MICHIGAN Vol. XXVI, No. 2 FARM S A T U R D A Y , FEBRUARY 7, 1948 NEWS 26th Year Published Monthly Farmers Present Case for Farm Co-operatives to Michigan M e m b e r s of Congress Representatives of farm co-operatives throughout Michigan and officials of the Michigan Association of Farm been before Congress for some time. Only the week before the M A F C group arrived, Michigan members of Co-operatives are shown at a dinner meeting with Michigan members of Congress January 19 at Washington. Congress were visited by business interests of the state who oppose co-operatives. Members of the Michigan They were presenting the case for farm co-operatives. The attack on farmer-owned business organizations has delegation in Congress told farmers that Congress is not in sympathy with the attack on farm co-operatives. EDITO RIAL MAY ENROLL FOR * armers Tell Co-op COUNTIES START Fertilizer Plant A Little Cloud Out of the Sea HOSPITAL SERVICE ON LAST HALF Every farmer should read the article under this heading on page 4. Clinton P. Anderson, Secretary IN SPRING ONLY Facts to Congress OF MEMBERSHIP About Ready to Go of Agriculture, has given us one of the best exposi- With the opening of a Michigan Tell Their Representatives Real Objective of F i r s t reports from 56 County Will Help This Spring xn One of ihe Worst tions of the motives and the purpose of the attack Hospital Service Blue Cross re- NTEA to Make it Impossible for Co-ops F a r m B u r e a u s in the 194S member- Fertilizer Supply Situations Michigan enrollment period for F a r m B u r ^ u ship c a m p a i g n are very encourag- on farm co-operatives. Secretary Anderson does Discussion Groups, Austin L. Pino. To Pay Savings to Patrons ing. They have passed t h e half- Farmers Have Faced Blue Cross rural enrollment man- way m a r k with 25,361 families to- not mention the National Tax Equality Ass'n by ager, has announced t h a t t h i s will Thirty Michigan farmers and four officials of the ward t h e goal of 43.6S0 or m o r e Farm Bureau Services announces that it expects to name, but the coat fits. be the only F a r m ' B u r e a u re-enroll- t h i s year. m e n t this year. Michigan Ass'n of Farmer Co-operatives and the Mich- Last year about half of the final start manufacturing fertilizer at its new plant at Saginaw Just lately the National Association of Manufac- "Experience h a s shown", said igan Farm Bureau were in Washington January 1 9 and membership was t u r n e d in at the around the middle of February. The plant wjll be brought t u r e r s shifted from a position of neutrality to take Mr. Pino, " t h a t most f a r m e r s a r e first r e p o r t meetings. Each coun- into full production as rapidly as circumstances will per- too busy in September to think 20 to present the case of 250 Michigan farm co-operatives ty holds such meetings 3 or 4 days sides with those elements in business who want to after the m e m b e r s h i p w o r k e r s go mit. about their future health and t h e to Michigan members of Congress. get rid of farm co-operatives as competitors. c o s t of hospitalization or surgical out. At t h i s time last year the operations. Their action has been recommended to farm co-opera- state total w a s in the neighborhood Fertilizer is hard to get. Conditions that Farm Bureau Thus it becomes plainer every day .that farmers F o r that reason, it h a s been de- of 24.000. In March the s t a t e total tives in all states by national farm leaders as a logical and was 37.000, April 45,000, May 47,000, Services foresaw long before the plant w a s started aie are in a fight to the finish for the business life of cided to d i s p e n s e with t h e Septem b e r re-enrollment period and to effective action for. preparing Congress for the legislative August 31 it reached t h e peak of making the fertilizer situation worse than ever. Three their co-operatives. Small and struggling co-opera- limit resolicitation to once a year. 4S,100. attacks to be made upon farmers' business organizations. All County r a r m B u r e a u s are major fertilizer companies located in,nearby states have tives have been all right, but when they get big and Many farm families have become n e w F a r m Bureau m e m b e r s since Interests hostile to farm co-operatives have been busy in continuing with' their campaigns. discontinued sales in Michigan this year. They can sell powerful in the farmers' behalf, we learn that that's t h e last Blue Cross e n r o l l m e n t Six counties have made their s t a t e Congress for some time. goals. Others are close. Some all they make nearer home and make more money that bad. period, Mr. Pino pointed out. If 5.500 members agreed to act as ihey have b r a n assigned to a Blue way. A substantial increase in freight rates last fall had The propaganda campaign against farmer co-ops Cross enrolled F a r m Bureau Dis- The Michigan delegation went to Washington for the volunteer m e m b e r s h i p workers. considerable to do with their decision. One of them was has been going on for four years. N T E A had to cussion Group this may be their purpose of taking the facts regarding farm co-operatives Their experience so far, when com- pared to the m e m b e r s h i p c a m p a i g n s first opportunity to become Blue former supplier to Farm Bureau Services. admit to a committee of Congress that it has had.f rom Cross m e m b e r s . Members now en to Michigan members of Congress and for inviting full of other years, indicates t h a t the membership is going along on the Farm Bureau Services has been doing its best to beat carefully shielded contributors as much as $400,000 rolled may, if they wish, c h a n g e discussion of the subject. The MAFC invited co-opera- expanded F a r m Bureau p r o g r a m . t h e i r type of service or add eligible the clock and supply as much fertilizer as possible to its a year to attack farm co-ops through speakers, by family m e m b e r s to their c o n t r a c t s tives in all congressional districts to name a small com- About half of the m e m b e r s h i p come* in after the first report meet- a t this time. mittee to prepare for their Congressman information on ings. Forty-eight thousand people patrons for spring of 1948. It is building and equip- radio, and through advertiserhents and articles in the Discussion, group secreta-ies the number of farm co-ops in the district, their import- have to be called upon. Weather ping in 1 2 months time a mixed fertilizer manufacturing press. The farmer co-operator—-some 3,000,000 of h a y e been requested by t h e F a r m and snow have a way of Interfer- Bureau to provide Blue Cross dis ance to farmers, and the number of farmers interested in ing with campaign schedules in t h e plant of 45,000 tons annual capacity and a n acid phos- him—has been pictured as a tax dodger, a com- t r i c t offices with a m e m b e r s h i p list months of December, J a n u a r y and phate manufacturing plant of 30,000 tons annual capac- munist, a foe of private enterprise, and so on. composed as follows: them. F e b r u a r y . Most counties find t h a t Of prfsjently enrolled Blue Cross they do well on the initial drive a n d ity. The attack has been conducted on a big scale with The first day in Washington all committees had an have to reorganize their forces to m e m b e r s , of m e m b e r s who do no appointment with their Congressman. Later they con- complete it. That is a pretty good record for normal t'mes. In this that amount of money. It has reached Congress belong to Blue Cross but who at- tended one or m o r e discussion ferred as a group with Senator Vandenberg and with onWethepresent herewith first r e p o r t s instance Services was handicapped by government re- where N T E A and co-operatives will fight it out. group meetings in 1947, and of new 1!MN membership and t h e 1948 F a r m b u r e a u m e m b e r s who Senator Ferguson. In the evening Michigan members final s t a n d i n g of County F a r m Bur- strictions on steel and other major materials in the early NTEA's first objective is to make it impossible h a v e been assigned to the discus- of Congress were guests at a dinner at which there was paign : eaus in the 1947 m e m b e r s h i p cam- stages. Later it had to wait for deliveries of material, a n d for a non-profit co-operative to pay its savings to the sion group. to stand losses in labor time. Nevertheless, the plant is T h e eligibility of F a r m B u r e a u forthright discussion of farm co-operatives and the attack First Total patrons. Congress will be asked to oblige by sub- Report Membership being completed about on schedule. Soon it will be m e m b e r s for this resolicitation will being waged against them. 1948 A u g . 3 1 , 1947 jecting the co-operative's savings to the federal in- be determined from information Allegan 1,009 143 \ 1,534 132 demonstrating its worth to patrons of Farm Bureau Serv- come tape on profit corporation earnings. If that is given on t h e above list. The morning that the farm group arrived every Mich- 198 124 T h e list should be in t h e Michi- K4" 652 1,180 ices. They own one of the most modern and complete . Bay 915 successful, NTEA is expected to ask Congress to gan Hospital Service district of- igan member of Congress had a letter from Archie 127 299 fertilizer manufacturing plants in the nation. It is * reverse itself again and cripple or repeal the laws fice not l a t e r than March 20. Thh y Millard, Grand Rapids insurance agent and president of Berrien 1,406 L'.S17 enrollment period will close Ap 950 1.168 mechanized to the minute for speed and for low cost for 825 1,341 of the past 25 years which guarantee the rights of 1, and t h e effective date for new jrthe Michigan branch of the National Tax Equality Ass'n. Cass :,"T labor. a p p l i c a n t s will be May 1. 129 264 farmers to do business co-operatively. $ M r . Millard reminded Congressmen that 300 of his group 64 62 had called upon them a year ago. Mr. Millard said that 850 1,47:; Favorable factors for 1948. No one can say how The issue is an old one. It is the right of the CO-OP WOOL ASS'N V;l!..ll 704 1,443 the difference between his group and the farm group . 155 147 much fertilizer the Farm Bureau plant can turn out foi farmer to co-operate with other farmers to process 196 1,019 i. i :,s spring of 1948. But there are some favorable factors. and market crops, and to purchase or manufacture MEETS FEB. 17 about to arrive was that his group had paid their taxes before they left. That line of attack was exactly what Hillsdale 685 508 1 ns7 1 192 First, the plant is highly mechanized. Materials and the farm supplies co-operatively in order to increase his T h e Michigan Co-operative Wool 150 1,052 i mi finished product will move on belts. All proceceea are the farmers wanted to talk about. income. Marketing Ass'n will hold its an- Jackson 400 619 to be performed by machinery, and with the aid of nual meeting at the Masonic tem- C. L. Brody, executive secretary •300 There are those who would deny the farmer that ple at 314 MAC avenue. E a s t Lan- of the Michigan F a r m Bureau, sum- tax dodgers, they are communistic, 600 1,242 1,087 mechanical loaders and elevators. Second, the plant is sing. Feb. 17. s t a r t i n g at 10 a. m... and that they a r e not private enter- right. There are others who feel that farm co-op- med1 up for co-operatives at t h e din- Lapeer 417 l.ini according to Paul M. F i n n e g a n , n e r by s t a t i n g t h a t the attack on prise. Upon such u n t r u t h s N T E A is Lenawee :,:,n 991 located within reasonable distance for most Farm Bureau Livingston eratives are an invasion of private business pre- secretary-manager. • All sheep men farm co-operatives by Borne busi- demanding t h a t Congress reverse Macomb too 901 Services dealers. That may be a matter of increasing invited to attend. T h e r e will be its policy on farm cooperatives and Manistee 328 serves. They should be in for a hard time when the ness i n t e r e s t s is not the tax m a t t e r * a complimentary luncheon at noon. they present as a front. The real impose federal income tax on a Mason 301 579 461 importance as the season advances. Third, the plant h farm co-operatives savings before Mecosta anti-co-op legislation appears in Congress. Officers will m a k e their reports objective is legislation designed to they are returned to f a n n e r s In t h e .Midland ;ir>7 395 269 favorable contracts for important raw materials, and they and six directors will be elected. .Missauk.-r 300 prevent farm co-operatives from -Monunlin 111 649 form of patronage refunds. .NTEA have been moving into the plant for some time. Hillsdale Farmers ! Cheboygan Pledges T h e Ass'n marketed more t h a n making refunds to farmer p a t r o n s . knows that by law farm co-opera- Monroe * SOI 4*8 1,300.000 lbs. of wool for 3.500 mem- T h e long r a n g e objective is t h e re- MiiKkegon Day Feb. 27 Support to Program bers in 1947. It will be buying for peal of the Capper-Volstead Act tives are non-profit in c h a r a c t e r , Newaygo X\V M i c h i g a n •14(1 2S1 447 Distribution of fertilizer from the, Farm Bureau Serv llsdale County F a r m Bur-i p l a n s for forming a soil conser t h e government again in 1948 on a and that t'.ie savings returned to and other federal laws establish- ( l l r . T i n y . -' - • to federal income tax paid jointly t h e I C O U nty has received the unami- ing prices. \ and co-operative credit instituti ions^ ^ o b j e c t farmer. NTEA knows that Oakland Oceana S30 717 680 ations and olher dealers who are the recognized dUtrib counties' first " F a r m e r s ' Day'' t o . o u s approval and promises for hi 298 Interests, opposed to farm co farm ''>' t n ecooperatives pay federal in- •l-l-.i tion points for Farm Bureau Services supplies. No retail be held at t h e Hillsdale H i g h supporting it by the Cheboygan Roll Call Ad Wins erativea want to eliminate t h e far- o-oiV come toxes unless they follow Otweeo •US :>i 1 "ii l School, F e b r u a r y 27, according to County F a r m Bureau. operations can be conducted at the plant, as it is entirely Merle White of Pittsford and Otto u n d e r t h e p r o g r a m a soil con- In Nat'l Contest mer c o o p e r a t i v e purchasing of sup- strictly t h e regulations for non-pro- |Ue Isle 17 J 121 Gilmore of Hillsdale, co-chairman servation p l a n n e r would be assign- Michigan F a r m Bureau's Roll plies and co-operative m a r k e t i n g fit business organizations laid illwn Saginaw Sanilac 1,300 l.i 2,031 1,678 a manufacturing and wholesale distribution job.. Farmers of farm production. Then. Mr. Br >- in the law and T r e a s u r y and Bur- of t h e event. ed to the c o u n t y as a resident Call Campaign advertisement " I t ' s dy said, they'll have t h e farmer eau Of Internal Revenue rulings. si. ciair 676 1,160 must see their FBS dealer, as they do for Farm Bureau Like Part of My F a r m " was award- Si. Joseph 705 11,054 The p r o g r a m is expected to be leader by the federal civil service. right hack where he was when he So i n w a s s e r IV '.i I.", seeds, feeds and other supplies. His salary would be pair! from ed first place honors in the mem- William Hill described the work entirely of an educational n a t u r e had no voice in these m a t t e r s anil Tuw?ola MS l.::i7 w i t h the forenoon devoted to agri- s t a t e and federal appropriations bership promotion category for co- was exploited until he could take of the Detroit Packing Company San I'.lll'en M 1 1,602 cultural products, and in the after- and at no cost to t h e farmers. operative organizations at the Na- it no longer. co-operative. A r t h u r Ingold spoke \\ a s l i i r e a w I 1,265 196 farmers co-operatives and FBS dealers have tional Council of F a r m e r Co-opera- for the Michigan Live Stock Ex- Wayne in.", 2:,1 noon to group relationships. tives annual meeting at Chicago re- T h e National Tax Equality Ass'n change; Carl Busk irk for the F a r m Wexford 7" first call on Farm Bureau fertilizer for Farm B Conditions of county roads a n d cently. Michigan F a r m News, of- is the front for those element* in Bureau Fruit Products Co. can- members and other patrons. When the state-wki B a n g s disease are the topii-s on t h e , 50,437 Subscribers ficial publication of the Michigan business who would destroy farm neries; Boy 1). Ward for F a r m Bur- • C a m p a i g n s jn.^t s t a r t e d , o r B r e t r e - agenda in the forenoon with repre- Subscription list for this edition F a r m Bureau, won a t h i r d place cooperatives, Mr. Brody said. The eau Services. Inc..; Waldo Phillips p o r t * m o m a d e , or m e m b e r * reifcewlna b y m a i l b e f o r e Holl <"ali c a m p a i g n . vey of F B S dealers was made, the 196 made to sentatives from labor, industry a n d NTEA charges t h a t farm cooper- award in national competition for for the Michigan Elevator Ex- guarantees which established the plant size at 4 KttHure p r e s e n t i n g the prob- of the Michigan Farm News l» farm organization news papers. atives pay no taxes, that they a r e P l a n t F a r m Bureau S e e d s . it'ontlnueti on page two) (Continued on i>:i*se two) lems of their own individual groups. I 50,437. TWO M I C H I G A N F A R M N E W S SATURDAY, J A N U A R Y 3, 1948 m a t t e r In soils is related to the MICHIGAN Organic Matter a n d supply jbty Important plant food n u t - ' Established January II, NEWS int MichiganFarm Bureau OFFICERS President—C. E. Busklrk, Paw Paw BpM and Our F o o d Supply rients.. v./. " T h e hjypius level in mineral soils- is veryl^tesely associated with t h e ; supply o( t h e n u t r i e n t elements,'; Published monthly, first Saturday, Vlce-Pres—J. E. Trelber, Unlonville such j ^ ; . c a l c i u m , phosphoras, po»" by Michigan F a r m Bureau at Its By DR. GEORGE D. SCASETH and, potash fame. H e pointed out Exec. Sec'y C. L. Brody, Lansing S.CIAftft publication office at 114 E. Lovett American Farm Research Ass'n. t h i s fact to different people m a k i n g tassirfnt'and nitrogen. Since p l a n t s St., Charlotte, Michigan. DISTRICT DIRECTORS residues a r e t h e source of n e a r l y A few e x t r a h a r d r a i n s and t h e field t r i p s throughout the Middle 1—J. B. Richards Berrien Springs Editorial and general offices, 211 North Cedar St., Lansing, Michigan. 2—Lloyd Ruesink 3—Clyde Brelning Adrian, R-3 Ypsilanti, R-l Christmas Cards resulting floods a r e front page news of importance. A few weeks with- West with him t h i s summer. T h e few t h a t saw it were always im- all t h e soil h u m u s , t h e quality of plant growth and hence the r a t e Foat Office Box S«e. Telephone, Lan- By virtue of her feminine knack my Marthy now and then pressed, but t h i s fact needs to be of humus formation will depend to sing 21-271. 4—A. Shellenbarger L. Odessa, R-l out any rain and t h e headlines cry Cornea up with some original scheme brand new to mice and men, more deeply imprinted in the minds a large extent UDon t h e supply of 5—Marten Gam...... Charlotte, R-5 And one example of. her art comprises a display DROUTH THREATENS FOOD 6—Ward G. Hodge Snover, R-l Of all the fancy greeting cards that chance to come our way. of everyone who finds themselves available p l a n t food in the soil."f Send notices on Form 3578 and im- S U P P L I E S . Crop reporters lower AsaVvarafele copies returned under Across the hit; north window's frame sh» ties a slender thread in t h e midst of abundance on one Doctor Bear says t h e same t h i n g 7—Harry Norrls Casnovla And en it hanga eaeh card cbae com.---, as soon as it is read. t h e i r estimates. G r a i n speculators Form S57» to Michigan F a r m News 8—H. E. Frahm, Frankenmuth, R-l So there they form a graceful arc for us to note and see hand and famine some where else, from another angle, "Of p a r t i c u l a r editorial office, P . O. Box 960, Lan- "Which one looks loveliest to he1!-, an.l which looks best to me. t a k e notice a n d priees soar. T h e sing, Michigan. 9—H. Lautner ....Traverse City, R-3 but called upon to have meatless significance is t h e discovery t h a t crops show n i t r o g e n starvation 10—Thos. A. Colter Elmira", R-l Soon, with the Holiday's approach, the arc becomes complete and eggless days. fertilizers, even t h o u g h they m a y For scores of fe'lks remember ns upon our ipiiet street. • symptoms, and f a r m e r s g r u m b l e EINAR UNOREN Editor DIRECTORS AT LARGE contain no organic m a t t e r , a r e o a e Then Marthy puts a second thread about a foot below— about the s h o r t a g e of nitrogen fer- Carl E. Buskirk _ Paw Paw, R-2 Perhaps she even adds a third—sometimes it has been so. of t h e most fruitful m e a n s of add- PURPOSE of FARM And every card on every line site knows the writer of tilizers. Our Nation's P r e s i d e n t Subscription: 25 cents a year George Block Charlevoix,R-l ing organic m a t t e r to t h e soils, by BUREAU And what they said, if anything, what word of hope or love. pleads for meatless and eggless Limited to F a r m Bureau Members The purpose of this Associa- Jesse E. Treiber Unlonville, R-l We tell them over each by each, seeing each writer's face reason of t h e more abundant r e s * tion shall be the advancement Representing And when each card is well admired we hang It back in place. days. of our members' interests edu- WOMEN OF FARM BUREAU dues and roots of crops that h a v e Vol. XXVI January 3. 1948 No. 1 cationally, legislatively, and Mrs. U. S. Newell Coldwater, R-l But every good thins has to end and after New Year's Day T h i s all s e e m s so confusing a n d been liberally t r e a t e d with t h e m . " economically. Representing There comes the time when we must put the greeting cards away. a bit terrifying to J o h n Q. Citizen JUNIOR FARM BUREAU But just before she bundles them for storage in the chest Experiments show t h a t it t a k e s We read them over once again, with pleasure and with zest. whose food is t h e center of t h e is- chemical plant foods to make or- Miss Ruth Parsons Fowlervllle Zeli Joneses have a milker now to ease- their choretime hours. sue. Most likely we blame t h e g a n i c m a t t e r . Moreover, with lots and adding t h e previous year. And Cousin Minni.' Craddocfc's boy is marrying Brenda Blowers. E D I T O R I A L (Continued from page 1.) Easton, Ionia—16. Monroe Mc- P h e r s o n , Jr. a delegate to the 4-H Poor Aunt Orixelda's rlu-umatiz has got her down In mouth, While Sanuielsons have-bought that farm that joins them on the south. And so it goes. We lead them all. with mingled laughs and sighs weather, a n d m o r e or less dismiss t h e idea t h a t t h e r e m i g h t be a bas- ic cause behind t h i s great problem of h u m u s in t h e soil t h e added fer- tilizers work best. T h e r e is lots of, d a t a to show t h a t t h e loss of rain?„ Club Congress at Chicago gave an t h a t we can do s o m e t h i n g about. It For this Is life transpiring here before our very eyes. water by r u n n i n g off t h e ground is farm supplies. The savings of these operations i n t e r e s t i n g story of this trip. These are the folks we know and love—who think it worth their while gives one a feeling of being pre- extremely high, a n d especially o n belong to the farmer patrons and are distributed to Kawkawlin, Bay—30. L e t t e r sent To stop and write a line to us and mail it with a smile. s u m p t u o u s to v e n t u r e an analysis soils that a r e compacted and defic- by t h e group to t h e Beet Growers' These are the folks, in all the world, on whom we can depend of t h e basic cause of t h i s s t a t e of ient in organic m a t t e r . Of course, them as patronage dividends. Association p r o t e s t i n g t h e method To think of us whenever there are Christmas Cards to send. affairs. However, to discover t h e we all know t h e *value of h a v i n g Perhaps even more important is the influence of h a n d l i n g t h e h a u l i n g cards and So there we spenel a quiet hour—fixed between earth and heaven. core of t h e trouble is to take t h e t h e soil covered w i t h some k i n d of a s k i n g t h a t a b e t t e r method be Then Marthy ties the bundle up—and marks it "47". first«step in correcting t h e diffi- crop. The s p r i n g r a i n s are mmet that 48,000 families in the Michigan Farm Bureau worked out for next y e a r . R. S. Clark culty. t i m e s of great i n t e n s i t y for a few' 315 North Grinnell Street are able to exercise on public affairs through the discussions and actions taken in Community Farm Hobart, Wexford—19. T h i s group feels t h a t oil and m i n e r a l r i g h t s held by the s t a t e should be given ATTACK ON CO-OPS GOV. SIGLER Jackson, Michigan T h e a g r o n o m i s t s and soil scient- ists know t h a t t h e basic cause of o u r food s h o r t a g e is t h e low and minutes, as high a s 10 or more inch- es r a t e per hour. D u r i n g this g r e a t intensity as much as 80 percent of Bureau, County Farm Bureau and State and Ameri- over to people who h a v e purchased t h e land after a period of ten HEADLINES FBS PROCLAIMS declining content of organic mat- ter in our soils. t h e water t h a t falls on the g r o u n d m a y run off. Not only is t h e r e , can Farm Bureau meetings. We have too much at stake to think in terms of years. Newton, Calhoun—40. A "bubble ANNUAL MEET CO-OP MONTH A well fed people eat lots of pro- tein foods—meat, milk, eggs and therefore, a great loss of water t h a t , t h e soil would need later in t h d . g u m " contest w a s p a r t of t h e T h e efforts of farmers to strength- cheese. A good example a r e t h e summer, but t h e w a t e r r u n n i n g off anything but the strongest and most effective Farm r e c r e a t i o n of t h e N o v e m b e r meet- en their b a r g a i n i n g power and so PROCLAMATION mid-west people w i t h their locker T h i s is not a new story because t h e ground does untold damage in ing of this group. p l a n t s and t h e i r home deep-freeze keen observers t h r o u g h the years erosion and in c a r r y i n g away p l a n t Bureau organization possible. increase the income from their in- Co-operative Month u n i t s . P r o t e i n foods largely disap- h a v e seen it. I n about 1750 J a r e d Hope, Midland—7. Mrs. McCrary terprises h a s resulted in a nation- S T A T E O F MICHIGAN nutrients. pear from t h e diet of poorly fed Eliot, a country minister, doctor We can s u m m a r i z e in a "nut- g a v e a r e p o r t of a m e e t i n g of t h e Community P a w P a w Co-op g a v e an inter- e s t i n g talk on f a r m e r co-operatives- newly organized Farm W o m e n ' s c o m m i t t e e in Midland Bureau wide attack on f a r m e r co-operatives with a purpose of destroying t h e m and driving t h e f a r m e r s back into Executive Office—Lansing F a r m Cooperatives in Michigan people, and they m u s t manage on cereals—largely energy foods t h a t a n d farmer from Killingsworth, Conn., said in a letter—"I have ob- shell" some of t h e main points in t h e following m a n n e r : When soibf Farm Bureau George Schultz explained t h e in- c r e a s e in F a r m Bureau member- county. Lee Township, Calhoun — 17. an i m p o r t a n t b a r g a i n i n g position, Clark L. Brody, executive s e c r e t a r y have proved themselves to be of great value to both t h e rural and u r b a n r e s i d e n t s of t h e state. contain chiefly carbon, hydrogen and oxygen and very small quanti- served when I was in y back p a r t s of y Country about 20 years past a r e low in o r g a n i c m a t t e r t h e i r porosity is poor, and much of the Activities s h i p dues. Sheridan, Calhoun — 30. Miss New group organized in December. Four Towns, W a y n e — 1 3 . $23.00 and general m a n a g e r of the F a r m Bureau Services, Inc., told n e a r farm Some seventy-five percent of our- families a r e m e m b e r s of t h e ties of tissue and bone building sub- stances. We read how millions of when y woods w a s not pastured & full of high weeds & y ground light, then y r a i n s u n k much m o r e r a i n that should go into the ground r u n s away. W h e n soils a r e low in By HKS. MARJORIE KARKER Gloria Conley, c o u n t y organization people are on diets too low in cal- organic -matter they do not have w a s t u r n e d over t o t h e 4-H Club ly 500 s h a r e h o l d e r s at the organi- 256 farm cooperatives operating in into y earth a n d did not wash & In t h e s e s u m m a r y r e p o r t s of director, m e t w i t h t h e group and ories (2,000 calories or l e s s ) to a large capacity for holding avail- Building by this g r p u p . zations a n n u a l meeting December this s t a t e . These cooperatives, em- t e a r up y surface (as n o w ) " . C o m m u n i t y F a r m B u r e a u m e e t i n g s explained h e r d u t i e s and respon- supply them with adequate energy able moisture so t h a t when mild Irving Rainbow, Barry—Mr. Don 9 at L a n s i n g . bracing some 170.000 farm families, t h e n a m e of t h e g r o u p , t h e c o u n t y , sibilities in t h i s newly created of- for living. L i t t l e wonder they are- Since cultivation increases t h e dry spells come,_ t h e crops will suf^ S t e v e n s , p r e s i d e n t of t h e K e n t In reaffirming Mr. Brody's w a r n - did more t h a n $164,000,000 w o r t h a n d t h e n u m b e r in a t t e n d a n c e is fice. Miss Mildred Reed, s t a t e sec- n ' t productive w o r k e r s . The energy r a t e a t which o r g a n i c m a t t e r will fer for lack of water, w h e r e a s if County CIO Council, talked to t h e ings t h a t a small but powerful bus- of business last year. g i v e n in t h a t o r d e r : r e t a r y of t h e Michigan J u n i o r foods are only h u m a n gasoline a n d b u r n up in t h e soil it is interesting t h e r e ; %as more organic m a t t e r in g r o u p on " L a b o r ' s A t t i t u d e Toward iness bloc is seeking to hamper ag- The objectives of t h e F a r m e r - t h e m a l n u t r i t i o n of such people to know t h a t for every ton of or- C e n t r a l , Cass—26. G r o u p will F a r m B u r e a u , s p o k e on Junior Agriculture." managed cooperatives, wThich now t h e sc.il (he crops could stand m u c h F a r m B u r e a u . r i c u l t u r a l economy by legislative m u s t be terrific even if death ganic matter t u r n e d into soil about more drouth. W h e n soils a r e low t r e a t t h e m s e l e v s e t o a t u r k e y or Townline, Livingston—17. De- embrace n e a r l y every phase of Old Oak, M a c o m b . A petition is a t t a c k s against farmer co-operatives, does not result. one-half of its weight, on a d r y in organic m a t t e r they are very h a m d i n n e r a t t h e J a n u a r y meet- c e m b e r 17th, T o w n l i n e Discussion agricultural life, a r e to improve t h e Roy D. W a r d of Dowagiac, presi- Protein foods a r e nitrogen car- basis, will rot out in two to t h r e e deficient in available nitrogen, and ing. M e m b e r s who h a v e not been being circulated in this vicinity g r o u p m e t with F r a n c i s e and Mau- economic and social position of t h e dent of the Services organization, r y i n g foods. E v e r y farmer k n o w s weeks, and three-fourths of it will crops usually s t a r v e for this n u t r i - t o o a c t i v e will be especiallly in- a s k i n g that an i n c r e a s e in gas tax rice Lound for a potluck dinner. family-sized farm t h r o u g h efficient b e m a d e for c o u n t y road mainten- said t h a t if we allow our f a r m e r ' s t h a t nitrogen and soil organic mat- rot in six weeks d u r i n g the grow- ent with the consequences that thefc vited. T h o m a s Lound led t h e discusioii production a n d m a r k e t i n g ; they a n c e . A discussion of this m a t t e r co-operatives to be knocked out, t h e t e r are closely related. Every far- ing season. Since organic m a t t e r will be Ir/w in protein content. C o n w a y , Livingston—16. In dis- of several timely topics for 17 likewise give t h e consumer t h e w a s held a n d a motion m a d e t o American f a r m e r s ' cost of produc- mer knows t h a t a soil high in or- rots out so fast w e need to care- W h e n soils a r e low in organic mat- c u s s i n g t h e t o p i c of legislation m e m b e r s and two g u e s t s . benefit of improved quality and find out w h a t w a s being done with tion will increase, and m a n y of t h e ganic m a t t e r is also a vei;y produc- fully handle o u r c r o p rotations so t e r tkey become h a r d and compact- w a n t e d by f a n n e r s , this g r o u p de- better business m e t h o d s , as well as t h e money a l r e a d y voted for this unfair practices in m a r k e t i n g , pro- tive soil. E v e r y f a r m e r also k n o w s as to have this r o t t i n g occur at sea- ed st>* that' roots h a v e a difficult cided t h a t t h e y w a n t e d legislation to develop new and more stable cessing and d i s t r i b u t i o n will come t h a t legumes like clover, alfalfa sons of g r e a t e s t advantage to a time in-j5ro.wing t h r o u g h the soil to t h a t would p r o t e c t t h e s e c u r i t y t h e y n o w have, s u c h a s e x e m p t i o n from purpose. Ottawa Lake—Whitet'ord, Mon- roe—20. M r s . Murl Roscoe gave a JUNIORS SPONSOR to life and would eventually place t h e m in a position far worse t h a n outlets for o u r a g r i c u l t u r e . T h i s produces a wholesome effect the entire economy of our state. on and sweet clover add valuable or- ganic m a t t e r to t h e soil. T h e farm- new growing crop, which in itself will grow new organic m a t t e r . pick tip '"fn'ant n u t r i e n t s , besides t h e air space will be so slight t h a t s a l e s tax on c o m m o d i t i e s u s e d in agricultural production. r e p o r t of t h e F a r m Bureau wo- m e n ' s convention a t E a s t L a n s i n g . EDUCATIONAL TRIP he ever h a s been. Representatives of t h e 153 mem- Therefore, I, K i m Sigler, Gov- ernor of Michigan, do hereby pro- e r s also know t h a t the organic mat- t e r from these legumes is better t h a n the organic m a t t e r from non- Doctor F i r m a n B e a r of the New J e r s e y Station gives d a t a showing t h a t the organic m a t t e r content in t h e roots easily s t a r v e for t h e lack!-, of oxygen. W h e n roots starve for oxygen they die and t h e crop is Irving, B a r r y — 1 3 . T h e s e c r e t a r y F o u r ladies a t t e n d e d from this ber co-operatives h e a r d Boyd A. of t h i s g r o u p m a d e a c o m m e n t g r o u p . after writing about the discussion Monroe, Barry—15. It was mov- PROJECT FOR 1948 Rainey, m a n a g e r of distribution for F B S , say t h a t t h e organization claim J a n u a r y as " F a r m Co-opera- tive M o n t h " in Michigan, in recog- nition of the i m p o r t a n c e of t h e legumes, because clover m a k e s ni- trogen into chemical compounds t h e fence row of a field was 3.45 percent in organic m a t t e r , and t h e correspondingly injured. soils are low in organic m a t t e r t h e When w h i c h h a d t a k e n p l a c e on t h e par- e d t h a t a l e t t e r b e s e n t from t h i s Members of t h e Michigan J u n i o r completed one of t h e biggest a n d out of the free n i t r o g e n in t h e air. adjacent cultivated field had ifbouc crop yields a r e seriously reduced farm cooperative m o v e m e n t in t h i s ity p r o b l e m . T h i s c o m m e n t in- g r o u p to t h e c o u n t y fair organiza- F a r m Bureau a r e sponsoring an- best years w i t h $11,200,000 worth of Any close o b s e r v e r traveling one-half this q u a n t i t y of organic and the y i e l d s obtained a r e very in- state. t r i g u e d m e a n d I'm giving it to tion s u g g e s t i n g t h a t eating conces- o t h e r " S h o r t Course On Wheels" as t h r o u g h t h e corn belt this last sea- m a t t e r . Just t h i s small difference efficient. W h e n soils a r e low in seeds, fertilizers, steel and petro- Given under m y h a n d and t h e y o u — " H e a v e n forbid t h a t w e ever sions a t the fair be given to local a state-wide project for t h e coming son observed t h e p a r a d o x frequent- in organic m a t t e r content m a d e t h e organic m a t t e r t h e response ol leum products, m a c h i n e r y , insecti- Great Seal of t h e S t a t e of Michigan look back a n d call t h e s e t i m e s , 'the o r g a n i z a t i o n s w h o would like to year, according to J o h n Foster, state ly where on one side of the road m o i s t u r e holding capacity of t h e crops to added fertilizer is not as cides and p a i n t s purchased by t h e this twenty-third day of December, t h e corn crop was almost a failure soil in the fence r o w higher t h a n good as when t h e soils are high in good old d a y s ' . " u s e t h i s m e t h o d of raising money p r e s i d e n t of t h e organization. shareholders compared with a in t h e year of Our Lord One Thous- because of early wet weather and t h a t in the field by about 4.5 per- organic m a t t e r , because it takes a D e x t e r T r a i l , Ingham—29. F o r for local p r o j e c t s . U n d e r the l e a d e r s h i p of Leona volume of $8,250,000 for t h e previous and Nine H u n d r e d Forty-seven and late summer d r o u t h , while on t h e cent. If one should convert t h i s good root system to use applied fer- p o s s i b l e topics t o be, d i s c u s s e d by Bell, Barry—14. W h i l e discuss- Algoe of Genesee c o u n t y and Har- year. of t h e Commonwealth t h e One opposite side of the road there into equal inches of rainfall, it tilizers to-4>est advantage. C o m m u n i t y F a r m B u r e a u g r o u p s i n g legislation n e e d e d by f a r m e r s old Doty of Hillsdale county, t h i s F r e d J. H a r g e r , m a n a g e r of pro- H u n d r e d Eleventh. m i g h t be a corn field t h a t was pro- a m o u n t s to about .7 acre inches of for t h e n e x t six m o n t h s , t h i s g r o u p t h i s group decided t h a t milk buy- educational t o u r plans call for a duction and m a n u f a c t u r i n g report- KIM, SIGLER, ducing a b u n d a n t l y and apparent- w a t e r . This is n o t a minor m a t t e r Winter i s a good t i m e to c h e c k ) c h o s e a s t h e first topic, " I s t h e e r s should be bonded to i n s u r e g r o u p of 30 y o u n g people to m a k e ed t h a t in spite of work stoppages Governor. ly not adversely affected by t h e so- when summer d r o u t h s come. over far.m m a c h i n e r y so it will per- r u r a l c h u r c h s e r v i n g i t s p u r p o s e s ? " p a y m e n t to f a r m e r s for dairy an intensive 24-day s t u d y of agri- over jurisdictional disputes and t h e By the Governor: called bad season. No one saw t h i s Professors C. E. Millar and L. If. form *eH n e x t season, advise Mich- B i n g h a m , Huron—20. G r o u p dis- p r o d u c t s sold. c u l t u r e in t h e Mississippi valley, m u l t i t u d e of o t h e r problems t h a t F. W. ALGER, m o r e accurately t h a n my great T u r k of Michigan State College i g a n State college agricultural en- c u s s e d schools a t t h e D e c e m b e r Polkton No. 1, Ottawa—20. In the South and t h e E a s t e r n p a r t of have confronted t h e completion of Secretary of S t a t e . friend George Hoffer of hybrid corn point out clearly how the organic gineers. m e e t i n g of 84 r u r a l t e a c h e r s in Hur- d i s c u s s i n g t h e e x p a n d e d F a r m Bu- the c o u n t r y in a c h a r t e r e d bus. t h e Fertilizer p l a n t at Saginaw, it Livestock fed edequate protein on c o u n t y In 1947. 47 were t e a c h i n g r e a u p r o g r a m t h i s group suggested T h e J u n i o r o r g a n i z a t i o n of t h e w a s hoped t h a t production would perform much b e t t e r in m a n y ways. on e m e r g e n c y certificates. t h a t t h e County F a r m Bureau sub- F a r m Bureau h a s requested the get started s o m e t i m e d u r i n g t h e They eat more, m a k e faster g a i n s Mussey_ St. Clair. At t h e Christ- sidize calf-hood vaccination, or pur- Adult E d u c a t i o n D a p a r t m e n t of first p a r t of 1948. T h e p l a n t will in weight and m a k e more gain for m a s p a r t y e a c h a d u l t w a s given a c h a s e a DDT s p r a y m a c h i n e for Michigan S t a t e College to supervise produce 45,000 tons of mixed fer- the feed consumed. They also ac- p i e c e of g r e e n o r r e d c r e p e p a p e r u s e in s p r a y i n g b a r n s . the educational w o r k . Most of the tilizers and 30,000 tons of super- q u i r e more finish or fatness and and asked to m a k e a hat. Norma North Genesee, Genesee—21. contacts t h r o u g h o u t t h e South and phosphate. sell h i g h e r on t h e m a r k e t . L e d e b u h r and J u n e K l a s e won C o u n t y Agent R. C. Lott met with j the E a s t have been m a d e through first prizes for t h e best h a t s . t h e group and showed pictures of t h e courtesy of Dr. R a y m o n d Mil- r~ S o u t h l a n d , L e n a w e e — 8 . After a different t y p e s of f a r m i n g and ma- ler of the A m e r i c a n I n s t i t u t e of Co- d i s c u s s i o n on o u r c o u n t y h e a l t h c h i n e r y used in G e n e s e e county. u n i t w e voted t h a t t h e c o u n t y H a p p y Home, Huron—24. An F a r m Bureau. operation and t h e efforts of J u n i o r Classified Ads Classified advertisments are cash with order at the following s h o u l d v o t e m o r e m o n e y t o w a r d old-fashioned spell down w a s t h e H i g h l i g h t s of t h e S h o r t Course rates: 5 cents per word for one edition. Ads to appear in two or more ...<&(? t h e s u p p o r t of t h e h e a l t h u n i t . r e c r e a t i o n enjoyed by this group a t will be a study of t h e I n d i a n a F a r m editions take the rate of 4 cents per word per edition. S o u t h Saline, W a s h t e n a w — 16, a r e c e n t m e e t i n g . Mrs. F r a n k Bureau, a s t u d y of t h e Vocational A s p a r t of t h e r e c r e a t i o n for t h e i r Gregory and M r s . Carl O e h m k e School at Whiteville, Tennessee, a MACHINERY VETERINARY REMEDIES Q U I C K p U I Z : D o y o u know h o w m u c h tele- December meeting this group had were the winners. direct broadcast from Muscle Stewart Shearing Machine* for Prevent severe mastitis infection. p h o n e w i r e M i c h i g a n B e l l p u t u p in r u r a l a r e a s a p i e e a t i n g c o n t e s t w h i c h w a s won Decker, Sanilac—26. This group Shoals, Alabama to t h e Voice of Ag- Sheep. Animal clippers for cows, Have on hand for injection in quarter l a s t y e a r ? Nearly nine thousand miles! It horses, mules, dogs. Repair parts, either Peneclllin or Sulfa. $2.00 aver- by H e r m a n M e h l e r . is i n v e s t i g a t i n g t h e cost of furnish- r i c u l t u r e P r o g r a m a t W J R , Detroit. sharpening service on all types of age cost for course of rive treatments. cutters and combs. Michigan Co-op Just received, 60 cc. super-quality m e a n t n e w s e r v i c e f o r t h o u s a n d s a n i l fewer N o r t h K a l a m a z o o , K a l a m a z o o — ing a room a t t h e n e w M a r l e t t e S a t u r d a y , J a n u a r y 24, 1948 at 6:30 Wool Marketing Ass'n, 606 North syringes, complete with needles and 24. After h e a r i n g George Rocke- hospital. W. H o d g e and H. Mit- a. m. Mechanic Street. Jackson, Michigan. infusion tubes, for $5.00. Sulfa tablets, p a r t i e s on m a n y r u r a l lines. M i c h i g a n Bell lein, m e m b e r of t h e K a l a m a z o o t l e s l a t t a r e t h e c o m m i t t e e to g e t At Jackson, Mississippi 2y2 days (4-tf-34b) 60 grain, $4.00 per 100. No sales tax. n o w s e r v e s 122.000 r u r a l a r e a s u b s c r i b e r s — II. F. Link, Pharmacist, 1456 East C o u n t y F a r m B u r e a u b o a r d of di- t h i s information. a r e to be spent s t u d y i n g t h e Missis- Electric Motors, all Sizes Available. Michigan, Lansing 12, Michigan. m o r e than double the n u m b e r in 1941. r e c t o r s , d i s c u s s t h e subject of t h e Belle River^ St. Clair. V-Belts and County sippi State S p o n s o r s h i p P r o g r a m of Service Station Lawrence, Mich. pulleys In stock. Gulf 12-tfl55b i n c r e a s e in F a r m B u r e a u m e m b e r - j u d g e of p r o b a t e , Clair Black, and "Balanced A g r i c u l t u r e w i t h Indus- (7-12t-15p) Scours Calf Diseases—Pneumonia,use Sulfa. controlled by Sulfaguinadine s h i p d u e s . W e felt t h a t t h e r a i s e Mr. B e r t Hyde, p r o b a t i o n officer, t r y . " T h i s study includes a schedul- with Niacin (Gov't approved specific), WOOL GROWERS w a s n e c e s s a r y a n d voted in favor m e t with t h i s g r o u p and talked to ed d i n n e r with t h e Governor of Mis- Attention, Wool Growers-send your and feed heavier byTablets. or Sulfacarbolate Prevent, ** 'M % using university of h i r i n g a c o u n t y o r g a n i z a t i o n di- t h e m about t h e p r o b l e m s of t h e sissippi. From J a c k s o n , Mississip- wool to us and you are guaranteed of Wisconsin Calf Capsules (Vitamins) the ceiling price. We are purchasing for first 21 days. $5.00 per 100. H. F. rector. p r o b a t e court. pi, t h e tour goes to N e w Orleans as wool for the government. Tear Rose Lake No. 1, Osceola. N e w g u e s t s of the C h a m b e r of Commerce around wool marketing service and Link, Pharmacist, 1456 East Michigan F l o r e n c e , St. J o s e p h — 2 8 . David prompt settlement made. Michigan Ave., Lansing 12, Michigan. 12-tf-46b Lilly, W a l l a c e M e r i c l e and B y r o n g r o u p organized d u r i n g December. to s t u d y the economics of imports Co-operative Wool Marketing Asso- M A P L E SYRUP PRODUCERS STOP THEM WITH THIS ONE: Ask your A e t n a , Newaygo—15. Mr. Char- from South A m e r i c a . ciation, 506 N. Mechanic St., Jackson, E i e y proved t h e m s o l v e s a s cham- Michigan. Phone 3-4246 (3-tf-44b) For Sale: King Portable Power Tree friends h o w m a n y t e l e p h o n e companies pion " s m e l l e r s " of liquids com- l e s Logsdon, c h a i r m a n of the hos- Tapping Machine now available. Saves T h e n e x t move is to t h e capitol valuable time in the woods at tapping there are in Michigan in addition to Michi- m o n l y used a r o u n d t h e h o u s e . T h i s pital drive, m e t w i t h t h e group and of F l o r i d a and t h e University of FERTILIZER time. Pays for itself in extra first g a n B e l l . I t ' s a t r e a t o n y o u if t h e y g u e s s c o n t e s t w a s p a r t of t h e r e c r e a t i o n g a v e a t h o r o u g h e x p l a n a t i o n of t h e F l o r i d a to i n v e s t i g a t e t h e c i t r u s Schrock Natural Hi-Test Phosphate run sap. Send for descriptive litera- at t h e December meeting. p l a n s for a l a r g e r hospital. (32-34% P806), Granular Ammonium ture and prices. Sugar Bush Supplies t h e r i g h t n u m h e r — one hundred and sixty. fruit production. Another high- Phosphate (l«-20-0). Prompt deliver- Company, Box 1107, Lansing 4, Mich. Thomas, Saginaw. This g r o u p light on the tour will be a study of ies. Dealers wanted. Fertilizer spread- (12-tf-41b) All connect with Michigan Bell and Bell N o r t h C o n s t a n t i n e , St. J o s e p h — ers. Schrock Fertilizer Service, Con- For Sale: Get your sap buckets for 1ft M r s . O e r h e r r e a d a clipping held a p a r t y on N o v e m b e r 8th t h e S o u t h e r n States Co-operatives a t ;. iville, Illinois. (l-tf-25b) 1018 season now. Orders now being System telephones. from p a p e r w h i c h s t a t e d t h a t t h e benefits of which w e n t to t h e Sagi- Richmond, Virginia. Mr. L. E. Ra- booked for January delivery. Order f a r m e r g e t s 70 p e r cent of food n a w County C a n c e r Detection Cen- per will be the host a t t h i s point. L I V E STOCK early and be sure you have your share of this important item. Write for ct>sts. All f a r m e r s and f a r m or- t e r . T h e a m o u n t r a i s e d by t h e On S a t u r d a y , F e b r u a r y 7, t h e group Tor Sale—Purebred Corriedale ewes, pikes on the 12 and 14 quart sizes. bred. Yearlings to seven year olds, Sugar Bush Supplies Company, Box ganizations should fight s u c h g r o u p w a s $418.10. will l>e in W a s h i n g t o n , D. C. and $30 up. Same bred to 2nd place aged 1107, Lansing 4, Michigan. (12-tf-48b) propaganda. Maple Grove, Saginaw—19. Reso- will again broadcast a n early morn- ram at the 1047 Ail-American Show and Sale, selling for $285. A son of Complete Maple Syrup making and L o c k p o r t , St. J o s e p h — 2 2 . Fol- l u t i o n passed by t h i s group t h a t ing breakfast to W J R and it is Imp. E-2. Also a few extra good marketing equipment. Flat copper grade Corriedale ewes. Mikesell and sheets and flat English Tin sheets l o w i n g a d i s c u s s i o n of t h e c o u n t y f a r m labor should be u n d e r social hoped to have some of t h e Michi- May, Charlotte R-2, Mich. On US-27, available for making of your own flat w e l f a r e a n d h e a l t h d e p a r t m e n t s a s e c u r i t y to t h e s a m e e x t e n t as in- g a n Congressmen a s t h e i r guests. south of city limits. (12t-it-49p) pans. Sugar moulds, special draw-oft faucets for your own filtering tank. USEFUL . . . AND FUN: A survey show,, m o t i o n w a s p a s s e d for t h e chair- d u s t r i a l w o r k e r s . T h e purpose of t h e s h o r t course Sap and syrup hydrometers and ther- EGG C A R T O N S mometers. Attractive labels to make m a n t o appoint a c o m m i t t e e t o in- Leer, Alpena—19. New g r o u p is to develop t h e s t u d e n t s who par- t h a t m o r e t h a n half the farm families For Sale—Very fine quality, 3 dozen your own package attractive and ac- v e s t i g a t e why t h e c o u n t y n e e d s to o r g a n i z e d d u r i n g December. ticipate as resource individuals for parcel post egg shipping cartons. Only ceptable. Our prices on syrup con- s e r v e d b y M i c h i g a n B e l l Tjse t h e i r t e l e - pay s u c k e n o r m o u s p r i c e s for c a r e Bear Lake, E m m e t — 1 5 . Legis- p r o g r a m m a t e r i a l in J u n i o r and $1.25 for a bundle of ten cartons. tainers, either metal or glass, will save South Haven Fruit Exchange, South you money. Dae our labels and con- p h o n e s for r e a c h i n g t b e . d o c t o r , d e n t i s t a n d d o c t o r i n g of c o u n t y p a t i e n t s . l a t i o n needed by f a r m e r s , accord- Senior County F a r m B u r e a u pro- Haven, Michigan. (12-4t-27b) tainers and still be money ahead at the end f>( the season. We are now a n d v e t e r i n a r i a n , a n d for < f r d e r i n g p a r t s , C o m m i t t e e a p p o i n t e d was C h a r l e s i n g to c o n c e n s u s of opinion of this g r a m s . known as the most complete equip- H o l t o n , N e d T r a t t l e s and Mrs. g r o u p , is t h e c o n t i n u a t i o n of t h e BABY CHICKS ment source in this part of the coun- r e p a i r s , feed a n d s u p p l i e s . " V i s i t i n g " w i t h Cherrywood Champion Chicks are try. A visit to our shop will prove It. Newtoi. p r i c e support of m a j o r farm prod- from larger, heavier laying 175-321 Write f*r price list and catalogue. friends a n d a r r a n g i n g c h u r c h a n d social Ired R. O. l". matlnjrs, pullot-um Sugar Rush Supplies Company, Box Old T r a i l , V»n Buren—40. T w o u c t s a t 90% p a r i t y . Life of Railroad Tie tested. White Leghorns, Rhode Island 1107. Lansing 4, Michigan. Located activities are h i g h u p on thfrlist too. e x c e l l e n t r e p o r t s of t h e S t a t e F a r m L a w t o n , Van Buren—37. This ileds. White Rocks. Send for prices. By improving t h e p r e s e n t method Cherrywood Farms Hatchery, Box 7N, on M-fi (West Saginaw Road) just west of Waverly golf course. Lansing. B u r e a u c o n v e n t i o n w e r e given by g r o u p voted to h a v e their own of a t t a c h i n g rails to cross-ties, now Holland, Michigan. 12-3t-33p (l-tf-130b) Mrs. Lillia G r a h a m , r e p o r t i n g on t h e p r i n t e d c h e c k s . being studied, r a i l r o a d s hope to in- FARM MACHINERY w o m e n ' s c o n v e n t i o n a n d Mr. J . E. Leighton, Allegan—Group feels c r e a s e t h e life of cross-ties, which For Sale or Trade—WK-40 McCor- YOUR Trim up your farm. Have your NAME MICHIGAN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY Retine r e p o r t i n g o n t h e g e n e r a l t h a t t h e p a r i t y f o r m u l a should be is now about 25 y e a r s , by approxi- mick-Deering Tractor for smaller name on the barn. K & E ready cut farm tractor. 8 miles south of Owosso letters are painted and ready to put Our $13,500,000 p o s t w a r rural construction program means coaveation. b a s e d on t h e y e a r s 1937-1947 a n d m a t e l y 15 y e a r s . on M47 to Pittsburg, then 4 and one- up. Anyone can install them. For more and better rural telephone service. P a w P a w , Van B u r e n — 5 1 . Mr*. should be k e p t r e v i s e d each y e a r half miles east on Grand River Road. further information, write K. * E. In- Clifford Benjamin, Owosso, 11-1, Mich- dustries, P. O. Box 2145, Lansing 11, Gvldia Tapp**, M a n a g e r «f t h e by d r o p p i n g t h e t e n t h year a w a y Plant Farm Bureau Seeds. igan. (12-lt-34p) Michigan. (l-3t-36b) S A T U R D A Y , J A N U A R Y 3, 1948 M I C H I G A N F A R M N E W S THREB that Wr fail to comprehend it until Fruit M e e t i n g At SPECIAL COURSE Notice to Secretaries And to Membership RUTH PARSONS Bielinski Becomes Personnel Director A Good Time t o Get we are shocked into it. We must adjust ourselves to the MSC, Jan. 13-15 IN MUCK FARMING Regarding delivery of Michigan Farm News: We shall appreciate HEADS AFBF W. Victor Bielinski has resigned his affiliations with the Michigan D o w n to Business progress of the changing world and the tomorrows that will follow. A conference to be held at Mich- igan State college on January 13, postcard or other notice that any Much as we may want to be left 14. and 15, will be of interest to alt PLANNED BY MSC member is not receiving his paper. Please report any irregularity in YOUTH COMMITTEE Association of Farmer Co-opera- tives as field representative effec- tive December 31 to accept the new- By MRU. EDITH M. WAGAR Briar Hill Farm, Carleton, if you can see your way clear to do so, but I'd want to be certain. I'd aloue as the one country to be en- vied for our advantages, opportuni- Michigan fruit growers, says C. A. Lancer, MSC horticulturist, who is delivery, such as duplicate copies, in charge of the program. Michigan State college will offer wrong RFD, error in name, etc. If Miss Ruth Parsons of Fowlerville, ly created position as manager of M ich igan take an inventory of my belong- ties, surpluses and freedom, we can a short course in muckland farm- member removes from RFD ad- past president of the Michigan Jun- the personnel division of the Mich- no longer sit static and watch the College research men will explain How easy it seems to say Happy ings and compare them with my ing during January 1948. It will be dress in one county to RFD ad- other peoples of the world dig them- work being done to aid the Michi- ior Farm Bureau, was elected to igan Farm Bureau. New Year to everyone we meet the longings and decide whether they the first time since 1940 that this dress in another county, please ad- selves out of their dilemmas alone. gan fruit industry and some ot the 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 current whims or longtime stales hading growers will bring Aurse has been offered, according We connot take part in a World to Dr. Paul M. Harmer, muck soils dent of second county. Place of res- Farm Bureau rural youth commit- this capacity for some time on a All too soon we find it's the same necessities. stories about the future iu horticul- idence determines which County tee at the convention in Decemher. part time basis, he assumes the du- old world with the same leadership Another hope I cherish is that war without assuming some respon- ture. specialist at the college. Farm Bureau is your County Farm The committee is responsible for ties of his new job beginning Janu- and the same problems. It mea*ns Michigan folks will concentrate on sibilities in the clean-up that fol- Approximately one acre out of Bureau. We do our best to have Information about the conference the rural youth work of the Ameri- ary 1. Mr. Bielinski came to the that we ourselves must delve deep- the problem of education until we lows. can be obtained by writing to the every eight acres of tillable laud in everything right, but we are not Michigan is muck soil which re- can Farm Bureau. During 1948, Farm Bureau in 1937 having pre- er into the problems and find a way secure a school system that is ade- Director of Short Courses, Michi- quires special care and farming Miss Parsons will direct these ac- viously worked for the Lapeer to solve them. quate and in keeping with the times. Passengers on trains traveled an gan State college, East Lansing. w-acticies. Practically all of the tivities: County Cooperatives from the time Some 50 years ago Australia sent average of 81>(! miles per trip in Celery, onions and mint produced in Michigan, as well as a large pro- BUY SHARES IN he graduated from MSC in 1936. As I see it, we in America cannot expect peace in the world until we an have peace a delegation to. inspect school sys- tems in the States. Michigan folks 1946, or a little more than twice the average in 1929. Plant Farm Bureau Seeds. portion of carrots, parsnips, cab- bage and other vegetables-are rais- BARRY COUNTY'S SEED ALFALFA, & aid understand- ng here at home. were delighted when they pronounc- ed uur schools far ahead of all ed on this type of soil. Methods of Jh! How I wish others. production on muck land and the marketing of the crops are so dif- FUTURE BUT ORDER NOW ome of our na- ional problems We have an old saying, "Resting on your laurels." We must have ferent from upland crops that spec- Farmers, factory workers, labor- might be solved been doing that, for Michigan i a l training is highly desirable for the man who is starting this type of farming. * ers, businessmen and all other Bar- ry county residents have an oppor- BENNETT SAYS m their merits ind on what is schools are now well down'the list for high standards. We are still con- tunity to participate in a co-opera- This is a year to seed alfalfa. )est for the coun- fining our districts to the same size The short course will open Janu- tive community effort to purchase ty rather than be and to almost the same standards ary 5 and continue through Janu- Farmers should get their orders a farm that may pay rich dividends. placed at once with their local ased as an advan- laid out by our great grandfathers. ary 30. Instruction in muck soil The Barry Grassland Farms, Inc. We just cannot continue as we management will include course's Farm Bureau or co-operative dealer .ageous talking recently launched a drive to sell while it is still possible to get most point for a poli- are going and maintain our self- .Sj muck soil management and fer- $25,000 worth of stock of the cor- tilizer needs, effects of minor ele- of what they want, Roy Bennett, MflS. WAGAK tical party o r respect. My hope is that our farm poration. This non-profit organi- manager of Farm Bureau Services*' some candidate What a price we folks will take the initiative them- THE SEED CORN yOU PLANT ments on various crops, and pre- vention of wind and frost injury to zation was incorporated by a group seed department advises. pay for that! selves in making a change rather can be no belter t h a n the p a r e n t crops. Other courses will include of Barry County leaders from the My hope for this year is that we than have some political or promo- stock used by the seed grower in his plant disease control, control of community Farm Bureaus of the do get down to business and have a tional group come along and es- seed fields. Every precaution is taken to weeds with chemicals, insect con- county. Granges, Soil Conservation better understanding with other tablish something out of line with insure TRUE TYPE and PERFORMANCE of trol, horticulture, agricultural en- District, .and the Hastings Cham- countries and that we find none of good judgement. the PARENT STOCK USED BY GROWERS OF gineering and farm management. ber of Commerce. them so much opposed to us as we It's our job to see to it that the The purpose of the organization have been led to believe. children of our community have Details concerning the course can be obtained from the director is to purchese a farm in Barry I hope that we as farmers can have just as good educational advantages Afic/tifatt GeAtyied JlyUuk of short courses, Michigan State county that is typical of the roll- a better understanding between as the children have in other com- ing land in the area and to farm it 1 3ponsors"aip of the youth sec- inbreds are propogated and kept pure by hand pollina- college, East Lansing, Michigan. tion of the annual Midwest States farm organizations than we have munities. Let's not be short-sight- tion under the direct supervision of Professor J. W. Thayer, without the use of cultivated crops had. We should work out our dif- ed in our educational thinking for, ? — • ' > — to show the value of this type of Farm Bureau training school in Plant Breeder at Michigan State College. ferences through conferences so as it is now, we are paying mighty Buy Farm Bureau Feeds. farming. They expect to prove that midsummer. SINGLE CROSS PARENT STOCK-fhSe seed used to that we speak for agriculture as dear for a system that does not grassland farming, properly done, 2—Develop an international ex- plant Certified Hybrid Seed Fields) is grown under the one. The farmer has too much at bring the results our children have can earn a good living for rural change program for young farmers stake in this period of readjustment direction and control of the between the United States and other a right to expect. families on Janrf considered unpro- to have his future jeopardized. After we have shown our will- FARM CROPS DEPARTMENT nations. In 1947 France sent a ductive and still prevent soil I hope that these days of higher nigless to do our part, we can then M I C H I G A N STATE COLLEGE J C l | ^ erosion. grorp of young men to study Amer- ican farming methods. Many of prices will be no temptation to far- demand better teachers, better cur- This assures only highest quality The farm purchased will be op- them were located on Michigan mers to do things in a big way. We riculum, greater attention to ag FOUNDATION SEED used as erated by a manager selected by farms.-- might far better move along in the riculture, home making and voca- PARENT MATERIAL the board of directors and the meth- conservation way until the bubble tional training. We can see to it 3—Organize the national speak- breaks and our farm dollar will ods used and the results obtained that more thought is given to fun- ing contest speaking contest for buy what we think it should. will be published for the use of all. damentals and less to non-essen- rural youth at the annual Ameri- It is a good time to do sensible tials. AT YOUR LOCAL SEED DEALER OR ELEVATOR can Farm Bureau convention. g3 W h e a t T o o High planning for the future. Plan on Yes, there's much that can be Otcriptiv* fold* avoiabh -on r«qu«i» 4—Organize the youth section of as much added comfort as you can done in 1948 to improve the every- f o Feed Livestock the American Farm Bureau conven- have without too much unnecessary day life of all of the peoples of the tion at Atlantic City in December of expense. It's hard to resist a new world if we but will it so. We must Farmers can't afford to feed livestock $3 a bushel wheat unless 1948. Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, car at an inflated price. The farm practice co-operation in its broad- MICHIGAN Celled HYBRID corn, oats, barley and rye have the sized plane offers speed and thrill. est "sense; we must think of all hu- 6ame dollar feeding value as the Nebraska, Iowa and Tennessee Farm Bureau youth organizations Q. IV/. BENNETT This year the Farm Bureau will New furniture of questionable mans as creatures of God. Our SEED C O R N PRODUCER'S cereal, according to Andrew Lo- quality can be a temptation. world is coming together into a [ man, manager of the Hamilton are represented on the committee. have available the following vari- If we have to have these things compact unit through marvelous Farm Bureau. He said that there Miss Parsons will speak to the eties of Alfalfa, Idaho, Montana to be real happy, I'd say get them scientific developments,—so rapidly has been a sharp decrease since American Medical Ass'n annual Grimm, Utah, Nebraska, Canadian 1942 in the volume of wheat sold meeting early in February on the Grimm or Variegated, Michigan at retail, presumably for feed. topic '"R.ura} Youth Looks at Grimm or Variegated, Certified Health." Michigan Grimm and Certified Michigan Hardigan. These will be It's the Carload Business in Farm Bureau brand bags. This CONSTANTINE ADDS is the first year in a long time, Mr. Bennett said, that the seed depart- MILK PROCESSING ment has had all of these varieties available and the prices are lower than last year's. . PLANT' There will not be enough red clo ver, Alsike, and sweet clover to go Plans are complete for operation around this coming year and the to start Monday, January 5. of the prices will be higher. It will be Constantine Co-operative Creamery cheaper to seed alfalfa for a green Company new milk processing manure crop. For needed hay and plant at Constantine. pasture crops to offset the short- Work was started in August of age of feeding grain, farmers 1946 to construct a large addition should get alfalfa. Brome grass this to the plant and installation of coming year is more reasonable in equipment, at a total cost of over price. It makes a good compan $250,000. The co-operative purchas- ion to seed with alfalfa. This com- ed 37 new truck chassis, upon bination provides a wonderful sod Tnese Dairy Products of proved which were mounted especially de- to turn under for corn or potatoes, Consumer Acceptance beor the signed bodies, exterior of which is according to Mr. Bennett. iwroad'sWM Valley Lea trade name covered with sheet aluminum. These were built in the plant's own If a farmer wants a short rota- tion crop, alfalfa will do the trick. Utah, Nebraska and Idaho alfalfa shop. VmMaMa tot Butter • Cheese • Evaporated Milk • Roller or Spray Process Nan-Fat Dry Milk Solids • Con- The trucks will pursue 37 differ- ent routes totalling more than 1,100 are the varieties to use, he sug- gests, while Montana, Michigan and mW rioted densed Dairy Products * But- miles dajly in six Michigan and six Canadian alfalfas should be sown termilk Powder • Sweet Cream Indiana counties. In Michigan they for long time hay and pasture Market your milk and cream - will serve member-producers in St. stands. with a Mid-West Member Sudan Grass make a good pas- Producer Creamery, where Joseph, Branch, Kalamazoo, Cal- ture. Cows prefer sweet Sudan to 1 houn, Cass and VanUuren counties. r I want to protect rarm income. I'm interested in better marketing. NVtd-^sU<« you can earn more . . . where you as a producer become a part and receive In Indiana, LaGrange, Elkhart, St. Joseph, Marshall and Kosciusko common Sudan. However, sweet Su-, dan does not recover as quickly as I want a square deal on taxes and all legislation dealing with farm the benefit of an organized counties. common. One half acre of common business. What the legislature does on such matters is important to business working for your Trucks have been picking up Sudan Grass ten inches high will me—and to you. best interests. keep a cow until the Sudan is kill- farm-separated cream from each Mid-West Producers' Creameries sales department spec- member-producer twice weekly. Af- ed by frost. ializes in car-lot sales of dairy products shipped from its 24 Seed oats and barley will be in FARM BUREAU IS THE LEGISLATIVE ter January 5th, whole milk will be member cooperative creameries. Product sales in large quan- picked up seven days every week heavy demand, but prices will be in YOKE OF 48,000 MICHIGAN FARMERS tities always are advantageous to both the seller and from each producer and the same range with other feed grain prices. purchaser. . the seller gains by reduced handling and Michigan will have enough good trucks will continue to pick up grain seed to take care of the de- Here are a few of the bills important to you that the Michigan < shipping charges white large buyers prefer to obtain their cream twice weekly from each mem- mand. Farm Bureau helped enact in the 1947 legislature: supplies from Mid-West because they always are assured ber-producer. The plant will con- of high quality laboratory controlled dairy products from tinue making butter as usual, with Farmers who think they will % Authorization to use unexpended township funds for highway' member-producer owned plants. . .fine Valley t e a brand milk processing an added operation. have more red clover than they will purposes. . i dairy products result from Mid-West's progressive opera- The plant was opened in 1915 and need should take it to their local # Increase gasoline tax to aid county roads. Vetoed. For us, this tions together with the honest desire of every member-pro- has been in continuous operation, Farm Bureau dealer and he will re- remains unfinished business. ducer to always do his" part for the business, of which he is making butter from farm-separated turn it to Services' seed depart- part owner. cream. It now also is equipped to ment for 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. i every 24 hours. The co-operative is Mr. Bennett points out that the # $100,000 appropriation for general marketing research by Michigan equipped to produce processed farmers of Michigan and elsewhere State College. sweet cream and any of the various have helped with their dollars to condensed or spray dried products. build many plants and factories for ^ Resubmit sales tax diversion amendment on the 1948 ballot. Constantine Co-operative is one other people. But the only money that helps build their own Farm Cooperative Marketing Brings * High D o l l a r * Marketing of the largest butter plants in Mich- Bureau plants are the dollars they LET'S LOOK AT THE RECORD igan and this "year produced over 3,000,000 pounds, obtaining cream spend for Farm Bureau products. Michigan farmers must be organized to deal with problems before Mid-West Producers' Creameries, Inc. from over 2,000 member-producers. The farmer helps himself and his the legislature. In the 1947 session the Farm Bureau made this record: 224 WEST JEFFERSON BOULEVARD SOUTH BEND 2, INDIANA neighbor when he buys Farm Bu- After the milk operation gets into Bills favored by Farm Bureau , 32 full swing, the Co-operative is plan- reau brand seed and other quality products. Farm Bureau seed has Bills favored by Farm Bureau and passed by legislature 25 MICHIGAN ing to serve approximately 3,000 Ccldwater—Coldwater Dairy Company member-producers. known origin, adaptability and car- Bills opposed by Farm Bureau 22 Constant.ne—Constantine Coop. Creamery Co. ries the Farm Bureau guarantee. A g r o u p of 2 4 Carson City—Dairytand Coop. Creamery Co. The broad of directors of Con- Bills opposed by Farm Bureau and not passed by legislature.. 22 producer-owned Elsie—Elsie Cooperative Creamery Co. East Jordan—Jordan Valley Coop. Creamery stantine Co-operative Creamery Company has planned an open i fcemont—Fremont Cooperative Creamery Co. Grant—Grant Cooperative Creamery Co. house for all member-producers, Austin G w i n n Speak for yourself through your own farm organization . . . the cooperative Nashville—Farmers Cooperative Creamery Assn. their families, friends and the gen- Austin Gwinn, well known to Michigan Farm Bureau. Join the Farm Bureau. Take an active part, j Niles—Producer s Cooperative Dairy d a i r y plants St. Louis—St. Louis Cooperative Creamery Co. eral public, to be held in the near many Michigan Farm Bureau pee Continue your membership. More than 48,000 members in 66 County \ INDIANA future. pie as a former employee of the Farm Bureaus in Michigan. More than 1,000,000 members in 46 Mok« tkt Farm Bureau ofgonizotr-n Columbus—Farmers Marketing Association extending f r o m Crawfordsville—Farmers' Coop Cry., Inc. The remodeling and plant expan- state organization, died at Lapeer •tates. Family membership is $10 per year. end Mrvic« a port tf your f««m. Middlebury—Middlebury Coop. Creamery Co. sion program was supervised by December 31. Mr. Gwinn had been the expansive Marion—Producers Creamery a hardware merchant at Lapeer Orleans—Producers Dairy Marketing Assn., Inc. Paul Oster, secretary-treasurer and meadows of Portland—Producers Creamery manager. Members of the tto-opera- since leaving the Farm Bureau. TENNESSEE E. Lutz, president. White Pigeon, From 1929 to 1939 he worked for Michigan to the lush valleys of ^ Tennessee . . . . Gallatin—Sumner County Coop. Creamery Assn. Murfreesboro—Rutherford Co. Coop. Cr., Inc. Nolensville—NolenwilJe Coop. Cr. Assn, Inc. OHIO Dayton—Miami Volley Coop. Milk. Pr. Assn., Inc. tive's board of directors are: Troy I!. J. Richard, vice-president, Ed- wanlsliuig; Frank Krull. Three Rivers; A. A. Borgert, Burr Oak; the Farm Bureau membership dep't and Farm Bureau Services. At one time he worked at the Saginaw store. Mr. Gwinn opened and man- JOIN YOUR COUNTY FARM BUREAU Greenville—Farmers Cooperative Dairy Wilgur Klett and John Mallo, both aged the Farm Bureau branch a n d all the w a y Roll Call for Membership Starts Soon ILLINOIS Pana Equity Union Creamery & Produce Co. of Constantine. established at Lapeer. It is now in b e t w e e n . Par's—Equity Union Creamery 4 Produce Co. ihe Lauecr County Co-operative3, Atwood—Atwood Cooperative Creamery, Inc. Plant Farm Bureau Seeds. Inc. f'OUR M I C H I G A N F A R M NEWS SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7. rW9 A Little Cloud Out of the Sea, Like a Man's Hand are stronger today than the-,*Wra S o Begins t h e Attack In ways ion. any argument there are al- honest differences of opin- That gives you a chance to Michigan Farm Co-operatives' Delegation at Washington after the other world war. and that part of their increased strength is due to our co-operative credit on F a r m Co-operatives step so." in and say, "See, I told you Manufacture Hot Issue system. After the other war, coun- try banks iheld most of the farm- By CLINTON P. ANDERSON ers' paper, and when depression Thus is born a hot issue. T started they had to presfc? tof Secretary of the U. S. Dep't of Agriculture shouldn't say born—manufactured liquidation. Today the country is the word—manufactured syn- banks have the heavy end of their L IKE Elijah's servant in olden times, I have been thetically. scanning the horizon. Like him, I must report that "There ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a opening gun has been fired. The Thus have our farmer cooperat- ives come' under attack. adversaries—many of whom have The assets in Government securities, and our rural credit structure ia strong. Nevertheless,, co-operative farm m a n ' s hand." credit has come under attac.K.-and not seen fit to make public their you will'probably hear more hi bout T h e cloud seen by Elijah's servant was the forerunner names—still have the offensive. it before you hear less. Their next maneuver is conceal- of a terrible storm. T h e cloud I see arising bodes no ed by the smoke of their propa- Those of us who are for the farmer co-operatives ihad better be good. It may be the forerunner of an all-out assault upon ganda barrage. But it's coming— prepared. make no mistake about that. * This brings me to my observa the farmer co-operatives of this country. Do you want to fight it out? tions about the future of our co- Winds of Dissension Are Blowing Are your cooperatives worth operative enterprises. fighting for? Already the winds of dissension are blowing. The If your answer is "Yes," I'm The cloud I see on the "Horizon is still no bigger than a man's calm is over. After all these years, in which farmer co- with you. In a show-down, we're hand. either for a thing or we're against operatives have found a firm place in the competitive it. We are not beaten. We have This photograph was taken January 19, at Washington as farmer committees from Michigan Congressional scarcely begun to fight. free enterprise system of this country, suddenly there I want to say again in plain Present Attacks Offer Challenge arise adversaries who would restrict your rights to co- operatives. language that I am for farmer co- districts set forth to visit their Congressmen in the interest of farmer co-operatives. Representing the Mich- Let us look on the attacVa.as a igan Ass'n of Farmer Co-operatives, they spoke for 250 local co-operatives and their state-wide marketing challenge and an oppoJWnity. operate in a business way. So far they have not attacked 1 want to say just as plainly that Every farm co-op in this country the right of neighbors to share work—to help each other the Truman administration is for and purchasing organizations. They gave full information concerning farm co-operatives and their import- owes its existence to problems farmer cooperatives. which had farmers sufficiently harvest crops or build barns—but they don't want neigh- I say that with the specific au- ance to farmers. They were advised that Congress will not encourage legislation unfriendly to farm co-opera- worried to take up group action. borl iness carried to extremes. Extremes to them, of thority of the President himself. tives. Names of the men in this picture appear in article on page 1, Farmers Tell Co-op Facts to Congress. I have tried to tell you today President Truman, knows what 'Continued on paK6 BIXI course, are transactions that involve money, such as it is to make a living on the farm. which to develop than in many with econom.-c giants is to give tural Marketing Act provided funds helping farmers get good farm sup- selling farm products or buying farm supplies. You He knows how cooperatives have other parts of Europe. I recall them the David treatment. Many for loans to them. In 1933 the plies at reasonable cost and in helped farmers to make a decent helping to improve the quality of m u s t n ' t do anything for yourselves that somebody else living and to preserve their eco- with a great deal of pleasure a of the giants are useful contribu- Farm Credit Act provided for 13 fertilizer and seeds. visit to the beautiful Dalecarlia tors to what we call the American banks to make loans to farmers' w a n t s to do for you—for a price. That seems to be nomic independence. He asked area of Sweden which was my standard of living. What. I do co-operatives and also provided for Provide Price and t h e logical conclusion of the arguments you hear. me to tell you to stay right in father's home before he came to suggest is that the little fellow the co-operative production credit Quality Yardsticks Cleaner Cows there and pitch for the cooperat- America. I visited some of my must have,the means to equal or system. Since 1935 farmers have They have earned the reputa- Now, it's all right with m e — a n d I know it's all right ive principles you believe in. people there. And I had As I said in the beginnnig, it is to learn a little bit about the co- giant. a chance surpass with you—if some people want to make that kind of an time for all of us who believe in operatives which they have used Law and ingenuity are better farms whether the giant utility judge the merchandise in the mar- the performance of the been- able to use the co-operative tion of providing price and quality method to bring electricity to their yardsticks by which all people can Less Labor. farmer cooperatives to reaffirm so extensively for so long. I can than force. companies were ready or not— ket place. They reduce or hold argument. W e don't even worry too much if those our faith. say, as probably many of you can w h o oppose co-operatives speak their pieces to vast aud- Vague generalities will not do. say because of your experience traditions and public policies em- useful agencies in the Govern- bought and sold. In this country we have some and REA today is one of the most down handling charges on products with Therefore, in the remainder of my They provide a forum for full iences night after night. W e have free speech in this time, I want to do two specific and Scandinavian family ties, that bodied in law which encourage ment. That in brief is the history of and free discussion of economic a right that is exercised too infrequently—the right to cooperatives as a part of the co-operatives. individual enterprises and liberty family-type farming. country—freedom to speak which carries along with it things: First, I want to tell you flourish strongly with the help of that to some extent these are ex- Federal legislation on farmer co- problems. In co-op meetings many the reasons I believe in farmer I suppose pressions of sentiment. But to a operatives. greater extent they express a fund- farmers have their best opportun- It is spread out in full view on ity for free discussion of public CONCRETE In our own country, the farm co- remain silent. Perhaps we who believe in co-operatives American way of life; and second, ops attract a great many progres- amental concept of the democratic the statute books, and it developed policies. I want to give you a few observa- use our right to remain silent too much. Perhaps we tions about the future of our co- sive people; and some of the most way of life. We dislike the idea during a good many different poli- essential mechanism for the opera- conservative people I know are of a landed class or of corporate tical administrations in response Farm co-operatives provide an PAVED have been too complacent in our belief that the fight for operative enterprises. tion of various Federal marketing among the strongest boosters for soil. We think families of small to widely varying farm problems. agreements that have proved bene- farmer co-operatives has been won, that they have Enterprise System Farmers Backbone of Free co-ops. Of all the nonsense writ- freeholders are good plantbeds for Co-ops Began Early in America ten and spoken about co-opera- the propagation of freedom and proved their right to a place in the business community, The first reason for my belief in tives, the charge of left-wing tend- giants employing the tillers of the number of State statutes providing sumers. Let me point out also that a ficial to both producers and con- BARNYARD farmer cooperatives is lhat I am Co-op Credit Also Under Attack that they are no longer a public issue. democracy. for the incorporation of co-opera- deeply devoted to the American encies is by all odds the silliest. So. as national policy, we try to tives antedate the first Federal They have been pace setters in A concrete-paved barnyard is a big Have Begun New Assault + system of free enterprise. In this At the same time, let us recognize keep the rules of the game fair legislation and that the co-opera- the farm mortgage field and have aid to dairymen producing high Yes, evidently we have been too by tne sound of their own words whole Nation there are only 10 that co-operatives do not lend pioneered with the budget loan to the family farm. And important tive movement in this country be- quality milk. Fall, winter, spring complacent, for the opponents of | and by a well-stocked treasury— million individual enterprisers themselves to the other political among the laws for that purpose gan long, long before. The first for production purposes. and summer it helps keep cows out extreme, fascism. It would be farmer co-operatives—made bold have begun a new assault. They apart from corporations, and more are those which guarantee the organized co-operative in this coun- In passing, let me remind you of mud, dust, filth—cuts down wjs.-k now seek political action. Well to remember that Hitler kill- then balf of those individual en- rights of farmers to do business try began operations in 1752—a full that your co-operative credit facil- of cleaning cows before milkLg. Theirs, of course, is an old terprisers are farmers. So it is ed the co-operatives in Germany co-operatively and which give generation before the American ities are frequently attacked. So When cows wade through mud technique. It works like this: that the farmers are the very because they did not fit into his positive encouragement to co-op- Revolution. It was a mutual in- far there has been little beating they waste energy needed for pro- You don't come right out and say backbone of our individual free totalitarian schemes. of the propaganda drums on this ducing milk. Owners say a paved eratives. surance association called "The you're against whatever it is you're enterprise system. That's the way Belief in Family Farm Strong matter;- the drums have been re-j barnyard soon pays for itself by My second reason for being a Do we want to change all this? Philadelphia Contribution for the against—farmer co-operatives, for we want it. That is America. served for the tax issue. But a helping produce more and better Have our ideas about democracy Insurance of Houses and Loss by example. You pick out some par- Some would have you believe strong believer in farmer co-op- and the family .farm been chang- Fire." few master minds in -the banking quality milk. i ticular thing about it that is not that when farmers join together eratives is closely related to my Benjamin Franklin and business have, in staid, conserva- ing? I don't think so. The people other future signers of the Decla- tive, professional utterances, been Paste coupon on penny postalard widely understood and has some in a cooperative enterprise they devotion to individual free enter- mail today for free instructions^ ^r of this country can change or kill ration of Independence were of the opinion that the sound, sol- paving your barnyard or building dramatic appeal. You harp on the are no longer engaging in individ- prise. It is my belief in the fam- any law at any time they choose. among its founders. The associ- vent private banking institutions other durable, thrifty, sanitary one thing you've picked out. Just ual business. "Collective" is the ily farm. We a r e now, and for They can kill farmer co-operatives ation* is still doing business. could very well handle all of the structures with concrete. for example, you might say that word sometimes used to make the some time we have been, con- at any time. Some misguided or* Early farm co-operatives includ- sound farm mortgage credit that farmer co-operatives under certain cooperative seem odious. I deny fronted with a trend* toward fewer If you need help, see your con« avaricious people would have them ed a livestock shipping group in our sound, solvent farmers might Crete contractor, ready-mixed con- conditions are exempt from Fed- that a farmer carrying on part of and bigger farms. I regard this do so. Ohio in 1820, a cheese factory in require. The aforesaid being true, crete producer or material dealer. eral income tax and you don't this business through a cooperat- as inevitable to a certain extent. "There ariseth a little cloud out rfew York in 1851, and a creamery now therefore might it hot be con- think they should be. You harp ive is aiiy less an individual enter- We are becoming more efficient. of the sea, like a man's hand." in the same State in 1856, mutual sidered possible that co-operative on that one thing, but of course priser than his neighbor who does Three people can now produce you can't take time to spell it out not belong to the cooperative. more than four could produce just We who believe in farmer co- irrigation associations in Utah and farm mortgage credit is at this PORTLAND CEMENT ASSOCIATION Portable, Power Tree all the time, so you just talk about Co-operative Simply a Tool before the war. If we are to make operatives must give the people California in 1860, and a grain time unnecessary. All of which is D e p t . W 2 - 4 , Olds T o w e r , L a n s i n g the facts. marketing association in Wiscon- the "sound" way of saying, "Come Send instructions for paving dairy barn- Tapping Machine For "tax-free co-operatives." You buy I assert that cooperation is the most of our new machines and newspaper advertising. You talk simply a tool that farmers use to methods, we have to have more Federal Government sin in 1875. In the seventies and on, boys, let's cut the throat of yard with concrete. , eighties the Grangers and Farmers' this co-operative credit thing be- Also "how to build" booklets on im- Maple Syrup Makers it on the radio—either in time you maintain their individual way of land and higher Investment per Encourages Co-ops provements checked: buy or in time you can get for life, a means of applying modern worker. Otherwise, more and Some of our adversaries would Alliance gave farm co-operation fore times get bad again." • Milk house • Dairy barn floor *. D • this King Power Tapper to free. You "sell" it to friendly com- organized support, and later farm business methods to farming. 1 more farm people will become un- have people think there is some- organizations have followed suit. Fortunately, most bankers have G Manure pit D Poultry house flow save time and hard work when tap mentators and editors and others D Granary assert that the farmer who be- der-employed. Hut the trend to- thing new and secret about the more sense than that. Most of So much for history. I simply them remember how the co-opera- D Water tanks, troughs ping. Producers report 200 to 250 who might influence public opinion. ward fewer and bigger farms is Federal Government's encourage- longs to a cooperative is just as tap holes per hour. Saves much You "sell" your argument by mail, much an individual free enter- not necessarily a trend away front ment of farmer co-operatives. Let's want to observe from this that tive credit system bailed out their Name ........ labor, speeds operation. Users at meetings and cocktail parties, priser as any single merchant or the family-type farm. It is one see what the real situation is. In those who attack farmers' co-op- boat when they were about sunk Street or R. R. No. say it's worth all it costs and mor.\ and in printed literature. eratives are attacking something partnership of merchants in town, thing to .have family farms grow- 189S a Federal corporate tax law which is fundamentally American with farm mortgage paper. Most City We have one on display for your Oh yes, I almost forgot. You and he's certainly as much of an ing larger and continuing to com- was enacted that stated the tax of them know that country banks -State.- inspection. Write for catalog. set up an organization with an individual enterpriser as the usual pete. It would be quite another did not apply to agricultural or- —as American as the Declaration Priced for quick delivery at $131.50 important-sounding name so that impersonal corporation. When thing if the family farm could no ganizations operated ifor the of Independence and as democratic delivered. your literature and all your do- you form or join a cooperative, yon longer compete but had to give mutual benefit of its members. In as the temporary co-operatives called husking bees and barn rais- do so for one reas6n — group way to gigantic factory-type units. 1916 the income tax law also ings. qttpiv**. JsfiA^ D e s c r i p t i o n : Weisfht 17 l b s . P o w e r : ings will sound like the voice of 1 H P sin>?l>- cvl. 2 cycle, air cooled a l l - a l u m i n u m m o t o r . Set a t 3300 HPM. the people. You make as much service, not group profit. If your Family Farms Compete with exempted farmer co-operatives. These exemptions have sinoe been Serve and Protect Family Farms fyjtf* tor s u g a r m a p l e tree tapping. H e a v y Economic Giants d u t y 4 foot flexible ."haft w i t h engine noise as you can, and you say, problem is credit, you may join a Fhu'toff on shaft. fJuarclM: cast a l u m - "Look, here's a matter you ought farm loan association. If you are I have pointed out before and 1 continued and spelled out. Present I have said I am for farmer co- i n u m with bicycle type grip for a d - to look into. Where there's dissatisfied with the price you say again—because I believe this revenue laws provide exemptions operatives because they serve the j u s t i n g depth of tap. S a f e t y guard. Chuck: '»" to %" c a p a c i t y . Tapping smoke there's fire." bit: 7/l," Even those have to pay for marketing services, is an extremely important fact—- from corporation income taxes, cause of individual free enterprise and »£-. All d e s i g n e d for tree t a p - who know the facts can't refuse you may organize or join a mar- that our family farms are compet- and stamp tax on capital stock or and protect the family farm. bonds or any such certificates of I am also for them because of J.(MW ping. Insures uniform t a p p i n g . I'ai-k- to hear the facts except in rare keting association that enables ing in a world of economic giants. I: I S A r m y style w i t h regula- many definite contributions they tion shoulder s t r a p s and boards. Ae- circumstances. And so there is an you to perform the marketing Think of the biggest family farm indebtedness. ries: Include a l l - p u r p o s e wrench, investigation, and the people who service instead of paying others to in your neighborhood. How does In 1916, also, the co-operative make to the general community. half round tile for s h a n x - n i n g hits, Co-operatives have enabled pro- a d a p t e r for holding grinding, polish- have been making all the noise do it. If you think you can save it compare with the company that land bank system was established ing, buffing and s a n d i n g tools. have their arguments all ready. money or get better merchandise manufactures the machinery used in the Federal Farm Loan Act. ducers to build a closer link with They're really on the offensive by purchasing your farm supplies on the farm, with the com pan J In 1921 the Packers and Stock- consumers by pioneering in im- SUGAR BUSH S U P P L I E S CO. now, and they've got their oppon- directly as a group, you can take that makes the trucks, with the fards Act assured cp-operatives provement of tfie quality of farm S t o r e on M43. W e s t S a g i n a w w. i of W a v e i l y golf coarse. St., ents on the defensive—exactly as part in a purchasing association. companies that make the house- the right to pay patronage divi- products offered to the public. PO Box 1107 Lansing 4, Mich. planned. Perhaps you want one organization hold goods such as soap and light dends, and this right was protect- They have set higher standards to perform several services. And bulbs, and the shoes and overalls? ed later in the Robinson-Patman and promoted better methods of that's all right. The point is that How does it compare with the Act dealing with price discrimina- marketing. They have helped and your co-operative is a non-profit company that processes the wheat, tion and in the Bituminous Coal are helping to change the old rigid price structure in farm commod- organization. It's your service the meat, or the fruit and vege- Act. agency that helps you carry on tables? We do have many small In 1922 the Capper-Volstead your individual free enterprise for businesses comparable in size to freed farmer co-operatives of fear of product can be reflected in re- Act ity markets so that true qualtiy Dependable your own individual profit. So I the farm. But in large measure of Involvement in anti-trust laws turns to producers. say that the co-operative is an aid our economic power is concentrat- provided they meet certain re- They enable the producer to Farm Bureau to individual free enterprise and ed. In 194G the 200 largest manu- quirements. maintain some control over the just as American as the family facturing corporations controlled farm it helps to preserve. In 1926 the Co-operative Market- sale of his product instead of hav nearly half of the total assets of ing Act authorized Department of ing to take the first offer of the How it is that anybody ever all the manufacturing corporations Agriculture service to farmers' co- local market. WATER PROTECTION I pays , any attention to the wild in the country. Economic giants operatives. In 1929 the Agricul- Co-operatives .have pioneered in MADE TO O R D E R . ' Th« hazords of the welder's job ore greatly reduced charges made against farmers' c o have an advantage in mass pro- operatives I don't know. You hear duction and mass sales Methods; it said or implied that there's they rule vast domains of natural SYSTEMS AGENTS WANTED by special equipment — equipment that gives protection mode to order When you wont fire something "left wing" about co- resources; they have power. The American farm home has been famous as a place of protection you con get a mode to-order Stote Mutyal policy that give* yon omple coverage with- operatives. I get a laugh just try- Now, the farmer is essentially comfort and hospitality. Modernize with dependable i t t i — — — — ^ ^ — — — — — — out unnecessary frills or extros. ing to imagine Republican Senator a manufacturer; he is a producer Capper as a left-winger, and as of goods. But he does not have The Insurance Department of the Michigan State Farm Bureau Farm Bureau water system. Stote Mutual policies pay, from amount of insur- ance corned on form personal, for cream separat- you know the Capper-Volstead Act the advantages of a big organiza- has many openings for agents to represent the State Farm Water in the kitchen, bath, laundry, and to the barns ors seed corn, beons, and other farm personal lost which Senator Capper steered tion. He buys from powerful Insurance Companies in Michigan. We would appreciate hearing .n the dwelling house . ANOTHER STATE through the Congress is often call- giants. He sells to giants. How saves labor and pays in production dividends. MUTUAL FEATURE! from any of our Michigan Farm News readers if they are inter- ed the Magna Charta of the farm does he compete? ested in talking the proposition over with one of our managers. Ask your Stote Mutual ogent, or write for details. cooperatives—the farm co-op bill Farm Bureau water systems and other quality electri l A young fellow named David It would be very helpful to us if any of our readers would sug- of rights. once contested a giant named products are distributed by Farm Bureau Servio gest the names of likely agent prospects in their nearby cities through most Farm Bureau and co-operative dealer<«lv ices FIRE INSURANCE CO. You hear it said that there's Goliath—with rather notable si:-, and towns. The remuneration Is good. This is a particularly 702 Chuceli St. f*t 3, M.cSi9f the Michigan Junios Farm Bur- children left behind when death eau, are taking a 4,000 mile bus the farm organizations of those Life insurance is one of the coun- takes the husband and father. This comes to folks with a message life again. It is of special interest rip through 15 states of the south- states. In Virginia the Southern try's biggest businesses. We have is the day of home building on a about how they can make the fu- to know how easily life insurance east to learn more about the agricul- States Co-operatives were to be in force somewhat over 180 billions tremendous scale, the like of which ture secure for themselves and can be arranged so that if some- .ure and farmers co-operatives of hosts for a one day study of one of life insurance on the lives of we have never seen before, and their families, and how that home thing happens, a home may lie pre- hat area. They left Lansing Jan. of the largest farm cd-operative over 73 million people in this coun- still we cannot catch up with the may be released from indeptedness served fully paid to the widow and !1 and expect to be home again business services in. the nation. try. These figures are so large that demand; Every one of these new in case of the death of the husband. children. ^eb. 15. The group was scheduled for three they are almost beyond our compre- homes you see going up all over This is done by relatively small The State Farm Life Insurance The Junior Farm Bureau expects days in Washington, including a hension, but it does mean that tor the country means that some fam- payments for a life insurance pol- Company for which, as you probably ach of the students to gather oon- breakfast program with Michigan more than half of our population, ily wants a place in which they can icy contract. The proceeds of that know, the Michigan Farm Bureau iderable program material that members of Congress February 7, the protection is afforded to the carry out the program of love and policy may be applied to paying off is the state agent, will be very glad vill appeal to farm and city aud- an audience with Clinton Anderson, family by life inurance. affection which started when some the home contract, or mortgage, as through one of its Michigan agents ences. In December of 194G a Secretary of Agriculture, and a While life insurance is such a young man and some young woman the case may be. to give you any information you "unior group made a similar trip visit with the American Farm Bur- large and far reaching institution, said the marriage vows. desire. There is no o b l i g a - eau Federation officials. At Pitts- If the home is secure, there are tion on the part of those desiring o California to the AFUF conven- it is very poorly understood even many things a woman can do, but ion. burgh.they are to visit with execu- by many people who are using this such information. tives of a company that manufac- if she has no home, no shelter for Just drop a card to the Insurance The 1948 "Short Course on protection. It is certainly even herself and children, then the out- tures fence and steel roofing for more misunderstood by those who Department, Michigan Farm Bur- Vheels" will visit the states of In- look is dismal, indeed. These same sai the Farm Bureau. The last stop have not yet availed themselves of eau, Box 960, Lansing, Michigan, liana, Tennessee, Alabama, Miss- folks would not think of buyingring * is the Ohio Farm Bureau Feder- saying that you wish to know how ssippi, Louisiana, Florida, Georgia, South and North Carolina, Vir- :inia, Pennsylvania and Ohio, and ation headquarters at Columbus. Juniors in the "Short Course on ^£* .-.»,\,.^;-. the benefits coming from the own- ing of life insurance. There have been various life or- home without file insurance and, indeed, those who lend money to build homes would not enter into to arrange a life insurance pro- gram so as to make sure of the future of your home for your fam- Wheels" tour: %t%W Vashington, D. C. ganizations, in existance for hun- the arrangement with them unless Leona Algoe, Davison; Dorothy ily. We will be glad to Bee that a State Farm Bureaus, schools, dreds of years but not in the form the fire insurance protection was arm co-operatives, and officials in government have invited the Mich- Brinkman, Caro; Barbara Colister, Perry; Lila McLachlan, Evart; Connie Dury, Reading; Carol Smith, Junior Caravan Gets with which we are familiar. Their existance and value in this country certain. qualified representative contact* you. grn Juniors to visit'them. In ilubama they visited the Tennes- i ee Valley Authority power and fer- Osseo; Virginia Bernstein, Jones- ville; Charles Abrams, Decatur; Attention in South dates back about one hundred years. Since then from those small beginnings, we have come to the ilzer manufacturing development Kenneth Banr, Fairgrove. At every stop in the southern An outstanding observation, tremendous amount in force of 180 t Muscle Shoals. They spent two Robert Brown, Kalamazoo; Earl states the Michigan Junior Farm said Miss Lila McLachlan of billions of dollars. nd a half days in Mississippi to Dickerson, Fowlerville; Fred Dore, Bureau educational tour by bus Evart, is that the south "is on the Unfortunately, many people •ecome acquainted with the state's Kawkawlin; Ray Eisele, Fowler- attracts attention. It is something march. Agriculture and indus- think of life insurance as some- ircgram for balancing agriculture ville; Dale Foster, Niles; Robert new to have 33 traveling students try are teaming up in a program thing that has to do with death..It nd industry. They were guests at Drury, Durand; Duane Gettel, Bay in town or on one's place for a of development. is true that some life Insurance Port; Sard Conkey, Caseville; Ver- few hours for give and take of in- Earl Dickerson of Fowlerville payments are made after death to dinner given by Governor Wright . nd Dr. Raymond Mflfiar, president land McLeod, Lyons; John Olm- stead, Saginaw. formation. was impressed with the energy those in whose favor the life insur- The young people look around with which the south is mechan- ance was carried. But the part MARKET if the American Institute of Co-op- i ration. At New Orleans^ they were u> sts of the Chamber of Com- Richard Paull, Hawks; Blaine Pingston, Swartz Creek; Rellis and they ask a lot of questions. izing its agriculture. At Jackson, Mississippi state of- played by life insurance in the pay- Joe Pajot of Dowagiac said the ment of death benefits is a minor INFORMATION Pleiness, Scottville; Joe Pajot, ficials, farm and industrial lead- relationship between industry and rather than a major part of the Jifst fill in and mail this Charles Spragne, Dale Swisher, all ers attended the dinner at which agriculture in the south is some- whole business. Certainly, t!«o man would not entire ad to the MICHIGAN of Dowagiac; Myron Bishop, Battle the Mississippi agricultural-indus- thing to look at. In Michigan we 1 Creek, Ray Greuber, Saginaw. trial program for Year by year the life insurance development have 100 to 200 acre farms and companies of this country pay out want that home for himself, thai LIVESTOCK EXCHANGE, W9£&. William Nyblade, Casnovia; Leon Green, Sebewaing; James Williams, Bellaire; James Moore, Benzonia; Mr. and Mrs. Paul Garbo, Middle- was discussed. After the question it's a full tinife job. In many of in round figures about three bil- period one of the Mississippians the southern areas visited, ' the lions of dollars. Generally almost was heard to remark, "I feel like farms are small and the land is two-thirds of this is not paid on I had been dealing with a buzz poor. Industry is offering the is. if he had to be alone. He does not expect, to be alone. He now has a partner in life. Pretty soon there will be other partners in their lives 6750 D1X AVENUE, DE- TROIT 9, MICHIGAN. Your weekly market letter will be sent without charge. ALSO TROPHIES, death claims but in various bene- and they must have a home. So, ville, and Mr. and Mrs. Ben Hen- saw. Those young people know farmer employment in town and fits to those still living, such as, full of loving ambition for the fut- ALL-EXPENSE TRIPS nink, East Lansing. what they are after." at the same time is encouraging ure of the family, this young endowments, cash loans, and cash and F A R M YOUTH AWARDS At that session, the southerns him to live on the farm and build surrender values. A great many couple "buy a home. turned the tables and began ask- a farming operation. people need to revise their think- are offered in 1948 MidCvest Malt- ndiana Purchases Perhaps they are able to pay ing about Michigan farm opera- Duane Gettel of Bay Port said ing as to the value and ultimate ing Barley Contest open only to tions. The Juniors went around that when he got to New Orleans disposal of life insurance funds. enough down so that a regular farmers in North and South Da- More Oil Wells the table and Stated briefly their and saw the flow of trade through mortgage may be put into use. In kota, Iowa, Minnesota; Wiscon- The Indiana Farm Bureau recent- farm operations at home. Mr. the nation's second largest sea- As a noted speaker on life insur- many thousands of cases, the home sin, Illinois, Michigan who plant ly purchased 44 oil wells and leases Cooper, secretary of the Mississip- port, the discussion of the impor- ance recently said, life insurance must be bought on a contract approved varieties of barley. on undeveloped oil property for ap- pi Farm Bureau, asked "How tance of world trade took on a means a home for mothers and which may run a number of years Plant pure approved barley seed proximately one million dollars. much labor do you have in order new meaning for him. children—it means the time and with monthly payments. Under ? . . . order yours now! The purchase brings the Indiana to carry farm operations of that Everywhere in the south far- loving energy of the mother pre- such plans, all goes well so long as- co-operative's oil production up to size? Or, how many of you folks mers, business men, and indus served for tlie care of the children the wage earner or business man of For information and seed sources the family lives and continues to —see your County Agent, Eleva- 1,100 barrels daily. The co-op had come from a family unit size farm trialists are working for a diversi- —it means a home over their head:; recently sold oil properties in south- and carry on farm operations fied agriculture, and striving to when the bread winner is taken earn. Every time a payment is tor Mgr., or write \ niade on the home, that much more ern Indiana for two million dol- with o n l y occasional outside get away from dependence upon away—means food, clothing and I0WEST BAftUY IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION lars, retaining the right to buy their help?" Thirty of the 33 Juniors cotton. Even the filling station education for those who are left be- of a family estate has been put into E :S Nofth ^roadway, Milwaukee 2, Wisconsin total output. raised a hand. The southerners attendants can give a talk on the hind. True, it also means that could hardy believe it. subject. when the time of bereavement existance. But if the unexpected come along, if death takes the head IT TAKES MORE THAN Phillips Urges Urban Constantine Creamery A MAGIC ROPE Education on Co-ops Annua! Feb. 11 The education of the urhan popu- lation to the interdependence of farmers co-operatives and the city dweller was urged by Waldo Phil- Election of two directors, a "breakfast club" broadcast type of program and entertainers will feature the 33rd annual meeting LOOK NEIGHBOR CQJL t lips of Decatur, chairman of the on February 11 of Constantine Co- Michigan Association of Farmer operative Creamery Co. Co-operatives, recently in addres- The meeting will be held in the TO BUIL MARKETS sing members of the St. Joseph County Co-op Council and weekly daily editors of the county .papers. Mr. Phillips said that co-opera- tives enable the farmer to make his farm more productive. They Constantine high school auditor- ium following cafeteria-style lunch in the Grange hall. Reports on, 1947 business and comments on future prospects will be made by Paul Oster, secretary- These Outstanding SAVINGS put the farmer in a business cate- manager and Troy Lutz, president. FOR r gory. Such developments benefit the ultimate consumer in the urban The firm produced over 2,700,000 pounds of butter during 1947. DAIRY PRODUCTS r<€ area. He said that January had been Len Colby, Kalamazoo, will con- duct his "breakfast club" program proclaimed "Co-op Month" by with presents for the ladies inter- Those Hindu genii were spectacular fellows Governor Sigler, and that co-opera- viewed. Speakers will: include Dr. with their magic rope and flooring carpel tives were to promoting a better Clifford Hardin, Michigan State tricks, but Ihey never were in the business o f understanding of their organiza- College, and F. M. Skiver, chief- Qf marketing dairy p r o d u c t s . . . it takes lots more' than a magic rope or a floating carpet trick to profitably guide sales of dairy products and to be tion through advertisements in daily and weekly newspapers, ra- dio programs, and meetings with bureau of dairying of the Michi- gan Department of Agriculture. Stockholders will inspect the Are Yours on the alert for new and greater sales opportun- • ities. . . these enormous advantages of a sales organization which really sells, for the K city groups. He that goes borrowing goes a milg processing plant opened Jan. G. DURING THIS GIGANTIC STATE-WIDE highest price, are a part of Mid-West sorrowing. Plant Farm Bureau Seeds. Producers' Creameries, Inc.. Mid-West also has the advan- FARM WINTER OIL SALE/ tage of selling dairy products that are better. . . better be- These Dairy Products EXTRA Get&zm BUREAU cause they come from of p r o v e d Consumer Acceptance bear the dairies which belong to Valley Lea trade name the men who own the herds. . . they know that only from milk of high B u t t e r • Cheese • E v a p o r a t e d M i l k Roller or Spray Process Non-Fat Dry Milk SAVE S 10% OR quality, scientifically Solids * Condensed Dolry Products processed under labora- Buttermilk P o w d e r • Sweet Cream tory control, is it pos-. sible to produce fine BETTER quality Valley Lea brand . of dairy products which *f command the • highest s IT'S HERE! The annual Farm Bureau Winter Oil market prices. '. Sale! And this year it offers you the biggest savings Mork*t your milk and cream with a Mid-West Member Producer Creamery, yet—up to 10% or better discount on all purchases of where you can earn more . . . where you as a producer become a part and Farm Bureau Premium motor oils, during the sale. receive the benefit of an organized business working lor your best interests. Plan to order a full year's supply of top quality Unico motor oil now, from your local Farm Bureau Petroleum dealer. Cooperative Marketing Brings * High Dollar * Marketing Mid-West Producers' Creameries, Inc. 224 WIST JEFFERSON BOULEVARD SOUTH BEND 2, INDIANA MiciucjOH Here's Why The Sale Is Possible Your Farm Bureau Services started this annual sale several years ago to spread the job of distributing MICHIGAN ^ Farm Bureau Unico petroleum products evenly Coldwater—Coldwater Dairy Company Constantino—Comtanrine Coop. Creamery Co. throughout the year, thus Insuring you better service. Carson City—Doiryland Coop. Creamery Co. A group of 24 Elsie—Eljio Cooperative Creamery Co. By purchasing your year's supply of oils and greases East Jordan—Jordan Valley Coop. Creamery producer-owned Fremont—Fremont Cooperative Creamery Co. now, you will enable your dealer to spend most of his cooperative dairy plants Grant—Grant Cooperative Creamery Co. Nashville—Farmers Cooperative Creamery Ann. Niles—Producer's Cooperative Dairy St. Louis—St. Louis Cooperative Creamery Co. e/dilied time supplying you with motor fuels, parts and acces- sories and other products when you need quick service. INDIANA extending from the expansive Columbus—Formers Marketing Association Crawfordsville—Farmers' Coop. Cry., Inc. Middttbury—Middlebury Coop. Creamery Co. Marion—Producers Creamery Orleans—Producers Dairy Marketing Attn.. Inc. HYBRIDS M i c h i g a n Formers a r e c a u t i o n e d to choose Don't Miss These Big Savings-Stock Up Today at Your meadows of Portland—Producers Creamery variety a d a p t e d to t h e location and Michigan to the lush valleys of Tennessee . . . . TENNESSEE Gallatin—Sumner County Coop. Creamery Attn. Murfreesboro—Rutherford Co. Coop. Cr., Inc. Nolensville—Nolensville Coop. Cr. Attn, Inc. g r o w i n g conditions of their f o r m — Farm Bureau Petroleum Dealer and all the way OHIO Dayton—Miami Volley Coop. Milk. Pr. Ann., Inc. Greenville—Farmers Cooperative Dairy MICHIGAN Ge^ed HYBRID 221 N. Cedar Street FARM BUREAU SERVICES, INC. Petroleum Department Lansing, Michigan in between. ILLINOIS Pano—Fquity-Union Cr.am.ry & Produe. Co. SEED CORN PRODUCERS When You Buy From the Farm Bureau - You Buy From YOURSELF! Pari*—Equity-Union Cr.am.ry & Produe. Co. At weed—Arwoed Ceeperativi Cr.an.ry, Ike. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1948 SIX MICHIGAN FARM NEWS A Little Cloud Let e,'er)' farmers' co-op stand I Elected to Boards of rellorted that for the' bllsiness year received ending Ocl. :H. 1!H7. the 111'111 by the co-operative was hall SO.~9 ceuts per pound. What Can We Do to Out of the Sea (Continued frolll page 4.) I out as a leading force in behalf o( the 'homel)' tasks as well as. the 110ft)' aims while we, the people Nat'l Council Co-ops producf'd 1.8::0.000 pounds of hut- Clark Brody and Jack Yaeger, of ter and paid its member-produeers Two directors were re-elected They we1'e 'w. G. Trpuh and paui the ~1ichigan Association of }<'arm- a total of $1.235,000 for their hut- K Todd. The board elected Mr. I Improve Market.ins why I bell'eva •• I'll farmer co-opera- of the United States. Ilress lives. 11 has been a guod exercise ward peace. and security. for my own thinking. and I hearl. erate f?r ~hl!l, the ~rcatest .Of all , on to- Co-op- I C1' 1 Farm Co-operatives and Bureau. were elected from ; Michigan to the National' Council Michigan terfat. The average wholesale Ilrice Trouh president. I p M'8 "UNI'TERSA- L" SAW ' Background Material for Discussion this Month by ily recommend Ihe same exercil'l' our. obJectives, a~ you are III th& to )"ou. Think what it Is th:t yon habit of co-o\lerallllg '(or your per- I of Fanner Co-operatives offices at the organizations 19th annual ...... 4 H. P. Lea,;/$its field in One-Man Chain Saws. ":~Vei9ht 38 Ibs. Our Community Farm Bureau Discussion Groups I ];1/ Xorlllan K. U'llyyo,rcr. R"scu/"ch ami /O;I1I1CU/;OII value others, in co,operatiun. and tell 80nal goals. Co-op memhers have been uncI' mUl'e the truth III the old lax in this. In a co-op. )'OU can'l IJl'O"CI"hll~at "t,hree .helping (ll~e Let the ~atiun sel) I ~~l~::.:n~II~~~ll::~~sCl:'~~:~eO~te~lan:Sar: NEW MObELINg~~~eED9rH~t p:mprovemenh "let GOOI"',,1' II0 I. 't " In a (:o-op anolher... Will dll as much , . as SIX memher o( the Natiunal 'Agricul. - It costs about as much to process and distribute agri- there isu't any "t.hey"-;-there's lIIen slI1gly. I,et the :'\allOn s~e, tural Cu-operative Transpurtation Reduced priCCif. cultural products as it does to produce them. F or some .. ,... \. 1 thrungh the example of the farm- Committee. !\Ir. Yaeger was chos- • only a \. e. ou 11111)" la,'e R products this cost runs considerably higher. •• lIIanager. and he lIIay have a staff. erg. that thiS IS true III great af- ' I en for the State Co-operative Coun- FOR cil Division. a unit of the NCFC INFORMATIOI( hut they're not Ihe co-op. Th'l fairs as well as small. I board uf directul's. POWER MACHINERY CO. INC" NEW CANAAN, sg; \Vhat can farmers do to capture a larger portion of the members arc the CO-Ull. Let's rc Tho"e who know from ex peri- CONN. ,• member that. euce what co-opeltUtion means have food dollar? F or many years farmers have been con- "'hen Ihe lax issue came up. the something !"ajor 10 cont ribute tn I Dairyland Creamery's cerned aboct reducing production costs. ApIl\e Ul'owers Assoeiation u,'er in:l. sick and disordered world The slate hoanl. of agricuiture,I 2 2nd Annual Meeting What ~an be done to reduce our marketing and dis- Hood Counl)". Oreg .• look pains tn whose uire nt'l'u is for co-opel,l- go,'erning body or Michigan State point out that it is nol tax,free. tion. Another year of successful opel'- Coi\ege, on Januar): If>elee:ed Cla~'k I lul larl;esl On th'l fightin,.-; that gave liS victory and man. ,.~,Ir. Brod~ ~ucce~ds ~\'illia,n~ organization's ~~nd annual meeting contral')'. it stated. tJle aSi(JClallon a new chance for a hetter world ll .. lIelkcy of CassollOhs, ,~ho \1,\S in Carson City Jan. 16. payer o( -all that was not in rain. Bul rpt 11'('(1from t~1Cboai'll after .many property taxes in the county. and neither has our effort been (ull)" years o( service_ 1\11".Brody has the organization's I This year's meeting was held in new aluminum, TIME Yes, NOW IS THE TIME to " Meat might be cited as fm example. Last year the Ila)'s seven other laxes. too. compensated. l.Jeen a .memher of the board llince covered garage huilding, adjacent American people consumed I S6 pounds of meat per That's all tu the good. Bllt )"ou Only when we ,have secured the 1!l:! 1. and sen'ed as chairman frolll to its plant. get your spray materials. Delay don't-have to wait for a crisis to freedom and order :l'1Jd peace f,)f 193:!.through 1938. Fred WalkeI'. secretary-manager, in the spraying of fruit trees person which ...... as a higher per capita consumption than beJ::in lelling your story. which we fought will we have heen any time during the last 39 years. \Vhat can' be done to Srouldn't Be Self Righteous paId In full for the pain, the sweat .. can prove' costly, I also recommend' continuous the long labors of our people-only maintain this high level of domestic demand? s~f-aPilraisal and criticism ,,:Ith- then will our task be done. To be sure that you do not get caught short of sup- \Ve have increased our output of some agricultural In every co-operative. Let us not ------------ plies when spraying season arrive~. Wf? suggest that complacentl)" assume Ihat we are products as much as 40 I ( in the last seven years. Will completely righteous uecanse we'r!' Squeeze Is On you have your requirements on hand by ordering to- marketing keep pace with advances in production? Even a farmers' cO-op. A \:o-op justifies Fruit Grower day and you'll be sure to have them when they are lls special place in OUl' society The fruit farmer is finding him- during the past year when we k.d a high level of con- only if It -flllly lives Ull to its re- self squeezed between rising pro- needed. sumer demand for food, we stili had thousands of ill-fed sponsibilities. The co-op Is not ducliun eosts and lower rommullity just another business. If it be- prices according to Dr. H. B. Tul,ey. Get on the right road to more profits people. They represent a substantial market. comes \II13l. it Is not a Irue co-up. :\liehigan State Cullege Chief of -follow the Farm Bureau 1948 The whole histOl'Y and leg31 slatus Horticulture. Producers of fresh fruit and vegetables recognize the of the farluer co-operatives in this "~Iarketing pruhle)ns requi-re spray and dust pTl?gram. Book your significance of air transportation. Can this be a factor country are bound up with Ihe more attention than they are re- requirements with your Farm Bu- fight against munoply, Ihe battle ceiving." he said, "There is a need in bringing in fresh fruits and vegetables from other fur mure study of utilization. pro- reau or local co-operative dealer to- against problems which farmers as areas in competition with Michigan markets? The groV\.'. indh'iduals cannot meet. Ihe drive cessing. and new outlets for horti- fur progressive business methuds, cultural crops." ~ day. ers of fresh fruits and vegetables recognize too that their There is also a need for general the struggle 10 maintain freedom product is a seasonal one. \Vhat can be done to spread for the little guy .• Iustify your recognition that many nHu'keting FARM BUREAU SERVICES, INC. existence throll'gh service. Kel'p Ilrublems originate in the fieid. The I the marketing of these products over a longer period of big question in 1948 for the fruit 221 N. Cedar Str~et Lansing, Michig~n pioneering. If farm co-ops had grower will be how ,to keep pro- time? not pioneered in the past, we duction costs down. The marketing bill for distrihut-llIIllll'rtaken this m~keting VI'II- wouldn't have them touay, and ing foods to the huusewife in 1946 tun'. During the pa~ew years of we prohably wouldn't even have Your share, $1,782,472,718 was ~OC"CJ::reater than the 1935- Ill'osperlty we have developed a the legal right to eo-operate. In 1939 average co,;t. The folluwing consumer demand for daIry produc- m)" opinion, if CO-OilSdon't con- tahle taken h'om the ~Ial'keting tiun. l'erh:;h cost of feed and lahor '.~ti,-es expressed the' belief that co- ~Ieat :l.r; in producing livestock. It allpeal's ollerotives should have an import- Dairy ~.3 to ue poor economy to 11IItsuch high ant place In the agriculture of the Baked Goods :l.~ cu:;t feed into the productiun of future. They urged certain ex- Poultry and El;/::S 1.0 Iive:;tuck and then market it rather tensions of the farm co-operative It has been calculated that the carelessly. It has ueen reported field. The Department committee costs of brin~in!:: Ihe food from the that there are fiG Iivestuck auctions which studied this matter recoqi: Ilroducer to the averaJ::e family in in ~lichigan Illus ~o concentration mended that Conl;ress grant legis- 19-16 ranged between $184 to $2fir.. yards. ~'requently a huyer could " lalive authority to broaden Ihe Farmers e\-erywhere recognize that buy livestock at one yard and in basis of credit for forestry co-op- the many marketing costs such as another day or so resell it at an- eratives and to encourage use of freight. storage. labor. handling other yard at a suhstantial profit. and packaging are quite stable It appears that the farmers arc the Co-ollcrative patlern in foresl co..ts and do not change rapidlY'l frequently rather careless in mar- conserv.ation. The committee also I In fact the fullowing tahle shows keting their livestock in not sell- suggested that the Del'artment be given an Ollllortunity to do a better that very forcefully: ing it directl). to the terminal mar. job in research. service. and edu. '..vHAT BECOMES OF THE CONSUMER'S DOLLARS SPENT cation in the field of agricultural FOR FOOe? • co-opel-ation. The committee fur, Year Spent 'by Received by Marketing ther suggested continued vigilan('e Consumer Farmers Charges against legislation which would in, For your livestock and your dairy land poultry feed millions of families in America and in many 1920 $568 $245 $323 terfere with farmers' rights to co- products, soybeans, cottonseed, etc .... you ranch- foreign lands. Neither of us can do that job with- How We EARN Our Profit 1932 284 92 192 opf'rate, or would handicap c~-op- 1939 316 122 194 et'ative activities. ur would cripple ers and farmers of America received in 1947 almost out the. other. Since we are in this together and In addition to providing a market for livestock and 1946 526 282 255 the co-operative eredit system. - thirty billion dollars, a new high. dependent upon each other, we feel that you have many other agricultural products, Swift perfomlB This table bhows that in 1:1.16Ihe [al"lnl'r n:coh'ed about ;'0% Whether these suggestions will an mterest in knowing how we hale handled our many Most essential serviCesfor producers and consumers. people can't go to farms to buy their meat- of the (on>-umer's dollar. In 1~1:l:!whcn farm prices were he accepted I 'ha ve no way of Out of that amount, $1,782,472,718 came to you end of this "joint operation." This page is our way neither can retail dealers. Swift brings the meat to lowest he received only altout a thin!. knowing. It depends to a large from Swift & Company in payment for the prod- of telling you. It shows you how we handled, in them. We have been doing this big, necessary job for extent on your interest and your uC,tsyou sold to us. Of every dollar that we took in 1947, our business of processing and marketing. 62 years, efficientlyand economically. Frequently it has been said th >11 ket. Some have felt that they didn't from the sale of our products, we paid to you an It shows how much money we took in, where it Here are the services Swift & Company performs activity. tlistribution costs are exeessive. If have enough livestock to warrant to earn its small profit: we look back aoout 75 years i we the tr~p to the packing plant. Far. Co-ops Can Own Their average of 79.3~ for your products.! went to, and what services we performed to earn 1) We buy livestock and many other products that Credit System 'would find that dlstrihution costs mers III some paJ.ts of the state Co-olleratives on their own init i. Together we are doing a big, vital job of helping our 1t profit per dollar of sales. farmers and ranchers raise; then process and dis- amounted to ahout :lr.(/~ of the re-I have or~anized cooperative truck- tribute them, ative can do une thing tu lltrength- tail price while production costs ing associations s.o they can. di~ect 2) We process, brand, and perform all the many en their credit system. It is time. represented ahout 75'/0' It is fur- the final marketlllg of their hve- I think. for you to aC{luire more of necessary operations to prepare our products fo:.- ther recognized that at th is date stock. the stock of the banks for eo-up- market and consumption. about 60';~ of the people were en- Fruits and Vegetables are high 3) We utilize all by-products. Every part that can eratives. either Ihrough pUl'l:hasp. be used is processed and sold in various forms. The gaged in al:ricultural production ,'alue I'J"lJlItH;t~:and which requires of capilal with cash Ul' by leaving ~ ~?t~""""'-,~ r#'--::P..4K;? income from this source increases the price of live- ~--_ and food products were not shipped Ithe greatest efficiency both in pro- far from any point of production. duction and in marketing. There the ;avings accruing 10 you to hp. stock to producers, decreases the cost of meat to People produced a larger portion of I'is still considerable opportunity to used for capital purposes. This --. 7~.~.~~~7 . -~ ~~~~ consumers. their own needs. Now, with mass production. it expand the market. For example. there lJecomes lJ(~essar)' that our market- some retailers who have felt th~l ing areas he enlarged. For exam-Imore apples wou.ld be co~s.umed If Jlle. what would the price of heans they were sold 111 quantltlC.s of a have heen should be dune carefully. with re- ganl for the stahility of HJe banks. The objective should he to retir.? the Government capital, in the banks cOlIlpletel)" and to provide a sound. Ilermanent and flexible ~ v-~-- ~ ._.- • .. il..-,~_ -~ ~~A ' i .'__ 79.3 Cenls 10 Producers-Swift & Com- ~ ~ :_ ~ -: ~ .iJ \ 7,,- 3.8 Cenls for Supplies-Last year, OUL 4) Qur research finds new uses and new markets for farmers' and ranchers' products. 5) Our Martha Logan experimental kitchens test foods under home conditions, so that Swift prod- ucts may give consumers the greatest possible satis- faction and value per dollar. he if all the beans had to be con- few puunds at the same pr\l'.c lJer of each dollar of sales, Swift spent an 6) We pay transportation charges on our finished l;umeU within a 50 mile radius of pound as they would he sold at t.he credit hase so that the banks for pany, during 1947,returned to millions co-opel'alives ean ohtain a large of producers of agricultural producls average of 3.8 cents, or a total of products, deliveringthem to dealers in all parts of the where they were grown? The same hushel rate. Thus the houseWife $86,005,885, on supplies of all kinds- United States. This makes a broad, nationwide mar- an average of 79.3 cenls out of each J- v he said for fruit ur olher pro-I w!>1I1rlIIse the apples before they portion of Iheir lending fnnds from mountains of salt and sugar; trainloads dollar received from sales. We provide of boxes, barrels, other containers; ket instead of a limited local market for the products ::ua~ts. It IJf)Cl)m~sdear that with ,lost thei.r flavor anll (IUality. The Ihe investing puhlic. a daily cash market for your livestock, of livestock producers.. mass production methods we lower same might be said for potatoes. I recommend this to your con- ~iry. poultry and other producls, miles of twine, tons of paper; fuel. elec- 7) We provide employment and a livelihood-good r production custs pcr hushel ur II In a recent survey eonductcd hy sideratiun as a forward-looking tricity, etc. wages, good working conditions and security-for r::.:f!5PlJ (~~art. hut we must spend more to ~lichigan State College. it was .dis- course of action. The Farm Creelit 73,000 people who work for Swift & Company. market it. ~ov~rell that III ';' of the huusewlv?s Administration helieves this action Our earnings for all this were one cent on each .~:-~t~d1 , I' I It i: thou 'ht that the JlI(lIcaled a preference for the f.lf- should fullow a carefully developed dollar of sales. l' re-lCesettl'" 1947, or an average of 1.8 cents of each n,lallY IlaSsetl - throu"h"." three IIIl1ldle It has hel'n 1e;ll"Iled that 75 'y" of sales dollar. Approximately % of the received for the products it sold. In sales promotion, rent, research, insur-f Iowa State' College H.H.Kiltke JIlcn yields the farmer .:. to 8/J'It, I Ihe.;/) pro" ue Is are sold I", Ih Irly menl. The agrkulture anll in- livestock is produced west of the Mis- addition to federal taxes, Swift & Com- ance, development of new products, ........ I uf what the canSUJller pays fur the per een"t f tl Ie rc t al'I ers . whi ch dustry' of wartorn areas are still sis.'lippiRiver, % of the meat is eaten pany paid taxes during 1947 in each of advertising, ststionery, postage, phone, telegra~h, passenger travel, etc. tele- During recent years we have obecome increasingly butler. I means that a lal"/1;epart of the reo bleeding. unable to build the firm east of it. Swift service bridges this .the 48 states, and in hundreds of municipalities where the company These necessary expenses took an a ver- conscious of the importance of conserving our land Dairy: Milk f('presents 1:.% e>fjtailers arc doing a husinells along eeonomic base 011 whkh the struc- average l,OOO-milegap between Amer- Ilge of 3.1 cenls of each sales dollar. resources. Accordingly, we have initiated conserva- ka's producers and consumers. owns plants or otqcr property: tion programs and practices which are sound and all cash farm income. 21h times th is line on a scale too small to ture of lastinl1; peace can be huilt. that of wheat. 11h t~me!! tha~ o( hut-I warrant much investment in mer. American food fought fur free- "!ogical. Such action was and.is urgently needed, not Where the Dollar Went- alone for the current generatIon, but as an obligation ter and egl1;!1cornhmed. Dairy Ilro-,chandising e(luipmeut. dom through the long year3 of ducts represent 25% of all the food I Railroads collect more revenue war. American fOOlI still lights to generations yet unborn. As one result of the pro- - SUPPLIES 3.8t ::; grams adopted, much land (which because of its consumed. Also when we consider Iller ton for fruit!! and vegetahles that l\Iichll1;an has increased its than an any other :freight handled. for freedom, In time of war. food was one of many weapons. In Ihe TAXES 1.3f d character and slope was being destroyed by erosion) dairy output 28 % In the last ten Heat and reirigeration years, it begins to apllear that every III addition. which c)larges are are among huilding of peace. it is the primary TRANSPOR~ATlO~ l.st ::> has been turn«:d~backto grass.Thus, expanding live- stock productIon has become an increasingly impor- tool. OTHER EXPENSES 3.lt tant part of the program of conserving our natural our marketing Ilroducts. faCilities of dairy t1'ihution, I effort need to he n~a.de to Improve the larl1;est items in the cost of dis- Fruit anll \"Cgetahle far. mers are concerned with maintain. Like Atlas carrying the world upon his hack. the American farm- resources. Continual sale of crops offa farm or ranch results er carries on his shoulders tremend- 1 Cenl as Earnings-The Company"," in serious lossof plant food. But the maintenance of We cite the example of 500 ship-' ing the present high level of de- ous responsibility f:Jr the future of 1947 net earnings were $22,334,977, plant food elem~nts in th,: soil is urgently needed if pers within a thirty mile radius of, maud .• Allento\l'n, Pennsyl\'allia who thir. What can be done aoout gradIng tl'011 yeanl ago organized the Leigh and packaging? What can be done all mankind. The hungry and oppressed across the oceans and ... fter provision of $12,000,000for high cost additions to fixed assels. This represenls an average of only 1 cent of REMAINING AS EARNINGS"! t => our c~op land 18 to contmue to provide adequate 9uanbbes o~hum~n food. Livestock farming is help- mg accomphsh thl8. For when land is used for graz- I.he anxious people o( our own Here is a quick "picture" of how Swift's average sales dollar VaIlI'Y ClHlperative to market their aoout making mel'chandise more each sales dollar. Swift & Company is was divided in 19-17.Smallest slice is Swift & Company's net ing, rather than for crops, soil erosion ceases and the, land. turn theil' eyes to the Ameri- owned b)" 64,000 stockholders, whose products co-operativel)'. During the aUracth-e to the consumer? If we can farmer. How much grain can Illlvingsprovide the money for ca~itaI. earnings for many essential services in the processing and unnecessary loss of plant foods is checked. pa ...t thIrteen )'ears thl')' have r~ grade our products. what will we marketing of the agricultural producls ,rIU produce. It aver- .he conserve'! How much can he plants, equipment, tools and raw ma- aged a fraction of a cent a pound on the millions of pounds ceived on an average 65 cents of do with the low quality product? I'3ch dolIar reech'ed by the ClHlP- What can be done through co-op- llroduce? Now Is the Time terials. Of the net earnings. holders received $12,436,612 in divi" the stock- handled. ./1/111. • ~ Swift & CQmpany erath'e. The I'hlpJlers feel that they erath-I' effort to improve market- 4\ e rec. IVl'd apPI'oxlmatt>ly $1.2:;Q-. Ing of (ruits and vegetables? These :\ow. if e,'er. is the time to i dends. The balance has been kept in the company as a rese.t'V fnr in.......... A ~f~'/~~~ UNION STOCK YARDS, CHICAGO 9, ILLINOIS I (~") IlI0rt' flr milk than they are all issues of great concern" to pro,'e again the value of agrieul-I tural co-operation. I !leeds of the businesa. Vi~.President and Trea.ur" Nutrition is our business-and your. "011\1.1haH' rf\.oelnod had thl'Y not the fruit and vegetable farmer.