c ga July 1, 1955 • MFB rogr Petroleum Co-op First Resolutions Roun -Up Successful :I~1 .'.!;: II' ~: Brings in 2nd Well 1 Farmers Petroleum Cooperative, Inc., on June 13 Never B fo completed its second well in the Headquarters Field in Been Se tl d Roscommon county, northeast of Harrison, according Farm Bu u 0 to Earl Huntley, manager of FPC. STANLEY M. POWELL I" gisla:tiv Counsel of Michigan F rm ur Q Farmers No.3 will be treated with acid early in July. Expectations are, said Mr. Huntley, that it will be a flow- Michigan Farm Bureau member c n t Ii I" ing well and may produce 70 o'r more barrels daily. This satisfaction in the result of th ir Horts durin 1 is the performance of Farmers No. 2 well completed by session of the Michigan Iegislatur . FPC early this spring. A tabulation of the results of th Farmers Petroleum Cooperative has space for seven bills favored by the Michigan F rm Bur u more wells in the Headquarters Field and expects to de- passed by both branches of the legi I tur . velop them. Probably of equal, or even greater import nc , h The geologist's report on Farmers No. 2 indicates that fact that 24 measure opposed by th Mi hig n it may produce 140,000 or more barrels of oil in its life- Bureau were defeated at some stag durin th time. tive process. It is doubtful wh ther the Michigan Farm Bureau could point to mn Mr. Huntley said that the production of F~rmers No. bills which were settled in line with th F rm ur U 2 is regulated by an automatic device that permits the position regarding them. well to flow for 40 minutes and then shuts it off for four RE~RESENTATIVES ~f 40 Coun:ty Farm Bureau Resolutions Committees met a:t Michigan S:tate University June 14-15 :to discuss hours. This is done to conserve the gas pressure and ~gr I ~rog:ams and p:lces to help them shape Farm Bureau resolu:tions :this fall. In the picture, D. B. Varner, MSC vice-president, Of course, we can never expect to s cure ev rythin to get the. maximum production for the gas pres- IS ~~ymg The Ame~lcan system ~f business is buil:t on ~he idea 0 f a profit. There is freedom of choice of a job or a business. Com- which we desire at anyone session. For in tance, h r petlhon makes a busmess pay. Pnces are very importan:t in :the whole scheme of :things:' were 18 bills, supported by the Michigan Farm Bur u, sure used, " which fell short of final enactment. Th r w r Farmers Petroleum Cooperative began in 1949 to acquire oil production to apply on its requirement Hodge Names Farmers .. ust numerous other measures ~f interest to farm folks, r .. garding which no definite position h d been t ken by of 3,600 to 4,000 barrels of crude oil daily. FPC sup- plies gasoline, tractor fuels, heating fuels and other Resolutions Deal with Issues the Farm Bureau delegates at an MFB conv ntion, nd concerning which there had been no interpret tion or petroleum products -to thousands of Farm Bureau mem- bers and other farmers through local cooperative oil Com ittee ••Along with th~ important business of operating - c'go expression of Farm Bureau attitude by our Bo rd President Ward G. Hodge of the of Directors. In the field of legislative activi ie , w companies. Today FPC owns a production of about your farm is the necessity of dealing with affairs in the DAN E. REED Michigan Farm Bureau has named will never run out of work. There will always b n w 750 barrels daily and has the call on another 700 the resolutions committee for the state and nation that are important to you," said J. F. Ass':t Legis. Counsel, MFB 1955 annual meeting in November. problems and measures of timely interest to support or barrels. Yaeger, executive secretary of the Michigan Farm Bu- "U.S. farm lands equal in area The committee will hold its to the size of the state of Ohio oppose. In 1949 FPC bought 17 producing wells in the Bent- first meeting in August. Six or reau in opening the meeting of County Farm Bureau are under irrigation," said Ivan seven days will probably be resolutions committee representatives at MSC June 14. D. Wood, Federal Extension Throughout the session, an issue which c ptur d ley field in Gladwin county. . The wells have produced devoted to the preparation of the Service Irrigation Engineer. many headlines was the financing of an expand d pro" about '125,000 barrels for FPC and continue at the rate report to be presented to more For the past five years members of county resolutions than 650 voting delegates at the Mr. Wood was speaking to gram of highway construction. Controv rsial pint of 123 barrels a day. Far11?-Bureau's annual meeting at committees have held work-s op meetings at the annual nearly 100 representatives of State Farm Bureau across the were as to how much money should be r is d, where it In 1952 the Cooperative bought 137 wells' in the Michigan State University ov. 10 MFB institute meetings. It 'a decided to hold special nation at the Land and Water and 11. Members of the commit- should be obtained, and how the new revenue should Aesumption-Elbridge field south of Decatur, Illinois. tee are: meeting for them this summer. Use Conference called in Chi- cago by the American Farm Bu- be divided. These wells have produced over 1,000,000 barrels for Membership The agricultural situation was the topic chosen for the reau Federation. Representing Michigan at the Early in the session, it appeared very probable that FPC. They continue at the rate of 400 barrels daily. Distric:t summer session. I-Waldo Dick, Lawrence R-1, Conference held June 24 and 25 the legislators would submit to the voters, at the April, Twenty-one wells jn the Bloomer Field in Montcalm VanBuren county. Michigan State College provided five top-notch speak- were Herbert VanAken of Eaton Rapids, Howard Corbus of Kala- 1955 election, a constitutional amendment to authorize county were purchased March 1, 1955. They have pro.. 2-Willis Hoffman, Hudson R-1, ers. Vive-President D. B. Varner gave the key-note mazoo, and Dan E. Reed of Mich- Hillsdale county. a $500,000,000 bond issue to finance this program. duced nearly 275,000 barrels for FPC. The daily pro- 3-Allen Rush, Romeo R-1, Ma- address on "Policy Development and Basic Economics." igan Farm Bureau. Mr. Van- Aken was also representing the The Michigan Farm Bureau board of directors, on Jan- duction is 225 barrels. comb county. Others came from the Dep't of Agr'] Economics. National Association of Soil Con- 4-John Henry Albers, Hamil- Something more than price pro- servation Districts. uary 26, adopted a strong statement in opposition In addition, FPC has a lifetime' call on 700 barrels of ton R-1, Allegan county. Ass't Professor Dan Sturt pre- grams are necessary to help the The conference covered mod- to that proposal. The Farm Bureau was the first group 5-Edmund F. Miller, Jr., Lan- sented the topic "At What Level young farmer who wishes to get crude daily from the Deep River field in Ogemaw sing R-3, Box 156, Eaton. ernization of state water laws, to take such a position. From then on, support for the Should Farm Prices be Sup- started in farming and I who participation in the small water- county. 6-Henderson Graham, Caro ported?" wishes to eventually have a farm hed protection program, and bonding program declined and the proposal died in R-1, Tuscola. of his own. land and water research needs 7-Guy Freehorn, Hart R-1, Professor Arthur Mauch spoke Fifty percent of our farmers committee. All Groups Make Use Oceana. 8-Archie McCallum, Brecken- ridge R-1, Gratiot. on "What Method Prices?" or Methods produce 90 percent of the agri- Should We Use to Support Farm cultural U.S. farms. commodities sold from This means that 50 for ·the future. Referring to large increases in irrigation acreages, it was point- The compromise adopted raises the tax on gas- bill finally of the motor vehicle farm wagon is a trailer, and it would be illegal to haul two of code, a ed out that Arkansas, with 50 Of Cooperatives 9-Fred kaska. 10-Mrs. Lynch, Fife Lake, Kal- Beaman Smith, At- Associate Professor presented They Too High?" "Food Margins: Dale Bu:tz percent of our farmers produce Are only 10 percent of the total crops and livestock sold from U.S. inches of rainfall per year, has had only two years in the past 25 in which well-planned irriga- oline 1% cents per gallon, and on diesel fuel 2 cents a gallon, and boosts the weight tax license them at a time on a public high- way. the bill. Governor Williams signed L A CHENEY share the cost of a retail credit lanta,. Montmorency. farms. Many of these farmers rate on commercial vehicles by Milk. Another bill, w h i c II tion would not have paid. (Mich- approximately 10%. Seventy- Mich. Ass'n Farmer Cooperatives bureau. Ass':t Professor Dale Hathaway are essentially subsistence farm- aroused very widespread interest .. . Ask the city worker why he From nominations by Michigan igan's average annual rainfall is discussed "The Small Farmer and ers and produce for home con- five per cent of the new revenue among farm folks, raises the A cooper~tlve IS an eco~lOffilc and others in the same organiza- Farm Bureau Women: is the neighborhood of 30 inches.) Agr"I Policy." sumption only. Price programs is allocated to the state highway minimum butterfat content of tool, according to John L. FIscher tion or building jointly operate Mrs. Charles Nickel Monroe Dr. George Scarseth, Director department for interstate high- After each of the speeches, the aren't going to help these people of Research, American Farm Re- pasteurized milk in the state law of Michigan State University. a credit union. ' R-l, Monroe. ' , meeting divided into four groups very much, since they don't have ways and specified major trunk- search Association, an affiliate from 3% to 3.5%. This should It is a legal form of organiza- Ask your daily newspaper why Mrs. Ernest Heim, Traverse to discuss the material presented. anything to sell. lines. About % of the remain- tend to stabilize the milk indus- tion, designed to assist people in it cooperates to share the cost of City R-4, Grand Traverse. of AFBF, said that deep drain- ing 25 % will go to the county Messrs. Sturt, Mauch, Butz, and try, discourage price wars, and What are our objectives in age will cause root penetration working together toward achiev- the Associated Press. ~rs. John Watling, Bath R-1, Hathaway met with the groups. road commissions, and the bal- provide a market for additional Clmton. establishing a farm price policy? to lower levels during wet sea- ing a higher standard of living. Ask your radio or TV stations ance to the cities and villages. quantities of butterfat which Dan Stur:t: The Price Sup-- First of these policy objectives is sons which then permits the For the farmer, a cooperative is why they mutually share the costs From Michig~n Farm Bureau port Level. plant to better withstand As was expected, the budget would otherwise add to the x- designed to make farming more of many programs with other One of the first dis- that of world peace-and world approved by the 1955 legislature board of directors: drought. Such a condition might isting surplus. The Governor has tinguishing features of U.S. agri- peace within the framework of represented an all-time high. profitable and worthwhile for him stations. Thomas E. Hahn, Rodney R-l, culture is its more than 5,000,000 our present democratic and eliminate the need for irrigation signed this bill. and his family. Ask any farmer why he .,hares, Mecosta. in some situations, said Dr. General fund appropriations for Other measures of special in- with other farmers, the cost of individual farm operators. Most Christian ideals. Other policy the new fiscal year, beginning Russell E. Hazel, Richland R-l, of these Scarseth. terest to dairymen will insure Michigan claims the distinction purchasing some of his supplies, farmers farm small objectives would certainly in- July 1, 1955, total $273,060,113. Kalamazoo. regular payments for dairy pro- of passing the first cooperative or his credit, or his electricity: or units. These all compete with clude maintaining a high level of Representatives of states in the This contrasts with a total of the Herman F. Howeisen, Clinton one another. economic activity and maintain- ducts, require labeling of under- statute in this country. Governor the marketing of some of his humid eastern area of the United original and supplementary ap- grade butter to encourage pro- R-l, Washtenaw. . ing a generally stable level of States report activity in devel- H. H. Crapo (1865-1868) signed propria tions for the fiscal year the first co-op statute. Since that products; or the providing other services. of • Farmers sell in a competitive prices. opment of legislation to clarify ending June 30, 1955 of $254,298,- duction and consumption of but- ter of a higher quality, and re- time, farmers have helped them- Ask yourself why you share the Take lue Cross market. They buy in a monopo- listic market. Individual We must encourage efficiency farm- in the use of our resources water use rights. Ohio delegates 175. However, the amount ap- quire milk inspectors to identify in reported a legislative appropria- selves in countless ways through cost of a fire company for your Card n'-Travels ers have virtually no influence order to promote an ever increas-' tion of $75,000 per year for each propriated low the was substantially recommendations be- of themselves and disinf ct th ir the organization of their own pur- community rather than to have footwear before entering barns, If you're one of the many peo- on price. Industry is less com- ing standard of living for the of the next. six years to study G 0 v ern 0 r Williams, which chasing, production and service one of your own. milk rooms, etc. ple planning vacation trips about petitive. It is capable of control- people of the United States and and prepare recommendations amounted to $292,243,633. To businesses. now, make sure you put down ling production and, to a large for the people of Michigan. Also, Michigan Stat Univ rsity. An- A cooperative is much more The answer will be the same in on water and drainage problems balance this increased budget, yo r Blue Cross-Blue Shield extent, prices. many people feel that these pol- in the state. Noticeable in the the legis ature, during the clos- other bill, of general inter est, than an elevator or gas station. every case. identification card on your list Since 1940 agricultural produc- icy objectives should be achieved supported by the Farm Bureau In our competitive enterprise discussions was the consideration ing hours of the session, adopted It's the people-you, your friends of essentials to take with you. tion has increased 40 percent. with the least possible encroach- and enacted by the Iegislatur , system the most efficient way to for water management rather amendments to the business ac- and neighbors-in the business It's important to take along Also, once agriculture has ,geared ment upon individual economic provides for changing the name than the former approach which tivities tax, which are supposed together to supply yourself with do a job is the only way that your card because your Mich- itself to increased production, it freedom. was largely one of getting the of Michigan State College to things you need in your home or survives. In every type of busi- to bring in about $27,000,000 of igan Blue Cross-Blue Shield is difficult to curb production Bearing in mind these policy water off the land as quickly as additional revenue. Michigan State University of on your farm. ness-except a few of the very Agriculture and Applied Sci nee, membership protects you when and to readjust. objectives, are our objectives for possible. Through these columns, from largest ones-it is necessary to you travel outside of Michigan effective July 1. Another meas- agriculture? Pointing to the need for addi- month to month, we have been Are other groups served by co- join with others who have similar Agriculture is confronted with or even outside the United States. tional research, California Farm keeping Farm Bureau members ure deletes the words, "of Educa- operatives? problems in order to get the job demand problems. The overall First, farm income, the return Just show your identification Bureau President George Wil- informed as to the progress of tion", from the names of the Ask the bankers in your com- done economically and efficiently. card to the admitting clerk at demand for farm products is which farmers receive for their State Colleges at Kalamazoo, Mt. son, conference chairman, said their legislative program and as munity why they share the cost The late Senator Taft once said the hospital or to the doctor. It fairly well fixed. People only labor and investments, should Pleasant, and Marqu tte. "There is still much we don't to provisions of, and progress re- of operating a clearing house. that co-ops are "as American as shows you are entitled to the full eat so much food, regardless of be comparable to that received know about holding water on garding legislation of especial in- Children. Of special int r t Ask the businessmen why they baseball." service benefits of your Mich- price. It is true, however, that (Continued on page 3) the land where it falls." The igan Blue Cross contract in the lower prices will encourage peo- • need for modern legislation on terest to farm folks. the main part of the session has Now that to Farm Bureau women who Michigan Rural Pays the Most more than 6,000 Blue Cross ple to eat more of the higher water rights was emphasized by been completed, it might 'be well have been very active field, was enactm nt of fiv com- n thi When it comes to the per cent member hospitals in the United protein foods-meat, dairy pro- C. E. "Mike" Busby, water right Health Conference of income paid out in benefits States and Canada. ducts, poultry and the like. ureau consultant, Soil Conservation to mention again, a few of the measures of especial interest. panion bills, providing for a n w basis for oster car of depend nt Co-sponsors of the Michigan for policyholders, Blue Cross- And if you are hospitalized in American agriculture has been June 30 the Michigan Farm Service. Busby says that "court and neglected childr n. h Rural Health Conference will Blue Shield is head and should- an area not served by any Blue characterized by fluctuating Bureau membership was 65,575 activity is beginning to build up Farm Wagons. We are glad to cost will be divided on a 50- Cross plan, you're entitled to prices. Three emergencies and a or within 270 of the goal of in this field and that courts need report final passage of the bill basis by the counties an meet at Kellogg Center, East ers above the other insurance ta, Lansing, July 7, to review the companies, according to the Na- those same full Michigan bene- great depression have all exerted 65,845 for 1955. the guidance of good water legalizing hauling two wagons in licensed child care 'nstitutio 1955 conference and make plans tional Underwriter magazine. fits in ANY ACCREDITED hos- their influence in making farm June 24 the Michigan Farm rights legislation." behind a farm tractor, provided or placement agencie . pital. That means any such hos- prices go up and down. Bureau reached the American Many states reported study the speed is kept at no to ex- for the ninth annual meeting to • pital anywhere in the world The capital outlay required Farm Bureau goal of 65,559 for Drivers It lpon ibility. 0 be held next year. A hearty slap on a sun-burned committees, with legislative ap- ceed 15 MPH, and the length of where there ar no Blue Cross for farming today is very large. Michigan in 1955. The Amer- proval or selected by appoint- the combination is not greater it's finan ial on Ibl 'ty Among the considerations will back may give a man new cour- be the selection of the host city age-often courage enough to plans. The average Michigan farm has ican Farm Bureau has a schedule ment of the Governor, at work than 55 feet. This proposal was public liability w cr --.---+----- a minimum of 25,000 invested for each of the states in its ef- on water use problems. Mich- fostered and promoted by the from 5,000 to 0,000 or and consideration of a general obey hi first impulse. Usually the troubles that hap- ~n machinery, in buildings, and fort for a national Farm Bureau igan was among the states re- Farm Bureau, to meet a recent per on, and from 10,000 to th~me .. Dr.~. R. Rodger of Bel- I ence committee. Michigan Farm pen are more earable than the m land. It is very difficult for membership of 2,000,000 farm porting a joint legislative com- Attorney General's 0 pin ion 000, a rut of 0 accldent laue 1S chairman f the confer- Bureau is one of the co-sponsors. worry that preceded t em. young men to enter the field. Iamili es, mittee. which held that, for the purpo (Contin 4 0 o July I, 1955 MICHlGA the Nee s January 12, 1923 r g Michigan is great in s me. I ha v seen no greater state, For the weather and the scenery both combine to make it great. All across its rolEng acres, u and down its highways too, Over lake and stream a d woodland Nature charms in form and hue. Human nature, too, is plen y. Right on Hicks Street we have some. DIRECTORS AT LARGE Gl on E. H lllwill Gladwin, R- Some to set your heart to singing. Some to make your spirit glum. I oh rt:K ·mith Fowlervill " R-2 Some that make a great state finer. and in truth I must admit "Walt r \Yi ntrru n Fennvlll , H-l PURPOSE OF FARM Some so lacking in erception that they make a mess of il. Representing Einar E. Ungren Editor BUREAU WOMEN OF FARM BUREAU I vias walking down to leks's just a day or two ago, The purpose of this As ocla- Mrs. arlton Ball... Alblon, R-t tion shall be the advancement Early on a dewy morninq, w· the morning sky aglow. of our members' interests edu- pr. nUng I was shocked nd plumb i ant at the bottl s strew about cationally, legislatively, and JUNIOR FARM BUREAU Vol. 33 July 1, 1955 No.7 economically. Paul L tpprandt Pig on And a couple of sacks 0 g r ge that ~ome pas rs-by threw out. Community rm cast heir trash away Burea (Mostly they are careless ~01 ri ts, not p d strians, I should say.). Right on decent p op e's road i as, i t eir dooryards, every place, . Have they no res ect for others? Do they hate the human race? CLARE L. McGHAN Coordinator of Community Farm Bureau for MFB I arrived at Clem's th t mo n'ng in a s ething steaming rage . And we talked the mat er ov r, selfmade critics of the gee DARL C. HOLLIS at work in a trench silo, 45 feet long, 6 feet wide and from 4 to 8 feet deep. Dear Community Farm Bureau Members: As hapless victims of their vice, we're powerless to p event it. it furnishes enough silage for eight Jersey cows 0 n the Hollis farm near Forest Grove in Ottawa in forming the new groups it has been very pleasing work, especially We'll clean it up, b t while e do, by cracky, resent it! county. Mr. Hollis is a member of Ottawa Cou nty Farm Bureau. when comments are made such as, "Do we have to stop our meetings for the summer? Can't we meet every month?" The silo is in a side hill close of the silo. When there is a If Clem and I (and tho sands ore acros our lovely state) by the barn. The sides are con- the wagon is gone for a second spreader load it is taken to a 'Why didn't we form this group long ago? It gives me a chance to Could work our indignatio out on slinkers small and great crete blocks. load, Mr. Hollis packs the silage field that needs lime. get acquainted with my neighbors." Who litter Hicks Street up Ii e this-the low-down lousy lugs- with his tractor. Twice a day Mr. Hollis fills a Women's comments: "We couldn't ever get our husbands to attend We'd call it open season here and shoot some Litterbugs. Fillfng the silo is about a day's When the silo is filled and well wheelbarrow full' of the silage a farm me ting before, but now they want to know when the next com- job. A neighbor brings his chop- packed, Mr. Hollis covers the top and wheels it into the barn. The munity group meeting will be." R. S. Clark per and wagons. A full wagon is with wet straw. A neighbor silage in the trench makes feed "We never knew Farm Bureau members h ve so many opportunities 315 North Grinnell Street backed up to the edge of the silo. brings a load or two of marl. This enough through the winter feed- to discuss current affairs and a more and more effective in the Jackson, Michigan A tractor and cable across the IS spread over the straw. It period for his cows. Mr. Hollis hance to voice their opinions . . po IiICy f orma tiIOn process. Th e Krohn. :uscola- 'at rtown C nt r, :\Iany th nks at. 0 to th fo110 ing ob rt silo pulls the apron out of the makes a good cover. I said trench silo was not expensive through recommendations to the best way that t is can be done who . ignel1 on n w m mb r . inc wagon and deposits the silage .in 1 When feeding starts, the straw to build. He has used it for three County R eso 1u tiIOns Commi ittee." ee, Is through the Community Farm .PI'I. rch 1. Your effort ·i. t d. are gr at1y ap- the pit. It is leveled off. While and marl are forked to one sine years. J •. The above are comments made Bureaus with everyone attend- Alpena Coun y --: 1; Yol!. Cr' k, • 11'•• . Jean Weg m yer, dISCUSSIOnleader. gram has failed is open to any- community groups during the late by members of the new groups mg. that were organized in Berrien ounty this year. This was tak- During the month of May we Wayne-,-~1aple Grov • Dan Pint r. STAR AWARDS-MAY summer and conduct a member- ship campaign at the same time C u all Tells one who cares to examine the record honestly. It's time for n from the Berrien County had visitors from the Nevada Some community group sec- as the rest of the State, the first something better. Farm Bureau News. We f el that hese are ex- reaus. Farm Bureau and inquiries from ret aries have written Maryland and Iowa Farm Bu- what we judge the minutes on They were getting inter- for the Star awards. me' as to We look in week in December. Della county expects to send a ankers Needs "1 am sure that the bankers of this country share our conviction ampl s of the usual reactions when they understand mation that Farm Bureau people have Farm Bureau program which is Did the as to our Community what considered one of the outstand- the minutes Minuteman, for the following: Women's Committee, Blue Cross Sec e- delegate to the Michigan Farm Bureau convention in November. The county has a Farm Bureau f Farmers that supply government and demand, directives, play the major part in determin- not should Community Farm Bureaus are ing ones in the nation. tary, and Discussion leader re- membership potential of 795 fam- "Farmers need more capital and ing prices and production." for and how interesting they can Many of the states are starting port? Did the group have a bal- ilies. In 1953 Delta farmers sold credit now "than ever before, The American Farm Bureau be. Many of you who are not discussion group programs, feel- anced meeting-recreation, bus- $4,578,000 worth of farm products. Charles Shuman, president of the Federation favors use of price now attending a Community ing that this is the best way to iness, and discussion? Did the American Farm Bureau, told the supports to eliminate wide ups group are missing out. Why not get "grass roots" participation. group come to a conclusion on Menominee county has a mem- Illinois Bankers Ass'n. and downs in prices, rather than , t some of your eighbors to- This puts a great challenge on us the discussion? Is there evidence bership potential of 1346 farm as a device to fix prices, Shuman gether and start e.e of these here in Michigan. Will we meet of the group participating in families. Menominee farmers "It Jakes more money to run a told the barikers. groups? "- it? Will our Community group some community service project? sold $7,067,000 worth of products mechanized farm, and inflation The answer to the question, program fulfill the needs? We We like to see that every of- has cut the value of money in Most farmers have reached the "Can't we meet every month?" is think it will, but it always can ficer or committee who has a re- of course you can and should. be improved I unti.l every .Farm sponsibility in the meeting takes from their farms in 1953. There is over one-half billion half. "This means you have to double conclusion, after more than twen- dollars worth of agricultural in- ty years of experience with gov- Farmers are very busy during Bureau member IS attending 3 part. We realize that the only your invested capital on a farm ernment programs, that price vestments in the Upper Peninsula. the summer months and it be- Community group. Can you be way we can judge the group is just as in any other business. This supports should .be considered comes quite an effort to get out counted as a participating mem- by the minutes but in order for This spring the weather has is without any allowance for ex- temporary expedients rather than at night. But, can we afford to ber of Farm Bureau? the minutes to reflect all of the THE COM ITTEE for -org nizing a County Farm Bureau in been good in the U.P. for getting pansion. permanent parts of the farm busi- let down? Farmers are a min- above, the group must be active Menominee county: Back row, left to right-Frank Thoune, Charles "There is plenty of opportunity ness structure. ) Probably by the time this the crops in .. Potatoes are grow- ority group, therefore, we must Menke, Edmund Sage , The Borst. Middle row-Mrs. Charles be more vigilant than others. paper has reached you, the Mich- and have good meetings. ing fast. Oats and hay ate ex- to raise farm income," Shuman • Attendance at these monthly igan Farm Bureau will have Gold Star Menke, Chester Good, Kenneth Corey, Mrs. Wesley Hawley. row-Mrs. Edmund Sager, Mrs. Kenneth Corey, Mrs. Frank Thoune, Front cellent. Hay harvest is under way said "if' we can broaden markets now, a little earlier than usual. and step up efficiency still fur- Low Calorie· meetings can be of most help in made AFBF goal. The commun- Manistee County, 'Pleasanton Wid T ping keeping up on things. ity groups have played a great Mrs. Theodore Borst. Some farmers put some of their ther." part in this success. We wish to Community Farm Bureau, Mrs, alfalfa in their silos. Other farm For a whipped topping lower Opposinq a return to rigid price Policy development is once congratulate and welcome the Leonard Reed, sec'y, nominee county. They attended crops grown in the U.P. include in calories than either whipped again in the limelight. ober County annual The Oct- meetings following community members of the "66,000 club." groups as Silver Star Alcona County, Bean Hill Com- e the Camp at Twin Lakes, Trav- erse City June 7, 8, 9. They vegetables, corn and small fruits. supports at 90 percent of parity, There are many fine dairy and Mr. Shuman warned that "if price cream or whipped evaporated milk, M.S.U. home economists say, are not far away. Decisions will Cass COunty-Jeff rson Community reported a wonderful experience. beef cattle herds. There is room and production are· to be deter- use nonfat dry milk solids. To munity Farm Bureau, Mrs. Shir- need to be made. Will you be Farm Bureau, R. J. Ityd r, disc isston Morton Schere, the minuteman, for much agricultural expansion. mined by political action in this make 2lh cups of topping, add 1,2 ley Cordes, sec'y. country, we must expect con- prepared? Farm Bureau can leader, reported the latest on Iegtslation • cup dry milk powder to 112 cup only expect to be as effective as the soundness of the policies de- ~~:~~;::;-~~~;h~r' Hard n. Duncan Leitch. Corners, Harry Alcorta County, Curtisville and Grey Knaus led a good dis- cussion on the closed school Cheese tinued decline in farm prices and farm income." wa ter and 1 ta blespoon lemon juice. Whip until it is stiff and Topp 1'8, Vito Community Farm Bureau, Mrs. Go easy with the heat when veloped by the members. This Macomb - Raddish question. Farm prices have dropped 24 beat in 2 tablespoons sugar and 1f4 Giacalone, Pauline Byler, sec'y. is why Farm Bureau has been Muskego -Holton Progressive, Don The Delta Farm Bureau com- you cook cheese. Cooked too percent during the last four years, teaspoon vanilla. Chill and then SO successful in the past. Van ett. Hillsdale County, Pittsford WESLEY S. HAWLEY mittee has invited the Menominee quickly, cheese gets tough and while the rigid price support pro- use promptly. Ogemaw - Hauptman, Fr d Whlte, stringy, say Michigan State food gram was in effect, he said. The pressure keeps increasing, which means that Farm Bureau Sr. ot~aw~Patchin. Mac Easterly. Community : J. L. McClelland Farm Bureau, Mrs. see'y. MFB Coordinator, U.P. committee to a joint meeting for It is very pleasant working with July 13 to meet with T. C. Peter- specialists. "The evidence that this pro- Buy Farm • Bureau Seeds. . Sh law aseee - Callwas ee, D a vi d ( . ' members must contmue to be -----------'-------------------------------- Bushman. Conhnued ------ on page 4) the fine farm leaders up here in son of the American Farm Bu- Delta and Menominee counties. reau. Menominee has accepted. i~lll~: The Delta Farm Bureau com- The Menominee committee lead- mittee has made a definite time table for organizing the County F. B. by October 25. They have the Kenneth ers held their second meeting at Corey home near From crooked sticks organized one Community Group Stephens June 15 and had a good informal discussion about Farm and will or anize about 12 more Bureau. They formed. the M~- !......;••••• -II!'". . ~::.~I\ this summer. I The Boney Falls Community nominee County Farm Advisory Committee to make plans Bureau Farm Bureau held its first regular for organizing a county Farm meeting June 14. They had a Bureau this fall. They will meet good report from Mrs. Schere, Mrs. with the Delta committee and T. C. Woodard and Mrs. Ford of Delta Peterson to make out their time- county, and Mrs. Corey of Me- table. They expect to organize •• .to CLASSIF ED DS hydraulic- Classified advertisements are cash with order at the following rates: iO cents per word for one ed'tion. Ads to appear in two or more editions take the rate of 8 cents per word edition. controlled These rates bas d em guarant e of 60,000 or more subscribers. They are members of the Michigan Farm Bureau. plows MILK HOUSE EQUIPMENT BULK MILK T A TK , can - type milk cool 1", cow stalls, feed carts, wa.sh tan ss, water haters. Improved qulpm nt, Literature free. Write Tests by Michigan State College on 68 fields in 32 Ottawa-Hitch, :\Iichigan. 0 Box 3~1, Holland, (6~2t-26b) counti s show that 750# 0-20- 0 produced an aver- IRRIGATION age of 53 % more hay. Alfalfa is a heavy eater of BARN IRRIGATIO - OUR SPECIALTY. phosphate and potash. To get top yi Ids, the crop has GUTTER-PLOW Barn Cleaner. 4- plow elf-rev rxing. Low cost, easily pumps, e have comvl te service. irrigation pipe, sprinklers, ells, to b fed. install d. Ottawa-Hitch, Literature free. V"Trit and d sign rvice. PO Box 321, Holland, pumps and motors, Alcoa pipe, Rain- F Irbanks- 101' e I Michigan. (6-2t-20b) bird, Sprinkler. 25 years experience ~ with the larg at stock of irrigation I MAPLE SYRUP PRODUCERS supplle in ~ ichigan. Prices tower . The story of the plow is one of many fascinating exhibits • tocks compl t. Also, a few used you'll enjoy at the Michigan State College Centennial of Farm systems. Hamilton Mfg. & upply Mechaniza ion. You'n see scores of new scientific marvels 7~- ompany, ~1-21, Holland, Mich., PO 5'ee YOUR DEALER Box 212, Phone 6-6536. (6-2t-52b). WOMEN that make life easier and more enjoyable for the farmer of tomorrow and his wife, too. Don't miss the steel building that's completed in hours, I 18.55 -1955 new trends in home design, new lighting techniques, the last word in sewing equipment, the million-volt electron gun for Farm Bur au S rvices recommends 0-20-20 on legumes sterilizing food. FREE-"Id as for Sewing with And be sure to visit the exhibit sponsored jointly by and TED or 12-12-12 on grass s. See your local otton Bag." - a n w 24-page Illus- SEE! Michigan Bell and the Michigan Independent Telephone As- trated book of sugg atlon for making sociation which shows exciting new developments in tele- Farm ureau dealer for bagged or bulk fertilizer. attractive clothing, hou hold acces- Soil tilled two feet beneath the phone service • . ortes, gifts, and toys from thrifty, colorful Co ton Rags. SimVllcity fa.'lh- surface - steam threshers at work Ions f r your Cotton Bag sewi~. Send • modern self-propelled harvos- All this and far more at the Centennial of Farm Mechan- post ard today to aUonal Cotton ization, Augu 15-20, in East Lansing. CouncU, Box 76, empb, Tennes ee. ters - the ultra ..modern kitchen (1-lt-48b) of tomorrow. a complete display Michigan Bell is proud to join with Michigan State Col- FARM WORK WANTED of modern, electrically operated lege, sponsor of the Centennial, in urging you and your fam- farm equipment ily to attend this informative exposition. We're sure you'll TED - Work on dairy farm find it an unforgettable experience. with goo man. Experl n d milker. n n opera II kind of machinery. Married, four children. eed mall hou ·e. Fl yd Cbaplin, K ntucky. Kevil, R-4, (7-lt-nc) ICHIGA EL TELEPHO E COMPA y • his IS ne Ho se na .---------------------::---~------------:'----"""---------~:---------- ---------------- Guaranteed Field .•...•..•.. time commercial arm How Farm Bureau Builds its Program nation. bout 1,500,00 are low income or m 11 f rm . The low income or small -Seeds P~(Jgram BU EAU 9TATE problem divid s into f ur la 1-Part-t 1 me make their living in other in- farmer dustries. There ar 600,000 f DONALD D. KINSEY them. Not interested in f rm Coordinator of Research and Education From 1914 to 1919 farmers had experiences that for MFB E BE RE~OLUTION~ program. 2-About 1,000,000 old r ork- stressed the point that better seed was a definite START HERE BECOME ••• TO HElP BUILD ers, semi-retired farm rs or rur- al residents who carryon farm need. PROGRAMS FO operations. Not int rest d il farm program. During those years the farmers of Michigan, Ohio, COUNTY , STATE . ~ ,~ EARNING HIGH 3-Farmers ly productive who are potential- in agriculture but Indiana, and Wisconsin were having clover and alfalfa failures except when they used their own seed or could RECOMMENDATIONS RECOMMENDA110NS NET INCOME lack necessary land, capital and technical information. They are leff interested in the farm program. get home-grown seed. rs They desire price stability and high-level price supports to bol- The failures were in part due to the fact that many ster low incomes. seed dealers had been going to the world rna ket to buy ~TATE 4-Farmers who are unproduc- tive and probably would not be clover and alfalfa seeds. in agriculture even if given help Unadapted seed was coming from everywhere and I~ tJE~ to apply to their present situ - tions. They have little or no in- anywhere-F ranee, Italy, The Argentine, and some of terest in agricultural policy or education because it can do noth- our southern states. Bureaus, the agricultural colleges Bureau to hasten germination. stable with low price supports Under direct payment all units and the U. S. Department of Ag- There is an important reason for than with high price supports. of the product quali for support. Seed from those areas was often mixed with na- this. Some companies practice it, Farmers gain accor ing to vol- riculture asked Congress to do tive seed and sold that way. There were no laws but Farm Bureau considers dif- Cost to Government. The cost ume and efficiency. • The .con- something about the millions of ferences in germination time to to the government would be sumer gains by a lower market to control the practice. Winter killing and disease des- pounds of unadapted alfalfa and greater with high price supports. price and more product to con- A truly low cost clover seeds that were being im- be important. troyed the plantings of unadapted clover and alfalfa. ported. Much of it was being If all seeds sprout at the same Production Adjusments: As sume, The stands were a sorry sight the second summer. sold as native seed. It couldn't time and a hot, dry spell should kill off some of the stand, there to production adjustments under The storage plan is easy to ad- minister for storable products. PRICED be identified from seed grown a system of high price supports The Four-Way Farm Bureau Program. When the Farm Bureau was organized in 1919, the first request here. n January of 1926 the. Mich- would be no slower germinating seeds left to fill in when the rains no doubt the government be making production would adjust- Farmers don'f want the ob- vious subsidy in the direct pay- U E igan Farm Bureau News reported come. So getting natural germi- ments. With lower price sup- ment. The wool program is a of the farmers was to find a source of dependable seed. the arrival of 3,000,000 lbs. of nation rates helps to provide a ports more production adjust- trial. for farmers with French red clover seed at New safety factor. ments would be made by price. Use of resources: In the stor- Four standards of quality became incorporated into York. It said that 7,000,000 Ibs. EVERY FARMER Can Now age program farmers tend to Enjoy Dry Lot Feeding! Garden Seeds. In the spring of Freedom of Man age men t: produce the Farm Bureau yardstick for seed: of French clover seed had arrived 1938, a the request of several goods the consumers There's no need to spend at the port of New York alone With lower prIce guarantees by don't want. This is a waste of $3,000 or more when BRADY 1. The seed must be of known origin. since October 1, 1925. vocational agriculture teachers, the government it is likely that land, labor, capital and manage- will do the Job for under the Farm Bureau began packag- fewer controls would be neces- ment. $1,000. Use coupon below. 2. It must be adapted "to Michigan climate. In April. 1926 Congress, enacted ing garden seed. The object sary. In the direct payment program the Gooding-Ketcham Act to was to provide the chapters of 3. It must have a high and vigorous germination. the Future Farmers of America Efficient Use of Agricultural the product is consumed, but if authorize the U. S. Dep't of Agri- production is based on total price in Michigan with a project Resources: Lower price supports . 4. It must be as free from weed and other crop seeds culture to stain foreign alfalfa mean that the free market will and not what the consumer is and clover seeds to indicate their through which they could raise as possible. funds for their work. exert a greater influence upon willing to pay in the market, it value to American farmers. is still wasteful. seed is important to the farmer. The Farm Bureau garden seeds the farmer. The free market The law said that at least 10% will help him to decide what to The 'Michigan Farm Bureau This proof gave the Michigan department has become a large, Dale Butz: Are Food Margins of such seeds declared to be un- produce and what not to produce. Seed Deparfmenf was established Farm Bureau a sound basis for adapted general garden seeds business. It too high? Profits in marketing by the U. S. Dep't of This will mean producing more are relatively small. in ,1920. The Farm Bureau an- its program of handling only Agriculture continues to serve the FF A They loom should be stained of those things that consumers I nounced that it would distribute northern origin, Michigan adapt- RED. Forage crop seeds of doubt- groups, and distributes garden large in total but actually are Now farmers WIth 10 or 20 cows can want. small per unit. A typical super- With hood, forage is blown into tr it- only northern grown, Michigan ed seeds. seeds to farmers through the afford Dry Lot Feeding, for the new ful value should be stained market has a profit of about 2 1955 BRADY HAYMAKER AND er wagon and green fed or stor d. adapted forage and crop seeds. Farm Bureau supply stores and Arthur Mauch: Price Supports CORNSTALK CHOPPER costs un- Without hood, the BRADY rlds Even before 1920 the finger of GREEN. This act and the ac- Three years later in 1923 the suspicion had been pointed at companying publicity soon put an farmers cooperatives. Method. The level of 'price sup- cents per dollar of sales. A milk der $1,000! With the BRADY, cat- tle no longer go to pasture. They fIeld of tubble and unwanted Farm Bureau was packing its port pretty much determines plant does exceptionally well if growth which i returned to soil or imports of foreign forage crop end to the importation of un- eat fresh, green forage from field forage crop and other seeds in seeds. So in 1920 the Farm Bu- adapted seeds for long profits. Farmers how much the program will cost. it makes a profit of half a cent a bunks while the BRADY doe the stored for winter bedding. Farm Bureau Brand, sealed, quart. grazing. Surplus forage is stored in ,H re i the answer to YOU R low. The method of support deter- silos or stacks for late fall or winter reau and the Michigan Crop bushel and half bushel bags. Improvement Ass'n collected In December of 1926 a confer- Deal with Issues mines who pays for it. It also The rate of return or capital feeding. All grass, cornstalks, crops are. ut itized at t~e height of row Cost F eding Program I Cattle like chopped green forage - and they (Continued from page 1) has an impact on the distribu- There was a new Farm Bureau samples of foreign and native ence of the general seed trade at by their industrial equals. Also invested in food marketing their nutr-Ittous value WIth this low. thrive on itl Less work and Bigger tion of the benefits, on interna- cost feeding program. seed analysis tag. It "guaran- grown alfalfa and clover seeds Chicago advised Congress that it farm income should be reason- agencies is not high when com- Profits, tool would favor legislation requiring tional trade, and other things. pared with comparable invest- teed the vitality, description, or- from the U. S. Dep't of Agricul- igin and purity of Farm Bureau ture and other sources. all seed companies to state the ably stable. When the government makes a ments. •• The Crop Improvement Ass'n origin of seed offered for sale. Do we wan! high price sup- loan on wheat or agrees to pur- In food marketing, as in farm- I Brands of seeds to be as repre- This recommendation became law chase at the support price, or ing, some firms do a better job sented on the analysis tag to the and the Farm Crops Dep't of ports-that is, from 90 to 100 about 1938. percent of parity Dr do we ar t hen the government buys but- than others. While some are los- ,full amount of the purchase price, Michigan State College planted ter to bolster the price, we have ing money others are good . if received by the customer in the seeds in test plots at the Col- Today all seed companies have low price' supports-say from 60 examples of the "storage" pro- enough to make a good profit. original sealed and branded lege. They were side by side to warrant their seed under fed- to 75 percent of parity? In other gram. If substantial savings in over- bag." That's the way it's done with Michigan grown clover seeds, eral regulations to the full extent words do we want to have the government g u a ran tee high all marketing margins are to be today. Grimm and other strains of al- of the purchase price. The Mich- The wool program is a "direct realized, reductions must be prices to our farmers or do we payment" program. In this case made in costs, not profits. 'It was something of a blow to falfa adapted to Michigan. igan Farm Bureau was the first to want to have minimum price the farmer sells wool for what- the established seed trade to have The College observed that do'this in 1923. protection by the government in tha kind of competition appear. seeds of alfalfa and clover from ever he can get on the market. The hope for the farmer is in Thus, the Michigan F~m Bu- the form of disaster price insur- The Michigan Farm Bureau seed France, Italy, Argentina and oth- reau seed program was not "just At the end of the marketing year cutting costs, and mostly his ance only? he receives a payment direct costs. If a marketer achieves a program was adopted by the areas with soft winter climates another seed business" when it Income Level: The level of from the U. S. treasury for the reduction in marketing cost, he Indiana and Ohio Farm Bureaus, were unadapted to Michigan. started so many years ago. It difference between the average is likely to take it for himself at the Grange League Federation of They started well, but were a proved that a farmers' organi- income would probably be high- market price and the support the same price as long as he can. ew York and other cooperatives sorry sight after the first win- zation could determine and de- er with high price supports. price. as they established their seed ter. Some winter-killed almost velop a program that placed the However, it may be that the con- Dale Hathaway: The Small trols accompanying these high Under the storage plan the services. completely. farmer's interest first. prices would be such that vol- product has to qualify and be Farmer and Agricultural Policy. Michigan State College /Farm There are about 3,700,000 full 'The seed trade said that it was The Farm Bureau yardstick for ume of output would be consid- under seal for most products. Crops Dep't branded French, impossible to guarantee seed. Italian, erably lower. As such, income Government purchase in the Argentina alfalfa and good seed in 1920 was sound. It Their seed tags carried a "dis- clover seeds as' unfit for Mich- started the movement that re- may not be higher, even with market does not give each farm- claimer" stating that "no war- igan. higher prices. er a support price. But all farm- There were others, too. sulted in the Congressional ban ers gain by the fact that some of ranty of the seeds was expressed Canadian clover and alfalfa was on unadapted forage crop seeds Income Stability: The income the product is taken off the or implied." declared perfectly adapted to from other nations. The seed for agriculture throughout the market. The big farmer gains But the Michigan State College trade came to recognize the im- Michigan. U.S. would probably be more the most. and the U. S. Department of Ag- portance of origin for forage riculture had proved that adapted In 1924 and 1925 the state Farm crops seeds for various parts of the nation. A second phase of the Farm s Yo r Farm's Pro anager ••• Bureau seed program has brought other benefits that continue to- day. Michigan farmers raise large quantities of clover and vetch and other seeds. The Farm Bureau seed depart- ment has always provided a market for Michigan grown seeds. It has cleaned and processed them Mid-summer mite dam- to Farm Bureau Brand standards age can hit your trees hard. Don't take chances for farmers in Michigan. Much ... get more effective, seed is sold to the seed depart- scientific control with ments of farmers' cooperatives in other states. At one time our seed depart- General Chemical's Orchard Brand Miticides. There is a special Orchard {O,-li/sler More. iI_IfIiII*I"'lilIM~A~D"I~ •0 5 5 , • LI • Y • ment was one of the largest Brand formulation for every • type of mite infestation prob- E:ffecllv~CbITlto/ I DY'S • in•.•.• cai:'" .:-' ,l1':1E~~U GUARANTEED 100% STAllE marketers nation. of alfalfa seed in the Most of the sales were in Michigan, which became a leadi ing alfalfa state. lem. See your Orchard Brand dealer today . Orchard Brand Products for Mite Control Include: _WITH "PROTEIN-80UND IODINE ~ • ARAMITE • GENITHION P·25 Spray Powder "Look Inside and Read:' Farn:1 EM.' Emvhillobl. (onc.nl,ol. and 15% W."abl. (25"/. Parathion) Now your animals may keep themselves health, - and produce more Sp,ay Powd.r • milk beef, veal, pork, lamb and wool! HARDY'S PLAN of F~EB Bureau prints its seed guarantee • GENITHION PEM.250 Emulsillobl. (.""nl,ate e OVEx 50% Spray Powd.r • PARATHION EM-4 Emulsilloble (oncenlrql. CHOICE FEEDING OF HARDY'S TRACE MINERAL SALT, CalcIum on the back of every analysis tag. e GENITE EM.923 Emulsifiobl. (oncenlral. • TEPP, 200/. and 40% liquid Concenlrol •• and Phosphorous makes this possible. In addition, it saves feeding labor. It encloses in each bag of alfalfa. (2A·Dichloropheny' Ester Benz.n. Sulfonic Acid) • MALATHION 50% Emulsillobl. (onc.nlr ••• and HARDY'S COMPLETE LOW-COST MINERAL PLAN supplies stock with ALL the min- and clover seed an envelope en- 25·/. Spray Powd.r Yo want GO ••• high quality yield • GENITHION* P-15 Spray Powd.r erals they need for proper health - the 3 Major Minerals: Salt, Calcium titled "Look Inside and Read." (15". Parolhion) - "5YSTOX" Spray Conc.nl,al. lind Phosphorous - amI the 5 Trace Minerals in HARDY'S TRACE Within is a letter regarding the MINERAL SALT,: Iodine, Manganese, Iron, Copper and C~alt. guarantee. There is a small en- Today, more than ever before. it's important to get furthermore, HARDY'S MINERA!- PLA~ enables ~c~ an~al ~o ~ peak production from your form .. Your insurance dollar, aU the minerals it needs - according to Its own mdlvldual, msnnctrve velope for taking a sample of the hunger. And, as each animal adjusts its intake ~f HARDY'S .TRACE seed. The armer is asked to too, should be as productive by providinq the exact kind MINERAL SALT Calcium and Phosphorous to Its actual requirements __ HARDY'S PLAN assures efficient mineral utilization, preventing waste and thus reducing the total cost of minerals and salt fed. This does awq keep a sample and write on that envelope the lot number from the analysis tag. A sample of the and amount of insurance to adequately protect your home, your buildings, your equipment, and your stock. Your State Mutual agent is trained to provide that kind of protection for RealI with the need of a high-priced, complete mi~eral fee~ .or complex ••. we call it "protection mode to order". mineral supplement. Ask your dealer for HARDY S, the Original, TRACE MINER/LL SALT today! same lot is kept at the Farm Bureau Seed Department at Lan- It's good business to do business with your State Mutua'l US8STAFA T* Look what these pre-harvest sprays clol HORMONE SPRAY POWDER HERE'S HARDY'S SIMPLE, LOW-COST .,NERAI PLA. sing. Should the necessit arise agent. The NON·ASSESSABLE "AII-in-One Protection Plan" (Naphthalene Ac tic Acid with • reduce premature drop he writes is backed by a company with 47 years of experi- Alkyl Aryl Sodium Sulfonatos) - cut down windfall losses and harv t-tlme "knock- Use a divided mineral feeding box. Put HARDY'S for checking, both the fanner and downs" TRACE MINERAL SALT in one side-a simple the Farm Bureau have a sample ence in protecting Michil:Jan forms ••• just like yours. See Calcium. Phosphorous supplement in the other. of the seed in question. him today or write us for details. O'STA-SETt - help improve the color, size and quality of the fruit Str3ight Steamed Bonemeal or Di-Calcium Phos- HORMONE SPRAY LIQUID - Iiminate almost all need for pot pi in phate for Dairy Cows, Range Cattle and Sheep, Farm Bureau's tests fo germi- .- ease labor problem by (retching t picking ason (Triethanolamine Salt of Alpha 0 Breeding and Growing Herds; equal par~ Gro~nd nation of seed are most igorous. ~~ti~·Trichiorophenoxy) Propionic Limestone and Steamed Bonemeal or Di-Calcium Phosphate for fattening Cattle and Sheep in feed lots. 'The simple Calcium-Phosphorous mixture Seed sprouts must sho vigor and developing growth, ot hairs POLICY State~ ·110•• U,8. P.l. Otf. - increase your harve t of "money fruit" tUener.' e"" •• 1 .1 Trillo lark ( recommended for Hogs is two parts Limestone to within a six-day period of germi- COMPANY I SU CE COMP NY GE ERAL CHEMICAL DIVI 10 one part Bonemeal (or other suitable phosphate). nation in order to b counted. ALLIED CHEMICAL & DYE CORPORATION No other salt or mineral should be fed. HARDY'S AGENT 702 Church Street flint 3, Mich. Some companies cou t all the 40 Rector SIr•• t, Hew York 6, H. Y. TRACE MI ER L SALT BLOCKS can be sub- seed that spr uts in q oting per- PREMIUM E. R. DINGMAN, Pres. H. K. FISK. See'y 511 E. Patterson St., Kalamazoo 13, Ph. Kalamazoo 3-2509 stituted for HARDY'S TRACE MI ERAL SALT ia bags. Complete feeding directions are 00 each. ba•• centage of germinatio . tIAIlQ.y SALT CO.; Dr~r 449; • louIs 3, ~ Seeds are Dol searl ed by Farm "Stat. Mutual Insures (very fifth Farm 1n Michigan ••• Ask your Neighbor'" A bountiful dinner was served.--------------------------------:~-----------:-----_=_-----=-----:--=----~:--::;---==::==:-:;:-==;::::;--;,~;;:;===::::::=::;;:::::::::;:; • • • yron Eley, Chairma Constantine, R-l by the Breckenridge church women at the Brecken- ridge High School. The Guthrie Methodist rm Bureau Co pa e ng n uren County. At our Department Store of Brecken- Jun m ting, rs. Louise Wil - ridge put on a most enjoyable rooM.ss, ln on, Director of Social Aid, was style show. Everything shown rltll". tIt. a r gu t p aker. She told of the wa within the price range of the Clterrles? reat n ed for more help in caring average pocketbook. Everyone tor the ag d. There arc proper- participating did a delightfully NOT WITH tionat ly more p ople over 65 year of age in Van Buren County professional e peci Ily, job, the children KWu than any other. Much interest wa shown in child welfare dur- Mrs. Marjorie Karker, co-ordi- nator of Women's Activities, intro- Cherry & ing the discu sion period. might b come a county project. This duced Miss Tsuru Nakatani, Jap- anese student from MSC. She is Olive Pitter WHY? Because It Th hildren of today are the ponsored by the Michigan Farm changes a messy, an- noying [ob into a arents of tomorrow. The July me ting will be guest day and picnic at Big Bear Lake Bureau Women's Committee. Miss akatani gave a talk on her homeland. She was educated in F ~m ureau simple, clean, quick one. HOW? Plac. Cherry in depres- the Youth Camp. We look forward Japan before coming to MSC for sion around the hole. each year to this event and meet- ing of old and new fri nds. Plans further study in Adult Education. This is a new thing in Adult Edu- o Have Press Plunger-pit is removed, faJls into l ·ar,leal/ing the meat irm, and the juic. also got under way for the coming cation. This is a new thing in 'S retained. public dinner at the Camp on August 14. The proceeds going towards the upkeep of the grounds Japan. Japanese We hope through this one girl to make friends in Japan. many pen House Price $1.25 Postpaid and buildings.-Mrs. Burn s, county chairman. James C. Mrs. Karker spoke on "Women With a Broom." Her theme was Farm Bureau members their families, directors and pa- trons of Farm Bureau Services and PRACTICAL PRODUCTS brought out under four points: A L TON, NEW _YO R ~~ and Farmers Petroleum Coopera- Is ret ( 1) Lack of understanding of tive dealers will be invited to an. Box L-24 Mrs. Harold Nye, Chairman people. Our intolerance of peo- open house for the Farm Bureau's Olivet, R·2 ple who are different from us in new office building later this religion, color, way of living summer. The Shiawassee County Farm Bure u Women's committee held shows lack of understanding. BEGINNING .MONDA Y, June 27 the management and 250 employes of the Michigan Farm ~u~eau and .affiliated companies began Simple Casual (2) Lack of information. We Wednesday, August 10 has been their annual May tea May 2 at reporting for work at the new Farm Bureau office building shown above. The one story bUll.ding of brick and concrete c?vers an have everything to be well in- selected as the date. . Extension Hall, Corunna. acre of ground. It is perhaps the most modern office building in t he Lansing area, and certainly one of the most beaubful and Plans are being made to enter- formed, but are we? We must Mrs. Clayton Potter and Mrs. practically arranged places to work. Construction was started last fall. tain a large crowd. A circus-size study our laws, we must vote William Sherman pr sided at the tent has been engaged for a basket wi ely, we must keep the United fMPlOY£ES NORTH ENTRANCE PARKING AREA tea table, covered with a lace Nations as it is our only chance chi Id r e n who are Michigan cloth and centered with spring flowers. for world understanding. charges. Tsuru Nakatani, Japanese stu- r-~-------------t~-----------y----.--....---. picnic at noon. There will be plenty of tables and chairs. Mrs. Carlton Ball, state chair- (3) Lack of assuming respon- • Speakers for the program in the sibility. No man or woman has dent who is sponsored by the MAILING ~ PRI NTIN G t u N C-H afternoon will be J. F. Yaeger, man, enumerated the many activ- Michigan Farm Bureau Women, ROOM a full life until he or she gives executive secretary of the Mich- ities in which Farm Bureau some part of himself to his com- told of her homeland and its cus- igan Farm Bureau and affiliated women are participating, includ- toms. ing the Cancer Crusade, foreign munity. companies, and C. L. Brody, exe- (4) Lack of caring. People Other speakers who highlighted student aid, foster homes for chil- the program were Mrs. Louise STORAGE cutive vice-president of the Mich- all over the world are starving igan Farm Bureau. Ward G. dren, nurse recruitment, problems Carpenter, Michigan State Col- LT AREA for food. If we refuse to trade Hodge, president of the Michigan of the aged and national rural lege, who told of her experiences food we will eventually have to t:...-IL.- _----J ACCOUNTING health. with foreign students; Miss Myrtle Farm Bureau, will preside. Ray DeWitt, regional represent- trade our sons. Between 9 a. m. and 12 noon of Mrs. Karker said "I hope I have Shore chose as her topic "Lights ative, spoke concerning price sup- by the Wayside." Visual edu- (RlDIT A EAST the open house day, groups will ports. He stressed the need of a made you think, and have made UNIOtl v E.NTRAt'lCE be conducted through the new you feel that you and your broom cation was explained by Mrs. PlANr strong Farm Bureau so that farm- Helen Green in her talk of "This AUDITING SALES FOOD office building. ers standing together can get have a place in this world." They will have the opportunity legislation and consideration that Mrs. Shankel introduced as is a Pure Corn." Dr. B. B. BILLING Bushong of Traverse City gave an also to visit the Farm Bureau guests Mrs. B. H. Baker, chair- other organized groups attain. Services main warehouse for a man of Saginaw county Farm Bu- informative address on rheumatic STORE Flexible supports, he said, are not ".A.f.e. SUPERV. U ,UGEND:--, INSURANCE picture of the tremendous farm Mrs. fever and heart. 2 effective until the marketing of reau Women's Committee, Mrs. Carleton Ball, state direc- 0::- Ii? TIME CLOCKS I supplies business the Services 1955 crops. Harold Frahm of Midland county l!g MEMBEk • E.NTRANC~J tor of women's activities, told O<~ ;2::r SERI/ICE conducts. and Mrs. Mary Gotthard, chair- Mrs. F. Margaret Smith, county superintendent of schools, spoke man of the Women's committee of how Farm Bureau women are '" w '" w w be Another point of interest will the new elevator and farm Wexford county. Mrs. Edward a ked to help with other organi- UJ >- of the school situation in the >- supply store of Farm Bureau county. She said we need to do Hooper and Mrs. Leroy Lake of zations. o o ...J Mrs. Marge Karker, co-ordina- Services. some serious thinking about our rural Ithaca, favored us with a ...J DIRECTOR~ 0. The Farm Bureau companies rural chools, which have reached duet. They were accompanied on tor of women's activities, and Q. ROOM Ward Cooper, regional represent- ~ will have exhibits on the grounds. a time of crisis. By 1960, she the piano by little Dianna Hooper. ative for District 9, explained the uJ At noon there will be a basket predicted, there will be no room The Isabella County Women's Farm Bureau organization. in present high schools for rural picnic in the tent. The Farm committee under the leadership of Vesper services were conducted AREA children. Thirty-five years ago, Bureau will provide milk, coffee Mrs. Walter Chaffin of Shepherd, by Lt. Elliott and the Rev. S. L. and ice cream. chools had no state aid, but n9W as chairman, toured the new Underwood. 85 to 90 per cent of school ex- THIS IS THE FLOOR PLAN of the Farm Bureau office building. The main entrance faces US-16, penses are paid by state funds. Michigan Poultry Marketing Co- operative, Inc., in Hemlock. They musical numbers: The following favored Mr. and Mrs. with west of Lansing. The buildi w erected by the Farm Bureau Mutual and the Farm Bureau Life Community Easy to sew design, with nar- Mrs. Smith recommended that learned much of the program and L. P. Warren, Mrs. Carl Zue, Mrs. Insurance Companies. It houses the office forces at Lansing for these companies: Michigan Farm arm Bureaus row-yoked, square neckline, skirt area studies be made, such as the plans of this new organization. Charles Gotthard and Mrs. Fred Bureau, Farm Bureau Services, Ine., Farmers Petroleum Cooperative, Inc •• Farm Bureau Mulual (Continued from page 2) with .moderate flare, brief cap Perry-Morrice district is conduct- Following this the group visited Henion. Insurance Company and :the Farm Bureau Life Insurance Company. sleeves. Is styled with slimming ing, to foresee future school needs. A total of 1471 Community the Michigan Live Stock Auction Inez Heimforth announced that Groups have been reported to practical lines. County agent, Blair Woodman, at St. Louis. the average attendance was 215, The Legislative, Safety and Neu' Building Was Introduced his new assistant, the state office. Of this total 134 No. 2354 is cut in sizes 12, 14, These organizations welcome one of the largest camps ever Citizenship chairmen report each are newly organized groups. Harry Wilt. any group wishing to visit their held. Among those present was a month. 16, 18, 20, 36, 38, 42, 44, 46, 48. They have taken part in Huron county has the largest tot- plants to learn more about the delegation from the Upper Penin- the Dairy Month program. Size 18: 4 Ys yards, 35 inches. They al number of groups with 62. i r Mrs. Clare Williams, Chairman St. Louis, R-I operation of the plants and to sula. find out how they can work to- gether to better serve the farmer. Dis riet 10· ast served a steak dinner for District lO-E on Farm Bureau Day, F ruary 16, and made a nice sum of Dream of Many YeaFS The counties which have organ- ized the most new groups to date are Monroe with 11 and Berrien District 8 is also very much Mrs. Alden Matthews, Chairman money. WILLIAM C. CONLEY with 10. This month the District 8 spot- indebted to the Isabella county West Branch, R-2 Mrs. Esther Kennedy has told Ass't Manager, Farm Bureau Life Insurance Company light on Gratiot county. year in May the Gratiot county Each women's committee who annually In reading over the activities highlights of her trip to New York Cass CO. Women's Farm Bureau Women's committee clean and prepare the 4-H Club of the districts throughout the to the National convention. Mr. A new Farm Bureau office building has been con- Committee Tea Camp at Coldwater Lake for the sponsors a banquet to which all state, including the news and Tinsmen spoke at another meet- tructed by the Farm Bureau Insurance Companies to Fifty ladies attended the Cass ' District 8 Farm Bureau Women's ing on the Sister Kenny treatment Farm Bureau women are invited. minutes of our own district 10-E, County Farm Bureau Women's Camp. More about the Camp and showed films on that subject. house the Lansing employees of the Michigan Farm Bu- Under the leadership of Mrs. next month. I am reminded of the title of a Committee annual tea at New They served a Blue Cross lunch- Florence Shankel, chairman of the sermon by Rev. Norman Vincent eon. Get well cards are sent to reau and its four· affiliated companies-The Farm Bu- Geneva school June 14. Women's Committee, a very en- Gladwin county Farm Bureau Peale, "The New Year Can Be Mrs. Norman Harvey,. county joyable evening was planned. Women's Committee held a pro- Your Best Year." those who are ill. reau Services, Farmers Petroleum Cooperative, Farm chairman, presided. The program W 11 over 200 women attended. gram on "This Is Our Michigan" It does seem that as we progress At one meeting Mrs. Arnold Bureau Mutual Insurance Company, and Farm Bureau was planned by Mrs. Berle --:-~_--::-_~-,-_--i,;:..:....;, __ +_q . honor Michigan [eek ... - from year to year, each one is a Werth told them of her trip to Blanchard to hon9\" past .eounty little better than the last. No Germany to see her parents. This Life Insur~nce Company. .~ - ;." ' chairmen. These':! ladies, Mrs. Arenac county Farm Bureau matter how complete or worth- proved very interesting. Seventeen This is he realization of a hope and a dream of many Harold Sparks, Mrs. Harry Shan- ... Women's Committee wrapped 150 while the previous year's ·activ- of the women went to the District non, and Mrs. Chester Kentner cancer bandages at their meeting. ities seemed to have been at the meeting at Hale, and a member years,-to bring together in one modern efficient office, were presented with carnation time. went to the State Hospital at corsages. Each made appropriate The Saginaw county group, As a delegate to the national Traverse City May 17, in Mich- 311 of the Lansing employees of the Michigan Farm Bu- remarks in acceptance. Mrs. B. H. Baker of Merrill, convention in New York I be- igan Week. At this time a great reau. Mrs. Marjorie Karker spoke on chairman, held their May meeting came firmly convinced that the deal was learned on how to help the history and values of the at the Saginaw County Hospital. activities of Michigan Farm Bu- the patients. For many years these employees of the Michigan Farm Bureau. After their regular business meet- A Sister Kenny collection is Farm Bureau and its affiliates have been scattered at reau Women were outstanding in The ladies volunteered to as- ing Mrs. Ruth McEllen, superin- our national program. The pro- taken up each month. A 4-H semble and arrange the County tendent of the County Hospital for posed national program, for the luncheon was given to honor 4-H several locations in Lansing and many of the office fa- Farm Bureau exhibit at the Cass the past 10 years, gave the history year of 1955, followed very close- leaders on June 9. Dr. Paul Miller cilities were inadequate and inefficient. The new build- County Fair August 7-13. They of the hospital. The hospital has ly what the women of Michigan was the guest speaker. Mrs. Emil hope to have a food booth at the in for Krueger, of Posen, is the county .ng will produce more efficient operation. a chapel with a piano and an have been participating Fair. The proceeds will go to the organ. Each room has a TV re- quite sometime. Thus, in a way, chairman. County Center building which is ceiver. A variety program is The new building is about a The interior walls are tinted pas- we are pioneers in our field of tel green and the floors are plastic being built. televised each Saturday at 9:45 Presque Isle. The May meeting mile northwest of the city limits endeavor. Mrs. Berle Blanchard and Mrs. from the hospital. They have of the Presque Isle Women's Com- of Lansing on US-16 at 4000 North tile in persimmon color. The Will Harris poured at the tea. their own beauty shop and barber "Weight and See," were the mittee was held at Ocqueoc Hall. Grand River. It was financed by ceiling has accoustical tile to ab- Mrs. Robert Brossman and Mrs. shop. words that met my eyes when I Mrs. Ethel Kirkendall told the the Farm Bureau Insurance Com .• sorb the noise. Uniform lighting Some of the 180 members of the opened the news letter from the story of Michigan, after which the parries. is accomplished through a system Dewey Annis were also on this committee. women's auxiliary call at the hos- chairman of Aleona county, Mrs. audience was divided into groups The investment will be repaid pital each week to bring plants, Ronald Lombard, of Glennie. and answered questions about over a period of years by th favors, encouragement and words She said, "No, the word is not Michigan. The Ocqueoc women Farm Bureau and all of the Com- of cheer. Support is contributed misspelled. to the hospital by all church de- Month, our program March, being Health entertained with a mock wedding. panies occupying the building. committee Mr. Mendrick showed a film on will be repaid in such a way that It ... ta4~ to m_llk_t~ nominations, business industries decided, for our county's health Michigan. The legislative chair- the interest rate to the Farm Bu- You'll love this all-in-one cut General Motors and C. J. Edd/ sake, and for a bit of fun, to have man, Mrs. Hattie Ristow read the reau Insurance Companies will be style to be made in a wink with- The meeting closed with a tour of a "weighing in" before our pot- fact sheet on the 1955 Foster Care better than the average rate of out waistline seam. It's perfect the hospital. The ladies felt it luck lunch. In October we would Bill. Mrs. Theresa Mendrick is interest returned from their other for sunning, and a multitude of was a day well spent. make a report on what progress the county chairman. investments. pleasant purposes. had been made in losing weight Dis rlet 9. Iosco county ~or the over-weights, and in gain- women of the District at Hale. In entertained the Therefore, the Farm and its affiliates will profit from a Bureau No. 2264 is cut in sizes 12, 14, rs, Ernest Heim, Chairman mg for the under-weights. 16, 18, 20, 36, 38, 40. Size 16: 3th addition to the visit of the Book- more efficient office building and Traverse City, R· 4 "Each month we weigh, before mobile and the Civil Defense pro- . yards, 35 inches. also the members who own in- The Northwest Michigan Farm lunch, and have a secretary who gram, Mrs. Earl Tucker of Oge- surance policies will profit from a Send 35 cents in coin (No Bureau Women's camp was held keeps track of each gain or loss." maw county gave an interesting better han average return on stamps, please) for each pattern, June 7-8-9 at Twin Lakes 4-H "Alcona women have a rather resume of her trip to Washington their investment. with your Name, Address, Style Camp, Traverse City. large program started in securing as delegate. The building covers more than number, and size. Address: Pat- Mrs. Fritz Halverson of the a Bookmobile for their county District officers were elected at an acre of space; it is one story tern Bureau, Michigan Farm Maple Leaf Group opened with Librarian. So far they have con- this time. Mrs. Vernon Kings- because this is the most moder-n News, P. O. Box 42, Old Chelsea prayer. The Rev. Gerald Bowen tacted the various townships and bury, of Alpena was elected Dis- and efficient arrangement for Station, New York 11, N. Y. For of the orthport Congregational have had a good response. They trict Chairman, Mrs. Beeman business offices where space will first class mail, include an extra church gave the opening address hope to have a used vehicle before Smith, of Hillman, vice chairman. permit this type of construction. 5 cents per pattern. on the camp theme "The Ameri- the opening of school in the fall. They will take office at the time It is built of brick and concrete can Christian and Her Country." AlPena county has had from 4 of our fall district meeting. block. Now: The Spring - Summer Sta e enator Hutchinson of the to 8 absent out of 27 groups. The • SPEAKERS AND CHAIRME for :the Shiawassee County Fashion World illustrating in color 8th di trict explained and discus- women have stock in Thunder Count your blessings and there The front of the building is tan scores of delightfully wearable ~d the following bills: veterinary Bay Petroleum Co-op. They have will be no time for fault-finding. face brick with Indiana limestone Farm Breau Women's Tea May 2. Seated, Jaft to right: Ray fashions for every size and oc- bill; c~~nge in cherry and apple given 1 per group for Tsuru trim. The walls are largely DeWitt, Mrs. Carlton Ball, Mrs.. Harold Nye. Standing, left to casion. Sew these practical pat- ad ertising law; sanitary condi- . akatani, and have participated People who don't know the window space with aluminum right: • F. Margaret Smith, Mrs. Cyril Spike, n. IYaD Tobey. tern designs. Order your copy tion of dairy farming; welfare of In all the state projects. value of money seldom have any. ventilator sash type windows. aDd Mrs. WOO m Sh (Photo by Ow guI-Pr) now. ~ice 25 cents. e Europe e s (Conbnued from Page 1) 1.50 to $2.50 per month, with Schools. A major enactment Would have pro id and property damage liability the schools receiving 75 cents of during the 1955 ion is the re- ing a constitutional was boosted I from $1,000 to the new money, and the remain- codification of Michigan's chool for Michig n. $5,000. ing 25 cents going to the munici- laws. Would ha r quir pality. Highways. Another new stat- of all chool I r oms b For several years, the Michigan Farm Bureau has had, as a part ute provides greater uniformity Fire Marshal and tate County Roads. A bill was Department, with no of its program, the recommenda- passed authorizing employees of of traffic signals. tion that there be financial re- county road commissions to stop as to what requirement zould sponsibility for aircraft owners Michigan State. In the cap- be stablished. (R garded b trucks for weighing purposes to ital outlay appropriation bill, an Michigan arm Bureau a an -n- and operators. Such Iegislz tion protect county roads. was finally adopted at this ses- item of 2,120,000 was included vasion of local contr 1.) sion. Tractor Fuel. Two companion to continue construction of the Would have p rmitted stab- bills were enacted to clarify the Animal Industr-ies Building at lishment of office of Count The Michigan drain law was situation relative to sales tax ex- Michigan State University. An sessor, and provided for a sub j e c ted to comprehensive emption on tractor fueL Most amendment which we advocated, ty Board of Revie . amendments, preparatory to a of us have been buying our fuel authorizes constructio of a State Would have created a Mi ra- recodification which' is in pros- on a sales tax exemption Department of Agricu ture Lab- tory Labor Commis ion with basis pect for next year. and then using a portion of it oratory on the Michigan State broad regulatory authority. University Campus, at a cost of Would have pro id d for abol- Bang's Disease control law was for highway travel. If the situa- not to exceed 1,000,000 and ishing annual meeting of to n- also overhauled in line with re- tion had not been straightened makes immediately available for ships by specified proc dur . commendations of a special out, it is probable that we would this project an amount of ap- study committee of breeders, soon have lost the privilege of Would have inserted arious proximately 500,000 which has amendments in Michigan's Milk veterinarians, enforcement of- buying tractor fuel on a sales tax been accumulated from feed, fer- ficials, etc. In general, there will xemption basis. Under the new Dispenser Law, which w uld hav tilizer, and economic poisons li- discouraged purchase and u now be greater uniformity be- plan, when we apply for a re- censing and inspection. 0 tween our law and those of the fund for the gas tax which we this modern milk vending equip- NOVEMBER 6 Michigan people on the Ame rican Farmers Tour of Europe will leave Paris in have paid on motor fuel used for The appropriation for educa- surrounding states and federal ment. the morning for Versailles where they will visit the horticultural school and the palace where off-the-highway purposes, the tional institutions includes pro- Would have rewritten Mich- World War I was concluded. ~overnment. vision for Michigan State Uni- sales tax due on any fuel which igan's Pharmacy Law, to hav Crop Pests. Many amend- we bought on a sales tax exempt versity and its experiment sta- included orne unduly restri ti A number of reservations have been made for the American ute ar ers Tours III Take ments were adopted to the state basis, but later used for highway law for control of insects and travel, will be computed and de- tion and extension feature of passage of this meas- service. A features which would have ham- Farmers Tours of Europe this pered manufacture and sale of plant diseases. . ducted from our refund check and ure was our successful effort to summer under the sponsorship modern feeds and economic Apples. Michigan's apple pro- turned over to the Department of secure removal of the first part of the American Tourist Bureau, of Section 13, which would have poisons. J of Chicago. motional program was revamped. Revenue. Would have made it illegal for prevented Michigan State Uni- Hereafter, growers will be per- the owner or operator of farm Doctors. Michigan's bas i c versity from obtaining and oper- There is considerable interest mitted to secure a refund of land to shoot a tre passing dog, ating a VHF television station. . among Michigan farmers in join- their contribution if they desire Science Law was amended to which came on the property un- ing with Farm Bureau members not to cooperate. provide for licensing a doctor if Defeated. Among measures accompanied. , and other farmers from other Michigan's Farm Products he has passed examinations in which were opposed by the Would have imposed added Warehouse Law was amended. another state which are as com- states in the 35 day tour of Michigan Farm Bureau and regulations on common and con- prehensive and exhaustive as eleven European countries. The which were not passed by the tract carriers, regarding rented or Agr'l Lime. New legislation Michigan's in enumerated basic tours leave New York City Au- Legislature, there were 24 bills leased equipment. (Considered was enacted providing for licens- sciences. gust 27, September 10, Septem- including the following: by some as a m asure to guaran- ing of handlers and the analysis ber 24 and October 8. Chain Stores. Another of the Would have required electrical tee payment of dues to the Team- of agricultural lime. Cost of the tour is $1285 per bills passed with Farm Bureau or mechanically operated turn sters Union. Would have inter- Trailer Parks. The monthly person from New York City and support repeals the special li- signals on any farm wagon haul- fered with tnip leasing.) return there. This figure in- license fees for trailers in trailer cense tax on chain stores. ed by a motor vehicle on a pub- Various bills which would have cludes air transportation from coach parks was increased from lic highway. New York to Lon<\on and return; train, bus, and river transportation tel accommodations; in Europe; all ho- steamer all meals Ba.rgain Crib from Used Lumber except in New York, London and Paris so as to leave members of the tour free to dine in various restaurants there. The tour cost .=;:--- include's government taxes and $&~~~ tips. THIS IS THE ROUTE that the American Farmers tours wii; take , J Countries included in the tour on a 35 days' visit to eleven countries late this summer and early are Great Britain, Holland, Ger- fall. The time will be divided between sight-seeing in th~ citie:- many, Switzerland, Liechten- and countryside of Europe, and visits to farms and with farm lead- stein, Austria, Italy, Monaco, ers in the several countries. France and Belgium. 'I'he beautiful Gardens of Ver- the Michigan Farm Bureau, will the nose secretes close to a quart sailles will be visited by the be the leader of the tour of water a day in this automatic, tours. Other famous scenic spots scheduled to leave New' York steam-heating process. in Europe, as well as farms in City October 8. The other tours At the same time a two-step interesting agricultural areas of will be led by Oswald Anderson filter system is stripping inhaled Europe will be visited. of the Wisconsin Farm Bureau, air of dust, dirt and bacteria. August 27; John W. Sims, Ohio The coarser particles are snag- Farm Bureau, September 10; Ed- ged by small bristling hairs at win Gumm, Illinois Agr'l Ass'n, the entrance of the nostrils. The September 10. finer particles that sift past this first cleaning station don't get Human Nose far, however. They are trapped in a constant- ly-moving film of mucus, a sticky Best of All as substance secreted by myriads of tiny glands. I Air Conditioner Underneath this layer of mucus are millions of microscopic hairs called cilia that whip back and Your noss Aoes an air-condi- forth five times a second. tioning job that is unmatched by They move the film of mucus, any present man-made machine. now laden with the tiniest par- Dr. Noah Fabricant, in a recent A corn crib on the George Veliema farm near Jamestown in Ottawa County is a good ticles of dirt and bacteria, like article in the AMA publication, example of putting a bargain in "used" lumber to work on the farm. an endless conveyor belt to the Today's Health, points out that back of the nose and into the Mr. Velterna's- son Marvin is a space on the farm .• Mr. Veltema The barnyard needed a new the human nose is actually a com- throat, where it is discharged or welder in the Chesapeake and made a corn crib from box car fence. He worked much of the bination air - conditioner, filter swallowed. system and germ trap. Ohio shops near Grand Rapids. flooring. lumber into a good looking October 21 the 'American Farm- The nose gets a new layer of He saw considerable used floor- The flooring made the rafters, f ers Tour will leave Frankfurt, The nose takes the outside mucus every 20 minutes in a ing from box cars that had been the ends of the crib and floors. enTche.di d d fl . . 0 th Germany by coach for Zurich, air--cold or warm, humid 0 continuous process as the old, re aired and rebuilt. He took, . e iscar e oormg IS s u .- Switzerland, by way of Heidel- dry., dusty and diriy-and de- PI d h t hi f th It For SIdes he used a heavy WIre ern pine and for the most part IS dirt-laden film is swept away.- a oa ome 0 IS a er. f T ib in fh b . d diti G d h berg, Karlsruhe and Stuttgart. livers it to the lungs at ..body could be obtained for a small ence. he err sat. in e arn- m goo con 1 IOn. 00 enoug Your Health, Blue Cross-Blue temperature, moist to the satur- Shield. harge yard. The cattle like the corn. for a lot of farm use. Above are picturesque buildings ation point and virtually free of c . To keep them away he used George and Marvin Veltema in Heidelberg built in 1705. dust, dirt and bacteria. Last year the VeUema farm had flooring to build a temporary are members of the Ottawa Farm groups and members of It does this with every breath Purpose of more corn that there was storage fence around the crib. County Farm Bureau. you take at the rate of 500 cubic the U. S. embassy staffs will feet every 24 hours. Farm Bureau e More C u had qualified for Farm Bureau meet with the Amercian farmers tour groups at experimental job: Here's how the nose does the •. "The purpose of this Associa- tion shall be the advancement of es Group Life. The addition of Kalamazoo, Al- ys farms and dinner programs. cona, Alpena and Berrien counties American Tourist Europe and will attend Bur e a u guides will direct the parties in sages are three In each of to all bones called the turbinates. the two nasal pas- our members' scroll - shaped ally, legislatively. With ally:' interests education- and economic- Ta eF GrOll will bring the total number of members protected group Ii e plan to over 4,000. under the each breath, the air swirls around such details baggage as transportation, transfers, customs in- them, and as nature's steam heat- statement This sentence is taken from the of purpose when the Life Insu • en spections, lodgings, etc. Ward G. Hodge, president of ers, they warm the air and help Michigan Farm Bureau was or- humidify it at the same time. Dr. Fabricant ganized at Michigan State Col. points out that lege, February 4. 1919. Kalamazoo and A1cona County Farm Bureaus qualified May 27 Have You plan I for Farm Bureau group life insur- ance program. .e ten Your • Led by Wilbur Randol of Gales- I burg, Kalamazoo county reached its minimum than three months. enrollment in less The county C ng ssma ? fi- expects to have 500 members Congressmen report that they are getting thousand of letters, fled Wheaf Seed under the plan. Alcona county has 18 groups recommending the minimum wage • HIGH GER I Travel with, the AMERICAN and 201 members enrolled. Arthur be increased to $f.25 per hour. McIntyre of Harrisville is the They also say that they are get- U IFORM U FARMERS TOURS county's group life chairman. ting very little mail opposing such an increase. VA lETA PU ITY AMERICAN FARMERS TOURS The group life plan provides a Farm Bureau member, or his wife, Far m Bur e a u's resolutions FREEDOM FRC),M WE D 82 West Washington St. or both with $1,000 of group life clearly place us in opposition to Chicago 2, I flinois insurance at a very reasonable an increase at this time. Ask your local levator or annual cost. The administration has recom- about these recommend wh o Please rush more information on the To qualify, at least 60% of the mended a 90c minimum. The for 1955. MICHIGAN AMERICAN FARMERS I Photo-The British Travel Ass'n Senate has passed a bill setting a eligible persons in a group must Soft White TOUR leaving New York October 8, 1955. I southLondon-Houses bank of the of Parliament river Thames, as seen from with Westminster the enroll, and enough groups in the $1 minimum figure. Tremendous I Bridge in the right background. county must enroll to make the pressures have been built up for GENESEE Other AMERICAN FARMERS TOURS to Eur. A supply of vitamin D is also ope, leaving: plan workable. For an individual the $1.25 figure which would essential for the assimilation of CORNELL 595 o August 27 0 September 10 0 September 24 JOIN the Special Michigan AMERICAN to qualify, he must not be over cause increases in the cost of YORKWIN the minerals in the making of Please send me information on travel to: ,FARMERS TOUR to Europe leaving 60, be. in reasonably good health, items purchased by farmers. It the egg shells. Vitamin D is would also tend to throw out of available to hens that get plenty o Europe 0 South America 0 Holy Land New York October 8, 1955. and able to work regularly. work many people who supple- o Hawaii 0 Round the 0 Domestio • Your tour leader wfll be Ward G. Two other counties, Alpena and ment their incomes with part- of sunlight. World travel to Hodge, president of the Michigan Farm Bu. Berrien should reach their mini- time work or at scales lower·than • reau. mum enrollment by July 1. A the proposed minimum. Mosquitoes We would leave about ...............................•.••.•......• total of 400 members are expected You still have' an opportunity The first step in getting rid of Meet farm representatives of other to enroll in Alpena county, and to let your Congressman know of mosquitoes is to spray any stand- countries. Berrien will probably reach a your thinking on this inflationary ing water on your property where We would return about ......................•••••...........•• • Fly SABEN A AIRLINES to Europe. total of 700 members enrolled. measure. Tuscola county is also working that the bill will be considered Present indications are mosquitoes breed, says U. S. De- partment of Agriculture. This may NAME ............................•....•.......•...............•.....•.•••.• • Visit 11 European countries. on the group life program and by the House about July 10. include pond, salt marsh, irri- Street or RFD No. ...........................................•..•• • Stay at first class hotels. will take the plan to their Com- Write now! munity Farm Bureau Groups at • gated pasture, or a bit of old rain water standing in a cast-off tin P. O. ADDRESS ...•.••.••...••••.•••.•••••••••••••••••••• .- •••••• _ • Inclusive 35-day tour, round trip from New York, only 1285.00 their July meeting. Previously The first Barry.. Oceana, St. knowledge is to be willing to con- step in acquiring can, old tire, or roof gutter. • Joseph and Van Buren Counties fess your ignorance • Buy Farm Bureau teed. • MICHIGAN FARM NEWS gr~m an a ea '8 re ABOUT 10 pounds for every its permanence and ability to ab- The higher grade politicians a ea Commun ty Farm Bureaus Celebrate man, woman and child are made and used in the United States sorb light contribute to its versa- are seldom machine made. tility . every year. Traffic engineers find carbon Before he can accumulate ..J y The most commonplace and yet most spectacular Use of car- bon black is in automobile tires. black's light absorption quality an money a man has to have sense. economical means of softening the light glare from highways Going in the right direction is ckgroun Material for Program in July by Our . . It makes all the differ- by mi ing it with concrete. more important than speed. ence between tires wearing out 470 Community Farm Bureau Discussion Groups after seven or eight thousand DO ALD D. KINSEY Coordinator of Education and Research for MFB The building collapsed with a roar. A cloud of dust miles and giving five times that mileage. WITHOUT resistance to abra- sion that carbon black provides, YI and falling plaster filled the street. It was in the a few hundred miles of travel and papers a month ago. The building contractor had one or two sudden stops or starts would find vehicles traveling on skimped on materials. The foundations were weak. cold rubber tires down to their wheel rims. So there was a catastrophe! Automobile tires contain up- Nations and organizations can be like that. wards of four pounds of tailor- made carbon black. It is primar- Bureau can be like that - unless .. • ily its fineness rather than its The material for Farm Bureau's future is its rural color or chemical composition that gives carbon black its value. young people. Unless we build for a strong, capable ONE pound of the type used in and interested Farm Bureau youth, we, too, can suffer tire treads, for example, has a a collapse in the future. total surface area of about 11 acres. The Michigan Farm Bureau established its Junior Somehow-even the best in- formed industry scientists aren't program in 1935. In 1942 the Michigan Farm Bureau sure how-this extreme fineness board of directors asked themselves seriously, "Where and the resulting extensive sur- SUM T-PERE MARQUETTE Community F arm Bur u of Mason county was organized in face area enable carbon black to do we think we are going? tt early May. 1936, as the first group in Michigan. Today there are 1470Community Farm Bureaus. strengthen, toughen and increase The answers to this question brought forth some About 40 members of the Summit-Pere Marquette group attended the 19th anniversary meeting the durability of products in in May. Many w re aUired in costume in observance of Mason county's centennial. The group which it is used. The quality, plus policy statements. The sense of these statements was was organized at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Hawley. There were 65 charter members. Pictur d above, seated left to, right are: Mrs. Kenneth Kibbey, Mrs. John Houk, John Houk, , Handles dry hay, ,reen hay, as follows: " - 1.1 corn, easily, sp.eeCJilyand de- George Piper, William Bradshaw, Mrs. William Bradshaw. Standing, left to right-John A. 1. The Junior Farm Bureau program in Michigan Butz, Mrs. John A. Butz, Emery Kinney, Mrs. Emery Kinney, Mrs. Harold Fitch. Harold Fitch, , PURE CRUSHED~ pendably - under all crop TRIPLE SCREENED conefitions. Cutting lengths ad- must be a part of, and a real working unit of Farm Bu- Kenneth Kibbey. Justable %" to 4". All con:' reau. It is not a mere affiliate. If youth is to carryon our work we must give youth o STE SHELL trol~ including reversible feed drive,' convenient to tractor seat. Quick change Com Head an active place in the organization. If we pay the Attachment also a ailable. "412" Crop Blow.r. N •• Choice Qf power take-off or type, 1O-ft. tilting hopp.r, young people passing notice, or merely ask them for • engine drive. Be SUl'eto see with auger feed, malees light worlc of putting up forage favors of work, they will not develop any loyalty to 'es about th. new Cockshutt· crops, dry hay, bedding cmd "411 next time you're in' U elevating grain. 8" discharge Farm Bureau, and that's for sure! townl pipe - wagon unloader clriv. - ~w quidcer tranSJ)Od. 2. We need the youth who is finishing high school- Used for one thing or another Distributed by or is out of school and becoming part of his community since the dawn of history, carbon FOR POULTRY life. We have no purpose to interfere with existing black has multiplied in usefulness FARM BUREAU SERVICES, INC. until it has become a necessary school-centered activities. ingredient in hundreds of today's FARM EQUIPMENT DEALERS 3. To make real our ties with youth the state and products, said Frank L. Reming- ton in an article in ETHYL c Farm Equipment Division county by-laws must provide that the Junior presidents NEWS, published by Ethyl Corp- fARM BUREAu Miii.I"NG CO. Inc.