F. B. Members In MICHIGAN FARM BUREAU NEWS "Make Fanning A Counties Read Business—As Well 62 The NEWS. As An Occupation." PUBLISHED BY THE MICHIGAN FARM BUREAU 1 OR ITS MEMBERSHIP THIRD YEAR, VOL. Ill, No. 8 APRIL 24, 1925 ISSUED SEMI MONTHLY 150 FARM BUREAU LEAOERS PLAN NEW MEMBERSHIP POLICY Refusal to Guarantee Seed REAPPORTIONMENT Prevent Soft Corn DELEGATES FROM 3 0 COUNTY BUREAUS and Immature Beans HOLDS CENTER OF SUPPORT STRONG PROGRAM TO INSURE Recalls Wooden Nutmeg Era STAGE^T LANSING By hastening the maturity of your crop with acid phosphate or fertilizers strong in acid phosphate. Proper fertiliza- PERMANENCY OF THEIR ORGANIZATION tion with consequent hasten- Passage of Bill Giving Wayne ing of maturity will almost en- SELLING SEED UNDER THE DISCLAIMER NEW BARRY COUNTY 21 House Members Now tirely eliminate soft corn. To mature beans early, use 2-12-2. Get these Farm Bureau guar- Hear Inspiring Address by Mr. Lucius Wilson on AGR'L AGENT Seems Probable Reasons for Supporting Farm Bureau; CLAUSE MAKES SELLER LEGALLY NOT M. A. C. NAME CHANGED anteed quality fertilizers from your local co-op or Farm Bureau agent. Pres. Noon Welcomes Delegates; RESPONSIBLE TO BUYER FOR DEFECTS State Aid For Local Roads Is Dr. Butterfield Speaks Many High Class Firms A s s u m e Responsibility Ended; Control Of Stock Tonics Sought ELEV. EXCHANGE About 1 50 men and women County Farm Bureau leaders from 30 of the leading agricultural counties of the state met Despite Disclaimer W h i c h Gives Scalawags State Capitol, April 23.—Over- DECLARES $ 2 0 , 0 0 0 at State Farm Bureau headquarters at Lansing April 14 to A n d Importers of U n a d a p t e d Seed shadowing the many other important discuss Farm Bureau membership and organization problems. A Cloak of Invisibility measures which come up for final consideration each day, the question STOCK DIVIDEND Nearly all of the southern counties were well represented Of rearranging the state's senatorial and members were present from as far north as Wexford, By J. F. COX, Executive Secretary and representative districts is hold- Third Savings Refund By Missaukee and Luce counties. It is significant, too, that the of the FEDERATED SEED SERVICE ing the center of the stage under the Co-op Is Twice That attendance included officials of practically all the large com- Capitol dome at Lansing. The Sen- ate has already passed bills to in- Made In 1924 modity marketing and other organizations of the state. The sale of seed under the disclaimer or non-warranty clause, a clause which absolves the seller and puts full respon- crease Wayne's Senate seats from ".> When the meeting was called to order by President Noon, to 7, and their numb, r of Repi • The board of directors of the the Farm Bureau assembly room was not only packed to the sibility for defects in the seed upon the farmer who buys it, tatives from 14 to 21. Michigan Elevator Exchange, meet- is a widely employed seed trade custom. doors but the large hall was filled with Farm Bureau folks The bill for reapportioning the ing at State Farm Bureau headquar- senatorial districts is still in the ters April 22, declared a stock divi- who listened most attentively through doors and windows, T h e typical seedsman's "non-warranty clause" which ac- House Committee'on Apportionment. dend of $20,000 to be distributed to anxious not to miss a word of the discussions on Farm Bu- companies seed shipments, is £ound on the letterhead or in member elevators' on the basis of The proposal to give Wayij- reau problems. the catalogue of many seed companies, and reads as follows: House seats was reported by the patronage by each member elevator "We give no warranty, express or implied, as to des- House committee with an amend- since the dividend of one year ago. Good Attendance of Women cription, quality, productiveness, or any other matter of ment decreasing the Wayne allow- in the past three years the Eleva- The large number of women attending was a most en- any seeds we sell and will not in any way be responsible for ance to 18, but tin- House refused tor Exchange has distributed similar the crop. If the purchaser does not, accept the goods on couraging feature and the active part the better halves of the to concur in this amendment by a savings dividends as follows: 1923 these terms, he must notify us at once and we will give in- vote of 45 Yeas to 4 9 Nays. A mo- a savings refund of $8,000 in cash; Farm Bureau took in the discussions demonstrated that in ad- structions for disposition of goods." PAUL J. ROOD tion to refer the bill to the Commit- 1924, stock dividend of $10,000; dition to building up the purely business side of agriculture, What other commodity important to his welfare does the Who has just taken up the duties tee on Apportionment was defeated 1925, stock dividend of $20,000. the Farm Bureau is most vital to the welfare of the farm farmer buy in this modern age with such a frank and open of Barry County Agricultural Agent, In addition to the $20,000 divi- tJL' to 31, and finjally a motion to home and is making farm life in general more satisfying and and is busy getting acquainted. He disclaimer of responsibility as to the quality of the goods? comes from Genesee county where place the bill on general orders and dend the directors declared a pay- refer it to the Committee of the ment of 7 per cent interest on all worth while. After reading a description in a beautifully, illustrated seed he has been engaged in agricultural Whole was carried 66 to 28. outstanding stock as of May 1st. work. The leading part of the program was a memorable address catalogue setting forth the unusual yielding ability and The apparent change of sentiment The financial statement of the Elevator Exchange shows it to be in by Lucius E. Wilson of Chicago on the "Fundamentals of superior quality of seed, it borders on the ludicrous to find of many of the up-siate members is said to be the result of the tremen- excellent shape, with all bills paid Farm Bureau Organization". Mr. Wijson's organization somewhere in the catalogue or on tags accompanying seed the above statement which disclaims responsibility on the EXPECT 4 MILLION dous pressure which has brought to bear on them from many been and a net worth of $60,000. The Exchange started in 19 20 methods have been responsible for the development of lead- ing Chambers of Commerce in the United States, Mexico and part of the seller of seed. sources. One , of the most effective with 24 elevators. It's business today Let's Try It On Shoes POUNDS IN POOL clubs used in whipping these mem- quite frequently amounts to $1,000,- bers into line has been their desire 000 a month. Its sales charges are Canada. For an hour he explained the basic principles upon which the Farm Bureau must be built, and emphasized in a What would you think, Mr. Farmer, of a shoe dealer, who, for the'passage of the Bryant bill to fixed and very low. On the recent manner that was clear to all that this great organization is after setting forth in glowing terms the beauty and durability Columbus, Ohio, April 22—It allow for the construction of a fifth bulge in the market, the Exchange indispensable to a successful agriculture and to the Welfare of and price value of a pair of shoes, and had made a sale on the would not surprise Ohio Wool t possible to have a right to kick about anything man or woman liar, come to the the change that occurred in the VOL. Ill APRIL 24, 1985 No. 8 that was done or not done during point In their thinking "where they minds and hearts of the men who oc- reach at once. H o w e v e r , we m u s t have our ideals before we can realize that the best thing in the the twelve months. He pays, for the cupled the farms. begin to struggle t o w a r d s them. If you agree with the p r o g r a m privilege and gets it. world for them is that change in H I 1 It" a man on a valley farm Entered at the post office at Charlotte, Xich., a i second c l a u vironment which will make the life matter. Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage provided outlined above, t o g e t h e r we r a n set a b o u t b r i n g i n g it to pass. Seeing It Another Way believes there is no such I told you at the outset that the of their children a little better than thing as a tomorrow, does not for In Sec. 1103, Act of Oct. 3, 1917, authorized January 12, 1923. W e know the business farmers of Michigan will find such a con- fundamental principle of all organi- theirs has been. care whether it covotm or not, Subscription Price 50c Per Tear, Included in dues of Farm dition quite :is a g r e e a b l e as it will be profitable. There is no person in the room to- then I will tell you the fenc- zations was the inculcation of ser- Bureau Members. You r e m e m b e r t h e old p a r a b l e of t h e f a t h e r w h o called his sons vice by the member to the organiza- day over forty but who knows in the es will go to wrack and ruin, together, and g r a s p i n g a single rod, broke it across his knee into tion and thereby to society. How bottom of .his or her heart that the the buildings will depreciate B. B. UNGREN Editor one thing you yearn for most is to 8. M. POWELL - Aasoclate Editor many of you ever joined the church in value and the place will s p l i n t e r s ; t h e n t a k i n g a b u n d l e of rods he asked it' any two of so that you might derive some sel- do what ever you dan to insure your go to pot. But if you change his sons could b r e a k them, which of course, they could n o t . fish return in dollars and cents? It* boy or girl living a good, healthy, the mind ami heart of that This, said the f a t h e r , illustrates t h e p o w e r of united s t r e n g t h . there are any carpenters in the room, prosperous, happy life. If you could man so that he believes in to- ^ICHIfiANS^ flVBEAU did you join the church and then buy that for your children you morrow and is ready for it, T h e p a r a b l e a p p l i e s to tin' farmer interests in Michigan in t h i s withdraw from it because the roof would swap today everything you then the value of his farm y e a r of our L o r d , 1925, q u i t e as well as it did when Aesop leaked and you did not get the job own. It is through organized effort will increase. OFPIOKItS on the part of men in the cities that w r o t e it soine c e n t u r i e s ago !—M K 'UK! AN B U S I N E S S F A R M - of repairing it? If there are any I saw the organization of the first M. L. NOON, Jackson President we get better paving, better lighting, II. B. McPHERSON. Lowell Vice-President maspns here, did you join the church boys' and girls' club in that part of E R , A p r i l 11, 1925. and then withdraw from it because better sewerage, more healthful con- the country, and that organization Directors-at- Large you were not given the chance of ditions, better schools, better did marvelous things. It changed the M. B. McPHERSON ;,RLr??j! the price-fixing scheme did not run laying the basement wall? , churches. The individual must be mental machinery of the younger MRS. EDITH M. WAGAR ii=H A?2 up against some rather stubborn ltd Man Wins Alone organized to do that. generation. How many times have EARL C. McCARTY Newberry ,..Buchannan OPEJV FORUM economic l&ws and conditions it After all, what I Bay will be more would be by far the more simple clear perhaps if I undertake to de- What Makes Communities Prosper we, all of us, heard people decry the VEROLD F. GORMELY p S S .Davison The NEWS welcomes letters Chambers of Commerce know that inability of the farmer to stay or- J. G. BOYLE plan. i f r o m the membership on questions Cherries, -as now grown in Michi- fine to you what I mean by direct cities grow because of the activities ganized? W. W. BILLINGS Commodity Directors • interesting to the membership. FRED SMITH. Elk Rapids Michigan Potato Growers Exchange Such letters must be signed and gan, are largely a canning proposi- and selfish returns and the Indirect of men within them. Cities grow Men are organized in their minds, be reasonably short because of our tion—more than 80 per cent of the returns which are always worth because the energy and enterprise or their hearts or their spirit,—not M T NOON Jackson . . . .Michigan Milk Producers Association limited space—500 words is a good l i m i t ; they should be temperate in crop being marketed in tin cans^ more than anyone pays to any well and inventiveness and creative in the hall or the mass meeting,'but f- HL- O^MEJiEYr^IudVon'!!!! f.!'. IVT. . * M i c h l ^ Wye Btodc ^ c h a n g e language and offer a constructive There is nothing, I am sure, that organized institution. answer to the question in hand. thinking of men within the city in their hearts. It is a matter of hab- GEO W. McCALLA. Ypsllanti i ^ ^ ' / a n J ? S t & o w £ s Inc would please the canners more than By direct returns I mean free make it grow. There is no other rea- M. D. BUSKIRK, Paw Paw Michigan Fruit orowers, inc. Communications are invited. it, custom, taste. to have the price of their raw ma- veterinary service and free dental son. How many in the room realize If you will teach fifty or a hun- STATE FARM BUREAU ORGANIZATION terial stabilized—all thus being as- service. ' By indirect returns I mean that this same, good old city of Chi- Clark L. Brody Sec'y-Treas.^anjger sured that each has the same first those larger changes in environment, dred fifty boys and girls in Livings- OEMAND MUST PRECEDE cago was built on the most unde- ton county the art of organizing into • . M. Powell A M ' t Secretary cost, but— BETTER CHERRY PRICE, Here's the r u b : How is the can- in law, in market conditions, in eco- sirable spot that could be found by clubs, of submitting themselves to DEPARTMENT HEADS DECLARES HARRY ROYAL ner to be assured that the consumer nomic surroundings — those larger traveling a hundred miles around Purchasing . . . L . A . Thomas the discipline of the organization, of Seed , . . C . F. Barnum will take them at that price? factors of environment which of the southern end of Lake Michigan? staying through a temporary dark i raiTic Traffic A •. P. ••— • • Mills •;:•••- / •Michigan cherry growers are in- Michigan cherries in No. 10 cans, themselves set an absolute limit to All of the Loop District of Chicago place till the sun shines again, if you F Fabrlca « L* K « ' l n * r teresting themselves in various plans 1924 pack, are right now being sold the effectiveness of the individual. has been raised twelve feet to gat Publicity E. E. Ungren to better the condition of -their in- at $8, factory, which is a 4 cent to will teach them that, before they get Accounting ; : , A ~\ r l dustry. There is no farmer in Michigan out of the mud. Michigan City has to be twenty-one, you will not have 4 Vz cent per pound basis, and New Some of it is good and some of it York, "futures" are now quoted at who of himself can change the en- ,an infinitely better location than W< fl Produce Exch. (Detroit) A ° * £i£l tf to reform them afterwards. Organization * • Bentall is not so good. that figure. 7 vironment of agriculture as a whole. Chicago. It has a better harbor. What Ails Mississippi Michigan Commodity Marketing Association In some sections of the fruit belt, But the organized farmers of Ameri- ,Michigan City has a high, sandy, Quite some years ago, I went do^wn Neither the law of gravity nor the ca have done and are doing and will well-drained sanitary site. Chicago Affiliated With Michigan State Farm Bureau growers are giving enthusiastic en- law of supply and demand has been into the state of Mississippi with the Michigan Potato Growers Exchange . .....c*£"lft° dorsement to the proposal of promo- repealed. They are still stubborn do marvelous things, for the better- is a great city today because men of idea of buying some land. At that ting demand lor the fruit by adver- factors in our physical and economic ment of their own vocations. The inventive minds, of energy and en- time it would have ^eeq possible to Michigan Milk Producers Association 707 Owen Bldg., Detroit tising the gastronomic joy, dietetic life. big-things to be done, for the farmer terprise live there. buy some of the heavy black land Michigan Live Stock Exchange •• •• • • • • " " < " ? * virtues and exceptional qualities of Michigan Elevator Exchange Farm Bureau Bldg., La^shxg The grower may control his price will not be accomplished if your or- Let me take the same parallel and of central' Mississippi at about $8 Michigan cherries, which, through "until the cows come home," but it ganizations keep their eyes glued on Michigan Fruit Growers, Inc Benton Harbor the process of canning, have their is the fellow who buys the goods— this free veterinary service. If that apply it to the farm. I told you I an acre. Within the same year, an Directors and Officers of the Commodity Exchanges season continued throughout the or refuses them because of the price once owned a farm in Vermont. That uncle of mine who lives in Connecti- is the end of your dreaming, you MICH. ELEVATOR EXCH. MICH. MILK PRODUCERS ASS'N year. —which really determines their may cure the hogs all right but you was wrong, the farm owned me. cut, and who was a skillful truck H. D. Horton, Pres Kinde N. P. Hull, Pres Lansing Some cherry associations are put- sale. The connection continued for seven farmer, sold a piece of land in the ting emphasis upon establishing a .won't effect the people very much. years and during that time I was un- L. C. Kamlowske, VIce-Pres John C. Near, Sec Flat Rock Fixing prices is quite ineffective Housatonic Valley at about $200 an price to the grower at a minimum of unless sales go with the price. Think This Over able to dissolve it. I saw this hap- Washington B. F . Beach, Ass't Sec Detroit acre. Housatonic Valley has loose, H. W. Norton, Treaa Howell 6 cents per pound. In view of the present state of the If the Farm Bureaus of the United pen, however, that in a period of Carl Martin, Sec.-Treas. .Coldwater thin soil. It is mostly a foundation M. L. Noon Jackson The ideas are directly divergent, canned cherry market promoting a States were to concentrate their ef- about ten years' time, land values" in L. E. Osmer, Mgr Lansing the first proposing to. gain a better demand would seem to be - rather fort, money and attention upon do- that part of Vermont increased of rocks with a thin layer of loose C. 8. Benton, Beans Lansing C. R. Watson Imlay City soil over them. Why was that thin- price by creating the urge of the more important to the industry than ing for you as an individual some probably 400 per cent. Some of you W. E. Phillips Decatur L. W. Harwood Adrian consumer to buy, and the other to fixing a price. soiled rocky region sold^for $200 an W. J. Thomas Grand Rapida little personal, selfish service, they may have heard of the abandoned George McCalia Ypsilantl fix the price for him by manifesto. HARRY M. ROYAL, would have no time for the bigger farms of Vermont. Excellent- sob acre when within twelve months the John Nlcolson Marietta Ray Potts Washington It. will be generally agreed that if black lands of Mississippi went beg- M. R. Shisler Caledonia Fred W. Meyer Fair Haven Shelby, Mich. things that someone must do. stories used to appear in the Ladies ging at $8? F. At. Oehfukfl Satoewalngj Dr. W. C. McKInney....Davlsburg For fear you may believe that all Home Journal about the abandoned James J. Brakenberry....Bad Axe If you had taken the highly train- O. L. Miner MICH. POTATO GROWERS Marine City Elmer Powera Clio 150 Leaders Plan New John ~B, S t r a n g , Grand Ledge Frank Bostedor, Eaton this stuff I am telling you is just farms of New England. They were plain theory I beg you to turn your always illustrated by the picture of ed, intelligent management off the Will II.) Bailey, Dimondale EXCH. MICH. LIVE STOCK EXCH. E. A.'Beamer, Pres Bllssfleld Membership Policy C. M. Hunt, Mrs. F. 1 C. \Eaton Rapids Curtiss, Charlotte attention to what has bfcen done by an elderly woman, bent with the (Continued on page 3) Henry Curtis, Pres Cadillac (Continued from page 1) L. C. Kline, Charlotte men in other walks of life. When 1 weight of years, an old shawl over Fred Smith, Vlce-Pres, Elk Rapida W. J. Perry, Vlce-Pres shocked you a minute ago by saying her shoulders, her hand on a broken lett, member of the Legislature and GENESEE S. E. Rogers, Sec East Jordan Grand Blanc \V. W. Billings, Davison that the annual dues of the State gate partly ajar, looking back J. H. O'Mealey, Sec Hudson .secretary of the Macomb County O. S. Wood, Treas Barryton Mrs. W. W. Billings, Davison Farm Bureau will shoot up to ?25 toward the old farm house, and the Alex Lindsey, Treas Decker Farm Bureau; H. E. Powell, presi- Sidney Smith, Flint Geo. Wagar, Salea Mgr...Cadillac dent of the Ionia County Farm Bu- Mrs. S. S. Smith, Flint within only a few years to come, I sun was setting in the west at the J. D. Robinson Levering Edward Dippey Perry \V. C. Piiter, Clio. R-l reau; J. T. Horner, Professor of Ag- had in mind the fact that any man same moment. The sun usually does Chas. Woodruff Hastings GRATIOT J. T. Bussey B. A. Rasmussen MICHIGAN Provemont Sheridan Ray D. Harper FRUIT GROWERS, INC. St. Johns ricultural Economics of the Michigan Agricultural College; Dr. Eben F. B. Himes, Perrinton R. C. Blank, Perrington who may tomorrow morning join set in the west, so they were safe in the Electrical Workers' Union of putting that in the picture. POULTRY M. D. Busklrk, Pres Paw Paw Charles Brown John FrankMiller Obrest Sunfleld Coloma Breckenrldge Mumford, Professor of Rural Soci- HILLSDALE Bessie L. Keller, Hillsdale Chicago, will pay annual dues of $50 There are abandoned farms in ^FARM Amos Tucker, 1 V. Pres Allan B. Graham Elbert* ology of the JVI. A. C, and Dr. Ken- Dr. A. Z. Nichols. Hillsdale a year, and you may be interested in New England, abandoned primarily South Haven P. D. Leavenworth..Grand Rapida yon L. Butterfield, President of the HURON knowing that on top of that he will Earl C. McCarty, Bad Axe because there was never any reason W. J. Schultz Hart Michigan Agricultural College. pay an admission fee of $200, and for their being farms. But if you Herbert Nafzlger, 2 V. P...Millburg P. L. Bradford, Sec. -Treas L. A. Hawley Ludlngton Dr. Butterfield endorsed what Mr. R. L. Helm, Ionia IONIA will pay the business agent $100. should go to a valley farm in Ver- Y^S^ji^rcHaY H. E. Rowell, Ionia Benton Harbor C. J. Chrestensen Onekama Wilson had said and expressed his INGHAM In other words it will cost him 350 mont you might induce the present F. L. Granger, Sales Mgr H. W. Gowdy Union Pier gratification at the fact that so prac- C. R. Bement, Mason good round dollars to join the Elec- occupant to abandon it by paying the Benton Harbor O. R. Gale Shelby tical a plan had been worked out G. \V. Nichols, Stockbridge J. T. Horner, E. Lansing trical Workers' Union. If you are price. I saw the actual sale price EXTRA QUALITY EGG BRED CHICKS D. H. Brake Fremont John Lang Sodus for utilizing all of the elements of C. V. Ballard, E. Lansing interested in these matters at all, for the land in that vicinity increase Henry Namita Bridgman John Bottema Spring Lake community spirit for developing a Eben Mumford, E. Lansing W. H. Golden, Lansing you will find that the average dues 400 per cent in a few years. I might Reduced Prices ! J. F. Higbee Benton Harbor Bert Glen son Lawrenr* general organization which would Dr. K. S. Butterfield, E. Lansing paid by a workman to his craft or- confess the only way I got out at all W h i t e Leghorns, Brown Leghorns, S. C. Miller Overton American Bangor F a r m Bureau O. L.Federation Brody Lansing sponsor every movement looking to- G. A. Nahstoll, E. Lansing Anconas, Barred Rocks ganization are in the neighborhood was through the increase in the val- Strong', s t u r d y , N e w t o n h a t c h e d e h i o k s , O. E. BRADFUTE Harry Hogue President Sodus ward the development of a more T. T. Biddell, E. Lansing of ?50 a year. That is NOW—TO- uation of the land and not the skill p r o d u c e d on o u r o w n m o d e r n 65-acre GENERAL OFFICES A. F . B. F 68 East Washington St., Chicago satisfying rural life. R. J. Baldwin, E. Lansing DAY! p o u l t r y f a r m from flocks s p e c i a l l y culled EDWT B. REID Washington Representative of the operator. and mated under our personal super- In the proposed type of member- C. L. Brody, Lansing I doubt seriously whether any vision. Barron English and Hollywood LEGISLATIVE HEADQUARTERS Munsey Bldg., Washington, D. C. ship campaign all of the actual Mrs. C. L. Brody, Lansing Why Values Increase s t r a i n S. C. W h i t e L e g h o r n s . S h e p p a r d ' s craft union in America today has in What caused that increase in A n c o n a s , d i r e c t from S h e p p a r d Farm. membership work will be done by ISABELLA W. J. Hazelwood, Mt. Pleasant it the potential possibilities of serv- land value? The short sighted econ- Shipped p o s t p a i d . 1 0 0 % live d e l i v e r y volunteer workers. g u a r a n t e e d . O r d e r n o w for M a y d e livery Mrs. W. .1. Hazelwood, Mt. Pleas ing either itself or society any more At least a dozen Michigan coun- ant omist used to tell me in school that a t the following p r i c e s : effectively than the great farming land values were affected by loca- 50 100 500 THE STATE FARM BUREAU'S PROGRAM ties will put on this type of cam- JACKSON M. L. Noon, Jackson organizations of the United States. tion, access to market and that 'sort W h . & Br. Leghorns, An- TAXATION—- Relief for sorely burdened farm property by K. E. Decker, Jackson conas, selected m a t i n g $!>.!>0 $10 $45 paign this summer for renewing On the contrary, there is in America of thing. As a matter of fact, that E x t r a selected m a t i n g 6.50 12 55 their Farm Bureau memberships. • KALAMAZOO enaction of: S. P. Sexton, Kalamazoo today no organized group, or par- part of Vermont never changed lo- B a r r e d Uo<-ks j 6.00 14 65 (n) Two cent gasoline tax for highway funds. Walter H. Weinberg, Vicksburg 8 40> ) tially organized group that can hold Mixed C h i c k s or B r o i l e r s . . 4.00^ (ENACTED, Jan. 29, 1924) KENT cation at all in that period of years. T H O U S A N D L O T S : W h . or B r . L e g - a candle to what the organized farm- If there is anything Vermont does, Horns, A n c o n a s , s e l e c t e d m a t i n g , | 8 5 ; (b) State Income Tax in place of State's gen- eral property levy, (c) Law forbidding any more tax exempt secur- MANYITTENDED Wm, J., Thomas, Cannonsburg M. B. McPhersbn, Lowell Keats K. Vining, Grand Rapids LUCE ers of America can do" and ultimate- it is to sit tight. The climate did extra, ly will do. ~i am constrained to be- not change at all. They stiil have selected Rocks, $i:',0; Mixed w Broilers, $80. mating, %\Qh; 1'rices for J u n e 8-15 d e l i v e r y , l c p e r Barred ities, (d) Equalization of assessment of farm and city property in accordance with sales values of F. B. MEMBERSHIP Verold F. Gottnelv, Newberry MACOMB Wm. .J. Haven, New Haven R. G. Potts, Washington lieve that most of the people here winters in Vermont. One old chap chick less. this afternoon are one with me in told me once the only criticism he chick the thinking I am doing out loud. P r i c e s a f t e r J u n e 3 5 d e l i v e r y , 2c p e r less. TOWN LINE POULTRY FARM had of Vermont was he had to drae same. TRANSPORTATION—Immediate application of Michigan Zone Rate decision to save farmer shippers In 69 RALLY AT LANSING Geo. S. Htdrick, Mt. Clemens MONROE Gordon Wagar, Carleton Mrs. Edith M. Wagar, Carleton what I started, however, to tell you of around on wheels nearly five months Zeeland, happened in the Chamber of " T h e Personal Service H a t c h e r y " Mich. R. F. D. No. 1, Box 17 C. L. Burton, Monroe Commerce field. The • organized counties $500,000 annually. Somp Bureau Members Drove Mrs. Rosalia C Vivian, Monroe business man is not much different. r ?\ MARKETING— Extension of sound co-operative marketing MONTCALM program now well under way in Michigan. Over 200 Miles to Arlo Calkins, Lakeview Lucius talkins, Lakeview Why, bless your hearts, I was born on a farm. I taught a district MAKE CHICKS GROW AND HENS LAY LEGISLATION— Passage of the Capper-French Trnth-in- W. F. Kiiifcsbury, Greenville Fluffy chicks are only babies. They need feed adapted to their delicate l'abiic bill, completion and operation of the Take Part MUSKEGON school and boarded around. If there digestive tracts, feed that will make them big and healthy. MICHIGAN E. E. Plerson, Ravenna is any further education necessary BUTTERMILK CHICK MASH will do that. Hens give better egg pro- V. S. Muscle Shoals Nitrates plant and Milton Van Frank, Muskegon duction on MICHIGAN EGG MASH. See your co-op or Farm Bureau manufacture of fertilizer; opposition to any Below is an almost complete liet SAGINAW for me, tell me what it is. agent. form of sales tax or of consumption tax, re- of those who attended the big mem- A. B. Love, Saginaw Business Men, Farmers Alike MICHIGAN FARM BUREAU SUPPLY SERVICE, Lansing, Mich. Tom <'. Pi ice, Saginaw tention of federal income tax. bership rally at State Farm Bureau SHIAWASSEE At a meeting last Friday noon of headquarters at Lansing, April 14, a Floyd F. "Walworth. Corunna the Executives Club of Chicago, the .1. V. Sheap, Owosso full account of which is given in this J. Fred Smith, Byron speaker from Aurora, at the opening edition of the News. A number of ST. CLAIR of his talk took a census of the men A UNITED FRONT FOR AGRICULTURE C. L. Nash, Port Huron folks who were there failed to regis- VAN BUREN in the room. The Executives Club is T h e p r o b l e m s c o n f r o n t i n g u s as farmers today a r e such as to ter, and while we are able to present H. E. MerrUt, South Haven made up of Chicago men who own Wm. F.SJohnston, Paw Paw their own business. That is, most r e q u i r e o u r best i n d i v i d u a l t h o u g h t a n d to d e m a n d for t h e i r some of them in this list, we cannot M. D. Buskirk, Paw Paw be sure that we have all of them. F. E. Warner, South Haven of them do. The regulation has been solution the most effective work of our various a g r i c u l t u r a l C. E. Buskirk, Paw Paw held rather strictly. Where do you These are the folks who attended, WAYNE agencies a n d o r g a n i z a t i o n s . This is certainly n o t i m e for and it will be noted by their coun- Mrs. Albert Ebersole, Plymouth suppose those men came from? The Mrs. Albert Ebersole,, Plymouth first question he asked was, "How jealousies or m i s u n d e r s t a n d i n g s to c r e e p in and h a m p e r in any ties that some of them drove 200 I-. Clement, Plymouth miles and better that day in order Mrs. L. Clement, Plymouth many of you men were born in Chi- Wm. Briston, Flat Rock w a y t h e p r o g r e s s of a n y m o v e m e n t s looking t o w a r d t h e relief of a g r i c u l t u r e a n d the d e v e l o p m e n t of a happier, n o b l e r a n d m o r e satisfying r u r a l life. Those who would for a single to attend the big membership meet- ing. ALLEGAN COUNTY Floyd Barden, South Haven Ralph Qrarr, Hearborn Sylvester SheaJr, Bedford Lois S. Shear, Bedford M. Corbett, Dearborn cago? Raise your hands". A few hands, maybe a dozen, went up in that room where more than 500 men YOU NEED LIME ret M. Losey, Dearborn were taking luncheon. He said, to produce fertile, productive fields. Lime will sweeten m o m e n t c o u n t e n a n c e a n d t o l e r a t e any such spirit of friction and Mis. Floyd Barden, South Haven Mrs. C. Rudolph, Bedford "How many of you were born either O. 1. Gregg, Allegan WASHTENAW ill will a r e certainly t r a i t o r s to the best interests of Michigan ANTRIM Chas. A. Thomas, Ann Arbor on farms or in villages of less than acid soil, and release plant food. Lime makes heavy clay Fred Smith, Elk Rapids W. McCalia, Ypsilanti 5,000?" A whole army of hands agriculture. ARENAC II. S. Osier, Ann Arbor soil more porous and tillable. Solvay is high in carbon^ WEXFORD went up. Easily ninety-live per cent H o l d i n g the views above expressed, it is w i t h no little satis- Douglas Black, Twining Kenneth (icsterhout, Cadillac of the business men in Chicago to- ates, is furnace'dried and non-caustic—is the safest, BARRY Henry Curtis, Cadillac faction t h a t we receive t h e r e p o r t of a j o i n t m e e t i n g of t h e Fred H. Elliott Earl McNltt, Cadillac day in a club that is made up of men cheapest and most profitable lime t o use. Shipped in bulk Paul .J. Rood, Hastings Arthur S. Cassety, Meauwataka who control their own business, were if. A. 0 . a u t h o r i t i e s a n d S t a t e G r a n g e leaders r e c e n t l y held at Peter Kunz, Hastings !•:. C. Eckert, Freeport Worth One More Man born on farms or in small towns. or in ioo-lb. bags. t h e College for the p u r p o s e of discussing w a y s a n d m e a n s where- .John C. Killick, Doster W. K. Harper, Middlevllle and Another 60 Acres There is a main street in Chicago just as there is in Allegan or Howell. Send for the new Solvay by t h e extension services of the College a n d the -subordinate and A. M. Edmunds, Bedford booklet on lime—it's free! P o m o n a G r a n g e s could be b r o u g h t into a closer a n d more har- BERRIEN .7. A. Richards, Eau Claire "Two tons1 of limestone and 200 I seriously doubt whether there is .Mis. Ida Richards, Eau Claire lbs. of acid phosphate per acre will any very grave difference between m o n i o u s a n d effective w o r k i n g r e l a t i o n s h i p . .1. <'. Boyle, Buchanan H. J. Lurkins, St. Joseph make you more money than if you your humble servant on the farm or £^£ J~ -^~ T h e S o l v a y P r o c e s s C o . We were also glad to note t h a t t h e M i c h i g a n S t a t e F a r m Mrs. Katherine Lurkins, St. hire a man and farm another 60 in Chicago. I suspect that the think- _, V 7501 West Jefferson Ave. Jogeph acres," M. A,. C. soils dep't men were ing I do in one spot resembles very Detroit, Mich. B u r e a u was alst> represented a t this conference a n d t h a t its CALHOUN Elmer H. Hall, Albion heard to say again and again to closely the thinking I might do in l e a d e r s a r e h e a r t i l y behind the proposed p r o g r a m of fuller and Mis. Elmer E. Ball, Albion farmers bringing soil samples to the the other. Sold by I-;. E. Saoxrider, Marshall more compl. ' . r a t i o n . We have often t h o u g h t t h a t if we Reed R. Cartey, Marshall New York Central soils fertility How They Succeed A. H. Sherman, Homer train, which? toured all Southern Chambers of Commerce in hun- COUld have all the inspiring history, all the w a r m f r a t e r n a l feel- A. H. Sherman, Homer Michigan two weeks ago. These dreds of American cities have built CLINTON ing, all t h e high moral t e a c h i n g s a n d all t h e splendid educational Geo. Bateman, Grand Ledge seem to be the ingredients Michigan Mrs. Geo. Bateman, Grand Ledge soils need most to increase crop their membership on this funda- LOCAL a n d social a d v a n t a g e s of t h e (ileaners, the ( . r a n g e a n d t h e Elliot Bouck, Eagle 11. V. Kittle. St. Johns mental,—namely, that, you ought to yield and hasten maturity. You can c o n t r i b u t e s o m e t i m e a n d s o m e eiieis, DEALERS •oked u p with the scientific a n d EATON get Farm Bureau guaranteed qual- gy t o y o u r own ltx-al C h a m b e r o f i E. P. Reynolds, Olivet technical ki a m i e q u i p m e n t of our M i c h i g a n Agricul- S. U. Cook, Grand Ledge ity brands from your co-op. Commerce because you owe society Clair Taylor, Charlotte HHHHHI^HHHi 1PBIL 2 4 , 1 0 2 5 MICHIGAN FARM BUREAU NEWS THRfit cy appropriation is granted, many Marshall Farmers Elevator. RURAL FINANCE thousands of dollars of federal aid will have to be returned to Washing- Lucius Wilson Says To 30,000 News Readers The business man does it over and over again. There are hundreds of cities, yes, thousands of cities in The Ohio Farm Bureau in its re- cent plan of organization paid no man for membership work in the Martin F a r m e r s Co-op Exch. Mason, Ingham Co. Farm Bur. Quincy Co-op Elevator Ravenna, K. E. Pierson, R - l Reading Co-op Company Mecosta Marketing Ass'n Rock ford, Geo. B. Cole BIILS APPROVED ton unused because state funds will not be available to match this fed- eral money. (Continued from page two) thin soil of Connecticut and put it America where business men of to- day have been educated that they must expect to give a week or so of field. Every bit of membership work in nine counties was done by volunteer farmers in those nine Merrill, Chas B o w Merrill, Martin B. Price Middleton Farm Bureau Elevator Rook ford Co-op Elev. Rodney Co-op Ass'n Richland, C. F. Bissell on the black lands of Mississippi, BY LEGISLATURE "We regard bovine tuberculosis as a serious menace, not only to the and if you had taken the shiftless, careless negro labor of Mississippi their time going out on the streets and telling other business men to counties. In order to do the super- visory work necessary a number of Middlevllle Co»op Shpg. Ass'n. Middleville Co-op Ass'n Midland Co-op Ass'n Rives Jet., W. S. Wood. St. Charles, Geo. Luttenbacher; Walter Sandford dairy and live stock industry in and^put it on the thin soil of Con- get into t h e Chamber of Commerce automobiles had t o be hired. But St. Johns, Agr'l Ass'n. Midland. Chas. Lamphierd, R-8 Saline, Adolph Feldoamp. appropriations Recommended Michigan, but also to the health of necticut, you would by the same pro- and do their part. I want # to impress do you know that at the close of Midland, Roy Walker Saline, Austin Robinson; A. E. our citizens and their children, as cess have interchanged the sale price this upon you as strongly as I can: that campaign, Mr. Head, who had Milan, E. O. Lbveland Cole; Sigmund Klager By Bureau Passed At it is today a generally accepted and of the two pieces of land! The business man's nature is neither charge of the campaign, wrote m e Moline Co-op Elevator Shepherd Co-op Marketing Ass'n Montgomery, T r i - S t a t e Co-op. Sherwood Co-op Company well established fact that this dread better nor worse than yours, but the that out of thirty automobiles that Desired Levels disease is transmissible to mankind After all, it is a basic, eco- business man was lucky, if you the farmer owners in almost every Moscow Co-op Ass'n Shulte Co-op Creamery Sparta, Co-oj> Ass'n. nomic truth that the material Mosherville Co-op Ass'n Springport, Will C. Ford. through the drinking of milk from tilings of life have their val- please, in that his Chambers of Com- case have refused to turn in their Stanwood Marketing Ass'n Mt. Pleasant Co-op Elev. IOON WRITES SENATORS infected cows. ue given to them by the en- merce were taught years ago that bills? Mulr Co-op Livestock S a g Ass'n Stoefcbridge, G. W. Nichols, Sturgis Co-op Ass'n. "We approve the splendid progress ergy, inventive enterprise you must aim at t h e indirect return If you will appeal to men Muskegon Co. Farm Bureau Sturgis, W. R. Sturgis made to date in eradication of bovine and not the direct return if you ex- as citizens, as human beings, Napoleon Co-op Ass'n Sunneld Co-op Sh'pg Ass'n Resolutions Adopted by Board and intelligence of the men pect t o have the organization live. if you will g o a t them from Nashville Co-op Elevator. Swartz Creek, W. H. Short tuberculosis from Michigan herds who use them. Tekonsha Co-op Co. Niles, St. Joe Valley Shipp'g Ass'n Of Directors Help Win and earnestly urge that sufficient Land is worth nothing un- That is true of the Farm Bureau. that angle, they will respond North Adams Co-op Ass'n Three Oaks Shipping Ass'n Three Rivers Co-op Exchange state money v i l l be provided so that less a man uses it. It be- You say the farmer won't quit his in the same terms that you Union City Co-op Co. Favorable Action we may use the full amount of the approach them. North Branch, P. F. Heenan Oakley Farm Bureau Local Waldron Co-op Ass'n comes immensely valuable work and in an organized way go W a yland, Fred Hilbert federal aid available for Michigan when a man knows exactly out for three or four days and call I can sum up everything I have Ortonville Shipping Ass'n Whittemore Lake, Owen Steffee State Capitol, April 2 2 . — a f t e r and in the very near future carry said to you today in one single prov- > Co-op Ass'n Williamston Producers Kiev. how to use it. on a list of neighbors. Why won't Owosso Farmers' Co-op Elev. Wixom Co-op Ass'n Ihanging in the balance for weeks, out the eradication and clean-up erb of that wise old King Solomon, Oxford, Oakland Farm Bur. Local Woodland F. B. Elevator. In teaching men how to use the he? P a r m a Co-op Elev. Ithree vitally important agricultural campaigns in the 22 counties which who said that "Where there is no Ypsilanti F a r m Bureau Ass'n. farms of today and the farms of the What It Really Means Perrinton, Robert Blank. appropriation bills have finally been have provided the local funds, but vision the people perish." Pittsford Co-op Ass'n future, organized agriculture has You owe it to your generation, Plainwell F a r m e r s Co-op. approved at the desired levels by in which the work has not been taken its greatest step, I believe, in and on that rock you have to found Plvmouth, Mr. Clemens both of the legislative branches. started as yet because of the limited These are the Espie bill, providing state resources appropriated for this laying hold of the boys and girls. whatever faith you have in your or- I have only a little hope for you ganization. The average man on the KNOW W H A T YOU ARE FEEDING Portland F a r m Bureau. Prattville Co-op Ass'n an emergency appropriation of project." folks here—only a little. I have un- farm, in the city, or half way be- Farm Kitchens With Michigan Milkmaker, 24 per cent protein, good results are not surprising. T h e feed ingredients are listed pound for pound on t h e $100,000 for continuing the bovine tag. E v e r y dairyman's knowledge of feedstuffs O. K.'s that formula limited faith in wha't the growing tween, is a pretty decent sort of an tuberculosis eradication campaign? Enforcements of Standards Is the title of Bulletin No. as an economical milk producer. 260 co-ops stock Milkmaker. Ask for it. boy and girl of the next generation individual if you will approach him MICHIGAN FARM B U R E A U SUPPLY SERVICE, Lansing, Mich. during the balance of the present 37, a very interesting booklet fiscal year, t h e . Brake bill Betting of Farm Products Essential will do. Every generation that from that side. If you make the America has produced has given to mistake of going to htm and trying just put out by the household C= aside $50,000 for each of the next "RESOLVED, that we are con- the world new advances almost un- to buy his loyalty to the State Farm management and agricultural two yeafs for the State Department vinced that successful marketing of engineering sections of the believable. T H E ORGANIZATION Bureau, and maybe arouse in his of Agriculture for inspection service Michigan farm products can only be OF BOYS AND GIRLS THROUGH mind every selfish instinct he has, Michigan Agricultural College. KEYSTONE HATCHERY CHICKS and for enforcing grades and stan- based on satisfactory quality which It tells how to make things Leading best strains In varieties mentioned below. Quality THE ORGANIZED FARMER is the then you would have to buy him and dards of Michigan fruits and other is measured in terms of well estab- easy in one's kitchen, by ar- all along the line is our Motto. BLOOD T E S T E D STOCK. one best way to train them for the you would never get the man; but, tkA 50 100 500 1000 farm producce, and the Warner bill lished and commonly accepted rangement, by installation of 7M Forman Strain Barred R o c k i . . . .$9.50 $18.00 $85.00 $165.00 standards and grades and w e there- actualities of the years to come. if you will go to him soundly and allowing $25,000 for each of the handy devices. It contains lots 5T / V - / 4 B Selected Barred Rocks 8.00 15.00 70.00 135.00 fore commend the Michigan Legisla- The Value of Education sanely as one citizen to another and next two years for fighting the Euro- of good pointers. It may be .>••< Mt Single Comb Reds tors for the careful attention which Down at Springfield, Mass., is say, "John Smith, you are an Ameri- had for the asking, and is well (Int. Laying Contest Stock).. 9.50 18.00 85.00 165.00 pean Corn Borer. Extra Selected S. C. & R. C. Reds 9.00 17.00 80.00 155.00 they have given to the establishment the Eastern States Exposition, to my can of today in the midst of all the worth asking for. A postcard As passed by the House the Brake Selected S. C. ft R. C. R e d s . . . . 8.00 15.00 70.00 135.00 and revision of such standards for mind the most important agricultur- advantages, of all the •pportunities to the M. A. C. Bulletin Office Wh. Rocks ft Wh. Wyandottes 9.00 17.00 80.00 155.00 bill had been cut down to $25,000 Tancred Amtr. Wh. Leghorns 8.00 15.00 70.00 135.00 Michigan fruit, vegetables and pota- al fair on the continent. Its funda- that come to you a s an American. will bring it. and the Warner bill to $ 1 2 , 0 0 0 , but toes. Utility and English Barron mental principle of operation is to You owe it to this day and this gen- . . . W h i t e Leghorns 6.50 12.00 60.00 115.00 these amounts were restored to the "We feel that such action will exhibit the project instead of the eration and to your children, to go Mixed heavies 6.50 12.00 60.00 higher level by the Senate Commit- product. In other words, instead of out next week and do whatever lies Mixed all varieties 6.00 11.00 50.00 tee on Agriculture and later passed benefit both the producer and the Nitrogen and Potash For delivery May IBth to June 16th, deduct Jc per chick from above prices. For de- putting a bushel of Maine potatoes in you for the betterment of your the Senate without a dissenting vote. consumer and wjll result in an in- livery after June 15th deduct 4c from the above prices. into a basket and setting them up organization," you will g e t , your When the bills were returned to the creased attitude of confidence and If it is real EGG LAYING QUALITY that you want in your Chicks, Keystone on the counter for exhibition, they man. For most men will respond to Nitrogen fertilizer should be pur- Chicks will fill the bill for you. T h e v are Winners in Laying Contests in Michigan, House the Senate increases were ap- respect in Michigan farm products Missouri, Connecticut, Canada, etc. G e t our Literature Riving these winnings be- chased only when insufficient ma- fore buying Chicks elsewhere, or order direct from this ad. in the home and out-state markets. ^ n n g down the boys and girls w h c f l h a t appeal. proved unanimously. nure and green manures are used. LANSING KEYSTONE H A T C H E R Y , Dept. 100, Lansing, Mich. Bureau's Requests Granted "We would suggest, however, that raised the greatest product per acre Again I ask you: If any reputable It is the highest priced ingredient. Passage of these important rural these desired r e s u l t of grading and in the best county of the state of citizen will come to me and ask me Potash seldom pays dividends except appropriation bills in the desired standardization can be secured only Maine. They bring those boys and to give my time on behalf of an or- on alfalfa and clover, where it is e s - form may well be regarded as due as these grades are interpreted and girls down there and have them tell ganisation that makes for the bet- sential, says the Mich. Agr'l Col. enforced by the State Department of to Farm Bureau support. these measures were planks in the Farm Bureau's legislative platform, All of Agriculture. We, therefore, stress the importance of adequate appro- how they did it. This same thing is terment of my children, will I go? done with a very great variety of Let me repeat. T h e average man organized boys' and girls' activities. is a pretty decent sort of an in- soils dep't. It's T i m e to Lime! priations to make this inspection laid down by the delegates at the last annual meeting of the State work possible and urge that Repre- sentative Brake's bill which has al- In the Women's Building at dividual. Springfield, you will find a series give and give and give for the of raised platforms about the height benefit of The average man will society, because he is 175 LOCAL POINTS DON'T DELAY Farm Bureau. ready passed the House be amended Acting under those definite in- in the Senate to provide for at least structions fr,om the membership, the $50,000 for this purpose." of this table, and at different times smart e n o u g h t o know that tile de- during each day these raised plat- velopment of civilization has come NOW GIVING OUT DO IT NOW I N S U R E your clover or alfalfa crop by using Prance Agricul- forms are occupied by boys or girls out of those things w e have done for State Farm Bureau has fought un- ceasingly for the passage of these Demand Immediate Action to bills in the desired form. Discour- from 6 or 8 states who have dis- society and not out of t h e tilings w e tinguished themselves as the doers have done for ourselves. WOOL CONTRACTS tural Limestone Meal. LIMESTONE is the only practical way of insuring your legume aging opposition was encountered, Check European Corn Borer of the best work in their clubs. It Consider T h i s : . The time is getting short for get- crops. but finally overcome. "RESOLVED, that w e view with is some distinction to be taken from Carry this further. The average ting contracts for the 1925 wool U S E limestone now before seeding alfalfa; use good seed and Probably the final push which apprehension the rapidly enlarging Maine and brought down to Spring- man likes to do something for so- pool. Soon a closing date for ac- watch it grow. which brought these three bills area in southeastern Michigan which field a s the outstanding boy or girl ciety. You, again, w h o have Reach- cepting contracts will be announced, FRANCE AGRICULTURAL LIMESTONE MEAL can be de- through to such an overwhelming is already infested with the Euro- in that particular line of human en- ed middle life, suppose you were after which no contracts can be ac- livered to any Station in Southern Michigan at a very reasonable legislative endorsement w a s the fact pean Corn Borer and we are further deavor in the year! called upon tomorrow morning to cepted. cost. that the Bfcard of Directors of the alarmed at the increasing density of On one occasion, on one of these stand up in front of your Maker and Wool will be accepted only on con- The Michigan State Farm Bureau handles France Agricultural Michigan State Farm Bureau at their this infestation. raised platforms, a girl was giving give an account of your life. Would tract. Cash advancV upto 7 5 % of Limestone Meal. Ask for prices. regular meeting Tuesday, April 14, "In view of its spread in Michigan a demonstration of how to make gin- you begin by reciting to Him the the value of the graflkd wool will be adopted strong resolutions approv- during the last four years as well as gerbread. The equipment was about times you cheated your neighbors, made' to those a s k i n g V t . Advance ing these bills. President M. L: in the light of the experience of the same as you would find in a the times you gave watered milk, made promptly on arrivartfind grad- THE FRANCE STONE COMPANY Noon wrote each senator a personal other states, we respectfully urge high school domestic science depart- the times you were petty and mean? ing of wool at Columbus, O n V ware- 1800 S e c o n d National Hank Bldg., letter, enclosing copies of the reso- upon the Michigan Legislature the ment. This girl was about 14 years Not on your life! Suppose I put it house. Pool sales charge g*h^ran- Toledo, Ohio lutions. In writing to the senators, wisdom of granting the full amount old, had short skirts—although of more simply: Suppose I say that teed at 2% cents per lb. as last j President Noon declared: of the $25,000 requested by the De- course you can't tell much by that 'when you are sixty years old and freight extra, which averages about ii -J "Enclosed you will find copies of partment of Agriculture for combat- these days—and she .was the winner have the fortune to be surrounded 1 cent a pound. The work of organ- resolutions passed by the Board of ing and suppressing this serious pest in her club. S h e . had a big brown w i t h grandchildren, what do you tell izing the pool, etc., is financed by a Directors of the Michigan State which is menacing the chief farm mixing bowl in her arms, and while that little boy who trots out into charge of one-fifth of a cent a pound 7 Farm Bureau at their session April crop of southern Michigan and which she was stirring a w a y she was tell- the field with you in the morning to Farm Bureau members and one 14. These matters were given very is reported to have been found at- ing the audience down in front just Do you pull out of your memory cent to non-Farm Bureau members. why she did this, and why she put and tell him of all the times in your To Get careful consideration by our Direc- tacking 205 other varieties of plants, Two pools this year, one selling out tors, who come from all sections of plants. „ that in, etc. Down close to the life when you did the little, con- before September 1, the other be- Michigan, and we are Sure they rep- "Because of" the seriousness of the edge of the table in front of her was temptible, selfish things, or do .you tween Sept. 1 and March 1, 1926. resent the; views of the farmers of situation and because of the further an elderly w o m a n , — o n e of the recite to him those occasions when Albion Farmers Elev. Co. the state as a whole. fact that the United States govern- strong-minded variety. She was ap- you played the part of a man? Allen Co-op Ass'n "The Farm Bureau is greatly con- ment has agreed to allow Federal aid cerned in the eradication of plant for this project, we urge that at parently looking upv,n the girl up If you were called upon tomorrow there with disapproval. In her day morning to put into two heaps the Ann Arbor, George Klager Armada Farm Bureau Local Augusta, E. M. Cadwallader G u a r a n t e e d Seed,— and animal diseases that if allowed least $25,000 of state funds be set girls didn't get up on platforms and things you had done in your life, in Barryton Potato Shipping Ass'n to go unchecked will not only ruin aside for this purpose." tell people how to do things. She the one big heap the times when Battle Creek Co-op Ass'n. our agriculture economically, but didn't like it and in one of those you were petty and mean and con- Battle Creek, F. B. Garratt, R - l Go to your nearest co-operative ass'n and ask Ask Liberal Support For heaid all temptible, and cheated, and in the Bedford, Frank Parmele, R-2 some of which are Beriously detri- stage whispers that are in connection with Battle Creek for Michigan Farm Bureau Brand adapted field mental, to the health of both the M. A. C , Extension Work over she said, "Well! I've been mak- other little heap the times when you Co-op. li. averton Co-op Shipping Ass'n seeds. All our alfalfa and sweet clover is scarified farmer's family and the city con- "RESOLVED, that w e reaffirm ing gingerbread for forty years and gave money and thought and kind- Belding, L. D. Carpenter sumer. our attitude as expressed in our I never did anything like that." The ness and care, and then had to Bellevue Co-op Kiev. Co. and therefore all of it is quick to germinate. "The members of our organization resolution passed at our annual little girl without missing a stir of choose which of t h o s e two piles of are particularly anxious too, that the meeting as follows: her spoon, said, "Very well, if you things you would keep in your old Berlin Farm Bureau Ass'n liiK Rapids Building Ass'n \ Below is the front and back of a Michigan Farm Senate provide more liberal finances " 'RESOLVED, that we urge have been making gingerbread for age, it would not take you the thir- Big Rapids, Mecosta Co. Farm Bur. Bureau Brand seed tag for No. 1 Farm Bureau for the maintenance of the College forty years and h a t e not done this tieth part of a second to make the Blissfield Co-op Ass'n Brand medium clover. Note the complete informa- the Legislature to m a k e liber- Bronson Co-op Ass'n than were authorized in the bill as al appropriations for the Mich- you have not made as good ginger- decision. Brooklyn Co-op Ass'n. tion given. Note the binding guarantee as to passed by the House. igan Agricultural College to be bread as you should." And Remember This: Brown City, Edmund Curson "Since the meeting of our Direct- used for extension, investiga- Money Can't Buy P o i s e There is, if you please, a money Burr Oak Co-op Ass'n vitality, description, and purity. This is your as- ors Tuesday, we note with great sat- tion, research and the Btudy of What was it worth to the father value in upholding the standard of Byron Center Co-op Elev. surance of quality seed. isfaction that some of these meas- and mother of that girl that she service among your own neighbors. Cassopolis, Central Farmers' Ass'n agricultural marketing prob- O n t e r v l l l e Co-op Ass'n ures with which our resolutions deal lems/ should have acquired the mental What would your farm be worth if Chelsea, G. W. Coe. have been reported favorably by the "We feel that the cuts made by poise and mastery of her faculties every man surrounding it was ut- ('hesaning, Mr. L e e Ferden > SEED ANALYSIS TAG Senate committees. the House to the budget requests of that came in such good stead under terly selfish? Remember this, the Clare Farmers Ind. Producers Bag to which this is attached must be Meaclladi wttfc "The continued support of these this institution are very serious and those conditions? I know of noth- utterly selfish man reaches out and Clarkston Farm Bureau Local measures as they are reported out far-reaching in their consequence ing that comes out of education that g e t s w h a t he can whenever he can Clarksvllle Co-op Elev. Co. LOT NO. 9666 by your Honorable Body and your not only to the academic work of the is more valuable than poise. The get it. Civilization over a period of Clio, W. C. Filter #1 P . B . B . MEDIUM CLOVER Coldwater, Branch Co. Farm Bur. PURITY 9 9 . 4 8 > CROP SEEDS .28% further efforts to secure the increase College but also to its vitally import- experience, the training, the poise, 6,000 years has been compelled to Coidwater Co-op Co. to the minimum which has been re- ant program of research and agricul- the readiness, the mastery of human enact laws to hold us in check. To- INERT .12;*. WEED SEED .12% Coleman Farm Bureau Elev. Ass'n quested will be very greatly appre- tural extension, and w e therefore conditions that comes to the boys day we have learned that selfishness Constantine Co-op Buying & Sell- N0X. WEED 0 TOTAL KIVE SEED 9 6 9 ing A«s'n 6-DAY 0ER». 9 0 * HARD SEED 4 » ciated." strongly urge that increased amounts and girls through their own self- is short-sightedness. Coopersville Co-op Elevator Following are the resolutions be allowed to provide for these ser- actuated and well directed organized APRIL 1924 TEST MICHIGAN GROWN Twelve centuries ago there dwelt Corunna, Floyd Walworth passed by the Board of Directors and vices to the citizens of Michigan." efforts is of itself an education that along the lower Rhine river a cer- Davison, W. W. Billings; Ray £ FARM V Potter; Bert Stimpson Bl.'tUAl' sent to the Senators, together with All four of the above resolutions cannot be bought by money. tain class of men called nobles. They Decatur Co-op Ass'n If you have occasion to reft* to thU shipment always . BKANI' V the above letter from President were signed by all of the members of give Lot Number. F a r m e r and City Man had big stone castles at strategic Deerfield Co-op Ass'n Noon: XSm m m «M> /•» iiirMMl the State Farm Bureau Board of Di- Now let me round out what I points where the highway \)T Rhine Delton F. B. Kiev. Ass'n. rectors, as follows: want to say to you. There may be river could easily be commanded. Delton, D. W. Shepherd Urge Uninterrupted Battle M. L. Noon, Pres., Jackson. men in the room who will tell me These nobles sat in trreir big stone Dimondale, Will Bailey. Doster Farm Bureau Exchange Ags jainst Bovine Tuberculosis M. B. McPherson, V. P., Lowell. and who still honestly believe that castles and robbed the traveling Dundee, Earner Bros. W. W. Billings, Davison. although business men in the cities merchant of his goods, but after a Baton Rapids, Ward Bullen GUARANTEE "Resolved, that we commend the J. G. Boyle, Buchanan. can see the indirect returns that while even the robber baron dis- Eaton Rapids Co-op Ass'n. The Michigan State Farm Bureau Seed Department, Lan*in&, M. D. Buskirk, Paw Paw. come to them through their Cham- covered he could not make a s much Kan Claire Co-op Ass'n Michigan, guarantees the vitality, description snd purity of its members of the House of Represen- Elsie, H. T. L e w i s Farm Bureau Brands of Seeds to be as represented on price card tatives for their progressive and V. F. Gormely, Newberry. bers of Commerce, clearly enough to money when he held up and robbed Kvart Marketing Ass'n and analysts taft to the full amount of pur:has« price. So many statesmanlike attitude in passing, G. W. McCalla, Ypsilanti. induce them to go out on the streets and killed the traveling merchant as Flint, W. J. Taylor, R-8 factors, such as cultivation, soil and climatic conditions, efiect the Practically unanimously, the Espie E. C. McCarty, Bad Axe. and solicit membership a s a volun- when he sat down and quietly assess- Flushing, A. J. Bailey germination of the seed when sown and the resultant crop that it i* teer service, yet the farmers won't ed a very small toll against the pass- Freeland, John Vincent v«e us immediately and we will fcive disposition. campaigns during the remainder of Mix Stock in Cars lieve that. If I did I should lose those same merchants would come faith in my father and my grand- that way again and again. Fulton, Albert Codman ft Robert Frost. the present fiscal year. Caines, M. T. Cooney "We earnestly petition that the The Michigan Live Stock Exchange father and my great-great-grandfa- Unbridled selfishness will destroy Gladwin Co-op Shipping Ass'n bill be favorably considered by the Co-op Commission Merchants at De- ther and all the greats for something Ms own self. I am talking t h i s af- Gobies Co-op A s s ' n Senate Committees on Agriculture troit is strongly urging shippers to and Finance and Appropriations and refrain from mixing stock in cars. like seven generations. Getting membership in the ternoon about the species of enlight- ened selfishness called human na- Goodrich, Drew Ries Grant Co-op Creamery Gregory, Gene Gallup. Adapted Seed Always Gives that its profress through the Senate It is resulting in the arrival of many may be hastened. It is common cripples. Time again to be careful State Farm Bureau or Coun- ty F a r m Bureau is nothing ture. Enlightened selfishness is Hadley, C. P. Johnson Hanover Farmers' Co-op Ass'n. Dependable Results Hartford, Gleaners Elev. Company knowledge that unless this emergen- about overloading hogs. hut the human problem of the sort of selfishness to Hastings Co-op Elevator. Seed is about the most important factor in the educating other men to see which you must appeal in and realize that the indirect your great task of building Henderson. Paul Amos production of a crop. It is the one factor you can Highland Producers' Ass'n benefit coming from organiz- up the State F a r m Bureau, Hillsdale Co-op Ass'n control. Can you afford not to use the best? MICHIGAN MILKMAKER DAIRY FEED ««d ami intelligent effort, is the sort that m a k e s you will- Holly Grain & Produce Company Homer Farmers' Elev. Co. 24% Protein. , always worth more than you i n g to m a k e sacrifices for Your local co-op or Farm Bureau a g e n t can supply you. If you w a n t are called upon t o pay for it your organization, that you Howell, Livingston Co-op Ass'n. Hudson Co-op Ass'n Michigan Farm Bureau Seed Service to know what success others have had with it, write in time or money. That is m u s t tench t o y o u r own peo- MICHIGAN FARM B U R E A U S U P P L Y S E R V I C E , Lansing, Mich. the whole problem in a nut- ple. It ran be taught. The Imlay City, Fred Prltzel Lansing, Michigan Ionia, M. C. Stout shell. f a r m e r is r e c e p t i v e . Ithaca, Harold Mouser, R-6 Itliaca Stock Slipg. Ass'n Jackson County F a r m Bureau Jerome, Somerset Center Co-op Jones Co-op Ass'n Jones Co-operative Ass'n Jonesvile Co-op Ass'n Kalamazoo County Farm Bureau. Kalamazoo Farmers Produce Co. Kent City Farm Bureau. Manchester, Lake Lawrence Leonard Maple MarceUuB, Kapeer. Litchfield, Ass'nOdessa Rapids Clinton Farm Co-op Four Co-op Fred FF.aBureau rCounty Smith B. m Company Ass'n Spaford. Produce Bur.Local Co-op UnitEx. .-A. **-"* FOUR MICHIGAN FARM BUREAU NEWS A P R I L 24, 1925 r— T h e first step t o w a r d s e c u r i n g Money i s n ' t e v e r y t h i n g . T h e ex- Reapportionment Holds Attention at Lansing When We Analyze Ourselves BUSINESS NEWS B R O I L E R S W A N T E D Now is t h e t i m e t o sell y o u r p o u l t r y for t h e t o p p r i c e s a s poor yields is buying c h e a p seeds of pensive c a r s d o n ' t v i b r a t e e n o u g h to u n c e r t a i n history. s h a k e t h e m u d off. (Continued from page one) tended debate, this measure was ap- proved by the H o u s e , 73 t o 8. It Is Usually Encouraging tot tf\V 3c a word per Insertion for S or more Insertions; 3Vic a word for each of 2 insertions; 4 cents a word ' one n na insertion. InuArtlnn Count Cniin* each AOfVi t h e m a r k e t will soon d e c l i n e . F o r results and service ship SALT THAT POURS D u r i n g its c o n s i d e r a t i o n an a m e n d - •5- word, abbreviation and figura, In- to the cluding vrortia In signature, aa No one w h o h a s ever used N-C ( n o n - c a k i n g ) ment was adopted providing t h a t W e Find That Most Of Us we place it a g a i n s t t h e m a n y indi- word>i. Cash must accompany FARM B U B . P O U L T R Y L X C I I . salt can ever willingly go back to o r d i n a r y salt. not m o r e t h a n o n e m e m b e r of t h e rect r e t u r n s of s u c h a n o r g a n i z a - order. Mica. Farm Bureau New*. 2 0 1 0 R i o p e l l e Street N-C is t h e only g u a r a n t e e d n o n - c a k i n g salt C o u n t y Board of E d u c a t i o n might Are Meeting Life t i o n ? Why do we d e m a n d so much D e t r o i t , Mich. t h a t 6coops or p o u r s out of b a r r e l or b a g a year m o r e from t h a t fee t h a n we do of from now a s well a s today. A n d N-C costs you come from any o n e t o w n s h i p or city. Squarely any o t h e r like s u m e x p e n d e d d u r i n g POULTRY no m o r e ! T h i s provision will p r e v e n t t h e su- our year's operations? Why cannot pervision of r u r a l e d u c a t i o n from be- ing d o m i n a t e d by t h e city i n t e r e s t s . C h a By M B S . E D I T H M. W A G A R i r m a n F a r m B u r e a u H o m e a n d we feel t h a t it is a privilege to m a k e Anconas. o u r c o n t r i b u t i o n to t h e c a u s e of ag- EGGS PROM SHEPPARD STRAIN pard, Cockerels direct from Shep- $l..")() per 15; $U per hundred. C. M. Baby Chicks Ask y o u r co-op or local d e a l e r for N-C salt P a c k e d in 280 lb. bbls. a n d in 140, 100, 70, 5o] 25 lb. sacks. T h e r e hag been c o n s i d e r a b l e d i s s a t - We would like to describe and price Our BIG F O U R -stock s a l t ( m e d i c a t e d ) is a isfaction w i t h t h e p r e s e n t a r r a n g e - Community Work r i c u l t u r e r a t h e r t h a n a tax to be dol- Hlmebaugh, Lowell, Mich. - 1 4-20-2.-, our Baby Chicks to every F a r m Bureau member. w o n d e r f u l t o n i c , c o n d i t i o n e r a n d w o r m ex- ment whereby the County Commis- Does t h e s e l f i s h n e s s of t h e h u m a n ed out r e l u c t a n t l y a n d w a t c h e d sus- WHTTTAKERS T R A P N E S T E D peller. s i o n e r of Schools is elected a t l a r g e . r a c e c o n t r o l o u r a m b i t i o n s , r u l e o u r piciously? lihotle lslamls Reds. Michigan's Great- est Colot and Egg Strain. Both Combs. Barred and W h i t e Rocks; Rhode Is- KAtilNAW S A L T P R O D U C T S COMPANY It is c l a i m e d t h a t in c o u n t i e s h a v i n g lives a n d s h a p e o u r a c h i e v e m e n t s ? H u m a n N a t u r e is P e r v e r s e ('hicks and Eggs. Customers report up land Reds; W h i t e and S. L. Wyandottes; Saginaw, Michigan per cent flock production during Orpingtons; Black Minorcas; White, l a r g e cities, t h e School C o m m i s s i o n - Sometimes we are apt to t h i n k Last week I o v e r h e a r d a g r o u p of December Brown and Buff Leghorns. Send for cir- and January. Write for tree cular and price list. Live Delivery 100 e r often r e t a i n s h i s position t h r o u g h t h a t in t h i s b u s y , e v e r c h a n g i n g f a r m e r s tell of t h e i r experience with catalog. Intel lakes Farm, Box B, Law- INTRODUCING per cent guaranteed. p l a y i n g city politics r a t h e r t h a n be- w o r l d t h e old a d a g e , " E v e r y o n e for w h e a t t h e p a s t few m o n t h s . One rence, Mich. 5-7-25 c a u s e of his ability a l o n g r u r a l e d u - himself a n d t h e devil for t h e m a l l " told of b e i n g offered $2.10 a b u s h e l c a t i o n a l lines. T h e S n o w bill c h a n g - is* t h e s l o g a n t h a t t h e m a j o r i t y a r e b u t he t h o u g h t p e r h a p s es t h e t e r m County C o m m i s s i o n e r of following, but when we a n a l y z e con- r e a c h $ 2 . 2 5 , so he waited a n d fi- stock with good average production it BABY CUK'KS m i g h t White Leghorns Baby chicks that really are ENGLISH STRAIN with Special Pen. from PULLETS A N D COCKERELS Barred Rocks, R. I. Reds, Leghorns; 8 weeks and 3 months old, June and July Grandview Pedigree Chicks delivery. If you w i l l want Pullets, w r i t e HIGHEST OFFICIAL PRODUCTION PER EAST OF ROCKIES Schools, to C o u n t y S u p e r i n t e n d e n t d i t i o n s of e v e r y d a y life as we m e e t n a l l y sold for $1.68. He told it a s a and are protitahle to keep. We do not boast a few high individual records for for Pullet and Cockerel Circular. of Schools. T h i s bill is one of t h e t h e m , we find t h a t t h e m a j o r i t y of m a t t e r of c o u r s e , w i t h no fault find- bait. You get chicks from stock that p l a n k s in (he F a r m B u r e a u ' s legis- folks a r e s e r v i n g o t h e r s beside t h e m , ing, no s u s p i c i o n , n o refusal to g r o w size, has been bred and selected for uniform STATE FARMS ASSOCIATION lative program. selves in some form or o t h e r , — w h e a t a g a i n or to p a t r o n i z e h i s lo- shapedwith targe combs and deep weged- bodies. Layers of large white Masonic Temple, Kalamazoo, Michigan Member International Chick Association One of the i n t e r e s t i n g a n d s o m e - s o m e t i m e s unconsciously to be s u r e , cal d e a l e r in t h e f u t u r e , a n d s e e m - eggs that go above 24 ounces per dozen. chicks are priced right, quality Member Michigan State F a r m Bureau w h a t unexpected developments of b u t , n e v e r t h e l e s s t h a t help is b e i n g ingly w i t h n o r e g r e t s w h a t e v e r , — a t considered. I personally look after every the past week w a s t h e ^passage r e n d e r e d . l e a s t t h e y w e r e not on t h e s u r f a c e . detail. Write for particulars. Suburban Hatchery, Zeeland, Mich. 5-14-25 t h r o u g h t h e H o u s e , by a vote of F>7 Need .More of It I wondered just how differently t o 2 4 , of S e n a t o r . H o r t o n ' s bill, It is r e g r e t a b l e t h a t t h o u g h t for h e would h a v e t a l k e d a n d a p p e a r e d TANCRBD AND TOM BARRON ENG- lish White Leghorn baby chicks. Prom c h a n g i n g t h e n a m e of t h e Michigan o t h e r s h a s not been s t r e s s e d m o r e , if h e h a d placed his w h e a t w i t h a high grade stock. Write for circular A g r i c u l t u r a l College to t h e Michigan in t h e p r o c e s s i n g of t h e child m i n d co-operative e l e v a t o r of w h i c h he Columbia Hatchery, Holland, Mich. S t a t e College of A g r i c u l t u r e a n d Ap- until it h a s become a p e r m a n e n t was a distinct part, and the m a n a g e r 4-23-25 plied Science. There was n o de- t r a i t of c h a r a c t e r in e v e r y i n d i v i d u a l h a d m i s j u d g e d f u t u r e prices even in WHITH ANT) BUFF LEGHORNS $12 per hundred. Rocks and Reds $15.00 per bate on t h i s bill but w h e n t h e vote as h e m a t u r e s . If e v e r y d a y t r a i n i n g a small d e g r e e ? handled. For April delivery, 190 per cent was a n n o u n c e d , p r o l o n g e d c h e e r i n g of u n s e l f i s h n e s s , a p p r e c i a t i o n , l o y a l t y One of t h e best t h i n g s t h a t I h a v e Live Delivery Guaranteed. H. Koons, b r o k e loose, indicating that t h e a n d peace w e r e a p a r t of o u r school l e a r n e d since I h a v e been a s s i s t i n g Homer, Midi. 4-24-25 m e m b e r s had been w o r k e d up to a system j u s t t h e s a m e a s r e a d i n g , in t h i s co-operative m o v e m e n t is t h a t QUALITY RAHY CHICKS—SPECIAL h i g h p i t c h over t h i s issue. w r i t i n g a n d a r i t h m e t i c , I feel t h a t t h e g r e a t m a j o r i t y of folks a r e well high grade White Leghorn baby chicks offered from flocks mated to males from P r o b a b l y in an effort to show t h a t m any mistakes would n o t h a p p e n , m e a n i n g , t h o r o u g h l y honest a n d use Rckard'a strain. Holland Strain S. C. m u c h misery w o u l d be avoided a n d t h e i r best j u d g m e n t . I h a v e hea'rd chicks Brown Leghorns. Barred Rock baby even d e s p i t e t h i s n a m e c h a n g e , t h e from prize winners at the Holland College is to c o n t i n u e as a l e a d e r in all in all t h e s t a n d a r d s of h u m a n s o m e say to treat everybody Poultry show. 100% live delivery guar- anteed. Our flocks are carefully super- agricultural matters and p r o v i d e e n d e a v o r wou^d be m a n y n o t c h e s t h o u g h t h e y w e r e c r o o k e d u n t i l you vised and Hogan tested. Bank reference d e f i n i t e service for Michigan f a r m - h i g h e r t h a n it is w i t h o u r p r e s e n t k n o w they a r e different, b u t I w o u l d furnished. Write for prices and descrip- tive matter. Hillview Hatchery,, C. Boven, ers, t h e S e n a t e is t a k i n g a c t i o n t o system of s u b j e c t l e a r n i n g w h i c h r e c o m m e n d j u s t t h e r e v e r s e . T r e a t Prop. Box A, U. R. 12, Holland, Mich. If you c o n t e m p l a t e e r e c t i n g a materially increase the appropria- gives less a t t e n t i o n to c h a r a c t e r e v e r y b o d y you c o m e in c o n t a c t with Member Mich. State Farm Bureau. m o n u m e n t or s t o n e to t h e m e m o r y of t i o n s g r a n t e d b y . t h e H o u s e for m a i n - building. as though they were honest until 6-12-26 s o m e d e p a r t e d o n e , we solicit a n op- tenance and. agricultural extension It was a r a r e t r e a t to listen to Mr. you find t h e m o t h e r w i s e , t h e n give p o r t u n i t y to s u b m i t a n e s t i m a t e on L I V E STOCK t h e w o r k . T h e R. VV. C a r r shoos in work for t h e E a s t L a n s i n g i n s t i t u - Wilson of t h e G e n e r a l O r g a n i z a t i o n t h e m t h e benefit of a n y d o u b t u n t i l tion. T h e S e n a t e C o m m i t t e e h a s in- Co., of C h i c a g o , a s h e a p p e a r e d be- you can n o l o n g e r excuse t h e m . REGISTERED T. B. TESTED HERE- C h a r l o t t e a n d B a t t l e Creek ha/\ fords. We pun-based part of Allen Bros. l a r g e a n d c o m p l e t e a stock as yon c r e a s e d this- bill from $520,000 for fore t h e S t a t e B o a r d of D i r e c t o r s F u r t h e r , — y o u will be s u r p r i s e d to herd, 1'aw Paw, Mich. Offer bull, Re- t h e next t w o y e a r s as passed by t h e a n d 150 or more r e p r e s e n t a t i v e l e a r n how v e r y few t h e r e a r e t h a t peater 10th. Calved Oct. 192:i. Fine in- will find in Michigan. m e m b e r s of s o m e 30 C o u n t y F a r m a r e not w o r t h y of y o u r r e s p e c t . dividual. 1150.00. Also Bull, Woodland H o u s e , to $ 8 7 5 , 0 0 0 . Fanner, born 1919. Price $150. A. M. O u r prices a r e very r e a s o n a b l e and Representative Kirby's bill to B u r e a u s a few d a y s ago. Of c o u r s e , t h e r e a r e so m a n y Mich. Company Mint Farm, Mentha,. Todd 4-24-25 all o r d e r s a r e p r o m p t l y e x e c u t e d . a m e n d t h e Michigan g r a p e s t a n d a r d s H e told u s n o t h i n g b u t w h a t w e c h a n c e s of m i s u n d e r s t a n d i n g s , so P r i c e s a n d t e r m s to s u i t . all h a v e k n o w n , t h a t any e n d u r i n g FOR BALE — REGISTERED ..1RRSEY Grajidview S. C. W h i t e L e g h o r n chicks t r a v e l each w e e k to a l m o s t every h a s been passed by t h e S e n a t e u n a n i - m a n y cases of lack of i n f o r m a t i o n , W e g u a r a n t e e e v e r y s t o n e we section of A m e r i c a a n d a r e m a k i n g friends w h e r e v e r t h e y go. P o u l t r y m e n mously. o r g a n i z a t i o n m u s t be of a n a t u r e so m a n y p e c u l i a r d i s p o s i t i o n s to deal calves; also bull calves not related to heifers, out of heavy producing dams. place. w h o buy t h o u s a n d s of c h i c k s each y e a r a r e liberal in e n d o r s i n g G r a n d v i e w R e p e a l C o u n t y R o a d Aid so t h a t i t s least able m e m b e r k n o w s w i t h t h a t one m u s t h a v e w o r l d s of Best of breeding. C. E. Qeorge, Union C h i c k s b e c a u s e of t h e i r s t u r d y q u a l i t y , w h i c h m a k e s t h e p r o b l e m of chick City, Mich. / 4-23 tf W e a s k t h e privilege of s u b m i t t i n g T h e S t a t e of Michigan h a s defi- t h a t t h e r e is a p a r t for him to play r e s e r v e p a t i e n c e a n d e n d u r a n c e a n d r a i s i n g e a s y a n d simple. and a p l a c e for h i m to fill w h e r e b y o u r d e s i g n s a n d s a m p l e s a n d quot- G r a n d v i e w Chicks possess t h e p r o d u c t i o n b r e e d i n g .so e s s e n t i a l for heavy nitely a b a n d o n e d its policy of pay- s y m p a t h y , b u t l e t ' s b u r y t h e t r a i t of SEEDS A M ) PLANTS i n g you o u r prices. J ing s t a t e a w a r d s on c o u n t y r o a d s . he can r e n d e r a s s i s t a n c e to his fel- suspicion j u s t a s r a p i d l y a s possi- FOR SALE—CERTIFIED SEED AP- winter and year round production. 5—QEfc The Senate approved u n a n i m o u s l y l o w m a n , r a t h e r t h a n t h a t his sole ble. I t ' s t h e o n e b u g b e a r o r g a n i z e d proved and tested- by Michigan Crop Im- D r o p u s a c a r d for c o m p l e t e in- F r e e I l l u s t r a t e d C a t a l o g — d e s c r i b i n g o u r special m a t i n g s a n d low prices Rep, K i r b y ' s bill, which p e r m a n e n t - object in -being p a r t of it is to r e - a g r i c u l t u r e h a s to deal with tdday. provement Association; Worthy Oats, f o r m a t i o n today. on h i g h e s t q u a l i t y stock. Wisconsin' six Row Barley, Robust F r e e Service G u i d e e d i t e d by Prof. E. C. F o r e m a n to all G r a n d v i e w c u s - ly r e p e a l s those s e c t i o n s of t h e old ceive benefit or g r e a t profit or L e t ' s n o t h a v e o u r s l o g a n , " W h a t Beans; Pickett Corn, fire dried, germina- g e n e r a l h i g h w a y law w h i c h p r o v i d e d s o m e p e r s o n a l g a i n or h o n o r . H e told us w h e n we a p p e a l to " W h a t can I do t o h e l p ? " will I g e t o u t of i t ? " b u t r a t h e r , tion 98 per cent. W. R. Kirk & Sons, Fairgrove, Michigan. 4-26-25 R. W. CARR t o m e r s — b r i m f u l of l a t e s t p r a c t i c a l i n f o r m a t i o n on all p o u l t r y s u b j e c t s DEVRIES GRANDVIEW POULTRY FARM for t h e p a y m e n t of s u c h awards. Charlotte Battle Creek Z e e l a n d Michigan P a s s a g e of the K i r b y bill will n o t folks from t h e s t a n d p o i n t of t h e Consider the Knocker I&IGH YIELDING VARIETIES; CER- affect in a n y way t h e a p p r o x i m a t e l y i n d i v i d u a l himself r e n d e r i n g a s e r - tlfied Improved Robust Beans, Wiscon- W h e n e v e r w e see an a c t i v e p e r ^ ? « sin Pedigree Barley. Fritz Mantey, Fair- $6,000,000 of d e l i n q u e n t a w a r d s vice to h i s c o m m u n i t y a n d there- showing interest in some public grove, Mich. 5-14-25 n o w d u e to t h e c o u n t i e s - a n d t o w n - fore to himself, t h a t we begin t h e n m a t t e r , l e t ' s a t l e a s t g r a n ^ h i m a and t h e r e t o c o m m a n d a g r e a t e r d e - MISCELLANEOUS ships. hearing and then co-operate with The Senate has passed unanimous- g r e e of r e s p e c t from t h a t m a n a s FOR SALE—WHITE COLLIE PUPS. h i m if feasible. 4f n o t , l e t ' s give ly S e n a t o r Y o u n g ' s bill to place d e a l - well a s h e l p to c r e a t e a d e s i r e to be- h i m t h e c r e d i t of homing to be p r o - Roy Laberdy, Eau Claire, Mich., R. 3. 5-8-25 e r s in livestock remedies u n d e r come a p a r t of s u c h a n o r g a n i z a t i o n ; gressive a n d thoitfghtful and not s t r i c t r e g u l a t i o n a n d a s t r i n g e n t li- t h a t w h e n e v e r a n y o r g a n i z a t i o n a p - FOR SAI«£—MICHIGAN FARMS—G. P k n o c k t h e effort h e is s h o w i n g . It Phillips, Licensed Realtor and Auctioneer. cense s y s t e m . T h i s m e a s u r e is in- p r o a c h e s a p r o s p e c t i v e m e m b e r w i t h t a k e s n o e n e r g y , n o e d u c a t i o n , n o Bellevue, Mich, 5-21-25 t e n d e d to p r e v e n t f r a u d a n d d e c e p - an idea t h a t a r o u s e s his selfish in- effort a n d / n o c h a r a c t e r t o be a tion in t h e sale of so-called t o n i c s , s t i n c t , j u s t t h e n is c r e a t e d a feel- k n o c k e r / ' i t t a k e s c o u r a g e , condition powders, etc., which a r e v a ]d ing a c t u a l l y only c o m p o u n d s of c o m m o n when a free service of any k i n d is of u n s a t i s f i e d d e m a n d . c h e a p i n g r e d i e n t s , w h i c h h a v e promised i n - o n e y e a r , j u s t so s u r e l y ive m a n or w o m a n . L e t ' s h a v e t h e little m e d i c i n a l v a l u e a n d a r e ac- will t h e o r g a n i z a t i o n be a s k e d T h a t t m i n a t i o n a n d t h o u g h t f u l n e s s of o t h - o be a p u b l i c s p i r i t e d , p r o g r e s - m o s t i m p o r t a n t p l a n k of o u r or- deter- TIRES tually wtT.th b u t a s m a l l fraction of d o u b l e t h a t n e x t y e a r . t h e p r i c e tf&ed. S e v e r a l hearings How It Works ganization m a d e up qualities and then let's promote and of t h e latter CHICKS h a v e been heiu ° n t h i s bill b e f o r e I well recall t h e m a n t h a t / w a i foster t h a t d e p a r t m e n t a n d w a t c h it PURE the House Commifee ture. on A g r i c u l - a s k e d to j o i n u s way back in trfe b e - h e l p to d e v e l o p a n d e n c o u r a g e t h e V i c e - P r e s i d e n t M. B . Mc- ginnings of o u r , first membership rest. HOLLYWOOD STRAIN and p h e r s o n of t h e S t a t e FarU Buj^elrt. iWntfpaign*a ?!. 1). Y o u pay' t h e d e l i v e r y a g e n t o u r DATE u Gentlemen: p e r s . T H E Y A R E ! It will pay Pennsylvania denier, except our prices are low p r i c e a n d t h e t r a n s p o r t a t i o n c h a r g e . P l e a s e s e n d m e a 1 9 2 5 W o o l M a r k e t i n g C o n t r a c t . Also s a c k s you to s h i p y o u r stock t h e r e . lower. O u r c o m p l e t e p r i c e list, p u b l i s h e d DO N O T S E N D M O N E Y T O US. PRICES Tell y o u r co-op to bill y o u r for s h i p p i n g wool a t y o u r d i r e c t i o n . BREEDERS'DIRECTORY n e x t s h i p m e n t to u s . If you in t h e F a r m B u r e a u N e w s of A p r i l 10, A B E P . o . P>. G R A N D RAPIDS, WE I expect t o h a v e a b o u t lbs. of wool. ii h a v e n o co-op, get together stands, with this correction: 3 2 x 4 SS MAKE IMMEDIATE SHIPMENT ON H»r*fi»ril« R e & Cows with Calves by side with your neighbors a n d try Vacuum Cup Oversize cords should be THESE TIRES. 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