P. B. Members In Sixty Counties

Read the News MICHIGAN FARM BUREAU NEWS "Make Farming A Business—As Well As An Occupation"

PUBLISHED BY THE MICHIGAN STATE FARM BUREAU FOR ITS MEMBERSHIP

VOL U, No. 2 .JANUARY 25, 1924 Issued Semi-Monthly

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ANNUAL FARMERS' WEEK AT M. A. C. COMBINES EDUCATION, CONFERENCES,

SIGHTSEEING AND ENTERTAINMENT All Roads Lead to College Where Farmers and

Their Families Will Gather to See New Buildings, and Prize Stock and

Enjoy Splendid Programs

Michigan farmers and their fam­ilies from all parts of the state will gather at the Michigan Agricultural College from February 4 to 8, for the annual Farmers Week confer­ence.

That the event will be fully up to the high standard set in recent years is indicated by advance. announce­ments of exhibits, conferences, and general program.. All of the fea­tures which have, won approval in former Farmers Weeks will be re­tained, while new forms of enter­tainment and information have been added to increase the effectiveness of the program.

Nearly thirty different agricul­tural associations and groups, head­ed by the Michigan State Farm Bu­reau, will hold special meetings dur­ing the week. In many cases these gatherings will take the form of an­nual business meetings, while in others informal educational pro­grams are scheduled.

Largest in point of numbers rep­resented will be the Farm Bureau, with business meetings listed for Thursday and Friday, February 7 and 8. The Michigan Improved Livestock Breeders and Feeders As­sociation, with its 17 affiliated breed associations, will also represent thousands of farmers.

Other of the larger associations with meetings scheduled include: Michigan Crop Improvement Asso-cation, Michigan Potato Producers Association, Michigan Soils Associa­tion, Michigan Muck Farmers Asso­ciation, Michigan Poultry Associa­tion, and the Michigan Nurserymens Association.

Exhibits to be Varied Exhibits prepared for the Farmers

Week visitors will cover a wide vari­ety of subject matter. From material of special interest to the houeswife, prepared under direction of the col­lege home economics division, the displays will run through many phases of agriculture and rural life, to engineering^ and general educa­tional matter. -

The best of Michigan's grains will be shown in the annual competitive show of the Michigan Crop Improve­ment Association. Many of the en­tries which won high honors for the state at the recent International Hay and Grain Show in Chicago will be included in the 500 samples which have been entered in this contest. As a result, some of America's finest crops will be on display.

Another exhibit of special beauty and interest will be the horticultural show, staged annually under direc­tion of students of the college. Fruit and flowers will transform the M. A. C. armory into a fragrant and beautiful show room.

A round-up poultry show, special showings of potatoes, engineering equipment featuring radio devices, and other interesting and instructive booths will be included in the ex­hibits.

Programs Entertaining Music and entertainment features

figure largely in the general pro­grams as announced for the week, with authorities on matters pretain-ing to agricultural and rural life booked for addresses at intervals.

Motion pictures, dramatic produc­tions, various musical numbers, a debate on important economic ques­tions, and evenVathletic contests find their place on the program.

Prominent among the speakers will be Eugene Davenport, former dean of agriculture at Illinois Uni­versity and nationally known writer and speaker on agriculture; Dr. Hugh Cabot, dean of the school of medicine at the University of Michi­gan; L. J. Tabor, of Columbus, Ohio, Master of the National Grange; Verne Branch, director of municipal markets in the cUy of Detroit; Dr. R. S. Shaw, acting-president of M. A. C ; and H. R. Smiths national live­stock commissioner, of Chicago.

Special Woman's* Program Women will have a special pro­

gram of their oWn during the week. Making their headquarters in the new M. A. C. Home Economics Building, which is to be opened for­mally during the week, the ladies have their own series of exhibits and meetings. Specialists from the col­lege home economics division will lead discussion on various special problems of the home and its man­agement.

The M. A. C. latch string will hang on the outside of the door all through the week, as the college plays host to its farmer freinds of the state. The laboratories and class rooms will be open for inspection. The extensive livestock equipment of the institution will be groomed for company, and the instructors and specialists in the various agricultural departments will be ready for per­sonal conference with visitors on any special agricultural problems they

BUREAU ALFALFA IS USED TO COLD

WEATHER IN UTAH Grown 4,700 Feet Above Sea

Level, This Seed Will Stand Our Winters

"Some people think because Utah is located in a latitude south of Michigan that seed from that sec­tion may not be adapted to our con­ditions," says J. W. Nicolson, Man­ager of the Farm Bureau Seed Dep't. "However, the Farm Bureau always carefully examines all factors con­nected with the section from which their seeds are obtained. While Utah is south of Michigan, the sec­tion from which we obtain our seed has so much higher altitude that the climate is very similar in its sever­ity to ours.

"If you were up in the air about four thousand feet above most of our Michigan land, you would prob­ably find it a pretty cool spot right now. Our Farm Bureau Utah Com­mon Alfalfa is grown at an elevation of 4,700 feet. Our own representa­tive, who is now loading out some of our seed which has been purchas­ed from farmers in Utah, reports that since the first of January there have been several days when the temperature has been from ten to nineteen degrees below zero."

When you buy Michigan Farm Bureau Brand seed in sealed brand­ed bags you can be assured that you are getting the benefit of the most scientifically and practically select­ed seed available.

M. A. C. on Parade Is Feature of Big Week

The special pageant, known as "M. A. C. On Parade," which has been a feature of Farmers Week for the past three years, will be staged again on Thursday afternoon, Feb­ruary 7. Nearly a mile of the move­able equipment and personnel of the college, including horses, cattle, sheep, swine, farm machinery, rep­resentatives of various student or­ganizations, and the entire M. A. C. military detachment, headed by the famous college band, will pass in re­view around the college drives.

DON'T HOLD YOUR SEED TOO LONG

If You Think the Market Is Going Higher, Send In On

Consignment Basis

Nearly every spring, in trying to hit the top of the market, many farmers and dealers hold their seed so late in the winter that when the big seed rush comes in the spring, terminal handlers cannot buy it on account of the lack of time to prop­erly clean and condition it for the market.

Of course there is a lot of differ­ence between most country elevator cleaned seed and that put out under the Farm Bureau Brand. To properly clean seed so that it can be sold un­der a guarantee and analysis re­quires time, and those who wish to profit by the prices prevailing be­tween now and the spring seeding season should get their seed on the market soon, or they are likely to find that, while buyers would be only too glad to handle their seed if it was in a cleaned condition to sell to retail trade, the same buyers are not interested in seed in the dirt that requires a lot of cleaning.

For those who think that the mar­ket is going higher, the Farm Bu­reau offers its consignment service, under which the grower can consign his seed, receiving an advance of practically 75 per cent of its value, and can have his seed cleaned and prepared for market and held ready for the spring rush, if the seller so instructs.

Port Huron, Jan. 23.—St. Clair Co. Farm Bureau's annual meeting today endorsed a two cent gasoline tax for highway financing.

may wish to discuss. Farmers Week has come to be the

great agricultural conference of the state each year. More than 5,000 have attended for the past two years, and plans have been made to ac­comodate as large a crowd again from February 4 to 8.

STATE FARM BUREAU OFFICERS & DIRECTORS

They Directed the Work of the Organization During JS>ii.'t

Top row, left to right—E. A. Beamer, Blissfield, Live Stock Exch. direc­tor; Sec'y-Mgr. C. L. Brody, Lansing; Mrs. Edith M. Wagar, Carleton; Fred Smith, Elk Rapids, Potato Exch. director; Fred VanNorsdall, Three Rivers, Treasurer; L. Whitney Watkins, Manchester; Pres. W. E. Phillips, Decatur, Elevator Exch. director; James Nicol, South Haven; M. B. Mc-Pherson, Lowell.

Bottom row, left to right—E. C. McCarty, Bad Axe; Vice-Pres., M. L. Noon, Jackson, Milk Producers Ass'n director; George Friday, Coloma.

TO DISTRIBUTE REFRIGERATOR CARS MORE EQUITABLY AMONG THE SHIPPERS

Proposed Method and Rules Intended to Reduce Car Detention, Stop Duplication and

Inflation of Car Orders

Proposed rules for the distribu­tion of refrigerator cars among com­peting shippers when the total sup­ply of cars available is not sufficient to fill all orders, will be one of the leading subjects for discussion at the next meeting of the Great Lakes Shippers' Regional Advisory Board at Grand Rapids, February 19th.

The State Farm Bureau is repre­sented on this board, composed of railroad men and shippers' represen­tatives who meet together to devise methods of improving the service given the public. The need for a method of distributing refrigerator cars whereby unjust, though unin­tentional, discrimination and prefer­ence between Competing shippers and districts may be prevented, the duplication and inflation of orders for cars be eliminated, has long been recognized by railroads and shippers.

The proposed basis for refrigera­tor car distribution is also intended to reduce the detention of cars at loading points by making the num­ber of cars furnished any shipper de­pendent upon the quantity he has available for immediate loading, and upon his ability to load promptly. It is also proposed to distribute the railroad cars with recognition of the extent to which any shipper has been provided with leased or privately

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PRES. COOLIINJF/S ADVICE

Asked for a message to young peo­ple, Pres. Coolidge said to the Nat­ional Congregation-Church conven­tion at Westfield, Mass., "You tell them to work hard and behave them­selves."

WE LEAVE THE ANSWER TO YOU

Here Are the Facts on the Co-operative Marketing

of Livestock

Two years ago there was not a Producers Co-operative Commission Association in existence, such as Michigan, Ohio and Indiana Live Stock Exchange and State Farm Bu­reau men now have at the East Buf­falo stockyards. Today there are 14 Producers Co-op houses at as many principal live stock terminal mar­kets.

The Producers have grown from total business of about $217,000 for the first month of operation to a business which now runs around $10,000,000 a month for the 14. Nine months' savings to the Pro­ducers in 1923 amounted to $300,-000. The Buffalo co-operative Pro­ducers Commission house is returning to its Michigan, Ohio and Indiana member shippers a patronage divi­dend of $24,234, about $10,000 of which will come to Michigan. Before we had the Producers and such co-op­erative exchanges as the Michigan Live Stock Exchange Co-op Commis­sion House at Detroit, no one ever heard of the old line houses return­ing to their shippers a savings divi­dend of $4 for every car shipped to them during the year. This is what the Producers did on the same com­mission the old line houses get, and the Producers got better prices for their patrons. Does co-operative marketing pay? We leave it to you.

Notice On Milkmaker!

.Many members who contract­ed Farm Bureau Milkmaker dairy feed for the winter are saving money through the op­portunity offered in the sliding .scale price by having their February allotment shipped to them in January. Some are having both their March and February shipments ordered out of the mill before the last day in January. This is mighty good business and saves the dairyman the storage cost.

Every man who has contract­ed Milkmaker should get in touch at once with his local co­op manager or whoever is handling Milkmaker at his sta­tion and order out his Feb. or Feb. & March shipments so to get them moving tius month. Have your co-op mgr. telephone or wire the Farm Bureau Pur­chasing Dep't to ship another car this month. The time is getting short. Do it today.

BUREAU'S STAND ON LEGISLATION

GIVEN CONGRESS Every Congressman Informed

What Am. Farm Bureau Members Seek

Washington, Jan. 1",—The Ameri­can Farm Bureau's legislative of­fice at Washington, in accordance with resolutions adopted at the Farm Bureau's annual meeting at Chicago last December, has address­ed a memorandum to all members in Congress, covering the legislative subjects in which the Farm Bureau has an interest. This letter has been delivered to members in Congress, with the assurance that the Farm Bureau will be active on every item.

The Bureau re-affirms, its advo­cacy of the nation accepting Henry Ford's offer to lease, complete and operate the U. S. nitrates plant at Muscle Shoals, Alabama, and asks for a vote on this measure without delay, reminding Congress that it has been held up for two sessions. Senator Ladd of South Dakota and Rep. Madden of Illinois have intro­duced bills urging acceptance of the Ford offer.

Favors Truth-In-Fabrics The Bureau wants early action on

the Capper-French trnth-in-fabrics bill, providing that all woolen goods will be labeled to show the percent­age of virgin wool and other ma­terials. The bill asks for common honesty in marketing woolen goods. A bill of this kind has been before Congress for 20 odd years.

The Farm Bureau insists that ac­tion be taken to levy our taxes equit­ably, that the measure of ability to pay taxes for support of the national government is net income/ and that taxes should be laid so as to tend to the equitable destribution of

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Program SIXTH ANNUAL STATE FARM

BUREAU MEETING

Feb. 7-8, Ag. Hall at 10 A. M.

Appointment of Committees. Minutes of Last Annual

Meeting. Report of Credentials and

Rules Committees. President Phillips' Address. Sec'y-Mgr. Brody's Report. Treasurer's Report. Reports by Heads of Farm

Bureau departments. Recommendations f r o m

Board of Directors. Election of Michigan State

Farm Bureau Directors. Report of Resolutions Com­

mittee. New Business.

Pays to Ship Poultry To F. B. Produce Exch. One of the advantages of the Mich­

igan State Farm Bureau was recent­ly appreciated by a farmer living in Eckford township, Calhoun county, who shipped two crates of poultry to the Farm Bureau Produce exchange at Detroit.

These two crates of poultry con­sisted of 40 fowls, 28 hens and 12 cockerels. The hens brought 25 cents per pound and the cockerels 23 cents. The hens weighed 143 pounds and cockerels 61 pounds. The total check for the 40 fowls was $49.78. The total expense of shipping and selling these fowls through the Farm Bureau Produce exchange was $5.72, and the shrinkage between the farm and Detroit was 11 pounds on the lot.

Before making this shipment to Detroit, the seller was offered 18 cents for the birds by local parties which would have brought him $37-.02 for his fowls, but by shipping them to Detroit, he was able to net $44.06. Allowing for a shrinkage of 11 pounds at 18 cents would be $1.98 plus the offer of $37.02 would amount to $39.00, or a net saving of $5.06 or 14 per cent.

It is through little transactions of this sort that the farmer is appre­ciating the benefit of his Farm Bu­reau organization and a few mo­ments expended in hunting up a bet­ter market is meaning more dollars and prosperity ot the farmers.—Oli­vet Optic, Jan. 17, 1924.

HOW ARE THESE EGG AND POULTRY PRICES?

Following are the prices obtained for members shipping poultry and eggs to the Farm Bureau Produce Exchange at 2610 Riopelle St., De­troit, on January 16-17: Heavy hens, 5 lbs. and over....25-26c Medium hens 22-23c Fancy Springs 23-24c Medium Springs 20-21c Leghorn Springs 17-18c Small Hens under 4 lbs 17-18c Fat ducks, 5 lbs. and over 26-27c Medium ducks 23-24c

Capons will soon begin to move. Large fancy stock, 8 lbs. and over will probably run around 32c Fresh eggs, current receipts....40-42c Extra fancy white hennery

eggs 44-45c Live Rabbits 22-23c

Prospects are for a steady market.

FREIGHT RATE REDUCTION, MARKETING AND MONEY SAVING SERVICES WILL

BE HEARD AT ANNUAL MEETING Delegates to 6th Farm Bureau Convention

Hear Progress Made in 1923; Will Lay Down Policies for Coming Year;

Every Member Invited

to

$ 3 3 5 PROFIT FOR 6 6 3 HENS IS NEW DECEMBER RECORD

Demonstration Farm Shows Poultry Profitable If

Rightly Handled

Caro, Jan. 24 — Does it pay to keep poultry? Ask Harry Burns of Millington and he will tell you that it does and he can back up his state­ment with a record of $33 5 profits from his farm flock for the month of December.

Mr. Burns has a flock of 500 white Leghorn pullets and 163 hens. His pallets were hatched early and he has kept them confined in the poultry house since October, is using artificial lights and is feeding bal­anced rations. During December these 500 pullets laid 9,315 eggs or 776 dozen. His older hens are kept in a separate coop, are carefully handled but are not artificially lighted nor fed a strong laying ra­tion because they have been select­ed for breeders and Mr. Burns wish­es to use eggs from them for hatch­ing purposes next spring. However, even without any forcing, these 163 hens laid 804 eggs during December. Altogether, Mr. Burns sold $440.00 worth of eggs and had a feed cost of $104.69, leaving a balance above feed cost of $335.31 for the month.

Mr. Burns is one of eight Tuscola county farmers who are conducting poultry demonstration farms in co­operation with the M. A. C. Poultry Dep't and the Tuscola County Farm Bureau. College and Bureau men of­fer expert advice and help in culling the laying and breeding stock, in planning feed rations, securing de­sirable breeding males, etc. These Tuscola county poultry demonstra­tion farms not only show neighbor­ing farmers how to handle their poultry at a profit, but also serve as sources for breeding stock of pure breeding and high producing ability.

Other Tuscola county farmers wbo are conducting similar demon­stration farms are: Walter Ayre, Caro; B. S. Cummings and Brand-ton Little, Millington; W. C. Morse, Oagetown; and John Hughes, H. B. Densmore and Arthur Tonkin, Fair-grove.

SAVES BORROWERS $ 6 0 INJNTEREST

Sanilac Bureau Helps Build Largest Federal Farm

Loan Ass'n

Sandusky, Jan. 24—The Sandus­ky National Farm Loan Ass'n, or­ganized largely by the Sanilac Coun­ty Farm Bureau as a service to mem­bers there, has loaned Sanilac farm­ers more than $400,000 in govern­ment funds, on which they are sav­ing more than $6,000 annually in interest charges due to the low rate of interest. Furthermore, the loan pays off as the interest is paid. This is done by having the borrowing farmer pay 6% per cent on his loan; 5% is interest and the remaining one per cent pays the loan off in 34 Vz years. He may pay the principal off faster if he wishes. The average loan of the Sandusky Ass'n is for $4,000. Today there are 100 mem­bers in the Ass'n and it is figured that they are saving about $60 each annually in interest through the Fed­eral Farm Loan.

The Sandusky Farm Loan Ass'n is the largest of its kind in Michigan. It has $175,000 in loans which have been appraised and accepted and will go through this winter. The Ass'n is 18 months old. Its officers, elected recently, are:

President, William G. Lincoln of Melvin; vice president, D. T. Knight of Marlette; secretary and treasurer, John D. Martin of Sandusky; direc­tors, William Roskey of Croswell, William Malloy of Palms and Will­iam Meyers of- Carsonville, Head­quarters are at the Sanilac County

Farm Bureau office, Sandusky, Mich.

HAY SHIPPERS ARE SAVING $ 2 0 A CAR

Bureau Helps Ontonagon Shippers Get Freight

Rate Cut

Ewen, Jan. 24—About a year ago County Agent W. N. Clark of Onton­agon County took action to compel the railroads in his county to reduce unfair freight charges for hauling hay. It was costing hay producers of the southern part of the county 24 *£ cents per hundred to move hay from their farms to the logging camps in the northern part of the county, a distance of 75 miles, whereas hay could come from Chi­cago for 28 cents, a 392 mile dis tance. Hearings were held before the Michigan Public Utilities Com mission in which the Michigan State Farm Bureau Traffic Department gave assistance to the Ontonagon shippers. The Commission decided in favor of the shippers. Beginning January 15, 1924, hay rates between the producing points of Ewen, Lins

'tedt, Matchwood and Topaz to the logging camps at Ontonagon, Miners Spur and Tolfree and White Pine were reduced an average of around 8 cents per hundred. The same ap­plies to shipping stations on the C M. & St. P., between Sidnaw and Ontonagon and on the D. S. S. & A., between Ewen and Sidnaw. These new rates represent a savings of ap­proximately $20 per carload of hay shipped and opened up a good hay market to southern Ontonagon coun ty porducers.

Foremost in importance among the farm organization meetings to be held at M. A. C. during Farmers' Week will be the sixth annual meet­ing of the State Farm Bureau, to be attended by voting delegates and others, numbering several hundred in all. They will represent the co­operative business affairs and trans­portation, legislative, and organiza­tion interests of 75,000 Michigan State Farm Bureau members in 83 counties.

The meeting will be held In Room 401 of the Agricultural Bldg., Febru­ary 7-8, beginning at 10:00 a. m. Thursday, the 7th. Officers of the State Farm Bureau will report on the big program of work carried out this past year. The delegates will lay down the policies for the coming year by adopting resolutions which chart the course of the big organiza­tion. The delegates will alio elect the State Board of Directors and the directors will choose the President and vice-president for the coming year.

Explain Big Freight Cut Outstanding accomplishments of

the State Farm Bureau which will be reported at this meeting will be its victory in the Michigan Zone Rate Case, wherein a two years' fight has resulted in a reduction in farmers' freight rates amounting to $500,000 a year. Tbis reduction is effective

Resolutions! According to 1923 resolu­

tions, all 1924 annual meeting resolutions bearing on legisla­tion must be sent tbe Secretary of the State Farm Bureau at Lansing, in time to be printed' and delivered to the delegates on the first day of the annual meeting.

St. Joseph Officers

Centerville, Jan. 24—Officers for the St. Joseph County Farm Bureau for 19 24 are : President, Fred Van Norsdall of Fabius; Vice-Pres., H. B. Schmidt of White Pigeon; Ex­ecutive Committee, William Munson of Constantine, A. J. Cass of Burr Oak, C. D. Leland of Mendon.

on or soon after March 21, 1924, and affects every county in the Lower Peninsula or Michigan with the ex­ception of those, on the Indiana and Ohio line. Rate savings of $2 to $10 per car on outgoing and incom­ing farmers' business will be noted. In the Thumb hay shipments will benefit about $10 a car.

It is generally agreed that this victory could not have been won for Michigan shippers without the vigorous, determined and persistent action of the State Farm Bureau and its five powerful affiliated com­modity exchanges—the Michigan Milk Producers Ass'n, the Michigan Elevator Exchange, the Michigan Potato Growers Exchange, the Mich­igan Livestock Exchange and the Michigan Fruit Growers Inc.

Other outstanding transportation benefits to be told will be the work of the State Farm Bureau in prevent­ing the abandonment of a principal railroad serving hundreds of pros­perous farming enterprises In the Thumb. Also the Fa/m Bureau's success in bringing 2,000 refrigerator cars to the relief of apple and potato shippers last November at a time of extreme car shortage. These and many other transportation services were accomplished by the Bureau through its Traffic Department.

To Tell of Feed Serrice The State Farm Bureau Purchas­

ing Department will show that Mich­igan Farm Bureau Milkmaker, the Farm Bureau's truth-in-feeds 24% protein dairy ration, is now handled by 264 co-operative associations for Farm Bureau members. That the 1924 tonnage of Milkmaker is double that of 1923 and in two years it has become one of the most widely sold of all dairy feeds in Michigan. The Purchasing Dep't will also announce truth-in-feeds poultry and chick feeds and other feeds wherein the in­gredients of the feed are shown pound for pound on the bag. The Purchasing Dep't will explain the co­operation of the Ohio, Michigan and Indiana Farm Bureaus in taking over the output of a fertilizer plant for their members at favorable terms, also similar arrangements pn coal and other supplies.

The Farm Bureau Seed Dep't will have an interesting story to tell on the development of high quality seeds by a farmers' organization, leading up to the point where the State Farm Bureau is now able to send its Farm Bureau brands of guaranteed seed direct to the mem­ber in trade-marked sealed bushel bags and sacks of other sizes.

Folks attending the annual meet­ing will be surprised to learn that twelve other Farm Bureau states de­pend upon the Michigan Farm Bureau for high class clover seed and other field seeds, and that there we have built for ourselves a good market for whatever surplus we have. They will learn that the State Farm Bu­reau has a high standing among the

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MICHIGAN FARM BUREAU NEWS Published twice a month by the Michigan State Farm Bureau a t Char­

lotte, Michigan. Editorial and general offices at State Farm Bureau head­quarters, Lansing, Michigan. %

VOL. II. JANUARY 25, 1914 No. 2

Entered at the post office at Charlotte, Mich., as second class matter. Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage provided for in Sec. 1103, Act of Oct. 3, 1917, authorized January 12, 1923.

Subscription Price 50c Per Year, Included in dues of Farm Bureau Members.

E. E. UNGREN Editor S. M. POWELL, Ass't. Editor

flICHIGAN gTA M BUREAU

OFFICERS j W. E. PHILLIPS, Decatur President M. L. NOON, Jackson ' Vice-President FRED VAN ORSDALL, Three Rivers Treasurer

Directors-at-Large JAMES NICOL South Haven L. WHITNEY WATKINS : Manchester M. B. McPHERSON Lowell MRS. EDITH M. WAGAR Carleton EARL C. McCARTY Bad Axe GEORGE FRIDAY Coloma VEROLD F. GOUMELY Newberry

Commodity Directors FRED SMITH, Elk Rapids Michigan Potato Growers Exchange M. L. NOON, Jackson Michigan Milk Producers Association ELMER A. BEAMER, Blissfield Michigan Live Stock Exchange WALDO E. PHILLIPS, Decatur Michigan Elevator Exchange

CLARK L. BRODY, Lansing Headquarters Secretary-Manager

State Farm Bureau Business Departments at Lansing Seed Traffic, Claims Service General Offices Purchasing Wool Advertising

At Detroit Michigan Farm Bureau Produce Exchange 2610-16 Riopelle St.

At Grand Rapids l

E. L. EWING, State Farm Bureau Traffic Counsel Murray BMg.

Michigan Commodi ty M a r k e t i n g Associa t ions Aff i l ia ted W i t h Michigan S t a t e F a r m B u r e a u

Michigan Potato Growers Exchange Cadillac Michigan Milk Producers Association 707 Owen Bldg., Detroit Michigan Live Stork EbtcJouifffl 425 N. Butler St., Lansing Michigan Elevator Exchange Farm Bureau Bldg., Lansing Michigan Fruit Growe-ns, Ine Benton Harbor

Directors and Officers of MICH. ELEVATOR LXCII.

W. E. Phillips, Pros Decatur L. C. Kamlowske, Vice-Pics

Washington Carl Martin, Sec.-Treas.. .Coldwatcr L. E. Osrner, JIgr Lansing C. S. Benton, Beans Lansing D. P. Howie, Hay Lansing James Nicol South Haven If. D. Horton Kinde George McCalla Ypsilanti John Nicoison Marietta M. R. Shisler Caledonia F. M. Oehmke Bach

MICH. POTATO GROWERS KXC1I.

Henry Curtis, Pres Cadillac Fred Smith, Vice-Pres. Elk Rapids s. H. Rogers, Sec East Jordan C. C. Wells, Gen. Mgr Cadillac O. S. Wood, Trcas Barryton J. 1). Robinson Levering J. T. Bussey Provomonl Ernest Snyder Lake View

MICHIGAN FBUI James Nicol, Pres South Haven M. I). Busklrk, V. Pres. . .Paw Paw F. L. Bradford, Sec.-Treas

Benton Harbor Miller Overton Bangor J. F . Higbee Benton Harbor A. J. Rodgers Beulah XV. E. Phillips Decatur W. S. Seymour Bridgman Allan B. Graham Elberta A. L. Burt Fremont

the Commodity Exchanges MICH. MILK PRODUCERS ASS'N N. P. Hull, Pres Lansing John C. Near, Sec Flat Rock B. F. Beach, Ass't. Sec Detroit II. XV. Norton, Treasr.... . , .Howell ML L. Noon Jackson C. R. Watson Imlay City L. W. Harwood Adrian W. J. Thomas Grand Rapids Ray Potts Washington Fred W. Meyer Fair Haven Dr. W. C. McKinney Davisburg .lames J. Brackenberry Bad Axe Elmer Powers Clio

MICH. LIVE STOCK EXCH. E. A. Beamer. Pres Blissf ield W. J. Perry, Vice-Pres

Grand Blanc J. H. O'Mealey, Secy Pittsfoid I'. AI. Granger, Treas Charlotte Alex Lindsey Decker Edward Dippey Perry ('litis. Woodruff Hastings O. H. Uiuiciman Lowell L. E. Willett Laingsburg C. V. Tracy Ithaca

T <: ROWERS, INC. 1'. I>. Leavenworth...Grand Rapids W. J. Schultz Hart L. A. Ilawley Ludington Herbert Nafziger Benton Harbor C. J. Chrestensen Onekama 11. W. Gowdy New Troy O. R. Gale Shelby John Lang Sodus John Bottema Spring Lake Bert Gleason Lawrence

American Farm Bureau Federation O. E. BRADFITTE President J. W. COVERDALH Secretary GENERAL OFFICES A. F. B. F 58 East Washington St., Chicago GRAY SXLVER Washington Representative LEGISLATIVE HEADQUARTERS Munsey, Bldg., Well ington, D. C.

STILL TIMELY AFTER FIFTY YEARS

" W e propose meeting together , t a lk ing together , work ing to­gether , buy ing together, selling together , and, in general , ac t ing toge the r for ou r mutua l protect ion and advancement , as occasion m a y r e q u i r e , " — F r o m t h e " D e c l a r a t i o n of Purpose of the Pa t rons of Husbandry . " adopted by the Nat ional Grange in 1874.

TO REACH THE GOAL WE MUST ALL TRAVEL THE SAME ROAD AND CARRY OUR SHARE OF THE LOAD

D u r i n g the l a t e w a r I hea rd a minis ter say as p a r t of a pa t r io t ­ic speech, " W h a t e v e r you are or wha teve r you do—do your best. If you are a Pro tes tan t , be a good one ; if you are a Catho* lie, be a good one, if you are an Amer ican citizen, be a good o n e . " At t ha t time I thought of the mau who had hes i ta ted about buy­ing a bond for fear t h a t t h i s coun t ry would lose out in the war and he might not be able to get his money back . H e failed to see tha t before th is country would .surrender, he would be called up­on to r isk the wor th of more than, one bond and if such a th ing as fail could happen to our nat ion, his money would not be wor th anyth ing , anyway.

And this same advice comes hack to me oi'ten t imes when considering any of the problems tha t con front us . If only we would be good citizens in every sense, good pa rents , good neigh­bors, good farmers, good e l iurdi people and also good F a r m Bureau folks, how many of our problems would solve themselves.

By being good citizens we would only ask for wha t was good; for the nat ion as a Avhole and not what we as a fraction des i red ; as good pa ren t s , we would aim to give our chi ldren the very best advantages t ha t would be for thei r good, bu t we would refuse them, th rough our kindness, tha t which they wan ted if we could see t ha t i t would be ha rmfu l to them. As good neighbors , we would prac t ice the Golden Rule and aim to make our own par­

t icular community the very best i t could be m a d e ; as good farm­ers we would look upon our ownership of our farm as a sacred lease of a small fraction of the L o r d ' s universe and would feel t ha t our obligation was fulfilled only when we kep t it in i ts best

s ta te of product iveness . As good F a r m B u r e a u members , we would do all t h a t we would ask others to do if we were t r y i n g to put in operat ion the plans outl ined to make such an organiza­tion successful.

Did you ever stop and th ink j u s t how large a volume of busi-Miiizaliou would have to its credit if all thai we have

a r ight to e \pe r ( w oppor te rs? And that pract ical ly the overhead organizat ion and adminis t ra t ive expense would

carry on the bus • all of our folks as for a pa r t of them'.' And again, as members and officers of the organizat ion, don ' t

you Ihink we mi a li t t le swifter pace, if all the

mem d the oJ roni the minor to the most high.

would perform all of the duties that they assumed when they ac­cepted the responsibility of their position? "We are so apt to for­get that we are serving ourselves and our fellow farmers and that we have a common cause to work for and that in order to reach that goal we must all travel the same road and carry our share of the load and refuse to take the road that sometimes is made to look more attractive at that particular time.—MRS. EDITH WAGAR, Director Home and Community Work, Michi­gan State Farm Bureaift

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When you are in Lansing for Farmers' Week and for the Sixth An­nual Meeting of the Michigan State Farm Bureau do not overlook the opportunity to visit the State head­quarters of your big business organ­ization of 221 N. Cedar St., Lansing. College street cars cross Cedar St., going to the College and returning. Get off at Cedar and walk one block north.

Above Is the work shop of the State Farm Bureau.

It is the home of the Michigan Elevator Exchange, the Farm Bureau Seed department offices, main seed warehouse and seed cleaning divis­ion; the Farm Bureau Purchasing department, ' Wool Pool offices and Farm Bureau Clothing and Fabric Dep't (the wing shown below). The

Farm Bureau traffic dep't Auditing division, Advertising and Informa tion departments are also located in this building. Secretary-Manager Brady and -ether Farm Bureau offi­cials have their offices here.

The Seed department occupies a one-story continuation of the main building and basement, fully as long as the main building. The Wool dep't uses a separate 2,000,000 pound capacity warehouse and the Seed department makes use of sev eral big warehouses in Lansing. The State Farm Bureau building is 5 5 by 242 feet long with a wing 24 by 74 feet. The Bureau owns valuable adjoining property and its headquar­ters are located near the heart of the capital's business district. An enor­mous volume of Farm Bureau busi ness is transacted here annually.

If You Can Come to M. A, C. For Farmers' Week--Do It!

Farmers and Their Wives Find The College's Program

Fascinating

By MRS. EDITH M. WAGAR Chairman, Farm Bur. Community

Work

We are approaching the time call­ed Farmers' Week when our Agricul­tural College caters to those already deep in the activities of farming and home making rather than to its stu­dents who are fitting themeslves for the future along these lines. Many of we older people could not have this advantage of an agricultural or home economics training and our progress has been made through the school of experience. While experience is a great teacher, yet many of our mis­takes and hardships might have been avoided if we had had opportunities of contact with the training that one gets at such an institution.

A Worth While Trip • Any farmer who can leave home

for a few days should attend this "term of school," at the Agricultural College. The program fs always full, something doing every minute. The mornings are usually arranged so one can visit the several College build­ings and study the exhibits that are on display; these exhibits are exten­sive and instructive. In each, there are usually several suggestions to bring out the real worth of the dem­onstration—those that are not re­commended to follow as well as those that are classed as successful.

The College barns, pens, etc., that house the live stock are in themselves a lesson worth considering for they are built and equipped with the idea of greater efficiency. And don't get the mistaken idea that these build­ings are going to cover a "fat stock show" where there will be pen after pen of stock perfectly finished for the market. The Agricultural Col­lege is a state experimental place where all breeds and feeds are prac­ticed upon during the different stages of the animals' growth and useful­ness. And the State is making this experiment for our benefit as well as for the students that we may not be required to spend valuable time, en­ergy or money as individuals.

Something For Everyone

And so with the Farm Crops de­partment which has on exhibition the results of their many experiments of bettering the quality and quantity of the various crops grown in the state. And there will be something especial­ly interesting to those that specialize along any one line, such as the apple and potato exhibit, the poultry ex­hibit and also the dairy products ex­hibit—not only the exhibit itself but the demonstrations and lectures giv­en by those in charge of those depart­ments are all lessons well worth one's time.

After inspecting all of these ex­hibits, one has the feeling that Mich­igan is a real agricultural state and tml a : tafe of automobiles and lurni-i a r e en!;, , ,• m - ' l i n . t h i n k .

Big Program For Women And then for the women that van

go—and how I wish more farm wom­en might go! There are lectures and exhibits and demonstrations on household conveniences and home equipment that are waiting there with the hope that they can lighten the burden of many farm women. There is the Woman's Building where a welcome awaifcs you and this year we may inspect the new Home Econ­omics building, through which we have great hopes for the 'future.

Not only are you able to see and hear for yourself but you meet other farmers and while you rub elbows with each other you cannot help but feel that the result is to broaden and educate.

State Farm Bureau Meeting On Thursday and Friday of Farm­

ers Week will come the annual meet­ing of our State Farm Bureau organ­ization. The reports of the officers and the several departments of our work will be given at this time and also the outline of the work for an­other year will be considered.

This is no small task if we as an organization do pur best, for we must give deep study and earnest thought to the needs of the farmer in relation to the rest of the world. This prob­lem needs the united power of the membership.

I particularly urge our farm wom­en and our women extension workers to attend the State Farm Bureau meeting; keep in touch with the work; listen to the reports; study the resolutions and enter into the dis­cussions, for by so doing you are showing your interest and encourage­ment. This is a get-to-gether meet­ing where everyone should feel that they are a part of it and where we are brought face to face with the fact that looking after our own business i3 no small job. If you can possibly do so, call at the State Farm Bureau office on North Cedar Street in Lan­sing. This Is your property and you will be most welcome there; visit the various departments and get in­formation first* hand regarding the methods in practice there and I am sure you will renew your faith in your organization and be better fitted to describe it among your associates.

TO PLAN FOR FUTURE OF MICH. AGRICULTURE

"What is the future of agricul­ture?" This general theme will be the keynote of all exhibits and pro­grams at Farmers Week. The an­swer t» the question which is upper­most in the minds of all people en­gaged in agricultural pursuits will be sought throughout the speaking program.

Each afternoon at the college gv ui-naaium, in addition to the regular program, heads of the various agri­cultural departments at M- A. C. wiil

• •;• ten minute talk.; on the rial plans their ,!.M> :.iaU-

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Seek to Secure Fair Refrigerator Supply (Continued from page one)

owned cars. A copy of the proposed rules is

reproduced below. Comments, criti­cisms and suggestions are invited, and should be addressed to Farm Bureau's Traffic counsel, E. L. Ew-ing, 419-420 Murray Building, Grand Rapids, Mich., and should reach him not later than February 15th for consideration at the meeting at Grand Rapids, February 19.

PROPOSED RULES TO GOVERN REFRIGERATOR CAR DISTRIBU­TION ON AND AFTER 192—

I. If the available car supply equals, or exceeds, the demand for cars, all orders will be promptly fill­ed.

•1. If the available car supply is less than the demand, refrigerator cars avaliable for loading perishable freight will be distributed between stations, and between shippers at stations, on the basis of the follow­ing rules:

3. Avaliable refrigerator cars shall be distributed among stations, in proportion to the known require­ments at such stations.

4. Available refrigerator cars shall be distributed among shippers at stations:

(a) Proportioned to shippers' ca­pacity to load and ship, daily.

(b) Proportioned to amount of perishable freight awaiting immedi­ate shipment.

5. Each shipper desiring refrig­erator cars will submit to carrier's agent an order in writing, or if by telephone, will send written confir­mation giving the following informa­tion:

(a) Date the order is placed with carrier.

(b) Total number of cars desired. (c) Dates cars are wanted for

loading and number of cars on each date.

(d) Probable destination and routing.

(e) Quantity of freight on hand that can be placed into cars and bill­ed forward, each 24 hours.

(f) Quantity of perishable freight on hand ready for immediate ship­ment.

(g) Name of party, or shipper, or­dering cars and for whose account.

6. Copies' of orders by a shipper served by more than one carrier, shall be filed with the agent of each carrier and the combined daily car orders must not exceed shipper's daily loading capacity, or the total car, requirements to move the perish­able freight offered for shipment.

7. No shipper shall be allotted a greater number of cars, for any one day, than can be loaded and billed within 24 hours after such cars are placed for loading.

8. Each shipper will be given a daily car rating, the amount and stated time duration of which should be established by agreement between and among shippers and carriers.

9. Cars held by shippers more than 24 hours beyond the first 7:00 a. m., after placed for loading, shall be considered as a car supplied on shipper's order on each day so held.

10. Shippers who have held one or more cars in excess of ( ) hours after the first 7:00 a. m., follow­ing placement for loading, will be deemed to have had a full car supply during such days cars are so held and will not be entitled to a further proportion of available empty cars on such days.

I I . If the number of privately owned or leased refrigerator cars placed for a shipper equals or ex­ceeds his pro rata share of the avail­able refrigerator car supply, he shall not be entitled to any additional cars and such cars shall be eliminated from the total as available for pro­portionate distribution among other shippers.

12. Cars partly loaded apd, under provisions of a transit tariff, are moved to another point to finish loading, -will be charged against the shipper as a fraction of a car suppli­ed at each station, the decimal cor­responding to the proportion of the load placed into the car at each load­ing point.

13. In order to maintain' correct pro rata distribution of refrigerator cars among shippers at stations, in no case will a shipper appropriate cars for loading, which have not been assigned to him by the carrier's authorized agent.

14. Carrier's agent will keep at the station a complete record show­ing the daily distribution of refrig-eiator ears made by him to shippers,, in accordance with the foregoing rules. A copy of this record, on pre­scribed form, must be forwarded each (day or week) to the district car distributor.

15. Carrier's district car distribu­tor will keep a complete record of the distribution of cars between sta­tions in his district, based ratably on the number of cars ordered by each agent. (The agent's order for cars will agree with the requirements in­dicated by his station record of cars wanted and supplied, mentioned in item 14.)

10. Carrier's district car distribu­ters will keep records and render re­ports each (period) to designated General Officer, or the general car distributor, which will show the pro­portion of cars furnished each sta­tion, based on the available cars al­lotted the district, and the proper. lion of cars allowed shippers at sta­tions, based on the total cars order-j cd at stations.

17. Connecting line railroads do-pendent entirely ri'T for their car .-up, U be furnished cars on the same percent,-! ;i",i' basis :is ;diiop,-.-.-'. t v o i v e in the

[on on iif.' i. line,

CASS COUNTY ADDS 121 NEWMEMBERS

In Follow-up Work After Its Regular Membership

Campaign

Cassopolis, Jan. 24 — The Cass County Farm Bureau, in following up its regular membership campaign work of last summer, has just added 121 more members to its list, accord­ing to an announcement made at the meeting of the annual Cals County Farm Bureau at Cassopolis, January 10. This meeting was attended by Secretary-Manager C. L. Brody of the State Farm Bureau. He spoke on the work of the state organization.

Co-ops in Cass County are doing well. The Central Farmers' Co-opera­tive Ass'n of Cassopolis reported that last year it shipped 105 decks of stock and handled $19,200 worth of coal for members in addition to other business. Their total business was $153,249.77.

The Marcellus Four-County Co-op reported a live stock business of 53 cars, amounting to $S1,777.77. Its creamery department did a business of $102,022.98 and the elevator de­partment handled a business of $66,-968.18 for members. Other co-ops in the county are also reported as do­ing a good business.

Adopt Resolutions Strong resolutions were adopted

by the Cass Bureau, as follows: Fa­voring encouragement of co-opera­tive marketing, enactment of a gaso­line tax, strict enforcement of the Prohibition act, the taxing of in­tangible property to relieve the tax burden on real estate, support for the State Board of Agriculture in its fight to maintain its constitutional authority over the Michigan Agri-tural College; favored restriction of immigration, favored Truth-in-fab-rics legislation. The Cass Bureau in its resolutions opposed: any kind of a sales tax, Pittsburgh Plus practice of fixing steel prices whereby im­aginary freight from Pittsburgh is included in the price, opposed gov­ernment price fixing and repeal of income surtaxes. The County Agent's services to the County and to the Cass Bureau were approved.

J. C. Burgener, president, John Tichenor, vice-president, and P. C. Hunt, sec'y-treas., were re-elected. E. Earl Bishop was re-elected to the Executive Board for three years. Samuel Thompson was elected to the Board to succeed Lewis Runkle, who is leaving the farm.

Sugar Beet Men Meet At M. A. C. Jan. 23-25

East Lansing, Jan. 24 V- .About 300 Michigan sugar beet men are meeting at the Michigan Agricultur­al College January 23 to 25, for the third annual Sugar Beet Institute, held under the auspices of the col­lege.

Problems of production, with em­phasis on the cultural end, are being discussed at the conference. Fertili­zation, disease problems, insect con­trol, and general cultural methods are being considered.

Five men from the U. S. Dep't of Agriculture at Washington, D. C , prominent state manufacturers and growers, and specialists from the agricultural college are among the speakers.

Charts, and other exhibits prepar­ed by the College Soils, Farm Crops and Botany Departments are among the educational features being offer­ed. It is said that most of the dele­gates are field agents for the sugar beet factories. The sugar beet grow­ers who are present report that the institute is well worth any beet pro­ducer's time to attend.

Prize Apples To Be Shown Farmers Week

East Lansing, Jan. 24 — Prize Michigan apples will be shown at the Michigan Agricultural College Farm­ers Week, Feb. 4-8, to compete in the annual fruit and flower show promoted by the M. A. C. Student Horticultural Club.

A bower of fruit and flower, the Horticultural show is always one of the most attractive of the many Farmers Week exhibits.

All Michigan fruit growers are eli­gible to compete in the competitive events. Early entries indicate that the number of exhibits will be large this year, but committees in Charge are still seeking more trays of apples in an effort to establish a record for the show. Entries close at noon, Feb. 4.

SONS AND DADS TO JUDGE

Two livestock judging contests, in one of which more than 500 students in high schools of the state where agriculture is taught, will compete, will be held during Farmers Week. In the other contest, open only to real farmers, the "practicing" agri­culturists of the state will have their first opportunity to show their know­ledge of livestock.

The Relation Of Volume To Service

We all realize that with big volume there comes a result­ing increase in efficiency and decreased overhead operating expense. We appreciate, also, that such big volume is only secured as a result of superior service rendered, especially when growth is both rapid and continued. Since we all seek such efficient service, we are inclined to look favorably up­on such, organizations as our co-op livestock commission firms at the Detroit and East Buffalo yards, which in the short period of a few months have far out-distanced all of their old-line competitors.

At Detroit, the Co-ops are handling ahout 35% of the total livestock receipts. At Buffalo, the Producers do 20% of the total business, despite the fact that there are 18 com­mission firms on that market,. Last week they handled 56 cars more than their nearest com­petitor and more stock than the lowest ten firms combined. And so we repeat, service must be good to produce such a volume of business.

Mich. Livestock Exch. a t De t ro i t

Prod. Co-op. Com. Ass'n a t E a s t Buffalo

Big Crop On South Haven Peaches

Set Spring, 1919 Mr. Bredehoft is a fruit grower and represents us In the

great peach belt along Lake Erie in Ottawa County, Ohio. His customers are past masters in the science of growing

fruit. Naturally they are skeptical of new introductions because

many so-called new varieties either are not new Or worthless.

READ WHAT BREDEHOFT SAYS Danbury, Ohio.

„„ - . ; . •-,„..; _. ., Aug. 27, 1923 The Greening Nursery Co., Monroe, Michigan. Gentlemen:

r want, you to know Dint South Haven trees on the II. U. Hammond farm, the first to noma into this community, are satisfying the skeptical and they are all what you claim for them.

They are ready for market now, with the Cannon. Ail 1 have to do Is to take the fellows into that orchard. Expect to pet some nice orders now. The fruit is uniform in size, ;ill running largo in spite of the very, very dry season. There are about 2,r,0 trees in the orchard and I do not believe there will be one bushel of B grade peaches in the whole block.

Yesterday they sold the fruit at the house as fast as they could pick it and could have sold more if more had been ripe.

I took the managers of the local fruit companies down yes­terday and they are now convinced that you have not ex­aggerated its merits.

It sure does me good to be able to prove this to some of the fellows who had no faith In new introductions in peach varieties.

Thanking you, with kindest regards, I am Very sincerely yours,

(Signed) E. H. BREDEHOFT.

This Great Peach—The South Haven—Stands Alone on Several Counts:

1.—Hardiness. 2.—Early and continuous heavy bearing. 3 . — Size and beauty. 4.—Shipping qualities. 5.—Its merits as a can­ning peach. 6.—Last but not least, season of ripening, which averages eighteen days earlier than the Elberta, thus bringing the South Haven on the market at a time to catch the big prices be­fore the drop, which usually occurs when the Elbertas go on sale in quantity.

Full history of this peach will be mailed to all interested. Ask for your copy today.

The Greening Nursery Co. Monroe, Michigan

Born 1850—Still Growing

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1/ JANUARY 25, 1924 MICHIGAN FARM BUREAU NEWS THRHL

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CONGRESS TOLD BENEFITS FROM

MUSCLE SHOALS Am. Farm Bureau Asks Re­

lief From Fertilizer Trib­ute Paid to Chile

IS 11 MILLIONS YEARLY

Acceptance of Ford Offer .Would Stop That and

Reduce Prices

Washington, Jan. 14.—The Ameri­can Farm Bureau Federation in a letter sent yesterday to members of Congress continued its offensive in favor of Henry Ford's offer for Mus­cle Shoals, declaring that its accept­ance would be the first step in ob­taining the farmer lower fertlizer costs and distribution costs.

"During the year ending June 30, 1923, there was imported from Chile 896,998 long tons of nitrate of soda," the letter said. "On this importa­tion the consumer in America, whether a farmer using this nitrate of soda as a fertlizer or a commercial or explosive industry using it as raw material, paid a tax to the treasury of the Chilean government of $11,-239,384.94. That is, in one year, this purely artificial addition to the commercial value of nitrate of soda cost the consumer in this country over 10 per cent interest on the war­time expenditure at the Muscle Shoals nitrate plants, including the dam. In other words, Mr. Ford's guarantee to manufacture 40,000 tons of fixed nitrogen yearly at the Muscle Shoals nitrates plant under the Ford proposal is equivalent to an offer of $200,000,000 for the Muscle Shoals nitrate plants, because the taxpayers today are paying to Chile interest at the rate of 5 ^ per cent on $200,000,000.

Might Split Fertilizer Price "Numerous authorities can be ci­

ted that with Muscle ShoaLs utilized in the manufacture of fertlizer, the price of fertilizer in this country can be reduced one-half. The annual ex­penditure of the farmers for fertili­zer in this country over the past five years has been in round numbers 300 million dollars a year. Cutting this bill in half would have saved the farmers 150 million dollars a year; or to put it another way, the con­tinued idleness of the Muscle Shoals developments since 1918 has cost tho farmers of this country 7 50 million dollars.

Other Countries Leading "Through the establishment of air

fixation industries such as Muscle Shoals, the rest of the world is rap­idly relieving itself from dependence upon Chile. As is pointed out in the annual report of the Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory, 35 per cent of the World's nitrogen supply is now being secured from the air nitrogen industry, while in the United States only 1 per cent of our nitrogen re­quirements is being so supplied:

"Germany has relieved itself en­tirely from dependence upon Chile, and has one plant in continuous op­eration, producing five times as much nitrogen as the capacity of the U. S. war time, Muscle Shoals ni­trate plants at Muscle Shoals, Ala­bama. The manager of the German plant at Merseburg informed the Farm Bureau committee which vis­ited Europe this fall that they al­ways sell to the German farmer at 20 per cent below the price of Chil­ean nitrate of soda! The capacity of this plant is now being increased.

Bureau Active Three Years

"Fortunately the consideration of the Ford proposal has reached a leg­islative position where it. should not take long for Congress to reach a de­cision on this matter. For three years the American, Farm Bureau Federation in national convention and local conventions has passed resolutions asking Congress to ac­cept the Ford proposal for Muscle Shoals. Two Congresses have ad­journed without action on this ques­tion. Exhaustive and complete hear­ings have been held before the com­mittees of Congress.

"During this time the farmers throughout the country, have studied his offer. We know what Mr. Ford and his company jointly and several­ly have definitely obligated them­selves' to do if given the opportunity, and we ask that this Congress give a vote by roll call at this timp, for we cannot believe that further delay is necessary or justifiable."

Bean Growers and Dealers Seek to Stabilize Market

Hold Meeting at Owosso to j OLEO INTERESTS SEEK

GENESEE ESTABLISHES LOCAL SEED AGENCIES

Nine local agencies have been es­tablished for Farm Bureau Brand Seeds in Genesee county. Members can now Dlace their orders with the one nearest home. The list of agen­cies is as follows for the vicinities of the following towns:

Goodrich—Drew Reis. Grand Blanc—Grand Blanc Co-op

Elev. Ass'n. Davidson—Bert Stimson. Flushing—E. J. Gillespie. Otterburn—W. J. Taylor. Swartz Creek—Wilber Short. Montrose—J. W. Vro.-jenherg. Fenton Kenton Co-op Ass'n. Mount Morris—R. B. Xixon.

Discuss Ways and Means of Helping Selves

Owosso, Jan, 18—About 300 farm­ers, bean growers, jobbers and co­operative elevator managers from all parts of the state attended a meet­ing here today called by A. B. Cook.

Mr. Cook, who presided over the meeting^ opened the discussion of the orderly marketing of beans, fair prices and the advisibility of adver­tising. Mrs. Dora Stockman, mem­ber of the State Board of Agricul­ture and Lecturer of the Michigan State Grange, urged eating more beans and less meat from an econ­omy standpoint.

Tells Why Markets Fall H. D. Horton, director of the

Michigan Elevator Exchange and manager of the Kinde Co-operative Elevator, which is the largest indi­vidual shipper of beans in the Ex­change, explained the disadvantages which a co-operative manager has at the start of the bean harvest. The elevator is forced to take in beans from the farmers faster than they_ can be prepared for market. The re­sult can only be a glut, which has a tendency to reduce prices on picking stock, which has its effect in fore ing the choice market lower.

.Mr. Horton explained that when the elevators reach a point where their storage capacity is filled, the only way to stop the beans from coming in, is to reduce the price to the farmer to a point which prohibits deliveries. This causes great dis satisfaction. He added that by form ing the Elevator Exchange, they were endeavoring to centralize the marketing of beans and reduce the cost of selling; also that with the increased volume moving through orre sales organization, it would be to the advantage of each individual member and that the Elevator Ex­change seems to be filling the needs of the co-operative elevators.

rij><'s Orderly Marketing James McBride, who has a large

farm near Owosso, .explained the laws of some of the western states whereby they have received assist­ance from the government in market­ing their crops and urged that some steps be taken whereby bean growers in Michigan could have the privilege of storing their beans if necssary and securing money on the receipts.

Mr. Stickle of Chatterton & Son suggested that it would be advisable for the local elevator associations to invite the beau growers to their meetings, thus bringing the growers and elevator men into closer har­mony.

Prof. Cox of M. A. C. explained how to handle the robust bean for bpst results. ' He told the proper method to be used itt preparing the ~"ound, time of planting and har­vesting.

The afternoon meeting was ad­dressed by Mr. Rose of the Interme­diate Credit Bank of St. Paul, who explained the method the govern­ment was using in assisting tfce farmers in financing their crop. Mr Rose explained that for the co-opera­tive organizations to avail themslves of government assistance, it would be necessary for them to be com­posed entirely of members who were engaged in producing the commodity on which they borrow the money.

Gives California Yievpoint Mr. R ..L. Churchill, Manager of

the California Lima Bean Growers Ass'n, made a very expensive talk on co-operative marketing as now prac­ticed in California. He explained how the big men of the country were interested in co-operative marketing and declared that it should prove the solution to the farmers' trouble at this time. He stated that co-opera­tive marketing is the most important economic question before the public today.

Churchill asserted that the aim of the state-wide co-operative organiza tion would be to stabilize the market by the equal distribution of the crop over the year. He said it was not the purpose to increase prices, but to gain for the producer.a greater share of the consumer's dollar.

At the conclusion of Mr. Church­ill's talk, Mr. Cook, as chairman, was requested to appoint a committee of ten to draw up a report of the meet­ing and make any recommendation they might see fit.

TO BE RID OF TAX Washington, Jan. 15. — Michigan

dairymen again meet an old ac­quaintance in Congress with the re­appearance of a bill to throw off the oleomargarine tax of ten cents per pound on colored and one-fourth per cent per pound on uncolored. The oleo interests would make it one cent straight, in effect a cut of 9 cents per pound. Such a law would be reflected immediately in a lower­ed price of butterfaf. Michigan Con­gressmen have indicated that the measure will get no support from them, Protests should be lodged with the Senate Finance Committee, against Senate Bill 392, by Mr. Keller.

Choose Men to Pilot Manistee Co. Bureau

Manistee, Jan. 24—The following officers have been elected to serve the Manistee County Farm Bureau during 1924: President, Jesse Mil­ler, Norwalk, (re-elected); Vice-President, VV. F. Danville, Marilla, (to succeed T. K. Moore); Director. W. F. Wagoner, Chief, (re-elected); Director, R. W. Colclesser, Brethren, d o succeed Ray Ballard); Delegate Jesse Miller; Alternate John Gould; Secretary-Treasurer, Loren VV. Read, Copemish, (re-elected).

The program of work for the com­ing year, as outlined at the recent annual meeting, places a Dairy Cam­paign as one of the principal activi­ties of the Manistee County Farm Uureau during the coining year. Resolutions adopted ar the annua! meeting upheld the State Board of Agriculture in their, fight for their constitutional rights and commend

"The club movement has already the State Farm Bureau for publish-borne sufficient, £ruj< to show that j iug the Farm Bureau News for the generally the farmer who was a club: iui'orma'ii :i of it* member.:.

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Hi.' one vvbo did nol have the, '••'•> ejtbuph I • advantage of club training." Seen without thai tary o Ittfre Wallace, . consent. A. Liu oln.

FOWLERVILLE STOCK SHIPPERS REJOICE

With Bureau's Help Finally

fc Secure Water Supply at Local Stock Yards

Fowlerville, Jan. 24—At last live stock shippers from this point have watering facilities at the local P. M. stockyards. This is greatly appre­ciated, for in the past it has been necessary to carry water about 60 rods for the stock in.the local yards. After attempting to get the railroad to install watering facilities for more than four years without success, the Fowlerville Farmers' Co-op Ass'n finally appealed to the State Farm Bureau Traffic Department on Au­gust 25th, 1923.

E. L. Ewing, Farm Bureau Traffic Counsel, promptly took the matter up with the proper Pere Marquette officials and on October 9th received assurance from the General Super­intendent of the P. M. R. R. that ma­terials had been ordered for the work and forwarded to Fowler­ville and that the condition com­plained of would be corrected with­out delay.

Bureau Gets Results On January 15th Mr. Ewing re­

ceived the following significant let­ter from MY. E. B. Milett, Manager, Fowlerville Farmers' Co-operative Ass'n.

"The P. M. R. R. Company have installed facilities for watering

stock at stockyards. The work was completed Dec. 29th. In behalf of our members, we wish to thank you for accomplishing something that has been tried without success for years."

The Farm Bureau Traffic Depart­ment stands ready to help you solve any local or personal traffic prob­lems. If there is anything wrong about your freight service or ship­ping conditions let Mr. Ewmg know about it. The Bureau also audits freight bills to discover overcharges and offers expert assistance in col­lecting such overcharges and claims | for loss and damage.

Will Tell of Bureau Services at Meeting

(Continued from page one) alfalfa growers and others of the northwest and that our own repre­sentatives .go out there and pick up the cream of the seed crops for Mich­igan farmers.

The Produce Exchange at Detroit will report on a farmers' co-operative poultry business that has grown from nothing to a volume of $9,000 and up to $12,000 weekly and is still growing. This department has an ap­peal for nearly every member, and those members who are using it are reporting excellent satisfaction with the returns and service they are get-ing.

Satisfaction Forecasted All other Farm Bureau depart­

ments will report. There will be some very interesting information along legislative lines, some interest­ing information on what the Farm Bureau is planning to do in this state along taxation lines—something per­haps in the nature of the Michigan Zone Rate Case as far as general re­sults are . concerned. Satisfaction will be prevalent at the growing strength of the great Michigan Milk, Livestock, Fruit Growers, Inc., Ele­vator, and Potato commodity exT changes and their closely cemented union with the State Farm Bureau in working out matters of common interests, such as organization, trans­portation, legislative, and marketing problems for tfteir members. Mich­igan organized agriculture seems to have turned the corner during the past year and is gaining speed in the right direction.

Every Farm Bureau family that can, should attend Farmers' Week at the College and should take in the annual meeting of his state organiza­tion. Every member is more than welcome.

MACOMB HEARS BUREAU'S STORY

W. W. Billings Gives Splendid Talk to County

Delegates

Mount Clemens, Jan. 24—R. G. Potts of Washington was again re­elected president and L. C. Kamlow-ske of Washington was re-elected

nounced that he now stands for a gas tax for highway financing pur­poses. The gas tax is coming. In co-operative marketing, Mr. Billings cited the Bureau's success in devel­oping the Michigan Elevator Ex­change, the Farm Bureau Seed and Purchasing departments, the enor­mous sale and popularity of Michi­gan Farm Bureau Milkmaker dairy ration, and the success of the Farm Bureau Produce Exchange at Detroit in profitably marketing poultry, eggs, and dressed veal and hogs for members.

Mr. P. E. Frqst of the Farm Bu-vice-president of the Macomb Coun- r e a u Seed Department discussed the ty Farm Bureau at its annual meet­ing at Mount* Clemens January 10. The following were elected to the Executive Committee:

Louis Busch of Warren; George Eppler, Utica; Albert Luchtman, Washington; Will Ebeling, Romeo; Russell Cryderman, Armada; E. W. Fenton, Richmond; Hal Gilbert, Memphis; Max Grunow. Mt. Clem­ens; Robert Axtell, New Baltimore.

Macomb County Farm Bureau men felt good after hearing W. W. BUlings of Davison, Genesee Coun­ty Farm Bureau member, and a man well acquainted with Farm Bureau work in Michigan, discuss what the organization has accomplished. Mr. Billings' description of the success of the Farm Bureau in the great Michi­gan Zone Rate Case was followed a couple of days later by these same Farm Bureau men reading the de­tails of the Farm Bureau's victory in the Farm Bureau News. Mr. Billings brought home the opportunities of the organized farmer in legislation, tax matters, highway matters, and marketing problems by citing what the Farm Bureau has done in getting a gasoline tax through the Legisla­ture and then keeping the issue alive and growing until the Governor re­versed himself on his veto and an-

great service that the Farm Bureau has rendered in assuring members of genuine, home origin, pure seeds at reasonable prices and showed how the business has grown from nothing to an enormous volume.

The directors of the War Finance Corporation, who, at President Coolidge's request, have been investi­gating the present conditions of the American wheat growers, have re­ported to him that in their judgment co-operative marketing is the only sound solution of this situation.

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Kent Swine Soon to Get 10 Cent Premium

Grand Rapids, Jan. 16 — Kent County Farm Bureau delegates, at their annual meeting here today pass­ed resolutions favoring a gasoline tax, a state income tax and endors­ing the work of County Agricultural Agent Vining.

Mr. Vining reported that as a re­sult of Kent County's eradication of cattle tuberculosis, Kent swine rais­ers will soon be paid a premium of 10 cents a hundred-weight over pres­ent prices by the packers for hogs coming from a tuberculosis clean area. This premium will soon pay for the cost of the tuberculosis cam­paign and will continue to benefit Kent farmers, who have their Coun­ty Farm Bureau to thank for this forward step.

Directors elected for two years were: Rudolph Zandt, Walker twp.; J. P. Munson, Grand Rapids twp; D wight Richardson, Plainfield twp. Officers elected were Melville B. Mc-Pherson of Lowell, pres.; Leo Riggs, Gaines twp., vice-pres.

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A HELPING HAND TO MORE PROFITABLE CROPS

RESULTS CONVINCE THESE FARMERS

Montague, Mich. January 2, 1924.

Michigan State Farm Bureau, Seed Department,

Lansing, Michigan. Gentleman:

The Montaguo-Rothbury Shipping Association handles nothing in the way of field seeds except Michigan Farm Bureau Brands. These seeds have given our customers such sat­isfactory results, and crops so out­standingly superior to those grown from seed from other sources, we do not care to jeopardize our business by offering anything else.

Our farmers are convinced that it pays to sow Farm Bureau seeds even though the price may be a trifle higher; also, that quality is of more consideration than initial price.

The seed business is growing year and we have no hesitancy

in urging our farmers to use only Farm Bureau Brand Seed •

Verv truly yours. MOXTAGUi:-ROTH!n RY F. B.

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SEED failures due to unknowing use of import­ed or unadapted seed can now be avoided.

Through your Michigan State Farm Bureau Seed Dep' t you can buy Farm Bureau Brand Seeds of guaranteed origin, description, vitality, and purity. They are guaranteed to^their full purchase price. This spring you can get them from your co-op, direct from us in BRANDED, S E A L E D BUSHEL BAGS, as illustrated above.

Sealed half bushel and peck bags may be had at slightly increased cost.

Note the two tags on the bag. One is the Farm Bureau's analysis tag, and guarantee. The other is the Michigan Crop Improvement Ass'n inspection and certification tag attached to all sacks of our medium and mammoth clover, guaranteeing that the seed is Michigan grown.

Inasmuch as the most important item in the expense of a crop is the time, money and energy spent in labor and equipment in the preparation

of a seed bed, isn't it important that you invest prudently by sowing only seed of the highest quality and reliability?

The Michigan State Farm Bureau Seed Dep't is in business solely to distribute high quality seed to our members at the lowest possible price for that service. In four years we have made a great improvement in Michigan's seed service. Our business volume is proof of the measure of our success and appreciation. And now, Farm Bureau Brand Seeds in sealed sacks, direct to the member, is the next step in building up a per­fect seed service.

Play safe and see your Co-op early for your Farm Bureau Brand Seeds in the sealed sacks. With Farm Bureau seeds you have put behind you any risk of getting doubtful seed. Don' t put off your purchases of Farm Bureau Seeds; we cannot guarantee our supplies to hold out for the "last minute" folks next spring.

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Farm Bureau Brand Seeds Give the Results

You Expect for Your Labor

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(While in Lansing Farmers' Week, Visit Your Seed Department) Lansing, Michigan.

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KOf'R MICHIGAN FARM IU RFAV NEWS JANUARY 27>, 192i

15,500,000 LBS. OF FOREIGN ALFALFA,

CLOVER IMPORTED U. S. Gov't Reports Alarming

Amount of Unadapted Seed on Market

Produce Exch. Nets Gronso Neat Profit!

GOOD SEED IS SCARCE Field Tests Prove Southern

Gfown Seed Practically Worthless Here

fhe alarming extent to which the American clover seed market is be­ing flooded by imports from foreign countries is convincingly pointed out by the official report of the U. S. Dep't of Agriculture regarding im­ports of forage plant seeds between the dates of July 1, 1923, and Janu­ary 15, 1924.

This report shows that during this 6 V-z months' period, more than eight and one-half million pounds of al­falfa seed were permitted entry in­to this country, of which over one million pounds came in since January 1st of this year, showing that this heed is still coming in very large quantities. The bulk of this foreign alfalfa seed comes from Argentina, South Africa, France and Italy with some small amounts from Canada. There is enough se^d in the importa­tions made during the past six months to seed about 750,000 acres.

Huge Clover Imports The Red Clover situation is very

much the same. During this same period the report indicates that close to seven million pounds of red clover have been permitted entry and over two million pounds of this came in during the first 15 days of January. The movement is just nicely getting under way. It did not really get started until December 1st, but it la now averaging a million pounds a week. Available information indi­cates that large quantities are now in transit. As long as the price for clover seed remains good and the foreigners continue to have the great advantage in selling stuff on Ameri­can markets, due to the condition of exchange, continued heavy imports are to be expected. Probably twenty or thirty million pounds of red clover will come into this country this year.

Tests Reveal Slight Worth Results at the Michigan Agricul­

tural College and at experiment sta­tions in various other states have proved that the Italian and southern France seed is practically worthless for this section and that nearly all of the imported seed tested to date is considerably inferior to Michigan grown seed. The explanation of these unfavorable results is probably found in the official government figures, which show that less than one-twentieth of the total foreign seed imports come from England and Ger­many, while the remainder practical­ly all come from countries having climates much milder than that found in Michigan. The report shows that the seed now coming in is mainly from France, Chile, and Italy.

After this foreign seed once gets into the regular market channels of the seed trade, there is no telling what becomes of it. It is mixed in with the native grown seed and loses its identity. It has been suggested that Congress pass a law to require all foreign grown seed to be dipped in a dye so that we would know it when we saw it, but this proposal is naturally meeting with strong opposi­tion from the importers. In the meantime it is a rather wise prac­tice to plant only clover and alfalfa seed of known origin, either grown locally or purchased in the Farm Bureau branded and sealed sacks.

Commercial Seed Is Costly To Mr. Hency

Millington, Jan. 24 — "In the spring of 1920 I had an experience that convinced me that it pays to plant only clover seed of known ori­gin," says George Hency of Milling­ton, Tuscola County Farm Bureau member and master of the local subordinate Grange.

"I sowed 60 acres with ordinary commercial seed that spring," says Mr. Hency. "I had a total loss on the whole 60 acres, although my neighbors who sowed good seed had fine catches of clover that spring.

"Just think what this crop fail­ure meant to me. I lost not only the seed which I planted and the time which I had invested, but also I lost my rotation and my hay crop and was prevented from breaking up a large amount of sod ground, as I had intended.

"I figured it all out and decided that if someone had made me a present of the seed which I used and had paid me for planting it, I would •till have been considerable money ahead If I had gone out and paid even $25.00 per bushel for seed that would have grown.

"Since then, you may be sure that 1 have been mighty careful regard­ing the origin of my seed and have not lost a single stand. I have been down to the Seed Department of the State Farm Bureau at Lansing and like the men there and the careful methods which they use there in cleaning their seed."

The Farm Bureau is putting out its seeds in peck, half bushel and bushel waled sacks this season. Seed

this condition is all • nd certified by the

Michigan Crop Improvement Ass'n., to be of Michigan origin, and hence adapted to our climatic conditions.

Fremont, Jan. 15.—Says the Ne­waygo County Farm Bureau: "Dec. 26th, D. W. Gronso of Fremont shipped one crate of White Minorca chickens to the Farm Bureau Pro­duce Exchange at Detroit. Two dif­ferent local buyers sought the ship­ment at eight and ten cents per pound. The Produce Exchange re­turns netted Mr. Gronso 17 cents per pound. His crate was returned with­in four days and, needless to say, Mr. Gronso is very well pleased with the service he has received."

Many members are shipping their poultry, eggs and dressed veal to the Farm Bureau Produce Exchange at 2610 Riopelle St., Detroit. They find it to be the best marketing agency for those products in Detroit.

Bureau Cream Stations Are Boon to Tuscola Dairymen

Dividends in Many Cases Are

More Than Entire Farm

Bureau Dues

THUMB SHORTHORN BREEDERS LAUNCH

TRI-COUNTY ASS'N Plan to Boost Favorite Breed

By Advertising Campaign, Tour and Sale

Caro, Jan. 24.—Figures recently compiled in the office of the Tuscola County Farm Bureau show that ex­tra profits secured by dairymen who deliver their cream to the six local cream shipping stations established by the Tuscola County Farm Bureau are nearly equal to the total dues paid for the support of the entire organization.

These six Farm Bureau cream sta­tions send their cream to the Free­man Dairy Co. in Flint. They pay the same price to the farmer as is paid by their competitors and then ev­ery two months distribute a bonus. This dividend is made possible by the volume of business handled and by the quality of the cream shipped.

Farmers always take better care of dairy products sent to a co-opera­tive concern, and this has been true in this case. In fact the quantity and quality of the cream has been such that practically every big dairy

Cass City, Jan. 19—Shorthorn cat­tle breeders from Tuscola, Sanilac and Huron counties meeting here to­day formed a tri-county organiza­tion called the Thumb Shorthorn Breeders Association. Plans were discussed to make the Thumb the leading region in the state in the production of high class Shorthorn cattle.

The sentiment was expressed jthat while the Thumb region probably has more good herds of Shorthorn cat­tle than any other portion of the state, still nothing definite was be­ing done to extend the breed or to stimulate the demand for the high class breeding animals produced in this region.

Ass'n to be Active Although the definite plans of the

new organization have not been of­ficially announced as yet, it is prob­able that a campaign of advertising will be one of the big features first attempted. An effort will no doubt be made to secure a tour of the State Shorthorn Breeders Ass'n through the Thumb district next summer.

A sale of breeding stock is also being planned to be put on some time during the year. This will help those who are now breeding Short­horns to dispose of some of their surplus stock and will also afford an opportunity to other farmers to make a start with high class founda­tion stock at reasonable prices.

Control of the new organization was vested in a president, vice-presi­dent, secretary and a board of direc­tors consisting of six men, two from each of the three counties. The di­rectors will serve for three years, two going out of office each year. Dues were set at $3 per year.

The officers are as follows: Presi­dent, James Kirk, Vassar; Vice-Pres., D. T. Knight, Marlette; Sec'y-Treas., N. H. Pangborn, Bad Axe; Directors from Sanilac, Albert Les­lie, John McClellan, each for three years; Directors from Huron, Archie Murphy two years, Norman Carr, one year; Directors from Tuscola, Joe Campbell two years, Harold Stu­art one year.

Bureau's Legislative Stand Given Congress

(Continued from page one) wealth.

Wants Facts on Railroads The Farm Bureau asks that Con­

gress go into the railroad situation thoroughly for the facts regarding costs of operation, valuation of the roads, and what should constitute a fair return for railroads and fair treatment for the shippers.

The Farm Bureau will favor con­tinued limitation of the number of immigrants to this country. It would have the three per cent entry law to apply to the number of various for­eign nationals in this country at the census of 1890, rather than 1910, as at present. The effect would be to increase the number of farmer-minded, more desirable immigrants permitted to enter from northern Europe and would lower the num­ber of less desirable southern Eu­ropean entries to this country.

The immigrants from northern Eu­rope—England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, the Scandinavian countriefe, Germany, Holland, France and Bel­gium—become active participants of our national life more quickly than do people from the Mediterranean countries.

Congress is advised that some­thing should be done for the dis­tressed wheat growers and that the Farm Bureau will co-operate to that end. The Farm Bureau is against any government price fixing policy or the enactment of any kind of a sales tax.

Approves Farm Bureau Seeds In Sealed Bags

Grand Haven, Mich., January 11, 1924.

Mich. Farm Bur. Seed Dep't, Lansing, Michigan. Gentlemen:

Your announcement of the pack­aging of seeds received. I wish to congratulate you on this forward step. I believe it is one of the best moves you have made.

C. P. MILHAM, Ottawa Co. Agr'l Agent.

concern in the Thumb district has been bidding for the business. They are willing to pay a substantial premium to get the Farm Bureau creani. This and good management are what enable the locals to dis­tribute the regular bi-monthly bon­uses.

Many Tuscola county dairymen who have patronized the Bureau cream stations have received $20 or more per year more than they would have received from other stations. It is estimated that any farmer who sent in regularly the cream from three or four cows has received in bonuses during the past year enough to pay his dues to the Tuscola Coun­ty Farm Bureau.

The cream station at Gagetown has done the largest volume of busi­ness of any of these six locals. Dur­ing its first year of business it has handled f>2,614 pounds of butter fat and has made a profit of $1,039.22 for its members.

The Fairgrove cream station has rebated nearly $1,000 in the ten months it has been in operation. Other Farm Bureau cream stations are in successful operations at Reese, Millington, Cass City and Gilford.

PORTLAND LOCAL HAS GIVEN REAL SERVICE

Portland, Jan. 24—Portland Farm Bureau local this past year sold 108 carloads of live stock, 35,000 dozen eggs, 85,000 pounds of butterfat, 50,000 pounds of poultry, 355,000 pounds of beans and handled around 3,000,000 pounds of soft coal for its members. The business handled by the livestock and elevator depart­ments amounts to around $500,000, according to reports made at the re­cent annual meeting. The following officers and directors were elected and they organized as follows:

William Pryer, president; Sher­man Keefer, vice-president; Lester M. Campbell, sec'y-treasurer. Di­rectors—A. Fred Klotz, Edward Hil-lis, Win. Spitzley, Veryl Tyler and Win. Toan.

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CITY MARKET URGED BY OAKLAND BUREAU

Pontiac, Jan. 24 — Establishment of a municipal farmers' market at Pontiac was urged by the Oakland County Farm Bureau a t its recent annual meeting. Another resolution urged U.. S. participation in the court of international justice.

Appreciation was expressed for the services of C. B. Cook, retiring County Agent. As an aid to Oak­land fruit and potato growers, the supervisors were urged to provide means whereby County jail prisoners would make bushel crates for farm­ers. The following officers and di­rectors were elected: P. C. King, President; Fred G. Beardsley of Ox­ford, Vice-President; Isaac Bond of Farmington, Director. Charles Tay­lor, Oxford; Philip Coventry, Orton-ville; and Mrs. Earl Celano were elected to the Executive Board.

UTICA LOCAL DOES $85,000BUSINESS

Hustling Macomb Farm Bur. Organization Pays Five

Per Cent Dividend

Utica, Jan. 24.—The Utica Farm Bureau Local in Macomb County at its recent annual meeting reported $85,000 worth of business done in be­half of the members during the past year. The local paid its membership a 5 per cent patronage dividend. It has been a very successful Farm Bu­reau organization in Macomb county, handling a large volume of Farm Bu­reau seeds and Farm Bureau milk-maker dairy ration among other sup­plies purchased through the state or­ganization. The Utica Local started less than two years ago with $1,000 invested in buildings and $300 in working capital.

A fine spirit prevailed at the meet­ing. The directors were re-elected for the ensuing year. P . E. Frost of the State Farm Bureau Seed Dep't gave an interesting talk on the clover and alfalfa seed situation. The Utica Local is planning to install a new side track this spring and to en­large its warehduse room.

The Utica Local elected Louis Klieno, president, Allen Giesler, vice-president and re-elected the following to the Board of Directors: Wm. Malow, Wm. Karr, Wm. Schulz, Jack Harvey, Charles Ebert, Allen Giesler. George Eppler is &ec'y-treas.-mgr.

Spotted Poland Men To Form State Ass'n

On Monday, February 4th, of Farmers ' Week, the Spotted Poland swine breeders of Michigan are plan­ning to hold a meeting for the pur­pose of organizing a State Ass'n. This meeting will be held in Room 110 of the Agricultural Building, Michigan Agricultural College, East Lansing, and will begin at 10 o'clock in the forenoon.

All of the swine breeding associa­tions are meeting on Monday and all join together at 3 o'clock in a meet­ing of the Swine Breeders' Ass'n in Room 402, Agricultural Building.

Spotted Poland breeders through­out Michigan should make it their duty to attend this meeting and also to help in getting all the breeders in their county or immediate commun­ity interested in attending, and help boost the State Association.

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FOR SALE — TWO REGISTERED Guernsey heii'ers, four and sixteen months old. Carlton Horton, Parma, Mich.

GUERNSEY BULLS. ADVANCE REG-ister breeding. Priced reasonable. Feder­al accredited herd, No. 48,301. Glenn Clark, Eau Claire, Mich. 3-11-24

FOR SALE—MAMMOTH TWO-YEAR-old White Holland Turkeys from • pedi­greed ma tings. Five to eight dollars. J. W. Ilemans, Onondaga, Mich. 2-14-24

POP SALE—DAIRY FARM ON M-17, two miles west of Karma. Special price for butter fat. Write for particulars. Calton Horton, Parma, Mich.

PRICES WANTED ON FEW CARS strictly first class alfalfa hay. Crawford County Farm Bureau, Grayling, Midi.

SILVER FOXES FOR SALE. PROVEN breeders and 19LM pups at bargain prices. Quality (guaranteed. Address McCombs Silver FOK Ranch, Remus, Mich., R. 2.

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MeadowBrookHerefords.?pSurbPerricyea°" l ing heifers . Bulls for sale. Call, wr i t e or phone E a r l C. MeCar ty , B a d Axe, Mich., H u r o n coun ty .

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Trap-nested, Pedigreed. For sale 200 to 282 egg record cockerels, hatching eggs and chicks*. Chicks in 1,000 lots a specialty. Write for circular. W. C. Eckard, Paw Paw, Mich. 2-15-24

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P'OR SALE—POULTRY FARM, com­pletely equipped. Must be seen to be ap­preciated. For particulars write MA-CALWHITE POULTRY FARM, Caro, Mich. 19-4

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FOR SALE—IERSEY BULLS OUT OF cows making from 600 to 768 lbs. fat, Register of Merit Records. Michigan's Champion Gold and Silver Medal herd on two milkings. $100 and up. C. E. George, R. 1, Union City, Mich. 1-24-24

HAY Ask the Chippewa County Farm Bureau, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., for prices on carfots of hay.

This Letter Tells the Story

Michigan State Farm Bureau, Lansing, Michigan.

Gentlemen: Just a few facts about Milkmaker,

in connection with our co-operatice business here in Holland.

We are located in a fine dairy ter­ritory, and our feeders are very par­ticular in their selection of feeds. They take a great deal of pride in their herds and some of them have even gone so far as to register their herds for records.

It stands to reason that these men are buying the very best rations ob­tainable", and this fact is reflected in our Milkmaker sales. Last Septem­ber we contracted for the Ass'n 120 tons of Milkmaker, thinking this amount would carry us well into March. On December 15th I ordered out the last 20 tons of the original 120 tons, and placed an order for another 120 tons of Milkmaker. There is no feed in our town which, comes anywhere near Milkmaker.

We feel every Farm Bureau mem­ber may well thank the Michigan State Farm Bureau for making this ration possible, together with the many other kinds of service to the farmer.

Respectfully, Holland Co-Operative Association,

II. G. Ratering, Mgr. Ask your Co-op to supply you with

Michigan Milkmaker dairy ration, the 24% protein feed with the in­gredients shown pound for pound on the tag. You know you are feeding the best. I t comes in 100 pound sacks. Write for our interesting pamphlet on Milkmaker, what i t is, what it does, and how to feed it.

MICHIGAN STATE FARM BUREAU Purchasing Dep't.

Lansing, Michigan

TO BOYS' AND GIRLS' DUROC CLUBS OF MICHIGAN

I have a very wonderful boar pig that some club should own. Talk to your club leader about this and, if as a club you ure interested, write inc.

S. L. Wing, KOPE-KON FARMS, Coldwater, Mich.

SEED POTATOES Place your orders now for Irish Cobbler and Early Ohio seed

potatoes. Managers of local marketing associations will assemble these orders and forward to us. This plan will save you money, as in most cases the seed can be delivered in carlots. Order early.

SEED DEPARTMENT, MICHIGAN POTATO GROWERS' EXCHANGE

Cadillac, Michigan

Farm Bureau Men Win In 300 Bushel Club

John Delongchamp of Champion, .Marquette county, leads all certified seed potato growers in Michigan's 300 bushel potato club. Last summer he produced 420 bushels of Green Mountains per acre. Henry Vander-slik of Central Lake was second with 400 bushels, A. B. .McDonald of Mil-lersburg, third, with 395 bushels and Lee Sneathen of Charlevoix, fourth with 390 bushels. All are Farm Bu­reau members. Twenty-two men did better than 300 bushels per acre. Hill selection of seed, commercial fertilizer, crop rotation with a le-' gume such as alfalfa or sweet clover, and correct preparation of seed bed. were the practices responsible for their success.

Do You Ship Poultry? SEND YOUR Poultry & Eggs,

and Dressed Veal to the

Farm Bureau Produce Exchange It is the best poultry, eggs, and dressed veal

marketing agency in Detroit. Furthermore, it be­longs to you Farm Bureau members and its sole in­terest is to get you the best possible return for your shipment. Increase your profits by working through your own Produce Exchange. Others have done so. WE ARE HANDLING ONLY THE ABOVE PRODUCTS.

Send the best for the best returns. It pays. Everything is carefully graded and you get the benefit of the quality you send.

For further information, write us. See that your next shipment and succeeding shipments are billed to us. We remit promptly.

(Note New Street Address Below)

FARM B U R E A U i PRODUCE EXCHANGE 1

Detroit) Michigan 2610-16 Riopelle St. 'Phone Cadillac 2270

SEED GROWERS Tour Mammoth, Medium, Alsike and Sweet Clover,

also Alfalfa, can be handled either on consignment with 60 to 70% cash advance or on outright purchase by the

MICHIGAN STATE FARM BUREAU Seed Dep't.

Lansing Michigan

Good News To All Users Of

FERTILIZERS ~~Your local Co-op can now give you the kind of fertilizer service that you have been looking for.

The Sta te F a r m . B u r e a u s of Michigan, Ohio and I n d i a n a have combined the i r buy ing power and have cont rac ted the en t i re ou tpu t of a new niodernly equipped fert i l izer fac tory . This factory has every th ing known to modern science in the way, of machinery to p roduce fert i l izer of a high grade at minimum cost.

By purchas ing this entire output , the F a r m Bureaus of these th ree s tates have secured a ve ry favorable con t rac t . Michigan Co-ops which buy th rough the Pu rchas ing D e p ' t of the Michigan S ta te F a r m Bureau will receive t he bene­fit. They, in tu rn , will pass the good th ing a long to you, if you act now and p u t in your o rder early.

Remember the following th ings about th is fert i l izer which the F a r m Bureau has to offer:

QUALITY: The F lo r ida pebble rock phosphate which is used exclusively in this fertilizer is h igher in phosphor ic acid analysis t h a n the ord inary Tennessee phosphate . All o ther ingredients are of super ior qua l i ty and excel in the i r availabil i ty as p lan t food.

CONDITION: On September first the Company s t a r t e d to base and prepare Acid Phospha te and mixed goods for Spr ing , 1924. This fert i l izer secured th rough the F a r m B u r e a u will be thoroughly cured and seasoned. Af te r be ing proper ly aged, it will be re-ground. I t will no t cake and get hard . Th is means t h a t you can sp read i t on your land more evenly and with less fuss and bother .

A N A L Y S I S : There is a large var ie ty of analys is of mixed goods, also 16, 18 and 20 pe r cent Acid Phospha te .

GUARANTEED : And remember also t h a t the analys is is s tamped on every bag and guaran teed to be as r ep re ­sented. You arc fully protected.

DELIVERY: *Many thousands of tons of goods a re now on hand ready to be shipped. This fact, coupled wi th di­rect line ra i lway service to Jackson , Mich., insures p r o m p t delivery. No congested terminals such as Toledo to con­tend with. Your F a r m Bureau Traffic dep t can de­te rmine at once jus t where any car is and hust le it a long if need be. F a r m B u r e a u fert i l izer can be shipped in mixed cars of fifteen tons or more.

Go to y o u r Co-op manage r a t once and tell h im w h a t you w a n t and urge him to get his o rder in to us a t the ear l ies t possible moment .

F o r fu r ther information wr i t e d i rec t to

MICHIGAN STATE FARM BUREAU Purchasing Department

Lansing, Mich.