~ MICHIGAN' .FARM NEWS THE ACTION PUBLICATIO~ HE MICHIGAN FARM BUREAU Vol. 42, No. 6 Published Monthly by Michigan Farm Bureau June 1, 1964 MEMBER MICHIGAN C llFIED • f \\MISS FARM BUREAU" - LOVELY SUSAN WALKER, Manchester, ing Association (see story, page 3). Market-gardening has long poses among vegetables, fruit and flowers of the Clyde Smith and been a maior operation on the Smith's Centennial farm, where flower Sons farm market, Plymouth. The Smiths, Clyde, David and Everett, and vegetable ,plants grow in greenhouses while tomatoes, sweet are members of the new \\Michigan Certified Farm Markets" - a corn and melons are important crops on nearby acres. The Smith division of Farm Bureau's Michigan Agricultural Cooperative Market- enterprise is typical of Michigan's many fine roadside farm markets. At this poi~t, the Supreme 'Frahm Named Court Approves Districting Court properly tests the plan and judges it against constitutional requirements - but only at this ~o I~ MFB Board point! After more than three and a half months of stalling, the Michigan This is a simple directive which For more than three months A prominent Saginaw county Supreme Court has bowed to the mandate of the people of Michigan requires only that the Court test after the Court had been ~ven dairy farmer has been appointed in acting on the matter of legislative districting. the plans submitted against the the constitutionally directed job to the position of "Director at By a five-to-three decision, the Court on May 26, adopted the provisions of the Constitution and to do, it continued to balk, offer- Large" on the Michigan Farm "Hanna-Brucker" plan for apportionment - a plan for districting render a decision. ing the excuse that it was waiting Bureau Board of Directors, to fill . originally recommended by the four Republican Commissioners The Court is not given the fob for "guidelines" from the United a term vacated by the resignation seated on the Legislative Apportionment Commission, as established of developing a better plan, or States Supreme Court. amending the plans to suit itself. of Anthony Kreiner. by the new Constitution ... Farmers joined other citizens It shan determine from those He is Walter (WaUy") Frahm, The Court's lack of action has been a major cause of contention In of the state in th~ growing belief this year's session of the Legislature. It has prevented legislators plans submitted, presumably at (36) of rural Frankenmuth, life- that the lack of action bv the from giving their full attention to other needs of the state. the time the Commission makes Court was a delaying tacti~ used time dairyman who currently its report to t~ Court. in an attempt to force Michigan serves as Secretary of the Mich- TO REVIEW After making its determination into an election of its 148 mem- igan Guernsey Breeders Associa- reach a majority agreement and of a plan, the Court "shall direct bers of the Legislature on an "at tion. The new Constitution, which repOrted this fact to the Supreme that it be adopted by the Com- large" basis. became effective January 1, 1964, Court on February 17, 1964. ~e For the past four years, 1960- mission and published as pro- placed the redistricting of 110 four Republican members of the This could have led to the 63, Frahm acted as Chairman of vided in this section." House seats and 38 Senate seats Commission submitted a plan and straight party ticket election of the Michigan Farm Bureau Dairy After these steps have been in the hands of a Legislative three plans were offered by most, or all legislators from one taken, the Constitution provides Advisory Committee. His father, Apportionment Commission com- Democrat members. party, or from a four or five that any elector may file an ap.li- Elmer Frahm, is former president posed of four Democrats and four This placed the ban in the county area. cation for a review of the ap- of the Saginaw County Farm Republicans. It further provides, hands of the eight Justices of proved plan by the Supreme Three Justices, DethmeTs, KeUy "if a majority of the Commission Bureau. Michigan's highest court. Court. and O'Hara had selected one plan cannot agree on a plan, each The Court shall remand the as most nearly meeting the con- Kreiner, who resigned to enter member of the Commission, in- The Constitution further pro- plan to the Commission "for fur- stitutional requirements. private business, will continue a dividually or jointly with other vides that, "the Supreme Court ther action" if the plan "fails to Finally, they were joined by modified far m in g operation on members, m~ submit a proposed shall determine which plan com- plies most accmately with the comply with the requirements of Justices Smith and Adams, for his acres near Brown City, Lapeer plan to the Supreme Court." the CO.DStitutiOD." the 5 to. 3 4C4&W' DIESEL FUEL the entire state of Michigan. To forestall further actions of this kind, Farm If the market system had been permitted to Bureau board members wrote this policy state- operate at least as well as it had been doing ment: "We strongly disapprove of this type of just before the Johnson-Freeman combine be- MICHIGAN &FARM NEWS investigation of state agencies and organiza- TW« ACTION PUBLICATION OF T W l M I C H I G A N FARM B U R E A U ^an the drive for their restrictive wheat scheme, tions by that body (the Conference) and we do The MICHIGAN FARM NEWS is DIRECTORS: District 1, Max K. I wheat grower could easily have grossed as published monthly, on the first day, Hood, Paw Paw, R-l; District 2, Wil- not feel that we can be a party to this sort of much in 1964 from his pro-rata share of the by the Michigan Farm Bureau, at its bur H. Smith, Burlington, R-l; District publication office at 109 N. Lafayette 3, Donald L. Ruhlig, D e x t e r ; Dis- action." 55-million-acre national allotment without the Street, Greenville, Michigan. Editorial and general offices at 4000 trict 4, E l t o n R. Smith, Caledonia, R-l; District 5, David Morris, Grand I am not excusing Farm Bureau, — because new program as he will with it. North Grand River Avenue, Lansing, Ledge, R-3; District 6, Ward G. Hodge, we were part of it. Michigan. Post Office Box 960. Tele- Snover, R-l; District 7, Guy C. Free- phone, Lansing, 485-8121, Extension born, Hart, R-l; District 8, Lloyd Shan- We should have known that with 59 different If he raises more than his normal yield, his 317. kel. Wheeler, R-l; District 9, Eugene *ross under the new program may well be Established January 12, 1923. Sec- Roberts. Lake City, R-l; District 10, organizations involved, somebody would mis- ond Class Postage paid at Greenville, Edgar Diamond, Alpena. R-2; District .ess, because production in excess of normal Michigan. 11, E d m u n d S a g e r , S t e p h e n s o n . interpret the purpose of the activity. EDITORIAL: E d i t o r , Melvin L. will be "non-certificated'' w h e a t w h i c h will Woell. Advertising and Layout, Paul DIRECTORS AT LARGE: Walter Frahm, Frankenmuth: Dean Pridgeon, It may be time for the Michigan Farm Bu- A. Rivas. Staff Artist, Sam Bass. Montgomery. R-l; Walter Wightman, reau to re-evaluate its relationship with the bring only an artificially d e p r e s s e d market Women's Material, Mrs. Donna Wilber. OFFICERS: Michigan Farm Bu- Fennville, R-l. price. reau; President, Walter Wightman, WOMEN OF FARM BUREAU: Mrs. Conference. Fennville, R-2; Vice President, Elton R. Smith, Caledonia, R - l ; Secretary- William Scramlin, Holly; FARM BU- REAU YOUNG P E O P L E : Donald More probable, — it may be time for the Could it be that President Johnson believes Manager, Clarence E. Prentice, Okemos. Williams, Webberville. Michigan Agricultural Conference to re-evalu- that ;armers should be handled by the ears, POSTMASTER: In using form 3579, mail to: Michigan Farm News, 4000 N. ate the purposes of the organization as outlined the same as his Beagle pups, — that it is good Grand River, Lansing, Michigan. in its beginning. Second c l a n potto?• paid at GroanviHo, Michigan for farmers to howl? W.W. MICHIGAN FARM NEWS June 1, 1964 THREE ROADSIDE MARKETS BRill More Money Through Consumer Confidence By Noel Stuckman fined to southeastern Michigan. Market Development Division, MFB The dues for the year are $25 and the purchase of a $1.00 share 'We're certain that fanners can sell a lot more produce of stock. Membership acceptance direct to consumers it they can find a way to restore con- is sub;ect to approval by the fidence in roadside markets," said Robert Spicer, board MCThe FM operating board. 1964 officers of the ass0- chairman of the recently organized Michigan Certified Farm ciation are: Robert Spicer, Lin- Markets association. den, chairman; Wendell Green, The Linden fruit grower pointed out that many farm Walled Lake, vice chairman; and market operators in southeastern Michigan have become Ed Welsh, Annada, secretary- treasurer. concerned about occasional unscrupulou,s operators who in Others on"the board are: Glen some cases have given the entire industry a black eye. Rowe, Ypsilanti; David Smith, "Our Michigan Certified Farm Markets association looks Plymouth; J. W. Erwin, South like the way to restore lost confidence," he said. Lyon; Walter Wenzel, Lexington; Back in January, a group of interested roadside market Roger Porter, Goodrich; and Louis Ridley, Fowlerville. operators from nine southeastern Michigan counties got Further information about together to study ways in which the industry itself could Michigan Certified Farm Markets improve its image in the eyes of the consumer. can be obtained from members of With the assistance of the Cooperative Extension Seroice, the board, the Cooperative Ex- ROBERT SPICER, (left) Board Chairman af the new Michigan Certified Farm Don L. Hine, district extension agent, Marketing; the Mich- tension personnel in southeastern Market. Association and prominent market-operatar, appears with Don Hine. Michigan, and the Market Devel- igan Farm Bureau; and the state Department of Agriculture opment Division of the Michigan (center) on Kirk Knight's popular Channel .., Detroit, television program. Hine is credited with conceiving and helping carry through the idea of a Michigan - and after considerable work and planning, the association Farm Bureau. program of certified markets. of Michigan Certified Farm Markets (MCFM) was created. Members of the newly formed organizatio~ decided thar it would be to their advantage to affiliate with the Farm Bureau and re- quested that their organization on bags and containers. Only roadside markets which meet the rigid ~rules of quality, service and cleanliness may be- NFO RESULT INEVITABLE become a division of Farm Bu- come membeu of the Farm Mar- (Editor's Note: The Owen Dairy Company of Wisconsin, a re~u's Agricultural Cooperative kets group, and every member privately-owned concer:n which was one of the first to sign a NFOCannot must abide by the Code of Ethics "master contract" with the National F..armers Organization, has Marketing Association (MACMA). Formal acceptance of this pro- which wiU be displayed in the gone into bankruptcy. The authoritative "Dairy Record" maga- Rescue Closed posal took place at the MACMA annual meeting held April 21. market. Services will be developed as zine's editorial comment on the occasion is printed in part ... ) Dairy Plant! Members of the new division the needs arise. Such programs FROM THE DAIRY R~CORD Dairy concerns that sign up have drawn up and approved a may include information ex- One can only feel sympathy for the 325 dairy fanners who with National Farmers Organiza- comprehensive code of ethics and change, newsletters, help in lo- suffered relatively heavy losses in the Owen, Wis. fiasco. Dairy tion and which later close their operating rules for their associa- cating and buying additional pro- fanners are caught in a cost-price squeeze and generally speak- doors under a burden of n.on-pay- tion. duce, cooperative purchasing of . d. f aff d f .. ment to farmers for milk, can m g no auy anner can or a mancial reverse such as those . NOT depend on NFO to take Most recently the Certified supplies, assistance with member's advertising programs, insurance, w h 0 have be.en patrons of th~ Owen plant. them over and operate them. Farm Market board approved a and legal and legislative assist- Sympathy IS a poor consolation to those 325 fanners but the According to the Minnesota trademark sign that will be used to promote and advertise member ance. fact cannot be overlooked that their troubles were to a very Dairy Products Association, thi$ markets. Only members may dis- Although plans are for a state- great extent of their own making. A large percentage of them is an outstanding lesson which play this official emblem and use wide organization, initial member- became enamored with the pot of gold program espoused by the farmers and dairy firms should it in advertising promotions and ship work this year will be con- National Farmers Organization that 1»'oposed a year-round learn from events that followed average of $5 for manufacturing milk and an average of $6.05 closure of the Ow~n Da~ry Com- for Grade A milk. pany, at .Owen, WISconsin . . h . h d .. d ld NFO IS not chartered as a co- ....These are pnces t at everyone m t e arry m ustry wou opera ti' ve an d. IS no t empowere d lIke to see f~e~s receIve but at the present time they are ~m- as such to operate farm processing pletely unrealistic because they defy all the laws of economICS. concerns of anv kind; thus hopes We have a situation in which d.airy fanners are over-producing that in emerge'ncies it will do so to such an extent that consumers refuse to consume all of the are groundless. products which the dairy industry produces. To put it more Any assurances of any kind, accurately consumers will not spend the money to buy all of wheth~r. verbal or written, that the milk and milk products which are produced. Most nutrition- ~FO WIll co~e t~ the rescue of ists and economists will agree that all dairy products are a good SIgned-up dairy fIrms that there- .. red h.th after close their doors cannot be b uy b ut t h e consumer remams unconVIn so e el er cuts lied th MDPA "d d hi d . h b . re upon, e SaI • own on s aIry purc ases or turns to su .stitutes .. Although wide newspaper pub- That of cqurse has not deterred the ComIng, Iowa, MesSUlh licity was given a project for who talks largely of leading dairy" farmers out of the economic NFO to purchase the closed Owen wilderness by the simple expedient of materially increasing the pumt - one of the first in Wis- prices of fluid milk and other dairy products. He, of course, is consin to sign up with NFO- cognizant of the fact that consumers will not buy all of the nothing has come of it, and dairy products produced at current prices but his solution is nothing wiU~ said MDP A. to force them to buy at the higher prices by a milk withholding action. It requires no occult powers to foresee what the answer In reporting the m: over. plan, the Eau Clarre, WIS- O tak.e- f th will be H h b. ed consm Leader was quoted as o t ~ con~u;~rs .. bl su c a prth°~dwere to e earn saving: "The National Farmers ou , It wo .. 0 rrrepara e ann h to e In ustry. O;ganization, long a critic of local YPSILANTI FARM MARKET OPERATOR, GLEN ROWE, displays the official e~blem and sign of the Farm Market association which will be used to promote and Try as It mIght, the NFO cannot dodge part of the blame dairy cooperatives, soon may have advertise member markets. for the plight of the producers who are $300,000 out of pocket a chance to show the farming as a result of the closing of the Owen plant. In the first place, world how to run a co-op ... it traded on the gullibility of a group of fanners with a program The NFO was to meet at the high that is impossible of fuHillment. The organization's representa- school here (at Owen, Wiscon- tives fired up local producers in the area by using the old sym_ sin) to ~scuss the possib~lity of pathy'racket and creating hostility to cooperative plant managers purch.asmg the plant .... . Ii Darrv fanners and daIry con- an d p lant dir ec tors, many 0f w h om h ave d evot ed then ves to 'h Id li I . A d th f th . cerns s ou rea ze one compe- th e coope~tive moveme~t. n ey went out ? elr w. ay to ling reason why the NFO can not make enemIes of fann neIghbors who had been life long friends. take over operation of the Owen There probably is a bit of greed in the hearts of aU of us and Company or any other dairy firm NFO apparently worked on this human fraility when it signed that may go under after it signs up dairy plants to its master contract. the NFO's master contract, the Opportunistic managers saw a chance of taking advantage MDPA said. of nearby plants and signed contracts to draw the milk or NFO "This c~peUing reason is that members away from the neighboring plants. Such was the case t~ NFO IS legalltj not a coop~a- at Owen but there the management added the enticement of five haatrtall'dand IS not orndgahencfUzed ff' high . th b .. d rall. th or c ere as sue , ha e o enng er pnces an we~e ~mg pm g~ne y m e area. has no powers to run a coopera- The result, of course, was IneVItable and It offers a salutary Hve," - spokesmen for the Min- lesson to both producers and management that a plant cannot nesota Dairy Products Association payout more than it receives for the finished product. said. FOUR June 1, 1964 MICHIGAN FARM NEWS ILegislative Capsule Report I BEAN COMMISSION This bill would have allowed bean producers to promote their product in the same manner now used by the Cherry and Apple Commissions, and the Potato Council. The legislation, supported by p,roducer organizations and Farm Bureau, was voluntarY and contained an "escape c1al!se" for those producers not wishing to participate. The House passed it 90 to 10. It was amended by the Senate, O.K:~ by the Appropriations Committee and then passed the Senate 22 to 8.. Back in the House it was referred to the Ways and Means Committee, where it was killed - after passing both houses by House Kills Meat Inspection overwhelming votes. Such action is inexcusable. This legislation required little' or no financing to start and was self-supporting thereafter. It would have permitted an important agricultural commodity Death to uniform meat inspection in Michigan came Of the 19 meat inspection pro- to help itself and contained an expiration date if it did not slowly. Members of the House Ways and Means Committee grams carried on by the health prove effective. departments in cities and coun- TAXES killed it by inaction. They diOO't even bother to vote on it. ties, there has been little uniform- Under the new Constitution, committee votes mUst be ity and the quality of the work Progress was made on Farm Bure~u's tax program. recorded and are open to the public. ~~Inaction"neatly gets ranges from ex ce IIen t to very The highlights of approved legislation of interest to farmers around the people's right to know. poor! are: They argued that statewide in- (1) "Truth in Taxes," requiring equalized valuations to be Approximately 25% of the meat sold in our state does spection is neded, but under the shown on the tax roll and statement. This alone could lead to not receive before-and-after slaughter inspection. Department of Health, in spite equitable assessments. Michigan farmers, producing $150,000,000 worth of live- of the fact that many counties do ( 2) Equalization departments required in counties of $50 stock annually, can only hope that their industry will not not have such a department, and million or more valuation to be established by the Board of be ruined by some unfortunate incident like the one that others who do would not be able Supervisors. Twenty-eight or more counties now have such ruined the state's fish industry. to staff and finance such a pro- gram. depamnents. Even now there is a growing consumer insistence on (3) State Tax Commission to provide more comprehensive H.22 did provide for the con- USDA inspected meat, most of which comes from other tinued operation of meat inspec- information. states. Our own state institutions buy only USDA inspected tion programs by the Health (4) City income taxes restricted to %% on non-residents and meat. - Department in those counties and 1% on residents. Economic barriers created by the lack of uniformity in cities now providing the service. (5) Creation of a special interim committee to study the those counties and cities having meat inspection prevent The service, however, would general property tax laws. Farm Bureau believes this committee have been statewide and uniform, must accept the responsibility to devote sufficient time to study- the free movement of meat throughout the state - further consumers would have been as- ing the property tax burden on fanners and make proper recom- harming farmers .. sured of a supply of inspected mendations to the 1965 Legislature. A delivery truck leaving Detroit must have as many as meat, local taxpayers would have The obligation is all the greater due to the fact that substan- 28 stickers in order to deliver meat in various counties and saved dollars, and Michigan farm- ers would have had an invaluable tial personal property tax relief was given to industry by ex- cities, all of which lead to duplication and added costs. empting "tools, dies, jigs patterns, etc." while other bills giving H.22 did not die because of ------------ tool to help increase their sales lack of support! and all agreed that the Depart- and exPand the livestockindustry. relief to others, including fann personal property, were allowed Why did it die? to die in committee. The bill was introduced by 42 ment of Agriculture should ad- Representatives of both political minister the law. parties, and was the result of a The department's Division of special Interim Study Committee Foods and Standards already en- established last year. forces laws concerning food and Nineteen public hearings were beverages, and fruit, vegetable, held, five of them in the Upper poultry and egg grading. It also .Peninsula, and all of which clearly protects the public by seizure of indicated the need for statewide food products that are found to IDiform meat inspection modeled be unfit for human consumption. after the Federal Meat Inspection Its inspectors also check sani- Program .and operating under the tary conditions in all food-han- state Department of Agriculture. dling establishments (restaurants, Governor Romney strongly canneries, etc.) and administers urged statewide meat inspection, the state"s sausage, animal health .md Mayor Cavanagh of Detroit, and humane slaughter laws. To :n an effort to get action, tele- prevent duplication and lessen 5I"aphedhis support to the Com- costs, any statewide meat inspec- ".Ilittee. tion should be coordinated by the The House Agriculture Agriculture Department. Committee unanimously sup- If so many favored the pro- :;>ortedthe bill before sending it posal, who opposed itP :0 Ways and Means. The only known opposition Many other agricultural groups came from a few well-organized joined with Farm Bureau in sup- local health departments and port of this needed legislation, their employees. - @ PLVAC ~rotects your sprays Education from Yleathering off EDUCATION- Will be given special attention in the August issue of the Farm News. Her~'s the next best thing to put- Plyac is a unique, patented, liq- In general the Legislature deserves commendation for educational progress. As this is written some of the im- ting a magic roof over your fruit uid polyethylene spreader-sticker portant school legislation awaits final actioD. crop. Add Plyac to your sprays. in easy-to-use form. You need just The state aid act shows progress toward greater equity Sprays work harder when you 2 to 4 ounces of Plyac for each 100 in that poorer school districts will receive proportionately more. However, efforts are being made by wealthier add Plyac. It increases spray ef- gallons of spray mixture. schools to change the ratio. fectiveness, even through driving You can add Plyac to wettable Fann Bureau helped prevent serious consideration of winds and pounding rains. Plyac powders, sprays and emulsinable ~ formulas which would have hurt many outstate districts. stretches the time between re- concentrates. Mandatory Teachers Tenure was opposed by Fann sprayings, so you get more from For the best in spreader-stick- Bureau. Numerous organizations testified at a large public ers, always use Plyac! your spray dollar. hearing in favor of the proposal. Fann Bureau, Grange and the School Boards Association were the only opposition. This was initiatory legislation and is handIed in a dif- ferent manner horn ordinary bills. The Legislature is ~ied GENERAL CHEMICAL DIVISION severely limited in what it can do. (See Minuteman letter . (£.emicol 511 E. Patterson street • for further information.) KalalJ\BZOO 13. Mich. MICHIGAN FARM NEWS June 1, 1964 FIVE Unfair Trade Practices More Mi~higan Meat SCUEZE Dairy Industry Donald R. Moore, Manager Producer Worries Market Development Division, MFB Fifty Iowa Beef Producers are coming to Detroit, June io and sota has consistently supported 11, to promote Iowa beef. such programs but now appears For years unfair trade practices have played havoc with the to agree that feed grain dumping dairy industry. Small dairies have been forced to close because This Iowa «get out and sell" program will be pushed in the of unfair price-cutting policies practiced by their competitors Detroit area because they say: «It is a large consumer market," has hurt the livestock producer. One publication states: and the chain stores. - and Michigan •• • , i \ t the Michigan Farm Bureau. Helping stabilize the 121 pound Farmers Petroleum Cooperative. The importance of "customized" fuel which and Dean Pridgeon, by former F.F.A. State President, M a r v i n man-size pile of printing, (34,500 pages — more than 47 responds a n d handles well in close tolerances of modern diesel motors is dram- H e a d , at the 36th a n n u a l convention of the organization. million words) is Mrs. E d w a r d Prentice, Information Division. a t i z e d . Assisting in the demonstration is Kenneth Hcrvey, FPC Purchasing Manager Knirk is chairman of the State Agricultural Commission; Pridgeon serves as a member of the MFB b o a r d . MICHIGAN FARM NEWS June 1, 1964 THIRTEEN Form Bureau Market Place TRY A 25 WORD CLASSIFIEDAD FOR $2.00 Jli:E~~ SPECIALRATEto Farm Bureau members: 25 words for $2.00 each edition. Additional words 10 cents each per edition. Figures like 12 or $12.50 count as one word. NON-MEMBER advertisers: fREEDOM ~'lJJNYOU~t. 15 cents per word one edition. Two or more editions take rate of 10 cents per word per edition. 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THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY to get into this extra income business. We Material, workmanship guaran- can help you plan and set up • Form Vac9tion Program suitable to the teed. Fence the modem way, with accommodations you have available or that which could be mode income producing. We will gladly assist you in developing rural business. Unilites. INQUIRE NOW III Available throughout MichiQan from FARM BUREAU ~ SERYICES, INe. .. LANSING, MICHIGAN FOURTEEN June 1, 1964 MICHIGAN FARM NEWS up here in Egypt and set his pe0- F.B. Mutual Announces The Story of a ple free. THE HOLY JORDAN New Auto Policy The spell of the Holy Land Man's Dream was 01Y us before we arrived in Jerusalem. In Syria we had visited the place where Saul of Announcement of the introduction of a completely new Farm Bureau Mutual Auto Policy has been made by N. L. Vermillion, Administrative Vice President for Farm Bureau Insurance. (This is the fourth in a series of articles written by Form Bureau Tarsus was stricken blind while persecuting the Christians. Then The new contract, known as the Family Auto Policy, was member, Wm. A. Burnette, of his recent journey oro u n d the developed after two years of research and study by the com- world.-Editor's Note) we went to the house in Damas- cus where Saul was converted, pany's Underwriting Division. The policy will replace the Pace THE GREAT MAN OF EGYPT regained his sight, and changed Setter auto policy on all eligible Farm Bureau Mutual insured his name to Paul. cars and pick-up trucks. I've just seen the great temples, tombs, - monuments, We traveled the road Jesus had "This new contact represents you have a collision with another mosques and pyramids, which the ancient leaders and rulers traveled numerous times from the latest thinking on broad auto insured with Farm Bureau Jerusalem to Jericho, and beyond coverage family auto protection," Mutual ... your collision deduc- of the Nile valley built to glorify and perpetuate their names to the Jordan River and the Dead commented -Vennillion. "It pro- tible is waived and you receive on earth, and impress Heaven with their achievements Sea. On the way, traveling on a full payment. (4) If your car is vides Farm Bureau Mutual among men. new thirty-mile highway the U.S. policyholders with the most com-' damaged by collision with birds I was astounded at the scientific precision of the engineer- built for Jordan, we stopped at prehensive family auto coverage or wild animals ... you receive ing, art and workmanship in these structures. - How such the inn where the Good Samar- available today," he continued. full payment for the loss under monumental structures and artifacts could be accomplished itan established the definition of The policy offers broader pro- Comprehensive coverage. a good neighbor as told by Jesus tection in practically all areas and All Fann Bureau Mutual in- in the prescientific ages puzzles me. to His Disciples. extends these special new fea- sured cars and pick-up trucks will But I am even. more concerned with the "thought life" We passed through- the hills of tures ... (1) If you have a col- be covered with the Family Auto of the people and their rulers who ~ccupied this narrow rocky limestone where shepherds were tending their flocks of sheep, lision with a domestic animal ... Policy at the next renewal date. strip of land along the Nile - from two to thirty miles wide, your CoHision deductible is All commercial vehicles insured and living in tents and caves in waived and you receive full pay- by Fann Bureau Mutual will be and then the uninhabitable rocky and sandy deserts. the mountainsides just as they did ment. (2) If you have a collision protected by a new contract called On the walls of tombs and on monuments, the rulers have in the time of Jesus. with a negligent, uninsureq but the Combination Auto Policy. told how great they were, and in these accomplishments In the vaHev near the River identified motorist .. .- and loss The new policies will be mailed they have drained and consumed the lifeblood and brains Jordan, we in~pected Jericho exceeds your deductible ... you to insureds with the next renewal of the people they ruled. From the beginning to the end where Joshua commanded the sun will receive full payment. (3) If premium notice. of a king or pharaoh, it seems that all the people were en- to stand stiJI while he fought a great battle for Jehovah, and the. slaved to insure him a place in Heaven hereafter. The rulers robbed the tombs of their predecessors to walls came tumbling down. It was here we saw the, women "Wheel a Rig" Without store up treasures in their own tombs. To prevent their own tombs from being robbed, and their embalmed bodies from carrying water from Elisha's well as they did in Jesus' day. We stood by the well on the moun- Chargeable Accident being found and desecrated, the writings and pictures on the tain ne~by the very peak where walls show that the great -rulers had the supervisors and Jesus prayed for forty days and workers who knew the secrets of their tombs beheaded. nights and was tempted by Satan It seems that the aim and direc- to surrender the cause for which tion of all the people was to slave babies born that night to be He was born. provide tombs and pyramids for killed. We visited the Mount of Olives their rulers. I am struck by the I stood on the banks of the Nile in Jerusalem where He sweat thought that this enormous ex- where this baby was pulled out of blood on the rock while the Dis- penditure of energy, thought, the bullrushes and taken by his ciples slept under an olive tree, planning, and life of the people mother to Pharoah's daughter. If which is still there .. was nonproductive and wasteful. this was not the exact place, it We stood where He stood be-' Over the centuries, these gi- makes no difference. The symbol fore Pontius Pilate and was con- gantic efforts did not accomplish iy sufficient. demned to die on the cross. We much for the advancement, free- This baby grew up ,in the pal- followed on foot to Golgotha dom and living standards of the ace and was educated by the where He was nailed to the cross common people. The people were Pharoah's daughter. He was of a and died in agony, the agony used for their animal and human brilliant mind and saved the na- which preceded -the ecstacy of energy and treated like slaves to tion from famine and death by triumph. the rulers and their adminis- storing up grain in the fat years At the River Jordan, where TYPICAL "lUG" - in the moc:lern fleet of over.the-road transports owned and trators. to provide for the lean ones, fol- Jesus was baptized by John and operated by Farm Bureau Services, is this 50-foat troctor-trailer combination, Dignity and worth of the in- lowing the pattern set by the began to fuHiU his mission on .one of ten engaged in daily movement of Farm ~reau Services products. dividual was not recognized and Hebrew, Joseph, 435 years before. earth, we paused to meditate and protected. He was like stones and This Moses, of whom 1 speak, contemplate. Up and down the mortor to the kings and pharaohs. turned the thoughts of mankind banks of the river, we wandered In his years of "wheeling a rig" Thanks to an extensive safety Then, there arose from the en- toward building monuments that and wondered, as the river flowed - Leonard Ekema, driving for program and their extreme inter- slaved class, a leader whose fore- would produce for human society, s\viftly by, as it did in the time Farm Bureau Services tr.anspor- est in their fobs, Services' drivers sight and wisdom saved the nation the family of man, instead of the of Jesus. A boat was anchored tation fleet, has driven mileage have given its Transportation De- in the time of a great famine non-productive tombs and pyra- to the bank and I stood there equal to 365 trips across the con- partmeT}t a driving record fast which lasted for seven years. This mids for the glorification of kings. thinking how Jesus and John had tinental United States - one each becoming the envy of Michigan's man stands out among the family This set a new goal for the world. been at this very spot. day for a fuU year. trucking industry. of man as a great leader who The interpretation of this goal On an impulse to do something Most amazing, he ha."1done this A home-office ''Team'' made up thought his people should identify has resulted in the emancipation to commemorate the occasion of without an accident. of M. J. Buschlen, John F. Youngs themselves \vith their Creator in of mankind, the elevation of a lifetime -a scene beyond my Ekema has driven more than and Elden Smith, are constantly such a way that human effort women to equality with men, and wildest dreams -I walked down a million and a quarter miles working with the drivers to con- could be expended to advance the freedom of opportunity for the muddy bank, climbed into the without a chargeable accident on tinue their record of safe, ac- the cause of mankind, rather than men to live by the exercise of boat, dipped my hands into the a route that usuaUy keeps him curate and on-time transportation the glorifications of kings. their brains, talents, and accom- Holy Jordan and sprinkled my within a 400 mile radius of Farm of farm supplies. It is this team- I was in Memphis, Egypt, plishments. gray head with the water stream- Bureau Services warehouse at work between the drivers and where this man, as a baby, was These things came about ing from my hands. Jenison. management that has resulted in cast upon the Nile in a basket to through Christianity and religious This was the end of a perfect A recent typical day's work for the Services' fleet record of more escape the consequences of a thought, largely through the wis- day. Ekema involved a load of agri- than a year of accident-free driv- jealous Pharoah who was fright- dom, vision, leadership and sacri- (Next month: cultural supplies picked up in ing. ened by a dream and ordered all ficial service of Moses, who grew "The Way of the Cross'1 Chicago for transfer to the Jeni- Next time you see one of Serv- son warehouse. Not too exciting, ices. huge "Semis," remember perhaps ~ if one discounts pro- that the man behind the wheel tecting the cargo valued at has pledged himself to do the $!2~,?OO plus fun-time respon- safest bit of efficient driving pos- Slblhty for tractor-pIus-trailer' sible. He is proud of his fob and bringing the total value to around he is proud of representing Farm $150,000. Bureau members on the road. A Simple Lesson Detroit, Michi~an, Free Press: "Once just once before this old• earth turns t 0 as h es, we 'd I.k' 1 e to see a bureaucrat , get a SImple lesson through his head: "Thd the people and the taxpayers are the same. the government an ep eop Ie are th e same; the government and · the taxpayers are the same. "i DIPPED MY HANDS into the Holy Jordan and sprinkled my gray head with the water streaming from my hands." The emotion of this great moment is dearly etched on the face of Wm. Burnette during his re-affirmation and self-baptism in the woters where John had baptized Jesus. Mr. Burnette's vis.it to the Holy Land was the highlight of his trip c.round the e;~ li~ten to words from the Washington .g e,. Idea that these are three separate wind tunnel, you'd and distinct sets of wotid. bodi es. MICHIGAN FARM NEWS June 1, 1964 FIFTEEN Keeping Pace with the Legislative Marathon Prepared by the Education and Research Department, Michigan Farm Bureau When lawmakers get elected, the idea of passing laws prevails. They go at it "hammer and tongs." Bills pile up seats in one solid package. Gov- mountain high! ernor Romney calls it "chaos in Some folks think that there is more lawmaking done than Michigan government." is needed. Maybe so. EXTENSION AND If numbers carry any weight, we can look at the 1964 RESEARCH legislative record. 1524 bills and joint resolutions were Original appropriation bills for poured into the Legislature's hopper during the present Michigan State University con- session. tained no special allocations for Such a welter of proposals keeps the Farm Bureau men the Cooperative Extension Service busy at the Capitol — trying to support delegate policy. and the Agricultural Experiment They are as busy as the one-armed paperhanger with the Station. This could have been fatal to both programs. itch — trying to balance all this "paper work", yet scratch Farm Bureau succeeded in get- in the right places! ting this special "line item" back Sometimes the Legislature says "yes" and sometimes "no" on the scene. to Farm Bureau hopes. Sometimes the lawmakers just cook Also approved is a special item up a political stew — and let it go cold. of $191,000 for pesticide research Sometimes they will look at the needs and the evidence — at M.S.U. It is earmarked for the purpose. Farm Bureau sup- at other times only party hair-pulling. Ho hum! That's ported the building of a Pesticide nothing new! Research Facility at M.S.U. but What happened? How did Farm Bureau fare in this ses- it did not materialize this year. sion of the Legislature? What will be sorted and saved out Laboratories for this purpose of this year's legislative potato bin? Have a look. have been built on the east and we'st coasts. The mid-west needs MINIMUM WAGE the legislators may tighten the one. Agreement is still lacking as to eggs may be sold to licensed You may have read a good deal screws on many fanners in in- who should direct such a pro- breakers. dustrial areas. NEW WATER RIGHT gram. Commercial bakeries use them about the Minimum Wage Bill, but you may not have learned They may exempt industrial In farming, water means Farm Bureau supported a bill in quantity. If the Governor signs that some proposals ran as high tools, dies, and the like from the money. Getting enough of it is to create such uniform standards the bill — alts well. as $2 per hour. Farm Bureau personal property tax. often a problem. It begins to look and inspection under the direction SPUD DEALERS opposed the minimum wage. on Over a short period the state like a dry spring. All dry periods of the Department of Agriculture general principle. It knocks out would make payments to local cut production. Many farmers of Michigan — with the coopera- In 1963, potato growers lost an jobs. governments — by decreasing have found that irrigation is a tion of local health departments. estimated $200,000 or more be- amounts — to offset revenues lost lifesaver. The "log jam" is hard to break, cause w h o l e s a l e buyers w e n t Jobs are available at certain rates for unskilled workers that from this industrial exemption. Winter snows and spring rains however. broke and couldn't pay. Farmers may not be continued at higher But as this "aid" decreased, farm- usually bring excess water that The Dairy Unfair Trade Prac- got left holding the bag as checks rates. People who lose these jobs ers would have to pick up larger overflows streams and rivers. It tices bill got "hung in chains." bounced. then go on welfare at public ex- shares of the local deficits. runs off and is lost. Yet, until Chain stores can still cut the Farm Bureau helped to pass a pense. Legislators are under pressure now, farmers did not have a legal ground from beneath milk prices new law which requires potato It was very apparent that some from the Chrysler Corporation right to catch and store surplus and are doing so right and left. dealers to be bonded to secure sort of Minimum Wage bill would which threatens to expand in Ohio waters in farm pools or reservoirs. They sell below cost and make their payments to growers. This pass. There was much support rather than Michigan unless given They can now do so, providing under-the-counter d e a l s t o c u t protection is similar to the law, in hearings that were held around this e x e m p t i o n . The fact that that they do not decrease the nor- prices. passed in 1957, which requires the state. So the job became to farmers have the most serious tax mal flow of the stream below the These cuts get passed back to the bonding of livestock auctions. get the one that would do farmers Problem of any group in the state point of storage. Such water is farmers to a harmful degree. GOT BEANED gains small attention. "money in the bank." Dairy f a r m e r s h a v e worked the least harm. Farmers cannot move their long and hard to make such pric- Separate bills had been intro- With a few exceptions, the bill TRACTOR DRIVERS ing practices illegal. It came close duced in each House to establish that did pass will amount to ex- farms to Ohio. There was a heavy push to re- in 1962 — until it was snagged a State Bean Commission and to emptions for most farmers hiring TRANSIENT WORKERS quire all persons driving tractors by Governor Swainson's veto. The provide for a check-off program farm labor. Farm Bureau had asked for full exemption for Down the drain for this year or other farm equipment on the Senate Ag Committee killed it for research and promotion for farmers. went a proposed bill to regulate roads and highways to have an this year. dry edible beans. the housing of migratory workers, operator's license. Bills in some form had passed But to be subject to the new The bill was amended to per- LIVESTOCK HEALTH both Houses — but the House to license and regulate farm labor law, a worker must be on the job camps and labor contractors and mit movements of such i m p l e - Farm Bureau gave support to Ways and Means Committee at least 13 weeks in any 12 month to set the conditions for trans- ments from farm to field. It passed the livestock industry's effort to slammed the door. period. An employer must hire porting such workers. the Senate easily. It died in the keep a clean bill of health. A bill Farm Bureau had favored such four or more workers to become Farm Bureau supported the House Committee. was introduced to prevent the legislation, providing that growers subject to the law, and workers under 18 and those over 65 years continuation of an interim com- Farm Bureau opposed the bill. spread of diseases from livestock might have a choice about partic- of age are not included. mittee to study these problems, It will probably show up another auction yards to farms. ipating or being exempt, and pro- and it is likely that the Governor year. All of which throws the AW this bill needs is the Gov- viding that the Commission was An employer can deduct up to will also appoint a Migratory responsibility for safety practices ernor's signature. set up to leave major control in 400 per hour for actual items or Imported animals may be dis- the hands of the growers. Labor Commission. of this kind firmly back into the services made to the worker in ease carriers. Proper quarantine lap of the farmer. The same fate — "Oblivion" lieu of pay. These provisions give POLITICAL SNARL Only trained and responsible will save many dollars in herd — hit the almost annual attempt most farmers a considerable de- Bitterness and in-fighting be- persons should be allowed to health. These savings will far ex- to establish enabling legislation gree of protection. tween parties and within parties handle such equipment on or ceed the cost of removing di- for state promotional and mar- about the apportioning of new across roads and highways. seased animals. keting programs for fruits, veg- LANDOWNER LIABILITY Congressional and Legislative dis- Every accident brings the de- Parts of dead animals, too, can etables and other similar crops. Since 1953, farmers have had tricts spilled over into the con- mand for regulation, damage to carry disease. Until now, only The bill contained a clause to the benefit of a law that limits sideration of other matters. For life and limb, to say nothing of whole c a r c a s s e s could be con- give growers a choice as to partic- liability for injury to hunters, many weeks action on districting higher insurance rates! demned if diseased. ipation or exemption, but it did fishermen or trappers on their went nowhere. But hoof and mouth and other not get by the Senate Committee land. But today people are seek- Apportionment of districts re- DAIRY AFFAIRS diseases can be spread through on Agriculture. ing recreation in farming country mained clouded. The decision of For dairymen there were some infected bones, bone meal or other We have reported only a small en masse. the Federal Court on basic prin- ups and downs — Michigan will body parts. So a new law will sampling of the developments in A new law of 1964 will protect ciples of apportioning districts have a new set of sanitation stand- control the use of animal parts. the Legislature. See the Capitol landowners from such liability to (one man-one vote) and the fail- ards for the production and handl- It was given Farm Bureau's Report's page in this issue of the the maximum degree — in fact it ure of the Michigan Supreme ing of manufacturing milk. support. Michigan Farm News, and the will give the fullest protection to Court to do any deciding lent to Our dairy farmers have been Some animal health measures Discussion L e a d e r s L e t t e r for be found in any state. the confusion. losing o u t - o f - s t a t e markets be- fell by the wayside. A bill to other items of interest and im- Farmers will have no liability The election of next fall will cause our standards did not agree control shipment of s u s p e c t e d portance. for injuries incurred as long as no bring new faces into the Michigan with those of other states. hogs that might c a r r y d i s e a s e fee is collected for use of the Legislature. Farm Bureau delegates said from out-of-state areas met with property, and as long as no wilful Delay is to the disadvantage of "Support legislation to give repulse. QUESTION act or gross negligence leads to representation from rural areas. greater uniformity to these stand- such injury. This law was sup- But delay has been the order of ards." Our Legislative Counsels EGGS? CHECK! Can your group suggest fur- ported by Farm Bureau. ther action that should be pur- the day, and Michigan may elect did so. It passed. Eggs got a break — or rather all Congressmen on an "at-large" But the bill to bring about egg producers did. There was a sued by Farm Bureau in the PROPERTY TAXES ballot in November. unified dairy inspection did not grave question whether cracked areas discussed in this article Relief from farm property tax Urban majorities could swing fare so well It died in committee or checked eggs could be sold at or in other areas considered pressure? Nol On the contrary, the whole bloc of Congressional — again. all. But under a new law, such important to your members? SIXTEEN June 1, 1964 MICHIGAN FARM NEWS The most comprehensive auto protection available today! Two years of research and study have produced Farm Bureau's new Family Auto Policy ... the most up.:.to-d~teauto protection available to your family anywhere. The Family Auto Policy replaces Farm Bureau!s Pace Setter auto policy. All eligible Farm Bureau Mutual insured cars and pick-up trucks will be automatically covered with the Family Policy on the next renewal date. Policyholders will receive the new policy with the renewal premium notice. The Family Auto Policy is the latest in a long list of new and improved coverages offered by Farm Bureau. Special features of this new auto policy are ... • If you have a collision with a domestic animal ... • If you have a collision with a negligent, uninsured your Collision deductible is waived and you receive .but identified motorist ... aTulloss exceeds your de- fuU payment. ductible ... you will receive full payment. • If you have a collision with another auto insured • If your car is damaged by collision with birds or with Farm Bureau Mutual ... your Collision deduct- wild animals ... you. receive full payment for the ible is waived and you receive full payment. loss under Comprehensive coverage. See your local Farm Bureau, agent on all of your protection needs. He'll be pleased to serve you. FARM BUREAU INSURANCE C.-OMPANIES o F MICHIGAN Farm Bureau Life • Farm Bureau Mutual • Community Service