ICHICAN Vol. XXIII, No. 8 FARM S A T U R D A Y , SEPTEMBER I, 1945 NEWS 23rd Year Published Monthly EDITORIAL WE'RE BMNG1N6 IN A BUMPER CROP • 38,066 MEMBERS What's New in Victory Lays New Responsibilities -V- "• - \ AS FARM BUREAU Victory is ours. The fighting is ended on the fields of battle, in the air, and on the seas in World War II. FISCAL YEAR ENDS the Farm Bureau ' Thus ends the greatest military struggle in world history be- The Michigan Farm Bureau made a Membership Starting Program Meetings for tween free men and the forces of aggression. To have lost this war would have been the end of life as we know it. net gain of 9,023 tarailes in the mem- bership campaigns of Jan.-Feb.-March. 1945-46; Service Departments at Work NPIUC** I»EIA»«*> We have won the struggle through the combined efforts of the XlSSL 1945, together with those enrolled in On Seeds, Feeds, Machinery United Nations. At home we owe an overwhelming and lasting debt 3J— CAMPAI6*, succeeding months. of gratitude to the 12 million Americans in the services. We have The Michigan Farm Bureau fiscal to remember that a quarter of a million*of them died in the winning year ends August 31. but the member- September 1 these developments were under way as ships are on a calendar year basis. the Michigan Farm Bureau goes into the fall and winter of the war. Five hundred thousand or more were wounded. Many County Farm Bureaus have been set- will be handicapped more or less for the remainder of their lives. ting their membership goals for 1946. sason: We have talked to a number of returned soldiers who were in Preliminary figures indicate that the Europe or in the Pacific. What they have experienced makes our best efforts very small indeed. {l fied so as to permit a state meeting. At home we must be ready with opportunities for the men and Antrim 299 200 County Farm Bureau leaders are making plans and women of the armed forces as they return to us. That means an Barry 1,057 M:> expanding national economy. Bav 742- 476 securing workers for the 1 946 membership campaigns. When we consider even a few of the world and domestic situa- Benzie 238 17'.' These start in northern counties in December. Most of Berrien 2.T10 2,369 tions calling for a fair answer, this is going to be a challenging them are held in January, February and some in March. and interesting life in these United States for some years to come. i Branch 1,331 1,357 An effort will be made to increase the state membership Post War Days Are Here Post war days are here for all practical purposes. Even before ^m ' / / 1 :13 % Calhoun Cass Charlevoix Clinton Eaton '. 1,111 814 162 955 l,07ti 1,024 498 120 7 IS 845 to 46,500 or more. In early July County Farm Bureau leaders held regional meetings at which the counties set their membership goals for 1 946. President Truman announced the Japanese acceptance of surrender '*-;': terms, the navy stopped work on a gigantic shipbuildng program. ifS&WTWV* 0mm*mk^crm® Genesee Gratiot 708 784 649 700 State office employes are developing over-all plans Within a few days Washington had cancelled 93,000 war contracts. Hillsdale 643 697 for the campaigns, supplies for workers, and a news- This suggests considering the position of industry and agricul- ture on V-J day and what provisions have been made for transferring OPA DID HURON GROUP ASKS Huron Ingham ionia 792 947 1,018 670 630 699 paper advertising campaign, available to County F a r m Bureaus for publication in advance of their membership labor and agriculture from war time to peace time production. July 1 Fred M. Vinson, then director of war mobilization and • NOT WELCOME GOVERNOR'S AID TO Isabella Jackson 591 696 550 401 campaigns. Last year 48 County Farm Bureaus pub- reconversion, made a report to the President. He said" that 45% of Kalamazoo 899 0^7 lished a total of 397 such advertisements ahead of their American energies were then directed to the war effort. About 8,750,000 were employed in the manufacture of munitions. Mr. Vinson AMENDMENTS RAISE EGG PRICES Kent Lapeer 502 1,051 325 933 campaigns. They enrolled 12,000 new members for a net gain of 9,023 families. said that reconversion was under way and should be so well along Congressman William W. Blackney The Elk-Riverside Community Farm Lenawee 280 163 by the end of the year so that should the Japanese war end then of Michigan said in July that it was Bureau of Elkton. has called on Gov- Livingston* 686 517 During September nearly 600 Community Farm Bu- the remaining transition period should not be noticeable. He pointed surprising that those in control of ernor Harry F. Kelly to take steps to Macomb 818 431 OPA did not recommend nor did they end the inequitable spread between Manistee 321 213 reaus will have completed their elections and will have out that the shorter the war, the greater the dislocations upon V-J the price allowed on the city retail day. V-J day came August 14. endorse a single amendment to im- .Mason 665 648 held their first program meeting of the year. prove the price control law when it the price allowed of the city retail Mecosta 359 282 Legislation—The Michigan Farm Bu-+- Since V-J day some of the largest automobile factories have was extended for one year by Con- market by increasing the prices paid Midland 232 130 reau is co-operating with the Ameri- announced that they are almost recohverted and soon will be ready to go. In the meantime some 30,000,000 workers are entitled to gress. On the contrary, they insisted that no changes be made in the law, regradless of the shortages and dis- farmers. The Farm Bureau stated that while it realized this is a federal mat- ter, it believed that if the governor Missaukee Montcalm 136 475 74 24o can Farm Bureau at Washington on all reconversion problems of interest to agriculture. This includes ways TOWNSHIP BUILDING unemployment insurance up to six months at rates ranging from ?15 were to take a stand in the matter it Monroe 53 12 a week in some states to $25 in Michigan. July 1 Gov. I. W. Duggan of the Farm Credit Administration tribution troubles charged to it. Nevertheless, said Mr. Blackney, Congress adopted several amendments might bring better results. Walter Schuette, president, declared Muskegon Newaygo 451 517 2Mj 453 and means lor support of farm prices at 90% of parity for two years after the official end of the war when that CODE INTERESTS NW Michigan said that agriculture is producing one-third more food and fiber than we did before the war. With adequate fertilizer, farm machinery and which it believes will correct some in- justices and thereby relieve the food shortages. Such changes include: that eggs were retailing in Detroit for as high as 60c a dozen, while the OPA holds the farmer down to 30c a dozen. Grand Traverse and Leelanau ....*. Oakland S99 667 722 227 time comes. Also, agriculture's in- terest in rationing, price ceilings and other controls, crop control, farm FARM BUREAU labor becoming available that production could go higher. Stanley Powell has advised Farm 1—Amendment to take all- quotas This price is not cost of production, Oceana 5S2 423 machinery and farm supplies. The Government agencies calculate that present day at-the-farm prices for farm products are 115 per cent of parity. off small slaughter plants, and to said Mr. Schuette. He warned that tanners are culling their flocks to a Nothing Gained in Osceola 97 0 .Michigan Farm Bureau legislative Bureau action committeemen that he dep't is prepared to represent the is representing the Farm Bureau on permit meat from these plants to Ottawa 1,279 1,103 By act of Congress farm prices are to be supported at 90% of move across state lines and supply minimum and that chirks bought last spring will be used for meat rather Fighting Farm Co-ops members' Saginaw 1,721 1,663 interest in the state. Many a subcommittee of the Michigan Plan- new laws enacted by the 1945 legis- ning Commission, which is charged parity for two years after the war. The Emergency Price Control Act s u r r o u n d i n g communities. Many than egg production. "There is nothing to 1,115 Sanilac be gained113by lature have just gone into effect. War witu preparing a township building sets the time as "the expiration of the two year period beginning slaughter plants had been closed be- lighting farmer cooperatives.'' Shiawassee 944 says 543 the time state laws and regulations affect- code. cause of the quotas imposed by OPA. The meeting at which action was U. S. Rubber Co., in a 1,005 recent bulletin ing agriculture will soon be up for re- with the first day of January immediately following the date upon taken was held at the home of Ernesl St. Clair 740 The code is to be recommcnde.il as a which the President by proclamation declares that hostilities in the 2—Amendment to centralize the to its St. dealers throughout 857 Joseph the country. 758 consideration. model "code to the various townships food production and distribution pro- Fluegge. The next meeting will be at "Business cannot prosper by so doing. present war have ternfinated." the home of Alan Stauffer the sceond Tuscola TheirKuren 1,164 principles should 1.227 be understood 987 Farm Bureau Services—The farm tor the control of building and re- gram under Clinton Anderson, the Thursday in September at which offi- Van 937 supplies section of the Farm Bureau modeling of one and two family dwell- That could be quite a long time. President Truman has not pro- new secretary of agriculture. He and then Washtenaw methods of competing 1,165 with 930 is working fast and hard to service ings, in accordance with Act No. 185 must work with OPA on prices. The cers will be elected for the year. At them can be devised." claimed that hostilities are at an end. In World War I, fighting the meeting last Thursday evening. Wexford 89 0 the membership with all possible sup- of the Public Acts of 1943 govern- ceased on Nov. 11, 1918, but it was not until July 2, 1921 that Con- amendment eliminates a dozen or Al Bailey was chosen to represent the Appearing in a recent TOTAL 38,066 issue 29,043 of its plies this fall and winter and for next ing the establishment of minimum gress adopted a joint resolution which said that war no longer ex- more agencies which have been quar- Elk-Riverside Community Farm Bu- Sales Cultivator, a house organ for com spring. construction codes for townships. reling about food. leau on the County Action Committee. pany salesmen, the statement explains Seed Dep't—The seed dep't has com- Mr. Powell has asked the action isted between the United States and Germany. what the co-ops are, why they exist and pleted extensive additions to its plant committeemen to assist him in pre- In the meantime the parity price provisions obtain. They apply how they function. Significantly, deal- at Lansing. Nearly 14.000 square feet senting the farmers' point of view to a list of basic farm commodities including: Wheat, cotton, corn, rice, tobacco, milk, butter, and hogs. STATE ANNUAL Propose Liberty Bell Repair by Welding ers are told that "Any corporation that of floor space have been added. Ad- to the subcommittee. He has received elects to, may do business on the same ditional shipping and processing facil- many thoughtful letters Uased upon basis (as a co-operative) by refunding ities have been installed. At present tiis first report on the announced pur- The farm public is being prepared now by adminstration state- Lincoln Electric Company of Cleve- its profits to its patrons. Many mutual the dep't is shipping a large volume pose of the subcommittee and the pro- ments for price support at 90% of parity. Lawyers in the U. S. Dep't. of Agriculture say that the price support law includes ample author- MEETING CERTAIN land has proposed to Congress that the insurance companies, savings banks, of certified crack in the Liberty Bell be repaired credit associations etc., operate on this and uncertified wheat. Yorkwin soft white wheat is seed gress it has made so far. The members of the committee, said The Michigan Farm Bureau an- by welding so that the bell may be in great demand because of its higher Mr. Powell, say their principal prp- ity for control of crop acreages. They say acreage quotas may be rung again. A method of procedure tame basis." nual meeting will be held, Nov. 8-9 yield of a superior nulling grain, and olem is to cope with the mushroom set and other reductions may be called for. Farmers will be asked to at Michigan State College. August has been outlined. Included in the because of its greater resistance to growth of shoddy construction which sign agreements to comply and only those farmers, say the attor- 31 the ODT at Washington lifted proposal is this description: iust and smut. Rye has moved in occurs in unincorporated sections of neys, will be eligible for post-war support prices. "The Liberty Bell weighs just over Keep Going the ban on state conventions large volume. So lias vetch. townships outside the larger cities of one ton, is 12 feet in circumference Everyone has his superstitutions. The price support act was designed to reduce war time produc- where not more than twenty-five around the 3-ineh thick lip, 7 feet 6 One of mine has always been that The seed dep't has been buying and the state. They are interested iu reg- tion towards peace time requirements within a two year limit. A out-of-state persons attended. inches around the crown where the when I started to go anywhere, or to will continue for several months to ulations which will assure sound con- tight system of crop control may be the answer. At its August 13 meeting the Michi- thickness is lVi inches. The height up do anything, never to turn back or to buy. clean and process alfalfa, clover struction and will improve rather gan Farm Bureau board of directors to the crown is three feet while that stop until the thing intended was ac- and other seeds for next season. The than destroy property values. At any rate farmers will have a voice in the matter. Nearly said that unless federal restrictions over the crown is 2 feet 3 inches." complished.—Ulysses S. Grant. Farm Bureau is one of the largest dis- The committee members have been one million of them are now members of the American Farm Bureau on conventions are lifted or modified tributors of field seeds in Michigan outspoken, said Mr. Powell, in declar- in 46 states. considerably it will be impossible to Farm Bureau Helps Rebuild Repair Shop The garden seed dep't will occupy i»g that they have no intention of im- hold the 1945 annual meeting in much larger space in accordance with posing restrictions or regulations on November. At that time conventions Last year the Chief Community Farm and broke the news to Mr. Schmucker. its grow tli. the construction of farm homes or ten- He decided to stay in such a com Feed Dep't—The business of sup- ant houses. On the other hand, they First Live Stock in America were limited to 50 persons from out of Bureau of Manistee county rose to the munity. plying mixed feeds and concentrates say that a home is one of the largest The first arrival of cattle, sheep and hogs in America and the town. Recently the figure has been occasion when fire, set by lightning, Mrs. Richard Eckman, secretary, continues to present difficulties. The investments the average man makes westward movement of those industries is discussed interestingly increased to 150. A delegate meeting destroyed the community garage and has sent us two pictures. The picture shortage of feed is due to the tremen- in a lifetime, and that he might ap- in several agricultural bulletins published by Swift & Company. of the Farm Bureau would bring 381 farm machinery repair shop operated at the top was taken last winter and dous numbers of live stock and poul- preciate a guide to minimum stand- voting delegates to represent 38.066 by Frank Schmucker. He is a mem- shows Mr. Schmucker (left) standing try, together with shortages of grains aids for good construction. The first cattle brought to the American colonies on the Atlantic members, on the basis of one delegate and shortages of concentrates which The kind of helter skelter construc- seaboard reached Jamestown, Virginia, in 1611. Later smail herds per 100 members. Usually several are by-products of other industries. tion going on in rural areas near were landed at Plymouth, Massachusetts, and other colonies. Early hundred visitors attend. In 1944 when Soybean meal is hard to keep in cities prompted the adoption in 1943 colonial laws prohibited slaughter. A single cow was often so valu- the delegate basis was one for each supply. So are meat scraps and fish of Act 185 to provide a legal founda- able to the community that ownership was held by several persons. 50 members, the total attendance was meal for poultry feeds. Corn is short tion for township building codes. 1,100. and that scarcity is reflected in the Since the act became effective ' 22 The movement of eastern cattle to new farm lands in the west supply of mixed feeds and scratch townships have adopted building began shortly after the Revolutionary war. About 1800 there began a grains. codes. They vary considerably. The Nevertheless. Farm Bureau Services planning commission seeks to provide movement of cattle from Mexico into our western plains country. These cattle were "longhorns," animals descended from Spanish cattle brought to the West Indies by early Spanish explorers. By 1870 EROSION MAKES sees to it that our people get their an acceptable model code to promote fair share of available feeds. It is generally good and uniform codes working to improve the situation. In wherever adopted. cattle were being produced quite generally throughout the United States. BIG CHANGES the meantime Farm Bureau feed deal- The Act provides for dividing the ers have been allocated their share unincorporated areas of a township The first sheep were landed in Jamestown in 1609. Forty-five years The responsibilities of young people tl I for coming months, based on previous into districts. Code requirements may later colonial governments sought to encourage the woolen industry from rural areas in conserving Amer- purchases. differ for the several districts. It is by forbidding the importation of wool from England. President ica's soil resources, if this country is Eighty dealers are using Farm Bur- assumed that no building code would to maintain a high standard of living, eau Mermade Balancer as a base for be adopted until the township had Washington imported the best breeds of sheep, and arranged to bring manufacturing poultry feeds. been zoned, and that the code restric- was stressed recently in a talk by to this country the most experienced spinners and weavers from James McKittrick of the Soil Conser- Machinery & Electrical Dep't—This tions would not apply to strictly rural abroad. Pioneers pressed westward with the opening of the Erie vation Service, Benton Harbor, to the dep't is preparing for a great post-war portions. The voters have the right canal in 1825. Great areas marvelously suited to sheep raising were West Berrien Junior Farm Bureau. program. As controls are eased and of referendum for SO days on any opened up and the American sheep industry expanded accordingly. Settlement of Berrien county began ber of the group. ia front of his new garage and farm materials become available, you will code a township board may adopt. Hog production on the North American continent began with the in earnest about 1845—and most of The shop was a complete loss except machinery repair shop. Extension hear considerable from this dep't The model code still under consi- the land had been taken up by the for a little insurance. Mr. Schmuck- classes iu repairing farm machinery through the Farm News. Farm Bur- deration sets minimum standards for early explorers and colonists. The Spanish explorer, DeSoto, brought time of the Civil War. Yet by 1870 er was unable to get materials for re- are held there. The bottom picture eau dealers will have tractors, farm materials and construction to assure 1 hogs into Florida in 1538. Some years later other shipments arrived navigation of the St. Joseph river by building and considered leaving for a was taken when the frame had been machinery, tools and electrical appli- permanency and service. It provides at Newfoundland, Nova Scotia and the colonies along the Atlantic large boats was stopped due to a factory job. Chief Community Farm raised. ances. minimum standards for light and ven- coast. sand bar forming at Berrien Springs. Bureau quietly raised $700 for mater- The shop is a very busy place, Re- Michigan Farm News—We have tilation of various rooms, minimum Native forests had been removed prospects for a larger and better room sizes and ceiling heights, mini- Two centuries ago most of the people and the hog production were through large sawmill operations paper in the near future. Restrictions mum plumbing requirements, includ- located on the eastern seaboard. If pork was not consumed at home, and the land was being plowed for have been modified for newsprint. ing proper disposal of sewage. it was prepared in barrels of brine for the West Indies. As the first wheat to be exported. The land was We are permitted to use more paper Letters to Mr. Powell from action settlers moved into the Ohio valley to begin farming and live stock being denuded of its native vegeta- if we can get it. committeemen agree that something raising there, hog production began to move westward, too. As tion and erosion was on its way. is needed to prevent the destruction of rural property values by unsightly rapidly as the pioneers opened up new corn lands, they produced McKittrick said that recognizes gully erosion but few- everyone Keep Spraying Potatoes and poor construction. Something more hogs. The best way t'o sell corn was to feed it to hogs and needs to be dqne to curb contra< sell the hogs when they were fat. As one writer of early days put it, realize the extent of sheet erosion which attacks the land like an in- Until Harvest Time whose specialty is flimsy buildings. the system was to "pack 15 bushels of corn into a pig, pack the pig The last two weeks to a month of The farm people want to be certain, sidious disease. Just as the physician growth are the most important to that any proposed building code Is (pork) into a barrel, and ship the barrel to the eastern seaboard." applies preventive medicine, the potato vines in developing a crop, ex- not compulsory but is subject > In time.the greatest concentration of hog production centered in the farm operator can apply soil and periments at Michigan State college proval and common sense application corn belt states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Iowa, and Nebraska. Iowa became the leading hog-producing state in 1880 and water conservation measures to pre- vent soil erosion, McKittrick said. fife?? ?* 5 j£ 'i*\ilSSti »- TI m reveal. Tests show that an average in- by rural and other groups within the crease of M bushels to the acre takes township. has always ranked first since that date. place during the last 12 days of Modern Italy has an area only growth of the potato vines. This is the ieo. 4 under the Netherlands, and 2 slightly greater than that of the state period when the tubers stage their Under Foreign Rule under Sweden. of Nevada. most rapid increase in size. Hence 48 Million More The territories which comprise our anything that damages the vines dur- 48 states were once ruled by one or Said the stout lady to the little ials. Members and other farmers pair work ranges from trucks, tract- ing that time cuts the yield. Acres in Crops more of six foreign countries, all or All mankind is divided into three boy: "Can I get into the park through gave cash, agreed to donate logs, help ors, automobiles, and farm machinery The war ye* n»v«> e j > part of the areas of 30 states having classes: Those that are immovable, this gate?" saw them into lumber and help re- to washing machines. He does acety-l One-sixth of the L'nited States panded by over 4K million been under Great Britain, 25 under those that are movable, and those "I guess so. lady. A load of hay just build the shop. When everything lene and electric welding, and builds population now resides on farms a s ' farm lands in 2,000 countt< France, 19 under tfpnin, 8 under MPX that move.—Arabian Proverb. weut through." was sot, they called another mooting trailers. against one-third 35 years ago. ing to the 1*45 Census of Agriculture. TWO I 'M I CHI GA N FAR M NEW S .. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1945 \ • F~S tkIee~r to the Mlchlcan Farm Bureau Newa, twaded January 11. Y23 AGENTS. WANTED Department ot the MIch!pJl state )'arm Bur.a Knterf!4 .. 8eeon4 elue matter January 11, UII, at the ~- oWl''' at Charlotte, Mlehlpn. under tbe Aet ot Marcb I, 181. ~: ::::::nfnlgs IntorM~~:~gant8 to ~:r~:~d ~;p~::::t:=rIn~ IUranee Compan es • if th e Inter- 1'1l1llbihe4 nrat ttatur4a" ot each month by the Mtchlcan :rarm Bureau trom any at 'our Michigan Farm News readers ey ar .t Ita tlubll~tlOn ..Ofnee at lit Eo Lovett 8t., Charlotte, Mlehlpn. elted In talldng the proposition over with one at our managera. h 1 tul to UI if any of our readers would snggest I':4ltortal and I'eneral ottIees, In Nonh Cedar 1!It.. Lannnl'. Poatottlce Box 960. Telephone, Lamln .. Zl.rll. K.lehll'a" Tomorrow It 'Would be very e p t In their nearby clUes and the Dames of likely agent prospec s Th1 1 • partlcuJarl7 «004 t01fIlS. The remuneration II good ••• The fierce and cruel days of war are over now, and done. EINAR UNGREN Editor and Business Manager time to .tart. Addren your Inqu1r7 to Those hoy\! of ours had what it took to douse ~he Rising Snn Triumph wells up in every heart, along with grief anll pain tlullac:rlptlODIII eenu Del' "ear; 4 "eara tor $I, In advance. INIURANCE DEP'T • MICHIGAN STATE FARM BUREAU Anl\ fervent prayers that such a war may never come a~aln. The wartime days are yesterdays. and what is past Is P:lst. 111 North Cedar It. Lanaln" Michl, •• VOL. XXIlI SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 1. 1945 NO.8 .\nll halcyon years of Peace on Earth 100m Into view at last. tested vi~~rously the spoilage of food The wisdom of our generals and the courn~e of our sons. Community on account of rationing and the send- With blood and sweat; with planes and ships; with bombs al!d naming ~uns ing of food abroad when American Were adequate to crush the Jap and beat him to his knees- Farm Bureau people do not have what they want Yet somehow in my heart I doubt if arms can win the Peace. to eat. I cannot think that fear alone, however strong its grip, Activities JIll MRS. MARJORIE KARKER Joyfield, Benzle-13. of purchasing a Benzie County camp The project Will make the selfish nations dwell In helpful comradeship. and re(~reation camp. sponsored by " bomb can crush ten thousand men and main ten thousand more, the Benzie County Farm Bureau, was UNICO CATTLE SPRAY Jlr.,ttlJfTfhip Relatlon$ and Education discussed and the group was in favor But hatred in a million hearts will grow and rankle sore. ~"veral l'omlllunity groups have in- of this plan. Lentl.lease may feed a starving land and help it to its feet Effective and Economical quir,'d why the news of their group Pleasanton, Manistee-8. FOlloWing Uut if the folks are greedy there, black markets line the street. hllS not appeared in thtse column!! a discussion of post-wal' agriculture Nations may sign the bravest pact that statesmen can devise Unfco Live Stock Spray has a high knockdown and killing power, of th., )4it'hi~Dn Farm ~ews. The the group tlecided that when we re- But if those nations break their word the treaties are but lies. millllt ••;; of all community groups are turn to normal aud planning becomes plus good repellancy. It is made from domestic :aw mat.erlals. It r":1l1 l'art>fnlly earh momh. At present necessary to handle farm problems. It took a whole lot more than fear to make man gO straight, will not ,taint milk, stain the hide or blister the skID of ammals, nor SP:}l'/! In the ~e""s Is IImitetl. It has fanners should write their own pro- And force is not enough' to steer the glorious Shi!) of State. cause accumulation ot dirt on anImals when used according to di. h....-II the thought that new Ideas gl'am for agriculture. In fact. as I survey the times. no remedy I see \\0111111)(' w£>h'omed hy othtr groups Merritt, Missaukee - 23. County Except the good old Golden Rule, for nations and for me. rectlons. so Wp han' kellt that in mind. We _"gent Barnum gave a very instruc- Your Farm Bureau dealer has Unlco Live Stock Spray In 1 gal~on • hav •• t rit'«i to rl'port each group at live talk on mastitis. The Love of God in every heart. abiding and sincere; I...ast OIl"C a y..ar. If your group has Burton-Carland, Shiawassee _ 95. The Honest wish to do God's work,-will put an end to fear. cans, 5 gallon kerosene type can», and in bulk. n.., 1"'1'11 rl'llOrte«\ as yet, an effort "'iIlard Kurtz. athletic dlrectol' oi If everyone who names Goll's name will get right down and pray \\ ill Ilt' made to have it in print. An)' Ovid high school. told of the' school's KILL. FLY for houllehold use. A Unico .p~oduct. Highly sll~t>stif)J';; for making this column athletic Pl'ogram and asked the fath- Sincerely, with a hnmhle heart, thpn Peace will corne to stay. reftned. Deodorized. Quick.acting. non.stallllllg and non. 111 .. 1'., flllt'rpst ing to the community ers oi the community for the loan of If we forsake our wicked ways ami try to understand explosive. Sold in pinte and quarts. grollJls thruII!!;hont the state will be their sons for this program. And do what God reqll ires of us, then He will heal our land \\ ...I....ull"!. Superior, Washtenaw-20. Group Til\ each tomorrow of the Peace will truly. peaceful be, Buy at Farm Bureau Stores and Co-op Ass'ns Albee-Spaulding, Saginaw-26. Group felt that not too man)' members oC And love shall live and hate shall die, on land and air and sea. donalt .•1 $~:; to 4.H Club -'Iemorial at the armed forces would be coming on See II ChI'. j.14. th,' ....UlllY filiI' ~rounds. farms to live unless they had former- R. S. Clark M;:tple Grove. Saginaw-20. Appolnt- I)' been associated witli farming. Felt ('(I a Jlol1linatin2; committee for Sep- that many mOI'e city people with 315 ~orth Grinnell St. It'lIllK'r ~r"llp election. Two people money to Invest would be coming to Jackson, )Iichlgan from .'adl family can vote at the elec- the farms. lioliS unci one per;;on cannot holtl the Hamburg.Genoa, Livili,gstori _ 24. group to get information re~ardl~g Calhoun county. Talk was based on a l<:lln.' .. ffie-p for more than two years. I GI'OUllagreed that the organization of the starting of a 4-H group III thiS survey made during the past year by Johnsfield. Bay-13. Group support- fanners is essential so, that we can community. This information wi\l be agricultural students. Interesting fact e,1 1 h•. American Farm Bureau Fed- discuss and act together on the varl- 'reportecl at the next meeting of the was brought out that '1,500 farms in eration's. stand on compulsory mili- ous problems bound to confront farm- group. A great deal 'of interest In the Calhoun county might be available for t3r1 training. ers in the post-war period. project in this communit.y. purchase or rent after the war on ac- Ellington. Tuscola-1S. In discus- South Delhi, Ingham-22. Group Cedar Creek, Muskegon-1S. sing lIlt' lJrohlem of marketing farm- thought that the trends of farming In lutlon passed protesting the Idea that county. The material gathered by the Reso. count of the age of the farmers of the FREE booklet that tells t'rs' pl"<,,'I1 ..... the group decided that the future would be: Youngel' farm- no county fairs be held this year on students will be presented at Percy two illlilrovements could. be made ers. larger farms and more machinery account of the rallroall transportation Jones hospital in Battle Creek'. how to make and use 10<':1 IIy. Th ..y are: (1) SeII to reliable and equipment. Felt that the partner- Iproblem. It was brought out that most .1...al.>I' or Co-nil markets; (2) Use of ship-machinery plan had not worked exhibtors at coun~)' fairs hauled their kegon-20. Laketon, Dalton, Fruitland, At our August 18 meet- Mus. fire-safe, long-lasting hom .. !!tora~e o\' •.rlo:l,lillg of elevators facilities to prevent out in their neighbOl'hood. at harvest East Hamlin, Eaton-25. exhibts by truck rather than using ing we discussed flood control for the Group felt railroads. Copy of resolution was sent )Iuskegon riyer and crop conditions. CONCRETE for a timf'. that after the war there would be a to Congressman Engle and Senat,ors Entertainment was a card party. Dairy Barn Hog House Newfield, Oceana-2S. Junior group tendency toward sma lIeI' farms and Vandenberg and Ferguson. First fall meeting with 1\11'. and l\lrs. Milk House Septic Tank frolll Ikss I.:lkl~ Junior Fann BUI'eau specialized farming. They felt that Montcalm,' Montcalm-22. Group Bert Iverson. Officers will be elected. Poultry House Storage Cellar (':Imp lea,1 a dis<:lIssion on, "Should there should be more community went on record as favoring the idea Note-It would seem by the min- Granary Com Crib Youth Ill' (; iv('n -'lore Opportunity in recreation fOI' rural youth. that the local co-operative stay open utes coming in from the various Potato Cellar Feeding Floor th .. COIlIlllUllityT' Holton, Muskegon-11. Group re- until 9 p. m. on Saturday night. Communities that August is h'uly Ice House Smoke Housft E;Jstside Highland, Osceola-10. solved that they should have at least Blooming Valley, Oceana-1S. Each "Picnic 1'10nth." Many meetings were Machine Shed Water Trough nl'~()lutiou was Ilusse,1 by the group one public meeting of their milk member of the group was asked to not held tbis month on account of Cooling Tank Farm Homestead whit-h al'A i U Michigan State Farm Bureau State A g t . , 221 a s e n a t e bill proposed by S e n a t o r s t h a n for 12 m o n t h s a s in the past. d t 3 ( C rariTI 1 North Cedar St.. Lansing. Michigan. P r o g r a m s mailed in t i m e for t h e proper ceremonial r i t e s . " — J a m e s L. cove rprevents breaks, snarling, or bunch- Please send State Farm Ins. Co.'s information: B a n k h e a d a n d Hill, a n d a house bill. Proebsting, A d v e r t i s i n g Manager, Na- ing. Runs free t o last foot. I t ' s treated No. I M S , proposed by Rep. F l a n n a g a n September m e e t i n g s show these topics tional Cooperatives. Insurance « •• - _ Lif • of Florida. for the next t h r e e m o n t h s : 8 LB. BALL to repel insects. B u y UNICO twine and C r i s s - C r o s s C o v e r know you're g e t t i n g the best. n . ^ . 1 Name „ p tjife T h e g o v e r n m e n t is asked to build September—The National F e r t i l i z e r a n d operate t w o phosphorous p l a n t s P r o g r a m . Ideas a r e best sold one a t a time. 500 f t . p e r p o u n d Companies .. . a n d one potash p l a n t capable of pro- October—The place of the Commun People seem to resist them in batches. Bloomington, III. J _ A d d r e « ^ . . _ . . ™ . . . ^ . . ™ . - ™ . . ^ . . - ^ Q Auto d u c i n g these fertilizers in l a r g e vol- ity F a r m B u r e a u in the F a r m B u r e a u They get m e n t a l indigestion. One FARM B U R E A U SERVICES, Inc., Lansing, Michigan ume. It is also asked to a c q u i r e P r o g r a m . idea at a time, properly "packaged," 93,000 Michigan farm and eity folk carry State r e n t e n s i v e p h o s p h a t e deposits in t h e November—Aims and Purposes of is u n d e r s t a n d a b l e , commands action, Buy at F a r m B u r e a u Stores a n d Co-op A s s ' n s s o u t h and west a n d potash deposits in Organized F a r m e r s in t h e P o s t - W a r and oftener t h a n not gets itself en- - - F a r m Mutual Automobile Company Insurance Period. thusiastically adopted.—The Brake the southwest. Shoe P a r t y L i n e . U n d e r t h e proposed p r o g r a m t h e L a s t y e a r some of the groups found g o v e r n m e n t would operate the p l a n t s it advisable to meet twice a month. for an e x p e r i m e n t a l period of five T h i s year o t h e r s m a y find it helpful y e a r s . D u r i n g t h i s period 50<"r of the to follow t h i s plan. Those holding o u t p u t would be ear-marked for u s e in two meetings used one to discuss a n a t i o n a l test-demonstration p r o g r a m , s t a t e and n a t i o n a l topics and t h e sec- a n d 5 0 ' , p e r c e n t would be sold to ond meeting to discuss t h e local top- co-operatives a n d t h e fertilizer t r a d e ic. for d i s t r i b u t i o n . T h e p l a n t s would pro- Each m o n t h detailed m a t e r i a l s will duce a little m o r e t h a n 6r/c of the be supplied by t h e s t a t e office to com- p h o s p h o r o u s a n d p o t a s h used a n n u a l - m u n i t y g r o u p s to assist in t h e discus- ly. sion of t h e s t a t e topic. Materials will At t h e end of the five year period be available on local topics on request. t h e g o v e r n m e n t would offer the p l a n t s for sale £t t h e i r appraised value to f a n n e r co-operatives organized on a L a w t o n G r o u p regional basis One such co-operative H a s G o o d Y e a r would be designated at t h e E a s t e r n F a r m e r s F e r t i l i z e r Company to serve Lawton Community Farm Bureau Atlantfc seaboard s t a t e s , a second of Van Buren c o u n t y concluded a suc- t h e Central F a r m e r s Fertilizer Com- cessful y e a r in J u n e a n d will r e s u m e p a n y to serve f a r m e r s of t h e Mssissip- m e e t i n g s in t h e fall. Its first m e e t i n g pi valley, a n d a t h i r d the W e s t e r n was in N o v e m b e r . Officers were f a r m e r s F e r t i l i z e r Company to serve elected. L a w r e n c e Spencer r e p o r t e d t h e f a r m e r s of t h e west. the State F a r m Bureau meeting. In p T h e bills before Congress provide December Mr. T e d F r o m a n described j n a t in a d m i n i s t e r i n g the p r o g r a m t h e a soil c o n s e r v a t i o n t r i p . L. C. F o r d ijjcretary of a g r i c u l t u r e shall n a m e a of Berlamont, c o u n t y c h a i r m a n for n i m i t t e e which* shall be a d v i s o r y t o t h e m e m b e r s h i p campaign, s p o k e a t thl g r o u p s w o r k i n g . on t h e plan. I t the J a n u a r y m e e t i n g . s