Vol. XXX No. 2 Michigan Farm News SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1952 30th Year Published Monthly Farmers Have Interest in Many Bills in Legislature • EDITORIAL Brody Speaks Farm Bureau Women Aid Hospital New Rules Speed Illinois FB Membership 185,590 For Employers Legislative Action Illinois has 185,590 Farm Bureau members and Of Migrants STANLEY M. POWELL Director of Public Affairs Division of MFB leads all other member states in the American Farm In behalf of Michigan farmers The legislature is moving in high gear at Lansing. Bureau Federation. who employ migrant labor, Secretary C. L. Brody of the Probably never before has as much legislation been intro- A comparison of the membership in Illinois with Michigan Farm Bureau, has made duced and actually considered during the first month this statement to Senator Homer the census for 1950 reveals that 94.94 per cent of Ferguson and to Representative of a legislature session. farmers are members of the Illinois Agricultural Ruth Thompson of the Senate and House judiciary committees: Well over 400 bills have been introduced, and dozen Association, which is the Farm Bureau in Illinois. "I am advised that the Ameri- or more constitutional amendments. T h e state has 195,268 farms. can F a r m Bureau Federation is strongly urging separate legisla- The lawmakers are showing that they are h u m a n by T h e average farmer in Illinois has 158.6 acres tion providing for the immediate putting off until later decisions on the most difficult of land. Farm Bureau dues are $ 15 a year per extension of the present agree- ment with Mexico, which has to issues. For instance, they have not agreed on any defi- family. do with farm labor and other nite course of action relative to the big financial diffi- workers. "Illinois has not minced around about farm "The Michigan Farm Bureau culties which confront the State of Michigan. Questions issues," said Harry Bryson, director of field strongly endorses the position involving the budget a n d . t a x measures are being con- communicated to you by the Am- services for the American Farm Bureau. "The erican F a r m Bureau Federation sidered by little groups, but no definite decisions have I A A has insisted that farmers should speak for as follows: been reached. "This legislation should provide themselves through their organization. authority to the Attorney Gener- Among the bills for raising new revenue the biggest "This is reflected in the all time high membership al to issue warrants to enter the lands or other property to ques- one introduced this far has just been presented by Rep. for Illinois. The state's progress in Farm Bureau tion aliens concerning their entry Walter H. Nill of Muskegon. H e is sponsoring Gov- membership is a demonstration to the nation that into the United States. This should not apply to the farmer's ernor Williams' favorite proposal a corporation income farmers can and will speak for themselves." dwelling! tax. The rate would be at 4 % which revenue depart- In Illinois only Farm Bureau members share the "MICHIGAN farmers are large ment officials estimate would yield $80,000,000. How- employers of migrant labor. savings effected by business services of the Illinois Therefore, we feel it •essential ever, it would repeal the corporation franchise fee. Agricultural Association. that their rights as American Photographed with a nepr operating table for Gerber Memorial Hospital at Fremont are, left citizens be adequately protected. to right: L. L. Robey of Newaygo, chairman of the hospital board; Dr. L. J. Geerlings, chief of the New rules have been set up for this session in the hope As stated by our national organ- medical staff of Newaygo county; Miss Aleatha Crawford, superintendent of the hospital; and Mrs. of speeding up the legislative procedure. A committee A Question of Fat ization, we urge that the follow- ing conditions be embodied in Gerrit Hooker of Reeman, past president of the Newaygo County Farm Bureau Women's Committee. has only 21 days to consider a bill that has been referred T h e Office of Price Stabilization has hopped onto any legislation enacted: Gerber Memorial Hospital at erations. The group raised $1,- Reeman—undertook such projects to it. Thus when January 30 arrived 53 of the bills that Fremont has a new operating 300 to buy the table. as food sales, pie socials, scrap the meat industry charging improper trimming of "(1) That employment itself table which was bought by It was while Mrs. Gerrit Hooker drives, etc., to raise $30 to $100 had been introduced on January 9 died auto- pork loins and butts. Too much fat. No doubt, should not constitute harboring groups of citizens in Newaygo was president that the Newaygo each for the table. aliens. county. County Farm Bureau Women's matically because they had not been considered favor- A few years ago the Newaygo the O P S has minute instructions to be followed. "(2) Harboring should be ade- Committee offered to help with County Community Farm Bu ably in committee. Each day from now on additional quately defined in the law to The new table replaces one that the project. reau groups, through the efforts T h e American Meat Institute came back with constitute the secreting aliens for had been in use for a number of bills will be suffering the same fate. Seven Farm Bureau groups— of the Women's Committee, fur this statement: the purpose of avoiding detection. years and was not considered Aetna, Ashland, Beaver-Denver, nished a three bed maternity Many bills of interest to farm folks, both as agricul- "(3) Any inducement to obtain practical for some types of op- Brookside, Dayton, Garfield and ward for the hospital. "Each hog is an individual animal and packers the entry of an alien to be a vio- tural producers and as rural citizens, are pending. It buy them as they come to market. Some, naturally, lation of the law should require ty Farm Bureaus have deadline have more fat on them than others. If the O P S deliberate intent. "(4) Authority to enter upon 40,000 Farm dates for paying membership re- newals and for new Farm Bu- Michigan 15th looks as though the proposal to levy a substantial weight tax on farm tractors will die in committee. T h u s far, experts can find a way to put the same depth of private property should not be reau memberships in order . to none of the three different measures calling for inspec- fat on each hog, they can do what nature can't. granted without a duly author- ized administrative warrant. Families in have Blue -Cross through the Farm Bureau. insurance In AFBF tions of motor vehicles, either annually or semi-annually, " W e went through a fat fiasco during O P A days "WE FEEL it important that SIX COUNTIES have exceeded has made progress. A bill passed the House providing and pointed out that pork loins naturally, have any administrative warrant should not permit the entering Farm Bureau their goals for 1952—Alcona, Al- pena, Branch, Iosco, Missaukee Membership that the postmark date would be regarded as the date of depressions in the flesh here and there and that, of the farmer's dwelling or un- WESLEY S. HAWLEY and Montmorency. Twenty others filing claims for gas tax refunds. reasonable search. We also feel Michigan ranked 15th for Farm consequently, fat thickness may be greater or less County Farm Bureaus have have 90% or more of goal; 42 Bureau members at the close of TOLL ROADS. The Senate is that reasonable leeway be pro- sent to the Michigan Farm Bu- have 80% or more of goal. Only 1951 according to a report made a year might be exempt upon taking more seriously than ever giving the required notice. This at one point on a loin than at other points. vided the Immigration Service to reau memberships for 40,000 fam-. 9 are below 70% of goal. before a proposal to establish a continue to have authority to use by the American Farm Bureau. bill has been reported favorably ilies as of Jan. 15. That is about Here are the leading states: turnpike authority with power to "Moreover, there are quantities of lean loins and emergency procedures to meet 9,000 ahead of the same date a by the Senate Committee on Ag- issue self-liquidating bonds to riculture. _ heavy loins on the market and the consumer can critical farm labor needs as year ago. We have 80% of our Bill t o Aid T r a c t o r Illinois 183,590 construct, operate and maintain presently exercised. goal. Iowa 125,002 Senator Nichols, with Senator get what he prefers. So can the retailer. Some "I understand that the present Gas T a x Refund Indiana 96,354 toll roads in Michigan. Bills along Garland B. Lane of Flint, spon- Have you ever had a claim for this line have been introduced at sored bills for abolishing the agreement with Mexico expires MEMBERSHIP work continues New York 82,902 people like fat meat, some like it lean. They should toward the goal of 51,150 for 1952. gas tax refund on tractor fuel previous sessions, but have never apple commission and the cherry February 11 and our farmers feel Kentucky 64,188 before emerged from committee be able to get what they want." that its prompt renewal is of the The next report will be for the denied because it was filed a day Minnesota 61,954 commission and terminating for general debate. The Farm these two promotional programs. utmost importance to enable period ending Jan. 31. At that or so too late? California 61,279 Bureau has had a constant posi- These bills were referred to the them to provide the 1952 produc- time we hope to have 90% or Rep. George Gillespie, Genesee Alabama 61,193 No Farmers on This Board tion needed by the nation." more of our goal. county legislator, has sponsored Ohio 58,978 tion of opposition to the toll pro- gram. Senate Committee on <5tate Af- fairs. Yours sincerely, Last year the Michigan Farm House Bill No. 112, which sets North Carolina 58,025 T h e appointment of a national farm labor C. L. BRODY, Bureau reached its goal of 46,150 the date of postmark on the -en- Kansas 58,008 TELEPHONES. Of interest to APPORTIONMENT. At least advisory committee was recently announced by Executive Secretary for 1951 in mid-April. velope as the date of filing. At Georgia 50,253 many farm families will be a four joint resolutions proposing Michigan Farm Bureau The American Farm Bureau present the claim must be re- Texas 50,000 bill providing the following: "Any constitutional amendments rela- Secretary of Labor Maurice J. Tobin. The commit- said in J a n u a r y that Michigan is ceived and filed in the office of Arkansas 49,019 person on a party telephone line, tive to the basis of legislative tee is to have 18 members. Not one of them a Chicks in 4th place for the number of the Secretary of State within the Michigan 47,768 who shall refuse or fail to re- apportionment have been intro- representative of agriculture. Nine are to be nomi- Order your chicks soon if you members reported to the AFBF. six months' period. Tennessee 40,001 lease the line for emergency doc- duced. It seems doubtful if any want to be assured of early de- A year ago we were in 7th place. The bill has passed the House tor, police or fire calls, shall be of them will be adopted by the nated by A F L and nine by the CIO. livery and the kind and quality of Membership figures should rise of Representatives and now is be- Livestock must have plenty of guilty of a misdemeanor." Legislature. chicks you want. rapidly this month. Many Coun- fore the Senate. salt the year round. A bill is pending to raise the Probably most support is mani- T h e function of the new committee, says Mr. age limits for each class of driv- fested for Senate Joint Resolu- ers' licenses by one year. Tobin, is to advise him on the impact of the farm labor importation program upon American workers 357 County Officers Attend 3rd MFB Institute DOG LAW. Several proposals to change the Michigan dog law tion A sponsored by Senator Creighton R. Coleman of Mar- shall. It is the same as SJR-L of and the effect such importation might have on have been introduced. Possibly the 1951 legislative session. Many the most important of these is Community Farm Bureau Groups depressing labor standards in the United States. studied this when they were con- H-161 which among other changes It would have been much simpler and a time would remove from the law the sidering apportionment problems provision that allows the owner last fall. saver if he would have announced the verdict or tenant of any field or enclosure One of the other proposals re- instead of the jury. outside of an incorporated city garding this very controversial to kill a dog which enters any issue is SJR-G. It is sponsored such field unaccompanied by his by Senator Harold M. Ryan of Farm Machinery is Indispensable owner or owner's agent. Detroit and provides for appor- tioning both the Senate and This is the provision under It isn't alarming that the farm population has which the raisers of sheep and House strictly on a population bas- dropped another five million in the last ten years, turkeys have the right to shoot is. This is the plan- which the stray dogs that trespass on their CIO favors. nor that it now is down to 23.5 million persons— land without actually catching them in the act of chasing or TRUCKS. Bills intended to just about what it was 50 years ago. clear up legal technicalities re- wounding livestock. F a r m machinery, labor saving devices of many garding enforcement of gruck THE NEW proposal provides weight limits and to prevent kinds, science and greater practical know-how make that the owner of the dog would overloads have been approved by it possible for farmers today to produce all the food 357 County Farm Bureau presi- deadline dates for payment of The committee has the responsi- board should have a publicity be liable to the owner or tenant the Senate. These measures were dents and county committeemen member's dues and the enrolling bility of studying legislative committee. The committee should of the field for any damage done introduced by Senator Creighton and fibre we need for a population of more than for Blue Cross, membership, of new members to be eligible problems and drafting resolu- develop a program for publiciz- by a trespassing dog. Getting any R. Coleman of Marshall who I 50 millions. Community Farm Bureaus, Wo- to continue in Blue Cross or en- tions. District meeting of mem- ing County FB activities through- relief from that method would sponsored the legislation on this men of the Farm Bureau, Junior roll in Blue Cross in a Farm Bu- bers of the county resolutions out the year by newspaper arti- certainly be uphill business from subject a year ago, which after Farm Bureau, farm supplies, reau group. committees have been helpful. cles, advertising, perhaps a Coun- the standpoint of the farmer having been amended by the Census Shows All Capac Club W o m e n resolutions, legislation, and edi- The idea started three years, ago ty Farm Bureau paper, radio and whose livestock was being House at that time was held by FARM SUPPLY chairmen said menaced. Sheep raisers assembled the A t t o r n e y General as not be- Farms Not Commercial Hear Mrs. Whittaker tors and publicity chairmen at- that all farmers need more in- in District 7. The district meet- other means. People with tal- at Farmers' Week were much ing enforceable. The new bills Mrs. Harry Whittaker, chair- tended the 3rd Farm Bureau In- ings bring support for new pro- ents along those lines should The 1950 census shows that stitute at Kellogg Center, Mich- formation on farm co-operatives, disturbed about this proposal. were intended to clear up the man of the Women of the Mich- posals of merit,N and concentrate head up those jobs. No one per- nearly one-third of all farms are igan State College, Jan. 16-17. Farm Bureau Services branches, legal fine points raised by the igan Farm Bureau, spoke to the support for recommendations of son is likely to have the time to APPLES & CHERRIES. What Attorney General and to give not commercial operations. They Some recommendations made: management contracts. Also on Capac Women's Club Jan. 7 on Farm Bureau's farm supply pro- greatest interest and importance. handle all of them. is going to happen about the apple justices of the peace ample au- are either part-time, sideline op- erations or so very small t h a t her observations of European ag- PRESIDENTS said County gram and its relation to Michigan County Farm Bureaus having and cherry promotional programs thority to enforce the weight LEGISLATIVE chairmen dis- they do not sell $250 worth of pro- riculture. The club met at the Farm Bureau annual meeting is Farm Bureau and membership. an office should make the office remains in doubt. Representatives limits and to impose the fines cussed plans for securing strong duce in a year. The inclusion of home of Mrs. A. A. Brink, chair- most important meeting of the The Farm Supplies committee p.ublicity information headquar- Engstrom, Anderson and Cooper according support for the Farm Bureau leg- to the graduated these very small farms in the man of Women of Farm Bureau in year. They urged planning for must bring that information to ters. Chairmen agreed that such propose to remove the expiration schedule which is set up. islative program through an in- census dilutes such statistical in- St. Clair county. better annual meetings. the membership. It must advise action has helped their publicity date which is written into the formed membership. Many leg- formation as the size of the av- Mrs. Whittaker was a delegate Farm Bureau Services regarding program. present Cherry Commission Act DEEH. The controversial issue islative committees will arrange erage farm and the n u m b e r of to the meeting of the Associated MEMBERSHIP chairmen the general thinking of the mem- Many counties are planning so that this program would be of giving the State Conservation for delegations of Farm Bureau farms with machinery. Country Women of the World agreed their committee should bership. County F a r m Bureau Institutes continued. Meanwhile Senator Commission authority relative to members to visit this session of convention at Copenhagen. She meet monthly beginning in later to get all committee mem- Haskell L. Nichols of Jackson in- seasons and limits for hunting the legislature. There now are more deer in traveled in Denmark, England, March. They urged additional RESOLUTIONS chairmen said bers together to discuss ideas troduced a bill to make the apple deer has again made its ap- Michigan t h a n during Indian France, Belgium, Holland, Switz- training programs for all roll call their committees should hold not PUBLICITY chairmen said secured at the MFB Institute for tax optional. Any grower choos- pearance. Rep. Kenneth O. days. erland and Germany. people. Roll calls should set less than three meetings a year. every County Farm Bureau improving Farm Bureau work. ing not to pay the assessment for (Continued on page 5) TWO MICHIGAN FARM NEWS SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 19.52 have not demonstrated that they Michigan Farm News Invite Students Cold Never can live up to the extravagant F."tAhll"hed JAnuAry I~. 1'%3 Michigan Farm Bureau From Germany claims of their makers. There's as much truth as humor Entered u .eeond clu. matter .Jan. I%, au at the postottlee at Charlotte, Michigan. under the Act Y-Pre~ ....."'. OFFICERS Pre~ldent ....C. E. Bu~klrk. Paw Paw \YIghtman. Fennville At the January 5 Council A Killer by in the story of the patient .woo asked his dcotor. "How long will it take to cure my cold with this of ~a.rell S, 1Sa. Exec. S"c.y C. L. Brod)'. Lansing R.5,CLA"" meeting, the Junior Farm Bu- medicine?" The doctor told him, Ils PublIshed montb17, first Sa.tur- 'a.y. by MichIgan lo'ann Buroeau at publIcation ottlce at 114 E. Loy- DISTRICT DIRECTORS I-Russell E. Hazel....Rlchland. R-I 2-Blaque Knlrk.__.._._Qulncy, R-l 111arthy's ....'Attic - Day reau again voted to sp'onsor 5 German exchange stud;nts in Its Lonesome "A week or ten days." long will it take if I don't use "How ett SL, Cha.rloUe, MichIgan. 3-Ellward Frltch ......_....Howell. R-I 1952. They will replace five who D. E. YOCHEM. M.D. the medicine?" And the physi- ~-A. Shellenbarger ..L. Odessa. R-l \ will finish their year in America Edltorta1 and cenerat office.. C1 &-:\larten Garn...._._.Charlotte. R-5 I For as long as I rcmember.-every winter of my life. Medical Director of Ohio Farm cian's answer: "Ten days or a :-oorth Cedar SL, LansIng, Mlchl- 6-"'ard G. Hod~e Snov"r. R-l I have had a day of misery. cleaning attic with my wife. in July. Bureau Life Ins. Co. v,reek:" can. POo't Oftlc<>r,.. .The purpose of this Associa. Any Farm Bureau family that 'A cm!> .."by' \ts lonesome. has from overtiring yotlrself and keep tion shall be the advancement Representing There to spend a spell in solitude for sweet contentment's salis as busy as it can be fighting having one of these young Ger- min& martyrdom, probably it those cold germs. and you'll .be "Our back attic is disgraceful.-just a filthy dirty mess man students in your home for a wouldn't deserve much attention. a big .help to it and to yourseli And today we're going to clean it or I'll miss my guess." Jr. FB Names Congress Starts Hearings in March Farnlers Call So. when I have shored the livestock. back indoors I wend my way year, please contact the Michigan Junior Farm Bureau. P: O. Box 960. 221 N. 'Cedar. Lansing. for The trouble is that some colds if you don't pile up a lot more don't stay colds. complications. They become bron- They develop work for it. Another important thing' you Public hearings will probably For the episode comprising Marthy's annual attic day; chitis. or pneumonia. or .mas- cal1t do is to set up an nlert Conllnittees begin in March on the general subject of credit control and debt Ease Shortage For the busy game of take-and-put, Over what to keep in storage and what to relegate .. the all-day-Iong debate ;urther details. toiditis. or influenza. or pleurisy. "pneumonia or meningitis., watch" and if YOlil' cold gets worse. call the doctor. For 1952 management. by the Congressional nomic Subcommittee, They will be held Joint Eco- headed by Of Fertilizer Now our attic is no dirtier than others on our street. But that won't do for Marthy .• "She is scrupulously So we sort and move and change and put and carry down and neat. AFBF Objects THERE ARE some killers that gang. in YOUR COLD is getting worse if your aches .and pains increase; Representative Wright Patman of " So, through most of the time a if your fever goes up; jf your The Michigan Junior Farm Bu- Texas. AFBF has urged Congress reau executive committee of Dick to take all action necessary in the pinch on fertilizer Root. Yern Thalmann, Darrell field of money policy to effec- the spring season. Farmers can help ease the supplies for back \Ve scalp ourselves on rafter beams with many a lusty whack We clean the corner we have cleared and stack "it full once more ' To Universal cold comes and' goes. with no lasting ill effects, sometimes that cold opens the door to pneumonia. sYI1).ptoms spread; if your chest or throat starts hurting; if your rough persists; if your ears hurt; Till presently there comes to view a strip of vacant floor. COliey. and Betty Jane Pidd has tively control inflation. announced state committees 195:!. The announcement came for ORDER NOW. take delivery as early as possible and store the And when the onerous task is don~ to Marthy's satisfaction Traimlig Bills influenza, fections .. and various other in- That's why it isn't smart to' 'get if your glands begin to swell; or if a rash shows up. . A paper-thin line divides a cold as follow-up .of the Junior committees Council January meeting. will be responsible The 5 Nat'l Rural plant food on your farm until next spring. suggests Fred Har- ger. manager of Farm Bureau It has not been a day of fun but one of furious action. And. though I say it grudgingly. in truth I must admit The attic seems more roomy. You can walk around in it. Those whl3 favor universal mil- cold-careless. itary trajning are thorough I job of pro.pagandizing doing a (\ T;h ere isn't. unfortunately, from such complications as pneu- monia or influenza. But by giv- Services' fertilizer manufactur- And Marthy knows just what is where when alI is put away- tnuch Iyou can do about stopping ing your hard-working body a for the arrangements making the 1952 state projects a success. The committee involved in mem- Y outl1 School ing division. To take care of the tremendous demand. all fertilizer producers While I have merely just survived another attic day. R. S. Clark 315 North Grinnell Sheet the public in the name. of "th~s a.,cold. emergency period" said the Am. erican Farm Bureau to the House pected of the antihistamine Nobody has yet come up with' a sure cure. Much was ex- drugs. break. you can be pretty sure to keep the line. your cold from crossing bers are as follows: Budget-Paul Leipprandt. Hur-' At Giloxi must operate year round. he said. their plants the I Jackson, Michigan extension hall. ~orunna. 1:30 p. Armed Washington. Services committee Jan. 22. ~ -But....'...the\ consensus •1 '1' opinion is that the antihistamines of medical It may be tiresom'e but it won't be deadly. on; tenaw; Betty Vern Jane Pidd. Wash- Michigan Junior Farm Bureau Hodge. Ingham. will be well represented FERTILIZER at the a few weeks or a few months. It can't be made in Hold District m. I Feb. 19-Jackson county. Parma HOUSE BILL No. 5904 and Senate Bill 2441, 'both proposed CLASSIFIED Constitution-Gordon Bickel, National Rural Youth Leadership must flow steadily from factories high school, 8 p. m, by the Nat'l Security Training ADS Cass; Herb Clarke, Eaton; George Training Bowlby, Clinton. issippi. School at Biloxi. Miss- to farms if requirements February 27 -March 1. met. Neither the manufacturers nor theil' dealers are able to store are to be Livestock I Feb. Shrine p. m. 20-G e n e see Room. Masonic county. temple. 8' Commission. said the AF-BF. soon would take 20% of the working force of U. S. industry and ag- Classified advertisements are cash with order at the fOllowing rates: 5 cents per word for one edition. Ads to appear in two or more editions take the rate !If 4 cents per word per edition. Skilled Drivers-Jim peer; Kei:h Vern Leverence. Hodge, Reilly La- Ingham; St. Joseph; rectors. A TTENDING will be the Junior headed from by Michigan sufficient quantities to fill all or- board of di- d~rs on short notice. Presid~nt Storing ferti:i~er on the farm Excll. Me'ets Feb. 21-Macomb to be announced. 8 p. m. 'Feb. 122-Huron county, place county, Bad riculture into summer camps lfnd thus cripple our pro- ductive capacity. military LIVESTOCK MAPLE SYRUP PRODUCERS Richard Root of Gratiot county. is no problem if handled right. District meetings of the Mich- Axe elementary school, 1:30 p. JOhIt Lynn of the AFBF staff Dale Foster. Berrien; Keith Lam- )IlLKIXG SHORTHORXS-D a r It UlJY YOlil: needed item'; earl,,! kin, Emmet. Other directors: Vern Thal- Mr. Harger said. Fully-cured, igan Livestock Exchange are said the Farm Bureau favors-a red yearling and bull calve" up to nu('Ij;~ts and COYt>r:-; ar~ in JJmit;d mann. Berrien; Darrell Coffey. ~acked fertilizer marketed in the being held to select delegates to m. decentralized military training 11 months. ~Ired hy 1~51 Grand :-;Ullply. Check your nt't'c1:-; for Feb. 22-Sanilac, supervisors' Champion. )lichigan State />'alr. HOL- fllter~. thf'rnlometers, hydronlt'tt'r:-;, State Fair Apple Juice Stand- Livingston; Betty Jane Pidd. fal! will keep in good condition the annual meeting of 'i:he Ex- room, court house, Sandusky. 8 program under supervision of civ- LAXDALE HOYAL l'P.IDK Select l-'khnnu:~r:-;. :-;('OOP~. lutlt.I!-l. Kla~s and Darrell Coffey. Livingston; Ma!C Washtenaw; Clayton Ruggles. until the spring. It can be safe- change at the Hotel Olds at Lans- p. m. il authorities. and "continued your sire f!"Omthe herrl that has won tin corltalnt'l'~, SpOllt:-l, tai)pingo Lit~. ly stored in any dry place. Boards Premier Br..eder awar'd at the ~lich- 1f ynu ha Vt" 500 tl't'P~ or nlOI't., a:-:k Bessert. Livingston; Norman Tuscola; Don Knox. Lapeer; Barb- ing. March 8. use of the selective service pro- igan State Fair S of tlte last 9 year". us about the ',inJ{ PortaLlc Pn\VPI' Spotts. Monroe; Donald Knox, ra Foster, Berrien; Gordon should be placed on top of damp' The meetings are discussing the gram to' build ,up the nation's Ingle"ide Farm. Stanley :\1. Powell, Tn'" Tapp..r. "'rlt .. for ('omplet.. Ionia. It-I. )lichigan. (l-tf<.50b) Hlr.z .pdt'e li!oOt cO"t.ring all itelll"= for Lapeer. Bickel. Cass; Carol Hauch. Len- concrete or dirt floors. Fertilizer -Livestock Man . reserve armed strength." rnal{ing and ma,-ketlng- your' mapl~ bags should be stacked only s~...- livestock situation with the aid AGENTS WANTED awee; Sally Devine, Monroe; Bob of representatives. from the Ex- 1 "yr-UJ>. SlI.2"nl' nU!'o'h 8unnlit.s Co .• State Tour-Vern Thalmann. en cr eight feet high. LYNN said the proposed UMT P.O. Box 110i. Lan~ing-. )fieh. Lo- Harrison. Barry; Vern Hodge. change and from the Michigan bill would I'nduct some 800000 ALL-OCCASIOX Greeting Cards f'ar..d at 4109\\'est Saginaw J.(.ael IOn Berrien; Bob HarrIson. Barry; Ingham; Paul Leipprandt, Huron; • that are ~ueh terrific ~ellers all you )1-~3 ju"t w..~t of. Lan~ing and Pat Utter. Van Buren; Francis Jack Carter, Newaygo; Lois Tay- KEEP broken bags separate State College extension service. young men into military service' have to do is ~how them. 21 box..d \\'aver'I~' golf ('our~... (2-tf-451o) Carter. Casso from the main pile. Loose fertii- Meetings have been under way each year for six months' train- ~elI for $1.00. O"H 100 other wond"r- lor. Isabella; and Keith Lamkin, izer absorbs moisture ful boxe~ Including Birthday, r."t. FOIL SALJ.~-.ltmlor "i?1' KIXC;Avap- from the since Jan. 21. Forthco~ing dates ing. After that they would be- W ..II. etc. I'rofit~ to 100'70 ph" orator. Can:lcitv onfl' barrel of !-l.ap Trophy-Carol Hauch. Len- Emmet. air faster. Stacking bags close are: come civilians again, but sub- bonus. "'rite for free ~amples. Kit 'In hOllr. English Tin m .. tal Ilao<. The general assembly periods T\\.o hundred ~o. 5 Grimm ~unut~ J.ect to 71h years in the reserves. awee; Barbara Friedley. Eaton; together cuts down the circula- Feb. 4-Eaton county, Masonic on appro"a!. Cn., Regal G reetlng I)<>pt.jO. Ferndale. )lIchlgan. Card n!ld hooks, filtpr nn(1 h\"(l rnll11-" t ....r Sally Devine, Monroe. will feature outstanding Farm r~pd one Yt'ar. Excpllpnt. condit inn . tion of air around them. This. temple at Charlotte at 10 a. m. "We assume that as part of. (2-52h) Bureau and extension leaders as n'r.it ... or ...all Chlldr,,.n',, lIon.e, 1110, too, prevents moisture., absorp- Feb. 4-Barry county, court their \ reserve training,~' said "iI!' { : 'TURKEY '.POU LTS . Howard Str...el, Saginaw, .\Ii•.f'il<'\n. Camp-Clayton Ruggles. Tus- speakers. Rural Youth classes , 1~-IW~~J" tion from the air. house at Hastings at 8 p. m. Lynn. "'they would be' required' p'AISE . ':\[A YFLOWF.R Turke, cola; Alice Phelps. Lapeer; Becky will be held on organization, pro- Feb. 5-Allegan, Berrien, Casso to attend at least two weeks' Poults for Bigger Profits. Broad '~HHF}r: ~IZES of npw I(~ ~\;~ Wigle. Ingham; Kathleen Rue- gram planning and education, Brea~t Bronze, '''hite Hollands. nrator!" rt'~Hl)'for imtn~(1iatt ..' Ot.]j\"(\n". summer training camp ,each year. sink. Lenawee; Clinton. Rosalie Swagart. publicity and recreational and public • phasis will be placed on what programs. relations, Em- Standard Oat Kalamazoo, St. Joseph and Van Buren counties \1t County Center building. Fairgrounds at Kal- If universal military training be- came effective in 1952, by 1959 Beltsville \Yhite~. BIg, Vlgorou". One Junior Kin",. Fast-Growing Poults noted for out- -'0 to 1fiO hu,cket!-l. On ... Illflrliutn ~ize "tanding Livability, Wonderful Me-'ll for 41)0to 500 hu('k...t". ('ollPpr "Y"Up qualitle". U. S. Pullorum Cl;,an. Fr~ n(l only one ~pa~on. Phhnf" fir -.:eeu~ at once a~ thesf" evapot.R.tor:-; beth Croel, Ion;~'. Janl'ce Johnson. Best varieties of oats for Mich- Feb. 6-Hillsdale county, 4-H ed by the commission. Assume a NURSERY STOCK will not lul-lt long- in our stock. Sug-ar - gram in their state. Adult leaders standing army of 3,500.000 men. Midland; Bob Kleinschmidt. Liv- igan farms continue to be Clin- Club building at Fairgrounds Bush Ru"pllp~ COJl1pan~'. Phon.. ingston. and advisors will have separate BHILLIAXT Everhearlng straw- 96-336 Lansing. PO Box 1l0j, L~n"- ton. Eaton and Kent, according Hillsdale at II a. m. Thus we could build up to 11.- berry. j.OOOquart" per acre first ing 4. )llch. Slorp (1.0("<1.1 ...(1 on ~1.43, classes. 900.000 men in army camps the year. Ited- P.ich 'everhearlng straw- to Kenneth Frey. farm crops re- . Feb. 6-Ingham county. Dans- at 4109 ~'e"t Sa;!"innwIload. jU"t Wt'st Sports Festival-John Dunn. herry bore 11.000 ln'y Riper, Washtenaw; Alton Wend- sources. Michigan Junior Di- recently tabulated. Feb. ll-Tuscola county. court relations for. the Michigan Live- ..r & Son Xursery. £lox 12j-no Xew \\'al'~lnk. Holland 1:-2, :\liehigan. rector Bill Eastman will serve Tests of Kent oats showed that house. Caro. 1:30 p. m. stock Exchange with headquar- winter. Buffalo. l\Ilchigan. (1-2t-27b) (2-3t-~~)l ) zel, Berrien. as an instructor in some of the variety averaging 74.7 bushels Feb. 12-Clare. Isabella. Ros- ters in the Livestock Exchange Talk Meet-Erma Lulham. Len- adult classes. per. acre with a test 'weight of common counties. at Rosebush. building. 6750 Dix Avenue, De- awee; Jerry OaTis. Tuscola; Lois 36.4 pounds. Clinton oats aver- 1:30 p. m. troit Stockyards. Detroit. Taylor. Isabella; Howard Haven. Following the annual meeting . Eaton. MFB Legislative aged 74.4 bushels per acre with a test weight of 36 pounds. Feb. Tests municipal 12-Clinton building. county. St. Johns. 8 of the Michigan Livestock Ex- , Spring Formal-Joanne Ingham; Margrete Meske. Wash- Laxton. Committee of Board The legis:ative committee of Eaton oats yielded an averag~ p. m. of of 70.7 bushels per acre with 33.6 Feb. Menzie's 13-Livingston equipment store, Howell. change at Lansing March' 8. Mr. county. Hill J"ill be available the co-operative to discuss marketing of Mobile lUli~J~~ades apples '.):J' ..• tenaw; Joyce Wilcox. Ingham; the Michi;:-an Farm Bureau board pound test weight. These results I ;.!'tc ••••. compare closely with previous 8 p. m. livestock with Farm Bureau dis- Don Nicholas. Swagart. Clinton. Clinton; Larry of directors Casnovia. chairman; Whittemore, is: James Harry Muskegon losco county. Norris Mielock of county, years, Frey states. of !A.mong other 'lnd were Ajax, Huron. Shelby varieties tested Farm and 1 p. m. Feb. 15-Washtenaw Bureau store, Ann county. cussion groups. vocational Arbor. culture and veterans' classes. and other interested groups. agri- iri;~tl1e t orchard, boosts Ilrofiis . ' DOlldero On Kenneth Saginaw county. Johnson of Freeland. The committee Branch. averaged Yields for these about 75 bushels varieties Feb. 15-Lapeer per ty cOJ11munity building. county. coun- Lapeer. F arm Labor to be 'I ill q' I was appointed by President Bus- acre. but the tall, weak straw 8 p. m. Scar:ce This Year. kirk at the MFB board of di- created c'onsiderable lodging. Feb. IS-Calhoun county. Bat- Remedies for rectors meeting Jan. 8 at Lansing. Lowest yielding varieties under Michigan conditions were Mindo street. 10:30 a. m. tle Creek stockyards, Emmet A more acute farm labor short- age during 1952 is predicted by co u n t Y. the U. S. Department of Labor. Field tests have shown that mobile orchard upper front at 59.5 bushels per acre and Feb. IS-Monroe Unemploymellt Deer have no teeth. James at 53.4 bushels. a hull-less oat and the yield is 8 p. m. James is Raisinville Grange hall at Grape. The agricultural labor being gepleted by the movement of farm workers to defense plants. supply is graders itJcrease the net inc01;ne ,from apple crops. esp~cialJy where fruit is stored orchard run or marketed in un faced crates. M~higan State Buy Farm Bureau seeds. typical for such varieties. Feb. 19-5hiawassee county. Congressman George A. Don- College Agricultural Experiment Station. in co- dero of Michigan agrees with the United cutbacks Auto Workers in automobile CIO that produc- ST. CLAIR COUNTY A1ElllBER OPERATES operation with the U. S. Department of Agriculture. tested a grader that weighed about 450 pllunds and tion have been unduly severe in was powered by a I-hp. gasoUne motor. With it. the face of plenty of steel. He says that the plants can and should be used for civilian and war production. automobile with 50,000 Chicl~en Poultry Farm , 6 or 7 pickers and a sorting crew ,of 4 picked and sorted 7.852 bushels of apples in 135t.4hours. Results of using the mobile grader were: less handling and bruising, no unnecessary ,handling of undergrade fruit, increased picker output. less civilian production maintained The poultry enterprise of Dr. equipped incubator. an egg-grad- Conrad disinfects the footwear wasting it. The motion of the at higher levels for the present. Harold P. Conrad. veterinarian ing machine. 50 range shelters, a of all visitors. and is careful to feeder attracts birds to it and en- packing-house space needed and longer storage Federal unemployment com- at Goodells, and member of St. deep-free:cc for cold storage and keep his Co.ops off the floor of courages feeding. Feeders are life of apples. For more information. telephone, pensation is proposed by the un- Clair County Farm Bureau. is a generator for emgergency pow- the poultry market where he kept supplied from the feed bin write or visit your County Agricultural Agent. ion. said Mr. Dondero, to provide one of the largest and most er. sells his surplus birds. by automatic feed. auto workers wi'th full pay for a efficiently run in Michigan. said He has two 20,OOO-egg incubat- 44-hour week until mobilization the Lapeer County Press in a DR. CONRAD starts oui with ors to hatch the eggs (8.000 a DIGESTION and assimilation dislocations are over. special article last month. .a new commercial flock each week during the season), and 40 of protein is helped by addition year so. as to minimize disease gas brooders to raise the chicks. of antibiotics and vitamin B-12. Eventually that would make DR. CONRAD'S operating pro- problems. He keeps up to date Gas brooders save much labor An electric hoist elevator government responsible for full gram. said the Press, can give on disease research and takes over other types. brings bags of feed to each floor. employment. at full pay for many smaller operators some special precautions against New- e\'erybody at all times. very good tips on poultry man- castle disease. newest enemy of THE LARGE building contains Ventilation is 'provided by fans Rural telep'a"e service steadily improves In the end it would mean gov- agement. Following is the des- poultrymen. 2 large poultry rooms on each which change the air completely ernment o ....'Tlership of all means cription gi\'en by the Press: On newly-hatched baby chicks floor with an alleyway between. every 5 minutes. giving each bird In 1951 Michigan Bell added 9,000 more tele- of production as a guarantee of Dr. Conrad hatches out 50.000 he uses a newly-developed phones in rural area!. It made service better for intra- Each room contains 4.200 birds o.ne cubic foot of fresh air each 4,800 others with new equipment that put fewer government solve11cy. chicks from his own breeding nasal weak live virus vaccine, when all the eggs are hatched minute .• Only qualified bidders should stock at the beginning of each which has a longer effectiveness parties on their line or gave them better ringing. out in the spring. Heat is supplied by a thermo- Nearlv three of every Jour establishments in Michi- be permittet1 to bid on war con- year, culls them for fryers down than the, old type. On his laying to 15.000 laying hens which pro- All are debeaked at an early static-controlled oil burner using gan Bell rural territory have telephones now; most tracts. saId Mr. Dondero. Too hens. he repeats with the stick age to prevent cannibalism. duce eggs for the Detroit market This hot water circulating through are on lines with eight telephones or less. Money man,,' contracts are going to men method of vaccination which remo'Jes the sharp tip, preventing radiant heat pipes embedded in lor extending and i,mproving service must come and 'companies WIthout means of into December. and sells o.ff the gives lifetime immunity. whole lot for a fresh stal.t in injury to other chickens but not the concrete floors. This was one Irom people who invest their savings in the tele- production. They expect the To combat coccidiosis, dread affecting ability to feed. "Each of the first installations in a phone business. Naturall1l they expect the business eovernment to lend them the January. He uses a Barred Rock- chick disease. he puts preventive poultry bui~ing in Michigan. to earn a lair profit, to I pay them a lair return lor New Hampshire Red cross. bird has one square foot of floor money ead Rt them use critical drugs in the feed every day until the use 01 their money. materials for settiftc up new His plant is dominated by a the chicks arc 12 weeks of age. space. The modern 50 foot by 50 foo.t huge 4-story poultry building. 45 If any become infp.cted. he treats Feed is supplied in a narrow, grain elevator on the Conrad plants and equIpment. en- farm grinds and stores feed until feet by 200 feet. a familiar land- with sulfa drugs. If fowl pox ap- shallow trough completely mark since 1946 atop a sand hill pears ircling each floor, through which needed. It has a bin capacity threatening, pullets are Corn on M-ZI some 9 miles west of vaccinated at 12 weeks of age. runs a continuous chain. keeping of 8.400 bushels. MICHIGAN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY rail~ .. JlI'Oduce seund.. ripe Port Huron. the feed in constant motion. The An adequate water supply is COI1\ IMY .... to the see.son. It also includes a brooder house. TO PREVENT disease germs narrowness of the trough pre- assured by a well which can sup- the hybrid pllatcd. or both. a crain elevator. a completely from reaching his large flock, Dr. vents birds walking over it and ply 2,400 gallons an hour. FEBRUARY 2, 1952 .. MICHIGAN' FARM NEWS THREE • • 1-20 IS Period for Enrolling In Blue Cross Plan Hospital Benefits Lohmall Raps are forcing most of the small taken immediately feed manufacturers continue operating to either dis- situation. or purchase this situation Your efforts in getting corrected to correct this will be $962,846 in 1950 OPS on Feed ready mixed feeds from large manufacturer, ably operate processing who prob- their own protein plants, or barter some appreciated. or HAMILTON FARM BUREAU CO-OPERATIVE, A. G. Lohman, Mgr. INC. Farm Bureau members arcwreminded that the once-a- year period for enrolling in Blue Cross-Blue Shield plans Price Policy exchange some of the feed in- gredients they manufacture some vegetable protein processor. with Insufficient oxygen supply is Andrew Lohman, manager of the principal cause of excessive for hospital, surgical and medical care in the Farm Bureau Hamilton Farm Bureau, took the Results will be much higher feed winter fish mortality. costs to the feeder. group plan has been set for March J through March 20. Office of Price Stabilization at We probably operate the larg- Washington to task January 26. est retail feed business in Mich- Today more than 28;000 Farm Bureau families, num- Said Mr. Lohman in a letter to ~, PURE igan. Our volume is about five bering about 80,000 persons" are enrolled through Mr. Lambert S. O'Malley: \ carloads of mixed feeds per day. TRIPLE SCREENED Community Farm Bureau discussion' groups. "WE RECEIVED your letter of We were fortunate last fall in Jan. 22, 1952. We are disgusted buying about 80% or our soy- During J 950 the Michigan Hospital Service paid at the lack of knowledge you are bean meal requirements of about showing of the present vegetable six months ahead, and about"!iO% $962,846 to hospitals for hospital care for rural people. protein situation. Your quoting for another three months. Nearly all of them were members of the Farm Bureau. statistics covering a period of the THIS IS customary in the soy. past few years, part of the time Figures are not available yet for J 95 J. in which your ceilings on protein bean oil meal business. Many processors use this method of Another large sum was paid in behalf of Farm Bureau meals were in effect but not hedging their operations when effective, means nothing. members for surgical and non-surgical medical services' If you will check the records they buy the beans in the fall. You can see that our operations given in the hospitals. Records show that seven of ten for the two years which you have been curtailed, and if we cover in your letter, you will find FOR POULTRY patients enter hospitals for surgical treatment. that during that period prices sel- do not get relief within 60 days, we will have another large re- In J 950 Blue Cross paid for 98,529 daysl of -hospital dom reached the ceilings. You duction. will find also that oil prices duro' We are sure that most of the care for nearly 9,000 members of Farm Bureau families. ing that period were at a much small feed dealers in Michigan They were hospitalized for periods ranging from a few higher level than now. and the rest of the country are ...... ..c'" •••• ,. The present critical and alarm- out of vegetable protein meals FARM BUREAU MILLING CO. Inc. days to several months. The cost to Blue Cross averaged ing veg\etable _ protein meal sit- C"lClGO. Ill, and drastic action should be $ J 4.05 per day. uation has been caused by the Photo Courtesy of :'.luskegon Chronicle ------.. low prices on oils and your low The record for J 950 showed that J 79 of every J ,000 Happy to meet each other again legislative counsel for MFB. ' At Prosper contest sponsored by the ceiling prices on meals. rural persons insured became a hospital patient some- ti~e during the' year. at the 1951 West Michigan Farm to Prosper Contest Round-Up' at the left is Lewis Boynton, pastor Muskegon Chronicle. of Casnovia Methodist church. He munity groups promote programs The com- NO PROCESSOR buy beans at present prices, sell today can I ~ Muskegon Dec. 27 were E. Harry is much interested in the civic for the advancement of rural oil at the present market price, Norris, center, of ,Casnovia, and activities of Casnovia township community life. Judging in the BLUE CROSS and Blue Shield and meal at the present ceiling are non-profit plans for provid- ing hospital and medical-surgical care on a voluntary, prepayment Schedule of Dan Reed, right, formerly Pentwater, now of Lansing. Norris is director from the 7th Mr. of community groJ,lps. 'More Farm than Bureaus, 100 Community Granges, contest is done on the basis of reports sent ,and agents. to. county At Michigan State Col- agr'l price without operating at a loss. Your regulations have stopped the- sale of soybean oil meal and basis to as many eligible people in the communiiY as possible. Co-op Clinics district on the Michigan Farm Bureau board. Mr. Reed is ass't other community groups in seven lege the extension service judges Western Michigan counties take the county winners to determine part in the annual Farm to the Sweepstakes winner. linseed oil meal in nearly all of the retail feed dealers in Mich- ~ In 1941 at the request of the Michigan Farm Bureau Cross and Blue Shield made Blue a For February The.Problem Of 39 United States igan and throughout WE HAVE discontinued linseed oil meal six weeks ago the country. selling PROTECTION I special arrangement for the en- rollment of Farm Bureau, mem- Co-op managers and directors and several weeks ago had to MADE TO ORDER. A set of choins has kept many a troctor from being bers through the Community Dis- cussion Groups. The group elects a Blue Cross secretary to collect and county agricultural will be guests at a series of eleven co-op clinics scheduled for lower agents Pounds of Lard Not Running discontinue selling meal and can assure you that our soybean producers are not happy about it. oil helplessly stalled in Snow ond ice. ,That's protec- tion ..rode to o,der. Your State Mutual ogent con giy. you fa,m fire protection that's mode to o,der the payments on a quarterly At present we cannot purchase - all the coyeroge you need, none that you don't Michigan during th~ first two MRS. EDITH M. WAGAR basis. SOME 950 of the 1080 Com- weeks in February~ These meet- ings are sponsored by Michigan in the marketing Briar Hill Farm, Carleton, Mich. spould carry about the same price 'My story this month' must of per pound that is paid for the of a hog, it Out of Oil any meal from any source: are enclosing feed and grain quo- We need. State Mutual insures building material used an the construction of a new building Or on odditlon State College and the Michigan tations in today's Chicago Wall ar repairs to any building until building is Com- munity groups have Blue Cross- necessity be short, but I have a live hog. American farmers need never Street Journal. You will note pitted oboye the rofters .•• ANOTHER STATE Association to Farmer Co:'opera- Blue Shield hospital and med;cal- tives. message concerning a commodity For instance, if hogs are 20 be short of motor fuels or other I that all quotations both cash and MUTUAL FEATURE. l surgical care as one of their serv- connected with the livestock in- cents live weight, lard should be ices to members. TOPICS to be considered at dustry of Michigan that I feel priced about the same. petroleum the generations products now or for of the future. future until new cro.p delivery on soybean oil meal are at the ceil- I ~7J/ut;;JAsk . your Stote Mutual agent, or write for details. Nearly 4 out of 5 of the groups the clinics are the financing of our farmers should give heed to. But when lard sells at several pffer their members the complete co-operatives during il'\flation, We hear so much these days cents below actual value and a This statement the Petroleum was made Conference of the to ing. You will also note ~hat some I I FIRE INSURANCE CO • Blue Cross-Blue Shield protec- and operating problems and re- against the meat prices the con- very slow. sale at that, it means tion against steadily rising bos- sponsibilities of co-op directors. the ratio is out of plumb and National Council of Farm Co- mineralized soybean OIl meal, a 702 Church St. Flint 3, Michigon sumer pays. I admit they are operatives early ...... in January .by mixture of soybean oil meal with E. R. DINGMAN. Pmi4w H. It. PISIt. S'C'''''>' pital and medical costs. The meetings will be conducted those items that are in demand high but certainly not out of Russell Brown, counsel of the In- 10 or 15% limestone or low grade must share a portion of the defi- AUSTIN PINO, rural enroll- as open discussions, encouraging line with the prices the farmer The balance of the deficit depen,dent Petrol~um Ass'n of phosphate added, worth only a "St~u Mutua/lnsuus Every Filth Farm ill Michigan-Ask Your Nei~hbors!" ment manager for Michigan Hos- the participation of all attending. 'has to pay for commodities he has cit. Amenca. few dollars per ton, sells at about Op....... P., A...... I. s••• C........ itl ... , goes in Uthe red column ~of the pital Service, says that Farm Bu- Arthur Howland of the Agri- to buy. business. MR. BROWN said that discov- ~~aIP~:il:~;. above soybean oil -.. "'-..r _ reau members have the low group cultural Economics Dept. at rate. Practically all the essential Michigan State College, and ered reserves of petroleum in the TOO MUCH of this will put hospital services one may need Everett Young, of the. Michigan United State~ are 311h billion YOUR regula'tions at present any packing company on the are provided without limit as to Association of Farmer Co-opera- rocks in time. barrels as compared to 231h bil- --------------------------------------------- dollar cost. Hospitalization is tives, are in charge of the liJries. lion barrels at the end of World My long connection with the provided up to four months, cording to the terms of the con- ac- FOUR CLINICS were held in the Upper Peninsula during' Jan- Detroit Packing Co., a Michigan co-operative, has convinced me War II. In those years the fluan- tity of new oil found exceeded the amount produced, Mr. Brown ENROLLMENT CLOSES MA'RCH 20! tract. that some changes must be made \ In addition to board and room uary as part of the series.' These said, in the hospital, Blue Cross pro- were at Escanaba, vides payment for use of the op- Hancock, and Sault Ste. Marie. Iron River, in some way to offset this hin- drance to a successful business. "This increase has. been ac- Act now to get Michigans most In our current inventory of complished by drilling more and erating room and laboratory, an- esthesia, oxygen, physical ther- scheduled as follows: The Lower Michigan clinics are January 12th, there were on,hand a total of 430,400 pounds more wells. Even though one- of ttijrd are failures, the successful widely used health-protection plan apy, and medicines, including , FEBRUARY 4-C"() I d w ate r, lard, and it is offered at a price ones continue to add to total pro- such expensive items as strepto- ,mycin, aureomycin, penicillin, Grange Hall, noon; Benton Har- of 121h cents wholesale. Being a duction. Michigan co-operative this must record to support There is nothing in the the 'running through the Farm Bureau' ACTH, cortisone, etc. bor, Vincent Hotel, 6:30 p. m.; out of oil' school of thinking. S-Grand MATERNITY coverage is pro- 208, noon; 6-Ypsilanti, Rapids, YMCA, Room White be sold for domestic within our state if consumption ........If used '''THERE IS no necessity of be- Annual Enrollment! vided on the family contract Gables, noon; Lapeer, Lapeer sold for shipment out of the state ing out of oil or short of oil in nine months after the effective County Center Building, 6:30 p. it must be denatured and sold as the foreseeable future. Two mil- date of the contract. m.; 7-Bad Axe, Irwin Hotel, choice white grease. The current lion barrels daily will be added to Under the companion Blue market price is 6% cents deliver- production in the U. S. within the noon; 8-Lansing, YMCA, Cen- Shield, medical-surgical pay- ed to Cincinnati. termial Room, noon; ll-Boyne next four years. ments are made directly to the City, Dilworth Hotel, noon; Trav- "Beyond the reserves of crude doctor for surgery a:pd medical A SHORT time ago a lady WHEN I SEE a television pro- care in the hospital. . erse City, Park Place Hotel, 6:30 oil are almost inexhaustible re- complained about prices and was gram sponsored by a nationally p. m.; 12-Big Rapids, Bowers serves of natural gas, coal shale disgusted with me because I known soap company advertising FARM BUREAU members who Restaurant, noon; St. Louis, Park would not admit they were too a toilet lotion, a domestic soap, and tar sands from which gas- are eligible to join Blue Cross- Hotel, 6 :30 p. m. high. She said: and a popular shortening, I oline, kerosene, fuel oils and lub- Blue Shield by reason uf paid wonder what the reaction might ricants can be made. The tech- Farm Bureau membership, and who meet the requirements in their own .county, may apply during the March 1-20 re-enroll- with- FRS Now "You farmers know nothing be in the mind of the consumer about it, for you raise your Own who uses these three commodities. pork and beef." nology known. It proves to me that there is sources of liquid fuels and the of these These processes supplementary is "Yes, we do," I replied, but tremendous profit to the firm development of new sources of ment i'Jeriad. Mr. Pino said that present Blue Cross members may change or Manager of when we kill a hog for home con- selling them or they could not energy such as atomic power is sumption, we eat all of the edible afford to indulge in this sort of final assurance that we shall parts from the snout to the tail publicity. Again it is so out of never be short of mechanical add services during the re-enroll- m'ent period. NEW Blue Cross groups can be Tri-State Co-op and we find it all good, even the line to think of a soap company horsepower." 39 pounds of lard, if the animal making a domestic food commod- weighs 200 pounds. ity that I could not relish it. FARM BUREAU MEMBERS- Farm Bureau Services, Inc., formed whenever the required percentage of the members of an a:;sumed management State Co-operative of the Tri- Company ,"WE DON'T use just the chops 'at or loins and the hams. I FEEL certain if the farmers could keep their products before Facts About Once again BLUE CROSS- BLUE SHIELD opens enrollment for a limited time, to offer you family- wide protection against hospital and doctor Join the more than 80,000 active discussion group desire to Montgomery, Hillsdale county, "And from the beef we kill we the public's eye constantly as a MIchigan Farm Bureau family enroll and complete the necessary enrollment records. ' Jan. 1, 1952. John McLachlan ' use all of the meat and make soap few is the FBS of the tallow. We have steaks and there'd be no hollering about the other commodities are, Modern bills. But you must act now, before March 20, to j~in the more than 80,000 family members of the Michigan Farm Bureau who now belong. members who belong to Would End Detroit manager at Tri-State. He has roasts, of course, but we have price of milk or against the use Blue Cross. Blue Shield Milk Mktg. Order had considerable the management experiellce in stews, soups and even ox-tail of farm co-op- soup and enjoy them all." . of lard. Everybody pushing their wrY to the front to would be Buttermill{ BLUE CROSS- BLUE SHIELD are Michigah's most widely used health-care plans because they provide the protection you and your family need. See your di8cuasion group Blue Cross secretary, Thirty-five members of the eratives. Farm Bureau Services Now one. factor that re~lly ~hs- buy their share so as to be in the or your County Farm Bureau ,Blue Cross repre- Buttermilk is no more health-. Northern Michigan Dairy Ass'n transferred him from West turbs . me l~ the .l~rd- situatIOn. I swim with the others. ful than sour skim milk because Your family may be the one out of four who sentative. BUT DON'T WAITI Enrollment closes of Missaukee, Osceola and Wex- Branch where he had been man- That IS gettmg cntICal. In fact, It was indeed gratifying to they are essentially will have to face unexpected hospital and medi- March 20! the same. ford counties adopted a resolu- ager of the West Branch Farmers it has been the one problem caus- learn that the woman who re- Formerly buttermilk was actual- cal bills this year. Yet you can be ready, with tion December 14 urging that Co-operative, Inc., for three years ing the most concern to the meat cently won the first prize in the ly a by-product of the churning. all these benefits. if you are eligible and enroll TWwl the federal milk marketing order under an FBS management con- industry for the past few years, state apple pie contest said she When cream was churned into be abolished in the Detroit area. tract. especially the smaller packers. used lard in making her pie crust. butter, the liquid that remained Gerrit Hesselink of Tustin, R. Tri-State Co-op Company op- She was buttermilk, and it might All these benefits give you protection WOMEN do not use lard as I take my hat off to her. 2, secretary, and a member of erates a creamery~ elevator and they once did. This includes rural' has done the meat industry much have been sweet or sour, depend- that's priceless! Osceola County Farm Bureau, petroleum ing upon whether sweet or sour bulk plant at Mont- as well as urban women. good, for she proved that lard is Full family protection-Your wife and all said the Association has a mem- gomery, and a branch elevator and cream was used in the process. No farmer can criticize city not outmoded. enrolled dependent children get exactly the same bership of 75 in the three coun- farm supplies store at Ray, Ind. women on their purchases, even Practically all buttermilk man- MY PLEA is for farm wo- ufactured today-except as a by- benefits as you do. ties. The Co-op was organized in 1914 if we think it reflects on their and serves about 2,700 member men to return to the use of lard product of churning on the BLUE CROSS Comprehensive Group Hospital better judgment. But it is in- in their cooking and baking and farm-is skim milk, to which a D. W. Brooks Heads Nat'l patrons. excusable when a. farm woman Plan-You get up to 120 days' care in ward Mr. McLachlan said ,a full line passes by any of the farm pro- help to keep their Michigan laboratory-controlled strain of Council of Co-operatives industry going. Let's not be copy lactic acid bacteria is added to or semi-private room, according to the service D. W. Brooks, general manager of Farm Bureau seeds, feeds, fer- duction for some other commod- develOp the acidity, flavor, body for which you are enrolled ..• NO CASH THIS IS YOUR TICICfT TO cats, no matter who tries to tell WORtY-fRa IIfCOVHY 'of the Cotton Producers Ass'n of tilizers, and other farm supplies ity just because it is a new thing us differently. and texture. The composition of LIMIT on the benefits covered when you are Atlanta, Georgia, was re-elected is being offered. and other women use it. such "buttermilk" is quite sim- admitted to any of tM 192 Michigan Blue CroBS If those who advocate other ilar to that as a by-product of hospitals. president of the National Council Micltigo. Ho.phaI,' fIIftJ Dodon' OWIJ H.oI1It-C:.r. "'- THE OLD CRY of "high cost of shortenings had as much at stake churning, and one is as healthful Buildings + of Farmer Co-operatives at its living" certainly does not apply as we farm folks, I'm certain as the other. BLUE SHIELD Medlcal-Sur~ical Plan-pays 101' ,... Public WJ/w. 23rd annual meeting at Chicago Since portable buildings aren't to shortening. For a long time their story would be different. I generous amounts to your doctor for specific in early January. Mr. Brooks spoke to the annual anchOl."ed to a permanent founda- back one could buy twice the meeting of Farm Bureau Services, tion, it's extremely important Inc., at Kellogg Center, MSC in that the entire building be built money paid for any of its com- amount will follow this in more detail in of lard for the same a later edition. Growing Broilers Farmers who use deep litter, automatic water fountains, plenty surgical procedures. What's more, it even pays towards your own doctor's visits to the hospital in non-aurgical caaea. B L"~H.2... ~ ss December. into a rigid unit. - petitors. Sheep Low eo.t-All this C08ta just a few centa a day, Snowshoe is a more common If lard should bear its full The wild wood duck nests in a share or money value when al- if they are to stay in a thrifty of big feed hoppers, and in some Sheep need plenty of exercise cases automatic feeders and feed because it's a non-profit plan ••. built on indi- BLUE SHIELD carriers are the boys who get vidual initiative ••• made possible by group M~~ta.m.. name for the varying hare. tree. locating the value of each item conditi~n. most from their hours of labor. participation. • :lU IT ATE a1L&&'J' • .Da1'Ir.On' ,., IdCIL rOtnl MICHIGAU FARM NEWS SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 2. 1952 Responstbility of .the Individual Consumer of Health I Farm Bureau at. We know the cost of the doc- igan increased from 4,100 to 6,- tor's education is high. We also 937. This is an increase of 69%, know that it takes a very con- compared with an increase of Bureau rests on the foundation of ~he home groups .. We need them m. nu.mbers and In strength that ",:,111msure a sound ~eprese~ta- WATER IS ONE of the main nutrients in a dairy feeding en- terprise. Make sure, your cows get plenty, advise M;ichigan State siderable sum to equip a farm 126% in population for the same .Health Confe,rence with stock and machinery maintain them. And we do not and period. Seventy Michigan communities expect to pay for them in the that had two or more doctors in first few years. tIon of. the members m shaplog the polic!es for agri~ultur~. College extension dairymen. And a warm~d. supply will pay diyi- The 10/7 groups wllh wHIch we dends over the ice cold type. closed the fiscal year of 1951 were ----------~-- 1925 now have only one, Forty- built by the faith of the people A TINY PIECE of \v.ire or a- Mrs. Raymond Murton. of the Resolutions Committee of five communities which had one the Women of the Michigan Farm Bureau. spoke at the Mich- RURAL PEOPLE are begin- in their home neighborhoods-- broken nail thrown in the wrong or more doctors in 1925 have no igan Rural Health Conference January at the University 11. She spoke as the rural member of a panel dis- of Michigan ning to be critical of what they term ,ttoo-rTiuch-hospitalization." resident doctor now. reau should be. farmer-owned I faith in the idea that Farm Bu- place, could cost you a cow. One cif these tiny bits of metal may cussing keas of Responsibility in Health. Dr. Rudolf Non There'seems to be a growing MR. THADEN said that it is and farmer - controlled. These be picked up by a cow and work of Wayne University discussed the responsibilities medical school. Warren R. Mullen of Saline. U. of M. medical student. discussed the responsibility of the medical student. of the tendency to hospitalize which might well be treated in the office or at home. cases This is generally assumed that one phy- people believed that the time had sician in practice for each 1,499 atrived or less persons is a desirable when they should take ah active part in the destinies of I .' its way to a vital organ. helpinp to increase hospital costs. ratio. If that is so, only one their community, state and n,a- I An Address by We question "too-high-hospital fourth of the communities in tion .• I MRS. RAYMOND MURTON, St. Johns,. Michigan costs" demanded by some hospit- Michigan are adequately supplied COMMUNITY Farm Bureaus als which have been built by with doctors. ate sold, founded\ operated, and It is said that the greater our inheritance, the greater their communities. In thinking of doctor-less com- perpetuated by the faiths that It is the layman's responsibility munities, and those hot adequate- the people have their own right is our responsibility. If this is true then we of Michigan, to endeavor to pay for his health ly supplied with doctors, coh- atJd ability to run their own affaits.' -. -.. - who have great farm and industrial possessions and a needs by budgeting and through sumers of health natutaUy ask,. hospitalization service. The med- "What are doctors themselves do- land of such physical beauty, have a tremendous respon- sibility to the health of the persons who live in this set- MRS, RAYMOND MURTON , ical profession and hospital man- agements have a responsibility to ing to increase the number doctors in the field?" of Nal') Council us. Rural people dQ not seem to be ting. We are asked to think on the responsibility of the Speaking to Michigan Rural Health Conference at the University of Michigan. January 11. 1952 IN MICHIGAN the Farm Bu- aware that doctors anything to increase their num- are doing Co-ops Elects individual consumer of health. Have you ever thought contact with the seriousness this: situation. of I from infecting others. reau has brought financial health They security to many thousands should not contact other people farm families in the Farm Bu- of ber. As a layman. I, ,can'i ;ari~ swer the question, but I should J.,F. ra~ger: like to submit it .. of yourself. in these terms before? We each have an Now, many' counties are com-I until they are past incubation reau. We have under such pro- tection about 80,000 persons in a IN THESE DAYS of specializa- J. F. Yaeger' was elected to individual responsibility to health whether we are pro- plaining of the, lack of personnel stage .. With. our o:-ercrowded in' their health unit. While we. and rapidly mcreasmg school program.which continues to grow. tion in many fields; . we '. ap- the 17-mim executive committee fessional or whether we belong to the lay circle. Let us can't all be trained nurses qr doc- p,oPt.tlation" school author.iti~s a~e Through a unique plan in op- preciate the fact that a doctor of the National Council of Farm- attempt to answer just what you as an individual can tors, we can ask for help in set- fmdmg t.hls one of Michigan s eration in hundreds of Commun- may certainly become most er Co-ope~atives at. the 23rd a~- last longer I ting.up ,local health councils, and health 'problems. ity Farm Bureau groups, mem- skilled in a particular field, and nual meetmg at Chicago early In contribute. give, ti,me. ourselves in carrying RURAL MICHIGAN needs bet- bers of the Farm Bureau are able to have Blue Cross and Blue he becomes a. specialist. people feel the need for - more Rural Jan':lary .... Mr . .Yaeger represents the ,' . , cosl less! out its, projects. ter control of some diseases I think I am as typical. a common lay member of the Shield hospital, surgical and med- general ,practitioners to serve the Michigan Association of Farmer Look at these advantages of Kalama- THE COUNCILS are groups of among its animals. One of the family. Co-operatives.' ' zoo Glazed Building Tile - the ideal health field as anyone here. My husband and I live on ical services for their families. peOple who believe that health chief of these should be the con- t Th N't. '1 C .1 f C \ material for storage buildings and trol of Brucellosis, commonly We observe that as Blue Cross Rural people feel the .need for e a IOna ounci 0 o-op- . b . ' a J 60 acre farm in Clinton county .. \Ve have three is' everybody's business. They closer public relations between eratives is a legislative and con- dairY arns. have affiliated themselves on a known as Bang's disease among rates advance, lower income daughters, age J 3, J J, and 5~ We do general farming, milking cattle. This is a disease bracket farmers tend to drop doctors and laymen. Weare the ference organization for nation- • Permanentweatherproofwalls. county level and are working healthiest people in the' world be- with a state ,executive-secretary \I{hich may cause undulant fever their hospitalization services. aI, region!ll. and, state, marl5:eting ,. Highestmoistureresistance. 'with dairy cattle as chief inc'ome. Our two ~lder daugh- among humans. They are the people who need it cause there has been freedom and and purchasing co-operatives rep- to find and solve their own local support for the research to make resenting some 5,000', local co- • Great rigidityand.lood.beoringstrength. ters are their father's hired men, as he farms alone. health problems. Twenty-eight In looking at the topic of the most. individual responsibility, we us a healthy people. operatIves. Some 30 state coun- • 'Lowupkeep.plus I~wdepreciation. counties now have these health RURAL PEOPLE believe that As custodian of their health it is I who must prepare councils, but there are many think the professional people there is a shortage of doctors in FARMERS and doctors. have eils of co-operatives similar to • Originalcostmuchlowerthan othertypes counties, yet, who need individ- have sJmething more to contri- the rural areas. the Michigan Ass'n of Co-opera- of insulatedwall con!truction. them balanced meals, prepare for periodical dental and always been independent. Today uals concerned enough to organ- bute as well as we lay people. both groups are fighting trends tives' also hoid membership. Investigate Kalamazoo Glazed Build. physical check-ups, keep their schedules straight as t~ We recognize that many doctors Some doctors refuse to make ize one in their county. in government which if.ci>ntinued The Council is a' national ing Tile for your storage buildings, are overworked .. Farm people rural calls. will lead to a. socialized spokesman for farm cooperatives, barns, milk house, hog or poultry where they should be, and why . We don't have any Use the organizations you al- who themselves work long, hard Mr. J. F. Thaden, sociologist ready belong to as a basis for agriculture, and to a socialized and ranks with the Ameri- house ... you'll be 'way. ahead. spare time, or even enough time. 'creating interest, spreading in- hours have high praise and ap- at Michigan State College, has medicine, can Farm Bureau and National preciation for many doctors who made a study entitled, "Where formation, and eventually setting The more responsibility we as- Grange. as ap influential group. K _I /'t Besides our farm, we work in Farm Bureau and also spend long hours and give con- Do Michigan Doctors Practice?" _~~------ I~'~OO have local responsibilities in health problems, church, school, and 4-H Club work. up of a council up of the which people county. and not just one small is made over your scientious contributions making Michigan a more health- ful place in' which to live. toward Mr. Thaden told several thou- sand farmers State College Farmers' at the Michiga Week in sume as individuals, we shall solve oW'. health and public policy problems.: the soober In winter a .beaver feeds food piles stOred under the ice. on 252 HAIlRISON ... TANK."SllOCO. ST.• KALAMAZOO. • MICH. portion. No council can be suc- 1951 that 200 rural Michigan' As a voting citizen in such areas, cessful which does not know BUT WE HAVE a feeling that communities THERE ARE nearly 50,000 OUR COUNTY. Clinton, is typ- have only one what are you doing about it? your whole county and its needs. not all of them are in the physician for each 2,124 persons. rural famlies who are members ical and untypical of your own. It is typical in that it is a good THESE SLUM area homes It is a regrettable fact in our profession ,for the same reason. On the average, Michigan has of the Michigan Farm Bureau, I am sure that I am speaking for state that we no longer quaran- We know these are times of in- one doctor for each 919 persons, example of a rural community. don't present the only problem, tine many of our communicable flated prices, but we question according to Mr. Thaden. all of them when I say to all !ts largest town is the county however. Along with this is the seat of St. Johns with a popula- diseases. Individuals have failed why some doctors demand such health agencies in Michigan: InTlR IUILT••• snp IY mp migrant labor problem. Some to develop the sense of responsi- a high fee for the same services BETWEEN 1910 and 1950, ac- "Let's work together for a MORE PROTlCTION AND LONGER IIJ.T1IES .IIRE GlAlf DIIINSIDC tion of approximately 5,000. St. counties are conscientiously at- LASnNG ••• fOR YOUR MONEY. bility they should have to keep supplied for a much lesser fee cording to the Thaden report, healthy and free Michigan and 800ms •• 10 times more gloze ,Johns has three factories. It tempting healthful living quar- protects and giVe1 your ,ilo a themselves. and their children by other doctors. the number of doctors in Mich- America." BoOms, yearsof know.howand train~d lif.time seol. Eliminates spoil .. ranks third in the state in ag- ters, but certainly the shacks and experts,go everywhere in Michigan. Gge.leClko;e and 'unnece5Sory ricultural income. Its governing body is the board of supervisors who hold the purse other places many of these people live in during the weeks they work for us are not acceptable We Must Own Don Armstrong Now Manages West Branch I Potato .Price Officers of Prot..d ond guarantee yourselFwith the finestthat moneycan buyat prices' to meetany competition.Boomshave .pk .. p. ,; strings. It is typical of many of as dog houses. cre~ed a standard of buildingSilos your boards of supervisors. is, the majority been on the board of them That have for years. I know of migrant houses in the state which haven't been fumigated, whitewashed, labor or Sources of Don Armstrong is the new man- ager at West Branch Co-operative, Inc., which is under Farmers l{oll~Bacl{ To ContDIumty thatlastlC?ngerand are strongerthan .most any other silo built. Wrile or phone for complete informotionand prices. the general management of Farm They are good men. still using the old school pattern of handling health problems. They are even had a good cleaning done since they were built 15 years ago. Wells are unsanitary, l{alV Materials Bureau pervices. elevator experience Don gained his at the Yale Hurt Industry Farm Bureaus We are untypical, we are told, sewage systems are extinct. A The trend in this country is for branch of Farm Bureau Services. By DAN REED DONALD D. KINSEY because we don't \,,'ork well with sugar beet company, owning closer and closer control of 'the He was there 3 years. He is a sources of raw materi<\l by large graduate of the Elevp,tor and The recent OPS order placing Winter months provide a golden other agencies in the state. We some of these paid $300 for en~ firms in industry. Farm Supply Short Course at a ceiling on potato 'prices effec- ?pport.un.ity for work t.o ~e done are untypical of some of .you in tertainment for the patrons but This statement was made to Michigan State College. tive January 19 will do three m buddmg Community Farm that, though financially we can did nothing about the housing, stockholders of . Farm Bureau John McLachlan, former man- things for consumers according Bureau groups. Group officers afford it, we have only one pub- Nor did the farmers who pay to potato men:' can plan for good, interesting and lic health nurse. We have had rent for the buildings these peo- Servic~s at their annual meeting agel' at West Branch, has been one two years through Farm Bu- ple live in ask that anything be by Charles F. Baker of Walla, I transferred to management of 1.' Guarantee a poorer pack, well balanced m,eetings,. reau efforts. done. Walla, Washington. Tri-State Co-operative Company because the incentive to put up a THE STRENGTH of 'our Farm at Montgomery, a new manage- better package' is gone. "You can't . WE HAVE no health unit. We IN ANOTHER area of the state, ment contract for FBS. get more than the ceiling, why are told that if a county has no during the discussion of this make a better grade?" is the way health unit its people have a problem one woman made this SUCCESSFUL MEN the industry puts it. tremendous bility, and I agree. individual hope that those of you who do responsi- However, I. remark which is typical of many comments. they needed "Why, I didn't know anything. They Wllat Does 2. Guarantee potatoes incentive a shorter crop of next year because the to produce the extra .. , . have one aren't going to settle live over there in those houses back and may say "Well, we're all right; we have mentally, and they don't bother anybody," But a few weeks later an epi- Moit.~ty l\'lean? acre is gone. 3. Guarantee a black market in spuds if a shortage develops. / '9~t, .the .,h~b.if-off looking into the juture and a health unit:' demic was tra.ced back to the STATE SENATOR Milo John- DAN REED I think you still have a great people in those houses. responsibility. In not assuming Each year hundreds of these Michigan's State Constitution son of Greenville the Legislature introduced Senate Concur- in making preparations, which is what failures it lies one of the reasons why our people wander over Michigan, contains in the section outlining rent Resolution No.9, protesting health complishing department is not as much as it could. ac- some of them trying healthfully to in poor housing with live the definition of representation the Legislature the word in a roll-back in Michigan potato don't ~ke -to~o. Life Insuranc'e recogniz~s that prices. In his resolution the No one segment the responsibility could handle alone. Health poor diets, others not caring. And these are the people who pick "moiety." Many people have questioned Senator asks the legislature to the~~are two possibilities in ~fe for every man:, problems are too complex. As an our cherries, our pickles, grapes, request the OPS administrator to the meaning of this word. The alert informed citizenry we have and handle many of the foods we recognize Michigan's position in a common job. grow in Michigan. To me this dictionary simply a half. lists the meaning as the roll-back ruling, in the inter- I-He may live tQo long. is one of our most glaring health est of both growers and consum- THE OPINIONS advanced here In Section 3 of Article V of the failures. State Constitution under the pro- ers. Half of the men who reach old age are dependent are not mine alone. An inten- sive survey conducted in nearly MENT AL HEALTH is causing visions for distributing the mem- upon the charity of others. all Michigan organizations, counties, and through individuals increasing concern. every father, mother, and teach- It should be Mr. Baker is general manager of the Pac~fic Supply Co-opera- bers of the House of Representa- tives to the areas of the state is this sentence: . KnOlVn Origin most interested In rural health, er's responsibility to inform them- 2-He may die too soon. has lowing been compiled conclusions. We have found that there in the fol- is selves reliably so that they may detect signs among their child- ren which may lead to this. tive, which serves farmers in the Pacific northwest "Farm co-operatIves ~tates .. He said: territory and other ':.EACH COUNTY as may . be with such attached Counts When An early death may leave dependents destitute- independents are going to find thereto shall be e.ntJtled to ~ sep- much to praise in the work already done. But we would not be fulfilling the purpose health of Also, as citizens, little concerned we are too with the health aspects growing out of the drug it harder and harder to be assur-I arat~ representatIve. ed of raw material and other manufacturing for fertilizer, attal,?ed when It has ~ popula~lOn equal to plants. f a n:Ol~~y of the ratIo of represen- Buying Seed break up the family-make charity. them objects of this, conference if we merely re- and narcotics situation in our viewed the things accomplished. state. Rural people are apt to They're going to find it harder tahon .. to be certain of petroleum pro-I Under the 1950 census Mlch- taken from farmers' Out of 110 samples of oats grain drills Plan a Life Insurance Program! It is always necessary to be say, "Oh, that's a city problem!" ducts from an industry which igan's population is listed as 6,- in the field last year, 41 per cent • I vigilant in immunization, dental We are deluding ourselves into has never been noted tor a friend- 371,776. Dividing this population contained primary or secondary Through life insurance you ~an take care of care, and so on, but there are other fields which are neglected a false sense of security. problem there is no dividing line On this ly interest in farm co-operatives. I by the total of the 100 representa- noxious weed seeds. Field bind- through lack of interest. Health as to urban and rura.! respon- "The answer to the situation is tivc seats gives us a ratio weed seeds were found in six of of the samples. th~ future for your family and for yourself. No begins basically at home, How sibilities. plain. Get started on acquiring 'one representative for each 63,- In only 31 per cent of the are the homes of your county AS INDIVIDUALS. we need your own sources of supply and 1717. Thus, whim any county,. or cases had the oats been reclean- one has devised a better form or lower cost equipped? ke~p at it. That's what we are I groups of counties, attains a ed before planting. Fifty per WE HA VE an ever-growing not only to inform ourselves, but to inform our children. Do you domg. and what other farm co- population of 63,717 it is theoreti- operatives are doing. cally entitled to a representative. cent had tested the seed for ger- mination. Less than four per of financial protection for 'you than life insur- the know that last year 5,000 Mich- problem in Michigan mushroom growth of rural slums. in igan youths between the ages ''That means t.hat farmer -own- ers of. co-operatIves Under and the ~o- actually a county, or group the moiety clause cent had treated of crop against to protect the smut, seedling ance. Shanty towns which are the of 12 and 22 were apprehended operatIves t~em~elves m~st I~-I counties, is entitled to a repre- blight, and other seed borne homes of some families working because of crimes caused by the vest money m otl production, m sentative when it reaches one- diseases. Fortunately an but in the urban areas. They have use of narcotics? s~urces of sup~ly for I various half of the full ratio of repre- four samples represented recom- See the Farm Bureau Insurance Agent In Your County! grown in areas where there is In the present session of Mich- km~s of proc~ssmg and ma.nufac- sentation or 31,858. mended varieties. not a proper sewage system or igan legislature some action will turmg operations. By domg so I In Farm Bureau we operate There is no saving in buying pure drinking ICS. TB, and water. the breeding ground!; of epidem- other They are be considered urging more severe diseases. punishment to the dealers and peddlers of illegal narcotics, but they can make greater successes , \ . of their farm supplies co-opera- I alsohunder a mOIety arrBangemen~. chase only those seeds that are tives " Eac County Farm entitled to one voting delegate at of ureau IS unclean and untested seed. Pur.- h' h . t. Ig germma lOn, Ig pun y h. h 't FARM BUREAU LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY Their children go to overcrowd- ~ rural schools which are not so little interest we have been told that there is that unless a YOUR UTTLE pigs will grow the MFB annual meeting for each ed to Michigan. and low weed content, and adapt- OF MICHIGAN equlP~ with good san.ltation front-page crime story coincides up to be better hogs and grow 100 members or .large~ portion or wa~r supply. with the presentation of this leg- more efficiently if you keep them thereof. In practice thiS me~ns A porcupine is larger at birth 507 South Grand Ave. Phone 44549 worm-free, say Michigan State' that a County Farm Bureau With than a black bear. lansing, Michigan Manv of th~ ~ple do not islation Utere is little chance of ~n1 to ('art' about tht> conditions its passinI'!". It is certainly every College swine specialists. Most 51 members is entitled to a voting 1- of their surroundm~s Others mdlvidual's responsibility to pigs have worms, but they don't delegate, I A County with 151 pal with regard to states applies A FARM BUREA.U INSURANCE SERVICE ( 'I do but can n<,t get enough liUp- reliably inform himself and all have to keep them, the MSC members is entitled to two dele- with respect to representation at I port to do anything about it. those with whom he comes in specialists point out. gates. The same general princi- the AFBF annual meeting. ! • FIVE SATURDAY. rEEHUAKY 2. 13K MICHIGAN FARM NEWS 1,000 Attend Mt. Pleasant Machinery Branch Opening son in each major p r o d u c i n g Hear About Co-op's '{Much Interest Shown in New Machines No Warning area affected, notice of the m a x - imum prices he proposes to es- tablish therefor.'' Modern Factor7 This Time To show the growth of the USDA Asks For philosophy of controls in our More than a thousand farmers from Isabella and surrounding counties attended the grand opening cele- own country, we have only to '.ook at the present potato ceil- Record Crops ing and rollback. This was The 1952 goal set for American bration of Farm Bureau Services' modern farm equip- slapped on in the middle of the [ farmers by the United States De- ment branch at Mt. Pleasant, January 24. The open marketing season with no ad- partment of Agriculture exceeds the actual production of any past house was held in conjunction with the Mt. Pleasant vance warning to growers. year. The government is asking Co-op Elevator's annual Co-op Day. UNDER WAR TIME OPA sit- farmers to do more than they have evec done before. The new and modern farm equipment facilities will uation, the Price Control Act of To accomplish this great fear enable Farm Bureau Services to render a greater service 1942 as amended by the Congress of production, farmers will get in 1944 provided in Sec. 902 (1) f r 0 m the Defense Production Ad- to both Co-op machinery dealers and patrons in the 'Before grower's maximum prices ministration a little more fer- Mt. Pleasant area. T h e spacious building houses a large are established or lowered for tilizer and some more inse than they used in 1951. No more retail sales display room, a modern repair department any agricultural commodity farm machinery will be available, which is £he product of seasonal i n s p i t e o f t h e c o n t i n u i n that can service all types of farm equipment, and a large or annual planting the^Pr'ice ' 8 decline in the farm labor suppply. parts department as well as storage facilities for ware- Administration shall give to such growers not less than 15 days housing machinery for co-op dealers. prior to the normal planting sea- Order Farm Bureau seeds now. This group in a meeting are some of more than a ihousand farmers who attended the grand opening of Farm Bureau Services' This is the fourth farm equipment branch the Farm Farm Machinery Branch at Mt. Pleasant. The day-long event attracted many from the surrounding counties to examine the Bureau Services has set up to provide its patron-owners complete line of co-op machinery and the modern facilities at Mt. Pleasant to service all types of farm • equipment. with quality equipment at lowest possible prices by eliminating as much distribution expense as possible. The Mt. Pleasant branch as well as the Lansing, Supports Are Kalamazoo, and Saginaw branches will receive carload lots of farm machinery and equipment direct from the Flexible. factory. The purchase of more than $2,000,000 worth of co-op machinery a year indicates *he favorable public Not Sliding acceptance it is receiving. These purchases and those made by a million other Boys don't mind pulling their sleds up hill. MASONRY co-op patrons in the United States has enabled farmers The slide down is more than makes farm buildings fhresafe, worth the trip back up again. to build a manufacturing program that is now among But even the smartest boy in the long-lasting one/ Weather-resistant whole school can't figure out a the leaders in the production of a complete line of farm way to slide uphill. Sliding is equipment with quality second to none. not a two way sport. plete mechanization has made the "FARMERS for years have Bellevue, Ohio factory one of the The use of this same word slid- ing, to • describe the support J O I N the t h o u s a n d s of thrifty f a r m e r s w h o h a v e o b t a i n e d these and o t h e r advantages by using c o n - paid many times over for factory most modern in the country. crete m a s o n r y for d o z e n s of farm p u r p o s e s . prices provided by the Agricul- and distribution facilities which tural Act of 1949 is wrong for 1 W r i t e us for free b o o k l e t that is clearly w r i t t e n a n d will always belong to somebody THE CO-OP also added a new this very reason. The support has plenty of pictures t o s h o w you h o w to build all else," Jack Yaeger, assistant exe- engineering department with prices which the present Act al- cutive secretary and general man- drafting rooms, a workshop, lab- k i n d s of farm structures a n d i m p r o v e m e n t s . lows can move up as well as ager of FBS, told the visitors. oratories, as well as enlarged its 9 If you need h e l p w i t h c o n s t r u c t i o n get i n touch w i t h down. They are "flexible," not "The only exceptions to this are experimental and tool and die "sliding." a local c o n t r a c t o r . those who have patronized their departments, Mr. Warren added. own co-operative facilities. You It employs 30 tool makers and 15 When critics of the Act refer O See your local c o n c r e t e p r o d u c t s manufacturer o n farmers are building businesses of engineers to design machinery. to sliding support prices they your next trip to t o w n for i n f o r m a t i o n a b o u t c o n c r e t e your own. Over a thousand more are em- are implying that Congress in- masonry construction. "You farmers through your ployed in the production depart- ABOVE. With the corn planting tended it to be a way to reduce Farm Bureau Services, and with ment. Continual studies are being season not far away considerable supports. Actually it is a means A Always insist o n c o n c r e t e m a s o n r y units w h i c h c o m - the farmers of eleven other reg- made to cut the cost of produc- interest was shown in the Co-op for varying supports in accord- ply w i t h the specifications of t h e A m e r i c a n Society ional cq-operatives can be justly tion. Black Hawk corn planter. Left ance with the nation's needs for for T e s t i n g Materials ( A S T M ) . proud of the ownership of the Others on the program were to right we see: Clarence Chaffee, food and fiber. National Farm Machinery Co-op Donald Sandbrock, president of services manager for the Farm Let's use the right word: flex- PASTE COUPON ON BACK OH POSTCARD AND MAIL TODAY factories that are manufacturing Isabella County Farm Bureau, "Equipment Branch, pointing out ible price supports. the farm implements and equip- and Keith Tanner, director of the large seed hopper to Farm PORTLAND CEMENT ASSOCIATION ment being used on your farms," field services, Michigan Farm Bureau members Victor Pohl and Olds Tower Bldg., Lansing 8, Michigan Mr. Yaeger said. Bureau. A complimentary lunch Roy Welsh, both of Mt. Pleasant, Not Getting News? A national organization to improve and extend the uses of portland cement was served by Isabella County and concrete. ..through scientific research and engineering field work and Ivan Gates of Shepard. If you know of members failing "FROM a very small beginning, Farm Bureau women. to receive their Michigan Farm Please send helpful .. only 9 years ago, National Farm LEFT. M u c h interest was News, please send us a postcard , .. . J" Same , Machinery Co-operative is now- shown in the complete line of free booklet about , giving name, postoffice and RFD "Building Concrete St. or R. No producing co-op Black Hawk Northern Lights Co-op Black Hawk equipment. number together with n a m e of Farm Structures" to: equipment at the rate of $20,000,- Do the Northern Lights have any John Render, manager of Mt. County F a r m Bureau. T h a n k you. City State 000 worth a year," said A. M. effect on the weather? No. The Pleasant Farm Machinery Branch, Michigan Farm News, P . O. Box CONCRETE JS nRi$kfi-IT CAN'T BURN! Warren, -general sales manager of northern lights, or aurora borealis, points out features of the power- 960 Lansing, Mich. NFMC. " appear at heights of 60 miles or ful Co-op E-3 tractor. Looking on In 1947 NFMC enlarged its more above the surface of»t h e are George Wilson of Mt. Pleas- forge shop and built a half million Earth, while the highest clouds, in ant, R-l, who operates a 500-acre dollar automatic continuous pour- regions where the aurora appears, farm, and Bill Bollman, who op- are never more than about six type foundry. It also installed a miles high. The aurora, therefore, year later a modern conveyor sys- is far above the lower and denser tem, and infra-red oven as part of regions of the atmosphere where erates a 680-acre farm. Both are members of Isabella Farm Bureau. County NOTHING BUT THE BEST its spray paint system. This com- weather is determined. Farmers Are amount of interest in legislative matters among Michigah Farm Bureau folks. Dan E. Reed, as- That's FARM BUREAU sistant legislative counsel of the Interested in Michigan Farm Bureau, has at- Open Formula Feeds GOOD MEDICINE! tended many meetings of m e m - bers of County Farm Bureau leg- islative committees and of Farm Some feed companies sneer at co-operative effort .,' S iJS' Many Bills Bureau Minutemen throughout the state. Several County Farm —whether it is you, Mr. Farm Bureau member, trying individually to help you and your neighbor's (Continued from page 1) Bureaus have scheduled tours to chance to live a fuller life by working together— Trucks of Baldwin is sponsoring visit their state headquarters and or at your Farm Bureau feed company which is H-19 to give such discretionary the Michigan legislature during chopping out the hokum and mystery that is If you have an automobile accident, you'll authority to the Conservation the current session. They plan to meet their lawmakers person- < often tied to a feed ration. Our open formula Commission. They would base Farm Bureau feed tags can serve as a liberal edu- be glad you have Farm Bureau insurance. their decision on "biological bal- ance" to be determined after ally and to observe first-hand how legislation is made at Lan- ; BOTTHi f > cation in animal nutrition, if you use them. Ask the dealer selling old line feeds to tell you the public hearings. sing. number of pounds of each ingredient used in It's worry-free protection. We have claim service everywhere. You can: TAX ON FRUIT. Rep. Howard R. Estes of Birmingham has in- troduced H-28 which proposes a specific t a x on fresh fruits in storages, on tax day, that is J a p - uary 1. It is supposed that Jhis Elev. Exchange Worth Millions BEST his feeds. He won't be able to tell you. Your dollars pay for the feeds. We think you have the right to know what they buy. Don't you? NEW RATIONS... would apply chiefly to apples. It 1-Go to a hospital or doctor of your own choice. provides a specific tax of two mills per 100 pounds to be as- sessed and collected by townships To Farmers In the Farm Bureau Line! lVs n e w ! F a r m or cities and to be in lieu of the Incorporated by 45 local co-op Chick Bureau Chick Starter 2-Have your automobile fixed promptly general property tax. It seems elevators in 1921 with total cap- r» . 207c protein. It's low in fiber, rich ital of $16,000, the Michigan Ele- •Jiarier j n vitamin B-l2 and antibiotics. Your by an expert. that some Michigan apple grow- vator Exchange has returned Farm Bureau feed dealer can make it for you in ers have been subjected to heavy personal property tax levies by $1,351,025 in patronage savings the meal form or get crumbles from your Ham- 3-Have the advice of an experienced at- the city of Detroit on their apples to its farmer-owners in the 31 mond Mill, if you prefer them. Feed it for 5 or years it has functioned as a re- torney. which were in storage within the gional cooperative marketing 6 weeks. Then change to a Mermash that you limits of that city on J a n u a r y 1. agency for beans and grain. will use in your laying house. We could think of quite a little that could be said on this pro- THE ORIGINAL 45 incorpor- We Pay the Bills posal. It is one that has come up since our annual meeting and we have no resolution on the ators have been joined by 90 other co-ops as members. The original capital has been expand-! ed until the present net worth of Cattle Supplement A complete high (45%) protein con- centrate. Contains a variety of proteins, Antibiotic Pre-Mixes We have two antibiotic premixes. The one for our poultry feed has had its subject. We would be interested in knowing what apple growers the Exchange is $1,500,000. 10% molasses, bone meal, trace mineral assortment of antibiotics changed to So while, receiving $1,351,025 salt, and Vitamin D. It's especially for meet the findings of research workers in Agents in Every County think about it. in patronage savings, Michigan the man who has fed only single protein 7 different colleges. Procaine Penicillin OLEO. A bill, to permit the farmers have built up an organi- concentrates in the past. It makes a use of oleo in the state institu- zation worth $1,500,000 and today ready-to-use feed, only a few cents more makes up '.ri':, of the antibiotic in out- tions of Michigan has been intro- own an 800,000 bushel grain ter- per 100 pounds than a single protein does. poultry pre-mix with Terratnycin and FARM BUREAU MUTUAL duced by Representatives Thomas minal, two bean processing plants, J. Whinery of Grand Rapids and a bean packaging plant, a 350.0CO It also contains Urea which supplies 13.1% protein out of the 45% total pro- Aureomycin making up the other %. An entirely different assortment is i, Richard L. Thomson of Highland bushel bean storage terminal, in our hog pre-mlx. Insurance Company of Michigan Park. tein in the supplement. several bean warehouses, and a FLOUR. A resolution has been valuable bean selling and distri- 507 South Grand Ave. Phone 44549 Lansing, Michigan introduced urging the purchas- buting system. Ask Your Farm Bureau Feed Dealer About These New Formulas ing of the State of Michigan to INDICATING the confidence or Writ* change its policy and to buy flour that Michigan farmers and their A FARM BUREAU INSURANCE SERVICE made in part of Michigan wheat. local co-ops have in the Michigan At present the state purchases Elevator Exchange is the fact only flour made exclusively of that more than 60 million bushels FARM BUREAU SERVICES, Inc. hard winter wheat, none of which of grain and beans have been Feed Department 221 N. Cedar St. Lansing 4, Mich. is produced in Michigan. marketed through the Exchange There seems to be an unusual^ the past ten years alone. srx MICHIGAN FARM NEWS SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 2. 1952 Rise in Accidents, and Insurance Rates to Farmers Community Farm Bureau the pitchfork, turn off that pow- er-take-off, and clear away that the quality of eggs held in storage until used. on the farm. Like many laboratory research and development projects, the rubbish. 4. The missing link in main- mechanical egg cooler is in the Discussion Topic for February Discussion Topics Put your decision to take part in this worthwhile project on this EARLY in 1950, United Co- operatives Laboratory at Ithaca, taining means United egg appears quality to be Co-operatives by on mechanical the farm. Labora- development stage. edly, field testing will suggest Undoubt- month's check sheet for group New York, began to explore the changes for improvement which Background Material for Program This Month by conclusions, and work together possibilities of a mechanical egg tory investigated mechanical egg will have to be explored and test- They were chosen by your State Discussion Topic cooler for farm storage of eggs. cooler possibilities. Daily receipts with thousands of other farm ed by United's Laboratory before Our Community Farm Bureau Discussion Groups Committee from results of the Questionnaires people to check this shocking Ten experimental units have been of eggs from individual poultry- the cooler is even ready for returned by the Community Groups men were studied. These indi- farm accident rate. built at the laboratory and are DONALD D. KINSEY cated that coolers having a manufacture. . now being field tested. capacity of 7 and 15 cases would Director of Research and Education Questions for Conclusions. Feb. Farm Accidents, Highway Acci- 1. How can the farmer reduce SURVEYS and experimental take care of th^; needs of 90% of Pastures Need Fertilizer Here is a matter that is concerned with life and dents, and Insurance Rates to the liability, accident, and other in- work conducted by North Central the poultrymen with twice a week death, with injury and health, with happiness and grief, surance rates to his own benefit? Experiment Stations indicated pick-up. This resulted in test Fertilizer is required for good Farmer. 2. Have we passed laws that four facts regarding storage of models being built at the Labora- pasture. With adapted grass- and with dollars and cents. It is more than an issue. eggs on the farm: tory. legume mixtures, adequate ferti- really protect our children when Be sure to read your discussion topic article on this entering or leaving school buses? There is no way of knowing lization usually consists of phos- It is a matter demanding an action program that y o u 1. Approximately one-third of when mechanical egg coolers will phate and lime only, instead of a page of the Michigan F a r m News each month. Attend 3. Michigan needs a systematic can tackle personally and as a group. your Community Group Meetings! the eggs handled at country stores be on the market commercially. complete fertilizer. study of farm accidents. Would and buying stations were below You are faced with a thief, a cutthroat, a killer, a your group help by becoming a "A" quality on the day they were l£ reporting agent for the Michigan received from the farmer. firebug. H e wears the masks of mismanagement, care- Rural Safety Council? 2. That egg quality could be NOTICE lessness, recklessness, or indifference as the occasion ularly? This certificate would barns of owners who have an maintained in storage on the farm, demands. He is a public enemy high on the list for his sheer reputation in slaughter and injury, cruelty and come to you if you reported the accidents on forms to be supplied, or, if your neighborhood was free accident-free record for a year? These would say that this farm has a good safety record for 1952. Cooler Is provided freshly laid eggs were gathered promptly and quickly Annual Meeting The annual meeting of the Stockholders of Farm Bureau cooled to an average holding tem- of accidents in the home and on It would be a badge of good man- robbery. United efforts on the part of everyone are needed to the farm and you made a true report of this fact, it would keep agement. These can be made available. Missing Link perature of 55 degrees and with a relative humidity of from 85% to 90%. Life Insurance Company of Michigan, a corporation, will be held at its offices, 607 South Grand Avenue, Lansing, Michigan, on February 26, 1952, beginning at 1:30 p . m. you eligible. These certificates The trend is increasing for pay- put a check to the ever-rising trend in farm, home, and can be issued yearly. A five year SUCH POSTERS have a direct ing poultrymen a premium for 3. Egg distributors use refrig- = January 15, 1952 C. L. BRODY highway accidents. Farm people can do themselves a study is needed. value. Safety is largely a matter Grade "A" eggs. erated trucks. Retail stores have = Lansing, Michigan Executive Secretary == Would' you like to have post- of thinking and doing the things This has encouraged farmer co- refrigerated display cases avail- great service to unite in a crusade against this disastrous ers that could be tacked up in that avoid accidents. The poster operatives and poultrymen to in- able and restaurants and hotels can keep eggs under refrigeration record. Are Farm Insurance Rates High? Yes, and the neighborhood buildings and would be a reminder to pick up vestigate methods for maintaining m m so. Farming has more accidental work deaths than any other major industry, and more accidents in the hoine per capita than any other group. T h e farmer uses high speed machinery under less controlled conditions than, in industry. H e deals with animals that are potentially FARM EQUIPMENT BRANCH dangerous. His barns (and his house?) are stuffed with inflammable materials. He uses sharp-pronged tools at Mt. Pleasant Will Supply and high speed knives. H e barbs his fences. H e has high-voltage lines to his motors. All these are dangers, unless care and thought are exercised. Modern industrial factories have led the field in the matter of safety practices. Farmers are their own man- Co-op Dealers & Farm Bureau Patrons with agers. They must think for their own safety program, largely. A n d they have a long w a y to go to equal industry's safety record. Quality Farm Machinery & Service Every accident on the farm is costly. Sometimes it costs a life, sometimes a limb. It may cost the loss of precious time, crops lost for want of care, and doctor T h e o p e n i n g of t h e n e w F a r m B u r e a u Services and hospital bills. It m a y cost in permanently damaged F a r m E q u i p m e n t B r a n c h i n M t . P l e a s a n t is a n o t h e r health and lifelong suffering. step toward providing greater service to Co-op caution. , farm machinery dealers and patrons. With its IT MAY COST in liability for Eighty-five percent of the ac- injury to hired help. The farmer many fine facilities, t h e n e w branch will b e in cidents are caused by drivers' does not participate in the Work- shortcomings, — recklessness, p o s i t i o n t o s u p p l y e q u i p m e n t a n d p a r t s a s well a s man's Compensation Insurance drunken driving, inattention, vio- service m u c h faster t h a n ever before. Acts. This leaves him vulnerable lations of rules of the road, etc. unless he carries liability insur- These facilities at Mt. P l e a s a n t enable direct ance. BUT LET'S get back to our High accident rates on farms figures! Two-thirds of the deaths shipment from the factory t h e c o m p l e t e line of have naturally resulted in high occurred in rural areas! Only Co-op m a c h i n e r y a n d equipment. It m a k e s pos- costs for insurance. Safety pro- one-third of the injuries were on grams are needed to reduce the rural roads. Yet rural roads had sible g r e a t e r s a v i n g s t h r o u g h better distribution risks taken if better rates are to only one-sixth of the accidents. methods. T h i s is j u s t a n o t h e r p r o g r e s s i v e feature be established. Why so many deaths? Higher speeds kill. Rural highways are of co-operative business which is farmer-owned THE U. S. Department of Ag- speedways'. The majority of riculture analyzed 12,141 fatal fatal accidents occur on truck- and controlled from the factory to the farm. farm accidents occurring from line highways. 1940 to 1945 in the United States. Quite a number of these deaths Almost half of them were caused H e r e is a f r o n t v i e w of t h e l a r g e r e m o d e l e d F B S f a r m e q u i p m e n t b r a n c h b u i l d i n g occur among school children en- by working with machinery. In tering or leaving school buses. s h o w i n g o n e of t h e s e r v i c e t r u c k s w i t h t h r e e C o - o p t r a c t o r s p u r c h a s e d a n d r e a d y the Midwest, tractors led the list, School buses say "Stop!"—but for delivery. with corn pickers in second place. only on the rear. That car ap- One-fifth were caused by work- proaching from the front may A n i m p o r t a n t f u n c t i o n of a n y m a c h i n e r y b u s i n e s s is t h e p a r t s a n d s e r v i c e p r o - ing with livestock, and one-third still be a hazard. Does the pres- g r a m . F a r m B u r e a u Services f a r m e q u i p m e n t b r a n c h at Mt. P l e a s a n t h a s c o m p l e t e by various other causes. ent law take half-measures? An f a c i l i t i e s for p r o v i d i n g " r e p a i r s e r v i c e a t a s a v i n g s " for all t y p e s of f a r m m a c h i n - Michigan had 387 fatal acci- amendment to the law to correct dents and 215 accidents requiring e r y . T h e i r m e c h a n i c s a r e t h o r o u g h l y e x p e r i e n c e d a n d t h e y h a v e t h e facilities f o r this died in the committee •; ion hospitalization in this study. highways in the legislature last, s t o c k i n g a c o m p l e t e l i n e of p a r t s . Many cases of injury left farm- ers so crippled that they could year. The National Safety Council i no longer carry on the farm work. Accidents have no profit out- estimated that the one millionth traffic death since 1900 occurred 1 HERE'S. POWER Speed your Work with this New come. They always balance the books with a loss. If farming is classed as a dangerous occupation on December 22nd, 1951. Mich- igan had 45,000 of these deaths. WHERE IT'S NEEDED C O - O P Manure Spreader !2f At present trends, the second . i t is the farmer's job to change miillionth death will come in 30 this rating—it is your job. years rather than in 50 years. And SLAUGHTER in peace and in the trend can very well speed up! war? During the first 63 weeks of The theme is faster cars and more of them. Here is the large parts department where better than 4,000 parts are the Korean "police action" (so- called, including up to August A REPORTING system needed. stocked. Parts not handled can be secured from the Lansing warehouse stock 31, 1951) <*3,707 combat deaths Getting back to farm accidents, without delay. were listed by the U. S. forces. Michigan has no systematic re- But during the same period 44,- porting system to systematize 000 people were slaughtered by automobiles in the United States. The Michigan State Police re- the facts. Is Michigan better or worse off in this matter t h a n other states? How can we measure Plant Faster with a Co-op Planter p o r t that for the first eleven our improvement if we make it The Improved This durable Co-op Black months of 1951, Michigan had without a reporting system? The Hawk corn planter is available Michigan Rural Safety Council 2 8 . 4 3 HORSEPOWER C O - O P Tractor-Drawn Manure Spreader 1495 people killed in auto acci- in either the straight drill or dents, and 44,458 injured! There and Michigan State College need O N THE DRAWBAR and want to develop such a I check row type. The check were 171,935 accidents reported! This handy, rugged CO-OP spreader has a low box for row planter can be easily system. . . . 3 3 . 9 6 HORSEPOWER This sounds some like the easier loading. And it is perfectly balanced for easier handling. slaughter report from the Chi- . . . O N THE BELT I adjusted for straight drill- Would your group help? Would One man can move it around by hand when empty! The 70-bus- ing. Famous for its ac- cago stockyards! you aid in reporting farm acci- hel box, made of seasoned, acid-resistant wood, gradually widens dents in your neighborhoods if curacy.! Built for a life- TRAVEL was increased 8% you were given the report forms? during 1951. In 1952, car regis- You will have this opportunity. See the New E-3 Tractor from front to rear for even feeding to the cylinders. The long, round cylinder teeth - solidly riveted to channel bars - deliver time of fast tractor opera- tion. Double drive fertili- shredded manure to the distributors. Spreads thick or thin, 3 to 18 trations will total two and a half at your f A R M BUREAU CO-OP zer attachment w o r k s loads per acre. Shields protect beater drives. Pneumatic tires and million. These cars will travel WOULD your group be inter- equally well on flat or hilly lubricated roller bearings for smooth operation, longer life. Quick 23 billion miles, say the state ested in getting a certificate ground. See this great police. This fortells an increase from the Michigan Rural Safety Compare Before You Buy hitching and unhitching with manual jack . . . a great tool for planter today. You'll be in highway accidents unless driv- Council for diligent and active your better farming practices! amazed at its features. ers use more care, courtesy and reporting of such accidents reg- NOTICE It Will Pay You To See Your Co-op Equipment Dealer First Before You Buy! Annual Meeting The annual meeting of the Policyholders of Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company of Michigan, a corporation, will be held at Us offices. 507 South Grand Avenue. Lans- ing, Michigan, on February 27, 1952, beginning at 1:30 p . m. FARM BUREAU SERVICES, INC. J a n u a r y 15. 1952 C. L. BRODY Farm Equipment Dept. 221 N. Cedar Street Lansing 4, Michigan Lansing, Michigan Executive Secretary i United We are Strong — Divided We are Wrong P