Vol. 31. No. 7 Michigan Farm News JULY 1, 1953 31st Year Published Monthly Benson Asks Advice from Farm Organizations EDITORIAL FB Services Fertilizer Plant at Kalamazoo Invites Farmers Our Recommendations Are Asked To Discuss Issues Secretary Benson of the U. S. Dep't of Agri- Says Rapidly Changing Conditions Making it culture has invited the memberships of the Farm Necessary to Reconsider the Entire Bureau, Grange and Farmers Union to discuss and National Farm Program make recommendations to him this fall concerning Secretary of Agriculture Ezra T . Benson has invited five major problems in the national farm program. the American Farm Bureau Federation, the National W e shall hear considerable about this survey of Grange, and the National Farmers Union to conduct a farm opinion under the name of the National Farm survey of their memberships to tell him what- they Program Discussion Plan. think should be done about five important phases of Mr. Benson's request emphasizes what Farm the national farm program. Bureau members have known for some time,— The survey will be called the National Farm Program that 1953 is a year of decision. Discussion Plan. T h e writing of County Farm Bureau and State "Rapidly changing conditions make it necessary for Farm Bureau resolutions becomes more important farmers to reappraise the entire field of public policy and significant than at ordinary times. relating to their industry," said Mr. Benson in his W e are challenged to stimulate the greatest invitation to Allan B. Kline, president of the American oossible participation in the discussions and de- Farm Bureau. cisions on the resolutions we shall consider. "Many of the problem issues affecting farm families The recommendations we develop in the County This drawing shows how the Farm Bureau Services fertilizer plant, now under construction at Kalamazoo, will look when completed. will be under critical review by the Congress during its Farm Bureau and state Farm Bureau resolutions It is designed to manufacture 40,000 tons of granulated, high analysis plant foods a year. It can be expanded to 60,000 tons capacity. The plant should be producing some fertilizer for the spring of 1954. The large building is the manufacturing plant, 151 by 288 feet. It will 1954'session if not earlier. in Michigan and 47 other states will be consolidated be highly mechanized with electrically powered equipment for the five manufacturing operations of unloading and storing dry and liquid "The United States Department of Agriculture has a in the American Farm Bureau resolutions in r a w materials, mixing and granulating, bulk storage for finished products, bagging, shipping by truck and railroad. Building in responsibility in aiding Congress in developing legis- December. the foreground is for bag storage and for rail shipments. The office building at the left will also house the electrical controls room, repair shop, and cafeteria. The buildings will be steel framed on concrete f oundations. Roof and siding will be sheets of galbestos. lation that will affect agriculture. The Farm Bureau recommendations will be used say nutritionists might be placed "The advice that w e give will have greater substance by Secretary Benson and ourselves in advising Crop Storing Congress regarding any changes to be made in the Farm Bureau Often Pays What May Be in the position of having to warn against the use of too much milk. and be more sound and secure if, during the period of our study and planning, we know the thinking of price support and other features of the Agricultural A Michigan State College agri- Dr. Towsley of the University Marketing Act. Committees cultural economist says there's a good chance that farmers will profit this year by storing, their Added to Milk of Michigan medical staff has raised an objection to the inclu- and secure ideas fronv the farm people of this nation. "Since this is the major role of the general farm sion of iodine. He feels that Ohio Farmers Want Meet in July corn, oats, wheat, barley and rye. •L. L. Boger says that prices for these crops likely will be below Is a Question Michigan's campaign to encourage the use of iodized salt has ef- fectively taken care of Mich- organizations and they have their experience in this field, we would appreciate your assistance in this The annual series of district support levels at harvest time. DAN E. REED igan's natural idoine shortage. activity. Farm Price Support conferences for County Farm Bu- reau executive committees, mem- bership, Community Farm Bu- Farm Crops Ass't Legislative Counsel The Michigan Commission of He fears that the inclusion of iodine in milk might lead to ex- cessive intake. " W e request that between July 1 and December 1, 1953, you ask each local unit in your organization to J u n e 1 we published a summary supports of 75 to 90% of parity, reau and resolutions committees Agriculture has scheduled a hear- County Farm Bureaus and Farm of the radio talk g i v e n ' M a y 15 with the Secretary of Agricul- will be held July 7 to 24. ing on July 6 in the House of Bureau members have indicated discuss paramount agricultural issues of the day. W e over WJR and Ohio radio stations by J o h n Sims on "What Can We ture having authority to make adjustments depending upon the At these meetings the Farm Bu- reau program and CoFB com- Field Day at Representatives at the state cap- itol to consider pros and cons of their interest in this matter and have urged caution in the issu- ask that you arrange to give us the consensus of the Do About Falling F a r m Prices?" need for production. the proposed regulation covering ance of the proposed regulation. ideas and suggestions resulting from these discussions. mittee problems will be discussed. Mr. Sims is executive secretary of the Ohio Farm Bureau. 17% believed that government should continue to guarantee 90% These Michigan F a r m staff members will meet with the Bureau MSC July 8 addition of vitamins and minerals to milk. ONE OF the large milk dis- tributors in the Detroit area has "The broad problems which we are suggesting for COMMUNITY F a r m Bureau of parity on basic commodities. committees: Executive commit- THE PROPOSAL fias been been marketing a fortified milk your consideration and discussion because of their pres- tee, Keith Tanner; Community The Michigan State College Ag- groups in Ohio heard the talk. under, fire by nutritionists and including the vitamins and min- ent emergency a r e : They conducted a poll im- 15% thought the government Farm Bureaus, Wesley Hawley; ricultural Experiment Station will medical authorities. It was con- erals under consideration. They mediately upon the farm price should guarantee 100% of parity Resolutions, Dan Reed; Member- have a Farm Crops Field Day sidered at an earlier Commission say that inasmuch as no order has 1—Farm Income Stability and Improvement support questions raised by Mr. on all basic farm commodities. ship, Bill Eastman. "Dates and Wednesday, July 8, at Michigan meeting. Under the rules it must been issued they are not in vio- places of meetings are: State College, East Lansing. 2—Production and Market Adjustments Sims and others on the program. be considered at a succeeding lation. 8% would extend the 100% meeting and given final approval Three out of four of those of parity guarantee to cover per- All Meetings at 8:15 p . m. FARMERS can get a good look The Department of Agriculture 3—Conservation and Improvement of Farm Resources at farm crops research during the before it can become effective. has received an attorney general's farmers in Ohio believe that there ishable farm products. J u l y 7—District 4, at Caledonia tours which will be conducted should be a government farm The order was drawn under opinion stating that the order 4—Capital Needs of Agriculture BENSON. 56% of farmers in high school. from 1:30 to 4 p. m. The tours authority of the amendments to would be permissive and that un- price support program. Ten per 5—Trade or Aid—foreign markets cent of the farmers were unde- the Ohio County Farm Bureau's July 8—Dist. 7, Fremont Com- start at the farm crops barn, on the milk laws made by the 1952 til an order is issued the inclusion cided and 16% were opposed, farm price poll said YES when munity Bldg. Mt. Hope road, a half mile east session of the legislature. As pro- of these materials is not legal. " W e are confident that participation of farm people said Mr. Sims in announcing the asked if they think Secretary of J u l y 9—Dist. 9, Buckley high of Farm Lane and a half mile posed, it would permit the addi- The department is considering results of the poll. Agriculture Benson is doing a school. west of Hagadorn road—a mile tion of certain vitamins, min- action to halt sale of the product. in this program of discussion will result in sounder, more erals and non-fat milk solids to good job. 3 1 % were uncertain, J u l y 10—Dist. 10, Atlanta high south of the main campus. whole or skim milk under reg- workable legislation and in a more generally acceptable 9 1 % said they should do all and 13% disapproved his actions. school. Latest developments in wheat, 37,000 Have Blue Cross they can for themselves through ulations approved by the Director program for agriculture than could otherwise be accom- FOREIGN TRADE. 59% said J u l y .14—Dist. 2, Hillsdale high oat and barley varieties in Mich- of Agriculture. 37,000 families have Blue Cross cooperatives, research, advertis- igan, surrounding states and ing and orderly marketing be- YES on this question, "Do you school. Canada, will be shown. Varieties hospital - surgical - medical con- plished." fore going to the government for favor increased foreign trade if J u l y 15—Dist. 5, St. Johns high include Craig oats and Genesee SEVERAL nutritionists say the tracts through membership in the help, according to the poll. it means increased imports of school. and Seneca wheat. Specialists inclusion of these fortifying Michigan Farm Bureau. President Kline of the American Farm Bureau ac- farm products as well as in- agents would tend to "make milk J u l y 21—Dist. 8, Midland Com- will discuss weed control ex- a pharmaceutical instead of a cepted Secretary Benson's invitation for the Farm 28% of Ohio F a r m Bureau creased exports?" 2 1 % said NO munity Bldg. periments and present recom- members taking part in the poll and 20% didn't vote. food." Dr. Alice Smith of the Home Accidents Bureau. Mr. Kline said to Mr. Benson: July 22—Dist. 6, Marlette high mendations for control of the Michigan Department of Health 831 people died last year from thought the government should school. pests in oats, corn and forage support farm prices only at a 58,839 FB Members and Dr. Dena Cederquist, Mich- accidents in their homes or on "It is fortunate that your request came just as the July 23—Dist. 3, Plymouth high crops. igan State College nutritionist, home premises. level which would prevent price school. local Farm Bureaus throughout the country are about disaster. J u n e 15 the membership of the said there may be danger of Michigan Farm Bureau was 58,- J u l y 24—Dist. 1, P a w Paw high Michigan has 12 million acres harmful effects of an overly large Fifth annual Sheep Field Day at to launch their annual examination of the problems 32% favored variable 1 price 839 families. school. in crops and non-woods pastures. intake of certain vitamins. They MSC July 16. (Continued on page 2) 300 Genesee FB Members Have Tornado ^Debris Bee" Genesee Farmers Take Truckloads of Debris from Wheat Field Fences Left Standing were Torn and Laden with J u n k One Crew Uses Chain Saws and Axes to Clear Away Uprooted Trees When Michigan's worst tornado 000 in rural damage. More than 300 members of the Johnson & Sons farm just east moved from this farm. three crews and covered other were put back into commission. storm. cut a 275-yard wide swath over Genesee County F a r m Bureau of the urban Beecher district, sections of the county. "The clean-up saved the crops "It was really an inspiring FARMERS sprang to the rescue perhaps the hardest hit of the E L S E W H E R E some men a n 18-mile path across Genesee immediately, bringing food, cloth- and other farmers responded to in a large number of fields where big farms in the county. combed fields, others helped clear FARMS cleared included those thing to watch those men—and county J u n e 10, farmers respond- ing and equipment to their hurt a call for a "debris bee" held June it would have been impossible to out barnyards where the barns of Earl Johnson & Sons, Roy women, too—leave their own ed in keeping with American neighbors. 18 and 19. They brought with Dozens of trucks plowed had been levelled to the ground. Miller, Norris Taylor, Jim Lucas, have harvested them without the jobs undone to help their neigh- rural traditions. Then there was that bigger, them dozens of trucks, tractors through waist-high wheat while Still more crews used power Leslie Ames, Dr. J. T. Connell, clean-up. and power saws. Officers and "In addition to those who took bors," Mr. Lott commented. less spectacular job of helping crews filled each truck as it saws, axes and saws to cut up Chris Miller, Robert Wolcott, As the terrifying eloud left in one's neighbor clean up. directors of the County Farm Jack Keith, Clarence Hannagier, part in the clean-up bee neighbors its wake 115 persons dead and inched along. Some of the debris huge trees felled by the storm. Some farmers had thought as Bureau were foremen of crews. Max Selleck. of dozens and dozens of smaller lost many fields of which could some 900 injured in the urban UNDER the leadership of the picked out of the fields required In the first day's work all of areas, it did not spare farms in Genesee County Farm Bureau Mrs. Marvin Tiedeman, county several men to lift, and any Of the Johnson farm was cleared "The Farm Bureau took the farms pitched in to help. Many not be cultivated or harvested secretary, assisted with the tele- of them are helping rebuild because of metal, wood, cement the path. Farm Home Admin- and R. C. Lott, county agricultur- it could have put a combine out as well as all of two other farms lead, but all farmers pitched in," homes, repair machinery and are and other debris scattered thick- phoning that was necessary. istration and other farm officials al agent, one of the most unusual of commission. More than 100 and part of another. On the sec- explained Mr. Lott. "A dozen of lending their equipment to re- ly over them. Now they can take set a tentative figure of $2,250,- farmers bees was organized. WORK started on the Earl truck loads of debris were re- ond day, the workers split into the worst hit farms in the county place that knocked out by the care-of them. TWO MICHIGAN FARM NEWS JULY 1. 1953 have begun in Michigan. County Farm Bureau resolu- MM mid tions committees will begin consideration of Secretary Cups for Best Michigan Farm News ^ Michigan Farm Bureau Benson's five problems and five questions from the Established J a n u a r y 12, 192J American Farm Bureau after the series of membership Seed at Fair E n t e r e d a s second c l a s s m a t t e r Jan. 12, 192J, a t the postoffice a t Charlotte, Michigun, under the A c t of March 3, 1*79. V-Pres OFFICERS Pr»aident....C. E . Buskirk, P a w P a w W. G. H o d g e , Snover E x e c . V-Pres....C. L. Brody, Lansing THA ARK district meetings in July. Continuing a custom started last year, the Michigan Elevator E x e c . Sec'y....J. F. Yaeger, Lansing These questions will^ be resolved into recommenda- Exchange will - award trophy Published m o n t h l x . first day. by Michigan F a r m Bureau a t i t s p u b - lication office a t 114 E . L o v e t t St., DISTRICT 1—Russell E. H a z e l DIRECTORS Richland. R - l Repayment tions at County Farm Bureau annual meetings early in cups to the'six sweepstakes win- Charlotte, M i c h i g a n . 2—Blaque Knirk Quincy, R - l Many folks have done me favors ners in the certified field seed 3—Edward F r i t e h Howell, R - l the fall, at the Michigan Farm Bureau annual meeting competition at the Michigan 4—A. Shellenbarger....L. Odessa, R - l That I never quite repaid Editorial and g e n e r a l offices, 221 North Cedar St., Lansing. Michigan. 5—Marten Garn Charlotte, R-5 And to them I stand a debtor— in November and the American Farm Bureau annual State Fair. P a s t t>ffie« B o a HO. Telephone S Ward G. Hodge Snover, R - l I have often felt dismayed meeting in December. "We hope the trophies will en- L a n s i n g 2-1271, E x t e n s i o n S. 7—Harrv Norris Casnovia courage greater participation in At the need for some expression S—Kenneth Johnson....Freeland, R-2 Of the gratitude that's due the certified seed show at the S e n d notices o n Form 157* and 9—Ken A. DeRuitrr McBain, R - l compense. Some members assume %raitlverable copies returned under Form 3578 to Michigan F a r m N e w s editorial office. P. O. B o x 960, L a n s - ing, Michigan. 10—James Mielock Whittemore DIRECTORS A T L A R G E Carl E. Buskirk P a w P a w , R-2 To a kindly benefactor. Has It not been so with you? Blue Cross that the Blue Cross secretaries get free Blue Cross contracts for State Fair and will serve to em- phasize to farmers generally the importance of good seed in a Walter Wightman Fennville, R - l I have thought, and most sincerely, their work. Nothing is farther good farming program", said Einar Ungren James Osborne Editor Associate Editor Subscription: 40 c e n t s a y e a r PURPOSE OF FARM BUREAU Trie purpose of this Associa- tion shall be the advancement Gleason E . Halliwill Representing Gladwin, R-4 W O M E N OF F A R M B U R E A U If the chance should ever rise I'll restore to him with interest Secretaries from the truth. They pay the same rates as other subscribers. The service is a Farm Bureau James R. Bliss, general manager of the Exchange, grain and bean of our members' interests edu- Though it means some sacrifice; marketing agency for 135 local L i m i t e d t o Farm Bureau Members. Vol. 31 July 1, 1953 No. 7 cationally, economically. legislatively, and Mrs. H. \Vhittaker....Metamora, R - l Representing JUNIOR F A R M B U R E A U Vern Thalmann Berrien Center But the chance so seldom rises, And the best that I can do Is to pass along t h e kindness Do Big Service matter and not a Blue Cross matter, and no concessions are made to these folks by Blue Cross cooperative elevators. Cups will be awarded in the Farm Bureau members who for their efforts. following classes: wheat, corn, of April which had not previously Wong, secretary. And my credit thus renew. oats, barley, soybeans, and field Community been reported are as follows: GOLD STAR AWARDS Barry — Northeast Dowling, Mrs. Irene Babcock. Then again it sometimes happens That some word or act of mine carry Blue Cross services through their Community Farm Bureaus IT IS unfair of members to ask owe a large debt of gratitude to their Blue Cross Secretaries to beans. ' : Huron—West Brookfield, Mrs. the Blue Cross secretaries who chase them down for payments, a kind word of encouragement for Offers someone aid or comfort Farm Bureau Jackson County—Pulaski Com- Paul Roemer. munity Farm Bureau, Mrs. Emma Thompson, secretary. Iosco—Burleigh I, Mrs. Ernie Dunnill. I do Somewhere down along the line. not expect repayment perform the task of keeping the or to carry them and tide them the fine work they are doing! records, making the collections, over on late payments. All of But I like to think that he and sending in payments to the these irregularities work extra Activities Manistee — Fieasanton, Mrs. Kalamazoo — County Center, Will just help some other fellow Michigan Hospital Service. hardships on the folks who are INSURE Leonard Reed, secretary. Mrs. Rupert Smith. doing a job for the good of others. Oakland — Clarkston, Mrs. Midland—Hope, Mrs. Eva Gre- And perhaps remember me. THE AVERAGE person little Abraham Hensing. anya. appreciates the amount of work Payments in cash also are a MRS. MARJORIE GARDNER It is fine, when we are able, Washtenaw—South Salem, Mrs. Montcalm—Montcalm, Progres- To repay each ,debt in kind that is involved in this task. And hazard for the secretaries. It is Dear Community Farm Bureau George Schmeman. sive, Mrs. Reta Martin. But we need not think too paltry the job is done as a civic service dangerous for them to have so YOUR Members: by these people. It is significant much cash around and to have SILVER STAR AWARDS Any coin that we can find. to note that a very small percent- to be responsible for it over a Manages Potato Community Groups Total—1256 During the months of May and Mrs. Leo Ulrich. J u n e . 19 new Community Farm Genesee—Southwest The winners of the Gold and B u r e a u groups were organized, Silver Star Awards for the month Davison, Growers Exch. Any kindness, big or little, Helps That we do -along our way to balance, in the long run, Favors that we can't repay. age of the people doing this work period of time. You can help by receive any recompense ior their paying with check or money work. So, at least, the members order that can be redeemed if stolen or lost. CROPS owe them a vote of thanks. bringing us to a total of 1256 of May are listed below: R. S. Clark 315 North Grinnell Street Some mistaken ideas Often get Let's be careful to give these AGAINST Community Farm Bureaus to around on this matter of r e - secretaries a pat on the back, and HAIL date. This still leaves us short GOLD STAR AWARDS Jackson, Michigan of the goal set for this year of Antrim—Ellsworth, Mrs. Ellen 1368 by 112 groups. Hillsdale Stevens, secretary. Benson Asks Advice from Farm Organizations is leading the state with a total Berrien — Niles, Mrs. Edna (Continued from page 1) FULL of 8 new groups organized this Sweeney, secretary. confronting farmers, and their annual re-examination Every year hail lakes a tre- y e a r with Berrien and Huron sec- mendous toll in Michigan field Livingston—Sand Hill, Mrs. of the policies and programs designed to deal with these ond with 7 new groups organized. Huron still has the largest n u m - Everett Toncray. crops. You cannot avoid hail Northwest Michigan—Williams- problems. damage, but you can avoid fi- ber of Community Farm Bureaus which is 57. burg, Mrs. Joseph Rehkopf. "I shall make certain that your request is called to nancial loss. We have been The winners of the Gold and SILVER STAR AWARDS providing Michigan farmers Silver Star A w a r d s for the month Alpena — Leer, Mrs. Alma the attention of our member State Farm Bureaus and urge them to request county and local leaders to co- PROTECTION WHEN with sound, inexpensive hail insurance on farm and garden operate in promoting discussion and getting the con- f LOW COST - \ sensus of thinking of the more than 1,500,000 farm family members of the Farm Bureau on the five broad CYCLONES HIT! crops for the past forty-two years. Ours is a mutual com- pany, owned and operated by fiw farmers, for farmers. Our problems set forth in your letter. COMPLETE COVERAGE policy gives "blanket cover- "In addition to these issues, Farm Bureau members Each policy written to age"—you do not have to in- TOM BERGHOUSE is the new are almost certain to discuss and make recommendations sure each crop separately. Pro- FIRE aid WINDSTORM INSURANCE manager of the Michigan Potato fit your individual tect your crops with Michigan O F FARM PROPERTIES Growers Exchange, cooperative potato marketing with headquarters at Cadillac. organization with regard to problems such as: 1—How to create and maintain peace in the world. windstorm loss P«T^to investigate Mutual Hail Insurance. Then, whenever it comes, wherever IN ONE POLICY Mr. Berghouse's was effective J u n e 15. appointment 2—How to develop and maintain a more stable needs. the advantages it strikes, hail cannot cause you financial loss. general price level. • of a Cyclone He succeeded Harvey Housten, veteran employe and certified Buildings, equipment, polky. Ask your Local Agent or 3—How to develop more sound labor-management con rely on FREMONT MUTUAL public accountant for the Ex- stock, stored crops, CALL Write for Details change. Mr. Housten expects to i policies. Agents Wanted in r e t u r n to his former work as « r e a l l protected YOU* Certain Areas Michigan folks have... public accountant. 4 — H o w to protect and improve our "free choice" Mr. Berghouse was manager economic system. by new blanket ' • ' 77 If**'* f a r m policy. AGENT of Falmouth Cooperative Com- pany for 31 years. In that time 5—How to deal with the threat of monopoly power, Michigan Mutual Hail the volume of business has grown 700AY to $610,000 a year. Falmouth whether from industry, labor, agriculture or big Insurance Co. operates branches at Merritt and government." ^fREmonT MUTUAL \ McBain. Mr. Berghouse has been secre- Preparations for the survey of Farm Bureau opinion STATE MUTUAL 208 North Capitol Ave. 414 Mutual Bldg. Lansing tary and a member of the Ex- change board of directors. He' CYCLONE INSURANCE CO. Over $17,000,000 Insurance in Force. Surplus to Policyholders has been a member of the board HOME OFFICE— LAPEER, MICH. Over $598,000. of directors of F a r m Bureau CLASSIFIED ADS Services, Inc., since it was in- corporated in 1928. Classifiel advertisements are cash with order at Ihe following rates: 8 cents per word for one edition. Ads to appear in two or more editions take the rate of 6 cents per word edition. These A little care rales based on guarantee of 50,000 or more subscribers. They are members of the Michigan F a r m Bureau. LIVESTOCK FARM MACHINERY UNICO TIRE SALE STOCKER and Feeder available a t all t i m e s . B a t t l e Creek Stockyard.s, branch of Michigan Live Stock E x c h a n g e , E m m e t t Street, PO Cattle FOR SALE—1941 Farmall H, and Cultivator, and new 2 14-in. plow. For sale or trade for livestock. H. A FREE TUBE WITH EACH TIRE prevents gasoline accidents J. Beimers, US-16, Portland, Phone B o x 1, B a t t l e Creek, (off M-78, north- 3251. (% mile w e s t of Portland). e a s t corner of B a t t l e Creek.) 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(4-tf-50b) defects and road hazzards. B o o k : "1963 P a t t e r n Service for S e w - ing with Cotton B a g s , " 24 pages, tells HOME FOR CHILDREN The telephone company is always work- ing to improve your service. Last year, h o w to m a k e fashionable clothing a n d household I t e m s from eotion sacks. thrifty Tou s a v e container A G E N C Y w i s h e s h o m e s for school- SALE PRICES 6.70 x 15 4-ply Automobile Michigan Bell spent nearly twenty dollars every hour of every working day for thousand c o s t s w h e n you b u y products In Cotton B a g s . Send postcard today—National Cotton Council, B o x 76, Memphis, a g e s boys and girls in a r e a s o u t h of Saginaw-Grand Rapids line. Can pay board, clothing, miscellaneous ex- Tire, EACH $ 1 8 . 6 0 tax J*I us new construction. New telephone offices Tennessee. (2-10t-50b) penses. Catholic and Protestant. 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Order by mail. conditionally guaranteed on a money GREASES service is up much less than most other Lincoln Surplus Sales, 539 Main back basis. Should it g i v e you a n y SPARK PLUGS DIESEL FUELS Street, E v a n s t o n 44, Illinois. (7-2t-30p) trouble, we'll pick up the unused por- GREASE GUNS FUEL OILS things you buy. Your telephone is one of tion of bale, g i v e you another bale FLY SPRAYS free, or give you back your money. today's biggest bargains—worth a lot more H E A T I N G REPAIRS Will anyone else g i v e t h a t kind of a than it costs. R E P A I R S for s t o v e s , ranges, fur- g u a r a n t e e ? T h e price? About $3.00 n a c e s , boilers, a n y m a k e , a n y model, per bale under s o - c a l l e d nationally a n y age. Guaranteed to fit or your advertised brands. m o n e y back. Give full name, model d o e s not handle, w r i t e or call us. If your dealer Farmers Petroleum Co-operative, Inc, number, serial number. Describe, W e a l s o sell International and N e w MICHIGAN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY m a k e sketch or g i v e marks on parts Holland baler t w i n e . Sutliff Sales. 1 w a n t e d . Central S t a t e s Stove Repair | Member of Michigan F a r m Bureau, 221 N. Cedar St. Lansing, Michigan Co., 2248 Robinwood, Toledo, Ohio. I X i g h t or day phone 3473, Hersey, (6-3t-42b) Michigan. (6-2t-95p) JULY 1, 1953 MICHIGAN FARM NEWS '. • Expe.-ct Wheat MaJ;!l~eting Quota Vote In Duggan Resigns ~~~~~:::fo~~, ~~:c~~; ahves, Federal mtermedlate cred- coC;pe::t Government Wants .CI-Op Testleng, Farmers Petroleum Farm Credit Posi ~o~~:a~~ ~~p~~:ti~~~eral Farm 'Jl C t Pdt. wed d Co-op Dividends Farmers Petroleum Co-opera- o. u ro UC Ion I 11I Me esprea tive, Inc., board of directors on Iehigan "I. W. Duggan, governor of the gOe:~~; Or:~h~~::~n~r:~r:nA~~ ~ June 24 dcelared a 5% dividend Farm Credit Administration since . on the Class A common stock, for ministration the 12 land banks the year ending August 31. It is 1944, has resigned to accept a became completely farmer owned Will wheat growing farmers vote Yes or No by July position as vice-president of the and 281 of the 499 production 4 payable September 1. Trust Company of Georgia. credit associations also became 2 in a national referend~in on the acceptance of mar- Research and extension work- The directors ordered the bal- The Farm Credit Administra- farmer owned. The Government keting quotas to reduce the wheat crop for 1954? ers in farm crops at Michigan ance of earnings on stockholder- tion system is made of Federal owns only a minor part of the State College are combining patrons business for year ending land banks, national farm loan capital stock of the other pro- We have a bumper crop for 1953. It is 1,132,000,000 forces to provide Michigan farm- August 31 to be distributed to them on a patronage basis, prob- associations, production dredit duction credit associations. bushels, according to .the final estimate 'by the U. S. ers with one of the most complete ably in November. -STATE ---------------------------- crop variety testing programs in Dep't of Agriculture. the nation. Banks Offer MSC Scholarships ~ With the big carry-over, we have in sight the greatest TESTS of varieties of 12 dif- Michigan banks again are of- ferent crops are being run at 51 fering $100 scholarships to boys PAYS! Contro' Fungous supply of wheat in our history. The Secretary of Agriculture is required by the Agr'l locations, in addition to East and girls who want to take a Lansing plantings. There are short course in agriculture or many add it ion a 1 observation home economics at Michigan All power-driven machinery used on the farm (ex- cept trucks) is covered. Only limitations are value Diseases on Marketing national marketing Act to proclaim not later than July quota for wheat whenever 1 a plots, reports Kenyon T, Payne, State College this fall. the total M,S,C. farm crops head. This is the fourth year the Small grain tests in wheat, bankers have donated money. for of machine and amount of insurance carried. That's "protection made to order!" / "Sour' Cherries '\ supply 20%. exceeds the "normal supply" by more than oats and winter and spring barley the eight-weeks' course, This and corn are going on. Forage year they are Offering 234 schol- experiments include alfalfa, red arships for the term which starts Special 'Notice pro- clover and birdsfoot trefoil as I ,October 26. and G~apeswit' Normal supply in terms of the prIce support WINDSTORM insurance can now be made a part well as sudangrass, sweet clover, of your State Mutual policy. Ii's no longer visions of the Agricultural Marketing Act, means the ladino ,clover and bromegrass necessary to buy a separate policy to protect your estimated domestic production (715 million bushels), tests at the college farm. Potato, ''i PURE CRUSHED}.' sugar beet, pea bean, colored buildings from winds~orm damage. If you so desire, plus exports (300 million bushels), plus a carry-over TRIPLE SCREENED ORCHARD BRAND bean and soybean varieties are State Mutual gives you this protection along with allowance (152 million bushels). These add up to being tested in their appropriate areas, Payne reports. OYSTER Stt ELL your fire protection in a "one-policy" package •. "340" SPRAYCOP* 1,167 million bushels. A national wheat This is the "normal when 10Qking forward to the) 954 wheat crop. marketing quota and acreage supply" alIot- Buy Farm Bureau Seeds. 3 FARMS FOR, SALE HAIL damage to your buildings will also be covered by Stale Mutual's new "one-policy" package. This protection goes right along with the windstorm coverage mentioned above. 34~ Metallic Copper FungiCide ments are required by .law when the supply exceeds 3 FARMS FOR SALE Remember, your State Mutual Policy is non-assess- ~~ the normal supply by. 20 %, or ) ,400 million busheTs Three of the best farms in able - a feature which~akes it completely accept- able as collateral at banks or 'other loaning agencies. --- • Neutral ex "fixed'" copper widl -~.: in ) 953. . In June the 1953 crop of ),132 million bushels and Branch county. Three sets of buildings, well fenced and in high state of production. Stocked with And there are no membership fees for new members. built-in spreader-adbesi .. FOR POULTRY' the carry-:over of 560 million bushels totaled 1,692 Registered Hereford Catile and • Controls leaf spoea of cbeIdeI • Controls black rot of srapee million bushels, Th I . or ,) 45 % of the normal e aw reqUll"es that in a vote on a national supply. wheat Hampshire hogs. We have estab • lished market for stock. Will sell all together or registered separately with or without stock. ~7ll&t INSURANCE COMPANY 702 Chu..:h 5..... F~ •• 3, Midlill"0 • Mo.ceeffective thao~ f. L DINGMAN, '.tsid ••• H, It FISK, s.c... o" marketing quota, the Secretary of Agriculture shall com- Phone, write or see L. D. Steffey ..... I.c:'".IO '0.'. copper mixtures I h and Son, Coldwater, R-4, Mich- FARM BUREAU MILLING CO. I"Co "State Mutua/Insures Every Filth Farm in Michigan-Ask Your Neighborsr • Easy' to. use pete t ese steps on or before the dates given below: igan. Phone 433-R. CHICAGO, Ill . 1uly ,)-Proclaim marketing quota and call for I referendum vote by the growers. I I I I I ' Ayal1abJe throughoUT Michigcua , ..... 11. ...... _ July July ) 5-, An'nounce crop of wheat. 24-Referendum wheat. acreage election allotments for all for the) growers 954 of f A Modern \ See Your, Orchard Brand Dealer Todor, fore Congress would raise the Marl~et .' ALL wheat growers are eligible exemption from a marketing' to vote for quotas. If a two- quota from 15 to 25 acres. thirds majority of those voting are favorable to quotas, then mar- YOUR individual marketing 'GENERAL CHEMICAL DIVISION quota will be as much wheat as ... AlliED CHEM.ICAL & DYE CORPORATIOH keting quotas are effective for you can grow on your acreage 40 Redor Street, "New York 6, NhY. all fariners::who' plant- more thm allotment. , 800 Hawks Ave., River Rouge 18, Mich. 15 acres of wheat, or produce 511 East Pa"erson St., Kalamazoo 13,.Mich. If marketing quotas are more than 200 bushels. The Hope amendment now be- adopted, price support at 90% of parity, or about $2.20 a bushel, will be available only to those for today's who stay within their acreage allotment. IF you plant more than your. acreage allotment, then you can- not qualify any of it for the Michigan Elevator Exchange Terminal Elevator at 011awa Lake lis capa,city is BOO,OOO bushels. Modern Farmer guaranteed support price. In addition, you must pay a penalty to sell or even use the wheat grown on the extra acreage. This The Michigan, Elevator Exchange with its new terminal ele- probably will be half the basic loan about $1.10 a' bushel. A vator and its 135 member elevators makes up an efficient, bill is being readied for Congress to make sure that a penalty of fast-moving MODERN MARKET fOR TODA V'S, MODERN 15 cents a bushel from the 1948 Agr'l Marketing Act does not ap- FARMER. ../hI'JMe ply. No wheat may be sold from the allotted acreage until the penalty is paid on wheat grown on extra Owned by more than 50,000 farmers, this cooperative marketing acres. system is geared to keep pace with the modern cOlubines, corn pickers, 1JJIi#/f!!!iIiIAI!~/!!i()1I IF LESS than two-thirds of the tractors and trucks used by today's modern farmer~. growers who vote approve the marketing quotas, they will not As owners, farmers who market their grain through their local co- become effective for anyone. However, the growers will stilI operative elevator and the Michigan' Elev.ator Exchan~e do a .more e~- be subject to acreage allotments, ficient job of selling because they share-in the marketIng earnmgs theIr fhat'Micliigan doctors and hospitals can' which do not require approval frum farmers. grain brings as it passes through the marketing system from the com- Offer for ••• PROTEaJON OF YOUR FAMILY BY LAW, a rejection of mar- keting quotas would require the bine to the terminal market. Secretary of Agriculture to lower I'fiAiNST HOSPITAlANDM~(qp. BIllS Jhe support price to 50% of par- ity~r aboGt $1.20_ to $1.25 a YOU RECEIVE MORE FOR YOUR GRAIN IN THE LONG RUN WHEN YOU MARKET COOPERATIVELY ~_ ' I 'IHI CHANCES ARE 1 IN 3 THAt YOUR . FAMILY FACES 200 M"lCbIgan _Blue hospitals. Cross participatml bushel for those who stay within their allotted acreage. Those who plant extra acres have no price support for any MICHIGAN' ELEVATOR EXCHANGE ,HOSPITAL BILLS THIS YEAR! 8mEr.D MEDJCAL-SURGICAL PLAK BLUE provides liberal amoimts for stated surgical' part of their crop. They must accept the market price for all Market ~ our Grain at the Cooperative Elevator Nearest rr ou voo IIEVEK KNOW when Sickness or ao- procedures. It pays toward. your doctoc'. they sell, but they can market or Albion Elevator Co. Dutton-Caledonia Farmers Kent City Farm Bureau Ray, Ind,-Trl-State Co-op ~ c:ident will strike you or flOlTIeODe in Kinde-Farmer>! Co-op Grain A:is'n hospital visits in DOD-surgical'cases. use the full crop without addi- Allegan Farmer~ Co-op Ass'n Elevator Co. Reading Co-op Commerce Co. J'OW familyl ', . Eagle Co-op Elevator Co. •tional penalty. Bad Axe-Farmers Elev. & Pro- Reese Farml'rs Elevator Co. duce Co. Eau Claire Fruit Exchan~e Lake Odessa Co-op Ass'n How to get and keep Bangor Fruit Grow"rs Exch. Elkton Co-op Farm Produce Co. Lansing-Farm Bureau Services Richmond-J.-~armers Elevator Unexpected hospiW and medical bills may ALLOTMENTS. The national Barryton Co-op As,,'n Falmouth Cooperative Co. Lapeer County CO-OJlS,lnc. Co. embarrass you financiall.Y fa months __ ~ 'Blue Cross - Blue Shield Protectlona Battle Creek Farm Bureau Fowler Farmers Co-op Elev. Lawrence Co-operative, Ine. Riga-Blissfield Co-op Co. allotment is to be divided among Leslie CO-Oil Inc, Rockford Co-op Elev. Co. and even years abead. .If your firm employs 5 or more people it may the states. The state allotments Bauer-Hudsonville Farmers Co . Ruth Farmers Elevator, Inc. Co-op Fowlerville Co-op Co. Litchfield Dairy Ass'n be eligIl>le for the Group Enrollment Plan. will be divided among the coun- Bay City-Farm Bureau Serv- Fremont Co-oJ> Produce Co. Ludington Fruit Exchange Saginaw-Farm Bureau Serv- But you can avoid financial embarrassment; ices Ices Agricultural workers can join through FarDl ties acc~rding to their share of Grand Blanc Co-op Elev. Marcellus-Four County Co-op Sandusky-Sanilac Co-op Ine. and gam peace of mind by protecting yourself ,Bureau Discussion Groups or Grange GroupI. the wheat. acreage in the last Beulah-Benzie Company Blissfield Co-op Company Breckenridge I-'arm be seen.. It will depend consid- It will be several weeks before taught school for two years and mended Get Ready For... erably on rules and regulations the state officials will know just then served three years in the now being formulated by the how m u c h deeper the state sank navy. He is married and has four Michigan Department of Rev- into debt during the year which children. enue, which will administer it. ended J u n e 30, 1953. Mr. Hahn recently was one of the nine Farm Bureau leaders FUTURE. It is trUe all through selected to represent Michigan at FARM Bureau officials and July & August Seedings staff members are keeping in life that even more important a series of conferences in Wash- contact with* those who are pre- than where we are is which way ington, D. C. paring these rules and regula- we are going. If it t u r n s out the interests of their members in year receipts substantially ex- The 1953 Resolutions Commit- tions and will strive to protect that during the state's new fiscal tee is composed of one represent- ative from each of the ten dis- See Available- Throughout Michigan Your Orchard Brand Dealer Today these important developments. ceed expenses, we 1will feel that tricts, the three members of the Mid-July and August seedings of alfalfa and brome grass, or June clover, Department of Revenue officials we are on the road back toward \ Legislative Committee of the have promised to counsel with.-ps ° . n c y - MFB Board of Directors and this or Ladino clover will do well and provide good pasture or hay crop the MFB spokesmen regarding these As soon as the state's General year, for the first time, three GENERAL CHEMICAL D I V I S I O N ALLIED CHEMICAL & DYE CORPORATION next season. rules and regulations as soon as Fund deficit has been retired representatives of Michigan Farm 40 Rector Street, New York 6, N. Y. the first draft has been form- some tax should be repealed or Bureau Women. The committee ulated. reduced. It is impossible to pre- will probably meet in August. 800 Hawks Ave., River Rouge 18, Mich. Provide good firm seed bed. Lime for alfalfa if needed. Alfalfa and cloyers should be inoculated for good results. In our legislative report in the vent waste and extravagance in June 1, 1953 issue of the Mich- state government when a surplus igan Farm News we compared in considerable detail the position Buy Farm Bureau Feeds. L 511 East Patterson St., Kalamazoo 13, Mich. taken by the delegates a t the We Recommend ihese Varieties MFB convention last November with what the legislature has ALFALFA—Farm Bureau winter hardy BROME—Farm Bureau's Canadian No. 1 actually done on these subjects. Certified Ranger for long rotations. For Brome for winter hardiness and vigor. There wasn't room to cover all •A PROTECT slopes subject to erosion. For permanent JUNE CLOVER—Farm Bureau Brand Michigan grown seed. the points. Here are some furth- pastures. Farm Bureau winter hardy Grimm, er developments of interest in Variegated or Common for short rotations. LADINO—Farm Bureau's certified Ladino this connection which we had to clover. leave out of our article a month ago. Available at All Farm Bureau Seed Dealers c TRAFFIC LAWS. The Farm Bureau delegates pointed out Farm Bureau Services Seed Dep't, Lansing, Mich. that because of the large number of tourists who visit Michigan, it is important that our traffic laws be uniform with those of uour rarm trome^and Buildh mas... the majority of other states. Be- cause of this situation it was A Farm Accident •*fflKB)m recommended that on-coming vehicles as well as those ap- proaching from the r e a r should be compelled to stop before pass- ing any school bus which might be standing to load or unload Can Bankrupt You passengers. Such a bill, S-1108, was approved by the Senate but was later bottled up in the House committee on public safety. JULY SPECIALS ROADSIDE MARKETS. The Farm Bureau delegates had For Do It Yourself Painters! called attention to t h e traffic hazards frequently created by lack of adequate parking space No. 1 around many roadside markets. Make your selection from a complete line of long lasting Unico They had advocated that ade- * 5 gallons No. 201 Formula T (choice of color) Paint paints. Here is paint protection and good appearance at its quate safety regulations should 1—4-in. W B 3 Paint Brush be enacted to prevent establish- best. Unico Exterior paints carry open formula listing of in- ment of markets on the right-of- gredients. Several colors and while to choose from. Whether All for $27.75 way except where no hazard you hire your painting done or do it yourself F a r m Bureau would be created. H-371, deal- Unico paint assures you the best job available at the lowest ing with this subject, was de- No. 2 feated in the House. possible cost. * 5 gallons No. 251 Formula A White House Paint BOUNTIES. The M i c h i g a n Farm Bureau has consistently If You Prefer "Hire II Sprayed" 1—4-in. W B 3 Paint Brush favored state bounties to help Among the. recommended spray painters using Farm Bureau 1—quart Porch and Floor Enamel control and eradicate predatory paints we find the following listed: animals. During the current ses- 1—quart Polmerick Linseed Oil sion H-87 was proposed which J u a l Dean Brown City, Michigan would have forbidden use of any Alfred Bach Sebewaing, Michigan All for $27.75 of the funds of the Michigan Otto Houghtaling Caro, Michigan A small slip can mean a big bill for you if you're not protected Department of Conservation for Lloyd Waren ! Mayville, Michigan * Five gallons will repaint the exterior of an average payment of bounties for such Ken Cumper Cass City, Michigan — b u t the best protection costs little. predators. We appeared and of- Fred Johnson Saginaw, Michigan 5-room house. fered testimony in opposition to "Red" Metcalf Hemlock, Michigan this measure and it was killed Reed Bros Elsie, Michigan Suppose a visitor to your farm is hurt . . . or a car runs into a in the House committee on con- Harry & Dick Davis Sandusky, Michigan piece of your equipment on the highway . . . or y o u r livestock gets servation. Ernest Paine Pontiac, Michigan Ed McDonald 9028 Longacre Street loose. You need farm liability protection against damages for the in- WELLS & TRUCKS. The Farm Detroit, Michigan Bureau directors opposed S-1127, juries or property losses for which y o u are legally liable. Farm liability Russell Skelion Kalamazoo, Michigan a bill for licensing a n d regulat- ing water well construction and Dick Newell Rockford, Michigan insurance through the Farm Bureau is low in cost. But it can cost S-1137 barring trucks from cer- There are many others in the state whose names and addresses tain highways on Saturday and we do not have on record. Call your Farm Bureau dealer you a great deal to be without it. Sunday. These bills both died for information on those in your area. ; in committee. Your Farm Bureau Insurance Agent will be glad to explain h o w easily you can protect yourself. INSURANCE. The MFB di- rectors favored S-1156, liberaliz- ing restrictions of insurance companies so as to permit invest- Make Your House "Glow" with Unico ment in real estate loans which FARM BUREAU INSURANCE are guaranteed as to principal by the United States government or any agency or instrumental- FARM BUREAU SERVICES, Inc.. Paint Department 507 South Grand Ave. Lansing 4, Michigrn ity thereof. 221 North Cedar - Lansing, Michigan POLITICS. Four-year terms SIX MICHIGAN FARM NEWS THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1953 Trends, Taxes vernm Community Farm Bureau two others get only 10% to 20% of their funds this way. And it ords on and deal with 1266 town- ships and 4800 school districts. governments of every county. It would establish county Townships would be blended into county units. That they serve few people. That Gas Price Boost Has they have large bank balances has no relation to local wealth It would be far less expensive to boards of review to deal with The State-Aid Survey makes from past state-aid payments. Silver Lining in FPC or ability to pay. deal with 83 counties directly. the point that cities and villages That they perform only limited The price increase In gasoline Discussion Topic for July GROWING VIEWPOINTS. To 4. Townships do not represent trade or community areas. They problems of assessment, equaliza- tion, and to hear protests on as- sessments. Township boards of bear 95% of the costs of local gov- ernment. Yet they receive only services, such as tax-collections, and fuel oils throughout the mid- elections, vital records, township west states is a cloud that has a those interested in keeping town- are not bound together by the review would be abolished. The 80% of the state-aid. The Survey libraries, and cemeteries. probable silver lining for stock- Background Material for Program in July by ship government, it is well to be common problems of their inhab- bill does not affect city govern- proposes that townships be given holder-patrons of Farmers Petro- familiar with the viewpoints that There is the situation. You leum Co-operative, Inc. The Our Community Farm Bureau Discussion Groups are developing against it. The itants. ments. only 5% and cities and villages cannot close your eyes to the fact earnings on member business is 5. Township tax assessors of- Deputy assessors would be ap- 95% of the funds. Cities and following statements are not that township governments are returned to them in patronage DONALD D. KINSEY ten burden farmers with unfair pointed by the county treasurer. villages provide, they say, extra necessarily the viewpoints of the dividends. They may get some Director oi Research and Education writer nor of Farm Bureau. The taxes because they know farm They would have to take exam- services such as police and fire facing a powerful challenge! property values. Being less fa- inations on tax laws and real protection, street paving, lighting, or all of the price increase back critics say that: Questions Township governments in 1956? Some say, " Y e s " miliar, at times, with values on estate valuation. Township sup- etc. that way. 1. Townships, being small and village property they tend to ervisors might be appointed, but FPC has increased gasoline 1 and some say " N o " ! limited in tax resources, cannot under-value it. would have to pass the examina- IS SUCH a division fair? Cities 1. Give your views—one way to 1.3c a gallon and fuel oil 8/10 become vigorous units of govern- and villages contain 4,434,000 oi or another—on the Lane Bill of a cent a gallon in line with There are two sides to this question. O n one side tions. (S-1081) which would create the the general price increase. It was ment. Because of this handicap THE LANE BILL (S-1081) is our population. Townships con- stand Michigan citizens w h o say that good, demo- local taxpayers are burdened an example of this sort of thing. REDUCED STATE-AID to tain 2,275,000 people. So the cities office of county assessor to re- charged to higher costs for crude with assessments for which they Although it died in committee townships has been recom- and villages with 65% of the place the township assessor. oil. PFC produces about one- cratic, American government requires the preservation get small returns in services. this time, it will reappear. Strong mended. In the Michigan State- population would get 95% of the 2. Give your views—one way fourth of its requirements of of township home rule. O n the other are Michigan 2. Having many townships organizations are behind this Aid Survey for 1953, the Com- funds. or another—on the ability of crude oil and buys the rest on makes it necessary to have num- movement. mittee of the Council for State City folks often argue that townships to keep self-govern- the market. citizens who say that a sound, economical, efficient The Lane Bill proposes to Governments recommends that most of the sales tax is paid in erous offices, salaries and in- ment without financing local op- American government requires abolishing township creased overhead expense. There create the office of county tax states "foster the enlargement and the cities and villages. They seem erations from local taxes. BAY COUNTY are few services being performed assessor. It would function as consolidation of local govern- to forget that the rural people do Bay County Farm Bureau has systems for larger units. part of the county treasurer's ments." Some Michigan citizens their shopping in cities and vil- 3. What is your view on the a model set of by-laws for stat- by the townships that could not A few years ago there was no question of this kind. be done better and more eco- office. The powers of township have recommended, for example, lages—and pay their sales tax statement of the State-Aid Sur- ing responsibilities of officers, di- nomically by a single county of- supervisors to fix tax assessmets that some of our more thinly there. vey Committee that townships are rectors and committees. Mrs. Township government was accepted as a natural insti- fice. would be abolished. The bill populated counties be merged to- The Survey holds that town- collecting more than their fair Russell Madison is secretary, 3. The state has to keep rec- would force the change upon the gether into single counties. ships do not need the money. share of state-aid monies? Main & Henry Streets, Bay City. tution. W h y has this conflict developed? W h y the trend to establish larger and more centralized govern- ment units? T w o main developments have played a part in this trend. First, our population has changed. As population increased, people have concentrated in urban areas. A larger percent of these people rent their homes, as REMEMBER THIS compared to rural folks. T h e "renters" have less actual stake in local government—or so they seem to that Cockshutt Co-op Tractors and Farm Machinery think. City folks are more content to turn problems POWER over to larger government systems. It is almost im- possible to have segments of a city ruling themselves independently of the city as a whole. Concentrating large numbers of people affects their theory of government. A n d Michigan has had many areas of high concentration developing in the last fifty years. So more people think of "efficient gov- ernments" in terms of large units. COCKSHUTT S.P. COMBINE Give You h EXTRA ¥ CO-OP E-4 TRACTOR I 1 ^ /% PERFORMANCE ECONOMY FORAGE HARVESTER Second, it is a historical fact that local townships abandoned the responsibility for taxing their people to support their own operations. T o the degree that this is done, the power of the people to maintain and control their local government may begin to fail. Michigan is now financing more of the costs of local government through state-collected taxes than a n y other state in i n the nation. A n d along with the power to tax m a y go increasing powers to g o v e r n ! have gone to the county or state. PACT NO. 1—The 1266 town- ships of Michigan received 77% FACT NO. 2—Some townships, of all their tax monies in state- counties and cities are more de- aid in 1951. pendent than others. Why? Be- The tax records show that 785 cause local tax levies as well as townships levied NO taxes for state-aid payments are far from general township purposes in equalized. Counties of similar 1951. Thirty-six more levied wealth show differences as great only from 5% to 50% of their as 100% in the amounts of state- funds locally. They became "de- aid received. Some counties get SELF-PROPELLED COMBINES TRACTORS FORAGE HARVESTER pendent"—financially dependent. over seven times as much from You may have trouble maintain- the state as they collect locally. 2 New Series-6 New Models 4 Power Series i-26 Models Cheek It's Many Features ing independence in government Others collect as much locally as under a system that makes you they get from the state. financially dependent. Is there any wonder that some The equipment shown on this page represents but a very, very small part of the complete line which today includes more than The result has undermined are demanding an improved township governments and local s t a t e equalization formula? 200 of the most modern farm implements and machines you can buy! interest in them. Lodk at town- Some have difficulty meeting STOP IN... LOOK 'EM OVER! ship and school meetings! Are county needs within the 15 mill the people there? Almost every- tax limit, while others t^ask in body used to go. But few decis- the state's financial sun. ions are now left to be made. Cities are the same. One city Most problems regarding wel- receives 90% of its total returns fare, school finance, roads, etc., in funds from the state. Thirty- On Display at the Following Farm Bureau Equipment Dealers: BARGAINS Adrian Beecher Road Farm Supply Allegan Deckerville Messman Implement Company Dorr Herron Wolf Creek Farm Bureau Hillsdale Pittsford Pittsford Farm Bureau Plainfield Salem Co-op Company Hillsdale County Co-op Ass'n IN USED FARM EQUIPMENT Allegan Farmers Co-op Ass'n Ann Arbor Dundee Holland Plainfield Farm Bureau Supply Quincy Washtenaw Farm Bureau Store Five Point Sales & Service Holland Co-op Company TRACTORS Quincy Co-op Company Bad Axe Elklon Howell 1 Farmall H Tractor with Cultivator Richmond Nugent Farm Sales & Service Farm Equipment Sales & Service Howell Cooperative Company 2 John Deere B Tractors with Cultivators St. Clair-Macomb Consumers Co-op 2 Farmall A Tractors with Cultivators Battle Creek Emmett Imlay City 1 Allis-Chalmers C Tractor with Cultivator Battle Creek Farm Bureau Ass'n Farm Equipment Branch Lapeer County Co-ops, Inc. Rockford 1 Farmall A Tractor Ionia Rockford Co-op Company Bellaire Evart 1 John Deere B 1937 Gerald Biehl & Son Evart Co-op Company Mark Westbrook Ruth 1 Allis Chalmers with Cultivator 1948 Ruth Farmers Elevator Blissfield Falmouth Kalamazoo 1 S. C. Case with Cultivator Opersal Implement Sales Falmouth Co-operative Company Farm Equipment Branch Sault Sle. Marie 1 Minneapolis-Moline 1943 Breckenridge Fremont Lansing Chippewa County Co-op COMBINES Fremont Co-op Produce Co. Farm Equipment Branch Breckenridge Oil Company 1 Gleaner 6 ft. with Eng. 1950 Combine Gaines Saginaw Brooklyn Lawrence 1 Gleaner 6 ft. with Eng. 1950 Combine Marion Tiedeman Farm Equipment Branch G. Raynor Boyce & Son Lawrence Co-op Company 1 Wood Bros. Combine 6 ft. Buchanan Gladwin Lapeer Scotts 1 International Combine 6 ft. Buchanan Co-ops, Inc. , Farmers Supply Store Lapeer Coutny Co-ops, Inc. Scotts Farm Bureau Supply 2 Model "C" Gleaner Combines 6 ft. with motor (Demonstrators) Cassopolis Grand Blanc Marlette Stanwood Cass Co. Co-op. Inc. Grand Blanc Cooperative Elevator Co. Lamie Refrigeration & Heating Stanwood Marketing Ass'n PLOWS Hamilton Marshall Chesaning 1 Oliver 2-14" on rubber with coulters Hamilton Farm Bureau Marengo Farm Bureau Store Sunfield Chesaning Farmers Elevator Company 1 Ward 2-14" less tires Hanover Sunfield Farm Store 1 Case 2-14" on tires less coulters Clare McCords Dull Farm Service Farmer Folks Supply Kleinheksel's Feed Store Ulica 1 Allis-Chalmers 2-14" on Steel with jointers 1 Minneapolis-Moline 2-14" on steel Clinton Hart Moline Wolverine Co-op Company 1 John Deere 2-14" on steel Robert Allen Farm Bureau Services, Inc. Moline Co-op Milling Company Warren 1 John Deere 3-14" on rubber with coulters Coldwater Hastings Ml. Pleasant Warren Co-op Company 1 John Deere 3-14" on steel Cold water Co-operative Co. Farm Equipment Branch Farm Equipment Branch 1 John Deere 2-14" on rubber Coopersville Hemlock Onekama Watervliet 1 John Deere 2-14" on rubber Coopersville Co-op Company Hemlock Cooperative Creamery Schimkes' Farm Service Watervliet Fruit Exchange 1 Ford Disc Plow 1 P & O 2-14" 1 John Deere 2-14" 1 112 B 2-14" on rubber Co-op For Information A s T o T h e Availability O f A Cockshutt Dealer Franchise In Your 1 112 B 3-14" on rubber Co-op 1 112 B 2-14" on rubber less coulters Co-op 1 24 A 2-14" on rubber Co-op Territory, Write: 1 24 A 3-16" on rubber Co-op THIS EQUIPMENT MAY BE SEEN AT: FARM BUREAU SERVICES. INC. Farm Equipment Branch Farm Bureau Services, Inc. Franklin St. Mt. Pleasant. Mich. 221 N. Cedar Street Farm Equipment Division Lansing 4 / Michigan