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Vol. 35, No. 11
                                                                  Ie 19a                                                                       NOVEMBER                1, 1957                                                                        35th
                                                                                                                                                                                                                              H. Armstrong         Roberts      Photo
                 EDITORIAL
            Jeep the Right to Choo e
                            CLARK L. BRODY
         Counsel  for Public Affairs for Michigan  Farm Burea                                                                                                                                                                                                               Pre-Con
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               of the F
        "A fundamental and far-reaching change amount-
  ing to a virtual revolution is taking place in the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          MFB
  character of the American people. It is leading                                                                                                                                                                                                                               It appears from r olution adopt d b
  us into herd-mindedness such as America has never                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Bureaus that the 3 th annual m ting of
  seen before.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Farm Bureau will con ern it If con id r hI
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            book issues.
           "It is tased on the belief that the source of
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                These matters include the rising
        all creative achievement is not the individual
        but the group.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      operating school , highway on truction
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            ance, and the increasing ta burd n upon r
        "The individual must be adjusted to and sub-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 New ource for t                                      money m                             b
  merged in the organization. He is to become the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            the relief of real estate.
  homogenized man."
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Kenneth Hood, as 't secretary of the                                                             BF, ill
        The above quotations are extracts from a sermon                                                                                                                                                                                                                     to the convention T ue day evenin,                                                              ov. 12.
  by Reverend Edward Greenfield of Princeton, Indi-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 The 38th annu I m ting will bring to th
  ana, May 19, 1957.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Auditorium at Michig n tate Uni ersit , E st
        The minister emphasizes that this philosophy is                                                                                                                                                                                                                     695 voting delegates from 67 ounty F rm                                                                                 r u
  a subtle and insidious influence that is undermin-                                                       Pemaquid Lighthouse on th                                   Rocky Coast of Maine                                                                                 They will represent 69,260 memb r familie on th b
  ing the foundation of American freedom.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   of one delegate for each 100 f milie .
        It is his belief that such blind conformity to regi-
  mentation and the leveling downward of human ef-
  fort and initiative are destroying the priceless values
  of our American and Christian heritage.
                                                                When
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                                                                                                                              DAN E. REED
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                                                                                                                                                                sure of consumer
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                The bu iness se ion starts at 10 a.m. ue d y m
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            ing, Nov. 12. Registration of dig
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            The business to be consider d:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 I-President's                   Address by Mr.
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        This is contrary to Christian principles for, "God's    Oil Fields Dangerous                                Asso. Legislative        Counsel, MFB       ed lower prices.                                     I Young Co pie Win                                         2-Report               by Mr. J. F. Yaeger, executiv                                                                        y
                                                                                                                                           I                       The investor, seeing little hope                                                      •      •
  concern is only for persons fulfilling themselves as          For Hunlers, Campers                                 Twice since 1940 farmers have for profit from commodity price                                     Honor              for DairYing                      of the Michigan Farm Bureau and it s rvice
  persons, and the group must not be the master but                Signs are being posted by oil                  seen     huge      government-owned           gains, frequently           became an in-                 Mr. and Mrs. James Schwass,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                3-Report from State Resolutions Committ
                                                                companies         in various          part     of stocks     of     farm       commodities      vestor      in elevator          space       and       Farm Bureau members at Scott-
   the servant" . . . "The Christian emphasis upon              Michigan, warning hunters of the                  change character overnight under warehousing, which he now rents                                     ville, Mason county, have been                           4-Election of Directors.
  community ...             has always been upon voluntary,     dangers of hunting 'or camping                    war stimulus. Perhaps the most to Uncle Sam under attractive                                         named        Michigan's           outstanding
                                                               in oil fields.                                     drastic switch came at the time of and profitable terms.                                             young dairy couple for 1957 in                           5-Consideration                          of any recommendations from th
  freely chosen association."                                      The hunter who shoots a pipe-                  the Korean War.                                                                                      a contest sponsored by Michigan
                                                               line or other oil field equipment                     During the third week in June,                <?~~ers of elevator-W'are~ouse                      Milk Producers'            Association.              Michigan Farm Bureau Board of Directors.
        The apprehension expressed by Reverend Green-          threatens human lives because of                    1950, Congressmen             and news- .acilities th~s ha\~e become VItally                           They are partners with his par-                       6--0ther new business.
  field stems from the teaching and practices of advo-         possible fires or explosions.                      writers, and most of us were re-. interested                   in seeing that a large                ents in the ownership                and man-
                                                                                                                  ferring    to .the      problem       of the supply         of       government-owned                                       0         f S . d I                Resolutions adopted on stat and local aff ir will
  cates of what is sometimes termed "The New Social                Clearings near oil wells are not                                                              stocks are available for storage                      agement operation              0      prmg a e
                                                               safe camping sites because of the                  "burdensome        surpluses"        of gov-                                                     ,   Farm of 160 acres               Mr and Mrs
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            be the Michigan Farm Bureau's progr m in th                                                                                    t
                                                                                                                  ernment-owned          farm       commod- ince continued                   occupancy          of                                ...
  Ethic. " In it "The individual no jonger counts."            presence        0
                                                                                 f h y d rogen
                                                                gas, a colorless, flammable
                                                                                                      su Ip hide
                                                                                                              1
                                                                                                             gas
                                                                                                                  ities.                                             .
                                                                                                                                                                profit.
                                                                                                                                                                              .  .
                                                                                                                                                                their facilities means
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                                                                                                                                                                                                   contmued
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                     I Schwass C areI members
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Y
                                                                                                                                                                                                                         oung
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                C
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    oup es ommum y arm
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              it of F the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            for 1958. Resolutions on national farm policy and th r
  It is the mass mind of the group or association that
  is important and must govern the thinking and con-
                                                               which has the odor of rotten                          On June 27, this was suddenly                 Farmers,         with little hope of                Bureau.                                              national affairs ill be pre ented to he Am rican                                                                             r
                                                                eggs.                                             changed by the announcement               by price      improvement            under        the            ----------
  trol the life of the individual.                                 Hydrogen         sulphide gas -            six President Truman that our forces c hadow of government                           surplu es                                                                Bureau convention at hicago                                                        cemb r 8 to 12.
                                                                times as toxic             s carbon mon            v re entering       Korea in sup 01 t          ave placed their pr Iuction n-                                                                                                                                                                                     rd                     c
    . This type of modern social engineering and, or-           oxide-can        cause serious eye and            of the United Nations. Columnists,            der government            loan and moved
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         16 members. Directors are I ct d for two y
  aanization is in evidence in many walks of life.
  It includes:
                                                               respiratory
                                                               The burning
                                                               ardous.
                                                                                  irritations,      and death.
                                                                                       gas is very haz-
                                                                                                                  commentators        and politicians re- it off the farm' at an amazing
                                                                                                                  ferred that same day to our "com- rate.
                                                                                                                  fortable    reserves"
                                                                                                                                                                         Mechanical
                                                                                                                                              of food sup- including the corn picker-sheller,
                                                                                                                                                                                             developments,             C ai 1Ima of                                         terms. The board elects a president and vice-pre id
                                                                                                                  plies.                                        have hastened the process,                                                                                      These meetings will precede the annual me ing f
        Over-emphasis on conformity of pupils and stu-
  dents to collective levels and life adjustment pat-           Farm Bureau
                                                                                                                     This might
                                                                                                                  that large supplies
                                                                                                                  ment-owned
                                                                                                                                       seem to indicate
                                                                                                                                     farm
                                                                                                                                                 of govern-
                                                                                                                                               commodities
                                                                                                                                                                   With all of our present depend-
                                                                                                                                                                ence on government-owned                       re-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       MAFC                                                 the Michigan Farm Bureau:
  terns in schools and higher education;                                                                          saved our nation.           Such an as- serves, we should recognize that                                Arthur Ingold, of Blissfield, is                      Nov. 2, Saturday-22nd                                      annual meeting of Michig n
        Employment
  work laws;
                           conditions that call for right to    In Upper                                          sumption overlooks the fact that it was really our ability to pro-
                                                                                                                  we have always had supplies of duce that helped to "win the war
                                                                                                                  such farm-produced           essentials on and write the peace."
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       the new council chairman of the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Michigan As ociation of Farmer
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Cooperative          an organization              of
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Farm Bureau Young People. At the Music Auditorium,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Michigan State University.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       150 state cooperative.
        Certain farm organizations where compliance of        ",Pelunsula                                         hand to tide us over emergencies.                Our stored
                                                                                                                     Those supplies, before the days extra work on the part of farm
                                                                                                                                                                                        soil fertility,       the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Mr. Ingold, vice-chairman
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       the past year, succeeds Bruce B.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       for      Nov. 11, Monday-13th
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            of the Michigan Farm Bureau, Auditorium, MSU.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             annual meeting of Worn
  farmers is .forced through dictation, threats and vio-
  lence;
                                                                       WESLEY S. HAWLEY
                                                                         Coordinator         for UP
                                                                                                                   of the "Ever Normal Granary" of families, and the ability of agri-
                                                                                                                   government       ownership,       were in cultural supply industries to pro-
                                                                                                                                                                vide needed fertilizer,              fuel and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Needham, of Traver e City. He
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       was el cted October                 14 at the                                                                                                                                ---
                                                                                                                  the hands of millions of farmers                                                                     13th annual M.A.F.C. conference
                                                                   The annual meetings in Chip-                   and private investors.                        other materials,            actually       made
        Government programs which, in effect, curtail                                                                                                                                                                  at Michigan State University.
                                                               pewa,      Baraga,         Menominee          and     A farmer who wouldn't gamble possible our dramatic results in                                        Other officers elected include:
  or abolish the free choice privileges of individual
  producers.
                                                               Delta
                                                               successful.
                                                               discussed
                                                                          counties
                                                                                 Eac
                                                                                           were all very
                                                                                           of the counties
                                                                                 and adopted            several
                                                                                                                  on the grain market nevertheless
                                                                                                                  gambled on a price rise by keep- allies.
                                                                                                                  ing a part or all of his crop until
                                                                                                                                                                feeding our armed forces and our
                                                                                                                                                                   Some of those who now would
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Marten
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       president;
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       executive
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Garn,       Charlotte,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        J. F. Yaeger, Lansing,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        ecretary and treasur r,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    vice-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Charter Bu Trip
        Far ers will do well to heed the minister's ad-        important        resolutions.                      he felt the market was right. In like to see the government                               con-       and L A Cheney, Lansing, assist-
  monition to avoid such subversions of individual
  freedom and responsibility in their efforts to achieve
                                                                  Hugo Kivi, the new Regional
                                                               M e m b e r s hip            Representative,
                                                               started work October 7 and was
                                                                                                                  vestors who thought the market                tinue to carry large stored inven-
                                                                                                                  would go up bought from owners tories point to the Old Testament
                                                                                                                  who thought the time was right story of the seven lean years and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       ant secretarv.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Fr d Smith, Production
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       A sociation , Ha tings, is the new
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Credit     To AFBF Mee in
                                                               introduced         to the folks at the             to sell. The hope of a profit kept Joseph's wi dom in storing grain                                  member        elected       to the 16-man               The Michigan                Farm            Bureau             from $3.50 to $6.50 per person per
  economic objectives.                                         annual meetings.                                   quantities     of grain        in private     supplies       in Egypt         to prevent             administrative        council. Those re-             will charter buses to tal e mem-                                  day.
                                                                  Four County Farm Bureaus in                     ownership.                                    famine and disaster. The drouth                        elect d to the council                   include:                                                                          Round trip bu fare from Lan-
       We need to stop, look, and listen when tempted                                                                Many farmers who fed much of area at that time was relatively
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            bers to the American Farm Bu-
                                                               the U. P. will have their quota                                                                                                                         Ne dham;           Garn;      Tom Koning,            reau convention at Chicago, D c.                                  sing is $9 p I' P rson. Each per-
 to support legislation for forced marketing check-            of delegates at the Women's an-                    their own production customarily              small in ize and was a local situ-                     Marne; Rob rt Currey, Almont;                        8-11, at the rates given below.                                   son will               buy his               own         m als
                                                               nual meeting Nov. 11 and at the                    held over a reserve in case of a ation.                                                              Martin       Bauer,       Hemlock;           Ward                                                                      throughout                th       trip. On should
 offs and other procedures that require the irrevoc-                                                              poor crop next year.             Most any                                                            Hodge,        Snov r;         Ingold;         J·ack
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Farm lead rs from all parts of
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              plan on about $5 a day for m a1s.
                                                               Michigan        Farm        Bureau       annual                                                     Our southwestern              drouth        re-                                                          the nation will meet to hear out-
 able surrender of our individual rights to govern-            meeting Nov. 12 and 13.                            farm bin or crib could yield an-                                                                     Barnes,       Detroit;        Harold         Lees,                                                                     These figures indicate                              th    con-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            standing        peakers, share                     ideas,
                                                                                                                  other 50 or 100 bushels in case of gion, which is only now coming                                    Boyne City;          Reuben          Eirschele,                                                                        vention trip may cost a person
 ment bureaucracy.                                                                                                                                              out of its recent parched                   con-                                                            and determine Farm Bureau poli-
                                                                  Mackinaw-Luce              County Farm          need.'                                                                                               Gr enville.                                                                                                            from $40 to $50 from Lansing and
                                                                                                                                                                dition,     actually        covered      much                                                               cies for 1958.
                                                               Bureau is organizing                now. Mar-                                                                                                              Council repre entatives of local                                                                                    return there.
       The improvement and extension of farmers' mar-          quette      and Houghton               counties       Gov't Changes           Pattern.     This more acreage than did the East                          cooperatives         are Burke             Ardis,                                                                           Th         Michigan                Farm           Bur au
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Buses will leave the Farm Bu-
 keting, purchasing, and processing co-operatives will         are preparing           to organize.          All  pattern    of private ownership            of Mediterranean           drouth in the time
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Falmouth;         Adolph Ecklund, Wil-                                                                                 hop'           that many members                           will
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            reau office at 4,000 North Grand
                                                              will have representa               ives at the      reserve StOCKSchanged with the of Joseph.                                                            liam ton; J. C. Staley, Eau Claire;                  River Ave., Lansing (US-16 w st                                   mak this trip to e the AFBF at
 go far toward solving the problems facing agricul-            meetings in Lansing Nov. 11, 12                    coming of government             loan and        And we continued              to produce
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       A. E. Licht, Elkt n, and                     John    of Lansing) at 10:00 a.m. Sunday,                                 work. The meting                           is always in-
                                                                                                                  purchase      programs.        No longer surpluses while the drouth was at
 ture. That is the way that will conserve and encour-          and 13.
                                                                                                                  was there much reason to keep its                    peak!         Transportation          and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       VanderMolen,          Zeeland.                       D cember 8. They will arrive at                                   spiring.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Chicago in time for members to                                         If you wish to have spac                                on
 age individual resourcefulness, the source' of all               Milk Marketing               Order.       The   excess supplies on the farm, ex- irrigation                    have      done much            to
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              the bus re erv d, plea                                  retur n
                                                              hearing       conducted          in Escanaba        cept under government            seal.        eliminate       the national effects of                This Issue 70,171                                    attend the vespers service which
 human advancement. The possibilities in more                                                                                                                                                                                                                               op ns the convention.                                             the coupon in this artie!                               b for
                                                              regarding         a proposed             Federal       The private       investor      saw the severe drouth even in relatively                             This is the number of copies of                                                                                     Nov. 22, with your tranportation
                                                                                                                  large stocks in the hands of gov- large areas of our country.                                        the Michigan Farm News mailed                           The buses will leave Chicago
 extensive use of voluntary marketing agreements              Milk Marketing               Order for the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday,                        Decem-             deposit of $9 per person.
                                                              UP continued              for several        days   ernment. He realized that it might               Stored soil fertility          can today            to members of the Michigan Farm                                                                                             If large numbers                          of r s rva-
 should be explored.                                          and was continued                  to late in       be dumped on the market at any mean a better margin of safety                                        Bureau November 1.                                   ber 11, to         arrive            at       Lansing
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              tions are received, buses may be
                                                                                                                                                                                                                            --       --- +-----                             early in the evening.
                                                              November. The next session will                     time that       the market          showed than        stored commodities             where
       Voluntary co-operative programs, sustained and         be in Green Bay, Wis., and will                     strength or that the political pres-                  (Continued on Page 3)                             Buy     Farm      Bureau        feed.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              started           from places oth r tl an
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               At Chicago the Michigan d le-                                  Lansing.                Und I' any                    circum-
 administered by the initiative and resourcefulness of        center around a proposed order                                                                                                                                                                                 gation    will be housed                       in the             stances,            pa s ng rs may board
 farmers themselves, point the direction we must
 travel for lasting progress and freedom for farm
                                                              for part of Wisconsin.
                                                                  Our      first      District
                                                              meeting was held in Rapid River
                                                                                                     Women's      Speakers at 3 h Annual M e •ng                                                                                                                            Hamilton
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            walking
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            headquarters.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Hotel,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          distance
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Room
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              within
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              of convention
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     rates
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  easy
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    are
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              the bus at th
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              point between Lan ing . nd Chi-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              cago.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  mo t conv ni nt
 people.                                                      October 17.
                                                                  I shall be devoting full time
       Free choice by the members has been the guiding
 principle of the policies and procedures of the Farm
                                                              now to organizing' the Farm Bu-
                                                              reau in Marquette
                                                              ton counties.
                                                                                               and Hough-
                                                                                       We expect to also
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Ue Thi
 Bureau. The initiative of the individual member              lay the ground work in Iron and                                                                                                                                                                                     Norwood Ea .trnan
                                                               Dickinson counties in the spring.                                                                                                                                                                                  Michigan Farm Bureau,                          P.O. Box 960
 has been the deciding factor. This is being current-          That will leave only Gogebic and                                                                                                                                                                                   Lansing, Michigan
 ly demonstrated by the work of the Resolutions
     0
                                                               Ontonagon           counties       to be 01'-
                                                               ganiz d.                                                                                                                                                                                                                Please make reservation                              for                     p r on for the bu
 Committee in preparation for the annual meeting                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  tour to the AFBF convention                             at Chicago, D c. 8-11.
 this month.                                                   Purpose of                                                                                                                                                                                                              l-Enc1o          ed is         ..,            at $9 per person Ior                       tran      po t tion.
       It has been the long-standing practice of the Mich-     Farm Bur au                                                                                                                                                                                                             2-Reserve             room Hamilton                      Hot 1, 20 South                    Dab             n    t,
 igan Farm Bureau Resolutions Committee to go to                  "The purpose             of this Associa-                                                                                                                                                                                  o        Single                     0        Doubl                       0        Twin B d
 extreme lengths to make their recommendations to              tion shall be the advancement                   of
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                ($3.50 up to $6.50 PER PERSO                                            p        d y)
                                                               our members' interests education-
 the annual meeting of delegates each year an accur-           ally, legislatively,         and economic-
                                                               ally."                                                                                                                                                                                                             NAME     .....................................................................................•.......•.....••..•
 ate and comprehensive cross-section of individual                This sentence is taken from the
 memb r opinion.                                               stat ment of purpose when the                                                                                                                                                                                      P.O. ADDRESS               •......................•...................................•....
                                                               Michigan        Farm        Bureau was or-
          Thi it ssured by the established policy of           ganized       at Michigan State Col-                President, Michigan Farm Bureau                      xecuti ve Secretary        I  MFB                      Ass'! Secretary,           AFBF
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   COUNTY         ....•......... : .••......••.•••••..•••.••.•.•..•.•.••...•...•...•..••••.•••....•...•..••.•.•••••
                          (CoDaiDued     P ,.   6)             le e, Febr\W7 •• 1919.                                  Tuesday Morning, Nov. 12                      Tuesday Morning, Nov. 12                               Tuesday Evening,              Nov. 12


                                                                                       Ie                                      ureau                                                                                                              t                           In
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   reau                  • • •
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   JERRY CORDREY, Coordinator
                                                                                                                                                                      Fro         Predicted                                                       Organization Department of MFB
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          STANLEY 1\Ii. POWEL
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Most of the time of the 695
                                                                                                                                               The weatherman J)redicts a fro t will strike the Street tonight.                                                                                                     voting d leg' teo at the 1957 an.
                                                                                                                                               Tomor ow's sun will rise upon a landscape edged in w He.
                                                                                                                                               So what there is of garden sass that we propose to keep                         Harvest Season I'S upon us. The seeds of ideas in                                    nual meeting of the Michigan
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Farm Bureau will b devot d to
                                                                                                                                               We'd better take inside, or cover up, before we sleep.                       the mind of 69,260 members sprouted in 1,645 Com-                                       consid ration of resolutions.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              d        Michigan Farm Bureau's an,
                                                                                                                                               So here we go, with w n-o "sheets that Ma thy aved for now,                 munity Farm Bureaus during 1957, have mature.                                            nual meeting differ decid dly
                                                                                                                                               To cover the tomatoe up nd sa e the squ sh somehow.                         The harve t started with resolutions adopted during                                      from those of som of the other
                                                      PURPOSE      OF FARM
                                                                                                                                               The ste s and the zinnias will b pared onight's sharp air                                                                                                            State Farm Bureaus which fea~
                                                                                                            pr    enttn                          nd Ma thy's best chnrs tb mums shall have our tenderest care. October in 67 County Farm Bureau annual meetings.                                                    ture a long ,Ii t of big - name
                                                             BUREAU                           WOMEN       OF FARM           BUREAU
                                                   The purpose of thi        Associa-
                                                                                            Ir . Carlton       11................lblon, R-l    We'll carry in the melons too: the few that still remain,                       The final harvest will take place November 12-13 at                                  f,p~~~e~~legates will have before
                                                tion shall be the advancement                                                                  And those pie-pumpkins don't deserve to live and die in vain.
                                                of our members' interests edu-
                                                                                                            pr . enting                                                                                                    the Michigan Farm Bureau annual meeting and Decem-                                       them printed copies of recom.'
                                                cationally.    legislatively      and      FARM     BUREAU        YOUNG           PEOPLE       Tomorrow all the pep~r plants will wilt as black as tar.                                                                                       . A              I    mended resolutions developed by
                                                  conomicaJly.                            Richard      rnold            Plain       ell, R-l
                                                                                                                                               So we'd better pick the peppers, big and little, as they are.               ber 9·13 at American Farm Bureau F ederation                                  nnua.      an 18-member Resolutions Com,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                               The result will be the crop of policies which will                                   mittee which has been at Work
                                                                                                                                               It's a serious occasion, and we have it every Fall.                                                                                                                  since mid-August developing pro.
                                                                       mu                   ity                                                When we know the frost is coming. There is no escape at all.
                                                                                                                                               Marthy sometimes cries a little as she covers up her flowers
                                                                                                                                                                                         .
                                                                                                                                               Knowing they are doomed to freezing in a few short autumn hours.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                           guide the 16 members of the Michigan Farm Bureau
                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Board and the 23 mem bers 0 f t he A merican arm u-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                           reau Federation Board of Directors through 1958.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            .     F         B
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    po: als for consideration.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       On some of th is, ues th att],
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    tu de 0 f uae mem b ers was fairly
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    unanimous. In m t in tan es the
                                                                                        e                                                      I hav seen her, at the finish, when the sheet supply w s scant,
                                                                                                                                               Take the apron from around her to protect some favorite plant.
                                                                                                                                               But her grieving Goonis over and before a week is past
                                                                                                                                                                                                                               The seeds were plentiful-the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                           willing, the harvest will be meaningful.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              crop bountiful and, God
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    State Committee did not report a
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    recommendation made by only
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    one county. Th thought was that
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    regardless of how good an idea
                                                                             CLARE L. McGH                                                     She'll be planning next year's flower bed~, larger, lovelier than the
                                                                                                                                                    last.                                                                      October also saw over 1,200 Farm Bureau women tak-                                   might be, it needed the support of
                                                        Coordinator of Community Farm Bureau                                                                                                                                                                                                                   •    public opinion if it were going to
                                                   The county "first
                                                                                                                                                                                                orth Grinnell Street       ing part in the fall District meetings where. t he year s                                stand any chanc of mr king pro.
                                            proce s of being judged on the s ate le el.                                                                                                R. • Cia k                          events were reviewed, reports were given, and plans for                                  gress.
                                            put in rca] effort to make their groups b                                                                                                  Jackson, Michigan
                                                                                                                                                                                                                            1958 were started.                                                                      MICHIGAN              FARM        NEWS
                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Officers' training meetings are being held in many 2___
                                                                                                                                                                                                                           counties for new group officers. Check with your Com-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                           munity Group Committee, County Board, or County
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    S~             •• _
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       ovember       1, 1957
                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Secretary for details on your meeting.,                                                I
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       meetings can be found elsewhere
                                                                                               Th trouble with many peopl                                                                                                     Regional training meetings are
                                                                                            in trying time is that they stop                                                                                               being held for Roll Call managers            in this paper.
                                                                                            trying. Thoma Feath l' said, "If                                                                                               and those who will help train                   The Farm Bureau Services and
                                                                                            something goes wrong, it is mol'                                                                                               Roll Call workers. Worker train-            Farmers Petroleum Cooperative
                                                                                            important to talk about who is                                                                                                 ing meetings will be held during             annual meetings will be held on
                                                                                            going to fix it than who is to                                                                                                 November and December:                      Novemb.er 26.
                                                                                            blame."
                                                                                                                                                                                                                              1957 members have started re-                A bus tour is planned to take
                                                                                                   GOLD STAR AWARD
                                                                                                          (September)                               o              arm                                                     newing their memberships for
                                                                                                                                                                                                                           1958. Already over 6,000 have
                                                                                                                                                                                                                           been sent in to the Michigan
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       folks to the American Farm Bu-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       reau Federation Convention if
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       they would like to attend. The
                                                                                                                                                   qm• ment
                                                                                               Mecosta county, Pleasant View                                                                                               Farm Bureau. Many more are in               tour will start December 8. An
                                               A long as the United States                  Group, Dorothy Emmons, secre-                                                                                                  county offices.                             application can be found else-                    MILK HOUSE comfort,        conveni-
                                           maintains its fr edom for the in-                tary.                                                                                                                                                                                                                        ence, safety are yours with an
                                           dividual, we do not have to wor-                                                                                                                                   •               Have you paid yours? Why not             where in the paper.                               Blectromode       Automatic Milk
                                           rv.                                                    SILVER STAR AWARD                                 STANLEY M. POWELL                                  OOSI'lg             send it in now and save your
                                                                                                                                                                                                                           County Farm Bureau the time                    Regional Representatives are
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         House Heater. Fan-circulated
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         heat keeps area dry, prevents
                                            . We have the greate t country                                (September)                            The movement of farm equip-                                               and expense of sending you a no-            working with counties and Roll                    freezing. The exclusive cast.        "
                                                                                                                                              ment on highways has raised
                                           to live in in the world and this
                                           i atte ted to by the fact of mil-
                                           lions of p ople from all parts of
                                                                                               Cheboygan e 0 u n t y, Meyers
                                                                                            Creek group, Ella Truds, secre-
                                                                                                                                              questio s in the minds of many
                                                                                                                                              people, including farmers.
                                                                                                                                                                                            er           oars             tice or making a volunteer worker
                                                                                                                                                                                                                          take the time and expense of
                                                                                                                                                                                                                          sending you a notice or making a
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Call managers making plans for
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       the coming drive. Meeting with
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       n~w boards ar:d exe.cutlve .c~m-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         aluminum heating element and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         built-in safety switch eliminates
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         danger of fire, shock or burn.
                                            h world who want to come here                   tary.                                                The Michigan Vehicle Code,              What does a swine raiser look volunteer worker take the time to                                                                 Built-in thermostat for auto-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       mItte.€s. ~elpl~g. WIth training                  matic 'temperature        co ntr ol,
                                           and live.                                           Alpena county, Silver City                     P.A. 300 of 1949,as amended, pr -       for when he buys' a herd boar?      call on you.                                ,~eetmgs m a~~l~lOnto regularly
                                                                                                                                                                                         Harry Moxley, extension ani-                                                                                                    Heats brooder pens! and out-
                                               L t's all make a vow that we                 group, Agnes Couls, secretary.                    vides that it is a misdemeanor for                                                                                       scheduled activities.                             buildings, too. Models 1500 or
                                             'ill maintain our freedoms. If                                                                   the owner or operator of a vehicle      mal husbandman at Michigan State       County Farm             Bureaus / are                                                       3000 watts. White finish.
                                            ve keep th se, we need have no                     Huron county, Lively Forty                     to permit it to be driven or moved      University, has been answering electing new officers for 1958,and
                                           fear. But \\ e cannot keep free-                 Group, Mrs. Henry Farrer, secre-                                                          such queries this way:              Will be planning the year's work.            Alas a                                            HEAT ANYWHERE •••
                                                                                                                                              on any highway if it exceeds the                                                                                                                                           There's an Electromode model
                                           dom unless we work for it. It                    tary.                                             limitations provided.                                                                                                       If Alaska's coastline could be                 for heating any room in y01.U'
                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Farm Bureau Young People's
                                                                          etor                                                                   Local authorities have no power        THE TREND is toward longer
                                                                                                                                                                                      hogs-more       bacon, more loin,   annual meeting will be held N 0-             stretched out, it would reach com-                house, in portable and wall
                                          the Edz
                                                                                            who are most intimately concern-                  to change the limitations exc pt                                                                                         pletely around the world at the                   types, automatic or non-auto-
                                                                                            ed with this question, are opposed                wh e authority is specifically          and often more udder sections. If   vember 2 at Michigan State Uni-                                                                matic controls. with capacities
                                                                                                                                                                                                                          versity.                                     equator, plus enough left over to
                                                                                            to any form of compulsory insur-                  granted in the Act.                     sows or gilts are too leggy or                                                   go from New York to Tokyo.                        from 1320 to 4000 watts.
                                                                                            ance. We take this stand in the in-                  The following provisions are      in shallow, look for a boar in a          Farm Bureau Women's conven-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    AEROVENT        FAN &. EQUIPMENT
                                        I It appears that people in general terest of effective, low-cost insur-                              effect:                                 deep-bodied herd. Straight feet     tion will be held on November 11.            B-.rds                                                     Incorporated
                                           don't know the law and why it is ance protection for the insuring                                                                          and legs and good quality bone                                                                                                         Agricultural   Division
                                          the law. More publicity on subject public.                                                             Total outside width of any           are important, too.                    Michigan Farm Bureau annual                  Most birds roost crossways of I               3247 S. Pennsylvania         Ave.
                                                                                                                is self-protection, vehicle 0 load shall not exc .d                     A boar should come from a         meeting will be held on Novem- the limb, but the night hawk
   ""d t r:
     MI'. Donald Kins
                                              em nece sary.                          .
                                                                                          I    Insurance
                                               I now a man who lost a large And adequate, economical self- 96 inches except in the following
                                          flock of chickens, de troyed by protection against the possibility cases which particularly affect
                                                                                                                                                                                      large litter that is uniformly
                                                                                                                                                                                      good-every pig of good quality,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                          bel' 12 and 13. Details on these roosts parallel with the limb.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                          --------------------'------------------
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                P.O. Box 9007
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Lansing,     Michigan
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           __ -'-:-.-:-__
 do        at . larg    in the October . tray dogs. Aid of the dog warden I of loss ca ed by an uninsured farm operators:                                                             and vigor. Moxley counts five or
  1 paper mis es the main point and his taying up to guard at motorist is available to everyone.                                                                                      six survivors from a litter only
                                                                                                                                                 1. Total outside width of a
 about dogs ran ing or tra ing at night w re all in vain. ~t cos~him                      I   To rely for protection upon the farm tractor or any farm imple-                         average.
 large.
     The b ar hunter' have their venture out of business.
                                                                                          I
                                          a n at sum and ~ut hIS chicken hope for universal observance of ment shall not exceed 186 inches.
                                                                                            a compulsory insurance                        law
                                                                                                                                                                                         IT'S BEST to get a boar from
                                                                                                                                                 2. Any agricultural implement        a  litter of at least seven healthy
 point, a d dog love' don't like              I lost a friend because I asked would be folly. Massachusetts                                                                           pigs.
 to h ar or a ni .e dog killed.           him if he would keep his dog 1 which has had compulsory insur~                                      wider   than   108 inches  shan not be
                                                                                                                                                                                         And, he warns, watch out for
     But r al dog lovers will take from ranging on my farm. He said ance for 30 years, still has several moved on the highways between brucellosis, shy breeding, necro,
 PI' per Cf e of their dog in ord r h loved. his. dog .and wou~d ?o as thousand uninsured motorists.
                                                                                                                                              the hours of sundown and sun- rhinitis or swollen joints.
  that th .' \ ill not in any way he saw fit WIth hIm: Ht::didn t see                         No law can protect, as msur- rise.
 properly.
                                        I
 menac oth r people and their what I had to do WIth It etc.                                 ance does, against loss caused by
                                          . 'I.'he dog warden ended that the irresponsibility of the hit-run ment shan cross
                                                                                                                                                 3. No Tehide or farm imple-            Very often a man's chosen pro-
                                                                                                                                                                                      fession has been thrust upon him.
                                      . Incident, but I drew strong re- --.,...--;-----r--:-------.,-:-..:....---------------------                                                                            ~        _
      D      at larg don't have to kill sentment from a friend of many
                                        I
 to be a menace and a nuis anee.            ears. All becau e the owner
     P opl. who put u~ a squav k didn't understand the law and
 anc claim ( love their dog. often why the dog constituted a menace
 don't car for and f d their dog to me. Possibly he doesn't under-
prop rty.                                 s and hat ones freedom and
 . A. a r ult ~h dog starts rang- liberty is limited at that point
mg to solve hi . food probl m and where it begins to encroach on the
p rhaps foll wing a ex u 'ge- r freedom and liberty of another.
both.                                         The solution is easy. If each dog
     I nov of a couple f bar n 0 'ner will take proper care of his
doors ba~:dy dam~ d by a d rr dog, the dog will then in alllikeli-
   nd avormg to gam ntrance b - hood live a normal life and not be
C' u e of a f male ~og insid . The        destoyed by either gunfire or
own r of f male di n t ant her automobile traffic.
mat d, but . he,va           to a mon-                Very truly yours,
grel.                                                 HERSHEL A. SMITH
     I know of a couple f aluable           ilv r Valley Angus Farm
h I'd of cattl that had to be i-Do              vagiac
pos ( of becau se of di ea. e in IO- October 5 1957
du ed into h I'd from a') unknown                __ ._'                          _
sou' .
     That in my opinion i the ital
is ue. Farm flock and livestock
ar placed in erious je pa dy by
a . ti a do         ntering farm fields
                                                       are Citizens
                                                        e d Work, 00                                                                                                                                                                    axe A                                          ish
and nclosures.                               Living just a mile out of town,
     The lo s of a valuable dairv I we -nave the first vineyard of
herd or be f breeding herd is no ,grapes. It may just seem that way                                                                                                                                                                         Think of Thanksgiving and you think                    a crisp tossed salad and fresh fruit
small matt r to a farm r.                to u , but this is the first place                                                                                                                                                                 of turkey. Think of turkey and you're
     One an't blame the doz be- people stop for work.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              "out of season."          nd for dessert-the
cau e he is ill-f d. He gQ~S in              This year we have had numbers                                                                                                                                                                  apt to think of that perennial custom                  choice is wide and the quality high.
s arch of food and u ually find' of colored people asking,-beg-                                                                                                                                                                             of wishing on the wish-hone.
sorn thing. He may feed on an ging for work. Some said they                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            All this has b~en made possible
        t d calf 0 a little i sud- were r fused work all over Mich-
el' ly d ad 'of cholera,           pro- igan. Th. e people need work. .                                                                                                                                                                           nch    of   Thanksgiving          ha  n't        largely by the facilities of modern truck.
   . I' rags a portion acros a               We bring In more and more dis-                                                                                                                                                                changed. But, thanks to truck , the                     transport, which get more things to
  . 1.      11te ding to sp e      dis- placed per ons when we have a
                                         race of people in our own state                                                                                                                                                                      ind and chara ter of the various food                more people faster and in better
                                        and country who need                 Ip. They                                                                                                                                                      that make up the typical Thank giving                  condition.
                                        w re born U.S. citizens.
                                        Pa Pa R-3
                                                          RS. ALICE GURITZ
                                                                                                                                           F Til COMMa fTY HE E VE                                                                         dinnerhavechanged-and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           of cour e.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            for the better,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Trucks bring you ev rything you
                                        Oc . 11, 1 57                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             eat, wear or use - and they'l help
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Turkey i till the main di h-but                    make the "eatin'est"           day in the ear
                                                                                                  Li e         ichigan Bell people everywhere,                      lies in their work, in their day-to-day lif ,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           it's  tastier    and   more    tender    today.        a happier one for most             Iichiganrlers.
                                                                                                  t lephon rep irman Donald Wheat, of                               and for their plea ure. Hi neighbors
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          . egetahles a~e fre h or fre h frozen-                  Ju    t sit back and make a wish-and
                                                                                                  Grant, j active in the life of hi com-                            count on his skill and know-how to give
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           hence much more flavorou . There'                      trucks will mak        it true.
                                                                                                  munity. Don i County Deputy for the                               them the best po ible service.
                                                                                                     ichigan          tate Grange, a member of                            nd you can be sure that Don will do
                                                                                                  the local chool board and a 4-H lub                               everything he can to ee that his neigh:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         iehig                   Tr eki                                     •
                                                                                                  leader.
                                                                                                                                                                    bors get it. He's a good example of what                                                                                                                I
                                                                                                     Living among farmer ,Don kno                         ho        we mean when we ay-' It people who                                                                      Fort Shelby     Hotel     •   .Detroit
                                                                                                  much the telephone mean to farm fami-                             make telephone ervice good."                                                       TRUCKS ARE YOUR FRIENDS-SERVING                     YOU NIGHT AND DA Y I
                                                                                                                                                                                 E             p      y


                 arm                                                              ureau o be·Ac
  ~~~:a~::n~~~:                                                · Opportunity to
      Farm Bureau members have
  asked whether the law regarding
  farm commercial licenses has
  been changed. No.
                                                                  Tell                   ~
                                                                                          Vl1
                                                                                                arm Story
      The law was amended in 1956,
  with Farm Bureau support, to                                                                    Dates are November 22 to 28
  provide for the use of a vehicle
  with a farm commercial license                                                                         DAN E. REED
  for transportation of the farm
  family at the same rate of 50c                                      A special train will bring 300 to 500 city and farm
  per 100 lbs.                                                    people from Macomb, Oakland and Wayne counties to
       The Legislature in 1957 added
   a section to the license provisions                            t~e Michigan State University campus on November 26.
   permitting any pickup truck un-
   der 4,000 lbs. to be licensed' at                                  This particular observance of Farm-City Week has
   50c per cwt.                                                   been sponsored by chambers of commerce, labor unions,
        Lee Richardson, in charge of
   trucks licensing, suggests that                                County Farm Bureaus, and other organizations.                                  It will
   farmers           with          pickup           trucks        give farmers and their city friends a preview of some
   weighing less than 4,000 lbs.
   get a regular license at the same                              of the research projects now under way at M.S. U.
   price as farm commercial plates.                                                                                                                                                                      JOHN C. SEXSON                      RAYMOND            B. BOHNSACK
                                                                      The group will be guests of the Railroad Community
( Use the truck then for any pur-                                                                                                                                                                        Plant Food Division                            Retail Division
   pose at the same rate of 50c per                               Committee of Detroit at a chicken barbecue on the cam-
   cwt.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Traffic Lanes of
                                                                                                                                                          FB Services
                                                                  pus and will see the facilities of the new animal indus-                                                                      of America has over 7,000 mem-
                                                                                                                                                                                                bers in the United States-mostly        Mackinac Bridge
                                                                  tries building,             Anthony         Hall.                                                                             men and women engaged in some
    If You Should Get                                                                                                                                                                           phase of Soil and Water Conser-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Four lanes are provided for
                                                                      A series of five-minute demonstrations                            will acquaint                                                                                  traffic on Michigan's Mackinac
    Two Copies of News
        It happens sometimes. For ex- the visitors with new methods, new equipment and devel-                                                             Reorganized in                        vation work.
                                                                                                                                                                                                  Michigan Farm Bureau has been
                                                                                                                                                                                                an active supporter of Michigan's
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Straits bridge. The 48-foot road-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       way has a small center mall two                                            rot et
    ample, James Spencer and J. C. opments in marketing and storage research.                                                                                                                                                           feet wide to separate opposing
                                                                                                                                                                                                Soil and Water Conservation Pro-
    Spencer of Lapeer, R. 2, mayor
    may not be the same person. 11                                    Dr. Paul Miller, Director of Extension and Chairman                                 Five Divisions                        gram.
                                                                                                                                                                                                  Mr. Rice said Farm Bureau in-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       traffic. The two outer lanes are
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        each 12 feet wide, and the two
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       inner lanes are each 11 feet wide.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      with Coner
    they are we have a duplication.                                of the 1957 Michigan Farm-City Week Committee, told                                        Maynard D. Brownlee, manager      terest in the F.F.A. Soil and Wa-                                                                     Your harve ted grain crop repr ent a on id
    It pains us to think of how many                                                                                                                      of operations for Farm Bureau         ter Conservation work will pro-
                                                                   the group at its session last week that more than thirty services,                                                           vide closer relationships with the                                                                    investment in time and mon y. Prote t that in                                      trn nt
    ways that could happen. If you                                                                                                                                     has announced a re-or-
    should be receiving two copies                                 Michigan counties had set up County Farm-City Week ganization into five divisions,                                           265 vocational agricultural cen-                                                                      by storing your grain safely in co ncr te torag .
    of the paper, we'd appreciate a                                                                                                                       which includes two new sales          ters in Michigan. It will assist
                                                                   Committees.                                                                                                                  the Soil Conservation District                                                                           Concrete storages are fire afe, storm resi rant and
    postcard telling us the name and                                                                                                                      divisions:                                                                       WARMS WATE
    address we should use, and the                                                                                                                             1. Farm     Supplies Division,   Program in 75 Districts. It will                    itA DA                                            watertight.          Flat buildings           such as illu trat d an
                                                                      What You Can Do. County Farm Bureau Public Re-
    one which should be discontinued.                                                                                                                     headed by Merrill J. Buschlen,        help Future Farmers to become                                                                         double as storage for feed, fertilizer and ma hin ry.
    Thank you. Michigan Farm New",                                 lations Committees have been alerted to take advantage                                 former manager of fertilizer sales.   familiar with the Farm Bureau
    PO Box 960. Lansing, Mich.                                                                                                                                 2. Plant Food Division, headed   facilities and obje tives.                                                                               Concrete grain storages are moderate in first                                       0   t.
                                                                   of the opportunity to tell the farm story to our city cou ..                                                                    The Michigan Association of Ftl-
                                                                                                                                                          by John C. Sexson, former man-                                                                                                              They require little maintenance and last a Iifetime.                                     he
                                                                   SIns. Among the programs carried out in Michigan last                                  ager of fertilizer manufacturing.     ture Farmers of America has been                                                                      result: low-annual-cost grain storage.
                                                                                                                                                              The new divisions, said Mr.       active in the program from the
         ~,PURE             CRUSHED
                                                        "  )
                                                                   year were:
                                                                      Visits of farmers to businesses and industries and ex ..
                                                                                                                                                          Brownlee, are part of a program
                                                                                                                                                          for greater efficiency in serving
                                                                                                                                                          Farm Bureau members and other
                                                                                                                                                                                                beginning in an advisory capacity.
                                                                                                                                                                                                They have now joined with Farm
                                                                                                                                                                                                Bureau and the Soil Conservation
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         IT~
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        ~UMJNUM
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           .ALLOY,      .
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Many farmers are building concrete to rag suing
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      the new "Tilt-U p" method. Walls are ca t flat on the
                                                                   change" visits to farms by representatives                             of business,    patrons.                              Society as one of the three active                                                                    ground and tilted into po ition. This sa e labor, time
                 TRIPLE       SCREENED                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  NO SPRING~
                                                                                                                                                               Mr. Buschlen will direct the     sponsors. Representatives of the                                                                      and forming materials. For more information abou
              OYSTER SHELL                                         labor, and schools;
                                                                    \ .Overnight            exchange         visits of farm and city young-
                                                                                                                                                          Services feed, seed, steel, paint,
                                                                                                                                                          appliance and dairy equipment
                                                                                                                                                                                                three groups will act as a commit-
                                                                                                                                                                                                tee to guide the program.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    ~tE~lTfa                          this and other types of concrete grain storages                                        rite
                                                                                                                                                          departments. The present man-                                                  'tblak of Itl Ttoubli-'r.        wlat ••.••••.               for free, helpful literature. U e the coupon below.
                                                                   sters;                                                                                                                                                                warming fOt pennie •• cia, when you. UN
                                                                                                                                                          agers of those departments will
                                                                                                                                                          manage their respective sales or-     Ivory and Green                          &he thermostatically      coatrolled, electd-    -------PASTE            COUPON ON BACK OF POSTCARD AND MAIL TODAY------·
                                                                       'IF armers Nights" at Service Club meetings;                                                                                                                      caU, heated Nelson Water Bowl! Beau a
                                                                                                                                                          ganizations.                          Are Bridge Colors                        mere bowlful, not • tankful. Dependable                PORTLAND CEMENT ASSOCIATION ~ :s~:"~;~o~~~aann~l~~~e~ti:;O;:nac~~t:x\~~~~~~
                                                                      Displays in stores, banks, and outdoor locations show-                                   Mr. Sexson will continue in         The huge 552 foot towers of the       even in .ub-z 0 weathat. Adap&aWe••                    2108 Michigan National Tower, Lansing 8, Mich.               5 scientific research and eneineenne  field work
                                                                                                                                                          charge of the company's plant                                                  aJl Ii.... tock.
                                                                   ing the interdependence                    of rural and urban people.                                                        Mackinac Straits bridge in Mich-                                                                Please send free booklet on grain stor-
                                                                                                                                                          food sales department.             •  igan are being painted in ivory.        AEROVENT             FAN &. EQUIPMENT                   ages and booklets on (lbt subject),     Name_~,....-....:-                                                  _
                                                                                                                    during the Thanksgiving season.            Rounding out Services' sales     The balance of the great span wll                          Incorporated
                                                                     The Michigan Committee has                                                                                                                                                       Agricultural   Division
                                                                                                                        In pointing to the need for       forces is the Retail Division, head-  be in green. The color and de-                                                                                                          S#. 0,. R. No.                                                        _
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              3247 S. Pennsylvania             Ave.
                                                                  pointed. out that Farm - City more understanding, the Mich-                             ed by Raymond B. Bohnsack. He         sign, engineers say, make it the                         P.O. Box 9007
                                                                  understanding is a year-around igan Farm-City Week Committee                            has charge of the Services 15          most beautiful span in the world.                    Lansing,     Michigan                                                             Ci#y,__      -:..- __       ----              State-""---_
                                                                                                                                                          branch elevators and farm supply
                                                                  "job and is not limited to the said:                                                    stores, 6 warehouses and 20 man-
                                                                  week of November 22-28 which.
               FARM  BUREAitMiiiiHG
                           CM'ca,o. ILl..
                                              co. IIle,
                                                                                                                        "Farm and city ties must grow
                                                                  has been set by Act of Congress stronger. Suburban communities
                                                                  and proclamation by. President have grown recently 3% times
                                                                  Eisenhower to focus attention the rate of .gain for the national
                                                                                                                                                          agement contract cooperative ele-
                                                                                                                                                          vators and farm supply stores.
                                                                                                                                                               Other division heads reporting
                                                                                                                                                                                                       Be an EARLY BIRD - save time and mon y'
                                                                                                                                                          to Mr. Brownlee are E. T. Smith,
             I                                                                                                    "population. This movement into         manager of the Training Division,
          Why buy 5 tons of 32%
                                                                                                                    the countryside will likely in-       and C. L. Pfeiffer, manager of the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         •
          supplement when 3 tons
                                                                                                                    crease rather than diminish.
                                                                                                                        "On the other hand, many
                                                                                                                  , chores once done by farmers
                                                                                                                    themselves are now often per-
                                                                                                                    formed by urban industries or
                                                                                                                    individuals.
                                                                                                                                                          Sales Promotion Division.
                                                                                                                                                               Mr. Brownlee said the changes
                                                                                                                                                          will have no effect on the Service
                                                                                                                                                          policies or overall operations.
                                                                                                                                                          They are merely a revamping of
                                                                                                                                                          the sales end of the organization
                                                                                                                                                                                                        Fer                            I                        ze                             NOW                                                                           •
                                                                                                                                                          in keeping with the changing
          of 55% will do?                                                                                               "Farm communities in the fu-
                                                                                                                    ture will be drawn more closely
                                                                                                                                                          purchasing habits and demands of
                                                                                                                                                          the modern farmer.
      ,
          L-ook at
          your winter
          actually
                          It this
                                supply
                         get less?
                                          way      •••
                                              of dalry
                                             3 tons of Farm
                                                               you're     getting
                                                              or beef feed.
                                                                         Bureau
                                                                                    Why
                                                                                       ready
                                                                                     Cattle
                                                                                                to   put
                                                                                           buy more and
                                                                                              Supplement
                                                                                                           In
                                                                                                                    than ever into the life of urban
                                                                                                                    communities. Families on small
                                                                                                                    farms are" diversifying and in-
                                                                                                                    creasing their incomes with off-
                                                                                                                    farm employment.
                                                                                                                                                               Farm Bureau Services' goal has
                                                                                                                                                          always been to provide the Mich-
                                                                                                                                                          igan farmer with the best in pro-
                                                                                                                                                          ducts, supplies and services.
                                                                                                                                                                                                        Save                                                       me                                In
          55% will         give you 300 Ibs. more protein                         than    5 tons of ordi-               "Even now, off-farm employ-        MFB AIDS YOUTH
                                                                                                                    ment produces $1 of 'every $3 on
          nary      32% supplement.
          That's      the "more             protein"        factor   •••      now look       at something       ,
                                                                                                                    the income of farmers.
                                                                                                                        "Here in Michigan, non-farm
                                                                                                                    people living outside of towns
                                                                                                                                                           Soil and Water                               with Farm Bureau High .Analysi .Fertiliz
          else.      Less work,             less storage space AND                  MORE      MONEY       IN        and cities now outnumber the
          YOUR          POCKET.               5 tons of ordinary 32% supplement will
          average in the state at $406.00. 3 tons of Farm Bureau Cattle
                                                                                                                    farm people."
                                                                                                                                                           Conservatioll                                      It isn't often that you get a chance to beat                                              The farmers in your area who ar rally
                                                                                                                    When Is a Surplus                                                                                                                                                               making money are using bulk fertiliz r.
          Supplement
          pocket       for
                                  5% will average $267.00. That's $139.00 you can
                                our       holiday         spending      •••     need we say more?
                                                                                                                     Not One?
                                                                                                                           (Continued from Page 1)
                                                                                                                                                           Program                                         Mother      Nature.     By a complete
                                                                                                                                                                                                           plowing and seeding program in the fall you
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               fertilizing,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Why don't you )                     There's a Farm Bure u
                                                                                                                    quality constantly deteriorates            A new role for Michigan Farm                                                                                                         bulk spreader somewhere                                near you. • •
                                                                                                                                                                                                           can.     Get the jump on your neighbor.                       No-
          Farm Bureau Gatlle Supplement 55%                                                                         and storage is costly.                 Bureau and its service companies
                                                                                                                                                           is active participation in Youth
                                                                                                                                                                                                           vember      still gives you ideal weather                  to re-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    check the list below.                     Bulk sav s you time
                                                                                                                        Food is a strategic war material,  Soil and Water Conservation pro-
                   ••       is more economical.
                            promotes growth.
                                                                                                                    but is one which we are admir-
                                                                                                                    ably suited to produce for our-
                                                                                                                                                           grams. This action was announced
                                                                                                                                                           on October 1 by Boyd Rice, assist-
                                                                                                                                                                                                           place the plant        food     removed            from      your
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   and labor. You know that adds up to just
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    one thing . . . money saved.                                     G t Farm
                 ,..,.      promotes production.
                                                                                                                    selves, even under wartime con-
                                                                                                                     ditions.
                                                                                                                                                           ant to the executive secretary of
                                                                                                                                                           the Michigan Farm Bureau.
                                                                                                                                                                                                           soil during      the past summer.                                                        Bureau BULK on your ground now.
                    ••      increases rumen activity.
                            available with terramycin                                and/or      stil-
                                                                                                                        We are totally or partially de-
                                                                                                                    pendent on foreign sources for
                                                                                                                    many strategic war needs, includ-
                                                                                                                                                               Plans for the new activity were
                                                                                                                                                           developed during September by
                                                                                                                                                           representatives of Farm Bureau,
                                                                                                                                                           Michigan Association of Future               HERE'S WHY: 1                            Your ground is hard • • • it's easy to run spr adin
                            bestrol.                                                                                 ing such minerals as tin, mangan-
                                                                                                                     ese, copper and nickel. Stockpiles    Farmers of America, and the                                                          equipment over it • • • you avoid getting                                                         tuck.
                                                                                                                     of critical materials could well be   Michigan Chapter - Soil Conser-
                                                                                                                     established for use in national       vation Society of America.                   2 Fall fertilization      assures you of proper absorption                              3     Soil testing is easy now.                           Your dealer has the
                                                                                                                     emergencies.                              Mr. Rice said teamwork with
                         These Feeds Are Energized!                                                                      Many of our needs in strategic
                                                                                                                                                           the two groups became possible
                                                                                                                                                           when the Soil Conservation Soci-
                                                                                                                                                                                                            by Spring.       Half of your spring work will be done                                    analysis you need. There's                          no rush at the plants.
                                                                                                                     materials can be supplied by                                                           by fall fertilizing and seeding.                                                          See list of bulk spreaders.
                                                                                                                                                           ety found it necessary to obtain
                                                                                                                     friendly countries that badly need
                                                                                                                                                           new sponsors for its Soil and Wa-
                                                                                                                     OU! dollar exchange. Such mater-
                            GOMBAT SHIPPING FEVER                                                                    ials can bestored at very low cost
                                                                                                                     and do not deteriorate appreci-
                                                                                                                                                           ter Conservation Activity with
                                                                                                                                                           Future Farmer Chapters in Mich-
                                                                                                                                                           igan. About 80 of the 250 F.F.A.
                                       with Farm Bureau's
                                                                                                                     ably.                                 Chapters in Michigan have taken                        Farm Bureau BULK Fertilizer is available at the e Far                                                                         Bureau D aler •
                                                                                                                         Some of the people who are        part.
                                                                                                                     loudest in their demands for con-          F.F.A. C hap t e r s accumulate                   Allegan                                 Dowagiac                                  Hastings                                       Merritt
                          5.DAY CONDITIONING FEED                                                                    tinuation of farm programs that
                                                                                                                     have developed our government-
                                                                                                                                                           points in a contest for their activ-
                                                                                                                                                            ities in Soil and Water Conserva-                   . Buchanan                                Eau Claire                                Hudsonville                                    Mt. Pleasant
                                                                                                                      owned surpluses are deathly op-       tion. Five F.F.A. Chapters from                       Caledonia                               Elkton                                    Kalamazoo                                      Sandusky
                                                                                                                                                            each of three areas in Michigan
                   CONDI-MYCIN                                                                                       posed to any surplus accumula-
                                                                                                                     tions in their own industries!
                                                                                                                         Every indication points to 1958
                                                                                                                      as a year that will see another
                                                                                                                                                            receive awards at a recognition
                                                                                                                                                            event.
                                                                                                                                                                F.F.A. Chapters may accumu-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Caro
                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Charlotte
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Falmouth
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Grand Blanc
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Kent City
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Lawrence
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Three Oaks
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Traverse City
           Condl-mycln              is a high-level              antibiotic      feed,   containing      Ter-                                               late their points for (1) classroom                   Chesaning                               Greenville                                Litchfield                                     Vicksburg
                                                                                                                      great battle in the arena of na-
           ramycin.          It     is    specifically          formulated         to   combat      shipping'         tional farm legislation. Unfortun-    work, (2) Chapter participation                       Coldwater                               Hart                                      McBain                                         Yale
           fever     in cattle.            It's tasty,        and low       In protein      so that    cattle         ately, we frequently do not get       in conservation activities, (3) ap-
           will     get    on feed            quickly,        and    start     gaining     sooner.      Tests         the best political consideration of   plication of conservation practices
                                                                                                                      economic problems in an election      on ther own farms, (4) coopera-
           on thousands            of cattle        have proven that Terramycin,                   the anti-                                                tion with the educational pro-
                                                                                                                      year. Farm people need to express
           biotic     In Condi·mycln,                is effective        in preventing        and control-            clearly their best thinking on pro-   gram of the local Soil Conserva-
           ling    shipping          fever.        Of       13,162 Terramycin            fed   cattle,   only         blems such as the influence of         tion District, (5) for general ad-
                                                                                                                                                            vancement of the conservation
                                                                                                                                                                                                              DO 'T FORGET••• TEST YOUR SOIL, FI D                                                                                                    T
           12.8 per thousand required special medication.                                   Of 16,936 un-             government ownership of farm
                                                                                                                      commodities on farm prices.           movement.
           treated cattle, 55 per 1,000 required medication.                                   5 per 1,000
           untreated cattle died, but only 1.6 per 1,000 Terramycin treated
                                                                                                                         Tae 18-member M.F.B. Resolu-           During the first four years of
                                                                                                                                                            the program, over 15,000 F.F.A.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        SEE YOUR FARM BUREAU FERTILIZ
                                                                                                                      tions Committee has been study-
           cattle     died.                                                                                           ing the effects of present, and        boys in 317 F.F.A. Chapters par-
                                                                                                                      suggested, farm programs and is        ticipated. About 1/3 of the Chap-
                                                                                                                      now waiting to receiv the recom-       ters participating filed final re-
                                                       FEED DEPARTME T
                                                                                                                      mendations from Farm Bureau
                                                                                                                      members as expressed through
                                                                                                                                                             ports for consideration of the
                                                                                                                                                             judges. Winners received a two-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   ERTILIZER DEPART
                                                                                                                       action at the 67 County Farm Bu-      day trip and appropriate plaques
                                             Farm Bureau Service , Inc.                                                reau annual meeting" which were       and certificates.                                                                                                           Lan in,                 •chlltan
                                                                                                                       held in October.                         The Soil Conservation Society


                                                                                                                                                                                          en                          an                                  r.-. .
                                             +-------------------------------------_...:..-_---------------------------------------------:--~:-::-:-:-~-==:-:-                    II. Armstrong Roberts Photo tinue as secretary.                                                             MICHIGAN              FARM       NEWS
                                                   Three time as many people                                                                                                                                                                        tion tag.
                       o  t  • Ch .      n      are killed in the rural areas s                                                                                                                                                                        Mrs. Robinson, chairman of 4                             November 1, 1957
                     '1 R-3                     in the cities. Accidents are                                                                                                                                      Missaukee County seems to be losco county, was chosen to at-
                            ur u Women's        caused by (1) inattention, (2) . -                                                                                                                             having well-attended       meetings. tend the AFBF meeting at Chi- chairman; Mrs. Joseph Strohl,
                                                re ponsible drivers, (3) di regard                                                                                                                             At the last they received infor- cago.                                           secretary; Mrs. Loren Aderman,
       mmitte      m t       pt. 17 at the
                                                of traffic law and (4) speed.                                                                                                                                  mation about their local hospi-                                                  citizenship chairman; Mrs. Del-
        th Mem rial Building with 13                                                                                                                                                                           tal, founded in 1905 from a
      o p      r pr      nt d. Mrs. John        We c n help by (1) being aware                                                                                                                                                                         Alpena County women gather- mar Gay, safety chairman.
                                                of traffic problems, (2) being                                                                                                                                 large donation by Mr. and Mrs. ed at the home of Mrs. Pat Beau-                    The Novemoer meeting              win
 W          p esid d. twas announc d                                                                                                                                                                           Diggins.
  tha       r port would be give at             alert for pedestrians and (3)                                                                                                                                                                        champ for their October meeting             e h ld at Salem Lutheran
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Officers elected: Mrs. Esley Van-
  th      i ric meting on the A.G:-.-           trying to expect the unexpected.                                                                                                                                  Northw st wa entertained by Wagner, chairman; Mrs. Walter church at Bark River.
 W.W. m ting h ld in Ceylon.                                                                                                                                                                                   the Monroe Center group. The Dant, vice-chairman; Mrs. Alice
  Wom n will provide their own
                                                   Hillsdale County. Hillsdale la-
                                                dies are going to hold a family                                                                                                                                program was by the Consumers Christensen, treasurer; Mrs. Ade-                      ORG                     TIONS
  t an portation to the State An-                                                                                                                                                                              Power Company. Mrs. Clarissa lore Rouleau, secretary.
                                                night with their husbands as                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Raise
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        The ladies will be guests of the \7~::·.·'. \
  nual meeting and will have th eir                                                                                                                                                                             Boursaw is our new chairman
                                                guests. Weare. having a speaker                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 BIG FUNDS
  lunch on tick t suppli d by the                                                                                                                                                                               and Mrs. Robert Fuller, secre- board of directors at a turkey
                                                and entertainment of interest to                                                                                                                                                                                                                      ~
     ounty,                                                                                                                                                                                                     tary.
                                                the men.                                                                                                                                                                                             dinner for winning the attendance                    Build up your treasury-
      Mrs. A rna Fo t r reporting on                                                                                                                                                                                            • * *                contest.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           50 to $500-with this win-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          ning plan that has been so
     ROP aid 1.00 of our money                     Jackson County Women's Com-                                                                                                                                     I heard something about wo-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Several carloads of ladies will                   succ ssrul in La, ies' Clubs,
    qual      20 buying power for fo d          mit tee is very proud to have                                                                                                                                   men's meetings I think is rath- attend the annual meeting at East                           unday    chool lasses, Sor-
      ipp d ov rseas by CROP. A fall            paid for nurses scholarships to                                                                                                                                 er catchy:                                                                                oriti S, Lodg R, etc. (Your
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Lansing November 11th.                               club will have no outlays
    azaar nd dinn r were planned.               two girls. All the girls to whom                                                                                                                                   Us women,-we met and we et,                                                       \3 or money r isk .)
 Th c mmitt : Mr . Emmet ace,                   we have given a scholarship                                                                                                                                        If we hadn't et,                     Ogemaw County women met You                  and your group can offer direct-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               from-the-mill values in Coastline Ny_
     r .     1'1 unyon, Mrs. Clarence           have finished their training. One                                                                                                                                  We wouldn't have met!             with Mrs. Theresa Scheele. We lon Hosiery, a quality best seller.
           ert,     r. Gladys Seyfred,          young woman in training is                                                                                                                                                                           will serve the dinner at the an- after    Supplies are s nt and you pay only
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      the merchandise is sold and the
 M . Alma Foster, and Mrs. Rob-
    rt K.nuth.
                                                starting on her third year. OHI2
                                                of the nur es in training wrote
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       District 10-                  nual Hereford sale. A busload of custom r satisfied; unsold lots can be
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               returned. '\ '11 gladly send you all
                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Mrs. Vernon Kingsbury. Chmn         ladies  are coming   to  the  annual                    T
     Th         offices we reelected:         I to us:                                                                           a dollar, it's going to cost us $1.60. beth Wood. She was the most                         Alpena R-I
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               details and r turnable
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     meeting at Lan sin g. Officers show at your n xt meeting. Please
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            samples to
  Chairman, Mrs. William Ander-                    "As my three years'. training                                                                                          consecrated teacher I ever knew,                                           elected: Mrs. Lou DeMatio, chair- write and gtve name of organization,
    on; 1st vic -chairrnan, Mrs. Rob-           program here at Sparrow Hospi-                                                      Loss of local control. When the an enthusia tic Farm Bureau                    About 125 Alpena ladies at- man; Mrs. Enid Kenyon, vice- name, addr . s of President 01" Trea-
    rt     nut h; 2nd vice-chairman,            tal ends in three weeks I want                Mrs. Dal Root, Chairman                                                                                           tended the Distict meeting Oct. 24 chairman; Mrs. Minnie Clemens, surer. 1\1ail a postcard '.rODAYl
                                                                                                                                 federal government finances a supporter, and in our family she
 Mr. Lawr nc Mitchell; secre-                   to thank the ladies of Farm Bu-                        Barryton   -I                                                                                            at Edwards township hall in Oge- secretary; ¥:rs. Mae Brindley,                     REHOBOTH       HOSIERY    MILLS
                                                                                                                                 project it controls that project.        will always be missed.
  t y, Mrs. arold Widdi ; treas-                reau for the scholarship you                 Mason County Farm Bureau                                                                                           maw county. Mrs. Lou DeMatio, treasurer. Miss Evelyn Johnson Rehoboth Beach. Delaware                          Dep't 43
                                                                                                                                    Our new District officers are:                                              chairman of Ogemaw county, showed the group pictures of her
 ur f, Mrs. Henry Graeber.                      gave me upon entering training. women were ho tesses for the fall                Mrs. Albert Schmiege, chairman;            Benzie County. Elinor Nichols
                                                                                                                                                                                                                gave the welcome. Officers intro- trip to Germany.                                 Princes Fashion
      Ca s Coun t y. Mrs.
                                    wunI lam
                                                It helped so much.                        District meeting at Scottville, on     Mrs. Sam Nash, vice-chairman; r porting: Meeting held at Anne'                 duced are Mrs. Vernon Kings-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            r
  Barri presided at the October 1                  Lenawee County women pre- October 2. Each county chairman                     Mrs. Gleason Halliwell, 2nd vice- Rockwell's. Plans were made for              bury, chairman;      Mrs. Dorothy       Presque Isle County women
                                                                                                                                 chairman.                                entertaining by the groups ill        Lickfeldt, vice - chairman; and met at the Millersburg school. Of-
  me tin        at the home of Mr. sented a program on safety. It told 0 n e outstanding program
  L ach. Th County Center Build- consisted of a poem and a play- given in her county during the                                    Mrs. Adolph Bender presented alphabetical order.                 Benzie has  Mrs. Alex Kennedy, secretary- ficers elected: Mrs. Herman Ris-
  ing Committee thanked us for our let by two members of the com-                                                                retiring chairman Mrs. Stock- invited all of us to be their                    treasurer.                           tau, chairman; Mrs. Hugo Sorgen-
  donation. Ca s County will b mittee. "What Is Your Arm past year. Mrs. Weisgerber's re-                                        meyer with a gift and Mrs. guests for the next District                           Mrs. Marjorie Karker, coordin- frei, vice-chairman; Mrs. Leonard
  ho t fo the District meeting. Cass Worth?" was taken from the port of h r tri to Ceylon was                                    Schmiege with a corsage.                meeting.                               ator of women's activities, spoke Lamb, secretary; Mrs. Marlin
  County made a nomination for Michigan Farmer.                           The second very interesting.          Mrs. Kar er's      Mrs. Robert Weisgerber, Farm             Kalkaska County did a very          on citizenship.                      Wenzel, treasurer. Ned Curtis of
  the A BF Convention in Decem- pr sentation was on safety for talk on citizenship was most in-                                  Bureau delegate to the ACWW fine job of putting over the dis-                     Ogemaw won the award for the the State Conservation Depart-
 ber.                                           school children.                          forming. Mecosta county will be        Conference in Ceylon, gave a very trict meeting held recently.             A   largest percentage of attendance. men showed two films on Mich-
                                                                                          ho t s county for the spring           interesting story of events and group from the First Christian                 Alpena county won the award for igan conservation.
      K lamazoo County. Fifty at-
  t nd d the public relations meet-
                                                           Dis rlet 4                     meeting, April 2. Mrs. George Mc-      experiences of her trip.                Church put on the luncheon.            the most appropriate identifica-
  ing for gr at r rural-urban un-                                                         Lachlan will attend the AFBF             Mrs. Frances Restainer from
                                                                                                                                                                         Mrs. Malanowski, who has built                                                     DISTRICT 11
                                                   Mrs. Clare Barton, Chairman                                                  Arenac will be the delegate to at-
  der tanding at the              Galesburg                 Plainwell R-2
                                                                                          convention at Chicago. She is our                                              up an enviable business in can-
                                                                                                                                tend the AFBF convention in Chi- ning and preserving, had a very
                                                                                                                                                                                                                Mrs. Edith M. Wagar                      Mrs. Ken Corey. Chairman
                                                                                          new    chairman.                                                                                                                                                     Stephenson R-1
  Methodist Church Oct. rf. Vern                                                                                                cago.                                                                           Was ..85 October 1
  Hinz, county agricultural agent,                 The fall meeting of the Wo-              Mason County Women are                                                       attractive display of home crafts.                                             Our first District 11 meeting
                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Mrs. Edith M. Wagar observed      was held at Rapid River Amer-
  showed slides and told of the ser- men's Committee fer District 4 making plans to serve the Roll                                 Saginaw Coun1y Women met                 Good music, fine hospitality        her 85th birthday October 1 at
  vices off r d to the ru al and was held October 3 at Allendale Call kick-off dinner. Mrs. Col-                                at Hartley Nature Camp. Acres and, as always, helpful sugges-                                                        ican Legion Hall October 17.
  urban people.                               I township hall with Ottawa coun- burn was chosen as chairman to                  of forest surround two large tions from Mrs. Karker, Ward
                                                                                                                                                                                                                her home at Briar Hill Farm,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                13676 Briar Hill road, Carleton,       Women from Baraga, Meno-,
      Mrs. Ruth Ball of Albion, our ty ladies as hostesses.                               complete Mrs. Wood's term. She        buildings, one with a large dining Cooper, and Mrs. Weisgerber's                                                     minee and Delta counties attend-
                                                                                                                                                                                                               R-1, Monroe county.
  state c~airman, gave the. group                  Ionia and Barry Women's Com- found it necessary to resign.                   room combined with kitchen and story of her trip to Ceylon aU                                                        ed. Chippewa women chose to ~
                                                                                                                                cooking utensils, the other build- added up to an enjoyable time.                  Mrs. Wagar represented we-        attend    meeting    at petoskey.,
  the dub s of the .group chairman, mittees reported work done for                          Mecosta County invited Mrs.                                                                                         men of the Michigan Farm Bu-
  also the state officer and a sum- schools for retarded children. No Rose from Evart to show pictures                          ing for recreation, meetings, etc. About 100 ladies attended.              All                                          The morning session was de-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                reau on the state board of direc-
  mary of the, program.s offered by public funds are available for and report on her recent trip to                                Mrs. Laura Barnhart, camp dir- counties were represented with
                                                                                                                                                                                                                tors from 1921 through 1938. In      voted to acquainting us with the I
 the Women s Committee.                Dele- this purpose so it is a project Europe. Mrs. Rose said that the                    ector, welcomed the ladies and Missaukee having 29 present.                                                          work in a District. Mrs. Mar-
                                                                                                                                told how the children pitch their                                               1923 at the request of the board
  gates and alterna~es were named which is receiving aid from English people are very friendly.                                                                             Manistee County had 14 of a         she established and directed the     jorie Karker was in charge. Each
                                                                                                                                tents over cement foundations for                                                                                    county' chairman told of her
  to our State meet mg.                         other organizations as well as                                                                                                                                  women's program in MFB for 17
                                                                                                                                their sleeping quarters. The land possible 19 groups represented                                                     county's work in the past year.
     Van Buren County. Mr. Barrett              Farm    Bureau.                             Montcalm County women in-           was given ' y Peter Hartley of St. at the last meeting. Mrs. Chris-            years. For 30 years-September,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Mrs. Robert Weisgerber show-
 of Lansing showed colored slides                  In many instances parents of vited Mr. Stauffer of Vestaburg                 Charles, Michigan.                       tine Brown had attended a safe-        1923 through December, 1953-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     ed Associated Country Women
 of Michigan and spoke at our the children are assuming bur- school to tell them about current                                                                           ty conference        in Ionia and      every edition of the Michigan
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    of the World slides and gave us a
 Committ e meting on October 1 dens almost too great for them. school problems.                                                                  Istrict 9               brought the instructions back to       Farm News carried a timely arti-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    fascinating story of her trip to
 at the home of Mrs. W. Labadie. They need not only financial aid                           Mus keg 0 n County learned                                                   us.                                   cle by Mrs. Wagar.
 Mrs. Hill, chairman of citizen hip, but people to assist with trans- more about the structure of Farm                          Mrs. Oliver Tompkins, Chairman              We have submitted resolutions         Mrs. Wagar enjoys life with       Ceylon.
 suggested that each group have a portation of the pupils.                               Bureau and the duties of officers                Trav srse City R-1             regarding water safety, skiing,       her son, Lawrence, and his wife,        Delta County Farm Bureau
 ci izenship chairman. They should                                                       and members when the Regional             May I take this occasion to speed boating. to be presented                   Adah, at Briar Hill. She keeps Women's            Committee       had     a
 study the county and township of-                 Blood  bank.     We  were   very  in-                                        thank you all for your expres- at our annual meeting. Mrs.                      herself well informed on the luncheon meeting at Flat Rock
                                                terested   in   the  "walking     blood  Representative, Ralph Olthouse,
 fic ,government, and salaries.                                                                                                 sions of sympathy In the pass- Roscoe Burtker is our new chair-                Farm Bureau organization she Township              Hall October        17th.
                                                bank" reported by Kent county spoke to them.                                    ing of my brother's wife, Eliza- man. Mrs. Edwin Evens will co-                helped build.                           State Trooper      Russell Gates
                    sre 2                       and operated fro~ their Coun~y              Newago County Women's Com-                                                                                                                              from the Gladstone State Police
                                                Far~ Bureau office.           For this -mittee served lunch at the county                                                                                                                           Post' spoke on safety.
    Mrs. George Crisenbery. ehron.
                 Jackson R-8
                                                project each Farm Bureau mem- annual meeting.
                                                bel' who is willing to donate
     Our District meeting was at blood is listed with his type of
 the Methodst Church in Cold- blood.
                                                                                            Oceana County held the Sep-
                                                                                         tember meeting at the lovely Jun-
                                                                                                                                       The                                    e Flower Garden                                                          Mrs. John 'Olsen was elected
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    delegate to the annual meeting
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    of the Michigan Farm Bureau
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Loveliest princess lines fashion '
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              the jumper. Little fitted jacket
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Women at Lansing, Nov. 11.                continues' the flattering silhou-
 water October 8. Branch County                    Any Farm Bureau member iper Beach Cottage of their chair-                                                                                                                                           The last of a round table              ette.
 ladies were very gracious host-                needing   blood may call the of- man, Mrs. Johnson. Mrs. Karker                                                        THE                  B GARDE                                                 series of get aquainted        parties        Printed Pat1ern 9183: Misses'
 esses.                                         fice secretary who locates some- spoke regarding members' abili-                                                                                                                                    for Delta Farm Bureau folks               sizes 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20. Size 16
                                                one to give blood. It is not nee- ties and responsibilities.                             H. L. R. CHAPMAN                creased the name of this type of      them in syrup. Oil from the seeds was held Oct. 22nd at the Cooks              dress requires 4 1/8 yards 35 inch
     Marlie Drew. our Regional Rep- essary that the blood be the                            Osceola County women greatly                Garden Clubs Lecturer            garden was changed from physic                                             Township Hall. The Cooks group            fabric; bolero 1 3/4 yards.
                                                                                                                                                                                                               can be used for flavoring.
 resentative,         led     the    women same type as the person making enjoyed a tour to the Music Camp                                                               garden to botanic or botanical                                             entertained.                                  Send 35 cents in' coin for this
 chairmen of the five counties In the request.                                                                                     The herb garden is a section of                                                Anise -- Annual herb. Grown
                                                                                         at Interlochen and Kosars Fur          the home garden set aside for the        garden.                                                                       Menominee County women's               pattern-add        five cents for each
 a panel discussion of a project                   The donation is given into the Farm at Grawn. They also visited                                                                                             for the flavoring properties of its committee met at the home of               pattern for first class mailing.
 the women's committees had blood bank as a replacement and the Traverse City Hospital where                                    cultivation of plants often aro-            Botanical gardens have been of     seeds and leaves.                    Mrs. Sam Dragic,                          Send to Michigan Farm News,
 taken part in during the last six not directly to the person. Blood they went through the laundry,                             matic. They are used for flavor-         great importance and usefulness
                                                                                                                                ing foods, for medicine, for per-                                                 Balm - Hardy perennial. Has          Mrs. James Szabo who attend-           Pattern Dep't, P.O. Box 42, Old
 months.                                        is often a costly item in case of men and women's wards, occupa-                                                         to all nations. They are gardens                                                                                     Chelsea Station, New York 11,
     We had a drawing for a non- illness and sometimes is diffi- tional therapy classes, and the
                                                                                                                                fumes, and for their delightful          wherein grow and flourish plants      very aromatic foliage. Used in ed state program planning meet-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              N.Y.         '
 voting delegate to the American                                                                                                fragrance.                               from all parts of the world           soups, stews,      dressings,   and ing at Eaton Rapids presented
 Farm Bureau meeting at Chi-                       One of the hignnghts of the drug dispensary. Doctors are using                                                                                              salads. Has been- cultivated for suggested programs. Health and                    Please pr-int plainly in your or-
 cago in December. Mrs. Orpha District meeting was the recog- certain drugs with great success                                     Quite often the herb garden be-             Herbs grow well in any                                               Legal matters       received' most        der your name, address with
                                                                                                                                                                                                               over two thousand, years.
 Tit! I' from L nawee County is nition of Mrs. Jean Gordon for in mental cases.                                                 comes part of the vegetable gar-             good garden soil.                                                      interest.                                 zone, size, and style number.
 del at and Mr . William Bren- her excellent work in training                                                                   den but it is always a delightful                                                 Basil - Annual herb. Used for        These officers were elected:
 ner of Calhoun is first alternate. pre-school children in citizen-                                  Dis riet 8                 feature when employed as an                                                    flavoring- many dishes. The es-         Mrs. Kenneth       Corey, Chair-
     Mrs. Weisgerber of Ionia ga ve ship. She appears with some of                                                              annex to the flower garden.                                                    sential oil is used in the manu- man; Mrs. Elmer Veeser, vice
                                                                                                 Albert Schmiege. Chairman         Since portions of the plants are                                            facturing of perfumes and various
 a very interesting talk on her her children every day over Mrs.
                                                                                                      Chesaning R-2             frequently required in the home,                                               beverages.
 trip to Ceylon as a delegate to S~ation WOOD-TV, Grand Ra-
 the Associated Country Women pids.
                                                                                            Clare County was hostess to         the plants should be planted                                                                                         'Jama
 of the World.
                                        .
                                          "~ I    Mrs. A. Decker presented Mrs. District 8 meeting on October 9,
                                               Gordon with our Good Citizen- 1957. ~s. Marin StockInyer pre-
                                                                                                                                where they are accessible and can
                                                                                                                                be cut at all seasons of the year.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Caraway - A biennial grown
                                                                                                                                                                                                               for its seeds which are used for
                                                                                                                                                                                                               flavoring,    confectionery,    and
     Calhoun County. Sergeant Bil- I ship Award in appreciation for sided. Mrs. Kenneth Kapplinger                              Since few plants of each kind are
 gen of the Battle Creek State her           I         work      on the program, welcomed the guests. Eight dis-
 Police Po t spoke on traffic "Romper Room." A small gift and trict chairmen told of interesin'g
                                                                                                                                sufficient for the average house-
                                                                                                                                hold only small plantings should
                                                                                                                                                                                                               beverages. Also used in medicine
                                                                                                                                                                                                               and in making perfumes.
   afety at our October meeting. . corsage accompanied the award. projects during the year:                                     be made.                                                                          Chervil - Annual used for gar-
                                                                                            Arenae:      Ladies    entertained                                                                                 nishing and for flavoring salads
                                    •                                                                                                   Herbs should have a place
                               rp o eylon                                                their husbands to a potluck din-
                                                                                         ner.
                                                                                            Bay: Visited the County Farm
                                                                                                                                     in every home garden.
                                                                                                                                   Not only for their use in the
                                                                                                                                home, but for the interest they
                                                                                                                                create due to their romantic as-
                                                                                                                                                                                                               and soups.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Chives - Perennial, possessing
                                                                                                                                                                                                               a mild onion-like flavor. Used ex-
                                                                                                                                                                                                               tensively for flavoring.
                            MRS. ROBERT WEISGERBER                                       at Christmas and presented each
       Michiaan        elegate to the Associated Co~ntry Women of the patient with cookies and a gift.                          sociations with literature. The
                                                                                                                                knowledge of herbs has been                                                       Dill - Annual herb used for
 World Triennial Conference at Colombo.                       ylon. July 3-13. 1957
                                                                                            Clare: Made cancer bandages;        known for centuries, and the                                                   flavoring, especially pickles.
     At the close of the conference               Probably       one of the most collected books and magazines                  earliest gardens of which we have
of the Associated Country Wom- beautiful fountains in the world, and took them to the training                                  record were planted almost en-                                                    Fennel-Perennial    herb known
en of the World we reported to Trevi fountain, was included on home in Mt. Pleasant.                                            tirely of plants of this kind.                                                 to the ancients as a culinary spice.
the health department                 for a this tour as was the old Roman                                                                                                                                     The seeds are now used in cook-
ch ckup befo e leaving the is- Forum, Colosseum, S1. Peters.                                Gladwin: Held an open meet-            Most of the monasteries of                                                  ing and in candy.
                                                                                                                                France, Italy, and Switzerland, as                  MR. CHAPMAN
land of Ceylon.                                The Pope made his last appear- ing, inviting non-members                      as
                                                                                                                                far back as the ninth century had           They do not require a very rich       Mint - Several varieties. Per-
     Lady de Saipa invited the U. S. ance before .a throng ?f tourists guests. Mr. Sweet showed film on                         gardens containing these plants.                                               ennial used for flavoring. Plant in
del ation to isit her coconut before leavl1:~ for hIS summer self-examination for breast can-                                                                           soil, in fact, many of them are
                                                                                                                                They were grown in special beds         more aromatic if grown in a            a moist soil in semi shade.
plantation up in the mountaina, castle .. We vI~lted man.y cath~- cer.                                                          and were used to allay the suffer-
HIe        we had a ride on an ele- ~als fI~ed WIth beautiful reli-                                                                                                     somewhat poor soil. The majority          Parsley - Biennial herb. Used
                                                                                            Gratiot: Citizenship demonstra-     ings of the sick and the distressed     of herbs do love sunshine. They
phant \ hich the rna out or train- glOUSobjects of art.                                  tion through a Groucho Marx quiz       who came to the monasteries for                                                for garnishing and for flavoring.
                                                                                                                                                                        should be spaced in the garden so
   rs thought           ery funny. The . From Rome we went to                       ~d- program Farm Bureau questions           assistance.                             that they do not crowd each               Sage - Perennial herb. The
hi her levation was a welcome rid, a very lovely, clean, CIty. were asked, also questions that                                     Although most of the plants          other. Plants given this treatment     leaves are used green or dried for
ch ng in temperature.                          We had a most interesting trip are asked aliens when they apply                  were used for medicinal purposes        seldom are attacked by insects or      seasoning.
    Monday found u out at the through. the countryside 40 miles for citizenship papers.                                         it had been discovered that some        fungus.
   irport bound for Bombay and to the CIty of Toledo.                                                                           of them contained properties                                                      Savory - Summer and winter
                                                                                                                                                                           Some species are annuals, a few     savory. Summer savory is an
   orne. I        Bombay          here we         We drove through miles of                 Isabella: Rural urban comer-        which provided delicate flavors        are biennials, but the majority are
   ad a three hour t ur,                saw wheat land and olive orchards. ence, Christmas party and a rum-                     when added to foods. Others con-                                               annual. Winter savory is a per-
                                                                                                                                                                        perennials. Some of the perennial
   ruch misery. Many d stitute They wer all government con- mage sale.                                                          tained certain oils which for cen-                                             ennial. Both types used for
                                                                                                                                                                        plants have to be treated as           flavoring. Both types may be
an       hom le s: horrible smells trolled. We saw a f w steam                              Midland:      Christmas    project. turies has formed the basis of          annuals when grown out-of-doors
du to cattle, she                 oats and threshing machines, but many Visited probate judge and got                           perfumes.                                                                      raised from seed.                       Humpty Dumpty sits on the
                                                                                                                                                                        in Michigan.
        in th treets.                          farmers were driving donkeys names of two needy families.                                                                                                          Thyme - A perennial.         This bed all day-stuffed plump with
                                               over grain to thr hit.                                                              About the Tear 1550 some gar-           Some herb plants can be grown                                                                                          This blouse is a true shirtwaist
                                                                                         Made Christmas boxes for them.                                                                                        is one of the oldest and most gen-   children's P.J's. He's a lovable
                                                                                                                                dens in Europe contained as many        from seed, same started by insert-
                                                  We saw a few Fordson tractors Other groups did likewise and                                                                                                  erally used kitchen herbs. Plants    doll-a gay decoration-a         'jama style in 3 sleeve versions to sew
                                                                                                                                as 300 herb plants under culti-         ing cuttings in washed builders'
                                               but very antique methods were many needy families were cared                                                                                                    may be raised from seeds as well     bag to teach youngsters neat- for seasons to come. Vary our
                                                                                                                                vation. Since so many of the            sand, and some by dividing old         as from cuttings and old plants      ness.                                     printed pattern with tucked ver-
                                               in use generally. Fine vegetables for.                                           plants were of medicinal value
                                               were grown here by means of                                                                                              plants.                                may be divided.                         Use scraps for Humpty Dump. sion, too.
                                               irrig tion. Where wheat h' d                 Saginaw: 131 ladies toured the      some of the larger special gardens         Seeds of a number of the                                                                                               Printed Pattern 4551: Misses'
                                                                                                                                became known as physic gardens.                                                   Lavender - This small shrub-      ty-embroider        face.     Pattern
                                               been harvested flocks of sheep Dow Chemical Plant and the                                                                species can be obtained locally, or                                         7219 has transfer directions.             sizes 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 40. Size 16
                                                                                                                                Some gardens received govern-           from some of the larger seed           like plant is grown for the fra-
                                               were pasturing.                           beautiful Dow Gardens.                                                                                                                                                                               classic 2 1/8 yards of 39 inch
                                                                                                                                ment support and were able to           stores. Plants ready for planting      grance of its flowers, which may        Send 35 cents in coin for Pat- fabric, tucked 2 1/4 yards 35 inch.
                                                     e sa     many cement plants            Marjorie Karker spoke on the        add a considerable number of                                                   be cut and dried. The flowers also
                                               and many new apartment build- citizen hip topic, "Are you over                                                           in the garden can be procurred                                              tern 7219. Add five cents for                 Send 35 cents in coin for this
                                                                                                                                new plants to their collection.         from growers of herb plants.           yield an oil which is an important   each pattern for first class mall
                                               ings taking the place of old 32?" Women over 32 years have                                                                                                                                                                                      oattern, Add five cents for first
                                                                                                                                   About this same time the                The following herbs can suc-        constituent of Eau de Cologne.       ing.    Send to Michigan Farm .lass mailing. Send to Michigan
                                               housing ar as.                            lived to witness the great change
                                                                                         in our government.         She listed  science of botany was being bet-        cessfully be grown in Michigan.        The oil is also used in medicine.    News, Dep't 263, Old Chelsea 'ann News, Pattern Dep't, P.O.
                                                  Everyon was happy to fin lly s e reed.oms we are losing:                      ter understood and botanists did                                               Many horticultural      forms and    Station, New York 11, N. Y.
                                                               Ian    or . bon. and                                             most of th ir work in these                Angelica - Perennial growing        varieties occur. One of the best                                               Box 42, Old Chelsea Station, NeW'
                                                               topp     at the A.:znr         elf-reliance. We are so willing                                                 6 ft. Lik                                                                                                       York 11, N.Y.
                                                                                                                                special       de    As the science of                          slightly moist  varieties for the home arden is         Please print pi iDly on your or.           Please print plainly in your or..
                                                                   on 0 Bo to         d      accept fed al aid. Each time       botany advan          and the plant     woodsy soil and semi shade.            offered under the name Lavender      der your name, address with der your name, address with
                                                                     r,       d        • the fed ral government gives us        collections'      the e gardens in-     Stems are candied by steeping          -Munstead strain.                    zone, and pattern number.                 zone, size and style number.


                                                                                                    er        epa tments of the ate go ernment a                                mem
                           (Continued from Page 1)
                                                                                                    hers 0 h                      ichigan St te Universi y ac lt~. Cur-
        making the Committee truly representative of                                                r nt n ti nal dev lopment h ve al 0 been studied.
        the membership,
                                                                                                        Their purpose in doing so was to examine admin-                                            old                                                  froster attachment for home re-
       This was well illustrated and explained by the                                               istrative and educational activities, and be prepared                                         The 800 gallon bulk milk tank frigerators through Farm                                               ews
    photograph and Stanley Powell's article in the                                                  to check them with views expressed by the mem-                                             advertised in the Michigan Farm classified adverti ements. Build-
                                                                                                                                                                                                  ew was old to a farmer at ers                                   rvice Company, Goodrich.
   October 1 issue of the Michigan Farm New. This                                                   bers in the County Farm Bureau resolutions when                                            Grant. Ron chunk Farm upply,
   shows how the Committee is comprised of a mem ...                                                they reached the State Farm Bureau later in Octo"                                          Clare.                                                   Brown WI
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            I want to let you know that the
   ber from each of the 11 Michigan Farm Bureau dis-                                                 ber.                                                                                      £1 y                                                     ad I plac d in th                 October 1
   tricts, three members of the Michigan Farm Bureau                                                                                                                                              Sold my 20 it. aluminum grain Farm News old the six regi tered
                                                                                                        The Committee is now classifying the several                                           elevator through ad in October 1 Brown S iss cow                                           and thre
   Board of Directors, three nominated by the Farm                                                  hundred resolutions from the 67 County Farm Bu ..                                          Farm News. Jo eph Istvan, New heifers to on buyer oon aft r
                                                                                                                                                                                               Boston.                                                  the paper came out. Lynn West-
   Bureau Women, and one from the' Farm Bureau                                                      reaus. It is co-ordinating those resolutions into its                                                                                               cott, Watervliet.
   Young People.                                                                                    report for the annual meeting November 12 and 13.                                          Corn Sheller
                                                                                                                                                                                                  Corn sheller advertised Oct. 1 Sold
       At its meetings on August 12, September 17,                                                  Here they will be discussed, amended, and approved                                         sold first week. Garold E. Dice,                             Three months old son of Wis
   and October 9, the Michigan Farm Bureau Resolu .                                                 or rejected by 695 County Farm Bureau delegates                                           Midland R-5.                                              Burke Ideal adverti ed Sept. 1,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        sold to buyer from Muskegon
   tions Committee interviewed resource people in e .                                               assembled.                                                                                 Defrosters                                               county. C. W. Balsam, Ottawa
                                                                                                                                                                                                  Continue to sell automatic de- Lake.
                                                                                                       The policies so established by the delegates
                                                                                                   chosen by the members will govern the activities
                                                                                                   of the Michigan Farm Bureau Board and staff with
                                                                                                   the support of the membership, until changed or
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         IFI D
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Classified advertisements ar e sh with ord r
                                                                                                   modified by the member delegates.                                                                                                                           rates: 10 cent per word for one edition. ds to
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               or mor editions take the r te of 8 cents per
                                                                                                       Proposals dealing with national affairs are con-                                                                                                        These rates based on guarani                      0      5~000or m
                                                                                                   veyed to the American Farm Bureau Federation                                                                                                                      SPECIAL RATE to Farm Bur u                                     mbe. 2             Or       or
                                                                                                   through Michigan Farm Bureau delegates to the                                                                                                               $1 for each edition. Extra words Sc each per edition. (Figur
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               like $12.50 or 1328 count as one word.)
                                                                                                   AFBF annual meeting in December, and through
                                                                                                   contacts with the AFBF Board and staff through-                                                          LIVESTOCK
                                                    coos                                          out the year. The Michigan Farm Bureau is for-                                             Larg
                                                                                                                                                                                                 REGISTERED
                                                                                                                                                                                             Production
                                                                                                                                                                                                       typ .'earling
                                                                                                                                                                                                               bred
                                                                                                                                                                                                                           HROPSHffiES-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                         for
                                                                                                                                                                                                                               ms and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 grow-ability.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          H
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                es, Sportsman House Trailer. 194 mod 1.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Iobile
                                         PASSE             GER        CAR                         tunate in having one of its directors, Walter Wight-                                       h avy d n             fl ceo and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Botti gas. Ele tric hI' kes, FJlpctric
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          milking refrig- ration.           7;)0. SleepR 4 people:
                                                                                                                                                                                             a !lity. Hewen.· Farm, 7400 B mis Tour-Aid Trail l' Hiteh, .<65.
                                                                                                  man of Fennville, on the American Farm Bureau                                                                                                                                                     rthur
                                                     TT                      Y                    Federation Board.
                                                                                                                                                                                             Road. Ypsilanti R-l, • Iiclligan. Waalr- Shari' , Luc1in '"t'm, ~ ichigan. Phone
                                                                                                                                                                                             tenaw      'ounty)                      (l0-2t-25p)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     7145-.T (~la.·on ('ounty)              (l1-lt-24p)
                                         Extra starting                                               Through the Farm Bureau procedure, maximum
                                         power and re-
                                         serve capacityJ                                          opportunity is provided for each of our 69,260 farm
                                                                                                                                                                                                FO    SALE-Any           number of choice
                                         for reliable win-                                        family members to participate in forming, the Farm                                        H reford and Angus calv s.                     These
                                                                                                                                                                                            calves can be seen at Olivet or
                                         ter driving.                                                                                                                                       Marshall Stockyards.              Stealy Cattle
                                                                                                  Bureau program. Through conference and discus ..                                           '0.     ern      tealy, memb r Calhoun
                                                                                                                                                                                           County Farm' Bureau.                    (8-12t-23p)
                                                                                                 sian they modify their individual views and adapt
            coon                                                                                 their varying interests into a live, effective course
                                                                                                  of action for the highest service to all concerned.
                                                                                                                                                                                               MILKING SHORTHOR S. Regis-
                                                                                                                                                                                           tered bun calves up to breeding age.
                                                                                                                                                                                           Dehorned. We were premier exhibi-
                                                                                                                                                                                           tor at 1956 Michigan                   tate      Fair.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        A T IATI
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    present
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            DEFRO TER for re-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    fri orators. Hou e ives, convert your
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   refrigerator      to a modern
     ALL PURPOSE                                                                                                                                                                           Stanley M. Po ell. Ingleside Farm,
                                                                                                                                                                                           Ionia R 1. Iichigan.                       (4-tf-25b)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    R If-d frosting model. Our automatic
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    d frosting       unit with genuine T 1 -
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    chron timing will do away with that
                                                                                                      It is highly important that our members contin-
 IRUCK BATTERY                                                                                    ually take full advantage of the opportunity to
                                                                                                                                                                                               REGISTERED GER.'
                                                                                                                                                                                           for sale. Calves to ervlce age , from
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 EY BULLS
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    m ssy d fro. ting job. Just plug the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    unit in between the refrigerator
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    electric        urr' nt     outl t.       0
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   tools
                                                                                                                                                                                           proven sires. Dams have high Herd                        needed.        Underwriters         Laboratortes
 Strong     construction    and   re-                                                                                                                                                      Improvement Registry record.'. Priced
 • erve capacity for all types of                                                                express their views and contribute the benefit of                                         reasonable. Jack Dendel, Allegan R-5,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Approved. Sent on seven day free
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    trial. Close- ut price $4.95 po tpaid .
                                                                                                                                                                                           • Iichi an. ( lle an           ounty).         Would     Build rs         er ice Company.             Du ne
 truck use:                                                                                      their counsel in their Community, County, and State                                       consider leasing or trade.                (9-6t-29p)     Rainey, Goodrich, .lichigan.                (Gene-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    see County).                            (8-2t-60p)
                                                                                                 Farm Bureaus.                                                                                 PUREBRED YORKSHIRE gilts and
                                                                                                                                                                                          boars for sale. 75 and up. Excellent                          :\IL 'K in most of til want d typ R.
                                                                                                                                                                                          individuals of exceptional bloodline ..                   G rman         heph I'd dog's, nationally fa-
                                                                                                     Only by each member fulfilling his personal re-                                      J.\IapleIine Farms.          Blaque Knirk &              mOUR atralns.           31 y ars of breeding
                                                                                                                                                                                             ons,     Quincy,          ichigan.        (Branch     know how. Old D p nda.ble S. B. Fox s
                                                                                                 sponsibility to his organization and to his fellow                                       County). Phone ~ elrose 9-3276.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    (9-3t-25p)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Fura, Pinconning, ~Iichi an. ( r -
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   nac County)                            (11-2t-~7p)
                                                                                                 members can the Farm Bureau attain its maximum'                                              REGISTERED             HOLSTEL              BuII         LARGE          HURCH BELL.              Wight
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      -----                    -----...,.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          120 AC 1ltJ •.'f\f;tpr Loam                    11\ rm.      Sllit-
                                                                                                                                                                                          Calve, to • ervice a e. Dams from                        about 200 lhs. 'Yond rfu1 tone. dad
                                                                                                 possibilities in preservmg individual opportunity                                        400 to 700 lb.         Butterfat on H I'd Im-            by • "orthville toundrv.              Price $150.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      abre for most                 tY}ll'Hof farming.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      catcd hptwPt'n tw 0 thrifty dti ,'. Good
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Lu-
                                                                                                                                                                                          provement R gi try t st. 1956 H.LR.                      Georg :1" ote, E.' an aba, R-l, Mich-                                                                              homo, Hhadl'd yard, natural dr atnaao,
 ~~~                                                                                             and freedom.                                                                             av rage 509 Ibs. Butterfat.                   Dicker-    ig-an. (D Ita County)                                                                                              pr(>H~l1rewa tor svst orn. g. cell nt for
                                                                                                                                                                                          son's Ups & Down. Farm. Phone 42-                                                                                                                                           full 01' part t i me t arming.                             1 fiO }1 I'
                                                                                                     An informed and active Farm Bureau member ..                                         F3, Bloomingdale, }'Iichigan. Write for                                                                                                                                     Here. :\liJo Colbm-n,                     l'rl't' ~'oiI, .•fic'h-
                         GUA                NTEE'                                                ship constitutes one of the strongest forces working
                                                                                                                                                                                          Bull Li t.                              (1l-6t-33p)                                                                                                                         Igun, (~\l~V()11 t ount y )                    (1J-tf-2ii, 141J)
                                                                                                                                                                                              STO. ~Y A C RES               YORK HIRES
                                                                                                                                                                                          br eding stock available at all times.
              ,Th, all-new line 01 CO-OP BATTERIES                                               to reverse the trend toward making the American                                          Rate of growth, f ed conversion, and
                                                                                                                                                                                          carcass quality, along with Yorkshire
              ,ttJith improved materia18 and construe-                                           citizen a mere cog in the social machine. Again                                          conformation and type are main fac-
                                                                                                                                                                                          tors str .·S d in our br ding program.
               'ion design have guaranteed rating ••                                             quoting the minister:                                                                    ::\rart~n Garn             ons, 43 7 ~fullik n
                                                                                                                                                                                          Road, harlotte R-5, .1i hig'an, (Eat-
                                                                                                                                                                                          on County) Phone 2 j -J3 or 2 ';'-'VI.                              BARN EQUIPMENT
               .~cess 01 S. A. E. ,tanda1'd,.                                                            "What shall it profit a man to gain all the                                                                         (11-tf-25&14b)                      -------------
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          :C~GLE ". "IT e lORE-BOY milk-
                                                                                                                                                                                              FRE. -CH ALPL 'E ::\lILK goat. for                     r.     R as on for      lling, no cow.          ilk-
                                                                                                     security in the world if he can no longer call                                       sale. Also, two billy kids and one doe                     I'    i in good condition.            One - half
                                                                                                                                                                                          kid. Thr e months old. Pure bred,                        horsepower motor. fittings for 13 cows ..
                                                                                                     his soul his own?"                                                                   heavy milkers,           ith papers. Jesse               Will handl four units. Stainless at 1.
                                                                                                                                                                                          Garlick, 352-14B nto!) treet, :\lemphis                    125. EIli P nny, Coleman R-I,                 Ii n-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   ig-an. Tt'lephon            Homest       d 5-5425.
                      Buy fr m your local                                                       The area around Jericho, Pale-
                                                                                                                                                                                          Michigan. (.Iacomb County)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   (1l-lt-25p)      vndland Coun ty )                     (1l-2t-32p)
     Farmers Petroleum Cooperative., Inc.                                                   stine, lies about 800 to 850 feet                                                                  SHROPSHTRES - For Rams and                                GUTTER eLEA TE~Acorn                  patent-
                                                                                            below sea level. It grows tropical                                                             Breeding- Ew s from a farm which                         ed wing train unloads -i-cow 10adR to
 Distributor or County Distribution Agent                                                  fruits in great abundance.                                                                     has featured           r gi, t red F;hron"hir s           spr ad r. Return. automatically. J.,i -
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         WAN
                                                                                                                                                                                          since 1891, write or visit TNGLB TDE                      eratur        free.    Write,     Ottawa-Hitch
                                                                                                                                                                                           FAR . Stanley .1. Powell, Ionia R-l,                     FX321, Holland, dichigan.             (1l-2t-21b)                                                                                               DOC
                                                                                                                                                                                          Box 238, Ionia, Michigan. nO-tf-25b)                                                                                WANTED -                    0 'E     PAIR H avy
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        HAY DRYER - Patent d damper Matched Belgian Tam. 1800 lbs. each                                                  .•fAI E MTNl'1 "l'RFJ~lJ{ ~r." EVP1y
Special Offer to FARM BUREAU ME BERS                                                                                                                                                           o R TAl\lWORTH HERD winnings                         controlled, for             air tn barn any or more. For parade work.                                    'all or  dog owner \ ho feeds the Fa.rrn TIu-
                                                                                                                                                                                           1957 Michigan State Fair, with four                      h ight. Fr e d tail.            Writ      Ottawa-      write Harry Hilton, 5151 26.Ill                    Road,   reau       way soon rea.Ilz es the top nlu
                                                                                                                                                                                           herds shown, w r 12 firsts; 5 sec-                                                                              Washington,                lichigan.       Phone    Still-
                                                                                                                                                                                           onds; 5 third;            S nior and Grand               Hitch, F. 321, Holland, ::YIichigan.                                                                              r c iv d for vel' dollar- p n t. A van-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          (1l-2t-19 )      well      1-998,        or    Roy     Mumford,      71120  able at Farm Bureau feed dealers'
                                                                                                                       •                                                                   Champion boar; Junior. Senior and                                                                                  amp Ground Road. Romeo, .•Iichig'an.                    throughout .•lIehig-an.                            (9-tf-26&6b)
                                                                                               e
                                                                                                                                                                                           Grand hampion sows; Premier ~nch-                                                                               Phon Plateau 22792. (.Ia.comb 'o\1n-
                                                                                                                                                                                           igan Bre d".          Service ag-e boars, g'ilt                               QIFTS                             ty)                                          (11-1t-41p)
                                                                                                                                                                                           and pig-s fnr sale,               Phil Hopk rns,
                                                                                                                                                                                           Homer R-3, ~Ii higan. ( alhoun Coun-                                                                                     A .JTE          Thl'       bow bug-gy top.
                                ,
                                                                                                                                                                                           ty)                                     \11-2t-45p)                                                             Old type farm wagon with l' rxe .'ize
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               ir wh I.', or wood h Is with d -
                                                                                                                                                                                               REGISTERED LA. 'DRACE Scand-
                                                                                                                                                                                           inavian p rf cted m a.t-tvpe, service
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           mountabl             rims.        Brass horns and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Iarnpx used on pre-Un:> automobil Ii                           LO.•.(1 - A('Hl<~H                Cl'ruHlll Shepherd
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           ..-
                                                                                                                                                                                           ag-e boars and unr lat d young- r pig ..                                                                        and trucks.                 Sug-ar Bush ~upplles DOgH. AY(' RI' ,jstel·pd.                                 Puppi!',          lth -
                                                                                                                                                                                           Harold C'alhoun. Clinton R-1. •IiC'h-                                                                                                                                                         ,GO up,         Bpl-:t of nal'kgI'Ollllds.
                                                                                                                             11
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Company. Bo:                    o. 1107, Lanstng 4, fo'r lOW.'.
                                                                                                                                                                                           ig'an.     Phone GL 6-4512.                (Lenaw e                                                             • [ichigan.                               (1l-3t-25,,'Rb)  Pnp       l'f;    (n·I'.      Hoy     (Juprm,ey,          B     a   "1'-
                                                                                                                                                                                           County)                                 (1l-lt-20p)                                                                                                                        ton, )lichl rn n. (nladwln County)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    \                                                      (11-lt-2Jp)
                                                                                                                                                                                               l\fA~     r.ORRTBn LE               TEEF pro-                                                                           DEER HUNTERS
                                                                                                                                                                                           duce tw .lv doll rt worth f}f wool a rr-
                                                                                                                                                                                           nnatlv.      'T'hi<;:i· a r cord v :>1' with                                                                                       SPECIALS
                                                                                                                                                                                              ORRTRD LE. because your n ig'h-
                                                                                                                                                                                           bors find them so productive                       and                                                                   E 'T1'JR~           'P EH. prj. TL SUL
                                                                                                                                                                                           profitabl.
                                                                                                                                                                                           Am rican
                                                                                                                                                                                                             For h        <l 1''. l ls t wrf te :
                                                                                                                                                                                                            or-rl flal Asaocia.t irm, Box
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            JOB OPPORTUNITIES                              160 acr R, .] ,400.
                                                                                                                                                                                           :\,[-3, Columbia, :\Ii~souri.            (1l-lt-36p)                                                                 EARTJ..JRN 1 PER PE. •• UL. ,
                     will present up to 25 words of classified advertisin ,                                                                                                                    REGISTERED            eHE. 1'ER 'WHTTE
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            160 acr s grassland, old buildings, $3,-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            300.-4.0 acr 1'1 woorl fl. 900.-60 acr H,
                                                                                                                                                                                           'Roar, hr d and nn n g-ilt·. Fall nig-.',
                     including your name and address, in one issue ~f the                                                                                                                   oither S • A. E. Holtforth. Fenton
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            7 rooms, barn, well, 55 acr s meadow,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           U,400.- 0 aor s, good timber, cabin,
                                                                                                                                                                                           R-2,     Michigan.        Phone :\Iain 924J7.                                                                   atr am, .3,900.-",0 acres,                    mas trees
                     Michigan Farm .News. It .is read by 69,256 mem-                                                                                                                        (Living. ton         ountv )            (ll-lt-lS})                                                            and 1 k            shore,        1,200. -      40 acr-es,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           cabin,        2,500.-:-::-tO    act' -S, cabin, $2.100.
                     bers of the Michigan Farm Bureau. This bargain                                                                                                                            23 LARGE. 'VF.l,T :\IARKED wt«-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       j
                                                                                                                                                                                           con in Holst in l.:J"pifer.. Due Jnrmarv                                                                             eE~ TRAL                 PPEIl      PENINSULA,
     is less than half our regular classified advertising rate.                                                                                                                            t hrouzh      Anr i].   ,ViIl n::\stl1re or ff>ed                                                               20 acres, cahin, highway U.S.-2, $8,000.                         FARM WORK WANTED
                                                                                                                                                                                           nntil Dec mh             15. .4.000. Rang'f;-                                                                   - 0 acr R, 7 rooms,                 % clear el, $3,!}OO.
                                                                                                                                                                                           'r.B. fref>. Hnmmon Fann. Sh rwood,                                                                             -40 acr s, 16'x32' cabin, sleeps 10,                           '\VANTJ, .•J>"",,\\'ol"k on cla lry farm.                       ny
                                                                                                                                                                                           Michigan.        (Branch        ounty)                                                                          furnished, . 3,400.-3 acres, 16'x32' cab-                  married              man. t hrve chf lrlren.                    "alIn
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    (11-1t-26p)
             Please send your classified before November 20 for our December 1                                                                                                                                                                                                                             in, 2.~00.                                                 rats. d and have hllli C'IJl1!-:1d                      r'ahle f' _
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               A~1'RUI               cor. "'l'¥.         0    acres,  PI r'ience with da.iry cat t le, IJavA had
            edition. Extra words over 25 at 5 cents each. Figures like $12.50 or                                                                                                                                                                                                                           str ea m, stat                hig-hway, :i'~.!)00. 40      up to 27 cows to a milking with SIll "'6
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           a res. 5 rooms and 2 car g-arag- , 10                      milker. ('harles 1'1.Brooks, 410 ha t
            1238, etc., count as one word. Some of ou classifications:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     acr s hardwood, 15.000 nla ntr-d nine.                     Willtams             St., OW() so, fie hi an.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           $7.000.-J60 acr('s i;imhprhnd .2.7;;0.-                                                                         (11-1 -34n)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY                                    ahin on pav ment, ,~.20().--1~0 acr'ex,
                                                               LIVESTOCK                                     .POULTRY                                                                                                                                                                                      10.000 planted pine .. ~.OOO.~O acres,
     BARN      EQUIPMENT           FARM     EQUIPMENT
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         H T BA D A. D WIFE want to r _ barn,                            ell. str am, 40 acres pine &
     BULBS                         FARM     MACHINERY          NURSERY              STOCK                     SWAPS                                                                                                                                 til'.      S lling w II established            • Tlnk ('enar, . :l.OOO.-80 acres, lh cleared,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           $2 :lOO.-40 acr .', 3 room', pI ctricity,
                                                               PLANTS                                         FOR          SALE                                                                                                                     ranch fully outnned and stocked with $2.:l00.
     FARM       FOR    SALE        FIELD    SEEDS                                                                                                                                                                                                   fine mink. .•Ioder n home. Ideallv lo-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    cated.       Aslo good furrier bustnoss.                   • T.   CE" "TRAL 1 PPER PENT..~SU-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Both r asonable.            Earl Sntts,       unica LA cutover 40 acr R, . 200.-RO acres
                                      HANDY ORDER BLANK                                                                                                                                                                                             R-l, ~Ii higan.         (Ottawa Countv)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           (It-lt-33p)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             250.-40
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             20 an acr .
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            acres,         500.-Timbf'r d land
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Som all cash,                Terms on       M:1e    as
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           low as 20% down. Terms on some for
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         BARNS                             JO% mol'              mon v,          f>org~. fik sell,    •.""""'''''t'''',...--,-.-,.--..,.----.......,..,-
     MICHIGAN          FARM    NEWS                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           harlevoix It-l, • liebig-an. Salearna.n
     P. O. Box 960                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       DArRY n 'R~S, 36xl~O-$:l.500 and -As. soctate L. R. Brown, Brokor.
                                                                         Date ...........................................................•                                                                                                          36x64-- 1 500. Hin roors. ~tef') roofing. Phone 62, Charlott,                                   ichigan.
     Lansing, Michigan                                                                                                                                                                                                   YO'lTR, CHRT T             Lester Hong-hten, P. O. Bo~ 661. Lan-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                         having        Emmon;'      flingo, Iichigan.          Phone Ivanhoe            9-
     Please    publish   my               ·      ·
                                                   word ad for ...............................•    times    starting           with       ~he                                             .Tewelry Fa hion Show partt s in                          0145.                                  (11-lt-20p)
                                                                                                                                                                                          your home. AIRo, j welry demon tr-a-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    A TED           J      . 1. 19511,married
                                                                                                                                                                                          tors wanted. Gail Ltndqutst, Bay City
                                                                                                                                                                                          R-3. ..lichigan. Phone TW -39998.                         Classified Ads                                         man, 25 to 35 years, amhitiou,                        lean
     December      1 edition.   I enclose   $              .                                                                                                                                                                       (10-2t-27p)           Put yourself in the reader's                      habits, to work on larg general farm.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              'ICe llent     of) rtunity tor man who
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    place. He wants an aecurate and
                      Cia siflcation:          .............................                                                                                                                          SEPTIC             TANKS                      complete description of what you
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    advertise. A description that
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           woul like to go ffirming for him 'elf
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           in a few years. This i~ a farm oner-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           atpd by fl'''·mf'rs. no factorv worker$(.
                                                                                                                                                                                               SEPTIC Tanks, Cesspools, toilets,                                                                           ,,If>Me. Modern house, xood school
                                                                                                                                                 J. CARROLL           BOTTU M, a88't       eleaned, deodorized without dip;ging,                    makes him want it. Quote a price                       and churches. ~"aP.'E'!'l And bonus. 'T'a1-
                                                                                                                                                                                           numpin,(l'. Circular free. Solvex. Mon-                  Your price may be most attrac-                         Iadav FArms, 6~1l" .Tniff! Rf>afl. MilAn
                                                                                                                                              head of the Dep't of Agr'l              co-  ticello 11, Iowa.                         (9-6t-14p)                                                            R-l, Michigan.                (Ta    ht naw ('onntv)
                                                                                                                                              nomics at Purdue University,           will                                                           tive and the one thing that stirs
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   (U -1t-2!)&~6n)
                                                                                                                                              sp ak to Far           Bur     u Services,         PLANTS and FLOWERS                                 him to action. He has to kno it
                                                                                                                                              Inc., and Farmers         Petroleum    Co-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    sometime, so why not tell him                                   E ARE J               EED of a good, reli-
                                                                                                                                                                                               ATTENTION!            AFRICAN VIOLET                 now?                                                   able man. mll.lTlfld er In.l(l, to even-
                                                                                                                                              operative,     Inc.,        ckholders    at  lover8. Have fun.             Get 10 freSh cut                                                                  tuallv takp chare-e or flO l10W hArrl of
                                                                                                                                              their   annual       meetings     at M8U     leaves for $1.10. Home                 grown        by                                                           hip'h     nrodlll';nll' 'Rpe-itpr d Hnl"t in .
                                                                                                                                                                                          hobby!. t. Send stamp for list.                   Mra.         The Atlantic and Pacific oceans                   n H.T.A. IV H.T.R. tp.<lting-.Dil'kpr"on's
                                                                                                                                              Nov. 26. Mr. Bottum will speak               Maxw II JenRen.               MilIln~ton,         R-2,                                                          Tn        IV Do'Wnq Fqrm. 'Rlonm;ng-dale,
                                                                                                                                                                                          MIchigan. (Tuscola. Oounty)                               may be seen from each of several
                                                                                                                                                t the evening dinner program.                                                                       mountain tops in Costa Rica.                           :Michigan. (""an Buren Countv'
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   (10·2t •.25p)                                                                                                        (11-~t-~!ln)
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                                                                                                                                                                      ay                        nerr Way                                                         1--.--..         Ta. es?
                                                                                  correct this situation so that edu- any losses created by the few that                   a fee of $3 plus a share of the real is an increase from about 13 mil-
                                                                   ember
                                                                                  cational costs may be spread more get by for a short while without
                                                                                  equitably."
                                                                                            ill Some Problems
                                                                                                                              paying the fee.
                                                                                                                                    Trailer on Private
                                                                                                                                                                           estate tax charged to him in his
                                                                                                                                                                           rents. How does this contribuion
                                                                                                                                                                           to school support compare with
                                                                                                                                                                           taxes paid by property owners in
                                                                                                                                                                                                                lion in 1925.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Michigan Farm Bureau is a
                                                                                                                                                                                                                supporter of the Adult Education
                                                                                                                                                                                                                Ass'n of Michigan. Many Farm
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             od rn for Easier Milking
                                                                                      In spite of the increase in the                            roperty                   your area?                           Bureau members are members of
                                                                                                                                                                                                                the Association. Our Community
             und Mat rial for Program in November by trailer                                   fee, some problems may
                                                                                  still rerr ain. A fee is a set amount,
                                                                                                                                   Some folks may wonder how                  3. Could further revisions be Farm Bureau program has been
                                                                                                                              taxes are to be gotten from trailer made in the trailer tax laws and recognized as one of the out-
             ommuni y Farm Bureau Discussion Groups fixed by law. Constantly rising                                           occupants on private lots-or on still have them fair to all? If so standing adult education efforts
                                                                                  costs bring frequent increases in           farm . Michigan tax laws cover what changes do you suggest?
                            DONALD D. KINSEY                                      millage rates for real estate                                                                                                 in the nation.
                                                                                                                              this situation quite definitely.
                  Coordinator of Education and Research                           owners. The fee would stay fix-             Section 211.2a reads:
     Ilous trailers or "mobil~ homes" are getting more
                                                                                  ed, unless changed by amend-
                                                                                  ments to match the rising costs.                'Trailer coaches, whil located
                                                                                  This is not an easy matter to ac- on land otherwi e assessable as
                                                                                                                                                                               ast Growth                       Hardy Develop Ne
                                                                                                                                                                                                                Trace-Mineral Salt
   opular and numerous all the time. Perhaps it's hard                                                                                                                                                              Development of a new Trace
to k p pace with the population growth in building new
hous s. More likely most of the trailer dwellers go into
                                                                                  complish.                                   r al property under this act, when
                                                                                       The fixed fee also has another such are used as habitations and
                                                                                                                              whether or not permanently af-
                                                                                                                                                                               or Adult                         Mineral Salt-Phenothiazine mix-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                ture - for control of internal
                                                                                  v:reakness. It is. the s~me for a fixed to the soil, shall be deemed                                                          parasites in cattle and sheep-
a trailer home because it is easier on the pocketbook than
purchasing a house.
                                                                                  SImple home-b.Ullt trailer home to be real property and shall be
                                                                                  that m~y. be Iittle more than a I assessed as part of the real pro-
                                                                                  box as It ISfor an elaborate house perty upon which they are
                                                                                                                                                                           E ucation                  J
                                                                                                                                                                                                                and which is guaranteed to be
                                                                                                                                                                                                                highly palatable to these animals
                                                                                                                                                                                                                -has      been announced by the
                                                                                  coach that may have cost $7,000or located"                                                          DAN E. REED
                                                                                                                                                                                                                Hardy Salt Company of St. Louis.
     Michigan has many varieties of trailer camps and parks.                      $8,000.. No considera~ion .of the               Thus: wheels on, or wheels off,            Asso. Legislative Counsel. MFB     This new Hardy produc1-called
Some see families come and go constantly. Others be-                              v.aluab0!1 of t~e trailer IS con- the trailer is assessed along with                                                          Hardy Saltrazine -             is Hardy
come permanent residence locations for families in the
                                                                                  sidered In the fixed fee.                   the real estate in such cases. If
                                                                                                                                                                              "Although certain other coun-
                                                                                                                                                                           tries caught the vision" many        Trace Mineral Salt with the addi-                                               wilh
                                                                                       In fairness to trailer residents, the family living in such a trailer               years earlier, recent growth of      tion of Phenothiazine and a pala-
  ommunity. The latter type of trailer park is getting to                         it should be pointed out that there is to pay the taxes the landowner                    adult education in the U.S. has
                                                                                                                                                                           been dramatic says the second re-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                tizing agent.                                                                   MILKING
b v ry common around our industrial centers.                                      are areas where property assess- will have to pass the charges
                                                                                                                                                                           port of President Eisenhower's
     Sinc trailer residents can almost literally "pick up
                                                                                  ments are so low that trailer own- along from his tax bill. He will
                                                                                  ers are paying more than property have to know how much the trail-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                   It's a fact that carelessness adds
                                                                                                                                                                           Committee on Education Beyond to the cares of life.                                                                  SYSTEMS
                                                                                  owners for school support.                  er added to his assessment.                  the High School.
their beds and walk," it is hard to pin down facts about
                                                                                                                                 Tax assessors often have a prob-             The Adult Education Associa-       MICHIGAN            FARM         NEWS      Available in parlor or stanchion types
  uch populations. The Michigan Department of Health,                                    Trailer Uncertainty                  lem in deciding how m;uch a trail-           tion of Michigan is advocating       6                 November       1, 1957
                                                                                      Taxing trailers often pres nts          er on private property may be                three steps in an open letter to
which inspects licensed trailer parks, reports 370 such                           some problems that are hard to              lived in before it is to be classed          the President's Committee:           Is Your Barn Wet                             Milking the Universal way IS the answer to
p rks. In 1956 the population in these parks was some-                            pin down. Trailers shift camp al-           as a dwelling or as a vacation
where around 50,000 people. This figure has been dou-
                                                                                  most at will .. This makes it easy          vehicle. It can be a hard thing to              1. That a proposed White          on Cold Days •• Muggy                        increased production .          better milk quality
                                                                                  to work any loopholes that may              check on.                                    House type national conference
                                                                                  exist in the law.                                                                        on adult education be held, but      on Warm Day?                                 and easier., faster milking with reduced labor
   led in the last eight years.
                                                                                       A trailer may be shifted from                   Vacation Trailers                   that it start with local, state and                                               cost. For over 40 years Universal has pro-
     Today one person in every 150 of our Michigan popu-                          park to park, or from lot to lot                Hundreds of house trailers in            regional meetings first, following
                                                                                  and possibly escape the monthly             Michigan are used only for va-               the pattern of the White House                                                    duced milking systems that provide the ut-
 I tion lives in a trailer home. This is not a high per-                                                                       cation trips, hunting or fishing            Conference on Education.
                                                                                  fee. With large trailers, this                                                                                                                                             most in service and quality.
    ntage of our people.                                                           would not be very practical. It            trips-or to take to Florida when                2. That provision be made for
                                                                                   would cost more to move them               rheumatism begins to stiffen the             a continuous follow-up on prob-
     The Basis of Protest. Difficulties arise, however, be..                       than to pay the fee. But the                joints.                                     lems in adult education.
   ause the trailer communities concentrate in definite areas                      switching of lot numbers occa-                  Such trailers pay only such fees           3. That a study be made by an                                                  Stalls are available for. all types of
                                                                                   sionally could provide a dodge              and taxes as are required for the            independent foundation of edu-          Then it's time to ventilate with
 around industries. Trailer occupants work in the cities,                                                                      license which permits them the               cational programs in business and AEROVENT VENTI-PAK - the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               milk parlors.
                                                                                   that would have to be watched by
                                                                                   local officials.                            use of the roads, or personal pro-           industry.                           ventilating system that automatic-
   ut live in the suburban and rural districts. Suburban                                                                       perty taxes that would be as-                                                    ally keeps the air just right ...
 and rural schools get their children as pupils.                                       Under the law. the operator of sessed against anything other                           President C. J. McLanahan of fresh, dry, and sweets smelling.                  See your local Farm Bureau Dealer
                                                                                   a trailer park does not have to than real estate.                                        Detroit says the Adult Education Let us tell you about it. Write
     Local residents often protest that the trailer dwellers                       pay the monthly fee on the space                                                         Association of Michigan will today.
 add to the needs for community services, such as-sew-                             occupied by a trailer accompan-                        Problem Differ                    spend much of the next year con- AEROVENT FAN & EQUIPMENT
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            DAIRY DEPARTMENT
                                                                                   ied by a car having out-of-state                             Locally                     sidering goals for adult education     -           Incorporated
 age disposal, roads, fire and police, etc., without con-                          license plates for a period of 90               It would take a concentration of         here.                                         Agricultural   Division
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Farm Bureau Services, Inc.'
                                                                                   days (during any 12 month per- trailer homes to create a serious                           It is estimated that 50 million         3247 S. Pennsylvania        Ave.
 tributing a proper share to the support of such services.                         iod). Occupants of such trailers problem for a communiy. A                               people participated in programs                 P.O. Box 9007                                     P. O. Box 960, Lansing
 In some areas this leaves the added tax burdens to fall                           are classed as "tourists or va- proper sharing of the tax load by                        of adult education in 1955, which              Lansing, Michigan
                                                                                   cationers" .                                such residents would call for a
 more heavily upon the owners of fixed property or real                                 If the occupants take a job or study of the tax situation within
 estate.                                                                           carryon any business operations, the area or community.
    Fact about Taxa Ion
                                .      I                                           however, they are supposed to
                                         ation are increasing the tax pay the regular fee. Such oper-                              A few communities have car-
                                         burden on general property to ations might be easily "masked". ried through such tax surveys in
             of Trailer                  such an extent that additional Not many such people would be Michigan. The answers they find
                                                                                                                                would not necessarily fit other
    Before we condemn the trailer        sources of revenue must be found. creating a permanent school pro- communities.
 dwell rs on this count, let's look         "The proportion of the present blem, of course.
 at what they do pay.                    tax on house trailers going to
                                                                                        The law should not discourage                         Questions
    It is tru that trailer camps are     schools ($1.50 of the $2.50 per                                                            1.  What    are the weaknesses of
 often "bedroom communities't-e-         month license fee) does not begin tourists from coming to Michigan. a fee that is fixed by law in
 workers sleep .there, but dri      to   to cover the operating costs of            If     we    plug   the   loophole   too
                                                                                                                                meeting the needs for public ser-
 the city for their jobs. The cities     educating the children that come tightly, we could lose the revenue
                                                                                                                                vices, such as schools, roads, etc?
 where they work enjoy high tax          from trailer camps. We urge the they bring to our state. This re-                         2. The trailer occupant now pays
 incomes from the industries.            Legislature to amend this act to           venue      may    help  to  balance   off
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    Some communities wh re the
                                                                                                                                                              •
                                               Don't miss he ev mber argaln
trailers concentrate have little tax
 support from industries, but have
to provide the services to the
residents. This can be a serious
handicap.
    Until the Legislative session of
1957, owners of licensed trailer
parks were required to pay only
$2.50 per month for each trailer
                                               at your local Farm Bureau ealer!
bing lived in on their lots.
    This was, of course, in addition
                                                                    All merchandise is of first quality. There                 are no sec-
to the regular real estate taxes on.                               onds of any type. Take advantage of these                     low prices
the land. The real estate taxes
were also charged back to trailer                                  and get the equipment you need NOW!                          Remember
occupants as part of their rents,                                  that these November bargains are fin ished                    at closing
along with the $2.50 per month
fee.                                                               time, Saturday,          November       30th!
   These fees are paid to the treas-
surer of the municipality where
th trailer park is located. Parks
                                                                                "U 100" GRAI                         OOOP
are to b checked for accuracy by               Looked at your grain scoop lately?                    Better pick                            REO. $8.25
                                                                                                                              $77
the treasurer of the municipality,
or his designated official.                   this one up now. Blade is 15Y4 x 19% inches,
    Out of this $2.50 monthly fee,
$1.50was given to the local school
  chool district. Fifty cents went to
  he county treasurer, and the
                                               high carbon heat treated steel. Steel l-beam re-
                                               inforced.     You can't beat it.                                                                                                   Thinking ·Ah ad • •                                                                •
1 cal government kept the re-
maining fifty cents. .                                                                                                                                                               How many years have passed since you were                              Builds A College Fund. An education, guar-
   Summing it up. this meant that
  ach permanently situated trailer                   Reg. $2.45 African Bas PUSH BROOM, 1 in•.... $1.95                                                                           a child of nine or ten? If your dad had started an
                                                                                                                                                                                  Insured Savings Plan on your life then or at a
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         anteed in advance, assures your child this great
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         stride toward success.
  amily contributed $18 a year to-
   ard school support, $6 toward                                                                                                                                                  younger age, it might now be fully paid up .••
county government, and $6 to                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Helps Buy A Home. For most young couples,
1 cal government programs. Add-                                                                                                                                                   or you would have its protection at a bargain-
  d to this would be a share of the           "UNICO" SNOW or                                                "UNICO" DAIRY                                                                                                                               the greatest obstacle to home ownership is the
                                                                                                                                                                                  about half the cost of a similar plan on your life
ts x on the land that is charged                                                                                                                                                                                                                         down payment.
back in rents.                               BARN "PUSHER"                                                   BARN SCOOP                                                           today. Some of the practical advantages of start-
          Incre      ed in 1 57                                                                                                                                                   ing an Insured Savings Plan on your children are:                         Lifelong Security. If not used otherwise, their
   Communities with c r 0 w d-                       Regularly
                                                                        $                                        Regularly
                                                                                                                                      $                                              A Low Rate. Guaranteed low rate during the                          fund keeps growing and can be used for any op-
  d school conditions and pressing
building problems declared that
$1.50 per month toward schools
   as not enough from the trailer
                                                        $2.67
                                                                              •                                     $4.95
                                                                                                                                                 •                                entire life of the Insured Savings Plan.                               portunity or emergency that life brings.
                                              It won't   be long now before you'll         be clean-         Anytime   you can save yourself          a dollar    these              Guarantees Insurability.             Insurability can be               Let your Farm Bureau Life agent show you
homes.
                                             ing the walks.       16 gauge steel, 4 foot handle,             days, It will   pay you 'to       do so •••      even     if.
                                                                                                                                                                                  lost by waiting too long. Physical disability or a                     how you can give your child all these advantages
   In some townships in Michigan              blade size Is 16 Inches by 7 Inches.          If you're        It means buying       a new barn        scoop.    If   It is
a much as 5% of the population                                                                                                                                                   .hazardous occupation could prevent your child                          through a Farm Bureau Life Savings Plan. See
                                              like  us, you won't    like the Idea of having        to       made   by   Unico     you're     really   getting     your
are trailer dwellers, most of them                                                                                                                                                from obtaining a plan of this type later on.                           him soon. He'll be' pleased to serve you.
  n l' nted lots. Where this is true,         buy one BUT       it will   make snow       removal    a       buck's  worth.    This      scoop Is open back, and
it was the issue that other real             whale    of  a lot   easier.                                    has a 10 x 15~     inch blade.
   tat was catching the brunt of
the ta load. There was a deficit
from trailer homes that others                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     ~here's a Farm Bureau insurance rep-
h d to make up.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    resentative nearby to serve you. Ask
        a r ult of tpese complaints,                      quart capacity "U                       0 " FEED SOO                         .               1.2                                                                                                         any Farm Bureau office how to reach
the 19 7 Legislature amended the                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   him for information about life. auto.
la . Th monthl          trailer home                                                                                                                                                                                                                               fire. and farm liability protection.
f     increa ed to 3.00.Two dollars                                                                                                                                               AS   A FARM       BUREAU      MEMBER         ••
of thi must be paid to the school
di hi t . Th oth l' dollar is eft
    b di id d a befor .
                                                                        Always look for this emblem when you're purchasing your farm
                                                                        supply items • • • it is your guide to quality coupled with
                                                                                                                                                                               .. ;,tJ dOOD 8~
                                                                        economy.                                                                                                     ~d78~
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