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Vol. XIII, No. 3 SATURDAY, MARCH 2, 1935 Published Monthly

LEGISLATURE WAITSTO SEE WHO WILL

CONTROL HOUSELegislative Progress Slow

Pending ImportantMarch 4 Vote

GRANGE MASTER

Lansing.—So far, the quietest Legis-lature in many years is in session atLansing. At this writing only ahandful of bills have been, enacted.The Governor is hoping to adjournthe session March 31, which would ac-complish a 90 day Legislature, butwould leave much of his program un-finished, if, indeed, it can be enacted.It's safe to bet that the Legislaturewill not adjourn that early.

Special Election ImportantMarch 4 four districts are to elect

four men to replace representativeswho lost their lives in the Hotel Kernsfire at Lansing last December. Theresult may determine party controlof the House. As it is, the Senate,with a large republican majority,passes the Administration bills orholds them pending the March 4 elec-tion. The Democrat controlled Househas a very narrow majority, 49 Dem-ocrats, to 47 Republicans, but it'senough. After March 4, legislationwill probably move faster, regardlessof the political complexion of thetwo Houses. March 4 the Republi-cans must win all four seats to gaincontrol. If they should win three andlose one, the House will be evenlydivided. The Democrats can retaincontrol by winning two seats.

One reason that the Legislaturemay not hasten to enact certain piecesof Governor Fitzgerald's legislativeprogram will be found in an under-standable reluctance of the Legisla-ture to vote itself in half, or to voteaway party political power.

One of Mr. Fitzgerald's proposalsprovides for action by the Legislaturetoward reducing that body to 50 per-sons. Other proposals include abolish-ment of the Administrative Board,consolidation of nine great State taxgathering offices, now controlled byone party or the other, and so on.These proposals languish.

Important BillsSoon to come out of committee in

the House is Representative Hoibeck's bill providing for a 3% flat,personal income tax. It provides anexemption of $1,000 for unmarriedpersons, and $2,000 for married per-sons living together. An exemptionof $300 is permitted for each de-pendent. The tax would not apply tocorporations.

Being a flat income tax, this billcould be enacted by the Legislatureand be constitutional. A graduatedincome tax is declared to run afoulof the uniform clause of taxation inthe State constitution. The MichiganFarmer amendment last fall was aneffort to repeal the uniform taxclause and provide for an income tax.

The Holbeck bill appropriates therevenues to the primary school fund.The appropriation clause would makethe act referendum proof.

ResolutionsA senate resolution favoring Mr.

Fitzgerald's proposal to make the Sec-retary of State, Attorney General,Auditor General and Treasurer ap-pointees of the Governor rather thanbe elected by tjjje people lies in aSenate committee. iSo does a similarresolution applying to the State Sup-erintendent of Public Instruction. Itts now too late for them to come outand be adopted by the Legislature, intime for the people to vote on them atthe April election. A proposal toamend the Constitution to permit theappointment of judges rather thanelect them was killed in the Senate.Lawyers there divided on the subject.

Would Stop Recount AbusesQuickly, and by unanimous consent

of both Houses, the Legislature March1 adopted, and Gov. Fitzgerald signeda constitutional amendment to be vot-ed upon at the April election. It willprevent the Legislature from conduct-ing an election recount except incases where its own membership isinvolved. The Atwood-Wilson andToy-O'Brien recounts in January bya rump legislature brought this ac-tion. The State Board of Canvassersis the official recount body for theState. March 1 was the last day up-on which the Legislature could actupon an amendment in time to submitit at the April election.

Sales TaxSales tax legislation, if any, ap-

pears to be awaiting the SupremeCourt decision on the manufacturers'and upon the Farm Bureau suits forexempting supplies used to producegoods to be sold. Lower courts havedeclared the goods exempt. The Statesales tax board appealed.

School BillsSenate Bill 34 has been rapped by

Master Bramble of the State Grange.It would abolish all school districtsas now constituted in towns of lessthan 3,000 and consolidate them. Mr.Bramble quotes Lenawee and Washte-naw counties to show that their vil-

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0. II. BRAMBLE

BRAMBLE ENDORSES2 5 MILLIONS FOR

LOCAL SCHOOLSTells Legislators It Should

Come From State'sGeneral Fund

Lansing.—"School finance is theleading question in legislation today,"said C. H. Bramble, Master of theState Grange, to the Farmers Club ofthe Legislature Feb. 27.

"The Grange, Farm Bureau, educa-tional groups, manufacturers, rail-roads, public utilities, Chambers ofCommerce, and business groups haveall studied this question separatelyand together. They have come toabout the same conclusion: that itrequires about $70,000,000 annuallyto operate our schools to serve morethan a 1,000,000 children in Mich-igan," said Mr. Bramble.

"We believe that a State appropria-tion of $25,000,000 from the generalfund, plus the 15 millions now in theprimary school fund, and not to ex-ceed 5 mills on general property willprovide the 70 millions for the goingexpenses of the schools. This willnot include debt service, and we be-lieve it can be raised without layingany new taxes."

Mr. Bramble pointed out that thebill providing for the $25,000,000 ap-propriation also provides that fromthat fund tuition for rural highschool students shall be paid to in-terested village and city schools.That's good for the High schools andfor the rural school districts and willeducate through the 12th gradethousands of children whose parentsor districts can't pay the tuition to-day, Mr. Bramble said.

The Grange master objected to get-ting the $25,000,000 from anywherebut the general fund. It will per-petuate the sales tax or any othertax to which it might be tied. If itcomes from the general fund, he said,and there isn't enough, every Stateappropriation will take its cut andthe schools will get their just share.

Mr. Bramble said that the averagecost of education per child p'er schoolyear in Michigan is $68.

Elevator Exchange HasGood Dividend Record

GRAY TAKES ISSUEWITH WALLACE ON

BEETREDUCT10NWill Reduce to End Surpluses,

But Never to YieldHome Markets

Lansing—Michigan Elevator Ex-change directors have declared tlWtrirregular 7% quarterly dividend on alloutstanding common stock. The divi-dend will be paid the member elevat-ors during March.

Several of the co-operative mem-ber elevators now draw each yearinterest that exceeds their original$200 investment in the Elevator Ex*-change. A score of elevators found-ed the Exchange in 1920 by investing$200 each for working capital. Thereare some 80 member elevators today.

If the Elevator Exchange were tobe dissolved today, the Farmers Ele-vator at Fowler, Clinton County,would show a total return of morethan $14,000 in interest and cashdividends on the $200 it invested inthe Exchange in 1921, according toL. E. Osmer, manager of the Ex-change. The Exchange has paid itsinterest dividend every year.

$560 Per Mile AverageFor Trunk Line UpkeepState trunk line highways are being

maintained at an average cost of $560per mile annually. The total mileagenow coming directly under the super-vision of the State Highway Depart-ment is 8,617. Of this 3,500 miles areconcrete, 3,800 miles are gravel, 1,100miles are black top and 217 miles ofsecondary gravel.

Lapeer—Those who came to Farm-ers Day here Feb. 15 more or lessexpecting that Chester Gray, Washing-ton representative of the AmericanFarm Bureau, would make a generaltalk on the subject of farm legislation,stiffened in their seats when he tookissue with Secretary Wallace's viewson trade treaties and sugar beet acre-age restriction. Said Mr. Gray:

"We of the American Farm Bureauare Tor crop reduction to end cropHiirpluscs, but not lor the kind of re-duction that will give our home mar-ket to some one else.

"in the uiatt.'r of tariffs, to be na-tionalistic is to tend to high tariffs;to bo internationalistic is to tend- tofree tariffs.

"Every farm organization in theUnited States is nationalistic on tar-iffs today. We want to preserve forourselves the best market we haveever had. If we give up our homemarket to some one else, no one willgive us one just as good.

Gray's View On BeetsMr. Gray agreed with Mr. Wallace's

address in the main, but criticised anycurtailment in sugar beet productionsince the volume of sugar producedis far below home consumption. Heargued that the increased buyingpower that added beet sugar produc-tion would give Michigan farmerswould be a greater benefit to them andMichigan industry than any Philip-pine, Cuban, or Porto Rican tradecould be.

With reference to the AAA, Mr. Graysaid that it has reduced surplusespiled mountain high, and that surplus-es are no longer acute.

Bringing AAA Up to I>ate"Two days ago," Mr. Gray said, "we

helped write certain amendments tobring the 1933 AAA act up to 1935,and which will make the Act a morenearly permanent job.

"Certain amendments will coverspecial crops like fruits, potatoes, milkand beans under marketing agree-ments. When two-thirds of producersof any of those crops in given areasagree on a plan, then all producersand processors will come under themarketing agreement for the area.

Bureau For B%% MoneyMr. Gray spoke on "Current Events

at Washington". He predicted lowerinterest rates. He said that the Amer-ican Farm Bureau had written anamendment to the Federal Farm LoanAct to make the interest rate on Fed-eral Farm Loans not more than 3%%,instead of 4^% as at present. Thebill has been adopted by the Senateand the Farm Bureau is now workingto get it through the House.

He predicted a 40 billion nationaldebt before long, and that it will befloated through bonds that banks andfinancial institutions will have to buyat ever low rates of interest. He pre-dicted that impending financial legis-lation will regiment all banks underthe thumb of Uncle Sam's treasury.

Price lowering Imports"If Americans are going to pay pro-

cessing taxes, why shouldn't foreignoils and fata, black strap molasses,foreign starches, eggs and egg prod-ucts from abroad pay something of aprocessing tax when they come in,and to help keep them from loweringAmerican farm prices?" asked Mr.Gray.

He answered his own question bysaying that while the American FarmBureau and all others have not beenable to get tariffs enacted on theseitems because of opposition and re-fusal to open legislation on the tariff,the Farm Bureau has discovered thatexcise taxes are welcomed by the Ad-ministration as sources of revenue,and that they're just as good as atariff duty as far as protecting homemarkets and prices are concerned.

The Egg Question"Every time eggs get to 20c a dozen

in the United States, it becomes profit-able for China and other exporters ofeggs, dried eggs, frozen eggs andother processed eggs to ship boatloadsof them here. The Farm Bureau hassponsored a bill to excise tax egg im-ports beginning at' 5c per dozen oneggs in the shell, and on up.

"Did you ever have a market forpotatoes, wheat, corn or other farmproducts to U. S. starch factories? No,because the United States has alwaysbeen a haven for starches from thetropics, duty free. We are preparingan excise tax on foreign starch.

"The industrial alcohol industry ofthe United States depends on CubanblackBtrap molasses from the island'sbeloved cane sugar industry. It comesin at 1/6 of a cent per gallon duty,practic'ally free. We are preparingan excise tax to relieve our domesticsugar industry of that inequality."

In the State of Maine 95 out ofevery 100 farmers own their land.

WHEN SECRETARY WALLACE VISITED LAPEER

Henry A. Wallace, secretary of agriculture, who made the principal address Feb. 15 at the third annual LapeerCounty Farm Bureau'Farmers' Day at Lapeer, is shown here, center, talking with Chester H. Gray, left,American Farm Bureau representative at Washington, and Judge Louis C. Cramton, of the 40th judicialcircuit. Mr. Gray spoke during the afternoon, and Judge Cramton, former Congressman, welcomed SecretaryWallace and the large crowd of folks who attended the meeting.

24 Cities Once Sought to beCapital of United States

54 Employes and 12 Boxesof Records Moved toWashington in 1800

During the Revolutionary War theseat of our government was shiftedb e t w e e n Philadelphia, Baltimore,Princeton, Annapolis, Trenton andNew York. After peace was declaredno less than twenty-four cities soughtto become the future home of the na-tion. Like present day Chamber ofCommerces and local boosters, severalcities raised large sumc of money asa local contribution for suitable pub-lic buildings if theirs should be thefavored site.

Congress finally passed a bill inJuly, 1790, to locate the capitol on thebank of the Potomac near Mount Ver-

non, the private home of PresidentWashington.

^ In October 1800, the seat of govern-ment was transferred from Philadel-phia to its permanent home. The en-tire office force was fifty-four peopleand all books and papers of the Na-tional Government were packed in 12boxes.

The cornerstone of the WhiteHouse, the first of the public build-ings of the new seat of government tobe erected was laid by President Wash-ington in October, 1792, followed inSeptember, 1793, with like ceremoniesfor the main building of the Capitol.

President Washington never haduse of either of these two distinguish-ed buildings located so near to hishome as an expression of honor andappreciation from a devoted nation.

Lansing. — The Michigan CherryGrowers and the Cherry Growers peak production. UnderPacking Company, of Beulah and program for 1935, your o _Traverse City, co-operatives, have ap- j acreage is only 2% below your recordpealed to the Michigan State Farm, crop of 1932. We believe the 1935Bureau to aid infrom a reductionItalian cherries.

both.

THOUSAND ATTENDLIVE STOCK ANNUAL

Fitzgerald and Brandt TalkTo Stockmen's Largest

Meeting

Lansing.—More than 1,000 attend-ed the annual dinner of the MichiganLive Stock Exchange at State CollegeFeb. 21. It was one of the largestsessions in the organization's history-

Gov. Fitzgerald said he aims toconfine Michigan public works to per-manent projects and to make theState government live within its in-come. It is time to start on a pay-as-you-go basis, he said, but it cannot beaccomplished within a year or two.

Charles Brandt, president of theLand O' Lakes Creameries, large co-operative at Minneapolis, doubted thesuccess of the AAA. He suggested hiscrop surplus pool plan for 10 or 12national pools for as many majorcommodities. He claimed that it hasworked for the Land O' Lakes in dis-posing of a great surplus of butterand provided national benefits to thebutter industry at the time.

At the business session next dayPresident Elmer A. Beamer of Bliss-field and Secretary John O'Mealey ofHudson were re-elected, as were thedirectors whose terms expired.

The Exchange continues to handleabout a third of the volume of stockcoming onto the Detroit and EastBuffalo markets. Savings on the reg-ular commissions are pro-rated backto member associations in accordancewith the volume of business done,after a provision is made for reserves.The Michigan Exchange carries on alarge business in financing live stockfeeders with federal money for longterm production loans at 5% interest.

Barry Farm BureauEntertains Families

NOMINATED

Hastings.—Barry County Farm Bu-reau Family Night brought out 200members and their young folks Fri-day evening, Feb. 22 at Fullers Hall,here. An oyster supper and a splen-did program of music by the RuckerFamily Orchestra of Climax were fea-tures of the evening. March 12 theCounty Farm Bureau members willbe entertained by the State Farm Bu-reau at Lansing. Dinner will be servedat noon.

There are 26 million chickens onIllinois farms.

CLARK L. BRODYClark L. Brody, secretary of the

Michigan State Farm Bureau, andsince 1921 a member of the StateBoard of Agriculture, was re-nomi-nated for another six year term bythe Republican State Convention atDetroit, March 1. At present, Mr.Brody is chairman of the Board ofAgriculture, which directs the affairsof the Michigan State College. Amongthe farmer members of the Board, heis considered as representing some50,000 or more Michigan farmers whoare interested in co-operatively ownedfarmers elevators, creameries, fruit,bean, live stock, potato, milk andother marketing associations, and asrepresenting the views of the FarmBureau on rural education in agri-culture.

Oil Taxes May BuildFarm Electric Lines

Porter township, Midland county,richest oil field in Michigan, has be-come wealthy through the oil tax col-lected. Already " the owners of asplendid township community hallfrom oil tax funds, the residents arevoting in a special election March 4on the question of using $40,000 nowon hand to run electric power lineshandy to every farm in the township.Farmers would pay for taking thepower onto their places and for theinstallation of such equipment as theyinstall, according to the proposal.

CHERRY GROWERSOBJECT TO BEINGTREATYSACR1FICE

Trade Deal with Italy MaySwamp U. S. with Italian

Cherries

WALLACE DEFENDSBEET ACREAGE CUT

AND AAA PROGRAMDeclares at Lapeer That Beet

Growers Have BestAAA Deal

Lapeer—Some 2,400 Thumb farmersand guests from all parts of lowerMichigan came to Lapeer CountyFarm Bureau's great Farmers' Dayprogram Feb. 15 expecting Henry A.Wallace to speak plainly on the AAAprogram and the sugar beet acreagerestrictions as they apply to Michigan.They were not disappointed.

Soon departing from his preparedaddress, the Secretary, speaking froma raised platform in a doorway be-tween a packed High school gym-nasium on his left and a capacitycrowd in .the auditorium on his right,began to say what he had reallycome to Lapeer to say.

He leaned back against the doorjam, crossed one leg over the other,and with his hands in his coat poc-kets, started down the road, firstletting one side of the house have it,then the other.

Nearest Peak ProductionRegarding Michigan and the AAA

and the sugar beet acreage restric-tions, he sought to show that Mich-igan is benefiting under the AAA andthat Michigan's sugar beet growersare enjoying the nearest to peak pro-duction under the AAA than anyother crop under the AAA program.

Mr. Wallace gave those present animpression of great sincerity as ina friendly, earnest, and fearless man-ner he proceeded with his discussion.A good report of Mr. Wallace's speechat Lapeer is excerpts from his In-formal address. To the sugar beetgrowers he said:

Predicts 1935 Best Year"No other crop under the AAA has

been permitted to come so near tothe AAAMichigan

indttstpyin the tariff on

The cherry industry, according toA. J. Rogers of Beulah, has been in abad way since 1930 because of overproduction or under consumption, or

During that period it was discov-ered that immature Montmorency

crop will bring you $8,183,000 whichis more than any year In the past 10,and nearly double the 5 year averagepreceding 1933.

"The sugar beet people are gettingthe best deal of any group in thecountry. They have no kick coming.They should not be allowed to exceedtheir limitation. I have heard it statedthat there should be no limitation.

cherries serve very well for brining Efforts will be made to Increase thefor maraschino purposes. During 1934 sugar beet and cane sugar acreages. Ithree million pounds of cherries were j should say that other farmers shouldso used. In the meantime other uses i res'st that.for cherries other than putting themin cans have been developed and theindustry begins to show promise ofcoming out of its slump.

A very Important aid in this respect,according to Mr. Rogers, has been thetariff on cherries, which reduced im-ports from Italy from 22,289,000 lbs.in 1929 to less than a million poundsin 1933.

Cause for alarm to the cherry grow-ers of Michigan and elsewhere is thefact that on March 4 representativesof the United States and Italian gov-ernments will meet at Washington toconsider a reciprocal tariff agree-ment. The cherry growers fear sucha slashing of the cherry tariff thatthey will have no protection and canexpect 22,000,0000 lbs. or more ofItalian cherries annually.

The Michigan growers insist thatbecause of cheaper labor costs Italiancherries can be delivered to New Yorkat less than our cost of production.

Reciprocal tariffs have been de-nounced by Chester Gray of the Amer-ican Farm Bureau Federation as gen-erally unfavorable to American agri-culture.

The Michigan State Farm Bureauis on record as condemning reciprocaltariffs "as an entering wedge for ageneral surrender of the tariff pro-tection Michigan farmers have foughtfor for years."

The Michigan Cherry Growers andtheir Packing Company, largest can-ners of cherries in the nation, andrepresenting 750,000 trees, have filed abrief protesting any reduction in thetariff in Italian Importations of cher-ries. The Michigan Farm Bureauwill be represented by the AmericanFarm Bureau at Washington.

$2,000 for Crash ThatRuined Psychic Powers

In Chicago, Mrs. Annabell Waringsued and won $2,000 with the storythat when a truck hit the street carshe was riding in, it knocked herpsychic powers out of her.

In Peoria, 111., Ernest T. Faulknersued the man his automobile had runover, for damages for mental shockand nervous disorders.

NO MOITH BREATHERThe whale is the only animal un-

able

"Let me point out that every stepwe take to diminish our imports, bythe same token diminishes our ex-ports. Imports in the long run mu tpay for exports. If we reduce ourimports of sugar, we automaticallyreduce our hope of exporting cotton,or wheat, or lard, or tobacco,—or tocome closer home in Michigan,—automobiles.

Act As Creditor Nation"I rather guess that eventually

we'll have to act as a creditor nationmust act. We'll have to have anexcess of imports over exports.There's no politics in that. We eithermust wipe out the enormous sumsowed our nation or collect in themanner that creditor nations have al-ways collected. In the old days wewere the debtors to other nations. Wepa'd interest and principal with ouragricultural exports.

"The war chanpel all that, but fora long time in the 1920's we main-tained our new position as both acreditor nation and an exporting na-tion by loaning millions to Europewith which to -buy our exports. Wegave ourselves away. In 1930 westopped loaning. Our corn went to10c a bushel, hogs to $2 and wheatto 30c.

Not Two Directions at Once"We as a nation want to be

nationalists on the matter of importsand internationalists on the matterof exports. It can't be done. Youcan't hike tariffs at home and dumpyour surpluses abroad. Foreign na-tions won't permit it, and we havelaws to prevent them from doing it tous."

Mr. Wallace sought to show thatthe trade agreements negotiated withCuba and Brazil and in process ofnegotiation with other nations arerestoring foreign trade and benefitingboth American industry and agri-culture, although some of the benefitmust come to American agriculturethrough better marketsthrough larger industrial

atpay

Warns Price FixersTo those who believe they

homerolls.

create milk areas or other farm priceareas having a fixed high price level,Mr. Wallace said:

"Don't ever fool yourself t-hat you'renot a part of all agriculture. Youcan never get very far out of line withthe rest of your end of the industry

d tustry

and get away with it,—even withto breathe through its mou^h, Ithe respiratory system being especial- ernment backingT as in" the" 'm,ly adapted to prolonged periods of milk zonessubmergence. j (Continued on page

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Vol. XIII SATURDAY, MARCH 2, 1935 No. 3

Mr. Wallace at Lapeer•••HI to I. h hoping to hear definite sTaite-

menl fut'tire <J1' tla; AAA and liteAction wii>- in.i disappointed* Be

.tli'U p lu in l}

wipe i.ui in whole or in part the present liniitti-fion in Michigan will lind :t resolute U>v. in Mr.Wallace. n< that the sugar beet fanner is being permitted the

production of any group under the AAA <iop controlt h a t Ih. I . i n n e r lets llic l.e.st dea l u n d e r

: ,.• W a l l a ..i f a i r n e s s will not permit , a n y f u r t h e r

in favor or the beet farmer*

Mr. Wallaee lias two complications to dMil with in Hi• lion. Kii QO surplus as measured against domesticimptipn; II caa'1 !" --in to roeefthe total Of our sugar requirements .

committed to the policy of restoriuKby making trade treaties which favor certain products of

lioth nations. Cul nt(> this incline in a large way.

The Walla.-.- logic i ditor nation I I to liav.Ml accept pay in Imports sound* reasonable, Imt the appll-

naiuial ly wants all of the homo market tliate, the domestic Montmorency cherry , growers are

ilistmi.'Ml by an Impending tr*de tr«aty with Italy that may open theto Italian preserved cherries at very low rates of duty and bupt a

«lomertti(; indi. u. i, interested. Likewise, lace makers in.'cticnt ;• i trade treaty which promises them new •

petition. No one wants to risk paying t rade t rea ty benefits for someOne ei e There is uncertainty about it.

Regarding the AAA in general , Mr. Wallace is certain tha t it will taketwo years or more before agr icul tura l export marke t s can be restoredto the point where crop control p rograms can he eased off.

Chester Gray at Lapeer..y, Washington representative of the American Farm

Bureau, struck a responsive chord at Lapeer Feb. 15 in speaking after'•tary Wallace when he declared against yielding any part of the

home market to others at any time.When Mr. dray argued that the increased buying power from maximum

sugar production is likely to be worth more to Michigan farmersand manufacturers of other goods than any benefit that could come from

ased trade with Cuba, Porto Rico or the Philippines, he had plentyready to go with him on that.

When he suggested that our home market has been the best we'vehad, and that if we give any of it up to some one else, we're not

likely to get one just as good, he had even more support. Aside from thisone Important point of difference, Mr. Gray agreed with Mr. Wallace ontin Keneral AAA program.

Mr. Gray represented the Farm Bureau viewpoint on this matter. Out-voted lor the present, hut not convinced yet, and to be reckoned with inall improvements in the AAA.

Mr. Gray reported on the hill before Congress, and which he helpedwrite, to reduce interest on Federal Farm Loans by another 1% ormore. He told about the Farm Bureau's part in the developing AAAmarketing agreements for fruit, potatoes, beans and milk, and how theFarm Bureau has promoted excise taxes on foreign eggs, starches andmolasses to protect domestic prices.

These things indicate that the Farm Bureau is doing a good piece ofwork at Washington. That work is aided, said Mr. Gray, by the cordial-ity with which the several farm organizations co-operate to help eachother and to present a united front on many questions.

Mortgage MoratoriumLaw Extended 2 Years

. :— ^Lin \. Fitzgerald has sign-

ed an Act extending for two yearsMaroh I, IW&, the Bischoff-Mun-

s l i ; i w Hi" Moratorium enactedAt Crawl Kai>i<ls, Judge Verdier

comments that the 1935 Legislatureby neglecting to re-word the Act hasfailed to protect those who took ad-

ige of the l!i:'.:', law. They maybe faced by a teviwd of the mortgageforeclosure. Such persons may pro-

tliemselves by making a newapplication to the court under the

ion of the Ait, .Iml-eVerdier said.

The VI .nahles any property own-er in process or about to suffer fore-closure1 to apply to the court in whose

iiction the property is locatedand ask for a continuance. The court

llthorised to grant the continu-um e unless th< "i>d reason notto. The court then determines fail-rental to lie paid by the propertyowners to the county clerk or anotherAvho shall pay taxes, insurance, up-

on the property and distributeany balance as the court directs. The

uhlic Act Xo. 98 of lit::::.

Mail Order Houses SeeNo Retail Price Rise

Out of Chicago last week rumbled102 freight cars carrying 3,000 tonsof one of the most widely circulated

on earth. One-third of thetotal issue ol Loebuck &Spring-Summer number, it was the

ingle shipment of printed, I roads had ever handled

To boost rural buying, Sears hadl an average of 15%,

with iuetions in dress. blankets, linens, piece

scaleon a level with Montgomery

Ward which rut prices an aver..... Apparently the

two I Qfder houses in the• tail prices

Col. Spencer PassesW Spenror, 71, for

tfeft annual• iin Bureau annual

ed at hisHe

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Keyworth Says DoleGrowth Is Dangerous

< >iic hiiiidred and tifty members ofthe Clinton and Shiawassee FarmBureau organizations gathered atOvid Tuesday for a potluek dinnerand meeting.

Dr. M. R. Keyworth, head of thepublic schools of Hamtramck, spokebriefly on the life off Abraham Lin-coln, and then discussed government-al trends and economic conditions inthe United States.

J)r. Keyworth believes that the drifttoward dependence upon governmentfor support by an increasing number

Hiram's Spring TonicBy R. S. Clark

rst of March has rolled around. Old Winter sticks like sin,this is the eventful date when new hired men start in.irmers pause to scratch our beads and sort of feel our muscle,

nentally -spit on our hands and gird ourselves to iWith all tlie imps of tiood and drought ; with biiK and worm and weevil.

s like all-Ket-out tha t l ight must vanquish evil .T h a t in the long- r u n h o n e s t toil is bound to be r e w a r d e d .We hope for better crops this year than any yet recorded!

Oh, what a driving power is Hope for be t te r thinKS to come!it urges us tc, take right hold and make our business hum;it urges us to broaden out, and previews, as it «

ta of .-vents that may occur.W h i l e Worry! on the o t h e r h a n d , is l ike a ball a n d c h a i nT h a t d r a g s u s e v e r b a c k w a r d f rom t h e h o p e s w e might a t t a i n .It bold.s the f u t u r e u p t o v i e w a n d s e e s w i t h wild a l a r mA host. Of hungry Ie«on«8 s u c k t h e Hfeblood f rom t he F a r m .

M a n of t l i c W.-s t w a s o f t e n w o n t , t o' l.o, I h a v e s e e n a lot Of l ife. W h a t hii ir I l iav.A t h o u s a n d t r o u b l e s h a v e 1 k n o w n , b o t h s i n g l y a n d enms" N i n e - t e n t h s of vvhieh," h e ' d s h r e w d l y a d d , " h a v e n e v . i COW1P tu pass .

:.-, or merely food and drink,For whul We have and do and are depends on what we lliiu'.c;Ami we may |>i: sit and mope.o h , Worry is a c-ur.s.: to man, but what a friend is He

Tin; First Of March has rolled around. The maple woods a re blackAnd t h e s t e a m will smut be rol l ing Up a r o u n d the Sugar s h a r k .The lamb arted coming, and it 's not too soon tu BJ

ip, a n d Spr ing is on t h e w a y .in order now, but not t h e doc tor ' s k h ,

T h e . a t o n i c f o r t h e m i m l .n, imt h m e iv i i i i a m ' s Dope:

Relinquish Worry if..m your h&urt; and Plan ami Work and Hop--.

O'NEAL ATTACKSFIRMS OPPOSING

AAA AMENDMENTSProposals Designed to Make

Processors Co-operateMore

"Washington. - Some corporationshandling term products in <<i»" wayor a n u t h t r , a n d h a v i n g a c a p i t a l iu-

.,( ol' ^S4:),,iJU(l,UUO mad*: p i ' - i i l st h r o u g h a l l t h e tiepi t s s io i iranging from 8.8 per cent in 1923 to8.9 per cent in 1934, with a peak of12 per cent in the depression year ol'1930. During this same period agri-culture was gradually going bankrupt,and thousands of farmers were beingforced of their farms, said Pres. K. A.O'Neal of the American Farm Bu-reau to the House Committee on Agri-culture this week.

PRE8. E. /L O'NKAhMr. O'Neal was testifying in behalf

of amendments to the AAA Act. Hequoted from a study of the net in-comes of 50 great corporations for theyears 1932-34, inclusive, as publishedby the "Annalist" February 8, 1933.

"The only opposition to the amend-ments we have proposed to the Adjust-ment Act, in the interest ol" both agri-cultural and national welfare, comesfrom this industrial group which al-ways has made abnormal profits fromagriculture, which always has soughtto divide farmers against farmers,and which now is falsely picturingitself as the authorized and officialspokesman for agriculture," the FarmBureau president declared.

Some of the amendments in <|iies-tion are designed to bring processorsof agricultural products into effectualworking relations witli farmers under

ol" people is a danger signal. He said) the AAA, and to narrow the spreadthis had to he (•hanged and people

i aspire to economic independ-ence or this country was lacing a dif-ferent form of government He citedvarious European governments as ex-amples of what happens when hank-ruptcy threatened or

Child Labor AmendmentPlods For Ten Years

About :t,UM(» amendments proposedto the Constitution of the UnitedStates since 178!», only 21 have be-come part, of that document. Theprohibition aniendinc-nt has been re-in aled.

The Child Labor Amendment ofl!iL'4 passed Congress but has notbeen ratified by a sufficient numberof states for adoption.

When Grand Portal Fell

Tire "Crand l*ortal" a magnificientrave in the Pictured Rocks of theupper peninsula drew hundreds ofsight-seers before it crashed morethan 30 years ago, according to thedepartment of conservation. Tt was200 feet high. Undermined by thenotion of waves for many years, theBrand Portal fell in 1901, togetherwith a mile of the rocky formation ofwhich it was a part, throwing up abillow that rocked steamers on LakeSuperior miles away.

March 15 Plate Deadline

•1 ution of the Legislature,Secretary of State Atwood has ex-tended until March 15 the time for se-curing 1988 auto license plates orstickers. Citizens are warned not todrive in other States without 1935

sticker.

between farmer and consumer.Chester Davis, AAA administrator,

testified that 3,700,000 farmers areshining in AAA programs and bene-fits; 2,000,000 others, including pro-ducers ol" milk, l'ruiis, vegetables,beans, raits and other crops need theamendments relating to marketingagreements to enable them to obtainsimilar benefits, <Mr. Davis said.

Only In Old Saying IsCamel's Back Broken

Sales Tax PaidOn Farm Supplies

For Food ProductionPrice to 3%Farmer Sales

Aug. 15, 1934 Tax

'•win. Alfalfa, bu $ 14.00 $ .42Clover , i)ii 1:5.00 .39Egg Mash, <wt 2.45 .07Bran, ft ton 10.00 .48Midds, Kl. i£ T 17.50 .4:5iill Meal, >L- T t-'iu.u .68Cottonaeed, Ml. ' . T. $jkOO .u:iMllHmaker, 34% T 4X.oo i . nFertilizer, 2-14-2, T .. 30.90 .9:!PertJllaer, 0,46 o, T... IM.-IO .T.',\\ 11iii/..T, 4-tt; i, r . . . :»7.oo .81B i n d e r T w i n e , 1M» l i .s . 11.75 .34

0.00 .COC o p p e r Su lphate , i bbl. 19.::O .60

F e n c e , 80rd. 1047-6-11 45.60 1.37

Disc Harrow, 8 ft 77.65 2.33Orain Drill 170.00 f.,10Culti-Paoltep 88.20 2.66Hay Bake, s . i> 124.20 a.73H a y Loader 128.40 3.85Grain Binder 246.00 7.38Tractor 985.00 20.55

Cane and Beet SugarHistory in America

Americans consume almost twice asmuch sugar per capita as the peopleof Europe. Beet and cane sugar haveonly been in general use during thepast few hundred years. Previous tosugar, honey was mainly dependedupon to sweeten foods. Long be-fore the discovery of America byColumbus, the Indians were makingmaple sugar.

Cane sugar was first grown in thiscountry in 17,51 while sugar beetswere introduced tq the United Statesabout 1830 but were practically un-known up until 1850.

Until strawberry growers know theproper spacing for their plants, theycannot always he sure whether or nota variety is adapted to their location.

WARNS THAT LAWCAN'T STOP SALE

OF POOR SEEDSFarmers Must Be Carefu

In Face . of SeedShortage

Warning to farmers of the state trexercise care in their seed purchaseshas been issued by James F. Thompson. commissioner of agriculture.

Owing to the drought conditions o1934, tlw harvest on many crops \va:unusually small and so much wa:usod for resvedinu tin. I very lit Miwas left lor the \<r:j, season. MrThompson explains.

JAM US A, THOMPSON"We find on entering the 1935 sea-

son, that there are rather strong indi-cations of a large demand for seedfor spring sowing. At the presenttime, to many seedmen, it is notclear where all this seed will be pro-cured, lint il is freely predicted thatin order to supply the demand thebins will be swept clean. There is nomistaking the fact that this willmean that many poor lots of seedwill enter trade channels that nor-mally would not be used for seedingpurposes,," he said. "This is the usualprocedure when I here is a shortage ofseed. The shortage seems to be pur-ticularly acute with the clovers andother legumes.

"On all questionable lots of seed wesuggest that the seedmen submitsamples to the State Department ofAgriculture for test. Every effortwill be made by the Dep't to preventthe fraudulent sale of seed in theState, but it must be borne in mindthat the Dep't can not protect the in-dividual who takes the chance inbuying poor seed. Our seed law doesnot prohibit the sale of poor seed.It merely provides that all lots ofseed be tagged to show the quality andthe purchaser must protect himselfby examining the tag on the bag andthen making sure the lot is what hecares to use for seeding," Mr. Thomp-son said.

Classified AdsClassified advertisements are cash with order at the followingrates: 4 cents per word for one edition. Ads to appear in two or more

editions take the rate of 3 cents per word per edition.

LIVE STOCKREGISTERED HEREFORD BULLS—

Best Blood Lines. Two young bull calvescar ry ing over 2-<% "Anxie ty 4th" blood.Slioulil appeal to reg is te red owners.DAIRY F A K M I ' U S - c u l l your dairy lu-nl.sand use ;• Herefoffl ;m<l see the qualityof v e a l s . Don' l f e e d s c r u b s a n y )>•A. W . To<ltl ' • . . n i p a n y ( 1 1 m i l e s X . VV.K a h u n a / o n ) .Min t lKi , M i c h i g a n . W o r l d ' sLargest Mint Farm. (3*2-tf-65b)

FOR SALE—DUROC BOARS, ALSO!>)M-n ;IIK1 bred slltai Harold Shafley, St.Johns, Michigan. (3-2-l t r14p)

FARMS FOE SALETHE FEDERAL C.AND BANK OF

Saint 1'aul ofl . is you an opportuni ty tobuy a. farm Lome of 80 a< n-s or more inMichigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, or NortliDakota now while prices are still low.Attractive terms with a reasonableamount down, twenty years to pay thebalance and interest at only 5%. Forfree booklet .nul Information write toDep.t. '•>'•', Federal Land Bank of St.Paul, Minnesota, (l-C-4t-G8lj;

FOR SALE—FARM GOOD FOR FARM-iK or resorts. Marian B. Thomas, Bel-ir«, Mirhi^an. 3t-12pJ

FOR SALE -MISCELLANEOUS

<aniels will not allow their mastersto overload them. In fact, none willpermit more than a comparativelysmall load. If more is added than theanimal wants to curry, it will liedown.

At thu\ the camel is considered thebest oP burden-hearers in desolateplaces and this is largely because heis smart enough to protect his rights.He does what he does well becausehe knows liis limitations. His re-fusal to be overtaxed is an excellentbasis for reliability.

Food Prices Going Up 11%

Washington—Food prices are ex-pected to increase 11% more duringthe first half of 1935, according toHenry A. Wallace, secretary of agri-culture. Scarcity of live stock andhigh price of feed has boqsted. meatprices to the consumer 'XL", duringthe last half of l!»:u and tdMate.

IN Till- MNKTIKSHack in the, '90*8, many a cautious

person went through the winter witha buckeye, or liorse-chestnut. In hispocket. This they considered justabout the surest way of warding offrheumatism

5 PAIRS LADIES' CHARDONIZEHosiery 11.00. < imnante,.!, New, Nilthirty-five. Bargain Clrcujars ready. Writefor them. L. S. Sales < 'oinimny, Ashe-horo, N. C (3-2-lt-24b)

MICHIGAN SEPTIC TANK SIPHONand bell as recommended by State Col-lege Agr'l Engineering dep't. Build yourown septic tank and sewage system. In-stall when tank is built, installation andoperation simple. Discharges automati-cally. Have been sold 16 years. All indaily use and giving satisfaction. In-structions with each siphon. $7.00 de-livered. Farm Bureau Supply Store, 728E. Shiawassee St., Lansing. (3-4-tf-60b)

SEEDS and PLANTSMUCK FARMERS: WE OFFER SEE.D

" Pea t l and" Barley, Siberian Mill*-: rai.-.-lby oms.-ives. Also limit.; l quantify so-called "Br igham" strain of Yellow Globe

) n i o n s e e d ( n o t i a i s f - d l , y u s ; . A . M .T . ' d d C o m p a n y , M . n t l . a , M i c h

(2-2-3t-32b)

REGISTERED CERTIFIED WORTHY>ats. Henry uane & Son, Filrgxov.e,Michigan. Phone Caro M?T-l£. write for

and qanap (3~2-2t-p)

FARMERS WANTING STRAWBERRVo r a n y i r u i t . p l a n t s w i l l p r o f i t b y w r i t i n g

oii;iiiy of Kei th B r o t h e r s ,iiox 16, S a w y e r , Michigan, l ier t is pre-pared to ;;ive farmers ;i bargain . Tl i . -nI S q u i c k e ; i S l l i l l b e l l i e s . I h l V e . Y O U h a dpoor success? Write him. l ie 's a berr jspecialist. New Berry Book I

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CERTIFIED FROST PROOF CABBAGEMnd Bermuda Onion plants. Op*n fieldgrown, well rooted, strong, cabbage, eachtuiii'ii fifty, mossed, labeled with varietyname. Karl) Jersey Wakefield, Clton Wa.ke.fi.eld, SiU'cassion, Copenhagen,Early Dutch, Late Dutch. Postpaid: 2006,5c; 300, 75c; BOO, $1.lo ; (.000, *t.7r,. Ex-press collect, 2,500, $2.50. on ions CrystalWax. Yellow Bermuda, Prizetaker, SweetSp . in i sh , I 'ost p.-iid: 509, 60c; 1 ,ooo, $l .nu;B,0Y<>, f t .OK. K \ | . r e s s Col lect: 6,00ft, $::.<vi,Full count, prompt shipment, sale arrival,satisfaction guaranteed. r . \ | o \ I I . A . N TCOMI'A.W, TKXAKKAXA, AUK.

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MAPLE SYRUP SUPPLIESEVERY MAPLE SYRUP MAKING

i t e m , Including "OKI I t . ' l i a b l e " Felt Ki l t e rBag for e l e u n s i n ^ . T h e r m o m e t e r s , h y d r o -n i . t e i s , b i h k e . i s , t h r e e « o l o r l a b e l s , Hatb o t t o m pang, " K i n g " e v a p o nKor catalog and prices write Sugar HushSupply Co., i::o:; North Cienesoe l>rive.,Lansing, Mich. Display room in FarmBureau Bldg., TL'M Rast Shiawassee St.,Lansing. (2-2t-4Ob)

MACHINERY FOR SALEFOR SALE—#15 DE LAVAL CREAM

separator used two years, and in lirst(hiss condition. Would cost new today1150.00. Will sell for $75.00. Otto Kivn-Ich, K. F. D. No. 1, New Haven, Midi.

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AGENTS WANTED. HAVE SOMEline territory open for the sale ofduty tra.-tors, threshing machinery

and bean liullms. For further particularsaddress The Ifuher Manufacturing Com-pany, Lansing, Michigan. (2-2-2t-30b)

BEEKEEPER'S SUPPLIESBEE HIVES, SECTIONS COMB FOUN-

daUoh, <'tc Outfits for beginners . Sendfor catalog. < MIAKT1N<: WAX for or-chardis ts . Both hand and brush wax.BKKRY BASKETS AJtfD CRATKK.MAI'LK SVlil I' CANS Send for prices.M. H. I H ' N T & SON, ."il No. Cedar St ,Lansing, Michig (1-6-

HOUSEHOLD HELP WANTEDWANTED—MIDDLE AGED WOMAN

or girl by rear for house work. WriteDelbejrt Joynt, umenu, Michigan.

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WANTED—FARM WORKMARRIED MAN, 24, EXPERIENCED

farm help w;mts work by month inHarry Barber, Tl 1 Cawood, Lai

MARRIED MAN WITH CHILDRENwants I'nnn work by month, year around.Good . lames II. Huffy, Kvart,Mich. C M D

MARRIED MAN, 33, THREE CHIL-dien, wants steady work by month. Kentfurnished farm. Henry H-hert , 211,4 KastKalama/.oo, Lansing.

MARRIED MAN, 40, TWO CHILDREN,wants farm work by month or year. Hasbe».n doing farm work. George Calvin,pin AJger St., Lansing,

WANTED TO RENT FARMMARRIED MAN, 49, WITH SON, 22,

would r.-nt furnished farm on shares. Pre-fers dairy farm. < >r work by mouth,lifetime experience. K. !,unit 's. JohnK d d y , 1 0 1 6 P r o s p e c t S t . , L a p s i n g . < : : - ->

WOULD RENT FARM, FURNISHED,on shares. Can furnish stock and tools.Cecil I-'oss, Lansing, R-8.

AERO' CYANAMID22% N I T R O G E N70% HYDRATED LIME

The Fruit Fertilizer

It FEEDS the TREE and LIMES the Soil'AERO* CYANAMID

A non-lcaching form of nitrogen• !:iy k- ;:pplifd in fall, winter (in Southern States), or early spring, asone prefers

Feeds the tree throughout growing seasonProduces dark green leaves and holds them on until fell (On sandy andShaly soils the'supplemental use of potash is niommeiuleil)

Keeps the soil sweet and healthyDestroys acids resulting from use of sprays ami cover crops

Produces good terminal growth and fruit buds;er yields of better-quality fruit

Write for Leaflet X-307, "Fertilizing Fruit with 'Aero' Cyanamid"

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FARMBUREAU

Spray Materials

NO QUESTION about Quality withFarm Bureau spray materials! The

labeled formulae establish these as highgrade products — and manufacture byGeneral Chemical Company is thegreatest assurance we could offer you ofUniformity. Every bag tests just likeevery other — and all equal or excel thelabeled strength...You establish controlwith early applications and keep theupper hand all through the season... Ofcourse Farm Bureau spray materials areeconomical. They do the job I

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We Cannot InsureAshes or Wreckage

Three days before the picture shown above was taken,that was a brand new Chevrolet truck for which the ownerpaid cash. We induced him to insure it. On a country roadit caught fire and was destroyed. We paid the loss, and theowner got a new truck.

An automobile policy can't be issued after a» thief hasstripped or taken your car. Nor to take care of a collision youhave just had.

The car owner without insurance takes it on the nose in afinancial way in an automobile loss due to fire, accident ortheft. A suit for property or personal injury damages maywipe out everything he has and pave his future with gar-nishees.

Can you afford to drive without insurance—carry theserisks yourself? Not when the State Farm Mutual will assumeall financial risk, and defend you in court if need be—at veryreasonable rates.

We have more than 500,000 policyholders and 7,000 aqentiin 35 states in this national Legal Reserve Company.

Let our local agent explain our policy to you.

STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTO INSURANCE CO.Bloomington, 111.

MICHIGAN STATE FARM BUREAU, State Agent—Lansing

SATURDAY, MARCH 2, 1935M I C H I G A N FARM NEWS

Hear National ForestFor Allegan County

According to the Hastings Bannersome 77,000 acres of land in Allegancounty have been appraised for a fed-eral government forest. It will be-gin about a mile west of Allegan andwill include lands sufficient to makeabout 3y2 townships. The land isvery poor. Reforestation seems to bethe program. Other counties havelarge tracts of abandoned farms andother lands that might well be put tosimilar use.

IT. P. LAKES SHALLOWThe lakes of the northern peninsula

of Michigan are as a rule very shal-low, the Department of Conservationreports. However, an occasionaldepth of 60 to 70 feet is reported, butmore often a depth of scarcely 10 feet.

1935 Beet AllotmentExceeds 1933 Record

Michigan's sugar beet acreage al-lotment for 1935 will be 153,000 acres,which is 1,000 more acres than washarvested in the record year of 1933.That year farmers planted 163,000acres, said (\ R. Oviatt, former StateCollege specialist on sugar beets, andnow with the U. S. Dep't of Agricul-ture.

Mr. Oviatt said Feb. 11 that theprice paid for the 1984 sugar beetcrop, including payments from com-panies operating factories and the fed-eral government, is likely to reach $7a ton. In the record year of 1933,the average price per ton in Michigan,.was $5.81, or 68 cents above the na-tional average of $5.15. It is anticipat-ed-that the 1935 parity price will beapproximately $7 per ton, althoughthis has not yet been definitely figured.

This harness also available in back pad style.

BEFORE BUYING HARNESS!Ask your Co-op Ass'n or write us for illustrated descrip-tion of Farm Bureau's Co-op Harnesses,—built to ourspecifications by one of the largest and best manufac-turers in the country. Get the prices on this harness!We use only No. 1 selected steerhide in all harness andstrap work. Only the best hardware and other materials.Workmanship is guaranteed by a skilled, veteran force.

Tugs, breechings, strapwork are extra strong andlong wearing. No splices in tugs. For complete descrip-tion of our three lines of harness in usual styles, ask yourco-op, or write for our Harness Circular.

FARM BUREAU SERVICES, Inc., Lansing

Doctors of the Old SchoolWere More than Physicians

Specialists of Today Don'tFill Place Old Time

Doctors Did

By MRS. EDITH M. WAOARThe question of modern methods

and those of the old school was underdiscussion the other day. Those ofus who have lived through the periodof transition could indulge in compari-sons even if we could not make de-cisions.

Transportation, mail service,' educa-tion, religion, all came into the picturein some form or other. Af last thesubject turned to the family doctor.

To some of the younger generationthe old family doctor "down the streetaways" may be just an old fogywhose methods and ministrations were"old fashioned" and even "out ofdate." But to one who has knownthat fellow ever since he came freshfrom college to the little station, heis more than a doctor, he's an advisor,a friend and a confident.

A Different PracticeThe country doctor may have had

about the same training as the citydoctor of his time but his practicehas been far different, and preferablyfrom choice.

His has been a practice of patienceand understanding; his mission hasbeen not only to visit his patientsbut to minister to them no matterwhat their needs might be. I havein mind the old white haired manwho hastened by us the other day inhis Ford coupe, one who has beenin the nearby village ever since theUniversity turned him out, a fullfledged physician. He chose to makethis little burg and the surroundingcountry his home and the field inwhich to make use of his hard earnededucation. His life long friends cantestify to the scope of his activities.

Things in His FavorHe hastened past us, bent on his

usual errand. Some one was introuble and needed him; the road wasicy and the weather far from agree-able but that made no difference tothe doctor; he still had much in hisfavor for wasn't it yet daylight andhadn't he been free to go whencalled?

As I caught the glimpse of his

earnest face I wondered just whatwould the community do when he wasgone! Would they appreciate thebigness of his heart, the personalsacrifices he had made and the loyaltyhe had exhibited?

I thought of the trips lie had madebefore the improved roads and auto-mobiles were invented; of the sev-eral epidemics the community hadbeen subjected to. Then he provedto be tireless in his efforts to see

MRS. EDITH M. WAGARthem through. I thought of the timeshe had not only ministered to thepatient but had helped to move thebed or set up the stove and to gatherthe wood for the needed fire, of thetimes when he had hustled round thekitchen and prepared the broth whenthere was no one else to do it. Henever left his patients uncared for.If they needed pills he gave thempills, if a mustard plaster was thebest remedy, he sometimes went outand searched the cupboard and madeit.

Many a time has he wrapped thenew born babe that he had deliveredto a poverty stricken home in animprovised blanket and when he felthe could leave with safety, he hasten-ed back to the village to stir up someinterest among those whom he knewwould help. Then he retraced his waythat he might cany back the neces-sary clothing.

Before the Specialists' HayThe night was never too dark, the

roads never to muddy, the weathernever too cold and he was never too

tir«U but that he could go to thosewno were in distress and had calledfor him.

He is of the old school—doctor,Burgeon, dentist and nurse; all com-bined—he may have infringed onother territories according to modernethics, but not so in his time. Hispatients seldom had need for "special-ists". He saw them through.

Yes, he's of the old school, andwhat has been his reward? Notdollars and cents, for his home mustbe modest in every detail. There'sno money for it to be otherwise. Hisfees kept pace with his type of serv-ice and never "modernized". Buthe's one of the richest of the com-munity, for when death entered hishome, the whole country side mournedwith him because he belonged toevery family.

Much has been said about theCanadian doctor who officiated atthe birth of the Dionne quintupletsduring the past year. The old doctorwas invited to Johns Hopkins Univers-ity., Was it for the purpose of show-ing him something new, or was it togive to the students in that greatinstitution a glimpse of the somethingthat such as he has in his makeup?Something that is so necessary thesedays, yet so seldom found.

Not only in the labors of adoctor is that almost lost art needed,but we can see its lack in every vo-cation.

Have we stressed the ends of mod-ern education to the detriment of theindividual and the public alike?

Have we held up the money expec-tation connected with a business to theextent that sympathy and human un-derstanding have been crowded out?

Perhaps the distress and anxiety ofthe past few years may re-create inall of us some of the finer qualities oflife, as exemplified so often by theold family doctor.

Song Birds Migrate byNight in Long Flights

The majority of our lo&g birdsmigrate by night. They make .ijourney of from one to six thousandmiles to winter quarters. They takeexactly the same routes when theyreturn in the spring and each species

follows the identical CO!parents <heating to no:.many o\' the MIroutes, main of the imalsters tiy meat (HaM a n y o f t h e i n i t i a l ft)straight across the Gulf from N u>a distance of about four hundredmiles.

HuberRoto-RackSeparator

Itiiilt in :t {Si/os

I lie new lioto-linck is the finest and most modern thresher built. Itsunusual features appeal to experienced tlireslieniien. Stud for completecatalog describing this new machine. Just rinht for todsij's needs

The Huber Mfg. Co. 116 North East St. Lansing, Mich.

Onion Freeze in TexasBooms Michigan Prices

A killing freeze in Texas whichdestroyed the onion crohp there hasdoubled and tripled the price of Mich-igan onions. In Lansing they wentto $3 a bushel, then to $3.25, and evenhigher prices were expected. Or-dinarily, Texas onions coming onto themarket in the early spring greatlyreduce the price for Michigan onions.

Buy Fenceof

Known ValueV^TTHEN you buy Farm Bureau FenceVV you get known and tested fence

value, just as you do when you buyother Farm Bureau supplies. FarmBureau Fence'is made of true copper-bearing wire containing not less than0.2O to 0.30 per cent pure copper. Itis heavily, tightly galvanized. And it isof the cut-stay, hinge-joint type ofconstruction, with a springy tension-arc curve in the line wires. Experi-ence has indicated that this is the mosteconomical and satisfactory type ofall-purpose farm fence.

Farm Bureau Fence is the kind offence that you can buy and erect atyour convenience. And after you'veset it up, you can be certain that itwill be there to protect your crops

and livestock for a long time to come.Many farmers keep a supply of FarmBureau Fence constantly on hand,erecting it as opportunity permits.Why not order your supply now? Itwill keep! And what's more, whenup, it will last!

FARM BUREAU SERVICES, Inc., Lansing, Mich.

See Farm Bureau Machinery for 1935Greater Values, Extra Strong, and Designed for Efficiency and Long Service

Co-op Combined Fertilizer & Grain Drill Automatic Tractor Disc Harrow

CO-OP DRILL ,•Co-op disc shoe an exclusive feature;a combination disc and hoe whichplaces seed at desired depth; will notclog. Drills grain perfectly, will notbroadcast part. Proper draft on barsof furrow openers gives positive pene-tration. Grain box equipped withdouble run feed; easily adjusted tosow any amount of grain per acre.Improved Star Fertilizer Feed readilyadjusted to sow any amount of ferti-lizer. Equipped with grass seederattachment with positive fluted feed;will sow to 2 quarts per acre. Zerklubrication. Tractor hitch and powerlift available.

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FARM NEWS SMI RDW, HABCH 2, 1985

Today's Famines

•mine in the world today isNo. 2 famine is in Russia

• y, then the city workers11 on the available

Modernizefor keeps with

CONCRETE

FREE information on designing and build-ing concrete floors, foundations, drive-ways, milk houses, steps, welt curbs, etc.

0 your repairing and mod-ernizing this year with con-

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PORTLAND CEMENT ASSOCIATION2016 Olds Tower Bldg., Lansing, Mich.

WOOL MKTG. ASS'NORGANIZES LOCAL

GROWERS' GROUPSThey Will Serve Local Wool

Consignors and StateAssociation

Pronounced interest in co-operativewool marketing is manifest at themany wool growers' meetings whichare being held in many counties inthe southern part of the state. Speak-ers at these sheepmen's rallies havebeen Stanley M. Powell of Ionia, fieldrepresentative of the Michigan Co-op-erative Wool Marketing Association,and Claude L. Nash of the EconomicsDepartment of the Michigan State Col-lege.

Mr. Powell explains the set-up andoperation of the (State and Nationalco-operative wool marketing agenciesand reviews wool price trends duringthe past two seasons. He tells thevarious factors that were responsiblefor the strengthening wool prices thatwere manifest during 1933 and for theslow and sagging market of 1934. Healso gives practical pointers for im-proving the quality and salability ofthe wool clip.

Possibilities and limitations of co-

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Farmers and Stockmenare assured of these important and essential Services when live stock lasold on the Open, Competitive Terminal Live Stock Market; where bothlarge and small Packers, knowing there will be ample supplies of all gradesof live stock available every day come ajid pay the Price by bidding againsteach other for their killing needs; where Weights are good because all livestock is properly fed and watered and not sold empty; and where all ChecksIssued for payment of live stock sold are Guaranteed by a Bond meetingGovernment requirements. Why take a chance on any other system?Secure all these services by Consigning your live stock to

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PRODUCERS CO-OP ASS'NEast Buffalo, N. Y.

Money Available for purchasing FeederCattle and Lambs, No so-calledred-tape; No Investment of fiveper cent of the amount of the loan

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THE TELEPHONEHelps Find

Highest Prices

The farm telephone more than earns itsway by enabling you to find out who isoffering the highest prices when you haveproduce, livestock or grain to sell.

In latin business transactions, you canreadily reckon the cash value of your tele-phone. But it also has a value that cannotbe measured in dollars . . . that of keepingyou and .your family in friendly touchwith others. And there may come a timewhen its service is priceless . . . when amember Of the family or a relative orfriend is seriously ill . . . or when fire,theft or accident puts you in urgent needof help from your neighbors.

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operative marketing are presented byMr. Nash, with, particular reference tothe merchandising of wool. He alsooutlines a plan for the setting up of acounty wool producers' associationto serve as a connecting link betweenthe local consignors and the State As-socation. This group would consistof the poolers residing within its jur-isdiction and would be advisory andpromotional in character.

At nearly all of the meetings heldthus far the assembled growers havefelt the need of some such local organ-ization for mutual information andcontact between the consignors andthe State Office and consequently theyhave voted to establish such a countyassociation, and have adopted by-law.sand elected directors, who, in turn, or-ganize by electing their own officers.

Following are the local associationsas organized %o date, with their offi-cers and other directors:CALHOUN CO. WOOL PRODUCERS'

ASSOCIATIONPres., Frank Martin, 130 Cliff, Battle Cr.Vice Pres., A. C. Behling Albion, R-1Sec-Treas., R. L. Helm MarshallDirectors:E. L. McClintic HomerFrancis Fox Battle Creek, R-5Wm. Frost Homer, R-4Victor Joslyn Batte Creek, R-6BRANCH COUNTY WOOL PRODUCERS'

ASSOCIATIONPres., Albert Summelroth....Coldwater, R-6Vice-Pres., Amsy Miller Coldwater, R-1Sec-Treas., Elmer Dobson QuincyDirectors:Charles Gruner, Coldwater, R-6Elon Bertram Coldwater, R-3Harry Gowdy QuincyCLINTON COUNTY WOOL PRODUCERS'

ASSOCIATIONPres., Vern Hand St. Johns, R-5Vice-Pres., H. Ballinger St. Johns, R-6Sec-Treas., Floyd Anderson St. Johns, R-1Directors:Henry Tabor HubbardsonArthur J. Gage St. JohnsJ. E. Crosby St. Johns, R-5LAPEER COUNTY WOOL PRODUCERS

ASSOCIATIONPres., James Porter Lapeer, R-2Vice-Pres., Harry Stover AtticaSec-Treas., Reid Sisson Imlay CityDirectors:James Shepherd Imlay City, R-2Albert Martus Brown CityW. C. Glover AlmontRobert Beattie ColumbiavilleST. JOE COUNTY WOOL PRODUCERS'

ASSOCIATIONDirectors:Howard Bucknell CentervilleW. H. Munson Constantine, R-1Roy Catton White PigeonJoseph H. Krull Constantine, R-1Henry Gieason... „ _ Three RiversHerman Rice Sturgis, R-1EATON COUNTY WOOL PRODUCERS'

ASSOCIATIONDirectors:Forest D. King CharlotteE. E. Thornton Olivet, R-3Chester Smith Eaton RapidsA. N. Bottomly CharlotteHarry Skinner DimondaleRhinehart Zemke VermontvilleJACKSON COUNTY WOOL PRODUCERS'

ASSOCIATIONDirectors:W. E. Eckerson Jackson, R-4F. N. Andrews NapoleonDavid Crouch Grass LakeM. J. Allen ParmaW. E. Randall Brooklyn, R-2Harry Hammond Springport

IONIA COUNTYIn Ionia County the assembled growers

decided tliat an informal committee wouldsuffice und the following men werenamed:

Ionia Wool Committee:A. J. Chamberlain IoniaJ. A. McDowell Saranac, R-3Chas. H. Mattison Ionia, * RFDH. E. Powell IoniaRoy Kyser Lowell, R-3

Up Governor's Salary?Proposal to raise the salary of the

Governor of Michigan from $5,000 to$15,000 annually has been proposed inhe House of the Legislature. For the

present the bill has been tabled. Suchbills come from time to time. Gov-ernors lend them no support becauseof the political hazards involved.Michigan pays one of the lowest sal-aries accorded a Governor by anyState.

Trend Is To FarmsTenants are being displaced by

owners, and young and middle-agedmen, weary of the uncertainties of:ity employment, are going back tothe land wherever opportunity offers,according to reports from Kansas. InMichigan seldom if ever is the threatheard about pulling up and moving totown. There is a strong trend theother way.

Farm Bureau Meetingat Fountain, March 14

Fountain.—A Farm Bureau meetingis to be held here Thursday, March 14,at 2 P. M. The Mason County FarmBureau band will play. Wesley Haw-ley will discuss Farm Bureau workfor 1935. The meeting is in charge ofWilliam Sommerfeldt and E. Rasmus-sen.

There is a one armed paper hangerin the world. He is George Cobb, 26,of Omaha.

LEADER

ALFRED SENTALLMr. Bentall, Michigan State Farm

Bureau insurance director for theState Farm Mutual and State FarmLife Companies, was honored at theBloomington, 111., annual conventionthe week of Feb. 18.

Mr. Bentall was one of six Stateinsurance leaders from the list of 35to address 1,100 top notch local anddistrict agents who came to the homeoffice at Bloomington. For years Mr.Bentall has led Michigan agents tohigh production records, giving theCalifornia, Minnesota and Indianaagency forces a merry chase. Mich-igan has 350 agents in the field.

CHAMBERLAINFIRSTTO P 0 0 I / 3 5 WOOL

Advances Lower, but BeliefIn any Movement Must

Be Upward

Lansing.—The initial rate of ad-vance on wool delivered at the Lan-sing warehouse of the Michigan Co-operative Wool Marketing Associationfor its 1935 pool will be $y2 cents perpound on medium wools and 8cents per pound on fine wools, Asso-ciation officials announce. This sched-ule was adopted in accordance withrecommendations made by the Na-tional Wool Marketing Corporation,Boston, Mass., the national salesagency for about 30 State and re-gional co-operative wool pools.

MARCH MEETINGS SCHEDULESchedule of wool producers' meetings

to be addressed by C. L. Nash, M. S. C.Economics Department, and Stanley M.Powell, field representative of the Michi-gan Co-operative Wool Marketing Ass'n:MARCH COUNTY PLACE All P. M.

March 4—Genesee Co., Flint, CourtHouse, 1:30 P. M.

March 5—Macomb Co., Armada, Library,1:45 P. M.

March 6—Oakland Co., Ortonville, TownHall, 1:00 P. M.

March 7—Hillsdale Co., Hillsdale, CourtHouse, 8:00 P. M.

March 8—Livingston Co., Fowlerville,1:30 P. M.

March 13—Kalamazoo Co., (To be an-nounced).

March 14—Cass Co., (To be announced),1:30 P. M.

March 15—Barry Co., Hastings, CourtHouse, 1:30 P. M.

It is deemed probable that woolprices are now at a minimum andthat any further market fluctuationsshould be in an upward direction. Theselling price of wool at Boston hasdeclined steadily for the past year.The Association hopes that bed rockhas been hit and'that recovery is athand for wool growers.

Any strengthening of the wool mar-ket above present levels will be re-flected either in a further advance to1935 consignors or in larger final set-tlements.

The distinction of having broughtin the first consignment of 1935 woolto the Association's Warehouse at728-736 E. Shiawassee St., Lansing,goes to Mr. A. J. Chamberlain ofIonia, a former president of the IoniaCounty Farm Bureau. In 1933 Mr.Chamberlain saw wool sold for a dimea pound. Wool pool returns that sea-son netted the growers about 28 centsper pound. Last spring Mr. Chamber-lain was one of the early consignorsand this season he heads the list.

In Georgia and Mississippi 70 outof every 100 farmers work someoneelse's land as tenants or share crop-pers.

WOOL GROWERS!The 1935 Wool Pool is now open for receipt of consignments. Interestedgrowers should write for Wool Marketing Agreement and other information.Upon return of a signed Agreement, the Michigan Co-operative Wool Mar-keting Ass'n will furnish wool sacks and shipping tags. Ass'n membersmay draw their wool to our Lansing warehouse, 728 East. Shiawassee St.,Lansing, any week day. They may ship by rail or truck, collect. Woolis weighed on delivery. Wool sacks weigh about 4 lbs. and are deducted.Cash advance is made at once on net weight of wool here. Inbound freightif any is paid from cash advance. Also, nominal Wool Marketing Ass'nmembership of $1 per year.

The wool pool cannot guarantee any certain profit, nor a cer-tain final settlement date. Market conditions control that.Generally, the pool has made money for its members. Pooladvance is subject to change, according to market conditions,and at this time is at the rate of 9'i-c on medium wools and8lAc on fine wools.

MAIL THIS COUPON NOWMichigan Co-op Wool Marketing Ass'n, 221 N. Cedar St., Lansing

Please send me a 1935 Wool Marketing Contract and other information

about your Association. I expect to have about lbs.

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FARMERS HAVEN'TREALIZED MUCH

ON PRICE CLIMBFigures More Encouraging,

But 1934 Crops HadBeen Sold

Prices received by Michigan farmersare on an average 81% better thanthey were two years ago. During thesame period, according to MichiganState College figures, prices paid byfarmers for production purposes orfor family living are up an average of26%. The Michigan farmer is paying15% more for wages than he did.

Since the largest portion of the1934 crops were marketed by Michiganfarmers at prices lower than the Jan-uary 1935 level, and since the 1934crop yield as a whole was smallerthan average, Michigan farmers havenot yet been able to realize much, onthe more favorable prices.

While the average prices of 20 farmproducts have risen 81% in the pasttwo years, some of them have under-gone remarkable changes. Feed cropprices are up 234%, poultry products95%, cash crops 77%, dairy products64% and meat animals 58 % from theirlows.

The high price of feed crops is anunfavorable factor in the present pricesituation.

Legislation Drags UntilHouse Situation Clears

(Continued From rage One)lage school taxes average 3 timeshigher than in the rural districts.Villages would have reason to votefor that, according to Mr. Bramble.

Another bill would turn the certi-fication of all school teachers over toa State board "to regulate the short-age or surplus" of teachers. If nor-mal school production capacity is notto be closed down, there are those whohold that teachers who earn the rightto teach should be certified to teach.

Members of the Legislature seem in-clined to appropriate in the neighbor-hood of $25,000,000 of State aid tothe schools from the general fund • ifthey can see where the money is tocome from.

Agricultural InspectionChanges are coming in the inspec-

tion services of the State Departmentof Agriculture. Effort will be made tosee that firms benefiting by seed, feed,fertilizer and other inspections shallpay accordingly for the service. Abill before the Legislature providesfor 25 cents per ton fee on all manu-factured stock feeds. That will beconsidered too high. Whatever it is,the farmer will foot the bill.

Farm Credit AidGov. Fitzgerald on March 1 signed

the Act extending for two years afterMarch 1 the State Farm Credit ReliefCommission. This body, assisted bycounty committeemen, is authorized toassist farmers to qualify for FederalFarm Loans where debt adjustmententers into the picture.

Believes Inflation WillStart Slowly in 1935

Kiplinger, publisher of the KiplingerWashington Letter, and shrewd ap-praiser of news there, is quoted bythe magazine Time as forecasting thereal beginnings of inflation in 1935,with the prospects of it becoming not-iceable in 1936. He believes the years1936 to 1940 will therefore be yearsof business activity and prosperity.He believes the Government is doingeverything in its power to inflate.He believes now is a good time to ex-pand or start a business, particularlya small one.

The cost of crime in this countryis estimated at 13 billion dollars an-nually,—more than three times ourtotal expenditure for education.

FARM FIRE INSURANCEINSURE NOW—PAY AT YOUR CONVENIENCE in Michigan's Largest Farm

Fire Insurance Company. This Company increased its total risks over ?5,000,000 in1934, increased its cash surplus over 138,009 and at the same time reduced Itslosses and assessment rates. Total assets and resources over One Quarter MillionDollars, of which more than one-half is cash and (Government Bonds. We own ourown office building with convenient parking sluice for members having businessat the office. We thereby avoid high rentals demanded for office space. Losses satis-factorily adjusted and paid promptly, sometimes partial payment being made ondate of adjustment to relieve stringent conditions often caused by fire. Auto-mobiles furnished full'time Inspectors, saving high mileage costs, A blanket policyon personal property as well as a broad and liberal policy contract particularlyadapted to the insurance requirement of the farmer. Our solicitors licensed bythe Department of .Insurance. Policies accepted by the Federal Land Bank, HomeOwners Loan Corporation and other Loaning Agencies. Write for financial state-<nient and other literature describing policy.

STATE MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF MICHIGAN

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• LOROA new contact insecticide. Kills aphidaand many other sucking insects. Con-tains no nicotine — is non-staining.

• BORDEAUX MIXTUREA fungicide used to prevent potatoblight, grape black rot, bitter rot, etc

• NuREXFORM*The Improved Lead Arsenate. An effec-tive control for Codling Moth and manyother chewing insects.

• ARSENATE OF LEADA dependable control for Codling Mothand many other chewing insects.

• CALCIUM ARSENATEUsed to kill leaf-eating insects on pota-toes, tomatoes, etc.

• L I M E S U L P H U R(Dry and Solution)

A fungicide as well as an insecti-cide, made as a liquid and a powder.

OTHER SPRAY PRODUCTSBlue Vitriol ParadlchlorobenzeneCoposil Sulforon*Flake Zinc Sulphate Sulphate of NicotineKleen-O-Cil SulphurKleenup(DonnantOil) Zinc ChlorideKleenup-Tar OU

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Of 1,000Men Now 4O

10 WILLDIE THIS YEAR

These men are somewhere near the half-way pointin bringing up their families, and maybe more thanthat in paying for their homes.

Each man longs for financial security for himselfand his family. He plans, works and saves.

He can provide financial security simply by be-ginning the purchase of a sufficient amount of lifeinsurance to cover his needs. The amount may not belarge, but immediately it is issued, his estate is assuredthat amount. Paying for it each year, a little at a time,a man saves money, builds up a financial reserve fund,protects his family and property, and builds a fund forhis old age.

State Farm Life policies areespecially adapted to farm-ers' needs. You shouldknow what we offer. Weare glad to explain, andwithout obligation.

Of the 1,000 men at age 40,mortality tables say that 10

will die within that year.

State Farm Life Insurance Oo.Bloomington, 111.

Home Office of StateFarm Life—Bloomington

Michigan State Farm BureauState Agent

The Little Items Count in Making the Farm Pay —Co-operatively Purchased, These Items Bring MoreValue for Your Money. ,- /*

OERESAN FOR QATS,BARLEY, WHEATCosts only 2c per bushel of seedto control smuts of these grains.Lowest cost dust disinfectant onthe market. Generally improvesyield several bushels per acre.Twelve farm tests on comparingyields from Ceresan treated smutfree seed oats with the same seeduntreated showed gains of 1 to 6

bushels per acre for the treated, smut free fields.Ask your Co-op about Ceresan.

FARM BUREAU PAINTSOur house paints are made ofpure lead, zinc and linseedoil to U. S. Bureau of Stand-ards formulas for good, last-ing paint. Our red oxide barnpaint is the same quality.Farm Bureau paints savemoney by spreading nearlytwice as far and lasting ingood condition nearly twiceas long as cheap paints. PaintsInterior paints. Ask your Co-op.

for all roofs.

FARM BUREAU SERVICES

SEMESAN JR. FOR r «SEED CORNCosts 2i4c per- acre to treat seedfield and sweet corn, and it earnsdollars. Semesan Jr., protectsseed from decay, blights, rots.Improves yield several bushelsper A. Half hour treats seed for80 A. Average increase in yieldin many tests has been around

10%. Semesan Jr. will not control corn smut,wire worms and grubs. When seed is plantedSemesan Jr. protects it against disease spores onseed or in soil. Ask your Co-op.

FARM BUREAU FLY SPRAYDeadly to flies. Powerful andlasting fly repellant for stock.Made from petroleum prod-ucts and pyrethrum to U. S.government formula. Quickand stainless. Odor not un-pleasant. Will not taint milknor cling to clothes. Onepound of pyrethrum in eachgallon of spray. Sprays of similar effectivenessusually sell for at least JL5% more. Kill-Fly isour household spray for flies, ants moths.

AT LANSING, MICHIGAN

SATI'RDAY, MARCH 2, 1935 I C H T 0 A \ F A R M \ F \l\V

Live Stock Markets Change

Detroit— The Michigan Live StockExchange announces that its radiobroadcast of the Detroit live stockmarket on Tuesday, Wednesday andThursday has been changed from12:35 p. m. to 11;55 a. m.

SKKI» POTATOESLow prices for potatoes usually re-

sults In growers selecting seed fromtheir own crop. Certified seed also isrelatively low in price and shou'dbe used. Potatoes rapidly become in-fested with diseases unless the grow-ing crop is carefully watched, anddiseased plants are destroyed. Thishas been saved that contains so muchcertified seed.

FARM MACHINERY OUTLOOK UOOI)John Krau.se, Michigan manager for

the Huber Manufacturing Company,threshing machine builders, bf-Iievesthe outlook is very good for ih<* Bateof grain separators and all farm ma-chinery this year.

BIG. HUSKY CHICKSMichigan Approved Large Ehgltsh TypeWhite Leghorns, Hardy stork, li.;il Lay-ers. All J'..W.L>. Tee ted. St;iin.-<1 Anti-gen, Own Supervlston. Reactors Removed.Write for Circular CC 117r>.

WINSTROM HATCHERY,Box B-4, Zeelancl, Michigan

Name Bramble to U. S.Agricultural Credit Bd.Lansing—Clem H. Bramble of

Lansing, master of the MichiganState Grange has been advised by\Y. I. Meyers, governor of. the federalfarm credit administration in Wash-ington, of his appointment as a mem-;ber of the regional agricultural credit Icorporation of Minneapolis, Minn.

The regional corporation was es-jtablished two years ago to provideemergency agricultural credit tofanners in Michigan, Wisconsin,Minnesota and North Dakota. Since,oth»r credit agencies have been es-tablished, the corporation now ischiefly concerned In liquidating itsfarm paper and collecting outstandingloans with the least possible hardshipto borrowers. Collections in 1934 werereported to be very satisfactory.

IN THIS\ UNION THERE IS STRENGTH

Tim on Quintuplets

Tim Benneti ot Baton Rapids, Mich.,c a r t s not tor the AAA in any form.He concludes a letter about it to theState Journa l at Lansing with theremark:

"Lucky those Canadian quintupletswere not born over here. We mighthave plowed three of them under."

THE HEWFEED

MANAMARNATURE S FOOD MINERALS FROM THE SE

MANAMARINCREASES PROFITSbecause it . • •

O ELIMINATESRETAINEDAFTERBIRTH

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O ASSURES VIGORIN CALVES

3OO Calvings*..Only One Retained AfterbirthThis actual record at Overbrook Farm in New Jerseypoints the way to increased profits. Keeping cows in

production by eliminating trouble at calving timej—avoid-ing the cost of veterinary care—prolonging the breedingage of good bulls all drive down your costs and widenyour profit margin.KEEPS COWS IN CONDITION - ManAmar, not onlysupplies the necessary minerals, but supplies them in themost easily assimilated form, thus satisfying the vital nutri-tional needs to keep your cows above the average. Cowsin good condition produce steadily—re-turn to production after calving quick-ly and thus show a better average annually.Rich in vitamin E, ManAmar is an especialhelp In prolonging the breeding life of goodbulls. Put your cows on a ManAmar rationnow — stop losses — get the extra resultsbetter health and condition makes possible.

O REDUCESREPLACEMENT LOSSES

Ask your Farm Bureau Dealer about Mermaid Dairy Rations or write forFree booklet "The New Way to Feed Minerals."

FARM BUREAU SERVICES, INC.221 North Cedar Street Lansing, Michigan

JWMILK RESULTSNo up-to-date poultry raiser tries to get along withoutmilk in some form. Nothing else equals the resultsthat milk gives. It is a natural food—the foundationof good poultry feeding—recommended and urged byexperiment stations and nutritional authorities every-

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Dry skim milk provides this highly import-ant feed ingredient in the most uniform,economical and convenient form. You canget plenty of the very best grade dry skimmilk right here in Michigan from the fol-lowing members of the American Dry MilkInstitute:

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CALF-MANNATHE BETTER WAY TO FEED CALVESCALF M A N N A fits all cases. Y o u w i " f i nd C a l f

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You can buy CALF MANNA at all Farm Bureau Stores

BbfVZD.QF 2H/SECTOHS -fiHD SEQ'i OF FGRM

Herewith is represented the strong-est combination of Michigan farmorganizations the State has everknown. This is the board of directorsof the Michigan State Farm Bureau.It includes seven Farm Bureau menwho represent seven state-wide com-

modity marketing organizations affili-ated with the Farm Bureau to promotecommon interests in legislation, mar-keting, transportation and agriculturalaffairs in general. The State Farm Bu-reau and its seven affiliates act to-gether on public questions and in

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I promoting co-operativo efforts amongfarmers. They are entirely separatefrom each other in their linancial andother business affairs. Their commonmeeting ground is the Farm Bine.in.Following are the directors and theirrepresentation on die state Farm Bu-reau board:

REAR ROW, left to right: H. H. Sandford, Bal John Houk, Luaihgton; Paul Begick, | E. T.Leipprandt, Pigeon; C. J. Reid, Avoca; all Farm Bureau dlrei tors at lai ' •

MIDDLE ROW, h ft to right: C S. Langdon, Hubbadfcton, director ;,. large; O. R. Gale, Shelby representing theGreat J.ak.-s Fruit Industri. -s; Charles Woodruff, Hastings, Michigan L i v e s t o c k Exchange J. T Bussey Lake deelanauMichigan Potato Growers Exchange; G. S. Coffman, Cold^fatcr, AliMi. Dist., Mldwesl Co-op Creameries Inr • Wm'Bristow, Flat Rock, Michigan Milk Producers As»'n. "

BOTTOM ROW, left tp right: J. J. Jakway, Ben to* Flarbor, ,ec'y Clark L Brody LantfnirW. E. Phillips, Decatur, Michigan Elevator Exchange; President W. W. Billings, Davison, Michigan Co-op Wool Mar-keting A.ss'n; Mrs. Edith M. Wagar, Carleton, director &\ large; M. B.McPherson, Lowell, director ai I

OUTLOOK BETTERFOR FARM PROFIT,

COLLEGEBELIEVESGreater Demand and Higher

Prices EncouragingFeatures

East Lansing.—Greater demand forfarm products, higher prices for thosesold, and a more promising prospectfor the present year are some of theencouraging features discussed in the1935 agricultural outlook for Mich-igan issued by the economics depart-ment of Michigan State College.

Improvement in financial condi-tions probably contributed most heav-ily to the increasing use of farm pro-duce, even at the higher prices pre-vailing. Potato growers, dairymen,and producers of canning cherries

Unusually large numbers of beefcattle slaughtered la: I year have re-duced the numbers on farms until itappears that prices for beef will bematerially higher than in 1934. Nor-mal feed crops next summer willprobably lead to competition in buy-ing feeder cattle, and the prices paidfor them may be so high as to makethe venture very speculative.

Lamb prices probably will be higher,but improvement in the Avoolen millswill have to. occur before prices forwool increase. The it umbers of sheepon farms was redJBced by removal ofsheep from drought areas, and theremay be unusual competition forfeeder lambs next fall if feed is plen-tiful.

Owners of brood mares apparentlystill have an opportunity to make afair profit for raisin.L -noil colts. Therehas been no increaseof horses on fartn

in the numbersalthough more

colts have been Raised in the pastfew years. The decline in the num-ber of old horses has more than offsetthe greater number of colts.

Fruit ProblemsExport markets for American fruits

had the least share in the bettermentof Michigan farm conditions. In-creased receipts for produce sold was have remained more constant thannot an undiluted gain, however, as for any other class of agriculturalprices for goods brought also in-; products. Production of fruits is in-creased.

Corn and HogsSome of the uncertainties of returns

from crops of corn and wheat cropsin Michigan are removed for the

creasing, however, and growers ofcherries for the canning plants aregrowing more fruit than the marketwill consume at a fair price! Thereappears to be no reason for increas-j

to pay for exports of agr icu l tu re !products, and until industr ial pr<>-duction and employment a re in-

18 I i Hie i n -of Michigan farmers, he said,

i what they oan to attain thoseI ves.

Man Got Pulp PaperIdea From the Wasp

Man learned to make paper fromwood pulp by watching wasp?!. Theirmethod of making paper is simple.They bite off a mouthful of woodfrom a dead limb. This /is cheweduntil it is a pulpy mass. The littleball of wood pulp is then spread overthe edge of the nest. When it dries,the pulp has become a sort of toughgray paper. The same method in amore scientific way is the pr<used by man in making paper.

ExplanationsInto the U. S. Senate the other day

waLk«'d Senator Bilbo of Mississippiwith a black eye and Senator HueyLong of Louisiana with a bandagedhand. Senator Bilbo blamed an auto-mobile accident and Senator Longsaid his hand was afflicted Vith "Ath-lete's foot."

New Tuberculin HasNo Foreign Protein

A new tuberculin, tree from toprotein, has been in use -April in the testing of cattle for tu-berculosis.

The new tuberculin is madea pure ciuniical which takes the placeof meat broth. The product is evenmore reliable in revealing the pres-ence of tuberculosis than the brothtuberculin) which for more than 40years lu.s bee:! produced by practicallythe vame method as was devised by

t (Cocb, discover of the product.

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maintain that iupply- build red blood and vigorprotect health - - and

development. M<cuts down losses nrives youholier chicks and opens the

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Poultry and eggs are the moststaple and dependable incomeproducers on the farm. Poul-try is one of Uncle Sam'sfew billion dollar indusi

Many thousands of producerscontributing to this great in-dustry are not taking a profit.

It is not difficult to get intothe profit-taker's class. Keepgood stock, feed the best feeds,cull properly, house well, keepthe fowl clean and healthy.Gather the eggs several timesdaily in order to get top prices.Run the poultry departmentas a business.

Oyster shell is a small-costessential to health and largeegg production — costs about3 cents a year per laying hen.

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farmers who hold crop contracts. T h e , i n g t h e ' acrejJfe °*JP»Pes. Bearingacreage which they have planted or! vineyards will produce a sufficientwill plant this spring is determined i c j o p , t o , s l i p p l y p r e s e n t market,and they will receive benefit payments I T w o , l l g h t c r o p s o£ l n M I c h "In addition to the sales prices f o r . ^ have left the powers hoping furtheir grains Michigan farmers have b e " e r Production this year.

The prospects for a better marketfor vegetables appear blighter. Storesof canned vegetables have been re-duced as a consequence of short crops|following the drought. Canneries wayoffer contracts at higher prices andfor larger acreagi • than la

their grains. Michigan farmers havea favorahle market for soft winterwheat.

Malting barleys are apt to bring apremium as the last crop was short.Maltsters prefer the six row harleysfor their purposes. All feed grainswere a short crop last year and allavailable stocks will he cleaned up he-fore harvest.

Bonus PromisingThe last bean crop was only enough

for a year's market supply so {thereshould he little carry over. Theshort crop was caused by drought con-ditions, however, and large plantingsthis year will be followed by lowprices unless the weather again limitsproduction of beans. Rising pricesfor meats may lead to an increaseduse of beans for human food.

Potatoes a ProblemPotato growers now face the old

situation of low prices for a largecrop. Prospects for the 1035 crop are,of course, dependent upon the acreageplanted in the whole country. Atpresent, the growers have asked thegovernment to aid them in placingpotato production upon a controlledbasis. Any regulations adopted forthis crop probably will be placed upon

Wallace Defends-BeetAcreage Cut, AAA Plan

11 'uiit iiiunl frum Page I!)Kxju'cts Continuous \ A A

"For the next year or two.'' said;Mr. Wallace, "we must expect tomaintain and improve the Agricul-tural Adjustment program,—at leastuntil we can Increase imports to payfor the exports we want to make.

"We seem to be entering on a dif-ferent, kind of a life* None can saywhat it will be. Factory owners onceplowed NO', of their workers into thestreets in many instances. Maybewe cant blame them; perhaps theyhad to do if or bus1. Rut they didn'ttry to cut prices very hard. Ma-chinery is down about 6

"We cut down agricultural pro-duction in cotton and wheat. We hadtlne,> times too much when foreign

|nations quit buyin What ag-the amount of stock marketed and | i j . ulniro has donenot upon the number of acres of po-tatoes grown.

Growers of sugar beets are guaran-teed parity prices for this year's

icrop. This will aid Michigan farm-| ers who have a base acreage for: beets. Farmers who have never grown(beets will not be able to obtain con-tracts unless former growers refuse

I to grow enough beets to make up theMichigan allotment.

Dairy SituationThe future for dairymen appears a

little brighter. Prices for dairy prod-ucts are now improving and storagestocks of milk products are lowerthan they were one year ago. Feedprices are very high, however, andonly first class cows will be able toreturn a profit.

Poultrymen who June retained theirlaying flocks should be in a better posi-tion than they were in last year. Stor-age eggs are fewer than for last

'year, and the numbers of laying henshas been reduced. Demand for babychicks will probably be better thisspring than it was last year.

tion has i • tougand times morejustified khan industry's part In theprocess.

"A lot of our trouble lies in ourdifficulty in distinguishing be£\liberty and security in view of thehard factfl in the situation we

"We wind up by still finding theUnited Si editor nation, witha high tariff and small exportcause We won't h. Imports.

Farmer*' Stsiko in ln»liis|ryMr. Wallace em] that in a

Industrialized as Michigan,and in which so large a part of theagricultural production is marketedwithin the State, it is clear that theprosperity of its agrieultffre is ily linked with that of the industrial

s. He pointed out the improve-ments in industrial shipments fromMichigan to tho cotton, wheat andcorn belts where the AAA r« •program have been raoagriculture.

Agriculture, he s:iid, will need tomaintain its adjustment program un-til Imports arc Increased naateria'ly

TIMELY CLOTHESKINDLY PRICES

Tailored Suits

$22.50 $35.00

TOPCOATS at $25THIS spring have a suit or topcoat

tailored to your measure from FarmBureau quality fabrics-.—and at very rea-sonable prices.

Our new Spring lines are here. Thepatterns and materials are splendid! Wehave r|bt advanced tailoring prices.

Write for samples and information. Sug-gest shades and weaves you like. If wehave your measurements on file, you mayorder from them. Many do. Better yet,visit our display room and make a selec-tion from many patterns. Visitors arealways welcome. We shall be glad totake your measurements for suit or topcoat and file them without obligation.

Farm Bureau members, your ClothingDepartment Membership Credits onpurchases will help pay your dues.

CLOTHING DEPARTMENTMICHIGAN STATE FARM BUREAU

22$ No. Cedar St. Lansing, Michigan

SIX M I C H I G A N FARM NEWS SATURDAY, MARCH 2, 1935

CROPS DEP'T SAYSCERTIFIED SEEDS

PAY IN MICHIGANBetter Yields, Better Quality

Are Harvested FromBest Varieties

-t Lansing—Use of certifiedof all kinds is one of the prac-

tires recommended by the farm cropstment at Michigan State College

as an aid in increasing farm profitsis cost more than ordi-

nary field-run seeds but they areworth more All the seeds in any lotwere produced by the same varietyand the same type of plant. Fieldsplanted to certified seed grow andripen more evenly than those in whichmixed varieties are used for seed.

Kceords kept by the crops depart-ment and by the farm managementdepartment, at the college prove thatcertified seeds yield more bushels peiftcre :iiirl produce a greater proportionof No. 1 product than do ordinaryseeds. Growing second grade prod-ucts does not pay well in a time whenprices are down and is never as profit-able as producing qualify crops.

Michigan has the highest standardslor certified seeds of any region pro-ducing them. The seed must be 99.25per cent pure to pass inspection.Tests for germination must also bepassed by the Michigan seed. All ofit is adapted for use in the State.

Considerable Michigan seed cornhas ben saved that contains so muchmoisture it is apt to be unsatis-factory when planted. No corn shouldbe used Tor seed nnt.il it has beentested for germination; certified seedcarries a statement of the percentageof viability.

INGHAM HAS NEWCO. FARM BUREAU

Bureau Just as GoodMembers Make It,

Brody Says

as

Mason—The newly organized Ing-ham County Farm Bureau met at theNorth Aurelius church Feb. 11 for apotluck dinner and educational pro-gram. Thirty farm families in thisvicinity have pledged their supportfor farm co-operative effort.

Clark L. Brody, secretary of theMichigan State Farm Bureau, saidthat activities in behalf of farmerssuch as the Farm Bureau's sales taxsuit to exempt farm supplies for pro-ducing farm products to be sold,could not be carried on were it notfor farmers having an organization todo it.

"The Farm Bureau has been throughits experimental stage", said Mr.Brody, adding that its managementis sound and is under the directionof 16 farmer directors who are repre-sentative of Michigan's varied agri-culture. "The Farm Bureau is justas good as its members make it", Mr.Brody said.

"There are endless advantages tobe reaped through the Farm Bureaufrom a business standpoint," Mr.Brody continued. He described theHamilton, Michigan, Farm Bureauwhich "started as a small feed store.Today it has been developed to thepoint where it ships for its memberstwo carloads of eggs per week toeastern markets, as two gasoline andoil trucks serving the community, andis a commanding influence in thecommunity. People in that commun-ity have built on a Farm Bureaumembership that represents the in-vestment of a hen's egg per day."

The Ingham County Farm Bureauis soon to have another meeting atState Farm Bureau headquarters atLansing, according to R. C. Lott, sec-retary. The members will see thevarious services of their State organi-zation, and will inspect the ware-houses and the farm machinery pro-gram now being developed by theFarm Bureau.

Detroit Healthiest Lar^e CityThe Census Bureau figures show

that Detroit with a deatli rate of 7.3a thousand is the most healthy cityin the United States.

CREDITS ON PURCHASESHelp Pay Farm Bureau Dues!

NOTICE TO MEMBERS: Purchasesof Farm Bureau Brand dairy andpoultry feeds, seeds, fertilizers andfence from your local dealer; also,purchases from our clothing andblanket* dep't at Lansing, are eligibleto membership credits when declared.

MAIL YOUR DEALER 8ALES8LIP8 to the Michigan State FarmBureau, Membership Dep't, 221 NorthCedar Street, Lansing, about everythree months.

BE SURE Farm Bureau brand goodsare entered on slip as "Farm BureauAlfalfa," "MUkmaker," "Mermash,"•to.

flO annual dues mature life mem-berships: 95 annual dues do not, butparticipate In Membership Credits,which reduce the amount of dues pay-able.

Life members receive their Mem-bership Credits in cash once a year.

We furnish addressed, postageprepaid envelopes for thispurpose en your request.

MU'HHMN STATE FARM BUREAULansing, Michigan

Be Sure About Seed This Spring

Alfalfa Is the Cheapest Protein Feed

C,This is a year when farmers must know positively the seeds theybuy. Drought conditions have scattered seed from one part of thenation to another. Much of it is not adapted to Michigan. Demandwill bring out many poor lots of seed. Departments of Agricultureare warning farmers. The warning is out in Michigan.

CWhen you have fitted and limed land, why take a chance on any-thing but Farm Bureau's clean, tested, high germinating andhigh yielding seeds? You can sow fewer pounds of them per acreand get high yields. There's real economy and satisfaction!

Bureau's Michigan grown certified Hardigan and certifiedGrimm, our Michigan Variegated, and our Western Grimm andcommon alfalfas can't be beaten for hardiness and crop yields.

CJVlany farms are short of alfalfa for the stock they have. Twoacres per cow is good measure. Alfalfa has the greatest feedvalue of any hay or pasture and is the cheapest source of proteinfor all classes of stock. When other pastures are gone, alfalfafields are green. No crop stands drought better than alfalfa.

HARDIGAN AND GRIMMWe have supplied co-ops and other Farm Bureau seed dealers with fair stocks of availablecertified Hardigan and Grimm, blue tag alfalfa seed. Later it will be scarce as hen's teeth.Speak for it now. It has no superior for yield and quality of hay. Eligible for pro-duction of certified seed. We will record Farm Bureau Hardigan or Grimm fields.

MICHIGAN VARIEGATEDA Great, Low Cost, Long Lived Hay Producer

Michigan Variegated Alfalfa seed comes from fields sown to genuine Hardigan, Grimm,Ontario Variegated, Lebeau, or Cossack varieties, which are our hardiest, longest livedand heaviest yielding varieties. These fields were not registered for certified seed produc-tion, but they have produced seed, which is known as Michigan Variegated. Naturally,Variegated is an excellent hay yielder. The seed is selected, high test and thoroughlycleaned. The price is a money saver. There is great demand for this seed.

June Alsike Mammoth Sweet CloversJUNE, the old reliable for hay and cash seed crop. Many are restoring June clover intheir rotation. We believe those who buy early will save. ALSIKE (and Timothy) arescarce and high. MAMMOTH cheap and abundant humus to plow under—improvesheavy soils. SWEET CLOVER at today's price is an especially good buy for low costpasture, roughage, hay crops, green manure, or a cash seed crop.

GOOD SEED OATS AND BARLEYBuy Michigan Crop Improvement Ass'n certified WOLVERINE oats or certifiedMARKTON oats for lighter soils. Markton is rust and smut resistant. Buy WORTHYaats (stiff strawed) for heavy soils. These are Michigan's best yielding varieties. Certi-fied SPARTAN barley generally outyields other varieties by 3 to 10 bushels per acre.

Emergency Hay CropsBecause so many 1934 spring seedings were ruined by the drouth, we expect much in-terest in emergency hay crops this year. If we have a spring with plenty of moisture*1 bu. of oats and 1 bu. of Canada field peas makes fine hay crop. Cut when oats are inthe milk. We have Michigan grown SOY BEANS. Also, RYE and VETCH andSUDAN GRASS. For muck land, Michigan grown SIBERIAN MILLET.

HUSKING AND ENSILAGE CORNCertified M. A. C, Pickets, Golden Glow, Polar Dent, Ferden's Yellow Dent. All buttedand tipped. All varieties grow and mature in sections of Michigan for which intended.High, vigorous germination. Field selected, dried, shelled, and graded by corn specialists.

OUR ENSILAGE CORN: Farm Bureau Yellow Ensilage, White Cap,Red Cob, Learning, Eureka, Sweepstakes, Reid's Yellow Dent.

FARM BUREAU SEED GUARANTEEThe Farm Bureau Services, Inc., of Lansing, guaran-tees to the farmer to the full purchase price of its seedthe vitality, description, origin and purity to be as de-scribed on the analysis tag on scaled Farm Bureau bag.

For Farm Bureau ALFALFA SEED—see your local distributor

of Farm Bureau Seeds

DELIVERED IN SEALED SACKSFarm Bureau Brand Seeds are delivered to you byyour distributor in sealed, trade-marked Farm BureauBrand bushel sacks, direct from our warehouse. Seeour seed guarantee. Good seed is a good start.

FARM

BUREAU

FERTILIZERS

FOR

YIELDCORNBEANS

POTATOESBEETS

NITROGEN in Farm Bureau fertilizers is 95'Isoluble in water. State law requires only 70' i .Farm Bureau fertilizer nitrogen is designed tobe available to young plants when they profitmost by it.

FARM BUREAU uses the best sources ofphosphorus and potash. We condition ourfertilizers to be extra fine and granular to regu-late easily in the drill.

R. D. VAN VELZORFARM BUREAU OIL DEP'T MGR.

OIL FOR SPRING WORKFARM BUREAU'S 100% PARAFFIN BASE oils lubricateperfectly. They help hold compression to give you additionalmileage from fuel consumed in your car, truck or tractor.Bearings wear longer when lubricated with paraffin base oil.

FREEDOM FROM GUMMING AND CARBON is important.We ran a test car 42,000 miles on our MIOCO oil, and foundthat the only adjustment needed was grinding the valves. Wehave had men report 1,000 tractor hours on Farm Bureau oil.The oil drained was good. They've had no motor trouble.

25,000 MICHIGAN, OHIO, INDIANA farmers buy oil andgasoline from their Farm Bureaus for quality and to savemoney. Ask your co-op about Farm Bureau oil.

MERMASH FOR BABY CHICKS

MILKMAKEF

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For High ProductionMILKMAKER CONTAINS ONLY THE BEST feedstuffs.They are selected from experience and with the advice ofdairy feeding authorities as to what makes the best andmost economical feed for maximum production. Milk-maker's feed tag lists these ingredients pound for pound.

HERDS THAT HAVE WON FOUR TO SIX of the first 10places for milk and butterfat production during these yearsamong 2,700 herds in Michigan Dairy Herd ImprovementAss'ns have made their records on Milkmaker. These herdsget ordinary good farm care, and their business is to makemoney for their owners.

CHICKS RAISED ON MERMASH simply walk away fromthose raised on other rations. They're healthier, grow faster,feather better. Chick losses are lower. Therefore, cost perpullet or broiler is lower.

MERMASH BENEFITS CHICKS by adding Mermaker(Manamar formula) to an outstandingly good poultry ration.Mermaker is a blend of Pacific ocean kelp and fish meal as asource of iodine and other essential minerals in food form.

/fiuiinusuumtiKZosmMermash

GUARANTEED ANALYSISProtein (min.) 16%Fat (min.) 3/2%Fiber (max.) 8%

OPEN FORMULA1000 lbs. Ground Yellow Corn300 lbs. Pure Wheat Bran300 lbs. Flour Middling*100 lbs. Meat Scraps100 lbs. Alfalfa Leaf Meal200 lbs. Mermaker (Manamar

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Mermash is made with or with,out cod liver oil. 5 lbs. of ourNopco XX oil has the vitaminD value of 40 lbs. of ordinarycod liver oil. The gain is yours.

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MILKMAKER FORMULAS16, 24 and 32% Protein

For Farm Bureau SuppliesSEE YOUR CO-OP OR FARM BUREAU DEALER

Write Us If You Have No DealerFARM BUREAU SERVICES, Inc., Lansing, Mich.

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MILKMAKER FORMULAS16, 24 and 32% Protein