arm ews : - • c"o. --st lto"o'te _~.... ,,\1.~ ~1 . ~~\J"'_-:; .. t!\S &1. ~i."o-r~~ . -------------------------------------------------------------------------------~ \ ?e-ri.oO.i.C 9i.~. -- Vol. 41, No. 5 41st Year May I, 1963 Published Monthly ~t ~an Farm 'Bureau Wheat Controls Can. Bring Licensed rar~s .... "l\fanaged News" Practiced COUllty Supply- Managemen t By Dept. of Agriculture News Notes , Is the Basic Issue Tax Funds Used to Influence Wheat Vote About Farm Bureau Less dramatic perhaps than the "managed news" May 21 Set for National Referendum People and Places fiasco of the Cuban Invasion but with more long-run Congress Closely Watches Outcome national implications, are current attempts by the OCEANA COUNTY Government planners are hard at work behind the federal government to manage farm news toward a Oceana County Farm Bu- scenes in the national wheat referendum set for May "yes" vote in the May 21 wheat referendum. reau's second annual "Cherr)Oo 21. Dairy" Festival will be held Thousands of n'ews releases, wheat certificate scheme would Thursday, June 27 in the new written, printed and mailed at give too much power to the Hart High School auditorium. According to Dr. Willard Cochrane, mastermind of taxpayer expense are currently Secretary of Agriculture. Ac- Mr. and Mrs. Donald Hawley the scheme and "Director of Agricultural Economics" aimed at every new~paper in cording to the' Journal, the of Shelby are co-chairman of the country. "These releases question farmers must decide this year's festival. to the United States D~partme!lt of Agriculture, the make up the bulk of the farm May 21, is whether to take a wheat scheme is the forerunner of similar controls for 'news' that I get," reports one bad deal with an attractive SAGINAW COUNTY Michigan farm editor. "price or vote it down and ask all agricultural commodities. Congress for something rea- The "Ice Breakers" Com- COMMODITY APPROACH The delegates ~Iave recom- Filmed and taped broadcast sonable to live with. munity Farm Bureau Group of mended an extensive cropland material from the United Saginaw County, held a free- In public statemen.s Coch- retirement program on a vol- States Department of Agri- Successful Farming magazine rane has expiained "By supply- is bothered by what editor will collection with proceeds untary basis, with land being culture, which formerly was designated for the Saginaw control I m€an the conscious ottered on a bid basis to the made up of research reports Richard Hanson calls "The adjustment of supply to de- County Society for Crippled U.S.D.A. and with compensa- and similar educational mater- massive amounts of y~ur mand, commodity-by-commod- money and mine being used by Children and Adults. The usual tion based on the bid accept- ial have become' so loaded 100% cooperation and gener- ity, year after year, to yield ance. 'there would be no land with propaganda that most rep- the Secretary of Agriculture to prices in the market THAT get you to vote 'yes' in the new osity of. the group rletted the retirement contract for less utable broadcasters refuse to Society $72. DAIRY PRINCESS CONTESTANT SELECTED HAVE ALREADY BEEN DE- than three years, and whole use them. All tell of the program." He adds: "In a refer- TERMINED FAIR BY SOME endum, - a democratic proce- farms or parts of farms could "good" to come if farmers vote OSCEOLA COUNTY DAIRY PRINCESS.-17 -year-old Delores Becker. daughter of Mr. and RESPONSIBLE AGENCY... " be eligible. There should be for the wheat controls, and of dure where citizens ar~ given JACKSON Mrs. Harold Becker. of Evart. receives her cr own frem Elmer McLachlan. (center) Dairy Ban- an opportunity to tell their In other statements, Dr. plemlulus for tlle retirement supposed lower farm incomes quet Chairman. Miss Becker is symbolic of t he nearly 40 county winners in the state-wide of whole farms where such are if it fails. government what they want A loyal member has been lost Cochrane has stated that after with the J: assing of Frank Princess contest. and will compete in Lansing at the Michigan event. May 27-28. Representing a few commodities have 'adopt- oUered. Land under such a that government to do, - the These brazen attempts to government shouldn't so blat- Trull, Grass Lake. He served the Osceola Counly Farm Bureau is county pre sident. Robert Eggle, ed supply control, others will program should be in addItion propagandize the electorate, antly threaten and propagand- unselfishly as an outstanding be forced in. He has explained to land normally left idle or have caused the Detroit Free ize voters to get what it wants." volunteer worker. that food needs of the total allowed where less than the Press to hit back. To those who shrug off such misuse of gov- Farm and Ranch, a militant farm magazme of the south, KALAMAZOO Outstanding A.D.A. Princess Event, nation should be worked out in t'erms of "T.D.N." - Total Digestible Nutrients, and that whole farm is involved. Grass or other cover would be requir- ed, and weeds kept down. None ernment power as something which has always been with us, the editors write: "Recourse to this defense is rather like says "Secretary Freeman is using all the power he has and some he's never been given, to Alan Early, SOil of l\lr. and Mrs. Robert E. Early, members Farmers Have Other Promotions Set every farm should be assigned its quota of these. of this land shOUldbe harvest- ed or grazed ll.uring its retir~- mcnt. influence the vote." of the Kalamazoo county Farm ,Viewed against the backdrop State Contest to be May 27-~8 contending that since medical records have always recognized the existence of a disease, there The "New England Home- stead" magazIne of Massachus- Bureau, has been honored for his scholastic abilities. lie re- ceived the Colleg~ of Agricul- Been Selected The search for the new 1963 Michigan Dairy of such control plans for American farmers, the wheat Rental payments could be in cash or "In kind" at the choice of the farmer. But grain' re- is no reason to become upset referendum May 21 takes on ettes, reports that if wheat ture's academic award, pre- Princess is well underway throughout the state, much greater significance. It leased as payments in kind over an epidemic of it." farmers vote in favor of the -sented by the Michigan Farm Shuman is Speaker WOUld be valued at not less will flash eitner a red or green control program it will open a Bureau and based on main- Four young farmers, -all ~ according to officials of the American Dairy As- light to Congress, now 'closely than 115% of the going support OTHER EDITORS WRITE Pandora's box and "Spill evils taining a near aH-A average price for that grain. under 36 years of age, -whose )0 sociation of Michigan. watching to see how farmers of this pro~am Into other com- (3.7 out of a possib1e 4.0) dur- personal achievements dem- react. Land on the rest of the 'farm Farm Journal, the largest modities such as milk, corn, ing the llast four years, mean- onstrate clearly that farming About forty county contestants are expected general farm magazine, editor- could be used as desired by the feed grains, and almost an~ while taking an active part in can be a satisfying and re- FARM BUREAU'S PROGRAM ially states that the two-price in the exciting Princess finals, to be held at Kellogg operator except for acreage al- other crop .one can mention.. ." student affairs. warding occupation, were nam- lotments under any special ed America's Four Outstanding Center, Michigan State University, East Lansing, May Farm Bureau opposes this program. Young Farmers for 1962by the stupendous far m control U.S. Jr. Chamber of Commerce 27-28. A number of new counties ale participating scheme, while at the saine time Farm Burl:au delegates rec- and the National LP-Gas backing a program to return ommend that premlUms and for the first time in recent years, including Alpena, discounts be used in wheat Council at an awards banquet the management rights of the at Tulsa, Okla.• April 9. I Emmet, Iosco and Lenawee. farmer and expand his op- loans to reflect supply and de- were authorized. portunity to earn a favorable mand conditions' for milling The awards were announced CIIANGE IN SCHEDULE Following a special promo- income in the market place. and baking quality wheats. after the group had been ad- Instead of the usual week- tion campaign last fall a mar- Farm Bureau delegates felt Government wheat programs dressed by Charles Shuman, end event, the contest this ket research study revealed that any scheme to limit the in the past have led to upsets in President of the American year will be held on Monday that not only wc.:re teenage .farmer's right to produce and production and in pricmg re- Farm Bureau Federation. and Tuesday, with the "Prin- girls a responsive market for to sell, can never bring such an 1ationships among wheat vari- cess Banquet" scheduled for milk, but they developed a opportunity to farmers on ~ eties. Also, our wheat exports Named were: long-term basis. Tuesday night, May 28. Ear- more favorable image toward have been eildangercd by arti- Robert L. Alcott, 35, Wor- lier, the princess candidates milk from advertising directed These delegates drafted their ficial pricing arrangements, land, Wyoming, who in 11 will have spent nearly two to them through newspapers, plan for wheat and feed grains making it necessary to employ years swelled his original 90- days in interviews with con- magazines. television and radio. before the present certificate costly export subsidies to mov~ acre farm into 560 acres and test judges. Frank Neu, director of the scheme was put through Con- the wheat abroad. pioneered building concrete ir- gress last year. Banquet ,tickets are avail- American Dairy Association's When farmers reject the rigation ditches in his area. able to the interested public at public relations department, wheat proposal on !\lay 21, they Farm Bureau recognizes that Wayne D. Brown, 35, Hast- $3.00 each, with reservations told delegates that the goal of can plant as they please on it will be nec(:ssary,for farmers ings, Minnesota, who purchased to be made through the A.D.A. the department was to en- land not retired without first to make adjustments in their the farm he once rented after of Michigan, at 3000 Vine hance the high level of confi- getting permission from some- production both to reduce the increasing production from his Street, Lansing. den c e the American peo- one at the A.S.C.S. office. surpluses and to bring market three-phase operation in dairy, ple have in dairy foods, the in- price stabHization. It. also l\lembers are working active- fruit and poultry. 23RD ANNUAL MEETING dustry, and thc.ir organization. recognizes that government can ly to inform wheat growers oi In recent action by delegates aid in this adjustment. these real issUes. James T. !\loss, 35, Youngs- attending the 23rd annual "Through the distributlon of ville, North Carolina, who in- meeting of the American Dairy our four motion pictures," he creased crop production and Association in Chicago, the na- said, "and through our highly HURON CHARTER GROUP CELEBRATES ANNIVERSARY raised the average weight of specialized public relations ad- tional princess contest will be CHARTER MEMBERS,-of the Pioneer Farm Bureau Community Group of central Huron county are shown at the observance of its twenty-fifth anniversary at a recent dinner.meeting. They are (lef! to right): Mr, and Mrs. William J. McCarty. Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Crumbac:k. Mr. and Mrs. Ray English and Mr. and Mrs. George Southworth. Two members. Mrs. Crumback his calves from 390 to 500 pounds despite four years of drought and a hail storm that wiped out all crops. I changed from September, as at present, to become part of the June Dairy Month promotion of 1964. vertising campaign the Amer- ican Dairy Association will be delivering carefully targeted messages to millions of people in 1963." IT COULD BE A and Wm. McCarty are pas! 'County Farm Bureau Secretaries. Today. Huron county has 61 Com- munity Groups. largest total of any county in Michigan. , MONTCALM Eldon C. Weber, 32, Geneso, Illinois, who began grow- ing C h r i s t m a ~ trees on the family farm he manages. The trees now account for ing Chelsea, Attending the national meet- American Dairy Association' of was president Herman Koenn, of the This 'year's program is con- centrating on weight control and the role that dairy 'foods play in developing sensible ap- LONG F. B. Backs Extension Funds TRAIN Michigan. proaches to reducing weight about half of the annual in- Deahna Jorgenson of Lake- come and today the farm pro- He reported the following or maintaining weight, at a view, bas been named Mont- duces a better living for two significant actions: healthful level. calm Dairy Princess. Her Farmers Deeply Concerned by Cuts court includes runners up, Avis families than it originally did The Ozzie and Harriet ABC- The association re-elected for one.. ToVnetwork show has met with President W. J. Hitz, Iowa For two months l\fichigan Wilson and Virginia Plath, Bureau policy statements call- bo'th of Sheridan. such fine acclaim that the con- dairy farmer and Vice Presi- farmers have been engaged in All four national winners ing for new research findings tract has been renewed for an- dent Troy Kern, Texas dairy a running battle to prevent are members of their respec- to be brought to the prompt OCEANA other year, September 1963 farmer, for another 2-year drastic slashes in funds for Co- tive state Farm Bureaus. attention of state - farmers. through June 1964. term each. Eldon Corbett, Cole- operative Agricultural Exten- The Oceana County Farm brook, New Hampshire, was "This can be done to the best Michigan was represented in sion and Experiment Station ,;Bureau is sponsoring the an- Six new research projects to elected to the executive com- advantage through the Cooper- the competition by Robert work. nual 4-H Leaders Banquet, develop new dairy products mittee as a member-at-large. ative Extension Servfce," the Thursday, M,IY 2, in the Hart Zeeb of Bath Township, who Earlier in the year, Gover- policy resolution Ciffirms. Congregational Church at 7:30 was recently honored in a con- ~lIIlll1l1l11lll1l11l1iilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll:lIll1l1ll11lllll:llIlIllIlIIlI111111111.11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111,111111111111111111'" nor Romney had recommend- p.m. current resolution in the Mich- ed an increase in funds for igan Legislature. The resolu- these important services. In March, the Senate Appropria- OFF AGAIN, ON AGAIN In mid-April, after stormy WASHTENAW "Ours is a free voluntary tion read, in part, "Resolved by the House of Representa- tives (the Senate concurring) Farm Nelvs to Chang~ tions Committee lumped the hearings, the House Ways and organization, and we are cap- that the Members of the Mich- Beginning with the June issue, the FARM two funds and reduced the total Means Committee again shifted able of mastrrminding our own igan Legislature extend their by $386,396. This amount was the monies to restore the cuts, agricultural program. Please NEWS will be printed In a modernized tabloid sin c ere congratulations to $200,000less than money grant- granting each servi~e an join with me in an all-out ef- Robert Zeeb for his outstand- format. ed the Extension Service and amount equal to that which it fort to defeat this wheat pro- ing achievements." Experiment Station for operat- received for the current year. posal. .. " reports county ing in the current years. president, Bob Tefft, in an The resolution also extends The change was approved by the Michigan Farm Just prior to press-time, the open letter to his. membership congratulations to Robert's Farm Bureau members were Senate, by a vote of 16 to 16, about the May 21 wheat refer- wife, Virginia, "Whereas, as is Bureau board of directors in a recent meeting. The quick to let their Senator,; refused to agree with the endum. so often stated, 'Behind each know how they felt. Further, House action and farmers are board also approved a change to the "photo-offset" successful man is a caring and that although the work of both waiting to see what the results NORTHWEST MICIUGAN loving wife,' and in Robert method of printing "with full color available" to the Experiment Station and of a House-Senate conference Officers and Information Zeeb's case there is no excep- Whea. NO Extension Services were pri- will be. The bill, S 1380, car- Committee members of District tion, for Virginia Zeeb, wife adv~rtisers and others. The tabloid pages will be marily agricultural. their bene- ries appropriations for l\lich- 9 met in Manton recently to of Robert, and the mother of approximately half the size of the present sheet, fits accrue to all Michigan citi- igan's institutions of higher check the possibility of print- three children, shares each in zens. Backing them were Farm learning and other educational liervices. ing a "district-wide" monthly Farm Bureau paper. operating the various phases of the Zeeb operations .. ," with double the number of pages. Con..rols TWO MICHIGAN FARM NEWS EDITORIAL The Commies Have Outdone Us Again TO THE EDITOR: in It I~ not OUr" l1:-:ual ])ractiee to vit.\\, of n recent ca:jc, resultIng President's Column In huge financial loss, I felt an Sowillg a. Good Farlll Future write articles on animal h..alth, but article that might pre\'ent a repeti- tion b, In order. Dignity of the Individua.l Dr. "-lIllam Ball, Springtime planting plans should include a good Yeterlnnrlnn ~Iarne, :'lIchlgan We are faced with difficult times. crop of farm public relations. DEATH IN THE SILO The solution of each major crisis Farmers should plant, and carefully cultivate, Every year at this time up to now, has preserved the unity the seeds of mutual respect, helpful kindness and .farmers are confronted with of our group of states, and along the problem of moldy, and neighborly feelings. otherwise spoiled ensilage. with.it has been preserved the basic The harvest will be understanding. Ensilage is normally considered a good food for cattle. philosophy that the individual is As a tiny minority of the population, farm Walter Wightman Food, according to the dic- important. businessmen have everything to gain by letting tionary, is anything which pro- This is one of the basic principles taught by others know that they are really no different from vides nourishment and en~bles living things to continue 'ful- Christ _ the importance of the individual. He was other kinds of business people. In fact, how well filling life functions. Sub- always talking to individuals. You remember he stances which prevent life fun- farmers do in the futufe depends increasingly on ctions are called poisons. The di- was talking.to.P-eter and.asked him, "Whom do.men this understanding. viding line between poison and say that I am?" But then he put the C!uestion to food is often very faint. Ensil- Farm voting power is dwindling. It is smaller age and other food substances, Peter himself. "But whom say ye that I am 1" This now than that of many other industries, -many when allowed to be altered by weather and other factors, can was the important thing. ethnic groups. The "farm" vote is smaller than the become dangerous and power- ful poisons. We recently heard a speaker say, "After the "negro" vote. Other groups will only grow larger, divinity of God, nothing is so sacred as the dignity but the farm vote will become less. A dairyman in north Ottawa County lost six yearling heifers of man." Fortunately, food fights on the fa"rmer's side. at an estimated value of $1,000 because of his failure to realize The basic philosophy of some people in the Food in such quantities and of such quality that the danger of these poisons. President's Cabinet, and particularly the Secretary the world stares in disbelief. Respect for the ability Once these poisons get into an animal there is very little a of Agriculture and his chief advisors, (and this in- to produce this abundance adds to the farmer's veterinarian can do to remove 6-19 cludes some of the President's chief economic ad- prestige. them. -The Chicago Daily Drovers Journal visors) is that the American citizens do not know Food is a personal thing. Nothing IS more On the subject ,)f moldy feed, Dr. E. A. WO!!lffer, in a veter- how to take care of themselves. They have said personal than hunger. Those who would tamper with the food supply Russian "Supply-Management" Fails inary column states, an excellent example of where the only treatment "This is is care and so in just so many words. They must 'be looked after by an all-powerful governmental system of are more to be feared than all arIl1ies or super- cautiQn by the herd owner to / Khrushchev Deposes Agricultural Minister Low product~on of meat, prevent mold poisoning from bureaucratic planners. This is an insult to the dignity weapons combined. He who controls the power of high meat prices, low per occurring." Anyone suspecting of every American citizen. food, controls the world. "YOU'RE OUT!" -cried the u~pire. He was capita meat consumption, and these poisons in their silo class distinction .il distribution "Enlightened self interest" is the key phrase for used to making that call, .. he had reached the same are all facets of the "planned" should proceed with extreme They say we must have a "managed" economy. caution. Testing ensilage, by America's farm future. To the extent that others decision three times in the last five years. agricultural program in Rus- feeding small amounts to easily This is an insult to the dignity of American sia. That's what happens in observable animals, is highly business leadership. It is an insult to, the dignity understand and support the beliefs vf agriculture, The umpire was Nikita Khrushchev. The "player" any game when the planners recommended. write the rules, keep the score, of American agricultui~l leadership and to the will they prevail. . -Agricultural Minister, Konstantin Georgiyevich and act as umpire. With this year's severely cold Nearly everyone understands this, but few do winter, the problem is acutely individual farmer. Pysin. The "game" - Russian agriculture. Pysin MORE COIUPARISONS increased. Oscar Anderson, much about it. struck out in much the same manner as his prede- Manager of the 'Coopersville Most of us older people can remember when it Compared to the finest ex- "How many farmers are members of civic clubs cessors. All failed to produce the greater quantity of ample of socialism our free Co-op Elevator, has reported was considered an affront to family pride if one of farmers produce approximate- several farmers complaining, of such as Rotary, Kiwanis, Lions, Optimists, Civitan? food demanded. spring diarrheas and resulting the family a~cepted Welfare benefits. We took care ly 80% more food on ~ fewer loss of mi'lk production. Many of our older folks,. regardless. \Vhy not? These people are community leaders." population is larger (over acres, with only about ~ of the of these complaints maybe THEY SEEK OUR SECRET 250,000,000 compared to our number of people working at Such questions ar~ raised by one of Michigan's best 187,000,000) naturally there is farming. traced directly to the feeding Now, -it is not uncommon to see cases where Pysin tried. He tried hard. He of spoiled foodstuffs. farm public relations salesmen, Orville "Shorty" even made a trip to the United less meat available per person. In Russia about 45% of the " people would rather accept Welfare support than States seeking the answer to available labor force is needed The housewife checks her Walker. HORSElUEAT HAi\IBURGER? canned goods for unsealed lids work at certain jobs. It is not uncommon to see Russian farm failures that hap- on their 501,000,000 cultivated Now a Marketing Agent for the Cooperative pened even in the "virgin" In frantic attempts to in. acres, while we employ l;mly which predispose family food people wearing fur coats and driving big cars, pick farm lands of the Kazakhstan crease meat production, Khru- about 8% to work our 329,000,- poisoning. The farmer should Extension Service, \Valker is a former District region, once expected to be the check ,his silo' for alterations up surplus food at distribution" centers for their shchev has extolled the virtUe<> 000 cultivated acreage. The Governor of Rotary International. He feels that answer to Russia's growing of horse meat as human food. average collective farm of 68,- and poisonous products which parents. food problem. He argues that the horse is 000 acres in Russia has 'some • will cause animal feod poison- the Rotary motto of "service before self" also ap- properly a dual-purpose ani- 386 families involved. In the ing. In all situations, it is eas- To quote from Congressman Edward Hutchinson, But even in this country of ier to bury bad feed than it. is plies to agriculture and that farm leaders should mal, that the meat is tasty and U.S. the average farm is about "It is more honorable to be on welfare than to work free enterprise he couldn't to bury your livestock. highly nutritious. ' 410 acres and' is family owned mix and take active part with the other leaders of "see" what he saw. The forest W.E. _•.and, opera ted. nowadays. " hid the trees .•. the harvest More recently fie has called each community found in such clubs. hid the seed. for active productIOn of camel Our average American farm- The dignity of the individual is being destroyed. Walker praises the Farm-City Week project of Kiwanis International as an object-lesson in farm But even if he had been able to "see" he could not believe; he would not be allowed to milk, stating that even a work- ing camel may be used for such production. Most Russians er feeds 27 other people, while in Russia one farmer is able to feed only fOllr or five. It costs Newspapers Pride of accomplishment is lacking._ , Farmers have ample proof that government consider camel milk "stringy" us less, too. We spend only 20% public relations. He suggests that every service club should plan "at least four farm ?rograms each believe. He failed to recognize the American ardship farmer's of the soil" ... "stew- his by bovine standa!"ds, idea has not caught on to any and the of our take-home pay for food, while it costs a Russian 50% to Sho,v Concern can't solve individual problems. They have been trying for over 30 years and farmers find them- sense of responsibility toward great degree. set the table .. Comments by Michigan year," -pointing out that there no longer are true the upkeep of his land. So he newspapers indicate a growing selves in a worse mess than ever before. "farm problems" rather that farm problems are city to0!5- our "better" seed, and concern over the principle of our mechanical ideas back to U.S.A. Production Versus The U.S.S.R. forced labor union member- On the other hand, we have sufficient proof that problems too. Russia's matchless soil, but he ship: farmers can take care of themselves. Hundreds of "But just joining is 'not enough," asserts J. left behind him belief in God,' freedom to plant, to plan, and Meat is only one example ... "one inning in the " ... To prohibit a man thousands are doing it. They built the most ef- Delbert Wells, head of the Family Program Division to be boss of a farm bought from accepting employment be- with the sweat of the brow. game." According to U.S. Department of Agricul- cause he does riot belong to a ficient ag:-icultural production program we have of the Michigan Farm Bureau. "Working together union is, in all fairness, as dis- ture figures, Russia cannot raise crops any more suc.. ever seen. Its efficiency cannot be matched any- is the key, and I stress the word 'work'. If farmers RUSSIAN "REWARDS" <;riminatory as keeping him cessfully than animals. A verage yields per acre from a job because of race, whe:'c in the world. will join such groups and work as hard at the job About a year ago Krushchev creed, color, national origin or made it known that he wanted compare this way: age. By definition, a creed is a Never, anywhere in the history of the world, has of being a good service club member as they now more food produced in Russia. work at farming, mutual understanding will grow lie wanted it so badly that he u.s. U.S.S.R. belief or opinion and to deny anyone a job because he does such a small percentage of the population .been able shocked the whole Communist 19.7 bu. 12.7 bu. not believe in union member- to feed such a large percentage of the population. beyond belief." system by announcing "re- Rye: ship is as unfair as to bar him FortunateIy, many farmers and farm groups are wards" (a nasty cap ita lis t Barley: 31 bu. 18.7 bu. on religious grounds. " In this case, 8.70/0 feeding 91.30/0. This has made method) for those who produc- flats: -45.3 bu. 23.3 bu. (Battle Creek Enquirer and prosperity possible. No country that requires 400/0 now working hard at the job of public relations ed more. Potatoes: 184.3 cwt. 82.4 cwt. News) . through Farm Bureau. The Bay County Informa- Wheat: 26 bu. 11.4 bu. or 50% of its population engaged in Agriculture, to Even with this surprising in- "The militant opposition of tion Committee invited local newsmen to a centive the controlled and Soybeans: 23.7 bu. 7.3 bu. union members to compulsion .feed its people has been able to prosper. planned Russian agriculture Tobacco: 1559 lbs. 1017 lbs. has been a prime factor in the smorgasbord dinner meeting last month, where all passage of Right To Work laws Even industry has not been able to match the could not produce more. The Corn for grain: 48.3 bu. 21.7 bu. the Community Group reporters visited with them controlled farmer has little in 19 states thus far ... Tlie farmer in his increase of productive efficiency per practice in making decisions, Russia did lead in one crop, cotton, but even American public is not going. to about the best way to prepare farm news. trying new ideas. He lives in stand aside much longer and man. fear. His abilities atrophy, there the margin was relatively less. They were see free-born American work- A series of Farmer-Clergy conferences have been Today, we are faced with the problem of preserv- much like a muscle that able to raise an average of 610 Ibs. per acre compar- ers shaken down or fired (or held, and school problems have been discussed with shrinks and weakens from lack refusal to join a union." (Cold- ing the opportunity for the American farmer of use. ed to our 448 Ibs. water Daily Reporter) groups of educators in another series of meetings. iiilWllIlIlIUlIlIIllIIllIIlIlIIlIlIIlIlIlllIlIlIlIIlIlIlIIlIIlIlIIlIlIIlIlIlIIlIlIlIlllllllllIIlIlIlIIlIlIIlIlIllllIlIlIU1IIllIlIlIlIlIlIllIlIllIllMIIIUIIIlIIIIlIlIIIIIIIIIIIIlIIIIllIIIIIlIIIIIIIIIIIIlIIIIIHIIIIIIIllIIIIIIIIMllllilllll, to do just what hb has been doing in the past. These About the same time he ini- " ... Ever since 1944, when County Farm Bureaus have conducted farm-city COIUPARED WITH It not only takes more Rus- the first Right To Work pro- opportunities include freedom to own property, tiated the "reward" plan, tours and product promotions such as cherry-dairy Khrushchev also announced a AMERICA .. sian people to produce the posal was passed by a state, a freedom to make h~sown decisions, freedom to use 30% increase in the retail price necessities of life, but more growing body of statistics is re- festivals and the famed bean smorgasbords. of meat. Imagine paying 50c The average meat consump- hours too. For instance, in the futing the claims of unionists his own initiative and freedom to worship when and per pound lor meat one. day tion in America is 160 pounds U.S. it takes about 3 hrs. to May 6-7-8, the Alpena, Charlevoix and Houghton per person ~ach year. that such laws are ruinous to where he pleases. and 65c the Ilext ... by govern- produce food for five people, unions and workers ... " (1\lon- County Farm Bureaus will act as host counties for ment order! IF there was meat In Russia it is 68 pounds. while in Russia it takes 9 hrs. roe News) All these things are threatened by our ever in- available, which is not always This extends into other areas area meetings between farmers and members of the case in R.ussia. However, that figure is only also. The cotton stockings we creasing tax load, deficit spending, federal sul>sidiz- a statistic. It is not truly sign- the working press, of radio and television. produce in 1 hr. takes Russians ing of everything we do, and the attempt by the Russia produces about one ificant of the average person 24 hrs; woolen gloves, U.S., More such projects are needed. A good farm third as much beef, and one because the elite has first planners to control every phase of our lives. To 2 hrs., Russia, 100 hrs.; cotton half as much pork as the claim on the meat ,that is pro- shirts, U.S., 3 hrs., Russia, :i20 future depends upon it. M.W. United States. Since Russia's duced ... the party leaders, make a real concise statement, this is really the hI'S.; and tooth brushes, U.S., military scientists and ath- 15 min., Russia, 4 hrs. b~ic principle involved in the coming wheat refer- Michigan Farm News Michigan Farm Bureau letes. left over. The masses get what is Do we need further that free mp.n produce than those controlled by the proof more endum. Dr. T. K. Cowden, Dean of Agriculture of Mich- PresIdent W. W. WIghtman Vegetarians and other groups government? Our country rates JIla~biJJIhed Janu&17 12, 1.%1. , Fennville, R-I V.-Pres. Dale Dunckel in America who get on the second to none in our ability to igan State University, once said in discussing our Entered .. lecond elan matter Williamston, R-I "poly unsaturate kick," who produce greater abundance of January 1%,1'%3, at the poiItotnoe at 8ec'y-Mgr. __ C. E. Prentice. Okem08 warn us of the "dangers" in higher quality goods, with few- international relations', that the single most import- Charlotte, )flchlcan, under the Act ot ){arch a, 181•• DIRECTORS BY DISTRICTS eating animal products, would er people, in less time .•• proof ant thing we export to our friends overseas, is I-Max K. IIood ....._Pa-.v Paw, R-J positive that individuals who I-Wilbur II. Smltb, Burlington, R-J find the Russian diet relatively Publlabed montbly, tInt day, by Mlcb\tr&n Farm Bureau at Ita pub- 3-Allen F. Rush ....Lake Orion, R-.lI "safe." The average American have the opportunity for pri- "dignity in agriculture." If we lose this, we would UcaUon otttce at 114 E. Lovett St.. 4--Elton R. Smlth .._Caledonla, R-1 &-Dale Dunckel-Wl1l1am3ton, R-l consumes 97 grams of protein vate gains will provide more not have much to offer to the many countries in the Chadotte, Mlch~ &-Ward G. Hodge.__ .Snover, R-1 daily, of which 66 grams is de- and better products for himself 7-Guy C. Freeborn. ._.IIart, R-l world who are looking to us for leadership. llldltor1al and ceneral otttcN, 4000 8-Lloyd 5hankel. ...__ Wheeler, R-1 rived from animal sources, and his fellow man, and will Nortb Orand Rlyer Aye., Lanalnc, Mldi,,-n. Poet Office Box 9$0. Tele- 8-Eugene Roberts_Lake CIty, R-1 compared to the Russian who prosper while doing it. n" ...ne LanaiNr IVanh~ 1.6911 EL I()-Edgar l1-Edmund D1amond •...Alpena, R-S Sager StepbeQllOI is fortunate to obtain 92 grams .P. S. He also has more time Our military defense is important but the food we IU. J per day, with only 26 grams DIRECTORS AT LAROE left over to go see his favorite produce is more important. Mr. Khrushchev knows 8eD4 DOtlcea of chanae of a4dnM Anthony KreIner Brown City coming from animal sources. team play in a real ball game! 011~ "va or Form 1$1' to Mlch- Dean Pridgeon __ Montgomery. R-1 this. The most important deterrent to military ag- leU ....... 1'0.- editorial otttce at P. 0. Bolt .... x.u.1.DIr .. J[lchJpD. ~UR~O •• 0,. ....ARM Walter W~htmaD--Vennv1lla. R-1 WH~AT REFERENDUM gression on the part of Russia is the fact that they RePTMenUq BUREAU One of the most important submit to strict controls on Mdvtn L. WoelJ Editor WOMEN OF FARM BUREAU IIn. .Arthur Mulr Gr&Ilt. B-1 things to remember in the com- dairy, poultry, and other farm know they co~ld not fee;d their armies with their The pu~ of 'hll AlIOCIa. tlon Ihlll ~ th. adYlnCement RepreaenUq ing wheat referendum, May commodities. The Director of communal farm system. of our membera' h,tereet. edu. FARM BUREAU YOUNQ ~EO~L. 21st, is that a YES vote will Agricultural Economics, USDA; eatlonally, lelll.latlyely a rI II V... 41 May 1. 1863 No.5 _nomloal~. lamae Sparq c--.opOu.. B.' mean you are also willing to lias outlined this objective. W.W. -....... May I. 1963 , , MICHIGAN FABM HEWS Hillsdale College HOllored ) If Tax Bills Await Fall Term Community Groups Expand, In general, all bills which would amend Michigan tax laws have been killed, looking toward a legislative session this fall which will take up the whole matter Members Invited to loin FARM BUREA of tax reform and revision. . Twenty new Community Farm Bureau groups have ITEMS OF INTEREST been organized in recent months. Honors go to Emmet One exception is S. 1141. When introduced, the bill aim- Regardless of the' outcome of and Missaukee for having organized two groups in each ed to exempt nursery stock from personal property tax- the ADC-U hassle, the attempt county. In all, eighteen counties added new groups. by the U.S. Department of Actual organization work are: Allegan Co., Pleasant ation. In the Senate, all the Health heads to make Mich- language was removed and has been done by the Commun- View Group; Branch C~., Mat- -- new wording substituted which provided for increased vet- igan toe the mark is another evidence of the impossibility ity Group Committees, a group of Farm Bureau members who teson Center GrouP; ChIppewa Co., Circle Seven Group; Em- _of having Federal Aid pro- make contacts and help to set met Co., Wocdland F.B. Gro~p; erans' exemptions. When Lieu- grams without Federal Con- tenant Governor Lesinski ruled up the groups. Community Menominee Co., KlondIke out the new language, the Sen- trols. Farm Bureaus are the basis of Group and Osceola Co., East ate reinserted the old wording, We have gained a point! participation for F.B. members LeRoy Group. then added the new provisions Farm Bureau m~mbers have in Michigan. There are about New Young Farmer Groups as an amendment and passed demanded that "voting eligi- 1500 Community Groups meet- organized during the same the bill. It appears that the "bility" (in referendums) be ex- ing regularly each month to period are: Arenac Co., un- nursery stock exemption may tended to all farmers who have study issues, discuss plans and named; Charlevoix ~o., Hill- ride to approval on the politi- produced the commodity for at programs, and to carry, out ac- toppers Group; Chnto~ Co., cally attractive veterans' bill. tivities. unnamed; Emmet Co., Hllltop- From The Legislative Division least three years." (1963 Farm pel's Group; Gladwin Co., Bill- Bureau Policies) Special effort has been made ings Area Group; Ingham Co., Michigan Farm Bureau OUR CLUTTERED ROADS to organize 50 new groups in This year wheat farmers Young Adults Group; Lenawee l\UGRANT LABOR BILL a truck-load of onions was held can vote in the wheat referen- the months of March through Co., Britton Group; Missaukee Bills to prohibit use . of May. An invitation has been outdoors in the sub-zero dum on May 21 even though Co., Falmouth Young Adult By a 15-13vote. (18 votes are throw-away glass beer bottles extended by J. Delbert Wells, Group and an unnamed group; weather on order of a Justice and aluminum beer cans died they plant less than 15 acres. required for passage) the Sen- of the Peace in Jackson Coun- A Huron County Community head of the Family Program Montcalm Co., unnamed; San- ate, turned down a bill to regu- in the Liquor Control Com- Division to all members not ilac Co., Gold Star Group; and ty. mittee in the House. Anyone Group has asked for clarifica- late the transportation of mi- tion of the meaning of "Out- now active in group meetings. Tuscola Co., North Elmwood grant farm labor in Michigan. The .truck trailer was not who drove Michigan's billion- "You are missing a valuable State Michigan." Does it mean Group. Proposed by Senator Basil overweight in total, but was dollar super-highway system part of Farm Bureau benefits" Groups reorganized are: La- as the snow was going this "rural," they ask? he contends. Brown, of Detroit, the measure heavy on one axle and the load ..peer Co., Squaw Lake Group would cover transportation in needed to be balanced.' In- spring would have recognized As we understand the term, and Mackinac-Luce Co., Mil- it means the part of the State New Groups organized dur- motor vehicles, except passen- stead of permitting the load to the need for such -legislation lecoquin Group. not in the "Greater Detroit" ing February, March and April ger cars and station wagons. be moved to a heated garage, from the standpoint of appear- AN APPRECIATION PLAQUE. stressing the part Hillsdale ance and cost of cleanup. metropolitan area. This would College has pla.yed in suppott of the free-enterprise system. is state Police records do not it was reported that the truck include cities such as Grand presented by Jerry Cordrey (right) of the American Farm Bureau, indicate that the movement of was held outdoors until a fine was paid "in cash." But farmers have an added Rapids, Kalamazoo and l\Iar- , to college president J. Donald Phillips. THE PASSING PARADE migrant farm labor is more reason_to fight for some real quette, as well as rural areas. THIS POE:\{ was composI'd by a ml'mbl'r of the Kent County Farm hazardous than other grpup relief from the hazards of the The annual rural-urban dinner held by the Hills- Bureau who prefers to remain anonymous. By that time the Diesel trac- Said Richard Babcock (Pub- travel. tor had "frozen" and could not easily shattered "throw-away!" Damage to implement and lisher and President of Farm dale County Farm Bureau served as the occasion for 'Ve, who live unto ourselves alone, Much emotion and little in- - be started. Result-the load Journal) recently - "Raising tractor tires on road shoulders, We, who stop, and haven't grown, formation has led to the intro- stood in the extreme cold for and even in fields, is on the support prices in 1961 may area fanners to show their appreciation to Hillsdale duction of a number of bills -to more than 15 hours. have made. Freeman look' like 'Ve, who cry out in mortal pain, regulate migrant farm labor increase. , College for working through the years with Farm Bu- a friend of the farmer then, "Please, oh Lord! Keep things the same," housing a.nd travel. The Farm Bureau member is but dairy products, cotton and reau. concerned because similar ac- There is a big economic in- We, who are afraid of the hidden path, terest in the continued manu- soybeans, which weren't in sur- Three hundred persons were In his speech Mr. Kline said, A Legislative, Study Com- tion might result in the de- (You go first, let me be last -) '. mittee on migrants' is in the offing. Hcan do much to focus struction of any perishable load-in either hot or cold facture and sale of the "throw- away." . plus, at that time, have pre- -sented real problems since." present to hear Allan Kline, former AFBF president, speak "I want to see a free agricul- ture, where a man can make Someone else can spark the light, on the facts. The new "Per- weather. on "Being An American," and his own decisions. I think it is We're timid souls, we shun the fight, to see president J. Donald Phil- more secure that way, but even spective on Michigan's Farm Labor Problems," prepared by There is a question about the Tangled Web lips accept a plaque on behalf if it isn't I'd still prefer it. We Tomorrow's victory, was our defeat today of Hillsdale College from Jerry want to keep for ourselves a Because we were afraid to show the way. the Agriculture Economics De- legality of the action of the Sir Walter Scott wasn't thinking of cotton subsi- partment of M.S.U., was'deve- Justice, but no question about Cordrey, Hillsdale native son country where life can always We vest only in our personal claim, loped at the request of the the lack of wisdom in the hand- dies, of course, when he penned his familiar "Oh what and former Organization Direc- be a noble adventure." The trampled spirits, let others reign. M!chigan Citizens Cquncil on ling of the case. a' tangled web we weave, when first we practice to tor for the Michigan Farm Bu- reau, who is now assistant dir- Honorary memberships in We, who owe so much to those gone by - Agricultural Labor and throws Farm Bureau and letters de- much light on the subject. The new Constitution will deceive." But they do dramatically illustrate his point. ector of Program Development claring them ex-officio mem- We, but stand, and only sigh, , eliminate the fee system under for the American Farm Bureau. We, who glory in our foolish pride The publication is available Currently the government guarantees the farmer bers of the county F. B. board which the Justice of the Peace from: Bulletin Office 10, Agri- Mr. Cordrey pointed out that of directors were presented by And fail to take life in its stride. now operates and the office of 32.5 cents a pound for his cotton. But this is 8.5 cents culture Hall, Michigan state the philosophies of the school Howard Cordrey, father of .To those that have so much to bear, the Justice of the Peace will be University, East Lansing. higher than the world market price. So to sell United • and Farm Bureau are almost Jerry, to four Hillsdale College abolished within five years. We, but gaze and only stare. identical and that the two have staff members: Dr. Phillips, The Legislature is directed to CHILLING EXPERIENCE set up a system of courts of States cotton abroad, the government puts up the extra worked well together develop- Laurence J. Taylor, Dr. Mich- Man is of the earth, man is the soil. ing discussion groups and train- ael Kolivosky and Charles 'Ve are as one, in our chosen toil During the 20-below-zero limited jurisdiction (poor 8.5 -cents as a subsidy. ing leaders. Campbell. weather in February, a Farm man's courts) to replace the And when we learn to love, and kindred be - Bureau member reported that Justice system. Thus foreign textile manufacturers buy United 'Tis only then, the light we'll see; hi States cotton at the subsidized bargain rate, make it up into finished goods and sell them in this country Anna R. EcI~ards For those who live by bread alone The ray for them, has never shone. I Brody ~cholarship at prices our' own mills, working with 32.S-cent 'cot- Taken By Deaeh So, as we join. the.1lassing'throng-'"'''' Help us Lord, be wise and strong. h .... ~.... ton, cannot match. Barely Misses Century Mark Aids. MSU Students So what does the administration propose doing Th~ Michigan Farm Bureau lost the member be- - <' ""'.-----'- about it? Lower or abolish the subsidy? Perish the During his lifetime, the Scholarship has been award- lieved to be the oldest with the passing of Mrs. Anna name of Clark L. Brody and ed to seven students select- thought. It proposes to complicate matters further the Michigan Farm Bureau ed by the College of Agri- Rebecca Edwards of Bear Lake, Manistee County. by e~tending the 8.Scent subsidy to domestic users life, taken from an accurate were synonymous. Today, his culture. The number of name is being perpetuated scholarships available de- 50 they also can buy at the lower world price. LED EXCITING LIFE record kept by Mrs. Edwards through agricultural scholar- pends upon the income de- of her experiences in early ships available to Michigan rived from the principal While the planners are busy patching their web, the !\Irs. Edwards, who led an Michigan. The article was sug- exciting life in the pioneer gested by the Mar.istee Coun- State University through a fund. American Farm Bureau, which speaks for more farm- days of Michigan and remained fund established by Mr. ty Farm Bureau, of which she Brody upon his retirement Students eligible for the ers than any other group, looks to a gradual reduction active throughout her nearly was a member. scholarship must be Michi- 100 years, passed away March from the MFB, and by ad- gan residents, and must be in price supports and a move toward a reestablished 19,-just two months short of Mrs. Edwards is survived by ditional funds added at the sons Ray of Elberta and Dean time of his death. enrolled in Agricultural Sci- free market as the only sensible solutions to the farm her century mark. ence, Agricultural Business, of Bear Lake and daughter Since its beginning in the or General Agriculture. problem. Several months ago the Farm l\Irs. Ruth Olson of Florida; by fall term of 1961, the Mr. The scholarship is equal to News published some of the five grandchilren and twelve Perhaps it is time the government let the farmers exciting highlights of her long great-grandchildren. and Mrs. Clark L. Brody the MSU tuition fees. themselves have.a go at running their own business. ProlRinen. Cass ~IIII11II11I,Ullllllllllllmlillilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll1II1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111I1hmIlIl1l11111111l1ll111ll1ll~1I11111111111WII~ , (From The State Journal. Lansing, Michigan) REFlECTORIZED liFE SIZE WOInCln Passes Served as Women's Chairman Mrs. Lee Bakeman, prominent member of the Cass County Farm Bureau, passed away March 23, at the Sure way to extra profits ..• Lee Memorial Hospital in Dowagiac. "TIRELESS WORKER" \ Mrs. Bakeman had served as chairman of the Cass County Women's Committee for four Mrs. !\Iurl Spencer, present 'Vomen's Chairman "Mrs. Bakeman was a tireless reports a modern Farm Bureau worker and will concrete stave silo years, 1958-1962.She had been be greatly missed by her many active in all phases of Farm friends." She is survived by Bureau work for many years her husband, Lee, who is a and was well known in church past president of the Cass work, civic organizations and County Farm Bureau, and a throughout her community and daughter, Norma. A concrete stave silo fits perfectly the demands of county. modern farming. Today's silos can be made com- pletely automatic. A simple throw of a switch WHEAT REFERENDUM moves the silage-your farm's most nutritious feed The choice is yours. Only you, as a wheat grower, can de- -where you want it, when you want it. Hours of cide whether or not you should chore-time drudgery are saved. I elect to stay "in," qualify to Building a silo is like expanding your farm acre- vote, and help decide the com- age. You feed 3 cows from the same land it took ing wheat referendum issue- to feed 2! By harvesting corn or forage as silage, or stay out and take what you save from 30 to 50 per cent more of the plants, this year-insure your income comes. compared to cribbing ear corn or putting up cured hay. Also, for storing high-moisture shelled corn, nothing does a more economical job than a con- Hail damaged Michigan crops on 45 different days in 37.counties during the crete stave silo. 1962 growing season. You can't afford to risk ruin from 'a hair'storm and you RAIL STEEL - In fact, a concrete silo is your best all-around can't forecast where hail will strike. This year, play it safe-protect your income buy. Initial cost is low and concrete will give a with Michigan Mutual Hail Insurance ••• at low rates. FENCE .POST lifetime of service with minimum upkeep. 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HAIL .... Fred M. Hector, Sec'y ~ '" u" 107N. ButlerBoulevard,lansing, Michigan ',.;:, . Phone: IV 2.526:i SERVICES, INC. LANSING, MICHIGAN .s. P. _ for .... le to neiehho ..... Semple pint 2,')c. Wri~: OXBORO t1IGIHANO HEATH CO. ~TATlON. MINIUArOU~ ~gI'7097 II, "LH~ NAME _ _ .. . ai_.....&..._ ST.ORR.NO CITY $TATI.- ., FOUR MaY' I, 1963 County, Community Projects Program The purpose of Rural-Urban 'Saginaw Women Work events is to create a better understanding between farm and city people,-and this is At Bean Promotion what the Tuscola County Farm Bureau Women accomplished Huge Crowd Attends Smorgasbord at their program on April 18 in Caro. "One of the best county functions of the year to alert urban people that there is a Farm Bureau," is die Bankers, automobile dealers, village presidents and clerks, way Mrs" Ethel- Nichols, Saginaw County Secretary, school superintendents, min- describes their annual Bean Smorgasbord, held March isters, gas dealers,-each per- sonall.r escorted by Farm Bu- 26th for the fourth consecutive year. reau members, enjoyed a pot- luck dinner and fellowship Sponsored by th~ Saginaw County Farm Bureau with their rural neighbors. Women's Committee, the affair serves as a "show- Press and radio rellfesentatives were also present. case" of Michigan bean products and points up the im- portance of local efforts to keep Michigan agricultural Large or Small, Loaded Plates for All! Mrs. Clare Carpenter, Tus- Executive Sec"retary - Tr;a~ur- ed the Smorgasbord partici- cola Women's Chairman, prov- products in the spotlight. pants from his office at Farm er of Michigan Bean Shippers NEW OTTAWA COUNTY DAIRY PRINCESS CHOSEN ed to be a successful mistress since their attend~nce the year Association, was a guest 'at the .Bureau Center in Lansing by a MISS BETTIE WESTFIELD receives her crown as 1963 Ottawa Dairy Princess to climax a of ceremonies as she conducted BEAN CAKES, PIES, ROLLS before; others came out of cur- farm inter-phone system. Ex- Smorgasbord. banquet held in the Coopersville High School. Asisting with the ceremonies are, (left) Michigan the introductions, punctuated iousity to see just how pies and tending congratulations to the Dairy Princess, Miss Gail Priddy and Miss Karen Van Hoord of Jamestown, 1962 Ottawa with humorous stories about The 4-H Memorial Building cakes made from beans really Mrs. Harold Butzin, c~air- at ~he Saginaw County Fair- Saginaw Farm Bureau, he said, Princess: right. farmers and city people. tasted. None were disappoint- man of the Saginaw Wom'en, "There is tremendous competi- grounds, site of the successful and Mrs. B. H. Baker, Smorgas- Bettie, aged 17, is the daughier of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Westfield of Zeeland. She is a Senior at "1 understand now what this event, fairly bulged at the ed! "Lovely to look at,- tion for markets, and those I,' Unity Christian High School in Hudsonville where she is on the Honor Roll. She plans to become farmer and government squab- scrumptuous to eat," was the bord Chairman, both termed who win them will be those seams-with over 500 people the project a "huge success." a beautician upon graduation •. She has had five years of 4-ff Clubwork and is president of the ble is all about,"-and "1 learn- verdict. who exercise imagination and anxious to enjoy the results of Their plans for the proceeds Future Homemaker's Club at Unity. Bettie is especially intere~ted in good grooming of animals and ed something 1 didn't know" the hard-working Saginaw Wo- work hardest. Your bean pro- were comments made by the Focal point of the Smorgas- are still tenta~ive, however,- duct promotion is typical of the was a member of the 1962 4-H Judging "Team at Michigan State University last summer •. men's ingenuity. Those. in the it is ct;rtain that some worthy city guests following a pre- crowd who were attending a bord scene was a. centrally- Kind of vision agriculture needs . Last year the Westfields lost their barn and contents in a disasterous fire. Eldest son, Terry, is located, beautifully - decorated organization will benefit from sentation by Marjorie Karker, Bean Smorgasbord for the first , most.". taking over the farm which contains 200 acres. Four younger brothers give him a big hand. table laden with prize-winning their .hard work and planning. Coordinator of Wcmen's Activi- time were of the opinion that dishes from. the "Bean Cook- Their gronp was the first or- "The Farm Bureau Women's ties for the Michigan Farm Bu- .it would really take a lot of in- Off." A professional camera ganization to donate money to Committee, the Board of Direc- WOMEN'S CAMP erau. Egg-Coolcing Winners Li~led "Let's Be Informed" will be Mrs. Karker traced the farm story as it began years ago genuity to turn the "unglamor- ous" navy bean into cakes, salads, rolls, cookies and many ma"nwas on the job as the lad- ies displayed their dishes. and these pictures will now become the YWCA for a new building and have made contributions to the Crippled Children's Soc- tors and the dozens of volun- teer leaders who have made this event possible, are the Allied Poultry Industries Co-sponsor the theme of the 'Northwest when the government decided other mouth-watering dishes. a part of a film being made by iety, 4-H, etc. kind of people that will assure Winners have been announced in the state-wide Michigan Farm Bureau Wo- farmers were not able to man- Some came because they had the Michigan Bean Shippers Walter Wightman" Michigan a solid future for farming," he 'men's Camp, scheduled for age their own farms and make looked forward to the event Association. Maurice Doan, Farm Bureau President, greet- said .. egg-cooking contest sponsored by Michigan 'Allied June 11-12-13 at Twin Lakes their own decisions. This led Poultry Industries, Inc., in cooperation with the nation- al contest sponsored by the Poultry and Egg National Gilbert Lodge near Traverse City. to her explanation of the up- coming wheat referendum, which created a great deal of "Battv" ., Baskets Raise LaI{e-SideFirst Aid is .......... .~ p. :d' Board. Several outstanding speakers interest among the 60 meeting 1\1rs. Richard north, Dear- unec, Detroit, was Junior run- ner-up. Other state finalists are scheduled to appear on the 3-day program, including l\lrs. Haven Smith, Chairman of the participants. The Tuscola 'Vomen's Com- Much. Money For Charity Community:Group Project born, won in the State Senior were Mrs. Tillie Simunec, De- mittee and the county Board of Division, while Miss Cathy American Farm Bureau Wo- The camping, boating, swimming and fishing en- troit; Mrs. Erin Hile, Detroit men's Committee. Directors agree that the affair Saginaw Group Has Fun Raising Funds Howell, daughter of Mr. and and Mrs. Harry Jones, Jr., was a "tremendous success and thusiasts who enjoy the facilities of the Menominee Mrs. Ross Howell of Camden, All Farm Bureau 'Vomen are Rives Junction. invited to attend this camp. well - received." Several of Did you ever open a beautifully decorated package was named winner of the Jun- Full information regarding re- their guests asked to be invit- county park, known as "Shakey Lakes," will have ior division . Both top state winners will compete in the natio'nal Egg servations may be secured ed to their next rural-urban .at' a box social, anticipating a temptingly 9,elicious their cuts, bruises, sprains and othel' minor injuries Runner-up in the Senior di- Cooking Contest to be held in from Mrs. Leslie Dobson, Camp .meeting which, in view of its .meal, only to find coleslaw made with stoker coal and vision was Mrs. Richard Chap- Chicago, 1\lay 16-17, at the Secretary, Route No.1, Tra-. fine acceptance, is certain to well taken care of this year because of the thoughtful- man, Bellaire. Miss Gail Sim- 1\lorrison Hotel. verse City. become an annual affair. cabbage, chocolate p~ewith mud as the major ingred- ness and generosity of the L~ngrie Community Group. ient, or sponge marble , .. cake made of household sponge board of directors) and Delmar Establishing first aid equip- Gay, serve on the Mid-county and - marbles? - . t ment to supplement the Mid- Rescue Squad. The squad NOW. • • from Farm Bureau .Services county Rescue Squad was a I serves the area in a 15 mile The male bidders of the eatables as discarded hou~e- "natural" project for the group hold goods meant for the rub- radius of Stephenson. The Townliner Community Group since they are located in an ex- group was aware of the lack of in Sagina,v county, who met bish barrel .. tremely popular vacation area facilities. at times when the res- recently at the home of 'l\lr. adjoining Shakey Lakes, which cue vehicle was on call some and l\lrs. Wilbert Hoernlein, After much laughter the consists of 200 acres, surround- distance from the park. found imaginative foods of this hungry Townliner men were ed by four lakes. a Completely .variety. in many of the boxes fed a more satisfying potluck supper by the women who The Longrie Group fitted a offered for auction, :it a min- Upwards of 2,000 vacationers first aid kit and placed it at the imum of $2.25 per box. played the "Hilarious Hoax." enjoy all types of water sports, Delmar Gay home, which is lo- picnicing and camping weekly cated one and a half miles The auctioneer, Al Kuch, Marlene Reimer and Marge Weiss received first prizes for during the summer months. from "Shakey Lakes," on coun- donned 100 year old top hat Last year over 900 trailers used and spectacles for the occasion. the funnist and prettiest box, ty road No. 352, the main road the park facilties. During the to the recreation spot. A first respectively. Automated The 'bidders were surprised by winter season the area is pop- play-money substituting for aid sign will be posted in the Proceeds from the unique. ular among ice fishermen and near future. lettuce .and shoestring potatoes box social will be used for a deer hunters. made of real shoestrings. The Group is working on the project for local needy chil- Others discovered spaghetti dren. The Longrie Group recogniz- possibility of having the care- made of string, with a side dish Committee reports by Marion ed. the accident potential and taker, or some other respon-' the need of additional first aid sible person taking a first HOG of stone meat balls. Two unsus- Reimer, Henry Boldebeck and pecting men were served a Al Kuch were fellowed by a equipment, since three of its aid course, so that the new kit "Sloppy Joe" topped with a discussion of ,the proposed new members, Glenn Hallfrisch, Ed- could be located at the park plastic doll wearing a white constitution led by Julius Sut- mund Sager (District 11 mem- during the heaviest vacation knitted sweater bearing the to . ber, Michigan Farm Bureau .season. 'name "Joe" and a banana split made with a doll doing the HOUSE Built to M.S.U. Standards ... "splits" perched a~op a paper banana. Some fo.und such un- .RegiollaI ~fan , Available Only Thru Your Certified A.B.C. dealers 100 Hog Unit on Your Leveled Site Plus Freigbt an Equipment 200 Hog Unit on Your leveled Site Plus Freight an Equipment CLAUDE BILES Larger Sizes Available ... A District 2 Field Repre- sentative has been named by the Feed Department of Farm AUTOMATIC Feeding System Bureau Services, according to • an announcement by M. J. AUTOMATIC Watering System Buschlen, Mana~er of the Farm The cream of Michigan's' pole-type build.. Supply Division. He is Claude AUTOMATIC Manure Disposal Biles, who comes to the posi- tion with many years of feed ing contractors erect all Farm Bureau ABC and milling experience. Ventilated and Insulated Building buildings. In addition, the materials are District 2 includes Newaygo, • Slotted Floor • 1\lecosta, Muskegon, Ottawa, warranted for 30 years. Build the best Kent, Montcalm, Ionia and the northern half of Allegan coun- " ••• and "II need another ton of that fortified feed; too •••" Aruminum Klad-Lined Interior tt4 ••• build Farm Bureau. r••.••• __ ••-_._._. __ •__ •••••••••••••• ~ ty. I Think of all the time and steps an exten- month-keep your entire farm operation NO\'l DmCT MASTITIS FAST... sion phone in the barn could save you. running more smoothly. MAIL THIS COUPON TODAY! : Farm Modernization Dept. I Wheth~r y01.~need to call the .veteri- .You'll find, as so many others already = ••• witt tie -'sf"' Callfonb lmitIs Test. : Farm Bureau Services, Inc. EasJ ta .au. silIpl. II IItlrprlt. Tins .. nary in a hurry' or or?er supplies while have, that an extension phone in the barn : P.O. Box 960, lansing, Mich. : acnjs If IlI1k Is mstltJc, p1apolatsIlfeet" checking ~the' inventory-or accept im- more than pays for itself. Why not call ••• lIartlrS.lIUJ sutlS lOW1"l:IIT IIIWtltIs Farm Bureau •••• Send me Complefe HOG HOUSEDetails --~I -............. : 'llitectin ad 'COItrII prograU. CIl ,.. l:1IT lit tJdJl. Kit calUlu boUlt oIl:1T CIICfto tntI (1Il1u 1p11o1 of test soilltla). ..,.. portant incoming calls-a barn extension phone is a dependable, handy helper. It your Bell Telephone business office? We'll be glad to help you plan just where exten- Services, Inc. •:• • • NAME- ADORfS, .... ClU STA-p: • • •• . ..... ahr 1IIttI.llld paddl.. l:Osi S!1.!I5cupllte. IIrIU far IitIratIrIMII ... II ansl CIIt can save you valuable man-hours every sion phones can be the most help to you • O~:RHR '.lllKER C8'.'P~"Y I';C Michigan Bell Telephone Company ~-' LANSING, MICHIGAN I. J 643 Water'Street, FairfIeld, Meine I May 1. 19133 FIVE Farmer's. Petroleum Asks' Farm Visits Berrien Jr.' MICHIGAN FARM NEWS Hard Work Pays OjJ Sticky Question on Oils Scheduled F. B. Picnic The annual picnic of the Few Drive in "Ideal Conditions" Berrien County Junior Farm Only draining the oil re- Bureau Alumni group wiII be Can your car stand a 6,000 moves the danger these con- Through the leadership of mile oil change interval? Miss Betty Ellis, instructor at held Sunday, May 26, at the taminants create. Long drain. Youth Memorial Building, Probably not ... most of oils may keep engine parts Royal Oak Kimball High School and Lester Bollwahn, Berrien Springs, beginning them can't. You've heard a lot clean, but the engine may be about long drain oils recently, Youth Program Director for with a potluck dinner at 1:00 wearing out rapidly due to lack p.m. and many claims about what of adequate lubrication. Michigan Farm Bureau, a pro- they can do. This oil has not gram of weekend visits of De- Those attending are to bring been offered to you' for several It has always been the troit young people to farms is dish to pass and their own reasons. policy of. Farmers Petroleum scheduled. table service, All Junior' Farm Cooperative to insist on proven Bureau Alumni, their families, Granted, 1963 car manuals, quality in petroleum products. Miss Ellis is attempting to and friends are invited. ACRES OF ORCHIDS! in some cases, state that a 6,000 mile oil change is all that is necessary, but most of them To maintain high standards, adequate research and substan- tial performance data must be familiarize her the situation farms and is requiring her stu- students with on Michigan There will be games and prizes for those participating. NOT EXACTLY "acres" of orchids. but nearly 60,000 acres of also list exceptions such as developed on each item before dents to write papers on Mich- well-fertilized Michigan farm land resuUed from the "early "only under ideal driving con- it is released for marketing. , igan agriculture prior to grad- The Berrien County Junior delivery" program of the Fertilizer Division of Farm Bureau ditions." uation. Parents have agreed Farm Bureau Alumni History Services. Farmers Petroleum Cooper- to t ran s p 0 r t students to Committee would like to- re- Few people drive under ative feels, at the present time, and from the farms and Boll- ceive old meeting min!ltes" pic- Farmers who ordered 7Y2 tons of Farm Bureau mixed fertilizer "ideal" conditions. Short , this has not been done on long, wahn is asking county Farm tures, programs, and any and of any analysis, and approved it for early delivery on or before trips and stop-start driving MARVIN BELD. - of Coopersville (left) was the surprised drain oils. As more research Bureaus to cooperate in find- all references pertaining to April 8. were entitled to receive one orchid. The luxurious blos- comprise the bulk of many past years of Junior Farm Bu- winner of the Coopersville Chamber of Commerce award for Out- and actual field tests are con- ing places for these students. soms were delivered just in time for their ladies to wear in the people's driving habits. This reau. These items can be standing Dairyman of Ottawa County. The presentation was made ducted and if the results meet It is planned that students will Easter season. type of driving is the most Farmers Petroleum Cooper- given to the committee at the go to the farm on Friday and by Paul Melten. vice president of the Chamber. Success of the promotion is shown by the use of two nur~ery severe from the standpoint of ative's standards, then, and return on Sunday. Students are annual picnic. Beld, a. farmer for 17 years.was formerly a small-scale. part. delivery trucks to handle the 1,209 carefully boxed orchids. Pic. oil deterioration. Stop-and-go only then, will it be made instructed to assist with the The History Committee in- driving results in cold engine time farmer who began a more itensified program six years ago. tured passing out the boxes to the Field Force of the Fertilizer ,available to our customers. work and to learn the values cludes the Ken Blackmuns, He has enlarged his 13-cow herd to 28. including four registered Division. is Miss JoE llyn Roe. representing the Smith Floral Com- operation. Farmers Petroleum Cooper- and challenges of-farm life. chairmen, Dale Fosters, Rob- cows •• pany of Lansing: Each of the five to se'ven inch diameter "moss" When an engine is cold, un- ative continues to sb;ess -the ert Norris', Robert l\lorlocks, The Royal Oak Kimball Ed Kolms, and Harold Steinkes. Last year his 26-cow herd averaged 12.315 lbs. of orchids was nestled in downy paper. They were delivered in per. burned fuel and moisture ac- importance of automobile own- ers following the American High School consists mainly of milk and 452 Ibs. of butterfat. He produced a total of 325. fect condition through a complicated relay system that worked cumulate in the crankcase. It Petroleum Institute's recom- children of office workers, 000 lbs, of milk under a one-man operation. He also received the without hitch. can build up damaging propor- mendation for oil change in- since there is very little indus- WHEAT REFERENDUM efficiency award in the county for the lowest feed costs per 100 tions if the engine doesn't The coming wheat referen- try in the immediate area. WHEAT REFERENDUM MAY 21 warm enough, long enough, to tervals: every 30 days in win- dum will apply to ALL wheat Ibs. of milk produced. Don't let the Secretary of when the referendum is voted drive off these contaminants. ter; every 60 days in summer. If you are interested in co- Mr. and Mrs. Beld and their four children own a 120-acre farm growers. Producers of 15 acres Agriculture "pull the wheat down. The $2 versus $1 a bushel No long drain oil, or the addi- Frequent oil drains geared to and rent an additional 100 acres. operating in this program, or less will be given allotments sack over YOUR eyes;" Con- wheat is pure myth. 1964 is an tives in it, can overcome the ef- the type of driving conditions Mr. Beld is president of the Ottawa Dairy Herd Improvement please write direct to: Lester based on their average produc- gress will almost certainly con- election year. Remember? fects of exces"ive quanitities of provide the best insurance for Association. director of the Coopersville Co-op Elevator Co.. County Bollwahn, Michigan Farm Bu- tion for '59, '60, and '61. NO sider new wheat legislation these impurities. ' "I'~ long and trouble-free engine I reau, 4000 N. Grand River Ave- ONE will be permitted to grow ASC Committee member. p~esident of the Dennison Farm Bureau life. nue, Lansing 4, Michigan. wheat without an allotment. Group and served on the 1963 Farm Bureau membership drive. Clergyme~Meet With Farmers -farm Bureau Market Place Try A 25 Word Classified Ad for $1 Review Farm Problems SPECIAL RATE to Farm Bureau members: 25 words for $1 each edition. Additional words 5 cents each per edition. Figures like 12 or $12.50 count as one word. NON-MEMBER advertisers: 10 cents per word one . 'Members of the Antrim edition. Two or more editions take rate of 8 cents per word p~r editi(:>n. All classified ads are cash with order. County Farm Bureau have been hosts to clergymen for an 1A AIRPLANES 18 FOR SALE 25 Plants & Flowers 46A WANTED all-day meeting at the. Legion FLYIXG FAR;\IERS - Periodic In- TOlllATO PLA=-TS - Large open- Hall in Ellsworth. spections. Repairs and reco,:ering. PLASTIC BAG CLOSEn. Semi- field. ;\Iarglobe, Rutgers, Stone. Po- WANTED: Live disabled cows and Au~matic Giant Trescott ;\[odel TC orses. Pay up to $40. We have a • The meeting was, planned to Prentice Aviation, Abram's AIrport, with foot trip. Ideal for poly bags of tato: State inspected. Portorlcan 200- h Grand Ledge, ;\lichlgan. Phone:KA t ruck In th"se counties to pick up potatoes, apples or other produce. $1.40: 500-$2.75; 1,000-$5.00 Postpaid. very day: Sanilac, Huron, St. Clair. give the clergy a clearer pic- 7-2973. (5-It-16b) lA Vineless Portorlcan, Allgold; Xema- e $325.00. Heintz Potato Company, Lapeer, Macomb, Genesee, TWlcola" ture of Farm Bureau, its ob- 13580 Conant, Detroit. Michigan. gold; Goldrush, :Kancy Hall: 100-$1.00; Oakland, Saginaw, ShlawR8see, Llv- jectives and policies,. and to. 3 BABY CHICKS Phone: T"'lnbrook 3-5200. 500-$3.50; bage: 1,000-$6.00 "'lit resistant, Postpaid. Goldenacre, Cab- I ngston, Lenawee. Phone anytlme .•• (5-It-33b) 18 RA 7-9765, or wrIte Fur Farm Fooob strengthen the working rela- l\farlonmarket. Allseason; Jersey I nc., Richmond, Michigan. (Macomb WHY PAY MORE? Save expensive STOCK TRAILER. 1952 Fruehauf, Wakefield: 200-$1.25; 500-$2.25; 1,000- County) (7-12t-4fib\ 411 ... tionship between the clergy agent commissions by mail. Compare 28 ft., open top. or wiJI trade for $4.25 Postpaid. Brussel, Broccoli, and Farm Bureau. the records, your choice 4 Great cattle. 2190 "'Ixom Rd., :'Iilford, Cauliflower. Pepper. Eggplant. State Franchised Strain Cross Leghorns- ::'Ilchigan. Phone: 685-2486. (Oakland variety. 100-$1.00; 500-$3.50; 1,000-$6.00 46B HORSES Invocation was offered by 'Warren-Darby; Ideal; Stone; Came- County), (5-It-19p) 18 postpaid. Satisfaction guaranteed. ron. Baby chicks, started Pullets. Free 'Vholesale 'Plant Company, Hawes- Father Fish, of St. Paul's Epis- TENNESSEE WALKER at stud. overnight delivery. Postcard brings BUCKEYE =-0. 1 DITCHI="G lIIA- ville, I{J!ntucky. (5-It-68p) 25 Beautiful, dark golden Palomino, copal Church, Elk Rapids. free literature. Dirkse Leghorn Farm, CHINE. $1800. Good digging condi- Box 169N, Zeeland, ~lIchlgan. . SWEET POTATO PLANTs-Guar- 'Blaze 0' Gold." Double registered • Richard Wieland, c,ounty chair-. tion. "'ilfred Malburg, 17251-22 .lI1IIe Rude's, Route I, Box 562, Traverse (5-1t-43b) 3 Rd., Utica, Michigan. Phone: HO 3- anteed Allgolds, "Bunch," Portorlcos, man, was in charge of the City, :'Uchigan. Phone: CA 3-5571. 7201. (Macomb County) (5-2t-19p) 18 Red~'am, Goldrush, Centennial, Nan- GHOSTLEY PEARL 63 wl\1 put you cyhall. Yellowyam. Prompt shipments. ( N. W. Michigan) (4-41-22p) 46B meeting. in the profit margin fast. Egg Pro- FOR SALE-Haverly Bulk Tank, 200-$1.00; 500-$1.75; 1,000-$3.00. Showing of the film, "Under- duction runs 245-275 eggs, egg size 150 gal. Leo J. Conor, R. I, Gales- Sunshine Plant Co., Gleason, Tenn. 47 OLD MONEY WANTED runs 25.2 oz. per dozen, adult liv- burg, ;\lichlgan. Phone: :'Iorris 5-4942, (3-3t-25p) 25 standing the American Way," ability runs 92-94%. ;\Iake your next (Kalamazoo County) C5-It-16p) 18 Brood Ghostley Pearl 63's. Day old or "'ILLUSTRA"'r~ COI=- CATALOG- and a talk, "How We Work In started pullet all ages. Also Produc- FOR SALE-375 gallon "'lIson bulk 26 POULTRY- $ 1.00 postpaid. American, Box 663, The Legislature," by Dawson tlon Bred "-hite Rocks. Send for tank, 5 ~'ears old, good condition; 50 I';:an"as Clt}. 80, :\lissouri. Way, lUFB Regional Repre- literature Now! Village View Farm & gallon "'estlnghouse hot water heat- POULTRYMEN-Us .. Perfect Bal. (5,3t-12b) 47 Hatchery, Zeeland, Michigan. er; 1 exhaust fan; 1 15,000 watt hot ancer, 8% phosphate minerai teed II sentative, completed the morn- (2-4t-59b) 3 air heater; 1 Jamesway shuttle stroke your ground feed.' Ellmlnate eotl 48 STAMP COLLECTORS ing session. ---------------- barn cleaner, 4 ~'ears old. Charles shelled eggs. Mix 3 Ibs. per 100 Ibe Afternoon speakers were 5A Business Opportunity Beacham. R. I, Climax, ;\Ilchigan. feed. The Gelatin Bone Co., Romeo Phone-Shadyside 6-4186. (Kalama- Mich. (4-tf-ll6b) FIXE U.S. STA::'IPS-World's low- Carl Robothan on "How Policy zoo County) (4-3t-44p) 18 SHAVER STARCROSS 288 LAY- e st price IIst-::'lint and Gsed-prices FOR SALE-Ten unit motel, 6 sin- per one-get yours now-Free. "'m. Is Developed," Mrs. Robert 23 ERS MAKES NEWS AGAIN. Double gles and 4 doubles. One office. Suf- LIVESTOCK Win In Missouri, both Random Sam- 1Hce, 10230- Y. lIlartlnlque Dr., Y11- Hubbell, "History of Antrim ficient land to erect twenty more ami 57, Florida. (5-lt-25b) 48 units. City water and sewer. Xear 1,Ie and Standard Egg Laying con- County Farm Bureau,", Mrs. police post In St. Ignace. A. H. Soh- FOR SALE OR TRADE for regis- tests, wins California Cage Layer con- Richard Wieland, "Farm Bu- laskey, lIloran, ;\lich. (;\lackinac tered beef cattle, pure bred regis- test, also tops all big name strains in REAL ESTATE County) (5-It-30p) 5A tered or grade. Shetland Ponies. 'Vrlte California Floor Contest, Pennsyl- reau Women," and Mrs. Mar- or phone X. Lentini, ;\I.D., Sno-Kist vania and =-ew Brunswick. For "High jorie Karker, who spoke on 10 DOGS Tree (Cheboygan Farms. Cheboygan, County) ::'llchig,m. (3-3t-26p) Income" 23 ent egg dependable production performance and consist- - try , YAHIF.TY ,'ell-establlshed; STORE - l.rosJlerous (Dime Store) farming "What Farm Bureau Stands Shaver Starcross 288 Layers, day old and factory town - 100% business 10- For." REGISTERED E=-GLISH SHEP- CATTLE FEEDEH~ - ~eed high chicks and started pullets from lIIac- c ation: no credit - self serve - Ideal HERDS .. Crusader bloodline. Stock analysis Perfect Balancer 8% phos- Pherson Hatchery, Ionia. Phone 1774 f or huslJand and wife operation - $20,- The meeting was closed with and watch. Choice of 22-$25 either phate minerai • ''!d. Feed tree choice (Ionia Count}.) (5-It-64b) 26 0 00. Terms. the group singing "God Bless ..ex. Shll' anywhere. Homer John- Put plain salt 1n one container and son,-1\IlIe :Korth, Two ;\llIes East of Perfect Balancer Minerai In another DAY OLD OR STARTED PULLETf> 80 ACRES - brick home with 4 America" and benediction by ;\Iarshall, lIlichigan (Calhoun County) container, The animal knows whIch -The DeKalb profit pullet. Accepted bedrooms; new furnace and hot water Rev. John Hammersma. (5-1t-26p) 10 one he needs. Get Perfect Balancer by the smart pOUltryman for hIgh egtr heater; basement; hathroom; large minerai at your elevator. The Gelatin production. superior egg quality. I,arn; granary; silo; le\'el land - 74 Guests included: Rev. and 111 greater feed efficiency. It you keep acres tillable - on blacktop road 13 FARM MACHINERY Ron .. 1:0. R,~meo. Mlch f4-tf-47h\ records, you'll keep DeKalbs. Writ .. $17,000. Terms. l\lrs. John Hammersma, At- for prices and catalog. KLAGER FOR SALE-30 Holstein ."'isconsin wood Christian Reformed; Rev. ;\IIX=-EAPOLIS ;\IOLI=-E - sales Heifer'". vac. and tested, 1,000 to HATCHERIES, Brldl1;ewater. Mlch 120 ACHF.S - Bulk Tank Included Curt Fish, St. Paul's Episcopal and service In U.P. =-ew and used 1.]00 llJs., due August and September 19an. Telephones: Saline HAzel 9 8-room IJrlck home with bathroom; equipment on hand. Lo\v prices and from good herd. $250.00. Ed "-. Tanis, 7u~7. Manchester GArden 8 - 3034 nlcc kitchen cabinets; modern dairy Church, Elk Rapids; Rev. and will take cattle on trade. Special-1963 Jenison, ;\Iichigan. Telephone lIl0 9- (Washtenaw County) I lllrn with 23 stanchions; drinking l\Irs. L. J. Laubaugh, Pilgrim Case 5;1O-loader, adjustable wheels 9226. (Qttawa County) (4-2t-28p) 23 110-tf-2~"'21h) I. CUllS; silo; Bu]k Tank Included - level power steering and all hydraulics-200 Iand - blacktol' road; $20,000. Terms. Holiness, Bellaire; Rev. and hrs. - $:1,500. Eagle Sale ... Riverside FEEDING HOGS? Use salt tree, B!.IJI'; DIA;\IOXD STRAIN CF.gg Mrs. Fred Gibbs, Pilg~m Holi- Drive, Sault Ste. ;\Iarie. ;\lichlgan. high analysis Perfect Balancer 8% Strain) hatching e a c h Tuesday LUNCH HOO:'[ with IIvlnl\' quarters (Chippewa County) . (5-lt-4;lp) II phosphate mInerai teed In your hog Priced-Straight Hun 16c. Pnllet.~ 30c - practlcall}' nf'W oil furnace and hot ness, Ellsworth; Pastor Don feed. Mix one pound ot Pertect Cockf'rf'ls 10c. :\lacPherson I1atehery wat ..r 'heater; comes completely O:O; 18 x 50' I)<)ultry house; to he seen to be appreciated Terms. - $10,600. ha~ Farms, R-I, Box 238. Ionia, MiChigan Check the value you get In 2, Kalkaska, ty) ;\Iich. (5-It-30p) (Kalkaska Coun- 15 fTnnlR rnnntv" fC-t'_Ir,hl II Truck vance df'livery, orders. special 'Vrlte prices for ad or phone now - 120 ACRES Completely Stocked 'Gelatin Bone Perfect Balancer, FOR SALE-30 Holstein "'isconsln YilIal\'e View Farm, Phone lIlU 8-3381 & EquIpped - 9-ro'lm home in very All gasolines "look alike ~t the pump, but performance is proved in the_ minerai feed of cha.mplo.na: 18 FOR SALE heifers, calfhood. Very even size. well marked. "ac. Due Sept ..mber. $217.00 Zeeland, :'lichigan: (3-3t-28b) 26D good basement; condition; hathroom: 40' x 60' harn with a 30' x furnace; Percent Percen' KLAGER'S DeKALB PROFIT PUL the field where more acres 'per gallon can mean more profit per acre. Min. Max. ACRES OF SURPLUS TOOLS-I each. Phone: ter 7:00 p.m. (Arenac Prescott Tit 3-4257 af- County) LETS-Sixteen weeks and older. Th .. 40' wing; ary; tool shf'd; silo; drinking workshop CUI'S; gran- & garage' Pholphorou. 8.0 9.0 Beams - Angle Iron - Pipe - Plate (5-2t-23p) 23 proven HybrId. Raised under Idea I 23 acres of mixed hay and 17 acres ot Extra additives with speciill rust inhibitors protect your fuel systems, Calcium Mag. Sulfate 29.0 .24 84.0 Gears - -110 Volt Pullevs - Cable - Winches Motors-V Belts-CoPp9r conditions Growing by experienced birds Inspected pOultrymen weekly b) alfalfa & timothy; 2 Oliver tractors; ~3 Head of Cattle; Corn choPpE'r; hlow- FOR SALE: Four r ..gistered Angus and all FARM BUREAU POWER BALANCED gasolines are per- Iodine (pure) Cobalt Sulfate .0111 .01.03 .01' DrlIIs-Taps-Reamers Tool Blt.~-Rope - Bench Grlnders- Cutters- helf ..r", hred. Klahn, ltE'a"onable. H. It. 2, Lowell, Clarence lIlichlgan. trained clnated, staft. debeaked, Birds on full teed, vac true to age, and de - er: mllklnR" equlpmf'Jlt; goes for $35,000. Owner everythlnll" moving to Salt 0.00 0.00 Chain Falls-Speed Reducers - Work IJvered In c~ean coops. See them! We California. formance blended for your 'tractoi's,. trucks - and the family car. . Get Perfect Balancer at your Benches-Racks-Shelves - Air Com- PhonE' UX 8-2472. C5-It-15p) (Kent County) 23 have a grower near you. BIrds raised pressors-Lathes-Blowers - Office on Fann Bureau teed. KLAGER 184 ACRF.S-We~t of Cass Clty- Use POvVER 'BALANCED gasolin~s, regular 'and premium, and elevator. DistrIbuted In MIch. Equipment Presses-Arc - Hardware-Bolts-Drill Welders. "10,000 Surplus 24 NURSERY STOCK HATCHERIES, Igan. Telephones: Bridgewater, Saline, HAMI 9-7087 , Mlch - 100 acres Tiled; halanep 8 room brick home with 5 bedroom": can be tiled' Igan by: get more acres per gal~on.. FARM BUREAU SERVICES, INC rools"-QPEN AH-LIL E. McNichols, SURPLUS SU~DA Y 10-4, SAR- Detroit COMPANY, 3, ;\lIchlgan 1600 FOR SALE - Quality Christmas Manchester tenaw County) GArden 8-3034. nO-tt-Ua47b) (Wuh I ,- oil furnace;, tems; 30x74 barn bathroom; with 2 water 42 stanchions "y~: and drlnklnl\' cups; 2 silos (1-20",60' The Gelatin Bon. C.. (8-12t-59b) 18 Tree Seedlings and tran ..plant". SHAVER STARCROSS 288-Starte d and 1-12x40'); 14xlS' milk hou~e' Scotch Pine 8-14 Inch $15 per 1000. Pullets for '63. Prices: 4 week old 65c Rom ••• U I.~. Colorado Blue Spruce $5 per 100 or $2;; each, 8 week 95c, 42x80' tool shed; :!Ox3~' work"h;'p: FIRST AID tor ALL your drainage 10 week $1.15, 12 14x20' granary; com .. s with silo un: problems. 100 year guaranteed Vltrl- per 1000. White Spruce $18 per 1000. weeks $1.30, 16 weeks $1.60, 20 week s loader and Patz ~utter clean ..r' 431 ned Salt Glazed Clay Products DraIn Di"counts Tree Farms. on Quantity R. 4, Gladwin, orders. Gibson lIllchlll"an. $1.88. Prices Include delivery, vac - acre wheat allotm~nt and 52' ac;e HIGH QUALITY tile, sewer pipe, flue lining. WrIte 1J clnatlon and debeaklng. MacPh'!rso n COrn allotment; 180 acre Tillable- Sold only through ", lr call for price list. Ed Anders, Re- Call evenings County) GA 6-8326. (S-1t-Hb) (Gladwin 24 HatChery, Ionia. Phone 1774. (Ionl loL hlR"hly productive-calJ Immedlately_ Farmers Petroleum PURE CRUSHED tail Sales Ledge Clay Products Representative Company, tor Grand Grand County) (5-It-40b) 26D $65.000.-down mediate POs"esslon. payment $15,000. Im- 31 DIESEL FUEL Ledge. "'lIchlgan. Phones: Otflce, Na- TRIPLE SCREENED 7- 25 PLANTS & FLOWERS SILOS Dealers and Direct tional 7-2104. Residence, National B.A.CALKA,REALTOR Distribution Agents OYSTER SHELL 2870. FOR SALF--Cedar U-tt-26&21b) posts and poles. 18 ST A TJo; I X S P E C TED - Potato NEW C&B CORRUGATED ClD 6306 W. Main St., • faster MENT STAVE SILOS - now bull I High Cetane for All sizes, any amount. Pete Bergman, Plants: Portorlcan 200-$1.50; 500-$2.65; with acid resIstant flastlc on IlllIld. Cass City, Mlchiran 465-9548. 1.000-$4.47 postpaid. =-ancy Hall, AIl- starting. Coleman, Six miles north ;\lichlgan. of Xorth Phone Bradley on 1I"0ld, Go I d r u s h. =-emagold, Vine- By any standard tlnest cement stave 0 compa.rlaon silo and most to th •, Phone 872.3355 FARMERS :'1 18, 14 east on Curtis Road. (Mid- les" Portoricans 100-$1.00; 500-$3.25; the money. NO DOWN PAYMENT- or land County) (4-3t-29p) 18 1,000-$6.00 postpaid. Satisfaction Guar- easy terms. Complete systematic teed • Cleaner burning- it's electrofined. Rainbow ponds. lc & up. Free trout for stocking private price list. Lloyd anteed. HawesviJIe, }o"armer" Kentuck~'. Plant Company (5-lt-33p) Ing alll() available. 25 Charlotte, MIchIgan. C&B Silo Company (15-60-tt-Ub) a; Caro OS-32032; or Kingston 6113-23411 or Broder, 8 miles south of Ludington, R. ATTENTION ASPARAGUS GROW- 38 Medford 56391 Marlette, ERS. It you want to extend your pre- WOMEN I, ;\lIchlgan. Phone 843-3M7. (Mason or Cass City 1172-314:0 • lower sulphur content County) C4-3t-22p) 18 sent acreage Iness, or s~rt we have the p!ant.!l asparagus for you. bus- MAID to work tor small Detro It or Cass City 872-3411 P-ETROLEUM 32 FT. VA=- TRAILEl\. 1953 Trall- California 309, 711 and Mary Washing- family, own room, bath, TV. Good helps prevent FOR POULTRY mobile. All aluminum, axle. double rear doors, opposite 9 ft. spread side ton RobertI' state-Inspected. strain. The plants Less than a penny In to Mm. M. Wender, are pay and paid vacation. WrIte 184~ Pennlngto n tull y '--r SAI~ESMEN corrosion. doo\'!!. 1'h Inches Insulation In sides, large orders. RUdolph Szewczyk, Paw Dr., Detroit 21, MichIgan. (i-lt-28b ) TO SERVE YOU" 2 Inches on celllng. front and rear Paw R-3, MIchIgan. Telephone. Paw 41 • oflubricity assures you proper lubrication. 4000 N. GRAND RIVER vent doors. toes or other ant floor Ideal heater produce. for hauling maintains Optional pota- radi- uniform Paw 657-5003. Van Bu,en (11-7t-45p) / County) 16 -------- =-EJo;DLF. SpeCial Needles. RP-PAIR Curv~d, KIT: Seven straight 1 I We have aDd busiBesaes net ady~ lDaDy ofher f~ AFRICA=" VIOLgTS - Freshcu bent; for upholstery, turs. carpets' here_ Send for FIlEt: FOLDD. LANSiNG, MICHIGAN FilM 8UlliAii'.iWIlG Co. lac, heat throughout with heater load. Trailer $2475.00. Heintz $2150.00, Potato leaves. Surprise collection a for $1.10. gloves, handbags, awnlnp; strlnc1IlC CIltCJU. ~ Company, Michigan. 13580 Phone: Conant, TWinbrook Detroit 3-5200. Also Jensen, Iris. Stamp l\I1IlIngton, ('rlnga MichIgan. list. Theo (Tu.- Mackl!, Many u_. )o!oneybaek antee:. 50c C<:>nUnental. Box 242, CUI-I glkar- Write: B. A. CaJlla, ae.u.r, (5-lt-61b) 18 cola County) (4-2t-18p) 25 ver City. Calltornla. (5-lt-3ep) 18 C.. City, Mlektcu (, '.In SIX: ) May 1. 1963 MICHICAN FAllM NEWS • Using Millage Wisely School Fina nClng Sound Judgment Foolish "Economies" petition at a new and vaster SHALL WE SPEND OUR MILLAGE ON "FANCY PLANTS?" Discussion Topic Required Policies are just as unwise and wasteful where school level. The understandings, skills PREPARED B¥ THE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH lVe have to be very careful boards become so "penny wise and vision of yesterday will not ,about calling every attractive and pound foolish" that they serve the child of tomorrow. He DEPARTltIENT, l\UClliGAN FARl\l BUREAU will need new ones to match -addition to a school building a resort to "cheap" construction. "frill." When is a "frill" not a Such construction usually re- his own age and time. Lacking Do we need more and better schools? Y ~u bet we them he will be handicapped. frill? In' many instances, at- quires costly corrections, re- do! This is not simply because the law says so. It is tractive elements of modern pairs and expensive mainten- Not the least of the chal- /- building construction are avail- ance. Pupils are crowded in lenges we face is that of pre- our moral obligation to each child. The struggle cen- able at no more cost-or even and a pooi' teaching climate is serving America as a nation of ters in finding ways in finance the needed schools, and less - than with out-dated often the result. free, self-reliant, responsible forms of "plain" construction. and self-governing people. The in spreading the burden equitably. A school need not be drab to be We are just as foolish, too, when we put . the matter of tide is set-one way or another economical in construction. -by the decisions of our citi- Michigan' 5 pupil population is increasing at about adequate salaries for teachers The question is-Can the dis- somewhere below other things. zens. 50,000 per year. State costs for'educating 1,750,000 trict afford elaborate athletic Such a policy commits the plants, an auditorium, perhaps school to substandard teaching. Questions pupils in 1960-61 were about $750 million for the. a goldfish pond m the lobby Capable teachers move on. Can 1. What is the present mill- school year. The cost of education per child rose from BEFORE classrooms, laborator- we expect good teachers to ac- ies, libraries and new teaching age rate for schools and educa- $260 in 1950-51 to $424 in 1960-61. About 50% of cept pay below others in the tion in your school district? equipment? community with similar educa- (See your tax statement.) this was due to inflation. If the taxable wealth of the tion and ability? Have we for- 2. Have you had millage in- gotten the teacher's key role in -'" -- -------- - district is overloaded, if bond- creases in your school district In the face of the horde of er. ' Under the old constitution, ed debt is loaded on future tax the personal development of many citizens paying no prop.- in the past 10 years? How new pupils who will need resources to provide "prestige our children? High standards many increases? For what 1.1 classrooms and teachers,. do we spend our money wisely? Are erty tax could~ outvote prop- erty owners in approving mill- .. items" when we know that fu- ture enrollments will demand here are not a waste of school funds. have these tax increases been used? we planning to provide for age for schools-or raising the them? bonded debt limit. The new OR ON TOMORROW'S CHILDREN? more "essentials" in the school system-then taxpayers usually To Face the Futur.e 3. Do you expect an increase constitution, however, reserves in the school enrollment in If there is extravagance- react by refusing additional your district during the next 5 to property owners the right millage for basic needs when actual careless and needless In 1953,state-aid funds made provided by local taxes? Is our ture, "prestige construction?'" A school system that is to years? to vote on bonded debt issues they arise. It is happening now! spending of our school funds- up about 60% of the available' present spending taking into Have we decided that the meet the citizen's need for 4. Have millage increases that carry for more than 5 we may have to pay for it in school funds, local revenues account the needs of the com- school must become a local edi- With money spent on elabor- tomorrow must "leave its low- that have passed-or proposed years. vaulted past" and plan for the higher taxes, today, tomorrow about 40%. Now, the shoe is ing increase in pupil enroll- tion of a college campus with ate architecture or favored millage increases for the fu- -for' years to come. We may But another tax loophole on the other foot-local 60%, ment? Are we including class- an athletic stadium, a swim- "wants," perhaps your school the future. Our taxes should ture-been directed at provid- not pass all the blame on' to needs plugging. Consider those state-aid 40%. The state .calls rooms and more teachers sure ming pool, a finely uniformed ' system could have built twice not be used merely to keep the ing for future pupil needs? others in this case. Maybe our residents who build new homes for local districts to match the sure to be needed? band, when the main need is the classroom space and in- school system where it always school boards are forgotten i~ subdivisions.' They provide gross.allowance per pupil. The for more classrooms, more and creased the teaching staff-or has been. Children of today 5. Have you maintained a. a sharp increase in the school's state has required 8 mills to be Or-are present revenues be- better equipment and mor.e and taxes could have been kept in and tomorrow face a new kind close, personal interest in the men. pupil load. Yet their new . levied to be eligible for full ing exhausted on costly unes- better teachers for tomorrow's bounds to meet these future of world. It is a world of vastly . planning and operation of the Some citizens have abandon- properties may not be listed as state aid. You get no such help sentials -:. imposing architec- children? needs. expanded knowledge, of com- school system in your district? ed their personal interest and residences on the tax rolls for at all if you levy less than 6 participation in school plan- almost a year. They may not mills,-based on state equal- ning and policy. As districts 'pay full taxes for another year .. ized valuations. annexed and grew larger, the This forces the established tax- , citizen forgot school affairs- payer to carry an extra burden In the present Legislature, lost interest. Such neglect, fol- in the meantime. the'State Department of PUblic FIRST IN. CLAIMS SERVICE! lowed by criticism of school Instruction has asked that local board decisions becomes point- Where You Live districts be required to levy 15 less fault-finding when the mills to get full state aid. citizen drops his active counsel Makes a Difference The state equalized valuation and questioning about school programs and policies. The Tax rates differ sharply in forced tax rates upwar<1 in carping critic is about as help- school districts. If you live in a some districts-where local as- ful as a hang-nail. high-millage district, the jolt sessed valuations were below A Michigan State University on your purse ca.l be severe. state levels. Raising the valua- bulletin "Your Michigan But taxes in other districts are tion of the district also in- School Costs" puts the matter "Easy Street" by comparison. creased the debt limit-so more very soundly: "Every citizen taxes could be voted through. The high millage district in More pressure on property. has the right and the obliga- Michigan levies 31 mills for tion to share in the planning, control and support of the pro- school operations, the low dis- Deductible Millage trict only 6.8 mills. The aver- gram of the public school sys- tem." age district levies 10.75 mills. Requires'Regulation (Total millage - including building, site and debt retire- The "deductible millage fac- Strong Reason ment - High=33.R5 mills. Low tor" in the state-aid formula For Active Interest = 8 mills. Average district' helps make this adjustment. Property taxpayers have =16.1 mills.) Where does your Equalization of school funds more than doubled the percent district stand on this scale? ' per child is not complete under of personal incomes given to the present formula. Deducti- schools in a ten year period. Federal Aid? .ble millage is now only 3% The tax whack on the pocket- mills on a gross allowance of People in heavily-taxed dis- $224. To bring districts closer book should spur t}1em to ex- tricts may seek "escape" by amine how the muney is spent. .to equality in dollars per child, turning to federal aid. Such an 'an increased gross allowance Money is a necessary tool in appeal would be unnecessary if providing a good education would be necessary, tied to taxes were spread to other about 8 mills in deductible system. Any tool can be used bases besides property. The to good purpose-or can be millage. In its present spring tax dollar, kept at home, goes session, the Legislature has dealt with clumsily-and fail farther (no federal "discount") to do the job expected of it. been asked for'a gross allow- and 'local people have more ance of $250 and a 4% deducti- The plan behind its use may be control of the' uses of the short-sighted. ble millage. funds. To, keep such control Most school boards do a good "at home" there must be a Such support quite clearly job of looking ahead to com- careful adjustment in the share gives the State the right to set munity needs. Tax money is.- of the funds that come from the rate for local support. used with careful conljider- federal, state and local sources. Tax requirements can be im- ation of those needs. Citizens Federal regulations often force posed on local districts and tax always possess the legal right local governments to spend bases can be adjusted in valu- to examine board decisions more than wanterl or needed. ation-so that districts receive and to raise questions about Ask the community that built only their legal share of state- Mr. Robert Kebler, center, Clinton the spending program. a federally-supported munici- aid funds. This becomes neces- County farmer, discusses his recent pal' airport! sary to insure that each 'district An Overbalanced will bear its proper and adjust- fire loss with Adjuster Bill Sharp, Tax Burden Tax Pressures- ed share of the tax burden loc- left, and his Farm Bureau agent, ally. Jahn lynch. The ruins of the Kebler Almost all of the funds for Which Way to Turn? home are in Ihe background. school buildings and equipment Expanding needs for schools Sound Spending must come from local property and their programs have taxes. You can use very little caused much head-scratching and Future Taxes state-aid money for such for a financial answer. More things. State-aid helps out in Because questions are asked property taxes? No! New about the way in which dis- operational expenses, mainly. local taxes? Well, what? More As the tax load on property tricts spend their money does state-aid? How? And should we not mean thaf criticisms are has increased, evidence be- get a major part of our school comes clear that support of the pointed at any particular schoot '. 'f'- monies from big-government schools needs to be sprt:ad more widely over the local population. People. think of units? These are questions needing answers-and thought- ful consideration. board or administration. The numerous articles written about school finance seem to emphasize the idea that money, GRAND RAPIDS Joseph Tukiew Robert B. Beach leslie J. Mtlenithon Elvin G. Wakeman 41,435 Claims Settled last Year new forms of possible local re- - Local taxes build schools. itself, is the answer to all LANSING venues. Local income taxes begin to appear . ./ State-aid has exerted pres- school problems. This can be Gilbert C. Rosseller Richard E. Root Mr. Ro~rt Kebler is just one of thousands of Michigan farmers who know they sures-forcing up requirements questioned. Money for what? Allan K. McBride William B. Sharp The new constitution will for local support. The state and Increased millage for what? KALAMAZOO can depend on Farm Bureau for fast, fair, friendly claim service. help to straighten out one local share of scho'ol support What trend has been set in Marion deBie William Hayes problem of the property own- has shifted. your district for using money Wendell J. DeBruin Donald J. Meints A raging fire recently destroyed the Kebler home and contents. Farm Bureau's OAKLAND COUNTY Morvin Haskin Ray M. 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