ORGANIZE COMMUNITY FARM BUREAUS THIS MONTH MICHIGAN Vol. XXII, No. 2. njr\HLMi S A T U R D A Y , F E B R U A R Y 5, 1944 NEWS 22 nd Year Published Monthly EDITO RIAL 15 Mill Tax Limit Are We Going Places! AN INVITATION Would Be Raised Do you remember our asking in this column last October why the Michigan State Farm Bureau shouldn't To Every Farm Family Farm Bureau Objects to Certain Proposals plan on a membership of 50,000 families? Some day this war will end. A day of peace will Made by Michigan Public Education At the moment the Illinois Farm Bureau was seeking 8,000 members to make it 100,000. Illinois now has come. The energies of America will turn from a Study Commission more than 101,000. war time to a peace time economy. Farm folks have much at stake in connection with recom- Michigan is on the w a y ! When that time comes, farmers will be faced mendations which the Michigan Public Education Study with the great task of protecting themselves in the Commission n o w has under consideration. As the result of membership campaigns conducted so far, quite a few of our 47 County Farm Bureaus are readjustment period. About 1 7 months ago, Governor Murray D. V a n W a g o n - nearing 1,000 members each. er appointed a commission of 1 7 m e n a n d w o m e n t o study Do you want to prevent farmers from being ex- the whole public school situation in Michigan a n d make Allegan, Branch, Ottawa, V a n Buren, and perhaps ploited as a producers, or made to bear unfair bur- recommendations to t h e Governor for legislation on this two or three others, are in the 1,000 class or close to it. dens in those days? subject. Secretary C. L. Brody of the Michigan State Farm Berrien and Saginaw talk in terms of 1,600 to 2,000 Unless we farmers are organized, we can do little Bureau w a s originally appointed o n this commission, b u t or more. or nothing now or in the future to protect our in- because of conflicting responsibilities designated Stanley M. All County Farm Bureaus are achieving the substan- terests. Powell to take his place. tial increases they set for 1944. Some are 25 to 5 0 % I invite and urge you to become one of the W h e n Governor Kelly took office, h e decided to con- over their goal and are continuing. 25,000 or more farm families in Michigan who tinue the Study Commission and to enlarge it to a member- What does it? ship of 25. The 8 new members w h o m h e added consider- make u p the Farm Bureau in this state. Good leadership in the counties, hundreds of willing ably improved t h e Commission insofar as a n understanding workers, and the fact that the Farm Bureau is saying I invite you t o join hands with more than of rural problems and viewpoints is concerned. T h e Com- and doing what farmers want said and done on subsidies 700,000 farm families in 4 3 States who are mem- CLARENCE J. REIT) mission has met quite frequently during the past 1 7 m o n t h s . and other farm questions. bers of the Farm Bureau. W e should have a President Preliminary reports have been adopted a n d released t o the million or more families in this great farm organi- Michigan State Farm Bureau We're on the move! Let's keep going! public from time to time and several studies have been in zation. progress under the direction of the Commission. Community Farm Bureau Month In our membership y o u will find all kinds a n d classes of farmers who are Late in December of 1943, a 3-day meeting of t h e Com- February is Community Farm Bureau month. W e striving through organized effort to protect agriculture's historic tradition of mission was held at A n n Arbor, at which time a 552-page hope that every members of the Farm Bureau will affili- freedom and independence. Join your County, State and American Farm Bureaus tentative report was submitted to the Commission b y its re- ate himself with one of the community groups. There in membership campaigns being conducted now. search committee of three. Even during t h e 3-day meeting are several hundred. W e expect that many more will it was impossible to consider everything in such a large report be organized as the result of the large increase in mem- so a further meeting of the Commission was held in Lansing bership this year. T h e people in the Community Farm Bureau A R E Community Macomb Bureau Has Ottawa on January 19 and 20. Fine Annual Meeting Included among t h e recommendations contained in t h e the Farm Bureau. Their representatives draft a year Farm Bureau 330 attended tjfce annual meeting Membership 552-page report was t h e following: Bureau at Richmond M. E. church. Passes 1,000 and supper of Macomb County Farm around discussion program o n state and national farm issues. All groups consider the same . topic a t Activities January 27. President C. J. Reid of "In order that the general property t a x may bear its just By EUGENE A. SMALTZ Ottawa County Farm Bureau an- share of the total tax burden, it is recommended that a con- the State Farm Bureau spoke on farm- each monthly meeting. In turn, out of those meetings Membership Relations & Education ers' objections t o food subsidies for nounced Jan. 31 at the close of its 1944 membership campaign that it has stitutional amendment be proposed raising t h e ceiling o n comes action that shapes state and national Farm Bureau Five hundred Community Farm consumers. A resolution opposing such 1,040 members. Gerrit Elzinga, sec- real and personal property taxation from 1 5 to 21 mills, with Bureau discussion groups f o r Mich- subsidies was d i l u t e d to Michigan policies. The community meetings also provide the so- retary and real manager, said that igan is the goal adopted by a con- members of COIIF :SS. Pros. Allen ference of Community Farm Bu- additional reports expected from sev- at least 10 mills allocated for public educational purposes." cial life of the Farm Bureau. Rush announced the annual member- reau directors at State College eral townships would make it 1,100. ship campaign, Fell. 16-17. Ray Smal- The membership of the Michigan After extended debate, this recommendation w a s re- By way of illustration, we present an account of the January 20-21. We now have about ley. Farm Bureau district represnta- 300. Membership is growing in a l l tive, said that Sterling twp. Macomb State Farm Bureau is on the way to moved from the report, b u t protection of the 15 mill pro- activities of the Unionville Farm Bureau Community counties. Community Farm Bu- county, has more Farm Bureau mem- 25,000 or more. A dozen or more vision of the state constitution appears to b e still in danger, Club of Tuscola county. It was written by a club mem- reaus give every member a better bers than any other township in his County Farm Bureaus which have had opportunity to understand the prob- 8 county district in southeastern Mich- campaigns have reported very substan- for the Commission h a s now recommended .that a con- ber, Mr. Jesse Treiber: lems of agriculture and t o have a igan. County Agr'l Agent Bill Murphy tial increases in membership, some of stitutional amendment be adopted "providing that t h e major- The Unionville Farm Bureau Club observed its fifth anni- voice in solving them. County and made a good farm organization speech, them 25 to 50% over their goal for versary this year. It was organized in March, 1927, with 12 Community Farm Bureau leaders drawing upon 24 years of county 1944. Nearly all of the 47 County ity required for the approval to increase the limitation in families as members. The club has been' very active, and the are asked to organize new groups agent work in Macomb county. Wal Farm Bureaus will have completed excess of 1 5 mills be made a simple majority instead of t h e fact that it has doubled its membership is indicative of its during February. Every member lace Schoenschak sang for the group. their campaigns by March 1, weather popularity. is invited t o Join one of these permitting. two-thirds majority required at t h e present time a n d that groups. Some of the first, returns are: The club meets once a month throughout the year in the the maximum time for which a voted increase above 15 homes of its members. It keeps the public well informed on the club's activities and its views on state and national issues KENOCKEE-EMMETT, St. Clair— Our discussion leader asked what we BERRIEN STARTS Branch 1,300, Ottawa 1,040, North- west Michigan 6S2, Benzie 160, Mason mills may be operated be extended from 5 to 1 5 y e a r s . " 650, Kalamazoo 635, Genesee 500, Could End Present Protection affecting agriculture. This is done through articles in the would like to discuss: Question box, local newspapers. The clu'b asked Michigan members of Congress to include the types of farm organizations and their relationship to each otrfer and to labor FEB. 20 FOR Washtenaw 782, Calhoun 970, Eaton 475, VanBuren 900, Huron 500. Mr. Powell fought this provision tricts would, tend to equalize educa- vigorously, pointing out to other mem- tional opportunity within the state bers of the Commission that the fore- and permit a simplification of the cost of farm labor in figuring the parity formula for farm prices; it urged them to oppose government subsidies to farmers in organizations, fertilizers and their in- gredients, more about A.A.A., bow we can impress farm boys that they are 2,100 MEMBERS Genesee Expects t o going language is very broad and formula for distributing state aid to inclusive. For instance, no restriction schools, there is no thought in the lieu of fair prices in the markets. The club asked its state doing their patriotic duty as well on Alex Gale of Sodus, membership Have 7 5 2 Members is placed on the use to which the minds of any of the Commission mem- senator and representative to oppose eastern war time, and to roll call chairman for Berrien County support the bill which became the Post Act to assure farmers the farm as in a uniform in the Army? State Rep. George Gillespie, roll money raised by the added millage bers of remapping the school districts Farm Bureau, has announced that call chairman for the Genesee Coun- freedom of the highways for delivery of products to markets, We are considering extra entirely could be used. It is not limited to arbitrarily by any act of the Legisla- truck drivers' unions or no truck drivers' unions. The club mem- social meetings during winter months they will campaign for 2,100 family t y Farm Bureau announced a t the building or improving school houses ture or ruling handed down from any memberships the week of February annual meeting at Gaines, Jan. 25or other capital expenditures. It might state authority. It is proposed that bers have 'been active in war bond, salvage, Red Cross and to interest other folks in the Farm 20. It is quite possible that they that the campaign has raised the be absorbed in routine operating ex- a county school district reorganization other campaigns. Bureau. will try for 2,400 or more. committee of 9 members should be The Unionville Community Farm Bureau club* has a mutual METAMORA, Lapeer—Mr. L. K. Twenty-two township captains will membership to more than 500. The penses of any governmental unit. Mr. created in each county to study pre- assistance policy. If any member happens to "get stuck" with Walker thanked the Community secure two or three Farm Bureau campaign continues. He predicted Powell feels that if this amendment liminary proposals for school district his planting or harvesting operations, the others come to. his Group for their co-operation in helping members and their wives in each that the county goal of 752 will be were adopted in the form suggested, reorganization and to decide what en- assistance. to get Metamora back as a Pre-pay school district to call upon all farm reached. 250 attended the annual there would be little left of the pro- larged districts seem desirable. T h e The club won a prizei at the Tuscola County Fair for an Freight Station and to ask their pa- people in their district and invite meeting. Mrs. A. II. Torrey, Owen tection now afforded by the 15 mill school board of each dlsrict involved exhibit which showed a Tuscola county farm in miniature, with tronage—to help keep it open. Much them to become members of the Farm Rayner and Fred Lang were re-elect- limitation provision of our state con- would have to approve the proposal information as to its production in terms of food for the war discussion was held on the proposed Bureau. Township captains are: ed as directors. The Flint Daily Jour- stitution. before anything would be done along effort. zoning and land use proposition. Berrien, Lucian Strong; Baroda, nal published a list of nearly 100 Another proposal of the Commission this line. It would then be submitted ARCHIE & PENINSULA, Gd. Tra- Wm. Binger; Bertrand, Richard Koe- members taking part in the member- which the rural members succeeded The Unionville Community Farm Bureau sent six people to to a referendum vote of the electors verse—We shall try to reorganize a nigshof; Benton, John Culby; Bain- ship campaign. in defeating was a proposal any dis- the State Farm Bureau convention. It has supplied the county of the proposed school district for ap- community group on the south end of bridge, Walter Warske; Buchanan, trict with less than 15 pupils in aver- with a go-getting membership campaign manager for 1944. He proval or rejection, thus preserving age membership should receive no the peninsula. Mr. Hawley met with Norris Young & Harvey Reed; Co- is Mr. George Bitzer, who is also discussion leader. The club believes that Mrs. Clarence Lindenberg, its recreational leader, is. the best in the state. the young people to organize a Junior loma, Vera Warman; Chickaming, B. Farm Bureau. Mr. Roy Hooper dis- W. Keith; Galien, Clarence Prenkert: RADIO DISCUSSION state aid allotment. Another recom- mendation was that "the local school the element of home rule. In any such enlarged school district, the school board would be composed district should be responsible for the cussed the plan of the Michigan Edu Hagar, Henry Peters; Lake, Herman schools. Pintzke; Lincoln. August Totzke; OF SUBSIDIES elementary and secondary education of- of a proportional number of rural and the children resident within each dis- urban members. At the present time, Rough & Tumble on Subsidies REEMAN, Newaygo—We held all Niles , Russel File; Oronoko, Carl Thursday, Feb. 10, at 1:00 p. m. trict." This might be construed a s farmers have no representation on our regular monthly meetings this Whetstone; Pipestone, Albert Skibtoe; E.W.T., 12:00 noon slow time, there meaning that the payment of tuition town school boards even though in Lapeer County Farm Bureau invited the U AW-CIO Royalton, Hary Nye; St. Joseph, year. The past year we have had five Harry Kerlikowski; Three Oaks, Joe will be presented over State College by the state to pupils from primary many oases a large percentage of the and the State Farm Bureau to discuss the topic " A r e news items appear in our local paper. Pfauth; high school students a r e from t h e Watervliet, L. R. Boyer; station WKAR a radio transcription school districts who go to high school Our scrap book won fourth place in Weesaw, Thomas Payne. "More Food at Lower Prices." Dana in graded school districts would be rural districts. Food Subsidies Desirable?" at its recent annual meeting the state contest. It was prepared by Bennett of the Washington Farm Re- discontinued. Since the state has been Rural Members Make Some Changes at Imlay City. Mrs. D. Tanes and Mrs. B. Frens. The porter interviews Ezra Benson, sec'y paying tuition to eighth grade grad- A proposal stricken out of the pro- committee handling the membership Why Van Buren Has of the National Council of Farm Co- uates going from primary school dis- posed report of the Commission on A large crowd of Farm Bureau members and others drive did a fine job and wrote up 11 operatives at Washington upon the tricts to town and city high schools, motion of Mr. Powell was to t h e ef- new members and made 30 collections Many New Members relation of OPA restrictions, subsidies, the number oi rural boys and gins, fect that t h e 4 normal schools o r had a roaring afternoon. There was plenty of fireworks. by the 25th of March. Waldo E. Phillips of Decatur, State etc., upon the production of food. receiving high school education h:is colleges of education, that i s , t h e Professor Harrison B. Fagan of Wayne University, Last year we set out 2,000 trees. Farm Bureau director, says there are Tune WKAR a t 870 for 15 minutes of more than doubled. At the insistence institutions a t Ypsilanti, Kalamazoo, We made donations to the Red Cross. many new members in the Van Buren real information. This program will of rural members on the Commission, Mt. Pleasant, and Marquette, should Detroit, and Anthony Probe appeared for t h e pro-sub- Gideon Society and some of our mem- County Farm Bureau. Contributing be given by the Traverse City station. this provision was stricken out trim be placed under the board of regents, sidy folks. Stanley Powell took them on. bers helped on the bond drive. We factors, he said are (1) Farmers' ex- February 8, and Kalamazoo station, the recommendations so that state which is the governing body of the have the group hospitalization plan. treme distaste for certain features February 11. fuition payments will be continued University of Michigan. Mr. Fagan opened by declaring that his reading of the In 1944 we want to erect flag poles of the administration food Urogram without question or interruption. Another proposal stricken from the Michigan Farm News had convinced him that Farm on all members, farms and any others (2) Van Buren Farm Bureau's contin- Proposal To Reduce School Districts Commission's proposed recommenda- that we can get to do so, and to dis- uous program of public information 20,000 Tractors Built The feature of the report of the tions on motion of Mr. Powell was Bureau opposition to food subsidies was leading farmers play flags there on at the proper in the county newspapers. Mr. Phil- Study Commission which is receiving one favoring adoption by the Mich- times. lips enrolled 17 out of 18 persons call- In December, 1943 most attention from the general*pub- igan Public School System of a broad astray. Warmed u p , h e declared that only the Farm Twenty thousand wheeled tractors, lic is the proposal that the number program ot teacher tenure. This is a DECATUR, Van Buren—January ed on in the campaign. Bureau and trusts oppose food subsidies. Mr. Fagan 1941 the Decatur group .was organized. used principally on farms, were manu- of school districts in Michigan be re- sort of civil service for teachers Interest has grown and membership Calisthenics is a word of Greek ori- factured in December, 1943 as against duced from the present 6,274 to ap-whereby once they have *» defied Mr. Powell to cite a single economist who isn't .4,200 in December of 1942, according p r o x i m a t e 250. While many mem established in a position i t is difficult increased. Louis Loeser organized an gin that means beauty and strength. in favor of food subsidies. Later Mr. Powell obliged by orchestra of Farm Bureau people. We In 1850 San Franciscans sent their to the National Committee for Farm bera of the Commission reel that the to remove them, except for the most (Continued on Page Two) (Continued on page five) llaundry oullul to Honolulu to be washed. Production Supplies. reduction in the number of school dis- glaring inefficiency or misAebavior. wo) (Continued on pace live) J <•" nunwiuiu t« w naaucu. i i iwuvuuu »3U]ri»"r*. i-Huuruoii in me numwr Of school dis- ,,. n Page Two> * ,; _, _______ '•'" J >a *<« Twoj If uw a n t a h*>r f AfpfrrAnnrc y° square deal in this world, R emem C / e # . IV VlgllVUr&y y o u have to be ready to fight for it MICHIGAN FARM NEWS SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 5, 1944 TWO "I will attend my local meetings Prices Control Production and let no personal animosities keep With egg mash at ?3.60. scratch Behind me from mingling with my neighbors feed at J2.86 and eggs from 2.", to 2J> Successor to the Michigan Farm Bureau News, founded |R?AM and the for our common good. "I will support our co-operatives with my unswerving patronage and cents, plenty of farmers are a little idled up about being requested to produce more eggs. Poultry culling January 12, 1523 Entered as second class matter January 12. 1923, at the post- RTHA Wheel our leadership with my utmost con- fidence. shouid lie a popular subject, but most people talk in terms of disposing of office at Charlotte, Michigan, under the Act of March 3, 1879. With J. F. Yaeger, "And I will always remember, that the entire flock rather than a lew CLARK Director of State Field greater than any man in it—worthy culls. —W. S. Harrison, Osceola, Co. Published first Saturday of each month by the Michigan State Farm Bureau at its publication office at 114 E. Lovett St., Charlotte, Michigan. of any sacrifice — deserving of all Services faithfulness, is the Union itself, built Agr'l Agent, in Michigan extension Editorial and general offices, 221 North Cedar St., I^ansing, Michigan. PmtelDoe Box S60. Telephone, Lansing 21-271. Snug Evening for me and by me—my own organiza- News, Jan. 1944. I like these Muter evening* tion." , WOOL A N D EGGS Associated Women Sort EINAR UNGREN Editor and Business Manager When the living room is snug: Ever since the collapse of the Farm ENVIABLE RECORD When the old gray cat is sprawling The Gratiot County Farm Bureau Clothing for Allies Subscription 25 cents per year; 4 years for %l. In advance. Bureau wool pool 24 years ago, the or- In comfort on the rug; Board of Directors meets each month. ganization has been trying to explain Associated Women of the Oceana When Marthy's busy fingers, that it was due to circumstances be- During 1942 not a director missed a Vol. XXII SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 5, 1944 No. 2 County Farm Bureau supervised the So nimble and alert yond their control. It was pointed meeting except in one case where one of the directors wrecked his car while sorting of three tons of clothing do- Are darning or embroidering out, that when the government dumr- nated by citizens of Oceana cpunty (Continued from ra.«<' One) Or patching me a shirt; on his way to the board meeting that ed millions of for distribution where needed in the evening. naming two of national reputation who oppose food When the clock ticks sort of drowsy ; pounds of wool on This seems to us an enviable record. Untied Nations. When the stove is piping hot the market, after .« " subsidies. For good measure Mr. Powell recalled that And 1're. got a pan of apples the first "World As the youngster in school said, when the teacher announced that his Alaska can maintain a population an overwhelming majority of the House of Congress In some handy central spot; War. that the price recitation was good, "Heck, it's not per square mile equal to that of Fin- .of wool was bound has voted to forbid food subsidies. When the stock is all in stable to go down, as it just good, it's perfect." land, 10 million people, according to Mr. Probe is a man with a powerful voice and a bang- And the evening chores are done; did. The fact that a survey. farmers who pool- Doughnuts serve as wedding invita- When I've cared, as best I'm able, Manistee's membership goal is 200. bang delivery. H e wants food subsidies for consumers For my critters, every one: ed .their wool and tions in some parts of Macedonia. with all his heart. He demands them because unions Whin the kitchen work is over those who didn't Aii'l the evening lamp is lit were caught alike. NEXT TIME you need have pledged themselves not to strike for higher wages. Then 1 get to read the headlines and the fact that T h e farmers applauded generously. But when Mr. And Marthy gets to knit. %J.F.Y/>£GEM. nothing the Farm I peel my sweater jacket off Bureau could do under the circum- Powell concluded with the farmers' case against food And shed my overshoes stances altered the matter, in no way subsidies for consumers, the roar that went up was like And J tune, that good old farmer in— impressed the farmer who had pooled Karl Godwin and the nens. his wool. that when the ball goes over the fence to break up the ball game. / feel it's sort, of pagan In spite of everything that could be said or explained, in the mind of a tractor overhaul, order a To enjoy the warnith and light the farmer who did pool his wool the Feb. 3 at A n n Arbor high school J. F. Yaeger of the When half the human race is sunk Farm Bureau was to blame. State Farm Bureau and Donald Montgomery, consumers !n misery tonight; In some ways a similar instance When America's very finest prevails today except that at this director for the U A W - C I O of Detroit, debated the same Are dying in the snow moment it concerns eggs*and not wool. subject. Or i vouch in stinking fox holes, Many farmers wonder why the price Hut in my heart I knoio of eggs has suddenly dropped. They Tha> this is what they're dying for are rather bitter in the denunciation Food Subsidy Before Senate And this is why they fight,— Th.it we and all of humankind of this circumstance, for which W/J don't blame them. For once, however, Si nee our January 1 edition, the legislation to pro- May sit in peace at night. the Farm Bureau can't be blamed for the situation. Nor should it have hibit food subsidies for consumers has moved ahead Ii. 8. Clark been blamed for ^he collapse of the •il.'i North Orinnell Street. wool price many years ago. another notch. The Senate banking and currency com- Jackson, Michigan The reason for eggs going down in mittee has recommended that the Senate join the House price at this time is the fact that in forbidding any agency of the government to finance overseas. Everyone of them requires paper, either in its there was much over-buying of eggs last year, and that when the govern- subsidies to roll back food prices for consumers. construction or for packaging. None of that paper gets ment "freeze" of storage eggs was lift- back to American mills for processing. ed it released more than four million A vote is expected before February 17, for on that cases for civilian use. This in any- date the 48 day extension granted the Commodity Every phase of the war effort requires paper. Due to body's language, is quite a sizable at least a 25% shortage of wood pulp, we must turn omelet. Any time this quantity of Credit Corporation and the current subsidy program produce is suddenly dropped into the expires. more and more to waste paper to get enough paper for market, there is bound to be a drop war and domestic needs. of prices. The old law of supply -and Everyone wants to save the Commodity Credit Cor- demand sees to that. Coupled with T h e contents of every waste paper basket should be this we have the fact that farmers poration for its services to agriculture and to food pro- increased the production of poultry duction in general.,The Administration, labor and con- handled so as to reach the makers of corrugated boxes, and eggs considerably during the past wrapping papers, sacks, and the hundreds of items made year. sumer groups insist upon the subsidy program. CCC MAY HAPPEN AGAIN was to be the source of funds for subsidies, so the fate from paper. Stack and tie your newspapers and maga- This is not the end of such exper- of the antj-subsidy legislation may be the fate zines. Sell or give them to the people in your commun- iences for farmers, in our opinion. From time to time it will be discover- of the CCC. It has been intimated that the President ity in charge of paper salvage. ed that there has been much over-buy- ing of materials for military and lend- will veto a CCC bill carrying an anti-subsidy amend- lease use, etc., and other items will ment. But Congress stands firm. Copper Bull Rings Coming then be released and will cause price disturbances. Last week the Nat'l Committee for Farm Production There has already been some releas- Three More County Farm Bureaus Supplies at Washington wired the Michigan State Farm es of canned string beans and toma- toes, citrus fruits, catsup, pineapple, A s membership increases in our northernmost Farm Bureau, "Approval of copper for bull rings effective as well as canned asparagus, corn, today." pumpkin and spinach. It just so hap- Bureau organizations, we come to have more County pens that there hasn't been too great N o m a t t e r when you is mighty busy—and probably short- Farm Bureaus. In our August edition we reported that H a r r y Green, a production of these things during intend t o get your next handed t o boot. So as soon a s you the past year and prices have not A few weeks ago the Benzie County Farm Bureau member of the Macomb CoUnty Farm Bureau, was collapsed. We understand that plans t r a c t o r overhaul, if you know when h e can h a v e y o u r trac- own a low compression tor or other farm machines for serv- was announced. For a number of years members in Ben- spending two months in a body cast as the result of an are under way whereby large supplies tractor decide now t o order a Power- ice work, tell him about ifc so h e can of evaporated milk, canned pork and zie, G r a n d Traverse and Leelanau counties were organi- experience with an unrung bull. Mr. Green said that beans, more canned beans, tomatoes, Booster Overhaul. schedule t h e Work in his s h o p and and dried and shelled eggs are to be A Power-Booster Overhaul plus order necessary parts. M a k e minor zed as the Northwestern Michigan Farm Bureau. Grand he had been trying to buy a bull ring since Jan. 1, 1943. repairs yourself, if you can, so the released along with other items. regular gasoline will increase t h e Traverse and Leelanau continue as the Northwestern H e asked the Farm Bureau to see what it could do to Just what effect this will have upon power of y o u r tractor—will enable mechanics will have more t i m e for have rings manufactured again. farm prices and how serious it will be it t o d o m o r e work per hour in t h e major work. And clean u p machines Michigan Farm Bureau. before you t a k e t h e m in. Saving is hard to state, but one thing we field a n d w i t h iess low-gear opera- Now we have two more,—Antrim and Charlevoix Investigation revealed that it was almost impossible would like to make clear this time is tion. I t will also save oil by reducing your dealer's time m a y save you that it is not the Farm Bureau's fault. crankcase dilution, m a k e starting money. County Farm Bureaus. They replace the old Tri-County to find bull rings, especially those made of copper. Neither was it in the case of wool. easier, a n d give greater flexibility If you w a n t t o find o u t more Farm Bureau which had memberships in Antrim, Char- Delegates to the State Farm Bureau annual meeting AN ORGANIZATION CREED a n d efficiency. about a Power-Booster Overhaul in November asked the War Production Board to allo- We ran across something in the levoix and Kalkaska counties. T o build in this power and con- before you order t h e work, write to Farmers' Union Herald the other day cate sufficient of the appropriate metals so that rings which we think is worthy of repeat- venience, y o u r dealer will install the E t h y l Corporation for t h e free Forty-seven County Farm Bureaus in Michigan to- ing. It is entitled "The Farmers' high altitude pistons (or a high com- booklet entitled "High Compres- could be made. In the meantime, there -were other Union Creed." It seems so applicable pression head in some models), sion Overhaul a n d Service." day. accidents chargeable to unrung bulls. to the attitude that a farmer ought " c o l d " t y p e s p a r k plugs, a n d m a k e to be taking towards his own organiza- t h e necessary manifold change or ETHYL CORPORATION Stanley Powell was assigned the bull ring resolution Rural People Are Interested among others. H e ascertained that four manufacturers tion, whichever it might be, that we want to reprint it here: adjustment so y o u r tractor can take full a d v a n t a g e of t h e extra power Agricultural Division Chrysler Building, New York City This year the Michigan State Farm Bureau joined "Because I know that as an indi- gasoline provides. made most of the rings. They told him that the W P B vidual I am nothing, but banded with B u t remember your tractor dealer Manufacturer of antiknock fluids used by oil companies to improve gasoline. with national farm organizations January 14-31 in my brother farmer I am power—I had been informed that steel could be substituted for assisting with the annual fund raising appeal by the pledge the work of my hands, the copper in making the rings. Mr. Powell submitted a fruit of my soil and the loyalty of Nat'l Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, Inc. my heart to the Farmers' Union. statement to Ezra Benson, sec'y of the Nat'l Committee Neither individual cases nor epidemics of poliomyel- for Farm Supplies, that the companies which made the "I will keep my eyes on the goal, Make Sure of Farm Bureau and let no petty annoyance make itis are confined to cities and crowded areas. It is a FERTILIZER standard and universally used copper ring were not me forget it. disease that attacks the weak and robust, the rich and equipped to make steel rings. Further, the Steel rings poor, the urban dweller and the farm resident alike. munity. corroded in use and caused infections. Another proposal which Mr. Powell There is some reason for believing that fewer farm successfully opposed was a recom- people have developed an immunity to the disease than residents of cities. Mr. Benson used that information in his presentation to the copper division of the W P B . T h e telegram quoted tells the result. mendation that school elections be held at the time of the annual spring township elections. The purpose of this proposal was to insure a larger For Spring! Chapters of the F u n d in every county are pledged to vote being cast for school board mem- The story illustrates Farm Bureau procedure on re- do everything which money and care can do for every quests from members for help and how the F - r m Bu- bers. Mr. Powell pointed out that in his judgment such an arrangement Order Now and Take Delivery case of poliomyelitis which may Occur in the county. would be very unworkable. In the reau follows up on the resolutions adopted at annual T h e National Foundation, through its Michigan head- meetings. f first place, before an election can be held, there would have to be some During Winter quarters, stands behind every county chapter with ad- arrangement for making nominations. Under present conditions, there are WAR FOOD ADMINISTRATION and all fertilizer manufacturers ditional resources should the county chapter's funds be inadequate to meet the demands. Against Food Subsidies several school districts in the average township. How people from the various are advising farmers to order NOW the fertilizers they want next spring and TAKE DELIVERY from their dealer during the winter A t the Gratiot County Farm Bureau annual ireeting school districts could nominate and months. elect school board members at the J a n u a r y I I, a secret ballot was taken on the resolution Send Waste Paper To War opposing federal food subsidies for consumers. T h e vote time of a township election is rather difficult to understand. Whore frac- TRANSPORTATION, MATERIALS, LABOR <£. STORAGE problems make it necessary 16 keep 1944 fertilizer moving if manu- The Michigan Farm News as a publication, the Farm tional school districts enter i lto the facturers are to meet farmers' needs? We expect the greatest was 9 4 to 1 against the proposed subsidy program picture, the situation would be even Bureau as a farm organization and as a business con- demand ever for fertilizer. We can make sure of every one being Everyone voted. A n d apparently all the rural sentiment more complicated. Under the pro- posed plan of enlarged school dis- mipplied if we will order now and lake delivery during the winter cern, and all of us in one way or another are becoming in favor of the idea was expressed in that grOup. tricts, the school boundaries woul 1 in increasingly aware of the grovVing shortage of paper. FARM STORAGE OF FERTILIZER-Mixed fertilizer should be most cases not follow townships or I when a teacher has lost the respect stored on the farm in a dry, floored weather-proof building. ]f the Paper is the No. 1 production shortage at this time. 15 Mill Tax Limit i and good will of the people of the com- county lines. This would make t i e I program very confusing. storage has ho floor, build a raised platform for it. Fertilizer should Some 20 mills are shut down for lack of waste paper. Would Be Raised munity it is not desira'le that he or she continue to teach in that com- Mr. Powell pointed out that in his be stored in sacks as it comes from the manufacturer. Do not pile more than 8 to 10 sacks deep. (Continued from Pace One) judgment a school board election is T h e first waste paper drive produced a glut of used A provision in this connection to munity. He stressed t;iat now while only one phase of an annual school paper, but that day is gone. The mills have completed which Mr. Powell took decided excep- the problem of juvenile delinquency meetnig and that he would dislike i FARM BUREAU SERVICES, INC., Lansing, Michigan tion was the following: "Gross im-. Is so acute and is ree^i zing such wide- very much to see these annual school: their transition from peace time to wartime production. morality or gross indecency should be spread attention. Increased emphasis meetings discontinued as there is too I considered a sufficient cause for the should be placed on character of the much of a trend at the present time W h a t ' s going on n o w ? immediate discharging of a teacher, teachers and the influence which the away from local government and di-1 Buy at Farm Bureau Stores and Co-op A s s r custodian or clerk, regardless of ten- teacher exerts in the class room and rect participation by the citizens in Several hundred thousands of items are being shipped ure status." Mr. Powell argued that in his or her activities in the com- public affairs. SAT.URDAV, FEBRUARV 5, 1944 THREE .M.LCHIG.AN .FARM. NI;WS Athous. calli tal IIf c.reece. has au Correction In ?UI' Jan. 1 editiun in the classi- WRITES BOOKLET ON Our Great Need Is Shiawasse e Bureau Has Good Ann'lJal Meeting -rUSCOLA'S PLEDGE In erage lug the whole Year. o( only 25 cloudy days dUl'- fied advertisement uf Holland Lahum- tories, through a printer's pheIlothiazine was filluted at $1.00 lieI' error CROP INSURANCE for Straight Thinking 200 attended ~lhe Shiawassee ty Farm Bureau: annual meeting and potluck dinner a:t extension ball, Cor. Coun. TO ARMED FORCES I'lave )'QU ordered field seeds for spring? I,'arm Burea'1 lb. instead uf $1.50. I :\1a rl ill Trapp. vegetahle grower at' I',ell Ia II. BellZIC . COUllty, is the author of a booklet "Can Croll Insurance he nriur /ly ,11NS. B/J/'l'I/ Hill Fun/!. .11. 1V,IG,IU Curleioll. Monroe Co I payillg froIll $5 to $20 for this an that without a murmur. d unna, Jan. 25. ~Hunley Powell spoke on the implicati,)Ds of some of the Fonr hundred twenty-five the annual meeting ami dinner of Tuscola County Farm Bureau at Caro attended recommendations of the Michigan :\!ade to Help Solve our Fooll Prob. The most essential fi"ctor in dec1d. It's disgusting tha.t the policy (or l\lethobist church January 28. Audley Sends Food Parcels to Public Education .Study Commission. Rawson, state senator, gave a fine lem and the Subsidy Question'!" The illg any policy is straight thinking. huylng is a ceiling on all es:;entials Resolutions adoPbed opposed food Prisoners of War talk on questious of the day. Fred Thousands of foud parcels packCll hy. volunteers a I I I' hooklet was published in co,o!leration with the Laymen's Fellowship of the Congregational Christian churches I To know what one really wants, to know what is right and just for every. b9dy we IlIust consider the benefits but nothing to prevent prices on non- essentials going sky high. It proves to me that labor is being paid out of subsidies for con;sumers, state and nationa:l Farm Bureaus to urged the Reimer, district represen tative, sented the case for memlJershlp pre- in a re regu ar y s upped I I . C 'I h hi' inform the public regarding food pro- farm OI'ganization in a very convinc. h" the Amer'l" 1,.1 C' .. alll t Ie BenZie ouuty Falm BUleau. both I1nrnedlate and long term 'V" line w th ot er groups or t ere wou i1 J ' can .eu ross for dls- 'I' '1' .. ' 1•• f h F" .. r I h' ducing problem~ opposed a national ing manner. Members w.ho took part trib ltion t . I _ 0 A' mencan and !';ations prisoners of war and civilian internees in EUI'O!le. S'IIlII'1'al sup. ." Umte(l I' I B . I. UI eau. t ,IPP IS a memuel 0 t e alln IIIUSt we)gh the drawbacks and the dangers. These ,factors are part of be no sa e for t lese frivolous t mgs I d unless they were pr ce at t ell' true h . service act at this time, directed the organization of more Community and in a splendid program of ~ntertain- ment were: Junior Fann BUl'eau f' He holds that these are the . bene. any new policy and shoul(\ he care- value. Junior Farm Burealls, directed incor- quartet, l\Hss Helen Zimmer. Sebewa' ments also go to the Far East. Th ItS of ~n adequate program of federal fully thought out before a decision is It's gratifying to lIear from our pOl'ation of Shiawa~ee County Farm ing; :\Irs. Clarence LlndenbUl"g, Union . Red Cross . serves on every front.e CrO!lS ... Insurance'.1 maue. boys III .. sernce th a t tl ley 1. ue I'leve tl Ie Bureau. ville; ~1rs. Ed. Beeler, AkrOOl; Keith Maintenance of Red Cross services, I-GIve reasonable Pl'OtectlO~ and • I must admit that straight thinging farmers in general are doing their ut- Cl'awford, Caro. After payi~ tribute however, ~eI>ends upon the response return~ to the growers of baSIC and is most difficult 1II9st in carrying their portion o( war EMILY FRANK to the men and women In tbe armed to the 194'1 Red Cross War Fund ap- peal. Let's give! essential food products. 2-Keep food prices to consumers in a time like this. I was dumbfound- effort. I lIeard no complaint from them regarding farmers. But, Ilelieve Membership forces, the County Farm adOPted this pledge: Bureau mNnl ff a nUTIC" at lowest possible levels with equal justice to aiL ed when I studied a new global atlas me, some of them are saying plenty about what tlley expect to do when In the Deep "We, the members of Tuscola Coun- ty Farm Bureau, pledge ourselves You'll be surprised :d; the meanings of Borne of your friends" names. Have fun 3-Provide a" sound basis for short and found that they come home about those who never to let down our fighting men. term food production credit. American t roo p s strike, and those who dawdle on their South We rededicate our hest efforts to the production of essential foodstuffs. We looking them up in "WHAT'S IN A NAME?" - the new cartoon-illustrated book that everybody'/< talking about. 4-FuI'lIish an incentive for greater were j;tationed in job, and those who .think they are en. The Ethyl Corpora.tion would like to Told ut AFBl<' convention at Chi- food production wiLh the least burden almost every coun- titled to a vacation regardless o( gas, shall not endeavor to strike or cause Bend you this fascmaUng booklet free be- cago by delegate from .Georgia who cause we think it willl1C\llyou to remem- upon the public treasury. try of the world. tires and time. our work to be neglected, and. we _______ . We k now that Some Things We Can Do witnessed the meeting, shall buy bonds necessary for your ber our name and what it means: After the white man ga~ his talk. "ETHYL isa trade mark name. It stands IlIany of those In I wonder if ,we are still doing all that support. for antiknock fluid mado only by • Fast Milking Benefit~ training are ex. we might ourselves? Let's not com- he asked the negroes assembled In ";',Iay the Almighty God in His the Ethyl Corporation. Our war , the little schoolhouse what they wer'.! mercy cause our boys to return at job is manufacturing this fluid for : Fast milking has some definite ad. pecting to go over plain about the other fellow until we Improving fighting gasoline." .::..--=. '/'fRS.WAGAIl seas soon. are quite certain we are above re- goin to do about the membl~rship cam- an early date safe and sound in body vantages. Cows wi\l give more milk paign. and soul, and may He, Himself, com- &- ..... - .. and fat. Labor is saved, which is most What About Ourselves? proach. important nowadays. It is also claim- Now, what are we at home expected Thousands of our boys have been One colored man stood up and said, "You know we'se gwine to have a fort and sustain the survivors o( those who have been called upon or who FR EE COlOR-lllUS- TRATm BOOK GIVES MEAH~ ItOYAL W. BOOTH'has ed that the udders are less suscept- to do? Strike when things. don't go saved because blood plasma was at been a con~istent ,vin- membership campaign on the 1st of may be called upon to make the su- INGS OF OVER 900 MEN'S as we W!int them? Refuse to grow hand. Have we done our part in that ner in Eg~ Laying Con- ible to injury and the milk is of high- September, but we cain't have it the preme sacrifice." AND WOMEN'S NAMES. le~(~ for many years. e:' quality. a needed crop when we don't get for line'! Many of us say we'd give our JUST SEND COUPON-NO .'\.t the clo>;eof Ihe C!42- 1st of September because ,the 1st ot Lincoln Hors t, Akron, vice presi- it what we expect? Ignore rationing, life's blood to save a loved one, yet MONEY-NO OBLIGA- 4:: Contest Yea!' his pen It isespecial1y important to train September p.as gone past, but we goin' dent, and Grover Dates, Vassar, were • of "'hi te Leghorns es- ceiling. rules and regulations when. when it comes right down to the test, TION OF ANY SORT• tablh;hed an ,AIl-Ume heifers at first freshening to the to have it just as close to the 1st re-elected as directors. Harold Blay- l:ecord fOI' 2-year 'pro- shorter period. duction plus a 1000;. Cows trained to be ever we think we can get by? Allow ourselves to think all pleas for bonds. we pass it off as though we were not interested. There may not be a sta- of September as we can, and dat's lock of Vassar was elected director. r::;ii:\:;::;;;;-N~;;;?' I Dept. !>iN16. Box 53, New York 8 :KY I 1 Livability. Every bird milked speedily in :: ur 4 minutes salvage drives, saving of gas and tires, tion near at hand, but contact your to-night I" alive, husky and pro- with a machine or in 5 or 6 minutes Pleasesend me a freecopyof "What'. in I ducing. and the numerous otllel' curtailments county or state Red Cross headquar- Then tUl'ning to the man nearest Michigan farmers have $10,000,000 II a Nsme?" I by hand give more milk over a peroid him he said, "Sam, you goin' my invested in 100,000 autolI1ati~ water It is ohvious that the are meant for the other fellow? \ViIl tel's and see what can be worked out I Name.......................••....... I Booth handli ng, llOus- of time than if tlIe milking is pro- way?" systems. ing, I.Jreedin~ and feed- longed. those attitudes win the war and bring between you. Keep in mind that we I (,.L.a ......... IHT) I There is a definite reason Sam replied, "Yep, I'se goin' your in~ prog-ram has been the bo)jS home? must do our part in all of these things. I Address .•...•..•..........•••••••••.. I right alt along to earn for this. A substance secreted into Should Party Come First?, I'm wondering why so many women way", and handed over his $3 dues. One of the oldest clocks in the Ihis success. the blood stream and carried to the I I A 1111 STO:-:E:\IOGranite udder tissue enables I wish. there was not so mucll pull. a' cow to "give ing and lIauling are still crocheting lace for Ili1low Then he addroosed the next one, "Mose, you goin' my way?" world is the clock towel' in Venice. It has IJeen l1.icking since 1496. I City & State J Grit is a standard part of that .feeding pro. dOlVn" her milk. Norlllal1y after a rather that every member would think in Congress but cases or tallie spreads or blouses when our country is calling for army band- Mose replied, "I eain't go your wa:,' ,,--------------- gram_ fl:W minutes the effect of this sub. and act fOI' the good of our country ages or for knee co\'ers for our soldiers to-night, but I'se iwine to go your Do a~ the leaders do- fced :;TO:-:~,;'10 Gran- sance is exhausted. If the milk is not and not for the good of a party. There in 1I0spitais or many other things way." ite Grit. Sold onl)' on obtained during this short period it It .\loJle.y.l.JacltGuaran- tee. can be only partially then with Husbandry great difficulty.-Dairy Department, are far tOo lilany lives at stake for obtained and anyone to haggle over anything that would Interfere in even a minute way Michigan with the fullest prosecution of this needed so desperately. None o( us as yet can be certain that we'll even have a bed upon which to put those foolish. "Joe, you goin' my way?" Joe replied, "I cain't go YOUI' way. I hain't got IIO money nohow". A cry frOIII the audience, "Let him y".. ~ Every American Farmer Shoald do h'. a'm .. ' '0 ~~~~~ Iy adorned articles. Slate College. war. When I read the vote cast on Let's put aside our own personal borrow it then. If he cain't horrow $3 grave questions before Congress and learn it was wholly along party lines or along lines that will bring more desires just now and spend our spar~ time in helping to make the men in service more comfortable. we don't want him In tile I.'arlll Bur- eau anyhow." Thus it went -thru lhe wiJole assem- blage until everyone had l.,een asked. ~ l~a~U~d~~G~!" votes to a prospective feel that our country has fallen to a deplorable state. Under those circum- candidate, I As farmers, we can't do things in a spectaculal' way but we can do many little things that will prove our will- Finally somoone noticl'u that member had left the I~lc(.ling who hap.- one ~ \ Chief Petoslcey Brand stances I question the ability of the United States in taking anf appreci- ingness to carryon to our very ut. most. Every effort that we make add- pened to be the preacher, and he saill, "Where's gone"? the pai'son, where's he Certified Seed Potatoes able part in writing a fail' and just ed to the effort that someone else Grown under the rigid certification requirements of "Oh, the preacher, he like to se'.! The State of Michigan peace for the world to follow. makes will soon make a showing that money comin' in-he don't like tei see I don't think that allowing the farm. will give a self satisfaction .that can- Only the BEST SEED can produce the er a fair and just pl'ice for his pro. not he earned otherwise. money goin' out, so he skidaddled." BEST RESULTS duce would start inflation, yet. that Our Responsibility to Agriculture Order now while good stock is available John Houk of Ludington, State thought has been spread to the most In the same way we can help work Farm Dureau director, saw 6 and remote hamlet in this country. At out what is best for a self respecting;. ROTENONE first it looked as tho everyone but enduring agriculture. Farming is not signed 5 in Mason County Farm Bu- reau's membership campaign. Michigan Potato Growers with the farmer believed it. Gmdually something that's here today and gone LIQUID thinking peopie are seeing differently. tomorrow. It will be here' to the end Order Farm Bureau fertilizer now; Exchange, Inc. This Splurge for Non-Essentials of time, for folks must eat. But, the Cadillac, Michigan take winter delivery from car. r Free Control Bulletin test at the age of 81 is-most unusual. :\h's. Pittenger was roundly applauded Then to take the speaker's platform by an audience of more than 700 Farm CHIPMAN CHEMICAL CO., Inc. after such experien<;ed speakers as DUl'eau folks . .., 6225 W. 66th Place Chicago Ill. President Edward O'Neal 'of the "After completing a course in elocu- BERAKO IS DISTRIBUTED BY American Farm Bureau, and Anne I tion' 65 years ago. Mrs. Pittenger - Campbell of the Detroit News have started taking parts In community FARM BUREAU SERVICES, Lansing Mich. spoken, and hold a large audience equally well and gai~ plays, Grange ritualism, church work, its plause enthusiastic is an accom. plishment. indeed. fill'S. Charles Pitten- ger of Wixom, Oakland ap- dger county, did that at th'.! \~~ The POTASH you are using /innllal meeting of the Michigan State Farm Bureau last November. is AMERICAN Potash, and :\lrs. Pittenger won th'~ speaking contest of the Thee.I? Associated Women of 1. IS SAVING YOU LABOR . the Michigan Farm Dureau last fall, and tither activities that kept constant- Turning livestock on pasture earlier and keeping it speaking to the subject, "The Farm ly improving her personality and man. there longer , 'Voman Faces up to Her Problems." ner of expression. 'Ve salute Mrs. Preventing lodging of grain and making other crops. She was invited to address the even! Pittenger-81 ~'ears young." easier to harvest ing meeting of the Farm Bureau. Mrs. Pittenger is the mother of Producing Ihe crop wilh the use of fewer acres The Prairie Farmer published thl~ Joseph Pittenger of Wixom, one of pi<:ture and said. "She's a champion the charter mem IJers of the Michigan I 2. IS INCREASING YIELDS speaker at 81 ... Speaking with a StRlte Farm Bureau. Thickening and strenglhening the stand per acre Enabling crops to belter wilhstand diseases and un. sary in order to cool the engines. The iavorable weather Making grain heavier and fruit larger and juicier BUCKRAKES WIN I small size gathers, lifts and hauls 600 to 700 pounds o( hay. Every f'arm, city lnd town business should keep It is in this way that the accuracy of figures 3. IS IMPROVING QUALITY Growing root crops which are more mOlkelable in shape and size FOR HAYMAKERS For larger iractors the rake size recommended is still 10 feet wide to accommodate lanes and barn doors but books. Swift & Company would have to whether published by.Swift &. Company is verified to all Increasing the feed value of' forage crops Credit at least one round in tlle hay. 'tan be extended 12 feet and will carry it wanted to or not. It must make accurate reportS those interested in knowing the facts about Imploving Ihe carrying and keeping quality 01 fruits maker's battle to produce wartime approximately half a ton of hay. and vegetables food and feed to the :\lichigan adapta. 'J1he transport rakes should travel at to its ~,ooo shareholders, must know whether the meat packing business as conducted by this tion of the western buckrake. least 5 to 6 miles an hour, with a 4. IS PREVENTING SOIL DEPLETION Among the labor-saving devices sug. speed of 10 or even 15 miles an hour it is making or 10siQg money. And then, at the company. Mainlaining reserves of plant load in the soil gested for expansion in 1944 is the so. more efficien t, according to tests~ Encouraging good growth of nitrogen-producing called transport rake for helping move Savings in manhours are so amazing. end of the year the company must make 3CCl!cate legumes the state's second crop in value and some operators claim the rakes have Balancing the crop's use 01 other planl foods. the one that covers the most acres paid for themselves in a single season~ statements of the year's results to the United annually. In 1943, it is estimated, the trans. States Government for income tax return~ 2S well Oxford Co-op Reports port rakes numbering nearly a thou- sand in the state lessened manpower Growing Business as for other PUrp05e5. IWln & COMPANY needs on farms IJy nearly (our thou. Oxford Co-operative Elevatol' o( CHICAGO 9.ILUNOIS, sand helpers in the haying season. Oakland county had an increase in Penons not conneffdt"d bill II in uhe offices of county agricultural clared a 25% patronage dividend. the accuracy of the figures from which Swift & agents have been made a\'ailable by f~tKti(),,- of II ''''''' "po,."J. Two hundred stockholders and their Michigan State College. Home-made wives attended the meeting and din- Company's financial reports and income tax re- rakes have been built for $12 to $15 ner. C. L. Bolander, deputy commis- plus time. Shops and lumber yards sioner of agriculture, spoke on the in- turns are prepared. These outside persons are have been building such rakes for $100 fluence of the war on dehydration as Por information concerning the following two to $125. a method for preserving foods. The Cenified Public Accountants. They are licensed GIm" write us: For small-size traotors the suggested entire board o( directors was re- ' size is 10 (eet wide and extending 10 elected for two year terms: Fred G. by the state, which cerones them as accounting "A Natirm', Mea~ feet in front of the tractor or at the Beardsley, M. G. Dunlap, J. C. Haines, rear of a truck or rar chassis. Rear and auditing experts. Ray E. Allen, George Scott, Milton HfAwJ ."" OJj~1t.en1, U. S. A.. inRtallations on tlle latter are neres. lIlilJer, Clyde I .. Beardsley. , I SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1944 FOUR MICHIGAN FARM NEWS Ladies' Membership Team Officers & Directors of Red Cross Organized Blood Donor Program ASKS MEMBERS 500 ATTEND 25 IYrs. An Offi~er of Oceana Farm Bureau NAT'L COUNCIL Wins in Charlevoix Co. Farm Bureau Services,Inc: Following is the correct list of of- The millions of yolunteer ,. '10 !la ,e vlsit~1 .\merican Red Cross blood donor cente ..s ha\'e helped save donors HOW THEY STAND VANBUREN o. R. Gale of Shellly close recently 25 real's as president or secretary-treasurel' of brought to a the Oceana OF FARM CO-OPS Mrs .. Mark Saunders of Ironton Community Farm Bureau, Charlevoix ficers and directors of Fanil Bureau . county, tells us how a volunteer mem- Sel'vices, Inc., elected at the annual tht! lives of ~reat nnDlllers of onr boldlers llnd sailors. Theso centers ON 6 QUESTIONS 4 ANNUAL County Farm Bureau. clined :'\1'. Gale de- re-election NAMES OF.FleERS bership team of three ladies and a meeting at l\lichigan State College, little girl of two years enrolled 9 of December 14: President, Roy D. Ward, Dowagiac as president but Homer L. Brinkley of Lake Charles, 12 families. Thei;' first' call was a ure equipped ",ith n\l-to-the-minlite Tn nn effort to learn wlHllt members Five hundred persons attended the Co-op Ass'n; vice-pres., Carl E. Du~- agrced to continue I.a., gJneral manager of the American batchel!?r who served fruit and can- ~~'ie~titi: lL\l\laratus and tlll'ir Ollem- think about the subsidy lIuestion and annual meeting and dinner of the kirk, Michigan State Farm DUl'eau; t:on IS fIn8n<"t."dfrum Hed Cruss funcls. what is their opiniou of the ,nlue of '-an Buren County Farm Bnreau at as a \lIcmller of the Rice Growers Co.operative Association dy as heard the Farm Bureau story Directors: Tom Berghouse, Falmouth (ontnbute. to Ule 19H Red Cross flUID organization the Oceana County Paw Paw high school, Jan. 22. Has- board of directors. and president of the Louisiana Coun- and asked questions. He joined and Coo-p Ass'n; Alfred Roberts, qO-OI} l\lore than 25 years cil of J.'armer Co-operatives, was elect- made good suggestions for stren:;t!l. ,\ ar Funl~ 11\ :'Ilan'h aUlI thC,(elly heltl Farm Bureau sent a lIuestionnaire tll si! Schenk. president of the Indiana ago "0. R." helped ed president of the National Council cning the presentation. The side l\tilling Ass'n, Pigeon; Everett ColI~r. ,,8\'e the h\'es of the Iloys ut the fronL/ its memlll'rs during the first week in Farm Bureau, delivered a stirring ad. ol'ganize the Coun- of Fanner Co-operati\'es at the six- roads were not plowed, so they walk- Coopersville Co-op Elevator Co.; C. J. January along with the annual reo dress on what the Farm Bureau can ty Farm Bureau. teenth annual delegates' meeting held ed and carried the baby where they Reid Avoca' W. E. Phillips, Decatur; Husbands and fathers. brothers and QUCSlt for '\la),nent of .memnership do throu~h a I:.1rge and well informed Russ~1I FiI:, Niles, and Mark \Vest- song in the service. all call upon the dues. The response has been gratify. tllemllership. I"eb. 4, 1919 he was early in January at Chicago. 1\11'. couldn't drive. The baby had a royal brook, Ionia, all representing the included in the Brinkley succeeds C. C. Teague of time and ,vanted to stay at every Red C'roos in an emergency. Help ing and the I'esults lIlay Ile of interest Kermit "'ashllurn of Paw Paw, sec- Michigan State Farm Bureau. Clark Oceana group that Santa Paula. Calif., president of the home. The visits lip-proved acquaint- keep the Red Cross at his side Ily sup- to othel' counties . retary since the death df Jay Dodge, L. Brody of Lansing was re-engaged llOrting the 1944 14'd Cross "'ar Fund. no YOIl lWllt sltbsidies paid on fanll was elected president. Thor Hag- attended the or- California Fruit Growers Exchange; anceship all around .. The ladies sur- as executive secretary and treasurer. ganization meeting who continues as a memller of the prised themselves by Winning Ute /J)'oducts ill order to keep Iloll;/l price berg. presilient for :; years and pres- of the Michigan executive committee. county prize for getting the most of food to CUIISIIIllC/'.~.' 95% said no ent memllersnip campaign manager, State Farm Bureau John H. Davis, acting chief of the members. They are Mrs. Mark and 29 Out of 31 Of the remaining. 4 r~ some felt they retired, but was returned to 'the board at East Lansing. wheat section of the grain division of Mrs. Andria Saunders and Mrs. Edna l\lark Westbrook, Ionia, State did not know amI a few said yes. of directors. Waldo E, Phillips, a lIe has given generouslY of his time Commodity Credit Corporation, was Neilson. Farm Bureau director, called on. 31 "no VOlt belieee the majority of the l'irector for 20 years, retired, Ilut was farlllCTs arc iTI faeor of receieing sub. asked to continue as an advisory ever since. 1\Ir. Gale is a life mem- elected executive secretary to succeed in. the Ionia County roll call. J-!:O .~idil's.' 90% no. 8,/c said 'they did member of the board. not know, :!<;~ said yes. Do you beliet'c tile l'onSl/11Ier is able ell resolutions The Van Buren membership adopt- indicating vigorous ber of the Farm Bureau. several terms as a director of the State Farm Bureau. At present he is president of the Farm Bureau Fruit He served Ezra T. Benson, who is retiring to become a member of the Quorum of cur soldiers Twelve Apostles Jesus Christ of Latter of the Church Day Saints. of Phrase DOOi{Sand dictionaries printed in 20 overseas languages. ---------------------------------! have for brought in 29 new members and .col- been lections, got-l pl'omise and failed 011_ 1. ~ 1-'\ "..~ -,,4 'l. ~ - #.~.~., to pay thc presellt high prices for food action on a broad county, state and lcitllOl/t thc a ill of subsidies.' 95% national farm program in 19,14. Products Co., and president of the Mr. Davis will be in charge of the answered yes, although several indio Trillute was paid to the memory of Oceana Fruit Growers, Inc .. He has Washington office of the Co-operative cated there might be exceptions. The Jay L. Dodge, for many years secre- served as a director and officer of the Couneil. balance did not know. One reply stat- tary and in his later years member- ed, "I think the ";ast difference in shlI> campaign managel' for the Farm prices from farm ItO retail market is Bureau. Mr. Do[lge died April 8, Shellly Co-op, Inc. Mr. and :.trs. Gale are also prominent in Grange work in Oceana county .. Elected secretary-manager as vice.presidents Clyde C. Edmonds of Salt 'Lake City, of the Utah Poul- were i What too great in many cases and could Ill' 1943. Waldo Phillips said: try PI'oducers Co-op Ass'n and presi- FREE! no ........ 1., .It ... adjusted to the benefit of all." /..J..o YOI/ beliet'c the farmers grc.tly Kan' "A year 'ago Jay was with us. 'Ve did not know his candle was so low. increasell In-ices for tlleil' pro. His last strength was given in our BARRY HOLDS dent of the' Utah Councll of Fanner Co-operatives, and Quentin Reynolds of West Springfield, l\lass., manager Is ......I. ItuIld ... d., ....J .... p•• ".d-Iype po.~y ... dl/cts if !/OL'enlmelit regltlat ion.~ cOl/lli memhership roll call last year . be properly applied.' 86 % said no. l~'"% said yes. the balance did not fellow man and us of the Farm Bu. "For many years he had served his TOWN. & COUNTRY of the Eastern change, both of States Farmer whom an active interest in Councll affairs have Ex- taken LI MEROLL is a manufactured product consisting of ...... for ..II di 51oow. IlrudWai _. know, One said "Xo, if labor is con. rean in particular. trolled"; another "Xo. Ilut farm lallor solicitor, county president and secre- is 2~~, times higher". Others said tary, and through the years as dele- As membership MEETING for many years. They succeed H. E. Babcock of Ithaca, N, Y., director of the School of Co-operative Adminis- Calcium Carbonate and Roll-Crush Insoluble Granite Grit. LI MEROLL is not a war emergency substitute, Some years ago Barry County Farm tration, and N. C. 'ViIllamson of Lake' but a tried-and-true feed supplement designed to do a Housinr; your hens in a comfortable. sani- "Farmers want a square deal," "1\ gate to various state and national Bureau and the Chamber of Commerce tary, rat-proof concrete poultry house is a more efficient job of furnishiiig your birds with calcium fair price, not allove reason," etc. Providence, La., president of the Cood .ay to insure bigger egg production. meetings, his service was marked Ily at Hastings started an annual dinner American Cotton Co-operative Ass'n; and' insoluble grit in 'proportions that give good re"sults. When built of concrete a poultry house will [Jo YOlt bclict'e Ihe Farm lJurcIII/ (!istinguished ability. which has been a fine thing for the whose terms had expired. I Farm Bureau Services, Inc, has been pleased with last a lifetime and i Is modest first cost will rcp/,{'.~clIl.s the farlller.~ 01/ lcgislath'e "Those who knew him only casual- be practically the last. lIll,tlcrs.' 9:!% answered "Yes", the ly 'little sensed the handicap of physi- community. The Nat'l Councll of Farmer Co-op- the results ,.poultrymen in Michigan have obtained frolll January 10 they filIed the Odd eratives is an organization of 14 the use of LIMEROLL, especially improved shell Long-lasting concrete is the thrifty ma- balance were uncertain or felt the cal frallty under which he labored. Fellows hall at Hastings to capacity, ~ for feedUl!: floors, dairy bun floors, program was not vigorous enough. groups' of co-operatives which revre- texture and economical consumption. Inquire at your Had his keen mind and strong moral Dr. Bonner Crawford of the University m.iIk houses, foundations, grain storages, ~e pits, water tanks-impronments 'Do you belier'c tllc farmers' lIeells fiber been supported Ily a matching of l\lichigan spoke on community re- sent as many commodities or services local co-op, and watch this space 4:01' further informa- ancl best interesls Icill l'ecei!:c proper nationally. '. I " that help yon raise more needed foodstuffs. ,physical strength, Jay would have sponsibility. He said: consillerlltiOll dl/ring and after ti,l) gone far C. L. Brody of' Farm Bureau Ser- Send today for "how to bwld" booklets. and accomplished great "l\1ode~'n governmenolal and busines;; vices, bansing, l\lichigan, 'was named If you need help, get in touch with your lcar if farmers are not 'lcell organiz- things for humanity and agriculture, structures are so complex that the chairman of the" Division of Farm concrete contractor, ready-mixed concrete cd,''' 97 % answered no. One member the vocation so close to his heart. individual is likely to feel sullmerged Supplies producer or building material dealer. remarked, "It will be difficult to re- Purchasing Co-operatives. "Because of his long service to the and lose Sight of his own. importance Others of this' committee are Howard ceive consideration Hen though well Farm Bureau, it is only fitting that as an individual. The tendency is to- ,.,de De pu"y podol OtJd nKlil organized". Others felt that we will we pause at this time to ,pay a highly ward the formation of large units Cowden, Consumers Co-operative -----------------------, I PORTlAND CEMENT ASSOCIATION become the victims of other organized deserved trillute to his Inemory. (both in government and Ilusiness) Ass'n, No. I(a:nsas City, 1\10.; Quentin ~Bu'y at Farm Burpau Stores and Co-op' A;s'ns ~ W2-4,OllIs T_ BIlIg..IMIsin18,IIIkb.. groups unless we organize. Still an. "I never knew a cleaner'man than with power delegated to small minor- Reynolds, Eastern States Farmers"Ex- o Please send oe free booklet, "Improved other wrote "If farmers don't get wise Jay Dodge-no vulgarity, no malice, ities at th.e top. Thus the township change, W. Springfield, Mass.; C. N. paultr; Hooaing ..uh COlICJete." to themselves and organize they will no envy, no hate. sell their apples and potatoes again for us are tainted to some extent Although most of has lost power to the county, the coun- Silcox, Co~operative GLF Exchange, ....... .t '!ii >so; o Also .......... booklet t"" by ty.to the state, and the state, in turn Ithaca, N. Y: _....-A 7....,.. u ... _ 'Mia. Doer_ • ..w.) 10c a hushel when the war is over as these vices, they could not be found to the federal government. Resolutions adopted declared- that .7,' l "', .,; ~;< Name P.O Il.R. No they have done Ilefore." in Jay. "Honest, sincerity, loyalty. These "This trend toward ever-increasing centralization can be stopped only. the most effective price. policy is o~e that ~n.courages produchon of food III Will you be showing ~ ' fI!. L 51.1e _ Buy repair parts now. are the key words to his character. when each individual eitizen dec'des l quantIties to supply consumer demands • r. 1l-. t l .', ~ He was true. He was loyal,-Ioyal to take more responsibility in the de. a~ ~air prices; they OI1POSe~food sull- <6" .• '" "'.<9! to his beliefs, loyal to his church, termination his own of publiC affairs loyal to the Farm Bureau, loyal to policies; when' each individual decides devlce for stlmulatm . to do thinking instead of and sldl~S for con~umel'~, sa~lIIg ~hat .a un- times of .deflat~on g ;ert;amI mflatlOn III Y 'c~nnot. be Ihis Badge of 80.no .. his friends. He was my friend. He consciously or deliberately delegat. a tool of deflatIOn m time of mflatlOn. was your friend. And we are proud When your place is burning, to have been his fdends. ing this responSibility higher up." to someone Farmers were warned to keep an eye on ,the interests now ma.king local and • In "An old philosopher has said, 'We Have we the righi, Dr. Crawford national attacks on farm co-operatives. can nm'er replace a friend. 'Vhen a it's the soundness, not the cost man is fortunate ~nough to have COy- asl% Treasury Bonds: Priced at, l~ plus accrued interest. Interest .payable June 15and December 15.TheYrIDay"p'c • $37.50, the$IOO Bond $75, etc. Returns redeemed at thc' option of thc-ltU~te9. his life to the' grindstone and die nol take the rate of 3 cents per word per edition. Super 2.9% interest compounded semi-annu- Unico Anti-Freeze worth a groat at lasL" America must become a nation of ally if held to maturity. Not good for collateral. States at par and accrued interest aft~ December 15, 1964 and until' 19~. thrift to prepare for the end of the . POULTRY SUPPLIES BABY cmCKS SeriesG,U.S.SavingsBonds:You pay full May bc obtained in bearer for~' v.;i* Sl.:Pl-.:R l:XICO AXTI-FREEZB is of uniformly high Quality 200 proof War. Save for your family by helping u. S. APPROVED WHITE LEGHORN price for a Bond, receive 2\12% interest interest cou'pons attached, or rcj;istct~d Ethyl alcopol. lias a ru~t inhibitor protecting against rust of all five POULTRY MEDICATION AT PRICES to save )'our country. Buy U. S. War farmer~ 'can afCord. 100 to 1, all pur- chicks, trom big type stock with 22 years paid semi.annually by Treasury check. as to principal and interest. May be meta III in the auotmobile cooling system. It also contains a retard- po"e dil~ ~y , your S)TUp. Lahel for can coven. three ate'BACK THE AnACK! \ ' ,..;~f"'- production is Ily efficient use of com- sides :::iu.goar Bush Supplle" Co., 21i Xorth Ce- of can. (.arrie~ r..clpe~ too, For dar St., Lansing, :Mlch. (Xext door to • TRANSMISSION OLIS mercial fertilizer and manures. Half samples and prices, write Sugar Bu~h State Farm Bureau.) {l-tf-l02b) • Gl,N GREASE 01 the manure value is in a liquid SUllplies Company. 21i ",orth street., Lansing, ~[Ichlgan. Cedar (I-If-66b) • Cl,P GREASE • HIGH PRESSURE OILS form which usnally is lost. All liquid WOOL GROWERS This is a's official U. S. Treamry at!t-ertisemmt-prepared ,,"der ""spires' 0/ • • GREASE GUNS should be saved. A pile by the barn ATTENTION-WOOL GROWERS, WE TreaS/try Department a'id IV"ar AJ,'ertismg Colmcil • "X_I:: GqEASE WANTED handle wool for the C.C.C. and offer you is an abomination. other marketing Hen'lces. All wool grad- This space is a contribution10 our country by WANTED-CARLOADS AND TRUCK. ed at our warehouse, 50G X. Mechanic Buy at Farm Burf'au Stores t:Jnd Co-oJ: Ass'ns ~e'Hlg of the cocoa tree \\'('-1'1' once loa.b ot hal..d straw. hAled clover and 81., Jackson, ;\[ichlgan. ('eillng pliee" used as money l'n ~.levico, .. alfalfa hay. South Haven F"lIit Ex- change, ::;;outh .1iaven, Mich. (12-:lt-lSb) guarantee,!. ~rlchlgan I 'O-oIJeral!ve "'001 ~larketing A::;l!oeiation. (I-U-35b) MICHIGAN STATE FARM BUREAU FIVE · F B SATURDAV, FEBRUARV .. 5, 1944 MICHIGAN FARM NEWS world. \\'e helped the Junior Farm consumer in a perioo of the hl£,he!lt war world. J UnlOr arm ureaU.~~;:9~reau' non-farm Income on record. That III Community In October we planned and gave a Bureau in its wheart: drive. Several of us hllli our first taste of what will happen if the go\"'ernment Halloween party to raiSE! CUIlds that ",-e might sena Christmas boxes to moose meat at our June meeting. :\lr. pays subsidies. PORTER, Gratiot &. Midland-Wo boys from our community who were Joe Brinkman, whose hobby is hunt- (Continued frpm Page One) ing- in the Canadian north woons, fur- favor ath'ertislng the factg regardln~ By MISS MARGARET PEASE, 318 W, Cedar St" Kalamaz~o" State Publicity- Chairman have in force the hospitalization in. in the, Service. the cost of prod uct ion of food to cd. ALBEE-SPAULDING, Saginaw-In nished the meat for a "mooseburger surance plan offered Farm Bureau It Happened in the Michigan fry:' ' ucate the consumer public to some of Jiliy we joined the hospitalization. STATE CONTEST' members. the subsidies. Our group votes against MANISTEE, Manistee-We do not October of fruits, we conducted vegetables and an auction canned sale foods. At .the ~ovemher meeting \\"m. ou!' prohlems. Sneet hl'ought t he good news that formerly A IJart of the money allotell to membersh Ip ere- OF INTEREST TO Junior Farm Bureau approve. all doctors taking the same in December we invited .the Spauld- ing Grange and surrounding Farm the scrap book prel>ured hy our groull nits ('ould he used for that purpose. had received first place. This meant Cass County-Carl Sattelmire and were read from members in the serv- day off each week. nor of tlleir charg- BUI'eau clubs to meet with hs to hear an extra $15 for our treasury. •••••••••••• ALL DISTRICTS Carroll Johnson reported a successful winter camp at Long Lake, Barry Dick Koenlgshof. who was ill. county, December 28 - January 1. ice and a note of appridation The topic of the meeting heill for i5 from ing to $1.00 a mile for t'\1I'al Memhers of our group have written our Congressmen voicing cads. Uleir the Stllte Agricultural Commissioner. Chas: Figqy. At our January meeting. held at the home of our new presi- The last meeting of the year was dent, Lester \\'ilcox. An overwhelming The Stilte Contest, approved by the Dowagiac Juniors discussed the con- members and guests at the Berrien opinion and wishes on proble~ns vital we inrJrmed Congressman Fred Craw- Council in January 8, is under way. test and district to evel'y farmer toilay. We h~Ye adopt ford that our group ils not in favor of majority expresseu the ollinion that officers training Center Grange hall January 10 was farmers do not want suhsidies. hut This is only the beginning but are school. "The Improvemeut of Junior-Senior cd the ~lichigan hos~ital plan whicH subsidieS. NORTHPORT, Leelanau - The only ask a fail' deal and adequate you busy winning for your side of the Mason-Glenn Bedell, our councilol', Relations". It was a panel discus- our members fee! is a great advantage state? This is your opportunity to aid was honored at a farewell party on sion with Hatry Lurkins, county figri- to them. Xorthport Community Farm Bureau prices. They are will ing to do their OREGON, Lapeer-'-THis .1P"0up was GrouP was organized iil Xovembe;' utmost to SUllply food for our nation. yonr directors and vice-president so January 14. He will work at Purdue cultural agent acting as leadm'. Senior Farm Bureau hoanl and Junior mem- organized ,in the fall of 1937 by Ray- 1942 with a memhership of eleven. our armed forces and our allies. he can eat steak at th,e close of this Cniversity contest. Livingston-We in Indiana. are planning a bel'S were on the panel. mond Letters were read from service men armed fOI'ces). We have been hold. Bohnsack (now serving 1.1 the Dur.ing drifteit the roads year, and in mud, spite of hlizzards, twelve meet- CALIFORNIA, Branch-We ed post-wal' planning for agriculture discuSS- New The purpose of this contest -is to Junior-Senior banquet' in J.Iarch, stimulate, hy co-operative and aggres- Southwest 'community group's orches- thanking us for the Christmas gifts ing monthly meetIngs continuously. sive team wor~, the accomplishment tra and will make its debut, Tom of V.mail stationery. Since a soil district has been organ. ings were held with an average attend- last month under the splendid lead. ance of sixteen memhers guests. and five ership of Russell Lowmaster. ing vote of thanl,s was given to A ris- him Collision Plan of the county and state Junior Farm Doenges of Howell is chairman of Lloyd Cuthbert, chairman of the ized here, we are taking advantage of Bureau program. gain ,by this venture. Your county will the newly organized Livingston Jun- finance committee, announced a waste the educational program it has to of- ior Farm Bureau discussion team, paper drive contest between the fel- fer. Of the annual Farm Bureau dues, discussions . In the course of the year, we had for the finest on manpower. labor some time. discussion held for pays EVERY At the nnual meeting of the County lows and the girls. Stanley Powell '25<:, for each inemher is till"ned hack unions. soil conservation. price con- FRIENDLV NEIGHBOR, St. Joseph ME;\lBERSHIP means poin.ts for the contest hut look what it means Faml Bureau for your counties. a stronger organi- iors supplied the entertainment. on January 20, the Jun- spoke at our county Com- central group at the ~e\Tien Springs January meeting with the to the Community Farm Bureau. Each trol. ceilings and subsidies we serve an oyster supper, sent several letters and telegrams to feel 1I1at the government and have -Black :\Iarket was discussed. has encolII'- \\'e TIME! zation with more ideas and benefiting munity singing was led by Burr Clark, high school, January 24. thus helpin~ to huild and maintain our Congressmen expressing our wish. aged black market because they Jr. Kalamazoo-42, members and guests es concerning cUlTent hills and in promised 16c hogs and dropped then: If your job depends on your car-or if more young people. I membership anil Interest in our pro. you just want to' "keep it rolling"- There are now three community attended a very successful county gram. most cases have received favorahle to 12,4 cents. Feells. farmers hav(' PUBLICITY means that the Senior better look into Stare Farm's modern Ii'arm -Bureaus and others shall know Junior Farm Bureaus in Livingston meeting and potluck dinner held at DUCK LAKE, Calhoun-Our recrea. replies. \Ve have to take action on to huy are hi~hel' and Ilroduce is low- 80% Collision I nsurance Plan. Ordi- county. County meetings still held Kalamazoo County 'Center Building tion leader covered the details of th~ group hospitalization soon. \\'e closed eI'. The \lI'i<'e of eggs dropped 5c in nary insurance pays only for damages ahout the work you are-doing and of costing over $25 or $50. This unique twice a month. Northwest group has Jamiary 20. The state contest and Discussion ITopic in a very enjoyable the year with 29 members. one week. Chicl,en mash is highel' what henefit it is to them. plan pays 80% of every collision repair started a membership drive, the losing program was explained. The next way - everyoilEi .taking a part in SHELBV, Oceana-Resolved, Shel- nearly every t illJe YOll huy it. \\'e do GUESTS means prospective mem- team to treat the winners to a weiner meeting will be a hox social and skat- bill, no matter how small, lip to $250 answering questions. The men against by Community Farm Bureau protests not want sl,y-high )lrices for our pro- ••. and 100% of bills over $250, up to hers and another means of publicity. roast in February. Elnora and RO'bert ing party, to be held when weather JUNIOR-SENIOR meetings mean a :\Iunsell entei'tained the women. Questions were taken crime and gangster stories on the radio duce but we do want an adjustment and including the actual value of car. 75 members at permits in February. Investigate-today I I>tronger relationship between those their home, January 17, at a skating from the Farm Bureau papers. seeing programs and motion pictures featur- of ceiling prices to the extent neces- St. Joseph-\Ve met at the Center- ing robhery and shooting and the sary to offset 0111' increasell costs or who are endeavol'ing to learn and party. Merle Plourde left January 21 ville Grange hall to select the cast ior who could give the quickest and best SEE YOUR LOCAL AGENT those who have had experience. One for California as a member of the the play Fehruary answers. crime depicting pictures shown on the lahor and other costs such as feeds, Write Mich. State Farm Bureau 9. Advertising, comelly page of newspapers. This is concentrates. and to secure the neces- State Agent will help the other. U. S. :\Iarines. stage and ticket committees wet'e ap- VICKSBU RG, Kalamazoo-)Ierritt 221 North Cedar, Lansing PROGRAMS mean something to Ottawa-At the county meeting, pointed. Harper, chairman of the 4th \Var a measure to help in the prevention of sary produetion without suhsidies. juvenile delinquency_ \\'e do not think the returning sol- State Farm Insurance Companiu ~ide you and gives you an opportun- January 11, Geor.ge Schwartz and Bill Hillsdale, Southwest-January 13, at Loan Drive, fQr our township, asked of Bloomington, Illinois the Farm Bureau group to put us ovel' HOWELL, lonia-39!i Farm Du- diers and futul'e generations should ity to follow ou.t plans you have made. Rosch gave a report on the bond ban- the home of Bugene .llaker, Ralph This is a feat in itself. quet heI~1January 8 in Lansing. North Duryea, jlresident of the Senior Farm the top again. Evel'yone who was I'eau memhers and 200 ed the petition for Portland township Grangers sign- he made to pay the gl'ocery hills of the •••••••••••• Earl Seybert, vice-president and GI'OUP has held two meetings. At Bureau board spoke on Senior work. phYSically able accepted the territory leader of the east side of the state, one bandages' were rolled fOl' the Hol. and Junior-Senior relations. A county which Mr. Harpel' assigned to him. to remain on central war time. The wants those members in Districts 3, land hospital. The other was spent Junior-Senior meeting was held at the )\:1'. Harper said that our quote of village commission has decided for the 5, . 7, G, 10, and 11 to follow him in fixing old toys for children in the 4-H club building on Hillsdale fail' $43,750.00 is hased on valuation. The township to remain on Cent ral 'War through in winning this contest. nay community. The South gl'oup held a grounds on Jannary 26, 13. F. Hen- Fehruary meeting will he given over Time. ' DeWitt, vice-president. and leader of meeting at which war conditions and nink slloke. to the study of 4-JI work. TORCH LAKE, Antrim-The an- the west side of t.he state, wants those subsidies were discussed. Hillsdale Northern-At the meet- PLEASANTON, Manistee-Tliough nual memhership drive was completeli memhcr'!! in Districts 1, 2, 4, 8, 9, arid Berrlen-)'Ir. A. P. Taylor O'f Galien ing on January 3i at the home of our Pleasanton Farm Bureau group on the day of OUI' meeting. We 12 to help himto win. l~ach one is gave a talk on subject "What Post. Ralph Baker plans 'wej'e discussed for has heen organized fOl' less than a brought membership from 28 to S9 hclplE's!1 without YOIII'own individual War Farm ;Machinery May Be Like" a Junior-Senior meeting. The re- year, we feel that we have aireully members. support. Let's get in there and fight to :19 young people at Buchanan Co-op. maindel' oC the evening was spent 'henerIted from our melnbership in SUMMIT.PERE MARQUETTE, Ma- fOI' our side. DorothY Neese gave a repol;t on skating on a rtearby mill pond, the Farm Bureau through our lively son-We signed a petition objecting to Long Lake -Camp at Yankee Springs. The program for Hillsdale county discussions and by reports bi'ought to subsidies. The meeting went on rec- Burton Riclulrds, secretary of the will he mimeogl'aphed in the near us by the action committee. ord as opposed to any increase in the DIRECTORS I Senior Farm Bureau and councilor of future' and will include pngrams the ~orth group, explained to us what both the Southwest and Northern of There was an unanimous vote of 15 mill property tax limit. The secI'e- the group to seIllI this resolution to tary was instructed to send leltel's an organization is for. :'Learning to grouvs. Senator Ferguson. and Rep. Shafer: to that effect to the Governol' and Leg- REPORT FOR work together, having fun, thinking, West Allegan-Jannary planning, serVing and doing things fo\, home of Olga and Julia Chinalski the ing exveriehce 10 at the "All farm boys with adequate farm- islators repr.esenting should' be deferred OUl' 146 members. the opinion of o~hers are 'poi~ ts that make a good group presented Sanford Plummer THEIR AREAS organization," he said. with a farewell gift. Norris Young reported on the recent to Fort Sheridan as an air cadet. He has gon.:! permanently for duration of w4r; this is necessary in order to hold maxi- September 1939 to date we have seen mum production." SOUTH WHEELER, Gratiot-From 0111' group grow from 4 to 61 families. As soon a~ your ca!ves are eating a pound of Calf Manna per day each, all your milk wornes are over. And the joy of it is you fced it dryas it District 2, Robert Brown-De- PUl'chase of the $10,000 war ~bond by l\Iemliers from our group who at- comes from the bag. No warming, weighing or mixing required! CO. CI::NTER, Isabella-DiscUssion At the annual convention in 1940, cember 10 Kalamazoo county was host the :\f1chigan State Junior Farm Bu- tended Winter camp were: Richard leader Earl Seybert, Jr., divided the Mrs. Della Story .took part in thl;! The ~ighest producing cows and the highcst priced bulls in America :ll a DIstrict party. 150 young Farm reau. A repol.t was !}lven by Ted Reiinink and Tell KeirllUll as dele- meeting into two groups and a series women's speaking contest. ;-,cre raised, as calves, on Calf Manna. It is fed by the leading dairymen 1..lreau memhers from Calhoun, Payne on the State contest which be. 'gates, Rena Brae and Frelda Raan a;:; of questions were discussed. As the group was out-growing th;) Later In 48 States. Jlranch aind St. Joseph counties met gan January 8. The next meeting cooks and :\11'.and Mrs. William Fish. will be a candy hox social and dance er as leaders. the groups reunited and the questions homes, a committee, .Jacob Smith, Earl Surely it will pay you to know what Calf Manna is and what it at the KalamaZOO County Agriculture Weaver, Chas. Krepps and Melvin Building in Kalamazoo. They spent February 7. The public is invited.' Helen Lundquist and William Disher and answers were read: accomplishes. It cakes only a minute to fill out and mail the handy Central Berrien-Marian Kerlikow- were married in ,Montague on Noyem- 1, How is the Farm Bureau legisla- Weburg conferred with the Lafayette the evening dancing, with Burel Henry twp. board about remodeling the twp. coupon below, tive program formulated? Answer. of Calhoun county calling for the ski, Frank Simonton, Lloyd Kniebes, bel' 24. Virginia ThaI', Carlton Hewitt, Bar- Benzie-Benzonia Junior Farm Bu. Through Farm Bureau meetings. hall for use as a community hall. This Calf Manna is sold by most Feed Dealers. If your dealer square dancing to Charles Fisher's bara Preston, Josephine ;\tedo, Edwin reau met January 25. Ray De\Vitt, 2. What part do the delegates to the was done. A new floor was la id, a -------------- music. The next District meeting does nol handle it, write to nearesl address in coupon. vestibule built and the huilding pain will be held in Calhoun County, spon. Radowald, Don Fields; Arnold Klug, first vice preSident of the Michigan annual convention have in shaping t ,- Frances Sommer, Herbert Swartz Junior ,Farm Bureau, was in charge. up the F. B.'s state and national leg- ed inside and out. Our group now sored by them. District 3, Donald Smith-Wash- Dorothy Neese, Harry Nye, Norri~ We .planned a program which the islative program? Ans. The delegates comprises 110 families and at the FREE Wall Card Why CalfMmwa a"d How 10 Feed - 1/ 01 I tenaw-At the last meeting Clarence Young, Burton Richaros, and Stella group will follow. Our officers are: are the Co.'s representatives. present time several teams of workers . To li!Jd out what Calf Manna is, how to feed it and Bolander, deputy commissioner of ag- Llltto attended the winter camp at President, Russell Smeltzer; vice 3. After the resolutions have been under the leadership of Lloyd Heam why It CUJ~costs and safeguards the feeding of yO'ur I riculture gave an interesting talk on Ya:lkee Spriug'S. president, Harry Nugent; secretary. adopted by the delegates. what should are taking part In the annual mem- calves, maIl COUPO'n to: I Sixty members and guests of the treasurer, Carol Lathwell; and public- be done about them? Ans. Make the bership drive, The Farm Bureau Feed Division, } { Feed Division, dehydrated and powdered foods. President Albert Gall, presented a Central Berrien County J. F. B. en- ity chairman, June Lathwell. The program effective. has a very definite place in this com- Calf Manna Dept., Carnation Bldg., or /0 Albers Milling Company, 1060 Stuart Bldg., I Chl'istmas gift from the gang to joyed a delayed Christmas party at counselor will be elected February 8th 4. What is the responSibility of in- munity. Oconomowoc, Wise. Seattle 1 t, Wash. I Charlie McCalla for the use of his the River School December 27. Lettel's at Joy school. dividual F. B, members in connection BROOKSIDE, Newaygo - Brook- store. with resolutions adopted by the dele- side Community Farm Bureau hail I The Juniors will provide the enter. tainment at the annual meeting of the SHIAWASSEE 30 Attend Long Lake Winter Camp gates? Ans. Work for those resolu. carried on through 1943 evel' mindful tiOllS and support them. of the fact that the farmer has a hig I Washtenaw County Senior Farm Bu- reau. Albert Gall also suggested that the Juniors aid .the Seniors on their JUNIORS HELP Thirty members from Berrien, Kala- vious years brought improvements for mazoo, Cass, Allegan and Bany coun- farmers? 5. Have resolutions adopted in pre. job aheau of him in this war torn Ans. Yes. 15 mill Iimita- membership drive. The Saline group has grown so large they decided t9 form two community groups. SENIOR CAMPAIGN ties enjoyed a very constructive week tion, sales tax funds' to aid schools, at Long Lake Camp near Hastings, Dec. 28-J'an. 1. rural electrification. KI LMANAGH-Huron District 4, Ralph Roth-A region- We:re writing this article to make The program of tile camp. was a lot "re held our January meeting at the --~'" al dinner meeting was held at the all the Junior Farm Bureaus mad. As in keeping with the. regular summer home of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Eleb- BECAUSE- AMERICA'S T~IAT'S LIKE WHAT Grand Rapids', Y.:\t.C.A. January 19; yet you haven't infol'med your state camps. Each mo~'nmg tl1;e day wa,s baum. We discussed the ;\Iichigan with Ben Hennink as a guest. The pUblicity chairman as to the part FOOD IS SJ..lARED FAIRLY MOM SAYS A BOUT planned at a ~l\eetmg and the day fOI- I Hospital Service group hospitalization state contest wa.s thoroughly discuss- you are playing in Senior Farm Bu. lowed ~cCordmglY. Burton Richards plan offered through the Farm Bur- . T~ERE'S ENOUG~ ed with special emphasis placed on reau. o~ Bernen county, 1\11'.and Mrs. \V,"?, eau. Our group agreed that each per- OUR PARTY L1WE. ••• paid membership, At the recent annual meeting of the FOR BOTl-l SOL DIE.RS Shiawassee County Farm BIlI'eau, the FIsher of A~legan county, NorriS son buying a Federal automobile tax IT SERVE.S WELL The hospital bed that was purChase Y~ung of Bel~l'len county and Esther stamp should receive a receipt in case AND HOME. FOLKS hy the Overisel group of Allegan campaigns chairman outlined the plans BlOwn of I..alamazoo County were it is lost or stolen. \V d' d 1 BECAUSE IT'S county Is getting full time use by be- ~at he had to carry out the member- the overseers .. ~ Iscusse ~ so ing passed around from house to ship campaign. Bob Drury, president Mr l\ •. the unfayorable publlcJty often gIven S~ARED F'AIRLY . I' .101 ely, Akllegan c~u~ty agncul- farmers as a group over the radio and house since the hospital there has of Shiawassee Juniol's and Roy Wal- t UIa agent spo e on the Importance .. been closet!. lace, the counsellor were' present. ft .. I I 1Il cIty newspapers by men who close The Lowell group of Kent county After the campaign chairman had fin- ~malt~a~llJng thrUlS.a tYOFut1. BEUgene their eyes to the farmers' side of the . rom e at e arm UI'eau case Is s.tarting two new community group::; ished Bob got up and said: "I have noticed that Mr. Burns said ?fflce ~ed a panel discussion on "What MATTESON-Branch with a paid memhership of 55 mem~ IS JUIllor Farm Bureau's part in agri- .. hel's. Card parties are being spon- that there was to he a school of culture" !It. 1-' 't W hI .' We adopted the fOllowmg resolutIOn instruction for the membership work. .• IS. 'I.el~ll as lUIn m- at our January meeting: sored to interest the older people in the community and also to raise ers. I feel tha't much mOl'e could be structed the recreatIOn class so many members went .back t th" t'. Resolved. .. ' .. That m lIne WIth the accomplished in the same evening if o ell coun les Farm Bureau anti sub 'd .. th money. with new ideas and games for theil' .'- Sl Y po ICY, e The Fennville group of Allegan ~his gl'ouP of workers .were together own groups. Matteson Farm Bureau Community county is pl'omoting a paper and fol' a supper and then could work on Group strongly urge all Farm Bureau their membership drive afterwards. If memhers and farmers to reject any scrap drive. it is agreeable with the county Farm Junior Farm Bureau and all subsidy payments extended to The Ottawa group started last year with twelve members and now have Bureau the Junior Farm Bureau would like to pu t on a pancake suppel' fOI' On WKAR Saturdays them. 35 and has two community groups The Michigan State Junior Farm LAWRENCE, Van Buren-Mrs. these wOl'kers, if you wlll tell us the with prospects of many more mom- Bureau goes hack on the ail' over sta. Lena Jung said 45 packages had heen number of workers you will have pres- hel's. Their county .president, George' ent. The Junior Farm Bureau would tion WKAR, Saturday, Fehruary 5th received at the Christmas party and Schwartz hasn't missed a county sen- like to have a part in putting this at 5: 30 Eastern \\'ar Time. Emer- had been delivered to the Percy Jones Ior board meeting yet and this is pro- gene Earnst of the Campus Junior soldiers' hospital at Battle Creek. membership drive over." moting a much stronger Junior-Sen- Farm Bureau said the college group, Ward Cady, district representative In accepting the olrel' President ior relationship. Davhl Bushman, said that the Junior hacked hy the State Junior Farm Bu- of the Triple-,~, said in a talk it is District 6, Clayton Klein-District 6' Farm Bureau had for the last five reau, intends to broadcast I<'arm Bu- their duty to get informa.tion to farm- ' held its officers training class. 16 of- months addressed the envelopes fOl' reau and Junior Farm Bureau news ers as to needs for PI'oduction and ficers of Shiawassee, Oakland and Liv- the monthly Newsletter sent to all for fifteen minutes on eight succeed~ when the goal is reached to see that ingston counties met at Howell to dis- The plan should get crops are mal'keted with minimum Shiawassee Senior members anb ad- ing Saturdars. cuss Juniol' Fal'm Bureau. The group a~reed that this would he the year to (lcvote more effort to dressed a thoU!~and envelopes to the the news to the ever-increasing Junior prospective members in the memher- Farm Bureau members. ship drive. to send a hi-weekI}" news leiter to all -that The .plan loss. ELBA.HADLEY, Lapeer-ResoPved organized farmers he represent. To share is the American way huilding stronget. county and com- We repeat, will other counties give the memhers had to he ahandoned cd on the Land Use Planning Commis- munity Junior Farm Bilreaus. 'us the story of what they're doing? War has meant "douMing up" on many things ••• telephone service hec,l1Ise O'f the paper shortage. sion being appointed hy Board of Su- OUl' distl'iet is planning a week for example. More families sllarc telephone party lines today tha~ perYisors. end camp to .he helrl at Waldenwoods in 1\Iay. Another tri.county officers Dick Christensen Safe! Half of Regional SITKA, Newaygo-On January S, ever before. meeting will he held in April. 1943, representatives of the ,Junior Lieut. Dick Christensen, flying for- Meetings Held District 7, Charles Myus-The South Farm Bureau explained their "Wheat And good "party line neighhors" share in a friendly, unselfis}l man- tress pilot, reported in our October 2. The State Directol' of .Junior Farm or Its Equivalent" Lapeer ,Junior Farm Bureau Is in- E'dJotionas -missing is safe anll coming Dr'h'e and dona- viting the north and central groups Dureau. Ben -Hennink, reports that tions were given by OUI' memhers. At ~er, hy not monopolizing the line with needlessly-long (~onver~a- home soon. accordinA' to a eahle re- one-half of the first series of officel's to their next meeting and will try to ceived by his wife. :\Irs. Ruth Schuell- our !\larch meeting a lively discus- tlOns ... })y being carefu! not to interrupt otherg Wling the line set up a county organization. Central training schools is half over. District sion was held on "Production Goal for group need~ a rcorA"anizing periOlI. er Christensen at Weidman . 6. Clayton Klein, director; District 4. 1943." Some of our membcrs led the • • . .and hy always replacmg tllC receiver securely w}lfm tlJrough :"orth Lapeel' has theil' printed pro- Ralph Hoth; District S, Paul Veen- Red Cross drive and in April we J'e- talkmg. grams made. A committee was appoint- Feed grain stocl}s on l\lichigan stra: District 12, Katherine Witkop; ceived a letter of thanks to those who ed to see what might he rlone about. farms ,Ian. 1 were 60% of one year and District !). Daniel Stacy. have held worked in the drive and to those who their meetings. Sharing party lines that way means hettcr service for an. ('ach of the A"roups giving a pint of ago. donated. hloo,l to the hlood hank. St. Clair The next issue of the State Farm At our June meeting we discussed hall~ht flowers for :\Iaurice Cline, who fund be established hy taking up al Xews will cal:ry a summary of these the activities of the Triple A. In July MICHIGAN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY is ill. It was decided that a flower collection each meeting. meetings. we discussed agriculture in the post- M I CHI G AN F A-R M NEW S SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1944 _ SIX Sunlight may pelletrate the waters Speed the Winning IN WHOSe KImPIN6 WOULD YOUTRUST HER.? of the mid-Atlantic nea l"Iy 5,(l(l(l feet. to a dePth o( of the War OK M\41 YoU'Re U:.mN6 ~WolF PROTEC,1" The ice plant of California Is so Called hecause glittering beads on its surface give it the appearance of be- ing covered with ice. An Old Story You haye berll to](l for thrsl~ mall.'" months to buy and Background Material for Discussion in February by YOU .0/I ston' 1'1Irly t,he things you will 1]('1'£1 to ClII'!'.'"011 yonI' fllrJll Our Community Farm Bureau Discussion Groups operations. It is becoming' an old story. But those who he('(l Rv R~-GEXE A. Sll.4I.,TZ "'PURE CRUSHED the advice lire wise. I J/e"lbership Relution~ & Education TIt'''LE SCREENED The supply sitnation in most lines is not ,improving to Farmers are continuing their effort to meet the in- OYSTER SHELL date. The labor and transportation problems grow steadily creased wartime need for food. Food requirements for 1I10reacute. So we urge you to non-civilian purposes which include military lend-lease European relief feeding and commercial exports virtu- 1. Buy now if possible. ally have no upper limits within our ability to produce 2. Get the seed home. them. In all probability, non-civilian reqvirements will 3. Buy it in Farm Bureau branded bags. continue to increase in 1944 and 1945. Meanwhile, there is a growing recognition of the necessity for keep- PORPOULTRY 7 Reason's for ing the civilian population well fed in order to make the most effective use of manpower on the homefront. / Bureau Branded Bushel Bags 1. Every sealed bushel contains Farm Bureau original To meet wartime needs for food and other farm products, we must fully use the wartime productive , 3-way guarantee. I ...... rw-c ••• 2. Bushel bags are secured with both seal and ~ire tie. capacity of agriculture. Every possible effort must be _ IUBEAU.IWII CI. .... CIIIl:IU. ILL 3. Valuable time otherwise required to hunt a service- made to obtain the most effective use of our land, all the able bag, weigh, and tie up the seed is saved. labor, machinery, supplies, and processing and trans- portation facilities that can be made available to agri- •••••••• •• • • 4. Bushel sizes are much more convenient. Folks unable to lift big bags of seed can handle bushel sizes with culture. To do this, farmers must allocate the use of to the war effort can be produced best in your com- ease. their crop -land to the combination of crops that will 5. A very useful well-made bag is included at no extra munity? package cost. yield the largest production of essential foods or feeds.. 4. Is it possible to redirect the acreages of crops in 6. The smaller firmer bag is less subject to spills, and They must also allocate available feed supplies to the your community and thereby produce a greater output damage from rodents. classes of livestock and systems of management that of food in terms of nutritive value? 7. ,The distinctive nature of the package affords ~ess convert feed most efficiently into essential food pro- cl}ance of accidentally mixing seeds with other items. 5. Could any shifts be made in livestock production ducts. At the same time, every possible effort must which would cause your available feed 'grains and pas- So fOl: safety, secUl'ity, economy, convenience, utility, "free- be made to increase production efficiently or avoid a re- ture to be used more efficiently in supplying essential dom from loss, and a distinctive package we recommend: duction in it resulting from insufficent care, overcrowd- nutrients for human consumption? ing, and diseases and parasites. The physical limita- 6. \Vhcft production practices do you recommend Farm Bure~u Bushel Bags tions to production are not paramount. Production should be used by more farmers in their effort to pro- One effect of new seed regulations this 'year will be n. ten- incentives and production facilities must be adjusted ~c- dency to equalize pI.ices without effecting a corresponding duce more? 1\uto thieves are busier than ever these cordingly insofar as possible. days! Protect the investment your car equality in the gl'ade of seed to be offered. 7. Can community co-operation help alleviate any represents with State Farm Automo- Additional food may become so essential to victory bile'Insurance. For very little you can The quality of our Farm Bnreau seeds this year is fully np shortages of labor; machinery; materials; or storage, get broad coverage for theft, /ire, and that we will divert to food production enough labor to l<'arm Bureau standard. Nuf sed! processing, or transportation facilities? a dozen other eventualities ••• insur- and critical materials to use our farms to maximum -' ance that really proluls. State F:rrm's We especially recommend our Central Alfalfas as being of Benzie County Farm Bureau had more aulo insurance for your mont~ very nice qnality and fully adapted to l\Iichigan conditions. capacity. With a general shortage of resources making expan- NW MICHIGAN 2 Community Farm Bureaus, now has 8, one for every 20 (amilies. , . plan h:1Smade it the world's lare~st automobile casualty company! End car worries-investigate today' Kansas and Utah (both central zone) have supplied a sub- sion in farm production difficult, it becomes more im- portant to consider how to get the most from available PROGRAM FOR Antrim County Farm Bureau pects to organize 5 Community Farm Bureaus in February (or a totai of 8. ex- SEE YOUR LOCAL AGENT Write Mich. State State Agent Farm Bureau stantial pOl'iton of 0111' seed requirements for several years past. resources. To a considerable extent, it is possible to '1944 NW Mich. Farm Bureau (Grand 221 North Cedar, Lansing FARM BUREAU SERVICES, Inc. . ........... Trayerse & Leelanau) counties are State Farm Insurance Companie. Se.ed Dep't, Lansing, Mich. transfer resources from the production of one product Northwestern Michigan County Farm increasing Community Farm Bureaus of Bloomington, Illinois to another within a relatively short period. For example, Bureau (Grand Traverse and Leeia. from 12 to 20. ' nau counties) at its annual meeting most land now under cultivation is adapted for growing January 8 adopted an interesting pro- several different crops and very substantial changes in gram (or 1944, which we summarize here: the acreages of individual crops may take place between Community Groups - Northwest one year and the next. Concentrate feeds may be fed to "lichigun, with 650 (amilies as mem- bers, should complete organization of several different classes of livestock, and an immediate Community Farm Bureaus so that every family i~ a member of one, on change in the use of feed is limited only by the number the basis of 12 to 15 families to the of livestock on hand. Labor can be shifted from one use group. Incorporation - Since Northwest to another even more readily. On the other hand, cer- Michigan now employes nelp, the di- tain resources such as farm machinery and buildings recto~s sbouid incorporate to elimin, ate the possibility of individual re- frequently can be used for only one purpose. The signi- sponsibility for members. ficant production problem in the period ahead is-how School-Consolidation as proposed by state planning commission is op- should transferable resources be used in order to contri- posed for these reasons: debt burden bute most to .the total food supply? created by buildings and transporta- tion' facilities; limitations placed on Even though a general increase in all lines of produc- children regarding time, individual tion may not be possible, it may be possible to expand assistance at school, loss of school social activities, etc., because o( trans- total agricultural production to a significant extent by port schedules. redirecting the use of resources now on farms. For ex- Strikes-Favor national service law. Surplus Foods-Farmers have In. ample, labor may be moved from areas where it is poor- creased poultry and other activitie:l ly utilized to other areas where it can be used more ef- at request o( government. 'Vhen eggs drop below cost o( production, U. S, fectively. In the same way, feed supplies may be dis- should buy to sustain prices at cost tributed better among areas so as to increase total out- of production at least if it is desired that poultry flocks be maintained. put of livestock products. County. Program-Board of directors It's Your F~ed Mill! asked ,to consider group hospitaliza- However, in most areas very large increases of one tion, NW Michigan Farm Bureau pa- product cannot be accomplished without reducing the per, a part time Co. F. B. employe, a Junior Farm Bureau, labor relat ions output of other products. Therefore, in deciding how service, a farmel's' retail market, (arm transferable resources should be allocated among farm Jabor needs o( each community. Subsidies-NW !\Iichigan supports products, it is necessary to balance the value of the AFBF and St~te Farm Bureau oPllosi, food that is obtained when resources are used in one tion to (ood subsidies for consumers, Our 'feed mill at Hammond, Indiana, makes poultry, dairy, and hog feeds for the pro- Highways - Movement to discon. way against the values of the food that is obtained when tinue rail service to Lake Leelanau gressive farmers of Michigan, Indiana, Wisconsin, and Illinois. Any savings over the cost resources are used in alternative ways. To do this it is can place (armers and merchants in necessary to turn to information about the nutritive bad position. NW Michigan therefore petitions state highway dep't to In- of operations is divided among th~ Farm Bureau Services of those states. value of foods. clude in post war budget plans (or continuation o( !!tate highway 22 In Questions for Discussion: Leelanau county. In Michigan our margins are shared with ou r Farm Bureau dealers. Many of you share Fruit Embargoes - Certain states I. In your community is there additional crop land in the savings effected by, your Farm Bureau dealer. Therefore, and because: are barring Michigan frui~ on pre- now idle, summer fallowed, or in plowable pasture that tense of fighting (ruit diseases. State dep't of Agriculture requested to make could be converted to harvested crop land without per- similar studies on their protlucts and Farm Bureau feeds, whether Farm Bureau Mermash, The purchase of Farm Burea.u feeds helps promote n. manent damage and without reducing total output? impose similar restrictions. Copies of the schooi and highway 1 Milkmakers, or Porkmakers, have no superiors in pro~ 3 farmer's organization,- 2. Is any land or other resources in your community resolutions were sent to Governor Kel- moting good production, health, and profit to the being used for the production of crops not essential to ly. Copies of the surplus foods and user,- (ood subsidy resolutions were sent to Earnings are shared with County Farm' Bureaus and the war effort? Congressman Engel and Senators Fer- They are open formulas that tell you how much of the 4 Farm Bureau co.operatives and dealers,- 3. Which of the agricultural commodities essential gusc:>nand Vandenberg. 2 different ingredients are used,- Gratiot Announces 9th Community Farm Bureau AGENTS WANTED Announcement was made Jan. 29 oC the establishment of Gratiot county's We Believe the Alert Farmer is Wise When He Says Every Time: nin~h farm bureau organizaion, includ- Farm Bureau Feeds" The Insurance Department of the Mlcblgan State Farm Bureau jng members residing in Sumner, Se- hall many openings for agents to represent surance Companies In Michigan. the State Farm In- We would appreciate from any of our Michigan Farm News readers if tbey are inter- ested In talking the proposition over with one of our managers. hearing \'ille, Pine River amI Arcada town- ships. Newly elected o~(jcers are: Ralph Densmore, Russell Nestle, Mrg. CIif(ord Marcy. "Irs, Ellis Colhul'll, "Give It would be ,-ery helpful to us if any of our readers would suggest Clarence Fox. Mrs. L. S. Grunsted allli the names of likely agent prospects In their nearby cities and Lloyd Sadler. FARM BUREAU SERVICES, INC., LANSING, MICHIGAN towns. The remuneration is good. Tbls is a partiCularly good time to start. Address your inquiry to Almost 100 Pet. o ' - -.. INSURANCE DEP'T • MICHIGAN STATE FARM BUREAU Forrest King, Dureau director, Charlo~te, State Farm has enrolled 25 mem- FAR M BUR E A U, BRA N D SUP P LIE S AT 3 00 , FAR MER 5 I E LEV A TOR 5- 221 North Cedar St. Lansing, Michigan bers in an area o( G square miles in Carmel twP,. Eaton County. Fiye mort! will make It 100%.