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Published Monthly 27th Year Decisions, Near In. '-egislature eau, said. "We had been thinking of Dick for some time. 'Ve were sure we were right when we learn. ed that Dick - ana Ruth Par- sons had teanH!l1 up for life. 'Wi! thin" Ruth will be ~ble to assist Dick in our Rural Youth dep't." This is the second time anot1i.er Farm Bureau has chosen a. Michi- gan Junior Farm Bureau leader to head a state program for rllral youth . .In 1948 "'isconsin Farm Bureau invited Guerdon Frost of Williamston to h~ad its youth pro- gram. Guerdon. was 11th state president of the Michigan Junior Farm..Bureau. Farm Bureau Shipping Lot of Superphosphate The Farm Bureau Services fer. tilizer plant at Saginaw is manu- facturing and shipping 200/0 supel'- Ilhosphate In quantity to Services fertilizer dea.lers, according to Freu Hal'ger. manager of production and manufacturing. Mr. Harger said there will be no shol'tage of super. Ilhosphate at the' Farm Bureau fertilizer plant. April Is Spring Clean-Up Month Alcona .Plans Gr~up To Study Schools April is Spring Clean-up Month for Michigan," Let's go over our home and buildings, premises and equipment with a program of clean- up and fix-up. It's time to get I'id ot I'ubbish that's always a fire hazard. Replace or repair worn electric cords. Tag the heating sys- tem for a good spring overhaul. Store gasoline and f1amma,bles awav fl'OIll bUildings. l\lake sure: that st~ps are. clear aud safe. Check need, for handrails. Repair or replace uu- safe laddel's. Clean-up and fix-Uil not only illakCll our farm safer, but certainly adds much to the appear- ance." . SATURDAY, APRIL 2, 1949 Dick Nelsons With CilIiforniaFarm Bureau Richard Nelson of Paw Paw, 9th president of the Michigan Junior Farm' Bureau, and Farm Bureal,l representative for District I, has accepted tIie position as head of the Rural Youth Department of the California Farm Bureau. Mr. Nelson takes up his n,ew du~ ties April 5 with a series of meet- ings In California. He will return to Michigan later for :'oIl'S.' Nelson, formerly Miss Ruth Parsons, 12th President of the Michigan Junior Farm Bureau. They will reside in Berkley. Frank Pierce, public relations director for C~lifornia Farm BUI'- FARM BUREAU INSURANCE CO. GOING AHEAD, .. Major Budget Bills Are Due to Appear Soon; The Farm Bureau :\Iutual In .• M surance Company of Michigan' hag Farmers Have Interest In any been in business since l\larch 7, M' B fL'. I t 1949, the - effective date of its easures e ore egIS a ure iicense from the Insul..an~e Dellart. B STANLEY M. POWELL ment of the state of l\hclllgan. Sen'- Y ice is limited to members of the With the April 4 election out of the way it is expected Michigan Farm Bureau. h h I k '1'1 h hI' I . h' Nile Vermillion, manager of the t at t e, awma ers WI . trow t e egIS atlve mac Inery com Pan)', says they started with into high gear and cro"",'d toward completion of the applications from 3,500 Farm Bu- .. b 5 .6 . k /'eau members for policies to .cover session In a out or wee s, cars and trucks. The o~fice began Appropriating committees are' well along with their issuing those policies anl,l is fin- isliiIig the job. It Is taking a hearings and investigations: . They have promised that little time as it invol~es s~ttin.;\' major budget bills will be reported thick arid fast in the" up the general accountlllg system .. !lnd . other mechanics for gettin b . very near future. It is altogether. too early to predIct t~~:ee\~o~~;~~~n~s s~~:~etn~o;;:~tlir; what these budget bills will total and. how large' the issuing Sui'plus Certificates for deficit will be if no new revenue IS provided. the investment that Fa/'ln Bureau .' members have made in the Com- It seems safe to. predict that it will be a far lower pan. y to ~r().vide its ~perating fiaure than' $6 J million. operating deficit which Gov- capital. ThIS mvolves settmg up a ., system of records, a system for eroor Williams stated would result if the budget which payment of i~terest, etc. The F~/'m he reco~m'~nded were adopted with no new or increased Bureau ServICes patrons relatIOns ., accounting dep't has co-operated by taxes. There doesn't seem to be much legislative,support offering the use of its mechanical t- h 4°1-' . t' h' h th' equipment for that work. or te, 0 ~et Income tax on corpora Ions w IC e During March ten to 15 polic~es Governor recommended •. per day have been written for Farm '. Bureau members. Thus, the Com- The House committee on general taxation has reported pany is growing at the rate of 300 favorably a bill which would turn' over t~ the state's 01' 'more policies a month. Thirteen . .licensedagents are operating ill general f~nd half of the revenue frQm the intangible 12 c.ounties. The state office is pr~p~rty tax. At present all of the reve~ue from this holdmg agency schools to qualify . applicants forage!1cies to pass the levy is distributed on a per capita basis to cities, villages insurance dep't examination. Ap- d h" I ' b $8 750000 l llicail'ons f b an towns IpS. t amounts to a out , , an- 01' an agency m!ly P. , made to the state office of the Farlll 'nually. The proposal to place half the reVenue from Bureau l\Iutual Insurance Company h' I . h S' T . d at '105 East Washtenaw Street, t IS e~y In t e tate re~sury IS expecte to encounter Lansing. ,sever~ opposition from the municipal lobby. The Company has been in busi- nesll four weeks and has had one 'The: favorite budget-balancing plan, in the Senate claim: .An Oi~ pan damaged. Mr .. seeri1s to be to replace the present sales t~x on. au tomo- Vernuillon saId that reports of . claims should he made to the Com- biles with a special title transfer levy of 3 ~Jfo. This would ~Iany's agent in those counties hal'- apply to'the occasion'al or causual sales which are exempt mg .agents at present. Otherwise. ' the repo/'t should be made to the from the sales tax and would also mean that all of the office at Lansing. The agency . d ld' ... h ' Th force 1s to be increased a\; rapidly revenue so, r,alse wou go Into testate treasury. e as possible .. sales tax diversion would not apply to the revenue from Farm Bureau members and dele- d' gations, from County Fa/'ln Bureans propose tax., are invited to visit the home of th~ Highway. The roads and bridges favorable. However, many farm Farm Bureau l\lutual Insur~nce committee 9f the House has stated I folks have been contacting their :Company of l\lichlgan at 105 East that they expect to report out lawmakers in this connection and PHOSPHATE USE "'ashtenaw St., Lansing. Following some highway 'finance measureR there seems to 'be a growing feel- are the local agents licensed to) within the next few days_ Pros- ing In both the Senate and House HAS 'AD date: pects for an' increase in the gas that possibly this Is a bill which VANTAGES Allegan County: John Elzinga, tax rate were inatel'ially strength- they will have to place on their Hamilton. cned when gome material entitled "Illust" list. FOR SOME 'SOILS Alpena: Clifton R. Jacobs, AI- "The Truth About Gasoline Taxes" Economic Poisons, A bill reIa- Loren Black, (lirecter of member- \ pena. was placed on the desk of each tive to economic poi;;ons has been Genesee: Geo. GlIIe.sple, Gaines. Senator and R~presentatlye. Introduced in' the 1.louse. This' is ship acquisition for the :Michigan TI' b I :\1' I . ' Farm Bureau for'the past year, and :\lichigan farmers can increase Iiillsdale: Ervin Lister, HilIs- liS statement y tie . ICligan House BiJI No. 362 and is being crop yields and build up the phos- dale .. Good Roads Federation started ont sponsored by Rep. Joe 'Cavanagh of leader of the successful 1949 R9 il 'th th t' tl t "Ii l' phate supply of their soil by apply'- Huron: Bruce Crumback, Bad WI e asser Ion la • c ligan l\lidland and Rell. Ed Hutchinson CaIl which has resulted in 34.171 t' I I . f ing superphosphate this year, says Axe. mo orrsts la\'e leen paYlllg 01' of Fennyille. This bill is in har- members to date. is leaving the r t . c . tl . F B . Dr. C_ E. "liIler. head of the :\Iich- Kent: R. H. Whittenbach, Ldwell. ~aso Ill.e ax III reases. III 0 leI' mon)' with the resolution adopted arm ureau to return to farnllng tt TI tt t b I ' , igan State college soil science de- Livingston: Donald Leap', I<'owl- s a es. Ie s a emen was ase: by the Farm Bureau delegates at near TI'ayel'se City. J dt f tl 1\1 I 1949 iJartment. en'ilIe, and Roscoo Eager, Howell. ~Ipon .a a rom Ie, ~rc 1 ,theIr llnnual meeting last Novelll- Mr. Black, formerly from Isabella A limited supilly of Phosplt'ate of Maco~b', JObl1 Rlnl,-e, \\'al'I'eII. Is.sue of Public Roads, ~ Journal, of bel' which pointed out that fungi- county. came to w'Ork for the Farm I I I II IdI tl the grade running 18 to 20 -pel' 0 G' I. H - ug I\\'a)' researe 1. IllIl IS Ie JY I~ cides insecticides and other econo Bureau in 1940 as district repre- ttawa:. ernt E zlllga, un- l' I r R d Ad .i . Th . ' - cent is now ayallable. It. has been .... u I IC oa s mill stratlOn. e Illic poisons play a constantly in- sentative for Northwest Michigan. '. son\ llle. fig' . d '>1', Id 'f d' 4 - difficult to obtain for a Qumber of St J e h' JOhl1 P. Roc;klel'll, \lies co\ere a _~2-year per 0 cl'easlng part in agricultural pro. .'" tel' spen Illg real's III the army . os p • ('. 11 J 1 19'6 t JI 1 yeal'S since it is used in the manu- . 101 anuary . ~,o uy ,duction and ,'epresent a very sub- and,then attending Mlchlgan State facture of conl\llete fertili~ers. This LeolIl~ias, t I 1948. and showed that the average stuntiaI. rinancial outlay to the " College, where he received his de.. Sanilac: George Marsh, :\Iarlette. gasoline price increases ill 3'" f . I. year, however, sufficient superphog ... ' • average al'mer. The y"arrn Bu. gree in agricultural economics: Saginaw: .. Roy l\lcFaIl, Sagmaw. states in which there had been no I ti I :'IfI'. Black returned to the Farm phate is on hand so it /lIay b<l ' reau reso u on went on to say: . bought fOI' direct application. ---------- increase in the gas tax rate " d Bureau in 1948 as director of mem- td t 5 61 . II In or er that a farmer mAy fol- C It f t'li t'll I d FARM BUREAU allloun eo. c. per ga on.. bership acquisition. omp e e er I zers al'e s I la!' . :\1 h'l t1 Ii . I low experiment statIOn reconllnen- to obtain in many cases, Dr. :\lillar . eal~,\\,'.I e Ie gaso ne prrce n- dntions and use tiles .d t Mr. Black will be located near ,t I tl t e plO UCs Iloints out. When this is the case, (;rease /II s.a es w Iere Ie gas ax! ... Tra\-erse City, where' he will be SAYS LABOR BILL' t Id b .1 d I' most Illtelhgently, he should b\!' in partnership with his father-in- phosphate application has adyant- " 4 ra _3 es laTh een ral,e :t as ' on l y able to know the quality of each' a H gest th t f .tJ c. e a\'el'age gas ax n... law. l\lr. \Villiam Lautner, in opel'- ges. e sug s a arIl)ers crease in those stafes was 1:33~ actIve ingredient in every' Iluch ating 1\11'. Lautner's 400-acre cherry who' are unable to secure their de- NEEDS TEETH II TI. t' id t 1PI'oduct. Although Congress bas sired complete fertilizer will find pel' ga on. lUS,.1 I.S ev ~n Irecelltl Ilassed a II w f d I and dairv. farm. tl t tl i Y e e era act that superphosphate is a good in- Ja IE: average pn~e IIlcrease n th' .I. i d Those who ha\'e heen work in,; vestment. the states which did not have an v 011 • I~ su I]ect, toes 1I0t cover with l\Ir' Black as dl'rectol' of IIIem Provisions of the presen. t lahol'- .. t t . '. traffIC in Illatel'ials manufactureu bershlp . acquiSition regret ver; On soils which have been recen~- management relations law which raIse III gas ax I'a es was Ju;;t and dlstl'ibuted within our state Iy manured. superphosphate makes . about the sallie 8S the a"erage tax I" . " - much losing his service in that protect the general welfare shoulll increase Illus the Ilriee raise I'n tile IOUI' IIIesent :\hclllgan law for a very good fertiJlzer, for many field, and wish him much success . be retained, the American Fanu ,states \"llel'e the gas tax rate ""as I t.he co.ntrol .of the economic poisons common crops. This is particularly" n in his new work. 'Bureau Federation stressed' in a raised .. 'II~ entirely ohsole.te and inadequate. ------------ true on the loam and clay soih; f d' I H It d . statement i1e \\'Ith tIe OUS'] "I t .t ") tt I was a ollted III 1913 and pro- IOSCO BECOMES whicb are relatively hIgh in organic . -. 0 OI'lSS 11 S a es suc 1 as committee on education and labor '1: i' .. ':1' t' Oh' III' vides 110 'rgistratioll of these pro- matter. 'Sullerphosphate is not so " ICligan. "Illneso a, 10, 1-\ d well balanced for most crops Oll in Congress :\Iarch 21. in regard to nois .. Indiana, "and 'Visconsin with ucts an~ no money for enforce- 60TH CO FB sand)' loam and sandy soils. How-' the Adminlstration's hill, H.R. traditionally low .gasoline taxes ment. . \\ e favor enactll~ent of a 2032. This measure would repeal hd ''c .. ". f I new !\lIchigan statute whIch would ••• ever, with a hea\'y manure appli- a pl'l e IIlcreases ranglllg rom , cation, superphosphate might be the Labor-:'olanagement Act of 1947 G.8c to 8.le per' gallon in the per. provide neede~ information anCi . ~nd reenact the Wagner Act ,')( I'od studl'ed' propel' protectIOn to farmers and used for common gram crops on sandy 10 ' am sOI'ls. 1935.. '. other users of economic poisons" On the other hand motoi-ists in .. From 300 to 500 pounds per acre The AFBF insisted that the Con- I' t k I " II' CI This bill has been prepared by h Id k t . th t th "en uc 'y, .oulslana,:" alne, 0 o ..... , .. is a l'easollable application of super- gress s ou ma e cer am a e ad d C I'f . , 'th . the !\lIchlgan Insectlf'lde Fungl- P 'd hi' .. l' 0 an a I orma, 90'1 mcreases . phosphate, Dr. l\lillar advises. resl ent as tie .power to enJolll in taxes of 1 15 nd 2 I d' i clde InstItute and thus has the threatened or actual strikes .or lock- rise~ rangin~' f;o~ a 4C •toc'5.~~. PI' ce backing of the manufacturers and outs affecting an entire industry 'dealers as well as the Farm Bu- when the national health or safety Veteri'nary Faciliti~. Farm nu- reau. is, 'imperiled. reall 'folks will be interested to k h I b 'll Damage by Deer. The MlchigllZl The Federation declared that I1.- 'now t at t Ie I l)rovlding the Y.~a 1'111 BUI'eau ann ual llI6Pting last R. 2032 does not adequately pi'o- appropriation for a new veterinar)' b fall recognized the lM'rious proh- vide' for handling jurisdictional uilding and facilities at MSC has lern caused by the increll.sing df'ilr disputes between labor organiz.l- heen intr.oduct'd in the Senate by, I . IeI'd in SOllie fruit and farming re- tion6. when such disllutes del!ener- Senator non VanderWerp of Fre. ~ gions. The delpgat''l! In a rpsol'}- ate into jurisdictional strikes seri- mont and.7 other Senators, includ- . I ( tion sai" there is undoubtPdI'''' oush' affecting third .partles. 1Il~ a coup e 0 Democratic mem- J "The public is entitled to pro- hers. It is Senate Bill 201 and plpnty of room in Mirhll!:an fOl deer without having a hpavy ('on tection against such conflicts," AF- would provide $2,265.000 for class cl'ntratlon in areas whkh arp wPil BI<' stated. "Such 'familv fights' rooms. tpaching and researcn , II adapt"d f.or produ(.ti'Jfl .of hortll'ul. between labor organi7.ations must a Joratorlcs, animal hospital and tural and YegetalJI" rrolJ!!. ~olltinue to bel defined as unfair clinical facilities. etc. This build. i d i There will he a joint h. Brllle be- labor practices. with violation!! 1lA' an EYJU pnwnt are ft p sp4lrately f h !\ubject to alloproprlate civil sane- needed and are el!senUal if M8(' ore t p C.oD"ervation ('OIIl"lItt~ tions. Farmers have to.o long heen Is to continue training veterlDari~ of the ~n~tP and HoullP at 7 (Jf) One of the first projects of the the Innocent victims of these un- ans and t('chnidans In related I~' fm., th p.,npM1:Y ,,~pning. April Alcona County Farm Bureau is a social and vicious practices" fiplds. It ill. of course. going to be • ~r ft ;:00"1 ";&1100 of this committee on public school educa- The Federation als.o declare'd tha', extremely difrkult to get any De~ pr.o "I~ d adrlll olkl! wh() ha., t' Th b d f d' t h . f XP"I ... u'" ppr dar Bjr; v) tb• ., Ion. e oar 0 Irec ors as H.R. 2032 does not ad,eQuately out- capital improyplI\pnt appropriatl.on rrllit Irp*" ( named a committee headed by law secondar boycotts of tM 11 from this prf'Y'nt "*"1I810n of t1\f • .or. r JplI ar,. nvUM to Glenn Powers of HftrrisvilIe to in- Ilarties who ~pe not directly i~- IA'gislkture aud. unl"~1J the S4>1la- t','J\l Iu ,to .:hl b_rlDg and r port It fr e h s hi' t .. I If'lr ".I*r ...o, +'IJ a nel llU~« t w v e a person om ac c 00 I volved In a strike or trouhle be- ors an." {"pr,"""otatlvPll ar. ii'll Ih • board in the cQ1.mtyto hecomp part twpen labor unions. IIII' .... d lI. to t • P"'~ 1 .. d•• Ii Y Yf)1I d like to bM e 40De a Of a committee to m~ke a study of "The~ instrumentalities are ror this appr.oprll.Ltion, ita "baRPft .. public school educatiOn. (ConunueG on ~e au) of enactment an e.xceedlac1r \l.G- I Dumpill, of RubllJ.h W (Conu" .... oa ~ t, losco County Farm Bureau or- ganized March 25, became the 60th County Farm Bureau organization in HIe state. The new board of directors is: Howard Rempheart. William Herriman. Harold Black. George Walters, Chester Robers, Leroy Enderson. Herman Drin!; berg. and 1\lrs. I\'a Yary~ represent- ing the women's committee. The new County Farm Bureau has se\'en community groups as follows: 'VilbUl'. Korth T'lainfield, Lower Hemlock. Reno Xo. I, Reno No.2. Grant No. 1. and West Re- no. The board met on the ni~ht of :\Iarch 31 to elect its of- ficers and discuss and organize their acth-ities. It is gOing to sponsor Blue Cross hospital ser. ,'ice as its first program. attend the South Dakota meeting for the important material discuss- ed at the school. and for the scenic trip to and from South Da- kota. Now Is the time, to plan. It you wish to attend., please contact your District me~bership representative. or send", letter to the membersbip dep't of the Michigan Farm Bureau at Lansing. 3t,171 Total MEMBERSHIP AT 34,171 ,AND MOVING ur Membership in the Michigan Farm Bureau as of March 28 is 34,171 families in 60 County Farm Bureau orgapizations. This is the result to date of the 1949'Roll CalI for membership. Loren Black, director of the l\TFB membership dep't, said that tIli;; represents 94% of the minimum state quota of 36,179. for this yeal'. It represents 78% of the maximum state goal of 43,877. Mr. Black said that every year the Farm Bureau has added two to three thousand more members in the few months following publi- cation of 'the end of March mem- j. bership total. Three thousand new memberships and renewals were rep.orted in Marcb, and they continue to come. Saginaw County Farm Bureau leads with 1460 members. Berrien is second with 1440, AIlegan third, '1380, and VanBuren fourth, 1225. Fourteen counties have exceeded the maximum membership goalS they set for tbemselves; 28 have exceeded their minimum quotas, and 27 have surpassed their mem- bership.for 1948.. Counties that have topped their maximum goals are: Alpena 271% 1 Alcona 171%, Bay 100%, Cheboygan 214%, Emmet 131%, Huron 104% Isabella 102%, Midland 100%, Montmorency 131%, Monroe 110%. Osceola 112%, Ogemaw 164%, Ot- sego 128%, Presque Isle 218%. Counties having 90 to 100 per cent of their goal are AIlegan 99% , Mecosta 98%, Northwest Michi- gan (Leelanau & Grand Traverse) Leaves Farm Bureau 94%, Newaygo 95%, Missaukee 92%, LiVingston 91%, and VanBur- en 90 %. Following is the membership of 60 County Farm Bureaus as of March 28, 1949: Paid-up Members March 28, 1949 Alcona 71 Allegan 1,380 Alpena _ 325 Antrim 2t5 Barry 762 Bay 534 J;enzie 131 Berrien I;HO B.'anch 1,120 Calhoun 1,013 Cass _ 662 Ch&rle\'olx 180 Cheboygan 120 Clinton 1,080 Eaton 854 Emmet 169 Genesee _ 706 Grallol 770 Hillsdale 7tO Huron : 1.130 Ingham 628 Ionia 734 Iosco 50 Isa hella 704 .Jackson _ 472 I,alamazoo 825 Kent 620 I_'lpeer 850 J...Iena'\\'ee 752 Living-ston : 6W :I[acomb 611 Manistee 100 ){ a~on 357 )[ecosla : 409 :I[irlland 359 :llissaukee 225 :If nnroe 500 :I[ontcalm 238 5: ~~~~;~~n~:: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 2~~ :-"e\\'aygo 3S5 ]l;orth\\,pst )lIchlgan 600 Oaklanrl 505 Oceana 427 Og maw 10S O~ce()la .., : 302 Ols l\'o 6t Olta\\'a 810 ~~~'iri~~- I~~.: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 1.~~~ Sanilac 1,150 Shlawas~ee 431 St. Clair 6t8 St . .J<)seph 6D8 Tuscola : 732 "an Bur n 1.225 "'asht naw 987 ~~:~~r~rrl ":'.:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: m MIDWEST SCHOOL MEETS IN SOUTH DAKOTA IN JUNE. Custer state park in the Black Hills of South Dakota and June 5. 6. 7,. and 8 are the place and dates set for the 1949 :\t1dwest Farm Bu- reau .States Training School for memberShip workers. Michigan has been represented at these schools for many years by people from most of our County Farm Bu- reaus. Members of the state mem- bership staff attend, too. Farm Bureau orators well known in the midwestern states will give addresses showing ho~' the expel' i- pnce, of the 1940s can be applied ~o build membership, expand servic~s and exercise greater legislative In- fluence in the next decade. Among those booked for certain at this date are W. P. Sandford, Sl. Louis, former director of sales for nlin- ols Agricultural Association; Rog- er Fleming. Washington director of the AFBF; and O. D. Brlssellden, director of organization of IAA. Visitors to the conference will be offered the hospitality of the Black HilIs region. Accommodations will be provided in sleeping or housekeeping cabins in the park and at nearby Custer. The atter" noon of Tuesday, June 7, will In- clude a tour to such points as the Rushmore . Memorial; that eyen- ing there will be a "chuck wagon buffalo barbeclle_" l\lichil!:an .has been well represent- ed at Mid-West Training scho.ols. Many of you probahly will want to But the Camera Doesn't TeIl All ' . No doubt, many a housewife has wondered what kInd of cookery is employed by the adverti~ers of foo~s to get those marvelous photographs In col~r whIch appear in the magazines. The fact is that anyone who cooked for such perfec~i~n could go broke soon. Food prepared for ~dvertIsIng photographs is very expensive food mdeed. Let's consider the background of a beautiful dish of beef stew in full color photography, as the home economist for an advertising firm described he~ part of the / job. After the artists and copy- WrIters. had determined what the advertisement shoul.d look. like and say, the h,ome ~conomist began workIng wIth recipes. A stylist decided the table landscaping and scoured the stores for perfect china napkins, silverware and flowers to set off the stew. ' The home economist bought enough beef for half a dozen stews. She cooked two, one for the photographer to Use in setting up his camera and lights. She cooked .the onions; carrots and, peas separately, a little underdone' to keep their bright natural col?rs. Then each onion, carrot .and pea was placed in position by hand for the perfect picture. FruitS" and salad dishes? A home economist chopped in half almost a bushel of hot house melons to find one that wo~ld photograph just right. An- other time_ she bought six boxes of super-priced strawberries to get a dozen perfect berries f~r a salad garnish. The shopping is a major job. Food pictures are usuaUy prepared in advance so that the advertise- ments may ';ppear when the foods are in season. So hothou'ses are the source of many of the fruits and vegctablc9 shown. Vol. XXVII, No. 4 A Talk With Members Walter Prussing, president of Cherry Growers 1 • ' ncorporatcd, at Traverse City has drawn Upon his experience and observations to write an article on membership in a farm co-operative. Published first in "Cherry Growers Ink," it is good reading for every member of a farm co-op: "How a Co-op functions should be a matter of interest and concel'l1 for aU of its members. Knowing what makes it tick and which way the hands point, is the business of any good memller. A good memb6r wiIlnot only know the fundamentals he will helll his Co-op to function. Letting Geol'ge do it, a~ the saying goes, is evidence of careless membel'ship. "The co.operative principle is a gh'e.and-take matter. !lot always getting our own way, but sIding with majority opinion for the good of all. You can't be a good co-operator without considering what other memhers Ihink and want. A good member docs not Idck over the traces at the first hard puIl, nor docs he hike out for greener pastures when the grass gets short In his own meadow. lie remembers the old saying. "In union there Is strength." He knows that a group of willing, united minds, working together for a common end, can do 'more than he alone can accompltsh on his own hook. This . I is the big, reason for co-ops.. "The marketing eOlI of a member's products is as much a part of his business as ~rowing and harvesting, and it should be given us much thought and attention. "A member should realize that he is part owner of his co-op and regard it accordingly. Anything he can do to help it along, or improve it, ;>.ddsfeathers to his own nest. "Does a member expect his orchard to bear a profitable crop every year, or does he, by cal'eful management, look ahead and prepare for a reasonably profitable return on his investment through the years? A good, sensible member knows that any marketing organization will have good years, and some not so good. A good co-op member, as I see it, is satisfied with an average return (or his crops, as much as he might expect from an Independent buyer. plus a lOizable owner. ship in a plant which he, himself, is helping to build along with an organization which is always working for his inlerests. It is this ovel'pIlrs, so to speak, which makes the difference be- tween co-ops and independent plants. "Take our own co-op .for example. In 1939 we as a group had practically nothing. By 1948 we had a plant worth half a mlIllon dollars, and good-will of inestimable value. Each one of us owns part of both. Through these nine years---exc~pt Ior one year-we have received for our cherries as much or more than the market price in cash, not to .mention an added stock ownership. In the exception year there was less cash. because of heavy payments on the new storage building; but the stock more than made up for it., That too, was a good year. "It was the stock that built the additions and the new equipment which, in turn, added_ to the value of the plant of which you are part a.wner. The stock )'ou own represents the cash necessary to pay for these improvements. and every member who delivered fruit during this pel'iod helped in pro- portion to his deliveries to pay for his share of it. The stock which you own represents your indil'idual ownership of the plant." EDITORIAL Investment in Farm Co-ops is Sm~I1 • F armer.s have about two' per cent of their total ~nvestment. in farm co-operatives for purchasing arm supph.es, for as~embling, grading, processing and market10g farm crops, and for other purposes. • The remaining 98 per cent of their investment is 10 land, buildings, livestock, machinery, motor vehi- cles, and other facilities, and stored crops. , • Between J 940 and J 949 the value of farmers' 1Ovest~ent in those' off-the-farm :tools called co- operatIves increased' from 826 m'll' d' II I IOn 0 ars to two billion dollars.

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Decisions, NearIn. '-egislature

eau, said. "We had been thinkingof Dick for some time. 'Ve weresure we were right when we learn.ed that Dick - ana Ruth Par-sons had teanH!l1 up for life. 'Wi!thin" Ruth will be ~ble to assistDick in our Rural Youth dep't."

This is the second time anot1i.erFarm Bureau has chosen a. Michi-gan Junior Farm Bureau leader tohead a state program for rllralyouth . .In 1948 "'isconsin FarmBureau invited Guerdon Frost ofWilliamston to h~ad its youth pro-gram. Guerdon. was 11th statepresident of the Michigan JuniorFarm..Bureau.

Farm Bureau Shipping

Lot of SuperphosphateThe Farm Bureau Services fer.

tilizer plant at Saginaw is manu-facturing and shipping 200/0 supel'-Ilhosphate In quantity to Servicesfertilizer dea.lers, according to FreuHal'ger. manager of production andmanufacturing. Mr. Harger saidthere will be no shol'tage of super.Ilhosphate at the' Farm Bureaufertilizer plant.

April Is SpringClean-Up Month

Alcona .Plans Gr~up

To Study Schools

April is Spring Clean-up Monthfor Michigan," Let's go over ourhome and buildings, premises andequipment with a program of clean-up and fix-up. It's time to get I'idot I'ubbish that's always a firehazard. Replace or repair wornelectric cords. Tag the heating sys-tem for a good spring overhaul. Storegasoline and f1amma,bles awav fl'OIllbUildings. l\lake sure: that st~ps are.clear aud safe. Check need, forhandrails. Repair or replace uu-safe laddel's. Clean-up and fix-Uilnot only illakCll our farm safer, butcertainly adds much to the appear-ance." .

SATURDAY, APRIL 2, 1949

Dick Nelsons With CilIiforniaFarm Bureau

Richard Nelson of Paw Paw, 9thpresident of the Michigan JuniorFarm' Bureau, and Farm Bureal,lrepresentative for District I, hasaccepted tIie position as head ofthe Rural Youth Department of theCalifornia Farm Bureau.

Mr. Nelson takes up his n,ew du~ties April 5 with a series of meet-ings In California. He will returnto Michigan later for :'oIl'S.'Nelson,formerly Miss Ruth Parsons, 12thPresident of the Michigan JuniorFarm Bureau. They will reside inBerkley.

Frank Pierce, public relationsdirector for C~lifornia Farm BUI'-

FARM BUREAUINSURANCE CO.GOING AHEAD,

.. Major Budget Bills Are Due to Appear Soon;The Farm Bureau :\Iutual In .• M

surance Company of Michigan' hag Farmers Have Interest In anybeen in business since l\larch 7, M' B fL'. I t1949, the - effective date of its easures e ore egIS a ureiicense from the Insul ..an~e Dellart. B STAN LEY M. POWELLment of the state of l\hclllgan. Sen'- Yice is limited to members of the With the April 4 election out of the way it is expectedMichigan Farm Bureau. h h I k '1'1 h hI' I . h'Nile Vermillion, manager of the t at t e, awma ers WI . trow t e egIS atlve mac Inerycom Pan)', says they started with into high gear and cro"",'d toward completion of theapplications from 3,500 Farm Bu- .. b 5 . 6 . k/'eau members for policies to .cover session In a out or wee s,

cars and trucks. The o~fice began Appropriating committees are' well along with theirissuing those policies anl,l is fin-isliiIig the job. It Is taking a hearings and investigations: . They have promised thatlittle time as it invol~es s~ttin.;\' major budget bills will be reported thick arid fast in the"up the general accountlllg system ..!lnd . other mechanics for gettinb. very near future. It is altogether. too early to predIct

t~~:ee\~o~~;~~~n~s s~~:~etn~o;;:~tlir; what these budget bills will total and. how large' the

issuing Sui'plus Certificates for deficit will be if no new revenue IS provided.the investment that Fa/'ln Bureau .'members have made in the Com- It seems safe to. predict that it will be a far lowerpan.y to ~r().vide its ~perating fiaure than' $6 J million. operating deficit which Gov-capital. ThIS mvolves settmg up a .,system of records, a system for eroor Williams stated would result if the budget whichpayment of i~terest, etc. The F~/'m he reco~m'~nded were adopted with no new or increasedBureau ServICes patrons relatIOns .,accounting dep't has co-operated by taxes. There doesn't seem to be much legislative,supportoffering the use of its mechanical t- h 4°1-' . t' h' h th'equipment for that work. or te, 0 ~et Income tax on corpora Ions w IC e

During March ten to 15 polic~es Governor recommended •.per day have been written for Farm '.Bureau members. Thus, the Com- The House committee on general taxation has reportedpany is growing at the rate of 300 favorably a bill which would turn' over t~ the state's01' 'more policies a month. Thirteen ..licensedagents are operating ill general f~nd half of the revenue frQm the intangible12 c.ounties. The state office is pr~p~rty tax. At present all of the reve~ue from thisholdmg agency schools to qualify .applicants forage!1cies to pass the levy is distributed on a per capita basis to cities, villagesinsurance dep't examination. Ap- d h" I ' b $8 750000lllicail'ons f b an towns IpS. t amounts to a out , , an-01' an agency m!ly P. ,

made to the state office of the Farlll 'nually. The proposal to place half the reVenue fromBureau l\Iutual Insurance Company h' I . h S' T . dat '105 East Washtenaw Street, t IS e~y In t e tate re~sury IS expecte to encounterLansing. ,sever~ opposition from the municipal lobby.

The Company has been in busi-nesll four weeks and has had one 'The: favorite budget-balancing plan, in the Senateclaim: .An Oi~ pan damaged. Mr .. seeri1s to be to replace the present sales t~x on. au tomo-Vernuillon saId that reports of .claims should he made to the Com- biles with a special title transfer levy of 3 ~Jfo. This would~Iany's agent in those counties hal'- apply to'the occasion'al or causual sales which are exemptmg .agents at present. Otherwise. 'the repo/'t should be made to the from the sales tax and would also mean that all of theoffice at Lansing. The agency . d ld' ... h ' Thforce 1s to be increased a\; rapidly revenue so, r,alse wou go Into testate treasury. eas possible .. sales tax diversion would not apply to the revenue from

Farm Bureau members and dele- d'gations, from County Fa/'ln Bureans propose tax.,are invited to visit the home of th~ Highway. The roads and bridges favorable. However, many farmFarm Bureau l\lutual Insur~nce committee 9f the House has stated I folks have been contacting their

:Company of l\lichlgan at 105 East that they expect to report out lawmakers in this connection and

PHOSPHATE USE "'ashtenaw St., Lansing. Following some highway 'finance measureR there seems to 'be a growing feel-are the local agents licensed to) within the next few days_ Pros- ing In both the Senate and House

HAS 'AD date: pects for an' increase in the gas that possibly this Is a bill whichVANTAGES Allegan County: John Elzinga, tax rate were inatel'ially strength- they will have to place on theirHamilton. cned when gome material entitled "Illust" list.

FOR SOME 'SOILS Alpena: Clifton R. Jacobs, AI- "The Truth About Gasoline Taxes" Economic Poisons, A bill reI a-Loren Black, (lirecter of member- \ pena. was placed on the desk of each tive to economic poi;;ons has been

Genesee: Geo. GlIIe.sple, Gaines. Senator and R~presentatlye. Introduced in' the 1.louse. This' isship acquisition for the :Michigan TI' b I :\1' I . 'Farm Bureau for'the past year, and :\lichigan farmers can increase Iiillsdale: Ervin Lister, HilIs- liS statement y tie . ICligan House BiJI No. 362 and is being

crop yields and build up the phos- dale .. Good Roads Federation started ont sponsored by Rep. Joe 'Cavanagh ofleader of the successful 1949 R9il 'th th t' tl t "Ii l'phate supply of their soil by apply'- Huron: Bruce Crumback, Bad WI e asser Ion la • c ligan l\lidland and Rell. Ed HutchinsonCaIl which has resulted in 34.171 t' I I . fing superphosphate this year, says Axe. mo orrsts la\'e leen paYlllg 01' of Fennyille. This bill is in har-members to date. is leaving the r t . c . tl .

F B . Dr. C_ E. "liIler. head of the :\Iich- Kent: R. H. Whittenbach, Ldwell. ~aso Ill.e ax III reases. III 0 leI' mon)' with the resolution adoptedarm ureau to return to farnllng t t TI t t t b I ' ,igan State college soil science de- Livingston: Donald Leap', I<'owl- s a es. Ie s a emen was ase: by the Farm Bureau delegates atnear TI'ayel'se City. J d t f tl 1\1 I 1949iJartment. en'ilIe, and Roscoo Eager, Howell. ~Ipon .a a rom Ie, ~rc 1 ,theIr llnnual meeting last Novelll-

Mr. Black, formerly from Isabella A limited supilly of Phosplt'ate of Maco~b', JObl1 Rlnl,-e, \\'al'I'eII. Is.sue of Public Roads, ~ Journal, of bel' which pointed out that fungi-county. came to w'Ork for the Farm I I I II I d I tlthe grade running 18 to 20 -pel' 0 G' I . H - ug I\\'a)' researe 1. IllI l IS Ie JY I~ cides insecticides and other econoBureau in 1940 as district repre- ttawa:. ernt E zlllga, un- l' I r R d Ad . i . Th . ' -cent is now ayallable. It. has been .... u I IC oa s mill stratlOn. e Illic poisons play a constantly in-sentative for Northwest Michigan. '. son\ llle. fig' . d '>1', I d

'f d' 4 - difficult to obtain for a Qumber of St J e h' JOhl1 P. Roc;klel'll, \lies co\ere a _~2-year per 0 cl'easlng part in agricultural pro..'" tel' spen Illg real's III the army . os p • ('. 11 J 1 19 '6 t J I 1yeal'S since it is used in the manu- . 101 anuary . ~,o u y ,duction and ,'epresent a very sub-and,then attending Mlchlgan State facture of conl\llete fertili~ers. This LeolIl~ias, t I 1948. and showed that the average stuntiaI. rinancial outlay to the "College, where he received his de.. Sanilac: George Marsh, :\Iarlette. gasoline price increases ill 3'" f . I.year, however, sufficient superphog ... ' • average al'mer. The y"arrn Bu.gree in agricultural economics: Saginaw: .. Roy l\lcFaIl, Sagmaw. states in which there had been no I ti I

:'IfI'. Black returned to the Farm phate is on hand so it /lIay b<l ' reau reso u on went on to say: .bought fOI' direct application. ---------- increase in the gas tax rate " dBureau in 1948 as director of mem- t d t 5 61 . II In or er that a farmer mAy fol-

C I t f t'li t'll I d FARM BUREAU allloun eo. c. per ga on..bership acquisition. omp e e er I zers al'e s I la!' . :\1 h'l t1 Ii . I low experiment statIOn reconllnen-to obtain in many cases, Dr. :\lillar . eal~,\\,'.I e Ie gaso ne prrce n- dntions and use tiles . d tMr. Black will be located near , t I tl t e plO UCsIloints out. When this is the case, (;rease /II s.a es w Iere Ie gas ax! ...

Tra\-erse City, where' he will be SAYS LABOR BILL' t I d b .1 d I' most Illtelhgently, he should b\!'in partnership with his father-in- phosphate application has adyant- " 4ra_3es laTh een ral,e :tas' onl y able to know the quality of each'a H gest th t f .tJ c. e a\'el'age gas ax n...

law. l\lr. \Villiam Lautner, in opel'- ges. e sug s a arIl)ers crease in those stafes was 1:33~ actIve ingredient in every' Iluchating 1\11'. Lautner's 400-acre cherry who' are unable to secure their de- NEEDS TEETH II TI. t' id t 1PI'oduct. Although Congress bas

sired complete fertilizer will find pel' ga on. lUS,.1 I.S ev ~n Irecelltl Ilassed a II w f d Iand dairv. farm. tl t tl i Y e e era actthat superphosphate is a good in- Ja IE: average pn~e IIlcrease n th' . I . i dThose who ha\'e heen work in,; vestment. the states which did not have an v 011 • I~ su I]ect, toes 1I0t cover

with l\Ir' Black as dl'rectol' of IIIem Provisions of the presen. t lahol'- .. t t . '. traffIC in Illatel'ials manufactureubershlp . acquiSition regret ver; On soils which have been recen~- management relations law which raIse III gas ax I'a es was Ju;;t and dlstl'ibuted within our state

Iy manured. superphosphate makes . about the sallie 8S the a"erage tax I" . " -much losing his service in that protect the general welfare shoulll increase Illus the Ilriee raise I'n tile IOUI' IIIesent :\hclllgan law fora very good fertiJlzer, for manyfield, and wish him much success . be retained, the American Fanu ,states \"llel'e the gas tax rate ""as I t.he co.ntrol .of the economic poisonscommon crops. This is particularly" n

in his new work. 'Bureau Federation stressed' in a raised .. 'II~ entirely ohsole.te and inadequate.------------ true on the loam and clay soih; f d' I H It d. statement i1e \\'Ith tIe OUS'] "I t . t ") t t I was a ollted III 1913 and pro-IOSCO BECOMES whicb are relatively hIgh in organic . -. 0 OI'lSS 11 S a es suc 1 ascommittee on education and labor '1: i' .. ':1' t' Oh' III' vides 110 'rgistratioll of these pro-matter. 'Sullerphosphate is not so " ICligan. "Illneso a, 10, 1-\ d

well balanced for most crops Oll in Congress :\Iarch 21. in regard to nois .. Indiana, "and 'Visconsin with ucts an~ no money for enforce-

60TH CO F B sand)' loam and sandy soils. How-' the Adminlstration's hill, H.R. traditionally low .gasoline taxes ment. . \\ e favor enactll~ent of a2032. This measure would repeal h d ''c .. ". f Inew !\lIchigan statute whIch would••• ever, with a hea\'y manure appli- a pl'l e IIlcreases ranglllg rom ,

cation, superphosphate might be the Labor-:'olanagement Act of 1947 G.8c to 8.le per' gallon in the per. provide neede~ information anCi. ~nd reenact the Wagner Act ,')( I'od studl'ed' propel' protectIOn to farmers andused for common gram crops on

sandy 10'am sOI'ls. 1935.. '. other users of economic poisons"On the other hand motoi-ists in ..From 300 to 500 pounds per acre The AFBF insisted that the Con- I' t k I " II' C I This bill has been prepared by

h Id k t. th t th "en uc 'y, .oulslana,:" alne, 0 o..... , ..is a l'easollable application of super- gress s ou ma e cer am a e ad d C I'f . , 'th . the !\lIchlgan Insectlf'lde Fungl-P 'd hi' .. l' 0 an a I orma, 90'1 mcreases .phosphate, Dr. l\lillar advises. resl ent as tie .power to enJolll in taxes of 1 1 5 nd 2 I d' i clde InstItute and thus has the

threatened or actual strikes .or lock- rise~ rangin~' f;o~ a4C•toc'5.~~. PI' ce backing of the manufacturers andouts affecting an entire industry 'dealers as well as the Farm Bu-when the national health or safety Veteri'nary Faciliti~. Farm nu- reau.is, 'imperiled. reall 'folks will be interested to

k h I b'll Damage by Deer. The MlchigllZlThe Federation declared that I1.- 'now t at t Ie I l)rovlding theY.~a1'111 BUI'eau ann ual llI6Pting lastR. 2032 does not adequately pi'o- appropriation for a new veterinar)'

b fall recognized the lM'rious proh-vide' for handling jurisdictional uilding and facilities at MSC haslern caused by the increll.sing df'ilrdisputes between labor organiz.l- heen intr.oduct'd in the Senate by, I

. IeI'd in SOllie fruit and farming re-tion6. when such disllutes del!ener- Senator non VanderWerp of Fre.~ gions. The delpgat''l! In a rpsol'}-ate into jurisdictional strikes seri- mont and.7 other Senators, includ-. I ( tion sai" there is undoubtPdI''''oush' affecting third .partles. 1Il~ a coup e 0 Democratic mem- J

"The public is entitled to pro- hers. It is Senate Bill 201 and plpnty of room in Mirhll!:an fOldeer without having a hpavy ('ontection against such conflicts," AF- would provide $2,265.000 for classcl'ntratlon in areas whkh arp wPilBI<' stated. "Such 'familv fights' rooms. tpaching and researcn

, I I adapt"d f.or produ(.ti'Jfl .of hortll'ul.between labor organi7.ations must a Joratorlcs, animal hospital and tural and YegetalJI" rrolJ!!.~olltinue to bel defined as unfair clinical facilities. etc. This build.i d i There will he a joint h. Brllle be-labor practices. with violation!! 1lA' an EYJUpnwnt are ftpsp4lrately f h

!\ubject to alloproprlate civil sane- needed and are el!senUal if M8(' ore t p C.oD"ervation ('OIIl"lItt~tions. Farmers have to.o long heen Is to continue training veterlDari~ of the ~n~tP and HoullP at 7 (Jf)

One of the first projects of the the Innocent victims of these un- ans and t('chnidans In related I~'fm., th p.,npM1:Y ,,~pning. AprilAlcona County Farm Bureau is a social and vicious practices" fiplds. It ill. of course. going to be • ~r ft ;:00"1 ";&1100 of thiscommittee on public school educa- The Federation als.o declare'd tha', extremely difrkult to get any De~ pr.o "I~ d adrlll olkl! wh() ha.,t' Th b d f d' t h . f XP"I ...u'" ppr dar Bjr; v) tb • .,Ion. e oar 0 Irec ors as H.R. 2032 does not ad,eQuately out- capital improyplI\pnt appropriatl.on rrllit Irp*" (named a committee headed by law secondar boycotts of tM 11 from this prf'Y'nt "*"1I810nof t1\f • .or. r JplI ar,. nvUM toGlenn Powers of HftrrisvilIe to in- Ilarties who ~pe not directly i~- IA'gislkture aud. unl"~1J the S4>1la- t','J\l Iu ,to .:hl b_rlDg and r portIt fr e h s hi' t .. I If'lr ".I*r ...o, +'IJ a nel llU~« t wv e a person om ac c 00 I volved In a strike or trouhle be- ors an." {"pr,"""otatlvPll ar. ii'll Ih •

board in the cQ1.mtyto hecomp part twpen labor unions. IIII' ....d lI. to t • P"'~ 1 .. d•• Ii Y Yf)1I d like to bM e 40De aOf a committee to m~ke a study of "The~ instrumentalities are ror this appr.oprll.Ltion, ita "baRPft ..public school educatiOn. (ConunueG on ~e au) of enactment an e.xceedlac1r \l.G- I Dumpill, of RubllJ.h W

(Conu" .... oa ~ t,

losco County Farm Bureau or-ganized March 25, became the 60thCounty Farm Bureau organizationin HIe state. The new board ofdirectors is: Howard Rempheart.William Herriman. Harold Black.George Walters, Chester Robers,Leroy Enderson. Herman Drin!;berg. and 1\lrs. I\'a Yary~ represent-ing the women's committee.

The new County Farm Bureauhas se\'en community groups asfollows: 'VilbUl'. Korth T'lainfield,Lower Hemlock. Reno Xo. I, RenoNo.2. Grant No. 1. and West Re-no. The board met on theni~ht of :\Iarch 31 to elect its of-ficers and discuss and organizetheir acth-ities. It is gOing tosponsor Blue Cross hospital ser.,'ice as its first program.

attend the South Dakota meetingfor the important material discuss-ed at the school. and for thescenic trip to and from South Da-kota.

Now Is the time, to plan. It youwish to attend., please contact yourDistrict me~bership representative.or send", letter to the membersbipdep't of the Michigan Farm Bureauat Lansing.

3t,171Total

MEMBERSHIP AT34,171 ,ANDMOVING ur

Membership in the MichiganFarm Bureau as of March 28 is34,171 families in 60 County FarmBureau orgapizations. This is theresult to date of the 1949'Roll CalIfor membership.

Loren Black, director of the l\TFBmembership dep't, said that tIli;;represents 94% of the minimumstate quota of 36,179. for this yeal'.It represents 78% of the maximumstate goal of 43,877.

Mr. Black said that every yearthe Farm Bureau has added twoto three thousand more membersin the few months following publi-cation of 'the end of March mem- j.

bership total. Three thousandnew memberships and renewalswere rep.orted in Marcb, and theycontinue to come.

Saginaw County Farm Bureauleads with 1460 members. Berrienis second with 1440, AIlegan third,'1380, and VanBuren fourth, 1225.

Fourteen counties have exceededthe maximum membership goalSthey set for tbemselves; 28 haveexceeded their minimum quotas,and 27 have surpassed their mem-bership.for 1948..

Counties that have topped theirmaximum goals are: Alpena 271% 1Alcona 171%, Bay 100%, Cheboygan214%, Emmet 131%, Huron 104%Isabella 102%, Midland 100%,Montmorency 131%, Monroe 110%.Osceola 112%, Ogemaw 164%, Ot-sego 128%, Presque Isle 218%.

Counties having 90 to 100 percent of their goal are AIlegan 99% ,Mecosta 98%, Northwest Michi-gan (Leelanau & Grand Traverse) Leaves Farm Bureau94%, Newaygo 95%, Missaukee92%, LiVingston 91%, and VanBur-en 90 %.

Following is the membership of60 County Farm Bureaus as ofMarch 28, 1949:

Paid-up MembersMarch 28, 1949

Alcona 71Allegan 1,380Alpena _ 325Antrim 2t5Barry 762Bay 534J;enzie 131Berrien I;HOB.'anch 1,120Calhoun 1,013Cass _ 662Ch&rle\'olx 180Cheboygan 120Clinton 1,080Eaton 854Emmet 169Genesee _ 706Grallol 770Hillsdale 7tOHuron : 1.130Ingham 628Ionia 734Iosco 50Isa hella 704.Jackson _ 472I,alamazoo 825Kent 620I_'lpeer 850J...Iena'\\'ee 752Living-ston : 6W:I[acomb 611Manistee 100){ a~on 357)[ecosla : 409:I[irlland 359:llissaukee 225:If nnroe 500:I[ontcalm 238

5:~~~~;~~n~::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::2~~:-"e\\'aygo 3S5]l;orth\\,pst )lIchlgan 600Oaklanrl 505Oceana 427Og maw 10SO~ce()la .., : 302Ols l\'o 6tOlta\\'a 810

~~~'iri~~-I~~.:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::1.~~~Sanilac 1,150Shlawas~ee 431St. Clair 6t8St . .J<)seph 6D8Tuscola : 732"an Bur n 1.225"'asht naw 987

~~:~~r~rrl ":'.:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: m

MIDWEST SCHOOLMEETS IN SOUTHDAKOTA IN JUNE.

Custer state park in the BlackHills of South Dakota and June 5.6. 7,. and 8 are the place and datesset for the 1949 :\t1dwest Farm Bu-reau .States Training School formemberShip workers. Michiganhas been represented at theseschools for many years by peoplefrom most of our County Farm Bu-reaus. Members of the state mem-bership staff attend, too.

Farm Bureau orators well knownin the midwestern states will giveaddresses showing ho~' the expel' i-pnce, of the 1940s can be applied ~obuild membership, expand servic~sand exercise greater legislative In-fluence in the next decade. Amongthose booked for certain at thisdate are W. P. Sandford, Sl. Louis,former director of sales for nlin-ols Agricultural Association; Rog-er Fleming. Washington director ofthe AFBF; and O. D. Brlssellden,director of organization of IAA.

Visitors to the conference willbe offered the hospitality of theBlack HilIs region. Accommodationswill be provided in sleeping orhousekeeping cabins in the parkand at nearby Custer. The atter"noon of Tuesday, June 7, will In-clude a tour to such points as theRushmore . Memorial; that eyen-ing there will be a "chuck wagonbuffalo barbeclle_"

l\lichil!:an .has been well represent-ed at Mid-West Training scho.ols.Many of you probahly will want to

But the Camera Doesn't TeIl All '. No doubt, many a housewife has wondered what

kInd of cookery is employed by the adverti~ers of

foo~s to get those marvelous photographs In col~rwhIch appear in the magazines.

The fact is that anyone who cooked for such

perfec~i~n could go broke soon. Food prepared for

~dvertIsIng photographs is very expensive foodmdeed.

Let's consider the background of a beautiful

dish of beef stew in full color photography, as the

home economist for an advertising firm described

he~ part of the / job. After the artists and copy-

WrIters. had determined what the advertisement

shoul.d look. like and say, the h,ome ~conomist began

workIng wIth recipes. A stylist decided the table

landscaping and scoured the stores for perfect china

napkins, silverware and flowers to set off the stew. '

The home economist bought enough beef for half

a dozen stews. She cooked two, one for the

photographer to Use in setting up his camera and

lights. She cooked .the onions; carrots and, peas

separately, a little underdone' to keep their bright

natural col?rs. Then each onion, carrot .and pea

was placed in position by hand for the perfect picture.

FruitS" and salad dishes? A home economist

chopped in half almost a bushel of hot house melons

to find one that wo~ld photograph just right. An-

other time_ she bought six boxes of super-priced

strawberries to get a dozen perfect berries f~r asalad garnish.

The shopping is a major job. Food pictures are

usuaUy prepared in advance so that the advertise-

ments may ';ppear when the foods are in season.

So hothou'ses are the source of many of the fruitsand vegctablc9 shown.

Vol. XXVII, No. 4

A Talk With MembersWalter Prussing, president of Cherry Growers

1 • 'ncorporatcd, at Traverse City has drawn Upon his

experience and observations to write an article on

membership in a farm co-operative. Published first in

"Cherry Growers Ink," it is good reading for everymember of a farm co-op:

"How a Co-op functions should be a matter of interest andconcel'l1 for aU of its members. Knowing what makes it tickand which way the hands point, is the business of any goodmemller. A good memb6r wiIlnot only know the fundamentalshe will helll his Co-op to function. Letting Geol'ge do it, a~the saying goes, is evidence of careless membel'ship.

"The co.operative principle is a gh'e.and-take matter. !lotalways getting our own way, but sIding with majority opinionfor the good of all. You can't be a good co-operator withoutconsidering what other memhers Ihink and want. A goodmember docs not Idck over the traces at the first hard puIl, nordocs he hike out for greener pastures when the grass getsshort In his own meadow. lie remembers the old saying. "Inunion there Is strength." He knows that a group of willing,united minds, working together for a common end, can do'more than he alone can accompltsh on his own hook. This

. Iis the big, reason for co-ops ..

"The marketing eOlI of a member's products is as much apart of his business as ~rowing and harvesting, and it shouldbe given us much thought and attention.

"A member should realize that he is part owner of his co-opand regard it accordingly. Anything he can do to help it along,or improve it, ;>.ddsfeathers to his own nest.

"Does a member expect his orchard to bear a profitablecrop every year, or does he, by cal'eful management, lookahead and prepare for a reasonably profitable return on hisinvestment through the years? A good, sensible memberknows that any marketing organization will have good years,and some not so good. A good co-op member, as I see it, issatisfied with an average return (or his crops, as much as hemight expect from an Independent buyer. plus a lOizable owner.ship in a plant which he, himself, is helping to build alongwith an organization which is always working for his inlerests.It is this ovel'pIlrs, so to speak, which makes the difference be-tween co-ops and independent plants.

"Take our own co-op .for example. In 1939 we as a grouphad practically nothing. By 1948 we had a plant worth half amlIllon dollars, and good-will of inestimable value. Each oneof us owns part of both. Through these nine years---exc~pt Iorone year-we have received for our cherries as much or morethan the market price in cash, not to .mention an added stockownership. In the exception year there was less cash. becauseof heavy payments on the new storage building; but the stockmore than made up for it., That too, was a good year.

"It was the stock that built the additions and the newequipment which, in turn, added_ to the value of the plant ofwhich you are part a.wner. The stock )'ou own represents thecash necessary to pay for these improvements. and everymember who delivered fruit during this pel'iod helped in pro-portion to his deliveries to pay for his share of it. The stockwhich you own represents your indil'idual ownership of theplant."

EDITORIALInvestment in Farm Co-ops is Sm~I1

• F armer.s have about two' per cent of their total

~nvestment. in farm co-operatives for purchasing

arm supph.es, for as~embling, grading, processing

and market10g farm crops, and for other purposes.

• The remaining 98 per cent of their investment is

10 land, buildings, livestock, machinery, motor vehi-

cles, and other facilities, and stored crops. ,

• Between J 940 and J 949 the value of farmers'

1Ovest~ent in those' off-the-farm :tools called co-operatIves increased' from 826 m'll' d ' III IOn 0 ars totwo billion dollars.

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SATURDAY, APRIL 2, 1949

WAGE AND HOURBILL DOESN~TFIT FARM LABOR

The Farm Bur eat! is urging Con.gress that all exemptions for ~g.;-lcuItUIe in the ))l'esent wage andhours act he continued in any newtederal legislation that may beadopted .

Senator Thomas of Utah has In.troduced Senate hill 249 to repealthe Taft.Hartley law and re-lnstatethe Wagner Act. Representative Le.sinski of :\lichigan has offered Housebill 2033 to re-write the Fair LaborStandards Act. (• In asking :\Iichigan members of'

Congress to work for exemption offarm labor. Clark L. Brody, execu.tlve secretary of the )lIchigan FarmBureau, said that the LesJnski billwould remove the exemption onlabor used in first handling and))rocessing of dairy production,field crops. fresh (ruits and veg.etables. Exemptions covering sea.50nal labor would be eliminated,

A farmer who employs over threeversons, even on a part,time basis,during any quarter of the year,md even in seasonal operatIons.would be suiiiect to the -act for 12Inonths following.

Donald Kirkpatrick, legal counselior the American Farm Dureau,[Old the House committee on agri.culture that great practical difficul.ties are involved in estahlishingminimum hourly wages and max.imum hours for farm labor. Last)'eat. U. S. farmers employed 2%mi\1ion persons for varying timesin producing 275 different farmcommodities. They worked a3piece workers, day lahor. :weeklyand monthly wage earners. Manyl-eceived part of their pay in kindand in housing. :-\ot many workpdon a straight hour basis. :\11'.Kirlc. 'patri~k said the hi\1 would serveonly ,to set a rigid standard torall farm labor.

PROTECTION ./M' A D E TOO R D E R •

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Windshi.ld ."ipers prote" both driwer ond ped ...trion from danger when driving cond.tions are bodThey giw. protectoon mode to order. A StateMutuol policy prowides form fi .. protection that'smode 10 order - ocIoquote COW.,0ge w.thowt

, unnecessary fnns Or extras.

GRANDPA OF THE CABLE TRAIN - Possihlryou've secn modern Iraclor-Ilrawn cal,Ie trainshurying Long Distance telephone calJle acrossthe Michigan counlryside. Back in 1882, twopioneer telephone men hitChed a locomotivc toa farmer's plow, turned a deep furrow fivc milesin length and "planted,1 an as~ortment of wiresto elelermine the elTect of soil ~onclilions on Ihem.From this early cxperiment ('ame facts helpfulin (Ieveloping modcrn underground cahle!

SUPPOSE you could reach only one othcr tele.phone. Your telephonc woultln't he worth verymuch 10 you, woulll it? Actually, 10flay you canreach more telcphoncs than evcr hefore I

- ••• I oc-tors .. vets, cquipmcnl dcalerll. fricn.lll, rclalivcs.And we're still adding new telephonc~ al recordSPCCf!.. This mcans more people you (::\11 call-more Johs YOllr telcphone ean 110 for you.

District 2 Women'sC{lm?AprillO-12

District ~o. 2 Farm Bureau Woomen ,,'ilI hold their first cam)) atClear Lake on April 10-11-12, Thereservations can be made by writ,Ing Mrs. Carleton Ball. Dlstric.tChairman or District 2. at Albion.:\lichi!1:an. The camp is. open toFarm Bureau Women of the coun-ties of HI'anch, Calhoun, Hillsdale,Jackson, and Lenawee.

AFBF ON FARMPRICE SUPPORTS

All policies and pt'ogram's of theFarm Bureau are written in com-munity. county, state and nationalme1ltings. I

Local Community Farm Bureausare the grass roots or the organiza-tion.

Stote M.UhIOI pays fosses from explosion, riol,la" .. g aircraft, smoke, and w.hieles as prowided

I. by Extended Cow.rag. - oil at no extro cost

ANOTHER STATE MUTUAL FEATURE.

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MICHIGAN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANYOur $J 3.500.000 postwar rural constructloll program meallS

more aad IIl.ffer rllral fe'eplton. service.

BRAIN TEASER-You can prohahly stump mostof your frielltls on Ihis one. In which case docsyour voice Iravelthe longest distance to reachthe person you'rc talking to: (a) - When youtelephone yom' ncighhor on the next farm?(h)-When you spcak to somehodr across theroom? Answer: When you talk aeross theroom. 'Vhen you telephone your ncighhor, YOll~voice just goes an ineh or so to the mou1hpiece.From there on it travels as an elcctric currcntright to the listcncr"s telephone reccivcr.

J MIDWEST CO-OPBUYS OILREFINERY

The Consumers Co-operative As.soclation of Kansas City purchasedand bigan operations December31st of a 2.000 barrel per tIqy' pe~-roleum refinery at Newcastle, Wy.oming.

The refinery. which will now bethe 21st owned anti operated by thecooperatives In the United States.was purchased from the Carter OilCompany and bas 500 bal'l-els ofstorage capacity. nearly 50 aCI'es of ContinUIng its fight for legisl~.land, and substantial inventories. tion which would increase the el-all of which were included in the I fectiveness of the Department ofpurchase. The refinery has an Agricultur~ in c;arrying out farmabundance of available crude oil price support programs. the Ame:'-and will serve cooperatives in thl! ican Farm Bur~u tet;tified March'Vyoming and South Dakota areL 22 for the bill by Congo Spenc~

The Consumers Cooperative As- or Kentucl,y (H.R. 2682) to am~Jl(:sociation now owns refineries at the Commodity Credit CorporatIonPhillipsburo- Kansas' Scottsbluff Charter Act.Nebraska; ;~d CoffeY~'ille, Kansab:' H.R. 2li82 would pl~ce CCC undeland al~o owns a one-third interest the general supen-ision of the Secr~'in the 20.000 barrel plant at :\lc- tary of Agriculture and give th'Pherson. Kansas, which is owned Corporation t~e authjlrity i~. n.o"jointly by five reo-ional cooperatlye lacks to acqmre storage faCIlities

I t. CA~ • f" Farm Bureau's statement was prpassoc a Ions..... s re tnmg ca ...pacity ran about 35.000 barrels of sented before the H~use Bankm!,

.. and Currency Committee by DOTcrude OIl a day dUring the pa.;t PI' . t D' t f th. are •• ",SSOClae Irec or 0 Iyear and IS expected to be substan- AFBF W h' t Off't' II b th t' 1949 as mg on Ice.la y a ov~. a Ill. 'l\Ir, Parel recommended ellmin-Co,operatIves throughout the U. t' f ... th cllal.teI'. a IOn 0 proVIsIOns m e

S. now own and operate 21 ref11l' l' "ti CCC' b'I't t rovidp. 90 i' .Iml ng sat I y, 0 ))enes, - of them han.d mg _gasoIln~. stOt'age facilities. and that thp.The plant at COffeY:llIe. hansas, IS management of the Corporation beone of the Ia~'gest m the world. vested in a board of directors. all

In announcmg tbe purchase of pointed by the Secretary of Agri.the .refinery, Howard A. Cowden. culture and subject to his generalpl-esldent, of CCA. reported that supen-ision.the organization had refined a totalo( 248.000.000 gallons of refinedfuels in 1948. CCA is producingnearly 50% of the. crude oils usedby its refineries which makes theorganization one of the largestcrude oil producers among the in-dependent oil companies. CCA isowned by 200.000 patron membersin nine states which opet'ate near-ly 1,200 retail organizations with1,iOO outlets.

Education Should BeGeared to Community

Geared education is what is need-ed in schools today, Howard Eckel.superintendent of. Elkton schools.told the Elk'Rlverside Farm Bu.reau at its l\larch meeting at thehome of 1\11'. and "Irs. Allan Stauff-

, er. It was said at a previous meet-ing of the group that more stressshould be placed on the "three R's,""11'. Eckel replied that educationshouli:l be shaped to meet the de-mands of the community and thepupil trained to take his or herplace in the life of the community.He declared that a rigid curriculumis out of date today.

Petroleum Co-operativeDelivers Stock

Farmers Petroleum Co-operative,Inc .• of Lansing. announces that atotal of $328.244 of Class A commonstock and Class C common stocl,have been delivered to 1.703 sub,scrlbers for stock. The averageinvestment per subscription is justunder $200. The sale of stock con.tinues.

Farmers Petroleum Co-operatives.Inc., ol'ganized,by Farm Bureaumembers, co-operatiYes and theil'patrons last summer, took over thepetroleum distribution business ofFarm Bureau Services. Inc .• Jan.1. 1949. The new co-operativeproposes to expand the presentpetroleum service to farmers. andpossibly to acquire sources of crudeoil and refining service or facilities.

'" AXTED-8 or , Cll. ft. k@rO!llenebumlnlr refrlcerator. Send partlculan.O. C. Collins. 15440 Littlefield Ave.•Detrolt %7,lilch. (4-lt-lIp)

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The Balm-of-Giliad TreeCI:JIl Hicks. my neighbor on the 'west. was born right on that place.HIS grand.dad proved a gOv'mellt claim-a little title brief to traee--And Clem still holds that instrument among his souvenirsAs witness of the bond!! ot blood across these 90 years.

~ow Cle~ has heard his grand-dad tell how in the early daysWhen Hlck~ Street wad a section line marked only by a blaze.He came With Grandma and his ax. in 1853,And built a lean.to underneath a Balm-of-Gilead tree.

And there he rolled a cabin pp and chopped a clearing outAnd he and Grandma carved a home. with .sweat and tears no doubt.But still the home of faith and love. and honest industry.So prospered. by the cabin door, the Balm-of-Gilead tree.

It grew ami spread its burly limbs and cast a cooling shadeAbou~ the spot where Grandma spun and where the children played.The Jears sped fast. The Old Folks died. A new house carne to be;Built by Clem's I)a close by the big old Balm-of.Gilead tree.

So there Clem saw the light of day. and as a boy he swungIn the high swing-and so did I. back when we both were young.We carved initials in the bark, and hearts in secrecy.The Sparkling hammock swayed beneath tl~e Balm-of-Gilead tree.

Clem fixed the house up quite a bit. and he and Cintbv nowAre gray like :\Jarthy and like me. but thru the.,years ~mehow'fhe sheltering limbs of that old friend have often seemed to 'meTo bless the modest home beneath the Balm-of-Gilead tree:

The lean years and .the fat have come; the bright times and the dark,Hut never a bolt from hea"en has scarred that gnarly matriarch.I see her from my window now-right mothe.rly is she--A symbol of protecting 100'e--The Balm-of-Gilead tree.

R. S. Clark,315 North Grinnell Street,Jackson, Michigan.

FOR SALEELECTHlFY 'YOUR SE'\:I~G ma-

hlne-motor and light, $16.•5. Satetybl" tray~ (or little tot.". Satisfaction

uaranteed. 'Wrlte, "'oh-er:lne ?:Ie!'-hantli~e Co.. 1018 ~l)'rtle St., ~ \\.ep't B Grand Itapld,,; 4, ~I1ch.• 0-2t-28p)

FilEr; THEA:-UIU: BOpK. of newWing ideas! ~ ..w Ideas. ~ew pat-rn:-! ;.:nlore! ~e" '\.\.nyf..ctn t"e'W anti\'e with ('otton bag..! Page .. of IIIm'~atlons; full. COllllll"te dlrectlon~.OUr 1."'ree cnpV of ••~n)art ScW'inJ.;''ith Cotton Bag"" Is ready! Order It'm: ~atloual Cotton Council. }lox. )Iemphl". Tenne""ee. (4-7-10-..01»~IICmGA~ .CJ':D,\R SIIT~GLES,rfectl\' cut and l;Taded. delivered~'whei-e In. ~lchh:-an, $6 to $9 'peruar ... write I_'l.Mont Tiffany; I~al-"ka. ~Ilchh:-an_ (3-.t-_Op)

BULBS. PLANTS. SEEDSDAHLIAS. I.ARnE TYPE. unla"',:l-. ten (or $2.25.Labeled. ten for $2.00.trvsanthemums. unlabeled, t"n fnr25. I_'l.belpd.ten for $1.50. AII_sta~e~I)ected. Standard varletle ... ~o t" 0ke. Po..tpal,!. Hoy Laberdy. ,r;au,dre. ~lIchlgan. (2-3t-..4p)BEAUTIFUL ~I1X";D (;LADJOLUSIh~ 100 lan:-" hlllh.. $2.00. or 20noomlng size $2.00. pflFtpahl. OrrieeGraff Sprin" L.'l.ke 1t-2. ~I1chlgan..• ~ .. (2-3t-20p)

BOOKI~G ORDERS ~OW for Ap-. ~lay ilnd June delivery. Pay whenceived. Prices to.b, Porto Ricoeet potato plant." 40c per hundred.00 per 1.000. Pepper, tomato, egg/lnt 50c poor100. $4.00 per 1.1100.Over000 write (or price". Gre.Jnf1e1dP~n t.• Greenfield. Tenne:;ee, (.-Zt-4 ..p)

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DISTRICT DIRECTORS1-.1. B. Rlchard~ B..rrl~n <?enRter2-Blaque Knlrk QUlnC). -3-Clyde Breining Ypsilanti. R. 1.-A. Sh..Uenbarger L. Odessa. R-lS-:.\Iarten Garn Charlotte. R-56-"'ard G. Hodge Sno\.er. R-l•-Harry ~orris Casno\.la8-H. E. Frahm. Frankenmuth. R-I9-H. Lautner ....Traverse City. R-3

I~Artbur Behning._..Osslneke. R-IDIRECTORS AT LARGE

Carl E. Busklrk Paw Paw.George Block Ch~rlev.olx.Jesse E. Trelber UnlUnnlle.

LIVE STOCKEXCHANGE LOOKSGOOD

ReprespntlngWOMEN OF FARM BUREAU

Mrs. U. S. ~e"'ell ........Coldwater. R-2Representing

JUNIOR FARM BUREAUVerland ~lcLeod _ L)'ons

SIster Ken~y GroupInvites FB Women

The :\Iichlgan Chapter of theSister Kenny Foundation have in-vited "Iichigan Farm Bureau Woomen to be represented on theirState Advisory Council. Mrs. :\lar.jorie Karker, director of women's

The :\Iichigan Live Stock Ex, activities for the :\lichlgan' Farmchange looked very good aCits 27th Bureau has accepted.annual meeting at Lansing, :\larch The Sister Kenny people make12. the statement that had it not been

The Exchange has made great for the coopel'ation they receivedprogress in the past two years. In from the :\llnnesota Farm Bureau1947 a new board of directors insti- Women. Sister Kenny und,9ubtedlYtuted an aggressive program to would not have been abl.e to go onbuild co-operative marketing of with her work. Last year the Mln-Ih'e stock. and engaged a new nesota Farm Bureau 'Vomen gayemanagement to do the job. The r'!- about $30.000 to the Sister Kennysuits have been good. Business h.1S Foundation.been growing. and the future is County Farm Bureau "'omen'sm()St encouraging. The aJllllul groups throughout the state dfmeeting this yeal' indicated that :\lichigan al'e learning about thelarger quarters may have to be work of the Sister Kenny Founda. Osceola Celebratesfound for the next annual meeting. tion in :\Iichlgan and of the Kenny M be h" S'

:\Ialla!!el' Ike Walton said thl' em rs Ip uccess~ Treatment Center, which is maln-Exchange marketed $13.990.000 of tained at Pontiac .. Osceola County Farm Bureaustock in 1948. an increase of nearly celebrated achieyement of its mem-$3.000.000 over 1947. The 1945ID "" N bershlp goal "larch 18 with a pot-volutl,le was 3.814 carloads of stock. eClSlons ear luck dinn~r and a prograDl for thean increase of 629 cars over 1947. In Legislature. membership. The state goal forThe Exchange plans to be market- (ContInu..d trom page one) Osc'eola was 271 members, whiching 5,000 or more cars per year by the )1ichigan Farm Bureau have was reached some time ago. The1952. been' Insistent that something be county board of directors Increased

President Arthur J. Ingold saill done to discourage dumping rub- that to 300 members, Roll Call When Farmersthat Detroit Is one of the best II\' bish and garbage along highways. :\Janager Walter . Johnson an. Sell Wheatstock markets. There are 50 0 The Representatives passeG. several nounced that the county now hasmore meat packing comllanies J \'eeks ago House Bill 67 which 302 membel's and has exceeded its American farmer:;. on the average.Detroit. and only a th ird enough () vould considerably stiffen the pen- own goal of 300, 1\1rs. R. W. Page. sell 9% of their wheat in June. 23,:\lichigan I!\'e stock coming to D Itles for such roadside dumping, % in July, 1570 in August. and 10-troti to supply them. Supply an This bill has been In the Senate The Farm Bureau represents % in Septemher-a total of 5770 indemand therefore favors the D Committee on Highways since farmers in Lansing and 'Vashing- four months time. Throughout th~troit market. 'ebruary 8 and seems to be mak. ton. remaining eight months, approxl.

:\11'. Walton said that :\lichiga ng no progress. mateIy 570 is sold each month. ac-now has the most decentralize I Community Farm Bureaus pro- 'counting for the I-emaining 43% ofsystem of live stock marketing i Buy Fa-rm Buearu Seeds. vide nledia for training leaders. the total crop, This alm()St uniyer-the nation. Xeither the packel sal habit has persisted in spite of'! the changing conditions in th'e pastnor the producers like it. He caled for good district markets ou Classified Ads centu_r_y_. _state, }c'arm Bureau and Ii\' Buy Farm Bureau Feeds,stock people ha\'e begun organizin ClassIfied advertisement. are cash with order at the following Isuch markets for central an rates: 5 cents per word for one edItion. Ad. to ap~ear in two or more~outhwest ~Iichigan, II editions take the rate of 4 cents per word per edItion.

Arthur Iugold of Blissfield wa ~===============:=================~IJ ~re.eJected president; Allan Rush ( FARM MACHINERY LIVESTOCK Rural ele newsRomeo, vice-president; James :\lie . 'I_

I hi t l\IILKJ~G SHORTHOR~ BULLSlock of Whittemore. sec'y-treasurel STEWART Shearing l\ ac nes or tor "ale. A g()O()"election of bullheep. Animal clippers for cows I <\1Russell lllackall of Sparta an orses. mule". dogs. Repair parts ealve.. oc. excellent. breed ng.• so at t few fema1es. Our herd ,,'on the. covet-Robert Farley of Albion wer harpening servIce on all types 0 cu - ..d premier breed..r hanner at theers and combs, ?>lIchlgan Co-op F i I 1943H 4- 4f.elected and Allen Rush was re Wool 'larketlng • ss'n, 506 North ~lichlgan State a r n - - ~- ,-...... - 4.-.8. Ingleside Farm. Stanl ..y )1.elected to the board in an electio lechanic Street, Jackson, Michigan I'owell. Ionia n-l, ~lIchlgan. (4-tt-40b)(4-tt-34b .

featured by nine candidates an _. HOLSTEIN HEIFERS-All ages,vigorous campaigning for thre ,"'on SALE-Four 6 knife Fox FI..ld well marked, cbolce high grades. test-Places on the board. hoppers & Silo FlI1er,,; On,enew Joh:I ed. Car lots. Ed Howey, South St.

ean Hay ~Iaker; Four 19,6 Diamon Paul. Minn. 11-7t-18p)I v., ton 2 speed axle trucks with .

oist and racks: One Oliver wire plc~- COURIEDALE A~D S U F F 0 L Kp hal...r. Ireland Alfal(a ~fi1ls (on US sheep. "The be\ter breeds." Our (Jock23) Blissfield. ~lIchlgan, (4-lt-41Jl) placed seventh m 19.8 "'olverine Pro-

duetlon conlest. Breeding stock (orELECTRIC FENCE CONTROLLER sale at all times, ~lIkesell and )lay,

Charlotte R-2, ~J1chlgan. Farm locatedBl"FOHE YOU BUY any Fenee on US-2. at south city limits.Olll;'oller. investigate the ""elcf)' (2-3t-;t5p)lth the (amous mercury tube choJl-er. $29.70.1l0stpald. Your money reo FOR SALI-:;-neglstered )IIIklngunded It you a.re not entirely ..aU" Shorthorn bull.. and open hei(el.,..ed. Guaranteed to ouUaHt an)' fen- Lewis Klaty. CarlSonville, ~lichigan.el' made. At your dealer. or b?y dl- (4-3t-13p)ect. "an Zale Electric Coml'an~. Day . Iity. )I1chlgan. (t-4t-HJl) WOOL GROWERS

ATTE:-'''IO~. Wool Growers-sendyour wool to us and you are guaran.teed the celllng price. 'Ve are pur-chasing wool (or the government. Yeararound wool marketing service andprompt settlement made. ~lIchlganIgan Co-op..ratlve Wool ~Iarketlng As-sociation. 506 ~. Mechanic St.• Jack-~on. JJlcblgan. Phone 3-.246, (;.ltt-Hb).

BABY CHICKSBETTER BLOOD TESTED CHICKS

from carefully s,'lected farm (Jockllheaded by HOP or ,",on"ot nOp males,Barred I:ox, "'hite Hox. '''hite "'yan-dottes. R. I. nedH. Jerse)' '''hiteGiant". JerHe)' Bla('k Giants and la....;etYJleEnglish White Leghorns. Our 29thyear, r'arm Bureau member. "'rite orI,hone tor tolder and price ... LitchfieldHatcher)", Lltchtleltl. ~llchlgan.

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KEJZElt'S pnE)I1U~1 White Rock,Barr,>d Itock, ~ew Hampshh'e n"d.and 'VhIU! L..ghorn chick". and pul.let~ l:;end tor circular and price lI"t.ny'r~m Cl:nter Hatchery. C:errit C.Keizer Byron Center. ~Ilchlgan.Tele!'hOne 2061. (4-2t-31\)

CHERRVWOOD CHAMPION chicksfrom large heavy-IaylflK ,\'hlte Leg-horns. Rhod.. Island Red". and 'VhiteRock... 2.5-~4. egg breeding. Large.vlgorou.. northel'n stock. Pullonllnte..ted. Sexed or "Imlght run chkk ...Ch"rrvwood l~al'llIHHatchery. Box 7~.Holland. ~lIchlgan, 0-2t-3;p)

MAPLE SYRUP PRODUCERSXO'V IS THE TUI E to order a.Il

ne~ed Hap collectlng and hoilingequlpm..nt for 1~50.See our ad""rtl~e-ment for King Evaporators on ~e ,of this paper. For complete In(orma-tion on all syrup making and mar!.....t-lug supplies, write Sugar Bu"h Sup-1'1..,. Co., P. O. Box 110" Lan"ln~.MIch. (4-tt-45b)

WANTED

KLINE SUPPORTSRED CROSS

Wheat ExportsThe United States ~xported more

wheat during the 1948 crop seasonthan any other nation shipped Ina 1!Imilar period In history.

Michigan Farm Bureau

PUR P 0 S E of FAR MBUREAU

The purpose of this Assocla.tion shall be the advancementof OUrmembers' interests edu.cationally, legislatively. andeconomically.

Wayne: B row n s to, ...n. Charl..s Farm Bureau Progl'aJll'? "'hy notKni~ht, ,..~c'v.. IDISTP.ICT YI_; \ anange a similar informatlOna

Huron: Rlue Water. Donald "-ag- meeting for your group?npr. Sec'~'; Casevlllp. ~lr~. June lien.ry. F.a,..-tI:..dman. ~Ir~. l-'r..d \\' ..I~s. The following groups had un.

Sanilac: Ca,..h. :\ll'>l.J..nnie Duekert. usually fine meetings during Feb,"1'(")'; ~orth ~larl..tt ... ~lr~. Jan ..tteKnight; Ball. ~Irs. Eth ..1 Dt'Vitt; Stll- luar)' and deserve honorable men."on. ~I"". I:lta ~1('AIII"ter. tion:

DI~TmCT \"-6Clinton: Section Cornen;. :\lrs. How- Albion Twp. Xo. 1, Calhoun COUll.

ard Hu ...tetl. :-ot>c'v. " 'I b IRS •Eaton: P..rk..y: )lr". Glenn LaSeney. t)...• Irs ..• a e ay. ec y,sec'y; "'est Hamlin. ~Irs. Jane Hal- Gaines. Jenesee, :\Irs. Gathaseb'enesee: Atla" ~o. 1. ~Irs. Thomas "Wykes. Sec'y.Allen, s..c'y; Town Line. )Irs. TIoger Hartland. Livingston. :\Irs. Jos.Partrldg-... h K d S .

Ingham: Lesli... ~lr". "'. "'ardowskl. ep enne y. ec y.s<.>c'y. :\layfield. Lapeer. "Irs. JamesDISTnlCT YIIl-4

Gratiot: ~orth Star. ~Irs. Tressa :\Iawer. Sec'y.~laxw..lI. ""C'v. See you next month and will look

Saginaw: i-I..mlo('k, ~Irs. ~Iartln .. t~ ..uen(..ldt, "..c')'. forward to recelnng your commen s

Midland: Lumar-Curlk ... )rrs. Pet- !lnd items for next month's colunlU.er Ben;-man. 8ec')'; Porter. ~Irs. EllaCoJenlan ..

No.4April 2. 1949

~tabll ..hed J.nu.ry I!. I'!.

Sub~rlptlon: !S cents a y..ar.Llmlted to Fsrll'l Bu....au :\I ..mberw.

Vol. XXVII

Publlshf'.d monlhly, tlN'1 S... lurd.y.by MI('hlpn. Farm Bur..au .1 ItapubllClltlon offl('e at 114 E. LOvett:5t., Charlotte, Mlcblpn.

EdItorial .nd genf'ral ottlce ... !U~orlh CO'darSt., LaMing. Mlchlpn.PO-I Ottlce Box !llOU. Tt>I .. pbone, Lan-&lng U-til. Extension 8.

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Einar Ungr~n EditorHArold W~inman_Associate Editor

S..nd notlcea on Form !5711and nn-d..llv..rahl.. ropl ..s ~turn...s underForm 35.9 to ~lIchlpn Farm ~ews...sltorlal ottlce, P. O. Box 960, Lan-"Ing. Mlchlpn.

STAR AWARDSGold Sur-Bloomingdale-Colum-

bia Community Farm Bureau,Yan Buren county. :\frs. Ho ....ard Anderson. Sec'y.

Sliver Star-ClaYton Commun-ity Farm Bureau. Geneseecounty. -'Irs. -'Iarle Shepard.See'Y.

COXGRA TULA TIOXS

CommunityFannBureauActivitiesBJI MRS. JI.WJORIE GARDXER

111STHlCT1-3Can: ~liItCJn-Ontwa, ~lrs. Edward

Dear Community Farm Bureau "'e~fall. s..t.'v.Va.n Buren: Ahnena, :\I~. Jalnes

)1l'Glbers: Burn.s. sec'y: L..... )Ir". Charles Gra-This month we are attempting to ham.

d h. I d f i h DI8TP.TCTn--3o somel lJlg a ittle if erent w t dolnon~a..c:..s\.outh Roston. ~lrs. Lyle Con-Community Farm Bureau activitle.> ... Kent: . Courtland, ~lrs. J.largaret""e would like this column_to con. SippI... s..e'y._1St of news and matters of interest Ottawa: Bell. ~lr". Clarenee "-alers~ec')...to other Community Farm Bureaus m:'TI:ICT YII-3

bi h' b h Muskegon: Cedar Cn'ek. Ed R. YanW C are given to us y t e mem- Pelt. ~"C'~'; ~lontague, ~Irs. Roberlbt'n! themsehes. This will pro\'id~ CO<'k<'rJll.an f'xcellent opportunity for "our Osceola: Vp So, Doing. ~lrs. Barbara; =,je~arth. :-;~c'v..publicity chairman to function. nr:-TP.TCT II-I.Let's make this column '.our col. Branch: llron:-oon, Lawton Carpen-

J t~r, ~ec"y"umn and as Interesting and inform. DI:-T!:ICT IX-I

Northwest Michigan: Hannah. :\Ir".atlv~ as poSSible by providing sug. John Oekert. sec'y.:e:31ion!l .-hieh have improved The above summary represent~your Community Farm Bureau a total addition of 81 new groupsp-oup so that others may pI'ofit by over last year .• \pproximately 60your experience, The more material of the ~roups listed last year dis.we rf'Cei\'e from you. as members banded or re-organized under' elif-ot your local Farm Bureau group, (erent names. Indications arethe better this column will be. that :\larch will show even greatel'

Probably the most outstanding in terest in the Community Farmn...-s item for the month of Feu Bureau Program. "We are lookingruary on Commnnlty Farm Bureau torward to February's total of 811BC"tivities 1:1 that all records for to be bettered in :\Iarch.prevwus years were broken witll HIGHLIGHT OF THE MONTHthe total of 811 active Communit). This month the February meet.Farm Bureaus in :\lichigan .. Dis~- :ng of the Unionville Communityrlct X aecount~ for 4ii ne'l1o'groups Farm Bureau in Tuscola county hasreported as of February. The 0:" been chosen for t-eview because apnization of the new County Farm meeting of this type can be assis~'Bureaus of :\Iontmorency. Ogema,,' ance to many oUler Communityand Alcona accounted for 33 new Farm Bureaus in imprOVing the;riroups. Cheboygan County Farm programs. :\Iany members of theBureau has added 4; Alpena and Unionville Community Farm Bu-Presque Isle each have 3 new reau took part in the recent 1'011poups; and Emmet County Fal'm call and found many peol)le in thei:-Bureau has added 1. Iosco county. community who were not familiarwhich Is now In the process of or. with the Farm BUI-eau. This wasg:mizalion. reported one Commun- not only true of the prospects fority Farm Bureau In February. new membel'ships but also of theOistrict III took second honors with people that they called on to re-the addItion of eight new groups. !Jew membership, Two members orLlvlnpton county and Oakland the Unionville Community Farmcounty each have added 3 and :\la. Uureau. John Kuch :and ~Ieh'illcomb and Wayne County Bureaus Bolzman. "membership workershave added 1 each. District VI themselves. I'ealized that it wouldran a close third with 7 new groups be an easier job to accomplish if .l

1"~ported. The activIties In the general infol'mational meeting ondistrict. however, were confined to the Farm Bureau program weret ....o counties. Sanilac. reporting 4 held to inform their communitynew groups and Huron. :: Commull' 2nd make their roll call job easierIty Farm Bureaus. Huron County as well as better inform themselvesFarm Bureau has a total of 3li so that they would be clualified toactive Community Farm Bureaus answer questions.".Irhlch Is the largest number report- :\11'.Kuch and )lr. Bolzman, with~ for any county. It Is rumored the help of their community groui).tbat Sanilac and Huron are organ- resel'vell the Unionville High schoolIzing more groups. District V on the night of February 17til.holds (ourth place with 6 new hired a (oUl',piece band for enter-groups. 2 in Eaton county and Gen. tainment. Jlnd arranged for :\11'.esee, respectil'ely; and one In Stanley Powell. the legislatil'eClinton and Ingham. District VIII counsel of the Michigan Farm Bu-reports four new groups; 2 In :\1111-reau. to be guest speaker. Theland and 1 each in Gratiot and members publicized the meetingSaginaw. DistrIct I, IV and VII with hand bills, announcements 'inE>howing 3 new groups organized the local papers and by phone con-and District II and IX report th~ tacts.urcanlzatlon of one new Commun- :\11'. Powell discussed briefly theIty Farm Bureau, respecti\'ely. history of Farm Bureau and gal'e By AT.JuIY KLINfJ

New Community Farm Bureau the audience a first-hand picture oi PrCJIidcllt. American Farm BUfcal,roupll reported In February reo the legiSlative powel' the farmers When fire. flood, t01'l1ado, cripJ>Qrt;sand their secretaries are: ha\'e through their Community piing snowstorm or other disaste

DISTRICT X-45 Fal'm Bureaus. Over 200 people brings deprll'ation and suffering tJAIC4rta Community Farm Bureaus:AlvIn. ~tr". Helma I.~e. "~c'y; Cunan, 'were present. Arter his talk a lil'ely a community. citizens expect ant:ll",_ .Mildred LaForge; Curtisville. discussion waS"held in which "ari- know that the great Red Croso~I..... William B)'I..r; Oean, !olrH.. IohnB..cker; F.a.,.tHawe.., ~Irs, Ina Apsey; ous phases of the Farm Bureau organization will arri\'e promptlyGl.t-nnlc'"~(j. I, )In<. Winnldred I:lc- program were explained. People with aid for the ill and the injuredkel' Klondyk.., ~Inl. Hobert A. /'R~~rn.."; ~fount Ja)'. )1,.,.. r;"slemay stayed after the meeting to discuss :\liI11ons of disaster victims ha\'~Ktlp"-Irlck; 8.",ncer, ~"'. ~Iary Lilly; Ill'ograms they were int(:rested In. .cause to be grateful to this greatSpruce, :\1,.,.. llartha Beck; Taibi IRoad. ~l..... Mable Gru~h, The detailed information con. agency of mercy.

Alpen~ Community Farm Bureaus: t' d I thO I h be E' d h' f '1'lleay ..r Lak... ~IMl. Hobert ~Illl"r, ame n IS co umn as en con-, x-serncemen an tell' anl1 les.s.-c y; Cloy..r LPat. !oJ,.,.. !ollcha..1 Hof- trlbuted by ~lr. O. D. Van De :\Ial'k. many of them faced with Ill'oblemsfer; J.ong Lak.., Edward Szymaru<kl. U th thCheboygan: Center Line. ~Irll. Ber- secretary of the niol1\'lI\e Com. at ey know not how to copenlc-. Lyun. s.-c')'; Crump S..ttlement, munity Io'arm Bureau. Wmn asked with. ha\'e been the beneficiaries)In. 1I.rtr Ko\'lac; ,"~..t ~Iullett. ~Irs.Rav Urldll\"..wat ..r; Mulligan Creek. about the reaction the mee~' of Red Cross aid during the post.uroy Brad)'. ing had upon the communit). he war Years, The entire nation mayEmmet: G()O(} Hart. ~I"" ~ellleJobn"lon. SO'C'v. writes that the turnout at the;r be said to he the beneficiary of the

luco: I~JlO ~o. 1. )1..... L)'Je Robln- Coulmunlty' Farm BUI'eau meeting Xatlonal Blo~d Program that haslon, 1l'PC""}""

MOI\tmo~ncy: A"\'ef7>'. :\Inc. Arvella has been much Improved and has be1ln established by Hed Cross. be.)Ieliurplly • ...-c'y: Briley. )1..... It.a- Included many membel's anl.l guests cause even the most remote com-bella Brll..y; l-:a..<tRUllt, ~lrs. Itus"ellTrac-v; ~o. Branch. !ol"". Paul Bahrkf'; who have neveI' attended such munlty can draw on this supply.P,_nt \'all ...., ~l",. Omar Spld..l; tl . I S f h' h I '11ft." _Ion, -:If,.,..' HIJ.1a Harden; South mee ngs pre\'lOU6 y. everal 0 W IC S l'apH y coming to be oneHillman, M..... F.dward Greer; Thun- the older members in the Tuscola of the greatest. aids to doctors indt>r Ba> • .M.n<. M~'rna TOt<lnaky;"reMt CoUllty Farm Bureau have become treating victims of accidents asRa\ tOn. )1"... Haz..1 Powell.

Oo.m : Atb@rton. )Ir~. Clar ..nc.. members of their local Unionville w-ell as In treating certain t)'pes ofMillr, c.v; Campbt'U" Corner, 1-1..... C . F B di)(~~ Brln<11py;Clpar Lake. :\Ir.... )1aI')' Ollll1lUlI1ty arm ureau and are sease.H ...n; Harcourt. M..... eM\ce On\Vf'''; partidpating In the Blue Cross The constantly expanding pN.Huptrna~ ).1.-,.., ~atl .. White; LItke}" 't I' . P f h R de,,.. "g'. M..... ~ ..dia L..hman; u)\'''- ..Ol'\pJ a lzatlOn Ian as a result of gram 0 tee Cross requires... ~ t '-11'''.Alma Graber; ~e.~ter. !ol..... this uleetlng. Due credit is gh'en more and more funds each year.I..... Ilf-r'I{..rnn; J>1f'~nt 11111. Wet<ley to Mr. O. D. Van De ~lark for be, The organization must depend on!" ,,"t ..n"; Prior Cr..ek. )tnl. AaronII .. k. IUO#Rh'er. 111'''.lIelen Hrlnd- ing "co-writer" and proViding thO! voluntal'): contributions for its.' t'. u'h lid"'a nt ... loI",. Loul.!'e De.!ola' ,\ necessary information that made support. No cause is more worthr.

.. , •• qe.. 'sIe: LA•••. JO@ Chal'pa. tills stImmary POSllibie. All of us should gi\'e generousl".... \ \I.t, M.......Beatrlee Kowal......- ~ak, !'o)iJth R~ ..Mo. J_f'ph Ha..ke.• \ few Community l"arm Bureau when the annual appeal for funds

[)ISTRI~ 1I1-. secretarl~ report poor attendance is made in 1949.L,vl.... t.n: l~rn.ld Cent..r, lIlMl.01 '. 1!I!o1~.~'y; Hartland. )Irs. Jo- and lack of interest on the part ofwpft K.."lW4v; " .....t CHlt..r. :\I"",. their members of their !TOups. AP. "n S .. n

Mae".. lt: ft~ 1Il.......Tom no_r- meetinc of this type bas been tried~~k:;;l, ftOlOe 'l'w'D.. Mr<!. Hubert aDd pronD suceessflli. Are theHI ..... v s..uth t>.imm..rce. :\f~'1Dle_bers of ymar Oommunlty FarmG .. , •• ker ... tll...... ~ovl. )frl'. Bare •• Intormed on the oyer-allhtt. :Erwin. _

Page 3: Vol. XXVII, No. 4 EDITORIAL FARM BUREAU Decisions ...archive.lib.msu.edu/DMC/MFN/1949/1949-4.pdfsafe laddel's. Clean-up and fix-Uil not only illakCll our farm safer, but certainly

LANSING 1. MICHIGAN

Economy of ProductionBy Dean H. J. Reed

Purdue Uninraity, Lafayette, Indiana

It is the net income that enablesfarmers to have the thin~s theywant for their homes and families.

Prices of farm products are go-ing down. Taxes, transportationcosts, labor, materials, and oper-ating costs will remain high. Thatputs the old squeeze play on net income. The answer~obviously, is reducing production costs to the bone-making every production unit efficient, whether it bean acre of ground, a hog, a cow, or a chicken.

High producing, adapted varieties of crops, llde-quately fertilized, planted at. the right time in wellprepared soil, will cut the cost of production.

Most farmers food their hay and com to livestock.and the herds and flocks convert t.his feed into milk.pork, eggs, etc. Therefore, we must be sure that theyare efficient. It is your livestock that settles theprice you get for your feed and labor. Low producinJanimals and birds should be disposed of now. andthey should be replaced with high producers.

Can the proper use of electricity, machinery, andpower cut your labor costs? Study C8US(lB of live-stock mortahty and correct any Irvl COnditWDLSanitation pays. AnalY7.eyour productIOn figur_ andcosts; they will revC'cllyour weak and strong spot&.Keep overhead cost down.

Every farmer can improve his operatio_ aDd Iiwill pay from here on out.

Swift & CompanyUNION STOCK YAReS, CHIC" ••• , ILU ....

Nutrition ;, •• , '.,iN'.-..4 ..sa

Quotes of the MonthThe livestock producer, bs>thby nature and by neces-sity, is a true conservatIOnist. He would no moredeliberately ruin the property on which he dependsf~r his. livelihood, and which he hopes to pass on uIus chlldren, than the manufacturer would delibeIately tear down the plant in which he operates.

A. A. SMITH, PresidentAmerican National Livestock Assoc

~ivestock p~ovid~ one-third of all the food ener~In the American diet, and 80 per cent of all the landused to produce the nation's food supply is devotedto livestock production. That is the story of a bigbusiness, vital to all Americans.

CHARLES A. BURMEISTER,Production & Marketing Administration-USDA

414 MUTUAL BlD'G .. ." Orc.niz.d in 19!1.. " O~.r 117,000,000.00 ,Insurznce in F,0r".

'oF. M. .HECT~R. Sec. Ct Treas, oR. L. DONOVAN, Pres.

Lime your fields now to msure greaterproduction.

FRANCE AGSTONE has been aidingproduction successfully for over 25 years.Monroe, Mich., Plant located just southof the city li~its of Monroe on US-25.Silica, Ohio, Plant located 8 miles westof Toledo, 1 mile north of. US-20N.

THE FRANCE STONE COMPANYTOLEDO, OHIO

USE••••FRANCE AGSTONE

IRSU'RE Your CROPS,A,g~,;nst-H~.IL Lo'sses

MIC~ IGAN' MVTUA~ HAl L INSUR,ANCE CO.

Dale Brown of Farm Bureau Serv- Farm Bureau women strive forices at Bancroft Bold five Co-op better rural recreational 1aciIl.tractors recently. ties,

Co-op Tractors

"Do not discard the old just be- Community Farmcause It's old, nor take on the newjust because It's new," Bureau Activities• "The smallest of' all packages Is - L1vingston.Townllne, Community

a man wrapped up In hlmselr." groUI) met with Mr. and Mre."If you want your dreams to George Wilkinson fOI' the annual

cOllie true, don't oversleep." fish dinner at Conway town ball"Time is the most Inlportant !\larch 16, Carl Dlckel'son, Jr., ex-

tool that we can have-use it to Iliained the Junl~rs' oat crop pr~good advantage." ject for 1949. April meeting at the I

The slogan of the first Mld-\Vest James Str'Cator home.Training School held at Saugatuck Ingham.Onondaga. Our groupon Lake Michigan in 1926 was, ",\ discussed proposed changes in ourhigher standard of living for the educational system at the meetingfarmer and an income to pay the with 1\11.. and Mrs, Rolland De.bill." Kett, March 2,1, Next meeting April

28 with Mr. aud'Mrs. Dennis Under.wood.

... '

1 can corned beef hash2 tables'poons shortening

1:1 cup thinly sliced onion2 tablespoons floor1 No. 2 can peas (2Yz cups)~ teaspoon salt

a cross between a legal documentand a telegram. Use capital "I"when necessary, but something elsewherel'er possible."

"Teddy Roosevelt said farmershad a right to be on their ownside."

"It takes 57 muscles to make afrown and only 7 to make a smUe,so don't overwork your face."

"There are hundreds of funeralseach day on account of the 3H's-hugging, hurry and hooch."

"There are three rules to remem-ber when addressing a meetlng-stand up, speak up and shut up."

"When one is 30 and stiU single,there's something wrong with some.body's salesmanship."

"The greatest single force forgood is good will."

"Salesmanship is the ablIlty toget the other fellow's co-operationand make him glad of it."

"Your value to any business de-pends on how you IIleasure up toyour responsibility."

"If men wi II fi,ght for self inter-ests, why not organize for it1"

"The future leaders of the worldwill come from the agriculturalpeople, where they've always comefrom."

"An expert is just an ordInaryman away> from home."

"It's more important to knowwhat not to say than what to say.Shakespeare says, 'An honest taleplainly told speaks best'."

"It takes 100 Yoears to grow anoak tree, but only 6 mouths to grow I

a squash." '"Confidence gets business, satis-

faction keeps it.""If we know ourselves,' we are

pretty well informed." ,"'Those who get up in the world

are those who get down to work.""A speculator is a man who lives

on another's ups and downs.""The same clement that will rip-

en an apple will rot it.""It is not what we have that

counts so much as what 'we do-withwhat we liave."

"Efficiency is not a cause of overproduction, but a remedy for it."

"President Wilson once said, 'Weshould aim to make peace just ashandsome as war.' "

vfla~//'a !/!ogrn,j~lu finDELUXE CORNED BEEF HASH PATTIY

Price Balances1', . Supply and Demand

~

In the firstl.lix weeks of the yearlivestock and meat prices have

- dropped with great rapidity. Inmy 24 years with Swift & Company I have neverseen so violent a drop. On the other hand, I havenever seen prices start down from so high a level.It is the law of supply and demand at work.

When the wholesale prices of meat-the amountmeat packers can get for it-go down, it meanslower prices for livestock. It always has been andalways will be that way. When demand for~eatincreases, we are able to pay producers morll fortheir livestock. The prices Swift & Company, andthe other 26,000 meat packers end commercialslaughterers, pay for livestock are governed bywhat they can get for the total available supply ofmeat and the by-products. As in the past, so in thefuture, livestock prices will result entirely fromthe balance between supply and demand.

Let's Be For Things Seems to me that mostof us spend too much time and blood-pressure be-ing against things. Let's be for things. Let's befor freedom of choice and initiative. Let's be for asystem which allows a man to choose freely hisown work, to make his own opportunities, to planhis own production. Which lets him de'cide whereand how he lives; how he spends or invests hisearnings. Let's be for our country, where a man'sthe boss of his own time, his own fuoughts and hisown political and religious beliefs. Let's take agood look at the rest of the world, then reverentlythank God, and be for the United States.

Hope you have a prOsperous summer, and we'llbe looking forward to being with you again. Mean-while, if you're in Chicago, plan to visit us atSwift & Company. All of us in the AgriculturalResearch Department cordially invite you to dropin for a chat. We'll be looking for you/

[/iJ.S;mf son."Agricultural Research Dept.

Yield: " Serving.

Melt 1 tablespoon shortenI:lg In a frying pan and brown onionslightlt. Sprinkle flour over onions and combine thoroughly. Drainjuice from peas (approximately 1 cup). Add salt and juice frompeas to onions and flour. Cook until sauce has thickened. Add Y:1cup peas, stirring gently. Open can of hash at both ends. PU1hhash out on a board. Slice in f"u~ portions. Brown in 1 klblespoot\shortening in a frying pan. Serve Corned B.ef Hash Potties wlth•• i-tgbl. SOllee.

to work with.""Don't ever invite a flgbt' unless

you are sure you can lick the othel'fellow. Ask him wbY he is not amenlber. Let him spell It out, thenconvert him."

"Don't promIse wbat. you can'tdelIver."

"The salesman who does not lookhis prospect in the eye, doesn't getvery far."

"Salesmanship is the power toinduce others to accept a benefitat a fair price for tbe service reu.dered."

"A salesman needs to know hisgoods, himself, his customer, hiscompetitor and his market."

"If the farmer had to relinquishaU advantages 'of organization, hewould be busted."

"You cannot build an organiza.tion on protests."

"It is best not to tell all youknows in a language you cannot un.all you tell."

"An ounce of performance isworth a ton of complaint."

"One will gu to most any extremeso as to save himself from think-ing."

"A high brow Is a fellow whotells you something you alreadyknow in a languag you cannot uu-derstand.","When a preacher fills the pul ..

pit, he packs the church.""You cannot build a co-op on dol.

lars, but you can on loyalty.""A cheerful look makes any dish

a fel,lst.""You don't want five sparkplugs

for a Ford, neither do you wantthree to do the w~rk of four,"

"The Farm Bureau of tomorrowdepends on the thinking of itsmembers today." ....

"The gospel of unselfish serviceIs one not heard often enoughamong farmers."

"In writing letters always putthe human touch to them. Toomany write letters that look like

,,'s a gootl idea '0 illY. ,gugh probl.lD. f« abrainy clay

Dirl Farmer. and deslc Farm.,.. both gel co'/u_- 1but in clifferent places.~

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Ounce of Prevention, - ,

~OUR CITY COUSIN~April rain and April floodMake City CousinA aIWc.in-tbe-lDud I

COWBOYS of just a Cewyears ago would have been puzzled ",1'1by the above illustration. But livestockproducers today see it as a picture of a routinejob ... vaccination of a calf to help keep himhealthy.

•Livestock producers and meat packers have a

common goal: to supply America with all thewholesome, nutritious meat this nation of oursneeds. And so at every step of the way-fromrange, farm and feed lot to the tables of con-sumers-preca~tions are taken to produce meatof the best possible quality ••. meat that will re-ceive the familiar round purple stamp "U. S.Inspected & Passed." This purple circle, found onevery important cut supplied by federally in-spected packers, is the housewife's guarantee ofgood, wholesome meat.

Growing animals are subject to various ail-ments. Meat, milk, wool and' other valuable by-products ... enough to supply a good-sized na-tion ... are lost on farms and ranches each year.Add to this the lost grain and grass fed to animalswhich never live to maturity, or fed to unthriftylivestock that gain slowly. Total dollar losses runinto billions.

Much has been done toward reducing these• losses. New drugs and chemicals, such as thesulfas, penicillin and phenothiazine, are conquer-ing livestock ailments~ pests and parasites. Butsome of these causes of reduced production andprofit are stubborn. To lick them will take in-crettged knowledge, cooperation among neighborsand a constant watch for danger'signs. But theincreased earnings which can result from theseefforts make them more than worth while. Pro-duction of healthy livestock is the only way tol~ the markets for the meat you produce sup-plied and expanding. In solving your problemsyour local, state and federal veterinarians aregood men to turn to for help.

Soda Bill Sez:

MICHIGAN ,.ARM NEW8

By MRS. EDITH M. WAGARBrtar Hill Farm, Oarleton, Mich.

We all have habits and most o~us have hobbies.

One of the habits I acquiredearly in life was to take notes. Ifthere was anything that I thoughtworthwhile to remember I couldseem to give it more permanencyif I would make a note of it. Thp.very act of writing it once hashelped me tremendously' to retainfacts for future use.

I have started the slow processof "putting my house in order" bygoing through my files, sorting outthe dead wood and retaining whatI feel may be of sl.;rvlce to othersin the days to come. Among thelarge accumulation I came acrossseveral '.l0tebookll filled with ideasand sayings gathered from severalFarm BUI'eau training schools ofthe early years of the organization.1 ~cided to sort out a few and passthem on to Farm Bureau membersof tOday.

We had outstanding assistancein the 1920's froom our own stateand farm nationally known leaderllin salesmanship. Among those inMichigan were the late Dr. W. W.Diehl, a most popular minister witha keen interest In rural !i\'lng, ourown state president. 1\'1.L. Noonwho was called the "Billy Sundayof the Farm Bureau," and Dr. EbenMumford of 1\1. S. C. They couldgive a picture of Farm Bureau ac-complishments "and future needs.They could usually answer all ofthe $64 questions the doubtfulThomases might put to them. Forour professional help, we had theservices of the late Lucius Wilson,his assistant, C. S. Hanby and an-other man by the name of Toles,Here are' som.e of the statementllthese men made to us about sell-ing memberships in the Farm Bur-eau:

"Every time a fellow gives youan objection, 'it gives you a handle

Quotes from Early.Farm Bureau Leaders

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APHIS.~' .

This is General Chemical's 5ls1year of service. For many decadesit has been a foremost manufac-turer of insecticides and today isa leader among producers of thenew organics, including DDTand PARATHION. Take advan-tage'of this tremendous back-

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ground of manufacturing and or-chard experience;consul t us onyour fruit sprayprohlems,

Farm Bureau members are work-ing fOl' world peal.'C and security .

FARMERS LOOKAT SCHOOLS

Community Farm Bureaus inMichigan during the month ofFebruary discussed "Are theschools doing their jobs?"

390 Farm Bureau people, meetin!;in 19 Community Farm Bureaus,said schools are doing a good job,and that' there is not much roomfor improvement. A great majority,however, were of the opinion thatcertain improl'ements in the localschools are in order.

Nearly 1,400 Farm Bureau peoplesaid more vocational educationshould be offered in the publicschools. 205 members expressedthe need for more vocational guid-ance in sehools.

About 200 thought athletics areover-emllhasized. A few felt thatgreater emphasis should be givento health education.

1,0280i<'arm Bureau people saidthat our schools need to pay high.er salaries to attract and hold(IUal\fied instructors.

714 F'anu Bureau members saidthat school district reol'ganizationwould be necessary to provide thek inll of school facilities that theydesire.

311 wcre of thc opinion that re-Clrganization is unnecessary. -

1,233 members,meeting in 51COlllmunity Farm Bureaus, sai'!!Ulat the immediate need is to in-form the pUblic relative to the needsof the local schools.

DAIRY PEOPLETO WORK FORLARGER MARKET

An aroused dairy industry has setin motion a new business actionIJI'ogralll of advertising, merchandis-ing and reseal'ch to comhat reces.sion in the markets for dairy foods,according to B. F. Beach, Michiganexecutive committee member of theAmerican Dairy Association.

June has been desiguated asDairy \\Ionth and action time hy thenation's 5 million dairy farmers,The 30-day period will he fund.raising tillle for the farmers to fi-nance a yeal"s campaign.

Delegates from 40 states. repre-senting 90 percent of the nation'smilk production, mapped out news-paper, magazine and outdoor ad-vertising pointing to greater useof dairy foods and better publicunderstanding of the importance, ofdairy industry to the nation's econ.omy,

\\II'. Beach was elected to the ADAexecuti\'e committee; Fred "'alker,Carson City, and C. L. Reynolds,Pinconning, were elected directol's.Othel's in attendance from Michiganwere: D. L. l\Iurray, East Lansing,extension dairyman, J\JichiganState college', and Charlcs, E. Stone,secretal'y-manager, ADA of Mich.igan, Lansing.

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I Mix co1mpletely in hard or softwater without excessiH foaming. -

2 Stay suspe~ded in the agitatedspra}' miXJure.

3 Give high deposit on fruit and fo.Iiagc , .. uniform: c1osel}'knit spra}'covcrs.

4 Minimum run.off of the insecti-cides in the spray dip because thesematerials are processed to make the'particles "sta}' put" where they hit:

5 Result! Unexcelled "kill" of insectsfor which DOT and PARATHIONarc recommended.

tive secretary of Farm Bureau Serv-ices. The state councils have beenrendering valuable service to theirmember co-o[l'Cratives.

Farm Supply &. Service-B. A.Rainey, mgr., procurment divisionof Farm Bureau Services. Farmcosts will gain I added sig-nificance if costs remain high andfarm prices fall.

Public Relations &. Information-Everett Yuung. puhllc relationsdirector for Michigan Ass'n of Farm-el~ Co-operatives. Committee i3charged with planning for betterpUblic relations.

Labor &. Management-E. VictorBielinski. personnel director, FarmBureau Services., Committce dealswith labor management by farmco-opera ti ves,

Legal &. Tax-Edwin F. Steffen,legal counsel, Farm Bureau Serv-ices. Committee is charged withrepresenting co-operatives in thesefields.

Grasshopper ProblemJnsed specialists say that J\lich-

ijJan will possihly have a gras3-hOII(lcr prohlem this SUIllIller.Should the pests come as expected.county agricnltural agents will iJenotified of proper control meth,ods to help farmer\; combat thethreat to crops.

Would Locate MenGerman Soldier Saved

Norman Niccum of Tecumseh,Kansas, Is trying to locate any Olle

of nine American soldiers takenprisoner in October 1944 as theGcrmans were retreating nearBourhon, France. Willy Schafel', aCerman soldiCl', was onlered toturn the prisoners over to an SSbrigade nearby, Certain that theywould he executed, Schafer allo\vedthem to escape. Later Schaferwas captured hy the Russiansin the Bel'lin fighting. Theytook from him a notebook Inwhich the nine Americans hadwI'IUen their names and addresses.After the war Schafer wrote arei igious organization In Kansas

• asking help in locating his formerprisoners. Mr. Niccum, a Kansasfarmer, wrote to Schafel' and hasbecome interested in findiug themcn and informing them of WillySchafer,

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President A. J. McFadden of the, National Council of Farmer Co-,. operatives has appointed six Mich-l' igan men to national committeesI ~ the Council, The Council mem-

b~rshlp Cneludes 113 national, reg-ional and st~te co-operatives. Theyinclude in their memberships mostof the 10,150 local farmers co.oper-atives In the United States. TheConncll is their national voice and.esentatlve. The 1\lichit;an men

ed to committees are:Foreign Trade &. Marketing-

Clark L. Brody, executive secretaryof Farm Bureau Services, The com-mittee will consider internationaltrade and related problems affect-ing export and import of agor'l com-DlIldities. It wlII also deal "with~ketlng research for Co-ollom-Uves. support 11rices, marketingagreements and governmcnt regula-tions affecting domestic trade.'

State Councils of Farm Co-op-eratives-J. I~. Yaeger, ass't execu-

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Many Congressmen ~elY on theFarm Bureau for accurate.farts andfigures pertaining to agrlcpltuto.

TENNESSUGol'otb>-Sulftn., Co., CooP. Cry...... n.M"rfr.~'~ro.-Rutherford County

toOP8fGh.e Creamery AUOciatiGn INolenlvUle-Nolenswille COfI.perQti'yenc.

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MICHIGANColdwater-Cokfwat., Dairy CampenyCon.tantln--.co",tontin. CooP. Cry. Co.e_lon Clty-Ooi,ylond CooP. C,y. Co..ble-Ellie Cooperati•• C'Mme,., Co.r... Jord_Jordon VolI.y CooP. C,y.',emont-fremont COOP. Cry. C•.(if'ant-Grant Coop.roti". Cr.amety CoH""'1,ne-fOfmer." Coop. Creame,y Assn:"" • .-Produce,,' Cooper••••• OolrySt. Loull-SI. loui. CooP. C,y. Co.

IllINOISMomence-Momenc. Mtlll CooP. Au".' __ f""II, Union C'Y. , Produc. Co'arb-Eq.,;,y Union Cry. & Produce Co:

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Produce,. AlfOciotion. Inc.Gr•• nvllie-forme,,' Cooperati•• Dairy

We've done t:he experimenting FOR you-To CERTIFY your corn yieldTh~ corn-gro";'er who a~empts to develop his

own strain through trial-an'd-4trror 'methods risk, histime, his labor and his crop. This is unnecessary withMichrgan CERTtFlED Hybrid" Seed Corn-scientifi.cally bred by specialists of the. Farm"Crops Departmentof Michigan Stabt College an'd produced under thecareful and continuous superyi~ip.n of the MichiganCrop Improvement Association; e-specially for Mich-igan's soil and climate.

Assure yourself of', a go~d sta"nd of highest-quality corn-strikingly uniform, f~st-9rowin9 and of richyield ... ask your local elevator' or seed store forMichigan CERTIFIED Hy~rid. Seed Corn in thevariety adapted to your particular growing area.

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ness can pay, consistent with the products it makes.

, I f~ " ..When a man talks about buying my milk or cream, I always ask

him one question: "How many times willi get paid?" . , •- .he usually looks bstonished, then explains his firm pays a cer.

tain price .. '\ I always laugh, th~h~'tell him"1 am accustomed

to getting paid twice for my milk or creom-first (1); when

I sell it and, secondly (2); when my nearby cooperative

creamery of The Mid-West Group returns my propor.,

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assured a steatly market at the highest price m~ bu.si.

six we!'ks. 70 to 80% egg productioni!' lqulte common.

uMermash 20% ,\\'lIh 400 Ibs. of!lIS.P; ,,-ill do all anyone could ex-pect of a mash. Start chicks onHratch at 4 to 5 weeks, all theywill ch~lln up In 10 to 15 mlnutel!at first. When l\ICl,nash 20% Isfed a!! !In egg mash, scratch feedsmay be fed liberally, up to ijO% tola)'lng hens."

Above we see the Hillsdale groupon the steps of the state. capitolprior to their visit to both housesof the legislature.

A great deal of Interest has beenshown by the members participat-Ing In the tours. This favarablereaction Is expected to be forerun-ner to many more similar trips.

DESCRIBESMVP POULTRYCONCENTRATE

Here's Wh-ere You WillFind UNICO FarmSupply Prod.ucts

- .~...-... .,....United Co.Qperatives, Inc., is ,a na.tion.wide farm suppiy organization .Unico farm supply products are foundin the nation's great agriculturalareas represented by the biack areason the above map and aiso PuenoRico. United Cooperatives serves

eightelen stock.holder member farm' supply cooperativeorganizations. These organizations distribute Unitofarm supply producu through 3600 store outlets whichin N'rn terve more than 1,300,000 farmer pauonLUnico products are aho distributed in the greyed, noo-member state arn.s indicated on the map.

ment of agriculture offices andMichigan State College.

The fOllowing are the countiesand the number of members whopartiCipated: MarCh 2-Kent 121;March 3-Hlllsdale 27;. March 8-Eato~ 53; March 9-Tuscola 20;March 22-Isabella 35; \ March 29-30-countles of District. 10 with70 members ..

Indiana~ FB Lead~As Auto Insurer

Jack Rosebrough, manager ot theFarm Bureau Mutual InsuranceCompany of Indiana told pnlicy-hol~ers at the annual m~eting InIndIanapolis In March that theFarm Bureal;1 has established it-self as the largest Insurer ot motorvehicles In Indiana.

!\II'. Rosebrough said. that during1948 new applications were re-ceived trom agents at the rate of2,000 a month. The Indiana FarmBureau's automobile insurance COUl-panr has ooen in business for 14)-eal'S. It was announced thatdividends of more "than $150.000would be returned to policyholdersfor the first six months- periOd of1949. The Insurance Is limited to"'arm Bureau members.

United's Eight.an Stock-Holder Mamba;Organizestians are:

Indiana Farm Bureau Co-Op Ass'n., Indiana; FarmBUl'eau Co-Op. Ass'n., Ohio; Farm Bureau Services. IDC..Michigan; Pennsylvania Farm Bureau Co-Op, Ass'n ..Penna.; Cooperati'\'~ G.L.F. Farm Supplies, New York;Farmen Cooperabye Exchange, Nonh Carolina; South-ern States Cooperative, Virginia; washington Co-Op.Farmers Ass'o .. Wash.; The Conon Producers Ass'n ..Georgia; l1linois Farm Supply Company, Illinois; Wis-consin Co-Op_ Farm Supply, Witconsin; Fox River Val.ley Co-OP .. Wholesale, Wisconsin; Utah Poultry andFarmers' Co-Op.. Utah; Arkansas Farm Bureau Co-OP..Arkansas; Maine Potato Growers, Inc.. Maine; Minne-IOta Farm Bureau Service Co., Minnesota; Ca/eteros dePuerto Rico. Pueno Rico; Delta PurchAsing Federation.Mississippl

UNITED CO-OPER!' TIVES, INe.Alliance, Ohio

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HI-N-R-G NEWBROILER MASH

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Farm Bureau MVP Poultry Con.centrate is used In makIng theFarm Bureau S-ervices line ofpoultry feeds-Mermash 160/0 pro-tein, l\Iermash 18% and Mermash200/0, Bobo Addy, manager of theServices feed dep't. tells us aboutIt: \

"For years our concentrate .wasMermaker, a name given a concen-trate which WdS rich In fish mealand meat scraps.- Then we fort-ified it with Vlta-Pak, a carr~er otliver meal and milk factors. Latein 19-16 we changed the name toM.V.P. Concentrate, using the iu-itlals of Mermaker and Vlta-Pak.

"To improve M_V._P.concentratefurther, we added a special fishliver and glandular meal concen-trate, containing rlbotlavln and ~

Farm Bureau Services has complex vitamins, fermentationbrought out a new broiler .mash for" solubles, and condensed whole fish.1949. Bob Addy, manager of the M.V.P. was also fortified stronglyfeed dep't.. says the mash formula with vitamin A and D feeding oilsIs known as Hi-N-R-G Broiler Ra- I1nd ~Inerals. In 1948 additionallion, 20% protein. It Is rIch In choline equivalent was added to M.-animal protein factors, low In 'y.P. and the amount of vitaminsfiber, only 4%, and very high In A and D was Increased.calories or energy. Early reports "In 1948, egg production as highon feeding of Hi-N-R-G, said Mr. as 82% for the year was securedAddy, have shown 3 lb. or better from Fatm Bureau feeds employingbroilers at 10 weeks with less than M.V.P. concentrate. Occasionally3 Ibs. of mash consumed per pound production as high as 900/0 was reoof gain. ported.'

In the interest of further econ. "M~rmash 16% protein withomy for farmer partners of Serv- 400 Ibs. of M.V.P. is a life-timeIces, Mr. Addy said the organization mash, starter, grower, egg mash.has developed a concentrate called It's fine for growing pullets. Mer-HI-N-R-G Broiler Mak~r. -l00 Ibs. mash 16% should be used at 65 toof the conceIitrate.plus 1,300 Ibs. 70% of ration for best results as anof top quality corn and 300 Ibs. of egg mash.soybean 011meal will make 20% Hi- u"Mermash 18% protein with 4(10N.H-G broiler~mash at a real sav- Ills. of !\I.V.P. Is the most popularIng for the man who has top qua:- l\Iermash. It grows strong chicksIty corn. I last. Start scratch grain at about

MICHIGAN FARM NEWS

Hinsdale County F:arm Bureau Group at State Capitol~" '"~" ""-".!,.,~t:.

325 County Farm Bureau leadersand members have partiCipated instudy tours of the Michigan FarmBureau and Farm Bure~u Services,Inc. facilities at Lansing duringthe month of March. The trips,similar to the ones conducted lastyear, Included visits to the statelegislature In session, state depart-

COMMON RATESFOR CUSTOMWORK

Farmers who are planning springfar!B work on a custom basis willbe interested In the results of asurvey made by the farm manage-ment department at the MichiganAgricultural Experiment Station.

B. R. Bookhout and R. W. Christ-Ian, J'eseal'cn sP€clalists in farmmanagement, sent out question-naires to more "than 1.000 farme1'8.Answers show what farmers arecharging for custom work onearly spring jobs.

The custom rates In the southernhalf of the lower peninsula areusually on an acte basis since landIs more uniform. Elsewhere therates are mostly on an hourly bashbecause of a greater difference infield conditions.

For plowing with a two or three-bottom plow, $4 an acre was themost common rate reported. "onan hourly basis, the most common'rates were $3 an hour for two-bot-tom plows and .$4 for thpee bottom.Lower rates were sometimes re-ported for pa rticularly easy (ield~Some farmers charged 50 centsmore per acre for plOWing alfalfasod or stony ground.

The most common rate for ,disk-ing was $3 Der hour or $1 peraCJ'e. In the. southern part of thElstate, the' eight-foot disk was mostcommon. Smaller disks were reoported in. the north. The mostcommon rates for disks seven feetor under were thl same as fort1Je larger disks, but less work wasdone per day.

The most common rates tOl'thtee-section dragging were $3per hour 01' 75 Celtis pel' acre. Ratesfol' four-section drags were com-monly given as '$3.50 pel' hour or75 cents an acre.

[t needs to be sold over the "back yard fence"purity or germination test?It "has not been thoroughly re-deaned to remove chaff, dIrtand weed seoeds?It contains many weak sprouts which will not produce, butarfl counted as germinated? ,It has material amounts ot otherwise pure seed showingchalcls fly damage?It shows high purity but very poor color and maturitysuggesting low Vitality?It shows red stain or other evidence of origins not adaptedto Michigan?(t cont'alns crop mixtures whicb render it I}nflt to produ~a crop of pure seed?It has heen thrown together to meet a pricec rather thana grade specification?It carries a tag stating plainlng we "give no warranty,express or applied, and we will not be in any way respo:l-slhle ... "?The recommended amounts to use per acre are double ormore those furnished by your MIchigan Farm Bureau andMichigan State College?

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SEED THEA TMENT,FOR CONTROL OFPLANT DISEASES

(From Botany Dep't, .UfchfganState College)

Smut of Corn. Smut balls ontassel, stem, l'ar. Reduces yield.Control 'rtIl'a3urn: Avoid spread-ing through manure. Rotate crops.Corn smut spores \Ive over winterin the soil. Seed treatment noteftecth'e for corn smut control.

Smut and Seedling Blight of oatsand barley. Reduces stand andyield. Control 1f/l'aSllres: Treatseed wIth New Impro,-ed CereSllll* ounce per bushel, according tomanufacturer's direction!!.

Victoria Oats Blight. Use resist-ant varletl~s o( oats. See Co. Agr'lagent.

StinkinjJ Smut of Wheat, Treatseed with New Improved Ceresan* ounce per bushel according tomanufacurtlr's direction.

Loose Smut of Wheat, Barley. Hotwater treatment. See Co. Agr'lAgent.

Scab of wheat, oats, rye, barley.Causes shriwled kernels. Plowunder corn stubble. Treat seedwith New Improved Ceresan, ~f!ounce to hushel, according to man-ufacturer's directions.

Black Stem Rust of Wheat. Re.move common barberry bushes.Use resistant varieties.

Potato Scab, Reduces salnblepotatoes. Oontrol measures: (1)Corrosive sublimate 4 ounces In 30gal. of water. Soak seed one-halfto 1¥Z' hours. Or (2) One pint offormalin to 30 gal. of water. Soakseed 2 hours.

Root Rot of Corn. Reduces yklJds.Control measurers: Treat seedwith Semesan, Jr., or Spergon 1%ounces, or Arasan 2 ounces perbushel, according to manu(acturer'j;directions.

Stripe of Barley. Reduces yield.Treat seed with New ImprovedCeresan, 1f.: ounce per bushel, aecording to manufactur-er's direction.

Seedling Blight of wheat, oats,barley, rye. Reduces stand. Treatseed with New Improved Ceresan,~~ ounce per bushel, according tomanufacturer's directions.

w. Invite Your Clearest Thinking ...On these questlone. Once you have given time for that, we haveno doubts as to what your an ewer will be.

8uy Guaranteed Seed at Your Farm Bureau DealerFARM BUREAU SERVICES. INC.

Seed Dept. 221 N, Cedar St. I.anslng, Michigan

Our $64 Question Is...Between placing our wants with our own organization of far~r8,by farmers and for farniers and placing them with privately-ownedseedsmen. who, If. not actively supporting organizations opposedto farmer co-operatives. at least say no word in support of the co-operative program, should there be any question of wh41re thatpatronage belongs '!

Can It Be..."Just As Good"

Seed, If:

II Even On~...OF THE ABOVE IS TnU"~, we ask you ... can It I)() "just asgood" seed? What If halt of the ahove statements are true? CanYOU say they are not? We raIse the above questions with everydesire to be ralr .. We tel'l they are questions on which ('very seedbuyer should he entitled to know the answers. They all have aooarlng on crop and seed production. 'Ve have one more questldnwhIch should be asked by every true friend of the farmer, everybeliever or farm organization for farm secur1.ty:

Consider WheatQuotas, Allotments

With a record-breaking 194!1wheat acreage Indicated, the De.artment of Agriculture is delvingInto the problem of whether or notit will be necessary for the Secre-tary of Agriculture to proclaim Ii

national marketing quota for wheatfor the marketing year beginningIn 1950. The Department is pre-paring itself for any eventuality .

If the Secretary decides to takethis action, he must also proclaima national acreage allotment forwheat. The Secretary ha~ 'i1ntilJuly 1, 1949 to proclaim a nationalmaJ'keting quota and until July 15,1949 to jlroclalm the national acre-age allotment for 1!l50-crop wheat.

Acreage allotments do not reoquire the approval of the producers.Marketing quotas, however, may beput Into effect only If approved bytwo-thirds of the roducers votln~In a referendum held not laterthan July 25.

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Food prices go up or down as these twofactors-the market supply and the consumerdemand-get out of balance with each other,one way or the ot~r.

Limited quantities and superior qualityproduce on the market shift the balance infavor of higher prices. Excessive quantitiesor inferior produce shift the balance towardlower prices.

STIMULATE DEMAND through intensiveadvertising, attractive produce displays, andeffective point-of-sale merchandising.

CUT COSTS both in production and dis,tribu-tion, so as to narrow the spread between farmand retail price, increase demand, and in-crease returns to growers.

All these things 'eall for teamwork ... coopera-

tion .•. working together.

Fortunately, growers and distributors need notand do not leave so vital a matter affecting thenational welfare cnlirel.}' to chance.

Price is alws.rs of prime -importance to bothgrowers and distributors, for a few cents eitherway ean often mean the difference between a pro-...fit or a loss.

What CanWe Do About It?

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Fair produce prices are important to all Amer-ican citizens as well, for this nation cannot affordto get low food prices by bankrupting agricul-ture. Agriculture prosperity is essential to theDation's prosperity.

Much has been done within the framework of afree, competitil"e market to help keep the twinfactors of supply and demand in healt~y balance.

An~ much more .c!lT! ~e ?one: "

We must recognize, however, that neithergrower, nor shipper, nor wholesaler, nor re-tailer ••sets" produce prices. In this, themost competitive of all businesses, prices areestablished in a free market by the old law ofsupply and demand.

Every day millions ()f American housewivestake their food dollars to the market-place to dothe family shopping. Their colle-cti,'c choice de-tennines 'l"hat products will be sold; and that, inturn, has the greatest bearing on the prices theseproducts will bring.

EVERY D_\Y TilE PRODUCE of hundreds ofthousands of ..:\meriean farms, .. much or little,good or poor ••• moves to market.

Produce Prices?

EFFECT MORE ORDERLY MARKETINGand equalize distribution so' that peaks andvalleys in the supply from day to day, and oneach individual market, will be minimized.

IMPROVE QUALITY, adhere closer to goodgrade and pack standards, and keep inferior,unripe, and off.grade produce off the qualitymarket.

Who 'Se'ts,

GEAR PRODUCTION CLOSER TO DE.MAND, with greatest emphasis ou those vari.eties enjoying greatest public favor.

These are overworked words. 'Ye 've usedthem over and over again, and so has everybodyelse in the food industry. But if growers and dis-tributors really belieye ill them and practice themit will help bring stability and continued prosper-

ity to the perishable field.

To all of agriculture we wholeheartedly offerthe fAcilities of Atlontic Co.mmission Companyand A&l' in this all-importaut job of satisfJ'ingAmerican consumers and building better markets

for American farm products.

Atlantic Commission Company

The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.

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A concrete septIc tc;lnkmalees It po ..sible to have the benellts of runningwater and modern plumbing in saf.ty••• disposes of all household andhuman wastes ••• prevents the con-tamination of drinking and cookingwater by germs that may causetyphoid, dysentery and other ills.

Write for our free booklet, "Con-crete Structuresfor FarmWaler Supplyand Sewage Disposal." It gives com-plete construction details. Also ex-plains how to build cisterns and wellcurbings to prolect your water supply.

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pasture In the sprln~. thtY usuallyeat quite heartily. Why not ellmln.ate the rl:.;k of trouble by checkingto see there aro no pieces of gla3S,wire or metal they can pick up ac-elden t.'l lIy.

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inely mntual company. Earnings in ('xcess of coste; willbc used to reduce the cost of ins1ll'ancc to poli('yhol(ll'r!'l.

Insurance Service, Policic!'l issul'd by the }<'nrm BureauMutual Insurance Company of :\liclJigau cOlltniu libf'ralprovisions in the policyholder's illterf'st on public liabil-ity and propeliy damage, collision, medical eovl'rsgf', lludcOllIprchcnsyc, wllich includes fire, thf'ft, wiIJdQo1'lM,glass breakage, etc.

AT~COST

,Michigan Hospital Service haRmade severnl recordings for localradio stations ... One recording is15 minutes In length, and theothers are 7 minutes.

I'llI'm Bnreau personnel whoheliled make the recordings ure:!\Irs. E:sther Lelnherger, secretaryof Bay County Farm Burellu; !\tra.Belle N~well, executive Recretaryof Branch Connty Farm Bureau;?>lrs. lleWayne Kyser, se~retary orIsabella County Farm Bureau; !\trs.James Wire. County Blue CrossSecretal'y of Berrien county; Mr.Clifton Jacobs, secretary of AlpenaCounty Farm Bureau; Mrs. CarlBacon, secretary or KalamazooCounty Farm Bureau; Herman1I0weisell, county organization di-rector of Washtenaw county FarmBureau; Keith Tanner and Mrs.Marjorie Karker of the MichiganFarm Bureau.

The recordings can be used freeof charge upon request to Mr. Aus.tin Pino, rural enrollment mana-ger, Michigan Hospital Service,Washington Boulevard Building,Detroit 26.

Brodbeck on St. PaulBank Committee

Carl .\. lll'odbeck, president of theBarry County Farm Loan Associa.tlon. and a member of the BarryCount)' Farm Bureau since 1925,1\':\S elected a member of a 12.manadvisory co'mmlttee to the FederalLand Bank of St. Paul February 28.

:\11'. Brodbeck will rellresent Re.gion ~o. 2. consisting of bhe Wt~st:eJ'n half of lower !\Ilchlglln. lie wlllbe one of three men to representthis state.

HOSPITAL' SERVICE-RECORDINGS

Farmers can influence legisla.tion only through an organized,'oice.

Certified SeedsCertification guarantees seed of

high quality which includes free-1I0m from disease and weeds. Otheradvantages include high germlna.tion, high crop purity, and uniform.ity. ;\1ichigan State College farmrrops specialists each year aid Ininspecting fields that are producingcerti fled seed. '

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JORDAN VALLEYCO-OP OPENSNEW. CREAMERY

Barry Farmer-BusinessMeet Set For May 2

The annual Barry County FarmBureau-Chamher of Commerce ban-quet will be held the evening of:\Iay 2, according to Albert Shellen.barger, president of the Oal'l')"County Farm Bureau, and directorof the Michigan Farm Bureau.

The Barry County Farm Bureauwill be host for this year's affair.Laurence Taylor, consultant illadult education at Michigan StateCollege. wlH be the speaker for theevening.

1948, Chevrolet Sedan

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ComprehensiveIneludes Fire, Theft,'V i n d s tor m, GlassBreakage, etc.

Public Liability &.Property Damage .

Liability: $5000 ea<1hperson; $10,000 each ac-cident; $500 medicaleach person.

In Operation. The Company was licem;ed by the StateInsurance' Dep't of :\lichigan on :\larch 7, 1949. It beganbusiness on that date with 3500 applications from !<'armBureau members for charter policies.

Collision, $50 Deductible

For Farm Bureau Members Only. This restriction toFarm Bureau members will result in fewer losses and willkeep our insurance costs at a minimum. This is R genu-

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FARM BUREAU MUTU AL INSURANCE CO. ofPhDnet 2-8~5 and 2-~105 E. Wuhtena.w St.

ness it isMichigan.

BACTERIAL WILT OF ALFALFAIN MICHIGAN

Bacterial wllt disease of alfalfais quite wide spread in Michigan,according to the Farm Crops Dep'tof Michigan State College. But The new, modern creamery plantas a whole It doesn't cause too of Jordan Valley Co-operlltivemuch trouble. Bacterial. wilt Creamery at. East Jordan, Charle-doesn't spread as fast If alfalfa Is volx county, was presented to thesown with brome or other grass.

publiC at an open house March 24.Another suggestion Is t~ not tokeep the neld In alfalfa too long, Formal opening of the $150,000not more than three years. New plant climaxed about three yearsvarieties have been developed which of construction and equipment ill-are wilt resistant, but otherwise stallation work, during which athey haven't shown too much prom. frame plant was dismantled and aise yet light buff brick with glass block. Itrim stl'llcture was built without

. interrupting operations.ASK WOMEN TO Manager. Percy Penfold and Ut'eboard of directors were honored at

AID IN MENTAL a dinner Mar.ch 23, at which mel"chants who have sold the plant'sbutter for years were guests .HEALTH WEEK Jordan Valley is one of Mich.Igan's . few remaining exclusivebutter plants. During 1948 theco-operative churned 1,700,000pounds' of fine Valley Lea butter.

Jordan Valley, Co-operatlveCreamery was organized in 1931' toserve dairy herd owners in Charle.voix, Antrim, Emmet, Otsego andCheboygan counties.

In building the plant, completenew boilers and power equipmentwere Installed along with a newroller pr~cess drier for processingdried buttermilk. There are twochurns, a new butter printing ma.chine which cuts, wra'ps and placesin cartons one pound packages ofbutter.

A complete new conveyor systemwas Installed, which greatly speeds,up receiving of cream.

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Fann Bureau members will pay an insurance membership fee of $7.50 for the publ~c liability and. ~rop:rty dUlllage in.surance, a $3 membership. fee for comprehensive insurance, und a $~ membership fee for .colhsl?n llIsurance whenthey get their first policy. The membership fees are permanent lIIHl will nevl'r have to be paid agaUJ.

MiChigan Farm Bureau Womenhave been urged to co.operate inMichigan's Mental Health Week,April 24.30th.

This would be a very good timeto visit the homes for the mentallyIII and for the mental!y deficient.The Institutions for the mentallyill In the 'Lower' Peninaula are at:Pontiac, Kalamazoo, Tr~verse City,Ypsilanti; and the institutions forthe mentally deficient a;e at La.peer, Coldwater, and Mt. Pleasant.

Programs regarding men t a Ihealth might be held In local areasApril 24.30. Pictures of mentalhealth problems in our state mightbe shown at these meetings. Thesefilms can be secured by writin~the State Department of MentalHealth, Lansing, l\flchigan.

Groups who are planning to gothrough the mental hospital duroIng Mental Health Week, and whowlil contact the State Depart-ment of Mental Health wlil be giv.en some booklets entitled, "Whatto Look For When Visiting a Men.tal Hospital,"

Many Farm Bureau Women'sgroups have been working with theState Dep't of Mental Health for ahetter understauding the program.

The railroads' "navy" comprise8nearly 2,000 units, consisting of carferries, tugboats, cat floats, barges,and other marine equipment.

MICHIGAN FARM NEWS

NEW VARIETIESRanger alfalfa may be called a

multiple-strain variety, h a v I n gbeen synthesized from selectionsoriginating from a variety madeup of 45 llercent Cossack, 45 per-cent Turkistan and 10 percent La-dnk. \Vork on' this variety 'Wasdone through the cooperative ef.forts of Nebraska agricultural Ex-periment Station and the lJnitedStates Department of Agriculture.Its outstanding characteristics arethat it is superior to all strains ofalfalfa for wilt resistance and com-pares with Grimm as far as yieldand cold.resistance is concerned.Ranger i8 susceptible to leaf di-seases but this ceases to be a factorin wilt infested areas.

Buffalo alfalfa is a l!elecUon fromKansas common alfalfa. It can bp.grown a little further north thanKansas comomon and yields bettor.It Is not resistant to bacterial wiltand tor this reason and lack of ex.perimental data on winter hardi-

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Lansing, Michigan

Alfalfa VarietiesAre Described

FIRST 3 pAYS IMPORTANT'Vatch' brooder temperature carefullyand provide ample ventilation. Keepthem confined to warm area. Place nomore than 200 to 250 poults to one brood-er.

FEEDFarm Bure:m Turkey Ration should befed in small metal or lath troughs builtso that poults run into them. Allow atleast 2 lineal inches of hopper space foreach poult. Keep ~nash before poults atall times.

Co-op Elects OfficersSW Mich. Live Stock

Farm Bureau gives 'farmers aneffective means of teillng Congress-men what they 'want.

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(General Instructions from Alber's "Egg l\Iaker")TURKEY POINTERS

That your livestock, plus that of thousandsof other :\lichigan producers, adds up toVOLU~f.E.

That full-time sales¥Ien, seasoned by yearsof competitive m~keting, do a job ofEXPERT SELLING ..

That 'COOPERATIVE 'LIVESTOCK MAR-KETI:-W, combinin?; the volume produced byyouaJ\Q your neighbors and the expert selJ-ing of full-time s:rlesmen, gives you GREAT-ER BA'~GAINING POWER.

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SATURDAY, APRIL 2, 1949

Peed Department

BUY OPEN PORMULA . MERMASHES - MILKMAKERS - PORKMAKER AT

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Buy Michigan-prod~~~d meat for quality satisfaction

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Th~ Michigap. Livestock Exchange'CONSIGN YOUR 'NE'XT S~IIPMENT TO YOUR CO-OP

For the pouItrym11n.who is new at turkey raising, we give thefollowing instructions lis published by an expert. I'm sure you'llfind some, helpful suggestions .. Read it .and see. Remember, inthe co-opet'ative progl'am you are partners; in the old line pro-gram you are just customers. Co-operation needs you and youneed it. '

POULTS. ARRIVE'Prevent chilling and Overheating in hand-ling. Plaee poults und~r llOver, maintain-ing a temperature of 9~:degrees on a levelwith their hacks at olltside. edge of can-oP):. (100 degrees if electric heat is used).

PREPARATION FOR POULTSI, Provide ai lcas't I sq. ft. floo~ space for each poult.2. Have brooder warm fully 24 hours before the poults arrive.3. Cheek brooding equipment, especially thermometers.4. For litter, use one inch of Dri-Bed absorbent litter under hover. Hold in plaee bynailing IxI inch strip 3 ft. around outside of hover. Before poults arri\'e have on hand100 Ibs. of Farm Bureau Turkey Ration and 20 Ibs. Parm Bureau Chick Scratch foreaeh 100 poults.

DON'T STARVE POULTSHeavy losses during first few days of pou Its lives may he due to starvation. AbrilPhtly colored mables placed on top of feed encourages poults to pick at themthe; get a taste of feed, in this way they are indueed to eat.

WATEROnly clean, fresh, wann water SllOUldbeused. One drink of cold water may eausedeath. Supply two founts for each 50poults. Dip each poult's beak in warmwater to teaeh it to drink. Place fountson plan'ks.

FOURTH TO SEVENTH DAYKeep clean, fresh, warm water before them at all times. Continue witli Turkey Ra-tion without any supplements. Enlarge guard enclosure around brooder at end of firstweek.

SECOND TO FIFTH WEEKReduce temperature !J1){ degree per day, after third day, until all poults are roosting.Cool' water now ~tnljs1iible. Set founts 5 ft. or more from hoppe;s. Keep clean gran-ite grit before poults 1I.~ter2nd week: Inc rease h?pper space USIll~ larger hoppers.Continue on Farm BI~1"f!imTurkey Ratton and keep It before them.Slart 2uil week bysprinkling "mall amounts of Farm Burea U chick-size scratch. on top of mash. I~levatedrinkinlP founts from floor .. ITave cool room, pen or yard available. Get poults III sun-shine in"\lry, clean yards o~ wire ;uns. Leafy grcens, cut fine, ma.r be fed twice per dayin 20 minute feedings. BUIld stlllr-step roosts at end of 3 l\\'ceks.. -.

SIXTH WEEK ONFolJo,~ above proer.dure until poults are ] 0 wecks ol~l. Gradually increa.se g~ain. IIa,rchoppers of oats and eorn close to mash hoppers. As bm]s .get. older mOI'e¥ral.n. and l~ssmash will be eonsumeeJ, but the the Farm Bureau ma~h Will ~~ s? well fortlflCd With"A.P.F." and vitamins tha~ health and growth wIll be mamtulJled.

Farm Bureau women promotemore active rural churches.

fr•• infornwtion. Me 'lOUt' de.ler, 01 .. ra.~ .. INNE~ CONll'ANY, Bettendorf.-r._~~~.

The Farm Bureau Is owned con.trolled and financed by farri:t~rs. Stockholders In the South.West

Michigan Livestock Cooileratlve,I Inc., met in annual meeting at theCounty, Fairgrounds In Kalamazoo

Saturday, February 26. Farm Bureau Services, Inc;, presents in this article aThe terms of three directors ex;pired, and to fill these vacancies. summary of "Alfalfa Varieties in the United States"the stockholders chose L. C. Ford b h U S Dof Van Duren county, Foster Oswalt. Farmers Bulletin No. 1731, published y t ~ .. e-of Kalamazoo county, and Henry C. partment of Agriculture,Gleason of St. Joseph county.

Following the stockholders meet- Farm Bureau Services and its seed dealers offer forlng, the board of directors met and 1949 h If If .... I d . I Ca dorganized the board as follows: R. t ese a a a vanetles-m qUite goo supp Y:, na-E. Hazel of Kalamazoo county, pres- ian Variegated, Canadian Grimm, Kansas common andIdent; John Convel'se of Calhoun' ., Icounty, vice president; Dale Klrk- Utah common. In limited supply and avatlable on speClaIIn of Kalamazoo county, ~e<:retary. order: Cossack and Ladak. The new variety, Rangertreasurer; and B. P. Pattison, ass't .secretary.treasurer. is avail~ble for the first time, but the price is high at

around $1.09 a pound. The following is taken fromFarmers Bulletin No. 1731:

COMMON ALFALFA GROUP •Origin of COllIlllon alialfa is not duced In the Unite~ States in 1898

Renew your membership in the known but it is ~believed that'it 01'- through the eHorts ot the UnitedFarm Burea~ today. I Iglnated in Asia and came into the States Department of Agriculture

United Stlltes by way of Spain, because of its superior coid-resls-Chile, and finally Introduced into tance. Certain amounts wer~ im-California about 1850. CommOll ported until 1928 when unsatlsf~l:-alfalfa can be divided Into two tory results were obtained and Itsclasses namely Southern a~d popularity died. Interest has rt!-Northern types. ' cently been revived due to the fact

The Southern commons, favored that it is resistant to bacterial wiltby mild climate, are characteriz- dis~ase.ed by quick recovery after cuttill~ VARIEGATED ALFALFA GROUPand produce large yields but are Variegated alfalfas have resultednot cold resistant. from a natural cross between the

Northern commons have just the purple Ilnd yellow flowered species.OPPosite characteristics: they re- The predominant color of thecover more slOWly after cutting, Clower Is purple but other colorsbecame dormant earlier in the fall, can be found. Because of theand are more cold resistant. These range in flower color, the word,various types furnish a basis for "variegated," has 'been applied toregional strains- which are produced this group. 'Vith the exception ofwhen common alfalfa' is grown for Ladak, none of this group show anyseveral generations in definite 10' resistence to bacterial wilt.calities where eliminating - condi- Grimm alfalfa was introduced in.tions of one kind or another nor- to Minnesota from Germany bymally prevail. None of the com- Wendelin Grimm in 1857. It even.mon alralfas tested thus far have tually attracted considerable at-shown, any appreciable resistance tention because of its' cold-resis-to bacterial wilt. ' tance which Is due to the normal

D?mestic Strains - Val' i 0 u s \selecti~n that took place under the~traIns of coml1~on.Illralra .produccll severe climatic conditions to whichIn the United States are usuaUy it was subjected for many years indistingUished by the name of the Minnesota. Because of its cold.8tat~ in which it is gr.own. The ,'esistance, it is particularly recom.environment under wInch alfalfa mended for states where winter-Is' grown undoubtedly has an Im- killing is a s~rlous factor. It Isportant influence on its characteris- very susceptible to bacterial wilttics, hut just how many seed gen- disease.erations are required to brin~ Cossack alfalfa was introducedabout this change cannot be, esti- into this country from Russia inmated acc~ll'atelY. 1907 by the United States Depart.TURKISTAN ALFALFA GROUP ment of agriculture. It is adapted

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~T~u~r~k~is~t~a~n~a~lf~a~lf~a~w~a:s_fi~r~s~t_l~n~t~ro-~ fOI' gl'Owlng under the Slime condi.~ tions as Grimm alfalfa and In some

tests yielded better than Grimm ..Ladak alfalfa was Introduced in.

to the United ::ltates in 1910 fromIndia. When this strain had shownpromise, more was obtained fromthe same source. No other alfalfashows such a wide variety ofgrowth habits. A large percentageof the flowers are yellow. It iscold.resistant and is' resistant tobal:terial wilt disease. This varle-

.04 ty is characterized by an exception.ally heavy first crop and very slowrecovery after cutting. For thilireason it is suggested that Cossack.Grimm or a Northern common al.falfa be sown with it in a fifty-fifty mixture to ,prevent erosionand weed compeU~i~n from devel-oping in the field after cutting.For some unexplained reason, La-dak itself seems to do better whensown with other strains of alfalfa.It has the capacity of retaining itsleaves and giving a high qualityhay but it goes into dormancyearly in the fall. Yields are equalto that of Grimm and Common al-falfa.

Canadian Variegated or OntarioVariegated is an alfalfa of hybridorigin grown In Eastern Canadafor many years. It is very similarto Grimm In growth habit andflower color and also compareswith Grimm in yields of hay andseed production.

Under the Federal Seed Act, 1percent of th'e seed must be stainedviolet before it is permitted entryinto the United States.

Baltic Alfalfa originally camefrom Europe but the name, "Bal.tic;' was applied to It in 1906 be-cause It has been grown near Bal-tlc, South Dakota. It has been de-veloped under much the same con.dltions as Grimm alfalfa and socompares with Grimm as tar asyields and winter hardiness areconcerned. It is not resistant tobacterial wilt disease.

The words "'l\fekor Baltte," areapplied to a strain of Baltic grownIn Colorado.

Hardigan alfalfa. This is a strainof alfalfa developed by MichiganState Agricultural College fromBaltic for its high seed producingcapacity. Being derived from Bal-tlc, it Is similar to Grimm and Bal-tic and is adapted to similar reogions, namely, where winter klllingIs a factor.

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Dealers Phone or Write

LANSING DRY MILK Co., State Agent

415 Hollister Bldg., Lansing, Mich.

SATURDAY, APRIL 2, 1949

Health ConferenceThe third annual Michigan Health

, f theConference has been set ordates of October 28-29 a.nd wll1 beheld in the Civic Auditorium in~Grand Railids. :Mark your calen.dar.

PROGRAM

By special arrangementwith the Ji'eueral Gm'ern-mCllt 0!l steel allocation,Farm Bureau dealers al'ein posit ion to offer' youimmediate delivery on me-tal ~rain bins . .Availa blein J ,000 bushel, 2200 bu-shel, auu 3300 bushel sizes.This spccial offcr is forlimited time only . .Act

LANSING, MICHIGAN

Richmond-St:' Clair-Macomb Cons. Co-opRockford Co.op CompanyRockwood-Smith Sales and ServiceRomeo-Posey Bros. ,Rosebush Elevator Company ,Ruth Farmers ElevatorSaginaw-Farmers Bureau Services Inc.

.Sandusky-Sanilac Co-operative In~

.Sandusky-Watertown Branch' •

.Sandusky-Peck BranchSault Ste. Marie-Chippewa County Co-opScotts Farm Bureau SupplyStandish-Miscisln Bros.Stanwood Marketing Ass'nSt. Johns Co.op Company

.St. Louis Co-op CreamerySunfield Farm Store-'Three Rivers Co.op Co.Traverse City-Farm Bureau Services, Inc.Utica-Wolverine Co.op Co.Warren Co-op Co.Watervliet Fruit Exchange

.West Branch Farmers Co-op, Inc,Woodland-Farm Bureau Services Inc.Yale-Farm Bureau Services Inc'Ypsilanti Farm Bureau ' ,Zeeland-Bussis Brothers*Electrical, Barn Equipment and Mlsc, only

Farm Bureau has campaignedsince 1920 (or control of sUl"Jlluses.

Blue Cross health insurance 18available to members.,

$150,000. They have a large num-ber of Co-op tractors In serviC'e,and they get lots of service in thatarea. Some farmers are the own-ers of their third Co.op tractor.

Mr. Bruns and his staff have aservice shop 36 x 40 feet which iswell equipped with standard andspecial machine shop tools, welders.a 20-ton hydraulic press, motorand electrical testing equipment.etc. They did most of the work onthe building themselves. JohnBruns has 20 years service with theFarm Bureau. Messrs. Sawatskl,Quackenbush, Barko, and ForUm'are experienced men. They have18 months to 3 years service withthe Farm Bureau.

Place your order 1'0'" to Insure de-IIve,'y of a KING maple syrup evapor-ator for the 1950season, 'Vith c"pperor English tin pans. All sizes. "'rIle

SUGAR BUSH SUPPLIES CO.P.O. Box 1107 , Lansing, Mich.

Located on :11-43 <,Vesl SaginawRoad) just west of \Vaverly golf

cours.e, L..'l.nsing.

King Evaporators

Thc Co-op D1acldwwk planter is fa mOils for its positiveac~uracy in planting. ~o other make can equal it. Withthis trailer type pla;lter you ca'u quickly prcpare forplanti.ng or frcc your tractor unilll pared for ot her' work.llas positiye powcr lift clutch. Arronls all the ease of aIlIou~lted plrUiter. No expcllsi\'c .geul: asscmblies to re-place. Talk

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I Get Protection & ProfitWith.a Butler 'Grain Bin

PATRON'S RELATIONSBUR E AU S E RV ICE S, IN C .

ON THEFARM

Kalamazoo-Farm Bureau Services, Inc •Laingsburg-Hunter Hardware .Lansing-Farm Bureau Services, Inc •Lapeer County Co-ops, Inc,

ot Ludington Fruit Exchan,geMarcellus-Four County Co.ops, Inc.

*Marlette-Amil OlsenMarshall-Marengo Farm Bureau StoreMartin Farmers Co.op Co, •McCords-Klelnheksel's Feed Store

.Millington Farm Bureau, MillingtonMoline Co-op Milling Co.

.Montague-White Lake Mktg, Ass'n, Inc.Mt. Pleasant Co-op ElevatorMunith- H & F Implement and SupplyNashville Farmers Supply ComparwNiles Farmers, Inc.Onekama-Schimke's Farm ServiceOttawa Lake Farm Implement and Supply

.Petoskey-Bachelor Implement Sales

.Pinconning-Farm Bureau Services, Inc.Pittsford Farm Bureau IPlainfield Farm Bureau SupplyPort Huron-H, L. KimballPortland-Alfred FerrisQuincy Co-op Co,Reed City-F. S. Voelker

HOW SAGINAWSLI{VICESFARM EQUIPMENT

Perhaps the most important con-sideration In a farm equipmentservice progl'am, says John BrunE,service lIIanager for Farm BureauSel'vices at Saginaw, is to be readywith sen'ice when the farmer needsyou,-any time.

Saginaw F~arm Bureau Servicesaim to do it just that way, with thehelp of John Bruns and (ourskilled mechanics who work withhim. They ar-e Clunmce Sawatskl,Bryan Quackenbush, Francis Barkoand Charles Fortier.

John keeps himself on call any-lime,--enm ings, hqlldays, and Sun-days. The Saginaw service dep'tendeavors to keep a complete stockof parts on hand (or all machinesand equipment at all times. Ifit's necessary, they can make partsin their own shop or have themmachined to handle an emergency,

During the war years, the Sagin-aw shop took pride in the (act thatno machine (or which they were re-spon6ible was out of acti~n formore than 24 hours. If theycouldn't get a part, they made onethat would keep the equillment go.ing pendin"g arrival o( the standardpart.

Saginaw has a large volume inmachinery. Last year it was. near

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A complete line of Farm Bu-cau l\Iilk Coolers and Uni-versal Milkers. Farm Bu-reau milk coolers are thedairyman 's eJficit~l1t, low up~kcep, }H'ofit maker. /

Uni "ersal 1\1ilkcrs arc built. to do a job of fastcr' milking.

They arc built for farmers in a farmcr-owned factory.

County Groups VisitMFB and Legislature

Representatives of 18 Count).Farm Bureaus ....islted the Michi-gan Farm Bureau and the legisla.ture In March on tours arrangedby their MFB district r~presen-tatlves and county organIzationdirectors. The tours included vi-sits to all Farm Bureau dep'ts, theFarm BureaJl Services new ware-house and .to the legfslature. Inthe evening the groups had dinnerwith their members of the leghlla-ture and an interesting discussionof farm legislation.

The groups were: Kent Co. FH125 persons on March 2; Hillsdale25 March 3; Eaton 25 March 8;Tuscola 35 March 9; Isabella 30March 22; District No. 10 (tencounties) and NW Michigan (Lee-lanau & Grand Traverse) 65 peo-ple Mal'ch 29. This group visltetlthe Saginaw fertilizer plant 1\1arch30.

Clinton County Farm Bureaufolks will come April 6, MacombCoFB April 7.

LAPEER F. B. PLANSSOIL TEST LABORATORY

The Lapeer County Farm Bureauis planning a soil testing laboratoryto ser ....ice Its county farmers. Thedirectors o( the county organizationmet recently' at the Paul Bartonhome and decided to purchase theequillment needed. It will be avail-able to all county farmers, but non-members o( the Farm Bureau willpay a small (ee (or its use.

FARM

• Dowaglac Farmers Co.op Ass'n.Elkton-Farm Bureau Equipment Sales and

. ServiceElsie-Miller Hardware Co.Emmett-Farm Bureau Services, Inc,Evart Co.op Co.Falmouth Co-operative Co.

.Fowlerville Co.op Co,Fremont Co-op Produce Co.Gaines-Marvin TiedemanGladwin Farmers Su"pply StoreGrand Blanc Co,olleratlve Elevator Co.

.Grand Rapids-Farm Bureau Services, Inc.Greenville Co.operLltive Ass'n, Inc.Hamilton Farm BureauHanover-Farmer Folk's Supply

-Hart-Farm Bureau Co-op, Inc.-Hartford Co-op Elevator Co.

Hastings-Farm Bureau Ser't'ces, Inc.Hemlock Co-operative CreameryHillsdale Co.op CompanyHolland Co-op Co.Holly-Frank GromakHowell Co-operative CompanyHubbardston HardwareImlay City-Lapeer County Co-opa, Inc.Ionia-Ferris Farm Service

80 FARM BUREAU STORES IN MICHIGANIN THE WHOLESALE SAVINGS OF YOUR

MICHIGAN FARM NEWS

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EVERY CUSTOMER OFSHARES

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The CO-O/-' E-3 is outstanding in dependability, adapt-ability and durability. You get more -horsepower foryour moncy than in any qther tractor.

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SEE YOUR NEAREST FARM BUREAU 'FARM EQUIPMENT DEALER LISTED BELOW:

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Variable speed governorLive-line hydraulic system

Independent differential brakesMotor temperature thermostatically controlled

Stands high on the Nebraska ratingEight speed transmission

Modern Power for theNew Power Farming Age

The CO-OP E-3 is built by Cockshutt Plow Co., Ltd., ofBratfonl, Ontario. Distributed by National ]<'l\.nn Ma-chillPl"Y co-opet'a tive of Bellevuc, Ohio and Farm Bureau~el'viccs, IIIC., JJallsing, Michigan.

Adrian-Charles Ruesink Farm SupplyAllegan Farmers Co-op Ass'nAnn Arbor-Washtenaw Farm Bureau StoreAzalia-Ycck Sales and ServiceBad Axe-Nugent Farm Sales & Service \Bancroft-Farm Bureau Services, Inc,Batavia-Branch County Farm Bureau 011 Co.Battle Creek Farm Bureau Ass'n

• Bay City-Farm Bureau Services, Inc.Breckenridge Oil CompanyBrooklyn-G. Raynor BoyceBuchanan Co-ops, Inc.Caro Farmer. Elevator Company

.Carson CitY-Dairy/and Co.op Creamery Co.Cassopolis-Cass County Co.op, Inc.Cathro--Morris Bros. Farm Bureau StoreCedar Springs-Harry D, Shaw & Co.

.Charlevoix Co-op Co.

.Charlottc-Eaton Farm Bureau Co-op, Inc.Cheboygan Co.operatlve CompanyChesaning Farmers ElevatorClare-Farmers' Independent Produce Co.Clinton-Robert AllenCoopersville Co-op Co,Deckerville-Messman Implement CompanyDexter Co-op Co.Dorr-Salem Co-op Co.

FARM EQUIPMENT DEPT.

FB Says LaborBill Needs Teeth

(Continued from page one)dangerous weapons. The posses.sion and use of them must be madeunlawful and finally subject, Ifneed be, to the restraining pro-cesses of Federal courts. The pub-lic, and farmers In particular, mustnot again be subject to the abusesof such practices, whether by laborgroulls, or by labor groul1s in col-lusion with employel:s. Protectionagainst such practices 1I1ust bepreserved."

FOR QUALITY, PRICE. & SERVICE :d;BUY FARM' BUREAU CO-Op.~

D E PEN DAB L E FAR M EQUI PM EN T

Barry Women EndorseBlood Bank Program

The Farm Bureau women ofBany county endorsed the RetlCross national whole blood pro-gram. and have assumed the re-sponsibility (01' securing part of thedonors necessary fOl' the year's clin-ics. It will work thl'Ough the region-al hank at ulllsinl;'. Untler the pro-gram. the bank will be maintainedat the Penllock Hospital (or use Inemergencies without the immediateneed of (inding a donor o( the righttype (or the patient.

Alpena's Oldest FarmClub in Farm Bureau

California township of BranchCounty Farm Bureau Is outstand-Ing In several respects. It Iscl'edited with 89 commercial farm-ers and has 92 Farm'Bureau mem-berships. Their membel'shlp goalfor 1949 was in the neighborhoodof 70, so they have 131'70 of theirgoal.

California Community Group isone of the most active In Branchcounty. It carries on a fine socialand recreational program for thetownship as well as the regulardiscussion meetings.

A community house is owned byCharles 1\1 Iller, JI'., a. member ofthe group, He has given Its use tothe group for social and discussiongroup meetings.

Herbert Bussing Is the commun-ity group chairman. Other officersare Richard 'Valston, vice-chair-man; Miss Rena Paul, sec'y;Charles 1\lI1ler, Jr., discussion lead-er; Mrs. John Sherer, women'soommiltee; Mrs. Randolph Kriser,hospital sel'vice see'y.

l\Iemhershil) workers for thetownship were: Herbert Bussing,

.. Carlylo Berlien, Jap CopelandThe Cloverlea( Club, orgalllzed ID Randolph Kriser Chatl l\w'll.'

1 ~ d I ld f' I b ,es 11 el,.91 (an tIe 0 est arlllers c u Jr., Ivan Paul, Dan Pridgeon, GlenID " ~lllena ,county, ,has become Pridgeon, I\-an Vance, and Richardaffiliated WIth the Farm Bureau I Walstonand will be known hereafter as the . __Clov~rleaf Farm Bureau Comlllun. Farm Bureau members are 'Work-Ity Club, ing for equality of opportunity .

Uncle Sam owns more-land thananyone else. Ho owns land In every8tate. ranging from less than hall'of 1 per cent in Connecticut tonearly s;% of Nevada.

'IX

Farmers' Concern.In the LegislatureBackground Material for Discussion this Month byOur Community Farm Bureau Discussion Groups

B, NORMAN E. W.-lGGONER, Rescarc" and Edllcation.

Many decisions will be made during the next fewweeks which will affect our future as Michigan farmers.How are 'we going to pay for the services which thepeople expect? \ViII new taxes be necessary to meetthe state budget? \Ve have always said that we wantequality of educational opportunities in America. Isthis to be found in Michigan? Do children in all partsof the state have the same educational facilities? .Howour highways are going to be financed is still unsolved.Michigan farm products frequently are in trouble withthe housewife. How can our farm products win theconsumer? The well being of every farmer in Michigandepends on how these matters are decided.

Last year, even at a time when Michigan had a bumperpotato crop, more outstate potatoes were sold in Detroitthan ever before. Because this same thing has happenedwith fruits and vegetables and some dairy products, someare advocating and a bill has already been introducedin the House of Representatives to establish a Michigan..seal of quali ty" . This would be a seal designed by theDepartment of Agriculture and placed on those packsof Michigan farm products which are of a quality whichis greater than that required by our present grading laws.

The grading would be done by have been made.an inspection force and admlnlstel'- There has been a suggestion00 by th~ State Department of Ag- that this deficit might be met by :l

riculture. The bill provides: tax of 4% on the net Income o(1. That the use of this "seal of corporations. This mayor it may

quality" be entirely voluntary on not be a wise move. Corporatio'nsthe part of producers. would, if possible, add this on in

%. That the cost of the Inspection the price of their finished product.service 'Would be paid for through The jobber adds his margin per-an inspection fee. centage-wise as does the wholsal-

3. That the state legislature er and retailer, and when the COli'would pro\'ide sums of money for sumer buys the product he wouldthe purposes of marketing research, be paying considerably more thauadvertising, developing. and pro. the original -1%.moting the use of )1ichigan farm The objection has also been voicedproducts and getting the plan under that it would tend to drive corpora.way. tions out of ~lIchigan. If we art'lv~

4. For the establishment of com, at the time when products manu.modlty committees made up of factured in Michigan can no lonbrerproducers, handlers, and consumers compete with similar prOducts man.to assist in establishing specifi~ ufactured elsewhere, the corpora,rules aDd regulations, grades anti tlons will gradually move out orqnality standards to be used In Michigan. It must also be re,the "seal of Quality". membered that corporations pay a

5. That -anyone found guilty of very sizeable property tax in the"offering for sale any product to community In which they are 10-,whicb the "seal of Quality" i, cated.applied that does not conform with There is belief that some of the Ithe Quality standard may be suu- state money, which is now beinE;ject to a fine up to $100 or not leturn~d to local units of govel'll'more than 90 days in jail or both. ment, may be discontinued and

Probably the greatest benefit left in the general fund of thethat might come from this program state. 1<'orexample, Homre Bill 1-12'Would be to develop, over a period would change the intangible taxof years, consumer acceptance and law which now levies a tax of 3%respect for Michigan farm products. on the income o( stocks, bonds.

At one time, )Iichigan had the mortages, bank accounts. etc., andreading college of veterinary med- r-eturns this money to local units!cIne in this country. We have of government. Last year. then)gradually slipped from this chosen were 32,000 payers o( intangiblerosltlon until now our school of tax which produced nearly ~I

veterinary medicine at Michigan million dollars ......,tate College is in disfavor. How Under our present system, we...''unch is veterinary medicine wortll return about i8% of the sales tax'1.'.0 Michigan farmers? Why has it revenue to local units o( govel'll'.j1ost Its reputation? Our veterinary ment and schools, This leaves tht;.facilities have not kept pace with .;tate with 22'70 of the present salesthe demands. Veterinarians can lax revenue, Hepresentative Arthur'not be trained in large classes. To C. Hauffe, of Saginaw, has intro,do tbe best job requires that they duced a bill which would repealmeet In groups small enough so that. the sales tax law entirely and suh,evelj'one has actual experienC<.l, stitute a 1% consumptiun taxThis takes room and takes labor- which would operate on approxi.atory equipment .. mately the same hasis as our pres-

The people of Michigan demand ent sales tax. This o( course, woulda great many research pro~cts In net the state half again as much asthe field of pUblic health evel'y our present sales tax does in viewyear, but a great many of these of the fact that we retul'll ovel'have to be refused because of lack three-fourths to local units.of facilities. ConsC<luenUy, the The 1947 session of the LegislaInstitution is not serving the needs ture passed a law which providesof 1IIlchigan. Maybe one reason that upon death of anyune who haswhy the necessary approp~lations been receiving old age assistance.for this purpose have not been .he state may file claim for repay-made before has been because the ment of all old age assistance prv'pnblic is not aware of the far-reach- \'Ided during the life o( this perSOll.Ing influence of veterinary med- Claims are not made if the heir'!Iclne. Veterinarians are the med, are physically or mentally unalJl~leal world's specialists In the treat. to maintain themselves .. Governurment of animal diseases, and it Is Williams has said that this law isthrough their work that they have unfair as It penalizes the thrifty alld.saved American agriculture mill, lhNefore, this part of the old ageions. It Is conservatively estlmaterl assistance law shuuld be repealed.that. in Michigan. Bang's Diseas:? According to the State Departmentalone reduces the supply of milk of Social Welfare, the case loadavailable by 223 million pounds during the past two years hasannually. The Michigan housewife been 6,700 cases less than mightpays 2c more on every bottle of have been expected without thismilk beCOiUSeof Bang's Diseastl provision In our old age assistanceand mastitis among Michigan dairy law, and the annual cost of old ageberds. In addition, Bang's Disease assistance ,,'as reduced by over 3steals 6¥., million pounds of meat million dollars by the passa'ge ofto ....ery year In Michigan. This is the Recovery Act. ,only one disease with which vel. Indiana repealed a similar reoerinarians are concerned. It ha~ covery law In 19U. Applications~n determined that there are 70 tor assistance during the followinganimal diseases which are trans. year Increased 450/0. When themlsslble to humans. Recovery Act was re.enacted in

Legislative appropriation Is re- 1947, a 10% drop In case load wasqulred to provide the necessary noted.facilities and buy the equipment to In Michigan, the Department ofglye the type of training veterinari- Social Welfare expects that if theans require and to provide for the Heco\'ery Act Is repealed, the num-research which peOI)le of Michigan ber of persons n'Ceh'lng old agereqUCl!lt. Jo'or this reason, Senate assistance would pt'obably increasIJDill 204 has been introduced to by 10,000 in 1949-50.pro\'lde an appropriation of $2,265,- These are just a few of the major000 for thls purpose. legislative Issues which will be

Maybe one reason this al)proprl- decided during the next few weeks,etlon Is slow In coming Is that our It seems, therefore, entirely fittingOovernor, and those who work and proper that Farm Bureauclose to Iltato financial problem!'. people take a(!\'antage of this op-predict an operating deficit at the portunlty to express themseh'es onc10l1e of the fiscal year, June 30, them.l!tliO. The estimates on the deficitra~e all the way up to 61 million Land Ownerdollars.

Do the farmers of :\lIchlgan pr~ft-r that our I'Itatf' Ol)erate "in theJ't'd", etr dl!'('t)lltinue SOIUt' of theCOl'ernment s..r\ Icl'S. or lev)' newtaxe 1 All of tht: e auuestioDS

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