Vol. XX, No. 11 SATURDAY, OVEMBER 7, 1942 20th Year Far ---------------:--------------~-- Bureau Invites .Me------ber o .... ---------------=------:._----------------------. nnu Behind URGES. BYR ES TO Place of Farm Bure u Meetins, ov.12 and 13 the RULE FARMING Wheel WAR INDUST Y With J. P. Yaeger, O'Neal Makes Statement for Director of Membership n Pre-Conventio Farmer to President's Rela.tion. F rm ureau Wi I Price Control Board In 23 Ye RAPACIOUS? October 26, 1942 The recent effort by farmers to se- Hon. James F. Byrnes, Director, cure recognition in 'Congress of their Office of Economic Stabiliiation, Seventeen thousand five hundr d m mb rs of th rm problems and dwdndling labor supply THE WHITE HOUSE, Bureau in 45 counties, and 139 f rm rs o-op r ti which is threatening ,their part in th.. Washington, D. C. affiliated with the Farm Bur au, will s nd upw rds of 400 war effort has met with all sorts of My dear Director Byrnes: abuse. Typical of that sort of thing Pursuant to your request that voting delegates to the 23rd annual m ting t Mi hi n MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE AUDITORIUM and FAIRCHILD THEATRE was t.he editorial attack made by tb s Board members send you suggestions State College, Thursday and Friday, o. 12 nd 13. II Ann Arbor News which called ,thE' in advance of our bi-weekly meetings, farmer leaders "rapacious" and pre I submit the following: On the Program Parm Bureau members are invited to att nd. sentation of the problem as "an at- Because agriculture has always pro- The complete program for the annual meting, th tempt to exploit the nation's pel'il for the benefit of one group." duced abundantly, ple have taken agriculture the American peo- for grant- PROGRAM pre-convention meetings, and other announc m nts pp r A well known radio commentator ed, and people find it hard to believe in this edition of the Michigan Farm ew. called the farmer leaders "economic that present surpluses may prove in- adequate to meet the situation. ••• I Pre-Convention Meetings termi tes" and pictured them as bor- ing into the heart of the country. The result has been, in spite of all Tuesday, Nov. 10, the resolutions committe will con- Other radio and news commentators the President and the Secretary of joined in. Farmers and their leaders Agriculture have said about food 23rd Annual M•• tin, vene at Lansing to draft the resolutions present d by ounty were pictured as asking for something being just as important as munitions, and Community Farm Bureaus, farmers' co-ops, nd oth r more than they deserved wh ile other that agriculture has not been looked for presentation to the convention Thursday. groups were lauded as the saviours of 'the country. upon or treated as a major war in- dustry. tla tion It is high time that this sit- was corrected. Michigan State Farm reau The State Farm Bureau board of directors holds its fin ATTACKED BY LABOR business session Wednesday and will consider recomm nd Wrf.ning' in ~he (Labor News, a paper Since the President has given you which claims to have the endorsement the duty and responsibility of carry- tions to the convention. ing out a program to stabilize our of the Michigan national economy, you have it in Seven pre-convention meetings will be h ld Wednes- Federatfon of La- Pre-convention Meetings your power to do a great deal to rem- day, according to the announcements in this pap r. Th bor, and published WEDNESDA Y, NOVEMBER 11 edy this injustice. Thirty million at Saginaw, Philip membership relations group of County Farm Bur au officer farm people are looking to you for See page 3 for schedule of pre-convention meetings Pearl, AFL com- action to change fundamental condi- mentator, on Octo- in State College buildings. and county and state membership work rs will discuss their tions that are forcing tens of thous- ber 9 said, "Where ands of farmers to go out of business program for 1943 and make recommendations to the onv n- would America be today ,if organized and other tens of thousands to cur- tion; the Associated Women of the Farm Bu eau will hold tail their farm operations. labor ... had a- Industrial Wages Call Farm Help their annual meeting; at five commodity conferences, dir c- dopted the short- Annual Meeting I should like also to point out that tors and managers of state and local farm co-operatives will sighted ,policies of keeping farm prices at parity cannot THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12 the mrm organiza- possibly control the inflationary pro- discuss their problems and offer resolutions of Farm Bureau tions?" cesses unless labor costs and other 9:30 a. m. Annual business meeting of the Michigan State policy for their crops to the State Farm Bur au resolutions The Michigan CIO News in its Oc- costs of production of industrial goods Farm Bureau con enes at Fairchild theatre, ew Auditorium. Ample parking facilities nearby. committee. tober 2, issue quoted The Economic are also kept at comparable levels. Outlook "as saying that the "main PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS CLARE CE J. REID 1942 the Farm Bur u's Best Y r source olr inflationary price rises is in the farm price situation." They SECRETARY'S REPORT _ CLAR ~ L. BRODY Farm Bureau delegates will meet at the close of a year charge this in the face of the fact that Credentials & Rules Committees Report that has be n the b st in the Farm Bur au' 23 ye rs. c.. farm prices are consideraibly less than complishments in 1942 include: 12:30 p. m. Adjourn for lunch. in the first World War, while wages are generally much higher than at 2:00 p. m. Business Session (1) The addition of 5,000 families in he membership tha; time. campaign last spring to bring the membership to 17,500 fam- In another issue of the same paper, RESOLUTIONS COMMITTEE REPORT Phillip .Murray, president of the 'CIO, Nomination of Directors ilies. is quoted as saying, "Freezing of wages (2) All out participation by all Farm Bureau units 'in cannot function and ... labor must Thursday Evening vigorously oppose any such legisla- the program to produce more of foods desired by the govern- 6:30 p, m. 18th annual dinner and old time dancing party of tion. There is no legislative record the Michigan State Farm Bureau at the Union ment for the war effort. As a result the Parm Bureau has justifying any such provtsion as in Memorial Building. Ticket $1.00. the case of unregulated farm prices assembled and distributed the largest volume by far of seeds, 'which have gone beyond parity and President Clarence J. Reid, presiding feeds, fertilizers, and other farm production supplies for ny therefore have raised the cost of liv- TOASTM ASTER. ROBERT J. BALDWIN year in its history. ing of all the people." Director of Agr'I Extension Work "LET'S BE DECENT " Michigan State College (3) The Michigan Farm Bureau has been a leader on There was one labor group, how- committees named by national farm organizations and co-op- ever, that gave the farmer a "break". ADDRESS CHARLES W. HaLMA Bureau In its otlficial newspaper, "Labor", Secretary, National Co-operative Milk eratives to represent all farmers at Washington. These com- Producers Federation the railroad labor organizations had mittees protected farmers' interests on proper priorities on the following to say about rarmers EDWARD A. O'NEAL FARM BUREAU PARTY in an editorial entitled, "Let's Be De- farm supplies, adequate truck transportation faciliti s for President, Ame1"ican Farm Bureau. cent With The IFarmers": Th'llrsday Evening FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13 farm products and farm supplies, and for inclusion of farm "Farmers have received a raw deal labor costs in figuring farm parity prices under the anti-infla ... Parity itself automatically rises as 9:30 a. m, Farm Bureau business meeting at Fairchild from the daily press and the radio commen tators. Of course, there has the cost of manufactured goods rises. Theatre. tion act. Agriculture is facing a desperate been an exception here and there, but Consideration of Resolutions ( 4) The Farm Bureau _brought group hospitalization situation with respect to manpower. in the main, the men who are expect- A survey by the U. S. Department of Election of Directors service to its members this year. We are the only farmers ed to produce the food needed to feed Agriculture indicates that 1,500,000 our people, and our allies overseas, New Business enjoying such service in Michigan today. Several thousand worker's have left the farm since the have been pictured as a group of gree- peginning of the present emergency. dy grafters intent on lining their own Adjournment Farm . Bureau . families have the service, and the number is Sixty per cent of those leaving have pockets, whatever the effect may be mcreasing. gone to work in industrial plants, on' their country. fhir ty per cent have been called to '~In a word, the daily press and the Rooms and Dinner Tickets ( 5) The Farm Bureau and associated co-op ratives the armed forces through Selective radio commentators have lied about Service, and ten per cent have volun- See complete information on these matters published on page 2.· brought Michigan co-operative law up to date in th 1941 the farmers as venomously as they teered for military or naval service. Make room reservations early as you can for both rooms and have been lying about organized labor tickets for the annual dinner. legislature. During 1942, educational co-operative clinics if this drain on the farm labor force all through this 'war emergency. It continues, agriculture will be unable conducted by the Farm Bureau, Michigan Elevator Exchange, would 'be impossible for them to .go to produce in 1943 the volume of food and the economics dep' t of Michigan State College led to farther than that. and fiber that we must have to supply DISGRACEFUL SPECTACLE our Allies with the food that is ur- U' S. Acts to Defer 3 Commodity Conference many: farm co-ops reorganizing under the new co-operati v "IAt the same time Congress has been belabored because it dared con- gently necessary to sustain them. Classes of Farmers Leaders Nov. 11 laws to improve their business and financial structures. I suggest therefore that you take The war Manpower Commission on CLARK L. BRODY Below are leaders for the commod (6) The Farm Bureau in 1942 increased the number of sider the farmers' side of the case. appropriate steps to secure the co-op- October 27 announced that it has ecretaru, Mich. k tate Earm Bureau ity onferences Wednesday afternoon. One highly-emotional columnist sug eration of the Selective Service Sys- started machinery in motion to hold Thursday Morning farm and other policyholders carrying State Farm Mutual tem in a program under which the ov. 101,preceding the opening of th gested that the "weakness" thus dis- dairy, live stock and poultry farmers local Selective Service boards will and their help in their jobs, provid- tate Farm Bureau annual meetinz Automobile Insurance to 69,639. played by Congress made a dictator- grant occupational deferment to all ing their farming production is of ov. 1.2. ee art.icle Pre-Conventlon ship inevitable. Others charged the Conferences, page 3. The conferenc lawmakers with "cowardice". Alto- workers who qualify as "necessary such volume as to be essential to the will shape resolutions on their com- Want 4,500,000 Winter American Farm urea men" in agriculture. war effort. Local draft boards are gether it was a disgraceful spectacle. "Now, just what are the facts? Any- Farm Price Ceilings &. Farm Labor instructed to grant occupation defer- modities for conslderatlon of the Broilers from Michigan Annual at Chicago To stop the exodus of farm workers ment to necessary men on "essential Farm Bureau resolutions committee. The U. S. Dep't of Agriculture is The 24th annual meeting of the one who calmly surveys the situation to highly-paid jobs in industry, may I farms." Deferment will be withdrawn The leaders are: asking Michigan farmers to produce American /li'arm Bureau Federation must feel that the farmer is facing a call your attention to the provisions if they leave that 'Work. The army lLive lock & Wool-Don Stark and 4,500,000 chickens this winter, for will be held at Hotel Sherman at Chi. l' al crisis. 'Conscription and com- of the Anti-Inflation Law which be- and navy may not accept enlistments E. L. ·Benton. marketing at 3 lb . 'weight or better as cago, December 8.9"'10. It lWill b pre- paratively high wages paid in war in- or other employers hire such essen- come effective on October 2, 1942. 'Sugar Beets, Grain & Beans- . B. a mans of increastng the production ceded by the annual meeting of the dustries have deprived agriculture of tial farm workers. The recognition This law directs the Administrator of Love. of meat. These chickens hould be on . ociated Women of th Farm Bur- much of its manpower. To make up of the farm situation may be later the Price Control Act, in placing ceil- Fruit, Vegetables and Potatoes- the market early 'Hough to avoid in eau at the Sherman, tar-ting Dec. G. for this grievous loss, one of two than we realize, but it is in line ings on farm commodities to constder Don Hootman and Claude ash. terference with usual spr ing pur- ,\iichigan expects to be well represent. things must be done. with recommendations that the Farm chases of chicks for egg producing ed. increases in farm wage rates that Poultry & Eggs-D. G. Card and "The drafted manpower must be re- Bureau bas been making for some have occurred since January 1, 1941, rthur Howland. . tock. Certain Michigan hatcheries turned to the farm or the farmer must months. Definitions will be forth- and also to give adequate weight to Fluid Milk and Creamery Produ ts have agreed to hatch chicks during be able to go into the labor market coming on what constitutes an essen- the factor of increased labor costs. -A. C. Baltzer and R. V. Gunn. December and January, and possibly and promise workers decent wages tial farm program. An essential If these provisions of the Anti-In- dairy farm must have at least 12 in February for this purpose. County and living conditions flation Law are literally interpreted agr'! agents and Smith-Hughes agr I dairy cows, milking or dry, with a There is now one standard freight "The better way would be to keep aud fairly applied, farm operators and teachers have the list of hatcher ie . minimum annual production of 45,000 car axle, which comes in five sizes, skilled farmers on the farms. It tcnats will be assured of reasonable Orders should reach those ha teh r le lbs. of milk, or its equivalent in live compared with 56 different kinds and seems silly to draft an experienced prices and income to keep them in ac- stock and poultry. Farms which have sizes in use some years ago. bout four weeks in advance of the farmer and ithen raise the price of tive production; employers will be in at least 8 cows and a minimum pro- date the chicks are wanted so that farm products to make possible the a position to pay reasonable wages duction of 30,000 lbs, of milk may Between 3,000 and 4,000 passenger R. J. B,ALDWI,N the hatcheries may plan aceordlngly. hiring of a less experienced substi· for e perlenced farm help; and wage qualify as essential if the operator and freight trains dally enter or Dire tor of Eet.cnsicn. tute. earners will be protected because the takes steps to increase dairy, live leave Chicago, the world's greatest lichigan tate Colt ge 12,000 persons in Michigan work (Continued on Page 4.) (Continued on page three.) stock or poultry numbers. railroad center. Thursday Evening with bees. T 0 MICHIGAN FARM NEWS SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1942 o UR ember 12 & 13, 1942 eel 0 op 0 y grl ot Is d Hiram on Agt. System,' Farm Bureau, Hot I Booms Roosevelt Hotel Porter Hctel Strand , Iotel Detroit Hotel Editorial office", 221 'orth Ced 1 St., Lnu !ng', ,llell! ran, 'l'he J eel ross people plann II the 1( hole {(!Jai"r, Country Life Ass' n ~jO {j01 ]~~ S. 111 , d phone, Lanstng 21·241. T'h eir o/"!lallizct camc on afternoon •'pYlllul1r To nsoud Grand Craud Des ribint) 1 ·ith a most (on incin{) ail' Eben n. .Iumford, "1, for n -ar- T 1 phone 5·!)l5G 2-1 7 L s-r i!Jl 4·2218 9·1522 ...... Editor and Business Manager 'I'lu: J irst Aid clusses that 11'Crc start inq soon. 1J, st ~'ill;1(' y ar ; 4 y ars for I, In a I ance, Il e cumiussea all Il ick:s • tre t from flobr 10 door. t.o Sub \ il hout L: th • no ! one (I 1 fad I lH'll) tl him 'Ii hen 1/ '(llied on ~lcm) si.so OV MB 7, 1942 o. 11 LTc ruisci! a class of 11/irty names or more thou' l11fl mine and Jlarthy's l( ith tJI I' st of them. Mkh- 2.00 ilh : u, ~ .• I) up 2.50 2.50 saso I ders of both parties agree tha the battl in Congre vcr the ind of ceilir gs to be Double (J 1) rsons) 4 'one •.•.50 None $~.50 applie to farm pric s h much to do with ction re- \\TUhOl t bath sults throughout the farming middl west on ovem- Double h r 3. (2 persons) $-1. 0 up $3.1)0 UI) $' .OU \ 'Hh Lath Farm vo r I U. S. Senators and a Garages and all nig-ht parking lot s arc convoi i nt to these number of Cong mr th se stat s. They stood which arc ull 10C'lt 11 in the enter of downtown .anslug. with the administration and against the farmers in a INSTRUCTIONS FOR MAKING RESERVATIONS det rmination not to i clude in tl e anti-inflation bill a Make them an soon as posslbte l Vrite dlr cf 'to the hotel of your choke for reservations. \Vh n ror-erv lng rooms, indicate .who is to provision including the cost of farm labor in the formula occupy the r om and for what nights. For exumple, Mr. and Mrs. for figuring Rarity prices for' farm products. The thing J. Sm ith. 'Or, Wil liarn Burns & Arthur Town. Give date of arrival. ne 1('(1n 0 keen the '1'i ·tim l?l'ng aoion : R gister at your hotel immedia tely 011 arrlval or telephone hotel you d v I p d into a month long fight. It was se tIed by a 'fo 'make him comfortable, his [ecrs allay; are in town in order to protect your reser ration. It is best to register compromise, but not before the administration had had 'I'o can the Doc and umtnitance from touni and get your room. ' .1 nil. 1)('1' Rule 7, keep the croioa auxn). a bitter battle with farm states members of Congress, the WEDN ESDAY, November 11-For information regarding rooms, Farm n c Iearn the II/HileS oi muscles ana of joints, Bureau ( inner tickets, etc., call at embership Relations Department,' 'rm ur' au, th Grange nd the atio~al Co neil of We 'lib fi.l e,l II act ion s plinis, lVe car for shock, Stat Farm Bureau, 221 North Cedar. t., Lansing. 'I'elephone 21-27l. n ' tcuo, ttie trick» o] all six IJrcSS1lre ])oints; THURSDAY, Nov mber 12-FOl' information, room service, dinner Farm rs Co-operatives. In short, ICC are Pirst Airlers-by the clock. tlek ts, tc., call at the desks in lobby of convention hall, Fairchlld R. N. Clark: t1 eatre, New Auditorium, Michigan State College, E t Lansing. The results of the row with farmers, together with ,'U,5 forth Grinnel: St. the changes to be expected in an off year election, went Jackson, Michigan ROOMS IN PRIVATE RESIDENCES The Michigan State Farm Bureau has a limited list of private resi- a long ways towards changing control of the House in dences in Lansing, and a few in East Lansing, where overnight Congr ss. ine seats ch nged own rship i the Senate. S veral belong to midw st farm states. As ociated o e lodgings can be had. The usual rate is $1.00 per person per night '" here two persons occupy t he room, Single occupancy of a room 'is usually $l,GO per night. Se Membership Relations Dep't, as stated of the Senator r ntiss M. rown of Michig n led the fight above, against including farm I bor costs in he parity price Farm Burea TICKETS FOR FARM BUREAU'S To res I've tickets for the annual Farm Bureau dinner and program ANNUAt:. DINNER formula. He carried but few out s ate counties in this Director for Michigan Thursday evening, November 12, please ... nd cash with order for election and lost the election. NATIONAL GROUP MEETS ticket reservations at $1.00 per ticket to Membership Relations Dep't, 221 North Cedar St., Lansing, ichigan. Or getl tickets soon. after AT CHICAGO, DEC. 6 The Farm Bureau an 1 the G.range were mong those The program for the Eighth Annual arrival. No tickets can be held unless paid for. who opposed calling of a constitutional conventi n at Convention of the Associated Women, to he held Decemb r 6 and 7 in the his time. h y campaig ed vigorously against it. It Hotel Sherman, Chicago, has been Beuna Vista Farm Bureau I Re~al! Ski le'd 'Help was the rural and out-st te vote that defeated the pro~ bu ilt around the central theme of Fred Miller spoke in behalf of the 8,000 men have beon withdrawn "Our Faith." In this period of world milk control act at a meeting held from army camps to resume under posal. before lection. Hjmry Don and Joe f. . '. , '. , conflict, this program has been de- Altscheffel expluined the war chest urlough then oceupa IOns as nuners, The Wayne County Home Rule amendment appears signed to bring the hearts and minds of farm people ever closer to the spir- drive, Next meeting will be held at and skille1 help in factOl:ie$, and es- to have lost by a narrow margin. Farm organizations itual values Lich underlie the prin- Harding school, Indian town. sential war jndustries n took no action on this one. It was represented as affect- ciples of democracy for which we are c nference reo fighting. ing Wayne county only. The Regional Public Speaking Con- Hard work by all farm organizations failed to save tests will be h ld Sunday morning at 10: 00 o'clock. A luncheon will b the milk control act. It vas snowed under almost 2 to 1 given for Voting Delegates at 12: 00 in the referendum. Those who stood to gain by defeat noon, at which special guests to tho of he bill din a into co sumers' ars th t i is an instru- meeting will J presented, mal speaking program at the lunch- An infor- ment to force high prices for milk. The truth about the eon will cover various phases of the Harry 'Coombs war effort. Harry Coombs, well known to Farm act gained more than 270,000 votes for it, but that Bureau audiences in .Miohigan for the The afternoon session on Sunday wasn't enough. However, we think that the rural will open at 3: 00 o'clock, with the past ,1;5 years died October 19 at his contest to determine the national home rut Crawfordsville, Indiana, Mr. counties will show strong majorities for the milk mar- public speaking champion. Highlight Coombs represented Ithe Tennessee keting act, and that may count heavily in favor of such 01 the session will be the address by Copper & Chemical Company, manu- I gisl tion some time in the futur . Governor Harold E. Stassen of Minne- Ifacturers of 'Farm Bureau fertilizers. sota whose topic is "Faith of our A good live stock and grain farmer in Fathers." Indiana, Mr. Coombs was a welcome U The program continues through speaker at Farm 'Bureau and co-op • Ionday, Dec, 7, and adjourns for the ass'n meetings. He was an enthus- Dr. Eben Mumford left monuments that will live for .Ii'.I3.F. sessions starting Dec. 8. iastic member of the Farm 'Bureau' in One of the major projects of the Indiana. He preached good farm crop a long, long time. Every time a county agricultural Associated Women for the last few production practices and 'F1arm Bur- agent starts his work in Michigan it recalls the part Dr. months has been a campaign for con- eau with equal fervor and at the same Mumford had in setting up the system here in 1912 and tributions to aid the patient Chinese time. People liked Harry 'Coombs and V opl s. In view of this project, par- he liked people. as its I ader for ten years. Whenever an wherever a ticular. interest will center in the ad- Fa m Bureau meets or carries on a project in Michigan, dress at this session of Liang-mo-Liu, Sam Michelson representative of United China Relief, Sam 'Michelson, 35, for the past six ther again Dr. Mumford c n be recalled as one of the who will speak on "China's Struggle years manager of the Grand Blanc Co- founders of the organization. When the Michigan and Second 'World War." operat.ive IElevator Company, died Oc- tober 211 after a period of ill health Country Life Association convenes, if one will look I Pennies extending for many months, Mr. Mich- back, he will see Dr. Mumford as one of the founders ncle Sam wants our pennies. If elson was long an employe of the and as one of the workers throughout the years. This very family put as many as 10 Grand Blanc Elev.ator, When Farm penni s back into circulation, the Bureau IServices, Inc., assumed its n mad many contribu ions to the advancement of zoverurnent could accumulate 1,000 general management, he was promot- tons of vital copper for war produc- Mich' g n agriculture as. a way of life during the many tion, according to Mrs. ellie Taylor ed to manager. He was a very capable young man and well liked. y ars he was among us. . Ross, director of t.he U. S. Mint. Farming is a way of life as These words were spoken by Dr. Newell A. McCune, A properly tuned motor saves gas. a. business. pastor of the People's church at Michigan State College. I h s xpress d the r gar in which Dr. Mumford was FOR D P N ABLE COLD WE TIlER j OIL PROTEOTION ~e offer at special low pr lccs our regular high quality BUREAU-PENN and h ld by all who knew him. MIOCO motor oils. They are improved for quicli starting, smooth Classified advertisements are cash with order at the following rates: performance and for low consumption. Guaranteed equal or superior 4 cents per word for one edition. Ads to appear in two or more editions to any oil on the market, regardl 8S of prices. take the' rate of 3 cents per word per edition. lawn a hutch trim, WHITE ROCKS Two-Profit Breed-HOLTZAPPLE FOR SALE-HIGH GERMINATING ThiG is positively a limited offer. good t('_'tlng 90-fl2% germination. Ruper Rnow~ hall 'auliflow r Reed, only $2!i.OOper 11>. only as long as your local Farm lasts. It's tlrat gem'ration reproduct lon from Get your winter's supply NOW. original xtock. Sllppl\PJ-i v l'y Jlmtt ed. South Haven Fruit bxchange, Son t h IlHVI'Il, Mlch: (1l-:lt-32l» Buy at Farm Bureau Stor"es a-nd, Co~op A.ss·n~ , LIVE STOCK REGISTERED HEREFORD and h£'lfe1','. We have a nice selection. l-iensllJle prices. A. M. 'ro£1d Co., .1en- t ha, (14 mil's nor h w at of Knlamrrzno) . (7-3-tf-221J) MICHIGAN LIVE STOCK EXCHANCE, a Iartner owned and cont roltoi orgu.nt- ,:atlon, is In ))o,'ltion to fll' ,I. h relinbtc f. eder s with f· II r live litl' ,holh cat- noon over Michigan Radio Network as a farm service feature of tle and lnrnhs, of tha very I -st fJl1qlity these stations aTlll at sattsru tory llrlcp·. i.) Ilna nco f Nling 0» 'ratIons, with 11 l'(' t at Early markets at 7.00 A, M., ov r lichi an St: t e 011 ge Radio Station Wlf help to industry modities produced last year. Mr. An- the greater portion of the "consumera and the armed forces continues, the 'larrns are sounded by a siren on thony said American dairy herds gave dollar". Propagandists of the press the garage and by a uniform signal enough milk to float the entire United milking of cows on the average dairy and the radio have nothing to say over the local telephone exchange. States fleet; the beef and hog farm- farm will 'be reduced in 19'43 as much about them. ers produced enough meat to pave a as 30 per cent from the present level. The Farm Bureau fire department "There is real danger that thou- nine-lane highway, one inch thick, Th3Jt is the deduction obtained by b almost a many men on it pay sands of farmers will be forced ou t of from New York to Los Angeles; Earl 'Weaver and J. G. Hays of the roll-all volunteer -a many cities poultrymen contributed enough eggs business. Th3Jt would 'be a disaster, 100 time larger than the unincorpor- to reach the moon and back. Last because while our country can get. Michigan State College dairy hus- along without newspaper columnists .bandrv depar-tment after a survey of ated village of Hamilton. It boasts year the American farmer increased one chi and seven asststan ts, and his volume over the year before from or radio commentators, it can't get 'two 'typical groups of IMichigan dairy- 101 f.Iremen. Andrew G. Lohman, 10 to 15 per cent. along without the farmer. In fact, men. Far Bureau manager, said there Conditions May Change the Iboy on the Ifiring line, the farmer Ten per cent more cows are Ibeing are five to eight men for every job Shortage of several food items will and the industrial worker constttute milked than a year ago. If no more 80 that if some men are absent there be a reality during the coming year. the INVINlOIiBLE TIRINIT'Y which help such as hired hands or members always will be someone available to Because the consumer has read so 'will eventually pull Uncle Sam out of of families leave these farms, about man the outfits and direct the fire- much in the papers about the agri- the slough of despond. 15 per cent more cows rw lll 'be milked .tigbting. cultural surpluses in the last decade, "So "Dhe Labor News refuses to add in 1943. it is hard for him to understand why to the torrent of abuse which has been Since Jan. 1, 19,42, about one man Buys Pumper From Holland there should be any scarclty now. rolling over the farmer. We believe to each three' farms has left to enter Henry Nyenhuis, a grocer, is chief. His seven ssistants are Harold Dan- Farmers should not be blamed for he is entitled to a fair return on his the armed forces or to work in indus- gremond, Joseph Hagelskamp, Ray th shortages in farm labor, machin- labor. That is rwhat we have asked tor try. ery and fertilizer which may cut their other workers. We do not believe the Maatman, Postmaster Herman Nyhof, production in some crops considerably, red Johnson, \Edward Miskotlen and farmer should be satisfied with Jess." The American people as a whole BUSINESS ATTITUDE DEAD ANIM LS Jacob Eding. should recognize these difficulties and The equipment is stored in the Business and industry, as far as should attempt to be helpful in work- arm Bureau garage where the co-op- ing out posstble solutions. . we could determine, also took oppos- Too many urban people with rural ing viewpoints on the matter. The Na- erative's mechanics keep the motors tuned and ready for action. Th bIg pumper, purchased from backgrounds think of agriculture they knew it when tney were "back on the farm" 25 to 30 years ago. as tional Manufacturer's viewpoint. Association ed with those opposing the farmers' The National Chamber of sid- COST MONEY the city of Holland for 650, is equip- Farming has become a specialized 'Commerce sided with Ithe farmers. Its COPPER SULPHATE p d wHh chemical and water tanks business with the same problems of young, Il'beral Presiderrt Eric John- NICOTINE SULPHAT~ to fight small fires, but is capable of labor, depreciation of equipment, in- son, called his agricultural committee IN TABLET FORM supplying a large stream of water The fir.e department in Hamilton, All gan county, is farmer-owned, farmer-controlled and farmer-merchant terest on investment, and other costs, together at the time of the legislative Ith plenty or pre sure when there that the ordinary business man must Millions of sheep have been operated. The Hamilton Farm Bureau, a farmers' co-operative, bought the pumper shown in the upper view battle in Washington and endorsed are big blazes to fight. For village consider, if he is to stay in business. treated this easy and sote way. from the city of Holland while the hook and ladder truck in the lower picture was built in the Farm Bureau the stand taken by the farm organiza-: fires the pumper will be run to the garage. HE RY YEH IS, grocer, standing on running hoard of pumper, is fire chief. FLOYD KAPER, The average American farmer is ltion leaders. bank of Rabbit river where it will Farm Bureau garage manager, is at the steering Wheel, while JOH E. ELZI GA, Farm Bureau bookkeeper somewhat older than he was a few Liberty Magazine, one of the few pump water through a pipe to hydr- and assistant manager, is seated be id the driver. Other fir m n on the pumper, left to right, are HENRY years ago due to the movement of not to jump on .the farmers, said edi- ants located near the Farm Bureau VAN DOOR I K, manager of Farm Bur au hardware store; H RVEY SCHIPPER, Farm Bur au bookkeeper; the rural youth to the cities. Be- torially, "H is high time business men buildings. The co-operative operates A. G. LOHMA , Farm Bureau manager; HERMA YHOF, po trnaster aud assistant fire chief; HAROLD cause the Michigan farmer has work- of America and wage earners of Am- a dozen different types of ,plants, rang- DANGREMO D, garage owner and assistant fire chief, and FRBD JOHNSON, oil station operator. The ed 60 hours a week and more, he erica come to a better understanding d partment stands ready to answer fire calls anywhere in Hamilton and the area Where the Farm Bureau's gets tired and somewhat disillusioned ing from ,eed and fertilizer mills to with the farmers of America. For our Only one tablet is a dose-- stockholders operate farms. when he sees his city friend still .on poultry and egg-packing plants. Six farm production is the base of our WORM-I-CIDE TABLETS cost less the 40-hour week. hundred feet of fire hose will take :wat r to any of these structures. Be ides the pumper the Farm Bur- FOR HOW much other machinery; upkeep on all the ,farm buildings; to mention labor, fertilizer. repairs and not threshing, the present time than they were in 1941. October forecasts for 1942 pre- dict a net income of approximately Farmer and His Organizations It has been so many times said that the farm bloc does not represent great economic triangle have equal value on its three sides ... If we crowd him (the farmer) which must. out per sheep. See Drug &. Farm Supply Dealers eau owns a home-made del' 'truck equipped hook-and-lad- with ladders, I FARM taxes, insurance, other items. interest and many These had to be paid be- $300 a farm more than in 194;1. This would make a net of about $1505, or the American farmer, tool of powerful groups of lobbyists. but was the buckets, allon equipment chemical water tank. tanks and a 600- goes it carries Wherever 00 gallon the HI W fore the farmer had anything left for himself. $29 a week. This increase is the re~ suit of somewhat higher prices, and as Dean Anthony was very emphatic in saying that the Farm Bureau other farm organizations and do repre- Farm Bureau How much were the e farm expen- estimated 11'2percent higher total pro- of water. If the blaze cannot be ex- The Average in Michigan Is sent hundreds of thousands of farm- tinguished with chemicals, water im- ses? This information is not available duction than in 1941. With less labor ers, and that the farm leaders had • PLOWS • HARVESTING MACHINERY mediately is available. The drivers From $23 to $29 Per for the various states. For the United available it is likely that farmers will been attacked so violently because • HARROWS • TILLAGE TOOLS States as a whole, however, they av- vork about 70 hours a week as an av- they do represent so many farmers. are all famtliar ith the community Week eraged two-thirds of the total income erage this year, and earn about the They're Getting Harder To Buy-Inspect Your, Equipment Nowl All that the organized American nd know the location of each farm in 1941, according to the Department same per hour as in 19<41. farmer has been asking for at Wash- See YOur Farm Bureau Dealer for Replacement. and home By K. T. WRIGHT of griculture. Farm account records While there has ,been much in the ington is parity, simply defined by The Farm Bureau has suggested Farm Management Section in ichigan indicate that' such a per- papers about farm prices, the serious the Dean as: "An equal chance with the villagers arrange to provide large Michigan State College other economic groups". He closed centage would be about right for problems are, (1) "!How can maxi- under round reservoirs in different Much has been written regarding Michigan. IOn this basis, the farmer's mum food produotion be obtained in parts 0 the to n for use in emer- parity prices for farm products in pay for his labor, manag ment and 1943?" and (2) "What prices are gencies, Most of the business section recent weeks. There have been vari- risk was about one-third of the total necessary to make it possible to do of the mage c' n b reached from the ous statements about how much the income, or $664 for 1941. the job?" Agricultural production in river or Ithe 'Farm Bureau hydrant. cost of living rwould rise if farmers The above amount, however, 'Was 1942 is likely to exceed all previous Farmer-patrons consider the fire were allowed 112 instead of 100 per- for less than full-time employment, as records. Weather conditions were ex- equipment one of the best investments cent of parity prices. Many writers many farmers pent some time work- ceptionally good, resulting in high the Farm Bu eau ever made. Most have given Ithe definite idea that ing ort.ot their farm for pay. orrect- yields. Large numbers of livestock farmers in the state and nation rest farmers were more concerned with ing for this gives an average income were on hand along with plentiful uneasily, knowing their properties getting their share of the national of about $805 per full-time farmer for feed supplies. But demands for food are at .che mercy of fire. 'But in the income than they were in making his labor, management and risk in products have 'been so great that ths Hamilton section {,ire protection is only a few minutes aw y depending their best contribution toward win- 1941. ot-with-standing this low fig- domestic supply per capita may be ning of the war. Most of these writ- ure of about $16 a week this was over below normal. on the 1 n th of ru from town to ers, however, seemed to have little 50 percent higher than the average the farm in response to telephone In 1943 it is quite possible that agri- idea of just how much money farmers of the four years preceding cultural production will not be so calls. The .Farrn Bureau has asked underwriters to reduce insurance are making or the connection between 'Many people attempt to compare large. Less farm labor will be avail- ates on it t ckholders' !prop rttes. farm prices and needed agricultural earnings of 'farmers with those of city able and farmers themselves, who av- production. workers. This is nearly: impossible to It e pects the equipment to pay for erage over 50 years 'Old, may be tired ittself many time ov r n lower in- How much money do farmers really do with any degree of accuracy, as do- out from the pace of 70 hours a week uran r tes nd reduced fire losses. make? There are many difficultie in- ing 50 involves a number of estimates this year. Farm machinery will be volved in answering that question. or adjustments. Farmers get some of in poorer condition, and coatinued But an att mpt ha been made t their living at wholesale prices, rath- crop yields considerably above aver- gather together all the information er than all at retail, then there are ag cannot be exp cted. And less milk available on income and expenses on some things that cost Ifarmers more. and eggs may ,be produced if farmers Michigan farms so that a general idea ot only that, but farmers are more keep fower cows and hens because of could be gained of average farm earn- than laborers, they are cap ital ists as the labor shortage. It mu t be re- ings in this state. well and have certain ri ks that many membered that farm production has $1,992 Average Total Income ity workers do not have. An attempt to be planned and merely working Total cash farm income has been made, however, to make mo e hour on the farm does not nec- farmers in ichigan a reported by some of these adju tments in the 1941 essarily m n more good products. the U. is. Department of griculture farm earnings. That depends upon the acres of crops was 308 million dollars for 1941. How $23 a VVeek in 19411 planted and the yields, the number of much 'was that per farm? ccording Getting the farm produce used a cow, sow and hens kept and their to the 1940 United tate Cen us, • MOU TAl 5 o/1Hded temp metal eoDle in to be reelalmed al the "'i rholesale or farm prices would prob- production per head. Adequate roo-t there rwere 1 7,5 9 farm in '. Ii hig n. No •••• SfRell'" and RefinJR«' Co., Western Eleclrie •.,bAdiary. for our armed forces, our Allies and ssuming the same number in 1941, ably mean a saving, or an additional Americal consumer can only be pro- total co. h income averaged $1,612 per earning of about 200 per Iarm. Then farm. Farmer 0.1 0 ba ve milk, egg , there is the matter of house rent. t vided if farmers have the labor, equip- A - ERIC "s vast minIng resources are be- and billets - aluminum for planes - ment, and u plies needed, and copper for shells and wire - bronze for meat, vegetable, wood, and the like pre ent rental rates, housing the ram- ing worked to the limit. .But with all receive uch prices as will make pos- from their farm for their own u e. 'ly cost les in the country. How their production, millions of tons or the propellers of fighting ships. In the sible full-capacity op ration. ccording to the U .. D .. the e items much is hard to say. Perhaps an- additional meta are needed this year to Bell System's assau, Long Island, refin- had a rai m value of •..00, farm in other $200 difference. Adjusting for supply our arsenalS or war. To get ery alone, more than forty million pounds 19 1 in thi t teo There i al 0 the the o dHferences would increase the Rates Dairy Feeds them we mu t d· g into our "mines above or vitally needed non-ferrous metals ar mat'ter of use of the farm home. Farm farmer's net return for his labor, Michigan dairymen can select ground." We m st salvage every pound reclaimed yearly. per cent of the mash homes have an e timated average management and risk approximately grains on an economy ba is, since rain f d to the laying value of about 11500, nd an annu 1 400. For 1941, then, thi 120 , or about $23 a week. would be te t indicate pound for pound uch or scrap metal homes, farme, factories and I ea find around yards. r * * Get in the scrap! Search your premises * an 0% of 11 birds r ntal valu f appro ·imately 150 grains a corn, corn and cob, barley, farmers work an averaze of for unused and discarded metal-rubber replaced the tollow- a year. 0, on the ba i of the above rye, wheat and oats are about equal Throughout the nation-wide BeD Sys- -raglr-and turn them in to your local calculations, there wa abou t 1.992 about 60 hours a week, they earned in feeding value for dairy cows. Simi- tem, all sera metal is collected., day by ot 1 in orne per farm in ~Itchtgan appro. imat Iy 40 cent au hour. Thi salvage committee or junkman. Your larly high protein supplements very day;, baled and shipped to refineries. in 1941. i • of course, an average figure. Some scrap i8 needed OW. of the more succe ful farmers would little in feeding value. Pound for pound There e pert scrap-metal men rt Op ra ing Expenses Come Out about the arne value is obtained in variou kind of metal .n 0 parat bins. do better than this and other would But, thi Farmer wa n net income! had many expen e in oper- not do as well. feeding dairy cattle soybean oilmeal. soy Ibeans, cottonseed meal, corn glu- Melted and refined in roaring furnaces, ch gan B ating their farm. There were uch $29 a VVeek for 1942 the metal comes out in the form or bare thin a fe d for he live t ck; fu I, ten meal, or lin eed meal. Half as one Com y V riou fi r h b n quoted on valuable are cull beans which should r pair and up ceep 011 the tractor and how much higher farm incomes are at be coal' ely ground, SATURDAV, NOVEMBER 7, 1942 • MICHIGAN FARM NEWS a Congress. letter from Congr essm n THE EB. ond. HELP MAKE FARM HISTORY! Engel said that he tood by the far l- ei S in th ir fight. His action wa commended. SOUTH THORNAPPLE-Barry We gave 2.00 to the Red Oros to By EUGENE ,,1. 8J1.t1LTZ help provide overs a kits for our 1cmbershilJ R lations & Bduration. 1oys. The use of a Red Cro s bank F arty County Groups Have OSH:rEMO COMMUNITY GROUP- was explained and w will ha e on Kalamazoo at our meetings in the future. Con- to 2,000 Young People As Kalamazoo county planned a booth trihutions for the R d Cross will b. Members for the county fair showing the welcome. amounts and kinds of food used by NORTHEAST -Hillsdale The annual convention of the Mich- one person in a year. Stella Buck- This group went on record a op- Pre. s rel a es tate that trccttvo igan State Junior Farm Bureau, being bam asked for certain canned fruits pos d to selling beer and other liquors September 17, farm machinci y ma be held at Micaigan State College, N 0- as our part in the display. Thi ill army camps. The s cretary was ld 011lyunder th t rms of a temper- vember 7, brings to a close the 7th booth proved very interesting and instructed to write letters to this f- ary order is sued by laude R. Wick- year of Junior Farm Bureau. 350 educational. young people from 40 counties are fect to Senators Bro nand Vanden- ard, Secretary r \gri ulturo. CLARKSTON DISCUSSION burg and Representative Paul hater. The regulations provide for the cs- to meet at the Music building to FORU M-Oakland CARRS-Mason review the past year's work and to \V sent a r solution to send to \Ve had a masquerade tabli hing of county rationin com- lay plans for 1943. Readers' Digest protesting their pub- mittees. Get in touch with your A \A Cans Community Hall on Hallo een There are many uncertainities be- lishing only one side of the Michigan night to rais enough money to buy Chairman for purchase cer ttflcr tes fore young people on the farms, but Milk question. Mr. Beckman and a piano for the hall. Committees and further information. the Junior Farm Bureau looks for- were: Dance-S arle Barnette, Al Fall m ma hin ry and equ,ipment i Mrs. Stickney drafted the resolution. ward with confidence to another year. Corey, Henry Ab 1, Victor ...filler, John cla Hied into th so thr e groups by The young people acknowledge that METAMORA GROUP-Lapeer We discussed new things in farm- Tyndall. Decorattve-s-Plor nce ew- the temporary plan: to maintain the organization will not be easy. ing under the year's theme, "Agri- man, Eli Tyndall, John Hold n, Em- ....-rlFarmmach in s vitally es eutial Active in Senior Groups cultural Planning in a War Year". ma Illler, Le tel' Flank. Refresh- to urrent agricultural ne ds The past year has seen notable ac- We are on the threshold of new ments-e-Pear l Locke, Agatha Barn tte, and which may not be sold by complishments on the part of the opportunities for feeding the world. Vera Tyndall, Millie Frank, Ila Ab Is, a deal l' unl 5S the farmer 11:1 Junior Farm Bureau. Many of the Potatoes are being powdered. The Leo LaPointe. Advertising-Julie Cos- obtained a purchase certificat young people have assumed consid- product is being talked of in terms sette, P. arl Corey, Joe Co sett, al- flrom his county rationing com- erable responsibility in Senior Farm 01 millions of pounds. Pork and beef tel' Lock . mittee. Bureau work in membership cam- are to be processed in similar ways, SODUS-Berrien B~Farm machin ry and qulpment paigns, Community Farm Bureaus Transportation without much bulk Harry Case suggested, that th not in the fir t group vhlch mayj and many other activities of the is the aim. Wha is true of these pro- Farm Bureau members help Irs. Ar- e sold UPOll certification hy th . Farm Bureau program. ducts will also be true of other pro- thur Lange pick the rest of their farmer to his d al r 01U't tho , with Mason county was discussed. The Many of the Junior Farm Bureaus ducts. We should plan crops and apples, as ... r: Lange has be nick all equipm nt is e. s nt ial f r cur- committee of Mrs. Henry Fischer, Ce- lost as many as half their member- marketing for a shortage of man- summer, and is still not able to wonk. rent agricultural production ship to the armed foroes and yet each cil Kerr and Emery Smith, who pre- pared exhibits at the Oceana County power. The men agreed to go thin the n xt needs. county organization met these diffi- two days. C-Items such as some hand tools culties with new members. Time and Fair, reported prizes in the amount of IRA-St. Clair $10.30 which is to be used in the State The discussion 1 ad r, Earl Grate, The qualifications of Community and the small r horsedrawn again a presjdent would be elected Junior Farm Bureau bond purchase. informed us on the stand the various Farm Bureau officers were thoroughly equipment which may he sold only to serve a couple of months be- BAY contestants for state offices were tak- discussed. We agreed that they without restriction. fore being taken into the armed Plans were made recently for our SAGINAW ing on matters pertaining to agricul- should: Attend all the m etings, be Typ s of machinery falling in the services. To some extent the average 1 97th . to 100th meetings. The wheat At the Senior Farm Bureau picnic ture. He also read the voting record interested in the work, and do their group A-include b et lifters, com- age level of the Junior Farm Bureau committee reported that we had gath- held a year ago, the Saginaw County of senators and representatives from work well. Those that are willing bin s, corn pi kers, disc harrows, f r- has dropped. ered $135 in donations Junior Farm Bureau raffled a Hoi- this district on major farm 1 gtsla- to study should be re- lected. tilizer spread rs, grain drills, lim wFar ActJivitles A Stella Schmidt and Bernard Phen- stein calf Which, was won by Betty rom anuary to pril of this year . D 1 4H tion in the past two years. 'I'he im- SOUTH LINCOLN-Isabella spreader, manure spread rs, mill $1 500 d b J . .mger are delegates to our state con- aye, a - member. This year an- portant topics discussed at the meet- We believe that we as f rrners have , . was earne y umor groups, vention. ot her Holstein calf was won by a the Farm Bureau and other farm cooler, milking mach in s, potato di - and m Jnly the army was presented " . ings of the Action Committees were gel'S, and tractors, including gard n with a lRed Cross Ambulance. The The. Jumor-Semor box SOCIal was lucky 4-H member, Max Kleinfeld. also presented to the group. groups known as the Farm Bloc to Junior .Farm Bureau is now engaged set for November 11. Both 4-H members entered their calf thank for the r cognition of arm tractors. SOUTH LINCOLN-Isabella labor costs in the anti-inflation bill. Group B-Includes most other farm in raising funds to purchase a $10000 Al Jrrhnson was re-elected regional at the Saginaw county fair in 1942. It was decided to follow the State We .reel that the Farm Bureau has quipment and machin ry. War Bond by means of "a bushel of director for the coming year. Joyce Betty Dayle's calf was grand cham- topics for discussion with the follow- heen more forceful this past year Group C-Hoos, rakes, forks, cyth- wheat per farmer" campaign. Krabbe of Saginaw will be the repre- pion, and Max Kleinfeld's calf was ing topics: than ever before. es, shovels and all hand-operated and Car1l1:ls.' ,I .« sentative of region 10 at the conven- awarded fourth place. 1. Milk prices, etc. As .part of the Farm Bureau pro- tion Tall Talkers Contest. Along came the wheat drive. The EAST L:ELAND-L:.eelanau one and two-her -drawn farm ma- 'gram 42 young people .attended the BE RRlEN starter was the Senior Farm Bureau 2. Good soil management. Five minutes was allotted to Eunice chinery and quipment not in luded 3. Prevention of farm fires. Kahrs for l' creation, followed by the in Group A. Mid-West Leadership Training Con- Berrien County Junior Farm Bur- picnic. The Juniors furnished their ference at Madison, Wisconsin, in eau enjoyed a Halloween party Mon- sl.are of entertainment by offering 4. Woodlot management and conser- Action Committee's report. This was Purchasers of Group A equipment, .July, In spite of the shortage of farm day evening, October 26, at the Ber- excitement when about twelve chick- vation. submitted in the form of a discussion, it is said, must turn in replaced equip- labor and tbe press of farm .w?rk the rien Center town hall. Games appro- ens were turned loose. Each chicken 5. Labor shortage. led by H. Waterman, with the group ment and agree to rent or loan the usual two weeks of. camp training was priate to the occasion were the en. caught was worth a certain amount 6. Pooling of machinery divid d into three parts. After twen- new machinery on sp cified t I'm and ~ngage~ in with outstanding success. tertainment of the evening. ill war savings stamps. A wild scram- in neighborhood. ty minutes the three groups reported conditions. Applicants refused cer tl- .m additlon four week end 7. Butter and its substitutes . .' or overnight . At thee s h or t b usmess . mee timg con- ble was entered into by all. The 8. Weed control. their conclusions. Some of the mem- fication may appeal to the state farm SOhQO~Bwere held wl~h the varrous vention plans were discussed. Ray- truck for wheat filled rapidly, each bel'S expressed a liking for this type war board, and if necessary, to the . counties being responsible for all the d D Wltt t f th senior member doing his share. The 9. County Agricultural Fair . .arrangements of these schools. As is mon . e I gave a rep or 0 e ot report from the action committee. secretary of agriculture . 10. Hospitalization. state council meeting held October 24 quota was not quite reached at this CENTRAL HURON-Huron ecretary Wickard said the farm r C us t omary many young peop Ie a tt en d - ,. picnic d th t d BATAVIA-Brarch The minutes of the last meeting wanting mew rna hinery will he re- ed the ltiil: caW Fa-I'm Bureau Con- at Michigan State College. Norris I an e coun y was canvasse Mr. Bollegraf who was interrupted about half way quired to show that I is PI" nt quip- vention in Chicago last winter and Young reported upon the activities with the result that the Saginaw Jun- 'will do so again this year. ' regarding the wheat drive. ior Farm Bureau went over their many gave a grand and interesting through by the Huron county surprise ment is inad quate to handl hi pro- Many Junior Farm Bureaua :have Officers for the coming years are: quota in a big way. A victory meet- talk, using Hitler and Germany as his "blackout". The half hour was spent J duction, that he cannot me this anticipated the gasoline and tire President, Raymond DeWitt; vice ing was held at the home of Helene topic. Mr. Bollegraf then gave a few in discussion. equipment needs by repairing existing words in appreciation of this country. shortage and have reorganized the president, LeRoy -Hetler ; secretary- Ruthig. NORT.H HASTINGS-Barry quipment, by purchasing or renting Questions were asked by all, and an" Motton made by Ray Haywood and used equipment, by cus om work, or county' group into community groups, treasurer, June Norris; publicity ST. JOSEPH swered by Mr. Bollegraf. ·so that no one will have to travel chairman, Dorothy Bittner. Outgoing The S1. Joseph County Junior Farm seco~ded by Warren Bolton that each other means, to obtain a purchase cer- . more than five miles to attend a meet- efflcers are Harold Steinke, Robert Bureau members held a dance in LAPEER-Lapeer family pledge to get a new member. tT t Laurence Leach, Susie and Isabel Carried. I ICa:e. Ing. Tillstrom, Betty Young Christner, and Findley recently. . . The farmer must also show that Organization Program Flor~nce French. The party was attended by a large Kraker gave a report on their trip to For recreatton, Mrs. Haywood trted fatl t hi I' ti '11 ~Yaldenwoods. They had a grand some "Common Scents". mpty bot- ai ure . 0 approve IS,app rca I~n w~ The Michigan State Farm Bureau KALAMAZOO crowd, with visitors from Calhoun tles which had contained common result ~n a substantIal. ~'eductlOn ,In now has as part of its program the Kalamazoo County Junior Farm and Kalamazoo counties. time and learned more about farm co-operatives and their work. household liquids were passed around ~roductlOn of commodttles essential Junior Farm Bureau in 40 counties. Bureau's new officers are: President, A district business meeting was SOUTHWEST OAKLAND-Oakland to see how many odors we could re- m, the wa,r ef~ort, and that the ma- Tbere are approximately 2,000 young Robert Brown; vice president, WH-· held, when Robert Smith of Branch Discussion leader Pittinger out- ogntse. We found that none of us chm~ry WIll ~l~e better than a:erage people who attend the bi-monthly or lard Frost; secretary, 'Margaret county was nominated as regional di- lined the purposes of discussion and were perfect in the "Common cents." service for simtlar equipment m the monthly meetings of these county Pease'; treasurer, Clark Mowery; pub- rector, and Charles Pancake of Kala- V ICKSB U RG-Kalamazoo -----------.;---'-------- ..•..... ---.,-~,....;...~---"---:-~ groups. Each county builds its own licity chairman, Esther Brown. We mazoo, as alternate. the duties of the officers of the organ- .program, anticipating the needs of .tts are wor'king on the wheat project. ization. He said discussion leaders Ierr itt Harper suggested that a membership for the year to come and OCEANA WASHTENAW should seek the wisdom of Solomon Farm Bureau Co-op again be brought We held our first meeting October and the patience of Job. up for di cuss ion. Many farmers, even th~ type ~f program that is. best October 13, Ben Hennink and Dan- 13 at which time the county sroun those not members of the group, de- SUIted for ItS members. In practically iel Reed District Director met with SOUTH WHEELER-Gratiot every county the County Farm Bureau' , was divided into community groups. sire access to such a store because of Loyd Hearn, discussion leader, led has invited the Junior Farm Bureau the .old and new officers of t.h~ Oceana These groups are North Lake, Ann the reliability of the products. .a discus ion on the qualifications of to have a representative on the Board Jum?r Farm Bureau: Retlrmg pres- Arbor, and Saline. President Albert The chair appointed a committee . of Directors that the young people ident; Clinton Hallack; ne:v.president, officers. The group discussed the idea Gall appointed a chairman for each to investigate the possibilities of a might have the opportunity of further Henry Fischer, accompamed by Mrs. group. of having a band. They are respectively Robert local store. During the discussion developing their leadership in Senior Fischer; recreational director, Ger- Gilbert, Katrene Boyce and Albert ELBA COMMUNITY-Gratiot Walter Weinberg spoke favorably responsibilities. trude Clark; vice president, Glenn Gall. The discussion leader introduced about the Three River's Co-op and 'I'rommater ; secretary and treasurer, On October 22 the Senior Farm the matters to be voted on in ovem- suggested that the committee might Harryetta Sha..w. Mr. Hennink sug- Bureau bad its annual sweet cider bel'. There was much comment on LIVE .STOCK gested activities gram. for this fall's pro- and doughnut dunking party with the Farm Bureau's work on the farm price ceiling bill at Washington. One like to learn more about that organ- ization. NEXPENSIVE cone ete· prove- ONE OF NATl N'S Our new officers were installed Oct- nishing ober 15: Miss Lorna Fetters was gram. the Junior Farm Bureau members fur- the refreshments .A.. reading was given by, Don and pro- member said he never had so much satisfaction from $5 as his Farm Bur- ARCHIE-Northwest Michigan The group approved a gift of $5.00 to the committee in charge of the I ments can work wonders in elected publicity chairman to take Smith and a musical number was fur- eau membership is giving him now. helping fanners step up war food ~FlRSI5 TIES the place of Mercile Brickey, who has nished by Wilma Weber. moved to Muskegon. Miss Juanita October 27 Katrene Boyce reported WEBSTER COMMUNITY- Washtenaw Christmas gifts for the boys in ser- vice from the peninsula. th orthwest- Michigan Farm Bur- Minutes of production. 'Employs Mpre People Than Slocum gave a report on the week the Council meeting at Lansing. Dele- This group resolved that farmers eau board meeting were read. A let- What are your needs? Maybe she spent at Waldenwoods, the State gates elected to attend State Junior could do with mail delivery every; ter from Ernest Any Other; Pirst for MaCarthy recom- one of the improvements shown Junior Farm Bureau camp. The posst- convention Nov. 7 are: Katrene other day, except at peak seasons such mended that we hold extra meetings Farm Income bility of holding a week end camp Boyce, Lillian Haas and Ray McCalla. [LSChristmas, for the duration of the throughout here. Or a new manure pit, dairy the year and invite in war, if this would effect sufficient sav- the Junior Farm Bureau, members , barn or poulP7 house floor. figures of the total value of livestock ing in tires and gas and relieve some and high school senio 8 in order to 01 livestock products and immediately Hatcheries Can Meet carriers for defense work. help keep the J. F. B. functioning. Firesafe, long-lasting concrete visualizes the. American farmer get- ting rich off the consumer. This is '43 Dema d for Chicks ARCADIA-Lapeer BU RLI NGTON-R ICH-Lal'eer improvements are easy to build- ;Michtigan's share in 'producing the \Vays and means of insuring the Discussion followed on contents of far from the truth. In a recent year, 200 million extra chickens suggested post war economic safety of farmers the county secretary's letter. The just a few bags of cement, some the income to Michigan farmers from were discussed. Some suggestions as an aid in bolstering the nation's meting was aIled to order by the sand and gravel or stone. beef cattle was 23,190,000, from hogs meat supplies can easdly be obtained were-to control production, to work chairman and all members were asked $15,681,000, from sheep $4,828,000, from wool $1,446,000, a total income from the '427 commercial hateheries shorter hours, put floor under price what idea they had that would make Concrete farm lobs lequire in the state, according to Ray Conolly, control, that a plan be worked out our group meetings more interesting. of $45,145,000, from these animals. field manager of the C\1icbigan State whereby all farm products would be Everyone had the same idea in mind, m;"imum.' ,itical war materials When we divide this sum up among released through a central agency, so that we should set a time to start and Poultry Improv ment sociation. Do the work yourself or ask your the number of farmers engaged in their production, we find their income The 427 hatcheri can set 14,334,- that we may control pric and stop close our meetings. They had been '100 eggs at a time. ormally the hat- them from dropping too much after carried on too late, needed more pep cement dealer for names of con- from these products was less than $300 per farm. Any large figure cheries obtain a G4 per cent hatch and the war. and a little more time for recreation crete contractors. We will send free utilize the egg setting capacity 2.73 Arcadia group favors a return to and social part in the program. which you may see on the value of an slow time. plan sketches if you will check the agricultural product, when broken times during the season. That results WEST JEFFERSON-Hillsdale down - on a per farm basis, yields to in a normal season's run of sltgh tly Each member was asked to contact Milk Bottle and coupon, paste it on a po tcard and more than 25 million Ibaby chicks, ac- each producer and his family a rather small sum. cording to 'Conolly's survey. another person, who did not under- Cans Free dE Tax mail today. stand the Milk Marketing amendment 'Ilhe ichigan supreme court bas I and explain the matter in the interest ruled that the state sales tax board BUY WAR SAVINGS STAMPS Mecosta County in 1901 Reimer and Oats of a "yes" vote. Another motion was has been rong in collecting sales Fred Harger, supervisor of Farm Fred Reimer, Farm Bureau repre- made that the publicity chairman tax or use tax on milk cans and milk AND BONDS Bureau branch stores and .elevators, sentative for Saginaw and Bay coun- write letters to the "Letter Box" of bottles. The Farm Bureau and others recalls that in 1901 Mecosta county ties, produced 855 bushels of Huron the Detroit ews and to the "Voice of argued that milk cans were a part of was the second potato producing coun- oats on 100 acres this season. He the People" of the Free Press expre - agricultural production and the in- ty in the state. Each year farmers credits the Huron variety of oats, Ing views of the Farm Bureau group dustrial processing of milk. The sales tax board said .no. The court planted a new piece of ground to Farm Bureau fertilizer, good land, on the milk marketing act referen- said yes. That's the way it will Name ---.: - -.--- potatoes. He recalls some whopping and himself. He made the decisions dum. Motion carried. be from here on. yields per farm in those days. and did the work. SUMMIT·PERE MARQUETTE- Mason Street or R.F.D. No ~---::----..-- ....•..• ----~--- 1,200 saw mills operate in lch- Telephones are now used for the Railroads in 1942 are turning out Letters were read from Senators igan. transmission of train orders over 1% tim s as many ton-miles of rrerght rown and Vandenburg replying to nearly 150,000 miles of railroad while tr ansportatlon service as in the peak telegrams sent by the group in the Trifle~ make perfec ion, and p r- the telegraph 1s used on 83,000 miles. traffic year of the first World War. recent farm price ceiling fight n fection is no trifle. Michael Angelo. . MICHIGAN "ARM NEWS SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1942 . 1941 to 117 billion dollar in 1942. with their earnings instead of Wheat For Hens the scratch grain and wheat should a Do Farm income will have increa ed to approximately 1 billion 1942. Indu trial laborer' will receive an e timated 70 billion dollar. a limited supply of go d it i appar- I dollar With in using tho e earn ing to buy arti- cle which are not essential. G. "Ration all sehttal of which there is a scarcity, that they may be distributed ly among COIl umers ommodities and 110t so fair- How much wheat can a laying hen us e in h r daily diet? Increa of wheat has followed release of gov- rnment to Otis stor d supplies. d use ccordmg h ar, poultry extension sp c- not comprise more than 40 per cent of the rna h. Every good farmer wars on waste in fi ld, barn or shop. • ent that the income of all roup mu t mer ly in accordance with finan- ial i t at M. . C., a hen ought not to trawb rry plants should be mulch- be tabilized in some manner 0 that cial ahillty to pay high pric s for our total national income does not be- g t more than 60 per c nt wheat in d before hard freezing weather. th m. come so great that our purchasing 7. "'Discourage credit and install- power greatly exceed the good and ment buying, and en ourage the ervices available and makes control paying off of debts, mortgages and Background Material for Discussion in ovember of inflation lmpo ilble. other obligations; for this pro- By our Community Farm Bureau Groups It is Plain to be een that Iarmers motes savings, retards buying and' adds to the amount excessive with a 15 billion dollar income play an important part in ere ting a ne d for available to the creditors for the ny }J(J{JBNR A. MAIJTZ purcha of War Donds." McmlJfm,hs'fJ Relations &: Etlucatio n. SPEAKING of CHAMPION l?RODUCERS,- control. It is al 0 evident that labor with a 70 billi n dollar income play. Means Perservation of the 4 JUNE CLOVER W. B. SWEET CLOVER Here's the Story of Inflation Freedoms ALSIKE Y. B. SWEET CLOVER a greater role in the inflation control. Control in a Nutshell Ch eking inflation means checking Just an example. 50 per cent in- another post-war depres ion. MAMMOTH ALFALFA While inflation is hard to define, crease in farm income would be ap- It means we all may enjoy the four MICHIG N GROWN TIMOTHY SEED we know h'at it mean. -and we proximal 1y the same as a 1 per cent fr doms for which the nited Na- (Timothy bought subject to our test for germination) know its after-effects. We know that increa e in labor income. tions are waging a global war. if price and wages start increasing The ational War Labor Board has 1. Freedom of speech. like they do when we have inflation, nd representative . ample of your ome p ople have it easier becaus they can pay up debts or save money, used what i known 'as the "Little Steel Formula" The 'Little in stabilizing te 1 Formula" wages 2. Freedom of r Iiglon. 3. Fre dom from want. 4. Freedom from fear. FOR BIDS eed. 'rake some from each bag. hut other people cet pinched because provid s We will qnot yon on amp], on a cleaned basis or on esti- that wages shall be adju ted from the Inflation can be checked if you and they may not get their share of the I do our part in our own homes and mated hrink. If you want some of cleaned seed returned for January 1, 1942 level 'in the same pro- increased income, but are sure to portion that the cost of living has in- farms. your 11 e, we'll do that. share in the iner ased cost 'Of living. WKAR MONDAY ROUNDTABLE creased since that date. On the aver- lost important, though, is the ne d for avoiding such depre: ions as we had in the early 1930's when the bot- age, that cent increase. means about a 15 per Violations of this rul- ing have be n quite frequently made TIME TUNE FOR NOVEMBER 1:00 to 1:30 p. rn, 870 on your dial Let Us Clean Your Seed tom went out of ever y'thing. It i ~ HAVE YOUR SEED CLEANED NOW ... No seed will be received to hold workers on their jobs. Theme: Anti-Inflation lVIeasures- th is depression - or deflationary for cleaning after December 20, 1942, at the Farm Bureau Services' A study of what causes inflation, the 7 Fronts in the War on Inflation seed cleaning department in Lansing. period- that makes all of us fear In- problems involved and measures for flation, since one follows the other as There are seven major ways in its control. sur ly as day follows night There are two thing that are es- which through inflation voluntary is being co-operation checked ovember and potnt program 2-The President's for controlling infla- 7- SURE KILL Rat and Mouse Baits leg! lation. Each of these has a di tion. We have two of the greatest rat and mouse getters that have ev~r sential to inflation control-proper been put on the market. legislation and co-operation. In some rect bearing on each and every one November 9-Price control as it of us. They are contained in Presi- pertains to commodities and services. 1. If you have cats, dogs or other pets, we advise using our measures f control, co-operation is dent Roosevelt's addres of April 27, CO-OP RAT BAIT. Follow directions and you'll get results. Sold the only assurance of success, such ovember 16-Price control as it outlining his plans to stablize the co t pertains to farm prices. in 15c, 25c, 50c and $1.00 size packages. as the purchase of war bonds and pay- of living. They are: ovember 23-Anti-Inflation meas- 2. If you have no pets, use our KIL-BALM. It is sure death to ing off debts. Others, such as ration- ing, stabilization of wag s and farm 1. Tax heavily, and in that process ures as they affect wages and salar- any rodent or pet that drinks it, and rats and mice fight to consume keep personal and corporate prof- ies. it. Sold in two sizes-6 oz. for 50c, 16 oz. for $1.00. prices, increased taxes and price con- trol m asures call for proper legtsla- its at a reasonable rate, the word November 30-Taxation and its tion plus co-operatton and understand- ing on the part of the people. 'reasonable' level. being defined at a low ability to check inflation. Order Your Hybrid Seed Corn Now Farm pi ices under the new price 2. "Fix ceilings on the prices which Your Farm Bureau Dealer can supply you with the following control act provid that price ceil- consumers, retailers, wholesalers Feed for Pullets hybrid corns: ings shall be established at parity or prices paid by farmers (including control, however, is not deemed the and manufacturers pay for the Is Important the highest price received by pro- interest and taxes) dropped from 160 solution to the problem. Rationing things they buy; and ceilings on rents for dwellings in all areas Feed prices are high. 'Good pullets :MICIIIGAN GRO\VN 24-B, 25-B, $750 KINGSCROST $7~~ ducers between January 1 and Sep- per cent of the base period (1910-14) stabilization of wages, stabilization of affected by war industries. and hens are valuable 'property. No 36-B, 51-B and M-15, bu . tember 15, 1942. Consideration must ftverage in 1930 to 122 per cent in farm prices, higher taxes, purchas- 3. "Stahilize the remuneration re- feed should be wasted on poor hens ~)e given increased labor or other 1932 . . . a total drop of 38 points. ing of war bonds and payment of ceived by individuals for their or pullets. Especially when poultry OHIO GRO\YN K-23, IVI-15, costs incurred since January 1. Loans But, during that same period, prices d bts are other methods of checking work. is bringing good prices. Feed well and 1\1-20, K-24 and VV-17, bu . $700 will be made at the rate of 90 per cent received by the farmer for his prod- the inflationary spiral caused by hav- 4. "Stabilize the prices received by Ray Conolly, poultry editor of the of parity. ucts decreased from 126 per cent in ing a national purchasing power growers for the products of their Michigan Farmer, wrote recently. What is Inflation? 1930 to 65 per cent in 1932 ... a drop which exceeds the value of the goods lands. "Egg size is inherited, but feeding A farmer at a discussion meeting ,01 61 points. and services available. 5. "Encourage all citizens to con- plays an important part in egg size, Buyat Farm Bu r e e u Stores and (o.op Ass'ns at which this topic was discussed, de- As a matter of fact, in August, We are familiar with most of these tribu te to the cost of winning this especially the feed used in developing fin d it as follows: 11941 for the first time in over 20 measures and can readily recognize war by purchasing War Bonds pullets." Don't slight the pullets. "If you were to take your tire to years prices received by the farmer the manner in which they affect us, the garage and start blowing it up, showed a tendency to average more with perhaps the possible exception and it k pt getting bigger and bigger than the prices paid by the farmer. of price control measures and stabili- (See Professor R. V. Gunn's story, zation of prices paid to industrial eedProtein until it went 'bang', then I guess that would be inflation. "Are Farm Prices the Reason for workers. These two variable factors Maybe that's th best way it can be Rise in Cost of Living" in the Octo- have a v ry direct influence on infla- descr-ibed. Ernest Hemingway goes ber issue of the Michigan Farm tion and must be controlled effectively further. lIe says: ews.) if inflation is kept from running ram- "The first panacea for a misman- In plain terms, the farmers were pant. aged nation is inflation of the cur- "behind the eight ball" for 20 years What About the Price Control Law? l' ncy; th second is war. Both bring to pay for the four years of above The original emergency price con- a t mporary prosperity; p rmanent refuge of political portunists." ruin. both bring a parity But, both are the World War 1. and economic op- That's broader, but about the same the dangers prices Vivid memories sion keeps farmers enjoyed during of the last depres- fully aware of of the aftermath the of in- trol act approved by the President January 30 of this year authorized ceilings on farm prices but at not less than 1-10 per cent of parity. ulations issued on April 28 exempted OPA reg- on Vitamins, Minerals thing. To most of us who haven't flation. The early '30's depression left the words at our command to xpress an indelible exactly what we mean when we say forced inflation, it means high prices, a cheap through auction mortgage impression sales, through farms' sales, low valued its lost most raw farm products from any def- inite price ceiling. Only cream, pork, beef, canned, frozen and milk and and all the good roughage dried fruits and vegetables were in- dollar, high costs of living, and, most farm land, increasing debts and many of all, trouble. Are We Afraid of Inflation? other distressing eluded in a "dollars conditions and cents" meas- not in- cluded. The admtnlstratton, as certain labor and consumer inter- ests, protested the rastr'ictions as 'Well ,placed they can eat! Of course we are,-but why? uring-stick, such as demoralized peo- Well in the first place, may'be our ple, run down buildings and fences, upon the lower limits for farm price prices don't go up as fast as the prices wasted land, wasted food, low living ceilings, claiming that present and (Don't Forget to Salt Them-Give Them Plenty of WaterJ possible farm prices were Jflajor fact- of th things we have to buy. Or may- standards, etc. MILK MAKERS ..• he we'll be one of those unfortunates The number of transfers of farm ors threatening to increase the cost who do not get the benefit of the high- real estate, due to financial distress, of living. er prices but get the full effect of the increased in Michigan from 25 trans- The amended price control act ap- higher costs of the things we have fers per 1,000 farms in 1919 to 217 proved on 0 tober 2 removed the l.10 to buy, lik the small farmer, or the transfers 24 % or 34 % Protein Concentrate in 1933. Michigan's total per cent of pArity restriction and sub- producer of crops that bring relative- cash farm income dropped from 268 tituted 'therefore either 100 per cent ly low prices, such as wheat, corn, million dollars in 1929 to 129 million of p rity or the highest price received • o cotton, etc. dollars in 1932. by producers between January 1 and AVE these vitally needed minerals, such as: manganese, colbalt, copper, Iron, cal- Of course, there's the other side of Michigan's total farm indebtedness Septemlber 15, 1942. On the next day, the picture that we can't ignore when it-creased from an average of 127 mil- October 3, new OM regulations were cium and phosphorous added to their formulas. we're talking about inflation, and lion dollars during the base period issued, placing temporary maximum that's the fact that debts can be paid (1910-14) to 204 million dollars in prices on milk products, eggs, poul- 1932. This was not a gradual in- MILKMAKERS NOW CARRY IRRADIATED YEAST to supply Vitamin-D, the sunshine vitamin. with this "cheap" money we have- try, mutton, white potatoes, canned ci- t hat is, we can pay our debts easier Cl ease, however, the peak of Michi- trous fruits and juices, fresh citrous There are 4,000,000 units of Vitamin-D in every pound of Irradiated Yeast. i'f we're getttng two dollars for some- gun's farm indebtedness being reached fruits, flour, onions, dry beans, peas thing that should only bring a dollar in 1923 with 252 million at the end of the most prosperous per- dollars total and lentils, corn-mea'! and hominy. MILKMAKERS CARRY THE NECESSARY PROTEINS from Linseed Meal, Gluten because the debt dollar remains sta- tionary. iod in America's agriculture. In 1940 The ceiling on prices for those pro- ducts is to be the highest price charg- Meal, Corn Distillers Grains, Cottonseed Meal, Corn Distillers Grains, Cottonseed Michigan's farm indebtedness totalled So, maybe this matter of inflation ed ,by the seller during the period Sep- also carry cane molasses. This sums up to the fact that MILMAK'ER is the MODERN do sn't scare us 0 much after all. 174 million dollars. Recent surveys tember 28 to October 2, 1~42. These Again, ar we afraid of inflation, by the Farm Management of the Michigan Department State College indi- particular ceilings are temporary and dairy ration. It should help maintain health, production and profit ... MILKMAKERS v.•••hatever inflation is? Or Is It Deflation? cates that farmers in Michigan are apply only for a 60-dalY period-until are open formula for the dairyman who wants to know what he is getting for his paying off' their farm indebtedness December 1. Maybe the fact that we have an un- with the dollars that are coming more It is also to be noticed in this a- money. Write for our open formula feed booklets. e. plainable fear of inflation is due to frequently due to record-breaking pro- mended price control act that the the deflation that follows. Maybe it's duction and more favorable prlces. "parity" formula is to remain as be- Do You Want Eggs? th "bang" of the inflated tire that fore and was not changed to include s ares us. Let's just look back into What Can We Do About Inflation? As pointed out in Professor R. V. farm labor costs as farm organiza- history a few years. Farm rs ha ve learned from bitter Gunn's folder, "Controlling the Cost tion and "farm bloc" representatives experience that the cost of short-lived ot Living", the stage is now set for had d man ded, The new act, how- 11igh prices is many years of 10 ~ inflation. Prof. Gunn suggests several ever, does direct that in determining pi-tc s. Worse yet, the price of things fa rmers buy does not follow down is check d. nc rly as close as they follow up. things that must be done if inflation He points out that the federal gov- maximum prices consideration given to increased Iabor or other costs incurred since January 1, 11941. An- be MERMADE BALA CER 37% 'rhus, farmers, as a group, pay dear- ernment has begun an extensive pro- other feature of the amended act is ly for their short and false prosperity. For ampl gram of pr ice corrtrol in an attempt during the early '30's to check the rising prices. Price that the Oommodity tion is authorized Credit Corpora- to make loans on ette $188. 72 Egg Profit in 10 Months! basic commodities at the rate of 90 Mrs. J. S. Engle got 12,240 eggs (1020 dozen) from 75 pullets in the last ten months. 163 per cent of parity instead of 85 per owledge cent as was formerly the situation. eggs per pullet. The value of the eggs was $ 284.72 subtracting the cost of the feed of $96.00 it gave Mrs. Engle a profit of $188.72 for her labor. Thus, price floors to farmers are auto- ou now bout Inflation? matically increased. HERE'S THE RATION SHE USED-YOU CAN USE IT TOO! nswers may be found in the material for Discussion Groups.} Stabilization of Wages? Jndu trial wages are to be controll- 100 Ibs. Farm Bureau MERMADE BALANCER 37% YES NO ed under the new Of,fice of Economic 200 Ibs. Ground Barley (use corn if you have it) Inflation means good times for everybody. o 0 tablizati n by the ational Wal' 150 Ibs. Ground Oats 2. Farm 1 ar primarily responsible for inflation. o 0 Labor Board. The WlJB is directed 100 lbs. Ground Wheat plus 1~ lbs. (1,000 A-400 D) Inflation may be ch ck d by price control. o 0 by the new price control law to freeze Fortified Feeding Oil. Oats and barley fed as scratch. 1 • afraid of lnflatton ? o 0 vages at the rates prevailing on Sep- *Write for formulas using MERMADE BALANCER 37% Protein. Our 20% Broiler Ration grows the finest broilers. an we PI' v nt another depression? o 0 tember 15, 1942, unless adjustments are nece sary to correct inequa1ities h uld farm prices b controlled? o 0 or to add the effective prosecution of MILKMAKE S PO KMAKE S MERMASHES hould lndu trial ag rat s be controlled? o 0 the war. I' not pay in their debts. o 0 better picture of just how import- a t, farm prices cannot go above parity. p c to pay much heavier tao es, ince o 0 ant this matter of controlling is can be seen by looking at the na- wage!'; Far Bureau Brand 5 pp ies at 30 Far ers Ie tors n. thin to do with their profits. o o tional income figures for 1942. Our income nationally for all groups has FA BUREAU SERVICES, FEED DEP'Y, Lansing, Michigan n . r ttend your ommunity Farm ion m ttng.) increased from 92 billion dollars in _J