Vol. XXV, No. 10 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1947 25th Year Published Monthly ,E D I. T'O R I A L Steel Going Up for Farm Bureau Fertilizer Plant Co-ops Doing Well 5,000,000 Farm Co-op Memberships says that 10, I SO The Farm Credit Administrat~on farm co-operatives in the United States have mem- Before Committee bership totals which add up to 5,010,000. Congressman Walter Ploeser's Group Finds Of course, the. same farmer may be counted twice, three times and even m9re if he is a member Western Farm Co-ops Wen Prepared To Refute Anti-Co-op Charges of more than one farm co-operative. A great many of them are. Testimony in favor of co-operatives piled up as the For the marketing season of I945~46 ~ll farmer House Small Business subcommittee under the chairman- co-operatives did a total business of six billion dol- ship of Congressman Walter Ploeser of Missouri con- lars. That represents a substan'tial increase over ,the ducted its hearings at Seattle, San Francisco and Los . ' prevIOus year. Angeles in September . Ii is interesting ~to note that there are 2,772 co- operative purchasing groups and that they do about . Congressman urging the value of co-operatives Ploeser, red faced, heard from the California statcm~nts one-fifth of the total business done by farm co-ops. Fruit ~rowers Exchange, California Walnut Growers Farm Bureau Services, Inc., and 153.farm co-opera- Ass'n, Washington Farmers Co-operative 'Ass'n and tive ass' n stockholders are the largest purchasing many others in and out of the farm co-operative field. group for Michigan. October I much of the structural steel had been raised for At the same time, the anti-eo-operative forces seemed States with the largest~numbers of ~~I:m co-op- the Farm Bureau Services fertilizer manufacturing plant near to have lost s'ome s~cam, At Los Angeles on the second eratives and the largest volume of marketing and Saginaw. We are lcoking at the front of the plant, as shown in day, only three of 14 witnesses attacked co-operatives. purc~asing business through such group~ are Min- nesota, Wisconsin, Iowa and Illinois, in that order. the architect's dr~wing at the left. 'The next step:::, are to raise I They admitted membership in the National Tax Equality steel for the higher section housing mechanical equipment of the Ass'n and repeated the anti-eo-operative charges by now The 'Michigan State College estimates ,that the total mixed goods plant, and the towers of the superphosphate plant. full of holes due to the vigor of the co-op witnesses, and of farm co-operative memberships in this state is Farm Bureau Services expects to be manufacturing early this the examinations cond~cted by Congressman Patman, about 135,000. .\ ; .. ~ ;'" ~. ~.:::" wi~ter. The plant capacity is 45,000 tons of mixed goods and a member of the committee . ,::: ~ • ,-y' .... ~ 30,000 tons 9f sup~rphospha~e annually. Congressman Patman c~:mtinued his defense of co- Financial PIight of the Local Roads S J d C I operatives by drawing information from. their witnesses Robert Farr, chairman of the board of supervisors ;r St. Clair county, has spoken plainl~ about the MICHIGAN FARM Farmers Build Co-op AFBF CONVENTION at. o~ a~ aDs~ and questioning the anti-co-op witnesses. He emphasized W arehouse increasingly bad plight .... of. our county roads, and the BUREAU ANNUAL Office, Co-operation for building a co-op was exemplified when fifteen Len- AT CHICAGO rganIZ~tIonp J, Herhert Kinsey. enn towns 1111. Irectl~r I for the record that alJ additional Cassopolis. and [lastor of'the Penn ers through their co-operatives income coming to farm- is subject to personal in- need for gasoline , tax assistance, such as that vetoed ~ MEETING NOV. 13-14 awee county far~ers, memuers of the Farm Burea ,donated their DECEMBER \14.18 Friends chul'ch. count r orgalllza has . t'IOn(Irec I' heen named t or IJYtlIe come tax. Al h so t at sue h . mcome d oes not represent b~ Governor Sigler last spring. selTlces to the preliminary wOl'kof St. Jose[lh and Cass county Farm income to co-operatives. The opposition argued that it Speaking to the Michigan State Ass'n of Super- The 28th annual meeting of -the constructing a new Farm Bureau The 99th annual convention of Bureaus to assist them in their coun- ... d h Id I t' Michigan Farm Bureau will'be held 0"I[ Co.operatl\'e warehouse an d of. the American - , Farm Bureau" e(.I I tv•... fliIICtl'OIIS L' ' ... IS ' corpcwatlOn mcome an s ou pay t Ie corpora Ion visors and the Social Welfare Boards at Grand Thursday, and Friday, Nov. 13-14,fice building at ?ladison Center. eralion will be held at the Ste,'cns I Tins tIes III with the COllll.~I~S ex. Inc9me tax. Rap,ids in August, Mr. F arr said: at Fairchild theatre. l\lichlgan Construction of the 40 lJy 70-foot Hotel at Chicago the week of De. [landed program to 1~lOreefllclentlr State College. East Lansing. lJuilding will take place on a plot ce!llb~r H, I taHe care of the fanners needs. ~[r. Mr. Patman '.' obhged a number of wItnesses to a mlt d . "We receive in ga~ and weight taxes about of two and one-half acres. It will I~insey has had helleI' than two h h b f b .. .Flfty-th'e Co.unty Farm Bureaus be of concrete lJlock construction, The AFBF I'.nnual meeting starts veal's eX11eriencewi~h the ]ndian'\ t at t ey were mem ers 0 uSlness co-operatives op- $350,000 < year, plus $150,000 that goes to the Wi, 11 I 1 seat a Itt e more t. an h 480 votmg delegates on the baSISof one. oYel'headdoors, .. one stol'y high with three' large Tuesday t' 'tl' con lI~ue HOUg December 16 and will 'h T]" d . D. Farm Bureau. .lUlS a~. e " - . , He will de,'ote his time to meet- , ' .. h eratIng In t e same manner as ann co-operatlvcs. f . cities. We levy a $200,000 mill tax, which gives delegate for each 100 paid up mem., cemher IS, . ing with Farm Bureau community At Seattle Mr. Patman made public a letter to the us a total of $550,000. bel' families. The total member. ship was 48.100 as of August 31, FARM BUREAU Sunday. aftern?on, December H. gl'OUPs', the ASSOCIated to ?I'g~nize new co.mlllu.nityHouse Small Business ." omen of the Fal"Ill groups, assist III membershIp drl\'es. Committee and the Post Office "In 1940 we, received $550,000 and our payroll . the close of the Michigan ~rm Bureau will hold their Vespel''Ser. alld assist in carrying out wOl'k Department asking that the National Tax Equality Ass' n was $'150,000. There was $400,000 for gravel. Bureau business year. MElllfBERSHIP vice in the lJallroom or the Sher. with women In Farm Bureau as b' . d H k d' h ff'" NOW 48 10to The annual meeting program If! man hdte!. jIonday. Decemher 15. well as 'the Junio;' Farm BUI'e-au, e InvestIgate. e jis e that t e post 0 Ice Invc5LI- Today it is $400,000 for payroll anc! $150,000 for will include: A report 'by ExecII' the various working conferences, gate its use of the mails for selling NTEA memberships. .for gravel. , . Gravel costs us twice as Il1uch'money, qye~Secretary r[ark L: Brody on - what has been accompliShed duro 'i illlChas tIll! commodity conferences, rural youth meeting\'., state Farm MEMBERS CALLED H k e as ed that t e Sma h 11 B' USlness C' ommlttee secure tIe I so we are getting one-sixth to have. of the gravel we u~e<;l Ing the past year, and what the organization Is doing. The state Bureau presidents and secretaries. l\lemlJership of th:' 1\\ichigan membership workers, and others board of directors may make reo Farm Bureau was 48.100on August are to be held at the Stevens, Con.. TO HELP' CL'OVER ,' .. - ,' financial 'records' an"d' membership Carroll B. Reece,' national chairman of the NTEA. of the Republican "We are stymied, and yet we have 200 miles of state roads, 400 miles of ~ounty roads, an~ ).,000 ~~::aet~~,at~~~s;~:e~:~nf:t~~~)'T]:~ ~~~sCI~::r~f~]:':p::~'~o~u~~,~Uu~~:i:gr~~~C:II~h:he;:~~ b~~;:~u has the Farm Bureau, will adopt reso. way in 56 County Farm Bureaus grown to nearly 1.200,000families, SEED SHORTAGE party, has not answered National Ass'n of Co-operatives the telegram September sent him by the 5. Mr. Reece ~iles of secondary roads . ]utions to outline Farm Bureau for the .1948 membership carn, AFBF meetings call for the faei]. k d .f h PI . ,. h I ... policy and program for the coming paigns. ~ ities of the lal'gest hotel in Chi- , In warning that there will not he was as e i t e oeser committee was acting Wit tle "Now lets s~e how ridiculous this is. If you have year. Hal! of a boa'l'dof 15 direc. Two COUIU'Y Farm Bureaus have cago, and' space In a numher of enough ?'lichigall clovers for l\1ich. approval of the Republican party leadership. tors will ,lJe elected. The. new more than 2.000 members-B~lTien othel's, igan requirements 1his yeal', ROi ' . I,000 ~nes,of secondary roads, you will put gravel board wII . I choose its offIcers.Allen . 2,817 and Saginaw 2,030.. ---------- Bennett. Farm Bureau Services' But Willis J. Ballinger, investigator of the committee, on them every five years. That is 200 miles a year. Four ha,'e more thall 1,500mem- K F 'I" seed department managel', is call- h b d h h Kline, vice.president of the ArneI" bers-Allegan 1.534, Ottawa 1,,,01, eep .erb lZer I ing upon Fal'lll Bureau memhel's tll as een quote as saying t a~ no co-op earings arc It will cost $1,500 a mile, or $300,000 for such re- ican Farm Bureau Federation, will address the convention. Sanilac 1,6,8 and Van Buren 1,502.,.n I 0ry L' ocatIon \ help alle,'iate this situation by sell. planned by the committee for the mi vvest. d Th e an- surfacing., To maintain the other 800 miles, one County Farm Bureaus will 800n m~ilt~~'~~I~:;:n m~~1'2~ha~r~~~~ The ,su.-ggeS~i?nto yu)' ~e;tilizer ~~'n~h~;:;r:;::'P~~:/~~::~~r:e~(I~tl~~ nouncement receive the official notice of the when It IS avallalJle IS a good one , I .. that hearings would be held at Kansas City, could spend $200,000 and not' do half a job. annual meeting, addressed to the 1.468, Eaton 1,443, Calhoun ..1,341.,to follow. Take deliven- when vou l'a:m Bureau SerYlces at Lanslllg. Minneapolis, and Columbus, Ohio, was said t.o be a mis- Tusco]a 1,31i, Washtenaw 1.265, can. hut he cUl'ef II in ~tol'in . t'hat T' or. many years. th~ Farm Bur-. if f A h I "You know that a lot of roads were not built secretary. They are asked to send Kalamazoo-e.l,242, Huron 1.192,Bar. f ']' u g eau has urged ?1lclllgan fannen; take py the committee's 0 ice orce. not er exp ana- the 1\1 ichigan Farm Bureau creden. 1180 St Cl' . 1 160 G t' t el'tI Izer. t 'I' I . I I right ... we wanted to get out of the mud, so we , tia]s committee a list of the County 1;158, ry , Lapeer , . 1,104,all' .Ionia , ra 10 1.102: ..C. E. l\lilIal' head of the" soil slhle. ~ use .'The ICIlg-allse~( ol'gaDlzatlOn \~.lelle,'er pos- tion is that strong party pressure has been applied to the has a!;;o Farm Bureau's voting delegates Kent 1,08i.St. .Joseph 1,054,Ingham sCience department at l\hCI~I~alll ('onsi8tellt!.~.coullsell&dagainst per- House Small Business Committee. went out and built the best roads we could. nevertheless, they are not graded right, they are not But I and alternates as soon as possible 1.052.Genesee 1.019, to save time at the conYention.. 52 counties have Women of the s~PPlles ShOI~](~ State. college. says that fe~.tll1zer,milting l\lichigan seeds to go out- ~ Resolutions-County and Com. Farm Bureau organizations and p a~~s .out 0 I a ts t lat 11Ilg III met. :\'ow is the time for all Farm .b~ st~rediJ ~~ dl7 of-state until Michigan needs al'e Labor Housl'ng I Co-op Wlons Contest _ ditched right, and the culverts aren't right ... We munlty Farm Bureaus should ad. programs. \UOIStD' all'. I . [ I BUl'eau lIIemllel's to ('{Jllle to the CoIrcu Iar Issue d A. t B ranc h F air° could spend all our money on McNitt roads alone. dress th elr . reso]ut'IOns t 0 tII e 1\1'IC'h TIlere are 93 J unlor . F arm B-ur. con tt putfl t Ie Lag.If s direct yt on a a'id of ~.~ "Otll' ol'.~all'lz,'ltl'OII allil [lilt Farmers who require seasonal la- I A co-op tractor placed first in the It would cost us from 1 to 1 % rriillion dollars to igan Farm Bureau resolutions conI- eau groups con re e o~\'. your s ora~e I this IlrO"Talllacross. '" [1' t t t tl J' I . space has tIllS kind of f1001'place 1\ ... f hOl'ers WIll he Interested 1Il a new pu Illg con es a Ie ,r:IIIC I coun- mlttee, P. O. Box 960,'Lansing.. as iOOmembers serve as I<>gis]ative ~ lJoardsol'er it so thev are cns-cros. 1 : I II', Bennett d .says that armel'S l' II' t' f 1 '1' [ \)\\ Ica lOll 0 t Ie .' ICligan ta e , . , S t tv 4 II C[lill Fal'l' S"llt"IIIII"I' ~ ~ ~ I" "'01' bring our roads up to the condition they were in be- soon as possible.. action committeemen in the Com. sed. This will also I~t air cin~ulate W 10 wants see cle.anedlIy1~le'arm College enH'r~ency fann lauor pro. ty tractors partlciputed. Judging I U,,.. • fore the war ... ' Talk about black topping. All we Pre.convention meetings will be munity Farm Bureaus.' under the bu"s '\BUl:eaushOl~ldget It to Lanslllg s?on !!;ram and a~ri('ultural engineering wa~ on the pel'centu.ge of weight. heId by tllese groups: , - I There a.re 800 Communit'. Farm ' Another [WlIlt ';.' to consldel' .. IS whIle the l'arlll Bureau " has tllue -dl'patlllent. I 'rl Ie CO-OIltl"act 01. anI , [ 1"11 ,11m.A' dol is patch and patch. ResoIut.Ions Comml'tt ee mee'ts Bureaus..•. stacklll" of the hags. ])on't o,'erdo I to do CUStOIll . clealllng'. '. Later III The <'in'llhr pntitled "!lomes for Stl'Ol1 g. 'vel'g]I'de "''''1'']1 ,'0 .. ' IS. '1'( Ie co. T uesday, ". "ov. 11,at . 'I' ". "lc'/lgan ---------- , and ... stack the hags too high The I: lhe veal' It has to. turn all ItS at. Se'\~oll'l] Farm ' .. Help" tells how 0[1pu IIed ')800 ... II' 01 . 'H'tol f I't-S / "Now let's take that over the state. Twenty-two F arm Buraau t 0 contJ11'] e reso[F M / It .... IS. "J. 10 0 u- raser to anage weight m~y ~ause the .fertillzel' to stocks for spring,tent Ion to processlllg Farm HIII'eau.. - , , some of ;\1!chigan-sSll('('egsflligrow. e I I w igl t to win first p.'., Ilze. or' 23 million dollars in weight tax is distributed the counties and $6,500,000 of gasoline tax. to It is a tions 'from Comlllunlty, ~oullty ~T' Farm Bureaus, commodity confer. l'leW C ontract ences and other sources for pre- Gon]on Fraser. 'graduate of the t 1I11e comes. P" .. Ol!lt I c.'1!,e .. T)Jls. In.tll.r.I~:Will make ap'l. p,lIcallOnmOl'e difficult when the Pen Barn ers' hl1\'e soh'ed their farm-help housing [Irohlcms. Suggestions -Thos. A. Colter Elmlra. R-1 nut thE' flower that mo!!t delights me in the;;e ;;plcy Autumn day" highway survey to make recom- Form 3579 to :\Uchlgan Farm :->..ws Is the gloriou;; double ast ..r like my Grandma used to \"al.~e. mendations on highway policy and t'dltorlal oftic", P. O. Bolt 9&0.Lan- DIRECTORS AT LARGE sIng, Mlchfk1\n. Carl E. Busklrk Paw Paw. R-2 I can see them In her garden. far away and long agoo: finance to the legislature, Stanley Harry F. Johnson St. Louis. R-1 Powell, a member of the advisory Jesse E. Trelber UnlonvllIe. R-1 I can se.. th..m now befor.. mE'. I can count them In the row. EINAR UNGREN Editor They are white and pink and purple. They are lavender and hlue. committee, has observed strong Representing The)' are r..d and rich magenta-every lo\'ely "hade and hue. sentiment for returning a substan- PUR P 0 S E of FAR M WOMEN OF FARM BUREAU Subscription: !5 ~en~ II. Yt"ar BUREAU Mrs. U. S. Xewell........Coldwater. R.:! And my Grandma. lean ;;.... h..r as ;;0 I.roudly she displays tial part of the cost of rural high- Llmltt'd to Fann Bu....au ~If'mbers .The purpose of this Associa- The glorlou" double mammoth, such as only "he can raise. ways to the farm property tax, We tion shall be the advancement Representing Vol. XXV October 4, 1947 No. 10 of our members' interests edu. JUNIOR FARM BUREAU She sought no prize or ribbon at the lIower show or the fair. have had articles and editorials in catlonally. legislatively. and )11,." P.uth Parson;; Fowler'.lIle H!'r flowers were all her passion and she loved to ;;ee them there. the Michigan Farm NewS: They economically. Her care was unremitting an,l her patience knew no hound have brougbt these letters to tbe And the hrllliant prOducts of her toll were known fur mil..s nrou",l Farm Bureau: "'hlle nelghhors pau;;ed a spell to look'in wonder and amaze Paid for a Life Time EDITORIAL Community At the glorious row of a"ter;; that my Grandma used to raise . )Iy )Iarthy raise;; a;;ters too. Before me as I write • "There is one road hurden that has cost the farmer millions of (Continued from page 1) Assault on the Co-ops Farm Bureau I;; a gorgoeoussheaf of bl~"soms just harvested tonight. To see them Is to love th"m. To raise them is a gift. dollars ... enough to pay his road tax for a lifetime. That was the Congressman Walter C. Ploeser has a new role. Activities They eh..er the hearts of all who see, and give their ;;ouls a lift. )Iy ey..s nr.. mol;;t with m..morles ti\l I view them thru a haze Covert r.oad tax. The farmer paid far more than his share under the He has become leading man for the opposition to co- By MRS. MARJORIE KARKER Seeing on'ce again Ihe asters that my Grandma used to raise. Covert act, which cost him from In these summary reports ')f R. S. Clark $5 to $25 per acre." operatives. His House Small Business Committee 315 :-Iorth Grinnell St. Community Farm Bureau meetings - Frank Werkmeister. is "investigating" the co-ops in such a way as to Jackson, )Ilchlgan . North Street. Mich. the name of the group. the county, leave no doubt that the object is mayhem .. and the number in attendance is Paying Fail" Rate Now That is unwarranted, but not unexp~cted. The given in that order: Bangor, Van Buren - 15. Leo Godin. county organization director. Farm Bureau Women "Rural property owners are al- ready paying their fair share of the cost 'Of the highway system. Missouri Farmer predicted the PIoeser assault. The journal of the Missouri Farmers' Association also explained the procedure of the Roll Call to be used this year. Folks Help Convince NBC. We pay gas tax at the same rate per'mile of road use as' city dwell. Farm Bureau women in 1\Iichigan local stations asking that they not ers, as well as paying a property Marshall welis, farm dir~tor for' rebroadcast. pointed out that "counsel for the committee is Willis all thought it a very workable plan. South Kent. Kent--33. Group buy mystery programs that would tax for county roads of 11;';' mills radio station' 'V,JR. is shown with I Marshall Wells has been using. goes on record as urging that elec- should feel very happy abou~ an on equalized valuation. That is 'the farm department's new mobile the 'moblle unit for the Voice of Ballinger, wen known for his anti-co-operative have an unwholesome influence 011 the same amount as the city prop- radio studio. Purpose of the unit AgricnltUI:e progra~s broadcast t10n procedures be taught in the announcement made .recently by juvenile minds. writings ... public schools. the National Broadcasting Company. el.ty owner pays. is to bring the station's rural ser- I from 0: 36 to 7 a. m. Saturday The announcement made by the Central Davison. Genesee-13. A resolution, passed unanimously National "There is no such thing as a vice facilities out into the country mornings. The first Voice of Agri. Broadcasting Company F rom the first, the committee was off on the During the discussion on "De- at NBC's annual convention, stated delegates is right in line with the township road. Years ago the Hol- or anywhere else where a program culture program to be transcribed wrong foot. It announced that it would inquire into mocracy" it was agreed by this group that, effective January I, 1948, "no resolution passed by the Michigan beck.McNitt.Smith bill was passed of interest to agriculture can be was done. Sept. 1'2 when the l\llch. that everyone does want democracy series of detective crime or mystery- Farm Bureau women. and while by the legislature to authorize the made. The unit' houses a .small igan Association of Farm Co-opel" the "monopolistic" and "socialistic" nature of co- but that we may drift away through type programs" will be broadcast many other groups have joined the counties to take over all townShip broadcasting room with a control atives discussed the House Small too much centralization. over NBC before 9:30 p. m:, New 1\lichigan Farm Bureau in prote"3t- roads. within a period of five years. room containing transmitting and Business' Committee investigation operatives. Thus the committee's avowed goal was We assume this has been done. recording machines. Programs. can of farm co-operatives. as being con. I Tri-Township. Kalamazoo -. 16. York time. ing the unwholesome radio pro- to determine a group of predetermined ideas. While discussing the topic of bet- At their 1946 state convention, grams, the' Farm Bureau women "We believe that the ga's tax is be recorded on disc records or wire ducted by Rep. Walter Ploese'r of Then Congressman Ploeser said the first hearings, I tel' Rural-Urban Relationships this Michigan Farm Bureau women pas- can well feel that they have had an the only fair way to finance" our recorders for broadcast from De- :\lissouri. group figured out rhe costs to the sed a resolution saying that they Important part in events leading roads. It is paid according to in- troit. handlers of a beef from the time had too long been inar"Uculate in up to the announcement then made dividual use of roads. In the face ter will relay a broadcast direct to Farm Bureau at Lansing f<;>rmak. A short wave Fl\l transmit- was .parked beside the l\1ich;gan The WJR mohile unit on the co-operatives at Greenbelt, Md., would show the farmer w'as paid 19c per pound expres'3ing thaiI' disapproval of this by NBC. At the time of the New of increased cost of bUilding and .the WJR studio in Detroit to be ing the recording. whether "tax-exempt _privileges of co-operatives are live weigbt until it reached the type of program. In addition. the York Conference. :\Irs. Karker re- maintaining roads, the gas 'tax should have been increased .. harmful to free competitive enterprise." just one thing wrong with this-the There was Greenbelt co- housewife at 89c per pound. figured that the packer took a mar- ~ational They convention gin of Hc and the retailer a margin ters urging that if they must con- wired a protest to the presented the only rural group m- Association of Broadcas. tending this conference. '''We feel that it is unfair for the legislature to earmark money re- Are We Starving ops are not tax exempt. of 29c per pound. Clarendon, tinue broadcasting Calhoun - 22. :\Ir. crime and mystery 'programs. that unfavorable Advise Care Of turned to townships when that is not done to the cities ... We are Our Alfalfa? Only agricultural co-operatives, as opposed to Gates. the local agricultural in- they not do this before 9: 00 p. m. Raspberries opposed to any attempt to legislate a special township road tax on By GEORGE D. SCARSETH ally in'virgin territory and can do structor explained the G. I. agricul- Women of the American 'Farm Bur. The old raspberry canes that a pretty fail' joh of picking up some urban consumer co-ops, enjoy tax exemptions under tural training. eau and women of other sta'le Farm bore this summer's crop should he rural property holders. There are DirectOl' no township roads." A.mel'ican Farm Research Ass'n extra nutrients. Th Is bi/!; tap root Merriman. Kent-25. This group Bureaus took similar action. cut .off near the ground, removed Section 12 of the revenue law. To win these North East Farm Bureau Group, 1\11'. Farmer. this time let's look sends out some lateral feed in;?;roots. came to the conclusion while dis- As a result of thi's resolution, 'from the 'plantation and burned, into our alfalfa situation. There is but on the main the roots feed (,ut. privileges, the farm co-operative~ must show that no cussing better relationship between each Community Farm Bureau in advises C. E. Russell, :\Iichigan Neal S. Walker, Acting Sec'y trouble in our alfalfa fields and f01' of what )'OU might consider a hole rural and urban people that too' the state.was asked to wrjte the four State college horticulturist. Special Committee, one reason or another this valuable In the ground. It seems ohvious more than J 5 per cent of their business is with non- St. Clair County. feed crop is not doing too well on that eventually this hole becomes much' emphasis is placed on the' in- major broadcasting companies ex. Removal of the old canes will aid rural groups. cease of foods in comparison to the pressing their disapproval of crime in the control of insects and diseas- We Built the Roads any farms. mined out and then the crop starves emphaSis put on the price of cars, programs. In February the Michi. es such as cane borel' and anthrac- "We protest any return of the Too many farmers have lost their and becomes poor. First thing you But such disparities of fact do not seem to bother clothin~. etc. gan Fam tureau women were ask- nose disease. road tax, ha,oing paid out hundreds enthusiasm for this crop. A Wis- know the field is taken over by blue New canes that were produced of dollars for new roads." cons In farmer said he was going grass or weeds. The blue grass Mr. Ploeser, or the insurance companies, retail Osceola County Groups - The ed by the National Association of North Huron Farm Bureau, back to rely on his common red comes In nicely in an old alfal!a four community groups of Town- Broadcasters to attend a conference this summer and 'which will hear trade associations, grain and oil firms and their Mrs. Charles-N. Eddy. clover. An Indiana farmer said he field becau~e the alfalfa has been 'line. East Hersey, Cat Creek and in New York City, at which time next season's crop should not be Acting Sec'y, had good luck with his alfalfa the making' -;nitrogen which becomes shock battalion, the National Tax Equality Associ- Southeast Richmond met together this matter was discussed, l\1r~. pruned until March or April. Infor- Huron County. first few years he tried it. but after released to the grasses that must. on a very hot night with 123 people Marjorie Karker, Director of 'Vo- mation on pruning is given in Ex- Consider Source of Traffic that he had no luck any more. An depend upon someone else for their ation. These groups hate co-ops, one and all. present. Each group furnished men's Activities for the Michigan tension folder 74, "Practical Hints "A county road passes 'the Ohio farmer said his alfalfa didn't nitrogen. Since well inoculated al. some part of the progam and this was Farm Bureau, represented the woo on' RaSpberry Growing." A copy east last the way it used to. Alfalfa is falfa and, otherwise well feu will F or them co-operatives are competition. As the followed by an interesting talk on men of the Michigan Farm Bureau may be ohtained from county agri- end of my farm. I estimate that a mal'velous high protein feed crop. make its own nitrogen. we wlll not Blue .Cross by 1\Irs. Richmond of at the New York Conference. cultural agents or by writing to the 40% of the traffic is trucks. owned On top of being a crop to lower our discuss this phase. American Federation of Labor recently advised its the Michigan Hospital Service. During the conference 1\Irs. Kar: Bulletin office, Department of Pub- by city or town residents, and not feed costs it is a good 'type of plant Can't Make Something From unions, co-ops fight high prices and help consumers less than 40% consists of town. to shoot the subsoil full of holes Nothin\)7When we fully realize Kenochee-Emmet, St. Clair-54. ker was told that any pressure lic Relations, East Lansing. city and out of state cars. with its tap roots so as to open up how much phosphorus and potash save money. Their ownership is in the hands of This group decided that the present brought to bear regarding types of "The road passing my home is a the tight soil for drainage and each ton of alfalfa hay takes out of state fair grounds at Detroit should radio programs should be bought 'Thictor Hitches consumers, which makes co-operatives a highly ~ 'feeder to the above road. I feel aeration and thus provide a better the ground it most certainly he- be sold to the Racing Association to the local station rather than the ,JIsing one tractor tool does one sure that 80% or more of the trafl'ic feeding zone for the roots of the comes obvious to each of us that we and the money used to purchase new broadcasting company. Community job at a time. l\ISC far!}; hlbor here, is town, city and out of state other crops III the rotation, can soon exhaust both the top soil democratic form of capitalism. state fair grounds more centrally Farm Bureaus were given this in. specialists advise mUltiple t!lJctor cars. So it seems to me that addi. Alfalfa Mines Phosphate & Pot. and th'e- subsoil of these important The special lure of co-ops is that they return the located in the state. formation and urged to contact, hitches. They do several jOilS at a ash-It looks from tlIe facts as jf nutrient elements. When the sub- North Howell. Livingston-14. Dr. either pesonally or by letter. their time. .tional road tax should be on the we have been trying to make soma- soil has been emptied from a few difference between the cost and sales price of goods J. K. Altland of the State health use of gas for travel. Our' Com. thing ont of nothihg ol'expectin!-'" years of alfalfa it is needless to ex- department and Miss Upham 'from ' munity Farm Bureau group has the alfalfa to thrivc on soils that pect that a 200 to 400 pound appli. to the purchasers as savings. Some of the sav'ings discussed this matter and believes 'are be~oming exhausted. the Genesee county health unit ex., cation of a common fertilizer mix- are held back to expand the business-and co-ops plained the functions of a county health unit. Classified Ads \ that any increase should be in the gasoline tax." in highway tax As i?l'JhetS v,c W;j,~i: to D.l1n,,(r.c- ture will carry enough plant food ture soil, and added milwrals, and to keep the crop producing heavy now do several billion dollars' worth of business In 'ClassifIed advertismenta are cash with order at the following " Robert G. Jones, atmospheric nitrogen into a high yields for as much as six years. Boiton. Alpena--8. School Com- this country, and are growing all the time. What the Tax Equality Association would like to missioner Mr. McNeil and the Ma- ple Ridge school board were pre- seut at the August meeting to help rates: 5 cents per word for one edition. Ads to appear in two or more editions take the rate of 4 cents per word per edition. 1 Trucks Should Pay Way Hesperia. I Newaygo County. . protein forage, so we Ileed to COll- cern ourselves with the 31lPI'ly of raw mat~rials, , ... Recently Professors Rich and Od- land of the Rhode Island Experl ment Station published some reo . "Our group of Farm. Bureau'- 'l.'ak?:fl~~.t .th.e.eX&'1l1\lla WH.•, 11:10£' sults prOVing that alfalfa did .not with the discussion of the school FARM MACHINERY LIVE STOCK do is to remove income tax exemptions on the sav- problem in this area . 'Creamery Package Electric Churn Milking Shorthorns - Splendid se- member5 . -are ;. lo.cated ,_ ' .... on .or near yhllY~,',;.To ;1Hi1he ~I).' .:..19 of nay', last lo'ng when the potash supply. ' , which snolllrl lIe ell!;.) to (10) h} luw- with worker rolls. 100 Ibs. capacity. lection of young bull", from small was low. (25 pounds potash added ings which co-ops retain as reserves. This would South Lincoln, Isabella - 13. Late model. '\'rite 'V. B. ~;aston, ("alves to ser ...lceable agc. "-I' ,,'on the old Alpena st~te r~ad. no~ ing the crop in for six y"ar;,. thl' annually)~ but was still a good JenIson, ~lIch. ( 10-lt-18p) Premier Breeder's Banner at )lIchl- called the Black River load. We amount of phosphate cILl'rlml oft Group feels that the Farm Bureau g-an State Fair In 1943-44-45-46and object to' tax stand aftpr 4 years when the potash curtail their expansion. It also would(mean double Stewal't Shearing Machine. should hire some radio time and Sheep. AnImal clippers for cows, 1947. Ingleside Farm. Stan!e)' M. fo legislation which amounts to 180 pounds pel: acr" of (l0-tf-30h) would force farm property taxpay- .the phosphate. 'If this phosphatE! supply was fair (100 Ihs. potash ad- taxation. The money would be taxed first as per- tell the farmer's story on the high homes, l1lules. dogs_ Repair parts, Powell, Ionia, ~lIchigan. cost of living in order sharpening servIce on all types of to bring cutters and combs. lIllchlgan Co-op Corrledale Sheep. The Better Breed. ers to construct and maintain rural was to be added in u high conccntra- ded annually) .. sonal income in the hands of the consumers; it Mikesell & May, Charlotte H-2, Mich. roads, ted fertilizer as triple supcrphos- Prof~ssor, .lI. E. Jones and R. n. about better rural-urban relation- ";001 Marketing Ass'n. 606 North Farm . located on US-27 at south city "On this highway large trucks phate it would require only 400 Mulvey have reported results from MechanIc Street, Jackson, MIchIgan. limIts. Your correspondence Is wel- would be taxed again as corporate in'come when In ships. (4-tc-34b) comed. Your Inspection Is Invited at and trailers haul supplies. At har- pounds per acre. It is actually shock- the Indiana Experiment Station Cornell. Wexford - 37. Resolu- I Electric Motors. all Sizes Available. any time. 10% discount for 4-H and vest time trucks and trailers haul ing to see that it would require 900 where alfllilfa h.ad been grown con- the hands of the co.!op. tion passed by group protesting pre- V-Belts and pulleys In stock. Gult PFA projects. (8-3t-36b) out apples day and night. Many poundS of ordinary 20% superphos- tinuously for 24 years. This was on sent method of weighing livestock ServIce Station Lawrence, (7-12t-15p) Mich. MAPLE SYRUP PRODUCERS trucks use this road to Alpena and phate, or the extremely lar~e an unusually rich soil that had 1,436 The co-op haters protest that any ordinary busi- Galvanized and English Tin Sheets .. amount of 1500 pounds of a com- pounds of available potash present at livestock sales. Group request- WOOL' GROWERS are arrivlnl; at our factory In sIzes to Onaway. Durmg ~ummer there .IS mon fertilizer mixture as 2-12-6 or in the soil to a depth of 40 inches ness is taxed in just that w';y, so why not the co- ed that Michigan Farm Bureau take make up King evaporators In sizes to much tourist traffiC. Why should 3-12-12 that carries onlY" 12'!o phos; some action in compeling owner of wool Attention, Wool Growers-send your lit many syrup operations. It may be (The total potash content to' this operatives? Actually, though, a private corporation to us and you are guaranteed possIble that our factory has avail- farmers living along a road be bur. phate. depth was 235,900 pounds. 'The puhlic livestock sales to open the the ceiling price. We are purchasing able the correct sized metal sheets to pays taxes on its profits. A co-op's funds don't scales so both seller and buyer can around wool for the government. wool marketing servIce and make Year up your new King evaporator in dened to keep up roads for such From these figures it is obvious avel'ag~ annual yield on the unfer. see what the actual weight of the prompt settlement made. MIchigan vour time far the 1948 sea;;on. ,Write us traffic? If it is necessary to raise that there are very few farmers Hllzed plot was 3.26 tons or hay tor Co-operative Wool Marketing Asso- promptly needs now. We will advise you more funds for road building and, that feed their alfalfa enough phos- tbe 24 year .pe1"l0d. It is clear that represent profits, but savings on purchases. To animal is. your size Is available. maintenance, we favor an increase phate so the crop could last for six if all our soils were this well sup- ciation, 506 N. Mechanic St.• Jackson. Sugar BushIe Supplies Company, P. O. try to make consumers' savings look like producers' Jefferson, Cass - 33. Mr. Eu. Michigan. Phone 3-4246 (3-te-4tb) . Box 1107.Lansing 4. Mich. (8-4t-78b) in the gas tax. but no more road years without seriously mining the plied with potash we could go on Monette, Jefferson township super- FERTILIZER . tax for the farmer." soil. . mining out potash with alfalfa for VETERINARY REMEDIES profits is grossly unfair. visor. spoke to the group on road Schrock Natural Phosphate. SUDer- Phenothiazine-Best Dren~h Grade. Black River Farm Bureau, Now let's take the case of potash many yeul's and still retain tile conditions and fire protection as Phosphate, Granualar Ammonium 90 cents per pound .F.O.B. Lansing. 1 Mrs. Warren C. Peters.Sec'y. We note to make 20 tons of hay in stand and have good yields. Eventually Mr. Ploeser's part in this offensive Phosphate (16-20-0). :->ow available or 100 Ibs. 'Vrlte for 150lb. drum price. it had been discussed by the board at your nearest SChrock dealer. If H. F. LInk, Pharmacist, 1456E. Mich- the six year periOd that about 600 Need Limestone for Calcuim &. may prove embarrassing to his party. Recently of supervisors, there Is no Schrock dealer near you, Igan Ave.• Lansing 12, MIch. pounds of potash would I~ .remdved Magnesium~Now l~t's 100R at" Hie North Chester.Ottawa-40. write or call Schrock Fertilizer Ser- The vice. Congerville. Illinois. (7-tf-34b) (7-tt-27b) Experts Take from one acre. If this removal were limestone sItuation ordinarily ,we Congressman Knutson likewise proposed a special subject of local cemeteries was dis- PRINTING Mastitis Treatments. Penicillin or Sulfanilamide in 011 or udder In- Alfalfa Pulse to be balanced by straight potash have refel'l'ed to limeswne by' its goods such as muriate of potash value as a neutralizer of soil acids inquiry into co-ops, but when he found how power- cussed. A letter was sent to the Let Us Do Your .Printing-A farm Jection. 60 grain Sulfanilamide tablets Michigan farmers are becoming containing 60'!o potash It would re- That part of the function of Iimen- township board deploring the fact print shop at your service. Person- Internally (100 eoI' $4.00). Syringes ful they were in the rural midwest, he decided not complete with InfusIon needle $3.50. more and more worried over the quire a 1000 pounds per acre. It is stone is indeed an important part. that no work had been done in the alized Statlonery-200 envelopes, 200 Test wIth Brom-Thymol solution health of Old King Alfalfa. The almost unbelievable to the unex. Doctor Albrecht of the Missouri Ex. sheets of writing paper wIth your or blotters. Write for literature. H. cemeteries. I name and addre>!!,Imprinted for $3.00 F. LInk. PharmacIst, to try to ride herd on them. 1456 E. Mich- life of seeding on many farms is pericnced person in the field of periment Station calls our attention Newfield, Oceana - 19. Group postpaid. (Package shipping labels Igan, LansIng 12. (\ repeat our liming fre- Sew Fall Catalogue showing wonder- Designed to withstand counting out the possibilities of in- Sider the hme questio.n. The nature quently In order to feM the crop of the alfalfa plant IS to push one That was an objective conclusion. It is nothing ricultural state fair. ful' cotton values for the whole fam- all kinds 'of weather and to last a lifetime. Painted with high grad" sect and disease factors. big tap root deep into the grounrl. on these two important nutrients West Farmington, Oakland-20. Ily at economIcal money. saving prices. outside like what can be expected from Mr. Ploeser's enam,,1 "-rite Dept. 14;;, South Carolina )llIIs, Shipped ready to put up. Install yourIn any color )'Oll wish. When alfalfa is first seeded in a that dolomitic limestone carries, Committee was appointe(} to con- Spartanburg, SOllth Carolina. Of course. common fertiolizer mix. (lO-It-lOOb) name on your barn at II'S" than half Water flelG .these deep tap roots go down tures and ordinary superphosphate present inquisition, which was discredited before it tact a member of the township the co"t or a pah,ted sign. Prices: to suck up both phosphate and pot. board to discuss ways and means $1.25 per letter, painted any color. Water is iust as important as as well as triple superphosphate began. of drawing a map of available ,vater TENTS "$1.00 per lette\". unpainted. If )'oU feed in poultry raising. Be sure ash from a subsoil that has not been contain ;varying quantities or cal- Used army tents, slightly damaged would like thick or thin, large or called upon before to give u~ much suppl)' in Farmington township $16.60.. Repaired lenL~ ~25. Army small letters of metal. wood. p,astic chickens always have a supply of of these nutrients to other plants. cium and magnesium. Howt'ver, cal. n r_tllc an. cat'ls& of the 15 million tons of commercial fer- and presenting it to the township steel cot;; $2.25 pon Benton Harbor. or olher material. write us f:>r '111ota- clean water available near the The first time an alfalfa root reach- clum and magnesnm are expens:v~ M... :rt'vtous to cal"'nc is tbe first tllizer used in 1946 set a new high Harl"}' :\Iarcu;;, Benton Harbor n-:l. tlons. K and g Inrlustri"". P. O. llox lIlalSh feed.el'S. if we attempt to supply our soil fire department for its information. 1.lIch. (9-3t-22bl 2115, Lansing 11. ~lieh. (10-11) es into such a subsoil it Is practl::. :'<..'ontlnueaon pal:"e U.nte) .t~ 1ft IUCCeMful calf ralstnc. record for the United States. • .. • SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1947 'MICHIGAN FARM NEWS THREE:: wo'uld donate his wool free of Letters charge, then YOUl' $35.00 suit would Superphosphate Plant Takes Form Are We Starving ccntrated feeds aud spending 0:11)' about $12,000,000 for plallt foods to Not Getting News? If yon know or memuers failing still cost you $32.~. feed these crop~ It mak{'s sense to receive their Our Alfalfa? . to the The price of wool has very little effect on retail clothing pri'Ces. At (Continued from page 2) that we must find one way 01' an- News. please send us or have them other to feed our import,ant high send us a postcard giving name, Michigan Farm Editor 20c per pound the wuol in a good suit costs $1.40 and at 40c per pound, needs with these nutrients expensive fertilizers. in our PI'otein crops like alfalfa mol',' ade- It cert'1inly quately, so that they can feed our postoffice and RFD numl>er, to. gether with name of County }I'arm is uneconomical to pay fertilizer livestock better and with a great - ON WOOL PRICES .' I it is $2.80. The wool grower gets prices for calcium and magnesium, savin~ in purchasing concentrated, Dureau, Thank you, MichIgan Eldilol', l\tlchigan Farm News: ab~ut seven per cent of the retail Farm ""ewe, P. O. 130x 960, Lans. when one can get dolomitic lime- high protein feeds. There Ifas been much controver- pnces for h is wool. stone at $2,00 to $4.00 pel' ton. ing, 1\1 ich. IY concerning a 10c per pound in. Respectfully, Suggestions for Ferti Iizing Al- Substitute bulky, laxative feeds Of the 45 million motor vehicles :rease in tariff on imported wool. T. Bengel falfa-Our alfalfa is undoubtedlY (or corn in t~e sow's ration at far- in use throughout the world in )ne radio commentator in Detroit Fowler, R~2 failing in many oases because we rowing time .. MSC animal husban- 1946, nearly 34 million were in tho laid: "OUl' people do not want this 'Clinton County Farm Bureau are letting it starve to death. 'Ve Uulted Slates_ 'ncrease, they want cheaper cloth- cannot do a good job of !arm man. Jry specialists advise. ng," Use For ap:inp:if we al'l~ going to I'ely on .Jow amilysis fertilizers for doing the job Many years ago this writer sold :wo carloads of pulled wool to a Vegetable Waste, of supplying these vital nutrient o-on't Sow Weeds After hearing how much good elements. The 'low analysis fertili- arge wool bi.lyer anli wool mill food value the chemists found in zers can indeed supply these nutri- Iwnt1J., While 'grading this wool ents if farmers will add them in ve had some arguments abo:It the vegetable waste discarded by vin- ers arid packers, one truck farmer sufficient amounts, but is unecono- arHf on wool. To prove one of mical to think of adding the large Lispoints .he heid up a seven pound remarked .. -. "It looks like we're eating the wrong part of the plants." quantities indicated in this al'ticle. leece and shouted, "This fleece I Add phosphate at seeding time in The weed situation in Michigan will not get better Anyway, the investigators of the ontains more wool than' any suit U. S, Department of Agriculture In the acidulating department of the Farm Bureau Services fertilizer plant, amounts large enough to supply 'ou ever owned." the crop for 4 to 6 years. G.'ound unless we all do our utmost to curb their spread. Nox- have found the vegetable waste, And his statement was correct, Mostly the green leaves . , . does raw' rock pnosphate and suIphuric acid will be combined to make superphosphate rock phosphate can be used. hut ious weeds and plain nuisance weeds can be halted in don't depend on it to have as high IS this sev!!n pound fleece. 'after couring, would make 3%. pounds contain a good bit of protein, It fertilizer. It is a mai~ ingreqient in mixed fertilizer and is in great demand as an availability as th'cl superphos- their spread if we religiously support the following also contains some of the more ,f wool yarn .• - valuable vitamins, too. What's more, straight superphosphate fertilizer'- ilhates, thel'efore use about twice program: they've discovered that when cor, the amount of rock as you would A good wool suit weighs frolJl'3% rectly crushed, and dried, and farmer's share of white bread is ordinary 20 {Io superphosphate. The 1 Use Farm Bureau weed-killers to knock-out the o 4 pounds including lining, but. ons, pockets, etc. This proves that this one fleece ground into meal, such things as bean vines, turnip tops and car. rot leaves make a good supplement FARM BUREAU only 20c out of the consumel"s dol- lar and 16c from wholewheat hread. MODEL BUILDING placement should be deep for best results in dry pel'iods. Large doses have the disadvantage of suffering • weeds. Both selective and non-selective types are a \'ailable. .f 'seven pounds (coSt at present [bout $2.94) would be more than jI1.0ughfor one suit of clothes. Con- to chicken feed. This waste meal compares very favorably with alfalfa leaf meal. vegetable PROTESTS TO Now, if we get to the products tl1at you apparently market, we discover that the farmer's share of CODE OFFERED some loss of availability by fixation, However, to topdress old stands with phosphates does Dot alialfa 2, Refuse to sow or offer for sale any seed ~at has equently a 10c incease in price :f wool wiII make a difference of ust 70c on your, $35.00 suit. Or 'in Poultry profits wllJ increase when GENERAL MILLS the white flour consumer dollal' is only 46c, that it is 50c for rolled FOR TOWNSHIPS \VOl'k well as the phosphates don',t move into the ground, Potash should really be applied 3 • not been fully and properly cleaned. Insist on guaranteed seed from Farm Bureau "lazy" hens are culled from the oats, and 40c for wheat cereal. September 30, 1947 The Michigan Planning Commis- annually for the best results, after .ther words, if the wool grower flock. G.meral l\lills, Inc. Even the 50c is a long ways [1'0111 sion' has pu blished a proposed • sources in your seed purchase program. the 84c )'our advertisement would the first cutting has certain advan- :\linneapolis, M,innesota . model township building code for tages. lead the reader to believe the farm- We Can Clean Seed Now Attention: G~neral Management one and two family dwellings. It Liming shotlld be repeated every :Jentlemen: er gets and a long, long ways from was written as a guide to any town- 4 to 6 years. Test your soil and SAVE YOURSELF WORK Several of us in J\lichigan arll disturbed with the type of ad, that the 16c and 20c the farmer: gets out of a dollar's worth of bread_ In the interest of truth \n ad- ship board wishing .to adopt an or- dinance governing resitlential con- struction. A copy may be had by don't over-lime. Keep the ph (rom 6.0 to 6.5. Where soils have beEn limed to :;ou featured in the Septe.mber 27th writing to the Michigan Planning Get your custom cleaning to us NOW before our vertising and because I see little neutral points or where big crops is.3ue of the "Saturday EVllning Commission, 422 West Michigan point in these times in deliberately have been removed through the mills are loaded down with our own cleaning. Post". We believe it is miSleading avenue, Lansing 15, Mich. years there is much evidence that or otherwise creating a wrong im. and creates a wrong impression as The proposeG building code ,vas our alfalfa crops are starving for pression and acquiring the ill will far as the farmer's share of the consumer dollars is concerned. of farmers, I take this oppo •.tunlty oC giving you our reaction to your published after two years of work by the planning commission staft boron. There is no ex<:use to have 001'Onstarvation in alfalfa, because We Will Pay You Top Prices and an advisory committee from A curSOI'y examination of the ad- y:.!rtisement would indicate that ad, I would be glad to have any comment )'ou care to make, [arm groups and the building trades, Stanley M. Powell represent- it requires only about 25 pounds per acre of borax to concct t.he For Your Surplus Clover Seed ele Carmel' is receiving 84c OUt of needs for this trace clement, Re- Sincerely, ed the Farm Bureau, and Forrest peat this treatment whenever star- the consumer's bread dollar, 'Vhe- Smith, the Grange. Acceptance of SEE OR CALL US TODAY J. F, Yaeger, vation symptoms show UP or every ther intentional 01' not, that is the impression that the "Satur4ay Eve- Ass't Executive Secretary. the code is voluntary on .the part of 6 years. I Michigan Farm Bureau, townships, Alfalfa requires consipe:'able I Farm Bureau Services, Inc. ning Post" readel's will get ,when The code sets up minimum speci- quantities of sulphur as well as the' Seed Department 221 N. Cedar St. Lansing, Mich. I they see the loa[ of bread picture and the farmer getting 84c out of a dollal"s worth. Notice to Secretaries I fications for construction and ma- t~rials, fi~e I?rotection, . an? the light, ventilatIOn and sallitatlOn for nutrients referred to. Some sulp?ur is added in the phOSr,;l'lte carners particulal'ly in the ordinary super- I read the ad more carefully And to Membership rural homes to be constructed. The phosphate. There is some sulphur than most readers will, and from .... plan has been worked out not only in the complete mixtu.e. became Regardlllg delIvery of MIchigan as a guide to rural construction the fine print at the bottom, I gain Farm News: We sha~l appr~iate but to protect rural property hot: they are usually made form phOS- the inipression that you do not phate carriers that cont 9 in gypsum, postcard. or other ~o~lCe ~hat any del'S from such of the construction market b•.ead, and why a loaf of member IS not recelymg hIS ,pap~r. practices that have hurt rural pro. Fortunately, we get much SUlphur bread should have been used as an Ple~se report any 11"r~gulal'lty. III perty values. from the rainwater, especially in delIvery, such as d.upllcate copIes, A second model township code is the regions where much COd I is burn- illustration is difficult for me to wrong RFD, error III name, etc. If being Drepared to cover cottages, ed. Sulphur and pel-haps manga- understand. It does not tell the nese may become problems ir: the meml>er removes from RFD ad- .. true story. Also the notion of d. t t RFD ad- cabms, etc., III resort areas, Ap- future, but we need ;:0 look after lumping farmers and suppliers to- dress !n onet~oun y t; I ase ad Illications may be made for a copy these major nutrients first and cor- gether creates a wrong impression, ~'ess'flll ahno er cokun ,p e l'esl: when ready. The Planning Com. rect their deficiency be[;Jre we start GOOD PASTURE will save you a lot of work. nse 1 c ange ma es you a - ... in my opinion. dent of second county, 'Place of res- miSSIOn ~xI?ects to publIsh a p:o- .Iooking for more obscure reasons It is the easiest and cheapest way to feed live-' III the statement, "How 'the Gen- idence determines which County po~ed. bUll~lIng code for commerCial for the poor alfalfa, eral 1\1ilis' dollar was divided last Farm Bureau is your County Farm bUlhlIngs III rural areas, The American farmer is allowing stock. Keep your pasture producing high quality himself to pay too big a willtH feed year," it is not clear to the average Bureau. 'VI' do our best to have feed throughout the season by seeding' clovers everything right, but We are not Michigan turkey farms decreased hill for his livestock. AlfalLl is a reader what a sales dollar is. In [act, I am not sure, I'assume it , trom more than 13,000 in ).929 to crop that could go a ,long way in and legumes well fertilized with mixtures con- In one year a female moUI ,and ~,500 in 1944_ reducing this cosL Recently Pro- means total. dollars realized as a taining are heavy enough potash. feeders Clovers and other legumes on this necessary plant food. r~sult o[ sales made by General l\i1lls. To create the impression b)' her descendants can destroy as Never much wool as 13 sheep can produce longer than necessary. in the same period. leave the ground hare Vegetation is important over the winter. I fessor T.'uog at Wisconsin told how the \Yiscon5in farmers were, l::';lend- iug ahout $100,000,000 for uall'y con- i Consult your 'agricultural adviser regarding ',umping suppliers and farmers to- ---------------------- ~! gether that the farmer g~S 84c soil tests and a fertilizer which will contain the IrOI11everY dollar's worth of ma- right amount of potash. Write us for free infor-.:- terial that is sold by General !\lills ALL TOGETHER mation and literature. is. in my opiliion, a misleading presentation. 'W11Oyour suppliel's are other than farmers, I do not know. AMERICAN Po'TASH INSTITUTE By -way of comparison. the Sep- ,; •••For YOUR Welfare! 1155 Sixteenth Sl., N. W, Washington 6. D. C. tember, 1947, issue of "Marketing: M.mb., Compani•• : American Potash & Chemiccll Corporation and Transportation Situation" is-l rotash Company o' America • United Slates Potash Company sued by the Bureau of Agricultural Economics, United States Depart-, ment of Agriculture, shows that the The Dollars You Spend for FEED Do One' of Two Things: Help build the farmers' prO!,'Tam to 1St which Farm Bureau Services is dedi- cated (and, incidentally, pay for feed plants with farmer ownership and which returns the earnings to you). 2n d Build a~d pay for feed plants owned by competitors whose earnings never come to you. Some of these competi~ors even support, of your organization Where Does the Iron Horse with cash, efforts to make it unlawful for your Farm Bureau SerVIces to return your share of the savings to you. We know that very few Farm Bureau members follow the 2nd c?u!se. Get its Oats? We ask your help in building the program that is yours from start to'filllSh . • Your railroads need investment dollars just as much as a thoroughbred needs oats. READ CAREFULLY Investment dollars nourish research and invention, 40 per cent of producing milk, eggs or 60 per cent of the cost of production is improvements in plant, equipment and service - the life pork, is in fixed charges (labor, equip- in feed. But, from 50 to 60 per cent of feed is to keep the animal alive and in and future vitality of your railroads, ment; housing, etc.). You never get any good health. There's no profit in this for But to attract these investment dollars, and to finance of the profit from this part of your cost, you. improvements needed to serve you better, the. railroads So it leaves the last 40 to 50 per cent of the feed to produce' the milk, eggs or must have reasonable earnings. pork, that is your only chance to get back the money already tied up in your feed- Most folks think 6% is no more than reasonable. La,st "We're' using our telephone ing operations. What does this mean to you '? year, however, only 2% % on railroads their as a whole net investment. earned an average Many railroads of HERE'S WHAT THIS MEANS TO YOU actually lost money. And this year, even though hauling more and more every day •••" 1• Only a balanced ration built to maintain of milk, eggs, or pork should be fed. health and get maximum production a record peacetime ably average only about traffic, American 3%. railroads will prob- Only a full feed of a balanced ration can give your poultry or livestock that 2. 'last 40 to 50 per cent of feed that brings your. dollars in to cover costs and Why arc the railroads simple, Since 1939, faced with this situation? wages are up more than 50% ... That's costs u••• to order parts and repairs, to get And we:re adding more right along. leave you a profit. feed and supplies, to trade help, to call That means more people you can call for materials and supplies up 60%. At the same time, the the veterinarian,' 'to visit with friends . . . 'more jobs your telephone can do 3• The most expensive feed is'that part used for maintenance. per cent of the feed above maintenance needs that is cheap feed. It's the 40 to 50 , average than charge for hauling 15 % above 1939! a ton of freight Railroads a mile is less are still nauling freight and relatives. It's /\vorth more to us all for you. the time." 4. At present prices f6r eggs, milk or pork, you can't afford to lose an egg, or a pound of milk or pork that Farm Bureau Feeds will produce .. for less, on the average, portation in the world. than any other comparable trans- It's true. The telephone is becoming Rural-line service can be good 6% more valuable. That's because we've service if everyone on the line is MORAL to Any American be business able to continue should earn at least as a progressive, if it is self-supporting installed thous'ands of new telephones. considerate of the other fellow. THERE ARE NO FEEDS l\IANUI"ACTURED THAT CARRY BETTER enterprise. The railroads are no exception. PRODUCTION AND HEAL'rH FACTORS THAN Doesn't this strike you as fair in principle ... sound in MICHIGAN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY MERMASHES - MILKMAKERS FARM BUREAU SERVICES, INC. - PORK MAKER practice ... and to yo", ottm oc'St intert t ir. t~e long run? As.rociation of American Railroads, WiIJ!lin ton 6, D. C. Feed Department 221 N. Cedar St. Lansing, Michigan AMERICAN RAILROADS THI NATION'S BASIC TRANSPORTATION r , FOUR MICHIGAN FARM NEWS farmer patron understands the pritr- S",TUROAY, OCTOBER '4. "947 of telling the farmer's 'story"to the CHECK FIRE 91 SERVICES Dairy Ass'n to Use Ads on Wheels .r .~ .... .--- clples of co-operati"l'es. he said. The farmer is supplying for himself consuming public. About one-third of the people I , .......... _7 • ..r HAZARDS NOW DEALERS ON .. through his [arm Bureau Services. Inc .• servioe. quality and savings. considering this matter teel tllUt articles in newspapers and mnll1a, zines would be very helpful In AND BE SAFE PATRONS PROGRAM WHO IS carrying the farmer's story to the people. ~ 'About one.third of these Farm American farmer5 lose 100 mil. lion dollars worth of property an- Dually from farm fires according Ninety-one Farm Burenu Sen.ices dealers are now on the Patrons Re- lations program. Others will be IVERYBOO"". ORINK RESPONSIBLE FOR BurJau people feel that.'joint meet, ings ot !'Ural and urban ,...onld be helpful in developing a peop'le to Fred Roth. farm safety special- ist at Mlchl~n State eolle~e. EYery year 3.500 farm people announced 5hortly. The program Is designed to make COST OF LIVING? bette.r understanding. couraglng to note that a" sUhstnp, It is ~. die In tbese fires. Deaths from every farmer pur'chasor of Farm By NOmf AN K. lVAGGONER tijl.l number of these C~~umni~y F':itm' Bureaus have indicated that burns and explosions on Michigan Bureau supplies a stockholder in Community Farm Bur e a u s they are making plans to hQld SUl'l! farms l&5t yl'ftr totalled 68. ~a. FB8 and entitled to patronage throughout Michigan discussell this .. 1lle~tl1lgs WitII ur han pe,opIe. I'C. tional Fire Prevention Week. to be diyidends direct from the Services. very Important and timely matter :rhere is an interesting conce\n obsened October 5 to 11. offers an The Patrons Relations Program during the month of August. Com- oyer this mattel' ot who is respon, opportunity for an extra check of opel'8tes in several dlr~ctions (1) It munlty Farm Bureaus wElre almost sihle for the high cost of livili~. fire hazards around the farm. is a system of records (11) to en- unanimously in agreement that The consuming puhlic is 'very aN Roth states that records show nble the co-operating dealer to re- cltarges made by many urban to place condemnation on .hose tlYe 5truCtUral hazards aC<"ount for cord all farmer llUrchases of FBS groups that farm prices are re- whom they feel are least' apt -1-0 50 Jl('r cent of all farm fires: l. supplies for an annual report to , d "oth sponslble for the high cost of food ta-lk back.in the way of an expla, Impro~rly installed heatln~ plants. FBS (b) to enable FRS to pay During June of each year dairy mote tbe dairy sales building pro-I tban 5,000 expr~ss trucks tbrough- ter. cheese. ice cream an er and clothing is largely due to a 2. Bad Chimney construction. 3. gram ot the American Dairy Ass'n. out the nation WIll carry such Amer- dairy products. The advertise- lack' or understanding and partly nation. It is encouraging. to no~e patronage dividends direct to those farmers throughout the nation ,have F1ammable wood shingle roofs. 4. tarmer patrons. (2) It provides for contrihuted one cent per pound of h bo '11 t t' h Ican Dairy Association advertise- ments are big. they're colorful, that a substantial numher of Co"ih. T eave I us ra Ion sows ono l menta every other month to pro- they'll go among the people in cities due to misinformation. munity Farm Bureaus are taliing D('fi"ctive wiring. 5. Lack of light, nlng rods. II patrons relations organization of butterfat or its equivalent to pro- farmer5 around each dealer to ad, I part ot the 1947-48 In action. More mote the COnSUfllption of milk. but- and towns t h roug IlOut th e cou ntry . reCognized Community Farm Bureaus alsO-the that the situation is be- inl'tl'atl've to do somethi""" "5 If YOllr farm harbors anyone of vise with the dealer and FBS. today. ing aggravated by articles which aoout tile matte~~",l\.Y •. • )Im",hall Farm Bur..au all Co. these five haz.llnls. it's tillle to take stepg to renlo\'e it. Ask your coun- ty agricultural a~ent or the nearest Patrons Relations Program Dealers 11 Farm Bureau Services branch. ~Iolln.. eo-op )llIlInl:' Co. )It. l'1..a~ant Co-op j.;lev. Co. )lftrcpllu~"~()lIl. Co. Cn-up A~s.n Looking Ahead /on The people lire demanding al., arel' appearing both' in print and most without reason. Someone. over the radio which lead many some day, must foot the bill. They persons to believe that farmers are • WHY NOT GROW 'MEDICAL PLA NTS?. .;. )Iuntn!;ue--Whlte La k e ~I k t f::. fiN' dl"partml'nt bow you ('.:.In Ilro. t~t youTSt>I!. )'our family. amI es at Bancroft. 'flay City. Emmett. Grand Rapids. Hastings. Kalama- zoo. Lunshlg. Pinconning. Saginaw • A~:..;.n Xorthl)()rt-~'r ..<1 na~~..lt On..kama-Schlmkes Farm Service Ou£>kanlR - :;(IUnre IJcal !-'artnt'f:- One's 75th Birthday did something of the sOrt after receiving extremely high pl'lces. \Var I and \ some of us are .still . 'Owlng to their destruclion In th ...lr natural haunt", there' are a nmnller A subs'tantial number of groups of ~t~r1cal Plants that .are and e\ln . -.' 'ue grown on a commercml scale \''''~' )'our fari'" RJI JIUS. RDITIl Jf. WAGAR to me. It was'a gala time. No one here who had to see it througl1. consi~lerlllg thiS matter feel that profitably. Ginseng and Golden Se,ll. Traverse City and Woodland. Store Adrlan-Chas. J:euslnk, Farm SlIp- Owo~~o F.levator & Coal Co. Uttawa Lake ~'arm lillI'\. & Supply Brwr Hill Farm. Corlc1oll J[jell, conlll wish for mOl'e. It was a day nbn'e of us will forget -t0l' It was the .. I '.. In gem!ral the burden did not fall. if conSUmeI'll are not. mOre com- for In"tance. are the two most JlI'~'I1!- able to grQw Requires very I tt,; .. on the ',fellow who promoted the pletely' Ill.formed. bUY,er reSistance labor. :"leeds;'o cultivation. as I~]:tnl Peto~k..\'-Bachelol' Irnillement Sale~ nefore this is in print. I will have If You Move pJit'"~ Ann Arbor-\\'a"ht. Store Farm Bureau Pig-eon -Co-op ";Ieval..r Co. hali another birthday. Now bh.t~- last reunion before family ties be. 1 ..•. pan . on the part of consumers may very .do their best g-rown um1". a henvy mulch. Yields up to one tOil pe, ner.'. Send us a postcard giVing your llar"mn CO-OI) EJ~vat()r Cn. AzaIlA-Yerk'" Sale~ & Service Plaintleld F. B. Supply Stor.. liays don't usually mean so yery gan to break. If I were to give any advice easily de,:elop which' Will forc~ Brings six to eight dollars pCI'pou~'l. old and new adtlre5..'i. together with Arnlada-l.~.aur:-:f'n'~ Farnl SUPI})Y Pltt"ford Farm Bureau Dealer mnch more thau an'y other' day, Last Sunday !While I dropped 75 .th ese d ays.' I'l(say, "w a t cu. h yo l' farm prices down !,'TOW 'and where to sell fr~e. Full Instructions how and where to name of 80unty Farm Bureau in Itt.ar Lakt" Hard\\.are Havenna CO-OI)eratlvc Co. which you hold membership. We'll Bellairto-.( ;eo. Biehl & Son . no~~r~ Citv ~tark~tin~ AH~'n but once in a while they are real cents into the birthday box at Sun- step" and "Look back before y~u 60% of. these Farm Bureau pe.o- MEDICAL PLANT GARDE:.NS 4 Balavia-Branl'h Co. F. U. Oil Co. Ituth Farnler!-> glevator Co. day School the ohildren' greeted me leap"" for there's surely a rainy . pie are III agreement that radIO 'Grand Hapid,... )lIchi;.:a" transfi"r yonr Michigan Farm ~ews. Boyn" City Co-op Co. Saginaw Co. F. B. Oil Co. red letter days. punctuated with etc. If you know of members failing Borcnln--Hu~~i:-: Bro,!o;'. Schoojcrafl-~l. D. Shule~ & Son captia]s R anti. L. with the usual song. As I looked day coming s!lme. day. As individ, programs ~ould he .the hest means I, t 'j Br",'k..nrid~" Oil I 'ompany Sandu~ky-Sanilac Co-op, Inc. to reeei"l'e their paper. have them send ns a card. Thank )"OU.:\"flch- i~n Farm Xews, P. O. Box 960. Bioollling-dale .\1illlng Cnmpany earn F'nrmer~ Co-up l'alhru-.\(u ....ls Drn". F. 1'~le\".('0. B. Slore Scott~ Farm Bureau Supply Suntl"h1-:\f ..aeham- Hager Stanwood .\larketint:: A,..,,'n The first one that was outs.tand- ing with me was, when I was eIght. into their'carefree'faces, if they would witness tlie' amoune I wondered uals, let's be prepared .to meet it., ---- Lansing, ~ich. L'"harlotte-Eaton op Ch...boygan Co-op COlllpany Charl ..vol" Co-op Co. Farnl Hureau Co- • Three Ith.€'r~ Co-oJ), \' .."tahurt:: :\Iarketing A~~'n \\'est Braneh Farmers EI,'vator Co. \\'III1~-L. K (lorton F...." .\liII lne. It was to have been my first real party. but what of change that I have' during my lifetim e.. I have. seen the ox .team go; the l- FARMER FORCED Farm safety Is a family affair. Cllmax-:';i1 ..." Ha~el~haw Chf'~aning- F'arnler~ Co-oJ)erat ive Ch"l~ea Farm,'r'~ ~lIpply Co. Eau Claire--llerrlen Co. !-'. fl. all Feed Those a disappointment! . It rained 1\ n Ii horse and buggy go;' the eiectrlc snburban cars come and go; the TO MANUFACTURE. A poured all day auto apd the plane. come; the "PURE TRIPLE CRUSHED J.J SCREENED Cu" EII"worlh Farm ..."" F.xehanl(e ~;vart Co-operative Company Elkton Co-op ~'ann l'rnullee Co. Pigs 'Vith the high price of. grain. ('x. ;J. and the guesls ;d could not come. gravel •. hlack - top and concrete roads come; the ice box •.the refrlg, HIS, SUPPLIES li~~~3~~'a~::H'e /11 We lived out in era to!; and the tIee'p freeze. anti I {:~~::;~:.\l~~~~~~. pengive labor. and other factors, The necessity for the farmer to OYSTER SHELL ~'r..mont c')-OP Produc... Co. 1.'owf...r\'lIle co-op Co. (:ta~lwln Farmers Supply Slore many farmers are asking the ques- tion ... "Shall I continue to feed -;..,the country mile and a half a locker come. own manufacturing plants was forc- The grain cradle. was .common ed upon him by former suppliers be- PROTECTION from the school amI the reaper was just commg cause they \;"ould sell his co,opera- Ual..."hurg .\(III~ Grand Led!;... I'rodllee Co. pigs?" 'V. N. l\fcl\lillen. extension animal we attended and into use. The first grain binder tive the products he needed only M' AD E TOO R DE R • Goodrich Lumher & Cnal Co. Mother Nature mode the partridge almost invisi. Clrand Rlanc Co-op ~;I..v. Co. husbandry specialist at Michigan -:-r~-~-';';;;' 0 U l' circle of coming into our neighborhood used when they couldn't sell these pro- ble against a background of fall colars-¥aluable Gn,..nville Cn-op A,,~'n. Ine. State college. points out that even friends were con- wire for tying and was a failUl'e, ducts to someone else. Jack Yaeger, protectian made to order. When it comes to fire Harnor Springs-D .. 1. ~lnore Co. with grain more than $4 !leI' hun. for the millers did not want grain assistant executive-secretary .0 f lInrt Farm Hur..au Co-oP. Inc. ' fined to that district. The roads protection, State Mutual can give you a policy He~p..ria-Knowl ..~ F....'I Slor.. dred. there is still a profit in pigs were not graded or drained or containing bits of wire. l\1ichigan Farm Bureau. told better that's made to order-one that gives all the cov, Hanfnrll Co-op 1':I,'v. Co. on the $27 to $28 market. If manage- erage you need-none that you don't need. How,'l1 Co-np ('umpany . d' t'll scraped. Eyeryhody went on foot The first farm tractor was a than 220 Farm Bureau Services' Hillsdale County Co-np As,,'n ment IS goo . gram can;; I go up lIuhhal'0- n of cultivated blueberries classes of food, so 'that the house- Today is in the middle of the sets by planting forest, trees, MSC second in wild blueberries. the American Farm Bureau Feder- wife may have the necessary infor- "Age of Farm Mechanization", Dan a County Farm Bureau project. foresters say. ation, on September 18, asked Pres- Seltzer, vice-president and general ident Truman to take steps to get mation to guide her in her daily buying. • manager of National Farm Machin- full information regarding food ery Co-operatives, told 220 Farm supplies and prices to the people, "I am confident that we can make 'Cleaner Cows "so that the housewife may havie the necessary information to guide our food supplies go further, and at the same time reduce each fam- ily's food budget if we would elim- Bureau Services implement dealers and their wives attending the farm equipment conference at Portage AGENTS WANTED her in her daily buying." Lake, September 12-14. inate all waste of food (which is The Insurance Department of the Michigan State Farm Bureau Mr. Seltzer said that the 1942 Less Labor notorious in many families and many restaurants), reduce to a min- imum purchases of scarce foods, grain crop alone would have re- quired the efforts of every able- bodied person in the United States has many openings for agents to represent the State Farm Insurance Companies in Michigan. We would appreciate hearing and buy more liberally of foods that from any of our Michigan Farm News readers if they are inter- with are plentiful. "Respectfully submitted American Farm Bureau Federation plus several millions of imported workers to have harvested it under farming conditions that prevailed ested in talking the proposition over with one of our managers. It would he very helpful to us If any of our readers would sug- less than 100 years ago. gest the names of likely agent prospects in their nearby cities Edw. A. O'Neal, President." ONCRETE SOURCES. BVREAU O F THE CENSUS PREPARED FOR During the colonial period from and towns. The remuneration is good. This is a particularly OEPT. O f AGRICULTURE -, „ - • INSTITUTE O F LIFE. INSURANCE 1800-1850 it took better than 85 good time to start. Address your inquiry to Junior Farm Less than one family in five is living on a farm in the United States. In 1920 three families in ten were farm residents. Since per cent of the population to pro- duce the food required. Mr. Selt- INSURANCE D E P T MICHIGAN 8 T A T E F A R M BUREAU zer said that today less than 19 PAVED Bureau 1940 there has been a net loss of. more than 3,000,000 in the farm population. In this period when the population of the nation as a per cent of the nation's population is producing our food needs plus 221 North Cedar St. P. O. Box 960 Lansing, Michigan whole increased eight per cent, most cities and urban areas in- Activities creased in population, some as much as 20 per cent or more. enough for vast exporta to feed the starving peoples of foreign coun- BARNYARD By MISS BARBARA COLISTER Publicity ^ Chairman. Junior Farm Bureau IAA H e a d Challenges tries. This has been accomplished, Mr. Seltzer said, in spite of the fact Presque Isle and Alpena coun- that there has been a decrease of A concrete-paved barnyard is a big afd Co dairymen producing high quality milk. Fall, winter, spring Edward A. O'Neal ties are forging ahead on plans for Junior Farm Bureau groups, back- ed by campers Melvin Bade, and Cost of Distribution V a million farm workers during the five year period from 1935 to 1940. Greater mechanization and larger and summer it helps keep cows out , Attributing present high prices Charles B. Shuman, president of fied with the distribution system to "excessive detnand, both foreign Mr. and Mrs. Esley VanWaggoner. farms has been the answer. of mud, dust, filth—cuts down work because of its inflexibility, because The coming year will see great the Illinois Agr'l Ass'n, told the In addition to reviewing the his- of cleaning cows before milking. and domestic," Mr. O'Neal indicat- things from these two counties. American Institute art Chicago early of its tendency to 'maintain a fixed ed that some food products are in When cows wade through mud plentiful supply at prices far below margin, regardless of what happens. tory and growth of National Farm Kalamazoo is planning a bigin September that one of the things they waste energy needed for pro* the general level of food prices, chicken barbecue October IS. Ev- that bothers farmers ist the cost of "From a farmer's standpoint, we Machinery Co-operative, Mr. Selt- daring milk. Owners say a paved eryone is invited to attend, with wonder why the resistance. When zer said that he felt it possible barnyard soon pays for itself by and that these foods should be used lots of delicious chicken to bedistribution. Farmers are deter- you get on the operating side with within the next ten years for this helping produce more and better more liberally while reducing pur- mined that something shall be done capital investments and all the farmer-owned co-operative to be quality milk. chases of scarce commodities. He served at $1.50 per plate. about it, even if they have to do it other things, it is difficult to domanufacturing up to 10 per cent of Ionia, Clinton, Eaton and Ingham also indicated that a campaign Pastecoupononpennypostalandl against present wasteful food prac- counties went all out for their dis- themselves. Mr. Shuman said: anything but maintain the status the national volume which would mail today for free instructions foe trict meeting with District Direc- "The cost of distribution is on^ quo. That is why we are saying amount to from 50 to 80 millions tices would be in order. Full text of dollars. paving your barnyard or building tor Leonard Johnson presiding. of the most inflexible items in the some new ideas need to be injected. other durable, thrifty, sanitary of O'neal's letter to the President cost of producing any of the con- "We agricultural producers are structures with concrete. follows: Over 125 members turned out, for their business meeting and barn sumer goods in America. It is not going to take the "status quo" K you need help, see your con« crete contractor, ready-mixed con- Washington, D. C. "The President, The White House dance. true, that the cost of distribution if we are going to produce an abun- EMMET DEDICATES . . .where expert, bonded salesmen make top-dollar sales Macomb, St. Clair, and Lapeer does vary some, but it does not vary dant supply in an economy to the largest group of competitive buyers in the state. crete producer or material dealer. My dear Mr. President: counties delivered the goods in with the cost of production or with "The public has become aroused their recent district camp. This the retail price. As prices go up, as we have in the past. We geared to scarcity and control COUNTY PARK . . . to help build organized, co-operative marketing. FEEDERS: Send us your orders, now, for native or west- "j >ver high food prices, and many camp carried out the objectives and the cost of distribution usually in- are going to have something to say PORTLAND CEMENT ASSOCIATION I !amilies who depend on fixed h* Lincoln Park, a county park pro- ern feeder cattle or lambs. techniques that Waldenwood camp- creases. I t tends to carry on down about the distribution of our pro- m i . KIM, Olds lower l i f e , Ucint I, lick. j :omes are having family budget dif- ers Bill Reld, John Tack'aberry, unchanged during low price times. ducts. We want something in return, ject of the Emmet County Farm CONSUMERS: Use quality Michigan meat ficulties. Bureau and the board of supervis- raised on Michigan farms. Send instructions for paving dairy bom- Genevieve Pohl, and several others "Right today the price of milk some guarantees that we will have ors, was dedicated September 14. yard with concrete. "Exessive demand, bofh foreign saw in action. St. Clair is also to the farmer is down materially. a price that will let us not only More than 150 attended the event, Also "how to build" booklets on im- ind domestic, is mainly responsi- planning a chicken barbeque with- Yet the price to the consumer was maintain our standard of living, which proved to be a great sur- Consign your next shipment to the Michigan cments checked: ale for high prices. It is unrealis- in the near future. reduced very little. Percentage- but will let us maintain our soil. prise to the County Agr'l Agent R. Live Stock Exchange • Milk house • Dairy barn floor tic to consider a return to rationing Beginning October 15th, there wise, the adjustment was about "We see the same kind of econ- S. Lincoln. The park was named • Manure pit D Poultry house floor and price control, but I believe a will be a series of officers' dinners one-third of what it should have omy we saw in 1921 to 1929, the for him. Q Granary Q Water tanks, troughs * ?reat deal of good can be accom at various points throughout the been. kind of economy where every organ j ?Iished by giving the public all the state. All officers from each coun- "You will remember a time when ized group in America, including County Farm Bureau has been de- ' 1 facts with respect to supply and de- ty are requested to be present, at we had a situation with heavy hogs. labor and industry, are still using For the past summer the Emmet MICHIGAN LIVE STOCK EXCHANGE veloping the park. Members clear- . 7«& "Produce*. Ouficd euteC (?**&vattccC SclU«y ?4$CKCtf t or R . R . No - Imand, by commodities. A number which time a check will be made The farmer could hardly give them the same answer to the same prob- ed land, installed picnic tables, { if perfectly palatable foods, foods on the progress of each county dur- away. Yet the price for pork chops lem—the answer of reducing pro- drilled a well and made prepara- D E T R O I T S T O C K Y A R D S a e-- ( ^a<. y ( ) u aD(j T w e r e r a j s e ^ ODj a r e ing the past year, and goals to be in the city remained practically the duction to control prices. We would tions for future development. reached in 1947 and 1948. same. It didn't make very much like to abandon production control The State Junior Farm Burean difference whether they were chops today. But what we do see when we annual convention will be held No- from heavy hogs or light ones. look around? It is not a happy sit- vember 1. at Fairchild theatre, "Farmers are not too well satis- uation." Michigan State College, Fast Lan- sing. The banquet will be at Peo- ples Churdh in the evening with a dance to follow on' the eampus. MAFC ANNUAL 2,4-D IN OCTOBER THE C O - O P LOADER Cass county Junior group in con- junction with the Red Cross will sponsor a blood bank, October 7, 8, SCHEDULED FOR FOR LAWN WEEDS October is a good month to begin 9, and 10, with Louis VanTuyle as Chairman. Cass is also starting OCT. 30 AT MSC control of weeds in lawns with 2,4-D, advises B. H. Crigbsy. specialist in two new groups in their county at The 3rd annual meeting of the botany at Michigan State college. Edwardsburg and Cass. Michigan Association of Farmer Light frosts will not interfere ser- Hillsdale county sponsored a Co-operatives is scheduled for Oct- food concession at their county fair ober 30, Michigan State College iously with results of the treat- September 22nd to 28th, with Betty ments, but work should be done be- Peacock in charge. Union Building, Spartan Tower fore freezing weather. Room, starting at 9:30 a. m. All 2,4-D weed killers are most Dr. Raymond W. Miller, retiring effective when soils are moist. Di- Mrs. Sayre President president of American Institute of rections for use are included on Co-operation and winner of the 1945 the package and manufacturers re- Of World Organization American Institute of Public Rela- commendations should be followed Mrs. Raymond Sayre of Ack- tions award for outstanding job in closely. The Spray should be kept worth, Iowa, long a leader in wo-the field of. public relations, will off broadleaf shrubs and flowering men's work in the Farm Bureau, address the morning session. plants. was elected president of the As- At the noon luncheon. Dr. Clif- Sprayers used for 2,4-D should sociated Country Women of t h eford Hardin, Michigan State College not be used for other spray mater- World at the annual convention of econojmics department, will discuss ials unless thoroughly cleaned. that group in Amsterdam in Sep- his recent tour of European Co-ops. From the plain facts, we learn Chief Sitting Bull w a s a n tember. John Heim, of Traverse City, presi- Let your grass clippings remain aggressive warrior; always alert to take a d v a n t a g e of every opportunity to improve the lot of his tribe . . . just like Mrs. Sayre has addressed the an- dent of the Michigan FFA, and wiri- on the lawn. They provide valuable nual meeting of the Women of Mich- ner of the MAFC Public Speaking plant foods. •at Mid-West Producers' Creameries, Inc., always alert to igan Farm Bureau, and has spoken Contest, will give his winning ora- tives of 187 member co-operative as- improve quality oi all products through scientific labora- at other Farm Bureau meetings in tion on the dinner program. sociations will be present for the tory control'methods a n d to grasp every advantageous Michigan. It is expected that representa- event. While most prices stay up, cost of the Co-op Loader goes down. Why? market for ^ m e m b e r - p r o d u c e r owned dairy plants Because mass production economies have made possible many important . . . Valley Lea trade name of proved consumer savings. Consistent with your Co-op's policy to provide you with better acceptance identifies products of the Mid-West group of cooperative dairies, each of which belongs to farm tools for less, the saving is passed on to you. Market your milk . . cream the same member-producers whose milk a n d cream is processed there . . . products from Mid-West dairies bring higher prices because these mem- ber-producers a r e a w a r e high quality milk and cream, properly processed, make prod- NO HEATING PROBLEMS THIS WINTER WITH The tremendous farm demand for the powerful Co-op Twin Cylinder Hydraulic Lever Lift enables us to offer you this fine farm-tested and farm- proved loader at a new low price. Mounted on your tractor, the Co-op Loader does the labor of many handr ucts which command highest market prices. "far better, faster, and at far lower cost. Low in original cost, lower still it, with • Mid-West Member Producer Why . . . The facts are upkeep, the Co-op Loader quickly pays for itself in as little as a single Creamery, where you ran earn more . . . where you as a your answer. As a pioneer in the stoker field with sixteen The EDDY STOKER farming season. • Six quickly changed attachments—bulldozer, haybuck and stacker, gravel producer become a years of stoker manufacturing, plate, snow plow, manure fork, and vegetable basket with detachable part and receive the Butter . . . Cheese . . . E v a p o r a t e d Milk . . . we have thru extensive research, benefit of an organ- Roller o r S p r a y Process N o n - F a t Milk Solids grain plate—keep your tractor in use every day in the year. ized business working . . Condensed Dairy Products . . . costly experiments and testing for your best interests. Buttermilk Powder . . . S w e e t Cream the many phases of automatic Made tofitall standard two and three-plow row-crop tractors, the Co-op heating been able to produce a Loader is speedily installed by means of special mounting brackets bolted stoker that will give you econ- to the frame. They do not interfere with other tractor operations on the Cooperative Marketing Bring* * High Dollar * Marketing omy, durability, comfort and farm. To detach, just remove four pins and back your tractor away. Mid - West Producers' Creameries, Inc. clean heat, automatically. Now available for all these tractor makes and models: Co-op No. 2 , B-2, 224 WEST JEFFERSON BOULEVARD, SOUTH BEND 2. INDIANA C, E-3; Allis Chalmers W C , Farmall H, M, F-20, F-30; John Deere A, B, G , MICHIGAN Look at These Features... G M ; Massey Harris 101 Jr.; Case CC, DC; Minneapolis-Moline U, Z ; Oliver 7 0 , 8 0 . Cotdwater—Coldwater Dairy Company Save time and labor on countless heavy farm tasks. Buy your loader from Comtantine—Constantine Coop. Cry. Co. Here are some of the features that makes this stoker outstanding: Trouble-free the Co-op now. A group of 24 Carson City—Dairyland Coop. Cry. Co. spike trap, precision continuous type transmission, only four.moving parts operating Elsie—Elsie Cooperative Creamery Co. producer-owned East Jordan—Jordan Valley Coop. Cry. Fremont—Fremont Cooperative Cry. Co. in a bath of oil, dynamically and static balanced type fan, patented tapered feed- Grant—Crant Cooperative Creamery Co. screw, automatic smoke and gas eliminator, automatic air control which adjusts cooperative Nashville—Farmers Cooperative Cry. Assn. itself and air supply to windbox, rectangular burner or retort and an exclusive Nlles—Producer's Cooperative Dairy St. Louis—St. Louis Cooperative Cry. Co. engineered hopper design. You get performance—not promises. One year mechan- dairy plants INDIANA cal warranty. WAS extending from Columbus—Farmers Marketing Crawfordsville—Farmers- Coop. Cry.. Inc. Assn. «2 the expansive meadows of Middlebury—Middlebury Coop. Cry. Co. Marlon—Producers Creamery Orleans—Producers Dairy Mkt. Assn., Inc. Portland—Producers Creamery You Can Get Immediate Delivery TENNESSEE If you want the ultimate in automatic home heating, here is the answer to it. And "'!slast year. This of these people. 1.1 e y, somet 1Il~ th I f I tI t t1 ... will have to b'e done to correct this . o~e W10 ee ra. 1IS IS ne~essal'y can eHectn'e y and accurate Y re- I I softens and filte ... . h f ... m order to establish good-WIll and present the thinking oC the member- ot h ers are matters w h IC armers have organIzed them- year they WIll receive more than situation. It does appeal' that far- to avoid Intemational difficulties shill it becomes necessary that you 3. Mineral bed "tailor.made" for your selves together . In an effort to express themselves effec- $49.000 from the state. $1.60 pel' capita, and also includes which is mel's who use this type of labor will I have some suggestions as to allY .On the ~ther hand, so.me ~roups express your feelings on these is- . .c. particular needs. t'V I t th be fit f . It the 5.000 inmates of the institu- changes which may be made afCect- UI e concel ned about thIS strmula- sues. Thrifty purchase price, low operatin, ley 0 e ne 0 agncu ure .... tion oC foreign 11"ldebecause It does It appears that your Community cost and lo~g life. lion. 11IgthiS labor .• Farm Bureau offers the best ave~ Community Farm Bureaus have no function which is On the othel' hand. this diversion FOREIGN TRADE-Dul'in!!' the' serve to create an .addltlon.al ~e- 5. Compact, beautiful unit ia space 10"" ... amendment has hrought consldel'- past two years, as much as 50~ 0 oC marld .. for foo(1 and ' flbel' ". ,"hlch In - nue through which to express YOUI' Inll and atlracti~e. more Important than to prOVIde an opportunity for ahle revenue into the school syr- . " (t CIease.s . the pllce and raIses the wishes as to what you feel the polio every mem b er to express h. Imse f. I :)~.I;~:e(~Vh;~~ .. ~::n~~e P~~'~I;~:~ ~~~~ OUI output oC some agllcu tural cost of living prod~cts has be,en shipped abroad. which direcU; concerns all farm This is a mattCl" cy Of organized Carmel's should be. _ ..Write today for detailed inforll1ation. , Manufactured by Last }'ear a laroe portion of the membership took ad- ame~dment will c~ntinl1e in effect ~ore~gn loans, 111 many cases are people and if decisions are to he Michigan State college dairymen f h' ., . h' . h will be determined by the \'oters in • I unlllng out. "d .. ' f' " t. d '1 say that unclean utensils al'e pru- ma e concell1lng 01elgn I a e I bably the cause of most bacteria in REYNOLDS-SHAFFER COMPANY vantage 0 t IS opportunity .. to express t elr. WIS es. 1948 Uecause this does affect rural ' ... There are those who feel that the seems that {arm peoille will want ml'lk. All uteusl'ls ,sllould be rl'nse(1 United States should extend loans . , 12100 Cloverdale Avenue, D~troit 4, Mic!ftgan County and state resolutIOns were drafted accordingly. ('omm11111tles.farm people WIll want .. to certam {orelgn countl'les WhiCh, "! to expi ess themseh es. The se are\. on Iff immediately after milking and On Sale at your farm Bureau Dealer ..... I to express themselves on the matter .. y a ew 0 th e Isues, . cleaned with hot water and a good Th ere IS no reason to beheve that an organizatIOn wd "'h en tl Ie specla . I sessIon . 0C Ieg- III turn, _ would encourage our for- without a doubt there are many dal'I'y cleanser. be effective unless the membership expresses themselves. Islature meets in January. they .. will meet to consider state finances. Because the membershIp a year ago, was very active There are those who Ceelthat Michl- in draftino organization, evidence ., the of what resolutions the legislative can be done which record set forth when the policy of the past people make of the year their gan should follow the example of some of the other states and enact is a state income tax. Some {eel that we sh~uld have a s~at~ !'I'opert.y We've Come a Long Way lax. StIli othel's are Inslst\1lg' th:!t F wishes armers the state known. Some Results from Resolutions- . ~I' h' m '. IC Igan as legIslature ked th . a 'I other districts. the sales tax be mised and some feel that it shonld be a.b?lished. No ma.t- tel' what the deCISIOn may be. It Farm people ah;o asked Ihat the will eHect every Carmel' in Michi. appropna:te state license rC(luircd Cor a fanner 1;an. from the Longhorns money~ to t~ke advantage Hape-F lan1l1gan )Iarket Act. .. \our orgalllzatlon ' of the to grind hay for Rale of his own I' HIGHWAYS-In was able.ll The le~islature concurrerl and I Research production be reduced Crom $:!O 10 tl Ie s t a t e f'mance, I10tl I tl'IC St a t e d t I' I connection with d t t ta tel the legislature to appropl'iate (la~sed a bill granting com[llefe a,,,nd tClou.nYf IdlgI.way I eillar mten Sf $100.000 to match federal funds to exellliltion. , , I III I It' wlr nn s In a JU( S ta e 0 U b f tI promote research in methods of . I ( ~II e IOn, par y ecause 0 . Ie . I There were those who \\ ould IIUgh eost of lahor and matenals, marketing {arm products. II'al'se • tll e sale's t ax f rom ., .,01 /0 I0 excessIve . eos t 0 f snow remova I Ias t Farm people last yea~ asked that 5%. The organized voice of carmi winter. and also by the expiration steps be tak~n to pronde. ~n ade- people was ahle to hlock the lIas- of the 100/1) liquor tax, which. {or quate educational opportunlly {or ~e of this hill. Likewise. at- the past two years, produced $3.500.- every boy and girl in the state. re- tempts were made twice to place a 000 annually in revenue for highway gardless o{ where the child live. may Slate property tax in effect in ~llch-1 purposes. There are some who {eel In aCcOrdance. the legisla- igan, Recognizing that this would that the gasoline tax should he ad, lure passed Senate Dill 37, which place an undue hurden on farm .iusted upward. I Some groups oC pro\'ides s~ate rei~lmrsement for people whose property valuation is I people feel that much oC the high- transportation. of . hIgh sch.ool stu, high in eomparison with many ur-\ way cost should he borne by the dents from dlstncts sendmg 8th ban dwellers, organized farmers owners of the abutting pl'Operty. grade graduates to high schools In were able to wal'd off both attempts. Some al'eas of the state are quite •• Longhorns by the millions ranging the western grasslands from the Gulf Coast to Montana ... build- ing empires ... making history and legend on the your farm publications, and the bulletins of your EXTRA TRACTION great cattle trails! ~at ago. Then the railroads came, much of the range was was sixty and more years fenced and the fa te of the longhorn was sealed. Short- horn, Angus and Hereford buJls came in from the east. Gradually, .the longhorns were bred out of state agricultural station, and the accomplishments of successful breeders for latest news about the kinds of livestock which you raise. ulkutlta ~anJ ~e flit 'Will It Pay Me to Specialize? with existence, until today only a few isolated "museum" .by M. T. Buchanan herds are' left. UPSIDE DOWN CHILI PIE • (Yields 6 servings) '-.State College of Washington . This is one story of continuing livestock progress, UNfeD of better animals developed to meet changing condi- tions and needs. Who knows but that in another fifty years today's "best" may look as old fashioned as longhorns do now. 1 pound ground beef Y3 cup chopped onion 1 tablespoon 1 cup cooked kidney shortening ' 1A teaspoon chili powder % teaspoon sail 1 teaspoon Sauce Worcestershire "Should I specialize in some crop or en. terprise, or should I diversify 'my oper- ations?" Many farmers and ranchers have to find the answer to this question. beons 1 <:up cooked tomatoes With hogs, one amazing change is in the increased For instance, in the state of Washington, M. T. Buchanan Nobby Tread Saute meat ond onion in melted shorlening. Add beans, seoson- speed and efficiency of producing pork. Three years ings, and tomatoes. Cover. Simmer gently obout 15 minutes . there are 63, distinct types of farming in this one state .,. once was needed to raise a hog to market weight. Pour into 0 greased 9.ir1ch pie plale. Top with corn bread botter. alone. A.nd they should consider that the types of prod- Today, pigs often weigh 200 to 250 pounds at six Bake in a hot oven (425 degrees F.) for 20 minutes. ucts whIch come from farms in different areas of the months or less. Straight line and cross-bred breeding Corn bread experiments seek even more efficient hogs to make Vz cup sifted flour 1 toblespoon sugar Uni1:cd Stau:s are not a.ccidental. 'They ar~ caused by * TIRES weight in the same short time, but produce more meat. In lambs, development is directed toward "dual- purpose" breeds. Certain breeds have been best for wool but not best for meat. Others produced the cup yellow corn meal 2,teospoons powder 1 teaspoon boking salt Mix and sift dry ingredienls. 1 beaten egg Vz cup milk 2 tablespoons shortening Combine egg ond milk. Add to melted the Inter-actIon of phYSIcal.and economic factors. The operati~n o.f these two forces has been hastened, by .mechamzattO~, developm~nt of- better crop varieties, breeds and dISease-resistant strains. Eliminate the necessity for chains this meat but were lacking in wool. Researchers have flour mixture, stirring unlil well mixed. Stir in shortening. Pour . Specialization, of course, leads to increased efficiency made progress on breeds of lambs to produce both over chili in pie plate. In the use of labor, equipment, capital and buildings coming winter. You can depend on meat and good wool economicaJly .. I Marketing is an easier task and more time i~ these Unico Extra Traction tires to give A first step in the improvement of any animals or available for maintenance of equipment and for that extra gripping power in mud, any herd is to use proven sires on dams of known pro- Packers do not make plan~ing new.and better methods. A great deal of' s~ow, gumbo or clay. Newly designed ductive ability. The eye alone is not enough. To know production records and aru:estry is vital. Bull grading livestock prices the. Increase m production of agricultural prod-~ buttons gives positive hold on loosest programs offer greater certainty in choosing a sire. ucts has resulted from specialization. Farms In their day, the hardy, self-sufficient kind of surface. Providrt perfect self- Weighing young animals at weaning time and mark- longhorns were the best breed for the have increased in .size. Proportionately, the cleaning. Wider, flatter tread takes ing them is important, especially in the selection of open, unfenced ranges. In a land with- arpount of labor n~ded has decreased, allowing gilts. A "touch system" of sheep grading is proving out transportation they actually took more labor for use in other ways. hold in. ruts, giving extra pulling power. helpful in culling large bands in little time. themselves to market. But the tough longhorns . ~~ci~lize or diversify? There's plenty of "real Safer than ordinary treads. Available On any matter pertaining to livestock breeds or breeding, Swift & Company has no favoriu.'S. We , couldn't match newer breeds in beef production. hfe .~~I?enCe to help you in re~ching a deciSion. in automobile and truck sizes. Calves from Hereford, Shorthorn and Angus'bulls Go vlSItmg. See how your neighbor does it. It's serve the interests of producers of all breeds, in all and from thrifty longhorn dams grew faster. They you~ problem and even if you decide to make no parts of the country. We urge you to watch carefully'\. proauced more and better meat from less feed. ~hanges from your present plan, you'll get a lot of Don't F US~ with Chains this Winter Blockier and of heavier frame, they yielded more of the more popular meat cuts. They were better money Ideas on how you can do your work better. EQUIP youn AUTO AND THUCK NOW Track Down the Facts makers for fanners and ranchers. Such results en- couraged selection of better foundation stock. " .~ These a~e the tracks of the coyote. 1'hey Eath improvement in meat production has been ~ - '. look like dog tracks, but there are differ- met by increased demand for popular cuts on Amer- With Unico Extra Traction Tires ~ ~~~ ~'. '7;. t.~.ences which the expert tracker can see. In the livestock business, too, some- ica's dinner tables. Livestock producers and meat packers have worked hand-in-hand to encourage times things are not as th6Y seem to be. greater demand for meat. But Swift & Company For example. some people say we waste our grain by feed- plays no favorites among breeds of beef producing NOW.S THE T~IE TO WINTERIZE WITH ing it to animals. Instead, they think we should eat the animals. We do not make markets ... we find them. grain ourselves. They do not realize that the millions of In our buying of livestock we transmit to producers Unico Anti-Freeze, Motor Oil; Greases head of cattle and lambs that are marketed every year are little more than grass turned into meat, 1t is true that many of these animals are fed a certain amount of grain the knowledge of the kinds of meat that are preferred in various sections of the country. and other concentrates to turn them into finished meat The price producers receive for their livestock is Hey, you! What makes you think soft com is softi animals. However, if it were not for cattle' and lambs, governed by what the packer See Your Local Farm Bureau Petroleum .Dealer Today 779,000,000 acres of land in the United States would pro- duce little, if any, food for humans. To put it another way, can get for the meat and by- F.ltJ. S;mh son. Soda Bill Se~: .... the man who gets products. or Write about 51% of the total land of our nation consists of Agricultural Researc~ Department what he wants is successful. The man WM ":' grazing land which cannot be used for producing other wants what he gets is happy. ':', FARM BUREAU SERVICES, INC. feeds and food .. ~ ~ Department 221 N. Cedar St. Walking Running SWIFT & COMPANY t Lansing, Michigan _("",,_~__ "_~t__~" -r_..,. 'I.~....:: st_:t... UNION CHICAGO STOCK YARDS 9, ILLINOIS ( \ NUT.RITI~N IS OUR RIght eating adds lile to your years-and BUSINESS - AND YOURS years to your lile '." -