G B G Vol. XXI, No. 12 SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1943 21st Year E ITORIAL MAIN QUESTION BEFORE THE CONVENTION- I FARME S AD PT Why Farmers and Congress Say No! ------------ 7-P INT IGHWAY The House in Congress has for the second time with- in six months voted to stop federal food subsidies to RECOM E D~ TI ----n5 r consumers. The Michigan State Farm Bureau Delegates to 24th An made 7 recommendations regarding This time the House voted 278 to 117 to extend the highway tran portation at its 24th Consumer Subsidie a annual meeting at Michigan State life of the Commodity Credit Corporation but to forbid College, ov. 10 and 11: Certain to Bring the use of money by any federal agency for food sub- Reports for Farm Trucks: Farm- sidies for consumers. The margin was more than enough ers are not interested in wearing out The outstanding action at the 24th annual m their trucks needlessly, therefore the to over-ride a veto. Similar action is predicted in the detailed records required in connec- Michigan State Farm Bureau at Michigan Stat 011 g Senate. tion with certificates of war necessity, J 0- J J was the unanimous indictment of the propo d pro r m etc., should be abandoned. They are troublesome to keep and contribute of federal food subsidies for consumers. The House voted the same distrust for the food sub- nothing to the farmer's productive ef- sidy program that farmers have expressed through the Four hundred and ten delegates representing upw rd 0 fort. What good does it do to go into detail on tons, gallons, packages, 65,000 farm families declared that the food sub idy progr m Farm Bureau, the Grange, and other groups. We under- cubic feet of loads hauled, number is political, unnecessary, and certain to subject th ountry stand that 98 Democrats voted against consumer food of miles, trips, etc., on a weekly basis? to almost unlimited federal regimentation. subsidies in the House. They rejected the administra- Integrated Transportation - Farm tion's charge that a vote against food subsidies was a Bureau believes that railroad, high- State and National Farm Bureau officers were in tructed vote for inflation. way, waterways and airway trans- in a resolution to continue to fight against con urn rood portation may not be in the public interest if integrated into one system, subsidies and price roll-backs in lieu of fair market prices to Why the opposition to subsidies ~ as proposed by some. farmers. The text of the resolution appears on p g 4 0 There are many, beginning, perhaps, with the farm- War Time Restrictions on the use this edition. of motor vehicles should be termi- ers' observation that they aren't needed. Certainly not nated as soon as shortages that cause The delegates and VISItors numbered nearly 700 tone in times of full employment and generally high wages. them are alleviated. We should aim of the largest Farm Bureau annual meetings in y ars. for a minimum rather than a maxi- In these times people should be able to pay all of their grocery bills and not have to depend upon some unso- Far'rri Bureau Go' I Is mum of regulation. Priorities War Production for Motor Transport- Board should see President Clarence J. Reid was elected for his fifth term. Carl Buskirk was re-elected vice president. Clark L. Brody licited help from the treasury. However, in leading the fight against subsidies, Con- 25,000 MelDbers in '44 that vehicles and parts are provided to continue essential transportation. was re-engaged as executive secretary and treasurer. The officers were elected by the new board of director . Synthetic Rubber-This industry gressman Jesse P. Wolcott of Michigan. answered the County Parm Bureaus Choose Campaign Leaders should be continued after the war to The annual meeting re-elected directors Jesse ;r r iber of (1) keep price of natural rubber at question for the House. He gave what he considers and Unionville, James Harris of Traverse City, Russell File of And Set Goals to Gain Another 4,000 reasonable level; (2) provide addi- what we agree i~ the first reason for opposing a program tional markets for farm products; Niles, Lloyd Ruesink of Adrian, George McCalla of Y~silanti, of federal food subsidies to consumers. Mr. Wolcott Members or More (3) prevent America from ever again having a rubber famine. J. T. Bussey of Lake Leelanau, Forrest King of Ch rlotte. said: A Michigan Farm Bureau member. 'hip of 2.'5,000 families -Federat Stamp Tax-This law I. K. Maystead of Osseo was elected director to succeed the should be enforced or repealed. There "The farmer is opposed to the payment of subsidies, or more i the objective of the annual member 'hip campaign is much evasion. veteran William Bristow of Flat Rock. Mr. Bristow retired which will be conducted by 46 County] arm Bureau during Freedom of the Highways-Farm- after many years of service as director representing the Mich- that is consumer subsidies, because it is the first step to ers and others should be free to December, January and February. regimentation and control. The first step which eventu- travel the highways and to load and igan Milk Producers Ass'n, Richard Nelson, newly elected ates in that farmer finding himself under the yoke of First to conduct their campaign' will be ~Ia .on, Mont- unload their products without being president of the Michigan Junior Farm Bureau, was elected calm, I iabella, T ewaygo and Van Buren countic·. everal of compelled under threats of violence bureaucracy where free enterprise on the farm is to take membership in labor unions to the board in accordance with action taken by the annual the campaigns will be completed in December. I\Io·t of the destroyed. or to pay for services not wanted. meeting in 1942 to' name a Junior as the 17th director. countie will do the work in January. Laws prohibiting such racketeering "Where the government, through its several bureaus,. should be invoked. Violators of the Resolutions on national and state affairs dealt largely with During January, February and March of 1943, ieveral law should be punished. tells the farmer when and what to sow, when and how thou and volunteer worke enrolled more tha the relation of agriculture and the Farm Bureau to the w r 7,000 new much he shall reap; tells the processor what he shall members for a net gain of more than 5,000. Today the mem- and problems brought about by the war. Prominent mong process and how he shall process it; and tells the distrib- bership stand at 20,993 families. EMBERSHIP the resolutions adopted and presented to the State F m Bureau board of directors and officers for admini tration utor how, where and when, and to whom, he shall dis- tribute the products of our farms. Most County Farm Bureaus have et their goal for 1944. They have named their campaign manager. He ha· 'elected CREDIT PLAN action were: his lieutenant throughout the county, and they are building "Subsidies beget subsidies, and if we encourage the teams of member hip worker for a thorough canvas of the ENDS DEC. 31 Farm Bureau Membershl.p:-Goal+ for .1944 is 25,000 farm Iamtl ies by confusing and demoralizing. cannot produce food under uncertain- Farmers expansion of the present program, and if we do not stop farmer. A large, well organized and well informed group Apr-il 1. Community F arm B ureaus- 3-0 \) ties and at losses. . " \V . recommend Resolution Adopted bV lJIichi!Jan itate h roups were commended for the that ceil ing pnces assurmg armors the present program where it is, what have they told you of member hip worker get' a toni .hing re iults by a 'king is going to be the next step? It is going to be, first, the every farmer to join. Berrien (1,990) Branch (1,144), ag- l Ferra Bureau, Nov. 10-11, 194 In order that there be ?? questton . sue k gd e "UTeshould establish more wor on. vv rou S so that every member may garti~i ate in local Farm Bureau a sufficient return on the crop he set 1 tl in advance of p an mg une. t' should be set at the consumers level C T ei mgs purchase of the entire citrus fruit crop. Then the pur- inaw (1,400), and Ottawa (906) are example _ Last year Berrien put 225 member hip worker into the campaign. about the tax exempt pOSItIOn of the I p p to it so as not to interrupt the orderly chase of the entire bean crop. Then the ultimate con- Michigan State Farm. Bureau and so gr~~~io~C I~a~~ Bureau-Commend- marketing system now in e~fect. County membership goals and+-.-------------- that badly needed fmances may be ed for excellent work during the When OPA and Wli'A select advlsors trol from the producer to consumer of all dairy products, campaign managers announced so far Rlve~s R-3. available to the County Farm Bureaus year Pledged continued support and for their fruit and vegetable divisions, and finally the control of the production, processing and for the 1944 membership roll call are: Shiawa see-280, Hugh Burns, Per- for carrying on programs. in tl~e in- encouragement. they should come from the industry Barry-575, Walter Stanton, Dow- ry R:-3. . terests of the members and thetr or- Price Control and Subsidies-See they are to repr sent and be selected distribution of all foodstuffs." ling n-i, campaign manager. Tn-CountY-:-Antnm, 100, Pa~l Doc- ganization, Page 4. by that industry. Bay-450 Otto Rabe, Rhodes R-l. tor, Charlevoix R-lo Chai-Ievoix 100, Be it resolved, that membership Agr'l Adjustment Administration- Repeal of Oleo Tax-We oppose the Benzie-iOO. Clint Blanchard, Charlevoix, n-i. credits be abandoned as of December The act should be continued with its Fulmer bill HR 2400 which would Some Light on High .Food Prices Berrien-2,100, Branch-1.300. Alex Gale, Sodus. Tuscola-750. VanBuren-900, Thor Hagburg, 31, 1943, the membership be so noti- fied and the Board of Directors of companion conservation measures covering and price stabilization. soil destroy legislation enacted during th past 50 years to prevent misrepresent. Are prices for food high because of what the farmer. Calhoun-725, Robert Farley, AI- Lawrence R-l. the State Farm Bureau order proper reeded to assist farmers in adjusting ation of this product. The situa- bion R-l. Washteuaw-e-Bert Amrheim, Ypsi- steps taken to conclude thi program their production to supply and de- lion is made worse for the dairy in- gets, or are they high largely because of the charges and to plan and initiate, in conjunc- maud. The Triple-A should b made dustry with point requir merits for Cass-GOO. lanti R-lo added to the cost of foods by part of the consuming pub- Clinton-600, Don Smith, Ovid R-2. ----.,....------- tion with a representative committee more democratic in its control. State butter bing fixed at 16 to th pound. of the County Farm Bureaus, suitable AA members should be elected and Sugar Beets-The beet sugar indus- lic itself~ Genesee-500. Gra-tiot-600, Harry Johnson, St. How Our Congressmen plans for serving the membership and be responsible to the co-operators try is adapted to Michigan and is The Federal Trade Commission has issued a report Louis. Voted on Subsidies distributing such money as become through direct election or choice by important in our diversified farrntng HUlsdale-490. All twelve of the Republican Con- available from the Farm Bureau Ser- properly chosen delegates. program. It should be encourag:d which calls attention to the charges which accumulate on Huron-600, Karl Oehmke, Sebe- gressmen from Michigan voted to vices, Inc. for this purpose. War Time Bcards-e-Farmera should and expanded. No acreage curtail- waing R-lo continue the Commodity Credit Cor- In order that "proper steps be tak- be represented adequately on all war ment should be imposed by the fed- farm products from the time they leave the farm until en to conclude this program" of mem- time boards such as those dealing eral government. Ingham-476, Arthur Deyo, Mason poration after Jan. 1, 1944, but to they reach the consumers' table. R-2. forbid the use of any federal funds bership credits, it is necessary that with selective service, rationing of A number of the resolutions are Ionia-Howard Hile, Ionia R·2. to pay food subsidies for consumers. all members send their sales slips to supplies and commodities and on all printed in full or are summarized in The FTC found consumers in Boston paying $1.67 Isabella-425, Earl Seybert, J'r., Mt. All five Democratic Congressmen the Lansing office of the Michigan boards dealing with production and separate articles in this edition of Pleasant R-lo State Farm Bureau as soon as pos- distribution of food and fibre. the News. for a sack of onions for which the growers in Texas got from Michigan voted against the Stea- sible, preferably before December Labor Relations-We reiterate our Jackson-Clarence Pulver, Jackson gell bill as amended to prohibit food 15 cents. Head lettuce that brought the grower 58 cents 15th. No sales slips will be accept- demand for freedom of the highways net per crate sold for $4.80 a thousand miles away. R-4. Kalamazoo-635, Schoolcraft R-L subsidies for consumers. Charles Wheeler, nassed the House 278 to 117. Voting for the bill were Michigan The bill ed which arrive in Lansing after De- cember 31, 1943. and freedom of delivery at markets tor farmers and their co-operatives. MICHIGAN WELL Consumers in St. Louis paid $2.58 for tomatoes for which producers in California got 52 cents. Kent-250. Lenawee-M. Ivan Hunt, Tipton. Reps. Bradley, Crawford, Bennett, Blackney, Dondero, Engel. Hoffman. An important change has made in the policy of handling mem- bership credit at this time. been ccumu- We urge enactment of legislation to require incorporation of labor unions. Anti-Racketeering Law-·We urge EP ESENTED The Trade Commission said that similar examples LiVingston-Gale lerville R-2. Macomb- Hoisington, Fow- Jonkman, Michener, Shafer, Wolcott, Woodruff. Voting a ainst the bill lIen Rush, Romeo R-!. were: Congressmen Dingell, Lesinski, lated credit will [O'I' be applied on 1944 membership dues. A check for that a test be made in the courts on the state anti-racketeering law of AFBF MEETI G could be found in the marketing of potatoes, apples, Manistee-200. George Short, Bear O'Brien, Babaut, and Sadowski, all whatever is due you will be sent in- 1943 to determine if it will protect the Probably 100 members of th .. Mich· stead. transportation, loading, and unloading igan State Farm Bureau ar attend- citrus fruits, bread and other foods. Lake R-l. and Floyd Beilfuss, Bear from Detroit districts. ing the 5th annual meeting of the Lake R-2. Because of the size of the job and of farm products against interference The spread between the farm price and the price the the scarcity of office help, it may take and violence on the .part of hijac~ American Farm Bureau at the Sher- Mason-650, William Dostall, Lud- consumer pays includes payment for many necessary ington R-lo Illinois Farm Bureau the State Farm Bureau some time to ers or racketeers seeking to exact tri- man Hotel, Chicago, December 6 to 9. do the job. But it is hoped to have Lute or toll for fictitious or needless Heading the Michigan delegation services in processing, transportation, and retail dis- -Meco ta-250, Herb E. Halverson, Has 101,000 Members all checks mailed by April 1, 1944. services. are President C. J, Reid, Secretary'. Morely R-2. Two months ago we published an A full 5 will be collected for mem- 15 Mill Tax Limit-We oppose re- L. Brody and the members of th tribution. Montcalm-Karl King, Greenville. editorial saying that the Farm Bur- bership dues in 1944. pealing or raising the limit as now board of directors. President R tel Muskegon-200. eau in Illinois was out to get ,OO() provided in the law. went early to serve on the nation I But if consumers consider food prices unduly high ewaygo-500, Andrew Kole, Fre- more members during ovember in resolutions committee. He has serv- mont R-2. Live Stock Auctions-We favor now, and are told that because of them an inflation W Michigan-Gr. Traverse order to have 100.000 or more for 250; their annual meeting in late Co-operatives 'Couldn't ·tate appropriations to enable Stat0 ed on that committ e for the pa t T ovem- Dep't of Agr-Iculture to supervise live three year. threatens, perhaps it would be well for them to investi- Leelanau 250. Robert Seaberg, Tra- bel'. They did it, 101,000! Manufacture Tires stock auction markets to assure fi- It is expected that upwards of 3,000 verse City R-l, to manage both cam- u. S. Senate Bill No. 1122 would gate what goes on in their own dooryard. How much paigns. nancial responsibility. correct weights Farm Bureau people trom 43 State has the spread widened the past two years because of in- Oakland-Mrs. Ivah Miller, Clarks- Sodus Group Considers limit the distribution of automobile, truck and tractor tires to businesses and grades, and to prevent the spread Farm Bureaus will attend the con- of contagious diseas . Auction mar- vention to represent a m b rship or creases in wages for consumers who process, transport, ton. Blood Bank Trip established prior to June 1942 and kets should be licensed and forced to 61 ,1!J3 as over ovemb r 80. '1h Oceana-325. odus Community Farm Bureau, would prohibit co-operatives from conform to regulations applying to lis of speaker includes I ader in and distribute foods ~ How much to cover other oper- Ottawa-l,OOO, Gerrrt Elzinga, Hud- Berrien county, at a recent meeting, owning tire manufacturing facilities. the national government, and author- sonville R-3. terminal markets under the packe ating costs in the food industry, costs that are up because instructed the Rev. Floyd Barden t a This discrimnatory bill was marked and stockyards act. ities in the field of busin and agri- Saginaw-l,600, Herbert Vassold, inquire as to particulars for sponsor- for vigorous opposition by the 'Mich- OPA and WPA-Grower of peri h- culture. H. V. Kal nborn, radio of higher wages being paid everywhere s Freeland R-3. ing a "blood bank" trip for the group igan State Farm Bureau at its annual ables are lc ing faith in the OPA and St. Joseph-640, L. C. Beal, Three to Chicago. analy t, will addres the annual c1 n (Continued on page two) meeting Nov. 10-11. \VFA. Last minute ceiling prlees are ner of th Farm Bur au. ember! , yo fyo want ave ATURDAV, DECEMBER 4, 1943 thY e dustrIal commodities in the years to come. Behi At this same time, the Senate agri- cultural committee i investigating uc or to the Mlchtga n Farm nUT au January 12, 1923 ews, founded t e charges that foreign agriculture being built up by merican fertilizer is Entered as • econd class matter January 12, 1923, at the po t- ee and American machinery, American farmer goes without. while the . trice at Charlott, tchlgan, und r th Act of .•larch 3. 79. Michigan farmers are finding tha With J. F. Yaeger, Senator Aiken, of Vermont, is quot- accurate farm records are necessary Director of State Field ed as saying, "I understand contracts In order to properly file a federal Services have been made for purchase of South Editorial and g norat Postoff'Ioe officeg, 221 • ·o1'th C dar St., Lansing, Box 960. T ·lc1Jhone. Lansing 21-27 • f1chlgan. M rthy. income and victory tax report. ers, who file ax returns without the Farm- merlean crops (by the States) over a period of years." United While ]Jim11/, is Sl)ending the evening EI AR UNGREN Editor and Business Manager aid of complete records, will most ow the cat is out of the bag! All of this, when taken together, Beside a sick cow in the barn likely pay more taxes than they For some time it has been common- seems to verify the charges that the I sit by the 'radio knitting Subscription 25 cents per year; 4 years for $1, In advance. should. It is easier to determine the ly kno zn that food policies were not ew Deal planners expect to sacrifice .• glore of the standard 10001 yarn. income from most farms than it is being made by the Department of the American farmer and build tho Vo. XXI SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1943 No. 12 to determine the expenses. When Agriculture, or the War Food Admin- United States as an industrial nation. 1111(1 1 think a.II I watch the bright needles These matters should give the trusting to memory, many expense istration, but by a group of brain Hmi lucky I am to be one thinking farmer something to pon- ( 'ontlnu d froll pag oue.) items are forgotten. With present trusters close to the President. Of the 101ks tclio enjoy to be knitting ertilizer for pring Crops .it night when the dishes are done. tax rates, overlooking a $10 expense item will make your tax at least It has been said that these planners had in mind an industrial United der, and certainly a sound reason why every farmer should become a mem- $2.20 more. Thus a farm record is ber of a farm organization so that It's good business judgment to place your order for I can't sit around and (10. nothing; States with a cheap food program quite valuable as an aid to one's with much of the food to be import- the agricultural viewpoint, as re- fertilizer for spring crops with your dealer now. Getting 1'he1'e's no fun for 111ein a nap; gards these matters, can be mdre ade- memory. ed. :dIy nature revolts at the notion quately presented. fertilizer next spring may be more difficult than it has A year ago the Farm Management Just the other day we read in the Of folding my hands in 'my lal). Department of Michigan State College Cleveland Plain Dealer a column by been. In fact, there are some indications that that may lily slowly diminishing program developed a simplified type of farm Jay Franklin, a news commentator. Some Get cd I be so. account book especially adapted for In the last paragraph, Commentator Uf patching and darning for t100 income tax purposes. This book did Franklin says the 1942 Weight Ta I like to do tn«t in the day time- Many Michigan farmers are now The War Food Administration and the fertilizer in- Besides in an hour it is th1·ough. not replace the regular Michigan following, "Sooner being agreeably surprised by the re- Farm Account Book which is kept by or later industrial dustry have said that at least half the fertilizer for the the farm account co-operators ceipt Prom the Secretary of e of o alway of el:ening in uiinter prosperity in the a form letter with check enclosed for spring of 1944 must be shipped by the manufacturers I pa: 8 the time briskly away throughout the state. The new book United States will a refund of a portion of th~ 1942 is a simplified type of book which depend on lower during January and February. Farmers are asked to Witll .omething to knit or embrouier ; will meet the needs of the vast maj- weight tax paid on their tarm trucks, With something to tat or crochet. costs and these trailers and semi-trailers. help. They can do so and make sure of their supply of ority of Michigan farmers. During . . . will depend 011 The explanation 1){ these r nds is this past year 18,000 Michigan farm- lower food prices." fertilizer by ordering now and taking delivery in the Some winters my lIobby is betl-quuts, ers obtained either the regular ac- briefly as follows: The 19 1. motor It fancy 01' crazu or plain. Normally this vehicle licensing la w reduced the winter months. A.gain I hook rugs for a season. count book or the simplified book might be brushed farm truck license rate from 50c to Or put 'On a hemstitch campaign. especially adapted for Income tax to one side by say- An almost certain shortage of transportation, coupled 35c per hundred pounds and provid- purposes. ing that it is just ed very substantial reductions in the with the largest demand for fertilizer for spring-an esti- Whatever it is, I mil, at it, Michigan Farm Account Book esp- the comment of rates for farm trailers. Ordinarily ecially for Federal Income Tax is another commentator, but more than mated 15 ~ over the record tonnage for spring of 1943 With needle or shuttle 01' 11001;, obtainable from county agr'l agents, one trial balloon has been released this measure would have gonE1 into And sorry I am. f01' the people effect October 8, 1941, but because the -are main reasons why fertilizer must be shipped early Who'd rather curt up lOith a book. or from the Farm Management dep't for ,the administration by Commen- Legislature took a prolonged' recess at Michigan State College, East Lan- tator Franklin. This gives more than and why farmers should take delivery earlier than ever instead of an adjournment, this and I bless the industrious iuipulse sing. at 30 cents a copy. passing importance to the above quo- several other new laws did: not go before. The new book is set up as follows: tation. As we said in the opening Which 1romen who sew understand. into effect until January 16; 1942. Inside cover page-Some rules and sentence, it let's the cat out of the I am glad for rny needle-wise finger" Because of this circu stance, farm- The industry is confident that mixed fertilizers as pre~ And something to do in my hand. regulations pertaining to income tax. bag. ers purchasing farm truck or ~railer . Page 1-List of records necessary In another place in the column, Mr. pared today can be stored safely on the farm during the R. S. OZark for filing on (1) accrual basis; (2) Franklin bas the following to say, licenses between those (lates. p,q,id at 31;; North Grinnell Street the old rates, whereas Ithe Legisla- winter months if kept in a dry, floored, weather proof Jackson, Michigan cash basis. "For the first time since the spring ture had expected that the new rates Pages 2-21-Farm expenses and a of 1942, an economic solution of the building. would have been in effect. classifir.ation of same. ' food crisis in the United States is "But none the less it was the deadliest blow which had The 1943 Legislature passed H. B. It appears now that we may have a potash problem Pages 22-37-Farm receipts and a possible. That solution is buying and 242 providing fort,he r~nd" i?f the yet been dealt to the constitution. Party government classification of same. transporting food from South Ameri- difference between the new ,r~tes and in the spring. We have developed a domestic supply of Pages 38-43-Inventories, purchases ca, both on account of lend lease and turns on the majorities at the pooling places, and it was ,the armed forces, and for the civiliar. the old rates. A farmer eitg.ible for potash which is apparently sufficient for our needs. But and sales of cattle, hogs, poultry, such refunds does not have t9·. make difficult afterward to recall a privilege which once con- sheep and horses. population. any application therefor, as the ~cre· the manpower and facilities to produce it in quantity Page 44-Feed and crop inventor- "There is a glut of wheat in the AI" ceded appeared to be a right. tary of State has the information re- to meet the tremendous demand is something else. We'll ies. gentine and in Uruguay. Cut off garding each such instance and is "The utmost that could be ventured in later times with Pages 45-47-Tables for determin- from Argentina's normal Europear sending out the refund checks, have potash in our fertilizers but we may have less of it. ing depreciation of buildings and markets by the war and the Allied any prospect of success was to limit an intolerable evil; machinery. blockade, cattle and other foodstuffs Mice and Fruit Trees What We Stand For in '44 and if one side was ever strong enough to make the at- Page 48-Summary mining net farm profit on accrual page for deter- ha ve been backing up the Rio Plata countries. This fact, combined with To reduce the danger Of d age to Resolution Acloptecl by Michigan ttate Farm. Bureau, tempt, their rivals had a bribe ready in their hands to basis. the normally lower standard of prtces young fruit trees by mice dur~n~ win- At 2J,th Annual Meeting, ovember 10 and 11, 191, buy back the popular support. tt Page' 49-Summary page for deter- in the Argentine would make" it eco- ter, a good practice is the remoral of mining net farm profit on a cash bas- nomically possible to bring South Am- mouse shelter such as straw a"n{1 tall Our supreme task as patriotic American citizens and is. erican foodstuffs into the United grass from around the tree. It'should For Maximum Farm Production . of the tarm and States. In Ithe Caribbean area there be pulled away foi' a distance ·of at as lovers of liberty is to do everything within our power Pages 50-51-Plot is a superfluity of sugar and othei to hasten the day of final and complete victory and the Resolution Adopted by Michigan State Farm Bureau a crop 'production record. Page 52-Record of non-farm in- tropical commodities which have been • • • '" " writing of a just and lasting peace. To this end we re- At 2,Hh Annual Meeting, November 10 and 11, 191,3 come and expense items necessary for dammed way back fr.om the United filing income tax returns. States by the If-boat sinkings of 1942. dedicate our best efforts to the production of essential Despite the shortages of machinery and manpower, "Shortage of shipping for many Any farmer who does not have ade- food stuffs needed by the armed forces, the civilian unfair price restrictions, and hampering government quate records on the past year's bus- months prohibited our access to these iness will find this simplified book sources of food, but that shortage popu ation and lend-lease demands. regulations, farmers have produced a record supply of has at last been overcome. We have helpful when trying to figure out the food. Weare going to do our best to continue to pro- net farm profit for i943. After using the ships, the men and the money to We also pledge ourselves to continue our full co- transport food from overseas into the one of the books as an aid in sum- operation with all essential home-front war activities in duce the food and fiber required for our armed forces, United States . . . Consumers would, marizing the past year's business, our allies, domestic civilian needs, and-if necessary- one should then obtain a book in as a matter of fact, find themselves our communities. We specifically endorse and include benefited by lower food prices, espec- which to record the ~1944 accounts. in this connection the war bond drives, campaigns for relief purposes. If farmers are to achieve the maximum ially in the industrial eastern United production, it is essential that: States ... the United War Fund and the Red Cross and participa .. Americans Grow Flax "In the long run, for an industrial tion in the various civilian defense activities. I-An adquate supply of farm machinery and repair nation low-cost foods are a necessity." For Oils and Fats We demand that agriculture be recognized as an es- sential war industry and that it should be treated as such in the deferment of essential manpower and the allot- 2-An parts be provided without unnecessary red tape and regulations. adequate supply of farm labor, both year-around American farmers grow flax chief- ly for seed, not for fiber. Responding to wartime goals for 1942, they pro- duced 4,402,000 acres of flaxseed- What World Wants Another matter of interest to farm- ers is the fact that they will not be expected to feed the world after the • Do you !mQW that 84 accltlent>ut • • used for linseed oil for paints, refined war, after all. While attending the of 100 cost less than $50 to,.ir? ment of materials for the production of new machinery, workers and seasonal workers, be provided when annual meeting of the Ohio Farm That's why so many drivet'$ ,*fer edible oils, and linseed meal, a first Bureau Federation recently, I heard State Farm Mutual's uni~80% repairs and farm production supplies. We seek no special needed, and without union labor controls. quality livestock feed-compared with Collision Insurance Plan to old- about 18,000 acres planted for fiber its executive secretary, Murray Lin- sympathy or subsidy. We do feel that we are entitled 3-Adequate support prices be provided where neces- time "$50 deductible." Thi!t od- flax for rope and twine. coln, make such a statement. Murray eQ1 plan pays 80% of '"'7 ~lli- to equality of economic opportunity and to equitable sary to assure maximum production .. The 1943 war goal of 6 million acres Lincoln was the only farmer repre- sion repair bill, however sman; up of flaxseed further emphasizes the im- sentative at the Hot Springs Food to $250 ••• and 100% of bills in price ceilings on our products which will recognize cur- 4-Ceiling prices on agricultural commodities and prod- Conference which you will remember excess of$2501 up to and including portance of this crop. Flax' can be rent production costs. was a "secret" affair. Mr. Lincoln the actual value of your car! Get ucts thereof be adjusted to whatever extent is neces- grown almost anywhere in North Am- states that other countries do not the facta todayl erioa, from Alaska to Mexico, from sary in order to offset farmers' increased labor costs want our food for an indefinite per- A cient Rome Tried Food Subsidies and other costs to secure the necessary production Nova Scotia to Oregon. altitudes ranging from 50 feet below It grows at iod. turally They want to become agrIcul- self-sufficient. What they SEE Write YOUR Mich. LOCAL State Farm AGENT Bureau State Agent The following paragraphs a~e having wide circula .. without subsidies. These ceiling prices should be so sea level at EI Centro in the Imperial want of us is machinery, seed and 221 North C~ar, Lansing Valley of California to 8,000 feet at technical ad vice. As a matter of State Farm Insurance CoJ;Dpafties tion in the nation at this time. They are from a book adjusted and established as to encourage and properly San Jacinto, D. F., Mexico. It will fact they look forward to exchanging of Bloomington, IlUriob "Caesar: Sketch", and deal with the experience of the Republic of Rome in operating public granaries for reward the production of high quality products. grow where rainfall averages 45 inches a year. as at New Brunswick, N. J .. their agricultural products for our in- •••••••••••• S-All unnecessary restrictions and regulations that and under irrigation where only ~ the peo le of orne. This occurred in the time of Tiber- interfere with the production of commodities needed inches of rain falls, as at EI Centro. " ius Gracchus, who lived from 162 to 133 B.C. The book was written by James Anthony Froude and was for the war effort be removed. Endorses Farm Malee Sure Credit Administration published by Harper & Bros. in 1881. Mr.' F roude onsider the Potato The Michigan State Farm, Bureau wrote: at its annual meeting Nov. 10-11 en- Which has the most food value-a big juicy apple, a dorsed the service being rendered . the younger Gracchus connected his name with large orange, a medium sized baking powder biscuit, or farmers and their co-operatives by a change I ss commendable, which was destined also to a medium sized baked potato? Anyone who answers, the Farm Credit Administraiton through its three branches: the Fed- sur ive and bear fruit. He brought forth and carried ""all the same, tt rates 100 percent. The four foods are eral Farm Loan Ass'ns, Bank for Co- through, with enthusiastic clapping of every pair of operatives, and Production Credit equally fattening. Each contains about 100 calories. Ass'ns. The Farm Bureau said it hand in Rome that w~re hardened with labor, a proposal Nutritionists of the U. S. Department of Agricu ~ure ~ _'d would oppose any attempt to weaken tl at there should be public granaries in the city, main- that the "spuds" have some other values that merit the Production Credit Ass'ns. At the moment the bankers associations are tained nd filled at the cost of the St te, and that corn consideration, even from those on a reducing diet. seeking legislation to compel the gov- ho ld be sold t a rate artifically cheap to the poor free ernment to withdraw its loans to the A white potato is more than three-fourths wat.~r-78 PCA system, or to charge 3% interest itizens. Such a law was purely socialis ic. on it. WAR FOOD ADMINISTRATION percent, on the average. Only 11 to 21 percent of it is are advising farmers to order TOW the fertilizers they want next "Th privilege was confined to Rome, because in starch-accounting for the 100 calories in' a m _dium .. spring and TAKE DELIVERY from their dealer during Rom the elections were held, a d the Roman constitu- Farm Burea Asks months. sized potato. Weight for weight potatoes ha e one- nc wa the one depositary of power. The effect was Metal for Bull Rings. TRANSPORTATION, MATERIALS, fourth as much vitamin C as oranges or lem ons, and The Michigan State Farm Bureau to gather il to the city a mob of needy, unemployed adopted a resolution OV• 11 asking problems make it necessary to keep 1944 supply some vitamin A, thiamine, and riboflavin. Pota- T oters, Ii ing on the charity of the State, to crowd the the 'Val' Production Board to aIocate facturers are to meet farmers' needs. We expect the greatest toes are also a good source of two minerals-iron and appropriate 'metals and perm.t the demand vel' for fertilizer. We can make sure 01' everyone being If us and to clamor at the lections, available no doubt manufacture of bull rings. The T'arm supplied if we will order now and take delivery during the winter. phosphorus. t trength n the hands of the popular tribune, but cer- Bureau said "Tragedies and seriou :\c., cidents have demonstrated the nece. s- FARM STORAGE OF FERTILIZER-Mixed fertilizer should be t in in th long-run to sell themsel es to those who Adapting One's Self Blackstrap MoIUSt.; Hy of keeping a strong ring in the stored on the farm in a dry, floored weather-proof building. If the Almost every man can find work If Shipments from the 'aribbean are nose of ea h mature bull so that he storage has no floor, build a raised platform for it. Ferttlizer should o Id bid highe t for the' r voices. he uses his brains. That i if he has beginning to come in , the ports of may be handled and restrained with he stored in sacks as it comes from the manufacturer. Do not pile "E cuses could be found, no doubt, for this miserable the ability to adapt himself like the this country, and ma v rise to huge far less risk than would be possible more han to 10 sacks deep. piano tuner in the far West. The re- proporttons-c-zu mill' 11 gallons for without the ring. In many commun- pedi tithe state 0 parties, in the unscrupulous gion was a wild, unsettled country. Atlantic Coast ports, I >arly half that ities it has been impossible to pur- When asked it he was able to make much to the Gulf Coa ports. It will chase bull rings." FARM BUREAU SERVICES, INC., Lansing, Michigan 1 f the aris ocracy, in the general impoverish- a living where pianos were few and be used in the manulacture of in- the pea ntry through the land monopoly, and far between he replied: "Oh, yes, dustrial alcohol which would release The first newspaper in the United intrusion upo taly of a gigantic sy tern of lave piano tunning isn't so good-but I for food purposes. m 18 months, ap- States of more than one issue was Buy at Farm BureQu St or c s and Co-op Ass'ns make a pretty fair income by tighten- proximately 7fi,OOO,OOO bu hels of John Camp ell's Boston ews Letter ing up barbed wide fences." grain, i ,ed ~ 170 ./ Before Liming Soil tests and soil science prove that farmer~ operating fields of lowland or Wa muck soil frequently make mis- take if they apply lime tone, marl or F----------- sugar beet lime refuse to lowland By MR •. EDITH ]I. WAGAR to the members, the local banker of fields before having such soil tested Briar Hill Farm, Carleton, ]!onroe Co. each official or any business man in tor acidity. Resolution Adoptea by J1i tiutan State This is the time of year that we their home town. I also told each one We are familiar with the slogans Actually, a I rge pro ortion of the For-m Bureau. 1 '0'. 10·11 think of Thanksgiving not just as a of them if they really desired to be "Keep 'Em Flying" and "Keep 'Em muck soH of Michigan does not need We again voice our appreciation of day of family reunion or of one big fair and open minded in the matter Rolling." Now Michigan sheep grow- lime, says Dr. P. 1\1. Harmer of Mich- the Michlgau St te College for the meal from soup to nuts, with turkey, they should make the same investiga- ers and feeders liave been assigned a igan tate College. In fact, a lime s lendid ervice which it is render- oysters, mince pie and cranberry tion of the opponents of the organi- part in the job to "Keep 'Em Warm". application may reduce crop yields. ing in connection with its on-campus sauce. Folks of mature age think zation, and suggested they earch the Aviators flying at a height of 35,000 Too much lime se ms to lock up avail· instructional program, its experi- more and more of the hIes sing of justice and circuit court records in feet are traveling in temperatures ability of oth r needed plant foods mental work and extension service. r al living-right living-home,. ram- some cases for additional information, down to 60 'Or more degrees below such as boron or manganese. Dr. We look with satis action on the ily and friends-contentment and se- or to go to the office of the Milk Pro- zero. This requires warm equipment, Harmer's work indicated that where many splendid bulldinas which have curity. ducers itself and learn how many shearling pelts are ideal for this pur- an overliming has occurred a correc- been erected at MSC during recent A short time ago I heard a man, a attempts these very kickers have pose. tion can be approached by applica- years, such as the dormitories for good honorable man, although not tried to get a handout to carry out The government wants 16 million tions f those plant foods which had men and women, the auditorium and one who had been some of their scheming. shearling pelts. Michigan growers .been tied up by the lime. Soil tests facilities for athletic games and train- an avowed relig- Base and Surplus should produce 250,000 of t~em . come first in either case he says. ing programs. We call attention to ious man; say that Then people would want to know From 10 to 12 pelts are renuired to with the fact that these buildings have when we think of all about "That vicious base and sur- equip one aviator. been erected without any legislative the multitudes of plu plan". It really had to be a long Shearling pelts are relatively new appropriations and have been fin- folks all over the story to get them to understand just to us, so let's explain. A shearling anced entirely hy self-liquidating pond world who are why such a plan was adopted in the is a skin 'Of a Iamb having a short issues and that the entire bonded hungry most of the first place and to also prove to them wool growth or the pelt of a sheep debt will be retired out of earnings time, we Ameri- that it has been a benefit to the con- that has been shorn shortly before or of the buildings within the next few cans should thank sumer as well as to the thousands of after slaughter. years. God three times a members. One has to know some of Contracts have been negotiated be- We call attention to the fact that day that we have the early experiences of the associa- tween the Army Air Corps and the Save~ MANPOWER, EQUIPMENT and the Michigan State College is serious- the great abun- tion to fully appreciate the benefits of tanners which call for the processing ly in need of additional class room dance of food that the plan. MATERIALS because it lasts longer and delivering of over three-fourths and laboratory space and that such ..• ;"'.WAGAR we have in this I told them each individual pro- of a million shearling pelts per month facilities cannot be provided by self- Send for book giving complete details. Address Dept. 74.12 country. Another one remarked that ducer is wholly responsible for the between now and December 31, 1943. liquidating bond issues. We there- it wouldn't hurt to give a little amount he himself establishes as his Six Million Usual Supply fore recommend that the Michigan though at the same time to the farm- hase and any milk sent to market To produce these pelts now, this SOLVAY SALES CORPORATION State Legislature and the Planning er who produced it. over that base is classed as surplus. year when we need them, calls fO'!"full 7501 W. Jefferson Ave" Detroit 32, Michigan Commission give this situation pro- Perhaps a Blessing in Disguise This policy not only assures the con- co-operation from sheep producers, co- per consideration and recognition in In a democracy like America where sumer an even supply of milk the operatives, dealers, packers and tan- connection with the program of post- everyone feels he is just as good as year around, but it allows the dis- ners. We normally produce between war rehabilitation and expansion of any other fellow and is entitled to tributor to make his plans according- 2 and 3 million shear ling pelts in this the State's educational facilities. share every blessing that anyone else I ly. The association knows quite ac- In order that this institution may country. Our imports have been enjoys, a shortage once in a while curately ~he amount of milk it is bar- about 4 million pelts annually. This be kept free from any political inter- ference or entanglements, we urge may prove a blessing in disguise. gaining to sell whenever it goes into People are more apt to appreciate a sales conference, but best of all it means that we must more than double Here's Dependable that there be a definite and adequate our normal production, as 20 per cent a commodity when it is scarce far corrected that time old period of of our domestic pelts are rejects. COLD WEA T/:IE.R standing appropriation for the pay- more than they ever did when it was 'floods of milk in May and June and Hwsing your hens in 8 comfortable, sani- ment of salaries of professors, in- theirs to be had without measure. a scarcity in the fall. It has meant C. G. Randell of the Farm Credit ~, rat-proof concrete poultry house is a structors and employees and for ex- During the past two weeks I've a well balanced milk check every Administration, member of the . S. good way to insure bigger egg production. penses of operation and maintenance. Dep't of Agriculture shear ling com- When built of concrete 8 poultry house will been approached by more city people month of the year for the producer. mittee, has requested the following last 8 lifetime and its modest first cost will concerning farm problems than I have Before the base and surplus plan Frank C. Collar men to act on the Michigan shearling Super • be pl'8CtiCallythe last. . I,o~..Jasting concrete is the thrifty ma- Frank C. Collar, for many years a in any entire year before. They are was adopted the bottom simply fell much concerned about the outlook from under all milk prices during the committee: E. L. Benton, extension snectaltst Unico ntl- r z terial for -fee~g floors, dairy bam floors, for food shortages. I surely believe flood periods and there was a demand miPt houses, foundations, grain storages, director of the Ingham County Farm in animal husbandry, Paul F'Innegan, if we can reach them with the truth, for more milk during the lean periods. SUPER U ICO A TI-FREEZE is of uniformly high quality 200 proof Bureau, died Nov. 23 at his farm manure pits, water tanks-improvements they will want us to have a fair price. So the area was enlarged from which manager of the Michigan Co-operative Ethyl alcohol. Has a rust inhibitor protecting again t rust of all flve tliat h6Jpyou raise more needed foodstuffs. home in Wheatfield township after an That will enable us to retain labor to draw from so the actual price did Marketing Ass'n., and Don Stark, live- metals in the automobile cooling system. It also contain a retard. .( Set1dtoday for "how to build" booklets. Illness of a few hours. Mr. Collar was If you need help, get in touch with your and have the necessary machinery not increase accordingly, for the stock. marketing specialist chairman . ent against excesstva evaporation. one of the first members of the Farm concrete eontractor, ready-mixed concreto and other elements that enter in pro- scarcity disappeared. But, when the These men are working wi h sheep Bureau, and one of the most active ~er or building material dealer. and faithful workers. He helped or- duction. ext flood came it was much more for growers, feeders, packers, commis- For Quick Starts-Smooth Perharmance ••• ganize the Community Farm Bureau Public Knows So Little About Milk it came from the larger area, hence sion men, auctions, and extension Poll. on p.,iIJY podol onJ moil groups on the War Production Board, ~-~-~------------------~ i 'ORTLAND eEM EN' ASSOCIATION in his neighborhood and was helping another group with its organization. Invariably I was asked about who the base and surplus plan, together made up that much talked about or- with established marketing areas was and United States Agriculture program Department of of meeting BU EAU-PE r t .. W12~4 8'6 Tn.r Ilfil., LaiiSllIl,Micb. Frank Collar was regarded highly by ganization called the Michigan Milk put into effect. These changes cou- I 0 Please send me free booklet, "Improved •• Poultry HQusing with COncrete." his friends in the Farm Bureau. Producers Association this hubbub about milk. and why all pled with proper breeding and feed- Army, ing policies have made the Michigan avy, and Marine Corps needs. It should be remembered that pelts U ICO MOTOR I t CJ~ booklet onJ1- __ -.,-~....,.,.....-- Some of these folks astonished me Milk Producers Association one of the from small lambs, weighing around Farm Bureau oils wear long and well. They are refined from r ~':,~~:~~~::.':~d.·;;ta~e~:r~~f At least 20 milion pounds of honey for knowing so little about milk. They influential farm co-operatives in the 75·80 pounds, may be discounted, also Pennsylvania and Mid-Continent crude by superior processes. They .I ',. ( :.1 Name' _ have been added to this year's honey asked questions that we think any state . those pelts where the fleece is aid quick starting and give smooth performance. They're real oil crop recently because the weather was adult person should know by instinct Let's Keep Our Heads loose and open. If lambs are held values at the right prices. I P.O: ~.R. No. . until they weigh 90·100 pounds, the t State' _ sunny while sweet clover was in if not from actual experience. Busi- This story may not be new to many L-~--r----~--------~---- bloom in northern states. ness men were surprised but easily of our dairy farmers, but I write it as convinced when r explained that our a caution to other groups. pelts are ordinarily not discounted Most of unless they are loose or open or have • • GUN GREASE CUP GREASE • TRANSMISSION OIL • HIGH PRES&URE OILS dairy organization was as democratic this turmoil has been the result of been damaged in the take off or cur- • AXLE GREASE • GREASE GUNS as any group could be, for every mem- war conditions. People from many ing. From a lamb marketing stand- bel' of it belonged also to a local unit other states ha, been encouraged point, Mr. Stark suggests growers and where he has a voice and a vote in to come here, even many from other feeders hold their lambs after shear- electing officers and selecting dele- portions of our own state came to ing long enough to produce a No. 2 gates to state meetings who in turn this locality for a good and many times pelt, which is from lA, to 1h inch of elect officers to the state organiza- easy job with the highest wage they tion. Every dairy county has one. or never before dreamed of. They want more representatives on the sales milk. Many of our farmers gave up committee. The sales committee sits farming entirely. Some sold off all in session with the distributors when- but a cow or two and took a better even any agreement is made as to paying and much easier job. Then price of milk. And more than that, along came price freezes and ceilings the organization works in harmony and co-operatively with the dairy dt- and everything else to further hamper and discourage the dairy farmer. ----=-------.- vision of Michigan State College, al· None of this was brought about by ways with the thought uppermost in any farm organization, although there their minds of benefitting their mem- are some who would like to put the bel'S. blame there. But, it means that those They were surprised. that the 01'- ganization does not compel every pro- ducer of milk to join up with them before he can sell milk in Detroit as who have wanted to tie the business of farming with coal mining or milk radical consumer groups can see this was a time to strike. Not for a min- , ar reported in some of the papers. told them each member agrees to give 2 cents a hundred pounds to finance the organization to the extent that I ute do they mean to help the farmer so that he can continue as a real farmer. Co-operatives have' bit by bit ac- Ity 50f 1• eT I I your what implemen tractor de aler as -. ts need repalfl , tar In advan ·ng I his work ahead. and when ce as posslb!! they wHIbe every member is guaranteed agreed price of all milk delivered. This in itself makes it necessary for the association in turn to sell to re- putable and reliable distributors the in cumulated working capital that's at- tractive to some other agencies and they are more than willing to cam- paign against us. Don't be fooled. This war will not last forever. Those ,r year he can p an order not to deplete the nest egg held wages will not last either. But, we • n all typ 5 pay." available,so • k will be needed in the treasury. of the farm will still have a job. We'll arlsyou~~.n~~~~----- 2• eT " him also what neWP Investigate the Investigators, Too eat of our own production. We will d rthem now. Of course I was asked how come be independent of public relief if our so he can or e chines before yoU "such a disreputable set of officers" government will let us. So fight the 3 Clean up your tracto~"a::v:~':~;~ time in the shoP· managed to get in. I told them I'd fight to a finish. Never relinquish • take them in. That WI so your dealer'S gladly give for reference as to their your self-respect or sell your birth- ourself, If yOUcan, I r work. honesty and ability and their loyalty right for a mess of nothing or worse. 4.t Makeminorrepairs Y time to devote to ma 0 . lIIechanicswill_ ve more Advice on Care of , 1IIlIIIII Electric Motors WOULD SUSPEND If u need an overhaul this year, get a ••. Thousands of eleotric motors on the 140,000 Michigan farms which have electric service must be kept running. MEAT RATIONING F!JWI' &fJ6f8" ()V8MIIII Richard Witz, extension specialist in rural electrification at Michigan TO AID MARKETS You an say that about the departments of Swift & Company as well as about the busi- ness of farming. and furnish information to &nnen Iftd ti-.e- stock producers. Swift & Company depends State College, offers some pointers to Resolution Adopted by Michigan State upon research to develop new products and keep the farm motors humming: Fann Bureau, Nov. 10-11 We diversify our operations, just as some methods. Thus research makes pra.ctica1 tile 1 food production program you to take full advantage of that Proper lubrication for fractional farmers diversify theirs, to make an fJM" all The unprecedented fiood of hogs diversification possible. Research and diver- calls for the biggest outlay of farm extra power-to convert it into horsepower motors with sleeve bear- going to slaughter houses and packing profit more likely-even though some prod- sification provide more and better outlets for power in the history of the country. more acres plowed in a day or the ings means but three or four drops of plants has utterly demoralized the ucts may not be profitable in anyone year. the producer's livestock, and improve living There are two important things you same job done in a shorter time. S.A.E. 10 or lOW oil every three or hog market and resulted in such a So, over a period of years, there has never conditionsfurconswm~ can do to get set for it. four months. Ball bearing motors Gasoline gives you the further far-reaching and drastic decline in been a year when some departments did not should be greased everyone or two hog prices that the federal govern- FIRST, get your tractor and other advantage of greater convenience, years with ball bearing motor grease. make money and some lose. For example, increased flexibility, easier starting. ment has been unable to maintain the less favorable earnings of our fresh meat P"rtial List of farm machinery in tip-top shape for Motors should be kept free of water the announced support prices. This spring now-so there's no chance of It saves oil by reducing crankcase and oil. Water will rust the motor departments during 1943 were offset by im- PlTHlllclsof Swift & CompanT1 will result in heavy financial loss to losing precious days waiting for dilution-is economical to use. and oil affects the insulation. Either all hog-raising farmers and drag down proved earnings in the non-meat depaamern Di.,ersijic,,1itnI spring service work. For further information on Power will cause serious damage. all livestock prices at a time when, in Dwenification au llDeanb Dust should be removed at regular spite of surplus meat animals, there Gelatin, Peanut Butter, Ice Cteam., SECO D, if your tractor needs an Booster Overhauls, see your tractor Planning and research are necessary in farm- intervals. A tire pump or blower on a is a great unsatisfied demand, due to Butter, Dried, Frozen, and Shell Eggs, overhaul and is not the high com- dealer or write for our free booklet ing and in our business if we are to get the vacuum cleaner can be used 10 remove the point program. Sbottening, Poultry, Margarine, Cheese, pression type, get a Power Booster entitled "High Compression Over- dust. Dust or dirt acts as insulation most out of diversification, Farm planning We therefore demand that until Powdered Milk, Salad and Cooking Oil, Overhaul, When replacing worn haul and Service." and helps cause motors to burn out. must include: December 31, 1943, all point require- Soap, Washing Powders, Clean.er., have your tractor dealer in- On a repulsion-induction type mo- ments for the purchase of meat and 1. As large a proportion of profitable ClOpI Fertilizer, Glycerine, Dog Food, Meat stall . h-altitude pistons (or high ETHYL CORPORATION tor, the commutator segments should meat products be removed. This will IS possible, iliad Meat By-Products. Agricultural Division be cleaned by washing with a rag on expedite the marketing of livestock, 2. Protection of soil EertilitJ, md compression head in some models), put in "cold" type spark plugs, and make the recommended manifold Chrysler Building, New York City Manufacturer of antiknock fluids used the end of a stick dampened with ker- osene. Rough commutators quire sanding with a fine grade num- may re- conserve precious feed and save live- stock raisers and feeders from sus- taining staggering losses which would 3. Sufficient volume of work: to allow eI&- cient use of labor, power and machinery. swln by oil companies to improve gasoline. Our planning is similar - jPst substitu&le onCAGO 9, IllINOIS change or adjustment-and if you ber 0 or 00 sandpaper. Emery paper discourage needed production in the have not already done so, switch * * * • few terms such as prodMas ~ and you ~..",~ijl6-c..I--TI" ",..,.jr•• 4~.,..".. should not be used. Carbon brushes future. from arty h tractor fuel to Present-day high compression tractors do .!!!!! re- quire •••.•••••• priced gasoline. Cood reguW' gUG- occasionally need replacement. haveic. 4l.L.soIIrus h••• ...,..6*1 reg1lDl?' ga'BO ine-the!!S!!!!!' gasoline sold by nearly aDgasoIine Belts too loose or out of alignment After January 1, 1944, if it is neces- sary to ration meat we urge that State agricultural coDeges.ud the u.S. De- ,.,.Jr••••• stations and t.k wagons-is satisfactory for use in cause excessive wear on the belt. meat and butter be separately ration- panmem of A&OOdove CCWldua~ Gasoline offers you more power. new hiIh compression trac1Drs or old tract.I that Belts too tight cause wear on the mo- ed and that the point requirements ower Booster Overhaul enables ••••• IeIIiIb e- ••.••••• tor bearlD.18. for butter be reduced. MICHIGAN FARM SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1943 nation. They would leave additional the heart of Germany and Japan but Paint Poi oning dollar in the pockets of consumer warned that the haft of this pear 'jth hich they would compete for extends back home and that merica Costly on Farms the already inadequate supply of con- must hold it up. "The flower of the Michigan Uve tock may superior, umers goods, thu cau mg fur her tate's manhood," aid the Governor, but pigs, cows, ee~ d horses skyrocketing of commodity prices in 'is behind that spearhead." can't read "Wet in •• it is Resolution Adopted at 24th Annual Meeting both the legitima e and the "black" The Governor warned that America pointed out by Dr. B. illham, market. must expect more and greater sacri- livestock extension pathologist at t iehigan State College, Nov. 10-11, 1943 With government expenditur s fa: fi es and d clared that Michigan boys 'lichigan State College. W I the 410 delegates representing th F Bee. eding government eve~u. s it i will be falling in battle right up to Cows are especially seaslttve to e arm ureau ObVIOUSthat consumer substdtes must the last minute. lead poisoning from fresh pal ed sur- m mbers of Michigan, favor a constructive program to con- b paid tor out of borrowed money Touching on the matter of agricul- faces and even more so if they lick trol inflation, but to have an effective program it t .. and would inevitably further increase tural deferments, Governor Kelly de- contents of discarded paint ans or , 1 mus pro the already staggering Federal debt. clared that these were absolutely nec- buckets. Mineral-deficient cattle, vide comparable control of all of the factors which make for Higher III ices are. the result of in- essary and pr aised the boys on the especially, are attracted to rubbish inflation' " namely industrial prices farm' I prIces, an wages. d nation and not tbe cause of it. We therefore instruct our national 1fHE UADINfJ farms who are doing their l1>art. Two New Directors piles in which careless per pn some- time toss old paint buckets, In addition, there must be an effective tax program to reduce and state Far~ Bureau officials to SOURCE OF FARM t the annual meeting, two new di- rector were elected. They are: the excess purchasing power and avoid the piling up f continu~ to fight aG~ins~ sUbsidi~s r,'fJM£G/NTHEU.$: MSC Holsteins o and prrce roll-backs In lieu of fair Charles Heckroth of Caseville, and unn cessary debt burdens. market prices. "$ M()NEYREt'E/VSJ /' i\{r . Karl Oehmke of Sebewaing. They On Test 15 Years r place Alfred Sturm of Pigeon and F armers resen t th e unwarran ted·,unJus tifi hi k f w« call upon our County and Com- In the 15th year that Michigan spokesmen for the Administration I a e attac s 0 munity Farm Bur aus and Action and labor leaders with Committeemen to enlist our entire RJRfi)~/N IT WAS 29./% OF THE IH(J ~~~1] ~AIIEU I II'S. Hal Conkey of Ca eville, who retired after six terms as secretary. State College Holsteins have been on official test, the production of an 11- . d h membership to these ends so that the MORE THAN kHNJ",,~., Her place was taken by George Baur cow herd averaged more than 2% respect to f arm pnces an t e attempts to get necessary ad- merican farm r c n attain the Ioorl TqTAI..~WA$ of Bay Port, former state and county time that of the. average dairy eow, rtJ IIET FRIJM PRtJIJWER president of the Junior Farm Bureau. according to the national breed as- justments in price ceilings which are interfering with produc- production goals and that his free- . Th Ad . - . h . d h . dom of enterprise may b safeguard- SE~IJNRIJR/NfiINtJ/8% TtJ CONSUMER Ray English was lected treasurer sociation. bon. e mmistranon as perrmtte t e worst wage In- ell and PI' serv d. and Edmund Good of Gagetown was Michigan Bessie Miss, five years flat ion in the history of this country and has promoted the lVe stronf/ly tenor the continuation re-elected vice president. Ralph old, topped the herd with 557 pounds . fl . h . d Th of tlt 'ornrnorlity c-eau tor porauon Brown of Ubly was the unanimous of butterfat in 17,053 pounds of milk. worst d b t In ation our country as ever expenence . e and the continuation of upport choice for president to succeed him- The herd average for 12 months was r latively small increases in prices of food which would be prices n ces ai y to secure ad quate self. Franklin Irion was re-elected. 495 pounds of butterfat per cow in .At the speaker's table were: Gov- . d id f d b idi . I production of agricultural ommod- 13,841 pounds of milk. necessary In or er to avoi 00 su sr res are inconsequentia i i ., but we 'i inist that none of thp, ernor Harry F. Kelly, President Ralp·'1 compared with the enormous increases in industrial wages and [tuui« of this aflellC]/ Of (lny other Brown and Mr. Brown, Vice-Presi- Potatoes sprayed throughout the sea- .. . h . I d b hi h h Government agency be 1lS II for ttie dent Edmund Good and Mrs. Good, son with Bordeaux mixture out yielded t h e staggenng Increases In t e natrona e t W IC ave payment of subsidies for 'reclllcin:7 Mr. and Mrs. Hal Conkey, Mr. and unsprayed potatoes 70 bushels per acre already taken place. nuiintui» itu), or in lieu of incr asi1l9 Mrs. Ray English, Mr. and Mrs. E. T. in tests this year. • • price ceiling. We specifically en- Leipprandt of Pigeon, Mr. and Mrs. Farmers do not want run-away inflation. All they ask dorse the Steagall Bill (H. R. 3477) 110.1 Franklin Irion of Sebewaing, Mr. and Aralac, a new syntfietlo fiber, has Mrs. Alfred Sturm of Pigeon, Mr. and some of the properties of wool. i equitable adjustment of ceiling prices only to the extent now pending in ongress as mbody- . • - ing he principles herein advocated. [rs. Irving Bucholz of Pigeon, Mr. necessary to offset their Increased costs of labor and other and Mrs. George Baur of Bay Port, Senator Rawson of Cass City and Mr . costs and to secure the necessary production without sub- Rawson and the Rev. J. J. Klopfens- sidies. That is what Congress has already directed in the tein and Mrs. Klopfenstein of Elkton, and Mr. and Mrs. Albert W. Bailey of Stabilization Act, but the Administration the mandate of Congress. has not carried out Instead, it has embarked upon a As the Farm ews goes to press UAt Elkton. President Ralph Brown opened the session, pointing out the gains mads whol sale policy of subsidizing consumers out of the public By A~ W. BAILEY D c. 3, the Senate committee on bank- Publicity Director, Huron Oounty by the Farm Bureau in the past year treasury. ing and currency was nearing the Fa rrn Bureau. and then called upon the secretary nd of public hearings on the bill to and treasurer for their reports. Ed- Subsidies a d inflationary food prices can best be pre- We PI' s nt th board of directors Three hundred and fifty Huron mund Good presided over the election extend the lif of the Commodity of the :1.ichigan State Farm Bureau County Farm Bureau members packed and Fred Reimer, district representa- vented through the encouragement of ample production of Credit Corporation until June 30, for the year nding ovember 10, the Elkton high school auditorium tive, . came through with his usual 1945, with the provision that no fed- farm products. It may be necessary to establish floors under 1944. The dir tors lect a president Tuesday evening, November 30, for bright after-dinner speech. Fred em- eral funds from any agency may be and vice PI' sid nt from the m mb rs their annual banquet and meeting. phasized that a thousand members pri es of certain farm products or to set definite loan values used after Jan. I, 1944, to pay food of the board. Dir ctors ar 1 ct d They applauded Governor Harry F. was none too small a goal for the 1944 subsldi s for consumers. which would have the effect of "pegging" farm prices at for 2 y ar terms. ames shown in Kelly vigorously as he reiterated his membership drive, which is to start A few days ago the House adopted black face typ are directors elected faith in the farmers of Michigan. in a short time under the Ieadership levels which make possible the achievement of needed produc- the bill 278 to 117, more than enough at the annual meeting of the Mich- Many more, unable to obtain tickets of Karl Oehmke of Sebewaing. to over-ride the expected veto. It is tion goals. igan State Farm Bureau, ov. 10-n, for the banquet, flocked in after the The invocation was given by the predicted that tbe Senate will pass 1943. banquet to listen to the Governor's Rev. J. J. Klopfenstein of the ~lkton We feel it our duty to emphasize to our National Adminis- the bill by a large majority, perhaps President, Clarence J. Reid. speech. Missionary Church and the Elkton nough. to over-ride a veto, should ... and a happy H~,R~ tration, to Congress and to the consuming public that if the Vice Pres" C. E. Buskirk. The banquet served, in a way, to Farm Bureau quartet sang under !the that test come. Directors at large: focus attention upon one thing that direction of Milt Ackerman. daytoourmanyfriends. farmers of America are to accomplish the unprecedented food The Senate committee heard agri- Clarence J. Reid, Avoca, St. Clair Huron County needs, and needs bad- Music was provided by the Elkton culture first. President 0' eal of the production goals for 1944 and succeeding years they must be county. American Farm Bureau and Albert ly-adequate facilities to seat a crowd. high school band under the able di- We wish to thank you Mrs. Ray Neikirk, St. Louis, R. 1, And at the same time, the banquet rection of Stanley Bauman. The ban- freed from unnecessary and impractical regulations and re- Cratiot county. Goss, national master of the Grange, presented testimony to show that focussed attention, too, upon the quet was served by the students of the one and all for you,r strictions and must be assured of reasonable support prices John Houk, Ludington, R. 1, Mason strength of the Farm Bureau in Hur- high school under the supervision consumer food subsidies are not need- county. on county. For 700 would have been of Mrs. Theda Lichtenfelt, home econ- loyalty and confidence in case of over-production or distress conditions occasioned ed and that they will contribute to W. E. Phillips, Decatur, Van Buren glad to paid their dollar to sit down to omics teacher. inflation rather than curb it. They which has made state by he unusual risks of wartime production. county. that banquet if they had been able to At a meeting of the board of direct- said that the subsidy is a camouflaged Mark Westhrook, Ionia, R .1, Ionia obtain tickets. ors immediately following the ban- air market prices are a necessity if production goals are county, pay increase for consumers and a' set- quet, it was voted to have the next Mutual's rise to leader- back for agricultur . Howard Nugent, speaker of the *Richard Nelson, Free Soil, Mason Michigan House of Representatives director's meeting at the home of Ray to be attained. F arm prices must be adequate to meet the county. Later Chester Bowles, OPA admin- and one of Huron County's outstand English and to have the board meet- ship P 0 ssib te.~ We increased costs of labor, supplies and equipment. We must istrator, pleaded for food subsidies, ings for the winter in the form of pot- Jesse Treiber, Unionville, Tuscola ing Farm Bureau members, was toast- predicting a 10% increase in retail luck dinners at the home of members. pledge that we sholl have a minimum quantity of labor, supplies and equipment county, food prices, and g neral demands for master and introduced Governor Kelly / "q,>u'._t James Harris, Traverse City, Grand emPhasizing that Huron County's never violate thot trust~\ if production goals are to be attained. Subsidies in lieu of Traverse county. wage increases unless consumers get the benefit of a subsidy program. Farm Bureau was signally honored Mexico has been pushlng a big Russell File, iles, Berrien county. TATE *MUTUAL fair market prices will not enable the farmer to meet this The CIO and AFL sent their national by having the state's war governor highway construction program which Lloyd Ruesink, Adrian, Lenawee with them as their guest speaker. last year cost nearly $35,000,000. unprecedented demand on his initiative and material equip- county. leaders to say that labor must have subsidized food. Mayor LaGuardia of Praises Michigan Farmers ment. Weare unalterably opposed to the principle of the Commodity Exchange Directors: Tew York headed a list of mayors of Governor Kelly emphasized par- given hogs FIRE INSURANCE C8. Frank Oberst, Breck nridge, Grat- ticularly the role Michigan farmers 702 CHURCH ST., FLllft', MlCII. payment of subsidies for agricultural production for the iot county, representing the Michigan metropolitan centers demanding food subsidies for their constituents. are playing in the all-out war to pre- following reasons: Live Stock Exchange. serve the American way of living. He 1-lt is unfair and unsound for· 3-AII subsidies yet proposed would our g vernment to borrow money, to save the average consumer but a few Carl E. Buski k, Paw Paw, Van Buren county, Farm Products Co. Bureau Fruit warned that Michigan farmers bably would have to carryon other year under the same handicaps pro- for an- MARKET I FORMATIO tax r turning soldiers after the war, dollars per year so the groups de- / Listen to the Parm. Market Reporter Daily, G. S. Coffman, Coldwater, Branch that they have bucked for this last or to tax futur generations to p~y manding subsidies must consider the county, Michigan District of Mid-West Monday ~hrough Friday - . 18 months-shortage of machinery, th grocery bills of the consumer 11l initial amount as an entering wedge Prod ucers Creameries, Inc. At 12:15 noon OYer Michigan Radio Network as a farm aervlce f •• tur. of shortage of help. He stressed the these atationa a period of the highest non-farm in- for appreciably greater amounts lat- I. K. Maystead, Osseo, Hillsdale importance of education and pointed come on record. "\V object to requir- ere Perhaps the present agitation Early markets at 7:00 A. M., over Michigan State College Radio StAtlo. county, Michigan Milk Producers out that this war had brought out WKAR. Supplied by the Michigan Live Stock Exchange. .,. .: Ing our boys to hath fight the war and furor for consumer doles is be- Ass'n. plainly the advantages of education. The ~ichigan Live Stock Exchange is a farmet owned auel contr.oUecl for us and to pay unnecessary costs ing used as a smoke screen for boost- George McCalla, Ypsilanti, Washte- C. N. Hinman, general manager of organizabon-offerlng rou the follOWing aervtces: In this war, he said, the percentage aft rward. ing wage levels and non-farm income. naw county, Michigan Elevator Ex- the Farm Bureau Fruit Products Co, SELLING-Commission aales services in Detroit and Buffalo termInal of soldiers having a high school edu- markets. Feeders through nattonat connections. Can furnJsh..,t t There is absolutely no excuse for 4-Subsidies are inevitably associ a- change, has been appointed one of three mem- plus a reasonable handling charge all grades of feeding cattle antS ' b •• cation is far in excess of that of the the federal government to borrow ted with increasi~g government c~m~ J. T. Bussey, Lake Leelanau, Lee- bers of the Michigan State College last war, , FINANCING-4Y2% money available for feeding operations 'of Wo gro- trols and regUla~lOns. These de~r~v.~ Canning Plant Committee. eeders who have teed,. regardless of where they purchase their t ..t a. money to h lp pay consumer's lanau county, Michigan Potato Grow- Gover or Kelly declared that it was eery bills at this time, when the na- the farmer of ~IS fre~dom and :lllltl; tional income i at a record level- ative and subiect him to constaut ers Exchange. Forrest King, Charlotte, Eaton The appointment was made by Don S. forgan, president of the Michigan of paramount importance soldiers now doing their duty at the that the MICHIGAN UVESTOCK EXCHANGE Frank Oberst, Preaident; J. H. O'Mealey, Secretary cI. Tr~a.u,.r, ~e:~:.,~ . double the national income in 1939- chang s occasioned by the whims of county, Michigan Co-operative Wool Canners Ass'n. The College, through front must have their rights at home George J. Boutell, Manager . when industrial wages are at the impractical. bureau~r~~s ~nd theori~ts~ Marketing Ass'n. Dr. Victor R. Gardner, director of the preserved. He voiced the confidence experiment station, asked the indus- SHIP YOUR STOCK TO US AT highest levels in history, virtually The experIe~c d .Illlt ative ~f gomg *Represents State Junior Farm Bu- that the American farmer would see doubl the peak of World War I; farm enterpn es III our nation must try to appoint a committee to work to it that these rights are preserved. Michigan Livestock hcb. ProducersOo-op All•• reau on board of directors of Mich- when non-farm workers, despite in- be encouraged ra~her. than hampered with the college staff in making the Governor Kelly praised Speaker Nu- Detroit Stookya.rdl Bast Buffalo, R. ~. igan State Farm Bureau. Director- cr ased food osts, are paying the by unworkable directtves. ship created at 1942 annual meeting college canning plant of the most gent for the part he has played in the small st percentage of their wages for 5-Subsidies require large appro- of Farm Bureau. value to canner and producers of preservation of our rights and express- food at any tim in hi tory, because pr!a~ions to finance it!heir. cost of ad- Clark L. Brody of Lansing is execu- canning crops in the tate. Other ed the belief that the state would have vages have increased more than food mmtstratton and regulation and so ti ve secretary and treasurer of the members of the committee are Dan a reserve of more than $50,000,000 to costs. may greatly inc.rease taxes and gov- Gerber, chairman, and Mark Hutchin- The main pressure for consumer er~ment borrowing .bey~nd those re- subsidies comes from the leaders of qulred for the substdy Itself. Farm Bureau. He is employed that capacity by the Farm Bureau board of directors. in son. The committee has held its first smooth over the transition to peace. He referred particularly Mr. ugent's work on the State Plan- from war to lfs Sant~ Iabor unions whose members on the 6-Subsidies by rolling back the meeting with college staff members ning Board. whole workers represent the highest paid consumer prices for scarce and in the country and whose ly to produce foods such as milk, t- Farm Bureau Asks working on the subject. plant is interested The college in working with Deplores Centralization Governor Kelly deplored the trend favorite vage increases have far exceeded the butter, meat, ete., increase the con- Control of Foxes canners and produc rs on canning toward too much centralization of increases in food costs. sumption of scarce foods beyond the 2-We object to high income groups normal or health requirements. -hiding behind the skirts of the low sidies keep the price down on scarce Sub- on The Michigan State Farm Bureau ov. 11 called attention to the in- crop problems, developing new pro- ducts, and improving old ones, etc. government and declared state and county lines must be pre- that the charity/ served, characterizing them as the creasing damage by foxes. In some I' fixed income classes, including foods and encourage their excessive Four hundred jalopies found rust- backbone of our American system. idows, orphans stamp plan or other and the aged. A con urnptlon in lieu of ncouragtng p cial ar ange- the consumption of plentiful and more ment could easily me t the needs of. economical foods such as potatoes, sections of the state the situation is aggravated by hunting release light colored foxes. They pur- sue them but never kill them. clubs which The ing in a "\Visconsin "graveyard" yield- ed enough scrap to make 240 75-mm howitzers and 480 one-ton aerial I Speaking of the progress of the war, Gov rnor Kelly declared greatest spearhead democracy that the has W E'VE neverasked Santa Claus what his favor- ite charity is, but we'd bet such minoritie without dtspenslng [beans, bread, etc. bombs. . ever .wielded is now being thrust at the old fellow would light foxes spread over a large area chuckle: "Why Christmas government money to the high wage 7-Subsidies and price roll-backs Seals, of course!" and mate with red foxes. 'The pelt You see, these little Seals and salary groups. If these groups are inflationary because they amount of the bross breed bas very little give the II;reatestgift of a1l- 'ant a government dole in this high to still further increasing the spend- income period they will d mand still ing power of civilians in relation to value. The Farm Bureau recommend- ed a bounty of 5 for each wild fox Classified Ad health, life itSelf. As long a Santa can remember, the American people have made reat r donations in time of post- the goods available for purchase, Claaaifted advertlaements are ca'h with orde, at the following ratea: this a part of their Christmas kill d and legislation to prohibit the giving - in depression and war economic distress. which is the fundamental ca se of in· 4 cents per word for one edition. Ads to appear in two or more edition. prosperity, in peacetime and release of foxes. take the rate of 3 cents per word per edition. 1t wThis year our needs ate doubly great-because a Oleo Tax Repeal Bill wartime rise in tuberculosis must be prevented. So, make LIVESTOCK MAPLE SYRUP EQUIPMENT Killed in Committee REGISTERED HEREFORD BUL:.LS lotmentsKING EVAPORATORS - NEW AL- sure that every letter and package carried by Santa is By a vote of 14 to 11, the House and of steel make several King tamped with your Christmas heifers. We have a nice election. Evaporators gift to mankind-and please grrculture committee last month Sensible prices. A. M. Todd Co., Men- produc rs foravailable to Michigan syrup fall or winter delivery. send in your contribution aIled off I gistion started by its tha. (H miles northwest ot Kalamazoo). rder now and be ready for spring. For (7-3-tt-22b) prices and catalog', write Sugar Bush today! chairman, Rep. Fulmer of South Supplies Co., 217 'orth Cedar St., Lan- J. Carolina, to lift federal taxes and reo FOR SALE-PUREBRED SHROP, sing, .•fichigan. (9-4t-351» shire rams bv • n 11- In rtcan • ire. strictions on the sale of oleomargar- J -GLESI DB j.' n: r, H. I, Ionia, Iieh. ine. Stanley .1. I'ow'II, .Igr. (12- -Ltp) WOOL GROWERS ATTENTION-WOOL GROWERS, WE Check now equipment needed for POULTRY SUPPLIES goiv 'ear around '·001 marketing ervt e. Deliver or ahip your wool to our ware- afe winter driving: anti-freeze, wind- fa POULTRY MEDICATiON AT PRICES house and rading station, 506 orth hteld wiper, heater-defroster, rmr n; can afford. 100 to 1, all pur- 1: .hantc Btr et, anti- po: e di. inf ctant, 1 pint, O¢ mak s 12 Ceiling prices guarante d. Michigan Co- Jackson, Michigan. BUY CH 1ST kid chains, snow shovel. gal. sura ; Proto-4, 1>1 i e comb prev nta- operative Wool Marketing As. 'n. U ' • 1 , ve an election. There were many the same point in paying for his home. He finds it very ubs of Casso VanBuren and Berrien acteflst~c~ of ~outhern emphaetaing' again and again that the ~gflculture, for having successfully concluded the B d D" . Brydges that the group go on record 3 rgumeuts brought forth against sub- difficult to make substantial cash savings. counties; news writing, Burton Rich- as favoring this plan. ~he motion sidies ; one of the main ones being distance between farms and the on rive. Be can assure himself and his family a large mea ure of rds, secretary of Berrien County was carried. tha t the boys who are fighting our type of soil made the problem of agrt- ----------- financial security by purchasing a fair amount of life insur- arm Bureau. IRA-St. Clair battles would have to also pay for cultural education and organization ance. He may assure his family a sum.that will pay for th The group as a whole under the It was moved that the secretary or- the privilege of us obtaining cheaper much more difficult than in areas products, in the future. .11'. Harper home, and raise the family in comfort. At the same time, i 'IARdllU'Rhipof Burton Richards dis- that were closely settled. der another carload of oats of the $ed the .• eeds of Rural Youth", Conversations with the farmers re- same grade as the previously ordered asked for a vote on subsidies and he is building a cash reserve and a fund for his own late t Existing Organizations Are vealed that southern farmers in that carload at the prices quoted, and to there were 12 against and none for years. g to aUsfy These eeds" and have it shipped to Marine City and subsidies. bat Program Our Organization area are very much interested in na- Yankee Springs Recreational Area have it drafted on the Marine Savings BINGHAM-Huron State Farm Life insurance policy plans are pecial y Should Follow to Meet These eeds.' tional agricultural issues. One farm- near Bradley. near the western Alle- Bank with Mr. Sauve financing it. A letter was read that the County ada.pted to farmers' needs. You sbould know hat we hav er closed his remarks by saying, "We gan county line. will be the scene of ssociation is against subsidies. A to offer before you buy a policy anywhere. wonder down here whether the Pres i- a Junior Farm Bureau winter camp. Esther Brown, argaret Pease, Kala- letter 'Was read by Mrs. Ralph Brown Gasoline dent is unning the country or John It will be for about 70 young people mazoo county; and Helen Lundquist that the Huron County Farm Bureau Your State Farm Insurance Oompany agent will be I The air war in Europe has increas- L. Lewis. We are so confused with from Kalamazoo. Cass, Van Buren. and Bill Fisher from Allegan county. wants badges or uniforms to identify to show you life insurance plans to uit your pla or ed in tempo to the point where mili- the many contradicting programs and Barry, Ottawa. Berrien, St. Joseph, The camp will be from Tuesday farm soldiers. The boy who remains yourself and your family. There i no obliga ion. tary requirements for gasoline are activitle that e are ready to throw and Allegan counties. noon, December 2 , 1943, to aturday on the farm to help produce food is now equal to one third the total pro- the whole kit and kaboodle out the duction east of the Rocky Mountains. window." . committee met In Kalamazoo to plan the program and noUfy the coun- noon. January 1, 1944. On December just as patriotic as the boy who shoul- TATE F 14 the committee will meet again and ders the gun. Bloomington, Illino' Mr. Hennink said they stopped at ties as to their quota. Those assist- make all final plans. It is compara- SOUTH THORNAPPLE-Barry One-third of the men in the U. S- two farms Where farmers were en- ing were: Burton Richards, orris MICHIGA TATE FARM BU E U, hie with summer camp but on a small- In b halt of the farmers of Barry armv Q<\al are marrted. gage