Vol. XXVIII, No. 11 SATURDAY, . NOVEMBER 4, 1950 28th Year Published Monthly __ EDITORIA_L~IFarmBureau Calls-31st Annual Meeting Your Vote Is Your Voice Congress is not in session now, which means that Brandon' ""at I , . H()W II~DUT IT NEI(jH~~! tTH8S IS NO TIME +Delegales Will Have Many the vast and sensi~ive grapevine sections of the country directly running from all into Capitol Hill Rile 0 a II Meel TO STAND ALONe". '1 Problems to Consider is temporarily shut off. But there is no doubt, says Gordon Allen of the A 1 MSC Nov. 8 Farm Questions Raised by National Defense American Farm Bureau at Washington', about the Larry Brandon, vice-president in Pr~gram Will be Discussed; Delegates country's grave concern over many' things. The charge of membership building fo.. Watch 'Labor in this Election the, Indiana Farm Bureau, will world situation, mounting taxes, the threat of infla- speak to county and state Farm Bureau people who have a part in The 31st annual meeting of the Michigan Farm Bureau tion and the uncertainty of the duration and extent the state-wide membership cam- at Michigan State College Nov. 9 and 10 will have the of it all. paign that starts December 4. results of the national and state elections to consider.' Not in years, according to the Washington ob- This will be done as the Michigan Farm Bureau pro- servers who consider themselves good at gauging gram is drawn for 1951 and as resolutions on national the public pulse, have American people been so policy are prepared for the American Farm Bureau con- ~ognizant as now of their national government and vention in December. the vital part it plays in their every-day lives. Perhaps the outstanding influence to come from the They realize that the White. House, Congress national elections will be the result of the election in and the myriad of agencies handling important and Ohio. There the American Federation of Labor, the far-reaching matters are just as local in impact as CIO, and the United Mine Workers have put. everything are their own court houses or Main streets. into a campaign to defeat Senator Taft because of t~e As never before, all Americans must concern T aft-Hartley law. The outcome of this struggle may themselves with public policy on a national level be a major victory or a major defeat for organized labor as; well as local. They must place the destiny of . their country in the hands of competent and con- scientious public servants who truly represent the THE' FARM BUREAU ~IS in its effort to get control of-Congress. y,ngress will be influenced greatly by the results of the Taft campaign. will of the people. The American Farm Bureau Federation and the LARRY BRANDON Mr. Brandon will speak to the 'RolI CalI workers conferenc-a at FIGHllNG .Your BATTLE. • I Farm National questions to' be considered by the Michigan Bureau convention will include the organization" 5 I attitude on taxes, rationing, price and wage- controls as the Michigan State College music state Farm Bureaus have been taking a leading role auditorium Wednesday evening. for f air 'p r ice s, fa i r Law san d AS" uare D e a , \ an~i-inflation measures; draft or universal military tr~!n- in attempting to get all citizens-.:.ci~y folks as well Novem bel' 8. Every roll. caIJ work- er is invited to attend. FARM SURE!'U - A FARMERS" FORCE 'TO FACE THE '50s : ing; and the kind of a national farm program to assist as farmers-to. take a hand in government. Not Indiana has built its member~hip Iwith the national defense. " only must they vote as their conscience dictates, In the Farm Bureau to more than but they must maintain interest in the way their 86,000 farm families, They use the same kind of a membership cam- I of Matters of state interest will include the financial needs our highway system and, where to get the money. chosen public officials handle their jobs. paign. as we use in Micbigan: Up I There was strong sentiment in the legislature for the AFBF and the state Farm Bureaus have en- .0 several hundred volunteer work- ers in each county caIJ on all farm- The Roll Culljor Nlembership Will Start Dec. 4 I ; Farm Bureau program to increase the gasoline tax, but ,ers in a one week campaign' and "' gaged in the ..get-out-the-vote" drive. They have who was oppos-ed to Burr. persuall- not told folks who to vote for. The important invite them to membership in the Farm Bureau. Indiana Farm BII- reau enables its membel'S to carry Many Times ed another Congressman to change his vote to .Jefferson. F. B. Services I n~thing came of it. I from the Governor's' This was due largely t~ opposition office. Ann'l Meeting I thing is that we all vote for the candidates we indi- on the same kind of a legislative In the election fa I' President in The state Farm Bureau board of directors is expected vidually think are best qualified for their important jobs. ilrogram, co-operative farm su\l- pIles sel'vice, and insuI'ance pro- One Vote 1876 Samuel B. Tiiden and Ruther- fm-d R. Hayes the result was in ~<:-~ doubt IJ.acause of contested vo~es In : to recommend that .the delegates authorize the F~rm ,;ram that we do in Michigan. Date Nov. 28 I Bureau to sponsor a life insurance company for Farm I . In this strictly non-partisan effort to .get people to vote, Farm ~ureau believes that the result will be Cal'l BUflkirk. president Michigan Farm Bureau, will pre- of the Has Decided the. ~Iectoral coIlege. commission mimed to decidethtl A special problem decided by a single vote Bureau members. what we all desire-a legion of public officials from side. State and county leaders ill .he coming roll call wiIl contribute The vote you cast November 'j that Hayes was elected by one is most important. It could be the electoral vote. StockholdCl's who a re planning to attend' the special. annual meeting The 31st annual meeting will be attended by 419 ~o the program_ of Farm Bureau Ser~ices. Inc. at voting deleg:tes who will represent the membership of deciding vote. It has happen~d :'¥Iany proposals have become law the pighest to the lowest levels in which we can all often in our history that questions in Congress by the ll1~rgln of a the Reo Cluh House in Lansing. No- vember 28.' wlll learn that their 41,921 families in 62 County Farm Bureaus. Ail mem- pl~ce full confidence. Farm Bureau has placed of great importance have turno:!u single vote .. One of them was the emphasis on the non-partisan aspect of its drive. It Petroleum' Co-op on a singh~ vote. Yet three out of five voters fail , I draft act preceding World War !1. eo-operative organization enced the largest business operation' experi- bers are invited to attend the convention. fn its history. President Carl Buskirk will preside. Clark L. Br E. BUSKIRK _ CLARK D. BRODY DU .. f. n. Glf/(fS7'fANIWN Producers Federation. Secretary, Michigan Farm Bureau will be discussed for the state-wide membership campaign Watch your health or take your American Farm Rureau President Michigan Farm Bureau Unil'er.~ity of Minne.~ota - Buy Farm Bureau Seeds. medicine.-Charles T. Grant. Th ur.~d(/y Jtfternooll Thursday Morning Thursday Morning 'I'llul ..~dav Evening the week of Dec. 4. - Farm Bureau, A Force to Face the Fifties !"":" ", SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1950 TWO .M Ie H I G A N FARM NEWS If i"~--\ Higher wages, higher raw materi- TA K E I T EASY. No mli;s, 'no the new program will become more imp a l' tan 1. Businessmen hav~ al costs. and a stronger demand fuss, when you order Farm, eore , probably means higher prices. au ~A~""-""le"'IG"~,s rM M~NEw. Established .1anuary I!. 19!3 Michigan Farm. Bureau changed their plans and are now ex- pected to spenl~ more for plants and equipment than they had in. particularly modities . for Indu'strial com. bulk your fertilizer meadows custom and spre~ .d...... ) ,L; pasture ... 10. ..~9 •. S on) e~ your nearest Farm Bureau) d I OFi'ICERS tendell earlier. Another round of . ea er Entered a>t second class matter .Ian. 12. IU3 at the postofflce Charlotte. of :.\larch )lIchlgan. 3, 1:;;9. under the Act at Presldent Vlce-Pre". Exec. Sec.y c. E. Buskirk,' Paw Paw J. F:. Treiber, DISTRICT DIRECTORS C. L. Brody. Lansing Unionville wage increases is under way . Buy Farm Bureau Seeds. f_o_r_prlces•• -, 'liAdl.(, , PUblb'he<1 monthly, first Satur- I-Russell E. Hazel.. ..Rlchland. R-) Election 111essage 'Rural '~ele-news day. by llichigan ),'arm BUn!au at 2-R1aque Knlrk Quincy R-) :Jr,!. It" publlMltlon offiN> at 114 E. 1..ov- 3-C/yde Br ..lnlng ypsllantl. n. t 4-A. Sh ..llenLarger L. Od ..s"a. R-t :'-1'):, t tt St., Charlottt!, :.\lIchigan. 5-)[art ..n Garn Cha ..lolle. H-;; This great amI glorious land of ours. the good old U.S.A. !\. 1~1 G-\\'ard G. Hodge Snover, R-t FAllorl.1 :-;'orth Cedar and general offices. %21 St .• Lansing, Michl- ;-Harry :-;'orrls Ca"novla Is on the critic's sizzling pan al'OSS the world today :l: .'. ran. ~t Office Box 9~O. Tele- 8-H. J.~. Frahm. Frankenmuth, R-) In fact it somellmes seems to me the Ship of State Is steered I ~ne. 1-'n~lng !l-!a. Extension S. !l-Sidney 1I0dgson Cadillac. R-t :\'ot as the founding fathers Illanued but as their critics feared. )t}-Arthur Behnlng Os"inek ... H-t ';r - l"end notices nnd ..Uverable on Form M'iS and copies returned under DIRECTORS AT LARGE That may be true, or luaybe not. but this we surely know: Xo chan~e for ~ood will come to pass unless we will it so. $480 TELEPHONES-Last year, the aVE?rage~ V; J.o'nrm 35;9 10 :'\Ilchigan Farm :-;'ews Carl F.. Busklrk Paw Paw, R-2 cost of new plant and equipment for each tele-' .• editorIal of tic ... P. O. Box 960, Lan- "'Ill':. lIlchlpn. "'alter "'l('h tman Jesse E. Trelber Fennville, R-I l.oionvllle. H-t In Eastern Germany. we heal'. elections held of late phone added was $480. More telephones are, T Einar Unllren . Editor Representing Unanimously vindicate Joe Stalin's style of state. going in all the time, So a lot mOre dollar~ are il t Holrold Weinm"n. __ Associate Editor PURPOSE of .FARM WOMEN OF FARM BUREAU Of course there wel'e a few police. a goon squad here and there needed to continue Michigan Bell's r~al con- BUREAU :.\11'8.H. 1\'hittaker ......~[etamora. R-t To regulate and keel) things straight and'inake it fair aild square struction program. This money comes from in- l"ub"crlpUon: %5 cents a )'ear. The purpose of this Associa. tion shall be the advancem~t Representing So ninety-nine per cent said "yes" and no one votell "no" Llmltt'Ul)S: \Vomen of the World. She presided at the convention those that chiefly aftect yieln;; pe,' coriiiriues at record levels. Prices Both the "Independents" and Michigan Bell have of that organization at Copenhagen, Denmark this fall. acre. and those that mainly i.lflu. in farm. markets wholes3.Je are generally and climbin~ retail al. as thei.r goai more and better rural telephone c. Ence the labor used pE'r acre. This service, though. the pace has slowed down I is not a clear.c\~t distinct,ion. how- and they should have some tun to- sin~e. July ... COlnmlmity gether. Here and There. Retiring secr~- ~\'er. as crop yields qnirements of the reduction are interrelated. and lauor !'(. In man.hour;; Part of The prospect few months is that will.bring .the next more of the MICHIGAN BELL TELEPHO"E COMPANY tary ~Irs. :Margaret Noble, of the same. ~Iilitary expenditures under Farm Bllreall Clinton Group submitted nual report County \Vatertown the following which we think worthy Center an- labor offset per acre of CI'OpS has lJE'en hy the increase For some crops. such as pota~oe;;. In yielu:;. the increase in yields has bee'n so For November of puhlication: year; "Eleven meetings membership were held this 41; average at- great. that more man-hours quired per acre than formerly. al'l) reo But tor most crop!! the lahor used llas tendance 23; visitors 54; 4 menl- bone down despite the hip;ber Deon Community Farm h0rs missed only one meeting. An- yield. Bureau ~Iemhers: other member mlsse_d only twice. \Ye have heen swamped with One member. an officer, waS able mail otricers due to the elecll~n in the nearly 'of new 1.000 com. to corne every time. ers: ~Iiss Algoe. Douglas Gile-ilt'speak. Candler F. 11. Services Aimoal -our township sUl>'2rvisor, and 111'. m'Inity groups ~tat •.. .-\Iso. because Ol'ganized of the fact in '.he Stuart. who talked on Blue Cross. ~Ieeling Daie Nov. 28 «('ontinu ..d f..om 'Pa~e One) that the winners of the Certificate Our main project this year. which of ~Ierit for a 100% Community we completed. was the oiling of mixed fertilizers and shipped 5.954 Farm Bureau activities for the la3t farm frontage on local gravel tons of superphosphate during the fi.cal 'year were reported in the roads. This service was made ayail- year. The acidulating plant for the space last month. it puts us two able to our group members on year produced better than 25.000 montbs behind in this article. gravel roads and to others on tons of superphosphate. 20.000 oi adjacent farms who requested it. which were used in the mixed Theref'Jre. we will announce Au- Our group sent a resolution to the goods. The combined operations of gu! big for any registration: ing will begin at 9: 00 a.m. with the above the record that we had last man to handle alone. The farm ye~r. During the month of Octoher. .-\lI-egan. ~Iartin; Emmet, Top.O- business promptly session at 10:00 a.m. scheduled to start Other re- business of the fIiture depends ' find MiclJigan s PfiJsperity i 3:?:j additional set-up sheets were ~Iichigan; Huron, Central Brook- tremendous.!y on what happens at ports will be made by officers and Ir~RNING: The first year Canada allowed substitutes to be colored received ~heels making for community which is approximately a total of set.np groups 100 groups 8G9 field. Kalamazoo. Eyart, "erona. West and Oshtemo; Leroy'; \Vest Presque Huron; Osceola, S. E. Isle. diYi:;ion and department [1-:! progress made hy the organiza- heads as to \Vashington ahd agriculture groups. where Industry. work as organized labor I yellow in imitation of BUTTER cost Dairy Farmers there 50 MILLION DOLLARS. That can happen ill. Michigan. , • where 600,000 people de- .Ion. greater this year than for the sam~ Case and Swan Rlyer; and \Vashtc- Every farmer has need for mem-I pend on Dairying for their livelihood, • , with an investment TWICE One of the highlights of the year- period last )'ear. During this period naw. S. W. Ypsilanti. bership in the Farm Bureau. whicll ,THAT OF THE ENTIRE WORLD OPERATIONS OF THE FORD MOTOR ly meeting will be an address by there .....ere 3 new groups organized STAR AWARDS now speaks at \Vashington for COMPANY! Reduce Michigan's incom,: by many milli~ns of dollars Dr. Kenneth ~lcFarland. superin- which are as follows: For the Month of August fann families in 45 states. and }"ou depress the market for a/~ kinds of iUichigan goods, • , besides tendent of public schools at Topeka. DISTRICT 5: Eilton-Fast, ~In'. Gold Star - Levering. Emmet, Kansas, at the annual hanquet. ~r. "Farmers elect the members of irreparably damaging Michigan'~ soil and agriculture. Amos Haigh, Secretary. ~Irs. Evelyn Oslund. Secretary., • :\-lcFarland is nationally known for Congress-the legislative bran('h. Silver Star-North Stitr. Gratiot, But they should remember that line. tary. DISTHICT :o.lrs. Paul lJlSTHICT Corners. 7: 10: Mecosta - FItzgerald. ~Irs. DeilY Papin, A/cona - Town- Secre- Roe Sac 1'')' ~Irs. Betty R. Stahl, S-ecretary. For the Month of September Gold Star-:\'.W. ~Irs. Harriet Proefrock. Dowling, Barry, Secretary. his putstanding an enlightening orous way. Also featured program ability message 0:1 the will be H. S. Agster. mana- to put over in a hum. afternoon they elect only the President Vice.President administrative people of the thousands and in the executive policy-makin; branch and of of 2: Against PROTECT Loss 01 Business YOURSELF . tar)'. Silver Star - Rome. Lenawee. ger of Pennsylvania Farm Bureau the Government. The Farm Bu- Officers Training School. During ~Irs. Charles F. Conklin, Secre. Co.()!lCratiVl' Association. who will reau Is accepted by Congress and ~n ~~e ~chigan's pr~se~t law-prohibiting substitutes colored yellow the moDlh oC October and continuo tary; and Vergennes. I(ent. ~lrs. get down to the basic fundamen. the executive branches of the gOY' In Imt/at/~/1 of BUTTER-IS rend~red ineffecti~e in the Novemb<;r geo- In~ through Xo\'emher. 20 counties William Roth, Secretary. t~ls ~f the need for co.operatlves to ernments as the representative of er~1 ele~lIon .•• thousands of J?alry Farms will be dril,t/I 0111 of bmilless. are holding olIicers' training Honorable Mention co-operate all the way. 1,500,000 fann families. MIlk WIll become scarcer •• , hIgher in price. , • as it has in other states schools for their Community FarJll The following group had unusual- There will he plenty to see and which now allow imitation. BUTTER to be sold colored yellow. It is ne. ly fine meetings and deserve hon. heal' at this all important meeting Bureau leaders. The counties a~cident that ~ilk ~rice.s in cities. in those states are I v.z (tilts a q;,art which have held their training orable mention for these months: of the year. so get your reserya- Teach Dem()cracy htgher th~n milk prtce~ to states (Including Michigan) which maintaiJs "chools are as tollows: Genesee .• August tlons in early and plan to attend. Co-operatives offer an opportun- a pro(ec!lV~ law ~galnst s~1Iing imitation.BUTTER colored yellow., Kalamazoo. Ingham, Eaton, Van Alpena-Long Rapids. l'Irs. Lloyd For those interested. the Farmers ity for practical schooling in Keep MIchigan mIlk plenllful-reasonable in price. Vote "NO" on Buren, \Vashtena,,-. Shlawassee. ~lcConneli. secretary. Petroleum Cooperative, Inc. annual democracy which; is second to none. Proposal 4, November 7th. Branch, Clinton. Casso and St. Alpena-Pioneel', Mrs. Albert meeting is scheduled for the next And co-op savings help to build up. Jos~ph. Tbe counties "..ho have Krentz, secretary. day. :-;'ovemher 29. rathel' than drain the economk training month of Xovember Livingston. Berr~n, schools Calhoun. Oakland, scheduled al'e as follows: Bay, Lenawee, Oceana, for the Mus- Calhoun-~Iarengo, l\loore. secrctary. Jackson-South Bemice Dancer, Mrs. Jackson, secretary. J. C. Mrs. REDUCE creasing with Farm Bureau hay FEED and COSTS pasture fertilizers. by in. yields A,p- strength ,Claude R. Wickard. strator. of the communily.- REA AdminI- 3. PROTECT Against 'mitot;on Bulter 'YOURSELF . kegon. and ~ewaygo. l\Iontcalm - ~Iontcalm Progress- ply as a top dressing this fall. A~v. Buy Farm Buread Feeds. The Community Farm Bureau ive. 1lrs. Reta ~Iartin, secretary. September Your right to kno~-for SIIre-that there's BUTTER on the table-is Committee in each ot these coun. Alpena-Bolton, F. D. Ohlrich, thr~atened by 8 move to tamper with Michigan's long.standing imit~- ties was responsible J;ether all the leaders for calilng and planning t,j- secretary. CLASSIFIED ADS tion,BurrER Jaw. The present law is a GOOD law. It protects you- Branch-Quincy, ~Irs. Richard }"our family-and the family table. Especially, it also protects you when the training school. Generally Classified advertisements are cash with order at the Tollowing Buchanen. secretary. rates: 5 cents per word for one edition. Ads to appear in two or you "eat. out." ~peakln~. the attendance anil the more editions take the rate of 4 cents per word per edition. planning that went Into these tra!n- :\Jontcalm-Montcalm Mrs. l\Ior. Now, with. reCerendum yote on this subject on the ballot. November Ing schools this year showed defi- gan Johansen. secretary. 7, it's liP to JOII. It's JOllr job to protect yourself against imitation.BUTTER nite Improvement o\'er last year. LIVESTOCK SILO ROOI"S -to make surl'you get the real thing. Vote "NO" on Proposal 4, No- There seems to be a better spirit vember 7th. and realization for the need to do Petroleum Co-op .SHROPSHIRE R,\)[S for "ale. Ex- AT'l'E:-;'TIO:-;' FAIDn;ltS~ :-;'ow I" cellent ~election of husky. well-grown. the time to cover vour ,,110 with an For your own 1411. , • ,for JO.llrfamily's sde •.. for Michigan's sail, , •• a good job on the part of the offl- pers themselves, and they came Annual Nov. 29 reglst ..red Priced )'earll,ngs, reasonably. good \\'rl\e fleeces. or vislt- Aluminum Dome lioof. dormer", chute". ladde ..". and ba,.ket". Als,,1 chute VOTE "NO"-~n Proposa14'-general election, November 7thl \Contlnu('d from Page One) Stanley :.\1. Powell, Ingle~lde Farm, Cla ....nce \'an Strlen. member of h'arm to these .ellsions s~king help in Ionia H-t. :.\lIch. (10-2t-24b) Bur('au. Box 26. Phone 3671. By ..on Th"./.cts.r. pdtis}"t! 6, th, D.i'7 Actio.. Lu,." 4" Hollist" the mail in the near future. The Cente ... ~Iichlgan. (l1-2t-3/ hI &i/JI"" LA..,I.,. Mich., .... ,./"1 ",11f>CO.. UI_", Ltbor./.,.", AruJ thp way!! of doing things. CORRIEDALE SHEEP, "The Bet- Co-op also paid a 5% dividend upon MAPLE SYRUP 'P~ODUCERS J.I,., lrollps i.. h,hAq of leupi", Mlchi, .... spr" .. t Anti .ff.cti". Particular stress was laid on the ter B ..e('d." We Invite )'our In"pectlon its preferred stock for tbe year end- of our flock at any time. "fI:'hu, bMlt.r-i_i"/~o. tiS,.,. It i,ji"''''Clt! h7 Ih. 600,000 lolichi- !'ole oC tbe Community Farm Bu. :'\like"ell & )fay. Charlotte R- t Michigan. (US-2;. :-;'OW IS THE TD1E to order all C•• P*:,pf, J~.ruJml '" tI.i,.,/"I. ing August 31. 1950. Checks rt'au In representing the farmer ef. south ot city limit".) , (9-H-21P) needed sap collecting and boiling amounti~ to a total of better than e(/Ilipment for /951. \\'e have In stock "tI"hoc!, Sial" Dtpan ... "t 01 Aarlaahvc, 1Iwu. 01 A.rIaaJ ..... llco~u, "lJuJd Milk aDd CtHa fH.tively in hLs organization witll special Colo"e,1 Jugs. all "lze>t. to pack- Repet. -$cplcrabet. 19'0. - ~ $18.000 werc sent to the better than DAnK nOA:-;' :\lILKI:-;'(; 8110RT- Ill.'dal emphasis on the need to Hon:-;, HULl. t2 month .. otd (or sale. age your syrup for the holiday trade. 1700 Investors. There are now 40 He and hi" sire and dam a ..e all State See our Important announcement on 11 p rp.;;.:'- take some time goal by midnight of second day' of campaign. Montmorency County ting market-ready hogs off prompt. local level, in the community, The Michigan !<'arm Bureau in co-operation with nine v in Alaska who have hoped that won the large cow bell with 82 percent of their goal. Alpena won the ly, producers save feed and benefit then the government has a con- other eastern states }<'armBureau organizations is making three to forget. From fresh milk could be made avail- medium size with 77 percent of their goal. Alcona won the small cow from higher prices. railroad tours available to delegates ana members planning to my observation and the advice I bell with 72 percent of their goal. Any county winning one of the cow able to them in some form. I have been prompted to present stitutional rl~ht to perform. attend the American }<'arm Bureau !<'cderatioD convention at bells 3 years in succession will be entitled to keep it permanently. So 1 have received con- this subject because I have been Dallas, Texas, December 10-14.. the competition will be keen! ?-:<,,:; ?,cerning the mat- This year the first 3 counties reporting the highest percentage of so disturbed about how some of The tllTee tours arc as follows: (1) the direct tour to .:ter, the question our surplus farm commodities have their goals by midnight Tuesday, December 5 will be the winners Dallas leaving December 8. and returning Decem~er 16; (2) ;::is reversed and for 1951. been handled. I feel that farm the Rio Grande Valley tour leaving December 3 and return- /l- should be "the producers should have an eye on ing December 16; (3) the Mexico tour leav'iug No'vem.ber 24 :~krights of the pipe- vice to some neighbors. often to accomplish much work. their commodity even after the and returning December 16. line" and "the There should be limitations to The point I am trying to em- government has taken it. misfortune of the what the farmer is exPected to phasize is that all of this cost big Farmers have a reputation to People ill'terested ill any of these trips should In1!ke appli- surrender for public benefit. farmer." money, much more in every way preserve. We never can do it it cation for travel reservations immediately. The last date for making reservations for trip No.1, direct to Dalla~, is Novembar our farm for which I am truly 25. , They did not cross ~ny part of thankful. We feel we are giving I sometimes think all of this is the penalty for owning anything; still I admire the fellow whose am. bition is to own a home. I'll ad- than it did 30 years ago. Yet this company and the public itself feel that the farmer should be satis- fied with the same offer of one these surpluses do not the consumer in proper condition. I don't know too much about the surplus potato deal except that in reach PROTECTION MADE TO ORDER. I }<'ordetailed informa tion and costs, please fill out the form the pubic our full measure of ser- below and paste it 011 a post card and mail at o.nce. vice as it is. We have a: railroad mit that with the trend of things dollar a rod and the farmer has this neighborhood those getting Soft tok•.olls and landingsor. ossurtdby the running through the middle from these days there isn't much encour- the one thing most needed, the dyed potatoes for feeding purposes conlroltow.. whiehdireclsair trafficat •••" I "1 I ~Chigan--;a':: B:ea:- - - - - - - -- -, - east to west. About the only good agement given the man who prac. right of way. got far better potatoes than the lorg. airport.That'sprot.ctionmod.to order! Field Services Division J 221 North Cedar Street Dale I feature about it is that when the roads get so muddy we cannot get tices thrift. The fellow whose slo- gan is "spend as you go;; usually Now there's something else thal troubles me these days, and I feel surplus potatoes that were supplied our school lunch program in our YourStateMuluolagentcangiveyouformfire prot.ctionIhot'smod.to ord.. - all the co,.r. J La~sing 4, MIchigan - I to the concrete, we can walk on has more to say and less to pay Qur farmers could well spend time home district and also far better I og. youn••d.non.that youdon'tn••d. I the track two miles one way to about public affairs. considering it. potatoes than we could buy for our Stat. Mutualpaysfull,olu. ofpersonalproperty I I I Dear Sirs: town or four miles the other way There are other angles' to this Some' time. ago we heard reports home use. All that should not be. to another town. No railroad em. pipeline story that have not been about canned- fresh milk. Some The best should never be that por. lost up to 'omountof in,uronc.carried .... I am planning on attending the AIo'BF Convention at Dallas, ployee has ever denied .us the pri- answered such as-"'Vho's going of our dairymen did not think much ANOTHER STATE MUTUAL FEATURE! I Texas, and would like information ~ivlng the details ot the three I vilege. I could anumerate several to put back in prope.r condition about it, or were against it. I was tion of crop that is to be destroyed or fed to animals. convention tours sponsored Ily the Farm Bureau. Please enclose disadvantages. the side roads the pipeline com- reminded of the story when I read J reservation blanks, ' ' I On top of that the surplus butter I Then we have a public highway pany preferred to travel?" After about the beer that was being that was stored in case or collected J Signed I that splits the farm in the middle from north to south and another years of waiting and persuading we got crushed stone on some of dropped to our boys in Korea. asked a couple of boys who served I some place, should be destroyed when it reaches the moldy stage our roads. In less than six months I 0 Farm Bureau Delegate Post Office : I that runs along the entire north- side .. , they came in with a caravan of ma. during World War II what they missed the most in food during and not sent to our public institu. tions or to our school lunch cafe- E. R. DJNCMt\"'. P,uIfJ~t1r chinery, some weighing 16 tons, their service and they both re- "St~t~ Mutu~/lnsuus Ev~ry Fifth F~rm in Michig~n-Ask Your N.ighborsl" terias. Butter ceases to be pala. I 0 Farm Bureau Member County RFD I onWeoneareof allowed to pay the tax~s them and to the middle and an army of men who traveled plied, "Milk." I fullY realize that table when it has to be boiled and OPfnlnCI for A,tnn in Soml' CommunlllCi ---------------- of the road on .the other. Besides the land owner is supposed to cut in every type of car from jeep to lransport truck. When I say the water in some countries is not fit for humans to drink, but why skimmed and doctored up with soda - the weeds and brush in the high- traveled I mean traveled. I do not must beer take its place? 'Vhy not ways abutted by his property. But vouch for the work they did but our surplus milk? Every boy go- if some pipeline comes along you some of them were on the road too ing into camp is. some mother's have but little to say that counts THE SETTER where they go along the highway. In this case that I've mentioned, the farmers concerned banded to- gether and secured an attorney Superior Service MOUSE • CLEAN TRAP • SAFE who was farmer minded and had had pipeline experiences of his own. 'It is my understanding agreeallie settlement was secured and the pipe was laid in the high . an On Your Claim • EFFICIENT . way. On our farm also we have a pipe- 'xETCH-ALL-catches up to 20 mice in one setting. It takes line right of way given some 30 no }Jait and no extra care-just wind it up and set it down. years ago that crosses the entire ~ves .no distasteful sight, it's always set '~md guarding width of the farm. We also gave ~st mice. , , .. _ .' i permission to a power company to We say this to all Farm ';"'" _.SEE=-YOUR FEED' apCl SEED DEAL~R ~ erect poles' across the 'workland KNESS l\IAUFACTURING CO., Albia, 11?.w!l rather than disturb the trees along Bureau members partici- lhe highway in order to give ser- pating In the Fann Bu- reau. insurance: Every ".. When illness strikes .. agent is interested in your claim. He is Inore than a ~BlrieCross-Blue Shjeld friendly neighbor. a fellow 111elnber of the He is is so truly YOUf oj Your company is growing through service to its 11lenlbe rs. Fa nn Burea u. J "friend in need"! More than 20,000 policies have been written for Fann reau ll1en1bers for autOInobile and fann liability. Bu- -Insurance is limited to members of the Michigan Fann Bu- ~'BLUE CROSS COVERED NEARLY reau. Get the facts fr0111 your Farnl Bureau agent before $1500 IN HOSPITAL 'BILLS changing insurance, i ...... 1 -AND BLUE SHIELD PAID THE DOCTOR $165." Agents for Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company Aleona-Edwln Dates, Harris- Hillsdale-ErvIn Llste.r] HUls- Montmorency-hed 8now, HID- ville. dale R-Z; Herluf M.ldtgard, man R-3. Allegan-Jobn Elzinga, Hamil- Reading; Olen B. Martin. 401 Monroe-Wilbur J. Lohr, Ida. Center St., Waldron: Elmer Tallc about the VAWE 01 Blue Cross- Blue ton; Ja.s. W. Curtl!'~ Fennville R-t; Lynn Ford ttea8ley. C. Spence. HIII"rlaJe 1:-3; Muskegon-WlIJlam Sharp, Cas- /lorr; T. M. Kelsey, Martin; Leon Kulow, Reading. novia. Slrield protedion-Irere's the record 01 one America is on the mow toward the only destination I Iarvey Schipper. Hamilton. Huron-Bruce Crumbach, Bad Newaygo-Glen J. Speet, 10. 8. Alpena-Cllfton Jacob". Alpena; ue R-2; William Harwood, Stewart, Fremont. subsuiber who spent 120 ~ays in the hospital that offers security for our peoplc-effective prepared- I:"hert Eo Aube, Alpena R-2. Jr., Harbor Beacb; Edward Northwest Michigan-WlIJlam A. Oescbger: Bay Port R-l; Hoolihan, Traverse City R-3; First, Blue Cross covered nearly $1,500 or ness for national defense. Antrim-Walter 1.. Chellls, Ella- Harold Heln, Port Hope R.ll. Bernard P. }{unky, Box 21, worth 1:-1; Harold F. aids, Center Road, Traverse City. a total $1,536 hospital bilI. All the patient months or even years to pay. About one Elmira. Ingham-Leon Fellows, Mason Oakland-Lucius Lyon, Milford paid was $60, which represented the differ- out of nine people will see the inside of a And, coming at a time of peak industrial produc- Barry-Howard Bayley, Belle- R-4. H-4; Fred H. Haddon, HoIly hospital before the year is out! vue; Clarence Lonptreet, lonla-cUfton J. Cook. lAJ[e 1t-2. ence between the prh'ate room the patient tion, that means full throttle ahead for our entire Mlddlevll\e. Odessa; Lynn Townsend, Ion- Oceana-W. Hull Yeager, Hart chose to use and the semi-private one pro- That's why you-and your family-can't B'Iy-WlIIlam Bat e a 0 n, Ba,. Ia R-2: John Lawless, Jr., R-3. vided for in his Blue Cross contract. national effort. City R-3; Adam Kraatz, Jr., Portland. Dgemaw-Junlor Guy Clemeu. afford to be without BLUE CROSS AND BLUE Bentley; George Cnudde, Bay Isabella-Donald Wopdruft, Re- Prescott R-I. SHIELD health-care protection. Already City R.4. And Blue Shield paid the doctor $165 ror Again, as before, it will be the rai/roads' job to Benzie-Marlon V. Nye, Beu- mus R-IL Chart .. Gordon. Osceola-Russell McLacblan, over 2,000,000 Michigan people are enrolled. Coleman H-l. Evart; Herbert H. Johnson, lah. Leroy R-2. bis services. The Blue Cross-Blue Shield Plans offer weld together America's vast rcsources of men, Berrien-J". Burton Rlcbards, Jackson-Fred W. "on!, Mun- (from Cas. 191-050102-151 in S/u. Crou li/~.) Ith; John Allison. Sr., Panna Ottawa-Sam Rymer, Spring you a wide range of benefits at low cost Berrien Center; Lloyd Cuth- R-2; Herbert L. Town, Jack- Lake; Gerrlt Elzinga, Hud- because they are completely non-profit ..• machines and material. bert, Eau Claire R-l; Oliver 8On, R-l. flonvllIe R-2. Rector, Benton Harbor. Kalamazoo-Carl R. B a 0 0 .. Tire Chances Are J in 9 a lJOluntary service on the part of the hos- For only the railroads-with ribbons of steel link- Braneh-c. HUlrb Lozer. Cold- Kalamazoo R-6: Emor Hlce, Presque Rogers City. Isllt-Byro. HowaU, pitals and doctors who run them .. water; Mrs. Belle S. Newell, Plainwell. YOU Will Have 10 Go to G Hospital ing town and farm with city and factory-can perform 30 N. Hanchett St., Coldwater. Kent-R. A. Wblttenbaeh, Low- Saginaw-Anthony Latosky, 800 So. Washln~ton, Saginaw Wdhin the Next Twelve Months! • fARM BUREAU MEMBERS a moving job of this tremendous ~olume. Calhoun-ErIe Furu. Mal'llbal1: G. A. Plepkow, Sprlnl{P<>rt; ell; Ralph Sherk, CaI~onla. lOanllac-George M&rllb Mar- - lette; A. H. Laursen, Marlette Myron Bishop, Cerelrl.:-." will "" Illlf.1 accord- grading Gradin/( Call Captains November's set to usher in One more election' day; The 1\'1. R. G:s and ~1, D.'s vs, stanchion ba.rns may find new ~lichignn State College bulle- tin un the suhject extremely help- J. tor, - Pathfinder Magazine, III;" td th(' Jlrh. t' now Jlre\.aiHJt~ in the- ny W/-;.'U.l;)' 8. lLlWLEY Is usin' 'plenty paint ful, according to L, H. Brown, l\ISC f:6:\.stt""n\ :-;.tatt":'" for pure hulk n\apl~ Dirretor J[rmbl'1',~I,;p _tcquisition :0-..) rUll. 'Vrltt" \1:-; tor :-;eh~~dule ll( T'make the lowly' oley agricultural economist who co- "(PURE CRU,SHEO'J.' ~Mltt .. ..., .n .. 1 pri....~x.. ~uur Bu~h Rnp- The Captains of the memhership Look like SUllJIlin that it ain't. authored the bulletin, Jllit ... C'unlpan) .. PO Dox 1107.. Lan~in:t .. TRIPLE SCRUtlED 4, ~Ii< "'!"'Al\, roll call have a vt'ry intel'esting The new Experiment Station part in a successful campaign, The success of the roll call depends 011 Fer fifty ycars--one Before this latest row lackln, There wal'll't no yaller butter lIul~lication ,docs not recommend pen,type housing exclusively and OYSTfRSHB.L team wOl'k, for that is what it takes without reservation for l\lichigan to make the scores. The captain is Save hutter (rom the cow, dail'y herds, It does state t11at "a oue of the most important mem- But now the sub-sti-toot-e,rs pen, type barn can be constructed bers of the team. It is his respon- Hez I'iz' t'make complaint at a minimum cost which will do sibility to ~ecure enough good , 'N make the lowly oley the housing job, allow maximum workers and train them to make a Look like sumpin that it ain't, labor efficiency in ehol'e' \\'ol'k and good Quick job of the Roll Call, maintain economical production Captains Ill'ed good wOI'kers, will- There's plenty other colors 'and milk sanitation staudards," ing wor],ers, capahle workers, en- , 'N form-er:las fer each, Ie the system is accepted along thUSiastic workers and well tra!n- Fl'Om 'Iuminum tel' chestnut RazhelTY, red, er peach; with practices necessary to make ed workers, it work, the advantages of the pen The writer hatl the pleasure Bu't yal'Ier 'tis 'er nuthin' ,': .Fer this crew - who think it barn far out\veigh its disad- Ot,tober 23 of not only looking in \'a:ntages, ,the au'thors feel.' How- on bul silting in with the ~lidland quain't 'T make 'the lOWly oley ever, mimaging a. 'lieI'd in a pen County Farm Bureau caplains in barn involves u'n entirely dirfel'ent their second meeting. They had Look Iik'e suiupiu that it ain't. system, with ideas many "stan- lJeld their first meeting, had stud, chion barn" dairy farmers find un nIlM~u(~:illiflGC9,lllC.. ied the proyen plan and set their It gro-ivs 'not in 0111' medders C"ICACO. ll~, EnrlChesliot our soil, difficult to a.ccept. goals, The purpose oC the meet- ing" October 23 was to study the This substitute 'concocted trainiu~ material and program in 'Of some out-state brand of oil; Concrete Improvements will order to train their workers. It 'The hoys who want it pcddlea , ~ Would suffer no I'estraint- help you produce more eggs, milk, beef, pork, --. is a well.known faet that workers are well trained and un- derstand the Farm Bureau when well ln niakin' 10\\'IY oley 'LOOK like surhp1n that itaill't, PLENTY' OF POWEl It takes very little portland cement they get results. In this meet- ing the captains went through th'! 01' iIiohigan Dairy nutter In The ModerA i l to make those needed improve- lIez'fed uS quite a spell, COmOp ,E3 Tractdr ments around the farm. You can training hulletin and material and 1I's malle [CI,I halanced fa'rmin' haul back enough on your next trip discussed ways oC' using it. i\lo'r'n folks can evEir tell; It was proposed that each cap- Farm Bureau Mutual -Insurance C~. agents wrote -540'automobile, and farm to town to make a good start. For instance, bags of cement-less tain in\'ite his workers you need only 20 with him in 3 meetings beCore the than a ton- December 4 kick-off to get to meet the liability, policies in one day last month 'to honor C" L. Brody, executive secretary Bu't some g-nys want tel' 'fit it So no sinner, sage, or saint, Rin tell th' lowly bley i of the Company: Mr. Brody is shown re'ceiving from Nile. 'Vermillion, C~mpany to build anyone of these things: lessons outlin~d bulletin, This in the training idea has been manager, a scroll commemorating the eve.nt at a Brody bay diimer -atterlde'd by From stimpin that it ain't. ExfR~ ~D~PTA.LE • 2SO sq. ft. of 4-inch floor for feed The question up fer answer ENGINEERING ,TO MANY tried in se..-eral cases and has lot, barn, or hog or poultry house. proved highly sati;Cactory. the agents at MSC Oct, 18. Herbert Evan's, 'vice-p'resident 'of the Ohio Farm Shall we change our colors now? FEATURES, IOIS • 166 sq. ft. of 6-inch wall. Swap Our dairy-macIe investtnerit ' According to the Roll Call time Bureau Insurance Company, told the' agents that the kind of work they are doing Fer 11 new synthetic Cow? table this group is about on sched- • Two big, 8-foot long watering ule anll they were quite confident brings the day in every new ins'urancecompany whe'n "it s-tarts rolliTlg." The hoys are out fer lucre - troughs. of rcaching their goal. Be our offense just too faint - • 125 sq. ft. of 8-inch thick foun- A good captain's Illeeting where -----------~-----~'-- ------ ---- , They'll make the lOWly oley 'southern grown alfalfa seed is 'good greatest weight gains in therllnty' dation. there is real interest, and a l'onfident attitulle • A lO-can capacity insulated milk real hope that the 1951 roll call enthusiasm gives one Lool{ Out for Michigan the price would not be so cheap, 'Ve urge that rather than waste time, labor and use snimals, Fann Bureau Open Pork master 35% is a'l1igh quality Formulr,; Look like sumpin that it ain't, , L Warren E, Dobson cooling tank. Plan to build up your place now, with economical, long-lasting, will be a success. For Southern of farm land, you sow a lesser amount oC northern which will be much cheaper in the adapted seed protein supplement aud ~ontains "safety margiu" of A,P,F, in addi-, tion to all the e~sential proteill~,' 'a D'st' I,. 'W'om'"en"EI'ectl ' 1 safe concrete. We'll gladly send free fire- Feed Alfalfa Grown Alfalfa long run, vitamins and minerals, _, :'-;O"lllc'lel M'"emhers "I atlon the plans and suggestions. If you need 1\tichigan has a good crop of red ~ '\..j I help, getin touch with your concrete contractor, ready-mixed concrete This Fall ROY w. nE~N ETT clover, Clover is a good soil bUilder'lnll. Brome grass, Reeds canary grass, Ladino clover, Birdsfoot trefoil, red Women of 'the Farm Bureau odd- :numbered dish'iets have elected the F n Se/Tiees Seed Dep't , producer or building material dealer. , Paste CC1llpot! on postcard fOT litoature checked and mail todt11l Government repol't shows the al- clover and sweet clover will- be, Calfa seed prodnction for 1951 to be cheaper than last year, only 3% less than was ayailable for alfalfa and alsike will be a little' Adapted En"emy I.d' nSI e 'following district chairmen to serve an 'Vomen the State Advisory Council of lof Farm Bureau: 1\lrs, ----------------------~ PORTlAND CEMENT ASSOCIATION Olds Tower Bldg" lansing 8, Mich. 1950, Howeyer, most of the crop higher. comes from southern the seed is unadapted for 1\lichigan, good demand, Common sudan will be a states where short crop, Sweet Sudan will be in This would be a U nile • d' 'Stal'es Sernice Weinberg, Kalamazoo, Dist. 1; Mrs, Earl Braid, Oakland, Dist. I; Mrs, Carl Topliff, lng-ham, Dist. LIYE 'POWER ":..TAKE:oteF ~•• '., I \ IEI.T PULLEt; ",-- N.m~ __ n __ u _ good year to get Ladino clover 5; Mrs, Carl Johnson, Montcalm, • ••• 8-SPEED TRANSMISSION i'\ew Mexico, Arizona, Soouthern R. R.No. Cq n • Stateu _ _ Califol'llia anll westerll Oregon have approximately 75% of the seed pro- started, GORDON H, AI~[;EN ,AFBF at Wa,~ltillytOll Dist. 7: ~h's, Charles Wexford, Dist, 9; and i\lrs, Thomas', Dockery, Alltrim, Dist. 10, to fill a Cotthard,' "•• ".'. LIVE MtDlAULlC SYSTEM , 'An eye-ap1gealing machine with lateat enginee_ . o Ta:b. Troqhs o Poll!try Houses o Barn Floors 0 Foundations 0 Feeding Floors 0 Mill< Cooling Tanb duced. ~Iuch of the i'\ew i\le:..:ico, Oregon and Arizona seed will COllIe on our market' ill Michigan because RUIllIIogs Gain, The deadly threat of inflation ii." the United States was emphasized ,acancy, The 'Vomen of Farm Bureau are features. ModerDIy designed and adaptable to' aU o Hoc Houses 0 Permanent Repairs in 'Vashington the other day 'Iiy holding their annual meeting No- kind. of farming operationa - heavy plowing, diac:ipg, it will be cheap in price, dale of U.S. Dept. of Agriculture says this seed is no good for ~Iichi- Dr, Tis- Fasl With APF Thomas B. McCabe, chairman the }t'ederal Reserye Board, Be re- 01 vember 8, at 1\J'SC Auditorium, aeedin" planting, ,mowing, raking, combining, etc, More Milk ••• Higher Quality gan at any price. If it were good there would lJe no occasion to offer it at a harg-ain 11rice. in A.P.F, the diet duced star:li:lg (anima.l protein of growing pigs factor) has weight gains, and pro- leased an QuaIysis by his staff 011 current economic conditions, 1\11'. McCabe pointed out that the LORRECTION Mrs. Wesley Mahaffy, chairmrlll,l' of the 6th district of Farm Bureau HiCh compresaion eJl&'ine de1iY,era m~~~~ ~l!.a equip,~Dt available. - p~et. i with less time, work The short sighted dealer who prepared them for market in record impact of the vast new defense ex- Women, conducted a fille program Your Local Farm Bureau Machinery Dealer { e •• and equipment sells it says it is O,K, for a short time. rotation, He lIIay claim it is grown discoveries One of the most surpl'ising in at high altitude, but Cail to tell you runts gain very I1lpidly on an A,P.' experiments was that penditures in all aspects oconomic situation "Unless offsetting government of the wUl he terrific, a.":- of meetings district at the camp of 6th women at Caseville last Ask For A Free Demonstration !. snow covers the plants before the F, sUPPlemented diet and are even tion is taken, substantial seems inevi table," inflation month, Women attended Clair, Sanilac, Lapeer, Huron ancI from St- FARM BUREAU SERVICES, INd. li,ble '10 catch up with their larg~r g-round freezes. We asked Dr, Dexter at Michigan State College in the FarllI Crops hrothers, It is thought that t'he , explana- "Inflation at home can he as deadly an enemy as the armed Tuscola counties, our article on the camp, This corrects Farm Equipment Dept, Lansing 4, Mich\gan . , tion might be that the antihiotics enemy abmad, 'Ve have to assure Dep~. auout Arizona seed, He said success on hoth fronts. Both re- the test plots at the college prove contained in A,P,F, hasten growth quire sacrifices of all of us, The it is no goofl for ~(ichigan, by checking the multiplication vi' Why waste your money on un- intestinal adapted bacteria seed when you can get compete with their host fOl/Uourlsh. which either oul:look for a serious inflationary spiral is foreboding, Such an infla- Farm Machinery Prices Are Rising, But ..: northern adapted seed'? ment or produce toxic The Kansas alfalfa seed crop was which hinder animal growth, substances tion would cause great hardship to many groups of our people, would diminish 'Incentives and mls. It -. CO-OP PICKE'RS almost a failure this yea I', How- Growth-rate increases 'Of 50 per direct tremendous amounts of e\'er, Utah, Eastern Washington, cent in healthy pigs are common, effort into nonproducti\'e areas, To i'\evada and Idaho alfalfa will be and the sUPIJlemented ration has pl'event inflation is a mattei' 'If availahle in common seed. Idaho ,been known to produce twice as critical irnportance and urgency:' , Faster Milking increases milk yield . : • you get all the milk 1lIue Tag Grimm, ~Iontana, Dakota much gain as basic ration alone, I!I and Can ad iall Variegated allll feeding, there is ,no need to segr~- After listing many of the 'infla, , -..4 each milking; you kecp milk production high throughout lactation. tionary factors now prevalent, 1\11', l "- JJl.'rearc two exc/usirc co-or Universal features that make machine Grimm will be available. All aI'e gate runts from the herd, since , McOabe's report 'discussed ways of O,K. /'01' ~lichigan, A,P.F. is valuable to all alike, and milking faster ... simpler: meeting them, the administration ,Just one more reminder. If can he expected to produce the of which "could not he painless," CALF-NOSE INFl.ATIONS-patent- CAlf-NOSE CLAW-scientificany "The immediate need," it wa,> N.I ofT-cenier openings do away with designed, it places heavier milking said, "is for a. well-constrbctcd, "crawling." eliminate need for strip- pin~ \\-ith but rare cxrept ions, Large action where it is nceded-on heavier-milking rear quarters, Thus, the ably and firmly administered set Best lor FARM of fiscal and monetary controls, 5ize arcommo,lall'g rlow of easy all four quarters finish milking at Sueh controls are always prefEl" milkers as well as hard milkers. approximately Uic same time. nh]e to direct rines if they can do Economy & lhe job, At their !Jest, dit'ect con- PLUS Protected Low Vacuum CO-OP Universal Milk- trols do not prevent inrI-alion ,HI ers milk f:u;t and efficiently on only 10 to 11 inches of vacuum ... ::ontroJled and protected by a weight-type relief valve and a mcr- :urr-column vacuum gauge. FIRE milCh as postpone some of its im, pact." The also: McCabe report proposed PerFotm'an'ce Have Not Gone Up .in Price! Rememher, too, there is a CO-OP Universal Milker to best fit LOSSES Financing the national defense your indi\'idual needs. Only yourcooperntivcly-owned CO-OP program as far as humanly possible Lniversal Di\'ision makes a cQ11lpleteline of milking machines: on a pay-as,you-go ha.<;is, , , Taxes Swndard Calf-Nose l\Iilkers". Short- high enough to absorb surplUS Tube Milkers, .. Floor and 'l'rack- money competing for scarce goods. Here's good news for :\Iichigall farmers. Although most prices on farm machinery llave Avoidance by the government, as riscn, thc price of the Oo-op l~lacklIawk I-Row Corn Pickcr has rcmaincd the SllIUG, •• type l'ortable :i\lilkers. The Frenlont Mutual has a repu- far as possible, of borrowing from KEEP FOOD:,COSTS ta tion for prompt, friendly and hanks; using instead the savings 'of the puhllc, Limitations current it is still selling for ~pproximatcly $200,00 Icssthnl1 the next lowest ill'ieed picker of comparable fluality. DO'VN with a fair adjustment of all losses. This on extension of housing and other is proven by many letters from Investments not essentia.l fo~ the satisfied policyholders such as this military program. Rigid curtailment 'Co-op, Piclce rs .Get All the Crop UNICO one: I of private d-edit for all other non- essential 'Purposes, Use of selective excfse taxes, , ," The Co-op Picker has extra-long snapping and husking rolls that pick morc of your corn, The report was restricted to dis. And they gct your down corn, too, This rugged, low priced picker removes Illu,ks with- FARM "We wish to thank the Company for its prompt payment after our fire of March 7th, We were very well satisfied. cusslon of monetary Heavy emphasis was placed on th(\ desirability of government problem~ borrow out shelling, It has high-speed roller beal'ill~s for faster picking without breakdo\vns. Better maneuverability; 81 inches at widest point. Operator has full visihility. Faster " FREEZER ing from non-bank sources. opcning; 'only two rows to husk by hand, Long service with fewer parts to wear out. A 12 cu. fT. CA'ACTTY' Sincerely, Floyd M. Dodge" '36 State Farm real buy. , For complete Information on Fremont HOLDS 500 liS, Of nOIlN POODI Mutual's broal! cm'erage gives you the service and protection insurance which YOIl Bureau Meetings Compare for Price Convenient and labor savIngs. Makes meal prepa. need, consult your local Fremont Mutual Thirty-six of 45 state Farm Bu, Plan now to pick YOl1r ,corn t his fall with a Co-op Picker, Compat'e it~ low price with ' raJion easy, The family can enjoy fresh frozen fruit. a!;cnt or write the lIome Office, reaus have their annual meetings and vegetables Ihe year-around. Butcher when con. any other piclwr on thc market. during November in order to pre- venient. Make up baked goods months ahead. Enjoy Openings for agents in some localities, par'C timely recommendations to the better eating a Unico Farm Freezer will provide. the American Farm Bureau annual For A Free Demonstration On ~ our Farm Stop in ond see il today •. meeting at Dallas, Texas, DecetD See Your Local Farm Bureau Dealer bel' 10 to 14, See Your Local Farm Bureau Dealer FARM BUREAU For Infonn.ation & Prices SERVICES, INC. ~~~!~!m~!M~~~ HOME OFFICE-fREMONT, MICH. their Michigan annual Farm Bureau annual meeting November Other state organizations m~tings has its 8 ;and 9, hOlding the same Farm Equipment FARM BUREAU SERVICES, Inc. Dept. 221 N. Cedar St. Lansing 4, Michigan Farm Equipment Dept, 221 N. Cedar St. Lansing, Michigan r week Include Georgia, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma and Vermont, " SATURDAY, ~OVEMBER 4. 19;0 FIVE MICHIGAN FARM NEWS post Increases through a 1925 1950 l)otato Crop (ounl)" Agents Parcel Post statute which provides two meth- ods 'by which this can he accom- President Can THE AMERICAN GAME Priee Control Tops Last Year's Farm experience and research pIished-':-Qne through passage of Set Agricli · It liraI ,By DR. GEORGE D. SOARSETH The potato crop this year is ex- crop rotation will help produce bet- show that grass and legumes in a Rale Increase legislation In Congress and the other by action of the Postmaster General with ICC approval. Price Ceilings "Let' Director of American Farm Research Association em catch the fo~ this time," said Tom Meadows. On Livestock pected to total 420 million bushels, ter yields oyer a long period ot 18 million bushels larger than last years. year when the Government bough\. important in poorer years. Advantages are especially ':Before ICe If ICC were to approve the Post- master General's proposal, charges for the first pound of parcel post Under the Defense Produ('t1on Act of 1950, the President has Meadows catc h h knew fox hounds. "1 t e fox once In a whl e or t ey won t case "You've h got to let the dogs 'h' eql • Unworkable nearly 77 million bushelS for price support. But the Government may Dest V~rlue not buy any more potatoes than ~ - j: To prevent infationary livestocl;: When the 81st Congress proved • unwilling to enact the government's proposals to raise parcel post rates, would Increase from 4 to 9 cents depending upon the zone. Addi: tional pound.age rates would be in- autho~.ity to set price cei1in6~ f?r materials and services under certam conditions. Concerning farm pro- You never I There were about saw more enth~siasm twenty-five hounds even in children in the pack. coming and livestock product prices dur- ing'the present defense emergency, last year for 2 reasons: moderate- ly lower prices may result in in- in the United State!!. nearly all are creased consumption, and Illany served Of the more than 3,000 counties by county a~ricultural the American Farm Bureau had creased by a fraction of a cent to ducts, the act provides that no d . Ch - . h h h d maximum Ill'oductlon must be ell- producers are not eligihle for sup-\ agents, l\lany counties also have ,.reason to believe the fight again:;! 3 cent,s a pound. Rates for cata- ceiling shall he set below the high- own stalrs on rIstmas mormng t an w at t ose ogs couraged' and price controls avoid- Jlort because marketing agreements home rlemonstration agents and 4-1l , the increase!t was won. logs and similar printed advertis- l.'5t of the following prices, after expressed a's they trailed the fox. ed. This is the recommendation an4 orders were not approved. Club agents. . But now the AFBF will he In a ing matter would be increased b:r adjustment for grade, location and of the l'ational Lives.tock Allvisory new battle to be fought before the 2.5 cents for the first pound in local seal>onal differentials: . I was the only Yankee man in this Alabama group of Committee of the American Farm Interstate Commerce Commiss~oJ1. areas, and 3 cents In zones. 1 The parity price or 2: The higher pric~ receivl.'d hy W lte an h' dId co ore men, a II consummg .. a mght ,. m h' h 19 e~t Bureau Feder~tion: approved hy , .Just three days after it had r'7 The Post OlIice Department has the AI~BF ~oal'd of DiI'ectors mee.t- ceived a reqnest from Postmaster also, asked lCC for permission to producers during the period from delig9t in comp~ny with these hounds. in~ In Chica~o last month_ .(;eneral. Jesse 1\1. Donaldson for assess an extra charge for parc-el May 24. 1950 to Junc 25, 1950, or .' "Experience of World \\'ar IT routi~ority to Increase parcel post {lost packages whJch are too latge 3. For any product for which The object of th_~ hunt to these men who knew dog- proved con~lusively that Ilrice con- rates by 25 percent, ICC called a to be shipped in mail bags. The the market was not activ~ dur~6 symphony was not to catch the fox but to hear the trols on livestock and meat arfl Ilearing for Novemher 14 on :\Ir. surcharge would be 50 cents for the May 24-June 24 penod, tne '-' unworkable and uneconomic:' the Don,aldson's petition. Farmers have parcels weighing over 50 pounds average price received by produc- "song of the dogs". commit.tee stated. "They destroy a big stake in the outcome of th:s (;:I'S during the mm;t recent repre-. , ••. incentive to prod.llce, create blacl, aUlI a maximum of 25 cents for hearing. They are the heaviest sentative period hefore l\lay 24, Old the dogs smg?, The. barkmg and braggmg and markets and waste valuahle h)'- parcels weighing up to 50 pounds. users of this type of postal service. 195Q,in which that commodity was wagging of tails told even me that every dog "believed lJroducts. They I'esult in wasteful active, adjusted in line with the ' use of administrative personnel The. American Farm Bureau Feri- The Post Office Department. is general level of prices receiv~11 hy in his job". They were enthusiastic to the point of excit- that could otllerwise he productiye- eration emphasized t.his fact dur- 'lug the Congl'.:Jssional heal'ings on hills renewing its effort to secure parcel producers for all farm products dur-. II f W b t th b h t f II th f t Iy employed. to hike the parcel post rates. Ing May 2-t-June 24 period. 109 a 0 us. e ea e rus 0 0 ow e un-. 9 "'\'e therefore. strongly oppose ~~~'-~~~.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~, keep up with a going concern. tile use of flrlce controls in the live- Since my understanding of the.-----. stock industry," I fine rr.easures in.this dog-symphony ~re still in the tom-tom stage, lours T OW I.. ere( Pointing" out that ahundant prQ- dUCtiOIl 1,8 the best assurance con. missed many of the delicate over- su mers can ha ye of reas.onahle Faria Bureau prices. the cOlllmittee urged expan- tones.' I had to co~tent myself with my own .interpretation sounds that came' out of the dark- of the F. B. ~Iembers sion of livestock production encouragement of animal agricul- and ness. The enthusiasm of the dogs call- To AFBF l'fleet ture to convert more roughage croJlS and surplus feed grains into need- ed meat supplies. The committee ed for analysis. Why weJ'~ they Texas Is going is see many Mich- specifically recolllmelllll.'d: MelDbers willing to bleed their feet over the igan farm people come Decemher 10. (1) Tha t greater Ilse he, malle of stony crags'! Why not loaf around if plans now under motion for a federally owned grazing land iu- at home and take it easy? The ~lichigan "Invasion" o'f Dallas ma- terialize. The invasion Is the Am- ciudlng national forests_ boss would feed you. (2) That an all-out effort be . \ I had to conclude that enthusiasm Is borne out of se~ing possibilities, erican Farm Bureau Federation's Zlst annual conventJion which is made by appropriate state and fed- 1 You can help y~ur County F~rm Bureau get deriving some kind of compensa- scheduled' to begin December 10. eral govenlment agencies to control and eradicate livestock pests and tion, having faith In winning. Their Through the efforts of the l\lich- diseases and prevent other un- off to a good start in the Roll Call the Week goal was to catch the fox! igan Farm Bureau tion with nine other eastern state in co-opera- necessary losses. Why not hunt alone? The com- (3) That Vje not 'Only increase of December 4. petition in the pack gave some sort Farm Bureaus, delegates, bers and friends have the oppor- mem- livestock numhers, bnt give con- of satisfaction. Sure thing, the sideration to feeding livestock to tunity of choosing one of three other dog might be the one to heavier weights in line with 1140- Please do so by paying your 1951 member .. catch the fox, hut you could be the trouble-free, all-expense the Al<'I3F annual meeting~ tours to mand. , Good Farmers raise fine crops ond produce quality lucky one eventually, maybe to- (4) That consldoration be given ship dues now to your Secretary, who is list- night. The first choice is a direct tour to the convention at a cost of ap- to the need for maintl!-ining favo!'- able relationships between grain Milk or Cream, but it all means nothing, uoless there Out of 8uch a night I learned proximately $101. A few addition- is a Pay Day ... those good crops are sold only once ed below. a lot of things about myself and al days anll dollars will give those man, in general. and Ii~estock 11I'icesso that more of our grain supplies ca.n be conYerte<1 a year and farmers, too, must live 01/ I 2 months ... interested the delightful experi- Se~retaries of County Farm Bureaus I The foX was the profit to these ences of a visit to New Orleans and into meat. (5) That our government en- but Dairy Farmers do have a Pay Day every time they hounds. Meadows'knew what makes a tOllr of the Rio Grand Valley, Alcona-~lr~. Edwin Dates, Huron-~lrs. Bruee Crumhaek, Newaygo-~Irs. Joe Brinkman, I dogs produce. Once in a while you two features which no farm folies conrage producers to eXPlind their lI~estocle 'production hy insuring get a milk or cream check from their nearby member- I HalTh;Yillc. H:lll Axe,R-3. Fr~nlf)nt n-:l. I had to let the dogs mal>e a little can afford to miss. The thirll creamery of The Mid. West Group ... beller decide Allegan-Jaml's Curtis, Fenn- Ingham-~lrs. noss Sumptlon, Northwest Michigan-A g-n 1''' profit, or they wouldn't put out. choice is your invitation to steP reasonably stable price levels after viii" P.-2. Dansville n-t. Kor~on. ~36"', Front St., Tra- the period of emer~ency in line now to get a steady Pay Check 'The Cooperative Alpena-Clifton n. Jacobs, Al- lonia-~ll's. Lester Covert, 323 ver~e City .. America was started by a game across the southern hordeI' of our with i\ FBF policy. pena P.-1. ,V. ~Ialn St., Ionia, Oaklllnd-Luelus Lyon, :lIilrord played much as these dogs played country Into Old Mexico and visit (G) That recognition l)e given to Way' which also brings savings of the business back Antrim-ltichan1 "'ellam1, Ells- Isabella-~lrs. De'Vayne Kyser, nolo it. The chase was tough, compe- one of the world's most colorful Shl'l,hel'd ft-2, Oceana-~lrs. Hull Yeag-er, Hart the fact that livestock producers 10 you in direct proportion to the amounl of milk or wCJrth. tition was keen, but the rules said, nations. Arenac-~lrs, Ray Slmmon~, losco-:\lr ... "'illiam Herriman, 1l-3. If you are among those folks and feeders kuow their prodncti.on Twillln~. Tawas City, Og;'maw-~lrs. Detty Tucker, "You could catch the fox every. cream you sell. Jackson-L:n'ern L. ""heeler, aud feed,ing prohlems Ihest 'lUll Ii aarry-~h'~, "'arrl'n Bolton, Parrna It-]. nose Cily. once in a while:' Xot only that, who didn't get around to taking a given freedom of opportunity ~nd llastin~~, 11-2. Kalamazoo-~lrs. Mahp] K. Ha- Osceola-~lrs. lan, };val't P.-1. Rhoda ~leLaelt- you could keep the f(lx. There was vacation this summer nnd want a co-operation. Bay-~In'. Esther' Leinher~er, con. S619 ~IL Ave., K Kala- nobody to say that onl)' a' paw or a few lIays off after you get the corn Bay City. It-3. Benzie-~In;. Irene Rohotham, Kent - mazoo, R-5. ~!J's. Arvil Heilman, Otsego-~lr~, Art h u r Estelle (;aylor,1 1:-1. ' bit' of the tail was your share. in the crih, here's a trill just tail- ,."Mid~W"~~t.Prod.u'(.,_r{,C.r~'lm~ri.~5,,'-ln('-' ; ..... '._ .• ~ "0 __ ,. :-,'U •. ~""' '~-.'~ -, ~ _ .. ' Bf'\llnh. Lowell n-t. • Ottawa-Gerritt Elzinn, Hud- More than this, we developed a. ored to fit your needs, ~Ie(licine Chesl 2;4 'WUT J'rFFlRSONY'BOUL1VARO '~:'SOUTH_I('iolb':2~ 'INDIANA' Berrien-,I. U('rrit'n Cpntf'l". It-I. eranch-~lr~. Burton niehard.~, Lapeer-~II'~. ~larvel 'Vhlttak- !Jelle Xewell, 30 - f~r. ~fetamnrn 'It-l . Lenawee-~ll's. .to: lwnvllle It-I. Dorothy Conk- Pre s que Isle-~lrs. Berthena Paull, Hawk~. . system where n~w foxes were bd'rn The Ilnnual < convention to be turned loose fOTfresh hounds. AFBJt' is the most important gath- of the Safely Progr'am ':{,~~~\3'::'; ~~;}if,rTH:~:¥f~'~\yi~~~ ,'~;i'~~i~'; .:f:+'< '~';, .. X. Hanchett. Coldwater. lin. Adrian It-.I. Calhoun-:Hrs. Jl a r r y King, Livingston-<1 a I p Hoising-ton, Saginaw-Mr~. f..ahel Sawatzki This system explains to me more edng of the year. Speakers of "If I had my way I would empty 1:00111 Cass-~In:. 7. Town Hall. ~lar~hnll. J'~I s i e Burgener, Fowlerville R-2. Macomb-ArthuJ' P.owley, nieh- XlJO H. 'Vashing-ton Ave., Bx: 1169, Sag-Inaw. tban anything more complicated national such as: a,nd inte1;national \V. Averill Harriman, fame, the medicine chests in every home, MICHIGAH INDIANA ('a,,,,:,,,;oJlo}j:...; Jt-2. mond R-1. Sanilac-~lr~. 'Vesle)' ~lahaff)", why, Americans have Pl'oducell I have se' :'IIashcs ! driving. Uavc YOllr CO-Ot> oil sen'ice man cl,leck over your ellUipUlCIlt. He will make of milk, over half of :\Iichigan's reeommcnda tions for "willtCJ:-pl'oofillg" yonr car, truek or tractor. These CO-Oil and U lIieo tot.al commercial supply, is process- 'oed into mauu.f,actured dairy pro, Delee's 'Vhal We Think - How Does It Check With You'! pJ:OI~t1Ctsarc tailor m~dc to meet farm rl'quirements. Tltcy al'C built of highest quality materials and wo1"\onansh,ip to give longer service at lower cost. tlucts in state dairy plants each year. 1. They should-if \Ve can prove the II bove fcclls represent they have no superiors as ~ood, 01' a brtter buy for thl'ir dollar. Hutter accounts for 40 percent of EXTRA - TRACTION .. TIR-ES all milk used for manufactured 2. They should-because since the quality is tops, thcy need fear no loss of income_ The large "knobby" buttons on these passenger and truck tires give you .products. according to Quackenbush. Instead, theil' purchases help huilll volume aud lower costs pl'r ton ll(~edell to co\'- About 43 million pounds of butter er overhead, • the extra gripping power you will need this winter in mud, snow, gumbo were produced in Michigan in 1948. or clay without the bothcr of ]Jutting 011 dUlius. ;equiring apprOXimately 900 million They should-hecause the Farm Bureau Feed Department turn:;; over allnd sav- , llOunds of milk. It takes about 21 ~ A1ETIJANOLorPERll:lANE1VT ANTI-FREEZE pounds of milk to make one pound of butter. ing'S into HIe Services' pa tronage eithchr of ml.lk were used 5. They should-because the ~-operativa by farmer~ can do fnrmem more gool1 if it is !'\trOllg aIH1 tllriviJ1~. prog'rnm, ownp<1, controlle<' amI managed to produce 'more than 26 millio'a oils ava ila ble in. winder gl'a(lcs. 'rhey a1'c YOllr gua l'ant<,ee of good lul,u;ication. gallons of Ice cream. Cheese ranked fourth, USing 245 million pounds of 6 They shollld-l)ecause Rtatc colleges; they Farm Burean [pells are checked nre opcn formu la and huilt to promote best rl'suIt~ for dol- hy Jlutl'ition expPrts nt co-oP BATTERIES & SP ARI( PLUCS milk. InI' pxpended. For drpcndahle service a1Hl plenty of po I\'cr for cold wcat'har stal.ts, th,r Co-op Quackenbush reports that nearly two-thirds of l\Ilchigan's Ice cream battery is lInsul'pa.'iscd. spa rk on t,hc c.o,ldest days. Co-op spark plu gs :Irc enginecred to delivcr the hottcst liroduction is centered In 3; 10- county area surrounding Detroit. Farm Bureau Feeds flave. No"'Superior~ co-oP GASOLINE & FUEL OILS Two-thirds of the cheese produced In the state is made In the Upper Peninsula. ~Il ~l1m np, ~ar~ Bu.rcau f:eds have no superiors farml'r organizatIOn III busl11(>ss ONLY bcc311<;efllrmf:M put tnpJn in quality. Th/'y fir/' mll/l/' bv n thprp. Tht.v aT/' TIIIlO/' 'With all of the ahove itcms, you'll waut to kecp that car, trnck or tractor: at peck for ",:aluc in u,.<;c" and not !llannfa.ctnrl'rs' profit'!. Thpir pUrl'hMIP hplp'l 'hllill! 11 N). dficipncy with Co-op g'asolinc. " It's 1J!:1~~" to ~ive YO\1all-wcathpl' sCl'Yic~ at lowest, operative pro,!!ram that can fIght <.>ffcc.tivcly for YOII, 3'1 a farnwl', The people of a com,lllu,nity arc costs. I r YO\1 haven't stocked np your willtet"s Cuel oil, we sugges't that YOIl get eith,er a part of the problem or a )"our order ill today. \Y c can save YOIl money. part of the answer. A.1e Your Loc.1 F.rm Bureau F•• d D•• I., See IVour. Local Co-op Oil Dealer For Prices We must measure our standard J'AXM BUREAU SERVIOZS, mo. of Jiving by the amount. of produc- FARMERS PETROLEUM CO-OP, INC. tion over and above the basic nec- ~!ed Departme2lt 221 •. Oedar Street T ... ...c~ __ IAM __ 221 North Cedar Street Phone 2-1271 Lansing 4, Michigan l.'ssities of .livlng. good health is -~,--.- definilely one of these. SIX MICHIGAN FAR M NEW. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1950 payS $24.50 for his IIcens&'-a year. Ionia-James McDowllll, Lake Sa~inaw-oordon Gawne, Sagln. Does Your Farm Bureau ly saving of $63.00. Managers For OdIlSsa. aw. What about car Insurance rates? lIlabella-Charles Mumford, St. Sanilac"':-'Eldon Winters, Sandus. INVESTMENT DRAW When Farm Bureau Mutual Insur. ance came into being automobile Insurance rat'lls to farmers dropped. Discussion Topics' Farm Bureau's Louis. losco--Edward City. Krumm, Tawas ky. St. Clair-Frank phis. Burrows, Mem. GOOD INTEREST? In January 1949, insuring a eel" taln car with another company. with $25.00 deductabie and -a $50 to ll00,OOO personal liability cover. FOR OUR COMMUNITY FARM BUREAUS They were chosen by your State DisCUssion Topic 1951 Roll Call Jackson-John amazoo .. Kent-Walter Allison, Parma. Kalamazoo--Wllbur Randall, Kal. Oberg, Sparta, and S1. Joseph--l\1. W. Drew, Mendon. Shlawassee-William Vernon. Tuscola-Kenneth Sherman, Baur, Caw. Ba_I.- d Material For DiscUSlion This Month by age cost the owner $43.41. In JUly Committee from topics presented at the District We present the men and women E. W. Ruehs, Caledonia. Van Buren-Edward P. Gibbons. ~Ioun 1950. the same coverage came to Meetings of July, 1950 Lapeer-Ernest McCready, Clif. Bloomingdale. Our Community Farm Bureau Discussion Groups the farmer at $33.41. There. alone. that County J.'arm Bureaus have ford. Washtenaw-Clarcnce King. Ply. chosen as their managers for the Lena wee - Don Gust. Ottawa mouth. was your $10.00 back! DONALD D. KINSEY Highways. A c-ertaln farmer's Nov. Does Your Farm Bureau Invest- state.wide Farm Bureau member. Lake. Wayne-Henrietta Burch, Ply. Director or Research and Information • property taxes tor plghways alon!: ment Draw Interest? ship campaign the week of Dec. 4. These people, with the help of Livingston-Lyle ville. Glover, Fowler. mouth. cost him $176.80 In 1928. When the Wexford-Sidney Hodgson, Cad. I wonder what you think of when the term interest gaa and weight tax la.w became the county boards and mem~ershlp Macomb -. Martin Montgomery, iliac. effective as a result of Farm Bu. Dec. Educational Opportunities and committees. are putting together Armada. : pops into your mind? Perhaps you think of a Ietter reau work. this fanner's taxes for Problems of Rural Youth. and training county and township Manistee - John Joseph, One. Good tile that meets testing stan. leaders and the force oC5,000 volun., enclosing a check in your mail box. Perhaps it means these purposes were reduced to teer membership workers .. , 'kama. ' dards is the best investment, say getting earnings at the savings window of you.r bank $62.20 by 1940. Schools. Tuitions and costs of Jan. Should Township Government be County Roll Call Managers , Mason-'-Bob Whittbecker, Scott. Michigan State College agricultural Alcona-Glenn Powers, Harris. ville .. engineers. or receiving a refund on purchases at your co-operative. taking rural children to school Abolished in Favor of Stronger ville. Mecosta-Clement Bennett, Big 1--------------- were very high before the program ,Rapids: S AF E TY County Governments? Allegan-James Curtis, F~nnville. A little thought, however, should reveal to you that was changed to institute state 2:1~1 Midland-Julius Rabe, Rhodes. Don't risk your'mitts Alpena-Clifton Jaco~, Alpena." thl's I'dea of I'nterest is inadequate. Some of the for schools. Farm Bureau put Its Missaukee-Charics Boven, Mc- Near Spinning g~r3; shoulder to the wheel in that case, Feb. ¥ ardsticks of Farm Prosperity. Antrim-Berrien Crawford, Kew. Baln R-2. They're apt to take adin. major forms of interest we enjoy. do not return to our too. remember? I cannot remember Arenac-Adam Kraatz, 81'., Stan. Montmorency - Walter Bahrke, Both arms and ears. Hillman R-3. just what my father paid for my These topics are alive with interest .and importance dish. purses. schooling in town. I remember the Montcalm - Sephus Hansen, is no accident! Barry-Ralph Pennock, Nashville. D 11-' o acirs t ha t stay In our p • ock ~- e~ are ". mteres t'" figure was large enough to make m a me wish I had it to buy a hOrse. to the farmer! Attend your Community Farm Bay-Julius Rabe, Rhodes. Greenville. Monroe-Johon Metz, Jr., Monroe I. -.-.. --.-.-. -. -.-. -.-. -. -.-. -.-. -.-. -. -.-..-. -.-. -.-. -.-_ Bureau meetings! Benzie-N. R. Miller, Empire. more desirable a part of what sense we have spent. than when Th someone e same pays us back . f but I also remember that he had to provide us with a car to make IS true 0 our that 10 or 11 mileS every day to Berrlen-J. rien Center. Burton Ricl!ards, Bel'. ~'~~kegOn-RUSsell Trygstad, Hol. tori. King Evaporators Branch-Dean Pridgeon.' Mont. Newaygo--Anne Becker. Bruns. rights better as than citizens! rights and Rights freedoms and freedoms regained. retained If we retain are school. But now tuitions are dOW!I, and the ,school bus calls for the childTen. Co. Women Hold Store Fertilizer gomery. Calhoun - Marshall. Grant i\IicKlatcher, . wick. Northwest l\lichigan-Wm. Hooli. han, Traverse City. them; we never have to lose them. Suppose that you had to repre. sent your own interests before the Rural-Urban In 'Dry Building eon. Cass-Carl Kentner, White PI~. Oakland-Leroy Thompson. 6500 Cedar Island Road, Milford R-2. We often fail to appreciate these forms of interest law.making bodies of the state and If you have your next year's Charlevoix - John Rosequi~t, because we get So "return c h ec k min d e.d " W' e lik nation! Suppose that you had to e to make trips to Lansing and Wash. Meets 011 Oleo fertilizer supply or expect delivery soon. you'll want to heed the stor, Chal'levoix. Cheboygan-Raymond lIus, Che- Oceana-Byron ~Iay, Hart. Ogemaw-Earl Tucker. IWse City. see the envelope open and the money .' fall out. We often k ington, rather than having an ex. perienCed man in your Farm Bu. The Lenawee, Ogemaw, Living- ston, Ingham, Oakland, Clinton. and age hints given by Michigan St,\te boygan. Clinton-J\lrs. Leona AIg?e, St. Osceola-Leo 'Quast, Marion. Otsego--Der.ryl Fleming, GaYlord. Want Copper Job? College soil scien t1sts. Ottawa-Gerrit Elzinga, Hudson Our allotment of King Evaporators assume that the money that stays in our pocketboo is rean represent you. What would Ionia County Women's committees Johns. , ., with copper pans allows us to sell cpr- They advise storing fertilizer ville. ' it. cost you to make those trip,,? were among those which held rural- tain sizeH 24"x6 ft.. :W"xlO ft., 36 'x12 t just ours,. and that it naturally belongs. there. We cer- sacks only in a barn or some other Eaton-Archie Scott. Charlotte. Presque Isle-Walter Hempel. ft .• 40"x12 ft.. 4S"x12 ft. for 1951 d<;- urban conferences during October. Emmet-Ralph Luesini, Lever. II\"er\". See 01' write us al once. \\" And it .you did not .make them. dry building that has flooring off Hawks. tainly have assumed also that the freedoms ~e enjoy the Influence on the legislatol's At these meetings. efforts were the ground. With earth 01' con. ing. .' may' he able to ship your size. ~Il as American farmers will be ours as a matter of course. could go very much against y?u! made to show the city guest what a "Yes" vote on Proposal 4 would crete floors, put fertilizer on blo~ks ...... Genesee-Robert' Coyner, Flush. ~. . sizes are available with I-:nl';lIshtm pans, suhject to ahilit~. of manufac- turer to furni;;h them. Order now to Neither of • these ideas is sound •.. The . big government Not the .least value of havmg a, -Farm Bureau lies in the prestige mean to rural families of Michigan. Farmers are urging a "No" vote on or boards . If sacks are of burlap. keep piles lng Gladwin -. Gleason Holliwell. S.AP BUCKETS . help assure delivery for 1951 season. NOW AVAILABLE! Special Size . " ,," and influence, it creates for farm. close together to reduce circulation Gladwin. ,Be sure to order standard, .gal. Evaporator for 250 or less trees. BoU- we have fostered now allows us to keep some share ers In public affairs generallY. this proposal. of ail'. Cakiing can be reduced by Gratiot-Charlesl\lumford" St. vanizedi maple syrup sap b UC' k ing capacit~. nearly a barrel of "ap per hour. Tltls small size model a!,d of our income only. by virtue of "exemptions". Our Through it you have repr~entatives piling sa~ks only seven or eight Louis. , ets, now for delivery In February a medium size model are now on dls- Hillsdale-Willis Hoffllla~i Hud. , , play at our shop. 'Vrite today for • ,' .on many state and natIOnal com. For Better, Yields high, Keep broken separate from 19fil. Also available, new type descriptive catalog and prices for all property IS ours IF the government lets us keep It. mittees on education, health, anti the main pile since loose fertilil.cr son.• ~ plastic bucket with built.in. COV- models. Sanitation Is one of the important er. \Vrite for samples and prices. SUGAR BUSH SUPPLIES CO. The government assumes the rigllt to take whatever econom.lc pro~lerris. sl!aks up moisture faster than that Huron-l\lrs. Francis Ebert, Pig. parts of good farm management . P.O. Box 1107 ' Lansing. Mich. '.' '. Extra services are made avail. in,a bag. eon. and Mrs. Howard Rathburn. S'ugar Bush Supplies Co Located on "1-43 nVest Saginaw Keep your equipment. barns, and .-------------- I share of our incomes it may need to preserve its powers able from time to time in the stock clean. Ubly. " 1-' 1>0 Box 1107, Lansing, Mich. . . !toad) just wpst of \Vaverly golf course. LanKin/;. an d promote . Its b' ureau-p I' anne 'd h sc en:es• • B y gammg .. waf of such things as Blue Cross health inSurance. special protec. Vote next Tuesday . Ingham-Leon Fello~s. ~a~on. it Best by "Gain- Test':~" , control of the national wealth, 'is able to persuade ~s ti?"n In acclimated'seeds, ~arketlng . ' , d' . b b'b d . services for produce and Hvestock, to surren er our freedoms y n ery an ,coercIOn. and many others. ' The Big Government Bureau has shown that it knows .If it were not for Farm Bureau , '. pioneering, it would no doubt be that honey catches more fhes than vmegar. But a fly true that all feed formulas could cannot know that honey is sticky, while a smart farmer remain the sec~ets of the manu . " . , . facturers. Poor goods have sold on ...~ f' can. the market for a higher price thau some top quality goods before this, If you have studied the facts of this growth of govern- when no sign of the quality was me~t powe;, you will kn,?w that we can save our incomes required. l. . Opportunities for Action. If you from excessive taxation, and our freedoms from being really know its power and how to usurped by these bureaus only by ~ strong organization use it. can you afford to be with- '~ ~ out your Community Farm Hureall:' of citizens with a stro,ng democratic fighting spirit. The .I'rom range 'country ex- Here in this ~roup sY;stem lies not only your "voice" but also yonI' periment stations come news- inte~est repaid us on this side of the ledger is of greater answer as a farmer and citizen t.o worthy reports, telling of a ~~ vital v~lue tha'n that on the dollar side, if we . look at it the' challenges to your freedoms. sire selection method that's \. '-=, r- through the eyes of a true American spirit. Here you can decide together and something new in livestocl,t im- ~. take action against' the pressurll3 provement. A method that may Is Bi~ Government Threat Real? of England that "He has erected imposed against You to surrender help you select sires whose of!- . It- is difficult for a person on the a multitude of new offices, anI! the'right to run your own affairs. spring should make faster gams; farm. with his farming job to do has sent hittleI' swarms of officers to take time to look up the reeonl to harass our people, and eat out Here lies one of the few remaining turn your feeds into meat at less , true "grassy roots" systems of rur. cost. of his qovernment programs. But their substance." It does not take al democracy. This, alone. is worth You want cattle, hogs and lambs the fact is evident to a student ot a kino; to create ,a despotic gOY' the small cost of your membership. that will make you more for the grass or the .matter that the U. S. Depart. ernment. .If yoU will sum up these values, meut of Agriculture, through one The interest which we have yet feed you put into them. That's .why you l~k • l;~ih to yourself and to your neigh- uf 'its most active agencies had t(), save' for our future. is thus bor, you will find that you have long fQr .good sires; why you ~ pay _a ~)lg.pnce lollov.~ed a courSe set to achieve clearly more than a saving in dol. bou~ht quite a full and high-quality for a bull, boar or ram that ~ou hope will Improve the power to govern .the farmers. larS and cents. And we caRnot Jjaj::kagefor your membership dues. your herd. But it's often difficult, o~ too expe~- Governmental agencies, when aCford to be weak when we facJ! siva, to buy proven sires. And,'even WIth fine pedi- ;'Questions, for Community Group first formed, were developed to the strength of this growing move- Conclusions: gree. appearance and confortnation, the Y?UIig "What does Chi~roiay?" 6Brve the gl'OUPS for whom they ment to place the farmer in subju . AnimAl that looks best to you may, prov!'l,~P- .. 1.- If YOIlhave problems regal"llin~ were instituted. Through control galion! ' :' , "'"'""j' You hav~,p'r'obably he~e know, to people livmg in those aIds grading good in the carcass with about 10 bushels our dollars in this government sys- we must add around $125 for small been passed through ultra.violet tern. but also nul' very lives and supplies and equipment. The total rays to increase Its Vitamin D con. it is a business of large volume and small margms. we are dealing in commooities-arid against the stiffest For areas which do not pro- duce enough livestock for E"tS;~~fon. of corn. Sixty percent of the entire gain was made from pasture and 30% from roughage, 10% from those of our children! taxable expenditure would be $422;; tent. kind of competition. Besides Swift, there are 18,000 their own needs~ ~R-m~ grain feeding. Fat 1050-pound yearlings have been A strong organization of Cree. without the exemption tor supplies other meat packers and commercial slaughterers of produced from 4OO-pound feeder calves with about Evaporated milk has had 50 to 60 25 bushels of corn. About 40% of the total gain was thinking citizens can help to pro. for production for resale. The per cent of its water removed by livestock. At one time or another we are in direct com- made from pasture, 30% from roughage, and 30% tect themselves and fend ot! such Farm Bureau exemption saved this encroachments. We have to consider farmer $126.75 for that year! neating It In a vacuum. It Is then petition with all of them-both in buying and in selling. ~tha~~fin from grain feeding in dry lot. Feeding some grain is w.hether ~e will Invest $10 and homegenlzed to break up the fat The Farm Bu,.eau was Instru. globules and is tinally heat.process. SPECIAL HOT TURKEY SANDWICH essential in order to market the pasture gains to He-"s a real he.man sandwich mode from sliced cold tuney advantage. Borne personal effort in a united mental,. in 1937. in getting a ed In the can. Evaporated milk does and heated stuffing and gravy. New and old pasture crops and more know-how program to retain the power for special farm license rate on far;;l hav'll Vitamin D added to It. The On slice of bread (or toast) place about 1 cup of hot well, about utilizing them, increased use of plant foods, the people, or slap down more mono trucks and trailers. Without that "cooked" flavor of evaporated milk OUR seasoned stuffing. Over'the top lay slices of white and dark development of cattle that put on flesh readily have ey 'at the tax window to support rate you would sti-II be paying the Is due to the carmelization of the CITY COUSIN turkey. Then pour on about 1 cup of hot turkey giblet gravy. all contributed to the increased use of roughage and the power of expensive bureau!". present commercial rate. Here is an milk sugar during the heating pro. pasture. Serve with hot mashed potatoes, if desired. Cranberry sauce, ... From 1940 to 1947 the cost' of bread actual farm case. 1946 2.ton Dodge cess. of course. increased 50%. But the cost of the truck. weight 7000 Ibs.. rack in. Condensed milk is made by -Soda BillSe:z: .w j Swift & Company Fed e I' a I Government increased eluded ;-the commercial rate :It H. tt-IgLI .. , ICid, evapOl'ating part of the water 370%! this weight is $1.25 per hundrE"d. from whole milk and adding sugar "lJIat. _ -ro,f". ._ When a feller makes a mistake and doesn't admit In the Declaration of Independ- weight or $87.50 for the truck. But to prevent spoilage. P It he's made two mistakes.And if he doesn't filt it ence the American patriots level. the Carm rate was reduced to 35c l~ ~, he's made three I UNION STOCK YARDS, CHICAGO 9, ILLINOIS led the charge against George III a hundredweight, and the farmer When a man says, "You're like me .•• " that', a Vote next Tuesday. COIIIfl~ eVeG If y~ doA't tbIAk ~ Nu~~on is ~urbusiness-and your~