~ MDCHDGAN~FARM NEWS ~~tJBLISHED MONTHLY BY MICHIGAN FARM BUREAU VOL.43, NO." AUGUST1,1965 Charles Shuman president of the rf} Ameri~a.n Farm. Bureau pi Joms. "I' Claude Gifford of . .'Farm Journal magazine ~ in a look at . ~.. ~arming and Farm Bureau J 1n tpe year 1,980. ~ •..... . . IfHAl flES AHEADFIlIlfAllA/EllS IN lHE NEfl/5 fEAIlS l \'The next 15 years will be more interesting, vital and full of change "Programs to involve members are the key to whether or not Farm than the last 15'. Physical labor will be less important and sharp Bureau will meet the challenges of 1980. We need adequate finance, management more important as land and labor account for a we need plans to involve members in programs that are important smaller share of the economic inputs. and effective, we need to devote our efforts to filling the unfilled !"eeds of farm people. "Farming will be predominantly a business - less a way of life. Competition for land will send land prices to fantastic heights. We \\Unfortunately there are many county Farm Bureau organizations will have more of a 'landed' class. The best way to acquire a farm that consist of nothing more than 12 board-of-dire~tors meetings, will be to born on it as an only child, or marry into it. an annual meeting and a membership drive-period! The county Farm Bureau must offer more than this. "Farm prices will be determined more by farmers and their organ- izations and less by government than today ... " "To the extent that we succeed in involving the membership in Farm Bureau aCtivities, to that extent we will succeed and be a vital force." Claude W. Gifford, Economics 'Editor Charles B. Shuman, President FARM JOURNAL MAGAZINE American Farm Bureau Federation SEE PAGE THREE TWO August 1, 1965 MICHIGAN FARM NEWS Edi tCl"i.q.l President's Column .- . Stung to the Bone A Square Look ... The ignorance that surrounds agriculture is unbelievable. Worse, it will only deepen as Are some people taking a square look at the farms become larger and more specialized and future jobs to be done by Farm Bureau? I won- as the number of farmers drops toward the f /' der! I am hearing from a few people that the t predicted 3 to 5 per cent of the population. proposed $20 yearly dues are a large amount Here are two current examples picked from for members to invest. the popular press in recent weeks. Pogo, the That idea ignores the fact that every year the appealing 'possum in Okefenokee Swamp, gets ;ob to be done by Farm Bureau gets more involved with a bumbling brown bear who at- rugged. And every year the need for off-the- tempts to carry off a ladder leaning against a farm and on-the-farm services increases - serv- tall tree. Things become complicated when ices that people expect Farm Bureau to do and they discover Mrs. Bear atop the ladder in the do well! tree, picking tomatoes. The meetings held by County Farm Bureau Example two again involves a whimsical members and leaders all over ~1ichigan listed children's cartoon character who rescues a dis- many such wanted programs and services. But tressed damsel lost in the forest. '''hen she if Farm Bureau is to meet these wants, then the grows faint from hunger, he picks strawberries job can only be done with an all-out financing effort. for her off a shrub-like tree about six feet high. "Nothing is impossible for a good knight to do," _ '1,~~,~I(~l~~ It is not as though $20 is a lot of money. Most 7~~ ~~. _~.:' he remarks gallantly as he tosses down the ...-.", "' ... \" .-- "" ... people will spend that, or more, for most any- strawberries. thing they want, and think nothing of it. True enough, nothing is impossible in a chil- When you figure it out, $20 a year comes to dren's cartoon, and for this we are glad. At the a little less than five and a half cents a day, same time we wonder how much of what we see certainly not too much to invest in building a about agriculture in films, books, comic strips bigger and better community, county and state and the popular press is born of malice, ignor- Farm Bureau. ance or editorial license. Five and a half cents a day is only a little "Are you badly hurt?" sobs the film heroine after her boyfriend has upset a hive of bees. Red Hen Outvoted ,] more than you would spend on a package of chewing gum or to mail a letter. It would cost "Yes dear, rve been stung clear to the bone," more than that to buy the smallest sack of he replies. Perhaps, if you have small children, you have run salted peanuts. Farmers also feel stung - clear to the bone. across a new edition of the old folk tale about the Little Are farmers showing faith in their own capac- They know that not everyone can have the ad- Red Hen. ity to build and support a strong farm organiza- vantages of rural upbringing and that farmers She found a grain of wheat, you may remember from tion if they won't invest that kind of mOTJ-eyto themselves are often to blame for failing to com- your own childhood, and decided to plant it. In turn, she do the ;ob? .., municate about their farming business with asked the duck, the goose, the cat, the pig, if they'd like Well, I think that farmers who are in the others. But what disturbs them most are the to help her. "Not me," said everyone. business of farming "for keeps" will not balk obvious attempts by professional politicians and When it came time to reap the grain, the Little Red at $20 per year to build a better organization to others to take advantage of most people's ignor- Hen again asked her barnyard neighbors if they'd like to promote the future of farming .. ance of agriculture to promote their own ends. help. And was refused again. Take farm legislation, for example. There is Newspapers throughout Michigan carried a So it went, too, when the wheat was ready to be carried no longer a strong farm bloc to make it easy recent Associated Press feature-length story, to the mill to be ground into flour. So it went again, when to get desired laws for farmers. Farm taxes? complete with a half-dozen photographs, show- it was time to bake the flour into bread. Threatened With growing pressures rather than ing migrant farm families in grim scenes recall- But when the bread was done, and the Little Hen asked relief. Controls of all kinds over farming and ing the depression. "Migrants lead demanding who would like to help her eat the bread, the duck, the farm labor. The issues have to be fought out life with $3.50 per day top pay" - bannered the goose, the cat and the pig, all volunteered. in legislative halls. The ;ob has gotten tougher. headline. The lengthy tear-jerker story which "No, I will eat it myself," said the Little Red Hen in It will be tougher. followed told of the plight of 53-year old Albert the story, And she did. More bills were in Congress and the Legis- Thomas, who "for 10 hours worked on his knees Even a child can see the simple justice of this, and lature this year than ever before - bills affect- taking the carrots from the rich earth. Each 55 most of them laugh delightedly when the Little Red Hen ing farmers. We'll need top men and more of pound sack meant 12 cents in his pocket. He turns the tables on her lazy barnyard neighbors. them to champion the farmer's cause. Busy worked harder and faster than anyone else in But this is not a folk tale world. In today's adult world, farmers can't do this job themselves. the field and earned top money for his long day the duck, the goose, the cat and the pig, might vote them- Marketing programs will have to grow and ... $3.50." selves the right to eat the Hen's bread by four to one, change to fit rapidly changing market condi- The story continues with a report of thousands and hail it as a triumph of ma;ority rule. tions. We will need expert help to work on of persons such as Albert Thomas "whose hands And they dol marketing problems, to plan and put into oper- will pick cotton in Texas and SOYBEANS in ation new-type marketing programs - not just Illinois." wild ideas. Such men will be called on to do And tomatoes off tall trees? marketing research and to keep farmers in- The article ignored the fact that the carrot In Appreciation •• formed about market conditions and develop- ments. harvest has been mechanized for years and that the state in which poor Albert labored (Cali- Our board of directors has passed a motion expressing thanks Mare and more farms are needing new types fornia) has a minimum wage law affecting and appreciation for cooperation which the Michigan Milk of business assistance - estate planning, inher- women and minors with a current rate of $1.25 Producers Association received from the Michigan Farm Bureau itance and business tax services, records anal- per hour minimum. Piece-rates are set so that during this most recent session of the Legislature. ysis. We have to move ahead as such services the average income for adult males currently . As an organization, we sincerely appreciated the high degree are needed. lies at $1.40 to $1.50 per hour. of cooperation which was received. I am sure th8:t we all know More work needs doing in public communi- In a 4th of July sermon, one Lansing minister that it is an absolute "must" for farm organizations with com- cations. We will have to move into the field of stood in his pulpit to deliver a sermon on "free- patible goals, objectives and methods to work as closely to- television to reach the American public, lest dom." "'How much freedom is there," he said, gether as possible, if the interests of farmers are to be served. they destroy our farming operations through "'for a tractor driver paid only 50~ per hour, and Jack W. Barnes, General Manager, mistaken ideas about agriculture and through who, when he strikes for wages is turned out sheer voting power. Michigan Milk Producers Association of his already meager housingr' For years, the trend has been for farms to be- What on earth was he talking about? About come larger and fewer. Michigan State Univer- migrants of which he had read a fictional ac- MICHIGAN~ FARM NEWS sity says this trend will continue. Farmers who count presented as whole-truth? THI! ACTION ~UBLICATION O~ THI! MICHIGAN ~A"M BU"I!AU make ~ job of farming will be receiving larger Who these days pays 50~ per hour for quali- The MICHIGAN FARM NEWS is DIRECTORS: District I, Max K. gross mcomes. fied tractor drivers? What farmer, having found puhlished monthly, on the first day, by the Michiltan Farm Bureau, at its Hood, Paw Paw, R-I; District 2, Wil- bur H. Smith, Burlinl!ton. R-I; District I kno",:,what it is to try to finance and oper- a qualified driver wouldn't try to hang on to publication office at 109 N. Lafayette 3, Donald L. RuhliR, Dexter; Dis- ate a daIry farm. But men like myself - men Street, Greenville, MichiRan. trict 4, E It 0 n R. Smith, Caledonia, him at almost any price? Editorial and Iteneral offices at 4000 R-I; District 5, David Morris, Grand who have served before me - have been and LedRe, R-3; District 6, Ward G. Hod~e, In providing housing for migrant workers, a North Grand River Avenue, LansinR, Michiltan. Post Office Box 960. Tele- Snover, R-I; District 7, Kenneth Bull, are, willing to give many days a mon~h to Michigan farmer may find it necessary to ar- Bailey, R-I; District 8, Harvey Leuen- phone, Lansing, 317. 485-8121, Extension berRer, Saginaw, R-6; District 9, ?el~ build Farm Bureau into a strong organ- range housing for a family of seven in order Established January 12, 1923. Sec- Eugene Roberts, Lake City, R-I; Dis- IzatIon. ond Class Postage paid at Greenville, trict 10, Edgar Diamond, Alpena, R- to obtain one or two workers. Such housing in Michigan. 2; District 11, Edmund Sager, .Time has been money to ev~ry one of us. Stephenson. Michigan is customarily provided at no cost. EDITORIAL: Editor, Melvin L. DIRECTORS AT LARGE: Walter ~t1ne off the farm is hard for Farm Bureau of- Woell; Staff Photographer, Charles What other major industry is so generous? Bailey; Staff Artist, Sam Bass. Women's Frahm, Frankenmuth: Dean Pridlleon. fIcers to afford. But they give it without stint. Material, Mrs. Donna Wilber. Montgomery, R-I; Walter Wightman, Yet, what other ma;or industry is so misunder- OFFICERS: Michiltan Farm Bu- Fennville, R-l. And I am confident that thousands of Mich- stood? reau; President, Elton R. Smith, Cale- WOMEN OF FARM BUREAU: Mrs. William Scramlin, Holly; FARM BU- igan farmers, with a true vision of what they donia, R-I; Vice President. Dean In planning the Farm Bureau of the Future, Pridgeon, Montgomery, R-I; Secretary- Manager, Clarence E. Prentice, Okemos. REAU YOUNG PEOPLE: Kucharek, Gaylord. Raymond c:m do. together through their own organiza- surely provision must be made for an aggres- hon~ wIll.be equally unstinting when it comes POSTMASTER: In using form 3579, mail to: Michigan farm News, .c000 N. sive and continuous campaign of information Grand River, Lansing, Michigan. to fmancmg the kind of Farm Bureau needed to non-farm people. Second class postage paid at Greenville, Michigan for the future. M.W. Elton Smith MICHIGAN FARM NEWS THREE CALL FOR SPECIAL DE Almost two years ago, the Michigan Farm Bureau delegate body empowered the "State Relationship Committee" - through the state Board of Directors, to study the programming and financial needs of the Michigan Farm Bureau. Now twenty months later, and after more than 2,000 hours of time spent by the state Committee and the Board, a recom- mendation will be made to. the more than 600 delegates at a special meeting, to be held August 16 in the Auditorium of Michigan State University, East Lansing. In their studies, the State Re- lationship Committee noted that to the Michigan and American both the county and state Farm Fann Bureaus and $3 to the Bureaus have been operating lit- counties. erally "in the red" for some time. Such action would require a change in the Michigan Farm Local programs have been re- Bureau bylaws under Article Ten duced, services curtailed and some - "Finance" to read as follows: STATE RELATIONSHIP COMMITTEE MEMBERS are shown presenting their report to the Michigan Farm Bureau Board of Di- county Farm Bureau publications Section 1. Annual dues. Ex- rectors. Members include: Ed Bourns, chairman; Adolph Dongvillo, Jr.; Don Hartsell, Tinus VanDerWoude, Merl Byington, discontinued. cept as to life membership con- Howard Erbe, Charles Anderson, Frank Blessing, Earl Bacon, Edwin Estelle and Waino Rajala. In recommending intensified tracts heretofore issued or under- and expanded programs to meet present and future needs, the Re- lationship Committee Board also recommended a mem- and the taken by the association, the distribution of the annual mem- bership dues of the association' between this association and the Growth Needs listed In a recent meeting, the State Radio and television were both A.F.B.F. DUES TO INCREASE Based on current member- bership-dues adjustment to $20 respective County Farm Bureaus ship, Michigan dues to the Relationship Committee approved mentioned in suggestions for an American Farm Bureau will in- yearly. Three-dollars of the in- shall be determined by the Board a list of suggestions for county expanded Information program, crease by $17,000 next year, crease would be retained in the of Directors, provided, that the Farm Bureaus to follow in ex- with the thought also expressed and to $34,000 more than the counties. It was recommended amount of dues required to be panding their programs and ef- that counties should use all media current dues, in 1968. that the state portion would pay paid annually by any member fectiveness. Included were: to build an effective public rela- The increase has been the American Farm Bureau dues shall be $20 per year, except, that which increase by 25t next year Invite young people to partici- tions program in getting the Farm brought about by action of vot- any County Farm Bureau may pate in Community Groups; in- Bureau story, and the farmer's and by another 25t in 1968. vote additional local dues for ing delegates at the last AFBF crease the. riumber of groups; story across to non-farmers. meeting in Philadelphia, when The special one-day meeting local purposes only. Annual mem- hold frequent county-wide meet- _The committee suggested that of the delegate body represent- bership dues shall otherwise be they wrote: ings, make citizenship programs more market infonnation should "... effective December 1, ing all county Farm Bureaus, uniform as to all members of the available to other groups. go to the individual members and will convene at 10:00 a.m., Mon- association. Such membership 1965, the annual dues of each They suggested that county that infonnation about legislative member state organization in day, August 16. In the notice dues shall include the annual Farm Bureaus should advertise matters should be more "effi- to delegates calling the meeting, dues of the American Farm Bu- the American Fann Bureau on radio and in newspapers dur- ciently communicated" to the Federation shall be $1.25 for two purposes have been stated: reau Federation and an annual ing Roll-Call and that county Farm Bureau membership in the subscription to the Michigan each individual membership in 1. To consider and approve people should be paid for travel counties. FARM NEWS. the county Fann Bureaus' af- an expanded program in -Field and similar expenditures on be- They stated that coun ties filiated with the state organ- Services to members and coun- 3. To act on such matters re- half of Farm Bureau. should help provide more local ization;" and "effective Dec. ties; in Market Development; in lated to the foregoing purposes The possibility that a field-staff effort in legislative matters and 1, 1968, the annual dues of Community Programs with spe- as may come before the meeting. person could b~ assigned to an "improve communications be- each member state organiza- cial emphasis on Young People; This notice is given by order of area of two or three counties was tween the legislators and local tion in the American Fann in Information Services and in the Board of Directors of the suggested by the committee which people" in a number of ways in- Bureau Federation shaH be Public Affairs-Legislative Activi- Michigan Farm Bureau, pursuant noted that more "professional" cluding meetings and visits. $1.50 for each individual mem- ties. to authority stated in the bylaws. help is needed in counties, "there Also included in the report was bership in the county Farm 2. To vote on an increase in Clarence E. Prentice, is a need for more regional men, a long list of "miscellaneous" Bureaus affiliated with the dues from $12 to $20 with the Secretary-Manager or men to work under the regional ideas for expanded county pro- state organization," $8 increase to be divided - $5 Michigan Farm Bureau men ... » grams. Past Presidents Back Expansion MEN OF .VISION \\WE MUST MOVE AHEAD" Farm Bureau began in the minds of VISionary farm people who foresaw future ~eed for a free, strong farm \ Two present members of the organization to represent them. Board of Directors of the Mich- . There is no doubt that they built well, and that igan' Farm Bureau have the un- Farm Bureau now has the experience, organizational abil- usual distinction of having served ~ ity and membership size to do most of the jobs that farm- in the past as President of the Michigan Farm Bureau. They r if.... .\:5 ' ers want done. are Ward Hodge, Snover, and Whether this will continue to be true depends once more 'Va Iter Wightman, Fennville. largely upon the "vision" of farmers and farm leaders who Both were serving on the board, again foresee future demands of a changing agriculture. \Vightman as president, when the Michigan Farm Bureau president, Elton Smith, has last special delegate session of the listed areas which he feels are of the most importance if Michigan Farm Bureau was called Farm Bureau is to keep its place as the leading farm to consider program advances in organization. the Spring of 1959. Both men are looking forward to the com- It is his feeung that Farm Bureau ... ing special delegate session called ?\iust have programs aimed at, and attractive to, com- for August 16. WALTER WIGHTMAN WARD G. HODGE "Farm Bureau cannot stand mercial fanners. Must be greatly concerned about the still. We are ;ust the same as climb - Farm Bureau is no ex- programming and that many low incomes in agriculture. Farm Bureau must be everything else, either we grow ception. Yet we are getting more county Farm Bureaus are operat- "competitive" in its ability to change. Farm Bureau and move ahead, or we slip back. for the dollar spent in dues for ing at a deficit. must have more and better trained field staff to explain I call the proposed expanded pro- Farm Bureau than in any other "What really l1wde us face complicated problems of agriculture to farmers and gram and dues increase to back dollar we spend!" facts was the scheduled increase non-farm people. it, a definite step in our growth," Much the same opinion has in dues to the American Farm Wightman feels. been expressed by Hodge, who Bureau Federation, which begins Farm Bureau must be ... "The State Relationship Com- served as President of the Mich- next year and which wiU take an- An organization that can "roll with the punches.'" One mittee was given the job of study- igan Farm Bureau in the years other ;ump in 1968," Hodge said, that can quickly recognize the needs of farmers and ing our program activities and our 1954 through 1958, and who has "that, and the many obvious areas act accordingly. Armed with a legislative program financial situation, and they had equally strong feelings about the of program expansion listed by staffed by personnel who understand farmers and their to take into consideration the need for Farm Bureau to expand county Farm Bureau leaders." its sphere of influence . A long-time supporter of Young allies. A staff able to accomplish the jobs farmers need .many things we could and should be doing that are now left un- "Farm Bureau needs to be People's activities, Hodge feels done in a reapportioned legislature. Aggressive in its done. I think they came up with doing more, especially on county that much more could and should program of surfacing and training new leadership to the only proper solution - an ex- problems. There are dozens of be done to bring young farmers ably represent agriculture. panded program and increased local projects that need attention into the work of Farm Bureau. dues to cover it," Wightman said. which Farm Bureau could handle T he men are unanimous in sup- Farm Bureau must expand ... "Fann Bureau, both state and if we were properly organized," porting the recommendations for A vigorous infonnation-public-relations program for American, has b u iIt a staff of Hodge said. He noted that only an expanded program which will both members and non-members. A market develop- which any organization could be minor amounts of county Farm be placed before the delegate- ment program, staffed with the best personnel in the proud. Anything worthwhile Bureau funds, "about 15 percent body, August 16, and the ade- business. costs, and all costs continue to each year" are going toward local quate finance to bring it about. FOUR MICHIGAN FARM NEWS FARMING What Will the Future Bring 7 -15 Ye Fann Journal Magazine's astute economics Editor, Claude Gifford, recently joined American Fann Bureau president, Charles Shuman, in a look at what the next 15 years will bring to agriculture. His comments follow: 00 The farmers that are now 50 years old or older - and that includes quite a big share of them - will have retired or will be nearing retirement in 1980. Practically none of the farmers then will have farmed during the depression of the 1930's. Practically all of them will have lived with the government farm programs that started in the depression. Most of the farmers in 1980 will have gone through vocational agriculture courses in high school. Over-all, they'll be better educated and more capable. 00 There'll be more father-son partnerships than now, and more of them will be drawn up in legal form - to supplant the vague verbal partnerships that are now one of the real tragedies of farm life. 00 Rural living (in the country) will be in vogue as people try to escape the concentration of the cities. Parents will not shun the country schools, as these schools will be consolidated with city schools; high school educational quality will be more uni- form. 00 Specialization will increase as fanners concentrate on man- agement and use of capital. Physical labor will be less im- portant; sharp management will be more important as land and Observations by American Farm Bureau President, Charles wards where they said, "Now we labor account for a smaller share of the economic inputs in B. Shuman, about challenges facing. organized agriculture told these folks how good we are farming. The specialization will create an even greater need _ - maybe we had better sit down for farm organizations to bring farmers together and see each in the near future. here and try to do something other's problems. I agree substantially with laboratory services. We don't about getting that good!" have it today - although a few 00 Many farm products will be raised on contracts with co- Claude's predictions ... of our county Farm Bureaus are Unfortunately there are many I see four challenging areas in ops, processors, wholesalers and retailers. Advanced pricing, Farm Bureau's future. They in- doing some pioneering. The time county Farm Bureau organiza- time of delivery, volume, and specification of grades will be c Iud e : Legislation, E con 0 m i c will come when this will be a very tions that consist of nothing more more commonplace in contract terms. Services and Marketing, Local important function of Farm Bu- than 12 board of directors meet- 00 There will be more certainty about farm prices from season Farm Bureau Organization De- reau as an organization. ings, an annual meeting and a We need to do some probing membership drive - period! The to season and year to year. This will come about as a result of velopment and Information, and in the field of insured credit risks. county Farm Bureau of the fuhlre better planning, better market reports, and a growth in contract not necessarily in that order of \Vhy shouldn't a farmer be able must offer much more than this. outlets as the fann market. The lines of communication between importance. to buy a credit insurance policy We must do much better than the market demand and the farm will be more direct, less garbled The role of Farm Bureau in somewhat along the line of FHA that in the coming years. We and more efficient. legislative matters will be dif- type of insurance, which will per- must have an organization that ferent than now - and probably 00 Farm prices will be determined more by farmers and their directed at the other segments mit him to walk into the bank amounts to so met h i n g on the organizations and less by government than today. We will be of the population much more than and with this policy, establish his county level. more fully aware than today that (1) government pricing puts it is today, with less dependence line of credit? I think it is feas- How do we improve local gov- farmers at a disadvantage because of their shrinking minority upon influence with the indi- ible. ernment? You can't do that position in a public body interested in low food prices, and (2) vidual members of Congress. I cannot neglect marketing, as through the state or American we will be more fully aware than now that the government is A second area of challenge will perhaps the greatest of all the Farm Bureau. It has to be done challenges for the farming and through your county organization. primarily interested in social ends in its programs. As farmers do be through services direct to farm Farm Bureau future. Contractual If we don't do something in our more to price their own products, other groups ,and labor unions, people. production is almost uniform in local rural communities to im- will compete with the Farm Bureau to do the job. The greatest challenge I think that we face is whether or not we the industry and agricultural pro- prove local government functions 00 Farming will become a larger and larger business in terms are going to change as condi- duction is becoming more and and acceptance of responsibility of capital invested, gross income, net income and money spent. tions change. None of us are com- more like industrial production. by local people, then we deserve 00 Per-farm incomes will be much higher and there'll be less fortable about change. I sup- Contractual production, whether to have the Supreme Court de- of a gap between farm and non-farm family incomes. This will pose it is more difficult for some you like it or not, is here to stay cision which takes away our op- result from fewer farms, larger farms, larger markets and infla- of us of German extraction to look and will increase until it includes portunity to be represented - tion. to the future and try to con- all agricultural production in per- . we deserve to have centralization 00 Water will become more limiting than land or capital in template change than anyone else, haps a 20 year period of time. from Washington down. future agricultural production. Urban areas, industry and recre- because our whole racial and his- We ought not be dismay~d, for The fourth area in which I ation will compete for water, and farmers will be at a disad- toric background is rather op- unless you have ~ome kmd ~f think we are going to be tre- posed to it. contractual mar.ketmg, ?n~ can t mendously challenged lies in the vantage in the public policy determination that will allocate the I notice this in other Germans do. very much m negotratmg for Information-Public Relations use of water. too. We rather insist on stub- ';,'ces an~ o!her t~rms o~ sale. field. When we get to be about 00 In 1980 there will be people preaching strange economics: bornly sticking with something e are fmdmg thiS out m our three per cent of the population That the government is the fountain of wealth. That people's that we have found to be good Am.e~i~lln Agricu~tu:al Marketing as farm operators and 97% non- rewards should be measured only by what they need. That because we know it was good and actlVltres, where '~ 18 T}luch easier farm people it is going to be someone, or some government group, is blessed with the omni- and we don't want to take a to hecome . effectwe m the mar- more Important .' than ever t hat science to determine what 245 million people need. That some- chance on something else! ketmg of tomatoes for processin-g we have adequate communica- one, or .some government group, is capable of deciding who gets when contracts are negotiated Change is characteristic of agri- fore the tomatoes are pur in the be- t .. th th hi" IOns WI e pu IC.. what when needs exceed availability or when needs conflict. culture, and is going to continue Th h th b to be, of course, rapid change - ground - than it is to become . W~at ~re ?ood publIc rela- at someone, or some government group, can pus e utton, with all of the discomforts and effective with apples for process- tlOn~. It. IS trIte ~nd old, but I and presto, affluence pours out. pressure it puts on people who try ing with the trees already planted do~_t .. thmk there s any better This will be the group that Farm Bureau will have to counter- to serve agriculture. and in production. defm]tIon than the one that most act if you are to preserve independence and freedom for farmers. So, the greatest challenge that The third area of challe g . people are acquanted with, and n e IS h . f b ,. h 00 Freedom to farm will be a vital issue in 1980 as now. 1 think we are going to face in that of local Farm Bureau organi- ~ at IS: Irst, e sure you re ng t The greatest enemy of the Farm Bureau is not some other this area of serving farmers is zational development. The basis 111 what yo~ stand for,. and then group, inside or outside of agriculture, but apathy from within going to be geared to change, of our organization, I'm sure, will do somethmg about It - and ... the opportunity unseized ... the vacuum undetected ... and our efforts to meet and always continue to be our local then tell the world I the crisis unforeseen ... the leak unplugged ... the education match it.. unit - and yet if you took a We need adequate resources, survey of the county Farm Bu- we need plans to involve our undone ... so that the member doesn't know what to say, or One current example.]s the d oesn 't h ave th e gump ti on to say It, . h "Wh area of farm record-keepmg and reau organizations of the United members in programs that are w en someone says, at. f t t f . h th F B d?" arm managemen ype 0 servIce. States, you would be very dis- important and effective, we need as e arm ureau one I'm sure that most of us d'd 't couraged at what you would find. to devo~e our efforts to filling the The greatest challenge facing the agriculture in which Farm anticipate that time would b~ ~s Yet, I am tremendously pleased, unfilled needs of farm people. Bureau operates is not whether we can raise another blade of ripe for this as it is. I don't mind and I know you are too, with the \Ve must never forget that our grass, or two kernels of wheat where one once grew, but how telling you that we have been ab- exchange trips taken by county major Farm Bureau function is well we verbalize. solutely snowed under by State leaders from one state to two or that of meeting the needs of We are becoming a shrinking minority faster than we think. Farm Bureaus where the interest three other states to see how they Farm Bureau members. And how we fare depends on how well we verbalize our needs, ~n this kind of s~rvice is awaken- are doing. Programs to involve members goals, and plans - and communicate them: to townspeople, mg and developmg ... I'm sure that a great deal of is the key to whether or not we t b. lb. I. I d I There are many others m thIS good is coming from this. But meet the challenges of 1980. vo;~s~smJ;se~l; or umo~s, egis athtorsan 0fur fown peop~. area of service to farmers _ perhaps the greatest good comes To the extent that we succeed . w c or new tent on e part 0 a arm orgam- laboratory services, for example. to the coun~ies. being visited. I in involving the membership in zation. I don't believe that anyone other know one IlhnOlScounty who had Farm Bureau activities to that More than ever the success of farm organizations will depend than the farmers' own organiza- had visitors from out-of-state, and extent we will succeed and be on how well they function in the area of public opinion. tion will develop truly adequate followed it with a meeting after- a vital force. MICHIGAN FARM NEWS August 1, 1965 FIVE OFFICES BECOME \\SERVICE-CENTERS" The "Boom" to establish County Farm Bureau office service centers in Michigan began in the early 1950's. County Farm Bureau leaders recognized that it was desirable for the mem- bers' to have a "home" in the county. Such an office also serves notice to the world that the organization is an established and "going" affair. Thirty-four of iHichigan's seventy-one organized County Farm Bureaus have office service centers. Why not all seventy-one? County Farm Bureaus with less than a thousand member families lack the finances to support an office. In many of the less agricultural counties in the north of Michigan, a county office lies beyond the capacity of the local organization- unless counties combine as some have done. Northwest Mich- igan Farm Bureau (Leelenau and Grand Traverse) present an example of this combination, with offices in Traverse City. A number of County Farm Bureaus said, "If we are to have a home, let it be oursl" Some hought, some built. In either case, they went to work to realize a cherished goal. COJinty Farm Bureaus which built their own homes are: JUSTLY PROUD of their spacious new quarters, Tuscola County Farm Bureau members built this Farm Bureau Center. The Berrien, Bay, Huron, Hillsdale, Lenawee, ~fonroe, Ottawa, Tus- office building neighbors with the Caro Farmers Cooperative Elevator and the Farmers Petroleum Cooperative branch for the county - both dispensing Farm Bureau supplies. cola, St. Clair and 'Vashtenaw. In other cases, desirable exist- ing facilities were purchased and renovated to become the County Farm Bureau center. Such facilities were bought by Barry, Genesee, Ingham, Clinton, Sanilac, Shiawassee and St. Joseph COUrtty Farm Bu- reaus. A new office is now being built by the Allegan County Farm Bureau - nearly ready for occupation. Other County' Farm Bureaus rent office space - Branch, Cass, Gratiot, Ionia, Jackson, Kalamazoo and Macomb. A half dozen County Farm Bureaus combine their office l..Qcationswith facilities of affiliated service companies of Farm Bureau. Approaching the idea of a one-stop service center are the offices of Calhoun, Eaton, Isabella, Livingston, Northwest Mich- igan and Saginaw County Farm Bureaus. The "builders and buyers" were bold in their approach. Build- ings cost money - and none of the counties had it at hand. They borrowed and then went to work to pay vff the mortgages. A MODERN OFFICE with large meeting raam in the base- BOUGHT AND REMODELLEDto fit the needs of the Ingham ment was built by Washtenaw county Farm Bureau. Located County Farm Bureau, this office and annex provides a sur. In some cases, the members agreed to small annual' assess- where" farmers gather for other agricultural events. prising amount of space for Farm Bureau affairs. ments to payoff the debt. Some were blessed with helpful contributions, either of money or of office equipment, or both.- But, for the most part, projects were put in motion to raise the. funds - special dinners, bake sales; auction sales, rummage sales or food tents at the County fairs manned by the mem- bers. Members stepped in to refurbish the interiors of many of the buildings which had to be remodelled. Lenawee, Calhoun, Monroe, Sanilac and Genesee County Farm Bureaus gleefully report holding special ceremonies for burning their mortgages. Many of these offices contain ample meeting halls in addi- tion to their office space. There are facilities for board and committee meetings - in some cases large enough for the . County Farm Bureau. annual meeting, rural-urban banquets, training sessions, and social gatherings. Kitchen facilities make the locations an attractive community center desirable for other groups in the community and available for rent. The County Farm Bureau office contains the Agency head- GOOD FACILITIES to serve as county Farm Bureau offices A SOIL LABORATORY was included when O"awa County quarters for the Farm Bureau Insurance program of the county. can often be rented, as this Macomb County office demon- Farm Bureau built its new office. The laboratory tests 3,000 strates. Provides insurance and credit services. samples for farmers each year. Farmers Petroleum Cooperative also operates out of many of them. In any case these affiliated services contribute ex- tensively to the maintenance of the office operations. These contributions are based on the volume flow of business done through the county offices. The benefit is mutual. Cross referencing of records for the membership often make it possible to save on the expense of record-keeping. Telephone services, fire insurance, liability and burglary insurance can come under a single policy. There are common costs for lighting and heating. Why heat two or three offices, when economies can be realized by having all Farm Bureau and related services under one roof? Yes, pool- ing programs makes sense. Convenience to the members and savings to the County Farm Bureau. Such service centers can be made available to more County Farm Bureaus. More services can be added .to aid the farmers in their operations. It is merely a matter of money - a matter of adequate financing. The future may find these offices providing services in farm account records, tax and legal services, credit and finance- some are already reaching out into these fields. These services will come if the members want them and will provide the "where- withal" to make them possible. Stop in at a County Farm Bureau office - maybe your own - maybe in another county. Visit with the folks there and find a warm welcome. Learn about the services they render to the members. You may even see these offices in other states. But COUNTY SECRETARIES ARE BUSY PEOPLE. But clearly, Mary Ellen Lucas likes her work with the Livingston County Farm Bureau. Keeping up membership and insurance records, meeting member-callers and answering phone calls makes a busy you'll not find a wam1er welcome than in a County Farm Bureau day. The Livingston Farm Bureau office is near the Howell Cooperative, a management service operation with Farm Bureau office in Michigan. Services, Inc. MICHI~AN FARM NEWs SIX August 1, 1965 Farm Business Center Many of our modem County Farm Bureau offices provide a convenient "One-Stop" Service Center for Farm Bureau mem- bers. Full records of the membership are at hand, including the services used and farm production interests of each member. The aim of creating a total service point is a good one. County offices differ somewhat in achieving this goal. But in all cases, .., attention to the insurance needs of the members is available in these offices, policy records, information, attention to claims and adjustments, counsel on estate planning and safety pro- grams being centered there. A number of the County Farm Bureau offices are housed with the offices or retail centers of the farm supply service companies, the Farm Bureau Services and Farmers Petroleum Cooperative. The Ottawa County Farm Bureau office contains a soil testing laboratory. This office' tests more samples for county farmers than are done at Michigan State University. Other County Farm Bureaus render this service by contract. .I Farm credit service? Yes, that, too, in some cases. And it is an e~cellent idea. Saginaw County Farm Bureau operates its own Credit Union. Macomb County houses a representative of the local Production Credit Association. Another addition to their operation as a one-stop service point. Two of our County Farm Bureau offices are located in modern EYE APPEAL AND SERVICE. The Hillsdale County Farm Bureau sign tells the story that makes this a service center. Behind shopping plazas in their community. Office business services the office is a warehouse of the farmers Petroleum Cooperative. Farm Bureau people of Hillsdale county built this office for members will grow as Farm Bureau grows to serve the needs in 1960. The bank of windows at the right looks into the specially. planned meeting room. Service companies help finance of farmers of tomorrow. the office operations. SIGNS IT'S A GOOD SIGN. It properly an. nounces the Calhoun County farm Bu- reau office as a farm Bureau Center. Good signs at the location are impor- IT'S OURS fOR KEEPS says the Monroe County farm Bureau. The office was built tant. They let the members and the MORE THAN MEETS THE EY~. Surrounding the Calhoun County farm Bureau office by the County farm Bureau and became debt-free last february. The attractive public know that the county farm are the buJk terminals of the Marshall farm Bureau Oil Company, a modern gas- center gives the County farm Bureau a right to be proud of their accomplishment. Bureau is a going business. oline station, and the bulk fertilizer facilities of farm Bureau Services, Inc. THERE ARE SMILES for members and visitors who enter the IN THE HEART of the town where farmers trade lies the "MAY I HELP YOU?" says Marie Pianowski, secretary of the St. Joseph County office of the Cass County farm Bureau. The farm Bureau Clinton County farm Bureau office. The offices were pur- farm Bureau. County Secretaries are usually as near as the members' phones. The is in an agricultural service building. chased by the County farm Bureau. farm Bureau bought the Community Building in Centreville as an office center. ATTRACTIVE LOCATIONS for offices can be rented, as proved by the Lapeer County farm Bureau. Plenty of room far .IOUGHT tt .AND If' 'AID fOR • The attractive . office of the Gene .. e County farm Bureau Farm Bureau affairs in this extensive building. Such offices are busy day and night. It's air-conditioned I IS a radlve y urnlshed - induding the secretaries. 'Ienty of businell. MlLNIGAN FARM NEWS August 1, 1965 SEVEN A Place to Gather ••• Where shall we hold the meeting? The party? The banquet? It could be any group asking the question. And in some cases they decide that the County Farm Bureau building is best. This might be in Berrien County - or in Washtenaw, Huron, Hillsdale, Ottawa or VanBuren - to mention a few. Facilities built or owned by these County Farm Bureaus have become community centers - as well as service centers for the Farm Bureau members. Many Farm Bureau affairs go on in their meeting halls. They do not have to cast about for a place to hold their annual meet- ings, their rural-urban banquets, their meetings of Farm Bureau \Vomen and Young People. Come home, good members, come home to the Farm Bureau Center of the county I Maybe the members want a big conclave on the school prob- lems, or perhaps there is a farming field day to be held. Lenawee County Farm Bureau office becomes the host center for the Na- tional Corn Picking Contest on October 21 and 22. A good office location and ample facilities can put you "to the front" in your community. And while we are talking of excellence - a toast to our County Farm Bureau Secretaries who have done such a fine job of planning and developing efficient office operations - the better to serve the Farm Bureau members. These secretaries BURNED THE MORTGAGEI Four years after the purchase of this fine facility, the Sanilac County Farm Bureau held a are responsible for scheduling the many events in the Farm special ceremony to burn the mortgage. Volunteer work by the members rebuilt the interior, and put on a completely new roof. Many organizations in the county use the ample meeting facilities. A fully-equipped kitchen makes it ideal for Bureau' offices in their counties. holding banquets. It is a community center. BRAND-SPANKING NEW is the office of the Allegan County Farm Bureau. In fact, this story may SERVICES COMBINED at the Eaton County Farm Bureau office in Charlotte. Arm-in-arm with the celebrate the house-breaking. Occupancy is scheduled for just about now. Building your own, means Eaton County Farm Bureau Cooperative, the office is a business center for farmers - Insurance, Seeds, that you can use modern designl Feeds, Fertilizers and Petroleum products. WHERE PEOPLE GATHER for business and trade. Huron County Farm Bureau owns part of a shopping BAKE, AUCTION, AND RUMMAGE SALES helped payoff the debt on the Lenawee County Farm Bureau center. Facilities include kitchens and a large meeting room. The office has "increased traffic 250%", office. Community Groups sponsor them. It's free and clear. Lenawee has a complete service center says the county Secretary. for its membership in the county. SERVICES UNITED. Many County Farm Bureau offices, like that of the Isabella County Farm Bureau, combine with Farm NO PLACE LIKE HOME. So the Shiawassee County Farm Bureau bought one in Bureau Services trading points and include operations of the Farm Bureau Insurance Group and Farmers Petroleum Co- Owosso to provide their office center. The building provides a variety of meeting operative. This Mt. Pleasant office also includes insurance agency for Midland county . rooms in addition to the Farm Bureau and Insurance Agency quarters. EIGHT August 1, 1965 MICHIGAN FARM NEWS County Offices are busy Service Centers! \\A MATTER OF CONVENIENCE" County offices make services by the County Farm Bureau convenient for the members. As Farm Bureau grows toward expanding services, more counties will need these offices. Some will need bigger and better "facilities. The County Farm Bureau offices help to emphasize the fact that the Farm Bureau is a home-and-community affair. The offices help greatly to assure that program activities will grow "right where the members live." As fanns change and new needs arise on the farms, the County Farm Bureau offices will become centers of expanding services for farm families. The members themselves will guide and develop this growth. The Fann Bureau of the future will serve the farmers of the future. Without doubt, much of this service will originate in local, county Fann Bureau "Centers." Why is this so? In these county offices the boards of directors meet to map the course of their programs. Committees meet to plan and spark activities that fit the needs of the member- PURCHASED AND IMPROVED by the volunteer work of St. FARM BUREAU SERVICES? Yes, galore. The Saginaw County ship. The office becomes a sounding-board for member ideas Clair County Farm Bureau members, this office serves the office is in the Bureau Services branch. The only County county with efficiency. Located at Memphis. Farm Bureau operating its own Credit Union. for growth and service. ROOM FOR EVERYTHING and everybody in the modern BRANCH COUNTY - has maintained an office for the past office space rented by the Jackson County Farm Bureau. No 22 years, and in new quarters for the past 4. The office has trouble finding it. Right by the Fair Grounds! always been a busy place, filled with daily "traffic." "What brands do you carry?" A SHOPPING PLAZA LOCATION was chosen by the Kalamazoo County Farm Bu- reau. But it is convenient. Farmers can reach it by nearby east-west or north-south expressways. The facilities have depth. Lying behind the offices of the County Farm Bureau and Insurance Agency is an ample meeting room. Hit's a surprise for the wife," RECENTLYRENOVATED - this 7 year-old building, housing the Van Buren County Farm Bureau has a new heating plant, tile ceiling and insulation in the auditorium and kitchen and an enlarged office area. It is an important work and meeting place. " Rush me some feed!" "The chicks won't eat, Doc." How man~ ways the phone helps out around the farm! And how little it costs! THE ATTRACTIVE HOME of the Gratiot County Farm Bureau in Ithaca is rented- Michigan Bell for the time being. It is leased for two year periods, "For," says the County Farm Bureau, "Our dream is to build our own office home in the future." Part of the Nationwide Bell System MICHIGAN FARM NEWS August 1, 1965 NINE Tax Legislation Most of the tax bills passed during this session of the Legis- lature were of an administrative nature. Major tax reform bills were either left "on the table" or stayed in committees. All such tax measures are still alive and are to be considered at the special fall tax session beginning in mid-September. Farm Bureau has been invited to testify before various special interim committees ~studying the many aspects of total tax reform. There are enough bills still alive to completely carry our Farm Bureau's program of tax reform. The bills that have passed so far represent continued progress for Farm Bureau's program and bring it closer to its goal of lessening the present property tax burden. For instance, passage of the new state school aid act will relieve some of the pressure on property taxes, especially to low valuation districts. Many tax bills passed one House but remained in the com- mittee of the other House. Some of those supported by Farm Bureau were: Tax relief for victims of the Palm Sunday tornado which passed the House by a large vote. This legislation re- sulted from Farm Bureau's special meeting on the prCTblem. It was necessary to amend a bill dealing with veterans tax exemp- tions which is one reason for being delayed. H. 2970 passed the House 92-1 and would have changed the Commercial Forest , Reserves Act (Pearson Act) to increase tax revenues to counties. Working to prevent legislation is often more important than passage of legislation. ~lany tax bills not in the best interests of farmers were kept in committee. For instance, strong efforts were made to repeal the law passed last year requiring the printing of the "equalized valuation" on the tax statement. This became known as the "truth in tax" bill. There were several bills to repeal the tax or raise the exemp- tions on farm personal property and S. 177 was reported out of committee and then laid on the table. S. 267 and H. 2497 would have prohibited assessing fruit trees, plants, etc. as part of the real property. S. 602 would have taxed new construction the first year it is built with the revenues going to the schools. This is on~y a partial listing. It should be emphasized that these bills along with the major tax bills on income tax, etc. WATCHING GOVERNOR ROMNEY sign the bill creating a State Bean Commission are (left to right): lorry Ewing, Michigan are all alive and will be studied by the committees between Farm Bureau; Alvin W. Nehmer, Saginaw; Rep. Harry Rohlfs, Akron; Wilford Root, Saginaw; Rep. Sam Charron, Pinconning; Rep. Russell Strange, Mt. Pleasant; Warner Meylan, Bay City, and Robert Smith, Michigan Farm Bureau. now and the special tax reform session beginning in September. "Busy, Lively, Productive!" - LEG SL By: Legislative Counsel H.B. 2650 - extends the Po- Other bills providing for im- subject of much maneuvering in Dan E. Reed tato Industry Council for an addi- proved control over the sale of the Senate - was placed on the tional five-year period. agricultural liming materials, table, taken from the table, de- The first session of the 73rd Michigan State Legislature could commercial feeds, com mer cia I bated again on the floor, and re- S.B. 3 - authorizes an insect be described from the farmer's point of view as "busy, lively, and fertilizers and seeds improve and turned to the table. During the pest compact under which Mich- productive." Now recessed, not adjourned, the legislature ap- update the laws covering inspec- debate, both Democratic and Re- igan may join with other States parently intends to technically remain in session throughout the tion and stop-sale of below-stand- publican Senators gave assurances in more effective pest control ard commodities. that if the bill was tabled it entire year, with a mid-September session breaking the recess. programs. One feature of the H.B. 2165 - providing anti- would be placed on the agenda Farmers fared well in the 1st session, with a number of long- Act provides an insurance fund monopoly legislation and elimi- for action during the session sought measures passed. A listing of them, somewhat in order from appropriations to be made by the membar states. Michigan nating unfair trade practices in planned for this fall. Meanwhile, of importance from the Farm Bureau viewpoint, includes: price wars, price-cutting and un- could benefit from such a fund at the dairy industry was reviewed H.B. 2169 - Reorganization present since the cereal leaf in the July issue of Michigan fair trade practices continue in culhlre, with the state paying the of the administrative department cost of local inspection from ap- beetle war is being fought largely Farm News. This bill was the the dairy industry. of government - a major ac- propriated funds. It will assure, in Michigan but is protecting the complishmentl This bill, given however, movement of inspected grain fields of the nation's bread "Immediate Effect," carries out meat throughout the state; will basket. I the requirements of Michigan's permit state institutions to pur- S.B. 106 - Marketing Order new Constitution, providing that chase Michigan-inspected meat, Enabling Legislation. The meas- the more than 125 commissions, and is expected to qualify Mich- ure would enable agricultural committees, and departments be igan meat for interstate shipment Confusion regarding the 1965 amendments to the State Work- commodity producers to develop organized into not to exceed 20 under federal approval. Passage self-help marketing programs for men's Compensation Act worries many Michigan farmers. - major departments. As passed by of this bill should remove many the promotion, research, quality '''hile the 1965 mandatory act takes effect September 1, 1965, the Legislature, there wi11 be 19 roadblocks to the growth of Mich- improvement and handling of that portion having to do with agricultural employers, which is principal departments. igan's livestock industry. surpluses of their own commodity. subsection (d) of Section 2a of Part 1 of the Act, carries the A major part of Farm Bureau's State-wide Unifonn Dairy In- It requires a referendum of pro- words: "This subsection shall become effective May 1, 1966." legislative program was aimed at spection - Two bills - S.B. ducers of the commodity in- securing a Department of Agricul- While there will be many 572 and S.B. 593, working to- volved. The Act would be ad- only to such regularly employed ture as one of the major depart- regulatory and administrative de- gether, will provide M i chi g a n ministered by the Department of employees. ments and insuring that it will cisions necessary, this section of with a uniform inspection system Agriculture. "All agricultural employers of be under the direction of an Agri- the law is clear. This interpreta- covering Grade A and maunfac- H.B. 2352 - prohibits restau- tion- has been cleared with the 1 or more employees who are culture Commission appointed by tured milk under enforcement by the Governor and confirmed by rants, bakeries and similar estab- Department of Workmen's Com- employed 35 or more hours per the Department of Agriculture. lishments from purchasing low- pensation. week for a period of 5 or more the Senate. \Ve are glad to re- Costly duplication will be elimi. consecutive weeks, shall provide port that the legislation meets quality eggs, such as cracked, While there will be no require- nated, and dairy farmers should dirty or Grade C eggs, which are ment for Workmen's Compensa- for such employees, in accordance these requirements of Fann Bu- no longer be plagued with multi- reau policy. a potential source of Salmonella, tion coverage or for hospital and with roles established by the de- ple and confusing inspections. which may cause a severe human medical coverage for agricultural partment, medical and hospital H.B. 2049 - Meat Inspection illness. coverage as set forth in part 2, H.B. 2119 - establishes a employers in 1965, it should be section 4, for all personal injuries and Slaughterhouse L ice n sin g . State Bean Commission to be S.B. 186 - establishes require- recognized that em p I0 y e r s are arising out of and in the course of For several years this has been a supported by grower assessments ments for the importation of now developing an employment key part of Farm Bureau's legis- employment suffered by such em- to improve the bean industry. The swine into Michigan; requires record on which coverage next ployees not otherwise. covered by lative program. It will require bill will levy 2ll! per hundred- brucellosis testing of such swine year may be based. that all meat sold in Michigan this act: Provided, however, That weight on dry edible beans pro- over four months of age. Following is subsection (d), such provision of medical and for human consumption receive duced by participating growers. both antemortem and post-mor- H.B. 2175 - provides an im- which prbvides the agricultural hospital coverage shall not elimi- It provides an escape clause for tem inspection under veterinary portant amendment to the Motor coverage: nate any remedy otherwise avail- producers who wish to be non- supervision. An exception is pro- Carrier Act which permits trans- "(d) All agricultural employers able to the employee against the participating growers. vided for producers slaughtering portation of grain and beans in- of 3 or more regular employees employer. This subsection shall their own animals for their own H.B. 2649 - clarifies the def- trucks not regulated by the Mich- paid hourly wages or salaries who become effective May 1, 1966. consumption .. inition of a "potato dealer" and igan Public Service Commission. are employed 35 or more hours "All other agricultural employ- Local units of government in- changes the formula for deter- The savings to Michigan produc- per week for a period of 13 or ers not included in this subsection spection systems may be ap- mining the amount of the bond ers of these commodities amounts more weeks during the preceding shall be exempt from the pro- proved by the Director of Agri- required of dealers. to several cents per bushel. 52 weeks. Coverage shall apply visions of this act." TEN August 1, 1965 MICHIGAN FARM NEWS MRS. GEORGE ROMNEY endorses the CROP "Share-a-loaf" program and asks, "Would you, when doing your weekly shopping, buy an extra loaf of bread for a hungry person?" Through this project, the price of a loaf of bread each week for 20 weeks provides a daily bowl of Michigan beans or a glass of milk for one person for an entire year. The Michigan Farm Bureau Women are participating in the program. Thousands of Michigan families are currently participating in a campaign initiated by the Christian Rural Overseas Pro- gram (CROP) to provide freedom from hunger for persons in food-short areas of the world. The new approach is called SHARE-A-LOAF. Endorsed by Mrs. George Romney and sponsored by such respected organizations as the Michigan Farm Bureau Women, United Church Women, and Association of Extension Home- AT THE BAY CITY-SAGINAW PRESS DINNER - sponsored by county Farm Bureau Women's Committees of the area, Mrs. William Scramlin (left) Chairman of Michigan Farm Bureau's Women's Committee; Mrs. Haven Smith, Chairman of the Amer- makers, the program has already been introduced in every ican Farm Bureau Women's Committee and Mrs. B. H. Baker, Saginaw Chairman, exchange notes on program activities. county of Michigan. SHARE-A-LOAF is designed to provide the family an 0ppQr- tunity to share on a real person-to-person basis, explained Mrs. Officers Check Duties, Goals Wm. Scramlin Farm Bureau Women's state chairman. symbol of all food, is shipped by Michigan CROP in the fo~ of Michigan-grown beans and Michigan produced milk. Bread, Officers of county and district that are particularly suited to hopes they have for the future of To make sharing simple for the homemaker, a coin card with women's committees took a look their talents and tastes. agriculture and the Farm Bu- at their roles as leaders of the reau. They encouraged farm peo- spaces for 20 quarters wiU be provided by Michigan CROP, \Vorkshop sessions were held Boy 206, Lansing, to anyone wanting to participate in this project. Michigan Farm Bureau when for chairmen, vice-chairmen, and ple to become active in this or- they met at Camp Kett, July 7-8, secretaries to discuss their duties ganization and to help make it "With just a little extra care in budgeting, couldn't almost any for their annual officer's training and roles. Projects on safety, strong .. family share the price of ONE loaf of bread each week?" asked workshop. commodity promotion and public President of the Michigan Farm Mrs. Scramlin. "By doing this for only twenty weeks, the fam- information and understanding Bureau, Elton Smith, spoke to ily can provide a daily bowl of Michigan beans for one person Participating in the sess~ons conference participants about for a year ... or ... a glass of Michigan produced milk for one were 115 Farm Bureau \Vomen's were reviewed. The women were enthusiastic "The Future of the Farm Bureau child each day for a year." leaders. Featured were T. C. in Michigan," reviewing the study Petersen, director, and Florence about the presentation of Hans Six carloads of beans totaling 235 tons have been shipped by just completed by a special com- Thomas, assistant director, Pro- Odegaard, lecturer from Denmark, Michigan CROP since March 10 through the generosity of Mich- mittee on the program and fi- gram Development Division of who told of his observations of igan people. These beans were shipped to Dominican Republic, nances of Farm Bureau in this the American Farm Bureau Fed- the United States, and reminded Poland, Congo, Haiti, East Pakistan, Italy, Philippines and state. eration, in discussions on "Un- them of the wealth of opportunity Greece. The final keynote speaker on derstanding Farm Bureau and our and the freedoms Americans have. The need for high protein foods from CROP has been greatly the program was Gene Carter, \Vomen's Role in it." Interested in learning ways to manager of employee services for increased by the fact that the U. S. Government has had to Those attending the conference involve Farm Bureau women in the Wolverine Shoe Company, cut its contributions of milk under Public Law 480 because of determined that Farm Bureau is activities, the group gave particu- who told the women of their "Re- its rapidly dwindling stocks. an organization of farm families lar attention to a discussion on sponsibilities to Yourself and to for the purpose of analyzing their "People Involvement and Moti- Your Community." He empha- problems and developing pro- vation" led by Marlie Drew, Farm grams of action. The role of the Bureau Regional Representative. Farm Bureau Women is to pro- Mr. and Mrs. lack Laurie, vide opportunities for women to young farmers from Cass City, sized that we need to have a bal- ance in our lives and to use the abilities God gave us to become Building "Bridges" of Understanding more useful and worthwhile to carry out policies and programs explained to their audience the ourselves and to others. The Sanilac County .Farm Bureau Women built another ''bridge of understanding" between farm and city people recently as they held a Rural-Urban Day at Sandusky with over 100 women in attendance. This is an annual project of the Sanilac Farm Bureau Women and this year their city guests received a new in- sight on their rural neighbors as state chairman, Mrs. Wm. Scramlin, told them of "The Important Role of the Fanner as a Consumer." Mrs. Scramlin warned the women that a bill introduced in Congress to burden consumers with higher bread and rice prices through a processing tax on wheat and rice would shift the cost of the government farm program di- rectly to them. "It's a program that farmers didn't ask for and don't want. In fact, wbeat fanners voted it down in 1963," Mrs. Scramlin said. "The bill would add $300 million to con- sumers' food budgets." Asking the women to write to their Congressmen re- gar~ing this b~lI, s~e reminded them, "If. you remain silent, don t be surpnsed If the bread tax idea spreads to the rest of your market basket." T?e rural-urban program featured a cooperative dinner, a skit, a humorous reading and musical entertainment. The FARM BUREAU WOMEN were represented on the recent board tour to Farmers Petroleum Cooperative facilities by Mrs. "Welcome" to city guests was extended by cOtmty chair- Wm. Scromlin (left), state chairman, and Miss Helen Atwood, women's coordinator. They are shown with Donald Ruhlig, District 3 director, at the "quality-control" laboratory of leonard Refineries in Alma, where Mrs. Marjory Fisher demon. man, Mrs. Howard Mahaffy. strates one of the many tests conducted on petroleum products. ELEVEN MRS. SMITH RETURNS TO STATE "Let your Congressman know On the topic of citizenship, how you feel about their farm- Mrs. Smith suggested that Amer- bill proposals which will raise the ica does not need more Demo- price of bread," Mrs. Haven crats or Republicans, but instead Smith told members of the press needs more Americans in politics. in Cadillac and Saginaw recently. "Do you know that a study here Speaking at two more in a in Michigan shows that less than . continuing series of press-relation one-tenth of our people actively dinner sessions, she told the participate in politics? WHY?" groups of newsmen and farm lead- ers that presently proposed farm While visiting in the state, Mrs. bills would raise the cost of mill- Smith appeared on a number of ing wheat more than 20 % to the radio and television programs, was millers. the subject of many newspaper "This will be passed along to interviews and in general worked consumers at a cost of two to closely with members of the press. three cents more per loaf of Her formal appearances includ- bread. The proposed program ed the two press-relations dinners, would put the wheat farmer fur- sponsored by the county Farm ther on the government payroll Bureau Women's Committees in and further reduce his ability to cooperation with the county In- grow and to profit," she said. formation committee workers, and "This is essentially the same a major address at the Young program farmers voted down in People's Citizenship Seminar at 1963 during a nation-wide wheat Camp Kett. referendum," she said, "if the pub- lic and Congress think we want this, they couldn't be more wrong." The wife of a Nebraska wheat rancher, Mrs. Smith is Chairman of the American Farm Bureau Women's Committee, and Dep- uty-president of the Associated Country Women of the World. In September, Mrs. Smith and Mrs. William Scramlin, chairman of the Michigan Farm Bureau Women will attend the triennial meeting of the Associated Coun- try Women, in Dublin, Ireland. While there, they expect to in- vite the Association to hold their 1968 meeting in Michigan. In discussing the possibility of an increase in bread prices, Mrs. Smith suggested that since there is no import tarif f or quotas on finished baked products coming to the United States from Canada, Michigan bakers may lose their industry to bakeries "across the border." This, she pointed out, would cost farmers and bakers alike in lost markets. INFORMATION AND UNDERSTANDING FREE A "Public Information and Un- 15 HORSE derstanding Committee" has been selected by the Farm Bureau SHOWS FARM 'Vomen's state committee in ac- Nightly, except Labor LIVESTOCK EXHIBITS tion taken at their meeting in Day evening, plus See one of the best and largest June. matinees on Saturdays, displays of livestock and farm Serving on the new committee Sundays and Labor Day products in the U.S.A. are: Mrs. Francis Campau, Kent county, representing Area 1; Mrs. George Southworth, Huron coun- ty, representing Area 2; ~rs. Richard Wieland, Antrim county, and Mrs. B. H. Baker, Saginaw, representing Area 3, and Mrs. Jer- old Topliff, Women's state vice- FREE ENTERTAINMENT 3 Shows Daily FREE INTERNATIONAL CIRCUS ** ** chairman. Formation of the committee re- sulted from the Farm Bureau NBC's HULLABALOO 3 Shows Da.ily 'Vomen's awareness of the in- SERENDIPITY SINGERS TV FUN CIRCUS creasing need for public under- * Aug. 28 - Sept. 1 CHILDREN'S CONTESTS standing of agriculture as farm- ers become a smaller segment of the population. Realizing only well-informed members can that ** THE SUPREMES JACK JONES * plus Cooking and Fashion Shows, and hundreds of other events do an effective job of telling the Sept. 2 - Sept. 6 and exhibits farmer's story, the committee will be involved in member informa- tion as well as public understand- ing projects. One of the committee's first FUN FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY Make Plans Now for Your Day at the projects will be a statewide train- ing session for Women's officers, Michigan State Fair tentatively set for early Fall, in Gate Adm. $1.25 - Children 12 and under FREE cooperation with the M ichi g an Farm Bureau Information Divi- DETROIT sion, to develop an effective in- formation program on the local level. TWELVE August 1, 1965 MICHIGAN FARM NEWS LAST CALL TOURS STill OPEN Although the August 24 \Vorld's Fair tour has been a popular one, reservations are still open according to :MelvinvVoell, tour guide. The V\'orId's Fair trip includes two days at the fair, one day in sightseeing around New York City and a day in the city «open" for individual plans. Leaving by rail from Detroit, the six day excursion begins Tuesday, August 24, returns to Detroit Sunday, August 29. Reservations may still be made. This is also true for the Northwest Caravan and the Wash- ington-Williamsburg tours, both leaving August 19, and for the Co-op tour of Scandinavia, August 30. As is the case of all tours offered through the special ar- rangement between the ~1ichigan Farm Bureau and the popular Hoosier Travel Service, the tours are open to "Farm Bureau members and their friends" - with family groups fre- quently scheduling outings. "It's more fun when you travel together" is the idea back of touring service, and there are no more congenial travel companions than touring Farm Bure~u PLYAC@ added to your sprays members. saves respraying costsl The helpful assistance of an experienced travel-guide can make all of the difference between a trip that turns into a To make sure your sprays really tween respraying ... stretches your worrisome affair and one that removes most responsibility from work, be sure to add Plyac. This is spray dollar, too! the traveller. Allied Chemical's unique, patented Add just 2 to 4 ounces of easy-to- Yet tours such as this year's repeat of the popular World's liquid polyethylene spreader-sticker use liquid Plyac spreader-sticker for Fair trip of last year, have built-in periods of relaxation when that prevents rapid weathering off. every 100 gallons. touring members may either rest or explore on their own. For example, one day in New York City is left open for those Even under the attacks of wind and Your sprays will go on better and who may wish to set their own schedule. . rain, Plyac keeps your sprays work- stay on longer-help you to a more Although some might rest, others might visit the Guggenheim ing longer ... stretches the time be- profitable harvest! Museum, attend a session of the United Nations, see the "Queen ~1ary" dock, or see the Rockettes at Radio City Music GENERAL CHEMICAL DIVISION Hall. P. O. Box 869, Kalamazoo, Mich .. TEl.: Fireside 5-8676 For last-minute information, write or phone the Information Sold and distributed by Farm Bureau Services, Inc. Division, Michigan Farm Bureau, Lansing. Now ... contains ... MPA the Amazing NEW ,.. . MICHIGAN FARM NEWS August 1, 1965 THIRTEEN Water and Oil "Mixed" in Ex erime PETROLEUM FLOOD SITES VISITED Photostory By: Charles H. Bailey Farmers Petroleum Cooperative is pioneering again - this time in the area of oil production. They, along with a very few other companies, are testing the use of oil-well flooding for "secondary" oil recovery in Michigan. Farmers Petroleum manager, Jack McKendry, recently pointed out to the members of the board of the cooperative that the process has been very successful in some other areas, but has never been used to any great extent in Michigan. A handful of companies, including Farmers Petroleum, are experimenting with water-flood in the state at the present time. When the board of Farmers Petroleum made Us annual tour of company operations in late July, they visited the two wells where the flooding has been in progress for about a year. Duane Cohoon, Crude Oil Manager, told the group that it will take about another six months of pumping before any indica- OILFIELD WATER FLOODING - is explained by Calvin Morgan, production superintendent at the Edmore Field in Montcalm tions of possible success will become available. county. This installation is one of two experimental projects being operated by Farmers Petroleum. Morgan is explaining how Cohoon told the group that the flooding process consists water pumped into an almost dry well may restore production in neighboring wells. primarily of pumping enough water into the oil-bearing strata to fill voids left by the oil pumped out over the past years of production. To do this the company has sunk water wells near the two wells selected for flooding and huge pumps are forcing water 24 hours, seven days a week, into the selected oil well. If the tests are successful, wells which have dropped to pro- dnction levels too low for economic production will again be- come profitable. Water flooding is only one of the areas where Farmers Petro- leum has pioneered. They, in past years, were the first to bring the tube-package for greases to Michigan farms. This product is manufactured by United Cooperatives along with tire and associated farm lubricants and supplies. Through Unico, farmers buy tires guaranteed against all road hazards, and long life bat- teries for farm vehicles. The annual board tour of Farmers Petroleum Cooperative started with a tour of the Leonard Refinery at Alma. Here the fuels sold by the company are processed under contract by Leonard. One of the features most interesting to the group was the Quality Control laboratory where standards of products THE CARE AND FEEDING OF AN OILWELL- is the daily job of "Bud" Hilliard, Field Foreman for Lease-Management Incor. come under constant and stringent scrutiny. Sales Manager, porated, in the "Headquarters Field." Here he explains to visitors from Farm Bureau some of the many tasks which he and his Arlo Wasson, pointed out that only through a system such as crews perform 36.5 days per year for Farmers Petroleum Cooperative. this could the unfailing high standards of Farmers Petroleum Cooperative products be .maintained. Leonard and others helped Farmers Petroleum last year to perfect a "Custom Type" diesel fuel for farm tractors. Using the laboratory facilities of the Leonard plant, a new diesel formula- tion with cleaner burning qualities was developed and is being distributed in Michigan exclusively by Farmers Petroleum. Sales. of "Power Balanced" diesel fuel, in its first year,' have far ex- ceeded estimates of the Farmers Petroleum staff when they in- troduced the fuel in 1964. "Modem, heavy duty machines used on Mi'chigan farms de- mand the highest quality fuels such as those sold in our outlets over the state," Wasson told the group. At the headquarter's field in Roscommon county, the group visited one of the plants where gas from the oil wells is cleaned and compressed for delivery to commercial buyers. This by- pro~uct of oil production is much in demand for heating in manufacturing plants of the state. Visiting in Mt. Pleasant, where they spent the night, board members saw the headquarters of "Lease Management, In- OPERATION OF THE AUTOMATIC RECORDING SYSTEM-- at Leonard Refinery, is explained by Robert Bremer, Plant Superin. corporated" - who operate the wells owned by Farmers Petro- tendent. Watching closely are Carl Heisler of Albion; Michigan Farm Bureau president Elton Smith of Caledonia, and Farmers leum. Operating the various wells in which Farmers Petroleum Petroleum Manager, Jack McKendry. Refinery technicians work closely with FPC. has an interest, they relieve the staff of the highly technidil job of oil well handling and care. At the evening session of the board in Mt. Pleasant, members voted to buy interests in another 91 oil wells which had been offered for sale. These wells again put the company in the position of producing almost half of its daily needs for crode ~il, strengthening its bargaining position in the purchase of Its remaining needs. At the Linwood Branch plant in Bay County, and at the Sagi- naw.bulk plant, members of the tour saw modem facilities ~nd equipment being used to get clean, high quality products Into the hands of farmer-patrons when they need them and at the best possible price consistent with quality. In summarizing the tour and the action of the board,. Farm~rs Petroleum Cooperative president, Carl Heisler of AlbIOn, saId, "members of our cooperative have every right to be proud of what we have seen in the past two days. "Our company is in a strong financial position and we are growing in service and in the quality of serv? to our .farmer- members. We pioneered several techniqu~s m packagmg ~ SAGINAW BULK PLANT- one of several modern farmer-supply outlets visited by members of the Boartl of Farmers Petrol. sales in past years and I have every ~onfl~ence that w~ eum on their annual tour of facilities and properties. Here the visitors saw fuels delivered to the farmer in modem transpor- continue to show the way to our competItors m the future. tation by trained deliverymen. - All add up to better products at more favorable prices. FOURTEEN August 1, 1965 MICHIGAN FARM MEWS SMAll, EVEN FOR ITS DAY - the original Marshall Farm Bureau Oil Company terminal rendered a service stoutly supported by local farmers both financially and in patronage. Originally the gas pumps were lacking. By: Don Kinsey Walter Drumm could tell you what it is like to raise a farmer cooperative from infancy to vigor- ous maturity. Walter is manager of the Marshall Farm Bureau Oil Cooperative. He has been its guid- Growth Thru Change ing light since 1947. Changes have come to the Marshall Farm Bureau Oil Walter went to work for this Company in the thirty years of its operation - changes Calhoun County oil cooperative that keep it in step with the modem needs of its area farms. in 1936 - only a year after the farmers of the county organized Thi~ oil cooperative began operations in 1935, when it. It was then a tiny petroleum- Farm Bureau petroleum products were distributed by a products delivery center if com- department of the Fann Bureau Services, Inc. - when pared with modem standards- you bou~ht your oil, tires and batteries from anyone who two or three small bulk tanks, a would "do business with a Co-op," and when supplies of smaIl office b u i Idin g and "tin- gasoIiJ:}e and fuels were uncertain. plated" warehouse and three small Walter Drumm, Marshall's manager, would remember delivery trucks. when lubricating oils were purchased from the J. D. Street Walter delivered fuels to farms as his first job. His small "tanker" Company of St. Louis, Missouri. Good oil, but a small and carried a full load of 500 gallons little-known company. That was before Farm Bureau - scarcely as large as one com- purchased its own oil blending plant. partment of the modern 1,500 gal- The facilities of the ~farshall oil cooperative in the late lon delivery tankers. 1930's were not on "the grand scale." The tiny "tin-plated" There were still people on farms warehouse could not hold' a tru~kload of lubricating oils, who wanted kerosene for lamps tires, batteries and accessories. Truckload discounts were or to fuel the wick-burner kitchen not obtainable for this reason. oil stove for cooking. It was often a case of filling a two-to-five gal- The old bulk tanks held less than half the fuel capacity lon kerosene can and one or two of the present day bulk plant - about a three day supply, fifty-five gaIlon gasoline drums to CALHOUN COUNTY poultry and hog farmer,. Carl Heisle~ works in his modern But the facUities served their day and made the stepping- laying house. Carl is president of both the Marshall Oil Cooperative and Farmers keep the farmer supplied. Twen- stone to a modem vigorous service operation. Petroleum Cooperative, Inc., the statewide Farm Bureau oil affiliate. ty-five gallons of gasoline sold for There are now four large delivery tank trucks. The bulk $4.15, including tax, in those late storage tanks now hold 110,000 gallons of fuels, with de- 1930's. POULTRY AND PETROLEUM liveries of upward of two million gallons a year. When they organized the Mar- shall Farm Bureau Oil Company Carl Heisler of Route 2, Albion, is the president of the board The five acres owned by the oil cooperative grew into in 1935, the local farmers "put of directors of the Marshall Farm Bureau Oil Company. The the Farm Bureau Center of Calhoun County. On the land their own show on the road." Two stamp of Carl's leadership reaches beyond his home commu- are now located the home offices of the Calhoun County hundred area farmers put up the nity, however, for he is also serving his second term as pres- Farm Bureau, the sales offices and bulk fertilizer storage money for stock to build and ident of the Farmers Petroleum Cooperative, Inc., the affiliate for Farm Bureau Services, Inc., and the local offices of the equip the plant and its delivery of Michigan Farm Bureau which serves farmers with top quality Farm Bureau Insurance Group. In many ways it becomes services. petroleum products. a one-stop service center for the members. It was to be and to remain fully The Carl Heisler family luLVe been members of the Farm a Farm Bureau operation, and Farmers Petroleum Cooperative salutes the Marshall oil Bureau for over 15 years. They have been fifteen years of cooperative as one of its original promoters - those who farmers used it to their own bene- leadership within the Calhoun County Farm Bureau. His ex- helped to get Farmers Petroleum started in 1949. It is fit. The original investment was cellent service on many of the committees of his county or- fitting in this thirtieth anniversary of the Marshall company sure to be smaller than the present investment - $175,000. But ganization led him to its top position, for Carl is past-president that Carl Heisler, the president of its board of directors growth of business operations have of the Calhoun County Farm Bureau. is also the president of the state-wide Farmers Petroleum raised the assets of the company Carl Heisler is a poultryman. He houses his 10,000 bird Cooperative, Inc. to $250,000. flock in a 60 by 200 foot Farm Bureau-built pole frame build- Tin-clad to concrete colossus - that's the story of th~ Over the years, fanners of the ing. Laying hens are fed Farm Bureau feeds and Carl markets Marshall Fann Bureau Oil Company. area have realized $269,800 in his eggs through the Farm Bureau Services "Fresh Fancy Qual- patronage refunds from the busi- ity" egg marketing program. ness, $138,889 in cash and $130,- 911 in reserves to help build and expand the business. Trucks of the Marshall oil co- operative are a familiar sight on the rural roads of Calhoun county. The Company has become one of the largest distributors of petrol- eum products to Michigan farms. - -- It delivers over two million gal- lons of liquid fuels each year to over two thousand customers. The oil cooperative has always worked closely with the Calhoun County Farm Bureau. Part of this spirit of cooperation can be cred- ited to Mrs. Harry King (Lena), secretary of the Calhoun County Farm Bureau for nineteen years. Mrs. King has served longer in her position than any other County Farm Bureau secretary in Mich- igan. They know how to work to- MODERN TANK TRUCKS serve Marshall's area farmers with fuels, tires, batteries. EVEN A MODERN TIRE service truck goes to the farm from the up-to-date Mar- gether to make success come to "Tankwagon Man," Albert Boden, gets ready to take off on his route to keep shall cooperative location. A fully modern gasoline service station is well them. farmers' tractors running. He is one of four route men for the cooperative. patronized by residents of the area. Even wheel balancing is included. MICHlGAN FARM NEWS August 1, 1965 FIFTEEN .VOLUNTEERS PREVENT NEAR TRAGEDY FARM MANAGEMENT TOUR WED. AUGUST 4TH Regardless of whether you're a dairyman, cash crops farmer, poultryman or Christmas tree grower, you will find a farm of special interest to you featured on the Wednesday, August 4, 1965 State Farm Management . Tour in Sanilac county. This year's program will enable By: Mrs. Faye Postma Michigan farmers to select a visit to any of six different farms dur- The date is "Alay 21, the time 10:30 A.M. A near tragedy is ing the all:aay tour getting under- about to occur on the Arthur Vinklemulder farm a mile south way at 9:15 a.m. The program of Rudyard in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. will replace the conventional pro- He had sold 6 cows to the McDonald Livestock Company and gram where only two farms were one of their employees, Harvey Peffers, has come to pick up the visited, according to Leonard cows. Kyle, chairman of this year's tour One cow has just calved in the pasture. She is a Brown Swiss and Michigan State University normally very gentle, with a strong mother instinct and for that extension agricultural economics rea~on had been used for raising calves as she accepted them specialist. all as her own. Following a noon luncheon and program at the Sanilac County Vinklemulder and Peffers brought a wheel barrow to the pas- 4-H Fairgrounds in Sandusky, ture and placed the calf in it to bring it the 50 rod distance to participants will move to the the barn. Verne Phipps dairy farm near Everything went fine until the newly born calf decided to Applegate for the afternoon try Us legs and promptly fell out of the wheelbarrow. session. The cow became frantic and when the men tried to pick up Phipps, a long-time Farm Bu- the calf she attacked them wildly, first one man and then the reau member, lost his dairy fa- other. After a severe beating, Peffers finally struggled to the cilities and most dairy records in house as best he could where he sank upon the steps and feebly a 1963 fire. The Sanilac county called for help. "Get lots of men," he said, "never mind me, get Cooperative Extension Service and MSU Extension specialists, along the other man." with others in the agri-business Neighbors and the Rudyard Volunteer .Ambulance Corps were field, helped Phipps design a quick to respond. Meanwhile, Art had been thrown violently on highly efficient loose housing free his back and had lost consciousness. He awoke to find the 1400 stall facility for 60-cows following lbs. of anjmal upon him. She struck his face severely with her the fire. jaw and tried to gore him with her head. However, her horns Special points of interest for kept striking into the clay ground beside him. This continued visitors to the Phipps farm in- AFTERNOON STOP on the State Farm Management Tour will be at the home of clude his above average crop- Farm Bureau member, Verne Phipps, near Applegate. Phipps 'and his wife, who for 15 minutes and the new calf decided to again try its legs. doubles as family bookkeeper, are shown analyzing the 6O-cow dairy records. Seeing her offspring alive and unharmed, the cow lost interest ping program, neatness of the farmstead, an efficient dairy set in the battle. Art was picked up from the field, placed on a operating condition is evidence of The fact that there is still plenty up, rapid adjustment following a stretcher, and rushed to War Memorial by ambulance. fire and exp