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Newspaper For Michigan FarmersVol. IX, No. 15. ONR DOLLAR

PER YEAR SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 1931. FIVE CENTSPER COPY Issued Semi-Monthly

FARM BUREAU ISEXPANDING SERVICE

IN 2 0 COUNTIES

Cities, Regions HaveCurious Meat Choices

Co-Ops Become StockholdersIn Farm Bureau

' Services.

GAS AND OIL SERVICEIntensify Effort to Serve

Farm Bureau MembersEverywhere.

Lansing—Responding to widespreaddemands that Farm Bureau suppliesbe made more readily available toFarm Bureau members, State FarmBureau officials August 6th announc-ed a new policy of intensified effortto distribute Farm Bureau commodi-

. ties, which has already led to definite\ action in 14 counties, with a half

dozen other counties Hearing final ac-tion.

The new program recently approv-ed by the State Farm Bureau Board

'V of Directors involves the establish-ment of a closer relationship for mut-ual benefit between co-ops and theFarm Bureau through the purchaseof common and preferred stock inFarm Bureau Services, Inc. and me n-bership in the State Farm Bureau.The plan also includes the establish-

^ ment of additional branch stores byFarm Bureau Services, Inc., in com-munities where no adequate serviceis offered today, as well as agressive

A.% action to spread the new FarmBureau bulk gas and oil service,which was first introduced into theState in Branch County on July 1st.

Co-ops Services StockholdersLocal Co-ops who have already

identified themselves as stockholdersin the Services, include:

i BATTLE CREEK FARM BU. ASS'Nat Battle Creek

DOWAGIAC FARMERS CO-OP ASS'Nj ^ at Dowagiac

ST. JOE VALLEY SHIP. ASS'Nat Buchanan and Niles

HOLLAND CO-OPERATIVE ASS'Nat Holland and Harlem

KALAMAZOO FARMERS PROD. CO.at Kalamazoo

FARMERS CO-OP. ELEVATOR CO.at Jmneatowii, Vrio«land and Hud-sonville

* WHITE LAKE MARKETING ASS'Nat Montague

STANWOOD CO-OPERATIVE ASS'Nf at Stanwood

CENTRAL FARMERS ASS'Nat Cassopolis

BYRON CENTER CO-OP CO.at Byron Center

Branch Stores DevelopmentBranch stores are being rapidly

put in shape for operation at Pin-t conning and Bay City, in addition to

the bulk gas and oil station at Ba-tavia, and the stores at Saginaw,Woodland, Hart, Lapeer and Lansing.In addition to handling a generalline of Farm Bureau brand fetilizor.feeds, oils, seeds, etc., the stores atPinconning, Bay City and Saginawhave contracted to handle beans pool-ed by members of the Saginaw, Mun-ger, Bay City and Northern Bay BeanGrowers' Associations.

*. During recent weeks, plans for bulkgas stations, branch stores, or both,have been under consideration in Al -legan, Eaton, Berrien, Genesee, Hiiis-dale and Lapeer counties.

Genesee County ActivitiesIn Genesee county representatives

of the County Farm Bureau Board^ and car-door dealers from all over

the county met at the Court House onThursday, July 23, to urge State FarmBureau representatives to set up sev-eral new stores in the county, as wellas to introduce bulk gas and oil ser-vice. Locations prominently men-tioned as suitable for service include

^ Flint, Swartz Creek, Mt. Morris, Bel-say, Davison and Linden. The out-look appeared to be so favorable thatplans were laid for immediately be-ginning the sale of preferred stockin the Services to farmers in thecounty, with the amount of serviceand the exact location of the storesto be determined largely on the basis

f of the response to the stock offering.Additional store sites in Lapeer

county are also under consideration,likewise dependent upon the reactionof farmers to the offering of preferredstock.

Interested In (isis. Oils• A meeting earlier in the week of

the Eaton County Farm BureauBoard and State Farm Bureau officialsdeveloped great interest in the possi-bility of a bulk gas service there,while plans are shaping for an earlydiscussion of a similar project in Al-legan county. It is expected thaistock sales for a bulk gas plant in

Ji Berrien county, probably at EauClaire, will be started in the next fewdays. Early action on a similar plantis also forecasted for Hillsdale coun-ty.' Rapid progress is also being made

in cementing closer ties with addi-tional co-ops.

t Sen ices Msiiinuer Comments"Farmers and Farm Bureau mem-

bers in every part of the State mustbe given an opportunity to make lulluse of the co-operative purchasingfacilities which the Farm Bureau

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South Wants Fat Bacon, LeanBeef, North Demands

The Opposite

Chicago—"As a man eats, so ishe." This was the way that onefamed philosopher indicated thathe could form a very good impres-sion of any person by finding outwhat he ate, and how much.

Here, in the center of the meatpacking industry, the experts mightnot be able to tell much about aman's personality by looking overthe family menu for a week, butone man, Mr. T. G. Lee, president ofArmour and Company, might tellfairly closely w'hat part of thecountry you are from by your pref-erences in meat.

South Wants Fat BaconIn the course of the seventh of a

series of addresses on business con-ditions Mr. Lee recently interestedhis hearers by describing to themsome of the eccentricities of meat,preference, as learned throughnation-wide experience in his busi-ness. "Many of these variationshave no reasonable explanation,"he said. "It is easy to understandwhy northern cities demand fatterbeef than those farther south, butit is not so easy to understand whynorthern cities want their baconlean and the southern ones want itfat."

Cities in the middle west, it ap-pears, want veal from heavier and

older animals; in New York, onlylight weights can be sold.

New England people buy eight toten times as much lamb as an equalnumber of people in the mid-west.Why? No one knows, least of all,Mr. Lee.

For«'<|iiarters For New YorkBoston will pay a high price for

hind quarter beef; New York de-mands tine forequarter, which is afortunate circumstance for thepacker, certainly. New York's pref-erence is explained in large degreeby the presence of a large orthodoxJewish population there. OrthodoxJews eat only the forequarters ofbeef.

If you told Mr. Lee that yourmeat dealer handled only light porkshoulders weighing from 8 to 10pounds he would guess that youlived in Scranton, Pa., and prob-ably be right, for that is a dis-tinguishing mark of that city—preference for light pork shoulders.The people may not be conscious ofit, but the meat dealers seem to be.Pittsburg buys pork shouldersweighing up to 1G pounds, andneither city will take what theother city wants.

Light pork loins with the shoulderblade removed are in demand inChicago; Cleveland buys heavyloins with the shoulder blades leftin. Consideration of these develop-ed characteristics of trade prefer-ence is of invaluable assistance inorganizing and distribution of meatsupplies, Mr. Lee pointed out.

CITIES TO RECOVERBEFORE FARMERS,

SHAW BELIEVESSays Farms Need Consumer

Demand That GoodIncomes Bring.

Lansing—Better times for agricul-ture are likely to await a recovery inindustry first, said Pres. R. S. Shawof State College in addressing the 14thannual Farmers Day gathering July31.

"Agriculture needs the consumerdemand that follows general and gen-

PRES. R. 8. SIIA.W

erous incomes,' Mr. Shaw said. Eco-nomic depressions are not new, andthere is no instance in history whendepression was not followed by a re-covery' he said, in recalling the dis-turbances of 1893, 1898, 1907, 1910,1921 and 1924. "Present conditionsof recovery seem similar to those ofthe 1893-98 period and are influencedby world wide depression. I venturethe prediction that we have passedthe low point in the present depres-sion."

The College had some 57 exhibitsready for visitors, taking in all phasesof the agricultural college work.Every exhibit was numbered, and thevisitors furnished with a guide booklocating and describing the purpose ofthe exhibit or investigation under way,with results to date.

Director V. R. Gardner of the Ex-periment Station said that in thesedifficult times the College ExperimentStation and the county agent exten-sion service are more valuable tofarmers than in prosperous timessince their object is to find the mostprofitable ways of farming.

Farm Bureau Would Lease

Florence, Ala.—The American FarmBureau Federation is ready and will-ing to lease the entire Muscle Shoalsproject, Edward A. O'Neal, presidentof the Farm Bureau told members ofthe shoals commission at its first busi-ness meeting held here last week. Nodetails of the proposed lease were re-vealed.

OLEO INTERESTSBLOCK LENNON ACT

WITH REFERENDUMAct Was Effective Sept. 18;

Suspended, In Doubt Till1 932 Election.

Lansing — Oleomargarine interests,defeated in the 1931-32 legislaturewhen the Lennon act was "passed bar-ring sale of colored oleo in this state,rallied this week to file a petitioncarrying 51,491 names, most of thornWayne county residents, asking thatthe law not become effective until amajority of the voters of the statemay vote on the matter.

Charles F. Heman, former statelegislator, member of the Detroit lawfirm of Stevens, Butzel, Eamons andLong, filed the petition. Within a fewhours of its receipt in the office ofFrank D. Fitzgerald, secretary ofstate, preliminary checking of thesignatures revealed that the neces-sary 42,000 voters' names, requiredfor the action, were attached. Thismakes certain that the Lennon bill willnot become effective next Sept. IS,when it normally would have, follow-ing passage of the act without imme-diate effect.

The question will be placed on theballot of the general election of 1**32,and, unless a majority of tlte votersapprove the proposed law at that time,it will never become effective. The pro-tection that milk producers thoughtthey had will be gone.

The petition contained no statementrelative to the reasons for oppositionto the law. It was merely filed in ac-cordance with constitutional provi-sions which set up machinery forbringing any act of the legislature notgiven immediate effect when passed,to the ballot at the next, general elec-tion.

Oleo interests argue against barringcolored oleo, and imposing increasedoieo sales license fees on manufac-turers, distributors and retailers,which the Lennon law contemplated,as discrimination against poor personsby forcing them to buy higher pricedbutter. Dairy interests argue thatbutter is better for the human systemand that milk producers need thebusiness more than foreign corpora-tions which make the oleo largely fromImported vegetable nils.

Bean Jobbers Oppose15 Pet. Rate Increase

Lansing—Michigan Bean JobbersAss'n, representing some 233 shippersof beans, has protested the proposed15% increase in all freight rates andhas petitioned the Interstate Com-merce Commission to deny the in-crease.

Collects $220 in ClaimsLansing—A. P. Mills, in charge of

transportation and other claims ser-vices for the FARM NEWS and forthe Michigan State Farm Bureau, re-ports that during July transportationloss and damage and overchargeclaims collected for farmers totaled$220.06. Claims amounting to $679.74were filed for collection.

It is estimated that the averagejourney of a United States 2-centstamp is 700 miles.

DROUGHT RIDESACROSS STATE;

SOME RAINFALL

COMING TO MICHIGAN

South Central Portion GotSome Good Rains

Past Week.

STATE AN INCH SHORT

Corn, Beans, Pastures, FruitHurt, Parched Areas

Report.

Lansing—Despite local rains re-ported in various parts of the lowerpeninsula during the week justclosing, most of that section of theState is very dry and hot. Criticalconditions mark many agriculturalsections. Localities visited by cop-ious showers report improvementin all crops.

The State had an average of 1.83inches of rainfall for July; the nor-mal average is 2.87 inches.

Rainfall Is SpottySaturday and Sunday, August 1

and 2, rain fell in several parts ofthe State. Where it was neededmost, little fell. Rainfall is veryspotted. Driving across countryone passes through a licit that hashad a hard shower, soon he comesinto dusty area again. Some milesfurther he may come into a sectionwhere it has rained, and so on.Some regions have boon missed byall worthwhile showers. Theregrowth has ceased. Crops are turn-ing yellow under the scorching sun.

Ono Week's ItainIn the table which follows total

rainfall for the week ending Aug-ust 4 is in many instances nearlyall the rainfall for tho month ofJuly. Rainfall expressed in inchesand 'hundredths of an inch:

The State Average 46Lansing 1.29Battle Creek 1.81Cold water 2.98Ludington 1.47Frankfort 41Paw Paw 59Grand Rapids 27Detroit 21Port Huron 28Harbor Beach 10Grand Haven 10Monroe 0Bloomingdale .03Sault Ste. Marie 0Mackinaw Island 02Hart 03Luther (Lake Co.) 0

Best in South CentralWhile the wet and dry sections

cannot be sharply delined, it can benoted generally that the only rainsof any consequence were in thesouth central section. The Thumbdistrict was quite dry, as was theeastern part of the Upper Peninsula.The west shore line clear up intoBenzie county was almost arid. Theheaviest fall was at Coldwater; sev-eral weather stations reported tothe East Lansing bureau that theyhad had no rain at all, according toDewey A. Seeley, meteorologist.

Harvesting and threshing aremostly completed in the southernpart of the state, and this work isnow in progress in the north as well.Tree fruits, however, are falling,undersized, because of aridity ofmany sections. From Harbor Beachcomes the report: "Weather dry,corn curling, pastures drying upand beans turning yellow." Frank-fort reports: "Apples dropping bad-ly due to the drought."

Lapeer Farm Bureau'sMuster Day Is Aug. 20

ha peer County Farm Bureauwill hold a Muster Day program formembers and friends at t,h^ FarmBureau Supply Store Thursday,August 20. There will be a basketlunch at 12 noon, with a programof singing and other entertainmentat tihe table after lunch. Ball gameswill be played between boys andgirls clubs from different parts ofthe county, horseshoe pitching con-tests for men. and rolling pinthrowing contests for ladies. Fourattendance prizes will be given.Every township has a committee atwork building up the attendance.

Throughout the nation CountyFarm Bureaus are .holding Muster'day programs during August andSeptember, meetings to get theCounty Farm Bureau membershiptogether for a meeting.

Am. Farm Bureau ToOppose Rate Increase

Chicago—The American Farm Bur-eau Federation has filed notice withthe Interstate Commerce- Commissionthat it wishes to appear at the hear-ings on a proposed 15% flat increasein freight rates for all railroads, andto oppose the proposal in behalf oforganized farmers.

MAKES HIM IRRITABLEBuffalo.—Mrs. Frank Xowak of this

city, has sued her husband for livorcebecause he drinks from :$0 to 40 cupsof coffee daily. She charges that hisexcessive coffee toping makes him ir-ritable.

PRES. E. A. O'NEAL

O'Neal AtIonia, MasonPicnics

Ionia and Mason County Farm Bur-eau members have invited membersand others from surrounding countiesto hear President E. A. O'Neal of theAmerican Farm Bureau at Farm Bur-eau picnics to be staged in Ioniaand Mason counties, August 21 and 22.

Ionia members are inviting mem-bers in Barry, Clinton, Eaton, Kent,Montcalm and Ottawa counties to hearMr. O'Neal and Cong. John Ketcham,representing the National Grange, ina program beginning at 9 a. m.Farmers Day, Friday, August 21, atthe Ionia Free Fair.

The Farm Bureau program will beseen and heard from the grandstand,which is free to all. Loud speakerswill be used. Fist event at 9 a. m.will be an old time farmers' horserace for Ionia Bureau members. En-trants will harness their horses anddrive them a half mile at a walk, atrot and a run. The Bureau andFair management will award $50 inprizes to the first five placings. TheReformatory band will play, and thePortland Grand Chorus will sing. Fol-lowing the addresses by Mr. O'Neal andMr. Ketcham, Farm Bureau familiesfrom all counties will have a basketpicnic in a nearby grove.

Saturday, August 22, Mr. O'Neal willbe the afternoon speaker for the Ma-son County Farm Bureau's annualbasket picnic at Amber Grove, sixmiles east of Ludington, or 3 mileswest of Scottville, and just a few rodssouth of U. S. 31. Members fromManistee, Oceana, Grand Traverse,Newaygo, and Muskegon counties havebeen invited to attend.

Mr. O'Neal operates a 2,000 acrefarm in the Muscle Shoals district ofAlabama, his home. He is rated asan authority on the Muscle Shoals ni-trate plants question. Like his pre-decessor, former president S. H.Thompson of the American FarmBureau, Mr. O'Neal has risen from theranks. He is president of one of theSouth's largest cotton marketing co-operatives.

President M. L. Noon of the StateFarm Bureau will attend both pic-nics.

Railroads Have FriendsIn Rate Boost Effort

Washington—The railroads are notwithout friends in their efforts beforethe I. C. C. for a flat increase of 15%in rates and charges. Many largemanufacturers support the increase.Insurance companies, bankefrs ass'nsand organizations of railroad bond-holders support the increase. Asholders of railroad bonds and secur-ities, these groups claim that 50,000,-000 people are also holders withthem, and are affected. Insurance

j companies declare that further de-clines in some railroad bonds willmake them legally ineligible as in-vestments for such companies. Pres-ent holdings would have to be closedout. Manufacturers' ass'ns and bigcity Chambers of Commerce are find-ing themselves so divided on the sub-ject in some instances that they aretaking no definite stand in the matter.

Farm Groups Rally ToDefend Marketing Act

Washington—If the AgriculturalMarketing Act is to be amended itmust be amended by its friends. Suchis the slogan of a committee of farm

j organizations working to co-ordinatej the interests of the Farm Bureau,I Grange, Farmers Union and the Co-operatives. The committee consistsof Edward A. O'Neal, president of theAmerican Farm Bureau, L. J. Taber,

p a s t e r of the National Grange, and C., O. Moser, president of the NationalCo-operative Council.

PRODUCERS ASS'N, FARMERS, COLLEGETESTIFY IN PRODUCERS' SECTION OF

STATE INQUIRY INTO MILK INDUSTRYDairymen Can't Make Profit If Getting Less Than

5 Cents Per Quart; Should Retail at12 Cents a Qt.; Distributors

To Testify Next Week.

Lansing—Michigan's state-wide investigation of milkprices, which opened at Lansing August 5 with a detailedstudy of the production side of the milk industry, brought tolight at least two important points:

(1) That figured costs of production show it is physical-ly impossible for Michigan dairymen to produce milk for citytrade at much less than five cents a quart if any reasonablemargin of profit is to be allowed them.

(2) That an orderly system for placing the milk on themarket must be maintained to avoid demoralization of themarket from time to time.

The investigation is being conducted by a citizens' com-mission of ten members, appointed by Governor WilburBrucker. Complaints of unfair marketing prices to producersbrought about the investigation. A state appropriation of$5,000 was allowed to defray costs of carrying on the investi-gation. The commission comprises the following members:Herbert E. Powell, chairman; Paul Voorhies, attorney gen-eral of Michigan; Sen. Peter Lennon, Rep. James McBride,Dr. W. O. Hedrick, Judge Arthur J. Tuttle, Judge Ira Jayne,Harvey Campbell, Fred L. Woodworth and Mrs. James E.Hancock. The five last named members were a Detroit citi-zens committee selected by producers, a few weeks ago, tostudy the milk price situation in the Detroit area. GovernorBrucker asked the entire Detroit committee to become mem-bers of the state-wide investigation commission.

Present Farmers* Position

Producing members and officials of the Michigan MilkProducers association and other producers not affiliated withthe association as well as members of the college staff of Mich-igan State College, were called in to testify during the sev-ral days' study of production costs. Facts and figures intro-duced by these witnesses tended to show that farmers havebeen producing milk at costs varying from approximately twocents a pound to more than three cents a pound at the farm.

The "base and surplus" plan of marketing milk for pro-ducers, as used by the Michigan Milk Producers association,was defended in a general way by practically all the witnessesas the best method devised so far to maintain a fairly con-stant market for fluid milk. A few witnesses who declaredthey were not satisfied with the "base and surplus" plan werecalled in to testify because of their apparent dissatisfactionwith general conditons in the industry but none of them hadany specific suggestions for a remedy through any other planof marketing.

Producers Stand 12 Pet 'That Michigan farmers are obliged

to bear the burden of a possible 10or 12 per cent "gap" between actualdaily sales and anticipated daily salesof fluid milk on the Detroit marketwas demonstrated in the opening daysof the hearing. In other words, theinvestigation showed, the farmer act-ually turns onto the Detroit city mar-ket about 12 per cent more "basemilk" than he gets paid for at thebase price. This additional 10 or Wper cent, it was shown, is put ontothe market to safeguard the distri-butors against extra jdemand eachday. Anything left of this extra milkis returned as "surplus" at the end ofeach day and is credited to the pro-ducer as surplus rather than as basemilk. The surplus milk brings a con-siderably lower price than the basemilk.

Dealer Should Sfand ItCovering this point, Prof. Anthony,

head of the dairy division of StateCollege, contended that this dailysurplus shown by the dealer shouldbe part of the base allowed the pro-ducer. Professor Anthony, testifyingas a producer and distributor, by rea-son of his official connection with thecollege, summed up the situation ingeneral by asserting that, in his opin-ion, dairy farmers are inadequatelyorganized in Michigan and have notreached a point where the individualshave a sufficient understanding oftheir own business to enable them toface a market which calls for sale oftheir entire marketable crop each day.Cost figures submitted by witnesseswho showed they know their exactproduction costs represent the "abovethe average" farmer, he explained,adding that the ordinary dairymanwith a small herd does not keep anaccurate and detailed cost sheet foraach pound of milk produced.

Surplus \ot ProfitableBasing his testimony on the experi-

ence of State College, Prof. Anthonystated that the dairy business doesnot show any profit in milk surplus.In this, he explained, the marketing

system which prevents gluts in thefluid milk market proves the mostbeneficial to the dairyman. The "baseand surplus' plan, he said, has beenthe most satisfactory Bystem devisedand should not be discarded at thistime. He did not hesitate to state thatmilk produced to sell on a market of10 cents a quart could not be madeto return a profit to the producer un-der existing high standard require-ments in the cities. Twelve cents aquart for bottled milk, delivered at theconsumers' door each day, should notbe considered an unequitable price,he said.

Asked whether or not the matter ofdistributing milk in the cities wascarried on efficiently or in a loosemanner, Prof. Anthony remarked thatdistribution in general is quite effi-ciently managed.

Professor A. C. Anderson, employedby the producers' association to cor-relate facts regarding the relationof production to consumption, testi-fied that the producers have accessto any and all records of the Detroit"distributors at all times and that thebase and surplus marketing plan op-erates on the showing made throughhis continuous study of the records ofproducers and distributors on the De-troit market

Explains Price MakingB. F. Beach, secretary-manager of

the Michigan Milk Producers associ-ation, testified that, without doubt, anarrangement this spring, wherebyeach producer was allowed "an 80 percent base" instead of 100 per cent,prevented glutting the Detroit marketwith fluid milk during the period ofnormally high milk production in theearly summer months in addition tosaving the hauling costs to Detroit ona lot of milk which was put intomanufactured products at the countryreceiving stations and bought as"surplus" milk. The 80 per cent ar-rangment followed a two cent drop inmilk prices, from 12 to 10 cents aquart, this spring, in Detroit. An-

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Vol. IX SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 1931 No. 15

Credit to Milk Producers Ass'nAs the first week of the State's Commission of In-

quiry into the milk situation in Michigan drew to a close,the Michigan Milk Producers Ass'n, representing organ-ized milk producers in Detroit and a number of leadingMichigan cities, found itself standing with credit in whatcontinues to be a trying situation for thousands of milkproducers trying to make a living in producing milk.

Testimony from farmers, State College authorities andothers agreed that the Ass'n "base and surplus" planappears to be the most equitable that can be devised atpresent.

The Producers established that 40 Ass'n producers andabout '30 distributors' representatives get around thetable when prices or other important matters are dis-cussed and that the verdicts are an agreement acceptableto both sides, not small group deals as some criticscharged.

The Producers established for the Michigan publicthat farmers' production costs run to upwards of 3 centsper pound for milk, which means that they should havenot less than 5 cents per quart to make a profit.

In these times of financial stress, as always, the Pro-ducers guarantees farmers payment for better than amillion pounds of milk shipped daily into Detroit alone.

The thing that is raising hob with the milk producingfarmers today is too much extra milk or surplus abovewhat can be sold as bottled milk. The surplus costsabout as much to produce as does the base or bottledmilk stock, but what it brings for manufacturing pur-poses pulls the farmers' average return down low.

Next week the Detroit distributors will be questionedby the Commission concerning their costs and profits inthe sale of base and surplus milk. The Farm News willreport the proceedings.

When Michigan has the operating costs and profits orlosses involved in both the production and distributionsides of our milk industry, Public Opinion will be in aposition to intelligently demand such adjustments asshould be made.

STATE COLLEGELAYS STRESS ON

FORESTACTIVITYNew Department Head Picked

To Succeed ChittendenAt State College

East Lansing—"Step on forestationand let agriculture have a littlebreathing spell," is the suggestion ofProf. J. F. Fox, dean of agriculture atState College, in announcing the ad-dition of Prof. P. A. Herbert and twoaides to the college's forestry stafffor the ensuing year.

Professor Herbert comes back tothe college after several years with

1 the U. S. Department of Agriculturewhere he served as senior officer inthe forestry taxation service. Heformerly served as instructor at the

i college. He succeeds l'rof. A. K. Chit-tenden, who died recently and who

1 was head of the forestry departmentat the college for many years.

1'rot'essor P. K. Xewins, state forest-er of West Virginia, has been securedto serve on the college staff succeed-ing Prof. Decamp, who is taking aleave of absence. Mr. Nowins wasformerly a professor of forestry at

j Oregon Agricultural College.Another newcomer to the forestry

J staff is A. B. Bowman, an instructor,* who was picked from federal forestry

( service. He was assigned to work inColorado under federal employment

f and will join the staff of instructorsat State College this summer.

, In announcing the change in line-upin the forestry department, Dean Cox

\plained that agriculture can benefit: by a gradual swing into forest prod-• ucts by proper handling of the farm1 woocUoi and by taking some of the

. Bubmarginal farm lands out ofagricultural production by convertingthem into forest lands.

"If we can relieve the situation ofagricultural overproduction by reduc-ing u nd turning unprofitable

into timber growing, the farm-ers of this state will benefit matly in the lOBg rim," Dean Cox said.

"In the face of overproduction offarm crops, the most logical move isto cut down acreage but there is no

•my in throwing marginal landsinto < Alien a difinite,inexp« forestation canbe initiated." he stated.

"If only hope for sal-vat io: economy, then

Table ForkHas OddHistory

Not only fingers, but knives andspoons as well, were made long beforeforks.

While the use of the spoon and knifedates far back into antiquity, it wasnot until the early 16th century thatforks appeared upon the tables of thenobilty of Italy, Mrs. Dorothea Schind-ler, of the University of Wisconsinhome economics department, hasfound, delving into the history ofhousehold articles which today wetake as a matter of course.

A woman of very dainty habits, thewife of the Doge of Venice, who wouldnot soil her fingers with meat, butconveyed bits of food to her mouthwith a golden two-pronged fork ofher own invention, was responsiblefor the first fork known tj history.

From Italy forks seem to have beenintroduced int< England by the valiantefforts of one Thomas Coryate, whohad been very favorably impressedby the Italian use of forks while ona visit to that country. The English,however, looked on forks as an af-fectation of superiority. Throughout•the breadth of England ran the say-ing, " Who would make hay of his \food and pitch it into his mouth witha fork?", until the very usefulness ofthe fork finally won it a permanentplace at the table.

Commenting on the influence of the

30,000 Mich. FarmsHave Electric Service

2,372 Electrified Farms ForMacomb Co.; Washtenaw

Has 1,829.

Ann Arbor—Michigan had 27.(177farms with electric service out of ;>total of 169,915 farms on August 31,1930, according to the I'tilities In-formation bureau of Michigan, report-ing on a county survey of Michiganfarms having electric light and powerservice. The survey was made by theNational Electric Light Ass'n, basedon U. S. census data and Michiganutilities reports.

Since Aug. 31, 1930, it is estimatedthat 3,000 more Michigan farms havebeen electrified, bringing the totalmore than 30,000 today.

Seventy-eight of 83 counties re-ported electrified farms. Five coun-ties reported farms with no electricservice—Alcona, Iosco, Keweenaw,Montmorency and Oscoda.

18 (ountirs Bank HhrhMacomb county, according to the

survey, leads the state both in thenumber of /arms with electricity, andin the percentage of electrified farms.It had at the time of the survey 2,372electrified farms or 80.2 per cent ofa total of 24>B7 farms.

Washtenaw ranks second with 1,829

a total of 3,305 farms.The first ten counties in number of

electrified farms are: Macomb, L'.:;7l';Washtenaw, 1,829; Monroe, 1,801 j Ot-tawa, 1,403; Van Bur en, 1,396; St.('lair, 1,360; Lenawee, 1,348; Wayne,1,065; Oakland, 1,000; Henien. 904.

In percentage of farms electrified,the leading counties rank as follows:Macoml). 80.2 pier cent; Washtenaw,55.3; Wayne, 52.1; Dickinson, BQ.4;Monroe. 17.1; Oakland, 11.:!; St. ('lair,37.4; Iron, 37.2; Ottawa, 35.9; Delta.35.1.

While farm electrification has ad-vanced particularly rapidly amongthe southeastern counties, it is in-teresting to note that three UpperPeninsula counties, Dickinson, Deltaand Iron, are among the ten leadersas regards the percentage of farmswith electric power.

Electrification Continue*Extension of farm lines has gone

forward strongly during the past yearwith an estimated increase of morethan 3,000 farm customers, so somecounties can show at the presenttime considerable gains over the fig-ures obtained in the survey.

The counties, with their popula-tions, number of farms served withelectricity, and percentage of electri-fied farms are listed in the accom-

Morrison 9s Director

electrified lY.rms, or 55.3 per cent of panying table:

Fai'ms Receiving Electric Service In State ofMichigan, August 31, 1930.

TotalNumber Farms Per Cent

of Farms Served ServedCounty

Alcona 7S!t o 0Alger 511 si 15.&Allegan 6,3X2 380 7.1Alpena ' 1,035 12 1.1'Antrim 1,111 i;:> 5.7Arenac i,^t:> n 0.9Baraga 721 12 5.8Barry 2,671 170 6.4Bay j.iMir, - s tBenzie G16 190 SOJBBerrieiH 5,412 904 10.7Branch! 2,765 l̂ u 15.3< ' ; i l h " i m 8,214 n« 3.6''ass 2,455 !>;•; 6.8Ctiarlevoix t-,028 Ml 4.I<Cheboygan 1,056 ::i 'l.wChippewa 1,1 n; 11 0.8Clare s;ii 64 7.L'Cl in ton . L',!»7ii 26$ 9.1Crawfold us s i;.xDelta 1,386 186 35.1Baton ::, 101 16.9Dickinson i>-\ ' ' » u '><>. 1Kmni t t 1,025 65 6.3Genesee 2,926 103 3.6Gladwln 1,109 8 0.7G'ogeblc 7311 181 L'l.xGrand Traverse 1,337 90 6.7Gratloti It,318 113 3.4HlUsdas 3,548 ::;i' 9.1tiough&n 1,839 • :'17 11.8Huron 4,160 103 9.7l i m l i a m 2,976 640 21.5I o n i a 2,833 ITU 6.3fosco 633 0 0l i o n Miti 31 •, 37.2Isabella 2,310 n 1.7Jackson L',!H1 18.1Kalamazoo 2,731 17. >;Kalkaska 490 :'. 0.6Kent 4,^7 15.5Lake 30 5.4Lapeer 3,287 613 18.6Leelanau 1,101 93 8.4Lenawee 4,462 30.2Livingston 2,127 638 30.0Luce 177 0 0Keweenaw imMackinaw 416 12.7Macomb 2,957 2,372 80.2Manistee 1,172 03 7.9Marquette l,00i 247 21. r.Mason 1,640 283 17.3Mecosta 2,0711 23 1.1M e n o m i n e e 1,972 87 4.4Midland 1,787 118 6.6Mlssaulcee 1,074 2.1Monroe 3,826 1,801 47.1Montcalm 3,656 1£7 4.6Montmorency 'M7 0 0Muskegon 1,678 111 x. INewaygp 2,343 r.l 2.2Oakland 2.120 1,000 41.3<>.,ana 2,017 157 7.8Ojyemaw 988 21 2.1oii tonagon 1,099 I."."". 11.1OsceoUi 1,830 30 1.6

la 22U 0 0Otsegoj 110 M 2.3Ottawa ::,!H2 1,403 :::..!•Presque isle !<2:; ::i 3.4kos. ommQn 160 10 6.3Saginaw 4,832 12 1 8.8St . ("lair ::,t;il l , ?60 37.4Ht. Joseph 2,:;i»s 2:;:, i'.sSanflac 4,573 272 ."..!•SchoolAaft 357 1"> i.-Shlawai see 3 *; 1T 20.1Tuacola 4,490 <t'>7 10,2Van Buren -I.:::;!' 1,396 ::2.2W a s h t e n a w :'.,:'-i»." 1 , 8 2 9 :..".::Wayne- 2.on; 1,065 -2.1Wexford 1,146 3.3

Total State 169,915 27,677 16.3

MR. LEONARD HICK*Leonard Hicks was recently elected

vice president and managing directoiof the Morrison hotel, Chicago. Mr.Hicks is chairman of the executivecommittee of the Chicago Hotel Men'sAssociation, and past president of theHotel Greeters.

Mr. Hicks returns to the house inwhich he first started his career as ahotel man 27 years ago.

Hot WeatherRelief

'A bulletin board outside a churchumounced Sunday's sermon: "Doou know what hell is?"Underneath was printed in small

;r letters^ "Come and hear our n>rganist."

The Scot Comes BackLord Alness, in his autobiography,

tells about an English politicalmeeting. One of the candidatespatriotically orated, "I have beenborn an Englishman. I 'have livedan Englishman, and I hope I shalldie an Englishman."

From the back of the hall, in anunmistakable accent, came the ques-tion: "Mon, faae ye no ambeetion?"

he stout woman on ths scalewas eagerly watched by two smallboys.

The woman dropped in her cent,but the machine was out of orderand only registered seventy pounds.

"Good night, Bill," gasped oneof the youngsters in amazement,"She's hollow!"

Daughter—I'll bet you never sawdancing like this when you wereyoung, dad.

Father—Yes, ouce, but the placewas raided before ten o'clock.

m Little Daughter—"Why is fatheisinging so much tonight?"

Mother—"lie is trying to sing thebaby to sleep."

Little Daughter—"Well, if I wasthe baby I'd pretend I was asleep.'

There had been a minor collisionbetween a small car and a truckclearly the former's fault.

"Well," he said, surveying thedamage, "all I can say is I'm sorry."

"Oh, is that all you can say?"politely inquired the truck driver.

Why, yes.""Well, then listen to me!"

The Threshing CrewBy R. S. CLARK

I like to sec the threshing crew pull inAnd set their rig so briskly, like they do,

With all the ruckus and the hollerin'As though the whole world needed tendin' to.

I like the smell, the smell of chitf and dustThat nothing but a threshing crew can raise,

And Marthy feeds them till thfiy nearly bustOr choke themselves wit I mingled pie and praise.

Last week the threshing crew was down our streetAnd pounded out the little grain I had,

The oats were kind of smutty, but the wheatWas dandy, and the rye was not too bad.

Of course you take the price the paper quotesFor oats on board the ears at Buffalo,

And multiply it by my crop of oatsAnd you may wonder where my prolits go.

With forty cents or less the price of wheatI'll own I scratch my head and wonder some,

Along with sundry other bills to meet,Just where's the tax-man's money coming from?

But I just naturally refuse to fret,Or swap the joy of living day by day,

For any satisfaction I would getBy scheming how to drive dull care away.

So if this year we balance in the red,Marthy and me have done as much before

And lived to tell the tale. I've always saidWe're lucky if we win three years in four.

We aim to plug along, and smile at things,And take our bitter doses with a grin.

We'll take the losses that the lean year bringsBut never let our worries make us thin.

And if I never make a shining cent,(And I can't say that I'm expecting to)

It always seems a sort of big eventWhen Marthy entertains the threshing crew.

WELL,'HOPPERSHAVE BEEN EATEN

Cornell Prof. Quotes Moses;May Be An Idea For

Somebody.

The first American made forks weredone by John Noyes of Boston about1706. These forks, which have silverhandles and steel prongs, are now inthe Boston Museum.

What Crop VarietiesDoes The College Use?

East Lansing—What varieties offield crops does Michigan State Col-lege farm use? According to theprogram for the 14th annual FarmersDay, July 31:

"For the farm itself we producecrops of alfalfa, largely of the Hardi-gan and Grimm varieties.

"Qa<ts, the Wolverine and Iogoldfork on the manners and customs of v a r i e t l a n d c o r n , , f o r filling1 li r% / loir fVl *»t« y n h i » i r l l n i ' oixrc?* '•rP>i rsthe day, Mrs. Schindler says: "Thefork did a great deal to simplify andadvance the art of cookery by en-couraging the taste for solid foodsand natural flavors. The use of thefort also made possible the delicateslices of meat and furthermore itpromoted cleanliness at the table inpontrast to the days when fingers wereused in (lie bowls. It also encouragedfine table linen, finer cloths and hand-some napkins."

Some of the very first forks wereeilly works of art. The three which

Queen Klizabeth kept as curios areHied as—"onfl of crystal garnish-

ed with gold and sparks of garnets;another of coral slightly garnishedwith gold; and a third of gold, garn-

; with two little rubies, two pearlpendants, and a coral."

one of the most important steps to-ward economy is in the direction ofproper management of the farm woodlot," the dean explained.

silos."185 acres of alfalfa, 100 acres of

oats and 188 acres of corn are thecrop areas for the year. Sweet cloverpasture is also a part of the rotationon Farm No. 2, while on both farmspasture areas which are fertilizedwith barnyard manure and commer-cial fertiliser furnish abundant feed

ummer months."

Gentlemen In Red Wagons

Bucharest—The boy who was onceking, must have his fun. CrownPrince Michael, 9 years old, wasbored with life in the regal palace. Hereached for a telephone, and called thelire department the amazing intelli-gence that the palace was on fire.GenUetnenJn red wagons were soon onthe scene.' King Carol, another play-boy, reprimanded his son, and madedefinite promises of punishment if theprank was repeated.

Encounters Swarm ofBees On High Seas

Seattle—Capt. F. F. Boyd, of the S.S. Margaret Dollar, came into postlast week with a new one. He en-countered a swarm of bees at sea, inthe Philippine Islands. The captainsighted a mass of the bees attached tothe fore truck of the ship. The forma-tion was 4 feet long and three feetthrough. Captain Boyd retired to thepilot house. "I saw the Chinese quar-termaster coming down the deck witha tray of dishes. He dropped ••very-thing on deck and started to fan n*sface," the captain said. Fifty poundsof water pressure through a deckhose, was turned on the bees. In anhour they were gone.

Nail Removed After28 Years in Body

Elmer, N. J.—Twenty-eight yearsago, Edward Snyder gulped down anail. He forgot all about it until lastweek, when severe pains in his chestsent him to a hospital. The nail warsworking its way out. A delicate opera-tion was necessary to remove it. Itwas quite rusty.

POUITRI BOUSE MITES

Painting the roosts and inside of thechicken house with wood preserva-tives kills the poultry house mites.Crankcase oil or Black Leaf 40 willwork. Hot summer weather makesmites multiply rapidly. Treatment ofthe birds is not satisfactory. Examineroosts and nests.

Big He-Man—"I developed thesebig muscles by working in a boliei-factory."

Innocent Young Thing: "Oh, yougreat big wonderful man! And whatdo you boil?

"Why, daughter, look at thishouse! Don't tell me you've beensmoking!"

"Why, mother, that isn't tobaccosmoke. I've just been shooting myhusband, that's all."

International Date LineNever Crosses Land

New York—Every day has to startsomewhere, inasmuch as it takesthe sun 24 hours to "go around"the world. The pointer, or linerather, at which the day starts, byagreement throughout the world, isat thewhich

Internationalruns through

Date Line,the Pacific

Ocean, crossing no land, from poleto pole. The line, of course, isimaginary, but its effect is veryreal. Days start there, and endthere. When the sun cru.sses thisline, going from cast to west, a newday is said to have commenced.

Round-the-world flyers have'-'brought this little understood factbefore the reading public again.Po8( .Mid Qatty, coming from Si-beria to Alaska, crossed the line inthe Bering sen As they had beenflying eastward they had been gain-ing on the sun, so that by the timethe International Date line on theixoth meridian, w;is reached, theywere a day ahead. They reachedthe line on a Monday; as soon aslhey crossed it, they found them-selves immediately bark one day, toSunday, the same time of day, ofcourse. Just before crossing (lieMm-, w'ien th'>y were a day abend ofstandard time, cable dispatchesfrom Siberia were telling of theirprogress a day before it apparently•hapened. When it's Monday here,it's Tuesday in Siberia.

When using dried fruit for pies,add a little salt. This helps to bringback the flavor of fresh fruit.

Ithaca, N. Y.—So much has beensaid about the injuries caused by in-sects that people are likely to forgetthat many insects are of great useto mankind, says Professor 0. A.Johannsen of Cornell University.

He points out that two insects bearthe same relation to man as do otherdomestic animals, and produce bothfood and clothing. These are the hon-eybee and the silk worm. ProfessorJohannsen says that bees in thUnited States furnish honey and waxto a value of more than six milliondollars a year. However, the beerjare still more useful in aiding the fer-tilization of flowers which produc-3many valuable crops, particularlyorchard fruits. Other insects sharethis service with bees; it was im-possible to grow figs in California un-til a tiny four-wing fly was introducedfrom the fig-g"rowing regions cfEurope.

Some Insects EatenWhile Professor Johannsen does net

specifically advocate the eating ofinsects as human food, he says thatmany races have insects on the bill-of-fares, and "why not? We esteemnhrimps, lobsters and crabs, and theseare very closely related to insects."In the catalog of edible foods givenby Moses, Professor Johannsen pointsout, that "These ye may eat, the locm.tafter his kind and the bald locustafter his kind, and the beetle after hiskind and the grasshopper after hUkind." Herodotus, in talking of atribe of people in Asia Minor, saidthat "they hunt for locusts which hav-ing been dried in the sun, they re-duce to powder and eat mingled withmilk."

The economic value of silk is fargreater than that of the product ofany other insect, and the rearing cfsilk worms began in China more than4,500 years ago.

It is possible, says Professor Joh-annsen, that insects' greatest serviceto man comes from those which preyon other insects. Certain ants preyon destructive moths. The lady-bird,or lady-bug, beetles have been effec-tive in keeping down scale insects.The European corn borer, in its na-tive land, has many enemies amongother insects and some of theseenemies have been imported to helpcope with the borer since it was in-troduced to the United States. Thegypsy moth and the browntail mothwhich threatened the shade and foresttrees of the northeastern UnitedStates, are kept in check because en-tomologists have reared parasites andhave liberated them where they canhelp to keep the two injurious mothounder control.

He Who Rows AnglerMay Need a License

Lansing—A non-resident who rowsfir paddles a boat for a person en-gaged in fishing, must also have anon-resident fishing license, in theopinion of the attorney general. Theopinion was given in reply to a ques-tion asked by the Conservation De-partment.

If a person is fishing while anotherrows the boat, the person rowing theboat "is equally taking an active partin the catching or attempting to catchtake or kill fish and under such cir-cumstances would be required tohave a license to do so if n non-resi-dent," the opinion states.

Farm Bureau ExpandsService in 20 Co's

(Continued from page one)Services, Inc., has created for theirbenefit," said Mr. L. A. Thomas, man-ager of the Services, in commentingupon the recent developments.

"Present disturbed business condi-tions have borne home to the farmerin a new and forceful way the needof 100 per cent co-operation both inhis buying and his selling, and at thesame time have clearly shown theneed for still futher economies in thehandling of farm business.

"The new set-up should enable lo-cal co-ops and the Farm Bureau tounite in reducing selling costs, andthis, in turn will be reflected in amaterial savings to members in theform of patronage dividends. FarmBureau branch stores will supplemci Ithis program by giving service tocommunities where no co-operativeagency is present to handle the FarmBureau line. Bulk gas' and oil sta-tions will supply a new and valuableservice, and add a new opportunityfor patronage dividends to FarmBureau members out of any profitsthat may be earned in the locality."

( o-ops Bnrenu Join Hands

Better relationships between farm-ers generally and the co-operativemovement are forecast by Mr. ClarkL. Brody, seeretary-manager of theMichigan State Farm Bureau, as anatural outgrowth of the new plan.

"The new agreements now beingnegotiated with local co-operative as-sociations are far more than a merecontract for distribution agencies,"he said. "They represent the inaug-uration of a new policy of mutual aidin a far larger field. The co-ops ac-cepting this new agreement are be-coming actively identified with thjframing of the policies of the FarmBureau, and the Bureau, in turn, willmake special efforts to serve the ter-ritory of these institutions along ed-ucational and legislative lines as wellas upon the commercial side.

"We look forward to co-operationwith these locals in a splendid seriesof general fanners' meetings, withprograms of a oiriliiy that will in-sure the genuine interest of the farm-ers. In fact, we believe that the loca!co-operative elevator and store ahouk!be the center of a comnrinity life forthe farmers who own and patronizeit, and we expect to develop theseunits into a powerful influence in thefarmers' behalf.

"Farm Bureau Branch Stores rep-resent merely the extension of thesame service and advantages to terri-tory where no similar locally ov/m :1and manned institutions are presentto join in this new and enlarge I FarmBureau activity."

Sentiment in all localities &p-proached so far is to the effect thatthe enlarged P'arm Bureau programwill prove a decided stimu'us tomembership, by bringing the servicedinto closer reach of every farmer, itis pointed out that the expansion ofsales will result in savings which,with the additional possibility of lo-cal patronage dividends from bulkgas and oil sales, will enable manyfarmers to carry their Farm Bureaumemberships at a nominal cost, untilthey become life members, afterwhich all dividends will representclear profits.

1,600 Sea Going CraftIn Seamen's Library

The seaman's library, which wasfounded 10 years ago by a Mrs.Henry Howard as a means of af-fording sailors Reading materialwhile on the high seas, has reachedi total of 331,000 hooks; !,(J00 sea-going vessels having books of thelibrary on board.

The books are kept in cases of 75books each and when the boatsmeet in port, cases are exchangedso that the sailors may have ato new books from time to time.

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SATURDAY, AFOFST 8, 1931 M I C H I G A N FARM NEWS THRFF

SAYS BRITAIN U.S. ,ARE HOLDING BAG

IN GERMAN CRISISUnwitting Financiers of Cont'd

Franco-German Struggle,Says Churchill

Berlin—Winston Churchilil, writ-ing In a German publication, pic-tures the present situation in Ger-many as a continuation of the strug-gle between France and Germany,•with Great Britian and the UnitedStates as the unwitting financiersin the struggle.

"Germany," said Mr. Churchill,"whose logical defensive strategywas to wreck the whole system ofwar debts and reparations," adopt-ed the plan of borrowing money asfast at the United States and Brit-ian would lend it, "which, regardedpurely as war strategy, was a bril-liant counterstroke against the Ver-sailles treaty."

Meanwhile, reparations gold, bor-rowed from England and the U. S.flowed into France's treasury,while England and the UnitedStates became more deeply involvedin Germany. France had protectediherself against the inevitable col-lapse. Finally, wit'h the Wall Streetcrash, it began to dawn on variousEnglish and American bankers andthere began a (juiet, bait later vigor-ous demand for withdrawal ofmoney from Germany.

'"The result was a crisis that setthe whole German structure totrembling and the who,1e worldworrying, with the exception ofFrance, the only country which an-chored itself in realities."

France, said Mr. Churchill, is notworrying about Germany going com-munistic. "If Germany cannot pay,"he said, "France will take and holdby force everything she can lay herhands on. Cities, mines and provinc-es are good security, regardless ofturmoil or international finance.

"The old system of exploiting adefeated enemy," said Mr. Churchi'll,"was to carry away all the goldand beautiful women and otherbooty that could be carried awayand then to let the ravished landget back to its feet as best it could,which might be in a comparativelyfew years.

"The new plan, however, triedafter the World War, was to makea perpetual and highly organizedcow out of the defeated nation—something that could be milked adinfinitum.

"Great Britian and the United

Jungle Natives FishedWith Ideal Insecticide

Washington—Observance that natives in South America, in thMalay states, in the African Congiwere 3tupefying fish by pouriiijinto the stream a little extract othe roots of certain plants, thencatching and eating the fish without .harm to fcliemselves put insecfighters of the U. S. Dep't of Agriculture on the trail of the ideal insect poison,—deadly to insects buharmless to animals and humans.

The poison is called rotenone. Ioccurs in the roots of several tropical plants. Rotenone kills insectthat eat leavss or fruit sprayecwith it; it also kills on contactThere appears to be an unlimite(supply of the plants from which iis made. Two companies in theUnited States are making it on acommercial scale, the Dep't of Agriculture reports.

BRIEF NAMES ARE"QUITENUMEROUS

One or Two Letter CognomensAre Found Common in

This Country

Chicago—When Mr. H. P. Re, oColdwater, Mich, died recently newsdispatches described him as possessing the shortest name in the country. Several dozen people rose in asmany parts of the nation to contesthis distinction.

Aaron A., of Chicago, forgedahead several days ago, butChinese gentleman named merely"I" bobbed up and seemed to havewon what prize might be offereefor this distinction. Mr. I ismedical student living in BaltimoreHis full name is Tau-Chun I.

In the meantime, however, J. Ur.of Torrington, Conn., appeared onthe scene carrying what he believeda name to set brevity records flyingC. Ek and J. Ek, Mrs. V. Ek and CCy, all of Duluth, Minn., filed theirnames. From Fairmont, Minn,came news of E. Py; Clinton, Iowasubmitted three men, C, J., and WAu. Indianapolis was not even inthe running with Mr. Fin Ax.

I find the great thing in thisworld, is not so much where westand, as in what direction we aremoving.—Holmes.

States foolislhly financed this at-tempt, but France, with a keensense of realities, protected hersellagainst its inevitable collapse."

Farmers9 Buying GuideRates on Application

Young People-DoBuJn

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uss woruf?

You can turn your time into value withus. LANSING BUSINESS UNIVERSITY,130 W. Ionia, Lansing.

Y. W. C. A. Cafeteria—South of Capitol, Townsend St. Foodwholesome, reasonable. Also pleasantlounge, swimming pool, recreation andresidence for young girls.

Hnfol KVrn« A t Lansing. Manynoicl rkerns years farm organi-zation headquarters. Comfort at easyprices. N. Grand at Mich. Center of city.Cafeteria, garage, Rates $1.50 to $3.M n n , i « , n « f , BEAUTIFULLY

Monuments— DESIGNEDmonuments of the most beautiful graniteand marble. Call or write. We employeno salesmen. You save the difference.Largest monument works in WesternMichigan. SIMPSON GRANITE WORKS,1358 W. Leonard, Grand Rapids.

Luxury withEconomy

X3L guest at the Morrison enjoys all theluxuries that only a hotel of premierstanding can oSer. Yet rates are remark-ably low because sub-rentals pay all theground rent; saving is passed on to guests.

CHICAGO'X

MCRRIJCN HOTELCorner of Madij-on and Clark f\reetr

Radio Setin Every RoomIn the new 500 roomsection, soon to be opened—each guest room willbe equipped with a mod-ern radio receiving set.

2500 ROOMS, $2-50 UPEvery room in the Morrison Hotel is an outsideroom, with bath, circulating ice water, bed-headreading lamp and Servidor. A housekeeper isstationed on each floor.

World's Tallest Hotel — 46 Stories High

WORM CAPSULESFOR

CHICKENS AND TURKEYSEMJ TO Gire

Parke-Davis Product

C-A WORM CAPSULES

/Quick Action —• Low CostPractically No Set-Back ,

Foulhym— h*v long { • « th* need for a worm capsul* that would really

W! Urg* Roundwornu and Tapeworm* in Chickens and Turkeys at one treatment.

After 20 years search for a product of this kind, Park*, Davis & Co., Detroit,

Mick, produced C-A Worm Capsules which are meeting with great favor.

Park*. Davis k C o , will send free bulletins on request.

C-A WORH CAPSULES ARE SOLO BY

FARM BUREAU SUPPLY STORES atLapeer Imlay City Midland Woodland

Ypsilanti Farm Bureau Ass'n, YpsilantiLansing, at 221 North Cedar St.

STATE'S GRADESWILL HOLD ON

FRWTPACKINGNew Federal Grades Allowing

Combination Packs AreNot Recognized

Lansing—Michigan'sgrades for fruit packs

s t a n d a r dwill control

the trade on Michigan markets thisfall and these standards will be foundless liberal than'some of the federalstandards recently made public, ac-cording to officials of the state de-partment of agriculture.

Packing grades for Michigan apples,for instance, will be held to thestandards established by the Michiganlaws. Out-of-state fruits offered forsale in Michigan will be rejected un-less they comply with our standards,it is claimed.

The new federal standards for ap-ples are so liberal that they permit thesale of grades in combination so thatpractically anything could get bythrough retail channels whereas, inMichigan, the producers and the statedepartment have been endeavoring tocut down on the retailing of poorpacks by rigid inspection and en-forcement of grading laws that havebeen made quite strict in the past fewyears, it is said.

State officials frown on the set-upof standards which permit the "com-bination packs" allowed under federaregulations, recently announced andsay they are content to rely on theMichigan standards for another yearat least.

Michigan Lakes ChainAn Inland Waterway

D • j Cj. r* 1.L E* i beauty and recreational advantages.Provides Steamer Depth From They a r e connected wi th eanh aX 'Lake Michigan To

Lake Huron

OUR PEACH CROPLARGETHIS YEAR

College Says Price of FruiAnd Sugar Should

Fill Shelves

East Lansing—Prospects of a goodpeach crop, both in Michigan and therest of the peach growing states, leadthe department of horticulture aMichigan State College to advisehousewives to prepare to add a largesupply of this fruit to the familieswinter stores.

Peaches are on the market in quan-tities from July 15 until late Septem-ber. The Michigan crop usuallystarts on the market the middle ofAugust. This state will have threetimes the number of peaches it hadlast year.

Locally grown, tree-ripened fruitusually has the best flavor and makesthe best canned product. The priceof sugar is low this year so house-keepers have an excellent opportun-ity to preserve a year around supplyof peaches.

Varieties recommended for homecanning are Rochester, South Haven,Kalamazoo, Engle, J. H. Hale, GoldDrop, and Elberta. Many home can-ners will be surprised to find thatseveral varieties of peaches have bet-ter qualities for the pantry shelveshan Elbertas, but any of the varieties

named can be used with the assur-ance that they will be satisfactory.

BEANGROWERS~PAY OFF 2 POOLS

'aid 36c and 14c Better ThanCash Price for Periods

Involved

Saginaw—Michigan Bean Growers,nc, in late July completed settle-

ment for the long term and the shorterm bean pools, in which probably,600 bean growers were interested.The long term pool, which was for

he period Jan. 1 to June 30, paid thepoolers on a choice hand picked bas-s, $3.86 per cwt., as against the aver-

age cash price of $3.60 paid at Sagi-naw for similar beans for the period,or a 26c per cwt. advantage for thepool.

The short term pool, from May 1o June 30, paid on the same basis13.51 as against the average cash

price of $3.37 for the period, accord-ng to the Bean Growers, Inc., or 14c

per cwt. advantage for the pool.Fourteen Bean Growers locals arc

now holding their first annual meet-ngs. A July and August bean pools under way. Some 2,000 beanjrowers are members, with beanrowers locals at the following

points:Auburn MerrillHay City -MiiidletonBreckenridge M lingerDecker PinconningGera SaginawHemlock SnoverItliaca WatertownMarlette SanduskyBean Growers, Inc., members may

eliver their beans for cash sale, oro.r short or long term pool, with aash advance. The Michigan Eleva-or Exchange is their sales office.

Smart PoliceHolland—Annoyed because a

rowd milled around Uh-e jail hereuly 31 to see the Hudsonvilleank robbers, police here tossedtear bamb out the window to dis-

erse the crowd. They didn't thinkbout tossing it into a stiff west

wind, which blew the gas back in.Policemen swarmed out of Ihed.*>wn headquarters, tears streamingrom their eyes.

Uncle Ab says the more we know ofact the less we care for myth; and toose religious myths ought to be a

gain for religion.

Among Michigan's array of 4,187lakes t'here are a score or more sooutstanding as recreation spots thatthey have become nationally andeven world famous. Many interest-ing facts about them are containedin the Michigan Lakes and StreamsDirectory, copies of which the Mich-igan Farm News offers its readersat $1.10 each postpaid.

One of the most unusual and im-portant groups of lakes makes upa part of the "Inland Water Way"in the northern part of the lowerpeninsula. This water way consistsof Crooked Lake, Crooked River,Hay Lake, Burt Lake, Indian River,Mullet Lake and Cheboygan River.It extends from tlie town of Conwayon the shore of Crooked lake, whichis only three miles from Lake Mich-igan, to the city of Cheboygan, 011Lake Huron. There is sufficientdepth in all of the lakes andstreams in the chain to make pos-sible steamer service its entirelength. Burt and Mullet Lakes aretwo of the largest in the state andhave extensive resort development.

Several Beauty SpotsGlen Lake, in Leelanau county,

has been termed one of theworld's three most beautiful lakes"by visitors. Because of the highhills that surround it, it has alsobeen called the "Switzerland ofMichigan." From some of these'hills one gains a view not only ofGlen Lake, but of Sleeping Bearpoint, Lake Michigan and the Mani-tou Islands.

Another famous one is Crystallake, near Frankfort, the water ofwhich is reputed to be so clear onemay read a newspaper on the bot-tom. From the east end of thislake, as one looks toward the open-ing into Laike -Michigan, the viewresembles the Golden Gate of SanFrancisco.

Torch and Elk Lakes, near ElkRapids, are others of unusual

CONTROLOFFLYMEANS INDUSTRY

FOR CHERRY MEN1931 Crop Infestation Below

Previous Season WhenLoss Was Heavy

Lansing—Work of the State de-partment of agriculture and of theentomology department of StateCollege in an effort to bring aboutcontrol of cherryshown very good

fruit fly hasresults in the

cherry crop this summer, accordingto a report on the agriculture de-partment's inspection of the 1931commercial crop.

A year ago the fruit fly did con-siderable damage to cherries. In-festation, it was also discovered inthe wild, black cherries and a movewas initiated to wipe out the pestto protect the 1931 crop.

The state department prfov;)dednspectors to check possible infesta-

tion. The State College department>f entomology supplied the pro-

ducers with information early thisspring, mentioning that carefulmanagement was necessary to ob-tain a profitable cherry crop thisseason. The growers got busy withspraying, etc., so that this season,with but a very few isolated cases,the commercial orchards camethrough free from infestation.

Infestation Is Costlyfn the fight against the fruit fly,

he state is very strict in enforce-ment of regulatory measures. If anorchard is found to be infested, theproducer is obliged to pick his cropiust as if he were to market the"ruit and then he is compelled to de-stroy the fruit, either by burying itat least two feet under the surfaceof the ground and covering it withquick lime or by burning the fruitto kill the larvae of the fly. He re-ceives no compensation for the fruitso destroyed.

Much credit for checking the in-crease of the pest is said to be dueto the college for providing the;rowers with a bulletin devoted toontrol of the cherry fly pest early

this spring while, later on the Statedepartment of Agriculture sent aorce of nearly 20 inspectors intohe cherry region to make a close:heck on the growing crop to de-ect possible infestation and to

cause the infested fruit to be de-stroyed at the proper time, beforehe larvae .had a dhance to leavehe fruit and go into the ground.

Once in the soil the "bug" remainsover for another season.

This year's clean-up is expectedo reduce the 1932 infestation con-

siderably but producers and thestate department of agriculture andhe college are going ahead with a

similar campaign next spring.

Passenger Rate CutDidn't Get Business

Michigan Farm News readers willremember the News reporting lastspring that the Santa Fe and Friscorailroads announcing a passenger ratereduction to 2 cents per mile to stimu-ate business. Recently the two roads

abandoned the experiment, and re-turned to 3.6c per mile, stating that itdid not bring the anticipated increasein business. Nearly every family hasan automobile these days, and pre-fers to use It.

They are connected with each otherby Round Lake. Torch Lake, 18miles long, is the longest in thestate. For some reason—possiblythe clearness of the water—its colorchanges with each passing cloud.

All the way down the west shoreof the Lower Peninsula is a seriesof important lakes emptying intoLake Michigan, or lying very closeto it. There are Walloon Lake, nearPetoskey; Lake Charlevoix, atOliarlevoix; Onekama Lake, at One-kama; Manistee Lake, at Manistee;Hamlin Lake, at Ludington; Pent-water Lake, at Pentwater; WhiteLake, at Whitehall; Muskegon andMona Lakes, at Muskegon; SpringLake, at Grand Haven and BlackLake at Holland.

The Lake Huron shore line is notso well favored in this respect butVan Etten, Grand and HubbardLakes, in the vicinity of Alpena,are extremely popular.

Lying midway bettween LakesMichigan and Huron are HoughtonLake, the largest inland lake in thestate and the mecca of fishermen,and its companion, Iliggins Lake.

In Southern Michigan, perhapsthe best known is Gull Lake, north-west of Battle Creek and northeastof Kalamazoo.

Lake MichiRamme, Lake Oroqe'bic,Lake Fanny Hooe and ManistiqueLakes are Lakes of distinction inthe Upper Peninsula.

Wabash Is OperatingA Dairy Alfalfa Train

The Wabash railway company, co-operating with Michigan State College,is operating a dairy profits-alfalfaspecial over its lines Aug. 3-14, con-centrating on feed programs, morealfalfa, better pastures, soil recom-mendations, etc. Thirty thousandsoil sample envelopes have been dis-tributed to farmers in 11 countiesthrough which the train will operate.Fifty new alfalfa growers, 25 newsweet clover growers, increased useof commercial fertilizer, limestone,and good seed, essential to alfalfaproduction, will be sought in eachcounty in the all day programs. Farmwomen will have a program on newdairy recipes and methods. This weekthe train stopped at Marion, Beulah,Copenish, Cadillac, MacBain and Clare.Next week's stops:

Aug. 10, Mt Pleasant; Aug. 12,Ithaca; Aug. 13, Corunna; Aug. 14,Howell.

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3II<"HIGAX FARIf NEWS SATURDAY, AFGUST 6, 1931

NON GAME FISHMAY BE TAKEN,

SOLD TO PUBLICList Includes Grass Pike,

Rock Bass, White Fish,Lake Trout

State Officials SeesTrunk Drain Systems

85 Pet. of People Live inArea Having Drainage

Problems

Landing—No license is now requiredII non-game fish taken from in-

land waters of fhe state.The provision requiring a license

was eliminated from the inland fishlaw by the 1931 legislature. The newlaw does not change the provisions

sitating a commercial fishinglicense for selling fish taken from the

I Lakes.Persons taking fish to sell from any

of the inland waters must comply withall of the regulations for taking ofnon-game fish.

Perch and pike-perch (wall-eyedpike), which may be sold by personslicensed for commercial fishing, whent;iken from the Great Lakes, are class-ed aa game fish in inland waters andmay not be sold when taken from theinland waters.

Smelt taken through the ice or fromthe smelt runs next spring and whichmay be taken in unlimited quantities,may be sold without a license.

The list of non-game fish which maybe taken and sold from inland waterswithout a license are:

(Jrass pike, calico bass, strawberrybass, rock bass, crappies, bullheads,carp, ciscoes, dogfish, garfish, mullet,pilotfish (Menominee whifefish ), white-fish, redhorse, sheephead, smelt, suck-ers, lake trout and catfish.

NAT'L WOOL POOLIS SELLING TOPS

Gains Market By PreparingWool for Spinning

Mills

Boston—Michigan co-operative Woolpoolers will be Interested to learnthat their national wool pool, the Nat-ional Wool Marketing Corporation,has sold some 25,000,000 pounds ofwool as tops during the past year.

Tops are combed scoured wool, thematerial with which the spinner he-

!i is job of spinning yarn. Through-out the Bast there are large millsconfined to this stage of spinningwool, beginning with the tops. Theydo not buy raw wool. By becoming atop maker and seller, the National hastapped a wool sales outlet that is grow-ing in importance. The National WoolCorporation and other firms sellingwool as tops ordinarily do not own themills manufacturing tops. They selectwools and blends suitable for topsand send them to the combing mill,which does the manufacturing on acommission and ships where directed.

Unsightly wool often comes outbeautiful in tops, and what as rawwool would bring a low price netsmuch more when converted into at-tractive, staple wool merchandisewhich provides the growers an ad-ditional return. Tops move well indraggy markets the National says.

Lansing—Michigan is approach-ing a period in which more andmore attention will have to begiven the proper handling of sur-plus surface waters, in the opinionof A. ('. Carton, director of Agri-cultural industry ol the State De-partment of Agriculture.

Mr. Carton claims that one of thebig problems to confront the draincommissioners of the state for thenext quarter of a century will bethat of providing adequate outletsfor the waters from county and in-ter-county drains.

Three of V'-\e fifty rivers in Mich-igan, which serve as principalnatural drainage outlet units, arethe Grand River, the St. Josephriver and the Saginaw river, in theprimary agricultural region of thestate, he points out, with the Sagi-naw river caring for the gr»area. This river, with a fall of one

foot in the last 21 miles of itscourse, he says, presents by far themost difficult drainage problem.

In this particular basin the drain-age projects have already developedinto inter-county undertakings withas many as six or eight countiesparticipating in the major projects.This, Mr. Carton points out, indi-cates the trend toward a statetrunkline of drainage, to be builtup in a manner somewhat compar-able to the otate highway system.

Eighty-five per cent of the »state'spopulation living on about 4 7 percent of tihe land area of the statnand In regions where stream flow isslowest, adds to the difficulty ofthe drainage problem, Mr. Cartoncontends.

Removal of surplus water fromthe land is no longer deemed a localproblem. Shifting surplus waterfrom one area to another, as wasformerly the practice, does notserve to solve the problem in thesedays of urban subdivisions, sewagedumping and hard surfaced high-ways.

STATE FARM AUTOAGENTS TO CALLONPOLICYHOLDERS

HALF OF FARMERSMORTGAGE FREE

St. Paul Federal Land BankSays Credit Available

For Farm Use

St. Paul, Minn.,-"More than half thefarmers in the United States do nothave any mortgage debt," according toMr. F. H. Klawon, president of theFederal Land Bank here, whose terri-tory for Federal Farm Loans includesMichigan.

The Land Banks, said Mr. Klawon,hold mortgages on about 6%% of thenation's farms, or about 410,000, for1/12 of the total farm mortgage debtof the country, which now stands at0 billions of dollars.

There are 4,600 local or NationalFarm Loan Ass'ns, with the borrowingFarmers owning 99 2/3 of the stock.The Federal goverment still owns$237,733 worth of Federal Land Bankstock. Federal Land bank bonds totalmore than a billion dollars, and rep-resent the public's money, which hasbeen loaned to farmers, Mr. Klawonsaid.

There is plenty of credit for farmuse, where the risk is good, Mr.Klawon said, stating that the St. Paulbank is making long term loans onpresent valuation of farm properties,where the risk is good.

Farm Values Are Down,400,000 in 10 Yrs.$18,

Washington—Results of the 1930farm census shows that the value offarms in the United States has drop-ped $18,400,000. The average value ofland and buildings of American farmsslumped from $10,284 per farm in1920 to $7,614 in 1930 and from $69.39an acre in 1920 to $48.52 last year.

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W i : i , L D R I L L S F O R S A L E . W Eh a v e a n u m b e r of d r i l l s s u i t a b l e f o r d r i l l -ins wills from two inch to twelve Inch,

hollow rod, jetting, ami cable tools.Edward Christman, Saginaw, Michigan.

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FURNITUBEM Y GRAND RAPIDS FURNITURE

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DUE TO I-KKSKNT BUSINESS CON-ditions we have l n forced to foreclosea mortgage I have on hand a $1,17-"..mibill of goods, including a 1929 modelfour door sedan and complete furnish-ings for :i four room house which wrt

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suit the purchaser and merchandise willlie delivered free of charge anywhere i"

fan. The car is in excellent con-dition and the furniture can hardly betold from new merchandise. The fur-nishings include a two piece mohairsuite with reversible cushions, a COgS-wetl chair covered with frieze linen, adaVenport table, end table, three candleliglit junior lamp, a vase base tablelamp, walnut console phonograph, ItxlL'seamless axmlnster rug, eighi piecewalnut dining room suite, :i\\2 djnlngroom rug, walnut vanity, upholsteredvanity bench, chest of drawers, double

coil spring, five piece breakfastsuite, 9x12 oorigoleuhi r»uK, 26 plette setof silverware, etc. We are not allowedto sell a used mattress, but will Includewith this a new (33.00 Inner-spring mat-

•'iie price. Write CHAF-|-|:K HKOTIII2US FURNITURE COM-PANY, 106-118 South Division Avenue,Grind KapMs, or call us at 93436 at our

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and Clark piano used$126.00. This piano

1795.00 oak Storeystore only fornew and has

never been out of the store, but liasbeen used as roll demonstrator and isin the best of condition in every way.Bench and rolls go with this. Free de-livery anywhere in Michigan. WriteCHAFFEE BROTHERS (FURNITUREeo.M | >.\ \ v , 106-118 South Division Ave-"<"•. Grand Rapids, Michigan, or ml]9-8436 collect. (8-8-2t-102b)

BUSINESS OrrOIMTMTYCOULD Yor SELL ROOFS,TO HOME

owners, if you had the best quality, fav-orable prices; on liberal montbiy pay-ments. We have 16 branch offices inMichigan. We school you. We do allthe wmk, you do the selling. Big earn-ings if successful, Sherrlff-Goslin SalesCo. Battle creek, Mich. (?-25-2t-49iJ

WANTED—FARM WORKW A N T E D I A i : M W o i ; K BYMONTII .

Kxperieticcd in farm work. Lived bnfarm practically all my life. Would workduring harvest. William Hathaway, 721X. Cedar, Lansing, Michigan. (8-8-lt)

WANTED FARM WORK CV YK.u:by mature married man, one son. Ex-perienced poultryman. II. A. WickhamLansing, R-l, Mich., % A. c. Trow-bridge.

WANTED—FARM WORK BY M O N T HVoung man, 26, with family. Exper-ienced farm worker. Clyde Warren, 300Xorth Cedar Street, Lansing, Mich.

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by an elderly man. Clean, neat, refined.Wages no particular object; Interestedin good home. Can do general work well,w. ii. Wr|ght, % Octe Hart, Bath,Michigan.

\V.\XTKH KAKM WORK BY YKAKon general farm, by experienced, middleaged, married man. Xo children.Claude Winters, 721 South Magnolia St.,Lansing, Mich.

AGENTS WANTEDWAXTKD MEN TO O I" B R A T I

portable hammer mill. Tell all aboutyourself in your letter. Must have goodreferences. Michigan Portable MillingCompany, 1412 West Michigan, LansingMich. (8-81t-27b)

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HOUSEKEEPER, WIDOW, 54, wouldlike work keeping house for good farm-er. Ciood cook and home worker, neat.I'Viiin good family. Can give references.Mrs. Ellen Burtls, 12ft2 Walnut St., Flint,Mich.

NAMES O'NEAL FORSHOALS BOARD

Non-Political Group To SeekAgreement on Nitrates

Plant

Chicago—President E. A. O'Neal ofthe American Farm Bureau has beennamed by President Hoover to rep-n .tit organized agriculture on anon-political committee of nine to de-termine a method of handling thegovernment nitrate plants at MuscleShoals, Alabama. The President ap-pointed three men and invited theStates of Alabama and Tennessee toappoint three each. It is hoped thata program can be developed whichCongress will give right of way.

Latest development in the MuscloShoals matter is a statement by Sec'yof War Hurley that progress in chem-istry since the war make the MuscleShoals nitrates plants obsolete for na-tional defense purposes, and that theirfuture lies in the manufacture offertilizer.

In commenting upon Mr. O'Neal'sacceptance, the American Farm Bur-eau, recalled its position of MuscleShoals at the 12th annual meeting, atBoston, December, 1930, when theBureau said:

"We favor such disposition of thisproject as will get the most fertilizerfor agriculture, will retain title in thegovernment of the United States, willuse all the power necessary at MuscleShoals for making fertilizers and dis-pose of the remainder so as to benefitagriculture, and preserve the publicinterests."

Average Michigan CowGives 17 lbs. Per Day

I-aHsing—Michigan milch cowsgive an average of about 17 poundsof milk daily, according to figurescompiled by the state de]itirtment ofagriculture and based on monthlyreports of some 800 crop reportersand correspondents. This averagecovers the period from li>2f> thru1929. Production is shown to varyfrom about 13 pounds daily in De-cember to about 23 pounds in June,on an average. The average valueof cows, during the past 10 years,in Michigan has been about 573.The total value of these cows inJanuary 1931, was shown to beabout half a billion dollars underwhat it was a year previous andconsiderably below the 10-yearaverage. The actual vnlne was esti-mated at $1,337,204,000, the de-partment shows.

Calls Expected to RevealServices Agents Can

Render.

Lansing—Within the next month,ending September 12, agents of theState Farm Mutual Automobile In-surance Company will attempt to callon every policyholder to render anyservice they can, according to an an-nouncement just made by Mr. AlfredBentall for the company.

Policyholders who use trailers willbe advised that the company shouldbe notified regarding the trailer. Theywill be advised on what many don'tknow—that the law requires everytrailer to have in addition to the ordi-nary drawbar, a chain or other haul-ing device, one on each side of thetrailer, connected to the hauling vehi-cle, and strong enough to haul the trail-er. This applies to all trailers drawn byany motor driven vehicle. Recentlya trailer without such safety chainsbroke away from an automobile inMichigan and killed a little girl atI he side of the road.

Damage suits, collision losses havebeen increasing steadily for the pastseveral years. Increased speed andpower of automobiles, improved roadswhich permit faster driving and yearround operation, together with thefact that 90% of today's cars areclosed cars and operate in bad weatherwhen accident hazards are greater—these (hings increase the number ofaccidents. Accident verdicts havebeen increasing since the tendency ofjuries today is to make auto accidentsexpensive for the party held respon-sible.

BRITISH GOV'TCONTROLS RADIO

A Steady WorkerGovernor Pollard of Virginia recent-

ly pardoned a forger and a short timeafter got a letter from a business manstating that the ex-convict had appliedfor a job and had said that his lastemployer was the governor. Thegovernor replied that the man "hadnot missed a day's work for twoyears."

Official Decides Program andOperating Station

Each Day.

New York—How would you liketo sit in a large office, surroundedby a great number of efficientclerks and subordinates ready tocarry out your orders, and have asyour one job the matter of deciding,every day, what every radio stationin the nation should broadcast tolistening millions?

There isn't any job like this in theUnited States, but there is one inGreat Britian, and the man whoholds this office left for Londonlast week, after an inspection ofAmerican radio. The man, Sir JohnC. W. Reith, director general of theBritish Broadcasting Corporationwas comparing the two systems.

There is no. advertising whateveron British radios; there is no radioin the United States without adver-tising. The two systems are dia-metrically opposed. Sir John isconvinced that the British system issuperior. Advertising pays the enor-mous cost of programs in this na-tion; on the other side of the water,an annual tax is levied on eachowner of the 3 ^ million receiving sets,all of which are licensed.

Referring to the programs fromthe government-owned stations inEngland, Sir John said: "The peo-ple may not get what they want allthe time, but they get what is goodfor them to hear." This he told tothe federal radio commissioners atWashington. They smiled, butthey had to nod agreement with theBritish official when ho added:"Well, gentlemen, I'm sure youwould like to have tho power overAmerican radio that I have overBritish."

37 of 79 CarsDetroit—For the week ending July

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Ionia, MichiganJuly 28, l!i::i

Editor,Michigan Farm New*,Lansing, Michigan,Dear Sir:

As I belong to the Farm Bureaufamily, I take liberty to state an-other side on your article (Daringtho State to take the Farm) in yourlast issue.

No sane or sober person but whatwould agree that organizing wasbest policy.

It is the talk wherever I go whentaxes are cussed and discussed, thetime ,has come wihen the greaterpercent of Michigan Farmers cannot, instead of will not, meet thegreat tax imposed upon them.

When the buying: and selling baseis so far apart it can only bring oneresult our reserve must be usedand to us who have no other sourceof income, but the farm, we findourselves broke and in debt tryingto keep up.

Last year, in spite of crop failurein yield and price), we farmersmade a great effort and by takingwhat our families and farm needed,we managed, most of us, to meetthe greater part of our obligations.

No business can stand on such abasis long.

This farm of 100 acres has beenIn t'.\o> family perhaps sixty years.It was bought and paid for about'.',•< vears ago. Taxes then were $3T>,now nearly $200.

Farmers are in worse positionthis year than last. It's no easything to see the farm you haveworked hard to pay for and make ahome go for unpaid tax. I cannotfeel I am not sober or sane if I can-not and will not borrow, even if 1could, (which I doubt) to pay my1931 tax.

When the State of Michigan, allother public enterprises, practicethe strict economy of the farmer—such sacrifices I hope will not haveto be made.

Yours most truly,JOHN F. COCHRUN.

He Throws ThemSizzling Hot

Shelbyville, MichiganJuly 29 1931

Editor.Michigan Farm NewsLansing, Michigan.Dear Sir:

I notice an article in your paperby a man named Wilson, advocatingmore currency to cure the ills ofagriculture. Inflation is never theremedy for hard times; it is whatcauses them in many cases. Ruralbanks havo so much money on handthat they can't pay interest on de-posits, call money is at 1 1-2% inWall Street and time money only alittle higher. One of the majortroubles of the farmers is that they.have already over-Dorrowed becauseGovernment agencies have beenused to furnish "c'heap money" tofarmers. I hope the News will notrun in the phantom footsteps of thelate Wm. Bryan, shrieking aboutcrucifying the farmer on a cross ofgold.

In the same issue of your paper Isee an article defending tha FarmBoard. Why? They have justabout ruined the wheat and othergrain markets and have entirely de-moralized the cotton growers. WhenHoover was secretary of Commerceho emphatically opposed any suchscheme as wheat stabilization as be-ing unsound but once in the WhiteHouse he gave in to the long earedprofessional friends of the farmer,who are simply after votes and fatjobs for political supporters. If thefarmers had fewer "Friends" paint-ing to put them on the top of aheap by quack panaceas they wouldhave fewer troubles. Since theRevolution the United States hasrewarded soldiers of every war(except the last) with free landand helped them to settle and farmit.

For the past fifty years the agri-cultural colleges havo been teach-ing us how to increase productionby better (or at least more im-mediately renumerative) agricul-tural practices. During this periodagricultural tools have been per-fected which enable one man to pro-duce as much as twenty men raisedbefore. Taking these three facts isit necessary to disrupt the woodpilehunting for a mythical nigger onWhom to blame the farmer'stroubles or to run shrieking that"Wall Street" is our mysteriousenemy?

I have been a member of theFarm Bureau since its start inMichigan and have enjoyed readingthe paper but am growing weary ofseeing the Farm Bureau and itsorgan running after a succession offalse gods. First the McNary-Ilaugen scheme, a pure will-o-the-wisp. Now the ?acred Farm Boardwhich has done ttie Farmer moreharm than the drought and unlikethe drought it carries on from yearto year. Incidently, with the Gov-ernment at Washington facing abillion dollar deficit, a .half billionof the tax payers money is beingused to let t'he "Friends of theFarmer" play with the wheat mar-ket.

Here is a thought for the FarmBureau federation to really do theCalmer, In his dual role of producerand tax payer, some good. Line up

|all rural congressmen, and whatSenators can be gotten, to shutdown on all homestead and reclam-ation work now under way (includ-ing Hoover Dam) and to oppose allnew schemes of that nature. Con-

[centrate on reforestation and buy-i ing up of swamp land instead ofI spending hundreds of millions forflood control to protect privateagricultural corporations by build-ing levees. Fry the fat out of thedepartment of agriculture and re-clamation service. Get the govern-ment out of business, including thewheat and cotton business. Thiswould be a real job, bitterly oppos-ed by politicians as it would meana serious shortage in the plum crop.Stop looking for a bogey man in"Wall Street", the railroads, trusts,etc. All those agencies want pros-perity and realize that with two-fifths of tCi3 population unable tobuy their business is not going tobe so good.

In State matters if each localFarm Bureau would concentrate onsending a level headed successfulfarmer to the legislature instead ofthe wind bag wiio can shout theloudest about the "wrongs of thedown trodden people", the tax situ-ation would soon commence tomend. Also cut down on the agri-cultural college appropriations sothat they wouldn't turn out so manyboys looking for jobs as bee in-spectors or road census takers. Fireall Mie county agents, and cut outthe State aid to counties, aidingthem to get deeper into the taxpay-

ers' pockets. Fight the tendencyto control everything from Lansing,and let the townships run their ownschools.

Well, I don't suppose you willprint this as I am not an "econom-ist" or preacher or even a "Friendof the Farmer", just a taxpayer anddirt farmer who is getting sick oft>o much bunk. However, I wouldlike to see the first two paragraphsprinted or any of the rest also.

Sincerely,J. E. JACOBS.

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Lansing—The largest herd of Hol-siein cattle in the world is in Michiganand the state owns it. There are 1,800head of the cattle; 1,600 of which arepure bred. They are distributed among14 state institutions, and they supplydairy products for a combined insti-tutional population of more than20,000, according to the Detroit FreePress.

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HOME AND FAMILY PAGEEdited by MRS. EDITH M. WAGAR.

Address all communications to her at Carleton, Michigan.

Ideas ForSellingHome Things

By M-I88 BA RBA I! A 1.1 X HEULENHome Markets Director, M. 8. CThe things that have sold best on

the curb and special markets in the>.. city and the roadside markets at home

are the things that are a bit differentand goods that are guaranteed fresh

y and home grown and those that are ofa standard quality.

Many women have catered to dressedpoultry, some to roasted chicken stuf-fed and ready to reheat; some tobaked beans in uniform bean dishes;some to eggs all of one color put up incartons of % to 5 dozens.

V Home made butter in attractive car-tons is a ready seller. Home madebread, both common white and saltrising are sought by city folks; cot-tage cheese in cartons; cookies andfried cakes; preserves, spiced things,jellies and jams are liked; honey sellsgood; fresh fruit and fresh vegetablesare good sellers; cut flowers in sea-son too are wanted by many. A fewgeneral rules apply to all markets—cleanliness, attractiveness, good weight,good quality, standard variety, cour-tesy and fair prices.

Keep the dingy boxes, crates, oldv/ash tubs, old pails and such thingsout of sight; freshen up with paint orwhite wash; keep the approach to themarket free from rubbish and easy toreach.

Keep in mind your winter tralewhile selling in summer. Arrange tosell your customers via parcel post orby personal delivery during the win-ter. Contract now for your apples,potatoes or other winter vegetables.

Use paper sacks for goods sold,make an attractive parcel of it, havestickers with your name and addressand put one on every package and mthis way build up a trade of yourown. Try and learn what your custom-er wants, then plan on supplying it.

PersonalAppearance

Wear your clothes to your bestadvantage. A little attention tosmall matters means much to yourpersonal appearance, Miss IreneTaylor, State Sollege Clollhingspecialist, told the Farm Women'sInstitute of the College in late July.

Avoid the slip showing below theskirt, make a practice* of having itwell anchored; keep the straps up-

-̂ on t'ie shoulder by lingerie claspsor snaps on the shoulder seams;keep the seams in the stockings run-

-̂ ning straight; keep the shoespolished and with fresh ties; keepthe gloves mended if necessary;fresh handkerchiefs add to ones ap-pearance. Stand, as though fasten-ed to an imaginary hook at top ofhead and avoid the stoop; sit backso that lower part of body and

\ shoulders touch the chair.Clean all spots from clothing by

using a good cleaning fluid. Ifnaptha is used it can be made non-

A inflammable and non-explosive bymixing 2 tablespoons of carbontetrachloride to each gallon ofnaptha.

Hang clothes on hangers andkeep them well brushed with a goodclothes brush or whisk broom.

Try to take a bath each day, at% least a spongs bath to remove body

odors and grime. A good deodor-ant can be made of equal parts ofcommon soda and cornstarch. Usefreely under arm pits.

Keep a lemon or tomato on thesink to rub over the hands for stainsbefore using soap. A mild soap is

V»- best for the hands and a hand brushis quite neseccary at times. Getemery boards at the dime stores forthe nails rather than use a nailfile. Every time you dry the handspush the cuticle back with thetowel and avoid the ragged appear-ance around the nails.

1 Buy American brands of cos-;metics for purity. Use a goodcleansing cream, worfr it in the skingood then wipe off with tissue orabsorbent cotton before applyingpowder.

When buying powder or rougeask for a shade that will matchyour «kin; many stores make a

y speciality of blending powders to fitthe individuals needs.

Find Baby's ProgressFrom 6 to 47 Weeks

Minneapolis, Minn.—The chart ofiho average baby's progress can be

^ stated with almost mathematicalexactness. Further, while proudyoung parents may not agree withthe conclusions of research workersof the University of Minnesota childwelfare institute, all babies aremore or less alike. One may reachone stage of d< velopinent ahead ofthe others, but no baby can skip

^ any of them, the scientists claim.Here's the schedule: at the ago of

6 days, the average baby's eyes fol-low light; at threo weeks it wil>watch a person in the room with it.At 14 weeks it reaches for andtouches objects; at 21 weeks things

i start going into ;>. btlby's mouth, re-1 gardless of where tho baby

them, The toe gets to the mouth(grand moment!) at 25 weeks. Bo-tween 30 and :!1 weeks of age. ababy can sit alono for about a min-ute. At 4r> weeks, it walks when

% led and can creep. At 47 weeks, itcan pull itself up and stand withsupport.

POOR PA

i:y Claude Callan

"Well, I finally decided how tomake over my old dress," Ma says,"but I'm completely worn out. ['vetried on di every store Intown."

"Do you rrfean that you went fromstore to store havin1 clerks shqw youd r e s s e s w h e n y o u w a s n ' t K ! J in ' tobuy?" J asked.

"The clerks are employed to showMa says, "an' I don't

care—""They're employed to show dresses

to people that want to buy 'em," Isays. "It'a not right to work theclerks down when you know—"

"Of course it worries you for meto work those pretty little salesgirls,"Ma says. ''You can't bear to-thinkof them doin' any unnecessary work,but it don't worry you one particleto see me go ahead like a faithfulold plowjiorse even when I'm siok an 'exhausted. Your heart is so bi^ thatthere's room in it for sympathy forevery livin' creature except yourwife."

"That's not the point, mama," Isays. "Those clerks will find out thatyou are just wantin' to see how thenew dresses are made, an' when theylearn that you're not goin' to buy—"

"Don't worry about that," Ma says."They already know I'm not goin' tobuy anything. I've been goin' to thestores for years an' the clerks knowI'm just sight seein'. They knowwhat kind of a husband I've got."

(Copyright, 1931, Publishers Synd.)

Mrs. Wagar DescribesFarm Women's Meet

Drought Relief SeedLoans Are Being Paid

Washington—The bulk of agri-cultural loans made for drought re-lief this year are to come due in No-vember, according to official re-ports of recent date. Some of theearliest loans, coming due this sum-mer, have been repaid in full or inpart. One of the provisions of thefederal loan plan is that paymentsmust begin with the first marketingof the crop on which the loan isbased. Money orders for as low asa few cents are said to have beensent in, where the first marketingsconsisted of sale of garden truck.The checks in payment of the loanshave ranged from these few centsto as much as several hundred dol-lars.

FlowersAs HomeDecorations

Avoid bright colored flowers withbright vases or those with distinctdecorations or of conspicuous de-sign; use flowers thai harmonize withthe vase, says Miss Gertrude Reis,home decoration specialist at MichiganState college.

Often a cheap container of modestshape and color fit the occasion farbetter than a more expensive vasewhich has decorative qualities with-out flowers. A bean jar, an olive bot-tle, an iced tea glass, a tumbler, ajam jar, an old sugar bowl or a plainpitcher can be made useful for theflowers that fit*them.

Have enough water, have opennecked containers, avoid cramming alot of flowers in a small vase. Don'tput many colors together, but usecolors that have harmony, put tallflowers with tall flowers and otherwise.Use the natural leaves with the flowersrather than asparagus or ferns.

A bouquet is more decorative ifplaced on a table or stand with aneaseled picture and a book or two ormagazine of harmonizing colors thanit is when standing on a table alone.

Use low flower bowls on the diningtable filled wii/.i low growingflowers.

Place flowers so bouquet will appearcomplete from all angles that can beseen. On tables have them alike on allsides; tor bouquets on buffets andmantles have them built high in backand rounded out in front and jjse fewflowers with uneven stems placedloose and spreading.

For public use as church or halls,lies more striking flowers than forhome use and if possible hide the con-tainers.

Combinations such as delphiniumsand peach colored gladioli or chrysan-themums and natural oak leaves arcalways in good form.

Never use artificial flowers if some-thing else can lie found. The commonbittersweet and teasel and milkweedpod make splendid winter boaauets.Keep them in their natural colorslather than in painted form. Strawflowers, money plant or any OtherBower thai can be dried for winter

ire alright for home decorationstoo as they are not make believo butactual natural growth.

Was Held at State CollegeDuring Last Week In

July.

By MRS. EDITH M. WAGAR.This issue is devoted entirely to a

brief Writeup of the Farm Women'sInstitute or Short Course held recent-ly at East Lansing, for I know therewere scores of women in every coun-ty of Michigan who longed to go, yetwere denied the privilege and pleas-ure from lack of funds, or couldn'tleave home.

So that all may have a birds eyeview of what went on there, I've triedto be ears and eyes for those unableto attend and in a very brief waywill attempt to give the high spots ofthat week.

The attendance was not as largeas has been in former years, yet itwas as well as one could expect un-der existing conditions. There wereabout 70 enrolled for most of theweek with a few there for a day orso. About one-fourth were there forthe first time.

There were many happy reunionsthe first two days when those of for-mer sessions renewed their acquaint-ance with each other and the wel-come extended to the newcomer wasso genuine and sincere that she wassoon at her ease.

On Saturday evening a get ac-quainted party under the leadershipof Miss Hershey of M. S. C. was en-joyed by all as an ice breaker.

Sunday ProgramRev. N. A. McCune of Peoples'

church extended an invitation to thewomen to attend services on Sundaymorning which they did, going in abody and listening to a special ser-mon on "Pricilla and Aquila—LifePartners".

The afternoon was spent in visitingvarious beautiful snots about thecampus and in early evening thegroup were entertained with a lunchand impromptu program on the beau-tiful lawn surrounding Prof. Gunson'shome.

What did we have to eat? We eachhad a tray on which we had a platecontaining chicken salad, potatochips, % tomato, a pickle, a piece ofcelery, one each of white and wholewheat buttered buns and a glass oficed fruit juice following by a dishof banana ice cream and a square ofdate cake. It was served very quick-ly and easily by the extension staff.

Mrs. Gunson gave a reading andProf. Gunson gave a splendid talk ontrees for our home yards.

On Monday morning, we gatheredin the spacious parlor of the Womans"Building where the meetings wereconducted. Three quarters of an hourwas spent every morning for devo-tionals under the direction of Mrs.Stockman, Mrs. McCune, Mrs. Curtissand others. A portion of scripturewas read, talks were followed byprayer and sacred songs as a meansof starting the day right. Severalfrom the music department renderedspecial music and singing during thisperiod also.

Dr. Marie Dye, Dean of HomeEconomics, extended a most cordialwelcome and explained the activitiesof the Extension Department and itsfar reaching mission. Dr. Dye at-tended several of the sessions andmade herself loved by all for hersympathetic understanding of presentfarm conditions.

Notes were taken of some of thespecial lessons given during theshort course and they will be foundin separate items on this page.

Many new songs were learned dur-ing the singing periods and all wereinvited to participate in games thatcould easily be repealed in home so-cial functions.

Always after dinner the womenwere expected to go to their roomsfor an hour as a time for rest—apractice that is encouraged in homelife in order to keep physically fit tocardy the burdens of farm home life.

AnUnexpected Lectures

unexpected treat was madeavailable when the program wasshiited so all could attend a lectureby the noted Tom Skeyhill of Aus-

tralia mi the lift1 of Napoleon. Mr.Skeyhill is one of the most dynamicorators of the day and to hear himis a privilege of a life time.

One evening we were entertainedwith a lecture on Lite in China by aLansing lady who spent 2 yearsthere. She brought with her a col-lection of Chinese handwork whichshe exhibited and explained.

Another evening was spent out ina field across the river for a camp-fire program in charge of Miss SylvaWilson and her assistants in ClubWork. And on another evening wewitnessed a home talent play entitled"The Gate to Happiness" by 5 menand 5 women, summer school stu-dents. The play was under the di-

AUNT HET

\',y Robert Quillen

"I've quit tradin' ai Bill's place be-the clerks In there always act*

«••<! like l didn't have a lick <>' sense."I like to have stores appreciate

my business an' I IKte to be treatedpo l i t e a n ' t o ld w h a t ' s w h a t , i>ut 1don't like to i)e gushed over jan1 call-ed ]><•; n a m e s like I w;is a little WOOl-

an' I don't want no little snipnrtin' lil<c Bhe knowed what l wantbetter'n I do.

"if J try mi a hat or a coat or afrock that makes me look- like some-thin' the <;it dragged in, I don't wantnobody Insultin' my intelligence bytellin' me it Iooftfl swell. Ain't I £01eyes? Don't I know when I look likeJ- idoV

'•When I'm wantin' a new frock an'ftrver'one I try on makes me look bin-ge r and wider, it's hard enough tobear it without havin' a skinny littleclerk tellin' me how slender I lockin them girliBh lines, it's the sameas .savin' to me: "You look a sight,hut you're simple enough to buy any-thing if 1 tell you it looks good'.

"Hill calls it good salesmanship, hutI notice plenty o" women don't riskgettin' a second dose of it.

"A size 46 ain't got no illusions, an'she likes a clerk that offers help in-stead o' pretendln' it ain't so."

(Copyright, 1931, Publishers Synd.)

rection of Prof. King. . This was asplendid 3 act play.

On the last evening a banquet washeld, with Mrs. Stockman as toast-mistress and "home talent" supplyingthe entertainment. All pronounced itas good if not better than those re-quiring paid entertain'

On one afternoon a garden partywas held after classes, on the lawnconnected with a practice house onthe campus where the farm womenmet and mingled with the women andwives of the faculty, after which allvisited the new dormitory for girlsthat is almost finished. This is abeautiful building with all modernconveniences and the girl who is sofavored as to have it for her homeduring college life is indeed fortunate.

Mrs. J. K. Pettengill, former statepresident of P. T. Ass'n gave a mostinteresting and instructive talk onthe Mother and the Schools. "We,ourselves have built up a school sys-tem that is really out of our hands,"says Mrs. Pettengill, "but the func-tioning of the agencies still dependson us."

The health and safety of the com-munity depend largely on the mother jand her interest and her thoughts \ X / V % ^ ^ ^*4~%f\\rwill follow the child. How about the W I 1 U V ^ V J U l Vlight in the building, does it protectthe child's eyes? How about the heatand the ventilation? How about thedrinking water? Fire protection?The equipment? The toilet facilities:The social contacts, things that arenot taught from book^? The educa-tion of the child is almost valuelessunless it meets with co-operation inthe home."

Rev. Karl Keefer, a minister fromPotterville, gave a splendid talk onthe Homemakers CotatTibution to theCountry Church and he startled hisaudience when he emphatically de-clared that "the women have no busi-ness raising the money to support thechurch, it's a man's job and the menof the church should assume the task.If the church cannot sell itself to thecommunity it should die; it shouldnever be begged for Women shoulddo the homefike things for thechurch, should supply it with thethings that make it attractive and! s m a H CU]JO g u g a r r a t h ( M .should be a true Christian sister toL, t«._ , ...• „,. : . %,„ j

FourSummerRecipes

Hi/ Miss BEATRICE GRANTI of Michigan stair College

MOULDED SALMON SALAD( l Bervin

Stir together 1-2 tablespoon salt,1-2 tablespoon dry mustard, 2tablespoons sugar, i-iti teaspoonpepper, yolk of 2 eggs or 1 wholeegg, slightly beaten. 1 cap sourcream and 1-4 cup mild vinegar.Cook in the top part of a doubleboiler until smooth and t'liek. Re-move from the fire and set to cool.

Soak 1 tablespoon gelatine in 4tablespoons cold water for lo or 1">minutes, then add it to the mixtureand line tho mould that is to beused with a portion of this mixtureand add :>-4 cup of Flaked salmonto the balance and fill the mouldwith it. Tut in ice box or othercool placo to set. Serve wit'a cu-cumber sauce.

CUCUMBER SAUCE1-2 cup cucumbers (seed:; re-

moved) cut in small cubes anddrained in checso cloth bag.

1-2 cup of cream, whipped stiffand seasoned with 1-4 teaspoonsalt, a dash of pepper and 1 table-spoon vinegar.

Mix thoroughly.

ORANttl I I \ « \ M s(18 cakes, 2 inches in diameter)2 cupa of sifted Hour or

cups pastry flour; i poonsalt; 2 teaspoons baking powdersift altog< ther into the n • \m howl.Add :: tablespoons cold tat andcombine unti l it has the consl(V of coarse corn meal . Mi\teaspoon baking soda in l tabte-s p o o n c o l d w a t e r t h e n p u t it iiic u p ; o u r c r e a m . T u r n t h i s a l l a to n c e o v e r t h e f l our m i x t u r e a n d s t i rvigorously for hall' a minute, Turnthe dough onto a Hgutly flouredboard and knead hard for a mo-ment. Roll to :>-•! inches thick andcut with a floured cutter. Placethem l-i' inch apart on bailingsheet. Before placing in oven,press a small cube of sugar d ippedin o range juice in the top ol' eachb i s c u i t m i d s p r i n k l e w i t h g r a t e dorange- rind or use 1 tablespoon oforange juice to ;> of granulatedsugar and put on ton. or press inbits of pineapple or a pitted sweet(>ierry as a variation. Bake in :ihot oven for about 12 minutes.

MINT Jl LEP(15 servings)

Add 1 bunch fresh mint leaves(24 leaves with the stalk) to 1 1-2cup sugar dissolved in 1-2 cup hotwater and 1 cup lemon juice. Letstand lo to 15 minutes then add ::cups freshly made tea. Put in largepitcher partly rilled with crushedice and add 1 pint ginger ale justbefore serving.

FamilyRecreation

For Those

By MISS BEATRICE GRANT,of Michigan state College.

Never eook gelatine.

Brown speckswhen the sodadissolved beforedough

on biscuits comeis not sufficiently

mixing with the

All fats should bs cold and hardwhen using for biscuits so ' that themixture does not becomo oily.

In warm weather use a pastrymixer or a fork for combining fatand flour. In cold weather theymay be rubbed together betweenfingers and thumb.

If sweet milk is used in makingbiscuits use 2 teaspoons bakingpowder to each cup of flour.

What the family is tells almost con-clusively what the child will be when

I he has become an adult, according toMiss Lydia Ann Lynde, specialist inchild care at Michigan State College.

Play depends on what the individualthinks of it as he is doing it. It hasa definite effect on the physical sideand has also a wonderful effect on themental side of the individual.

The social side of child grow Mi isthe most difficult side to develop forhe has to learn to live and work withothers.

Nothing can make a family stick to-gether like playing with each other.( luck up on what .sort of play youhave at your home for the whole fam-ily especially games of skill. Havehorseshoes, have a family ball team,have a dart baseball outfit, have races,l a v e croquet , have a n y t h i n g t h a t wi l ldeve lop s k i l l and spaEtsmansUip.

O n c e i n a w h i l e h a v e f a m i l y : i i u , l i tand let one member assign ganiistunts to others. Take turns in cap-

tains. Always remember the little fel-low as well as the older ones. Thenhave recognition nights when eachmember tells what the others havedone that is worthy of recognition andin this way families will cultivate ahabit of something besides fan!) (hid-ing and will realize what a fine familythey have and all will see nice kindly

every woman who needs a friend."Chester Graham, a minister and

teacher of a community folk schoolnear Grant, Newaygo County, spenttwo periods in demonstrating folkdances and games and means of en-tertainment that would tie commun-ities together. We hope later to gointo this in a more complete way, to-gether with some details of commun-ity music and pageantry as describedby Miss Kackley of M. S. C.

Trips were made to the dairy andpoultry departments for informationalong these lines as home helps toincrease the family income and a per-iod was spent in the matter of land-scaping forschool and

beautiiication of home,church ground.-, rural

cemeteries and road sides.Many enjoyed a daily plunge in the

swimming pool and some tried theirskill in archery practice. Each wo-man had a bed by herself in roomsin the woman's building and allmeals were served in the dining roomthere. The entire cost was $6.00 foreach woman from Saturday afternoonuntil Friday forenoon. Efforts willbe made to make it possible for moreto attend another year by givingneighborhood socials to pay a dele-gate's wav and by finding means torelease others from home duties.

PersonalHealth

First, take an inventory of your-self, said Dr. Lydia L. Lightring ofM. S. C, to women at the Farm Wo-men s Institute at State College in late. ulyi

Be certain that you are not a bundleof defects but rather a strong physicalbody ready and able to serve you bestfor Woik and enjoyment. See to itthat your eyes are giving you goodsservice, correct if possible any ear irthroat trouble. Have a thorough ex-amination at leest once a year. c5e-

clothing and shoes with healthin mind.

Second, get the most for health cutof your food. Eat three regular l.uvil-;each day, chew your food well aiddrink at leas! eight glasses o£ watereach day. Drink as much water as youlike during meals but do not use it towash down the food.

Much depends on the mental atti-tude if food does its best; a grouchon, may cause a headache and indi-

A/void constipation; have a regulartime for toilet and never put off na-ture's call. If cathartic is necessarytake salts rather than other types ofphysic.

Have eight hours sleep every nightwith open window. This means quietrelaxation and sleep, not lying :n bedplanning the next day';; work.

Have your stockings long enough inthe foot; have sensible shoes, ihoscwith a straight inner line, flexibleshank, low cut, broau toes and lowbroad heel.

Don't get into the aspirin habit—there's 500,000 pounds of aspirin con-; u:ned in the U. S. every day. It is aharmful coal tar product.

Your weight should be about 110pounds if 5 feet tall and for every inchover add pounds.

Don't buy patent medicines to re-duce, they are harmful, but rather cutdown on quantity of food, eat verysparingly of butter, cream and fatsand cut down on sugar and starches.Take some systematic exercise oachc;.y and only eight hours sleep. Donot try to reduce all at once but aimto lose from % to 1 pound per week.

than the largo size as it can be usedin many more ways.

In making biscuits have every-thing in readiness, the flouredboard and rolling pin, the bakingsheet and oven hot before puttingthe moisture in the flour and fatmixture.

Use 1 level teaspoon of tea foreach cup boiling water when makingtea infusion for iced tea or otherdrinks. Tea always makes a good

for various iced drinks.

When Berving a plain salmon, thered variety is best but w l'en usingfor moulded salad, the light color-ed is just as good and is somecheaper.

things other members have done.Have meals out doors once in

;.'while. Build B brick oven in thegrove and let everyone help with thecooking. Every child is fascinated byfire, let him handle it while you arearound, teach him how to handle itwith care.

Then don't have a beautiful yardiiiCM to look at but no place for play.Have a place reserved where the chil-dren can do as they please. Haveh >memadc play equipment such as aswing from the limb of a tree, a :vmdpile or a Band box, a tub with waterIn i t . a ladder t ha t t h e y m a y l e a r nto climb, boxes of different Bhapea »-ndsizes that he can crawl into andmove around, block;-; of wood that hemay stack up or build, pieces of rope,boards, hammer and nails, a short,lut strong shovel, a cart, dishes, cansand p;-ils. Let them have thing;: ili.it,they can take nparl and put togetheragain. Have them use their Imagina-tion in making things. Encouragetheir efforts, for in this way they de-velop their skill in doing work whenthey are of an age tO work.

SEEK FARM TRAINED MEH

"Commercial and industrial enter-prises are more and more lookinglor young nun with agricultural back-ground and training to •< \ i themin carrying on their par! in tha \a tscheme of manufacturing and dis-tributing the goods coming from andgoing to the farm."—Dean Chris L.Christensen, University of Wisconsin.

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Farm News Patterns(Price 15c each)

Make decorations for mouldedsalads out of green peppers cut inshape of stars or half moons orshredded.

Use ring molds for salads, putdressing in the center and decoratewith lettuce or cabbage slaw orcelery tips around the outside.

Cook large cucumbers (seeds re-m6ved) in salted water for 12 min-tes and serve the same as summersquash with butter.

Use uncooked cucumbers in creamsoup for a change.

Keep on hand a large jar of pre-pared syrup made of 2 to 1, sugarand water, to use in summer drinks.

Put lettuce in covered crock incoolest place in ice box so that itwill be always ready for tablj

Why Early August IsOur Hottest Period

The conditions for steady increaseof summer temperature in the higherlatitudes are an interesting study. Toillustrate: the day on which theNorthern Hemisphere receives the

gestlon; anger, fear or grief may caus really besindigestion and many times diarrhea. I underweight.

greatest amount of heat is June 21,the time of the summer solstice. Butthat is not the time the NorthernHemisphere experiences the highest'temperature. That time arrives aboutAugust 1. The gradual increase ofheat is mainly a consequence of theincreased number of hours of sun-upand sun-down over any giVen area, jWhen such an area is exposed to the

i for more hours than it is turned| away, that area is storing up heat. |

MICHIGAN FARM NEWSPattern Service,11-13 STERLING PLACE, BROOKLYN, N. Y.

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SIX M I C H I G A N F A R M

MICHIGAN HOPPERSDO NOT MIGRATE,

COLLEGE ADVISESWhere They Appear, Farmers'

Job Is To Clean UpOwn Hoppers.

POISON B A l F CONTROLSUpper Peninsula Points An

Muskegon Co. ReportInfestations.

uis turkeys into a grasshopper in-I'stcd field and tho hoppers and thehoppers were so numerous they at-tacked the turkeys, stripping thefeathers from the birds in a shorttime."

"Kenne'beck,stripped bareshow ravages

S.ofof

grasshopper hord.

D.—Oornfie'flsall vegetation,the voracious

In many fieldsall living plants have been eaten bytho insects."

Farmers of some sections of Michigan have com.' to look upon grasshopper infestation wit'i gfeal 101cern this summer, with t.lie insectb e i n g r e p o r t e d on t h e i n c r e a s e ithe western and northern part cthe state during the past week.

Regions in the upper peninsulof M i c h i g a n h a v e r e p o r t e d t h e invasion of hoppers threatening cropto such an extent that a "grass'liopper meeting" was scheduled l'otwo days this week with county agricultural agents and leading farm

participating to decide on a genera] clean-up campaign for eradication of tiho p

Grasshoppers Non-MigratoryMulligan's grasshoppers are o

tho non-migratory type, accordingto information from State CollegeThis moans that each farmer's jobto to dean up his own hoppersThis can best be done by spreadingpoison bait, college authorities sayPrevention of the hoppers movingin from neighboring fields can beaccomplished by laying a barrier opoison bait around fields which arenear the infested neighboring fieldsThe InseCt will devour the bait anddie.

While no definite record of grass-hopper damage is on file at Mich-igan State College for this seasonMuskegon county was the firstcounty in lower .Miobigan to reportheavy infestation. Several reportsof heavy infestation of hopperswere filed ;,t Chatham, in the up-per peninsula, the first of the week.College extension specialists andcounty agents of the upper penin-sula arranged t ieir "grasshoppermeeting" to be held at the collegeexperiment station at Catbam Aug-ust 6 and 7.

i Hopper WhoppersFrom various outside sources

have conio some "whopper" storiesof grasshopper infestation. North-western states, especially, havebeen infested with the Insect taissummer and th" damage ihere issaid to be extensive in certain sec-tions. Some Idea of the enthusiasmof newspaper correspondents whohaye reported grasshopper damageor Infestation can be gained fromthe following reports:

"JUooinfield, Neb. —Grasshoppersare laying millions of eggs and thefarmers are fearing another plagueHeart yar . Grasshopper invasion issure to mean a feed shortage in cer-tain sections this summer. G. J.Fenega, with 1,600 acres of landnear Hainill, Xebr., estimates hehas 1000 .hopper eggs to each

•lful of earth on his farmnear tho surface of his grass lands.He claimed the eggs would hatchwithin ten minutes after being exposed to the sun and proved it bputting a few on a handkerchiefThe first one to hatch gave forth ayoung hopper in four minutes an<the rest all hatched in 10 minuteswith young hoppers covering thehandkerchief."

"Pierre, S. D.—A farmer drove

While entomologists at State Col-lege allow credit for reports offields of growing crops being strip-ped of all vegetation, such thingsas hopper eggs hatching out "whileyou wait" just don't take place un-der Michigan conditions, they say.As for turkeys being subject toloss of plumage when turned looseon a field of grasshoppers, StateCollege entomologists just haven'tany records to substantiate such re-ports.

industrial centers. Meeting with dis-tributors was set for Tuesday, Aug.11, in the Board of Commerce officesin Detroit.

Producers' Ass'n,Farmers and College

Testify in Milk Probe(Continued from page one)

swering a question by Rep. James Mc-Bride, Mr. Beach stated that the twocent price cut was a result of a milkprice war which he interpreted as anatural outcome of the application ofthe law of supply and demand.

This witness testified that the bigdealers on the Detroit market have acommon spokesman but, in their deal-ings with the Michigan Milk ProducersAss'n usually are represented bysomeone from each company whenquestions of market delivery or pricechanges come up.

The producers, Mr. Beach said, havea committee of 40 members whereasthe Detroit dealers, when they are allpresent, total only about 30, so thatthe result of their parleys from timeto time, is not a matter of takingwhat the dealers have to offer but anutual agreement in each instance.

Situation At Flint, DetroitWhile State College staff members

offered testimony tending to indicatehat the dairy industry in Michigan,

does not carry a surplus, in general,the investigation revealed the facthat a surplus of fluid milk does existn the producing areas around thendustrial centers, especially Detroit

and Flint. Mr. Powers, manager ofhe Producers' Ass'n for the Flint

irea, testified that the city of Flintas suffered a loss of 33,000 persons In

ProtectHogs

Don't overcrowd hogs in a carthis weather. You may loseheavily if you do, or if you al-low it.

What hogs need now Is plentyof room, a properly bedded car—wet sand is good. Hanging someice in burlap bags in the car helpsa lot. Hogs should not be heatedwhen loaded. An overcrowdedcar and a sudden rise in tempera-ture is likely to cause heavylosses.

Your local livestock co-op under-stands how to handle shipmentsto avoid heavy losses.

Ship through the co-op and yourstock is in the hands of yoursalesmen from the beginning toend.

Returns t<> patrons guaranteedby $;.o,o.iii bond meeting V. S.

lirements.

Michigan Livestock ExchangeDetroit, Mich,

orProducers Co-op Com. Assn.

K M ! ButYalo, >. Y.

6 months and that about 50 per centf the remaining workers are on aalf-time employment basis. Milkroduction, in this area, he said, in-reased 3V& per cent. Mr. Beach testi-ed that the Detroit milk consumptionropped about 25 or 30 per cent dur-ng the past 18 months.

Verne H. Church, agricultural sta-istician for Michigan, testified thatIichigan has shown a population in-rease of about 30 per cent in 10ears and an increase of about 4 perent in number of dairy cows in theame period. This point was broughtut to answer allegations which leado the investigation and which werentended to show that there could beo great fluid milk surplus with aeavy shortage of milk cows.

Surplus Sales as FluidOther allegations which were in-

;rumental in bringing the investiga-on to a head included a charge thatsurplus" milk was being sold at

times as fluid milk. On this point.Prof. Anderson offered testimonyshowing that, whereas dealers try tooperate on a 10 or 12 per cent safetymargin for quantity of milk boughtdaily, represented by the 10 or 12 percent Prof. Anthony contended shouldbe accredited to the producer as basemilk rather than as surplus, dealersoccasionally showed actual dailysales representing as much as 25 percent more than the "base" they paidfor. In times of a weak market, how-ever, he explained, the actual salessometimes do not equal the "base"on which the producer is paid, in cer-tain instances.

Actual purchases of fluid milk thissummer, Mr. Beach stated, was ap-proximately 60 tons a day less thanthe quantity that might have beenoffered had the producers not agreedto sell up to only 80 per cent of theirindividual base production afterMarch, when the price war waswaged.

No Chain Store CuttingAn effort to show up the chain

storemilk

organizations in part of theprice controversy of recent

months, Rep. McBride asked Mr.Beach what the chain stores had donein the way of price cutting and tothis he remarked that, so far as hehad been informed, these organiza-tions have showed no inclination toncur displeasure among their ruralpatrons by entering in any price cut-ing, which would reflect on the Mich-gan producer.

Figures showing producers' dailyrecords indicated that comparativelyew producers in the state associationteep close to an even production ofmilk throughout the year, meaninghat practically every producer is"aced with the problem of taking'surplus" milk price for a certainportion of his milk the greater partof the year.

Up To Public OpinionThe investigation is scheduled to

ontinue until the commission has allevidence to be obtained regardingroduction costs and cost of distribu-ion. Further than that, nothing defi-lite is expected to be accomplishednasmuch as the commission will not

attempt to set any price at which fluidmilk is to be sold, due to the fact thatit has no authority to do so.

Study of production costs was madeat Lansing while the investigation ofdistribution cost records is to be car-

Commission Declares ItWill Have The Facts

Importance of the situation whichbrought the governor's special ses-sion of inquiry into existence wasmanifest in the acceptance of appoint-ment by each and every appointeeand in the fact that all but one mem-ber of the commission appeared forthe initial meeting July 29. The oneabsent member, Federal Judge ArthurTuttle, of Detroit, indicated his ac-ceptance of the appointment but wasprevented from attending this meet-ing because of a case which was be-ing considered in his court.

The committee's first move was toselect one of its members as secre-tary. The honor of this choice wentto Mrs. James E. Hancock, of Detroit,the only woman commissioner ap-pointed. A special committee wasthen named, comprising Judge IraJayne, Fred L. Woodworth and Her-bert E. Powell, to take charge of em-ploying whatever help the commissionmight need.

Start at BottomAfter the governor's introductory

remarks, Mr. Powell, chairman of thecommission by Governor Brucker'sdesignation, paved the way for acomplete investigation by assertingthat the first move should be to con-sider the producer's costs, then thecosts of distribution and out of allthe information assembled to arriveat some fair average cost of milk ata figure which would permit produc-ers and distributors to carry on with-out a loss, but without any attempton the part of the commission to act-ually fix prices to consumers.

The first actual move in the com-mission's activities was by Commis-sioner Campbell, secretary of the De-troit Board of Commerce, who pre-sented 12 cost statements which hadbeen prepared by as many distribu-ting companies in Detroit for the De-troit citizens committee, a committeeof five which had been selected bymilk producers of the Detroit area tomake an investigation in that area.Mr. Campbell suggested that these re-ports be accepted and audited bysome competent auditing concern oby auditors in the Auditor Generaldepartment and the facts and figurearrived at by the auditors be taken aa basis of the state's investigation.

Not BattenedThis proposal, however, did no

stand long. Judge Jayne focused atention on the fact that such statements "do not arise to the dignity oevidence" and asserted that the moslogical thing to do was to begin bcalling in producers and getting factfrom producers and then from distributors, first hand, to bear out whatever prepared statements might bpresented.

About the first pertinent questiothat came up was "popped" by JvdfJayne who asked, "Can we subpoenwitnessess?" To this inquiry thCommissioner of Agriculture answered that his office carries such authority and that this authority would bused wherever necessary. In this thAttorney General read from the Btatutes to show that the commissionehas authority to subpoena witnesseand require them to produce evidence, such as statements, books orecord and what not, thus placinthe commission in position to carr>out their work unhampered and, asGovernor Brucker intimated in his introductory remarks, with no limitations except the limits prescribed inthe appropriation for the work.

Speed I'nredPaul Voorhies, attorney general

urged the commission to proceecwithout lagging, stating that speedwas an essential factor in getting resuits in any investigation. Out othis suggestion grew an arrangemenby the commission, itself, to sit incontinuous session so that taking oevidence would require as little elapsed time as possible and thus permia closer correlation and comparisonof facts.

August 5 was agreed upon as thefirst date on which testimony wouldbe taken. This was planned so thatProf. Anthony, head of the dairy di-vision at State College, could be call-ed in as one of the first witnessesProfessor Anthony had been in Eur-ope for a short time and returnedAug. 4.

Answering Commission Campbell'spointed inquiry as to "what can comeof our work", Senator Lennon lost notime in explaining that one of the bigthings to be gained by the work ofthe commission would be to clearaway any wrong impressions thatmight have developed and to disproveany statements as well as to revealany possible fraud that might havebeen practised. He indicated it wouldbe a wholesome move if nothingmore were done than to quiet downagitation which has been growingout of alleged unequitable marketingprices on various foodstuffs.

Judge Jayne ventured the opinionthat laws are not needed to controlprices but that public opinion, found-ed on a fair and reasonable under-standing of factors entering into themaking and selling o£ articles, is thefinal adjuster of prices and he inti-mated that in this instance the pub-lic, properly informed, would settlematters regarding the consumers'price of milk in their respective com-munities.

Detroit Milk Price Up;Hauling Charge Cut

Detroit—August 1 price of milkto Detroit consumers was advancedfrom 10 to 11 cents per quart,with the intimation that anothercent increase could be expected

Increase followed an all-day sessionof Detroit distributors and Mich-igan Milk Producers Sales Com-mittee. Other retail milk priceswere adjusted accordingly.

It was announced that the milkhauling charge, paid by the farm-ers, would be cut 10%, as recom-mended recently by the State Dep'tpf Agriculture.

June 3 the price of milk perquart to Detroit consumers was entfrom 12 to 10 cents per quart, onrecommendation of a Citizens Com-mittee in Detroit, appointed by thedistributors and Producers Ass'n.Members of the Citizens Committeeare now members of the State Com-mission of Inquiry into the Cost ofMilk.

SATURDAY, AlflFST 8, 1931

The Produ.meeting with the

Sales Committeedistributors July

31 included: Walter Hough, ofAlma; Fred Cook, of Capac; Eu-gene Kent, of Armada; J. N. Mc-Bride of Burton and G. Van Marterof Parma.

The 1 cent increase raises theamount paid producers for basemilk from $2.01 to $2.2f» per cwt.Another cent increase would makeit $2.50 per .cwt.

Grand Rapids ProducersWin Milk Strike

Grand Rapids—Announcement bya Grand Rapids creamery that theprice of milk would be reduced

from $2.00 per cwt. for base milkto $1.90 caused the Milk ProducersAss'n there eventually to stop alldeliveries to the creamery. In fourdays time tue cut was tailed offand deliveries resumed.

Lake 46 Weeks FrozenBanff, Alberta, Canada—People

in the temperate zones who havebeen moping their brows for thelast few weeks, will be pleased toknow that summer has come, andprematurely at that, to one of the

world, nearfrozen for

forty-six weeks out of the year, butlast week, a thaw freed it of ice, sixweeks ahead of schedule.

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Wanted—Large Size TubWashington—Has anyone a swim-

ming pool measuring 75 by 40 feet,that they will donate to the govern-ment for a day or so, so that theworld's biggest, correctly proportionedAmerican flag can have a bath? Onethis size hangs in the court of the post-office building here which will soon ?>e.torn down. The new federal buildingmakes no provision for such a flag;the only thing to do is to wash thebig banner and store it. The onlyway to wash it is with soap and purewater, and the flag must be stretchedout during the process. Thus, andagain, has anyone a bathtub bigt-nough? ,,

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