Vol. 39, No.1 0 39th Year

•IeOCTOBER 1, 1961 Publi h d n hI

Attend Your County A......- ual Mee •I

---------------------~--~----------------~--------------------t:lA Challenge in Citizenship

What Will be DeterminedIn Con-Con is Next Round

J. DELBERT WELLSFamily Program Division

'While at Washington a fewyears back, I learned two politi-cal lessons.

The first lesson is that "younever know the results until thevotes are cast."

This axiom can certainly becalled to our attention as it re-lates to the September 12th ConCon election. Many Farm Bureaupeople won seats and many otherpeople who support Farm Bureauideals also won.

cities, whereas the Detroit metro-politan area turned out a fairlylight vote.

As a result "outstate" Michi-gan may pretty well dictate whattype of a state constitution willbe submitted to the voters nextyear.

The second lesson that I learnedwhile on the Washington scenewas that "one round doesn't wina fight" and whether you win orlose on one vote there is gener-ally a follow up. Hence you don'tstop, you start preparing for thenext bout.

In spite of all the newspapertalk and commentators' analysesof what happened, both pro andcon, the fact boils down to thestatement that some people didn'tquit in the "10th hour." Theyworked right down to the wiregetting people out to vote andthe votes determined the winners.

From the reports I am getting,many Farm Bureau people learn-ed for the first time how to workin and through their politicalparties to select candidates andhelp get them elected. The third and possibly final

Also, many Farm Bureau peo- round of this battle will be theple now know the political po- adoption or rejection of the pro-tential that lies in a well organiz- posed Constitution.ed campaign to have watchers at The time is set when roundsthe polls, and "callers" and two and three will occur. As"transporters" working over the dedicated Americans and citizensarea to get people out to vote. of this great state of Michigan,

I'm sure that in some areas, we dare not default in the com-the members found out that Farm ing months.Bureau Community Groups can be Let me close by e-xpressing aa good vehicle through which you heartfelt thanks to all of you whoget people engaged in effective voted and worked during thecitizenship work. campaign.

Regardless of whether you like Let me remind you also thatthe outcome of the election or in much of the world today, theriot, I think the fact is inescapable secret ballot does not exist. Itthat rural Michigan got out to can be lost here if we don't workvote, along with those in smaller I to preserve it.

It seems to me that now sincewe know who will write the nextstate constitution, we as citizenshad better start studying hard onthe principles involved in theissues at stake and be preparedto work with those whom youhave elected.

This will be the next round ofthe battle. Be sure that the newconstitution embodies the prin-ciples that you think it should.We had better be active now indetermining what is developed.

Fleming Urges Courage10 Oppose Some Ideas

.Individual citizens need a re-affirmation of faith in Americanstyle capitalism, Roger Fleming,secretary -treasurer of the Amer-ican Farm Bureau, told mem-hers of the Detroit Rotary Clubat a luncheon at the Statler-Hil-ton Hotel September 20.

Fleming heads the Washingtonoffice of the American Farm

t· Bureau Federation. He urgedthe Rotarians not to be dis-turbed about being opposed toproposals that would jeopardizethe continued successful func-tioning of our economic system.

"All of us," he said, "are tar-gets of the propaganda cam-paign being conducted by 'thecult of the positive.'

"This cult," he continued, "ismade up of people who are con-vinced that you don't have a'positive program' for solvingproblems unless you have a pro-gram that calls for 'widespread

~ government intervention."All of this causes me to sug-

gest that if you really knowyou are for, you won't hesitate tobe against anything that is incon-sisent with what you are for."

The confusion arises, he said,

when people do not know whatthey are for. He added:

"If you are for the privatecompetitive enterprise system, itwon't disturb you to be opposedto proposals that would wreckthe market system. If you arefor the voluntary method ofsolving problems, you will nothesitate to fight efforts to sub-stitute compulsion or coercion.If you are for individual respon-sibility and freedom, you willoppose vigorously' anything thatis inconsistent with that funda-mental concept.

"Whenever authority and re-sponsibility for solving localproblems - particularly indi-vidual problems-is concentrat-ed in the central government,we can be certain that eventual-ly and inevitably it will be fol-lowed by a loss of personal free-dom," he said.

"1 can assure you," he contin-ued, "that the 1,600,000 FarmBureau families throughout theUnited States haven't succumbedto the delusion there's some newmagical way by which the na-tional government can solve theessentially personal problems ofits citizens. Instead of going ona political safari in search of thepot of gold that is supposed tobe found at the end of the 'big-government rainbow'-but whichisn't there-we are in favor ofbuilding a greater. America onthe firm foundation of our un-paralleled success thus far.

"Individual freedom, first ofall, is based on faith, - faith inyourself, faith in your fellowmen and women, faith in thevoluntary approach of voluntaryorganizations through w hie hyou add stregnth to your ownindividual thinking and effort.

"I don't know very much aboutold frontiers or new frontiers -but I do know the fight for free-dom is the eternal frontier."

T wer Group, Hillsdaleunty, Invites Public

Representative F'r e del' i c k"Bill" Marshall will speak on"Freedom and Lib rties in Amer-ica" at 7:45 Friday evening, Oc-tober 27 at the high school audi-torium at Reading, Hillsdale

. county.Tower Farm Bureau Commun-

ity Group is sponsoring the meet-

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ing and invites the public. Thefilms "Communism on the Map"and "Operation Abolition" are tobe shown. Representative Mar-shall is a strong supporter of theHouse Un-American ActivitiesCommittee in Congress.

Governor SwainsonFARMERS COOPERATIVES

in Michigan are observing Octoberas Cooperative Month, as pro-claimed by Governor Swainson.

L A Cheney, secretary of theMichigan Ass'n of Farmer Co-operatives, said some 325 farmercooperatives will have open house

.or other programs to acquaint thepublic with the services they offertheir members and communities.

"Through the cooperative sys-tem," said Governor Swainson inhis proclamation, "the farmerkeeps pace with the rapidchanges in agricultural methodsand practices."

Those in the picture, left toright: Jack McKendry, generalmanager of Farmers PetroleumCooperative, Inc.; Milton 13urns,manager of Breckenridge- "hee]-

-er Cooperative, and a director ofMichigan Elevator Exchange;Maynard D. Brownlee, generalmanager of Farm Bureau Ser-vices, Inc.; E. A. Wenner, man-ager of Michigan ArtificialBreeders Cooperative; GovernorSwainson; Nile Vermillion, ad-ministrative vice-president ofFarm Bureau Insurance Com-panies; L A Cheney, secretary-manager of Michigan Ass'n ofFarmer Cooperatives; PaulKaechele, manager of CaledoniaFarmers Elevator Company.

Farm PublicRelationsTour Held

Some 200 County Farm Bureaupeople interested in farm publicrelations met with newspaper,radio, and television people infour membership district meet-ing in September.

Nineteen County Farm BureauPublic Relations Committeeswere involved. It was the third ofsuch meetings since September1960.

James Tippett, assistant direc-tor of information services forthe American Farm Bureau, call-ed the meetings a remarkableopportunity for people of thecommunications world and farmmen and women to becomeacquainted.

He urged Farm Bureaus to in-vite the news people to their an-nual meetings, and added, "Ifyou like the reporter's story orthe broadcaster's report, tell himso, and his boss, too."

23 MFB PeoAre Con ConDelegates

Twenty - three members ofMichigan Farm Bureau wereelected Delegates to the Consti-tutional Convention at the specialelection September 12.

The 144 Delegates to the Con-stitutional Convention will meetat Lansing to start work on a newState Constitution. Members ofFarm Bureau who are Delegates:

SENATORIAL DISTRICTS

Republicans

9th-Blaque Knirk, Quincy.10th-Berry N. Beaman, Parma.14th-John A. Hannah, Ea~t

Lansing.17th-John B. Martin,

Rapids.19th-Charles Figy, Morenci.20th-Claude L. Wood, Brown

City.22nd-William J. Leppien, Sag-

inaw.25th-D. Hale Brake, Stanton.26th-Stephen S. Nisbet, ~"re-

mont.

REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICTS

Republicans

Allegan county-James Farns-worth, Allegan.

Berrien county, 2nd-J. BurtonRichards, Eau Claire.

Charlevoix district-Edward K.Shanahan, Char levoix.

Eaton District-Ink White, St.Johns.

Ingham county, 2nd-CharlesJ. Davis, Onondaga.

Ionia county-Stanley M. Pow-ell, Ionia.

Jackson county, 2nd-James F.Thomson, Jackson.

Lapeer county-Ervin J. Has-kill, Lapeer.

Macomb county, 3rd-Allen F.Rush, Lake Orion.

Monroe county - Donald D.Doty, Monroe.

Saginaw county, 2nd-HerbertM. Turner, Saginaw. .

Shiawassee district-Thomas G.Sharpe, Howell.

Van Buren county - FrancisFinch, Mattawan.

Wexford district-Roy Howes,Copemish.

CooperativesPlan AnnualFall Meetings

Representatives of about 150state and local farmers coopera-tives will meet at Kellogg Cen-ter, Michigan State University atEast Lansing October 23-24 forthe 16th annual meeting of theMichigan As ociation of Farm-er Cooperatives.

At the same time the St. PaulBank for Cooperatives and theMichigan Production Credit As-sociation will hold their annualconferences at Kellogg Center,meeting jointly with MAFC.

The theme for this year'meetings is Cooperatives Work-ing Together.

Dr. David Call of the MSUAgr'l E onomics Dep't will p akat the morning ses sion October23 on Cooperative Principle .

MAFC Chairman Marten Garn

October as Co-op Mon h

I -ill make his annual report atthe noon luncheon.

Ken Naden, secretary of the1 ational Council of' Farm Co-operatives at Washington, D.C ..will speak at noon. His topic is"Strength Unknown."

Special features of the meet-ing are a luncheon for the ladiesand sectional meetings for man-agers and directors.

The report of the St. PaulBank for Cooperatives will begiven in the afternoon.

Other sections of the programOctober 23 and 24 will discussstrengthening farm cooperatives,new legislation and coopera-tives, and cooperation amongcoopera ti ves.

is the Farm Bureau TradeDevelopment Corporation withU.S. offices in Chicago and anEuropean office at Rotterdam.The Nether lands.

The Michigan Agricultural Co-operative Marketing Associationis a farmer-controlled coopera-tive through which producers ofMichigan farm commoditiesvoluntarily organize to marketand negotiate for terms of trade,including price. It is an affiliateof the Michigan Farm Bureau.

In exchange for the Associa-tion membership, preliminarymarket investigation will beconducted by the Farm BureauTrade Development Corporationinto sales opportunitie for ex-porting processed blueberry pro-ducts.

The Corporation will also pro-mote sales through blueberrysample displays in the Rotterdamoffice and elsewhere, and solicitpurcha er at home and abroad.

Th ichi an Blueb 1'1"

Growers' A' ociation is compos-ed of 600 grower - memberslocated along the western coastat Michigan and in parts ofnorthern Indiana \ here soil andclimatic effect of the GreatLakes makes ideal blueberrygrowing conditions.

ACMA toIuebe ry·owers

Savings BondsPresident Charles B. Shuman

of the American Farm Bureausays that farmer' investment of$5.2 billion in U.S. Savings Bondsamount to 36% of all liquid farmasets. Farmers own 12% of alloutstanding U.S. Savings Bonds.

An historic agreement hasbeen signed between the Mich-igan Blueberry Growers' As-sociation and representatives ofthe Michigan Agricultural Co-operative Marketing Association,(MACMA).

The blueberry growers becamethe first link in a chain ofmarket-development plans de-signed to carry Michigan farmproducts into the strengtheningforeign markets overseas.

Also involved in the contract

10Make plans to attend the 42nd annual meeting of

the Michigan Farm Bureau at Michigan State Uni-versity's Auditorium at East Lansing, Wednesday,Thursday and Friday, ovember 8-9-10.

Last year nearly 2,000 persons were present forthe opening session on Wednesday morning. Plansare developing for the 1961 convention, the Com-modity Conferences, and the annual meetings of theWomen's Committees and the Young People'sCommittees of Farm Bureau.

President Wightman's annual address will begiven at the opening session for all groups Wednes-day morning, ovember 8. Herbert Harris of theAmerican Farm Bureau will address the conven-tion Wednesday morning.

The Commodity Conferences, Women of FarmBureau, and Young People will meet Wednesdayafternoon.

The Farm Bureau banquet will be Wednesdayevening at Kellogg Center. Cleon Skousen willspeak. He is one of the nation's leading speakersand is author of the book "The Naked Communist."

Some 700 official delegates from County FarmBureaus will be in session W ednsday morning,Thursday and Friday for the consideration of reso-lutions, election of nine directors of a board of 16,and other business of the convention.

Policies of the Michigan Farm Bureau organiza-tion for 1962 will be decided at this meeting.

All Farm Bureau members and others interestedare invited to attend all or any part of the three-daymeeting.

Robert Braden, director of fieldservices for Michigan Agricul-tural Marketing Association, saidits Processing Apple MarketingDivision is growing fast withabout 40% of the state's process-ing apple crop covered by mem-berships.

The tour and evening dinnermeetings were' organized withthe cooperation of Calhoun, Cass,Isabella and Ottawa CountyFarm Bureaus, under the direc-tion of Melvin Woell, coordinatorof public relations for MichiganFarm Bureau.

Host counties and their publicrelations committee and countysecretaries included:

Calhoun county: Mr. and Mrs.Rowland Cortright, public rela-tions chairmen, Mrs. Harry King,County Farm Bureau secretary;

Cass county: Mr. and Mrs,Harold Shannon, P. R. chairmen,Mrs. Erma Fraze, secretary;

Isabella county: Honald Ervin,P. R. chairman, Mrs. MarieFarnan, secretary;

· d-· 70 493 Ottawa county: Mr. and Mrs.hi on, Orville Schwartz, P. R. chair-copies of the Michigan Farm 'I m n, Mrs. M rle II r inton,News were mailed to subscribers. secretary.

YOU ARE. V.TED TO ATTEND

Mich-e;an Farm Bureau'l)

Annual Meeting 1 ov.

on 96This i

Memb r Say

Bure u ro rCLARENCE E. PRENTICE

Secretary-Manager of Michigan Farm Bur u

As a member of Michigan Farm Bur u ur t-tendance at your County Farm Bur u annu t-ing in October is most important to F rm uand to you.

It is your opportunity to h lp build th progr mof your organization and to el t w 11qu lifi d d I -gates to the Michigan Farm Bur u annual m tinNovember 8-9-10.

Resolutions to shape the Farm Bur u progrwill be adop ed or rejected at the County F rm Bu-reau annual meeting. They will b s nt to th t tResolutions Committee for its work in building thMichigan Farm Bureau plan of action for 1962.

Some of the resolutions will d al with issu s b -fore the Constitutional Convention. You will w ntto have a part in this.

You are a vital part in the Farm Bur uresolutions process for drafting a progr m ofaction.

Officers will be elected at your annu I metingand other business important to your Farm ur uwill be transacted. Every m mb r has n qu Ivoice and vote. Why not resolve now to tt nd ~

Further on in this article we have listed the d t ,time, place, and other information for your countyannual meetin 0 th t vo m y r po you 1 n...dar. May I sincerely urge you to ttend ~

Among the matters likely to be discus d byCounty Farm Bureau members in these import ntmeetings are as listed by our Public Affairs Divi-sion :

Constitutional Convention. See article Farm Bu-reau Position on Some Con-Con Issues on pag 6of this edition.

Education. Should Con-Con make Superintend-ent of Public Instruction and the State Board of Edu-cation solely responsible for elementary and secon-dary education?

programs in departments of theVote. Should age for voting be national and state gov rnm nts.

lowered to 18?Social Security. The effort con-

Lotteries. Should lotteries be tinues to includ a medical carelegalized in Michigan? I ~rogra~ for aged perso~.s draw-

W ld T dR' 1 t d ing SOCial security benefits. The. or. ra e~ ~cIproca ra e proposal has strong opposition

legislation expires m 1962. Farm- and has been oppos d by Farmers depend on the world mark~t Bureau.for the products from one acre 111 Isix. Can w expect to ship abroad State Marketing Orders. It isunless we accept imports from exp cted that enabling 1egislationour customers'? will be offered in the 1962 Legis-

lature to permit establishment ofmarketing orders on agricultur-al commodities. See article StateMarketing Orders and Agree-ments on page 8.

Farm Program. AgriculturalAct of 1961 brought manychanges. What amendments or re-visions should be made, if any?

Alcona -Oct. 10, HarrisvilleTownship Hall, 8:00 p.m. Prizefor group with largest attend-ance.

Federal Aid to Schools. Are webuilding schools ourselves fastnough to m et the needs?

Should federal funds be u ed forschool construction? For teachers'salaries?

Should the system of Constitu-tional boards, as we now have forthe Michigan State University,University of Michigan, andWayne University be extended toall public institutions of higherducation?

Should there be one Constitu-tional board of control for all col-leges and universities?

Farm Labor. Efforts continue tounionize farm labor. Propo edlegislation would stablish mini-mum wage. Use of Mexican na-tional labor has been made moredifficult.

County F rm BurAnnu I e ing

Centralization. There is a grow-ing tendency in Congress and instate legislatures to centralize

•er Icennual

& Petroleu0'. 2

The 13th annual meeting (If

tockholders of Farmer Petro-leum Cooperative, Inc., and the32nd annual meeting of ·tockholders of Farm Buret u S r -ices Inc., will b h ld at KellCenter at Michigan State Uni

I \i r ity, Ea t uNovember 28.

ews

J!j. t hli hed January 12, 1923.

F,nt red ali cond class matter.:faJlllary 1~, 1923, at the lJO. rotrtce at

ballot te, .1Ich iga n, under th Actof ar ch 3, 1879.

Puhll. hed monthly, first day, b7MI('hi all Farm Eure u at it pub-1 cat ton offk at 114 E. Lovett St ••'harlotte, Michtgan.

Editorial and general offices, 4000ort h Or'aud Rl ve r Ave., Lansing,

Ml<-hign n. Post Office Box 960. Tele-phone Lan ing IVanhoe 7-5911 Ex.271.

Send notices of cha nse of addresson Form am or For m 3579 to Mich-lgn n F'a rm News editorial office atP. O. Box 960, Lan.'i~lQ' 4, .lichl~an.

P'URPOSE OF FARM

BUREAUinar E. Ungren Editor

ubscrtptton: 50 c nt a year The purpose of this Associa-tion shall be the advancementof our members' interests edu-cationally, legislatively andeconomically.Vol. 39 October 1, 1961 No. 10

armyROGER N. FOERCH

Manager. Organization Division, Michigan Farm Bureau

Here we are going into the second month of ourmembership year, and County Farm Bureaus arekn -d ep in membership work training, or actualdrives for new members.

Thi year, as we have said before, there are threeRoll Call periods. You will notice by the follow-ing listing the Roll Call period your County FarmBureau has selected:

view ever present.Each person was asked to give

the number of years he or shehad been a member of Farm Bu-reau. The total was 1,089 year .A tremendous number of years iswrapped up in those people incharge of our county member-ship campaigns.

The attitude was good and en-thusiasm high. These two ingre-dients carried through in everyCounty Farm Bureau will make agreat deal of difference for asuccessful membership campaignfor each County Farm Bureau.

We held a meeting in the Up-per Peninsula and another atLansing for Roll Call managerswho couldn't get to the CampKett meeting. These were con-densed versions because of thetime element.

October Events:1-Roll Call training for mem-

bership workers.2-Membership kickoff and

new member drives.3-County Farm Bureau annual

ict.igan arm BureauPre ment w. W. Wightman

FermvrlleV.-Pres .....R. E. Smith, Fowlervllle

S c'y-.Igr....... . E. PI ntlce, Ok ernosDIRECTORS BY DISTRICTS

1- lax K. Hood Paw Paw, R-I2-Wllbur H. Smith, Burlington, R-13-Allen F. Rush ....Lake Or-ion, ft-l4-Elton R. mith .... aledonta, R-I6-D",le Duncket-c-Wtlttamston, H.-I6-\Vard u. Hodge snover, R-l7-Thomns Hahn E\·art. It-IS-Lloya ShankeL Wheeler, 1<.-19-Eugene Robert •.... Lak e City, R-l

10-Eug ne D Ia tto, \V. Branch, R-111-Edmund a er tephenson

DIRECTORS AT LARGEH rbert FJerke agtnaw, R-llRobert E. mith Fowler l1Ie, R-2Walter "\ ightman Fennvllle, ft-)

Repres entlngWOMEN OF FARM BUREAU

Mr . AI Kenn dy Posen, R-I

RepresentingFARM BUREAU YOUNG PEOPLEJ'ames pc rks............... assopolts, R-4

reaumeetings.

4-Let's all have our new mem-ber goal by November 8-10, timeof the Michigan Farm Bur auannual meeting.

The Pickling Cucumber Com-mittee of the Michigan Agricul-tural Cooperative Marketing As-sociation met September 20.

Robert Sprenger of Coleman,chairman of the committee, saidplans were made for a concen-trated membership drive thisfall. Pickling cucumber growershave need for improved market-ing.

A strong marketing associationwould be in position to negoti-ate improved prices, uniformgrades and improved grower,picker, and processor relations.

Noel Stuckman. secretary ofthe committee, will send eachpickling cucum ber grower anewsletter explaining the new or-ganization. Area grower meetingsare planned.

Members of the Pickling Cu-cumber Division of MACMA willbe contacting fellow growers formembership in October. All grow-er are invited to join the organi-zation.

FARM FORUM

Discussion Topic

Radio Station WKAR1:00 P. M.

1st Monday each MonthSeptember through June

870 on Your Dial

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hin of all the time and t ps an e t n-i n phon in th barn could ave you.

h th r ou ne d to call the veteri-ar in a hurl' or order upplie whileh kin th in entor - or accept im-

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'ou alu bI man-hour ev ry

month-keep your entire farm operationrunning mol' moothly.

ou'll find, a 0 many others alreadyhave, that an e ten ion phone in the barnmore than pays for it elf. Why not callyour Bell Telephone busine office? We'llbe glad to help you plan just where exten-ion phones can be the mo t help to you.

" 'phon Company @l

D c t tlen Your ountynnual ee ing

Ience room, 235 Quincy Street,u:oo p.m.

IHuron-Oct. 24, Bad Axe at

Farm Bureau Center, 711 N. VanDyke. Supp r at 7:00 sharp. Tick-t $1.75. Business meeting 8:00

p.m .

Ingham-Oct. 18, Mason atAmerican Legion Hall, US-27.Potluck dinner at 7:30 p.m. Bringown table service. Businessmeeting 8 :30 p.m,

Ionia-Oct. 9, Ionia at YouthBuilding, fairgrounds, businessmeeting 8:15 p.m.

Iosco-Oct. 12, Hale at Plain-field Township Hall, M-65, abouta block and a half north of cau-tion light. Business meeting 8:30p.m. Refreshments.

Iron-Oct. 7, Bates TownshipHall, US-2, four miles north ofIron River. Potluck supper. 8:00p.m.

Isabella-Oct. 12, Beal City atCatholic Church. Supper. Tick-et $1.50. Business meeting 8:15p.m.

Jackson-Oct. 16, Jackson atNorthwest school, 4000 VanHorn Road. Supper. Ticket $1.00,county office or group chairmen.Business meeting 7:00 p.m.

Kalamazoo-Oct. 12, Kalama-zoo at County Center Building,Lake Street. Supper. Businessmeeting 8:00 p.m.

Kalkaska-Oct. 14, Kalkaskacourt house, 8:00 p.m. Refresh-ments after meeting.

.Kent-s-Oct. 9, Grand Rapids atTrinity Methodist Church, 1100Lake Drive. Dinner at 7:00 p.m.Ticket $2.00. Business meeting8:00 p.m.

Lapeer-Oct. 12, Lapeer atCounty Center Building, 425North Elm Street. Supper.Ticket $1.25. Business meeting8:30 p.m.

Lenawee-Oct. 5, Adrian at 4-HClub Building, fairgrounds.Roast beef dinner 7:00 p.m. Tick-et $1.25. Business meeting 8:00

Livingston-Oct. 4, Fowlervilleat High School gymnastum, 450Hibbard Street. Supper. Businessmeeting 8:30 p.m.

Mackinac - Luce - Oct. 2,Engadine at Garfield TownshipCommunity Building, 8:00 p.m.Refreshments.

Macomb-Oct. 18, Utica atTrinity Lutheran Church, VanDyke street. Supper 7:00 p.rn.Ticket $1.50.

Manistee-Marquette - Alger - Oct. 4,

Skandia at the school. Businessmeeting 8:00 p.m, Door prizes.Refreshments.

Mason-Oct. 12, Scottville atCommunity Hall. Business meet-ing 8:00 p.m. Luncheon furnishedby Farm Bureau.

Mecosta-Oct. 10, Stanwood at

Morley Stanwood School, US-131. Business meeting H:30 p.m.

Menominee-Oct. 3, Stephen-son, Sportsman's Club Rooms,Business meeting 8:00 p.m.

Midland-Oct. 16, Hope atCommunity Building. Businessmeeting 8.00 p.m. Refreshments.

Missaukee-Oct. 16, Lake Cityat Lake City Area School, 8:00p.m.

Monroe-Oct. 12, Ida at Ele-mentary School All-PurposeRoom. Business meeting 8:lBp.m.' Refresh~nts.

Montcalm-Oct. 16, Stanton atJunior High School, 8:00 p.m,

Montmorency-Oct. 14, Atlantaat High School. Potluck supperat 7:00 p.m. Business meeting 8:00p.m.

Muskegon-Oct. 4, 4-H Center(Continued on Page 5)

ton in taxes for every dollar weget back in federal aid of onekind or another.

We have some good illustra- Springs at Youth Memorialtions of what can be done in the Building. Supper at 6:30 p.m.I gislative way, both national and: Ticket $1.00. Business meetinglocal, when the voting public 8 :00 p.m.really .becomes concerned about I Branch-Oct. 9, at 4-H Cabin,sometlung. The enactment of the S th S St C ld tdr G iffi B 1 . ou prague., 0 wa er,Lan rum- ri In 11 IS one x- 8 00 R f h t fte1 : p.m. e res men s a ramp e. meeting.

Visiting with one Congress- .man in his office in Washington ~al~oun-Oct. 11, Commumtyhe said, 'W never received so Building, South Marshall Ave.,much mail from people in the Mar hall, 8:00 p.m.country as we did when the bill Cass-Oct. 14, Cassopolis. Cen-wa being debated." Some Con- ter Building, Fair Grounds, 7:80gressmen received as high as 3 - p.m. Women's Committee will

1000 letters a day. ' serve luncheon after meeting.The Washington office of the .Charlevoix-Oct. 4, Boyne

American Farm Bureau Federa- City, school lunch room, oldtion is v ry much pleased with building, 8:30 p.~. Free lunchthe support it received from the served after meeting,people in the fight to eliminate Cheboygan-Oct. 10, Topina-the objectionable features of the bee Town Hall, US-27, Topina-Cochrane - Freeman farm bill. bee. 8:00 p.m. Lunch served byWith this kind of support they F'arm Bureau after meeting.sa~ they .can g~t things done. Chippewa-Oct. 12, Kinross atWIthout It nothing can be ac- 4-H Club building. 8:00 p.m.cornplished. Clare-Oct. 18, at Harrison.

The recent election of Con-Con Court House, 8:00 p.m. Lightdelegates is another illustration lunch after meeting.of what can happen when people Clinton-Oct. 10, St. Johns atbecome concerned. Don't forget Smith Hall, city park-fair-that your opinion and your VOte grounds. Potluck dinner at 7:30,counts along with others like you. chicken pie furnished by Com-This is the way to keep democ- munity Groups, beverage and iceracy alive and to preserve our cream by Farm Bureau. Businesshard-earned freedoms. meeting 8:30 p.m.

An outside observer was heard Delta-Oct. 2 at Rapid Riverrecently to say that the American School at 8:00 p.m,Far m Bureau Federation is Eaton-Oct. 12, Charlotte atstronger today in its effect on na- 4-H Club Building, fairgrounds.tional legislation than at any Farm Bureau puts on ham din-time in the history of its exist- ner at 7:00 p.m. Reservationsence. It can only be strong when must be at Farm Bureau officeyou support it on important is- by Oct. 6. Business meeting 8:00sues by writing to your Con- p.m.gressmen and in going to the Emmet-Oct. 9 at Brutuspolls to vote for the right man Township Hall, US-31 at 8:00at election time. . 1p.m. Women's Committee WI}

serve refreshments after meet-ing.

Genesee-Oct. 14, Rankin atTown Hall, between GrandBlanc and Reid Roads, off North.Jennings Road. Business meet-ing 8:00 p.m. Refreshments by

Farm Bureau is unique in Women's Committee.this respect. Few organiza-tions do it. Gladwin-Oct. 9, at BuckeyeMany leaders say that it is Town Hall, 3 miles east and 2Yz

ridiculous to think that the av- miles south of Gladwin, 8:00 p.m.Lunch after meeting.erage layman knows enough to

make decision on important i.~- Gratiot-Oct. 4, Ithaca atsues. We think he does when he High School Gymnasium. Din-is well informed and particularly, ner at 6:30 p.m. Ticket $1.50.we think the farmer does. Business .meeting 8:15 p.m. Pur-

But don't forget that this chase of property for office toplaces a great responsibility on come before members.the individual. You belong to Hillsdale-Oct. 17, Hillsdale atFarm Bureau, a great organiza- 4-H Club Building, fairgrounds.tion, staffed with outstanding Potluck dinner at I 7:30 sharp.leaders. The best investment Business meeting 8:30 p.m.you can make is to support it in I Houghton-Oct. 5, Hancock at

ery possible way that you can. Superior National Bank I confer-

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FARM NEWS'October 1, 1961

WALTER W. WIGHTMANPre ident

Michigan Farm Bureau

At the beginning of World WarI, President 'Woodrow Wilsonsaid, "We are fighting to makethe world safe for democracy."

This was a good slogan to en-courage the masses to upportenthusiastically the all out effortthat was being made at the time.

But if democracy is .to sur-vive. it is going to take morethan a military machine toprotect it.

The percentage of eligible vot-ers in this country who are con-cerned enough about public is-sues to go to the polls and votehas been steadily decreasing. Asthe population has increased, thepercentage of those voting hasdecreased.

This is an alarming situation.We realize that the only way tokeep from being ruled by dicta-tors and tyrants is for the citi-zens of the country not to lose in-terest in their voting rights.Freedom can be lost faster thisway than by invasion from for-eign shores.

The cold war between the freeworld and the Communists is areal and serious threat to ourfreedom. But a more seriousthreat to our freedom lies in thelack of interest of what goes onin our own government.

There are those in responsiblepositions in government todaywho are dedicated to the phil-osophy of a complete controrleeconomy.

This would be the sure way toruin our whole ec.onomic systemand take away the ingenuity andinitiative that has made the Urn-ted States the most prosperousand progressive country in tworld.

The reckless spending programthat is increasing the nationaldebt, the irresponsible demandsof labor leaders who are contin-ually forcing wages higher with-out regard for ability to produce,and the resulting unhealthy in-flation are forcing the countryinto a controlled economy.

We shouldn't forget either thatmuch of the government's hugespending program is the result ofour continually asking the gov-ernment to do things for us thatwe could do better ourselves athalf the cost.

We usually send about two dol-lars or more down to Washing-

ADA Has 0gSales ProgramFor 1962

Dairy farmers, through theAmerican Dairy Association willinvest $4,146,000 in consumeradvertising during 1962. Thiswas decided by the organiza-tiori's board of directors meetingat Louisville, Kentucky, Sep-tember 20-21.

This includes television, news-papers, magazines, radio, andbillboards. During the first halfof the year the television willinclude the Dinah Shore showon NBC-TV and network spots.

All dairy product campaignswill get strong support from theAmerican Dairy Association'sHome Economics division whichin addition to testing recipes foradvertising, also provides reg-ular recipe services to newspa-pers, magazines, radio, and tele-vision.

The Horne Economics divisionwill further increase the releaseto newspaper food editors ofcolor material which has grownin popularity and has provided ahighly efficient way to get dairyfoods featured on the food pagesof newspapers.

The American Dairy Prince sworking with the promotionalstaff, will make a series of toursto various regions of the countryto make personal appearancesand to promote trade participa-tion in the Association's cam-paigns.

Sea Level25 of our 50 states have parts

of their area reaching to sea level.Two, California and Louisiana,each have parts extending blowsea level.

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Farm Bureau will always besafe and sound in every impor-tant public issue as long as wecontinue to go to the "grass roots"in the establishment of our poli-cies.

MICHIGAN

2·STATEMENT REQUIRED BY THE

ACT OF AUGUST 24, 1912, AS A-MENDED BY THE ACTS OF MARCH3 1933 JULY 2, 1946 AND JUNE 11,1960 <74 STAT. 208) SHOWING THEOWNERSHIP, MANAGEMENT, ANDCIRCULATION OF:

MICHIGAN FARM EWSpublished monthly at C~arlotte, Mich-iz an for August 1, 196],b 1. ' The narn . and adores 8e,s Of the

publisher, editor, managmg editor, andbusiness manag rs are:

Publisher-::\1ichigan Farm Bureau,4,000 No. Grand RIver Avenue. Lan-sing, 1Iichigan.

Editor - Einar E. Ungr n.• 4,000.No.Grand River Avenue, Lansing. .\lICh-

ig~ranaging editor-None.Business Manager-None.2. The owner is: (If owned by a

corporation, its name and addressmust be stated and also immediatelyth reunder the names and addresses

f stocl,holders owning or holding 1percent or more of the total amountof stock. If not owned by a corpora-tion, the names and addr-esses of theindividual own rs rnus t be grv n, Ifowned by a partnership or other un-incorporated firm, its name and ad-dress, as well as that of ~ach in-dividual member, must be grv n.)

MICHIGAN FARM BUREAUStockholders: None. A non-profit

organization. No. tock outstanding.3. The known bondholders, mortga-

gees, and other se urity holders own-ing or holding 1 percent or more ofthe total amount of bonds, mortgages,or other securities are: (If there arenone, ::;0 state.)

~ONE.4. Paragraphs 2 and 3 include, in

cases where the stockholder or secur-I ty holder appears upon the books ofthe company as trustee or in any oth-er riduciary relation, the name of theperson or corporation for whom suchtrustee is acting; also the statements

'in the two pa'fagraphs show the 'If-fiant's full knowledge and belief as tothe circumstances and conditions un-der which stockholders and securityholders who do not appear on thebooks of the company, as trustees,hold stock and securities In a capacityother than that of a bona fide owner.

5. The average number of copies ofeach issue of this publication sold ordistributed, through the mails or oth-erwise, to paid subscribers during the12 months preceding the date shownabove was: (ThiS information if! re-quired by the act of June 11, 1960 tobe included in all statements regard-less of fr quency of issue) ... 71,712.

EINAR E. UNGRE)\T, EditorSworn and subscribed before me

this 18th day of August, 1961.Eugene R. Groll, Notary Public.

(My commission expires January 19,1965)

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levoix, Chippewa, Clare, Glad-win, Houghton, Iron, Kalkaska.

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OCTOBER 16 KICKOFFAlcona, Allegan, Barry, Cass,

Cheboygan, Hillsdale, Ionia, Isa-belle, Kalamazoo, Mason, Mont-calm, St. Joseph.

OCTOBER 30 KICKOFFAlpena, Arenac, Bay, Berrien,

Branch, Calhoun, Clinton, Eaton,Emmet, Gratiot, Iosco, Jackson,K nt,

Lapeer, Livingston, Mecosta,Midland, Montmorency, Neway-go, Oakland, Oceana, Ogernaw,Otsego, Presque Isle, Shiawassee,St. Clair, Van Buren, Washtenaw,Wayne.

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tisement on page 3 of this issue.You can do your County FarmBureau a favor by renewing yourm mbership now.

Roll Call Managers conferenceat Camp Kett was a most impor-tant activity in September. Forty-one County Farm Bureaus were1epresented. Several ladies in thegroup kept the women's point of-------------------------------'--

Resolutions. The state resolu-tions committee met in Septem-ber, and its sub-committees metwith resource people for back-ground information on issues ofinterest to farmers. Soon the re-solutions will be coming from theannual meetings of County FarmBureau. I The mazon drains parts of six

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ay 962Following are the names and addresses of County

Farm Bureau Secretaries, to whom Farm Bureaudues for 1962 and new membership appli-cations may be mailed. Please address as: Mrs.Don Kilpatrick, Secretary, Alcona County FarmBureau, Harrisville R-1, Michigan.

Alcona-Mrs. Don Kilpatrick,Harrisville, R-l.

Allegan-Mrs. Joyce Kizer, 227Hubbard St., Allegan.

Alpena-Mrs. Esther Kennedy,Posen, R-l.

Antrim - Mrs. Ruth Standen-meyer, Ellsworth, R-l.

Arenac - Mrs. Evelyn Shinn,Standish.

Baraga-Mrs. Malond Titus, 628East Broad St., L'Anse.

Barry - Mrs. Elizabeth G.Lynch, 10~ East State St., Hast-ings.

Bay - Mrs. Russell Madison,Main and Henry Sts., Bay City.

Benzie-Mrs. Hermie Rockwell,Beulah.

Berrien - Mrs. Velma Wire,Youth Memorial Building, P. O.Box 213, Berrien Springs.

Branch-Mrs. Milo D. Jones, 16North Hanchett St., Coldwater.

Calhoun-Mrs. Harry King, P.O. Box 260, Marshall.

Cass-Mrs. Erma Fraze, 720Eaast State St., P.O. Box 187, Cas-sopolis.

C h a r Ie v 0 Ix - Fred Willis,Charlevoix, R-2.

Cheboygan - Mrs. Tom Baker,429 South Huron St., Cheboygan.

Chippewa-Mrs. Clayton Wil-son, Brimley, R-1, Box 56.

Clare-Mrs. Wilbur Weldon,Clare, R-2.

Clinton-Mrs. Marilyn Knight,103 East State St., St. Johns.

Delta-Mrs. Albert Whybrew,Rapid River, R-l.

Eaton - Mrs. Leslie Sheridan,142 South Pearl St., Charlotte.

Emmet-Mrs. Roscoe Williams,414 Jackson St., Petoskey.

Genesee-Mrs. Blanche McCar-ron, 4070 North Jennings Road,Flint.

Gladwin - Mrs. Dorothy Bad-ger, Gladwin, R-3.

Gratiot-Mrs. Leona Vance, 130East Emerson St., Ithaca.

Hillsdale-Mrs. Margaret Love-less, M-99 at West Carleton, Hills-dale.

H 0 ugh ton - Mrs. DorothyRuska, Chassell, R-1, Box 30.

Huron - Mrs. Barbara Bouck,717 North Van Dyke, Bad Axe.

Ingham-Mrs. Dorothy Sura to,245 South Jefferson St., Mason.

Ionia - Mrs. Lester Covert,111% North Depot St., Ionia.

losco-Mrs. Donald Goodrow,Hale.

Plainfield N. E., Grand Rapids.

Lapeer-Mrs. Alice Abbott, 152West Park St., Lapeer.

Lenawee-Mrs. Alice Collins,4025 South Adrian Road, Adrian,R-l.

Livingston-Mrs. Betty Pres-sler, 214 North Walnut St., Ho-well. .

Mackinac-Luce - Mrs. VeldaArciszewski, Engadine

Macomb-s-Mrs. Pearl Engel-brecht, 59015 Plank Road, Romeo.

Manistee-Mrs. Edward Hodg-son, Manistee, R-2.

Marquette-Alger - Mrs. VilhoMatson, Skandia, P. O. Box 39.

Mason-Elmer L. Fredericks,Scottville.

Mecosta-Mrs. Margaret Fitz-gerald, Big Rapids, R-l.

Men 0 min e e - Mrs. ElmerBusick, Daggett, R-l.

Midland - Mrs. Roy Varner,Midland, R-l.

Missaukee-Mrs. Bonnie Bur-ket, McBain, R-l.

Monroe-Mrs. Viola Eipperle,8300 West Ida Road, Ida.

Montcalm-Mrs. Wilma Bald-win, Stanton, P. O. Box 386.

Montmorency - Mrs. HilbertSchulze, Farrier Road, Hillman.

Muskegon - Mrs. Alice Allen,1290 Canada Read, Bailey, R-l.

Newaygo-Mrs. Carroll Robin-son, Grant, R-1.

Northwest Michigan - Mrs.Luceal Donner, 144 Hall St.,Traverse City.

Oakland-Mrs. Marion B. Sut-ton, 10565 Milford Road, Holly,R-3.

Iron - Mrs. John Serena, IronRiver, R-2.

Isabella - Mrs. Marie Farnan,301 East Pickard St., Mt. Plea-sant.

Jackson - Miss Gloria DeWitt,5550 Lansing Ave., J ackson,

Kalamazoo-Mrs. Rita Williams(location, 7524 South WestnedgeAve.) MAILING ADDRESS: PostOffice Box 102, Portage.

Kalkaska-Mrs. Hugh Nave,Kalkaska, R-l.

Kent-Mrs. Kay Robe, 5365Oceana-Mrs. Francis Hawley,

Shelby, R-l.Ogemaw - Mrs. Arnold Mat-

thews, Alger, R-l.Osceola-Mrs. Fred A. Johnson,

Hersey, R-l.Otsego-Mrs. Darrell Fleming,

Gaylord, R-2.

When you replace, ". eerter" to Insfst 011 11.est ••• insist on UNICO BATrERIESI

• RESIN lUBBER CAS~ -,plcTol compound tltat tIIidI ••canel impact. More inside area for solution.

• ilEAV'( CONSTRUCTION at post Gnelconn'din, lrap fat'ong, ruSged, trouble-fr ••. service.

• SUBMERGED CONNECTORS -with IIeavy consfructicm to Niue.oltos. 10••••• DOforeip object, acrou lop" call createabort.

• INTERlOelCfNG CRIDS - ,. a special consrraction '.far Gal"olds activ. moterial Ions., Clnel'otttr, to lb. em ••61119•• fuD m. plat •••

Special Prices During Co-op Month•

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e to Co. ec'Ottawa-Mrs. Merle Herrinton,

P. O. Box 84, Allendale.Pre que Isle-Mrs. Ralph Pines,

1021 West Friedrich St., RogersCity.

Saginaw - Mrs. Ethel A.Nichols, P. O. Box 1169, 800 SouthWashington St., Saginaw.

Sanilac - Mrs. Mary EllenKlaty, 237 East Sanilac St., San-dusky.

Shiawassee-Mrs. Murlin Wil-loughby, 310 Corunna Ave., Owos-so.

St. Clair-Mrs. Beulah Bur-rows, 81047 Main St., Memphis.

St. Joseph-Mrs.. Marie Bohm,113 East Main St., Centerville.

Tuscola-Miss Loretta Kirk-patrick, P. O. Box 71, Caro.

Van Buren - Mrs. KatherineJohansen, Paw Paw, R-2.

Washtenaw - Mrs. Emma B.Howeisen ,5095 Saline Road, AnnArbor, R-5.

Wayne-Mrs. Robert Simmons,51140 Geddes Road, Belleville.

Wexford-Mrs. Richard Brehm,Tustin, R-2.

Senators AskFor Permanent\l1heat Program

Swiss, 9,000 for Guernsey and3,000 for J ers y.

Th average DHI cow of to-day produces 100 pound morebutterfat per year than did theaverage DHIA cow of yesterdayin 1930. If this upward trend con-tinues, the av rage DHIA cow oftomorrow in 1990, will averageover 500 pounds.

Perhaps greater stress will beplaced on the protein and solids-.not-fat content of milk in the Hon. Orville E. Freemanfuture. Michigan's modern DHIA Secretary of Agricultureprogram will be ready to provide Washington, D. C.such information to its membersWhenever conditions warrant achange away from the presentmethods.

Twenty-six United States Sen-ators, representing both partiesand including Michigan's Sena-ator Philip Hart, have signed aletter addressed to Secretary ofAgriculture Freeman, askinghim to submit recommendationson a permanent wheat programby January 1, 1962.

The leiter says: "Most of usjointly sponsored a bill in the86th Congress-So 3159-which webelieve is the answer to theperennial wheat problem. Thisbill would establish wheat quotason a bushel basis instead of anacre basis as has been the customin past years."

This bill was introduced in1960 and would do much morethan simply establish quotas ona bushel basis. It provides for amultiple price program, withpolitically distributed permits tomarket through certificates.

It would require greatly in-creased export subsidies ifAmerican wheat were to moveinto the world markets, andwould certainly not endear us toother friendly nations, such asArgentina, Australia, France andCanada, which are also worldexporters.

It would provide for the eco-nomic dumping of wheat on thefeed grain market and wouldforce producers of feed grains tohelp pay for the sins of thewheat program during recentyears. It would endanger pricesof livestock, poultry and dairyproducers, and would guaranteethat the Government would re-main in the wheat business formany years to come.

Plans of this type. providingfor different pricing levels fordifferent uses for the same com-modity have been considered byFarm Bureau members in annualmeetings for a number of years.

While this type of program hasbeen used in the dairy industry,its use in connection with storableitems such as wheat offers a verydifferent problem. Farm Bureaumembers have decided that suchproposals do not offer a soundsolution for agricultural prob-lems.

Would ReduceSugar Figure

Michigan Farm Bureau is ask-ing Secretary of AgricultureFreeman to reduce the estimateof domestic consumption of su-gar. The official estimate by theSecretary determines the amountof sugar which may be imported.

The figure of 10 million tonswas purposely set high by theprevious administration becauseof the uncertainties caused by theneed to find new sources to re-place Cuban sugar. It is nowclear that adequate supplies areavailable and that consumptionprobably will not run higher than9% million tons.

Excess imports allowed by thehigh estimate have dropped rawsugar prices from $6.55 per hun-dred in June to $6.03 on Septem-ber 20.

The Secretary has the power toreduce the estimate but has notyet chosen to do so.

•L A Cheney TrusteeOf Co-op Institute

L A Cheney, secretary-man-ager of the Michigan Ass'n ofFarmer Cooperatives, was elect-ed to another three-year term asa trustee of the American Insti-tute of Cooperation at the 33rdannual meeting of the Instituteat the University of Minnesota inAugust.

Dairy Recor ~Are Payin"Investment

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The board of dir ctors of thAmerican Dairy ociation m tat Louisville, Kentucky, eptem-ber 19-21 to consider the A socia-tion's adv rtising, merchandi ingand market dev lopm nt pro-grams for milk and milk pro-ducts for 1962.

Ernest Girbach of Saline isdirector of the ADA and repre-s nted 35,000 farmers in theAmerican Dairy Association ofMichigan.

Andrew Jackson of Howell,president of the AD of Michi-gan attended committee meet-

LARRY JOHNSONMSU Extension Dairy Specialist

During the past five months, .wehave empha ized that keepmgproduction records on dairy cowsis actually an investment and notan expense.

A small increase in milk pro-duction per cow will more thanpay the cost of any of the threerecord programs available toMichigan dairymen.

By way of a summary to thisseries, we feel that today's dairycow should produce at least. 400pounds of butterfat on twice-a-day milking in 305 days as amature animal. The 1960 Michi-gan DHIA average of 420 poundsof butterfat for all breeds isabove this suggested minimumgoal.

On a milk production basis, 400pounds of butterfat means about11,000 pounds for a Holstein, 10,-000 for Aryshire and Brown

No two cows are exactly alikein their genetic make-up. Thesegenetic differences provide theopportunity to select for improv-ed production characteristics.Faster progress can be madeWhen records are available as thebasis for making the selection.

The time to start keeping rec-crds is NOW. October is the firstmonth of the new 1961-62 recordkeeping year.

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Horton TrespassLaw Tells Hunter

Horton Trespass Law: Huntingprohibited on any farm lands orfarm wood lots connected there-with, or within enclosed lands ofany hunting club without consentof owner or lessee of such lands.Includes roads or highways in-farmland areas. (Michigan GameLaw Digest for 1958).

LEGISL TIO • Maintains a highly successful full-time legislative staff working with the legislatures in Lansingand in Washington.

• Appears before commissions, hoards and committe s of tale and Federal government el'resenting the interests of farm and rural people.

6¢ State and 4¢ F~dera( Gas Tax Refund ••• 4% Sale Tax exemptioi1 • e ." approxTmat "$30.00 annual savinss on farm truck Jicense.

I Communify Farm BlIl'!uU Croups-Consider community problemsStudy county, state and national issue,.Enjoy social activities,Obtain current information en agriculture and public elfle-ir., sslst in developing farm Bureau policY

Farm Bureau YoU" . Peopte-traintng. 'n' leacJer$hfl'I communif.activities.

Women's tom",iffe padQl rourams wlttcl1 'r:oad.n thfarm and publh; affa;rf. ·

Ie MichfaCllt AgrtcuTfuftll eOGl'eratTve MarTc:eltl1g AsseeTat.to", an tlFr.liafe e' .M:,cltrgan ~rm lu-reau, is a farmer controlled cooperathte through which p~oducers !,f Michigan agrlcultu~alcommodities can voluntarily o'rganit:e fo ft'Iarket and bargain for prace and other term Withthe buyers of each commodity,. Its ·primary purpose is to provide the "machinery" which o~.modity' producers can use '0' effectively negotiat term of trade with purcha ers of thell'products.Rotterdam Trad. eenfer tracle'center set up LV arm aureau ftS "ell' uropea 1mfind product the wan ••• and help American exporter. fin market.

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rien County Farm Bur auWom n again had the cafeteriain th Youth M moria 1 Buildingor the Berri n County Youthair week. The Women's Com-itt have recently purchased aw cupboard, refinished the old

upboards, and bought a clock forh kitch n in the Youth Me-orial Building.

obert Burandt reportedn th officers' training meeting

at Marcellus.orr spond nee was read from

Jan t Kirkham, who received acholarship from the B rrienounty Women for nurses train-

ing. h has rec ntly graduatedand has accept d a position at St.J 0 ph M morial Hospital.

Harry Nye spoke on his trip toh Far East and South Americaast year.

K lamazoo County Women'sommitt e met September 18.r. . Fr eman Hersey, directoral: mazoo County Health De-artm nt, described the work of

th D partment. It was 01'-niz d in 1941 and employs 48ople. It is one of the best

ounty health departments in the. S.

"Communism on the Map."

Macomb County Women's Com-mittee met at the home of Mrs.Celestine Young in Mt. Clemens.Mrs. True, safety chairman, at-tended the governor's safetyconference. She gave us a reportand copies of "What everyDriver Should Know."

Mrs. Miller, RN, gave a reportof the women's first aid tent atArmada Fair and reported 334people visited the tent, 87 serv-ices were rendered. Plans weremade to help with our annualFarm-City week September 17to 23rd.

Monroe County Women's Com-mittee met September 5 at thehome of Mrs. Roy Thompson ofHolly. Plans were made for thetour to D troit, September 21 tovisit WWJ, Cobo Hall and theV rnor plant. Plans were madefor the County's Rural- Urbanluncheon October 3. A fine pro-gram is being prepared. MaurineScramlin was nominated by thecommittee to run for state vice-chairman.

Dan Reed, of the MichiganFarm Bureau staff, discussedhow Farm Bureau policy is madeand the importance of gettingour resolutions to the Countyannual meeting.

istrict 4Cass County Women's Commit-e met September 5 at the home

Mrs. Murl Spencer with Mrs.orman Harvey as co-hostess.ass County membership goal is40 and the drive is October 16-2.K nneth Poe county clerk,

poke on the Bill of Rights, theirst ten amendments to our U. S.onsti tu tion,

Mrs. Clare Barton, ChairmanPlainwell R-2

The District meeting for fallwill be held October 5 at theLeighton E.U.B. Parish Hall-atth intersection of 2nd St. and142nd Ave., six miles east of U.S.131 on 142nd Ave.

Come early for coffee hour at9:30 and enjoy the spendid pro-gram. Don Kinsey of the Michi-gan Farm Bureau will talk on"Brainwashing and Censorship."One feature of the afternoon pro-pram will be a sour cream dem-onstration by Michigan's DairyPrincess. We'll be looking foryou to help in the attendancecontest.

FARM NEWSOctober 1, 1961

MICHIGANBenzie County Women's Com- of the wheat surplus project. Mrs.

mittee met at the home of Mrs. Walter Dant gave a report of the 4Herbert Nugent for potluck Camp Kett project. Mrs. Fredlunch. Bey, vice-chairman, introduced

Mrs. Wm. Merse, safety chair- Mrs Earl Alexander, librarian,man, reported on a hazard she who gave a review of the book,encountered on a fruit farm, an "The Naked Communist."inadequately covered abandonedwell which she reported to thesheriff's department. She alsospoke on the statewide safetysurvey.

Over $50 has been made on thesale of cherry jewelry. Themoney will be added to the lend-ing fund for a needy student atNorthwestern College.

Candidates for State Offices

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MRS. CHARLES F. GOTT-HARD of Buckley, Wexfordcounty, is a candidate for statechairman of Women's Commit-tees of the Michigan Farm Bu-reau at the women's meeting atMichigan State University Audi-torium Wednesday afternoon,November 8.

Mrs. Gotthard Is sponsored bythe Women's Committee of Wex-ford County Farm Bureau.

She has been a state councilmember, District, county andcommunity women's chairman,and discussion leader.

MRS. ARTHUR M U I R ofGrant, Newaygo county, is acandidate for state chairman ofWomen's Committees of theMichigan Farm Bureau at thewomen's meeting at MSU Audi-torium Wednesday afternoon,November 8.

Mrs. Muir is sponsored by theWomen's Committee of NewaygoCounty Farm Bureau.

She is state 'dee-chairman, hasbeen District vice-chairman,chairman of county and com-munity committees, discussionleader, and has served on theMFB resolutions committee.

MR~ ROSCOE BURTKER ~Bear Lake, Manistee county, is acandidate for state vice-chair-man of Women's Committees ofthe Michigan Farm Bureau atthe women's meeting at MSUAuditorium Wednesday after-noon, November 8.

Mrs. Burtker is sponsored bythe Women's Committee ofManistee County Farm Bureau.

She has been county women'schairman, citizenship chairman,Minute Man, Women's Commit-tee representative, and delegateto the MFB annual meeting.

Newaygo Counry Women'sCommittee has offered this re-solution: "A physical and chestx-ray should be required for allpeoples seeking permanent em-ployment as food handlers."

Leon Deur spoke on the specialeducation program of whichNewaygo County is very proud.Eight teachers have been securedfor this program for handicappedor retarded children.

Muskegon County. Mrs. WilsonCronenwett of Holton showedcolored pictures of our 50thState, Hawaii, where she and herhusband resided while stationedthere. Mrs. Glen Delwiler waselected secretary to replace Mrs.Reska. The Women's Committeewill serve refreshments at thecounty annual meeting, October5th.

St. Joseph County Women'fie ting in Centerville heard

rs. Lee Cook report on her tripo the American Farm Bureauonvention in Denver.Mrs. Hagelgans called attention

to the District meeting to be heldin Kalamazoo in October and theState meeting in Lansing. Newoffice s were elected.

Van Buren County m t at thehom of Mrs. Th 0 Sallis Sep-t mb 1 5. Our speaker was Em-mett Thomas from the Depart-ment of Welfare of Van Burencounty. New officers were elect-ed.

Allegan County. Thirty ladiesmet in September at WatsonTown Hall with MapleviewGroup as hostesses.

Mrs. Floyd Stevens, 1st vice-president presid d. We answeredroll call by telling how we metour husbands.

Safety chairman, Mrs. FredBillett, suggested using turnsignals sooner, especially on the

p .ghwa h re speed IS

greater.Plans were made for the Dis-

trict 4 fall meeting when Allegancounty will be hostess. Plans werealso announced for the chickenbarbeque to be held at theAllegan fair grounds for thebenefit of Camp Kett.

Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Thedewere responsible for a booth atthe Allegan Fair this year andour group received $50 in pre-miums which we added to ourCamp Kett Fund. We shall havea larger booth next year. $85from fair receipts was also votedto Camp Kett, leaving a balanceof $56 on our pledge.

Burton Richards, regional re-presentative, announced a meet-ing for Roll Call workers Octo-ber 6 at Griswold Auditorium.Dan Reed of the Michigan FarmBureau staff will speak.

D trlc 2Mrs. G o. Crisenbery. Chairman

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Our fall Di trict meeting willb held October 10 at Romesrang , located one mile south

of Rome Center on 223 and turnright on Springville Road.

Branch County Women's Com-mittee met at the 4-H cabin Sep-tember 8. Mrs. Gruner, our CampKett chairman, brought us up-to-date on our fair projects anddonations. Mrs. Olney was nomi-nat d for chairman for the com-ing year.

Hillsdale County. Our Sep tern-bel' meeting was on safety. StateTrooper Tucker spoke on "Com-mon Types of Accidents." Hestated that most fatalities arecaused by speeding and drink-ing. He gave six reasons for ac-cidents. (1) Driving while underthe influence of alcohol. (2) Notgranting right-of-way. (3) Fol-lowing too closely. (4) Travel Barry County Women's Com-

-rong side of road and not pass- mit tee held their August meet-ing. (5) Improper signals. (6) ing at camp. Mrs. Lloyd GaskillImprop r. turning. He passed out and Mrs. Grace Rice, newlyI .af! ts on Michigan School bus elected chairman and vice-chair-stop law. man attended the officers train-

Mrs. Kramer announced a ing meeting at Camp Kett.m ding at the Reading High A girl from Swenden, staying inS hool, October 27, at 7:45 p.m. Ionia county, showed slides onwhich is on "Freedom and Liber- Sw den. There are no commer-ti s in America." cials on TV in Sweden. Set

owners pay $20 TV license feeper year and $6 on radio.

Information on the new cookbook will be presented at thenext meeting. Recipes should besent to Mrs. Lloyd Gaskill assoon as possible.

We voted that our Women'sCommittee take a big part inthe membership drive this year.

Ottawa County Women s Com-mittee met in September and d -cid d to hold the annual electionin March. Mrs. Lawrence Lange-land was appointed legislativechairman and Mrs. John Schouts. Willi m Scramlin, Chairman saf ty-chairrnan.

Holly a-i Mrs. Kenneth Willard andMrs. Clarence Dykema attendedthe officers training meeting inAugust at Camp Kett. Mrs. Wil-lard reported that the camp has2,200 feet frontage on the lakeand has $350,000 invested in theproperty. The Farm BureauDormitory next to the mainbuilding will house 65 people.

Jackson County. At the Sep-t mber meeting Mrs. FrancesPierc was appointed to preparea skit for our report at the fallDistrict meeting.

L nawee County. Our fair proj-ect showed a profit of $770. Mrs.

gn s udl y was elected vice-chairman and Mrs. Helen Will-now, secretary. Plans wereuad for our District meeting to

1 held at om Grange, Octo-ber 10.

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MRS. WILLIAM SCRAMLINo Holly, Oakland county, is acandidate for state vice-chair-man of Women's Committees ofthe Michigan Farm Bureau atthe Women's meeting at MSUAuditorium Wednesday after-noon, November 8.

Mrs. Scramlin is sponsored bythe Women's Committee of Oak-land County Farm Bureau.

She is chairman of District 3,has been county chairman, citi-zenship chairman, County FarmBureau director, has served onthe MFB state resolutions com-mittee.

at 9:30 a.m.

Clinton County. First fall meet-ing was held September 5. Mrs.Claude Kaeple of the PartlowGroup gave a most interestingbook report on the "Naked Com-munist." It made us appreciateall the more the wonderfulcountry in which we are iving.

Gehesee County Women's Com-mittee met September 5. MissKay Kauffman, secretary ofResearch Department, Council ofSocial Agencies, explained theUnited Fund or Red Feather aswe know it best. Red Feather iscollected once a year but work isdone year around.

Ingham County Women's Com-mittee met September 19. Mrs.Marjorie Gardner, speaking onBlue Cross, said it is the bestmedical plan. Only you canterminate your contract, sothere is no worry about beingdropped.

District 6Mrs. Bruce Ruggles, Chairman

Kingston R-l

Huron East Side Farm Bureaumet at Light House Park for apicnic dinner. Seventeen mem-bers and twenty children werepresent. Eighteen groups havesent in money for state projects.

Huron West Side met at theFarm Bureau building in BadAxe with 30 women present rep-resenting 22 groups.

Officers for next year are:President, Mrs. Robert Armbrus-ter, Pigeon; vice-president, Mrs.Lloyd Good, Owendale; secretary,Mrs. George Southworth, Pigeon.

Mrs. Victor Anderson showedpictures of their trip to Texasand Mexico.

Sanilac County Women's Com-mitt e met for a potluck lun-cheon with 13 groups represent-ed. Mrs. Gough reported that thefair booth was a success.

The annual meeting will be apotluck supper at 7:30, October9 at the Farm Bur au Building in

andusky,

MRS. JESSE SMITH of Gales-burg, Kalamazoo county, is acandidate for state vice-chair-man of Women's Committees ofthe Michigan Farm Bureau at thewomen's meeting at MSU Audi-torium Wednesday afternoon,November 8.

Mrs. Smith is sponsored by theWomen's Committee of Kalama-zoo. County Farm Bureau.

She has been county and com-munity group chairman, women'srepresentative, discussion lead-er, and is chairman of the Dis-trict camp committee.

mittee met at the home of Mrs.Alvin Kersten. The operatingrules were read and discussed.Fall camp was planned. Mrs.Anna Pohn will entertain thenext meeting.

Lapeer County Women's Com-mittee met for noon luncheonwith 23 present.

The county annual meetingwill be October 12 at Lapeer.State President Walter W. Wight-man will speak.

Tuscola County Women's Com-mittee met with 19 memberspresent. A good time was hadselling and buying bazaar items.$16.75 was made for the CampKett Fund.

The annual meeting will beheld at the Caro High School Oc-tober 26 and a chicken barbecuewill be served by the Farm Bu-reau Women.

We nominated our chairman,Florence Carpenter, as a delegateto Associated Country Women ofthe World.

Allison Green, state Represent-ative, discussed state govern-ment problems.

District 6 women enjoyed afine camp. There were 38 over-night campers. 79 ladies enjoyedall or part of the program. La-peer County won the gavel with16 overnight campers. Lapeerwill entertain camp next year.

District 7

District 8~rs. Kenneth Kapplinger" Chm •

Farwell R-2

District 8 will hold the fallDistrict meeting October 11 atthe LO.O.F. Hall at Clare. Let'sget the ladies out and break theattendance record.

Gratiot County Farm BureauWomen's Committee met at theCounty Farm Bureau office atIthaca.

Mrs. Densmore reported on thetrip to Camp Kett which wastaken in August.

Plans were made for the Wo-men's Committee to serve thecounty annual meeting dinnerwith Mrs. Hill as chairman. $1.50per plate. Kitchen committeesNewark and North Shade; diningroom, Lafayette and Arcada;clean - up, Pine River. Mrs.George Davidson was elected2nd vice-chairman. Mrs. Hearndiscussed proposed plans forthe Rural-Urban meeting inNovember.

Isabella County Women's Com-mittee met for dinner at thepark. Mrs. Hugh Swindlehurstgave a very interesting talkabout the history, cost andbeauty of Camp Kett. Planswere made for a booth at thefair.

Midland County Women's Com-mittee met at the home of Mrs.Kenneth Johnson. Mrs. RuthWinslow gave a very interestingand informative talk on the costto our county of direct reliefand dependent aged. Also point-ed out the need for a larger andmore modern home with provi-sion for medical and nursingcare.

Anyone wishing to bring arti-eles for the Training Home mayleave them with Mrs. Butcher.

52 Saginaw Farm Bureau ladiestook a tour to Camp Kett. On theway a stop was made at thePlastic Sheet Extension Plant.Upon arrival at Camp Kett, Mr.Westrate gave a history of CampKett. Our business meeting washeld in one of the lovely con-ference rooms. It was voted tohave a name plate put on thedoor of the room Saginaw ladieswill decorate.

District 9Mecosta County Women visited M Dwight Duddles, Chairman

the pla tic plant at Evart Sep- rs.tember 12th. This was interesing.

Mrs. Walter Harger. ChairmanStanwood R-2

Mason County-Reports on thetraining session at Camp Kettfor county chairman and vice-chairman was given MasonCounty Women's Committee byMrs. Don Villadsen. Mrs. Slaglereported on legislative matters.

Montcalm County. TeachingAmericanism in our schools wasmphasized in the citizenship

report given by Mrs. Lyda Ross-man. The safety chairman re-ported on the proper use of

St. Cl ir County Women's Com- lawn mowers.

Lake City R-l

Manistee County. The Districtmeeting will be at the MethodistChurch at Arcadia; October 3.Coffee hour at 9:30, meeting tostart at 10 o'clock. Lunch on res-ervations are to be sent to Mrs.Arden Bradford, Arcadia R-l.

Missaukee County Women'sCommittee met at the Falmouthschool October 12. Elwin Clementshowed many slides that he hadtaken in Alaska.

The legislative chairman re-minded everyone that it was elec-tion day and that it was the dutyand privilege of everyone to vote.

District 10-EMrs. Lee S. LaForge. Chairman

Curran

The District Advisory Councilmet at the home of Mrs. AlexKennedy September 20 with allcounties well represented. Wewere pleased to have Miss Gul-son Iskender, an IFYE studentfrom Turkey at our meeting.

Our District meeting will beheld Thursday, October 26 at theBelknap Township Hall, in Pres-que Isle County. The meetingwill start at 10:30 a.m. with a pot-luck lunch served at noon. Thehall is located between Hawksand Rogers City, just off of Coun-ty Road 451.

The American Dairy Associa-tion of Michigan will have ademonstration on the possibleuses of sour cream. The Michi-gan Dairy Princess will be pres-ent. There is a contest betweenDistrict's having the highest at-tendance, percentage-wise withmembership, at the fall Districtmeetings with the winner receiv-ing $15 at the state annual meet-ing in November.

Mark October 26 on your cal-endar for attending this DistrictFarm Bureau Women's meeting.We will win if you come andbring your Farm Bureau neigh-bor.

AlCona County Women's Com-mittee met at the home of Mrs.Ervin Somers, September 15.Mrs. Oscar Potvin spoke of bene-fit parties which were being heldfor 'the Children's Aid Societyof Michigan. The group will give$5 to the Society. The commit-tee will purchase seven dozensmall plates to be placed with theFarm Bureau dishes at Harris-ville Township Hall.

Mrs. Merle McArthur, countycancer worker, reported a short-age of pillowcases and the wo-men will give $10 to purchasesome. A gift of $25 will be giv-en to the Lincoln Rest Haven topurchase necessities for patients.A second gift of $5 was given tothe Pearl Henderson NursingScholarship Fund.

Alpena County Women's Com-mittee met with Mrs. HermanGehl on September 11. The Citi-zenship Chairman urged all tovote at the Con-Con election andto call their neighbors. The Leg-islative Chairman gave a report

Mrs. Enid Kenyon was crown-ed our "Queen for the Year" andpresented with a beautiful bou-quet of flowers.

Miss Golsun Iskender, an May Stop AddingIFYE student from Turkey,showed colored slides of her Water to Hamscountry and told many·interest-'ing things about her' people. Theyhave 4-H clubs much like ours.

Iosco County Women's Com-mittee met at the home of Mrs.Clarence Lang, September 5.Russell Rollin, commissioner ofIosco county schools, gave a veryinteresting talk on his duties.

Ogemaw County Women'sCommittee met with Mrs. BillBennett on September 12. We areglad to hear about our new FarmBureau group composed of Oge-maw County young marriedcouples. Mrs. John Mitchell isthe Women's representative andRichard Stillwagon is the direc-tor. Mrs. Bill Bedtelyon report-ed that about $25 was made atthe heifer sale.

Farm Bureau Young Peoplehave asked our help in selectionof a Miss Farm Bureau. Each lo-cal group is to send the name oftheir choice to Mrs. Eugene De-Matio. Miss Farm Bureau willbe crowned at the County FarmBureau annual meeting October9 and the County Co-operatorfamily will be introduced.

The state annual meeting willbe held at Lansing, Wednesday,November 8. Each. woman is todiscuss arrangements with theirown group, get the names ofthose interested in going and findout if they are interested in go-in by chartered bus or privatecars.

Presque Isle Women's Com-mittee met at North Allis. TheDistrict meeting will be in ourcounty on October 26 at BelknapTownship Hall. Mrs. Paul Hopp,Mrs. Elmer Radka, and Mrs. CarlAltman and Mrs. Herman Ristauwere appointed to serve on thecommittee. Discussion of a Hal-loween dance or bake sale washad.

Mrs. Florenc.e Jeffrey, who 15serving on the tourist and resortdevelopment and promotion com-mittee, spoke on what the peopleof Presque Isle must do to attracttourists to our county. Each tour-ist spends about $16 a day.

District 10-W'

mittee enjoyed Mrs. VernonVance's talk on attending anAmerican Farm Bureau annualmeeting.

Our Rural-Urban meeting washeld September 18 at CentralLake High School. About 70 peo-ple enjoyed a program presentedby Melvin Woell ofJ the PublicRelations Department of Mich-igan Farm Brueau. Everyone ap-preciated his' sense of humor and"down to earth" talk.

Charlevoix County. Women'sCommittee elected new officers.Mrs. Wm. Parsons, chairman;Mrs. Jasper Warner, 1st vice-chairman; Mrs. Ellen Copeland,2nd vice-chairman; and Mrs.Dawson Way, secretary.

Archie Murphy of East Jordan,chairman of the Michigan Com-mission on Agriculture) spoke tous. Varied responsibilities are

given to this commission, a few;drainage control, foods and stan-dards, proper weights for pack-aged foods and other goods, test-ing of scales, inspection of dairiesand milk plants and many otherduties.

Cheboygan County Women'sCommittee heard Miss Bonnie

Hamlin, county extension agent,speak and demonstrate on out-door cookery. A card party wasplanned to help raise the balancefor Camp Kett.

Emmet County Women's Com-mittee has sponsored a Farm Bu-reau Young Peoples Group. Theyhave had their organization meet-ing. The .Iadies entertained theDistrict Council September 19.

Adding water up to 10% byweight to federally-inspecteduncooked hams and other smok-ed pork products may be pro-hibited.

The U.S. Dep't of Agriculturehas given notice that it intends toreinstate standards which saidhams and other smoked porkproducts may not weigh more atretail sale than their uncuredweight.

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Congressman Harold McSween,of Louisiana, a member of theHouse Committee on Agric.ulture,urged that Secretary Freeman"begin in 1962 to carry out thespirit of the Agricultural Act of1958 so that we can move in theright direction to solve the prob-lems facing the great cotton in-dustry."

McSween said that the Secre-tary's action in increasing cottonprice supports for 1961 "was amistake because it reverses theprogress that had begun" underthe 1958 act. The action willgradually "make cotton less com-petitive," he said.

The 1958 act emphasized thevoluntary retirement of land tothe Conservation Reserve and re-lated price support levels to theprice in the market place over athree-year average.

Mrs. Vernon Vance" ChairmanEast Jordan R-3

Our District Advisory Councilmet September 19 at the 4-HBuilding in Emmet-county. Allcounties were well representedand plans were completed forour District meeting in Cheboy-gan county at Topinabee TownHall at Topinabee on US-27, Oc-tober 25.

An attendance contest for bothdistrict and state prizes was plan-ned. Plan to get every Farm Bu-reau woman to attend October 25.

Don Kinsey will speak. OurState Dairy Princess will give asour cream demonstration.

Antrim County Women's Com-

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at Wolf Lake, 8:00 p.m. Refresh-ments after meeting.

Newaygo--Oct. 16, Fremont atFoundation Building, 4 WestOak, 8:15 p.m. Lunch served byWomen's Committee.

Northwest Michigan-Oct. 10at Twin Lake 4-H Camp, west ofTraverse City, Highway 610.Chicken supper 7:00 p.m. Ticket$1.00 to Oct. 6 and $1.50 afterthat. Business meeting 8:15 p.m.

Oakland-Oct. 18, DavisburgMasonic Hall, AndersonvilleRoad. Supper. Ticket $1.00 toOct. 16, $1.50 at door. Businessmeeting 8:30 p.m.

Oceana-Oct. 18, Hart at Con-gregational Church. Businessmeeting 8:00 p.m.

Ogemaw-Oct. 9, West Branchat Community Building. Busi-ness meeting at 8:30 sharp. Lunchafter meeting. Bring pie anddishes. Ice cream and coffee fur-nished.

Osceola-Oct. 19, Reed City atLincon Township Hall. Potlucksupper. Business meeting 8:30p.m.

Otsego-c-Oot. 17, Gaylord atBagley Town Hall, 3 miles southon US-27, at 8:00 p.m. Ice creamfurnished by Farm Bureau, bringown cake or pie and table serv-ice.

Ottawa-Oct. 17, Allendale atTownship Hall, M-50 in Allen-dale. Business meeting 8:00 p.m.Door prizes. Refreshments.

Presque Isle-Oct. 24, Belk-nap Township Hall, 8:15 p.m.Door prizes, refreshments.

Saginaw-Oct. 17, Saginaw at4-H Club Building, fairgrounds,Genesee and Webber Streets.Supper. Ticket $1.50 adults 75cents for children. Businessmeeting 8:00 p.m.

Sanilac-Oct. 9, Sandusky atCounty Office Building. PotluckSupper 7:30 p.m. Business meet-ing 8:30 p.m.

Shiawassee - Oct. 11, Corunnaat Casino Building,' McCurdyPark, Corunna Avenue. Potlucksupper at 7:30 p.m. Businessmeeting 8:30 p.m.

St. Clair-Oct. 10, Marine Cityat Palms Elementary School,Palms Road. Supper 7:00 p.m.Ticket $1.75. Business meeting8:30 p.m.

St. Joseph-Oct 9, CentrevilleMethodist Church. Potluck sup-per. Business meeting 8:30 p.m.

Tuscola-Oct. 26, Caro at HighSchool cafeteria. Supper. Busi-

Congressman August E. J ohan-sen of Battle Creek, is scheduledto speak at the 42nd annualmeeting of the Michigan Farm

. Bureau Women at Michigan Stateversity November 8.

"Why is it that when incred-ible blunders occur, it is well-nigh impossible to fix respon-sibilities for them in our com-pex, sprawling federal govern-ment?" Congressman Johansen,of Michigan's 3rd District, asks.

One answer. says CongressmanJohansen, lies in the abdicationof its constitutional responsibilityand authority by Congress andthe handing of its power to thePresident.

The President is actually aninstitution today, says Johansen.He necessarily must refer hisauthority to others for admin-istering.

"The following key section ofthe current Foreign Aid Bill tellsthe story," says the Congres-man, "since it was drafted by thebureaucracy." .

"Exercise. of functions:-ThePresident may exercise anyfunctions conferred upon him bythis Act through such agency orofficer of the United States Gov-ernment as 'he shall direct. Thehead of any such agency or suchofficer may from time to timepromulgate such rules and re-gulations as may be neccessaaryto carry out such functions, andmay delegate authority to per-form any such functions, includ-ing, if he shall so specify, theauthority successively to redele-gate any of such functions, toany of his subordinates."

Congressman Johansen saysthis explains, in part, his op-

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Washtenaw-Oct. 11, Saline atnew High School, North AnnArbor Street. Potluck supper7:30 p.m. Business meeting 8:30p.m.

Wayne-Oct. 6, Belleville at4-H Building, fairgrounds. 10,871Quick Road. Business meeting8:30 p.m.

Wexford-Oct. 16, Cadillac atSenior High School cafeteria,Haynes Street. Business meetingat 8:30 p.m. Refreshments aftermeeting.

Elev. E e.•.•..••.••A Power inThe Markets

This past year the Michi-gan Elevator Exchange, soldor handled through the Pool18% of all the beans grownin Michigan.Included was a phenomenal

increase of 380 carloads frommember elevators. Michigan co-peratives handle nearly 25% ofthe bean production in Michigan.

President Harry E. RohUs toldthe 41st annual meeting of stock-holder elevators at MichiganState University September 6:

"The Michigan Elevator Ex-change is progressing steadily bymaking alert sales service andsuperior marketing equipmentavailable to its member elevatorsand farmers.

"We are living in a fast chang-ing world. Agriculture is makingmany changes for which ourmarketing system must anticipateand prepare.

"The Mid-States Terminals,Inc., at Toledo has become areality with new facilities forloading ocean going vessels.

"We have made many improve-ments at our terminal elevator atOttawa Lake. These includetruck dumps, aeration facilitiesto dry corn and wheat, our ownswitch engine, and 1800 morefeet of sidetrack. We are work-ing to make our grain handlingas econmical and competitive aspossible."

Pres. Shuman Say.

Feed GrainProgram isCostly Failure

Charles B. Shuman, presidentof the American Farm Bureau,says that the government's feedgrain program is a "gigantic bil-lion dollar bust."

Mr. Shuman said the programis "the most costly failure in thelong history of attempts to fixprices and control production offarm crops by legislation.

"The Secretary of Agricultureforecast a cut of 700 millionbushels at a cost of only $500million.

"Oespite an over-wet. lateplanting season in the southernpart of the corn belt and a dis-astrous summer drought in theNorthwest, the feed grain cropis one of the largest on record,and the 'corn yield is the highestever.

"The government was biddingagainst itself when it asked fora cut in acres, and at the sametime increased price supports.

"Farmers knew what to do-they planted thicker, pulled therows closer together, and pouredon more fertilizer.

"Freeman's Acres, as the re-tired land is often called, are thepoorest on every farm. Once againfarmers have demonstrated theycan outwit the bureaucrats.

J. Stanley Sherman is the gen-eral manager of the Elevator Ex-change, which had sales of grainand beans amounting to $22,-338,071for the year ending June30, 1961.

James Heuvelhorst of Hudson-ville and John J. Hall of St.Johns were elected to the boardof directors. Frank W. Cain ofDeerfield was re-elected. An-drew Lohman, manager of Ham-ilton Farm Bureau, retired after24 years service on the board.

Farm Bureau Services. Inc.. isa member of the Elevator Ex-change. Thirty-nine elevatorsowned or managed by Farm Bu-reau Services delivered 2,683,275bushels of grain and 246,553 hun-dredweight of beans to the Ex-change for sale for the year end-ing June 30.

"How much did it cost? Cashpayments alone will exceed $700million, thousands have been add-ed to the federal payroll, and theCommodity Credit Corporationlosses can be expected to go high-er as higher support prices pullmore of the crop into governmentbins ... a fair estimate of thecost would be about $1 billion."

Farm BureauIn UpperPeninsula

The effecti veness of the Am-erican Farm Bureau Federationand the Michigan Farm Bureauhas long been an accepted fact.County Farm Bureaus can havethe same success on a local levelif constructive programs becomethe goals of local units.

Iron County Farm Bureauboard of directors invited twomembers of each communitygroup to a meeting to discuss lo-cal affairs, recommend pro-grams and projects and set pri-orities.

The group recommended eightprojects and set priorities oneach; with the suggestion thatspecial emphasis be placed onthe first three and the remain-der be filed for future action.

This approach brings themembership into the act. Sim-ilar meetings are being sched-uled in other countries.

October 2 is Membership Kick-Off for Upper Peninsula coun-ties, and the battle for the "Lit-tle Brown Jug" is on. Mackinac-Luce was the first recipient ofthis revolving trophy. It was thefirst county in the district toreach membership goal in 1953.Iron county has had possessionof the jug the past two years.

Herman Reimers, Roll Callmanager of Iron county, has in-dicated determination on retain-ing possession for another year,but several other counties are asdetermined to alter Iron coun-ty's plans.

This year the Battle of theHat, in addition to the Battleof the Jug, is being fought. Ahat will be persented to the RollCall manager who is the first toreport his county over member-ship goal. A box of candy willalso be awarded to the womanwho signs up the most newmembers in the- district by Jan-uary 15, 1962.

October is the month forcounty annual meetings. This isthe highlight of your CountyFarm Bureau activities, and weurge your attendance. Time andplace of all county annuals arelisted in another a ticle.

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HARRY E. ROHLF (right),president of the Michigan Eleva-tor Exchange, congratulatesJames Heuvelhorst (left) andJohn J. Hall (center) upon theirelection to the board of directorsof the Exchange at the 41st an-

nual meeting in early September.Mr. Heuvelhorst is manager ofFarmers Cooperative ElevatorCompany at Hudsonville. Mr.Hall is manager of St. Johns Co·operative Company.

Farm Bureau delegates havgiven their approval to "wild r-ness" legislation but insist that"this legislation should providethat other areas be added only byspecific act of Congress."

Expecting that the bill willcome up for House considerationearly next year, Farm Bureauwrote Michigan Congressmenlast week:

"In its present form, the billpresents the same objectionablefeature as was included in theproposed Foreign Aid Bill, theOmnibus Farm Bin and othermeasures under considera tionthis year.

"The measure proposes to by-pass Congress by substitutingonly a veto power for each houserather than requiring affirmativeapproval of proposed action. Thebill is better than the originalversion, from our point of view,since either house can veto a pro-posal.

"However, the principal re-mains the same and indi vidualmembers of Congress may neverbe in a position to register theiropposition to a measure if a reso-

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District # t tokes in the counties north of and including Mason, lake.Osceola, Missaukee, Roscommon, Ogemaw and losco Counties. Stopin ond 'see these men for all your feed needs.

See Your Local Farm Bureau Dia'er for Quality Feeds at Economical Prices

Farm Bureau

ROW 1-Hank Meyering and Eiurke Ardis, McBain; Howard Deal arid Dan Deal, Onekama, ROW 2 L. D. turn r (rid Ibcrf'Turner, Mari~; Ernest G. Reo and Ernest E. Rea, Hillman; ROW 3 -Gerrit Koster, Falmouth; Lloyd Phelps, Manton, E. R.Lehto, Copemish; Herb Hodge, Scottville, ROW 4 - Charles Hilbert, Hart; Oliver Knuttdo, Kaleva; ne Nool ,W t Brcn ~;W. L. Stanek, East Jordan; ROW 5 - Willard Walker, Sault Ste. Mane; U J. Bussey, Lore leelanau; Ed Carl I r Y.,ng y;Boo Thompson, Evart; ROW 6-Leonard Lamb, Rogers City; Paul Robinson, Pellston; Raymord Wegrneyer, Herron, lloydWorrall, Merritt; ROW 7 - Dallas Ford, Ho~risv,lIe; Peter Lik, Gaylord, Roy Grawey, Cheboygon, Chas Jot nson, Lev rll'19;ROW 8 - Earl Moser, Conway; Harry Thompkins, Boyne Clly; Fred W""s, Chorlevoix, Darwin Orcutt, Ellsworth, RON 9 CEcklund. Mancelona; Ray Arfstroml Traverse City; Phil Roberts, F.B.S. field Representative.

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Hyperbolic paraboloid concrete shells. Unique geometry of thisshape produces curves developed entirely from straight lines. There-fore, straight form lumber and straight reinforcing bars are used.

ingenious shell roofs of concretebring a new look to the farm

Behind such new and dramatic structures as these hyperbolicparaboloids is the engineer. Engineering knowledge and prac-tice can bring truly modern structures to the farm-structuresthat stay modern for years to come, regardless of agricultur~lchanges.

The modern look of this all-concrete cattle shed is really anindication of its wide versatility. Today it shelters livestock; to-morrow it can be a machinery storage, loose housing dairy barnor crop storage building merely by adding walls anywhere be-neath the self-supporting roof. The large unobstructed floorarea-25 ft. between columns in both directions-gives maximumfreedom of movement for labor-saving equipment. Best of all,because the structure is of concrete, it has unmatched durabil-ity, fire safety and the lowest of maintenance costs.

To help you keep the farmer up to date on the design of newshapes with concrete, write for free literature distributed only inthe United States and Canada.

And keep watching for more of these reports on news-makingconcrete farm structures.

STA EY M. POWELLLegislative Counsel, MFB

I do not b li ve that there isany other organization in Michi-

an which d vot s as much time,n gy, and careful study to the

d v lopment of it. policie ndrogram action as doe the Mich-

i fan Fat m Bur au.This begins in th minds of th

individual memb rs and i car-l d forward through th month-

ly di eu ions in th communityFarm Bureau group .

Conclusions reach d there areforwai d d to the County FarmBureau office wher th yareconsider d by the County FarmBureau Resolutions Committee indeveloping its recommendations.

Th r olutions adopted by them mbers at th annual meetingof th County Farm Bureau areforwarded to state headquarterswh re th y ar car fully r view-

d by an 18 m mb r Michigan

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If your dealer cannot offerthis service, bring your seeddirectly to us for cleaningand processing.

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They are the basis for the re-port which is develop d by thatcommittee for' presentation to the700 voting delegates who devotemuch of the time at ach annualmeeting to the debat and actionwhich result in the adopted re-solution which constitut theplatfo m ana program of Mich-igan Farm Bur au for the en u-ing y ar.

The Resolutions Committee ofth Michigan Farm Bureau con-sists of 18 members appointed bythe tate pre ident. There is onefrom each of the 11 membershipdistricts, 3 directly representingFarm Bur au Women, one fromthe Farm Bureau Young Peopleand 3 at large. It is customarythat these three are the membersof the Leglslativ Committee ofthe Michigan Farm Bureau Boardof Directors.

For the past several y aI'S this18 memb I' committ e has de-voted 6 full da s to its job priorto the opening of the conven tion.They hold one meeting in August,one in S pt mb r, one in Octoberand th n gath I' for thr e con-secutive days the first week inNovember.

During those last three daysthey concentrate their attentionon the recommendations of thesix state-wide Commodity Com-mittees of Michigan Farm Bureauand on th several hundred reso-lutions which w re acted uponin the County Farm Bureau an-nual meeting . Since those meet-ings are all held in Octob r, theirrecommendations are not avail-able to the committee for its first3 meetings.

The committee doesn't fritteraway any of its time during theAugust, September, and earlyOctober me tings. Working as aCommitte of the Whole andthrough 7 subcommittees, the 18members try to secure all possi-ble information on current i sues

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TRIPLE SCREENEDOYSTER SHELL

And, Mr. Keith !{ing Route 4, Charlotte, Mich-igan, found just such credit at his reduction CreditA sociation of Lansing. In fact, P A financingplayed a vital part in helping Keith King to doublethe size of his dairy herd during the past three years.

Today the 324-acre King farm, one of Michigan'sent nnial farms, has a herd of 75 r gistered

Holsteins, with an average production of 12,600pounds of milk. 11 the farm s crops are marketedthrough the dairy herd.

This is how Keith King puts it:

"\ orking with my PC I was able to plan anorderly financing of my entire expansion program.I needed a milking parlor, a new ilo, installationof a silo unloader, bunk feed and loose hou ing... and, to shift from can to bulk tank." es, I needed volume credit and terms to suit

my farm income. That's where my PC hasc rtainly filled the bill!"

e think it will help you to investigate PC's"t rms to suit" ... P 's one-application for oneI an for th entire y ar ... PC's spe ial low-costm thod of figuring interest ... and, PC's overallhelpful financial planning services.

L t u dis uss with ou how Pfarm busine s.

can help your

Cr di socia'ionEscanaba, Gaylord, Grandalamazoo, Lansing, Lapeer,

r n h Office' • Cadillac, Charlotte, Coldwater, Gladwin,ar hall, Mt. Pleasant, Paw P w, t. Johns.

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• •ureau osit onCon-Con Issuesn

During the coming Constitutional Convention, many is-sues will be raised which will be of tremendous concern to FarmBureau members. To assist County Farm Bureau ResolutionsCommittees and members in developing recommendations, wepresent this partial review of Farm Bureau's present policy:

Leglsl tureISSUE

1. Unicameral or bicameral.2. Apportionm nt of House.3. Distribution of Senate seats.

ISSUES

PRESENT MFB POSITION

1. Favor bicameral.2. Ba e on population.3. Favor di tricts established on bal-

ance of area, population and in-terests.

Taxes and FinanceFARM BUREAU POSITION

4. 15 mill tax limitation.5. Earmarking of 2% sales tax for

schools.6. Earmarking of ¥z % sales tax for

cities, villages, townships.7. Earmarking of gas and weight tax

for highway purposes.a. Debt limit (Legislature at present

can only borrow up to $250,000without vote of people).

9. Voting on lifting 15 mill limit byproperty owners only.

4. Favor retention.5. and 6. Originally opposed sales tax

diversion (1946). Supported Con-lin Amendment (1954) as an im-provement. These funds are nowbuilt into our pattern of school,highway, and local governmentsupport.

7. Favor - as a Huser" tax.a. Issue not covered by Farm Bureau

resolution.9. Favor.

ISSUE

10.

General GovernmentMFB POSITION

10. "Local go v ern men t should bestrengthened and improved."

11. Favor 2-year terms as at present.

12. and 13. Issues not clearly coveredby Farm Bureau resolution.

Reduction of elimination of countyor township government.Length of terms of county andstate officials.

12. Appointment of administrative offi-cials by Governor (now elected).

13. Election or appointment of judges.

and probl ms which they knowwill be coming up for decisionand action in th state Legislatureand in Congr ss during the com-ing year.

A bird's-eye view of how yourState Resolutions Committeespent Tuesday September 26,would be of inter st to everymember. Coming from all sec-tions of the state they arrived atFarm Bureau Cent I' at 9 a. m.One member told me that he gotup at 3 :30 a.m. to be on his wayto Lansing. Of course, the mem-bel' from the Upper Peninsulahad to leave the day before to beon duty when the Committee con-vened.

Chairman Joa Penzien of Mt:C 1e men S sounded his gavelpromptly at 9 a.m. and called up-on one of the members for an in-vocation. There was considerationof the minutes of the Augustmeeting and a quick look at theschedule for the day.

At 9:15 the 18 members of theCommitt e, accompanied by somestaff men who had been assignedto assist the various subcommit-tees, left Farm Bureau Center togo to the various governmentbuildings downtown where thefirst group of subcommitt es wereto hold hearings from 9 :30 to11:30 a.m.

The Education Subcommitteespent the first hour in the officeof Superintendent of Public In-struction Dr. Lynn M. Bartlett,in the State Capitol where theyconferred with him and membersof his staff.

Then they w nt to a conferenceroom in the Famous Grill wherethey discussed school problemswith Mr. Harmon Cropsey of D -catur, president of the Friends ofMichigan Schools.

The subcommiUee on Taxationand State Affairs spent the firsthour in a committ e room of theHouse of R presentatives in theState Capitol.

Rollo G. Conlin of Tipton,chairman of the House Committeeon G neral Taxation, reviewedwith the subcommitte develop-ments which have occurr dduring the past several yearsleading up to Michig n's current$71 million dollar general funddeficit.

Considerable time was devot dto questions and answers and adiscussion as to what might bedone to improve the situation.This period was very informativeand inter sting and the time wentall too fast.

From the capitol the subcom-mittee went to the Lewis CassBuilding, one of the State officebuildings, where they were metby Mr. George S. McIntyre, di-rector of the Michigan Depart-ment of Agriculture, and his as-sistant, Dale Ball.

Those two men are in da ilytouch with problems of Michiganfarm rs and members of variouscommodity groups and organiza-tions and they had prepared a

. mimeographed summary of anumber of current issu s whichshould have the attention of thecommittee, and background in-formation concerning the issues.

Again the hour passed all tooquickly with everyone wishingthere had b en more time to gointo many of the matters con-sidered.

The Subcommittee on Conser-vation was in the Stephens T.Mason building, conferring withofficials of the Michigan Depart-ment of Con ervation, Water Re-ourc Commi ion, Soil Con er-

vation Com mit t e e, Michigan

Bureauead for 1 62 Appointed to

Youth AdvisorveI

Council

If you are not presently a mem-ber of a Community Group askyourself these questions: Whatam I missing? What could I add tothe groups? Who do I see to getenrolled? How can I benefit frombelonging to a group?

If each of you will give honestanswers to these questions, ourCommunity Gorups should growIn size and influence by 50% thisyear.

discuss d during that 2 hourperiod.

Eight oth r members of thcommitt were 'erving on theNational and International Af-fairs Subcommitt e. They had astheir resource people Dr. Law-rence L. Boger, head of the Agri-cultural Economic Department,MSU and three members of histaff.

Those four experts gave muchtim ly information relative tocurrent and xpected agriculturalincome for Michigan and theUSA.

They also discussed such timelytopics as federal and state mar-keting orders, world trade andforeign affairs, reciprocal tradeagr ements and Public Law 480,

A general meeting of the 18memb r committee wa held at3 :30 p.m. Over an hour was de-voted to I' ports as to what hadb en learned at the meetings ofth seven subcommitte s and inplanning how to u e to best ad-vantage the tim at the next day-long meeting of the committeewhich will be held on Monday,October 9.

They have an imposing list ofresource p ople with whom theywish to consult at that time.

The commiUee members arenot letting anyone elso do theirthinking for them. They are try-ing to accumulate the best possi-ble background informa tion sothat the recommendations whichwill be embodied in their reportwill be factual and timely.

They are the kind of folks whowill listen, weigh the evidence,and then come to their own con-clusions as to what they thinkabout any given situation.'

We are fortunate that we havesuch able and dedicated men andwomen preparing proposed re-solutions for consideration by thevoting delegates at the comingMichigan Farm Bureau conven-tion which will be held at Mich-igan State University at EastLansing November tl, 9, and 10.

Michigan State Horticultural So-ciety.

Mrs. Carl Glad tone, Directorof the Michigan Migrant Minis-try.

Dan E. Re d, Associate Legis-lative Counsel for MichiganFarm Bur au, Committee chair-man.

Herbert Rubinstein, AssistantDirector of Michigan WelfareLeague, secretary.

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Community FarG .oups Mo inO"

mote the program, and budgetingfunds so that it can be carriedout.

Since meeting with over three-fourths of the presidents orboards in the state I'm sure thatthe program has a look of pro-gress for 1962.

2. Groups are being used morein the total county program.

3. We are attempting to get atleast one young farmer Com-munity Group established ineach county (more if possible)this fall and winter.

4. The Community Groups willbe the "hub" of many local proj-ects which will be detailed byt county and Michigan Farm

u aus this all and winter.5. The groups are being made

"action groups" as well as "studyand discussion groups." This isespecially true in the field ofcommodities, citizenship, andlocal affairs.

Since we are just now enter-ing the new Farm Bureau year

rhaps now is a good time foryou as a member to think alittle about the CommunityGroup Program.

If you are a group member askyourself these questions! Whatdo I expect from the CommunityGroup Program? Am I gettingwhat I expect? What am I add-ing to the program? How can Ihelp make it better? Who can Ienlist in my group that shouldbe in?

J. DELBERT WELLSFamily Program Division

The Michigan Farm BureauYoung People's Committee hasnamed Donna Huizenga of Roth-bury and Jack Lehman of WestBranch to represent them on theYouth Advisory Council for thecoming year.

Miss Huizenga has been activein the Oceana County Farm Bu-reau Young People and has serv-ed on several state committees.She has also worked at the IoniaFair cafeteria and attended FarmBureau Young- People's State andMidwest Camps.

Jack Lehman has served forone year on the State Young Peo-ple's Committee and been activein the Ogemaw County Farm Bu-reau Young People. He has alsoworked at the Ionia Fair cafeteriaand attended Farm BureauYoung People's Camps.

The Youth Advisory Councilholds three conferences eachyear, dealing with matters of in-terest to young people. It iscomposed of two delegates froma large number of youth organi-zations. The Council serves inan advisory capacity to the Mich-igan Youth Commission.

2 More YearsFor MexicanFarm Labor

DAN E. REEDAssociate Legislative Counsel

Michigan farmers who dependon Mexican nationals (braceros)for farm labor can look forwardto this source for at least twomore years. The Senate gave fi-nal approval, 41 to 31, shortly be-fore adjournment and PresidentKennedy is expected to sign thebill.

The conference committeeworking to iron out differencesbetween House and Senate ver-sions of the measure struck outa Senate - approved amendmentwhich would have called for theSecretary of Labor to establisha minimum wage for Mexic.anworkers. Senators McNamaraand Hart voted for the amend-ment.

The bill limits the employmentof Mexican labor to "temporaryor seasonal occupations." It alsoprohibits their employment inthe operation or maintenance of"power - driven self - propelledharvesting, planting or cultivat-ing machinery."

These two provisions may berelaxed by the Secretary of La-bor in specific cases of hardship.

These limiting provisions willnot require much change onMichigan farms since few bra-ceros have been employed on thetype of machinery specified andfew if any, are employed yeararound.

The bill leaves definition of"temporary" or "seasonal" em-ployment to the Secretary of La-bor.

The final bill contains no wageprovisions, although the LaborDepartment strongly urged suchaction. The bill will expire De-cember 31, 1963.

c,e s

The Michigan Citizens' Com-mittee on Agricultural Laborwill meet at Kellogg Center, EastLansing, Friday, October 27, at10:00 a.m.

The Committee, which organ-ized on May 13, 1961, will hear ~report from its seven-memberInterim Executive Committee.The ex cutive group was directedto present a proposed plan ofoperation and a suggested pro-gram for "collecting and dissem-inating reliable facts" concerningagricultural labor.. The executive group will re-commend that the Committee en-gage in no legislative activity ex-cept in cases where the member-ship is unanimously in agree-ment. It also will suggest thatthe Committee not be consideredas a permanent organization.

Executive Committee membersare:

Veril Baldwin, of the MichiganAgricultural Conference.

William Cahalan, of the Cath-olic Council for Spanish-Speak-ing People.

Dr. David Call, of the Depart-ment of Agricultural Economics,M.S.U.

Myron Dowd, President of the

August 31 is the end of theFarm Bureau year, hence wereorganize and start over Sep-tember 1 each year.

The Community Groups oper-ate on this schedule as well asCounty Budgets and CountyFarm Bureau programs.

There were approximately1,520 Community Groups thatwere operating at the end of theyear and it is hoped that all ofthese will continue.

At this writing many of thegroups have already met, select-

d their new officers and havetheir set-up sheet in to thecounty and state offices.

This means that the Discussionguide, Minuteman report andPackage Reporter will soon besent to the newly sel cted of-ficers. You should look forwardto a real interesting year inyour Community Group work.

I have almost completed around of meetings with CountyPI' sidents and Chairman of theCommunity Group Committeeand feel much encouraged aboutthe Community Group program.

This should be the year that westart building again after a fewyears of decline in the number ofgroups. My encourag ment stemsfrom several facts which I willpass on to you as members.

1. The County Farm BureauBoards are studying the prob-lems of the Community Groupprogram and are making somerealistic appraisals of the goals,needs, etc.

Most County Boards are set-ting goals as to what they expectfrom the Community Group pro-gram, giving instructions to theCommunity Group Committeeas to what they are to do to pro-

Unit d Conservation Clubs, Agri-cultural Economics D partmentof MSU, and the Michigan WellDrill rs Association. The list ofmatters which they discussedduring that 2 hour period wouldbe far too long to I' cord here.

The entire commit! e. togetherwith Messrs. McIntyre and Ball ofthe Michigan D partment of Ag-riculture converged at noon onthe Famous Grill wher they hada luncheon session.

Speakers were Dean ThomasK. Cowden, of the College ofAgriculture of MSU, and Dr.Lloyd Turk, Director of the Agri-cultural Exp riment Station.

Their speeches and answers toquestions gave the Committeemembers much valuable in-formation relative to currentdevelopments, problems, andne ds of the College of Agricul-ture and the Experiment Stationat MSU.

President Walter W. Wight-man of Michigan' Farm Bureauclosed that session with somevery timely remarks.

Following the luncheon ses-sion the 18 committee membersreturned to Michigan FarmBu eau Center where they brokeup into 4 other subcommitteeswhich held simultaneous sessions.

Three of the members served onthe By-Laws and Internal Af-fair Subcommittee. They con-ferred with various staff mern-

bel'S relative to such matters asMembership, Market Develop-ment, and Public Relations.

In another room 3 more mem-bers served on the Highway Sub-committee. They conferred fortwo hours with Howard E. Hill,managing director, MichiganHighway Department; Gerald W.Shipman, ,executive secretary,Michigan State Safety Com-mission; John H. Barr, engineer-director, County Road Associa-tion of Michigan; Gerald Wm.Graves, executive secretary,Michigan Good Roads Federa-tion; and Michael LePere, region-al representative, National High-way Users Conference.

These experts reviewed withthe subcommittee members awide variety of current issuesdealing with highway construc-tion maintenance, financing, andvari~us factors having to do withhighway safety.

Anofher 3 member subcommit-fee dealt with problems relatingto health, welfare, safety, andcivil defense. They had as theirresource person Wallace Benzie,of the State Health Department,Max C. McCarn of the MichiganCivil Defense Department andMaurice P. Beck, Michigan Wel-fare League. From the titles ofthese speakers you can guesssome of the subjects which were

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FARM NEWSOctober 1, 1961

• Revo lutionary new heatsystem burns wood 3 TIMESOVER! Draws full heatenergy froh'l wood, char.coal and' gases.

• loads un-split logs 10 inchesthick'!

• Build only one fire ell winter!

• Take out ashes just Q fewtimes a month I

• RITEWAY FURNACES worksame .revolutionary way.

No other wood heater or furnaceoffers so many money-saving, work.saving, heat-comfort featuresl Forfu II details see your RITEWA Ydealer or write now for fREEcolorful mailpiece, "Burn ThoseFuel Bills The Riteway,"

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REDI-GRIP froction treall i. designed to pull you ,'hrough ,h.worst mud, slush or d •• pes' snow •• yet gives greater mileageClnd p.rforms on dry roa", Without annoying hum. or vibration.In an emerSency, REDI·GRIPS could actually lav. your lifel

SpecIal Prices During Co-op Month

See Your Farmers Petroleum Dealer orDirect Distribution Agent.

NILE L. VERMILLION. left ad-t'---------------------------ministrative vice-president' for 'variety of plans to meet all ofFarm Bureau Insurance, points th~ s~curity a~~ savings needs ofout 10 year achievements of Michigan fami lies. The CompanyFarm Bureau Life to Clarence is represented by a well-trainedPrentice, secretary-manager of agency force of 180 men.Michigan Farm Bureau; Walter Farm Bureau Life Insurance isWightman, president, Michigan also showing rapid growth acrossFarm Bureau; and Dale Dunckel, the nation. If all eleven Farmpresident of Farm Bureau Life. Bureau Life Companies in the

country were combined, theywould have a total of $2 3/4 bil-lion of life insurance in force.This would rank 39th in sizeamong the more than 1,400 lifeinsurance companies in theUnited States.

Farol BureauLife Has 10thAnniversa~y

September 20 marked the 10thanniversary of Farm BureauLife Insurance Company ofMichigan. The event was cele-brated in a series of meetingswith Farm Bureau Insuranceagents and wives on September19, 20 and 21. /

Farm Bureau Life has shownremarkable growth in ten yearsThe Company has $120 millionof life insurance in force on theIives of 30,500 people. Assets ofthe Company now stand at morethan $11 million. The Companyranks in the upper 21% in sizeamong all life insurance com-panies in the country.

In ten years Farm BureauLife has returned close to $1million to policyholders in divid-ends. An impressive point is thefact that out, of $1 million individends paid to policyholders,$819,000 remains on deposit withthe Company. Dividends left ondeposit draw interest at the rateof 3 3/4 %. This also has r-isenover the ten years, starting at2 lf2 %, then 3% and then goingot S 3/4% during the past year.

Beg~nning with a special Char-ter Life policy in 1951, FarmBureau Life now offers a wide

The success of Farm BureauLife of Michigan is the result of

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MISS MARJORIE ·MUELLER.Michigan's Dairy Princess greetsus from the roof of Chicago'sExecutive House where theAmerican Dairy Princess waschosen early in September'.

Miss Louise Knolle of Sandia,Texas was crowned AmericanDairy Princess in a colorfulpagean in which 33 state fina-lists took part. She will begin amonth long tour of eight mid-western states in November.

DUCE MO EW EAT P OFITWITH LES lABORUSE FARM BUREAU, SEED and FERTILIZER

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many people working together.Farm Bureau members, Countyand State leaders, agents andemployees have worked as ateam to make Farm Bureau Lifea great service organization injust ten years.

Listen To-Farm reau at

Adrian .., WABJSaturday 12:15 p.m,

Albion WALMWednesday 6:30 a.m-

Alma WFYCSaturday Farm Program

6:30 to 7:00 a.m,

Alpena WATZMonday 6:30 a.m,

Ann Arbor WOIAAnnounced Locally

Ann Arbor WPAOThursday 7:00 a.m,

Bay City.................... WBCMSaturday 12:15 p.rn,

Big Rapids WBRNTuesday 12:30 p.rn,

Charlotte WCERSaturday Farm Show

12:30 to 1:00 p.rn,

Cheboygan :... WCBYFriday 1:05 p.m,

Clare ..........................•.WCRMFriday 1:05 p.m,

Coldwater WTVBSaturday 6:15 a.m,

Dowagiac WDOWSaturday 12:15 p.m,

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mostAsparagusGrowers StartMarket Ass'n

Michigan asparagus growersare organizing a cooperative mar-keting association. The organi-zation will be called the Aspara-gus Division of the Michigan Ag-ricultural Cooperative MarketingAssociation (MACMA).

The purpose of the organizingeffort is to provide the growersa voice in determining the termsof trade including price whentheir asparagus is marketed.They want also to provide mar-ket information to members, ac-cording to Dave Moore, of Hart-ford, president of the AsparagusGrowers Association.

Ward Cooper, secretary of thegrowers group, reported thatMACMA is a grower-owned andcontrolled cooperative marketingassociation. MACMA was organ-ized in February of 1961 upon therequest of over 700 voting dele-gates of the Michigan Farm Bu-reau at their annual meeting lastNovember.

The marketing activities of theAsparagus Division will be car-ried out by a marketing commit-tee comprised of growers electedon a district basis by their fellowmembers.

The new division will be con-ducting a membership campaignduring October. President Mooreurges all asparagus growers tobecome members and give theirsupport to this cooperative effortto stabilize asparagus prices.

Start Young PeopleProgram in Emmet

Emmet County Farm Bureauhas established a Farm BureauYoung People's Program. Theyoung people are under the guid-ance of Mrs. Arno Hartenstine.They are planning monthly meet-ings at the Stutsmanville School,north of Harbor Springs.

Mail CouponFor FreeSoil Test Bags

JOHN SEXSONServites Plant Food Division

It pays to determine the fer-tilizer analysis you should useand the amount per acre througha soil test.

Mail the coupon below for freeFarm Bureau Soil Sample Bags.You'll need 1 bag for each flatfield, 5 bags each rolling field.Have your fields soil-testedthrough your local County Ex-tension Office.

Advise the lab managementthe crop and the yield per acreyou're driving at. Apply fertili-zer on basis of need for the crop.

FARM BUREAU SERVICES. Inc.Fedilizer Plant Food Division

P. O. Box 960, Lansing, Mich.Please send --- Soil Sample

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Post Office

East Lansing WKARSaturday 10:30 a.m,

Escanaba WDBCSaturday 11:35 a.m,

3Oaylord WATC

Thursday 6:30 a.m,

Orand Rapids WGRDSaturday 6:40 a.m,

Greenville . WPLBSaturday 1:30 p.m,

Hancock WMPLWednesday 6:30 a.m,

Hastings WBCHTuesday 12:30 p.m,

Houghton Lake WHMonday 12:30 p.m,

Howell WHMISaturday 12:15

Manistee WMTEMonday 1:00 p.m,

Marinette, Wis•........ WMAMFriday 11:55 a.rn,

Midland WMDNSaturday 6:30 a. rn,

Munising WMABFriday 1:05 p.m,

Owosso WOAPMonday 12:35 p.m,

Petoskey WMBNTuesday 11:45 a.m,

Rogers City WHAKFriday 12:00 noon

Sagtnaw WKNXSaturday 12:40 p.m,

St. John•...................... WJUDSaturday 6:15 a.m.

Tawas City................ WJOTuesday 12:15 p.m,

Miss Linda AllenState Bean Queen

Miss Linda Allen, 18, waschosen State Bean Queen for1962 at the Michigan BeanFestival at Fairgrove Septem-ber 4. She is the daughter of Mr.and Mrs. Nile Allen, members ofGratiot County Farm Bureau.

Miss Allen first won the titleof Gratiot county Bean Queen.She is a student at Central Mich-igan ,University.

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east of the Mississippi and Flor-ida is next.

William Jasper, poultry specia-list for the American Farm Bur-eau, predicts the future for eggmarketing. We observe that theprinciple is in operation forqualified producers at the FarmBureau Services Egg MarketingDivision at Jenison.

Mr. Jasper says that in this eraof supermarkets, store managerswant a large volume of depend-able, uniform quality productswith the least fuss possible.

The eggs have to meet rigidspecifications as to quality, pack-aging, brand identification, andservices.

"This is why efforts are beingmade to line up egg producerswho produce a reasonable num-ber of eggs of the same goodquality throughout the year. Incoming years there probably willbe no more than one assemblyand distribution agency betweenthe producer and retailer."

In the Farm Bureau ServicesEgg Marketing Division, thepoultry house, pullets, fe d pro-gram, advisory services andmarket may all be part of theServices program for poultry-

CountyOttawa F rm urOTTAWA COUNTY Farm Bu- Bureau Insurance ervices

reau now occupies this new of- oil testing laboratory.fice building at 6574 Lake Mich-igan Drive on M-50 at Allendale. There is room for xpansion atThe building is 36 feet square the rear. Some day anand provides offices for the ium may be added.County Farm Bureau and Farm Those in the pietur ,

men with 1,000 or more henswho can qualify for the Servicesprogram.

FarmJune

41 riv rs serve as st t bound-ari s in the United States.

The Am rican Dairy Associa-tion of Mi higan has given its1961 Appr ciation Award to theMichigan Farm Bureau for OUt-standing coop ration in making"June is Dairy Month 1961" one

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Holdings of dairy products byC.C.C. are showing a steady in- Iron River WIBKcrease. Last year, the Michigan Monday 11:45 a.rn,Farm Bureau Resolutions Com-mittee was told, government Jackson WIBMowned stocks of butter, dried and Scanned milk were "insignificant." aturday 6:45 a.m,

Higher support prices and the Kalamazoo WKPRcontinued fear of imposition of .quotas have encouraged dairy-, Fraday 6:00 a.m.men to add or keep cows in theirherds. Per capita consumption of Lapeer WMPCmilk is down, with higher prices, Monday 6:00 p.rn,unemployment and diet fads be-

. ing given as possible answers. Ludington WKLASaturday 7:00 a.m,

SPECIAL RATE to Farm Bureau members: 25 words for $1 for each edition. Ad I-tional words 5 cents each per edition. Figures like 12 or $12.50 count as on word.NON-MEMBER advertisers: 10 cents per word one edition. Two or more editlo •take rate. of 8 oents per word per edition. All classified ad are oash with ord r,

BABY CHICKS

SHAVER STARCROSS 288-Fam-ous anadian Strain 1'0. s Leghorn.\Vinner of \V st rn ~ ew York H.an-dam Sarnpl Te t 1!160 and 1961. ~anfurnish baby chicks thts fall. Startedpullets 20 to 24 " k s old now. Alsoseveral hundr d yearling hens, dliv red pric 75 cents. LayIng good .MacPherson Hat hery, Haynor Road,Ionia R-2, :\1ichigan. Phone 17'l4.(Ionia County) (10-U-25 23b) 3

CONSISTE TLY T0PS. Franchiseddealer for Ideal H-3- W's, the"Champ" Egg Producer today. Askus why. Baby pullets $40 per 100.1,000 or more $38 per 100. Also, DarbyDX. Prepaid or delivered. DirkseLeghorn Farm, Box 1fj9F, Zeeland,Michigan. (10-tf-25&9b) 3

GET YO -R TRAINED I' g is ter'edbird dog' from Gerweck Kennels, 634!1Dixon Road, Ionro, ~lichigan. 3miles west of Fairgrounds. Forenoonsonly. Sunday all day. AI'o, good usedshotguns. (8-3t-24p) 10

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uarante d. "rusad 1".blood line. Pri 25.00. 'hip anywh I' .Hom r J n 'on, ~far. hall H-4, Mich l-gan. Phone tory 1-7035. (CalhounCounty) (9-2t-25p) 10

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GOL G OUT of the farm machin rybusfne: s, 'Vill !' 11 Alli. - 'hn.lm~r.· 1 -pair parts inv n tory at 1400.00, whichwill give a dealer over 50% profit., ill sell 1 unham repair parts in-ventory at. 250 whi ih will giv ad aler 0 er 75% profit. Four used,mounted one row corn pick rs at 50each or all for 175. Two used .C.mount d plows at 75 ach. One sec-tion new rotary 110 75. One newfi ld cultivator 195. 1. 0, a good se-lection of carrtag and rna hin ~)olt."40% ct t. Dow Prem rg and WeedKiller at :Hl% off. Century prayerparts at 507c off. St:'e urt.l .. Yoas,l,'O! 'ewport Road, _[e wport, Mich-ig-an. (.\lonro ounty) <l0-It-10op) 11

Y -20 lark Fork Lift for sal .excellent working' condition. Pnrna tic til's. This will lift a ton, ortwo twenty bushel boxes of app l s.1,200. A barg-ain. \Valter \V. 'Vight-

man, F'e nn ille n-2, Mich ig'an. PhonGanges KI :':-3667. (Allegan ounty)

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.1 srcv -HATtIU se1f-pro-pelted combine. 12 foot grain tab I " _ o.20 2-row corn pick r-sheller head.G,100.00. At 1176 Belford Hoad, Holly,

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1500 GALLON FUEL 011 tank forsale. Good condition. Don Fox, 40315

ttca Road, t tica, Mi htga n. PhoneCO 4-3000. (Macomb ounty)

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rfect Balaneel' 8% phosphat min ral fe d. Mione pound of rrect Balan I' tovery 100 lb .. of ground f d. You canlim mate bon meal by using Perfe

Balancer. t P rfe t Balanc r a.your leva.tor. The Q latin Bon Co.Rom 0, .dich. (4-tf-40b) 23

AT ST n· '£l-nn fH.:leeWall r nlazeO'Gold, dO{lblt', regi ..t rud Tv\,H13472585 PHil 17079, State Li' ns d.RUde'~, TraverH "ity H.-I, Ho 51i2,Michigan. Brpedpr of (loltIl n 'l'I~n-ness e Walk r s. Phone CaKtle 3-557l.

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120 ~1tES. G od soi]. 105 ttled ..IJou!-'f' and barn. One mile w xt, 3north of Merrill. Also, . 0 acr pasture."'ill se ll tog-c·ther or sepa ra.t . Inquir,' .. J. Murphy, 40!l3 South G :\lil Itoad,• ferrill, Michigan. Phone :\f! 3-56 9.

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WILL SELL OR TRADE five acreand four room hou e, free and clear,near Wa.Il d Lake, for largo r farm.John Lawrence, 6 12 Drake Road,Wall d Lake, • Iichigan. Phone ~IA1-2022. (Oakland County)

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200 A rues on blacktop. 10 acreswoods. Balance workable, well t iledproductIve loam. 40 acr s alfalfa. 39acre wheat allotment. Milking parlor.milk house, liulk milk tank. 8 roomhOUR , hath, oil furnace. Stockhridg-eschool bUH. 35,000 with $10,000 down.Orll F rguson, Broker, Dunlavy Lane,Whitmore Lake, Michlaa.n. PhoneDexter, H 6-3102. (10-2t-50p) 15

300 ACRES, tiled, very productivelev I Roil, 2 modern houses. Loosehousing- flairy harn with paved . ardand milking parlor, feeder attlebarn, 3 sflos, 1 new 20x'60 with un-loader. For sal by owner. OrvilleL.-pley, 21h mile" west, 3/4 mile southof ,fiddleton on blacktop road. PhoneDELmont 65123. (Gratiot county)

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GOOD USED SAP EQUIPME TKING evaporator complete with archstack and grates, size 4 x 14 foot,capacity 1200-1400 buck ts, arch needssheet metal replacement. Good usableflue pan with front pan us d onlyone y ar. English Tin. Set leI Gevaporator pan only, no ar h alze 5 x14 foot, capacity 1800-2000 buck ts.

. ed one sea.son. English Tin. Sev-ral hundr d 12 quart buckets and

cover. Two heavy duty wood workbenches suj table for . hop or sugarhouse. One Electric automatic tanksuitable for r h attng syrup. OneGalvanized tank suitable for reheat-ing and torage of syrup. rge p 1'-sonal in. p ct ion our warehouse atonce if intere. t d. uga r Bush Sup-pH s Company, 4109 . t aginll.Lan.'ing', _Iichigan (l0-It-100p) 1

THREE REGISTERED IIEREF RDBulls for Halt'. T stf>d and ready fors rvic. Pr ic d slightly above m apri. Is , calves, ither .. x.

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WHE T SEED "AVO "-The newWhite Wheat gorown from ~ ew YorkRegol tered seed. ~ehmpr Seed Farms,10720 Awan Cr t'k Rd. Saginaw, teh-ia-an. Saginaw Seed & Supply.

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FIRST AID for ALL your (lrafn~l!t'problem-s. 100 year g uar an teed VI'I'-TTtIFTED SALT GLAZED CLAYPROD '1S. Drain tile, ewer pipe,flue lining. rite or call for nrtceli st, Ed. And 1', R tail Sal RR l" pre ~ e n tat i v e for OrandLedge Clav Prorlncts nompany, C:r:lndLedge, Mi hi~an. Phon.: Ofiice,. atlonal 7-2104. Re Id nee. a t lona.l7-2 70. (l-tf-4Gh) 18

STO~Y ACRES YORKSHIRESbreeding to k availabl at all tlmesFe d onv rston records e tabltshedat win E aluation tatlon at Hch-igan State Univer ·ity have been thrpound. of f ed or less p I' pound ofgaIn sine l!l56. er c nt of 1 an cutsahov 51% for same p rtod, MartenGa.rn and Sons, 4:1 7 .1ullil{en Road,Charlo te H.-5, Michig, 11. Phone.13-0:l1!1. (Eaton ounty)

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FOR SALE I<'ETGDl<;R S Ln:,~ at the Htu ck-yards in Linc-oln (Alana ou nt.y ),\lil'higan. ,'aIel' wlll ta r t at 1 :00 p.m.'I hur-sdn.y, Oct ober fi, ']'uesday. 01'-t ohe r 17 (calf sale for culvex on CO\ Hmly ) , Thu rxdav, Oct ober 21i, Thu •...-

day, .•To\,pmb r 2. 11 native north--r n Mi ch ig a n ca.Ivex and ear-linus.lJerpforcb, Dur-hn ms, Holst ·ins. Lln-col n Livost ock All .tton Yard'. Lin-soln, Mkhi:'an. (10-1 t-32p) 2a

1<jH:I1T H()LATI<~L T HIGlB'J<JRH forsale. T'w o to 15 months. Bt>st ~I Bel\·pf'<ling .. 700.00. \\'illiam • ot.e st iue,Pet o..kl y It-a, ! Lichign n. (J<jmu1l't'ounty) (lO-1t-1f;p) 2:3

LA K B V I E W FAR. r CORRIE-DAr,I'~S ram la m hs and yearling-rams for Hall'. Top lilood liru-s. Ly le('hal1lp) )11, Plainwell It-:l, Michigan.Phorie Pin' Lak ~IO-451 7. (BarryCounty) nO-1t-1!1}) 2:3

FOIl S LE-Spvpral Gu rn sey cows,sorne fn·.ll, :1.1.. 0, some young- he if'er-s.!Garl K Sm itb , r.:l2:l Byron lton.d,Iowull It-1 di 'higan. (LIving. ton

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FOR, ALE-Silomatic • ilo unload er.C:onvpn-don unit. om~isting" of p ir-k up<lug-ers and d lsr-hnr: p augers to con-vert any Si lnmat ic 200 to a 26 f'ont.Thp"" parts I ft from converting' to a'>0 foot. norge Hubbn.rd, Or.5 Aisl>!)TIoa<l T nion City TI-l, Mtch lga n. PhonePI 1-4r.0:J. (Bran h oun tv)

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Viewpoints FavoringEnabling LegislationRemember that this proposal

deals simply with ENABLINGlegislation. Some think that suchlegislation could be helpful toproducer groups. The goal, how-ever, is to make marketingorders possible.

Proponents for state marketingorder and agreements feel thattoday's producers face certainIta dicaps and problems in to-day's markets. Traditionally,farmers have been at a dis-advantage in "price received"for products. Aside from beingunable to determine that price,as industry does, the farmer hasbeen in a poor position to havemuch influence on it.

ackg ound Material for Program in October by Our525 Community Farm Bureau Discussion Groups

DONALD D. KINSEYCoordinator of Education and Research

Should Michigan pass a law which would enableagricultural producers to establish marketing ordersand agreements on certain farm products? Thisquestion may be before our Legislature soon. Somefruit and vegetable growers' groups have formed a"Producers Committee on Enabling Legislation forMichigan." They have prepared a proposed legis..lativ bill which would form the basis for such a law.

Proposals bearing on similar matters have de..v loped a considerable amount of interest in Mich-igan. Th'e Michigan Legislature established a jointcommittee of House and Senate members in 1961"to study the need of a law for agricultural pro"motion and research."

This most recent proposal by the Producers Com-mittee is a new idea for Michigan. Other states havesimilar laws in effect and become a source of ideasfor the Michigan proposal.

As outlined it would simply permit the establish..ment of marketing orders and agreements for acrop, after proper petitions, hearings and referen ..dum votes by eligible producers of the crop had beenheld. And if a marketing order were approved bya prescribed majority of the producers, it wouldthen become binding on all producers and handlersof the product.

Activities permitted under suchord rs would include advertisingand promotion, research, marketinformation and grading of pro-ducts, or other features deemeddesirable. The present proposalwould exclude all features in-volving quantities produced ormarketed. Each marketing orderwould contain its own provisionsand features to be voted on andcould contain any or all of thosementioned:

Today the marketing systemhas been integrated and organiz-ed so thoroughly that prices andother terms of sale are dictatedby the handlers to a great degree.

Wholesale and retail chainscontrol much of the flow of prod-ucts from farm to market. Insome cases, market practices are~uch as to harm producers byundermining price or off-grad-ing standards on products sold.

Marketing agreements are cri-titicized along with other typesof voluntary programs becauseit becomes difficult to get enoughproducers to sign them, andhandlers often do not want tohave their marketing programsdisturbed. This often means in-adequate support for the pro-gram all across the board-sup-port that is needed to make theprogram successful.

Protest Free RiderProducers who actively sup-

port marketing programs of thiskind often protest the existenceof "escape clauses" in caseswhere fees are collected for pro-motion, research or other activi-ties authorized by the enablinglegislation.

They declare that in such cases(a) many producers and hand-lers enjoy the benefits of theprograms at the expense ofthose who do contribute, whilecontributing nothing themselves,and (b) the programs sufferfrom a lack of needed funds toassure their success.

In a number of states, billshave been pending which wouldpermit marketing orders,-opento a wide list of products. Wehave no reports of recent pass-age of such proposals. Otherstates like Michigan, are "taking(4 look at the idea."

One summary I found gave thefollowing account for states hav-mg such laws.

No permissive legislation ................................. 23 states.

State orders on milk only ................................. 12 states.

Costs of such a program wouldbe covered by the collection offees from producers who market-ed the product. A check-offwould be made on the dollarvolume of sales. The rate couldbe up to 5 % J:>utnot higher.

Orders and agreements wouldbe administered by the StateDirector of Agriculture whowould direct the use of the fundsand make necessary decisions onpetitions and referenda. Hewould work with an AdvisoryBoard of producers, handlers,processors and distributors.

This Advisory Board would beappointed by the Director ofAgriculture from persons nomin-ted by the groups affected by

the order. The size of the boardand the number from each groupinvolved would be set forth inthe order.

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Under the Michigan proposal amarketing order would be. ap-proved if two-thirds of thosevoting who represented 51 % ofthe crop approved the order--orif 51% of those 'voting represent-ing two-thirds of the crop gaveapproval.

In either case, the voice of themajority of growers makes thedecision, say the proponents. Allgrowers are given a chance tovote.

Dissatisfied growers couldwork to have the marketing

Orders on other special prod- An effective program of market order terminated. The growersucts 6 states. development demands a high also have a second voice in af-

per c e n tag e of participation fairs. They can nominate theOrders for most agricultural among the growers. Too many people to represent them on the'

products permitted 9 states. growers are not willing to yield Advisory Board.

These :topics were chosen by your Sta:te Discussion TopicCommittee from the results of :the ballots returned by theCommunity Farm Bureaus.

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Why Farm Organizations Differ In Policy.

The Issue of "Right to Work" Laws.

Proposals Emerging at the ConstitutionalConvention.

Feb. Challenges to Americanism in our Schools.

Be sure :to read your discussion article in :the Michiga.nFarm News. Attend your Community Farm Bureau meet-ings. THEY ARE THE KEY TO UNITED MEMBER ACTION.

some of their independence andcommit themselves vol,untarilyto support an industry-wide pro-gram. The supporter believethat the marketing order be-comes necessary to force partici-pation of all growers so thatnone can undermine the effec-tiveness of the program.

A Tool to Use,If Wanted

Many things might be includedin a marketing order,--or few.An order might seek to makeproduct advertising or promotionpossible. It could even permitsupport for advertising under abrand name or names.

Strength ofthe Law

Where brand names identifyhigh quality, this is helpful. Itcould emphasize marketing andquality research. It could ex-pand marketing information toproducers. It could improve thegrading of products sold. All ofthese things could help to ex-pand markets.

Successful marketing programsneed a legal hold on the grower,say proponents. Voluntary mem-bership and bargaining associa-tions have strength through theirsigned marketing agreements.Marketing orders have theirstrength through law. The law isneeded so that "growers mayforce themselves and theirneighbor to live up to theirword."

Some believe that the existenceof a permissive law of this sortcould support bargaining effortsof producer bargaining associa-tions. The possibility that a mar-keting order might be establish-ed by producers could causehandlers and .processors to bemore willing t(4 negotiate withproducers.

Supporters of such a permis-sive law point out that if such alaw covers all agricultural pro-ducts it then becomes unneces-sary to go to the Legislatureevery time a group of producerswants to establish a program.

All that is needed is to carrythrough the routine provided forby the permissive law. And thelaw itself does not push theorder onto the producers by anact of the Legislature.

Supporters declare that agri-cu tural marketing programshave too often sputtered and died

out through a lack of support

Producers of Michigan cannotlegally proceed to establish mar-

l eting programs which would setquotas or collect fees from prod-ucers. This is an opinion of theMichigan Attorney Generalgrven in 1961, At present anyorder would require speciallegislation for each producer

group.

Ylhat FarmFast, Fair,

Bureau means byFriendly claim servi e!"

"I had read Farm Bureau Insurance ads and heard of theirexcellent claims service but I didn't fully appreciate what itmeant until I had a $15,000 fire loss," said Mr. Zimmerman.

Agr ement Diff rfrom Ord r "On January 10 of this year fire completely destroyed my

barn and $2,500 worth of farm personal property. My FarmBureau Farmowners package policy gave me the coverageI needed and the Farm Bureau claims adjuster moved fast,"he continued. "He settled the complete loss and presentedme with a check for $15,546.73 in six days! "

Mar k e tin g Agreements areVOLUNTARY contracts betweenthe handler of the product andthe State Director of Agricul-ture. The producer who handles

his own products becomes ahandl r. He could sign an agree-m nt. greements are bindingonly on those who sign them.

arketing Orders are voted in-to being by a stated majority of

th producers of the product.hen this vote results in ap-

proval, th order becomes BIND-1 G upon all producers andhandl rs, It affects all who carryon operations within the in-ustr '.

Iarketing orders and agree-11t, state or fed ral, haven us d to regulate marketingsfar products for over 25r. orne have been tried and

v be n rejected. Others haven found omewhat useful ami.b n r tained

Mr. Zimmerman's experience is not unusual. Farmersthroughout Michigan know they can rely on FarmBureau for broad coverages at low cost ... plus the bestrural claims service in the state. Get complete detailsfrom your local Farm Bureau agent. Do it today!

FARM NEWSOctober 1, 1961

from producers themselves. It istime that they took a positivestand to correct this and to bringthe agricultural marketingsystem up to the standard set byother agencies in the market.

Well, the individual ought to beleft some right to judge thematter. It isn't cut and driedthat the program will pay divi-dends.

reau has no policy position onthe matter of state marketingorders or permissive legislationfor them (and such a positionshould be determined), the dele-gates have expressed themselveson this matter of freedom ofchoice. The 1961 resolutions say:

"We believe that the exerciseof free will, rather than force, ISconsistent with the maintenanceof liberty ....in the right of everyman to choose his own occupa-tion, to be rewarded according tohis productive contribution tosociety; and to save, invest andspend his earnings as hechooses ...."

We believe that any fundsraised for the purpose of promot-ing the sale of farm commoditiesshould be collected on a volun-tary basis, and privately ad-ministered ...."

While this does not oppose theidea of enabling legislation asproposed, it does indicate thatmany producers would favor alaw which left the individualsome r ight of choice in the mat-.tel' exclusive of what the ma-jority might decide.

A Farm Bureau member whoquestions the soundness of theproposal as it now stands raisesa point. His point does no morethan illustrate an argument. Itdoes not commit Michigan FarmBureau to a position regarding

t he enabling legislation as such.But he commented:

"Let's turn this idea of ma-jority rule around. MichiganFarm Bureau now has a major-ity of the farm families in theorganization as members. Shouldthis majority have the power tosay that all farmers must joinFarm Bureau-or if they declineto do so should be required topay a penalty? I think not, anda lot of farmers would rise inviolent protest if this were at-tempted.

"But the principle asked forin this proposal is the same. Amajority of some sort is assum-ing the right to say that all therest must join and pay the shotfor the program. By what rightshould we assume that any ma-jority has that authority overthe individual farmer and hisbusiness?"

Majority Rule?Viewpoints OpposingEnabling LegislationIf a producer is opposed to the

idea of such enabling legislationnow is the time to act on his op-position to it. If he thinks thatthe general idea is all right, butfears what could come in a cer-tain order, then he should actwhen that particular order isproposed.

Opponents of action to makesuch matters "law" ask, "If theprograms that might come undersuch a law contain real benefits,why can they not be sold ontheir merits without the force oflaw to compel them on pro-ducers?"

Many opponents declare thatthey wish to retain their rightsof choice in such matters. Suchpermissive legislation w 0 u 1dmean that this right of choice isgone after a majority-whateverits number-makes the decisionfor all, both those who agree andthose who disagree.

The majority voting over-ridesthe right of free decision of thosewho may hold honest opposingviews regarding the order. Andthe individual forced into theprogram cannot resist withoutbeing subject to the police pow-ers of the state.

Basis for AReasonable Doubt

Opponents do not accept thei.dea that they are "ornery" justhe cause they disagree. Manypeople who ask for marketingorders emphasize advertising orpromotion programs as the thingwanted. Research, market infor-mation and grading programscould, no doubt, do their industrysome good. But many of themarketing orders put more of thefunds collected into advertisingof products.

Whether general product ad-vertising pays is a question stillto be established by research.Granted, - some product adver-tising has helped in the 'shortrun, in a certain place and at acertain time.

But to collect funds from pro-ducers for a grand-scale programof a continued sort is a question-able procedure, say the oppon-ents. No amount of advertisingcan cause consumers to use afood product continuously whilethey have the choice of manyother items in the market. Thehuman stomach has a limitedcapacity for all foods.

What happens is that produc-ers end up competing with theiradvertising .dollars against other MICHIGANproducers-Just to keep a share

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Policy PositionNeeded

Such decisions concern his per-sonal business affairs. He 1Scompelled to pay fees against hiswill. In surrendering part of hisincome, he must plan his busi-ness operation on a new basis, toinclude this expense.

Farm costs are already high.No one can guarantee the pro-ducer that the marketing orderwill return the benefits intendedto the producer. No orie will re-turn the money collected if theprogram fails.

Actually this is a delicate andimportant issue. Farm Bureauneeds to have member actionand a decision of the delegatesto establish a firm position oneway or another on the question.Some producers and. theirgroups are very much sold emthe proposition of enabling leg-islation. Others question it.

But when the matter comes UDon the floor of the Legislature,it is awkward and confusing, in-deed, for Farm Bureau- to befound astraddle of the fence ona matter of this importance.

What do you think?

The producer should have theright to judge whether the pro-gram t mayor may not bringbenefits worth the risk. Actually,in such a marketing order, some-one else is making the decision-for him-even if it is a majority.By what right does the majoritygain this power over his person-al affairs?

QuestionsA special discussion outline

and report form will be sentto your discussion leader. Thisform is too long to be publishedas a part of this article.

Policy Position?While the Michigan Farm