- ~~~ICHIGA~ ~ ~~ I.' ,,, /, I %Z ~ /. H V~""'-:'ol'. ~-------------------------------.:, ~XX~V-;I;-, "7N:-"'7 o-. -=-=--:--:-:---:-~:-:-::--:-=-~-----------------~26.,-t-;-h~Y-:;e-a-r---------Pp~ubhlii:is~h::e;jdrM~o~nt~hJ:ly;- SATURDAY, JANUARY 3, ]948 E D I.T 0 R I A L 4 Farm Bureau Services Call Meeting of CO-OilPetroleum Leaders Services M~y Become A Business Program' for 1948 ,Plaq for full production in 1948 and get the farm business in condition to meet any slack which may , Crude Oil Producer occur in prices of farm products, is the advice of Tight Control .:)f Crude Oil by Big Companies Michigan State College farm economists. Forcing Others in Industry to Provide : Speaking for' economists at the College ~ho pre- Own Sources of Supply pared ,the ,1948 Farm Outlook i~formation, N. L. A terrific squeeze in the petroleum industry may force Smith, farm management specialist, said that prices • farm co.,-operatives in the gasoline, motor oils and fuel of farm products seem likely to continue at their oils business to control their own supply of crude oil. present I~vel or higher' at least until the 1948 grain ... The co-operative petroleum "industry faces the same crop is harvested. sort of conditions that have obliged co-operatives in the Capacity production is good busin~ss for farmers fertilizer business to get control of sources of raw ma- when the general level of prices received for farm terial, and to build fertilizer mixing plants to convert products exceeds the general level of prices paid for raw materials into mixed fertilizers .• goods used in production. This is the case at pres- A five year shortage of gasoline and fuel oils appears ent, and is likely to be the case during ] 948. This to be the prospect,' December 22 the Farm Bureau Serv- means that the more a farmer can produce provid- ices brought together at Lansing I SO representatives of .ing he produces relatively eiiciently, the more 47 Farm Bureau Services petroleum dealers and co-opera- profitable 1948 will be for him. More than I SO representatives of 4 7 Farm Bureau Services petroleum dealers and co-operative oil and gasoline tive oil and gasoline ass'ns to 'consider the problem of associations met in Lansing, December 22, to, discuss the gasoline and fuel oil shortage and to consider the Care is advised in making purchases for the farm supplies. Twenty county bulk oil plants were repre- possibilities of gaining control of a source of crude oil'supply. The industry faces the same sort of conditions business.' By considering how much farm produce sented at the meeting: that forced co-ops in the fertilizer business to get control of sources of raw materials for the manufacturing it takes. to make a purchase, the best buys can be and mixing of the finished products. The conference decided that the Farm Bureau Services found. Items such as fertilizer, lime,' some farm should :::> cr;in contr~1 of a source for crude oil even if it machinery, and horne furnishings are better invest: ments now than they were before the war. KLINE OF IOWA ,Mich. Farm Bureau EDO'NEAL meant that farmers and their co-operatives would have to underwrite a million dollar program in order to have Other goods and services, such as labor: grain, some building materials, and ~,ertain items of cloth- NEW PRESIDENT -At AFBF Con~ention RETIRES, rO it. ing, are now, more costly in terms of farm produce OF AFBF , Over 200 Mi~higan Farm Bureau members at- 'GO BACK HOME The Farm Bureau Services board of directors was asked to investigate the possibilities of obtaining rights required to buy them than they were before the war. Allan B. Kline, _a 52 year old tended the 29th American Farm Bureau conven- Edward A. O'l'Ileal, Ilresitlent of to available crude oil in the ground. The Services board Iowa master hog raiser who stud. the American Farm Bureau Feder- Items which will help to increase the efficiency of ies philosophy and economics for tion at Chicago, December 14-18. ation for 16 years, has retired. and is going into the, matter. the farm business, r~ise income, or contribute to fun, and preaches internationalism Jack Yaeger, assistant executive secretary, ad- has gone hack home to the cotton because he believes in it, is the new plant a lion at Florence, A lalJamu, to Because of the tight control of crude oil by the large better living are sound investments. On the ~ther IJr~ident of the American Farm dressed the national.organization conference. do some resti ug. petroleum corpqrations, many small refineries arc find- hand, items such as machinery ~or buildings which Bureau Federation. President Carl Buskirk served on National Reso- ing themselves ~aught in the same squeeze that is being may mean burdens of debt or overhead in periods of lutions Committee. put upon the co-operatives. Some 'of these independent lower income shoud be avoided. The small farm- oil concerns have been furnishing farm co-operatives er should pay special attention to his investments, Michigan's voting delegates were: President Carl with finished petroleum products. Because they are un- State College farm economists point out. Busk\rk, Van Buren county; Harry Norris, Mus- able to get supplies of crude oil, they are being forced " kegon; George Block, Charlevoix; and Albert out .9f-business. ' Farm Bureau Membership Pays Well Shellenbarger, Barry county. - Farm Bureau Services says that today anyone who Suppose' you were to wake up tomorrow morning Women's Conference voting delegates were: has crude oil can trade it anywhere for finished petro-" and discover that you were ,going to begin living Mrs. Belle Newell, Bra,nch; Mrs. George Stevens, leum products. The Services estimates that nearly a without Farm Bureau accomplishments for agricul- Antrim; Mrs. Karl Oehmke, Huron; 'and Mrs, million barrels 'of 'crude oil wiJI be needed to make the ture for the past 27 years. Albert Emmons, IVlecosta county, same volume ot' finished petroleum prbducts handled by ,One way to impress ourselves that Farm Bureau Ruth Parsons, past president of the, Michigan the Farm Bureau Services through its local distributors membership pays is 'to recall a few of the outstand-: Junior Farm Buretu, was elected AFBF Rural the past year. That volume, however, would not meet ing gains we have made through the organization, Youth Chairman for 1948. \\'hen Ell O'Xe;.1 retired as presi.' the full demand, bl.lt would prevent a shortage that could and to imagine what it would be,like without them. dent 01 the AFBF at the age 01 ,2 .. I IV!" h' ' . I ' \ ' Harold, Holt from ~peer county was third place it marked the rClllo\'al of one of the cnpp e IC Igan agncu ture. " .Tht national farm program and the par:ity price concept for agriculture enacted' by Congress has as- winner in National Rural Youth Speaking Contest. most American forceful public Iifc, personalities lie had long in FERTILIZER',PLANT ROLL' CALL NEWS sured farmers economic equality, ,with other groups. When old Alabaman, Edward A. O'Keal, retil'ed annual AFBF meeting aftel' 16 years 72 year at the 29th Eleven Michigan county Farm Bureaus were recognized for having reached AFBF million and been l'ecoguized most efferti\'e skillfnl leader in national by .\.merieans slloliesman as a anll a politics SEVERAL WEEKS • INO lei"'ATE SUCCES' S This program has been accomplished through farm of leadership. Vice.President Allan anti at Washington lor mOl'e than a BFHIND SCHEDULE IN 1948 CAMPAIGN I. , Burea~ leadership since 1922. 'It ,has had a most Kline succeeded him.'Kline's record half member goal: Antrim, Branch, Clinton, million farm families in the Amer. had made that a foregone coneIu. Eaton, Emmet Gratiot, Hillsdale, Kalamazoo, Len- ,ican Farm Bureau. Ko one was.u • profound effect in improving 'and maintaining an sion. more at home hefore Senate and equality of purchasing power for farm people. The As leader of 1.2,5,000 meml>ers of awee, St. joseph and Sanilac. House committees anti powerful.\. scrips of llelays iu the shipment "You've got to ask them if you the American Farm Bureau, Kline' leaders in go\'erI1ment than Ed of li"y equipment a nil Its installa. want the!n." is the hattle cry of the growth of farm co-operatives and the benefits they will he the key man in giving Con- If all counties in U.S. had have done likewise the O'~eal. Ilis joh was tn direct the tion hy ilS l1lanufactl,lrers has plac. membership workers of St. Joscph have produced in savings on farm supplies and in- gres's the views of a large part of AFBF :would have I V~ million members instead of .\merican Fanll Bureau in builtl. pd the 11I'ogress of the Farm Bureau COU!lty Farm Bureau who arc (Ie. creased farm income from marketings stem from American agriculture, on topics 275 ]83 b ing, il1lpro\'ing and defending the ~"l'\'ices, .C>c Inc. Fertilizel,' Plant at termined to contact every fanner I, , mem ers. Agricultural :\Iarketing Act, the Saginaw three to four weeks behind in tile cou,nty, according to Keith rauging from the national farm pro. - .\-gr'l Adjustmellt Administration, selll'dnip. acconling to Fred Hal" Tanner, dit:ector of orgalliz,~tiun for the Capper-Volstead Act and the Agricultural Mar- gram at home to the i\Iarshall plan Four M'IC h"uran countIes were recognize ' d f or the Farm Ct'edit •. \dministl'atlon ' eel'. manager of the !,rJ'oke-lIke almost Edward A. O'Neal retired after 16 years as presi~ the Farm r'ecognized work Bureall during as a marl,pll pel'iod. is J~OW linished what ~lIld, lead~r. :\Iy I is 01 the late arl'lval Jan'!s I~nl!;ineerinp; of eqlllpment. l:ausi~Jg a~Jd .the 1~~Grafl' Co.nstJ:u~- COJJJpllllY of cent of their county has reached bership of 132 members state j;oal. their UJ47ulem. Alpena and expell(. The Michigan Farm Bureau hetped develop a everyone else in 1932. He harrowed dent of the American Farm Bureau. Allan Kline ship of tIns great organIzatIOn WIll tlOn Compall) of (,laud RapIds ale ed to obtain 175 pel' cent of their heavily to ayoid forced liquidation, from Iowa, who has been AFBF vice president, was be entrllsted to someoue younger, on the joh to speed IIll tlte final con- state goal hy Decemher 31. rur~1 electrification program that has brought electric gambled upon his allility to handle more vigoroll5 and hetter equillppd strlll'tion in an effort to make JlP ChehoYf;an exeeeded its 1!J48 /.:oal service to nearly every farm in Michigan, and made hogs and the soil. antI won. elected president of AFBF. Romeo Short of Arkan- to withstalltl the battles to main. some 01 the lost time. With all the and Korthwest Michigau has I"tss. He is an intense" dark haired sas is the new vice president. tain our hasic industry in its right. Plillipment fOl' t)le aeidlllatinp; fac. ed, its 640 memhel' mark alld ~as the state one of the first to reach that happy posi- Scotch-Irishman of medium stature ful Illace iu the national ecollomy. tory on the grounds emphasis is sltooting for 700 by Jan, I. Braliclt who looks like a businessman and 5,000 peC?ple attending the AFBF annual de- "It is impossible to re\'iew thc uow llCing placed on that plant. cOllnty's f1I'st report was that they tion. talks like a professor. When Kline II past:!ii years of larm Ill'ogress :\Iaterial such as potash and triple IHI\'e better than :;00 members o( The Michigan Farm Bureau has enabled the and his wife started from scratch clared l't the best ever held. ' The program was we WIt ' IIOlIt l'Jelllg protoulll 'II' y Jmllress. sllperphosllhate are arnvmg , , at tl l{' w IJOIl1 28' are new, Calhoun's Clrst on the first 240 acres of the present balanced and the spe~kers were of exceptional ed with the vastly increased stand-! plant. As soon as the installatiolli port was 430 memhers, members to set their own high standards for field 4-10 acre farm, it's fertility was low, ards of liying on 0111' farms. That' of Iwy machineI')' such as pulverizer l3eginning witli Jun 12 counties seeds, dairy and poultry feeds, fertilizers 'and other and it had beeu uamaged by ero.\ quality. I represents an al'hie\'ClIlent of the and clod hreaker Is cumpletell Ihe will begin their roll call campail;ns farm supplies. Not only have they set high stand- sion. That was in 1920. Hard work and scientific management confert. ---------------------------- ~-"High farm 'prices are not BRODY TO SPEAK goals ment." of t!le Farm Bureau move. I lllixinl!; of fertilizl.'rs Harger said. There seems to be au will start, MI'. as follows: ~lintOl.I. Ionia; Jan. 12, Hany, Jail 13 . Huron, Casso San- IN IOWA ards, but they have brought them into effect through ed it into one of the best producing gOI~g to las~: "hen. th~ bUbbl~'1 ----------- ':illlple snpply of the high analysis Ilac, \\ayne; Jan. 14 . Uakl'dllll, TUg. their own purchasing and manufacturing organiza- (arms in Bentoll couutv. Iowa. blllts. the pllce of thlllg8,the fal' , Berrien F. B. Oil Co. phosph:H,c at the present time, I'ola: Jan, 15- Lapeer; Jan. HI-Bay. During the past foul' ~ears-\\'hen IIVIPI' ~ellls will ~.~IImuch ~lIore ral~i~. Jackson, Lenaw~e, ;\lonroe, Ottawa: tions. The Farm Bureau has become an imp!Jrtant he has been away from home so I, thd 1 the PI Ices of tiungs to lal' Sells Last Fuel Oil .Ian, 20- Ingham, Kent, Mueomb. influence in the market as to what constitutes'a fair much as president of the Iowa Farm me I' ]ns ' to uU"J' Clark L, Brody. executive secre. \\','ltel'\'1I' l't 1'(1111111 I'tself I'll Illue'll Cass CO. Jrs. Make :\Iidland; Jau, 21, Gthle5ee, Gratiot. Bureau and \'ice-president o( the "We are skidding along the crest tarv of the :\Iichigan Farm Uureau. thc same position as the rest of the Veterans Happier price for farm supplies. Amel'ican Farm Bureau-:\Ir, Kline's toward the hump, When we PllSS wili speak at the annual meeting of state in the ,acule flll'l oil s~tuationl Christmas was 'ust a little mer- Cheboygan Adds New son has I'lln the fanu as partner, the hum]l. we can dl'OIl so quickly the co.ollerative Fannel's Grain whell the ~ ann BUl'eau OIl Com-I J Membership in the ,Michigan Farm Bureau has In those years ;\11'. Kline has made Ihat it will make your head swim," Dealers Ass'u o( Iowa at Des :\Ioines. pan)' 0 ,la f tl l t .own so I I I t 1 I t f' Ie as I,e I ripI' for hpfl.riIJl]I'n \'eterans cy Jones hospital at Battle Creek as in Per-, Co mm U't nl y G roup enabled Michigan farmers to build and to operate an thl'ee trips to Eurolle, attended the It is'the Farm llureau',s job un'I.Jan. 2,. He will Slle\lk on "Some gallons I \'Om Its lar/.;e storage tanks a result o( the efforts of Cass Another COlllmunlty Farlll Bu. ' \" the latter PUl't of Deloclllber, Other " " ' , . United Kations Conference at S • an del' Kline's leadership to shape a Limitin~ factors in Amel'lcan t gn. '1 I I I' I tit County JunIOr I' arm Bureau. The Il'au group was or/ushels of rears old, cOlllpared to 1;1,2 )'ears be. thl'ir Chri~tlllas in ~osPltal helts. tories, motor oil blending plants and a petroleum to prevent starvation in Europe. to the man in town as it is to the grains, It is also engaged in buy. fore the wa.r. ---------- Green fpeds conserve «ral n l' If. products distribution system, canning plants, and a ,\.merican money. machines and farmer because soil is the basis o( ing and selling (arm supplies, and ---- It's a wllllte of feed alld I~are to alfalfa hay In a raf;k In tlH POUI ry know how must aid the rcco\'ery of the world's food, clothes and lum. canies on a geperal service pro. diddc\1(]s dIstributed in 1947 total. keep any ehieken oypr wintpr that state-wide purchasing and distribution system for bouse 'and put t 1~ bIrd. on rltlJ~. (rnnttnupd, on ,,:,urf» twol European industry aud agriculture. bel' for hOUSing. I gram for Its elevators, Patronage ed $S;;;:;.OOO .• \!m't earning her kel'p. wllel eVl'r 1>0111101 ... If you 'Want a square deal in thisworld Remember!- Neighbors, you have to be ready to fight for it TWO MICHIGAN FARM NEWS • • matter In solis Is related to the 'GA~,S' Organ.ic' -Matter .and I supplY,ry line :-o:he knows th{~ 'wrtter of tillzers. Our Nation's President iug organic matter to the solis. byl:t Su~riptlon: %5 cents a year BUREAU Mrs. U. S. ~e\Vell.......Coldwater. R-I And wbat tlw\" said. If anything. what word of hope or love. pleads tor meatless and eggless reason of the more abundant resf,. UmJte4 to Farm Burf'llu llembel'!l , The purpose of this Associa. ""'e t~1l thenl. ()vt>r each h~' eat"h, seeing each \Vriter'M face tlon shall be the advancement . Representl ng And when each cant is well .admlred we hang It back In place. days. end an.1 after ~ew Year's Day economically. There coines the thue when \ve mu:-:t put the greeting cardR a~y. a bit .terrifying to John Q. Citizen Experiments show that It takes But just before she Lundles tlwlll' for ~torag" In the ehest whose tood is the center ot the is- chemical .plant toods to make 01" ""e read th~nl o\"pr nnec again, with plea!'ojure and 'with zest. Zeh Jone:-;e~ h~l\"e a tnllker now to ea:-:t" th~tr choretinle hours, sue. l\lost I\k~ly we blame the ganic matter. l\loreover. with lots EDITOR'IAL (Continued from p:lge 1.) and adding the previOUS year. Easton, lonia-16. Pherson, Jr. a delegate ~Ionroe :'orc- to the 4-H And COllsin ~Iinnie l'raddoek', boy is marQ'ing BI'enda Blowers. Poor Aunt GI'izelda'~ rheumatiz ha~ #:ot her \ll),,,n in mouth, "'hlle ::;amuelson~hl\ve.Lou£"htthat fann that joins them on the south. And so it goe". "'e read them all. with mingled laughs and sighs weather. and' more or less dism~ss the idea that there might be a bas- ic eause behind this great problem of humus ,In the soil the added fer- tilizers work best. There is lots o,r,. data to show that the loss of raifi-'f' Club COl1gre'ss at Chicago gave an Por this t:-: life tran:-:pirin;- here before OUI" very e~'e:-;. that we can do something about. 1t water by'running off the ground l!l farm supplies. The savings of these operations interestin[; lltory of this trip. These are the folks we know an.1 to\"t~who think it worth their while extremely high. and especially on To ~top and \Vl"ltt" a lint'" to U~ and .nail it \vith a ~mile. gives one a feeling ot being pre- belong to the farmer patrons and are distributed to Kawkawlin, Bay-30. Letter sent These are the folks, in all the world, on whom we can depend sumptuous to venture an analysis soils that 'are compacted and detle. To think of liS wheney..r th..re are Christmas Card~ to send. them as patronage dividends. Perhaps even more important is the influence by the group to the Beet Growers' Association protesting the method of handling the hauling cards and So th..re we s\lend a Cluiethpur-tixed between earth and beaven, Then )Iarth~' ties the bundle up-and mark~ it "n". , n. s. Clark ot the basic cause of this state of affairs. However. to discover the core of the trouble is to take the I iertt in organic matter. we all' know the ....alue at baYing the soli covered with some kind ot Of course. t 315 ~orth Grinnell Street crop. ,The spring rains are' som~ asking that a better method be Jal~kson, lIichigan first'step in correcting the diffi- that 48,000 families in the Michigan Farm Bureau worked out for next year. culty.' . limes of great intensity for a few are able to exercise on public affairs through the discussions and actions taken in Community Farm Hobart. Wexford-19. feels that oil and mineral rights held by the state should be given This group ATTACK ON CO-OPS GOV. SIGLER The agronomists and soil scient- ists know that the basic cause of our food Shortage is the low and minutes, as high as 10 or more inch- es rate per hour. During this 'great intensity :is much as &0 percent ot Bureau, County Farm Bureau and State and Ameri. can Farm Bureau meetings. over to people who have purchased the land after a period or ten HEADLINES FBS PROCLAIMS declining content of organic mat- ter in our soils .. the water that falls on the ground may run off. Not only is there, years. Newton, Calhoun--40. A "bubble ANNUAL ~1EET CO-OP MONTH A well ted people eat lots ot pro- tein foods-meat, milk. eggs and therefor'!, a great loss ot water that. the soil would need later In thdl We have too much at stake to think in terms of anything but the,strongest and most effective Farm gum" contest was part of the The efforts of farmers to strength- recreation of the Xovember meet- en their bargaining power and so ing of this group. PROCLAMATION Co.operative Month cheese. A good example are the mid-west people with their locker I summer. hut the water runnlng'oft This is not a new story because the ground does untold damage In 'plants and their home deep-freeze keen observers through the years erosion and in carrying away plant Bureau organization possible. increase the income from their ie- Hope, Midland-7. ~Irs. ~lcCrary terprises has resulted in a nation- units. Protein foods largely disap- have seen it. In about li50 Jared nutrients.,' STATE OF ~IICHIGAN pear trom the, diet of poorly fed Eliot, a country minister, doctor We can summarize in a "nut. Paw Paw Co.op gave an inter- gave a report of a meeting of the wide attack on farmer co-operatives Executive Office-Lansing Community esting talk on farmer co-operatives. newly organized Farm Bureau with a purpose of destroying them Farm Cooperatives in :\lichigan people. and they must manage on and farmer cereals-largely from Killingsworth. energy foods that Conn .• saitl in a lett:r-"I shell" some of the main points In have ob- the following manner: When soilli... George Schultz explained the in- ".omen's committee in :',Iidland and driving the farmers back into have proved themselves to be of contain chiefly carbon. hydrogen served when I was In y back parts are low_ in organic matter their'" FarmBureau crease in Farm Bureau member- county. an important bargaining position, great value to both the rural and and oxygen an~ very small quanti- of y Country about 20 years past porosity i~ poor. and much of tht! ship dues. Lee Township. Calhoun -. 17. Clark L. Brody. executive secretary urban residents of the state. I ties of tissue and bone building sub- when y woods was not pastured & rain that should go into the grounrl Activities Sheridan, Calhoun - 30. :\Iiss Xcw group OI'ganized in December. and general manager ot the Farm Four Towns, Wayne-13. ~23.00 Bureau Services, lnc., told near Some seventy-five percent ot out" farm families are members of the stances. \Ve read how millions of full of high weeds & y ground runs away. When soils are low In By JlRS. JURJORIE KARKER Gloda Conley, county organization peOple are on diets too low in cal- light. then y rain sunk much more organic ~'!!ftter they do not have was turned O\'er to the 4-H Club ly 500 shareholders at the organi- 256 farm cooperatives operating in In the;:e summary reports ot director. met with the group aud Building by this grpup. ories (2.000 calories or ~ess) to into y earth and did not wash & a lar~apacity for holtllng avail. explained her duties and respon- zations annual meeting Decembel' this state. These cooperatives, em- suppl;r them with adequate energy tear up y surface (as now)". able moisture so that when mild Community Farm Bureau meetings frvin,g Rainbow, Barry-l\rr. Don 9 at Lansing. bracing some 170,000 farm families. the name of the ~roup. the county. sibilities in this newly created of- Stel'ens, for living. Little wonder they are- Since cultivation' increases the dry spells come ••the crops will suf,.J president of the Kent In reaffirming ~Ir. Drody's warn- did more than $]64.000,000 worth n't productive workers. The energy rate at which organic matter will fer for lack of water. whereas If and the number In attendance Is fice. ~Iiss ~Iildred Reed. state sec- County CIa Council. talked to the of busines~ last year. retary of the :\lichigan Junior ings that a small but powerful bus- foods are only human gasoline and burn up in the soil It is interesting there' ';as more organic matter in given in that order: group on "Labor's Attitude Toward iness bloc is seeking to hamper ag- The objectives of the Farmer- the malnutrition ot such people to know that tor every ton ot or- the sQi) lJ:1e'crops could stand milch Central, Cass-26. Group will Farm Bureau. spoke on Junior Agriculture ... managed cooperatives. which now ricultural economy by legislative must be terrific even if death ganic matter turned into soil about more-dram,h. When solIs are low treat themselevse. to a tm'key or Farm Bureau. Townline, Livingston-17. De- embrace nearly every phase ot one-hall of Its weight. on a dry in organic matter they are very barn dinner at the January meet- Old Oak. Macomb. A petition is cember l.th. Townline Di~cussion attacks against farmer co-operatives, agricultural life. are to improve the does not result. Hoy D. Ward of Dowagiac, presi- Protein foods are nitrogen car- basis. ~'ill rot out in two to three deficient in available nitrogen. nUll ing. ~Iembers who have not heen being circulated in this vicinity group met with Francise and ~Iau- dent of the Services organi7.ation. economic and social position of the rying foods. Every farmer knows weeks, and three.fourths of it will crops usually starve for this nutri- tOO active wJlJ be especlallly In- asking that an increase in gas tax rice Lound for a potluck dinner. said that if we allow our farmer's family-sized farm through efficient that nitrogen and soil organic mat- rot in six weeks during the grow- ent with th\! consequences that the.l;~ be made for county road mainten. vitl'd. Thomas Lound led the discusiol1 co.operatives to be knocked out. the production and marketing; they ter are closely related. Every far- ing season. 'Since organic matter will be ro'w In protein content. ance . .-\ discussion of this malleI' of sel'eral timely topics for ] 7 likewise give the consumer the Conway, Livingston-16_ In dis- was held and a motion made to members and two guests. .\merican farmers' cost of produc- benefit of improved mer knows that a soil high in or- rots out so fast we need to care- \Vhen soils are low in organic mat. quality and cus:!!lng the topic ot legislation find out what was heing done with tion will increase, and many of the ganic matter is also a ve1;y produc- fully handle our crop rotations so ter ti),ey.become hard and compact- w-antl'd by farmers. this group de- the money ah'eady voted for this better business methods. as well as tive soil. Every farmer also knows as to have this rotting occur at sea- ed s~ •.thl\i' roots have a diUicult unfair practices in marketing. pro- to deyelop new and more stable cided that they wanted legislation that legumes like clover, allalfa sons of greatest advantage to a time ..~t:l.~r.owing through the soil to tbat would protect the security they now have, such as exemption from roe-:?O. purpose. Ottawa Lake-Whiteford. ~Irs. :\Iurl Roscoe gave a ~Ion- JUNIORS SPONSOR cessing and distribution will come outlets for our agriculture. to life and would eyentually place produces a wholesome them in a position far worse than the entire economy of our state. This effect on and sweet clover add valuable or- new growing crop. which in itselt piCk 'up ...p'ant nutrients. ganic matter to the soil. The farm- will grow new organic matter. the air space. will be so sli~ht that .. besides sales tax on commodities agricultural production. used in report of the Fal'tll Bureau wo- men's convention at East Lansing. EDUCATIONAL TRIP he ever has been. Representatives Therefore, I. Kim Sigler. Gov- of the 153 mem- ernor ot l\Iichigan. do hereby pro- ers also know that the organic mat- Doctor Firman Bear of the New the roots eaSily starve tor the lac~ ter from these legumes is better Jersey Station gives data showing of oxygen. When roots starve for than the organic matter from non- that the organic matter content in oxygen they die and the crop is Irving. Barry-13. The secretary ber co-operatives heard Boyd A. claim January as "Farm Co.opera- of this group made a comment group. after Writing about the discussion Four ladies attended Monroe. Barry-15. from this It was mov- PROJECT FOR 1948 Rainey. manager of for FBS, say that the organization distribution th'e ~Ionth" in Michigan. in recog. nition of the importance ot the legumes. because clover makes ni- the fence row of a field wlis 3.45 corres)fondingly trogen Into chemical compounds percent i~ organic malleI'. and the soils, :t'I"e lo'v in organIc matter the injured. W'hen out of the free nitrogen in the air .. adjacent cultivated field had lfbout crop yields are seriously reduc.ed wbich had taken place on the par- ed that a leiter he sent from this ::\Iembers ot the :\Iichigan Junior completed onc of' the biggest and fai'm cooperath'e movement in this Any elo,e observer traveling one-halt this quantity of organic and tl!e.,yields obtained are very In. Ity problem. This comment In- group to the county fair organiza- Farm Bureau are sponsoring an- best years with $11,200.000 worth of st~te. t1irough the corn belt this last sea- matter. Just this small difference efficient:- When soils are low In. tri;lJed me and I'm ~Iving it to tion suggesting that eating conces- other "Short Conrse On ""heels" as seeds, fertilizers. steel and petro- Given under my hand and the son observed the paradox trequent- in organic matter content made the organic matter the response ot you-"Heaven forbid that we ever sions at the fair he given to local a state-wide project for thl.' ,:oming leum products. machinery; insecti- Great Seal of the State of l\Iichigan Iy where on one side ot the road moisture holding capa'city ot the crops :to a~ded tertilizer is not as look back and can these times. 'the organizations who would like tl) year. according to John Foster, state cides and paints purchased hy the this twenty-third .day of December, the 'corn crop was aln;lOst a failure soil in the fence row higher than good ~ when the soils are high In iood old days':' use this method of raising money president of the organization. shareholders compared with a in the year of Our Lord One Thous- because ot early wet weather and that In the field by about 4.5 per- organic m~tler. becauie It takes a Dexter Trail. Ingham-29. For for local projects . Under the leadership of Leona yolume of $8,250,000 for the previous and Xine Hundred Forty-seven and late summer drouth. while on the cent. If one should convert this go\>d ~o~sfstem to use applied tel'. po:!sible topics to bE: discussed by Bell. Barry-14. While discuss- Algoe of Genesee county and Har- year. •of the Commonwealth the One opposite side ot the road ''there into equal inches ot rainfall. it tilizers to-fJest advantage. Community Farm Bureau groups Ing legislation needed by farmers old Doty of Hillsdale county. this Fred J. Harger. manager of pro- Hundred Eleyenth. might be a corn field tkat was pro- amounts to about .7 acre inches or ---~-------_ for Ihe next six months. this group this group decided that milk buy- educational tour plans call for a duction and manufacturing report- KHI SIGLER. ducing abundantly and apparent- water. This is not a minor matter WI~ter Is a good time to cheek'l chose as the first topic. "Is the ers should he bonded to insure group of 30 young people to make ed that in sllite of work stoppages Governor. ly not adversely affected by the so- when summer drouths come. over ftu;m machinery so It will per. rural church serving Its purposes?" payment to farmers for dairy an intensh.e 24-day study of al'"ri. over jul'isdictional disputes and the 'By the Governor: called bad season. No one saw this' Professors C. E. Millar and L. l\[. form weB next season. advise Mich. Bingham, Huron-20. Group dis- products sold. culture in the Mississippi valley, multitude of other problems that F. W. ALGER. more accurately than my great Turk of Michigan State College igan State. college agricultural en. cussed schools at the December Polkton No.1. Ottawa-20. In the South and the Eastern part of have confronted the comphition of Secretary of State. friend George Hoffer of hybrid corn point out clearly how the organic gineer~. __::: i meeting of 84 rural teachers In Hur- discussing the expanded Farm Bu~ the country in a chartered bus. the Fertilizer plant at Saginaw. it Livestock fed edequate protein on county In 1947. 47 were teaching reau program this group suggested The Junior organization of the was hoped that production would perform much better in many ways. on emergency certificates. that the County Farm Bureau sub- Farm Bureau has requested the get started sometime during the They eat more. make faster gains Musaey St. Clair. At the Christ- sidize calf-hood vaccination. or pur- Adult Education Dapartment of first part of l!HS. The plant will in weight and make more gain fl)r mas party each adult was given a chase a DOT spray machine for :'.lichigan State COllege to supervise produce 45,000 tons ot mixeq ter- the feed consumed. They also ac- piece ot green or red crepe paper use in spraying barns. and asked to make a hat. Norma Ledebuhr and June Klase North Genesee, Genesee-21. the educational work. ~Iost of the contacts throughout the South a:!d won County Agent R. C. Lott met with thc East hal'e been made through tilizers and 30.000 tons of super- phosphate. quire more finish or tatness and sell higher on t!Ie market. Rural Tele-n~ws nrl!t prizes for the best hats. the group and showed pictures of the courtesy of Dr. Raymond :\1\1- Southland, Lenawee-8. After a different types ot farming and ma- IeI' of the American Institute of Co- Classified Ads " discussion on our county health chinery used in Genesee county. opeltltion and the efforts ot Junior :., t unit we voted that the county Happy Home, Huron-24. An Farm Burcau. Cruslfled advertismenb are cash with order at. the following should vote more money toward old.fashioned tht> support ot the health unit. spelJ down was the Highlights recreation enjoyed by this group at will be a study of the Indiana Farm of the Short Course rates: 5 cents per word for one edition. Ads to al?J:!earIn two or more editions take the rate of 4 cents per word per editIOn. -. " South Saline, Washtenaw - 115. a recent meeting. :'olrs. Frank Bureau. a study of the Vncatlonal As part of tht> recreation for their Gregory and Mrs. Carl Oehmke School at Whiteville. Tennessee. a MACHINERY VETERINARY REMEDIES QUICK QUIZ: Do YOU kno,~;how mneh tele. December meeting this group had were the winners. direct broadcast from :\Iuscle Stewart Shearing Machinee for Prevent severe mastitis infection. phone wire Michiga-n Bell pot.uP, in runll areas. a pie eating contest which was won Decker, Sanilac-26. This group Shoals. Alahama to the Voice of Ag- Sheep. AnImal clippers for cows. llave on hand for injection In quarter last year? N?!arly nine tllOma'nd milp-s! It horses. mules. dogs. RepaIr parts. eit her PcnecllIin or Sulfa. $2.00a\'er- by Herman ~Jehler . 18 Investigating the cost of furni-sh- ricultnre Program at \VJR, Detroit. sharpenIng service on all types of ag-e cost for cour~e of five treatments. mcant new service for thou'lanrls awl fewer North Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo- ing a room at the new :'olarlette Saturday, January 24. 19,18 at 6: 30 cutters and combs. Michigan Co-op .Just received. 60 cc. super-quality ',,"oot Marketing Ass'n. 606 ;\Iorth syringes. complete with needles and parties on many rural lines. Miehigun Rdl 24. After hearing George Rocke- hospital. W. Hodge and H. Mit- a. 111. :\Iechanic Street. Jack~on, "'"chlgan. infusion tubes. for $5.00. Sulfa tablets, leln. member ot the Kalamazoo tleslatt are the committee to get At Jackson. :\Iississippi 2t/~ days (4-tf-34b) 60 grain. $4.00 per 100. ~o sales tax. now serves 122.000 rural area" suhscI'ibcrs- H. 1<'. Link. 'pharmacist. 1456 East County Farm Bureau board of di- this information. are to be spent studying the ~lissis- Electric Motors. all SIzes Available. ~lIchlgan. Lansing 12. )I1chl£"iz:tf155b more Ihal1 douhlc the nllmher in 19-H. Belle River St. Clair. County sippi State Slwnsorship Program of V-Betts and pulleys In stock. Gull rectors. discuss the subject ot the Ser\'lce Station Lawrence. :\lIch. Increase In Farm Bureau member- judge of probate. Clair Black. and "Balanced Agriculture (7-12t-15p) Calf Diseases-Pneumonia,use Sulfa. with lndus- Seour8 controlled by Sulfagulnadlne ~hlp dues. We felt that the raise ~h .. Bert Hyde. probation officer. try." This study includes a schedul- with ;\Ilacln (Gov't al'proved specific), WOOL GROWERS or Sulfacarbolate Tablets. Prevent, was necessary and voted In favor met with this group and talked t9 ed dinner with the Governor of Mis- Attention, Wool Growers.send your and feed heavier hy u~ing 'unlverslt). or hiring a county organization dl- them about the problems ot the sissippi. From Jackson. l\lississip- wool to us and you are guaranteed of 'Ylsconsin Calf Capsules (Vitamins) the ceiling price. We are purchasing for first 21 days. $5.00 per 100. II. F. rpctor. prohate court. pi. the tour goes to New Orleans as wool for the government. Year Link. Pharmacisl. H56 East )Iichlgan , Florence, St. Joseph-28. David Rose Lake No.1, Osceola. New guests of the Cham her of Commerce around woot marketing service and Ave.• Lansing 12.. ~lIchh:an. 12-tf-46b prompt settlement made. MIchIgan Lilly. Wallace :\lericle and Byron group organized during Decemher. to study the economics of imports Co-operative ',,"001 Marketing Asso- MAPLE SYRUP PRODUCERS STOP'THEM WITH THIS ONE: Ask your Eley proved themselves as cham. Aetna, Newaygo-15. ~Ir. Char- from South Amcrica. ciation. 506 N. Mechanic St.. Jackson. For Sale: King Portable Power Tree friends how many telephone c0ll1pa~1ies plan "!lmeners" of liquids com. les Logsdon. chairman of the hos- Thc next move is to the capitol , Michigan. Phone 3-4246 (3-tf-44b) Tapping )Iachille now available. Saves valuable tim,-,iu the woods at tapping there are in Michigan in addition to Michi. monly u~d around the house. This pital drive. met with, the group and of Florida and the University of FERTILIZER time. Pays for itself In extra first run sap. Send for descriptive litera- gan Bell. It's a treat on you if they guess contpst was part of the recreation gave a thorou~h explanation ot the Florida to invcstigate the citrus Schrock Natural Hi.Test Phosphate ture and prices. Sugar Bush Supplies plans for a larger hospital. (:J2-~-I'1, P!O;), nranulnr ..\mmo~ium Company. Box .110i. LansIng 4• .\lIch. the right numher - one hundred and sixty. at the December meeting. fruit production. Another 11igh- I'ho~phate (11;-20-0>'Proml,t dehver- (l2-tf-41b) North Constantine, St. Joseph- Thomas. Saginaw. This group light on the tour will be a study of ie~. j) ..aler~ wante,], Fertilizer spread- All connect with :Michigan Bell and Bell ers. Schrock \o'ertilizer Service, Con- For Sale: Get your sap buckets for 15. )Ira. Gerber read a clipping held a I)arty on November Sth th'3 Southern States Co-operatives at ;crville. lIIints an,l flat J';ngll~h Tin ..heet .. available for making of your own flat pan". Sugar moulds ... ppclal draw-ocr ..--. welfare and health departments a security to the same extent as in- gan Congressmen as their guests. motion was passed for the chair- dustrial workers. faueets for ~'our own fillerln£" tank. :-ap a",l syrup hydrometers and thl'r- USEFUL ••• AND FUN: i\ slIrvey shows The pm'pose ot the short course EGG CARTONS momete,'s. Attractive tahel.. to make man to appoint a committee to In- Leer, Alpena-19. Xew group is to develop the students who par- that more than half the farm families For Sale-Very fine quality, 3 dozen your own package attractive and ac- \ eatlgate why the county needs to organized during December. ticipate as resource individuals for parcet post egg shipping cartons. Only ceptable. Our prices on ~yrup con- scrvcd hy Michigan Bell llse their Ide. $1.25 for a bundle of ten carlons. tainer:-t, either metal or j:tlas!"l, 'win save pay .ucli enormous prlcN for care Bear Lake, Emmet-15. Legis- program material In Junior a,nd you .lloney. Use our lahel!ol and con ... phones (or reachin~ the ,loetor, IJentist South Hayen Fruit Exchange, South and doctoring of county patients. lation needed by tarmers, acconl- Senior County Farm Bureau pro- Haven, :\lIchlgan. (l2-4t-27b) taine"s and still h.. money ahead at the elld of the ~eason. "'e are now antI. velcrinarian, amI (or o~rlcring partll. Committee appoInted was Charles Ing to ooncensus ot opinion ot this grams. known a~ the most complete equip- BABY CHICKS ment souree in this pari of the coun- repairs, fcell and supplies. "Visilin .." wilh- Holton. Xed "rattles and :'oll'l!. ~roup. Is the continuatlon of the Cherrywood Champion Chicks are tr~'. A vi~it to our shop will prove It. price 8Ullport ot major farm prod- from larger. heavier laying 2i5-322 "'rite ,.,~ price list and catalogue. (ri~n~l~ antI' ar.ranging d~lrch antll'Of'ial Xt.'wto •. Life of Railroad Tie e:;:g sired I:. O. P. mating-s, ]lUliorum Sugar Bush Suppll"s Company. Box actlvllles are lugh up on the.list too. Old Trail, Van Buren--40. Two ucts at 90% parity. tested. "'hite Lel!;horns. !thode Island J10i. Lansing- 4. ~llchh(an. Located t.'xceUf\nt rt.'ports of the State Farm Lawton, Van Buren-37. This Dy improving the present method ]:(>d... "'hite flocks. ~end for price~. on )1-1.1 (".e~t Sag-inaw fload) jUfit Ch..rrywoo,t Farms Hatchery, Box i~, west of \Yaverly 100lfcourse. Lansing. Bure-ftU conyenUon w~re glyen by group voted to have their own or attaching rails to cross.ties. now J[Plland. )I1chlgan. 12-3t-~3p (1-tf.130b) }INl. L1I11aGraham, reportint; on the printed checks. being studied. railroads hope to In- wom ..n's C"oDyention and Mr. J. E- Leighton. Allegan-Group feels crease the life ot cross-lies. which FARM MACHINERY For Sale qr Trade-WK-40 McCor- YOUR NAME Trim up your farm. Have your MICHIGAN BELL TELEPHONE COM PAN Y RMa .. ",portlnllf on the general that the parity formula should be Is now about 25 years. by approxi- mick-Deering Tractor for smaller name on the harn. K & E ready cut Our $ J 3.500,000 postwar rural construction program means urse has been offered, according vise if change makes you a resi- the chairmanship of the American Although he. had been acting in first days of the new year. were cunent whims or longtime selves out of their diletlunas alonc. gan fruit industry allli some ot the to Dr. Paul 1\1. Harmer, muck soils dent of second county. Place of res- Farm Bureau rural youth commit- this capacity for sOllie time on a All too soon we find it's the same necessities. 'Ve connot take part in a {\'orld stale's h'adi ug growers will bring . specialist at the college ... -" idence determines which County tee at the convention in December. part time basis, he assumes the duo old world with the same leadership Another hope I cherish is that war without assuming wme reSIHlll' stories auout the future in horticul- ApprOXimately one ac're out of Jo'arm Bureau is your County Farm The committee is responsible for ties o[ his new job beginning Janu. and the same problems. I~ mea'ns Michigan folks will concentrate 011 sibilities in the clean,ull that fol. ture. Information about the conference every eigh t acres of tillable land in Bureau. We do our best to have the rural youth work of the Ameri- .1I'y 1. Mr. Bielinski came to the that we ourselves must delve deep- the problClU o[ education until we lows. • can be ohtainell by writing to the Mlehigan is muck soil which re- 'hi( port for the business, of which he is turn it to Services' seed depart. making butter from farm.separated po" ow"~.~. cl'cam. It now IIlso is equillped to ment fOI' redistribution to farmers • $151,000 appropriation for horticultural research by MiChigan handle 200,000 pounds of fluid milk who are not fortunate to have any. State College .. every 24 hours. The co.operative is equipped to produce sweet cream and any of the various processed 1\11'_Bennett points out that the farmers of l\lichigan and elsewhcre have hclped with theil' dollars to build many plants and factories for • • $100,000 appropriation' for general marketing research by Michigan' State College. Resubmit ~les tax diversion amendment on the 1948 l;>allot. J .. condensed or spray dried products. Constantine Co-operath'e is one other people. But the only money of the largest butter plants in 1\1ich- that helps build their own Farm lET'S lOOK AT THE RECORD igan and this 'Year produced over Bureau plants are the d~llars they 3,000,000 pounds, obtaining cream Spend for Farm Bureau products. 'Michigan farmers must be,orgimized to deal with problems belo;) from over 2,000 member.producers. The farmer helps himself and his ~e legislature. In the 1947 session the Farm Bureau.mooe this record: 224 W£5T JEFFERSON BOULEVARD SOUTH BEND 2. tNDIANA After the milk oPeration gets into neighbor when he buys Jo'arm lIu. Bills favored by Farm Bureau ' , " ,32\ ....... full swing, the Go.operative is plan- I'eau brand seed and other quality products. Farm Bureau seed has Bills favored by Farm:Fureau and passed'by legislature ,25 •• MICHIGAN . ing to serve approximately 3,000 Ccldwater-Coldwoter Dairy Company member.prod ucers . known origin, adaptability and car. Bills opposed by Farm Bureau ..•... , ....•............ , . ,22 \ A group of 24 Constantine-Constantine Carson City-Oolrylond (ooP. Creamery C')oP. Cream.ry Co. Co. The broad of directors of Con- ries the Farm Bureau guarantee. .Bills opposed by Farm Bureau and not passed by legislature .. 22 l Elsie-Elsie (olt Jordon-Jordon Cooperative Creamery Co. Volley Coop, Creamery stantine Co-operative Creamery - - f producer-owned fremont-Fremont Cooperotive Creomery Co. Company has planned an open Grant-Gront Cooperati .... e Creamery Co. house for all membel'-I)rodueers, Austin Gwinn Speak for yourself through your own farm organization ••. the II cooperative Nashville-Former, Niles-Produce,', Cooperoftve Cooperative CreC1'lery Aun. Dairy theil' families, friends and the gen. Austin Gwinn, well known (0 Mich.igan Farm Bureau. ~oin the Farm Bureau. Take an active part:}' St. louis-St. louis Coopero,ive C,eomery Co. dairy plants eral public, to be held in the near many :\fichlgan Farm Bureau }lee. ContIDue your membership.,More than 48,000 members in 56 County INDIANA , future. pie as a former employee of the extending from Columbus-Formers Marketing Association Farm Bureaus in Michig.1n. More than 1,000,000 members in 46' Make tit. FarM Bureau ergaftlZam1' The remodeling and plant expan. state ol'ganization, died at Lapeer Crawfordsville-Form'!,,' . Middlebury-Middlebury Coop, Cry., Inc . Coop. Creomery Co. slon program was supervised by December 31. 1\lr. Gwinn had bef.n states. Family membership is 810 per year. 0tI4 .. noq 0 "9Ort II row follJ\. the expansive Marion-Producers Creamery Orleans-Producen Dairy Marketing Aun., In(. Paul Oster, secI'etary.treasurer and a h,lrdware merchant at LaP'€l':' meadows of' Portland-Producers C,eomery manager. 1\lembers of the 'Co,ol)era. since leaving the Farm Bureau. TENNESSEE E. Lutz, president. White Pigeon. l.'rolll 1929 (0 1939 he worked for Michigan to .the Gallatin-Sumner Murfreesboro-Rutherford County CooP. Creomery Co. CooP. Cr .• Inc, Aun. thou's board of directors are: Troy the ~'arm l1urean membership dep't lush valleys of ~ .' OHIO r: NoJ~n~ymc-NoleIH... ille CooP. Cr. Aun. Inc. B.. r. Hil'lJaI'lI, vice-Ilresident, Ed. and Farm Bureau Services. At one w:lnlshurg; I<'rank Krull, Three tillll he wOI'ked at the Sa,!;inaw Tennessee .... Dayton-Miami Volley CooP. Milk. Pt, Aun .• I.ne. and all the way Greenville-formers ILLINOIS . Coopelorive , Doiry ni ven;; A. A. Borgert, Burr Oak; ston'. 1\11".Gwinll opened and man. \rilgll\' Klett and John :\Iallo, both aged the Farm Bureau branl'll in between. Pono Equity Union Creomery Paris-Equlty.Union Atwood-Atwood & Produce CIl1'O""(,,IY .!. Produce CooperatIve Creomery, Co. Co. Inc. o[ Constantine. Plant Farm Bureau Seeds. cstablished at Lapeer. the Lapcer County Co.operatives, fue. It Is llOW Roll Call for Membership Starts Soon- SATURDAY, JANUARY'3, .194i.., FOUR MICHIGAN FARM NEWS included Stanley Powell of Mich- NTEA PROGRAM (or Co-operaUyes. The Farm Bureau legislative rep- resentative Is a native of )lichlgan, BRODY NAMES Notice to Roll Call Membership Workers REA" DEMOCRACY AT WORK ..'. 17 AGENTS FOR igan Farm Bureau, Eve'rett Young or Michigan Association of Farmer CO-DPcrati\'es, H. W. Tobler of the WOULD CRIPPLE having been born and reared on a farm Dear Traverse CIt)•. WHAT FARMERS Please be sure to do two things when signing new members: AfBf 18,000 FARMS IN American Farm Bureau, Dean E. L. Anthony, and Wesley Hawley. FARM CO-OPS Horse Events Set WANT ANSWERED I-PRINT somewhere on the ap- plication the new member's name. 2-INCLUDE RFD XUl\IBER or NORTH MICHIGAN district 10 representative Igan' Farm Bureau. of M~h- Mr. Ha"~Y was chairman of the meeting. The most determined legislative For Farmers' Week By C. 1,. BRODY' street address, and zone number if The 'fact that there Is only one eft'ort In the past twenty.five years -The big day of the )'ear for EJ't'Cll t i1"1' Secretary, J!iell iga II there Is one around large cities. county agent for more than 1,000 to cripple the farmer in the opera- Michigan horsemen is scheduled Farm Bureau All membership records and the farms or Ii agents for 18,000 farmS Berrien C~. Tries For lion of his business \\'lI1 prevail w for Tuesday, January 2i, 1948 duro :\lichigan Fllrm Xews label are tak- proves that the farm people ot The annual Farm Bureau memo northern :\lichigan are the forgot. Goal in Three Days the coming session of congress, "'. ing the Farmers' 'Veek program at en from what is written on the mem. bershlp roIl caIl this winter is of ten peoille of the state, Earl Gram. With a goal of 3,000 memltC.-p, H. Tobler of the American Farm Michigan State college, according bershlp agreement. It's had for the the utmost importance to the fal'ln- bau, member of the Presque Isle the Berrien County Farm Burll'iiu Bureau Federation in 'Vashingtou to Harr)' ~loxley, ~ISC extension Farm Bureau to have names come ers of !\lichigan. The many prob. County Farm Bureau told better 1948 membership roll call campaign warned farmers of northern )I\ch. animal husbandry specialist. back to members mis-spelled be- lems concerning agriculture In this than 250 farmers, newsmen and will be brief but intense this year, I~n nllending the :-;orthern Mich. Outstanding breed representatives cause ,an "a" was mistaken for an postwar readjustment IleriOlI can Congressmen at the Northern l\lich. according to J. ;\1. Artman, county I~n Plnnning Committee at Gay- "0" and an "i" for an "e", etc, It's of l>oth draft -and light horses will be met only by stronp;lr organized igan Agl'icultural Plan~ing Com- secretary. The goal will ue sought Ion!. be on exhibit during the day. Draft intluences and co-operation. also expensive to make corrections. mittee's legislative meeting assem- in a'three.day drive, January 5, 6. ~fr. Tobler S1lld that the fight breeds shown will be Belgians, Problemll for which every ~lich. l~ostorrice regulations require that bled in Gaylord's Civic Auditorium and 7. that Is being waged from coast to igan farmer wants the right an. newspapers anll magazines show a Percherons an(l Clydesdales. The December 11. coast hy the so-ealled :-;TEA is a swer include: complete address for delivery, light brE't'ds wll1 be American Sad. Agriculture in the upper coun. struggle to completely eliminate farmers co-operatiYes. Everythiug dIe Horse, American Trotting (1) the deyelopment of II na- ties of lower ,Michigan is a Earl Gale tional agricultural policy with Its that the Farm Bureau has gained In 25 years mal' be wiped out by Horse, Horse, Thoroughbred, Quarter Walking Horse, Arabian. Appaloosa, Palomino, Morgan. and international resllonsihilities. (2) the nation.wide attack on FARMERS NEED $40,000,000 industry, yet only one- fifth have telephones, only one-half have electricity, and only one-third Earl 'Gale of )Iecosta, Mecosta _ county, a charter member of the Michigan Farm Bureau and one or wbat Is deYeloplng in Washington. Attempts to curtail the soil con- servation service. marketing agree- ponies. ~Iany of these will be champions at state and na. animals co-operatives and on their farm credit institutions; TO OWN SOME have running water, Mr. Grambau pointed out. 'Vhat this area needs Is more extension wQrkers to help the first memberslJill workers, pas. sed away at his home becembe~ 7, ments, Steagall Ameudment, Agri. cultural .\djustment Commodity Loan Act. Production' A('t, Bankhead tional shows. The morning program spent on draft horse events, and wll1 he RURAL YARDS , the farmers with their problems. With tourist and resort work added Mv. Gale worked, for the memll1i" ship department of the Farm Bur. eau 'f01' several years" but' for tho "Ike" Walton. manager of' tIle o:i';,zPw to his duties the county agent is and :\Iarketlng Research 'Act have horse pulling contests, while the last 20 years had been a dlstl'ict )lichigan Live Stock Exchange. is fI''''~ilf badly overworked and needs help. been made. afternoon will be devoted to the Mr. D. H. Flemming, Otsego coun. insurance agent for the Farm ,BUI" "Pov.'erful groups are out to cut li~ht horse program. telling the 26.000 member shippers ean, working in. the central north. of that organization that Michigan ty, said that there were' only' 37 the ground ri~bt out from under agriculture and they are playing The corn picker is the most dan- farmers need in addition to their of[ feed. We found that through g-ain in weight. farmers got $19.70 Farm Crop Goals ' rural telephones in hit! county, and that many more were needed.' He west counties of th'e state. ) fl' for keeps," )(r. Tohler warnell. The attack upon patronage dividends is gerous of farm machines. all rules of safety when using it. Follow tel'minal market. at Detroit several co-operative, farmer.owned rural a hushel for all the corn fed hogs at the stockyards. Rural yards For 1948 Fixed I asked that the overworked counly ,~ ~Virlng specialists advise posting Michigan farm crops goals for agents be given help in the form of a diagram of your Wiring circuits ouly one of the many batties faced stockyards. 110 not fecd I\>testock. It is weigh. 1948, call1ug for increased produc. resident extension specialists to aid hy your fuse box to help spot tho in 'Va .... hingtoll hy agriculture, he There are 187 hospital beds The ?Iichigan Livestock Exchange cd empty anil farmers lose. We for- tion to meet critical world food the farmers in their many 'prob- trouble when a fuse hlows. ' said. The powerful banking inter. tor each 100,000 farm people, hut is now selling dehentures to finance ~et that it is not price alone that needs were -announced in 'December lems. ..-_ ests are out to eliminate the Bank 272 for each 100,000 city people. an entry into the rural stockyards determines how much we get for Other speakers on tlJ.e program by the U. S. department of agricul. Farm safety is a famlly'alralr. ~ ---_ _ - _._.---- _ _ ~ business . At Lapeer recently, Mr. Walton livestock. It is price times weight." ture. ..~'r ~Saves Time and Money I Don Stark, Michigan State Col. The corn goal was set at 61,250,- and others addressed a county meet- lege livestock specialist, said Mich- 000 bushels, compared to the esti. ing of U,'e Stock Exchange memo igan was lagging behind other mated 194i crop of only 44,165,000 bers. The Lapeer County quoted the speakers as follows: Press states in developing a strong chain of rural stockyards. bushels. Based on average yields, the 1948 production goal will re- WANTED \. , Ike Walton: "There are now' 5,5 "Farmers can't hope to get full quire a planting of 1.i50.000 acres ~ WELD IT YOURSELF ~ CJ.lII '. Farm Bureau d ealer .. /~, relationships ... Over 4S 000 farm famlhes are would he four or five rural stock. 'f h '1' h' F arm yards owned hy the farmers plus ~ Simply Cut Out and Paste on Post Card or Write :: memhers 0 t e ,. IC Igan .. Bureau. In fi6 County Farm Bur. the ternuna.1 market at Detl:Olt. ~I FA;"-P.;R;A~;E;VI~E~, ~nc~ - - - - - - - - - ~ ~ eaus,' ~80 CommUlli't y F arm B ur. "The DetrOIt market sets eaus, an d severa I h un d re d Ioca I for the entire state and should . pnees he ,.Are Something .to Crow About / I Farm Equipment Division ~/1 221 :-;orth Cedar Street-Po O. Box 960 ~ committees they discuss state and supported, but we also realize there ~:' national I ':.. ljuestions. The deli bel" is a need for a strong producer- •• ...... • t - .... > Lansin~ 4, Michigan I ations and activities throughout owned rural yards." Farm Bureau l\1embers- You-.'Can Dear Sirs: I each year culminate in the Michl- Allen Rush, Live Stock ExclJange ~ ~ I am interellted In purchasing use on rural power lines. PlellSe send me In!ol'matioll reganl- ~ a welder especially hullt for I ~ gan Fal'm Bureau annual meeting. vice-president, said that fanners do " Here the views and interests ex- not realize the heavy shrink thy pressed by the members In the are taking on stock sent to rural SAVE UP 10% OR i BETTER Ing your special offer .• ' :: county and local units are co-ordi- yards. nated and harmonized each year at "Farmers protest the IJigh price TO ~ X AM E , :: the )lichigan Farm Bureau Annual of corn fed hogs ut the Detroit yanls ~ )leeting in November. The pro- hut actually it is tho best tiler eYel' / ~ TO \~:~~;~.;;~~.;~.~:;;~~;;;:.~D,;:;;~;;~:-::E m •• m •••••••••• 1 gram determined hy the official had fOl' com. 'Ve ran a test on se,'- delegates e,hosen .hy the members eral lots of 'hogs, feeding half of DURING THIS GIGANTIC STATE-WIDE hecomes the yearly program for the them com and keeuing half of them ~ ;;~.~.~ /'..----------------------- ~ ;.- ..~f..):~.~.~ .. i.. L;;~~ ..--..-..---..-----------------..-------..- ..---- F~~~ ........... ..B~.;~~.~ ..D~~i ~; -"":-------------- ......--....--..--......... :: J State Farm Bureau administration. The' national and international commendations are conveyed to the ~ annual meeting of the American ~ Farm Bureau Federation and to its re- FARM BUREAU WINTER' Oil, SALE! board of directors. CO-OIJerative husiness services reo lluired by our memhers are carried IT'S HERE! The annual Farm Bureau Winter Oil Salc! And this year it offers you the biggest savings ~,J out throu~h the Farm Bureau Ser- yet-up to 10'/0 or better discount on all purchases of vices. Inc. and the Farm Bureau Fruit Products Company, and Farm Bureau PrCl;nium motor oils, during the' sale, through regional and national fede. Plan to order a full year's supply of top quality Unico rations of farm co.operatives. motor oil now, from your local Farm Bureau Petroleum ~o in becoming a Farm .Bureau memher the farm family unites its (lealer. illtluence with that of more than a million rural families over the en- .Here's Why The Sale Is Possible tire nation. The Farm Bureau pro- ,'illes a clear two-way channel of Your Farm Bureau Services started this annual sale participation and contact from the seyel'al ycars ago to spread the job of distributing individual farm enterprise to. state Farm Bureau Unico petroleum products evenly and national objectives. The annual meeting of the ;\llchi. throughout the year, thus insuring you better ser.vice. I!;an FaJ'm Bureau held at l\lichigan By purchasing your year's supply of oils and greas:s State College l':ovemher 13 and H, now, you will enable your dealer to spend most of hIS 1!H7, has prescribed the program for a Greater Farm Bureau for the timc supplying you with motor fucls, parts and acce:,- next year. sories and other products when you n~ed quick service, For Real Economy, Build Battle Creek Plans WiTH with ~ Tell. Your Neighbor: ThQt He, Too Can New Buildings, The Battle Creek Farm Bureau CONCRETE Buy Many Other Things LAMINATED Association, Inc.' has three and one.quarter acres of land purchased While you're improving your farm fOJ greater production, do the job for keeps, with concrete! Here's a "how to do it" in Battle Creek and in the next book that will help you build such With the Dollars He Saved RAFTERS four years Intends to build a mod- ern busines plant to house on one essential structures as: DURING THIS GRE'AT SALE Barn Roars Wolerlng Tanks site all of Its sprawling operations. Feeding' Floors Sepllc Tanks Plans call for the completion of 500 Walks. Runways Home Improvemenls Unico Laminated Wood Rafters are easily erected at foot spur track from the main line Foundations Manur. Pils ," low cost construction figures. They afford good appear- of the Michigan Central railroad Concrele Masonry Trench Silos ance. more storage space. strength and durability. The~ this winter. }o~ventually the organi. zatlon wiIl have a consolidated Conslrucllon Cisterns Hog Wallows Soil-Saving Dams ON UNICO MOTOR /~ GREA~ES can easily be altered for additions or extensions. mill, elevator, sales rooms, orrlces, Remember,concrete is firesafe, termite- ~ scales, warehouses, grain storage, proof easy to work with, low in first They produce lower coat enclosed space than any feeds and coal docks, each of which cost, 'needs little upkeep, endures for Don't Miss These Big Savings-Stock .. Up Today ' at Your now occupy separate and scattered ~enerations, other type of construction as every square inch of in- locations of the city. Petroleum Dealer Pus'e on P"""Y polloi and mail terior space is usable. Stop in for complete 'information. Buy Uniro Laminated Rafters Through The two four.wheel trucks which support a bOxcar weigh about r----------------------- PORTLAND CEMENT, ASSOCIATION I Opt. Wl.4, Olds Tower, Lansing ! Farm Bureau r P1ea..,oend '""' .. Conc.ete Jlandbaok of 14.000 pounds or approximately one. Permanent FarnlCon$tructJ.on."I am third of the total car weight. e.peciaUy interested in FARM BUREAU SERVICES, INC. Your Local Farm Bureau or Co-op Dealer 221 N, Cedar Street Petroleum Department .. ~nsing, Michigan To stop a train running at 60 Nem" _ FARM BUREAU SERVICES, Ine. miles an hour requires enough St. 0' R,R.l1o. ,.".. When You Buy From the Farm Bureau You Buy From YOURSELF! Machinery Dept. 221 N. Cedar St. Lansing, Michl~n powor to lift the t'rain vertically CitT Stllte _ to a height ot 120 teet. SATURDAY, JANUARY 3,1948 MICHIGAN FARM NEWS FIVE 1I0SP. SERVICE Q. Is there a waiting period fori maternity service? F.B. MEMBERSHIP' DOESN'T "C05T~ .. IT PAYS! MOVES TO BRING Oceana Women Raise fat. XO. :!-:!4.091 Ibs. milk and 84;-;.1Ibs. fat. New Soybean For ENROLLMENT S Michigan Growers A.-Yes, there is a nine-month $900 for Hospitals \\'e helle\"e these ligures illustrate TAKEN TO APR. 1 waiting period for childbirth after the effective date of your contract. PARITY PRICES A money raising program through our eontention that a feed, made the sale of birthday calendars as correctly for production, Is a more A new 80ybean whieh promises to be of Importance to Michl~an ily~.-~Iay I enroll my '~hole fam- a benefit activity for the Hart and \"aluable feed if a balance in vita- farmers was describe(l this 'H!t'k A new opportunity . A.-Yes, your wife and all your fo~ enroll- single children under the age of 19 UP TO DATE Shelhy hospitals in belI.!g sponsor- minfl and minerals is achie,'ed. ed by the Oceana County Farm Your Io'arm Bureau )'I.V.P. poul- by Ley ton V. Xelson, State college farm crops extension nllohigan ment in Blue Cross is being otfered may be enrolled as a family. The United States Department of Bureau women. ~ry concentrate (the base of l\ler- specialist. to Farm Bureau members- between .. Q.-:\Iay I go to any hospital for Agrieulture has sulnnltted a pro- Mrs. Jesse Bonham Is the new mash feeds) and l'orkmaker are The bean, called "Hawkeye" is now and April first, and present care? poselrchange in the method of com- president of the county ol'ganlza- made for the same IlUrpose; that is, also helng released this yeal' in !lev- subscribers who ';ish't6 change A.-Yes, you may go to any rec- IlIIting "parity" farm prices for tion assisted by l\Irs. Donald Haw- to carry the production yalues com- eral of the other lltates in the nor- their type of service ma)' 110so dur- ognized hospital, but the .~ervice farm products. The proposal has bined with anl\lle \"!tamins and ley, vice-president; :\Ir's. Ruby thern part of the soyhean helt. lng this re-enrollment period. bene,fl ts apply only in the partici- \ gone to the senate and house agri- trace minerals so that production Brickey, secretary; I\Irs. A. L. Nor- WOI'k on the variety hegan near- Effective date of applications re- puting hospitals of which there are cultul'e eommittees, both of which and gruwth will he as gootl as the ton, director of the county hoarll; hl'eeding of the animals allli the ly 10 years ago, when two familiar ceived during this period will be 143 in Michigan. are conducting studies of long- and 1\1I's. Fred Kerr, Jlublleity (Ii- quality of management will allow. varieties, l\Iukden and Rlchlan(l. May first. ' . , " Q.-\Vhat are the benefits in non- range agricultural policy. rector. were cI'ossell In Iowa. 'I'h.! CrOA!ll'S ~Iany Questions regarding Blue narticipating hospitalS? If the proposals are aceepted hy wel'e tested further anll found to Cross and its protection. are being A.~Holders of semi-private ser- Con~ress, they will prOVide the asked at this ti,me of Blue Cross sec- vice contracts are allowed up to retaries in the Farm Bureau Dis- $6.50 per ady against costs of board first important change in the haflis for farm priee supports sInce 1933 HEALTH,AND AFBF ESTABLISHES he superiol' for yield and nil. The lIa wkeye Is em'lIl!r anfl has ; more ledglngl resiAtanel! than either cU3sion Groups. Austin L. Pino and room and an additional $32.50 Blue Cross rural enrolirnent mana: to apply against other benefits list- gel', lists some questions which he ed in the certificate for each hospit- when the first Agricultural Adjust- ment Act was passed. The present parity system was de- PRODUCTION ANOTHER RECORD Lilleoln or )<~arlyanlla allll rankA as one of th~ stiffest of the hetter yield- 'considers important, together with alization. their answers. They are as follows: 'Holders of ward service contracts signed to provide a given quantity df farm products the same purchas. Ing power as It had in the five year MAKE PROFITS MEfdBERSHIP ing "adeties. The scetl supply of the Hawkeye is limited. In ol'fler to hui]d up the Question.L-What is ,Blue Cross? are allowed up $5.00 per day • ,\n all timc hi~h of 1,27:',180 farm . By R. If. ADny, .lll/lIl/flcr seed sUllllly In 1945, all see.1 will Answer-Blue Cross i\l a non-pro- against costs of hoard and room 190!1-14.The parity prlees of tobac- Sen'ices Feed f)c/Hlr/lII Pllt family IIHHlIhcrships was sd hy t1w fit plan of the doctors and hospitals and an additional $25.00 to apply co, potatoes, soybeans, citrus fl'uits, he ~111oeatpd to ~1'OW"I'!l who will and some other products are excep. The feed' department of your Anwril'an Varm Bureau Fedel'ation of l\1ichigan which .mak~:;l it pos- against other benefits listed in the grow it fol' eertifieation. tions-they are hased on' more re- Farm Bureau SerYiees, from its he- fOJ' the Yl!ar J!H7 which represents sl~lle for enrolled members to meet certificate for each hospitalization. cen t periods. ginning, away hack in 1!1~I, hafl :In incrl'ase of J4J.9~I flver the pre. their hospital and SUrgical expen- Q.-What surgical services are A few of thc most eOlllmon live- ses In advance. covered? Agricultural economists have formulated the rations offerell its ,'iouR Yl'aJ', ae('(J1'din~ to \\,i]fl'I'd stoek Ilests a 1'1'.flies, lieI', gruhs allli Q.-How may I enroll? A.-Michigan Medical Service critieized the parity system for be. eustomers on the basis t hat produc- Shaw, Spl'l'('tary of the AFllIo'. t1eks. A.-Farm Bureau, ~embers en- pays for all operations on the basis ing too l'igid. Changes in COlUlIIlller tion iA necessary to IIl'o1it. j\long The fi\'(- highl'st statc Fann Bur: r?ll through the Community Dlscus- of a liberal fee schedule for each demand allll in lIIethods of produc. with produetioll-and equally illl' P:IUS in vlie eOllnly :Ire: Illinoi!", tion eontillues to hold the tItle of Slon group of which they l,Ire memo' operation performed in a recogniz- tion which affect the I'elatlonships Jlortant-is health. 1'>0animal, 01' H2.!l:li; Iowa, 1:!7.71!1; New York, the Nation's lal'l~est farmer organi- bers. ' cd hospital and for certain opera- among farlll product prices are not hil'd, can eontiIiue the heavy pro. S7.;l:lfi; Indiana. S:..1ri!1and Xflrth zation. l\lr. Shaw Iloints ont. Fal'm- Q.-When may I enroll? A.-If your Discussion Group Is (Ask for literature which gives de- tlons performed in a doctor's office. ~tate College Gives refIeeted In the price support bases. duetlon neeessa ry to make Ilrolit un- For example, there has been a less health is maintained over the Carolina. liri.H19. :\1khigan ranks Bureaus in 45 statl'S and Puprto elevl'nth in the Unitetl Htatl~s for Hieo make Ull till' 28 YI'III'.olllFedl'r- In demand for period that prolitahle Ilrolluetioll already enrolled, new 'members tails regarding this service.) may. be. accepted in the group up to ApTll I, 1948 and tholr service'con- gical) service? Q.-Is there a medical (non.sur- ,1948 Farm Outlook I marlietl uptrend milk and dairy products since 1909. ean log-ically he eXlleeted. I.'arlll Yet dairy products priee supports Bureau feeds inelude health fadors mpllll)('l'ship. ation. whieh. in 1!1:13, had only J\nll'l'il~all Farm Bureau Federa- lfi3,:!4G memhers. tracts will be effective l\1ay 1st. A.-Yes, but that service is sold From MichirlOn FI/nlt EC01I0mic.~ ices reached an all.time peak of hear the same relation to prices of that tend to maintain top ]ll'oduc- If your Discussion Group is not only in connection with the Burgi- .11SG ?'Jxt. Service, Rcollomics Dcp't $19 billion (annual rate) in May other food products that they did tion. yet enrolled, a groull .enrollment cal contract. It pays for your doc- The economic situation Is highly and. have declined since then by 3;' years ago. Let's take l\Iilkmaker 31% anti may be eompleted during any tOl"S calls when you are a bed pa- unstahle. Many factors u,re opel'Ut- about 20 per cent hecause foreign Grain production, methods have see jUAt what we mean. Natul'ally month in which a s.uffillient num- tlent in a recognized hospital for ber of members sign. applications .other than surgical care. This pro- and make their payn~ent for the vides for a maximum of 30 days care fli'st period .. per contract year for each member IIlg to push prices higher. present aetivity is in part bafled on borrowing from the future, and there are Indications that down- But dollar balances are running out. Even if action is taken to make foreign loans availahle, will decline fUI'ther. Imports are exports improved relatively more than live- the protein eanierfl sueh as linseetl stock production m'ethodA during oil meal, soybean oil meal. cte., arc the last 35 years. This has increas- used to furnish protein. That ifln't ed grain produetion per man hour enough hecause we know that some Your, on the contract. Q.-How may I get more informa- tion about these services? A.-By contaeting your group ward trend may hegin late In 1948. Action taken by the special 01' reg- ulaI' sessions of Congres.s might mean the difference he tween fur. not likely to decline very much. Consequently, the current lack of halance hetween exports and hn- ports will he reduced, removing and lowered prices in compal'isoll minerals are apt to he in too short to livestock prices. Yet the parity supply to enah]e heavy Ilrtllluetion price supports nail livestock and of milk to he posflihle over a long grain prices in the same pattern period of time unless they are add. Michigan that existed 3G years ago! 1'(1to the ,'ation. Therefore iOtlinc, Live Stock Blue Cross secretary, one of the ther Inllation or the beginning of pHrt of the inflation:u'y pressure Blue Cross District offices, or the of exports. The changes proposed hy the De- eohalt, mun/!;anese as well afl eopper, a, downward priee readjustment. home office, 1900 Washington E,'en though European elson has heen uary :!fi thl'Ou~h 30, 1948. a member of the l\Iason Cou nty SeSilions will be held in the new Farm Bureau since 1940 llnd is a agricultural enj!;ineerlng building, for~ler state president of the Jun- Buy Quality Open Formula It)(:ated on Farm Lane on the East ior Io'arm llureau during 1943-44 Lansing eamllllS .. IIliehiKIUl State college staff mem- year, lie has been working for several Farm Bureau Feeds -. bers will f'OI11luctdiscussIons deal- yeArs as one of the first part time This CO-OP 16 cu. ft. ing with varlell problems sneh as eounty organization hay making Hnll ,storage, Irrigation directors the fitate. Mr. Nelson served on the In MERMASHES Farm Freeier Holds 640 Ibs. MERMASH Immediate delivery while they last. for fnrm crops, vegetables, 1I0wt~rs; llalry labor saving; new and rosolutlons committee in 1945. 0'1. '6% rO •• VLA MILKMAKERS equipment ror faTlnl\; anll electrl- D' I d B POltKMAKERS Butchering time is :bere! Think of the conven- lleation. Other seRslons wlll deal Irectory saue y ience of having a full stock of frozen foods' right at your finger tips.;. No need to drive long dist- ances to get it ..• Ya.Lt can buy when markets are The 16 cu. ft. Co-op Chest-type or the Unico 15 cu, ft. and 30 cu. ft. Frcezers are the latest word in modern food conserva- with the fanner's interest In the tourist huslnesA and actl\"ities of Clinton Farm Bureau A 28 page directory of Informa- the department's service to tourist tion about their organization and resort operators; farm safety; reeently issued by the Clinton was - 'All ButuuiiiiJi., eo. I... .... At Your Local Farm Bureau Dealer , .... -.1_ 1ll1l(7 •• ct ... favorable and store.toods for your table in freezer aUll reports on the engineering County Farm Bureau_ The print- tion and convenience, Fully war- fresh condition. Live better, eat better at bigger savings with this low-cost CO-OP Home Freezer. ranted for five years. work done by the l\ISC Agricultural Experiment Station. cd booklet cantes th. names of all the 1300 or mOre member! In the Wishing You Happy, Prosperous New Year Agriellitural engineering meet- county. Se~ Your Local Farm Bureau Dealer Today ings will feature hay making and The directory alsa'lIst!! Irrigation on Tuesday; farm struc- ficel's of the Junlrr and the of- Senior FARM BUREAU SERVICES, INC. F AR.M BUREAU SERVICES, INC. tnrefl and general problems on Wed- Farm BurauB Ill! wel~ as the mem- Feed Department Lansing, Michigan nesday; and Thursday flesslons will bprfl of the county's action com. 221 N. Cedar Street Farm Equipment Division 221 N. Cedar Street concentrate on rural electrification mlttee and the officers of the 21 and the tourist and resort service. Farm Bureau community groups. SATURDAY, JANUARY 3, 1948 MICHIGAN FARM NEWS .IX American Farm Bureau made SENATOR AIKEN which he should pay." "It is to the everlasting credit LITTLE CHANGE IN HA~OLD HOLT PREDICT FEWER AlI1erican Farm Bureau recommendations: I-That every effort be made to ollmlnate inefficiency, and over- DENOUNCES or our industrial workers that not line of their leaders, so far a8 I have been alJle to determine. has IAX FIGURING FOR WINS 3RD PLACE_ PIGS.IN 1948 On National Policies lapping, and duplications so that altempted to put the blame on the further progress maybe made In placing (arm credit agencies on the selt-sustainlng basis. ATTACK ON CO-OPS f:l\'mer (or the unprecedented high cost of li,'ing which exists today," FARMERS' RETURNS NAT'L- CONTEST A sloaller hog crop In 1948 than, in' 1947 seems likely; believes Don Stark. Michigan State college agrl. "They seem to know. as we know. Background Material for Discussion this month by ~-That the portion or a loan In an address to the Farmers that the campaign against farmers Farmers will find the job o( fig- With a subject of "American cultural economist, c'ommenting on above the present 650/0lending Hm- Union Grain Terminal ASlloclation next yi!ll.r.'s (arm outlook. Short Our Community Farm Bureau Discussion Groups is designed to Il1'Omoteclass antago- uring, their (e?eral Income. tax re-I Farmer's Stake in World Pea,ce". It be underwritten In some manuel' annual convention at St. Paul. nism between those who work in turns compartlvely easy tIllS year. Harold Holt member of Lapeer grain sup'pl~es and high prices (or By NORM AX K. WAOOO.v ER. Research and Educatioll designed to Insure the bank against :\linn .• Dec. G, Seuator George D. the factory and those who work on ~h9 tax (orms, rates. and in(o\'\ua- County Juni~r Farm Bureau, won "I'ainare likely to keep some farm- loss 'on the extra risk portion o( the Aiken of Vermont lauded coopera- the farm. and to divert attention tlOll needed are the same as last third place in t'he National Speak. :rs fron; grilatel' pork production. Will federal taxes be reduced or increased? \Vhen the loans. tives as "fJ'ee enterprise in actiun" froln some uf the real culprits that yea,r.- .• ing Contest (01' rural youth at the The'- specialist .advises that hogs, 3-That the present limitation o( and pro\losed that "The Congress contrilJute to the high cost of liv- E .. M: Elwoo? ~arl1l management American Fal'Ill Bureau convention now on:\Iichigall (anns be finish- present farm price policy expires during the coming ed out: SofLeorn or off-grade wheat $50,000 to anyone borrower be specI~hst at l\l1chlgan Stat~ college, at Chica o. o( the United States should require ing." explallls that two changes lIl'proce. g may lJe used for tl1is purpose. year, what will take its place? Who will write the new eliminated. the National Tax Equality Associa- dure may affect some (armel's in The gel)eral subject which all ;\lark~iing'at weights around 200 4-That the Farm Bureau OllpOSC policy ~ \Vhat should be done to curb the rising cost of any attempts to enact legisl'!-tion tion and other power seeking clas:> living? which would require the Farm organizations to make Credit Admlnlstt'ation to secure the UI,en finiancial rellorts, and to pay (ull and HEALTH UNIT VOTE making out the 1947 returns. The tirst change the contestants used was, "Ameri- pounds makes more efficient use or in procedul'e can Rural Youth and the Problems "I'ain lJut inay lowel' the total pro- deals with expenses incurred in the o( the Future". '1'he committee ;;ueti~n.of pork and lard ..• \ViII adequate proving marketing fund8 methods be available to s.timulate for research consumption in im- necessary (unds from annual appro- taxes on their enormous cash in- priations instead o( (rom the Issu- comes." ance of bonds and delJentures. / "They not only do not pay a dul- BACKED BY LAPEER preparation and farms and ol'chards. develop men t o( in clHu'ge of the con test broke th is Old sows can lJe disposed o( while' The follow- general subject into seven sub- prices-:al:e .'hlgh and reillaced with ing are some of the typical expenses tuples. Each contestant drew (rom gll ts t:ri: farrow next :;\Irlng. The of farm many products? farm products A sizable portion has gone into foreign of the output trade in recent of These are a (ew o( the major is- lal' o( incom~ tax on these collec. sues considered by the voting dele- tiollS," Aiken said, "lJut the contri. F. B. WOMEN. no longer deductible as current op- a hat his suh-topic as well as his sprinK - pig~-'(:ro\l can then be car- emting expenses: cust o( clearino;. position o( speaking in the contest. ried th.'onih the summer on good ;;ates at the national convention. butor is actually permitted to de- Voters o( Lapeer county may leveling and conditioning o( land; He was then allowed 30 miuutes le~"lIl~ .pii~ture and finished after years which has had a very direct effect on farm prices. E'-ery ellort Is made here to sel duct the amount he gives (rom his have the' opportunity to decide next planting of trees; drilling and tu prepare his speech and 5 min- the/""U;.{g'sinall grain crop is har- (orth the positiun as establlsbed lJy OW11income in making his person- :5eptember whether or not their eqUillping wells; building roads, utes [or delivel'Y. vested. Feeding specialists say a \ViII these exports be continued, expanded or will they these delegates. county will have a health unit pro- pounds, and tel'l'aclng; 'and the Each o( the contestants WCl'e greater. 'use o( protein supplement al return." be curbed ~ Who will decide the issue? cost o( Ilhysical equipment having winners in state speaking cuntests. will decrease the amount o( grain "Why" he asked, "shouid organi. vidino; live III~rcent of the register- ed voters sign petitiuns being Iii1'- a useful life ill 'exce~s o( one y~ar; Mr. Holt, rellresenting Michigan. needed to (eed pigs. These during are a few of the issues the next few months. They which. must be decided are all issues which MCCABE SAYS zations establif'hed (or the eXIH'ess JlIlI'pose of creating class prejudice be permitted tu iwoid the payment culated by the women of the Lapeer Cuunty Farm Bureau. A second change lIlvolves l\hch. won at the slate speaking contest igan's new community property held at the Junior "'ann Uureau Swine. Day will be held at l\lich- directly concern farm people. \Vho is going to make the NTEA INTERESTED o( taxes on 1\1 iIIions o( dollars con- tr'ibuted (or this purpose?". . Under an act introduced at the law . .und~r the ne~ law a farmer convention. last session of the legislature, an and 11Is WIfe may tIle separate re- election is now mandatory if Ileti- turns and divide equally all in- . igan State college on Wednesday, 1 January 28. 1948. during the 1948 The cOJ1lmittee of Jndges awar!- "'anner's, Week program. decisions? such decisions? \Vhat part will farmers have in directing ONLY IN CO.OPS of Aiken went directly to the heart tions are signed by five per cent of come earned from the (arm on ur ed lirst place to Indiana_ ,second to th farm co-op tax dispute aud the registel'ed "oters. Prior to the after July 1, 1947. This \IIay result Oklabon~, and third to J\1!chigan. Plant Farm Bureau Seeds: denounced "the vigorous and vicioUll passage of this act, a health unit in a tax saving since dividing the --------------------------.,.--.,.--. Organized farmers and their representatives through- Ben ~lcCalJe, President o( the campaign which is constantly be- could only lJe estalJlished lJy the income may. put each in a surtax anti-farm co-op Nat'! Tax Equality NEW JUICE-TRAP out Michigan Farm Bureau and the United Federation States convention met at the American in Ch icago . Ass'n. told the House Ways and Means Committee that he thinks d urmg lalJor organizations have a right ing conducted (01' the purpose of board of supervisors. llUtting the (armer in a (alse light." The Lapeer county 1J0ard o( sup- "I am not attacking American ervisors refused twice last year to IJracket where the rates are lower. Shiawassee CO. F~ B. NO-DRI' PIE,PAN 'IE PAN KEEPS OVEN ClEAN industry," Aiken eXlllained. "As a O~~£RI?/~ J 5 to determine on to organize l"O-OPSbut ought to be whole, industry is as conscientious estalJlish a health unit (or the coun- Buys Property -rei the week of December their policy Investigated. He said (arm and ty on the grounds of inability on these matters. How much weight their voice carries in consumer co~ps are escaping taxa. as other grOU\IS,lJut thel'e are mo- the llart of the county to (oot the In view o( the ever broadening nopoly-seeking elements o( indus- estimated lJill u( $~O,OOO annually. Farm Bureau expanding program. the final decisions depends largely upon how aggressive tion to the extent o( $300,000.000 try and commerce that knows no the members are in urging ... t h en posItion. I a year. When MI'. McCabe was asked The county clerk estimates that the Shiawassee County Farm Bu- scruilies. They aI'e determined to it will take 500 signatures to bring reau is purchasing a piece o( .~~ !t hreajl the stl'ength of organized a/-,:- the issue before the voters next ground on'which it plans to erect a C~ CA'\CJ~ Wha t Ca n W e D0 Abo ut In fl abon. • 7 F armers are veT) I . what. the National Tax Equality Association had Investigated lJe- riculture at auy cost, by any means. fall. "They would deny the (armer the County Farm Bureau lJuilding that will provide offices. auditorium (or A new No-Drip Pie Pan that keeps ovens clean. 35 much concerned about inflated prices because they are sides co-ops In the interest o( tax right to market his grain and othel' meetinlls, and recreation rooms (~ Made of steel, covered with porcelain, this pCIn C .. ' d ! cquality. he said that there wert: CI'OPSexcept through channels which Good farm drain tile should lJe community will give long service while making your baking 3 'or $1.00 aware that when prices begm to fall, the pnces receive some things the NTEA hadn't got groups and Junior al'e controlled, and all too often ex. dense, uniform in shape have 111'011-Farm Bureau. according to David easier. Mail .or phone orders to: Plus Postage by farmers fall faster and further than do the prices paid around to yet. . . , .... I MI'. McCabe was shal'ply questlon- plolted. lJy monoply-seekel's." 1'1'strength. and lJe free (rom checks. Bushman. president of the organi- "They would deny the (anneI' the cracks, or foreign material which zation. INTERNATIONAL HARDWARE MFG. CO • by farmers. The cost of hvmg m Michigan has mcreased l:d Representative Carl T. Curtis. 3461 Holbrook • Detroit 12, Mich•• TRinity 1-0957 right to purchase his. gasoline and will cause slacking ordisintegra- t d'i i J 939 and it is now J 6/10 times the 1935-' Nebraska Republican. ~ho asked-- oil except at a price alJove that tion. Buy.Farm Bureau Feed~. seal y s nee ... i"If thcre was a town l\l NelJraska 1939 average. mo