Vol. XXI, No.4 SATURDAY, APRIL 3, 1943 21 st e r

EDITO IALWhy Second Farm Scrap Drive?

Because the iron and steel in farm scrap is superiorfor the production of steel, according to Paul F. Farrellof the Great Lakes Steel Corporation. Even farm fencewhen compressed into blocks becomes heavy meltingscrap.

Because the nation's steel mills need 26,000,000 tonsof scrap, including 3,000,000 tons of farm scrap byJuly 1. Michigan farmers are asked to supply about1,000 lbs. per farm. This will be "harder to get scrap"since we have had one good farm scrap drive. But theneed is great, and we must do it.

Ships, guns, tanks, trucks, and munitions are chewingup supplies of steel, copper, and other metals at anunbelievable rate. What goes across and wears outcan't be returned now as scrap. We must keep oursupply lines going.

Steel production depends on scrap. Half of all steelmade in the open hearth process is from scrap ironand steel. All steel produced in electric furnaces is pro..duc~d from scrap. And farm 'scrap, because it is heavierand of high quality metal, provides the best scrap.

Do you have one of the few community scrap pilesthat have not moved to the mills for one reason or an..other? There are some. But they look different in thelight of the statement made by Mr. Farrell. He saidthat if all scrap piles in Michigan, estimated at 6,000tons, were moved at once to the Great Lakes SteelCorporation, the pile would enable the mill tooperate for only two 'days I

Sell farm scrap in the drive beginning April 5 for allterritory south of Traverse City, and April 25 north ofTraverse City. Strip farm scrap of parts and stockthat can be used for farm machinery repairs.

Fair Price for Farm Products"Tell me, what is a fair price for farm products?

And don't say anything about parity."A subscriber asked the question.How's this for today?Prices in the market place that are In accordance

with consumers' ability to buy.

Victory GardensPlanting of victory gardens has been under way in

the South for some time. The goal has been set at 18million gardens, six million on farms and the remainderin cities and towns. Against the production of thevictory gardens, one-fourth of the total food productionof the nation will be required by our armed forces andour allies, Half the 1943 commercial pack of vegetablesand fruits will be taken by the government for thosepurposes. The victory gardens and the home cannershave a job to do.

Rebukes Michigan AAA LeadersMarch 4 Secretary Wickard of the U. S. Dep't of

Agriculture ordered the Triple-A in MichiWlnand otherstates to desist from political activities, including at ..tempts to influence decisions in Congress, and attackson farm organizations and individuals because theydisagree with the AAA on farm legislation.

'Secretary Wickard telegraphed 48 state war boardchairmen, who are also the state leaders of the Triple..A:

"Charges have been brought to my attention to theeffect that certain depart:r!lent field employes haveorganized meetings in which they publicly attackedorganizations and individuals because of their stand onpending legislation.

"If there is any truth in these charges, I demand thatsuch activity be stopped at once and that proper stepsbe taken to inform such employes that any activity ofthis nature in which they have participated has beencarried on without my knowledge or approval, and IScontrary to department regulations.

"I also direct your attention to the fact that actionon the part of ~overnment employes attempting toinfluence Congress on legislation in which they aredirectly concerned is contrary to federal statute."

"Claude R. Wickard,Secretary of Agriculture."

There was truth in the charges. For a we k or sobefore March 6, employes from the state office of theAAA in Michigan held a series of meetings for localAAA committeemen. They attacked the Farm Bureau,and members of Congress who have been critical ofany part of the federal farm program and the AAAitself. They belittled the work of the State College agr'Iextension system and the county agr'I agent. Theyordered county Triple ..A chairmen to have certain formletter publi hed in the newspapers, and to flood Con..

(CoaUDueo OD paae two.)

THEY'D HAVEAID THIS

IF THEY COULD

WHICH IS MORE IN KEEPING WitH OUR NEEDS TODAV ?

A HAffiAlQRolndillidw/ism-CONCfRNED WITHWORKING FOR ITS OWN INDIVIDUAL NEEDS ALONE-

OR- AN Olganized Coopt/alive Gfrort -WORKING and IMPROVING AGRICULTURE Fm THE GOOD ofAlL ?

FARM BUR UMEMBERSHINOW 17,36Roll Call Goal Was 19,985;

Many Counties WillContinue Work

Michigan County Farm Bureaus en-rolled 17,365 families in the member-ship campaign up to March 31, accord-ing to reports made by State FarmBureau district representatives onthat date.

Several County Farm Bur aus se-cured many more members than thegoals they had set. Some were handi-capped much more than others by thesevere weather a snow blockedroads that at nd d th Ir campaigndates in .February and early Iarch.These counties have indicated thatthey will continue membership workto reach their goals and to enable thestate membership to reach 20,000 in1943. The standings March 31:

Paid-UpMemberships

March 3100

3752!l0

1,9201,150

5354904193 53125073244003003fi!l225260450130400

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1943County GoalAllegan 925Barry.................. 465Bay...................... 351)BERRIEN 1,500BRA CH 925Calhoun 650Cass 525Clinton 500Eaton 500Genese 425GRATIOT 475Hillsdale 400HURO 400Ingham ::....... 350Ionia 460Isabella 425.Jackson 300Kalamazoo 500Ken t 0Lapeer 800Lenawee 100LIVI :TGSTO .. 350MACO ilB 300Mani t e............ 100fa on 525

Mecosta 250Monro 0Montcalm 1ROMuskegon 200-ewaygo 375

NW. Michigan.. 500Oakland 200OTTA\VA 645Saginaw 1,400St. Clair 600ST. .JOSEPH.... 500Shiawas ee 350Tri-County 160Tu. cola 750VA BURE 750Washtenaw 550

19,9 5*Campaign to start soon.

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RATIO PROTEIFEE FOAL STOeSet Animal Protein Limits;

Will Depend More onLegume Crops

Rationing of protein feed supple-ments, and particularily in the use ofanimal proteins has arrived for dairycows, poultry and hogs.

For the 1943 season it has been es-timated by feed manufactur rs audthe . S. Dep't of griculture thatthere will be about 10lk million tonsavailable of such high protein con-centrates as tankage, meat s l' ps,fi hmeal, soy beau meal, and cotton-seed meal. That. is about 3 P r entof the total feed supply other thanroughage, but o. 1 in importance, forwhen rightly used, prot in supple-ments setp up the efficiency of allother feeds.

The demand for concentrates is farbeyond available supplies. Feed man-ufacturers, both private and co-opera-tive, and the . S. D p't of gri ul tureagreed to pread the available supplyby limiting the amount of prot in go-ing into any feed to the minimum re-quirements of the stock to be fed.

The Dep't of Agriculture will askthe co-operation of farmers in this ef-fort, and will ask them to grow moresoybeans, to improve pastures, tomake better use of pastures, cut hayearly, and follow other sound prac-tices that produce more protein feedon the farm.

Feed manufacturers and mixers willcon erv protein supplem nts in ac-

I cordance with the program, and willwork on programs to make better useof available f eds.

H re are ways in which animal pro-teins ill be rationed and made avail-able to all feed rs, in accordan withthe voluntary rationing program de-veloped by the Feed Industry Councilof private and co-operative fe d manu-facturers in co-operation with the U. S.Dep't of griculture:

Poultry. Chick starters, broilermashes and duck starters will haveno more than 2 per cent animal 1)1'0-

tein in each 100 pounds of mixed feed.Turkey starters, 2lh per cent. Layingma hes to be fed with grain will be.not more than 21A per cent animal pro-tein.

Hogs. Sow and pig feeds to be fedstraight will not exceed 2 per centanimal uroteu: fed with grain notmore than 4 per cent. Hog fattenersfed straight 1% per cent; fed withgrain, 3 per cent.

Calves. Complete calf starters willnot exceed 3 per cent animal protein,starters to be fed with grain, 6 percent.

Fish m al will he us d only in poul-try feeds, sow and pig feeds and calfstarters, and not in pig feeds aftersuch animals weigh more than 75pounds.

Protein percentages permitted arein terms of pounds of actual protein.For chick starters, for instance, 2pounds of animal prot in could be fourpounds of 50 per cent protein meatscrap, or similar variations of fish,milk or other animal proteins.

Got There By TractorThe night of March 19, Mr. and

Mrs. Merton Gilmore and friends ar-rived at the Archie Community FarmBur au meeting in a trailer drawnby a tractor. The combination lick-ed drifted roads.

Turn to page 2 and read "Congress-man Replies to His AAA Letters."

Michig nT

The Michigan St teat Lansing March 17. Th y a kedAdjustm nt Administrationprogram, and to discontiutiona

It was recommended furth r that heof th AAA and its information serviextension dep' t of the U. S. Dep't of

The Farm Bureau r comm nd tion w rMichigan members of Congress. hey f llowmade by the AAA early in March on th F mthe agr 'I college extension ser ices. In 10including Michigan, employ s of th st tAAA assailed the Farm Bureau and the tenbefore meetings of local AAA committeemen.

The Farm Bureau on March 17 charg d th tbeen using federal funds for two purposes ontr( 1) to finance attacks on farm organizations Inment with it (2) to bring pressure to bear on mCongress to affect the course of legislation.

The Farm Security Administration, s id th rm Bur u,has outlived the usefulness it had in th d pr sion 8 nemergency loaning and rehabilitation ag ncy, nd beingused by Washington leaders for political press reo Nocriticism was made of the manner in which the S h sbeen administered in Michigan by Michig n men.

The directors of the Farm Bureau also ask d Congr 88 tofree farmers from hindrances to food production cud byprice ceilings that discourage production. They 8 id thf rm prices should relect rising farm costs and consumers'ability to pay. They said that maximum production of foodand fiber demands a stop to undue regim ntation and in..volved questionnaires for farmer in. th ir contact with gov-ernment agencies.

Following is the stat ment made I)y+------------..,,---_th board of dir ctors .of th Ikh-igan Stat arm Bureau to Tichiganmembers of Congress cone rning theA , FS and other malt rs of in-terest to farmers:Agricultural Adjustment

The Agricultural Adjustment Actoriginated in a time of distr ssedeconomic conditions due to un employ-m nt and burdensome farm surplus s.Then and in succeeding years thprogram carried out und r the a tserv d a useful purpose to both thproduc rs and consumers of the na-tion.

Now, how v r, the conditions whichoriginally call d the act into e ist-ence have changed to one of scarcityof man pOW r and food shortages.'Under the current conditions withconsumer purchasing power at the'highe t point ever known, federal ap-propriations should not be necessaryto bring farm prices up to parity. Alsopenalty paym nts required from thefarm I' under the measure for e .c ed-ing quotas discourage produ tion offood so badly needed at this time.

Besides, those in charge have us dlarge grants of federal money allow-d for administrative purposes to m-

ploy thousands of people in all of theagricultural counties in the nitedStates and hundreds in Michiganalone. They are now claiming thatthe AAA is the only non-partisanfarmers' organization and ar usinggovernment money to pay committee-m n to perpetuate the AAA set-up asa powerful PI' ssure group. Commit-teemen are being paid out of federalfunds for attending propaganda meet-ings and for distributing postal cardsto farmers to be mailed to Congress-men.

We, therefore, recommend:(1) that the basic structure of the

A be retained, but that Congresssuspend for the duration all subsidy,penalty and restrictive features ofthe act, giving due consideration tofinancial obligations previously in-curred or contracted, that the soilconservation feature be kept in eff ctand the appropriation for agriculturaladjustment be reduced to the mini-mum amount necessary to carry OIlthe soil conservation work;

(2) that the funds now permittedfor administration of .the act be re-duced fifty percent or more.Farm Security Act

The Farm Security Ad was like-wise established in a period of dis-tress to aid marginal farmers whocould not borrow funds through theestablished loan agencies or privatesources. From April 8, 1935, to De-cember 31, 1941, the government loan-ed to marginal farmers $576,765,183.52and made outright grants of137,316.847, and expended a total of

$275,861,889.27 for travel, supplies,salaries and other ixpens s in promot-ing the FSA program. 'I'll se figures f 0 a ricultu 'al di trict r 0

would .indicate .that it cost pr actically. ill b I1ullifi d by itl no$1.00 III salaries and expen~es f~r Ialong" the gov rn r a a. "every $2.59 l?aned. Also, this ratio to confusion which 0 h rwdoes not constder the high losses that t h h t"

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Couldn't Talk About PricesWhen Governors Met at

Des MoinesEight governors and other repre-

sentatives of 12 corn belt states metat Des Moines, Iowa, March 15 tomake recommenuauons to the federalgovernment regarding farm machin-ery and farm manpower in order tomeet food production goals.

There were rumors that farm lead-er planned to blast certain priceceilings, and subsidies to farmersrather than fair prices, and other gov-ernment policies for agriculture asdiscouraging increases in production.That sharpened the interest of re-porters from many of the nation'slargest newspapers. But such matterswere ruled outside the conterenceprogram. The governors never didfind out from the l.J1..tlHH Hl wnat farm-ers think about these matters, but itwas given them in the torm of writ-ten reports. One of them was pre-pared for Governor Kelly by leadersof the Michigan State Farm Bureau,the State Grange, and Michigan co-operative farm commodity marketingexchanges.

Olark L. Brody, executive secretaryof the Farm Bureau, quoted the state-ments of the Michigan Potato Grow-ers Exchange, the Michigan LiveStock Exchange and the Sugar BeetGrowers Ass'ns in Michigan to showthat price ceilings as administered inthose fields were harming producers.He said the regulations would destroy

. private and co-operative processorsand distributors endeavoring to com-ply with the spirit as' well as theletter of the law.

Price ceilings estahlished in tablestock potatoes, but not on seed stock,said the farm groups, soon created ablack market in which eonsumerswere buying stock marked "seed" andat ever increasing prices. Regularshippers of table stock potatoescouldn't buy potatoes at ceilingprices.

Comparable troubles with price ceil-ings were making it impossible formany established feeders to assumethe risk and expense of properly fin-ishing livestock for market, thus re-ducing both the output and qualityof meat, the live stock men wrotethe governor.

Leaders in the sugar beet ass'nswere quoted as saying that the federalgovernment's refusal to permit aprice for sugar beets that would placethem on a competitive basis withother crops had the entire industryin a precarious situation. Growerswere being forced toward a subsidyfor beets.

The Michigan State Farm Bureau,the Michigan State Grange, and thefarm marketing organizations named,made several recommendations forthe conference of corn 'belt state gov-ernors. They were approved by theSenate and House committees onagriculture and accepted by GovernorKelly. This is what the Michigandelegation to the conference wouldhave added to the proceedings if thedoor had not been closed on all con-siderations affecting farm productionexcept farm machinery and farm mall-power:

Price Ceilings-It is recommended, that immediate steps be taken to

free farmers from uncertainties andhindrances to food production causedby existing, threatened, or anticipatedprice ceilings, and from impracticalrestrictions made a part of priceceilings.

Market Prices-It is recommendedthat farmers be assured of incomesufficient to meet increasing produc-tion and farm labor costs. Their in-come should be secured through fail'prices in the market place in accord-ance with rising farm costs and con-sumers' ability to buy, rather thanthrough debllttattng subsidies to farm-ers, given under control of federalofficials.

Regulations-It is recommendedthat maximum produotion of food andfibre demands prompt cessation ofregimenting, and demands for farmersto reply to detailed questionnaires indealing with federal agencies.

Help In Farm Industries-It isrecommended that federal wage con-trol authorities enable farm suppliers,processors of farm products for tarm-ers and consumers, marketers of farmproducts to classify such help as farmlabor and be permitted to meet in areasonable way the pay offered byother employment. Otherwise, therewill be a slow down in every phase offood production or lack of manpowerin plants on which farmers dependfor supplies and service, and uponwhich consumers depend for a steadysupply of farm products.

The governors conference recom-mended that all present stocks ~ffarm machinery be released for sale,that steel be allotted to complete allpartially built machinery for sale, thatmachinery allocation be improved,and that machinery needs for 1944be worked out now and productionstarted. It was urged that all re-strictions on manufacture and distri-bution of repair parts be lifted atonce, and that more welding rod andbar steel be supplied for repairs.

(Continued on P8,&e f.)

Loan Rates Assure ood PayFor Alfalfa, Clovers, &

Brome S dsMichl an growers of hay and pas-

ture seeds have the assurance of theU.S. Department of Agriculture thatprice supporting loans have been setfor 20 kinds, five of which are Im-portan t in Michigan.

Price supports include alfalfa, com-mon, 30 cents a pound, certified, 37;r d clover, 25 cents for common;biennial swe t clover, whit , 7 cents,yellow, 6 and mixed, 5; alsik, 22cents; smooth brom grass, 11. centsfor common and 15 cents for certi-fied.

Pres nt prices are curr ntly higher,according to H. . Rather, of thMichigan State '011 ge farm repsdepartment. But the price supportassures farmers adequate I' turn evenif an exceptionally larg volumeshould be produced in 1943.

Michigan is in best condition toexpand seed production ill red clover,alsike and alfalfa. Excellent newseedings were obtained in 1942.

nless Jun should b unusuallyhot and dry, alfalfa growers south ofBay City ordinarily take the firstcutting for hay and try to get a seedcrop from the second. In north-eastern Michigan the first growth iscommonly saved for seed. earlyall Michigan red clov r soed is pro-duced from the second crop. To bein b st condition for seed production,the first crop of red clovor should becut for bay when nic ly in bloom buthefore any heads turn brown. Alsikeand smooth bromegrass seed cropare produced from th first grow,thwithout preliminary hay harve t orcllpplng. Mammoth, a type of edclover, is likewise a one-cut rop,

Best bromegrass seed yields areobtained if the field is tv n a pringapplication of a high nitro n fertill·zero

WOOL POOL MOVTO JACKSO

The Michigan Co-operative 001Marketing Ass'n held its annual meet-ing at Lansing, March 6, and an-nounced removal of its office andwarehouse services from Lansing to506 North Mechanic street, Jackson,where pace has been rented from theIsbell Seed Company.

The Michigan wool pool, foundedas a department of the Farm Bureauand operated by the Farm Bureau formany years, will be continued by heAss'n at Jackson. The Ass'n hasbeen handling the pool for severalseasons. The Ass'n will also buywool.

Officers and directors for 19·13 are:President, Forrest King, Charlotte;vice pres., Russell N. McLachlin,Evart; directors-Niles Hagelshaw,Climax; Floyd Walworth, Corunna;Luci~s Lyon, Milford, Herbert E.Powell, Ionia; Fred Knoblauch, Bliss-field. Paul Finnegan is secretary,treasurer, and manager.

Bently Hill Farm BureauBently Hill Community Farm Bu-

reau in Antrim county of the Tri-County organization has increasedmembership three times during thecampaign in March.

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:mntcrfll • ~ . COllI! ('las matter .Ia nun ry 12, 1923, a t th post-offk at Cha rlot.t , .111' ligan, Hilder the Ad of larch 3, 1 79.

J ublfsh d flrat Satllnlay of (':If'll month hy the Mkhignn State Farm] sureau at as publ lca ton uffl' .1 I 111 K Lovett St., 'harIott, Michl n,

r:dilodal and genera.l offi< " 221 • forth Cedar St" Lam ing, Hch! n.l'oslufflC' 10. tI·O. 'I'elt 1)1I011C, Lan illg' 21-271.

EIN AR U G E f . . . . . . Editor and Business ManagerSubs 'I lpt lon 2) cents 11 r y('ar; y ars fur $1, in advance.

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gr ss with po rds, I tte s, and telegram In b h If offarm polici or d by the AAA.

his thin wa no ordinary flare- p. It was part of an r I Ian becau e similar attacks were launched on

the . rm B tree:u nd the agricultural college extensions rvices at the same time throughout the corn belt states.

Mr. Wickard was meticuously correct in putting astop to this sort of thing when it was called to his at-t ntion. But there has been no disciplinary action.How long will it be before some other form of attack isdevised if smear campaigns or other infractions offederal regulations by U. S. Dep' t of Agriculture ern-ployes are not puni hed?

A r' obh transf r ea ly in March of the recruitment of

farm help fro Mutt' war m n pow r commissionto the tat oIl ge gricultural extension services ofWickard's U. S. D p't of Agriculture was supported bythe F rm Bureau at Washington.

h a r'l xt n ion service in each st te will h ndlethe enrollment, raining, and distribution of f rm help.Th county ag 'I ag nt will be in cha ge in each county.He will have authority to contact the U. S. employmentservice, which will be in charge of migratory workers.

The xten ion service has undertaken to do the jobwith I ss than half the appropriation asked for the samework by a n wer agency in the U. S. 0 p' t of Agricul-ture, and quite a social experimenter.

Social xperimenters at Washington are keen to geti to the farm help field. But th hard headed Houseappropriations committee has specified that none or theappropriation may b used "to fix, regulate, or imposeminimum w ges or housing standards, to regulate hoursof work, or to impose or enforce collective-bargaining orunion membership."

The Farmers' Union-CIO-Farm Securi y Admin-istration forces are expected to fight in Congress toprevent adoption of those restrictions.

Bad w f r L or Racke eerRacketeers preying on labor unions got something to

think about during March. So did those racketeerswithin ome m tropolitan locals of the teamsters union.They are th fellows who have been forcing farmtruc ers to pay a day's union wages to the thug whotops the truck, or take chances on being slugged.

The first set of rack teers observed the end of FrankNitti, enforcer for the Capone syndicate. He shot him-

If t Chicago as U. S. marshals sought him and eightothers for extorting more than $ 1,000,000 from moviefirms and the motion picture workers union. It wascharged th t by terrorism they forced a two per centlevy on the wag s of 42,000 members of the union.

Nitti and tl others were indicted und r the f deralanti-r ck t ing ct,-the m act which failed topr t th f rm truck r from bing pluck d in some-wh t th m m n er b cau e the U. S. supreme courtruled th t the anti-racket ering act wasn't int nded by

gre s to pply to the operations of a union.The cond set of racketeers-those within thei n -obs rv d that the Hobb bill before Congress

m ke the act apply to them, even to include threats ofiol n It h s passed the House and is before the

teo Michi n the Ie islature approved an actin it a fe ony to us force to interfere with t edcliv a d m r ceti g of f rrn products. Gover~

II n d th act. It is effective 90 days after thedj me t of th legislature.

tly e had lett r from a member of th Chi-Photo- ngravers ,union who is intere ted in co-t S ing of our critici m of r cketeer InI bruni s, 1 sai 1, .. st assured that th great

f unio m n fiad th labor racketeers ju t asfarm eople do."

tory indi ates that racketeers with an eyen t ea r fi st try to t control of the officers.

at, the r s rt to terrorism. Vie e pectt ri nc that ort of thing to know

goo to observe the law reaching

thatrubber that

Hiram on the WorkSpeaks to the Point

All the IssuesRaised

SATURDAY, APRIL 3, 1943

I ticara a !li/lctl l11<ulam. S}J ak:Vir ct from lVashi1lgfon "

Tl! 1 'ord must work 'more hours 1) r 1 cek'I'itl l'ictory is Don.

Congressman Albert J. Engel rMuskegon told AA committ emen r -ently that their campaign for letters

from farmers to urge Congressmen todefeat the Pace bill was a criminal of-fense for a government agency. Haid that the campaign had put the

in a bad position before Con-gress. Mr. Engel's reply to all whowrote letters as directed by the AA :

House of RepresentativesWashington, D. C.

Dear Sir and Friend:Your communication of recent date,

regarding various subject matters per-taining to the farmer, has been receiv-ed.

At the outset, led me state that justa few days ago, on arch 15th, I votedfor the bill to provide the farmerwith an additional 100,000,000 bushelsof feed wheat at a price of 5c a bushel.Then on March 19th, I voted for thePace bill which provides that all farmlabor, including that of members ofthe farmer's family, shall be consider-ed in fixing parity prices on farmproducts.

Let me state my position on theissues clearly: First, I have support-ed and shall continue to support soilconservation work. Second, Everybusinessman in America, except thefarmer, whether engaged in manufac-turing, mining, or other enterprises,is paid on the basic that: (A) Theconsumer pays the cost of producingthe article manufactured, plus; (B) Areasonable profit for the producer.

The farmer is a business man withcapital invested, He is entitled to thesame cost of production, plus a reason-able profit including return on his in-vestment just like any other businessman. I supported a bill providing

4 that the farmer should be given thecost of production. While I voted forfarm aid in the past, I have alwaysfelt that subsidies to the farmer werewrong in that it made the general tax-payer pay a part of the cost of produc-tion and a part of the profit, if therewas a profit, to the farmer. I amconvinced that the time has comewhen these subsldies should stop; thatthe consumer should pay the full costof farm products, plus a reasonableprofit to the farmer.

I have noted comments regardingthe Farm Bureau, the Grange andother farm organizations. I have beenworking with the leaders of these or-ganizations since 1921 when I servedmy first term in the State Senate.During that time, I have representedmy district for eight years in theState Senate and this is my fifth termin Congress.

I have known Mr. Clark Brody, themanager of the State Farm Bureau,ever since 1921. I have known suchmen as Mr. Fred Brenckman, legisla-tive representative of the Grange, Mr.Ed. O'Neal, president of the Ameri-can Farm Bureau Federation, and oth-ers for many years; have worked withthem and have never known them togive me wrong information, have al-ways found them honest and honor-able and while I do not always agreewith them, I have been convinced andam still convinced, that they now haveand always have had the best interestsof the farmer at heart. This appliesto national officials, as well as stateofficials. They are elected by thefarmers in their organizations to rep-resent them. When the time comesthat they no longer represent them, Iam sure that the farmers who elect-edthem will make tho change. Until

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BUY BONDS fOR NATIONAL DEfENSEBUY STATE MUTUAL fOR HOME SECURITY

The A ociat ed Women

POl' forty hour i not enough'1'0 seat tlL iLds tut

So Waslliu{/ton is !I fting tough,DClIwll(li1lfJ forty- igllt.

If 1C intena to 1 in this lOarlIT 'u need to buckle aoui»

.Lincl uiork: [or 1( hat 11 '1' 1 orkillg forJust like the hops in town.

W 'll neefl to r'se at halt 1)ast six111 t all of [i» as now;

'We'll need to start 'rigllt 01 the tick'1'0 1nilk the brindle cow;

We'll need to take an hour at noon,Aml then uiiili promptnees go

Right back to uiork, and pretty soonThe quitting horn. tvill blow.

.linrl 1then it blows attviork must stopo matt r uiluit 1Oe'1'c at

For aZI tlie l.D01'Zd's a un'on 8hop'A nd that, my friends, is that.

If .ll1 r, Gallup lccre to 1JOllDirt fanners, tar and nearbotct ill is 1L ork-uicek rurmaroteI'll b retia he 'Would hear

A lsnul. hoarse laugh from some, at leastlVho 'really work the soiZ

TlIis reel hot dope [rom. way down eastJ'I(,st makes yours truly boil.

31 orth Grinnell StreetR. S. OZarkJackson, Michigan.

There will be no synthetic rubber for civilian use be-fore 1945, in his opinion, but he says that if the japsdon't destroy the East Indies rubber plantations whenthey retreat, our synthetic rubber production will de-stroy them economically just as certainly as though wehad used an axe.

Dr. Wendt believes that the synthetic rubber of to-morrow will be half as good again as the natural pro~duct. While it may cost 10 or 12 cents a pound more,the synthetic tire should run 10,000 miles more thannatural rubber.

What part farmers and the petroleum i dustry willhave in making synthetic rubber remains to b seen. Dr.Wendt thinks it will be made most economically frommillions of cubic feet of natural gas flowing from wells.Dr. William j. Hale, chemist for Dow Chemical Co.,thinks that the manufacture of alcohol from farm grainsand other crops is the best and most economical" process.

Clipped by Own oomerangNow and then a scheme to damage others behaves

like an Australian boomerang and wings its way backto dip the originator of the plot. The T riple-A adrnin-istration at Washington must be nursing such a head-ache today.

We have commented on meetings called and con-ducted by the AAA at government expense throughoutthe middle west during late February and early March.At these meetings AAA speakers accused members ofCongress and the Farm Bureau with trying to wreckthe farm program and sabotage food production becausethey didn't agree with the Triple-A.

Members of Congress were quick to tell the countrythat since the meetings occurred at the same time in somany state , there was no doubt in their minds but thateven the speeches were prepared in Washington.

Rep. Smith of Wisconsin told the House that theAAA and the FSA are aware that Congress is opposedfarm subsidie and incentive payments and is suspiciousof their activities. This came at a time w en both theAAA and FSA are having hard going in Congress. It'sbad to have a Congressman tell the House that an inci-dent like this indicates that the AAA is out for an agri-culture under the control of paid government agents.Congressmen said that and a lot more when the AAattack boomeranged.

We present on this page "Congressman Replies toHis AAA Letters" for first hand information on thissubject from Representative Albert j. Engel of Muske~gon.

of the

American Farm BureauMrs. Ray eiki1'k, i. LOlli', R-I, Director for Michigan

Doubles Tomato YieldBy Soil Management

In four y aI'S, by better soil man-ag ment, Dominick toftle, Berriencounty truck grower, found out howto throw more tomato at the A is.

'Production increased from 3,8 4quarts to the acre to 15, 76 quarts,setting out th same number of plants.

On a light soil he took steps to pre-vent wind and water erosion and reobiult the soil so it contains moreplant food. His formula: lime andfertilizer to fit the needs of the crop,grow rye over every winter, grow a"Teen manure mixture of Sudan grassand 0 be ns every other ummer. Hactu By crops the land only half thetime, yet he still harve t more thantwice as much produce.

Cliff Dorow HeadsImlay City C. of C.

Clifford Dorow, n anager of the La-peer County Co-opel' tlves, Inc" at Im-lay City, has been elected president ofthe Chamber of Commerce there.Farm projects spc.nsor d by the Im-lay City roup la t year included: amuck farmers' day, a farm labor sup-ply program a po .. try d y, and BUP'

port for the Lapeer county fair.

DRY COW NEED FEEDcow should have a re t period

of about six weks, but hould get twoto i pound of grain daily andplenty of good hay. She will "milk itall back" to the dairyman when shefreshen.

SCRAP BOOK CONTESTThe ssociated Worn n would like

to have every County F I'm Bureaurepresented in the Farm Bureauscrap book contest this year. Thebooks were splendid in 19 2, but un-fortunately few of them wer made.

Collecting material for Farm Bu-reau scrap books keeps us informedand helps us in preparing b tter pub-licity for the organization. Irs.Clinton Ducker, Otter Lake, chairman.

Prize to be awarded in 1943:Best book $15, second $10, third $ ,fourth $5, fifth $3.PUBLIC SPEAKING ANDFARM BUREAU SONG CONTESTS

Topic for Farm Bureau women'sspeaking contest is "Th FarmWoman Faces Up to Her Problems,"There will be no national contestin 1943. Further announcementswill be made later.

Mrs. William Sherman of Vernonis chairman of the Associated Wo-men's contest for the words andmusic for an official Fan Bureausong

Rules for all contest are the sameas for these events in 1942. Copiesmay be had by writing the MichiganFarm News.ASSOCIATED WOMENCOMMENTS ON THE NEWS

The economic stabilizing of Mr.Byrnes shows interesting contradic-.

lions, lie said he would "hold theline" against tncrcases , in farm pricesand wages, hut at the same timeann une d the 4 hour work weekfor workers in 32 industrial centers,thereby providing them with a 30 ~incr a e in pay for 8 hours addition-al work. The ew York Tim s said,"This is the most inflationary stepyet."

Red kidney beans are an importantfood When the OPA announcedprice ceilings th growers in Califor-nia who produced seed beans told theOPA that the c iling prices wouldnot permit them to produce seed forNew York farmers who grow mostof the crop. Months have passed.Seed producers have shipped fewbeans and New York farmers in manyinstances have decided to plant some-thing else.

The Price Control Act of October1942 requires the OPA to adjust farmprice ceilings to full parity levels,and requires the U. S. Dept. of Agri-culture to support farm prices at90% of parity. If this were done,there' would be no ground for offeringfarmers subsidies. The Farm Bureauand the Grange and associated farmco-operatives have been fighting toforce the OPA and the USDA to carryout the mandate of Congress.-Mrs.Clinton Ducker, Otter Lake, LapeerCounty.

The time has come when we shouldconsolidate these farm agencies andhave oue farm office in each countyto look after the farmers' interest andthis office should, and must be di-vorced from politics and exist only forthe purpose of carrying out the Actsof Congress as Congress, representingthe people, writes the laws,

I received many letters and cardsfrom people who represented bothsides of the issue. Because of mylimited office staff, it is impossible towrite a personal letter to each one ofyou.

then, or until they do something whichwould destroy the confidence I havein them, I shall continue' to utilizetheir services and take advantage oftheir advise and help.

Some of my friends have written meto the effect that they felt that theAAA ought to be the farmers' organ-ization. I cannot agree with them inthis because no government agencythat has money to hand out to thefarmer should be considered a farmorganization. It would destroy thevalue of the organization because thejudgment would nearly always be in-fluenced by the subsidies and themoney being handed out. Farm organ-izations should be divorced entirelyfrom any government organizationand they should decide any questionsaffecting the farmer without being in-fluenced by government subsidies orpayments of any kind or fear of losingsuch payments should they opposegovernment policies. The fight be-tween the AAA and these farm organ-izations has convinced me more thanever that this is true.

The AAA was set up under an Actof Congress to carry out the AAA actand for that organization to have itsagents run around the country spend-ing government money to bring pres-sure on Congress is not only bad tasteand presumptuous but it is absolutelyillegal and in violation of law. Wehave had a law on the statute bookssince the first World War whichmakes it a criminal offense for anygovernment agency to spend govern-ment money, directly or indirectly, toperpetuate itself by, bringing pressureto bear on Congress.

Frankly, judging from sentimenthere in the House of Representativesthe AAA representatives, by theirtactics, have done much to create' anattitude which may ultimately elimin-ate them from the picture entirely.

If you want to see the extent towhich we have duplication of effort inagriculture, all you have to do is tovisit anyone of the three thousandcounty seats in the United States. Youwill find nearly all of the alphabeticalagencies there in separate offices,separat crews and separate organiza-tions, each expending the taxpayers'money, which is after all your money._...:....--'-------'-------------- -----_..:..-~---=====~====:..-_~

cry sincerely yours,ALBERT J. ENGEL

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such as

ours is essential.

But sincerity of purpose is

even more important.

Over 42,000 of your neigh-

bor farmers like our way of

doing business. May we pro-

tect you too?

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The thousands of telephone In-stalled in army camps and warfactorie are not the only onesserving the nation's war activity.Your telephone, too, has a war job ••• to helpyou in your ta k of supplying food for then lion, .t armed forces and allies.

Despite n: cessary war-time restrictions,th .s Compan y will do it be t to maintainadequate tel ?hone service for the fightingmen and for th home front ••• a ervice thatis es ential to Victory.

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SATURDAY, APRIL 3, 1943 MleHI~AN ARM NEW

How Earrrrera Faredn the Legislature

Gains Inclu e Central WarFarm Deliveries, More

Laws for FarmBy STANLEY M. POWELL

When judged by the standard of the Farm Bureau pro-gram, as laid down by the delegates in the resolutions whichthey adopted last November, the record of the recent sessionof the state legislature could have been better and it couldhave been a lot worse. Some of the things which we hadadvocat~d were not enacted, but quite substantial progresswas recored in accordance with our recommendations. Anumber of bills which would have been extremely detri-mental to -rural interests were killed in committee or on thefloor.

Central War TimeDuring the first few weeks of the session chief headline

interest was focused on the time change bill. The FarmBureau took the lead in advocating this measure and there isno question but what when it was passed and signed by theGovernor the action was based almost entirely on the casewhich the Farm Bureau had made in its behalf.

When the legislators inserted in the act the provision"that any municipality confronted by a war emergency whichnecessitates changing the time of such municipality to east-ern war time shall have the power to do so", they had inmind primarily the city of Detroit. They certainly had nonotion that this language would be stretched by a whole flockof municipalities, including little rural trading towns, so asto result in general confusion over a rather sizable area, par-ticularly in southeastern Michigan.

Anti-Racketeering Act - Probably + . ..the next measure to attract wide- School Aid-The bill WhICh prob-spread rural support was House Bill ably most directly affects the largest103 the so-called anti-racketeering number M citizens was the measurebill' to protect the transportation providing state-aid for schools. Thisloading and unloading of farm and was. a leadi~g issue throu~hout t~ecommercial commodities. It would session and It was not untll late Ill'

seem as though such a proposal would the final week that the bill was ~vent-receive unanimous support, partlcu- ually passed. From the ru~al POInt. oflarly in times like these when food is view, the forn:ula which It contains

. d't I d h ld t was even a lIttle better than thatso preCIOUS an VI a an s ou no . . .be subjected to delay or to sabotage. w~ic~ ha~ governed the. dtstrtbutionH th bill f ht t 1 of thts aid for the preVIOUS 2 years.owever, e 1 was oug s un- ..bornly by both major labor union Total aid Involved was $5~,000,000.

t t f th d Of this amount, $47,500,000 IS to begroups a every s ep 0 e wayan .had it not been for strong farm 01'- for the fis~al year ending June 30,

. ti b ki th t ld 1944, and IS to be taken from reve-gamza IOn ac mg e ac won nues during the coming year.never have been passed and approved $2 500 ooo'n f th tby the Governor. ' , WI come rom e prese~

A tl S b tAt I tho state general fund surplus and WIlln 1- a a oge c - n IS connec- .. .t· lIt eport that House be distrfbuted durtng the present fls-, lOn, we are g a( 0 I' I . • • • •

Bill 188 extending for the duration of cal .year .to asstst school dISt~ICtS Inthe war the provisions of the anti- paYIng Increased compensation tosabotage act of 1941 was finally passed teachers.You will recall that 2 years ago we . Appropr-iatlcns granted to the Mich-worked very hard to get this law en- igan State College and the State De-acted for a 2-year period. At that partment of Agriculture were gene 1'-

time we had the active support of all ally satisfactory from the farm view-the 'ex.service men's organizations, point. In the agricultural approprta-but had to contend with persistent un- tion were grants for animal diseaseion labor opposition. control and fair premiums at the de-

Time, FreedomLiberal LicenseVehicles

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ACT NO·W!Lime your sour fields now-do your partin our greater production towards all-outwar effort.FRANCE AGSTONE has been aidingproduction successfully for over twenty-five years.

Your Local AAA Committee or ElevatorCan Supply Your Needs

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Farm Bur au insectici les and dust are available at yournearer t Farm Bureau dealer. Don't wait - OW i thetime to get th em.COPPER SULPHATE COPPER LIMEMONO-HYDRATED COPPER SULPHATE SULPHUR DUSTSINSOLUBLE COPPER DUSTS ROTENONE

We Can Also Supply Combinations of These DustsFARM BUREAU SERVICES, INC., Lansing

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sired levels. A separate bill permitsuse of some 01' Ute Bang's disease ap-propriation to pay expenses for localveterinarians who may be engagedto carryon calfhood vaccination pro-jects under state supervision.

Farm Products Advertising-An-other appropriation measure of inter-est to farm folks provides funds foradvertising agricultural commodities.It provides that $40,000 shall be madeavailable during the fiscal year end-ing June 30, 1944, for adyertisingi 1ichigan farm products, includingfarm crops, livestock, horticulturalproducts, poultry and dairy products.This sum is to be expended under thedirection of the Michigan Agricultur-al Marketing Council, to be appointedby the Governor from nominationssubmitted by associations having par-ticipated in the state advertising fundprovided by the 1941 Legislature. TheCouncil shall consist of the Commis-sioner of Agriculture as chairmanand 6 other members. Organizationsintending to carryon advertising offarm products would submit theirbudgets and plans to this Councilwhich, if it approved them, wouldsubsequently pay 80% of the amountas shown by receipted vouchers. Inno case would the amount paid in

.one year to anyone association ex-ceed $4,000, nor should the amountpaid for the advertising of anyonefarm product exceed the amount of$5,000. A further sum of $10,000 wasappropriated for the coming year tobe expended for other agriculturalactlvities pertaining to the promotionof agricultural products under the di-rection of the commissioner of agri-culture.

Farm Truck Licenses-Four billswere passed having to do with motorvehicle licenses which would be ofespecial interest to farmers. (1)Senate Bill 147 allows a farmer hav-ing a truck bearing a farm commer-cial license to haul .products or sup-plies for his neighbors on a tradework basis where no cash is involved.A House amendment to this billwould permit a trucker having an or-dinary commercial truck license tohaul livestock for hire. At present;only truckers with utility licensescould legally haul livestock on acommercial basis.

(2) Senate Bill 281 was intendedto clarify and standardize the licens-ing of farm wagons when used astrailers. I had construed the lan-guage of the 1941 law as meaningthat a far mwagon with a long tonguewas not a trailer and paid no license,whereas if it had a short tongue itwas eligible for a special rate of $1.00per vehicle regardless of weight. Itseems that in some counties the lan-guage was being interpreted different-ly and the long-tongue wagons werecharged the $1.00 license and farmwagons with short tongues werecharged the full farm trailer rate of35c per hundred pounds. Sponsors ofthe new bill think that it means thatall farm wagons,' regardless of tonguelength, will pay the $1.00 per vehiclerate. If the Governor signs this bill,I will try to have the appropriatestate officials issue a ruling as to justhow they are going to interpret it.

The 1941 motor vehicle licensinglaw made very substantial reductions'in license rates for farm trucks andtrailers. Ordinarily, this measure\would have gone into effect October8, 1941, but because the legislaturetook a prolonged recess instead of anadjournment, this and several othernew laws did not go into effect untilJanuary 10, 1942. Because of thiscircumstance, farmers purchasingfarm truck or trailer licenses betweenthose dates paid at the old rates,whereas the legislature had expectedthat the new rates would have been ineffect. (3) The legislature passedHouse Bill 242 providing for the re-fund of the difference between thenew rates and the old rates. TheSecretary of State will set up the reg-ulations governing the payment ofthe refunds. The bill was not givenimmediate effect and will not becomea law until 90 days after final ad-journment.

(4) The legislature passed SenateBill 81 lowering to 16 years the agefor securing chauffeurs' licenseswhich would permit driving of trucksnot to exceed 1% tons rated capacity.A special exemption was made so thatthis upper limit would not apply tothe hauling of farm products. Inother words, a person 16 years of agecould secure a ohauffeur's licenses forhauling farm products regardless ofthe size of the vehicle or load.

Ice cream manufacturers, who havebeen limited by the federal govern-ment to 65% of their normal con-sumption of butterfat and milk sol-ids, secured amendment to the Mlch-Igan ice cream standards law, drop-ping' the butterfat content for var-ious types of ice cream for the dura-tion 2%. They successfully defeateda provision of the bill which wouldhave required the inclusion of 35 hun-dredths of 1% of edible acids in sher-bets so that they could be readilyIdentified from ice cream.

Livestock Thefts-On the final dayof the session, Senate Bill 108 waspassed simplifying and making moreeffective and enforceable the law rel-ative to the larceny of livestock.Stealing of livestock of any size orvalue would be a felony regardless ofwhether the animal was taken fromthe barn or pasture. In view of thepresent high price and rationing ofmeat, it appears probable that suchnrotectlon to Michigan farmers mightbe sorely needed. A few of the otherbills of especial Interest to farmfolks are those revistng the law rela-tive to the control of foul brood inbees, permitting organization of mut-ual livestock insurance· companies,revlstng the Michigan seed law,

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parity price for farm produ t ,price to include the co t 0labor.

More and More War EffortTurns to Us for What

We Can Do

By MRS. EDITH M. WAGARBriar Hill Farm, Carleton, Monroe Co.

There's much being said these daysabout people not taking the war con-ditions seriously.

It is reported that too many work-ling in the factories are not doingtheir best, that others loiter on the'job, and that there are too many ab-sent workers. That regardless ofthe good pay and the urgent need ofproduction, there are too manystrikes.

I am in no position to judge thesethings, for I have never worked in

a shop or factoryand 'probably nev-er will. I knowwhat looks like abig pay to us doesnot look so largeto the average lab-orer and whatlooks like a shortday to us lookslike full time tothem. If we werein their shoes, nodoubt we would

....HR •• WAGAR see many thingsfar different than we do. We look atthe problem as an outsider, fromtheir point of view.

I feel certain there are large num-bers of energetic conscientious work-ers earning every cent they get. Theyare applying themselves to their taskwith as much patriotic fervor as themost enthusiastic farmers in the land.

We ought not to criticise any groupas a group, but rather give every in-dividual his honest credit tor whathe is and what he's doing.We Need Each Other

This country could not long carryon a war without the laboring peopleemployed in producing the many com-modities used in warfare. Neithercould our country carryon withoutthe production of the farmers. Eachof us has his place to fill to his bestability if we are to be victorious.

As farmers, let's not find so muchfault with other classes, but ratherlet's do our utmost to carry out ourown part.

Not only should we plant and har-vest the kind of crops our countryneeds most just now, but there areso many other ways we can show ourreal fighting spirit.Waste Fats For Munitions

Not only does our country needfood and clothing and munitions andother finished pro ucts, but it needsthe waste materials that accumulateevery day in every home in the entirecountry.

How about the waste fats? Haveyou saved every little bit that youhave had in your home? When youbutchered did you let any go to wastethat might have helped in some wayto supply our boys with munitions?It is our job to do our bit even witha little bit of waste grease.

What we as individuals can turnin may appear to be so little that wemay be tempted to pay no attentionto the call, but when we hear that5,000 pounds were collected last yearin one county as was reported in Mon-roe county alone, we can see it is allworthwhile.

Imagine our shock when we heardof the farmer who butchered some 18bogs during the winter months andthrew away the entrails saying,"Farmers don't save that grease anymore." In wartime we should.Farm Scrap Most Important

Just now there is an earnest callfor iron and steel. The need is In-deed serious. Now most of the scrapiron will be found scattered over thefarms. City and town folks don'thave it lying around as farm folksdo; for they do not buy tools as wedo.

I do hope our farm folks make areal business of gathering it up be-tween April 5 and the 17th. It maytaken an hour or two, but let's do itand let's comply with all collectionrules so far as possible. You mayhave thought you got it aU last year,but look again. Perhaps you can findsome more. Every little helps tohelp our boys fight the enemy. There'smany a pile of 014 broken down ma-chinery that can be most useful justnow. Burn the wood off of it andturn the iron in.

As farmers we have no right toscold about lack of repairs or no newmachinery unless we have done ourpart in helping to make it possible toprovide the material with which itcan be made. Here's a direct chal-lenge to the farmer. Let's see to itthat there's no scrap left within theline fences of our farms. After we\have cleaned up our home grounds,let's be brave enough to urge ourneighbors to turn theirs over, too. Wecan aU do that much to help our mil-lions of boys win this war that isgrowing more terrible every day.Farmers and Their Gardens

And then there's those victory gar-dens.

All farmers should have a gardenevery year, in peace times as well asduring a war. I'm sorry to admitthat all farmers do not usually growa graden, but the great majority ofthem do; for they know a garden isa blessing that goes with a satisfac-tory farm life.

But, my plea is that not only dowe grow vegetables enough for ourneeds but that we see to it that none

Like System•• Dairy cows appreciate promptnessin milking as well a feeding. To etthe mo t milk a dairyman hould mill-fast and at the same hours each daand milk cows in the sam ord r.

of them go to waste. We don't haveto go miles to cultivate a garden amany city folks will have to if theygrow one. It is surprising to hear somany of them plan and hope to growa garden even under most difficultcircumstances. We have the soilclose at hand. Many of us have mostof our own seeds. Most of us knowhow and when to plant and to Cul-tivate and how to combat pests anddiseases. We know how to gatherand how to store. In fact, there'smuch about a garden that we knowhy instinct. It is more or less Greekto the avera e city dweller. Ratherthan ridicule their efforts, let's helpthem all we can and let's share oursurplus with them so that none willbe wasted.

Oh, when I thinkstored with canned fruit, vegetables,pickles and meat, and the bins of po-tatoes, and other stored vegetables,and the egg crates and even the quan-tities of home made soap and othersupplies that we take for granted onthe farm and then see the anxiety ofthe city folks for fear that their fam-ilies will face hunger even if theyhavs good paying jobs. I feel thatwe are blessed way beyond our ownappreciation. . Even the good payhecks and short hours lose their at-

traction in the contrast.A Few Days in the City

Let's not allow ourselves to grow,hard-hearted toward those who seemto us to be having a soft time of itjust now; we have no need to envythem in anything.

There's lots of things that I'd liketo have different in farm life and Iwill not hesitate in trying to getthem, but after spending just a veryfew days in the city watching the ef-fects of food rationing on everyoneI met, I came home satisfied that thetroubles of the day are not all amongfarmers I have a greater realizationthat as farmers a heavy responsibil-ity is our lot in winning this war,regardless of the factors that seemunfair to us.. We must not shirk in any way.Let's not neglect home duties evenwhile we are trying to convince oth-ers that we must have our rightfulplace in the national war time econ-omy.

Champion milk cow of all time. Haring produced 41,943.4 lbs, of milk it a year (5:)qts, daily for 356 days), and. hall;,tg made ber o'f'1t W igbt in bl~tter (174~ lbs.), Car-nation Ormsby Madcap Fayn« demonstrates the importance of 51 ,(,tlpaLl/y, strengthand health. She was Calf Alanlta raised, as was also the pr«: ious urorld cbamp;on.

It's what they d v I~p i tSO HEY'RE F C

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A dairy cow that last month produced 140 Ibs. of butterfat was rais d onCalf Manna. A steer that a grand champion 0 r all br ds at th 1942Chicago International Live tock Show a rai ed on alf Manna. The J rs yherd described by an impartial expert a "the h rd Iwould most like to ownfrom the standpoint of actual profit," a alf Manna fed. Th man said tohave won more first prize and grand hampion a ard than any other hogbreeder in America gives Calf Manna lots of the credit. And th Pr sident ofthe California Thoroughbred Hor e Breeders A 0 iation say : "I ouldn'tget along without alf Manna."

And 0 it goes-year after year a larger and larger per enrage of alf Mannafeeders are represented on the roster of u ce sful br ed r , dairymen andlivestock men. In 1942, hundreds of letters prai ing alf Manna pour d infrom ev ry State in the Union, together with pi ture of th largest, mooth-est, d epest-bodied, highest-quality animal you could nope to s e.

It' the kind of an animal you et at maturity that really ounts-th poundof milk and butterfat and beef and pork. And inc al£ Manna actually utsdown the cost of getting the e p unds, why not tart feeding alf Mannnow? A nickel's worth of alf Manna will fr qu ntly replac 50¢ worth ofmilk, and a pound a day is all that's r quir d for from on to ten animals ofany age.

Ye , Calf Manna gets poundage results, plu a ing you labor and freeingyour tock from dige rive upsets. And rem mber, thos who feed Calf Mannalongest, and who feed it according to direction , praise it mo r.-----------------------MAIL THI COUPON TODAY

Albers Milling Company { { alf MannaDept. 24A, 1060 Stuart Bldg. f OR Dept. ?4A •Seattle, Wash. conomowoc, Wis,

Please send free descriptive literature on how to u e alf Manna to de-velop the kind of stock I've checked: 0 horse 0 hogs 0 chi k no beef cattle 0 dairy cattle 0 turkeys 0 goat 0 sheep 0 rabbits

Benj. Franklin SpeaksAbout War Bonds

"Gain may be temporary and uncer-tain; but ever, while you live, expenseis constant and certain. 'Tis easierto build two chimneys than to keepone in fuel."

Buy only what you need and putthe rest in War Bonds every marketday.-U. S. Treasury Department.

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You'll Want the BE T!FOOD AND FIBER are No.1 in tlie production field to win the war. 1943is no time for crop failures. Good farmers know that the best of seed andfertilizer are the SUREST and CHEAPEST. The extra yields and qualityof crops prove the wisdom of using Farm Bureau seeds and fertilizers.

Farm BureauFertilizer

IfARM: BUREAU FERTILIZER have what ittake to produce top yield. They make eachacre produce more. For f rtilizer containingnitrog n, now rationed, each farmer must s ehi fertilizer deal I' who i the rationing a ent.

Farm BureauAdapteF Rl\1 BUREAU ADAPTED SEEDS producebigger and bel t l' crops. Farm Bureau brantalfalfa or clover se d are winter-hardy. Theirpurity and vitality are gunrantecd. 'I'his seed,of known origin, performance and qua lity,come. to you in trade-marked, sealed, bushelacks.

Alfalfas and CloverApply O~ Get your supplies of June, Alsike, Mammoth or~weet lovers and top quality Alfalfas andBrome Grass NO'V. 'I'here is a serious short-age of alfalfa seed. See your local FumBureau seed dealer for the following:CLOVERS SOY BEANS ALF LFAOATS BARLEY FIELD EAROBUST BEANS MICHELITE BEBROME GRASS SUDAN GRASS

They're AdaptedDO 'T GAl1BIJE on cheap, unadapted seeds.[peeify Farm Bureau and kno v you" get-

ting the best, It i the 0 g fa -101' in 'J'OJ>production that you can cont rol.

Place your order for fertiliz r for the follow-ing crops:SOY BEANS BEETS POTATOESBEANS ONIONS TOMATOES

and oth I' field and v getable crops.

Get Your RequirementsWE UGGE T that, if it i pos ible, you buyyour fertilizer now and take it with you.'I'rueking faciliti s a: e limited. ITave whatyou want when you want it.

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Rg,1EMBhR, thi pa trwI'. hip {}F'arm Bur 'au e d nnd Fe' Hiz 1 •

for greater producti n.

Farm Bureau F rtilizers follow recom-mendations of agricultural collegeauthorities.

AT 300 FARMERS' ELEVATORS IN MICHIGAN

(Continued from Dage one.)will undoubtedly be experiencedthrough unpaid loans.

Thi like the A wandered farfrom the original intent of 'the act.Its administrators have coupled withthe loans and grants social reformsand schemes to develop the F \.into a pressure group on Congres .Under current conditions practicallyall farmers worthy of financial aidcan secure loans from e tablish dagencies, so there i no longer needfor the FSA as a separate project,nor appropriations therefor. Besidesit is being influenced by organizedcrafts in other walks of life, and isbeing used to promote the unioniza-tion of farm labor and regulation ofloans and wages and so hamper thelegitimate farmer in his efforts tomeet food production goal .

We, therefore, recommend to Con-gress:

(1) that no appropriation be madefor the continuance 'Of the F A andthat the handling of such rehabilita-tion loans as may be nece sary betransferred to other established gov-ernment agencies.

(2) that the farm labor project behandled in accordance with HouseJoint Resolution o. 96 grantingfinances to Agricultural Extensionrather than being carried out underthe Farm Security dministrationprovided in the Agricultural Depart-ment measure. The farmer mu ,t befreed from the influences of organizedlabor through the Farm ecurity d-ministration and bureaucratic domina-tion and control in handling the farmlabor problem.Agricultural Education &. Information

We recommend: That all educa-tional activitie of the A be trans-ferred to the Extension Departmentof the U. S. Department of Agricul-ture, and that the informati0I\ servicehe transferred to the Department ofInformation of the U. S. Departmentof Agriculture.Release of Commodities

Regarding the release of govern-ment-owned commodities for livestockfeeding we recommend:

That reasonable quantities of wheatand other grains be released for live-stock feeding at no less than heparity price of competing commodi-ties.

We approve the pending measurein Congress for the sale of 100,000,000bushels of wheat under governmentloan at not less than the parity priceof corn.Price Ceilings

We recommend: That immedatefarm rna- steps be taken to free farmers of the

feeds, and nation from uncertainties and hind-rances to food production caused byexisting, threatened, or anticipatedprice ceilings on farm products; also,from impractical restrictions made apart of price ceilings.Market Prices

We recommend: That the farmersof the state and nation be assured ofincome sufficient to enable them tomeet their increasing production andfarm labor costs. 'Dheir relationshipin the national economy should besecured through fair prices determin-ed in accordance with rising farm.costs and consumers' ability to buy.Regulations

We recommend: That maximumproduction of food and fibre onAmerican farms demands the promptcessation of undue I' gulatorty andregiminal directive. The e includedemands for rigid and detailed con-formity to involve questionnaires tofarmers in their contact with govern-ment agencies.

That all government policies havingto do with agriculture should be broadenough to permit the exercise ()f judg-ment in their application. Theyshould be administered to encouragethe freedom of initiative and enter-prise of the farmer rather than treathim as a cog in a machine drivenfrom Wa hington.

We instruct the Farm Bureau ad-ministration to put forth the utmostaggressive and persistent effort tosecure the enactment of this program.We consider these measures essential

arm Bureau Say Do TheThings that Encourage

Production

President Edward A. 0' eal of theArnei iean Farm Bureau Federationwas a k d for the Farm Bureau'sr commendations for increasing foodprodu ion March 13 at a hearing be-ing conducted by the agricultural sub-committee of the appropriations com-mitte of the House of Congress. Mr.0'.•T al replied:

'I'o increase food production, theFa rm Bureau recommends:

1. Adjustments in accordance withe rlsttng acts of Congre of pricec Ilings and price supports to suchlev Is DS will encourage and enablefarm rs to achieve maximum pro-duction.

2. Eliminating all sub idies usedto keep prices from ri ing in themarket-place to parity or a pricenee sary to get needed production.

3. Additional legislation to requirethat administrative officials fix pricec Ilings in accordance with the plainint nt of existing acts of Congress.

4. ontinuation 'Ofcommodity loansand price supports at 90 per cent ofparity or at higher levels if necessaryto g t ne d d production.

5. Adding increased labor costs toparity at le t for the emergency.

6. Continuing AA, but withsimplified, decentralized, economicaladministration, greater farmer con-trol, and with activities of employeesand committeemen confined strictly toadministration.

7. Def rring necessary farm work-rs from the draft.8. L ngthening industrial work

week and liminating PI' mlum payin order to spread workers and in-crease labor supply for factories andfarms.

9. Tran. f rring n eded functionsof Farm Security Administration toappropriate 'existing state and federalagencies.

10. Centering farm labor responsl-bility in Extension service, with au-thority to contract with U. S. Employ-ment Service to recruit and transportworkers, and eliminating labor-unionstandards as conditions of supplyingfarm labor.

11. Providing adequatechinery, fertilizer, proteinother essential supplie .

12. R lease of surplus grains forfeeding, but not below a price thatwould reduce the price 'Of a com-p ting feed grain below parity.

13. Adequate farm and markettransporta tion for farmers.

14. Simplifying and minimizinggovernment regulations and eliminat-ing red tape and unnecessary ques-tionnaires that confuse farmers andconsume their time.

15. ommon sense in rationing.The Farm Bureau believes this is

the practical program to provide thefood nece . ary to win the war. eces-sarfly, it requires the full recognitionof Agriculture as a war industry.\V ask this committee to dedica te thefunds appropriated to the several agri-cultural agencies to this end.

Two Farm Bureaus HavePart Time Workers

orthwestern Michigan FarmBureau (Gr nd Traverse, Benzieand Leelanau counties) has engagedMrs. Monica Seaberg, ec'y as parttim worker for 5 days each month.She will assist in establtshing newcommunity groups, work with stab-liahed groups, and promote publicityfor the Farm Bureau, and do otherwork. Richard Nelson, president ofthe Mason County Junior Farm Bu-reau, will do similiar work for theS nlor organization in Mason county.

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EGGS AND MEAT NEEDED-M~KEMore money with Silver Ward, MichIganbr d chicks from stock car fully culledfor size and vi or, blood tested for pull-orum. Profits for hundreds of Mlchtganpoultry rals rs prov their value. Bar-ron or H nson Whit Leghorn up to3M-egg breeding; Barred Rocks, WhiteRocks, Reds, Anconas, Black finorca,

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MAPLE SYRUPWANTED-FARMERS WITH 500 OR

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Recommended VarietyVegetable-----'Early Peas

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mitte .Farm Lands in Villages- bill to

extend th pr s nt law regardingdi onnection of I' rm la d rom

11d villar passed the Houkilled it the enate through the

influence of nator h ster .1.How 11of aatnaw and J rry T. Logte'of Bay ity. Thi maul' wa verycaref tHy PI' par d and vould not p r-mit he withdrawal from any munici-pality of land unless it va di ti tlyrur 1. Y ry detailed l' qu irement',' re bet up in the hill and the circur,

judg' would pa on each Indtv idualnettt ion. The property involvedwould have to remain liable for itprop r hare of any accumulated in-debtedn . This is an issue on whichthe Farm Bureau has h n very ac-tive for th pa t several year .

Legislative Reapportionment-Thelegi lature did not act in accordancewith th Farm Bureau recommenda-tion regarding legislative I' appor-tionment. The Farm Bureau had ad-vocated a constitutional amendmentto insure a balanced legislature withproper representation from all sec-tion of the tate. A propo al whichpartly met the Farm Bureau recomIII ndations 1; 'as pa sed by the House,but defeated in the Senate. Thiswould have limited representatioufrom anyone county in either the

enate or the House to 25% (If thetotal. Another amendment whichth Farm Bureau favored wa passedby the Senate This would have pro-vided for representation from singledi tricts instead of election of repre-sentatives at large as it now done inthe first Wayne district where 17 rep,resentatives are chosen at large.

The legislature made no change re-garding the apportionment of Senateseats, but c1id adopt a House reappor-tionment increasing Wayne's ropre-sentatives at large as is now done in~ additional seats to 6 other populouscounties. This, of course, necessitat-ed a corresponding reduction in therepresentation from rural areas.

Sales Tax Exemptions-Among themeasures which the Farm Bureauhad a part in defeating, especial mention should be made of Hosue BELJ06, which proposed drastic revistonsin regard to sales tax exemptions forfarm supplies. If this bill had beenpassed it would have cost Mtcniganfarmers many thousands of dollarsannually for sales tax on supplieswhich are now exempt, but wh ichwould have been taxable under thenew language. The Farm Bureautook the lead in opposing these changes in the exemptions relating to sup,plies which farmers must purchase.A t the' end of the second hear-ing onthis subject the House committee ongeneral taxation tabled the btll.

A proposal to lower the sales tar.from 3% to 2%, which was desiredt y the CIO and opposed by the FarmBureau, was killed in the Senate com-mit tee on taxation. The sam e fatebefell a proposal to repeal the presentintangible property tax.

Stored Grain Tax-Late in the ses-sion, a bill was introduced to imposea specific tax on grain stored in ele-vators. This would have been in lieuof all other taxes on such grain. Farmorganizattons and operators of ruralwarehouses had not been consulted inUlt drafting of the bill. There wereseveral features of the proposal whichdid not look good to the State FarmBureau directors. The proposal wassponscred by one large firm in Ue-troit. On the final day when thismeasure could have been passed inthe Senate, a substitute was offered.••Inch was quite differnt fr)111 theoriginal bill, but still was not Entirelysatisfactory to rural spokesmen. Fin-ally it was decided to table the lnllana study the problem for anothervear.. Oleo-A proposal to permit the useot oleo in public institutions passedthe Senate, but was killed in theHouse committee on agriculture. Atpresent only genuine dairy productscan be used in all public Instltuttonsin Michigan except the prisons. Mich-igan dairy interests are apprehensiveabout letting down the bars and re-pealing protection which they hadachieved through long years of hardwork.

Sunday Hunting-A proposal to per-mit state-wide Sunday hunting re-gardless of local laws, which havenow been approved by referendumvote of the citizens of about 15 coun-ties, was approved by the Senate, butshelved in the House committee.

On the whole, the legislature show-ed a desire to be helpful in the solu-tion of farm problems. Spokesmenfor the farm organizations were O'ivena respectful hearing at all times.Through Community Farm Bureaudiscu ion groups Farm Bureau mem-bers followed closely legislative de-velopments and let the lawmakersknow their desire. The Farm Bur-eau L gislative Iinute . Men helpedgreatly in preading timely informa-tion and contacting their lawmakersat Lansing. Developments during the1943 s sion again demonstrated then cessity for and the power of theFarm Bureau in promoting the legis-lative program of it members.

Th~y'd Have SaidThi If They Could

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It wa re ommend d that expen ed farm labor be d f rred forsential farm production, and thatmizrant f I'm labors be furni hedtran portation to and from work.

It wa recommended that availablesupp)i of farm fertilizer be releasedimmediately for the 1943 season.

It was recommended that agricul-ture he recognized as an es entialwar industry for manpower, materialand quipment,

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SATURDAY, APRIL 3, 1943

Powell to JudgeSho orn in Texas

Stanl y P well of Ionia, presidentof the J. [at.'I Lilking •.'horthorn ociety

'as invited 0 judge the milkingshorthorns t t the Panhandle PlainsDairy 'how at Plain lew, 'I'e: a ,

pril 13-15. H will peak at the din.n r of the Te 8 WIring horthoruBr ed rs 'n during the how.

Longstanding, BloomsdaleSpinachEarly Cabbage Copenhagen Market

Hollander or Ball HeadEarly Yellow Globe

Late CabbageOnions

Chantenay, Danvers Half Long-Detroit Dark Red

CarrotsBeets

Chard LucullusHollow Crown, ModelParsnips

Early GreenSnap Beans

Late BeansTendergreenRefugee

Tomatoes John Baer, Bonny BestStokesdale, Rutgers

to maximum production in the farm-er's all-out effort to produce the foodand fiber to su tain our nation andits allies in this crisis.

However, regardless of whetherthe e objectives are accomplished ornot, or other handicap are experi-enced, we call upon our members andfarm r enerally to spare themselv sfrom no sacrifice however great in theirefforts to reach the production goalse tablished for Michigan agriculture.Our boys at the front d serve all,and more than this, and Farm Bureaumembers will do their full part.

, Respectfully, .Michigan State Farm Bureau

Board of Direcetors,C. J. Reid, Pre ident,C. E. Buskirk, Vice President,C. L. Brody, Executive Secretary.

Would Aid Farm ProductionBy Restricting AAA to

Soil Conservation

March 13, C. L. Brody, executivesecretary of the Michigan State FarmBureau, appeared with President0' eal of the American Farm Bureauand others before the House of Con-gress appropriations sub-committee onagriculture.

The committee was seeking a prac-tical approach to the entire food pro-duction problem, and remedies forpolicies hampering food production.

The Farm Bureau testified that ad-ditional funds from the federal treas-ury are not necesary to get produc-tion. Rather, substantial reductionin appropriations can be made ifsteps are taken to furni h farm man-power and machinery, supplies andtransportation, adequate prices in themarket place, and eliminate duplica-tion and overlapping of gov rnmentagencies in the farm field. .

Mr. Brody recommended that allpenalities on production be removed.He said that farmers were deadagain t subsidies and that they werenot needed in the face of consumers'ability to buy.

He told the committee that out-spoken comment along this line hadbrought repercussions from the AAAin Michigan. He presented AAAbulletins mailed under the govern-ment franking privilege. The circu-lars attacked the Farm Bureau,Grange, and extension service as un-friendly to the A A. Mr. Brody gavethe committee a letter from a Mich-igan man relating that he was paid

6 by the AAA to attend a meeting atwhich farm organizations were at-tacked, and was asked to pass outpostcards to farmers. The farmerswere to endorse thoughts suggestedby the AAA and mail the cards totheir Congresmen.

Mr. Brody testified that the AAAhad been very serviceable to agricul-ture during the depre slon and stillretained serviceable features. Herecommended that the AAA programbe restricted to the soil conservationprogram and that the appropriationbe limited to a good soil cons'erva-tion program. He suggested that theappropriation for AAA administrativefunds be cut 50% to eliminate thepolitical activities.

.•.11'. Brody told the House subcom-mittee that the AAA as a governmentagency should not go into the farmsupplies business against privatelyowned and farm co-operative farmsupplies businesses. He suggested thatA administration would be improv-ed if farmers representatives not onthe federal payroll were made ad-visors in the state and local officesrather than have everything handeddown from Washington.

Vegetab e SeedsFor Ru ia

Vegetable seed which will producemore than 1,000,000 tons of food is be-ing shipped to the Soviet Union byRussian 'War Relief to replant thescorched earth of our ally, it was an-nounced today by Francis C. Stokes,chairman of the Vegetable Se d Com-mittee of the war relief agency. Theseed, which will plant appro imately400,000 acres of Russian soil, weighsmore than 950,000 lbs .

Halt ' of the vegetable seed, saidtokes, has been contributed by 150mer lean firms. The other half has

been purcha ed from the mericane d tr de with fund raised by theu I W r Ii or t urp

How Farmers FaredIn Legislature

(Continued from page 3)changing the restrictions regardingthe use of vaccin and virus andamending the sheep nd hog diseasecontrol act in an effort to further

ateguard against pread of sheepscab and hog cholera and other sert-iou eli eases. A bill was passed clari-fying re ponsibility for maintenanceof bridge and culverts where drainscross highways.

Co-op Ass'ns-A bill was passed tosimplify the procec1ure for setting upco-operative a sociations and anothermeasure was enacted to permit theI' viving of non-profit co-ops whosecharters have been forfeited throughfailure to file the necessary reports.

Rural Zoning-On the problem ofzoning of property and dealing withthe question of proper land use plan-ning, the legislature passed 4 com-panion bills relating to township andcounty rural zoning and minimumconstruction requirements for bothtownships and counties. These lawsare not mandatory, but are merelypermissive. They are all based on thehome rule and provisions is madefor a referendum of the people inthe area involved.

State Agency RegUlations-Here-after, any rules and regulationswhich may be issued by any stateagency will have to be approved inadvance by the Attorney General andthen published and made available sothat the public may know what rulesare supposed to be in effect. Hereto-fore, that has not been possible. Rulesand regulations were changed fre-quently and it was often difficult tofind out what they were.

War Council-The legislature pro-vided for establi hment of a warcouncil to succeed the Michigan De-fense Council and to have broaderand more clearly defined responsibil-ity and authority. It set up a$50,000,000 post-war sinking fund andprovided for the immediate transferthereto of $20,000,000 from the sur-plus in the general fund and author-iz d future transfers by the etate ad-ministrative board whenever the gen-eral fund surplus will permit. Therewas also set up an $8,000,000 fund fora post-war rehabilitating program inthe state's educational institutionsand to provide for additional stateoffice building space in Lansing. Adepartment of business administra-tion was set up in the Governor'soffice to make a study of state gov-ernmental operations with the viewof effecting reorganizations and econ-omies in procedure.

Compensation Acts- s the sessiondrew to a close, the legislature reach-ed final agreement on general revi-sion of both the unemployment com-rensation act and the workman's com-pensation act. The workman's com-pensation act was substantially liber-alized, but changes fell far short ofmeeting union labor desires. In thecase of the unemployment compensa-l.ion act, amendment include provi-sions which should prevent some ofthe abuses which h ve been occur-ring. From the standpoint of thegeneral public, the bill passed on thissubject is regarded as very satisfac-tory.

Legislators' Pay-The legl latureapproved a proposed constitutionalamendment to raise the pay of sena-tors and representatives from 3 aday to $5 a day. Thi will have tobe submitted to the voters at the 0-veruber, 1944, election for adoptioncr rejection.

State Dep't of Agriculture- ot allthe recommendation of the FarmBureau delegates were carried ouduring the recent s salon. pro-posal to take the State Department of

ariculture out of politic by estab-Its...•ins a bi-parti an state commi sionof 5 member who would serve fo?6-year staggered terms and whowould select the Director of grtcul-~ure and have general supervision oft he policies and services of the de-oartment was given areful con ide:-atton by the House committee 011 agr i-

culture. In general, the att.ltude of.he members of thi committ e w·favorable toward the propose 1, b t itwas d clded to retain the bill inoommrttee and bring the matter upearly daring the next session.

Timber Oonservatlcn-c- timbercon ervi tion mea ure in harmonywith the Farm Bureau resolution onthi subject 'as reported favorablyby the enate committee on con r-vation, but it m t strong oppo iUonon t he floor of the nate from p-1) I' P nlnsula lumbering and mininginter sts and was re-r r rred to com-

Third of cre May Contain18 Vegetables, Beans

To Turnips

The average third-acre farm zardenin ~lichigan puts out enough familyfood to rat one of the he. t cashcrop according to Perry Bower,vegetabl gardening peciali t atMlchizan tate Colle e.

On ood land, properly managed,.11'. Bower indicat s the averagefarm garden l' quires 92 hours ofwork wh n rows are spaced threef et apart. Production average3,132 pounds of vegetables worth near-ly 200.

The farm gardener may put in about1 crops, from beans to turnips. Rowpace varies from 1,200 feet of pota-

toes, providing 750 pound whichtook 21 hours to produce, to 50 feetof radishes producing 12 pounds offood and requiring 1.86 hours of work.Here are the averages:

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SATURDAY, APRIL 3, 1943

Junior Far~1By MRS. MARJORIE KLEIN of Fowlerville, State Publicity Chairman

. PLAN LE DET AINING CA PSFOR 1943

It Happened -n the MicbdgariJunior Earrri Bureau

panel and assisted in'I'he state president,and the state vice

DeWitt, also attended

Eaton-Chester Community JuniorFarm Bureau of Eaton county is go-ing ahead rapidly. Florence Whiter ports that meetings are bing heldregularly. March 24 the Junior FarmBureau went out on the wheat cam-paign with satisfactory results. Fol-lowing the evening's work the groupenjoyed a pancake supper.

Shiawassee - Catherine O'Rouke,secretary of Shiawassee county, wrotethat 41 young people attended themeeting at which Mr. Yaeger spoke.Following the meeting a discussionarose relative to the wheat drrve.State Director Hennink, put Shiawsa-see county on the spot by collectinga quarter from each person present.He then bet the group an equalamount, or $7 that they couldn'tachieve their wheat goal. If Shiawas-see gains its goal the state directormust put on a party for the Shiawas-see Junior Farm Bureau costing noless than $7. If Shiawassee fails toreach its goal he collects the $7.Shiawassee county is doing its bestto subtract $7 from the state director.

Tuscola reports a fine meeting onthe night of March 10. Plans werelaid for a continuance of the wheatdrive and for a special meeting onthe night of March 30 at which timethe state director will be present.

Kalamazoo-Margaret Pease, sec-retary of Kalamazoo county, reportsthe annual banquet of the Juniots forthe Senior Farm Bureau Board theevening of March 12. About 70 at-tended. The program was in chargeof Ruth Brown Early, past state sec-retary of Junior Farm Bureau. Theprogram included a discussion on theup-keep of the farm tractor by an oilengineer, a discussion on insuranceand motion pictures by Bob Gibbons,and a panel discussion on Junior Sen-ior relationships, participated in bythree young people and three adults.County Agent Leslie Olds, was a

member of thethe discussion.

orris Young,president, Raythe meeting.

Livingston county held a box socialand a discussion of Junior Farm Bu-reau for the new members March 15.[any of the young people of our

group are new to Junior Farm Bu-reau. Our state director led a discus-sion on what Junior Farm Bureau isall about. At times we couldn't tellwhether we were talking about Jun-ior Farm Bureau or Senior Farm Bu-reau because the issues that were dis-cussed were of equal interest to theJuniors and Seniors. After a fewfolk games Robert Smith, first vicepresident, auctioned off the boxes.They netted nearly $50.

South Kent-Eight of our groupspent from 7 p, m. until well pastmidnight mailing out 378 letters andmembership material to our pros-pects.

Allegan - Everybody 111 Allegancounty is proud of our last meeting.For the first time in many monthsthe three Junior Farm Bureaus ofour county met together and formeda county organization. Helen Lund-quist is president of our countygroup, and Herman Peterson' waselected to the County Senior FarmBureau Board. The meeting was call-ed by acting Regional DirectorFrances Baron, who reported themeeting.

Clinton is doing alright by itselfaccording to Guerdon Frost, regionaldirector. This group has lost elevenof its members to the army and isnow in the process of digging up newmembers to fill their ranks.

Newaygo-Marge Wittevenn, secre-tary ot the Newaygo Junior Farm Bu-reau, reports a novel meeting. Theycalled it a progressive Junior FarmBureau meeting. The business meet-ing was held in one home, the dis-cussion for the evening was held ina second home, and the refreshmentswere served in a third home. Margereports that Dan Reed, district repre-sentative of the Farm Bureau, de-clared that he was all in after follow-ing the Fremont Junior Farm Bureauaround.

Grand Traverse program for theyear was discussed at the Marchmeeting. A dance is planned to raisewar bond money.

Lowell's valentine party Feb. 11was well attended. Hiram Andrespoke on the value of insurance atthe Feb. 25 meeting. William Myers,Royal Clark, Louis Baker, RobentCramton and Ralph Roth are incharge of our war bond drive.

West Allegan-Franklin Tolles ofVan Buren Co's soil service discussedsoil conservation with us at our meet-ing Feb. 22. Virginia Gretsmgerrepresented us to the Senior groupFeb. 26 and summarized the 1943 pro-gram of the Juniors, which includes ajoint meeting with the Senior FarmBureau April 12.

Kalamazoo - Sixty attended ourMarch 12 meeting at the County Cen-ter building. After supper we hadpictures shown by the Standard OilCo. and by the State Farm InsuranceCo. We enjoyed a panel discussionof Junior and Senior Farm Bureaurelationships, and a program of enter-tainment,

Isabella Juniors were hosts to theSeniors at a box social March 13. TheSeniors were pleased with thesquare dancing and Darwin Johnson'scleverness as auctioneer. At ourMarch 19 meeting Rolan Sleight ofthe State Farm Insurance Co. showed'Pictures regarding the importance oflife insurance to rural young people.

Washtenaw-Juniors presented VerISmith with a $25 war bond at theWashtenaw County Farm Bureau an-nual meeting at Saline Feb. 26. Thiswas a prize posted by the Juniors at,the time of the campaign for a bushelof wheat for war bonds. Juniors willentertain the Seniors the evening ofMarch 23 at Washtenaw Farm Bu-reau Store, Ann Arbor, J. F. Yaegerwill speak.

Livingston Juniors were hosts tothe County Service Club March 15 ata combination box social and discus-sion meeting. The group is carryingon another newspaper and scrapmetal drive to add money to theJunior drive for a 10,000 war bond.Guests are numerous at our meetings,each of which results in one to fourapplications for membership.

Bay County J. F. B. took part in theSenior annual meeting held March 30at Kawkawlin.

The wheat drive closed at the an-nual meeting. A Victory danceprofited us 25 for our drive.

The .S.O. party held March 6, atthe U.S.O. hall with some 40 coast-guards in attendance proved a suc-cess. _

Repre entatives of our group at thecounsellor camp at Long Lake wereHerbert Schmidt, Junior Countyboard member and Mr. Wm. Bateson,Junior cousellor.

Set Dates for Two CampsAt Waldenwoods In

Late AugustI

Plans are already under way forthe 1943 Junior Farm Bureau StateLeadership Training Camp. The sub-ject was thrown open at the council-lors conference. The reaction fromevery county shed much light on hetype of program to be conducted inthis year's camps.

Councillors reported that there isa genuine insistence upon holding thetraining camps in 1943. The coun-ties declared that the camp leader-ship training program is a vital partof Junior Farm Bureau work and un-dar no condition should be abandon-ed for this year. Reports from overthe state also indicate that the oldermembers and councillors are alreadybusy in the task of selecting campersfor this year.

The discussions on the subject ofcamp seems to indicate that the coun-ties are as yet undecided as to thelength of the time to be spent bycampers at camp. One camp arguesthat a week's time is too short to ac-complish what is necessary to be cov-ered at camp. The other point ofview argues for a 3% day camp foreach of the county groups and cuttingout much of the material that doesn'tdeal directly with the building andmaintaining of Junior Farm Bureau.The counties also agreed that consid-erable emphasis is to be laid uponcamp being devoted to the trainingof the new and younger members inthe schools of leadership 'and JuniorFarm Bureau. Hundreds 'of highschool seniors and young people ayear out of high school have beenflocking to Junior Farm Bureau andthe counties are insisting that thisgroup be brought to an understand-'ing of Junior Farm Bureau.

The present dates for the campsare August 22-28 inclusive and Aug-ust 29-September 4, inclusive. Thecamp is to be held at Waldenwoodsin Livingston county.'

KENT JUNIORSENROLL 103 IFARM BUREAUGroup Around Caledonia Set

Record for Two DayCampaignCOMING BACK

IN OTTAWA CO. The Kent County Junior Farm Bur-eau, centered at Caledonia, Michigan,in a two day membership effort wrote103 Farm Bureau members.

The Junior Farm Bureau of SouthKent County has been operating forabout four years. Within the last sixmonths the young people, headed byWayne Steeby, president of the localgroup, formulated plans for startingsenior work in their part of the coun-ty. Aided by Lew Kaechele, managerof the Caledonia Co-op and others in-terested, a" carefully planned approachto Farm Bureau membership wasmade. The plan included careful se-lection of prospects, planning routesof travel for membership workers.contacting their prospects by mail,sending them the Michigan FarmNews, holding a meeting at which Mr.Powell of the Farm Bureau address-ed the prospects, and finally, a con-centrated effort over a two day periodMarch 25 and 26.

As a result of this careful prepara-tion, membership workers found thefarmers of Kent county ready andwilling to participate in a construc-tive, aggressive and active local nro-gram.

The membership work was done byfive young people who drove the mem-ship workers to the prospects. WayneSteeby, Charles Kaechele, ClintonHeintz, Robert ear, and Jim Wilson

Forty-three Junior Farm Bureau were the young people who partici-councillors and board members attend- ,pated. Helen Rogers, a member ofed the conference at Long Lake, Barry the Junior Farm Bureau, did muchcounty, March 5-6. of the secretarial work preliminary to

Dr. David Trout of Central Michigan and during the campaign.State Teachers College and Dr. O. W. Commenting on the campaign,Warmingham of the National Youth Wayne Steeby said, "This member-Foundation discussed their own ex- ship effort is only the attempt of ourperiences as councillors in other fields. 1 Junior Farm Bureau to do what oth-These experiences were discussed by er Junior Farm Bureaus have donethe group in relation to their responsi- in every section of the state. We feltbilities as to Junior Farm Bureau that the time had come for us to trygroups. The councillors are guides in our wings. Mr. Hennink was with usdeveloping a skilled leadership from constantly, coaching us and showingthe Juniors for agriculture. us how to do the job. As a result we

Fillmore Juniors did an excellent gained a great deal of experience forjob on the camp food problem on very ourselves as well as securing a niceshort notice. The Junior state board membership for our locality. Theis to be commended for the attendance membership drive is only a part ofof councillors from all groups. our general plan of having an aggres-

sive Farm Bureau in our ounty. OurTwo 2,000 lb. aerial bombs represent plan calls for a continuance of our

600 lbs. of scrap metal. membership work as well as havingour new members participate'in im-mediate Farm Bureau activity forthis area."

Ottawa county is finally comingback into the ranks of Junior FarmBureau. Several short-course studentsmade inquiry r,ecently of the StateDirector of Junior Farm Bureau asto the procedure in establishing aJunior Farm Bureau. This materialwas given them and a few days agoDuane Dahgltsh, agricultural teacherat Coopersville wrote the state officestating that April 6 was set for thedate of organizing a Junior FarmBureau.

In the first years of Junior FarmBureau there was a group near Grand-ville. This group disbanded becausemost of the membership were insenior work. Recently it came tolight that the former president, JohnTigelaar, and another president, BobAndre, have had much to do withestablishing a membership of 160paid up Farm Bureau members intheir township alone.

Francis Baron, regional director,will be present to explain JuniorFarm Bureau to the Ottawa group onth night of April 6.

COUNCILLORS' MEE,TWAS SUCCESSFUL

Women Set RecordFor Membership

Mrs. Arthur Ballinger and 11'3.

Howard Krick of the Gratiot CountyFarm Bureau enrolled 24 membersduring the campaign which liftedthe county membership to 507 fam-ilies.

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tion, loading and unloading 0 f rrnand commercial products .Ith in thtate. (6) Central war time will 11 III

farmers r ach their 1943 goal.NORTHWEST-Livingston

The meeting was divided into t 0groups for discussion of what we needfor maximum production Conclus-fons: (1) Deferm nt should b bas don production. Prefer conscientiousobjectors to convict. (2) Releasefarm machinery l' pairs. . 3) ubsidyto farmer is v lvet to consumer inreality but in all ju tice a fair price ias well earned by the farmer as bylabor. (4) The Hobbs bill will pre-vent the interference in tran porta-tion racketeers in organized labor.(5) Fair prices will bring better pro-duction than any other deviceWEST ALLEGAN-Allegan

A Farm Bureau meeting to discussthe use of Jap labor was held at Ben-ton Harbor. el on Ransom attend-ed, and I' ported that the p aker,v ho e hom was in the state of Wa h-ington, said he had used J ap laborersand would rather have them thanMexicans. Harry Gogdal repor ted thatthe extension service would be re-sponsible for getting needed farmhelp for the county.HEMLOCK GROUP-Saginaw

Mr. Bauer had Emil Bethke andWalter Schomaker tell us of theirexperience attending a IO meeting.About the only thing a farmer wouldhave to do would be to pay his dues.CLIMAX PRAIRIE-Kalamazoo

'We decided that under the presentlabor situation w cannot ee our wayclear of achieving our 1943 goalswithout an increas d machinery allot-.ment.MONTCALM-Montcalm

Our discussion leader very nicelyled the discussion into various waysof managing farm work, the easi I'

way, and the way to got the mo treturns. Also urged everyone tomake use of college bulletins. Itwas explained how the F.S. . will buydairy cows for resale to avoid theirbeing sold for beef.MichiganELK LAKE YUBA-Northwest

Mr. Robert Morrison led the dis-cussion on the AA. e talked aboutthe accomplishments and benefits wehave received.ELBA HADLEY-Lapeer

We decided to write a letter ofprotest to the City of Lapeer for itsaction on the time question. Thepresident appointed Mrs. Brown, Irs.Myus and Mrs. Hodge to write thisletter and send it to all county offices,board of supervisors, chamber ofcommerce, city commissioners, 13Farm Bureau groups, school boards,County Farm Bureau Board, Mich-igan Milk Producers Ass'n and milkhaulers.

Mr. W. Broecker made a motion toinstruct the State Farm Bureau and

ational Farm Bureau contact theOPA offices on the sugar allowancesto farmers who do their own baking.The allowance is inadequate and itis very inconvenient to drive to townevery few days for bake goods. Thatisn't saving rubber and gas.PAW PAW GROUP-Van Buren

Sap is running, robins returning.Fifty members of the Paw Paw Com-munity Farm Bureau sat down to asumptuous even though rationed co-operative supper on Tuesday eveningat the Coterie Club House. irs.George Schultz, recreation director,introduced the Lyle CommunityIinstrel, a quintet of local talent

who entertained for an hour with aprogram of high class jokes and quips,with many ta.ke-offs on local persons.

Jay L. Dodge, discus ion leader,introduced Robert Gibbons, districtmanager of the Michigan State FarmBureau insurance depai tment. Hepresented a film depicting what isdoing in the war plants, the fightingfronts all over the globe, and meas-ures being taken to protect the healthof war workers.NOTTAWA GROUP-Isabella

In three small groups we consider-ed these farm questions: (1) Whatdo you think of incentive payments?

n .-If the farmer would get cost ofproduction and a fair profit on hisproducts, the farmer wouldn't needany incentive payments or subsidi s.(2) Do you think it n essary to have

~OlliM creilit OO~M~OO "~ UIII!!!!!!!!!!!!~!!~!!!~~!!!~!~~~~!gthe R.A.C.C.? Ans.-The group de-I:

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'0\ go" plan of Incomis practical? Ils.-For Iarmer"pay as you go" plan i n't ~0 Tor--abl for labor beau e th l' i th_pen o of production. (4) Do you

thtuk the farmer needs mOIO ma 11m-y? Hov much? Ans.s-. f. norc

new machines but we should ha cunlimit d amounts of parts and rc-palrs. (5) 1'0 we as farm peoplinterested in ho pital in uran ('.1Would the group be inter st d inhaving someone . plain it tourue: t me ting? ns.-Yes. (6) Doyou think farm . prices ar highenough? Ans.- 0, not according toparity prices and labor ages. InC01111)al"ion with industry w cannotcompete with th ir wages at pres ntprice.SODUS GROUP-Berrien

The Victory Garden program wasdiscussed. John Handy, tho leader,asked for a voluntc r from eachschool district to as ist in th gardenprogram for the coming season.ATTICA-Lapeer

Each member answered roll callby telling how they ere going tostep up production on their farm.The general opinion of the groupseemed to be that they hoped to doas much as last year, but could hard-ly step production up much becauof help shortage. One of the farm 1'Sexpressed the opinion that a goodfarmer always produced as much ashe could on his farm all th timeanyway, regardless of the times.GULICK-Isabella

It as the general opinion that thefarmers were not going to hire laborthis coming y ar. Instead, th y argoing to work co-operatively withth ir neighbors. In this way we canuse each other's tools and spare time.Farmers thought the incenti e pay-ments were a lot of hooey. It asagreed we were not going to raisesovb ans, nor 'an excess of beans andpotato s. Instead, we are going toraise more poultry and hog , producemore milk and more wheat and cropsthat we know how to raise. Wo arewilling to increa e production withless f rttl izer, labor and other short-ages. But, we c rtainly want a fairprice for what we do produce.BROOKSIDE-Newaygo

This resolution resulted from ourdiscussion of Goals for Agriculturein 1943:

"In this great emergency in hi 'hmillions of our boys are now en a din winning a war for democra y andfreedom, we the Brookside Commun-ity Farm Bureau resolve to pledgeourselves to produce food for ourcountry, our armed service , and ourallies to the limit of our ability. Longhours Without over-time pay, consid-erable family labor and many incon-veniences such as rna hinery short-age wrll be involved in this y ar'sproduction program.

" Iaxlmum production can only beobtained when financial I' turn I'

suffici nt to meet the produ tion I

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Every young man d aell to store somethin

as he goes along ... forhimself ... for the familyhe expects to haveand for that old r m nwhom some day he willrecognize as himself.

o one has devis d abe ter plan than life in-surance to accomplishthese ends, Young menuse good judgment whenthey start and develop aprogram of life insurance.See Your State Farm MutualAgent. Write our State of-fico for insur nee Information

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By EUGE E A. MALTZjlernlJer'ship Relations & Education

BE SURE IT'S FARM BU EAUF or new roof s or roof repair' ou ran' beat Farm Bureau'rupreme high quality. Fat m Burcau ' roll roofinz and asphalt.hinzles affords many year' of protection. 'I'heyre priced righ .

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GAIN ES-GeneseeSome things that would help the

farmers toward greater production-b tter prices- cheaper labor-bettermachinery. This war is not won andwe have a vast stake in it so must doth best we can with what we have.Fault finding may do harm. We arestill able to express our views soshould attend these meetings; also,they help socially.

Wages are up 113 per cent since1939 while parity price rise has onlybeen 19 per cent. Parity and farmlabor costs should be included inprice ceilings.BLOOMINGDALE-Van Buren

The topic was production goals.George Fritz, AA member and alsoa Farm Bureau member said he wassorry to see AA and Farm Bureau atone another. Mrs. L. G. Howlett of thenutrition department from Lawrencegave a very interesting talk on food.Mrs. Wilkinson of Paw Paw, a mem-ber of the neighborhood War Club,said the best way to help win thewar is give everyone a part in it.BAINBRIDGE-Berrien

Mrs. Sonnenberg presented the RedCross Roll Call. Our group gave 10to this fund.

Mr. Warskow explained a plan pro-posed to form an organization so as tohire a man to represent fruit farmers(or others) in an effort to bringSouthern help for crop harvest whenneeded.SUPERIOR-Washtenaw

Production Goals for 1943 was dis-cussed. It seemed to be the opinionthat it is going to be a hard proposi-tion to meet the 1943 goals. Mr. Gal-pin asked a few farmers if they be-lieved they could do any more thanlast year, and the general opinion wasthat there is a limit to what anyonecan do, even though he would like todo more Thus, if he did all he pos-sibly could in 1942, it will be hard todo more in 1943.NORTHEAST ST. CLAIR-St. Clair

The discussion was in connectionwith the milk situation in Port Hur-on. The teamster's union of A. F. ofL. is trying to unionize the milk ped-dlers against their wishes. By unani-mous vote our group, expressing itselfas being behind the milk peddlers. Aresolution was sent to Washington toour representative and also to ourstate senator and representative atLansing. We also voted in favor ofthe inclusion of all labor costs in com-puting cost of production of farm pro-ducts. Farm women and children ofminor age, do great deal towardsthe production of farm commodities.WHEATFIELD-Ingham

Miss Showerman divided the com-pany for group discussion. We agreedthat the government can help to in-crease production to meet goals by(1) releasing all fertilizer possible tofarmers and all farm tools in thehands of manufacturers and whole-salers (2) take no more labor off thefarm for the army (3) raise the priceceiling to cover cost of labor and oth-er production costs. Farmers are pa-triotic and willing to do all that ishumanly possible to reach the goals.The release of steel and iron for farmtools is too late to help in this year'sproduction. Boys from the cityschools are not adequate unless raisedon a farm.DELHI-AURELIUS-Ingham

Topic: How to Meet 1943 Produc-tion Goals. (1) Incentive payments onbeans will not meet production goalsbut a substantial increase in the floorprice might have doubled production.(2) Farm prices with the exceptionof beans are satisfactory if labor~tays in line. (3) Agreed that 14cents for milk is high enough to con-sumer but still the farmer only gets$2.95. Therefore, the governmentmight better investigate the Inbe-tween than to pay subsidies. (4)Agreed that crops should be plantedwith the confidence that some help,somehow, will be forthcoming. (5)More exchanging of both farm laborand machinery would be beneficial.(6) Government policy should be oneof setting fair prices, rather than sub-sidies.CARL TON-Barry

Stadel read letters received relativeto AA and Farm Bureau. A hateddiscussion followed with th roup di-vided on the good of the AA . Weagreed that the AAA is essential, butshould have more rigid restriction onits practices. The group is opposedto incentive payments for raisingbeans. It would rather have bean in-surance with higher market prices oreven parity prices, which would bemore than the set price at present.CENTRAL HURON-Huron

It was decided to send a petition tothe president of the Chamber of Com-merce and to the Mayor Jennings thatBad A. e shall be left on central wartime instead of changing back to east-ern war time as some of the business-men wish to do.UN IONVI LLE- Tuscola

Mr. Bitzer divided the audience intothree groups for round table discus-sion on the topic Production Goal for1943. Conclusions: (l) Increase warcrops such as beans, soybeans, pota-toes, corn, also livestock, milk, andtions. ( 5) Protect farm transporta-eggs. (2) Farmers will insist thatthey be given the means to produce es-pecially labor, machinery and repairs .(3) Give us a fair market price andforget subsidie. (4) Put officials in-to office who understand farm condi-

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ackground Material for Discussion in AprilBy ur Community Farm Bureau Groups

By BUOJiJ f) A. MALTZMemb rship Relations & Education

ot m ny years ago-in the 30's-plannin for agriculture other than In-dividual action, research and educa-tion in the older sense became essen-tial to deal succes fully with the farmproblems caused by the closing of thefrontiers, the rise of nationalismthroughout the world, the loss 0 muchof our oreign mark t, the advance ofmachine agriculture, the ruthlesswaste of resourc s over a long periodof expansion and exploitation, the sud-den shrinkage 0 opportunities in thecities for the surplus population thatform rly flowed from the land andmany other factors that led to a situa-tion th t called for immediate actionof a new kind.The Demands of War

With the coming of war, and a con-s quent demand on agriculture for itsmilitary weapon-food-this situation,though changed drastically in its com-plex, did not make planning any theIess essential, but rather called for amore flexible and "down to earth"method that allowed farmers to gearheir operations to the demands ofar--to adjust production to an ex-

nanding dom stic and foreign demand,to make adjustments within the in-dustry to allow expansion of some foodJ'roducts while holding others in line,to guard against unnecessary soil loss,to make the maximum use of all man-power, machinery and rna erials thatcould be made available for farming.

With all this change, farmers arenot unmindful of the even greatern d for planning after the fightingcases-for having stockpiles of foodr .ady for the liberated peopl s of na-tions now over-run by the Axis pow-ers, for international planning design-d to allow each food-exporting nation

to make its maximum contribution tothe rebuilding of the depleted nations,for guaranteeing all people an abun-dance of agriculture's products, andssuring agricultural workers compar-

able advances in standard-of-living, inh a1th, in education and moral andcultural foundations as that enjoyedby other classes of people.Farmers Must Aid

In our nation's first attempts atgricultural planning, coming in them rgoney period following the 1932-

33 depression, the need for quick ac-tion made it expediant to rely on spec-ialists in planning national farm pro-grams within the authorizations ofCongress. Agricultural planning prov-ed to be two complex a job, and ther sponsibility too great to be leftwholly in their hands. Farmers findthat they must take a dominant rolein adapting national planning for agri-culture to local conditions, and in an-alysing farm problems arriving at so-lutions, and recommending and carry-ing out appropriate local, State or Na-tional action. At times, some State andNational planning agencies have foundit ea ier, though less democratic, tobase action on official decisions ratherthan to employ the slo er process ofwidespread discussion by, and consul-tation with farmers and farm groups.Some of this is the result of the farm-r's own lack of concern for the future

of his own industry, some has beendu to an over-zealous attempt of gov-ernment bureaus to "run their ownshow".

Both the expert, or specialist, andth farmer are needed in plan ing for

the war effort and post-war re on-struction, and that it can be accom-plished only if all economic groups arekept in balance, farmer's plan to re-ceive their proper share of the nation-al income. This involves a study ofthe share being received by other ec-onomic groups as well as their own,and action designed to keep all in bal-ance.

The farm situation may be improvedby (1) lower costs of production, (2)increased prices for things farm rssell, and/or (3) increased output perfarm worker. The latter covers a gen-eral increase in the farm's efficiency-increased production of milk per cow,eggs per hen, bushels of grain :peracre and man hour, etc. Economicequaltty can be attained by adjustmentin all or any parts of these threefactors.

Farmers generally are agreed to. thegood, and desirability of planning for,a stable farm income in their effortsto gain economic equality. This en-tails plans for stable farm prices, con-servation of land resources, insurance-both on property and crops, stableland values and the efficient use of anedequate supply of farm labor.

As for the methods by which econ-omic planning may be done, farmersha ve their farm organizations and co-operatives, elected representatives incounty, State and National govern-ment, State and ational Departmentof griculture, Federal agencies, suchas Farm Credit Administration, USDA'War Boards, Bureau of AgriculturalEconomics, Extension Service, Agri-cultural Adjustment Administration.Farm ecurity Administration, RuralElectrification Administration, SoilConservation Service, and State permis ive legislation such as zoninglaws, warehouse bonding, inspection,etc. Land Use Planning Committees,farmer controlled, serve as a mediathrough which farmers may makemaximum use of all these laws andagencies to meet farm problem intheir community. Land Use PlanningCommittees and Zoning will be con-sidered in detail in May.Why Plan For Education?

The word education proves distaste-ful to most of us-and that's not pe-culiar to either rural or urban folks.As used in connection with agricultur-al planning, it refers to education ina broad sense.

Formal education for youth, adulteducation to enable rural people tocontinue to grow, to make possibletheir fullest contribution to society-that's the ultimate goal of education.Education on production, .economic,and cultural subjects-for youths andadults. Development of education andbest possible use of facilities we nowhave may be brought about by plan-ning.Do Rural People NeedHealth Planning?

Physical examinations under the Se-lective Service Act show an alarmingproportion of physically unfit boyscoming from rural areas.

Particularly acute has been thehealth situation in the South, Lack ofmedical care, hospitalization, deficientdiets, malnutrition, etc., have contri-buted to this condition.

Local planning groups can do muchto improve rural health through studyof proper nutrition, food preparation,disease prevention measures, safetymeasures, group hospitalization, etc.Better co-operation with and greater

agriculture. No group of people isbetter suited to synthesize the judg-ments of specialists and to forge theminto workable programs than respon-sible local people who know farmingas only experienced farmers can knowit. Democracy is not governed by ex-perts. Democracy is governed by thepeople who seek the aid of experts.Planning for Agriculture

Discussion of agricultural planningmay logically be divided into fourmain catagories (1) Economic, (2)Education, (3) Health, and (4) Moraland Cultural. In considering thevarious aspects and possibilities of lo-cal, state and national planning foragricultural, these four phases of theproblem form a natural basis for thestudy. Consideration of planning foreach of the phases should embody (1)development of the objectives of plan-ning, (2) review of institutions andaction programs now set up to givefarmers opportunity for planning (3)the programs of these institutions orActs, and (4) methods of directing theprograms toward realization of thegoals determined plus recognition ofadditional action needed to adequatelysolve the problem.What's Economic Equality?

Farmers want an economic balanceto exist between their industry and allother economic groups. This is for thelong-time good of all groups. Usuallycalled parity farmers are concernedmore with parity income than withparity prices, although the one is de-pendant upon the other to a large de-gree.

In 1941 (last year for which com-plete income data is available), thefarmer received 31 per cent as muchnet income as the non-farm worker(Government payments included).

The farmer's income, adjusted toallow for earnings aside from proceedsfrom farm products sold (work offfarm), food and fuel taken from thegarden and woodlot at cheaper coststhan for non-farm workers, and forcheaper house rent, still representsbut 65 per cent of the non-farm work-ers income for this year. Even witha considerably increased income in1942, agricultural workers, accordingto preliminary estimates, receivedonly 38 per cent as much as the non-farm worker. In 1942, farmers aver-aged $1.06 per day, while non-farmworkers averaged 2.77 per day. Theagriculturalist's 1942 per diem repre-sented an all-time high ($.88 in 1919next high) and reached a low of 21-cents in 1932. Non-farm workers av-eraged $1.21 per day in 1932.

Urban consumers have become so ac-customed to bargain food prices (22per cent of non-farm family incomespent for food in 1941, 30 per cent dur-ing 1931-34 depression, 37 per centduring 1919-20) and to low farm in-comes in comparison to their own (4.1ratio existing in late years), that theyare reluctant to allow farmers to as-sume their proper relationship in ournational economy.

Presentation of the farmer's econ-omic problems (one-half of consumer'sdollar received by farmer on average,70-75 hours per week worked, etc.) tothe non-farm worker-a public rela-tions problem in itself--should be adefinite part of the farmers' planning.Economic Equality is Essential

Realizing that economic equality fortheir industry is essential if they areto make their fullest contribution to

Second Farm Scrap Drive Starts April 5

"f•U e 'YourRainy Days to Get in the Scrap

HERE'S HOW TO TUR I YOUR SCRAPil up every piec of scrap iron and steel on your place for 'which you

ee no us in your operations. If you are saving old machinery becausecertain parts take, those parts off and scrap the rest.

11the crap to yourjunk dealer. If you can't find one who will comend g t it, call your county agr'l agent, or your implement dealer, or your

t ne p per, or the local scrap committee.

MICHIGAN FARM NEWS

use of local, State and ational Healthagencies, health clinics, etc, may beffected by inventory of agenci s wenow have in the community dealing.••ith health, the he lth problem, andways and moans of using prevents tiveand cure methods to be t advantage.Has Agriculture a Need for MoralAnd Cultural Foundation?

A larg part of the II rsonal satis-faction derived from bing a tiller ofthe soil comes from re .ognitton of theIntangible things that abound in na-ture-beauty, contentm nt, peace, life,etc.

This benefit may be made morewidespr ad among agricultural work-ers as the moral and cultural founda-tion in rural life is at I' ngth ned. Thehurch and its program is an e "ample.

Often considered a 7th day program,the church might well be a definitepart of the community-seven days aweek. Development of an apprecia-tion for art and music can be donethrough local planning. Rural peoplehave as much need for recreation anddiversion from their duties as anyother class. Few enjoy it. Many stillhave to "learn how to play".

Development of these intangibles islargely dependent upon the local in-itiative and ingenuity devot d to it.

Again, local responsible farm peopleare the people to do th planning.

WKAR MONDAY ROUND TABLEFOR APRIL

Time 1:00 to 1:30 p, m.Tune 870 on your dial

April Theme: Agricultural Plan-ning-Objectives, Institutions, pro-grams and Techniques.

April 5-Economic Planning forgriculture.April 12-Educational Planning for

Rural People.April 19 - Planning For Healthy

Farm People.April 26-Building a Moral and Cul-

tural Foundation.Each of these will be developed from

these foul' angles i "

1. Objectives2. Institutions3. Programs4. Techniques

Test Yo r o"\Vledge

o THWESTMICHIGAN 0WAY TO 500Endorses Farm Bureau Price

Program, Elects OfficersAt Annual

orthwestern County Farm Bureau-composed of Leelanau, Grand Tra-verse and Benzie counties-was wellon the way to its 1943 membershipgoal of 500 families at the time of theannual meeting in late February. Ithad enlisted 135 families as newmembers in Leelanau and GrandTraverse counties, while renewingmost of the old membership there.

The annual meeting endorsed theefforts of the American and MichiganFarm Bureaus to get fair marketprices for farm products in accord-ance with consumers ability to buy.It supported the Pace bill in Con-gress to include farm labor costs inguring farm parity prices; also, billsbefore Congress and the Michiganlegislature to prevent interferencewith the free delivery and marketingof farm products by any elements inunion labor.

Officers and directors for 1943: F.H. Waterman, president, 'Suttons Bay;J. W. Goble, vice-pres., Harry W.Lautner, sec'y, and James Harris,treas., all of Traverse City; directors,James Draper, Robert Swaney andMiss Wilma Lautner, all of TraverseCity; James Dymond, Honor; JohnKillman, Cedar; Jerome Zeits, LakeLeelanau; Floyd Sheets, Thompson-ville; Steiner Garthe, Northport; JohnC. Morrison, Williamsburg.

What to Add to BalanceThis Fertilizer

Poultry manure is lacking in bothphosphorus and potash, but these canbe supplied, for they are not rationed. It can be made a well balanced fer-tilizer. It is a fairly common practiceto throw some acid phos hate in thepits about once a week. This holdsthe ammonia in the manure andmakes it a better balanced fertilizer.When applied to the land, some potashcan be added. The superphosphate.which is often added to either theroosts or the floor manure is used atthe rate of about 30 lbs. to 100 hensa month. The use of an 0-14-14 fertil-izer to balance it has been suggested.

(Answers are in the Community Farm Bureau material.Attend your discussion meeting to check your answers.)

1. Farmers want high prices more than anything else.2. In planning for agriculture, farmers should ignore

sp ciallsts.

3. ouaumers want fanners to receive a fair income.

4. F'igu ring cheap l' rent, garden foods, wood, etc.,farmers now get about the same income as non-farm workers.

5. For all practical purposes, education is completedat the twelfth grade.

6. "\ omen's Extension Clubs mean better rural health.

7. Hnisters should be teaching seven days a week.

8. With a 70-75 hour week, farmers don't need recrea-tion.

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Turn to page 2 and read "Congress-man Replies to His AAA Letters."

H T for the Poultryman

Some Ensilage Corn!E. E. Twing of Bailey, Muskegon

county, wrote R. W. Bennett of theFarm Bureau Seed Service last Octo-b r:

"I am mailing you four ears ofSweepstakes ensilage corn grown byus this season. The stalks were 10 to12 feet tall and well eared. We havefour silos, one 14 x 45, two 12 x 44,and one 12 x 40. We planted 5 bushelof Sweepstakes and one bushel of Silo-bred. We filled and re-filled the foursilos. Shortage of labor required 15days for filling time. We had 15truck loads that we were unable tocrowd into the silos. We have meas-ured ears 13% inches long and 3inches in diameter."

Farmer May PlantMore Feed Grains

Sec'y Wickard of the U. S. Dep't ofAgriculture announced Jan. 8 thatfarmers may exceed their acreage al-lotment for corn in 1943 and withoutpenalty, providing that first theyplant the acreage of' war crops allottedto their farm. After that they are en-couraged to plant as much corn aspossible on land suited to corn produc-tion. Increases in the acreage of bar-ley will be encouraged. Sec'y Wick-ard pointed out that by next Octoberwe shall see the enormous stocks offeed grains in this country start goingdown with increasing rapidity.

Benj. Franklin SpeaksAbout War Bonds

"For age and want, save while youmay;

No morning sun lasts a whole day."Save now while money is plentiful.

buy War Bonds every market day andhave money when dollars are hard tofind.-U. S. Treasury Department.

SATURDAY, APRIL 3, 1943

AGAINST BElTERFARM PRICESVicksburg FB Says No More

Legislation TowardThat End

Vicl sburg Community Farm Bu-reau heard Peter Miller, AAA com-mitteeman, d scribe the Triple-AMarch 8, and adopted this resolution:

"We are opposed for the durationto further legislation aimed at andtending the raise the prices of agri-cultural goods and products; becauseof the 'tend n y toward price inflationand the inevitable following demandsof labor for higher wages. It is ourbelief that in order to stop the vic-ious circle of price and wage infla-tion, some component part of thecauses of inflation must call for andaccept a halt in further advances.

"We do not wish to infer that thepresent iucome status of ,the variousoccupations and professions are equal-ized now, but more that any demandfor a larger share of the national in-come is entirely untimely and' up-patriotic."

According to the secretary's report,Mr. Miller said the objectives of theAAA planned production programare (1) to conse1've and improve nat-ural [arm. resources (2) to obtain forfanners an equal share of the nation-al wealth (3) to provide food for our-selves and for eXIJOrt. He stressedthat the AAA is not a political ma-chine since both parties are wellrepresented among the workers. Hedoubted that the farm bloc in Con-gress represents farmers, but perhapsthe large landholders in the south.In the matter of farm prices, Mr. Mil-ler explained that the farm bloc fav-ors an increase in parity prices whilethe AAA approves the $100,000,000incentive payment plan.

New Sugar BeetsTo Be Used In '43

Two new sugar beet hybrids mark-edly resistant to leaf blight or leafspot disease will be used to plant themajor share of Michigan's sugar beetacreage in 1943. These State Collegevarieties are known only by theircrossing or breeding numbers, 200 x215 and 215 x 216.

In a medium. to poor year whencertain combinations of temperatureand humidity aid the leaf blight thesenew hybrids likely will increase beetproduction two to four tons an acre;says H. C. Rather, head of the collegefarm crops department.

The strains give high tonnage inthe absence of. disease, as well. Spray-ing or dusting beets in Michigan tocontrol leaf spot appears to be un-necessary when either of the new hy-brids is used.

PRODUCE 'MORE...It's up to YOU!

The necessity for greater production is understood, but its accom-plishment under present conditions will require greater skilland understanding of the problems and the means by whichthese problems can be met. Here are some helpful hints:

Animal protein (fish meal, meat scraps, milk by-products) are scarce.here. Protect your investment in chicks as follows:1 Ask for open formula Fann Bureau

feeds. NOW, as never before you MUSTknow how much animal protein goes intoa feed.

The baby chick season is

3 (a) Be sure you have ample feeding andwatering space, (b) don't overcrowdyour chicks, (c) keep litter dry, (d)separate cockerels as soon as they can betold.

Plan with your Farm Bureau feed dealerfor sufficient starting mash to carry yourchicks to six weeks of age.

4 If possible plan a grass range for grow-ing flocks. Ask your county agent foradvice on suitable type of grass.

HI TS for the Dairyman1 Plan a supplementary pasture and put it in.

2 Feed grain to your good cows on pasture. F arm Bureau Milkmaker can be mixed with 400lbs. to 1,000 lbs. of home grown feed according to the quality of the pasture.

3 Cut your hay early so as to increase its protein content and palatability. Good hay savesgrain next winter.

4 Feed dry cows up to BIbs. of grain per day for 30 days. It will pay the next lactation.

TS for the og •alser1 Feed Farm Bureau Porkmaker (open

formula) with home grains to broodsows. (It carries manganese sulphate,iron, copper, and cobalt--also irradiatedyeast for vitamin-D.)

2 Watch for evidence of parasites ordisease.

3 Plan a pasture program to conserve feedand cheapen cost of grains. Feed lessprotein supplement when on good pasture.

4 Use Porkmaker. as directed in fatteningyour hogs. It supplies the many factorsthat balance home grown grains.

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