Vol. 34, No. 7 ga EDITORI L We Can Learn Something from Thi CLARK L. BRODY With one 'ear's "mode t appli- Executive Vice-President of Michigan Farm Bureau cation" of th f'le: ible price sup- In Charge of Public Affairs port sy tem the decline in farm prices has been brought to a halt, The recent action of the Michigan Farm Bureau Charles B. Shuman, president or the American Farm Bureau Fed- 10 ~ di idend on F rrn Bure Board of Directors on the constitutional amend- ration, said June 14. Mr. Shuman told an Outagami has been announ ed by il ments pertaining to the State Board of Equalization county, Wi consin, farmer and ager of Farm Bur In ur and State Board of Education has occasioned consid- busines 'men's dinner that the erable criticism by individual Farm Bureau members United States Department of T e divid n Agriculture's index of prices re- and by several County and Community Farm Bu- ceived by farmer on May 13, policie ritten reaus. This is indicated by letters and resolutions 1956 wa 242-the same as on 23, 1955. It as declared b May 15, 1955. coming to the state Farm Bureau. Bureau Mutual "For the first time in five y ars the downward trend of farm 15 meting. Also, it has shown that there is a widespread dif- price. has be n halted. We can Farm Bur au memb r nd ference of opinion among Farm Bureau members see 1his after one year's exper- ience with flexible price supports, wind policie ritten during th fir t on each of these two issues. DAN REED. at right. ass'f legislative counsel for the Michigan Farm Bureau, outlines some of even though the -e has b en only operations" ill rec i e th di id nd a A full explanation of the State Farm Bureau his plans for the Adult Education Associat'on of Michigan after his election as president at the a modest application of the prin- annual conference at Michigan State Univ rsity. He confers with Dr. John.B. Holden of M. S. U., cipl . tion of their third annual ren I pr rmum. Board's position was carried in the June 1 issue of the outgoing president. "Pric f ome c mmoditie , of course. are 10 er than they Pa ment of th di idend ill b gin m- the Michigan Farm News, so I shall not attempt were a year ago, but other are bers r ne ing for the third tim b t • • to elaborate further on the amendments themselves. Rather, it is my purpose to 'analyze' the situation Tour to AFBF at M·a I -.....,er higher. Milk, but erfat and eg s are arno g the products which have gon up, while wheat, hog 1956 and e t ndinz through Jul ecla ation of thi . idend aft r onl Every few years the state Farm I portation-coach or Pullman on Dec. 4-Tuas. Visit celer r area and beef cattl are do vn. But that has caused considerable unhappiness on the Bureaus of the Northeast and basis of two person to a Pullman itrus packing plant near Haines the a erag of all prices received of operation off rs strong evid nc part of some Farm Bureau members. This is with Michigan join in a tour to the an- section, upper and lower. Meals I tty, Brahma cattle ranches, re- by farmer is the 'arne as it was nual meeting of the American. beginning with dinner Dec. 2 and t 1'11 to Orlando -tor night. a year ago. of Farm Bureau members to succ sfully pro a view to helping avoid similar situations and to Farm Bureau. ending with breakfast Dec. 1 . Mr. Shuman aid that people quality insurance coverages to them Iv facilitate united" action in the future. Hotel accommodations while tra- Dec. 5-Wed. were misled into thinking that lowest possible cost. This year it's a two weeks tour veling on basis of two to a room Tower at Lake government p r ice supports This disagreement over the policies supported by your state Farm Bureau Board was not caused by by train and bus to Florida and (excepting Miami,-the 36th annual convention as stated below), all Gardens for lunch place of the AFBF's federal and state taxes, bus trans- Dec. 9 portation en route, tips, baggage night. and water caused .ow, Tampa to S1. Petersburg for tended I the prosperity the war ~eriod. supports had very Iittle to do with that at- "Pric(~ The growth enjoyed by Fann Bureau fire In ur- anc coupled" ith sound management pr ctic h its arbitrary or unauthorized action. No board has through the 12th, Sunday through handling, and sightseeing as listed. it," he said. "It was the war de- Wednesday. Dec. 6-Thurs. Sightseeing at mana for food and fiber that made this dividend possible after relati I short ever worked more faithfully (f) to carry out the Exceptions: (l) Train fare from t. Petersburg Clearwater, Tar- raised farm price far above the span of operations. The tour leaves Jackson, Mich- Jackson, Michigan to Washington. pon Springs. support lev 1"." intent of the resolutions established by the' annual igan, by train Saturday, December This is $45.33 coach, $79.79 Pull- The di id nd d elared illustrates the valu n meetings of County and Michigah Farm Bureau 1 for Washington and the south. Dec. 7-Fri. Leave St. Peter - "There is no quick and easy man round trip, also meal service greater participation of the entir Farm The Michigan people will be back urg for experimental farms at solution to the farm price pro- u delegates, and (2) to best serve the interests in Jackson, Saturday, Dec. 15. and other expenses en route to Washington. (2) Hotel, meals and uskin, lunch at Bradenton, visit blem. If there were, it would membership in their own insuranc program. of the Farm Bureau membership. Ringing Circus winter quarters, have been discovered long ago. ' Full information regarding the expenses in Miami while attend- "Agriculture will make real pro- more and nlore members obtain the broad fire and Lido Beach, stop at Sarasota. The Michigan Farm Bureau is second to no other tour, costs and reservation form ing the convention. gres largely by finding better wind protection offered by Farm Bur au Mut 1, may be had from Norwood D. Dec. I-Sat. Michigan group Dec. a-Sat, Leave Sarasota. ways of doing things. That is organization in its efforts to have its policies Eastman, manager of the Member leaves Jackson for Washington. isit potato industry at Fort why we have progressed in the it .s belie ed that e ren greater savings to a h originated and determined by the members them- Service Division of the Michigan past. I have faith in that method Farm Bureau, P.O. Box 960, Lan- Myers. Cros ~ Everglades and ar- policy holder ill be assured. Dec. 2-Sun. Special train for rive at Miami. for the future. selves. sing, Michigan. all states leaves Union station, "We need more mone for re- In less t n two ye rs . arm Bur"" u Fir In ur- Washington in evening for over- Dec. 9-10-11-12. AFBF conven- The present situation indicates the need of a more Cost of Tour: The tour will be night trip to Jacksonville, Florida. tion at liami. search in agriculture. W ~ need to ance has grown to its present $100,000,000 of fir, operated on an all-expense basis eXI and our market. We need to effective clarification and merging of Ii-temberview- from Washington, D.C. at $198 Dec. 3-Mon. By chartered bus Dec. 13-Thurs. L ave Miami let price perform it - historic wind and extende coverage insurance in force on points on important issues. I per person for coach and $248 for to St. Augustine, Marineland, Day- I • daylight to arrive at Washing- . notion in the market place. more than 7,000 farm . Pullman accommodations. This tona, Delan, anford to Orland n ec. 14:, Ja 01 atu .l, , . n d a - a 1 il b n Bringing this about is a responsibility of all units includes round trip rail trans- I for night. Dec. 15. rhich \ -ill ' re fertility in tho of the Farm Bureau. It starts with the member and runs through the Community and County Farm Bu- Benson on the Meanin soil lather warehou es. than in government e reau programs to the State Farm Bureau depart- ments' and administration. It culminates in the Secretary of Agriculture Ezra I and give a lift to farm prices. and all of us as taxpayers deserve "If we choose the price-fi: ing route to pro perity, we will end up with a ocialized agriculture. B ad c ec T. Benson told a Farm-City Dairy This is true. to ee that these dollars earn But if we take the route I have Michigan Farm Bureau' annual meeting In No- Week meeting at Beaver Dam, "To others it is a conservation what they were paid for. outlined, the farmer will have in- vember. . Wisconsin, June 6, how he thinks measure, to safeguard our soil dependence and the opportunity the U. S. Department of Agricul- and water resources for future "The soil bank must not be to earn fair economic rewards." Governor Ha efore Him F r misused. To reduce surplu es and The details of community and county programs ture will operate in putting the soil bank into effect. generations. This is also true. conserve resources will be dif- Request fo Bonding Law to for this purpose cannot be outlined in this short statement. I c~n only suggest the general direction For 1956 farmers will be paid for what they do themselves to "SOME PEOPLE look on the ficult enough. soil bank as a " ay to increase also load upon farm income through government re ponsibility We this hould not program for drought relief, ea Farmer Seller of Livestoc STA LEY M. POWELL improvements need to take. reduce production of crops now payments. I This has an element flood relief, and credit needs. I Legislative Counsel for Michigan Farm Bureau Regarding ~he annual meetings of delegates and in surplus. Payments will be made on the of truth. It will have a helpful effect on farm income. "We should not make the soil bank over into the kind of a I __...• 0 o Under date of June 5, 1956, the Michigan arm members, it is clearly evident that the delegates normal yield of the crop on the But most of that effect will.' crop insurance program that a I Bureau urged Governor G. Mennen Williams to acres taken out of production. come through buoyancy in the farmer takes out after his crop should take time to thoroughly discuss important A farmer may plow under a markets rather than through net 1 is lost. allow the Michigan legislature in sp cial sessi to poor crop. His soil bank payment additions to farm income result-l protect sellers of livestock against worthless checks. policies before laying down a blueprint of resolu- will be based on an appraisal of I ing from the pa ments. I tions for Farm Bureau officials to follow. the production e~iminated and not on the normal yield. "The soil bank has been spoken of as drought relief, and a plow- l The Farm Bureau regarded thi as an emerg ncy This is particularly 'important concerning contro- situation. Recently, farmers in the Jackson area Payments will not be made for up program. This is largely un- versial issues or questions upon which marked dif- reductions caused by drought, true. and several banks throughout south rn Michigan floods, hail, insects and other ferences of opinion are in evidence. acts of nature and causes beyond and in neighboring states have lost heavily through the control of man. worthless checks that have been issued to farm r Through long experience I have observed that in cases where there is uncertainty regarding member or depo ited in bank accounts by certain liv tock dealers. sentiment, taking no action sometimes is preferable to action that is not reasonably certain of receiving Apparently, in many cases, a considerably larg r united member support. volume of checks was issued than would hav be n It is evident now that delegate action on the State necessary to pay for livestock actually bought and Board of Education amendment is a painful ex- sold. It looks as though various d al rs who w r ample. The divergence of opinion and lack of ma- A REAL PROGRAM OF ABUNDANCE cooperating wrote checks to each other to tabli h fictitious credit. tured thought on the matter was indicated when the Board of Delegates first tabled the resolution' favor- When ch cks to farmers "bounced," th buLbI ing the amendment. Then later in the afternoon of burst and soon the magnitude of the situation b gan the same day it was taken from the table and passed. to assume rather startling proportions. Such was not the case concerning the amendment Farmers weren't alone in their 10 ses. Bank At the rate of 100,000 per year, Farmers boosted their total to abolish the State Board of Equalization. With output by 220'0 per year, for a were hit even harder. Checks whi h th Y had r _ farm families have found other this the Michigan Farm Bureau Board ~f Directors means of livelihood. At the same 50% total increase in the 25 ceived and deposited to the credit of variou liv ~ Mechanization and the time, the American family farm years, thus exceeding the faced a dilemma for which there was no adequate or accompanying increase in ha become larger and more effi- rate of population growth by stock dealers and against which ch cks had b n wholly satisfactory solution. No definite Farm Bu- farm size, plus the high in- cient in production. , V2 of 1% per year. issued and paid, proved to be worthl comes available in indus- This increase in rate of produc- reau policy had been established by the member- try. reduced this number During the 25 year period of tivity with Ie s manpower has The whole mess is being inv stigat d by to 4,800.000 in 1955. 1930-1955, the number of farm made available an estimated 5-6 state, and federal officials. As y t, 1 ship for equitably apportioning state school aid. workers fell from over 10 million million workers to help increase Therefore, the Michigan Farm Bureau Board neither In 20 years, 2 million farms, or to about 6th million or a drop of our standard of living, already to have definite figur s as to what th t 1I nearly one-third of the 1935 total, nearly one out of three. the highest in the world! opposed nor supported the petition of the Township concerned will total. Estimat s ran Associ tion. 10 Continues mary function seem to be to sell I PIC H $500,000 and $750,000. farmers the economic and poli- OU ry o-op as n Now that the Michigan Farm Bureau Board has e arm Bureau tical propaganda of the Char,nber ew qu·pment The American Farm Bureau The Mic iga Farm Bure u and Mol' than 900 d legates at the of Commerce and the National spon ored a meeting of the Na- brought both questions clearly to the attention of As ociation of Manufacturers.''' Michi aan Cooperative Poultry agen ies have been trying to promot I Michigan CIa Council Conven- tional Conference on Land and the membership, may we hope fo~ a final settlement tion in Grand Rapids last week The same resolution pledged Marketing Agency 'at Hemlock Water Use at Chicago, June 25-26. past two years which would hav go f adopt d a "hate Farm Bureau" continued support to "the state's has installed $30,000 worth of Ground water rights and related of these issues in accordance with the prevailing resolution, it is reported in the Farmers Union and Fair Share ne'.·... proce sing equipment to heading off such catastroph . During legi ilation were discuss d. Michi- sentiment of the Farm Bureau membership. June 14, 1956 i ue of the Mich- Bargaining Association. The ac- pruduce better fre h-dressed gan Farm Bureau was represent- session of the legislature, th .a m Bur igan CIa News. tion came after representatives poultry and to enable Michigan ed by Director Gleason Halliwill According to the CIO News, of the two organizations address- producers to meet price compe- and Dan Reed of the Public Af- sored House Bill 358 whid pa Remus Expands Lower Rates the resolution "soundly con- ed the convention." titian. The plant expects to in- fairs Division. The Michigan a vote of 92 to 3, but bogg down i Stockholders and directors of Many customers of the Pres- demned 'those farm organiza- crease its output from 50,000 to Legi lature's Interim Committee th Remus Co-op Creamery re- que I le Electric Cooperative, tions, such as the Michigan Farm dltion 150,000 pounds a week. on 'Vater Management was Committ e on Agriculture. hi cently voted to amend the articles who use 700 kwh per month, will Bureau. which for years have 68,054 This represented by Rep. Holly Hub- cause of tl e oppo ition of on of the association and to go ahead save as much as $18.00 per y ar mouthed a 'hate labor' program This is the number of copies of The man vho insist on ex- bell of - ginaw county, Chair- with the planning for the hand- under the new rates put into ef- designed to divid urban work- the Michigan Farm News mail d ceeding the sp ed limit is always man, and Rep. Gorge Dunn of I mittee. Becau t c mmitt lin of fluid milk. teet M~y 1, }956. er and farm -1'; and vhos pri- to ubs 1 ibc 1" Julv 1. on the r('l of a rna ihup. If u on .our ty. ( on tin o . uly 1, 1956 MICHIGAN FARM NF.WS A great many people see them- make it are usually silent. arm rea e 6 ear s Ives as others see them, but they refuse to believe what they see. Recognition of merit in others is one way of securing recogni- tion of merit in ourselves. Editor's Note-For 26 years the t hlf h d January 12, 1923 Pre ident W. G. Hodge, Snover poems and philosophy of Rodg r Y.-Pres. . Blaqu Kntrk, Quincy B. ec. V,·I're.' .... L. Brody, Lansing Sherman Clark have graced the E. CC. f'l"y •••.J. 1<'. Yll.f'ger, Lansing columns of the Michigan Farm News. ESTABllSHtD Your Editor "discovered" R. S. IN 1911 Clark back in 1918 when I was editor of a school paper. Twelve years later in September, 1930, I 'OVER $19.250.000.00 met Mr. Clark again and invited him to contribute to the Michigan I n Op n Letter INSURANCE IN FORCE WRITE OR SEE YOUR NEAREST AGENT-TODAY! Farm ews. He has been with From both of us to all of you. our greetings we extend. . us ever since. Marthy and I are glad and proud to call you each a friend. Now we nave invited him to MICHIGAN MUTUAL HAILlf:Es~:~s A pleasure, truly, it has been to be your Hicks Street scribe INSURANCE COMPANY ~ COMMUNITIES tell us about Hiram and Martha We hope to meet you through the News as long as you subscribe . 201 N. Capilol Ave. lansing, Michigan ~ fOR AGENTS and other people in his poems, and ~ PURPOSE OF FARM who they really are. Also, to ten The doings of those gentle folks who live along our street R presenttng • Ungren ..............•......... Editor BUREAU WOMEN OF FARM BUREAU us about himself. Here he is: Comprise a homely history that's rather hard to beat, The purpose of this Associa- )orr. . arlton Ball................ Ibion, I -1 And every month we dearly love to loose our thinning hair o cent· a y ar tion shall be the advancement y Life - ost of It And spread upon the printed page the things that happen there. Bureau • Iernbe rs. of our members' interests edu- R pr nting cationally, legislatively, and JUNIOR FARM BUREAU R. S. CLARK July 1, 1956 No.7 econom ica lIy. Paul Leipprandt Pig on We like to think that here and there among our teeming readers Michigan has always been my Is one who glances at page two before he reads the leaders. home. My grandfather came here in 1853. Besides his own farm he If such there be, and we are sure that such kind souls exist, Community broke 800 acres for others. yoke of oxen, and a rugged task it must have been. Six Accept herewith our grateful thanks. On such our hearts subsist. And you who sit right down and write, and some folks really do, To say you liked some certain verse, we stand in debt to you urea us My father was born during For you have held a while the lamp that lights our faltering way: Civil War times and farmed in Have warmed our hearts to all mankind: have helped us day by day. that same Barry Co. neighborhood all his life,-marginal land; rath- We are not of the Modern type. Nostalgia sometimes CLARE L. McGHAN May tend to sour our outlook some, and enervate our rhymes. Coordinator of Community Farm Bureau for MFB The good old days loom large to us yet we are well aware That all the while the world moves on, with progress everywhere. Dear Community Farm Bur au Leaders: July 9th! This is the last day you can register to be eligible to vote There is not much that we can do to stay the march of time at th August primary election. Has your community group made an But we can use the things we learned when in our sturdy prime. effort to se that everyone in your neighborhood has registered? And we have lots of friends to love. No folks are really strangers We have been receiving orne interesting comments on last month's Who seek the worthy things of life. discussion topic and the "Citizenship Barometer." It seems as though Sincerely yours, ware all not as well inform d as we should be. Citizen hip is ornething that a lot of people talk about but very The Grangers. few do anything about. I do believe, though, -that citizenship IS not like (Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Clark om - time to do all of these things?" th re anotrier that should be done 315 North Grinnell Street You can't, but you can keep in- first? Jackson, Michigan) Man. people think of citizen- formed .. Each of us must select Let's all strive to be good citi- ship 111 t rrns of whether or not those. things to do that are the zens in the future. Is your Com- the savor of the soil that I ac- upon all that I do. I still retain quired on the farm, and so it membership in the Veterans of th y vot at an lection. Actual- I most Impor~ant.. . munity Farm Bureau group fill- was that farm life subjects were Foreign Wars, but have never ly this is only one facet of citizen-l I al? afraId. tha~ 111 the making ing its citizenship responsibilities? ~ chosen in September 1930 when been a "joiner." ship. of this .sel chon IS where many It is h lping to make your com- Einar and 1 found Hicks Street A definition for I citizen hip of us fall.. . munity a better place in which and arranged for the now-fam- Iva is a great gardener (hence Marthy's posies) and so was my mig rt be sometl inz like thi : A .few ~uesbo~s that we ml~ht to live? Will we lose our demo- iliar Hiram and Marthy series. consider m h lpmg us to decide cratic heritage by default? Grandma Clark (hence Aunt "Citizenship is wh re any indi- The first poem was appropri- Polly). as to what is important are: Parficiparinq in your Commun- ately enough, "Hard Times." The vidual or individuals r cognize a I have greatly enjoyed know- (1) Will this make my com- ity Farm Bureau group is a good next described The Ladies Aid pro lern, becom informed about ing Hiram and Marthy, and trust munity a better place in which way to practice being a good er rough going some years; but Society supper. the probl m and then participate in solving it." to live? County? State? Nation? citizen. By taking part with your (2) Will this project be short- thinking, voicing As you can see by this defini- liv d or will it have a good in- and your opinion always good corn. He had four children. I was the eldest. It was a good community, fine neighbors, Hicks imaginary Street location is an entirely and all the they will continue people to know. RODGER S. CLARK to be nice fill tion, to be a good citizen you n ed fluence on the future also? to be informed and active in al- actively supporting Farm Bureau will go a long way your a friendly, kindly wholesome situ- characters are synthetic. ever, from long association, How- the 'J(~ PLASTIC most e erything (3) Is it going to be beneficial that concerns to others or only yourself? In preserving our American way of Ii e. ation. Michigan. So I have always lived in treet and its people seem very F S 5011 Test PIPE jo,t, aIJ real and familiar to me. It is my the community in which you live. (4) How' well informed are If Farm Bureau is to continue I worked on the farm until I hope that for some at least of Bags at Dealers You will probably qu tion, "How can anyone fmd ask th you on the merrts of the project? to play the important (5) Is the project timely or is in the past of preserving role it has the was grown, following the team as Farm News' great family, the : Farmers can pick up a supply of Farm Bureau Services soil (JJJ 'J(/~ \ u,. one of the last generation of walk- various episodes and folks some- ----------------------.------- "Free Enterprise" system, it will ing farmers, and obtained an in- times take on the semblance of test sample bags from any Farm need the thinking of each and every Farm Bureau and support grained love of farms and farmers reality. Bureau The paper Services dealer. bags are large J!UuU tue ~GIIM that still is strong inside me. member. What kind of a member I know Hiram abnost as well Many things that Hiram says as Marthy does, and his reaction enough to hold a generous sample You ean instan your own or citizen are you? and does hark back to those years. or comment upon a given situa- of soil. There is a place to eeld water lines at a cost of In this issue we want to give My friends and relatives on farms identify the soil sample with the from 11. to }i less. Weighs JAt credit to those counties that have tion needs no thought on my sample number, field, and other as much as steel Easy to today still bind me to the land. part. gained community Farm Bureau information. . handle-easy to install Will The Hicks Street neighbors also groups this year. If your County At 21 I as apprenticed to a Fifty-two County Soil Testing carry an excess of 25% more doesn't appear here, you do not carpenter, and hence the "handy are composite people; Clem and Laboratories stand ready to flow than the same size. steel - have a gain of groups this year. man, Ed Barnes" who has done Cynthy Hicks are relatives on make soil tests for you. So does pipe. Congratulations to the following several chores for Marthy on Marthy's side. Her maiden name the Soils Department of Michigan counties: Hicks Street. was Hicks, you know. State University. , For jet pumps and lateral Southwestern Region, Clarence Two years later I entered Mich- 11 n e s, Weather-tested for igan Agricultural College in the Hiram stuck to strictly farm I . rears ·of' ser.vice. King, regional representative: subjects for many years. It is New anag.r Allegan County, 24 groups, last "Preparatory Class." Engin- not good to write about things Ed Sandford is the new man- Stop bl for eomplete Jnfo~' gain 2. eering seemed a good idea, and I you don't know about, but the ager of the Battle Creek Farm ,~tio~ . Berrien, 41 groups, gain 4. chose Civil Engineering. m e c han i z a t ion of farming Bureau Ass'n., replacing Bernard Kalamazoo, 39 groups, gain l. St. Joseph, 26 groups, gain 2. Here may I breathe my richest eventually got beyond my depth. Coplin. J COST~ LESS WITH U"ICO PLASTIC PIPE blessings upon MAC and co-edu- So subjects of a general nature Van Buren, 25 groups, gain 8. are more frequent recently. cation. Over the entrance gate One branch of higher 'edu- South ern Region, Charles should be inscribed "Through Sold Exclusively By Many Mumford. r-egional representa- What prompts the, subject? cation consists in finding ways to these portals pass the finest girls Very often my wife suggests one raise money to keep children in tive: Branch County, 18 groups, in all creation!" It was there I met and courted w hen the dead line approaches ~chool. UREAU DEALERS gain 2. and I appear to be stuck. Other- Iva Granger of the finest farmer wise, the season, or the weather, or tractor, truck, hnp~nt or peJM1lpt Calhoun, 32 groups, gain 4. stock of Berrien Springs. She, or a news item, or some vivid car, UNICO TIRES are uniq In o1ferinl Hillsdale, 31 groups, gain 1. praise God, is still my light of Lenawee, 39 groups, gain 3. recollection, or a trip, or some- love. you greater valu for your tire dollar.. one's chance remark-Most any- There'. one ., to plOv.it Pu 'em old Central Region, regional representative: Ray Dewitt, My college course was inter- thing may trigger a poem.' I Some poems come easily. rupted by a two-year tour to ut 'em to wor t The mileage recorda the, 2.' Clin on County, 50 groups, gain Northern Russia with the Army Others take time and several re- run up will convince you that any UNICQ Engineers, but I finally was grad- writes. Ordinarily, the easy ones Genesee, 33 groups, gain 3. are the ones that elicit one of the TIRE is a ar bet &y. Ingham, 30 groups, gain 3. uated in 1920. Iva and I set up infrequent fan letters I receive. Livingston, 45 groups, gain 3. housekeeping in Dowagiac on These fan letters, by the way, are . .Shiawassee, 20 groups, gain 1. Armistice Day of that year. very much appreciated. They Thumb Regio~ M:arlie Drew, For some years I followed warm the cockles of my heart. 11' regiohal represe~ative: highway and bridge engineering II Huton County, 68 groups, gain from that Dowagiac home, and Iva and I have two children, [ .,'-:. pleasant years they were, for the both now grown. Our Mary IS a i : R 5. Macomb, 34 groups, gain 4. Sanilac, 33 groups, gain 3. St. Clair, 22 groups, gain 3. most part. I liked engineering, moved to Jackson and took a job and in 1926 pharmaceutical Lederle Laboratories researcher in the at the Pearl River, N. Y. division of American I . l. ~: Tuscola, 44 groups,' gain 3. with Commonwealth Power Co. Cyanamid. Richard is a mechan- .....' . West. Central Region Ralph The work was the structural de- ical engineer in the employ of .:.i· " .~ Commonwealth Associates, Inc., ~' . o y Olthouse, regional representative: Kent County, 42 groups, gain 2. sign of steam power plants-the same work that has occupied here in Jackson. His four fine t,:r;.: " tt~::i::" : II, Mason, 12 groups, gain 2. most of my time from that year sons a~e our best hope for the Farmers Your Local Farmers Petrol. Co-op Distribution Cooperative, or Agent Mecosta, 23 groups, gain 3. Montcalm, 20 roups, gain 1. Newaygo, 19 groups, gain 2. Oceola, 22' groups, gain. 1. Ottawa, 41 groups, gain 6. to this .. son. I have always liked rhyming. So did my father and so does my The engineering thirty years has not eradicated work of ;J~~~~:;;l:~:;~~FbI~i.~~ sons of health placed pretty have strict recently limitations :::;:::::i:"';:;':w<,,,,,, w· East C niral eg·on, Cat! Kent- r, regional sent· ve: Bay County, 21 group, gain 2. Gladwin, 15 group, Midland, 13 groups, gain 1. gain 1. elA I lED ADS a inaw, 30 groups, gain 4. onhwestern Region, W a 't d Classified advertisements are cas with or r raJes: 10 cents per word for one edition. Ads to appear in 1 0 or more editions take the rate of 8 cents per e following rd edition. The hired hand that never tires- Cooper, regional representative: Manistee ain 3. County, 16 groups, ichigan, 36 groups, gain These rates based on guarantee of 60,000 or mor subscribers. They are members of the Michigan Farm Bureau. your telephone 2. ortheastern Region, Don Kil- LrVESTOCK To paraphrase an old saying, "some men work from sun patri~ regional representative: to sun but a farmer's work is never done." But your tele- Emmet County, 13 groups, gain phone helps you to make the most of working hours. 2. Iosco, 16 groups, gain 3. Use it to order feed; to ask advice of your county agent, Og m W, 24 groups, gain 1. the vet or a neighbor; to ask about market prices. Presque Isle, 1 groups, gain 1. And you do each of the e thing in minutes, without Up eninsula, Wesley H 1 1, COo dinator: spending valuable time away from the farm. 1) It C un r. 13 groups, But your telephon i n't all bu ines . To your entire 10. family it al 0 means the plea ure of distant voice brought 13 groups, 13. near. By telephone you're never more than a few moments 125 new groups have been or- away from loved ones, near or far. ganized this year with a total For profit, convenience and plea ure at uch little co t, gain of 108 groups. We now have a to a1 of 1582 Community Farm what can equal your telephone? BUreau Groups in Michigan. ILV T W D MICHIGA BELL TELEPHONE COMPA Y COlllHlY, IVider , Community group, Mr. Earl I~"'5 P.M: Sundays on C S- V -a. show the whole fa.mily will enJo1/. Herzog, Secretary. • h N OW n Lye c For ~d bini< before cu~ alon: h roadsld or in un- 19 Rarm B ureau t , used fi Ids. The bees who live on these pI nts are helping t feed ••• y . ithout bees to carry lien from one flower to anoth r, com- - We have 66,926 members. mercial fruit and veg table grow- ers, legume plant and flower p 0- 66 groups in the "3 or More" club working ducers could never meet public for more members to reach our goal of 70,000 demand, says E. C. Martin, Mich- igan State University entomolo- members in 1956. gist. Home gar ens would pro- 70 people or more working on membership to duce little. Martin reports th t the bumble earn $ trip to Miami in December to the American bee population has been greatly F arm Bureau F ederation convention. They must reauced as the plow has ruined its nests and the mower has re- enroll 35 members, new or renewals. The contest mov d its pasture early in the is open to you. See your Michigan Farm Bureau season. regional representative for details, Tomatoes 21 counties over membership goal. n inexp nsive chemical treat- I. ment f tomato seedlings can 44 counties have increased membership over last mean twice as many early toma .. 1 es, according to MSU tests. year. North East Region over membership goal All regions have increased membership over last MORE THAN 1,000 UNICO TIRE were unloaded by five Fazmerll Petroleum Cooperative ~ distributors in Allegan and Ottawa counfles for the tire sale ending July 10. Sharing in the car- STEEL year. load shipment were Hamilton Farm Bureau, F mers Coopexative Elevator at Hudsonville, Unic 1,500 JnOI"e members than last June. Service Station at Allegan, and Zeelaod,Farmers Co·op, Inc. ROOFING 96 Farm Bureau members are returning from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where they have been attend- Minnesota Idea Cuts Hog Killing Los ing Midwest Conference. A major improvement r~ ~ red ees "cherry ruisee" to vet inary anatomy divi 'on, a d County Farm Bureau Membership Committees alaught ing techniques 18 m almost zero. Dr. Woodrow J. Aunan, animal pea tice less than a year after a husbandry professor and me t are working on: nivoc&ity of Minnesota veter- Results of the packer improve- specialist, found bo t a y ar inary school-animal husbandry ments will be higher quality ago that shackling pulls the hog's 5-V CRIMP Prospect files. hams for the house ife, less r arch team discovered shack- leg 0 t of its normal p ition, GALVANIZE ROOFING ling to be the cause of the c stly trimming time at the packer's Th strain ruptures the hi - For attractive appearance and Ordering materials. grading table and lower 0 ts. protection f om wind and rain "cherry bruise" of ham. joint capsule, which contains th Preparing to attend July district meetings. This m y permit him to reduce -especia y in localitieswhere [oint's lubricant, Called synovial his ham prices r possibly pay fluid. This flui and blood from high winds prevail. 5-V can be Several eastern and midwest more for ho s. nailed tight to hold. Selecting Roll Call managers. packers now are contemplating the t rn ligam nts th invad 9 Regional RepreseotatiYe~ are just returning from Midwest +'S--t-· ,.-"-t--G-r-m-·-n--- IIC improvements made recently by Over 50,000.000 hogs are slaugh- Hormel's of Austin, Minn., in tered in. the U. S. e their Fremont, Neb., plant. The o the 100,000,00 year an the ham meat nd makes its way to the surfs as a small re h e ita pears t. hams th Conference and Junior Farm Bu- reau camp at Clear Lake where they "worked as instructors. Rul es After firm now bleeds hogs, anesthetiz- yield, abo t 2,000,000 are serious- with carbon dioxide, on • pat- ly blighted and 8,000, ented sloping carrier calle the d maged by the U mildly eery bruise," Kitch&11'sresearch spr the Clolriosity of Dou las P. M fr "stialrln: conveyor." bee,. re,i ag8l' f liT - Notifying committee members Loss in trimmed-away stock Censer-ration, Ine., outh of July district meetings to be luI 1 d down - gradecl Juuns St. PaW. 0 . it t arious rd held on the following dates: This eliminates shackling -that is, suspending the is from SOc to $2.60 ch. meat packin, plant, 11:0 b I Dis~••ict 1-July 24-Paw Paw hog by a hind leg during Dr. Ralph L. itchell, head of as struck by the amount ot New very strict regulations meat trimmed away because of COR UGATED 2-July 3-July 26-HillsdaJe 26 concerning wheat used for hu- slaughJer. The new method the University of innesota's what the graders called the Male s "Harv ting Easi r 4--Jufy 16--Caledonia man consumption will beco;ne "cherry bruise." H took th GALVANIZED ROOFING 5-July 30 The most economicel style of steel roofing. Low first cost. Easy to ap ly. Corrugated is 6-July 7-July 8-July 9-July 1()-Marlett 17-Fremont 11-Midland 13-Mesick effective July 1, 1956, according to the Michigan Elevator Ex- change. Cold Steri •za i n of Milk problem to Kitchell and Aunan. A Hormel research team d- signed the sticking - conveyor Boo t P tato Profit I good for all-around applica- 1o-July 12-Attanta " A new method of killing bac- the milk to sour if it's left stand- 1. Eliminates vines and weeds as obstacles to harvesting. U. P.-AugIi8~ 6 These regulations spell out in teria in milk promises to revolu- ing. equipment and the firm holds a tions. very definite terms the attitude tionize milk handling methods of Sterilizing kills all the bacteria, patent on it. IGtchell says that See Your Committees involved are: Exe- of the federal Food .and Drug on the basis of its operations to 2. Cuts labor and expense of harvesting operations. cutive Committee, Membership, the future. so that the milk could be kept for Administration regarding grain It is called cold sterilization, and weeks or even months at room date, Hormel's new equipment FARM BUREAU DEALER Community Group, Resolutions, will "pay for itselt" before long 3. Enables grower to harvest and ship at the best time ... to and Citizenship. sanitation. is being developed by the com- temperature without spoiling. This For Complete Information On and after July 1, 1956 the bined staffs of the dairy and agrl- would put an end to the need for in bruise-less hams and reduced toke advantage of high market value or good weather. Regional Representatives will basis for legal action and the re- grading and trimming time. have details of the meetings and cultural engineering departments expensive refrigeration equipment moval of wheat from human con- at Michigan State University. in milk handling. 4. Permits harvesting before freezing weather. Junior Farm Bureau District sumption will be: Council and other meetings. Representatives are getting 1 or more rodent pellets per Leon Newcomer, of the agri- cultural engineering staff, says The problem in the past has been that sterilization changed the FAR BUREAU 5. Improves potato quality .•. skins toughen, resulting in les delegates for American Institute pint sample of wheat (liquid that the new process uses elec- trons traveling at high speeds to flavor of the milk: because it had to be done at extremely high tem- JOB OPPORTU ITIES bruising and skinning when harvested. Co-operation meeting at Raleigh, measure). North Carolina, July 29 to August kill the bacteria. A large ma- peratures. The cold sterilizing Your Farm Bureau Companies 2. " 1 per cent or more of apparent chine similar to an X-ray machine process would not involve even as 6. Reduces late blight tuber rot; related storage losses. at Lansing have office positions or actual insect damaged kernels. fires the electrons lik bullet. I mu h heat as pasteurization. available as Typists, Stenogra- Checking on Miami trip work- 7. Reduces disease spread in seed potato fi Ids. ers. Can you meet these limits? Newcomer points out that this The process is still a long way phers, Insurance Specialists, Bill- The average pint sample of is a sterilizing process and not from perfection, says Newcomer, ing Clerks, and Accounting Meeting with County Farm Bu- just pasteurization. Pasteurizing but it may not be too many years Clerks. reau Boards. grain contains 12,000 kernels. 'ATLAS "AU is a sodium arsenite solution ... easy to mix with This means that if a pint sample kills only the disease bacteria, before we'll be using electrons to Here i an opportunity to enjoy Explaining new double screen taken from a uniform sample of leaving the organisms that cause. kill milk bacteria. water and spray. Apply 1 to 2 weeks before horve time. steady work, good pay, advance- process for Farm Bureau fertili- a carload of grain shows one ment in your job, excellent work- zer. ketmg high quality wheat has al- grain safely without thoroughly ing conditions, and numerous This One-Purpose rodent pellet, the car will be sub- Meeting with liaison commit- ject to seizure as unfit for hu~n ways been good business. It will cleaning the bins with an effec- other benefits. . be even more so in the future. Grease Does It tees. consumption. There's a lot of wisdom in the tive insecticide. High School graduates with Studying current issues. It means that if one kernel in Unico B-550 Grease has all slogan: "Grain Grows Clean! Weevils hide in the cracks and good scholastic records who are COUNTIES MAKING every 100 shows apparent or crevices, or in waste grain, and interested in these jobs, please the qualities of a one-purpose actual insect-damage, the car Keep it Clean! Grain is Food!" HEADLINES only insecticides, properly ap- write: grease for use around the will be subject to seizure. farm. Montcalm-Holding a series of plied, can control them. CHIPMA CHEMICAL CO. It is not necessary to. have several gzeases and grease first voter meetings. Lenawfte and Jackson-Leaq- The presence of poison mater- ials on food grains makes the Grain Storage Sweep out the bins thor- oughly, and then spray them Personnel Department MICHIGAN FARM BUREAU P. O. Box 960 Dept. 15, 08 S. Dearborn St., Chicago, III. ing the "3 or more" club by each grain subject to seizure when dis- guns "to take care of wheel bearings, universal joints, wa- ter" pumps and chassis. Unico having 8 groups qualified. club. covered in interstate commerce. An example is treated seed wheat Should be with a 50% wettable powder of methoxychlor. When the insects that may be 400 N. Grand River, B-550 Grease lubricates all of Ingham-Has 6 groups in the mixed in with otherwise good left attempt to move around, them. Durable and water resistant. Berrien-5 groups in the club. grain. Monr0e-4 groups in the club. Because of these new and Leaders on Operation Miami stricter regulations and the fin- Cleaned Now they will come in contact with the methoxychlor. That will be Stays put and won't drip. No Farmers should start now to their last move. and members enrolled are: Clark ancial penalties involved, it will frozen shackles if Unico Montague--Tuscola, 11; B. Land- pay everyone to be very careful get their grain storage ready for Keep in mind that in ects B-SSO Grease is used regular- skroener--Saginaw, 16; Ed Her- about the quality control methods the harvest which is almost upon hatch rapidly and that a build-up ly. man-s-Lenawee, 10; Joseph Fisch- used in handling grain. us. of population takes place very Buy from your Farmers er-Ogemaw; Gerrit Elzinga-Ot- New grain should not be placed quickly. So after a treatment has A farmer will find it difficult Petroleum Cooperative Dis- tawa; Robert N. Fietch-Living- in bins unless they have been been applied to the grain bins it or impossible to deliver grain :tributor, or County Distribu- ston, each with 6; George Beach that shows evidence of insect or thoroughly cleaned and spraye~ is well, in a couple of weeks or tion Agent. -Berrien, 5. with an insecticide, states Kermit so, to sweep out the walls and rodent damage. That's it for another month. V. Washburn, Van Buren coun- floors again to remove dead in- Watch next month's "Right Now An elevatorman who handles ty agricultural agent. sects from the bin. In Farm Bureau:' Someone you and ships such grain will be in- So many insects attack our Remains of insects, as well as know may tum up. viting serious financial loss. grain supplies these days, that it dirt and live insects, are means of Most grain processors state in has made it impossible to store contaminating storage grain. their purchase contracts that Alfalfa they will not accept grain Alfalfa yields a third more and damage by rodents or insects. It Pays to rigid. Butz says the tolerances set up Follow that first c costs less per ton to produce than clover-timothy. Producing, storing and mar- by the Food and Drug Adminis- tration have just been made even w Store Wheat tighter. Any wheat that fails to meet the standards is seized by Alfalfa a Bargain If It's Clean the Bureau of Foods and Stand- ards of the Michigan Department Agriculture. FarlD u ea 0-4 2 for August Seeding Storing wheat after harvest fully. If yoU}"storage facilities are time pays off, if it's stored care- good enough, it will probably pay you to hold your wheat past harvest. Alfalfa has to be well-fed to build husky, sou- ~ From 1951 through 1954, aver- improving roots and high - yielding top growth. • PLENTY OF SEED age prices showed that the sea- sonal price rise after harvest Cancer Warning Alfalfa has a big appetite for phosphate and potash. • PRICE IS FAVORABLE time was usually more than enough to cover storage costs. The Food and Drug Adminis- tration has issued a public warn- During that time, the averag_e ing that the Hoxsey treatment for Thus a good supply of each nutrient is needed tv Michigan State University recommends late price in harvest season was 1.8;). internal cancer, distributed by summer seedings of alfalfa - late August or By January it had risen to $2.13 the Hox y Cancer Clinics at Dal- get the crop well-established. and in Mar h, it rose to a high of las, Texas, and Portag Pa., is September. $2.17. That means a difference of worthless and may be dangerous 28 cents a bushel in January and to those who reJ:yupon it instead Farm Bureau Services recommends its new 0-40-20 or ~ight now we think alfalfa seed is selling 32 cent in March over harvest of obtaining competent medical season price . . treatment. All persons who may granulated 0-25-25 on legumes and Ir nulated 10..10-10 at bargain prices. Later we can expect prices Av ge costs per bushel for be considering the Honer treat- to go up because of demand for the soil bank storage run about two cent per ment are advised to secure a copy on g~asses. month. Therefore, a farmer of the warning notice. program. We have good supplies of the pop .. would have increased his profit Write to: Food and Dru8 Ad.. ular varieties of alfalfa seeds. 18 cents per bu hel by holding it ministration, Washington 25, D. HIGH ALUMINA JET 'LAMI from July to January. e your loc I arm ur INSULATOR AND SOLID COP- C. u d • PER GASKET mean In-, for Profitable Paslaf Ohoose There's a possible catch, sa s Dale Butz of the agricultural This warning is an official no.. tree of the U. S. Government. As.'n for Farm Bur b g o bu. creased performance ar economics staff at Michigan State oU,p.ed •• Buy from your local Farm- Farm Burea Seeds University. If your grain isn't stored under the proper cqn- rain FARM BUREAU SERVICES. I C. ditions, your storage costs will be Sanitation stand8l'ds for stored ers Petroleum Cooperative SOLD AT higher than average. You might grain become more strict July 1. veri face the possibility of Iosin Fertilizer Department an in , Mich' Distributor or County Dis- Inspection authorities will seize your whole crop, since the stand- market grain not meeting the tribution Agent. r f r cl n heat r y new r aU n • an brief ace unt of any noteworthy Mr. Jenks had eight couples were very interested to hear the camp at Twin Lakes. an ave the women a very in- achievement during her reign of from his dance class dance for us, two boys tell about their life in forma ive talk on our $10 dues Plan were complet for the office. Chairmen present were then led t e whole group in their native land and their stay in and what is done with the money 4-H award dinner to held at dancing. Cass County Women's Commit- Mrs. ash, Mrs. Webster and Mrs. America. the Long Rapids Hall on May the on a state and local level.-Mrs. Sc ultz. Mrs. Edna Wohlert of Clinton A gift was presented to Mrs. Minnie Clements, chairman. held its annual tea at th 24. county was named Queen for a Raymond Dickenson of Alpena School June 5th. Guest Twenty-four members answer- county for having the most pub- Mrs. Vernon Kingsbury gave a Presque Isle County. Women was Mi Louise Car- ed roll call. Safety report was Day, Wednesday by the camp licity on the district meeting. A very interesting report on UN- met at the Posen township hall ter, director of the Inter- given by Mrs. Clare Leedy and judges-Mrs. Rex Core, Mrs. Walter Donner, and Mrs. Harvey gift was also presented to Mrs. ESCO. She told the women the for their May 28 meeting. The 'on I tival at Michigan he roup decid d to forego Onalee Carey of Montmorency purpose and the aims of this or- meeting was opened by the chair- n versity. Miss Carpenter gave having a Citizenship Chairman Dob on. Mrs. Wohlert received her crown and cape from Mrs. county for their county having ganization. The women voted to man by the group giving the a t. lk on her t av I in sou he n until the coming fall lection. the largest percentage of attend- purchase a $10 gift coupon to Pledge to the Flag. uropean countie . Discussion on the Youth Fair William Hoolihan, founder and (Continued on page 5) first director of the camp. ance. send to some needy country. A iss Agnes Gregerck, home Booth and Youth Camp dinner speaker and a film on mental conomics agent of Cass county, was left in the very capable The success of this camp was A I con a County. Seventeen I gave a short talk. Eleven hands of Mrs. Sacha; Mrs. Hoyer due to the very capable guidance women and three guests met at health will be part of our June Mrs. landford's roups w e repr sented. T , and. Mrs. Nash. of our director, Mrs. Rex Core, the home of Mrs. H. Knight of meeting.-Mrs. Emiel Krueger, st rd Pie milk punch and cookies were and her committee. Mrs. O. M. Lincoln for their May meeting. chairman. Mrs. Harry Blandford is New- ved. Mrs. Norman Harvey, Mrs. Gorge Schultz, our guest Tompkins will succeed Mrs. Core The meeting was opened with all Iosco County. The May meeting aygo county's custard pie bak- ch irman announ d the next speaker, told of her recent trip to as director.-Mrs. William Hooli- giving Pledge of Allegiance to the Was held at the Reno hall. The ing champion, as the result of the ting will be h ld on July Brd, Hawaii, and meeting several han. Flag. meeting was called to order by annual contest conducted by the t th hom 0 Mrs. L. Playford. friends from Michigan there, be- the vice chairman Mrs. Shennan, public relations committee of sides making many new friends. D str 10-E The cancer drive chairman, due to the illness 0 the chairman Newaygo County. Farm Bureau. rri n County Farm Bureau One very interesting trip was Mrs. Vernon Kingsbury Mrs. R. Gilpin, reported that Mrs. Pringle. Recipe: Mrs. Blandford's recipe omen held ir May meeting thru the Dole pineapple cannery Alpena R-1 $414.24 had been collected, but Mrs. Robinson gave a very' in- for custard pie calls for four eggs, a adio St tion WHFB of Benton and watching the processing of arbor and St. Joseph, Michigan. 85 to 100 pineapples per minute. Approximately seventy - five returns were not yet complete. teresting safety report. It was well beaten; 3,4 cup sugar, 2 cups A t th busin ss m ting, An- Visitors are treat d to all the women attended the spring dis- The county cancer drive was put decided to have a card shower of milk, one teaspoon of vanilla on by the Farm Bureau women's for Chairman Mrs. Pringle who is and cinnamon and nutmeg to trict meeting held at Rust town- committee noun John Cha e took th fresh fruit and juice they care MRS. HENRY C. WOHLERT this year. ship hall. The women of Mont- Guest speaker was Dr. Car- ill. taste. , .' worn n through the station and for. of Lansing, R-4, was chosen I morency county were very grac- penter, who spoke on T. B. in. She pours the filling into an plained th various phases of Mr. Schultz enjoyed the deep Queen for a Day Wednesday at Peter Sikkema from Michigan adio work. He explained how sea fishing and caught an 18 lb. ious hosts and served coffee and cattle. His talk was very inter- Farm Bureau of Lansing .gave a unbaked pie shell which pas the Farm Bureau Women's Camp cookies to early arrivers. been brushed with white of egg. ball games come in over tele- dolphin the first day out. ext esting and drew forth many ques- very interesting talk on commod- The pie is baked at 450 degrees hone wires, how news isrre- meeting more about Hawaii and at Twin Lakes near Traverse The business meeting was call- tions. ities. . ed to order by the district chair- until the crust starts to brown. c ived, how programs are plan- reports from Northwest camp City, June 5-7. The selection was Mrs. Harvey Elmer and Mrs. Plans were completed for the a; sponsors are obtained, and from Mr . McCubbin and Mrs. R. done on the order of "Queen for man, Mrs. Vernon Kingsbury. Stanley Streeter gave a very in- trip. to Midland on August 2. Miss Then the heat is reduced to 350 rna yother interesting facts. Dowd. a Day," a national television pr~- The Salute to the Flag was led teresting report on the District Dorothy Scott, county home dem- until a knife will come out clean by our regional man, Don Kil- meeting help at Rust Twp. Hall. onstration agent, will be the guest when testing the filling. Afte this interesting tour, the women made a tape r cording gram. Mr. and Mrs. Wohlert have been members of Farm Bureau patrick. Devotions were given by ------- ._-- -,,;,,;,,-:.-.- wh.ch was us d the following almost from its beginning. Mrs. Don Kilpatrick of Alcona A County Farm Bureau picnic speaker at the June meeting at home of Mrs. Little.-Mrs. B. Week's ew-Thrlfty u day on the Farm Hour. Mrs. Duane Sanford, Chairman Others in the picture, left to county. Mrs. Onalee Carey, coun- will be held on August 14. Mr. Pringle, chairman. I Allen R-l ty chairman of Montmorency, Pete Peterson will be the guest s, W lier took the walking r. Oswald, the new agency welcomed everyone. speaker. o gem a w County. :Eigbteen mi ophone and interviewed the Calhoun County. The women manager for insurance spoke. He Peter Sikkema, commodity co- Plans were completed for 10 groups were represented when Iadies, Mrs. Wm. Anderson, the are planning' to have a milk dis- explained the new method of set- ordinator for the Farm Bureau, women to attend the women's the women of Ogemaw county 1st vic chairman, read the be- penser at the Calhoun county fair described the efforts of this new camp at Twin Lakes on June 5 met at Kenyon's Lodge at Sage Ii fs 0 Fa m Bureau. Mrs. James in the Farm Bureau booth. They tling casulty claims to the settle- service to help market farm pro- to 7. ' I Lake for their May meeting, The Wir ; 2nd vice-chairman, gave are also suggesting that repre- men t to the insured. Mr. Oswald ducts to advantage. Mrs. Don Kilpatrick will meeting was opened by the chair- the report on the dinners served sentatives of the Calhoun County also said that the first fire policy Mrs. Ruth Ball, state chairman represent the women at Mid- man with the group singing the at he Youth Memorial Building. Farm Bureau insurance agents be holders will have a ten per cent of Women's Committees of the W est Conference a t C e dar Farm Bureau Song. Mr . Wire is chairman of this present at the fair booth during discount to be credited to their Farm Bureau, spoke on the work Springs, Iowa on June 18 and 19. project. Mrs. Walter Wellington the fair. of the Associated Co un try Mrs. Marjorie Karker will be All state projects were approv- annual renewal premium. eported as treasurer. Mrs. Henry We have subscribed to "The There is a new coverage that Women of the World. ( present at the June meeting to ed. The money will be sent to the P t rs gave a very inspirational Country Women of the World." may be added to a Farm Bureau Jack Yaeger, executive secre- help make plans for a rural- state office. $5 was given to the r p rt on good citizenship. Mrs. This is a magazine of interest to fire policy. It covers the break- tary of the Michigan Farm Bu- urban meeting.-Mrs. Lee La- cancer fund. . Fred Foster gave some worth all rural women. reau, spoke' appreciatively of the 'Forge, chairman. Legislative, safety, and ei Izen- age of windows in dwellings or ship reports were given. while safety tips to vacationers, A legislative report was given storm windows in storage. important part women take in and Mrs. Emil Johnson an- by Mrs. Roy Lord. The women the organization. Alp e n a County. Twenty-two Junior Farm Bureau -.as dis- nounced the Junior Farm Bureau were not in favor of equalization FIve dollars was voted to the cancer fund. D5 riet 9 women met at the home -of Mrs. cussed and the women' pJim to dan e. Mrs. Walter than intro- of taxes at the state level. They Rev. Father Kohler of St. Gail McDonald when the women help promote' J\lDior Farm Bu- Report of the office committee Mrs. Ernest Heim, Chairman Francis church said Thursday of Alpena county held their May reau in the county.' ' due. d the others in our group. felt the local supervisors are cap- was discussed and it was voted to Traverse City R-4 able of making county assess- that religion in general is the meeting. The meeting was opened It was decided: to send !lrs. V Buren County. Mrs. Earl ments. buy some office equipment in- science of getting along with my- with the group reciting the Minnie Clements "to the" Imno cluding a standard for our flag. The Farm Bureau Women of Barrett presented the Women's orthwest Michigan had a very self, my neighbor and man. Pledge to the Flag led by the Farm Bureau, camp.' PlahS W~t Committee with a flag and stand- Branch Couniy. Nine members The next county meeting will be Mrs. J. H. Dugal reviewed the legislative chairman, Mrs. Roland made to tour the Dow C·betnical ar at the June meeting. The met in June at the home of Mrs. at White Marble Springs on DS- successful camp at Twin Lakes book, The Misunderstood Pat- Ohlrich of the Bolton group. plant in Midland on J' 22. 112, July 9. near Traverse City, June 5 to 7. s cr tary is responsible for the Theo Mohn for a carry-in lunch- There was a total of 113 full- riot, Stevens T. Mason, the first Mrs. Adalore Rouleau and Mrs. fIa and called the meeting to eon. The business meeting was time campers. The average daily governor of Michigan. Vernon Kingsbury were chosen Mrs. 11,emt;m Kmpb~JI dis- order with the Pledge of Alleg- called to order by chairman Mrs. 7 attendance was 150. delegates to attend the women's trict chairman, was ~ues't,speaker ian . Elsworth Hard. The Salute to the Mrs. Dale Root, Chairman Dr. John Ferguson of the Tra- Mrs. Charles Boyer presented Flag was given. Mrs. Henry Pres- Barryton, R-l We had good speakers and en- verse City State Hospital pleased the group with his talk on the ef- each past and the present chair- ton had charge of the devotions. The camp committee for Dis- joyed them very much. Judge fect of new drugs in the treat- man with a carnation corsage A committee was appointed to trict 7 met recently at Stoney Ormand Danford of Traverse ment of mental diseases. He made and asked each one to give a plan an auction for the July Lake near Shelby and completed City gave the key note address s ggestions as to what families quarterly meeting. The money plans for the camp to be held on the camp theme "Adventures and friends can do to help. raised will be used for the stale August 15 and 16. in Michigan." He described the projects. life of a farm woman in 1859. Horace Brewer of the Consum- A change of· A committee was appointed to The camp program is based Detective Lieutenant Clarissa ers Power Company at Jackson spoke on the progress that has work with the public relations on the theme, "Our Nation's Young of the Lansing police de- committee to make plans for the 1telations:' partment spoke of the problems been made in electric power in Farm Bureau booth at the Branch All Farm Bureau Women are of youth and what we can do to Michigan and what we may look . 4634 2-10 ' forward to. in your home County Fair at Coldwater in invited to attend. The fee is 6 help. and must be sent to Mrs. Guy Mrs. Marjorie Karker gave the A wrap-on for your (laughter! August. Mrs. Dickey reported Just sew two or three." Mother~ Dr. E. C. Beck of Central Mich- camp summary. is easy "Yifh that mental health is still being Homan, New Era, R-1 by Aug. 8. and RELAX for the season! As . - studied and discussed . Several counties in our district igan College described the log- gave special attention to Dairy ging days of Michigan. Robert Sutton of Beulah was song leader. you see, it has FEW pattern parts, Dr. Towne of the First Con- whips up in a jiffy, opens out to Lenawee County. Mrs. Loren month during the month of June. Elden Smith, coordinator of gregational Church of Traverse iron, and a child can dress her .. Bretthauer, chairman, presided at farm supply relations, was the self so easily. Make it of cotton the June meeting of the Women's Osceola County Women's Com- City for vespers spoke on seeing speaker for the morning session. in flower-fresh pastel colors! Committee. There were 17 groups mittee made a tour of milk pro- God through the eyes of nature. He gave a very interesting and UNICO UPRIGHT· Model 9l7-E tNTERIOR ACRYLIC LATEX represented. Miss Pearl Haist of cessing plants in their area and. Wednesday was Farm Bureau informative talk on Farm Bureau Pattern 4634: Children's sizes 1'6, 24 and 35 cu. ft. the Lenawee county health de- ended with a visit to the WW-TV day. Jack Bittner, extension Services. 2, .4, 6, 8, 10. Size B takes 2% partment, spoke in the interest of station at Cadillac where they specialist from M. S. D., spoke A potluck luncheon was served yards 35-inch fabric. nurse recruitment. appeared on the program, "Meet on marketing and the advantages at noon by the women of Mont- AUTIFUL COLeRS She explained the various types the Mrs." They helped in adver- of using the best methods of tising dairy products by present- grading. morency county. Mrs. Andrew Sanborn of Alpena county re- Slim and Smart!· D Iicate pastels or rich deep tones - of courses open in the nursing 36 decorator colors to choose from. profession: the four year course ing the master of ceremonies turned thanks at the luncheon. with a gift basket of cheese, but- Ward Cooper, regional director, The afternoon session started A Y TO APPLY leading to a Bachelor of Nursing said we want the best of oppor- I _ roll or brush it on. degree, the three year course ter, milk and candy. with some very fine accordion tunity for our children. If we selections by Mrs. Clarence Mil- a lap marks, no brush mark leading to Registered Nurse upon M 0 n t cal m County Women's sell our freedom, we put them One coat usually covers. passing the state examination, liard of Alpena county. Committee observed the occasion under the care of government. Unico freezers are made by Carrier. Corpora lQn, QUICK TO D Y and the practical nursing course by inviting the manager of the Plants were presented by dries in jvst one hour. of one year. -a world leader in refrigerator equipment.': ';:'. Greenville Co-operative Cream- Montmorency county women to The group voted to try to help ery, Mr. H. W. Fleisher, to talk to the oldest mother and youngest I NO U 5-NO MU create an interest in nursing as a invite you to see Unico freezers at Farm.~ .·~u ,- dean brushes or roller quickly and easily with ordinary tap water. career. Posters will be placed in various public places. the group on the difference in dairy manufacturing 40 years ago. now and mother present in observance of Mother's Day. A very interesting panel was dealers. COMPARE the price for 'Unico ;~"~~~··P·~,'· COY R ANY U CI! The women were again re- other makes. Why not benefit by United ,~- wallboard, plaster, wallpap conducted by Marge Karker. It minded of the three-month sur- Mus keg 0 n County Women's operatives' purchases on a nation-wide .scale'}' - just about any surface. consisted of two trainees; Otto vey on safety which began on Committee is conducting an Stake of Norway, who is living at CRU ABL June 1. Accidents involving a interesting contest to choose a UPRIGHT FREEZERS - 16, 24·and 35 cu. ft. the Willis Wegmeyer farm in Al- __ wash it again and again without doctor's care, a loss of one-half "Farm Bureau Mother of the CHEST FREEZERS - 10, 16 and 24 cu. ft. pena county, and Walter Beutt- barming its velvet-like flnish. day's work, or ten dollars in Year." ner of Germany, who is living money loss are to be recorded. Mrs. Elizabeth Watten, director with the Beeman Smiths in Mont- Hillsdale County. Mrs. Frank- of the Muskegon County Mus- morency county. The women eum, was guest speaker at our Jin Bell, chairman of Hillsdale County Farm Bureau Women, May meeting. Mrs. Watt en gave called the regular office meeting a very interesting talk on the lumbering days in Muskegon to order June 11. There were 16 groups represented. In the ab- county. She illustrated her talk sence of the secretary, Mrs. San- with pictures and tools used. ford was appointed secretary pro- Some of the tools were full-sized tem. and some were miniatures made to scale with movable parts the same as the originals. This talk was enjoyed very much. Oceana, Mason, Newaygo, and Mecosta County Women's Com- •••before it TALKS mittees invited the Dis t ric t Chairman, Mrs. Root, to give a _.18 the wa7 our doetors . report on the Farm Bureau It - "Our emanee- of eunng Award Tour to Washington. Mrs. eaaeer are 80 mueh better Root summed up the report by when we have aD opportunit, to detect it "/01'. it f4lkI.- saying: ThAt' why urge )'Ou t. 4778 12-20 "This tour was the most educa- liav. periodie health check- Here' the prize winnihl fash- tional experience that I have had. 594 ups that fdwa,y. Include i n for summer-combining cool We were proud and happy to Crochet a graceful bo 1 to thorough examination of th comfort with flattery of a learn the esteem in which our hood fruit and flowers-lovely kin, mouth, lungs and rectum slim line! Simply smart-but .•. organization and its staff mem- matching do i 1y und rneath! nd, in women. the breasta All U .co fr 3: rs T'ec'tUi\l1eh toned shoulders, action-back p t bers is held, both in Washington d generative tract. VeJ7 (sew-very-easy), big handy pOd .. They're worked together-i gay ranty. Aluminum interiors, rust proof, compact co,.tndia and at Lansing. often doctors ean detect ean .• kets. Ideal style for a crisp n .. contrast colors. Foods re quick frozen. "We learned that our individ- eer in these a lone before the patient baa tieed aD7. en, otton pique or gineham! ual opinions and our attention to Pattern 594: 'Doily-bowl com- Government aff ·1'5 do affect bination, or 17-inch doily alone; symptoms. See these Unic Fr exers at Pattern 778: Misses 1 legislation if we expres them to quick crochet in heavy jiffy cot- For more Iifelanug tact 18, 20. Size 16 takes 43 our representatives in Congress ton! Starch bowl for stiffness. phone the Ameriean Caneer FARM BUREAU DEALERS 35-inch fabric. and in the legislature. Society office nearest roUt or Send 25 cents in coins for each write to "Caneer"-in Authorized to Sell and rvic "It is important that we take pattern to Michigan Farm ews, 70111' Ioea1 Pod 0 ••• our responsibilities as cit i zen P.O. Box ·162, Old Chel Sta- riou 1 . Th n the leadership in tion, ew York 11, e Yor. ·.-~••.VICES, INC. our government will improve still Add five cent for each patt m L;••. ,*,~.ff'.IID:n more as we select our candidates for 1st clas mailing. 66 Gro- _----.c, eca Hustlers. ~I n 9 b It m; Dexter Doane Valley, East Alaiedon, Trail, c- _ Just-A-Me e, Vantown, Wheat- M m e s of field. 5--Berrien. Boyer, Chikasaw, Cribbs, Paw Paw Lake, Three w. SCOTT HAMLIN (the program is entir~l:r seu-I supporting and not SUbSIdIzed~y fits, a farmer age 65. or past must and in 1955 had net earnings of present a copy of his Form 1040 $1800.. . Manager. Lansing Dist. Office "3 or More" Oaks. 4-M 0 n roe. Maybee Farmers, Raisinville Center, Swan Creek, Social Security Administration Now that farmers are covered the government), social securrty may indirectly make it possible for sons to take over the farm and. Sc~edule F for 1955 filed After cashm~ several mll~ earlier In the year with the In- checks and selling part of hIS te::nal Revenue Service, Detroit. last year's corn crop, he h~s Sixty-six Community Farm by social security, what does it much sooner th n originally plan- MICh. Also, a listing of his 1956 gross receipts of $847 early In Bureau Groups have enrolled 3 Whiteford. mean to us? This question is be- or more members in the last few months in the effort to reach a 3-DeUd. Big Spring, Boney Falls, Danforth. ing asked by 138,922 self-employ- ed farm operators in Michigan ned by their parents. Other farmers may retire fro~ active farming, rent out theIr I gros~ receipts from self-employed I 1956. earmnzs to date. I . . . Base~ on this Informa~Io.n,John If his 1956 gross receipts and Alice Oak~s are e!I~Ible f~r Michigan Farm Bureau member- 3-M cos f a. Hall's Corners, and their 64,081 farm workers. fields, move to town, or contiriue amount to $800 or more, the on!hly, benefits b~ filmg their ship of 70,000 families this year. Higbee, Pleasant iew. Eleven groups joined the 3 or For most farmers nearing their living in the farm home while farmer will sign a statement with applications .on AP~II 1, 1956, !'r 3-Menominee. East Daggett, sunset years, it means a newly receiving their monthly benefits. the Social Security District Office thereafter WIth their nearest dis- More Club in June. Faithorn, North Stephenson. stating he operates on a cash trict of .ceo found freedom from worry of To qualify for the 3 or More 3- Van Buren. Arlington, Col- Farmers now 65 or over can basis. He will agree to pay the Birth certificates or proofs will replacing th ir income when they Club, a Community Farm Bu- umbia, Pine Grove. file for retirement benefits now. social security tax for 1956 when be needed along with the ev- have to give up the farm. They can start getting their reau enrolls 3 or more members. 2-Clinton. Hired Hands, Jolly his income tax report is due. He idence of John's 1955 and 1956 They may be new members or re- For younger farmers. it gives monthly old-age insurance pay- ROB E R T L U CAL. former Dutchmen. will use one of the optional meth- ~overed s~lf-employment. far~ agency manag r for rm u- newals. The Community Farm them and their families a new ments if they meet the require- ods of reporting if his actual Income. HIS m0.t?-thly~enefIt ~Ill Bureau secretary registers the 2-Hillsdaie. Reading, Wheat- ments or the law. reau Insurance Companies i Ing- land. type of survivors insurance.pro- farming net earnings in 1956 are be $55 and Alice WIll receive new club with the Michigan tection to replace earnings in This will be true if the farmer ham county, has been promoted less than $400. $27.50. Farm Bureau. 2-10 n i 8. LaValley, Prairie case of death of the breadwinner. had net earnings of $400 or more Their checks will be payable to training supervi or. In hi Jackson and Lenawee counties each have 8 community groups Creek. 2-Mason. Riverton, Sauble This survivors' insurance protec- from his self-employed farming operations in 1955, and has $400 I When 1956 is cornplef d the as soon as their claims are pro- farmer files a copy of his 1~56 cessed. Since John is past age 72, new position Mr. Lucal will b responsible for developm nt of tion will strengthen existing in- qualified for the 3 or more Club. River. surance programs for the young- or more in actual net earnings or Forms 1040 and Schedule F WIth the social security retirement test training m terials and m thods. Here are the community groups er farmers and their families. assumed net earnings in 1956 by the District Social Security office does not apply in his case. He will conduct basic and ad- 2-0Uowa. Hudsonville, Town which have qualified in all coun- using one of the optional methods in addition to the one he mails If Mr. Oakes were between vanced training cours s for Farm & Country. ties: . Nos farm workers are covered of reporting. to the Director of Internal Rev- ages 65 and 72, he would not be Bureau insurance agents. Frank 8-Jackson County. Blackman, 2-W ay n e. Parkway, South Nemer, 21h years an ag nt in by the law and can be entitled Many Michigan farmers have enue. This procedure cannot be considered retired if he expected Columbia, Grass Lake, Henrietta, Huron. to the same retirement and sur- filed their claims for monthly Ingham county, su c eds Mr. Lu- used by members of a partner- to have a net earning of over Napoleon, Rives, Springport, I-Emmet. Sunny Ridge. vivors insurance benefits. old-age benefits in the 21 dis- cal as agency manag r in Ing- I-Gen~e. N. Genesee. ship. $1200 in 1956 from his own farm- Tompkins. , The changes in the social secur- trict offices of the Social Secur- Let me show you the procedure ing operation. ham county. 8-L e n awe e. Clinton F air - I-Huron. West Huron. ity law affecting farm families ity Administration in the state being used today by those farm- After John files his 1956 Forms I-Isabella. Coe. field, Gorman, Macon Center, I,:",,-Manistee.Portage. passed by Congress in 1954 WillI since April 1, 1956. have far-reaching and profound You may do the same at any ers who are filing for their 1040 and Schedule F. he and I Medina, Rollin, Sand Creek, Sen- monthly social s curity benefits: Alice may be entitled to an in- I-Montcalm. Maple Valley. effects on about four million farm time. Your postmaster can tell EXAMPLE: John Oakes, 73, crease in their monthly benefits p nd I-MuskegoIl. Cedar Creek. I-N. W. Michigan. Archie. families in this country. I you the location of the nearest B~sides providing a contribu- Social Security District Office. and his wife Alice, 69, have lived I when his full 1956 net earnings Thumb Electric Co-op of Ubly fOFyears on their 120 acre farm. are included in his benefit com- has been granted another REA , I-Oceana. Shelby. tory type of retirement benefits To support his claim for bene- loan of $1 150,000, for the c n- John is still operating his farm. putation. I-Shiawassee. New Haven. struction of a new office build- . I-St. Clair. Senior. ing, 40 additional mil s of di tri- Womenof Farm ure u bution lin s to erv 400 new (Continued from Page 4) customers, and for system im- provements to provid b t er At a dance sponsored by the electric service in the counties of II women May 11 at Belknap twp. Huron, Sanilac, and Tuscola. hall, our treasury was replenish- ed with $72.07. The money for r the State Projects was sent in to the State office. Mrs. O. Mendrick gave a talk Meeting at Reese high school on the ACWW women of Green- in Tuscola county, Saturday eve- land. The women who attended ning, June 16, representatives of the district meeting gave a very Farm Bureau and Farmers Union interesting report. CO·OP. were scheduled to discuss the question, Can izations Agree? Farm Organ- Films of the Flint tornado were shown at the close of the meet- ing. Lunch was served by the .U t : L 00 MONTH women of t e Krakow group.- d/9f1 GUARANTEE "They can and have," said Dan Reed, ass't Legislative counsel, Mrs. Otto Mendrick, chairman. ID PREMIUM speaking for Farm Bureau. Reed U~O'If BAnERY pointed out that in 1948, all three New Manager general farm organizations- L I V EST 0 C K PRODUCERS Michigan Cattle Feeders Associ- State University; Clayton Healey, Paul Reykopf is the new man- Hiqh AMPERAG. Grange, Farmers Union and Farro Bureau - and both politi- and their. organizations met at the Farm Bureau at Lansing last ation; Oscar Oswalt, Vicksburg, East Jordan, livestock committee, ager of Bronson Cooperative Ass'n, succeeding Ken Fowler means more life. 40" cal ·parties, agreed on the prin- month to develop plans to in- livestock committee of Michigan M~chigan Farm Bureau; George who resigned after 30 years of more cranking power. lead core renews itself. ciples of a farm program. • crease contributions to the Na- Farm Bureau; Captain Hanson, versity: R. B. Elling, National service, to devote his time to Michigan Livestock Improvement I Brenneman, animal husbandry farming. .Hiqh WATER CAPACITY All favored abandonment of a I zigid price support program in tional Livestock and Meat Board for promoting the sale of meats. Association; Don Sturt, agricul- department, Michigan State Uni- From left to right: P. :T. Sik- means less refills; over- size container has mOll electrolyte. favor of one which was flexible enough' to help adjust production to demand. kema, commodity director pf Michigan Farm Bureau; Warren I tural economics department, Livestock and Meat Board. Michigan State University; Allen igan Livestock Rush, Romeo, director, Michigan Association; William Finley, ex- Have faith in your effort or it Improvement is bound to be a failure. Letters to PLUS Congress m 1948. enacted such Phillips, Blissfield, president, Farm Bureau; Mr. Riley, Mich- tenc;ion department, Michigan Power-packed plates; dUll a program, Reed related, but specified that it was to become think .the· .more fle~ibili~y you Editor insulation; low gravit, e1ectt"O}yte; new dear pIg. ~ tic vent plugs. Longer life. effective two years later •.Presi- dent Truman signed the bill, but expressed his ' dlsappcintmenf have in pr.Ice relationships t~e I m~re effectIvely the program ] going to work ... If you .use the IS e ch hal of Unlco a r wIn Less refills. that it would not begin to operate .el~~ent of forward pricmg ~nd ensions for I request every fellow Farm Bu- .ntalns at I a.t 2 moro f o. t tho ball. Thl. moan. you ca until 1950. . prI~mg. as a production guide reau member to write to Senators Buy from your local Farm- Farmers Union President James' ;-vhICl;tIS contemplated, certainly, Tel abl Potter, McNamara, George and tlo up to 15 moro balo. of h 1 or .traw than with Inf.rlor 1m- ers Petroleum Cooperative Patton, testifying before the Sen- In this w~o~e. formula, then the Editor: Byrd (chairman of the Senate Fi- port.d twin ••• You can dep.nd Oft ate Committee on Agriculture, more flexibility you hav~ above Our wealthy nation is giving nance Committee) to approve 100% ACTIVE PRODUCT ready to use around dairy Unico twin. for STR NTH, UNI- Distributor or County Dis- barns, for cattle and other livestock. May be sprayed di- tribution Agent. "Beyond a said on April 15, 1948: certain point I a certain ID:I~u:n ce:tainly th~ m~.~eae~~ctlv:r~~z~~~ agree, " R to eed said, "but the ~:'n away billions of tax dollars abroad, including millions to communist Yugoslavia, but not free medical care and Social Security benefits to disabled cit- izens of all ages. Disaster strikes rectly on animals or used as space sprayers. (Avoid spray- ing udders or dairy utensils.) fORMITY and T OU LE·'R I US Farmers Union has since changed one cent to disabled American all age group . Avallablo I•• its mind. Long before the rigid citizens. Classification of disability can EFFECTIVE for quick kills, residual eifect. ECONOMI- 100-ft. and price support program was :final- The disabled farmer and work- be done as for veterans. Any CAL. minimum of applications need d. SAFE. contains 600-ft. (p.r safe in ecticide and non-blistering agent. Contains Py- p vnd)yord. ly abandoned in 1955, Farmers er can no longer earn a living; breadwinner unable to keep or age. For' t Union was urging that it be con- yet medical bills raise his cost secure work because of disability renone (Reg. US Pat. Office), which consists of pyrethrum, abo u • tinued and that the support level of living. Those under 65 receive. deserves full benefits. one of safest insecticides known, plus equally safe piperonyl broaks, be increased. This was in the face no pension and suffer dire hard- The minimum should be at butoxide to increase killing effectiveness and active life. knots an tim -wasting .narls and tan 1 of a falling farm income in each ship. least $25 weekly per worker and High tensile .trength. Ch.mically year after 1947, except for the I believe in free enterprise and enough for his family. Benefits UNICO STOCK FLY SPRAY is eff ctive against gnats, treated to r •• ist rot, rod nt. and Korean War year of 1951, and in our capitalistic system which re- could increase, decrease, or ter- flies, mosquitoes. Protects stock from deer flies, horn flies, Ins cts. the face of mounting surpluses in wards workers according to their min ate in relation to the health horse flies, stable flies. Effective for controlling lice on government storage." achievements. However, those and earnings of the disabled cit- cattle and hogs. Spray used daily for about one week will Farmers Union viewpoint was who are crippled and disabled izen. build up residual deposits on animals which eliminates presented by Michigan FU Presi- cannot be abandoned to a miser- JOSEPH V. LOIS need for daily spraying. BUY at Farm Bureau Dealers, dent John Spoelman. He agreed able fate. Corunna, Mich. and from Farmers Petroleum Cooperative local Bulk Plant that farm organizations could Since farmers .especially have a Member, Shiawassee Distributors. and FPC County Distribution Agents. agree and cited state issues on chance of becoming disabled, may County Farm Bureau. which there had been cooper- --------------------~------- ation. However, Spoelman very Make ost of East Jordan Co-op quickly enlarged the discussion as Bi gest Year to cover farm program recom- Fam-Iy Mealtime For longer engine life and trouble-free perform- mendations. Make the most 01 family meal- The East Jordan Co-op Comp- Speelman said he did not be- time; often it's the only time a any enjo ed what is believed ance UNICO oil filter elements can't be at. Y u their biggest year in 1955. A know you have the right type 0 filtef" for your particular engine becaus each UNICO efement lieve there was such a thing as a law of supply and demand. He also said that he was not aware of Farmers Union testimony family is all together. Supper is an ideal time to de- velop a feeling of fatnily unity, total gross income of nearly one quarter million dollars was reali- zed. Total taxes paid out amount- May We is designed for a specific fittering job. You can't declares Mrs. Lennah Backus, ed to $37,165.87. favoring a flexible price program. family life specialist at Michi- buy better protection for your engi &. orne in The Reese meeting drew about gan State University. and see us for complete information. 60 people to the fine new school C • p t Buy from your Local Farmers .Petroleum Coop- erative Distributor or COltn Distrib io A nt auditorium. It was well conduct- ed by the Vocational Agricultural teacher and local Farmers Union Table conversation can do a lot for this family unity. children talk and feel free to ex- press their opinions and id as. Let II Veget les Forty-two growers have organ- Help? President. Most important is to try to keep ized a new marketing co-op l ~ August Scholle, president of the conversation of interest and known as the Southwestern the Michigan CIO, had agreed to concern to all: Mother, Father, Michigan Vegetable Marketing be present to speak on the farm Sis and Brother. As a rule, keep Company. The new co-op is ex- issue, but did not appear. William it light and jovial. Don't try to pected to operate about July 1st. Brake, Master of Michigan State solve the heaviest, most worri- It will pack, grade, and sell cu- Grange was unable to atend. some family problems at meal- and cabbage, grown by its mem- - time. bers. We're the Feed Dept We make Farm Feeds for you and other Farm Bureau m m- bers whom we consider critical ju dges of live 0 k and poultry f d values. These feeds are made for .value-in-us on your farm. Th y ar made by your organization for your profit-not profit for a mill. The research men at our state universities h lp u on our nu- .tritional problem. Farm Bureau feeds are modern feeds-as mod r as tomorrow's sunrise. They will be kep that way. HARRY STEELE. T usc 0 1 a We have no motive except to serve yo honestly, county agency manager for Farm and effectively. We need your help in doing this job th Bureau Insurance Companies, re- cently received national recogni- A PHAI&T ROOFING - In 45, 55, 65 lb. Rolla want it done. tion as one of the outstanding in- STEEL ROOFING - Farm Bureau Lap-Tite, non-siphoning. Will you give us your support? Write us for information surance salesmen of the year. The LayS up full 24 inches. 2 ounces zinc per sq. ft. surface. award was made by INSURANCE Longest lived steel roof by far. Standard Corrugated-2lh inch the Farm Bureau Feed that will fi t your need. We hav 1. SAI:,ESMAN, a magazine in the corrugated. 2 ounces zinc per sq. ft. surface; 1 ¥4. inch cor- Bureau feeds are made to make your bu i r. life insurance field. For the first rugated, 1'1& ounces zinc per sq. ft. four months of 1956, Mr. Steele i top agent for Farm Bureau Life. Sold by FA i sales totaled 90.600 of life Len 1.1••• insurance. Y U FA D L e of Do lar y eau e islat e 0 ~ II r-p..... ..... r- f July * ~ Becksround Mate' 1 for Thin About r- r- ~ ---- I'D ~"'" :- '" rogram in July 1580 Community arm ureau Discussion Lay Off Pay 1; DONALD D. KINSEY Coordinator of Educ lion and Research, MFB DAN REED As't Legislative Counsel, MFB EED A NEW GATE? Under a motion requiring con- The UNICO tubular steel gat. is rigid. durabl. To orne farmers, the "middleman" seems almost sent of 2/3 of the members of the and sag'e~n parts ••.• completely galvanized to like a bogeyman. They would like to do away' with House of Representatives, the assure long years of troublefree service. This gat. Michigan Legislature adjourned him. This i a natural reaction in these times. to meet again on July 17. eemes complete with wood post fittings. And yet it would be a calamity to the marketing With 52 Democrats and 57 Re- publicans, consideration of the fOR FENCING NEEDS. COME TO FARM BUREAU system, as well as quite impossible. In a society like motion needed agreement of both ours, the so-called middleman is a very important parties. Sold by Farm Bureau Dealers cog in the machine. The politically hot is ue was ----- ---- - --:-----:.:.._-------------- Certainly the farmer cannot be blamed for this vi wpoint. He takes a look at food costs 0 er the counter. He looks at his own falling income. He CLARK L. BRODY of Lansing is shown receiving Michigan (right), chairman of the Mackinac Bridge Authority, at a ceremony the Governor's proposal to in- crease unemployment compen- ation benefits. Representative George Van Peursem, chairman of the House Labor Committee, HAROLD R. WEINMAN. for 20 years. an employe of the Farm Bureau, has joined the editorial o B RG I I Week' Wolverine Frontier man at St. Ignace, May 26. Others award for hi services t Mich- honored for their services to asked leave for his committee to and business staff of the Repub- doe not see food costs falling in the arne way. He give further study. Iican-Trlbuns at Charlotte. The igan farmer the past 3 years as Michigan were K. T. Keller of wonder why,-and it eerns a tho gh the middle- a member f the State Boar of Detroit, former president of In a sharp exchange with Be- Republican-Tribune prints the Agd ture, verning body for Chrysl 1'; Frederick C. Mattha i, presentative Ed Carey, House Michigan Farm News. For the mas is the n were minority leader, VanPeursem, past three years Mr. Weinman Michigan Stat College, and for Detroit industriali t and philan- Save on Imported Barb his leader i in the Michigan thropist; Charle Mott 0 Flint, who represents Ottawa county, had been sales manager for Farm I the mid leman to bl~e? Is he a blessing said he still had not received in- Bureau Services, Inc. He began Wire! With carload Farm Bureau. The presentation automotive pioneer and philan- or a cur e to the farmer ~ Let's take a look: was made by Prentiss M. Brown thropist. formation he had reque ted on his employment with Farm purchasing, your Farm the Governor' proposal. Bureau in 1937 as an artist and Actu lly, the "middlem nil i a figment of the gaining price dvant. I ket volume. It is not e sy. Bureau can make t ese Facts brought out during con- machine operator in the printing imagination. You a , "How can this be true?" They haY al m e it po ible Forces are always present th t and mailing dep't. In 1939 he be- to avoid unloading pro ucts on can upset the best price in the sideration of the bill include: came advertising manager and foreign barbs available W ell-there are thousands of middlemen rather than an overstocked market. The mar- I market place. 1. Michigan's unemployed list. assistant to the editor of the at m 0 s t attractive one. They are all working in the process of market- ~eting c:an be spread over. a per- Farmers often bi me the mid- now totals over 200,000. Michigan Farm News. Returning iod of tune, II an ther price ad- dleman f r a 10 s of price in the 2. At periods of "full" employ- from four years military service prices. They meet or ing the food th t the farmer rai s. vantage i ga ed. market. Yet, e must rememb l' ment, about 5 ,000 to 60,000 in 1946, Mr. Weinman became excel domestic specifi- Marketing operations are no longer a mere mat .. Transporlati nd distributi n th.at f l' ers re i competition usually are drawing unemploy- associate editor of the paper and ment benefit checks. advertising manager for Farm cations. costs are hi~. It co ts about c WIth ot~ f mer. !or t~ t m - ter of laying a bag of a raw f rm product at the con.. just to deliy a loaf of b to keto This compet!tlOn.l rough 3. More than half of the pre- Bureau Serv~ces.. He joined Farm sumer' door. Modern st nd rd in consumer foo a neighboeh store, et, the . h we e de iling w~th a. per- ent recipients of unemployment Bureau. Service In 1151 as sales HEAVY, 4 point IS 12Y2 gauge, heavily transportation system is a farmer ishable pro uct like fluid ml1k:. benefits do not have dependents. promotion ma~ger and became h ve ch nged. zinc-coated for I ng service. Full-size, .sharp- benefit. It h broadened the Ii is not merely the middleman . Over, 7 600 ch eck s are bel eing sales manager In May. 1153. Tb modem ousewife wants to buy her food pre" fanner's market for bis products. or the farmer cooperative that mailed to people out of the state. pointed barbs wrapped around both wires. A Michigan egg show up in NelY' sets the price. It is supplies avail- 5. Michigan'S present Unem- Skid proof Rugs real buy! prepared, washed and cleaned, frozen, boned, pre- York City, and a profit benefit able-available from other farm- ployment Compensation Law You can "skidproof" your own cooked, pre-mixed, canned, pre-baked, wrapped and shows up, too. Without it, the ers at a 10 er price than those of provides the most liberal plan in rugs by painting the backs of MOTTO, 4 point is our new, imported, eggs would have to depend on the local market-that breaks the the nation. .them with a special rubber plas- sanitary-and ready to serve with very little work. local prices only. And these may market price 1.01' an area. tic liquid sold in hardware stores. lighter (15Y2 gauge) barb wire. It's a good be down. The maximum payment is $54 The modern housewife spends only one hour in the When farmers begin shipping per week. Because most of those JUy because (r) it has twice the rust free life kitchen to the four hours that their grandmothers A i t r act i v e packages on the in milk from a surrounding area, currently unemployed have no Buy Farm Bureau Feeds. )f standard barb (2) It is made of special shelves of stores sell more food. it produces a price-levelling ef- dependents, little seniority, and used to spend. Machinery and equipment are fect on the market. It is almost are not in the higher wage Change to This high-tensile steel for added strength; (3) It All this costs money. And it shows up in the necessary to do the jobs required impossible to avoid such competi- brackets, the average check is All-Season Oil! ./ stays tight because of its reverse twist design. • to put farm products in shape for tion. • approximately $34 per week. consumer use. They all cost It is not easy to build a fence shrinking share of the consumer's dollar. This compares with an average money. You cannot market goods around a product market in' a of $31 in Ohio, $26 in Indiana, UNICO lOW ·30 motor oil OTHER ITEMS YOU MAY NEED Let' think carefully, though. The farmer' s share today, in proper condition, with- country where freedom of trade and $25.50m Illinois. The Mich- flows as readily as lOW grade out these costs. and exchange exist. The only igan average is about $7 above oil at low temperatures for of the consumer' dollar is not too clear as a mark way to do it would be to kill free- national average. quick starting. • U ICO FIELD FENCE. Can the Farmer Become His dom of trade in America. of the farmer's fair take of that dollar. Many things Own Middleman? If the farmer If a good job is to be done by a IT PROVIDE~ the full pro- • Studded "T" Fence ,Posts. that enter into it are "beyond the farm" services. should attempt to do this, he farmer cooperative in marketing must provide all the services de- a product, it must balance the Purpose of tection of a 20 or 30 grade oil as the .engine reaches norma] • GALVANIZED STEEL SHEETS. hese services do not necessarily work to the dis- advantage of the farmer. In fact, they may help manded by the market to the factors that operate within . same extent that other middle- total market area. Otherwise, it Bur au high operating temperatures. Unico lOW-30 high detergent • Unico Electric Fence Posts. "The purpose of this Associa· sell more food to the consumer, and thus help the men do. can lead to no advantage what- tion shall be the a1ivancement of oil is a new, all-purpose, a11- • Unico Smooth Roll Roofing. Many farmer groups have done ever as a middleman for the our members' interests edueaticn- season motor oil. It is the best farmer. this by forming marketing co- farmer. ally, legislatively, and economic- protection against the major When the grocer cuts up a tributing food amounts to more peratives. They have estab- lished "brand names" such as otherwise-are Middlemen - Cooperatives 0 r ally." causes of engine wear and fouling conditions. YOUR FARM BUREAU than 50% of the marketing costs. This sentence is taken from the chicken and puts it into a sani- tary cellophane bag, or washes Then we add costs of materials Sunkist Oranges, Calimyrna Fig , modern marketing system. Their Hamilton Eggs, widely known to operations should be clearly and a part of our statement of purpose when the READY FOR YOU in quart, . DEALER and SAVE ONEYI and bunches carrots-or when a for packaging and preparing, Michigan Farm Bureau was or- and 5 gallon cans, and drums. equipment costs, rents, taxes, in- consumers. These cooperatives fairly understood by farmers. ganized at Michigan Siate Col· See your local Farmers Pet- factory converts corn into corn- enable farmers to prepare and Without good systems of process- FARM BUREAU SERVICES, INC.' fla es-or when a dairy puts terest on investments and mar- lege, February 4, 1919. roleum Co-op Distributor, or keting profits (a small propor- distribute products to market by ing and distribution, farmers County Distribution Agent. Lansing, Michigan. chocolate into milk to make it pooling their resources. s 11 better-it does not add to the tion of the total marketing costs). would find their markets to be increased above $15,000, at the Thus, we have a program that is They carry the farmer's share back in the horse and buggy rate of $1,000 for each $5,000, or farmer's cost of production. in the marketing process several stage of development. bulky, and does not change easily. part thereof above $15,000, on It would be unreasonable to de- steps closer to the consumer. Sav- So when farm prices drop the average gross weekly busi- mand that part of the increased sal price that results be passed. back to the farmer in such cases. sharply, the farmer gets a smaller "cut"-but on the positive side, he gets a real "break" on a ris- ings from the middleman's opera- tions are channeled back to the Questions 1. In your opinion, which has farmer, either in prices or in the greater effect on prices that ness conducted during the pre- vious year." YOU SAVE UP TO HALF THE COST ing market. Marketing costs do patronage returns. farmers receive: When Governor Williams an- Yet. marketing costs do bother the farmer because they are in- clined to be "sticky." They do not change with the peed and to not rise as rapidly in "good times" as farm prices do. Today, the farmer is getting But lei's nol assume that it cuts out all marketing costs! Coopera- tives, like any other marketing (a) Services performed by the middlemen? (b) Competition developed nounced that he was calling the Michigan Legislature into special session on June 13, to consider HEN YOU BUilD POLE-TYPE BUILDINGS . among farm producers? certain emergency measures, the I the extremes shown by farm only about 39c of the consumer's agency, are faced with processing Farm Bureau, under date of June prices. Sometimes the housewife dollar. In 1932 and 1933, it was expenses, advertising, transporta- 2. In your opinion, what could 5, wrote the Governor reminding wonders, too. She sees farm only about 32c. From 1940 to tion, rent, interest on invest- be done to reduce marketing him of the widespread publicity prices dropping, but no reduction 1945, however, the farmer's share ments, wage, fuel, taxes and costs so as to bring a greater which had been given to sub- in the cost of food over the count- rose from 42c to 53c-and the other operating costs. benefit to the farm producer? stantial losses incurred by farm- r. farmer was "riding high." Condi- Cooperatives do not· eliminate 3. What problems do farmers ers in the Jackson area and by The answer is that marketing tions change for the farmer faster the costs of marketing. The indiv- face in attempting to become various banks, reviewing some of costs in general are more than and to greater extremes than idual farmer has them if he pre- their own middlemen by the the information reported earlier half of the total cost of food, and they do for other businesses. pares his own products for mar- forming of farmer marketing co- in this article. in some cases, more than that. ket today. The cooperative can operatives? The Farm Bureau communica- Middleman's Services? We merely reduce the costs below have already hinted at them. ----_.-+------ tion went on to state: Let's take an xample. We will change the figure just to They are many. First, there is the level which any individual farmer could achieve. FB Expected "Obvious y, enactment of legis- make a point. They are not ac- processing and preparation. Food, if it is to sell on the present-day Farmer cooperatives have an Bad C eck Deal lation on this subject at the pres- curate for meat. But suppose (Contmued from Page 1) ent time would be in the nature that consumers buy a million dol- market, must be ready for use advantage because they can sup- same in 1956 as in 1955, no legis- of locking the door after the lars' worth of meat. And sup- and attractively packaged. ply farm products in a large lation on this subject was intro- horse has been stolen. However, pose that the marketing costs ar FOOds that require more pro- quantity to the market. They are duced this year. it would tend to prevent a re- 50%. The farmer then would get cessing before reaching the con- in a good position to bargain for occurrence of such tragic hap- $500,000. But if the price to the nsumer dropped so that the sumer will return to the farmer a smaller share of the "counter dollar." price. But often the bargaining process is a difficult one. Milk is in the news today, so ed House Bill 358 in 1955 provid- nur.nerous amendments to Michigan's present law relative penings in the future. "As you so well know, farm See'us for information and aU materials you need sam amount of meat sold for 900,000, and the marketing costs did not change-the farmer Eggs, for example, require we might take its problems as an example. It is a highly perish- to licensing and bonding certain individuals and firms involved families are today faced with severe financial stringencies. They ean ill afford to suffer loss- includi g clean, rot -resisting PENTA-treated poles would g t $400,000. ten percent rather simple preparation, and able product. The volume of in dealing in livestock. es through receipt of worthless . return to the farmer 71c of the production changes extremely At present, only a dealer opera- length of litO ; : ~Just • big cut la. drop in consume price would dollar, while white bread is high checks from the sale of livestock. Pole buildings are popular wIth m an a 20% drop in farm prices. during different seasons. There ting or conducting a livestock The returns are sorely needed to any I t min in cost of preparation, and gains Marketing the farmer only 15c of the dollar are periods of surplus production above the fluid market demand. yard or livestock auction has t file a surety bond with his appli- meet living and farm operating farmers all over the country. 0.". iteml like foundationJ, fancy •• ". expenses. I o t • The U. S. Department of (National figures). So, milk presents some special cation for a license. big reason is that they 10 up fOr In, aad mordsin.. Come la aM. griculture point out that mar- Freezing and refrigeration have marketing problems. House Bill 358 would have "I n vie w of these circum- barges. Labor I eting costs include many FIXED done two things for the food pro- in preparing, ducer. They have made it possible Some of the milk production broadened the coverage so that stances, it would seem as though such a bill would be xceedingly one-half th. ~osl of convendonal .ee UI IOOG. W. can help you plaa it would have applied to any live- andlin , tran porting and dis- to ship to far-away markets, thus must go into manufactured pro- stock dealer regardless of whether popular. It occurs to us that you buildings. That'. at..m!U avin,.. • new pol.type corn crib, bunbl ducts-powder, cheese, and but- he operated a livestock yard or may feel that here is something ter. The best blend price is pos- auction market, or purchased di- opportune for inclusion within These buildings go up euUy-yoa allOt machIne abed, bam or om. sible only if a farmer cooperative r ctly from farmers. the scope of the measures to can maintain a highly active fluid which .ou would direct the at- can do this job yourself, con- type olla.rm ~ • Of' o lC milk market. And the limits of that market are rathe set by a demand level that does not The present law fixes the maximum amount of a dealer's bond at $15,000,regardless of the tention of the Legislature for the Special Session, to be convened on June 13." tractor. can put them up accord- W.',. yoar beet eoarce tJI aapp!i change too sharp y. volume of his busine s. In man It was sugge ted to the Gover- Ing to .everal plana now availabl •• If a high consumer price is cases, this is totally inadequate nor that if he or any of his staff fOr all feodn, mawiwc ICUrdr demand d, things happen. Manu- to provide protection to the farm- desired further information re- Pole-type buildings are Ter•• til. facturers of milk products shift er' selling livestock. garding this situation, it might ~ •• they'r. easy 10 work .round .DlT..•. preuure-uea-.d poea, wu.. and put milk on the fluid market. be obtained from contacting i the iddl man - What is His Area surrounding the high price The proposed bill would have ptel, hiD.., &ace bouda •• provided that the amount )f the Michigan Farm Bureau Head- : •• and with dean PBNTA-treated region be .n shipping in milk to quarters or Director George S. of the Con um r's Dollar) get the 'p Ic br k." Fanners bond would have been "an McIntyre of the Michigan De- poles, they'r. up to ltay. There it nerythin., elM you ~ '- not engaged in the dairy busi- amount equal to the amount of partment of Agriculture. r 01 in lIing Michi n ness begin putting on cows. Con- gros busine conducted during DO .aai'1ice of RrViceabille, or aood, 1M•• , j sumer look at the price and be- the average week of the previou Thus far, the Governor has not rodu t in Michigan. licensing year by the applicant seen fit to submit this subject to gin hifting to the use of dried but in no case less than $1,500: the legislature for their con- eli mmunity Farm Bur \I ichigaa milk a a substitute. Thus, a f rm r dairy opera- provided, however, if the average weekly busin ss conducted sideration. During a special ses- II Yo r arm B r D ler or Co-op As 'n 1'0 sion, the lawmakers cannot con- ur au aft' In. tive ha a real job in bargaining by the applicant during the pre- sider any ubject unless it has FARM BUREAU SERVICES, INC. to keep the best possible price vious licensing year wa greater been specifically presented to 000 N. Orand iv r vee Lansing 4 ichigan n ti k csn r 1 of th n $1 ,000, th b n h n them y th 1 v nor.