• • Vol. XXX, No. 6 Ie 19an arm JUNE I, 1952 ews 30th Year Published Monthly Sign Our Petition for a Balanced Legisla~ure Kalamazoo FBS Offers New Feed Service +MFBCould Supply 125,000 Signatures Act or Get Run Over The Michigan legislature must be reapportioned in Military people say that in an emergency,--do 1953, according to the state constitution. something and ~st I You and your wife and voting members of your family We have an emergency on the reapportionment of are asked to perform a most important public service this the legislature scheduled for 1953 .. month. We have an emergency in the month of June.' Sign the petition to amend the state constitution for Your signature and the signature of all voters in a reapportionment of the legislature on the plan offered your area is needed within the next few weeks on by the Michigan Committee for a Balanced Legislature. petitions for a reapportionment of the legislature Ask your friends and neighbors to sign the petition. on the plan proposed by the Michigan Committee It is being circulated by county and community Farm for a Balanced Legislature .. Bureau and Grange leaders, members of the Michigan If we don't get our proposal on the ballot for State Ass'n of Supervisors, and other citizen groups .. next November, we stand to be run over by the CIO. They have helped draft the Michigan Committee' s plan. This is lhe new mobile feed mill Kalamazoo Farm BureaJ Services is using 10 hring a complele feed service 10 It is circulating petitions for a constitutional amend~ lhe farmer's door. 11 will grind and mix feeds with molasses al lhe rale of four Ions of feed an hour. Ii will blend We must place a fair plan for reapportionment before ment for reapportionment. The CIO plan would up 10 25% of molasses~with lhe feed. 11,will grind hay in ~he grisl. or separalely. the voters in November in order to protect the rights of give Wayne populated The other county counties fellows and two or three control have of the legislature. refused other to heavily listen to New FRS Feed Exchange! Terminal IoniaCounty out-state families people The'Michigan could in the makeup FalJIl supply Bureau upwards of ~he legislature. membership of 125,000 of signatures 52,790 to "balance they're in the legislature" after. Power and talk; control. They know what Service in Faces Big Harvest Parnlers Want' the petitions. The' CIO is circulating a petition to amend the consti- 'Farm Farm Buteau Bureau leaders groups in a thousand are seeking 125,000 Community signa~ Kalamazoo Co. TOM KENNEDY The new Michigan Elevator to the 75,000 farmers they serVe," Mr. Bliss said. An Elevator tution for a reapportionment of the legislature. It would More and more farmers in the Appreciating the need for bett~r compel apportio~ment of the Senators and Representa- tures. The Grange, members of the boards of Kalamazoo area are taking ad- Exchang17grain terminal elevator MR. BLISS said that with the grain marketing facilities in Ionia near Ottawa Lake in Monroe tives strictly on the basis of population. vantage of a complete feed grind- county, was visited May 15 by increased wheat acreage and the coUhty farmers are planning to supervisors and others are circulating the Michigan ing and mixing service right on 1,000 visitors from all parts of general use of combines, farmers do something about it. If the CIO proposal Jtould he adopted at the Novem- C;ommittee's petition. their own farms as provided by and"elevatormen have been hav- The Ionia County Farm Bureau Farm Bureau Services' Kalama- Michigan for the dedication cere- ing increasing trouble maintain- through its county supply com- ber election, control of the legislature would go to Wayne Be sure they get your signature. Help them get monies. zoo branch. The unit is operated ing the quality of grain generally mittee has recommended the and two or three other counties. The legislature and others in your family and neighborhood. .by Harold Christiansen. THE TERMINAL is being made due to moisture conditions. ' purchase of an elevator in Ionia. state government c'ould come under the domination of THE MOBILE feed mill, the ready for the. fast-approaching "With the new terminal, we IT IS PROPOSED that Farm one group. first in Michigan, provides on-. wheat harvest. If government hope to be able tQ.,reduce losses Bureau Services Inc. purchaSe the the-farm fee d manufacturing crop forecasts are borne out, it by conditioning and processing This is an Election Year service that is convenient, effi- may well be the heaviest since high-moisture and off-quality Stout elevator in Ionia and op- The principles of the plan for reapportionment offered erate it as a branch. Acting upon For the past six months or more the American cient, and economical for the 1882. grain," Mr. Bliss declared. "The by the Michigan Committee for a Balanced Legislature farmer. It operates in five gen- The USDA has predicted a earnings of the terminal will of request of the farmers, Farm Bu- Farm Bureau has been urging Congress to cut more eral areas su,-rounding Kalama- Michigan wheat crop of 37th mil- course be returned to the farmer reau Services has secured a 90 were approved by the Michigan State Senate this spring. day option from Mr. Stout. It than $200,000,000 of wasteful appropriations from zoo, covering one route each day lion ,bushels, 22 percent above a in patronage savings throu~h his It lacked but eight votes of the necessary two-thirds of the week. year ago and 52 percent above the local cooperative elevatort . plans extensive repairs to the the budget of the U. S. Dep' t of Agric~ltt!re. lO-year average. elevator including a corn and majority in the House. Representatives from Detroit The complete mill is mounted THE ELEVATOR Exchange grain drier. It is admitted by all Early in May the House of Representatives on a two-ton Chevrolet truck. It THE SPECTACULAR increase terminal will receive grain from concerned that a grain drier is a were opposed. The plan was then known as Senate II • refused to cut a penny from the $724,003,699 consists of a heaxy sYiJyhammer- in Michigan wheat production iit country elevators shipped. by-rail nece~ity for the best gr~in mar- Joint Resolutio~ A. mill, an adjustable traveling feed the past 10 years with the ac- or by truck, with two rail pits keting program. recommendation by the House Appropriation Com- . table, a multi-action feed mixer, companying increase in the use and two truck pits presently During May representatives of The constitutional amendment proposed by the Mich~ and a molasses tank with a heat- of combines to speed up the har- available to handle receiving. Farm Bureau Services were in- mittee for the U. S. Dep't of Agriculture. ing and metering arrangement. igan Committee follows the principles of Senate Joint vest are th e pnnClpa .. I reasons for Individual farmers who went vited to discuss the advantages of The Senate has been restoring House cuts in The equipment is driven by a the construction of the new Mich- to truck grain direct to the Ex- a branch operation with the Com- Resolution A. 110 HP Buda diesel motor. Under igan Elevator Exchange grain change terminal may do so but munity Farm Bureau groups in other appropriat'ions, rather than upholding them. the motor is the molasses tank terminal. It will serve the 135 it is suggested that farmers the county. .It would balance population and area in 'an apportion- This is an election year. where molasses is heated by the local cooperative e1evator~ in check with their local cooperative ment of seats in the legislature. This principle is water of the cooling system uf Michigan which are members of elevators before doing so to TO PURCHASE the elevator, In the voting in the House an understanding the diesel motor. th e Exchan ge. . make 'extensive repairs, install recognized in Congress. There are two Senators from arrange for selling the grain. For a formula containing mo- new machinery. and add grain between Democrats and Republicans was evident. lasses, the molasses is metered "TEN YEARS ago. the wheat Storage space in the terminal drying service will require a min- each state. Representation in the House for each state and sprayed on tlie feed hot. harvest. in Michigan lasted from is allocated to member elevators imum of $75,000 of new capital, is on the basis of p~pulation. Both sides retused to get into a position where they Each particle of feed is saturated 30 to 60 days as the threshing on the basis of the investment according to estimates. would be on record in a roll call vote, which would with molasses which avoids the rigs made the rounds," said James that the elevator and member It is proposed to raise the -Thirty states have methods in their constitution' for usual lumpiness of molasses mix- R. Bliss, Exchange .general man- farmers have in the Exchange. necessary capital through sale balancing population and geographical considerations In show how each member of the House voted on tures .. ager. "Now, with the fast-mov- THE TERMINAL is now re- of Farm Bureau Services their legislatures. each question. Another feature of the unit is ing combines in general use, the ceiving grain on a limited basis debentures throughout the coun- that augering the feed from the wheat harvest in anyone com- All votes were taken by standing vote or by by rail and by truck while mak- ty. The investment to be in the Here is a sumt:nary of the provisions of the constitu- mill almost eliminates the dust mUl\ity can be completed in problem in transferring the feed seven days of good weather." ing final adJustments in equip- overall operation of Services but teller. Announcement of how any member votes ment. The operating personnel the money raised will be \used tional amendment on reapportionment proposed by the .which may be delivered in bulk "This speed-up in marketing when the vote is taken by such means is forbidden. to the farmer's feed storage, or and the increased volume puts an are familiarizing themselves with for developing marketing facili- Michigan Committee for a Balanced Legislature: bagged with a double bagging unprecedented strlrin on the local the plant in the few weeks re- ties in Ionia. The American Farm Bureau did plenty of in~ maining' before the coming har- Farm Bureau Services ,will be 1-Amendment provides that the Senate shall be device. elevators and on the whole mar- vestigating of bureaucratic spending in agriculture The mobile feed mixing unit keting system with a consequent vest season. The terminal will directly responsible for the man- composed of 34 members, elected from described and enables the farmer to have feed depressing effect on the price. handle all grains grown in Mich- agement assisted by an advisory before it asked Congress to call a halt,-to the igan. committee chosen by the farmers. fixed districts, very similar to the present senat~rial dis- manufactured on his farm from "While we realize that an 800 - , Arrangements can be made for extent of at least $200,000,000 a -year. It cited his home-grown grains and le- 000 bushel terminal will not e~- ALLEN A. GROTKE is the op- patronage refund privileges. tricts. This gives some consideration to area, as is gone gU?1es, to his. form.ula. It will tirely relieve this strain, we are erating superintendent 6lf the' in the U. S. Senafe. examples of waste, duplication of effort, and spend~ gnnd and mlX with molasses confident that it will be a great terminal and Joseph P. Loughney .IT IS PLANNED that licensed ing for political purposes. four tons of feed an hour and help to our member elevators and is grain superintendent. salesmen from Farm Bureau 2-Provides for a House of Representatives of not will blend up to 25% molasses Services working through tne The Farm Bureau found that the Dep't of Agri- with the feed. The mixer will community clubs of the county more than II0 members, apportioned on a basis of culture wheat belt has paid for $10,000,000 protecting their to fallow farmers land in during the handle 2,200 pounds at a time. The unit will grind h'ay separate- ly or will mix it with the grist. Roy Bennett '~eports will contact all inter~ted parties during the month oE June. population. 3-Provides that ~ach county or group of counties \ I the summer. Elsewhere farmers were being paid millions more At present Mr. Christiansen is grinding and mixing an average of eight tons cif feed daily. He On Seed Situation MARKETING is just as import- b ant as production. Every farmer e en tit ed to a Representative has a financial interest and should of the ratio of representation. when it has at least 50 % This continues the moiety could accept a few more cus- ROY BENNETT. Mgr. Ladino seed are inoculated or gram support his own marketing pro- for fencing and protecting woodlots and pastures, tomers on each of his regular FBS Seed Deparlmenl .. pra.vjsion now in the constitution. The CIO proposal cultured before planting. routes. What is a good emergency hay \ c: . omits the moiety provision. and for clearing brush,-jobs every good farmer crop? THERE IS a limited supply of Thunder Bay Oil does .without having to be paid off. northwest variegated alfalfa, 4-Establishes districts within any. city having more A hundred million dollars has been paid to Farm Bureau' What can we use for permanent pasture? What can we substitute for corn northwest grimm, certified Idaho CO-Op Announced Ladak, certified blue tag Mich- than Thunder Bay Co-operative, Inc., ff' t d five, Representatives. Th' ld Detroit I" is the only city h lOb d h farme~s to help them pay for fertilizers they would on muck soil? .. igan Hardigan and certified blue has been organized to establish a a ec e now. IS wou e Immate tee s eet buy themselves. Has 52,790 These are some of the quest- ions that are being asked now. tag Idaho grimm. We suggest bulk plant and farmers tank ballot" whereby that you get in touch with your wagon service for delivery of R t t' citizens of Detroit endeavor t I - f f' ld f 100 to elect 27 150 The American Farm Bureau charged that sound During May the Michigan Farm Since early maturing corns are local dealer and get your wants Farmers Petroleum Co-operativf epresen a lves a arge rom a le 0 to . I d h Bureau membership rose from scarce, we have many questions covered at once. It may be hard- motor fuels and other, products. candidates. services such as soil conservation are p ague wit 52,525 to 52,790 families. The about a substitute for muck soils. er to secure when you are ready The Co-operative will serve .. bureaucratic waste. goal for 1952 was 51,500. ALFALFA is adapted to Mich- to seed. Farm Bureau members and others 5-ReqUlres th,e State Board of Canvassers to carry Efforts to reduce the appropriation for the Agri~ Nine Farm Bureau member- d . igan and has been doing well for We advise using 2 lbs. of Tre- in Alpena, Mont.mwenc~ and out the reapportionment of the Representatives if the ship districts have excee ed therr the last thirty years. Every farm foil p~r acre in the pasture mix- Presque Isle counties. It IS now . eM. cultural Conservation Program from $250,000,000 goals. District 7 in northwestern should have a field of alfalfa for ture. This should also be cul- raising capital. leglslature does not do so wlthm a limlted hme. lower Michigan lacks about 65 . tured as it is a' new type of for- Officers are: President, Archie to $200,000,000 a year were defeated. The Farm and expects to have that shortly. permanent hay. A 40 acre farm Bureau had recommended that the appropriation District No. 1 in southwestern should have 7 to 10 acres, 80 a~re farm 20 to 25 acres and 120 age for Michigan. There is no Wirgan; vice-president, Herman culture in the ground. Trefoil Wegmeyer; secretary, Ed Couls; O-Op eetlog advisors to the President; Dr. Raymond Miller, noted public re- be cut b as" 0f to $100,000,000 actua Ine ed • and be distributed on the Michigan had a goal of 6,399. May 21 it reported 6,400 as fol- acre farm 30 to 40 acres. lows; Berrien 1,692; Cass 763; St. Adapted northern grown alfal- fa seed for Michigan seems to be must be cultured if used. treasurer, Clifton Jacobs, all of For a catch hay crop about the Alpena. only thing left is millett and The board of directors includes Li sts Speak ers lations counsel; Donald Lloyd, manager of Associated Food Sales of Salt Lake City; Dr. J. K. Joseph 1,000; Kalamazoo 1,004; Sudan grass. There is a fair sup- the officers arid Raymond Weg- Friesen of Winnipeg. Th e d Irect... f $724003 699 d getting scarcer every year. We ply at the present .. meye r 0f Alpe,na' J 0hn Gudd'mg appropnatlon 0 " ma e Van Buren 1,671. are suggesting the following for President J. K. Stern of the Leaders of nationally known by the House represents leIS than half of the cost of ---------- pasture: 6 lbs. of alfalfa, 1 lb. of CORN in early varieties has and Herman Cordes, both of American Institute of Co-opera- farm co-operatives will speak. all been sold and there is none to Hillman. There will be special sessions thp- U.S. Dep't of Agriculture farm programs. They Sandusky FF A Chapter Ladino clover, 2 lbs. trefoil and 2 tion, has announced some of the r Kill lbs. of brome grass per acre will be had for muck soil. It is still ------------ speakers who will be at the meet- this year for co-operatives on total about $ J ,500,000,000 a year. Honon Merton • ey give you a good pasture for cows, not too late to put in Mars Barley. Farm people now make up one- ing at Michigan State College management, mutual insurance, _________________________ -'~~ I The Sandusky FFA Chapter or sheep. There is a limited quantity of seventh of the total population of Aug. 10-14. Several thousand and a meeting at which industrial Midwest Meeting ette, Ind., July 22-25. The theme presented Merton Killey with an If you wish it for hay only we certified that can be pur- the United States. leaders are expected from the suppliers to co-operatives will this year will be "Building Your honorary degree at its annual suggest 10 lbs. of alfalfa and 2 to chased through local deal- 1------------- -I United States and Canada. meet with them. The youth pro- At Purdue July 22-25 County Farm Bureau." banquet May 12th. The degree 3 100. of brome grass per acre. ers. Likewise with Flambeau these varieties of seed, we sug- The speakers include: Pres. J. young people. gram is expected to draw 1,000 Michigan Farm Bureau - and ------------ was awarded Mr. Killey because Brome grass likes a lot of soy beans. Flambeau soy beans gest that you get in touch with A. Hannah, president, Michigan County Farm Bureaus will be Michigan farmers harvested 3,- of his interest in the organization. nitrogen. Alfalfa and Ladino did well on muck last year. It local dealers now. If it is al- State College; Dr. K.. T. Hutchin- represented at the annual'Mid- 794,000 tons of hay from 2,- Mr. Killey is manager of the clover will produce this nitrogen is the only bean adapted to muck falfa you want, better get it on son, Ass't Sec'y of Agriculture; When weeds are not serious, west Farm Bureau Conference at 735,000 acres in 1950, says Sanilac Co-operative, Inc., at on which the brome grass can soil. hand and have it when the time Dr. E. G. Nourse, former chair- drilled corn yields sllghUy more Purdue university, West Lafay- Cappers Farmer. Sandusky. feed providing the allalfa and If you are in need of any of comes. man of the board of economic than checked corn. , TWO MICHIGAN FARM NEWS JUNE 1.1952 field cultivator. The grass is the August 15, fall rye, well fertiliz- Hereford 'Field Day weakest right after it is cut and ed with a commercial fertilizer, Michigan Farm N~ws Established .Tanu&rT 12. 1925 Michigan F~rmBureau the weather is usually warm and dry. can be planted. It can be used as a fall and early spring pas .. At Prescott July 19 The Northern Michigan Here- OFFICERS ture, then turned under for a ford Field Day will be held July Entered as second cl&s3 maUer By working the field first in green manure crop and the field 19 on the 6.500 acre Prescott!'. Jan. 11. 19~3. Ilt the IlGStoftlce at Charlotte. Michigan. under the Act of Man!h 3. ISi9. V-Pres .. n."'. Presldent ....C. E. Buskirk, Paw Paw E.-.:ec.Sec.) "'Ightman. Fennville C. L. Brody. Lansing with about cultivations a week between the roots and stems is ready for crops the following Ranch near Prescott, losco coun- summer. ty. The ranch is owned by Sen- . DISTRICT DIRECTORS are brought to the surface. The Pabll!;hf'd monthly. flnlt day. "A half-hearted attitude less- ator ,Charles Prescott and carrieg-. by }dleblga~ Jl'arm .Bu,...u at Its I-Russell E. Hasel....Rlchland, R-l heat and wind finally take the pubUcaUon ott~" at 114 E. Lov- ett St.. Charlotte. Mlchlpn. 2-BIaQue Knlrk Qulncy. R-1 ~Edwllrd 'Frltch. __ .....Howell. R-l 4-A. Shellenbarger ..L. Odess-. R-1 June Song , ;ife from them after six to eight weeks. ens the chance of success," Clan- ahan commented. "Quack grass 1,200 Hereford cattle. Demonstra- tions will include handling feeder' &--.Uarten Garn Charlotte. R-5 It's June again on Hicks Street. I admit I've wondered some is a tough character and must calves and yearlings, pasture im. Editorial and cenerat ottlces. !21 &--'Ward G. Hodge _ _Snover. R-I ~orth Cedar St.. lAnalng. Mlchl- i-Harry "'orrls _ Casnoy\a, If wintertime would ever go-If June would ever come. DEAD MATERIAL should be be given rough treatment if it provement, parasite control and can. Post Ottlce Box 150. Tele- 8-Kenneth Johnson Freeland. R-2 one' direction and then the other is to be killed." selection of beef breeding stock. phone Lansing ~l-Zn. Extension a. 9-~[yles Hodgson Cadlllac. R-I I shall not see a hundred Junes, but every one I see I~James ~Ielock_ _ "'hlttemore Touches me deeper in my soul and means the more to me. left in the field as organic matter Send notices on Form 3578 and 'and worked into the soil. About Buy Farm Bureau quality feeds. Get your fertilizer early. undeliverable copies returned under DIRECTORS AT LARGE It's June, the lovely month of flowers. The month of Love-in-Bloom, Form ssa to ~Uchlgan Farm Se ....s Carl E. Busklrk Paw Paw, R-2 e-dltoclal ottlce. P. O. Box 960. Lans- Wallet' 'Vlghtman Fennvllle. R-I Of blushing brides. of bashful beaus~ of bird .songs and perfume. Ing. Michigan. John Converse Unlon City. R-2 The days wax long. The sun rides high. All life accelerates. Representing Summer will soon be in the sky and hammering' at the gates. Einar Ullgren Editor PURPOSE OF FARM BUREAU WOMEN OF FARM BUREAU , ~[rs. H. ".hlttaker._.~letamora. R-l The house wren from the lilac bush pours music on the air. SUbscription: 40 cents a year. Llmlte-d to Farm Bureau ~Iembers, The purpose of this Associa- tion shall be the advancement of our members' interests edu- Representing JUNIOR FARM BUREAU The cardinal from his lofty perch bids trespassers beware. Helicopter rotor helps control Vol. XXX June 1. 1952 No, «l cationally. economically. legislatively. and Dale R. Foster ",lies. R-3 And But I myself, as you can judge, feel somewhat soft and sappy what care I for dignity? It's June and I am happy . . LETTER TO THE EDITOR disastrous policies again. I debated in college (lo, those aster? We did not, and the great depression resulted! It's shortcake mcp1th on Hicks Street too, for Marthy and for me. Strawberry shortcake, drenched in cream, a gastronomic With rhubarb and asparagus and fresh green garden peas spree. orchard frost damage Other Side of many years ago) on cancellation of war debts in the aftermath World War I. My contention of TODAY our same inability to understand foreign trade curses us. England must buy 40% of Who does not like the month of June must just be hard to please. R. S. Clark Britain's Trade then was that America DID NOT WANT THE WAR DEBTS PAID, and had made the point clear in its food or more, and must buy 40 to 60% of the raw materials it uses for manufacturing-or its 315 North Grinnell Jackson, .Michigan Street see-Frlendl)' :-;'eighbors. ~lrs. Harold factories cannot operate! The Witll Russia its TARIFF policy. THE ONLY WAY international condition with some variations is similar in most of our European Community Kamm;. South Venice. ~rs. Philip Alexander. DISTRICT 6 - Huron-Rock Falls. THIS 22-foot helicopter rotor, spinning atop a 20-foot-tower at a Michigan State College test obligations can be paid is in allied countries. ~lrs. Arthur Koehn; Lincoln, Mrs. installation at Beulah, Michigan, was found Editor. Michigan Farm News Dear Sir: GOODS, not currency and checks. European payments be made in goods-and Before World War II England to us must paid for its imports we had TURNS ON ITS FOREIGN' IN- with RE- Farm Bureau Elmer Koth; Central Sigel. Mrs. Eleanor Ackerman; Ernellt Miller; '\'est 'Villow. South Meade. George ~Iatthewll; Lucky Fifty. Mrs. Mrs. to reduce danger of frost damage under certain conditions. Night temperatures at 300 feet are sometimes 20 degrees warmer than those nearer I read with interest items in ,\\'ayne Anderson; Sanilac-Laurel. Michigan Farm News, as a mem- ber of Michigan Farm Bureau. However, on your editorial already declared by our Smoot- VESTMENTS, Hawley tariff (at that time) that GOODS CARRIED IN BRITISH we DID NOT WANT any great SHIPS. AND SALE OF ITS PRO- CHARGES FOR Activities Ph~'lIIs Higganll; ::'oIlnden.Mrs., Fred Donnellon; St. Clair-:>U. Salem. Mrs. Leonard Schultz; Tuscola--Colwood. ::'oIl'S.Peter Reff; Cass Valley. Mrs. the ground, and the helicopter rotor pulls down the warmer air and mixes it with the cooler ground air. In one test, the ground temperature increase of European goods. Rothwell ~cVet).; Vassar, Mrs. Melvin ''Rubber for Russia" ought to say some more. I feel you is another side of the picture that There Therefore, why not get credit for being gene!"ous by cancelling DUCTS ABROAD. ITS FOREIGN were liquidated to pay for World' investments I Gold STAR AWARDS Star-South Belknap Young. DISTRICT 7 - Montcalm-Maple Valley. ~Irs. :\lax Baty; Day. ~Irs. Laura Cesar; Douglas. ::'oIl'S. Carl Puff- 40 feet out from the machine rose from 26 to 35 degrees withIn a half hour after the rotor .started. When orchard heaters were used with American comment on our Brit- the debts, and not force our War II, much of its ships were Community Farm Bureau, paff; Muskegon-Greater Muskegon the wind machine in the same test, the tem- ish and European friends usually debtors to default to their em- lost in the war also. Much of its Presque Isle County, Mrs. ::'oluckFarmers: C. A. VanCoeverlng; John Brege, secretary. Southeast Havenna, ::\Irs. Carroll perature went from 26 to 38 degrees. For more omits-and it may lead us to barrassment and perhaps dis- foreign market was diverted to Arldrews; Newayg()--Ensley, Mrs. L. information on thIs new weapon against frost other sources of supply for the Silver Star-Northwest Port- J. Stinson; 'Vhite Cloud. George Cordts; Osceola-East Side Highland. > damage in fruit orch~rds, write or telephone duration of the war at. least, some age, Kalamazoo, Mrs. Royce ::\Irll. Harry Ellens. your County Agricultural Agent. countries such as India installing E. Eddy, sec'y. Before You Buy DISTRICT 8 - Arenac-Twln Pines. modern machinery to compete Silver Star-Hodge-Sparling, Mrs. Annabel McTaggert; Town Hall. with England's 'obsolescent ma- Northwest Michigan, Mrs. ~Irs. John Janish; Bay-Farm Bureau Orphans, Alba Shaw; Gratiot-Busy chinery. Ward Sparling, sec'y .. Beavers. Howard Moffett; Saginaw- Today, without foreign invest- Hemlock. ~lrs. Clarissa Smith. Efficiency speeds rural felephone service Farm Equipment ment of any size, with a smaller merchant marine-and inflation in cost of raw materials greater than that in sale price of with an Dear Community Members: Farm Bureau DISTRICT 9 - Benzie-Platte. Mrs. Joe Davis; Northwest Omena. ~Irs. Robert Barth. DISTRICT 10 - Michigan- Alcona-B I a c k In telephone work as in farm work, experience generally adds up to newer, 1146 Community Groups. 90 River. ::\11'5. Vernon Gauthier; French better, faster ways of doing things. The Let us make you an offet) on your used equipment. manufactured articles, Errgland is Town, ~Irs. Eva Douville; Jewel Lake. new Community ,;'arm Bureaus ~Ir~. Beulah '''nuk; Kllmaster, ~Irs. in desperate economic situation, : linemen you see adding more telephone have been organized. Ottawa John Becker; Lincoln, Mrs. Thomas We want your business. and we have little realization of Skuse; Vaughn Lake, Mrs. Nonna wire and cable in rural Michigan have plen- leads the state with 10. These ~lcDougall; Antrim-White Valley. it. ty of telephone experience behind them. are as follows: Thomas A. Colter; Charlevoix-Un- dine. Mr~. Lorraine Crauterfield' Last year alone they used that experience ITS COAL mines qua t e d ,an d even b e f ore W or. are anti-I ld I . DISTRICT 1 - Berrien-Fairplalns, losc()--Tower Line. ~Irll. Florence Sward, sec'y; Cas5---"HI~Robinson; ~[eadow Road, Mrs. 'VII- ~Irs. Edward to increase by 9,000 the number of tele- War II were headed for bank-. Alms. ;\Irs. Arthur Baron; Kalama%oo liam Shuman; Montmorency-Aluert phones in Michigan Bell rural areas. To- ruptcy in private hands Social- -Hilltop. ~Irs. Irene '\Vilson; River Township, )Irs. ~amoa Kuivinen; day,3 out of 4 establishments in Michigan . Yalley Growers. ::'oIl'S.Peter Schaap; Otsego-Forty-rtfth Parallel. Vic- ization of industry may not have Friendly You ~ I Group, Mrs. Charlell toria Burczynskl. Bell rural territory have telephones. And been wise-but there were stron" ",-Iason;_St. Josep~-South Colon, Mrs. we're adding more just as fast as we can. .' •• , <> Ruth ~earnan; Klinger Lake. ~Irs. Honorable Mention groups for factors pullIng In that dIrechon Russell King; Young ~elghbors. ;\lrs. the month of April are as fol- within the industry in Britain, Dorothy .Major. lows: for it was used to operating in DISTRICT 2 - Hillsdale-Friendly • I- cartels or trusts, and not in free Xeighbors, ~Irs. Victor LeBec){; Sand San-Hill Comm\.Ulity Farm Bu- Hili. Mrs. Frank Milliman. reau, Livingston county, Mrs. , MICHIGAN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY competition anyhow. 1 d b DISTRICT 3 - Livingston-~orth William Slavin, secretary. T o d ay we h ave a rea y egun losco, ~Irs. Otto Komraus; Cohoctah- repeating the folly of the 20's. Graham. ~Irs. Lloyd Drayton; Titone Archie, Northwest Michigan, .. t d th t h'gh percent Stragler~, ~Irs. Clarence ~las: erll; Mrs. Ruth .Holman .. '_ W e InSIS e a a I \ - San-HllI. :\Irs. 'VIIlIam Slavin; age of Marshall plan goods must Putnam. ;\Irs. Jack Hird; Beach Creek• be carried in American ships, ~Irs. Harold Smith; Macomb-Rhubarb ner Babcock. uth Florence,. St. Josepn, Mrs. Wis- ... ' "'- -~ .JI __ Growers. ::'olrs.Frank Deneweth; Mon- taking some out, of mothballs to r'le-Swan Creek, ::'oIl'S. Earl Hoffman; Glendale, Van Buren, Mrs. Black Hawk Disc Harrow Co-op Black Hawk Disc Harrow is a rugged, well-balanced,' correct weight disc harrow that thoroughly penetrates and ' d o idle. from 't I, W h'l I e We cut off imports friends, certain by putting E gl"sh ships went Ostrander. :\Irs. Lloyd Barsch; Oak- Bessie Chase. n I of our European land-West Bloomfield, Bingham; Avon. Mrs. Tom Cleary; of cheese Washtenaw-",ortheast ::\lIss Florence 'Vashtenaw. ~Irs. ;\fyron 'Vhlpple; Fre-Lo. ::'oIl'S. Simon Glrback; 'Vebster Selo, ::'olrs. them on a 'Ves!ey Amsdill; Southeast Freedom. Cultivation UNICO TIRE SALE prepares the soil. Finest 16-inch or 18-inch heat treated ::'oIl'S. Hoy Blhlme)'er; Happy Farmers. quota-and. the trend is increas- Mrs. Harold Wright. disc. Heavy steel construction. uniform penetration. Rapid adjustments. Units correctly placed for Both gangs con- ing-indicating that we DO NOT WANT THEM TO TRADE WITH Lois Ellinger; ~orth Plainwell, ~Irs. US IN INCREASED AMOUNTS DISTRICT 4 ..c.... Allegan-)[jller. lIIrs. Gladys Brown; Cheshire. ::'oIl'S. Allyene Will COlltrol UNICO Slimmer tire sale trolled by a single hitch. Separate scraper adj~stment. Brl!ldley; Trowbridge. Thomas Drozd; Ii ft. 16" FOB Factory 5167.60 7 ft. IS" FOB Factory 5194.00 ON A COMPETITIVE BASIS. WE ARE pushing them to seek Eldon Ladner; lonla-Gorham-Keefer. Janes; Kent-Bostwick 'Valker ~Irs. Edward Oosterlnk; Brooklyn 1>11'5. Lake, Mrs. Floyd Township. Q.liacl\ Grass ENDS July 15th. trade with Russia to pay for their Corners. Mrs. Lewis Dewey; Chief Quack grass is one ~f the big 6 ft. IS" 517S.55 S ft. 16" $204.50 imports by which they are fed, 'Vabasis. Mrs. Ray Fessenden; Ottawa for madge 1•. Mrs. Earl -Shackhuddle. DeGood; Tal- farm prbblems in Michigan. D. 7 ft. 16" 517S.S5 8 ft. IS" 5220.50 and to buy raw. materials their factories. Pinery. ::'oIl'S. Marlon Longnecker; L. Clanahan, Abe VanTlmmeran; Star, Styf; Bauer. ::'oIl'S. Harold sion specialist, says the best and farm crops exten- It's later than you think! When we open our doors freely Ernest See Your Farm Bureau Equipment Dealer Lowing; Robinson Township. :\Irs. most economical to their products, then we would 'Vm. J. Saukey; Polkton 4. Howard way to rid a Bush; Star.~lItchell •. Mrs. Ernest field of the obnoxious grass is be at liberty to lecture them on Selvig; Tallmadge 2. l\lrs. Alvin FARM BUREAU SERVICES, INC. through summer fallowing. Farm Equipment Dept. Lansing, Mich. trade with Russia, not before. Vermontville, MARCIUS E. TABER Michigan Kooiman; Spring Grove. Mrs. Lewis YanRhee. EARL Y JUNE, as soo~ as the DISTRICT 5 - Clinton-E a g 11l- hay is removed, is the time Cla- PREMIUM CUSHION TffiE -::::==-::::=:=::~ I.May 7, 1952 Partlow. -Thetford ::'o[rs. M arvin Fillher; 1. ~Irs. "-alter Genesee Werth' nahan recommends Ingham-North '\Vllliamston; Shiawas: start working the fields with a that farmers Unico Premium Cushion Tires are bigger, with less air pressure ... 24 lbs. With them you have a smoother, easier riding car, easier steer- YOU CAN RELAX • CLASSIFIED Classified advertisements are cash with order at th f II . ADS . rates: ~ ~ents pel' word for one' edition. Ads to appear 0 In0 t:'':':~ more edItions take the rate of 4 cents pel' word per edition. ing and better -and increase life of the car . car cont~oI. They reduce bills SALE PRICES If Yon [(now 'That Your HELP WANTED ~ WOMEN ONE 670 x 15 4 ply plus SECRETARY or County Organi- zation Director for Ollnton Coounty Farm 'Bureau. 'Secretarlal training .. NEW FREE 24-Page SewIng Book 1952 Pattern Service for Sewln' Automobile Tire .. $1'.'0 tax and pUblic relations ability required. with Cotton Bags" tellll how to mak~ TWO or more 670 x 15 Apply to Raymond Murton. St. Johns. smart clothes and household Items from thrifty cotton sacks. See how 4 ply Auto Tires, • TRACTOR accidents are insured. R-I. Mich. Telephone St. Johns I2F22. (5-2t-32p) yoU save container costs when you buy products In cotton! Send post EAC H .. $16.'4 _tax plus MAPLE SYRUP PRODUCERS £Rrd to National Cotton Council. Box /6, Memphis, Tennessee. (3-10t-50b) • CATILE wanderings are protected. ORDERS placed In June for King Evaporators will be granted a sub- One in ten persons Rtantlal discount. 'Ve urge all pro- some kind of a hearing problem. develops .HEAVY DUTY TRUCK TffiES ducers of pure maple syrup to order sap boiling equipment now. Write for - . Unico Premium -Truck Tires are tougher, stronger, cooler running. These catalog and prices. Sugar Bush Ranger alfalfa is the new wilt- Supplies Co.,' P.O. Box llOi. Lansing .. top quality Unicos are t.he longest mileage truck tires ever offered to .Unico • MACHINERY injury liabilities are secured. 4. ~lichigan.. (6-tt-40b) reSIstant varIety. patrons. Th~y are made to stand the strain of heavy loads and ro~gh going . ..,.,.;.- • HIRED HELP mishaps are covered. FRUIT GROWERSI SALE PRICES • YOUR OWN FAMILY injury expenses will be When you Spray with #Lead ule- ll ONE 825 x 20 10 ply Truck Tire .. $'6.30 plus reimbursed. TWO or more 825 x 20 tax ORCHARD BRAND ----- 10 ply Truck Tires, plus Farm Bureau's ~'14STRINGENTI~ EAC H .. tax Farm Liahility Insurance LEAD ARSENATE Th. Leader Among Comm.rdal Orowers TRACTOR TIRES This special sale does not apply to tractor I tires, Protects You Against 1,000Farming Hazards • BIII,r spra, eOfl" ••• fine flake-like pu- tides tend to overlap. (orm a more uniform which have heen selling at sale prices. See your dealer about them. spray cover with less insecticide in rund. Farm Bureau InslIranCe Services '. Bill" "/till" ••• astringent principle muna quick death to worms. . Available From Your Co-Op Oil. Dealer • MOrt tborough protection apinst WOnD See the Farm Bureau Agent . In Your County. entries and "stings:' Available throughout Michigan FARMERS PETROLEUM COOPERATIVE GENERAL CHEMICAL DIVISION 511 E. PATTERSON ST .. KALAMAZOO Phone Kalamazoo 2-1628 221 N. (EDAR STREET LANSING 4 MICHIGA .JUNE 1. 1952 MICHIGAN FARM NEWS Grassland Farming ... Explained , IoscoGroup Asks Controls Farm Cleanup Is Insurance CONTROL FUNGOUS DISEASES Grassland farming is not going result in over-all fewer bushels MI.chigan State College Soil In addition, rolling land used For An thrax ' ON SOUR CHERRIES Ind SRAPES "all out" to grass. - of grain or row crops in the ScIence, Department at the Fer- for cultivated crops will continue David Steinicke says that next ....'. with R. G. HILL, Michigan State future, Mr. Hill said. "',, den Farm near Chesaning. to be. come less productiv.e unless to poor judgment, disorder is the College extension specialist in INCREASED yields of cultivat- IN 1951on plots where alfalfa- erosIon control practICes are largest single cause of injuries. -~ ORCHARD IUND soil conservation, believes many ed crops following the grasses brome ha? preceded corn, the applied. Members of Vine Community Various forms of trash are re- ""., IIItICllt people have . the wrong conception and legumes and with the appli- average YIeld was 63 bushels an Farm Bureau in Iosco county are sponsible for hospitalizing one of "340. SPRAleOp. I " "IF WE WOULD put more of alarmed by the appearance of every five farm accident victims. of the aIm of those advocating cation of other conservatIOn acre. Where no legume was grass1and f arming. practices will make up for hOur eroded fields that are yield- foot and mouth disease in Canada. M-Mt ..... 111. eopper ... JI .. . al 1. ttede used in the rotation, the ave'rage ing an average of 40 bushels of :MR. STEINICKE is extension qna-.•:!J:{ .". ' Shifting more land to grasses small decrease m tot cu tIva yield was less than 14 bushels an only 60 miles from the U. S. • J and legumes or using more crop acreage. acre. All plots were fertilized com per acre per year or less into grass and legumes, and if border. They ''favor establish- specialist in health and safety ~. :P- »Ne1dlll • wWa ...... ment of a foot and mouth research organization at Michigan State .... legumes in crop rotations as soil Mr. Hill refers to results of alike. legumes are used in regular crop center in the U. S. for the purpose College. He is pushing the an- , conservation measures will not experiments conducted by the Another consideration is the rotations, our overall production of study and research in the nual farm cleanup not only to l :. eoa.oa. ., .. ., ...... 'Ifact that there are thousands of could be increased without add- control of this highly contagious help prevent injuries and fires• • CDatraIa 101 01 .. ,.. acres of rolling. land on which ing more acres in crops. - com is being grown where. the disease." The resolution was sent but to make the farmstead a more »)lon It_I..... eo,,., average yield is too low to justify "At the same time, we would to Michigan Farm Bureau, and attractive and pleasing plac~ to m.a.u... work. its continued production. be conserving our soil for future use. There will be greater de- THE SAME land would pro- mands by people and industry duce a greater tonnage of rough- from about the same number of to our Congressmen. A $500,000 appropriation was TEAR DOWN and dispose of made for an animal disease re- broken, wobbly steps, or fix them search laboratory by the 80th so they're safe and not accident el&ll.'" ........... Available throughout Michigan age and animal nutrients if con- acres as the years go by," Mr. Congress. No action resulted be- hazards. GENERAL CHEMICAL DIVISION Remove old, tottery -- -, vert. to grass and legumes. Hill said. cause of objections to proposed buildings. They don't make the 511 E. PATTERSON ST.. KALAMAZOO We ,-, have been protecting' 'Michlgan- , locations. It is believed that a farm look any nicer and they're Phone Kalamllloo 2-1628 farmers against costly crop damage by hail storms since 1911. For full details Mrs. Heuchting ,Sends suitable location has now been often the cause of serious injuries. found. The cost to the U. S. for the fight against foot and mouth disease in Mexico has write, us or see your nearest agent. ~gents wonted in some territories. Letter to FB Women been nearly $123,000,000. America's first outbreak of /) Mrs. Heinrich Henningsen of Jackson R-7, a member of Jack- of thanks came to me which I have sent to Mrs. Whittaker in foot and mouth disease came from Canada in 1870. The next MICHIGAN MUTUAL HAIL son County Farm Bureau, has a' order to show, you how great in 1914, started in Michigan and 7HJ~ letter from Mrs. Marie Heuchting of B~em~n, Germany. Mrs. the joy was. I am especially happy that a spread to the Chicago stock yards. California had a plajor infection 41. MUTUAL Bl.DG., 208 No CAPITOL AVE., LAHSIHG, MICH. Heuchtmg IS one of the two Ger- f r i end 1y correspondence has in 1929. Canada had not known man women/who visited in Mich- grown between the giver and the the disease for 80 years, but now igan Farm Bureau homes in June, receiver. From many sources some ,30 to 50 farms are infected. 1950. have I heard that this has built County resolutions committees may be glad to know of support SUDAN GRASS. Mrs. Henningsen translated the letter for the Michigan Farm News. Mrs. Heuchting wrote to express her gratitude for the gifts a stronger bridge from there to here which surely is a founda- tion towards a better understand- ing and working together. for a laboratory such as is pro- posed.. , which have been sent to families Up to now have I again and Price Controls Best Emergency Pasture Crop in Germany by women of the again received packages with so "Come what may," says tpe COMMON SUDAN-Half .. an acre of Common Sudan Michigan Farm Bureau. Her let- ter: many useful and needed things News-Leader of Richmond, Vir- which have been divided and re- 'ceived with great joy. There- ginia. "this newspaper has ex- will keep a cow until the first killing frost. Dear Farm W:omen of Michi- fore, I would like to ask you at tended its support for the last I gan: the same time with my thanks if time to any scheme of federall I am very much ashamed to you have things that you do not control over prices and wages .... SWEET SUDAN~Half an acre of Sweet Sudan will need or care for any more, please This needless flood of Lilliputian come to you so late with my m.es- feed a cow and calf till the first fr,ost. Drill or broadcast Sudan Grass 20 Ibs. per acre up to sage, but nevertheless shall my think of us. I know that it regulations .•. thanks to you be no less heart- takes time, work and money, but felt. the thought of help, to relieve bellyful." We have had a NOW....One Policy, that Gives You the need of so many people, is a In 1951 Michigan's hay crop June 15. Start pasturing when a foot high. Do not pasture after frost. I have tried to write as many good deed. as possible who have sent gifts Please, dear Farm Women of I: to me, but it is impossible for me Michigan, be not angry with me was the largest in history. Windstorm, Hail 311d Fire Protection YES, Beginning July 1st you .. can enjoy complete "one Buy at Your Farm Bureau Seed Dealers to thank every one personally. for my belated thanks. Therefore I beg of you to please moves fast and there.is always read in these lines the thanks of so much to do. Time ALFALFA policy" protection that is made-to-order needs. Think of it! State Mutual can now give you thesa for your particular all whom you have made so very FARM BUREAU SERVICES, INC. I gladly remember the won- happy with your gifts. Above all derful time which I was allowed Brome Grass big bonus advantages: . , my thanks also to you for having to spend with you and I thank Seed Department Lansing, Michigan it made possible for me to give you all for the lovely reception ALFALFA. For that sum- • ONE POLICY-Insures against loss from fire, this help. mer seeding, you can't beat windstorm and hail. everywhere. I wish very much Farm Bureau's adapted, .NON-ASSESSABLE-Policy is completely accept- I believe that you can hardly that I may see many women winter-hardy, high yielding able as collateral at banks or other loaning measure and do not know what from there here in Germany. With heartfelt greetings, varieties. Sow 6 to 8 Ibs. agencies. it means to be supported so kind- ly by fellowmen in these hard per acre. Inoculate seed and MRS. MARIE HEUCHTING, • NO MEMBERSHIP FEES-New members insuring times in which we have lost al- plant shallow. Kattenech 35 with State Mutual pay no membership fee. most everything. Many ,........ letters Bremen, Germany We offer Certified Hard- igan, Ladak, Grimm and .CITY & TOWN COVERAGE-Same protection is available for urban dweUmgs. State Mutual Ladino Clover' Ranger. Uncertified north- western grown Grimm, NW Variegated and common. REMEMBER, State Mutual insures more Michigan farms Insurance Co~ Fills Forage BROME GRASS. Drought resistant, heavy producing, palatable grass that makes than any other fire insurance founded forty-four company. years ago, State Mutual has grown until today it has over $200,000,000 of insurance Since it was in force. To Expalld Crop Need alfalfa-brome pasture and hay so profitable for milk and meat production. Sow Make State Mutual YOUR company. or write the home office today. Call your local agent, State Mutual Fire Insurance Ladino clover is increasing in brome grass with oats at Company of Michigan, at -Flint, popul,arity with Michigan farmers time of summer seeding of will operate as a general mutual because it 'fills a -real forage crop alfalfa in June or mid-Aug- company effective July, 1, accord- need. M. B. Tesar, MSC farm ust. ing to H. K. Fisk, secretary. The 44-year-old company will crops specialist, predicts that the acreage of ladino will continue Buy from Farm FIRE IISURAICE CO •. be authorized to write windstorm to increase. Bureau Seed Deale~ 702 Church St. Flint 3, Michigan and hail as well as fire insurance FARM BUREAUSEEDS on both farm and urban proper- DAIRYMEN have a good word Lansing, Michigan E. R. DINGMAN. PTuid~nt H. It. FISK, i.cr.,." ties. for ladino. Cows like it. Ladino has quick recovery after grazing, "State Mutuallnsure~ Every Fifth Farm in Michigan-Ask Your Neighborsl'- THE COMPANY, at its annual and high milk producing ability. meeting in Januaryj amended its Like many other crops, ladino articles of association to comply does best on the type of soil it with prov~sions of the state in- surance ,code which govern gen- eral mutual companies. The company will be author- likes best. Mr. Tesar recommends adding one-half pound of ladino clover seed per acre to a mixture of Farm Bureau Mixed Dusts ized to write a combined policy, alfalfa-brome on fertile, moist but members who prefer to carry only fire insurance on their farm soils. This mixture is good on rolling land because alfalfa will produce most on the well drained Produce Outstanding Results. buildings o'r city dwellings may SAVES EXPENSE' OF HI,GH-PRICED do so. The windstorm and hail protection is an optional coverage. areas and ladino will .do best on the lower areas. • Double Mixed And Perfectly Blended '1 MR. FISK said that as a general LADINO has shown fts value MINERAL MIXTURES! mutual the company would now in ladino-brome mixture on low Farm Bureau Services through its dealers offers a full line of dusts for control of insects be 'able to issue a non-assessable land areas too poorly drained for Jhe Modern Methoel of Mineral heeling . policy, a type of policy which alfalfa. It will survive winter and diseases that attack garden and field crops. The following are just a few dusts of a com- Now you can eaSily IUpply your livestock with boda the M.jor Ml __ operation under the farm mutual injury on the poorly drained (Calcium. Phosphorus and Salt) - and the TrlU' MlnwMs (Iodine, Manganae. Copper, Iron and Cobalt) - without upsetting the Calcium.Phosphonu ncia. 10 carefully balanced in commercial-or custom.mixed feeds and concenuarea. law does not permit. As State Mutual Fire Insurance Co. has areas much better than alfalfa because it has a shallow, fibrous plete line of Fa~m Bureau Insecticides and Fungicides , ~1_ complex mineral mixtures are excessively hiP 10 Calcium- RDAiq several times the amount of re- root system instead of being deep KIND OF TYPE OF DUST INSECTS AND DISEASES .. hiP .. 50?,.. C9 80~ ordinary &round limestone. quired surplus to do this, all rooted like alfalfa. Why cab a chance on Inefficient feed ucilizacion, by ~ your cacde policies issued henceforth will be CROP RECOMMENDED TO BE CONTROLLED and hop co consume decrimencal quantities of Calcium 10 ocdei 10 IK1IIe non-assessable, Mr. Fisk said. Enclish POUDd lair. Phosphonu O! ,the Trace Mineralsl ' , Potatoes Farm Bureau Dust No. 1 PotaJo ~tle, leaf hoppers, flea beetle, The En&llah pound lets ita name ...... '. HARDY'S Simple Plan: Use a divided mineral feecnn. boL Par because at the time of the Saxon blights and mildew. HARDY'S TRACE MINERAL SALT in one $ide, a simple Calci~Ph9JJPb_ \ $Ilpplement in the other (straight bone meal for cattle and sheep; a JDixcan ef cwo pares ground timestone, one t'-" steamed bone meal for swine.) Keep Next Big In"ulon a poun. of Iilver wa. the unit et trade. Onions Cabbage Farm Bureau Dust No. 7XX Thrips, Mildew. me minerals before livestock at aU tunes. Individual animals will &dIme thar Calcium.Phosphorus intake to their own requirements, and Salt and Trult l){ineral requuements' are also provided free choice. No other salt or mineral Increase in Broccoli Farm Bureau Dust No.3 Cabbage worm, (white butterfly, cabbage mould be fed. This Plan is approved by ouutandinJ feedinJ authoricies.8 HARDY'S TRACE MINERAL SALT coscs only a few cenu ~~. more Special Crops Brussels Sprows Cauliflower looper. diamond back molh. chao plain saiL Ask your ct~~'Joz HARDY'S.Ib.'orl61tNl. TRACI MINo IiJlAt SALT today! Forage Crops MILLETS for grain or hay. Plant Red or Yellow Cucumbers HERE'S ~, YOUR NEI~HioRS SAY, Proso June 10 to 15. Cut Squash, Farm Bureau Dust No. 83 or 55 Striped beetle, lquuh viDe borer. The next big increase in farm teu E~pemlY8 Method ":MIll doe faaue char Is how • production-comparable to hy- about Aug. 10-15 for hay. Melons shell feed mlnera1s. II- II • cu1cker ..mod u4 _ Harvest for grain in Sep- apcDI.iYC." - A.B. ' brid com-must come in the Sweet Corn Farm Bureau Dust No. 8X Corn ear worm, European corn borer. Vert Good Resulh-""I Ieee! u.u.tt'. T_ ~ forage crops. tember. Salr co my hml u4 Iltoo4 _ wlrla ftr7 .... BUCKWHEAT. Whether .Farm Bureau DUlt No. 85 aaulrs. - - JLB. Clifford C. Hardin, director of lIk.d 1, Better-'-"We DCirlced .een -' hoti' llUt the MSC experiment station, it's wet or dry, sow buck- Jfanly'. ,Trece MllMtaI Salr better th .. plaiA laic. -G.D. made that statement to the Farm wheat before the 4th of Beans .On Inap beans after pod formation use Mexican Bean Beetle G_d"Preporntion-wAm feed1q Hatdr;. T.- X. Council meeting of the United July. ...t SoW bee choIce.; • pool preparatlo .. -,.... Farm BU!eau Dust No. 3 to avoid residue. '- ..... ,. .. the '-' - aIwo,. 4e_" ... Co-operatives laboratory held at the college RAPE. Now's the time to sow rape. Makes the , HARDY'S THE ORIGINAL PLANT BREEDERS have de- veloped some excellent improve- ments, but when put into gener- best pasture for sheep or hogs. RYE GRASS. Sow in corn There is a Farm Bureau Dust to fit every farm need. On orders of 500 pounds or more -Farm Bureau Services will mix to your specifications, For information and prices: after last cultivation for .TRACE MINERAL al production they get crossed with other grasses and lose their value, Dr. Hardin said. fall pasture, winter cover, and early spring pasture. See Your Local Farm Burealt Dust Dealer SALT One remedy for that situation Buy from Farm 8N_.-;- -wnH ";:.,,. "'ROTEIN-IOUND"10DI,. GUARANTEED 1~ STAILI is for farmers co-operatives and others to induce all of the farm- ers of an area to agree on a par- Bureau Seed Dealers FARM BUREAU SEEDS Farm Bureau Services, Inc. co.: ticular variety of one of the im- LaIulD;. Michigan Insecticide Dept. 221 N. Ce&lar St. Drawer 449: St. Loula 3, Mo. Lanainc 4, MWt.... proved forage crops. .. OUII MICHIGAN FARM NEWS .JUNE I. 195Z • Farm Bureau IS Expanding Health Program +------------------------------------------------------- •Leaders Prepar~ Charter Policy For Job Ahead Ends June 30 Leaders of the Michigan Hospital and Michigan Medi- After June 30 no more appli- cations will be taken for chartel."" cal Services are highly impressed with the job the Farm policies in the Farm Bureau Life Bureau is doing to provide a comprehensive health pro- Insurance Company, accor