I MICHIGAN dRm~ FARM NEWIS -Bureau - - - - ------ - - VOL. 55 NO. 10 SERVING OVER 61,000 FARM BUREAU FAMILIES OCTOBER, 1976 Victory for Estate Tax Reform On September 16, the House of Represen- tatives voted 405to 2 to incorporate estate tax reform provisions in the House-Senate Con- ference report on the Omnibus Tax Reform Bill (H.R. 10612). These provisions are ones previously agreed upon by the House-Senate conferees. The House also voted 383to 26 to accept the entire conference report and send it to the Senate for action. However, It will contain a provision amending the income tax law changing the basis for the capital gains tax on inherited property. The American Farm Bureau Federation had supported Laingsburg's permanently c/osed roll station and paved-over trocks stand as reminders to the Representative Conable's (R-New York) impact 01 roi/line abandonment. The groin storage lacllltles In the background are a part 01 Ovid Roller Mills,. which lormerly shipped groin on the now delund Penn Central's line Irom Lansing to efforts to strike this provision from the report, Owosso. The State 01 Michigan subsidized this line lor awhile, but soon lound that alloted funds had but his attempts to make a motion to eliminate to be diverted to lceep other, more heavily traveled sedlons 01 track open. Alter the Slate withdrew the provision were voted down 181to 229. its support, the mill was lorced to ship grain by truck at additional expense. None of the estate tax reform provisions will result in any increased taxes on heirs who New Rail Classification inherit inheritances. farms unless they sell their Systelll Could Cause The Senate is expected to act on the Con- ference report promptly. When it does, we shall have achieved a major goal of Farm More Line Ahandonntents Bureau policy since 1974. The action of this Congress is. further evidence of the ef- 1sf of a Series fectiveness of Farm Bureau and Farm Bureau Michigan's railroads are To make sure that the most Porter emphasized. "If this members when they work in support of their still in trouble, in spite of important lines receive the false information is accepted, policies. See the National Notes section of this efforts by Federal and state proper funds to keep them in it will drastically influence edition for further clarification. agencies to provide funds and top operating order, the FRA the appropriation of federal reorganization plans to compiled and issued a funds for the line." rehabilitate them. Con- preliminary report listing the The Michigan Department sequently, some lines ser- vicing major agricultural areas in the state may be country's Class I lines. These lines are to receive primary consideration for federal of Agricul ture and the MichiganState Highways and Transportation Department MFB Makes Goal abandoned. funds. both provided testimony at Ironically, the very tools Not one Michigan line was the September 20 FRA. designed to rejuvina te rail considered Class I in the Public hearing to record any service throughout the preliminary report issued by public statements on country may lead to the the FRA," Barnett points out. discrepencies in the demise of some Michigan "This includes the line that preliminary FRA rail routes. the Michigan Department of classifica tion report. "The Railroad Agriculture considers as the Both agencies took ex- Revitalization and state's primary rail route, the ception to many parts of the Regulatory reform Act of 1976 old Ann Arbor route from preliminary FHA report. The was passed to "rehabilitate Toledo, Ohio to Frankfort, Department of Agriculture and maintain the physical Michigan and across Lake attacked the whole facili ties, improve the Michigan to Manitowac and classification system. operations and structure and Kewaunee, Wisconsin." "This system will cause the restore the financial stability Instead, the FRA listed this cutting off of branch lines just of the railway system in the route as a Class B branch so that the main lines can United States'," says Porter line. survive," the MDA Barnett, marketing specialist The State of Michigan now spokesperson pointed out at for the Michigan Department owns and operates this line, the hearing. "Main lines of Agriculture. "The Act including the rail car ferry depend on branch feeder lines called for studies to be made service across Lake for the generation of. good On Wednesday, August 25, the Michigan Farm Sureau surpassed so that the Federal Railway Michigan. traffic," the spokesman Its J976 membership gOClI 01 6 J,586 member families. This year Administration could advise "The state rail line map in continued. "This is no way to marks the ninth straight thot memberships ha"e b.en Increased. In Congress on how to spend the FRA report is also in get a balanced system of honor 01 the event, Michigan F8 President Elton R. Smith donned the billions of dollars to supply error," Porter continues. transportation in the country. traditional "membership blazer". Charles 8urkeH, dlredor of MF8 the capital requirements of "It shows the route running Branch lines need to be ReId Operations O/,,/s/on, assists Smith while Robert Braden, MF8 the nation's railroads." from Toledo to Manistee," p.Sharing The enthusiasm and con- made headlines because of improper political ac- As I grew older and the that experience with you fidence and positive attitude tivities. "tragedies" had more sub- seems a fitting tribute to Co- of the Fremont team was stance, I found that, as usual, ops during their special infectious. My visit with them Whatever the reason, people have come to believe, she was right. Indeed, I Month. made me proud to be a mistakenly, that farmers and their co-ops are getting l~ed to have pity on all Despite the PBB tragedy, "relative. " special treatment through the Capper-Volstead Ad. those character-less people with many of their customers They believe the Act gives co-ops the right to engage whose lives had been nothing effected, the Fremont CCH>p MICHIGAN in practices that violate the nation's anti-trust laws. but smooth sailing with easily showed a steady gain in feed This, of course, is not true. The Act simply gives - earned successes. sales, a sign that somebody FARM NEWS The PBB tragedy was one there was doing something The Michigan FARM NEWS is farmers the right to bargain and market collectively. that effected us all and I don't right. Finding out who that published monthly. on the first day. by the MiChigan Farm Bureau Information Without that right, many family farms would face think it was an exception to "somebody" was turned out Division. Publication and Editorial offices at 7373 West Saginaw Highway, disaster. my mother's philosophy. It to be a tough assignment. LanSing. Michigan 48904. Post Office Box 960. Telephone. Lansing 485-BI21, We need to launch an aggressive campaign to built character - no doubt When asked who was Extension 228. Subscription price. 6S inform the public that our nation and our world about it! And I also think responsible, the manager cents per year. Established January 13, 1923. Second. depend upon America's family farmers - and that some good things have come credited the sales rep, the class postage paid at Lansing. Mi. and at additional mailing offices. America's family farmers depend on their from it. Oneof the good things sales rep cited the millman, EDITORIAL: Charles Weirauch. that resulted was that it the millman said it was the Editor; Donna Wilber. Associate cooperatives. We need to tell consumers that without brought the Farm Bureau manager, the people "up Editor; Staff Photographer: Marcia Ditchie. cooperatives, both the production and marketing of Family closer together. Just front" gave credit to the OFFICERS: Michigan Farm Bureau; our nation's food supply could fall into the hands of as when families like your's people "out back" and vice President. Elton R. Smith. Caledonia. R. 1; Vice President. Dean Pridgeon, large non-cooperatlve corporations. If this should and mine get older and versa. One common Montgomery. R.l; Administrative Director, Robert Braden. LanSing; happen, production eHlciency would suRer and retail bigger, they don't always denominator finally sur- Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer, prices would rise. We need to educate our legislators keep in touch as they once faced: the farmer customers Max D. Dean; Secretary. William S. Wilkinson. about cooperatives' Importance not only to farmers did, and sometimes it takes a - the ones who stuck with DIRECTORS: District 1. Arthur tragedy to make them realize them throughout the tragedy, Bailey. Schoolcraft; District 2, Dean Pridgeon. Montgomery, R.l; District 3. but the entire nation. Andrew Jackson, Howell. R.l; District •• As so frequently happens, the Farm Bureau Women written a book entitled, "Cooperative Enterprises: The Elton R. Smith. Caledonia, R.l; District 5. William Spike. Owosso. R.3; District have recognized a problem and made plans to tackle Little People's Chance In a World of Bigness." He 6. Jack Laurie. Cass City. R.3; District 7, Robert Rider. Hart. R.l; District B. it construdively. In their Program of Work for 1976- expresses his opinions on how to preserve our Larry DeVuyst. Ithaca. R.• ; District 9, Donald Nugent. Frankfort. R-l; District 77, they have included a "Protect Cooperatives" economic and political fr.. dom and his strong belief 10. Richard Wieland. Ellsworth. R-l; District 11. Franklin Schwiderson. sedlon which suggests: (1) Understand the value of that cooperatives give the average citizen a chance to Dafter. DIRECTORS AT LARGE: Walter cooperatives. Be informed about related legislation keep his freedom. "Cooperative enterprises are - and Frahm, Frankenmufh; James L. Sayre. and be able to respond knowledgeably when the must always be - islands of economic democracy in a Belleville; Blissfield. Lowell Eisenmann, cooperative concept Is challenged; (2) Co-op Day sea of monopolistic oligarchy," he writes. WOMEN OF FARM BUREAU: Mrs. Andrew Jackson. Howell. R.•. promotions to give farm and non-farm people the "Islands of economic democracy" Is an apt FARM BUREAU YOUNG FAR. MERS: Tom Atherton, Gaines. opportunity to get acquainted with their cooperatives, description, I think, one that should make us realize POSTMASTER: In using form 3579, and (3) eRective use of the news media through what we are trying to preserve. The cooperative mail 10: Michigan Farm News. 7373 West Saginaw Highway. Lansing. letters to the editor and radio programs. concept marked the beginning of progress; people Michigan .,904. I congratulate them for their awareness of what Is working together made things happen. It will remain at stake and encourage all Farm Bureau members to follow their leadership and support their cooperative a vital key to our progress In the future. where many challenges await us. Let's all work together now to FaRm~ education eHorts. Jerry Voorhis, for many years the executive assure that we will have cooperatives to help us meet those challenges. BUreaU director of the Cooperative League of the USA, has Elton R. Smith OCTOBER, 1976 MICHIGAN FARM NEWS PAGE 3 - • I' - Branch Lines In ctober 6 Otta_ Sports Club, palki •• 7:00P.M. sportation Department's -The Chesapeake and Ohio unthinkable to let this line be Eaton Oct..... r 7 Kard.1I Hall, Charlott. Emmet October II Shay Elamentary School, Harbor Springs Bureau of 'Urban and Public line from Manistee to abandoned. " Ganes_ Octob.r 1.4 Mundy Township Hall, Ran.ln Transportation. Petoskey, including branch Huron, Tuscola and Gladwin October 5 Check with County Office "The state of Michigan now Gratiot Oct r 6 Check with County Office lines from Traverse City to Saginaw counties in the Hi_athaland Octob 2 CongrD1lational Church, Rapid Riy.r • 7:00 P.M. subsidizes 909 miles of rail Suttons Bay and Traverse Thumb are the state"s Hillsdale Oct 7 Form Bureau Offic. M_lng Room line that was formerly owned City to Elk Rapids. Other primary producers of dry Huron Octob.r 21 FB Cant .... Bad Ax •• 6:30 Oinn.r Ingham Octob 6 Mason lawling Lan.s 7:30 p.m. by the now bankrupt Penn cities that would be affected edible beans. The first two Ionia Octob II Rath ... School. Ionia Central and Ann Arbor by these line's shutdown are counties are also among lasco October 27 Check with County Office railroads," Riel explains. Kaleva, Thompsonville, Michigan's heaviest field Iron Range October" Mansfl.ld Township Hall. 7:30 P.M. Isabella October 12 Waldman School. 1:00 p.M. "Under the Railroad Bendon, Grawn, Bates, corn, wheat, oats, rye and Jackson October 1.4 Hillside Methodist Revitalization and Williamsburg, Barker Creek, barley producers. Kalamazoo Octob I' Check with County Offic. Kalkaska Octob 7 Codillac State Bank, Kalkaska Regulatory Reform act of Rapid City Alden, Bellaire, "These products lend Kent October 12 Schansurs, Eastbrook Mall. Gra';d Rapids 7:00 P.M. 1976, Congress is to provide a Ellsworth, Charlevoix, Bay themselves well to being La.... r Octob ... 12 La.... r Canter Bldg.• 7:30P.M. dlnnar declining scale of federal Shore and Lamson. shipped by rail," Porter Lanaw_ September 23 Blissfiald High School Uylngstan October 1.4 Fowlerville School funds to the 17 states affected -Chesapeake and Ohio Line notes~ MocA,uc. October .4 Garfl.ld Township Hall, Engadin. • 7:00 P.M. by the bankruptcies of seven from Greenville to Remus, "There is also only one Mocomb Octob.r 13 Emanuel Lutheran Church. 7:30 P.M. Walclanberg railroads. The five-year also reaching the cities of Class I highway, M53, that Manlst_ November.4 Forr Canter, Onekama 6:30 p,m. Mason October 5 Johnny's Inn, Cust.r • 7:00 P.M. funding program was Sidney, Stanton, Edmore and grain trucks can legally Mecosta Octob.r .4 Ston_od Elemantary School, Stonwood established to assist the Blanchard. travel on to serve the area Manamlnoa Octob.r 7 Hirch.'s Restaurant, Nathan 7:00 p,m. states in keeping the Midland October II H...... r Township Hall -Chesapeake and Ohio line that could be left without rail Mlssaukoa OCtober 5 Lake City High Schoal bankrupt lines open." from Edmore to Alma, service." Monr_ September 21 .(H IIcItf. Fairgrounds During the first year of servicing the cities of Cedar Riel also notes that two Montcalm Octob.r I' New Elamantary School, Stanton Montmarency October' 12:00 Noon operation, Congress was to Lake, Vestaburg, Riverdale cities on the Imlay City to Muskegon Octob.r 1.4 1:00 P.M. Rayenna Christian School appr9priate 100 per cent of and Elwell also Chesapeake Caseville line are not near all Newaygo Octob 1.4 Fremont Christian School. 7:30 P.M. the operating costs, Riel and Ohio line from Hartford - weather truck routes. N,W. Mich. Octob 13 Twin Lak•• Oakland Octob 21 United Methodist Church, Clarkston points out. Michigan's share to Paw Paw, also servicing To abandon a line, a Oceana Octob.r II Shelby High School. 7:00 P,M. was 12.97 of the total amount Lawrence. railroad must file several alloted. This amounted to "Unless the. state . This could result in further (e) Prohibit state from reducing existing level of aid to local governments; pressure on local property taxes with frequent millage elec- (f) Prohibit local governments from Increasing existing taxes without voter tions. ' approval; ., In short, Proposal C is most complex with far reaching ef- (g) Provide for Implementation by the leg/sla~ure. fects. There will be much pro and con debate on it before Should this amendment be adopted? election. The voter must give this careful consideration. Vote No on Proposa' D PROPOSAL D This was put on the ballot through a petition PROPOSAL TO REPLACE THE PRESENT FLAT RATE STATE drive by the "Citizens Lobby." This is the same group that INCOME TAX WITH A GRADUATED STATE INCOME TAX FOR }?romoted the removal of the sales tax on food and drugs. They CALENDAR YEAR 1977,THEREAFTER RATES AND BASES OF promised that no new taxes would be needed to make up. the STATE INCOME TAXES TO BE DETERMINED BY THE nearly $200 million revenue loss. This was a major factor in Michigan's financial crisis. The Legislature had to increase LEGISLATURE. the income tax from 3.9 percent to 4.6 percent. . The proposed amendment would: The Citizens Lobby is using the same tactics on this issue - (a) Remove constitutional ban on graduated Income tax; great promises with no guarantee. It is really a backdoor (b) Reduce to 3.9 percent maximum, the Income .tax rate on taxable personal effort to establish a graduated income tax which has been income of an Individual, or Individuals filing a lolnt return, on the first $20,000 of rejected by the voters in previous years .. - taxab'e personal Income, adlusted upwards by $ J,500 for taxpayer and each The key to the proposal is the provision that the amendment would last for only one year. After that, the Legislature could dependent; do anything it wanted, with no limitation, to legislate any kind (c) Raise tax rate of Individual taxpayers on income over that amount to.rep/ace of graduated income tax with no limit on rates. If Michigan is the loss of revenue caused by above tax reductions; to change its income tax from a flat rate tax to a graduated (d) Establish a constitutional minimum $1,500 exemption for taxpayer and each tax, it should be through an honest and forthright proposal that dependent; - is understandable to the voters. It should not be through (e) After January J, 1978, permit the legislature to establish bases and rates of Proposal D that promises a tax rollback for some for the first personal Income taxes. year with a doubling of taxes on others (nearly 10percent) and then letting the Legislature do as it pleases with no limits after Should this amendment be adopted? the first year. OCr.OBER, 1976 MICHIGAN FARM NEWS' PAGE 5 . :~ NATIONAL NOTES Albert A. Almy , I Tax Reform, Export Controls pa~edA~~t97~9 ~h~a~~~ \ ~f!er several months of observers believe Congress _thought of these bills as ef- in Lieu of Taxes. This bill is would provide payin~nts t wntmg on federal estate tax will leave the estate tax fecting agricultural exports. now pending in the Senate local units of government in reform in this coll!ffin, it is a provisions intact, and ap- However, the much and if approved before the which certain federal lands pleasant task to note that. the pr~ve .H.R;. 10612 before publicized Humphrey _ 94th Congress adjourns 'in are located. These payments House of Repre~entatIves adJourmng 10 early October. Hawkins Full Employment early October, it could ease could be used for any yoted nearly unammously to An effort was being made to and Balanced Growth Act of the tax burden on some governmental purpose. The Incorporate estate tax reform build support for an amend- 1976-- H.R. 50 __would have property owners. The big payment formula provides provisions int? the Omnibus ment to delete any reference had a major impact on question is whether or not for a minimum payment of 75 Tax Reform Bill m.R. ~0~1O). to capital gains. agricultural exports and there is enough time for cents per acre to units of local The~e are prOVIsIons If the above assumption is commodity prices. action. government. This payment, preVIOusly agreed upon by correct, the long effort to Specifically Section 107 H.R:-9719 would provide for however, could not exceed a the House Senate Conf~r~es. obtain fe.deral es~ate tax (A) of the Humphrey. _ federal paYl!lents to be made ceiling based on population . The estate Tax. prOVISIOns reform wIll have been suc- Hawkins bill, would require to state or local governments - and is further reduced by any mclude the followmg: cessful. Farm Bureau annual economic reports by the Secretary of Interior revenue from the federal 1. An estate tax credit equal members were instrumental containing a comprehensive based on the extent of certain lands that was actually to a $120,000 standard and can take great pride in set of anti-inflation policies federal. lands within the' received by the unit of local exemption in 1977 and in- their efforts to obtain in- including but not limited to boun~~mes of states or other government during the creasing to the equivalent of a troduction of estate tax "(4) pro~ision for an export localIties. The objective is to preceeding fiscal year If ~17~,.!lOO standard exemption legislation by nearly -150 licensing mechanism for food off-set with federal funds the payments under existing In fIve years; Congressmen. Literally and other critical materials loss of tax revenues to states statutes exceeded what the 2.. A martial 'deduction of thousands of letters, when the national well- being and counties caused by local unit of government $~O,OOO or 50 percent of the telephone calls, telegraphs, is threatened because federal land holdings. In would receive under the 75 adjusted value of the estate, and personal contacts were projected supplies are Michigan for example, the cents per acre formula, there whichever is greater; made by Farm Bureau inadequate to meet domestic federal gove~e~t owns in would be an additional 3. Appraisal offarmland for members to build support and needs without drastically excess of.3 mIll.lon acres, payment of 10cents per acre- estate tax purposes on the obtain an understanding of increasing prices, and the' m?St .of which a~e 10 northern - again subject to a ceiling basis of actual use rather the need for estate tax reform establishment of stockpile MIchIgan counties. based on population. than potential use value; by their Congressmen. The reserves of food and other Alt~ough Congres~ has Farm Bureau is strongly 4. Extension of time to pay expected enactment of H.R. critical materials in order to estabbsh~ progr~ms m the supporting H.R. 9719 because estate taxes to 15 years. 10612will do much to enable meet emergencies such as past which partially com- it would help several northern Payment of estate taxes the transfer of family farm floods and famines and to pensate these local govern- counties. A report ac- . could be deferred during the estates to future generations maintain reasonable price ments, the amount paid has companying the bill first 5 years. The interest on without the need for heirs to stability and adequate farm not adequately covered what estimates that Michigan unpaid estate taxes would be sell the property to pay estate income." , would have been received in would receive $2.1 million for 4 percent; taxes. On May 14, the Humphrey _ property. taxes under private distribution to counties in . 5. An amendment to the EXPOR! CONTROLS Hawkins bill was reported to owners~p. which certain federal lands Income tax law providing that The Importance of free the full House by the Ways SpecIfIcally, H.R. 9719 are located. only the decendent's capital access to world markets is and Means Committee. C gains taking place after understood by virtually every Strong opposition developed oUDly Annuals Contd. December 31, 1976, will be farmer. Exports of because of the projected cost Ogemow OctoNr 2. Ch..,k with County O"lc. ~ subj.ect ,to i~come tax; No agri~dultural .commodities 0hfthedbill if enacted. Farmers . ~:::':, ~:~:; ~~ ~~:~n ~~:~~o~~ty Offlc. capIta 1 gams would be prOVI e a major source of s oul recognize that this bill Ottowa Sept.mber 30 Chrl.tlan Sch;"'I, AII.ndal. ' 7:30 P.M. padyabdle a,t tdhethtime of the ffarm income 'dto Athmericadsnis l~ .typical e~ample of. the ~:;~::: 1.1. ~::~:; ~~ ~~~a~a~~wn Hall. ':00 P.M, ecen ent s ea unless the ar~ers, proVI e ousan po ltIcs and mapproprlate St. Clair Octob.r S Good.II •• 7:00 P.M. dinn.r property was sold by his of Jobs and offer many proposals which often St. Joseph Odob.r 18 Check with County Offlc. executor. No capital gains benefits . to he consumers. th' surround the' issue of Sanilac Shlawo .... Odob.r 6 Octob.r II SonduskyHighSchool-7:30to':OOP.M.dinn.r Casino Iidg .. McCurdy Pork. Corunna wou Id be payable by an heir D urlng t 94 Congress, agncultural production and Tuscola Sept.mber 2. Cora High School. 7:00 P.M. dinn.r unless and until he sells his several bills were introduced food. Van lur.n October 23 inheritance. to 'deal with inflation ,and PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF ::;~~now ~:~:;: ~~mDI~~:;c~a~l~rgrounds Most Washington . unemployment. Few people TAXES W.dord October 19 ldelw.l .. L..Jg •• c.....rf ... Ski Area ~A. 344 Asparagus Suit Sent Back to Circuit Court Opponents of the' State Growers accreditation by the good faith as required by law, have a severe effect on copied prOVISIonof the Act. If Farm Bargaining Act have so Agricultural Marketing and so they are fighting with as Michigan agriculture and the processers can prove that far failed to convince the Bargaining Board. many legal tools as they can beyond" Stuckman con- this law is unconstitutional in Michigan Supreme Court that ~ .,The. ~t~t~ processers on the constitutionality issue, .. dudes. ' Michigan, the other states, P .A. 344 is unconstitutional. association filed the suit after Noel Stuckman, l\1ACMA . "P.A. 344 is landmarked such as Maine and Min- The latest action on this Act 'the Marketing and general manager .. They Farm Bargaining Rights nesota, will also have to took place on August 25, 1976, Bargaining Board named contend that the Act VIolates legislation. Other states have suffer." , when the Michigan Supreme Michigan Asparagus the Michigan State Con- .--_-:. :,,:,"_-:' __ ~~~ ~ __ ~ _ Court returned the Asparagus Growers Division of the stitution by exceeding the Northern Michigan Coope~ative Lawsuit challenging the Michigan Agricultural state's police powers and constitutionality of the Act Cooperative Marketing several other such points. Feeder Sales 1976 - and the accrediting of the Association(MACMA) as a "The law has proved it's 11,000 Head Michigan Asparagus Sales and Bargaining value to both groups under all These are all native cattle sired by registered Bulls Growers Association back to Representative of the kinds of problems and Ingham County Circuit Court. Processing Asparagus marketing conditions during and out 01 predominately beel type cows. All sales This suit was initially filed in Bargaining Unit. it's three years of existence," guarantee heiler calves open and male calves the Court on March 8, 1974, by Stuckman points out. properly castrated. All calves dehorned. the Michigan Canners and "The MCF A has filled other "It has lead to negotiations M.A.8.C. has arranged to have_a lew lots of A.I. Freezers Association(MCF AL suits against P.A. 344, and is that have generally resulted feeder steers ~o be sold in con/unction with the using the accreditation to The Supreme Court ruled fight the farm bargaining on \he true market values of Gaylord Oct. 14th sale. The A.1. calves will be sold in that the. Circuit Court could the raw product to become rights granted by this Act," established.' groups and identified by breed and sire. indeed decide the con- , says Noel Stuckman, "As an indication that P.A. Oct. 11 Paulding 1275 y.arlings and calves stitutionality of P.A. 344. It MACMA general manager. 344 provisions for good faith Oct. 12 Rapid River 1325 yearlings and calves was also decided that the This Act was signed into bargaining mediation and Oct. 1A Gaytord AOOO ye~rlin91 and calves burden of unconstitutionality law in 1973, after passage by arbitration rests on the MCFA. The do work, there Oct. 19 Alpena 1300 yearlings and calves the Michigan Legislature in lower cour~ had declined to have been no picket lines, Oct. 20 West Branch 2000 y.arlings and calves 1972. The Michigan Farm examine the constitutionality Bureau has been a principle truck . diversions, further 0 c t . 29 Ba Id win . 1200 year Iinga an d ca Ives of the Act. The Supreme dIsruptions of fruits and All sales start at 12:00 Noon proponent of this bargaining vegetables to processing . Court also ruled that the legislation. plants involving commodities Cattle are graded U.S.D.A. Standards and will be sold Circuit Court may rule on the challenged procedures in the Processers specifically do represented by growers in lots of unilorm grade, weight, sex and breed. contested legislation, but that not want either the com- associations," Stuckman Brochure available with description 01 cattle in each it cannot rule on the validity pulsory arbitration or the says. sale. Michigan Feeder Cattle Producers Council of the :\fichigan Asparagus requirement tq, ba{ga~n I in _ "The loss of lbis.l~ would. , . Posen, Michigan 49176 PAGE 6 MICHIGAN FARM NEWS OCTOBER, 1976 o STATE fA.RGOERS were gffracted to the Farm Bureau display by this co'orful backdrop deplct/ng the progress of agriculture. M'N'ATURE fAIlM EQU.PMENT drew the children to the dlsp'ay and gOlfe farmers the opportunity to exp'a/n the huge Inlfestment Near'y 200 FOrm Bureau members from 19 counties participated necessary to operate their farms and leeep consumers well-fed. in this consumer Inlormat/on profect. Governor Declares October as Co-op Month In Michigan October will be "Cooperative Month". L The Governor in signing the proclamation indicated "- the contribution of farmer cooperatives to the economy and to rural areas of the state. Our farmer . cooperatives provide Michigan farmers with more than one-third of their in-puts and markets. Many farmers belong or use four or five different cooperatives. The national theme for this years program is "Cooperat!ves -. People Working Together". Most cooperatives throughout the U.S. will sponsor some activity in promoting the cooperative ways of doing business. :ero_clamation The dictionary defines a "cooperative spirit" as Staff LENA WEE COUNTY fARM BUREAU shared fair exhlbH space with their 'oca' farm Bureou Services. Farmers Petro'eum Cooperatllfe one found in persons "given to or marked by a willingness and ability to work with others in a and fann Bureau 'nsurance Group at the Lenawee County fair. common effort." Changes The county farm Bureau. under the direction of Mrs. Hope Sawyer. promoted a dlHerent commodity each day of the fair weele. Certairyly this concept. has been element in founding and developing the vital a country With the addition of a new that is second to none. It really could be the member to the Farm Bureau "Spirit of '76" that has been extolled 01/ through Family - the Michigan Farm Bureau Group Purchasing, this Bicentennial year. Inc. - a number of staff In ensuing times-of strife and good fortune, let reassignments have been us hope that the cooperative spirit is never lost. made within the Field And why should it be? Hopes and dreams are Operations Division .. Gene Greenawalt, former insignificant unless they can be shored with Coordina tor of County others. To transpose such dreams into advanced Offices, has been promoted.to technology benefitting all has been one of our Operations Manager of the citizenry's strongest motivating forces. new Group Purchasing corporation. Right olong with the pooling of ideas and ef- Jesse Taggart, former forts to build Mars landers and to provide better Manager of the Young educational techniques go new ways to produce Farmer Department, has more and better food crops and superior ways of- been assigned to the new GENE GREENAWALT BERN'E BISHOP getting this food to consumers with the least' position of Assistant Field Operations Manager. Reglona' Representat/"e. Operations Division Director, . MfB Group Purchasing. 'nc. Central Region delay. .responsible for plans and Therefore it is fitting that we honor the in- training and the regional stitution that magnifies and s~rves os a base for representatives. Harold Scharp, former the cooperative spirit. the cooperative. This unit regional representative for of society will go on serving this state and this the Central Region, is now notion to the best of its many members' abilities Manager of the Young all through this country's third century and well Farmer Department and Administrative Specialist, in beyond. charge of member records. I. William G. Milliken, Governor of the State of Replacing Scharp as Michigan. urge all citizens of this state to give Central regional represen- fitting recognition to the importance of tative is Bernie Bishop, cooperatives to Michigan and the two million former Marketing Specialist in the Market Development families they serve. Division, The Central Region Given under my hand on this twenty - first includes Clinton, Eaton, day of September in the year of Our Lord one Ingham, Shiawassee, JESSE TAGGART HAROLD SCHARP thousand nine hundred seventy-six and of the Genesee, Livingston and Assistant Re'd Operations Manager. Young fanner Dept. Oakland counties. D'lflslon Director and Admln/stratl"e Specialist Commonwealth one hundred Thirty-Eighth. q .' ..-. . \, '.J" r '.' ~iW)IM OCTOBER, 1976 MICHIGAN FARM NEWS PAGE 7 - MIOSHJt Hears Unified Voice Against New Machine Safety Proposals Testimony provided at the with the recommendations of proposals in the tractor September 13 Michigan many agricultural engineers section alone. Department of Labor fr 0 ni un i v e r sit i e s , Page Bellinger, products Commission Public Hearing agricultural associations, and safety manager for Deere, on proposed state machinery man y imp I e men t Inc., Moline, Illinois, echoed safety regula tions was manufacturers. Because of Buschleo's sentiments. overwhelmingly in favor of this help, the federal rules "The farm equipment rejecting the state legislation were put together in such a manufacturers certainly are and accepted the federal way that they are un- not opposed to safety OSHA standards scheduled to derstandable by the farmer. equipment, -if the go into effect October 25, 1976. Because the state rejected manufactur.er instruction the advice of it's agricultural manuals are properly used Most agree~ tha! the advisors, the state proposals with them," he said, "Deere federal re~lahons wIll be. are confusing, unintelligible; first introduced the rollover more effectIve than the state and in contradiction with protection structure in 1966. proposals. themselves." Since then we have in- More than 16~ -pers~ns The federal OSHA agreed corporated many other atten~ed .the hearmg, which with it's advisors that the protective devices into the was, hlghhghte~ by an all-day most effective method of design of our equipment." testimony against the state reducing the injuries to Because of this experience, rules .. a g r i c u l.t u r a I t r act 0 r Deere strongly objects to the The most telhng was operators would be to require section of Michigan proposals provided by State that the tractors they that call for an additional seat Representative Harry Gast, operated over 20 horsepower to be provided for super- Jr. (~-S~. Joseph). He stat~d would be equipped with a seat visors. This seat is provided he will mtroduce House BIll belt and rollover protection so that they can ride along Just some of the concerned ottendees to the September 13 hearing 6296, legislation desi~n~ to_ structure, Buschlen added. while instructing persons as on Michigan Department of Labor proposed standards for form prevent the Michigan The Michigan Department of to how to operate the tractor. equipment. Out of the 26 persons who testified, only one defended Department of Labor from Labor standards include this . "A second sea t would the state's editea versions of the federal OSHA regulations. enforcing part ~1 and part 53. standard and many other reduce the rollover protection These re~ulatlOns call for rules concerning the care and provided by the tractor more. strmgent laws con- operation of a tractor. design ROPS," Bellinger cernu~g safe tractor "The engineers who said. "There are no such o~ratIon and care" along designed and produce the compelling needs in Michigan With rollover protection and tractor are the best qualified for this device over any other I the placement of gu~rds on persons to determine the areas in the country. The nearly all farm eqwpment. most efficient and safe use of federal OSHA rules say that Two other state their particular make and states may implement representatives, Ernest Nash model of tractor," Buschlen regulations that are more (R-Dimondale) and Stanley emphasized. "The operators stril1g~t than the fe<\,eral, if Powell (R-Ionia), also manual prepared by the there is a compelling Deed in testified against the state manufacturer is the best a certain area for them." proposals. source of information for the Dr. Richard Pfister, Merrill J. Buschlen, proper care and use of the Michigan State University operations manager for the tractor." agricultural safety engineer, Michigan Agricultural Yet the MI-OSHA proposals also questioned the prac- Every fanner Services Association, declare that the director of ticality of a second seat. testified that most of the labor is the only one who can "For years, agricultural should bank safety advisors have stressed problems with the state approve hitching points other proposals started when the than the drawbar, 'no riders' on tractors," the on the safety expert pointed out. state Department gave their of Labor Agricultural "I doubt if the equipment manufacturers would ap- "Now we have a proPosed law 3-in-1 Advisory Committee only a preciate anyone else deciding short time to submit their where and under what cir- that totally contradicts this common sense safety rule." system.- suggestions for state ad- cumstances operators could Pfister is noted throughout ditions to the federal OSHA hitch to their tractor at a the country for his research rules, and then rejected their point other than the hitch on the prevention of farm ideas .. points designa ted by accidents. He has served on "This committee was given engineeri ng design," the committee that established the federal OSHA Agriculture is a complicated business ...and so are its credit less than eight hours to make Buschlen noted. reQuirements. That's why the cooperative Farm Credit Banks a judgment on rules that it He noted that there are at farm equipment safety of St. Paul are three-banks-in-one. took the federal OSHA three least eleven additions to or regulations that go into effect The Federal Land Bank makes long-term loans secured by years to put together," deletions from ~e. federal this year. first mortgages on farm real estate and rural homes through Buschlen pointed out. "The standards, plus four new local Federal Land Bank Associations. The Federallntermedi- (Con't. on page 10) federal rules were written rules in the Michigan ate Credit Bank provides funds to and supervises Production Credit Associations which make short- and intermediate-term loans to farmers for just about any agricultural purpose. The Bank for Cooperatives makes loans to farmer-owned market- ing. supply and service cooperatives, directly from St. Paul. All three banks raise funds in the nation's capital markets. The money helps provide credit to farmers. ranchers and their cooperatives in Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota and Wisconsin. It's a good System. 'Cause when it comes to farm credit... eyery farmer can count on the three banks of the cooperative - Farm Credit System. COOPERA';~~ F••• CIEIIT The Michigan Farm Bureau's Information ~ and Public Relations Dh,/s/an scheduled a pre-hearing press IIIKS OF ST. PAUL Federal Intermediate Credit Bank (for your PeA) conference so that media personnel could asle questions about the FB polley concerning the state Federal Land Bank (for your FLBA) proposals. Fielding queries were Dr. Richard Pfister, Michigan State Un/"erslty agricultural saf.ty Bank for Cooperatives (for your cooperatives) engineer, Merrill J. Busch/en. MASA operations manager, Elton Smith, and Laurie Ahfl. president of the' 375 Jackson St., 51. Paul. MN 55101/Phone: (612) 725-7722 Mlchiqan Farm and Power EQulJ)ll1ent Dealers Association. PAGE 8 MICHIGAN FARM NEWS OCTOBER, 1976. Michigan Marketing Outlook as strong as they have since BEEF May. Special Sugar Report beef The controversy involving movement from Tom Specialist Reed, Marketing Australia and New Zealand is Market Development The AFBF Sugar Advisory In another move designed recent development has been being negotiated currently Division Committee met with officials to assist U.S. sugar dubbed Meloteine - 14, made and looks like action will be of the U.S.D.Ain Washington, D.C. recently to urge that producers, Congressman from a specially processed Robert Bergland (Democrat - dairy blend. It is composed of taken. A letter from Michigan PO R K prompt action ~ taken to Farm Bureau supporting the Due to unusually favorable Minnesota) has introduced a 70percent milk sugar and has closing of that loophole has return in. 1975, swine help lighten the burden of Bill which would, in effect, about 14 percent protein. large world sugar stocks and been sent. The loophole in- producers increased this put a floor under domestic Another replacement for volves beef moving from year's spring pig crop by 16 sagging domestic prices. sugar prices. This Bill would cane or beet sugar is referred Committee members, from Australia and New Zealand . percent. Heavier slaughter use a formula, geared partly to as High Fructose ,Com thru a processing plant in a weights coupled with a major sugar producing to the cost of producing beet Syrup m.F.C.S,). Corn syrup states, asked Assistant U.S. Free Trade Zone in potential 14 percent to 16 sugar, to set a so - called production and use has been Puerto Rico. This beef, percent increase in hog Secretary of Agriculture, "base price". Then if any on the increase in recent Richard Bell, and other because it's processed before slaughter could assure a sugar was imported at prices years. Conswnption of HFCS leaving the Trade Zone, Until production increase of U.S.D.A. officials to give below the base, importers in 1970 was negligible. By serious consideration to this week had escaped beef around 5 percent. would have to pay a fee which 1975,consumption had risen import quotas from Australia The one bright spot in the lowering present import would bring the total cost of to nearly 5 pounds per capita. quotas to more reasonable and New Zealand. That pork industry in the next foreign sugar to within 21f.z It is expected, and forecast, loophole had been closed! twelve months is a possibility levels. The import quotas are percent of the base. No action that this trend will continue. currently set at ap- The beef situation has of substantial increase in is expected on this Bill during improved slightly from last overseas sales. U.S. pork proximately 7 million tons the current congressional Sugar is likely to be a topic month but not as fast as was exports in the 1976fiscal year annually. Quotas would have session. Even Mr. Bergland, of discussion next spring to be lowered to the 4 million anticipated. The situation has were more than double that of who incidentally is the Vice when Congress brings con- bee n c omp l'Ica teye d b th a year earlier, with pork ton area before they really Chairman for Jimmy Car- sideration of new national drought' th te become meaningful. severe 10 ewes rn exports to Japan tripling ter's Agricultural Campaign farm legislation to replace ranRes forcing more duri,ng the year and ac- Another cloud hanging over Committee, sees little hope the 1973 Agriculture and l'Iqui'dat"Ion f her d s the sugar industry in the U.S. for action this year. He does Consumer Protection Act 0 counting for more than one previously thought to be half of the total. is the importation of duty free however, hope that this Bill which expires on December sugar from underdeveloped can serve to prevent growers 31, 1977.The original Sugar sound. Although this sIows Exports of livestock and down the recovery of the beef meat products amounted to nations. This'duty free sugar from abandoning sugar beets Act was allowed to expire in l'ndustry I't robabl is allowed under this coun- as a cash crop. However, the 1974.Some producers would 15' pya $1.7billion in fiscal year 1976- healthy sl'tuation. As I0ng as up $250 million over fiscal try's generalized system of implicit concept behind like to see similar lea;Qlation we are I'nthe II'qw'dation cycIe preferences. Closing this gap Congressman Bergland's Bill enacted in 1977.The&-chance year 1975($263,000,000 of that could provide some relief for I't WI'11be bette r for a II of us to total was pork). of a variable levy on imports for passage of such a suffer an 0 ther month an d There is promise of sharply U.S.producers. It is repor- has very seious implications measure does not appear tedly a sore spot some lo~er the population to a increasing our exports of and far reaching favorable at this time. The pomt that would guarantee a livestock and meat products U.S.D.A officials. ramifications. The im- poli tical atmosphere longer and healthier~oyery-~ the y,ears ahead par- A further consideraton plication is especially serious however, may change'before cycle .' .. , during the meeting between when consideration is given these discussions take place. Th' B f R h d ticularly for pork. the AFBF Sugar Advisory to the U.S. role in trade Meanw hile, pr oducers w'ill e.ee esear.c a~ Tom Reed, Informa~lOnA.ct h~mgs will Marketing Specialist Committee and U.S.D.A was negotiations currently un- continue to be plagued by be h Id 1 the possibility of raising the derway. poor......prices, slumping e 10 sIX.p aces across Mar k e t .D eve lop men t duty on imported sugar. An Ad Hoc Sugar Task demand, large world stocks ei~c~;e~:~u~~~:'~~ Division Presently, the duty is set at Force consisting of officials and continually rising for next spring. Michigan 62112 cents per hundred. One proposal calls for raising the from the State Departqient, production costs. Commerce Department, Farm Bureau will be FRUIT The situation in the sugar testifying in Des Moines, duty level to $1.87 per hun- U.S.D.A., Treasury Depart- industry brings to light Iowa on October 12th. Cherries dred. ment and a member of the sev~ral i":lportar;ttpo~nts for I remain optimistic and am The F.D.A. is all poised to Assistant .Secretary Bell White House Advisory group polley diSCUSSion 10 the convinced that the entire beef delist Red No.4 food coloring assured committee members has been reactivated. This Ad commodity areas: 1.) How' industry will be in a much only- a few months after that something will be done. Hoc Committee has been much government do we want healthier situation by the next taking Red No. 2 off the In all likelihood, a com- asked to review the pros and in agriculture?; 2,) What kind writing. market. Red No. 4 is used to bination of alternatives will cons of U.S. participation in of posture should the U.S. Tom Reed Market give Marichino Cherries their be applied to the problem. He an international sugar maintain with regards to Specialis't bright, red color.. added that studies are now agreement which will be of int~rnational trad~. of Market Development If Red No. 4 is delisted, under way to determine topic for discussion next agncultural commodities?; Division consumers may be faced with whether or not certain March at a soybean meeting 3.) To what extent do we a pale pink or whitish looking countries are dumping sugar in London. into U.S. markets. If dumping really support the free One factor hampering the market. economy? . DAIRY cherry for decorating their Milk production in August deserts, etc. And likewise, is discovered and can be bargaining position of Dr. Paul E. Kindinger, producers, briners and proven, countervailing duties domestic sugar producers. was up nearly 6 percent finishers in the cherry in- Director above a year ago and was the will be applied to correct this however, is the development Market Development dustry will be left without any condition. of low cost substitutes. One largest monthly increase this acceptable substitute for Red Division year. For the first eight No.4 at the present time. months of 1976, U.S. milk production was up 3.8 percent Apples CORN AND SOYBEANS from the same period a year The juice price in Michigan No matter which estimate set at 5.8to 5.9 billion bushels higher predictions of grain ago. Even though milk cow for 1976-77 has been of production you have been (depending on who you listen production in the U.S.S.R. numbers continue to drop the establihed at 4 cents per following the trend is the to). But this is still a far cry pan out and the Soviets increase in production has pound. Several processors same -- down. 'Both the from the 6.6 billion bushels reduce their buying activity, more than offset the . have also agreed to the $8.00 U.S.D.A. and private forecast earlier this year. this should be partially offset. reduction in numbers. Lower per hundred price for soft forecasters have reduced Similarly, soybean estimates by increased domestic quality feed in several states varieties, $8.75 per cwt. for yield and thus, total have slipped from the August feeding and exports to will likely curb further in- hard varieties 21f.z"and up production estimates for com 1st figure of 1.34 billion western Europe. Some creases in output thus, the (except Jonathons which are and soybeans in the U.S. The bushels to the U.S.D.A.'s br~erage houses are still total milk production should priced on 2%" and up) F.O.B. cause is hot, dry weather over September 1st forecast of 1.25 recommending trading not reach the point of a farm and $10.00per cwt. for much of the midwest. As a billion bushels. If weather December com from a long burdensome oversupply in Northern Sprys 2~l" and up result of the unusual weather continues hot and dry much position. the next six months. F.O.B. farm being asked by in many areas of the corn - longer the October estimates They have taken a wait and The strong consumer the Michigan Processing soybean producing areas, will most likely show a fur- see attitude with the soybean demand for milk products Apple Growers Committee. crops have suffered. Ear ther decline. complex, looking for rallies have only begun to show up in Negotiations will continue development of com has been Prices for corn and prior to harvest. the dairyman's milk check. with sauce processors. hampered and soybean pod soybeans however, have Dr. Paul E. Kindinger, More advance in farm prices Dr. Paul E. Kindinger, development is behind nor- continued to be sporadic, Director can be expected in coming Director mal. The estimates for corn trading mostly on the Market Development months if the sales of milk Market Development production in the U.S. is now downside. Even if the new Division and dairy products continue Division OCTOBER, 1976 MICHIGAN FARM NEWS PAGE 9 positions. HUMIDIFIERS, ANTI- Supply FREEZE, FILTERS BATTERIES, - With winter Report coming on you may wish to consider a humidifer enhance comfort and reduce to fuel bills. Farmers FERTILIZER - Unlike CF from Farm Bureau outlets. Petroleum dealers have Industries, the co-operative Its been shown to be a high PRO Feed, pnces low. trademarked by Farm SNOW TIRES - Snow tires excellent inventories of these. fertilizer manufacturing yielding seed wheat Adequate supplies of an- company partly owned by especially suited to later Bureau Services, from your are in limited supply, but dealer as soon as possible. Farmers Petroleum dealers tifreeze have been delivered Farm Bureau Services, other planting. The Michigan State to dealers. Regular patrons non-co-op fertilizer University has been ad- Excellent feed buys are on are generally in a better right now at Farm Bureau .position to be of help than may wish to reserve their manufacturers are again vacating planting two weeks needs with dealers. You'll shipping fertilizers overseas past the fly - free dates dealers. The Star Spangled competitors. Ask first at your Dairy deals program is Farmers Petroleum dealers. want to ask about the won- in large enough quantities to because of smut which has derful, new maintenance - seriously effect domestic been an ever increasing available too for good It will be some time before measure, In this program the supply of snow tires is free automotive batteries prices. The export demand problem in Michigan. The now available under our CO- for phosphates swung into a later planting seems to avoid free Bovadine Teat Dip is replenished Now, all tires, offered with feed purchases with the exception of radial OP brand. Filters, after position of strong foreign some of the conditions which somewhat tight supply, are demand after several months encourage smut. through December 31. tires, are in low supply with Interest in LPS, liquid high demand. The Farmers now again readily available. of virtually no activity. FEEDS Cooperative Dealers are ready to service Fertilizers, after coming Research Farms, owned by protein supplement, has been Petroleum Cash 9 Carry Tire increasing greatly. To program remains to ensure equipment for a fall har- down from a spiral of rises Farm Bureau Services and vesting with adequa te due to foreign demand early other regional supply co- enhance your operation you of higher quality at great consider taking on some for a savings. Save the last catalog quantities of greases and oils. last year, are again creeping operatives, has a new, up in price for the same scientific breakthrough of try. insert in MICHIGAN FARM Peterson Appointed reason. This has been taking great importance to HARDWARE - Farmers NEWS so you'll know what's place significantly after the dairymen. 'This patented should order or reserve their available. to Apple Committee major spring use period and scientific advance can in- storage bin needs at once. LIQUID FUELS - Supplies Daryl K. Peterson, Mason planting demands. crease the yearly milk Prices have not increased as of liquid fuels are presently in County Farm Bureau As in the past, where production of quality, high - expected even though rises in balance although there are no chairman, has recently been chances of price increases producing herds by hundreds steel did take place. large surpluses. Many of the appointed to the Michigan are indicated, prudent far- of pounds. Our scientists have A special mailing is going fears of serious shortages due Apple Committee by mers with the capacity. to - discovered how to increase out from the Stelco steel to summer travel have not Governor William G. order and take supplies the eff~ctiveness of the people offering coupons with shown up in our state. Milliken. during the winter have come "protein factories" inside of dollars off on single strand Nevertheless, basic prices Peterson, a Ludington fruit out ahead. In addition, they cows by allowing protozoa barbed wire. Since every have been advancing. Far- farm owner and operator, can avoid the rushes that and bacteria to better utilize farmer' will not receive the mers Petroleum remains succeeds Elwyn E. Omstead always occur when the soluble and insoluble protein. coupons be sure to ask your sharply competitive and is of Ludington, who resigned. planting season breaks. A meeting explaining this Farm Bureau dealer for passing savings along fo Peterson will serve for the Farm Bureau dealers shoold important breakthrough was yours. patrons from its new remainder of Olmstead's be consulted, and specific held for Farm Bureau dealers Twine is available for those refinery, transportation term, which expires April 1, arrangements made for your at the end of September. who still need it at reasonable efficiencies, and basic ~upply 1977.. needs, taking advantage of Dairy farmers will be able to prices. the, cp-operative system get this i!lllovation in feed Water softeners sales are which mandates that our from Farm Bureau dealers as increasing all over the state. farmers come first. an exclusive, not available This may be your last chance SEEDS - There is plenty of from other manufacturers. to paint ""»'<'~'~"""~i'~'.'<.,~ respond faster to slowly smoldering fires. r.i.ii.1 ci ()I~~U~~I()~ ~~ ~~ ~ f; Most depend on a small light bulb, which eventually burns out, causing the alarm to sound. An ionization chamber models a tiny source of radiation electrically charges a small amount of air. Entering smoke particals disrupt the flow of electricity and the alarm goes off. Ionization Chamber detectors respond faster to fires in which flames are visible. They are also more sensitive to H Manager Member R~lations t smoke from 'cooking, so they ar.e more proned ij &~ ti ..... ~~~ ~";:;'::~: ~~EfiS~~"):~~~;-;- """"<="'-='~~Wil!]trO;,,"';"""<".==m''''~-'''» ".. " -.;~"'_-N':X~-.o.x«~-.~~~:-: ~'*f;~!t}~'~~,:_.~:,:"n::-: ~N . i#;..~:{,';wJ',:~~"w. ..~~::~.~ _ .1. to sound off if placed in or near the kitchen. Most smoke detectors are self-contained units including the power supply, fencing The word "FIRE" shouted in the night and _ heat becomes int~lerable. You should have "device, and alarm in one unit. The battery the sound of sirens hos a paralyzing effect on. two alternate exits from each bedroom. Your operated units are required to have a fail-safe all of us. We sit in silent horror as we read a entire family should practice using these mechanism which causes a "trouble signal" newspaper account of fellow human beings escape roots. Once outside, you should meet when the battery power begins to drop, thus who parish in a home fire. According to the at 0 pre-determined place and stay out of the aborting the possibility of the battery going National Fire Protection Association, fires house-many die from going bock. The fire dead without your knowledge. Batteries in were the cause of death for 11,!l00 department can be summoned from the most models last for about 1 year, and Americans in 1974. The scars and terrifying neighbor's telephone. because the system requires a special bat- memories live for months or years with those To' help insure that you are awokened in tery, the replacement cost is usually about who are injured. Many of the injured lie in time to execute your evacuation' plans, you $!l.00. hospitals for weeks, months, or years. Many should install an early warni(lg device system Both batteries and hause circuit system of them must return over and over again for in your home. have advantages and disadvantages. plastic and reconstructive surgery. Many WHAT KIND OF SYSTEM? - Oiscussion Question: . never resume normal lives. The highly expensive elaborate fire alarm What are some of the advantages and We know thot more people die from fires in system is no longer necessary to improve disadvantages of batterY verses house cir- dwellings than all other types of buildings your chances of survival in' a fire situation. cuit? combined. And yet, only a few of us take even When it comes to fire alarms for the home, ..... the slightest advance preparation to save WHERE TO BUY A SMOKE DETECTOR what you want is' a device that's fast and ourselves in case of fires. Smoke detectors are being available dependable, something that will alert you in Discussion Question: through any number or sources such as time to get everyone out without unnecessary What are the two most important things hardware' stores, department stores, elec- haste. Generally speaking, a smoke detector you can do to save yourself and your fa'!lily if tronic suppliers, and house to house meets those requirements better than a heat fire strikes your home at night? salesmen. When purchasing a -smoke detector. Smoke detectors can sound an DEADl Y SMOKE detector, you should be sure there's either the alarm minutes, and even hours, before a heat Fire in dwellings are silent killers. Most sensing device because they are activated by F.M. (factory mutual) or U.L. (underwriter's major fires occur at night wher) people are laboratory) seal of approval. The retail price the first-long distance symptom .of fire - asleep and nearly 75 percent of the deaths smoke. This production of combustion often is should range from $50.00 to no more than are caused by smok'e rather than burn in- $150.00 per unit. the first to spread throughout a house; smoke juries. The simple fact is that 0 large mojority and accompanying toxic gases are the cause The Michigan Farm Bureau Federation has of the so-called fire victims are laying in their of death more often than burns .. entered into a contract with Wolfe Safety and beds, dead or unconscious from smoke In general, a smoke detector should be Security Systems, who have agreed to supply inhalation long before the fire reaches them. installed in the home so that smoke from any both battery operated and house circuit type fire which originates outside the bedroom smoke detectors to members of Farm Bureau HOW ABOUT INSURANCE? area passes over the detector and triggers Community Groups, and County Women's Adequate insurance on a home and the alarm before the deadly smoke reaches 'Committee at a cast of only $31.50 per unit -- building is an absolute necessity. It's purpose. the bedroom. A smoke detector should be providing each group or committee pools all is to replace property in case of fire or other. installed in the hallway outside the orders on one order form and sends cne calamity and should be reviewed and updated bedrooms. If bedroom entrances are all check for the entire group or committee. periodically. Most of us would not get a good located in the some area, a dwelling can be These are the same detectors which are being night's rest without the security of a paid-up protected with just one detector. In single sold retail for $50.00 to $100.00. Literature fire insurance policy. If we even suspect that story homes with more. than one bedroom describing the detectors is enclosed in the our policy has lapsed, or might. be area, or in multi-story homes, more than one discussion leader's packet .• inadequate, we would call our insurance detector will be needed. agent in the middle of the night to confirm After checking a number of smoke coverage. TYPES AVAilABLE detectors over the last six months, we feel But, while insurance replaces property, Smoke detectors are manufactured in two secure in offering this unit os the "best buy," there is no insurance which will replace life types. One is the "Photo-Electric" type, which The Community Group secretary should use lost in a fire. Insurance against loss of life generally operates on house circuit. The other the order form on the recording sheet and does not come in the form of an !nsurance is the "Ionizatian" type which has a lawer simply send it to us in the usual manner. Your policy. power consumption, thus lending itself ta smoke detectors will be sent to one person in WHAT TO DO battery operation. Both hove been found to be your group for distribution. As soon as you Insurance against loss of life in a fire comes quite effective in dwelling type fires. receive your smoke detector, complete the in the form of a "an early warning device" and A Phata-Electric detector sounds when card that is enclosed and return it to Wolfe an escape plan. smoke particals reflect light'from a tiny bulb Safety and Security Systems. This will enable For youl are your family to survive a night or light emitting iade onto a phato-electric them to provide you with direct service and time fire, you must awaken before smoke and cell. photo-Electric detectors generally battery replacement. RAILROADS truck would affect the product were to move by rail, Department of Agricultural vice to their towns, Pa trick (Con't. from page 3) economy of the Thumb area he would only have to pay Economics, says that some stresses. reports with the ICC. One is shippers do not realize how Riel and Porter also concur in question. $18.15 per ton." an environmental impact interdependent they are on that it will take local com- statement showing how a A"ccording to the report, Such additional costs to the rail service, Patrick said. munity effort to make sure shift of commodity about 782,000 tons of bulk shipper can adversely affect "There is some feeling that rail service on certain lines in movement by truck instead of agricultural commodities that person's profits, Porter the railroads are only sub- Michigan is not suspended. rail would affect an area. were produced in Huron, explains. If this profit loss is Tuscola and Lapeer counties. .multiplied, it could affect the mitting data that would be "The real questions are "This report is only con- favorable to their own in- how long the State of cerned with air, water and Of the tonnage produced, economy of the entire area. approximately 547,000 tons terests. If shippers could pool Michigan can provide money sound pollution," Porter The only way the shipper's to subSidize the lines is does were shipped out of state. The side of the story can be their rail shipping data, there relates. "There are really no now, and if it can afford to bulk of this amount was recorded is for those persons might be enough information economic criterion maintain the lines that are shipped by rail. to balance out what the one- established, except what the to appear at public hearings under pending aban- sided testimony the railroads railroad reports as gross "A single shipper who and provide testimony, have provided." donment," Riel says. "The tonnage on the line." wanted to move his bulk corn Porter points out. threatened lines are The Michigan Department from Cass City to Augusta, Mike Patrick, a graduate Shippers and other members definitely going to have to get of Agriculture has conducted Maine would have to pay student who is conducting of the local community are support from the local comprehensive studies on approximately $33.00 per extensive shipper surveys for the only ones tha t could help' communities affected to how the shift from rail to ton," Porter adds. "If the Michi~an State Uiliversity's prevent the loss of rail ser- make it for sure." '"-' '"""--- M1CA'fGAN FARM NEWS' OCTOBE R, 1976 ~ t-'AGE 15 Corit- and 'Sugarbeet "Expo. 76" AFBF Wants All Export Provfsions Delated~ To Be Held October 5-6 Deletion of all provisions of the Export Administration ability . to purchase needed "Anyone interested in believe that the displays A corn variety show products such as petroleum, performance of new tillage alone will cover 40 acres. featuring 35 varieties from 16 Act that provide authority for which in short supply here," equipment should attend this Farmers will have the op- companies will be toured and imposing export controls on Datt added .. event. We will be plowing and portunity to see the equip- discussed. Herbicide agricultural commodities has Trade policies embodying finishing 200 acres with ment in action and talk with demonstration plots will also been called for by the export controls make it equipment literally from the 'manufacturer's be shown and discussed. American Farm Bureau impossible fOI: this country throughout the United representa ti ve a bout . The sugar beet research Federation. and others to gain the full States," says William Bortel, . equipment capabilities," and demonstration plots In a letter to the House benefits inherent in mutally Michigan. State University Bortel says. include 80 acres of beets to be International Relations advantageous trade con- Cooperative Extension harvested during the tw