~~~ICHIGA~ Vol. XXVII, No.2 • SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1949 N 27th Year Published Monthly E'n IT 0 R I A L Typical Scene in 56 Counties During, ~.~rm Bureau Roll Call :;*{~<.::~~:: . ~},);4.. PETROLEUM CO-OP Strong Dell1and for ~Farm Program and 81st Congress The long range farm price support program en- WOULD RAISE $550000 CAPITALarm ro ucts In -F P d" - 19 9 4 acted by the 80th Congress is going to be an issue in the 8 1st Congress. , - Michigan State College Agr'l Economics Dep't On January 20 nearly 199 co- operative directors, managers and Expects F arm P rices . LO I L a Itt e ower, The Truman administration and the farm organi- zations are divided on what should be done. employees met in Lanisug td re- And Costs to Go Up Some I view and discuss the progress of the Farmers Petroleum Coopera- The Farm Bureau, G~ange, National Council of tive, Inc. Forty-three people select- "There will be a strong demand for farm products in Farm Co-operatives and Secretary Brannan of the ed from this group wrote the ex: 1949," Arthur Mauch of the 'Michigan State College amination to sell the securities of U. S. Dep't of Agriculture favor a good trial of the th~ new organization. Upon reo agr'l economics dep't told one of the Farmers Week meet- Aiken-Hope Agr'l Act of 1948. It provides for ceiving their li~nses. they will sup. ings January 27. plement the force which had been price support at 90 % of parity for wheat, corn, licensed previously and assist in "Prices will'be a little lower and costs a little higher. cotton, tobacco, rice, peanuts, hogs, chickens, eggs, the campaign which will be heW This does not mean, however, that farmers will be hard during Febmary to raise an ad. milk, and butterfat, and 60 to 90 % support. for ditional $250,000. This will givc up. They have been well established the past few years, "- certain other crops, including potatoes and dry the Farmers Petroleum Coopera- tive,a total paid in capital of $500" and a slight drop in income doesn't mean they are being beans .. In 1950 the A.ct applies flexible support to 000 which is the minimum amount plunged into a depression. all commodities,-60 to 90 % for the first mentio~ed required in order to proceed on anyone of a number of proposals "Farmers can do three things about prospective re- crops, and 0 to 90 % for the others, depending upon which the organization has under duced incomes," Dr. Mauch said. "First, they must supply, etc. , consideration. \ The supply picture has eased at spend wisely. But that is not to say that they must not These groups hold that a flexible price support least temporarily since the farmers, spend at all. There is no better time to buy equipment through their co.operative organi. program should not promote the production of s'ur- than in 1949. If they wait until prices are at rock bottom, zations, initiated this program of pluses and bring back government control of acre- seIJ-help. 'Whether or not Michigan their incomes will b~ low, too. farmers are to be assured of an age and production. J Photu Courtesy Bay City Times J"his scene has been or will have been repeated approximately 50,000 ti~es dur- adequate supply of pctroleum pro- "Second, farmers should feed generously. They should On the other hand the cotton growing south and ducts and at a reasonable cost is ing the annual membership roll call camaign. Above we see Henry Clark, Bad entirely dependent upon their will. get their seed and fertilizer early because they are scarce. wheat producers of the northwest favor at least 90 ingness to finance their own or- Fertilizer is relatively 10,'V in price. As seeding time ap- A.'Xefarmer, (left) paying his '1949 membership dues to Bruce Crumback, presi- ganization. That farmer co.opera- percent of parity price support. They would expect proaches, it seems likely that the prices of forage crop dent of the 'Huron County Farm Bureau (center) and Curtis Hopson (right), roll tive organizations and independent a return to acreage and production, controls by gov- oil marketers are in a vulnerable seeds will advance. , call manager for the eastern half of Huron county. 148 volunteer workers ,made llosition is a recognized f~ct in the ernment. On this side at Washington will be the a house-to-house canvass in Huron -county in an effort to sign up a Huron oil industry. "Third, farmers must watch l~ng term commitments, Farmers Union. Also, Senator Elmer Thomas of On February 28, a group of in- County Fa;m Bureau goal of 1, 199 'far~ers for 1949. So far they have enrolled and avoid borrowing too much on present incomes, be- Oklahoma, and Rep. Harold Cooley of North Caro- dependent oil men and co-operativc 1 082 members which is 100% of the state goal for Huron county. leaders will get together in Kans. cause the future may see them in trouble with such lina, the new chairmen of the agricultural committees " '. as City for the purpose of discuss- obligations." ' of the Senate and the House in Congress. ing their mutual problems. The MEMBERSliIp TOTAL/Insurance Company co-operatives will be headed Howard Cowden, manager of Con. by There is no general depression in sight, but if one comes, it will strike without warning. Dr. Mauch said II /.F- I- S "- sumers Cooperative Association, This Was Foreseen Some iYears Ago NOW 60 PCT. and the independent group will be that several factors will contribute to making a business Since the beginning of the record post-war harvest of 1948, farm prices ,have declined steadily from OF 1949 GOAL n . Ina tages lead by Gordon Duke, former chail', man of /l.'ational Oil Jobbers Coun- cil. ~lr. Duke has been quoted as recession less severe. savings, social security and insurance, They are: government spending, strong labor levels that were considerably above parity. Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company of follows: "'''e have said to the All of the 48 organized County farmer co.operatives, 'Help and unions, and farm price supports. The one backstop for the decline is government Farm Bureaus are out on their Michigan Names Nile Vermillion guide us in finding a solution to some jobber problems and we will Dr. Mauch began' his discussion .... by saying that several price support at 90 per cent of parity. The parity membership drives for 1949. Ottawa As Its State Manager and .Kalamazoo were the last two be glad to reciprocate .... assumption's were made. First, that there will be no price formula for agriculture and price support to counties to start their roll calls. It shouldn't be long now until the F arm Bureau The major concern of all farm. war in 1949, that one must assume that crops will be make it effective were secured through the efforts Out in the state, over 5,500 vol. , h . d ers and co-operative leaders in unteer workers are giving freely of Mutual Insurance Company of Michigan is aut onze Michigan at the' present timc normal, that the decline in pnvate construction will be of the American Farm Bureau. When and if farm their time to help their County Bu- by the State of Michigan to start writing automobile should be adequate financing for a sound petroleum program. offset by government construction, that there will b~ prices reach 90 % of parity, price support comes in. rea us. The county goals are fig' ured 1'0 a formula based on, the insurance for members of the Michigan Farm Bureau. fewer exports and more imports, and that the federal' - What about the months and years ahead? The Hope-Aiken long range farm act, passed by number of commercial farmers anti the number of Farm Bureau memo bel'S in the county in 1948. Thc ance company: II h b Nile Vermi ion as een name manager 0 our msur- d He came from Nebraska where he was f. NMPC INSTITUTE government budget will be about 45 billion dollars. Congress last summer at the insistence of the Farm Bureau, continues for another year, through total of the county goals makes a goal for the state of .43,680 mem.:> ass't manaO'er of the N eras b k a FBI arm ureau nsurance. AT GAYLORD PUSH STOCK SALE 7 Roll Call Workers Win Trip to Saginaw Co. He has been in Michigan s~nce mid-January and IS 1949, price support at 90 per cent of parity f~r the bel'S: Already, reached eight their counties marks. have Alpena getting his organization d in or er. FEB. 17-18 FOR' SW fdICHIGAN Seven membcrs of the Ashland Community Farm Burcau of N~w- aygo county were given a trip to basic crops of .wheat, corn, cotton, rice and tobacco. The 90 per cent of parity price support applies to county took the lead by getting 217. NO -/1 sav Application was made some time. of their county. goal, and they ago to the proper state authorities they haven't stopped yet. AI. for a license to operate. for the Central Suret~ and nsur- There is ance Co. of Kansas Clty, Mo. In I Farm Bureau officials, extension peoplc, school and soil con. servation leaders will attend the LIVESTOCK CO-OP Saginaw recently to inspect new $1,250,000 I<'arm Burcau Ser- thp. - b d . Nebraska he became ass't manager vices' fertilizer plant as a reward many non-basic commodities, including hogs, milk,. pena was followed by Presque Isle, considera Ie to 0 in settmg up an of the Nebraska Farm Bureau In- first institute sponsored by the BV B. P. PATT/SOX. Dir. for the best showing in the recent Otsego, Emmet, Montmorency, .automobile I i?-suranee oon~pany in surance Company, and ass't mana. Northern Michigan Agricultural COlI/lIlodity Relutions butterfat, chickens and eggs. county.wide Farm Bureau mcmbe:-- Ogemaw, Cheboygan, and Huron accordance wlth state requlrements. gel' of the Farmers Hospital Ass'n Planning Committee at Gaylord, The board of directors of the ship drive. Starting January 1, 1950, the Hope-Aiken Act counties. Huron county is the of /l.'ebraska. During the war he :\londay and Tuesday, Feb. 17 and South.West Michigan Livestock The awards in the contcst were largest county 'to report reaching served three years in the navy as 18. ' Cooperative Inc., and salesmen Ji. made on points for members gain sets up a flexible schedule of price support, ranging their goal by signing over 1,082 a lieutenant. He wr8 legal ass is- At the two day session the im- censed- to sell stock in this area, ed, members lost and meillherships from 60 to 90 per cent of parity for the basic::.crops Farm Bureau' members. Curtis tance and insurance officer, and pOI.tance and the relationship of met at Kalamazoo, January 20, to renewed. The men who went tit Hopson and Earl Kuhl, the roll had service as a communications farm co-operatives, the right type lllSCUSSbest methods to pursue in Saginaw were Carol and Earl and many non-basic crops. The 60 to 90 per cent call managers for Huron county, officer aboard ship in the Pacific of rural schools. soil conservation raising necessary finances to pro. Robinson, Elver Clough, Harry support is d«;signed to make production of surpluses report that they have 148 volunteer area. and extension for northern :r.lich. ,'ide adequate marketing facilities. Brink, Elmer McKinley. Hobert J. workers in their county. _ igan will be discul9Sed. About a year ago delegates from Anderson anti J oc Zerlaut, all of unattractive. The price declines that have taken place in farm Other counties are nearing their goals, while many counties are 40,000 MICHIGAN Prominent speakers will intro- duce these subjects at general ses- S southwestern orgauized counties met and the South-West l\Tichi. Ashland. !\II'. Zerlaut, 80 ycars old, is (Jnl' just getting their roll calls .well sions. After that classes will be gan Livestock Cooperative, Inc. of the most active members ot tll ~ prices are a warni.ng of what could happen without under way. At the present time, ACRES IRRIGATED,. held for these agricultural leaders: with a board of directors of 9 mell Community Farm Bureau. and i.; CROPS REsp OND I we have about 60% of our goal. presiding officers of local groups. from the counties of southw~stE'I'n also a life member of the AshlantI parity prices for farm products and price s~pport secretaries, discussion leaders. :\lichigan. Grange. Reports from the counties are in. legislation. Farm prices were allowed to crash after Junior Farm Bureau leaders amI Authorization has been secured crea_Si_n_g_t_h_is_p_el_'c_e_nt_a_g_e_e_v_er_y_day. the first World War. \ PATRONS SAVE l\1ichigan in 1943 had about 1.000 counselors, and extension people. The institute convenes at the for the sale of 10,000 shares stock, having a pal' value of $10 per share. of PRICE SUPPORTS Gaylord high school :\[onday. Feb, All men at the meeting a~reed Farmers Must Invest in Their Co-ops DURING WINTER portable pipe irrigation irrigating some 40.000 acres. systems The 1j' at 11 a. m. J. F. Yaeger 01' Keith Tanner will speak on "The on an agressjve campaign to wm- pletc the' job of selling thc fitock SHOULD REFLECT The trend of large farm co-operatives throughout increased crop retllrns due to irri. gation were estimated at more than Importance and /l.'ecessity of a to producers during the month of SUPPLY DEMAND the United States is to add manufacturing ownership of sources of raw materials to the farm and OIL SALE $2.000.000. F. \r, Peikert of J\lichigan State ('oll~ge agr'l engin. the Sound Philosophy of Co-operation for Agriculture." Monday evening Dr. LeEl,.. H. February. Authorized arc as follows: Cass county-James Reagan. Cassopolis. RFD; St. Jo. salesmen City folks ,who believc that al" J.\'lany Farm Bureau patrons who eering dep't made this statement .at Thurston, sup't of puhlie instruc- seph county-.r. Herbert Kinsey. farmers and farm or/-:l;nizalions nr. supplies service. have been farsighted in getting a Farmers' Week meeting the week tion. will speak on "The Right Centerville; Calhoun county-Eric concemed with gctting only higl~ NILE l'ERM/LLlON of Ja'nuary 24. er and higher I;ovcrnment SUllpo their Spring season's supply of Kind of Philosophy for Rural Edu. Furu. Room 7, Town Hall. !\Iar. Their objectives are to do a better job for farmer We have found that e\'en \\'itl~ .Field corn yields were much cation in Northern JlIichigan." shall; Dany county-Dexter Bea- prices for food 'crops arc entil'el .. petroleum products during Farm things ~lloving smoothly it takes higher under irrigation, l\1r. Peik. wrong. ac('ording to Carl K Bu~. I 1 members, to be sure of being able to operate at Bureau Services' winter oil sale quite a bit of time. But the end ert said. In ,"an Buren Tuesday afternoon ;\[rs. R. H. :'I[us. "crs. Portland. H-1; Branch coun. have saved themselves dollars that county ser of the Soil Consen'ation Sel'\'- ty-:\Irs. Belle Kewell, 30 W. Chi. kirk, president of the :'IfidJiglHl' capacity, and to do the job for less money. i~ in sight. irrigated corn yielded 49 bushel.;; may be used for other purposes. ice will speak on "The Importance cago St .. Coldwatcr; Kalamazoo Farm Bureau. in adtlrpssing IIIP/lI- All persons who have indicated pel' acre compared to 22 bushels of the Soil to Agriculture and county-Dalc K,irklin. Kalamazoo. hers of the Jack!'on County Fanl} Pacific Supply Co-operative serves farmers in The purpose of the sale, which interest in purchasing some of the when not irrigated. in Montcalm Country Life." R.~; R. E. Hazel. Richland, R.1; AI- Bureau .January 14. is an annual event, is to spread 0Vt $250,000 of surplus certificates of county sugar beets produced Washingto!l, Oregon and Ida~o, and put it this the business in the petroleum field 15 The Xorthern :\!ic'ligan Planning legan county-.James Boyce. Hol MI'. Buskirk emllhallizell th ...t the Farm B\lreau :\lutual Insurance tons p'er acre when irrigated as Committee was started two years lanrl R-1 and Van Buren county-- by providing for spring oil re- price SUPPOI.tScan he too high for way:' "We don't want to go out and buy 15 to Company of l\Iichigan have 'bee'n against 7 tons. Irrigated field ago by Farm Bureau leadel:s in L. C. Ford, Berlamont. quirements during the wintej' sent a copy of the prospectus for the good of both the consulller and 20 million additional gallons of petroleum products months. the Company and a subscriptio:1 beans produced as much as 25 bush. northern Michigan. Its first suc. This livestock marketing pro. the producer. He pointed out Ih t els per acre as .against 10 bushels cess was the promotion of a region. ject is sponsorcd and promoted by this view is reflected hy rllsolutilm, and pay a premium of $250,000 to $300,000. It Through quantity purchasing agreement so that they may make to the acre when water was nol al agr'l extension office. which will Farm Burcau membcrship in ,the adopted at the AFBf' connnttlj I the cost of llistribution is lfff'Ptiv' Buying A Farm of producing 50,000 tons of mix~ fertilizer an- and expensive farm machine. manager of our insurance companr to makes its serrices a\'ailable to letters wl'r? sent Sen It '1'5 \ and~n wny to rellupe dama~c to fruit or I neighbors may be interested in nuallv. We have launched the Farmers Petroleum C~-o~erative, Inc., which distributed 15,000,000 I joining with you on a cooperative basis In the purchase. on the basis o.f his success in the other farm co.operatives in Ari. automobile insurance field. He is zona. California, Oregon and Idll- a graduate of the law dep't of the ho. Mr. l\lills was employed for University of MiSSouri. He served many years by Farm Bureau Ser- herg .and f ergusoll and Hep . .JE.~e ~. "'olc?~t, Jr., as w~ll .as t,o re.p'l lesentatl\es in the ~hchll;an legiS- ('hards by rodents say State college horticulturists. Michigan I JY ll" ' , I f)f "II' f r t t .IU~ tv ( r) orlu('f'v 'p I " of 'h .. gallons of liquid fuels alone in 1948 as the petroleum F::rm Bureau members are work. lature. The group also took steps All poli('leR and pr02'rams of PH __ as legal counsel for the Missouri vices, Inc., of Lansing, Michl~an. department of the Farm Bureau Services, Inc. The (Continued on page 2) Ing for farm prices that compare favorably with labor and industry. Dep't of Insurance for 3 years, nnd later was chief or the clal~ dep't Use Farm Bureau Feeds. to ~o.ordinate the activities ~f th.! ~'anou!! Farm Bureau groups 111 the Elkton Community District. I Farm Bur€'au are wrltlPn In rom./ munlty. county. state and natlona', mccUnp. Jr;vp 1 10'. m fiu e u m€' an f-'PportUO'ty to ex"r and vote OD po Y reso ut SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1949 TWO FARM NEWS .. ! I . 'ld be made financially respon- wou .. h os.t ot im- 'ble for 50<" of t e c • ~A~MICHleAN rftKM~NEw .... ~IS. Michigan Farm Bureau Governor Sugge~ts Sl. Ilro\'1ng . Id be known \\~U _ roads .• ,,,.,, '::J. mailltainlng al1~":, 'l'TI'3'fjnanc!:ll as county. liability of a' I' 't d by what what I oca I 1<:~tJlbll"h~ January 12, I'U Puhll"h ..., mnnthly, fIrst SAturday, by ~II. hipn Farm Bur ..au at Its Presldent \"Ice. Pres Exec. Sec)-_.C. OFFICERS C. F.. Bu~klrk. Paw Paw J. E. Trelb.:!r, Unionville L. Brod)', Lansing Corporate Tax Boost townshipl".:ould 't receives ~vhat additional .. I .ue IIllI e in total state aid p t exceeding revenue . It cou!d the 19.nllll Ius !!uNI""I .. n offl"e at 114 E. Lovett St., Ch.r1otte. Mlchlpn. DISTRrcT DIRECTORS Principal Matters Before' Legislature Deal raise Wit IOU . lilnitatlon .. th as F.rl.1 .. fflce, sine. Mlchlpn. P. O. Box ,GO. ~eLan-,...s DIRECTORS AT LARGE aches for the Michigan lawmakers as the legislative in the weight tax rate and, It so, Dan Cupid. sign and sYmuol of the greatest torce on earth, Carl E. Busklrk Paw Paw, R-! whether It )viil include passenger Has power to. lll~\'~ t2:e salldest soul to 'jollity and mirth .. Einar Ungren Editor George Block Jesse E. Trelb.:!r_ Charlevolx. R-1 Unlonvllle. R-1 session goes into its second m~nth. Governor G. cars ,or OnlY'lcommercla~ vehicles. ~e ~l3.kes affectIOn ~IOW afresh In hearts like yours and mine. .. to be seen The formula Harold Weinman_Associate Editor ~o wonder all the \\ orld today salutes St. Valentine. M~nnen Williams ha~ made three personal appeara~ces remRms .. f PUR P 0 S E of FAR M Representing for distributing the re:'enue IS., 0 BUREAU WOMEN OF FARM BUREAU Ruh"Crlptlon: !S cent" a ,. ..ar. Mn. U. S. ~ewell ........Coldwater. R-:! Oh. ~reed and hate are Jlowerful. too; they ren'd the world 'apart; before the legislature. January 6 he submitted. his gen~ 'course, yery.controverslal. . Llmit ..-d to Farm Bureau ~lembel'!l. The purpose of this Associa- , Colored Oleo. On Fel?ruary 2nd tion shall be the advancement Repre"en tI ng And Ignorance and po.\'erty can crush the human heart , eraI message. A week later he presented' hiJ budaet' ~~d of our members' interests edu. JUNIOR FARM BUREAU B ut I'OH~ II .. IS th a t ral ses us to hliss and joy profound, ' , 0 the House allllt'o"e~ the initiatory Vol. XXVII February S. 1949 No.2 cationally. legislatively. and Verland McLeod Lyons financial recommendations. :At that'time ,he p.ointed out proposal 'to 'permit the sale ~f color- economically. And love it is. froUl age to age, that makes the ~Yorld go round. :ed oleo in Michigan. ThiS has It men be black or white or brown; ot any race or creed, that the state was already. operating in the r~d. He pre- been brou'gllt before the le~is!atm'e EDITORIA.L Community Take love from ont the hearts But be his color w.ha~ It may: ot them and they al'e beasts his tortunes gay or sad, indee'ci. dict~d a 21-miIlion-d01Iar 'operating deficit for the current fiscal year and a 61 -milHon-dollar operatina0 deficit •for the b initi'atory i~ grocery stores and mea~ mar~ets last fall: petitions This is the fIrst tlllle Circulated (ContlnuE'd from page I) Petroleum Co-operative is interested,in acquiring or' Farm Bureau With honest lo\'e lllSld& bis heart no 'man Is really bad. next fi scal year. Ulat . this procedure bas been used in Michigan .• ~eveJoping crude oil production and refining serv- Activities Then let us all togethel' greet and truly celehrate The holiday that's sacrec! to the nohlest human trait Governor Williams would not be due to his Jlrogram ot said that th5s present revenues to keell our highway are inadequate system In pro. The legislature which to- enact the proposal had 40 days. in With- BII 3/Rk . .lL4.RJORIE GA,RDSER And. let us welcome his approach In every aspect fine Ices. social legislation, Ot. to waste, or per shape to handle the increasing out amendment. If It tailed to do And with our hand upon our heart salute St.' Yalentine. (;xt~a vagance, or to any unnecessary traffic load. Both study groups 50 withini,that time or rejected H, STAR AWARDS Both the Services and the Petroleum Co-operative Gold Star-Crystal Lake, Oceana R. S. Clark capItal expenditures. uut to th~ are In practical agreement that the que~tio~ would automatically 315 North Grinnell Street fact that go\'ern1llent .. 1 costs have V??' substantial amounts of ad. appear qn:{be April election ballot. are inviting Farm Bureau members, farmer patrons county, Mrs. Helen Gilliland, gone up along with everything else. Sec'y. Jacksou, l\Iichlgan dltumal revenue a:e ne?ded .. If adOltt~d..}JY the voters at th3t and farmers co-operatives to invest in their securities. He also stressed that sales tax di. Las~ week a senes o~ seven uills time, it,would become a sort ot su, Silver Star-Gaines, Genesee Farm Bureau members are work./ Many Congressmen rely on the version leaves the state with onlv wa~ In t rod u c e d ~lllluJtaneous'l per law)\j1il'h could not be altere', \Vhat's going on in other states? Farmer mem- county, Mrs. Gatlll!- Wykes. ing tor tar~ prices that .compare Farm Bureau for accurate facts and. 22c o~t of each dollar of sales ta~ Iy 111 tlte Senate an~ 111 the Hou~e by the leg!lilature at any futu.re Sec'y. \ ' favorably With labor and mdustry. figures pertaining: to agriculture. revenue. He asserted that it was to calTY out the detailed recommen- t'me but 'could only be changed uy bers of the Co-operative Grange League Federation CONGRATULATIONS II his firm conviction that the only dations of the Highway Study .com- I t of .tho. people. Naturally, of New York have bought $6, J 33,000 of two pre- solution of 1nchigan's [jnanclal 1I.littee of the GO?d Ro.ads Federa- ~~e~lbei'S ch~the legislature did not Berrien-Bedinger. :\lembers of difficulties would ue additional tlOn. TlIey would ,raise. the. gas look with :f(l.~or upon that possi- ferred stock issues. Southern States Co-operative at Richmond, Va., has sold $7,887,200 in 4% w efer- the Bureau Bedinger were surprised Community ot carolers trom the' Junior Farm by a group Farm Looking Ahead , taxation. State, Finances. the Go\'ernor au February again uJlpeared before ' tux rat.e to 4.3c per gallon, uoost 2ntl 'lhe weIght tax on passenger cars bility and rn~ferred 'onosal '~n.the form to adopt submitted. the ~rom 35c to 50c per. 100 wel!>ht an? ~~en it' ¥mitd become an 'ordinary red to finance oil refining operations. Indiana Farm J Bureau at their December meet- the senators and representatives II1CI'ease commercial vehIcle h- (e!, 221 ~. Cedar "li~t thc rcccivcr" instruments. This also in agriculture, either for raising crops or for grazing tion of a new Community 'Farm St., LRn"ln!: 4, )Ilchlgan. (:!-It-22b). WOOL GROWERS cnabled Michigan Bcllto rcduec thc num- Bureau In the new County Farm BULBS. PLANTS, SEEDS ATTE~TIO~, Wool Growers-send livestock. The re~aining fifth inCludes the' non- )'our wool to us and you are guaran- hcr of other rings heard hy suhscribcrs on Dureau ot Ogemaw during th~ BF:AUTIITI, GI.ADIOLUS RULBS. teed the ceiling price. 'Ve are pur- thosc rural lines. farm forests, the parks, game refuges, highways, month of December. Devere Bor- 100 larl('e hulhs $:l.00. or 200 bloomln/;' chasing wO'ol Cor the government. Year den was elected as discussion lead- s!ze $2.00. I'o"tpald. Orrlc De Graff around wool marketing- service and railroads, military reservations, the deserts and Glad Farm i:5prlng Lake It-2. )Ilci). prompt settlement made. )Iichlgan er and Cecil Graber as chairman. , (2-3t-201l) Igan Co-operative \\'00: Marketing As- sociation, 506 N. Mechanic St .. Jack- rocky regions, and the urban areas. Presque Isle.Swan River. :'IIem. MAPLE SYRUP son, Michigan. Phone 3-4216. (~lt!-Hb) bers of the Swan River Community Farm Bureau are saving their old )IAPLE SYHUP Prodnccrs: Place BABY CHICKS J. ~'. Yeager. managing director St. Louis Co-op ot the Michigan Association ot copies ot the l\Ilchlgan Farm News' your order noW for "ap buckets. SlloutS. "all storage tanks, gathering- TWO WEEKS FEED !!upply given Creamery Annual Farmer Cooperatives, spoke on to be distributed to prospective tanks and S)TUp filtering tank". All ":,lth Colunial Chicks. steel will he hard to get IC you walt .9, % Jive in official tests. Pedigree Sired Egg and Members ot St. Louis Co-opera- "Your Co.operatlve Is Your 1\I03t Farm Bureau members in their until tree tap"in~ time. For complete meat type. Frce Catalog. Colonial area during their Roll Call. Information on all I'yrup making and Poultry Fat'llls. Houte 10. Marlon Ohio. MORE AND BETTER SERVICE - At the t\\'e Creamery Co. gathered In the Valuable Farming Tool." marketing "t1pplle:<, write Sugar nush (12-3t-28pl high st'hool gymnasium at St. Ingham.Onondaga. We wlll hold Supplies Company. Box 1107, Lan!!ing end of 1948, scven out of every tcn familics 4, ~lichh:an. (S-7t-5:ib) CIII.;ltItYWOOD CHA~IPIO~ Chicks Louis Saturday, February 5, tor Wheeler Farm Bureau our next meeting Feb. 24 at the from large heav)'-la)'lng \\-hite Leg- in rural arcas scrvcd .Ily 1\fichi fF an nclI 'hatl borne ot .!\Ir. and Mrs. D. S. Town. thl'lr annual meeting. Di F )IAPLE SYHUP CA~S. 1 gallon. horn". Hhode Island Heds. and '''hlte telcphone Ecrvicc. Scven olit ~ eight rl1ral MllnllKer Fred Walker reported scusses inancea send. Edna DeKett, sec'y. Berry hoxes and crate". ~lichlgan Bee It.ucks. 275-347 egg breeding. & SUPl)I)', i.o nox 7, Lan!!lng 1. ~lich- vlgurous northel'l\ .. ~ock. Lan~'.;, pullorum telephone customcrs wcre on lincs havinO' bu InPAA activities ot the firm dur- Farmers should expect a gradual Igan. (2-2t-19b) t,,"ted. Sexed or I'tnl.lgl11 rnn chicks . . 1 e1i 11 partlcs . I 01' ess. 0 Buy Farm Buearu Seeds. Chcn~'wood I"arms 'Hatchery, nox 7N, Inl 1948. The annual report said decline In tarm prices rather than IIniland, ~lichlj:..'UI. (2-2t-37p) I' COTTON BAGS thp I1veralte producer price tor the a sudden drop, and a sound price on the question. "Are Hard Times BUILDINGS It48 business year was $3.94 per support program will benetlt tarm. Ahead for Farmers?" Charles Fnl';I~ Xr;;\\' BOOK! You'll be amaz- hundJ't'(1 pounds ot 3.5 milk and ers during the leveling ort pel'lod. p(} at the smart dre~~es, curtains, toys, i:5TEJo:L DUILDlxn::;, war surplus, MICHIGAN BELL TELEPHONE MJ,' (M'r pound of butterfat, con. These were the conclusions reached Rhodes. business chairman, meeting. presided Community at the children', clothing, yuu can make Crom cotton bags Get your Free COP)' of S'luare type. 10' hi;;h, 20' wide, 100' long. Fur tool !!hed". cow "table", poul- COMPANY talnood In tarm-separated cream. by the Wheeler Community Farm "Smart Sewing with Cotton Bag,," tr)' hou""". Fire resl"tant. durahle. ex- Our 513.500,000 postwar rural constructIon program means singing was led by Mrs. Chum Dos. now! A real treasure ~(>Ok! For your cellent condition. easy to in"ulate. 1,0\" TI1 fII 'VI" the highest 3\'8rage price Bureau ot Gratiot county at their more and better rllral telephone servIce. son. A potluck luncheon preceded COP)', write today tq: :-;a.t'onal Cotton cu"t. "'rite Cor sales huiletin an'l spec- lil'ir paid by Lhe SL 1.ol1la planL 1llIuaaw lIolssn;>slP AIQllIOlU J'8(n2aJ CounCil, BO% 76, )lemphls, Tennessee. ICic:ttions. Roy B. Peter~, 1014 Farrand the meeting. (2-5.8-11-50b) Ave .. Lanslnl: G, l\Ilchl~an. (2-lt-40iJ) SATURDAY, 'FEBRUARY 6, 1949 MICHIGAN FARM ~ov.WILLIAMS NEWS THR!.I agriculture to enforce the new hlws. The authorship of the "seal of quanty" Idea for promoting sales If. 1-Were to co-oP COUNCIL Dairyland Creamery SAYS NOW IS THE of superior farm products was dls. Agriculture Act of 1948, Support Levels ASKS INQUIRY Annual Meeting RIGHT TIME claimed by Governor Williams pointing out that others have sug: Buy a Fa~m••• CommOdity 1949 .percentage of Parity 1950 and after Interesting anecdot~s methods used by Korean farmers were told members of Dalryland about "The 'seal of quality' Idea for gested the id~ before. H~ did say, however, that he considered ~~s roll in sponsoring it as that of BlI MRS. EDITH M. WAGAR Briar Hill Farm, There's nothing more discouraging than to be short of water both for Cotton . 90 90 60 to 90 60 to 90 INTO NTEA Cooperative Creamery Co. at the annual meeting In late January, at promoting the sal~ of top quality Carleton, Michigan household and farm use. I'd want 90 60 to 90 A. J. McFadden of Santa Ana, Carson City. farm products from Michigan farms !ust getting it across at the right hme". A shortll time ago I was asked a to know that there was a good out- ~i::~.~:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 90 90 California, walnut and eitrus gm\\'- !\lore than 500 enjoyed fish din' has no hope of SUccess unless it question that I could not answer let for all necessary farm drainage . . Rice .. 90 60 to 90 er was elect~d president .of Na- ners in the Methodist and Congre- His address featured a banquet has general public acceptance from program concluding the one-day off hand - "If you were to buY Access~bility to good market Peanuts .. 90 60 to 90 tional Council of Farmer Cooper- gational churches of Carson City, "'armer~producers as well as con. meeting attended by representatives a farm for a home these days, just facilities is no small item to be con- Hogs h . 90 o'to 90 atives at its 20th Annual Conven- then heard William A. Rex, Sey. sumers," Governor G. Mennen of Michigan's more than 50 diver- what kind of a farm would you sidered. In these modern times, it E99S . 90 0 to 90 tion at Memphis, Tennessee, Jan- mOUI', Ind., tell about the ancestral Williams told members of the l\Uch. .slfied agricultural interests who look for?" It would only be smart to see to it Chickens .. 90, 0 to 90 uary 3.6. C. N. Silox of Ithaca, New 51lirits which Korean farmers think Igan Agricultural Conference at organized a year ago as an agricul- set me to think- that the farm in question Is easil:r MIlk, butterfat ~. 90' 0 to 90 York, was elected first vice-pres. plague them. Mr. Rex also showed their meeting the middle of Jan- tural conference body to express ing, and now 1 accessable to electric and telephone Turkeys .. 60 to 90 0 to 90 ident; and James II. Lemmon, of colol' mo\'les of native Korean uary. farm policies on a united front. wonder if there service, with mail delivery direct . Soybeans 'for 011... . 60 to 90 0 to 90 Lemmon, South Dakota, was elect- farmers plowing rice fields with "The job can't be done by simply is any ideal farm to the door. with some type of an Peanuts for 011. : . 60'to 90 0 to 90 ed second vice-president; with harnessed beef catlle bulls, with cracking down on violators. must have most of the people 00- It FEED RATIOS for sale! s~em to be draw- There improved highway system and also public transportation within rea- Dry beans, some varieties Dry peas, some varieties .. . 60 to 90 _ 60 to 90 0 to 90 0 to 90 John H. Davis, of Washington, D. C. re-elected executh'e secretary. implements which arc a hundred or more years old, because they are hind it," the Goyernor declared. backs connected sonable distance. Potatoes (white) . 60 to 90 60 to 90 The' Co.lincil asked for a full dis- fearful if they discard these crude ~p~~in~s s:s~~~t 0~et~:g;94~0 le~~: J lature, the new governor reco'm.' ARE FAVORABLE with most every plaoe, no matter how pleasing it School facilities would' mean much to me If I had a growing fam- ily. Educational advantages al. Sweet Potatoes Flaxseed fOr oil _ 60 to 90 .. 60 up to the 1948 support level 0 to 90 0 to 90 closure of tile operations of the National Tax Equality Association and the 'National Associated Busi- tools, the sph.jts of their ancestors will bring ill fortune upon them, Directors elected for three-yeat mended the house and senate con- Prodtlct reeQ raUos continue fav- may look to the ways reflect on the value of any Wool .. Same as 1948 60 t\), 90 nessmen Inc. which have been at. terms are Fred Wilson, Carson City sider somt:._sort of label or l'lg t<1 orable, said the Michigan State casual passerby. property intended for a home. Others .. Discretionary .0 to 90 tacking the cooperatives. Ilnd Henry Tabor, Hnbbardston. designate the superior output college farm economics dep't. in In the 1st place I'd want shade in the yard and Among the important resolutions !\Ianager Fred 'Valk~r reported In Note: For the 6 basic commodities the supports given for 1949' detail Ullon business of the Dalry- hom Michigan farms. He urged a January. It said th::.t in December ~ /WICrf1l. I would hesitate an orchard, (or it takes years to '1Idopted by the Council was the revision of the state grades and each pound of milk would buy to buy a farm unless I had.capital grow shade trees and bearing fruit are in effect if producers have not disapproved marketing statement that: "Because agricul. land Co-operative crelmery for standards to provide for such high 5.05 pounds of dairy ration of feed, enough to make a reai sUDstantial trees. - Small fruit is a different quotas. They all apply through the marketing season to tural production doesn't rapidly the past year. quality products and for power to hay, and silage. This wall 40 per down payment after I had it ade. matter for it can be quickly brought June 30, 1950. respond to price changes as does be given to the state department of cent more than could have been quately stocked and equipped. In into production. I'd want timber For 1950 the support levels of the 6 basic commodities lll'oduction in most industries, policy of price support'l for farm a Artman Resigns As ----------- purchased a year ago. Butterfat days gone by, a man would attempt of some sort that would supply the would buy no more than a year to 'operate a farm with meagel' odd demands (or (arm use as well depend on the level of supply, and if prOducers disapprove pl'oducts against Ill'lce collapse, is Berrien Co. C. O. D. marketing quotas, the support is 50% of parity.-U. S. Dep't of not class legislation but a pl'Ogram J. 1\1. Artman of Lakeside an. earlier. Most outstanding-each tools and a limited supply of Iive- as serve as a safeguard against a Agriculture. pound of chicken would buy 10% stock with the hope that he might fuel shortage when needed. designed to encourage producers in nounced his retirement from the pounds of f~ed, or 78% more than accumulate more as time went on, I'd look for the qulck.sand bot. supplying adequate production to position of secretary and county a .year ago. Thl)" egg-feed ration and' consequently he was working toms, the white clay spots, the the consuming public at reason. organization director of the Ber. pone the deal. I'd rent a farm or was less favorable than in Novem. against odds for' many years. ston~s and' the stumps, the sink work for some commercial concern James Curtis Elected able levels." The mechanics of tlw rien County Farm Bureau at the annual meeting, the second week of ber, but was more favorable than a Neither he nor his family really holes and the sand dunes, the price support program should be year earlier. The hog-corn ratio lived. quack grass and the mustard. until prices had settled. An in- Sec'y of Allegan Co. adapted to specific needs of each January. flated dollar, if saved, will go much James CUI.tis has been elected to commodity, the Ccuncil declared. The announcement was made on was,15.8, which is considered very I would aim to find a farm with I'd discount a farm if the house further when prices have tumbled succeed James Boyce as secretary- orders of his physician. Mr. Art. favorable. a minimum of wasteland, for it was back in the center of the farm, to a normal par. On the other treasurer of the Allegan County man, however, said that he would I would be taxed too, and there's no even if it was on a good building Berrien IYouth Bldg. Good Business I incom~ fr~~n it. It would prove to spot, for most women want a house hand, a debt acquired these days Farm Bureoau. Mr. Boyce was rec- may also be greatly increased if ently elected treasurer of. Allegan Fund Recel'ves $25; continue to carry out the duties of his offi~e until a full-time secre- Clipping cows to remove the long be a liabIlity to the rest of the by the side of the road so as to and when the tumble comes. county, and felt that he should reo tary had been secured. hair on the flanks, udder, under-I farm .. see the friendly folks when they go "Watch your step" is a good motto sign from his position held In the The Three Oaks COllllllunity Robill.t Kl"ieger of Bainbridg( line, tail and rear legs of dairy ani- I would want a set of buildings by. to follow at anrlime, but more so Allegan County Farm Bureau. Farm Bureau voted to g I v e was named to a second term as mal is an inexpensive step toward that were in good condition or I'd want to know the tax rate $25 to the Junior Farm Bu. president of the County Farm Bur You'll be thankful for producing clean, wholesome milk BC' easily altered to meet the requir~ and the bonded indebtedness of when prices are out of hne with During his four years of service rea u Be r r Ie n youth fair eau. Harry Nye of St. Joseph was values. In the County Farm Bureau, the building' fund at their January re.elected vice-president and Thorn. buildings of sturdy cording to Dr. Earl Weaver, head ments of adequate housing for the area. I'd want to know what Good land, coupled with a de- organization has grown to twice meeting hel4 at the Spring Creek as P~yne of Galien was returned as of the Michigan State college diary family and farm use as well as for (ire protection I could expect. termination to win, has made many its size in membership. It has 7 department. convep.ience and comfort. One can If the advantages outnumbered Community Hall. the third member of the executive CONCRETE Plant Farm Bureau aeeda. never buy just what he prefers, but I would surely give thought to the the drawbacks. and the price was right, I would not hesitate about a farmer happy for it represents the results of his toil and his man- agem~nt over a period of years. community groups. Thomas Payne, county director, led the group discussion au, "'Vhy A farm record book will help We Should SuPPOrt tne Farm Bur- comulittee. ( cost of repairing and alterations buying; but if the price had risen Farm Bureau members are work. show the strengths and weakness. eau." A potluck dinner preceded CONCRETE is sturdy-eco- needed; for when added to the beyond the normal value, I'd post. ing for equal educational opportu. Use Farm Bureau Feeds. es of the farm business. the' business meeting. nomical. Its initial cost is original price of the place, it nities. '\ PURE CRUSHED~J might make it inflated beyond low and there"s practicaily no TRI'-L£ scaUNED Sold to Swift for $1,883,823,473.00 reason. maintenance expense. Concrete is hresafe, rotproof OYSTERSHEU , I vJould aim to select a farm that. - would fit the type of farming expected to do. A person .,shquldn't I and vermin-proof, It lasts a lifetime, buy dairy buildings if one dislikes the dairy business, or horse barns Plan to build oflong-Iasting, if one is a tractor farmer. storm-resistant Concrete now. When we speak about rural Write for the free illustrated areas, we usually include within them such services as school and booklet on permanent farm church advantages, recreation, 01': construction~ ganizations, clubs, health and , library facilities, natural resources PORTLAND CEMENT ASSOCIATION and the people there and their Olds Tow., Bldg., Lansing 8, Mich. standards of living. These elements , all tend to make up a community, A notional organization ta improve and and when we see a rundown com- extend the uses of concrete ••. thraugh sci. munity, we at once know some of entiflcresearch and engineering field work these clements are lacking. fARM 8UR"EAij"iiii.i.iNG CO. 11lC: 'Ve may have some of the very C"IO'O. IU. best people in the world in a rural community, but if the soil Is poor and unproductive, swampy or other This is not, and is under no circumstances to be construed as, an natural drawbacks, those foiks can- olfering of this stock for sale, as a solicitation of offers to not attain the standard of living buy any such stock. The offering is made only by the Pros. that, by right, should be theirs. pectus. Many an energetic farmer with no capital has spent a whole lifetime trying' to build up a poor, rundown 100,000 Shares farm. We admire his grit and,his energy, but regret his short-sight- Because your business in cities and towns helps main- edness In making a selection. Per- Quick Facts on Swift's Business Farmers Petr'oleum haps it is the old homestead he hates to part with it. It may have filled the bill at one time, but and Total . In 1948 Sales $2,361,114,041 business closely packing, of fanning related and ranching to our business we believe you are interested is so of meat in tain purchasing the ppoducts to sell. power and which you and Swift have markets for Cooperative, Inc. farming, like all other things, has Swift's average sales dollar was spent as an accounting of Swift & Company's op- In 1948, Swift & Company paid nearly changed and sentiment does not follows: erations in 1948. On this page we tell you two billion dollars for agricultural prod- offset unnecessary hard work and how much money we received, how we ucts. We processed and distributed na- For Livestock & Other Agricultural being deprived of the comforts' of spent this money, and how much we tionwide this output of your land and Products 79.8 cts. Class "A" Common Stock life. I'd want to be assured of an 'For Employes' Wages & Salaries 9.6 cts. earned for services performed. The past year was reasonably profitable Wm. B. TraYTUJr labor .•• cattle, and poultry calves, hogs, lambs, dairy products, soybeans, cotton- abuntlance of good, pure water. For Supplies 4.0 cts. and Swift & Company. $10.00 per Share - - (Non.assessable) -----"--.,--.------1 For \ Transportahon . 2.0 cts. to both producers the way it should be in America. That's A fair profit to seed, peanuts and other product..c:; of agriculture. For these we paid out 79.8 cents from each dollar Maximum annual 'dividend limited to 5%, non-cumulative, For Taxes 1.5 cts. producers means better living and instlres a sound we received from the sala of our products. as earned and declared. iN 0 physical For Other Business Expenses 1.9 cts. program on farms and ranches. A fair profit to Total spent out of each overage examination ••• dol/or 98.8 cts. HOW THE DOLLAR WAS DIVIDED 80,000 Shares Remaining as Earnings for Swift 1.2 cts. In America a business is operated to serve the received from the salc of our products. Who got 10 health Total \ 100 cents puhlic, and to carn a profit for its owners. 1948, Swift earned $27,889,210 net profit. That In the balance of 98.8 cents? I t went to peopla who work directly in the livestock-meat industry, to Class "(" Common Stock statement ••• was an average of 1.2 cents out of each dollar we additional thousands in other businesses. $1.00 per Share Voting Stock - - - (Non.assessable) No Dividend Rights 'IDled yGfII'SeH 11II1 ,.., "".", IJgainst tile Fisi", cest Class A Common Stock Is 'being offered to farmers and farmers' .f ,",spital care. Management's Role in co.operative associations. The shares are Issued in amounts Modern Farming of $10 or any multiple th~reor. been set at $50. The minimum purchase has H OSPITAL bills'are higher today-advanced techniques require costly drugs medical by 0. R • .Johnson University of Missouri, ColumbIa and equipment. But Blue Cross 1. The major cost of meat packing 2. Swift & Compony employs 73,- 3. Supplies of all kinds-sugar, salt, Class C Common Stock Is voting stock issued at the par valuE' Hospital Plan pays hospital Better farm management can of $1.00 per share with the provision that each shareholder, with is the purchase of livestock and 000 men and women to provide the spices, containers, fuel. electricity bills in fuU for a WIde range of give startling results. If man- the exception of Michigan Farm Bureau and Farm Bureau service ben~fits while a bed other agricultural products. Swift services producers, retailers and con- cost us $94,809,928. These suppliel'. O. R. JohnllOn aged as well as the best 20% patient in anyone of 163 partic- paid $1,883,823,473 to farmers and sumers demand. The employes look are furnished by other businesses. Services, Inc., may hold only one share. of the farms are managed, output of the average Ipating hospitals. In addition ranchers last year. You, the pro- to their company for regular, gain- Our purchlUies from them created Class A Common Stock ~nd the Class C Common stock and Uie Blue Cross Surgical and Medi- acre could be doubled. In most areas the output ful employment. They earned $226,- of pasture land could be increased three or four ducers, received 79.8 cents out of work and wages for many more Farmers Petroleum Co-operative, Inc., are described fully in the cal-Surgical Plans provide 154,019 in wages and salaries in tim~. Our cleverest feeders get 60% more out of each average dollar we took in Americans. This took 4 cents of our Prospectus dated June 4, 1948. The Prospectus is the basis of stated amounts for operations. frOID Qqles. ' 1948 ... or 9.6 cents of each average your doctor's hospital visits. theu' feed than do average feeders. Production a~erage sales dollar"# information for all sales. - sales dollar. Rlue Cross Is available to per cow, sow or hen could be increased 50% to The Farmers Petroleum Cooperative, Inc., began operations Farm Bureau members with- 100% if animals and methods as good' as those January '1, 1949. It has acquir"ed the complete distribution sys. out physical examination, or used by the top 20% of our farmers were em- tem and petroleum distribution business of Farm Bureau h'zalth statement. See your ployed by all farmers. Services, Inc., petroleum department which was established in Blue Cross secretary for com- T~ere are two w'!-ys of ~chieving higher pro- plete details. duction pex: acre WIthout mcreasing costs. The 1928. The dollar volume (or the petroleum department {or the year ending August 31, 1948 was $2,683,954.43. , most practical management method is to raise the level of efficiency without ent working forces per farm. The other method increasing pres- 5. Government expenses-fire and 6. More than 200,000 retail store FARMERS PETROLEUM COOPERATIVE, INC. is for. the farm family, with modem power and police protection, national defense, operators look to Swift for a regu- PO Box 960, 221 N. Cedar St., Lansing, Michigan machinery, to farm more acres. This second meth- 4. Transportation charges are a nec- roads, social secmty, public edu- lar supply of meats and other Swift od has obvious limitations. For there would not essary item of expense, and a large cation, etc.-are aU paid out of products. We help build retailers' For a COpy of the Prospectus, and a call by a lic-znsed salesman, be enough acres to go around without eliminating one, too. Meats are moved an aver- taxes. Swift's tax bill for the year trade by developing nationwide con- please fill in and mail the request form in this advertisement. m~y farm families. Do we want larger farm age of 1,000 miles from fann and was $35,220,291. The Federal Gov- sumer markets. Our research lab- umts and reduced farm population? Many think --------------------- FARMERS PETROLEUl\I COOPERATIVE, INC. not. However, many farmers are now faced with ranc~ to market. distnbuting During 1948, in our products towns and villages, Swift & Com- to cities, ernment and each of the 48 states collected some of this amount. And taxes were paid in hundreds of oratories and test kitchens also help create consumer demand. tion, interest Deprecia- and other expensee PO Box 960, 221 K Cedar St., Lansing, Michigan adopting either one or the other of the above pany spent $46,702,457 for trans- municipalities where our plants and common to every business, add to met~ods. Fanners ~ust ~eet today's high op- eratmg costs and still mamtain living standards portation by rail and motor. This properties are located. Federal, this total. All theSe cost $46,514,663 Please send copy of Prospectus ~or Farmers Petroleum amounted to 2.0 cents of each aver- state and local taxes took 1.5 cents or 1.9 centa of t.be average d.oUar Cooperati ....e, Inc., Class A Common Stock and Class C n. BIN e..... Pl." ........ ~ ... _ without forcing prices beyond the reach of the aver- ___ -.J b llu Midi, .. HNltlNi A__ age consumer. Consumers cannot be expected to age dollar of sales income. of our average sales dollar. of sales. + Common Stock, and have a licensed salesman call. ."" 1M Mldli, .. s,... M__ ~ IUpport, indefinitely, inefficient farm output by paying the high prices such inefficiency demands. That's the story of the division of Swift's average dollar received from sales. Of that dollar 98 8 NA~IE ._ _ __ ._ - - -.-.-- ..-- cents went to other people or businesses. The 1.2 cents left is our return for procefl6ing mark~ BLUE CROSS and distributing meats and other products for millions of American familiPs. Out 01 thia retua Street Swift & Company -or net earnings-our 64,000 shareholders, men and women who ~/""'.... Address .Post Orifice ... ..__ . RFD No. -- ~ Hospital Senlce.M1dUta 134 Swe Street, DooaWt 1&tdialSer-... » PR.en ... UNION STOCK YARDS, Nutrition i. oar busines.- and CHICAGO 9, ILLINOIS invested their savings in the Company, received dividends took 7/10 of a cent of the average sales dollar. The balance of 1/2 cent was rctained to provide for future needs of t.be Company •• which \ "kAbI~ "- - -, PROTICTIO. IHA,.. , YOUT' Vier Pr"~'" r a.t{a • {''Ill 2"-'r SATURDAV, FEBRUARV 5, 1~ FOUR MICHIGAN FARM NEWS Michigan Farmers • Are fart Owners of United Co-op~ it-emS-inC-lude-wov-en -and-rU-b-ber-CE-NT-RA-L-ST-O-CK-F-AR-M~P=-=RO~OF;- Unico Serves Farmers Inc. belting, tarpaulins, plastic window material, rubber garden hose, hand THAT LEGUM~S In 39 States ~1~£a~~wl~ec~~:::n~I~~:~~~l:li:l: SYEACRUDRSITSITESARSTASLE INCREASE YIELDS Through Farm Bureau Services. Inc., approximately Is one of United's more recont de. partments, having been set up in Proof that soil building I.:eldgsu~e~ 95,000 farmers of Michigan are part owners of the facil- August, 1946. B Y B . P. P 4 TTI SO" .', D'I,.. contribute to mcre . ased Y" soilE '1 Turk, "X ities and services of United Co-operatives. Inc. At present, this department .pro. P. B. Commodity Relations crops COUlesfrom L..• h' '1lchigail cures and distributes Unico-Car .. h . ntist at t e 1> United Co-ops is a national agricultural manufacturing . f f The board of directors of the researc SCle . t station. riel' arm reezers in a 30 and 15 Agricultural Expenmen. SnginllW and wholesale co-operative organization which is serving cu b.lC ft'00 size. Th ese two freezers Central Michigan Livestock Yards On the FeI'den fan n In ~ by . II Cooperative, Inc., and .men lI~lls' . t set up arc CSpeCIa y deSigned to meet county, an expenmen sed al- in addition to Farm Bureau Services. sixteen other lead- Nl6. farm food storage needs. A Unlco ed to sell stock in this area, met l\ISC staff members has u at 8t. Louis, January 14. At this d d cloyer ing farm supply co-operatives in the United States and 6.2 cubic foot farm freezer and falfa, sweet clover an . re meeting U was agreed that an in- Ids milk coolers are also distributed. tensive stock selling campaign to to help increase ~rop Ylero t'atlons Puert~ Rico. Besides serving these seventeen stJck- Recently, a complete line of hi"'h .. raise the necessary funds for a Seven different crop b tare " bemg holder member organizations, United Co-operatives dis- quality water system equipment livestock market would be carried all including sugar ee ~ xcept was added, inCluding shallow and studied All the rotations e. on during February. "1 b 'Iding legume tributes -some farm products to fifteen other farm, state deep well water systems, cellar About a year ago, farmers in the one include a SOl Ul I been drainers, pump to tank fittings, area indicated their desire for a crop. Where no legume las b t or regional co-operatives. ga.lvanized tanks and'. other pump cooperative livestock marketin; grown, corn yields haveb br; ~ie~~s United is the outgrowth of the Farm Bureau Oil Com- accessories .• program, and accordingly, ,an or. twelve, bushels an ac~e eO d allli- This department also distributes ganization known as the Central where the rotation mclude pany' which began in Indianapolis, Indiana, in 1930. electric, gas ana oil water heaters. Michigan Liyestock Yards Coopera- fa just before the ~orn.. 23 bu. e!ectric fenl:e controllers and the tive, Inc., was set up with authori. In 1948, corn YIelds '\\ere. t n co n. From the basic start as an oil co-operative, it gradually • Stockholder Member Territory. Sylvania line of ,light bulbs, fluor. zation to sell $100,000 in StoclL shels' per acre in the rota 10 4" added many other farm supply products. The present escent lights and heat lamps. Several thousand dollars have been tal'ning no soil building legume, t clover • New pIt t tl b subscribed to date and with ag- where corn follows swee , name of United Co-operatives, Inc., was adopted in 1936. United does not distribute feeds, seeds, fertilizers or o Non - Stockholder Cooperatives h F ,( Ch ro( uc s are ,cons an y e. in'" a Ide 1 t 0 th'IS d epar t men t . ( . I Th' d gressive effort on tl1e part everyone interested, it is hoped the of green manure, and 53 where corn follo~'s one vear of alfalfa. .. J Ifnw.. served by United. arm emlca s, IS epartment The tests points out that a ""'" farm implements but has concentrated on the manufac- w itl 1 an 0 ff"Ice mIla . Ph' d'elphla, pro. balance of stock can be sold, in In the rotation has caused I'llg h er . February. d cures a comp ete 1me of agricul- 1 Yl'elds than has sweet clover or. re ture and procurement of other farm s!Jpply lines which Those licensed to sell are: Gra- This map shows the states where United Co-operatives serve local farm tura 1 t nsecticides and fungicides, clo,'er. One year of alfalfa lU a tiot ,county-Lester Allen, Ithac~; such as lead and calcium arsenate, fl','e year rotation has given as were requested by member organizations. co-operatives and their farmer members. Seventeen state and regional co- Carlton V. Tracy, Ithaca; and lime-sulphur solutions, copper suI- Howar d L. Krick, St. Louis; I Sll.- good results as two years. Farm Bureau .Services, Inc., of Michigan joined with operatives which are stockholders of United serve the states shown in black. phate, nicotine.' sulphate, spray bella county-Athold Johnston, -------- the Ohio and Indiana Farm Bureaus in organizing the They serve 1.303,200 farmers from a total of 3,647 local farm co-operatives. lime, rotenone dusts and new DDT Rosebush; Clinton county-Mauro 200 Attend Genesee products for insect pest control. In ice Gove, St. Johns; Ionia county . Farm Bureau Oil Company in 1930. As it has developed The stockholder :nembers of United Co-operatives are: addition to this line, .the Farm -Mark Westbrook. Ionia; Saginaw 'Annual Meeting Indiana Farm Bureau Co-o!>. Illinois Farm Supply Company, Wisconsin Co-op. Farm Supply Chemical Department supplies county-Matthew Borsenik, Brant: A talk on "Fundamentals of Or. into United Co-operatives, the Farm Bureau Services has members with raw materials for l\Iidland county-Floyd C. Wood. ganization" by C. W. (WIIi) ?tto, Assn., Indianapolis, Indiana. Chicago, Illinois .. Co., Madison, 'Visconsin. had an important part in the building. Clark L. Brody, Farm Bureau Co.op Assn., Co. The Cotton Producers Assocla- Utah Poultry & !+'armers Co-op. dust-mixing operations in each cock; l\lontcalm county-Harry V. mannger of the Lansing Chamber lumbus, Ohio, 'tion, Atlanta. GeOl'gia. Assn., Salt Lake City, Utah. member's territory, This depart. Johnson, Carson City; Osceola of Commerce, highlighted the an. executive secretary of the Michigan Farm Bureau and ment also purchases all the toxic eltunty-Russell McLachlan, Evart nual meeting program of the Gen. Farm Bureau Services, Inc., Farmers Cooperative Exchange, Maine Potato Growers, Inc., Pres- Services, was president of the United for four years. Lansing, Michigan. Raleigh, Xortll Carolina. que Isle, Maine. ingredients that go into the com. and Mecosta county-OrvlIie l\1il- esee County Farm Bureau Tuesd~. Southern States Cooperative, Minnesota !+'arm Bureau Service plete line of Unico fly sprays. ler, Big Rapids. January 25 at Goodrich. ~)! Just recently,' Boyd A. Rainey of FBS was elected.sec- Pennsylvania .Farm Bureau Co. Inc., Richmond, Virginia. Co., St. Paul, Minnesota. Miscellaneous. This department The livestock marketing project Traynor, Gr~nd Blanc, was elected retary of United. Mr. Rainey and ]. F. Yaeger are op. Assn., Harrisburg, Penllsylvan. Washinl;ton Co-op. Farmers Arkansas Farm Bureau Co-oper. handles two commodities: twines is being promoted by Farm Bureau, chairman succeeding Eugene Kurtz ia. Assn., S~attIe, Washington. ath-e, Little ROl}k,. Arkansas. and legume seed ino<:ulants. lllembership in the above counties of Davison who was named vice- directors representing Services on the United board. Co-op G. ,L. F. Farm Supplies, Fox Rl\'er Valley Co-op. Whole- Cafeteros de Puerto nlco, Pouce, Sisal twines are pUl'chased on a and deserves the financial support chairman, United Co-operatives has main. maintain quality and its greatest Inc. Ithaca, New York. sale, Appleton, 'Vil?consin. Puerto Rico. contract basis and are furnished of all livestock producers in pro. tained its status of an agricul. contribution will be to manufac. . under the Unico trademark. Binder viding the' marketing facilities Plant Farm Bureau Seeds. tural co-operativc. operating with- ture, procure al1.d distribute farm they al'e accepted for distribution. \ San Francisco totals 172 persons. Asphalt products such as roll and twines for small grains and corn, needed. in the statutI'S of the Capper.Vol- supplies to farmer patrons which Farm supplies that are procured Departmental Supply Groups. shingle asphalt roofing, roofing as well as baler twines for hay an'd .The first annual meeting of the stead Act of 1922 and of the Agri- cultural :\Iarketing Act of the state will last longer and do a better job at no increase in cost. f!'Om outside suppliers must meet Unitell's operations can be divjd~ quality specifications. felts, building and silo Ilapers come into two farm supply groul>s, name. under this department, as weIi as straw used with automatic-tying Central Michigan Livestock Yards pick.up type balers, are handled. Cooperative, Inc., will be held at, LOOK '\ of Indiana where it is incorporated. Its refunds have been paid to mem- Product Quality Control. United foIiows a definite quality control The past history of co-operative Iy, manufacturing and outside sup- cotton insulation, field and poultry organizations clearly indicates that plier procurement. fence, poultry netting, steel fence Quality is high and is checked reg. Muscott's Hall in Ithaca at 1 o'clock ularly by impartial tests, other p. m., February 10.' All those wh(l for Rupture tlelp have purchased stock prior to that Try a Brooks Patented i ..r bers and non.members, cash to non. program on aIi of the farm supplies quality can definitely be raised A modern. complete paint manu- posts, barb wire, nails, staples, Cushion appliance. This than those of the manufacturers. date are ellgibie to vote at the an. marvelous Invention for members and either cash or stock bearing the Unico trademark and controIied to the advantage \If facturing plant is located at AI. steel and brass pipe fittings, steei Tensile strength and uniformity nual meeting. most fOrtus of reducible to members. as determined by the name. Complete paint and oil the farmer patrons who own their liance, Ohio. and aluminum pipe. tests are made. rupture is GUARANTE;;}) to brmg YOU heavenly com- board of directors. testing laboratories are maintaineil own farm supply organizations. A barn equipment plant, which Unico Legume Inoeulants are Two Definite Operating Policies. First: United does not handle any at Alliance. Ohio. The paint dc. partment also has several paint United's main offices are located manufactures at 243 East ;\lain Street, AIiiance, and special pen work 'is located stalls stanchions Farm Hardware.-Thls ;t ment procures items from a -long depart- purchased from one of the most Acre Yields Up reputable and best known manufac- . Yields per acre for United Stat~s , fort and """Irity, day and night, at w....k and at play, or it ~costs you NOTHING! Thousands happy. Light, fann supply commodity just to be test fences located in various sec- 01I io. '1"ern 'tt 1I C .. h' rouc IS gener- Ravenna, Ohio. list of suppliel's. Space does not turers. These Inoculants are in 1948-composite neat. fitting. No hard pads of all crops- or springs. For men. women, and children; in business. It must show an tions of the country to weather-test al manager. F. B. Taber is Assist- United operates two oil blending permit listing the hundreds of growths of helpful bacteria. They are more than half again the 1923 Durable, elieal" Sent on ,,101 to prove it. Not sold in stores. Beware of imitations. Write for economic advantage for its ulti- Dnico paints. The oil lah()ratory ant to the general manager. plants. One is located at 'Varren products made available through are developed and pl'ocessed under to 1932 average according to Michi- Free Rook on R'lptUre" no-risk trial order plan, . ff' Th e mam 0 Ices mc u e . I d th ' this department, but the main the most rigid laboratory anll gan State college agricultural econ- and Proof of Results. Ready for you NO~ mate farmer patrons. in quality, makes constant tests on lubricating e Pa., and the other at Indianapolis, farm supp IY d epar t men t s, accoun.t Indiana. hea((s are as foIiows: BRDOKSAPPllANCE CO~ 145 SlallSl,lIa1SulI,. service or price, or a combination oils and greases_ United's Test. plant conditions. omists. of all three. ing Laboratory at Ithaca, New ing, billing, commodity information In alldition to these manufactur. Poultry Equipment - Tl,1e new ' d t' t U't I' ,line of Unico poultry feeders and Se 'Ond: Quality is of major im. York, acquired in July, 1917, fo I- an d t ra ff IC epar men s. III e( Sing and formulating facilities, portance. The actual cash savings iows definite testing and fielll complete personnel, located at United has five farm supply pro. fountains meet the highest quality Shelby Members To' which Unit d can realize for mem- test resea.rch to determine if prod- Alliance, Ravenna, Ithaca, Indian- curement departments. . 1 These are specifications. They are electric welded with no soldered seams anel Display The Flag bers will always be small. It can ucts meet rigid specifications before apo Iis, 'Van-.en. P h i1ade Iph la anl Stcel and Asphalt Roofing, Farm J<]uch member of the Shelby are hot dipped galvanized. Brood. -------------------------- Hardware, Farm Electrical, Farm ers, metal nests and many other Community Farm Bureau received Chemical and a Miscellaneous De- quality poultry supplies come un- a 3x5 American flag with standard, partment which distribntes seed der this heading. which is to be flown on all special inoculant. hinder anrl haler twines. Dairyware, with a complete line holidays, according to Mr. N. ,T. United's farm supply departments of milk cans, pails, kettles, cream I"ox, who made the presentation at and the products distl'ibuted by cans, wash tanks, strainers and their meeting in January. Obtaining the flags was a pro- each are as follows: mill, filter discs, is also included, ject of the group in the 1948 Farm- Paint Department. This depart- Sprayers and dusters of all types to.Prosper contest, and a letter of ment manufactures and distl'ihutek for all uses. qlanks was voted to Muir Dickie, a cOlllplete line of house and barn Farm and garden tools, such as wh" made the purchase of thp- paints. stains, • enamels, Interior forks, rakes, shovels, scoops, spades, flags. The meeting' was at th,} finishes, implemen't enamels. as- wheelbarrows, snaths and scythes. home of :'11'. and Mrs. Amil John. .. UNITED WE ARE STRONG - DIVIDED WE ARE WRONG! phaIt roof coatings, varnishes, Farm. maintenance tools include son. Mrs. Georg!'J Chapin directed shellacs, interior water paints allll all carpenter, mechanic and plumb. the discussion on "Farm Market. cement paints. Many miscellaneous er tools. ing." The next meeting will be POULTRY painter's supplies. are also distd- buted such as' turpentine, Outdoor stock equipment, such held Fehruary 21 a.t the George putty, as stock tanks, hog feeders, troughs, Chapin home. Looks like there are lots more chicks being ordered this paint brushes, scrapers, putt)" llOg fountains and tank heaters. sprillg. ~Iay 1I0t be enough breed,'r flocks, prope.dy I'(:d, knives, sandpaper, glass cutters, The additional misceilaneous Use Farm Bureau Feeds. to lay all the eggs necessary to pl'orlllee good chicks for pa intan d va rn ish rem overs. Com. I ~;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;:;;;;,;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;~;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;, plete spray paint outfits and acces.11 IIl'osJIf'ctivc purchasers. if YOU want GOOD chicks, onler sories are also' made available now from a reputable Hatchery. throUl;h this department. This is not, and is under no circumstances to IX}construed as, an Good chicks brf'd for production and stamina and rai!'wd Barn Equipment & Wood / Prod- offering of these Dehentures for sale, or as a solicitation of a III1 mana"ed ri"ht will grow into hens that will make ucts, This department manufac- offer" to buy any such Debentul'es .• The offering is made only Uloney for"'the o~'ner, if propel'ly fed. tures stalis amI stanchions for hy the Prospectus. calves. cows and bulls and cattle Don't crowd your chicks. Crowding promotes cannibalism, fentherpicking, and pcns anrl special pen work to meet pilill:! up. Have brooder thoroughly ing ('Iement and thermostat. cleaned and (lisinf~cted. when chicks arrive then feed an all-mash chick starter. mash ] 670, ~rl'Y out the hr:at- Have warm water alld a lIttle clllck scratch ready If you have used Mcr- you know there is no better startf'r an(~ growcr for your pulle.t.<;. inllil'idual patron nee lis. Many miscellaneous items such as cast iron anll aluminum water howls, calf mats, milk stools, hay track, $350,000 Feefl it strai"ht for 8 to 10 weeks - then add JIledl1l1l1scratch, gra(lnally 1Il- carrier forks, slings, rope pulieys, crf'asilJg' amo"'unt. Separate }{...(j Broiler cockel'cls as soon as thcy can be told. Fced lIi-N- ~Iash or ~Iermash 18% to get faster growth on thesc birds .. litter carriers and track, ensilage trucks, barn door hinges, latches. Farm Bureau Services, Inc. overhead hardware, ventilators and )Iermash 2070 18% and 20% should be fed like ~If'rmash 1G% but begin fine scratch "rain at .1 to 6 weeks with the ]8% ~r\'l'IJlash, rund rig-ht from the stal'! on tire )I{'rmash for the pullcts. Leave Cockerels on all-mash until 10 to ]2 weeks or challge to Broilermash. louvres for gable walls are either manufactured or procured. Under the wood products division of this dcpartment, laminated wood raft. Series "A" Debenture-s Farming , is a l:usiness I would recommend 10 any man, pro. :\Icrmashcs grow chicks DETTER - and usually cheaper. ers of gothic design for economical 4% Simple fllteTed (Non.a.seuable) viding he plans for 'steady income' ... he can make taxes, construction of clear span farm I home improvements, buy equip~ent pnd pay other 'big' DAIRY bUildings are procured and distri- hut>:rI. The Series A Debentures are being offered to farmers and to farmers co-operative associp,tions for the purpose expenses at harvest time; but he also must have year-around The fine~i markN for milk we've ever Imown. All the Petroleum - This department _ income ... I am considered a prosperous former, but it hlends and distributes Bureau of increasing the operating capital of Farm Bureau Ser- bahies hom ill the last !) Yf~ars - plus their fathers who would be mighty difficult, excepf for the steady check from lear'ned to 11I'ink milk while in the Anny - are de- _ Prcmium, Unlco and Heavy Duty vices, Inc. They are issued in amounts of $10 or any mul- motor oils. Also miscellaneous my nearby cooperative cre'amery of The Mid-West Group mallllillg milk. Lower grain prices plus continued cnll- tiple thereof. The minimum purchase has been set at $50. oils such as Separator, Machine, wh~re I ship my daily herd production .•. I always am pai~ ing of ineff'iei<,nt cows shonld lower your eos!s mid help Cylinder, Floor and Household The Series A Debentures and Farm Bureau Services, Inc., yon hold yonI' markct . .'IIilknlllkcr 3-+% allows yon to the highest possible price at time of sale, and in addition, oils. Gear lubricants inp.lude are described fully in the prospectus dated :May 15, 1948. use more grain in your mixtlll'es, supplies all the 'l'raee Unico gcar lubes and E. P. HY'pohl 9,et my proportionate share of savings from. the business. The Prospectus is the basis of information for all sales. mil1el'als and 12.000,000 units Vitamin D in cvery ton. Gear luhes. Greases Include p.up, I FC('ll lIt. Ih. of l.'arlll Bureau OI'Y Cow Fitting Hation a gnn, axle and Heavy Duty chassis da\' to furnish all the Vitamins "A" & "I)" Jlcelled for healthy, vigol'ons calves grease and miscellaneous greases F ARM BUREAU SERVICES, INC. r;oJII ('ows ret to [reslLen. Such as Water Pump, Bearing. JE- 221 North Cedar St., Lansing, Mich. speed bearing and Universal ,Joint For Copy of the Prospectus, please fill in and mail the re- HOGS grease. Anti-freeze, tire and hatteries are also distributed chains quest form below. ' MICHIGAN hy this department and a complet(: INDIANA Porkmakl'r 3:)% wiIl make you af; fine a feC'd as line of Unico high quality tires fol' Coldwater-Coldwater Dairy Company Columbus-farme,s Marketing A Constontlne-Constontine Coop, Cry. Co. C,akwfordsville_Fo.,me,,' CooP. C~~~:1"( vou ("Ill hu\- whC'11 mixC'd with corn. oals, awl a passeng"Cr cars, trucks, tractors Carson City-Ooirylond CooP. Cry. Co. K o cma-Produce,s C,eamery iittl{' lIIicld.:for a pi~ aJl(I sow feed. ~neh a form- and farm implements .. FARM BUREAU SERVICES, INC. Elsie-Elsie Cooperetiye Creamery Co. M~,fon-PJoduce'" M,ddlebu'Y-M;ddlebu,y C,eamery Coo C C ula (about 2070 protC'in) will pnt morc pigs into Steel & Asphalt Roofing-This PO Box 960, 221 N. Cedar st, Lansing l\lichigan East Jordon-'Jordon Fremont-fremont Vollev Coop. Cry. Coop, Cry. to. OrleanS-Producers' ~oiry M:;~. Z~",o. ~min!J~,n-FQrmer' COoperative C the ft't'dill~ lot and give more prospect for profit. department procures and distri. Grant-Gront Cooperative Creomery Co. abash-Producers' Creornt'r'1 ry. Nashville-farmers'Coop. C,eomery Aun. butes tWO types of /!;alvanized Pleaf;e send me a copy of the Prospectus for Farm Bureau' Niles-Produce" CooDeralive Dairy TENNESSEE St. Louis-SI louis CooP. Cry, Co. BUY OPEN FORMULA - MERMASHES - MILKMAKERS - PORKMAKER AT steel roofing, namely, Unko Seal (2 oz. coated) Seal of Quality (non. Scrviecf;, Inc., Series A Debentures. Galla'in--5umner Murfreesboro-Ruth~'rf Co C o;PC (r'1. Assn. OHIO CooClerali ..... Creo,,"tH'1 o~uo ~u".''1 . Siphoning) apd 1.1,4 Inch corrugat- Dayton-Miamf Volley Cooperative Mille Nolensvilie-Nol.ensville Co~:t::t~~lIe. NAME YOUR LOCAL FARM BUREAU FEED DEALER ed, togethcr with eave down spouts and ridge. roll acces- troughs, Producers' Springfield-Miami Association. Inc, Volley Cooperalive Creomery Anoc,otion. ILLINOIS Inc e Street / Milk Producers' Greenville-formers' Associalion, Inc. Cooperative Dairy Po".a-Eq,uily Union Cry. & Prod", . Sories. Aluminum roofing with Address _ - - _ RFD NO. -- Par.s-EQuity Union C • p ce Co. • ''1 • roduce Co. FARM BUREAU SERVICES, INO . the same Unico non.siphoning r".ry member-producer .ltlpplng '0 a creamery 0' 'he Mld-Wes, Oroo Feed Department 221 N. Cedar Street Lansing, Michigan feature and aluminum roofing ac- assur.d a '"0".' 'or ",. mille and cream .very da'y , It Is cessorles are also distributed by IL Post Officc ---- - - ..- - - --.- ..------ ~ • addlt,on h. alway. will g.t th. "'g"." ' posslbl. pr'c. 0 e.,ery year ad' I .... Ithis department. Cons S'en' wl'h •• IIInl1 prlc•• 01 th. '''.'",.~ dairy proclucf. curr.", SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1949 MICHIGAN FARM NEWS FIV\! STRAUB'S RECORD clded to take things a little easier so' on October 30, 1948 their herd Buskirk Confers W:th Jackson Co. Farm Bureau Officers DOESN'T LOOK lY while feed ratio i~ good. If I in mind-we helic\e earne~tIy that MAKING HERD was sold at auction. 1\1ost of the animals were bought by neighbors, which is a compliment to the TOO BAD I there is a Federal.State station within grading driVing distance. . plan to use it. Learn to market the good, smart o \lerahH'. who feeds lib('rally of the bp!'l~ rati~ns manage!\ his operatIOns \II ell. will and better qualit~. eggs. A flork of clean Ull a nice profit 0\ er 191~ as Straubs. HAS BEEN SOLD' The Holstein Fieldman reports the sale like this, "The Doan Straub FOR 'FEEDERS good hens-properly managed-will fed and well I a whole whether he has ~ollltry, make you money. : turl,eys, cows or hogs. Let s d.> l\ Let's consi6er cows. There h8>11good job while so many factor:! By R. II. ADDY ~. herd sold well. It has received By R. II. ,1DDY. J[anager I been a tremendous increase in pop- over wh!ch. we have little or no Feed Dep't, FB Sen:ices wide pUblicity because of the phen- Feed Dep't. Farm Bure&. Service,~ nlation,since 1940. Besides that, contml are III our favor. 'Many years ago (in the 20's) omenal average of 529.2 lbs. of 'Ve refer to the prospects for many men lJack from the army are Doan ~rjlUh, a Holstein hreeder fat from ,14.181 lbs. of 3.7% milk. lit GallI .i, Berrien county, began to It leads all -herds (for 12-year profit from livestock feeding dur- milk drinkers. ing the next year. Leaving out en- lJeen smart. The dairymen lUl\'e There are fewer cows Ten Dairy Herd \feed Milkmaker to balance his corn period listed in Vol. 4 of the Offic- tirely the fact that livestock farm. than since alJout 1930. l\lany of Testers Win Awards .and oats. Results were good. Mr. ial Green Book)." Here's how ing is better for the farm's welfare them were sold {or beef. Fewer Ten dairy herd improvement as. they sold: Straub -was a practical working 30 females, over 3 mos,"':"-$18,440, than cash cropping, we can look at but better cows are k.ept. Pe~!>le soclation testers were honored at farmer' and dairyman. His herd some factors. will want milk to drmk pOSSIbly Michigan State College during average $614.66. won state and national leadership The very important factor of at a lower price than the peak, but Farmers' \Veek, Tuesday, January 11 calves, under 3 mos.-$2,295, for average production in D. H. L- good management comes first. If feed prices are already down 25'10 25, for outstanding accomplish. A. work. " , average, $208.63. I 2 bulls, $2;900, average, $1450.00. money is to be made from pOUltry. since a year ago, but may lJe lower ments In 1948 In working with Then came the depression. Milk hogs or cows In 1949 the qualitv of ;yet which will give a better feed- Michigan dairymen. rrices were low. Soybean oil meal management used ~IUSt be b~tter ing ratio than we've had for a long Wesley ~lahaffey, of Marlette came on the market. It was priced I below valne because it had 'to com- BAY FB LEADERS than was needed in the wal' years- especially as it looks now toward time. Know what each cow does, and Artificial and president of th~ MlrhlJi;an Breeders' Co-operative, the end of the year. feed to get maximum efficient pro- made the presentation of awards pete with established protein con- centrates like 'cottonseed and lin- seed meal. Soybean meal is a DISCUSS CITY'S What does management mean? duction from her by good roughage Well, with poultry it means buyin" -plentiful pasture, in behalf of his organization which a w~1I fed sponsored the event. l\len honOJ:ed good feed and it was recommended to Mr. Straub. He replaced l\1iIk- AGR'L COURSES good, healthy chicks of producln~ ancestry-not (Vitamins A & D) dry penod. Use included: buying so Illany that a good feed like Milkmaker 34:'0 county; Hugo Kivl, Gogeblc; Otto John Gough, Sanilac ~aker with soybean oil meal along Officials of the Bay County the brooder will be crowded (not with its trace minerals and Vlt- :\lalIory, Livingston; Elmer 'Vat. 'in 1935, The years went by. In Farm Bureau and the Bay City over one chick for each 1h square amin D to balance up corn, oats son, Jackson; Rohert '''itte, Ing. 1941 Mr. Straub went back to his public schools met recently to dis- foot). Have lJrooder cleaned and and barley. Con~inue to. cull In- ham; Charles Matz, Shiawassee; protein concentrate. H is remark cuss pOSSible agricultural courses disinfected and warm when chicks efficient pr?duce.rs while beef Willard Bontrager, Oscoda; Glenn when he dropped soyhean meal as to be made available in the city's arrive. Follow feeding rules the prices are still fall'. but feed gO,od 1\lills, Oakland; Sam :\lcKown, ,the source of protein was to the high schools. ;\ISC poultry department advises-- cows 1Ccll. I . tt Lenawee and Don Shoen berg, La. 'effect that. he had come' to believe The school officials) at this plan some pastul'e for the pullets- The hog raIser is stung p.re Y peer. that heavy producing cows milked meeting, reported that courses in don't neglect pullets-cull pullet good. Sure, there will be a lJlg~er (heavier, fOI' longer periods and agriculture were available, but flock and -place in disinfected lay- pig crop this spring. Market pl'lce FREE with less trouble,. if they were fed that there had heen a decided lack ing house when ready to lay. See may be down, but with corn where 1949 CATALOG Photo Court"sy Jackson Citizen Patriot a combination of protein concen- of interest on the part of the that there 'are enough feeders it is-with the chance to develop a describing aU kindR of vegelal,le trate, like Farm Bureau Milkmak- students. Newly elected officers of the Jackson County Farm Bur~au are shown'above watel'ers and nests for flock which pasture program to help lower plants. Tells how '.0 !>lallt, Hilray and care (or the garden. "'rlte fur er, instead of any single protein. John Ziegler, president of tlle should not be crowded (3 to 4 costs-with not too .much re~ meat Bay County Farm llureau, suggest- conferring with Carl E. Buskirk, Paw Paw, president of the Michigan Farm Bureau )'our copy loday. Time moves on. After dairying square feet per hen). Plan 13 hour in sight for the country-with our P. D. FUL.WOOD Co., Tifton. Ga. for over 30 years the Straubs de- ed, and the school officials have following the annuai meeting of t~c county organization .. Mr. Buskirk gaVe" an day for l;ens-pellets 01' calf lllanna commitments to the Marshall Plan agreed, to draw up an outline of at noon (2 Ibs. pel' 100 hens). These the ag courses offered by the eye-witness report on the conditions in Eu;ope a~ he saw them. Seated horn' left are just some of iIlanagement items to right, are Mrs. Lorenzo Mann, chairman of women's activities; Mr. Buskirk, . school for distribution to the par- ents and to farm groups for their information and study. and Mrs. Fred Day, Jackson county president. Standing at the left, Dwain Da'ncer, - for a poultry flock, but these and others followed are profits. what make OPPORTUNITIES Mr. Ziegler said that he hoped this would serve as one way of Junior Farm Sureau chairman, and Roy Hatt, ~ounty vice-chairman. Let's look at price possibilities. For poultry we have the best feed- For Young Men ••• creating an interest 'in that field for young people. George Eisenman, vice-president, TIME TO What Is the Farm egg and poultry feed rations are the best they have been for sOllle years. Fewer pOUltry than a year 'Wanted-Young operativc men 18 to 26 years old to learn co- elevator work. Good salary with excellent op- and ~Irs. Howard Davis, chairman of the women's represented committel,\, also the County Farm Bu. APPLY FOR Bureau .Worth? ago and fewer than for 6 or 7 years. Storage supplies of eggs amI portunities for advancement. uate with farm background l\Iust he a high ~ehool grad. preferred. "Luc k"B y ootscraper re.au at the meeting. BLUE -CROSS (Editorial in the Clinton County Republican Nc'ws, St. Johns) poultry are light, stocks of frozen eggs are 2570 less than a year ago. Poultry holdings (other than tur. Willingness vancement. for hard work and study assures ad- A six-month training course in elevator, feed Has three stiff' brushes ... Samuel R. Guard, editor of the If additional literature or appli: keys) on Decemher 1st were 122" two mounted 0/1 sturdy horse. Breeders' Gazette told a Farmer!!' and farm supply business at lUSC with pay a ward cd those shoes and one across bottom Week audience that no farm ani- cation cards are needed for the Thn t question is being asked fre,qucntly in Clinton 000,000 lhs. against 281,000,000 Ills. to whisk away dirt and snow current Blue CI'OSS re-enrollment a year earlier. Stocks of turkeys showing managcrial aptitudes. mal will return a higher rate of county this week as the alllllJ:llmembel'ship drivc gets un- in a jiffy. Heavy iron cross. profit percentagewise than sheep. A being held in many Farm 'Burea-u were 40,000,000 Ills. Jess than last Please apply in person or writing to Distribution bar scrapes stubborn' mud off :\lIchigan tanner, said l\Ir. Guard, groups, they may he obtained from der WilY. It is il question that those"condllctill~ the mem- year and 28,000,000 under the 5- sales. Readily' attaches to your the Blue Cross district office which bprship drive like, to haye asked. Becamc liO organiza- year average. Department of can buy a good ewe at the stock- doorstep. Attractive, useful and yards, breed her to a good ram, serves the group, according to Cost of poultry feed is easily long-wearing. Only $5.95 post. tion can cOlltinue to grow year after ycar without its FARM BUREAU SERVICES, INC. and within less' than a year sell Austin L. Pino, Blue Cross rural 25'70 under last year, so even with paid. No C.O.D.'s Valley City (;nrollment manager .• mcmb/crs gctting yalue rcceivcd. 221 N. Cedar St. Lansing, Michiga.n Forge, 256 Market, S,W., Grand the lamb and the ewe's fleece for egg I>rices going down some, there Rapids, Michigan. quite a bit more than he invested "In most counties, enrollment Probably no voluntcer solicitor would tell any pros- still Is profit in production and _. origina)ly 'in the ewe .• material has already heen ohtained feeding ratios will 11I:olJahly COIl- pect: ",J oin the Ii'arJIl Burea 11 and you'II rccei\'e dollar ,for .. 30 by the group," ~lr. Pino said, "and tinue favorable. Go\'emment sup. new memhership roster forms r!nd dQllar hencfit on your farlll, you'll get better prices for port prices will act as a harder in an explanation of how to use them what you sc]I." preventing egg prices from going have been, sent to the County mu'e The benefits don't always stack up that way. There 1nuch below the average level in For Years Cross secretaries for distribution 1948, CdOPERATIVE to the local group lllue Cross sec- retaries. are such ill Farm th ings as in tangible va lucs. Thc illt all;!ihle va lues Bureau memucI'ships, likc thc intallg'ihle yalues All these favorable factors can't replace good management and there "As this is the first time that in othcr ol'ganizations, often outweigh the talJ;!ible valueS. are factors on the liability side the choice of LIVESTOCK MARKETING the new definit-ion of F'arm Bureau membe.rs has been uSQd in CQJUlCC- tion with mue Cmss work, local The same holds true with an education. pcoplc WllO profcs(to helieve that hecause a man or There arc wo- too. First, don't go into poultry unless you are equipped to raise them; and don't go into it too Leading Farmers secretaries may want to contact man has been graduatcd from a university that he or she heaVily. Second, huying power is- their own organization secretary n't going to be as lush as it has in 21 States GIVES THE PRODUCER when questions arise. "The 19 and 20.year-old children should rcceivc more money than anothcr who does have a degrcc. A rcal education should tl';l(.h a man not or been. ThiI'd, there is an expansion tendency over the country and of Farm Bureau members," he ex- woman ho\v to ]ivc a useful life. It is not alld should not more chicks and turkeys will he I plained, "must apply for BIue Cross be a guarantee of riches. '\ Order Your GREATER BARGAINING in their own n~mes.'" New applications , and payments The value of COllllJlunity FaJ'ln TIUl'cali ~ntherings, raised; but good chicks, well ferll and weIl managed are a sUI'e source POWER for BIue Cross mllst go to the coun- ty BIue Cross secretary in time to thc inrol'Uwtion gleaned hy I.'arm TIUI'cau ]eall('l's and reo ported to members, the cooperation bctwepn fanners Cn- of profit. Fourth, egg prices wiIl probably be lower this spring-and next faIl, but feed prices also wiII Seed Potatoes allow her a few days to complete he lower this spring and if we have reports, :\11'. Pino pointed out. Re- gaged in Farm Bureau projects-thosc are thc intangible good crops this summer feetl prices Early values and those arc the important valucs. .. Michigan-produced meats give the consumer ports must he received by the BIue Cross district office before April first. One tangihle benefit is group hospitalization insur- will be reasonable this fall. Start chicks early either for pul- Michigan Potato Growers Exchange assurance of satisfaction lets or cockerels to sell. Feed pres- Effective date for new appli- ancc. 8cores of Clinton county farm fami]ics no\l' have the CADILLAC, MICH, ent flock well to get eggs plentiful- rations in old groups wiII lJe May security of that type of insurance. That's onc of the tan- CONSIGN YOUR NEXT SHIPMENT TO YOUR CO-OP first for all services other than gillie v:llucs of eoopera tion. maternity, which has a nine-mon- ths waiting period. Through the li'arm Bureau, indi,'idllal farmers can The Michigan' Livestock Exchange Buy Farm Buearu Sceds, join in protccting statc ]egis]aturc their interests and the Congress. in mattcrs hefore the In these days of 01'- SPRING Is Just A round the Corner! The Producer Owned and Controlled Selling Agency. ganizcd activities and ~Ildeavors, where husiness manage- DETROIT STOCK YARDS Chances are I in 10 mcnt and ]ahor are organizcd farmel' must have a rcsponsible tion to represent him. into effcetivl' ~I'OllpS, the and responsi\'C OIWlIliza,.. Do You Have All Your y~ will face rising hospital costs W hat is the li'arm Burcau wor011 who .might not put anything not be worth a dimc. To othe/farmers To SOIllC farmers into a membership it might who \\'anl to take ~PETROLEUM NEEDS? •• part in an 'organization established by and operated by this~year! farmers, the value of a mCITI bcrship is bcyond pri\'c. BLUE CROSS - Michigan's most Governor Williams widely-used health care plans-your hest possible protection against the Suggests Corporate STATE MUTUAL ~, mounling c~st of hospital care. ROTECT yourself now Tax Boost. (continucd from page 2) FIRE IN STRONG P against rising hospital law which could he amended by the legislature at any future time. POSITION (\~':.II charges through Blue Cross. Blue Cross pays hospital bills (no cash limit for a wide range of service benefits when you Most dairy interests seem to r...el that, aftel' taking everything consideration, that was the least objectionahle into prohably of all pos- H. K. Fisk was re-plpcted Bec.' manager of the State ~lntual Fire are a bed patient in anyone of sible ways of dealing with the situ- Insurance Company at the an- ••,vllat big , 163 participating hospitals) ... Blue Cross Medical-Surgical ation. There i~ a chance that the Sena- nual meeting held at the company's office. 702 Church St.. Flint, on ~'EARS~' Plan pays stated amounts for operations ... amounts for hospital visits by your doctor ... pays stated at a cost of tors will look UJlon the Illatt~r dif- ferently and decide would prefer to run the ri:;k of that they January 20. !\II'. Fisk has been in the company's employ since 1912, and secl"etary-manager since 1931. Look at These Savings on submitting the question to a gc,n- The financial report rpa(\ at the YO)I Ilave! only pennies a day! Write for full infonnation. era I election. It is a very awk. ward situation frem the standpoint annual meeting of policyhOlders showed a premium income for 1913 Unico Bureau Premium Motor Oil of the dairy industry. Farm folks of $G7S,:197.77and other income of YES sir, sonny-BIG EARS it. shouW not be too critical of the $89,::27.:~!). The company has as. V":.\ ,f!}j/0~ .( 83c votc of their representatives on this sets of $738,741.55 of which $600, IS ••• I plant Michigan Certified Hyhrids issue because the various circum- c::.t, ,. ..~ ~ ~ Per Ga.l. In 000 are in U. S. government bonds. stancd; involved made it a very com- ~."- 30 Gal. Lots adapted to my particular farm. This sec,( There was a gain in surplus to '.;;" ~ licated and confusing situation. fJolicyholtlers of $120,532.11 mak- ( Thus far well over 200 bills and proclllces flip Ellrs, hut with imuslIally Del'fJ ing a total of $379,298.54. Kcrnl'ls ancl Smllll Cobs. That mcans more corn in m)" hins. HEliE'S YOUR several proposed constitutional amendments have lJeen introduced. l\lany of them have direct hearinl; on farmers and rural interedts. The company has insurance force or $161,142,340 which repre- sents a net gain of $12,355,240 in 1!)411. in PER GALLON In 55 Gal. Lots 8Se Per Gal. In 5 Gal. Lots TICKET TO WOIIIIY. , The Michigan Farm Bur!!au wi!! FIlEE IIECOV£llY. watch them closely and keep the Other officers and directors are: These prices are only for th is special foll)('. It '.,yrlUf op- Whcn huying S(~cc(for next year's plalltin~, E. R. Dingman, Bellevue, :'lichlgan, BI., Crou Pial" "n .on-profit ,,"'''_IJ., ."d.,.., members informed on the more im- ()resldent; Harry Day, I,owell, portuuity to stock up on your !lprin~ IlTHI 11llllll('f 1I1otor tAl ;II Idltu 1I.~ltal A "Ocing l'Cduced leaving the our minds as to how we might bet- zation for the coming year. Other Oehmke. A potluck lunch w~" ::> only course to collect new taxes. teI' take advantage of seasonal and officers elected were Clifton Lyon5, served. of money into our schools. The kind of a community The hen that finds ice instead of Soy Beans ' age of more than 13 million acres biological practices in growing our vice-chairman; Arthur junior councilor; Harold Barding, Estelle, The five participating groups 0: in which we live is certainly influenced by the kind of water In the drinkiug fountain will Soybeans acreage In the Uniteu during the last five years. crops. We need to get back of our expel'iment station scientists to community chairman; Mrs. Estelle, the county were: 'Vestern Huron n school we have. It might be well for us to take in- not have the moisture in her uouy States increased from two million secretary; and Anthony Grusczyn- Happy Home, Green Acres, Kilman ventory of our schools, too. \Ve know that we have made great advances in the that is required to produce egg.;, acres twenty years ago to an aver- ]\ISC poultry specialists advise. The trolled Farm Bureau Is owned, con-, work out the answ;er to such ques- and financed lly farmers. tions." ski, executive chairman. nagh and the Friendly Nelghb, "€ .. '. production of farm and industrial products. The medical profession has made great advances in improving the health of our nation. \Ve have modernized our farm- ing operations. Any farmer who does not keep up ~ ,,"ICUr, 7 co.o- with modern developments can not long remain farming successfully. ments? Have our schools kept pace with advance- Or, are some of our schools still operating much .~~ FOR QUALIT~, PRICE & SERVICE'_d' ..~BUY FARM BUREAU. CO-OP~ as they were J 0, 20. or 30 years ago? Eight)' years ago, 3 out of 4 high school graduates went on to college; while, in 1940, only J in 10 went on to FARM college. Today, only 1 person in 25 is a college graduate. What is our school system doing for the other 24? There is need that the training offered in high schools today be one which recognizes the fact that not all of those en- DEPENDABLE EQUIPMENT rolled will go 'on to college, and that some training and opportunities be available to that large majority who Co-op Manure Spreader Co-op Corn. Plante'r never will go on to college. It is for this reason that we might say it is extremely unfortunate that vocational training is available to only 1 in 5 youths in Michigan. Figures have shown that only lestI'd in the operation of this 57% of the farm youth of high school? . 5(:hool age are in high school as We might look at our s~hool and I compared with 70% of the urban ~sk ourselves the followmg l]ues- you th I'n th-IS-.same age grou~. Whe 11 tlUns: I-Docs our school prepare young • tbeybegrOW to adlulthoOhd, thIS blarg~ [lo)\)IH" to In'e ill this communit)"'~ nu~ r of rura _ yout m~y e. at 2-ls the school looked upon as This IS thc improved' old standby on the farm, the Ollio- a ~lsadvantage I~ eompetlllg With a community ccnter'! Blacldla\\~k Com Plantcr. The hest known and Illost accu- The Co-op f:lll'e1Hler, formerly kllown as tne Ohio, is theu urban cousms for employ- ;;-ls \'ocational training in agri- rate planter in the world. \Vhether check rowing or still the It'adel' ill its I'ieh!. \\'jlh auto wheels it is-smooth- IDeDhL _ I I" culture, homemaking, business, ctc., Get Acqu~inted With the Co-opSP110 throughout the country, It Is not at., ., th t tl . I t III mUSIC,ar , e c._ t t ? Co-op Garden Tractor Combine a~ II surpnslll~. 3;,0.000. quahfICd teachers employment. a our na on OR ThiS seems senous 8-ls any cducatlonal In ~he available to the out-of-school young past SIX years to_ more attrac~lve people in this cO\llmunity'~ ' !I-Does our school offer anythin service or -- The Co-op Gal'den Trac- - t 01', fOI"IllCrly known as co-oP E-3 TRACTOR and, If we desire to ~ave the .be~t for the adults of this comlllunity~ the Ohio Blackhawk, is 'l'his tractor with its sUl'prisiJlg' power, its case of hand- In sc~ools for ou.r chIldren, thIS IS lo-Are such services as library. known and respected by 1 ill;';. ;-JIIl! SllloOt hlw:-:s or opel'atioll will add pleasul'e to one sltuatll)~ willch we can not al- hot lunch, and guidance available i 1'<11'11101':-; around the world. ,"0111' work ill t he field. llulI(II'eds of satisl'ipd owncrs of low to colttlDue. " wruugn our school? iii's a fincly halanced ma- thc Co-op E:.l hoast of thcir power and flexibility. Many of the s<:hool districts 11\ 1\Ilchl"an were laid out years ago The best and most valued crOll , . l thine with weig-ht centel'-' STUDY TII ESE POIXTS: Live Power Take-off - lnde- Combining' tasks arc made simplc -with the new Co-op b •• we can ever expect to raise IS our , ('if over the whcels. 'With when travel was more difficult, ' .. pend~nt clutch g'ives you compll'te frl'cdolll of control on Self-Propelled Combine. This machine is styled to do III and at a time when farms were own cl.llldrcn. Th.elr attltuc.le to- bi" tOlwh ground-grip- smaller and more numerous. At ward. I1f~" and. th.e1r probal~le s~c- 1''1'0 driyell cquiplllent. Nebraska Rating - Stands vel'Y of the tasks of separating that you may ask of it. UhCS pi~;' til'~s' YOll call gct that time, likely many of the dis- cess III hIe, WIll DC deternllncd I~ hig-h. Drawhar ~S.4 hp; Belt :J:j hp. Live-line Hydraulic fast, clean scpal'ation. Swings into the gmin and cuts _ JJ1a~iIIlHIll traction. trlcts probably were adequate_ no small lIIeasur~ by the expen- System - power :llwa.vs avaih!hle ilulPpcndpnt of the main clcanh' on the comers. Much has happened In the Inter- enc,es they ha~c III the schools The reliable, rng-ged, easy-tn-start motor exceeds three ehltch. Eight Speed Transmission - Gi\'cs you a speed for Auge~ type he1ld does away with can"as~(~s. Operator yenlng . years a nd n 0," w ~'Ith femer " which we prOVide for them. . C hor'se YOWl'l'. Tools arc available for plowing', discill~, eyery field operation ,,'ith the motor at its highest effi- has clear view of crop cutter bar, reel and thrcsh iug mech- . nts In our It seems well that we, III om- dn~g-g-J/Ig, culti\'ating, mowillg' amI weedill;';. \Vheel anism. Will go through lJaITOW gates, /lnd takes less f arms an d Improveme . , ciency. transportation, some of the districts m~lIIty farm, Uureaus sho~ld take welgl!ls ,If'(: a\'ailahle, alld the tircs arc equippcd with spaec on road. Ask your Ii'arm Bur~au dealel' to show you do not have the necessary yalua- th~s opporlUllIty along With o~r chloI'lde valves for loadin"O' • Yos, this is modern power for the new power-farming age. why. t1on, nor do they have a sufficient ne~ghbor to e~-aluatle the SCh~OISIII number of students In attendance thiS commulllty. t must, e re- to make a satisfactory school pos- member~d t~at the ~Jual1ty of a Ibl commulllty IS deternllned by the EVE R Y C U S TOM E R 0 F 8 0 FAR M BUR E AU'S TOR E SIN M I CHI G A NON THE PAT RON'S R E L A T ION S PRO G RAM sO:' the one hand. we may have a kind of ~ school .in which ou~ ~eo- SHARES IN THE WHOLESALE SAVINGS OF YOUR FARM BUREAU SERVICES. INC, school which Is Inadcc'luately fi- pie recCived theIr •.arl~ tmm~ng. nanced bocause there just Is not and that the schoo\. WIll be Just sufficient valuation on ~hich to about what we make It. SEE YOUR NEAREST FARM BUREAU FARM ,EQUIPMENT DEALER LISTED BELOW: raise the nocessary finances to pro- yide the kind of schooling to which OHIO FB Adrian-Charles Ruesink Farm Su I • Dowagiac Farmers Co-op Ass'n Kalamazoo-Farm Bureau Services, Inc, Rockford Co-op Company the children are entitled. as In some cases, schools where thl! enrollment Is too small to provide 'Ve have . HAS THREE Allegan Farmers Co-op Ass'n Ann Arbor-Washtenaw pp y Farm Burea Store Elkton-Farm Service, Bureau Equipment Sales and Laingsburg-Hunter Lansing-Farm Hardware Bureau Services, Inc. Rockwood-Smith Romeo-Posey Bros. Rosebush Elevator Company Sales and Service much Incentive for ,the students. Azalia-Yeck Sales and Service u Elsie-Miller Hardware Co, Lapeer County Co-ops, Inc, Ruth Farmers Elevator St;~,'NEW OIL WELLS Emmett-Farm Bureau Services, Inc. *Ludington Fruit Exchange Bad Axe-Nu,llent Farm Sales &. Service er~ln I~hs~:t:: ~~~~ic~~=~~ya~~ Marcellus-Four County Co-op, Inc. Saginaw-Farmers Bureau Services, I~e:-- Bancroft-Farm Bureau Services I Evart Co-op Co, small vllla~e schools which are B t . B • nc. *MOIrlette-Amii Olsen .Sandusky-Sanilac Co-operative, Inc. a aVla- ranch County Farm Bureau Oil Co. Falmouth Co-operative Co, handicapped by limited finance on The Ohio Farm llureau Co-oper- Marshall-Marengo Farm Bureau Store *Sandusky-Watertown Branch Battle Creek Farm Bureau Ass'n *Fowlerville Co-op Co. the one hand and a large number ative Association and its suhsid . Martin Farmers Co-op Co. • Sandusky-Peck Branch • Bay City-Farm Bureau Services Fremont Co-op Produce Co. of 6tudenlll In proportion to faclll- lary company, the Producers Pipe Breckenridge Oil Company ' Inc. McCords-Kleinheksel's Feed Store Sault St~. Marie-Chippewa County Co-op Gaines-Marvin Tiedeman ties o~ the other .. !hese crow~ed Line Company, are the owners of Moline Co-op Milling Co, Scotts Farm Bureau Supply Brooklyn-G. Raynor Boyce Gladwin Farmers Supply Store conditions with hmlted facilities, three new produeing oil' wells. *Montague-White Lake Mktg, Ass'n, Inc, Standish-Miscisin Bros. Buchanan Co-ops, Inc, Grand Blanc Co-operative Elevator Co. of course. ~o not lend themselves The co-op wells are in Franklin *Grand Rapids-Farm Bureau Services Inc. Mt. Pleasant Co-op Elevator Stanwood Marketing Ass'" to the best III an edu~atlonal oppor- county, I1Iinols. One of them Is Caro Farmers Elevator Company St. Johns Co-op Company Greenvi lie Co-operative Ass'n, Inc. Munith-H &. F Implement and Supply tunlty, and the tramlng and ex.. *Carson ~itY-DairYland Co-op Creamery Co. .St. Louis Co-op CreOimery produclllg 890 uarrels a day. The Hamilton Farm Bureau Nashville Farmers Supply Company per Ience 0ff er ed th ese I'hlld re n Is .- Cassopolls-,Cass County Co-op, Inc. Sunfield-Meachem and Hager Farm Store . I Ii Ited crude 011 Is bem~ produced for Hanover-Farmer Folk's !",.:Ipply Niles Farmers, Inc. ' cer ta III Y m . f' t L . '11 K Cathro-Morris Bros. Farm Bureau Store Onekama-Schimke's Farm Service Three Rivers Co.op Co. We might look at our school di~- co-op re IDery a OUISVIe, eD- Cedar SpringS-Harry D. Shaw & Co .Hart-Farm Bureau Co-op, ,nc, *Hartford Co-op Elevator Co, Ottawa Lake Farm Implement and Supply Traverse City-Farm Bureau Services, Ino. trlct and ask ourseh'es these four tU~kY. d" . *Charlevoix Co-op Co.• questions: he ~o-op owne ?rgalllza.tI~n *Petoskey-Bachelor Implement Sales Utica-Wolverine Co-op Co. *Charlotte-Eaton Farm Bureau Co-op, Inc. Hastings-Farm Bureau Services, Inc. I-II our 6chool district large has additional acreage m the VlCID- *t>inconning-Farm Bureau Services, Inc. Warre~ Co-op Co, Cheboygan Co-operative Company - Hemlock Co-operative Creamery enough to supply adequate funds ity where the drilling operations , Pittsford Farm 'Bureau Watervliet Fruit Exchange Chesaning Farmers Elevator Hillsdale Co-op Company to operate the kind of a school we are being completed. Additional Plainfield Farm Bureau Supply .West Branch Farmers Co-op, Inc. Clare-Farmers' Independent ProdUCe Co. Holland Co-op Co. , would like to have our children at- crude oil Is thus being made avail. Holly-Frank Gromak Port Huron-H. L. Kimball Woodland-Farm Bureau Services, Inc. tend! able to assure the farmers an ad- Clinton-Robert Allen Howell Co-operative Company Portland-Alfred Ferris. Yale-Farm Bureau Services, Ino. ~-It Is large enough to supply equate supply of gasoline for their Coopersville Co-oP~'Co. Ypsilanti Farm Bureau Hul:bardston Hardware Quincy Co-op Co•• enrollment In the hIgh school to ever-expanding demands, according Deckerville-Messman Implement company Reed City-F, S. Voelker Zeeland-Bussis Brothers I Dexter CQ-OPCo. Imlay City-Lapeer County Co-ops, Inc. warrant an adequate choice of sub, to Wayne Shldaker, assistant to Richmond-St. Clair-Macomb Cons. Co-op .Electrical, Barn Equipment and Misc. only Dorr-Salem Co.op Co, Ionia-Ferris Farm Service jectll! the general manager of the Farm 3-Are the ~ple of this com- Bureau Co-operative Association. ;4 munlty reprl'8ented on the board of edu<>atlon of thE' hhth school "..hlch ---------- 152 persons were killed during FARM BUREAU SERVICES, -Inc. 1 our chlldren attend? 4 A~ thE' people of thl!'! school highway-railway Xon'mber 1948 as the result grade crossing ae-/ of FARM EQUIPMENT DEPT. 221 , N. CEDAR STREET LANSING, MICHIGANl dl tn't J. • Diy and IncE'rt'ly inter- I idl;nts.