MICHIGAN FARM BUREAU NEWS F. B. Members In "Make Farming A Counties Read Business—As Well 62 The NEWS. As An Occupation." PUBLISHED BY THE MICHIGAN STATE FARM BUREAU FOR ITS MEMBERSHIP VOL. II, NO. 14 JULY 25, 1924 Issued Semi-Monthly 7TH ANNUAL SUMMER FARMERS' DAY General Program BUREAU WINS IN NOTICE TO 1924 H.D.H0RT0N NAMED PRESIDENT OF TO OFFER PROGRAM OF INSTRUCTION For Farmers' Day FIGHT TO ABOLISH WOOL POOLERS ELEVATOR EXCHANGE AS DELEGATES To be given on the campus, As there will be no further AND INFORMATION FOR ALL FARMERS near the new Home Economics Building. PIHSBURGH PLUS wool loading dates at local ship- ping points for the 1924 pool, HOLD HARMONIOUS ANNUAL MEETING all growers who have signed (Fast, or Eastern Time). the Michigan Wool Growers Co- Federal Trade Comm. Decision Reports Reveal Steady Growth; Business Last All Branches of M. A. C to Throw Themselves Acting President R. S. Shaw— operative Marketing Ass'n con- Presiding Means $75,000,000 Saving tract and have received bags Open to Rural Visitors; Strong Program 1:30—Music—Reo Motor Car and shipping tags, are hereby Year Totalled $4,850,000 or 4,744 Cars; To Steel Users instructed to ship direct to the of Speeches Announced; Parade, Company Band a,nd Glee Club. Ohio Wool Growers Ass'n, $10,000 Patronage Stock Dividend South Columbus, Ohio, by local Tours, Picnic Are Features 1:45—Parade of College Live- GREAT FARMER VICTORY freight. Fill out tags com- Distributed to Members stock. pletely; put one inside bag, at- * , * 2:1.5—Music—Reo Motor Car tach the other outside. Write Michigan farmers and their fam- Ending Vicious Practice Will Election of H. D. Horton, manag- Company Band and Glee the Ohio Ass'n if you want a ilies, recruited from the four corners cash advance. er of the Kinde Co-operative Eleva- Club. Benefit Mich. Farmers tor, Huron county, to the presidency of the state, will gather at the Mich- 2:30—Progress in Agriculture All wool growers who have igan Agricultural College on Friday, $2,000,000 applied for or have signed Mar- of the Michigan Elevator Exchange, —A. M. Brown, School- change of the organization from a August 1, for the seventh annual craft. keting Agreements and have summer Farmers' Day at the col- not yet received wool bags and co-operative membership basis to a 2:4 5—Effective Marketing—J. Washington, July 22.—Organized co-operative stock company and for- lege. T. Horner, M. A. C. tags are hereby notified that Starting with a Wheat Day in agriculture, as represented by the bags and tags were shipped to mal establishment of the Michelex 3:15—Music—Reo Motor Car American Farm Bureau Federation, them about July 18. Should Elevator and Warehouse Company 1918, when war conditions called for Company Band and Glee special consideration of crop condi- won another tremendous victory to- yours fail to have arrived by were outstanding features of the Club. day when the Federal Trade Com- this time, notify us. Shipping fourth annual meeting of the Ex- tions, this summer Farmers' Day has directions for you are the same 3:30—Agricultural Thought— mission by a 4 to- 1 vote, handed change Board of Delegates, held at grown to a point where crowds of as for shippers mentioned G. I. Christie, Director down a sweeping decision outlawing the Michigan Agricultural College more than 5,000 have attended the above. of Experiment Station the Pittsburgh Plus system of fixing July 16. conferences in recent years. No long- and of Extension Work rolled steel prices. The decision of MICH. WOOL GROWERS Reports of the past year revealed er limited to any one branch of agri- —Purdue University. the Commission is directed against that the Exchange had rendered a culture, the Farmers' Day program CO-OP M'KT'G ASS'N 4:00—Music—Reo Motor Car the U. S. Steel Corporation and its large volume of sales service to its now includes every department of Michigan State Farm Bureau Company Band and Glee subsidiaries and orders them to member elevators, the business total- the agricultural division at the col- Club. cease and desist from charging im- Lansing, Mich. ing $4,850,000 during the last lege and contains material of inter- est and value to anyone engaged in aginary freight from Pittsburgh on twelve months. A total of 4,744 cars agricultural work in the state. steel no matter where it is made. of grain, beans and hay was handled, The plan of the day calls for an Thus ends this memorable case which was distributed as follows: 1,- equal division of "work and play" in the program. Band concerts, a big GLOVER TO SPEAK which has been before the Commis- sion in one form or another for the WOOL MARKETS 9:5 7 cars of grain, 1,557 cars of hay and 1,250 cars of beans. The report basket picnic lunch at noon, and in- formal gatherings of a social nature feature the entertainment side, AT BIG DAIRY DAY past five years and in which the American Farm Bureau Federation has taken a most active part on be- STRONG AS POOL showed a surplus of $18,000. Couldn't Raise a Kick An outstanding feature of the while inspection of the college ex- perimental plots, livestock herds, AT M. A. C. AUG. 2 2 half of its membership. Plus System Unfair CLOSING NEARS meeting was the very noticeable har- W. E. Phillips, retiring president mony which was manifest to even a and specially prepared outdoor ex- The decision of the Commission of the Michigan Elevator Exchange. casual visitor. Despite the fact that hibits, together with the speaking E. A. Beamer Thousands of Dairymen Will not only holds that the Pittsburgh Aug. 1 South of Saginaw Bay; President W. E. Phillips urged the program, will form the backbone of Plus system is unfair but that it is a delegates to air any grievances which Gather for Meeting of Sept. 1 for Northern the instructional side of the confer- ence. LEADER IN CO-OP Milk Producers direct violation of the Federal Trade Commission act and the Clayton act Counties MILKMAKER SALES they might have and to make sug- gestions for the improvement of the service given by the Exchange, the Special Observation Tours to prevent price discrimination. The Eight special observation or in- spection tours have been mapped out LIVESTOCK M'KTG Commission report . declares that A special summer meeting of the Pittsburgh Plus is contrary to public With closing the date wool of markets the strong, Michigan the Wool BREAKING RECORDS only remarks made by the delegates were expressions of satisfaction apd Michigan Milk Producers Associa- interest, not based on the law of sup- testimonials as to the direct and in- by the committee in charge of Farm- Growers Co-operative Marketing tion will be held at the Michigan Ag- ply and demand, is a price-fixing Large Orders Show Dairy- direct benefit which the Exchange ers' Day arrangements, the morning Ass'n and Farm Bureau wool pool A real co-operator at heart and a ricultural College on August 22, ac- was bringing to the farmer members being given over to these trips. The man who has given a lot of time to cording to announcement made re- system succeeding the old steel pools, is at hand—August 1, for all coun- men's Attitude Towards of their locals. The Impression which tours run all the way from a short it—gentlemen, permit us to intro- cently by officers of the association. "Gary dinners," etc., that it lessens ties south of Saginaw Bay. Applica- circuit to view the various M. A. C. duce E. A. Beamer of Blissfield, Headlining the speaking program and eliminates competition and is tions for wool marketing contracts Open-Formula Feed one received from the whole meet- buildings and laboratories, to an Michigan. As president of the Buffalo for the afternoon meeting will be A. made possible by the; alleged domi- and membership in the Wool Grow- ing was that the Elevator Exchange automobile drive which will cover Producers Co-operative Commission nation of the steel industry by the ers Marketing Ass'n can not be ac- More farmers than ever before are is a real business organization which the most outlying points of the big Association, the Michigan Live Stock J. Glover, editor of Hoards Dairy- United States Steel Corporation. cepted after that date. See applica- taking advantage of the Milkmaker is laying the sure foundation for a college experimental farm. Exchange, and a few other well know man; W. H. Miller, president of the The report goes on to show that, Dairy Feed Pool this year, accord- still greater future on the solid rock The eight*tours will be as follows: organizations, Beamer has been National Milk Producers Associa- because of the above conditions, tion coupon, page 4. ing to the Michigan State Farm Bu- of satisfactory service and efficient working to make his principal job as tion; and Prof O. E. Reed, head of For counties north of Saginaw management. College Buildings and Botanical Gar- owner and operator of 320 acres of the dairy department at the Michi- Pittsburgh Plus retards business in Bay, the closing date for signing reau Purchasing Department. Sales dens; Horticultural Experimental good corn land in Ogden township a gan Agricultural College. all steel centers except Pittsburg and wool marketing agreements and agents representing the Department Of foremost importance was the Plats and Orchards; Forestry Nur- are now out visiting Michigan dairy greater success. Other features of the day will be adds greatly to the cost of steel prod- membership blanks in the Ass'n is farmers and booking their orders for action of the Exchange In changing series and Experimental Plats; Farm Baby beeves are grand cham- ucts. The report specifically mentions September 1. • Wool from these its type of organization from a mem- Crops Experiments; College Herds pions after they go through his feed inspection of the M. A. C. herds and the fact that Pittsburgh Plus costs northern counties must be shipped their fall and winter dairy feed re- bership basis to that of a stock com- and Flocks; Poultry; Engineering lots, and quality is his motto al- experimental plots and of the spe- the farmers in 11 Western states direct to the Ohio Sheep and Wool quirements. pany. The change improves the fi- ways. cial dairy experimental work being Both a definite price and a pool nancial status of the Shops, Laboratories and Power $30,000,000 a year in higher steel Growers Ass'n at South Columbus, Exchange's Beamer was one of the first men carried on on an extensive scale by proposition are being offered to the property and gives the Exchange all House; and a Bird's Eye View of all prices. Ohio, local freight. the College Farm and Experimental to see that the greatest necessity of the investigators of the college dairy dairymen, but it is interesting to the advantages of a straight stock the co-operative commission houses staff. A basket picnic lunch at noon This is probably the most impor- The 1924 Plan Work. in eastern markets was a larger out- will draw the crowd together in in- tant decision ever rendered by the As has been stated before in the note that practically all of them are company in addition to allowing it to Basket Lunch at Noon let for their stock, and con- formal social gatherings. Federal Trade Commission and it is News, Michigan is pooling her wool signing up for their Milkmaker allot- retain all its advantages as a strict- One of the most enjoyable fea- sequently he took an active part in Between 5,000 and 10,000 of the acknowledged to be largely a Farm with the Ohio Wool Growers Ass'n ment on the pool basis, thus evidenc- ly co-operative concern. tures of past Farmers' Days has been organizing a live stock purchasing Bureau triumph. The American this year. More than 3,000,000 lbs. ing their faith in the fair treatment For instance, under the stock plan, association known as the Eastern 20,000 members of the Milk Pro- the basket picnic lunch at noon. ducers Association in Michigan are Farm Bureau Federation had the ac- of Ohio wool has been contracted. which will be given them by the the membership fee becomes stock Groups of farm people gather infor- States Company, of which he is a tive support of the Michigan State Farm Bureau Purchasing Dep't. and is realizable property. It's fi- mally under the beautiful trees on director. He was first president of expected to be in attendance for the Farm Bureau in this fight. It will Michigan accepted an invitation to There is every evidence that the nancial power is broader. this organization. conference, which will be one of the pool with them at a guaranteed the M. A. C. campus and join in be remembered that it was through handling charge of 2.75 cents per Farm Bureau's 1924 feed business Declare $10,000 Dividend There are very few angles to the biggest ever held in the state. will exceed that of any previous year great family parties. Neighbors greet live stock industry that have not the influence of the Michigan State pound and freight, about one cent The Exchange delegates voted that The state Allied Dairy Association neighbors, and friends from distant come within Beamer's experience. is joining with the Milk Producers Farm Bureau that a resolution was extra, and a cash advance up to 75 and with feed prices going up it the $200 invested by each member parts of the state renew acquaintan- He was director of the Michigan Association for the meeting, thus passed through both branches of the per cent of the graded value of the looks like a good proposition to plan should be returned to them in stock ces during this picnic hour. Live Stock Shippers Exchange for bringing together practically all Legislature of the 1923 session urg- wool to the growers at 5 per cent if on buying dairy feed through the in the Michigan Elevator Exchange. Only rain can serve to dampen the six years. This organization oper- ing Congress and the Federal Trade they want it. Every grower in this Farm Bureau. Full announcement A $10,000 patronage dividend was ardor of the picnicers at the noon ates a co-operafive commission house dairy interests of the state. Commission to take immediate steps pool has a definite contract with his of the Milkmaker proposition is con- authorized from the surplus, to be in Detroit that made a profit last This big summer meeting should gathering, and even then the com- to secure the abatement of this in- Ass'n, and the Michigan and Ohio tained in an advertisement on page distributed among the member ass'ns year of $17,000. The success of the be of special interest to Farm Bureau defensible practice. modious college buildings would care Buffalo Producers under his admin- members, as the Michigan Milk Pro- wool growers ass'ns are accepting 4 of this issue. Dairymen and in- as Michigan Elevator Exchange for the crowds in comfortable style. istration is not open to argument. Means Hugo Saving only wool which has been contracted >ed farmers should remember stock, in accordance with the amount ducers Ass'n is one of the commodity that the time is very short and they of business done through the Ex- Special outdoor exhibits are to be The order of the Commission to them. prepared by the different depart- Beamer is a member of the Na- exchanges affiliated with the State If the wool growers do not have should get in touch with their local change. tional Board of Directors of the Na- Farm Bureau and the Farm Bureau abolishing Pittsburgh Plus will mean ments of the college agricultural di- a saving to American steel users of sacks, they should ask for them co-operative manager at once or Another Important matter was tional Live Stock Producers Ass'n.— is a contributing member of the Al- vision, and these will be on display N. L. S. P. Aes'n News. lied Dairy Ass'n. $75,000,000 a year and will benefit when sending their application for write direct to the Michigan State the unanimous acceptance by the near the general meeting ground in Michigan farmers at least $1,000,- (Continued on page four) Farm Bureau Purchasing Dep't. delegates of the Michelex Elevator the center of the campus. Timely 000 annually. The average farmer and Warehouse Company, establish- farm problems are illustrated in these exhibits, and visitors find much of interest and profit from Bradfateand Stockman Are buys over a ton of steel and steel products each year and has been pay- ing for them on the Pittsburgh Plus J. S. Green Ascends Alfalfa ed at Port Huron by the Michigan Elevator Exchange to pick and store surplus beans for co-operative farm- their study before and after the gen- eral meeting. Headliners for Calhoun Picnic basis. Pittsburgh Plus increased the Th rone With 157 Acres of It ers' elevators. The completely equip- ped bean picking and storage plant Big Afternoon Meeting •-:• price of a grain drill $2.76, of a trac- purchased by the Exchange has been ly every farm woman in Calhoun described in previous issues of the The climax of the Farmers' Day Business Men Are Interested; County through her work with the tor plow $5.65, of a grain binder Cass County Member Breaks Cass county. He told us how he NEWS. The Exchange delegates au- events is reached in the big after- $6.28, and of a tractor $17.82. does it, as follows: Promise Million Glasses Michigan State Grange, and because Because of our nearness to Gary, All Records; Tells H o w thorized the Exchange to invest $20.,- noon meeting, which is to be held Started 7 Years Ago of her good deeds is held very dear the point of cheapest steel produc- under the campus trees in the sec- Of Lemonade in the hearts of the country women. tion, the abolition of Pittsburgh H e Does It "I am mowing 98 acres of alfalfa 000 in stock in the Michelex Com- tion known as the college as the For- Mrs. Stockman is also a member of Plus will greatly reduce the price of this year, pasturing 20 acres and pany, whose business it will be to est of Arden. A band concert will Michigan has a new alfalfa acre- sowed 39 acres this spring, making increase the volume of choice, hand- furnish entertainment during the Marshall, July 24—The farmers of all our farm implements and steel age king. He is Jesse S. Green of l.">7 acres in all. 1 plowed up 20 picked Michelex Brand beans mar- program, while speakers of state and Calhoun are going to be given a real supplies of every kind. Probably in Dowagiac, Cass County Farm keted by the Exchange ass'ns. Pre- treat at the sixth annual Calhoun Bu- acres last fall -and put it to other ferred stock in this company will be national reputation in the agricul- the near future steel mills will be es- reau member of Wayne township.! crops. tural world will deliver addresses County Farmers' picnic, which is to tablished along the east shore of His 157 acres of alfalfa takes the "1 started sowing alfalfa seven offered local elevator ass'ns and upon subjects of timely and popular be held on August 6th, at the Cal- Lake Michigan, perhaps at Grand' crown from the brow of William years ago this spring, at the same growers who wish it. interest. houn County Fair grounds this year. Haven and Muskegon. Renew Loyalty to Bureau O. E. Bradfute, President of the Smith, Tuscola County member of time making an application of about The delegates adopted several G. I. Christie, director of exten- Organization Did It Colling, and permits Mr. Green to two tons of finely ground limestone American Farm Bureau Federation, sion work and of the agricultural is to speak to the farmers on that The practice of selling* rolled steel doff the lid he is wearing in the per acre, bought from the Solvay resolutions, one approving the Mich- experiment station at Purdue Uni- on the Pittsburgh Plus basis had photograph below and wear his hon- company. I have used about 12 igan State Farm Bureau's plan for versity, in Indiana, is scheduled to date. Mr. Bradfute is a native of carloads, averaging from 30 to 35 permanent financing of the Bureau Ohio and has risen in the ranks of nothing to defend it. It was only tol- deliver the leading address of the erated because it was already estab- tons per car. through the establishment of a trust afternoon. Mr. Christie is recog- farm organization until now he oc- "Sometimes I have plowed the fund through life memberships and cupies the highest position obtain- lished and the public generally did nized' as one of the best speakers not understand its rank and flagrant ground in the "fall, other times in the for a re-organization of the Bureau among the ranks of the country's ag able in the Farm Bureau organiza- spring, but prefer to have it plowed on this basis. Full support was tion. This will be an opportunity for injustice. Probably it would have re- ricultural authorities. mained in effect for years to come in the fall. I have usually sowed the pledged the Farm Bureau. A livestock parade, or "Livestock the farmers of Calhoun county and lime as early as possible in the Appreciation was expressed for the adjacent country to meet personally had not the farmers organized and Style Review," will be one of the put forth a united effort against it. spring, keeping the ground cultivat- assistance given Michigan co-opera- outstanding features of the after- the man, who is at the head of their ed and sowing the seed from the tive marketing by the M. A. C. mar- organization, and whose constant ac- The defendants in this case, the noon program. Prize winning indi- United States Steel Corporation and first to the middle of June. I always kets dep't and particularly by Mr. viduals from the M. A. C. herds and tivity is directed towards protecting inocculate the seed, usually with Hale Tennant, co-operative market- the interests of the American farm- its subsidiaries, produce 50 per cent flocks will be led past the speakers' of the total rolled steel of the United culture from the Michigan Agricul- ing director. The delegates adopted stand, while specialists from the va- er. tural College, but I have used soil several important resolutions on States. Their annual business is $1,- rious departments will discuss the A Million Lemonades 500,000,000. They have an undi- from an inocculated field with suc- taxation matters. The full text of merits of the animals. The parade Plans are being made to accom- vided surplus of over $500,000,000 cess. these resolutions appears elsewhere thus combines a short course of in- modate between two thousand and which they used liberally in their ef- J. S. Green in 60 Acres of Alfalfa "In order to get the hay harvested in the NEWS. struction with the interest of a gen- three thousand farmers and their forts to retain the Pittsburgh Plus Grown From Farm Bureau Heed I have rented the crop to my neigh- In addition to their business meet- eral parade and proves doubly en- families at the Fair Grounds on that system which was so effectively op- ors until someone comes along and bors, giving one-third to have two- ing, the Elevator Exchange delegates tertaining for the audience. date. The business and professional posed by the Farm Bureau organiza- beats his record. thirds of it put in my barn. In re- heard some excellent speakers on ag- Women Have Own Headquarters men of Marshall are co-operating tion. The Farm Bureau News thought gard to selling, I have usually had ricultural subjects affecting their As has been the custom in past with the farmers through their or- The abolition of Pittsburgh Plus it had uncovered a regular alfalfa no trouble in selling at the barn, but business. They listened to an ad- years, women visitors at Farmers' ganization, the Marshall Commnutiy is another great Farm Bureau vic- empire when Mr. Smith showed us have baled some of it. I think at dress by Dr. Kenyon L. Butterfield, Day will have a headquarters of Club, and are going to be prepared Pres. O. E. Bradfute tory. If our organization had never 95 acres. But 157 acres is another the price this past year it would pay incoming president of the Michigan their own. The parlors of the new to serve one million glasses of lem- the Michigan State Board of Agri- done anything else, this one accom- story. Our original alfalfa king was to bale. Agricultural College, who pledged M. A. C. home economics building onade to the farmers and their fam- culture. «• plishment alone would have justified Jehial Davis, Farm Bureau member "In conclusion, I would say that it that increasing attention would be are to be thrown open for the day, ilies, free, for the occasion. This will afford a splendiJ oppor- all that the American farmers ever of Fenton, Livingston county. He is essential on my soil to sow at least given co-operative marketing by the and the faculty of the home eco- The other speaker on the program tunity for the men and women of put into their Farm Bureau. A study had 60 acres. Every two weeks so two tons of finely ground limestone college during his administration. nomics department will act as host- as outlined by the committee for that Calhoun County to meet *.wo of the of this and other achievements of far we've had a new king. to insure a successful seeding; I Pres. M. L. Noon spoke of the splen- esses in the afternoon, when tea is date, will be Mrs. Dora Stockman. most prominent agricultural workers our organization reveals that Farm To hay or not to hay it? Mr. would not bother with any form of did co-operative working relations to be served the visiting ladies, Mrs. Stockman is known by practical- here in the United States. Bureau dues pay big dividends Green is answering the question for coarse lime." (Continued on page four> MICHHi A X F A R M BI'REA I NE W S J I L V 25, 1»24 TWO MICHIGAN FARM BUREAU NEWS carefully the income t a x a m e n d m e n t to be s u b m i t t e d this fall will be forced to believe t h a t those wlio drafted it have made funds. W h e n that action is taken it will be not only a t r i u m p h of the Michigan S t a t e F a r m Bureau ami the other farm organiza- OGEMAW BOARD OF Published twice a month by the Michigan State Farm Bureau at Char- an honest a t t e m p t to meet every objection raised by its enemies when it was before the people two y e a r s ago a n d will f u r t h e r tions of the state, but equally significant, it will also be an in- s p i r i n g evidence of tiie fair mindediioss, the keen insight a n d the COMMERCE BOOSTS lotte, Michigan. Edltoiiftl and general offices at State Farm Bureau head- quarters, Lansing, Michn agree t h a t it offers very real and definite assurance of relief to o v e r b u r d e n e d real estate. deliberate j u d g m e n t of a majority of M i c h i g a n ' s citizenship. BUREAU CAMPAIGN VOL. II MUX 2 5 , IJ>24 No. 14 BUSINESSMEN SEE VALUE OF FARM BUREAU West Branch Business Men FARM BUREAU'S FIGHT WINS HIGH PRAISE P a r t i c u l a r interest a t t a c h e s to the article in this issue of the Entered at the post office at Charlotte, Mich., as second class Are Showing Apprecia- matter. Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage provided An interesting editorial appeared recently in the C o u n t r y N E W S which relates how businessmen of Ogemaw County are for In Sec. 1103, Act of Oct. 3, 1917, authorized January 12, 1923. C e n t l e m a n . It relates to the ' • P i t t s b u r g h P l u s " case ami offers showing their a p p r e c i a t i o n of the stability a n d value of the t i o n of F a r m B u r e a u Subscription Price 50c Per Year, included in dues of Farm a point of view which the American F a r m B u r e a u F e d e r a t i o n Ogemaw County F a r m Bureau and the state organization by help- West Branch, July 22.—The Farm Bureau Members. and the Michigan S t a t e F a r m B u r e a u have long held, which is ing in the F a r m B u r e a u membership c a m p a i g n . Bureau membership drive in Oge- t h a t no corporation, h o w e v e r powerful, can afford to d i s r e g a r d I t is very significant t h a t the c o u n t y organization d i r e c t o r of maw County which started July 15*th E. E. UNOEEN Editor was finished on Friday, July 18th, S. If. POWELL Ass't Editor the wishes of its customers and of the c o n s u m i n g public for any t h e Ogemaw County F a r m B u r e a u has h.-td 40 leading F a r m with result far beyond expectations. great length of time. B u r e a u w o r k e r s v o l u n t e e r as solicitors w i t h o u t pay for t h e The drive for memberships in this The editorial is of p a r t i c u l a r timeliness just now, as on J u l y membership drive in t h a t county. The m e r c h a n t s of t h r e e prin- county was carried on according to' MICHIGAN STAfSffARM'flUPEAU a plan which was a little different 22 a favorable decision in this great case was handed down by cipal towns in this a g r i c u l t u r a l county, anxious to see the Coun- from those employed thus far in any the F e d e r a l T r a d e Commission, as r e p o r t e d elsewhere in this t y F a r m Bureau membership drive prove successful, have vol- other county. o i I K ERS The members of the Board of M. L. NOON, Jackson President issue of the N E W S . u n t e e r e d to go out with t h e i r automobiles and act as local d r i v e r s to c a r r y the farmer solicitors from farm to farm in signing u p Commerce of West Branch were ask- M. B. MU' F. GORMEJLY 4 Newberry a l r e a d y organized into t h e i r commercial clubs and business GE WHEELER . Mt, Pleasant " A n examiner for the Federal T r a d e Commission has recom- Seven teams were arranged, con- W. W. BILLINGS Davison mended that it be abolished. In d u e time an o r d e r may be ex- organizations, are quite milling to aid t h e F a r m B u r e a u , a n sisting of one business man and ('omiiiodity Directors organization which they view as a sound a n d constructive one two business farmers. These men pected from the Commission that it will c a r r y the recommenda- were given lists of prospects in their FRED SMITH, Elk Cupids Michigan Potato Growers Exchange which r e n d e r s a service to organized farmers comparable to t h a t lack son Michigan Milk Producers Association tion into effect. respective territories and started out. .1. H. n'MKAl.KV. Hudson Michigan Live Stuck Exchange " J n any event P i t t s b u r g h P l u s is doomed. It was indefensi- of the C h a m b e r of Commerce of the businessman. Two and a half townships were cov- WALOo !•:. RHJtLLIPS. Decatur Michigan Elevator Exchange ered and, as stated before, results ble. No sort of a r g u m e n t could make t h e p u r c h a s e r of steel in were beyond the expectations of H. W. GOWDY, Union Pier Michigan Fruit Growers, Inc. CLARK L. BKODY", Lansing State F a r m Bureau Business Departments a t Lansing Sec'y-Treas.-Gcn. Manager Illinois or Iowa believe he should be m a d e to pay the freight from P i t t s b u r g h wijen his goods w e r e shipped from G a r y , July Crop Prospects Better those in charge. At this writing all results of the different teams have not been checked. One team, con- Seed Purchasing Traffic, Claims Service Wool Fabrics At Detroit General Officer, Advertising Indiana. " I f the e x a m i n e r has been quoted correctly and his con- Says A. F. B. F.ResearchDep't sisting of four, made eleven calls af- ter ten o'clock—one refusal, nine Michigan Farm Bureau Produce Exchange 2610-16 Riopelle SL signers, and one paid back dues. Two clusions are correct, then P i t t s b u r g h Plus was a vicious p r a c t i c e . This, with the decrease in the total At Grand Hapids However, Totals Still B e l o w feed supply, makes the outlook good cars that went out on July 17th from E. L. EW1NG, State Farm Bureau Traffic Counsel Murray Bldg. "P>ut w h e t h e r vicious or not, any t r a d e practice t h a t cannot Rose City were out four and one- Average; Grain and Hog for the sections with a surplus of he explained to the satisfaction of t h e p u r c h a s e r s should be half hours and signed fourteen mem- oats for market. At present the Michigan C o m m o d i t y M a r k e t i n g A s s o c i a t i o n s abolished v o l u n t a r i l y . Prices G o U p bers. price of oats is about 15 cents high- Affiliated W i t h M i c h i g a n S t a t e I a r m B u r e a u er than at this time last year. The results of "this plan have cre- " N o corporation, however strong, can affm-d to alienate t h e ated a great deal of enthusiasm in Michigan Potato Growers Exchange Cadillac General crop conditions improved Prospects for higher hog prices Michigan Milk Producers Association 707 Owen Bldg., Detroit good will of its customers. somewhat during June but are still next year are concurrent with the an- the three points in the county where Michigan hive Stock Exchange Hudson " P i t t s b u r g h P l u s is doomed to pass into oblivion along w i t h six per cent below their ten-year av- ticipated shortage of corn. The farm- the drive was put on. Four more Michigan Elevator Exchange Farm Bureau Bldg., Lansing erage. Improvement was most pro- ers of the corn belt will not be able teams have volunteered to go out Michigan Fruit Growers, Inc Benton Harbor t r a d e pools, g e n t l e m e n ' s a g r e e m e n t s a n d Gary dinners, a n d Aug. 1st and finish the territory. It is nounced in wheat and cotton. Corn to take advantage of these prices to D i r e c t o r s a n d Officers of t h e C o m m o d i t y E x c h a n g e s when it does the American F a r m B u r e a u will rightfully c r e d i t on July 1, showed the lowest condi- any great : extent, however, as they also the desire of the business men itself with a n o t h e r v i c t o r y . " tion ever recorded and the crop fore- will rush their hogs to market this of the three towns that as soon as MICH. ELKVATOR EXCH. MICH. MILK PRODUCERS ASS'N fl. I>. Hoi ton, I'rcs Klnde cast is the smallest since 1918. fall and curtail .production to make possible after that date, not less than N. P. Hull, Pres Lansing L. C. Kamlowske, VIce-Pres The recent sharp advances in the feed last out . This supply will hold eight teams be sent out for follow- John C. Near, S e c . Flat Rock Washington THE FUTURE IS HOPELESS FOR GAS TAX FOES price of corn tend to counterbalance the prices down during the fall and up work. The reason for postponing B. I". Beach, Ass't Sec Detroit Carl Martin, Sec-Treas.. .Coldwater II. W. Norton, Treas Howell to some extent the effect of the pros- when higher prices arrive, probably it until later is because of the rush There are those Avho insist on k i c k i n g against the p r i c k s a n d work caused by the late season. L. E. Osnier, Mgr Lansing M. L. Noon Jackson pective short crop. However, with next spring or summer, the supply Kenton, lii'ims Lansing C. R. Watson linlay City t r y i n g to p r e v e n t the inevitable. There is an ancient saying t h a t prospects of a decreased yield of ap- available fer market will be much Farmers and business men on Sat- D. P. Sowlc, Hay Lansing L. W. Harwood Adrian time a n d tide w a i t for no man and yet t h e r e are those who seek proximately half a billion bushels it reduced. urday afternoon were gathering in w. E. Phillips Decatur W. J. Thomas Grand Rapids is very unlikely that the price will The condition of the wheat crop bunches talking over the results of to s t a n d in t h e w a y of the irresistible tide of overwhelming public the drive and making suggestions George McCalla Ypsilanti Ray Potts Washington ameliorate to any marked degree the has improved considerably since the John Nicolson Marlctte Fred W. Meyer Fair Haven opinion. effect of the short crop in the corn June forecast and prospects are for a and plans to sign more of their M. R. Shisler Caledonia Dr. W. C. McKinney Davisburg An i n t e r e s t i n g case in p o i n t is t h e p a t h e t i c s t r u g g l e w h i c h belt, where the big shortage is sched- decrease in production of a little less neighbors whom they claimed were F. M. Oehmke Bach James J. Brakenberry Bad Axe uled to appear. The nine corn belt than six per cent compared with last prospects. The best result of all is Colonel Sidney D . W a l d o * , former president of the D e t r o i t that it has brought about a better 0. L. Miner Dowagiac Elmer Powers Clio states which raised two-thirds of the year, while the acreage planted is MICH. POTATO GROWERS MICH. LIVE STOCK EXCH. Automobile Club and r e p o r t e d owner of bus lines, is m a k i n g 1923 crop will, according to present only 92.3 per cent of last year. Prices feeling between the town and rural EXCH. E. A. Beamer, Pres Blissfield in an a t t e m p t to delay the passage of a s t a t e gasoline t a x in Mich- outlook, raise no more than 60 per of wheat have increased even in the communities. Henry Curtis, Pres Cadillac W. J. Perry, Vice-Pres cent this year; or in other words, face of this "marked improvement in Fred Smith, Yice-Pres. Elk Rapids Grand Blanc igan. We read in one of the D e t r o i t dailies t h a t following a t a l k the nine corn states are to have a de- condition of the crop. The anticipat- S. E. Rogers, Sec O. 8. Wood, Treas East Jordan Barry ton J. H. O'Mealey, Sec Alex I.indsey, Treas Hudson Decker by Col. Waldon in the Hotel S t a t l e r , the Lions Club a d o p t e d a resolution calling on the m e m b e r s in t h e S t a t e L e g i s l a t u r e to d o crease in production of 506,000,000 ed shortage of the Canadian crop is bushels. The most important south- largely responsible for this situation FEEDER RATE CUT I I' Robinson Levering Edward Dippey Berry J. T. Bussey Ernest Snyder I'roveinont Lake View ('has. Woodruff L. E. V\'illett Hastings Laingsburg all in their p o w e r against t h e proposed gas t a x . We f u r t h e r read t h a t tiie clever and persuasive a r g u m e n t s of ern corn states are to raise approxi- and makes the outlook for the wheat mately the same amount as last year. states much better. The wheat farm- ANNOUNCEMENT IS With a slight increase in acreage er will probably receive considerably M. D. Buskirk, I'rcs A. J. Rogers, 1 V. Pres MICHIGAN FRUIT C. V. Tracy Paw I'aw Beulah Frank Obrest G ROWERS, INC. Ithaca Breckenridge Col. AValdon wer,e so effective t h a t t h e Lions Club in their reso- lution declared a s t r a i g h t a n n u a l license fee to be the only p r o p e r the oats crop promises a 56,000,000 more for his decreased production bushel increase over last year's crop. than he did last year. MADEBYM.C.R.R. Amos Tucker, 2 V. P. South Haven Allan B. Graham Elberta w a y of t a x i n g automobiles, t h a t they solemnly pronounced t h a t F. L. Bradford, Sec-Treas P. I>. Leaven worth..Grand Rapids Stop-over Feeding-in-Transit Benton Harbor W. J. Schultz Hart improved h i g h w a y s a r e a direct benefit to r u r a l real estate a n d F. L. Granger, Sales Mgr D. H. Brake Benton Harbor Fremont L. A. Ilawloy Ludington Ibi-bcrt Naf.jlger.. .Benton Harbor C. J. C'.ncsicnaen Onekama t h a t the r a i s i n g of a p o r t i o n of, our h i g h w a y f u n d s from a gaso- line t a x would be inequitable. Market Conditions R a t e on Live 'Stock Is Extended Henry Namitz Bridgman These a r g u m e n t s a r e so shallow a n d t h r e a d - b a r e as to h a r d l y As Reported by the Michigan Elevator Exchange Feeders of livestock in southern H. W.' Go.vdy Union Pier J. F. Higbee Benton Harbor o. E. Jule Shelby deserve p a s s i n g notice and c e r t a i n l y m e r i t no prolonged re- Lansing, July 24.—The long await-* Michigan avill be interested to know Miller Overton Bangor John Lang Sodus ed re-adjustment between farm that the Michigan Central h a s ^ n s t i - O. E. BRADFUTE American Farm Bureau Federation John Bottema Bert Glcason Spring Lake President Lawrence p l y . T h e y m a y have looked all r i g h t to the few Detroit gentle- men g a t h e r i n g in the Hotel S t a t l e r , b u t it d o e s n ' t t a k e a v e r y prices and commodity prices is now becoming quite well established. WHEAT AND CORN tuted rates for stopping in transit of cattle and sheep originating in car- .1. W. OOVBRDALE Secretary load lots at Chicago- or beyond and GENKRAR OFFICES A. F. B. F GRAY SILVER 58 East Washington St.. Chicago Washington Representative s m a r t f a r m e r to see the d a y l i g h t t h r o u g h t h e m . They d o n ' t hold w a t e r . While the merchants in the cities are using every effort by cutting prices, ON THEUPGRADE bound for points east. By this ar- rangement a farmer can purchase a to reduce their stocks, prices for LEGISLATIVE HEADQUARTERS Munsey Bldg., Washington, D. C. F o r some time organized Michigan farmers have realized t h a t carload of feeders in the west, have everything the farmer has to sell R e a c h H i g h e s t P r i c e s T h e y the only fair w a y to t a x automobiles for highway s u p p o r t is by have been on the boom for two them unloaded at some point in CRITICISM OF THE INCOME TAX PROPOSAL H a v e K n o w n In Michigan, graze them or feed them some system which will t a k e i n t o consideration the h i g h w a y months. The farmer of Michigan to- for a period of nine months or less, I t is i n t e r e s t i n g to notice the eritieisnis whieh are being voieed benefits received by the d r i v e r of the automobile. They are con- day has the best out-look in sight of Long Time and then re-ship them on to Detroit, any time since t^ie war. The follow- Buffalo, A* other markets with only against the proposed s t a t e ineonie t a x e o u s t i t n t i o n a l amend- vinced that the proposed gasoline t a x will serve as an a u t o m a t i c ing is -the situation as we see it to- In the June 13 edition of the Michigan Farm Bureau News, the a charge of $6.30 extra over the inen which will he placed on tho November liallot as a result of toll gate t a k i n g into consideration both the w e i g h t of t h e car day: through rate between the western t h e action of the Michigan farm o r g a n i z a t i o n s in securing t h e a n d the distance d r i v e n — t h e t w o factors which r e p r e s e n t the WHEAT—Highest prices in two Michigan Elevator . Exchange in its point and the eastern destination. years. Our Michigan farmers this regular report on Market Conditions, Only points on the main line and the necessary s i g n a t u r e s to tho initiatory petitions. The perennial amount of wear and t e a r which an automobile places on the year have the best wheat crop in called attention to the fact that the "air line" of the M. C. R. R. are enemies of income t a x legislation a r e s h o w i n g increasing ac- h i g h w a y . If they are busy on t h e i r farms most of the time a n d prospect since the war period and situation in wheat was very strong covered by this new tariff. The Mack- t i v i t y and organized opposition is becoming evident in q u a r t e r s use t h e i r cars but little they see no reason w h y their automobile the prices are the best at harvest with a U. S. estimate of nearly 100,- inaw Division from Bay City north- season in five years, so Michigan 000,000 bushels more ,than the 1923 ward has had similar , rates for a from which one would n a t u r a l l y expect s t r o n g s u p p o r t . t a x should be as high as t h a t of the t r a v e l i n g salesman or con- farmers ought to shake hands with crop. The Elevator Exch. predicted year or more. T a k e the case of the Michigan h e a l E s t a t e Association. This firmed joy r i d e r who b u r n s u p so much more improved h i g h w a y . themselves. Our neighbors across §1.20 wheat and higher prices for organization is composed of leading owners and dealers in real F a r m e r s realize that only t h r o u g h a gas t a x can we seenre a n y the line in Canada have had bad corn. The Chicago wheat market at This new freight rate concession weather conditions and their crop the time was $1.11 y2. On July 15th was requested by the Michigan State estate. Owing to the t r e m e n d o u s tax load which is now being direct contribution#from visiting tourists for o u r h i g h w a y con- does not look to be much more than the Chicago market was $1.22%. Lo- Farm Bureau Board of Delegates at borne by both farm a n d city r e a l estate in M i c h i g a n u n d e r our struction and maintenance costs. Col. W a l d r o n m i g h t be c o r r e c t half of what they raised last year, cals of the Michigan Elevator Ex their annual meeting in 1923 and present general p r o p e r t y t a x system, one would n a t u r a l l y expect in his statement t h a t improved highways are a direct benefit to consequently, Ave should take care of change have been moving their since that date the Farm Bureau the export trade of the world as long wheat in accordance with Exchange Traffic Dep't has been active in its t h a t an organization of real estate men would be found a m o n g r u r a l real estate if it were not t r u e that the excessive general as the crop lasts. Conservative peo- information on the situation, with efforts to secure it. the strongest s u p p o r t e r s of a proposal to shift a l a r g e p r o p o r t i o n , p r o p e r t y t a x is d r i v i n g f a r m e r s from their land and c a u s i n g ple tell us that wheat will probably very satisfactory results. Since it is not practicable to pre- if not all, of the general p r o p e r t y t a x for s t a t e purposes off from sell at $1.50 to the farmer before Every afternoon the Exchange serve the identity of the animals re- farms to go begging. mails a complete market letter to ceived at the stop-off point, the out- another crop is raised. t h e shoulders of general p r o p e r t y owners a n d to place it upon However, despite the frenzied activities of t h e Detroit Auto- all member ass'ns. It carries the bound car may show a greater num- RYE—Export business dead right Chicago, Detroit and Toledo closing ber of animals than the inbound as an income tax basis. ^ mobile Club, it is i n t e r e s t i n g to n o t e t h a t the l e a d i n g politicians Siow but the first run of new rye will markets on grains, the bean market, long as the total aggregate at the However, c o n t r a r y to this n a t u r a l conclusion, we observe t h a t in Michigan have already seen the light and a r e refusing to bat- all be wanted by seed houses. Best the Toledo clover seed and hay mar- end of the season balances. The sub- no l a t e r than last week the .Executive C o m m i t t e e of the Keal ter their beads against a stone w a l l . Of the six candidates who bids in three years in prospect. kets; ••also the Exchange's cash bids stitution of one kind of animals for E s t a t e Association flatly refused to s u p p o r t the s t a t e income have announced themselves for Governor on t h e Kepublican CORN—Wonderful growing weath- •to its ass'ns and a short analysis of another is not permissible. er the past week has improved the the market situation. Next morning This tariff means quite an aid to tax a m e n d m e n t , a l t h o u g h they declare that they recognize " p e r - ticket, five of them will r u n on platforms c o n t a i n i n g a s t r o n g prospects for new corn, but the crop all local ass'ns have the best and the feeder business in Michigan and haps more keenly t h a n a n y other organization in t h e s t a t e the very gas t a x plank. E v e n the sixth c a n d i d a t e , the p r e s e n t Governor is three weeks late. We figure the latest information on the market should prove an incentive for an ex- serious need for a r e a d j u s t m e n t of our plan of s t a t e t a x a t i o n himself, makes a conditional endorsement of the gas t a x , s a y i n g corn crop probably will finally wind through their own sales office. It pansion in *hat direction. Care up about 85 per cent of what we had lays the foundation for the day's should be exercised in complying to the end that real estate will be relieved somewhat of its present t h a t he favors a weight t a x but that i f ' t h e c h a r g e is made less last year. business, practically all of which is with the rules of the tariff, however, disproportionate b u r d e n . " t h a n 70c p e r h u n d r e d , which r a t e now applies to t h e lighter cars, BEANS—Michigan bean market is done by telephone and telegraph. in order that the advantage of these The real estate men are r e p o r t e d to disapprove of w r i t i n g into t h a n a gas t a x m u s t come. surely in strong hands. v Very light The Exchange is in touch daily with reduced rates may not be lost. A the constitution the specific r a t e s and exemptions contained in offerings from the state. Farmers the big markets and exporters and copy of this tariff is filed in the lo- The Governor f u r t h e r says, " I f t h e weight t a x is lowered much should be getting from $4.40 tol gives its locals the benefit of this in- cal agent's office. Ask for GFD No. t h e a m e n d m e n t to be voted on this November. Yet it was on t h e below 70c the gas t a x must be 2c p e r gallon so t h a t the combina- $4.60 for beans. formation. 10278. g r o u n d s t h a t no g u a r a n t e e was given as to rates or exemptions tion of the two methods will assure sufficient f u n d s to c a r r y on It is of interest to note that the t h a t certain influential organizations u r g e d that the income t a x a reasonable highway p r o g r a m , p a y interest on bonds, m a i n t a i n Government crop estimates as of Ju- be defeated when it was before t h e voters of Michigan about two ly 1st showed a prospective crop of t h e s i n k i n g fund and amortize the s t a t e ' s moral obligation to t h e less than 2,000,000 bushels of all y e a r s ago. counties and t o w n s h i p s . " This last reference of the Governor is beans in California as against some- thing over 4,600,000 bushels last TO LIVE STOCK BREEDERS T h o u g h objecting to the proposed a m e n d m e n t in that it is too ifie in regard to r a t e s a n d exemptions a n d holding t h a t these to the $7,000,000 which the state owes the counties and town- ships for back h i g h w a y r e w a r d s a n d which m i g h t have been year. A MARKET details should be left to the s t a t u t e which the legislature would p a i d p r o m p t l y had the gas t a x lieen passed last winter. I t will You'll find the Michigan Farm Bureau News the key to 1924 wool pool closing date August Michigan buyers of high grade live stock. Through the News enact following the passing of the a m e n d m e n t , the Michigan be remembered that when the Governor vetoed it at that time he 1 for counties south of Saginaw Bay. you can reach, very economically, the best and most ambitious No contracts accepted after that d a t e farmers in 62 Michigan counties—Farm Bureau members Mem- real consistently rai.se the objection t h a t ' ' n e t gains, g a v e as one of his o u t s t a n d i n g reasons for t h a t action the fact Write for yours now. See coupon bers using the Business News colujnn of the Farm Bureau News have found that it pulls the business getting inquiries. p r o f i t s a n d i n c o m e s " referred to in the a m e n d m e n t are not there- t h a t it would raise about $7,000,000 too much. T h a t $7.ooo,ooo page 4. We are considering opening a BREEDERS DIRECTORY In the News for the use of members.' Hates are $3 per single in defined. Lot us h u m b l y r e m a r k t h a t such detailed definition would have cleaned up these back h i g h w a y r e w a r d s in good All of the old features which have column line per year, payable in advance. Figure six to seven average words per llr.e. Same size type as this. is c e r t a i n l y a m a t t e r which it would be unwise to w r i t e into shape. made the Farmers' Day a success in ;ge display type permitted for headings, etc., and figured the constitution, but which is a m a t t e r to be covered by s t a t u t o r y past years will be repeated this sum- on line basis. The News is published twice a month 24 editions A n y w a y the signs of the times are so plain that he who r u n s a year. For a small amount you can greatly broaden your legislation. mer, according to the committee in market. Send us your copy and we will give you an estimate. m a y read and it is quite evident t h a t it is only a m a t t e r of a s h o r t charge of arrangements, while new It KS impossible to d r a w up an income t a x a m e n d m e n t which t i m e before Michigan will t a k e its p l a c e along side those o t h e r entertainment and "business" devel- THE MICHIGAN FARM IWREAU NEWS will be found p l e a s i n g to those who do not w a n t a n income t a x 36 states in t h e Union which have found the gasoline t a x to be opments vill tend to give the occa- 221 N. Cedar St. Lansing, Michigan sion even greater interest for the vis- Michigan. W e believe, however, t h a t anyone who will s t u d y t h e fairest m e t h o d of r a i s i n g a l a r g e portion of t h e i r h i g h w a y itors. J T I J Y 2.1, 1924 Mirillfi A\ FAR M BCRE A V \ E W S raw » be used by you in any way you de- the largest volume with th FARM BUR. SEEDS AS EXCH. BEAN DEP'T sire. It is equipped with all the overhead. We must watch the I Michigan Fruit Growers Inc. Dep't PURE AS IVORY SOAP The following letter not only-shows SOLD 1,250 CARS modern "bean-picking machinery, in- cluding a drier and polisher, and we have ample space to store any beans and take steps to stop them at the start. The past year has seen us grow you cannot handle at home. and accomplish several good results Of Interest to All Fruit Raisers that Farm Bureau Brand seeds are of high purity and germination, but that the analysis given on the Bu- FOR ITS PATRONS After throe years of patient efforts on the part of our members, who are also members of the Michigan Bean but we still have a long hard pull before us if we are to continue to grow and to occupy the place we de- reau's tag is on the safe side, rather Handled l-7th of Michigan Jobbers' Association, we secured serve in the marketing of Michigan CHERRY MARKETING NEW YORK RESULTS ALL MICHIGAN MEN than being exaggerated. Mr. W. J. Hoffer, July 14, 1924. Crop; Doubled Last some recognition from that Associa- tion and are now represented on the beans. These results can only be obtained by the hearty co-operation EXPERIENCES SHOW POINT TO MICHIGAN ON FRUIT GROWERS Manchester, Michigan. Dear Mr. Hoffer: Year's Business Board of Directors, Executive Com- mittee and the Traffic Committee. I am sure this year has seen us work of each and every one of our mem- bers. We have a sales organization MARKETING SUCCESS We are returning herewith the re- ORGANIZATION NEED 1924 SALES STAFF port covering analysis of sample of seed taken from stock you had on OPENS PICKING PLANT closer with the other bean interests of the slate and we have found that which we believe can sell all the beans they are offered, so let us Average Sale 50c Per Bushel hand sometime during the spring. Michelex Brand & Terminal a friendly feeling gets better results start out to ship just a few nioro Canners Take Full Advantage Experienced Men to Handle This does not require any attention than a hostile feeling between com- cars than we did this year. Perhaps Above Old-Line Dealers; but is a r#port made to you for your Elevator Are Steps petitors. the new competition which we have of Unorganized Growers; Large Volume of Fruit From present indications we are been hearing about will have a ten- Stress Quality information by the State Seed Forward Bear the Market For 18 Locals Analyst. As a matter of fact the going to have another big crop of dency to make us try just that much We are in receipt of an interesting state analysis checks very closely beans this year, and the fellow who harder to handle a larger volume. By C. S. BKXTOX, ftfgr. circular that the Western &cw York with ours and really showed up a lit- succeeds is the one who can handle We can do it if wo say we will. INDIVIDUAL IS HELPLESS Fruit Growers Co-operative Packing GRAIN RISE HELPS FRUIT tle better than the analysis we put Mich. Elevator v.xdi. Bean Dep't. This report was presented to Michi- out. gan Elevator Exchange delegates at Association has recently mailed to their fourth annual business meeting Cherry Growers Lost Heavily its members. This letter comments F. L. Granger Outlines Policy You will note we have put this out at M. A. O. July 16. at some length on the results of the of Giving Real Service to under purity of #9.10%, while the The Bean department of the Mich- From Failure to Adopt United Action An excellent illustration of the last season's marketing campaign. The association handled 1464 cars of fruit for its members marketing in 1G3 cities in United States, Canada Member Shippers The Michigan Fruit Growers, In- state shows a purity of 99.12. We showed .62% of foreign seed; where- as the state analyst shows only .54%. Our analyst gave a germination of igan Elevator Exchange has com- pleted a third year. Under the pres- ent management we have • seen our volume increase from 750 cars last FERTILIZERS extreme difficulties with which un- and Great Britian, » 1 % of which corporated, with headquarters at Benton Harbor, is entering into its Mi' ( , state found the germination to be 84%. On the whole the report year to 1,250 cars this yoar, which Your local Co-op can now give you the organized growers are faced in the were sold on an FOB basis. Their means that we have shipped about marketing of the sour cherry crop is average sale was 50c per barrel above second operating season with an "All is very good and I believe is com- one-seventh of the crop. kind of fertilizer service that you have Michigan" staff and every prospect plimentary to the seed put out by the shown in Southwestern Michigan this season. Practically none of the that received by competitors for same grade and day of sale. Their mar- of a successful year. The idea of Farm Bureau. The past year has not been a good one in a financial way for the ele- been looking for. cherry growers are affiliated with keting charge was 12*4% of net putting this business in charge of Yours very truly, vators handling beans. They have Michigan men who have the good of MICHIGAN STATE FARM BUREAU The State Farm Bureaus of Michigan, Ohio and any of the marketing organizations in which equalled 9.3% of gross F. O. handled a larger volume but without this section of the state, depending B. price. the state's fruit industry at heart Seed Department. profit. Price to the farmer at the Indiana have combined their buying power and upon their individual abilities to con- Their association is showing a and who have good records as. to beginning of harvest was arouiid have contracted the entire output of a new modern- tract with canners at a satisfactory steady growth and with an increased past performance is a constructive $4.50, then we had three weeks of ly equipped fertilizer factory. price. £f course when the crop is short business are able to cut selling costs. This season they will have 143 new one and it is the general feeling that at last the Michigan fruit industry PRODUCERS REPORT rain which caused a rapid advance, but as soon as this flurry was over Remember the following things about the fer- it isn't a difficult proposition to is in a fair way to be organized along we had a decline and have had to secure satisfactory values when both the canner and grower realize that members and five new local packing units. They are recommending few- er grade*} for this season, better sound business lines. The organization is made up of 59 PCT. INCREASE market the larger proportion of our crop on a declining market. tilizer which the Farm Bureau has to offer this fall: the crop is short and the canner par- eighteen local associations in the The bean market for the past year QUALITY packing and more prompt delivery of ticularly is in no condition to argue, the fruit from the farm to packing western Michigan fruit belt, which $61,040,351 is Value of Stock has been a discouraging one for both The Florida pebble rock phosphate which is with the prospect of not being able house. They agree that their grow- brings a fair percentage of the busi- Handled During First farmer and the elevator man. Buyers ness under one control. Good sales used exclusively in this fertilizer is higher in phos- to make deliveries of the canned ers are producing too much poor fruit have been technical and have been product to his trade. and that too much junk is being and efficient management will no Half of Year taking advantage of every error to phoric acid analysis than the ordinary Tennessee packed in New York State. doubt result in an increase of mem- reject cars, and no one likes a re- phosphate. All other ingredients are of superior What Dealers Did bership of the local associations, This season, however, sour cher- The problems of the New_York A summary of the business of the jection, especially when the car ar- quality and excel in their availability as plant food. growers and those of Michigan seem more of the fruit under control with National Live Stock Producers As- rives with the market lower than ries bloomed exceedingly heavy in prospects of stabilizing the market, New York, Wisconsin and Michigan to be about the same and there was sociation for the six months ending the purchase price. I feel the Ele- CONDITION no great prosperity among the grow- better distribution, and finally the June 30, 1924, ^ o w s a steady in- vator Exchange has been fortunate and it appeared at that time that one taking of at least part of the gamb- This fertilizer secured through the Farm Bureau of the largest crops on record would ers of either state last season. More crease in the number of cars of live- in their rejections, considering the care on the part of the growers in ling element out of the business of stock handled by this national co- volume shipped. We have had is thoroughly cured and seasoned. After being develop. Some of the canners in the growing fruit in this state. raising and delivering their fruit to operative organization. While com- mighty few complaints this year. We central part of the state, having the packing houses, better manage- Have Ablr Leadership plete figures for each of the 13 should pay more attention to our properly aged, it is re-ground. It will not cake and booked orders early in the spring at get hard. This means that you can spread it on prices which they felt would war- ment of the packing house resulting Mr. M. D. Buskirk, of the Paw terminal commission houses are not grades, for it is a lot easier to dis- rant a 5 y2 cent price, went out and in a better pack and lower packing Paw Co-operative Company, heads available, the report shows a 59% pose of a car that does not grade your land more evenly and with less fuss and costs, with the marketing concentrat- the organization as President. He increase in the number of cars when it is at the loading point thab contracted their supplies of fresh ed in an efficient central selling has had .many years' experience as a handled during the six months period to wait until it is in transit and than bother. fruit from the growers in their im- agency seems to be the only solution. successful fruit grower, association ending Jun^ 3Q, over the correspond- have to sell it to some particular mediate territory on basis of 5% officer and sales manager. Mr. Amos ing period of 1923. market. ANALYSIS cents per pound. Tucker, of the South Haven Fruit Producer agencies handled 45,794 Michelex Brand Makes Good There is a large variety of analysis of mixed However, canners in the south- LARGE APPLE CROPS Exchange, is Vice-President. Mr, cars of livestock valued at $61,040,- Last year the delegates decided goods, also 1 6 and 20 per cent Acid Phosphate. western section of the state in view of the enormous prospective crop de- IN EAST AND SOUTH Tucker is one of the largest orchard 351.40 during the period of January that we should adopt the Michelex operators in the state, President of 1st to June 30 of this year. For Brand as the brand under which our GUARANTEED cided to withhold contracting from the South Haven Fruit Exchange, Much more than the usual quan- the corresponding period for 1923 choice hand-picked beans were to be growers, with the idea that they and a man of sound business judg- And remember also that the analysis is stamped tity of apples, peaches, pears and all producer terminals handled 27,- sold. This met with instant favor would be able to purchase their sup- ment. Mr. F. L. Bradford isv Secre- grapes will be produced this season 017 cars and for the same period dur- With the trade and the demand for on every bag and guaranteed to be as represented. plies on a 4 to 4 yz cent basis. By the tary-Treasurer. He is also Secretary- in the Eastern and Southern States, ing 1922, 3,932 cars were handled. Michelex beans is increasing every simple expedient of refusing to con- Treasurer of the St. Joseph-Michigan The report shows during the past month. This year we expect to ad- You are fully protected. tract at over 4 Vz cents, is wasn't according to the July forecasts of the United States Department of Agri- Fruit Association, one of the largest six months the Producers Co-opera-- vertise this brand and want our long before individual growers began culture. grape associations in the state. tive Commission Association at the DELIVERY taking contracts at that particular price and canners in this section Total production of apples in the Mr. F. L, Granger, of Benton Har- East Buffaloi yards handled 3,248 Many thousands of tons of goods are now on United States this year is expected bor, as Sales Manager, will be in ac- cars of livestock containing 304,448 hand ready to be shipped. Farm Bureau fertilizer were able to pretty well supply their tive charge. Mr. Granger's record requirements on this basis. to be 196,000,000 bushels or almost head valued at J4,991,846.82. exactly the same as it was last sea- of success in the Michigan fruit deal Advantage of Volume can be shipped in mixed cars of fifteen tons or more. Growers Suffer Loss son. The crop is distinctly better is well known and his retention as Increased savings tor patron mem- Go to your Co-op manager at once and tell him Along about the middle of June, than \last year in most of the North Sales Manager has met with uni- bers have been made with the in- Montmorency variety, which is the Atlantic, South Atlantic, and South versal approval. He is well and fa- creased volume of business handled what you want and urge him to get his order in to preferred and principal producing Central States, but everywhere else vorably known to the trade in all on each of the markets. It is be- us at the earliest possible moment. sour cherry in this state, began to is materially smaller than that of last sections where Michigan fruit is coming more and more evident that drop 'badly, with the result that year. bought, and his large trading ac- increased volume of business through For further information write direct to around July 1st the crop estimate New York expects about one-third quaintance and knowledge of Michi- co-operative agencies on all of the had shrunk from a prospective full more apples than were harvested a gan fruit makes him particularly markets is the solution to many, if MICHIGAN STATE FARM BUREAU crop to around 50 to 60 per cent of year ago; New Jersey one-fourth well qualified for this position. Gen- not most, of the problems confront- Purchasing Department a normal crop. However, the grower more; Delaware one-tenth more, and eral packing house supervision will ing livestock producers. The Biicheiex Brand who had signed up with the canner Virginia possibly up to 70 per cent be in charge of Mr. J. A. Barron, of The stabilizing effect of increased members' co-operation in making \ Lansing, Mich. on the 4 or 4 y2 basis saw a prospec- more. The South Central States Fennville. volume on prices has been fully dem- every Michelex bag extra ni»e qual- tive narrow margin of profit, which from Kentucky and Alabama west to With these men in charge, fruit onstrated on various markets. Peoria, ity. This will certainly increase our he would have secured on the basis Oklahoma and Texas expect nearly growers who are marketing through for instance, before the Producers or- sales. Don't be afraid to ship your of a full crop, shrink to cost of pro- three-fourths more than they had last this organization can feel that their ganization started on that market on CUP beans in Michelex bags. Every duction or below on the 50 to 60 per year and the best apple crop since business is in safe hands and that hogs often was from 25 to 50c per car shipped in these bags, not only cent crop basis. The grower's final 1915. Colorado also expects a slight only their co-operation and that of cwt. under the Chicago market. Since advertises your beans, but the beans position on the cherry deal held no increase. The increases in these the local association managers is the Producers have been doing busi- of the Michigan Elevator Exchange. particular interest to the canner who States are almost exactly offset by needed to build up a Michigan fruit ness on this market, quite frequently I hope this year we can adopt a had contracted, and like it or not, he had to deliver at the contract price. slight decreases in Pennsylvania and Maryland, decreases of about 20 to 25 per cent in the Central and Wes- marketing agency that will success- fully serve them. Gr&ager Sees Brigiit Future the Peoria top is on a par and occas- ionally above Chicago. "An orderly marketing program brand for our second grade beans, something for fancy screen or primes. We could probably arrange How Concrete The Michigan Fruit Growers, Inc., contended from the start that, based on future sales made by canners and tern States. Commenting on a sales program and outlining policies, Mr. Granger said, "While we have most of the can be made effective/' says C. A. Stewart, Executive Secretary of the National Livestock Producers As- to have cardboard tags which could be fastened to each bag of this grade. Helps the Farmer the prospective crop in sight, 5 cents 56,000 T. OF GRAPES fruit shipping associations from Ben- sociation, "just as soon as the volume Another step* decided upon last Farmers who have the advantages of per pound should have been the min- ESTIMATED FOR MICH. zie to Berrien counties lined up with of business becomes sufficiently large year at our meeting was that the permanent, expense-proof buildings save imum contract price, but without the us and have the advantage of their to be an appreciable factor in the managers of the eJevators handling active affiliation of growers with this The U. S. Dep't of Agriculture re- better pack, there is still a big per- total receipts of the market." beans should have a meeting at time and money that would otherwise go or any kindred organization, there ports that the outlook for grapes is centage of the Michigan fruit crop some central point every sixty days. to keep ramshackle buildings fit for use. was no possibility ,of assistance be- still somewhat uncertain. On July that will be sold by unorganized These meetings were held at Sagi- ing rendered, although/ the Fruit 1st the crop was in bloom only in Growers, Inc. did make sale of a the commercial sections of the East, growers to competitive dealers. To my mind it is going to be good policy WEXFORD FARMERS naw with an attendance of bettor than 90 per cent and I am sure that Concrete dairy barns mean healthier cows that give more milk; and that means small tonnage to one .canner on basis and the damage from the storms that to keep from fighting with these of 6 cents per pound delivered to swept the Lake Erie grape district the cannery. After this sale had been the last week in June could hardly dealers and to put all of our energy into making the best possible sales TO STUDY ALFALFA some of the things discussed proved of benefit to the managers present and I know they have brought your bigger milk checks. made, one of the canners in the dis- be determined. for our growers. In other words, Concrete silos make possible economi- Bean department into closer touch trict, who had ' purchased cherries The preliminary estimates, how- not to worry about what the other Third Annual Tour Will Show with our members. cal, dependable feed the year 'round— from growers on the basis of 4 % ever, are for 56,000 tons in Michi- fellow is doing as long as we are do- Value of Lime, Marl Port Huron Plant which also means more milk. cents, offered to furnish the buyer gan, 76,000 in New-York, 21,000 in ing Jhe right thing and getting re- At a special meeting of your who had contracted with the Fruit Pennsylvania and 21,000 tons in sults. And Wood Ashes Board of Directors held in Port Hu- Concrete manure pits prevent loss of Growers, Inc., all the cherries he Ohio. In California there has been "With the local associations work- ron the last of November, the ele- needed on basis of 5 V* cents per little trouble from mildew this year ing with us in a whole-hearted man- Cadillac, July 21—The third an- valuable fertilizing elements in manure. vator of the Port Huron Grain Com- pound with the evident intention of but there is a great shortage of ir- ner, there isn't a question about our nual Wexford County alfalfa tour pany was leased for a period of nine- forcing cancellation of the 6 cent rigation water and only a tentative success. We are hard at work estab- will be held July 28 and 29th. Dur- Concrete corn cribs keep out rats and ty days, and although it took up contract. forecast of the total crop can be lishing direct connections with every ing these two days an intensive study thirty days to start and thirty dayfe mice. You can't sell these pests so why •Oi'gamzation Kswnl ial made. The average condition of all possible buyer of Michigan fruits, will be made of the alfalfa and sweet to clean up, we were able to put fatten them? The answer to the whole situation California grapes including varieties and with only a moderate crop in clover industry in the county. forty cars through the plant. This as we see it is that before another used for raisins and juice, was re- prospect we believe that we can The program of the organized took care of the surplus picking Concrete feeding floors and hog houses season cherry growers throughout ported as 75 compared with 96 at make a sales record this season that Wexford County farmers calls for a stock which was flooding the market make healthy, profitable hogs. the area should affiliate with co-op- this time last year and a 10 year av- will result in our being in a very liming campaign this year. Conse- at the time we opened the plant. We erative organizations in their district erage of 91. This condition would strong position when another fruit quently the aim of the tour will not must not overlook the fact that the Concrete protects the home, and other and permit the central organization point to a total California crop af season starts. The rapid advance be to visit the successful alfalfa price of picking stock advanced 25 to contract with canning plants on a about 1,629,000 tons. The total which has taken place in the grain growing farms as in the past, but celits a hundred the day the plant farm buildings against fire. fair basis both to the canner and the grape crop of the United States is markets within the last few days will rather to visit those places where opened. grower. Sound business would as estimated at 1,859,000 tons. make farmers in the midwest states lime has been used, where marl has Wouldn't you like to know more about When' we started to operate the sure a fair profit to the grower on freer buyers of our fruits and other been used or is on deposit, or where picking plant at Pcr,t Huron we Concrete — how to mix and use it, and his production oyer a period of years sale and jobbing trade at the other commodities and will start a busi- ashes have been used; also places found it would be impossible to op- how to estimate quantities of materials? and a fair margin to the canner for ehd of the line who purchase the ness revival in industrial centers that where a spotted condition exists and erate it under the Articles of Asso- his services in the marketing pro- product take full advantage of this will greatly benefit u. a good opportunity is offered to ciation of the Michigan Elevator W e will gladly send you this informa- gram from production to consump situation, grinding prices down to a make a etudy of these conditions. Exchange, so we were forced to or- tion without charge, if you will write tion. point where there is little profit for Probably there is no way in which ganize the Michelex Elevator and From the cherry grower's stand- any of them. 1924 Fruit Reported a day spent at anything connected Warehouse Company with which you and let us know what you are planning to build. W h y not write today? point there is little question that the It appears that the only sound so- canning industry is the weak link in lution of the whole problem rests in Less Than Average with farming will bring the money returns that a day spent with this are all probably familiar. Up to this time this is a company on paper only Michigan in the cherry marketing reorganization and refinancing of From reliable fruit crop forecasts tour studying this project will bring. with three officers and stockholders Our booklet F-I4 tells all about the uses of concrete program. Due to losses suffered .by the industry on a basis that will per- as reported early this month, it ap- Representatives from the Soils and who are acting without salary and en the dairy farm. Send for your *,vfiy. the canning industry in the last four mit canners to deal with the jobbing pears that taken as a whole the ap- Crops and Extension Departments of aire guided by the directors of the or five years, the financial position and wholesale grocery trade with a ple, pear, plum, cherry and the Michigan Agricultural College Elevator Exchange. PORTLAND CEMENT ASSOCIATION of a good many canners in this state firm hand, exacting a reasonable grape crops of the United States will will be in attendance, also from the Ready for BefTise Soon Dime Bank Building is in deplorable condition. This profit on the canned product and en- be considerably under last year's pro- Michigan Potato Growers' Exchange, The Michelex Elevator and Ware- D E T R O I T , MICH. places an extreme burden upon the abling them to pay the grower a duction. ' It is particularly interest- to aid in the study of the relations house Company expects to have the canners who are in a condition to profit upon his fresh fruit produc- ing to note that the sour cherry crop of limestone and legumes to our gen- o4 National Organization to Improve and terminal elevator at Port Huron in/ operate, due to the cut-throat com- tion. Until the time comes when in Western New York has been re- eral farming. operation in plenty of time to take Extend the Uses of Concrete petition placed upon them by weak- both growers and canners can be bet- duced to approximately half a crop Farm visits are scheduled from care of all the surplus beans you 1 Offices in 29 Cities er organizations who are inclined to ter organized, we see no possibility by drop. Likewise due to drop the 7:30 each morning until late in the cannot pick at home. You are to re- operate at an exceedingly narrow of continuous profitable production pear crop has been reduced to below afternoon at points well distributed member that this plent belongs to margin to survive at all. The whole- for either. half a crop. throughout the county. each and every one of you and is to MICHIGAN FARM BIREAU NEWS JXTLY 25, 1024 FOOt Elevator Exch. Holds whether you use our tags and bags, of wool coming into the Ohio pool. MICHIGAN ELEVATOR EXCH. DELEGATES Big Annual Meeting FARM PROSPECTS FARM BUREAU or your own. It is being handled rapidly and ef- If you wish a cash advance when ficiently by a crew with six year's RADIO RENEW LOYALTY TO FARM BUREAU; (Continued from paKe one) between the Elevator Exchange and the State Farm Bureau. John W. ARE BRIGHTEST IN Central Standard Time 7:20 shipping local freight to the Ohio experience in that line. You will Sheep and Wool Growers Ass'n at hear from the Ohio Ass'n promptly South Columbus, be sure and write when your wool has been received. I PRAISE TENNANT; URGE TAX REFORM Sims of Tuscola county made an ad- dress showing the striking growth PAST THREE YEARS Daylight Saving Time 8:20 Wave Length of KYW Is 536 the Ohio Ass'n to that effect. Local The headquarters of the Michigan freight movement takes time, some- Wool Growers Co-operative Market- of co-operative marketing and prov- August 1. — Announcement of times as much as two weeks or more. ing Ass'n are at the Farm Bureau ed that Michigan ranks with Cali- Report of Elevator Exchange Radio Essay Educational trip win- Then, there is an enormous volume Wool Dep't, Lansing, Mich. Delegates at Annual Meet Express Gratitude to fornia and other leaders for large Mgr. Shows Business ners and delivery of winning girl's numbers of successful co-operative prize essay, by G. L. Noble, Secretary, M. A. C. Markets Dep't for Services; See organizations. Is Growing National Committee on Boys* and The delegates were entertained at Girls' Club Work. Continued Need for Strong State Farm Bureau Organization dinner at the Peoples church at East Lansing. Dr. Butterfield spoke there. PRAISES Mr. L. L. Winters, member of the Chicago Board of Trade, explained They Have LOCAL MGRS. "The Agricultural Situation and the Farm Bureau Program," by R. A. Cowles, Director of Finance, Illinois Ontario Varigated Helped Make Agricultural Association. Following are the resolutions adopted by the delegates at Fourth Annual Meeting of the Michigan COMMENDED the workings of that organization. One of the best talks of the day was given by Chas. R. Aldrich of Spen- * Exchange Widely and Favorably Known August 5—"Ridding the Nation of Bovine Tuberculosis," by H. R. Smith, National Live Stock Exchange. Alfalfa Elevator Exchange held at the Mich- cer, Ohio, a large handler of hay. He "We-Mindedness," by E. P. Taylor, We strongly recommend Ontario Variegated Alfalfa to igan Agricultural College, July spoke on hay shipping problems. His Assistant Director, Organization De- our members. This Ontario seed is adapted to Michigan and By L . B . O S M E R , M g r . 16th: talk will be the subject of several ar- Michigan Elevator Exchange partment, American Farm Bureau was grown under conditions similar to Michigan. We rank WHEREAS: The Board of Direc- ticles in the NEWS. This report was presented to M i c h i - Federation. it next to Grimm, on which we are sold out. tors of the Michigan State Farm Bu- Choose Able Officers gan Elevator Exchange delegates at their f o u r t h annual business meeting August 8.—"Cattle Kings From reau has appointed a committee of In the election of officers, four di- at M. A. C. July 16. Club Work," by Dr. R. F. Eagle, We offer high grade stocks of common Ontario Variegat- three for the purpose of studying rectors were returned to the Board The past twelve months, for the Executive Department, Wilson & ed, also a limited quantity of inspected and certified On- the matter of financing and carrying of Directors for two year terms—L. most part, have not been as profit- Company. tario Variegated seed which has been grown in one district forward the work and invaluable C. Kamlowske, Washington Co-op able for the average Michigan ele- "Where Our Products Must Be for 15 years. Our prices are very attractive. services of the Michigan State Farm Co.; Carl Martin, Coldwater Co-op vator as were the 12 months pre- Sold In Future," by Arthur C. Page, Bureau for the well being of the af- Co.; H. D. Horton, Kinde Co-op Ele- ceding. Some of our member ele- Editor, Orange Judd Illinois Farmer. This alfalfa has many colored blossoms, similar to Orimm. filiated commodity organizations vator; John Nicolson, Marlette Farm- vators find that although their total "The Farmer of the F u t u r e , " by From that fact comes the name "variegated." Ask your and the farmers of Michigan, and ers Co-op Elevartor Co. O. L. Miner volume of business in dollars ex- E. E. Gallup, Supervisor of Agricul- co-op for Ontario Variegated, or write us. WHEREAS, We recognize that of the Dowagiac Farmers Co-op Ass'n ceeds the previous year, their net tural Education, Lansing, Michigan. the continued maintenance of a pow- was elected to the board for a two profits have shrunk considerably. August 12. — "Shipping Live erful central organization like the year term. When a commodity like beans starts Stock," by O. W. Sandberg, Director MICHIGAN STATE FARM BUREAU Michigan State Farm Bureau is of The new and hold-over directors at the peak price and gradually de- of Transportation, American Farm Seed Department Lansing, Mich. the utmost importance and essential organized by electing Mr. Horton clines all season, it is practically im- Bureau Federation. to the welfare, safety and future de- president, and re-electing Messrs possible without speculative short "Helping Boys to Farm Better in velopement of the commodity mar- Kamlowske and Martin vice-presi- selling to more than break even. Wisconsin," by L. M. Sasman, State keting exchanges and other general dent and secretary-treasurer, respec- The Michigan Elevator Exchange Supervisor of Vocational Education, interests of the farmers and, tively. is incorporated as a non-profit or- Madison, Wisconsin. WHEREAS, From conferences Mr. Horton succeeds Mr. Waldo E. ganization and this season we fully held with organization representa- tives and individuals interested in a strong central farmers* organization, it has appeared that at the conclu- D r . Kenyon L . B u t t e r f i e l d Phillips of Decatur, who served two lived up to our name. Although our terms as President of the Exchange. business was the largest in the his- Mr. Phillips was not a candidate for tory of the Exchange, our net gain re-election. He has been a member was the smallest. It has been the Wool Market Strong As Pool Nears Close (Continued from page one) LAST TIME! This Wool Growers' Application for a 1924 Wool Marketing sion of the present memberships in D r . B u t t e r f i e l d , t h e newly chosen of the Exchange board of directors wish of the Board of Directors that the Michigan State Farm Bureau p r e s i d e n t of M. A. ('. w a s h i g h l y com- for four years—from the beginning, every possible help in the way of a marketing agreement and member- Contract will not appear again that the Michigan State Farm Bu- m e n d e d by me E l e v a t o r E x c h a n g e and has played an important part in prices be passed to the local member ship blank to the Farm Bureau wool reau be financed on an endowment d e l e g a t e s for his a s s u r a n c e t o t h e m the success of the Exchange. In ad- and acting on these instructions, we dep't at Lansing. State how many CLOSING DATE IS AUGUST 1 * life membership basis; therefore t h a t u n d e r h i s a d m i n i s t r a t i o n t h e co- dressing the delegates Mr. Phillips have handled many cars for pounds of wool you expect to have. half Shipping tags are furnished with To Michigan Wool Growers Co-op M'k't'g Ass'n. BE IT RESOLVED, That we, the o p e r a t i v e m a r k e t i n g a c t i v i t i e s of t h e paid tribute to the fairness and commission and in some cases, no Michigan State Farm Bureau members of the Michigan Elevator College w o u l d be i n c r e a s e d . Farm Bureau bags. One should go LANSING, MICHIGAN. thoughtfulness of the Exchange commission at all. inside and one outside each bag. Exchange, heartily endorse the for- board, declaring that never had they ward-looking action of the Board of Times Getting Better completely filled out with respect to DATE been unable to work together, even this information—your name, ad- Directors of the Michigan State is failing to produce any degree of when confronted by perplexing prob- We believe th»J; for the most part Gentlemen: Farm Bureau, and pledge our whole- taxation justice, and our managers have been reasonably dress, county, state and the weight Please send me Wool Marketing Agreement and Organization hearted support and assistance to WHEREAS, It is a sound principle lems over which there might be a satisfied with the efforts of the Lan- of the wool. Don't overlook this, Agreement of Michigan Wool Growers Co-operative Marketing considerable difference of opinion. Ass'n for 1924. Also sacks for shipping wool at your direction. the carrying out of the proposed of taxation that a person should con- sing office. We have made lots of Old members of the Board are mistakes and at times our opinions plan of financing the Michigan State tribute toward governmental ex- George McCalla, Ypsilanti Farm Bu- I expect to have about lbs. of wool. Farm Bureau on a stable and perma- penses in proportion to his individ- reau Elevator; W. E. Phillips, De- on the market have been terrible, BUSINESS N E W S nent basis such as would result from ual ability to pay, therefore but everything considered for the 3c a word per Insertion for S or membership on the endowment plan BE IT RESOLVED, That we ap- catur Co-op Ass'n; M. R. Shisler, season, we are sincere in believing more insertions; 3%c a word for NAME Caledonia Farmers Elevator; F. M| each of 2 insertions; 4 cents a word to the end that the experience, ser- prove and endorse the constitutional Oehmke, Sebewaing Co-op Ass'n, that the local co-operative elevators, for one insertion. Count each vices and support of the Michigan amendment providing for a state in- Bach. whose money and business is respon- word, abbreviation and figure, in- ADDRESS R. P . D cluding words in signature, aa State Farm Bureau may be retained come tax which will be submitted to sible for the Michigan Elevator Ex- words. Cash must accompany Don't delay filling out and returning this application to the Michigan Elevator Exchange the voters of the state at the coming change, feel satisfied with the way order. Mich. Farm Bureau News. Application Must be Postmarked not later than A u g . 1, to meet and other commodity organizations November election. their shop is running. A slow, steady as well as to the individual farmers of Michigan. Declare Gas T a x Needed BOYS', GIRLS'CLUBS growth, holding old friends and trade and making new ones, is the LIVE STOCK 1924 wool pool Closing Date rule. Point With Pride to Co-op T o Finance Roads Fairly WHEREAS, A growing proportion PROVE MERITS OF foundation the Exchange has been built on. REG. JERSEY BULLS, READY FOR service. Bred for size and production. Tuberculin tested. J. K. Hatfield, Remus, Mich. 8-8-24 We have not added to our mem- Growth; Laud Hale Tennant of our staggering WHEREAS, Michigan farmers are the construction and maintenance of our highways, and tax totals goes for GOOD SEED SPUDS bership for the reason that practical- ly no new co-operative associations FARMS FOR SALE The Truth in Feeds unexcelled in the wide range of co- have been formed during the past FOR SALE—LARGE S H E E P RANCH operative marketing services which WHEREAS, Despite this fact, we tracts in the wild. Easy to clear. Gently Results Show 34 Bu. More Per year, but farm conditions show a rolling, good air drainage for corn. Sub- have been organized, fostered and are continuing to issue road bonds brighter prospect today than in soil mostly light to medium clay, the very protected in Michigan, and at an alarming rate, and Acre From Certified three years, and with anything like best of alfalfa land. $10 an acre. $1 an WHEREAS, The present system acre down. For the balance and inter- WHEREAS, This beneficial farm- Northern Seed a reasonable outlook for our Michi- est, will, If desired, depend entirely upon ers' co-operative marketing move- does not effect a just distribution of alfalfa, sweet clover and vetch seed crop gan farmer, we expect to see more returns harvested yearly, waiving seed ment in Michigan has been establish- highway costs among the users of The use of northern-grown certi co-operative elevators organize. payments until 3rd year, which means ed and maintained on the solid and improved highways in proportion to that, legume seed and crop returns from benefits derived. fled seed potatoes in southern Mich- Four of our members were as near a limited acreage is to represent the pay- substantial foundation of more than ments. 700 local co-operative associations, BE IT RESOLVED, That we favor igan received another boost through bankrupt as possible at this time Presque Isle county's grass fat lambs a large proportion of which are a state gasoline tax of two cents per the demonstrations put on last year last year, but all four of them took can't be beat, nor grown cheaper on the members of one or more of the five gallon, the proceeds to be used for by the Boys' and Girls* Clubs in ten a firmer lease on local business, big open range owing to higher average lamb crops and freedom from disease. of the southern counties. Last spring plugged their leaks and have shown powerful and successful state-wide construction and maintenance of im- a carload of choice certified seed po- a very satisfactory gain this season. The type of buyers I am endeavoring to attract for the purpose of placing Presque commodity exchanges which have proved highways and paying the in- Isle County on the map prominently, tatoes were donated by growers in Beans Need Further Service been developed to serve the common terest and principal on the outstand- Cheboygan, Otsego and Presque Isle as it should be, and will be, for the high quality and quantity yield per acre of its interests of producers and co-opera- ing highway indebtedness. The growth of the poultry and legume seed crops, must possess a dome counties to the Agricultural Depart- dairy business in Michigan has ma- structure capable of visualizing and ex- tive handlers of the various several ment of the Michigan Central R. R., terially cut down grain shipping and classes of commodities produced on See Need for Bureau's panding market for northern Michigan grown legume seed, and the sure and which in turn, donated them for our bean department was the leader permanent reward t h a t must come to the Michigan farms, and T a x Investigation Work demonstration purposes to the Clubs this established legume seed growers. They year. It is the wish of our bean must have no wish bone for a back bone. WHEREAS, The rapid and yet WHEREAS, As long as the general in Lapeer, Macomb, Oakland, Hills- shipping members that the Elevator substantial growth of the co-opera- property tax continues tb be the chief dale, Genesee, Washtenaw, Jackson, Exchange control a central picking tive movement in Michigan has been source of governmental revenue in Calhoun, Wayne and Branch coun- plant and the bean committee from made possible by the sound and con- Michigan, the matter of fair assess- ties. These demonstrations were un- your Board of Directors will present Their systems must be charged with suf- ficient pep to play the combination of legume seeds, wool and mutton—until the cows come home. Such buyers and their progeny will have no occasion to Saturday, August 9th- structive advice, the wise counsel ment of property for tax purposes der the supervision of Mr. R. A. their recommendations at the annual cuss the memory of the undersigned for having led them into the promised land. This is the last day farmers may contract fall and and able leadership of Mr. Hale Ten- becomes one of the utmost import- Turner, State Club Leader. Approxi- meeting. There appears to be plen- JOHN G. KRAUTH, owner, Millersburg, winter supplies of Michigan Milkmaker dairy feed. { Mich. nant, Director of Markets of the ance and mately 100 demonstrations were con- ty of room and need for service in Michigan Agricultural College, and WHEREAS, In view of the present ducted by as many girls and boys. co-operative marketing of Michigan July 7 the Farm Bureau opened its Milkmaker Feed by the efficient services of his as- general agricultural depression, it is MISCELLANEOUS Contract plan to farmers for the third year. They have Eliminating the results of two beans. sociates in the Markets Department, little short of a calamity for farm NOTICE TO CREAM PRODUCERS — and plots which were not taken care of We cannot help but believe that We want more cream producers to ship until August 9 to cover their needs. Hundreds of Farm lands to pay more than their just properly, the average yield from the WHEREAS, In view of the facts share of this general property tax certified seed was 34 bushels higher undue pressure has been largely us cream. Good references furnished and highest market prices paid. Ship us a can Bureau members have done so. If our local representative above stated, we note with no small and responsible for our Michigan market now. Check and can returned at once. per acre than that from the home being under $5.00 for most of the Montrose Home Creamery, Montrose, has not been able to call on you yet, get in touch with him regret the announcement of Mr. Ten- WHEREAS, Careful, complete and grown stock. The average yield per Mich. 7-11-24 nant that for the promotion of inter- comprehensive investigations con- acre of the latter was 97 bushels, season. While it is today any man's and find out about the plan. He is either your co-op ass'n departmental harmony on the M. A. ducted by several County Farm Bu while that of the former was 131 privilege to back his judgment of fu- GATES—THE EVERLASTING ALL- Steel, Double-Truss gate. Never sags and manager or a Farm Bureau member serving as a car door C. campus, he is resigning his posi- reaus, that have obtained from of- bushels, thus constituting an in- ture markets and use any legitimate will last a lifetime. Write for catalogue Milkmaker agent. tion as Markets Director, to be ef- ficial sources the relative assessment crease of 35 per cent because of the methods to force markets to his and price list. E. C. Harriss, distributor, Allegan, Mich. 8-8-24 fective January 1, 1925, therefore views, nevertheless the man bearish- of various classes of property, have use of northern grown seed. The dif- ly inclined can count on being dam- MILKMAKER BOOSTS RETURNS BE IT RESOLVED, That at this revealed that in every county where ferences on individual plots amount- med by both the farmer and his STORE MANAGER EXPERIENCED in chain-stores and others. Open for en- time, we, the delegates to the Fourth investigations were made that farm ed to as much as 266 per cent In agent. Co-operative marketing alone gagement in co-op mercantile. 600 State When you and your neighbors buy fall and winter sup- Street, Saginaw. Annual Meeting of the Michigan property was being assessed con- some cases. Frank Rets at Imlay will never solve the farmer's prob- plies of Milkmaker on the Feed Contract Plan, you assure Elevator Exchange, representing siderably higher than urban prop- City received two and one-third times lem of price. The farmer himself yourself of a six months supply of the best 24% protein nearly 100 local co-operative eleva- erty, averaging well over 20 per cent: as many bushels of potatoes from the first must have faith in and support tors with a membership of approxi- higher in most instances, therefore, northern grown seed per acre as his own organization. Production dairy ration made. Delivery is made between September mately 25,000 farmers, an organ- BE IT RESOLVED, That we com- from his father's stock. Almost all must be timed with demand. Then, ization which is one of the living mend the State Farm Bureau and sev- the reports also called attention to and not before, will the farmer have and abiding monuments of the policy eral County Farm Bureaus for their the fact that the percentage of mar- much to say as to price. Here's Our I and March 2. The public formula tells you pound for pound what you're feeding. It is the feed for economical and diligence of the M. A. C. Mar- careful and timely investigations, and ketable potatoes was larger from the kets Department, take this oppor- we strongly urge that boards of northern grown seed. Our efforts in Michigan, although not yet of very large proportion, have Platform and maximum milk production. Your season's order will be delivered as nearly as possible in six equal monthly tunity to express to Mr. Tennant our supervisors make the equalization deepest appreciation of his services shown to fair by the facts disclosed, This is just another demonstra brought us notice in many sections S E R V I C E t( > shippers. installments, at a time fixed by you and your neighbors to in our behalf, to extend to him our and we recommend this type of in- tion of the value of good seed of any of the country and the Michigan Ele- suit your convenience. You pay for it as it is delivered. very best wishes for his success in vestigation to other County Farm kind, and the merits of northern vator Exchange today is well and fa- Efficiency in operation. any future undertakings and to Bureaus. grown seed for southern Michigan. vorably known throughout the Unit- Farm Bureau members have found the Milkmaker Feed It is well that our boys and girls dis- ed states. We have yet to renege on JJefund of profits. voice our abiding hope that a way cover these truths early in the any legitimate contract and buyers Contract a very satisfactory and economical way to buy may yet be devised so that the ser- Praise Management for V o l u m e decreases expenses. winter dairy concentrates. Those who bought their first vices of Mr. Tennant may still be game. of the goods we have to sell contin made available to the farmers* co- Splendid Results Secured ually send us other customers. Build- Jnterest in farmers' problems, Milkmaker two years ago are with us on the third con- operative associations of Michigan, WHEREAS, The continued growth ing this way on the outside and with tract. The number of Feed Contract buyers is growing and and volume of business and highly reasonable intelligent service here in (^ountry wide organization. satisfactory service of the Elevator the state, the Michigan Elevator Ex- every year. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, Exchange is due practically to the Attention! change will be hard to put down. Economical marketing. That we highly commend the new efficient management of Mr. Osmer president of M. A. C , Dr. Butter- and his assistants, Mr. Monument Buyer The job of managing a local co- LET THE COWS PROVE IT field, for his assurance that the co- operative elevator is not the easiest How's this for a nursery Milkmaker increases production, lowers feeding costs, AND WHEREAS, The relative posi- nor most agreeable job there is. We rhyme with a lesson for the old operative marketing work of the tion that the Elevator Exchange keeps the herd in high condition. Cows like this highly College will be increased rather than holds in relation to the other bean will say to you directors and stock- folks, too: diminished under his administration handling agencies in the state has holders this—If your shop is paying "This Little Pig went to the palatable, nutritious feed. You can increase your dairy and we respectfully and earnestly been reached by reason of the abil- prices fully up to competition and returns with Milkmaker. if you are making a slow sure gain, Co-ops, urge that the College conduct re- ity and efficiency of Mr. Benton, and This Little Pig went 'Around' search and investigation into the we take this opportunity to express then work hard to keep that local Don't forget! The Feed Contract Plan closes Saturday, manager glad and willing to work The first little pig paid a re- problems of marketing and co-opera- our appreciation of his services, fund; August 9. No applications can be accepted after that tive organization, and at the same hard for you. There isn't a local RESOLVED, We hereby pledge our co-operative elevator manager in The other little pig paid none." date. time maintain and enlarge its pres- ent program of organization, finance continued hearty co-operation to the Michigan but who wants to make MORAL: GIVE YOUR LIT- See your local agent now. If you have no agent, write auditing and legal service to the co- end that the Elevator Exchange may good, and you men can go a long TLE PIG A CHANGE—SHIP continue to be an outstanding suc- way with that manager if you will TO us. operative movement in Michigan. cessful farmers' marketing organiza- give him half a chance. n Purchasing Department — •—••»— * . Urge State Income T a x to tion. In conclusion: — Boost the Exchange every day. Mich. Livestock Exch. Bring Relief to Property Read the Michigan Milkmaker an- W r i t e us today for our special proposi- You own the best co-operative sell- at Detroit MICHIGAN STATE FARM BUREAU, Lansing, Michigan \ ireful analysis of nouncement on this page. tion on Best Everlasting Vermont Granite ing agency in the Middle West. Let's taxation conditions in Michigan re- Write Farm Bureau Wool Dep't, i t y ; lowest prices. Monuments and Markers. Highest qual- keep it that way. Prod. Co-op. Com. Ass'n * *5 MICHIGAN ,M^ that general property is bear- Lansing, now for wool marketing at East Buffalo R. W . CARR M O N U M E N T CO. ing an altogether disproportionate agreement. Closing date Aug. 1. 107 South Read the Michigan Milkmaker an- share of the burden of taxation and I See application blank on this page. Ave. $ m» r» m 11»»»»m m »• M Battle Creek, M i c h . nouncement at the right, Milkmaker