IF IT'S HELP YOU NEED, HELP OTHERS AND SUOOEED Vol. XIX, No. 5 SATURDAY. MAY 3, 1941 Be FARM GROUP Who hould Help Asricultur.? ICKARD SPEA t e SERVI G OTIC o ON GOV'T UPPO T Wheel. ON PRICE FIXING ON F M PRIC o r With J. P. Yaeger, 250 l.eaders7 Chicago Say Director of benbip Will "Stabilize" Cost of Peed House Sends Milk Marketin RelatioDl Agriculture Won't Be And Support Hog and Sacrificed Farm Bureau Say H8-92 Other Prices in State Aid to WASHINGTON We spent a week in Washington re- Government price fixing for farm By GLAUDE R. WIOKA'RJ) cently and have never seen a busier products since April 3 brought a S c'y, U. S. Dep't 01 Agriculture IJy T A LEY M. P01V ELL clty. Thousands of people on the move meeting of 250 farm leaders at Chi. Editor's note-The following stale- throughout the day; cars are parked eago May 2 and 3 at the call of the mont is taken from an addre made The legislature is now ent ring upon everywhere even in defiance of no- National Milk Producers Ass'n. parking 01' limited parking Signs; by ecretary Wickard during the a- will be the last month of its regular se ion. M ny bill d These leaders were of the opinion tional Farm and Home Hour of the office bulldinf;s and more office build- that price control of any sort for ational Broadcastmg Company on sired by Farm Bureau folks have made subst nti I pro ings and still office space is at a pre- farm prices must be withheld until April 24. mium. Th re are offices In former but whether or not this proves to b a successful s ion fr and unless agriculture receives equal apartment buildings and in private price treatment with industry and On pril 3, al; you know, til De- the rural point of view will d p d I rg ly u on wh t i do homes. Memorials galore, new and partment of Agriculture announced labor. A ceiling for farm prices and by the lawmakers from now on. old and more being built. Tourists by that it would support the prices of no ceiling for other prices cannot the thousands even at this early sea- hogs, dairy product's, chickens and son; war talk everywhere one goes; exist and be fair to agriculture. After occupying th center 0 th st eggs as a part of the program to sup- much rushing about and confusion Brody Summarizes Conference ply our own people and our allies representatives for most of the week th both in action and thinking. There This summary of the proceedings with food. are questions regarding the strikes to noon, Friday, ~ay 2, was broad. , e are set.ting out to use national ing bill was passed by the r presentative pril ~4 by in the mid-west. Things happening so cast over Prairie Farmer station WLS farm programs as we've often said of 63 to 26. Many milk producers come during he fast that even tho e on the inside by Clark L. Brody, executive secretary they would be used-when th time flnd it hard to keep -up. The casual of the Michigan State Farm Bureau. came-to expand where expansion is to express their interest in the measure and to di eu observer is hopelessly lost. Mr. Brody said the conference was needed. Now we are going to convert provisions with their representativ s. M ny mendm FINE GENTLEMEN then debating the final draft of the our reserves of feeds into reserves of I met many fine gentlemen during farm organizations' answer to price food. We are planning to turn the were offered to the bill. Som of those adopted y no my short stay. One of the fin twas pegging, price fixing or price sup- ever-normal granary program into an seem wise from the producers' standpoint. If n ffo Mr. R. M. Evans. administrator for port for only farm products at this ever-normal food program. will be made to have. them remov d whil h i the Agricultural Adjustment Admin- istration. Although time. Michigan was represented by Mr. Abandonment of Where Surpluses Are Not ome people are saying evcn now that our prtncipal problem is still one consideration in the senate. very busy, .11'. Ev- ans received O. R. Ogg of the Mr. Brody for the State Farm Burean; W. G. rmstrong, master of the State Grange, Andrew Lohman for the Ele- Panty ·s Alarrni of surpluses. crops are concerned, tobacco and another So far as our export wheat, cotton, commodity or About the week before this bill cam to fin 1 house the State Farm Bureau sent each of i s I vator Exchange and co-op poultry in- two, they're right. But so far as American Farm terests; Fred Myel', N. P. Hull, Will ute men a 2-page summary of its provision Bureau Federation Bristow, B. F. Beach, 1. K. Maystead Michigan County Farm Bureau Leaders Wonder pork, dairy products, tomatoes and some other foods are poultry, eggs, ments for it. On the morning of th d y wh n and myself and we had a half hour of and Mr. Harvey for Milk Producers Ass'n. Mr. Hull was the Michigan if Price Pegging is not End of Gov't concerned they're wrong, dead wrong. coming up for action in the house. each r p most inspiring talk. This war is sowing the seeds of aturally. the dis- chairman for the general sessions, Effort to Balance Farm Inca e famine all over Europe_ The Germans ceived a letter from President C. J. R id of h cus ion d r i f ted and Mr. Brody was chairman of the are living fairly well now but they are policy making committee of 24. Mr. robbing other nations to do it. Foun- Bureau endorsing the bill and assuring him th cJ F yt4E(j£~ around to the re- lationship betwen the Farm Bureau Lohman served on that committee. Farm Bureau leaders repros ntirur 40 eounti ..' in southern dation herds on the continent are the bill would be supported by the Farm Bur u. and the A. A. A. Mr. Evans, empha- This May Be Turning Point Michigan, have expressed considerable anxiety over. r. cent reversals being destroyed to feed the conquerors 1934 25.79 175.81 idered genuine. The petition had to from the returns made to the pro- make our tnttuence felt to a far grea farm organization do strongly urge It~or example: at a erie of farmer 1935 19.40 182.20 be accepted, under the law. ducer. ~loney so derived would be er degree then our 7l~mberS . u.'arra~t. that our leaders, both state and na- meetings held recently in Michigan, 1936 34.02 167.58 used for a general promotional cam- By organized agressrve scnon, pres- tional, continue the tight for the par- a speaker who labeled himself as a 1937 17.85 183.75 Fifty million cases of canned fruit paign intended to stimulate con ump- sure can be brought to bear on our ity program, and we strongly urge 17.43 outh Dakota farmer, toured the 193 184.17 is the annual output of U. S. canners. tion of all types of dairy products. oonsre smen and Senators, and. by more agre sive action by our leaders 1939 18.63 182.97 state with labor leader. He ignored Census Bureau records reveal. Peach- An amendment added by the Senate th giying of reliable mrormauon, on the farm progra.m." 18.90 farmer organizations and the part 1940 182.70 e lead with over 12 miUion cases. Committee would make it po ible fo e (continued on page two) tCo J Q 0 J (Continued on pace two) CJ Behind Taxes Averaged $410 Per Family The Wheel All taxes in 1940 totaled $14,300,000,- (Continued from page one) which such organtzatlons have play- 000 according to the Census Bureau. ed in agricultural progress. He at- Ea~h person's share averaged 100, of Successor to the tempted to discredit farmer organiza- which $39 were Federal taxes; $27 tions with such statements as, "W'ho Sate taxes, and $43 local gover~ment ga ve y.oU this program (the Triple A) taxes. Each family's share of tax Entered as second class matter January 12, 1923, at the post- ottlca at Charlotte, Michigan, under the Act ot larch 3, 1879. in the first place? It was labor! In collections averaged $410. The Old- Time Blacksmith Shop 1933 it was the demand of the tabor Nearly three million cases of aspara- Publh.hed first Saturday ot each month by the Ii higan State Farm Bureau at its publication office at 114 Lovett St., Charlotte, Michigan. Editorial and general offices, 221 forth Cedar St., Postoffice Bo. 960. Tel phone, Lansing Lanstng; 21-271. Ichtga.n, Remember the old.fashioned And his shop in the little old town? The smith with his toil-rounded With hi-s forearms so 11 ir)' 31'\d brown? blacksmith shoulders: vote that gave us this program. 'When ~~~i~ get it back it~~llie~bM"~ in 1936, and it was the labor vote that gave us the program ~ =~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ gus are canned annually in the U. . wait. we are now operating on." EINAR UNGREN Editor and Buiness Manager I The shop with its smoke-blacKened raftera: That statement is made either out SubscrIption 25 cents per year; 4 years for $1, In advance. And its window panes bleary with grime? 00 the bellows, the forge and the alack·tub Come back into memory sometime ? "'of ignorance as to the facts or it is a deliberate attempt to mislead. In at least two of the three years ener Vol. XIX SATURDA Y, MAY 3, 1941 No.5 Remember the clang of the anvil mentioned, the Agricultural Adjust- With the bright little clinks in between ment Act was made possible by a • The great crashing blows of the striker vote sufficiently decisive so that had Most B IDe Who swung like a stalwart nHlchine? Remember the sharp acrid odor the representatives of the so called "labor states" voted against the mea- Successful poultrymen are those who are in the When the smith would apply the hot shee sure it still would have passed. That With a punch in one hole fOr a handle the business to stay and operate accordingly, says Roy To mark if the hoof was trimmed true? is a matter of record. Connolly, field manager for the Michigan Poultry Im- Remember the toolbox on casters As far as organized labor is con- And the odd set of tools it displayed; cerned, it never carried the spearhead provement Ass' n. The knife with the crooKed bone handle in the fight for the farmer program. And the hook at the end of the blade Even today most labor leaders don't When egg prices are high or when there tends The trimmers, the pincer, the horae.rasp, know the difference between the to be a igh margin of profit, marginal producers rush The long slender hammer and such] parity concept as the ,basis for agri- The specialized tools of a c lIing cultural prices and Adam's off ox. in. ey are the first to rush out when prices decline That now isn't called upon muoh, MAYOR LaGUARDIA HELPS and profit margins are thin. Remember the worn horse.t il fly brush The one time that congressmen For scourging that ravenous crop from labor areas rallied to the cause Successful poultrymen work for efficiency. They That mustered and bred in the sweeping_ of agriculture was in June 1939 when Just outside the door of the hOp? stick through the lean and the fat years. They . It looked as though Congress might Remember the wonderous assortment Of tongs in the rack by the wall. defeat the farm program. It was on are there with producing plants when egg prices im- June 30, 1939 in a telephone conver- Each shaped for its own cer-tain purpose prove. They maintain high fall and winter egg produc- And serving no other at all1 sation with Mayor LaJGuardia of New York, that President O'Neal of the tion, a high yearly average egg production, low over- Remember the hours of amusement American Farm Bureau Federation That a country boy got now and then head costs, and low mortality. Who saw everything that ¥rent forward urged the Mayor to use his influence with New York congressmen to get And heard all the talk Of the men? them to vote for .the AAA. As are· Here's a complete outfit! The biggest little tractor You surely recall the old &l'I'1ithY ace fo~ Our As well as I do, for I Know sult of this appeal, :Mayor LaGuardia on the market. It will handle two 12" bottoms except That you used to play ther as I did came to Washington the next morn- Way back in the long 10"g ago. ing. !He conferred with President under extreme conditions. And we have tractors in Having made a success of the Farm Bureau mem- O'Neal. The two mapped out a pro- stock. But don't delay because demand is heavy. bership campaign this spring, we are faced with the problem of more actively enlisting the members gained. The Associated omen gram of strategy and held numerous conferences. enough congressmen They finally convinced from New York General Tractor on rubber. __ __ _......... 650.00· It is hoped that every County Farm Bureau will sf the as to the worth of the farm program 2 Row Cultivator o. ll-G .._._ _.__ 107.46 U rea U 16" Attached Plow ._..__.. _ _. ._...... 70.23 study the location ~f its membership today. We need to build Community Farm Bureaus where it is reason- American Farm so that the AAA was endorsed by a majority of five votes. This would not have happened had 2 Row Corn Planter (attached) with fertilizer Mr•. Pearl E. Myu., Director lor Michigan it not been for the 1trgent pleading attachment .._ __ __ __ _ _ 78.93 ably certain that they will succeed. ASSOCIATED WOMEN'S BANANA BREAD of Pres. O'Neal of the Farm Bureau This is a job for both old and new members. and the co-operation: of Mayor La- 2 Row Bean Puller (attached) ---..- -.._.. 39.50 CONFERENCE APRIL 17 ~ c~Jp S~~ening Guardia and New York congressmen. There are 200 active Community Farm Bureaus The meeting at the State Farm Bu- 3 mashed bananas Labor leaders had nothing to do with reau at Lansing was well attended. ~ '~~~~~n~s~ur milk this even though it involved New 956.12 in Michigan. People like their social, educational and J. F. Yaeger reporting on the progress 2 beaten eggs York congressmen. For the gentle- of a group hospitalization plan said Ih cup chopped nuts entertainment programs. They are one of the strongest 2 cups flour, sal men from South Dakota to credit *Lights, Starter & Battery ._._._ ..._...__ _._._ _... 55.00 that he hoped for an announcemen t Method. Mash bananas with fork In labor with the Triple A is, as I have Wheel Weights (two) _.. .__.. ..__ __ ..._ _.. 16.00 forces in the Farm Bureau. We look forward to the of a program soon. . I ti counsel stirring dl h, add 2 eggs and beat, add sugar shortening, mllk and beat. already said, a deliberate misstate- Stanley Powell, legls a rve , 'l'h.~n add flour to Which has been add- No. 25-H Two Bottom 12" Plow __._.._..__ _.. 113.29 day when we shall have 200 more Community Farm urged everyone to make known to ed the soda and salt, lastly the nuts. ment or a horrfble display of ignor- their state senator and representative Bake in greased bread tin ~ to 1 hour. ance. Bureaus. se moderate oven 350°-375°. Drop .Center Rims for Plow. (No tires or their support for the milk marketing Mrs. Schlubatis. When we in conversation 'With the contrary. Voters in a dozen or more bill, HB. No. 164. Coldwater, speaker questioned his assertion and tubes) _ _ __ ._ _.._.._.._ _. .._.... 4.03 orking on Bills counties had closed their counties Mr. Crozier of the American Legion 13tanC,h __C_O_._...,,-_..:..- _ gave him the facts as they are written Of Farm Interest against Sunday hunting. Passage of explained Senate Bill No. 36, the anti- Wh above, he replied that national Farm Crawler Tractors-See our Cle-Trac H. G. 68·10. (Con1linued trom page one) sabotage bill. It is a bill to protect Abundance of eat Bureau leaders were "pulling the Filled Milk Regulation Legislation and taxation of filled- Senator Carpenter's bill would repeal all of these local acts and legalize property and to safeguard defense in- dustries. It prescribes the powers c- 1}_ AI. •• for r gram wool over my eyes". Crawler Tractor. 22 HP at belt. 18 HP at drawbar. Sunday hunting throughout the state. Is he also convinced that Adminis- Does your work any time, in any weather, on muck, milk in Michigan is proposed by two Opposition to this proposal was led and duties of peace officers under the "If the United States ground and trator Evans is "pulling the wool over bJ1ls both being sponsored by Repre- act and penalties for its violation. bale d all it wheat in the next year, our eyes" when the administrator hills, in low spots, in orchards. by Senator Leonard Paterson of sentative Audley Rawson of Cass City Sandusky. However he was out-voted There is opposition to the bill. Mr. we'd have more than 1,900 loaves for makes the statement such as he did Implements-We have a full line of tractor drawn and Representative A. P. Decker of Crozier urged citizens to acquaint ever y family in the United State- at Staunton, Virginia on March 16, and the Carpenter bill was passed 21 and horse drawn implements. See Farm Bureau dealers Deckerville. Filled milk is made by their state legislators with their and the average family eats about 1939 when he told Farm Bureau peo- to 7 and has now gone to the House. removing the butterfat from milk and wishes regarding Senate Bill No. 36. 300 toave of Ibread a year," says Ad. pie: "I do not believe that the Agri. about Co-op Discs, Mowers, Hay Loaders, Rakes, etc. Another bill by Senator Carpenter then SUbstituting a vegetable oil. The W. R. Fee, professor of history rntntstrator oR. . Evans of the AAA cultural Adjustment Act of 1938, 01' amends the Horton trespass law so final product resembles condensed or at Michigan State ('.ollege, spoke on in explaining the difficult position of any of the other farm acts could have evaporated milk and unless it is prop- that any farmer might arrest any "Education in the Home for Civic whe t farmers and the continuing DEUVERY-As a rule, RIGHT OW! see your person trespassing on his property become law without ~ •• th r, . It)~ qUltt' po; 8.lhl/' safety and health, are not trade barr- of Kansas, does not consider the Census. lllat t he Balkanizing of the l nltNl ters in at' • Landskroener Fred Wirth Fred 0 Hwlps on.n 1)1" prevpntP<1. • rue sense of the phase." Kansas port-or-entry law a trade MILLINGTON B . . Th re are about six fields which barrier because it does not discrimin- Keinath Carl Petzold Edward Keinath John Stockwell John M A Tr~d~ aprr,ler diS a T d have restrictions and regulations that Restriction ace on ra e hamper the tr d . ate between vehicles from Kansas and REESE Rules and regulations must exist for (1) re ulatl 1 a e In farm products: those from other states. He explained Buchinger Clarenoe Holzhei Herbert Buchinger Elmer M Rogner Henry the "'eneral welfare of the community. I g t t on of motor trucks and the law to the temporary National Buchinger Mike Rupprecht Erwin M tat; and nation. Sanitary restrtc- mere Ian ~'uckers, (2) regulation of Economic Committee in Washington, Buchinger Rubin Zwerk Walter St'. DS' on the tmportat ions of various the marketing of dairy products, (3) last year, by saying: Buetow Carl 10 marganne taxes and I t' UNIONVILLE lants and animals are essential.. regu a IOns, (4) "In the year 1931, the state of Cormendy Wm Pretzer Hubert p.. These regulatIons do restr-ict " trading tao atton on. and regulati on 0.1.~ th e sa 1e Kansas initiated a new system of tax- Donahoe Paul Remington Howard . Kemp John E Roller Elmer between states and might be class]-. of I b l' alcoholic beverages ,gI (5) ,a d'ing, ing motor carriers for the commercial Markl Mat Jr Russell Wm f' I hy some as a trade barrier. a e mg. and standardization meas- use of its highways. This new Matuszak Stanley Schenback H leI( the th inking of many people a me: and (6) plant and animal quar- method of assessment was not for VASSAR n. . ' antmes. Hart G S Schwab Arthur restriction I. not a trade barrter un- the purpose of increasing the tax bur- Hecht John Schwab Harlod G &. Wilmer Stewart Harold F ]~s it is imposed upon the products The motor-vehlcta legislation has den of such carriers, but was enacted and servi~eR of one state and is not heen enacted to regulate and to tax in the law with one purpose in mind imposed upon similar products or ser- motor transportation, but too fre. --to provide a more fair and equit- They oirred Farrrr Keinath Sohiefer Henry Henry VAN BUREN COUNTY Wirth Wilbert • vices trom within the state itself. The quently it has placed a heavy burden able means of distributing laws, rules and r gulations state entered must be followed. of the upon interstate commerce. This legis- burden among them. ThiH lation has usually covered the follow- time the tax was levied on the basis the tax Prior to that Bure Rol Ca MARINE CITY Copenhaver &. Son S m BANGOR Monk L G White Brother (Continued from page 4) Hover Carl rule or trade has been used by the lng : (1) registration (licenses) and of capacity and weight of vehicles. Diehl L H Polansky John BLOOMINGDALE states for about one hundred years taxes. (2) regulations of weight, size, It was collected through the custom- OAKLAND COUNTY Dunning MEMPHIS Glenn R Wahls Walter Ashbrook Jay Leedy Orville Kopterski Joe &. Glen but some groups are now demanding and equipment, and (3) port of entry ary medium of the annual license MILFORD McVeigh Her Waite Ellery Oakley John B Sr DECATUR the removal among sever al tates, State Representatives' of certain restr ict ious laws. I The license fees are usually contri'l placed on the truck. 1J~ted t~,:ard ~he cost of building and fees ~aid was det~rmined plates sold to the truck owners to be The scale of solely. by Canfield John L NEW HUDSON OXFORD Benson Harry Campbell Jas Mr &. Mrs NORTH STREET McKenzie Mr &. Mrs McNaughton Homer Bros Adams Allen Collins Guy Creagan Griffin G A Arthur 0 Mykle Puhl John Laurence Sorensen Geo Wiley W M Allen ED&. Son Garvin L E Hartman Russell Van Ne s Wm D f'nition of Trade Barrier I matntaining highways and in regula- the SIze and capacity of the vehicle. Knoll Max Butler Byron Lewis Russel &. Son Walker Neil Lockwood Geo Wil!~s Levine DOWAGIAC ~I delegation of . tat representa-] ting traiflc. But what about out of Nothing else made a bit of difference. ROCHESTER Weiaburg Bob V Mcintyre Duncan tives met in Denver last year and d .. tate trucks which are not registered? .The owner who operated his truck Houghton Lester F RICHMOND GOBLES fined a trade barri r as: Should they purehas licenses in the over the highways only one hundred ROMEO Ba t I' Ralph Peter on A ot Tinckn II HI&. Son Fenton Kenl'leth Steven on E J O'Donnell .Iohn P Vogt Carl no Claude t)tyl t nl y "A trade barrier 1. a state law or sev ral states through which they mil s a month, paid identically the Sa s Wm J &. Son Grah m Glenn regulation that deliberately dlsertm- ravel'? same fee as did the ~wne: who op r- OCEANA C UNTY ST CLAIR HARTFORD HART Beach Geo Morrill Louis Coble John Sr Davis Joe inates against people, products or ser- Some states go so far as to charge ated ten thousand miles m the same Archer Ben Kokx John F Duncombe Chas Howlett L G Burguts Norman Stevenson B F vices of another tate in favor of the a higher ton-mile tax on trucks that month. Bray John POl/weIs Frank SMITH CREEK &. Son Myers Leon Fetters Everett Spencer Marshall people, products or servic s of the are from out-of-state than they do on "To correct these obvious inequal- Kokx Clarence Wright Merton Mahren Wm Osborne Joseph L state which enacted such a law or those that bear their own license ities of taxation, the Kansas Leg- MEARS YALE Ball B Dale Haul Almon adopted such regulation; which actu- plate. Other states impose a very islature determined that both weight Carlson Otto Powers Wm Feasel Walter Beard GUy McKeith D A Till Allen ally does restrict or impair the free high gasoline tax which will discour- and distance should be factors in de- Marshall Claude Dafoe J E Schlee Vern Fergus Earl Seaton Russell 0 flow of commerce between the states; age foreign trucks from bringing termining the tax to be paid. The MONTAGUE Gathergood James Todd Hugh which is not nee ssary to promote goods into their state. Weight re- problem was given careful and detail- Hoffman Conrad Seaver Eveard Lohman Paul W Shirtum Earl PORT HURON peace, health, morals. or welfare of str ict.ions, size of trucks and equip- ed consideration. and resulted in the Adams Alex Strobel C J NEW ERA Crawford Howard Richards 0 J the citiz ns, and whlch cannot be ment regulations stop many trucks imposing of the gross - ton mileage Blohm Frank C Jorgensen Chris Dunn Theo W &. Son Burke Ray Morrison Elvera G Sperry C Clare corrected by orderly procedure afford- at state lines. Fines for failure to tax, which is, exactly what its name ROTHBURY Ogden Myron ed to all citizens by our courts," make desired adju tments has discour- implies. It assesses a tax of one-half Jancek John Persson Reuben Governor's Report on Barriers aged many truckers from carrying on mill per gross ton mile traveled, and Ramey &. Cartwright ST JOE COUNTY The Director of the Trade Barrier interstate trade. . acts upon all operators alike. The SHELBY BURR OAK Coo-per Burton Putney Arthur Baumeister J C Neaman Kenneth Section, of a sou hern governors' Railroad people' state they have truck o~ner is called upon to pay his Crowe I Boyd ttey Alfred Brooks Stanley &. Sons share of the up-keep of the state's Hastings Violet Smith Clare L Burr Oak Hatchery Royer D B Plumhoff Karl heeler Alt highway system in direct proportion Cary Howard Snook Brothers Hagelgaus Walter Steinbarger J E to his use on the highways. OTTAWA UNTY Mangold Henry G Ware John R COOPERVILLE Early experiences in the adminis- Hambleton Frank nernan Harm CENTERVILLE Awe Herman Kelley Wm tration of this system resulted in the C &. Sons Icott Horace H Bohm John W Moore Everett Smith Herbert Wiegerink J H discovery that an improved method Smith Raymond Cortland F M Oxender •...• arry of enforcement was necessary. Some Engle E C Reynolds Fred GRANO HAVEN Fairchild Ernest Storms Brothers method of checking in the field was Mc9arthy Geo Hepner Lawrence Wahl Carl needed to prevent wholesale tax evas- HOLLAND Jackson John Schilleman Edward CHICAGO, ILL. ion. The taxpaying operator deserved HUDSONVILLE Jameson John S protection from his less scrupulous Driesenga Harry COLON competitor." NUNICA Copenhafer Frank Loudensl 9 W A Van Sluys Isaac Copenhafer Glen Smith Paul Dairying and Trade B~rriers Engle Orla a,. Ear) ZEELAND The regulation of the marketing of Bussis Gerrit Schermer Gerrit CONSTA 't NE dairy products usually centers around Babcock E W Johnson R L SAGINAW COUNTY Bailey W C Kaper Dick inspection work. The usual method is to only allow milk from inspected farms to enter a certain town or state. To remove the barriers to interstate Block Alvin Block Herman Braeutigan BIRCH Fred W BURT RUN Schmitzer Wenn Richard Herb Batson B A Berkey L A BerKey Ora Breec Clarence Cleme'tltz Floyd King F Earle Langer Noel Frank John Pear~on Clyde Reed )!l.rthur W L The ailroad ca t e eaVlns too' trade in milk, as well as cream, would Price Lawrence CriJwell E Reed Glen rake Stor.:k Farm Rienstra Andrew consist of formulating a system CHESANING Oyer L C Rutherford L A Lytle Freeman Estes E L Schneider Chas under which each city and each state FREELAND Gentzler Fred N Seeley Ray . would accept inspections by accred- Darby Thomas A Wurtzel Edw C Guffey W A Siote L R . ited inspectors from other states. Fosters Zoromski Victor Hockstetler Fred Wait H A o farmer studies the crop A bumper crop now, with a HEMLOCK Hoffman Bruoe Zerbe R 0 Margarine taxes have caused a Ison Arthur forecasts more closely heavy carry-over still in the Elsner Herbert Roggow Albert great deal of resentment on the part &. Herman Scharf 'Robert JONES than do the railroads. An inch elevators, will create a strong of some of the southern cottonseed Hoffman Oscar Sm' b Archie Hiemstra Edwin F oil producing states. The cotton Kreger Adolph T ner Alvin LEONIDAS of rain at just the right time temptation to use cars for stor- N iersel Robert urner Edward Barsehe Ross Kline Lee farmers thinks of the margarine tax Raucholz John Correll James Rockelein John P may mean five more bushels of age, but the railroads count on ERRILL Ferris Ort'is G Watkins Ernest as an attack upon their market. They F'yrtow Georg Schultz Henry W wheat per acre to the farmer- prompt loading and unloading Gunsaulis Oliver Watkins Harrison have threatened to impose retaliatory ST CHARLES MARCELLUS to the railroads it means that in moving the crop. taxes on certain dairy products and Benenbaun Emil Miller Clarence Batt Luther Myers C L other products from those states. But Hafner Mathew Prior Jess Bent Ivan Peters Charles thousands of additional cars REESE Bivvins L eon Wright Chas F Only the railroads with their regardless of the retaliation, three Diedrich Herbert Reinbold Erwin Hayward Claude &. Arden must be provided for that &. CI renee Schian Geo W own vast network of steel high- states now impose a tax of 15 cents a Johnson Oscar L section. pound; 1 a tax of 12 cents; 17 a tax SAGINAW MENDON ways and their reserves of Abraham Fredric J Harnden Clarence Iilanner Ed Huff Carl V of 10 cents; and 3 a tax of 5 cents. Arnold Norman Janson Mathias &. Raymond Kline Lester W Only last year, production of equipment could pos ibly Bauer Harry Laszlo Rudolph Jr Clark Clyde Miller Ralph Those states levying a tax of 5 cents Bourdow John R Phillips Cleland Copenhafer G'N Reno L P winter wheat in some sections handle a movement of such AUalfa is a heavy feeder on plant foods, a pound found the number of retailers Cady Or J F Shepherd Earl R Garman J)Seph Lagoni Hans Caldwell Robert Trim Wm M Goertler Wm Morey J W jumped 68% ahead of early magnitude. In the great grain especially on nitrogen and potash. It can licensed to sell uncolored margarine Case W L Wieck Emil G Hartleb Albert W Schneider Ray A estimates when late rains dropped 520/0 between 1929 and 1935; Gibbon Alfred W Wieneke E F belt of the Midwest there are STURGIS get most of its nitrogen from the air, but the those with a tax of 10 cents a pound, Gulas Paul J Wolgast Geo A Allen Chas Kehoe F E drenched the principal produc- some 30,000 miles of feeders, 91 %, and those with a tax of 15 cents Arney 0 H King Russle minerals (potash and phosphoric acid) must SANILAC COUNTY Avery Harvey G Kraft Fred W ing states. branch lines which find their a pound, 99%-there was a 10 percent CASS CITY Borgert Frank Kroll John be supplied by the soil and fertilizer. If the increase in those states that had no McLellan John Borgert Fred Miller Miles As threshing time draws near, chief use when the crops move. Bothamley C L Pagels Albert crop is removed for hay, these minerals go excise taxes on uncolored margarine. SHIAWASSEE COUNTY Dillivan A I Parker Frank the railroads plan their strategy Without these lines to carry Trade Barriers to Protect CHESANING Fair J M Parrish M F as carefully as a general staff their produce quickly and co- with it, ~d the soU is left that much poorer. Home Liquor Industries Brown Erwin Fawcett &. Stei"inger R CORUNNA Cominator Storms Herbert plots a military campaign. nomic ally to market, million The sales of alcoholic beverages Fleming Chas 0 Sweeder Edw To 9 t a good hay crop year after year Harryman R D McKay 0 M &. Son has cau ed many states to set up re- &. Son Veale Leo Froh Brothers Wall David Armies of cars are marched in- of acres of fertile, profitabl Gest Alvie Wenzel John S and stnl maintain the fertility of the soil, strictions on goods which move in- Jacobs Wm B farm land might as well b DURAND Girton Gro'ver &. John 0 to position. Everything must be side their boundries from outside Grim Forre t L Wilson H B plan now to top-dress the field after the first Conrad R C Mikan Frank Hepner Clark Zabel Henry ready when the grain starts to given back to th Indians. states that tax liquor. Most states Luchenbill Geo Paine Cha &. Son Hibbard Robt G &. Carl cutting. Apply 200-300 lbs. of 0-12-12 or want to bring about advantages to LAINGSBURG THREE RIVERS flow out of the combines be- Colby C K Goetze Geo Beal L C Krull Will their brewing and distilling industri s cause the grain-producing states 0-20-20 per acre on silt loam soils, and a OVID Bloom Cleon C Kundert J H as well as to give their own farmers ~aLCrence L C Cochran W L Lublow Henry W can store only a fraction of their similar amount of 0-8-24 or 0-10-20 on POUNDSN- '20, - KaO an advantgae over other farmers. De Long Frank Lucas Donald OWOSSO REQUIRED fOR A 3- TON These restrictions are usually in Beal'bish LV&. Son Kurrle Ivan Fellows M K McDonald J Leo crop, while modem methods in sandy soils. Graha C W Reynolds F C Fischer L E Meyer John C ONE YEA'S YIELD Of alFAlfA HAYp the form of heavier license fees on PERRY FOl'reider M J Mrs Mohner Clinton harvesting and marketing have Hagenbuch Leslie Nesman John Your county age or experiment station wholesalers or retailers who sell al- Arthur E M Ellsworth Merton W Hagenbuch S C Ruggles J H compressed shipments into GRAIN RAIL SHIP TS coholic beverages produced outside Haldy Lewis Smittendorf VIm shorter and sharper peak move- will tell you about having your soils tested. the state than on those who sell only S'l CLAIR COUNTY Harder W C VanNorsdall J G • home liquor. Special sales taxes and ALLENTON Johnson Carroll W:\ddell Adrian ments. WHEAT-142,818.334 bush- See your fertilizer dealer or manufadurer. Boadway i1ton White Robert Jers George &. Son Wahl Elmer tnspection fees are impo ed on out-of- Hicks Henry &. Ira . Kaiser Arthur J Williams Raymond els or 489,446 car • You will be surprised how little extra it Leach H M Zorlen Harold Kaiser W L Stell E &. Quinn This year the problem threat- state liquor . Georgia, ~Itchigan, and ew Mextco place a higher sales tax Rohloff Orval A King Orville H Warner Merrill n to be xceptionally difficult. • costs to use enough potash for the high Krull Leslie Homoki Dan on out-of-states wines than on domes- Beers Leo C AVOCA Green Alex VICKSBURG o - 369,363,893 bu or ~43,719 yields and quality which mean mere profit. tic wines. Some stat s limit the Cimmer Douglas Lossing Howard • Homoki Dan Meyers John M Cunningham Wm Monroe Byron WHITE PIGEON sales of wine to the native product. Dempster Byron Morgan Alvin Arndt R J Miller Jay Other states tax materials produced BROWN CITY Aurand Geo Nishimura Sunao Sf AMERICA BY RAILROAD - SPECIAL 01 S-170,816,062 bu hel Desjardin Joe Morlock Alexander Blue J R Scharffer 0 E RATES FOR GRAND CIRCLE TOURS ••• . or 83,658 cars. outside the state but used by local Bratton L S Schmidt Herman Write u. lor oar IrH illustrated boo1clet on CAPAC Ask your local ticket agent I wineries. Blau Joseph ~ Hazel Lloyd Catton R E Schrock Homer Ito.., much plant lood cropS use, and other Grading, Labeling and Gulzutler Klann Albert Fage Glen Smith John S Clark Albert Klug Frank Fetch Homer Stears Harry J Iree literature and inlormation on getting' Standardization Glassford Ernest Standel Vern C Friesner W W Stevenson Brothers .Iuch annoyance is witnessed DETROIT Harrison Roscoe Stubig Harry more prolit Irom your crop•• Rumford Geo Lutz Troy E through the non-uniformity among EMMETT the state' standards, grades and Brennan Joseph Gleason Oaniel E TRI-COUNTY FARM BUREAU labeling requirements. • any of the Donnellon H J Quaine Russell (Antrim, Charlevoix &. Kalkaska Co's) Foley Wm J Sullivan Anthony states do not accept federal-state in- CHARLEVOIX FAIRHAVEN Agel' William Elliott Albert R pections and in ist on making its Commet Wm Graham &. Bourlier Bradford Edward Fisher Earl L own inspection of commodities com- JEDDO Cellner Chas Heeres Herman Baman Geo &. Son Harrison Elmer Crain Everett Novotny Frank ing into their state by truck; usually Barrett John H McC lIum Marvin Cunningham H E eeble H S &. Son (Continued on pai8 6.) 80yd John 01 W I r ,. n otter Henry MICHIGAN ARM NEWS SATURDAV, - c Growers, In C repre:en ted Rog I'~. FIX AD-FUND Sales Tax ales ta es, almos t unknown 20 Steel Partitions, Stanchions, o that he wa generally round Farm Bureau Fruit Company years ago, con stttuted apprOXimately standing with hi front t et 10 er 40 percent of all state ta rev nue. ill Represents Farmer And Gates Provide fly TA Advantages t.ev M. POWRL1, than his hind f t which I always di advantag ous from the appearance standpoint. We Decide to Modernize La t vlnt I' I decided to mod ruize Interests The Farm Bureau }4"'ruit Pl'Odu~ts 1940, ac ording to t11 C nsu Bureau. SERVING THE FEED INDUSTRY --- ~ arly 50 years ago, ,'0011 after my this s ction of the barn by tearing Company co-operated rec ntly wl.th ad other .L\1ichigan canners in a special Iather, Herb rt 1'.... Powell, had taken out all of the old partitions and man- meeting at Fremont on April Sth in IB ILk over th mall m III of Ingle 'ide gers and maktn a new 'tall ~ith Dried Bu t ••milk J. ann, oue of hi fir. t major hnprov '- steel and concrete partition s , tau- a decision to ar-mark 25<: pel' tOll. to meut wa the I ection of a large chtcns and manger '. I' pre sentative assist in the advertising of euerrres. SUPREME BRAND h 111. It wa 40x 0 f et on th 'round, or F'arru Bureau ervlces, In '" came The resolution pertaining to this Conden ed te milk with a full has m nt and a v ry com- to the farm and took th mea ur - reads as follow ~: . Quotation Made to Elevatorl ruodtou itorage na .e above. At that meuts and ord red the teel pip s, "'VHER.b}AS, the Michigan A 'SQCl- By Wire or Mall tim the arm had be n in the family stanchions, gate, fittin Y " t c. This ation of Cherry Producers have been DRY MILK SALES DIVISION [UI' ne rly ,,0 y ar.s. I have be n told was nico equipm nt .hich means promoting a campaigll looking for- that my grandfather vas quit op- that it i manutactur d by the I ntted ward to inauguration of a cO~ll~re- Lansing ~~ Mlch'IOan posed to th rection of su 11 a large Co-operativ ,Inc. hensive campaign for the ad verti uug and tall bam b cain e two t r es that When the steel ani 'ed it wa of red cherries, and had stood there had been struck by eued in plae and the concr te "WHEREAS, in the opinion of those Ilghtn ing. He thought that undoubted- ing was er cted und ru ath th present this campaign cOlll.d. ~e up' ly th barn would b hum d in the titions. For the bull p 11 the teel plemented by similar acttvities by first thunderstorm that came along". pip s are embedded in the curbing for the canners or processors of red 'V hether w have just been lucky or gr ater stabtltty and .treugth. Vhile cherries, add hether th lightning rods h•.ve car- ve were at it we put in con 'rete floors Top-F.;nd view of 3 new bo "WHEREAS, the operation of na- 1'1 d off destructive el ctricity 1 call- in each of the 3 stall. There Is a stalls recently placed in the 50- tional cherry week activities have not say. door 1 ading in to the all y from each year-old cattle barn Oll Ingle- been probably the most successfu~ in This barn was con- of the 3 stalls. Th r is al 0 a mang r ..id Farm Ionia, :\lichigan. Two the promotion and sale of red cnerries: truct d with a wealth of long, heavy in each of the 2 front corners of the are box stalls for calves or "BE IT RESOLVED, that the Mich· beams and timh 1" and many wooden bull pen and a mangel' in front of th young cattle. Bull pen at the Izan Canners' Association recommend braces and i 1'011 trus ..es. Joists and other 2 box 'tall. tanchion ai e far end. 1 ote the manger and t~ the national cherry week committee other irn ilar limb r: ar of g n rous provided so that the young cattle may I stanchions at the left and indi- that the cherry week program be ex- s Iz and ar clo e tOI?:ther. 11 in all, be secured while they are being fed vidual drinking bowls for each panded to include a harvest time pro- it is a barn that -ould b almo t im- their grain. Thi provid s an oppor- box stall. Thi is Uuico equip- motional campaign on cherries in late po • fhl and exceeding e. pensive to tunity for cleaning th 111 off and get- ment handled by Farm Bureau July 01' August and that all subscrib- dut)!tcate today. ting th m more tame. It is well to S rvtces, Inc. ers to national cherry week be im- As the Barn Was keep those that drink uulk s cur d in mediately requested to pledge and pay A wid alley runs down lengthwise the stanchion until after they have i~cttom-Close up view of the in before July Lst, 1941, the sum of through the c nter of the barn and a had their milk. 'I'hi a ords a good bull pen as seen from the feed 25c pel' ton based upon their 1940 narro alley runs through the c nter opportunity to carry in the bedding alley. Manger in each of the pack for the financing of such harvest crosswise. Thu., th barn is divided without danger of the cattle wander- two front corners. Automatic time program under the auspices of into four quarters. From time to time ing out through the opened door. drinking bowl. The bull in this the cherry week committee. Such 3 s ctlon have be Il rebuilt and mod- Extended Water System ubstauttal enclosure is Ingleside subscriptions to be effective if and rniz d. The remaining quarter con- While we were at it we extended Royal Satin, enior herd bull on when same equal 90% of the previous i t d of 3 large box . talls which our water piping and placed an auto- Ingleside Farm. owned .by H. E. subscriptions based .on 1940 crop. through the year. have been used for matic drinker in each of the ne ¥ pen . Powell and Son, Ionia. At the "BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, brood mill', colts, maternity stalls, This will provide cleaner and fresher right of this pull pen are two that the Association of New York hospitals, bulls, calv s, rams and all water for the cattle and will ave a modern box stalls for young State Canners be urged to send a sorts of mi c llaneous purpos s. Par- great may steps each day. cattle and calves, representative committee to the spring titions between th stalls were of very While the concr te was hardening meeting of the Michigan Canners' As- oUd conatructton and were boarded up on inch ach side. 0 spac Hence, about 10 wa consumed by each we whitewashed barn. thi section of the \Vith all of the old partitions out of the way it is surprising how WOOL ASS'N sociation to be held at Traverse City, Michigan, on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd of June to assist in formulation of plans partitiou. The partitions rom the 11001' to the ceiling so that it as impossible to ee from one stall were solid much lighter and more attractive new stalls are than the old ones. It is easy to see what is in each stall the ANNOUNCES NEW for enlargement and expansion cherry week and supplementary ities for the future." of activ- Into the other. The wall toward the alleyway was also boarded solid with only doors for feeding and entering. and just hat condition animals are in without looking in each the various Their trade barrier monopolistic SERVICE It is recognized that the money made available through the canners in All of this made the stalls rather dark. There as no running water in any pen individually. installation ha \Ve feel that this contributed to the Intersta e kets are usually short-lived. If we wish to keep from "Balkan- this fashion will hardly be sufficient Will Buy Wool from Growers to materially increase the consumption comfort or the cattle, will simplify of these pen, In fact. it was walking t r and had to be carrt d from a our chores and make a more favorable impression on visitors and prospective Trade izing" the United States and keep from setting up 48 separate trade Or Market It By Pool Method of cherries and for this reason it is hoped that the growers will do some- thing of similar nature to promote the distance by pail. One box stall had been strengthened customers. Barrfers states, we must bend our efforts to- ward the removal of barriers. They U5e of cherries by consumers.. The (Continued from page 5) Co-operative wool marketing in canners have in mind primarily the and convert d into a bull pen. The The Census Bureau lists gout as the can be removed through action by the there is an inspection fee. Truck ship- Michigan should receive a real im- sta.bilization of the price so that once 11001' was dirt. The bull kept pawing cause of three deaths in the U. . in courts, by the states, by the federal petus through arrangements whereby it is established the continued demand and throwing the dirt up against the 1939. ments of Washington apples have to government and a little practice of the Michigan and Indiana Wool Mar- for canned cherries will tend at least be regraded and repacked at the Cal- the Golden Rule by "we, the people." keting Associations secured from the to maintain that price. ifornia border due to the non-uniform- NOTE:-If you wish additional ma- National Wool :Marketing Corporation Growers were not represented at ity of grades between the two states. Classified Ads its Oregon made it compulsory tandard berry-box to use for shipping terial on this topic, contact your dis- cussion leader and get his supple- the services of Paul Finnegan, former- the meeting except through the man- ly of South Dakota. agement of two co-operative canning Classified advertisements are cash with order at the following rates: mentary reading Ii t and the two Mr. Finnegan will assist in extend- projects. The Michigan Farm Bureau out of the state and California decid- ing the regular consignment program Fruit Prpducts Company was repre- 4 cents per word for one dition. Ad to appear in two or more editions articles sent him. lso, listen to the take the rllte of 3 cents per word per edItion. ed that these boxes were illegal with- which has been followed in Michigan 'seuted by Manager C. N. Hinman and WKAR .londay und Table Discus- in the state of California. and Indiana. He will also make it President O. R. Gale. The Cherry, sion for lay a urdays from 1: 30 to Three grades of eggs are used by possible for the two state wool grow- 2:00 P. 'M. LIVE STOOK some states: "Cold Storage", "Ship- ers' associations to make outright pur- Theme for month: Barrier to In- ped", and "Fresh". Cold storage eggs chases of wool from growers. In the DEPENDABLE CHICKS, $3.95 PER REGISTERED HEREFORD BULLS terstate and Foreign Trade. hundred up. Twenty br eds, Oldest IllI- and heifers. 'Ve have a nice selecti<>n. are those that have been in cold May- purchasing program the wool associa- nols- . S. for fnir d allng. 64, Chestnut, Llllnois. pproved Hatchery, known Sensible prices. h stnut Hatchery. Box tha. (14 miles northwest of Kalamazoo). (5-4t-23b) A. t. Todd Co., Men- storage. (7-3-tf-22b) Shipped eggs are those that have not been in cold storage 5-Barriers but Farm Products, to Interstate Trade in tions will not be speculating the National organization because at Boston One million farmer have " have been shipped in from out of will secure orders in advance so that "Seed Saver" Brand REGISTERED MILKING SHORTHORN 12-1Barriers to Interstate Trade bulls for sale. to 13 months old. state. The fresh eggs are those pro- in Non-Farm Products. the state assoetations will be protect, CROW REPELLA T saves reJ>l:ll1ting' Hu. ky chaps. From cow testing ass'n duced in the ho e state that have ed at all times and will know just re .ord dam'. Come and ee for yourself, 19~. Lichigan Trade Barriers. LETHOGAS weevil destrover, Their growthine. and well fie hedness not been in cold torage and that are what they can obtain for the wool 26-Trade Barriers Among Coun- DISINFECTANT OUST for mut on Indicate th true dual purpose type. not "partially or wholly decomposed." that is being bought. wheat, vats and barley. Bang's dtseas te ·ted. • 'ev r any Bang'S tries. Ass'" Member Has His Choice di ease on farm. D. . IcPher on, Many of the states have begun to POTATOX DUST for seed treatment. Low 11, Hch. Phone 71-F2. (5-2t-50b) sponsor advertising campaigns to Mr. Finnegan comes to his work in PLANTS stimulate their major a greater farm use of some of products. This BUREAU' SU PLIES Michigan and Indiana perience in wool marketing operative organization. with long ex- and co- He had charge 3 WAY Fungus. ROTENONE OUST for Ins eta, Worms, AGR'L OUST (In ecUclde) U.. BIG HUSKY Approved. CHiCKS _ MICHIGAN, CERTIFIED, bage and onion FROST-PROOF plants. varieties, Parcel post prepaid, 200, 65c; White Leghorn Chicks 500, $1.00; 1,000, 1.75. Express collect Cabbage, all CAB- means that the states are subsidizing competition (or competitive again t similar products) products from other BUSINESS GROWS of the field work for both the South Dakota and Minnesota associations Sold by Co-op Ass'ns and other Dealers 100% bl 00<.1 t t d for Pullorum disease. 2,500, $2.00. Onion, all varieties parcel states, where there are now 500 assemblers whose finance or' production Lower Prices on F'ertilizers Larue type stock for larger profits. R.O.P. post prepaid, 500, 60c; 1,000 $1.00; Ex- securing consignments and purchas- males. Barred and White Hocks. Pullets press collect 6,000, $2.00. Prompt hip- do not permit their adverti ing in a ing wool for the pools. and sex d chicks. end for de, crtpttve ment, safe arrival, satisfaction guaran- similar manner. Thi makes it dif- Bring Largest Volume The Michigan Co-operative Wool nrtce Ilst, ;\"in trom Hatchery, Zeeland, teed. Catalog free. Union Plant Com- Bu B-7,:Mi higan, (.-3t-42b) pany, Texarkana, AJlkansas. (3-3t-50(3p) ficult for the products of one state to in 20 Years Marketing Association emphasized BUY NOW! CHERRYWOOO CHAM- BULBS enter an adverti ing tate; 0 this that it is not forsaking the program Lime your sour fields now and more rofiu are pion chicks t low r prtc s. White Leg- practice may be classified a a trade Farm Bureau Services, Inc., in- which has been followed by the 'Mich- horns, straight run 7 cents each; White barrier. creased its farm supplies services to igan Wool Pool for the past 20 years. yours, Use your Soil Conservation Paymen Leghorn pull t chick 1 cents each. Roy La- on-uniform ity of grades can be Farm Bureau members and others The Ass'n believes that pooling con- "'herrywood Farms ]\.11 'higan, Hatcher~', Holland, (5-lt-25p) (5-it-16p) solved through co-operation' among during 1940, a year of unusual price stitutes orderly marketing. Records to best advantage by using FRANCE AGSTO E the states in using Federal grades in advances and declines. The present show that growers who consign con, FOR SALE-1934 HUBER TRACTOR. interstate commerce. spring has every appearance of being sistently have been far ahead of those .. _A PROVEN PRODUCT POULTRY I.;ITTER - SERVALL lodel "Light Four" 20-36. An excellent Quarantines another record breaking year. who sold their wool for cash at shear- (made from ugar can )-A odorte s, ab orb nt, sterilized litter. Will HP. dustless, belt pow r tractor, Has not had mor developing ov r 40 than one full Certain quarantine laws imposed Last year the Farm Bureau an- ing time. The new program merely See Your Elevator Man or Farm Bureau s ason since manufactur a. ..TO repair supplements the pool marketing serv- :](eep poultry house and brooder sanitary. used or n ded. Write for price or come by states in the movement of live- nounced a subs ntial reduction in the ice. stock and other farm price of f rtilizers for spring delivery. The light color bright ns th quarters- k eps fioors dry, 100-90und bales. An ands'n,seeWhite it. White loud Co-operative stock, nursery American farm produ 1. litter. .•Iost dealers now have it. Ask se American 0.) Cloud, nchigan. ( Tewaygo (4-2t-49b) products are very es ential. on-un- They averaged from $3 to 5 per ton. The same prices appli d for fall. Prices being paid locally for wool today are above cost of production THE FRANCE STONE COMPANY tor des riptlv bookl t, giving dealer's tormltv of quarantine regulations Monroe, Michi6an Business flocked to Farm Bureau and it is, of course, impossible for name. Harrv Gates Comp.an~·, Hudson. tends to restrict interstate trade, im- fertilizers, Itchigan di tributor. (4-3t-57p) and the organization sold anyone to predict definitely what fu- GEE, AIN'T IT HOT? NOT YET, BUT pose unneces ary inspection fees on its large t tonnage in 20 years. ture market trends may be. There- Producer. of A,..ton. Meal, Pulverized Lime.tone, it'R coming, and you fluid milk producers out of state plants and animals, as number of other companies met the fore, it has been decided that the wool Hi-Calcium Hydrat. and Spraying Lim. will have worries. We have the famous telnhorst Electric Iilk Can Coolers. well as inhibit certain competiting price reduction. It ha been esti- association should enter the field of ONLY FARMERS CAN BUILD A tarm r 'program. ny farm tools you The ew "ork State Co-operative League stock from entering the state. But mated to have saved Michigan farm- order-buying so that from now any n ed c n be bought from us. OU get has been selling 500 a year for the past T four years. Se your Farm Bureau deal- as long as they are designed to pro- ers about $500,000 on fertilizer. grower who wishes to sell for cash the fin t quipm nt at competitive vrice. A.'0 you help build a program er. Writ us for literature and prices. tect the health and security of the For spring of 19 1 the Farm Bureau can get that service through his own that h only 'our int re t. at heart. Farm Bureau SerVices, Inc., .lachinery state, rather than to impose taxes or ha another low price on fertilizer organization. Both the consignment rite us your needs. Farm Bureau Ser- Dep't, Lansing. (1-tf-61b) 'i " Inc., .Iachinery D p't, 728 Ea t favor home products, they cannot be d pite th influence of the war on and purchase program will be present- 'hiawa ee St., Lansing. FOR SALE-1940 ROSENTHAL ".0" corn shr dder. OP rat d 100 hours. -Our 1941 ramou (l-tf-53b) STEEL Selllnt: a.t $100 discount under new rna- able in 6, 7 and 8 lb. capacities. FOR SMALL AND LARGE FAMILIES o-op Washer, avail- Trou- clas ified as true trade barriers. To correct these tion , E. L. :Burtis and F. V. Waugh stifling restric- prices of materials During 1940 arm Bureau Inc., had substantial and labor. ervices, increa e in ale ed to the grower. mines the marketing fers. His judgment deter- service he pre- of chin. ve will deliver. ""hite Cloud Co- ble free, fore d feed Iubr lcatton for the in their article, "Barriers to Internal of Farm Bur au feeds, re d , fertiliz- For the present, at least, those who o ra tv R, 'n, wntte Cloud, liehigan. mechanism. Prices-UO.. 53.. 64. Trade in Farm Products" argue that er, fence and steel roofing. fa m wish to sell their fieeces to the Asso- Replacements and New Construction ('~a)'go 0.) 4-2t-30b) We have a portable ironer (mangle) at "What is required is a widespread machinery and insecticide. It in- ciation will bring or send them to only 26.7:>. See your Farm Bur- e II deal r, or write Farm Bureau er- and keen appreciation of the advant- creased its volume of business by Lansing where they can be examined IF YOU NEED A PUMP, WHETHER Vices, Inc., Ele0 stble shortage pril denied a writ of mandamus eem sought by C. L. Stickler, and others, against Vernon J. Brown. auditor gen- Recommended Analyse of fiber. eral. and the state land office board. Fiber tlax ts us d not only for fine The plaiutIff had sought to prevent 2..12·6 0·20..0 3·18-9 Irish linen but also for cigaret paper. the land office hoard from giving a 2·16-8 It French spectalty, and as upholstery 0-8 ..24 4-6-4 deed to land involved in a tax sale. tow for Iurrtur . 2-8-16 0·12-12 4-10-6 Chipp wa county in .Iichigan grow Vegetable puree. nearly two million the only appreciable quantity in Mich- cases, and fruit pure , OY r 00,000 We Use 90% Water igan, about .000 acr . cases, are canned yearly especially for • Asr" Limestone Lime sour fields now and make possible Yields of flax seed in ::\1ichi~an and infants, U. S. canners' reports to the most other tat s average eight to Census Bureau state. I OCUL Starti trogen more profits through increased yields ten bushels an acre. r nge since 1933 has been Th farm price 1.34 to ALL 1.90 a bushel. "There seems to be no reason to be- Solvay gricultur I L GUMES! lieve the returns Michigan would prove any more sat- isfactory from flax seed in than those from wheat or barley or other crops commonly grown Lime tone Michigan Producers of g od crop may consume per acre in 1"itroO'en tak n free from the air if inoculated. 10 A· on good land," said H. C. Rather of PUL VERIZED LIMESTO E Robbed from the land if the the State College farm crops dep't, seed wa not inocula t d. LIMESTONE MEAL "Even if the the fiber situation boosts fla fiber prices, there can be no new Available At Your ·€larest Dealer U ICULTURE Chicks gain fast on Merrnash 16 flber fla production in 1941 because Solvay Sales Corporation co ttl only l) to 10c per acre! of lack of S~ d." 7601 ,V. Jefferson Ave. DETROIT, • nell. Sold by Farm Bureau Stores and Co-op Asa'ns or 18% protein with vitamin A & D feeding oil. A lifetime POR KMAKER 44% mash for chick, pullet and laying For Fast, Cheap Gain hen. h y pay you well for u d t r n vorln 44, 425 Ih8. of corn. J. tint, 'ide]y 17 5 LBS. OF PORKl\IAKER 00 Ibs. tooth paste, gum, randy, nd ev n juleps, I grown commercial- ] , on only 1.7 of which l.O:l are in I) farm medtcln 8. in th e . ~.. outhern Mich· e Well Begun is Half Don M rmash. of wheat midds makes an exeelleut of Porkmaker to 10 of corn is an excellent State College reports pigs with supplement pig tarter. hog fattener. gained t time 1 l~an and 709 in orthern Indiana. faster thau without. They made 100 lb.'. vi pork ou mueh Is' 'I'otal acr a~e d \'0 ed to mint. pro- Iced ! ductlon 'as 2.0. Int. han d 11k hay, I distilled. producing mint on. and the Censu reports show the production in pounds of these 1.743 For EGGS or MILK Cows. ~n pasture need grain. 100 lbs. of :\IiIkmaker 3 % farms. Total production was 723.23!i 100 lb .. of Farm Bur au :.u rmade Balancer 37~~ protein and pounds, or an averag of approximate- protem and 300 lbs. of farm grains makes 400 lbs. of 811 400 lbs. of home grown grain.', or 100 lbs of Furrn Bureau ly 2~ pounds per acre, '1>1. that farmers It is so valu- often stor it in ST Poultry · 'uppl nient :32~ with 300 lbs. of home grown grains excellent ](5% dairv ration. F'eed with alfalfa hay. With bank vault. niak " 011 of the be t ]u1~Jmash ','. YOlU' cash outlay per 100 clover hay, use 200 lbs. of farm grains and 100 of concentrate. Mint is grown 011 rich muck land 5;0 V IETIE lb .. i very 10"':' ] t makes hens lay their best. l;se 100 lbs. of Milkmal-cl' 24% with about 200 Ib~. of home oft that horses are often equipped grains. vlt h padded 'hom; to avoid sinking M C 1---- 'h 11 cultivating. Commercial mint Farm cultivation ti eticut; ~estern portaut iana. originally was lat r trans! ned • w 'ork. and Is now Im- only in Michigan ~Ientholatum b gan in, Con- and Ind- is a by-product. to Reliable Vigorous Produtive Priced Low Bureau' Y SP A ·nd Condition So. Haven rea LAPEER arm Buy at These ure u PINCONNING , I, Fo I HART IMLA Y CITY HASTINGS WOODLAND o Main BAY CITY and Henry Sts. Bureau Penn with Farm SAGINAW 220 BristOl Street Mioco Bureau' low CO t LANSING 728 E. Shiawassee St Un·co G E HARTFORD Gleaners' Elev, CO. Cup Grease IC OY MT. PLEASA T Co·operative Elevator Axle Grease They',e vcry sood. Com r TRAVERSE CITY Farmers Co-op Ass'" Gear Lubs HOUSE PAINTS ROOF PAINTS FLOOR PAl T BARN PAINTS W ALL PAINTS Gun Greases ENAM LS VARNISHES ar ~UE'Dlies a 0 F r ers va~ftl'C E VICES, Lansins, ichi. n