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Published Monthly28th Year

Everyone Will LoseExcept Oleo MalcersHobbie Tells What Will Happen to Our

Dairy Industry and to Public if~ ellow -Oleo is Legalized

By ED HOBBIEDairy Action League

I 1 will attempt to explain to your satisfaction and showbeyond reasonable doubt, that the bringing of yellowoleo into the great dairy state of ~ichigan is a mostunfortunate proposal. If successful; it will do untolddamage to the prosperity of the people, whether theylive in rural or urban communitieso

There is some confusion in the minds of many of ourcitizens about this subject because they do not have allthe facts. At the outset I would like to make a fewthings clear, ~

The opponents of yellow oleo have no objection atall to the white oleo which is now legal in Michigan. Wehave no objection to the plastic oleo bag which containsa color bean by which a pound of oleo can be coloredyellow in a.minute and a half. By this moans, the house-wife can get her yellow oleo, if she wishes it, and canbe certain that she is buying and paying for oleo.I We have no objection to oleo as such and I want tomake that very clear, but we do object to imitation syn-

l'thetics colored yellow in semblance of butter.Some oleo interests have spent millions of dollars to

tell the \housewife that in coloring oleo she suffers anundue hardship. This propaganda has had some d.EedoBut when you point out to the lady of the house thatshe pits cherries and peek apples for a pie, that she hullsstrawberries, and as a matter of coux:se, and witboutundue excitement, peels potatoes in preparation for themeal, she will readily admit that the act of coloring oleoyellow, if she uses it, is one of the most minor of her

Ihousehold chores and nothing really to get excited about.

Oleo interests who sell their product in the plastic bagenthusiastically agree ~at .the coloring job. is a quic~one, with, and I quote them, UNo fuss, no muss" 0 Otheroleo manufacturers who do not have the plastic bag, ofcourse, see in this coloring at home a terrible evil andhardship. \

The hOQsewife, when she views the facts, is especiallyinterested to .know that commercially colored yellow oleolends itself freely to fraud; that in many of the restau-rants where she eats she pays for butter and gets yellowoleo instead"and that can aiso happen to her in the stOTeSwhere she buys her spread. Also she is surprised tofind that in states where yellow oleo has been legalized,prices have risen to 55 cents a pound after butter h~sbeen dislocated by the imitation yellow product.

The 1O-cent tax en yellow oleo, housewife, that iC yellow oleo, illand the quarter-cent tax on white: legalized at the pells through aoleo, ,goes of[ the ,books on July 1 reCel'endum vote in Michigan' tillsof thiS year as you know. But It fall, the largest single inllustry inhas been the Crequent practice oC the state will 'be dealt a sever;the oleo industry to maintain a blew. This is dalrylng-on whiCHmuch wider price diHerence be- more than 600,000 persons dependt\\'een white and yellow oleo than directly or indirectly -for a Iiveli-10 cents per pound, although It hood. The housewife's home wUIc~ts 'Onl~' about 30 cents to color be adversely - affected as a resulta tan 'Of this imitation product. A and the satis[actery job opportul1'recent survey made In el~ht cities Ity o[ her husband will be lessened.showed that yellow oleo was selling There Is one oleo plant In Mlch-iOl' nearly 22 cents a pound mere igan now. If yellow oleo Is legal-than white oleo, altheugh i[ the ized, there may be two or threeoleo Inter~sts had been sheoting more, the aggrega te employinE;sq,uare With the consumer, the a Cew hundred people. The oddsdl!!erence should have been not are that the big oleo manuCacturer~more than half oC that. outside of Michigan will take over.

The record shows that oleo prices, Five of whom produce 65% of allincluding white and yellow oleo, the oleo made. Contl'ast the ad-have risen since the first of the vantages of this. IC-there are any ad-year and the industry is t1dmitting vantages in terms of employment,that there will be higher prices In to the disadvantages of directlythe near futul-e. This Is happening hurting the income of more thanin spite o[ the pledge of the oleo in. 600,000 citizens of Michigan de-dustry to the Congress of the United pendent on the dairy busliness.States that if Cederal taxes \\-ere Bringing yellow oleo into Mlchi.removed the then existing pl'ices gan' through a referendum is Iik~would be maintained to the con- voting to move the Ford, Chryslersumer. and General Motors plants to the

The housewife of America i5 cotton South as far as the ultimatelearning, and toe often the hard effect on this state is likely't<J be.way. that oleo manufacturers a[ter The housewife-the homemakeI'all are American or international -regardless 3f whether she liVClibusinessmen, not dedicated to the in the city 'OrIn the countrY-l\.'antsproposltien oC making her happy the highest standard oCliving possl.as much as they are dedicated to ble Cor her family. That standardmaking a pronto oC living depends on a prospel'Ous

Backed by olle or the largest anel agriculture, industry and businessmest e!fective propaganda machines In the state. To damag-e a.ny oneIn private industry, the 26 oleo oC these Is to threaten the pros.manufactUl'ers of the United States, pet'lty o[ all.Inspired by enormous profits. Again I point out that dairyingactual or potential, are out to is the largest individual bUllineo.;llcerner the market for dairy pro- from the standpoint of Investment, I

ducts without consideration of any number oC IXlOple employed, etc.,kind to the damage this will cause in Michigan. More than 80 perto the pr(}Sperlty of millions of cent oC Michigan's 175,000 Carmstheir fellow Americans. depend on dairying Cor part or all

It is, perhaps, their right, under of their Income. Dairying Is thethe capltalis¥c system which made largest single source oC cash CarmAmerica great, to get all the busl. Income in Michigan, and thatness they can, but it is most un- amounted to $185,000,000 last year.fortunate that they do not admit. Farmers of this state own nearlywhich is actuaIly the case, that one millien cows valued at 'nearlytheir motives are pro!lt Inspired, $200,000,000. Twenty-!Ive per cenland that they are dedicated to of the Cood eaten by the people oCpro!its and not to the welCare oCthe Michigan Is In the form of dalrJipeople. products.

The oleo industry will not. point In addition te the tremendousout. for Instance. although It is eC investment In dairy farms amount-vital Importance to the Michigan <Continued on Page Four)

Vitamin CYou need at least a serving daily

eC the food group oC citrus Crults,tomatoes, raw cabbage and salad~reens. This group Is yeur hestvitamin C source.

63,000 FB FolkIn Blue Cross

Elev. ExchangeBuys CompanyAt Jackson

Creep Feed PigsStart creep feeding for little

pigs at two w~ks, say swinespecialists at Michigan State Col.lege. You can Ceed most any mix.ture, but cracked grain is betterthan fine ground grains,

SATURDAY, JULY J, )950

The withholding of truth Is som!"times worse deception that a directmisstatement.-Lord Napier.,

Ten Points Between12 Quiz ContestantS

Twelye employes of 30 FB Ser-vices branch and management con.tract elevators visited Lansingheadquarters June 28 as the bestInCormed employes on the Farm Bu-reau program, as developed by aqjliz contest. In the !lnals June

Managers of faJ;'mers co.opera- 28 only 10 points separated them. The Michigan Elevator Exchangetives and others who attended the They are: has purchased the elevator Cacili.annual Farm Bureau Seed Men's I-William A. Rockey, Eaton FE ties of McLaughlin, Ward & Co.Conference at Michigan State Col. Ce-op, Charlotte; 2-Davld Sweet, of Jackson and taok possession oflege June 27-28 heard and saw the HartCord Co-op Elev. Ce.; 3-1\1ar- the property July 1. McLaughlin,new things Michigan farmers want garet O1shove, FB Services, Em. Ward & Ce. had been in the grainto know abeut seeds, mett; 4-W. F. Johnson, White and bean business In Jackson Cor

Dr. E. E. Down said that Imprey- Lake Market Ass'n, Montague; 5- 53 years,ed varieties oC wheat and oats are Doris Craig, FB Services, Hastings James R. Bliss, general manageron the way. and Thomas Phillips, Sanilac Co-op, oC the Elevator Exchange, said

G d ' , Inc., SanduskL., 6-Dorene Herane-rass ays experlences are teac.I- Y that the elevator was purchased toing us the increasing _importance mus, Sanilac Co-op, Sandusky, and provide a southern Michigan plantof grass as wonderCul ensilage be- Garret DeBoer, Fremont Co-op Cor processing and packagingCere corn silage Is ready; its gre~t Produce Co.; 7-Margaret Mattson, beans: Advantages to the Ex.low cest production value.as hay, West Branch Farmers Co-op, and change and its membership will in-pasture and green manure, and as Miles McDonald, FB Services, c1ude ,substantial savings ona soil builder. Grass needs'mortJ Hart; 8-Mary Bricker, FB Ser- transportation costs on many ship-Certilizer, said Richard Bell, Ed vices, Yale; 9-Edward Respon. ments, and additienal capacity forLengnecker and Howard "lcColly deck, FB Services, Bay City. handling beans ..of the MSC staCf. Mr. Bliss said that the Jackson

lack of bees, all kinds Is respon- J t H plant under Exchange ownershipsible in part [or less oC forage crops rs 0 aye will continue to buy grain as inseeds in I\lichigan, DDT kills them I the past. It will continue to carryIf sprayed Into blossoma said Ray C f on a general Carm supply business.Janes, MSC entomology dep't. a eterl-a at Farm Bureau supplies will be fea-

George Wenner o[ rm crops tured.dep't said' those who want to 111'0' The Elevator Exchange is the co-duce certi!ied seed grains or soy- I - F - operative marketing agency for 130beans must start herearter each Onl3 air farmer co-operative elevators illyear with registered seed, obtain. Michigan. It markets about 'Oneable Crom the Michigan Foundation Carol Smith or Ossee and Cia I'- third of the grain and beans soldSeed Ass'n. ~nce Aldrich oC Lake Odessa are by Michigan farmers. The dollar

Dr. M. B. Tesar emphasized the co-managers oC the Michigan Junior volume has been more than $ISuse of brome grass with al!alfa. {<'arm Bureau caCeterla project to millions a year,Good [or hay, pasture and soils in. he held at the Ionia l"ree Fall' th, At Port Huron the Exchange'c1lned to wash. He suggested one. week oC A~g. 7 to 12. This will be owns one of the largest termimilhalf peund oC Ladlno clover per the Courth year Cor tbe project. elevaters and warehouses in theacre with alfal!a and brome. It:; Perhaps 10,000 meals will be nation for beans. It is equippedstrawberry type runners Corm i 3erved by the Juniors that week in with electric eye machines andmat; the leaves are fine protein their cafeteria on the main walk other modern equipment for pro-for chickens. near the grandstand, The Juniors cessing beans for the trade. In,

B. ~. Churchill spoke oC weed own excellent kitchen and caCetel'la cluded is machinery for packagingklIIers: TCA Cor quack grass, 2-15 equipment. They have a reputation a large volume of beans in one andand 44.ester Cor brush, and Amine [or putting up good food. The pro- two pound cellophane bags fer theCor common weeds. AtIaclde kil!s :its from the venture go into the retail grocer trade.everything. educatienal Cund of Junlol' Farm The McLaughlin, 'Yard & Co.

A. E. Oliver says MSC in its ele- Bureau, . plant is also equipped with elec-vater managers course plans tu The co-managers will be in charge trlc eye pickers. The Exchangetrain students in the seed business, oC procuring the products to be wlII install packaging machineryIncluding werk en purity, germina- served during the week of the Cair. [or beans,tion, identification and seed clean- They are now contracting the coun- Achard Ward, president aC !\Ic-ing. ties as to what day their groups Laughlin, 'Yard & Co., said his or-

would preCer to work and what they ganlzation is out oC the grain andcan donate taward the project. bean business, but will continueThere ~re openings ~or ~embers its elevator equipment and machin-who des)~e to work the entire week. ery business at another location inAnyone mterested should contact. Jacksen.one oC the above co-managers. A I

number of the counties have made;ommltments as to the Cood Itemsthey will be Curnishlng. Othersshould do so soon.

This project to be successCulneeds the support of all the mem-bers in the state together with thepal'ents. lecal Farm BUI'eaus andjuniors-seniors committees. It is a SI~ty-three thousand members ofbig job, but each year the members Michigan Farm Bureau familieshave said It can be done. It has now have hospital insurancebeen done. That same support Is through Farm Bureau membershipneeded again this year. and the Michigan Hospital Service

The co-managers will shortly Blue Cross program.name the three professional coaks William S. McNary, executi.vetor the hired stat!. All other work- vice-president oC the Hospital Ser-ers will be JFB members assisted Ylce, said that the Farm Bureauby the state director Ben Hennlnk. enrolled 13,400 more people in the

All Jr. Farm Bureaus are invited ~~rln? oC 19?0. About 23,000 Cam-to participate. Any not contacted Illes 1I1 the F arm Bureau have Blueyet should write direct to one of the CrosH contracts through Commun-co-managers and tell what their I ity and, Ceunty Farm BUI:e~us.group would like to do. ,ConSiderablY over a 1111ll1onCam-

Illes In the state are members oC

Lapeer Pledges $1,000 the Michigan Hospital Service. MI'.McNary said that an average o[ 720

For Agr'} Building Blue Cross members arc admittedLapeer County Farm Bureau t~ hospitals every day. SI.nce the

has pledged $1,000 tor the propos- I Clrst oC the year t~e hospital ser-I'd Lapeer County Agr'l Center vice has been paymg more thanbuilding at Lapeer. About $7,000 $2,000,000 a mont~ te the state'shas been raised or pledged. hbosPltals Cor serVices to its mem-

el's.

Through an exemptien providedin the fedenll 1\1otor Carrier Act oC1935, Carmars, Carm co-ops, andothers are not subject to InterstateCommerce C~mmission regulationswhen they are trucking [arm pro-ducts, raw 01' processed, up to thepoint where they become manu[ac-tured goods.

Commel'cial motor carriers andrailroads are now beCore Congresstrying to get rid oC the exemption,and thereby force more eCthat busi-ness to come to them.

The National Council of Farm.ers Co-aperatives through its trans-portation committee has come tothe Carmel'S' defense. It set forththat 280/0 of the nation's 'trucks areowned by Carmel's and their ce-oper.atives wbile only 13% are commer-cial on a lor-hire basis. Other pri.vate In'terests use the remainder.The proposal is against the publicInterest, said the Council.

C. L. Brody, executive sec'y ofFarm BUJ'eau Sen-Ices, was one ofthe founders oC the National Coun-cil's transportatien committee andserved as Its chairman for severalyears.

Upholds FarmerTrucking Rights

Co-ops HearNew ThingsAbout Seeds

In June Con,gress voted an addi.tional $2 billion to the Commod.ity Credit Corporation to con-tinue the farm price supp"rtprogram.

Farm Bureau women werk for Community Farm Bureaus pro-pro~ams that make for better rur. vide social and recreational func-al health facilities. tions.

No Article byMrs. Wagar for July

A misunderstanding regardingJuly 1 as our publication date isresponsible °Cor no article by Mr~.Edith Wagar this month. She Iswell and will be with us again inAugust .

To back up his assertion tha~surpluses in three major commodl.ties-wheat, corn and cotton-arenot alarming, Senator Andersonsaid:

"Our present supply of corn ex-ceeds a normal supply by onlyenough to last our population Cor67 days. Our cotton supply exceedsnormal by only enough to meetthe domestic and export needs [or93 days. Our wheat stocks areabove normal by only enough tomeet our needs Cor 112 days.

"The Department of Agriculture'sestimate aC the winter wheat cropfell 121 millian bushels from Decem.bel' to Apl'il, and another 74 millionbushels Crom April to May. As itfell, the wheat carryover beganto look less like a liability andmore like an asset." •

Publicity which has dev~lapedout oC the government's price-sup-port operations on potatoes andeggs have tended to magnify anddistort the -general surplus picture,Mr. Anderson painted out.

"The surplus of dried eggs (nowheld by the government) could havebeen avoided ICCongress had enact.ed legislation te permit a reductionin the support price oC eggs twayears ago," Mr. Anderson said. "Itis to the cl-edit of the AmericanFal'm Bureau Federation's poultrycommittee and various other poultryindustry .g)'oups that they rec-ommended a program that, had itbeen followed. would have aveidedmany oC the dif!lculties encounter-ed with egg surpluses."

Mr, Andel'son pointed out thatlow-grade potatoes accounted formore than 80 percent of the surplus-es in that cemmodity. He alsoemphasized the unprecedented lu-cre-ase In petato yields, whkh jump.ed from a per-acre average oC 155bushels in 19.15 to 211 bushels In1949 when the actual Americanacreage planted to petatoes was thesmallest since 1878.

"You <:an't chal'ge that to a Carmprogrnm," he eommented.

By GORDON H. ~tLLENA 1Ilerican l'arm Bureau,

Senator Clinton P. Andersonrecently drew considerable atten.tion-In Washington with a hard.hitting speech he delivered beCorethe Western Region Farm BureauConJerence in Fort Collins, Colo.

The public impression that Am-erican agriculture is confrontedwith huge, unmanageable stocks ofdetel'iorating farm commodities Isfalse. The cost oC Carm price sup-l:ort programs since their Inceptionin 1933 and the truth about theCommodity Credit Corporation's in-vestments and Inventories are alsomatters an which the public haHbeen misled or misinformed, tlu!Senator declared.

"The government has' spentbillions of dallars liqUidating warcontracts 'with Industry. Is thereanything 5Candalous about spendingsome funds-a very much smalleramaunt-to help agriculture adjustto a post-war basis? OC coursenot."

The Senatar quoted CongressmanHarold D. Cooley, chairman oC theHouse Agriculture Committee. Mr.Cooley pointed out that a total oC$10 biHicm had been invested inpriclH;upport programs since 1933,These operations have I'esulted inlosses totaling $713 mlIIlon andprofits totaling $217 miHion, 01'

a net loss of $496 million. Mr.Cooley went on to say that po-tatoes have accounted for $355million of the total loss, and thatonly $141 million has been lost anall oth'.lr commodities In 17 years.

"That is an excellent record,"Senator Anderson commented.

Regarding the Commodity CreditCorporation. Mr. Anderson said:

"The public's eonC1lrn over farmcommodity stocks apparently arisesprimarily out oC the Cact that theCommodity Credit CoI'poration hasInvested government maney In reoserve stocks oC some commoditiesthl'ough the price-support program.On March 31, 1950, the CCC had atotal outstanding Investment 'Of$4,020,909,000 In price-support pro-gram loans and Inventories. Almost$3 bmion o[ this sum was investedin three storable commodities--corn, wheat, and cotton. The re-maining $1 billion was also largelyInvested In storable commoditiesor in commodities which had beencom-erted Into starable form."

Public Misled Employees Know Their Farm Bureau

About Farmers,Anderson Says

(Continued on page two)

Going After Butterl~ggers- The national food and drug administration hasinformed Congress, that it expects substitutions ofcolored oleomargarine for butter in thousands ofpublic eating places after June 30 when the federaltax of I0 cents a pound comes .off colored oleo. Soit proposes to increase its enforcement staff and goafter butterleggers.

The federal law states that public- eating placeswhich serve colored oleo must post signs sayingso, and that the oleo must be served in triangularpieces or be labeled as' oleo.

But the food and drug people say that checksmade in areas where colored oleo has come uponthe market indicates that 10,000 or more publiceating places in the United States will try to sellpatrons colored oleo for butter in violation of thelaw. The difference between them may be 30 ~o 40cents a pound.

We won't see this in Michigan. Sale of coloredoleo is still illegal under state law. A bill to legalizesale of colored oleo was adopted by the legislaturein ).949, but it is subject to a referendum vote ofthe p~ople in November )95'0.

EDITORIALOhio on Farm Price Program

In May the Ohio Farm Bureau asked its member-ship of 73,000 to answer a questionnaire entitled"What Kind of a Farm Program Do You Want?"

6,894 meII?bers returned the completed question-naire, or nearly )0 per cent. We would considerthat a high return and a fair sample of the opinionsof the entire membership, and perhaps for allfarn:ters in Ohio.

Sixty-th5ee of every )00 farmers replying favoredthe principles of the Agricultural Act of )949.About half of them favored amending it by estab-lishing a bi-partjsan agricultural committee to advisewith the Secretary of Agriculture, with wide dis-cretionary powers in determining the method andlevel of price supports.

Only) 4 of every) 00 farmers favored the Brannanplan.

Thirty-seven per cent of farmers replying saidthey would favor a combi~ation of price supportsfor storables and production payments for perish-ables, which was a part of the Agricultural Act of)948 but was repealed in the Act of )949.

Thirty-four per cent of farmers replying saidthey want no government farm program at all;39 % opposed price supports, and 28 % ;aid sur-pluses should be allowed to take care of themselves.

But the large majority of Farm Bureau membersin Ohio who answered the questionnaire favoreddoing something definite about farm surpluses.Suggestions which ranked the highest went: Pro-mote research tr, find new uses for surplus products(74% ); store enough to stabilize the market( 64 % ); establish more farm co-op~ratives (57 % ) ;give surpluses away for relief uses here and abroad(55 %); encourage greater development of ananimal agriculture (47 % ) . Many made more thanone s~ggestion.

Vol. XXVIII, No.7

People Need to Know These FactsSome 45,000 Michigan dairy farmers and 26

oleomargarine manufacturers will soon open thebattle for the housewife's vote in November.

Come November 7 the people will vote Yes orNo.in a referendum to determine if oleo colored toresemble butter may be sold in Michigan.

How the battle will be fought, we don't know.We suspect that the oleo people will pour moneywithout limit into advertising and radio. The priz~

, they're after is worth it. In other states consumershave paid oleomargarine manufacturers handsome-ly for the trifling cost of coloring oleo.

On the other hand, farmers will be hard to beatif they can make the public understand how' import-ant dairy farming and butter is to everyone in Mich-Igan ...

~ichigan ranks sixth among the states for pro-duction of milk. Nearly 30 % of all cash receiptsof Michigan farmers come from dairy products.The total figure was near $200,000,000 in )949,accordiRg to Michigan State College. About a fifthof Michigan' s milk production is used to -makebutter, which is the balance wheel of the dairy

. industry.

One third of all Michigan farms are classified as

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COMPANY

SATURDAY, JULY 1, 1950

Farm Bureau makes It poqiblefor members to receivII qllali\7products and llervlce.

SEEK NEW GAININ HYBRID CORN

WORKING DOLLARS: Americans in allwalks of life, who invest their savings. intelephone securities, make it possihle for usto give you more and better telephone serv-ice: Their money is l18e1 to expand the tele-phone system increasing the value ofyour telephone hy providing IUorc telc-phones that you can call.

MORE JOBS-Twelve years ago, only one.tentn'of the teleJ?hones on Michigan Bell's rllrallineswere dial. Today, more than two-thirds of themral.line telephones are dial. AmI yet Michi-gan Bell now employs more than twice as many'operators 8S twelve years ago ••

TELEPHONE

0'" the farmis no accident, '

,Sftfety

Good management pays divi-dends in terms of life andlimb. Clean up. make repairs.

Let every dawn of morning he toyou as the beginning of life.-JohnRus)rin.

Nearly always the essence of anidea can be stated In a very fewwOI'ds.-Frank Fr~und.

Corn_seed and grain productionmay he increase~l in years to comethrough experiments heing con-ducted at Michigan State Collegeily E. C. Rossman, farm crops Slle-cialist.

At present inhred lines of cornwith fixed characteristics a1'e lIseelI--- lilhy corn bl'eeders as the parentplants for hyhrid cOl'n. Hybrid va.ieties developed in this manneI' :Out-yield naturally poIlinate(1 kinds hysome 20 per cenl

Rossman says the new teehlllqllp,when develo!led, would "rollulJlYeliminate detasseling In hyhridseed eorn production. DurIn!!; tlle

detassellng operation leaves aresometimes injured or pulled offalong with the tassels.

The loss of two leaves on a cornplant in the detasseling processlowers thl! yield of seed corn in thehyhrid varieties from seven to 10per cent.

BELL

Rural ~ele-news

VOICES WITH A SMILE - Many Michj~anBcll operators ha ve atten ded mce! i I1gsrecently to hear themselves tulk - in wil'c,reconled conversations with olher ~ir!,. \\ Itolook the part of CllstOl1lrrs. They've lcarn/~IIthat Ihe tone of their voice" of[::n C:lIl lIIakca !Jig difference ill the fJl1alit~- of t"!.-IlJ"mcservice. Perhaps YOI1\'e aln':!.ly 'IIlli,.,.,1 ;Ill

improvement in YOllr scn i\;c Oib a l"1. ...ult llf

tlwsc meetings •

MICHIGAN

Letter toThe Editor.

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IRRIGATION

nuy 1"arm Bureau quality feeds.

mltIOATE FOr: LI~SS with a Ham-ilton SYl<tem. We guaranlee salll<-fnction. nlore water with le~s monel',4" aluminum irriJ:allon pipe with n,;tproof (COP!''''' anti ?Inc plated) singleIl'a"ket quick coupling-at 54 cenl" perCoot. Olher prices likewise. Engine".mntors, pumps, weill<.aluminum pipe.sprinkler", hose and every Irrigallon[lttlng on hand. 20 ~'..ars In the Irri-gntlon buslnel<". Free el<llmate~.Hamilton sell" an,l services and ho.."the ..tock. Phone Hamiltnn 2101 or2251. Hamlltnn :\Ifg-. & )!achlnf' Co.•llumllton, )I1cbigun, (G-3t-79b)

FOr: SALI';-IlF:GISTI';It£'~D TAM-\\'OItTH Swine from "tock proven 'byproducllnn. conle"t" and show•. Su-1"'1'101'characterislCl<: red color, he~lmnth~rs. most prolific. ht~:-lt ~razer~.[..enn pnrk and l"p~ for cro"..lng. 10%reducllnn 10 ~-H and FFA mt'mbers.Thornapplo I<'arm. :\"ashville. :\Ilch.

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anced proportions-individual pro-' L Chl-Isonduct ion balanced to national pro- eeduction? As division is a mathe-matical operation, the problem canhe formulated whell all the truefactors of the problem are recog-nized in their halanced relation to

Ellitor. :\!iehigan Farm News: national Ilroduction.'fhi!' letter has ueen motivated However. the })rofessional econ-l

by ~Ir". Wagar's excellpn.t artiele in omists are right about not being

! ,he J.une :I issue. "Th:,; ~lay ill' The aule 'to "formulate the problem" he-Yea!' of Chan~e." She mentions ~ause OUI'monetary system is ha3ed '

whack. I many things where there is need in large propol.tion qn debt-"ex-,for a change. :mnded credit"-an\l our taxes are

Among them al'e the settlement oased on part of the production of Iof lahJr.managemcn: dHfcrenc.es ilostel'it~.-~ot o~ pres~nt. annual, , , , ,.,., , .

I:}j~ft~i;{j~!;%;ii~~;~i~~~;~~;~~~;~i;~~~~~~~:~~~]IMlliLI.of those who "lio not saVe fOr the (lucl1on. Claim checks on uationalrainy day". The much needed production should be the medium of !change in OUI'tax structure. wh:e;]. exchange. Wages and sah:..ies.as :\h's. Wagar says. "has taxed our ~,,'i es. profits and taxes must all!})l"opel.ty. our cpn I'enience. our en. lie limited to halanced Ilroportions.joymellt, our prospects, our memory Only then can we all receive whatand our patien~e:' .. But, she bas we earn and earn what,we receive.left out -the One m05t uniust, im- Why is it that Farm Bureau lead- .._ Lee Chilson of Lansmg tiied sildmoral and destructive thin"us,-that ers do not provide programs for the ..denly June 14. He was 57. Mr.of taxing posterity for several gen. discussion of the character of .- Cbilson was editor of the Michiganerations. If that is not "taxation money in its relation to the unbal- Farm News from October 1926 towithout representation", I don't anced condition of our economy,

h. h' th ' t'k July 1928. For a number of v<>ar~know what is. Surely, the present w tC tS e cause oc s fl es, un- J-. t t t' d d . t he had been an employe of "!Ich-generation cannot justlr represent JUS axa Ion an omestlc unresgenerations yet unborn. and the feeling ot insecurity? igan State College as a technic~an

Wh d I II .t for the department of hacteriology.With such efficient production. y 0 peop e genera y perml Mr. Chilson was editor -In some

and intelligence as tllis natl'on fmanciers to do all the monetaryI . h' h' th 1 "Of the stirring years of eady Farm

boasts of. we sh~uid cill.tainly be p anUlng w IC gives em controable to support the most efficient of business and' OUI' whole ecoft- ~h~r~~er~~~~r:~ru.:nBU~~~~eh;~ej~'(~and progressive government con- omy? Their immediate self-interest the l\lcNar~.-Haugen bill in Congressceivable without debt or the bur- blinds them as far as national in-d d t . t t' terests are concerned. as a government program for deal-

ensome. es rucUve. axa IOn we If th 't' h d' t t d' d thO ing with farm surpluses after Worldnow have e WI'I er a no S u Ie IS. Iprohlem since 1931 and found a \Var I. Congl'ess enacted the 'bill~he ~oint l\Irs. "'a6ar makes, method for formulating the eco- in 1927 and President Coolid I!;e

\1:luch. sllouid ca.use us all -to seek Inomic prohlem, so 'as to result' in vetoed it. The Farm Bure3.u wasr~g~~ methods, IS: "T~er~'s much Ia permanent. profitable. capacity successful again in 1928. but Presi-\\011, to.be done at a pay that should market fOI' hoth business and agri- dent Coolidge vetoed the bill! abe earne~. \Ye have the greatest culture; for 'full employment at a second time. The struggle establish-opportuUlty to show the wOI'ld how hia-h standard of livina-. income fOI' ed the Farm Bure:1U as a power :into live with ourselves and with labor and so~ial security for every- national legislation, and as ~hee~ch ~ther. So. wh~ not set the v~- one; a1).d fOI' the ~1,Ipport of the (lrganization which' would develop1~.lcle111 t!lat, dlrec.tlOn and steer. It mo~t effi~ient. progressive govern- much of th.e farm .Iegislation of th.eIlgi!t until \\ e ha\ e made AmerIca ment conceivable without debt or I future. ThIS has mcluded the f;(JlIall that :he should be'?" To all these burdensome, destruotiv.e taxation. cO:lscn'ation program. and par'j.tyobservatIOns we all say wholeheart-l she would not feel justified in of- prices for agriculture.edly. "Amen!" fering this criticism o.f the powers' The Farm :-<ewsin :\11'.C.hilsou's

But, merely agreeing will not pro. that be. who seem not to be able to time was campaigning successfutlyvide ri6:1t methods for reaching recognize the fact that there is a fOI' legislation to stop the impol'ta..the ohjective. Take the subject of natural law which governs eco. tion of unadapted alfalfa and cloverstrikes caused by differences of nomic balance. It is the Creator seeds, and to promote the develop.opinion between labor and manage. who' provides this natural hiw. but ment of Farm Bureau and otherment about wages, profits. and It is tQe leaders of mankind who Co,opCl'ative services in :'I!ichigan.prices; and that of taxes and the must provide the conditions nnderenormous national debt which will which the law can operate.affect posterity for generations. MRS. LENABELLE .S. CARVER

City, 1\lrs. 0 1. IHow can any {If these be settled Climax, R-1.. justly aad satisfactorily to every. Kalamazoo county

Reno, Dorothy:'lT' one unless we can recognize some June 8, 1950, le- natuI'al law governing economic _

justice and ohserve it '? Th€se dif-fel'eaces can he reconciled' in noother way.

Mrs. F.' L. How can any of us determinewhether we are paid as much aswe earn 01' have earned more thanwe receive'? Is it just for a husi.ness to pension' Its employees.which must increaSe the price ofits products ,vhieh the 'rest of usbuy. and. by so-doing. we are com-pelled to provide pensions for Qtl1-ers, when we have no. pension torour own old-age security'? .It is

~Farrn Bureau women of Ott:l\va the govel'lllll~nt that should prp.videcounty have organized their first old--age pensIOns for .everyo:lc tromlWomen's . CO~1Ulittee. Present for I t.he taxes .we Il~Y 11l d~r.mg ourthe orgamzatlOn meeting were :\Irs. }ears of PloductlOn. as pal t of the:\I~rjorie Kurkel'. state director for co~t of government.the \\'omen of the Farm Bu'reau, How can we determine wqen Iand ~Irs. Korman Stanton. wages and salaries, prices, profits

Officers el«cted by the Ottawa and taxes are just7 ,The profession-group are: MI'S. Archie Burch, al economists say that the economicchairman. Korth Chester group; problem cannot he formulated. Is:\Irs. Geor.ge Veltema. vice-chair. it unseemly for an amateur 0[0 dis-lilan. Forest Grove group; :'III'S. agree with the prOfessionals andJohn Book. sec'y-treas., North say that the prohlem is one of di.Chester; Mrs. Cliffol'd Allen, viding national production in bal-publicity chairman, Bell group.

It is planned to have a speakerfrom the Sister Kenny Foundationhospital at Pontiac conduct av'ublic meeting at Coopersville todiscuss the symptoms and treat-ment of polio.

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The dishes fill the groaning sink. The dust lies gray anti thick.:'Ify mal'k is on the household on the days when she is sick.The meals th::t I att-.~mIlt to cook are nninspired and flat.At nmsing I'm a total loss, and that. my friends. is that.And furth'armore I cannot give with jolly cheering phrasesTo take hel' mind outside her pain. [feel as glum as blazes.No lightsome joke shall pass my lips-no suuny observation.~ly hedsille manner bears no che'ar nor genial convel'sation.

When Murthy's SickWhen :\Iarthy ha..<;to stay in bed with misery in her hackThe days are long and meaning-l'ass. The world is out ofE:lch ~epal'ate fibre in me r~arn.;; to help hel' in her needYet any help that I can give is mighty small indeed.Our years of close companionship. the love that still weSeem powerless to alleviate her pain or my d-espair.10'01'all my being roots in hel'. and all of hers in me.And el'ery day that r.larthy's ill drags like et'amity.

But Cinthy Hicks. when she dl'ops in. is like a cooling breezeTo waft relief to us poor souls allrift on sweltering seas.She wears a smile. She talks a while of things along the streetAnd "'Iarthy visits like folks do when two old cronies meet.In Cinthy's hand. when she arril'es. she hrings a fresh-baked pie(For well she knows with "Iarthy dowrr our cupboard will he dry).A fresh-baked Ili.a with thick meringue. flavored. it seems to meWith lemon and good Chl'istian Ion and all sweet charity. '

The times when "'Iarthy's sick ahed are far between and few.T~ank Hea~en for that! fOI' at such times I don't know ,what to do.~Vlth ten big thumbs and two big feet l do my awkward bitTill :'Ilarthy. so I sometimes feel. gets w'all in spite of it..So when we count Ollr blessing.- out. my faithful wife and meWe plac~ good common vulgar health among the foremost th;eeAlong WIth love and loyal friends here in our rural sticks •Like Cinthy there and plenty more along the sti'eet called Hicks.

('A1.1> O~ FI:t E~DS with ~en"a-tlonal Chri"tJlUl."card" In handy a.~-.ortments. Hell Cor $1.00. Profit up to:;0 cenls. Alsn pnpular-prlced per"on-,,' Chri"lma" Carrl". EVt'l')'day Assort-menl". Stalinner~', Gift It..m". Sampleson approval. \\'allnc" Brown. Dept.:61. 20~3 Park Avenue. D..trolt 36.)Ilch. (74t.40ha)

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LIVESTOCKRArLOC ALU:\IJNUMor Steel Dome COI RrSilo root". chute dormer~, salety bal!- t E,~A~E SHEEP. "The Det-

h CI ter Breed. "e Invite your inspection<el", silo Ja<lder~.steel cutes. ar- oC our flock at any time. :\I1ke"ell&~nce Van Strein. member oCFarm Bu- :\!ay, Charlot Ie H-2, :\Ilchig-an. (US-27,reau, Box 9, Byron Center. :\lichigan. south of city limits.) (5-H-2IP1

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STAR AWARDSGold Star-Pioneer Community

Farm Bureau, Alpena county,:'III'S.Albel.t Krentz. secretary.

Silver Star-Curtisville. Alco:Jacounty. :'III's. \Villiam Byler,secretary.

Silver Star-Bellevue. Eat0ncounty. Mrs. Oscar ;\Iortzfeldt,s.acreta ry.

CO:'\GRATULATIONS!

R. S. CLARK315 :'\orth Grinnell StreetJackson. "'llchigan

Community is it going to do him if it stands each community group of tl116allo.

F Bidle in the shed dUI'lag the time cation fund. why it is set uP. 'andarm . ureau when it should he at work?" bow the funds are distributed. In

"Never in our history have we this regard. alloca'tion fund COlli.Activities' [aced more critical decisions, not mittees are' being set up on a'1 (.nly as farmers. but as citizens. county level during the next 2 or

By JIRS . .lIAR,JORI E GARDNER Other economic groups are stepping 3 months In order to conv~y to thelip their' efforts. The labor unions COllllllunity Farm Bureau memhersare attempting to consolidate their the purposes of this fund and howforcl's; not satisfied with either they are participating or can par'major political pal.t)'. they want to ticipate in it.establish their own party so that Honorable Mentilln. Th.zse groungthey may control the politics of had unusually fine meetings duri;;the country. the month of l\lay and desen'e

"Lal;or people seem to he willing Honorable :'Ilention:to let their' leaders speak for Emmet-Le~ering. Evelyn Oslund.them hut they ha\'e no way by sec'y; and Sunny Rid?;e, ;\Irs. 'Val-which the members can tell thei:' tel' Crapsey.leaders what they wanl.-. Every- . Kent-Kentthing comes from the top down- Holmgren.nothing from the bottom up. .'Iosco-West

I"The bureaucratic government I?~k.

we have today is our own fault. un- . Midland-Hope, ?III'S. Loneta B.less we are willing to accept our .loynt; and Homer Township, 1\Irs.own responsibility. someone is al- Philip Stark.ways willing to do it for us. I Sa,ginaw-Thomas,

"In Farm Bureau. we want our Sparks.leaders to speak for us~BUT we Van Buren-nIoomingdale-Colu:J1want to tell them what to say. That hia, Mrs. Howard Andrews.is the whole philosophy on which ------------

Farm Bureau is built and that is nTIAWA WOMENthe secret of .its influence. Farmers,u \ ,have some work to do this summer.Iml)0l.tant questions are hefore us. NAME OFFICERSPrimary elections Eace liS in Se-;J'tember and the November electionwill present. besides a list of candi-dates. a ballot asking .\lichiganpeople to decide whether coloredoleo shaH be sold in this state.

"Let's keep our .farm Bureau'Implement. busy this slimmer. too.Our participation is the 'gas' thatkeeps it rUllnlng."

Community Farm Bureau DistrictMeetings. During July ten districtmeetings are scheduled throughoutthe state which will be attended bythe discussion committee3 of each

:\Irs. John Community Farm Buteau to form.ulate the discussion program forthe coming year: It is most im-iortant that your group be repre-sented at this meeting so that your

Alh:e representative may infol'm themof the topics you alie most inter.ested in and wish to have includeJin next year's program .. 'Good Bulletin

Many groups are not acquamtedwith the fact that the Farm Bureau To HaveSen-ices sets up a fund each yea;' If YOIl farm and don't have ato be used in the. promotion of copy of the Michigan State College

which have made Community Farm Bureau activities bulletin, "Fertilizer Recommenda-as f~llows: in the respective counties. The tions," you should get one. It con-

allocation of this fund is based on tains information about the ferti-Van Ru- Community Farm Bureau work lizer needs of practically every

done in the county for the previous crop grown in the state. Copiesyear such as the organization of are available from your county

'Wash- new groups, calTying out commun- agent or from the Bulletin Officeity projects.iWd correlating act.ivi. Michigan State College East Lan:ties with the general }<'arm Bureau sing. 'program. Every effort is being .made to more thoroughly Inform

'Notice to SecretariesAnd to Membership

Regarding delivery of :'ItichiganFarm News: \\'e shall appreciatepostcard or other notice that anymember is not receiving hili paper.Please report any irregularity Indelivery. such as duplicate copies,wrong RFD. error in name. etc. Ifmember removes from RFD ad.dress in one county to RFD ad-dress in another county, please ad-vise ii change makes you a residentof second county: Place of resi .dence determines which CountyFarm Bureau is your County FarmBureau. We do 0\11' best to haveeverything right, but we areuot infallible. We need and apPte-clate help.-l\lic:lJcan Farm NeWii.

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OFFICERSPruldent ....._.C.E. Buskirk. Paw PawVlce-Fres._ ..J. E. Treiber. UnloD\'lIIeExec. S..c'y....f:. L. Brody, Lansing

DISTRICT DIRECTORSI-Rl.I~",,1I f:. Hazel !tichland. R-I2-BI:\\(ue Knirk llulncy !t-l3--1..:1)'0"~r"inlng ):pdlantl. It. 14-A. ~hellenbarger L. Odes.a. 1(-1;;-Marten Garn Charlotle. R-5G-'Ward G. Hodge Snover. R-l7-Harry ~orrb __ Ca.novla8-H. E. Frahm. Io'rankenmulh. R-l9-Sidney Hmlgson Calllllac. R-I

IG-Artllur Behnlng.._..Os,..ln,,"e. R-1DIRECTORS AT LARGE

Carl E. Bu_klrk _.f'aw Paw, R-JWalter Wlg-htman Fennville. R-IJesse E. Tr"lber .._ UlIi.,nvlll.., R-I

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~uli~cr'pUon: ~5 c..nt~ a '"t-3.r.IAmltl'.! to Farm Bureau ':\Iembers.

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dairy farms. They're important customers for peo-ple who work in cities and towns.

It is estimated that the investment in production,processing and delivery of dairy products on farms,in villages, towns and cities exceeds 2 billion dollars.

Michigan's dairy industry shouldn't be upset be-cause out of state and even foreign companiesmanufacturing oleo want that done.' That's wherereal pressure for colored oleo comes from.

The Illinois Farm Bureau now has a membershipof I 75,463 in 99 coun ties. Tha t makes it thelargest state Farm Bureau organization in thenation, and one with an outstanding service pro-gram to members.

Since 1940 the farmers of lIIinois have built theirFarm Bureau from 70,000 members to the presentfigure. The average net gain has been 10,500 newmembers each year.

How have they done it? \Ve find that they usethe same membership building program we use inMichigan. County Farm Bureaus organize volun-teer membership workers into teams. They callupon farmers during the time set for the campaign.In Michigan we have shown that we too can makenet gains of seven to ten thousand members a yearon that plan.

County Farm Bureaus in lllinois send 7,000workers to call upon practically every farmer withan invitation to membership. This year they had165,Ot>0 memberships to renew by mail or personalcall.

Farm Bureau services to members In Illinois arevery much like they are in Michigan. They includeservice on state and nationallegislatiot:l; automobile,hospitalization and other insurances; women's pro-gram, Junior Farm Bureau, county and communityFarm Bureau services and activities; and a broadco-operative farm supplies service to meet the needsof members.

Illinois has shown what can be done. Also, thatFarm Bureau services of all kinds can be expandedand improved upon to serve a growing membership.

EDITORIAL

Dear Community Farm Bureau?llembers:

Silring finally arrived in :'Ilay.Community Farm BUI'eau activities.no longer impeded by impassahleroads. began to lake on norma!proportions during the month.

980 Community Groups. Althou!rhthe organiz:ltion of new groups isheginning to decline. S new group:;were reported to us during themonth. This gives us a total gainof 109 groups over last year. 2groups wel'e disbanded during ~fay.This means there are approximately20 groups yet to be added in orderto meet the 1.000 goal set forCommunity Farm Uureaus duringthis 19,,0 memhership year. Tht'following are the new groups addedduring the month of :'Ilay.District

1: Berrien-'Vest Bertrand, :'III'S.Gertrude Sheldon, secretary.

4: Allegan-Hamilton, StanleyKlein, secretary; Ottawa-Gitchel."Irs. Russell Smallegan. secretary.

5: Eaton-Figg, :'III'S. Leon:J.rdBrown, secreta ry.

6: Lapeer-Todd,Stewart, secretary.

8: Arenac-South Mason, :'III'S.Cordell Green, secretal'y; Clayton,..tgnes :\Ialcolm, secretary.

10: Wexford-Tl'i-County,Vander BI'ook, secretary.

24 Counties Make Group Goal.During ?>Iay.Lapeer and \\'exfonl

counties added enough groups tomake their quota toward the 1,000Community I<'arm Bureau goal setCor this year.

The countiestheir ~oals areDistrict ,

1-Berrien. Kalamazoo,ren.

2-Jackson. Lenawee.3-Monroe. Liyingston,

tena\\'. Wayne.4-Allegan. Ionia. Ottawa.5--Clinton. Genesee, Sh iawassee.6--Lapeer, Tuscola.7-Mecosta, Montcalm.8-IsabelIa, ?fldland.9-'Wexford.10-Montmorency, Ogema\\'.

HERE AND THEREAlcona-East Bay. Secretary 1\Irs.

Hilda Carson reports that ~h'. and~Irs. Thayer. members of the EastBay Community Farm Bureaugro~p celebrated their 40th weddln;;anlllversary at their :'Ilay meeting.A portion or the meeting was setaside to celebrate the occasion.

Al/egan.West Allegan. The an-nual banquet of the West AlleganCommunity Farm Bureau Groupwas held on May 23. Secretary Mrs.:\Iyrtle Tou rtellotte reports thatover 100 people attended the meet-ing which started with a suppe:'.Carl E. Buskirk. president of the:'Ilichigan 1"arm Bureau. spoke.

O,ceana.Shelby. Secretary Mrs.Fred Ken' reports that :\11'. and:'III'S.George Fleming were honoree!by the group and Farm Bureaumembers in their Y!cinity on their25th wedding annlversar}'. Oyer100 guests atteneted. :\11'. Flemingis chairman of the Shelby group.

From the Branch County Booster:"Summertime is always a hu~y MAPLE SYRUP PRODUCERStime on the farm and so that Is NOW IS THE TI:\IE to order allwhen attendance at ollr Coinmun- needed ~ap collecting and boUlnll:ity group meetings falls to a new f'<tlllpml'nt for 1'51. We have In ~Iock"pedal Colored Jugs, all :olz..". to pack-low or else the grollp disbands en. age your maple syrup for the tourist

The press Is always potentJaJl, The ~t way to get the beet ot' an tirely. trade. For complete Information onf h I n I ed t

all synn' makIng and marketing sup-one 0 t e mOllt n nent al uca .arc-ument is to Iitay out of It.-De- j "Farm BlIre:tu is 'One of the plle~, write Su~ar Bu:oh Supplies Co.,v~ -Tom Wallace. rolt Newl Salesman. llarmer's implements and what good P,O. Box 1107, Lansing, )I1(~~t!_GOb)

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Illinois

Grass and Farm SurplusesThe grow~ng procession of pastur~ programs and

grass day demonstrations is a sign that farmers moreand more are turning to grasslands to help answerthe troublesome farm surplus problems of the 1950's.

The Department of Agriculture believes that up-wards of 35 million acres can be diverted safely fromsurplus crops to grass and legumes. Sound use ofgrass and legumes in livestock enterprises will lowercost of production. More and better forage protectsagainst erosion and over-cropping. It builds upfertility reserves. This is the program we had wellunder way before the war.

Help for ForestsCongressman George A. Dondero says that next

year Michigan may have substantial Federal helpfor reforesting 3,200,000 acres of cut-over lands mthis state.

The sub-committee on agriculture of the Houseappropriations committee is friendly toward a na-tional reforestation program for the next I 5 years.It is to be done co-operatively between the U. S.Forest Service and the states.

If the legislation is adopted, Michigan may have$1,700.000 used in the state by the Forest Service,in addition to state funds marked for reforestation.

Michigan's 3,200,000 acres of. cut-over landsrepresent 20 per cent of the 16 million acres of cut-over lands in the United States. Most of the landis marginal in nature and can be utilized best byraising forest products. At present the rate of re-planting U. S. forests is about half of what it shouldbe.

SATURDAY, JULY 1, 1950 M I C H I G A N F A R M N E W 8 THREE

Hard to Explain State's Decline In Alfalfa Seed

Michigan farmers have about 5.-500,000 acres in forage crop* for hay and pasture, according to Prof. Roy Decker, head of the farm crops dep't at Michigan State College. About half of it is used for hay.

Readers of the Michigan Farm New* will remember that for many years Michigan was quite outstand­ing as a producer of alfalfa seed. That isn't so any more. Why it is BO isn't fully understood, according to the MSC farm crops dep't. Ther? are several explanations for the decline in alfalfa seed production in Michigan.

First, farmers have needed all the hay they could produce, and secondly, a satisfactory set of al­falfa seed hasn't been dependable for some years. Perhaps it's the weathtr—rain at the wrong time. In any event, the MSC farm crops dep't observes that not much al­falfa seed is bsing produced ia Michigan. The nation as a whole is producing less alfalfa seed.

Most alfalfa sown in Michigan goes in with small grains,—oats or wheat. . But, says Roy Decker, the MSC

farm crops dep't thinks that a summer seeding is still the surest method of getting a good stand. Bummer seeding of alfalfa should be made on a summer fallowed field in early August, and not later than the 15th or 20th.

Milk Milk is the most nearly perfect

food. It is the most valuable source of calcium and phosphorus which are among the most impor­tant minerals needed for health and growth. Generally children through teen age should have %\'z to 4 cups of milk daily and adults about 3 cups. Of course this can be used for cooking purposes as well as a beverage.

Buy Farm Bureau quality feeds.

A Visit to Indiana & Tenn. Farm Bureaus

By WESLEY S. HAWLEY Director of Membership Acquisition

It was my good fortune to have the opportunity recently to visit two state Farm Bureau headquar­ters last month,—Indiana Farm Bureau at Indianapolis, and Ten­nessee Farm Bureau at Columbia, Tennessee.

It's a good idea for a person to look at the experiences of others oc­casionally to discover ways of im­proving our own efforts. These vis­its were for the purpose of seeing how things are done in the Farm Bureaus of those states. Of course, there is always the exchange of ex­periences. It is a good idea to see what the other fellow is doing.

Indiana Farm Bureau.—Mr. Paul T. Norris, assistant i director of or­ganization of the Indiana Farm Bu­reau, took us though their institu­tion and explained some of -their experiences. Having responsibil-ties in connection with member­ship acquisition in our own state, I viewed most everything from the angle of membership. Space here will not permit me to go into detail describing these visits but I will give mainly my over-all impres­sions.

Indiana has approximately 90,000 paid Farm Bureau family member­ships. Their dues are $10 per year. They have County Farm Bureau or­ganizations in all but 2 counties and have established county offices in most of them, with someone giving part or full time to the county of­fice. Indiana does not have Com­munity Farm Bureaus or a Junior Farm Bureau as such. The state is set up in 10 Membership Dis­tricts with a district man in each one. They also have an active wo­

men's program in the state. During the third week in October

each year Indiana Farm Bureau conducts its membership campaign. They follow a well laid out roll call time table for planning all roll calj activities and the selection of cap­tains and workers to do the work. They have about 6,000 workers who go out in the one week October roll call. Prior to "kicking-off" they have a good training program for captains and workers so as to have theui properly prepared for their job. During this one-week they se­cure a large proportion of their old and new members.

One thing that seems quite worth while is the recognition they give to the workers who do the roll call soliciting. Indiana has a very fine set-up and is doing a good job of membership solicitation.

Tennessee Farm Bureau.—Mr. Woodrow LuttEfili, director of mem­bership and organization, showed me through the state headquarters at Columbia. This likewise was a very interesting experience. Here I found a Farm Bureau set-up that was about the same size as in Mich­igan. They have about 41,000 farm families for 1950 in Tennessee. They are organized in 90 of their 92 counties. They do not have Com­munity Farm Bureaus and do not have regular, functioning, annual

committees through which to spread the work of Farm Bureau and its responsibilities. Tenneesee Farm Bureau is organized on a basis of four membership districts. Once each year Tennessee has a member­ship campaign, but this is mostly for new members, inasmuch as their membership is setup on a 5-year basis. They have a very well laid out time table of events in con­nection with the roll call planning. Each county director assumes his responsibility for the roll call work in his own civil district. (We prob­ably would call him a captain.) They conduct their roll call during a week early in March.

Tennessee l a y s considerable stress on recognition of work done by roll call workers. This seems to create better attitude and interest in connection With their roll call work.

Obviously, there is much more that could be said regarding the two visits, but there are a couple of points that we might consider to improve our membership acquisi­tion plan:

(1) I cannot see that either state visited has a better plan than we do. The fact is, fundamentally they are very similar. The experiences and results have been quite alike.

(2) I believe that we can profit by their experiences in using a bet­ter correlated timing set up in building up for the big membership week; and having a plan for giving awards as recognition for the good work that is done, out in the field during roll call.

It is a good idea to look in on the activities of other people, for cer­tainly we can find ways to make our own efforts more fruitful. These visits indicated clearly to the writ­er that while we do have a very good plan and have had some very worth while experiences in Michi­gan, yet there are ways that we can improve.

Earl Rau Names FB Insurance Publication

The March of Progress is the title selected for the monthly news­letter for agents for the Farm Bu­reau Mutual Insurance Company of Michigan. Earl Rau of Beaver-ton, Gladwin county, offered the winning title in a contest among more than 100 agents to name the publication. Mr. Rau was licensed as an agent March 24, 1950 for Gladwin County Farm Bureau, which was organized in December 1949. Judges for the contest were these members of the Michigan Farm Bureau staff: Stanley Powell, Victor Bielinski, and Einar Ungren.

Milking Machine Dairymen who boil in lye the

rubber parts of a milking machine which come in contact with milk have found it gives excellent re­sults in lower bacteria counts and keeps the rubber in good condition.

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For Safe Storage Of Small Grains

Make certain that small grain is down to at least 14 per cent mois­ture for safe storage, say the Michigan State College farm crop specialists. Accumulations o f grain, feed, bran, or screenings in and around storage bins and feed rooms should be removed and de­stroyed.

ROGER FOERCH FB REPRESENTATIVE OF DISTRICT 9

Roger Foerch assumed the duties of "Farm Bureau representative in membership district No. 9 of Nor­thern Michigan effective July 1st. The district includes Bensie, Grand Travers, Kalkaska, Leelanau, Manistee, Missaukee and Wexford counties.

For the past two years, Mr. Foerch has been the county organi­zation director in Eaton County. He w#s born in Lansing and lived on a farm in Ingham county, gradu­ating from Okemos high school.

Upon completion of a 16-week course in agriculture at Michigan State College, he worked at Faun Bureau Services' branch store at Traverse City. He entered th? navy in 1933 where he spent '•', years. Upon his discharge, he at­tended the first short course in elevator management, co-sponsored by Farm Bureau Services and Michigan State College. He was assistant manager for a year at Chesaning Farmers Co-operative Elevator. Following that, he served as manager of the Bancroft branch for two years. Mr. end Mrs. Foerch have four children.

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Frau Marie Heuchting of Bre-mem, Germany and Fraulein Liesel-otte Handt of Kassel, Germany left Michigan June 16th for North Caro­lina and Virginia as guests of the Associated Women of the Farm Bu­reaus of those states.

They visited in Michigan for twenty days as the guests of Michi­gan Farm Bureau families. They came here under the auspices of the Michigan Farm Bureau women. The money to bring them here was contributed by the Community Farm Bureaus of Michigan.

An effort was made to have them visit every area of Michigan and to attend Farm Bureau meetings wherever possible. The fact that they spoke very little English made it quite an ordeal for them. Farm Bureau families who could speak German interpreted for them.

While in Michigan the ladies were guests in the homes of many Michigan Farm Bureau people, among them being the homes of Mr. and Mrs. Carl E. Buskirk of Paw Paw, president of the Michigan Farm Bureau; Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Treiber of Unionville, vice-president of the Michigan Farm Bureau: Mr. and Mrs. Carlton Ball of Albion, vice-chairman of the Michigan Farm Bureau women; Mr. and Mrs. Earl Braid of Lake Orion, district chairman for Farm Bureau women from District 3; Mr. and Mrs. Putz of Croswell; Mr. and Mrs. Carl Bauer of Richmond; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Weisgerber of Ionia; Mr. and Mrs. Herman Howeisen of Sa­line; and others.

They also visited other points of interest in Michigan such as the Gerber Company of Fremont. Kai-ser-Frazier automobile manufactur­ing company of Willow Run. the Sister Kenny Polio Treatment Cen­ter at Pontiac, the Farmer's Co-op­erative Livestock Auction at Battle Creek, National Music Camp at In-terlochen, and the world famous fruit market at Benton Harbor, Michigan.

The ladies were slightly shocked at our waste-land, at the small trees in our forests and at the number of automobiles. They liked our coffee, our kitchens, and our great dis­tances.

They said that what they needed most from^ns was our understand­ing of them as people and of the problems they have at this time.

The two German ladies were very grateful for this opportunity to come to America and wished to tell the Farm Bureau people of Michi­gan, who contributed toward their trip, "thank you."

Business today consists in per­suading crowds.—Gerald Stanley Lee

127 FB Women Attend Camp At Interlochen

One hundred and twenty-seven women from 48 Michigan counties attended the sixth annual Farm Bureau Women's Camp at Camp Interlochen on June 13-15. The camp was sponsored by the Farm Bureau Women's Committee of Northwest Michigan Farm Bureau, and was under the direction of Mrs. Luceal Donner of Traverse City.

One of the delightful events of the program was a half-day tour of Leelanau and Grand Traverse coun­ties.

Speakers for the camp were Glen Hammel, under-sheriff of Kalama­zoo county, who spoke on the sub­ject of juvenile delinquency. Mr. Hammel urged parents to warn their children about dangers from sex deviates. He told the women some ways to protect themselves and their children from attack by these people.

Mrs. Potzunik of Muskegon gave a talk on the native customs of Czechoslovakia which was much en­joyed. •

Edward Hobbie, of the Dairy Ac­tion League, urged rural women to become active in the coming cam­paign preceding the state election in November at which time the issue of whether or not it shall be lawful in Michigan to sell colored oleomargarine will be voted upon.

Dr. Wilhelm, a gynecologist of Traverse City, talked on diseases of women at the Wednesday night ses­sion of the camp.

A panel under the direction of Mrs. Marjorie Karker, director of Michigan Farm Bureau women, ex­plained how the women's program of the Michigan Farm Bureau is carried out. Women taking part in the panel were Mrs. Harry Whit-taker, state chairman of Farm Bu­reau Women; Mrs. Carlton Ball, state vice-chairman; Mrs. Gail Handy of Berrien County, who sub­stituted for Mrs. Forrest Winberg of District 1; Mrs. Earl Braid, Oak­land county representing District 3; Mrs. Leon Dunning, Barry coun­ty, District 4; Mrs. Clyde Allen, Shiawassee county, District 5; Mrs. Wesley Mahaffy, Sanilac county. District 6; Mrs. Carl Johnson, Montcalm county, District 7; Mrs. Charles Gotthard, Wexford county, District 9.

Mrs. Wilma Sledge, director of women for the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation, gave a very fine talk on the individual's responsi­bility in a democracy. Miss Sledge flew from Jackson, Mississippi for this talk and appeared on the pro­gram through the courtesy of the Associated Women of the American Farm Bureau Federation.

The two German women, who had been guests of Michigan Farm Bu-eau families for the past twenty days, were also guests of the camp. The visitors were Frau Marie Heuchting of Bremem, Germany and Fraulein Lieselotte Handt of Kassel, Germany. They discussed their rural women's organization. Both were impressed by the beauty of the Interlochen area.

to feel that we pamper cows too much, especially in making quarters warm. He remarked that barns were built to be fairly warm be­cause man wanted it that way for himself,—not because the cows had to be coddled. He practically said money is wasted on our old system of housing.

Feed. Half the cost of dairying is in feed. Do we use the cow most effectively for low cost pro­duction? Prof. Peterson said the great supply of organisms in the paunch of a cow enables it to con­vert cellulose into food. Cellulose is the early stage of fiber in hay and forage crops. The next stage is lignia, a form of wood, and there is where the cow's efficiency goes down. This clearly indicates that ouf habit of leaving hay to bloom—and pasture to get a foot high—makes milk cost more.

New Zealanders claim that rough feeds can be made so good that they need no help for top production of milk. It is to be remembered that New Zealand's climate delivers mare rain and is milder. There are no barns for cattle. Production is heavy and concentrated, which makes for efficiency, too. One creamery produced 12 million pounds of butter from an area eight miles square.

Big production records are made in New Zealand on grass and hay— with no grain. One herd of 43 cows averaged 542 pounds of butter-fat per year. A herd of 105 Jerseys averaged over 500 :lbs. fat. One iden­tical twin was fed grass and hay The other twin had grain added. Noth­ing was gained by adding grain.

Prof. Peterson visited a farm which had been purchased after AVorld War I as abandoned. The former owner had produced wheat and oats. The present owner has 243 cows on 240 acres. No feed Is bought and the average production is 400 lbs. of butterfat per cow. The pasture is red clover and rye grass in equal parts.

The nitrogen content of the soil is so high that the grass analyzes 24% protein on a dry basis. The 240 acres is divided into 18 parts. Ten are used for pasture and 8 for hay.

New Zealand does so well, said Prof. Peterson for a number of reasons: (1) sufficient and timely rains (2) fieSds are extremely fertile because of heavy concentra­tions of cows, and additional appli­cations of fertilizer (3) climate is mild and cows graze 10 months of the year (4) rotational system of pasturing is used (5) fields are pastured early before lignia forms in grass. Hay is cut early.

Other rules are (1) cows graze down everything on plot allotted for day (2) stand must be sufficient so l/20th of an acre a day gives a good cow all she needs.

Prof. Peterson doesn't believe we can do here what is done in New Zealand. He says there still isn't enough protein supplement added to the cow's ration in the United

States. But he does use New Zea­land to point out that by increas­ing the fertility of our fields, we can step up the amount and qual­ity of our pasture. We may need less protein added to our grain ra­tion if we pasture earlier and thoroughly, if we will cut hay earlier, and possibly grass silage may help us out a heap.

The New Zealand dairy story interested me because of my dairy background, and my beliefs that better pasture and better hay can help lower costs,.

Top production, with no undue forcing, usually means the most economic production and the most profit to the dairyman.

Try to get top production with less grain, but when you need grain, we advise the concentrates that farmers make through their own co-operatives.

JUNIOR FB ACTIVITIES

The Michigan Junior Farm Bu­reau had a small delegation at the Midwest Training School held June 18 thru 21 at Sturgeon Bay, Wis­consin.

The camp season has begun for the JFB members. The northern part of the state held a week-end camp at the Alpena Boys Club near Hillman the middle of June. The Clear Lake camp was held June 25 thru July 1 in two sessions of

three days each. The staff includ­ed the JFB director and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Hennink, Eldon Win­ters, Don Phillips, Mrs. Louise Smith, and Don Kinsey of tho Michigan Farm Bureau and John Marks of the Indiana Farm Bu­reau. This camp was particularly for the newer members in JFB to help them understand the organiza­tion.

Two new groups have been or­ganized. One in Mecosta county with Mrs. Kunze and Mrs. Root of the women's committee in charge of arrangements. The other one in Iosco county with Frank Smith be­ing the leader for the formation of this group.

Berrien and Cass counties will be hosts July 8 to a group of about 35 Young Farmers and Homemak-ers from Tennessee Farm Bureau. This group of young people is simi­lar in type to our Junior Farm Bu­reau. !

The group will spend the day ' touring the various farms, Indus- i tries and co-ops in the two coun- • ties. In the evening the two ! counties will give a party in hon­or of the visiting group at Berrien Springs in the Lions Club building. The two counties extend an invita­tion to JFB members thruout the state to come to the party and help show the young people from Ten­nessee a fine time.

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Ideas From New Zealand Dairymen

By BOB ADDY Farm Bureau Services Feed Dep't

The early part of June I attend­ed the annual meeting of the Am­erican Farm Research Ass'n at Purdue University.

The Research Ass'n is an organi­zation of national and state Farm Bureau people who are interested in bringing the benefits of agricul­tural college research work to Farm Bureau members. At present the main interest is in feeds, fertilizers and petroleum products. Dr. George Scarseth is director of the Ass'n.

This year at the feed meeting W. E. Peterson, professor of dairy­ing at the University of Minnesota, spoke on "How to Lower the Costs of Producing Milk." Mr. Peterson had spent much time studying dairying in New Zealand, where the climate is mild and moist, and the market for milk is to butter and cheese factories. He drew on his observations very interestingly.

Four vital factors for low cost production, said Prof. Peterson, are: (1) breeding or inherited ability (2) lower labor costs (3) housing (4) feeding.

Breeding. New Zealand has the largest dairy experiment station in the world. It is checking results from 200 sets of identical twin heifers. One group of twins was getting 30% below normal nutri­tion and in another group the identical twin was getting 30% above normal nutrition.

There were beef twins and dairy twins. There were more differences within the groups than between identical twins. Two identical beef heifers gave 47 to 48 lbs. fat respectively for the test period. Two dairy identical twins gave 421 and 424 -lbs. of butterfat. Inheritance controlled their efficiency.

Lower Labor Costs. Chores are the biggest job. Planning the work—loration of feed with respect to mangers—handling of milk — care of stable and manure are places where we can check our operations to save steps, time and money.

Housing. Prof. Peterson seemed

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Making Trouble If Rain Goes Wrong

If all t h e Water v a p o r o w r y o u r h e a d w e r e to conn* d o w n at o n c e , t h o r e s u l t i n g r a i n w o u l d lu> s i x feet d e e p . One s i x t h of t h e w h o l e w e i g h t of t h e a t m o s p h e r e i s w a t e r .

Dr. Irving L a n g m u i r . a n. t h e G e n e r a l E l e c t r t e

« ,iiini»any. c a l l s a t t e n t i o n in the ' C h r i s t i a n S c i e n c e Moni tor n> w h a t h e c o n s i d e r s s o m e g r a v e p e r l i s In r a t n - r a a k t a g if c l o u d s a r e o v . r - . e d e d w i t h d r y Ice or e h e i n i

T h e d a n g e r l h a t Or. L a n g m n l r s o t - >• t h e o p p o s i t e of w h a t w a s f irs t f o r e c a s t in ra i l imukin .e . T h e n t h e idea w a s that sotne p e o p l e w o n l d b r i n g d o w n ra in for t h e m ­s e l v e s hut d e p r i v e o t h e r p e o p l " d o w n w i n d .

T h e l a t e s t i n f o r m a t i o n i s thnt if t o o m u c h of d r y i ce or c h e m i c a l s a r e pnt i n t o a c l o u d , t h e c l o u d g o e s i n t o a f o r m of c o l d s t o r a g e . T h e r e i s n o ra in f o r t h e a r e a w h e r e i t i s n e e d e d . T h e c l o n d d r i f t s a w a y per­h a p s h u n d r e d s o f m i l e s u n t i l i t e n ­c o u n t e r s a m o i s t a i r m a s s w h e r e i t i s a l r e a d y r a i n i n g o r a b o u t t o d o s o . T h e r e s u l t m a y be a t o r r e n ­t i a l r a i n w h e r e it i sn' t n e e d e d a n d c o n t i n u e d d r o u g h t w h e r e r a i n m a k -i n g w a s a t t e m p t e d .

T»r. L a n g m u i r e x p l a i n s t h a t r a i n ­d r o p s g r o w o n i c e c r y s t a l s in a c l o u d or o n d u s t p a r t i c l e s . In na­t u r e a c loud c a n cool d o w n t o ."!) d e g r e e s b e l o w a e r o c e n t i g r a d e be f o r e i t s s u b s t a n c e c h a n g e s t o i ce

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c r y s t a l s . B u t e v e n a b i t of i t c a n b e c o o l e d d o w n for a second t o t h a t t e m p e r a t u r e , i c e c r y s t a l s f o r m e d t h e r e w i l l s p r e a d t h r o u g h o n t t h e c loud .

P r y ice i s m u c h co lder t h a n 39 d e g r e e s b e l o w z e r o c e n t i g r a d e . T h e r e f o r e , it w i l l cool the c l o u d a n d s tart t h e r a i n m a k i n g p r o c e s s .

If t o o m u c h dry ice i s used , t h e w h o l e c loud f l a s h e s over i n t o i c e c r y s t a l s w i t h no free m o i s t u r e be-tarc n on w h i c h t h e c r y s t a l s c a n teed a n d b e c o m e r a i n . In t h i s

ft Dr. I . a n s m u i r . the c l o u d drifts- a w a y w i t h o u t r a i n i n g u n t i l it meet* w a r m e r or drier a i r t o c h a n g e it hack to the water vapor .

T h e cold s t o r a g e s t a t e of a c l o u d is not very p e r m a n e n t if it's d o n e With dry ice , but i t i s m u c h m o r e so if it h a p p e n s t h r o u g h the u s e of s i l v e r iodide a s the rain m a k i n g ag< ut.

C r y s t a l s of s i l v e r iodide a r e al­m o s t e x a c t l y l i k e i c e crys ta l s . B u r n ­i n g of s i l v e r i o d i d e produces 8 s m o k e c o n t a i n i n g b i l l i ons of sul>-mi( roscop ic c r y s t a l s per cub ic i n c h . T h e s e m a y be introduced in ­t o a ( l oud f rom a n a i rp lane or b y b u r n i n g s i l v e r i o d i d e on the g r o u n d u p w i n d f rom t h e c loud .

S i l v e r i o d i d e i s s o potent a r a i n m a k e r t h a t u n d e r ideal c o n d i t i o n s it is sa id t h a t s m o k e from l / 2 8 t h of an o u n c e i s e n o u g h to b r i n g d o w n 500,000 acre feet of w a t e r .

W h a t p e o p l e h a v e been d o i n g w i t h s i l v e r i od ide , s a y s Dr. L a n g ­m u i r . is to burn p o u n d s and p o u n d s of i t for h o u r s a n d hours i n per­h a p s a dozen g e n e r a t o r s . T h i s i s l i k e l y t o fill a c l o u d so ful l of crys ­t a l s t h a t t h e y m a y t a k e up a l l t h e m o i s t u r e a n d l i t t l e of it ran g r o w i n t o b i g e n o u g h d r o p s t o fall . T h e a r e a n e e d i n g ra in doesn ' t ge t i t .

S u c h a c loud i s m u c h m o r e per­m a n e n t l y in cold s t o r a g e than i s t h e e a s e w i t h i ce c r y s t a l s . T h e c l o n d dr i f t s unt i l i t m e e t s a m a s s of m o i s t a ir . A v e r y h e a v y r a i n m a y fo l low w h e r e it isn't n e e d e d .

Dr. L a n g m u i r t h i n k s that over-s e e d i n g c louds in t h e w e s t m a y h a v e pro longed t h e s o u t h w e s t e r n

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F a r m B u r e a u S e r v i c e s ' branch s t o r e s a n d m a n a g e m e n t contrac t p o i n t s s e t a n e w record for v o l u m e of b u s i n e s s t h i s s p r i n g . D u r i n g a n a b n o r m a l t w o - m o n t h s ' per iod . Apr i l a n d May. t h e y d id bet ter t h a n $2.-500,000 w o r t h of b u s i n e s s , w h i c h i s a n a l l - t ime h i g h . May w a s t h e l a r g e s t m o n t h for t h e b r a n c h s t o r e s in t h e h i s t o r y of F a r m Bureau Ser­v i c e s , Inc . T h e s p r i n g s e a s o n ' s b u s i n e s s r e p r e s e n t e d a n i n c r e a s e o f a l m o s t 1 2 % o v e r t h e p r e v i o u s year .

In a d d i t i o n to t h i s f ignre . t h e y h a n d l e d large a m o u n t s of govern­m e n t corn and w h e a t w h i c h i s n o t i n c l u d e d .

L a s t y e a r F B S branch s t o r e s a n d j m a n a g e m e n t c o n t r a c t p o i n t s d i d b e t t e r t h a n 60</r of t h e t o t a l vo l ­u m e of F R S b u s i n e s s . T h e ba lance w a s h a n d l e d by local co -operat ive a s s o c i a t i o n s a n d i n d e p e n d e n t F a r m B u r e a u d e a l e r s .

T h e S a g i n a w b r a n c h l ed t h e s t a t e l a s t year w i t h a v o l u m e of $1 ,500,000; T r a v e r s e City s e c o n d w i t h $737,000; a n d f o l l o w e d c l o s e l y by K a l a m a z o o w i t h $668,000.

T h e l a t e n e s s of s p r i n g a n d t h e r e l u c t a n c e of f a r m e r s to b u y t h e i r r e q u i r e m e n t s unt i l t h e y a b s o l u t e l y n e e d e d t h e m p laced a b u r d e n upon t h e s t o r e p e r s o n n e l t o g e t t h r e e m o n t h s w o r k d o n e i n t w o .

M u c h of t h e s u c c e s s of t h e sea ­s o n ' s b u s i n e s s can be t r a c e d back to t h e i n c r e a s e d a c c e p t a n c e by f a r m e r - p a t r o n s of F a r m Bureau o p e n f o r m u l a feeds , k n o w n o r i g i n s e e d s a n d h i g h a n a l y s i s f e r t i l i z e r s ; p a r t i c u l a r l y t h e s u c c e s s f u l opera­t i o n of t h e fer t i l i zer p l a n t t o mee t r e q u i r e m e n t s of p l a n t food .

A n o t h e r c o n t r i b u t i n g fac tor to t h e s u c c e s s f u l s e a s o n h a s b e e n t h e n e w m e r c h a n d i s i n g a n d a d v e r t i s ­i n g p r o g r a m c o n d u c t e d b y F a r m B u r e a u S e r v i c e s , Inc . i n a n effort to k e e p t h e f a r m e r - p a t r o n better i n f o r m e d a s to t h e c o m m o d i t i e s of­fered h i m by F a r m B u r e a u Ser­v i c e s .

T o r e w a r d t h e m a n a g e r s of F a r m B u r e a u S e r v i c e s ' b r a n c h s t o r e s and m a n a g e m e n t c o n t r a c t p o i n t s , a three -day c o n f e r e n c e w a s he ld a t I n d i a n Tra i l L o d g e a t T r a v e r s e Ci ty , J u n e 18, 19 a n d 20. S o m e 30 m a n a g e r s a n d t h e i r w i v e s , t o g e t h e r w i t h L a n s i n g o f f i c e p e r s o n n e l , at ­t e n d e d the three -day s e s s i o n . T h e p u r p o s e of t h e c o n f e r e n c e w a s to p l a n a s a l e s p r o g r a m f o r t h e com­i n g y e a r a s we l l a s t o a f ford m a n a ­g e r s a n o p p o r t u n i t y for s o m e wel l -e a r n e d r e l a x a t i o n .

C. L . B r o d y , e x e c u t i v e s ecre tary -t r e a s u r e r . F a r m B u r e a u S e r v i c e s , Inc . , i n a d d r e s s i n g t h e g r o u p a t tend­i n g t h e c o n f e r e n c e b a n q u e t , p o i n t e d out , "You can't b u i l d l o y a l t y b y jus t d o i n g t h i n g s for p e o p l e . T h e y h a v e to t a k e p a r t in t h e s a c r i f i c e s n e c e s s a r y to bu i ld a s u c c e s s f u l op­e r a t i o n . "

Mr. B r o d y sa id t h a t t o d a y t h e r e a r e q u e s t i o n s f a c i n g u s t h a t wi l l d e t e r m i n e our l i v e s for m a n y y e a r s to c o m e . H o w e v e r , t h e m a n n e r in w h i c h t h e s e q u e s t i o n s a r e s o l v e d i s m o r e i m p o r t a n t t h a n t h e ques­t i o n s t h e m s e l v e s .

H e t r a c e d t h e h i s t o r y of t h e or­g a n i z a t i o n back t o i t s e a r l y begin­n i n g i n 1919 b y p o i n t i n g o u t t h e t r e m e n d o u s g r o w t h m a d e i n i t s f i r s t y e a r of o p e r a t i o n a n d t h e ob­s t a c l e s faced f o l l o w i n g t h a t g r o w t h . H e e m p h a s i z e d t h e f a c t t h a t the y e a r s 1920 t o 1929 w e r e rea l ly " h a r d e n i n g - u p " y e a r s t h a t bui l t a f i r m f o u n d a t i o n u p o n w h i c h t h e o r g a n i z a t i o n n o w s t a n d s .

M a n y c o n t e s t s w e r e conduc ted d u r i n g the t h r e e - d a y per iod . A t o u r of t h e n e w F a r m B u r e a u Ser­v i c e s ' re ta i l b r a n c h s t o r e a t Tra­v e r s e Ci ty w a s a h i g h l i g h t of t h e c o n f e r e n c e .

Mailing of Insects Calls for Care

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Mr. A l l a n W i l l i a m s , p r e s i d e n t of t h e Fa ir ; proposed to p r e s i d e n t s of c o u n t y J r F B ' s r e c e n t l y t h a t the J u n i o r s s p o n s o r a s p o r t s f e s t iva l for y o u t h a t t h e fair . H e s a i d the m a n a g e m e n t w o u l d c o n t r i b u t e the p r i z e s a n d c a s h a w a r d s . H i s pro­posa l w a s accepted w i t h e n t h u s ­i a s m .

Mr. W i l l i a m s s a i d , " W e a r e v e r y m u c h p l e a s e d w i t h t h e s u c c e s s t h e J u n i o r s h a v e m a d e of .the ca fe ter ia pro jec t at t h e fa ir . W e w o u l d l ike t o h a v e y o u u n d e r t a k e t h i s propo­s i t i o n . "

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Get Sw. Clover, Alfalfa Now For Seedings

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U s u a l l y , sa id Mr. B e n n e t t , s t o c k s of n e w seed of s w e e t c lover and a l ­fa l fa if n e e d e d a r e a v a i l a b l e i n J u l y from K a n s a s a n d o ther n o r t h ­e r n s t a t e s t h a t a r e e a r l y X't'oducera of s e e d . T h a t i s u n l i k e l y t h i s y e a r b e c a u s e of t h e la te s e a s o n . T h e r e ­fore , t h e seed t h a t i s on h a n d i s t h e o n l y seed c e r t a i n l y ava i lab le for s u m m e r s e e d i n g s . A t t h e r e c e n t , s e e d trade c o n v e n t i o n in C h i c a g o d e a l e r s w e r e l o o k i n g for s w e e t , c l o v e r and a l f a l f a s e e d to br idge t h e gap unt i l n e w crop seed be­c o m e s ava i lab le . T h e F a r m B u r e a u . -f e e l s f o r t u n a t e in h a v i n g r e a s o n a b l e s u p p l i e s for s u m m e r needs .

F a r m e r s p l a n n i n g to s o w s w e e t c l o v e r and d o m e s t i c r y e g r a s s i n t h e las t c u l t i v a t i o n of corn s h o u l d g e t t h e i r s eed n o w , Mr. B e n n e t t s a i d . T h e r a t e of s e e d i n g recom­m e n d e d by t h e M i c h i g a n S t a t e C o l l e g e F a r m Crops dep't is 10 lbs . of e a c h per acre . T h e s e e d i n g a s s u r e s good fall p a s t u r e and s p r i n g p a s t u r e , or a crop of g r e e n m a n u r e t o p l o w u n d e r n e x t spr ing .

M i c h i g a n h a s o n e of t h e l a r g e s t ' a c r e a g e s of a l f a l f a i n t h e n a t i o n for p a s t u r e a n d h a y . A g r e a t dea l of s u m m e r s e e d i n g to a l fa l fa i s d o n e in late J u l y a n d e a r l y A u g u s t . In r e c e n t y e a r s w e a t h e r and o t h e r c o n d i t i o n s h a v e b e e n u n f a v o r a b l e f o r a l fa l fa s eed p r o d u c t i o n in Mich­i g a n and l i t t l e M i c h i g a n seed i s a v a i l a b l e .

F a r m e r s p l a n n i n g s u m m e r seed­i n g s of a l fa l fa , sa id Mr. B e n n e t t . w i l l s o w from 8 to 10 lbs . of al­f a l f a per acre , u s u a l l y w i t h 2 to I n e x t 3 l b s . of brttme g r a s s . B r o m e h a s e x c e l l e n t feed v a l u e and i t s pres­e n c e h e l p s in t h e s a t i s f a c t o r y cur­i n g of al fa l fa hay . T h e F a r m Bu­reau has a s s i s t e d f a r m e r s co-oper.i-t i v e s in g e t t i n g r e a s o n a b l e s u p p l i e s of M o n t a n a a n d D a k o t a G r i m m . W i s c o n s i n G r i m m , K a n s a s and U t a h common a l fa l fa seed , and l i m i t e d q u a n t i t i e s of c e r t i f i e d C o s s a c k and R a n g e r a l fa l fa seed . T h e n u m b e r of v a r i e t i e s i n d i c a t e s t h e r a t h e r l i m i t e d s u p p l i e s of s e e d .

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o n o m i c p r o s p e r i t y of avery pi rson In Mich igan .

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F a r m e r s are t b * m o s t imi rtant Customers the a u t o m o t i v e ir. u s t r j h i s . T h i s is not m y stai Stent, but a s t a t e m e n t of o f f i c i a l s <• Ctetl-eral Motors , f a r m e r s o w n iboni one-third of t h e t r u c k s a 1 a ferge share of t h e a u t o m o b i is. In Michigan they >buy m o r e motor veh ic l e s t h a n a n y o ther grou . And dairy farmers b u y m o r e true' 9 and a u t o m o b i l e s t h a n a n y bthei type of i m p o r t a n t f a r m i n g , m a n y more than the co t ton a n d s o y bean fann­ers w h o ra i se t h e i n g r e d i e n ' 1 for

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the i n c o m e of t h e d a i r y farr . er i s sharp ly reduced b e c a u s e h i s n arket h a s been taken a w a y f rom h OS by i m i t a t i o n da iry p r o d u c t s , tha t he •will not lie able to buy as nany t r u c k s and a u t o m o b i l e s in M i c i i g a n a s lie can n o w .

It is l i k e w i s e i n d i s p u t a b l e LS to w h a t t h e effect w o u l d be o, the a u t o m o t i v e i n d u s t r y . T h i s m a r k e t w o u l d l i k e w i s e fa l l off, prodi : t ion w o u l d drop, the n e e d f o r w c 'Iters w o u l d be reduced , a n d u n e r ploy-m e n t in th i s f ield w o u l d be a fore­gone c o n c l u s i o n .

W h a t appl ies to t h e auton -itive Industry l i k e w i s e a p p l i e s to every f ie ld of b u s i n e s s a n d i n d u s t r ; ' in M i i h i g a n . T h e g r o c e r , t h e butsher , t h e b a k e r , — e v e r y o n e w h o does b u s i n e s s w i t h t h e f a r m e r and those wli i do b u s i n e s s w i t h t h o s e w h o do b u s i n e s s w i t h ' t h e farmer—i- ould he hurt .

It doesn ' t m a k e s e n s e to bring y e l l o w o leo i n t o t h i s g r e a t , < a iry s ta te to benef i t t h e p o c k e t s of a few people a t t h e e x p e n s e of t h e economic w e l f a r e o f s o m e 6,000,000 c i t i zens .

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It i s e s t i m a t e d t h a t t h e r e are F a r m B u r e a u ' s l o n g - s t a n d i n g s u p ­

p o r t of t h e S t . L a w r e n c e R i v e r de­v e l o p m e n t p r o g r a m w a s r e i t e r a t e d 115,000,000 m e a l s s e r v e d e v e r y day l a s t w e e k b y A F B F s e c r e t a r y - in r e s t a u r a n t s i n the U n i t e d S t a t e s

t r e a s u r e r R o g e r F l e m i n g in a let­t e r to t h e H o u s e p u b l i c w o r k s c o m m i t t e e n o w c o n s i d e r i n g H . J. R e s . 271 w h i c h w o u l d a u t h o r i z e t h e projec t .

Mr. F l e m i n g s a i d t h a t , t o t h e g r e a t e s t e x t e n t p r a c t i c a b l e , t h e pro jec t s h o u l d b e o n a se l f - l iquldat -i n g a n d s e l f - s u s t a i n i n g b a s i s .

In t h e e v e n t a p p r o p r i a t i o n s for j c o m p l e t i n g of t h e p r o g r a m are n o t i m m e d i a t e l y f o r t h c o m i n g , a u t h o r i - j t y t o l a u n c h t h e p r o j e c t s h o u l d b e I g r a n t e d n o w s o t h a t w o r k cou ld h e t

s t a r t e d w h e n our n a t i o n a l e c o n o m y i i s a t a l o w e r l e v e l o f e m p l o y m e n t , j Mr. F l e m i n g ' s l e t t e r s u g g e s t e d .

D e v e l o p m e n t of t h e S t . L a w r e n c e i i s d e s i r a b l e for t h e w e l l - b e i n g of a g r i c u l t u r e , i n d u s t r y a n d labor i n j t h e N o r t h e a s t a n d M i d w e s t , i t w a s j e m p h a s i z e d , a s w e l l a s f rom t h e j s t a n d p o i n t for n a t i o n a l s e c u r i t y .

T h e A F B F l e t t e r s t r e s s e d t h a t j t h e p r e s e n t b i l l s h o u l d c o n t a i n ful

and 2,800,000 m e a l s s e r v e d every n a y i n r e s t a u r a n t s in M i c h i g a n . It is a p p a r e n t that t h e f r a u d u l e n t u s e of y e l l o w o leo a s a s u b s t i t u t e for but ter on t h e m e n u w o u l d , in it-elf, h u r t the b u t t e r i n d u s t r y of

t h i s s t a t e c o n s i d e r a b l y . B u t t h e r e is m u c h m o r e t h a n t h i s to the s tory

A b o u t 27 per c e n t of a l l da iry p r o d u c t s in M i c h i g a n i s but ter , but but ter h a s a m u c h m o r e far reach­i n g e f f e c t than t h a t o n d a i r y i n g .

B u t t e r is t h e b a l a n c e w h e e l of the i n d u s t r y , b e c a u s e b u t t e r is a s t o r a b l e product w h i c h can be m a d e from r e s e r v e s of m i l k d u r i n g the s e a s o n w h e n the c o w s g i v e m o r e mi lk . If there w e r e no butter , few f a r m e r s could s t a y i n t h e da iry b u s i n e s s , w h e t h e r t h e y m a d e but ter or not.*

T h o s e w h o k n o w n o t h i n g of the d a i r y b u s i n e s s , or w h o h a v e s o m e - p e c i a l i n t e r e s t a x t o g r i n d , fre-i n e n t l y ask , w h y don' t t h e f a r m e r s

l er p r o t e c t i o n , r a t e - w i s e , for b u l k ! »** » " t l l p i r m i l k f o r " u i d »W°S-

c o m m o d i t i e s m o v i n g o n t h e river.*8! ™ , " f.!me „ q U e S t ' ° " ^ " 1 ' ' • ? T h i s i s of p a r t i c u l a r i n t e r e s t t o ag-Icu l ture , s i n c e m a n y f a r m p r o d u c t s a r e b u l k y .

Farm WoodloU For Low Cost Lumber

B e f o r e y o u b u y a n y l u m b e r for f a r m b u i l d i n g r e p a i r , r e m o d e l i n g o r n e w c o n s t r u c t i o n in 1950, look o v e r your farm w o o d l o t T h e t im­b e r y o u n e e d m a y b e s t a n d i n g t h e r e . T h i s i s t h e a d v i c e o f L e s t e r E . Be l l , MSC e x t e n s i o n f o r e s t e r . H e r e c o m m e n d s c u t t i n g t h e t r e e s your­s e l f and h a v i n g t h e m s a w e d a t a l o c a l s a w m i l l , or c a l l i n g In o n e of j o l e o i ce c r e a m a n d o l e o c h e e s e .

a s k e d of y o u r grocer , w h y don't y o u s e l l n o t h i n g but b r e a d ? T h e a n s w e r i s , of c o u r s e , t h a t t h e r e isn't s u f f i c i e n t m a r k e t for f luid m i l k t o k e e p d a i r y f a r m e r s in b u s i n e s s , a n y m o r e t h a n a grocer (ot i ld s t a y in b u s i n e s s jus t s e l l i n g bread, or e v e n m o s t b a k e r i e s for that m a t t e r .

O t h e r O l e o P r o d u c t s . H o w e v e r , as i m p o r t a n t a s but t er i s , a n d as s e r i o u s a t h r e a t a s y e l l o w oleo­m a r g a r i n e i s to t h e p r o s p e r i t y of e v e r y s i n g l e person in M i c h i g a n , a g r e a t e r m e n a c e l o o m s o v e r the h o r i z o n . T h a t i s the parade of o t h e r o l e o p r o d u c t s — o l e o mi lk ,

t h e p o r t a b l e s a w m i l l s t o s a w t h e m r i g h t o n y o u r f a r m .

B u y F a r m B u r e a u q u a l i t y f e e d s .

T h e s e p r o d u c t s a r e b e i n g d e v e l o p e d in t h e c o t t o n S o u t h a n d are ready for t h e m a r k e t j u s t a s s o o n a s t h e l e g i s l a t i v e b a r r i e r s a r e b r o k e n

d o w n . If y e l l o w o l e o c o m e s to M i c h i g a n

it w i l l open the door t o t h e s e s y n t h e t i c and i m i t a t i v e products , and not on ly t h r e a t e n t h e but ter m a r k e t but the m a r k e t for e v e r y t y p e of dairy product s . That i s w h a t the 26 o leo m a n u f a c t u r e r s in t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s w a n t , and that is the ir goal. T h e y w a n t to take the b u s i n e s s a w a y f rom the great d a i r y s t a t e s and replace it w i t h i m i t a t i o n produc t s w h o s e ch ie f i n g r e d i e n t s a r e g r o w n in o ther p laces . Oleo products replace t h e anim.i l Cats produced in such s t a t e s a s Mich­igan with v e g e t a b l e fats g r o w n e l s e w h e r e .

Y o u wil l be i n t e r e s t e d to k n o w t h a t e v e r y t i m e a pound of oL,> is p u r c h a s e d in M i c h i g a n to replace a pound of but ter , the parahaaing p o w e r of M i c h i g a n a g r i c u l t u r e — m o n e y which could be used to b u y g o o d s m a d e la M i c h i g a n is depriv-ed of SO cents . O'.eo i- l ike a c a r n i v a l . P r a c t i c a l l y all the m o n e y you spend on it g o e s out of t o w n .

L i k e w i s e , I r e s p e c t f u l l y po int ou t t h a t oleo p r o d u c t s f lour ish on a d v e r s i t y . Oleo s a l e s increase dur-i n g w a r s , s t r i k e s a n d d e p r e s s i o n s . O l e o m a r g a r i n e h a s been descr ibed by the o leo i n d u s t r y t i m e s w i t h o u t n u m b e r as the "poor m a n ' s spread."

B y th i s a d m i s s i o n it is easy to s e e t h a t if 25 per cent of our peop le do not h a v e a s a t i s f a c t o r y s t a n d a r d of l i v i n g , t h e o leo m a n u ­fac turer has t h a t m u c h of a poten­t ia l m a r k e t for t h e "poor m a n ' s

spread ." If half t h e peop le of the c o u n t r y h a v e a sub-s tandard liv­ing , t h e n his p o t e n t i a l marke t doub le s .

S o i t would s e e m t o be a fair s t a t e m e n t of fact t h a t if the stand­ard of l i v i n g of a l l the people of th i s n a t i o n r ises to the p o i n t where w e h o p e it wil l , o l e o manufac tur ­er s wi l l have a d i f f i cu l t t i m e in­deed.

T h o s e w h o produce a n d sell dairy products , on the o t h e r band, are m o s t eager to s e e t h a t e v e r y one of our c i t i zens h a s su f f i c i en t in­c o m e to buy the da iry products which m a k e for g r a c i o u s l iv ing and good h e a l t h . A n y i n c o m e less than th i s is unsa t i s fac tory from the v i e w of ai l of a s , I a m sure.

Let m e pursue t h i s po in t a bit further . T h e N a v y t e s t ed several t h o u s a n d men las t year as to the a c c e p t a b i l i t y of o leo and butter. T h i s w a s a r e p r e s e n t a t i v e group from all parts of the c o u n t r y . T h e r e s u l t s s h o w e d that o n l y 2.69 per­cen t of the men preferred ye l low o leo to good c r e a m e r y butter . T h a t c a n be accepted a s a fa ir s tandard of the t h i n k i n g of the people as i w h o l e on the subjec t . Pr i ce w a s not i n v o l v e d in t h i s c a s e , and the c o u n t r y would fo l low t h e N a v y , I a m sure , if the s t a n d a r d of all the people today w a s s a t i s f a c t o r y .

O l e o S t r a t e g y . I p o i n t e d out that o l eo p r i c e s have r i s e n s ince the f irst of the year . A s you all k n o w , butter p r i c e s h a v e dropped. T h e s t r a t e g y of t h e o leo people in

y e l l o w oleo s t a t e s i s t o u n d e r s e l l bu t t er unti l a g o o d deal of t h e but ter has been d r i v e n off the m a r k e t , and t h e n to j u m p their p r i c e s to 44 c e n t s a pound, a f e w

(Continued on P a g e Sir)

A SANITARY

CONCRETE MILK HOUSE saves work—helps handle

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Concrete milk houses are easy to keep clean and sanitary, and are the most satisfactory means of meet-ins milk laws and regulations. They're storm- and fire-safe; eco­nomical to build and to maintain,

you'll find all the information you need on the construction of milk houses in latest edition of booklet, "Senitary Milk Houses." Write to-day for free copy.

PORTLAND CEMENT ASSOCIATION. Olds Tower Bfdg., Lansing 8, Mich.

LIABILITY INSURANCE FOR FARMERS

Our Home Guard comprehensive farm and personal activi­ties insurance policy covers the farmer's liability to the public in farm operations on and off the farm, and liability to employes of the farm. This policy provides you and your family with complete liability protection wherever you are and for whatever may happen.

Farm Bureau Mutual offers complete automobile cover­age for public liability and property damage, collision, and Comprehensive losses, including fire and theft.

Contact Your Farm Bureau Agent without delay. He can save you money. Insurance is limited to members of the Michigan Farm Bureau.

Agents for Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company Alcona—Edwin Dates , Harrls-

vllle. Allegan—John Elzinga, Hamil­

ton; Jaa. W. Curtis, Fennvil le R - l ; Lynn Ford H e a s 1 e y, Dorr; T. M. Kelsey, Martin.

Alpena—Clifton Jacobs, Alpena. Antrim—Walter L. Chellis, E l l s ­

worth R - l . Barry—Howard Bayley , Bel le-

v u e ; Clarence Longstreet, Mlddleville.

Bay—William B a t e a o n. Bay c i l y K-3; Adam Kraatz, Jr., Bentley; George Cnudde, Bay Cily K.4.

Benzie—Marlon V. N y e , B e u -lah.

Berrien—J. Burton Richards, Berrien Center; Lloyd Cuth-bert, Eau Claire R - l ; Oliver Rector, Benton Harbor.

Branch—C. Hugh Lozer, Cold-water; Mrs. Belle S. Newell, 30 N. Hanchet t St., Coldwater.

Calhoun—Eric Furu. Marshall; <;. A. Piepkow, ijprinajport.

Cass—Louis M. Walter, E d -wardsburg; Harry Shannon, Marcellus.

C l i n t o n — G a r e t h M. Harte, Bath; Charley Openlander, Grand Ledge R-3.

Eaton—Wilfred Rohlfs. Mil E . Shepherd St., Charlotte.

Emmet—Sidney Howard, Alan-son; J. W. Morrow, Levering R - l ; Folkert Slkkens, Carp Lake.

Genessee—George G I 11 e s pi e, Gaines; Ralph W i l l i a m a. Grand Blanc.

Gladwin—Kail Ran. TVavcrton. Grand Traverse—Win. Hooll-

han, Traverse City R-2; Ber­nard Kunky, Box 81, Center Rd., Traverse City.

Gratiot—Byron J. Beebe, St . Louis R - l ; George Saxton, Al­m a ; Harold E . Stone, VVheel-

er; Darwin P. Munson, Ithaca R-2.

Hillsdale—Ervin Lister, Hi l ls ­dale R-2; Herluf Midtgard, Reading R-2; Leon Kulow, Reading.

Huron—Bruce Crumbach, Bad A x e R-2; William Harwood, Jr., Harbor Beach; Edward A. Oeschger; Bay Port R - l ; Harold Heln, Port Hope R-2.

Ingham—Leon Fel lows, Mason R-4; Dell Mead, Dans ville.

Ionia—Clifton J. Cook, Lake Ode.ssa; Lynn Townaend, Ion­ia R-2.

Isabella—Donald Woodruff, Re­mus R - l ; Charles Gordon, Coleman R-l .

Jackson—Fred W. Ford, Mun-ith; Ivan Allison, Parma R-2, Herbert L. Town, Jackson R - l .

Kalamazoo—Carl R. B a c o n , Kalamazoo R-6; Emor Hlce, Plainwell.

Kent—R. A. Whlttenbach, Low­ell; Harold Buttrlck, Ada R - l ; Ralph Sherk, Caledonia.

Lapeer—Marvel A. Whlttaker, Metamora; Louis N. Payne, North Branch; Lyle Russell, North Branch.

Lenawee—Eldon A. Ford, Adri­an H- l ; Clarence Kaynor, Ad­rian R-2.

Livingston—Roscoe E a g e r , Howell R-6; Donald Leary, 1B62 Gregory Road, Fowler-vil le; Gale Holstngton, Fow-leiville.

Macomb—John Rinke, Warren; George Pohly, Lennox.

BJ. Schlmka, Manistee—Theo Onekama.

Mason—llobt. Scottvil le.

Mecosta—Joe Rosier, Stanwood U-2; Adolph Wulf, 61S S. Warren, Big Rapids.

Midland—Do n a 1 A Freeland R-t .

Missaukee—Gerrlt Koeter , Fal ­mouth.

Montcalm—Jamea Gager, Car­son City.

Montmorency—Fred Snow, Hill-man R-3.

J. Wittbpcker,

McMillan,

Monroe—Wilbur J. Lohr, Ida. Muskegon—William Sharp, Cas-

novla.

Newaygo—Glen J. Speet, 209 8. Stewart , Fremont.

Northwest Michigan—William Houlihan, Traverse City K-.s-Bernard P. Kunky, Box Hi, Center Road, Traverse City,

Oakland—Fred H. H a d d o n , Holly R-2; Lucius Lyon, Mil-ford R-4.

Oceana—W. Hull Teager, Hart

Ogemaw—Junior Guy Clemens, Prescott R-2.

Osceola—Russell McLachlan, Kvart.

Ottawa—Gerrlt Elzinga, Hud-sonviile R-2; Sam Rymer, Spring Lake.

Presque Isle—Byron Howell , Rogers City.

Saginaw—Anthony Latosky, 800 So. Washington, Saginaw

Sanilac—George Marsh, Mar­ietta; A. H. Laursen, Marietta R-3; Ross Hall. Croswell; Kenneth Robins, :S12 8. Hlk, Sandusky; .lack Marsh, Mar­i e t t a

Shiawassee—George L. Kirn, Owosso i:-J: Robert Drury. Durand K-J.

St. Clair—Wilbur C. Quick, E m ­met, R- l ; Frank 11. Burrows, Memphis. •

St. Joseph—Lyman E . Seller, Leonidas.

Tuscola—Kenneth Baur, Caro, R - l ; Norman A. McConnell. Akron R-l; Robert T. Dillon, i'nionvilli- R-l.

Van Buren—Art Drije, P a w P a w ; Earl Davis, P a w Paw.

Washtenaw—Envin F . Pidil, Dexter R-l; Nelson F . Stev­ens, 478 Clark Rd. Ypsilantl.

Wayne—Allen Tagg, Plymouth. 'R-3.

Wexford—Leon Cooper, R-2.

Meslck,

FARM BUREAU

MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY 424 North Grand Ave.

OF MICHIGAN - Phone 44549 - Lansing, Michigan

SATURDAY, JULY 1, 1950 M I C H I G A N F A R M N E W S FIVB

Farmers Buy They Own Factories W h e r e It Is M a d e

Michigan farmers a re purchas ing Co-op farm machin-

I ery at the rate of $ 2 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 a year . T h e y k n o w that

the Co-op farm implement p r o g r a m is the direct result

. of farmers looking toward their co-operat ive associations

lor farm machinery that will offer t h e m lasting service.

Years of effort have m a d e it possible for F a r m Bureau

pa t rons , together wi th fa rmers of o ther s ta te co-operative

organizat ions , to have fa rmer-owned a n d farmer-control­

led manufac tu r ing facilities tha t w e r e capable of produc­

ing $19 ,000 ,000 of farm e q u i p m e n t du r ing 1949.

These facilities, k n o w n as Nat ional F a r m Machinery

Co-operat ive, Inc., a re located at Bel levue, Oh io and

Shelbyville, Indiana. In addit ion, they have product ion

exchange contracts wi th the Cockshut t P low C o m p a n y

of Bradford, On ta r io , w h e r e b y they exchange the imple­

ments manufac tu red .

Million of Co-op Machinery Farmer Owned Factory

National Farm Machinery Coop­erative, Inc., is owned by 12 mem­ber regional farm supply co-opera­tives, which represent an est imated membership of 1,000,000 farmers in 26 states . The total value of common stock held by the 12 regional organizations as of De­cember. 194!). was $2,583,300. Mich­igan farmers ' share in this invest­ment is held by Farm Bureau Services', Inc., and amounts to approximately $230,000 or 9.8% of the total investment. ' Total assets of National F a r m Machinery Co­operative are valued at $5,600,000.

Production at NFMC's plants at Shelbyville and Bellevue now in­cludes corn and cotton planters . Brain drills, manure spreaders, disc harrows, cornpickers, wagons, side delivery rakes, t ractors , culti­vators, and garden t rac tors with several a t tachments . All of this equipment, except the garden trac­tor, is the direct-attached or pull-type, and is constructed for use with the Co-op tractor and Co-op pelf propelled combine, manu­

factured by t h e Cockshutt Plow Company.

To more completely round out its farm machinery line, NFMC is now in the process of developing a pick-up baler and a field chopper.

NMFC has increased i ts volume of business tremendously since the end of World War II. I t enlarged its forge shop at Bellevue in 1947, and a year la ter installed a half million dollar automatic condenser pour-type foundry. They also in­stalled at th is plant a conveyor sys­tem and a modern infra-red gas combustion oven as par t of its new spray paint system.

The co-operative has added a new engineer ing depar tment with drafting rooms, a work shop, lab­oratory, and an enlarged exper t mental tool and die department . It employs 15 engineers to design new farm machinery and 32 tool-makers to produce the tools for manufac tur ing this equipment.

Farm Bureau Services ' farm equipment depar tment now has somewhere in the neighborhood of

KILL FLIES the Safe and Sure Way

with UNICO FLY SPRAY G U A R A N T E E S L I V E S T O C K C O M F O R T

[Trtico P l y S p r a y For l i v e s t o c k is a c o n t a c t s p r a y t h a t is d e ­

p e n d a b l e . T h e b a s i c k i l l i n g a g e n t ' i s p y r e t h r u m e x t r a c t .

T h e s p r a y a l so c o n t a i n s l e t h a n e t o p r o d u c e a m o r e r a p i d

k n o c k d o w n . Oil c a r r i e r r e m a i n s on h a i r f o r r e a s o n a b l e

l e n g t h of t i m e to r e t a i n t h e r e p e l l i n g a g e n t s in t h e s p r a y .

W o n ' t t a i n t m i l k , s t a i n o r b l i s t e r a n i m a l s ' s k i n if u s e d a c ­c o r d i n g to d i r e c t i o n s .

ONLY DEAD FLIES ARE GOOD FLIES If y o u r l i v e s t o c k ' s w e i g h t is S l i p p i n g , t r y U n i c o F l y S p r a y . I t ' s so ld in g a l l o n , 5 g a l l o n c a n s , a n d in b u l k .

Buy At Your Co-op Oil Dealers FARMERS PETROLEUM CO-OPERATIVE, INC.

221 N. Cedar St. Lansing, Michigan

HOUSEHOLD GOODS

INSURANCE Y o u r househo ld goods a r e insured

not only w h e n they a re in the house

b u t also for liberal a m o u n t s outs ide

of the house . E v e n t he chi ldren 's

school books a n d bicycles a re cov­

ered.

This is just another example of the

broad protection you have when in­

sured in the Fremont Mutual. For

complete information contact your

local Fremont Mutual agent or write

the home office.

CcRemomrm I FIRE INSURANCE I I I H O M E O F F I C E — F R E M C

UTUflL C O M P A N Y

O N T , M I C H

Properly Delivered

Michigan farmers a re pa r t owne r s of this m o d e r n factory, which is cur rent ly

manufac tu r ing the ve ry popula r Co-op F a r m Implement a n d E q u i p m e n t line

used on their farms. Th i s is the Beilevue, Ohio , plant of Nat ional F a r m Ma­

chinery Co-operat ive , Inc. T h e r e is also a m o d e r n plant at Shelbyvil le , Ind iana .

Here at the Bellevue p lan t w e see : (1 ) engineer ing and exper imen ta l shop , ( 2 )

forge shop and mach ine room, ( 3 ) new, m o d e r n assembly line p lant , ( 4 ) pack­

ing and shipping bui ld ing, a n d ( 5 ) new, completely au toma t i c foundry .

Good Service Program

This is a por t ion of the service d e p a r t m e n t of F a r m Bureau Services ' fa rm

e q u i p m e n t retail s tore a t Lans ing . It is typical of m a n y similar shops ope ra ted

by F a r m Bureau Co-op Mach ine ry dealers t h r o u g h o u t Michigan. Ir^ these shops

p rompt , efficient service is rendered to all p a t r o n s bf Co-op e q u i p m e n t .

12 million dollars worth of farm machinery, farm equipment; and farm household and electrical appli­ances serving Michigan farms and farm homes. Wi th that amoun t of co-operative equipment in the state , you can well imagine the need for a top service program. — K»«ping in mind that service, to­gether with quality and price, a re the advantages offered co-operative patrons, F a r m Bureau Services ' farm equ ipment depar tment is mak­ing service to owners of Co-op equipment No. 1 job. It is a job tlrey are continually working on.

A ser ies of schools a r e held throughout the year to give in­struct ions to the servicemen of F a r m Bureau Services' farm equip­ment dealers . The program s ta r t s a t the factory. It continues through FBS's warehouses at Lansing, Kal­amazoo and Saginaw. At the factory emphasis is placed on quali ty mater ia ls and includes workman­ship and careful inspection d in ing manufactur ing. The program a t the factory also includes special a t tent ion to engineering, with con­siderable effort being spent toward latest developments and improving the design of Co-op equipment.

At Lansing, Kalamazoo and Sag­inaw, F a r m Bureau Services lias a farm equipment service staff. At these points schools a re conducted for the servicing of farm equipment. Many t imes local servicemen a re taken to the factory for t r a in ing by factory specialists.

One of the most important par ts of FBS's service program is its com­plete repa i r shop and i ts modern, quick service, repair par t s division tha t s tocks more than 100,000 different pa r t s for Co-op and Unico lines of equipment .

Many of Services ' farm equip­ment dealers a r e set t ing up com plete local service programs for their pa t rons . F a r m Bureau Serv­ices goes a step further by mak ing complete and proper deliveries of farm equipment whereby it is checked on the purchaser ' s farm and necessary adjustments made to make cer ta in that the equipment is in good opera t ing condition.

The farm equipment depar tment of F a r m Bureau Services, Inc. recently took over the farm equip­ment depar tments of Kalamazoo and Saginaw branch stores. They will be operated as separa te retail branches of the farm equipment depar tment . La r ry Brinker, forme.-farm equipment field representa­tive, is now manager of the Sagi­naw farm equipment retail store. Gaylord Klaver. former manager of the Bureau Services' warehouse a t Lansing, and previously a farm e q u i p m e n t representat ive, will supervise the activities of the B a t amazoo farm equipment retail branch.

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Placings in Clinton Field Day Contests

Featured even t s in the big Clinton County F a r m Bureau tractor Field day May 27 were t he plowing contes ts for two a n d three bottom plows. Judges in the contest included Martin Garn, of Char lo t te ; Louis Webb and Robert Dancer, of Ionia; Rex Hate r , of Carson City; Harold Wilcox,-<* Flint, and Louis Pung, of Port­land.

' Contes tan t s were scored on t h e basis of 110 points by each judge. A total of 6G0 points would have represen ted a perfect score. Included in the 110 points were the following—Backfurrow, straight , good coverage. sli:;htly ridge, 20 po in t s ; deadfurrow, s traight , good coverage, shallow^ 20 po in t s : evenness of c rowns , 10 points; s t r a igh tness of furrows, 10 points ; uniform depth and proper dep th of 7 inches of furrow, 10 points ; pulverization, 10 points ; nea tne s s of headlands . 10. po in ts ; t r a sh coverage, 10 po in t s ; safety of equipment and t ractor , 10 points .

On t he bas i s of a perfect C>60-point score the con tes tan t s in t he two events placed as follows:

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P r o p e r del ivery of Co-op f a rm e q u i p m e n t p lays a n i m p o r t a n t pa r t in t h e

service p r o g r a m of F a r m Bureau Serv ices ' farm e q u i p m e n t d e p a r t m e n t . H e r e

we see W e n d e l Cox, F B S farm e q u i p m e n t represen ta t ive , p o i n t i n g out s o m e

special fea tures of the Co-op self-propel led combine to its n e w purchase r s , M a r t e n

G a r n , Mich igan F a r m Bureau director , a n d Rober t Kl ine , both F a r m B u r e a u m e m ­

bers of Ea ton C o u n t y . Every piece of F a r m Bureau Co­

op e q u i p m e n t is p roper ly adjusted a n d delivered t o the r a r m ready for w o r k .

Paul Wolf, Farm Bureau member of Wil l iamston, received del ivery of a new Co-op E-3 t r ac to r from Wendel Cox, FBS represen ta t ive . The t r ac to r was field checked upon delivery and a t the end of the first 1000 hours of opera t ion it will be completely checked over. Mr. Cox is answering a quest ion about the operat ion and functioning of the C o o p cult ivator mounted on the t ractor .

Here we see a port ion of F a r m Bureau Services ' modern, quick service p a r t s sect ion of the Fa rm Equipment depar tment a t Lansing. More than 100,000 par ts for Co-op and Unico farm and electr ical equipment a r e carr ied in stock. F a r m equipment retail b ranches at Kalamazoo and Saginaw h a w similar set ups as well as Has t ings and other dea le rs over the s ta te . '

We Can Reduce Farm Accidents

F a r m i n g has moved up from fourth to t h i r d place a s t he most dangerous way of, mak ing a living, according to the Nat ional Safety Council records .

The present r a t e of fatal farm accidents is about 17,500 per year. More than a million fa rmers ex­perience more or less disabl ing ac­cidents in t he course of a year.

The way to reduce fa rm acci­dents is to learn and obey farm safety rules. Some of t hem a r e :

1—Keep walks, s teps in good repair , l ighted and clear. Keep ladders in good repa i r and handy if needed.

2—Stop machinery before oil ing, unclogging or adjust ing. Keep all guards and safety devices in place. Don't wear loose, floppy clothing around machines .

3—Start t rac tors smoothly , t u r n corners slowly, avoid d i tch banks , soft g round. Always h i tch to d raw

bar . 4—Keep bul ls in safe pens . Nev­

er handle unless properly res t ra in­ed. Speak to an imals when ap­proaching them.

5—Know and obey all traffic laws.

6—Don't smoke a round barn . Dbn't use kerosene to s t a r t fires. Pour kerosene or gasol ine out doors to prevent accumulat ion of t reacherous vapors. Dry clean out doors. Store inflammables safe dis­tance from buildings.

7—Don't t ry to lift any th ing too heavy for you. Keep back s t r a igh t and lift heavy loads wi th leg muscles.

8—Keep guns unloaded. Never a im at a n y t h i n g you don' t want to shoot.

9—Never swim alone. Never dive wi thout first knowing depth . Never s t and up in small boats .

10—Use r igh t tools for job and keep them in safe place.

11—Give prompt a t t en t ion to even m i n o r injur ies . |

Appeasement is sur render on the ins ta l lment plan.—Arthur H. Van-denberg.

Henry won't feel so good cither, after eating that chunk of cabbage leaf dust­ed with Farm Bureau Dust No. 3. Try . . . # Kami Bureau Dust No. 1

for potato insects and di­seases.

# Farm Bureau Dust No. 3 for bean beatles and leaf hoppers.

# Farm Bureau Dnst No. 5a for insects and di-s e a s e a of cucumbers, melons, squash and .simi­lar plants.

# Farm Bureau Dnst No. 5. A general purpose gar­den dust for diseases and insects that attack gar­den vegetables,

ASK FOR FARM DUST AT YOUR FARM BUREAU OR

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FEEDS and FEEDINGS Here's 2 Statements by an Expert

READ THEM AND SEE IF YOU AGREE: J Losses in young animals, such as : hogs, calves, sheep, chicks, and poults, average

$500,000,000 a year and one-half of this loss is caused hy poor nutrition, both of dams and offspring.

*• Livestock grows best and remains healthiest when their nutrition is biologically * efficient, and this usually means economically efficient. Animals are like ma­

chines: their greatest efficiency is developed by full feeding.

Farm Bureau Provides Efficient Feeds F a r m B u r e a u S e r v i c e s s u p p l i e s y o u w i t h t h e m o s t e f f i c i e n t f e e d s t h a i c a n he m a d e . W e u s e V i t a m i n s I'.IL*. A & D, R i b o f l a v i n , C h o l i n e , N i a c i n , P a n t o t h e n i c A c i d , a n d A. I ' .K . A n t i b i o t i c s a r e c a r r i e d in o u r A . l ' . F . s u p p l e m e n t s . W e d o o n r b e s t b e c a u s e y o u ' v e h i r e d u s t o d o t h i s j o b . W e a r e p r o u d of t h e r e s u l t s F a r m B u r e a u f eeds ge l f o r t o p f e e d e r s in t h e s t a t e .

You Must Provide Good Management M a n a g e m e n t m u s t be r i g h t if f e e d s m a k e y o u the m o s t p r o f i t . D o y o u fu l l - f eed g r o w i n g s t o c k ; p u l l e t s , p i g s unrl c a l v e s . ' D o y o u m a k e s u r e t h a t t h e y a r e c o m f o r t a b l e , t h a t t h e h e n h o u s e is cool a s p o s s i b l e , t h a t t h e y h a v e g o o d g r a s s r a t i n e . ' D o y o u k ' - e p w e i g h t o n c o w s on p a s t u r e b y f e e d i n g t h e m m o r e c a l o r i e s a n d less p r o t e i n } H a v e y o n g o o d p a s ­t u r e f o r h o g s ? Do y o u r o t a t e p a s t u r e s I

E F F I C I E N C Y IS N E E D E D .MORE T H A N ' E V E R B E F O R E . Y O f " V E G O T I T ' USE I T !

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U N I T E D W E A R E S T R O N G D I V I D E D W E A R E W R O N G !

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North Ingham CommunityBureau entertained members ofBunkerhill, Vantown and Millvillegroups in .May at Dan ville's newtown hall. Judge Sam StreetHughes of Lansing spoke on theimportance of the privilege of vot.ing. Others who contributed to aninteresting program were L. J. Fel-lows, chairman, Mrs. CarroIl Glynn,Elizabeth Carr, l\Iyris Singer,Geneva Chelf and Dorothy Brooks,Milton Larson, Francis Bust, andthe North Ingham kitchen band.

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The original augcr-typc com-bine. It ';; the only full-jewclledcombillc; eycr')' bcaring- is a 1'01-ICI' 01' ball. The dil't,ct fecd fromangcr to cylilldcr affords a uni-form fOl'ccd reed at all timc;;.Over 10 feet of ~cparatinglengt h. Built fol' years oftrouble-free, faithful scrncc.

duct denied any privileges, andthis is also a fallacy. This pro-duct bas many. privileges deniedbutter. Let me name a few:

Oleo can lJe .fortified withsynthetic viwmins in an effort tocompete with the natural vitaminsin butter: benzoate of soda can beadded to preserve it; the oils can behYdrogenated 50 it can imitate thesmoothness of butter; diacetyl can'be added so it tastes like butteI';skim milk can be adlled for te~tureand taste; it can be bleached toremove unsavory wstes, tints andcdors, and In the state of Michiganoleo can be colored any color ofthe ralnuow except butter yellow.

Now the fight for this sameuutter yellow, for the one andonly purpose, as far as the oleopeople are concerned, is to takeaway the market of the largestindividual business in the state ofMichigan. If this is done therewll\ not lJe even cl'ocodile tears shedby the farmers of the cotton South,or by the big oleo manufacturers,but it will be a sad day indeed Corthe people of Michigan.

I have sought to make the follow-ing }>Oints: ,

First, that Michigan is a greatdairy state, and that dairying Isthe state's largest individual busi,ness.

Second, thaI. the facts show thatthe housewiCe, whether she ison the farm or in the city, dependsfor her happiness and security oCher home, on a prosperous agricul-ture, business and industry.

Third, that the invasion of yellowoleo into Michigan if permittedthrough referendum vote nextNovember, wll\. open the door tooleo milk, oleo cheese and oleo icecream, and will first do damageand then ultimately bring disasterto the great dairy industry of thestate:

Fourth, that it must then follow,as the night the day, that agricul-ture in this state will no 10ngeI'be prosperous, and the effect willbe felt on every line of_ business"nd industry.

Fifth, that th',m the security anahappiness of the homemaker willbe threatened, and the people ofthe state will fall far short in seek-ing their goals of prosperity.

This will be a great tragedy forall. No well-meaning citizen ofthis state wants this to come about.The best way.to assure that thisdoes not happen is fOI'every citizenwho is genuinely interested in theIl\'OSperity of the state to go tothe poIls on November 7 and vote"No" on this u~fortunate proposal.

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There is only one won.hwhile reason for using theCo-op Side Delivery Rake, and that is to make better.hay and make it faster.

The rolling action of this rake turns the heads into.1he center of the windrow, leaving the heavy butt endsof the stems out where they will dry faster. The entire"\\;indrow dries more evenly and in less time, The hay,'is better because few, if any, of the leaves are lost by'.shattering.

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cents within butter prices. If theyreally wanted to furnish a "poorman's spread" today they woultlstick to white oleo.

A great deal has ueen s~id bythe oleo people about dairy farm.ers buying oleo. To listen to them,you would think that the farmerspractically live on it and nothingelse. The truth of th~matter ismuch to the contra ry.

\Ve have analyzed the spreaduuying habits of some 50,000 Mich.igan farm .families. Ea(,h family,we found, on an average buys morethan two pounds of good creamerybutter each week. The oleo claimthat dairy farmers love oleo, likea good many advanced by the oleopropagandists, doesn't hold waterwith any citizen who stops to thinkabout it.-It goes hand in hand with th~statements of some citizens groupsat Washington who, when theyplead .for oleo for all, break downand admit that in their own homesit is "butter at our house." Thecotton South senators, who stressthe merits of oleo through hundredsof thousands of words in speechesuefore their colleagues, eat goo!!creamery butter in the Senaterestaurant and would have nothingelse.

Some of the organized grocers ofMichigan, anll this doesn't makemuch. sense, are actually' leadingthe drive to ur'ing yellow oleo intothe state. No man gets hurt worsethan the grocer when the prosperityof his customers is lessened. Thesegr,ocers are actually working tocut down the income of the peoplewho come into their stores to buytheir goods. Some of them willoverlook this fact because they areconfused 'by glowing reports of ex-pected yellow oleo profits. but thesound thinkers, we uelieve. wiIItake no part in this move to sellthe pI'osperity of the state ofMichigan down the rivel'.

Oleo propagandists also like topass off their product as "countryfresh." They lend color to this mis-statement by getting grocers to putoleo in the refrigerator dairy case,where you will find it many times.A glance around the store, how-eyer, will show the same oleostacked up in the heat of the room,without refrigeration. where itdoes very ,tell for weeks at a time,ttlanks to the preservative in it.

Oleo Is likewise pictured as a pro-

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firms that bought the live stock.But the farmer has his moneypromptly.

The Exchange's commission forlIerforming such services is $1 perhead of cattle.

'''Where can one get as much for$11" Ike asked. "About as common-place job as a haircut costs $1 Inmost plaoos,"

Coldwater' Co.operative Conlpanyis installing a new two ton capacityfeed mixer and a high speed corncrusher.

Last year Coldwater Co-op didmore than $1.000,000 of businesswith 3,100 member patrons. It paida 4'70 patronage dividend on thatbusiness, of which 20% was in cashand 80r" was in certificates of in-debtedness. At the same time itpaid 3'70 Interest on the outstand-ing certificll1tes of indebtedness, forthe years starting with 1947. Allothers have been redeemed for the14 years Coldwater has been issuingthe certificates in payment of pat-ronage dividends. Coldwater oper-ates a branch at Union City. M. H.Wallace is general manager.

The time to control graSShoppersis when they are small and beforetheir wings grow where they canmove into crops, warned D. A. Caul,county agrlculltural agent.

Each fall surveys are made of theadult grasshoppers. Last fall, thenumber was about the same as in1948: Weather, however, will havea lot to do with how well theyhatch out and grow. Dry weathertends to make the Michigan prob-lem worse.

Watch fields tor graSShoppersand at the first sign of activity, getafter the small bugs. Recommendedcontrols are the same as for lastyear.

Use sprays or dusts made fromeither Chlordane or Toxaphene. Fora spmy use 1 pound of actual chlor-dane per acre or 11h pounds of ac-tual .toxaphene per acre. For a dustthe rate is stepped up for chlordaneto 1% pounds of the actual chemi-cal and for toxaphene to twopounds of the actual chemical.Some of the places these dusts orsprays can be used effectively areon fence rows, margins of alfalfa,wheat, corn, and potato fields, onalfalfa stubble and alfalfa seedings.These sprays and dusts should notbe used on alfalfa or any otherfoliage crop being cut for feed, onpastures Intended for grazing soon-er than 60 days after treating, orany crop intended for feed for live-stock. Also do no' repeat trellit-ments on potato fields.

NEW' EQUIPMENTFOR COLDWATER.

BEGIN HOPPERCONTROL WHENTHEY'RE SMALL

Ike Walton, manager of the Mlch~igan Live Stock Exchange, saysthat the commission paid to theExchange for selling a bead of live-stock Is the best dollar bargain thatproducers get anywhere.

The Exchange service begins withad\'ice during the feeding periodif requested. Later Exchange sales-men are ready to come and appraisathe animals, suggest when theyshOUld be marketed. and give otherinformation of interest.

'Vhen the shipment arrives at.the yards' at Detroit, Exchange mentake over. They see that the stoc!tIs unloaded properly, watered, fed,and put into the pens, Exchangasalesmen are keen judges of livestock. They know how to bargainwith lIacker's representatives to getthe ,full market value for the lIro-ducer.

When the stock Is sold, thl1Exchange tha.t same day sends itscheck to the farmer. The check Isbacked by a $490,000 bond toguarantee payment. The Live StockExchange assumes wha.tever risk ordelay there Is In col:lecting trom the

town, through misunderstanding .DOBSON HEADSand propaganda, attacks the basisof a balanced farm income he sets

about to explOde a power' keg un- SERVICES PAINTder himself. He is helping createhard. times.

Smaller farm incomes mean few- & STEEL DEP'TSer dollars with which tq buy gro-ceries. The modern farmer buysmuch of his food. It means less Effective June 1, \Vanen E.business on Main St. in the hard- Dobson assumed the responsibili .ware stores, clothing stores, ap- ties of manager of Farm Bureaupliance stores, feed stores, and Services' steel, paint and asphalt

d I roofing department. He :replaced.farm implement ar. auto sa es- drooms. It means fewer movies ana George Fansler, who resigne toice cream sodas. It drains bank ac- go into private business.counts and makes bank loans and Mr. Dobson .has ha~ some 30credit less secure. There is less years of expenence With co-opera-business, fewer jobs, unemploy- tive business. He b~a~e the sec-ment all along the line Iit town and. ond .manager of the QUInC! Co-op-city. Merchants and workers eratlve Elevator Comp~ny In Janu.tighten their belts. a:y, 1921, and served lD. that capa-

This interdependence of Ameri- city for 7 years. In Febl uary, 1931,ca's economy is good and right. It he assu~ed the duties of manage.rmeans that the farmer, city work- of the first Far~ Bu~ea~ bulk Oiler, business man and industrial plant at. Ba~avla,. Michigan. HI!orporation can and should build became dlstnct fIeld representa-

~Ogether. They must serve as a tive for th.e Michigan Farm .Bureauteatn to create and maintain a pros- memberShIp department In No-perous state. They must solve Yen.lber, 1937. :lr. Dobson becametheir problems by joint personal assls~an~ manal?er of Farm ~ure~uaction. That which hurts indus- Services seed department III No-try hurts agriculture. Low ern- yember, 1943. H~ also served onployment hurts agriculture. And several ~o-operatlve b?ards, andwhat hurts agriculture hurts busi- was preSident of the Branch Coun-ness and employment. The farm- ty Farm Bureau.er's problem is, after all, a prob- ------------lem \for the city person even thoughhe I1'tS never seen a farm!

In a democracy people muststudy and understand each other'sways of life. They must work outa well-adjusted program so thatall benefit mutually. But thismust be done by the personal ini.tiative of the people concerned, andnot be turned over to big govern-ment. The people should acceptthe problem as their own.

Clashes and misunderstandings,fights to gain superior economicposition, the aggression of groupagainst group-all these lead to-ward either a socialistic or totali-tarian state.

After all, farmer and non-farm-er, the needs of the people areclosely similar. All want happi-ness, freedom, a measure of pros.perity, a chance for health and edu-cation. Do we think frequentlyenough that our happiness andwelfare are dependent upon thatof our neighbors?

Should we not invite our townand city neighbors into our groupmeetings or into county meetingsto consider problems, and exchangeviewpoints?

Questions for Developing Com.munity Farm Bureau Conclusions.

1. What action cen we take asfarm people to improve our reolationships and our mutual under-standing with urban people?

2. How can we best present Ol1rcase in considering the farmersproblems today?

3. What kinds- of contacts andmeetings can we hold with urbanpeople to bring about rural-urbancooperation?

4. 'Vhat can our group do to pro-tect rural interests at the poll,:;next November?

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Background Material for Discussion This Month byOur Community Farm Bureau Discussion Groups

By DONALD D. KINSEYDirector of Research and Informa.tion

It has been revealed in th~ past few months the degreeto which public opinion has swung against the farmer.You hear people talking about it. "The farmer is gettingrich '" "Food costs are out of proportion to the pricesof industrial goods." No one knows the falsity of thisopinion better than the farmer does. Yet, the propagandamill grinds its grist effectively.

It leaves the farmer with a problem and a job to do .A vast effort must be made to get the truth of the matterbefore the people who live in the towns and cities. Wehave to talk soundly to our city neighbors.

These people have no opportunity to examine recordspertaining to farm business. They are not going toexamine U. S. Department of Agriculture records whichcite that the per capita farm income in 1949 was $763for the year, while that of the non-farm population was$1,555. These things are of no concern to them.They see prices rise on butter and pork chops and con-clude that the farmer is getting another rakeoff. Veryfew of them know that the farmer's share of the fooddollar has been a scant 47c on the average, and that thebalance of food costs come from processing, handling,transporting and sales commissions'

Can they be expected to know that if the farmer gaveaway food it would not make much difference in theprice to the consumer ? For example, if he gave milkaway it would stilI cost 12c a quart to the consumer inChicago. A $10 pair of shoes would stilI cost $8.65.A 65 dollar suit would still bring around $62. The farm-er gets only a bit over 2c of the price of a loaf of bread.

Our city pop~lations originally came from the farmsto a large extent. This was true of much of our immi-grant population. Perhaps the grandfathers of thesegrouas knew and appreciated farmers' problems. Butmany of the present descendants have never seen a farm.

Some of them have seen a cow only in pictures-usually grazing peacefully in a pasture. The cost offeed? She just eats grass' How does she give milk?Just put the pail under.the spigots! The farmer, in their"imagination, just waits for things to grow, and then hegoes out and picks them to sell. They have never livedthrough a working day on the farm. They work theireight-hour day cooped up in an office or factory "":hile"the farmer is out enjoying the sunshine and blue ofthe sky." These airy dreams of farm life are theirrealities. They need to learn the truth.'

What do they know of field work, illustrated by a case. No doubtstorm and bitter wind, of tolling many of you have seen John Do-to save crops against weather dam- neth's. article in the Michiganage and other losses that come'! Farmer for l\1ay-"What aboutThey have never fought crop and Farm Profits?" Mr. Doneth takesanimal diseases, weeds, and pests. the case of a typical farmer, GeorgeThey have never worked late into Bowers, and shows what has hap-the night to get spring plowing pened to their farm income over adone after a late spring. ten year period. Mr. Bowers does

Be~ause people don't know about general farming .. While his grossthese thipgs there is more anti- income is 34.8% higher than itfarm feeling today than ever be- was in 1939, total expenses havefore in history. Distorted propa- also increased 32.90/0. This seemsganda has produced it. The mo- favorable. Net income did in-tives for this propaganda are poli- crease somewhat, but the cost oftical. But why should the public living has gone up 75% during thebe so ready to snap onto such same period. Machinery went tothings as the supposed "potato almost a luxury level. Mr. Bowersscandal" of 1949? Why should the took an act.ual cut in net earn in?"farmer be given all the blame for in 1948 of 29'10, and another mthe surpluses? They have forgOt- 1949 of 270/0. 1947 was the peakten that the government geared year. But all this time laborfarm production to a high level to wages in the factories continued tolLeet the emergency of the war. spiral under the illlJ>act of strikes.They see only their own problems and the goods he must buy becamenow. more expensive.

High food prices?- They cannot Mr. Bower's case was chosen Mbe considered as high unless we typical of the average. Michigancompare them in relation to other farmer. His plight is clearly de-commodities which the customer picted in the drop of the parity ra-and the farmer buys. Are automa- tio--the ratio between what thebiles high in price? Automobile farmer get! for his products afprice indices have increased 26.3% against what he pays for supplies,in the four years since the war. equipment, and living need. ThisCosts to the farmer on farm ma- ratio shows a decline from 132 inchinery (city-made) increased January of 1948 to 94 in January56% from 1945 to 1949. Farm i.n- of 1950.comes have been undergoing de- A very critical point in thisclines, while city wages have con- whole problem, a point that shouldtinued on an upward spiral. be seen clearly by the non-fatm

Such a trend can create a condi- people is that the welfare of thetion of distress. Prices on farm nation as a whole depends upon thcequipment and supplies are reach- welfare of agric.ulture. Agricul-ing a level where the farmer must ture is one of the biggest business-think long before buying, and in es, in the country in terms of themany cases get along with what he actual investment. The slashinghas. The value of his dollar has of farm Incomes is bound to re-shrunken considerably. flect itself inevitably in the reduc-

Is the complaint about high fooll ed purchases of Industrial goods.prices justified? The actual aver- In the 1920s the people came toage cost of the market basket for the false conclusion that we haflthree persons has gone down con- arrived at an Industrial economy.sistently slnce'1919 If we calculate They thought that they could dis-it in terms of the hours of labor regard the condition of the farm.necessary to buy it. This, rather er. But the crash of 1929 wasthan the dollar, is a true standard Ispurred by shocking declines ofof comparison. Consider the num- farm income.ber of work weeks per year needed The farmer is still a key factorto buy food for three persons:' in the economy of our country. His

1919-23.3 weeks problems will be disregarded only1929-17 we~ks at the expense of all business.i939-13.2 weeks The farmer Is a good customer1949-13 weeks of industry. He. purchases moreBy those terms food is now the than one-fourth of all the trucks

cheapest it has been in 30 years! driven In Michigan. The passen-The American pUblic Is eating ger car is a "must" for the modern

better in 1950 without laying out farmer-he has long distances toany greater percentage of its in- travel to husiness and social cen-come for food than it did in 1929. ters. Better than 85'70 of ourIt Is eating more of the things it Michigan farms depend upon auto-likes-meats, fresh vegetables, and mobiles. The question is, can hedairy llroducts, and less of the continue to buy them at presentstarchy cereal products. and future prIces?

The farmer's problem is well When the dweller in a city and