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In 65 MichiganCounties

Vol. XIV, No. 7 SATURDAY, JULY 4, 1936 Published Monthly

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BehindtheWheel

with J. F. Yaeger,Organization Director

PRACTICE CO-OPERATIONMore and more farmer organiza-

tions are realizing the necessity ofco-operating with other farm organi-zations. Over in Kalamazoo county, Irecently had the pleasure of beingpresent at a huge mass meeting spon-sored by five co-operative organiza-tions. There was the KalamazooCounty Milk Producers, Mr. W. E.White, president; the Fanners Mu-tual Fire Insurance Association, Mr.A. L. Snow, president; the KalamazooCounty Farm Bureau, and the WoolMarketing Association, Mr. NilesHagelshaw, president, and the Farm-ers Produce Supply Association, Mr.J. C. Redpath, president. They puton a great meeting and with but oneidea in mind": the promotion of theco-operative movement.

Over in Livingston County theFarmers Co-opera-tive Co. at Howellrecently co-operat-ed with the FarmBureau in a mem-bership campaign.The same thing ishappening in Ma-comb County withthree farmer's ele-vators co-operat-ing with the FarmBureau. That ef-

«/./". Y/ISGE/Z. fort is being led byJohn Rinke, manager of the WarrenCo-operative, and W. J. Hagen, presi-dent of the county Farm Bureau,with County Agricultural Agent Wil-liam Murphy assisting.

As Dr. Glenn Frank, president ofthe University of Wisconsin, puts it,"Don't let your interest in the oneco-operative you are interested inblind you to the larger interests ofthe co-operative movement as awhole, but remember that the co-operative movement may be killedby co-operatives that do not knowhow to co-operate with other co-operatives."

YOUNG AT 76Mr. James Sullivan, Marlette

-Township, Sanilac county, is 76 yearsyoung and in demand as a tap danc-er. Jim, as his friends call him, doesa neat job of jigging and bests manymuch younger then he is. He's beendoing it for years. At the age of 14,Jim used to lean across a board whilehis feet kept time to the music ofLauren Burton's fiddle at the Walk-er school where Jim and Burton'sown son learned their reading, writ-ing and 'rithmetic. Finally the as-sistance of the plank was no longerneeded and soon Jim had earned areputation for himself as an enter-tainer. That stuck with him downthrough the years and although Lau-ren Burton is no more and the oldschool burned down long ago, Mr.Sullivan jigs on and on. They sayhe's going to do a dance at the bigFarm Bureau meeting to be held atYale, July 16.

NEVER TOO BUSYUp in Oakland County lives Mr.

and Mrs. Herbert T. Baynes, direct-ors on the County Farm Bureauboard. They manage a 350 acrefarm, have two hired men, 31 cowsand a family of three children, butare never too busy to work for theFarm Bureau. Recently Mrs. Baynesdrove with membership solictorswhen Mr. Baynes couldn't go. Shedid a good job of it to and enlistedmany of her neighbors in the. fightfor Agriculture and Equality forFarmers.

SOUND, ACTIVE LEADERSHIP"There must be sound leadership

in co-operative organizations. With-out good sound local leadership, theorganization is bound to fail. It istherefore necessary for the stock-holders to see to it that capable menand active men are selected to theboard of directors, and then seek totrain local leadership.

"This question was brought beforeus recently when our attention wascalled to a local organization whenone of the local leaders said, "What

8 , 0 7 5 FARM HOMESWILL SOON HAVE

ELECTRIC POWER1,389

WayMiles of Line Underin 5 Months of theMichigan Plan

Early in 1936 the Michigan StateFarm Bureau predicted that farmpower line electric service would bebrought to 10,000 farm homes thisyear under the new Michigan Plan,developed by the Farm Bureau,Grange, State College and powercompanies in co-operation with theMichigan Public Utilities Commis-sion.

Under the plan, most power com-panies participating agree to buildthe line without chargeparture—where there isof five customers per

-a new de-an averagemile. The

farmers must agree to guarantee apaying revenue, which ranges from$2.50 to $3.00 per month for each, offive customers per mile, according tothe company giving the service.

On July 1, three principal com-panies applying the Michigan Planreported to the Utilities Commissionthat during the first five months of1936 they have approved for con-struction or have under construc-tion a total of 1,389 miles of newfarm power lines, to bring servicesto 8,075 farm families.

Total Mounts RapidlyEach month the mileage of new

farm lines approved for constructionby the Consumers and Detroit Edi-son Companies shows a large in-crease over the previous month.These companies serve more thanthree-fifths of lower Michigan. TheConsumers approved more than 200miles for new construction duringMay and will exceed that figure forJune. The Detroit Edison is goingstrong in its Lake Huron Division ofSanilac, Tuscola and Huron countieswhere 33 5 miles have been built toserve 1,698 customers. Here is thefarm power line construction pro-gram under the Michigan Plan sinceJanuary 1, 1936:

Built or Families toApproved Be Served

Consumers (5 mos) . . . 861 mi. 4,922Detroit Ed (5 mos) 490 mi. 2,962Citizens L & P (4 mos) 38 mi. 191

8,075

Queen of the Oceana County Farm Bureau and Her Court

will we do when Bill and Jakegone?" By the way, those are

arenot

their actual names but anyway thewhole problem is not only worththinking about but something mustbe done about it. Keep good leader-ship on the board of directors and inthe officers of the organization."—Equity Union Exchange.

And that applies to County andCommunity Farm Bureau units aswell, Do you, Mr. Farmer realize thatthe average age of co-operative andfarmer organization leaders and of-ficers is over the 55 year mark?What of tomorrow? Interest youryoung folks, for tomorrow they mustassume the responsibilities of activeleadership.

Traitor And Convert"Papa, what is a traitor in poli-

tics?""A traitor is a man who leaves our

party and goes over to the otherone."

"Well, then, what is a man wholeaves his party and comes over toyours?"

"A convert, my boy."

JVfiss Ruth Esther Kerr, charmingbrunette of Shelby township, is shownin the above picture as queen of theOceana County Farm Bureau. Shewon the honor in competition withten other young women of her courtin a contest in connection wi h theopening of the new Hart Farm Bureaustore. Points were won on the num-ber of Farm Bureau membershipssigned, a cake baking contest, essay

writing and stage bearing. The youngwomen enlisted 178 new Farm Bu-reau members. Queen Esther's prizeis a free trip to the American FarmBureau convention at Pasadena, Calif.,next December. All of the girls in thecontest were awarded a trip to Lan-sing in November at the time of theState Farm Bureau's annual meeting.

Reading from left to right in thepicture (bottom to top to bottom) DaleBerger, herald, Hart; Norma Burke,

tesy of the Grand Rapids Press.

New Era; Anna Heer, Shelby; CeliaKennedy, Hesperia; Lillian LaPorte,Hart; Norma Beachum, Ferry; MaryJo Gale, flower girl, Hart; DannySayles, crown bearer, Hart; QueenRtth Esther Kerr, Shelby; DorothyBeam, flower girl, Shelby; Hilda Wie-gand, Mears; Beatrice Neutenbaum,Weare; Phyllis Birdsall, Pentwater;Florence Haynor, Elbridge; HazelHaight, Wakerville; and Junior Rogers, herald, Hart.

ELEV. EXCHANGEMEETING JULY 15

1,389Other Companies Active

Not included in. the above figuresis considerable construction of rurallines being done under the MichiganPlan by the Indiana and MichiganPower Co., serving Berrien countyand several southwestern Michi-gan counties. It has not made re-ports yet to the Public Utilities Com-mission.

The Michigan Gas & Electric Co.,serving parts of Cass and VanBurencounties, and the Michigan PublicService Co., serving much of thenorthwestern area from Muskegon to

heyboygan, both continue theirnegotiations with the Utilities Com-mission for an application of theMichigan plan to their territories.

The Consumers Power Companylas purchased the Northern Michi-an Power of Standish, and which

serves Arenac, Ogemaw, and parts ofladwin and Roscoramon counties.

The purchase will reduce electricrates there to the Consumers rates,and will make the Michigan planavailable to those farmers as it is inall of Consumers territory. Twen-ty-one municipalities petitioned theUtilities Commission to permit the

onsumers to take over the NorthernPower.

Soo Edison's ApplicationThe Soo Edison at Sault Ste.

Marie, manufacturing power fromthe St. Mary's river on a rental basisto the government, is the only com-pany to our knowledge that is callingupon farmers to bear part of the lineconstruction cost as well as made amonthly guarantee under the Michi-gan plan. Eight farmers to the mileget their line without constructioncost, but must guarantee $2.50 eachper month. Five farmers per mileeach pay a construction cost of $105and guarantee $2.80 each. Thirtykilowatts of electricity costs thosefarmers $2.40; the next 70 kilowattsare at 4c or $2.80. The Soo willbuild lines for less than 5 per mile,with corresponding constructioncharges and monthly guarantees. Italso rates farm line customers as theequivalent of one, or two or morecustomers, according to their con-sumption. Soo Edison territory isthinly settled in comparison withmost lower Michigan farm areas.

R. J. Sutton of Brimley, WesleyMcCondra and A. E. Sharp, both ofSault Ste. Marie, and all represent-ing the board of supervisors, were inLansing last week to talk with theUtilities Commission and the FarmBureau about electric service fortheir farmers under the Michiganplan.

Mr. Sutton read to the ChippewaCounty Board of Spervisors the re-port of farm electrification progressunder the Michigan plan as set forthand Sutton a committee to come toin the May edition of the MichiganFarm News. The supervisors ap-pointed Messers Sharp, McCondraLansing.

In Consumers TerritoryIn June the Consumers

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Past Year Was One of theBest in the History

Of This Co-op

The Michigan Elevator Exchangeannounces its annual meeting anddinner to be held at the Hotel Olds,Lansing, Wednesday, July 15. Thestockholders' business session startsat 10 a. m. The annual dinner,complimentary to delegates, memberand patron elevator officers, direct-ors, and farmer members of the Ex-change and their wives will be servedat noon. The usual good program ofmusic, entertainment and talks v/illfollow.

The Exchange, embracing in itsmembership some 90 farmer ownedelevators, will report handling thelargest tonnage of grain and beansin its history, dating since 1920. Itwill report its best earning since1929.

The Exchange will pay a patron-age dividend to member elevators ontheir business with the Exchange,and amounting to about $16,000. Itwill also pay a 3 % dividend on out-standing stock. Some memberelevators will draw $1,000 more oress in patronage dividends on the

year's business.This year for the first time a pat-

ronage dividend will be paid to non-member elevators and individualsselling through the Exchange. Thetop in this class is about $300.

Today, 95% of the Michiganfarmers' elevators handling grain andbeans, who are eligible as co-opera-tives to hold membership in the Ele-vator Exchange do hold a member-ship.

The Elevator Exchange was found-ed in 1920 as ttfe grain marketingdepartment of the State Farm. Bu-reau. In 1923 when it was well es-tablished, it -was separately incorpor-ated as the Michigan Elevator Ex-change.

Milt Burkholder, manager of theMarlette Farmers Elevator, is presi-dent of the Exchange; Carl Martin ofColdwater is vice-president; FrankGilmore of the Parma Elevator Ass'nis secretary. Lawrence E. Osmerand Niel Bass are the managers.

Vermont Farm BureauAids Farm Power Lines

Presidents ofMichigan CountyFarm Bureaus

Burlington, Vt.—After a long con-troversy with the Vermont utilitieson the question of rates and minimummonthly payments, the Vermont FarmBureau Federation has won this vic-tory.

The utilities accept a monthly guar-antee of $18 a mile for the first fiveyears, after which the guarantee willbe cut to $9. The previous guaranteesranged from $24 to $30 a mile month-ly, depending on the company and theterritory.

In addition to the rate concession,the utilities agreed to the Farm Bu-reau plan which calls for an electricline within reach of every farm In thestate worth farming. It is expectedthat construction of lines will start atan early date.

Farmer Owned BusinessesGrowing, Says Printers Ink

In the United States as elsewhere,the volume of business done by farm-ers' and other co-operatives con-tinues to gain faster than that of pri-vate business, said Printers Ink, ad-vertising publication, recently. Thispublication said to its readers thatit expects the movement to continuegrowing since, "The co-operativemovement has nowhere as yet indi-cated any fatal weakness."

One of the younger Farm Bureauorganizations is the Tri-County FarmBureau of Northwestern Michigan.This group includes the Farm Bureaumemberships for the counties of Kal-kaska, Antrim and Charlevoix. It hasgrown considerably in the past year,and much of the growth is directlydue to the activities of Peter Wielandof Ellsworth, president of the Tri-County Farm Bureau.

Mr. Wieland grew up on his par-ent's farms in Ottawa and Kent coun-ties. During his younger days, hewas for five years a fireman in the

Grand Rapids FireDepartment. Butthe daily waitingfor something tohappen was tooslow for youngWieland, so he de-cided to leave hisbeloved fire horsesand move into thecountry. He movedinto Antrim countyand has lived there

Wi£LANC ever since.The Wieland farm is 200 acres.

Dairying and seed potatoes accountfor most of the farm income. Mr.Wieland now lives in Ellsworth. Hisson, John, has taken over the moreactive management and operation ofthe farm. That gives Peter Wielandmore time to spend with his numerousother activities.

SU11 a FiremanMr. Wieland is president of the

Farmers Exchange at Ellsworth, is amember of the county soil conserva-tion committee, is the communityhealth officer and chief of the localfire department. He has been on thelocal school board for nine years andwas a member of a rural districtschool 'board for four years. He ison the certified seed board of theMichigan Potato Growers Exchangeand a member of the Grange. He hasbeen a memfber of the Michigan StateFarm Bureau for years.

Mrs. Wieland Is just as busy as herhusband in work outside of the home.She is a leader in club and churchwork. Besides the son, John, thereis a daughter, Mrs. Waring, of Kewa-din.

Congress Enacts Bill toContinue 3-J- Pet. Interest

The Wheeler-Gillete bill to con-tinue federal farm loan mortgage in-terest at 3%% was enacted by Con-gress and sent to the President, forhis approval. The bill continues the3 rate for one more year, or un-til July 1, 1937. The Farm Bureauand Grange gave this bill strong sup-port.

Farm Bureau testimony on behalfof this reduced rate pointed out thatthe yield on long-time investmentsgenerally is going down and that, inview of this, interest rates paid byfarmers also should be reduced. Itwas also shown conclusively that aneconomic emergency still exists foragriculture and that farmers still areunable financially to bear the burdenof a higher rate of interest.

WASHTKXAW TO VISIT LANSIXC

FINDS CROP YIELDSAME AS IN 1 8 7 0

Apparently Soil Depletion HasKept Pace With Agr'l

Progress

Yields of standard farm crops likewheat, corn, rye, potatoes, tame hay,and barley in Michigan today remainwhere they were in 1870. Despitescientific study of seeds, soils, produc-tion methods, and utilization of ma-chinery and despite great advancesin extension and publication servicesfor the farmers, per acre productionhas stood still.

Dr. C. E. Millar, head of the soilsdepartment at Michigan State College,East Lansing, has compiled statisticsgathered by the federal census show-ing average yields in ten year periodsfor the last 66 years.

"It seems incomprehensible that theyields have not increased," he says."When we look back over what hasbeen done in the way of extension ser-vice, experimental stations, the countyagent system, boys and girls clubs, ra-dio and publication services, In addi-tion to scientific studies, there seemsto be no reason for it."

Dr. Millar believes that soil deple-tion is the only possible answer tothe riddle. Soil depletion has con-tinued at a sufficiently rapid rate tocounterbalance all the efforts of scienceand farm agencies to increase produc-tion, he says.

This condition Is not local, he says.It is true of the entire mid-west andsome states have fared worse thanMichigan. The eastern states, knownfor their abundant use of fertilizers,have definitely increased the yields ofstandard crops in the same period.

Oceana Co. TakesMembership Lead

Accepting the challenge ofother counties in the matter ofFarm Bureau membership ac-quisition, the Oceana CountyFarm Bureau stepped Into thelead during June by adding 170cash memberships to its total.Livingston County topped theState in May, but dropped tothird place with both Lapeer andOceana Counties going ahead.Lapeer County has held secondplace for the past two months.The standing of the five leadingcounties at the close of June isas follows:

Quota of New % of QuotaMemberships Secured

for Year June 30, 1936Oceana 350 77Lapeer 600 57Livingston 325 55Jackson 275 52Sanilac 250 44

Note—Only cash membershipspaid since Dec. 1, 1935, are includ-ed in above figures. The mem-bership year is from Dec. 1 toDec. 1.

Holstein Ass'n FieldDay at Lapeer Aug. 7

The annual field day of the Michi-;an Holstein Ass'n will be Friday,

August 7 at the Home and TrainingSchool at Lapeer. The one speaker,says Sec'y Jim Hayes, will be CharlesBaldwin, former commissioner ofagriculture for New York. He repre-sents the National Holstein Assn.For members of 4-H clubs interestedin Holsteins there will be a judgingcontest, starting at 10 a. m. TheLapeer institution will feiv*e a Hol-stein calf to the winner. There willbe music and other entertainment.Bring a basket lunch.

OCEANA FARMERSCELEBRATE WHEN

REVATOR OPENSName Farm Bureau Queen

and Have Gala Day atHart Ceremonies

THUMB COUNTIESTO PICNIC AT YALETHURSDAY, JULY 16

Prominent Speakers, Baseball,Basket Picnic, Games

With Prizes

Plans are being made to take careof several thousands of farm folk atthe big Farm Bureau picnic at Yale,July 16.

Eight Thumb County Bureaus andYale business men are co-operatingto make the event of interest toadults and children. There will besports, entertainment, speaking,music,—-something of interest foreveryone.

All events will be at the Yale Com-munity Park, said Harlan A. Davis,superintendent of schools at Yale,

The Washtenaw County FarmBureau membership is to visit theState Farm Bureau at Lansing, July7. Secretary Brody and departmentheads will'be in charge of the pro-gram.

Brody at Memphis;Mortgage Is Burned

Secretary C. L. Brody of the StateFarm Bureau spoke at Memphis Co-operative Company meeting thenight of July 1, when the co-op burn-ed the mortgage and celebrated inother manners the final paymenttheir building debt. Mr. Brody wasamong those who organized theMemphis Co-operative Ass'n manyyears ago. Today it is a thriving in-stitution, and does it by working100% with such farmers' co-opera-tives as the Farm Bureau.

Oceana County Farm Bureau folkshad a gala day June 17. They cele-brated the opening of a new Farm Bu-reau elevator; they welcomed 178 newFarm Bureau members into their or-ganization; they stepped into firstplace for Farm Bureau membershipactivities for the year; they crowneda County Farm Bureau Queen in adignified and gracious ceremony, andthey topped it off with a splendid pro-gram of entertainment and speechesby State and local Farm Bureau of-ficers.

When the Farm Bureau SupplyStore at Hart was seriously damagedby fire last February, it was a blowto farmer owned business activitiesin Oceana county. However, in viewof the revival of interest that hadeen accomplished in recent years, and

the willingness of Oceana membersto work in the organization, the StateFarm Bureau decided to build a newand completely equipped elevator andwarehouse. It represents an invest-ment of about $14,000.

Farm Bureau QueenNewell Gale, manager of the store

for the past 4% years, planned ap-propriate opening ceremonies. Withthe assistance of Wesley S. Hawley,Farm Bureau organization represent-ative for the district, they induced11 young women from CommunityFarm Bureaus in Oceana county toenter into a Farm Bureau Queen con-test. Points were given for member-ships secured, for a cake baking con-test, for essays on Farm Bureau mem-bership, and in a stage presentation tothe audience.

Miss Ruth Esther Kerr of Shelbyhad the highest total of points andwas acclaimed as the Oceana FarmBureau Queen. Second and third placehonors were won by Misses FlorenceHaynor and Hilda Wiegand.

The Queen and her court of tenyoung women and their attendantspresented a beautiful picture. Somany young people had a part in thebuilding dedication through the queencontest, the orchestra and entertain-ment features that the event had theatmosphere of a high school com-mencement.

"Five years ago," said ManagerNewell Gale, in opening the cere-monies, "this was a dilapidated oldbuilding. Today our plans for thiscommunity have come true. The co-operation of the people of Hart andthe vicinity have made it possible."

Here to Serve, Brody says"This institution is here to serve

farmers and not to exploit them,"said Secretary C. L. Brody of theState Farm Bureau. "Our purpose isto help farmers and their wives winmore of the comforts and satisfactionsin life for themselves and for theirchildren, and to help make farming asubstantial business, and the futureattractive. We are proud of thissplendid plant and its new equipment.We hope it will serve you for manyyears, and that eventually it will comeinto your ownership.

"At the request of your cherrygrowers, we have interested the FarmBureau in the operation of the fruitcanning plant. I wish you could haveseen some of the plans that were onfoot to come in and take the growerscherries at very low prices. The can-ning plant action taken by the grow-ers and the Farm Bureau gave somepeople a great surprise."

Young people who took 'part In theprogram included: the Elbridge Com-munity Orchestra, directed by Cath-erine Norris; Evalyn Olson andJimmy Trommator, tap dancers.

Pictures of the Queen and her court,and the new Hart Farm Bureau Sup-ply store, together with descriptivematerial, appear elsewhere in this edi-tion.

Oil Refinery ProgressA petroleum refinery becomes ob-

solete in five years and usually mustbe modernized or rebuilt. "Crack-ing" or the smashing of the hydrocar-bon molecules in oil under tremend-ous pressure and temperature, hasresulted in the production of nearlytwice as much gasoline from thesame amount of crude oil.

and program committee chairman.The speakers are Chester Gray,

Washington representative of theAmerican Farm Bureau Federation,and R. Wayne Newton, legislativecounselor of the Michigan State FarmBureau. Secretary Clark L. Brodyof the State Farm Bureau will intro-duce Clarence Reid, vice-president ofthe Farm Bureau, and chairman forthe day. The speakers are knownfor their farm legislation work atWashington and Lansing for years.

The program opnus at 9:30 a. m.with registration, which is importantsince prizes will be given for the lar-gest families registered before 10:30a. m. Folks are urged to hook thetrailer on behind and "bring 'emall."

Sports And PlayThere will be a baseball game be-

tween the farmers and Yale businessmen. Also a tug of war across Millcreek. Horse shoe pitching, volleyball and races will attract adults andchildren. The children will have amerry-go-round. For those whodon't care to have a basket picnic atnoon, there will be barbecue and hot

dog stands. Lemonade, Ice cream, pea-nuts can be had on the grounds.

The sports program is in charge ofMr. Patent of the Port Huron Y. M.C. A. William Parker of Yale willassist by supervising the horse shoepitching contests. Willard andJames Gathergood will direct thebaseball game. Jack Kaatz andFred Rapley of St. Clair county willprovide the music.

The day will also climax a FarmBureau membership campaign in thecooperating counties. It is expectedthat over 1,000 new membershipswill be presented in honor of Mr.Gray and Mr. Newton.

Those In ChargeThose in charge of the program for

each county are as follows: Lapeercounty, President, Ralph Davenport,who is being assisted by StanleySherman of Imlay City and PaulEngle of Lapeer; Huron county—President, Ted I^eipprandt and FloydRichmond; St. Clair county—Presi-dent Clarence Reid with HowardJohnston of Port Huron assisting;Genesee county—President WilburShort with Ivan Parsons and ErwiuSchlabach, both of Grand Blanc, as-sisting; Macomb county—President,Win. J. Hagen, with John Rink© andJesse Blow assisting; Tuscola county,

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Vol. XIV SATURDAY, JULY 4, 1936 No. 7

What's the Cost of Electric Service?In this edition in our lead rural electrification article Mr. H. J.

Gallagher, authority on farm electrification matters, tells us that theprice of a loaf of oread will buy enough electrical energy to pump 1,800gallons of water; that the price of a pack of cigarettes will light a kitchenfor a .month; and that the cost of another loaf of bread will buy theelectrical energy needed to put the four or five family washings permouth through the electric washer.

We agree that electricity is low cost help, to say nothing of beingconveniHiit, (lepmulablf and tireless, since you are prol)ably thinkingabout electrifying your home and buildings, or looking forward to certainelectric appliances, we think you will find the Rural ElectrificationAdministration's answer to the following question to be of interest:

How much current do some of the more common piecesof eguipmenj use, ami what <iots this equipment cost?

Approx. ann'l Approx. firstHOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES

Refrigerator, 2% CM. ft.Rffrigerator, 7 <-u. ft.Range, 2",i burners, oven

• , 4 burners, ovenWashing Machinev.i iimn CtaftnerIronClackWater Hoater

pump, shallow well, automaticWatt 7- pump, deep well, automatic

275 gbl. ),er In-., •';., li. P.

Consumption inKilowatt hours

r.oo600

1,8001,800

28207.520

3,000LOO

cost of theapjiliame

I 80 up220 up7.'. up

112 up45 up40 up3.50 up2.50 up

60 up65 up

144 14S up

Good Advice in Any Field"Don't forget the kids," said the Farm Bureau Services In a recent

market letter to co-operative elevator managers. "Kids they may be toyou and your employes, but tomorrow they are going to be somebody'scustomers.

"4-H Clubs—Future Farmers of America, and other farm youthorganizations are putting agriculture on a higher plane. Those kids willlook up to you if you cultivate their friendship now.

"The youngsters who come into your place with their parents willsome day be successful farmers. They will be buyers of goods. Theywill have influence with their neighbors.

"Cultivate the idea of having the kids come to your store. It willpay in the years to come. Don't forget the kids."

That's good advice for all of us no matter what we're doing. Young-sters grow up surprisingly fast. Men and organizations will do well tonemeipber that. You can hardly begin too early in the business of makingtlit'iu welcome and familiar with the places where you want to see themin later years. And that includes your confidence and your heart.

As If From Aladdin's LampIf on July 4, 1935, someone had said to you, "By July 4, 1936, ten

thousand Michigan farm homes, not now served by electricity, willeither have it or be assured of it, and power companies will be buildingfarm power lines without any construction charge to the farmers," whatwould you have said?

That has taken place, under the Michigan Plan, developed last sum-mer by the Farm Bureau, Orange, State College and Public UtilitiesCommission in co-operation with Michigan power companies.

In this edition of the Farm News we report 1,389 miles of farm linesunder construction. They will bring electric power to 8,075 farmfamilies. Those figures cover only the first five months of the year.Additional farm line extensions are being approved at such a rate through-out most of the lower peninsula, that there is no doubt about passing the10,000 mark on July 4. In fact, there is no predicting how many thousandmore farm homes will be assured of electric power in the remaining sixmonths of the year. Farm people want the service. Their responseindicates that they approve of the Michigan Plan.

The secret of the success of the plan is that it is satisfactory to boththe power companies and the fanners. Why? It provides that the powercompanies .hull build the lines at their own expense and maintain them.Farmers like that. It provides that the farm customers shall guaranteean annual revenue per mile that will make the line self-sustaining andprovide a reasonable return for the service. The power companies likethat, and can build more am) more; farm lines on that basis.

Apain, the fanner finds the guarantee expected of him—?2.50 permonth for each of live customers per mile, in Consumer Power territory,for example will buy more than 50 kilowatts of current per month. Heis likely to use that much or more. During May, we learn that 21,799farm cm turners of the Consumers had an average electrical energyconsulnptiim <>i C7.8 kilowatt hours each, at an average cost of 3.34cents per kilowatt hour.

And so, under the farm electrification plan proposed by the FarmBureau and supported by the Grange and accepted by all interestedparties, the Farmer is wiring his premises and is investing in electricappliances the $100 to $200 the companies once required as a contribu-tion to the cost of the rural line extension. And so we see 10,000 farmhomes being electrified in five months time.

At present the Michigan Plan is being applied only where there isan average of five applicants per mile for the entire length of the proposedextension. There is provision in the plan for its application to extensionshaving less than an average of five applicants per mile. In time, theUtilities Commission will order that provision into effect.

The HammockMable gave the thing to Marthy. It's like they have in town;A classy canvas garden chair all green and blue and brown -(Frail enough to make you wonder when the thing will let you down)And as I'm sitting in it, just to try it out you know,I see a faded hammock from the realms of long ago;T :ie hammock by the elm tree where the myrtles used to grow.

It was back when I was younger—the hammock I recall;It hung there most all summer from June till early Fall;It was used by all the family and a comfort to us all.There Mother used to sit and darn upon a summer's day;There Father snatched a breather while the horses ate their hay;There, as an idle lad, I swung the idle hours away.

Tnere on a o-inday evening sat Sister and her Beau,While the steady squeak told Mother they were swinging to and fro.(An intimate arrangement that, as we old timers know)Then later in the courtship he came on Wednesdays too,And the faithful family hammock had double work to do;It squeaked long after bedtime despite the evening dew.Once with m> trusty jack-knife I cut the rope somewhatAnd left the hammock safe for one; but two — well, better not;Ah, well do I remember the walloping I got.

The hammock swung for old and young, a recollection sweet,And as a boon for young and old we found it hard to beat;And the earth was packed and polished by the strokes of thrusting feet.The hammock swung from year to year till boyhood's days were throughAnd I. a sorely smitten swain, went bashfully to woo;I used to call on Marthy — and she had a hammock too!

Now bashfulness and modesty have long been out of date.In these sophisticated times I blush as I relateHow I'd almost get to ask her, and then conclude to wait.But the hammock then as ever was the tool of Cupid's art.It will hold two folks in comfort but they may not sit apart.It was only with the hammock's help that I won Marthy's heart.If she had had two garden chairs, it's pretty safe to sayThat she'd have gone on following the solitary wayAnd poor old bashful Hiram would be single yet today.

Farm Bureau Women'sSpeaking Contest News

By MRS. EDITH M.The Mtltonai Farm Bureau wo-

men's speaking contest for 1936 willbe held at the American Farm J!u-reau annual mealing at Pasadena.Cal., next December. The topic is"What is Ahead for Rural America?"Metals and substantial cash prizesar« awarded the \\i;n;

Bach state- form Bureau mayqualify an t-.nmmt, who is the winnerof a State contest. The MichiganState Farm P.ureau will sponsor aState contest with prizes. The ruleswere established at the last meetingof the State board of directors.

The State Contest will be held af-ter two-thirds of the Farm 1'un anmembership districts in the Stateshave held an elimination contestwithin their own districts. In orderfor a membership district to qualify

ti elimination contest, it, musthave a contest entrant from each oftwo thirds or more of the countieswithin the district. There will bo no

Hion from this rule.Th. ad national contest

and contest rules are alike. AnyFarm Huivau woman who wishes to

(form Hu-ll ip district mpr<

<;ate Farm Bureau

ti&au lias won the national

10 Million for MichiganFarm Lines This Year

Probably ten million dollars will beinvested in farm power line exten-

8,075 Farm Homes GetElectric Power Soon

(Continued from page 1)ompany had 60 construction crews,

averaging six men each, at work onrural line construction. Twelve poledigging machines were working.This working force will be increasedin accordance with the work readyfor construction, according to H. J.

allagher, farm service supervisorfor the company.

More than 2 1 % of the total milesrequested to date, or 181 miles ofline to serve 1,203 customers, hasbeen built and the farmers are usingcurrent, said Mr. Gallagher.

Mr. Gallagher points out that for2,000 miles of farm line con-

struction, the company must buildabout 300 miles of secondary servicelines, and also "tie-in" lines to in-sure continous and ad-equate service.These a.dd materially to the total in-vestment and mileage but are not in-cluded as mileage contracted on arevenue guarantee basis.

Views On Cost Of CurrentSome farmers on practically all ex-

tensions regard the $12.50 monthlyguarantee per mile of line, whichaverages about $2.50 per customer,as exorbitant, even though it includesmore than 50 kilowatt hours of ser-vice, and is at the point where addi-tional current cost two cents or lessper kilowatt hour. Mr. Gallager saidthat the $12.50 per month is basedon an investment of $1,000 per mileof the line, and includes its upkeepand taxes and the current furnished.A similar investment on a dairy farmshould purchase 10 good cows thatshould produce a monthly milk checkof around $100.

For the month of May, 1936 theConsumers Power Co. listed 21,799farm customers whose averageenergy consumption for the monthwas 67.8 hours, with an average costof 3.34 cents per kilowatt hour. Itis interesting to compare electricityat that cost per hour with other com-modities, and to note how much afew cents worth of electricity willaccomplish.

Electricity In Other TermsAt 3.34c per kw. hr., the price of a

loaf of bread will buy 3 kw. hrs. ofelectricity, which will operate a va-cuum sweeper for one year, or willrun a washing machine as usuallyused for one month, or will pump1,800 gallons of water.

The price of a pack of cigaretteswill buy 4i£ kw. hrs., which willlight the kitchen for a month. The

I price of two packages of chewing to-

Thumb CountiesTo Picnic at Yale

Thursday, July 16(Continued from page 1)

—President, Henry Lane with DorrPerry and M. H. Graham assisting;Sanilac county—Milton Burkholderand James Mahaffy and T. N. VanSickle; Oakland county—PresidentJ. C. Haines and Ray Allen. Thecampaign is under the general super-vision of District Representative WA. Gwinn, who ir, being assisted byRoy Welt and Mrs. Pearl Myus.

The Yale business men's committee in addition to Mr. Davis consists of Roland Whitney, J. I. Rosenthai and Guy Rowell. This committee is working with a generacommittee of St. Clair county farmers consisting of Fred Rapley, Russell Newell, Guy Mulnyx, Alvin Morgan and William Huston.

Although the picnic is being spon-sored by the Farm Bureau, allfarmers and their families are invited to attend and enjoy the fun.

National Contests OpenTo Farm Bureau Folk

lions in Michigan in 1936, accordingjbacco will buy 9 kw. hrs., which willto II. J. Gallagher, former farm elec-trification man for State College andnow with the Consumers Power Com-pany.

In 1925, said he, farm electrificationwas almost a new term. By 1935twelve thousand miles of rural linehad been built in Michigan, to serve50,000 farm families.

Since Michigan power companieshave begun building farm lines at theirown expense under the Michigan Plan,farm power lines have become themost widely discussed subject amongfarmers today. In the first six monthsof 1936 extensions have been ap-proved that will connect 10,000 farmhomes. Compare that with 50,000 forthe previous ten years or more.

Chick.s that are confined are morelikely to develop cannibalism thanthose that run out-of-doors early inlife.

contest once. Mrs. Howard Paquinof South Haven took the honors atNashville, Tenn., in 19:54. Tli-men';, sprwkin is held to de-velop talent that will become an asset to I lie Farm Bureau movement.

operate a radio for one month, and inaddition provide enjoyment for theentire family.

Use of electrical energy above theaverage of C7.8 hrs. is purchased at2c or less per kw. hr. The price ofone-third of a ton of coal at $9 perton will purchase 150 kw. hrs., whichis enough to operate an electrict rangefor all meals for one month.

The cost or four pounds of meatat L'~>c per pound will operate theelectric refrigerator for one month.

In terms of farm commodities:1 8/10 cans of milk at $1.75 perr:wt., or 5 bushels of potatoes at 50cper bushel, or 7.8 lbe. of butterfat at32c per lb will—any of them—buymore than 50 kw. hrs. at $2.50 permonth. In fact, one 350 lb. yearlingbeef will pay a farm bill of $30 forone year's such service, Mr. Gallag-her said, adding that these compari-sons could go on and on, and eachwould emphasize that the cost ofelectricity is one of the lowest itemsin living expense, conswe get for the money.

Petroleum and its products con-Istitute more thau 10 per cent of U. ?.

The American Farm Bureau announces a number of national mem-bership contests open to townshipcounty, and state Farm Bureaus andvolunteer membership workers. Med-als trophies, plaques and cash prizeswill be awarded at the A. F. B. Fconvention at Pasadena, Cal., in Dec-ember. The contests close Nov. 20.Large and small, new and old FarmBureau units have equal chances,since some of the awards are on thebasis of the improvement made overlast year's standing.

Contests for which prizes will begiven for first place include: (1) Idealtownship or community program forthe year just closed; (2) same forCounty Farm Bureaus; (3) CountyFarm Bureau with largest numericalmembership increase; (4) Best mem-bership plan for a County Farm Bu-reau (t>) County Farm Bureau re-porting largest membership; (6)County Farm Bureau showing largestpercentage increase in membership;(7) State Farm Bureau showing larg-est numerical increase; (8) StateFarm Bureau having best membershipplan; (9) Volunteer membershipworker securing largest number ofmembers between Dec. 1, 1935, andNov. 20, 1936; (10) State Farm Bu-reau having most effective organiza-tion of Minute Men, or like group ofcounty or community leaders.

YOUNG PEOPLE TO HAVE SCHOOL HERE

This is the part of the Walden-woods Cam]) near Hartland, Living-ston county, where upwards of 100young farm men and women will at-tend the first Rural Young People'sleadership training conference fromAugust 30 to September 5.

The conference is sponsored by theState, County and Cummunity FarmBureaus, several of the commoditymarketing exchanges, local farmers'

levators and other farm groups.!lasses in home group programs,

life values, leadership, and farm co-operative enterprises will be givenby competent instructors.

The Waldenwoods grounds andequipment are a gift to the commun-ity by Mr. Robert Crouse of theHartland area community project.The buildings include a dining hall,dormitories, class rooms, recreation-al facilities. The camp is located ina woods and on the shore of a pri-vate lake.

Applications for the camp may bemade to Benjamin Hennink, director,Junior Farm Bureau work, StateFarm Bureau, 221 No. Cedar street,Lansing. Cost at the camp, includ-ing lodging and board, will be $12for the six days.

Presidents ofMichigan CountyFarm Bureaus

A farmer himself, active in farmorganizations and formerly a managerof a co-operative elevator, PresidentNiles Hagelshaw of the KalamazooCounty Farm Bureau, knows farmproblems.

Mr. Hagelshaw is the owner andmanager of a 417 acre farm in Climaxtownship, Kalamazoo County and 45head of Guernseys. He was managerof the Union City Co-operative Ele-vator for five years. He has been aFarm Bureau organizer, director, andcounty president and is a member ofthe Grange.

At present, Mr. Hagelshaw is in themidst of buildingup his farm. Abuilding programhas been under wayfor the past threeyears. New build-i n g s include ahome, two largebarns, a granary,a hen house, amilk house and twosilos. Another silo

I is being built thisHIL£S M<i£LSHAu/\ s u m m e r . A tool

house, a corn crib and hog house areto be built in another year. A soilbuilding program is also under way.Crop rotation, manuring and fertiliz-ing are all part of the soil conserva-tion program. Milk is sold throughthe Milk Producers Association atBattle Creek.

Mr. Hagelshaw has been president ofthe Kalamazoo County Farm Bureaufor the past three years. He has beena director for four years and been amember of the organization since itsinception. He has been secretary ofthe local Grange. He believes in farmorganization and believes that onlythrough organization can problemsarising outside a man's farm be met.And today fifty per cent of a farmer'sproblems are those that arise outsidehis farm, in Mr. Hagelshaw's opinion.

Mr. and Mrs. Hagelshaw have onedaughter, who is three years old. Mrs.Hagelshaw is a farm girl. Her par-ents' farm was near Augusta, Kala-mazoo county.

When the tractor plow givestrouble, first check the beams to seeif they are sprung. A sprung beammay cause many different troubles.

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PLAN YALE PICNIC

Here are 2 7 County Farm Bureaupresidents and secretaries, com-mitteemen and officers of the StateFarm Bureau, who met with Yalebusiness men recently to plan a pic-nic lor Farm Bureau members ineight Thumb counties and theirguests at Yale, Thursday, July 16.Chester Gray, Washington represent-ative of the American Farm Bureauand R. Wayne Newton, Michiganlegislative counsel of the State FarmBureau, will be the speakers.

Included in the group are: Mr. andMrs. Clarence Reid, Mr. and Mrs. GuyRowell, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Hodgins,all of St. Clair county. Also: Mr.and Roy Welt, Mrs. James Shepherd,Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Wright, Mr.and Mrs. W. A. Gwinn, Mr. and Mrs.Frank Myus, Jesse Blow, Paul Engle,

Stanley Sherman, Charles Hill, all ofLapeer county; E. T. Leip-prandt andWarren Nugent of Huron county;Melvin Graham and Dorr Perry ofTuscola county; T. N. Van Sickle ofSanilac county, and Mr. and Mrs.Wilbur Short and Sam Mickelson,of Genesee county.

John Rinke of Macomb county, andC. L. Brody and J. F. Yaeger of theState Farm Bureau are not in thepicture, although they were presentduring the day.

KILL WEEDSBy Complete Penetration

with

ATLACIDEthe chlorate weed killer, used as aspray. Kills leaves, stems, completetool systems of weeds. Used by U. S.<;<>v't and Agr'l Exp. Stations. Mil-lions of pounds sold to kill:

Canada ThistleBind WeedWillowsWhite TopWild Oat Grass

Quack GrassPoison IvyBrushSow ThistleOther Weeds

Atlacide is safe to use when appliedIn weed kUling1 solutions as recom-mended. Non-poisonous to live stock.Treat weeds this summer. They won'tcome back next spring. Our circularcontains full directions and weedspray chart. Cost per weed patch islow. Atlacide is packed in 5, 15, 50,100 and 200 lb. drums. See your FarmBureau dealer. Soil building benefitscan be earned by weed killing, underSoil Conservation Act.

FARM BUREAU SERVICES, Inc.221 No. Cedar Lansing, Mich.

Kills Flies!FLY

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Guarantees LiveStock Comfort

Packed In 1 & 5 gal. Cans15, 30, 55 gal. Drums

For Cattle, Other Live Stock,Barns, Etc.

Farm Bureau Fly Sprays are madefrom petroleum products with 1 lb.of pyrethrum per gallon of spray,gov't formula. Quick, stainless,taintless, harmless to man or ani-mals. Sprays of similar effective-ness usually sell for at least 15%more.

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Wool Pool Still OpenThere is yet time to consign your wool to the 1936 Wool Pooland receive the benefits of this successful system of orderlymarketing.

While the date for closing the 1936 Pool against further deliv-eries has not as yet been set by the Directors, it will probablybe sometime during the latter part of July, so do not delaytoo long.

The stage is set for strong wool values and any consignor willprofit by the full rise in prices up to the date of final sale.For further information, wool sacks or shipping tags, write:

MICHIGAN CO-OPERATIVE WOOL MARKETING ASS'NSecretary's Office 221 N. Cedar St., Lansing

THIS SPREADERHas Features You WantEASY TO LOAD

Top of box only 36 In. from theground. 60 bushel capacity. Itregulates for 6, 12. 18 or 24'oads per acre. A well made tool.

LIGHT DRAFTWeights 1,200 lbs., or 100 to 500lbs. less than some others. Widetired wheels that track. Self-aligning oil bearings.

SUPERIOR CONSTRUCTIONSteel angle construction for a very strong, flexible frame.Heavy steel axles. Steel chains and levers. Spokes hotforged into wheels. Beater teeth cold riveted so theycan't work loose. If one breaks you can replace it withhammer and chisel. No welding to make repairs.

SEE IT AT YOUR CO-OP ASS'NFARM BUREAU SERVICES, INC., Lansing, Michigan

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FARM BUREAU TOOPERATE CANNERYAS CO-OPERATIVE

State Group and GrowersAt Hart Take Over

Great Lakes Plant

See your Local Distributor

A transaction of great importanceto Oceana county fruit growers wascompleted recently when the FarmBureau Services, Inc., with the aidof co-operating fruit growers, de-cided to operate the modern canningplant formerly used by the GreatLakes Fruit Industries, Inc.

The plant will serve Oceana and Ma-son county growers this season, andwill can several million pounds ofcherries. It will provide the grow-ers with a farmer owned and con-trolled enterprise, devoted to bring-ing co-operating farmers the bestpossible return on their crop.

During the past five years the GreatLakes canning factory at Hart hasemployed 150 persons at the heighthof its operations. The Farm Bureauwill provide capital for operating theplant and will manage it.

The plant has been leased with anoption to purchase. The fruit pro-cessed will be that of growers whohave signed marketing contractswhich provide that the grower will getthe full net returns after actual op-erating expenses have been met. Con-tractual arrangements have been madebetween the growers' organization andFarm Bureau Servic.es, whereby Serv-ices will supervise .the operation ofthe plant and the marketing of theproducts as a service to fruit grow-ers in Oceana and Mason counties.

Included in the committee that isobtaining contracts with the growersand building the growers' organiza-tion are: Weaver Gebhart and GeorgeFoster of Hart; O. E. Hawley andO. R. Gale of Shelby; Clayton Rileyand Austin Ackley of Hart; andGeorge Piper of Mason county.

To Save Poultry Food •On an average, about forty per

cent of the hens stop laying betweenJune 15 and September 1. If theculls are removed during this periodrather than after October 1, aboutone and one-half tons of feed will besaved on a flock of 1,000 bids.—New

:York State College of Agriculture.

Farm Bureau PaintHouse Barn Roof Enamel Varnishes

ONE GALLON OF FARM BUREAU HOUSE PAINT will cover 300 sq. ft.two coats on average surfaces. It's a job that settles the paint questionfor many years. Our house paints are a combination of lead, zinc, andInert with pure linseed oil and thinners. Good paint makes the bestwearing and the cheapest job.FARM BUREAU QUICK DRYING 4 HOUR ENAMELS come in 14 colors,Including black and white. Brilliant gloss . . . no brush marks . • •washable . . . not expensive . . . and cover well.OUR PERSIAN GOLF RED OXIDE BARN PAINT Is bright red andwill not fade. We have a fine line of roof paints . . . wall paints . . .aluminum paint . . . and floor paints.

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JURIES ARE GENEROUS — !WITH OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY

Sentiment and sympathy are likely to influence a verdict ina damage suit arising out of an automobile accident. Con-sequently, juries are often very generous with other people'smoney when damages are awarded.

The most careful driver may find himself involved in anaccident. He may fail to prove his innocence in court againstthe testimony of persons in the other car. An unfavorableverdict may ruin him . . . unless he carries good insurance.

Why carry such a great risk yourself when the State FarmMutual provides adequate public liability and property dam-age insurance at very reasonable rates? Should you have anauto accident, it will defend your interests in court and else-where in accordance with the protection provided by the policy

We have more than 500,000 policyholders and 7,000 agentsin 36 states in this national Legal Reserve Company

Let our local agent explain pur policy to you.

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Fine New Home of the Hart Farm Bureau Supply Store

A gathering of some 500 Farm Bu-reau members and patrons of theHart Farm Bureau Supply Storehelped dedicate this new and com-pletely equipped $14,000 elevator andwarehouse property June 17. It re-places an old structure that waspartially destroyed by fire last Feb-ruary.

The new building provides the com-munity with one of the largest andbest equipped warehouses, elevatorsand other handling facilities for grain,jeans, potatoes and farm supplies inwestern Michigan.

The new building is 50 ft. wide and85 ft. deep. It is built of new lumberand structural steel throughout, andcompletely covered with fire-proofsteel roofing and siding.

In the rront are tne offices, and a20x34 show room for merchandise.A new 22 ton set of scales is beinginstalled in the left foreground. Thegasoline pump shown is part of apump and tank wagon gas and oilservice.

Behind the office and show room isa 50x50 first floor warehouse space.Over the office and show room is alarge balcony for the display of farmmachinery.

The full basement provides amplestorage space for merchandi.se. Onesection of it is built for potato stor-age.

An older building at the rear hasbeen completely reconditioned withnew floors, etc., to provide a two story,connected addition.

The grain and bean elevator seenat the rear is three stories in heighth.Grain may be unloaded on either sideof the building into hoppers. It movesinto hopper scales for weighing. Afterweighing, the scales are tripped andthe grain is released to the base-ment for elevation to the top of the60 foot elevator and distribution toone or more of the ten 600 bushelcapacity bins. Handling of all grainand beans is controlled by latest typeelectric equipment on the ground floor.Other new machinery includes a oneton feed mixer, a hammer mill, a corncracker, equipment to clean grain andbeans. In the basement is a gravitystorage tank for a carload of limesulphur solution.

7,000 at World Conferenceof Farm Women Last Month

Mrs. Wagar Tells What SheSaw and Heard at

WashingtonBy EDITH M. WAGAR

At the recent meeting of the As-sociated Country Women of the Worldheld in Washington, D. C, May 31sto June 6th, all records were broken

for attendance and enthusiasm ofrural woman's gatherings.

It was a most unconventional con-vention in many ways and was notonly a surprise to America, but was arevelation to the world.

This organization of rural women ismade up of representatives of nationalorganizations and meets every threeyears in international conference.The attendance heretofore has beenaround 300. While all expected thenumber would be much larger whenheld in our own country, no one haddared to think of women leaving homeduring busy summer days to the num-ber of 7,000 or more! *

Some 150 foreign delegates attendedand it was interesting to note their

reaction t o w a r dAmerican ways andcustoms. The free-d o m enjoyed byAmerican women,the speed, the manyactivities, the cos-mopolitan attitude,

energy, inde-pendence of Ameri-can womanhood asexhibited on everyturn was somethingour foreign visitors

not forget

headquarters and register and thensecure a ticket of admission. That wasperfectly all right but the registrationfacilities were set up for a muchsmaller attendance and it was im-possible for all to be cared for. Ahurried phone call to Mr. Gray bythe Farm Bureau women deploringthe fact that many of the womenwere to be denied the pleasurethrough no fault of their own,brought results. Presently, there wasan announcement from Mrs. Roose-velt that a convention badge wouldpass one through the gates.

News From Foreign VisitorsOne afternoon was spent in con-

ference with our foreign visitors—rooms was assigned each countryand one could drop in and chat withany of them.

We concluded that farmers inAmerica, while not satisfied with theconsideration they have been forcedto accept, are still well in advance offarmers in many other countries. Ivisited with many of them on thetopic of governmental relief for dis-tressed farmers and foundgreat majority of Nations

that thepractice

MRS.American women from every station

in life met on a common plane; thewoman who runs a 3,000 acre planta-tion hobnobbed with the tenant farmwoman and thought nothing of it.There were no "ladies of the manor"from America. They were all womeninterested in creating and preservingthe highest type of rural life not onlyin America but throughout theworld. A good start was made as aresult of this conference.

The Social SideOf course there were many social

features connected with it that willalways remain as most pleasantmemories. In her welcoming ad-dress Mrs. Roosevelt not only madethe usual pleasing greeting for suchoccasions, but proved to all that shehad more than a hazy idea of therural woman's problem and sharesour hope of rural people takingpowerful place in world affairs.

This was followed by a lawn partyon the White House lawn as the invit-ed guests of President and Mrs.Roosevelt. All were made to feel wel-come when the President spoke brief-ly from the south portico and Mrs.Roosevelt mingled among the crowd.Literally barrels of refreshing lemon-ade were served on that warm after-noon.

It touched a spot in every woman'sheart when she learned that theFirst Lady of the Land refused tohave it served in paper cups when itbecame known that the guests wouldnumber several thousand more thanfirst expected. Glass cups were foundfrom some source and everythingkept as attractive as could be expect-ed for a select few.

Gray To The ResueHundreds of delegates owe their

opportunity to attend this lawn partyto our ever ready man in times ofemergency, Chester Gray. In orderto attend the garden party, it hadbeen provided that one must go to

the "dole" system with no betterobject in view than to have the dis-tressed "get by".

No thought was given for gettingthem back on their feet. Nor forpreserving the health of the growingchild or the morale of the adult.

Our guests were not familiar withsuch service as Federal Farm Loans,Production Credit Corporations orRural Rehabilitation. Their reliefsystems care for the immediate pres-ent, but give little consideration to thefuture years and generations.

Farm Electrification Abroad

In the round table conferencewhere rural electricity was the topicof discussion, we were impressed withthe great advantages we Michiganfolks have in comparison to almostany other State and, Oh! how farwe have gone beyond all other coun-tries! The chairman of this discus-sion was a splendid woman fromNorway. She was proud of hercountry's electrical service, tellingus this great blessing was madeavailable to their country folk on ac-count of their abundant cheap waterpower. But she in turn surprisedus when she said they buy ttveir elec-tricity a year in advance, paying $60.for 1,000 kilowatt hours. Whilethey can renew their "order" at anytime, their home budget is plannedon only one order each year. Shewas startled to hear us talk so flu-ently about electric ranges and waterheaters, brooders and grinders.

On every hand we heard muchabout the high cost of electricalequipment. This seems to be theone factor above all others that keepsfarm women from enjoying electricityto its fullest extent. I thought of thestart Michigan State Farm Bureau ismaking in a co-operative distributionof electrical equipment and wonder-ed if we are not pioneering alongthat line just as we have in so manyother things for the farmer's benefit.

This story must be continued, forwe have only made a beginning.Needless to say we never saw any-where at one time so many whitehats and white shoes and pretty sum-mer dresses as during our stay inWashington. And I am positivethere was far less drinking andsmoking during this great conventionthan any of similar size ever heldanywhere before. The dime storesand the postcard counters may havedone a flourishing business but no onecould breathe a word of criticismagainst this entire assemblage offarm women.

WOOL SITUATIONHAS 'EM PUZZLED

Pool is Still Receiving Wool;Looks Like Growers'

Market

Every hundred pounds of beet sugarproduced in Michigan, Ohio, Indiana,and Wisconsin provides eight manhours of employment for farmers andworkmen.

Life insurauce companies agr<•<better for a young person to weigto alittle more than average, wherc^excess after age SO is a disadvantage.

Wool is still arriving daily for the1936 Pool, conducted by the Michi-gan Co-operative Wool MarketingAssociation. While no closing datehas as yet been announced, it is ex-pected that the Association's Direct-ors will set some time late in July asthe last day for accepting consign-ments.

Grading of the early deliveries wasrecently completed by John Riley ofBoston, a grader from the NationalWool Marketing Corporation, whichis the Co-operative sales agency forsome 28 State and regional pools.Arrangements have been made for asecond period of grading at the closeof the 1936 delivery season.

Private buyers in various sectionsof the State are blowing hot or cold.In some territories the dealers seemto have speculative optimism and arebidding well up toward Boston val-ues. In other sections the dealershave been acting indifferent anddropped their bids.

Another mystery regarding thepresent wool market situation is thatwhile probably 70% of the currentclip has left the growers' hands, noone can tell where it has gone, forthe daylight can yet be seen throughmost of the lofts and public ware-houses on Summer Street, Boston,the wool center of the country. Wooltransportation companies usuallybusy at this time of the year are re-porting business far below normal.

The fact remains that the basicconditions of supply and demand re-main decidedly in favor of thewool grower. The stock of apparelwools, including all old and new clipwools in all hands and the estimatedunshorn portion of the new clip, wasabout 495,000,000 lbs. on June 1,compared with over 615,000,000 lbs.for each year since 1932.

Unfilled orders for woolen goodsare estimated at about 40,000,000yards. There is continued improve-ment in the hand knitting yarnbranch of the wool industry.

We understand that the Govern-ment during the past few days hasplaced orders for heavy yardages ofwool cloth and that other large con-tracts are to be placed in the nearfuture. All these things, reflect backto the grower who markets his woolthe co-operative way.

Gray Leads PowerfulWashington Farm Lobby

"When it comes to lobbying in Con-gress, you've got to hand it to theorganized farmers. They know anddo their stuff," said Drew Pearson andR. S. Allen recently in their nationallyknown newspaper column "Washing-ton Merry-Go-Round."

"Under the leadership of ChesterGray, veteran legislative representa-tive of the American Farm BureauFederation, this is what the lobby putthrough in the last two weeks of theCongress:

"1. Senator Wheeler's bill limitingthe interest rate on farm credit ad-ministration loans to 3%% for thenext year.

"2. An $8,000,000 appropriation foragr'l vocational education.

"3. The Rural Electrification Bill,sponsored by Senator George Norris,creating a permanent agency to fosterthe electrification of farms."

INSURE YOUR FARM PROPERTYIn Michigan's Largest Farm Mutual Fire Insurance ComfAi

vwets nearl? $300,000 of which over half is in Governmei ondsguaranteed by the 1". S. Government and cash. In 18.''.:> ma>t< n of

r $7,000,000 in property at risk, in May of this year am Ambers,

First company to write a blanket policy on farm personal propertj whiehoften pays double th« amount of classified policy. First Farm Mutual com-pany in Michigan to employ full time Inspectors. Careful underwritingsystematic Inspection, eliminating undesirable risks <u\d .as. In-•ur&nce classified and assessed according to hazard,low as $2.94 per $l*OQQ.

Insurance Department wrltea "Your members are to IVP oon i onthe efficiency of your management of their busin< shown inthe Increase ot Insurance and the very moderat< procuring th* in-

I business It of thorough knowledge of the buftlneto andtention to detail." .Michigan State Board of Agriculture carries Insuranceon State Experiment*! Farms In this Company. I ccepted M l-ViiJiiml Rank, Home owners Uoan Corp., or other Laoaaing Ag*not«a, Writefor I and financial standing.

State Mutual Fire Insurance Co. of Michiga-W. V. Burra«, Pres. 702 Church St., Flint, Mich. H. K. Fisk, Sec'y1

FRANCE AGR'L PRODUCTS

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Livestock Feeders!PROFITABLE feeding operations this year will require that livestock be PURCHASED as cheaply as possible, FINANCED at a reasonableInterest rate and when finished SOLD at the liighent market valu«.

PURCHASINGThe Michigan L,ive Stock exchange through its NATIONAL connections canfurnish at tost plus a reasonable handling charge, all grades of feedingIambs, cattle and calves. A large assortment at our Daily Markets is now•kept on hand at St. Johns and Battle Creek at all times.

5% FINANCING5% MONEY is available for the feeding operations of all worthy feederswho have feed, regardless of where they purchase their feeders.

SELLINGOur new enlarged complete Selling Service now consists of not only Com-mission Sales Agencies on Detroit and Buffalo terminal markets, butdaily market at St. Johns, and Battle Creek where all species of livestock are purchased each day and moved direct to the packers or thepublic market. All grades of dairy cows bought and sold at Battle Creek.

For complete information phone or write

Michigan Live Stock ExchangeSecretary's Office, Hudtcn, Mich.

Daily Markets Terminal MarketsSt. Johns & Battle Creek Detroit, & Producers Co-op at Buffalo. N. Y.

Listen to the Farm Market Reporter, sponsored by theFord Dealers of Michigan via Station WXYZ and MichiganRadio Network, Mon,, Tues., Wed., Thurs., Fri. at 12:15 p. m.

SEE AMERICA FIRST

- IN MICHIGAN

Are you ready to begin studying maps? To pickout places you would like to visit, and sights youwould like to see during your vacation? Thenyou can find a wide and wonderful assortment in amap of Michigan.

It is the map of a state with an area of fifty-eightthousand square miles. Within its borders you canfind many of America's outstanding points ofinterest. Scenes of historic association; greatcities; beautiful modern buildings; vast opencountry crossed by the finest of highways; prime-val forests; five thousand lakes, large and small;scenic beauty of every kind—-all these lures, sur-passing many of those which people travel abroadto see, are spread before you when you study amap of the Wolverine State.

We urge you to consider Michigan when planningyour vacation. Let your friends in neighboringstates know what holiday pleasures can be foundhere. You will be doing them a favor—and pro-moting good will for Michigan.

As our part in such promotion, this series of adver-tisements is being published in newspapersthroughout the State by a Michigan organizationthat can prosper only as the other citizens ofMichigan prosper.

MICHIGAN BELLTELEPHONE CO.

For* M I C H I G A N F A R M SATURDAY, JTTLY 4, 19S«

FIVE FARM GROUPSHEAR VAMMAN AT

KALAMAZOO MEETLearn Facts and Think for

Yourself is HisMessage

i/earn the facts and do y»ur ownthinking.

Such was the advice given over250 farmers and their families at ameeting in the Masonic Temple, Kal-amazoo, the evening of June 18, byMr. Verne Vaniman, director of or-ganization for the American FarmBureau Federation in the mid-westStates. The farmers had gathered atthe invitation of five co-operative or-ganizations in the county. Thosesponsoring the program were tihe Kal-amazoo County Farm Bureau, the MilkProducers Association, the FarmersProduce Company, the Wool Market-ing Association and the Mutual FireInsurance Company.

In illustration of his theme, Mr.Vaniman pointed out that the factsdo not support the theory that thepresent day volume of agriculturalImports is hurting American farming.In fact, he said, imports are belowthe 10 year and 20 year averages andhave been in a steady decline sinceOctober of 1935, although they hadIncreased from 1932 to that time.

"Of course," pointed out Mr. Vani-man, "Imports increase somewhat asincreases in farm prices in the UnitedStates makes imports economicallypossible. But which would the Amer-ican farmer prefer? Butterfat at 15cents, hogs at three cents, eggs at10 cents and small importations, orbutterfat at 33 cents, hogs at 9 centsand eggs at 22 cents and larger im-portations?"

The speaker said that today theAmerican farmer can not expectlarger farm exports to solve the sur-plus problem since the United Statesis a creditor nation, and is unwillingto further extend credit to foreigncountries unable to pay existing debts.

Mr. Vaniman discussed productioncontrol and soil conservation. Hesaid that the soil conservation pro-gram is not the "last word" but it ise step in the right direction.

"Agriculture is at a crisis today,"concluded Mr. Vaniman. "Severalforces oppose the program of organ-ized farmers. The city press is un-friendly and is pitting the consumeragainst the farmer, packers and pro-cessors are unfriendly, wishing tohandle more units of farm produceInstead of having production control;many farmers are indifferent becauseof already increasing prosperity. Al-though the program is not a politicalone, many are attempting to make it apolitical issue, which Is un/fair. Thesolution is to build farmer organiza-tions, build the co-operative move-ment and fight for agriculture."

Other speakers on the programwere Mr. William Shakespeare, Jr.,city councilman; Mr. M. E. Drake,deputy market administrator, UnitedStates Department of Agriculture; Dr.Ernest Burnham, Western StateTeachers College. Mr. Shakespearespoke of the origin of the co-opera-tive movement and described It asthe fastest growing movement of mod-ern times. Mr. Drake reported on theincrease return made possible todairymen through the Milk ProducersAssociation. He said that an incomeincrease of 28.3 percent had beenmade possible. Dr. Burnham pointedout that co-operative economics mustbe supported by social economics. Theco-operative movement, if it is toendure, can not ignore people, lie em-phasized. It can only move as fastas the ideas and desires of people willpermit.

Music during the dinner hour wasfurnished by a string trio from West-ern State Teachers College, composedof John Lachniet, violin; Wynn Van-Cronk, cello, and Andrew McCulloch,piano. Special music was renderedby William VanderVen who sang twonumbers. Mr. Niles Hagelshaw, pres-ident of the County Farm Bureau,presided. A membership campaignfor the County Farm Bureau is fol-lowing the meeting.

Also An ArtistA group of school children were be-

ing taken through an art gallery."With a single stroke of a brush," saidthe teacher, "Joshua Reynolds couldchange a smiling face to a frowningone."

"So can my mother," remarked a•mall boy.

CREDITS ON PURCHASESHelp Pay Farm Bureau Dues!

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

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

BE 8URE Farm Bureau brand good*are entered on slip as "Farm BureauAlfalfa," "Mllkmaker," "Jdermash,"•tc

|10 annual dues mature life mem-berships; $5 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, postagepre paid envelopes for thispurpose on your request.

MICHIGAN STATE FARM BUREAULansing, Michigan

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Two 8 Ib. balls ofFarm Bureau twinein twine can (cutaway) to show howpatented criss-crosscover insures alltwine running outwithout snarling.

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^ It 's a blend of sisal and manila in correct pro-portions to produce A-l quality twine. Treatedto repel insects.

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•*• Strong and uniform. Tested thoroughly at every~ step in manufacture. Our mill knows twine. It

makes 30,000 tons a year.

A Every ball is guaranteed full length and strength.^ Every bundle will be tied tightly.

5 Farm Bureau quality twine is priced right. It 'strouble-free features will save you time in theharvest field where time is money.

6 EXTRA!We have made the ropeused to tie a bale of FarmBureau Twine just the rightlength and weight for ahalter rope. Also, the sack isfull length, and paper lined.

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Bears her lot of grief in silenceIf at home or far afield;

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July and August SeedingsIt 's been powerfully dry, but tbe weather will change for the better.

Some good rains will make a different picture. Your co-op has or

can get these Farm Bureau seeds on hand for summer seedings:

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This pull cut mechanism eliminates neck weightwhen cutting, assures positive traction to keep theknife up to speed in all conditions, puts just thenecessary amount of pressure on the shoe and cush-ions the pull on the team. The great cutting powergives the lightest draft.

Fly wheel and counter shaft run ongenuine Timkin bearings. Axle runs ongenuine Hyatt bearings. The steelcut pinion is splined on the shaft justlike an auto pinion. With these bear-ings to hold the gears in perfect align*ment, this mechanism should last alifetime and without trouble.

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as far back as 50 years. Farm Bureau Services has a stock of Co-op machinery

parts at Lansing. Your local Farm Bureau dealer can supply you.

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