MICHIGAN FARM BUREAU NEWS Published by the Michigan State Farm Bureau for its Membership
fVOL. I., No. 4 FEBRUARY 23, 1923
Issued Semi-Monthly
WOOL POOL WILL Farmer's Dollar Worth But FARM BUREAU TO Named For State MONROE COUNTY
RESUME SERVICE 65c When He Buys FIGHT RATE CASE Bel. of Agriculture
BOOSTERS SET
FIRST OF MARCH IMSTOCKEXCH. PRES. BRADPUTE SAYS LACK OF AT WASHINGTON Clark L. Brody, secretary-manager
of the Michigan State Fanm Bureau,
FOR CAMPAIGN
FARM MARKETING SYSTEM was nominated to succeed himsejf as
I. C. C. WILL HEAR FINAL ARGU- a member of the State Board of Agri-
ILL GRADE AT LANSING THIS
YEAR TO CUT HANDLING
COSTS
IS GOING STRONG DID IT
MENTS BY MICHIGAN SHIP- culture, and Herbert W. Gowdy, fruit BEPORT 125 DRIVERS SIGNED AT
grower of Union Pier, Mich., was al- RALLY HELD AT IDA
By O. E. BRADFUTE, Pres. PERS FEBRUARY 28
so nominated to the Board by the Re- FEB. J*
ANNUAL MEETING HEARS OF Am. Farm Bur. Federation publican State Convention at Flint.
ROSPECTS VERY GOOD MARKETING SUCCESSES NEED LOWER RATES Feb. 21. t h e Board of Agriculture is
uccesses of 1922 Pool and Early
AT DETROIT Address delivered before Illinois the governing body of the Michigan CAMPAIGN OPENS FEB. 26
Agricultural Ass'n. (Farm Bureau). Agricultural College.
Returns Show What Farm Bureau Provide Farmers' An
Two new members were added to The American farmer is the most, Bureau's Seed Dep't Boosts Mon-
Can be Done Organization: to Fight
the Board of Directors of the Mich- efficient farmer in the world. The roe's Alfalfa Seed
The Michigan State Farm Bureau for Rights
igan Live Stock Exchange and the en- farmer of no other nation is corn- Value $10,000
ill pool wool in 1923. Arrange-
tire 1922 Board was re-elected at the ! parable with him. He handles 30
ents have been made for accept- annual meeting of the Exchange, held ! acres to Russia's 9, France's 7 and
The Michigan State Farm Bureau
nce of early woo1! at the Farm Bu- at Lansing, Feb. 16. j Japan's 1 Vz. In the last decade we will appear before the Interstate One hundred Monroe County Farm
eau's Wool Department at Lansing Interesting reports were made to | have increased our farm efficiency 25 Commerce Commission at Washing- Bureau boosters held a big meeting
ny time after March 1. the delegates on-the continued growth : Per cent. Feb. 17 to get ready tor their% second
ton February, 28th, when Traffic
The Board of Delegates at the in numbers and strength of the Ex- In Illinois the income is about Counsel E. L, Ewing presents the membership campaign which starts
ifth annual meeting of the Farm change locals and the progress made $2,034 per farm. Agriculture is Farm Bureau's final arguments for Feb. 26. To date 125 men have volun-
Bureau endorsed a 1923 Farm Bu- by their Co-operative Commission! back to normal in production; we teered to drive solicitors in their re-
a reduction in Michigan freight
reau wool pool. House in Detroit, established" in May, J stand in production about where we rates- on farm products "and for do- spective townships and have renewed
Successes of the 1922 pool and 1922. The Detroit house is marketing | did before the war. But never hare their Farm Bureau membership for
ing away with Michigan's burden-j
arly returns made indicate that the about 30% of the ^tock coming into t h e ' ^ been in such i another three years. . Frank Dexter of
some zoning system.
923 pool will be considerably larg- Detroit yards and is giving its m e m - j W n v Milan is managing the . campaign.
When We're Stuck An Important Case
r than that of 1922. Preparations bers very good • service. For seven ' At the booster meeting Russell
re being made to handle well over month's business up to Jan. 1, J923, If we traded among ourselves— This case is of the greatest im-! Knapp, banker of Ida, told his apprec-
million pounds. In that case the Detroit house showed a surplus hogs for cattle, cattle for wheat, portance to thosewho pay Michigan's iation of the Farm Bureau movement
andling charges should be reduced of about $10,000, which represents wheat for corn—we'd be in good freight bills, olt.' means about $2,-j and County Agricultural Agent work
onsiderably. Reduction of hand- savings made for members. shape. The exchange values on the 000,000 to themC The Farm Bureau I and endorsed the program.
ing charges will stand foremost in farm stand at pre-war. has been fighting the case for farm- j Mr. D. L. Chapman of Berlin town-
F. J. Ketner, manager of the Ohio
anagement of the 1923 pool. When we trade with other fellows er shippers for nearly a year through ship, from whence comes Michigan's
Livestock Shippers Association, which the Michigan Traffic League—Farm
Stations Lining Up we get into difficulty, hogs for dry Monroe County alfalfa seed, said that
is co-operating with Michigan and In- Bureau zone and rate case. The
Co-operative associations at Hud- diana shippers in the Buffalo Produc- goods, corn for groceries. the Farm- Bureau Seed Department
Dollar Is Half-Dolllar Bureau prepared the farmers' case put about $10,000 into the pockets of
n, Onsted, Tecumseh, Ida, and ers Commission House, told of the ser-
lymouth in Lenawee, Monroe and vices given by that association. Say that a young beef cattle farm- and has financed the fight. their alfalfa seed producers this fall.
'ayne counties are going to act as er wants to get married. His beef The case was fought out before Local buyers tried to buy the crop at
C. H. Runciman of Lowell and L.
ssembling agents for the 1923 wool E. Willett of Laingsburg were^ the cattle dollar is worth only 50 cents the Michigan Public Utilities Com- $7.50 a bushel. The State Farm Bur-
ool in their respective communities, new directors elected to the Board to when traded for house furnishings. mission in a six weeks' hearing last eau began taking on the seed and ad-
rrangements are under way in broaden its representation. Directors When we trade hogs for fuel the hog May and June. The Farm Bureau Herbert W. Gowdy.
vertising it and marketing it and took
ther counties. dollar is worth only 48 cents. When found itself pitted against the best some 3,000 bushels at an average of
elected were E. A Burner of Bliss- we trade wheat for clothing, the railroad attorneys in Michigan. We Mr. Gowdy has represented the first
A first step in reducing handling field; J. H. O'Melay, Pittsford; P. M. wheat dollar, is worth only 67 cents. $11.50 a bushel. This action also
produced 40 witnesses from as many district of Berrien county in the Legis-
harges will be the grading of all Granger, Charlotte; Verne Tracy, When we trade corn for lumber the forced the local buyers to come up
agricultural counties and proved that lature for two sessions. Me was born where they should have been in the
ools at the Wool Department at Ithaca; George Boutelle, Detroit; E. corn dollar is worth only 60 cents.
present Michigan rates are crippling at Union Pier and has made his home first place.
nsing instead of grading at local E. Compson, Lansing; W. J. Perry, (Continued on page 3) the farmers' business and that the there. He is a prominent fruit grower Fred Drodt, manager of the Ida
sembling stations as was done last Grand Blanc.
zoning system, which establishes a and is well qualified to represent Mich- Farm Bureau local spoke highly of
ear. The Farm Bureau will have
step-ladder system of rates as one igan farmers on their State Board of the work of the Farm Bureau purchas-
he same grader, Squire Robinson, in
harge. He has given excellent satis-
action in other years. His grades
FARMERS WIN TEN LBS. MORE goes north, puts our central and Agriculture.
northern Michigan farmers at a dis-
ing Department.
Secretary-manager C. L. Brody of
FEDERAL TILT WITH MILKMAKER
advantage to farmer shippers of the State Farm Bureau discussed the
re accepted everywhere without
other states. Our men pay extra services given by the state organiza-
uestion.
freight coming and going. tion.
Sworn weigh masters will accept
cot{*4\+ inral assembling stations enSECY WALLACE KEEPS ROADS, FARM BUREAU RATION BOOSTS Most of the above witnesses were
lates to be announced later and will County Agricultural Agents and they WASHTENAW~CAMPAIGN
MARKETS DEPT'S WHERE PRODUCTION FOR ALLEGAN
;ive the grower pooling a receipt knew what they were talking about.
hich will entitle him to the usual
THEY BELONG CO. MEMBER Efforts of the railroad attorneys to TOPS OTHER COUNTIES
ash advance. This cash advance is 50 The American Farm Bureau Fed- involve these men so that they would
er cent of the market value of the eration says the farmers are inquir- Wayland, Mich., R. 2, contradict themselves resulted in a Despite the coldest weather of th«
ool. ing concerning the progress of the February 15, 1923. hasty retreat to the rear for the rail- winter the Washtenaw County Farm
Are Coming Back Walter G. Brown plan for reorgani- Michigan State Farm Bureau, road attorneys in several instances. Bureau started its second Farm Bur-
Letters from men who pooled in zation of the departments of the Fed- Lansing, Michigan. The railroads experienced similar eau membership campaign during the
1922 and profited thereby indicate eral Government. They remember Gentlemen: discomforts in attempting to tear veek of Feb. 12th and signed more
the widely published announcement In reply to your letter I can say I down testimony offered by Michi- members per day than has been done
that all of those men will be loyal
of a year or so ago that the Brown am still feeding Michigan Farm Bur- gan State Farm Bureau business de- in any other county—since the second
boosters again thisi season. Some of
program called for the transfer of a eau Milkmaker with good results. partments and the Michigan Eleva- membership campaigns started last
their letters have been published in
number of bureaus in which they August. This was done under con-
the Michigan Farm Bureau News. I first started in with 100 pound tor Exchange.
are vitally interested. ditions which made it necessary t©
Many others have said that 1923 sack and fed it to one cow and she Because of their Farm Bureau or-
Sec'y Fall Quits depend on teams to get out into the
would find them in the pool again. gave so much more milk that I bought ganization,, Michigan farmers were
The resignation of Secretary of country instead of the old and re-
Wool will be shipped from local 500 pounds and went to feeding 5 able to present the strongest argu-
Interior Fall lends color to the be- liable flivvers which have been used in
assembling points to the Michigan lief that the Forestry Service will re- cows, using half ground corn and oats ment for railroad rate justice that
State Farm Bureau in carefully la- main in the Department of Agricul- and half Milkmaker. At the end of was ever presented by Michigan all the campaigns. The Washtenaw
beled bags. The wool grower will ture where the farmers say it be- 10 days my cows had gained from 3 farmers. They won some concessions campaign continued through the week
have a receipt for his clip and his longs. Likewise they are inclined to to 4 pounds a day each. Then I during the hearing and it is believed of Feb. 19 and will be followed by the
clash advance, the same asi was true believe that the Bureau of Public gradually took away the corn and that we shall obtain very substan- Monroe campaign.
/ast year. This year we will save the Roads will not be transferred from oats and added a little more Milk- tial concessions when the Interstate
transportation of grading crews to the Department of Agriculture to the maker until I was feeding 1 pound of Commerce Commission hands down BEANS REACH HIGHEST
d from local assembling points new Department of Public Works, it to every 4 pounds of milk and I its decision. Clark L. Brody.
d will be able to get along with but they have no concrete evidence had one cow that was giving 48 to Mr. Brody was appointed to the PRICE FOR THE CROP
wer graders. to back up their opinion. 50 pounds a day. When the Milk- Board of Agriculture in late 1921 to
Some Extra Services The differences between the Presi- maker was fed out I couldn't purchase
WAYNE CO. ANNOUNCES succeed John W. Beaumont of Detroit, Mich. Elev. Exchg. Sees Wisdom
Wool graders who shear early will dent and his cabinet seem to have any more for 10 days and I had to COMMUNITY MEETINGS resigned. Mr. Brody's appointment to In Selling at This
1»e furnished wool bags upon their been boiled down to altercation be- fall back on corn, oats, bran and cot- the board gave Michigan farmers what Time
request to the Wool Department at tween the Secretaries of Agriculture tonseed and my best producer dropped Vice-Pres. Noon to Speak, Movies they have wanted for the Michigan The bean market reached its peak
Lansing. They may ship direct to and Commerce. from 48 and 50 pounds a day down to Will be Shown. Agricultural College for years, an all- for this year's crop during the past
Lansing any time after March 1. Various reports on the Brown plan 40 pounds and I -finally got 1,000 farmer board of control. Delegates week when beans were sold at $8.25
Growers who will pool at local as- have stated that it called for the pounds more of Milkmaker and my Wayne county people are showing to the State Farm Bureau's Fifth An- f. o. b. shipping point.
sembling stations later and want to shifting of the Bureau of Markets, best producer is back to 47 pounds a much interest in a series of commun- nual meeting adopted a resolution on Although the high price was offered
eack their wool at time of shearing n o w t n e Bureau of Agricultural day. I give credit to Michigan Farm ity meetings planned for the week of dorsing Mr. Brody to succeed himself there has been very little selling done
Y'ill also be furnished sacks upon re- Economics, to the Department of Bureau Milkmaker. February 26th. These are to be gen- as a member of the board. by the elevators, who in turn report
est and statement of about how Commerce. Secretary Wallace is on The man who figured out that ration eral get-together meetings to discuss that although they have advanced
juch wool they will have. public record as being against the knew his business. present day problems. There will be their paying price to the farmer, the
Wool markets are in a very transfer of any of this work; Secre- Yours very truly, some educational motion pictures and State Sheep Dipping farmer continues to hold his beans.
ealthy condition at present. Con- tary Hoover does not seem to have
expressed nimself T n e
(Signed) ORVILLE MORRIS. addresses by M. L. Noon, vice-pres Law May Be Amended We think that it would be advisable
iderable effort has been made by j - farmer! ident of the Michigan State Farm for farmers to take advantage of the
any firms to contract wool on the wo af n t s t 0 k n o w w h a t t h e S e c r e t a r y DAIRY CO-OP WIN Bureau. Mr. Noon is also a director Rep. Edward G. Read of Richland, present high prices now being offered
eep's back, but very few growers I Commerce is demanding of t h e " * 1 * 1 ^ of the .Michigan Milk Producers' As j one of Michigan's leading «heep for beans. It is all right to plan in
ave signed up. I P r e s l d e n t and whether he is likely TRIPLE ITS VOLUME sociation and no one in Michigan is j feeders, introduced a bill in the getting higher prices but you must
The co-operation of every wool to get it or not. The Litchfield Dairy Association better able to lead such discussions. | House to exempt feeder sheep and remember that each day sees us get-
rower is needed to make the 1923 The American Farm Bureau Fed- has voted to increase the capacity of Schedule of Meetings. | lambs from the provisions of the ting closer to hot weather. Another
ool the success it ought to be. In eration has gone on record as favor- their Co-op. creamery from 2,000 lbs. Flat Rock—Monday evening, Feb • present law requiring dipping for six weeks will see fresh vegetables in
922 the pool opened May 1, sold ing the retention of the Bureau of to 6,000 lbs. weekly. The Association 2(5, at the Maccabee Hall. I all sheep brought into Michigan. sale in the south which will certainly
I Markets by the Department of Agri- will build a new building and install Inkster—Tuesday evening, Feb. 27, | Dipping of feeding sheep is not be-have a tendency to restrict the sale
• November 28th. Every grower c u l t u r e
a(
l hia check by December 10. The new equipment which will involve the at Inkster Church. ing enforced at present, Michigan of beans in that territory.
ool returned 39.14 cents net to the expenditure of $25,000. It is one of Plymouth—Wednesday evening, Feb. feeders having protested that the law Beans have been a crop for the
was intended to apply only to breed- farmers this year and they have re-
r
ower for the five better grades of 0RANGEV1LLE SAVES ON the best creameries in the state and 28, at the High School Auditorium.
Sheldon—Thurs. afternoon, March ing stock being brought into the ceived good prices for them. Each
ool and 34% cents net for all 13 is noted for its high quality butter.
rades including tags, bucks and dis-
FARM BUREAU POTASH 1, at Sheldon Hall. state. farmer must remember his neighbor
"The white race cannot survive The Ladies Aid will serve dinner is probably holding as many beans as
U S T1 e aV6rage PriCe Pal
ar ml ; K ? ^ l Orangeville township Farm Bureau without dairy products," Herbert at noon Meeting begins at one WOULD LIMIT SCHOOL he is and if every one decides to sell
rmers b y local dealers as reported | i n B a r r y C o u n t y n o l d g r e g u l a r m o n t n l y
Hoover. o'clock. at the same time a lower market is
" meetings and the people of that com-
ates by local crop reporters, was munity have secured much valuable Bellevue-'-Thurs. evening, March 1 BONDS TO 15 YEARS sure to result. We don't expect to
*% cents net. at the Grange Hall. see a big drop in beans but on the
Got 6 to 9 Cents More
information. A portion of Orangeville NOTICE Long time school bonds are not other hand we can't see what will
township located in what is known approved by Rep. David H. Butler cause a big advance over present
Many of the 1922 wool poolers as Gunn Marsh— iuck land on the TO Discuss Economical of Fostoria who would limit the prices.
ote the Farm Bureau that the pool Barry-Allegan County line—where P r o d u c t i o n o f P o r k maturity of school district bonds to
urn was six to nine cents better about 700 carloads of onions and a CO-OPS. Economical pork production was 15 years. The last Legislature In-
r pound than what they were of- large amount of celery are raised discussed with 450 Hillsdale county creased the time for complete T. B. Clean-Up Plan
ed locally. These letters have every year. Recently these people farmers recently by V. A. Freeman, amortization of such bonds to 30
en published in the News. bought 125 tons of the State Farm It will be to your advantage animal husbandry specialist from M. years.
Has Strong Support
Don't forget that your Farm Bu- Bureau's Muriate of Potash at a satis- Prospects are bright for legisla-
to advise E. L. Ewing, State A. C, and County Agricultural Agent
au wool pool management and fi- factory saving. tive support for the program of
Farm Bureau Traffic Counsel, Roy Weinberg of the Hillsdale Coun- j H A V L D I K O N G C O - O P .
nces are completely under con- bovine tuberculosis eradication in
John C. Killick is the live Orange- Murray Bldg., Grand Rapids, ty Farm Bureau. Size of litter, para- J Michigan. The Agricultural Com-
ol of the State Farm Bureau. No ville township Farm Bureau president Mich., in full detail about any site control, feeding mixtures, minerals j The Mason County Co-operative mittee of the House has reported
"ihiissions are paid. The manager who has made arrangements for these difficulties you may have had in needed, market types and round worm Marketing Association has plans un- favorably the bill to provide a $200,-
a salary. All responsible per- meetings and has done the personal getting refrigerator cars since cbntrol were discussed. The work on i der way for a reorganization as a non- 000 emergency appropriation to pay
connected with the pool man- work necessary to make them interest- November 1, 1922. rrund worm control was illustrated by I profit stock company under Act 84.back claims and' finance the cam-
ent are adequately bonded. The ing. March 17 the women have charge a\two reel motion picture from the! The company is in good condition paign for the rest of the year and
au will be able to make as quick of the program for an all day meet- This notice applies to all Farm
Bureau locals and co-operative U.l S. Dept. of Agriculture. The mat- j financially and has about $50,000 in- also the measure to slightly reduce
n»s in 1923 when the wool is ing. terv»f parasite control is a real prob- vested in property. The stock com- the state award on condemned cattle
a
s it did in 1922. associations. The Farm Bureau
is studying our refrigerator car lem among hog men. there and else- j pany plan will enable it to secure a to conform to the federal statute, and
Local wool pool assembling dates "There Is no substitute for but- where, a nd deserves eur most care-1 larger working capital and operate up allow for co-operation with the coun-
1 D
® Published In an early edition terfat,"—Dr. Sherman ef Columbia situation. ty authorities. .
ful attention. to the full value of its assets.
e Newg. watch for teem. University.
PAGK F O n t
MARK!
As Report
Mar
PAGE TWO MICHIGAN FARM BUREAU NEWS
SEED THE COUNTY FARM BUREAU'S WORK
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
B y Farm Bureau Ser<J MICHIGAN FARM BUREAu NEWS T h e County F a r m B u r e a u today is more essential to agricul-
t u r a l p r o g r e s s t h a n e v e r b e f o r e . I n t h e s e d a y s of S t a t e F a r m B u -
MINNESOTA IS
RED CLOVER.
Markets continue inacl
early as yet 'to form an e
Published twice a month by the Michigan State Farm Bureau at Char-
lotte, Michigan. Bditorial and general offices at State Farm Bureau head-
quarters, Lansing. Michigan.
reau a n d co-operative business activities it sometimes seems that
w e l o s e s i g h t of t h e i n d i s p e n s a b l e p a r t p l a y e d b y t h e C o u n t y F a r m
Bureau.
Michigan State Farm Bureau
Assets and Liabilities
INFORMED WHAT
ion a s to the volume of ti
is to come for springsou
ever, all indications point 1
VOL. 1 FEBRUARY 28, 1928 No. 4 I t s t r u e f u n c t i o n i s t o d e v e l o p t h e a g r i c u l t u r a l r e s o u r c e s of
the c o u n t y in such a w a y that the greatest good for the greatest
January 31, 1923
Herewith is presented the Annual
FARMERS WANT
tern trade which has Application for second class mailing privileges at the post office n u m b e r of people will b e accomplished. Extension Service, Ro*d Q u e s t i
been supplied to a coi Financial (Statement of the Michigan
tent with foreign clover a t Charlotte, Mich., has been filed with the Postmaster at Charlotte. A w e l l balanced p r o g r a m i n c l u d i n g both p r o d u c t i o n a n d mar- Credits are Covered in ^^
State Farm Bureau s o that the mem-
continue to be reported ft Subscription Price, 50c Per Year, Included i n d u e s of F a r m k e t i n g is essential to t h i s result. I t s object is not to indiscrimin- Referendum
bership may be acquainted with all
more and N e w York in a Bureau Members. a t e l y increase production regardless of w h e t h e r there is a satisfac- Farmers of Minnesota have votea
phasea of t h e management of their
Shipments from midt t o r y m a r k e t for t h e p r o d u c t o r n o t . N e i t h e r c a n i t c o n f i n e i t s a c - overwhelmingly for county agent
state organization. This statement
the east are practically en B. a TJHGREN Editor and agricultural extension work. \l
up by embargoes laid down tivities to purely marketing projects. w a s presented to the Board ot Dele-
a statewide referendum, taken in De.
heavy snow fall in eastern- On t h e contrary, w e farmers through our County F a r m B u - gates a t the Fifth Annual Meeting a t
cember and January by the Minns*
Toledo market closed Fet reaus and County A g e n t s aim to increase the efficiency of agricul- M. A. C Feb. 1-2. Such statements
s o t a Farm Bureau Federation, ths
a t $13.30. y^OUfiAJi^TA: rftBaftyQI-AV t u r e , m a k i n g it s a f e r a n d m o r e s e r v i c e a b l e w h i l e a l o n g m a r k e t i n g will be presented from time to time
v o t e for a law which will require
ALSIKE. in the News.
Last week passed in Tolet l i n e s t h e r e a l w o r k i s t o t e a c h s o u n d s y s t e m s of o r g a n i z a t i o n a n d county commissioners to appropriate
OFFICERS good business methods. ASSETS funds for t h e work w a s 12 to 1.
any trade reported, accordi
W. E. PHILLIPS, Decatur President Cnah— In t h e referendum, Minnesota
port from a reliable source, A n efficient s y s t e m of m a r k e t i n g m u s t precede or go a l o n g
X. L. NOON, Jackson Vice-President Cash o n Hand 92,192.92 farmers were asked for their posi.
ther states there does not w i t h standardization, i m p r o v e m e n t of quality, and general effici-
FRED TAJ* NORSDAUL. Thre* Rivers Treasurer Cash in Banks 14,917.73 tione on fifteen s t a t e legislative is.
be any demand, although th< e n c y of production. I t should be remembered that as a result of
fered at is $3.00 under r Qlrectors-At-Lftrge Membership Receivables— sues and thirteen national question*.
the information the C o u n t y F a r m Bureau has m a d e available m a n y 1929 Dues 77,232.28
Stocks in the country must JA.MBS NIOaL South Haven In the s t a t e division, a demand for
a local co-operative association a n d has been organized and kept 1921 D o e s , 243,892.91
er large although no termin L. WHTWgEY WA.TKEK8 Manchester limiting t o n n a g e hauled on highways
seems to have any great vol MHLYIN B. M Q P H B R S Q N Lowell f u n c t i o n i n g that otherwise w o u l d never have been organized or 1922 Ones » 329,198.64 obtained t h e h e a v i e s t vote. The vote
TIMOTHY. MRS. EDITH M. WAOAR Carleton w o u l d h a v e failed. Lees R e s e r v e ^..». 227,232.88 w a s 26 t e 1. A law to permit farm-
Stock in terminal market EARL O, MeCARTT Bad Axe T h e n again, taking u p the other side of t h e question, the Receivable*— ers to organize their o w n credit as-
much less than in recent yes QEORQa FBIDAT Cetom* County F a r m Bureau has made possible the County Agricultural Notes Receivable l*449.7i sociations was favored.
some timothy has gone for e VERNE GOBMLET Newberry A g e n t . A s a result of the w o r k of the B u r e a u a n d t h e County Accounts Receivable 123,798.91 On the question of exempting co.1
amount has not reached a Commodity Directors Freight Advances ( P r e * . opefntivs corporations from the
A g e n t , m a n y a child i s n o w d r i n k i n g tuberculosis free milk, nu-
proportion. Holders are exp< PRBB SOOTH, BUc Rapids Michigan Potato Growers Exchange double liability of stockholders, thi
m e r o u s scrub bulls h a v e c e a s e d t o m u l t i p l y their k i n d , p o o r c o w s **•) 109.43
spring demand to be good a M. L. NOON, Jackaen Michigan Milk Producers Association n e g a t i v e h a s a margin of 5 0 0 , tbe!
h a v e b e e n e l i m i n a t e d , h o g o h o l e r a is b e i n g c o n t r o l l e d , t h e q u a l i t y Advances o n Seed 89,759.58
work higher when the trar ELMER A. BBAMBR. BUaafield Michigan Live Stock Exchange ratio b e i n g 4 t o 5.
a n d y i e l d of farm crops h a v e been improved, and m a n y a family Inventories—
However, it is a question of WALDO B- PHILLIPS* Decatur Michigan Elevator Exchange Mdse Seed Dent 395,469.24 Cost of production studies, the I
The situation on alfalfa, s h a s been enabled to h a v e electric l i g h t s and bath r o o m convenien-
CLARK L. BRODT, Tensing Headquarters Secretary-Manager Mdee Clothing Dept 19.314.85 farmers voted 12 t o 1, should be con.j
tc., is unchanged since
Mdse Marketing Dept 3,945.63 tinued. B y t h e s a m e ratio, they
report in these columns.
A l l o f t h e s e f e a t u r e s a r e e s s e n t i a l t o t h e b u s i n e s s s u c c e s s of M i s s Produce B x c h a s g e . . 274.68 asked for restoration of the Minns,
GRAIN MARK] Mitfiigaa Commodity Marketing Aaaoclatlens
b o t h farmer and m e r c h a n t , a n d t h e y emphasize the i m p o r t a n c e of Mdse Wool B a g s . . . . . . . . 1,466.50 sota grades on wheat. Increased aifli
B y Mien. Elevator Bxcn Affiliated W i t h Michigan State F a r m Bureau for county a g e n t and demonstration
c a r r y i n g out a well balanced p r o g r a m in w h i c h m a r k e t i n g and pro-
Michigan Petarto Growers Exchange OdiUac duction are combined i n proper relationships. The County F a r m work w a s favored, 11 to 1. State
$1,065,772.67
OATS Michigan Milk Producers Association 707 Owen Bldg., Detroit for educational purposes equal
B u r e a u and County A g r i c u l t u r a l A g e n t m a k e s this possible. May Less Reserve lor Bad
We still believe oats are t Michigan Lire Stock Exchange 426 N. Butler S t . Lansing Debts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,000.00 three mill tax w a s favored, 4 to 1,
although the demand is di they live long and prosper! L a w s to protect natural resource*)
Michigan Elevator Exchange Farm Bureau Bldg., Lanalng
should do better w i h i n t w e r e endorsed, 13 t o 1.
thirty or sixty riavs. Total Current A s s e t s . .$1,060,772.67
. WHEAT. S t a t e F a r m Bureau Buaineaa Department* aft Lansing Fixed A s s e t s - Further issuance of tax-free •«.]
Still in an uncertain posi Seed Traffic General Offices curitiea w a s condemned, 9 to 1. The]
Automobiles and Equip-
have more wheat in the Purchasing Wool Advertising question of increasing the maximum!
ment $1,026.00
States than we will consum A t Detroit federal farm loan limits from $10,{
Office and Store Equip-
000 to $ 2 5 , 0 0 0 carried 2 to 1. MinneJ
Michigan Farm Bureau Produce Exchange 2739 Russel S t ment 24,188.11 sota farmers voted 3 0 to 1, to restoi
Farm Accoi O. E. BRADFUTE
American F a r m Bureau Federation
, President
The following items taken from the press show h o w the public
Machinery
Seed Laboratory Equip-
ment
11,038.89
363.83
rate regulating powers to state
roads and w a r e h o u s e commissions
Continuance of federal aid for high]
r e c o g n i z e s the F a r m B u r e a u a s t h e m o d e r n f a r m e r ' s m e a n s of e x p r e s - Real Estate and Buildings 75,000.00
J. W. COVERDALE Secretary w a y construction was asked.
GENERAL OFFICES A, F. B. F 58 East Washington St, Chicago s i n g h i m s e l f and g e t t i n g t h i n g s d o n e t h a t s h o u l d be d o n e . T h e s e Wool Pool E q u i p m e n t . . . . 196.31 Minnesota farmers also demands
GRAY SILVER Washington Representative n e w s p a p e r s had r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s a t t h e M i c h i g a n F a r m B u r e a u ' s f i f t h
County Agent W m . F. a law providing for 12, 24 and 31
ston of Wexford County h; LEGISLATIVE HEADQUARTERS Munsey Bldg., Washington, D. C. annual meeting. E v e r y p o i n t in the G r a n d R a p i d s P r e s s editorial on $111,763.41 month rediscount loan for agricnlJ
boys and girls thinking oi t h e r e p e a l of t h e C o v e r t L a w w a s b r o u g h t o u t a n d d i s c u s s e d b y tural production purposes. The St]
farm problems. Under his W H A T OF THE GAS TAX? F a r m B u r e a u d e l e g a t e s i n t h e i r m e e t i n g . T h e C h i c a g o P a c k e r r e p - Prepaid Insurance 2,470.31 Lawrence waterway project was enJ
ership nine consolidated sc N o other proposed t a x a t i o n change has aroused nearly as resents t h e Chicago f r u i t a n d p r o d u c e m a r k e t s . dorsed.
have been giving < $1,175,006.12 The heaviest vote in t h e referenj
practical farm accounting.
m u c h c o m m e n t and discussion a s the gasoline t a x proposition.
• t h e r m e a s u r e i s p r a i s e d s o m u c h f o r i t s f a i r n e s s a n d at t h e s a m e
No THE COVERT LAW CROSBY'S EGG TEST LIABILITIES dum was cast on the question of ob
•students kept records and T h e Covert law provides the au- Payables— taining a truth-in-fabric legislation,!
m it ted reports on the e time opposed so vigorously. thorization on w h i c h county road FOUND THE PROFITS Notes Payable $14,000.00 the v o t e for t h e proposal being 1111
operations and problems T h e M i c h i g a n S t a t e F a r m B u r e a u B o a r d of D e l e g a t e s , a c t - c o m m i s s i o n s build n u m e r o u s connect- Clarence Crosby, Montcalm F a r m Loans on Seed 189,295.00 to 1. A law against filled milk pro
their h o m e farms. i n g for t h e m e m b e r s h i p , h a s p l a c e d the B u r e a u definitely on record ing h i g h w a y s throughout Michigan. Bureau member of Greenville, r e - Accounts Payable 79,461.90 ducts wag asked.
W e submit herewith the f o r a straight t w o cents a gallon gasoline t a x by this resolution: For several years t h e farmers have ports this experience w i t h t h e F a r m
Consigned Seed P a y a b l e . . . 142,708.59 T h e "Pittsburgh P l u s " principle \\
ning report made by Miss been demanding certain revisions to Bureau Produce E x c h a n g e at De-
" R e s o l v e d , t h a t w e believe that in t h e main the amount Advance Membership Pay- m a k i n g steel prices w a s opposed. Ac
otby M. Smith of Manton protect them in its application; and troit. H e had been shipping e g g s
of g a s o l i n e c o n s u m e d is in proportion t o the use derived able 68,797.04 ceptance of Ford's proposal to mam
the accounts on a now t h a t tbey have despaired ot get- to a Detroit commission firm, so he
there. Miss Smith's ^^ I
f r o m t h e public h i g h w a y s and is a logical basis for t a x a t i o n ; ting t h e s e revisions they are coming shipped one crate to t h e Commission Loans for Seed Working facture fertilizer at Muscle Shoa
a n d w e t h e r e f o r e f a v o r a t a x of t w o c e n t s a g a l l o n o n g a s - o u t tor repeal of t h e law. Capital 651.50 was favored 17 to 1.
lit led her to a free tri firm a n d another crate of t h e s a m e Land Contract 15,000.00
Farmers' Week at M. A. C oline in Michigan to raise funds for interest and retirement W h e n t h e abuses o t t h e Covert quality t o t h e F a r m B u r e a u Produce
of t h e state's h i g h w a y b o n d s . " law are appreciated their viewpoint Exchange on the s a m e day. The old 1921 Wool Pool R e s e r v e . . 50,119.92
STORY OF M Y ACCOUNT
B y Dorothy M. Smith
"The benefits to be derive
The great volume of gasoline c o n s u m e d in Michigan is used
for a u t o m o b i l e a n d t r u c k t r a n s p o r t a t i o n o n t h e p u b l i c h i g h w a y s .
is certain to draw sympathy. There line commission firm returned him Accrued
is t h e case of a resort proprietor, for 43 cents a dozen and the F a r m Bu- Wages
Salaries and
5.976.88 GARDEN SEEDS
farm accounting are many. example, prevailing upon t h e com- reau P r o d u c e Exchange made him Accrued A. F. B. F. D u e s . . 2,118.57 Our Association is co-opera-
This fact is beyond dispute. The automobile has caused the in- m i s s i o n e r s to run a road across half a net return of 55 cents a dozen, or Accrued Interest 769.57 tive. W e market the products
mess farmer in the United s i s t e n t d e m a n d f o r a g r e a t l y e n l a r g e d p r o g r a m of h i g h w a y d e - a dozen farms to his sylvan spot, the an additional profit of 12 cents a Accrued Taxes 988.05 of our members, who are market
could testify that his busines; v e l o p m e n t . T o meet this d e m a n d the Legislature has authorized farmers both pro and con paying dozen. gardners, greenhouse men, and
T h e Produce Exchange is
out a strict method of acc< t h e issuance of $50,000,000 of state h i g h w a y bonds, $30,000,000 t h e shot. In some instances i t is re- the F a r m Bureau member's own $569,887.02 fruit men, -and furnish their
would be no business. ported farmers have sold off the sales a g e n c y and it is on t h e job to A. F. B. F. Cues Deferred 47,300.00 seeds, and other supplies. We
"I will point out a few factt of w h i c h has already been issued. N o adequate provision h a s
timber and let their farms return to get t h e h i g h dollar for the consign- also distribute grass and field
from my book. b e e n m a d e f o r the r e t i r e m e n t of t h e s e o u t s t a n d i n g bonds. We'll
t h e state for taxes rather t h a n stand ing m e m b e r and to return it to him. Total Current Liabilities $617,187.02 seeds for the Michigan State
Number of h e n s 50. h a v e to p a y them. Our real estate w i l l foot t h e bill unless w e g e t t h e high tax. In other interesting
Monthly averages for ea< Working Capital—Produce Farm Bureau in Western Mich-
b e l p f r o m t h o s e w h o use t h e roads. The automobile has also cases political l o g - r o l l i n g — t h e aver-
are as f o l l o w s : brought u s a tremendous increased road repair and maintainance a g e road commission s e e m s particu- LOOK BEFORE LOADING Exchange 225.00 igan.
Jan.; 1.54 e g g s : Feb., 2.10; oost. Therefore, it is j u s t t h a t the automobile should contribute ac- larly devoted to this type of activ- Inspection of 700 arriving cars of N e t Income — Hubam Our only excuse for existence
fi 12; /April, 1 4 ; May, 16: J u t Clover Pool 6,999.24 is the service w e give. Can we
cordingly to defray highway expenses. i t y — i s resorted to in order to induce live stock at 7 of the large markets
J u l y , ' 1 2 . 5 ; Aug., 1 1 ; Sept., 7 supervisors t o do a s the boards de- by supervisors of the Packers and serve you? W e want your gar-
4; Nov., 1 ; D e c , .6. I t i s r e a s o n a b l e t h a t t h e a m o u n t of s u c h c o n t r i b u t i o n s h o u l d Total Liabilities $ 624,411.26 den seed orders. Market gard-
sire. K e n t county's experiences are Stockyards Administration, United
"During t h e m o n t h s of A u g b e i n p r o p o r t i o n to the use of the h i g h w a y b y each automobile. w e l l - k n o w n . The "we'11-pave-a-mile- States Department of Agriculture Net Worth—not including ners demand the best seeds. So
Oct., Nov., D e c , j n . , Feb.' T h e g a s o l i n e t a x a u t o m a t i c a l l y t a k e s c a r e of t h e m i l e a g e d r i v e n in-your-township" bait is a sample. s h o w s that shippers would do well Membership A c c o u n t s . ! 174,893.41 should you. Our catalog gives
March the e g g production wa a n d t h e w e i g h t of t h e c a r — t h e t w o f a c t o r s c o n t r i b u t i n g to w e a r to m a k e careful examination of cars Membership N e t W o r t h . . 375,701.45 much valuable information,
W h a t t h e farmers h a v e asked is
low. During the above eight n a n d t e a r of h i g h w a y s by automobiles. t h a t the county supervisors shall before loading them. The railroads cost us t w o bits, but costs
the 50 hens produced 9S6 e g g s I t i s l o g i c a l t o o t h a t t h e m a n w h o d r i v e s h i s e a r 15,000 m i l e s m a k e t h e final decision on all roads maintain satisfactory car inspection Total Net Worth $ 550,594.86 nothing. Write for it.
average 6f 10.7 eggs per hi r e c o m m e n d e d by the road commis- service at the large markets, but not
per y e a r should p a y three times as m u c h into the h i g h w a y fund as
In other words each hen pre
one e g g every 12.2 days. Egg h i s n e i g h b o r w h o d r i v e s h i s c a r o n l y 5 , 0 0 0 m i l e s . T h e p r e s e n t li- sions. They think this is a sufficient iall cars sent to country shipping $1,175,006.12 THE GRAND RAPI1
ing this period are worth c e n s e f e e s y s t e m c h a r g e s e a c h a l i k e f o r t h e s a m e car. safeguard for local interests and for p o i n t s have moved directly from the
t h e county funds. The legislature terminals. As a consequence many
GROWERS ASS'N.
$0.04. Therefore, each hen a O p p o n e n t s of a g a s t a x a d v o c a t e a n i n c r e a s e d a u t o l i c e n s e f e e Rep. Peter Lennon of Genesee h a s L. F . JONES,
h a s paid t o o little attention to their cars h a v e defects t h a t may crip- Mgr. S e e d Department
low average for the 240 days 1 t o p r o v i d e a d d i t i o n a l r e v e n u e f o r h i g h w a y p u r p o s e s . I t is h a r d t o demands, and now the whole l a w — ple a n i m a l s or e v e n cause their offered a bill which requires school
G R A N D R A P I D S , MICH.
in about $0.80. Her cost' an u n d e r s t a n d how such a proposal w o u l d operate w i t h any great de- m u c h of w h i c h the farmers ap- deaths. Of the cars inspected districts to have a combined valua- Cor. W e a l t h y Street and Ioniaj
keep averages approximately g r e e of f a i r n e s s t o t h o s e w h o d r i v e t h e i r c a r s b u t a l i t t l e . p r o v e — i s under fire as a final des- in tion of at least $ 2 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 in order
this investigation seven had A v e n u e , S. W .
for the same time. This lea'
N e i g h b o r i n g s t a t e s e i t h e r h a v e g a s o l i n e t a x e s or are i n t h e perate move. Repeal can still be holes in the floors, 91 had projecting to consolidate to establish an agricul-
profit of $0.20 for each hen d avoided by revision.—Editorial in nails in the walls, and 88 had cleats tural school.
this period of high prices am p r o c e s s of g e t t i n g t h e m . M i c h i g a n a u t o i s t s t o u r i n g i n t h o s e s t a t e s
Grand Rapids Press, Feb. 10, 1 9 2 3 . that might, and probably did, cause
e g g production. k e l p P ^ * o r t k e i r roads, a n d fairly so. S h o u l d n o t the tourists w h o
are y e a r l y c o m i n g to M i c h i g a n resorts in i n c r e a s i n g numbers, caus- bad bruises. Eighty-two of the cars
Recommends Culling were without bedding, a large factor
It Is quite evident that the n i n g great h i g h w a y depreciation, make some contribution to our Farm Bureau Scores in the safety and comfort of animals
Ity of the flock was getting a h i g h w a y expense account? A gasoline t a x is the only solution to
ride, while a few hens v this g r o w i n g problem.
Roads for Car Shortage in transit.
East L a n s i n g , Mich., Feb. 9 . — N o matter who is responsible for
the work. This flock has never
f u l l e d and I believe that Failure of railroads to supply cars the condition of the cars, it ia to t h e
OPPORTUNITIES IN FARM BUREAU WORK for the m o v e m e n t of farm products interest of the shippers a l w a y s to
elimination would not affect th. A n y o n e attending the f i f t h annual m e e t i n g of the Michigan
production and lower the fe< w a s roundly scored at the annual m a k e an inspection of his o w n . Last
cost 6 0 % which would amoui
»tate F a r m B u r e a u could n o t fail to be impressed w i t h the high meeting h e r e last Friday of t h e year at one middle-western cattle
"RURAL RUSSETS'
a net profit of $0.50 instead of ! olass character and ability of the delegates. Michigan State Farm Bureau. It in- market 1,700 cattle and more than
T h e n , t o o , w h e n it is c o n s i d e r e d t h a t t h e s e 1 3 0 m e n c o n s t i t u t e d structed its traffic department t o 2,000 h o g s were found crippled in
for each hen. This is a peric
h i g h prices and I feel that th
0 the time that egg p r o d u
b u t a s a m p l e of t h e t h o u s a n d s o f l i v e F a r m B u r e a u w o r k e r s a n d
l e a d e r s i n t h e 7 3 C o u n t y F a r m B u r e a u s r e p r e s e n t e d , s o m e i d e a of
petition t h e Interstate Commerce cars.
Commission for a n emergency order,
King of Late Potati
directing railroad to divert cars into "Filled Milk is t h e greatest de-
given a great deal of t h e r e a l f a b r i c of t h e S t a t e F a r m B u r e a u c a n b e g a i n e d . T h e d e l e - Michigan immediately for the m o v e - ception that has been unloaded on
Resists Beat, Drought and Diseastl
ration."
g a t e s a n d m e m b e r s a t E a s t L a n s i n g F e b r u a r y 1-2 c e r t a i n l y r e f l e c t ment of potatoes. the publio in recent years," W. L.
In commenting on the repoi
her dairy operations. Miss S
t h e q u a l i t y a n d l i v e i n t e r e s t of t h e m e m b e r s h i p b a c k h o m e a n d The bureau also called upon t h e Stockton, Pres. Montana Dairymen's Our Michigan grown Certified Seed Potatoes pro-
writes "The cows show a loss I b e l i e v e n o o t h e r o r g a n i z a t i o n , f a r m e r s o r o t h e r w i s e , h a s e v e r at- railroads t o m a k e plans for t h e Ass'n. duce the largest yields. In 1922 Certified Petoskey*
though a decreased inventory of t r a c t e d a h i g h e r class of individuals. proper h a n d l i n g of Michigan fruits
and other perishable products. It gave Michigan growers 61 more bushels per acre than
g i v e s a misconception regarding T h e d i s c u s s i o n of t h e v a r i o u s r e s o l u t i o n s a n d q u e s t i o n s b e f o r e
true worth of the cows. This 1 the m e e t i n g showed a splendid k n o w l e d g e of public and govern-
w e n t on record in favor of r e a s o n - the yield from all kinds of seed. .
able regulation of commercial bus YOUR CO-OP In Indiana, Certified potatoes out-yield ordinary ito»|
!.isrâ„¢H B
|T
radically
thS fact that E0met
wrong with the dairy
m e n t a l i s s u e s as w e l l as p u r e l y a g r i c u l t u r a l m a t t e r s . T h e e x t e m - and truck lines, recommending t h a t
'his farm, it could be on.
poraneous debates and speeches would h a v e been a credit to any they be placed under the supervision
Handles
fifty bushels per acre. «
m e e t i n g of b u s i n e s s o r p r o f e s s i o n a l m e n . of the State Public Utilities Commis-
*ings. It might be wel
sion the s a m e as any other c o m m o n
Producton costs were the same except the sman
In fact, w h a t else could be e x p e c t e d ? D o e s n ' t the successful
ilc] bp d0
irting t f a r m e r h a v e t o t h i n k c o n t i n u a l l y a b o u t t h e p r o b l e m s of a g r i c u l - carrier.—From the Chicago Paoker, FARM BUREAU additional cost of Certified Seed. ,,
Chicago, 111. If your Local Co-op Association or County A * *
.mother • ture a n d exercise the best of j u d g m e n t to m e e t the emergencies
cannot take your order, write to
Jan.
Better Ration Needed
"For instauce in the mouth
1922, the three cows a n d
t h a t c o n f r o n t h i m a l m o s t e v e r y d a y ? H e is n o t m a k i n g t h e 1 6 t h
p a r t of a p i n or s o m e c e r t a i n p a r t o f a m a c h i n e d a y a f t e r d a y or
falling into the machine like routine that characterizes m a n y po-
Opposes Filled Milk
The Department of Health of t h e
BINDER TWINE
calf received 1 2 0 0 lbs. of nr city of N e w York is vigorously op- Michigan Potato Growers' Exchange, Cadillac, MKM
h a y ; 100 lbs. of fodder and 2 2 9 s i t i o n s or businesses in t h e city. posed to the substitution ot cocoa-
of grain ( c o r n ) . Supposing t h i s T h e a b i l i t y s h o w n a t t h e a n n u a l m e e t i n g lias a l w a y s b e e n o n nut oil for butterfat. Cocoanut oil or the
the f a r m to a greater or less extent, but w e have not a l w a y s had is no substitute for milk. Cocoanut
all fn<i to three cows, the follow
' be the daily r a t i o u for a m e d i u m t h r o u g h w h i c h it c o u l d find • x p r e s s i o n a n d d e v e l o p - oil does n o t possess the s a m e grow-
Order Now
ing qualities found in t h e b u t . e r f a t
T h e F a r m B u r e a u o r g a n i z a t i o n c o n s t i t u t e s o n e of t h e b e s t o p -
portunities ever before the capable y o u n g m a n on the farm to
of milk, and any legislation <rhich
permits the^additlon of cocoanut oil Michigan Staff? I&rmBureau
build himself up to greater usefulness and enjoyment. to any milk product w o u l d be op- SEED DEPARTMENT
A c t i v i t y p r o m p t e d b y a real heartfelt interest in local co-op-
posed to the best interests of t h e Mich. State Farm Bureau L a n s i n g , HichJ.^ixtv
people of the city." Dr. Royal S.
erative or County F a r m B u r e a u organizations is the route by Copeland, Health Commissioner for Purchasing Dep't.
•ay
w h i c h our best leadership i s eoming. It is u p to u s farmers to do N e w York City.
tsve j o b o u r s e l v e s , a n d w t w i l l .
_ zrf
FEBRUARY 28, 1028 MICHIGAN FARM BUREAU NEWS PAGE THREE
per cent of the bituminous coal. Let
UB see. The farmer pays 55 per cent
of the nation's freight bill, and the
ST. CLAIR FOR
What Becomes of the Taxpayer's DoDar? railroads use 25 per cent of all the
bituminous coal mined. The manu-
facturing industries use 25 per cent
GASOLINE TAX
Farmer's Income Fail* To Keep Pace With Mounting Costs Of Government of the coal, and the farmer buys one-
half of the manufactures. The steel 2,100 FARM BUREAU MEMBERS
and coke industries use 20 per cent ALSO FOR INCOME LEVY,
ol the coal, and farmers use one- T. B. CONTROL
CHARTS SHOW WHERE MONEY GOES third of the steel and iron. So in The St. Clair County Farm Bu-
reality the farmers pay 39 per cent
Taxes which the farmers of the United States paid in 1922, new sources of revenue without definite assurance that such of the bituminous coal bill. In 1913 reau Board of Delegates at its an-
nual meeting recently adopted the
it took 2% bushels of corn to buy
ounted to a larger sum of money than the total net income new taxes will entirely replace, or materially reduce, existing a ton of coal, but now it takes 7 resolutions calling for enactment ol
a State Income tax, a tax of 2 eentB
all the farms of the United States during the same year, levies. to 10 bushels of corn. a gallon on gasoline to finance high-
Form Bureau's Answer way developments and maintenance,
>ffical government figures show. The farmer must better this mar- opposed further issuance of tax-free
It is high time that the American farmer made a careful keting condition. Co-operative mar- bonds and endorsed Michigan's
In view of this astonishing situation, there is no question study of what becomes of the funds raised by taxation. This keting is not an experiment anymore. bovine tuberculosis eradication pro-
There are some 18,000 co-operative gram. The Bureau also elected of-
it that the next essential step in government is to reduce is shown graphically by the following charts: organizations in America, doing a ficers. St. Clair County Farm Bu>
•uses instead of continuing to increase them, or devising business of a billion dollars We^rean has 2,100 members.
mast draw the smaller competitive Text of Resolutions
co-operative associations together so "WHEREAS, the present taxation
THE TAXPAYER'S DOLLAR HOW THE STATE USES ITS DOLLAR that they will not compete among burden, especially as pertaining to
themselves. the rural parts of our state has os-
Walton Peteet has been employed come so excessive, tending in many
as director of our co-operative mar- cases to the greater discouragement
keting department. Co-operative of our farm population, and waexn-
marketing will be the chief effort o f l a 8 the taxes on many farms have sjs-
the year. sumed proportions, making continu-
Help Your Self ance on such farms almost pro-
The other day I had occasion to hibltive, therefore,
see the Farm Bureau In operation. It "BB IT RESOLVED, that we go
was in a township farm bureau meet- on record as favoring a State In-
ing—a township which is. using ev- come Tax, in order that the burden
ery state and national farm bureau of taxation might he more equitably
project. They—250 to 300 mem-1 distributed, and in furtherance «
sere—were using the livestock ship- this same end, we also go on record
plag association, the wool pool, the 1 as favoring the abolition of tax-free
co-operative egg sales, the poultry I bonds and other securities. We fur-
association, the cream shipping as- t her express our approval of a tax
sociation, the apple sales co-opera- o n gasoline not less than two cents
tive, the purchasing department, ete. per gallon to finance highway de-
The total average net for the year in velopment and maintenance without
that township farm bureau was the real property tax.
$20,000. The women were interest- WHEREAS, Dairying is the larg-
ed in women s work, dressmaking, e r farming interest pertaining %p
social work, etc.. so that the value to Michigan Agriculture, and Whereas
the farm homes was greater than t n e c o n trol of Bovine Tuberculosis
the saving in dollars and cents. The i s Qf great importance to this Indus-
increase in joy and happiness in try, therefore
these farm homes was greater than BE IT RESOLVED, that the 8t-
the mercenary benefits. We don't C l a i r county Farm Bureau go on
have to beg for memberships in that Record as endorsing an adequate ah-
township. We can't keep them out • propriation to be made by the Mich,
©f the Farm Bureau. i g a n Legislature now in session, for
Not long ago I visited a young man I t D e control of this disease,
and his wife who were using the j ''inasmuch as the business of pro-
CHART 2 Farm Bureau on every occasion. This| d u c i n g m l l k a n d t n e 8 a l e o f ^ ^
CHART 1 man showed me his books. They| i g o n e Gf our major interests, w«
Showing how the State spends its revenue for the various showed an actual saving of $475, o r ! p l a c e ourselves emphatically on rec-
Shewing how a taxpayer's dollar is divided between
State Boards, Commissions, Institutions, etc. Note how much * ord as endorsing legislation adequate
State, County and Local Governments. Average of 75 $10 membership fee. Show me any to prevent the sale and manufacture
is absorbed by interest on the State bonded indebtedness. other investment that will pay so of "Filled Milk" in Michigan."
agricultural counties is indicated by this chart and table. well. This was a 400-acre farm.
Agriculture 2.6c Officers Elected
But it shows that the Farm Bu- St. Clair County Farm Bureau of-
State 12.33e Care of the Insane 16.6 reau is a cafeteria business. You ficers for 1923 are as follows:
13 72
bounty - Charitable 3.6 must help yourself. Pres., Chester Shirkey, Memphis.
Township 2.84 Educational 30.6 Vice-Pres., C. J. Reld, Avoca.
31 73 Highways 8.7 Sec'y-Treas., Albert Tosch, Capac.
School • -
1 3 2 0 Legal 3.0 SUPERVISORS WANT County Farm Bureau Executive
Highway
©ounty Road 7
•"*•
Military 1.5 COVERT ACT KILLED Committee: Henry Rossow, Marine
City; Carl Greenberg, St. Clair;
Prisons 6.3
Drain 63
Public Health 2.4 Repeal of the Covert road act, es- John Volker, Marine City; P. M.
£j?ty & Village 18.48 Soldiers' Bonus 9.4 tablishment of the income and gaso- Stein, Port Huron; Floyd Fuller,
Departments 5.8 line taxes and a pay-as-you-go policy Jeddo; Hugh Hodgins, Yale
Bejected 08 for county, state and national govern-
Boards & Commissions 8.0
War Loan of 1917 1.4 ments, were the outstanding resolu- MRS. ANDERSON QUIT
tions adopted by the Michigan Associ-
Miscellaneous 1 ation of Supervisors, at their annual BOARDING 31 HENS
convention at Lansing recently.
TOTAL 100c TOTAL 100c An attempt to repeal or modify the Last August at a poultry culling
Covert road law during the present demonstration Mrs. Louis Anderson of
session of the legislature appears to Ludington, R. 4, had her flock of 65
REAL ESTATE PAYS away with tax-exempt securities. be a foregone conclusion.
79 PCT. OF TAXES Economy and Taxation Adoption of these measures, it be-
lieves, would distribute more just-
Buff Orpington hens culled by C. M.
Ferguson, M. A. C. Poultry Extension
Specialist, and County Agent Kris P.
MACOMB DAIRY DRIVE Bemis. They culled out 31 hens whicfe
That real estate bears far more than
Reforms Are Needed ly the tax burden and result in
greatly
property
reducing the general
tax.
she kept for ten days in a pen and
Macomb Countv's dairy and alfalfa the bunch laid two eggs during that
tta Just share of the burden of taxa- That economy must begin at | Provisions should be made to campaign opens March 5 and continues time. She got just as many eggs from
tion was shown in the recent report home is clearly shown by the fore-1 liquidate the State's present to March 17. Many interesting meet- the remaining 34 hens as she had
ef the state tax commission on the as- going charts and tables. If the [bonded indebtedness and the Farmer's Dollar Is ings will be held throughout the coun- been getting from the entire 65. After
sessed valuation of property in the Legislature did not appropriate a i "pay as you go" policy adopted ty. ten days time she marketed the 31
state for 1922. single penny of the taxpayer's for the future, Worth Only 65c Macomb County has a Farm Bureau culls through the Mason County Mar-
money for state purposes, the
The total valuation of all property State Believes In Educational Work. On His Purchases member who is going to plant 700 keting Association and received 26c
was set at $5,622,913,389, of which $4,- total taxes paid would be reduced
|W: The item of state educational (Continued from page 1) pounds of Farm Bureau Grimm alfalfa per pound gross, making net returns
490,284,601 was on real estate and only about 12.3%. See Chart 1. expense is a very large one, but Or the average farm dollar is today which he bought from the Utica Farm of 21 %c. The best local offer at that
1,132,628,788 was on personal prop- School, city, village, county and in view of the serious need for the worth only 65 cents when we trade Bureau local. time for poultry was 15c per pound.
erty. highway levies are all big items development of colleges and nor- for goods we need.
No Personal Increase. and m u s t be carefully watched if mal schools, it does not seem that In other words, the other fellow
While the average rate per thou- taxes are to be kept down or ma- any marked reduction in state hasn't got back to normal. We got
sand on all taxes in the state has in- terially reduced. educational expenditures should back with a dull thud.
If the buying power of the Illinois
creased from $26.40 in 1920 to $28.09 Public Demands More of State. occur.
in 1922 there was no corresponding in- There are indications that the A big proportion of this seem- farmer were at normal, he would
now have $164,000,000 more per
crease 'in valuation of personal prop- present Legislature will not ex-
erty to meet the growing expenses of ceed former appropriation totals. ingly large educational item year to spend, or $691 per farm.
government. shown in ChaTt 2 is composed of Certainly this would be a great stim-
In fact, there was an actual de-
There is some hope that the state the mill taxes for the University ulus to business in Illinois. The
C. L. Brody, Secretary-
crease in personal property valuation tax may even be reduced below of Michigan and the Michigan ize what this increase would mean
business men of the city must real-
Manager, of Michigan
between 1920 and 1922. In the form- that of the immediate past. How- Agricultural College. Fifty- to him in his endeavor to sell goods State Farm Bureau, and
er year, personal property was valued ever, the scope of state govern- seven per cent of the total goes to to the farmer. J. W. Nicolson, Mgr. of
at $1,196,448,520. In 1921, this value ment has so increased, and public the University. The other 43% of Seed Dept., inspecting
Where We're Lame seed at threshing time
, decreased to $1,188,786,545, and in 1922 demands that the State engage in the State's educational expense is Agriculture is overproducing near Oasis, Utah.
i shrunk still further to $1,132,628,788. a wide range of activities are such divided among the Michigan Ag- when the market is considered. We
Capital invested in personal property that any material reduction in ricultural College, the College of have no satisfactory system of tak-
is either illegally escaping taxation or state levies is hardly to be ex-
Is invested in tax-exempt securities. pected. Mines, the four Normal schools, ing care of our surpluses. We have
Real Estate Relief. ttie State Department of Public no satisfactory market at home or
State Interest Charge Big Item. Instruction and the State Board abroad.
la submitting the report, Nathan
fcimpson, a member of the commis- In regard to the item of state of Education.
We grow it; it is ours—ours to
dispose of or not, as we will. A sec-
Utah Common A l f e l f e Seed
sion urged that there be a material debt and interest charges, the Should Watch Local Items. ond big problem which we have to
reduction on the assessed valuation State Tax Commission in its re- But after all is said and done, consider is a better form of financ- Farm Bureau Brand Utah Alfalfa Seed is the cheapest, Michigan
o* rural property and small homes. cent report makes this noteworthy Chart 1 shows that when the tax- ing, a better system of credits. The adapted Alfalfa Seed on the market.
The use of land transfer figures as a comment: payer rises in righteous anger he Farm Bureau program for improved
aasis for valuation of such property "At the beginning of the shouldn't merely "cuss" the Legis- credit is well under way in Wash- Inspected while growing and after threshing by representatives
18 responsible for the undue burden war, Michigan, as a State, lature, but should watch local ex- ington. of the Farm Bureau Seed Department.
earried by real estate, he declared. had no public debt. Since penditures and see that economy Railroad Problems Grown at an altitude of 4500 feet under severe climatic condi-
The total of all taxes in the state A third big problem confronting
far 1922 was $160,222,824, according
then we have by an over- is practiced all along the line. the farmers is transportation. This tions our high quality strains, free from noxious weeds, will give
te the report of the commission. In whelming public vote author- By referring to Chart 1 again problem begins with the road at the results.
1921 the total was $158,388,866 and in ized the issue of $50,000,000 it will be seen that in the 75 agri- front gate. It goes from there to
For short rotations we recommend this seed. For permanent
1920 it was $148,438,-982. of bonds for highway pur- cultural counties considered, market, whether it is a few miles or
poses and $30,000,000 of taxes levied and expended wholly across seas. The farmer must have fields use Grimm, Cossack or Michigan grown Farm Bureau
State taxes for 1922 were $17,305,384
as against $20,452,380 in 1921 and $17,- bonds for payment of a sol- within the minor subdivisions, the more adequate transportation at less Brands.
diers' bonus. When these townships, cities and villages, cost. We must have lower rates or About 10,000,000 pounds of Alfalfa Seed has been imported each
379,244 in 1920. else more eastern industries out west
The total county tax for 1922 was bonds have all been issued, comprised 70% of the general so as to feed the people more easily. year for the last three years.
$45,953,040, while township taxes the interest charge alone will property tax. Taking a transportation index at Don't take a chance on these imported seeds. We do not
amounted to $2,671,945. School taxes amount to more than $4,000,- It would seem that the farmer's 100, in 1923 non-agricultural prod-
reached a total of $50,422,121, an in- handle them.
crease of $5,000,000 over the previous
000 annually. In 1908 the en- best hope for tax relief will come ucts buy transportation at 73, whMe
year. tire amount of taxes for State through readjustment of our pre- agricultural products must pay 133 Buy Farm Bureau Brand Seeds from your local Co-Op.
purposes was but $4,194,- sent taxation system, so that no for the same service. Im other words,
City taxes amounted to $50,714,816, If you can't get this service locally, write
and mlllage taxes to $4,528,453. The 333.80. Out of every dollar class of wealth escapes paying its in buying transportation the farmer
is at twice the disadvantage of the
highway tax was $11,446,619, and coun- of State tax levied in 1921 share, as at present. other fellow. Would it be unfair
ts- road taxes amounted to $6,751,531. nearly 19y2 cents was for in- Farm Bureau's Tax Policies.
Barry County township Farm Bur- terest alone. In addition to
for the farmer to ask for adjustments
The State Farm Bureau stands in rates? No, it is not unfair for Seec/ Department
eaus are electing officers lor 1923. this enormous charge an an- for a state income tax, a gasoline him to demand adjustments.
Barry County is continuing its sec-
nual tax must be levied to
provide a sinking fund for
tax, increased license rates for
commercial trucks and busses, re- Take the
Our Coal Bill
coal situation. Some say
MICHIGAN STATE FARM BURE£ LANSING . MICHIGAN
'v
ond membership campaign with good payment of the bonds when moval of the limits of the present that the farmer is but little inter-
roaaHa. corporarfcioi tax law and doing ested in coal, since he bays only 4
due."
P A G E FOT.Tt
MARRI
As Repor
Mar PAGE FOUR MICHIGAN FARM BUREAU NEWS
PROPERTY TAX M A R K E T CONDITIONS
SEED
By F a r m B u r e a u Sere What the Legislature is Doing
A s R e p o r t e d by t h e S t a t e F a r m B u r e a u ' s O b s e r v e r FAILURE TODAY, A s Reported By State Farm Bureau
Marketing Departments
R E D CLOVER.
M a r k e t s continue inac
parly as yet 'to form an <
ion a s to the volume of t
P r o g r e s s has been m a d e by leading a p p r o p r i a t e $100,000 a year for t h e t a c k s a n d w a s advanced to third read-
a g r i c u l t u r a l m e a s u r e s . T h e S e n a t e a g r i c u l t u r a l fairs d u r i n g t h e next two ing. A n a m e n d m e n t w a s carried to
EXPERT CLAIMS SEED
alfalfa m a r k e t t o be a little <
Alfalfa of g u a r a n t e e d origin
passed unanimously the H o r t o n c h e e s e y e a r s . forbid t h e death penalty if t h e j u r y is a d a p t a t i o n t h a t we r e q u i r e in
is to come for springsov F A R M BURftAtJ MAN T E L L S W H Y By F a r m B u r e a u Seed D e p ' t .
g a n is u n c h a n g e d in v a l u e .
MiciJ
ever, all indications point bill establishing m o i s t u r e and fat divided or the conviction is wholly on
License to Fish. INCOME T A X E S A R E S W E E T CLOVER
m t r a d e which h a s s t a n d a r d s for Michigan c h e e s e and c i r c u m s t a n t i a l evidence. A proposal
been supplied t o a consid Sen. Condon would require all per- NEEDED R E D CLOVER On a c c o u n t of t h e serious setbac
t e n t with foreign clove l r e q u i r i n g h o n e s t labeling. T h e h o u s e : sons over sixteen y e a r s of age to se- to s u b m i t t h e bill to t h e v o t e r s for a U n u s u a l l y h e a v y s n o w s t o r m s in
H. C. McKenzie, t a x e x p e r t of t h e t h e f a r m e r s in t h e p o t a t o region,
continue to be reported f committee on a g r i c u l t u r e r e p o r t e d it I cure a license to catch g a m e fish with r e f e r e n d u m was defeated. T h e r e is
A m e r i c a n F a r m B u r e a u F e d e r a t i o n , t h e east and h e a v y r a i n s in t h e h a v e experienced this y e a r and al/
more and New York in a favorably. e v e r y indication t h a t t h e r e will be a s o u t h h a v e c o n t i n u e d to d e l a y t h e b e c a u s e of t h e m e r i t of s w e e t clov,
i hook and line. F e e s would be $1 for
S h i p m e n t s from mid< stiff fight when the bill comes up for w e n t to Wisconsin to tell t h e a n n u a l d e m a n d for clover seed. A r e p r e - a s proven by t h o u s a n d s of farm
T. B. Bill S t a r t s Fight. presidents and $5 for non-residents. m e e t i n g of the Wisconsin F a r m B u -
t h e e a s t a r e practically en final action. e
up by e m b a r g o e s laid down A b a t t l e royal l»roke loose in the Rep. J. E. W a t s o n ' s bill to permit r e a u a b o u t taxation, b u t before h i s s e n t a t i v e of t h e Seed d e p a r t m e n t , in in Michigan d u r i n g t h e l a s t thn
H o u s e w h e n t h e Kirby bovine tuber- j b a n k s to invest in farm loan bonds T h e capital p u n i s h m e n t m e a s u r e in ) r e t u r n was p e r s u a d e d to a d d r e s s t h e Louisville, Ky., Monday of this w e e k
heavy snow fall in e a s t e r r y e a r s , t h e d e m a n d for this seed wi
Toledo m a r k e t closed Fel culosis bill c a m e tip for final passage. issued . by F e d e r a l Land Banks has t h e S e n a t e is in t h e form of a con- j o i n t session of the G e n e r a l A s s e m - found t h e opinion t h e r e t h a t t r a d e , be heavy in t h i s s t a t e . T h e mark e
a t $13.30. s t i t u t i o n a l a m e n d m e n t proposed by bly. In his a d d r e s s Mr. McKenzie would be very active a n d t h e t e n - on this c o m m o d i t y is also influenc
E n e m i e s of t h e m r a s u r e " a g r e e d not , been O. K.'d by the committee of the
ALSIKE. Sen. A r t h u r E. Wood of Detroit. developed s o m e f a r - r e a c h i n g i d e a s dency of t h e m a r k e t u p w a r d as soon by
among themselves." I whole of t h e House and awaits the the general seed conditio
L a s t week passed in Tole T h e Kirby bill slightly r e d u c e s the j final vote on third reading. Gambling Bill Also Delayed. on t a x a t i o n . H e declared t h a t t h e as t h e r a i n s gave t h e f a r m e r s a n o t e d above.
a n y t r a d e reported, accord m a x i m u m s t a t e a w a r d s for condemned | E l e c t r i c light a n d power for rural A n o t h e r measure of m o r e t h a n usual g e n e r a l p r o p e r t y tax was hopelessly c h a n c e to w o r k . O r d i n a r i l y t h e r e is
p o r t from a reliable source
t h e r s t a t e s t h e r e does not c a t t l e to correspond with the federal; d i s t r i c t s is proposed by Rep. E. O. i n t e r e s t on which action is being postr out of d a t e a n d t h a t a n e w s y s t e m a good d e m a n d in t h e s o u t h a t t h i s S E E D GRAINS
be any d e m a n d , although th a w a r d a n d paves the way for county | Ladd of G r a n d T r a v e r s e County who poned daily in the S e n a t e is t h e Ba- of collecting r e v e n u e would h a v e t o t i m e a n d i n a s m u c h as t h e m a r k e t s High yielding known varieties «
o a t s , barley, corn a n d beans shoulj
fererf a t is $3.00 u n d e r r cooperation in c a r r y i n g out w h a t is h a s introduced a bill "to permit town- h o r s k i anti-gambling bill. It is un- be w o r k e d o u t to conform to t h e n e w h a v e s h o w n n o special activity t h i s
be o r d e r e d a t once as t h e supply j
Stocks in t h e country mus t e r m e d the 5-year program of bovine ships to acquire, construct, maintain derstood that the delay is t o a w a i t a n c o n d i t i o n s now p r e v a i l i n g . Mr. Mc- y e a r s o m e a r e b e g i n n i n g to believe
er large a l t h o u g h no termir opinion from the a t t o r n e y g e n e r a l as K e n z i e s a i d : t h a t t h e m a r k e t s will be no h i g h e r . limited. Of c o u r s e t h e r e will be
tuberculosis eradication. -The bill and sell facilities for the purchase,
seems to have a n y g r e a t vo
passed 54-34, having a bare margin of t r a n s m i s s i o n , distributon and sale of to t h e constitutionality of t h e bill. " T a x l a w s now in v o g u e — t h e It is o u r opinion t h a t h i g h e r m a r - u s u a l q u a n t i t y of c o m m o n markJ
TIMOTHY. stocks a v a i l a b l e for seed purpose
Stock in t e r m i n a l m a r k e two votes m o r e than the n e c e s s a r y electrcal energy." Special interest is a t t a c h e d to this g e n e r a l p r o p e r t y t a x — d a t e back to k e t s a r e likely to be of r a t h e r s h o r t
m e a s u r e because one big Detroit daily d u r a t i o n b u t a r e q u i t e likely to be The prices on t h i s type of seed,
much less t h a n in recent ye. fifty-one. Tonnage T a x Again. 1779, when m o s t p r o p e r t y was r e a l course, a r e c o n t r o l l e d by t h e cot
some t i m o t h y h a s gone for t is leading t h e fight in its favor, while e s t a t e . In t h e p r e s e n t day,, however, t h e o r d e r for a t least a s h o r t period
The Town a n t i "Filled Milk" bill An old-time tonnage t a x such as | m e r c i a l m a r k e t a s r e p o r t e d by tl
a m o u n t h a s n o t reached ; h a s been advanced to third r e a d i n g in formed the basis for historic b a t t l e s t h e two other Detroit n e w s p a p e r s real e s t a t e does n o t m a k e up t h e s o m e t i m e in M a r c h , for it looks as
proportion. Holders a r e exp s t r e n u o u s l y and openly oppose its bulk of p r o p e r t y . T h e issuance of t h o u g h t h e d e m a n d , w h e n it comes, E l e v a t o r E x c h a n g e .
the House w i t h o u t amendment. b e t w e e n the Grange, the Gleaners,
s p r i n g d e m a n d to be good i
Seek Covert Act Repeal. down-state m e m b e r s and upper penin-
adoption. stocks and b o n d s by* c o r p o r a t i o n s , will be from all s e c t i o n s at once.
work h i g h e r when t h e t r a
Open W a r On Drugs. a n d securities by g o v e r n m e n t s has T h i s will quite likely r e s u l t in a
GRAIN MARKETS
However, it is a question o Repeal of the Covert Highway Con- sula r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s has again m a d e s e r i o u s congestion of o r d e rs. While
The situation on alfalfa, r e s u l t e d in a v a s t n e w k i n d of p r o p -
s t r u c t i o n Act is proposed by R e p . its a p p e a r a n c e . The 1923 edition of The first move of t h e " Michigan erty. most seed s h i p p e r s would be glad to By Mich. E l e v a t o r E x c h a n g e
etc., is unchanged since P e t e r L e n u o n of Genesee. T h i s w a s t h e tonnage tax proposal came a s L e g i s l a t u r e in the nation-wide war
r e p o r t in these columns. " R e a l e s t a t e is n o l o n g e r even a n receive m o r e o r d e r s at p r e s e n t , t h e y
one of t h e p l a n k s in the State F a r m ! s o m e w h a t of a surprise. It w a s in a g a i n s t narcotics was contained in a
| a p p r o x i m a t e m e a s u r e of t h e ability will p r o b a b l y h a v e to t u r n o r d e r s WHEAT ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
B u r e a u ' s legislative program a d o p t e d troduced in the House by Rep. W m . B. bill p r e s e n t e d by Sen. J o s e p h Bahorski to pay taxes. A n e w method of a w a y on a c c o u n t of being physically m a r k e t
Not m u c h c h a--._„_ n g e in -v»*o wu
t h e -wheat
by the Board of Delegates a t the Bu- Ormsbee of Genesee. of Detroit to provide s t r i n g e n t regu- m e a s u r i n g t h e ability to pay m u s t be u n a b l e to t a k e c a r e of'"the d e m a n d ! - L e a dH*m^
i n g t+rraadersd e r s g a v e outI
GRAIN MARK r e a u ' s r e c e n t a n n u a l meeting. Opinion This proposed tax is a stiff one and, lation of t h e sale and possession of
invented. should it all c o m e a t once, as s e e m s I S t a t e m e n t s c a l l i n g. a t t e n t i o n to the)
By Mich. E l e v a t o r Excl is expressed t h a t the Covert Act h a s based on the a v e r a g e mineral produc- habit forming drugs. p robable. fact t h a t t h e visible s u p p l y is in.[
F e d e r a l Taxes U p - t o - l ) a t e
served its purpose and should be re- tion in the last six years, would b r i n g T h e bill would m a k e it illegal for The Federal government has tak- If the seed could all be m a r k e t e d c r e a s i n g at a t i m e w h e n it shotrJ
OATS pealed to p r e v e n t abuse of its pro- $26,000,000 a n n u a l l y into the S t a t e ' s a n y person except a p r a c t i c i n g physi- en cognizance of t h e new c o n d i t i o n o r d e r l y over c o n s i d e r a b l e p e r i o d , show a r a p i d falling off. Must havJ
W e still believe oats are coffers. The new bill covers coal and cian to sell or o t h e r w i s e dispose of a n y crop d a m a g e r e p o r t s or some othel
although the demand is d
visions. a n d t h r o u g h t h e income a n d excess we would probably not see
should do b e t t o r wi-'hin 1 It seems probable that the v o t e r s almost every other known m a t e r i a l , such drugs, and would give police the profits t a x e s has a m e t h o d of assess- m a r k e d advance, although t h e i m p o r t a n t bullish n e w s to help thi|
t h i r t y or sixty days. will again h a v e the opportunity to ex- also forest products. r i g h t of search and seizure. A pen- ment, based a c c u r a t e l y on ability to opinion of m a n y c o n t i n u e s to be t h a t m a r k e t m u c h .
WHEAT. p r e s s their opinion in r e g a r d to t h e T h e amount of specific tax w h i c h alty of a fine of $1,000 o r imprison- pay. t h e r e is n o t e n o u g h red clover in t h e RYE B
The war brought about the
Still in an u n c e r t a i n posi " p o r t d i s t r i c t " a n d "excess condemna- Mr. Ormsbee proposes to t a k e from m e n t for two years is provided in the c h a n g e in t h e m e t h o d c o u n t r y to t a k e c a r e of a n o r m a l W i t h 47 c e n t s a bushel betweel
of F e d e r a l
h a v e more w h e a t in the tion" amendments. the mining i n d u s t r y exceeds $9,000,000 bill. A similar bill h a s been intro- t a x a t i o n . Since 1 8 7 1 all of the F e d - s e e d i n g a t p r e s e n t prices. cash w h e a t a n d rye, m a k e s rye
S t a t e s t h a n we will consum T u e s d a y e v e n i n g th^ H o u s e p a s s e d the a m o u n t of the direct s t a t e t a x duced in the House b y R e p . J a m e s A. eral r e v e n u e has been raised by con- ALSIKE
very c h e a p g r a i n . Still no one want!
t h e Dacey resolution providing for sub- levy this year. B u r n e s of Detroit. Alsike c o n t i n u e s dull. T h e r e is it a t t h a t . W e m u s t h a v e s o m e
s u m p t i o n taxes. T h e w a r called for
n o t $, l a r g e q u a n t i t y of good seed eign d e m a n d .
Farm Accoi mission to t h e voters of t h e p o r t dis- Mining i n t e r e s t s protest t h a t t h i s
t r i c t constitutional a m e n d m e n t b y a is an inopportune time to establish* H o u s e passed by a vote of 72-14 Rep. t i o n a l g o v e r n m e n t
After considerable
vote of 74-8. A similar a m e n d m e n t such a tax since the mining b u s i n e s s F r e d W a d e ' s bill to p r o h i b i t fishing t a k e to m e e t t h i s d e m a n d merely by
debate, t h e a v a s t i n c r e a s e in r e v e n u e . T h e n a - a v a i l a b l e , b u t f a r m e r s
did n o t under-
let t h e i r a l s i k e m e a d o w s
c o n t i n u e to t h i n k r y e will do n o b e t t e r .
s t a y d o w n
Until
CORN
it comes w|
too long a n d c o n t i n u e to h a r v e s t
w a s defeated by the n a r r o w m a r g i n is not flourishing at present. Many
in inland waters, from w h i c h the pub- e x p a n d i n g t h e c o n s u m p t i o n taxes; Visible s u p p l y of corn is a o |
( of the Michigan mines are r e p o r t e d junk mixtures. Poor quality seed
of 8,000 v o t e s in the 1922 election. lic is barred, and w h e r e t h e s t a t e t h e s t a t e s , h o w e v e r , h a v e u n d e r t a k e n holds all o t h e r a l s i k e to r a t h e r low a b o u t t h i r t e e n m i l l i o n bushels lesl
Rep. C u l v e r ' s excess c o n d e m n a t i o n abandoned because of adverse m a r k e t p l a n t s fish. The bill is a c o n s e r v a t i o n to m e e t t h e i r i n c r e a s e d d e m a n d s by t h a n l a s t year. Good feeding demand
County Agent W m . F. levels.
t h i r d r e a d i n g in the House. T h i s is conditions. m e a s u r e intended to b r e a k down bar- a m e r e expansion of t h e r e a l e s t a t e mixed w i t h s o m e export busines
s t o n of W e x f o r d C o u n t y h TIMOTHY . keeps t h e m a r k e t f i r m . Do n o t
a n o t h e r m e a s u r e that w a s defeated by Act On Death Penalty. riers, w h i c h private s p o r t s m e n ' s clubs t a x . "
boys a n d g i r l s t h i n k i n g o T h e T i m o t h y s i t u a t i o n seems to for m u c h c h a n g e .
farm p r o b l e m s . U n d e r hi: t h e v o t e r s in 1922. The ^Pitkin death penalty m e a s u r e h a v e t h r o w n up about s t r e a m s , e i t h e r S t a t e s A r e Slow be a b o u t t h e s a m e as r e p o r t e d F e b -
ership nine consolidated s Sen. B r o w e r introduced a bill to \ in the H o u s e survived some mild at- enclosed by or adjacent to their lands. Seventy-five p e r c e n t of t h e n a - r u a r y 8, with t h e influences m e n - OATS
h a v e been giving c o u r t t i o n a l r e v e n u e is n o w raised by t a x a - tioned above t h e c o n t r o l l i n g factors. Visible supply of o a t s now amount!
^ to^ ^a b o u t t h i r t y
practical farm accounting
s t u d e n t s k e p t r e c o r d s am
in it ted r e p o r t s on t h e
THE FARM BUREAU IN WASHINGTON
T h e p a s s a g e of t h e L e n r o o t - A n d e r - I T h e L e n r o o t Bill as passed by t h e
â„¢ â„¢ R S
tion of i n c o m e a n d excess
T h e F e d e r a l system h a s been r e v o l u -
tionized. N o t h i n g l i k e this h a s h a p -
profits.
T W „
ALFALFA
,
T h e r e have been l a r g e r i m p o r t s of, y e a r ago. W e look for no
million
J a g a m s t s i x t y - e i g h t million bushels
busheli
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operations and problen son bill in t h e S e n a t e on F e b r u a r y S e n a t e w e n t to t h e House on F e b r u - AGAINST FILLED MILK
Definite assurance h a s been receiv-
•-_^^^^^^^^^^^m pened in t h e s t a t e s . alfa fa from A r g e n t i n a t h a n w e r e price for s o m e l i t t l e t i m e to come
me
their home farms. 2 by a u n a n i m o u s v o t e t a k e s t h e ary 3 a n d was referred to t h e H o u s e ed by t h e Michigan S t a t e F a r m Bureau " T h e s i t u a t i o n is well n i g h i n t o l e r - e a r l i e r expected. T h : s h a s caused t h e o a t s . '
We submit herewith th first t r e n c h in t h e b a t t l e for r u r a l C o m m i t t e e on B a n k i n g & C u r r e n c y from
United States S e n a t o r s Townsend able. R e a l t y t a x e s a r e confiscatory. PRODUCER'S CO-OP AT
n i n g r e p o r t m a d e by Misi credits. If t h e H o u s e c o n c u r s by which is a l r e a d y holding h e a r i n g s on and Couaens that they a r e very friend- I n New Y o r k s t a t e G o v e r n o r Miller Milo D. Campbell
o t b y M. S m i t h of Mantoi p a s s i n g t h i s bill, t h e i n t e r m e d i a t e t h e C a p p e r Bill. The s e n t i m e n t of ly to t h e Voigt Pilled-Milk" bill and d e c l a r e d l a s t y e a r t h a t 30 per cent KANSAS CITY YARDS Of C o l d w a t e r , M i d i . , p n , ~ -or -i
kafli <he a c c o u n t s on a s y s t e m of c r e d i t — s a y six m o n t h s ! t h e c o u n t r y is so m u c h in favor of will do all in their p o w e r to secure of t h e i n c o m e from r e a l e s t a t e w a s T h e n e x t c o - o p e r a t i v e c o m m i s s i o n N a t i o n a l Milk P r o d u c e r s ' F e d e r a t i
t h e r e . Miss S m i t h ' s v i c t o t o a y e a r — s o n e e d e d a n d d e s i r e d b y , r u r a l c r e d i t legislation of t h e L e n - its p a s s a g e . Their very r e a s s u r i n g a b s o r b e d in taxes. R i c h a r d T. E l y house to be opened by t h e N a t i o n a l s a y s :
t i t l e d h e r to a free t f a r m i n g p e o p l e will be s e t u p . r o o t - A n d e r s o n type t h a t it seems cer- l e t t e r s follow: declares the Wisconsin renter pays Live Stock P r o d u c e r s ' Association "Milk h a s been a u n i v e r s a l fooi
F a r m e r s ' W e e k at M. A. t a i n t h a t t h i s bill as well a s t h e U. S. Senate, o u t 37 per cent of h i s income for will be in K a n s a s City, Missouri? for a g e s b e c a u s e of its rich animi
Credit To Fix Needs
STORY O F MY U U > r VI Seven o r g a n i z a t i o n s in Missouri, fats a n d v i t a m i n s . F e w people kne
T h e L e n r o o t - A n d e r s o n bill w a s C a p p e r Bill s h o u l d be favorably a c t - Washington, D. C , taxes. The C o l o r a d o Tax Bureau
By D o r o t h y M. Smit r e c o m m e n d e d by t h e J o i n t C o m m i t - ed u p o n a t t h i s session of C o n g r e s s . F e b r u a r y 9, 1923. found in s o m e d i s t r i c t s tax r a t e s a s K a n s a s , O k l a h o m a a n d Texas a r e w h y m i l k w a s t h e " p e r f e c t food
" T h e b e n e f i t s t o be d e r h t e e of A g r i c u l t u r a l I n q u i r y following V o i g t Bill Side-Tracked Mr. M. L. Noon, h i g h a s $80 p e r $1,000. Ex-gover- b a c k i n g t h e n e w p r o d u c e r s associa- b u t t h e y will s o o n if t h e y continu
T h e r e is still no action on t h e u s i n g t h e s e s u b s t i t u t e s which
f a r m a c c o u n t i n g a r e many, i t s s t u d y of f a r m credit c o n d i t i o n s . Dairy Director, Mich F a r m Bureau, n o r Bliss of R h o d e I s l a n d cites in- tion. T h e y a r e : Missouri F a r m B u -
Voigt A n t i " F i l l e d Milk" bill n o w s t a n c e s in w h i c h 75 p e r cent of t h e r e a u F e d e r a t i o n , Missouri Live Stock t a i n n o b u t t e r f a t , a n d few, if
b u s i n e s s f a r m e r in t h e Uniti T h e c o m m i t t e e concluded t h a t t h e J a c k s o n , Michigan.
could testify t h a t his busiin p r e s e n t b a n k i n g system in t h e U n i t - p e n d i n g in Congress. P r e s s u r e of My Dear Mr. Noon: r e t u r n from real e s t a t e was r e q u i r e d S h i p p e r s Association, K a n s a s F a r m v i t a m i n s . F o o d e x p e r t s call t h e co
o u t a s t r i c t m e t h o d of ac ed S t a t e s does n o t offer c r e d i t o t h e r b u s i n e s s in the Senate h a s Your wire of the 8th received and for t a x e s . T h i s h a s r e a c h e d t h e lim- B u r e a u Federation, Kansas Live " c i v i l i z a t i o n ' s f o s t e r m o t h e r . " They
w o u l d be n o b u s i n e s s . facilities of t h e s a m e a v a i l a b i l i t y for m a d e it i m p o s s i b l e to get this m e a s - I am pleased to s t a t e t h a t it is my it. S t o c k S h i p p e r s A s s o c i a t i o n , O k l a - h a v e n e v e r s p o k e n so h i g h l y of the
u r e to a v o t e . New s t r e n g t h is b e - h o m a Live Stock S h i p p i n g Associa- c o c o a n u t p a l m a n d its c h e a p oilj
" I will p o i n t o u t a few fat t h e u s e of t h o s e e n g a g e d in a g r i c u l - p l e a s u r e to give every a s s i s t a n c e pos- " I s r e a l e s t a t e any longer the
ing g a i n e d e v e r y day for the bill a n d tion, Texas a n d S o u t h w e s t e r n C a t t l e p r o d u c t s used t o d a y in i m i t a t i o n of|
from m y book. t u r e a s it does for t h o s e e n g a g e d in sible to the Voigt Bill. proper measure of ability to pay
N u m b e r of h e n s 5 0. it is very c e r t a i n to pass if an o p - t a x e s ? " R a i s e r s Association, a n d t h e T e x a s h o n e s t m i l k p r o d u c t s . This genera
other Industries. I h a v e written other members of
M o n t h l y a v e r a g e s for c p o r t u n i t y can be h a d for a vote. F a r m B u r e a u F e d e r a t i o n . T h e n e w tion n e e d s m o r e n o u r i s h m e n t audi
T h e L e n r o o t - A n d e r s o n bill will s e t your association to this effect.
are as follows: A s t r o n g p r o t e s t , headed by t h e c o m p a n y will b e t h e f a r t h e s t w e s t less p r o f i t e e r i n g in its food."
u p a r e v o l v i n g credit fund of Sincerely yours, T h e first S t a t e school in the world
of t h e f i r m s e s t a b l i s h e d by t h e N a -
J a n . j 1.54 e g g s : F e b . . 2.19 $ 5 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 for e a c h of t h e 12 r e g i o n a l F a r m B u r e a u , is g r e e t i n g the a t t e m p t Charles E. Townsend for indigent children w a s established
t i o n a l Live Stock P r o d u c e r s Associa-
A p r i l , 1 4 ; May, 1 6 ; .1 l a n d b a n k s . T h i s capital would be to r e d u c e from $25,000 to $ 1 6 , 0 0 0 ,
From S e n a t o r Couzens. at Coldwater.
tion a n d will d r a w s h i p m e n t s from
T. B. Nearly Gone
J u l y ; 1 2 . 5 ; A u g . , 1 1 ; Sept., m a d e i m m e d i a t e l y available to cover t h e p r o p o s e d new l i m i t for F e d e r a l U. S. Senate, Colorado, Utah, N e b r a s k a and other A carload of re-actor cattle
4; Nov., 1 ; D e c , .6. t h e r e d i s c o u n t i n g of a g r i c u l t u r a l pa- F a r m L o a n s .
Feb. 9, 1923. w e s t e r n s t a t e s , a s well as from shipped from H i l l s d a l e to t h e L..
" D u r i n g t h e m o n t h s of Au p e r for b a n k s , F a r m Loan associa- S e c r e t a r y of t h e T r e a s u r y Mellon
Mr. M. L. Noon,
MICHIGAN FARM Missouri, Oklahoma, K a n s a s a n d igan Live-stock E x c h a n g e at Deti
Oct., Nov., D e c , J n . , F« t i o n s , c o - o p e r a t i v e m a r k e t i n g associa- h a s c o m e o u t s q u a r e l y a g a i n s t t a x - Dairy Director, Mich. F a r m Bureau, Texas. F e b r u a r y 19.. T h i s m a k e s t h e co*J
M a r c h t h e egg p r o d u c t i o n t i o n s , etc. Michigan F a r m Loan a s - e x e m p t s e c u r i t i e s . F r o m the begin-
J a c k s o n , Mich.
BUREAU'S STAND very n e a r l y free from bovine tul
low. D u r i n g t h e above elgh s o c i a t i o n s d o b u s i n e s s w i t h t h e St. n i n g t h e d i s c o n t i n u a n c e of tax-free D e a r Mr. Noon: F o r the week ending F e b r u a r y 2
culosis. T h e t e s t e r who is m a k i n g
t h e 50 h e n s p r o d u c e d 986 eg P a u l , Minn., L a n d B a n k . s e c u r i t i e s h a s been a p l a n k in t h e
A m e r i c a n F a r m B u r e a u ' s tax p r o - I have y o u r telegram of yesterday,
ON LEGISLATION the Producers at Chicago, Indian-
clean-up r e p o r t s v e r y few re-act<
a v e r a g e 6f 19.7 eggs p e r a p o l i s , St. L o u i s , a n d P e o r i a s t o o d
C a p p e r Bill P a s s e s S e n a t e g r a m . T h i s p l a n k is g r a d u a l l y being r e f e r r i n g to t h e Voigt Bill 8,086. even from those h e r d s which were
in o t h e r w o r d s each hen T H E BUREAU FAVORS in first p l a c e a t t h e i r r e s p e c t i v e t e r -
one egg e v e r y 12.2 days. £
T h e o t h e r C a p p e r r u r a l c r e d i t bill a d o p t e d . First, there was the I h a v e received a n u m b e r of letters 1. S t r i c t g o v e r n m e n t a l eco- minals. A t Buffalo t h e P r o d u c e r s worst. Hillsdale c o u n t y considei
ing t h i s period a r e wort
w h i c h h a s p a s s e d t h e S e n a t e is a n s l a u g h t e r of t h e g e n e r a l sales tax, and t e l e g r a m s in connection with this
n o m y a n d a p a y a s you go r a n k e d second. M i c h i g a n Co-opera- herself very f o r t u n a t e in having -1
$ 0 . 0 4 . T h e r e f o r e , each lie:
e n a b l i n g a c t u n d e r w h i c h p r i v a t e l y t h e n t h e t a x a t i o n of n a t i o n a l b a n k s bill, and I a s s u r e you t h a t I will do
policy. tive Live Stock s h i p p e r s a r e p a r t quickly effected a T . B. clean-up.
f i n a n c e d a g r i c u l t u r a l b a n k s m a y be on t h e s a m e basis a s o t h e r b a n k s . e v e r y t h i n g possible to s e c u r e its adop- o w n e r s of t h e B u f f a l o h o u s e . T h e i r
low a v e r a g e for t h e 240 da; e s t a b l i s h e d j u s t a s J o i n t S t o c k B a n k s Now t h e f i g h t a g a i n s t tax-exempt tion. H o w e v e r , I d o not know, be- 2. R e m o v a l of p r e s e n t cor- P u r e Bred Duroc Jersey Hogs
in a b o u t $0.S0. H e r cost. p o r a t i o n t a x l i m i t s . p a r t n e r s a r e Ohio a n d I n d i a n a Co-op.
h a v e been e s t a b l i s h e d . bonds Is n e a r i n g a decision. c a u s e of t h e short t i m e left before L i v e Stock f a r m e r s . Fall boars and sows sired by grandson
keep averages approximat 3 . A S t a t e I n c o m e Tax w i t h Pathfinder. — @. E. Harrington, Martini
Congress adjourns, w h e t h e r they "will Mich.
for t h e s a m e t i m e . This $4,000 e x e m p t i o n a n d a p r o -
p r o f i t of $0.20 for each he; reach this bill or not, but I hope they gressive rate.
t h i s p e r i o d of h i g h prices do. 4. A s t r a i g h t t a x on gasoline
y
MICHIGAN MEN TO
egg production. T h a n k i n g you for s e n d i n g me
your of 2 c e n t s a g a l l o n . PRICE CONFERENCE
t views on t h e m a t t e r , I am,
FERTILIZER
R e c o m m e n d s Cull in; 5. R e t e n t i o n of t h r e e m a n Gov. Groesbeck h a s a p p o i n t e d five
It is quite e v i d e n t t h a t il*
! the Hock was gettin
r i d e , while a few h e n s we
Sincerely your,
(Signed) J A M E S C O U Z E N S .
s t a t e t a x commission.
6 . S t a t e r e g u l a t i o n of c o m -
mercial bus and truck lines.
Michigan m e n t o r e p r e s e n t Michigan
farmers at the Agricultural
S t a b i l i z a t i o n C o n f e r e n c e of M i d - W e s t
Price IS
t h e w o r k . T h i s flock h a s u<
c u l l e d a n d I believe th
Get Farm Bureau Goods This Spring
BARRY HEARS ABOUT 7. An a d e q u a t e r e f o r e s t a t i o n
program.
f a r m i n g i n t e r e s t s to be h e l d a t St.
P a u l , Minn., F e b r u a r y 27 u p o n i n v i -
<i
BUFFALO CO-OP ASS'N.
e l i m i n a t i o n would not affec
p r o d u c t i o n a n d lower t h e
c o s t 5 0 % w h i c h w o u l d ai
* P e t e r Kunz was re-elected president
of the Central B a r r y County Co-opera-
Act.
8. R e p e a l of Covert H i g h w a y
9. Keeping present p r i m a r y
t a t i o n of G o v e r n o r P r e u s of M i n n e -
sota. Michigan r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s
P r e s . David F r i d a y a n d Sec. H . H .
are YOUR
a n e t profit of $0.50 i n s t e a d law. H a l l a d a y of M. A. C., L. W h i t n e y
for each h e n . This is a ]
The Farm Bureau is handling International Brand tive Livestock Shipping Association
at t h e a n n u a l m e e t i n g at Hastings 10. Using s t a t e h i g h w a y r e - W a t k i n s , C o m m i s s i o n e r of A g r i c u l -
h i g h prices a n d I feel tha
a l s o t h e t i m e t h a t egg pi
Bhould n a g r e a t dee
Fertilizers, the best on the market, These goods have
been mixed for several months. This gives them
Feb. 7. R. B. W a l k e r is vice-president
and Charles A. Woodruff is secretary-
manager. T h e association reported
w a r d funds to pay local r o a d
b o n d s u n d e r direction of B o a r d
of S u p e r v i s o r s .
t u r e , Sec. C. L. B r o d y of t h e Michi-
g a n S t a t e F a r m B u r e a u , a n d A. B .
Cook, m a s t e r of t h e Michigan S t a t e
ELEVATOR
11. State and National laws Grange.
(ration."
In c o m m e n t i n g on t h e i
plenty of time to cure and assures first class mechan- total receipts for the y e a r of $178,746.-
34. It shipped 2,190 calves, 4,577 s h e e p t o a b o l i s h tax e x e m p t s e c u r -
h e r dairy o p e r a t i o n s . Mi
w r i t e s . " T h e cows s h o w a
though a decreased invento
ical condition. 149 cattle, 5,722 hogs. George
Brown of Angola, Ind., spoke. H e is
a director of t h e P r o d u c e r s Livestock
G ities.
12. Strict e n f o r c e m e n t of t h e
18th amendment a n d Volstead
HILLSDALE ORGANIZING
COW TESTING ASS'N-
A
g i v e s a m i s c o n c e p t i o n regai Shipped from Buffalo. Our past experience assures Association a t Buffalo. On 840 c a r s Act.
Hillsdale County is organizing a co-
t r u e w o r t h of t h e cows. 1 sold in two m o n t h s the Buffalo associ- 13. A d e q u a t e s u p p o r t of t h e
us prompt service.
b r i n g s o u t t h e fact t h a t s
is r a d i c a l l y w r o n g with t h e
ation has r e t u r n e d Michigan, Ohio, In-
diana and New York shippers $1 622 -
five-year bovine
eradication campaign.
tuberculosis
o p e r a t i v e cow t e s t i n g a s s o c i a t i o n . T h e
Dairy alfalfa campaign which County
A g e n t Sims, now of T u s c o l a County,
MEMBER
Of t h i s f a r m . It could b We guarantee mechanical condition and chemical 604.22. * w . 14. S t a t e s u p p o r t of co-oper-
and the M. A. C. Dairy Dept. put on a
t h i n g s . "It might, hi ative marketing work.
i milk i tea < analysis. Shippers patronizing the Buffalo
15. P l a c i n g q u a i l on s o n g -
y e a r ago has greatly increased inter-
should be dou
another s Ask your co-op for Farm Bureau fertilizer. Place
Co-op. E x c h a n g e h a v e learned t h a t !
they can m a r k e t their stock t h r o u g h
t h e i r own m a r k e t agency and get more
b i r d list.
THE BUREAU OPPOSES
1. P i t t s b u r g P l u s s y s t e m of
est in b e t t e r feeding a n d . b e t t e r dairy
sires. T h e County w a n t s to know
where it stands in t h e dairy business
of the
Bettor R a t i o n N«ed<
r i n s t a n c e in t h e I your order early. dollars in t h e i r pockets and less s h r i n k m a k i n g steel p r i c e s . and t h e cow t e s t i n g association is an
inexpensive m e t h o d of finding t h e
and as good and b e t t e r service t h a n 2. P r o p o s e d full t r a i n c r e w
J a n . 1 9 2 2 . t h e t h r e e cows
calf r e c e i v e d 1 2 0 0 lbs.
h a y ; 100 lbs. of fodder a m
given before by the old line c o m p a n i e s . bill.
8 . A b o l i s h m e n t of p r i m a r y
boarder cows a n d i m p r o v i n g feeding
methods. Mich- Elevator
of g r a i n ( c o r n ) . Supposing WOULD HALT STATE school fund l a w . v
all fed to t h r
I be t h e daily r a t i o r
the
AID FOR HIGHWAY ors.
4. C r e a t i o n of c o u n t y a s s e s s -
The
Seek Cheese Standard
restoration of Michigan
Exchange?
MICHIGAN STATE FARM BUREAU M o u n t i n g costs of S t a t e H i g h w a y '
construction and maintenance a r e !
5. E a s t e r n t i m e a s s t a n d a r d
for Michigan.
c h e e s e to p o p u l a r favor w i t h t h e c o n -
'-.3 suming public through standardiza-
Purchasing Dcpt. bothering the Legislature. Rep. i 6. M a n u f a c t u r e a n d sale of tion of t h e p r o d u c t is p r o p o s e d b y
Lansing, Mich. David H . B u t l e r of F o s t o r i a s e e k s re-I
lief t h r o u g h a bill to h a l t p a y m e n t 1
"Filled Milk."
7. W a s t e f u l c u t t i n g of X m a s
Sen. N o r m a n B . H o r t o n . H e w o u l d
e s t a b l i s h a definite fat a n d m o i s t u r e
// not, whv not?
of s t a t e r e w a r d s for local h i g h w a y s trees. c o n t e n t for c h e e s e a n d p r o v i d e for
for t w o y e a r s .
proper labeling.