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Vol. 42, No. 12

'aLICATION OF THE MICHIGAN FARM BUREAU

Published Monthly by Michigan Farm Bu.reou

THE 20TH BIRTHDAY of the Michigan Farm Bureau Women was cele-brated at their annual meeting, November 10. Lighting the candleson the birthday cake were (left to right): Miss Ruth Hooper, GratiotCounty Women's Chairman, representing Mrs. Ray Neikirk, board

of directors, 1944; Mrs. Belle Newell, chairman, 1946-49; Mrs. MarvelWhittaker,- 1950-53; Mrs. Carlton Ball, 1954-57; Mrs. Arthur Muir,1962-63; Mrs. Alex Kennedy, 1958-61; Mrs. Wm. Scramlin, presentchairman, and Mrs. Florence Thomas, representing the -A.~.B.F.

Membership "Roll-Call" 'Underway!The week of November 30

through December 6 has beendeclared "Kick-ofr' week for astate wide mass-action member-ship Roll-Call campaign directedby the Field Services Division ofthe Michigan Farm Bureau.

Glenn Sommerfeldt, DivisionManager, reports that thousandsof Roll-CaU volunteers are nowat work in all counties of lowerMichigan in a push toward a stategoal of 68,612 Farm Bureau fam-ily memberships for 1965.

Their aim is to score a substan-tial membership gain to matchthose of other states in the Amer-ican Farm Bureau Federation,now totalling the highest mem-bership of all time.

Such substantial gains againplace a strong foundation underfarm unity.

Typically, counties of the Up-per Peninsula have again refusedto wait for the early Decembermembership Kick-off and alreadyhave their membership campaignswell underway. They againthreaten to produce the firstcounty in the state "over-goal"- as "U.P:' leaders are quick toremind Roll-Call Managers in therest of the state that the topfour counties with the highestpercentage of goal in 1964 all

came from the Upper Peninsula.Because of the earlier V.P.

kick-off, that area has been' ex-empted in a challenge by Mrs.James Quisenberry, Montcalmcounty Roll-CaU Manager, whohav made the flat prediction thatAlontcalm wiU be the first countyin the Lower Peninsula to reachgoal.

One of the early goal-reachingcounties last year, Montcalmworkers appear confident thatthey will duplicate the feat wellin advance of any other group.

Mr. and Mrs. Quisenberry haveoffered a steak dinner completewith trimmings, to the Roll-CallManager of the first county toreach goal ahead of Montcalm.••... and we have no fearswhatsoever that we will have topayoff," they add.

Such confidence is admirablein the face of reports from partsof the state where Roll-Call cam-paigm are reportedly highly or-ganized and poised for action.Typical is Saginaw, the state'slargest County Farm Bureau withCl current membership of 2,718families, and a goal of 20 addi-tional members in the presentcampaign.

According to Henry Bolde-buck, newly elected Saginaw

president, forty teams of volun-teer workers will be visiting theirneighbors in the next few daysfollowing a kick-off program De-cember 7.

In 1962, Boldebuck served asCampaign Manager in leadingSaginaw county to its highestmembership point, 60 membersabove goal for that year.

Creat changes ahead for agri-culture are looked upon as allthe more reason why farmersneed to join and work throughFarm Bureau, according to Clar-ence Prentice. MFB Secretary-Manager.

"Today, new knowledge is saidto be doublin~ every eight years,and 90% of aUscientists who everlived are reported to be alive kJ-day. How fast wiU new knowl-edge be discovered tomorrow?\vhat will it mean to farmers?'"

Prentice has predicted that thefamily farm lof tomorrow won'tbe any more like the family farmof today "than today is like yes-terday was." He sees thesechanges as all the more reasonwhy farmers need to join FarmBureau to help shape it into thekind of farm organization theywant, the kind "fit to face afuture of change ... "

Elton Smith Elected'In the annual "reorganization" session of the Michigan

Fann Bureau board of directors, Elton Smith, Caledonia,was elected president of the Michigan Fann Bureau.

He replaces Walter Wighbnan who has served as presi-dent for the past six years. Wighbnan remains on theboard as "Director at Large" anc;l will be one of the sixvoting delegates to the American Fann Bureau Federa-tion policy sessions in Philadelphia, December 7-10.

Other actions of the board in the reorganization meet~-.ing which traditionally follows by one week the annualconvention of the ~1ichigan Fann Bureau, included narn--ing Dean Pridgeon, Montgomery. vice president; and'David Morris~ Grand Ledge, as third member of the Ex-ecutive Committee. Pridgeon is a prominent Branch countyswine producer; Monis owns an extensive cattle-feedingoperation in Clinton county.

The board renamed Leon Monroe, Lansing, as treasurerand Clarence E. Prentice, Okemos, secretary-manager. Ap-pointed to fill a vacancy in District 7 was Kenneth Bull,Bailey, filling a positiQD recently held by Guy Freeborn,Hart.

BesideS' Wightman, others to serve as voting delegales.to the Amerioon onnflal meeting are: Elton Smith, DeanPridgeon, Walter Frahm, E~ene Roberts and Max Hood.

The new Michigan Fann Bureau president operates anSO-cow registered Guernsey dairy herd near Caledonia,Michigan. Most recently he served as president of FarmBureau Services, Inc., a large volume {ann supply cooper-ative affiliated with the Michigan Fann Bureau.

In 1963, he was honored as Michigan's "Dairyman ofthe Year," and also received Michigan State University's"Distinguished Service to Agriculture- award.

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Editorial

Chinsse PuzzleDigging a long-distance tunnel through a

mountain presents no complicated problems toChinese engineers, according to American FarmBureau pr~sident, Charles Shuman.

In a recent visit to Michigan, Shuman jokedabout how American engineers spend monthsin surveys, tests and complicated computationsbefore attempting to bore.

The Chinese skip all this, he said. "They justput one set of Coolies on one side of themountain and another gang on the other side.They hand them shovels and say 'dig'. TheHead Engineer doesn't worry much how it willall come out, because if both gangs meet inthe middle, they have one tunnel. If they don'tmeet, they have two tunnels!"

"Two-tunner reasoning isn't good enough formodem American agriculture, yet some farmersare trying to dig two or more organizational"tunnels" at the same time.

Today's high-financed and high-producingrural American needs to plot his course withnearly as much precision as do captains ofmodern ocean liners. He expects his farm or-ganization to reflect this same kind of efficiencyin representing him.

This means a farm organization with a pro-fessional approach, backed by members, financeand experience, and resulting in the same pro-fessional know-how that farmers themselvespossess.

Most of aU it means the ability to get thingsdone.

The fanners strongest in their support oforganized agriculture are the kind of men andwomen who realize the value of planning to-ward the kind of results they intend to get ..

They know that without preparing the soil,there can be no good seedbed; that withoutgood seed, properly planted and tended, therewill be no crop. They know that a successfulfarm organization must follow much the samecycles.

They know this means Farm Bureau.The "Nationar Grange is a good organization

which unfortunately is not truly "national"-and which in Michigan and most states, repre-sents a very small percentage of actual, prac-tieing farmers.

The "Nationar Farmer's Organization (NFO)has attempted to copy labor's successes, usinglabor's tactics, without realizing the vast gulfthat exists between farm ownership and agri-cultural production - versus the work of labor-ing men.

It ignores what would happen if farmerstruly followed labor's example and walked offthe farm, turning their backs on a life-timeinvestment, leaving the cattle to roam and theweeds to grow.

The NFO goal of more farm income is com-mendable, but its approach is so painfully directthat it has built a reservoir of fear and resent-ment, and its economics are unsound.

The "Nationaf' Farmer's Union has becomeinvolved in a giant check-off system of collect-ing membership dues based upon dollar-volumeof commodity purchases, which insulates itfrom true membership participation andstrength. It too has membership in only asmall group of states, Michigan not amongthem.

This leaves Farm Bureau with its half-centuryof growth across 49 states and Puerto Rico.This fall, Fann Bureau is expected to reportanother all-time membership high, well beyondthe 1,628,295 farm families now listed as mem-hers.

Six out of every eight farmers who join anyfarm organization in America, now belong tofarm Bureau. They have backed Fann Bureauwith their manpower and finances. They haveguided it through the years by "policy engi-neering" to do the kind of jobs they want done.

To those farmers not yet members, they ex-tend an invitation to foin in working togetherin an effectit;e organization - realizing thatmodern agriculture deserves better than afelteo-tunner' approach.

M.W.

December 1, 1964

Pride in farm Bureau

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MICHIGAN IFARM NEWSTH. ACTION ~.LlCATION CW THe MICHIGAN "ARM lIUftaAU

The MICHIGAN FARM NEWS is DIRECTORS: District 1, Max K.published monthly, on the first day, Hood, Paw Paw, R-l; District 2, Wil-by the MichiJlan Fann Bureau, at it' bur H. Smith, BurlinJ;rton, R-l; Districtpublication office at 109 N. Lafayette 3, Donald L. Rllhtilt, Dexter; Ois-Street, GreenviJle, MichiJ{an. trict 4, E It 0 n R. Smith, Caledonia,

Editorial and Jleneral office$ at 4000 R-I; District S. David Morris, GrandNorth Grand River Avenue. Lansinst. LedJle, R-3; District 6. 'Yard G. Hodlle,MichiJ:!:an. Post Office Box 960. Tete- Snover, R-l; District 7, Kenneth BllJlphone, Lansinjl;, 485-8121. Extension Bailey, R-l; Distri(:t 8, Harvey Lellen~317. herJler, SaJ!;inaw. R-6; District 9,

Established January 12. 1923. Sec- EUl!ene Roberts, Lake City, R-l; Dis-ond Class Postage paid at Greenville. tric:t 10, EdJ!;ar Diamond, Alpena R-Michigan. 2; District 11, Edmund Sa~er

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\Voell. Staff Artist, Sam Bass. Women.s Frahm. Fmnkenmllth: Dean Prid\teonMaterial, Mrs. Donna Wilber. MontJ!;omery, R-l; Walter Wightman'

OFFICERS: Michij/;an Farm Bu- Fennville. R-1. 'reau; President, Elton R. Smith, Cale- WOMEN OF FARM BUREAU: Mrsdania.. R-l; Vice President, Dean William Scramlin. Hollv; FARM BU~PridJ!;t"On, Monts:omery. R-l; Secretary- REAU YOUNG PEOPLE: RavmondMnnaj:!er, Clarence E. Prentice, Okemos. Kllcharek. Gaylord ..

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MICHIGAN FARM NEWS

President's Column

Fond FarewellFor the past six years, it has been my

privilege to "visit" with you through this col-umn. The hundt.:eds of expressions of appre-ciation have been a source of inspiration thatalways buoys one up and induces him to tryto do better each time.

Together we have shared the dreams andexperienced the triumphs that have meantgrowth for our Farm Bureau.

When I first began writing, it was withsome feelings of doubt about how best toshare with you reports of the work of ourorganization and of the decisions that had tobe made. Your friendly help as Farm Bureaumembers quickly -put me at ease.

If there has ever been anything which I'velearned while president of the Michigan FarmBureau it is that all farmers are pretty muchalike. They are genuine "home-folk" knowingthe same desires and experiencing many ofthe same problems.

I am a charter member of Farm Bureauand the end of my present term will mark 16years service on the Michigan Farm BureauBoard -longer than any present board mem-ber with one exception.

Six years as president - longer than any,with one exception, and 8 years on the Amer-ican Farm Bureau Federation board. \Vith 11years service as a county president, this makes27 years of continual work for Farm Bureau.

They have been years of satisfaction andinspiration. Farm Bureau has done much forme as it has for every other Farm Bureaumember.

As with all things, if there is a beginning,there is an end, and -this will be my lastcolumn to you as president of the MichiganFarm Bureau.

Beginning next month, this spot will be filledby your new president, Elton Smith. I haveknown Elton for a long time. IIe is an excellentfarmer, a sound thinker, and a farm leader ofproven ability. He has my congratuwtions andcomplete support.

I am confident that under his guidance theMichigan Farm Bureau will experience anothersurge of growth in both membership and in-fluence. He brings with him all the practicalexperience of a modern dairy farmer, and acomplete loyalty. to the ideals for which FarmBureau stands.

Now, may I indulge in a parting predictionand some observations?

Farm Bureau of the future will be evenmore important to farmers than it is today.

A Farm Bureau membership is the leastexpensive and most effectipe single farm "toor'that a modern farmer can buy.

Farm Bureau is much like a power tool. Ithas built-in capacity to get things done, butcannot do them alone. As with any tool, FarmBureau responds to the brains, guidance andskills of those who use it. Its value is repaidthrough use.

Unfortunately, if Farm Bureau is not "used"- it becomes much as a tool with a fine cut-ting edge that is hung outdoors in the rainand snow. It becomes rusty and dull, and thecutting edge is go_nee

Michigan farmers have been keepin" FarmBureau "sharp" in hundreds of ways ;00 thelist of accomplishments is great. \Ve have ex-perimented and found new ways to make FarmBureau strength help do the fobs that farmersteant done.

When the Roll-Call teams go out this year,they may point with pride to all that has beendone - and the tasks that remain for us to do.

The record of Farm Bureau is beyond re-l~roa~h. The need for a general farm organiza-tIon IS greater now than ever. So it is impera-tive that we stick together and do even ahetter job than in the past.

\Vith young and enthusiastic men and womencoming into active participation in the organ-ization, that "better job" becomes a certainty.

Walter W. Wightman

MICHIGAN FARM NEWS December 1, 1964 THREE

Excerpts from the Annual Report of Michigan Farm Burea~Secretary-~f~mager Clarence E. Prentice, as given before dele-gates and visitors to the 45th annual meeting of the MichiganFarm Bureau, Veteran's Day, November II.

On this day over 40 years ago a great world conflict cameto a close. The First \Vorld War- had raged from 1914 to 1919.At the close of that war, a maj~r fann organization becamemature as Farm Bureau states, Michigan among them, joinedtogether in Chicago to form the American. Farm BureauFederation.

About five years earlier, ill communities and C01,lnties aU overthe nation, Farm Bureau came into being.

MEMBERSHIPGains we have made, programs

outlined, ~e all dependent uponmembership support.

In Michigan we have had whatcan best be termed a "fluctuat-ing" membership record. Ourgrowth was steady to a point-then from the area of "green-growth" we seem to have slippedinto the "yellowing" column offluctuation. Naturally any hesi-tancy in growth will be reflectedin everything we have, or do.

Twenty counties made goal thisyear. Congratulations to each ofthem. Some of the counties didn'tquite make it, so the state wasdown slightly from last year.\Vhat do you want in your farmorganization? Have you reallythought it through?

It is only as you elect strong,well-qualified agricultural. leadersback home in every county andin the state, that Farm Bureaucan meet the challenges of to-morrow.

This organization must havecompetent, well- qua lifie d staffdedicated to Farm Bureau andto the enormous job ahead, andthi5aedicated leadership of boardand staff must have the strong,loyal support of membership.

We've told of providing serviceto members. What we needmore than anything else is serviceto the organization I The handfulof dedicated Faiin Bureau mem-bers in every county should bemultiplied several times.

It can be done! Many arewaiting to be asked!

In these times of swift change,those who continue to say, "We'vealways done it this way" shouldhang a sign on their door reading"Do not disturbl" because forthem it is already too late.Thankfully we have few in FarmBureau of this kind.

I and the entire staff of theMichigan Farm Bureau like towork for farm people who arededicated to the fact that wehave a job to do ..

To meet the challenge ofchange, we must be shaken fromour usual way of doing things.

This is the hour of rededica-tion. Let's discover that thereis new power in working together.

With it - aU things are pos-sible.

FAMILY PROGRAMCitizenship. activities in Mich-

igan Farm Bureau last year meantnew projects and continuation ofthe older effective ones. Personsfrom 61 counties participated inthe Freedom Conference. TheYoung People's Citizenship Semi-nar for High School Juniors andSen'iors had the cooperation of 66counties .and w~ a highlight ofthe year.

Farm Bureau members meetmonthly in 1436 communitygroups throughout the state todiscuss subjects of interest to .agri~cultural people. Fifteen countiesorganized 26 new groups duringthe. year - Allegan, Isabella,Lenawee and Mecosta each add-ing three new groups.

The future of this organizationis closely tied to young farme,rs.Our Young People's program isbeing d~rected with still greateremphasis on the young farmcouple. Twelve of the new com-munity groups were Young Farm-er groups.

Farm Bureau sponsored the4-H Meeting Demonstration con-test and co-sponsors the FF A Soiland Water Conservation project.

Farm Bureau Women were ac-tive in all counties throughout theyear. District meetings includedspecial projects on marketing, onsafety, and the seat belt campaign.Six scholarship awards weremade.

Farm Bureau Women are ac-tive, along with all members ofthe family, in all programs ofFarm Bureau.. They deserve high praise forwork in Roll-Call, Citizenship,lcgislative affairs and rural-urbanactivities.

improve appreciation for Farm MACMA - Michigan Agricul-Bureau policies and philosophy. tural Cooperative Marketing As-

For "Distinguished Ach ieve- sociation, sold 2 million bushelsment in the field of Information of processing apples last year-and Communication," in the past even more this year.year, the Information Division They increased apple prices. bywon a top American Farm Bureau SOt per hundredweight bothFederation award in the high' years - proof positive that farm-membership state category. ers can work together to find the

Other awards received by the right price for the quantity avail-Michigan Farm Bureau from the able and do so without emotion,A.F.B.F. for distinguished achieve- scare tactics, or vandalism.ment include: Citizenship, Bargaining in good faith for aWomen's Activities, Dairy Pro- right price considering all themotion and Commodity Activities. factors of supply and demand is

working and will become increas-ingly effective in the days ahead.MACMA has again proven thispoint.

GAINS MADEAt the time of our last annual

convention, the Michigan legis-'lature was in special session con-sidering tax reforms which wouldhave provided relief for propertytaxpayers. The favorable fiscalposition of the state's GeneralFund, which brightened during1963 and has continued to im-prove during 1964, was probablythe major cause of the failure ofthe tax reform effort.

Still,. during the speciat sessionnnd during the regular 1964legislative session, progress wasmade on the Farm Bureau's taxprogram.

Legislation was passed to carryout the constitutional provisionlimiting the assessment of realand personal' property to 50 % ofits actual cash valuation. Im-provements in assessment proce-dures and. the "Truth in Taxes"bill . was passed. This measurewill provide taxpayers with in-formation on the equalized valueas well as the assessed value ofproperties.

Other gains include personalproperty taxation relief for nurs-erymen, exemption from tax ofcertain fertilizer and spray ve-hicles, laws of significance in theuse and management of Mich-igan's water resources, and estab-lishing a pesticide program atM.S.U.

Unfinished work includes re-organization of state government,preservation of an agriculturaldepartment, and physical facilitiesfor the Pesticide Research Center.

The Supreme Court decisionon June 15, requiring both housesof each state legislature to beapportioned on a population basis,is another far-reaching action ofgrave concern-:to farmers. To itwe must add the "gerrymandered"districting plan forced upon Mich-igan by our own state SupremeCourt. - ,

Farmers have to "re-thin!>" ourposition within the state in termsof lost representation. For ex-ample, Farm Bureau membersmay be thankful that some billsnot .entirely to our liking werepassed during the 1964 session.

ONE ANSWEROne answer to the problems

posed by both apportionment andPOLITICAL IMPACT dwindling farm numbers, is an

As farm members be<.'Omeless, improved program of public andthe political impact on agriculture member information.can be severe. Michigan ~armers Throughout the year, our 1n-could' hardly believe their ears formation Division has literallywhen radios announced on Thurs- worked day and night to keep thedav moming, April 9, tha~ ~on- Information flowing to our mem-gr~<;shad passed tbe :'dmm!stra- hership, to leaders, and the pub-tion's Wheat-Cotton blll durmg a lic, through all c0'!lmrmicationsnight session. outlets.

The bill carried substantially A IS-minute rad~o pr~gramthe same provisions which had every week tO

fover ;)0 ra~l~ ~ta-

been votcd down by Michigan tions ~spart 0 a pr~gram e pm~wheat producers by four to one!_ to bUild a proper Image of agn-

. ths later the culture and of Farm Bureau.Now Just ten mon, I. d. t.. .' . b 'lrm-twisting Press re ations mner mee lOgsAdmmlstratlOn, Y l , f h t .

I. d naked power are part 0 t e program 0 10-vote-trae 109, an , d d' f . Ih d the bill through a crease un erstan 109 0 agrlcu-had pus e, ture and of its problems and toreluctant Congress.

We must prepare ourselves towork with a gerrymanderedMichigan legislature forced uponour state by the Michigan Su-preme Court - .and nationally, toplan how best to operate underthe U. S. Supreme Court decisionrequiring both Houses of eachstate legislature to be apportionedon a population basis.. Our second great area of chal-lepge lies in the market place.Great changes are taking placehere - whole areas of changein which farmers must become in-creasingly effective. Marketingand bargaining associations, -cooperative buying and selling,- Farm Bureau member services,- all these are included.

Fa.:mers must be firm in reserv-ing the right to not only engagein production, but to also engageif they wish, in processing, dis-tributing and retailing, to securethe highest possible market valuefor what they produce.

I .am confident that at leastin part, the answer to our firsttwo challenges, as well as thesolution to many of our otherproblems, lies within our thirdarea of concern - MEMBER-SHIP.

Surely an expanding Farm Bu-reau membership is the best pos-sible answer to those who wouldplay politics with farmers, Justas it is the best answer to de-mands of big labor and govern-ment. Fewer farmers doesn'tnecessarily mean that we justshout louder - rather, that wemust speak more unitedly.

This year' 22 Farm Bureaustates made a membership gain.Michigat:l was not among them,so I would list as Challenge Num-ber Three, - an increase in FarmBureau membership.

CHALLENGESThe first of these has to do with

apportionment and attempts bysome to squeeze the rural viewand voice down into the tiniestpossible space.

A NEED FILLEDIt isn't ;ust by chance that

Farm Bureau became the largestfarm organi;:.ation in America. Itdidn't just "happen" that fourtimes as many farmers belong toFarm Bureau in Michigan and inthe United States as belong to allother general farm organizationscombined. Farm Bureau has filleda need.

Farm Bureau has had a bighand in directing change. FarmBureau now in the middle sixtiesstill is the fastest-growing, mostdynamic farm organization any-where.

But even as Farm Bureaustrength has grown, so too havegrown problems which farmersface. They include some of thesame problems we have alwayshad: the cost-price squeeze -the question of who shall speakfor farmers - the problems oftaxes and schools.

But to these, some things newhave been added - the problemof farm politics - ~f large labor,the giant government, of legis-lative apportionment and need forimproved public relations to helpbalance our dwindling size..

Can farmers keep pace withthese changes? Can farmers,working together through FarmBureau meet and master eachcha]]en~e as it arri'.'es?

I am convinced that how wean.~wer that question is closelyrelated to how well we do inconducting ourselves throughthree major area.f).

TIME OF CHANGEFarm Bureau was born out of

the need of the times. It wasborn from the knowledge thatonly by united, cooperative effortscould farmers have influence onthe inevitable changes about totake place. Farm Bureau growth,advancement, and accomplish-ment, paralleled the increasedefficiency in agriculturar produc-tion and marketing.

Without question, Farm Bureauhas tremendous effect on the di-rection of change in agriculturethrough its influence on the legis-lative process, on educational in-~titutions, and all things that havemeant progres~ in agriculture -including information-to-memberprograms.

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FOUR December 1, 1964 MICHIGAN FARM NEWS

Compulsory "Wo'rkmen's Comp?""RAIL SERVICE IS VITAL" - to the Upper Peninsula, testifies Mrs. Faye Postma,Rudyard, before a hearing of the Interstate Commerce Commis.sion. The regulatorybody is now investigating a possible reduced rail-ferry service across the Lakes.Mrs. Postma is former District Chairman of Farm Bureau Women.

"u.~"Well Represented

miles of great forests on the west."If we were to give tip rail serv-

ice on the ferries, farmers wouldtruly be on <the end of the line',and almost completely out of cir-culation," she said.

She told her listeners that theUpper Peninsula is considered indistress - an eeonomically de-pressed area, and that many agen-cies are making efforts to helpraise the level of income. Shecontended that removal of the railservice across the lakes would nul-lify these efforts.

Mrs. Postma defended North-ern Michigan clover hay as the'Dest clover in the country," andhay that enjoys a steady market.

"Additional freight because oflonger distance rates or even afew days delayed service for fer-tilizer in an already short growingseason is a matter of great con-cern for farmers of the UpperPeninsula. of Michigan," Mrs.Postma said.

Upper Peninsula farmers have direct proof that their voiceis heard in' Lansing through Farm Bureau. They are morethan a little aware that for many purposes, their Peninsula issomething of an agricultural island, cut off from Lower ~1ich-igan by the Great Lakes.

It is to their credit that a FarmBureau member from the "U.P."- Mrs. Faye Postma of Chip-pewa county, spoke for them loudand clear in Lansing before arecent meeting of the InterstateCommerce Commission, thenmeeting to consider possible dis-continuance of railway service byferry across the' Lakes.

Mr~. Postma took time awayfrom her chores as a voting dele-gate to the annual meeting of theMichigan Farm Bureau to makethe appearance before the Com-missicn.

Speaking in a calm, clear voice,she pointed out to the Commissionmembers that farmers use eco-nomical rail service for shippingout hay and pulp wood and forreceiving fertilizer, cement, ma-chinery, oil, grains and similarneeds. She reminded them of the"island" nature of the Upper Pen-insula, adding that besides thesurrounding water, there were

mandatory payment of Work-men's Compensation these costsmust come from somewhere. Theycould put some fanners out ofbusiness," he said. -

"Farmers already have a prob-lem with farm work, accountingrecords . and management prob-lems. They need no added burdenof record keeping and forms, allneeding to be filled out andmailed regularly. Theirs is a longday as it now stands.

"If \Vorkmen's Compensationis to be forced on farmers, thenlet it follow the lines of the \Vis-consin law. In that state, cover-age is required only if the farmeremploys six or more workers onany 20 days during a calendaryear. The coverage takes effectten days after such 2Qt:h day.Thus farmers would have 30 daysto get their fruit and vegetablesharvested.

"But, liability insurance shouldbe enough. Farmers should nothave to pay for transient in-juries to workers resulting fromtheir own carelessness. In indus-tries they can be closely super-vised against such things. On thefarms they cannot be closelysupervised. Consider the farmoperation as it is, and not interms of the conditions as theyare i'n industry. Their conditions,problems and needS are not alike,"Reed concluded.

"Fanners already provide reasonable protection for em-ployed farm workers." This case was presented by DanReed, Legislative Counsel of the Michigan Farm Bureau, ata hearing before the Joint Legislative Committee on Work-men's Compensation, November 17, in Lansing._ Reed pointed out that proposed compulsory Workmen' sCompensation can add to costs 110W already critical inagriculture and well might break the financial back of manyfarmers.

Although few farmers have taken out the present volun-tary program, many farmers carry liability insurance cover-ing injuries resulting from farmer negligence. Fann BureauInsurance Companies alone have 18,000 such policies inforce, Reed said..

"Practically all of the policy- are plenty of farmers in this stateholders carry employer liability. who pay their hired men moreThey are operating farmers who than they make themselves."depend on farm income for their "There are hazards in workingfamily living:' a farm," Reed continued. "But

In his testimony, Reed pointed most accidents happen to mem-out that fann employment can- bers of the farm family. Fewnot be compared with that of seasonal farm workers use ma-industry. Often the difference be- chinery. When they have acci-tween employment and work done dents, they result from 'horseplay'by contract is difficult to judge. or carelessness - poor handlingMembers of the farm family do of a ladder or a fall from a truck.most of the work during the year, "Mandatory Workmen's Com-with seasonal workers on the fann pensation would result in cut-for only a few days or weeks. backs in hiring seasonal workers

Such seasonal workers may on the farms," declared Reed.come from within or without the Fewer job-s would be availableState. They perform simple hand for these people - and few ofwork for the most part and are them are employed elsewhere. Toinvolved 'with no machinery. reduce such - job opportunitiesTheir work is unskilled. They without adding to them elsewheretravel from job to job as families. would handicap both the farmer

and the unskilled worker.Some jobs are paid for as "Loss of such labor can threaten

"piece-work." Rates of pay are the consumer food supply, also,contracted for with crew leaders or mean higher food pJjces. Ifor processors. Sometimes farmers d dd d btrade work with each other. It is costs of pro uction are a e ya complicated employment situa-tion to try to -figure for Work-men's Compensation purposes.

"How can one know that aninjury has been incurred on thefarm job with transient workers?"asked Reed. "Workers move fromone area where there is no Work-man's Compensation coverage toanother where it exists. They can'discover' a back sprain whichthey brought with them to fitthe convenience of the fact that,coverage now exists. W or kerssometimes tend to show up withsome injury when the job is aboutto run out and they know thatcompensation is available.

"Michigan farmers competewith producers of other areas. Inmany other areas wage and pro-duction costs are much lower.Take the example of the Michiganstrawberry growers. Mexi co iscapturing markets formerly sup-plied by Michigan growers.~Iexico has plenty of low-costJabor.

"Our farmers cannot pass on thet'Ost'iof production to others as isdone in business and industry ..\Iichigan c.:onsumersdo not buy.\Iichigan farm products on'loyalty.' "

Reed related to the Committee'l statement made by CovernorHfJmneyhefore the ~lichigan FarmBlJreau convention, that "there

As James Harris united withhis neighbors to solve commonproblems in 1914, so did his sonin the 1940's, and his grandsonin the '60's. Three farmers, eachfrom a different generation, butwith some of the same problems,each working to help solve theseproblems through their organiza-tion - the Farm Bureau.

"I cannot think of one maiorproject that has not been ham-pered or retarded by impracticalgovernment directives. Of coursein a period when our nationaieconomy has been disorganizedby the greatest war in history,we must e~pect to have greatlyincreased governmental regula-.~ons and restrictions.

"... But for the sake of theboys who are making these su-preme sacrifices, I regard it as amajor obligation and duty of yourFarm . Bureau organization tofight and seek to correct imprac-tical .or unnecessary governmentactio~, in our domestic program

MRS. JEROLD TOPLIFF- Vice chairman af the Farm BureauWomen, ana member of the 196" Resolutions Committe.,somehow found time in her busy schedule to bake severalcakes for the 20th birthday tea and reception. Here Maxineposes with her masterpiece, the "remains" of which werestill being enjoyed backstage, two days later, by m~mbersaf the Resolutions Committee.

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1918 Farm ProblemsSimilar to Todays

. December 1,. 1964

MRS. EARL HENDRICKS- Chairman, District 9 Women, wasdelegated the task of pouring tea for the hundreds of MFBannual meeting delegates and visitors who came to theFarm Bureau Women's 20th "birthday party" - to wishthem continued success and ta pay tribute to former Wom-en's Coordinator, Marjorie Karker. Mrs. Karker receivedmany gifts from the various districts.

repudiated by the courts and bythe U. S. Congress. '!his has allthe earmarkings of dictatorship,"said Mrs. Muir.

The scholarship fund, the statesafety committee, training sessionsfor new officers, and "people in-volvement" programs were areasmentioned by present chairman,Mrs. Wm. Scramlin, as she sum-marized her- "one short year."She told of future. plans whichinclude an accelerated public re-lations program and a speakers'bureau.

Also present to pay tribute tothe Michigan Farm Bureau\Vomen was Mrs. Flori'nceThomas of the American FarmBureau Federation. Mrs. Thomascongrahllated the women and ex-tended the best wishes of thenational organization.

Prior to the 20th Birthday trib-ute, Mrs. Frederic GarrisonTreasurer of the Countr;'Vomen's Council, U.S.A., com-pletely captivated her audiencewith an informal commentary ofher' experiences around the world.

It \~~s a bright, crisp moming - the first day of Spring.Twelve farm couples were seated around the big dining roomtable at the Bella Vista Farm in Grand Traverse County. The

k. t .. ' group's hosts were ~fr. and Mrs. John Goodmanwar lng, no waItIng Roil-Call was taken and each person answered 'by telling why

t~~ ~ • ~~&i ~_.~ ._ .L~~ ~~~-~~l he thought country folks were leaving their farms for the city.\\~" _ ~)~ . ==:==: - 1:::--~..il'~~~1 r"~~' -{ I' I Then "Afr .. "A~.. ~. Duckles opened the aiscussion for the day-Ii _I r-&... '\' ~~, .J!PJ:tf:lI~ ~ II' ~~" ,.. \ J The POsszb,lltles of the County Farm Bureau.".L ~ 1r;1 \ ' ' ~ ~ -;"~ I..., -=- _ oe- ~ The year was 1918. It was the -----------

~;1"'lI • regular monthly meeting of the The purpose of the Fruit Prod-Lone Tree Fanners' Club, or- ucts Company was to provideganized in June of 1914. greater stability and service to

Almost a half-century later, the fruit and vegetable growers inson of James .Harris, the club's processing and marketing their

_ president, found the' neatly produce. During the war, theprinted program booklet among company had contracts with thehis mother's effects. The son, Federal Surplus Commodity Cor-Charles Harris, member of the pOT<ltionto process peaches, ap-Northwest Michigan Farm Bu- pIes and potatoes. for lend-leasereau, recognizing a story in his shipments to England.discovery, passed it along to the . In this same era, Clark Brody,Farm News. In his annual report of the Execu-

In the listing of discussion tive Secretary and Treasurertopics for 1918, it is interesffng pointed out a problem \vhich stilito note that alt~ough some seem exists today, but one that wasrather amusing, there are others accentuated during World Warwhich are still the topic of dis- II:cussion in 1964 - such as "WhatLegislation Should be Enactedfor the Farmer - and How Weas Farmers May Help to Bring itAboue' .

Meetings of the Lone TreeClub were set up to best facilitatethe farmers' work schedules.From November through April,meetings began at 11:00 a.m.;from May through October, theywere scheduled at 2:00 p.m.Membership dues were 5; permonth per family.

A check of Michigan FannBureau's history finds the nameof James Harris mentioned often.From 1941-45, he was a director-

-at-large for the Michigan "State"Farm Bureau and witnessed thename change in 1944 to preventthe misconception that Farm Bu-reau was connected with the stategovernment.

James Harris was also on theboard of directors of the FannBureau Fruit Products Companywhich had three subsidiary can-ning plants at Hart, Coloma andBay City.

tv\ICHIGAN FARM NEWS

F~LLEDTO OVERFLOWING was the M.S.U. Union Ballroom, Nov. 10, when the Farm Bureau Women celebrated their 20thb'rthd~. T~e large cr?wd heard Mrs. Anton Hoort tell of "Women - the Secret Ingredient in the Recipe for Success" in~ speCial trl~ut\~ t~ th~:r 20 years. Past chairmen lit candles on a huge birthday cake as they remembered various high-lights of their reigns. A speaker and entertainment rounded out the annual meeting, followed by a tea and reception.

A B.OJU1 Look, 1£ C~ AIwulBy Donna Wnber

A nostalgic glance at the 'past 20 years, and a rededicationto the future of their program, took place at the Fann Bureau'Vomen's annual meeting, November 10.

The ballroom of the Union Building, ~lichigan State Uni-versity, was filled to overflowing as more than 500 women fromthroughout the state gathered to celebrate their 20 years as anofficial part of the Farm Bureau program.

A huge "birthday" cake was --------------the center of attraction as the Farm Bureau on the Michiganaudience watched the 20 candles Hospital Board of Blue Cross andlit by past state Women's Com- all the problems involved in themittee chairmen who served from health plan for rural people.1944 through 1964.. Mental health projects and her

When a large candle at the top experiences as the Farm Bureauof the birthday cake was lighted 'Vomen's first delegate to thein honor of their former Women's Associated Country Women of theActivities Coordinator, Marjorie \Vorld were also recalled by Mrs.Karkcr, the women res'ponded 'Vhittaker.with a spontaneous standing ovaJ The all-oht effort by thetion. 'Vomen's Committees of the

Lighting the first candle ~as Michigan Farm Bureau to tell theMiss Ruth Hooper, Gratiot farmers' story to city folks wasCounty 'Vornen's Chairman, rep- highlighted by Mrs. Carlton Ball,resenting }'frs. Ray Neikirk, who, chairman 1954-57, as she put heralthough she was too ill to attend, four candles on the cake. Shesent a message of greeting and told of a slide-film presentationbest wishes for another 20 years of a typical farm family, producedof success. by the. Michigan Fann Bureau

Mrs. Neikirk's reminiscences \Vomen, and how it was sent tobrought back some fond memories the A.C.W.W. to be usedas she told about the small group throughout the world by coun-of women who met in one comer tries belonging to the association.of the hallway, outside the Union Raising $25,000 for a dormi-Ballroom, 20 years ago, and de- tory at the Camp Kett 4-H Train-cided to ask for an official part ing School was a real challengeof the Farm Bureau program. and one that Mrs. Alex Kennedy,

Mrs. Belle Newell, chairman chairman 1958-61, remem bers1946-49, as she lit her four can- well. She listed this project of thedIes, remembered the "almost Farm Bureau Women as "an ex-miraculous growth, of the Farm cellent example of what can beBureau \Vomen - from that first done when people cooperate andhandful of women to a group work together." She also recalledwhich, in just four short years, their work in getting better legis-filled the largest auditorium on lation and facilities for the men-.campus for their annual meeting. tally ill.She recalled the fine work of the \Vorking to get the new Con-Michigan 'Vomen for the Sister stihltion of Michigan adopted andKenny Foundation, and a tour to defeat of the \Vheat Referendumthe United Nations. are two projeets remembered by

The next four candles were lit Mrs. Art hUT MlIir, d u r in g herby Mrs. Marvel \VhiHaker, chair- service as chairman, 1962-63. Sheman 1950-53. She remembered reminded the women that Farmher work as a representative of Bureau members' wishes had been

SIX December 1, 1964 MICHIGAN FARM NEWS

"Three H's" Awards GivenBenzie, 10soo and Washtenaw county Fann Bureaus are un-

usual, and have been recognized as such through presentationof the «Three R's of Membership" awards \during the recentlyheld Michigan Fann Bureau annual meeting.

The "Three R's of Membership" stand for Review, Remindand Retain, figures, which in many organiza-

When interpreted into lan- tions is well above the 10% markguage of membership Roll-Call each year.workers, it means to. review the In the Michigan Farm Bureau,list of old and new members, it has dropped below the 7%compared with a list of prospec- mark in recent years. Thanks totive members. Old members are the hard work of Farm Bureaureminded to renew their mem- leaders in counties such as thebership at Roll-Call time, and the three award winners, Michiganend result is a high percentage of has become one of the lowestretention. "back-door" loss states in the

All of which goes back to a Ame1'ican Farm Bureau Federa-basic philosophy of organization, tion,where the experts agree that writ- The total 1964 cancellations ining new Farm Bureau member- losco county is a scant 2%.ships is only half of a continuous In 'Vashtenaw, the eancellationjob. The other half is tied to was 4.38 per cent, while in Ben-servicing the new members and 4zie, it was only 4.39 per cent ..making them feel "at, home" in Alpena and Oceana We1'eotherthe work and fellowship of the counties with only modest can-organization. cellations, Alpena with 5.60 per

Success in these areas is at cent, and Oceana with 6.02 peronce reflected into cancellation cent.

A REPLICAOF MICHIGAN- in plaque form, went to losco county for scoring thelowest "back-door" membership loss, a scant 2% last year. Presenting theaward to Raymond Cross, losco county president, is Thumb Region Representative,Duane Sugden (left). In the background is John Clough, Midwest area fieldservices director.

'5enneth Bull

ers Orchards" currently packageand sell apples for a large num-ber of other growers., with theirapples sold throughout center and-eastern Uriited States. They havemanv market innovations to theircredit including early use of"CA"-Controlled Atm os p h eri cstorage.

Bull has been' active in theMichigdn Agricultural Coopera-tive Marketing Association andwas among the committee ofgrowers that originated theMAC MA Processing Apple Di-vision in 1960. He has servedon the board of directors for twoyears.

Work on numerous fruit-growercommittees, and service on alocal Hospital Board, which whencombined with an active-interestin soil conservation work, morethan fills any "spare time:'

ways to make your home happier andsafer, too ... keeping in touch withfriends or relatives o.ut of town ...visiting with a neighbor you haven'tseen for a while ',' . or enabling you tocall help fast if an emergency arises.

All these things the phone does - fora very small price indeed.

Raymond Kucharek

esting twist to the life of 19-year-old Raymond Kucharek, newChairman of the Young People'sCommittee.

His parents spent 7 years inDetroit before moving to a farmnear Gaylord in Otsego county,which they have somewhat re-cently converted from a generaloperation to dairying.

Raymond attended schools inGaylord, graduating from St.Mary's High School, where hewas active in Future Farmer'swork, and held the position ofChapter Treasurer. He served asStudent Counsel Delegate fromthe Senior Class.

Kenneth Bull was born andraised in eastern Muskegoncounty, where his father was afruit grower before him. He andtwo brothers have become lead-ers in fruft growing and packingon their 405 acres. "Bull Broth-

WITHOUT THE PHONE 'I..-.I t would take a small army of extrahands around the farm just to run theerrands your phone runs now. Eventhen, the work would pile up. For youcan do in m1:nutes with a telephonewhat otherwise would take hours-oreven days- to accomplish.

And the phone helps in so many

HOW COULD A FARM FAMILY EVER MANAGE

New Board Directors Named

@ MICHIGAN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY

H. Leuenberger

Three Directors have beennewly-elected to the board of theMichigan Farm Bureau. Theyare Harvey]. Leuenberger, Sag-inaw, District 8; Raymond Kuch-arek, Gaylord, representing theYoung People's Committee, andKenneth Bull, Bailey, appointedto fill a District 7 vacancy.

Leuenberger, (42) replacesLloyd Shankel, Breckenridge. Hewas born and raised on the same119 acre farm which he, as athird generation, now owns andoperates in Thomas township ofSaginaw county.

Past service on the MichiganFarm Bureau resolutions"commit-tee and on the state fruit andvegetable advisory committee,has given Leuenberger a broadbackground of state-wide FannBureau experience.

A 'Dig city" background whilea small child, provides an inter-

SEVENDecember 1, 1964

.WORKINGTOGETHER

-- ---THROUGHFARM BUREAU

Working with pridein the good earth ...Working together at"Roll-Call" time to

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invite others to sharein building a betterfarm future.

BUILDINGTOGETHER, ...

Better marketingtools and know-how,building member-strength needed foraction: building FarmBureau into the kindof farm organizationthat does the job!

FARMERS HAVE VISION BEYOND THE FURROWS THEY PLOWJOIN AND ...

MICHIGAN FARM NEWS

FARMBUREAU

EIGHT December 1, 1964 MICHIGAN FARM NEWS

IMPRESSIVE STAGE SCENE in the big auditorium at Michigan State University, during policyresolution sessions at Farm Bureau's 45th annual meeting. Seated at the continuous table aremembers of the Resolutions Committee. Working in several sessions during the three-day con-vention, the voting delegates approved more than 100 policy statements.

DAVID G. FRIDAY

STANLEY POWELL""Michigan's leading lobbyist"

is a title that has- been earnedby Stanley Powell, - Wightmansaid in honoring the recently re-tired Legislative Counsel for theMichigan Farm Bureau.

""Stanley's interest in legislativeaffairs is dee,p-rooted," Wight-man said. "H~ served as a Pagein the Michigan Senate in 1913-14 and was a messenger for theSenate Secretary in 1915-16. Helearned legislation and politicspartly from his father who wasa member of the state Legislatureand a Con-Con Delegate in1908."

Wightman reminded the crowdthat Powell has had virtually un-interrupted service with somepart of the ~tichigan Farm Bureausince 1921, except for leaves-of-absent'e to serve as a member ofthe State Legislature in 1931-32and on the New-Con in 1961-62.

"'We wi~h YOll weU in yournew challenge as a State Legis-lator," Wightman concluded.

Born on a fruit farm in theColoma area at the start of thetruly mechanical age in agricul-ture, David Friday had ampleopportunity to observe the laborproblems of fruit and berryraisers.

Listed among his labor-savinginventions are: An orchard trac-tor called the "Friday Doodle-bug" - a mechanical power hoe,a mechanical straw speader, anda mechanical shaker to aid in redtart cherry harvest.

About 300 of the ""Doodlebug"tractors /wve been sold, and lastyear 50 of the mec1umical cherryharvesters were manufactured andsold. Friday developed a plasticcollar to help shape cherry treesto better accommodate the ma-chine.

WM. McDONALDIn honoring Wm. McDonald,

\Vightman said that were mosthousewives to see cream rise tothe top of their bottle of milk,they would think that there wassomething wrong with it. Hepointed out that although \ViJ-)jam McDonald has been an out-standing figure in dairy market-ing for over 50 years, he hasreceived national and .interna-tional attention because of theprocess he developed for homo-genizing milk.

"7 his process soon caught onall over the country, with mostof the milk in the United State3Canada and abroad, now hom;genized," Wightman said. He toldof the sale of the privately owneddairy processing and distributionsystem to the milk producers

THOMAS COWDENIn making the citations, WaI-

ter Wightman, president of thel\tichigan Farm Bureau said ofDr. Cowden: "He is well knownto many Farm Bureau leadersover the entire United States be-cause of his service as directorof Agricultural Research for theAmerican Farm Bureau Federa~tion from 1943 to 1949."

Wightman said that Cowdenhas endeared himself to Michiganfarm leaders because of his burn~ing desire to see Michigan agri-culture move ahead, and that hehas tried to make the College ofAgriculture at Michigan. State aleader in its field. "Within thelimits of budget, staff and facili-ties, this he has been able to do "\Vightrnan said. '

Ag-Service Awards Made

•GOVERNOR ROMNEY told the delegates that agriculturalproblems exist "because we have been leaving the job toWashington;" in his first major post-election talk.

Four respected men of Michigan were honored "For Dis-tinguished Service to Agriculture" at the annual banquet pro-gram of the Michigan Farm Bureau, November 10.

Honored were a fanner-inventor whose specialty agriculturalmachines are in growing demand; -...:...the person who developedthe process for homogenizing milk; a fonner Senate Page andfaml lobbyist who has recently been elected to the MichiganHouse of Representatives, and a Dean of Agriculture.

The men were David G. Friday,Coloma farmer-inventor; Wm. A. which it served, and of the rising1\1cDonald, founder of McDon- value of the cooperative enter-aId Cooperative Dairy Enterprise, prise.Flint; Stanley Powell, Ionia farm-er and retired Legislative Coun-sel for the Michigan Farm Bureauand Thomas Cowden, Dean of theCollege of Agriculture, MichiganState University.

A HUGE BANQUET CROWD - saw Karen Ann Lindemann o.f Ann Arbor crowned "Miss Mich-igan Farm Bureau" (right in center photo). She received her crown and bouquet from SusanWalker, Manchester, last year's princess. Members of her court are Gloria Wilson, Kingsley,Grand Traverse county (right) and Frances MacDonald, Pickford, Chippewa county. '

-."DISTINGUISHED SERVICE" awards were presented by the Michigon Farm Bureau to four well-known agricultural leaders. Making the presentation is Walter Wi,ghtman. Recipients include(from left>' David Friday, W.rn. McDonald, Stanley Powell and Thomas Cowden. Mrs. Cowdenrepresented her husband, absent on a business trip. (See story in nearby columns.)

MICHIGAN FARM NEWS December 1, 1964 NINE

"CONTINUOUS AND EFFECTIVE"- Dairy Promotion was recognized by the MFB Market De- ORGAN MUSIC"':'- just naturally goes with convention time.velopment Division during the annual dairy conference. Division manager, Donald Moore (left), Again, Mrs. louise Smith, Kalamazoo county farm wife, contrib-hands a certificate to. Howard Ritter, representing the top award county of Huron. Clayton Ford ated sparkling melodies. Although the Convention Organ(center) accepted for Delta county, as did Charles. Holton of St. Joseph. differed from her own, she mastered it with ease .

..LARGEST INCREASE in Community Groups, BACKSTAGE - frequent sessions of the Resolu-brings a trophy to Allegan county, received by tions Committee coordinated last-minute de-

INVENTIVEMEDICO _ Dr. Homer Stryker, Kalamazoo M.D., who Rax Radseck (left) from Regional Man, Marlie tails. Michigan Bell Telephone representativeshas invented many medical devices, speaks at the annual eve- _D_re_w_,_R_~_n_n_e_rs_-_u_p_w_e_re_L_e_n_a_w_e_e_a_n_d_ls_a_b_e_lI_a_,__ a_p_p_e_a_r_e_d_b_e_f_o_r_e_o_n_e_s_uc_h_s_e_ss_i_o_n_._ning banquet. An estimated 1,000 persons were present.

HAVING A BROKEN ARM - has one advantage, as demon-strated by Wilford Schwab, Lenawee delegate, shown using hissling as a handy carrier. With him are Alton Brooks (center)and Wilson Sawyer, all of lenawee County.

PART,OF THE CROWD - estimated at the 1,SOO-mark, listen attentively during general sessionsof the annual meeting program. They heard affiliate company reports, took part in a Veteran'sDay observance, and aded on a long list of resolutions. A forest of county delegation signs addto the convention atmosphere.

TEN December 1, 1964 MICHIGAN FARM NEWS

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igan, he was well-known for hisservice as a member of the Mich-igan Legislature and president ofthe Michigan Horticultural So-ciety.

A retired fruit grower andfarmer, Mr. Hopkins was grad-uated from Michigan State Uni-versify and was instrumental inbringing college extension workto farmers in Michigan and theDakotas.

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PORTLAND CEMENT ASSOCIATION900 STODDARD BUILDING, LANSING, MICHIGAN 48933

An organization to improve and extend the uses ,of concrete

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Please'send me fr~e booklet on concrete for dairy farms.

"With cows on ,concrete,milk production stays 'hig~-

even in the/rainiest weather"

THE MARk OF AMODERN FARM ...

"I'm well pleased with the way these concrete paved lotswork out in our loose-housing dairy se~-up. Cows don'twaste feed and energy struggling in muck and mud. Ourrecords prove we get consistently higher milk productionper cow, all year around. Clean-ups are easy and fast.In fact, since putting our cows on concrete, we've cut ourlabor in half although we've do~bled our herd."

Concrete barnyards pay in many ways. No feed istrampled in mud-more feed goes toward producing milk.Herds stay healthier. Vet bills are lower-concrete re-

; duces mastitis and foot rot. And le~s cleaning required -in the stalls means that cows get in and out of the milk-ing parlor faster. No wonder more and more paved lotsare seen on the most progressive dairy farms today.

Life-MemberDi~s at 94

- Arlie LeRoy Hopkins, 94, life-member of the Manistee CountyFarm Bureau and pioneer in col-lege extension work, passed awayOctober 13, in Melbourne, Flor-ida, where he had lived since~1935.

Formerly of Bear Lake, Mich-

Wo1i11AM~._.

New AnnuityPolicies

The !llontcalm County FarmBureau Women recently touredthe Gerber Products Company inFremont and the Pine TiqueColonial Furniture Company,.\Iuskegon. -

Thirty-nine women were guidedthrough the Gerber plant wherethey saw raw products processed,sealed, sterilized, labeled, checkedby electric eye, packed and -loaded. The women were espe-cially impressed by the high san-itation standards of the plant.

Special education for childrenwas the topic of discussion at arecent lngham County Farm Bu-reall \Vomen's meeting. KennethMatheny, guest speaker, toldthem of help given to children ofIngham County and of "homecase" experiences with childrenwho are unable to attend school.

A new line of Annuity policieshas just been introduced to thepublic by the' Farm Bureau In-surance Group, according to N.L. Vermillion, Administrative VicePresident.

Designed to provide ,financialsecurity for retirement, annuitypolicies guarantee' the policy-,owner a fixed income as long ashe lives.

"Introduction of the new pol-icies culminates several monthsof effort by employees in- everydepartn)ent of the Company,"Vermillion reports. "Through ex-haustive actuarial studies, we havedeveloped a series of policieswhich will offer the policyownermaximum benefit from his invest-ment." .

Each member of the firm'sagency force had been thoroughlytrained in designing annuity pro-grams to fit specific financialneeds of individuals, according toVermillion.

Several types of annuities arenow being offered by the Com-pany. Policies which allow forimmediate or deferred paymentsto the policyowner are two ex-amples. Also, a man and wifemay purchase a policy whichgnarantees a fixed income as longas either party lives.

The annuities may be tailoredto return the unused portion oftotal investment to a beneficiarvafter the policyowner's death, d~-pending on the program chosenand other individual circum-stances.

FOR DISTINGUISHEDSERVICE

Plow UnderPoor Image

test for "Miss Farm Bureau" of1965. She was crowned by herpredecessor, Bernice Beach.

In recognition of service to theorganization, Pre sid e n t AlfredGoodall presented Farm Bureaupins to Bruce Ruggles and RobertBush, both retiring from theboard of directors. Also recog-nized was John Koepf, retiringafter ten years' service as RolJ-Call manager.

Special honors were given tofourteen of the original membersof the first group organized inthe county. These members haveremained active since 1938 andone has just passed his 90th birth-day.

A banquet served by the Tus-cola County Women's Committeewas enjoyed by members prior tothe meeting.

The publication says modem,successful farmers are specialists.They, in turn, depend on otherspecialists .to supply them withfuel, feed, seed, chemicals andequipment while other specialistsprocess farm products and mar-ket and distribute them.

This vast "agri-business," as itis called, employs four out ofevery ten workers in the nationand adds $130 billion a year tothe gross national product, themagazine says.

The oil industry plays a prom-inent role in this agri-business.FlIrmers use more petroleumproducts than any other segmentof the economy, not only for fuelfor tractors and trucks but also asthe raw materials for such farmessentials as ;ertilizers and weed-killers.

ELMER MILLER {right} was honored atthe Montcalm County Farm BureaU an-nual meeting in October for his longand dedicated service to agriculture.County president, Richard Main, in mak-ing the presentatian called Miller a

Petroleum TQday, a magazine \\24-hour a day Farm Bureau member."published by the American Pe- ,-------------troleum Institute, reports that atruer image of the new breed offarmer is that of a tough-mindedbusiness executive with the brains,brawn and courage needed torun an enterprise which grosses$50,000 a year - the averageannual gross income per farm ofthe nation's 350,000 leadingfarms.

Officials of the petroleum in~dustry say it's time to plow un-der for keeps the tattered imageof the "hayseed farmer."

Tuscola Annual Meeting~ttracts La.rgeTurnout

Farm Bureau members of a county- that found itself thecenter of violence involving a "Withholding Action," disprovedpessimistic predictions of a low attendance, as over 350 turnedout to their "best annual meeting ever."

Tuscola County Farm Bureau members came prepared toparticipate in constructive action on resolutions which they hadstudied in advance at their local community group level. Theirwell-conducted meeting was also attended by county presidentsfrom Genesee, Lapeer, Sanilac and Huron Farm Bureaus.

They heard Michigan FarmBureau president, Walter Wight-man, cite problems as opportu-nities, because "it gives us achance to solve them." He toldthe members that "in Americanagriculture, we cannot expect togain stability with out looking onan sides of problems." •

The Community Group Com-mittee, headed ,by AIr. and Mrs.Ford Boyne, presented awards tothree top groups. Mrs. RichardZiehms captured first place forsubmitting the most outstandingmonthly reports for her NorthElmwood Group; Mrs. FlorenceCargill of Group 38 placed sec-ond, and Mrs. Arnold Kramer ofthe Lyman Group took thirdplal.'e.

Sherry Lynn Schmandf of ~til-Iington was chosen to representTuscola County in the state COIl-

The following is the annual report of Carl Heisler, presidentof Farmers Petroleum Cooperative, as given at the annualmeeting of the organization, November 24:

"Tall People BuildTall Organizations"

It has been said, "a company is known by the ideas it keeps."This is especially true of a cooperative where people and ideasare the very life blood of the organization.

People'""who are loyal and en-thusiastic about their cooperative.

People with ingenuity, integ-rity, and imaginatjPn - plus adash of daring.

In short - "T ALL" people. Iam convinced that we have manysuch individuals in our coopera-tive. ccTALL" people make accTALL" cooperative.

Our operating report for the1964 year reflects what such peo-ple can do. While we have hearda great deal during..the past yearabout farm prices, a successfulfarmer should be equally COIJ-

cerned about farm costs.It is said that farm petroleum

supplies now account next to the- top in farm operating costs. Stock-

holder patrons of Farmers Petro:[cum ate doing something aboutthese costs as you will note inthis report.

One thing more is needed-more people who support and usetheir cooperative. If we were toask our management people howmuch more business could wehandle without expenses goingup, I:~ sure they :ould quicklysay, a great deal.

Frankly it is hard for me tounderstand why more peopledon't do business cooperatively.Our price is competitive. Thequality and service is good._Above all, I know of no pe-

troleum company that is moreconcerned with its customers'needs than Farmers Petroleum. '

lndeed why shouldn't this beso? For this cooperative is ownedhy those it serves - a ccTALL"cooperative by and for <TALL"people.

.TWELVE December 1, 1964 MICHIGAN FARM NEWS

Apple Growers G.ainTBase the value of your fann products in facts - and you are pri('(' ring with hids h('~inlling

on sound ~hargaining ground. This approaeh to markdillg to ('Olliparc' fa\'orably with~1ichigan apples ill 196.1-64 has yielded ('xpcriCIll"I' of trl'lIll'll- \1:\( :\I:\'" f1ri~illal ;lskill~ pri('('",dous value to ~I:\C~I:\, ~Iiehigan Fann Bureau's markding .\1Il1 SIIl'Ii prin's Wl'n' to con' ... 111affiliate. It is experience which will be of great help in future apples delivered from .the start of

k . h h d the season.mar etmg ventures wit ot er grower commo ities.MAGMA's first gain for the ' The preferred slicing variety,

apple growers this year came in The only }ifice bid that poked Spys, were bid up 50~ per hun-mid-August. when it s members' its head above this arid sand was dredweight to a price of $2.75\Vealthy apples moved in the f' . I I h during the last week of Septem-market at $2.00 per hundred- oned or )lkucefaPSpes. bn t e sbe~d-her. This was also very close to

on wee 0 eptem er a 1 the MACMA asking price of aweights, while other Wealthys price was offered for juice apples month earlier. -Bidding by sev-were being bid in at $1.50 per at 75~ per hundredweight.hundredWeight. Growers could not even afford eral processors of frozen slices has

been very active. with theBut a glance at the total proc- to pick them up for this price MACMA $3.00 price being re-

essing apple crop for 1964 're- and deliver them. MACMA coun- ceived on some chOice lots.vealed that a difficult problem selled growers to deliver no appleslay ahead. The crop for this year at this .price. Few growers did. Despite an abundance of juicewas estimated at over 181f.z mil- The .lidstayed on. apples, caused by the big croplion bushels as compared to 121f.z The first bid for sauce varieties and an unusually heavy drop, themillion bushels in 1963. broke the surface on September juice price strengthened during

The MACMA Apple Market- 18th. The price was much too the week of October 12: Theing Committee studied the -situa- low, but it was an opening bid, major packers of quality appletion carefully and came up with at least. With prices rising in juice called for large quantities ofrealistic asking prices based on the eastern apple producing areas, apples and bid $1.25. This wasthe size of the Cf(~p, conditions MACMA growers did not rise to AfACMA's original asking price.in other areas, carryover stocks, the bait. It is significant for MACMA'setc. These prices were submitted On September 22,. several juice effort that prices being paid into apple processors on September processors iumped the price 25; 1964, with an estimated crop of1st. per hundredweight - still low, ,over 181h million bushels, are

Processors did not iump at the hut promising. A wider crack in equal to or better than the pricesprices. Far from it! the dam developed on the same in 1962, when MACMA was not

A week went by - two weeks day when one processor offered In the bargaining picture imd thewith no price offerings for the a rise of 25; on desired sauce crop was only 13 million bushels.Michigan growers' apples. Most varieties. This year MAGMA obtainedgrowers sat tight. Processors Then similar bids appeared by prices nearly 50; per hundred-were more than willing to accept another company two days later. weight above the 1961 pricesapples at no-price-bid where By September 30th, all major when the Michigan crop totalledgrowers would release their crops. processors had their hats in the 16 million bushels. -Ph~o courtesy I Michigan Apple Commission

Charles Bailey

Information Appointment

Young People's Annual FLORIDASUNSHINECARAVAN

Michigan's first heavy snowsbecome a forceful reminder' ofwarmer climates elsewhere, andturn thoughts of many people to-ward such places as Florida.

Again this year a Farm Bureausponsored Florida "Suhshlne Car-avan" win leave for that state,Sunday, January 24, returning tendays later, February 2.

Michigan members will leaveby train from Lansing in theearly morning of Januray 24. ar-riving in Chicago at 7: 10 andtransferring to Union Station fordeparture aboard the famed"Southwind." Soon they will bewhisked through Kentucky, Ten-nessee and Alabama, arriving inJacksonville, Florida. in the mid-morning of the second day.

There, the "officiar' Floridavi.rit will begin with a totIr of theFloricW Farm Bureau offices anda luncheon with local membersand state staff.

In the afternoon the tour t'on-tinues to Ocala and Silver Springs,complete with a ride in the famedglass-bottom boats. Also plannedis a side-trip, sponsored by theDade Countv Farm Bureau, anddesigned to' give ~tichigan fannpeople a dose-up view of agri-culture in the fabulous Home-stead area. A luncheon has beenplanned with the Dade FarmBureau leaders.

The citms belt. Everglades. theCypress and Busch gardens, astop at Marineland and a visit to?vi iami are all included. So tooare stops at the histork town ofSt. AUb'llstine and the home ofThomas Edison at Ft. Myers.

For a detailed brochure, write:Information Division, MichiganFarm Bureau, 4000 North GrandRiver. Lansing, Mich.

ers of the future. He said thatas a farmer, he saw things FarmBureau must do to hold its posi-tion of leadership.

He listed: A program of ap-peal to commercial farmers, whichwould involve organizing andsuccessfully operating subsidiarymarketing organizations to givefarmers more power in the mar-ketplace.

The farm leader said that therole of Farm Bureau must changejust as farmers themselves change,and that it will require "more andbetter qualified staff members."These, he said, must be organ-ization oriented and with a com-mand of communications.

"One of the biggest problemsin Farm Bureau is our inabilityto explain complicated issues toa busy membership and a publicwhich in truth, is little concernedwith farmers problems." •

In outlining ways in whichfarmers can shape their organiza-tion to better serve them, Smithpredicted that increased duesmoney will be needed to meetsteadily rising operational costs,and to assure that the "member-ship side" 'of Farm Bureau willnever become overbalanced bvthe "service end" of the orgm{.ization, lest it lose its dominantrole.

He called for greater partici-pation by yonng farmers and byFann Burean \Vomen in all pro-grams of Farm Bureau. plus anaggressi.v~ program of surfacingand trmnmg new fann leaders tobe{'ome the "offieers and direc-tors of F:~rm Bureau boards oftomorrow.

A lively crowd of 75 Farm Bureau Young People gatheredi~ meeting rooms of the Bay County Fann Bureau office, BayCity, for the annual meeting of the Young People, November 7.

The' programs of Saginaw and Tuscola counties were judged"most outstanding." Don Williams, Webberville, past chainnanof the state committee, was named winner of the annual"discussion meet" competition.

In other actions the Young Peo-ple selected a slate of officers forthe coming year and named JamesSparks, Cassopolis, their repre-sentative on the American FarmBureau Young People's nationalcommittee.

Elected Chairman of the groupwas Raymond Kucharek, of ruralGaylord. Jean Sparks, Cassopolis,was named committee secretary.Committee members include: RitaJohnson, Saginaw; Arlo Ruggles,Kingston; Raymond Launstein,Williamston; Lyle Murphy, Port-land and Frances Greenhoe, ruralCarson City.

Other highlights of the day-long activities included a "talentfind" - an evening banquet anda dance.

Elton Smith, vice president ofthe Michigan Farm Bureau, atthe time of his appearance, andpresident of Farm Bureau Serv-ices, Inc., addressed the youngfarmers following the banquetdinner. served by the Ray Gounty\Vomen's Committee.

In his remarks to the group.Smith outlined a greatly changed,but increasingly important agri-culture for the future. "Agricul-ture is a large, dynamic, eXJJand-ing !Ja.'lic industry which isexpanding in every pJulse but one,

-and that is in thl: nU11l1}(:roflWopli' on farms." he said.

"I happen to think many youngpeople could and should be proudto become a part of this dynamicindustry in a country like ourUnited States where people arefed and clothed with the safestand most wholesome produ<.'tsfound anywht're in the world:'

Smith asked the young farmersto ('onsider what kind of a fannorganization will serve the fann-

Bureau as a regional man, a posi-tion held for six years. His writing,broadcasting and photographywork while a regional man, at-tracted the attention of the Ala-bama Farm Bureau, then planning'to broaden the work of its Infor-mation Division.

Bailey was invited to join theAlabama Farm Bureau state staffto assist in all areas of expandedinformatio~ work.

A Lieutenant Golonel in theArmy Reserves, he holds (I Mas-ters Degree in AgriculturalScience and Engineering fromAuburn University.

~1r. Bailey is married and theyhave two children in (.'ollege.~lrs. Bailey (Neva) is a teacherof Mathematics and Homemak-ing. She will stay at their Ala-bama home until the end of hercontract-year.

Charles Bailey, until recentlythe Director of Communicationsfor the Alabama Farm Bureau,has been appointed to' a Coordin-ator's position within the Infor-mation Division of the MichiganFarm Bureau~

According to Mdvin Woell,Division Manager, Bailey ioinedthe staff on December 1. Hereplaces Paul Rivas, who resignedill October to accept a positionwith Inland Steel, in Chicago.

Bailey is the son of a farmerand has farmed much of his life.He supervised the operation ofa 2,000 acre farm and has owneda beef-cattle operation. On threedifferent occasions while farminghe was elected to serve on hiscounty Farm Bureau board ofdirectors.

In 195.5 he joined the organi-zation staff of the Alabama Farm

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IT COSTS MORE TO HAVE AN"AUTO ACCIDENT THESE DAYS

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Accidents Costs MoreIt costs more to have an automobile accident these days.

Ten years ago, the cost of replacing one front fender of apopular-make car cost $24.50.

Today, the same repair job would cost $45.65 - or an in-crease of 86910. -------------------------

In 1954, the average expense .bined with the sky-rocketing costsfor spending one day in a hos- of replacing income lost as apital, including all medical serv- result of an accident are forcingices, amounted to $19.95. If you the insurance industry to ad;ustexperienced an auto accident to- rates for auto protection."morrow and were confined to a Vermillion continued by statinghbspital bed, the cos~ would be that the constant increase in se-about $36.83 .per day- an .in-' verity and frequency of auto ac-crease of 85 % . cidents will continue to affect

"These figures, computed on insurance rates. Michigan drivers,national averages, indicate the for example, reported 198,075mounting expenses which must motor vehicle accidents duringbe met by insurance companies the first nine months of 1964.throughout the country," accord- This constitutes a 10 per cent in-ing to N. L. Vermillion, Admin- crease over the comparative periodistrative Vice President of the in 1963.Farm Bureau Insurance Group, Total cost of Michigan's trafficheadquartered in Lansing. "Ris- accidents through mid-Novembering costs of medical care and this year has been. estimated atrepair of damaged property, com- $.330,000,000.

economically priced. Farm Bu-reau Services lead the industry inproviding seeds guaranteed as tovitality, origin and purity.

Michigan farmers and their co-operatives have an ownershipequity of, $11,750,000 in FarmBureau Services. This capital isinvested in inventories, two ferti-lizer manufacturing plants,' twoegg processing plants, two im-mense grain terminals, three largewarehouses, a seed processingplant and twenty-five local retailservice stores.

Farmer members around any-one of the 25 branch stores ownedby Farm Bureau Services maybecome a member of Services,eligible to receive patronage re-funds, by purchasing a $1.00share of common stock. This alsoentitles the holder to vote atannual or special meetings ofFarm Bureau Services.

put to the exacting-test of timein all of Services' products.

Farm Bureau Services providedthe farmers of Michigan withthe first "Truth in Feeds" pro-gram. "Services" was the firstorganization to place a tag on itsfeed bags that provided a fulldescription of the bag's contents.Ever since, fanners of Michiganhave benefited from a feed pro-gram that had their profits inmind, not profits for the manu-facturer.

Seed and fertilizers were twomore outstanding examples ofFarm Bureau Services' ingraineddrive to provide the farmers ofMichigan with only the best,

MICHIGAN FARM NEWS December 1, 1964AT SAGINAW TERMINAL

MICHIGAN ELEVATOR EXCHANGE DIVISION FILLS FIRST SHIPLOAD OF GRAIN

Since 1929, fanners have learned the advantages or doing"big business" with themselves through Farm Bureau Services.

Farmer-members and member cooperatives have writtenchecks totalling eight million dollars as their refunds for doingtheir own business. More than a million dollars of these refundshave been in cash.

And the pace is stepping up.In the business year which endedJune 30, 1964, Farm Bureau Serv-ices distributed patronage refundsto its member cooperatives andfarmer-members in the amount of$192,814. $38,562 of this amountwas in cash and $154,251 inallocated patronage refund cer-tificates.

All of this "dollar and cents"activity is in addition to the fann-ers of Michigan being suppliedwith quality farm supply productsat economical prices.

Since its inception, Farm Bu-reau Services has had as its watch-word "Quality coupled with Econ-omy." This watchword has been

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CAN'T SAY\\HO-HUM!"

The problem of the uneducatedand unemployed youth is onewhich nobodv will be able tododge. One 'way or another, itwill hit home.

Our communities must dosomething about it or face certainserious consequences. Work tomeet it must be fast and united- everywhere.

\Ve cannot try to faU back onthe old remedy of "recreation."'Ve cannot simply think of it astrying to "reform" these youngpeople. None of this is an answerto youths who need to know howto handle a job and who needthe jobs just to feel that they"belong."

Judge Wade McCree puts itsimply, but strongly. "Everydrop-out, left high and dry with-out work and without hope, is apotential enemy of the societywhich fails him. We must eitherrestore him or accept that we willhave repeateq, conflicts with him,until either he or society col-lapses .."

And, it may startle us to real-ize that by 1967 half of the U. S.population *in be under 25 yearsof age!

QUESTIONS1. Most counties in Michiganhave formed citizens committees 'to take action on the problems ofyouths who have dropped out ofschool. Should your County FarmBureau tie itself in with the workof this committee? Where such acommittee is lacking should theCounty Farm Bureau take theinitiative to form one?

2. W.bere has the communityemphasis been placed in the useof school taxes? Have big ath-letic fields and stands been builtor auditoriums constructed whilefacilities have been lacking fortraining in trade skills? Is thereneed for a new look in the schoolofferings?

3. How can business, industryand agriculture cooperate to meetthis problem?

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bigger athletic fields and audi-toriums and the like, or into facil-ities and teaching staffs to meetthe needs of the vocational train-ing gap? Have we been taxingfor the wrong things in many in-stances? .

BUSINESS TIES INIndustnes and business insti-

tutions must expand opportunitiesfor on-the-job training and part-time employment for many ofthese youths. The opportunity towork at a job helps to re-establishpositive work habits - a veryimportant element of a person'sdaily life.

Industries have to be in on the"show." Many jobs today arehighly specialized and need spe-cial equipment. Industries havethis equipment and the job re-quirements. Schools do not andcould not afford them. Schoolsmust know the needs of industryand business, and how many jobsneed filling. Yes, the task takes oncommunity-wide dimensions.

Labor unions, too. They willhave to remove their opposition toemployment of young people ifthe problem is to find solution.Preventing young people fromtaking jobs means a lack of ex-perience which forces them to re-main handicaped when applyingfor jobs.

A close-d door policy canstrangle any effort to help youthon a broad scale. And the best wecan do will still be not enough!

EXTENSION HELPSThe Cooperative Extension

Service has been doing excellentwork with in-the-home trainingprograms for Welfare home-makers. Home maintenancemeals on a limited budget, childcare and even marketable skillsfor the family have been partof the educational offering andwork.

A considerable number of"A.D.C." mothers have taken overthe support of their families inwhole or in part as a result ofthis program. Farm Bureau dele-gates lauded the Extension Serv-ice for this program at the Mich-igan Farm Bureau Annual meet-ing last month.

NATIONAL CRISISConditions we have outlined

set the stage for President John-son's - proposal for a "crash pro-gram" to help American youth.He is asking that appropriationsbe increased from $34 million to$277 million by 1966 for voca-tional training programs.

Some of this work may he donein government training centers -schools may not be able to handlethe entire load. Yet the main"push" must be carried by theschools in the home communities.The state ao"d federal govern-ments can only help provideneeded machinery. The real so-lutions call for total Communitymobilization.

BROAD ACTIONSolving such a problem be-

comes everybody's business. Fail-ure habits even start in the home.The pre-school childs needs ahome that helps him feel secure.He "needs high ideals, sell-con-fidence, good work habits as partof his self-image. Where thehome does not help him get these,community schooJs for the pre-school child may have to do thejob. "Failure symptoms" can bedetected and corrected at this age.

They can also be recognizedin the elementary school child.More intensive remedies shouldbe started at this level with chil-dren who need help. More at-tention must be given to the in-dividual child. It is not enoughto deal with children as "masses".

High schools must offer moretraining in trade skills. They musthelp the youth who "does not fitinto the academic curriculum" tolearn employable skills and theelements necessary to make hima useful citizen.

Schools must concentrate onbroadening their offerings and ex-panding their teaching staffs toprovide training for out-of-schoolyouths and adults who need help.They must not become frozen intothe ruts of the traditional studyprogram. Where proper help hasbeen given, many drop-outs havepicked up where they left off andhave completed their high schooleducation.

Costs and expenses? Manycommunities may have to makechoices. Shall tax monies go for

Prepared by the Education and Research Department,l\fichigan Fann Bureau

\Vhat is the crisis of the "War Babies," and why is itdue to hit in -1965? Here are facts to ponder:1. Next ye~r, 31h% million American "\Var Babies" willbecome 18 years of age. This is 1 millioI! more thanreached employment age in 1964.

2. A half million of them will find the doors to collegeand to jobs sealed tight against them. No room -:..-a dis-mal prospect for their future and a threatening socialbombshell. "

3. Many of them will be unemployable in any capacity.They have dropped out of school. They lack training forany sort of work. Unskilled jobs get more and more scarce.Only about 6% of present-day jobs use unskilled workers.

There are 57 million young people in the nation todaywho have not finished high school: In ~fichigan, 22%of the youngsters entering high school do not graduate.This has meant 22,000 per year, up to now. Many ofthese drop-outs neither read nor write.

4. Five years or more of school crowding has aggra-vated the problem. The children who are not "collegetimb'er" are often neglected. Vocati01!al training shopswere emptied of their benches and tools to make roomfor more academic classes. The young people who werenot interested in, or capable of completing academicwork got discouraged and quit school. There wa~ nothingoffered to meet their needs.

But, not all of them lacked the mental capacity "to dothe work. Some had emotional problems, family problems,contributing to their discouragement. Seventy percenthad nonnal mental ability. ~fore than half of them havethe capacity to finish high school. Fifteen percent aresmart enough to do college work.

Many of them come from rural areas. They go to citieslooking for work. Lacking skills or being confused bybewildering methods of employment, they roam the streets,lost and discouraged. They are bound to be numerous.Michigan State University states that not more than onefann youth in 1-en can expect to make a profitable livingon the farm in .the future. _

5. Educational "failures" contribute strongly to length-ening welfare rolls. Over 80% of those on relief. havenot graduated from high school. Next year's 18 year oldarmy "will stretch the lists. Education is costly, but poortraining is more expensive. It costs about $30,000 tomaintain a person on public assistance from age 16 to 56,and he makes no contribution to the support of society.

6. Let's get a straight view of these young people. Arethey delinquent, Kenerally? We should not stamp themall with this searing brand.

Yet, the drop-out is apt to be resentful of society.Masses of them can become a serious threat to any orderlysociety. They "feel" like failures. They finished last inthe educational race. Many feel "shunted aside" in theschool system. They may get into trouble. There is littleelse to do.

Yet, only 35% of them have delinquent records. Sixty-five percent remain law abiding citizens, even thoughunhappy.

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School Dropouts Create Serious Youth Problem!

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