STour Neighbors in Farm Bureau MICHIGAN FARM BUREAU NEWS Published by the Michigan State Farm Bureau for its Membership tgh the NEWS sued Semi-Monthly MAKCH 9, 1923 Issued Semi-Monthly VOL I., No. 5 fCASE fCTEET SHOWS A Bow-Legged Shepherd ^'-^ft&ScCement FARM BUREAU CALLS UPON L C. C. ULROADS WHY FARMING During the week of Feb. 26 the State Farm Bureau Purchasing Dep't. bought 3,000 barrels of cement from TO RELIEVE FARMER SHIPPERS BY ED MILEAGE LACKS STABILITY the Aetna Portland Cement Company for members of local co-operative as- ABOLISHING THE ZONING SYSTEM res Shippers at sociations. The Farm Bureau is also mb One to buying a big volume of spray ma- Long Fight by Michigan Shippers for Rate Justice is Taken IACBRICA STRONG T I O N RUT IS WEAK ON ON PRODUC- terials, coal, and feeds for its mem- Helps MARKETING bership. Farm Bureau Milkmaker to Federal Railroad Body for Decision ate continues to stand at the head of all dairy rations in Michigan for satis- IOPE IN CO-OPERATION faction given and high production at T h e Michigan S t a t e F a r m B u r e a u a p p e a r e d before the I n t e r s t a t e M i c h i g a n Traffic low cost. Commerce Commission at W a s h i n g t o n F e b r u a r y 28 a n d a r g u e d for : t o abolish Midh- Farm Bureau Leader Explains Our elimination of Michigan's step l a d d e r system of freight r a t e zones, t o abolish inflated Marketing Needs At Conference FREIGHT ZONES which costs Michigan shippers a b o u t $2,000,000 a n n u a l l y in e x t r a freight bills. d e f e n d a n t s in t h e a supplement to M i c h i g a n F a r m B u r e a u m e m b e r s p a y much of the above e x t r a mileage and rate «t. Paul, Minn., March 8.—"Agricul- ture is unstable today because an im- int half of it is carried on in a COST SHIPPERS freight bill, an e x t r a charge t h a t p u t s them at a d i s a d v a n t a g e in competition w i t h f a r m e r shippers in o t h e r s t a t e s for t h e same m a r k e t s . a s e p o i n t s in t h e \ supplement was iphazard, unscientiific manner," said tlton Peteet, American Farm Bur- TWO MILLIONS It also penalizes t h e m on the goods t h e y b u y and which are shipped in. «*« co-operative marketing director, E. L. E w i n g R e p r e s e n t e d t h e S h i p p e r s VYERS fa they key-note address delivered be- TRAFFIC LEAGUE — FARM BU- REAU CASE PROTESTS THE E r n e s t L. E w i n g of Grand Rapids, traffic a t t o r n e y for the Michi- ilready d e v e l o p i n g Jore the Northwest Agricultural Price gan Traffic League and the .Michigan S t a t e F a r m Bureau, made t h e F a r m Bureau and DISCRIMINATION Stabilization Conference at St. Paul, j u 3 t m e n t of M i c h - Ehe week of Feb. 26. >A The zone system of freight rates in a r g u m e n t for the shippers. He h;is directed the fight which t h e t w o About 1,000 farm leaders from mid- \ 4 Michigan has long been an irritant. organizations have been m a k i n g for m o r e t h a n a y e a r to abolish t h e i v n o t b e decided iMlt is said to cost our shippers $2,000,- unfair zoning system and to secure o t h e r reforms in Michigan freight lie west states discussed the 66 cent £ 4 000 extra each year. rm dollar with which the farmer is rates. The story of this struggle in behalf of Michigan F a r m B u r e a u ite situation that Repeal of the zone system has been shippers a n d others is told in this edition of rhc Michigan F a r m s hearing at Lan- Jrying to run his business today and agitating the State Public Utilities 100 cents on a dollar he pays for s at Washington, Commission ever since the system Bureau News. le things he has to buy. Michigan was established in 1917 and 1918. M a y H a v e A Decision Soon »rstate a n d i n t r a - ras represented at the meeting. Con- Shippers' opposition came to a head The I n t e r s t a t e Commerce Commission is now d e l i b e r a t i n g upon t h e ges, a n d t h e l a c k inlng Mr. Peteet said: last April when the Michigan Traffic Michigan r a t e case a n d m a y be expected to hand d o w n a decision •'Like all other manufacturing in- League petitioned for abolition of the shortly. ^hipping Cost. dustries, agriculture consists of two The s h i p p e r s presented convincing a r g u m e n t s to p r o v e zones and reduction in Michigan their need of relief from the zoning system and for a reduction in Bates to and from lain divisions—one of production rates in a joint hearing before the umb district were id the other of distribution. As pro- State and Federal Railroad Commis- rates. id upon the mileages leers, American farmers are the sions at Lansing. If f a r m e r shippers win relief it will be because Michigan f a r m e r s Indstone 'City, the B»st efficient in the world, producing The Michigan State Farm Bureau had a F a r m B u r e a u organization t h r o u g h which they could p r e s e n t in that territory. tore per man than any others. As intervened in behalf of Michigan their situation and seek relief. l o t of greatly increas- liatributors, or marketers, they are farmers, and through E. L. Ewing, f'from Cass City, Bad Far behind the farmers of many so- counsel for the shippers, built up a Bay Port, and many :alled backward nations of Europe. Sales Department Needed. "As an industry, American agricul- —Courtesy very strong case for the farmer ship- Grand Rapids Press, pers. Recently the Public Utilities Commission came out for repeal of Story of thelRate^Case Mh. of the line of the jl & Western railroad. *yrom points on the t u r e is in exactly the position of a { the zoning system and will urge that Farm Bur. Witnesses Freight Zones Cut Marquette running |great manufacturing enterprise with splendid production organization but without an organized sales force. SELESKY KNOWS INCOME TAX IDEA ! before the I. C. C. at Washington, I February 28. In 1917 railways operating in Mich- Lansing, In R a Mich., t e May Case 1.—One Meet of the F a r m Value, Claim (Special to the Free Press.) ;4?gon to Pentwater le distances to and : by way of Baldwin "Let us consider Irish potatoes as MI illustration. It is a national in- WHY THEY DO IT GAINING STRENGTH igan petitioned the old railway com- most important preliminary meetings Lansing, Mich., April 26.—Under ex- mission and I. C. C. for higher rates with reference to the present hearing isting freight rates a farm in Michigan in Michigan, which is a part of Cen- of the Michigan Traffic League before is worth $20 less an acre than a farm ly inflated, itom Rail Line, om Kalkaska, Michi- iustry.. Its output is so many bushels of similar productive value in Wis- iMually, just as the output of our Sellers Use the Office That Brings Farmers Working on Bill; Legisla- tral Freight Association territory, ex- the Public Utilities Commission and consin, Samuel Odell, of the State a that vicinity were ture May Offer One tending from the Alleghanies to the representatives of the Interstate Com- eages to and from lour mills is so many barrels of flour Home the Bacon Rocky Mountains. The New England merce Commission was held at the Public Utilities Commission declared, lually. But what a difference when Every day in every way prospects States had a zone system and that offices of the State Farm Bureau to- Wednesday, after listening to the Pere Marquette in- "Why do Elevator Exchange mem- .aorter mileages via. p't comes to marketing these two com- bers continue to market their stuff grow brighter and brighter for a state idea was sold to the Michigan railway day. day's testimony in the freight rate income tax to relieve Michigan prop- commission, which divided a lower E. L. Ewing, attorney for the Michi- hearing, now on before the Commis- I .notwithstanding the lodities! Each stockholder in our through the Michigan Elevator Ex- Marquette line to fttional potato industry tries to mar- change?" asked Louis Selesky, Gene- erty owners from the present exces- Peninsula into two cones, with the gan Traffic League, Mr. E. C. Nettles sion. sive general property tax burden rates in the upper'zone about 5 cents of Battle Creek and others met with Odell's statement was based on the bandoned and dis- Pi* . w v j v p m a l l s h a r e of t h e whal. Kwing ken now on bean3 Jiving them considerable worry. Frank Kinch, of Grindstone City, Public Utilities Commission and Farm Bureau will take an increasing- on intrastate rates, as it will Traffic Counsel of the Michigan ly active ;ed. Some wild and hostile propaganda is pooled his 1922 clip of wool. His net I. C. C. at Lansing, beginning interest in the solution of the Michigan commission a % Traffic League and Michigan State Michigan's agricultural transportation range, should a reduction be decided the fact that «oing the rounds, showing that two gain over best local bid will pay his about April 15. He reported a Kami Bureau who argued merits of problems. The State Board of Di- upon in fixing a rate which will not arriving most ev- years 0 f strenuous effort by the Farm Bureau membership dues for strong array of Farm Bureau Michigan rate case before I. C. C. at rectors has retained Mr. E. L. Ewing be "unduly discriminatory" with in- atfs of New York Michigan Elevator Exchange have 18 years. The net gain to Mr. Kinch witnesses.—Meeting of April 12, Washington, February 28, and de- of Grand Rapids, one of the leading terstate rates. >, while California L v a f a c t o r in" sellin resulting from his sticking to his 1922, Lansing, Mich. manded abolishment of Michigan's s in New York at I Tr 0r S ^ans (Continued on page 4) (Continued on pasre 4) Michigan farmers. organization was $180.00. freight rate zoning system. per hundred while York is 52 to on beans I armer briaging in i ••••••••••••••••i •MHHM^M v PAGK FOOT MICHIGAN FARM BUREAU NEWS MARRI PAGE TWO MARCH 0, 192S As Repor Michigan every s u m m e r ? I t is a d m i t t e d t h a t t h e y r i p u p t h e FARM BUREAU WINS Mar MICHIGAN FARM BURtA, NEWS r o a d s considerable. A w r eight t a x w o u l d let t h e m s c o t free. A s t r a i g h t g a s tax would m a k e them p a y t h e i r s h a r e for t h e priv- TEST CASE FOR DUES NITRATES RING SEED Published twice a month by the Michigan State Farm Bureau at Char- lotte, Michigan. Editorial and general offices at State Farm Bureau head- quarters, Lansing, Michigan. ilege of u s i n g our r o a d s . T h e W e i g h t tax also falls short in that it taxes all c a r s alike St. Joseph Co. Circuit Judge Gives w i t h o u t regard to the use they make of the r o a d s . T h e gas tax Wrdict in Open Court THREATENS US By Farm Bureau Sect Centerville, Mich., March 2.—Judge HOOVKR TELLS CONGRESS F o » VOL. 1 M A R C H 9 , UK2:t No. 5 will c a u s e the person who makes very large use of the roads to RED CLOVER. pay h i s s h a r e of the upkeep in t h a t p r o p o r t i o n . A s t r a i g h t gas- Johnson of the 15th judicial circuit EIGN COMBINE WOULD Markets continue inac Entered at the post office at Charlotte, Mich., as second class oline t a x is the fairest m e a n s for paying the interest on o u r high- i court at Centerville Thursday granted FIX OUR PRICES parly as yet 'to form an < matter. Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage provided way b o n d s and m a k i n g provision for retiring t h a t $50,000,000 -a judgment in open court for the Mich- Do American farmers need a che*. ion as to the volume of t igan State Farm Bureau in its suit to source of nitrates for fertilizer' for in Sec. 1103, Act of Oct. 3, 1917, authorized Jan. 12, 1923. highway bond issue, of which $30,000,000 has a l r e a d y been ex- collect $20 delinquent Farm Bureau is to come for springsov (Does the United States need its ow, Subscription Price, 50c Per Year, Included in dues of Farm pended. Let all who use the r o a d s c o n t r i b u t e d i r e c t l y for their membership dues from John Davis, a source of nitrates as a matter of con ever, all indications point in trade which has Bureau Members. upkeep and let us not c o n t i n u e to pass the buck to farm and farmer of Constantine. Mr. Davis mercial and military protection? supplied to a consid t o w n r e a l estate. had refused payment charging that he Let us see what is going on in tk« tent with foreign clovei E. E. UNGREN Editor had not received any benefits. He nitrates industry throughout the worl* continue to ho reported f lost the case in justice court and ap- Secretary Hoover testified recently more and New York in a TIME TO F R O H I B I T T A X E X E M P T SECURITIES Shipments from mid< A g r e a t wave of p o p u l a r opposition to further issuance of t a * pealed to the circuit court. before the House Appropriation Com .ire practically en MICHIGAN S^EJfaBM BUREAU e x e m p t securities is s w e e p i n g the c o u n t r y . Leaders of organized The State Farm Bureau proved that mittee in Congress in favor of Henry up by embargoes laid down a g r i c u l t u r e long have been pointing out the economic injustice it had developed marketing services Ford's offer to take'over the U. g heavy snow fall in easterf Government Nitrates plant at Muscle Toledo market closed Fe', OFFICERS Of the system and have been decrying the public funds extrava- for grain, hay, beans, seed, wool, and Shoals, Alabama, and to manufacture W. E. PHILLIPS, Decatur President live stock and such other services as at $13.30. gance Which it invites. transportation service, all of which there cheap power and cheap nitrates ALSIKE. M. L. NOON, Jackson Vice-President T o d a y there is a t r e m e n d o u s public sentiment in favor of were available to Mr. Davis or any FRED VAN NORSDALL, Three Rivers Treasurer for fertilizers. Last week passed in Tole h a l t i n g absolutely all t a x exemption for s t a t e and municipal se- other Farm Bureau member. The iMr. Hoover is not in favor of g o v - any trade reported, accord Directors-At-Large c u r i t i e s . Congress has been giving careful consideration to a con- Bureau proved the validity of its ernment operation of the project. He1 port from a reliable source JAMES NICOL South Haven ther states there does not s t i t u t i o n a l amendment to limit the power of the several s t a t e s contract to the satisfaction of a jury told the Congressional Committee 'tiurf be anv demand, although th L. WHITNEY WATKINS Manchester to issue tax exempt bonds. President H a r d i n g and Secretary of in the justice court case. we are faced with a foreign combimJ ferecf at is $3.00 under r MELVIN B. MCPHERSON ix>weii the T r e a s u r y Mellon have given their endorsement to the proposal* The Centerville case is the first time tion in nitrates. In London there is Stocks in the country mus MRS. EDITH M. WAGAR Carleton a sales committee representing all the er large although no termii EARL C. McCARTY Bad Axe M a n y s t a t e s are c o n s i d e r i n g legislation to put a s t o p to this eco- that a Farm Bureau delinquent mem- bership dues case has been taken to different nitrate producers of any im- seems to have any great vo GEORGE FRIDAY Coloma nomic menace. circuit court and the verdict for the portance, including the Chileans, Ger- TIMOTHY. VERNE GORMLEY Newberry N o t only does the issuance of s t a l e and m u n i c i p a l tax exempt mans, British and some others. This Stock in terminal marke Farm Bureau is regarded as import- Commodity Directors b o n d s remove a large portion of public wealth from the tax rolls ant. This was a test case and will ring controls the prices and nitrate much less than in recent ye some timothy has gone for t FRED SMITH, Elk Rapids Michigan Potato Growers Exchange a n d deflect funds from t a x - p a y i n g i n d u s t r i e s , but it has resulted have far-reaching results. output. We are among the buyers. amount has not reached ; M. L. NOON, Jackson Michigan Milk Producers Association in widespread e x t r a v a g a n c e and a tremendous increase in public Until recently a German element proportion. Holders are exp ELMER A. BEAMER, Blissfield Michigan Live Stock Exchange indebtedness. According to figures presented by C a r e t G a r r e t l stood out and undersold the other spring demand to be good ; WALDO E. PHILLIPS, Decatur Michigan Elevator Exchange in " T h e Public Debt M a n i a , " an a r t i c l e a p p e a r i n g in a recent issue MICH. NEEDS STANDARD members of the combination. Now work higher when the tra some sort of a plan has been made However, it is a question o CLARK L. BRODY, Lansing Headquarters Secretary-Manager of the S a t u r d a y Evening Post, the total bonded indebtedness of GRADES FOR GRAPES with the Germans whereby they were The situation on alfalfa, i s t a t e s a n d municipalities in the United S t a t e s has doubled d u r i n g otc, is unchanged since brought into the combination and were Michigan C o m m o d i t y M a r k e t i n g Associations t h e last ten years because tax e x e m p t bonds have been so easy to Not many people realize that half report in these columns. paid about $1,700,000. Germany eoi Affiliated W i t h M i c h i g a n S t a t e F a r m B u r e a u sell. T h i s indebtedness has now reached a staggering total of nine the value of all Michigan's fruit trols about 4.32 per cent of the Chi!- billion dollars and is increasing a n n u a l l y at the r a t e of more than crops are represented by our grape ian output and England about 40 per Michigan Potato Growers Exchange Cadillac one a n d one-quarter billion dollars, which, by the way, is more crop. This crop is without sorely cent. The great nitrate beds of the GRAIN MARK Michigan Michigan Milk Producers Association Live Stock Exchange 707 Owen Bldg., Detroit 425 N. Butler S\., Lansing t h a n one-quarter of all t h e available c a p i t a l there is. needed standard grades. The bill just introduced into Michigan's leg- world are in Chile. By Mich. Elevator Excl Michigan Elevator Exchange Farm Bureau Bldg., Lansing Even more a l a r m i n g a r e the figures for Michigan. The total islature to provide standard grades From the first the American and — — 1 — , : r bonded indebtedness of the cities of the s t a t e increased more than for grapes should have the earnest State ,Farm Bureaus have favored OATS State F a r m Bureau Business Departments at Lansing five and one half times from L911 to 11)21 while, d u r i n g the same support of every Michigan legisla- completion and operation of the We still believe oats are Seed Traffic General Offices Muscle Shoals nitrate project. Mr. although the demand is d ten y e a r period, the total bonding debt of t h e several counties in- tor and every grape grower in Michi- Purchasing Wool Advertising creased eight times, a c c o r d i n g to official figures on tile a t Lansing. gan. The proposed act would place Ford's offer is the best that has been should do better w i h i n made and has been approved by the thirty or sixtv days. At Detroit Folks want tax e x e m p t securities. Each issue is eagerly con- the inspection under direction of the American Farm Bureau. Every means WHEAT. Michigan Farm Bureau Produce Exchange 2729 Russel St. sumed by the investing public. Charles M. Schwab, t h e g r e a t State Department of Agriculture and has been employed by hostile interests Still in an uncertain po? steel king, said recently, "1 could r e t i r e from active business, re- should provide the department with to prevent a vote on the Ford pro- have more wheat in tin adequate provisions to carry on this States than we will consur American F a r m Bureau Federation invest my money in t a x e x e m p t securities and treble my income." posal, but prospects are improving work. Grape growers should, write O. E. BRADFUTE President T h e Michigan S t a t e F a r m B u r e a u ' s legislative p r o g r a m pledges for copies of the bill, study it; th'en steadily for a favorable vote when the J. W. COVERDALE Secretary the B u r e a u to use its best efforts to secure passage by the present write ' your representative and tell opportunity comes. Write your Con- Farm Acco GENERAL OFFICES A. F. B. F GRAY SILVER 58 East Washington St., Chicago Washington Representative session of t h e l e g i s l a t u r e of a bill p u t t i n g a stop to f u r t h e r issues him what you want. of any s o r t of tax exempt securities in Michigan. gressman about it. If you don't teU him what you want, he won't know^ LEGISLATIVE HEADQUARTERS Munsey Bldg., Washington, D. C. i F A R M E R S MUST A C T I F T. B. W O R K I S TO B E C O N T I N U E D HOW T H E FREIGHT R A T E ZONING SYSTEM GETS U S P r e s e n t indications a r e thai if the bill p r o v i d i n g for t h e con- County Agent Wm. F On F e b . 28th E. U E w i n g , traffic counsel for the Michigan t i n u a t i o n of tuberculosis e r a d i c a t i o n work in Michigan passes, the eton of Wexford County boys and girls thinking farm prohlems. Under li ership nine consolidated Traffic L e a g u e and the Michigan S t a t e F a r m Bureau, delivered final a r g u m e n t s before the I n t e r s t a t e Commerce Commission a t W a s h i n g t o n in the case a g a i n s t Michigan r a i l r o a d s for abolish- farmers of the s t a t e will have fo become active immediately in support of the measure. This bill was introduced in the Michigan H o u s e of Representatives, a n d is known as House Hill No. 98. It HOW ABOUT YOUR have been giving cou; ment of the Michigan freight r a t e zoning system and reduction lias passed ilif House and is now in the h a n d s of the a g r i c u l t u r a l practical farm accountin students kept records ai m it ted reports on the of r a t e s . I t was a iinal action in a long, hard ti<;lit by the two organiza- tions of Michigan s h i p p e r s to abolish a system of rates that is c o m m i t t e e of the Senate. This committee is George Leland, William L. Case, H o r a t i o S. K a r c h e r , Norman B. H o r t o n . (Jodfried Gettel. The leading livestock farmers and breeders of t h e s t a t e initiated WOOL IN 1923? operations and proble u n f a i r to Michigan s h i p p e r s . The system is especially unfair this bill a n d il was d r a w n almosi exactly as they suggested. The their home farms. when the r a t e s between two points in Michigan are compared livestock Interests of the s t a t e have made a r a t h e r extended study The fellows who pooled their wool in 1922 We submit herewith t. ning report made by Mi w i t h r a t e s of i n t e r s t a t e s h i p m e n t s . of the m a t t e r and it is believed that t h e development of the work got six to nine cents more per pound than they otby M. Smith of Mant< To give Michigan F a r m B u r e a u members a good idea of what will be best promoted by p a s s i n g it in its present form. ''e accounts on i t h i s zoning system means to us every d a y , — t h e r a t e on grain from T h e r e seems i«> be objection on the part of some to reducing were offered locally. WHY? Because the? vrfceff"* \ re. Miss Smith's vict R i c h m o n d , Jnd., to Petoskey, Mich., is 1!) cents per hundred, while the i n d e m n i t y paid for condemned rattle The new bill provides Pool sold by grade and in accordance with the titled her to a free t h e r a t e on g r a i n from Laingsburg, .Mich., to Petoskey, Mich., is t h a t t h e indemnity shall be one t h i r d of the difference between t h e Farmers' Week at M. A. 24 cents. The r a t e on g r a i n from South Bend, hid., to Big Rapids, a p p r a i s e d value of the a n i m a l and the a m o u n t the c a r c a s s a c t u a l l y demand. Have you been reading in the News Mich., is \'A cents, while t h e g r a i n r a t e from Owosso, Mich., to b r i n g s t h e owner for beef o r other salvage p u r p o s e s . This reduc- STORY OF MY ACCQUfl B i g R a p i d s , Mich., is IS c e n t s . This shows how the Michigan tion of indemnities was advocated by t h e livestock breeders at a the letters 1922 wool poolers have written? By Dorothy M. Sini "The benefits to be deri f a r m e r is penalized when he sells his grain in competition with conference held in L a n s i n g in December, a n d r e s o l u t i o n s favoring farm accounting are man} I n d i a n a farmers, who have commodity r a t e s on grain and no zon- t h i s c h a n g e have been passed by all tin* c a t t l e breed associations The State Farm Bureau will pool wool business farmer in the Unb ing system. of t h e s t a t e . could testify that his busii Recently t h e Michigan E l e v a t o r E x c h a n g e sold a car of oats T h e Michigan S t a t e r a m i Bureau a t i t s a n n u a l meeting also again in 1923. It will assemble wool locally and out a strict method of a for shipment from St. .Johns, Micti., to Mancelona, Mich., and w e n t on record as favoring the e n a c t m e n t of a d e q u a t e m e a s u r e s grade at Lansing to further reduce costs. You would be no business. found t h e r a t e to he 2 3 % cents, while the r a t e from St. J o h n s , for t h e expansion of the work of bovine t u b e r c u l o s i s e r a d i c a t i o n "1 will point out a few ff Mich., to Buffalo, N. V., is only 24 cents. T h e difference in mile 1 as recommended by the livestock breeders a t the conference men- will get the regular 40 per cent cash advance from my book. age is 11)1 miles. C o m p a r e the rates. tioned above. Number of hens 5 0. Michigan p o t a t o shippers a r e a t the same d i s a d v a n t a g e when On account of the s t r o n g demand for the expansion of t h e work, as usual when you bring your wool in. Bal- Monthly averages for they s h i p to C i n c i n n a t i , t o u i s v i l l e and I n d i a n a p o l i s is competi- t h e livestock men feel t h a t the reduction in i n d e m n i t i e s is neces- ance when wool is all sold. Last wool was sold are as follows: t i o n with the p o t a t o e s grown in Wisconsin. s a r y . They believe that the herd o w n e r m i g h t b e t t e r afford t o Jan.; 1.54 eggs: Feb., 2.1 A b o u t a y e a r ago the Mchigan E l e v a t o r E x c h a n g e had several have his herd tested immediately and get rid of the diseased a n i m a l s Nov. 28 in 1922. Every grower had his final 6.12; /April, 14; May, 16; . c a r s of beans to ship t<> Florida. In checking the rates from t h a n to leave a single reactor in the h e r d for a period of y e a r s a n d July.-'12.5; Aug., 1 1 ; Sept. p o i n t s in Michigan to Florida in connection with the boat line check by Dec. 10, 1922. 4; Nov., 1; Dec, .6. take chances of losing half his a n i m a l s w h e n the test was finally "During the months of A from New York to .Jacksonville and T a m p a , t h e E x c h a n g e found applied. Oct., Nov., Dec, Jn., F t h a t owing to the Michigan zoning system the all rail rate via T h e livestock breeders' program, even on the basis of t h e re- March the egg production C i n c i n n a t i was. in some cases cheaper t h a n the ocean and rail duced i n d e m n i t y , requires the a p p r o p r i a t i o n of a t least $400,000 1922 WOOL POOL RETURNS low. During the above eigl r a t e , instead of the ocean and rail r a t e being two cents cheaper, p e r y e a r for indemnities ami #1:J0,000 for o p e r a t i n g expense for the 50 hens produced 9S6 e, a s t h o u g h t . The E x c h a n g e had the boat lines tile a new tariff average of IP.7 eggs per t h e n e x t biennial period. In case the i n d e m n i t y is n o t reduced as Average net price paid t o farmers by covering the r a t e s from New York to J a c k s o n v i l l e and T a m p a and now provided in t h e bill, it would r e q u i r e t h e a p p r o p r i a t i o n of up- in other words each hon 1922 W o o l Pool on t h e five b e t t e r one egg every 12.2 days, t h e two cents differential was restored. w a r d s of $650,000 pei- year instead of .5400,000 to accomplish the Michigan livestock s h i p p e r s are up a g a i n s t the s a m e condi- g r a d e s of wool 3 9 . 1 4 c p e r lb. ing this period are wor s a m e a m o u n t of work. Livestock men in close touch with the I. Therefore, each he tions. The shipper from the northern zone is forced to pay a s i t u a t i o n do not think it probable t h a t t h e ' l e g i s l a t u r e will ap- A v e r a g e n e t price paid t o farmers by low average for the 240 da much higher r a t e than his neighbor who may ship a g r e a t e r dis- p r o p r i a t e the larger a m o u n t , and consider it by all means best to in about $0.S0. Her cost tance hut is in a southern zone. work for the passage of the bill ;is originally i n t r o d u c e d , so that this the 1922 W o o l Pool on all 13 g r a d e s , keep averages approxima One of the a r g u m e n t s of t h e railroads in favor of the zoning important work may be completed over the state at the earliest pos- including d i s c o u n t s , t a g s a n d b u c k s . . 34Vssc per lb. for the same time. This system is t h a t as you go n o r t h in Michigan you reach poorer agri- sible d a t e without i n t e r r u p t i o n . profit of $0.20 for each he Average price paid t o farmers by Mich- this period of high prices c u l t u r a l conditions and s m a l l e r p o p u l a t i o n ; also that the cost Thirty-six counties in the s t a t e a r e now d e m a n d i n g t h a t t h e egg production. of o p e r a t i n g a railroad increases. The evidence given by the tuberculosis e r a d i c a t i o n work be c a r r i e d out. igan local dealers as r e p o r t e d b y t h e m t- C o u n t y A g r i c u l t u r a l Agents from some of t h e n o r t h e r n counties It is very i m p o r t a n t that the officers of your County F a r m to V. H . C h u r c h , U . S. C r o p E s t i - Recommends Cull in last May at the Lansing h e a r i n g in a n s w e r t o Mr. E w i n g ' s ques- It is quite evident that t B u r e a u and local organizations immediately w r i t e or wire the mem- mator 312/2C per lb. t i o n s a b o u t t h e i r counties m u s t have been a d i s a p p o i n t m e n t to bers of the a g r i c u l t u r a l committee also the S e n a t o r s and Representa- of the flock was gettii! lido, while a few hens wc the railroads. tives from y o u r district urging t h a t they s u p p o r t t h e measure. the work. This flock has n< T h e e l i m i n a t i o n of the zoning system will not only relieve tIn- Quick action is imperative. culled and I believe tb formers of the s t a t e , but will a s s i s t every Shipper in t h e s t a t e IT PAID TO POOL IN 1922! elimination would not affet w i t h the exception of those in Detroit. They have a l w a y s had the into closer touch with the regular production and lower the benefit of lower rales, as they a r e in position to make use of the BOARD OF TRADE HAS grain men. It is said by President Hold your wool for the 1923 Farm Bureau cost 50% which would a a net profit of $0.50 lnsteac boat lines between Detroit ami Buffalo and Cleveland. A CHANGE t)F HEART John J. Stream of the Board of Wool Pool. Assembling dates for your section Much credit for (he s t r o n g case presented by the Traffic League Trade that closer working regula- for each hen. This is a tions between the various interests will soon be published in the Hichigan Farm high prices and I feel th> is due to state Farm Bureau officials' interest and the County From a policy of long standing can be established and the co-opera- also the time that egg p A g r i c u l t u r a l Agents. These men s p a r e d n e i t h e r time nor effort hostility to any farmers' co-opera- tives shown that the grain business Bureau News. Watch for them. should be given a great do in helping t o s t r e n g t h e n Mr. l i v i n g ' s case. T h e C o u n t y Agents tive grain marketing body, refusing is being handled on the exchanges ration." a n d business d e p a r t m e n t heads of the F a r m B u r e a u and Michigan them memberships, etc., the Chicago In commenting on the Elevator Exchange were all placed on the stand by Mr. Ewing ami at the lowest cost. If you want to pool early, write for wool Board of Trade, under a new ad- There is to be a meeting held here her dairy operations, M writes. "The cows show a testified how the coning system d i s c r i m i n a t e s a g a i n s t Michigan ship- ministration, is beginning to show on March 12 with representatives of sacks and ship to Farm Bureau Wool Dept., Cen- per's and how it h u r t t h e i r business when they a r e forced to com- though a decreased invento pete with vshippers from o t h e r states. something that looks like co-opera- the Farm Bureau federation, E. H. tral Warehouse, Larking. We pay the freight gives a misconception rega Cunningham of the United States! true worth of the cows. ' The generally a d m i t t e d s t r e n g t h of the Traffic League's and tion with the organized producers. Grain Growers' Sales Co., Inc., with and remit cash advance on receipt of wool. brings out the fact that » S t a t e F a r m B u r e a u ' s evidence a n d action of the M i c h i g a n S t a t e Note the following item from the the Chicago Board of Trade direc- is radically wrong with the Public U t i l i t i e s Commission in not only u r g i n g abolition of t h e Chicago Tribune: tors to discuss all phases of the grain | of this farm. It could t zoning system, but going to W a s h i n g t o n in a body to u r g e such business and relativeness of the ex- j things. It m i g h t b action upon t h e I n t e r s t a t e Commerce Commission is a most en- BOARD'S I'OLKV BROADENS; CH- change to the grain growers' inter-1 should be another j star c o u r a g i n g prospect. F a r m B u r e a u o r g a n i z a t i o n has enabled Midi igan f a r m e r s to make themselves h e a r d -in d e m a n d i n g t h e t r a n s - p o r t a t i o n relief they have so sorely needed, a n d to get t h e at- O I ' S PRESS IS FAVORED The farmers and the co-operative ests. President Stream is working to | have a representative of the grain Michigan State Farm Bureau Better Ration »ctl< tention they have gotten. press is to be favored by the Chicago exchanges on the government's Wool D e p t LANSING "For instance in the Board of Trade, as all are to be giv- board of agriculture and the depart-; Jan. 1922, the three cows en full annual admission tickets to N O T E — T h e 1923 wool pool, like t h e successful 1922 pool, AUTO WEIGHT T A X OBSCURES T H E I S S U E ment of commerce so that their calf received 1200 lbs. the exchange floor. This will en- work can be more easily understood is s t r i c t l y F a r m B u r e a u m a n a g e d a n d financed. hay: 100 lbs. of fodder an W e h e a r c o n s i d e r a b l e a b o u t a weight t a x on a u t o m o b i l e s in able them to get information first < in (e»rn>. Supposin? and improved. This is to be taken place of a g a s o l i n e tax. This is a smoke screen to o b s c u r e a n d con- hand and put them on the basis with up at a gathering of grain and other! M a n a g e r is a salaried m a n . N o C o m m i s s i o n s paid. all fed to three cows, the fuse t h e m e r i t s of t h e gasoline t a x . W o u l d not a gasoline t a x the regular daily and weekly papers interests in New York on March 15,! W o o l is bonded and i n s u r e d t o full value. Squire I be the daily ratioi a u t o m a t i c a l l y t a k e care of t h e i n c r e a s e d w e i g h t of t h e heavier and study the grain business. at which Secretary of Commerce 1 R o b i n s o n will g r a d e a g a i n . cars? A movement is also under way to Hoover will address the gathering. ! W h a t about the heavy c a r s t h a t h o r d e s of t o u r i s t s d r i v e }nto bring the co-operative associations —Chicago Tribune, March 8, 1923. rati* • . . | | § ( II 9, 1 9 2 3 MICHIGAN FARM BUREAU NEWS PAGE THREE 7. E x p e r t s in all technical posi- PETEET SHOWS WHY | 0 L POOL GETS FARMING INDUSTRY tions. "You d o n o t have t o t a k e m y word CONGRESS GIVES EXCH. SELLS MILLER 15,000 BU. OF RYE HOW TO BOOST st Your Neighbors ,he F a r m Bureau in for w h a t can be done by t h e right RLY DEMAND LACKS STABILITY ( C o n t i n u e d from page o n e ) kind of co-operative marketing. Go to California and learn what h a s FARMERS NEW Michigan Had Best O a t s Bast Y r a r ; WOOL PROFITS irough the NEWS In D e m a n d f o r Seed FOR WOOL BAGS instability p a s s e s on to t h e m e r c h a n t s been done with all kinds of products and t h e b a n k e r s who do business with from fruits to alfalfa and eggs. Go potato f a r m e r s . to the South and see what h a s been CREDIT SYSTEM T h e Michigan E l e v a t o r E x c h a n g e P R O P E R H A N D L I N G I S A IT KM IN G E T T I N G T O P BIG lust recently sold o n e of t h e largest Issued Semi-Monthly IARING MANY We Lack Insurance. none w u h cotton, hay, alfalfa, gweet j I n t e r m e d i a t e Credit F i g h t W o n B y ; r y e m i l l e r s , i n New E n g l a n d 15,000 PRICES SECTIONS O F T H E " A n o t h e r c a u s e of instability of potatoes, watermelons, onions, w h e a t , Organized A g r i c u l t u r e bushels of rye. F o r a long time after By Don Williams, Mgr. State F a r m l STATE agriculture is t h e lack of a s y s t e m of tomatoes, wool and sugaT cane syrup. Washington, March 3.—Congression- h a r v e s t rye w a s at a big discount and Bureau's 1923 Pool. insurance to cover many of t h e na- Go to Kentucky, Virginia, t h e Caro- al O. K. was given to t h e intermediate Michigan farmers fed m u c h of it. lie w e a t h e r t h e first of March tural h a z a r d s of farming. A major- linas and Connecticut and s e e w h a t i agricultural credit m e a s u r e s as t h e Then t h e r y e m a r k e t a d v a n c e d about ket, t h e tying of t h e fleece is v e r y "In p r e p a r i n g your wools for mar- TE CASE ;ht many inquiries to t h e Michi- ity of t h e major factors which govern is being dbne with tobacco. Go to ! final important action of t h e retiring 20 cents and t h e Elevator E x c h a n g e i m p o r t a n t . If possible, tie your fleeces Farm Bureau Wool D e p a r t m e n t agricultural production a r e beyond New England and Wisconsin and «Congress. fool s a c k s for s h i p m e n t of wool Ithe control of farmers—the w e a t h e r , see what is being done w i t h cran- | T h e House by a vote of 305 to 36 to b e m u c h improved. h a s found the rye shipping business in a wool-tying box which will com- * p r e s s each fleece into a neat cube a n d RAILROADS „e 1923 wool pool. Considerable j droughts, floods, r a v a g e s of insect berries. Go down to t h e co-operative adopted a composite bill including ring is reported in m a n y sections. \ p e s t s , plant diseases and t h e like. No dairy company here in St. Paul and leading provisions of t h e Capper, the now coming into the m a r k e t for buyer. Tie your fleeces with a h a r d ere is a strong movement toward amount of experience, skill or fore- Minneapolis and see w h a t is being Lenroot-A'iulerson, a n d t h e Strong Michigan oats for seed. L a s t season glazed twine. P a p e r twine is best. New York and New England a r e will m a k e it more a t t r a c t i v e to t h e VTED MILEAGE wool pool in 1923. #In lining up s jght on t h e p a r t of f a r m e r s can done with dairy products. bling s t a t i o n s ' f o r t h e coming protect t h e m against t h e s e risks, The Danish System. bills Michigan raised t h e best crop of o a t s Satisfactory twine can usually be pur- T h e main features of t h e m e a s u r e ' o f a n y o t Q e r central states. Michi- chased from your local co-operative Saves Shippers at n the Bureau finds m a n y stations This risk-taking without insurance "To California we must give t h e ' a r e : sing a car load of wool in 1923. | m a k e s a g r i c u l t u r e t h e most highly credit for introducing in the United j g a n o a t s have been bringing 3 to 5 association. Under no circumstances humb One to does it p a y to tie your wool with sisal action was given by t h e 1922 j speculative a n d u n s t a b l e of all our States t h e Danish system of co-opera- | 1. It sets up twelve intermediate I c e n t s P r e r a i u * n right along, farm credit banks with a capital of' E a s t e r n millers a r e again in t h e or binder twine. If t h e following sim- d; Helps hen final r e t u r n s netted t h e | fundamental industries. s from 6 to 9 cents m o r e pep j "Modern business, including agri- American crops and American con-. tive selling a n d applying it to '• $5,000,000 each a s provided in t h e Len-! m a r k e t f o r Michigan mixed wheat. ple rules a r e followed, your fleeces State root.Anderson bill. :T h e E l e v a t o r Exchange h a s been able should, if not burry or chaffy, g r a d e t o than local offers. Final checks culture, cannot b e carried on in an ditions. T h a t w a s not an easy task t 0 sel1 m ixed w n e a t ] very good a d v a n t a g e : 'sent to t h e growers December j entirely satisfactory m a n n e r unless and California f a r m e r s made many 2. It .provides for t h e creation of | . ately a t the No. j2 R e d r i c e and in ome 1. N e v e r shear when wool is wet. t h e M i c h i g a n Traffic days after t h e pool w a s sold t h e n a t u r a l industry-hazards a r e pro- mistakes, b u t after many years they private corporations with a capital of than , P _ . ? t h e No. 2 Red price. cases better i g h t t o abolish Mioti- $250,000 each to finance large live- 2. K e e p fleeces free from dirt. That d e m o n s t r a t e d w h a t t h e j tected by i n s u r a n c e . found the right way, and today Cali- ind t o abolish inflated )Ut. 3. Avoid second cuts. T h e y reduce ban do. C a u s e s of Farm Instability. fornia co-operatives a r e the wonder stock producers with long term credits the length of the staple.' ire d e f e n d a n t s i n t h e Write Now For Bags. H "We may, then, sum up t h e causes )1 growers who want to pool now j of the instability of agriculture a s : and envy of farmers They have brought prosperity to everywhere. as provided in Capper 3. It embodies t h e provisions in the bill. MONTCALM TO 4. Never put tags on the inside of fleeces. ued a supplement to Hfy m i l e a g e a n d r a t e &ou write to t h e F a r m Bureau Wool 1. The lack of an efficient system their m e m b e r s and to business men Strong bill liberalizing t h e terms of lep: tment at L a n s i n g for bags, stat- ' of merchandising farm products; with whom they deal. They have the F a r m Loan Act s o a s to extend 3W many fleeces they will h a v e . ] and established, beyond question, t h e larger loans to f a r m e r s o n land mort- TALK POTATOES 5. T i e fleeces up separately. 6. T i e fleeces with flesh side out. 7. Keep tied fleeces in a clean place jf b a s e points in t h e The supplement w a s w ^ H clips will be graded by Squire j 2. The lack of insurance against ability of producers to form legal j gages. Lobiuson promptly o n a r r i v a l . T h e j natural hazards, such as unfavorable business organizations and o p e r a t e ! Securing this i n t e r m e d i a t e credit r e Greenville,Mich.. March 8 Because ; w h e r e they will not c o m e in contact ^ ^ ^ ^ ^i w^i t^Q ^c haff, ^ ^ ^ h ^ a^y , dust, or a n y o t h e r tareau pays t h e freight. It will send j weather, insect pests and plant dis- them in a highly efficient m a n n e r . j lief a t this time, when it is so badly of poor grading, color and quality of j foreign m a t t e r ' PAYERS ack to t h e grower a wool receipt I eases. " W i t h i n t h e last three or four years ! needed for the ifinancing of crop pro- Michigan potatoes Montcalm County] g. If you a r e storing your wool, re a l r e a d y d e v e l o p i n g rhich iie will sign and r e t u r n for t h e | "Until t h e s e two major causes a r e t h e Danish or California s y s t e m of duction and livestock feeding and growers h a v e lost heavily this year,*: store in a clean, d r y place; never o n ate Farm Bureau and ^ ^ V c a s h advance, forty p e r cent of I removed, we will have instability in co-operation has rapidly m a d e its way-! breeding, was largely d u e to the lfi- which was o n e of great production the ground or in t h e b a s e m e n t . " ^ K t i m a t e d value of the wool. Final agriculture and in all businesses de- from California into other sections of fluence of organized f a r m e r s upon Con- for this county. e adjustment of M i c h - • • n s will be m a d e immediately j pendent upon agriculture. the United States. gress. T h e American F a r m Bureau If Montcalm potato g r o w e r s wish to » m a y not be decided ^ H a l l t h e wool is sold. F "Happily, both these problems can Cotton Growers Organize. F e d e r a t i o n was t h e leading organiza- remain in t h e business and build up a Wants Tenant Help H u " Speed April 30. I be solved if we will set ourselves to "It came to t h e cotton s t a t e s in j tion through which this w a s done. profitable agriculture, based largely on I wish to h i r e a m a n by the y e a r n rate situation that 1923 wool pool will s t a r t t a k i n g t h e t a s k in t h e right spirit. Nothing 1920. Prior to t h a t t i m e cotton the potato crop, it will be necessary to occupy m y t e n a n t house. W a g e s e e k s hearing at L a n - it local stations at E a t o n Rapids, I new, novel or fantastic is required. farmers had made scores of futile at- TIPTON IS ORGANIZING to change m a n y of the common meth- $500 p e r year. Good house and fuel tents at Washington, ly, April 30. T h e next d a y t h e j All t h a t is necessary is to apply t h e t mpts at co-operative marketing. ods now used in growing and market- (10 cords). P o t a t o e s a n d apples. T w o interstate and intra- Imaster will be a t Charlotte a n d , sound rules of business to these two They were discouraged and disheart- SHIPPING ASSOCIATION ing the crop. quarts milk daily. Chance to r a i s e lileages, and the lack ly 3rd a t Sunfield, all E a t o n aspects of agriculture. Co-operative ened. Their product w a s subject to J. W. Weston, potato specialist for chickens, or e g g s furnished. One hog. points. j n a r k e t i n g will solve t h e first problem speculative influences which p u t the F o r Co-op. Commission H o u s e Bene- . u „ . . , . ' " . . " ' i V ii J " Garden spot. H a v e everything con- B rs Shipping Cost. year to further reduce handl- j and a proper application of t h e rules price up pr down with r e g a r d to sap- fits at Buffalo & D e t r o i t the Michigan Agricultural College, h a s i . ' j , ... . . . . ply and d e m a n d or t h e welfare of At Tipton, L e n a w e e county, live . „ .. ?T .. _, venient for work—milking m a c h i n e , tie, rafes to and from penses by dispensing with sev- j of insurance will solve t h e second. humb district w e r e |rading crews, t h e F a r m Bureau " T h e feasibility of m a r k e t i n g farm the industry. T h e critics and t h e stock shippers a r e organizing a co- been investigating t h e E a s t e r n potato litter the low price received by Michigan , carrier. J . . ^ ^ ^ ,^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ,^ ^,.^ ^ ^ ^ b a s e d upon t h e mileages •ade all wool a t Lansing. Sworn products co-operatively is no longer doubters said we could never organ- operative shipping association to growers this° year. . H .e. is to speak ,a t electric If I cannotlights, get hay aloader tenant,andwillslings, pay tasters will accept wools a t debatable. All intelligent farmers ize t h e cotton growers a n d sell co- join t h e Michigan Live Stock Ex- amarkets and knows tpotato h e reasons for $40 * per m o n t h for good single m a n . , G r i n d s t o n e 'City, t h e operatively—that cotton w a s raised series of Montcalm meetings t p o i n t in t h a t territory, •stations. They will give a re- and all thoughtful and right-minded change and to make u s e of the co- during the next two weeks. He h a s washing and ironing done. T h i s $40 ^ H y i " duplicate t o t h e grower. T h e busine'ss m e n a g r e e t h a t we must by too m a n y f a r m e r s over too large operative commission houses at the a real message. T a l k s will also be will be for 8 months.—R. L. Beckwith, effect of greatly Increas- rower will p r e s e n t t h e original a t have co-operation in marketing. This a n a r e a to permit efficient business Detroit and Buffalo stockyards, de- «">viH Mich., R. R D. No. 2. Phone, a n d from Cass City, B a d ^ H t c a l bank or send it in to t h e is t r u e in spite of t h e fact that most organization—that it w a s an inter- veloped by the Michigan Live Stock dates given on alfalfa growing. follow: Meeting I L a i n g 8 b u r g 5308 """"""^^ lie, B a y Port, and m a n y 'arm Bureau for h i s cash a d v a n c e of of t h e efforts of American farmers national crop produced in m a n y coun- n o r t h of t h e line of t h e E x c h a n g e and the S t a t e Farm Bu- •March 12th—9:30 a. m. Sidney; 1:30 tries, and t h a t t h e price was deter- City & W e s t e r n railroad, K r cent of the estimated m a r k e t to sell their products co-operatively reau. W i t h their own local co-op., p. m. Stanton—Court House. | have ended in failure. mined by condtions beyond t h e con- nd from points on t h e of t h e wool, final r e t u r n t o be and stockyards sales agency, Michi- " T h e question is not shall f a r m e r s trol of American farmers. March 13th—9:30 a. m. McBride; ' e r e Marquette running when t h e wool is sold, less t h e I h a n d l i n g a n d selling cost, co-operate, b u t how and w h e n ? gan live stock shippers c a n now mar- 1:30 p. m. E d m o r e . "In t h e face of t h e s e and m a n y other ket their own stock clear up to the MICH. FARM BUREAU I u s k e g o n to P e n t w a t e r March 14th—9:30 a. m. Vestaburg; on t h e distances to and j F a r m Bureau is p r e p a r e d to T h e r e is no longer a n y excuse for a discouraging prophesies t h e cotton packing house and a n y profit or sav- I B a U wools j u s t a s fast a s they wrong a n s w e r to that question. T h e farmers in their • • into t h e w a r e h o u s e a t L a n s i n g j results of a hundred y e a r s of experi- took t h e difficult task of organiza- belongs to them. desperation under- ings t h e y can make in t h e process 1:30 p. m. Crystal. March 15th—9:30 a. m. Sheridan; 1:30 p. m. Vickeryville. MILKMAKER ton by w a y of Baldwin greatly inflated. | u send out t h e cash a d v a n c e s | ence in this country and E u r o p e a r e tion. Within two y e a r s they have At Indianapolis Co-op Commission For high production a t low P h a n t o m Rail Line. )tly. available for study and guidance. accomplished t h e impossible. Nearly March 16th—9:30 a. m. Langston; COfit. The t a g tells pound for id from K a l k a s k a , Michi- ^m Two Types of Co-ops. 200,000 farmers in 12 s t a t e s a r e now house t h e producers h a v e saved them- 1:30 p. m. Greenville—Grange Hall. selves a profit of $30,000 on business p o n n d w h a t you feed a n d p a y . i t s in t h a t vicinity w e r e I Local Assembling Points. " E v e n a casual study of co-opera- m e m b e r s of co-operative associations March 19th—9:30 a. m. Gowen; 1:30 done since May la, 1922. Their bus- p. m. Trufant. mileages to a n d from ^ B l o w i n g a r e local wool assembling tion reveals t h a t there a r e two kinds under binding five-year c o n t r a c t s and Guaranteed . t h e P e r e M a r q u e t t e in- iness averages about half a million | ^ to date for t h e 1923 wool pool. —buyer co-operation and seller co- they a r e m e r c h a n d i s i n g cotton in a n March 20th—9:30 a. m. Coral: 1:30 he s h o r t e r mileages via. orderly and s y s t e m a t i c way. Within dollars a month and r u n s around 206 p. m. Pierson. your wool for t h e 1923 pool a n d operation. |et it by grade and get t h e same " J u s t a little more investigation this time these cotton co-operatives c a r s weekly. ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ O^t h^e r^ ^producers ^ ^ ^ coop. March 21st—9:30 a. m. Howard City; Analysis .nia, n o t w i t h s t a n d i n g t h e its t h a t t h e growers did w h o reveals t h e fact t h a t practically all have solved every l a r g e problem in- commission houses a t Chicago, E a s t ' i : 3 o p. m. Amble. Protein 2 4 % ( m i n ) . P e r e M a r q u e t t e line to *n io?'^ Wool a s s e m b l i n g the failures of American a t t e m p t s a t volved in m a r k e t i n g cotton. They St. Louis, St. Paul, Buffalo, Detroit, March 22nd—9:30 a. m. Lake view; Carbohydrates 4 5 % (min.) s abandoned and dis- wifi 'lie ^published in t h e n e x t co-operative m a r k e t i n g have r e s u l t e d have d e m o n s t r a t e d their ability to Omaha a n d other points a r e working 1:30 p. m. Six L a k e s . rai y e a r s ago. T h a t sub- Fat 5 % (min.) of t h e F a r m Bureau News. from t h e efforts of o u r f a r m e r s to finance orderly m a r k e t i n g a n d their to t h e s a m e results. r e a s e d the r a t e s to a n d iMarch 23rd—9:30 a. m. Fen wick; Fibre 9 % (max.) for them. T h e a s s e m b l i n g take a b u y e r s ' system and m a k e it ability to sell in t h e great world mar- n t h a t district. 1:30 p. m. Carson city. kets, and although they will handle a s e s of Inflation, )n County—Charlotte, E a t o n serve t h e needs of sellers. ,. DEXTER BATS AGAIN; INGREDIENTS ing a r e only i l l u s t r a t i v e Sunfield. " T h e English Rochdale system of this y e a r only about 10 p e r cent of ( As S h o w n on t a g ) loun—Marshall, Albion, Battle co-operation is a sellers' or consum- the American production, they have MAKES ANOTHER HIT Expects Big Pool 500 lbs. Gluten F e e d • i n s t a n c e s t h a t w e r e de- ers' system a n d is well adapted for become a stabilizing factor in t h e F r a n k H. Dexter of Milan, member- C h e b o y g a n , Michigan, 260 ' ' C o t t o n s e e d M e a l — 4 3 % g t h e h e a r i n g of t h e case, lamazoo—Kalamazoo, Climax, all kinds of c o n s u m e r stores and m a r k e t and have appreciably affected ship campaign m a n a g e r for Monroe March 6, 1 9 2 3 . 240 ' O. P . Linseed Oil Meal h a v e been possible to mch—Union City, Bronson, Cold- factories. prices. If you will s t u d y t h e course County, uses h i s co-operative market- Michigan S t a t e F a r m B u r e a u News, 200 ' C o r n D i s t i l l e r s ' G r a i n s s e v e r a l hundred m o r e , Kingston—Howell. . " T h e Danish or California system of the cotton m a r k e t and the course ing privileges t o advantage. J u s t re- L a n s i n g , Michigan. 200 ' S t a n d . W h e a t B r a n ng for a decision by t h e of co-operation is a seller's system of t h e wheat m a r k e t during the last cently he sold a 180 lb. calf through The Cheboyagan County Farm 160 ' Yellow H o m i n y t h e railroads have issu- eland—Holly, Wixom, Oxford. and w h e r e v e r it h a s been intelli- two years, you will observe that t h e t h e Michigan^ Livestock Co-op. Com- Bureau h a s s i g n e d u p for this y e a r ' s 20 ' C a l c i u m C a r b o n a t e u p p l e m e n t to t h e i r Mich- )eer—North Branch, Imlay City, gently and honestly applied i t h a s price of cotton h a s steadily advanced mission H o u s e a t Detroit for $27.05. wool pool. H a v e n o t found anyone 100 ' G r o u n d Oats 0 eliminate and modify 2T. been successful. while t h e price of w h e a t h a s declined. T h e total handling cost was $1.80; his who s h i p p e d from h e r e last year b u t 100 ' S t a n d . W h e a t Mid. 3X 100 ' Cane Molasses r a t e inflations, a n d t h e y nesee—Clio, Swartz Creek, Davi- " T h e single aim and purpose of Romance of Tobacco. n e t w a s $25.25. Local buyers wanted who is satisfied a n d received m o r e 100 ' P e a n u t M e a l — 4 0 % 3d t h e n u m b e r of b a s e t r u e co-operative m a r k e t i n g is to sub- " T h e story of organization of the the a n i m a l a t 9 to 11 cents p e r lb. than he w a s offered by t h e local buy- 20 ' Salt will also modify m a n y nawee—Hudson, Onsted, Tecum- stitute t h e o r d e r l y m e r c h a n d i s i n g of tobacco farmers is probably the At a t o p price of 11 cents this would ers. I n d i c a t i o n s a r e t h a t this y e a r 20 " Calcium Carbonate farm p r o d u c t s for t h e p r e s e n t waste- g r e a t e s t romance of m o d e r n agricul- h a v e r e t u r n e d $19.80. He got 15 cents we will g e t s o m e w h e r e n e a r o u r or- w Base Point Does. jnroe—Ida. ful and disorderly practice of dump- ture. Because of lack of a system of t h r o u g h t h e Co-op. and the difference iginal 1 9 2 6 pool of 10,000 pounds. m a r k e t i n g tobacco, production has e, Bad Axe, Michigan, lyne—Plymouth. ing. Principles of Merchandising. impoverished t h e f a r m e r s of Ken- between $25.25 and $19.80 is $5.45 for Y o u r s v e r y truly, Cheboygan County Farm Bur. Get It From Your Co-op # le a base point a n d t h a t tucky and t h e other tobacco states. Dexter. r a t e s to and from fifty [LAIR MEETINGS " T h e principles of m e r c h a n d i s i n g are not new. They have been worked In their desperation they, too, turned Not long ago t h e Michigan Elevator h e T h u m b district, t h e IE WELL ATTENDED to m o d e r n t r u e co-operative market- E x c h a n g e sold 26% tons of alfalfa hay r a t e s t h e r e b y accom- out by b u s i n e s s m e n through y e a r s . ing, and within a n incredibly short for iMr. D e x t e r a t $1.25 above t h e best ng from o n e cent a n d Clajr County F a r m Bureau of experience a n d include: time 220,000 tobacco g r o w e r s signed local bids or a n extra net return of fourth, fifth a n d sixth series&of 15 c o m m u n i t y meet- 1. S t a n d a r d i z a t i o n of product. binding m a r k e t i n g c o n t r a c t s and to- $33.12. ;e a n d four cents on first, luring , F e b r u a r y , which were 2. F o r m and p a c k a g e desired by day control about 65 p e r cent of the lird classes. well a t t e n d e d despite v e r y se- purchaser. . American production of tobacco. Much to Shippers, weathei* a n d nearly impassable 3. Advertising and extension of T h e s e organization's a r e so Soundly OTSEGO MEMBERS USE iustments, together with . Spea/kers w e r e Dr. E b e n Mum- m a r k e t s . Exteft&ion Lecturer from M. A. 4. Supply all m a r k e t s formed and capably managed that j without they h a v e been able to command the F. B. PRODUCE EXCH. Michigan F a r m Bureau r e a d j u s t m e n t a n d sub- Otsego County Farm Bureau mem- Brands include the Best tion of r a t e s to a n d M. L. Noon of t h e State glutting. financial s u p p o r t n e c e s s a r y to order- , County Agent Kidman, 5. Sell a c c o r d i n g to supply and ly m a r k e t i n g and h a v e raised the bers a r e u s i n g t h e Farm Bureau Pro- varieties of alfalfa, clo- 1 t h e u p p e r p e n i n s u l a of ver, seed g r a i n s a n d "owe, E a t o n County F a r m demand at point of consumption price of tobacco from a point below duce E x c h a n g e at Detroit with good other field a n d g r a s s of t h e m s e l v e s sufficient- results on each shipment. T h e Otsego 0 Michigan freight pay- ;>aign leader, told what rather than a t point of production. t h e cost of production to a price seeds. Their Vitality, itions m e a n to dirt farm- "In o r d e r to m e r c h a n d i s e farm that m e a n s p r o s p e r i t y to producers County Co-operative Association ship- Description and Purity ^rred to a s r e p r e s e n t i n g products t h e g r o w e r s m u s t h a v e a and b e t t e r times for all who do busi- ped a calf for Valentine Mankowski. is g u a r a n t e e d to be as ;a of several t h o u s a n d s type and kind of organization suited ness with t h e m . The P r o d u c e Exchange netted him represented t o the full freight charges, and t h e to t h e peculiar needs of t h e com- $3.24 o v e r t h e b e s t local bid. Another amount of the Purchase of t h e case w h i c h i t is modity to be handled by it. An or- "If these wonderful things a r e true, calf b r o u g h t W a l t e r Swantek $7 above Price. e a t l y modify or com- -TON-MIX ^ E L I M I N A T O R OF ganization well adapted to m a r k e t i n g you may ask, w h y isn't t h e r e more the local price. T h e Produce Ex- 1 t h e zone a d j u s t m e n t is MANY L I V E STOCK grain would not serve a t all for mar- co-operative m a r k e t i n g ? W h y a r e change n e t t e d J. A. N e w m a n $2.59 bet- TROUBLES" geting potatoes or dairy products. not all our g r e a t farm crops mar- ter than t h e local buyers* bid. These "Generally speaking there a r e t h r e e keted through co-operatives? men all h a v e Gaylord, Mich., ad- dresses. Ccrrified Setcd Oafs and Barley y KYchanges Helped m l t i n g to t h e s h i p p e r s main classes of farm products— Steps t o Success. Farm Bureau-Traffic IX-TON-MIX is t h e only t h i n g perishable, semi-perishable and non- "My a n s w e r is t h a t organizing and T h e s e v a r i e t i e s a r e c e r t i 6 e d a f t e r field a n d b i n i n s p e c t i o n o n t h e case a r e l a r g e l y d u o t o ve ever fed t h a t will drive ticks perishable. Each requires a differ- operating a successful co-operative Nothing For Scrubs b a s i s of f r e e d o m f r o m m i x t u r e s , f o u l s e e d s a n d d i s e a s e s . pport a n d co-operation [sheep. F o r t h r e e years I h a v e ent type of organization to care for m a r k e t i n g organization is n o t an W a s h i n g t o n , D. C , March 1.— ( n modify m a r k e t i n g ex- the v a r y i n g problems of grading, easy o r simple m a t t e r . Much tech- der T h r o u g h y e a r s of c o n s t a n t s e l e c t i o n a n d e l i m i n a t i o n of w e a k e r ichigan. At the Public dipped a sheep a n d last y e a r revised regulations, effective processing, storing, financing and dis- nique is involved. It r e q u i r e s t h e March 1, o n appraisement of tuber- strains, they a r e t h e highest yielding in t h e state. i mission hearing last shearer said h e found less ticks my bunch of 40 t h a n my neigh- tributing. T h e technique of these services of competent economists, of E v e n t h o s e w h o p u r c h a s e d s e e d of t h e s e v a r i e t i e s t w o o r m o r e •higan P o t a t o G r o w e r s culosis a n i m a l s and federal p a y m e n t s had on o n e Sheep. O t h e r s can m a t t e r s is a s i m p o r t a n t a s in the . lawyers skilled in co-operative law, y e a r s a g o c a n afford t o p u r c h a s e n e w seed stock a t t h e r e a s o n - iichigan Elevator Ex- by t h e U. S. D e p a r t m e n t of Agricul- organization of a bank, a n insurance of b a n k e r s and t r a i n e d business men. able prices q u o t e d this year. l i g a n Live Stock E x - ve t h e dipping trouble if they ture in t h e eradication of tuberculosis, company, a s t o r e o r a factory. J u s t 1 F a r m e r s m u s t have t h e services of gari Milk P r o d u c e r s A s - e while I j u s t mix a little TIX- no federal i n d e m n i t y will be paid for If y o u a r e g r o w i n g " J u s t O a t s " o r " B a r l e y " y o u c a n n o t afford a s one type of organization will not these specialists if they would s e t up M i c h l g a n ' s co-operativ© N-MIX in m y salt regularly a n d serve t h e s e different businesses so 1 a co-operative m a r k e t i n g association scrub bulls. In t h e case of p u r e bred to miss this opportunity t o m a k e m o n e y on t h e increased yields ts p r o d u c e d w i t n e s s e s 1 the stomach worms and disease one type will n o t d o for wheat, cot- bulls, for which federal indemnity is j that will o p e r a t e successfully. t h e s e v a r i e t i e s will r e t u r n . aued on page 4 ) rms a t the. s a m e time. I h a v e ton, potatoes, apples, dairy products paid u n d e r provision of t h e regula- "In order to be helpful to its mem- Wolverine, W o r t h y Oats t had a sick sheep since I be- and poultry. tions, d e s c r i p t i o n of t h e animals, to- bership and the public, t h e American n feeding TIX-TON. It c e r t a i n l y Co-operative F u n d a m e n t a l s . F a r m Bureau Federation h a s r e c e n t l y gether with t h e registry numbers must be supplied t o t h e appraising officer. 6 t o 2 5 b u s h e l l o t s , $ 1 . 0 0 p e r b u s h e l , f. o . b . L a n s i n g , M i c h i g a n . VATOR EXCH. iminates s h e e p troubles." J. S. lfers, Beach. N. Dak. " T h e r e a r e , however, certain funda- established a d e p a r t m e n t of co-opera- W i s c o n s i n P edigree and Black Barbless Barley 5EAN SITUATION mentals applicable to all, which m a y tive m a r k e t i n g and will m a i n t a i n a "In t h e n a m e of the g r e a t f a r m e r s ' 6 t o 2 5 b u s h e l l o t s , $ 1 . 4 0 p e r b u s h e l , f. o . b . L a n s i n g , M i c h i g a n Charles E. Burtless, t h e l a r g e s t be summarized as follows: staff of experienced co-operative mar- organization which I have t h e honor ndler of feeders in Michigan, 1% b u . j u t e s a c k s e x t r a 1 6 c e a c h ; 1 6 o z . g r a i n b a g s 4 7 c e a c h . n a r k e t tfook a d r o p t h i s 1. Organization m u s t be by t h e keting specialists whose services will best m i n d s of Minnesota a n d t h e fators are today paying ites—"i c a n ' t g e t along without commodity and not by t h e locality. be at the disposal of A m e r i c a n farm- to r e p r e s e n t , I call to this t a s k t h e Seed Corn, Beans, S o y B e a n s , e t c . , should also b e o r d e r e d n o w . X-TON-MIX. i t is t h e best w o r m a b o u t , $7.00 f o r t h e i r T h e r e m u s t be local units to receive, ers, through our State F a r m B u r e a u s , northwest. F a r m e r s themselves m u s t If y o u r L o c a l C o - O p . c a n n o t s u p p l y y o u w i t h p r i c e s e e m s t o be a bstroyer a n d invigorator I have g r a d e a n d ship, but these m u s t be in solving their m a r k e t i n g problems, lead, b u t t h e y m u s t have t h e active t h e s e high yielding, disease free, certified varieties, should net the farmer frev gotten hold of. united to p r e v e n t mass d u m p i n g a n d and in working out and p u t t i n g Into and p r a c t i c a b l e help of all other Write a t once to •rop. We hear a lot TIX-TON-MIX is ethical a n d sold group competition. operation practicable plans of co- classes. W h a t others h a v e done, we $8.00 to t h e farmer a n d nder a g u a r a n t e e by drug, hard- 2. B e t r u l y co-operative a n d not operation. an do. iy be r e a c h e d , b u t w e ware, seed a n d general s t o r e s o r operated for profit of stockholders. Together We Win." " T h e r e s u l t will amply r e p a y for Seec/ Department ^9S^ fit t a k e n n o w on b e a n 3 pnt direct, parcel post prepaid. 3. Be composed of growers only. "In conclusion, let m e r e p e a t t h a t all t h e t i m e and money spent. It ^gretted. 4. Democratic control—one m a n , t h e problems of agriculture a r e t h e will m e a n a stabilized and prosper- one vote. 5. Legally binding contracts with problems of t h e community. Upon ous agriculture, their correct solution d e p e n d s not higher s t a n d a r d s of living, a richer better business, MICHIGAN STATBFARM BUREAU LANSING , MICHIGAN rlook t h e fact • a r e arriving most ev- he po*ts of New Y o r k that (ARSONS C H E M I C A L COMPANY, only t h e welfare of f a r m e r s b u t the culture a n d a m o r e enduring social ' Grand Ledge, Mich. members. icisco, while C a l i f o r n i a 6. Pooling. welfare of all other classes. order." b e a n s in New Y o r k a t ents per h u n d r e d while T s ew Y o r k is 52 to •resent prices on beana t h e f a r m e r b r i n g i n g in ^•^•^^^••B I • • • • • ••BHBBBHI "92* PAGE FOOT MARK! PAGE POUR MICHIGAN FARM BUREAU NEWS As Repor Mar M A R K E T CONDITIONS COUNTY LEADERS What the Legislature is Doing SEED As Reported By State Farm Bureau Marketing Departments ENDORSE WORK As Reported bj the State Farm Bureau's Observer By Farm Bureau Sere OF STATE FABM BUREAU WHEN The gasoline tax and the state high- for proper labeling of seed as to purity I flow. Business should do some bet- VISITING DELEGATES and the defeated resolution pn lca r ^ RED CLOVER. SEED ter. REPORT way policy continue to be leading and germination and giving officials the table. * <* i Markets continue inac Continued cold weather and snow BYE I issues. of the State Department of Agricul- The Southern Michigan County While all sorts of reduced gasoline ture authority to seize and hold seed Buck Law Not Changed early as yet 'to form an < is still delaying the demand for seed. There is no rye business for ex- Rep. Henze's bill to declare am • ion as to the volume of t Farm Bureau Presidents and Secre- tax and increased license . fee com- not complying with the law. There is a good inquiry from the eas- port. Russia selling rye to Continen- taries Ass'n. of Kalamazoo, Calhoun, i promises were brewing, the General season on deer every a l t e r n a t e M is to come for springsov tern states where the main demand tal Europe at a cheaper price than we The bill under consideration would ever, all indications point Jackson, Lenawee, Hillsdale, and Taxation Committee of the House took was defeated on final passage JH should come from but they are back- can. Rye is too cheap. set up standard specifications and re- House by a vote of 19 yeas anV™ rn trade which has Branch counties held their February the bit in its teeth and, reported out quire labeling to show degree of n(1 supplied to a consid ward about laying in additional large CORN meeting at Jackson, Feb. 21. They the Warner two-cent gas tax bill after nays. * 3i purity, per cent of germination and tent with foreign clovei supplies until the farmer demand be- Corn markets if anything look discussed the work of the State Farm changing somewhat the manner of Local option for townshpis i n , the source or origin of the seed. The continue, to be reported f comes more active. weaker. Some feeders say it looks Bureau and their county bureaus and collecting the tax. bill, if enacted, would control those terminmg liability for livestock • XI more and New York in a More seed is being offered from like, with hog prices going down, the problems confronting Farm Bu- pass when lands are unfenced s ? | Shipments from mid< Highway Program Big Issue. who are dumping unadapted, impure, the country and prices have ruled they had better sell the corn and not reau work, especially the Second mem- vided m a bill introduced by i f the east are practically en Meanwhile, the Senate Highway er dead seed upon Michigan markets. lower. Apparently the dealers are feed it. bership campaign. President Ralph Present Law Lax. Lloyd S. Little of Tawas City ^ up by embargoes laid down Committee has reported out a husky heavy snow fall in easten' willing only to buy country lots of OATS Arbogast of the Branch County Farm Sen. George M. fcondon of bet highway appropriation bill. Decks State officials say that the present Toledo market closed Fe. seed at a bargain until they sell more Still the cheapest grain. With a Bureau invited the association to hold mtroduced a bill to make B a l l are being cleared for action on these seed law is bunglesome. It provides at $13.30. of their present supplies. good spot demand for them they its May meeting at Coldwater. The standard time the legal time in Mi * j two important measures. no means for quick handling of bad icjj ALSIKE. should do better. invitation was accepted. The follow- Jan. The Michigan state Last week passed in Tole The market on Alsike, Timothy, ing resolution was adopted, with in- Rep. Robert Wardell, of Detroit, ap- seed. Under the present law such Bureau opposes ths bill Fa] Alfalfa, Sweet Clover, etc. is con- BEANS pears slightly suspicious of the State cases have been drawn out over six any trade reported, accord port from a reliable source ther states there does not be any demand, although th trolled by the same conditions. The market on beans for the past two weeks remains unchanged with the trade buying in very small structions that it be published in the Michigan Farm Bureau News: The Resolution. I Highway Department. In fact, Rep. I Wardell declares that he has some facts to back up his demand for a months before settlement. The pro- posed law would include ' a "seizure clause," such as provided in the Pure Dead Logs To Be Revived.^^MI Sen. Orville E. Atwood of N e w l i wants a law enacted which villlfl I ferecf at is $3.00 under r GRAIN MARKETS quantities. On the other hand ele- Whereas, At a meeting of the Presi- legislative investigation of the State's Food law, so that the seed which is clare all dead logs in the rivers eM WHEAT vators in the state continue to hold dents and Secretaries of the counties streams of the state public proper] Stocks in the country mus road building activities. much below standard could be seized, er large although no termir Wheat market still remains a their beans, refusing to sell under of Kalamazoo, Calhoun, Jackson, Lena- Years ago when the upper part I Investigations Popular pending settlement of the case, and seems to have any great vo puzzle. It has stayed within a very $8.00 which is about 15 cents under wee, Hillsdale and Branch, and a com- Michigan was being logged off, tho| Another legislative investigation is not be distributed and planted as TIMOTHY. today's market. It is going to be mittee of two consisting of Ralph sands of big logs sunk in streams ai narrow range for three months. Vis- proposed by Rep.'Patrick O'Brien of at present. Stock in terminal marke difficult to advance the market un- Arbogast, of Branch county and Dr. lakes and it is known that there • ible supplies increasing daily. Mill- Iron River in the House and Sen. More State Control Asked. much less than in recent ye. Nichols of Hillsdale county were some valuable timber to be raised m some timothy has gone for t ers complaining about the slow flour less the demand materially increases. James M. Wilcox of Calumet in the Other bills by Sen. Leland would elected to ascertain conditions at the someone if legal right to do s o l amount has not reached ; Senate. These upper peninsula law- give the State control over slaughter State Farm Bureau in Lansing; and granted, as provided in this bill, J ] proportion. Holders are exp Attack on Zoning Farmers Get Busy Whereas, This committee after care- makers suggest that the Legislature houses and cider and vinegar fac- matters now stand no one has a rig) spring demand to be good C look into the advisability of erecting tories. The abattoir bill requires the work higher when the tra System Nears End On Rail Problems fully going into details of each de- another state prison in Keweenaw licensing of all slaughter houses in to remove the logs. • However, it is a question o (Continued from page 1) (Continued from page one) partment as far as possible in the Rep. Denias Dawe, of Monroe, QM county on the peninsula which runs the state and provides sanitary The situation on alfalfa, traffic attorneys in the state, to repre- period allowed, found most of them to of the five Democratic members < Hit Zone System. way out into Lake Superior. Not regulations for their operation. The etc., is unchanged sinc< sent the bureau at all State and Fed- be well managed, and apparently be- the House, introduced a bill to eifeaj The big point at issue in the Michi- only would the erection of a prison vinegar bill fixes standards for the report in these columns. eral railroad commission hearings in ing conducted on a profitable basis, the aid given dependent children u; gan case will be the attempt to abol- on this point prevent escape, it is production of cider vinegar for com- which the Farm Bureau is interested. having in mind always the interests mercial purposes, and provides for der the mother's pension act, t ] ish the zoning system, and give Mich- pointed out by those who are advo- Mr. Ewing recently conducted the of the members of the Farm Bureau, the licensing of cider mills and vine- cases where the father is afflict< igan one rate, instead of four differ- cating the erection of a new prison GRAIN MARK Michigan Traffic League's case before Therefore Be It Resolved, That the at that place, but it is also declared gar factories. with tuberculosis. ent rates, depending upon the zone in the Michigan Public Utilities Commis- above-me»tioned Presidents and Secre- that prisoners could crush rocks that A bill by Sen. Walter J. Hayes, i By Mich. Elevator Bxc which the rate is applied. The resolution providing for re- sion and representatives of the Inter- taries, and those of the counties of would make the best material to be Detroit, would appropriate $10>o As the hearing about to be conclud- submitting to the voters the "port state Commerce Commission. The Barry, Van Buren and St. Joseph at secured for highway construction. each for two years to be used i OATS ed is being held in connection with an district" constitution amendment, de- {State Farm Bureau intervened in this their meeting in Kalamazoo, Mich., the state agriculture department, m We still believe oats are examiner from the Interstate Com- Rep. Oscar Braman of Kent County feated at the polls last fall, has case and through Mr. Ewing presented held on January 3rd, 1923, do hereby the State fair. Of this amount $25,(1 although the demand is c merce Commission it may be some has presented a bill to abolish the finally passed both branches of the the most powerful and complete agri- reiterate their faith in the present is for operating expenses and $75,] should do hotter wihin time before a decision in the points at State Department of Public Safety, Legislature. Another old friend, the thirty or sixtv davs. cultural testimony that has ever been management of the State Farm Bu- for premiums. issue is reached.—Kalamazoo Gazette, which includes the State Police. "excess condemnation" constitutional WHEAT. presented in behalf of agriculture at reau, and pledge their whole-hearted While various proposals looking May 25, 1923. Strict Seed Law Proposed. amendment, which was also defeated Still in an uncertain po. a Michigan hearing. Forty able co-operative support; ward an early adjournment of t Extension of the powers of the at the last general election, and which have, more wheat in th farmer witnesses and their repre- Be It Further Resolved, That the Legislature have been suggest*] States than we will consm State Department of Agriculture is Rep. Culver of Detroit is seeking to sentatives testified. Twenty-seven out recommendation of the committee as there is little probability that the la State Would Cut of 50 sets of traffic statistics present- to the # Publicity Department, and provided in three bills introduced by revive, lacked six of the required 67 makers can wind up their activiti Senator George Leland of Fennville, votes necessary for the two-thirds ma- Out Freight Zones ed by the manufacturers, city ship- Elevator Exchange be adopted, and a before the middle of April or tl_ Farm Acco By Ray 15. .Johnson (Free Press Staff Correspondent.) pers and farmers were agricultural statistics.—From Michigan County copy of these resolutions be sent to C. L. Brody. Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture. His first measure is a comprehen- jority required to pass a constitutional amendment in the House. The propo- sition is not quite dead, however, for first of May. Most of the im porta] issues are yet to be settled. N< bills appear daily and work is pili Lansing, Mich., June 7.—The State Farm Bureau Bulletins for June, 1922. (Signed) sive and detailed seed law, providing the fatal vote was later reconsidered Public Utilities Commission, Wednes- RALPH ARBOGAST, up. DR. A. Z. NICHOLS. day, directed a communication to the Farm Bureau Helps FARMER SHOULD HAVE Binder Twine Sales County Agent Wm. F Bton of Wexford County boys and girls thinking Interstate Commerce Commission, ask- ing for a conference to working out a plan by which freight rate zones Keep Trains Running Lansing, Mich., Aug. 7.—Work of THREE COUNTIES ACCOUNTING SYSTEM CARRIES FORD Near 2,000,000 LbJ farm problems. Under 1 ership nine consolidated have been giving cou now in effect in Michigan can be elimi- the State Farm Bureau in the ship- nated. The Interstate Commission is pers' fight to prevent the Pere Mar- asked to set a date for the conference quette from abandoning its Big HAVE CAMPAIGN Records of Farm Business End Guess Work and Guard OFFER IN POCKET Michigan State Farm Bureau of binder twine to local co-operatij Future associations for our membership al practical farm accountir before July 1.—Detroit Free Press, Rapids-White Cloud and Freport ACTION OF CONGRESSMAN The fundamental truths of farm pro- now close to 2,000,000 lbs. HembeB students kept records a June 8, 1922.— branches and the sending of a Farm HUNDREDS OF FARM BUREAU BLOCKS VOTE ON MUS- duction are brought out by accounts should get their orders in early mitted reports on the Bureau attorney to Washington to MEN HELP IN REORGAN- CLE SHOALS. and records, which provide a system- the best service. The Farm Bureau I operations and proble fight the case before the Interstate IZATION WORK Washington, March 8.—Henry Ford's handling Michigan twine, the best their home farms. WHY ZONES HURT Commerce Commission were features Wayne, Monroe and Washtenaw atic history of the farm business. Only offer to lease the government nitrate Michigan conditions. We submit herewith t Because of Michigan's freight rate of a battle won by the shippers. The counties are now engaged in second in this way can the farmer be sure of plant at Muscle Shoals, Ala., complete ning report made by Mi zoning system, it costs Farm Bureau railroad has been denied permission his ground in planning for the future the dam and operate the nitrate plants * Farm Bureau membership cam- otby M. Smith of Mant members at Reed City $14 more for to abandon the branches. The Farm —in determining upon the amount and in the manufacture of fertilizer, is in pi the accounts on •re. Miss Smith's vict each carload of stock feed shipped in Bureau and local shippers proved to from Peoria, 111., than it does for ship- the satisfaction of the I. C. C. that ment from the same point to Bay the railroads were necessary in that paigns. Work has been going on in Washtenaw Comity since the 12th of February and Monroe County is just kind of livestock to be raised, the class of crops to be grown, etc. A the pocket of Philip P. Campbell of Kansas, chairman of the House Rules GARDEN M l titled her to a free finishing up a county-wide campaign. system of records eliminates guess Committee. Our Association is co-opera'' Farmers' Week at M. A. City, Mich., although the mileage to region, that the agricultural country work in farming and provides the only Mr. Campbell has been accused of tive. We market the products Bay City is 30 miles less. Farmers was increasingly prosperous and that March 13th Wayne County opens its STORY OF MY ACCOUJ campaign. March 12th Wayne Coun- safe basis for figuring on the general wilfully holding up the Ford offer and of our members, who are market pay this extra cost and that is one too much operation costs had been operations. not permitting the Committee on l*y Dorothy M. Sin ty's committee of volunteer workers gardners, greenhouse men, and way that they feel the zoning system. charged up to the local lines.—Michi- Farm account books are generally Rules, of which he is chairman, to "The benefits to be der and their wives had an all day meet- fruit men, -and furnish their gan Weekly Newspapers, week of Aug. accepted as the best method for keep- vote out the offer so that the House seeds, and other supplies. We farm accounting are man ing at the Wayne Methodist" Church 7, 1922. ing farm records, and are being used could take action upon it. When also distribute grass and field business farmer in the Uni Start Testing Ass'n. gymnasium at Dearborn where Secre- by increasing hundreds of Michigan's asked by Representative Bankhead, seeds for the Michigan State| could testify that his bush Hillsdale, March 8.—Hillsdale Coun- tary Brody and Mr. W. W. Billings, out a strict method of i ty organized a cow testing association Joins Live Stock Exch. who is in charge of the membership most successful farmers. Such books of Alabama, why he had not pre- Farm Bureau in Western Mich- can be obtained from county agricul- sented the resolution, Mr. Campbell igan. —. Avould be no business. at Pittsford, March 8. There is a The Middleville Co-operative Asso- men, spoke to the Wayne workers, tural agents or from the M. A. C. Ex- said he would answer that at the "I will point out a few f; strong demand for the work and other ciation voted to join the Michigan who will serve as drivers during the Our only excuse for existence! tension Division at East Lansing at proper time and that he was repre- from my book. associations will probably be organ- Live Stock Exchange at its fifth an- Wayne campaign. is the service we give. Can we| cost,—fifteen cents for one and twen- senting "the responsible majority of Number of hens 50. ized. The association was organized nual meeting at Middleville, March 1. Membership work in the above the House." serve you? We want your gar- Monthly averages for ty-ifive cents for another. by County Agricultural Agent Wein- The reports showed the association counties will continue until the first Believing, with the majority of the den seed orders. Market gard- as follows: berg of the Hillsdale County Farm Bu- in good financial condition and gain- of April. About the first week in House, that Mr. Campbell's action in ners demand the best seeds. So Jan.; 1.54 eggs: Feb., 2.1 fi.n;; /April, 14; May, 16; 12.5; Aug., 11; Sept reau and Mr. Wells, dairy extension ing membership and business. Henry April the Kent County Farm Bureau specialist from M. A. C. Finkbeiner, A. Wieringa, F. D. Pratt, will start its second membership Howard Smith, Steven Carter, John campaign. Kent County is planning SEEK TON UTTER pocketing Ford's offer was against the wishes of the House, Representative should you. Our catalog gives much valuable Information, cost us two bits, but costs y{w Fish of New York, offered a resolu- 4; Nov., 1; Dec, .6. "During the months of A Oct., Nov., Dec, Jn., I Co-op. Mgr. Sensiba and W. H. Johnson were re- a committee of 200 drivers and elected directors. workers to carry on its campaign IN SIX MONTHS tion proposing the appointment of a committee "to revise, clarify and lib- nothing. Write for it. March the egg production Grain m a n of considerable ex- on the plan originated by Eaton East Lansing, March 8.—A ton for eralize the rules of the House so as to enable a majority of the House to THE GRAND RAPW BABY CHICKS County and since used by Wash- low. During the above elg perience available as Mgr. of tenaw, Monroe and Wayne counties. a single litter of pigs within six consider proposed legislation and to GROWERS ASS'N. the 50 hens produced 986 e Farmers Co-op. Elevator—Can Remarkable for SIZE and STRENGTH. months of the time the pigs are born, establish a system of rules by which L. F . JONES,] average Of IP.7 eggs poj furnish best of references. Box Reasonably Priced. is the aim of Michigan swine raisers the House will again be placed in con- Mgr. Seed Deparlpneat In other words each hen P. D . Mich. Farm Bureau News, LEGHORNS, ANCONAS, ROCKS, UEDS, j WAYNE COUNTY HOLDS in the "Michigan Ton Litter Club" trol of its own procedure." GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. one egg every 12.2 days, 2 2 1 N. Cedar St., Lansing, WYANDOTTES, ORPINGTONS, MIN- contest, which started March 1. Cor. Wealthy Street *^»d Io«fyJ ing this period are woi Mich. ORCAS, .SPANISH and BRA MM AS. ITS ANNUAL MEETING The contest is being handled by Later the committee refused by a Avenue, S. W \ The annual meeting of the Wayne vote of 9 to 6 to permit the House to $0.04. Therefore, each hi TYRONE POULTRY FARM Michigan swine breeders associations County Farm Bureau was held at vote on Ford's offer. low average for the 240 d* Fentun, Michigan and the animal husbandry department j in about $0.S0. Her cos Romulus, March 3rd with 125 pres- at the Michigan Agricultural College, j keep averages approxima ent. A board of directors of 12 mem- It is open to every farmer in the for the same time. This bers was elected for one year. These state, provided he follows out the pre- j profit of $0.20 for each hi directors were nominated by the peo- scribed rules of enrollment, marking, this period of high prices FERTILIZER ple in their respective townships inspection, etc., required in the com- MR. FARMER! egg production. Recommends Cullii and were voted in by the delegates in petition. the same manner that the commodity E It is quite evident that t •I the flock was gettin representatives on the State Farm Bureau Board are elected. The di- Owners of all litters which reach a ton weight at six months of age will be awarded certificates in the con- Mr. Dealer Mr. Jobber ride, while a few hens we the work. This flock has m Get Farm Bureau Goods This Spring rectors are as follows: Nelson test, while prizes will be given in Rogers, Van Buren Twp.; George different weight classes that reach culled and I believe tl Smith, Canton; \V. E. Van Vlear, 1,600 pounds or more. / elimination would not affe Nankin; A. F. Klages, Romulus; "Large litters are essential for eco- production and lower th The Farm Bureau is handling International Brand John Galloway, Taylor; James H. nomical production," says V. A. Free- IT THE cost 50% which would a McKenney, Sumpter; John Ferstle, a net profit of $0.50 lnstea Fertilizers, the best on the market, These goods have Jr., Brownstown; George J. Wolf, man, extension specialist at M. A. C. Is PRICE and state leader of the ton-litter clubs. for each hen. This is a been mixed for several months. This gives them I Huron; Levi Clemens, Livonia; Syl- "Good feeding mixtures and the use i vester Shear, Redford; Mrs. Maud of minerals and good pasture, along THE IS high prices and I feel th also the time that egg \ plenty of time to cure and assures first class mechan- Bennett, Plymouth, and Floyd with feeding for rapid gains, make for BEST RIGHT should be given a great de Northrup, Northville Twp. ration." ical condition. economy of production. Parasites and The speakers were Dr. Eben Mum- insanitary conditions work against In commenting on the ford; Mr. M. L. Noon, Vice-President, economy. These are the things which her dairy operations, M Shipped from Buffalo. Our past experience assures Michigan State Farm Bureau; Miss the ton-litter contest will bring out writes. "The cows show i Muriel Hopkins, Nutrition Specialist, and emphasize." though a decreased invent< us prompt service. M. A. C. and Miss Barbara Van Heul- Enrollments should be sent in at gives a misconception regs en, Ass't. State leader, Boys' and once to Mr. Freeman at the College. Are you r e m e m b e r i n g in purchasing your binder twine true worth of the cows, brings out the fact that We guarantee mechanical condition and chemical Girls" Clubs. They cannot be received after April 1. t h a t you have a factory of your own a t J a c k s o n ? Detailed instructions and information Is radically wrong with the analysis. GOOD PRICES PAID FOR on the contest will be sent out by It is m a k i n g the best twine t h a t can be placed on t h e of this farm. It could I the college extension division on re- m a r k e t and .has a m i x t u r e of fiber this y e a r . Manila is things. It might 1 Ask your co-op for Farm Bureau fertilizer. Place BRED EWES AND SOWS quest. . Clyde Godfrey of Jonesville, Mich., added t o t h e sisal to give e x t r a s t r e n g t h . should be dou for another j your order early. realized an average of $44.90 on 30 < LASSIFIEO ADS. The S t a t e F a r m Bureau and o t h e r organizations and Duroc bred sows at his sale February dealers of t h e s t a t e a r e in position t o handle your t w i n e . Better Ration Need 21st. The offering was Colonel and Pure Brett Duroc Jersey Hogs Fall boar* and sow* aired ky jrandsoa of If t h e y do not, w r i t e direct for prices as w e want you t o ' F o r instance in the Orion Cherry King and was a yery Pathfinder. — (». E. Harrington, Martin. Jan. 1922, the three cow* creditable lot of sows. The top sow Mich. 2t use your own twine as we m a k e 14,000,000 lbs. m o r e t h a n calf received 1200 lbs. of the sale was by Jackson's Colonel FOK BALE 100 lbs. of fodder an Michigan can use. Walt out of Fancy Orion King dam. Pair Chestnut Percheron mares. 7 years iin (C9TO). Supposin • I to tbt the MICHIGAN STATE FARM BUREAU Albert LeFever of Jonesville got her old. Weight 3000 lbs. Sound. This is a well matched and first class team Price the daily ratio Purchasing Dept. Lansing, Mich. a> #63.00. In addition to the hogs, Mr. God- $400. A. J. Hefferan, Ada. Mich. DUROC JERSEY FALL HOARS frey sold 33 bred Shropshire ewes Ready for service. $30 each. One sow Michigan State Prison bred for June 21 farrow, at $40. Good •HARRY L. H U L B E R T , Warden which aveYaged $21.50 each. Rogers breeding and satisfaction guaranteed. Brothers of Addison had a consign- Rush Bres., OaJtwood Farm, Romeo, ment of 10 ewes. Mich.