country are h - James Spencer O' poor. fit or unfit, large or small, ginning to make their needs Ielt, MONTCALM COUNTY all people are users of goods and serv- They are beginning to get much volun- STANTON ices, but not all are makers of them. tary co-operation from some of our W. E. Rasmussen are n w Then too, each person is a consumer mo t uccessful and progressive pro- ith three of an endless variety of -goods, while ducer co-operatives who ee the value There are approximately 3.000 m nd hi whol product v of th n umer vi w,lloiqt and pro- crosstte per mile..()f railroad t.r ck. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1940 MICHIGAN FARM NEWS Michigan Had Four at . County Life ~'n Meet T e World Uses Most The Michigan Junior Farm Bureau was re -esented at the recent annual of Us Pretty Wei meeting of the American Life Association held at Purdue Uni- Inventory of What We Have County • have ?een a monotonous after It was all over and the votes time and versity by State President Dick Anthony of Ca s county; Robert Gil- IS Likely to Make Us counted, didn't we all appreciate bert of Gregory, Washtenaw county lull! president; and Arnold Bartlett, Hills- F I B ee etter My greatest regret is. that it's too dale county member, were Michigan's bad people and politicians cannot be official delegates. Miss Lola Dunning, By Mrs. Edith M. Wagar as sensible and honest and truthful new president of the Kalamazoo We are on the last lap of 1940. It's before an election as they are after- county J. F. B. was present and was approaching the time for inventories, ward. in charge of Friday evening's banquet. not only for our worldly goods but Take an Inventory! 'of our accomplishments during the Before we put up the 1941 calen- year just slipping away. SERVING THE FEED INDUSTRY dar, let's tabulate our actual belong- No doubt many of us started the ings- maybe it will do us all good. .DRIED SKIM MILK year with good intentions-we meant Let's be reasonable in our values for Dried ButterJDUk .to turn over a new leaf-we were go- when we overestimate 'Our worth- Dried Whe;y ing to take it a bit easier and do we fool nobody but ourselves. We Christmas gifts like these say Merry Christimas every day throug ou th some ot the things we had always .Conden ed ButtersnUB. should be square with ourself at all Bureau's Christmas Sa e on electrical appliances offers you handsome wanted to do but some way or other Gorton·. Cod Liver Oil we just never had the time. We times for by so doing we will be Quotations Made to Elevators By Wire or Mall meant to be a better neighbor-to more apt to be square with all oth- models f refrigerators, vacuum c eaners, washer and. electric roaster · be more friendly . ers. . DRY MILK SALES DIVISION Always a Waiting List After we've' taken this farm in- chandise which ca ries the regular guarantee. This ale is made nd off oIi!1tiN Michigan We meant to do some things within ventory I'm sure most of us will be more satisfied with the way the old knowled e and aid of our dealers everywhere. It' well worth the trip to Lan our own community that we had long known should have been done world's using us and we will feel that these a ings. On refrigerators and range (al 0 on ale) our di tri t rvic but no one seemed to be ready to we can pay those Farm Bureau dues LOST 'Push it and there and pledge our share to the church call to r -check operation and performance. and can participate in community af- were many other PROrlTS things that we fairs. 0 doubt many will feel that A I Prices fob L nsing- Terms CA H had intended to they can afford a day or so once in a • ·Calcium deficiency de· while to help build up the farm or- stroys profits. So never allow do during the year. But for some ganizations that have been serving .yourself to be without a reason a goodly them thru the lean times as well as 8.8 Cu i Feet sap ply of pure, clean oyster when everything was going good. .sheU, the reliable source of portion of these things are still on What a Farm Bureau we might have C pacity ,99% calcium. the waiting list ... if all would do their part in giving of Doesn't it seem time and financial support, and some TlI~big blue pilot wheel on every bag loyal co-operation! Somebody has 01 Pilot- Brand Oyster Shell is the too bad that we carried the load and responsibility .symbol ofpurity. can always take this far. Who's going to pick it up the time to at- tend a friend's or and carry it on? a neighbor's fun- We Can Improve Things eral but we don't What we as farmers do in 1941 just seem to get around to it to stop will reflect trememdously on how in-as we're going by to say a word of agriculture stands in '51. It's a chal- cheer or to give them a handful of lenge to all of us to do our utmost flowers from our 'Own garden that as we go along tor success usually means so much to those who are suf- comes step by step and not at one fering and many times low in spirit? long jump. A Time for Thanksgiving I wish to take this opportunity to 'I'hanksgiv.lng this year meant thank you all for the many kind mes- sages we received at Annual Meeting At a" Progressive Dealers Everywhere more to me than for many years in the past. I was really thankful that .time. They were all appreciated far we as a nation could be thankful. more than you may think. It was We cannot comprehend what it all the first annual meeting that I did not attend in 21 years but there means when we get radio reports such 'as we have had, of cities being comes a ,time to all of us when we must forego some !Of the accustomed 16 bombed and the people fleeing for their lives leaving their homes and all that they have, not knowing what practices. Don't for a moment think I didn't miss the handshake and the y cherry how-do-you-do that has al- Every worthy-while feature- the future has in store for them in ways been so generously extended. automatic lig t, sliding tray, Th oversize CO-OI) 8 d 1\1 r . the way ,of family life or business. Home, be it ever so humble, should sorting tray, illuminated dial frigerator Is that. last. wor d ill E VERY year sees Seidel taking his share of prizes in our Nation~l mean more to us than it does these days. We C31nshare what we have, o. H. Fleming Was a control, two sliding baskets for bulky fo ds. Keeps all mod I'll r frig ration for the farm home. You can sav $46.50! Egg-laying Contests. ThIS year he won Arizona. be -it ever . so little, with the Red Pioneer Co-operator foods within easy reach! Factory list price $279.50 Cross so as to help care for those Michigan agriculture lost one of its It takes good breeding plus a strong vital bird to -Ilve and sustain high who thru no desire of their own have been forced to accept terrible hard- pioneer workers in the farmers' co- operative movement when Mr. O. H. ~~I~ELlI~T $206.50 egg- roduction. That's ships. Fleming of Shelby passed away No- why Seidel and other leading contest winners Our crops perhaos were not all vember 1 at his home at Shelby, always feed STONEMo- that we had hoped tor and the prices Oceana county, at the age of 81. not only to their layers still are not what we feel they might Mr. Fleming was one of those who but to their growing AJmost an ex a cubic foot of birds. be. 0 doubt the weather has organized the :\1ichigan .State Farm refrigerated space without In- Take a tip from Seidel caught many of us with unhusked Bur e a u at the creasing a single dimension! -Feed STONEMO Gran- corn and beans still to be thrashed Michigan Agricul- Solves the problem of keep- ite Grit. Sold on a money and beets still to be harvested-yet tural College, Feb. ing tall bottles a finger tips, back guarantee. with all of the disappointments and 4, 1919. He helped Sold by Farm Bureau Stores &. Co-op Ass'ns delays we can see something for each and everyone of us. ahead organize the Shel- by Co-op, Inc. He 00 We Don't Buy Christmas Spirit located the site for Perhaps our Christmas fund has the business and To Farm Bureau Member only - been cut short and we cannot spend was an officer and ..•SA'l..YOU MUST HAVE as we had planned, yet there's none of us but could make the holiday season merry and happy even with- out .the usual amount or money with director for many years. As a pro- gressive farmer and outstanding citizen, c x Q. _ BEEN EATING I which to buy. When we pause long enough in he was active in the County Farm r ~ :\~'~:,~ -:: J VITAND.· our Christmas hollday rush to reaI.ize that is in commemoration of Bureau, was chair- man of the Shelby library board. He was a deacon and trustee of the Con- l ••••• ,1< the birth of the greatest advocate of Sale Price gregational church for 50 years. He s,"-". peace, good will, simplicity, love and ...s: ~ charity that the known, I wonder how we can rec- world has ever had been a member for 67 years . A few years back he attended the 8 6 cu. ft. Super Deluxe with Hermetic Unit. Were boxes $154.50 $11 .63 American Farm Bureau convention at 6 cu. ft. Super Deluxe boxes with I~ I ~ /?-' - ., •.••• 'i.;::~iIiIiII~ ,\",_ oncile 'Ourselves to the extravagant habits far too many have allowed themselves to acquire. Pasadena, California. interest in far His vitality and affairs and everything open unit. Were $149.50 . $112. 4 • Although, VITAND may not make your chicks feel quite so peppy as How much real Christmas enters into the fur coat or the dia- sp.irit about him excited the admiration of his younger fellow travelers. survived by Mrs. Fleming, his son He is 2 6 cu. ft. metic unit. Deluxe boxes with Were $131.50 Her- . $96.57 this little fellow, it sure makes for a good 'poultry feed. It is a de- pendable, potent Vitamin A and D mond ring or the radio that will take all the following year to pay for on the installment plan? George, who operates the home farm. Also by two daughters Mrs. Newell 2 6 cu. ft. unit. Deluxe boxes with Were $126.50 open . $ 2.88 Gale, and Mrs. Wilson Beam. supplement for Starting, Growing, Laying and Breeding Feeds. There's many and many a young- ster who is lavished with so many 3 6 cu. ft. w re $92.50 Standard boxes. They . $78.37 8 cu. ft. Super Deluxe box. Sealed toys and gadgets all at 'One time that 1 5135.85 VITANiD Christmas is nothing to look forward unit.. Was $188.50 . to and he grows up to expect what VITAMIN A and DOlL cannot be afforded. 194() Was a Year! .This is a splendid value in a well- arranged 6 cubic foot storage capac- 2 8 cu. ft. Super Co:d Storage Sealed Unit. Were $200.50 box. . $144.72 For Poultr¥ contains minimums and Animal Feeds of 3,000 USP And as we approach the New Year we can look back on 1940 and Lind that it wasn't so bad after all, es- ity electric refrigerator modern to the minute. standard and deluxe that Built styles, is in with 2 5 cu. ft. Deluxe box with unit. Were $142.50 sealed !I;101.88 units of v1tamin A and 400 AOAC pecially here in Michigan. It could chick units of vitamin D, 'Per gram. open or hermetically sealed freezing have been a lot worse. We all know Ask your Farm Bureau dealer for feeds containing mix your own feeds, ask for quota- tions on the VITAND VITAND; 011. If you that, for we had no great disasters as visited some 'Other parts of our coun- try and those were not many. compressor units. c -op as r For hr istmas, f r we offer the Co-op :NAP.lfBOLE, BOONTON, N. J. INC. and To be sure we had. a general elec- tion but that only added excitment entertainment to what might It has everything. Takes lbs, dry clothes. High 3 impeller for most efficient war hing. turdy motor, vane oiled Deluxe 2-~peed vacuum ular ily priced at 39.95, and our 11 W 1110101' dl iv 11 Hand $3615 cleaner reg- for its life-time. Mechanism built for long life and quiet vae, value $16.50 at • • • operation. All white, procelain enamel, double wall Micliir;a~ Live. Stock Bxchange STOCK p ODUCERS has operated a successful live stock tub maintains constant water temperature. Safety wringer has 2% x 12" soft cushion rolls. Self-rev- $ 51 6 This given Vacuum Hand with Co-op Cleaner Vac commission sellIng agency 011 the Detroit and Buffalo markets since 1922. ersing drain. Was $64.50. • BECAUSE It maintains a thoroughly trained and experienced personnel. It is represented on every principal market in the United States by Producer owned and operated agencies. It renders better information and market service to its members. It can furnish 4*% money for financing feeding operations. f atur PLUS s or good practice in the live sto k commission 7 be When you patronize the REMEMBER Iichlgan I~i" Stock Exchang you are building Do yourmodemi%ine for keeps, with concrete I Here's a "howtodoit" book that &ivesdetailed information on buildini septic tanks, founda- tions, feedini floors, bam Boors, tanks and trouaha. milk coolinc tanks. C nso e adi your own liv stock mark ting agency, Rememlter, concrete i. fire.ale! termite This is a Iarg and b auti ully finish d fluor mod I Reports furnlehed Michigan State College Radio Station markets at 6:45 a. m, WKAR for early proof, easy to wo,1e with, low in 'irst cost, need. ItO upleeep, endures for .enerations. You can do your own concreting-c-or hire 8 local concrete contractor. Write us for your free AC superhetrodyne radio. It is a bargain at OUi' Xmas sale price. T n tulle performance. F'ull size ac speak rand re onance chamber for producing Our Tank Type Vac MICHIGAN UVESTOCK EXCHANGE '$ 3 300 Secretary's. O~ice copy of "Permanent Farm Construction!' Hudson, Michigan a thrilling tone. Equipped wit h attachments Frank Oberst, President; J. H. O'Mealey, Secretary George J. Boutell, Manager 4. Treasurer; r-;o-nU-NO-CE-. ENTASSOCiiTION-j with Aeroscope and }ijlectl'ostatic Shield. 'Vas $49.50. compares with $77 I De,Lw12-4 Ow. Itwei' 8WI., LusiIL 1IicII. I mac h i n e s, Was Farm Con- $44.50. Sale price .....• SHIP YOUR STOCK TO US AT I atruction." I P1ealesend me"Permanent I ameapeciallyinterested in I I :MichiganLivestock Exch. Producers Co-op Ass'n Detroit Stockyards East Buffalo, N. Y. I I I I I I SERVICE , Inc., 728 • hi wa ee !C l«~~~~ I ~~ I I(t(l(- tC ec~·":~M!I~ ec etary t a ov, 4 By CLARK L. BRODY part of the retail co-operative' and a i1nlity in the way of aeh local bu i- 21 years in the life of th .•.Iichio·an+ _ con equent increa e in volume of bu i- n 'S proje 't provtding it . own rinances E ecutive ecretary and Treasurer State Farm Bureau show a r cord of ne . The members and local organiza- and the e erci e of intellig nt and ag- achievern nt such that it i. impo Ible Behind outstanding feature of the year in membership gre 'i r con 1'01hy local board rather to imagine how our agriculture could relations has been the willing assumption of tions are the original strength and Inftuenc for the tate and source of than looking to th ·tat organization tr a sury or the i a policy which have managed without it. The det rmination of the broad t eW eel merican Farm Bureau. Your Iarg r your Fa rm Bureau admini tratton Is ( on tinued from uag one) g eater responsibility by Community and County Farm policie of the Michigan tate Farm organization develop power, influence doing it: lJ • t to encourage, 1'0, th LIKE FATHER Bureau and the selection of th per- B rea organizations and the voluntary enlistment and and service to the degree that they C011\' r ion of th Farm Bureau Serv- sonnet to carry them or t is a serious Tw nty y HI' a 0, Ray Gulliver of secure strength from the local organi- ice' retail branche into locally owned respons ibility for th del gates. The th class of '20, Michigan tate Col- ini iative shown by Farm Bureau members. The sign- zations and members. Only with ade- and incorporated co-op ra tive is an wi 80m and sincerity of your d lib ra- leg (then. Iichigan grt ultm-aj Col- ing and maintaining of the membership by the County quate 10 al interest and support can important factor ill widening the flnan- tion and conclu ions will det rmine lege) play d in the ollege hand. This your state organization co-ordinate the clal ba: of Farm Bureau bu lness the service and pro~)' s made by your y ar hi son, Robert, age 1 , is also Fa m Bureaus together with the taking over of the interests of all group in the Farm ctivities and safeguarding it for Farm Bureau. Your work h r direct- a member of the college band. Father Bur au and adapt and enli t their sup- future em rgencie . ly concerns the happine , welfare Ray plays the trombone while Son membership records and collections by the counties port and influence for the ervice and Furthermore. the assumption of this and opportunities of thousands of Bob plays the clarinet. 11'. Gulliver should lower membership costs. By largely relieving protection of all. The year has been res pon ibility by tho for whom the men, wom n and children on the is th agricultural teacher at Eaton outstanding in increased local and . ervice is e tablished is re ulting in farm of. Iichigan. Rapids. your state organization of these responsibilities, the county activity and the voluntary as- mol' substautial upport by local pa- . A human program of this kind de- YOUR BUSINESS sumption of grea ter re ponsibility in trous. Thi I' ult is being atte ted mand. and deserv the earnest and In arc t letter to its owners, the new arrangement will release more of its efforts for con- membership maintenanc , legi lation by our experience with th Imlay City, sincere enli tment of each one of us management of th Ypsilanti Farm structive service and attention to the Farm Bureau and merchandising. Lapeer, Batavia and Eau Iaire individually. othing short of our Bureau Association wrote, "If the Farm Bureau Insurance Department Bran h reorganized into co-operatives be. t is worthy of the high calling and Co-op Elevator is just another place progn itself. The Iichtgan State Farm Bureau two or more years ago. privilege of participating in thi meet- to buy feed or seed and you use it has as its insurance service to our Credit Policles ing. with- that in mind, then we are a Of egu I importance has been the strengthening of membership and others the tate Cr dit practices between the patron failure. BUT if it means to you a agency for the State Farm Iutual State 011 ge E onomt . D })' rtment and the local co-operative on the one place of business which you own and the County Farm Bureaus themselves by restoring these Automobile Insurance Company, the and the Michigan Elevator Exehat..::; State Farm Life Company, and the In the se meeting. and and between the local and the 'Clinton 'County Bureau whose prosperity means your pros- perity, then we are a success." vital functions to them. The Community Farm Bu- \ xplained ho ,y ",La.te office on the other need exten- State Farm Fire Company, all of articles T of as ociation and by-laws sive improvement to protect the finan- Has Annual Meeting Signed-Frank B. Wilson, Manager. reaus have been an important factor in these develop- Bloomington, Illinois. mu t read to co ply with the pro- cial tructure of our co-operatives, Clinton County Farm Bureau had ~ t the close of 14 year of work on visions in tax law for exemption of local, regional aud state. The estab- its annual meeting and dinner at the report. The Rev. Stratford, pastor of ments. The contacts these local groups provide for the insurance, we had in force August 31, co-operative. United Brethren church, Bengal twp., the church, and Alfred Bentall, direct- Th re is much intere t lishment of credit unions and other member with the county, state and national Farm Bu- 1940, a total of 54,569 automobile in- in this work. ftnancing facilities and increased edu- Dec. 3. About 100 were present. Arthur or of the State Farm Bureau insur- surance policies. We had slightly more The department established during cational work are the remedies. Gage, sec'y, presented an interesting ance dep't., were the speakers. reau organizations and his participation in the program than ,000,000 of life insurance most- the year complete exemption from fed- dditional assistance must be given has developed a membership morale and support that ly with farmers. 'Ve concentrate on eral income taxes for the Farm Bu- local co-operatives in removing the ways and means to encourage and to reau Fruit Products Company. It is causes of their retail credit problems could be attained in no other way They have made nabl our members to build a sub- conducting a similar study for the in order to improve their credit rela- tantial life insurance program for Michigan State Farm Bureau. tions with Farm Bureau Services. membership maintenance and the Farm Bureau pro- themselves and their families. Life The results of scientific develop- Under this heading, we can report gram a community affair. Some Community Farm Insurance ha ' everything to recom- that the Farm Bur au has just secured ment in the way of new uses and sub- mend it to the farm family. Fire in- from the State Board of Tax dmin- stitutes for agricultural products are Bureaus have set as their standard a 100 per cent paid- surance is also written by the depart- istration an official release from all constantly affecting farm organization ment. We are limited to protected sales tax liability involved in the law policies and the economics of agricul- up membership in their group and have become a most areas. suit for sales tax exemption on farm ture and will need careful watching. effective agency to clean up delinquent membership Farm Bureau members and others supplie , brought in 1934 by the Hch· Also changes due to new inventions having our insurance have at their igan State Farm Bureau, Farm Bureau in the mechanical equipment of the dues and in enlisting member responsibility. Forty- service our state office insurance em- Services, Inc., affiliated commodity ex- farm are having their effect and we ployees, 435 local agents in Michigan, changes and 135 farmers' co-operative two new Community Farm Bureaus have been added and an adequate automobile claims associations. need to anticipate their influences as Cinders in the ditch won't stop skidding! Only abrasives that are anchored much as possible. quickly-before traffic or wind can whip them off the road-have any since the last annual meeting or are in the process of service working out of our principal We estimate that $5,000,000 is a con- Farmer Direction for Farm Programs practical skidproofing value. To embed abrasives quickly and securely, treat them with Solvay Calcium cities. Our companies operate in 36 servative e timate of the avings to Comments of our members who are Chloride, the small white flakes that attack ice instantly. By using Solvay being organized, bringing the total number to 197. states and Canada. We offer service Michigan farmers the past six years participants in the soil conservation Calcium Chloride, you not only get fast action during the first few minutes through 6,000 agents and 100 claims as the result of the prosecution of this program indicate that we should work -the all important period-you also lower your abrasive costs. Through them the members are actively participating Tests show that the skid resistan e. of 112 lb. of calcium Chloride treated offices. This is indeed a substantial la w suit and our successful effort to for a larger measure of local control abrasives per square yard in the Farm Bureau program in monthly meetings force for the promotion of Farm Bu- secure legislation to exempt farm sup- and influence in the determination of of ice is greater than 1% - - - - • - - - - - - - - - - ••• reau organization. Ibs, of untreated abra- I SOLVAY SALES CORPORATION throughout the year. plies for productio purposes hom the the policies followed as well as to the sives-a gain of 3 to 1 in Farm Bureau Fruit Products Company sales tax. effectiveness! I 7501 W. Jefferson Ave., Detroit, Mich. handling of routine 01' detail matters GENTLEMEN: Kindly send me a copy of your Our Farm Bureau Fruit Products Under this heading too, we should by the township and county soil con- I booklet "Highway Ice Control-Methods, These active local units of the Farm Bureau member- Company performs a canning plant mention current problems of the Mich- servation committees. Send for FREE 28-page book l\laterials, Equipment." I ship are revitalizing the County Farm Bureaus and management and sales service for igan State Farm ureau in the field Our Community, County and State • Name . three co-operative growers organiza- of government r gulation and new Farm Bureaus should make it an es- providing facilities and opportunities for capable, ag.. tions. They are: the Oceana Fruit taxes. \Ve have total of 250 men sential part of their program to stimu- Affiliated with :. Growers, Inc., the Fruit Co-operatives gressive leadership to become effective in the County, and women employees. All are sub- late more active attention on the part Canning Company, and the' Bay Co- ject to the requir ments of social se- of the farmer himself in the way of Address )" . State and American Farm Bureaus. These results are operative Canneries, Inc. Each or- curity taxes, unem loyment compensa- better attendance and interest in the City State 74-12 ganization centers around a canning tion tax, wages and hours regulations township and county soil conservation becoming increasingly evident in the County Farm plant. Oceana's plant is at Hart. Fruit - ••. - - - - - - - - - •• - - _I and other federal equirements. Each meetings. B reaus and are being reflected in a measurable degree Co-operatives' plant is at Coloma, and of these has 11e essitated extensive As the farmer continues his efforts Bay Co-operative Canneries' plant is changes in payroll records and pro- to secure parity prices and parity In- in the aggressive and intelligent interest shown in the at Bay City. visions for making reports. These now come, more attention should be given These companies are under State require a con iderable proportion of to the manner in which our govern- nnual meetings of this board of delegates. Farm Bureau supervision through the time of three responsible em- mental agricultural programs are ad- Legislative Minute Men .,---~------------ management contracts with the Farm ployees. ew taxes paid in these ministered, particularly with regard In the way of local support and Services, Inc, turned in an excellent Bureau Fruit Products Company. ,All classifications since 1936 by the Mich- to the degree of local initiative and initiative the Farm Bureau Legislative performance. It increased the farm operating policies are determined and igan State Farm Bureau and its em- responsibility required or permitted. Minute Men have shown increased supplies business to our membership controlled by ,the local boards of di- ployees total $45,968.05. Not only will The influence of our federally di- activity as testified by the copies of and others by nearly one- third of a rectors. This co-ordination of State present taxes continue to increase but rected program on the thinking and their letters to Congressmen and million dollars in a year of unusual Farm Bureau and co-operative canning greatly increased income and excess attitudes of the human beings re- others. Their co-operation brought price advances and declines. We be- company efforts has made it possible profits levies for national defense pur- ceiving their benefits may be of local and sectional support to the lieve we saved farmers of the state for the growers to market their fruit poses may be expected. more vital concern to the farmer efforts of your state and American Farm Bureaus on such measures th wages and hours amendments, truth in fabrics, amendments over 500,000 on fertilizers for spring as and fall of 1940 by reason of the Farm Bureau's reduction in fertilizer prices provid- from 3 to $10 a' ton. Our fertilizer through a marketing system they own. In this connection, progress has been made by the fruit growers in freeing themselves from the combination of Farm Bureau's Other Groups Relations We have mutually helpful and har- with and his family in the long run than the current material In other words, let us pay. more at- advantages. ay tention to what direct government ing for the extension of marketing sales were the largest in 20 years' powerful private interests. It still is moniou relationships with the State Grange, State Association of Farmers' aid may do to us as well as to what agr ements to all major farm commod- operations. and will be a hard, uphill battle for Clu bs, and the commodity marketing it may do for us. Let us by more iti 8, the preservation of the farmer's There were appreciable advantages years to come. voice in farm credit policies, federal to the membership and other patrons a,ppropriations for surplus commodity on binder twine, feeds, fence, roofing, However, through their co-operative canning operations, organizations. e and with the as- period of years merged the legislative have through a long and more emphasis on our own co- operative programs avoid the dan- ger of becoming so accustomed to A NEW note of understanding lias come into the American Public's thoughts con- dispo a1 and for other national farm machinery, insecticides and other sup- sistance of the Michigan State Farm and public relations influence and the leaning on the government that we cerning the railroads. projects. plies. The farm machinery project Bureau, organized fruit growers in buying po:wer of the Michigan farmer lose the art of helping ourselves. Junior Farm Bureau was brought to a selr-supporting basis, Bay, Berrien, Mason, Oceana and Van- with such national and regional co- Th Junior Farm Bureau has as far as direct expenses were con- Bureau counties have had an influence operative organizations as the Ameri- Little or nothing will e gained in It is now recoqnized that the cominCJ .of can Farm Bureau Federation, ational the way of permanent and lasting nUsted over 2,000 young men and cerned, with an increase in volume of for higher prices to all fruit growers. new forms of transportation has brought wom n in preparation for their future $95,000. Improvement in merchandis- A conservative estimate of the result- Co-operative Council, United Co-opera- results if our federal agricultural responsibilities in organized agri ul- ing and credit practices for the 23 ing increases received by all growers tives, Inc. and others. For a compre- policies should develop human tend- about disruption of the normal transporta- ture. One Junior Farm Bureau gradu- local branches and management con- in these counties in the operating ter- hensive list of memberships in other encies which may eventually rob the tion situation.' These new agencies must be ate is a valuable member of the State tract organizations has improved their ritories of our co-operative canning groups held by the Michigan State farmer of the very elements that make Farm Bureau Board, eleven served as financial position. The progress made plants would reach more than a half Farm Bureau and subsidiaries, see life worthwhile. There is no quick properly fitted into the nation's distribution page F-12 of our Annual Report. and easy road to lasting and worth- delegates in the annual meeting last with even some of the most difficult million dollars. These memberships have been taken while accomplishment. Neither does system if the best interests of the public are year, three are County Farm Bu- situations indicates that all of the or- Mich igan Farm News ews is com- to promote the interests of our mem- such a course develop either strong in- fo be served. And certainly that program reau Presidents, four are County Farm ganizations now being operated under Bur au Secretaries, others are co-op- management contracts in co-operation The Michigan Farm pleting its 18th year. This six-page bers. dividuals or virile farm organizations. I must include attention to the present dis- erative employees and insurance with the local boards will be saved for monthly newspaper serves as a bond During the year tne Farm Bureau ;'\10RE- agents, and many others a local their communities. between the members and the Farm co-operated with all commodity ex- All of the organized influence and ordered and unfair regulation requirements changes and local co-operatives and power the farmer possesses in the le del'S ar arousing new enthusiasm Commodity Committees Bureau organization. It is a clearing under which the railroads are the worst and putting renewed vitality into the In the merchandising field other house for Farm Bureau news and the Michigan State College in sponsor- Farm Bureau has been the result of Farm Bur au program throughout the important progress has been made in opinion. It services are an import- ing the American Institute of! Co-oper- a slow arduous development over suHerers. stat. 0 other proj ct th Michigan encouraging the participation of stock- ant factor in Farm Bureau business ation at the college for a week in the past fifth of a century. It varies t t Farm Bureau has ever undertak- holder organizations by establishing and organization progress. Through July. As chairman of the organization directly with the degree to which Armed willi this new sympathy, the p~ n bas shown great r promise for the commodity committees of managers its subscription and advertising reve- committ e we co-operated with other: each individual member is imbued lie in recent years has sought to rectify this Farm Bur au program than the Junior representing the Farm Bureau Serv- nues, the Farm ews is more than Michigan co-operatives in raising with the spirit of our accomplish- arm Bureau. ices districts of the State as follows: self-supporting. This department op· $7,500 to finance the Institute. The ments. That is the price that has injustice. Congress, in 1935, and the various erates a printing and mailing service, annual American Institute of Co-opera- always had to be paid for genuine Th continuation of development Feed Seed and Fertilizer Committee states have passed laws to this end. This and a general Farm Bureau publicity tion is a remarkable educational op- human progress. of he Junior Farm Bureau along the Everett H. Collar Coopersville program - all are self-supporting. portuni for everyone interested in The preservation and development of year Congress enacted the so-called Trans- pr nt sound and a gres ive line, in Alfred Roberts Pigeon clo co-ordination and co-op ration lbert Donaldson Highland These ervices are used by the en- farm co-operatives. It was attended the virility and initiative of farmer own- with the enior Farm Bureau will Roy D. 'Vard Dowagiac tire Farm Bureau organization, includ- by representatives from 33 tates, as ed and controlled, local, state, regional portation Act of 1940. produce a Farm Bureau who e possi- Frank Gilmore Parma ing Community and County Farm Bu- well as by several hundred from Mich- and national farm organizations, and bill I s for S rvice and influence in the (F. Moldenhauer Hasl tt lternate) reaus. Also by affiliated commodity igan co-operatives. the feeling of initiative and individual But much additional progress along this futur will b beyond our most liberal H. C. Johnson : : Lan Ing exchanges and local co-operatives. Present and Future Problems responsibility on the part of the farm- line must be made before the railroads are p etation . M h' d EI . I' Accounting, Tax and Reorganization s we face the future it is evident er himself,-these constitute the great- AI ociated Women of th Farm Bureau ac mery an ~ttrlc App lance Service that financial planning and manage- est safeguards for agriculture and the on a parity with heir competitors. To achieve Th soelated \Vomen of the Farm . Comml tee . Our accounting, tax and organiza- ment will become tncrea ingly im- farm horne of the future. These con- equality will not harm other forms of trans- Bur au in Iichigan ar making an M. ~. Twmg Whlte Cloud tion advisory service during the past portant in the administration of Farm cepts of life should be protected at important contribution to our organi- Iartm .Bauer Helmlock year has rendered valuable assistance Bureau busine s and other projects all costs. portation: is no more than justice requires: za on throu h an in pirational type John Rmke Warren to local co-operatives on their capital in preparation for whatever economic Co-operation with Other Groups of ducatlonal and promotional work. . H. Wallace Col~water and definitely will be in the public interest. tock tax, social security tax, unem- re-adjustment may follow the pres nt Lastly, co-operation with groups in Th y ar S ociated Women's Com- Fay West H111~dale ployment tax, excess profits tax, and national defense activitie . and di turb- other walks of life in serving our gov- e hav been doing e cellent Walter Harger agmaw federal income tax problems. Regular- ed world conditions. ernment and democracy should con- Our members of the Michigan legislature r on Farm Bureau publicity, pro- Petroleum Committee ly, we prepare government reports for With continually inc rea stng social tinue to receive increased mphasis and our representa·v s in Congress are m ti u of th Farm Bureau omen's Thomas Berghouse Falmouth 24 local co-operative stockholders of security, unemployment, income and as a major respon Ibility of the Iich· 21 a lng ont st, pro rams of music C. KisselL cottville Farm Bureau Services. The legal other taxe , with the growing expense igan State Farm Bureau. It is fortun- urged to exercise justice, fai ess and com- o ommunit Farm Bur aus, and in Herb. Schall Breckenridge status of many co-operatives has been of records and work required to meet ate indeed in this critical hour in our mon sense in considering any legislation in- n ur ging a F I'm Bur u adverti - It. Pitcher............................ orth Branch improved by the department, with re- the more and more exacting require- nation' hi tory that th Farm Bureau ing promotion for f I'm products. Earl Huntley Batavia ulting avmgs through exemption ment of government, every advant- and other con tructive farm organlza- tended to bring equality into our t anspor- o p kin onte t eouclud d erIe Crandall Howell from income tax, etc. Five co-op as- age will need to be taken of new op- tions and co-operative hav mobilized tation industry. r an da nd a the lar ge t in the These committees rlll as i t the sociations were re-organized this year portunities, efficient management and in a working relationship with other t l'y f th vent. The oclated state 0 ice of the Farm Bureau Serv- to secure exemption from federal in- organization and the maintenance of g 'OUP', ready for action, hundreds of , m n ar continuing . h n 1ces in determining merchandi ing and come taxes. the most competent per onnel obtain- thousands of farm men and women to I t nd ont to pr mot In- busine policies. The as umption of uch of thi work followed a series able. The methods of the nineteen do their part in pre erving and pro- tit n th rm U1' u th ough e the e r ponsibilities i r ulting in of co-op clinic meeting held quarterly twentie and the nineteen thirties will tecting th great values that make i f m rkin 0 th r, I er daption of merchandi ing for managers and directors of co-op- not suffice. life worthwhile. F r ur u ervice, Inc. policies to the local need. greater eratives. The department collaborated Financial Planning and Management Conclusion 1 u au int r l nd loyalt rally on he with Farm ureau ervlces, Ine., the , Decentralization of. financial re pon- The summary of events of the last • Over the Farm Bur au H Pie ty to do i 19 ( ontinu d from 1 axe one) market milk and cr ainert , pot toe , poultry and gg " and sugar he ts . 11 .I By Chester Clark the commodity group cot tog th 1 < t Some 400 farm young men and w - noon and framed th resolutions on co- 2,000 Young Men and Women men attended the 5th annual Junior operative lav which app ar lse here Farm Bureau State Convention h ld Seven County Organizations in the Farm ws. In 40 Counties Hold at the Fairchild Theatre of the :l W Report to State Th annual report of lark L. Brody, e. ecutive s cr tary and tr asurer, ap- Membership Auditorium on the Michigan State Office pears on another page. It is a sum- College campus Saturday, ...ov. 2nd. mary or th year's work. This ye; I' 575 were pre ent at the annual ban- Dick Anthony of Dowagiac, a young the annual report may be had for t11 quet in the People's Church in East WASHTENAW COUNTY farmer working his uncle's farm in heads of the State Farm Bureau de- Lansing in the evening. Washtenaw county's meeting held Cass county, was elected president of partments w re made a part of th an- the Junior Farm Bureau at its state Various state committees met pre- at the Dexter Methodist church hall nual report for th I' cord. Copies of convention at State College, Nov. 2. vious to the general assembly at 9: 00 on ovember 5th was one of the th annual r port may be had for the He is the fifth president and succeed- which started with the seating of the best with 25 being present. Albert asking. Write to 1\11'. Brody • t the ed George Baur of Bayport, Huron official voting delegates--two for each Ruhlig of Dexter was in charge of State Farm Bureau. county. Junior Farm Bureau. State Vice- the evening's recreation. President Els where in the edition ve quote President Max Hayward opened the :J)/CK. IlNTHON'I - PRIECI-ZlENT· Robert Gilbert of Gregory presided. from the address given by the Hon. Loren Black of Mt. Pleasant was 1. Clifford Towns ud, governor of dUN/CR. FfiRM e()Il~/U) The year's program was adopted. Al- elected state vice-president, Miss Bet- convention and introduced State Indiana, at the Farm Bureau's annual President George Baur who in turn bert Ruhlig was appointed publictty ty Mills of Marshall is the new secre- dinner. Also, from the address made chairman. Reports were given by tary-treasurer. Other state officers gave a fine president's address. Fol- by R. ,V. Blackburn, secretary of the the delegates, who attended the Fifth for 1941: Howard Hile of Ionia, state lowing his address :Mr. Baur intro- American Farm Bureau, to the board Annual State Convention on ov. camp chairman; Chester Clark of duced the following prominent peo- of delegates. ple who gave brief talks before the 2nd. 11'. Ray Smalley of Ypsilanti, Howell, state publicity chairman. Election of Dtr ectcrs assembly: Dean E. L. Anthony, Farm [Bureau district representative, More than 2,000 young men and Dean of Agriculture at M.S.C.; Sec- commented on the J. F. B. State Con- Michigan State Farm women on Michigan farms in 40 coun- retary Hannah, secretary of the Col- vention. The last Washtenaw meet- board of 16 directors. ties are members. They are between lege! and Mr. Ralph Tenney, Director ing of .I. ovember as a Thanksgiving rves a two year term. Each year the ages of 17 and 28, single or mar- of Short Courses at the College. party on Nov. 26th. terms expire for half th members of ried. They want to acquire experi- the board. ominations ar mad Following the addresses, State Di- IONIA COUNTY ence in organization work, general usually at 4: 30 o'clock th first day rector, Ben Hennink, gave his report, Dorothy Westbrook reports their of the convention, a time fixed by the leadership training, a better knowl- annual game supper which was at- edge of democratic principles, and to and Secretary-Treasurer Ruth Brown rules committee. The election is ' t tended by about 65 people. Marian further a balanced program of men- gave her report. for a certain hour the n xt mornin . Upon reconvening the assembly was Curtis o Lake Odessa was general At that time the nominations for each tal,physical, religious and social de; chairman, and Bud Spencer of Sun- directorship are r -opeued and are velopment for themselves as farm shown a movie by the Coca-Cola Com- people. pany, and also movies taken at J. F. field was toastmaster. Ben Hennink closed only by a motion offered from B. summer camps. Following the was present to give the evening's ad- the floor and adopted by the delegates. The Junior Farm Bureau has 12 movies a full afternoon of business dress and to show camp movies. The This year five Farm BUl eau direc- districts, of 3 to 5 counties each. Dis- concerning resolutions, state projects, Ionia group is keeping State Camp tors at large were re-elected. They trict or regional directors elected for Chairman Howard Hile plenty busy. are: Waldo E. Phillips of Decatur, constitutional amendments, election 1941: Howard was recently 'elected as one Van Buren county; Mrs. Pearl Myus of state officers, and other items of District of the directors of the Ionia county of Lapeer, Lapeei· county; John Houk l-Richard Koeingshof, Buchanan business, was acted upon by the vot- 2-Marian Frost, Ful ton ing delegates. Brief remarks were Senior Farm Bureau, a position, also of Ludington, Mason county; Clarence 3-Alice May Wells, Jonesville 4-Kenneth McCurdy, \Voodland given by Mr. Clark Brody, Secretary /..OREN eine«, vree -PIlE£" held by Bud Spencer. On top of that J. Reid of Avoca, St. lair county; <:/1J}/ltJ/? FIJRM BIJRElld Howard is campaign manager for the and H. H. Sandford of Battle Creek, 5-Howard Hile, Ionia of the Michigan State Farm Bureau, 6-Robert Smith, Fowlerville Ionia J. F. B. membership drive and Calhoun coun ty. 7-Charles Myus, Lapeer and Mr. E. E. Ungren, editor, of the 8-Merle Wood, ScottVille 9-Loren Black, Mt. Pleasant Michigan Farm News. Five Junior Projec s is a district J. F. B. director. At 6: 30 p. m. the group of enthusi- Mr. and Mrs. Howard Hile recently lo-Herbert ll-Carlton Schmidt, Bay City Currey, Sebewaing astic youth gathered at the People's Scheduled for 1941 entertained Mr. and Mrs. Ben Hen- 12-Harold Fromholz, Traverse City There will be five statewide pro- Church in East Lansing for their .nink, and Mr. and Mrs. Charles The 5 s-tate offlcers and .12 regional fifth annual banquet. For the most jects sponsored qy the state organiza- Openlander at a dinner party. directors compr-ise the state board, (part, the county groups sat together, tion for 1940-41 as a result of ac- JACKSON COUNTY which meets 3 or 4 times a year. and the old and new state officers sat tions taken at the fifth annual state Icy roads and a snowstorm didn't Presidents of the county Junior Farm at the head table. Hilarious enter- convention at the new auditorium ,prevent the Jackson county J. F. B. Bu eaus, together with the members in East Lansing on November 2nd. tainment was presented by the Ford from having their hard-times party of the state board, comprise the state The oldest and most .important Novelty Eight Band of Detroit thru at the Sandstone Townhall on the council which meets 3 or 4 times a project is the weekly I leadership the compliments of Dean and Harris evening of November 27. It drew year. The first state council meeting training camps which are held in Ford Dealers in East Lansing. Group some 50 young men and women. Liv- for 1941 is at the state Farm Bureau August and September each summer. singing was led by Nick Musselman, ingston county members were guests. at Lansing, Jan. 4. Our county presi- principal of the Okemos high school, These camps have been held for the Games were led by Mr. and Mrs. Ben dents are: past five years and have grown from Marjorie Nash of Detroit at the Hennink and Chester Clark, after Allegan-Harley MUlder, Holland piano. 76 campers at one camp in 1936 to Barry-Kenneth McCurdy, Woodland over 400 campers attending three which Jackon's President Leigh Van- Bay-Robert Ruhatorrer, Kawkawlin Charles Dimmick of St. Joseph Marter introduced Livingston's of- Berrien-Norris Young, Berrien Center county was toastmaster. camps in 1940. Branch-e-Oland Eichler, Batavia Betty Mills, ficers President Robert Munsell, Several loving cups, placques and Calhoun-Russell Vincent, Homer newly elected state secretary-treasur- Vice-Pres. Marga et Shaw, Secre- Calhoun other awards have been given to the er presented Mrs. Ben Henn ink with tary-Trea urer Elnora Sharp, and (Battle Creek)-Jim Edgeal, Battle state organization by various com- CHESTER CJ..-RRK. PLJ8/,..ICITf Creek, R. 7 a beautiful bouquet of flowers. A top- State Publicity Chairman Chester ~Hft'ord- Swumer, Dowagiac modity group organizations. Winning Cllfl,*M/lN -dR, PIII~M FJUI~et9l) Charlevoix-Freda WHlis, Charlevoix notch talker's contest was conducted Clark. Cakes, doughnuts, and apple counties will be determined accord- Clinton-Russell Bower, DeWitt by Keith Tanner, with eleven contest- cider were awaiting the hungry loyal member 'Of the group, recently Genesee-Philo Bird, Davison ing to how well planned county pro- Gratiot-Parks Allen, Ithaca ants partioipating. Each contestant group when they went downstairs. underwent an appendectomy. grams are, types of coun ty projects, Grand 'I'raverse-c-Fra.ncis Brakel, R. 6, in his turn drew a subject from a hat Traverse City activities, etc. The party was under the direction f CLINTON COUNTY Hillsdale-Merritt SheeleY, JoneSVille and had one minute's preparation for Leigh VanMarter, Esther Folks and A sports festival to be held next There has not been a Jr. Farm Huron (West>-Edward Oeschger, Bay- a one minute talk. A short minute Everett Lincoln. pOrt summer. The project will probably Bureau in Clinton county, but at Huron (North)-Cecil Langley, Port and a long one. Fdrst vlace loving Austin be a one-day state-wide affair includ- HILLSDALE COUNTY camp thi past summer were several cup went to Herbert Schmidt of Bay Ingham (So.)-Roland Cobb, Stockbridge ing some 30 sports events, for farm Miss Alice May Wells is new direct- campers from that count r. Ingham (M.S.C.)-Raymond Runzel, City, second place to Franots Bryde Poultr-y Dep't., E. Lansing people of all ages. or for District 3. Hillsdale's members Lawrence S gel' of Bath gives u of Eaton Rapids, and third place to Ionia-Wilbur Gierman, Portland The second annual statewide boat at the state convention numbered 18. news about the new Jr. Farm Bureau Isabella-Ivan Gillespie, Mt. Pleasant Miss Margaret Douglas of Ithaca. excursion next summer will be again Kathleen Ryan of Hillsdale and Mar- in Clinton County. Four meetings Jackson-Leigh VanMarter, Parma Last feautre of banquet program was Kalamazoo-Lola Dunning, 618 Axtel St., sponsored by Livingston County Jr. tin Barnhart of Reading were county have been held, officers elected, dele- Kalamazoo . the in stallation of the new state offi- Lapeer (No.)-Clare Martus, Brown City cers Farm Bureau. Last year's excursion delegates. Alice May Wells and Ar- gates sent to the tate convention, by retiring State Secretary- Lapeer (So.)-Harvey Hansen, Lapeer was held on July 15. when 700 fatm nold Bartlett served on state commit- committees appointed, and other enawee--Allen Baker, R. 2, Adrian I...• Treasurer, Ruth Brown. folks were aboard the steamer, City .tees, Arnold Bartlett was selected a good times to boot. The membership LiVingston-Robert Munsell, Fowlerville The entire group promptly moved Mason-Carl' Chilberg, Scottville of Detroit III for ten hours as it made delegate to the American Country is 18, headed by Russell Bower of Midland-Tony Holubik, Freeland. trom People's Church to Demonstra- Montcalm (W.)-Herman Rader, R. 2, tion its 120th trip up the Detroit river Life Association meeting at Purdue DeWitt as president; Charles very, Hall for the evening's Traffic Howard City into Lake Huron and return. University ov. 6th and 7th. The Eagle, as vice president;:Mi Phylli Montcalm-Robert McCrea, McBrides Party sponsored by the Calhoun Muskegon-Paul Baerman, Montague The only year around project spon- Junior Farm Bureau held a joint Blough, Grand Ledge, a seer tary- county J. F. B. with Clarice Baker of Newaygo-Lemoine Price, Fremont sored by the state organization is meeting with the Southwest Com- trea urer; and Lawre.nce Seeger as Oakland-Robert Howe, Holly Homer as chairman. Oceana-Carl Hill, Hart the publication of a Jr. Farm Bureau munity group on Nov. 14th with a publicity chairman. The program Shlawassee--Leon Reimel, Lennon page in the Farm potluck supper at the close 'Of the planning committee is comprised of Sagfnaw-e-Alvin Johnson, R. 2, Saginaw The average journey of all railroad St. J'oseph-e-Owen Custer, Burr Oak evening. We should like more news Robert Rowland, • fiss Bet y Row- St. Clair-Ray Simpson, North Street passengers, other than commutation, than like this from other counties. Tuscola-Henderson Graham, Caro land, and Charles very. Teil Harte on railroads in 1939 was 84.8 miles, twice as far as formerly before it is VanBuren-Gerald Lombard, Paw Paw LIVINGSTON COUNTY and Lawrence eeger are drawing Washtenaw-Robert Gilbert, Gregory compared with 81.2 miles in 1938. necessary to stop for coal and water. The first meeting since the state up a tentative constitution. Mr. Char- convention was held at the Howell les Openlander of Grand Ledge, Co-op Building the evening of ov. Farm Bure u representative, has Cill 4th. Plans were made for future meet- ings, and for the the Co-operator, ovember issue of Farm Bureau news- paper edited by Clayt'On Klein of been fostering the group. meeting will be held December 12th, and the next meeting will be a [ew Year's party. business Fowlerville. Other recent events for WEST MONTCALM this group have been the joint meet- Letter from the Junior Farm Bur- ing with Jackson county on ov. 27, eau of Greenville tell of a meeting GIVE YOURSELF and your co-operative a regular meeting at the Howell Co- held October 31st. Perry Rossman of creamery these Christmas gifts of lastinq op Building Dec. 2, and a roller-skat- liakeview and Robert Staff of Green- value. They will increase your profits, and ing party at Argentine Dec. 4. Robert ville attended the tate convention as the eaminqs of the creamery. You share Smith and Clayton Klein attended delegate. The group met at the the councillor's camp at Pine lake, Montcalm Grange Hall on Thursday m th088 earnings. ov. 24 to 27. Miss Fr es Sharp, a e ening, 1 ovember 2 tho 5 , • Give yourself a Milia or 8 Laeta Cream Separa.tor 4Dd do better • Give the creamery. an additional patron, and build the business • Help increase the creamery's sales Classified advertisements are cash with order at the following rates: 01 butter in your neighborbo-od 4 cents per word for one edition. Ads to appear in two or more editions take the rate of 3 cents per word per edition. Our close skimmjnq separators pay for themselves. theY're" priced low at our R SALE-MISCELLANEOUS creameries on an easy pUrchase plan. More REGISTERED HEREFORD, MICHIGAN SEPTIC TANK SIPHON patrons will increase our volume and and helters. We have a nice selection. and bell as recommended by State Col- Sensible prices. A. M. Todd Co., len- lege Agr'} Engineering dep't. Build your lower plant operatinq coats. Sellinq tha. (H miles northwest or 'Kalamazoo). own septic tank and sewage system. In. (7 -3·tf-22b) stall when tank is built. Installation and more butter to ourselves cmd neiqbbors operation simple. Di charges automati- REGISTERED SHROPSHIRE RAMS. cally. Have been sold 16 years. All in helps improve the marke' for butter. ~om 60 years of careful breeding. dally use and giving satisfaction. In- Sensibly priced. Jes e Hewen, psi- struction with each siphon. Price, de- lantr, R-l. 5 miles south of YpsilantI. llvered, $7.60 which Includes sales tax, (1l-2t-l p) C. O. D. charges are extra. Farm Bureau Supply Store, 728 E. Shiawassee St., Lan- sing. (?-4-tf-60b) SAVE TH E WOM EN FOLKSI FARM MAPLE SYRUP SUPPLIES women pump much ot the water used on the farm. Electricity can save them SPECIAL FACTORY that work. Have an ample water sup- ply on tap for small cost. Think of it! A turbine shallow well electric water . ystem for as little a $52.50. R 5" eRE 1&MElli E 5 , I"c OUR are the NEW JET WATER latest in pump designs. SYST.EMS TO noise. Place pump in basement or well STREET. SOUTH BEND. INDI NA pit. For wells up to 80 feet lift. See your Farm Bureau dealer, or write Farm I N D I A N A Portlaad-Farm BuNau Cr. M I CHI G A N Marcellus Co-op Cream.,- Bureau ServIces, Electrical Dep't, 72 CollUllbu-Farmen MIdq. Au'Jl Ruahvill..-E. Cftt. Co-op Cr. Coldwater Dairy Compcmy Nashvill ••. Farmers Cteamerf E. hiawassee se., Lansing. (ll-tf- 4b) CIawfordnm •••Farmers Prod. ""Jl TEN If E SSE E Constemtme Co-op Creamery HUes-Producers Dairy Carsoz1Cltf-Dairyiancl Cr. St. Louis Co-op Cnamerr Middlebury Co-op CncaD.,- GalJatiD-SUIIUIef Co. Co-op Cr. Fremont co-tIp Creamery ElSIe Creamery Co. MClriOD-Proclucera CNeDDery Murfreesboro-Rutherford Co-op Cr. Grant Co-op Creamery ILLINOIS Orlecm.-.Proclucera Mk q. Ho ennille Co-op Creamery Lawreace Co-op Creamery Atwood Co-op Cr~amery WANTED-BY CAPABLE, MIDDLE aged farm woman, work as ~0~6ekeept;r '70. ~ake 26, DOD, 000 ~oune/B of! hutte-".AN DALLY on farm or in town. Write grvmg' par tt- culars and we c n arrang tnt rview, 1 _ 11'. Bertha Lingenfelter, 011 Ave., • 101 South .(12-1 . MICHIGAN FARM NEWS SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1940 ra Ie Background Material for Discussion in December CE fly KlUTH A. TA HER by the 197 Community Farm Bureau Groups Memb (ship Relations &: Edu-eation civil life, and an asset to him when he returns (3) the I to gold. new army resembles Some say the gold situation a game of marble. When • War and National Defen e ar talk fills the air. tate bat It is impossible mocracy to go 10 war. demand senUal immediate and this action; Emergencies has meant should for a de- home situation be instructed any people which will adjust them to democratic th m feel as regimented rather the that every effort will be made to which in citizenship than making ternatives; of w r time pOwer to one raise the citizen army's health aver- looks as though we may be playing one of the players has lost all of his marbles to the other, he has two al- he can borrow from the hopefuls. other if the second party is agree- 'Speed Is Coupled with the above. they hope able, or he can think up a new game does not need marbles. It rans delegation individual. lowIng the principle Thus, we are not fol- age and that instructions of a democracy. and sanitation will be featured. ut the que ions advanced at pres- United States Hoard of Monetary Gold system for quite some time and it in health a new economical game. Hitler has been using the barter with C T ent center around the national de- "There's gold in them thar hills", may be our alternatives to follow ense problem. Can this emergency Yes, you are right, it you are refer- uit if we wish that market. 0 mat- be met through regular channels or ring to Fort Knox, Kentucky and tel' who wins the war, we will etrll do s more power necessarily need be various other vaults and mints have the gold and the fighting na- v sted in (me m n? At the pre sent around the United States. We're not tions will have spent most of their with to certain just where it's all stored, resources on the war. This again reau e fInd our chi f x cutive more power than ly peace time but we do know that we had about seems to indicate the necessity for presid nt in the history of the nit- twenty-one billion dollars in gold bartering. d Stat s, this past September, which was stor- Agriculture and Changing Conditions Many tate that our pI'esent na- ed and out of the hands of any pr i- The three players on the economic tional defen i an em rgency rna- vate citizen. We purchased about stage are labor, industry and agr l- TES jor qually a lmpor 11t as ny war three billion dollars worth of gold culture. Each has its part to play crisis. In order to ac iIi tate the this past year which gives us more in order that the show may go on. speed necessar for our protection, Ilhan seventy percent of the world's But confusion on the economic stage we must delegate th 8 powers to a monetary gold. is witnessed when anyone of the limited few. Democratic practices We have been able to acquire this players tries to steal the show, be- are too slow to demand consideration gold because of our gold devaluation cause this usually cannot be accom- at the resent. step of February 1934 at which time pUshed unless at the expense of the Others tate that the democratic bars should only be let down when that the United States government it would purchase stated other two players. gold, until show should have a three star hill- The economic THEY MAKE CO N A D OATS GO FARTHER we are engaged in war. We are now further notice, at $35.00 an ounce in- ing. rn tin a peace time emergency and stead of t previous, $20.67. Agr iculture has for many years de- war privileges should not be grant- There are those who say that the pended upon foreign markets. The ed to the few. They are of the opin· further ion that can meet to meet the national our AmerIcan and should democracy notice will never come and war has limited these European hat we will eventually be allowed nine percent of the world's monetary defense prob- gold. have ninety. lets until we are practically At which time, many are of agricultural ent upon domestic products. market for our Large sur- out- depend- E lem. the opinion, the rest of the nations pluses of food and fiber has been 34% P OlEI 44% PROTEIN Financing national defense is n- will repudiate gold as money and piling up to increase the perplexity other problem faced by the demo- will start using something else for of the situation. Add producing power to corn, oats, and other farm Produce pork cheaply with Porkmaker 44 % Protein cracies as well s the central pow- money, leaving us to hold the bag. It is true that the business' index Concentrate to step up feeding value of home grains. ers. It is estimated that six nations is increasing rather rapidly and the grains by increasing their protein content and milk pent over ifty billIon dollars this But regardless of all thi , gold is con umer should have more dollars making ability with Milkmaker 34 % protein concen- Ten to 171J2 % of Porkmaker 44 in the grain mixture past y ar for arms. Britian has in· still a. rare me-tal. It is the ~~IY with which to purchase food. More creased her spending to twenty bil- money that. will bu!. ~ommodltles than he has had for many years. But trate. For best results we suggest one of the good produces a ration that makes pork quickly, cheaply and lion dollars annually. But in com- everywhere m the ctvillzed world, the 3 to 6% more food purchased by dairy rations below; makes farm grains go farther. Use these formulas: paring the United States with Can- and practically everybody would rath- the consumer will be greatly over ada, we find that even though the er use gold for money than any other balanced when we consider loss of MILKMAKER 34% Farm Grains Kind of Ration Pounds of Different Ingredients substance even though England sta~t. foreign exports nd the presence of United States has three times the Wanted to Use .population, it is only spending, at ed to go off the gold standard m farm SUI pluses With Alfalfa Hay 100 lbs. with 300-5001bs . Porkmaker 44 Corn Wheat Midds the present time, one-third as much 1931. Those making a stud! o~ gold, 'Val' hysteria' has made us desirous 'Yith lover lIay 100 lbs. with 200-3001bs. PIG STARTER 175 lbs. 425 Ibs. 400 ~bs. 011 her army nd navy. If the Unit- state that our real. ~h~'eat hes in the of some of that southern hospitality. ed States gear her defense spending fact that our polittctans have com- We have been very eager to gain the With Mixed Hay,. 100 lbs. with 100-175Ibs. PIG GRO'VER 150 Ibs. 600 lbs. 250 lbs. plete co~trol ov?r our gold hoar~. recognition of central and South FA T'rENER 100 lbs. 1,000 Ibs. with that of the hat will be the other reaction countries, of our They gamed this control back .lD America. But South America, agri- win. Timothy Hay 100 Ibs. with 75-125 lbs. Wheat, Barley. Rye or Oats cCWl....replace some of the 1933 when gold hoarding was forbid- culturally speaking, raises the same or lorn to -er people to a means of meeting these corn and middlings in the starter and grower. . pen es? ~en and all monetary gold wa~ called products we do. If we wish to ain Ill. They will not loosen thetr hold . g L CE Unlver8al Selective Military Training th' ld til bl' .. their favor through trade, we must We have just changed our histori- on. t~ g~ un pu IC opimon recognize their farm products. It is 32% train- prres em oose. true that we may furnish them with cal attitud ing and military toward service. military This is the They have the power to devaluate industrial exports, but what a e we PROTEIN ftrst time in our country's history the gold dollar's value. The politic- going to take in exchange for them? w have had to a k the American ians clipped the gold dollar's value Thinking in terms of money or gold Farm Bureau Mermade Balancer 32<;1c protein is too rich to be fed alone and should be mixed with ground public to Une itself up voluntarily from 100 cents to 59.04 cents, when is rather wishful thinking. If South grains. Mix 200 lbs. of any of the following ground grain mixtures with 100 lbs. of Mermade Balancer to nd whol he rtedy behind selective they increased the price of gold from American products are considered, military rviee. There were many $20.67 to $35.00 n ounce in February what about our agricultural surplus- make a regular laying mash. To be used with 10 lbs. of scratch grains, daily for each 100 hens. conceptions 'Which had to be broken 1934. There is nothing to stop them es? down before some or our people from doing this again if they feel so We have extablished ourselves as 1. 200 lbs. wheat and 100 lbs. corn or barley. 3. 100 lbs. corn, 125 lbs. wheat, 75 lbs. oats. agr d to conscription. People 'had inclined. the world's greatest exporter of ar- 2. 200 lbs. corn and 100 lbs. wheat or barley. . 4. 100 lbs. Wheat, 100 lbs. barley, 100 lbs. corn. to tell thems Ives that a big milt- If our national debt should in- maments and munitions. Foreign tary machi ie would not further tas- crease to the point where people be- counties are using their available For an all mash laying ration and growing mash, mix 200 lbs. of any of the eI m her; that it would not turn gan to talk 100 loudly, the dollar money and exchange cerdit to pur- on regiment d puppets and bullles, might again be clipped, possible to chase munition from the United above grain mixtures with 100 lbs. of Mermade Balancer. Facist nd azis tendencies exist in 50c gold or less. The profit trom States. They are making their food MIXI G this action could be applied to the and fiber deals with exporters who I G A the soul of people; !people either poss ss these don't. Those 1>08 essing tendencies dencies like fIghting and regimenta- tion and uniforms. or they national debt. Historically But the blows of this do not have war equipment such ten- act would be felt by those holding and have a more convenient bank accounts, annuities, ance and bonds, and all types of tural life Insur- policy for the purchase commodities. for sale credit of agrtcul-] .Many feel that I FE F ARM BUREAU STORES AND CO-OP ASS 'NS can help you make good, lower cost king, a democratically adminis- debts. These debts would be paya~Ie these agricultural trade 'policies are ter d defense machine for our pro- in less valuable dollars. This would becoming rather well established and dairy rations and poultry feeds through their grinding and mixing service. You supply t etion hould not change this policy. lead us into financial and business it will take many years to change the shelled corn, heavy oats, barley, or wheat and buy from them only such concentrates 1\1any el that we m y never have chaos, with the possibility of some them, as Milkmaker 34%, Farm Bureau Poultry Supplement 32 %, or Mermaid Balancer 32 % to fight at all, but thl depends upon form of dictatorship stepping in to Farmers must be wilUng to meet how big and how efficient we build help pick up the pieces. the challenges of their own protes- or mill feeds, cottonseed meal, meat scrops, alfalfa leaf meal, etc. They can mix any our military machine. These folks feel that the 'People slon. Progressive agriculture will formula you have. They have good standard dairy and poultry formulas to accommo- rt r analyzing the 'Ponding sltu- should have a hand in managing only result when the farmers are date the quantity and kinds of home grown grains you have. atlon, it s ms that universal sel- their supply of monetary gold. Some willing to assume responsibility for cttv draft is th only really demo- even advocate that the people should the solution of their problems, and cratic way 10 build up a good de- have the right to 'hoard gold and that will take the initiative to work to· NORWAY fen program. But how iocracy wish to train boys who arc 11t to these peace does a de- congress time camps? culation. should place gold in cir- gether to voice the opinion of agrt- This would of course get culture the control of the gold out of the never accomplish - one farmer this. alone will 1 J'f) It' f1\ r THREE Norway QUARTS has the anti- of Should they be trained only in mili· hands of a few. The public quite generally Theodore Roosevelt is "Much can be done for the farmer once said, ReUaIJe get.oJce. freeze alcohol. value of 4 of Lasts longer. ary matt rs or should a portion of Safe. Won't corrode heir time be d voted to vocational in truction and the teaching of cit- wondering how we will be able to by the government, trade with the Central Axis Powers can be done through but even more co-operation 11 rrl·Flll~EZI~ metals. when we have most of the world's among the farmers themselves:' Per izenship? The Citizen Army Mrs. George Schultz announced the $ GALLON The citizen iany hould be rmy according trained in two to CODlI11 unity organisatten of a Farm Bureau 2Sc quart Chorus and urged members ho are ih ses: first, eeond, civil liCe training. defense training, It should and Earrn Burea enterested to join-following this Mrs. Thor Hagberg gave us her ora- ALCOHOL b an educational lea t thr re pets; in stltutlon ( 1) to teach the in at Activities tion which was to be presented at a UN ICO 200 PROOF ltizen army the fundamental of mo- By KEITH A. 'l'AN ER Speakers Contest in Lan ing. ALCOHOL is treated to d rn, mechaniz d war - how to Membership Relations and Education Sodus Community Farm Bureau, KEEP MERJMASH BEFORE HENS AT ALL TIMES prevent rust. Contains h: ndlc modern 'ar machine, with Berrien county a reliable evaporation The following activities were tak- motion was made that the Sodus FEED SCRATCH GRAINS AT NIGHT retardment. Priced low. 11 frill, uch a dr s parades, cut en from the various Community Farm 'Bureau Booster sponsor a to the minimum; and (2) vocational Farm Bureau group minutes. How Scout Cub-Pack and that $2.00 be at- D f Have Seed for Sale? nd mechanical training should be do some of your group vrojects com- lowed for Den mother fees. aught the citizen army 0 it will be pare with these activities? Hastings Community Farm Bureau, Brookside Community Farm Bureau, Barry county Newaygo county [otion wa made that we have a We had a general discussion about question box 10 decide the local the exhibit we won first prize on at topics for discussion in our groups. the Fremont it better another year. Fair, and how to make South Thornapple Community Farm SE D CL A I G ALFALFA ALSIKE Bureau, Barry county The motion wa made and support- The secretary was introduced to RED CLOVE SWEET CLOVE ed that we invite the Garfield Com- write Mrs. Shirley Blood of Hastings munity Farm Bureau and the newly to get information about the Farm Le ,Far Burea organized Dayton Community Farm Bureau Scrap Book. GOOD H E G OW TIMO HY Bureau to meet with us at our next Archie regular meeting on December 12th. Community Grand Traver e county Farm Bureau, clea yo seed O~! WE WANT TO HELP you get the best market price for yotJ.J" te then discussed filling out our The chairman urged all members IT PAYS TO HAVE YOUR SEEDS CLEANED in alfalfa., alsike, red clover, sweet clover and good home grown "Farm to Prosper" blanks. ar- to keep the group active in order to our modern plant at very reasonable charges for A-1 timothy. gu rit mith and eva Chryster promote legislation of benefit to us work. Send representative sample, and we will were appointed to write a story to be and urged us to get in touch with SEND 4 OUNCE representative sample for bid. Take equal advise cleaning needed and price. Have your seed ntered for the group. Senator Brown in regard to his Lawrence Community Farm Bureau, stand on the amendment to the mar- cleaned soon. No custom cleaning after December 31. amounts from each bag to make representative sample. We furnish Van Buren county ketIng agre ment. seed sample mailing envelope on request. a Brown told u about the reo- Ea8t Leland Community Farm Bureau, pies• r tlonal work being done through Leel nau county the Community th local group Councilor bscribed for which 6.00. that the motion was made and carried chairman appoint a com- a ea at 3 armers eva The council 1 active and the recre-\ mlttee consisting tional 'Work I advised with a re- ipte of three to inves- he matter of having a com- U SE VI ES, Lansins, ichisa i 1 d r 0 u r 1 he wor. mu ty roup cr p book.