• • Vol. 3 I, No. 11 Ie 19an NOVEMBER 1, 1953 ews 31st Year' Published Monthly Allan Kline to Speal~ at 34t~ Antiual Meeting ED I TO RIAL Resol~tions Committee for 1953 ,Meeting Delegates to Act Wr.ite Congress'About This On Farm Policies Extreme pressure is being exerted on President Pre-Convention Sessions Include Junior Ei~enhower to prevent the reorganization of the Farm Bureau, Women of Farm Bureau, U. S. Department of Agriculture recently announced by Secretary Benson. ' Five Commodity Conferences Members of Congress are receiving' a barrage of, Allan' B. Kline, president of the American Farm Bu- wires to put heat on the White House to prevent the reau, will speak to the 34th annual meeting of the Michi- plan from going into effect. I gan Farm Bureau the evening of Nov. 12. It is antici- If the influence of left wing forces and subsidy pated that he will discuss Secretary Benson's national minded Congressmen and organizations are per- farm pr~gram questions which have been under consid- mitted to kill the plan or make- it ineffective, little eration by All Farm Bureaus this fall. hope will be left for accomp'lishing the Farm Bureau The next day the 594 delegates from the Michigan program for a private enterprise agriculture and membership of. 59,281' families will consider resolutions freedom of the farmer to ,manage "his own farm. on recommendations which have come up from the This plan decentralizes the powers of the huge County Farm Bureaus. The state resolutions commit- THIS IS the Michigan Farm Bureau resolutions committee which is preparing its report for the 1953 annual meeting from federal bureaucracy that has been built up with the resolutions coming from the County Farm Bureaus. Left to right: William M. Smith of St. Johns. District 5: Howard T. Stanton of tee report will present them in summary form, together taxpayers money. It returns these powers to s~ates Hastings. District 4: Walter Wolfgang of Chelsea. District 3: John M. Converse of Union City. District 2: Marlie Drew of Mendon. with other resolutions on many subjects of interest to District 1: Mrs. Carl C. Johnson of Pierson. and Mrs. Allyn Gordon of Croswell. representing Michigan Farm Bureau Women: the Farm Bureau membership. and l;cal agencies on a truly cooperative basis with Thomas Hahn of Rodney. District 7: Harry Lickfeldt of Prescott. District 10: Mrs. AI:ch S. Thompson of Scotts. representing Michigan the U. S. Department. The Secretary and his aides Farm Bureau Women: Gleason E. Halliwill of Gladwin. and James P. Mielock of Whittemore. legi,slative committee of MFB The Michigan Farm Bureau and 47 other State Farm have worked this out in accordance with Reorgani- board of directors: Peter J. VanderPol of Marion. District, 9: Julius Sutto of Saginaw. District 8: E. T. Leipprandt of Pigeon. District Bureaus will present state recommendations to the zation Plan No. 2 as authorized by Congress. .. 6: E. Harry Norris of Casnovia. legislative committee of MFB board of directors• American Farm Bureau convention in December on Under it the states and farmers themselves have these national farm program problems to come before 'the responsibility and opportunity to 'decide what they want in the way of administration of national agricultural matters. It is bril1ginggovernment back '54 Membership Goal is 61.,310 Congress in 1954: 1-F arm Income Stability and Improvement. -2-Production and Marketing Adjustments. to the people. NORWOOD EASTMAN Coordinator MFB Organization & Junior Farm Bureau • 3-Conservation and Improvement of Farm The situation is critical. We need hundr~ds of wires, letters and postal cards dispatched immedi- , , Sixty,three CountY. Farm Bureaus have' set as their goal for 1954 a Michigan Farm Bureau membership of President Backs Resources. 4-Capital Needs. of Agriculture. ately to the President and to Michigan Senators and 5-T r~de' or Aid-our exports to foreign your Congressman urging them to use every influ- ence to put the plan into effect November 1 as 63,310 farm families. Today the' membership is 59,287, which is an all Secre(ary Benson nations. The annual business meeting starts Thursday morning, time high. The 1952 membership workers exceeded President Eisenhower on October 21 spoke full con- announced. The entrenched influences against .us Nov. 12, at Michigan State College. Registration of \ are tremendous. \ their goal by nearly 3,000 new memberships. fidence in Secretary of Agriculture Benson who has been delegates 8:30 to 10 a~ rn.-in the Auditorium. Business Since 1941. volu~teer membership workers have under attack from some members of Congress for not meeting will convene. at lOa. m. at Fairchild Theatre. It is most important that ,you act now to get 'increased the mernbership from 9,781 in that yeai7.to producing a 'quick solution of the-farm price and surplus many communications rolling' to' the P~~sident and Busines~ to be considered: ( I) The annual address 59,287, a gain of almost 50,000 members in 12 years. problems. the Congressmen. A brief note, postal card, or of President Carl .Buskirk; (2) the report of J. F. wire will serve the purpose. The week of November 30 more thC;ln6,000 volunteer Mr. Eisenhower told newspaper people at his press Yaeger, executive secretary and treasurer for all Mich- \ workers will go out in a week campaign to renew all conference that he believes farmers are handling their igan Farm Bureau companies; (3) report of C. L. As Business Sees Farm Scene Farm Bureau memberships. They want to enroll up- problems and are not as upset about themeas 'some Brody, executive vice-president in charge of public The United States Chamber of Commerce said. wards of 10,000 new memberships to go far over the ,politicial1sare. He said that he had seen no one more affairs; (4) the report of the resolutions committe~; this to its members in an Agricultural Bulletin 1954 goal of 61,310 if possible.' dedicated than Benson to working out of present farm (5) election of directors. 'It is quite possible that the issued October 23: .Monday, November 30, the workers wiJl assemble difficulties. state board of directors 'may have recommendations to created a misleading impression "The wild horses of politics now ~dominate the in 63 county "kick-off'! meetings throughout the state. C. L. BRODY. executive vice- of agricultural prosperity. The make to the convention. national agricultural scene. Whatever chances of That evening and the next day they start making calls. president of the Michigan Farm dam broke'in 1953 and your Ad- , Bureau, wrote this letter to the ministration inherited the results AFBF President Kline will speak to the annual objectivity there once were in handling the nation's MANY County Farm Bureau Farm Bureau means that all president: of the prodigal post-war policy. banquet of.the Michigan Farm Bureau delegates at Union critical farm proqlems seem now to have vanished. boards of directors and members farmers are being invited to be Lansing, Michigan The aggressive support you ex- Memorial building' at MSC Thursday evening. of Community Farm Bureaus members of the Farm Bureau and October 22, 1953 pressed . for Secretary Benson "It should be obvious that, given Benson"s , integ- have paid their dues for 1954. work together for the kind of a Dear Mr. President: yesterday is most timely. The The MFB annual meeting will elect s~ven of a board rity and devotion to principle, he could not and There is keen interest in being farm program and farm life they I was pleased and encouraged most vociferous critics of the Sec- one of the first counties to go want. to hear over the radio and to retary, both in Congress and else- of directors of 15 rnembers. Directors are elected for would not give the kind of assurances that might \ over the goal. Last year 24,000 note in the press the strong sup- where, strange to say, are the two-year terms. The board will organize by, electing a membership renewals and new LET'S MAKE this the best of port you voiced for' Secretary very people upon whose shoul- temporarily get him off the hot seat politically. memberships were reported the all years for membership build- president, vice-president. It will hire executive officers ing in the Michigan Farm Bur- .Benson. I have known Ezra Ben- ders rests the major responsibili- , , Therefore, the clamor mounts to throw another first day. son intimately and have worked ty for creating the present agri- the following year. eau. Let's all take part. Let's re- with him for many years. I con- cultural dilemma. Christian to the lions. A successful membership cam- new our membership now and in- My work has kept me in close +PRE-CONVENTION paign takes good planning and vite our neighbors to join. sider him one of the finest and MEETINGS "I£.the Secretary is replaced for reasons of politi- cal strategy by so~eone whose appointment would organization of both information and workers. During October MORE PEOPLE than you think from 120 to 150 men and women join Farm Bureau just because ablest characters in our national life. I have been actively associated contact with the constructive and informed agricultural leadership of the nation and with Secretary Twp.' Gov't NOV. 7-Annual 'meeting of the Michigan Junior Farm Bureau at Michigan State College. Mr. be calculated to quiet things down a little, it may be serving as Roll Call managers they are invited to join. That's with agricultural programs ,for Benson. We have the firm con- Warren Newberry, national rural seriously doubted that it will be by anyone who and township captains met in what members say about them- each of 8 regional conferences to sel~es. It heads all other reasons more than thirty years. No pub- lic official ever stepped into a viction that you and Secretary Benson are providing the type of Supporters youth director for the AFBF will speak. Officers will be elected. sees the fundamental issues more clearly than Secre- hear Matt Triggs or T. C. Peter- for joining. People join because more difficult situation than your fearless leadership necessary to tary Benson " •• son, or Frank Woolley of the they are invited to join. American Farm Bureau' on the appointment of Ezra placed upon his shoulders. work the agricultural economy out of the complications that have been so long developing. Organize NOV. 11-8th annual meeting of the women of Michigan Farm "The super-market of war demands, int~rnational farm organization issues of the When he undertook the re- Bureau at Michigan State Col- day. FBS Debentures sponsibilities of the Department We join wholeheartedly with DAN E. REED lege. Miss Dorothy Houghton of relief, foreign aid, and the easy street of Korean of Agriculture January 20, he had Secretary Benson in his efforts Washington will speak. She is an THEY SAID that the Farm Bu- All Sold for 2 Yrs. no choice but to meet the critical to get our national farm policy Ass't Legislative Counsel. MFB assistant to Harold Stassen head inflation are now gone, at least temporarily. This reau organization of 1,600,000 Our campaign to sell $250,000 agricultural problem head on. turned in the direction that will An estimated 600 representa- adjustment toward "normar', if there is such a families in the 48 states has prov- of Farm Bureau Services Series T his had been accumulating take us where we want to be tives of Michigan township gov- of the Mutual Security Admini- ed again and again that it is one "A" debentures during the month through the post-war period. The when we get there. A noted poli- ernment met recently at Lan- stration. Officers will be elected. things was inevitable. The gist of the clamor for of the strongest forces for free- oflSeptember resulted in sales of inevitable adjustments .of the tical economist has said, "The sing to form a new organization NOV. ll-Cooperative confer- dom in this nation. The question $285,000.This guarantees finances post-war years had been delayed people never give up their liber- composed of township officersl high 'or higher supports is that Uncle Sam is to be including supervisors, clerks, ences at Michigan Stafe College of freedom is often the question for completion of the fertilizer and sidestepped until they could ties but"-under some delusion." for dairy, fruit and vegetables, forced to continue as THE big customer. of whether governmp.nt shall be plant at Kalamazoo. No further be postponed no longer. There is no greater delusion than trustees and justices. The new or- poultry, livestock and wool co- the servant of the people, or their sale of FBS Series "AU deben- High mandatory 90% supports the feeling that enduring prosperi- ganization is known as the Michi- "The press reported this week that the House operatives. master .• tures is planned for at least two through the prolific use of money ty in any branch of our economy gan Township Association. Agriculture Committee, on the basis of a poll of A Roll Call of farmers for years. from the Federal Treasury had (Continued on Page 6) They will frame resolutions for THE DELEGATES were pres- presentation to the Michigan their views, would vote overwhelmingly to extend ent as a result o'f what supporters Farm Bureau resolutions com- 90 percent price floors, and most members indicated they expected Congress to continue production and Speakers for Farm Bureau Meeting Nov. 12-13 said was a campaign to destroy mittee. township government, turning the functions over to county and state units. Those present plainly marketing controls. "If this is a fair representation of Congressional indicated that they favored no further centralization of govern- Kalkasl{3 is mental powers. opinion, it means that the screws must be tightened further at the farm level to enhance the scarcity A speech, "Survival of Consti- tutional Government" by Joseph A. Parisi, Jr., Kalamazoo town- 63rd CoFB ship clerk, keynoted the meeting. Kalkaska County Farm Bureau value implied in the 90 percent supports." He warned that this move was has been organized and plans to had a meeting nearly every Sat- one more step in the direction of conduct a good membership roll Good Farm urday evening to discuss P. D. questions." state control. THE 'ORGANIZATION was , call with other counties during the first week in December. The board of directors includes: completed in the business meet- Doyle Rowe, Fay Cross, Vernon Policy Ideas OGEMAW county had 70% of " their Farm Bureau memberships represented at their annual meet- ing which elected Leonard Bro- Spenc'er, Jess Atkinson, Percy quet, Redford township, Wayne Wood, Nick Jones and Norman county, as president. Parisi was Henderson. DAN REED ing on October 12. selected as executive director of BERRIEN County Farm Bu- the new organization. Committees They elected these officers: NOV. 1. All resolutions adopted president, Nick Jones, vice-presi- reau planned a telephone cam- at County Farm Bureau meetings were appointed to draft a consti- paign to call every Farm Bureau must be in the hands of the M. F. tution and bylaws and to plan dent, Jess Atkinson; secretary- member, urging attenaance at membership activities. tre?surer, Mrs. Purcel Morrison. B. Resolutions Committee by this the Annual Resolutions Meeting Each director represents a date. on October 27. Dairymen gain an extra $40 to Community Farm Bureau group. MIDLAND county. Mrs. Roy NOV. 1. All county summaries CARL E. BUSKIRK J. F. YAEGER CLARK L. BRODY ALLAN B. KLINE $65 per cow return over feed Kalkaska is the 63rd County Varner, secretary, reports one of P. D. meetings should be in the President. Michigan Farm Bureau Executive Secretary of MFB Exec. Vice-President of MFB President. American Farm Bureau costs if they use high-quality Farm Bureau in the state organi- Community Farm Bureau, "has Lansing office. Thursday Morning Thursday Morning Thursday Morning Thursday Evening roughage. zation. . • NOVEMBER I, 1953 TWO MICHIGAN FARM NEW9 surveys which we so often re- quest the groups make. OTTAWA-Forest Our ex- Lewis'VandeBunte. Grove, Mrs./ Mrs. PRESQUE Carl Bush.ISLE-Allis No.1. Michigan Farm News Establlsbed J'anuary 13, 19!5 ~~,,'Michigan Farm Bureau perience in 'the past has been that many groups have sent Ent ..red U 8eCOnd-c:lass matter hn. n, 1In, at the postomc:e at Cbarlotte. Ylchl~n. under the Act V-Pres. OFFICERS Presldent __ C. E. Buskirk. Paw Paw W. G. Hodge, Snover Exec:. V-Pres._ ..C. L. Brody. Lansing their minutes in so late that they have not been included in the survey of opinion on . various Keep layers in top ,condition ",f March S. 1~79. Exec. Sec'y J'. F. Yaeger. Lansing topics. This was especially true in the case of the fire insurance Publl$hed monthly, ftnrt day. by DISTRICT DIRECTORS }'(Ich~n Farm Bur_u I calion otnce at 114 E. Lovett St. at Its pub- I-Russell 2-Blaque E. HazeL_Richland. R-l Knlrk __ .._Qulncy. R-t lllarthy, on The Box Cake survey which was run this past year. C'barlotte. Ylchlgan. • 3-Edward Frltch _..Howell. R-l The new ruling on minutes ~ My subject today is the Cake-in-a-Box, 4-A. Shellenbarger L. Odessa. R-l •Editorial and B'eneraJ orrlce~ %:!1 &-Marten Garn ...._ Charlotte. R-5 The one anybody can make. means that a Community Farm :-;, rth Cooar St.. Lan.~lng. ~Ucblgan. &-'Ward G. Hodge Snover. R-l You simply add water, and beat up the batter, Bureau will no longer receive a Pt."t Office Box ,GO. T..lepbone 7-Har\")' :-;orrls _ Casnovla lA .."ln: !-t!;t. Extension S. 8-~nneth Johnson F..eeland. R-:! Then pop in the oven and bake. reminder card to get their min- 9- erl A. DeRulter _..~lcBaln. R-l Result is perfection, by simple direction, utes into the state office. It will ~nd no~s on Form 3SiS and IG-J ames Mlelock...._ "'hlttemore und.,/Iverable copies returned under No reason for any mistake. be up to the Community Farm DIRECTORS AT LARGE Form ~7S to ~Ichlgan Farm ~ews Carl E. Busklrk PlIw Paw. R-2 Bureau secretary to see that it. ....htvrlal office. P. O. Box 960 lAns- I used to opine that the culinary line is done within the allotted time I~, 1Ilchinn. • 'Walter 'Wlghtman_ }o'ennvllle.R-l Gleason E. Hal1lwlJl _G1adwln. R-4 Was mine by inherence and right; in order that a group may get Einar Ungren Editor PURPOSE OF FARM Representing That what wasn't cooked from my recipe book credit for the meeting. James Osborne _ Associate Editor BUREAU WOMEN OF FARM BUREAU Was gross and inferior, quite. The purpose of this Associa. \Irs. H., .Whlttaker_ ....Metamora. R-l Suto5c:rlptlon: 40 cents a year tion shall be the advancement But now I am prone to adopt for my own Certificate of Merit Winners. L1mlt"d to F:l.rm Bureau ~embers. of our members' interests edu- Representing The ready-made dabster's delight. Last month the following groups cationally, legislatively, and JUNIOR .FARM BUREAU Vol. 31 November 1, 1953 No. 11 economically. Vern Thalmann ..__.. Berrien Center were omitted in error from our The way to Man's heart, so the copybook said, listing of Merit winners. With Is right through his stomach, and skill these groups listed, it makes a HOMER BRINKLEY OF NATIONAL COUNCIL OF FARMER COOPERATIVES SAID: At the cake making art bears a prominent part total of 264 out of 1262 groups In bending your mate to your will, which have won this Certificate Yet the merest young bride can now offer with pride of Merit for meeting twelve Our Producing Ability Far A cake that will give him a thrill. It's all in the package, with nothing left out, , Of quality, goodness or measure. months, discussing the tupic and reporting the conclusions arrived at on the topic for each month. Each matchless ingredient makes it expedient Ahead of Marketing Skill To make with the cake that's a treasure. It's fun to prepare, and your man will declare ALCONA-East munity Farm Hawes Bureau, Com- MJ:s. More than 300 co-op managers, employees attended the annual meeting and State Co- directors, and detailed explanation state tax law as it applies to CO- operatiV'es, by MAFC of the new counsel, Now That your ba~ing makes eating a pleasure. the gist of this drool, if you're not a plain simpleton, George 'Anderson, IW ANTRIM-Vance. Vance. . Secretary. Mrs. V.ernon with. POULTRY BOOSTER Should convince you that baking is play . operative Clinic of the Michigan Association of Farmer Edwin Steffen. Separate ses- Why worry and fry when it's easy as pie- GENESEE - Flushing No. 1. .Whey Nutrients Fed Free Choice sions for managers and directors were held during th~ - State Co- Yet sometimes I'm tempted to say, Mrs. Robert Coyner. Cooperatives October 14-15 at Michigan StateCollege. op Clinic, for discussion of co- A plague and a pox on the Cake-in-a-Box; Homer L Brinkley, executive vice-president of the It's stolen my thunder away. JACKSON - Tompkins. Mrs. pOULTRY Booster contains ideal natural conditioning operative financial problems. _ agentS from milk sources. It tones up layers so they National Council of Farmer Cooperatives, said coopera- Officers of the Administrative Council re-elected are: Chairman R. S. Clark Howard Hall. KALAMAZOO - County CeA- I" get ..more out. of the mash and grain you feed; and it 315 North Grinnell Street tives must put forward greater effort in business and Waldo Phillip~ Michigan Ele- Jackson, Michigan ter, Mrs. Rupert Smith. " helps them build natural resistance to winter ailments, vator Exchange; Executive Sec- agricultural research to keep in step with the competition Our goal for Community Farm MACOMB-North Avenue, Mrs. retary J. F. Yaeger; Vice Chair- The whey nutrients of Poultry Booster sharpen of other types of modern business. Mr. Brinkley said that while his organization favors man Lewis Morley, Milk Producers Association, Michigan and Commuluty Bureaus for the year 1954 is 1607. Ralph Beaufait. Last year we didn't quite make MONTCALM-Belvidere. Earl birds' appetites to make them eat more and produce Assistant See r eta r y Everett our goal. Our records indicate H. Herzog. ~ore. At the same time it gives layers extra nutri~nts balancing the federal budget and trimming various gov- ernment budgets, its members believe an increase is Young. Chosen to represent operatives in the state were Burke local co- Farm Bureau that we had 1262 groups and fell short of our goal of 1368 by 106. Every effort is being made with OCEANA-Crystal Helen Gilliland. Lake. Mrs. from milk sources - milk p~otein, milk minerals and milk vitamins - all in a thrifty, condensed product. necessary in the field of agricultural research as problems and population multiply. Ardis, Falmouth Licht, Elkton Co-op; R. F. Koenig- shof, Buchanan Co-ops, Inc.; John Co-op; A. E. Activities the increased Community activity Promotion ment to make the '54 goal. in the Depart- ,'\ PURE CRu,s1iED:e To feed it, just open the ends of the carton and let MRS. MARJORIE GARDNER uA fanner can produce a third more today on one VanderMolen, Zeeland Farmers TRIPI.E SCREENED the birds eat free choice. No mixing to do. Try Poultry Co-op; George Brooks, St. Johns Dear Community Farm Bureau New Ten.Day Ruling on Min- acre than he did 15 years ago. But his knowledge and Co-op. The presidents of Mich- Members: utes. Following the recommenda- "Booster now. Let it supplement your regular laying ra- igan Farm Bureau, Farm Bu- September marked the begin- tions of the County Executive tion. See how little it costs for the extra benefits you get. ability to profitably market that extra production has reau Services, and Farmers ning of a new Community Farm Committees at the July'series of Petroleum Cooperative will rep- Bureau fiscal year with well over District meetings, the State Put Poultry Booster in your feeding program not kept pace with his prc;>ductive ability ,to anything Committee (made up of elected :lke the same extent." resent those organizations. 1000 Community Farm Bureaus this fall and winter! Other Council members are reporting their new officers to delegates from each district) set Carl Johnson, Michigan Rural the state office. Jackson and up a deadline for the receipt of Mr. Brinkley stressed the need for farmers to invest group minutes to the state office. Electric Cooperatives; B rue e Montmorency counties are the Buy at farm bureau ., ore in their cooperatives for marketing research, Needham, Cherry Growers, Inc.; only two County Farm Bureaus .. THE COMMITTEE RULED THAT ALL MINUTES ARE DUE feed stores and - d vertising and a firm foundation of capital and operat- Arthur Ingold, Michigan Live- in the state to show a perfect record with all their set-up IN THE STATE OFFICE NO other dealers ' stock Exchange; Thomas Berg- :ng funds. "It is estimated that farmers have only about house, Michigan Potato Growers sheets and'minutes received for LATER THAN THE 10TH OF FORPOULTRV" Exchange; and the incumbent all their groups for the month of THE FOLLOWING MONTH TO -, cne percent of their resources invested in their off-farm representing the Detroit Packing September .. QUALIFY THE MEETING. Any minutes received after the I ( FARM BUREAU ~ooperative services," he said. Company, until a new nomination First New Groups of the Year • COE PRITCHETT, • I director Jill of vI'ded th' ere IS a so un d program is submitted. Washtenaw and Kent counties 10th of the following month can not be counted toward the 8 meet- SERVICES, INC. Lnvestors' Services of the Con- based upon the ~eeds o~ the. organized the first new Comm\ln- r. lANSING, MICHIGAN UWS needed by a group to main- • _""-<'~at. •• o..t mmers Cooperative Association at members. To obtam the fmance No Faith in Price ity groups for this year. The tain its status. It is hoped by this FARM 8UREAU MILLING CO. Inc. C~lCjGO. Ill. Kansas City predicted a favorable the members must be called up- new procedure to be able to eval- ..lure for' farmer cooperatives. on by solicitors Support for Cattle organized Bridgewater on Station Septembergroup15 was in uate and include the opinions gently tell them who aboutcantheintelli- pro- The American Farm Bureau Washtenaw co u n t y and the from all Community Farm Bu- . "Investment bankers say that gram and the securities." Federation said October 15, that Maple Hill group on September tJ()ut 8 out of 10 investments in reaus on the summaries and direct government price supports 22 in Kent county. lJSiuesses of which the investor H. M. KNIPFEL, president of I • the St. Paul Bank for Cooper- on cal live and cattle unworJ{able. would be impracti- II I ;; ws little or nothing will prove atives, gave a list of rules the It cited the "dismal failure" of \ ~factory ... ," he said. "This banks follow in making loans tv CLASSIFIED ADS -- .-ell be a challenge to leaders direct price supports when they .. .J:m. co-ops. for who should be cooperatives. Mr. Knipfel empha- were applied to hogs in World e familiar with co-ops than sized a major policy of the" ban ks War II. C1assifiel advertisements are cash with order at the following ~ rates: 8 cenis per word for one edition.. 'Ads to appear in two or ~ d=ff,embEirs "" h.. ()wn them. to make availahle to} every €ligi- .. ~ -9.v:; lIJlL':it -,Uc:r .. g(,.~d iu- ble co-op the sel vice!:> whku cal_ Corn with 25 per cent moisture more editions take the rate of 6 cenis per word edition. These ----==-- ----- ,-,-- ---- lvntent "ill cost about 6 cents a rates based on guarantee of 50,000 or more subscribers. They e 1, ".f: that .I.'> JL(ritt:d.' be made on a sound LasJ!:>. '- are members of the Michigan Farm Bureau. ..c!-==-- J# .-- bu~hei LO .111 ,-,1'Uil•.1.II.f Lv ~a1~ pl'l.ndl cX\J.-c:",,,ed fCtith Othd nlgtlhl,;hl.; f thl. '1" . 5torab\.. ir "i". ...--' .. yerat;ve" can adequatel.> ~l am induded d ISf 113SHlO C1 up- to-date financial ratios IJY Dr. G coct:rs say gooa color makes LIVESTOCK TRAILER HOMES 1 e then selVd it the lead"r- dt:~nnines to do so, "pro- Henry Larzelere of MSC, ai,d a apple:. ~d;. , BUY YOUR Trailer Home In Florida. 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George Bags. Cotton Council. Box 76. Memphis. E. Mikesell Charlotte, R-4. Michigan. Tennessee. (2-10t-50b) • (3-tf-40b) sorbent bedding for dairy cattle, acco~ding to reports from Michigan State College's Upper BEE KEEPERS FOR SALE Peninsula Experiment station at Chatham. HONEY PRODUCERS - Now In Folks there have found that, under controlled FOR SALE-Self-Serve Grocery, stock. 5-gallon. 60-pound tin containers market general merchandise. shoes. for honey. Sugar Bush Supplies Com- conditions, sawdust or shaVings have no harm- Plenty" of space to add variety mer- pany, PO Box 1104, 4109 'Vest Sag- inaw, M-43. Lansing. In Eaton ful effect on soU when the manure is later chandise. Basement display room. Building recently remodeled with county, just west of Waverly golf course. (to-tf-29b) aplllied to fields. Bedding the herd on sawdust fluorescent lIghting, walk-In refrig- wlll al80 mean savings in liquid manure. North- erator, modern display ca.~es and shelving. Good farming Tesort area MAPLE SYRUP PRODUCERS ern Michigan dairymen usually find shavings In central northern :\lIchlgan. Busi- ness established 45 years. Best loca- 1954 SYRUP season. Orders placed easy to obtain; in other sections, good su,ppl1es tion In town. at Intersection of two In Oct. for new King Evaporators for delivery during summer of 1953 for can be picked up from nearby sawmllls. For trunk lines. Volume good, potential unlimited. Rent very reasonable. use in spring of 1954 are given a more information, call your nearby County Terms of lea"e to suit tenant. 'VIII liberal discount. Be sure for '54. sell merchandise at Inventory cost. Order that new King Evaporator Agricultural Agent. Details on request. III health reason now. Send for catalog and prices. for selling. Address Box H, care of Sugar Bush Supplies Co.• PO Box 1107, Lansln!!' 4. Mlchllran. C4-U-5/lb) :\lIchlgan Farm :-;ewH, P. O. Box 960, Lansing. ~llchlgan. (ll-H) for small and OIL 6URNERS FOR SALE-Five registered Short- medium-sized King Evaporators. Now Rodda aad "'eR~on~ "ave mud 'n common horn heifers 10 to 16 months old. available to producers who have elec- Carrying blood lines of top 'llres of the tricity available at the bolJlng house. I, Read our advertisement on page 6. ~ ~~\llt~:. "J, ~))t1tt'. breed. J'. B. Simpson, Charlotte, R-5. ,. ',\t"'e .:t, ' ~ ,.,eof4rUiVJa~get" th~ guided mfssfle . Michigan. (l0-2t-13p) Order now to be sure for the 1954"ea- 1 I' ,. I . ~:M~ll~f~jme ~ \!!\Rtl an"e~~nt~t;;c;' ~~o iNelopm ~~I\"~ and p.ro- ~•. HERRING TIME at Bay Get our box-lot price. Bring containers. Port. ~()n. 'Vrlte for catalog and prices. Sugar Bush Supplies Co., P. O. Box 110i. Lansing. Michigan. (l1-H-50b) ducet! bP 1Pes~m El;'~ 'the manulac- 1 Open Sunda)'s. Bay Port Fish Com- pany, Bay Port. ~lich. Telephones AGENTS WANTE>D But you'll always appreciate the comfortable feeling you'll get ... tUffnfl -antt'"ft! Oie Bell Tel@hone System ..... 2121 and 2131. (1l-It-21b) ~[AKE $75 and up every week. Full from your FIP Savings Plan. FIP is the easy way to set money or part time. Take orders for Am- .~ .. if !{.es.t~ri~,p~qguction techniques also l' erica's largest selllng. nationally ad- aside. It combines real savings with a program offering protection, ~•. ~ , ~tifft1il-W~A'(j_,,~ controls and liring SILO ACCESSORIES vertised Liquid Fertlllzer. Write No In- ":-;a-Churs" Plant vestment. - .... q~, t.,..ArmfJ and NQVY~!Wn3 and Air RAILOC silo roofs. aluminum or Food Company, 348 Monroe Street, dividends, coupons that can be clipped and cashed, al}'l other .... "7(£ce"bhf7it>t.g pfatll!. Dfd you lcnow the'se steel silo chutes. chute safety basket plat!orms. and silo lad- dormers, 'Marlon, Ohio. (l1-lt-32p) valuable features. Discuss this Farm Bureau program for Farm ~cz!7U•.tec,hniquesare uted to make the "elec~ ders. We Install. Glarence Van Strlen, FARMS FOR SALE 1f(fIM't1fcitfr t1tfif gUft{eJllou'r BeW telephcmi phone 36it, Bryon CentlW'. Michigan. Bureau families with your Farm Bureau Insurance Agent today. Member of Michigan Farm Bureau. FOR SALE-Farms 40 to 300 acres. calls to the right 71umber? Thus modern (814t-29b) Location. markets good In highly producimr territories. "'e have ~nme research and facilities give you better tele- FARM FOR RENT of the finest farms listed In l\f1ch- phone service at the lowest possible cost. Igan. Some real bargains. 100 acres. FAR:\IER WA:-lTED, Share basis. good buildings. $9,000. 100 acres with Top producing 270-acre dairy farm. $38.000 modern Modern buildings and facilities. Beau- house. small lake, $17.000. Send your buildings. tenant FARM BUREAU.I!;Je • INSURANCE tiful southwestern ~\Ichlgan location • wish to buy or sell. We cover sev- MICHIGAN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY edge of exceJlent town. S. ~Iose". eral states and reach a million read- 1149 ~lerchand\se Mart. Chicago, III. ers. (ll-lt-30b) Am a Farm Bureau member. Central Michigan Real Esta.te Ex- •" SOUTH 'lAND AVINUI • LAMSI"', MICHIIAM change. W. E. Rasmussen, Mgr.• Sta.n- Buy Farm Bureau Seed. ton. Michigan. (11-11-72p) _ NOVEMBER 1. 1953 MICHIGAN FARM NEWS THREE Florida May body to plan the construc;tionof a. superhighway linking the Great ~ rJ"O I US e Michigan's 1952 fur crop was valued at nearly $2,000,000. I There are nearly 200,000gaso- line service stations in the U.S. Seem Nearer Lakes area with Florida. U'.-- ,The states of Florida, Georgia, Mixed greens are good for you, Teimesee, Kentucky and Indiana especially fives, tens and twen- have formed a highway-planning ties. \ LOW COST - The Agricultural Committee of the House of Con- gress said at Columbus, Ohio, October 20 that it was COMrUTE COVERAGE CERTAIN SAFETY ready not want to challenge pre$ent anyone high, rigid who farm says price that farmers supports do con- and WINDSTORM INSURANCE or tinued. The day before at Des Moines, Iowa, President Kline It~ OF FARM PROPERTIES ONE POLICY RISKY ,of speech the American that Farm the committee Bureau members Federation, had made said in up their a minds to extend present farm price support laws before rely on FREMONT MUTUAL GAMBLE they left Washington After an . informal , • poll, members of the committee MicIJigalJ lolks have ••• said it would recommend that Congress extend the WESLEY S. HAWLEY I.r 11 years present 90 % of parity price supports when they expire Coordinator of Community Farm Bureau Activities --- at the e~d of the 1954 marketing year •• "Open Sesame" in the Arabian Nights' :tale of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves was a magic formula used to open That's your , choice •• October 19 the committee held a hearing at Indian- the door of the treasure ca'Ve. Ii also was fhe mysterious or magical means for gaining admission to what was usually I apolis. :Afterward the newspapers said farmers want inaccessible. That's your choice in Michigan with its windstorms. Get cyclone insurance that gives fullest protection, in a 90% parity support continued for major crops .. They Farm Bureau membership with cooperation is an "Open quoted members of the committee and testimony of the Sesame" for Farm Bureau members. It has opened wide the policy written to fit your individual needs. door for Farm Bureau families for beUer things for farm Farmers Union. people: i.e.. better rural schools. better laws. beUer com- munities. better things for rural youth. improved farming St':ltements inade by other farmers, the Farm Bureau, practices and a greater opportunity for citizenship activities. IIIVfSr'GA rE Farm Bureau membership brings the opportunity for Farm farmers cooperatives and the agricultural colleges were rilE fxr"A VAIUfS YOU Gfr ignored in the article, which reflected the apparent atti~ Bureau members to have representation in high places with a voice that can be heard in promoting. protecting and serving tude of the committee. agriculture and the nation. 'N A IAPEE" POI'CY \ C. L. Brody of the Michigan F ann Bureau was there. DAVID WINBURN of the Ionia Program for United Electrical Workers in He said that the committee heard much testimony on the Farm Equipment, urged high All Farm Women other side, much of it falling upon rather unwilling ears. government supports and guar- . The Women's Committee of the anteed income for farmers tv Ionia County Farm Bureau invit- 'The fact," said Mr. Brody, "that organized labor keep electrical workers employ- ed all farm women to a program and government agencies were granted so much time 'at ed. of general education and enter- OFFICE - LAPEER, Neal Edwards of the Indiana tainment on October 20. People a hearing for farmers was an indication of how the House CIO supported Mr. Winburn's join an organization that is active testimony. in cultivating friendships. Agricultural. Committee is welcoming influences to The position of the Farmers The program began with a pot- support their previous actions." Union and Labor union people luck dinner. The ladies enjoyed ing operations through flexible was in the main supported by a series of colored slides and sou- THOUSANDS of thrifty farmers are money ahead Mr. Brody presents this picture price supports for control of sur- representatives of government venirs shown by Mrs. Robert action agencies in rural areas. because they use economical, long-lasting, firesafe con- of the Indianapolis hearing: pluses was urged by Arthur In- Wesigerber. .Mrs. Helen Stephens, gold, president of the Michigan Ionia county helping teacher, ex- crete masonry for poultry houses, dairy barns, hog houses, C. M. HARDIN. dean of agri- granaries, implement sheds and milk houses. Concrete's Livestock Exchange. He was sup- lnsurance Agts. Set plained some of the newer edu- culture at Michigan State College, cational methods. told the committee there is great ported by Ivan K. Maystead, Record Brody Day moderate first cost, lifetime service and low upkeep all need for agr'l research and exten- president of the Michigan Milk Mr. and Mrs. Clark L. Brody Buy Farm Bureau Feed. add up to 'ow-annual-cost construction. sion on farm' marketing and dis- Producers Ass'n, and Robert' were honored at the MSC Union, tribution. Yet seven years after Krieger of Watervliet, fruit grow- October 21, by 22 Farm Bureau Write today for helpful free literature on any farm .,vTRAPPERS~ the Research and Marketing Act er, and former president of Ber- »J Insurance agents and their wives, building or livestock housing problem. Be sure to see of 1946 only one-fourth of the rien County Farm Bureau. and by Home Office staff mem- . '~ lEAR!l HOW TO TRA~ ~ your local concrete products manufacturer when in town; funds have been put to work. B. F. BEACH. manager of the bers and their wives. This year .. " All FURB£lRERS '-. ~ Producers Dairy at Adrian, ad- all the. ag~nts wrote over $356,- J.nu1u Moder. M"hod,- E"en; .... M _. h.,. C"""~ 1M ..... ..... ,..","4. 841 6-4.~I. (Dlo"d frapp."" "'Fpl, n~ .. ~. Always insist on concrete masonry units which comply HASSIL SCHENK. president of vocated a two-price system as a 000 of h~e.lnsurance and 192,;asu- f~. T,fta III .b