•• g • JANUARY 1, 1956 34th Year ar _ reau w EDITORIAL Word from the Farm "F armers talked mostly about one subject: the Would D·v rt price problem back home. But what they said was Crops to Gr quite different from what many politicians have S rpl Cro been saying for them." EN R E. UNGRE So observed TIME, the weekly news magazine Dec. 26 in its report. of what 5,000 farmers said The 37th annual me ting of th meri n and did at the 37th annual meeting at Chicago of reau at Chicago Dec. 11-15 d al with th n ti I the American Farm Bureau Federation of 1,623,- problem by declaring for ontinuation 0 fl ibl 222 farm families. supports, and for a oluntary soil fertility b n TIME quoted Yerland McLeod, who raises hogs, "The pro uc ive capacity of merican cattle, corn, wheat and oats on 390 acres near been expanded beyond ffectivc Lyons, Ionia county, Michigan. Mr. McLeod said: F arm Bureau said. "My income is down 25 j~ to 300/0· from "Accumulat d surpluses are acting a iling n last year, but I'm not ..for 90 1~ of parity. I'm for farm prices and are depressing farm' income. flexibility, something as close to supply and demand "The over-production and gov rnm n t as you can get. I don't like artificial situations." AT THIS STAGE of the fire which destroyed the Farm Bureau Services warehouse at Lansing December 8. fh manage- ment and employees were making plans to continue all forms of farm supplies service without serious inte.r upfion. Incoming which are causing our present difficulties must b President Charles Shuman in his annual address supplies were diverted to FBS warehouses at Emmett, Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, Saginaw and Traverse CIty. Temporary re- nated." blamed the 9070 of parity support program for pro .. tail buildings were set up next day near the burned warehouse. Price Supp rts. Th encan rm Bur u r dueing troublesome surpluses. TIME said he read f rmed it su port for fie ible price upports authorize , a lecture to the politicians: "It is not only dangerous from the standpoint of agriculture to see who can promise the highest level Services Ware use by the Agricultural At the same time, ct of t 954. the Farm Bur U ob er .cember, 1955 that the gradual change from 90 (/ of support, but I think it wo~ld be disastrous to the party that gets into power. The party committed to high, fixed supports would feel obligated to put L ss Covered I s ran parity price supports to flexible price uppo t nd n adjustments in production to work out of our difficulties. means that time is r rl them .into effect, and that would result in farm + The Farm Bureau Services main warehouse at the +p Under the Agr 'I Act of 1954, flex'bIe pric up r. s income going down and surpluses continuing to ac- cumulate. " Well on Way Farm Bureau Friday, December Center on US-16 west of Lansing 9. burned res ....,..~===r~~~0:"'.;:;,..~~ became effective on price supported 1955 at the rate of B J Y2 rop harv to 90 (;~ of parity. Th d 1 act The convention's 3 to I for continued 163 voting delegates support voted of flexible price to 70,495 The building and its contents which was in the neighborhood were a complete of $500,000. loss, becomes fully effective on price supported vested or mar eted in 1956 at the rat of 7) to 90 I rOJ? h (J~" supports. Only the South held out for rigid 90 % .. of parity price support for cotton. Menl ershi The warehouse, merchandise its equipment, were covere and the stocks of fully by insurance which of parity, as determined by the Secretary of Agri ulture in relation to supplies of the crop. The Farm Bureau urged Congress to enact a soil Membership in the Michigan was shared by a number of fire insurance companies. The Soil Ban recommend tion fro the a fertility bank program to replace some of the acreage Farm Bureau for 1956 stood at 44,492 on December 27. F arm Bureau Mutual Insuran e Company was not reau is designed to reduce present surplus stock of t, of cotton, wheat, etc., with soil building crops. It This is 63 % of the state goal of carrying any of the insurance ris s on the warehouse corn, cotton, etc. It is also designed to avoid fu ure introduced a new idea by urging that payments for 70,495 family memberships for and contents. It is the policy of the I:arm Bureau not surpluses by converting a part of the land m surplu under planting should be in crops now owned by this year. . The Dec. 27 figure includes to carry the insurance on its own buildings. crops to soil building crops. the government, thereby reducing the surplus. 41,773 renewals and 2719 new Insurance coverage ~as complete in every respect. The Farm Bureau proposed a new idea for a soil fer- Farmers would be paid for the yield lost through members. It represents a substan- tial gain over the figures report- The policies provide for complete replacement of tility bank program: That the government pay parti i- underplanting by certificates enabling them to buy ed at the close of December a the huilding even though the costs of construction may pating farmers with negotiable order for surplu farm stored crops at greatly reduced prices. year ago. be greater. than they were when the building was crops now owned by the Commodit Credit Corporation. Every County. F'arm Bureau l'hey Write to u-. Benson has a goal and hopes to exceed it-and to be among the first to erected in 1949. The warehouse was a one story concrete and steel CI:fARLES. B~ SHUMAN of The orders could be used to take delivery of the goods, ulli van IllmOIS 'a elected j president of the American Farm or they could be sold in the market for cas . h In November while making a speech at Cleve- make it. December 27 Alcona County Farm Bureau was first structure 200 by 240 feet. Management of Farm Bu- ~~'~~h ~~~u~lt%~e~~:ra~e~~~~ In its two-way attack 0 farm s rplu es thro g a land, Secretary Ezra Benson invited the public to with 109% of its goal; 2nd-Ben- reau Services is now considering the type of building ago, Dec. 11-15. Walter Randolph soil fertility bank pro .' e i an Farm Bu au zie and Bay, each with 96%; 3rd of Montgomery, Alabama, was . . Ih it t hould write him about the farm situation. He has been -Cheboygan, 91 %. that will replace it in view of present day needs for r -elected vice-president. Mi'. made four recomme ations r c 1 sugges e s -getting about 500 letters a day from farmers and County Farm Bureau member- warehouse space. Shuman i a stock and grain be the first order of b siness f r Congress in 1956: ship standings Dec. 27 were: farmer at Sullivan and came up city people. through the rank since 193~. He I-F armers producing controlled crop should b n- 1956 Members % of F arm Bureau immediately began routing of incom- Two suggestions occur most frequently. A ma- County Goal Dec. 27 Goal ing farm supplies to its regional warehouses at Emmett, s~r~~dca~u:~rre~~~~::u~~e~~d;i~~couraged to plant less than their allotments, with full pro- 1 Alcona 382 419 jority of the people urge more action on disposing , 41 2j2 ~4 ~~~:Zi~ ..... ::·.:::::::·.:::·.:· ::::1.606 1,5-19 Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, Saginaw and Traverse City ector and pre ident of t~e Illi~- tection for their crop histories. cis Agr'I Ass'n, and vice-presi- . of surplus commodities to needy peoples here and Cheboygan 310 2, 2 to serve cooperatives and other Farm Bureau dealers. dent of the American Farm Bu- As payment for underplanting, the farm r should r .. 5 Alpena 609 5~9 overseas. There is strong support for cutting down 6 l\fissaukee 4:H 48~ 0 The Farm Equipment Division office Iorce moved reau. ceive negotiable options to buy Commodity red it orp .. the production of crops in surplus through a soil 8 7 N.'V. 'Vashtenaw Mich 1.123 1.676 l'~~i +~ into the main Farm Bureau office building permanent- oration stocks to replace the normal production of the building program which would take acres out of 16 11 12 9 St. Sanilac TUHcola Joseph Li tngston : 1.1-1 I.:!H 2.306 2.004 910 1,767 J .50:~ 77 77 75 ly, and announced that business would be conducted' as Far 1tea underplanted acres. This should be at prices t ncour- corn, wheat, cotton, etc. 13 Branch 1.745 1.3t)O H usual. Cockshutt equipment and parts are being ship- age participation, possible about 50 (;~ of p rity. 14 Sag inaw 2,8 0 1,737 72 Secretary Benson has used his authority Congress recently to offer large amounts of surplus from 15 16 17 1 Ar na at.ta wa Ca. ll Iosco lOtin , 471 t 6!)7 1 ?'P ·..·····..··..·..·····1·61., 259 0) '334 l·.i~~ 1.'2 71 71 70 70 ped direct to dealers, largely from Cockshutt's nearest plant and warehouse at Bellevue, Ohio. II sti The farmer could take delivery of th c mmodity for use as fe d or seed, or he could sell the option on the foods to relieve food shortages abroad. The United States will deliver it, providing the nations accept- ~~ ~~;~in ..:::::::::::::::::::: ;W2 21 22 23 Bcrrt n ,"ontmor ncy Gen~e 1 -I 2 '4:> 2.-19 !~~ 1.a,'.) 1.0~2 1.709 130 1.0t;Z 6'.) G!) G 67 66 Lansing retail farm supply store of Farm Bureau Services began operating from temporary buildings and Ja 4 open market for cash. The underplanted acres would be devoted to soil build- ing the food will a range for the distribution. 2! Iauiste e 3;~4 219 66 the Lansing branch elevator. "How a Successful County Farm 25 26 Kalamazoo Huron 1,271 2.12!l :\4 1.;3ti-l 66 6-1 Bureau Committee Operates" will ing crops and be eligible for Agr'I Cons rvation ra tice The Secretary is readying for Congress proposed 27 Lsa.boll a 1,21)1\ 09 61 The fire was discovered at 6: 45 a.m. in the north- be the topic to be 'devek pcd at payments. 28 Mec sta % fiH6 6;l legislation on the soil fertility bank. He is giving 29 Lape r I.i;f)() l,Ola 6:; the 7th annual Farm Bureau In- 30 Ingham 1 ,2;) ! 7!1() i;;l west area of the warehouse. It spread rapidly, despite stitute at Kellogg Center, Mich- 2-All farmers sl ould be encourag d to d 'YO re... consideration to the Farm Bureau' s suggestion that 31 Ojrcmaw -117 2;);) 61 prompt arrival of fire departments from the township igan State College, January 3-4. 32 ~3 Macomb ('harleYoi.· 1.2~H 410 7 ·2;)0 ill 61 The purpose of the Institute is sonably shaped fields to the soil bank for no 1 s th n government payments to farmers for soil building 34: Presque Isle -I!l 299 60 and city of Lansing. A strong wind from the north- to build more effective local Farm 35 Ion ia 1.377 24 flO three years, unless released earlier by th liquid ti n of practices be made in certificates or options to take ~6 Allegan 2.2!l 1,:1;) flO west blew the fire through the building. Stocks of Bureau programs for a Farm Bu- 37 Clinton 1.6-1 9:11 5 reau membership of 70,000. government-owned surplus s. Payments should b (d surplus stocks of grain and other products at attrac- 3 Van Bur -n 2.000 ] .110 1\7 asphalt roofing, paints, tires, equipment in crates. and ::::::::::::::::::::::1'~~~ 1.~~¥ ~~ Several hundred County Farm on the production value of the land, and payabl in tive prices from the surplus stocks now owned by :~ ~:~lt()l .... general farm supplies burned fiercely and covered. the Bureau committee chairmen and 41 ' ••• 42 Mason "av ne 717 42 fi7 county presidents will attend the stocks if possible. the government. 4~ Antrim 710 ;;10 :l!l, ~. :1 !'in fil). area with a dense cloud of smoke. It is thought that Institute. The committeesinclude 44 }\Udla.nd 7 :~q' fill 3- 0 harvesting or grazing should be p rmitt d 01 4:5 HillMale l.fi;l.j.. no :);) an oil space heater caused the fire. these activities: Membership,com- , 46 Gratiot. 1..5::J ,:);) .5~ munity groups, women, public lands in the soil bank. Thoughts on Reducing Costs Monroe Con ty 47 J'a kson 1,2:;4 1>:;2 52 4. Oakland 1.2:17 1>40 fi2 ass't Secretary. Wilbur J. Labr ,relations, legislative, farm supply, 4-In order to qualify for price support , 49 SO Barry •..h iawaxxee 1.30, Wi;) 52 is general agent for the Farm Bu- insurance. resolutions, comrnod- Wheeler McMillen, writing in the December issue 51 Enmll't 1);07 :;;17 fl,'{ 'Ii :-1 fiO reau Insurance Companies in ities, citizen hip, Blue Cross, and should be r quired to put an acr ag of of Chemurgic Digest, said this: 25 L naweo 1.01\4 ,7:; 49 Monroe county. Senior committ e on Junior Farm crops into the soil bank. The amount ·1·ng Hog Prices 53 0" ,1. 3 0 Of ie 'IUla 4. f'i! r"lkasl'u 12 1i0 47 "The id a prevails widely that agricultural re .. :);) r",~. 5fi ~t. Clair . 1..016 1.i)'!l 4 ~ 7~~ 16 41; etter BU~n:U'objeCtive is to get more termined y a percentage of the acr ag fi7 J<~aton 1.;) fi 7:.1 45 people participating in the pro- search concerns itself mainly with discovering !'ill Clan:' 2:;0 10, 4:~ Monroe County Farm Bureau is ext Sum er gram. At pre ont more than supported crops. 2 ~o building an office at 8300 West Ida 10,000 members are ervin on means to enlarge the total farm output ... wondering whether research could not improve its I keep :19 6~ • Iuskesron ~~ ~..~~l;~~O:::::::::::::::::: Mont calm 1)76 3~~ 1.2fi7 ;~r 4:;4 42 42 road at Southwick street, at fda. Hog prices probably will be back up to a high of $14 to $16 County Farm Bur au boards of director, on CoFB committees a <1 63 Ot· go 163 54- 3:~ The building is a 28 by 36 foot per hundredweight by mid-sum- 'public relations' by aiming more effort toward cut- Roll Can w rk rs, etc. There's TOTAL _-..70-,4-95 -44-,4-92 -63 cinder block with brick face con- mer of 1956. .. alwav need for more. ting down net costs, and less toward cutting cost struction, It will house the offices of the County Farm Bureau and With 2 per cent less pigs far- Dr. Clifton Ganus, Jr., of H rd- only by increasing output. rowed this winter hi pro pect, ing College, earcy, Arkansas, and Calves the Farm Bureau Insurance Com- pany services for Monroe county. prices should move up to that Dr. Pa 11 A. Miller, director of "Let research b ar down harder for a few years Antibiotics boost the growth It will be occupied early in 1956. level, say Michigan State Univer- extensio serv'ce for MIchigan rate of calves from 10 to 36 per The site provides plenty of park- sity farm economists. But, they State Univer sity, will open the on reducing farm costs for all the elements that take add, prices next fall will be about Institute the morning of January 3. cent during the first 16 weeks of ing space. money out of pocket, whether they be fuels, feeds, Monro County Farm Bureau the same as for the pas autumn. Dr. Ganus will speak on "Basic age but there seems to be no Concepts in Government" and Dr. fertilizers, chemicals, veterinary medicines, equip- benefit after that-unle s . the has a goal of 1482 members for So push spring rarrowed pigs 1956. Mrs. Viola Eipperle is see- to market :1.<; fast as possible, th y Miller will speak on "Committees animals are to be mark t ·d ~001'l. ill <'11011. ' ment, buildings, 1"bor, or whatev rIse." sa . M .. U. r earch r .... r tnt'S tid Mrs. Al it arg i advise, o Emergency raw ac January 1, 1956 MICHIGAN FARM NEWS A arm ews arm Bureau Farm rs' eek Established January 12. 1923 Pre Ident W. G. Hodge. Snover E.ntered as second - class matter Jan. 12. 1923. at the postofttce at Cha.elot.te, Michigan. under the Act of March 3. 1879. V-Pres. .. Exec. V-Pres Exec. Sec·y Blaque Knirk, Quincy C. L. Brody. Lansing J. F. Yaeger. Lansing Stray Cat Jan. 30-Feb. 3 DISTRICT DIRECTORS Michigan farm people will have 1- ax K. Hood Paw Paw. R-l Published monthly. first day. by 2-Blaque Knirk Qulncy. R-l He came to our back door one day. a wide choice of things to see and Mlchi 'an F'arm Bureau at its pub- 3-Allen F. Rush Lake Orion. R-1 hear at Michigan State Univers- li( a t ion ortic at 114 E. Lovett St .• A most bedraggled sight. 4-A. Shellenbarger L. Odessa. R-1 Charlotte. Michigan. 6-Dal Dunckel ....W1lliamston. R-l His feet were wet. His vest was gray, ity's Farmers' Week, January 30- 6-Ward G. Hodge Snover. R-l February 3. on the campus. g(litorlal and g neral offices, 4000 7-Thomas Hahn Rodney. R-l The vest that should be white. ort h Grand River A ve.. Lansing. 8-Kenneth Johnson Freeland. R-2 This traditional winter event us- l lchtg an, Post Office Box 960. Tele- His tail was drooping and his hair phon L, nstng IV. nhoe 7-5911 Ext. 9-R n A. D Ruiter McBain. R-l ually draws between 30,000 ~nd 271. 1Q--A. A. Brindley ....W. Branch. R-8 Had known no recent comb. 40000 people. Many organiza- DIRECTORS AT LARGE A questing bum, imploring there ti~ns hold their annual meetings Sen(1 notice. on Form 3578 and undettverabta copie returned under Gleason E. Halliwill Gladwin. R-4 The shelter of our home. at the University. Ii orrn 357 to 1ichigan Farm • ew Hobert E. mith Fowlerville. R-2 editorial offic , P. O. Box 960, Lan- T \ alter ightman Fennville. R-1 Several outstanding speakers Now Marthy's heart is solid gold. fling, Mi hlgan. PURPOSE OF FARM have been scheduled, including L. Representing As I've no need to mention. EInar E. Ungren Editor BUREAU WOMEN OF FARM BUREAU L. Rummell. dean of agriculture at The purpose of this Assocla- And any creature wet and cold Ohio State University. The pro- Mrs. Carlton Ball Albion. R-1 SuhRcrlption: 40 cents a year tion shall be the advancement Begets her best attention. gram will revolve around the Ltrnl t od to arm Bureau M mbers. of our members' interests edu- HOWARD HOUGHTON, dairy farmer and member of Mecosta Representing She took him in. She named him Joe cationally, legislatively, and JUNIOR FARM BUREAU general theme. "Science Serves County Farm Bureau living north of Six Lakes, had more hay an Vol. 34 January 1, 1956 No.1 economically. Paul L ipprandt Pigeon And to our pleased surprise Agriculture." A few of the high- straw than he had room in his barn. So he built the hay and straw He seemed to know what cats should know. lights: rack in this picture to deal with the emergency. He seemed di screet and wise. Meetings of the dairy breed as- Commuuzty He washed himself for half a day And slept the hours remaining, Then, with the dawn. he rose refreshed, sociations; the Little International showing and fitting contest; a pre- sentation of distinguished to agriculture awards; service a swine Mr. Houghton had carried over 15 tons of hay from the previous year. When his' barn was filled with his first cutting of hay there This year he has some different plans. The first cutting of ha will go into the rack with th second and third cuttings in th Burea ·s Demure and entertaining. He strolled about to sniff and see And then. no whit demurr'ng, show; an exhibit of the steers in Michigan's beef feeding project; films of the 1956 Rose Bowl game was no room left for straw or the barn and silo. second cutting of hay. Mr. Houghton . ~ul1t a. straw A passage way WI under the straw rack for cattle '11 b e e 1 ft CLARE L. McGHAN He nimbly leaped on Marthy's knee between Michigan State and rack on the north SIde of hIS barn to pass from one side to the Coordinator of Community Farm Bureau for MFB And charmed her with his purring. U.C.L.A. and filled it with 30 tons/of straw. other. He also plans for a shed A discussion of township zoning; It work.ed well for the. straw. type roof over the self feeding Dear Community Farm Bureau Members: Several times we have discussed the possibilities of a community No loathsome trait does Joe display. a session on planning for retire- 'Y hen hIS second and third 7ut- parts for cattle protection from No waulering and no fuss,- ment; an auction of prize steers, tings of hay came along, he Just the weather and dry footing. The group making some program plans. This month we are giving you a The once unprepossessing stray ewes and hogs; the crowning of added another s~ctlon. to the cattle liked the straw so well tha sample of program planning as one group did it. Has quite adopted us. the onion king for 1955; and many .s~r~w rack and filled It. Pro- he had to put fencing as high The following was taken from the October minutes of the Hope He brought to us no useful thing exhibits. VISIOn was made for the .hay to as the cattle could reach to keep Community Group in Midland county as reported by their secretary, But trust and peace and play be fed on a self feed baSIS. them from eating the straw. Mrs. Mae Eckmair. The straw rack was 40 feet "Minutes of the meeting h'eld by officers of Hope Group at Stacy McCrary's home September 22. And yet we hope he bides till Spring- And then decides to stay. Right Use of long, 16 feet high and 15 feet wide. Mr. Houghton The hay addition was an- farm with 100 acres tillable. other 16 feet long, 25 feet high milks 17 Holstein cows. has a 120 acre He R. S. Clark A long range program of future vents was planned. giving the pledge of allegiance to It included I Midland Board. County Farm Bureau "It was decided to have a par- Community VI e think this type of planning can be helpful to the success of a Group. We realize 315 North Grinnell Jackson, Michigan Street Grain Boosts and 15 feet wide. reports Mr. Houghton that the cattle ate the hay and that there was little Mr. Houghton's 17 Holstein cows averaged 448 pounds of fat the flag at ach of oar meetings. cor ge Maxwell i to lead us in giving this salute. We are also to ticipation furnish contest the winners between an oyster the also that men and women. The losers must the start. that carrying good planning is only plan makes for success. out the your secretary refer you to your nearest will Cross-Blue Shield district office. probably Blue How is Your Mill{ Profit spoilage. The straw-hay in the Mecosta D.H.LA. last year. rack was made He credits his good hay yields to from poles cut on the farm and fertilizer applications. One 24- have a prayer. "Fredia Maxwell was appoint- . supper. The contest is to run for 3 months. The two new counties in the Upper Peninsula are leading the In that case it is especially I Dairy farmers who feed grain some lumber from the farm. The acre field cut 73 tons of hay. A d to be recreation "We. are also. to try to have leader. "We are to be given 10 ques- state with tions taken from The Michigan new groups. the organization Menominee has 11 of important for you to give them your group. service, and contract numbers and effective date, Elect -ical according to each cow's produc- tion can clear as much as $1.30 purchased. more per hundredweight rest of the rough lumber of milk $125. Farm labor did the con- fertilizers, was 16-acre field cut 21 tons of sec- The entire cost was ond cutting hay. He uses two 5-20-20 and a 0-10-10, ~ome. Item of interest a~ each Farm News at each meeting. Each groups and Delta 7. Van Buren because it will save them a great than farmers who overfeed grain. struction work. I applying 200 pounds to the acre. meeting. We planne~ a Christmas party to be held m. the Hope correct answer is worth 10 points. leads the counties in the Lower We are to be given 10 points for Peninsula with 5. We now have deal of time and confusion in checking their records and Wiring? That was found in summarizing Michigan dairy herd improvement employee of the hospital. Town have arty. Ware Hall. The officers are ~o charge of plans for this to have a potluck each member attending. 15 points for each member that county we are responsible We earn 1496 groups in the state. What for their having the 1500th group? will have the honor of answering your question. The same situation applies if "Tem~orary wiring" around Just ~ong enough. t~ blow may be . association man, Michigan extension records. Don Hill- State University dairyman, reported Services Paid Drugs. dressings This includes such "drugs as and casts . you want to notify Blue Cross- ACTH, aureomycin and chlor- supper. "Fire Protection E. T. Cumings is chairman is our proj~ct'l for having attended a meeting if this member ~as not been in attend,- ance during t~e past 6 .m~nths. Gold Siar Award Genesee county, North Genesee Community Group. Mrs. Gordon Blue Shield of changes family marriage, status, divorce, such in your as death, or birth of a fuse, set fire to a bmldmg. or give someone a "permanent" warns D. E. Wiant of the Mich- Jolt, these figures: ~he cost of feed to produce By Blue Cross omycetin. All hospital laboratory and basal metabolism services tests. igan State College agricultural en- 100 pounds of milk was $2.85 this project. He is to be assisted by John McGraw.' "The secretary was instructed We earn 20 points for bringing a Rockwell, Secretary. non-member t? our meetings. Loneda Joynt IS to. be chairman Silver Star children. When you tell your Blue Cross-Blue Shield secretary remeber to give her these num- gineering department. Slipshod repairs. tacked-on ex- when farmers fed grain at the rate of one pound for each two Contract Oxygen and other gas therapy. Use of iron lungs. incubators and other similar hospital eqiup- to notify the Larking Group that of the contest committee. . St. Clair county, Wales Com- bers from your identification tensions. neglected insulation and pounds of milk. But the feed cost Unless you've been a hospital use of defective supplies can en- was only $1.55 where grain was 'Jed-patient, . it's hard ment. we would like to have a joint "Ethel Varner was appointed munity Group, Mrs. Marion M. card. Then she can have the to get a danger an entire wiring system. fed at the rate of one pound for -:lear picture Use of radium when it is owned meeting of the Larkin and Hope as the 3rd member of the Roster Kelly, Secretary. changes made without delay. of all the "extra or rented by the hospital. roups on October 18. 1955 for th purpose of nominating one to act as a member of the some- Committee. It was decided that our meet- ings are to close by 10 p.m." Chaarlevoix Community Struthers, county. Group, Secretary. Hayes, Mrs. Ruth . Th ree J.DOlOrS Wiant recommends that all elec- trical wiring. extensions and re- pairs be checked by qualified per- each five to six pounds of milk. Hillman emphasized quality roughage, good cows and iervices" covered by your. Blue that high ~ross group hospital 'Extras" are all the supplement- contract. 'Routine nursey care of a new- born hospital baby during the mother's stay when she is pro- sons. Temporary wiring. un- careful grain feeding made these try hospital services provided a tected by Blue Cross. necessary extension cords and savings possible. 3lue Cross member, in addition o You Want to be a Farmer? WOll Honors a makeshift installations avoided. should be Getting good quality roughage :0' room, means harvesting alfalfa when it's aursing service. in the one-tenth to one-third board and general These hospital extras are cover- ed without dollar limit under Of course, the extras are your Blue Cross group contract. Check your w Iring systems, ou Could Open a Store 0 Less Nationa FFA outside and inside, Wiant advises. Insulators brenk, insulation frays bloom stage. That kind of hay contains twice as much protein and 10 to 15 per cent more digest- ictually just as essential to good Blue Cross does NOT cover the 'iospital care as room, board and following services: special nurses; nursing. blood or blood plasma; appliances Consider the effect of the new vision and all other modern con- machinery in the venture. Three 1954-55 board members and swinging wires get short-cir- ible nutrients than roughage har- such as artificial limbs or braces; look in farming upon the finan- veniences." "As a minimum, he'd need of Michigan Junior Farm Bureau cuited on trees and other objects. vested at later stages of maturity. When you are a bed-patient in or ambulance service. cial editor of the Philadelphia Just the farm alone-house, $3.500 of to.ols, s~arting with a r e c e i v e d American Farmer Defective switches, loose junction a participating hospital, you are awards at the recent National clamps and damaged appliances entitled to receive as many of Bulletin after he had spent some barns, fences, outbuildings-would cost more than $40,000. And I tractor, and including the harrow, manure spreader. se~der, etc. If F.F.A. convention held in Kansas are set to give trouble. Apples these "extras" as you need, no Parity time in the middle west doing though you might have to have he wanted a combme,. a feed City, Mo. Good quality cords should be Apple growers are in a better matter how much they cost, for Parity is a price calculated by some thoughtful looking around. only half that amount in cash. still chopper and a baler, hIS sta~e bought. Make sure the plugs are position to store the rest of this the number of days provided law to give farmers a fair ex- Dick Arnold of Allegan county the right ones for the job. Avoid year's crop than they were. a under your conract. They in- change on the proceeds of their SUCH a visitor was J. A. Liv- "you can open a store in the city would approach $10.000. H~ d received one of the four highest plastic caps that break easily and year ago, say M.S.U. farm econo- clude: products as against the cost of the ingston. He went home and on less than that." have to stock the farm tOO-WIth hogs, or cattle or sheep. He awards offered by F.F.A. He was those hard to take hold of to pull mists. Use of operating room, delivery goods the y buy. - Associated wrote an article for Philadelphia might do that half and half with named Central Regional Star out. Use cords with asbestos in- room and other surgical treat- Press .. readers entitled, "So You Want A RESULT, declared the Bulle- to be a Farmer? You'll Need tin writer, is that we have more the owner in a joint venture. Farmer of America. Dick has pre- viously served as State F.F.A. sulation for heating appliances No man can rise in this world ment rooms. until he settles down. • and heavy rubber jacketed cords Anesthesia administered by an Buy Farm Bureau Feed. Plenty of Capital." farmers than farms, which is why DISCUSSING the "new eco- president and this last year serv- for motor operation. --_._-----_._-------- Commenting on far . g' s· 8' •.•sharecropping is coming into nomics of farming," he pointed ed as 1st Vice-President of Mich- a "big business-with ta. es,' 'v- vog e again. But the 1954 tenant out: "We talk: about a corporation igan Jr. Farm Bureau. Cords can be damaged by kink- mgston said: "It's no 10 g a .far er is a far cry from his pre- having to provide $10,000 or ing or sharp bending. Ordinary simple way of life for a -a decessor of bygone days, for this $15,000 of land and tools to pro- Leo Murphy of Ionia county household circuits with number 14 family. some horses and a ow, fellow has money and the latest vide a job for one worker. It received an American Farmer wire should have 15-ampere fuses; working from sunup to sundo agricultural knowledge. costs more than that to set up a award. Leo was District 4 JFB if one. blows something is wrong- It takes capital and planning. Referring to the area he visited, business on a farm. director last year and is the new- an overload or short circuit. In- Livingston said: "Half the farms f "It takes fewer farmers today ly elected state 2nd vice-presi- spect the line for trouble and re- IF DONE right. it affords de- in Iowa are operated by non- but more investment to provide dent. move the cause before replacing cent hours and reasonable leisure owners. But the tenant is not America with the richest standard Ronald Hisler of Calhoun coun- the fuse with the proper size and living-with indoor plumbing, impoverished. He's a capitalist, of eating and living the world has ty also received an American And. abov.e all, don'~ try electr~cal Icctricity, the telephone. tele- too. Generally he supplies the ever known." Farmer award. Ron was District 2 JFB director last year. I repairs wI~hout pulling the SWItch to shut off the current. Farm Forests economics department for ]fair- erves -1m va-'able I child theatre in an afternoon program at 1:15 p. m., Tuesday, Wheat Strawberry "Farm Forests," a new film on January 31. Wheat prices will probably J erseybelle, a promising fresh efug ·e farm timber lot improvement, been released Department by the Michigan of Conservation. has Dan Sturt will be chairman of the meeting. Dr. Arthur Mauch of MSU will state the questions average about than 1955 support prices rest of the marketing 25 cents lower season. for the market strawberry, ed by M.S.U. researchers year. will be f Group Well managed may return a higher net income than many other farm crops, says farm forests before 'farmers for a choice. Farm organization points of Any man who expects to be somebody in the world must be- It is sometimes man who hesitates true that is just C. L. Brody, executive vice- the Department, which also has a view will be presented by: Farm gin by being himself. person who doesn't get lost. president of the Michigan Farm farm forester consultant avail- Bureau-J. F. Yaeger, executive Bureau for public affairs. is serv- able to help owners of timber I secretary; Grange-W. J. Brake, ing on the Public Advisory Group lots get the best returns. Master; Farmers Union - John to the U. S. Refugee Relief Pro- The 14 minute film may be Spoelman, president. CLASSIFIED ADS gram, at the invitation of the obtained from the following ad- Charles F'igy, assistant to Secre- Department of State. dress: tary of Agriculture Ezra Benson, Classified advertisements are cash with order at the following Michigan Department of Conser- will present a report from Wash- rates: 10 cents per word for one edition. Ads to appear in two The purpose of the program is vation ington, to h lp displaced persons in Film Loan Service or more editions take the rate of 8 cents per word edition. urop and elsewhere to become Lansing 26, Michigan These rates based on guarantee of 60,000 or more subscribers. stablished in the United States. The advisory group is composed ..----- For lelp on They are members of the Michigan Farm Bureau. largely of church groups. Mr. Farm \ I e CI-088 AGENTS WANTED REAL ESTATE rody represents farm interests. MAKE $135 and up every we k. LIVE I.:-r SOUTHWESTE Mich- Under the program, American Full or part time. Take orders for igan. 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It might BARN EQUIPMENT tncIty, 1 ervmg several rural familie in a test ailln in th community; (c) gi e versity Tuesday, January 31. However, in order to answer pli s. Low prices. Writ today. Acme be used economically where commercial power is ill nee that the r fugee will your question quickly and cor- GUTTER PLOW Barn Cleaner. 5- Tractor Supply Co., 1041 North 14th near Americu , Ga. Farm Program-It's your St .• Lincoln 1, ebraska. (1-4t-25b) unavailable. ot b co a public charge; (d) rectly, she needs to have certain plow selt-reversing. One. two. three Decision" is a title of the program gutt r models. Low cost. Easily in- . ~ounted on a telephone pole, it furnishes elec- i uran hat ad quate information about your part- stall d. Write us for free lit ratur , WOMEN The test being made of the Solar Battery at u in i a ailable. arranged by the MSU agricultural icular contract. So be sure to tell stating Items. Milk coolers, cow stalls, trrcity to pov er a rural line during the day. 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(1-2t-24b) This ?lar Ba.tt~ry is m.ade of thin, specially printed in little boxes on your Solar Battery, it is a triking example of the research P rsons interested in th pro- Blue Cross-Blue Shield ident- POSTS LIVe;STOCK treated tnp of sil icon, an mgredient of common that is con tantly going on to expand and improve gram may write Mr. Brody at ification card. FOR SALE-Cedar posts and poles. FOR SALE-Register d Brown Swls and. It ha no moving part and nothing is con- rural telephone ervice and keep its co t low. If your question is about your All sizes and I ng ths. P te Bergman. Hetters, Suita Ie for 4-H work. 0, Lan Ing, Colem n, R-2. Michigan. Phone HO- F lix Plngot PlllConnlng, Michigan. Blue Cross-Blue Shield benefits, 5-2968. (12-2t-17p) T I phone TR-9-2793. (1-lt-16p). MICHIGAN. BELL TELEPHONE COMPA Y • Sholl d rade with rn Is ·Our Price for dramatically manufacturing, illustrated where we have a great deal of foreign competit!on. Here is the raw glass reqUITed in lens form of restrictions export of this and other agricul- tural products. against our attracted by the excess flow of capital to the farm. What do you suppose would economic One solution, he 'ould h lp rai 1 el of the for mor indu stri s to mint id, rould 1 Compared with 1940 American happen to the photographic in- mmunities. Protection High? in the manufacture of a one-half inch ff 1.9 Bell & Howell lens. Here is the aluminum required for the metal lens mount. The value agriculture more products is now producing % with 20% less people on the farms. Twice as dustry if the government were to say to us: "We will guarantee the prices of your products and agricultural This, I bel industry and agri ultur many tractors, four times as any you are unable to sell in the work togeth r. One of th hid Address by Charles H. Percy, president of Bell &: Howell. of the glass and metal required problems of farm communities. many grain combines and five open market, we will buy?" Chicago, to the American F. B. Federation. Dec. 11. 1955. for the entire lens is only 43 that I ha vi ited, is th la of times as many corn pickers are Being human, we would at cents! Yet after molding, grind- opportunity for oung peo I , in use. In the last five years first be delighted. We would Perhaps you may consider the problems of a photo- ing, polishing, centering, cement- make every possible effort to in- who must leave home to s cur ing, coating and assembling, the there has bean only one year graphic manufacturer remote from those of the farmer. crease our productivity. We employment. finished lens has a retail value when total farm output did not would hire all the people we Only one out of four averag exceed output in previous years. Yet there are many similarities. of $87. There will be another increase could get for our production farm children will be abl to st • Years - ago we sold a movie. lines, bidding against every on the farm. Th other must Fi~st of all, farming is essential to our national defense, this year. This is a remarkable leave. Anoth r problem is th camera for $49.95, the lowest record. Yet it is not truly mean- ether photographic company for as is also the photographic industry. During World War priced camera we had ever made. ingful unless we find new mar- labor. lack of taxable organizations in depressed areas. II Bell and Howell converted 100 % to war work, manu" At that time we paid our workers kets. We would divert most of the On the other hand, on of the an average of 40 cents an hour. people from our engineering and facturing $90 million worth of defense products for the As Agriculture Secretary Ben- problems of indu try today is After the war we doubted we sales divisions to manufacturing. on has pointed out, a storage manpower. It seems to me that could ever again produce a camera We would hesitate to devote army, navy and air force. program is not a market. Nor is time and money to research to through increasing di ersifica- at this price. Yet today, with an a government bin a customer. tion of industry, one group might At the end of the war there was a long pent-up con- average labor cost of $2 an hour, The cost of storing commodities develop new products and we help the other. we are again selling a movie would have little incentive to im- sumer demand for our products. Yet we, too, were camera for $49.95. And it is a owned outright by the Commod- prove our lines, because the sale If industry were to build plant ity Credit Corporation is a mil- of our present products would be in rural areas, th se plants would faced with the problem of adjusting from a wartime to fine camera, with more features lion dollars a day-a million offer farm people an alt rnative and better workmanship than our guaranteed. a peacetime economy. dollars a day to store the accum- to farm ernploym nt, w ould re- previous model. ulation of farm products piled up The growth of the photographic duce the present 0 r-cr owding Second, like the farmer, we' have severe competition- Without the spur of foreign under a system which some now industry would be prodigious. in industry and would pro ide It is often said that freer trade say is a solution to the farm pro- Companies manufacturing pen- taxes for rural communitie . One- both domestic and foreign. In the United States we com.. is all right in theory, but does not competition it is doubtful whether blem. the techniques that have enabled cils, radios, television sets, food, third of farm income nov comes pete with such aggressive and efficient companies as work in practice. Yet how does us to produce this camera at this Americans today enjoy the clothing and every other com- from non-farming occupation .. one decide how much protection highest standard of living they modity not so protected by the Why can't this be rais d to half'? Eastman Kodak, Argus, Revere and many others. is justified for a particular indus- price would ever have been de- have ever achieved. Two long- government It is encouraging to s that veloped. That is why I say that a would immediately In addition we are in direct competition with photo- tryon the grounds of national protected industry seldom grows range factors can work for the enter the camera manufacturing Governor Stratton of Illin is has defense? strong. Sometimes it becomes farmers' benefit in the domestic field. been farsighted nough to ap- graphic manufacturers all over the world, our greatest Consider some of the most stra- market. We would be surrounded by point a commission to study this seriously weakened. competition coming from Japan, Germany, England, tegic industries of all-the air- companies knowing little or possibility. For instance, U. S. cotton pro- First, our increasing population craft, automobile and electronic duction is down from 16.4 million nothing about the problems of I think that in. the future we Switzerland, Austria and Belgium. industries. Do they need tariff bales in 1953 to 12.7 million in -the equivalent of a city of our industry. Y t they would en- will need to consid r solutions of protection? Or are they not, in 77.000 is born every week. Germany alone sells the United States 150 different 1955. Cotton acreage for the joy the same market as we. fact, performing miracles of en- same period has been cut from Second, increased selling can Together we would produce , brands of stii] cameras. Imports to the United States last gineering and production without 25 to 17 million acres. Exports create new markets as the dairy such a quantity of cameras- year of cameras in one 'price bracket (under $5) were twice our domestic production. tariff protection icance? of any signif- It is true that where we must of cotton from 1945 to 1953 averaged 4.2 million bales; and it is estimated they will be down industry has so successfully done good, bad and indifferent for milk products. In the export market that they would flood the market, there tax the government's ones- power to o use handicraft methods, we do 2.5 million this year. exists a vast potential. For each store them and threaten the These same countries export huge quantities of photo- have difficulty in competing. But night two out of every three economy of our nation. graphic lenses to the United States. A total of 16,000 trade thrives when we exchange It would appear that cotton has members of the human race go that which we can produce best This too is the price of protec- been priced out of the world to bed hungry! Only an increase lenses was imported in 1949. By 1953 the figure had for that which other nations can market. On the other hand, the in population can increase our tion and this is what has hap- make better than we. pened to the farmer. risen to 205,000, 38 per cent of them coming from Japan. high support price of cotton in domestic consumption of farm Today we have the professional the United States has acted as a products. At Bell & Howell in our rough protective umbrella under which farmer, the man who has made The photographic i p d u s try" trade with the :V0rld-a~d tariff grinding department alone we foreign cotton producers could Only by enabling these people farming his life wor k, the man competes with so-called "cheap a?d custom bar:lers are In prac- foreign labor." I have personally tice a refusal:-m no way. serves now turn out ten times as many expand and grow. to sell to us, can we make it who has the knowledge, the ex- visited most major photographic our own self-interest. Ultimately lens surfaces with eleven workers In the face of this situation a possible for them to buy the perience and the ability to be a as we did in 1943 with a hundred foods they need so desperately. good farmer. plants abroad. I have seen skilled the refusal will isolate ~s fro~ bill (Senate Bill 2702) was in- workers. The difference is that troduced This is the problem that the We have also the "gentleman" German workers who are paid an the free world and the frtendship at the last session of we use automatic diamond grind- Congress and will probably be Organization for Trade Cooper- farmer, the weekend farmer, and average of 37c an hour, skilled o~ free nations, as it w~ll surely ers now instead of the traditional voted on in January to establish, ation must solve by making and the hobbiest farmer. We have Italian' workers who receive 34c aid the cause of Communism. "thumb and finger" technique. preferential prices of cotton for executing workable reductions in people in farming who have no an hour, and Japanese workers The risks of refusing to trade With $2 an hour labor we com- export and to establish a quota trade barriers. For our nation to business being there. who earn only 21c. Yet as long as farmers enjoy NEW IMPROVED Construction, are very real, but on the positive pete successfully with the photo- on imports of cotton textiles. This fail now to support OTC would In contrast, the average hourly side the benefits of expanding our graphic industry in Germany, be as unthinkable a for us to artificial protection against for- heavy gauge plastic material is protectionism, at its contradic- wage paid American .workers by Japan and Italy. sponsor the United Nations and eign competition and against the manufactured expressly for wor ld trade are twofold. tory best. the photographic industry is bet- History has proved that friend- The true criterion of cost is not then refuse to participate in it. supply and demand of the open ter than two doilars .an hour- ships follow the trade lanes. dollar or cents per hour of labor You cannot on the one hand rr er have always been in market, they will stay. eight times the rate in Japan: Our nation is possessed of a tre- but rather total labor cost per unit se~l raw cotton produced, at preferential prrces to foreign textiL . rcdu . I '. 1'no t efront of the fight for hes c ~ ta e Chicago Gale Johnson, econo ics a University prof - or, of Th Kin mendous capacity fot production, ';1.' r1 • Third, like the farmer, the both industrial and agricultural, a and at the same tim'e restrict ea rs lip in preventing said recently that on reason for ap Fa f r photographic industry has been an object of concern to the protec- capacity which is expected to in- . Labor costs in our industry, as textile imports to protect our special groups from rendering hard times in some rural sections • Cost 30 % Iess than buckets. • Produces fast eire lation, tionists. For many years the crease each year. In seeking new m yours, are by all odds the most domestic textile industry. ineffective the advances made. is that too many people are try- • Over 20 % more sap per tree. • Only four parti io • photographic industry as a whole markets for our products, we will important single element in our You. cannot, tha is, without The alternative is to reduce the ing to make a living from farm- Warmth of sunlIght and shelter d top "SAP TRAVEL". cost structure. This can be most inviting prompt retaliation in the ing. Cutting down the number, he holes make sap run earlier and lat.r. • Partitions do not boil sap. at the same time find ourselves number employed in farming had no wish to lose its tariff pro- • Sunny da s, even b low freez- • Double locked seam cons tection. On the contra' y, it would in the happy position of winning ing, are good sap days with tion. have liked to have that protective friends. KING SAP BAGS. • Flues drop their whol depth wall strengthened. All too often in considering an Sure, • Cleaner, sweeter, sun steri- (7~") into the arch utilizing Yet we at Bell & Howell, and more recently the entire industry, have come to the conclusion that world trade we are apt to let our fears obscure our vision, forget-- ting that it can mean markets rdering Early Means lized, high quality sap means more money for you. • Bags can be hung out and the natural flame pull. • The King has a stack for d.ra.ft and smoke only. the price of protection is too high. gained rather than markets lost. picked up 3 times faster than • Wide flame spaces and thin Taking the narrow view, con- sidering only our problems not our opportunities, is not in the and Let us consider as exporters. our position At present 94 % of the total volume of Bell & Howell rea er Profits, Joe! buckets. • The cover is part of the KING SAP BAG, so, no cover to buy. • TRANSPARENT, easy to see sap pac s make Kine fastest boiling evaporator. • Boiling surface is formed, located and proportioned h to long run the path of progress. Company is sold within the United give even distribution and full Nor can, one industry or one sap level, saves time and steps. States, only about 6% going to the use of flames. group afford to think exclusively YOU KNOW BETTER'N I DO that the use of fer- • Cannot blow off tree, keyhole export field. U. S. industry as a • New flexible connectio foco of its own interests and forget the tilizer is profitable. But let's take another look at slot in disc locks bag to spout. whole exports about 5 % of its coupling the two pans. wider implications of a policy. production. - the profit angle. The manufacture of fertilizer • Easy to pour, wash or store. • Handy reverse foe removin& On the face of it the stand of the Your stake in this market is takes time, plants and equipment. • BIG CAPACITY - 13 qts. nitre. protectionist is quite logical. He expands to 15 qts, when full • Threaded leg for easy 1cveJinc. greater than ours. In 1954 you says this group, this industry or exported 23 % of your tobacco, RIGHT NOW we have in storage all but one or two • Seams won't burst, .troDe Doubl. actIon "utomat;c lOp reg.dolor. these farmers are essential to our of the analyses, ready for spring use. This storage pliable material expands. 28 % of your wheat, 26 % of your national welfare. They must be cotton and rice, 24 % or your grain ties up our plants, since it "bottlenecks" the manu- • Used for years without deteri- KINGPortable Pow r protected from foreign competi- oration. and sorghum, 19% of your soy- tion. They must be protected in beans and 20% of your lard pro- facture of more fertilizer. • These advantages for your KING SAP BAGS in • win pay TREE order that when we need them they will be ready. duction. NOW DOESN'T IT MAKE SENSE, earlier we get rid of this bottleneck, JOE, that the the less it will short time. TAPPE But the United States must buy • KING SAP BAGS come This theory ignores two im- cost us to make fertilizer? packed 100 to carton. Tap the First from the world or our own goods Run 01 Sap portant factors. First of all, a will stay at home. Unless we protected industry is seldom a FREE - WITH EACH 100 AGS When you get your fertilizer early buy, we cannot sell. - one storage rack for 100 bags, You can save barrels of the strong one. Secondly, to look only And then there is the "forgotten and one complete repair kit. Baga first .ap run by faster, uniform at the domestic 'market is to see man," the consumer, Shall he be are easy to .repair .•• Iu as yoe tapping. The time and labor only one part of the picture. For forbidden to buy imports because would an innertube. sa e will pay for a KING most of the groups the protection- Porta hie Power TAPPE in you benefit in these three ways--- they compete with the products Prices: 1 to 99 8ags, 841 each ists wish to Shelter are exporters of American ~anufacturers or one eason in a bush of 600 or as well as importers. 100-299, 811 each more KING SAP BAGS. TAP- agriculturists? Or, if he buys Let us consider the case for 300 up, 791 each PE is easy to carry and ea y them, shall he pay a premium be- freer trade. The free nations of to use. It is equipp d with sp ed cause - we cannot produce that Use only SOULE the world want products we manufacture and need the and the particular product as economically as our foreign competitor? I do 1 You save money! by 2 You avoid the rush! 3 You get the best! Hookless Spout reducer • • • brush furnish d for washing sugaring quipm nt, thus easing this mean chore. crops you raise. But they cannot not believe he ·should. taking early delivery, Fertilizer delivered ear- Farm Bureau High An- buy from us unless we buy from Get your share of xtra money .•• alysis Fertilizer is fully ord r KING Portabl Power them. To be able to trade with My belief has been severely you get a storage al- ly is always right on TREE TAPPER NOWI the United States would raise the tested. Let me tell you of one cured. Packed in mois.. $8.00 per 100 standard of living of millions of of our problems. Just prior to the lowance. There is also hand for spring plant- free people. war our company, primarily a ture-proof, 4..ply bags, FREE folder on request For our own part, to refuse to an extra cash discount mg. Pick it up now manufacturer of motion picture it will 'stay in top' for cas h payment. and you'll have no mechanical condition GEO. H. SOULE CO., Inc., St. Alba ,v Order now and put waiting ... no delay- Makers of Maple Sugaring E,quip1nenl for months if properly Maple yrup Producers money in your pocket. ed deliveries. stored. Including Lithograph 1ruP Cans :.. 0Nil. y,;.: •• • ~,l.' " .-:.. ~ , We have on hand: KING and SOULE equipment Your Farm ureau dealer offers you a wide selection of plant foods and our own complete line of maple syrup making to choose from. He wants you to have the analysis you need ••• when and marketing supplies. We can ship them or' you nee i. Farm Bureau Gran ulated ertilizer gives you cleaner you can get them at our warehous . handling, easier spreading, and be ter storage ... benefits additional - " . , to those mentioned. Produced in two conve iently located plants at FARM" BUREAU SEEDS GATHERING SYRUP MAKING PACKACING EQUIPMENT Evaporators Cans Buckets & Covers & Parts Glass Containers Kalamazoo and Saginaw ... Fa m ureau fertilizers are readily Sap Bags Filters Labels in colors available anywhe e in Michigan. wise h-s year ••• Order early, Spouts Tree Tappers Hydrometers Thermometers, etc. Cartons for Shipping pick up ea Iy, a d m ne -n ur p c • . ARE'~· u a us upply Co. ee our arm Bureau Fertilizer Dealer! GUARANTEED Michigan Distributor for George H. Soule Co. P.O. Box 1107, Lansing, for catalog Be prices. Warehouse, M-43 at 4109 W. Saginaw, Lansing. Mich. (Just west of Lansing &: Waverly golf course) FAR I B BE U CE , c. • Grand Bi er e., Lan iog, { icb. MICHIGAN FARM NEWS en +---------~------------;..-..----------------,.-----------------------,.,..--------------------------- • hospital care are in many ways . By on EI y. Chairman Const nfin • R-l duct. Their country mountainous but has an average is very temperature the year round of 70 degrees. January and pay her expenses. They also voted to pay for the dinner of the three officers at- tending the District Council Wh t Obstetric Nursing? responsible for the fact that prac- tically all children arc now born in the hospital. meeting held twice a year. The MISS HENRIETTA EPPINK not be there constantly, but the+ Blue Cross reports that 15 years Howard 1 m 1100 county. 22 women gather d at tl e home of Mrs. Corbus, chairman of Timothy de Salvator, a win- some young man of 19, was our third guest. Tim is a Portuguese Committee planned a Christmas party to be held in Community Obstetric Nursing Coordinator Michigan State University nurse stays close to the woman and her family, She notes the MenOml- , __ Wc1'OL.I ago the average maternity case cost only $60. Since then, charges to Blue Cross per case have more alamazoo county Farm Bureau national who, with his family, Building. progress of labor. She watches Mrs. Glenn Hornbaker of In the first article of this series, than doubled, climbing to an Worn n's D ember meting. committ e, for the Gu sts were three of the 14 has lived in Japan most of his life. During the war the family lived in the mountains so was A thens is the new county chair- man. Mrs. Milford Schultz of Miss Kempf mentioned that if you became a nurse, you might like to be part of the team that for signs of touble, but almost all women have normal labors and deliveries. Organizes average of $130 per case in 1954. In terms of the lives and health Athens was elected treasurer. or ign students at Western Mich- .gan College. Miss Aase Jerpersen. a pretty not affected by the war, except for not having much to eat. Since they were nationalists of a It was the feeling of those at- tending the annual meeting of Michigan Farm Bureau in Lan- ushers in and welcomes new babies. Much of the nurse's function during this time is to give reas- surance and support. She keeps F m ureau of mothers and their babies, how- ever, there is no basis for com- parison, according to Michigan neutral country, they were not That is obstetric nursing. only the family informed and tries .to Department of Health records. 24-y ar-old blonde, is from Den- involved in the war. sing that it would be better to do it is not quite so simple. give the woman in labor the com- WESLEY S. HAWLEY away with all reports and spend For, in spite of the ever-in- mark. Her family lives in the There is the period while the fort of the family's presence and country near Copenhagen. Her more time on resolutions. Members of 15 new Community- creasing birth rate in Michigan, baby is developing during whioh love. Farm Bureaus met at Stephenson infant and maternal mortality father builds boats for fishermen the prospective mother needs in Denmark, Norway and Green- Jackson county discussed at a Knowledge of what is going on high school December 28 and or- rates have declined steadily and fall meeting the qualifications of health supervision. There is removes fear and its results, ten- ganized the Menominee County rapidly. land. The main business 0 this family planning to be done to little country is boat building the candidates running for vice- sion and pain, so the nurse tells Farm Bureau. They adopted by- assure that all will be in readi- In .1930. when only about three and farming. They export bacon chairman at the annual meeting the woman about the labor pro- laws and elected a oard of out of 10 births occurred in the of Farm Bureau Women at Mich- ness for the new baby. Then, cess and its progress. She helps directors. and butter to England, Germany, hospital, 63 out of every 1,000 3 e I g i u m, Switzerland and igan State in November. They NORMA KIMBALL. Cass coun- after the baby comes, there must her cooperate with the natural Members of the board are: Sam babies died at birth. And for France. sent eleven voting delegates. ty, represented Michigan Jr. Farm be watchfulness to adapt the care forces that are working to expel Dragic, Stephenson; Curtis Larsen, every 165 births, one mother The following committee chair- Bureau in the National Farm o the individual baby. the baby from the uterus. Miss Jespersen told us that Wallace; Edmond Sager, Stephen- died. men were appointed: Reporter, Bureau Young People's Talk She knows that natural forces Denmark has a population of Let's go back to the beginning. son; August Veeser, Powers; and Mrs. Allen; Legislature, Mrs. Meet contest held in connection can usually accomplish this with In 1954. with over 95 per cent Charles Curran of Vulcan, and four million with over a million Hatt; Safety, Mrs. 'I'huone: with the AFBF convention at It seems as if the start of preg- more gentleness and less injury living in Copenhagen. The Danes Citizenship, Mrs. Farneic; Camp, Chicago Dec. 12. Norma was one nancy should be that beginning, Lyle Wilson of Stephenson, direc- of all births in Michigan in hos- to mother and baby than artifi- tors at large. pitals, infant mortality dropped fondly call themselves a "body Mrs. Adams; Nurse's Scholar- of the 15 contestants from as but the obstetric team is interest- cial means. She gives medicines to fewer than 25 deaths in 1,000 with too big a head." Geramiah Tekle- Harmonot of ship, Mrs. Prucine, Mrs. Hamp, many states. d in what has happened before that. for pain when the doctor orders Menominee is the second Coun- births. And the maternal death She said the women have an Ethiopia, Miss Aase Jespersen of and Mrs. Allen. The general topic for this Many factors influence the them, or helps the doctor with ty Farm Bureau in the Upper rate dropped to only one in organization called Housewives Denmark, and Timothy de Sal- year's contest was "Developing way the pregnancy will. progress, injections that block nerves to Peninsula and the 65th in Mich- 2,030 births. L ague, much like our home demonstration groups. vator of Japan were guest speak- .str ct 8 and Expanding Ag icultural the condition of the baby, and the painful areas. igan. ers at a meeting of Kalamazoo Mrs. Marlin Stockmeyer. Chmn. Markets." The first goal in Menominee Parity is a standard for mea- Both women and girls attend kind oj. home .in which it will Farm Bureau Women's Com- Reese. R-I county was 15 Community Farm suring farm prices by law to be and learn homemaking, fancy mittee. Norma won her right to speak live. work, discuss family r lations, Arenac county Farm Bureau in the national contest by win- The hereditary traits carried Bureau groups. The next is a fair to farmers in terms of the etc. . After the war his family lived Women's Committee had Mr. ning the state Talk Meet contest in the genes of the father and membership of 100 families, which prices they pay. - Associated Miss Jespersen majored in in North Korea but moved away Deebe of Syria as their guest sponsored by Michigan Junior mother will decide the founda- is expected soon. The groups will Press. o cupational Therapy in Den- just before the Communists took speaker at the November meet- Farm Bureau. She has been an tion on which this new person, average about ten families to fit home size meetings. ark and also worked for some time in Scotland. While there she over. Tim's father is an accoun- tant for a shipping firm and the ing. He gave a very interesting active member in the Cass Coun- mind and body, will be built. talk about his homeland. The ty Jr. Farm Bureau for the past 'I'he members like their group Soft Long-Liner orked with injured miners who family lives in Yokohama. The women' decided to send their 3 years. She has attended West- How a woman feels about hav- gatherings and feel that this fills ere gradually brought back to children were educated in mis- birthday pennies which amount ern Michigan College at Kalama- ing a baby will be influenced by a need in bringing farmers to- again be able to do hard work. sionary schools. Timmy is an to about $8 to the needy in Korea. zoo and is now teaching in a her childhood experiences in her gether for Farm Bureau work and She said that at one time she identical twin, the other taking At the December meeting rural school near Niles, Michigan. own family, by what her goals sociability. donned dungarees and ,taught electrial engineering in Tucson, which featured a gift exchange The Talk Meet contestant from are, and where her interests lie. them how to mix and pour Arizona. He has an older brother they decided to have a contest to Kentucky was declared the The importance of nutrition Delia County Farm Bureau was cement. While attending an inter- in college in Dayton, Ohio and a help have better attendance. This national winner. during pregnancy is a factor the first in the Upper Peninsula. It national meting of Occupational sister who just married and came will start in January. The points that most people are aware of, was organized October 17 and has Therapists h ld in Britain she to California. will count as follows: 5 for each but not eve r yon e thinks of 11 community groups. They plan met Miss Spears, head of West- committee woman present; 5 for the fact that a very important to organize more and are building Tim wants to take marine period in the development of the ern Michigan College Therapy engineering at the University of each visitor and 10 as a bonus for toward 100 member families. Department. Miss Spears con- Farm Bureau women who have ~ baby comes before a woman can Taking the baby home is a happy The Delta Farm Bureau expects Michigan and go back and design be sure she is pregnant, so good vinced Aasa that she should ships. not attended a meeting before. A lime for everyone. to send its president and, the come to Kalamazoo to continue prize will be taken back to the nutrition must come before preg- chairmen of the' membership and All these young folks were nancy. Preparing the delivery room is community committees to the her study. home group for the women win- friendly and enthusiastic about part of the obstetric nurse's Farm Bureau Institute at Mich- Miss J esp rsen spoke fluent our "American Way of Living." ning. The relationships within the work. In order to avoid infection English and said she had studied Arenac women have designat- igan State University January 3-4. Both Aase and Timothy have family will help to determine the in mother and baby, cleanliness it since th 7th grade. ed April as 100% month and are Menominee hopes to send its tuitions scholarships from the kind of environment in which is most important; there are president. . asking Mrs. Karker to be with Geramiah Tekle - Harmonot State Board of Education. A num- the child will live. emergency medications and The process of getting fully or- them that day. Mrs. Alvin Selle from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, was ber of these are given each year is chairman. The obstetric nurse cannot equipment that must be ready in ganized and active takes time in our second guest. "Groom," as he to carefully screened students. work in all of these areas, but case of need. Infections and a new County Farm Bureau.' The has been nicknamed, is 28 years Western gives a number of room Gladwin county women invited she is interested in the specializ- hemorrhage used to be responsi- folks 'in Delta county are making old. He had taught in high school scholarships on the same basis their husbands to a meeting in ed services and community edu- ble for many mothers' deaths, so very good progress. for 5 years and was s nt here by and both have one. the Methodist Church basement Geremiah is partly financed by cation that help to make condi- the obstetric' nurse is alert to Weather and snow have inter- his government for 7 months' to hear Mr. Parker of the Lansing tions just right for growing and preventing them. fered Iittle in the work of the study. H hopes this will be ex- his government and partly by the A.S.C. office speak on "Price While the doctor is delivering new Farm Bureaus in Delta and welcoming healthy babies. o he can g t a full y ar U. S. as part 0 Internati nal u ports and How They Affect the baby, the nurse' is standing Menominee counties. The weather of schooling. Relationships. He has had some the Farmer." All of their dele- During her pre nancy, almost Groom is a teacher of technical racial problems in eating places, gates and all but one of their every woman meets a nurse by, ready to do whatever may be' has been cold, but roads have been skills but was sent to West rn etc. but not nearly as many as alternates attended the annual either in the clinic or the doctor's needed. As soon as the baby's kept open. because our school has the re- while in Oklahoma, where he was meeting of the Farm Bureau office. It may the family doctor's cord has been cut he is breathing, and the nurse the same the nurse cares for him seeing putation of being one of the best schools in "education" in the nation. He is doing very fine first sent. On such occasions, Geremiah said that "I go easy, try hard, and not say too much, Women. Mrs. John Shearer is the chairman. office, BETTY WITTKE, Lapeer coun- one who bandaged Johnny's fin- that he is kept warm and that his ty, represented Michigan Jr. Farm ger, but she knows a good deal mouth and throat are kept clear 99,000 Babies Bay county women served the Bureau in the National Farm about obstetrics because it is a for breathing. work in s veral courses in Auto- motiv s at the same time. Geremiah is one of 9 children and pretty soon it's all right." This was a very interesting meeting for our Women in Kal- kick-off dinner on December 5th Bureau, Young People's Talent big part of the family doctor's at the Kawkawlin church. Find. Betty was one of the 28 work. It may be in the office of stetric nursing is happy work Most nurses will agree that ob- Aided by Blue whose father is dead. His mother amazoo County Farm Bureau.- talent numbers presented in a a doctor who specializes in works in a school in Ethiopia, and one of his sisters works in a Bergette Thompson. Cass county. Fifteen women Clare county. Mrs. Jane Loor, National talent show held in the obstetrics or in a hospital clinic. and never more than at this secretary of the Clare Women's Hotel Sherman in Chicago on De- Committee, reported that Alice cember 11 as part of the AFBF moment of happy ending, or Wherever it is. the nurse helps should we say beginning? The Cross ill '54 Styled with the new wide oval castle. with a physical examination, new father and mother are en- Maternity care is now the big- neckline, and a' gently curved hip gathered at the home of Mrs. Davis gave a talk on "The Milk convention. •• yoke, this long-torso style is a All children in Ethiopia's cities tranced by their new baby, as gest single reason why Michigan have access to free schooling William Hattis for the December Program In our Schools" at their Betty is a vocal soloist. She and makes a careful check of the you see in the picture. The nurse residents go to the hospital. picture of youthful femininity. meeting of the Farm Bureau November meeting. At the was accompanied on the piano by woman's weight, her blood pres- ven thru colI gee Few country sure, and what the urine examin- joins in their happiness as she .hildren are literate because Women. Mrs. Norman Harvey, December meeting the ladies en- her sister, Barbara Wittke. Michigan Blue Cross reports , No. 237u is cut in sizes 12, 14, tucks mother and baby into their transportation facilities are so chairman conducted the meeting. joyed the gift exchange. Betty has been a Junior Farm ation shows. Then, also, blood is beds for a rest. that in 1939 it paid for only 455 16, 18, 20, 36, 38, 40. Size 16: 4% poor; the main method of travel It was voted to buy sheets for Bureau member in Lapeer coun- taken for a Wasserman test for maternity admissions costing yds. 35-in. Saginaw county. Husbands and The next days are still import- $27,000.It paid nearly $13 million the county infirmary hospital ty for two years. She is a senior syphilis, which is required by is by air. Most inhabitants are farmers. with the $8 collected for Christ- members of the county board of at Lapeer high school. law, and for a blood count to see ant ones to the eventual outcome. in 1954 for 99,000 maternity ad- Littte Girl's Dress mas. directors were invited by the There are no winners deter- if there are enough red blood There is still nee