Vol. 32, No.4 ga APRIL 1, 1954 .32nd e r • gricu lural Bill of 4 Over Roll Call Goal; Award Winners at Was ington '1 318 M b , ~~lf" •.•.l;o A J~AN'" . ':~I~{~ 6 ~, ' . em ers. ~ lK w., "'rK;;!"f;:'jvl:~ L~"")I::;::~<~ "%;:: :.0 :~. t",; We Have Largest Paid-Up Membership in Says Ne Our History; Second Among States Eighty-eight Farm Bureau dele- Bureau Pro gates from 6 mid-western mem- To Make AFBF Goal bership award winning States- and Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Miss- NORWOOD EASTMAN ouri, Iowa and Illinois-got a Senator George D. Aik n of Coordinator of Organization, Michigan Farm Bureau glimpse the first week in March of how "legislative wheels" turn the Senate Agricultural Committ , h The Michigan Farm Bureau on March 24 reached in Washington and a chance to ongress Senate Bill o. 3052. It i its membership goal of 61,310 fm 1954 with a total of talk over mutual problems with their Congressmen. cultural Act of 1954. 61 ,318 families as members. THE TRIP to the nation's cap- The bill proposes "to encourag This is the largest paid-up membership in the history itol was sponsored jointly by the and free agriculture." Senator ik n told th respective State Farm Bureaus of the Michigan Farm Bureau. Weare moving rapidly and the American Farm Bureau that the bill will aid in the ord rly m rk tin of toward our J <156 goal for a membership of 70,000 Federation as an award to those States which last year achieved products and will guarantee a high lev I of pri families. ~ or exceeded their "Two Million port "if farmers will do their part in keeping produ Membership" quotas. Weare second among the 48 state Farm Bureaus to Each state group spent three in line." reach our AFBF membership goal for 1954, on the days conferring with the AFBF Since flexible price support will becom Washington staff, discussing leg- way to membership of 2,000,000 families in the islative problems with their Con- at the end of 1954 without the passing of REPRESENT ATIVES of Michigan County F arm Bureaus see and hear about new products gressmen, meeting government American Farm Bureau. Mississippi and Michigan fin- developed from U. S. Department of Agricullur e research. Speaker is Charles Figy, assistant to legislation, Senate Bill 3052 does not d I officials dealing with agriculture ished 1st and 2nd in J 954 and 1953. Michigan was first Secretary Benson. The group was in Washington March 8-10 as guests of the American Farm and visiting national shrines. matter, except in the case of corn. in 1952. Bureau. They were chosen by lot from County Farm Bureaus that made membership The U. S. Department of Agri- culture showed some new uses Mr. Aiken's bill includes recommend tions m d goal in 1953 in the AFBF march toward 2,000,000 members. This performance is a great tribute to the enthusiasm Left to right, seated: Mrs. Earnest Heim, Traverse City: Mrs. Raymond Krull, Three Rivers; which research has found for the Farm Bureau, but it does not provid for farm products. These included and work of the membership organizations in 63 Mich- Mrs. William Sobey, Flushing. Standing, left to right: Mr. Figy, Dan Reed, MFB staff: Hender- plastic materials and garments important Farm Bur u policies on farm price up -son Graham, Caro: Allan Rush, Romeo; William Richardson, Rives Junction: Vernon Vance, made from inedible fats, textiles igan County Farm Bureaus. We thank them in behalf and adjustment programs. They were adopted t East Jordan: Charles Draper, Fenwick: ScoU Holmes, Nunica: Keith Tanner, MFB staff. made from corn, varnish manu- of all our members. factured from potatoes and sev- American Farm Bureau convention last De mb r, As in the past a considerable number of new mem- bers and renewals of membership will come during These Bills in Legis ature eral contributions to medical science, such as synthetic blood plasma made from beet and cane sugar. lowing several months discussion of those m tt r the entire Farm Bureau membership. the next few months. AFBF President Allan B. Kline recommended ch n e Last year our, success in reaching goal February 23 brought a movement to have every Michigan County Have a Meaning fi You AT a dinner meeting the dele- gates met members of their Con- gressional delegations. The groups visited the' capitol to watch Con- in Senate Bill No. 3052 to include the F rm ur u recommendations at a hearing March lOb fore the Farm 'Bureau reach 100% of its membership goal. . We carne quite close"to making it. Two Milk Marketing Proposals WillAffect I I al az 0 gress in session and Congressional committees in action. Senate Committee on Agriculture. Set-Aside. Senator Aiken's bill provid s f r th Every Dair-yrnarij MFB Legislative The "off-the-record' dinner At this time 27 County Farm Bureaus are from 100 to 122 % of their membership goal. All under 100 % Committee Acts on Others Plant meetings were arranged to give both Congressmen and Farm Bur- eau members an opportunity for "commodity set-side' recommended in janu ry by Presid.ent Eisenhower. About $2 Y2 billion worth of STANLEY M. POWELL a frank discussion of important are well over 90 % with the exception of ten which wheat, cotton, dairy products, cottonseed oil nd oth r range from 8 J to 89 % . They need a total of 1810 Legislative Counsel of Michigan Farm Bureau In a few more days the J 954 legisla ive sessio wi ti e public issues now up for consider- ation in Congress in which far- commodities would be "set a ide" fro th mr r t members. mer I a ~ it I in t. nd r it m . be history. April 9 has been set as the date for ad- The Farm Bureau Service.' Speaker at various meetings Roll Call managers and wives from the 100 % of new fertilizer plant at Kalama- included Under Secretary of President Kline said, "We ha e orne res rv tion journment. If the lawmakers become hopelessly en- zoo has been mixing fertilizers Agriculture, True D. Morse' goal counties will have a victory dinner at Michigan snarled in the task of trying to balance the budget or since March 8. Assistant Secretary of Agricul~ to what can be accomplished by th .propos d om- State College the evening of April 2 J • Those reporting Adolph Ecklund, superinten- ture, John H. Davis; AFBF Sec- modity set-asides. We shall support the propo I if figuring out how much the recent action of the State dent of plant food manufacturing retary-Treasurer, Roger Fleming; 100 % by April 9th will be eligible to attend. Civil Service Commission in boosting wages for various division of FBS said the Kala- and AFBF Legislative Director, certain principles will be followed: (a) the "set-a id s" mazoo plant should be bagging John C. (Jack) Lynn. should be handled so as to have as little bad eff ct a .FOLLOWING is a list of Coun- Macomb 58, Manistee 32, Mason state employees is going to increase the payrolls of the and shipping April 5. ty Farm Bureaus and the num- 68, Midland 69, Montcalm 29, various state institutions and agencies, a postponement Mr. Ecklund said these analy- possible on current marketings (b) dispo al should ber of new members or renewals they need to make 100% of their Newaygo 125. OAKLAND 54, Oceana 58, Os- of adjournment date may be necessary. ses are being made for spring de- livery starting April 5 to 15, as FB utnal to follow sound policies on export-import trade, intern _ goal for 1954: the schedule for each analysis tional affai , and expansion of our markets (c) pur .. ALLEGAN. 19,5, Antrim ceola '36, Otsego 19, Ottawa 9, 28, Shiawassee 118, St. Clair 58, Van Calhoun 1, Cass 42, Clare 14, Buren 1, Wayne 76, Wexford '47. As the Senators and Representatives go down the will permit: home stretch there is the usual last-minute tension and PULVERIZED or standard fer- Pay ~~O~OOO pose of the "set-asides" should be the orderly reduction Clinton 97, Eaton 49, Emmet 30, Total-1810. tilizer mix: 0-20-20 and 4-16-16. of stocks on hand to more manageable proportions." Genesee 30, Gratiot 2, Hillsdale 98, Ionia 6, Isabella 78, losco 27. Here are the County Farm confusion as individual lawmakers and lobbyists struggle for the passage or defeat of measures in which they 5-20-20, 12-12-12. GRANULATED: 3-18-9, 4-16-16, Dividend MARKETING QUOTAS. Sen- as a conditio~ of eligibility for ator Aiken's bill does not make (1) c~nservatlOn payments .nd Bureaus as they stood March 24 Directors of the Farm Bureau JACKSON 37, Kalamazoo 1, in the membership campaign for are keenly interested. A large numb of bills have Pulverized fertilizer is the kind provision for 90% parity price (2) price support on crops WhICh Mutual Insurance Company have supports on any basic commod- are not under marketing quotas. Kalkaska 3, Kent 62, Lenawee 94, W54: already been defeated by direct vote or because of the familiar to everyone. The ingre- declared a dividend amounting dients are mechanically and ity during the first year that mar- "Also, the Secretary is her by Reported % of ROLL CALL MANAGER I operation of the various deadlines which were set up chemically mixed cured. screen- to about $50 000 for all automo- keting quotas are in effect for directed to establish on an appro- COUNTY Goal Mar. 25 ,Goal bile and farm liability policies Alcona 339 389 115 Archie Cordes, Bart-on City ed to the required fineness and that commodity after a year in priate geographical basis lists of Allegan 2,033, 1,838 90 Milan Levett, 'Allegan to speed the legislative process. in force Dec. 31, 1949 and con- which they were not in effect. crops which may not b pro- Alpen.a 575 605 105 Alfred Dove, Lachine bagged. tinuing in force March 7, 1954. Antrim .....................• 440 412 93 Bruce McElroy. Charlevoix Several of the measures in which Farm Bureau folks Granulated This was the compromise of the duced for direct or indirect sale, Arenac 379 402 106 Percy Crawford, TWining fertilizer comes THERE ARE about 10,000 poli- AFBF convention of 1953. or may be produced to a limited Barry 1,202 1,227 102 Bay .........................•.... 1,435 1,707 119 Mrs. Barbara Barcroft, Hastings Julius Rabe, Pinconning are especially interested are hanging fire. Their fate from a new process. To the same cyholders in this group. The divi- President Kline recommended extent, o~ .acres .diverted from a Benzie 219 242 111 Marion Ny e, Beulah raw materials are added other dend is 10% of the annual to the Senate Agr'I Committee crop .r~ceIvmg price support. w~ n Berrien 2,275 2,367 103 Ray DeWitt, Buchanan may be determined even before this report reaches your chemicals. This produces granu- Branch •.....................1,681 1,816 108 Arthur Haggerman, Tekonsha premium, and will be credited to March 10 that section 201 of the C?ndihons are such .that limita- Calhoun 1,474 1,473 99 Wilbur mitih, Burlington mailbox. lation in the chemical mixing those policyholders on their first bill be deleted and this substi- tions on the use of diverted acr s Cass 901 859 95 Lee Bakeman, Dowagiac process. The ingredients combine Charlevoix 356 322 90 Joe Brock, East Jordan six months' renewal premium tution made: are necessary to prevent the pro- Cheboygan 262 309 118 Jack Savella, Cheboygan The Senate Agriculture Committee on March 23 in particles which contain a uni- occuring after March 7. "Not ith t di f h duction of excessive supplies." Clare 150 136 91 WI s an ing any 0 t e U d th k t' reported favorably and without amendment three im- form amount of all the plant F'rank Humphrey, Clare Clinton 1,536 1,439 93 Miss Ellen J 0 White, St. Johns Nile Vermillion, manager of provisions of the Agr'l Marke _ n er e mar e mg quot Eaton 1,388 1,339 96 Robert Kline, Charlotte foods. In the pulverized fertiliz- Farm Bureau Mutual, said that ing Act of 1949 th I If' programs on wheat and cotton, Emmet Genesee 2l)1 1,389 251 1,359 b::J 97 Mrs. Ben Peters, Carp Lake portant bills, all definitely in line with MFB resolutions. er, the various chemical ingredi- the policy of the company is to , e eve 0 prrce and the acreage allotment on Mrs. W. A. Sobey, Flushing ents remain as separate particles. Gladwin 366 375 102 return earnings to the policy- support for producers of any corn, producers in 1954 are being Gratiot 1,408 1,381 98 Gordon Willford, Gladwin Mrs, George Davidson, Alma These measures are now on the Senate General Orders Granulated fertilizer has sev- baSICcommodity, except tobacco d . Hillsdale 1,444 1,346 93 "Villis Hoffman, Hudson holders as dividends. The divi- shall be' 900/< f it th fi 'calle upon to divert 30,000,000 Huron 1,865 1,918 103 John Terrill, Sebewaing, and calendar for consideration by the Senate Committee of eral advantages :Mr. Ecklund derfds will be extended to other o 0 . pan y e Ir.st acres. These diverted acres are William Harwood, Harbor Beach said. The particles include all policyholders in time in accord- year that marketing quotas are In t lik It' idl I Ingham 1,088 1,112 101 Dale Dunckell, 'Villiamston the Whole. If they survive that ordeal they would auto- the plant food elements in uni- ance with the successful opera- effect for any such commodity no dIe y 0 ::emam 1 e. n- Ionia 1,227 1,221 99 Mrs. Irma Covert, Ionia immediate I fol.lowi . '. stea, they are Iikely to be plant- Isabella Iosco 1,144 203 1,066 176 93 87 Murray Gordon, Coleman Arth ur Ropert, Hale matically be advanced for Third Reading and final form amounts. The particles are tion of the Company. This is the . y. owing a year, ed to other crops to be harvest d Jackson 1,054 ,017 95 the same size, which makes for second dividend to policyholders. WhIChmarketmg quotas were not di tl b f d t Ii t k Kalamazoo 1,152 1,151 99 Mrs. Ruth Day, larks Lake vote the following day. These measures have previ- better sowing. Granulated fer- in effect on such ditv." irec yore e 0 IV S oc . Kalkaska. 76 73 96 G. T. Blankshine, Iattawan The first was limited to charter commo I y. and peanuts account for slightly Jess Atkinson, Kalkaska tilizer has the highest percent- Kent 1,429 1,367 95 Mrs. T.h lma Heilman, Grand Rapids ously been approved by the House. policyholders. THE PROPOSED substitution less than 23% of cash farm r ,_ Lapeer ............•........... 1,540 1,574 101 Sam Titus, Silverwood age of water soluble phosphates. is designed to apply to a situ a- ceipts. Other commodities . c- Lenawee 1,482 1,388 93 FERTILIZER. The first of these fective lobbyists representing The granulation process insures Mrs. Walter Barron, Morenci, and Abraham D. Hunt, Tecums h is H-214 which would bring milk bottle interests, some deal- much better keeping and storage AFBF Institute tion where cotton, wheat, corn, count for the remaining 77 per- LiVingston .•..............1,168 1,431 122 Mrs. Lillian Korraua, Webber-ville Macomb ...................•11031 Manistee 245 973 213 94 87 Tony Rapes, Washington Charles Brown, Onekama Michigan's commercial fertilizer ers, and unionized milk peddlers. qualities. August 15-20 peanuts or rice get into a serious cent. surplus position when marketing Mason 612 544 88 Mrs. Ruth lagle, Scottville law up to date. It would permit The first of these measures is The 1954 American Farm Bur- quotas are not in effect. Mecosta Midland Missaukee Montmorency........ Montcalm 751 563 421 178 993 762 495 435 202 964 101 8 103 113 97 Clement Bennet, Big Rapids Mrs. Roy Varner, Midland Pete H ndrtcks, McBain Gordon King, Lewiston Lee I<'risbie, Sydney listing minor and trace elements H-225 which would forbid manu- on the analysis tag along with the facture and sale in Michigan of content of nitrogen, phosphorus super-fortified milk such as has Fire Insurance eau Institute to promote the mem- bership program of the Farm Bureau will be held at the Uni- It would give producers of those commodities an additional year and potash. Also it makes provis- been put on the market, some of versity of Illinois at Urbana Aug- under quotas after a year when Monroe ................•..... Muskegon Newaygo N. W. Michigan 1,152 476 706 1,007 1,219 476 581 1,025 105 100 101 2 Wilbur E. Smith, Erie Mrs. Waldo Walsworth, Holton Mrs. Clifford Robins, F'rernont John Heim, Traver e City ion for new procedures in the fer- it in brown bottles, during recent tilizer industry such as bulk Ide- months. This is the milk loaded Program is ust 15 to 20, inclusive. quotas were nol in effect to get supplies in line with demand be- Oakland ...........•........1,043 989 95 Carlton Crawford, Milford liveries and the growing traffic with numerous vitamins and Purpose of fore flexible supports became Oceana Ogemaw Osceola Otsego ............•......... 115 710 359 641 6~ll 379 605 96 91 106 94 83 Ernie McCarty, Hart Don Win low, '\ e·t Branch Elmer McLachlan. Evart Irs. Harry Dreffs, Gaylord in liquid or gaseous fertilizers. minerals which is being so em- This bill is directly in line with phatically condemned by lead- the resolution on this subject ing nutritionist and public health Doing Well Farm Bureau "The purpose of this Associa- operative. This compromise prOVISIOn would not be applicable in 1955 Ottawa 1,437 1,42 99 Mrs. Ru' ell Small gao, Hud onville The development of a fire in- tion shall be the advancement of Presque Isle 442 442 100 'Erwin Fleming, Hawks adopted by the delegates at the authorities. surance program in the Farm on cotton, wheat and peanuts Saginaw •...................2,122 2,262 106 Edwin Breternitz, Fr eland annual convention of the Michi- The bill would permit only Bureau Mutual Insurance Com- our members' interests education- since they are under marketing Sanilac .....................• 1,969 2,061 104 Eldon Winters, andu ky Shiawassee 1,066 948 89 1\11'. Thelma Ans-on, Owosso gan Farm Bureau last November. such fortification as is approved pany is very satisfactory. ally, legislatively, and economic- quotas in 1954. St. Clair 1,331 1,273 94 Mrs. Martin Hou st on, Richmond, and It appears probable that some by the recognized nutritionists. ally:' Mrs. Wilbur Quick, Emmet February 25 fire insurance This sentence is taken from the DIVERTED ACRES. Senator St. Joseph 1,040 1,148 110 Ed Thompson, Colon amendments will be proposed to Four hundred units of Vitamin committees from 61 county Farm Tuscola 1,738 1,945 112 Clark • Iontagua, aro the measure by certain Senators, D, the sunshine vitamin, would Bureaus met at Lansing. They statement of purpose when the Aiken's bill contains certain pro- Van Buren 1, 66 1, 65 99 Lynnford Go's, Decatur visions for requiring the Secretary Washtenaw _ 1,563 1,621 104 Don Gill, Yp ilanti but it is not anticipated that be permitted per quart of milk. accepted for their counties the Michigan Farm Bureau was or- Wayne ...............•........ 500 424 4 Walter scott, Romulus there will be much opposition to It is generally agreed that our job of securing at least 5,000 ganized at Michigan State Col- of Agriculture to take action to Wexford 250 203 81 La Verne Jacob, Manton lege, February 4, 1919. prevent the use of "diverted the bill when it comes up for diet is deficient in that ingredi- charter policy applications and TOTAL •...............61,310 61,318 100% final roll call. ent. For skim milk the addition to raise a maximum of $250,000 acres" from distressing the pro- of 400 units of Vitamin D, 2,000 tions for investment totalled ducers of other commodities. in investment funds to start the 10 Ibs. of Pork the price of just about every- thing else, is determined largely MILK MARKETING. Much units of Vitamin A and non-fat proposed fire and windstorm $116,000. President Kline r commended more con t r 0 v e r s i a I are the milk solids wor-ld be allowed. The county insurance commit- that the Senate Agr'l Committee Chops Se r c by how much there is and how other two bills in this group This bill is being supported by insurance service. teemen are now explaining the add a new section to the bill, a Only 10 pounds of a 240-pound much people like it. Actually, of three mea ures reported fa- the Michigan Farm Bureau, the NILE Vermillion, manager of program to Community Farm follows: pig are center cut pork chops- the 240-pound pig yields only vorably by the Senate Agricul- Michigan State Grange, the the Farm Bureau Mutual, said Bureau groups. Mr. Vermillion "Sect. 311. and that's why one usually pays about 100 pounds of the more ture Committee. They both have Michigan Farmers Union, ~he. March 24 that the first 700 reser- believes that that charter policy Agriculture is hereby authorized more for pork chops than for desirable and popular cuts of to do with milk marketing and Michigan Department of Health, vations for charter policies total- reservation goal will be reached to require producers to devote most other cuts of pork. The pork, such as the chops, ham, are being violently opposed by a the Michigan State Medical So- led 10,000,000 of fire insurance soon and that the investment a percentage of their r pland price of each cut of meat, like bacon and roasts. large group of energetic and ef- (Continued on Page 2) coverage. The first 273 applica- fund will be oversubscribed. to soil building crops or practice , T 0 NIC FARM NEWS ant and dri e-in operators, as it board of directors. As this is been generally successful from would a ist them greatly in he written, it awaits' a final roll call the rural point of view. A letter · higan ann reau conduct of their business. It is in the House and it is expected or a postcard from you to your tremendously easier 0 serve that it will be approved there Senator or Representative might OFFICERS E tablt hed J nuary 12, 1923 President C. E. Buskfrk, Paw Paw milk from one five-gallon pro- and go to the Senate for con- be the deciding factor in deter- matter V -Pre. :............ . G. Hodge. Snover i'<~ organizations. The project is a cooperative state-wide effort on the part of J unior Farm Bureau, FFA, FHA, products to other nations to be paid for in their money. Foreign currencies received for al products are not acceptable in the United States in sufficient quantities to pay for the farm I can render a great service to far- mers and the American people. We, therefore, urge your careful and favorable consideration of 4-H Older Youth, and Grange Youth, and is known the sale of surplus farm com- products she could take. these proposals. modities under terms of the India, for example, may want as the Michigan Farm Y outh Safety Project. Harrison bill will "be used to ex- Japanese machinery and other "We pledge ourselves to con- pand international trade and pro- manufactures. Japan wants the tinue to work to improve the farm The Michigan Farm Safety Project has been in the duction, to buy strategic mate- program to the end that it make U. S. farm products. The pur- process of development for over two years. The first rials, and to pay U. S. obligations chase price in Japanese money is a greater contribution to a pros- abroad." used to pay for building manu- perous agriculture and a sound steps toward such a project were taken by the Michigan Participating governments will factured goods for India, or other national economy." Junior Farm Bureau Farm Safety Committee headed by be asked to give assurances that nations in the deal. India and ment for Farmer Cooperative the products paid for with foreign the other nations pay their debt Businesses." The conference will Dick Arnold of Allegan county. currencies will be additional to to Japan by exporting to the be at the MSC Kellogg Center Indiana Took This committee studied farm accident reports and met the regular U. S. exports to that United States manganese, chrome, and is sponsored by the Michigan Michigan This Year A concrete silo will increase rain, our farm e p ri n nation. mica, or other commodities need- Ass'n of Farmer Cooperatives. with Dave Steinicke, secretary of Michigan Rural Safety The bill provides that sales Michigan Farm Bureau re- the cattle capacity of your tells you that oncr t on- ed by the U. S. DISCUSSION topics will in- gional membership representa- farm, protect you against f ed srruction ser es far long r. Council, Milon Grinnell, editor of Michigan Farmer, and is as 'follows: clude: (1) What is Modern Man- tives will be in Indiana April 23 shortages in dry periods and The result: low annual co t. the Michigan Rural Safety Council to gain information agement? (2) Need for Continu- to eat beans while the Indiana Farms checked 472 ous Development (3) Principles, Farm Bureau district member- provide "june pastures" all Why not write today for on accidents. Tools and Techniques of Plan- ship men eat steak. The Michigan year around. Hazards found 1400 ning (4) Principles of Organiza- men lost a contest to see which helpful, free bookl t gi in Summing up the results of the study the committee Concrete silos are firesafe, construction detail on con- Hazards corrected 883' tion (5) Delegating Responsibili- state would have the highest per- found that each year in the United States approximately ties (6) Planning and Leading centage of its state membership storm-resistant and water- crete silos? If you need Number of farmers refusing to cooperate... 88 Problem-Solving Conferences (7) goal by March 15. Michigan was They cost only a information on other thrifty 17,500 farm people lose their lives and many thousand Developing Subordinates (8) Re- 4% behind. Indiana's member- tight. are injured due to accidents. Approximately 63.7% of all hazards found on farms lationship of Manager to Board ship goal was 109,000 members, moderate sum to build and concrete improvem nt ,fill in were corrected during the two-week period before the (9) Board Meetings and Mana- Michigan's 61,310. Last year practically nothing to main- . the blank on the coupon. · Michigan Farm. Bureau Discussion Groups reported gers' Reports (10) Long Range Michigan won the contest. second check was made. • PASTE COUPON ON BACK OF POSTCARD AND MAIL TODAY _ 1047 farm people had accidents in their areas in 1952. Planning. 16.5 % of farme~s. contact~d refused to cooperate. Mr. Nelson is a partner of the PO TLA D CE T ASSOCIATI These accidents caused death for 50 f~rm residents, Beef Olds Tower Bldg., Lansing 8, Mich. amputations for 49, permanent disabilities for 20, and Most of this percent was in one county. It is believed management consultant of Rogers, Slade & Hill. He has firm, Well-finished beef cattle will A national organization to improve and extend the uses of portland cern nt and pay bigger profits this year than concrete ... through scientiflc research and engineering fleld work 146 others were reported as only partially recovered the cause for this situation may have been lack of advised some of the nation's unfinished animals, M.S.C. ani- Please end free booklet on largest industries and several mal husbandmen indicate. when th.e reports were made. proper training meetings for team members. large co-op businesses on man- concrcre silos andflist subie t): Name •••..••••••••••••.••••• •••••••••••••••••••• THE HURON report indicates ing out the project agement problems. In recent USA in building a program of St. or R. No.•••••••• ~••••••••••••••••.•.••••••••• , The possible large scope of the project prompted that this county carried out the . years he has been working with management development for re- City ••..••••••••••••••••••••••.• State •.••••••••• project on a' larger scale: than DURING' the second and third the Cooperative League of the gional and local cooperatives. Junior Farm Bureau to invite other Michigan farm youth any of the other test counties. weeks of March a series of tell organizations to participate in the project. Ten counties Farmers contacted 315 Junior Farm Bureau District Farms actually checked .:.... 300 meetings were held. The purpose were organized to test materials, find better ways of Refused to cooperate 5% 15 of these meetings was to tell the presenting and the best means for carrying out the Hazards found 744 story of the project and introduce Hazards corrected 416 the. material to representatives project .. Teams participating 21 of Junior Farm Bu eau and other Results in the test counties ranged from very good Youth .involved (Appro.)' 100 Michigan Farm outh organiza- The Elkton Chapter of FFA tions. to no report. The final results of the farm safety project did an outstanding job in carry- The 'persons attending these \----------:------------------:....--------=:......:..----~=- District meetings were asked to assume the responsibility of call- ane MORE CENTS ••• ing a county meeting where the Farm Safety material will again be presented to all organizations IN A "FERTILIZER 'OOLLAR'~ on the county level. THE NEXT step in the plan will be the organization of teams to check farms. Each team will be held responsible for getting word to the farmer that this team will be calling in the near future to ask permission to check his farm for safety hazards. * 2-Ply Cable - 12'/2 Gaug It has been suggested by the Farm Safety Committee that each team be comprised of about * 4 Barb 5 Inches Apart five young men and young women where possible. After *Full Weight 8~.5 I~ the teams have been granted permission to check a farm, they may start checking for safety hazards. When a hazard is found, * 80 - Rod Spool a skull and crossbones tag is placed in plain view on the hazard and the team's recom- mendations for correcting the a/'';4'UH ~etIte4U.fpedJ" hazard are written on the back of the tag. SALE STARTS APRIL 12th TEAMS' will be looking for hazards of three main types: It isn't often you get the chance to make a buy like this outdoor hazards, electrical haz- ards and hazards in the home. one. Imagine buying barb wire with all of the specifications Reports rom teams in the test listed above for $1.00 less than you would normally give for counties indicated that hazards ranged all the way from unsafe it. Now's your chance to lay in a supply for further needs. Re- Fertilizer is the biggest bargain on the farm. Of all the commod- bull pens to ungrounded TV ities used in farm production-fertilizer, feed, seed, machinery and antennas. member the sale starts April 12th, don't miss it. Each participating team is so forth-the cost of fertilizer has increased the leastJ being provided with blank. re- cord forms on which they may Look at the figures. In average 1910-14 dollars, a ~o"ar spent today for fertilizer is worth 68 cents.(Compare this with a feed dollar keep an accurate account of all hazards found and recommenda- tions for correcting the hazard. • SAVE. SAVE worth only 44 cents or a machinery dollar that now reteinsbut ene- THE FARM SAFETY COM- third of its former purchasing power •.f' MITTEE is suggesting that each county check on an average of When buying steel fence posts always ask for UNICO STUDT What's more, in the span of the past 18 years~'USDA niporfS 300 farms. Distribution of mate- that the average price of fertilizer has increased but 51 percent. rial has been planned to provide fence posts at your Farm Bureau dealer. They are rolled from tough, for 30 teams in a county check- During the same years, the costs of other items used J~ farm pr~ ing 10 farms each. springy high quality rail steel. No sharp edges to cut through gal- duction, except seed, have more. than doubled. During the forepart of May vanizing on fence wire. See them at your Farm Bureau dealer nowl all team records are to be tab- Fertilizer, one of the most i,!,portant fadors for lowering 'the' ulated by a county Farm Safety secretary and submitted to the. cost of crop produetlcn per acre, is truly~the biggest bargain ~ Farm Safety Committee for final the farm. "" - . tabulation of results on a state- wide basis. rjou Cmt lil~D:I~/)ollor.ForJ"eJ:,. Detroit Edison Company print- ed the needed supply of "Guides for Checking Hazards" and Mich- UNICO Hing.e-Joint Fence is made with a tightly wrapped [oint which give you f1 igan Farm Bureau Insurance Farm' ureau :'High ~Analyses" WITH """t/F. ; · Company provided the balance of materials needed to carry out the project. ibility, yet is firm enough to keep the mesh from sagging under normal usag . If, w n subjected to unusual stress, the [oints are flexed, you ccn pull up the stay and traigh it back into position without loosening it at the ties. Ask. Your FARM BUREAU DEALER.,••/IoW! Overplanted {.fee Y0tJ4 FARM BUREAU Dealle/tjin, PA.u:e4,/ If you have overplanted and FARM BUREAU SERVICES, I C. want to comply with your wheat Plant Food Department acreage allotment, you can plow under the excess acreage for F U E , green manure, pasture it off or Steel Department 221 North Cedar Street Lansing, Michigan cut it for hay and silage. 221 North Cedar Street MICHIGAN FARM APRIL I, 19S4 • C • Corncob M.S.C. agricultural economists xp t turk y prices during the 1 54 holiday season to average County FB Directory D A University of Illinois dairy specialist points out that if corn- on to two cents below those of cobs are fed to cattle it is nec- 1953. essary to add a supplement, which raises the cost of the corncob o. as•s ration above that of good hay. s MRS. SHERMAN RICHARDS Dairymen in 23 states repre- THE MECHANICAL FARMER Howell senting over 60 percent of the na- Shows How 10 Do It --., Chairman of MFB Women for tion's milk supply have adopted .•. on the rancn and farm. Many District 3 and member of farmers reque ted a popular me- the year-around set-aside pro- chanic magazine just for farmers. State Advisory Council gram of the American Dairy As- It began publication last Decem- sociation, it was announced by ber! This is the third of a series of SEND ONLY $1.00 articles in the Michigan Farm Lester J. Will, general manager. For a limited time we are con tinuing our special get-acquainted ews to tell you of the programs, THE 2 CENTS per hundred- off I' for a year's subscription. projects and other activities of Send your dollar to weight of milk or one-half cent JOURNALISM PUBLISHING CO. the County Farm Bureau Wom- per pound of butterfat set-aside 604 West Dartmouth en's Committees. Kansas City, 13H, Mjssouri now will become the official pro- ! District No. 3 is composed of gram policy of the association, ef- six counties: Livingston, Macomb, fective May 23, 1954. ,j Monroe, Oakland, Washtenaw The 12-month plan was unani- I and Wayne. Each county has mously adopted by the associa- participated 100% in the state tion directors at their annual projects for the women's com- mittees. Each spring we have a joint camp at Walden woods with meeting in Chicago in March, 1953. Genuine Pittsbu .gh Farm and February 23, 1954,the board of the Women's Committiees of 1.2.3.4 RHYTHM MILKING AC- TION .•. g -tsl more milk ••. district 5. Here the women get better acquainted with each other directors of the American Dairy Association of Ohio, Inc., meeting at Columbus, unanimously adopt- Poultry Fence costs no more than en iron cow. through a planned educational ed the program for Ohio and thus • and recreational program. • SI MPLICITY . • . s If-contained • • . ('(Impact . . . mOl' y aI's of rvlc ... no in tallation co. t. . The s cretaries of our Farm Bureau Women's Committees do MEMBERS of the Muskegon for mailing. Photo Courte y of Muskegon Chronicle pushed the percentage of milk Durham, Mrs. Leon Place, Mrs. represented in the new plan to ordinary galvanized fence! County Farm Bureau Women's Twelve ladies took part. Mrs. George Vance, Mrs. August Res- the 63.4 per cent mark. The na- • CUTS MILKING CHORES IN a very fine job of reporting the HALF, .. milk. faster, sat r. • Commi tee are shown assembling Waldo Walsworth, manager of ka, Mrs. Lawrence B. Lee. Mem- minutes of their meetings to their easi r to clean and use ..• stain- the County Farm Bureau direct- the county membership cam- bers of the committee unable to district chairman, and as a whole paign (standing in the picture), be present were Mrs. Ivan Purdy 1 str-el sanitation. we have a very fine cooperative ory. They met in the home of • $50 WARRANTY of Increased Pro- Mrs. Lawrence B. Lee of Casno- and Mrs. Betty Baerman, Mrs. and Mrs. Lawrence Obenauf. du tion and II tter Iilking. district council of which we are Harold Allen, Mrs. Kenneth Mrs. Allen, secretary of the Wo- very proud! via for dinner and work on the directory. 'Nearly 500 booklets Proctor, Mrs. Arlen Hetzman, men's Committee, planned the Don't decide on any milker at any were assembled and addressed Mrs. Carl Anderson, Mrs. Ella work. price until you hav th facts on the s nsat.lonal < vantages given by the vingston County Build a, Mrs. Claude Copeland, Chairman participation. The questions to be given to the needy. Each to the old folks at the County new, improved GLOBE 1-2·3·4 RHYTHM MILKER. Single or double mllktng units for any size herd. low, direct-from-factory price a t and Livingston county Is centrally located between Ann Arbor, Lansing, and Flint. Excellent that were asked showed the tre- mendous interest women have in the mental health of their year they send delegates to the Farm Bureau Women's Camp at Twin Lakes 4-H Camp. This Infirmary. At one meeting they had a plant and white elephant sale. Ca EASY TERMS that let your milker pay for itself. speakers are always available families. year they will send two dele- gates. At the county fair they Mrs. Maurice Jones, the coun- ty chairman, with her committee CORRUGATED Mrs. Claude Copeland is coun- World's Greatest MILKER for our programs. Harold Web- ster of the Michigan Mental ty chairman. For the past 3 years have a rest and first air tent, is assisting in the T. B. Mobile 'CEMENT STAVE FR E story and I tt -rs from dairy which has been enjoyed by many X-ray Survey being conducted m llk lng chores GLOBE fn rmera on how th y cut in half. MILKER Wr it today, CO. Health Society, spoke at one of their meetings. A potluck din- ner was enjoyed at a local hall. the Livingston County Farm Bureau Woman's Committee has helped the Jr. Farm Bureau put on the Rural-Urban chicken bar- for the past several years. Last year Macomb County Farm Bureau gave $105 to the March through June. They are endeavoring to have every per- son in Oakland county take ad- 51-··--· The new C & B CORRUGATED Dept. A-31 Each Committeewoman was Sister Kenny Project, and $100 vantage of this free X-Ray serv- becue. It is held at the beauti- cement staves give four point asked to sponsor a car to bring to the Cancer Society. Last fall ice. bearing on each galvanized steel 200 • 1st St., Des Moine , low , or ful lake site farm home of Mr. 1000 E. Mermaid Lane, in guests. More than 60 women three women attended the Con- rod because each stave is curved Philadelphia, Pa. responded. This was an out- and Mrs. Edward Fritch. It ference on Cancer at East Lans- Wash enaw County to the diameter of the silo. C & B Insist' on the best-don't take just any standing meeting with good group comes at a very busy time for the CORRUGATED staves are made of farm boys, and most of the girls ing. They were sponsored by the Mrs. Leonard Engel, Chairman Cancer Society. The Society wet-cast, Vibrated Concrete, which fence--get genuine Pittsburgh farm and' are working full-time, so the Washtenaw county's new chair- gives them greater strength and women order and prepare the has recently opened a branch man is Mrs. Leonard Engel. The density • • • when you buy a C & B poultry fence, barbed wire, and welded \ food other than the chicken. The office in Mt Clemens. Farm Bur- ladies voted at their last meeting you get the finest and most perfect wire mesh from the established ware- Ju iors take over as soon as they eau women work there several to meet every other month in- silo obtainable. days each month. house point in your county. Ask your b SAFE ~ be WIS~ can get there, and do all the barbecuing, serving, and clean- stead of quarterly as in the past. They have an all day meeting, g :,.: :::::,. : -Iocal co-op! with FREMONT MUTUAL Protection ' ing-up. Last year they served over 300. The women like to be Monroe County Mrs. Paul Vetter, Chairman the morning being spent folding surgical bandages for the Uni- i···: F i\ 1•.••.••••. 1-- : versity hospital, which is in their ~r i:;· available to assist, but keep well Pittsbur h F .nce ',,;: in the background-which is as Monroe Farm Bureau com- county. After a potluck dinner, i: i/. t:: 1111 mittee women meet six times a they convene for their business : it should be. year with their chairman, Mrs. it meeting and program. ~ i, .;':,.: ,::.. ~ Livingston County meets once each month. Most of their meet- Paul Vetter. As a county pro- ject they have purchased two Some of the outscanding speak- ":J.i ~ ings are held in centrally lo- ers during the year have been: , .:.. wheel chairs, one for the Mon- Mr. L. Naidoo, a student from : :,':, a product of cated Howell. This year they roe hospital and the other for Durham, South Africa, who spoke '!;:"l are trying out something new I and meet once in each quarter the Mercy Hospital. They also make gauze sponges for the Mon- about the "Economic Problems } k', >:' ~) ..;.:;:"\: 'Pittsburgh Steel Company' of the county, Their first quar- roe hospital. in Africa"; Mrs. Marjorie Kar- .' YEA.RS OF TA.BILITY terl meeting proved very suc- Some of tne outstanding speak.• ker gave a very interesting and Farm Fence Spec~alists since 1901 cessful. informative talk on "Know your 938 N. COCHRAN, CHARLOTTE, MICHIGAN ers at the Monroe Women's Farm Bureau"; Mr. Ronald D. Grant Building • Pittsburgh 30, Po. ST E GTH and GROWTH Meetings this past year are: Mrs. Peterson of M. S. C. showed and acomb County Hester Barrows, of the Juvenile films and talked on "Safety 3841 OPAL ST., S.W., GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN A STATEWIDE GENERAL MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY Mrs. Celestine Young, Chairman Court. She spoke of her work Education and School Bus Trans- WRITING FIRE AND ALLIED LINES THROUGHOUT __ --Est. J876-- __ MICHIGAN I Macomb County Committee- women meet every month with which includes juvenile cases, neglected and abandoned chil- portation"; Mr. L. Swanson show- ed a movie entitled "Your Social their chairman, Mrs. Celestine Young. They serve roll call dinners and help on roll call. dren, adoption, and mentally ill children. Children on probation also have to report to her and Security" and spoke on the far- mers interest in Social Security. For reveral years Washtenaw .lf7oJ1m BtIMaB !IlemJeJu oM BUILDING,! They have collected and sent sev- she in turn has to call at their women have sponsored delegates Farm Bureau feeds this year are enjoying the greatest demand eral boxes of clothing to Ger- homes. She also spoke of the to the Northwestern Michigan need of homes for the neglected they have ever had. This in spite _of the fact that tonnage has more many. At Christmas they made Farm Bureau Women's Camp at 26 dresses f r the Goodfellows and abandoned children until Twin Lakes. Each year they than doubled since 1949. . / they can be placed in a board- prepare and serve the dinner for ing home or other suitable place. Mrs. Mary Daume, county the County Roll Call. The Wash- tenaw ladies are planning a . It's been the active support of Farm' Bureau members that has librarian, showed the film "Major Rural-Urban Conference this done the [ob so thoroughly. We thank them f~~~~ Religions of the World." Mrs. year thus helping to promote Travis R. Cash of Ann Arbor better understanding between the gave a talk on Muscular Dystro- phy. town and country folks. They also expect to compete in the ,~ ~ •• ~~r-.~~~~P" Monroe Farm Bureau Women speaking contest this year. the have raised funds to purchase theme being "Farm Bureau a bed and mattress for the Sister Builds a Better World." The results "they tell us they have obtained' Kenny Treatment Center at Farmington, at a cost of $167. ayne County C""'; from the use of farm Bureau feeds prove their The ladies served roll call "kick Miss Henrietta Burch, Chairman off" dinner, which was a big Wayne County £:4.uu Dureau jf' <. ) decision to use F.B. feeds was a sma,rt move.~ success. The proceeds from this women met five times a year. Two will go for additional equipment of the meetings, one in the spring ~~~~;J! Farm Bureau Milkmak'er or Cattre Supplement' for the Sister Kenny Center. and one in the fall are planned for all Farm Bureau women in ,48 % for' cows"":" or Creep-ettes (pellets for Oaklan County the county and their guests. They Mrs. Maurice Jones, Chairman have as their local projects this nursing pigs) and Porkmaker 35 Ok for hogs Oakland county women plan and the past three years, bene- ahead a year for their program. fi for the Wayne County 4-H (a new sugar pelfet-l0% sugar and 5% mo- This past year they have enjoy- Club Fair. ed speakers on health sanitation, In order to raise the money lasses) for the first 3 weeks, will really' start school bus transportation, com- for these projects they sold lunches at two Extension Service munism, mental health, and ger- ontology. all day meetings, and served the curs "-_<1. CHICKlOSSES. • little pigs. It's called Forc-ettes.. , The Sister Kenny Treatment dinner for the City of Wayne 100$1'$ EGG PRODUCTION Center is located in Oakland Rotary-Urban dinner. These . affairs served dual purposes. study and training as long as he is an County, so they have polio as a They provided them with the Then there is Hi N-R-G 20 % Chick Starter and the---Hi N·R~G' agent. special project. Last year they That's why we urge you to let him contributed $450 for special cash they needed to carry out the roilermash that outsells any similar feed. Also your 'Standard of projects they had planned for the tudy all your insurance needs. His equipment, $110 for a crib, and year. Value.' Mermash (18 % or 20eyo)' that make egg production profitable. uggestions are important to you, and $50 for occupational therapy. Five Oakland women attend- More importantly, they pro- they are yours without obligation. vided the women 9f the county ed Camp Twin Lakes, near Tra- Your Farm Bureau Insurance Agent verse City for three days; four an opportunity to work together, • dry cow feed---eal! pellets' (or meal)...:-..a complete calf ra.~ serves you again when you have a attended district camp at Waldon- which is so conducive to good flon Pork 125 (a fattening concentrate, priced economically) _ claim. He's :the first person to contact woods full-time and seven for understanding. This last winter in time of need, or at any time thai you the day. two of the groups in the county Bureau Flex 32 Yo, a Urea f ..ed, that is low in cost is winning thos want information about your protec- They held a joint picnic with sold the lunch at two farm auc- who want a 32 % dairy feed. ' tion. He will help speed any service in- the women from Macomb Coun- tions and turned the entire pro- volving your Farm Bureau Insurance. ty. Thirteen women attended ceeds over to the 4-H building Make your Farm Bureau Insurance gent your advisor. He is a specialisl- you insuran "service man." "Canada Day" at the Associated County Women of the World con- ference in Toronto. They had fund. Besides .upholding the tradi- tion of the culinary ability of To keep on leading the par de we need .fl,..I- tr7 farm Bureau members who are not, as yet, on ~ 70i ••• F RM LI BILITY INSURANCE a winner in the State Speaking contest last fall. This' year the women served the roll call "kick- ~arm women, they are active In roll-call, on county commit- tees, and are intensely interest- thel' own farm Bureau feeds, to try them out. \. Fa B ~ea' The e feeds are built for VALUE.' -USE on,. II off" dinner, county board organ- e~ in legislation. They are par- (yow farm. ·'~~;';'7?::lW~' E~DS.I\" C ization, soil conservation, and ticular ly well pleased with their Blue Cross secretaries. women's representative, Mrs. La- Instead of the usual gift ex- Vern Sayre, who made the trip an ing change among their own wo- to Washington last year and with F RM U E E CES, I C. ichigan men at Christmas, the Oakland the thorough job of reporting and interpreting of the facts and Feed Department County ladies brought gifts (not to exceed $1) which were given ideas she learned while there. 221 North Cedar Street APRIL 1, 1954 EWS 4 e.-....-...-. e -----:---------+ lee I +----,..-----:----.,.......---------'---,..-----=------=------=:--~_.----:~'""":::: Sirlo·n of as amed 954 Enrollment is farmers more money for their. V products than they can get in a free, uncontrolled market." ~ Under Ten - •? Once upon a time a British The Farm Bureau says a price monarch being entertained at a royal banquet expressed his pleasure at the thought of feast- The Largest Ever support program should be a stop- loss device to prevent a collapse in farm prices. Here's How to e a, b d I 0f h f t Farm Bureau members hope Tensions seem to e part-an -parce muc 0 0- ing on a sizzling steak. He laid Over 1,100 Secretaries in Comrnurrity and and expect to receive in the mar- day's living. We can't always avoid them, but there his sword across the dish and with due pag antry associated County Farm Bureaus Make Service ket place much more than 90 % of parity over long-time averages I probably would be a sharp dec ine in t e u cer h lcer busi usmess with the conferring of knight- hood, proclaimed: "In recogni- Available to Membership for the products of their farms. if more of us learned a few simple ways to deal with tion of the service you have ren- The U. S. Dep't of Agriculture dered our appetites, I dub thee Many more Farm Bureau members became new Blue says that since 1932 there have them. Sir Loin of Beef." Thus was born Cross-Blue the name now given to one of the Shield • hospital-surgical-medical insurance been only four years during which the average price for basic li d Tension, if not re ieve , usua -I 1 remedies" for relaxation fail. . subscribers, and many present su b . scri b ers rna d e c h anges commodities . havi avmg price suppo rt ly will grow from its own mo- Then consult y ur physician.f most popular cuts of beef. (wheat, corn, cotton, tobacco, rice, mentum. The best antidote for The. troub~e may stem rom a in their coverage during the re-enrollment period March and peanuts) have averaged high- tension is relaxation. So says Dr. physical disorder or a glandular th th . of non supported Joseph Fetterman in an article in disturbance. INSURE 1-15. More than 40,000 families in Farm Bureau have the ~~ops~~uc~~Icf~uits, tr~ck crops, vegetables, meat, poultry, eggs. an American Medical Association publication. But for most of us, tension is the result of the strain of .daily YOUR Blue Cross hospital and the Blue Shield medical-surgical benefits through Community and County Farm Bureaus. Knox Th-nks . living and some form of SImple He points out that there are I relaxation is the answer. many roads to relaxation and for CROPS Blue Cross paid $2,175,000 to hospitals and doctors utte Sales the most part they are "home re~edies:' in behalf of Farm Bureau member subscribers in 1951 Here are varied methods which AGAINST' when we had 32,000 families enrolled. WI-II crease Dr. Fetterman recommends: Muscular ease. Just flop on a . HAIL HFull cre'dit Shield enrollment for the Farm of members Bureau's Blue should go to the Com- Cross-Blue W. D. Knox, editor of Hoard's bed or couch. Keep your mus- ~~~dli~Palr~~o~~t~~ clear your G - {1 Last year hail took a tre- it mum y G' roup Secretari ecre arres an d C oun ty F a rm Bureau Dairyman, told the recent annual Water freafment. Whether it be ~ mendous toll in Michigan field meeting of the Mid-West Pro- .1 If you consider all of the in- crops. We paid forIosses in 38 Secretaries and others who have worked on group and ducers Creameries, Inc., what he a warm tub in your own home or vestment you put into a crop, Michigan counties where hail county Blue Cross committees" said Austin L. Pino. 'expects from Secretary Benson's a fancy pool at a high-priced re- you can't afford to plant inferior damaged crops of our policy , order to reduce price support for sort, warm water is a great re- seed. That's what Michigan State He is rural enrollment manager for both services. butter from 90 to 75 per cent of laxer. The skin is warmed, mus- holders. You can never avoid hail Mr. Pmo · salid t he secretanes . an d ot hers -' put In . many panit y Apri'1 1. cles are gently massaged and you College farm crops specialists claim. Fertilizer, plant cultivation Designed for A M 1 get a sense of well-being and re- and ot er costs are the same damage, but you can avoid fi- Here is farm size capacity - specially design d for . nancial loss. We have been h ours .0f wor k on t h e~r . own time. . W' h hei FOR EACH decrease in price It out t en of 10 per cent to the consumer, freshment. . . whether you plant good or poor farm family use. with the convenience of upright front providing Michigan farmers volunteer effort, the F arm Bureau membership could said Mr. Knox, the butter indus- . E~erclse. Som~tImes even t?k- seed. with sound, inexpensive hail "How can we be sure, we're door opening. f:':,'~:':"'''':", ..', '.. try can reasonably expect a sales mg It easy doesn t clear the mind Features such as aluminum ~,::,,;" " ' insurance on farm and garden not have Blue Cross-Blue Shield benefits on the group volume increase of 5 to 6 per I of troubled thoughts and this can getting good seed?" First, buy crops for the past 43 years. plan. It provides more benefits than the individual sub; cent. continue to keep muscles tense. from a reputable dealer. Much interiors, contact freezing Ours is a mutual company, excellent seed is being offered by plates, frost-free zone- . . The Mid-West includes 25 co Try any sport you like or plain seed companies and is available owned and operated by far- scrrption. operative creameries in Michi- Ethocel breaker strip, door mers, for farmers. Our policy digging in your garden. to all farmers. More than 1,100 Community Farm Bureau groups gan, Indiana, Ohio, ~llin?is and shelves, positive door eal, gives "blanket coverage"-you . . . . . Tennessee. By resolution It urged Hobbies. These are an excellent Another good guarantee is to do not have to insure each crop offer the hospital-surgical-medical benefits to then mem- the U. S. government to reduce its buy Michigan certified seed. tamper-proof temperature substitute for the person who separately. Protect your crops with Michigan Mutual Hail In- bers. Nearly 9 out of r 0 Community Groups are in s~ocks of b~tter gradually and to give American consumers any cannot exercise or indulge in That's the seed which has been inspected from field to bag by control, combination interior hard physical work. Anything and warning light, economi- surance. Then whenever it the plan. Two-thirds of the Michigan Farm Bureau preference. from stamp collecting to ceram- staff members of the Michigan comes, whenever it strikes, hail Crop Improvement Association cal compressor unit and full cannot cause you financial loss. membership now has protection against great expense OFFICERS re-elected are: ics will provide happy and relax- ing interludes from the tensions and the Michigan Foundation 5-year warranty. Unteo Model FF-703-16 Cu. 'I. in illness or injuries involving hospital care and surgi- President Fred H. Suhre, Colum- of daily problems. Seed Association or Crop im- feature for feature-Unlco Is Copacity. Unico food freez_ Ask your Local Agent or bus, Ind.; Vice-President Fred provement associations of other uprights are also available In Wri'ie for Details. Agents calor medical expense in the hospital. Walker of Carson City, Mich.; your best fort" freezer buy. 16 and 24 cu. ft. slles - same Entertainment. A great relaxer. states. quality featur •• throughou Wanted in Certain Areas. ones who are asked by others Sec'y-Treas. Leslie C. Mapp of You can become so absorbed in It's guaranteed for germination, FARM BUREAU groups get what the coverage is all about. Dayton, Ohio, E. J. Ryger of You've reached middle age purity, variety, freedom from Dist,ibut cl by Michigan Mutual Hail their group hospital insurance ~t They have to know the answers South Bend, Ind., was re-appoint- a movie, television show, a foot- the sam~ rates. as empl~yes of b~g to a hundred questions. But ed manager and ass't secretary. ball game or other entertainment weeds other than other crop seeds and can be counted on to FARM BUREAU SE VICES, INC- lasara nee Co. companies, said Mr. Pino. IS because the. Farm Bureau B~ue ThIS that's not all these people do. Elected to the board of direc- that you haven't got time to It's a big job to get the apPlica-1 tors from Michigan, were: Mark worry and tensions often dis- have the quality indicated on the tag. FARM EQUIPMENT DIVISION 4800 N. Grand River Ave. Lansing, Michigan 208 North Capitol Ave. Cross secre~anes do the .enr?llmg tions filled out right and make Hebner, Coldwater; R. V. Eir- appear like magic. 414 Mutual Bldg. Lansing and. collectmg and provide Infer- sure the applicant is a Farm Bu- schele, Constantine; Percy Pen- Over $18,000,000 Insurance in Force. Surplus to Policyholders mahon.. reau member in good standing so fold, East Jordan; J. Paul Keen- Reading and music. Here are Over $600,000. The Comml;1mty Group Blue he and his family are eligible for ey, Elsie; Vernon Derks, Fremont· two relatively inexpensive paths ~----~~=~~---~--------------,- { Cross-secretaries are usually the Blue Cross-Blue Shield. ~~~~~ R. B. McKinley, Grant; J. R. Me- to relaxation which can transport en you from the troubles and THE WORK 0 the group Blue Walker. tensions of the day. Cross secretaries doesn't stop with the end of the enroll- Poultry People. Just mingling with _ ment period, either. They have Almost every laying flock in other people. Tension increases .• plenty to keep them busy the Michigan could be reduced by when you get mired down in rest of the year too. 10 per cent by good culling with- your own thoughts. A night out For example, the Group secre- out hurting production, an M. with your friends can take your GET THIS taries have to get regular Blue S. C. poultryman asserts. Cross-Blue Shield payments from mind off your own problems and provides for a healthy exchange PATENTED you every three months. Some- Sheep pinkeye can be control- of ideas with others. times they chase after the folks led by an application of chloro- Dr. Fetterman says that occa- who forget to pay. There are mycetin ointment, M.S.C. scien- sionally the tensions spring from records to keep all year round, and more questions to answer. tists have discovered. deeper causes and these "home •• Good Soybean I Supply Limited : 'Michigan Elevator E change Michigan farmers who expect to I grow soybeans this year should Box 328 take an early delivery on their I Lansing 4, Michigan seed, because good seed is scarce. I I am interested in obtaining further informati.on about - That's advice from Leyton V. I N elson, extension farm crops the securities of the Michigan Elevator Exchange and specialist at Michigan State Col- I the proposed expanded grain terminal and storage lege. He points out that germi- program. Please have a licensed salesman call on me. nation tests for Michigan certified soybean seed are all above 80 I per cent, generally better than I Name . tests in most states. But the sup- I ply is limited. Address RFD No •........ He says reports of low germina- I tion in soybean seed are very I Road . comomn this spring. Last fall's I. dry weather was the cause. I County . I Yellow Color The yellow color in beef fat is not necessarily a sign of poor quality meat. The yellow color is due to the presence of caro- tene, an important source of vit- amin A. Green pasture grasses and legumes contain a consider- able quantity of carotene. So- called "grass-fed" beef is more commonly identified by the yel- low fat it yields. Every fishermanneeds this "U-flbb- R." Only 3~ inches long. But look Alfalfa what it does. Weighs fish up to 10 The price spread between pounds. Measures 'em up to 36 ing MAIL POUCH. MAIL POUCH qual- alfalfa and clover this year is inches. Steel tape mounted on auto- ity is right in the tobacco. That unusually small. M.S.C. special- matic recoil spring. Contains a first- means even a smaller chew tastes ists believe this should encourage aid kit, too. You'd pay around $2 better-lasts longer. Here's another the establishment of alfalfa seed- for a "U-fibb-R" at a store. But the mightyimportant point. MAIL POUCH Ings. AIL POUCH people will send you isn't overloaded with sugary sweet- The way to accumulate money easily is through a FIP Savings one for only $l-and "circles" from ne. It's a real man's chew that Fertilizing pasture can double 3 packages of MAIL POUCH tobacco. never tires your taste-that you'll beef gains, acording to an ex- Deposit only a few dollars a month, and watch your FIP oun grow I -Whether you're fishing or work- enjoy hour after hour all day long. periment by the University of ing, there are goodreasons for chew- Start chewing MAIL POUCH today. This IS the unique program for farm families by which he ntir v- Minnesota with 48 Hereford Mail coupon for your patented "U-fibb-R" calves. ings plan is protected from the very first d y you begin 0 av. A ;················ ..... ··········· ..····· ..·.... ~;:c nolle s. your Farm Bureau Insurance Agent about it. The I = I : Mail Pouch Tobacco Company, West Virginia. Dept. MN-4 ~t:"rlented "U-fibb-R:' .•••• "CIRCLES" from 3 packag Wheeling, postageprepaid. I enclose of MAIL POUCH tobacco. :FI • ree ar et you The won't FlP want Protected to miss. Savings Plan All • A basic difference between the = program of the Farm Bureau for maintaining farm income and that of the Farmers Union is F u E shown by the National Union • Farmer for February 1954. s I The Farmers Union paper said: '07 SOUTH GRAND AVE U 1..... PRINT YOUR NA E AND ADDRESS ffActually a price support pro- • 1 gram should be designed to briDI / MICHIGAN F APRIL 1. 1854 • f cres IS Serio .-----------------_....:.-_---------------------------------------------------- y eau Dedicate Yout Memorial Bldg. ·How 1m iors five minutes to speak on the im- ance group who would portance to everyone of a blood bank. take part. like to o Built Youth He said that he owed his life to some 36 persons unknown to him. He had had 36 blood transfusions Cold Storage The total amount 01 aU kinds of meat held in cold storage sel- ckground Material for Program for April by in Korea. He spoke as the chair- dom exceeds a 16 to 18-day sup- 1306 Community Farm Bur u Discussion Groups emorial man of a campaign by students to donate several thousand pints of ply for the nation-or 1 billion and 1 billion, 200 million between DONALD D. KINSEY More than 1,000 people came blood. So far the students had pounds. contributed more than 2,000pints Coordinator of Education and Research to the dedication and open house of blood, and were offering their There are sixty licensed Iive- of the Berrien County Junior facilities to anyone in the insur- (It is usually a puzzle to know wh t references might be given Farm Bureau Youth Memorial stock auctions in Michigan. to th folks in our Community Farm Bureaus to aid them in getting Building at Youth Fair Grounds extra information. Most of the sources which might be of help at Berrien Springs March 14. are not available to folks in rur 1 areas. This month, however, THE PROJECT was started in .e are fortunate. 1943-44. The Juniors began rais- The problem of "diverted acres" is well dealt with in your ing funds through auctions, din- March issue of the Nation's griculture which comes to every ners and barbecues, scrap drives, Farm Bureau member. Please refer to that for added informaiion minstrel and variety shows, for your program.) square dances and personal do- nations. Acres on the Side-Track. Billy Renshaw peeked The $80,000 building is more through the crack in the barn door and watched the than half paid for. Payment will be completed through continued March wind sift the snow through the stubble of last projects by the Juniors and year's wheat field. Two fields of good wheat he had through rentals from Farm Bur- eau offices in the building, and combined,-fifty acres. Then in August the marketing from rentals to civic and social quotas had been voted In. His share had been cut to groups invited to use the facili- "WE DEDICATE this Youth Memorial Building as a Memorial to the Youth of Berrien County ties. 35 acres. Well, there were 15 acres he'd have to work who have given their lives for the preservation of American Freedom and Principles during World War II and the Korean Conflict:' Candlelight services marked the dedication March 14 of the THE YOUTH Memorial is built in somehow. But what to do with them} $80,000 building. J. Burton Richards. former JrFB leader. passed the light to group presidents of red brick. The interior walls Corn} Supplies of corn were nearly to the point and past presidents of Berrien JrFB. They in turn passed the lighted candles to the audience of are ceramic tile of "eye ease" 300 people. Mr. Warren Newberry. AFBF director of young members' program. gave the dedication green and gray. The over-all di- where it would be cut the same way. Soybeans} He address. mensions are 82 feet by 132 feet. The building contains an auditor- raised all of these he thought he should and price ium 45 by 87 feet with a seating didn't look right to expand. So Billy stood there for a capacity of 300. The Harry J. Lurkins Memor- long time, and scratched his head. Price upport program may solve some problems, ial Room is for conference meet- ings. Other rooms include the with STATE MUTUAL'S Farm Bureau offices, kitchen, II but they also bring others with them. When marketing quotas are established they side-track acres that have storage room, boiler room for steam heating plant, and rest II ALL-IN-ONE Protection Plan rooms. normally been going into basic crops. Now a real Your farm is both your HOME and your business. You'll enjoy new peace of mind in knowing that you are protected against loss conundrum faces the farmers of America-what with the side-tracked acres} The fancy term for them to do Insurance Folk from fire and wind with STATE MUTUAL'S "ALL·IN·ONE" tection Plan. Pro- is ••diverted acres." The answer may seem simple. But it isn't. From Respond as This one non-assessable policy covers your home, buildings, equip- ment, and stock . . . gives you the exact coverage you need when and where you need it! the viewpoint here at home on the farm it might look Blood DOllors POLICY as though the answer is to just put it in to some other crop. But does that solve the problem, or are we headed for more trouble when we do this} Let's look a little more closely at the matter. Twenty persons at the Farm Bureau fire insurance program . meeting at Michigan State Col- lege Feb. 25 gave a pint of blood to the Red Cross before they 1 State ?1tuteeat INSURANCE COMPANY 'COMPANY AGENT PREMIUM went home. We can ee that all the acres shunted out of produc- 702 Church Street, Flint 3. Michigan tion on wheat, corn and cotton come into immediate THIS develppment was not on the program. It came about E. R. DINGMAN,President H. K. FISK,Secretary competition with all the other crops being produced. when a college student asked for "S''''e Mutual Insures Ever" fifthfar", in Michigan •••Asi YourN.i",.,t' When millions of the acres are planted to non-basic normal production now. These solutions are long time rops, the supply of the non-basic crops will be raised all over the nation, and prices on those products must developments. In the meantime we have our problem with us. Get faster, more accurat planting Unfortunately, the whole pro- f II in the market place. Production controls on wheat, cotton and corn in blem has become linked to politi- cal partisanship, when it should with a ocash. .•..•. t.t. Black Hawk Planter' be one of the national welfare -Cockshutt builds both drill and and check row planters ** 1954 will side-track over thirty million acres. Wheat and the sound future of Ameri- OPENERS FOR EVERY SOIL in 2-row and 4-row sizes. You can choose either mounted can agriculture. or ,drawbar types. All feature the same rugged coistruction plantings will be reduced almost 17 million acres. Cotton PLATES FOR EVERY SEED Questions that gives a lifetime of service. All have the precision design plantings will be cut nearly 4 million acres, and corn that gives accurate planting at modern tractor speeds. will be reduced by 8.2 million acres. 1. What use might be made of OPENS FOR EVER YSOIL Your Cockshutt dealer will be glad to demonstrate the diverted acres that would not many superior features that have made Cockshutt Black AT THE pre ent time the law the extent of their allowable 15 threaten the price and the market Hawk planters so popular for more than half a century. The acres. for non-basic farm products? YOU'LL REST EASIER when your crops are in same demonstration will also prove to you some hard-to- provides no control over the use of diverted acres. Any farmer, Of course, some of them are the ground . . . put there swiftly and on schedule believe facts about Cockshutt tractors. Why not see your 2. What limitations, if any, do with a Cockshutt planter because a Cockshutt" Cockshutt dealers soon? :~': no matter what his crop history, going to begin to raise soy beans. you think should be placed 0111 • plants right every time ... with seeds metered pre- :':;: can plant up to 15 acres of con- Some of them may put land into acres side-tracked by the pres- trolled rops without marketing grasses and legumes-and with cisely and placed accurately at just the right depth ence of marketing quotas? . . . with fertilizer bands exactly where wanted. quotas and without penalties. the idea of making it payoff they Take a look at the cotton south. may go into livestock, dairying That, in a nutshell, is the story of Cockshutt Black Cotton farmers with nearly four million acres "on the loose" can put .n their "allowances" of corn or poultry as a new venture. Not much, maybe, but probably enough to knock prices in, these SOLUTIONS to the diverted acre problem are not easy. Dele- Why MCIA Hawk planters ... you have speed, accuracy, ver- satility, dependability and high capacity. Cockshutt's Black Hawk planters are e and wheat. Even some northern 'heat farmers can put in a legal patch of corn-or vice ersa. The areas into a cocked hat. Some of them might try fruit and veg- etables. gates to the American Farm Bur- eau Federation Convention in 1953 asked that the Secretary of Certif cd Seed known to thousands of farmers. It is not uncommon for these machines to see a half century of service. The first production level is likely to stay up there where marketing quotas will be around a long time. NOBODY'S hands are tied with regard to the non-basic crops and Agriculture be given authority to control the use of the diverted land. They recommended that he Is est Value machine built ... more than 55 years ago ... was only recently retired from service and put in the Cockshutt the pressure is on! Few farmers limit the planting of any surplus DICK SCHANTZ museum at Bellevue, Ohio. IN 1953 small plots of corn are going to sit idle and let those crop on diverted acres. If an area FBS Seed Service outside the "commercial" bracket acres just sleep under the summer had a shortage of the crop, or if Michigan C e r t i fie d Seed amounted to 24.6 million acres. sun. They need the income from the farmer wanted to use the Grains are better for you to Michigan's commercial corn coun- them to maintain operations and crop at home no ban would be plant. ti s include only the two southern to make ends meet. So many of imposed. Four years ago the Michigan I rows. When this amount could those acres will go into market- Crop Improvement Ass'n reor- be planted while few acres were able crops. SOIL Fertility Bank. The dele- ganized and made it necessary side-tracked, what will happen gates also urged the increased for each MCIA grower to buy wh n 30 million acres are turned TROUBLE POINTS. Marketing planting of soil conserving crops new foundation seed each year. loose from basic crops? Most quotas may be like the Old Man on such land. The stockpiling of likely some farmers will begin of the Sea in Sinbad the Sailor. fertility in the soil as a reserve FOUNDATION seed is seed " hopping across the border" to Once we got them onto our for national emergencies seemed carrying the highest genetical a better economy move than the lines of the original crosses. stockpiling of unused products Foundation seed is repurified which spoil and which upset the constantly for throw back plants price on the market. The dele- or undesirable plants by roguing. o •c gates felt that price supports and Also the seed itself is constantly agricultural conservation pay- reselected. The selections and ments should not be made to far- controls of Foundation Seed are mers who do not practice soil- administered by highly-trained Th s wer chosen by your St te Discussion Topic building methods. scientific plant breeders. Committee from the results of the questionnair Farm Bureau delegates have What does that mean? r turn d by :the Community Farm Bureaus. held the view that marketing A farmer grower cannot re- quotas would not have become certify the grain he produces. He necessary under a variable price must buy new foundation stock See The Cockshutt Black Hawk one The Future Use and Effect of "Di.. support program. High rigid from the MCIA each year. This ADRIAN Beecher Road Farm Supply DUNDEE Five Point Sales " Service LAKE ODESSA Lathrop Hatchery II: erted cres' on the Farm Program. supports encourage overproduc- means that Michigan certified ELKTON Elkton Farm Equipment ALLEGAN Allegan Farmers Co-op Assn. tion. Plantings are increased to seed is better as most states do EVART Evart Co-operative Farm Sup. How Can e Meet the Challenge take advantage of the supports. not require new foundation ANN ARBOR....Washtenaw Farm Bureau LAPEER.: Lapeer County Co-oper.H •• stock. Store GAINES Marvin Tiedeman If support levels were reduced MAPLE RAPID~L SetteriDgton Motor n hip Governments) Michigan certified seed is in- GILFORD French·s Farm ::iuPPiy as stocks increased, plantings ARMADA Laursen's Farm Supplies Sal•• spected while it's growing and GLADWIN Gladwin Farm Supply would be adjusted away to other BAD AXE Nugent Farm Service MARCELLUS Marcellul ImplemeDl J ccidents and Hazards on crops. A more balanced farm also after harvest MCIA makes BATH Cables Farm Shop GRAND BLANC Grand Blanc Elevator GREGORY Plainfield Farm Bureau Sup. McCORDS Kleinheksel'. Farm S rYic:e of ay, production would result. Absence sure that farmers buying certi- fied grains and seeds receive BELLEVUE Love's Farm Service HAMILTON Hamilton Farm Bureau PARMA Jordan Farm Swe of surpluses would make market- only seeds of the highest purity BRECKENRIDGE Breckenridge Oil HANOVER Farmer Folk Supply Store PITTSFORD Ayres Implement Sal ing quotas and diverted acres un- E ten ion Progr m-Emphasis necessary. and germination possible. BRIDGEWATER A. H. Braun Impl, " HASTINGS Preston Sales " Service PRESCOTT Bradley Implement Sal•• Hdwe. HEMLOCK Hemlock Farmers Co-op- READING Art Gibler Farm Supply R search and Sales- AN IMPORTANT cog in the so- eef Pushes BROOKLYN CADILLAC G. Raynor Boyce" Son Cadillac Co-operative erative REMUS Gordon Schlegel Farm Equip. lution of this problem lies in re- HERRON Wolf Creek Farm Bureau ROCKFORD Long's Farm Equip. " Sen'. search and study for the improve- Pork Off Throne J CLARE Dull Farm Service Store HOLT Kahres Dairy RUTH Ruth Farmers' Ele.uOl' hould Farmer ment of markets. Expansion. of Beef-long the "crown prince" COOPERSVILLE Coopersville Co-opera- IMLAY ClTY Lapeer County Co-op- ST. JOHNS Ollie Slagel foreign trade on a sound basis -has finally wrested the throne tive erative SCOT:rS Scotts Farm Supply can help dispose of the extra away from pork to be