Vol. XXII No. 5 SATURDAY, MAY 6, 1944 22nd Year Published Monthly. EDITORIAL Roderick Miller 1st to Win Saginaw Jrs. Contest STATE BOARD Brookside Resolution For Advertising ASKS CONGRESS We Need to Set City Folks Right 'Ve have a resolution from Brookside Community Farm Bureau MAKES PROPOSALS Brookside Community Farm Bureau of Newaygo county has proposed to TO ADD SUBSIDY the officers of the Michigan State of Newaygo county recommending that the state and national Farm Bureaus engage in educational advertising in the leading news- papers and magazines and over the leading radio stations to enable TO COUNTY GROUPS Farm Bureau: "Inasmuch as the vast majority of BAN TO OPA LAW city and town residents of our nation city folks to understand the facts of life as they apply to the farmer's The Michigan State Farm Bureau The follOWing letter was sent to are uninformed about farmers and job of producing food and getting paid for it. hoard of directors meeting April 5 at farm activities, it is recommeded_that D.' S. Senators Ferguson and Vanden. Lansing made several suggestions to berg and Michigan members of the Brookside has made a gOretary Gordon in effect. 2,000 and up "This amendment, surprisingly enough, provoked bitter debate Berrien-2,318 Gill at Ypsilanti, R 3." "The Univers.al Milking Machine for two days. Finally a roll-call vote was demanded, and the amend- 1,500 to 2,000 !\lay 1 Washtonaw reported that Company which was bought recent- ment was carried by a vote of 171 to 135.• Members produced In the Saginaw-l.603 tho membership figure of 919 on ly by farm co-operatives, inClUding debates various cards and letters, copies of which are recorded in 1,000 to 1,500 :\larch 31 has been increased to 926. Branch-l.309 Ottawa-l,096 the Farm Bureau Services of Mich- the Congressional Records of March 23 and 24, which were sent out Calhoun-l,006. Bert Amrhein, county campaign man- igan, has paid for itself. Gasoline ager. and 94 township chairmen and by the AAA, telling farmers that in order to get draft deferment, 900 to 1.000 and oil refineries bought by co-opera- Tuscola-9GO . "'ashtenaw-919 membership workers were thanked farm machinery, gasoline, fertiIlzer, etc., they would have to join the tives are paying for themselves quite Van Buren-914 for their good work. Their names were AAA program. The situation was flagranl in Ohio, Indiana. Okla. rapidly by plowing their savings back 800 to 900 published in the News Letter. into them. homa, Michigan, and California." Eaton-827 Lapeer~91 700 to 800 "The Farm Bureau hopes to get St. Clalr-703 Non-Fat Dry priorities for construction of a soy St. Joseph-749 bean processing mill in Michigan. Things Happen When Public Gets Interested Milk Solids "Stanley Powell ot the Farm Bur. Since our County Farm Bureaus began to use newspaper ad vel" Genesee-602 President Roosevelt signed recently eau Is eon suited by many state Sen- tisin; a few years ago to help build the membership, and. to put the Gratlot-667 an act of Congress which establishes ators and reprellelltatlTes regarding Huron-666 _ power of publicity behind theIr projects, the results have been very Ini:ham-604 the legal name of "non-fat dry milk bills because he has their respect as satisfactory indeed. solids" for the powder made from milk an informed reprellPntative of agri- 500 to 600 culture. At the State Farm Bureau we have enjoyed our part in preparing HlIIsdale-:;S2 Shlawassee-523 from which the fat has been separat- Isabella-54:! ed .. "Recently thfJ national headquart- each winter a series of Farm Bureau membership campaign advertise. ments. This year nearly every County Farm Bureau used them. I Bay-460 400 to 500 Dr. Russell Wilder, nutritionist of arB of the American Federation of Cass-460 Llvlngston-H2 Ne.wayg0-419 the Mayo clinic at Rochester. Minn .. I.abor asked Mr. Brody and othf'T They appeared in many weekly and daily newspapers. They helped sUPJlorted the new na me before com- nationally known l"ad'lr8 of a~ril-ul- 300 to 400 produce a probable gain of 7,000 or more members. Jackson-3i8 Oceana-38S mittees of ConKress. He said, "There t'lr" to disCI/f;s Post-war problpID8 Now, having observed that good advertising gets results, the l\1acomb-393 is 11. wide agreement among nutrition- eau 1<"rom Washtenaw County Farm Bur. 200 to 300 Nllws LPttf'r. County Farm Bureaus are Improving upon our suggestions. Ingham ists that the use of the word 'skim' Antrlm-261 l\1ecosta-270 County Farm Bureau is one of the leaders. Kent-287 lIfontcalm-229 creates a resistance on the part of 0 Pod. In the last three years Ingham has g~own to be a strong organi. Maniste&-20S l\1uskegon-2~ B • I d t fJ llQ ~ (.II)<> tiP" • an act of Congress to over-rule him. period. tJ SATU,RDAV,"MAY'6, 1944 TWO MICHIGAN FARM NEWS Waxed Fruit ro~~ 1 tion which reduces moisture :~d uprolongs th~ tresh life of the ~A~eHIGA~#S Behind Before' shipment to market, one fruit ... r~M~NE".~ the quarter of all the oranges, lemons and grapefruit grown In the United States today are coated China's Hwang-Ho. with an Invisible changed its mouth 11 times .. river has Succ_r to the MIchigan Farm Bureau News, founded January 12, 19!5 Wheel Entered as I.'~nd d,ss matter Janu8.rJ' ..trICot Ilt Charlotte, Mlchlgsn. under the U, 1S!3 at the post- Act of March 3. 1879. With J. F. Yaeger; ,MARKET INFORMATIQN Publl.shed ftrst Saturday of each month by the MIchigan State Farm Director of State Field Listen to the Farm Market Reporter Daily, B10reau at Its pUblicAtion otrlce at 114 E. Lovett St., Charlotte. Mlch\gau" Services Monday through Frida.y , Edltortal and iten ..ra1 otrlces. %21 North Cedar St., LansIng, Pooototnce Box KO. Telephone, Lansing %1-211. Mlcbtna.. AlushrootJn Tir.ne • At 12:111 noon over Michigan Radio Networ .. then atatlona k a farm nrvlce 'eature ot ~ d.t last a f1ice tcann rain comes on. CONSUMER PUBLICITY h i State College Radio Statio. EINAR UNGREN •.•.•. Editor and Business Manager Early marketa at 7:00 A. M., over Mlc gan •• 4.nd then a ,ticky humid time Apparently there are others besides WKAR. Supplied by the MIchigan LIve Stock Exchange. d and controlled That makes the modest mushrooms ,pring my Lapeer correspondent. quoted in The MIchigan Live Stock Exchange Is a :aru;er owne . SubscrtpUOIl 25 cents per year; 4 years for $1, In ad't'ance. last month's column, who are Inter- Up i71 profusio?l, plump and prime. organlzat\on~ffer\ng you the followIng serv;e:;Olt and Buffalo termInal ested in getting the farmer's story SELLING--Commlaslon ealea aervlcea ~~ctl~ns. Can furnIsh at I cost VOL. XXII SATURDAY, MAY 6, 1944 No.5 .-4. certain place flot far from here, across to the consumer.- markets. Feedera through nat\on~lI cO~des of feedIng cattle 'and lambs. Where rotting apple stumps remaIn. W. D. Byrum of Leslle, plus a reasonable handling charge gr rations 'of wOrtb7 Bears often at this time 0/ flear FI NANCI NG-4Y.a% mOney available ~or f~~~~~~ase their feeders. (Continued from page one) county. has written: 'eeders who ha.ve feed, regard.\ess of were • In Il quarter page advertisement In the county seat weekly. They These pallid fruits 0/ heat and rain. '''It seems to me that our State Farm Bureau should have a program MICHIGAN UVESTOCK £XC - HANCE Secretary'a Office Hudaon, Michigan said: So 10hen the weather man displays over some Detroit radio station even- Frank Oberat. Pre~ldent; J. H. O'Mealay •• Secretary & TraaaurarJ "OUR 1944 E~'ROLLMENT IS 615 MEMBERS. This Is an In- The proper sequence of events ings or Sunday for the benefit of con. George J. Boutell, Manager crease ot about 63'10. We feel that you rpallze the Importance ot sumers. Farmers need the consum- I wander d01Dn the orchard toays SHIP YOUR STOOK TO US AT your state and national legislative representation vited to become a member of a COlDmunlt-y Farm Bureau, to enroll your family In the MIchigan Hospital ServIce through the Farm ... You are In- Among the stumps and down the fence Seeking the spongy brQ10n Morels That set my inner me aflutter ers' good will and the. consumer needs' the facts. Economic survival of the etficlent farmet is quite as im- Michigan Livestock Exch. Detroit StockyardJ Producers Oo-op East Buffa.lo"N. Y. As.'. Bureau, your YUlIng people :lrc Invited to the JunIor Farm Bureau." .portant as is the survival of other With thougllts of former humid spells groups. The Farm Bureau has When Inr;ham County Farm Bureau agreed to direct the Red And former feasts, all fried in butter. CrOS$ l:8mpalgn this spring, It joined with other groups to raIse a ~rown wonderfully in recent years At first it seems J've come too soon but we do lack a proper public rela- 56llcltation torce of 800. The Farm Bureau raised funds for 12 full tions program." page advertisements In 5 weekly newspapers before and during the Before the tender tips could shoot. MULTIPLE DUES campaign. They went out for $10,000 and got about $16.000 as com. But presently I SPll out one A Huron County fanner wrote us: pared to $6,000 rals~d in 1942. Nestled between two apple roots. "A United Dairy Farmer organizer And then another comes to view, recently visited me and urged me to MEASURE OF SERVICE Ad.ertising and publiCity helps In getting things done. EXTRA Redoubling my vigilence l- join this farmer-labor alliance. When I search them Oltt by one and two I told him I was a member. of the Michigan's Rank Among the States I With satisfaction most immense. Farm Bureau because the Farm Bu. reau concerned Itself with not only 1I:ot many people reaUze the high rank Michigan farmers enjoy for agricultural production. Although 25 states have more land In tarms than we do, we rank 9th or better for production of 30 Import- .llarthll, my helpmeet, finds no fun Or relish in my mushroom fad But. lOVing me, has always done the milk problem but all problems' of the farmer, he said that it was' John Lewis's Intention to organize FARM., LOANS ant crops suited to this climate. We rank among the first 19 for pro- Her noble best-and may I add other farmers as soon as he had the duction of H farm crops, truck crops, live stock, poultry and their dairy farmer organized. In addition to No other cook that I have known a Unned Dairy' Farmer organization, When credit will help you carry products. Can take a foOd which she disdains there would be a United Beef Farm. out your plans, come in and talk The Michigan Crop Reporting Service at Lansing says that In .4-nd cook it for her man alone ers, a United Egg Farmers, a United 1943 Michigan farmers won these places for production: With more delicious loving pains. Bean Farmers, a United Poultry.for- with us. All credit transactions are I-Baans, celery, strawberries. meat Farmers, etc. 2-Grapes. cantaloupes, cucumbers for pickles, red clover seed, Often I think that all tee men '''The dues for the United Dairy on a confidential basis-and the rate Could profit ill our selfish lives Fa'rmer are an initiation fee plus $1.50 peppermint and spearmint. is low. By emulating flOW and then per month. If the United Dairy Far- 3-Buckwheat. asparagus. cucumbers for market, tomatoes for , market. 4-Apples, cherries. beets for canning. .The free devotion of our toives Who, by the love they bear for ItS, Endure the skillet's Sizzling heat mer prevails, will we eventually have to belong to a 'different union for each product that we have to ~ell and If JOU want to repair your machin- . l 5-Potatoes, alfaUa hay, alslke clover seed, veaches, pears, cab- pay $1 to $1.50 a month dues in each bage. carrots .. With seas of skill and drops of fuss of them?" ery, purchase new equipment, buy f 6-Mllk, all tame hay, lima beans for canning, onions. Cooking /or 1ts tollat they 100n't eat. R. S. Clark This writer can't answer that one. seed and fertilizer, increase your live- ! i-Sugar beets. but It is certainly In the realm of pos. S-Snap beans for canning. 315 North Grinnell Street sibllity. I know of craftsmen who to- stock; if any financial assistance is ~Dalry cattle, field peas; snap beans for market. Jackson, Michigan -day find It necessary to belong to three or four unions and to pay tri- needed. ~~ increase the production of 1000Pop corn. bute to a new union boss if they work your fann, we invite you to come in U-Rye. 13-Sweet soy beans. 12--oats, green peas for canning. corn for canning. Farln and Employers any place outside of a certain area. For instance, a carpenter mine who belongs friend of to the union in and talJc with one" of our officers. H-Corn. 15-Wlnter 16-Flaxseed, aHaUa seed. eggs. wheat. tomatoes for canning. chickens. Liability for Farmers Lansing. tells me that when he goes to. Muskegon he must pay another fee there for the privilege of working in It is simple and easy to borrow from this bank. I By ALFRED BENT ALL not keep confined an unruly animal that area, etc. 17-Sprlng wheal. Director, Farm Bureau Ins. Dep't he is Ilable .tor any damage or in- Farmers who argue that $5 annual IS-Barley. 7ieA'MERICA'N. Insurance has come to be a very jury that animal does.' We find that dues .in the Farm Bureau is too much, I~Hogs, sheep. major factor ,in every walk of life. It if a man digs spit and does not take notice. dUfers from most commodities that properly protect is and his neighbor's we buy in this respect, namely: that stock falls therein and are 'injured or MUCH IN COMMON We Are Wmning Fight on Wheat Rust A recent editorial in the .West A number of years ago the U. S. Dep't of Agriculture and the while we cau generally buy food and killed, he must make clothing when we need them, insur. therein we find that if'a man's stock good. Also, Michigan CIO News of Muskegon sug. ance must be bought before It is gets into his neighbor's vineyard, or gests .that labor and farmers have NATIONAL -=BANK State of Michigan launched a program to wive out eventually the needed, for wben protection by any fieid, and eats or destroys some of much In common. Arguing their view- o Kalamazoo "1111". -.....u.., ".fl Of c..1•• I"" __ 0'" stem rust ot wheat in this state. n haa since become common knowledge that the fungus causing, stem rust of wheat lives through one stage of Its development or life kind of Insurance is really needed. It thn. produce there" the owner of i the pOlnt'It,was Is then too late to buy it. stock must, out Of the best he ;has, We are reminded of the story of make good the loss. We also find that industrial worker -in the city receives said: '''Farmers are com. ing rapidly to realize that unless the .-. 'IOUAl..SPWI n.. cycle on the Japanese .barberry and the other on the wheat plant. It Rastus. He was a very elderly, white if a man kindling la tire, loses control a sufficient wage, tbe tarmers will haired colored man who one day sid- so that stacks 'of corn, or standing hav!l'a pmited market, hence, natura!- cannot survive without the Japanese barberry. led up to the counter in a life Insur- corn are' consunlE!tl~' he wh6 kindled Iy', 'a cheap market for their produce; .. More than 6,600,000 barberry-bushes- haTe been destroyed. These ance office and asked to buy some the fire must surely make restitution. and, on the other hand, the organized have Included a great many hedges and ornamental plantings and; Insurance. The clerk wanted to be as t . ! industrial 'workers have long realized The present day. way of saying all hnndreds of thousands of bushes growing wild. kind as possible and said, "How old of those things Is 'that you and I ar,e that unless the farmer receives a pay- Two-thIrds of the state, or 37.699 square mlles have been cleaned are you, Rastus?" He replied; "I's 97." legally liable for the condition of our ingprice for what he p'roduees, there The clerk replied, "Well, Rastus, I premises where we live, and general- can be no. market for city made up. No further barberry plant searches are required there according am sorry but you are too old to buy ly speaking, in incorporate'd 'cities or goods. The economic interests ot the to test surveys. About 8.041 square miles or 14% of the state will life insurance." Rastus looked up at towns we are liable for the sidewalks two are therefore Irrevocably linked; require one o-r more Intensive eradication surveys. Another 1,741 the clerk again and said, "You all's In front of our houses. 'Ve are liable they must stand or tall together." square miles or 20% of the state may be worked by less Intensive making a big mistake. Mighty few I. wonder if that's why organized for our dog is he bites somebody. 'Ve labor is insisting that food prices be methods. It Is also known that there are 1,950 square mlles In 20 I peoples dies after 97." . are liable if someonEt falls because our counties where there are Japanese barberry bushes that have devel.' Rastus had the need but it was too children left their playthings. on the rolled back and food cheapened and late to suppiy the insurance. Most sidewalk. that farmers should subject them. oped from seeds of plants previously destroyed. Much of this terri.' 'Ve are liable It a' person tory may be reworked In 1944. people are fairly famlllar with I fire falls down on our slIppery or faulty .selves to a subsidized, cheap.food pro- insurance, and more or' less fam- steps, etc. Hence the need of resi- gram? Agriculture has been engaged in three great eradication pro- iliar with llfe insurance. Perhaps .not dence liability insurance. grams during the past 20 l'ears: bovine tuberculosis, Bangs disease of cattle, and stem rust of wheat. them under way and has supported each campaign. The Farm Bureau helped get so many people are very familiar with The need of farm liability insur- ance lies in the fact that there are In connection with all farming opera. PRESSING NEED . Searching for Potash in Michigan tions, a great many hazards which might cause damage to someone who comes on the farm. For instance, FOR PULPWOOD Geologists of the State Conservation Dep't believe that potash, "... take the case of a division one of our agents, Joe Bartz, of Dorr, going to England. That division will a most important agricultural and industrial chemical, may be Allegan county, a few weeks ago reqUire about 15 shiploads of material found In the deeper salt beds which underlie this state . went to call on a policyhOlder. The . . . About 150,000 tons ... There Is policyholder's dog bit Mr. Bartz. The Michigan ranks first In salt production. We have several salt hardly an article of these hundreds dog's owner could be charged wltb of. thousands of articles that isn't beds that have been producing since 1859. l\Uchlgan brines have liablllty for the consequence ot, that wrapped up in paper or has a paper been found to be a source of bromine, calcIum chloride, magnesium dog bite. A person was Visiting on tag attached to it or in some way chloride and other valuable salta which have been the foundation ot the farm of our 'agent, Mr. Haradlne. doesn't require some paper in Its great chemical Industries, such as the Dow plant at Midland. He offered to help in loading some handling and manipulation. You have hay. He was not an employee, but the Deep drIlling for salt and salt brines and for oil during the to have cartoons for your shells, for loading of the hay was in connection everything in short from shells down llUlt 25 years has resulted In the discovery of at leailt four Important with the operation and, maintenance salt bearing formations. A search Is being made for a source ot to hlood plasma. You have to have of that farm. The visitor in helping it for rations. You have to have it potash. with the hay broke his arm and In for clothes; you have to have it for S1. Clair and Wayne counties are leading producers of salt. The this case, the medical pay coverage, practically everything to use. And we which goes along with residence' lla can't send over 100 percent of the two produced 3.283,063 tons of salt In 1942. Michigan and New York bility and farm liability and also with things that are supply nearly halt the nation's output of sait in Its several forms. wanted unless we farm employers liability insurance have 100 percent of the materials would have been a mighty fine thing here."- Lieu1. Gen. Brehon B. Som. to have. Instead of which, Mr. Hara- ervell, commanding general, army ser. 30,394 This Time! dine's son, who was operating the vices forces. Our subscription list for the ~Ilchigan Fa:rm News 'has risen to farm felt obllgated to pay the doctor's "American farmers have a forgot. 30,394 for tile May 6 edition. For years and years when we were bill. All of our readers will readily ten crop that can be barvested at any plodding along under 20.000 ... and sometimes considerably under understand how many things can hap. time and right now is the time the 20.000 ... our ambition was to have a subscrlvtIon list of 30,000 pen in connection with the operation country needs that crop most .... Farm Bureau members. the various forms of casualty insur. of a farm to a l>erson who might go Wherever Ithere Is a farm woodlot We haven't got 30,000 Fann Bureau members yet in Michigan, ance. Possibly the best known form on the farm for one reason or an. you usually find trees not big enough of this type of protection is what we other and for which the owner, or for saw logs but big enough for pulp- but we are within reaching distance. When :the 1944 membership call automobile Insurance. We in!Ulre operator of the farm would be held wood. When such trees grow too campaign cloned ~l2a-Ch 31. we were only 2,016 short of having 30,OOO! our automobiles to protect us along liable. thickly, judicious thinning wlll add Do you know that 3,449 members were added to .the Farm Bureau two lines: First, to protect us again. Farm Employers Liabillty is for to the value of. the remaining timber, AFTER the campaign closed ~farch 31, 1943? We had an official st the results of damage done by our the purpose of relieving the farm permitting it to grow faster. By har. count of 17,544 then and 20,993 December 1. automobiles to the persons, or pro- owner, or operator, of the conse- vE!'8ting these trees now the farmer Our present list ot 30,394 contains the names of some member- perty of other people; and second, to quences of accidents that often do will add to his income, he wlll im. ships which have been cancelled. We are receiving the first of the protect us against the cost of dam- happen to people employed on the pro\.e his woodlot and make a valu- cancellations trom County Farm Bureau secretaries. The number age to our own automobile, such as, farm. Cows and horses kick. Hands able cOlitrlbution to the war effort be. col1lsion or fire and theft, etc . and arms are Injured by machinery. .cause we are facing an acute shortage promises to be small. Until lately we have accepted subscriptions There is a type of Insurance, how. People fall off ladders. They fall of pulpwood and the only place we fr.om persons not members of the Farm Bureau. We wanted to ever, with which most people are not through holes in the hayloft !loor. can look for supplies is from the fann make them acqua.inted with tbe organization. Sooner or later II{)me- ilo famlllar, altho It 18 coming more Their eyesight is damaged by spray woods."-Claude Wickard, Secretary ooe would lUlk 7 the manufacture and sale of all a hand in it. And then there was mers. From funds of 10c per cow quette, and John Biegalle, Scottville. T h eLansing N e w Improved items of farm machinery and equip- Sylvester Graham ( who was no scien- raised annually in the first two weeks ment is restricted by quotas which tist, but who "had a hunch" that or- of June, dairy farmers in 14 states are expressed as a percentage of the CO-OP GARDEN net shipping weight of each item produced during 1940 or 1941, which- ever was the higher. This very defi- dinary white bread was not all it have nearly $400,000 a year to pro- should be. Graham toured the coun- mote the sales of all dairy products try in the 1830's, lecturing against the by advertising in radio programs, na- tional magazines, and newspapers in WEEDER-CULTIVATOR nitely hampers the bull ring manufac- turing companies in trying to take care of the accumulated demands. evils of white bread as a food. Poet of Bran Bread and Pumpkins the larger consuming centers. Emerson called him the "poet of Mr. Richards said that notwith- Normally, there is a substantial in- bran bread and pumpkins". He wasfarmers standing their present efforts, dairy ventory of any such article in the have a big selling job- ahead attacked in Boston by a mob of angry Rationing and government restrictions hands of all the various firms and in- bakers. In addition to preaching on dairy products have made an op- dividuals who comprise the network temperance, hard mattresses, cold portunity for substitutes for butter, or distribution. Now there is no such inventory on hand and unless the pro- visions of L-257 can be modified as Community GULICK, Isabella — Gasoline tax shower baths, open bedroom windows, whipping cream and other dairy pro- should.be raised high enough to sup- and cheerfulness at meals, he be- port roads. Leave the 50 million in lived that good health could come related to bull rings, it will be a long time before production catches up Farm Bureau the state treasury until the boys come home. from the consumption of bread at "/can unhesitatingly recommend / with demand. The Michigan State Farm Bureau Activities least 12 hours old and made of whole DEERFIELD, Mecosta—Some meth- wheat, unbolted and coarsely ground. STONE MO J] Here's the New Home DeLux* has brought the situation to the at- ELK, RIVERSIDE, Huron—We de- od should be devised to acquaint city Scorped, ridiculed, vilified as he was, tention of the national committee for manded that Elkton retain "slow and Farm Production Supplies in the time" a s our first official action in problems. farm people with each others Sylvester Graham, the staunch New England preacher and reformer, had a Granite 6 n't"] PRESSURE hope that the Farm Machinery and organizing April 13 at home of Mr. GAINES, Genesee—Everyone here sound idea when he put "Millers Bar- N o t e Special F e a t u r e s Equipment Section of the War Pro- and Mrs. Ernest Tschumi, Elkton. Of is making every effort to raise all reled Graham Flour" on the market. duction Board may be induced to ficers: Walter Schuette, chairman; that can be taken care of, considering Strongly built with 18 inch wheel. modify the terms of L-257 so as to Just how early white bread became '*'.. I LLINOIS COOKER equipment includes 5 adjustable of bull rings which may be manufac- W. Bailey, discussion leader, Aaron labor and feed for live stock. Some Wood handles, steel grips. Standard grant an increase in the total quantity Ervin Bixler, vice chairman; Albert more acreage could be used if the a part of man's diet is not exactly known. We do know that the an- M lets R. HELM adds "too many pul- have been ma- WPB First on the market since released limited supply spring steel teeth with double end, tured for the next few months. FaubeJ, secretary. Meetings nights, drain commission would get at those cient Egyptians had white bread and tured on mash alone of aluminum for Pressure second Thursday. Next meeting an ex- drains. diamond point, shovel; also bar share . . . without ques- Cookers and Canners. This for furrowing out. 12 inch tool bar de- ception, third Thursday^ May, home FREELAND, Saginaw—Agreed that cakes; by the 12th Century white tion the feeding of of .Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Herford, Elk- board of supervisors be notified that bread had become so well established means that the Home De signed for any adjustment or angle of Live Stock & Dairy that in London there was a Company m o r e grain and teeth to 16 inch row width. We cannot increase livestock and ton. "International Food Problems this group favors compulsory control L u x e i s of P R E - W A R dairy production without more le- During and After War" subject. Coun- for Bangs disease. of White Bakers as well as a Comp- granite grit develops more husky pul- quality. lets that will be better able to stand Price $ 5 . 2 5 F.O.B. Lansing gume crops. Legume seeds are scar- ty Agr'l Agt. Emmett Raven, speak- TEXAS CORNERS, Kalamazoo—We any of Brown Bakers. To eat white up under the strain of heavy egg pro- The Home De Luxe Pres- ce. W must raise them this year by er. have asked the township board to bread became a mark of social dis- duction." Place your order with your local letting the second cutting of clover CENTRAL, CASS—After a co-oper- zone the township. tinction. While the poor of the cities sure Cooker is sanitary, easy co-operative or with Farm Bureau and alfalfa go for seed. ative supper April 11, we discussed June 19-21. and the farm folk ate brown b.-ead Other successful poultrymen and tur- to keep clean, no crevices for Services, Inc., Machinery Dep't, P. O. the group hospitalization project. We key growers have proved this is true. food decay. No rubber gask- Box 960. 728 E. Shiawassee St., Lans- The only tin smelter in South Amer- also gave $10 to the Red Cross. WHEATFIELD, Ingham—Members (made of flour with the germs remov- decided to bring public relations right ed but with some bran) and black Mr. Helm's birds make records in our ets to wear out or get lost. ing 4, Mich. ica is located in Argentina. BUENA VISTA-BLUM FIELD, Sag- out to the farm, so asked Mr. bread (made from the whole meal) national laying tests. His Brown Leg- Bouble safety valves. inaw—Our club discussed the Michi- Smaltz to invite representatives of the wealthy lived exclusively on horns, for instance, hold World's Re- cords for production for hen and pen. Capacity, 21 quarts liquid. For gan Hospital Service April 14. D. L. consumers group to a meeting. Mrs. white bread. Richmond explained it. Presidex. Stevens and Mrs. Bratton, of the East Why experiment? Follow t h e leaders canning, will hold 7 qt. jars, 16 uHico CATTLE SPRAY Harold Frahm led a discussion of Lansing Consumers* Interest Group Bangs disease. Our club advocates gave a very good picture of the city White Bread and Nutrition and be sure. FEED STONEMO Gran- And so it went—millers improving ite Grit and get the fullest nutrition eradication of the disease as a Coun- cousins' interest in price control their process to make whiter aud from available feed. ty Farm Bureau project. We plan grade labelling, laboratory analysis of softer flour, bakers producing more pt. jars, or 4 one-half gallon jars. Priced under $20.00 fob factory, with wire trays, as illustrated. Y o u can't lose. I t is Pans NOT available. Instruction Guarantees Livestock Comfort to help with the Farm Bureau radio consumer goods, etc. broadcasts. and more loaves of white bread, and sold on a money back book included. See your Co-op CARRS, Mason—John Tyndall will more and more people consuming guarantee. A s k your dealer for Farm Bureau machin- The new and superior Unico Livestock Spray is effective and ATWOOD, Antrim—This group is try to secure appointments for blood bread and other bakery products All. StUJ-CHICK TO ery, o* write Farm Bureau Serv- guarantees livestock comfort. Provides high knockdown and killing unanimously in favor of a soil conser- donors to Red Cross from this group. made from white flour. What hap- TSACHS-raft U R K t Y - I N CLEAN Feed Dealer. power plus good repellency. vation district for Antrim county. *Asn-GUARANTEED FROM ices, Machinery Dep't, P. O. Box SOUTH LINCOLN, Isabella—We pened in Europe also happened in ..STONE MOUNTAIN GRIT CO. INC. 960, 728 E. Shiawasee St., Lan- CASNOVIA, Muskegon—For our discussed (1) marketing better quali- the United States—Americans got the Oe/rf-'Sts i*o America's Hens sing, Mich. Kills Flies the Safe .„<> Sure Way township project we are considering ity products by controlling the pro white bread habit. Then the inevii- erection of a service men's honor roll. ducts nearer to market (2) advertis- able price switch took place. As more NOTTAWAY, Isabella—91 attended ing for farm products (3) meeting our white bread was produced, it became our four group meeting in April. We urban friends and talking about our cheaper in price, and since compara- This new Unico Fly Spray is a scientific blend of a specially discussed the sugar beet program mutual problems. * refined light mineral oil base and an efficient killing agent. The spray is both effective and economical. It is safe, non-corrosive, and carries only a slight odor, as used in sprays. It will not stain the hide, blister the skin, taint the milk or cause accumulation of dirt on animals when used according to directions. Sold in 1 gallon cans Agreed that the industry and factory INGERSOLL, Midland—We have tively few loaves of whole wheat is a great benefit to our county. decided to hold a county discussion bread were sold it became more ex- Should growers get sugar ration free? meeting before the State Farm Bu pensive. A third factor was import- Majority said NO. Rationing is fair reau convention. Our resolution com- ant, too. Millers began to process ACT NOW! to all people alike. We favor return- mittee will also draft county recom- into animal feeds the bran and germ Lime your sour fields now—do your part and glass jars; 5 gal. kerosene type cans, 15 gal. drums, and in bulk. ing Ohio and Michigan to central mendations to State Farm Bureau re removed from the wheat and the pro- time. in our greater production towards all-out K I L L - F L Y for household use. A Unico product. Highly solutions committee. duction of these animal feeds became refined. Deodorized. Quick-acting, non-staining and non- MAYFIELD, Lapeer—Discussing BRIDGEPORT, Saginaw—Discuss- a profitable part of the manufacture war effort. explosive. Sold in pints and quarts. post-war agriculture, we agreed farm- ed a country library. Moved to keep of white flour. « ers should be represented on all agri- our village library. Favor state-wide FRANCE AGSTONE has been aiding cultural planning boards, and that far- And now we come back to Sylvester Buy a t F a r m B u r e a u Stores a n d Co-op Ass'ns vaccination of cattle for control of production successfully for over twenty- mers must advertise to keep abreast Bangs disease. Graham, with his plea for the "nat- of other businesses. ural" wheat product instead of the five years. UNIONVILLE, Tuscola—Drain tile INGERSOLL, Midland—Things we manufacturers should be given every "adulterated" bakers' white breads. think may come before our next State consideration and be allotted suffi- Graham was correct in saying that the Farm Bureau annual meeting: in- cient labor to continue production whole wheat flour was more nutriti- Your Local AAA Committee or Elevator crease in dues, AAA program, change There is a shortage of tile. Some ous in some respects than the white in method of electing State Farm land properly drained could be made flour, though he couldn't have known Can Supply Your Needs UNICO ROOFING Bureau directors. productive, other lands could be made why. It has been only in the last MATTESON, Branch—Mr. Newell more productive if tiled. explained the group hospital service. few decades that scientists have THE FRANCE STONE COMPANY NORTH THORNAPPLE, Barry— been able to isolate and define the MONROE, MICHIGAN We agreed to ask for a special twp. We favor taxing oleo 10 cents a various vitamins found in foods and meeting to vote on raising money to pound and oppose coloring it by the to understand the direct effect such make the township hall suitable for manufacturer. • We don't think oleo vitamins have on health and vitality. a community house, too. has the food value of butter, and For New Roofs and Repairs NORTHWEST, Hillsdale — This that the public should always be in- group secured 40 new members in the formed when it is served oleo in UNICO 1944 membership campaign. HIGHLAND, Oakland—In discussing place of butter. PRAIRIE-. Kalamazoo—Mr. and Mrs. food production and the new draft Harry Jordine persented the butter regulations, it was estimated that if and oleo controversy. We think that Why Risk Roof Coatings all skilled young farm help is taken in tax on oleo should continue. this area, it would decrease farm pro- duction by 1,500 acres. PINE RIVER, Gratict—Urged that all Community groups in Gratiot coun $1022 Black Asphalt Coating NORTHEAST, St. Clair—We ap- ty sign petition for production of Fibered Asphalt pointed a committee to consider drain tile necessary for farm crops. changing officers and directors more often in Farm Bureaus to avoid get- Hard T o Tell to Save *p a dime m FERTILIZED Coating ting in a r u t and to hare more people Red Metal Primer active. W e were invited to visit Willow Run bomber plant April 16. Visitor (in defense p l a n t ) : "Look at that youngster, the one with the A good crop of legumes will grow on good land without proper inocula- WEST SALINE, Washtenaw—Dis- cropped hair, the cigarette and trous- tion . . . but it grows at an extra Crops Pay Farm Bureau Roll Roofing cussion of the new draft rules brought ers on. It's hard to tell whether it's cost of at least $10.00 per acre in the estimate that production would a boy or a girl. • Farm Bureau Asphalt Shingles drop 50% in this 4 square miles area War Worker: She's a girl and she's nitrogen taken from the land. if all the young men a r e taken. Esti- my daughter." Neither prior crops or the presence Our Unico Black Asphalt Roof Coating can be used on all types ot roofing materials. Also on fence posts and other similar items need- mate was based on 10 young men in 24 families present. Visitor: "My dear sir, do forgive of nodules guarantee the proper inocu- FARM BUREAU FERTILIZERS ing a good weather protecting paint. Our Fibrated Asphalt Coating me. I would never have been so out- lation necessary to take this nitrogen LESLIE Ingham—Mr. Jewell gave spoken if I bad known you were her FREE from the air. contains asbestos fiber. Red Metal Primer retards rust and peeling. a progress report on t h e proopsed father." FARM BUREAU FERTILIZERS have what it takes to Proper base for any metal paints. UNICO ROOF PAINTS — Zinc community building. Metal Paint makes steel roofs practically everlasting. EAST ALAIEDON, Ingham—Farm- I'm her mother." War Worker: "I'm not her father; UNI-CULTURE produce duce better profitable increases in yield per acre. They help pro- quality crops. See your Farm Bureau fertilizer ers want to formulate policies for ag- the 3-in-l Inoculation for Clover, Al- riculture through their own organiza- dealer and order now for the following crops: In Minnesota, more than 7,500 fam- falfa and Soybeans UNICO HOUSE and BARN PAINT tions, such as the Farm Bureau. Gov't bureaus should serve rather than make policies. ilies are enrolled in the pital service program sponsored by the Farm Bureau. group hos- Sold by F A R M B U R E A U Seed Dealers KALO INOCTJLANT CO. CORN POTATOES ONIONS GRIEBICKVILLE, Leelanau—It was BEANS SUGAR BEETS CABBAGE They're Very Good. Compare the Prices! decided to invite city people to our The English House of Lords has Quincy Illinois SOY BEANS ALFALFA meetings and let them hear abou^ 738 members. CELERY prices farmers receive for products, TOMATOES GARDENS and what it costs to produce them. House Paints MANISTEE, Manistee—Other CFB groups and County Farm Bureau ask- Barn Paints ed to prevail upon doctors at Manis- tee to arrange schedules so that two All Late Planted Crops or more doctors are available at all Floor Paints times. Need Fertilizer The Insurance Department of the Michigan State Farm Bureau GARFIELD, Newaygo — Sentiment Wall Paints divided on suggestion that County has many openings for agents to represent the State Farm In- surance Companies in Michigan. We would appreciate bearing Farm Burau should sponsor effort to from any of our Michigan Farm News readers if they are inter- Farm Bureau fertilizer nitrogen is 90% water soluble Varnishes get war prisoner labor for farmers. ested in talking the proposition over with one of our managers. to give plants a quick, strong start. Our fertilizers use the NEW ERA, Oceana—Group favors It would be very helpful to us if any of our readers would suggest Enamels controlled production now, but stop highest grades of phosphorous and potash. They're kiln the names of likely agent prospects in their nearby cities and it soon after war. towns. The remuneration Is good. This Is a particularly good dried to drill perfectly. WEST GRANT, Oceana—Sentiment time to s t a r t Address your Inquiry to Untco W a g o n and I m p l e m e n t P a i n t s give last protection a g a i n s t here strongly against gov't control of agriculture. Give farmers prices that FARM BUREAU SERVICES, Inc., Lansing, Michigan w e a t h e r a n d rust. A very good i n v e s t m e n t . should permit profitable operation and INSURANCE O E P T MICHIGAN STATE FARM BUREAU never mind the subsidies. 221 N o r t h C e d a r S t . L a n s i n g , Michigan Buy at F a r m B u r r a u S t O m a n dCo-o Buy at F a r m 8 u " - o u Stores a n d Co-op Ass'ns ELBA, Gratiot—Discussed plans for building recreation center for com- munity. SATURDAY, MAY 6, 1944 MICHIGAN FARM NEWS FIVE New Fighting Ship seeds can't be separated. Speaking of Mrs. Leonard E. Johnson and her 15 HARVEST SOME timothy, combined timothy is likely year old son, Leonard of Charlotte, Every Two Hours Right now, once every two hours the American flag runs up on the mast and a new ship joins the gigantic U S. fleet. The fleet now includes 4 167 vessels. An average of nearly 12 ships Junior Farm Bureau By MISS MARGARET PEASE, 318 W. Cedar St., Kalamazoo, State Publicity Chairman FORAGE CROP SEED to germinate poorly. Remember this when taking a seed crop. Try for some timothy seed. It's scarce. Successful Farming R-4. The magazine awarded them a prize as a mother and son poultry improvement team. A story very complimentary to the Johnson family and its farming program was written a day is expected to be commission- THIS YEAR by Thomas H. Kerry. Mr. Johnson is a member of the Eaton County Farm ed in this calendar year. In February there were slightly over 3,000,000 ser- AMERICAN COUNTRY It Happened in the Michigan By ROY W. BENNETT Honors Eaton Members Bureau board. The family is active The April cover of Successful Farm- in the Community Farm Bureau, the LIFE ASSOCIATION Junior Farm Bureau ving in the U. S. Navy. Farm Bureau Seed Service ing magazine carried a picture of Grange, school and church. We are asking all farmers to try Yosemite Falls is America's highest Bay County—Radio broadcasts on sibilites of organizing a JFB group in for a seed crop of alfalfa, June clo- waterfalls. Saturday over WBCM, Bay City start- that part of the county. ver, sweet clover, and alsike this CONFERENCE ed at 12:15 EWT on April 15 and will continue for three more weeks. Under April 6 we discussed blood donat- ing. A date will be set for our group year. Stocks of these seeds are low- er than for many years, not only in Miss Glenna Looman, president of the chairmanship of Ed Janz the 15 to go to Detroit for that purpose. The Michigan but throughout the world. the North Holland Junior Farm Bu- minute broadcast helps the people of first hayride of this year was the fea- We have had two bad years in this reau of Ottawa county, a group oP 65, this community with their Victory ture of the evening's entertainment. country for production of alfalfa and attended the American Country Life gardens. Only JFB members take Mason—Arno Eschels, president clover seed. The surplus is gone. Conference at Chicago, April 11-13, part in the program. gave an interesting report on the June Clover—You can increase the as the representative of the Junior Plans are being formed under the State Council meeting of April 2. Ted- value of your June Clover crop by tak- Farm Bureau of Michigan. direction of Elmer Lisius to aid the dy Thompson entertained the group ing the first cutting for hay and leav- The conference agreed, said Miss underprivileged youth here. The coun- with his music. A discussion group ing the second cutting for seed. Looman, that post war planning for selor's conference at Lansing was re- to be used for both Junior and Sen- Alfalfa—We suggest that you cut agriculture should include recom- ported by Wm. Bateson, our counsel- ior meetings is being planned. Com- about half your alfalfa for hay and mendations on these rural questions - or. mittees are working on this project. leave half for seed. If the blossoms ll) Outlook for farming as a business South Berrien—Reverend Glenn Kalamazoo—Four older members on the second half remain and there (2) rural living standards (3) rural Frys of the Peace Temple in Benton met with a group of young people at are indications of a curl, leave it for schools (4) co-operative activities of Harbor talked to the JFB, their par- Richland, April 20 to form a new com- seed. If the blossoms strip off, cut farm people (5) world relations that ents and guests on "Farm Youth and munity group there. Nine young peo- for hay, which won't be quite as good. will affect the American farmer. Religion." Three essentials for success ple were added to the membership Then let the first half go for seed in- The problem in education was de- are comradship, character and co- and many more are interested and stead of a second cutting. Ten pounds clared to be largely the financial operation. learning more about the organization. of borax and 10 lbs. of potash per problem of the smaller communities. Vice-president Herbert Swartz at- At a county meeting April 27 these acre is good and profitable feed for The continued extensive development tended the State Council meeting, young people were to meet the mem- alfalfa. of farm co-operatives indicates that April 2. He reported that the west bers of the other two committees. they are a vital part of farm life,and side of the state is leading in the con- Plans have been made for a dance Mammoth Clover—Can T>e handled will have much more to do. It was test by 6,000 points. A combined 4-H at Pine Creek on May 13 by the three ways—clipped, pastured, or agreed that the basic requirements and F F A meeting was planned for Southeast community. St. Joe, Cal- rolled in the bud for a see*d crop and for a lasting peace include the rela- April 7 at Galien to hear Harry Lurk- houn Branch counties are invited as humus to plow under. If you clip, tively free flow of goods between ins, county agricultural agent. well as any seniors who care to join you get nothing for labor. As pasture countries- and international collabora- Central Berrien—125 members and the fun. A carnival similiar to the one mammotk will help feed your stock. tion of many things. guests were present March 31 at the held at summer camp was sponsored When you roll mammoth in the bud, Long Lake clubhouse to participate by the Southeast group, the proceeds you also break over the weeds and The young people thought the con- keep them down. Be sure to cut the ference as a whole was worth while in a combined leap year party and of which will sponsor the dance. square dance. St.Joseph—Movies on the Third same way you rolled. You'll be sur- from the standpoint of information. prised by the amount of clean seed However, they had no part in plan- "Time Out for Analysis of Winter Front and "The Development of the Program" was our topic April 10.. The Tomato" were shown to 40 members you can harvest. Mammoth handled ning the conference and pointed that WHO PAYS out to those in charge. Attention was 60 members and guests participated on April 10. Manuals were presented this way is much easier to harvest If a "Guest Rider" Is Injured? paid to that observation by prominent leaders at the conference. It was an- in games, and in round robin com- munications with fellow members to the group and plans were discuss- ed for money making ideas. with a combine. Finally, you have lots of humus to plow under. Try a small field first. You're likely to con- FARM BUREAU T W I N E - nounced that a conference of the overseas. A community constitution Saginaw—The communities plan- tinue the practice. youth section of the Country Life Ass'n will be held at Fredonia, N. Y., was read and accepted. Reports of the State Council meeting of April 2 ned organization of softball teams at the April meeting. Captain for the Sweet Clover—White blossom sweet Order Yours Now in October. were given by June Norris, Norris East side is Clarence Squanda and clover seed is scarce. Michigan farm- Young and Harry Nye. Colored slides John Olmstead for the West side. ers have passed up trying to make EARLY EVERY binder will do better work wheri its DAD-SON FARMING of the winter camp held at Yankee Springs were shown by Norris Young and short summaries of preceding meetings were given. The "Spring Flint" dance sponsored by this county was held at Golden Glow dance hall on April 29 under the chairmanship of Joyce Krabbe. white blossom pay as a seed crop. It ripens so unevenly here. Yellow blos- som sweet clover produces a good yield of seed in Michigan. It ripens N knotter needle is threaded with Farm Bureau Twine. North Berrien—Henry Graham of Shiawassee—15 juniors attended a more evenly. It doesn't grow so rank This twine is a product of more than 50 years of twine- Everybody's sharing rides HAS 10 ESSENTIALS Bentoh Harbor talked to the group on poultry needs on April 17 at the Riv- meeting of the Vernon-Shiawassee community senior group at the home and thus makes a pretty good hay or pasture. Yellow blossom will produce a good green manure crop to plow un- making experience. Skilled workmen with the finest of Ten essentials including the ability erside Hall. A box social and dance of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Preston. The*' these days! Sound pro- of father and son to get along togeth- on April 26 sponsored by this group. senior program incuded discussion der for corn. Inoculate seed to get twine-making machines, plus constant inspection and test- tection for drivers to er, are listed in the new "Father and Newaygo—A box social was plan- of ruTal school problems, led by F. F. best results in producing nitrogen for carry is State Farm Mu- Son Farm Partnerships" publication, ned for April 25 at the Grange Hall. Walworth. Guest speaker was super- the soiL It's cheaper than buying nit- ing, give you good twine that doesn't snarl, kink or tangle. tual's lo\v-cost Medical special bulletin 330, issued at Michi- We invited a speaker from the State intendent D. J. Shufelt of Morrice. rogen in fertilizer. Sweet clover and gan State College. Farm Bureau Office. Washtenaw—Milk problems of our rye grass sown in corn will make Count on getting twine satisfaction by using Farm Bureau Payment Coverage. I t late pasture. They help in keeping pays medical, hospital One of the essentials listed by E. Grand Traverse—JFB manuals were tarmers was to be the topic discussed B. Hill, the -author, is that the son distributed. Mary Leggett introduc- at a county meeting on April 25 at down weeds and will improve the soil Twine, the Big Ball with the Patented Crisscross Cover. and funeral expenses (up and his wife desire to farm. Another ed the topic for discussion "Who the Farm Bureau Store. A paper where turned under. to $500 a person) for is that satisfactory living conditions Shall Rule Agriculture After the drive for the war effort will be spon- Sudan Grass—Sow 10 lbs. per acre This cover, over a tightly wound inner core, keeps the twine bodily injury to "guest are available for two families. Only War?" Preparation of Camp Greilick sored by the JFB. The Ann Arbor and in early June for pasture about July riders" as well as owner in rare cases, according to a survey, for the summer camp this year was Saline groups will carry out this 20. When 10 inches high, a half acre ball from collapsing in the twine can. and family. Be on the does human nature stand the strain discussed. drive. Two of our state JFB officers will keep a cow until frost. safe side—get the facts of operating two housholds under Hillsdale—Don Failing and Everett were married, Katrene Boyce to Al- Hybrid Corn—A few extra acres of an undivided roof. An apartment or Denning met with a senior discussion bert Gall on April 14th at the home of corn will help. Farm Bureau has the Order your twine now—for grain harvest and for corn on this inexpensive extra the building of another house is rec- group in Waldron to discuss the pas- the bride in Stockbridge. hybrid adapted to your location. Be protection today! ommended. sure to get the proper corn for your harvest, too. A phone call to your Farm Bureau dealer will A father needs confidence in his section. Dry corn in the crib Is SEE YOUR LOCAL AGENT Write Mich. State Farm Bureau State Agent sOn to take him into partnership. Sometimes, says Professor Hill, this NOTES FROM Huron Tells Good Story in Few Words worth more than a heavy yield of high moisture content corn. reserve your supply. means selecting the son who is best "You're cramped for space, wrote Atlas Sorgo—Is a wonderful rough- 221 No. Cedar St., Lansing State Farm Insurance Companies of Bloomington, Illinois equipped physically and mentally to become a farmer and a partner. The SHIAWASSEE CO. Albert Bailey, Huron County Farm Bureau publicity director,' so here's age. You'll be pleased with its feed- ing value as roughage or ensilage. • • • • • • • son, too, must be convinced that the father will make a good partner. Shiawassee County Farm Bureau now has 526 members, an increase of a good story told quickly: "Michigan FB. Chief Reid told 150 The grain makes good chicken and hog feed. FARM BUREAU SERVICES, INC. An adequate farm business to sup- 100%, says the news letter to all potlucking Huron FB rallyers March LANSING, MICHIGAN Timothy & Alsike Mixture—Makes port two families appears a necessity. members. 30 at Bad Axe American farmers better hay than a seed crop. The In general fanning, Michigan partner- Rush, Fairfield and Juddville Com- need a 5th freedom—initiative. He HOW TO ships need around 200-240 acres with munity Farm Bureau groups have called for greater use of freedom of 160 tillable. Another measure is been formed. Venice twp. will organ- worship, hailed every knock as a whether the farm permits 700 to 800 ize one presently. boost and called for more group acti- productive work-day units a year, or enough to keep two men busy. Invest- ments of $20,000 to $30,000 for a two- The board of directors is working on a program and budget for the vity to direct constructive thought. Rollcall Chief Oehmke handed his We Like Those Folks lead horses an extra feed of oats and BUILD IT man farm also appear necssary on membership year. A Shiawassee Coun- ty Farm Bureau calendar was publish- spotted Huron's membership at 665. the average. The usual 80 to 120 WHO HELP THEMSELVES ed for members in 943. Members are Wife Betty Oehmke led the singing acre farm is a one man business, Prd- atop a table. County Prosecutor Mc- fessor Hill concludes. being asked if they want one for 1945. Here are the last two paragraphs Allister funned about his farming ex- Good farm management is another of the news letter: periences and warned of some income necessary factor. The son needs ade- tax pitfalls. Bad Are School's Supt. quate knowledge of farming in gen- "How often we on the farm be- LeCronier touted his farmer classes, '.T.II.ntHGS come discouraged; the price of eggs ral and also needs to know financial and Rations Tycoon Peter Campbell details of how his father's farm has goes down, while the price of feed soothed feelings ruffled by Triple-A been producing cash returns. Sons as goes up, no help, no tools, no gaso- tractor gas blurps. County Chief well as fathers need good business line, no tires, the weather is against Farm Bureau members can help themselves by asking for Farm Bureau feeds. us, there seems to be no end to our Ralph Brown presided. judgment to be partners, the sharing These feeds are your feeds—made for farmers by their own organizations in their o w n should include all the farm and an. worries. "But let us take a look on the oth- adequate partnership should be selected. agreemenl er side of the ledger. Have you ever gone to bed at night with a gentle rain falling, lulling you to sleep, co WNTTY MEET mill. Margins earned over the cost of operating belong to the patrons on a patronage basis. They are bringing Farm Bureau members of Michigan and adjoining states in- ARENAC CONSIDERS knowing that it is just what your crops need? Then wake up in the morning with the rain gone and the IN OAKLAND to ownership of large manufacturing facilities for mixing feeds. Ask for: sun shining on the wet grass and By Grant Steele FREE booklet that tells JR. FARM BUREAU leaves making more sparkling jewels than all the money of our national The April meeting of Southwest Oakland County Community Farm Bu- reau at the home of Mr. and Mrs. B FARM BUREAU The Junior Farm Bureau may have debt could buy? Have you ever woke A. Holden was well attended by 20 of how to make and use another County Farm Bureau to its credit within the next couple of years. up early, just when day is breaking, to hear the birds sing? How many the usual group and 20 juniors. • MERMASH CHICK STARTER 16% • POULTRY SUPPLEMENT 32% bird calls or songs can you disting- Willard Hartland was elected ob- • GROWING MASH 15% • MILKMAKER 32% fire-safe, long-lasting Reports reaching Lansing indicate that the influence of the active Bay uish? How much have you ever paid server at the county board of direc- County Junior Farm Bureau has to hear such vocal artists as the tors' meetings for the next four • LAYING MASH 18% • PAILFILLER 16% CONCRETE for a spilled over into Arenac county. Re- robin, the oriole, or the meadow lark? months. Discussion Leader Alfred • BROILER RATION 16% Dairy Barn Hog House cently six young men from that coun- How much would you take never to Haack took up the question the influ- • PORKMAKER 3 3 % ty visited the officers of the Bay hear any birds or frogs sing at all? ence of the war on agricultural pro- Milk House Septic Tank duction. • TURKEY RATION 25% • CALF MEAL Poultry House Storage Cellar county Junior Farm Bureau and lat- Have these things no value? How Corn Crib er attended a County Junior Farm Bu- about the every-day occurences out It was agreed that farmers must Granary strive to produce more than ever be- Potato Cellar Feeding Floor reau meeting in order to become in- in the ham yard? The new wobbly Smoke House formed on the process of starting a calf, the lusty squeals of a litter of fore. It was decided that responsibil- Ice House ity for farm fertility is on the owner, M E R M A S H CHICK S T A R T E R & F a r m Bureau GROWING MASH make Machine Shed Water Trough Junior Farm Bureau. hungry pigs, the stiff-legged antics of Cooling Tank Farm Homestead a young lamb, the crowing of a roost- primarily, but because of the narrow According to Herbert Schmidt, the er, or the cackling of a laying hen?" margin between the cost of produc- chicks grow fast, feather early, be well a n d strong, and develop into good pullets. Write jar your copy Bay county group was very much im- tion and the price in the market place pressed with the seriousness and de- it would be necessary for the state Farm Bureau BROILER R A T I O N has w h a t it takes to m a k e hefty broilers quickly. If you need help, get in touch with termination of the Arenac group. A and national governments to help. your c o n c r e t e c o n t r a c t o r , r e a d y - committee of Bay county young peo- Canning Budget Soil conservation districts is one of T U R K E Y S T A R T E R is a very successful F a r m Bureau mash for poults. F a r m Bureau mixed concrete producer or building ple is assisting the Arenac county the means by which this could be material dealer. group in getting started. Picks Favorites done. P O U L T R Y S U P P L E M E N T enables you t o use y o u r home grains effectively in mak- c 0 on Canning budgets for 1944 depend The matters of freezing and other- (Use penny postcard or this _ 2i? _)__ on how well members of the family ing good mashes. Seed for Hay- wise processing foods was discussed, PORTLAND CEMENT ASSOCIATION ate up foods that were home process- also transportation problems. Most Do not neglect a hay seed program ed in 1943, claims Miss Miriam Eads, of the schemes for governmental as- D.pt. W3-4, Olds Toww BW9., Un.ing S, Midi. in your 1944 planting plan. We have Please send me "Ptans for Concrete Farm Michigan State College extension sistance are paid for by the farmer, Buildings." insufficient supplies now, according specialist in nutrition. therefore, with the exception of soil MILKMAKER 32% protein will balance home grains to produce m o r e milk to the War Food Administration. Next A supply of 25 to 30 pints for each conservation districts, most of the Name year the situation will be very seri- at lower cost per cwt. PAILFILLER is a complete 1 6 % protein dairy ration. Farm member of the family should be laid plans so far proposed are too expen- St. or R. R. No — ous. Mark a field for seed acreage. away this summer out of garden or sive. City sta " Carry through at harvest time. market supplies of greens, string The juniors, led by Joe Porter and Bureau P O R K M A K E R is a concentrate which you can mix with y o u r grains to m a k e beans or asparagus. A family of four Louis Bogart, with others taking part, should stack up a total of 100 to 120 presented a program, in which the ob- an efficient pig starter, a growing ration, a fattening feed, and feeds for dry or lactating pints of these vegetables. jectives of the Junior Farm Bureau sows. Pigs having P O R K M A K E R make fast, cheap gains. Farm Bureau C A L F UNICO DUSTS a n d Green peas and Iimas should total 12 pints for each member of the fam- ily. Twelve pints of corn and 30 to was clearly .defined: first, to inform themselves as to the best methods of operating and managing a farm. Sec- M E A L is the old reliable for raising calves. INSECTICIDES 35 quarts of tomatoes or tomato juice are considered proper to add to this canning budget for each member of ond, to train young men and women for leadership in farm and organiza- tion work, with special emphasis on the family. Farm Bureau work, so youth of to- Farmers protect their interests and make a good investment for themselves when Farm Bureau insecticides and dusts are available at your From fruit supplies the budget day may succeed the older men in nearest Farm Bureau dealers. Don't wait — NOW is the should include 20 quarts of cherries keeping up the work of the Farm Bu- they buy their feeds, seeds, fertilizers, petroleum products, fence, roofing and other or berries plus 25 quarts of plums, reau. They also pointed out that the time to get them. peaches or pears for each member of Juniors manage to get a little fun out supplies from the Farm Bureau. You make your organization stronger by using it. COPPER SULPHATE COPPER L I M E the family. of their meetings. WONO-HYDRATED COPPER SULPHATE SULPHUR DUSTS Storage for each individual should be 50 to 60 pounds of beets, carrote .went U B L E COPPER DUSTS ROTENONE-LETHANE DUST and squash, about 25 pounds of on- INSOLUBLE C O P r - t « u u a o We Can Also Supply Combinations of These Dusts FARM BUREAU SERVICES, INC., Lansing (Equivalent to %% Rotenone) ions and up to four bushels of pota- toes, depending on the appetite for potatoes. Midwest Conference at Milwaukee June 19-21 The American Farm Bureau has an- Buy the Farm Bureau Way Countless millions of little crea- nounced that the annual Midwest tures known as "polyps" built the Farm Bureau Training School for Buy at F a r m B u r e a u Stores a n d Co-op Ajs'ns Great Barrier Reef, which covers 100,- 000 square miles, off the coast of those interested in membership work in 12 midwestern states will be held Farm Bureau Brand Supplies at 300 Farmers' Elevators Queensland, Australia. at the Wisconsin hotel, June 19-21. SIX MICHIGAN FARM NEWS SATURDAY, MAY 6, 1944 6. Do we trade most with people who are efficient or inef[icient? Railroads are now carrying ne~IY Since December 1, 1941, the army my? Huron Bd. Streamlines twice the traffic moved by rail in {he and navy have discharged about 750,- Food Problems During WKAR MONDAY FARM FORUM .'------------- DISCUSSION FOR MAY Topic: "International Future Farmers Relations and Honor State Leaders Summer Program streamlined first 'Vorld War period with about 000 men, fewlli" than l1,OO~ of whom Huron County Farm Bureau board Jne-third less equipment and 500,000 were released because of Injurlell re- its summer program at tewer employes than they had then. ceived in battle. And After the War American Agriculture." Each Mon. the home of T. E. Lelprandt, Pigeon, day, 1: 00.1: 30, E. W. T. (fast) 850 on your dial. 1\Iay I-Foundation C. L. Brody, executive secretary of the Michigan State Farm Bureau, was for World Trade. one of a group of agricultural lead. April 25. Summer meetings will be at the 'phone call of President Ralph Brown so as to fit in with weather conditions. Soard sent resolution to OUTSTANDING RESEARCH RESULTS Background Material for Discussion in Mav hv May 8-U. S. Agriculture in For. ers honored by the Michigan Ass'n of Michigan Farm Bureau asking a look. have placed elgn Trade. Future Farmers of America at the Our Community Farm Bureau Discussion Groups May IS-United Nations Food and 16th annual convention at State Col. see Into why government is building BlI EL'GENE Membership A. SMALTZ Relation.! .E Education Agricultural Organizations. May 22-Agenc1es Collaboration. 1\Iay 29-Farmers' of International lege April 5.6. As spokesman for the group receiving the honorary degree of State Farmer for services to FFA, Stake in World :\Ir. Brody said, in part: up huge surpluses and for moves to forestall sudden price collapse through dumping. Also wanted to know Why extension specialists are telling wo- "ASTR1NGENT" LEAD ARSENATE ROLL CALL QUESTION-Why will farmers need an orpnlzation after the war! Peace. "You are fitting youselves to be the leaders of agriculture tomorrow. men's organizations eggs while other government to conserve on agen. IN THE LEAD The world has always been underfed. Food has frequently been Every war has precipitated our agri. cies are clamoring for public to use up the oversupply. Board unanimous- called post ""ar problem Xo. 1. About two-thirds of the world's people bave been short of various types of food necessary for a balanced diet. METHODS USED culture into a new stage of develop- ment. World 'Var 1 brought us the day of the tractor and power driven ly backed President Brown in fight against Bad Axe insistence on "fa lit Not more than 10 percent have had good diets. About two-thirds of tbe :!~ billion people of tbis world produce raw materials, the prin- cipal one beint; food. At least 60 per cent of the world's farmers are FOR RECORD machinery. It is impossible to guess what bring. changes 'Vorld 'War II will But many new ideas have time." Bee's Real Value primarily self-sufficient, as they obtain more in living from the farm than from the products which they sell. In America, the majority of the people have not had proper diets POTATO CROPS been de\'eloped that someday will be released for industrial and agricultur. Careful planning and work make a l}1use. As is always the case with Some 50 American crops are elth. er materially enlarged or entirely de- pendent on fertilization by pollen or adequate food supplies. We were a net importer of food from potato-growing champion, according great opportunities. they are insepar. brought about by honeybees. The about 1924 to the beginning of the present v.-ar. We imported pri- to the records of the two men nam- ably associated with' correspondingly value of these insects to agriculture ed as potato kings at Michigan State great responsibilities. Your work in is many times the value of the honey' marily tropical products whicb cannot be raised efficiently in the College. the F F A is fitting you well to as. they produce. United States. Top man in tlie state in 1943 was sume such responsibilities." Rene Verbrigghe of Rock in Mar. Others honored were Charles Figy, The decline in price levels follo\\;ng World War I, resulted in a gn'at variety of trade restrictions throughout the world. Higber quette county with 595 bushels of commissioner of agriculture; W. G. Solvay Agricultural russett rural potatoes per acre. He Armstrong, master, State Grange; Al- tariffs. import quotas and other devices to limit foreign competition bert E. Hurd, mgr., John Deere Plow certified 24 acres for seed. were demanded as prices went down during deftation. Trade inter- For tablestock production, or mar. Co.; Dr. N. A. McCune, Peoples Limestone ference was one of the primary reasons leading to the present war. ket potatoes, the best yield was on church, East Lansing; Glenn Cowles, as nations handicapped by limited resources sought raw materials the farm of Paul Dhondt of Rumley president, 1\Iich. Ass'n of Teachers of Michigan Producers of and markets_ . !q Alger county. His 15 -acres Agriculture; Wl1liam Doyle, Chain j..lelded at the rate of 497 bushels an Stores Bureau John O'Mealey, sec'y, PULVERIZED LIMESTONE Two of the principal reasOns for the relatively high production "In .the Pacilic Northwest the codling moth light is by far the toughest." in the United States are the large supply of natural resources and tbe extensive area of free trade. People are most prosperous when they acre, nearly five times the state Michigan Live Stock Exch.; Karl Mc. average estimated at 105 bushels an Donel, sec'y, State Board of Agricul. acre. ture; Milon Grinnell, editor, Michi, LIMESTONE MEAL Available At Your Nearest Dealer . , This is the belief of many reliable authorities whose experience in orchard pest control has been country wide. Their observation Is that ".the worm produce a limited number of products for which they have the most On each farm the potato fields re- gan Farmer. prOblem is so severe in this territory, growers must give their fruit the favorable conditions and then trade with others who also have special ceived 15 loads of manure to the Solvay Sales Corporation best possible spray proteotion. Coverage must be kept complete and ,un- acre. In addition, a green manure Thirsty camels have been known'to 7601 W. Jefferson Ave. advantages in the creation of other goods. This is as true within a broken, and the kill of larvae must be quick, otherwise the cull loss will crop was plowed under. Verbrigghe go directly to water a distance of 100 DETROIT, MICH. nation as among nations. Any trade interference tends to limit the cultivated his field 13 times before miles on the desert .. be ruinous." efficiency of production, and to lower output and standard of living. planting and Dhondt worked' the soil There are yarious levels of production and standards of li,-ing within six times to reduce the weed pros' ... Under these conditions of the most,illtcnsivc 1vorni attacks, nations, ~-et the citizens specialize in production and trade to their peets. Verbrigghe applied 1,000 pounds THE MARVEL MODEL Orchm'd Brand" Astringe1lt" has led all othcl. lead arsenates. mutual advantage. an acre of 3.12.12 fertilizer, while The breakdown of world trade was mitigated to some extent dur- ing tbe thirties, by such devices as the reciprocal trade agreements Dhondt put on 600 pounds of 2-16-8 analysis to an acre. Tile Easiest Running Sp--:eader: on ,the M~rllet ... THE REASON: (1) This product of' General which aided in the expansion of foreign trade. Tariff concessions and In planting, the certified seed Chemical Company research has the patented definite quotas have been the foundation of such agreements. growing king used 29 bushels of seed "Astringent" feature which steps up toxic action an acre, spaced 13 inches apart in -gives quicker, better kill. (2) As "Astrinllent" The present war has emphasized the shortage of food. American rows 30 inches apart, a spacing nec- is customarily used in Pacific Northwest filoccu- at;riculture is straining to produce a surplus to send abroad under essary on good soil to avoid hollow lated spr.ays, its flake-like particles-originated by the Lend-Lease programs and for our armed forces and those of our tubers or tubers ot irregular size. General Chemical Company research-tend to Allies. A few years will be necessary following the war, for European Dhondt put in 30 bushels of seed an OVERLAP and STAY PUT where they hit so that a:riculture to recover. Undoubtedly, food from the United States acre. ,planted 11 inches apart in rows the spray runoff is practically clear water. will continue to ftow across the water during those years. 32 inches wide. The Verbrigghe crop received insect and disease TH E RESU LT: Better spray protection against Many farmers have worried about foreign competition, especially spray applications 13 times from the worm entries and "Stings." from Latin America, The countries to the south produce a great time plants were four Inches high \'ariety of products which we do not produce and which our market until harvest, ,while Dhondt applied ..I Check Orchard Brand needs. A large proportion of Latin-America's people are und':!rl~d. nine sprays. Y on your in.ecticide list Their food requirements are continually expandIng slnc,; their popu. lations are growing rapidly. They compete in only a limited number Saginaw Farm Bureau The same effective research that has produced "Astring- of products with farmers in the United States. "A Farm ent" Lead Arsenate has made many other outstanding Hears Governor Kelly Labor Saver" Orchard Brand products available to growers all over The outlook for farm income will depend primarily on the course America. Through continued close association with the 500 members of Saginaw County problems of growers, General Chemical research is de- of the price level and the purchasing power, of urban consumers. Farm Bureau heard Gov. Harry F. Spreads Dry or Damp Lime direct from stock plie or bln- yeloping further new materials ... new efficiency in CHALLENGES: Kelly compliment their organization Patented Vibrator assures uniform results insect and plant disease control. Today and tomorrow 1. 'Why do we trade with foreign countries? Among ourselve!i? at their recent annual meeting. Can be mounted on any truck, complete with power take-off, In a -as in the past-the name Orchard Brand marks "In order to have a strong state," few hours - 110 prlorlt,. lIe".,lIl1ary products of proven dependa:bility. You can rely on them! With Latin-Indian America? said Gov. Kelly, "we must have strong Spreads going forward, backward tr standing - tbere'. 110 wallte 2. How do changes in the price level affect farmers' attitude on counties. In order to have them, we' Belt Conveyor In 9 and 11 foot lengths tariffs! must have such organizations as Chain Conveyor In 9'and 11 foot lengths this," He complimented farmers on Beda can be used for hauling grain. pea. gravel, stoker coal, eta. Orchard Brand Spray and Dust :i\faterials 3. Will Latin-Indian America be a Se\'ere competitor in world what they are doing for the war ef- Unloading spe.,d 1 to :: tonll per minute markets? With the United States farmers? fort. saying that the state is almost Distributed ,by: HOWARD HOPKINS, INC. 4. What farm products will we probably continue to export? To as important in food production as it import? is industrially. State Distributors KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN FARM BUREAU SERVICES, Inc. 5. Would it be desirable to protect the Michigan farmers from We have a. ~o~plete stock of all models. and-maintain ... service 221-227 N. Cedar Street, Lansing, Michigan. Amphibious Lingo-Buffaloes are department for repairs. 'Ve have parts for all models. and make competition with low'standard.of living farmers in our Southern shipment of parts the same day orders are received. Buy at Farm Bureau Stores and Co-op Ass'ns amphibiOUS tanks; alligators are am- States? phibious troop-carrying tractors. ------------------------------------ MICHIGANDAIRYFARMERS,:TAKE::ACTION JUNE 1-15 . ' ...- I . "" ~ ,-' . TO PREVENT POST-WAR,PRICE CRASHES • • • • Dangers lie ahead-dangers that threaten to cut down the size of your milk and cream checks.' Face these facts now: No aJter-the-war market is yet in sight Jor the ten billion pounds oj extra milk now being produced Jor wartime needs. Because oj wartime rationing oj dairy Joods housewives are jorming hard-to-break habits oj US;'lg imitations and substitutes as replace- mmt products. Dairy Jood surpluses, Jollowed by price crashes, are sure to happm rmless post-war demand Jar dairy products is built up to wartime. production. You-and millions of other dairy farmers-know that it will take united and aggressive action to head off surpluses and price crashes after the ,war. You know, too, now is the time to make ready to meet the ch~- lenge of the post-war period. Dairy farmers across the natio~ are mobilizing now to prevent chaos, confusion an'd depression after the war-mobilizing now ~n raising a post-war advertising 'and research fund to be used through their own organization-the American Dairy Association; With this Post-War Mobilization Fund the dairy farmers of America AMERICAN DAIRY ASSOCIATION of MICHIGAN will be ready to take nation-wide Advertising, Promotion and Research action to increase the consumption of milk, blltter, cheese, evaporated OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS milk, ice cream and powdered milk. This will help prevent surpluses- e. F. Beaeb,Adrian A. P. Oster, Constantine this will stop butterfat and milk price crashes. Do your part now. Join PreUcfenl with your neighbors in this dairy farmer plan of aggressive action. Take R. H. Addy, Lansing tNeal Lamoreaux,ComstockPark a stand against post.war price crashes-plan for peacetime prosperity! W. G. Armstrong, Nil .. V'_ PraicknI J. B. Strange, Grand ledge Ted Baumam, Remus * * * The American Dairy Association is ''The Voice of the Dairy Farmer." It is con- Treasurer Jalm J. McDonald, Flint trolled by dairy farmers, through their chosen representatives-three from each C. L Reynolds,Pinconning state-who serve without pay. Funds are raised by milk and cream check dc-. LeonardN. Francke,lansing ductions of a cent a pound on butterfat marketed JUDe 1 to 15. This figures Secretary W. L Mann,CassCity approximately 10 cents per cow a year. The campaign is designed for the good f. Meyw, Fail Haven ,B.E. Knauss,Marque"e of the industry aDd all its products. It's your campaign to protect your dairy .. F. 00rN.r, North Branch J. BiegaUe,Scottville investment-to safeguard your cream and milk income! The money is used to_ L Ie. Maystead, Osseo pay for national advertising, merchandising and research on behalfof all dairy Charles E. Stone, Lansing Manogw products and your dairy industry. ked Woller, Conan CItp Tune in "THE VOICE OF THE DAIRY FARMER,'! NBC, Every Sunday WWJ-Detrolt, 1:45 P. Me WOOD-Grand Rapids, 12:45 P. M.' WSAM-Saginaw, Bay City, 12 Noon AMERICAN DAIRY ASSOCIATION of MICHI"GAN OLD S - TOW ER 1_ - LA N 5 I N G ,_M - I CHI - • - G AN .1