-~MICHIGA~ Vol. XXII No. 4 SATURDAY, APRIL ~, 1944 M 22nd Year Published Monthly 564 Give to Blood Bank Sponsored EDITORIAL by Berrien Junior Farm Bureau STATEMENTS END Powell and Sowers Another Four Page Farm News It is necessary to get out another four page edition of the. MISUNDERSTANDING Debate Food Subsidies Farm News for April 1 in order to comply with War Production Board restrictions upon the consumption of newspaper stock 1n ON FARM GASOLINE March 29 we heard R. L. Sowers, Charlotte, E.'lton county lawyer. 1944. Like all other publishers we are restricted to not more than CompliaJIce with the AAA farm pro- and Stanley Powell of the Michigan State Farm BIlI'eau, debate the tonnage of paper we us~d in 1942. We had some 14,000 Farm gram. or certification by an AAA com. before 500 farmers and union labor people at Charlotte the question: Bureau members then. Now we have close to 28,001)and may have mitteeman for non-highway farm gas. more than that this year. So, to make certain that every member olinI' is not reqUired to insure till' "Resolved that consumer suhsldies and food price roll hacks are gets a paper shortly after the first Saturday of each month, we farmel's sufficient gasoline for farm desirable and should be extended rather than eliminated." must publish several four page editions during the year. We are operations in 1944, according to state- FOR-Mr. Sowers. i5. owner of four farms, and a Farm Burp-an ments made by :'IIauricI' A. Doan. member, argued tbat food subsidies for consumers are necessary stlIl handicapped by the effects of the fire in our publishing plant Michigan AAA chairman and Storm at Charlotte Fehruary 18. We hope to print our edition for May 6 Vanderzee. milegage rationing dil'ect- to "hold the line" under the price and wage control act of 1942. He on the new newspaper press which wlIl replace fhe press destroyed or for the Detroit office of the OPA. aJ'gued tbat subsidies are commonly accepted b)' industries. railroads. in the fire. In the meantime, we are setting the type in the plant The statements were made in reply merchant marine. schools, etc .. "for production of something deeme~ at Charlotte and are doing the printing on the press of the Hastings to a request for information. essential to the public." Why shouldn't farmers accept subsidies. Banner. It is necessary that the farmer be :\[1'. Sowers, argued that farmers need subsidies and should get prepared with information that wil! more of them. He held that farmers are the beneficiaries of con- determine his non-highway farm gas- snmer subsidies paid to processors to provide price roll backs on 28,000 Families in Michigan Farm Bureau? oline requirements for the year. certain foods. Admitting that labor has forced wage increases by whether his request is handle;'! Returns continue to corne in from the Farm Bureau member- through the loc'al AAA committeeman real or near strikes in coni. raih'oads and factories. 1\11' .. Sower!! ship 1'011 call conducted by 47 County Farm Bureaus during the or directly with an OPA office. said that this is a condition that exists and must be recognized. He past few months. Early in March a total of 25,784 members was "OPA has asked committeemen of said we can't put wages down if we would. and we can't put food an~ounced, with very good prospects fQr 28,000 by April 1. the AAA farm program to aid in det- prices up or labor will strike for more wages. 'William Bartz, president or tnI' :pernen County Farm Bureau. registers ermining the gasoline needel! by far- AGAr NST -Mr. Powell, 46. Ionia county farmer and Farm Bureau Our goal this year. was to go. up from 20,993 to 25,000. mers on the basis of farming inten- with !IIiss Frances Foster, of the Junior Farm Bureau Blood Bank com- member. agreed that farmel's are not overpaid. but they ,want their If we make 28,000, we shall have exceeded our goal by 16 2/3 tions for 1944." :'III'. Doan said. "OPA mittee, to donate a pint of blood for Berrien county civilian hospitalS is asking for full information. The pay as a fair price paid by buyers. without getting part in subsidies, per cent. We .shall have doubled the paid-up membership since'1942. in order to release plasma from the hospitals for Red Cross use. Berrien direct or indirect. He said consumers not farmers are the beneficiar- shortage of gasoline is becoming In 1943 we enrolled more than i.OOOnew members for a net gain of county residents gave 564 pints of blood during the period "larch 6-17 more acute. OPA wishes to deter- ies of consumer food subsidies. Powell doubted that farmers flee 5.600. This year we appear to have gained another 7.000. A few when the Michigan Health Dep't mobile unit was in the county under mine farm needs quite accurately. much if anv of the consumer food subsidy money. He said they more like that and membership of 50,000 will be in sight. We 'have the sponsorship of the Junior Farm Bureau, and in co-operation with "Campliance with the AAA farm can't reco~ize it in the payments they receive for produce from spoken of that from time to time in this column since last October. the county and state' Red Cross. Members of the Farm Bureau corn. program is not necessary to assure p;ckers. etc. In practice. said Powell, before subsidies are paid. mittel': Juniors-Don Fields, chairman, Mrs. Mary Myers, Misses Eleanor an AAA committeeman's certification prices are rolled back and the farmer gets no more than he would Several things are making posible these remarkable gains in of a farmer's request for gaSOline for membership: Jenkins, Frances Foster, June Norris, Marian Kerlikowske. Ted Payne. have anyway. He charged that many consumers have accepted food farm operations. However. before the Ray DeWitt, Harold Steinke, Dean Hewitt, Bob Tillstrom; Berrien committeeman may recommend or subsidies and struck for further wage increases anyway .. 1st-Good leadership in the counties and thousands of willing County Farm Bureau-William Bartz and Harry Nye. certify to a farmer's application' for Powell denounced consumel' food subsidies on four counts: (1) In- workers, several hundred in some counties. 2nd-The Farm Bureau is saying and doing what farmers want said and done on subsidies and other farm questions. It is giving ---------------------------------Igasoline. JUDI.or Farm BERRIEN HAS he must have a statement of the farmer's intentions for 1944. This can be had conveniently by using the flationary because they create fresh consumer amount of the subsidies (2) food subsidies for consumers roll backs are wholly unnecessary because consumers are abundantly buying power in and price good service on farm supplies. 3rd-Farmers feel the need of an organization. They want one Bureau 2,300 MEMBERS AAA 1944 farm plan. the record used in conjunction with the food program. An OPA application for gasoline will able to pay own grocery bills. Gov't itself shows that since war started cost of living. including food. has risen 23%. but wages that gets its program and authority and control from the farmer membership. Activities Berrien County' Farm Bureau has be based on such calculations." Storm Vanderzee of the Detroit avel'age 39% higher, with overtime 68% higher. Cost of food is le!!s than 1% higher than 1926. (3) Subsidies multiply and assure bureaucra' 2,300 family memberships, the largest OPA office. quoted a recent OPA reg- tic rule and regimentation for farmers and others accepting them. Su- By 1IIISS MARGARET PEASE 4th-The. discussion and social values in nearly 400 Community in the state. ulation which said. "AAA compliance preme Court ruled in wheat penalty AAA case "Government may reg- Farm Bureaus which meet monthly in members' homes holds the Allegan, Overisel - At a recent !\larch 3 at the victory banquet for does not affect the farmer's allotment ulate that which it subsidizes." (4) Consume,. food subsidies and interest of those people and attracts others. meeting we wrote round robin letters several hundred membership workers of gasoline ... if a farmer does not price roll backs are expensive to administer. They add to the army to these members in the services: it was announced that the 1943 total wish to register his intentions with of federal employes which already exceeds the number employed by James Lampen. Charles Kraker. Earle had been raised from 2.100 to 2,300. the local AAA committeeman. he mav all units of state, county, city and township goveruments. You and Your Bank Checking Account Schipper. John Jansen, Merle Slot- with prospects for more. request his gasoline directly from the man, Kenneth Wolters, Leonard 1m- Four years ago the Berrien mem- local OPA office and the same can- 1\11'. Sowers and Mr. PoweIl were engaged for 1 ¥.l hours In debate Fifty million citizens have to their credit in 14,000 banks about mink, Leslie Hoffman, Eugene Wol- bership was 687. Substantial in- sideration will be given his request as which was sharp at times but in good humor. There were no judges. 100 billion dollars. This money is owed to the people by the banks. ters, Alvin Brummel, and Howard creases were made in 1942. 1943 and is given those certified by the AAA So, said Congressman Fred L. Crawford of Saginaw, individual bank 1944. Alex Gale of Sodus has been committeeman." COUNTY CENTER, Kalamazoo- depositors are vitally interested in legiSlation dealing with banking Hulsman. 13, we were campaign chairman, with strong sup- ------------- Community An article on "Agriculture After the practice and currency. About 90% of business transactions are subject to bank checks. West Allegan-March host to the .Senior Farm Burean and port in every township. two other Junior groups. Ray De- In the 1944 campaign, Carl Groth 7 INCH PLOWING - Farm Bureau War" was read by Mrs. Foster Smith. Conclusion of article ers should come out of war without was (1) Farm- All bank depositors want their checks accepted and cleared at face value when sent by them to some other point in settlement of an Witt, chairman of our side of the and Nate Shuler, a team for Lake State Contest, and Norris Young from twp., won first prize with i8 new Berrien county were our guests. They memberships and 18 collections. GIVES BEST CROP Activities debts (2) physical conditions plant permit (3) without exces- in as good account. So do the Federal Reserve Banks and most bankers. In sive livestock inventories (4) with showed the pictures of wlnler camp. Robert Wenzel and.'John-Warsco of By. EUGENE A. SM.4I,TZ cash ....reserves. 15 mlll amendment Michigan 442 out of 443 banks clear checks at par, according to Mr. Bainbridge were second. and Harry Twelve years of experiments at M em berslli[) Relations & Education Walter Wightman of the Senior Fann was discussed and motion carried to Crawford, who is a member of the House committee on banking and Snells and C. F. Kent of Benton, Michigan State College indicates that Bureau, gave a brief talk. third. SNOW, Kent-Albert Hall. Lowell instruct secretary to write our Sena- currency. there is no advantage in crop yields South Berrien-Travel movies on a Robert Camp of Niles placed first in plowing more than the normal sev- ag teacher. showed war and 4-H mo- tor and Representative stating group But 2,500 banks, mostly In the southeastern states, clear checks trip to England, taken by Mr. George in the singles with 8 new members en inches deep. The experiment was tion pictures at a recent meeting. C. was opposed to any change in 15 mlll on a non-par or clipping basis. Strangely enough, said Mr. Crawford, Mayhew. Niles, was shown by Leslie and 37 collections. Second. Wm. conducted on sandy loam soil. H. Runciman. Lowell elevator man. amendment or any meddling with the House of Congress has passed HR 3596, sponsored in the interest Liefer, also of Niles, March 6, at Krickahn of Bainbridge, 13 new and Corn. barley clover: wheat and rye de'scrihed the distrihution of farm school system such as adopting teach- Galien. Reports were given by Don 19 collections; third, August Totzke for green manure were grown in ro- products to the nation and armed ers tenure. of the 2,500 Clipping banks. It has gone to the Senate. It and the Fields. chairman, Frances Foster, reg- of Lincoln, 7 new and 19 collections. tation in the order listed. Soil was forces. SHERWOOD, Branch-Mrs. Newall companion bill, Senate 1642, should have the attention of 50,000,000 istrar of the blood bank. 57 pints Mr. and 'Mrs. Wilmer Baker of Bert- plowed at 4 inches. 7 inches and 10 in- SAGINAW, . Buena Vista-Blumfield gave an interesting explanation on bank depositors_ of blood were sent to the state the rand made the best husband and wife ches. Crop yields generally favored Michigan Hospital Service tbat is -At our March meeting we voted to first day. March 20 we were hosts report. Miss Edna Baker of Water- the i inch plOWing. continue as a two township, unit. available to every Farm Bureau mem- at' an alI-county meeting. vliet got first prize for the best wo- Shallow plowed soil was mellow ;\lanley Dorr reported 18 new mem- ber and family. Landing Craft Infantry Central Berrien-"Agriculture Sa- man's report. First prizes were $25 and pliable. said A. G. Weidemann of bers from the 1'011 call. Rep. David KAWKAWLIN, Bay-Our group Is Early in March, Secretary Knox of the Navy announced that lutes Labor and Industry" ,was our war bonds," second $10 in war stamps. the soil science dep't. Plowing 10 in- Young !liscussed laws adopted at the not in favor of bringing in German the United States now has in service more than 900 warshtps.- topic at Berrien Center, March 13, third $5 in war stamps. ches deep brought up enough subsoil special session. 'Valda Anderson prisoners for farm help this year. Not not including the smaller boats. He said that we have the largest with 65 members and guests present. to make tha soil crust over easily showed the movie. "Soldiers of the until we hear more about them. navy in the world and are still adding to It. Mr. Kelsey Smith, CIO representative for the hosiery industry at Benton INGHAM MAKES and often made it difficult for plants to corne up. espeCially if rains were SoiL" We favor slow time. GRATIOT. South Wheeler - 100 Among the smaller craft taking an important part in this war are the LCI boats,-the Landing Craft Infantry. tanks, guns, and other materials They put men, ashore. and are equipped with Harbor; Mr. Phil Hadsell. an attor- ney of Niles represented the industry and Mr. Waldo Phillips, of Decatur, RED CROSS DRIVE followed by drying weather. inch plow depth made it difficult to turn over the thin slice of soil. The 4 person heard Albin Rademacher Alma, draft board member. of explain CO-OPS REPLY new regulations as they affect farm fire power to give them protection while they are landing. are tough and seaworthy. They have been herded across wide LCI boats and the State Farm Bureau represent- ted agriculture in the discussion. Ingham County Farm Bureau ac- 400 Community Farm deferments. ISABELLA. Gulick-March 3. our TO ATTACKS stretches of the Pacific under their own power. Cass CountY-We had old fashion- cepted responsibility for raising $10,- Senior and Junior Community Farm Purchasing co-operatives In the Na- ed square dance parties February 19 000 tn rural subscriptions to the cur- Bureaus Now Bureau group had a box social which tional Council of Farmer Co-opera- We have many LCI boats. and we're going to have many more,- and March 4. The Tri-County dance rent Red Cross war drive and prom. netted $135.40 for the Red Cross. tives. meeting at Washington, March 80,000 in all. That gives one an idea of the importance placed on planned for March 8 was postponed ised to dll it in a few days. Arthur 400 active Community Farm BII- Planned as the result of our Feb. 11\ 9, repIled to recent attacks on farm landing craft, which have already played so important a part for by a storm. It is planned for April 4. Deyo, membership campaign chair. reau discussion groups are 'now meet- meeting and discussion of the Red co-operatives by certain business in- man. was named rural chairman for ing throu/!'hout Michigan as a result Cross. us in the southwest Pacific fighting. Grand Traverse County-Our Feb. the Red Cross drive. Farm Bureau terests. There are those who woult! of the "Com'munity Farm Bureau" ruary 8 meeting was a wagon ride members and others agreed to help, month drive to organize new discus- LEELANAU, Elmwood-Our group like to make it lllegal or impossible party on the peninsula. March 14. at The Farm Bureau named a Red Cross sion groups. This is a g-reat stride to- agreed that the future of agriculture for co-operatives to pay patronage di- The Stader Splint the horne of Nellie and Katherine Wit- drive chairman for every township, ward the year's g-oal of 500 gTOUpS. should be under farmer control. We vidends to their membe'rs. One of the new and most remarkable facillties available to kop, a discussion was held on the Up to 36 workers per township were More important. the orgauization need to educate city people on farm A committee headed by C. L. Brody army and navy doctors is the Stader splint, described as both a Junior-Senior relations. Copies of the assigned to work on an area basis, has been established for keeping these prohlems. Guy Springer of the Grand of the Michigan Farm Bureau Ser- Juior Farm Bureau manual were or- and to call on every rural resident groups serviced and functioning' pro- Traverse Soil conservation program, vices, said that co-operatives are bone-setting mechanism and a substitute bone. Applied to certaIn dered by nearly alI the membership. in the county and report. March 23 perly. Each county has appointed. or ~iscussed benefits .of C~?tou~ farm- authorized by federal law which pro- serious fractures, it saves the patient many weary weeks in bed President Keith Slugart gave a. short a full page advertisement vides for payment of patronage divid- in the Ing. is in the process of selecting a coun- mg a~d" showed fl~m, ~oldlers of in a traction apparatus.' In fact, an injured person equipped with 'talk on a short course he took at ham County News. county seat news. ends. On recommendation of the com- ty dire"ctor of Community Farm Bu-" the SoIl. Ne~t meetmg With Mr. and a Stader splint may be up and about In a short time Instead of Michigan State College. paper, explained the coming Red Cross reaus. These directors are responsible Mrs. John Killman, April 19. mittee. the Council urged all CO-OPel'. spending weeks in bed. Hillsdale County-130 attended the Drive. for getting more people to participate GIRARD, Branch-Mrs. Belle New- atives to join with it in supporting annual banquet March 16 at the 4H Inghalllt increased its meml:tership in the Community Farm Bureau dis- I'll. county sec'y, gave information on and defending sound co-operative The splint is named after its inventor, Dr. Otto Stader, a principiI'S as established by law. Club building in Hillsdale. Wash- from 36S" to 576 in 1944. At the an- cussion group programs and the op- income tax returns. It's a County veterinarian. He developed It at his animal hospital at Geneva, tenaw, Calhoun and Branch counties nual meeting in March the board was All farmer co-operatives should portunity of expressing their views Farm Bureau service to members. We Illinois, about 12 years ago. He was trying to mend leg fractures :were well represented. 1IIaltion Fran- increased from i to 9 to better repre- on the county. state and national prob- gave $5 to the Red Cross. Our sug- make sure that their operations are of do.;s. The first dog to which the splint was applied walked ces. superintendent of Southern Mich- sent new members. The County Farm lems. Participation enables the memo gestions for the county program: A in full accord with the law. The new immediately after it came out of the anesthetic_ The splint was igan State Prison farms gave an ad- Bureau will be incorporated as a non- bel' to better unllerstand why as well County Farm Bureau or community law requires the filing of an infor- successful on other animals. including horses. Presently, the dress and showed films pertaining to profit group. Emphasis will be laid on as how things are done. center building; eradicate rats and 1'0' mational return to the government the institution. Community Farm Bureau work. dents; eradicate noxious weeds on sometime in May. The return will medical llrofessionadopted it. Today the armed forces have a farms. along roads; release more clearly indicate the status of every priority on most of the production. Isabella County-Union Junior Farm Bureau held a box social with the 84 Junior Farm Barry Gains farm machinery; a Farm Bureau mar- co-operative. The Stader splint is a metal bar which bridges a fracture. Gulick Community Fann Bureau, keting program; lower telephone Each end is fastened to the bone by steel pins. The surgeon brin~s March 3. Sale of 52 boxes netted Bureaus Now 400 Members rates; more community recreation. Eaton Adds 525 To the ends of the bones together and checks a perfect set by means of $135.40, which was given to the Red Barry County Farm Bureau reports DELHI-AUR~LIUS. Ingham - Our Since September 1. 1943 the num- Set a Record the ft~oroscope. The splint is locked into position. In a leg fracture, Cross. ber of Junior Farm Bl.lreans in Michi- a gain of 400 families in th*i 1944 discmlsion on winning the war inclu- the Stader splint carried the entire weight of the body. and the leg Kalamazoo County-Southeast group ,;an has increased from 44 to 84. ac- mem bership campaig-n. Carleton ded these suggestions; Promote more During Febrnary and :\farch 525 below. Tire bridge bar takes all the strain from the fracture area. met with Margaret and Doris Pease, cording to Ben Hennink. state direc- township leads with 60 new mem- and better repair services; more man farmers joined the F.aton County March 5. to plan a carnival April 1 tor. The membership has increased bers. Barry folks are thinking about power and machinery; more exchan- Farm Bureau to bring its membership at Fulton. Wendall Harrison and too, but not accordingly. Hennb.k ex- 10 or 12 more Community Farm Bur- ge of labor and equipment. , to 860. Eaton believes that it has Duane. Northam joined in the plans at plained that many county units of eaus. 140 members worked in the COLDWATER, Branch-Our sug- Paper Container Shortage for Agriculture the meeting March 24. campaign. gestions for a county program includ- added thp most new members for anv county. Hamlin twp. ~ained from '3 the Junior Farm Bureau have reorg- I'd: A Farm Bureau marketing pro- The paper industry predicts that agriculture is facing a serious Saginaw County-300 attended our anized as two or more Community to 70. Windsor 4 to 70, Vermontvllle shortage of paper and paperboard containers In 1944 for marketing dance at Saginaw Township Hall, Feb- Junior gram; publicity to improve producer- crops and for delivering supplies to the farm. ruary 19. Herbert Fierke, chairman, Farm Bureaus. The trend Huron County Groups consumer relations; a central Farm 21 to 65; Delta 2 to 40. Many doubled continues that way. their membership. Roll Call chair- and Joy Ann Compton were in charge Hit Fast Time Bureau meetinl!; place; a lake-site in men: Francis Bust. l'tfl/:r.. Lloyd Ba. Not generally known Is the fact that agriculture Is the second the county for 4-H and farm groups: of refreshments. For 2 years anI' club con, Edgar Van Vleck, Otto Neff, WllI. has given a head of livestock to a Chester Clark largest consumer of bags and paperboard containers made from 'Vestern Huron COHnty Commun- better understamllng between farm- lam Clark. virgin pulpwood and waste paper. The armed services have the 4-H member who has proven himself ity Farm Bureau and the farm com- ers and labor; open meetings to show first call on such containers. The enormous quantities they require to be worthy of assistance. This year's Back in Australia mittee of the Chamber of Commerce at non-members Farm Bureau and its for overseas shipment are taken out of our domestic supplies recipients of a purebred pig are Lee Cpl. Chester Clark. former editor Sebewaing have declared for central program. Milk Producers Meet war time. The vl11age of Sebewain,~ NORTH THORNAPPLE. Barry- . permanently .. and Leonard Scharr, of BI'idgeport of the Junior Farm Bureau section of was asked to go along with the far- We discussed and we favor the coun- At New Baltimore In agriculture multi-wall paper bags have replaced burlap and township. The pig was given the club the News. wrote from Australia in mers. ty ownln~ the abstract books. Our 78 dele~ates from Milk Producpr by another boy who received a pig a February that he was at Melbourne to a large degree cotton bags no longer obtainable. Last year more discussion of live stock salp-s reveals Ass'n locals In Macomb and Sf. Clair year ago. By agreement he gave one enjoying his first furlough in 26 than a billlon multi-walJ paper bags were consumed in moving farm Midland Milk Producers tbat farms want a llcensf'ld man at counties attended the winter district of the offspring bnck to the Junior months. He had made a number of products and supplies. Common papersacks are used in great thl'! scalp,s to c:heck - wei~hln~. mpptinl! at N~w Baltimore. March 2-'1. Farm Bureau. April 29 is the tenta- friends there before going through Midland Farm Bnreau memb{'l's in- quantities by dealers in farm supplies, including our co-operatives. tive date for the spring dance. the New Guinea campaign. Chester RIVERTON. Miu'on-The AAA has I. T. PI,:krord, editor of Milk Mell~m- terested in raisinI!' the price ceillnl!' to 3! captain. Akron township, with by townships. The directory is print- the largest area, had two captains. all rigb t tJ11s .veal' OJ! it. It is used in the fruit or vegetable spray er in booklet form. Geo'rge M. Bitzer of Unionville was From a farm boy's letter Ie a lot tou "ith JUe 1 ; That's schedule for control of 'all copper-responding Clyde Breining, Community Fann county campaigu manager. He and Bureau organizer, has orgamzed 5 President. Jesse Treiber worked. in /Us bis! soldier brothel ghar JOb. I on re dOing: fungous diseases. Spraycop is compatible with new groups and has 8 others in pro- several townships where help, was guess •• all commonly used insecticides and it improves the cess. In March the county organlza' need.ed,-filling in for a captain who tlon reported 820 members, and 100 was ill, helping short handed teams. covering and adherence of such spray materials. in the Jimwr Farm Bureau. T, etc. An ~rican ranchboy in Europe knows the USE FILl\IF AST IN Lead Arsenate and Sulfur words of this letter from home by heart. He into our bnmn_ ' 'n1ia is important, for it sprays-also secticides sprays containing certain other In- and Fungicides-on Apples, Pears, Classified Ads feels good inside because it tells him the folks back home are doing their best to help him means that D.ODeof the livestock grower's war effort is lost. Classified advertisements are cash with order at the following rates: Small Fruits, Potatoes, Tomatoes, Beans, Cabbage - by getting all the extra work done - even 4 cents per word for one edition. Ads to appear In two or more editions Fanners will confirm that there is never a (all Collards), Cantaloupes (all' cucurbits), take the rate of 3 cents per word per edition. though he isn't there to lend a hand.: year when all types of farming pay, Devor a Spinach, Celery, and many other food crops; also The production of beef and other meat is year when all lose. So itis with us.When some Shade Trees, Ornamental Plantings and Victory POULTRY SUPPLIES BABY CHICKS a mighty important war job. Meat keeps I departments make money ,others show a Ioea.; Gardens. POULTRY MEDICATION AT PRICES U. S. APPROVED WHITE LEGHORN John and all the other American fighting men farmers can aCCord. Pheno tablet" (for chicks. frOln big type stock with 22 years But through diversification. new markets for USE SPRA YCO~ (alone or with any commonly drinking water) 225 at ~O cents; DI"ln- breeding, will help you prOduce more fit for the hardships of battle. Meat provides new products are developed. and improved fectant "100 to I" If., pint 45 cents, for egg's and \lrofit'. HOP male matlngs, used insecticides) for more efficient protection brooderhouse spray; Proto-4. Coccidiosis narred & \\'hlte Rocks. U, S. Pullorum proteins and vitamins for home-front wQrkers outlets 'provided for the grower's ca&b ~ preventive. 1 quart $1.00, medicate" 64 tested. Circular free, \\'instrom Hatch- agaiii'SC any - fungous disease -for\vhiCh a copper - . gal. of water; Phenothiazine. powder eQ-; Box Hi, Zeeland, ::'Ueh. (2-St-Ub) who are keyed to peak production of the form, for worming hogs and sheep, I lb. fungjcide is recommended. $1.50. Available at Farm Bureau Serv- CHERRYWOOD CHAMPION CHICKS things John needs. Ices at their stores and eo-ops, at hatch- frolll 1.lrge 'hcav)' laying Leghorns or GE'r TOP RESULTS OUT OF THIS YEAR'S .... eries and fced stores, ~Iall orders post- paid. Holland Laboratorle8, Holland, Hells. 1'1I11et~ 01' straight run chick" from "Iood tested vigorolls northern stock. Swift & Company is proud to share with SWIFT & COMPANY :\I1ch. (4-tf-65b) ChelT)'wood Fanllel'" Halchery. Holland, livestock growers in the production, prepara- SPRAY SCHEDULES BY PROVIDING l\IAXI- :lIich. (4-2t-25p) Chicago 9,IWnois ORCHARD amI tion, and delivery of meat. With plants and MUM PHOTECTION FOR ESSENTIAL FOOD AWwugh Swift & Company p~ t1fJe' SPECIAL - LEGHORN COCKEREL marketing facilities throughout the country, CROPS. BEEKEEPER SUPPLIES chkks for bl'Oi\cr" $2.00 pel' lQ\} I,ostpald. 6J~ billion pouruJ6 oflWestock and otJ.- ChCIT)'WoodFarms Hatchery, Holland, nation-wide meat packers help distribute GRAFTING WAXES. AND FRUIT :.\Iich. (4-lt-15p) fana productB a year, net profiU /roIa ALL packagcs, honey container" and Hoot "'Reg. U. S. Pat. Office Quality bee sU\lplies. M. J. Beck Co., meat efficiently and effectively. W1fUce6 average but a pe/UlY G pouatL Succcssor" to ~I. H. Hunt & Son, 510 Orchard Brand Spray and Dust Materials North Cedar St., Box 7, Lansing 1, Mich- WOOL GROWERS And we have diversi1ied our business Igan. (4-2t-30b) THERE IS A GUARANTEED CEIL. through the development of many by-prod- nlUh' I l '- Distributed by: LIVESTOCK Ing ~)rice 011 "'<>OJI. Why take Ie",,? Let ~wwse lee ree to u..u for the 11MIII &be us hell) YOUgct the to)p price. All wool uctsandrelatedproductswhichfitnaturally £ollowiDgfilma: FARM BUREAU SERVICES, Inc. FOR SALE-REGISTERED JERSEY grad~d at .Jac\<;~oll.Mlell, Reliable mar- bulls, Bred by HUSh \V. Bonnell. !l ket Infol'lnatiO)nalld "ati:-factol"Ymarket "A Nation'. M~ 221-227 N. Cedar Street, Lansing, Michigan s~r\'ice. )I1chigan Co-operative \"001 ..,.. -> ~-1r~, 0.8. "'. months old. "Ired Pioneer Sybil Bullt.eve Growers A.~'n, office & warehOuse at 'VVW1I aDU VUIIC-..--_ ... 441174, Priced at $65. John Gab~er. 506 Xorth :l[echanlc St., Jackson. :ll1ch. l.a'"$~~X8 ....... ..... ~ot'-BUl'ANOT11ER IFUBONDJ ~aDd.~ "See Your County Farm Bureau Co-o~" Girard R-l, Ohio. (4-lt-2Sp) (4-U-Hb) _ FOUR M I CHI GA N FAR M .:..N I? W S , SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 1944 - QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION Importance of Wood EHect of the War 1. What recenf' developments In chemurgy aft'ect agricultural production after the war? and substitutes will The vital importance wood has in the war is shown by the fact that on Agriculture 2. What changes anll developments tbe war and may be expected after the war in the transportation have taken place during and storage ot food that will change agricultural practices in our com. practically any item that named either has wood in it or de- can pends on wood in some process of its manufacture or .lts delivery to the be Penny Wi~e, fighting front. Background Our Community Material for Discussion in April by F ann Bureau Discussion Groups munity'? Frozen tood, locker s)'stem, storage, etc. 3. What are the problems of maintaining In view of Increased crop production? fertility of our soil Pound Foalish? RJI EUGENE A SMALTZ Membership Relations & Education 4. What Is the responsihility of the farmers, of the farm organl. zatlons and the government in promoting laml use and soil conser. Why Risk I-Will , acreage of spring grains be greater or less vation? this year? ROLL. CALL QUESTION-Name agriculture. one effect total war has had on At the present time, due to war demands and international con. 5. What are some ot the changes brought about '. wblch alIect the ultimate consumer of farm products? by the war $1022 2-Will weather conditions be more favorable than last season? fusion, produc:ots of the farm for both food and tlber are in heavy dE'mand. particularly on the fresh markets basis. However, when ". i' ,\ol, ~~) "Croten Packaging changes, toods,' (d) Glass and cellophane. (b) Grading, (c) Dehydration and to Save.? conditions resume to normal peacetime business, we again must sell products of the fllrm, particularly food, in processed form as well l,k< :';:~.!h What. do you t~lnk of price control and rationing, Its value a dime _ 3-Will there be enough labor and machinery to as in tbe fresh form. IT5~tB .the past. af present and In the future? do the job? .. A good crop of legumes will grow on good land without proper inocula- MOst processing plants such as canneries and cold packing plants, freeEing. drying. etc .• have been worklnl'!: for many years to establish their products in the regular channels of trade. War has disrupted WHY. FEED Caledonia Creamery An OPA Casualty .lIon ... but It grows at an extra cost of at least $10.00 per acre in We do not know the answer to these questions, but we do know that these regular channels and has, in part. destroyed the work that has been done to win consumers' acceptance of certain products. If a PRICES HAVE Caledonia Co-operatives Creamery nitrogen taken from the land. Neither prior crops or the presence Co. quit operations late in "larch. Of- of nodules guarantee the proper inocu. GONE UP It Pays to Use GOOD SEED certain portion of this trade is not maintained during these war days. ficers said that it was an OPA casual- this consumers' acceptance wllJ be lost anll will have to be rebuilt ty. They explained that under the lation necessary to take this nitrogen after the war. Pathfinder magazine in a recent OPA price ceiling of 45c a pound for FREE from the air. article reports the large increase in butter. plus the 5c rollback, the In the case of Michigan products, we must remember that we must the prices for feed grains and mill creamery could not pay producers UNI-CUL TURE compete with various other states for consumers' acceptance. fore, it is with a selfish interest that we ought to keep a certain por. There- feeds during the past year . Oats are higher by $19.25 per ton more than 54c a pound for butterfat. Fluid milk markets have been return- the 3-ln.1 Inoculation for Clover, AI. • Poor seed is always expensive tlon. though small. of our products in the markets where they now haYe favorable acceptan('e. even if we might have to accept a lower price temporarily . since Jan. 1943. Barley is higher by $22.15 per ton since May, 1943. Wheat is higher by $6 per ton since Ing about $1 per pound for butterfat. The creamery lost 230 of its 300 In World 'War I. said Pres. F. 'V. falfa and Soybeans . patrons. It had operatell for 33 years. Sold by FARM BUREAU Seed Dealers KALO INOCULANT CO. • Seed oats or barley from another county or state generally pays for the change of seed • War has brought on several new developments and has accelerat. :\Iarch 1943. Ruehs, the creamery wholesaled but- ed other developments. 'Vhether or not these llevelopments will Prices for these grains, said Path. ter as high as 70c per pound and held Quincy Dlinois Two bushels of added yield per acre offsets finder. were driven up by the tre- its patrons. stick after the war depends on the acceptance by the public of the the increased cost of good seed products developed by the new process. For example. we may be mendous demand for grains to take • the place of corn, which was not read- ~Iad to eat dehydrated carrots if we are in Africa or in Alaska. but ily available because of the govern- Treating seed is good insurance will we want such a product here after the war? Will we want de- hydrated meat after the war, even though the soldiers are eating a lot of it at the present time? ment low ceiling price on corn. Feed prices are up because grain prices are higher .and because mill MARKET INFORMATION Your State Farm Bureau Seed- Dep't has stocks of feeds are higher, , Listen to the Farm Market Reporter Daily, However. some of these developments may prove to be very Soybean oil meal increased $11.50 Monday through Friday good seed oats and barley, including Marion, Huron, economical and very efficient, for example. dehydrated beans and per ton under the OPA ceiling set 12:15 noon over Michigan Radio Network aa a farm aervlce feature ot • potatoes may save a lot of freight and space and still prove to he a July 31. 1943. these atationa Worthy and Cartier oats. Also the popular Wisconsin blgbly acceptable and palatable product. Cottonseed oil meal increased $10.50 Early marketa at 7:00 A. M., over Michigan State College Radio StatIo •. No. 38 barley. per ton under the OPA ceiling July WKAR. Supplied by the Michigan Live Stock Exchange. A steady income is most desirable for the farmer in the long run. 31, 1943. The Michigan Live Stock Exchange Is a farmer owned and controlled organlzatlon-offering YOUthe following services: See your Co-op for Farm Bureau seeds of all kinds. Therefore. he should choose between talking his chances on selling Linseed oil meal Increased $2 per ton under the same OP A ceiling. SELLING-Commission eales aervices In Detroit and Buffalo terminal bis products on the open market at whatever prices prevail at the markets. Feeders through national connections. Can furnish at cost Your Co-op, your Farm Bureau, and you make a com- Corn gluten feed increased $9 per PlUS a reasonable handling charge all grades of feeding cattle and lambs. time of selling. or making a steady delivery of his products to a ton under the OP A ceiling July 31 FINANCING-4Y2°.4 money available for feeding operations of worthY bination that will win in the battle for farm equality, Co-operati\-e Association for packing. freezing, canning drying. etc, 1943. ' 'eeders who have feed. regardless of where they purchase their teeders. Perhaps in some areas, a program combining the handling of products Manufacturing. mixing, and retail on a tresh basis supplemented by a processing program of some kind handling charges for feeds were limit. MICHIGAN , UVESTOCK EXCHANGE Secretary's. O~ice Hudson, Michigan may be more desirable than to choose between an entirely fresh ed by an OPA order dated January 16 Frank Oberst, President; J. H. O'Mealey, Secretary 4 Treaaurarl Boost the Fann Bureau - - That Benefits You produce program and a processed products program. In either case, 1943. ' George J. Boutell, Manager it should be a program ot an association of growers. SHIP YOUR STOCK TO US AT FARM BUREAU SERVICES, INC. Farm Bureau Represented Michigan Livestock Exch. Producers Co-op As. '. Seed Dep't, Lansing, Michigan On Child Welfare Council Detroit Stockyards East Buffalo, N. Y. Stanley Powell is a member of the new state Child Welfare Council. rep- resenting the Michigan State Farm AN EXTRA MEASURE OF SeRVICE Bureau. The group will study chan. ges In child welfare la.ws made by the special session of the legislature, study the visiting teacher program proposed by the state Dep't of Public FARM LOANS Instruction, and other matters of in. terest to child welfare. and will make recommendations. Probate Judge The Song of Sueeess Stephen Clink of Muskegon county is chairman. ' .... :_ When credit will help you carry out your plans, come in and ta~k with us. All credit transactions are on a confidential basis-and the rate is low. If you want to repair your machin- ery, purchase new equipment, buy EVERY YEAR Seidel taking his share of prizes In our National Egg-LaYing sees Contests, I Never nll;sed C'lic'~sL i'~e T'l(~se Beforl'!, Iloorllf/! seed and fertilizer, increase your live- Right at this time his hen holds the high rec- stock; if any financial assistance is ord for White Leghorns 343 eggs, 376.25 points. needed to increase the production of This hen Is also second your farm, we invite you to come in high record hen of the world, In the 1942-43 This song, sung by happy chick growers since 1930 to the tune of Arizona Egg Tests, Sei- and talk with one of our officers. del won high hen and high pen. "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" is the theme song of'Mer- It takes good breeding PLUS a strong. It is simple and easy to borrow from this bank. vital bird to JIve and sustain such high egg production. This Is why Seidel and other outstanding Contest Winners al- mash, the only chick starter containing Farm Bureau Mermaker,. ways feed their flocks on STONEMO- not only to their layers but especially to their growing birds. STONEMO Granite Grit enables hens (and turkeys) to grind feed flnel~.-to Mermash 16% Is .Fortified get fullest nutrition from available feed -to save up to 20% of the feed-as well as to help prevent losses from digestive troubles. These are Important facts to every poultryman and turkey grower. .. I .. II' O. f" •• TAKE a tip from Seidel 11'1'''' _U.ooC. "PO'" eo-_ ...1Oot -feed STONEMO Gran- ite Grit. Sold on a Mon. ..... 'IDUA"nSll"', ey.back Guarantee. Get STONEMO from your ~'f"Tt .. Feed Dealer. with our own Vitamin G Supplement, Vita-Pak. The Vita-Pak, with liver meal, dried whey, distiller's solUM bles, and Merck's "50" carries an effective balance of natural Vitamin G and the B Complex Vitamins, plus a liberal enrichment from synthetic Vitamin G. M- M MERMASH 16% includes 4 lbs. of 2,000A-400D carrier to every ton. This furnishes more than ample Vita min A & D for Mermash 16 % as it is recommended to be fed. Ask your dealer for Farm Bureau Mermash 16 % . Dairy concentrates in 24 % and 32% protein, with It is formulated for farmers by a farmers' organiza- Irradiated Yeast, and Manganese Sulphate with tion. We offer also Farm Bureau 18 % protein trace minerals. Ask for Farm Bureau Porkmaker Laying Mash, 32 % protein Poultry Supplement 33 % protein 'hog concentrate. Build your own pig (when you have your own grain), also Milkmaker and sow feed. Ask for F arm Bureau Feeds