A Man's Judgment Is Xo Better Than

His Information MICHIGAN FARM BUREA U NEWS I ' • I I I I ill M M A i

We Must Think Individually, But Act Collectively

PUBLISHED BY THE MICHIGAN STATE FARM BUREAU FOR ITS MEMBERSHIP

FIFTH YEAR, VOL. V., No. 4 FEBRUARY 25, 1927 ISSUED SEMI-MONTHLY

FARM BUREAU WINS LONG FIGHT FOR McNARY HAUGEN BILL

Sparks From the Legislative Anvil

Captured, Confined in Cold Type, Sentenced to Serve Our Members

Seed Service Cup Awarded Washtenaw County Farmer

C. D. Finkbeiner, Three Times Winner, Possesses It

Permanently

Farm Relief Measure Minute Men .Mustered

Do you know who is the Farm Bu­reau Legislative Minute Man for your community, and if so, do you understand what he is doing for Michigan agriculture? Dotted all over the state are several hundred of these Minute Men who have been chosen by their county or community Farm Bureau or local co-operativr association to represent that group in legislative matters.

Despite the fact that R. N. Hol-saple, executive secretary of the Michigan Anti-Saloon League, sits up in the Senate gallery nearly ev­ery day, one of the Senators has re­cently been noticed to display quite openly nearly a quart of alcoholic concoction which he admits he brought home from Canada. How­ever, no one is tempted to drink the stuff because it is contaminated with several dozen quite husky European corn borers.

An interesting exhibit on Sen. Mor­ton's desk is a case in which all the various stages of the corn borer's existence are shown, including the eggs, larvae, worms and moths.

Senator Horton has introduced a bill giving the State Department of Agriculture the necessary authority to enforce clean-up measures in the areas infested with the corn borer and appropriating $200,000 for each of the next two years for this pur­pose.

Over 3 50 bills have been intro­duced in the Legislature thus fai this session, and the flood of new proposals continues unabated. Year by year the rows of law books grow longer and the provisions of our statutes more difficult to understand and interpret. One hopeful sign is the introduction of a bill by Sen. Howard F. Baxter of Grand Rapids which provides for the repeal of 140 acts or parts of acts constituting 715

•sections all of which are said to be obsolete. Sen. Baxters' bill is the product of th3 work of a legislative commission established two years ago with Sen. Baxter' as chairman, which has been carefully scrutiniz­ing the laws of the State Avith a view of cutting out the dead timber. This sort of pruning should meet the ap­proval of Michigan farmers.

Confining his efforts to produc­tion of improved certified Red Rock seed wheat for several years, C. D. Finkbeiner, of Clinton, Washtenaw county, has been successful in win­ning a silver loving cup awarded by the Seed Service of the Michigan State Farm Bureau. The trophy was awarded to the Michigan farmer winning first honors with wheat a* the annual Michigan Hay and Grain Show three times.

Mr. Finkbeiner took first honors this winter and first a year ago and was the first one to win the cup for one year when the Farm Bureau Seed Service offered it five years ago.

Since the first winning of the cup, two other farmers have been successful in holding it for a year. These are A. \V. Jewett, Jr., of Ma­son, Ingham county, who won it in the second contest, and J. A. Wilk, of Alma, Gratiot county, who held it during the third year.

Between 15 and 20 entries were registered in the contest this year.

LIVE STOCK EXCH. MADE GOOD GAINS

ON'26 BUSINESS

LEADING SHIAWASSEE i FARM RELIEF MEASURE PASSED BY IN MEMBERSHIP W0RK| j ^ ^ ^ ^ C ( ) N G R E S S M E N

In each instance, Michigan State College authorities say, the cup has been won on showings of certified Red Rock wheat.

Mr. Finkbeiner, now owner of the trophy, has been awarded highest honors at the International Hay and Grain Show at Chicago three times, and Mr. Jewett, it is claimed, has been awarded more honors at that big exposition than any other farm­er in Michigan. This indicates the class of contestants competing for the valuable trophy which has just been awarded the Washtenaw county farmer.

$ 5 0 , 0 0 0 IS SAVED BY FREIGHT ORDER

Order Reducing Rates Will Apply After May 17.

Helps Farmer

OHIO POULTRY MEN HOLD RECORD MEET

Interest In Co-operative Is Found Very Keen In

That State

That Michigan poultrymen who contemplate building up a co-opera­tive marketing agency of their own for the mrarketing of eggs and poul­try products have some well organ­ized neighbors engaged in this busi­ness was demonstrated a week ago when, at Wauseon, O., headquarters of the Ohio Poultry Producers' Co­operative Association, more than 1,000 farmers and poultrymen gath­ered for their annual convention.

A recent order issued by the Inter­state Commerce Commission, relative to freight rates on commercial ferti­lizers shipped from point to point in Central Freight Association terri tory, including lower Michigan, wi'l mean a saving of $50,000 annually to Michigan farmers.'The new order, however, does not become effective in time to benefit the farmers on th»-bulk of shipments made this spring, the »rder taking effect on May 17.

Under the new rate, a reduction of about 50 cents a ton is made from the current prevailing rate. This re­duction has been brought about by the efforts of the Ohio Farm-Bureau Federation.

GOODSEED, POULTRY, IMPROVED LIVE STOCK

NEEDED ON THE FARM

EUROPEAN TOUR IS ATTRACTING A LOT

OF STATEFARMERS Agricultural Study Tour In

August and September, A. F. B. F. Plan

Michigan Organization Is Refunding $14,000

To Members

DET. CO-OP NOW FOURTH

Three Directors Were Picked At Eighth Annual

Convention

Good seed, good cows and good poultry were the topics oT several lectures given to a total of some 1,-300 farmers of Sanilac county in -J series of meetings extending through February 8 and 9, at Croswell arid Deckerville.

The speeches made gave, indica­tion of a trend toward more scientific production and operation of the farms in Michigan.

Howard Rather, crops specialist of Michigan State College, talked on the improving of and the use of im­proved seed to better crop production and crop prices. He brought out the fact that possibilities are strong for raising legumes successfully in Sani­lac county and he urged use of known brand of seed, claiming that good grades of seed are as essential as consideration of soil conditions.

Don G. Rieman, agricultural teach­er of Croswell high school, F. C. Gil­bert, of the Roach Canning compnay, James Hays, dairy expert of State College and John D. Martin, countv agricultural agent of Sanilac coun­ty, appeared on the speaking pro­grams at the two-days' sessions.

These meetings were sponsored by farmers' clubs and business men's clubs of the vicinity.

Government Will Preserve Historic Longhorn Cattle

The Agricultural Appropriation BUI Signed by President CooUdge, Recently, Carries an Item for Their Purchase and Maintenance on the

Wichita National Forest in Oklahoma

The Wichita national forest lies right in the heart of the range of the old southern herds of plains buffalo, and is a part of the region formerlv known as the Indian Territory, where now live more than fifty thousand In­dians.

Here also grazed some of the pio­neer herds of these long-horned cat­tle when the livestock industry in the southwest was in its infancy. There are still a few living members of this once numerous breed of cat­tle to be found in Texas. The herd for the Government will be selected by expert cattlemen familiar with the characteristics of the cattle and of the southwestern ranges. They will be grazed in a pasture immediately adjoining the «one occupied by the

That the long-homed, or Spanish breed of cattle, once so numerous in the Southwest may be preserved from complete extinction, the Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture, will maintain a herd on Wichita National Forest in Oklaho­ma, according to an announcement made today by Col. W. B. Greeley, Chief Forester.

The agricultural appropriation bil signed by President Coolidge on Jan­uary 17, carries an item for their purchase and maintenance.

The department has for several years urged the necessity for a small herd of these picturesque examples of early pioneer life of the Southwest for the benefit and education of fu­ture generations interested in pio-j herd of buffalo now established on neer history. I the forest.

MANY INQUIRIES MADE

Several Hundred Farmers And Others Expected To

Make The Trip

Many Michigan people have re­sponded to the invitation from the American Farm Bureau Federation to join the 1927 co-operative pilgrim­age which the Federation has ar­ranged to provide a unique, unusual opportunity for farm people desiring to visit Europe. The pilgrimage is scheduled to start July 30, the par­ty sailing from New York on that date for a two months' educational and pleasure tour of the British Isles and the mainland of Europe.

The pilgrimage is not limited to Farm Bureau members, but is for people engaged in agriculture or in­timately connected with it in one phase or another. It is estimated that fully r>00 will take part in the trip.

This pilgrimage was organized as the result of an insistent demand. The U. S. Department of Agriculture has reported that there has been, within the past three years, an in­creasingly large number of requests forwarded to the Department by farm people planning European trips and asking what particular points of ag­ricultural interest could be viewed in the countries to be visited. It is this demand on the part of the farm peo­ple that has led to the organization of this tour.

Visit Seven Count lies Arrangements have been made

with public and private agencies which will insure to those making this tour the privilege of viewing at first hand the most outstanding and interesting agricultural features in seven of the great European coun­tries. Opportunity will be afforded of seeing and learning things which the private tourist could never see or learn.

Many echoes have reached t hi ~j country of successful agricultural practices in Europe which may or may not be adaptable to meeting some of the serious problems facing American agriculture. Very few agri­culturally 'trained observers have seen these things in Europe. It is the belief of the American Farm Bureau Federation that if the practices and methods developed in Europe could be studied by a group of intelligent American farm people, this know­ledge, brought back to our own coun­try, could bo applied successfully to the general benefit of our farm peo-. pie. This tour has been carefully planned to provide a maximum edu­cational' opportunity, while at the same time it provides all of the pleasures of the usual sightseeing European tour.

One of the important advantages of the trip will be the bringing to-gether for a period of two months, of the agricultural leadership of Ameri­ca. Of unusual interest will be the special dinner arranged in each of the cities of Copenhagen, Berlin and London, at which all members of the pilgrimage will be guests and to which distinguished officials of each of these countries will be invited, es­pecially those who devote their pri­mary attention to agriculture.

In the face of a general market condition showing a considerable de­crease in total shipments for the year, the Michigan Live Stock Ex­change reported, at its eighth an­nual meeting in Lansing last week, an increase of 3 per cent in volume of business done during 1926, as compared with 1925.

This is a remarkable showing for the success Of the organization, which has handled a total of 21,017 cars of livestock since it was organ­ized in 1922.' This business repre­sents a valuation of $36,840,350, its officers showed in their report. Com­missions on the total shipments have amounted to $360,058 of which amount $65,671 has been a net prof­it, $47,465 of which has been re­funded to the members and a re­serve of $18,206 has been set up, not including a $3,500 holding of stock recently purchased in the Eastern States Company,—a live stock hand­ling agency at Buffalo

Eighteen per cent of all commis­sions paid on shipments last year is being returned to the members, the delegates at the annual meeting were informed. This refund will amount to $14,215.12, the treasurer showed, leaving $2,217.54 to add to the surplus.

Michigan Exchange is First The Michigan Live Stock Ex­

change ranks first on the Detroit market and is the fourth largest co­operative marketing agency in the producers' family in America, fol­lowing in order, Chicago, St. Louis and Indianapolis.

President E. A. Beamer. in his re­port to the delegates at the annual convention, made the assertion that the Packers and Stockyards Act. sponsored by the farmers and live­stock men of the entire country and especially by the co-operatives, has not operated to the benefit of the co­op shipper to the extent that many had anticipated. In many instances. Mr. Beamer said, instead of this leg­islation working to the benefit of them, it has been a detriment.

"I am not prepared to say wheth­er the trouble lies in the act itself or in, the administering of it," the president of the organization declar­ed. "Nevertheless, regardless of our almost super-human efforts to car­ry out its provisions, we feel that in several instances we have not had fair treatment from some of the of­ficials charged with administration of the act," he added.

Overhead Cost Low The overhead cost of operation for

the year was shown to be $14.67 per car of livestock handled, which was lower than for any other co-opera­tive organization in the country.

In purchasing stock of the Eastern States Company, President Beamer explained, the Michigan Live Stock Exchange >has been enabled to set it­self up as an equal shareholder in the Buffalo organization along with the Buffalo, Cleveland and Pitts­burgh Producers' Association, the Ohio Live Stock Shipping Associa­tion and the Indiana State Farm Bu­reau Federation. This gives an open outlet for Michigan live stock when­ever needed, Mr. Beamer explained.

The Exchange closed its sessions by adopting a resolution urging President Coolidge to sign the Mc-Nary-Haugen bill, which had just been passed by both houses of Con­gress, and by electing three directors for terms of three years each. The new directors are, Nate Patterson, of Caro; W. J. Perry, of Grand Blanc and J. R. Pettis, of Sparta.

FRANK W. BENNETT Shiawassee County Farm Bureau

has engaged a full time organization man, Frank W. Bennett, of the or­ganization staff of the State Farm Bureau, to head up the membership work being carried on in each of the townships of the county.

The county is to be "covered" by volunteer workers in each township much as the state was worked by volunteer teams in each of 30 coun­ties last summer. In that campaign Mr. Bennett led team workers Ir. Oceana, Mason and Manistee coun­ties to success and since that time has conducted some very valuable membership work in Newaygo, Mont­calm and Jackson counties.

He is a Barry county farmer and formerly was county agricultural agent of that county.

From the spirit displayed in the arranging of the present campaign, the members of the Shiawassee County Farm Bureau are determin­ed to set up their own organization as one of the strongest County Farm Bureaus in Michigan during 1927.

FROM MICHIGAN SPLITTING 7 TO 6 La3t Year This Bill Received But Three Michigan

Votes, Increase Shows Change In Views. Senate Previously Adopted Bill;

Now Up To The President

President Calvin Coolidge has not been left in doubt as to the attitude of Michigan farmers regarding the McNary-Haugen farm relief bill passed by Congress and referred to him for his signature. Not only are many farmers writing and wiring their views to the President, but telegrams have been sent by state officials urging him to give his approval to the measure.

Governor Fred W. Green in wiring the President called at­tention to the fact that the McNary-Haugen bill does not in­volve an untried principle, in that other countries have suc­cessfully employed similar plans of surplus control.

The U. S. House of Representatives passed the bill, 214 to 178. Our Michigan Congressmen voted as follows: For the hiH—Crampton, Hooper, Hudson, James, Ketcham, Michener and Woodruff; Against the bill—McLaughlin, Mapes, Scott, Sosnowski, Vincent and McLeod.

It is now up to President Cool- *

WOOL COOPERATIVES SET UP COMMISSION

National Board Established To Check Actions Of

Member Co-ops

29 WOOL POOLS REPORT

Only 10 Per Cent Of Wool In Country Is

Sold By Pool

All

61 Farmers Enrolled Lapeer 50 Year Club

Enrollment in a 'Half Century Farmers' Club" has stepped up rap­idly in Lapeer county during the few weeks since it was organized by the Lapeer County Press, and now to­tals 61 members. Eligibility to mem­bership means that those joining shall have lived a half century on a farm in that county. The organiza­tion is attracting nation-wide atten­tion and has been commended by William M. Jardine, U. S. Sec. of Agriculture, by congressmen anr* other prominent agricultural lead­ers of the country, it is being the first club of its kind in America. Memberships are strictly honorary and include men of pioneer families of the state, some members having resided in the county since about the time Michigan became a state.

It will be impossible for the American farmer to get far toward the successful marketing of his wool as long as only about one-tenth of the wools raised in this country are solckjhrough pools.

Thus W. \\\ Billings, vice-prosi-dent of the Michigan Stale Farm Bureau, summarized the wool situa­tion upon his return from Washing­ton where representatives of 2 9 of the principal wool pools of the Unit­ed States convened to study and dis­cuss the problem of co-operative marketing of wool.

A striking thing which this big conference revealed, Mr. Billings de­clared, is the fact that about the same situation prevails in all pools: only a small percentage of all the available wool in tlie respective ter­ritory is turned in to the co-opera­tive for marketing. The biggest pool, the one having some 14,000,000 pounds of fleeces last year, had only one-fourth of the available wool, he learned.

One big thing accomplished at the conference was the establishing of a national wool pool commission whose duties and function it will be to advise and inform the member-pools of the activities of all the wool fo-operatives. By this move, it is aimed to prevent the speculative element from using one pool as a leverage against another co-opera­tive.

Mr. Billings will give more in de­tail concerning the Washington con­ference in the next issue of the NEWS. He was scheduled to attend the annual meeting of the Ohio Woo) Pool, at Columbus, O., Tuesday and Wednesday, Feb. 22 and 23. At Washington he had the good for­tune of being present while the V. S. Senate ratified the McNary-Haugen bill.

Cass County Holstein men who last month took preliminary steps toward organizing are to meet again Satur­day afternoon. February 26, in the basement of the public library at Dowagiac. J. G. Hayes, Sec'y of the Michigan Holsteru. Association, will again be present and, also, E. M. Clark, of the national association.

idge to sign or veto it. He is in a tight place because his metropolitan supporters are expecting him to veto it, and if he does, it would cost him hundreds of thousands of farm votes if he should decide to run for a third term.

Those who predict a veto admit that the President has not said any­thing definite which would justify them in such a statement. Friends of the measure point out that the President has left the way open for him to give it his approval.

The approval of the McNary-Haugen bill by the Senate and the House marks the culmination of a long and bitter fight. With each suc­ceeding Congress the farm issue has loomed larger and larger in import­ance until it has now attained such proportions that it is generally con­ceded that it will continue to be the major issue before the country until a satisfactory solution is made. De­spite the bitter attacks and gross misrepresentation of the aims and purposes of the McNary-Haugen bill, the sentiment behind this measure has been growing by leaps and bounds. So widely has it gained fa­vor among the farmers and farm leaders in every section of the'nation from New England to the Pacific Coast and from the Canadian Border to the Gulf States that its enemieR can n6 longer claim that the support, of the measure is sectional.

Appeals from farmers and farm organizations are being made to the President to sign the McNary-Haug­en bill so that it may become a law and aford relief to agriculture. It is pointed out that this is the last op­portunity which remains during this session of Congress to give relief to agriculture. All that remains now to afford the relief offered by the Mc­Nary-Haugen bill is for the Presi­dent to affix1 his signature to the measure. If he should veto it and Congress should fail to re-enact it by two-thirds vote it would be too late to secure the passage of any farm relief measure before the final adjournment of Congress on March 4.

As the next Congress does not convene until next December, the

farmers would then be forced to pro­duce another crop under the inequal­ity and handicaps with which they have had to contend in the past with­out the assistance which would be afforded if the McNary-Haugen bill were enacted into law.

PORTLAND BUREAU CLOSES BIG YEAR

Portland Farm Bureau, during 1926, carried on one of its most suc­cessful years of business develop­ment. At its recent annual meeting the financial reports of ltd several branches showed good net results for the past year's business.

Eight directors were elected for the ensuing year. These are, William Spitzley, William Pryer, Fred Klotz. George Fisher, Martin Itamlow, Le?-ter M. Campbell, Veryl Tyler and Ed. HiiiiB.

"A Fool There Wa« And He Made His Prayer"

Henry Ford spoke hit little piece recently when he suggested, In a newspaper Interview, that farmers quit raising corn for two years so the corn borer would starve.

All right, Henry, you may take your place at the foot of the class now.

The American farmer has shown considerable understanding of busi­ness in his co-operative marketing undertakings in recent years but the big business men seem to per­sist in showing that they know practically nothing about farming when they are brought to a show­down on some very simple agri­cultural problems.

Show us the worm that will starve rather than feed upon vegetation of its second choice and we will show you a million farmers that will gladly serve as pall bear­ers at their funerals.

A corn borer that will refuse to eat simply because he can't have the succulent stalks of certain brands of sweet corn is the type of corn borer scientists have been looking for for years.

Come on, Henry, tell us where they are and we'll put you up to the head of the class again. Now don't hold out on us or we won't play with you any more. That isn't fair.

tt iff All The World Enjoyed Fa rm Bureau Dance Party

Broadcasting of Ninth Annual Slate Farm Bureau Banquet on February 3 Brought in Many Letters of Appreciation of the Old Time

Marie and the Mcrrhnaking of the Party

Farm Bureau folk apparently were not the only ones to have a "hell of a time," the evening of the ninth an­nual banquet, when old-fashioned square dancing closed the bill of events at an early hour of the day following. About two dozen com­munications, sent in from nearly as many different places about the coun­try, are evidence of the fact that the old time music is still appreciated by many in the unseen audience of the radio.

W. A. MoConnel, of Fall River, Mass., tells us that, "In the words of Mike Noon, of Jackson, "We had a H—of a time, too."

"Well, did we break 'er down last nignt? I'll say we did. That old time dance was a wow." he wrote, the day after the Farm Bureau dancing par­ty. "When I heard the announcer say, 'Old time dance,' we got busy on the phone and had four sets going in no time, all neignbors*of ours," he added, in his letter of commendation of the party and the music.

From other places came letters a ad post cards. William Lee Guckes, of Philadelphia, Pa.; Mrs. Ruth Nelson, of Providence, R. I.: Mr. and Mrs F. A. Gehman, of Terre Haute, Ind.;

Edwin M. Lee, of Buffalo, N. Y.; Mrs. G. A. Garlock, of Oswego, N. Y.; Spencer Divver, of Beardstown, 111.; Charles E. Morrell. Jr., of Boston, Mass.; Thomas E. Oates, of Portland, Me.; Charles L. Pepper, of Melroae, Mass.; John R. Meacham, of Pitts-field, Mass.; S. C. Dalton and wife, of Cedar Rapids, la.; Mrs. Harry Bangs, of Springfield, Vt.; Erastus Cornell, of Highmore, S. Dakota; George A. Diem, of Rochester, N. Y.: William A. Carter, of Pawtucket, R. I., and Oscar Whiting of Hartford, Conn., where among those to write in regarding the reception of the dancing program.

Mr. and Mrs. Gehman stated they wanted to have the caller send them the calls for quadrilles and square dances.

-ir Whiting, of Connecticut said that when "Sullivan and Sp' danced a jig it sounded like a happy bunch, all right."

S. C. Dalton and wife, of lows, wrote that it seemed good to hear from home. They came from Eaton Rapids, Mr. Dalton stated, and woulJ like to hear from a Mr* John Hol-lister. They gave their address as YL'A C Ave., E., Cedar Rapids, la.

THTRSTUY, FEB. 2-1, 1027 MICHIGAN FARM BUREAU NEWS FEBRUARY 23, 1927

MICHIGAN FARM BUREAU NEWS Published twice a month by the Michigan State Farm Bureau at Char­

lotte, Michigan. Editorial and general offices at State Farm Bureau head­quarters, Lansing, Michigan.

VOL. V FEBRUARY 26, 1027 X o . 4

Entered at the post office at Charlotte, Mich., as second class matter. Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage provided for in Sec. 1103, Act of Oct. 3, 1917, authorized Januarv 12, 1923.

Subscription Price 50c Per Year, included in dues of Farm Bureau Members.

LEE CHILSON -Editor STANLEY M. POVVKLL Associate Editor

/Qsmm swijN^ wmw OFFICERS

Iff. L. NOON, Jackson President W. W. BILLINGS, l>.ivison Vice-President

Directors-at-Large M. B. MCPHERSON Lowe« MRS. EDITH M. WAGAR Carleton EARL C. McCARTY Bad Axe VEROLD F. GORMELY Newberry J. G. BOYLE Buchanan W. W. BILLINGS Davison

Commodity Directors GEORGE HERMAN, Edmore Michigan Potato Growers Exchange M. L. NOON, Jackson Michigan Milk Producers Association J. H. O'MEALEY, Hudson Michigan Live Stock Exchange GEO. W. McCALLA, Ypsilanti Michigan Elevator Exchange M. D. BUSKIRK, Paw Paw Michigan Fruit Growers, Inc.

STATE FARM BUREAU ORGANIZATION Clark L. Brody Sec'y-Treas-Manager S. M. Powell Ass't Secretary

DEPARTMENT HEADS Traffic A. P. Mills Fabrics F. L. Kelner Publicity Lee Chilson Accounting I E. E. Ungren Organization A. Bentall SUBSIDIARY CORPORATIONS OF T H E MICHIGAN STATE

FARM BUREAU Michigan Farm Bureau Seed Service C. F. Barnum Michigan Farm Bureau Supply Service L. A. Thomas Farm Bureau Poultry Exchange W. O. Steiger Michigan Farm Bureau Wool Pool C. F. Barnum

Michigan Commodity Marketing Associations Affiliated With Michigan State Farm Bureau

Michigan Potato Growers Exchange .Cadillac Michigan Milk Producers Association 707 Owen Bldg., Detroit Michigan Live Stock Exchange Hudson Michigan Elevator Exchange .% Farm Bureau Bldg., Lansing Michigan Fruit Growers, lnc Benton Harbor

Directors and Officers of the Commodity Exchanges

MICH. ELEVATOR EXCH. Carl Martin, Pres Coldwater L. C. Kamlowske, V. P. Washington H. D. Horton, Sec.-Treas . . .Kinde L. E. Osmer, Mgr Lansing C. S. Benton, Bean Dep't, Lansing W. E. Phillips Decatur George McCalla Ypsilanti Milton Burkholder Marlette M. R. Shisler Caledonia F. M. Oehmke Sebewalng W. J. Hazelwood Mt. Pleasant

MICH. POTATO GROWERS EXCH.

Henry Curtis, Pres Cadillac J. T. Bussey, Vice-Pros. Provemont O. E. Hawley, Sec'y Shelby F. J. Harger, Treas Stanwood F. P. Hibst, Gen. Mgr Cadillac C. A. Rlchner, Sales Mgr... Cad iliac Leon G. VanLeuw Bellaire George Herman Edmore E. A. Rasmussen Sheridan

MICHIGAN FRUIT M. D. Buaklrk, I'res Faw Paw Amos Tucker, 1 V. Pres

. . .South Haven Herbert Nafziger, 2 V. Pres. . .

Mlllburg F. L. Bradford, Sec. -Treas

Benton Harbor F. L. Granger, Sales Mgr

Benton Harbor D. H. Brake Fremont Henry Namitz Bridgman J. F. Higbee Benton Harbor Miller Overton Bangor

MICH. MILK PRODUCERS ASS*N N. P. Hull, Pres Lansing R. G. Totts, Vice-Pres. Washington John C. Near, Sec Flat Rock B. F. Beach, Ass't Sec Detroit H. W. Norton, Treas Howell M. L. Noon Jackson Ii. L. Taylor Lapeer L. W. Harwood Adrian W. J. Thomas Grand Rapids Fred W. Meyer Fair Haven Dr. W. C. McKinney.. .Davisburg James J. Brakenberry Bad Axe Elmer Powers . . . .Clio

MICH. LIVE STOCK EXCH. E. A. Beamer, Pres Blissfleld W. J. Perry, Vice-Pres

Grand Blanc J. H. O'Mealey, Sec Hudson Nate Patterson Caro Edward Dippey Perry Clias. Woodruff Hastings Ray D. Harper St. Johns Charles Brown Sunfield Frank Obrest 4 . . . . Breckenridge

GROWERS, INC. John Miller CQlorna Allan B. oraham Elberta P. D. Leaven worth. . Grand Rapids W. J. Schultz , Hart L. A. Hawley Ludlngton C. I. Chrestensen Onekama H. W. Gowdy Union Pier O. R. Gale Shelby John Lang Sodus John Bottema Spring Lake Bert Gleason Lawrence C. L. Brody Lansing Harry Hogue Sodus

American Farm Bureau Federation 8AM H. THOMPSON President GENERAL OFFICES A. F. B. F . . . ' 58 East Washington St., Chicago CHESTER H. GRAY Washington Representative LEGISLATIVE HEADQUARTERS Munsey Bldg.. Washington, D. C.

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STATE FARM BUREAU'S PUBLIC SERVICE PROGRAM

LEGISLATION Passage of the Capper-French Truth-In-Fabric bill; completion and operation of the U. S. Muscle Shoals Nitrates plant and manufacture of fertilizer: opposition to anv form of sales tax or of consump­tion tax; retention of federal income tax;

Passage of Gooding-Ketcham Seed Staln-BNACTED APR. 26, 1926 ins bffl.

TAXATION Relief for sorely burdened farm property by enactment of:

ENACTED JAN. 29, 1925 (a) Two cent gasoline tax for highway funds.

(b State Income Tax in place of State's genera] property levy.

(c) Law forbidding any more tax exempt securities.

(d) Equalization of assessment of farm and city property in accordance with sales values of same.

(Farm Bureau Investigations brought equalization in Calhoun, Ingham, Wash­tenaw, Monroe and Kalamazoo counties, saving farmer taxpayers $67,350 excess taxes annually.)

TAXES REDUCED $67,350 ANNUALLY SINCE 1924

EFFECTIVE SEPT. 10, 1925

EFFECTIVE OCT. 20, 1926

T R A N S P O R T A T I O N Immediate, application of Michigan Zone Rate decision to save farmer ship­pers in 69 counties $500,000 annually.

M A R K E T I N G Extension of sound co-operative mar­keting program now well under way in Michigan.

AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE Adequate protection for farmers against loss by fire, theft, collision, property dam­age and public liability furnished at rea­sonable rates.

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" S T I C K OR B U S T "

The old checker hoard has been crossed ami re-crossed many t imes iu the past few years ami the moves have been I'ast ami the game a hot one dur ing the present session of Congress, in t r ea t ing ot" the needs and the demands of Ameriean agr icu l ture .

The farmer has made his final p l ay : two men are left on the s i t i n g the ' m o v e of the k i n g " on the other side.

mo\e will determine whether the farmer wins or loses in the first heat.

The fa rmers ' men in the game are the two houses of Congress. Each ha* moved in favor of MeXary- l iaughen legislation and the President is the only one now to make or b reak the game for africuftt tre.

MY COUNTRY "My coun t ry—when r ight , t o be k e p t r i g h t ; when

wrong, to be p u t r i g h t . " Car l Schurz.

His inclinations a re general ly felt to have been quite decidejy ' n o " in the past but , wi th the s torm recen t ly r a g i n g heavy for the farm interes ts the count ry over a n d w i t h the suppor t Con-

egress has given the McNary-Hangen measure—having al l the voices of organized agr icu l tu re p leading fo r it and demand ing legislation designed to relieve the s i tua t ion for the fa rmer— there is but one th ing now for the Chief Executive to w e i g h : politics.

I t is " s t i c k or b u s t " wi th the old boy now. To stick wi th the old line eas te rn Republ icans or break his poli t ical t ies in favor of common sense and the insisteut demands of the b read win­ners of the na t ion .

MICHIGAN'S CORN BORER WORK The beginning of one of t he most in tensive campaigns ever

waged against a p lan t pest was marked wi th the signing of the corn borer control act by Pres ident Coolidge. With th i s ac t there is provided ten million dollars as an appropr ia t ion by Congress for eradicat ion of the European corn borer.

If this eradicat ion work is to be effective, full coopera t ion must be given by the individual fa rmer in a id ing s ta te and federal au thor i t ies to ca r ry out the p r o g r a m now be ing out­lined.

It means t h a t all corns ta lks and coarse vegeta t ion refuse on the land mus t be burned and destroyed before May 1 to p reven t the moths from emerging and ge t t ing the ear ly s t a r t for the season tha t makes it the more difficult to combat them.

This means tha t every fa rmer must do someth ing to help in the conquest . The pest cannot be e rad ica ted this s u m m e r bu t much can be accomplished by p reven t ing the spread ing of it as much as possible.

Exper ience has shown tha t the best method for des t roying the corn borer in s talks and debr is left s t and ing in the field is poling, r ak ing and bu rn ing the mater ia ls before May 1, and then plow­ing to cover any mater ia l t ha t m a y remain.

This p rocedure will be requ i red at the discret ion of enforce­ment officials. Except ions wil l have to be made in cases where spr ing p lowing and the condit ion of the f ields is such 'as to as­sure the officials t ha t eve ry th ing pract icable has been done to control increase of the borer .

As soon as the federal appropr ia t ion is made available by Con­gress, final regula t ions will be p romulga ted b y the U. S. Depar t ­ment of Agr icu l tu re .

In the meant ime Mr. Michigan F a r m e r wil l do well to p l an a li t t le for his p a r t in th i s ba t t le .

F i g h t i n g the pest i s n ' t going to hejp the members of Congress who have set aside th is $10,000,000 for eradicat ion work and for control of the borer bu t i t is going to mean the sav ing of inestimable sums to the agr icu l ture of Michigan.

I t ' s y o u r f ight and m i n e ; l e t ' s get set for the first offensive th is spr ing.

1887—THAT D A Y IS N O W HERE!—1927 From a l e t t e r to Execu t ive Direc tor Char les P . Craig, of the

•St. Lawrence wa t e rway commission:

" A w a y back in the eighties, the Boston people were consider­ing the advisabi l i ty of bu i ld ing a ra i l road from Buffalo to Bos­ton, in o rder to secure some of the wes te rn t r a d e and business. Mr. J a m e s F . Joy , of Det ro i t , p res ident of the Michigan Centra l , who was considered the foremost and lead ing au thor i ty on rail­road masters , was cal led before a legislative committee in Bos­ton. Complying wi th t h e request , t h i s is, in -substance, w h a t he sa id : 'Gent lemen, d o n ' t hesi ta te , have no fear, bui ld y o u r road , and it will have p l en ty of business. The New Y o r k Cen t ra l i s now lay ing its four th t r a c k from Buffalo to New York in o rde r to handle the business of t h e Michigan Cent ra l a n d L a k e Shore Roads. These roads in t u r n a re c rowded wi th the business out of Chicago, t e rmina t ing the re by t h e Bur l ing ton , Rock Is land, Chi­cago & Nor thwes te rn , who c a n ' t keep pace with the upbu i ld ing

of the Wes te rn S ta tes , t r i b u t a r y to the i r respect ive r o a d s . '

" A s k e d w h a t he would sugges t as a remedy for this s t a te of affairs, he r ep l i ed :

' When the d a y comes, when f re ight cau be shipped b y

water from Dulu th , t h r o u g h to Liverpool , wi thout b r eak ing

hulk, tha t day will b r ing a godsend and relief to the Amer i can

rai l roads, who are now hau l ing heavy freight across the con­

t inent , foreign to their in teres t and purposes , which was to handle

l ight freight, express ma t t e r s and passengers in rapid t r a n s i t . '

" H E N R Y G E R N E R ,

" S a n Diego, Cal i f ."

CAPPER TINCHER LEGISLATION Occasionally the big packers p u t u p a brave fight for the sake

of protec t ing agr icu l tura l in teres ts . They d o n ' t wan t a n y legis­lation to be put across tha t might l a te r prove injurious to the live stock marke t of the count ry . This they oppose merely to protect the helpless, fa rmer and, incidental ly, t o indi rec t ly bene­fit the i r won business, they would have it appear .

Sena tor Capper and Congressman Tincher have in t roduced hills, s imultaneously, into the U. S. Senate and the House of Representat ives a iming to prohibit a pract ice of livestock buying which is th rea ten ing to des t roy open, competi t ive buying . This is a practice carr ied on hy the big packers in which tliey main­tain pr ivate buying y a r d s in addi t ion to the basic l ivestock ya rds and considerable buying is done th rough these p r iva t e ya rds by deal ing wi th favored shippers .

The prac t ice is opposed by pract ica l ly all the big farm organ­izations, including the American F a r m Bureau , t he Nat iona l Grange and o ther such inf luent ial and intel l igent bodies of agr i ­cul tur is ts .

Despite this fact, the packers , who a re the only ones to benefit by such pract ice , have declared thei r opposition to the pro­posed federal legislation in t roduced by Mr. Capper a n d Mr. Tincher is merely to protec t the m a r k e t i n g in teres ts of the farmer.

J u d g i n g from their s t and in the past , whenever there has been legislation proposed affect ing the sh ipping or ma rke t i ng of live stock, the packers are looking oift for the f a rmer in te res t s to the ex tent of keeping to themselvs benefi ts t ha t the f a rmer has no control over. They a r e f igh t ing the proposed Capper-Tincher bills jus t as they have fought o ther legislat ion which has aimed a t control of the i r business a n d the f ight in t he pas t has not been weak ou their pa r t . .

In their present f ight to hold the favor of live stock pro­ducers , the packers a re endeavor ing to show tha t the Capper> Tincher legislation would restr ict buying to certain y a r d s ; some­thing, they claim which would prove very harmful to the ship­p e r s ' in terests and the in teres ts of the producers . They aim to show it would prohibi t direct sales by the producers .

The th ing to be brought about by the proposed legislation is elimination, pr incipal ly , of delayed buying through off-market channels. This b u y i n g is done by some packers , by collecting large shipments of stock from pro tec ted local buyers and hold­ing the stock in p r iva te y a r d s unt i l a pr ice can be fixed ac­cord ing to the pr ices on the open marke t s . This pract ice tends to lower the public m a r k e t prices and, therefore, enables the packers to engage in a wholesale, indirect price f ixing which affects the prices of live stock th roughout the entire country.

Thus the degree of their in teres t in the farmer-producer of live stock is very evident . I t is about as keen as it has been in previous " b a t t l e s " in which they have used every weapon at the i r eommond to pro tec t the i r own interests .

Bad will be the d a y for every man when he becomes adsolutely contented with the life tha t he is l iving, with the thoughts tha t he is th ink ing , wi th the deeds t ha t he is doing, when there is not forever bea t ing at the doors of his soul some great desire to do something larger , which he knows t ha t he was meant and made to do because he is still, in spite of all, the child of God.

—Phill ips Brooks.

US FARMERS Us farmers in the country , as the seasons go and come. I s p u r t y much like other folks—we're apt to grumble some! The s p r i n g ' s too backward fer us, e r too for-ard—ary one— W e ' l l j a w about it anyhow, and have ou r way er n o n e ! The t h a w ' s set in too sudden t ; er the f ros t ' s stayed in the soil Too long to give the wheat a chance, and crops is bound to spoil! The wea the r ' s e i ther most too mild, e r too out rageous rough, And a l toge ther too much 4*ain, er not half enough!

Now wha t I ' d l ike a n d wha t y o u ' d like is plain enough to see : I t ' s jes t to have old Providence d rop a round on ybu and me and ast u s wha t our views is first, r e g a r d i n ' shine er ra in , And post 'em when to shet her off, er let her on a g a i n ! And yi t I ' d ru ther , a f ter a l l—consider in ' o ther chores 1 got on hands , a '-tendin' both to my affairs and your s— I 'd r a the r miss the blame I ' d git , a - ru l in ' th ings u p there , And spend my ex t ry t ime in praise and gra t i tude and p raye r .

— J a m e s Whi tcomb Riley.

OPEN FORUM The N E W S welcome* letter*

from the membership on questions Interesting to the membership. Such letters must be signed and be reasonably short because of our limited space—500 words is a good limit; they should be temperate in language and offer a constructive answer to the question in hand. Communications are invited.

"Editor Farm Bureau News: "Mr. Geo. Roberts, vice-president

of the National City Bank, N. Y., in a recent article in the Netroit News opposes the McNary-HaUgen bill, and among other statements he says this: 'The fundamental objection to the plan is that it proposes an ar-bitratory interference with the free play of economic forces; impractical because the undertaking is far too great to be entrusted to such a body as is proposed.'

"How is it that Mr. Roberts did not worry about the 'interference With the free play of economic forc­es' when, after the war, the Reserve Banks refused loans to the farmers and thereby forced them to dump their crops on the market, while, at the same time these same Reserve Banks loaned more money to the business men of N. Y. City than to all the farmers in seven agricultural states?

"For this very reason agricultural prices dropped to the lowest level, while the farmer was obliged to pay nearly war prices for most thhings and is largely doing so yet.

"The Federal Reserve system is supposed to make the supply of money "elastic." The McNary-Haiigen bill intends to do the same thing with farm commodities. Mr. Robert says: "There is something abnormal and repugnant in the idea of selling food stuffs and other nec­essaries a/broad, below prices fixed to our own people.'

"If Mr. Roberts is so much con­cerned about this matter, then why does he not go after the manufac­turers of farm machinery, who are doing this very thing?

"It seems that Mr. Roberts be­longs to that class who are able to make 100 per cent profit out of oth­er people's money, and he is wel­come to it as far as the writer is con­cerned, if he refrains from giving uncalled for advise in agricultural matters and if he will please remem ber that a great many farmers could also tell him many ways how money could be made more available to the public and at lower rates.

"Respectfully. THEO. BENGEL, Fowler. Michigan."

PLAN BIG DOINGS AT MINTDALE HALL

St. Joseph County Bureau To Hold A Supper On

March I

The first of four big county meet­ings planned for 1927, to be staged by the St. Joseph County Farm Bu­reau, is definitely set for the eve­ning of March 1, to be held in the community hall at Mintdale, begin­ning at 7 o'clock.

The board of directors of the county Farm Bureau met on Feb. 16 to arrange details of the program for this occasion. They picked M. L. Noon, of Jackson, as principal speak­er. Mr. Noon is the new president of the State Farm Bureau and will be assisted on the program by one or two others from the staff of the state organization.

The four big meetings have been planned as a means of strengthening the Farm Bureau in the county. In those counties where such quarterly meetings are being held, much is be-ing accomplished. Some are adopt­ing the policy of inviting in town­ship committees at the quarterly meetings of their boards and report this to be a very satisfactory way of setting up a stronger working unit throughout the county.

In St. Joseph county the Farm Bureau sentiment appears to be growing firmer and more widespread. This was manifested recently When four communities entered bids to en­tertain the county organization at the county meetings, the "first of which is scheduled for the Mintdale community hall, next Tuesday eve­ning.

Michigan Farm (Tax Consumes One-Half

Of Total Net Rent

GENESEE STIRRED WITH ENTHUSIASM

5 0 0 H e a r F a r m B u r e a u T a l k

G i v e n B y D r . D i e h l

O f C h a r l o t t e

Enthusiasm ran unusually high for Farm Bureau activity for the ensu­ing year when some 500 Genese°. county farmers and their families gathered at the Masonic temple, in Flint, Feb. 21, for the sixth annual Farm Bureau banquet, under the chairmanship of W. W. Billings, president of the county organization and vice-president of the Michigan State Farm Bureau.

There were three "ringers" on the program: "Mike" Noon, of JacksonT known also by the official title of president of the State Farm Bureau, Dr. W. W. Diehl, Methodist preacher, of Charlotte, and Mrs. Frank Evans, wife of Frank Evans, the general marketing counsel of the A. F. B. F. Her talk treated of the property rights of women and followed close­ly along the lines of her address at the ninth annual convention of the Michigan State Farm Bureau, earlier in the month. This talk carried with it a weight of thought that her hear­ers find hard to shake, even long after they have heard her give it.

Mr. Noon was toastmaster and in this capacity put across some very timely points.

To hear Dr. Diehl enumerate the recent accomplishments made possi­ble for agriculture meant to hear the spelling out of the success of Farm Bureau in its truest and broadest sense, Dr. Diehl was one of the founders of Farm Bureau and through his talks, such as he gave at this meeting, he instills the very essence of co-operative spirit in the minds of his hearers.

Although the preacher, was there to see that the party broke up early, not later than midnight, the insis­tence was so great and the urge so strong for "more" that the old time music masters were obliged to fiddle away.until the last few "sets" were satisfied.

MICHIGAN MAN WINNER OF LAND BANKS' AWARD

Guy G. Tefft, of Sherwood, Mich., was awarded a cash prize by the fed­eral land bank of St. Paul, in a re­cent contest for the best letter set­ting forth methods used by farmers in meeing payments on bank loans. A. J. Schmidt, of Chaska, Minn., was awarded the first cash prize.

Second prize was awarded to Al­len Klemme, of W'otverton, Minn., while the third prize went to Mrs. Tom Sparrow, of Portland, N. D.

The winners of ien special cash prizes are announe- I as follows: H. D. Ward of Solon R - ings. Wis.. H. A. H. Blegen of I D., Guy G. Tefft of Sher vood. Michigan, Charles W. Farrell i •: South Haven, Michigan, Robert H. Johnson of Ful* lerton, N. D., G. A. B.-unstad of Chip­pewa Falls, Wis., Martin A. Eliason of Appleton, Minn., A. E. Paulson of Underwood, N. D., T. S. Skarsgard of Ryder, N. D., and Mrs. Henry Neu-vilic of Sturgeon Bay, Wis.

Farm taxes take more than half the rents of farms in the lower pen­insula of Michigan, the Michigan State College has announced, fol­lowing a survey of 1,133 farms, in co-operation with the U. S. Depart­ment of Agriculture.

Taxes averaged 52 per cent of the net rents to farm owners during the seven years, 1919-1925. The av­erage gross rent per acre for the seven years was $4.88 per acre, but repairs, depreciation and operating expenses paid by owners, reduced the net rent to $2.79, with taxes averaging $1.4 3 per acre still to be deducted.

Rents were highest and taxes low­est in 1919, according to the fig­ures. In that year 521 farm owners reported an average gross rent of $6.51 per acre, and a net rent be­fore paying taxes of $4.31 per acre. The 1919 tax averaged $1.29 or 30 per cent of net rents.

Rents were lowest and taxes high­est in 1921. Gross rents for that year averaged $4.15 per acre on 415 farms. Net rents with taxes still to be paid were $2.17 per acre. Taxes averaged $1.53 per acre, or 70 per cent of net rents.

The year 1925, the latest for which data is available, was almost an average year. Gross rents from 1,018 farms averaged $1.84 per acre, net rents $2.69, and taxes $1.46 or 54 per cent of net rents.

SUCCESS ATTENDS T O W M P DRIVES

Muskegon County Workers In Series Of Meetings

Sign Members

The one-week drives for members in Muskegon county ran true to schedule in Casnovia and Ravenna townships during the first half of February. A substantial number of new members were added and tho old members changed to the new plan of continuous membership.

Assisting A. M. Edmunds, of the State Farm Bureau staff, volunteer workers have taken their automo­biles and gope into the townships where intensive campaigning was carried out to build up a strong or­ganization for the county.

In each township the week's work closed with a booster meeting of all members and their families. A big dinner was served in each place. At the Trent Grange hall, in Casnovia township, about 100 persons partic­ipated in the event and at Ravenna, about 200 took part.

Community singing , short talks and entertainment comprised the evenings' programs. Karl Kopf, coun­ty agricultural agent, led in the sing­song and short talks were given by Mr. Edmunds and by P. G. Hoiden, of the International Harvester com­pany.

Mr. Edmunds told of Farm Bureau accomplishments and explained the more recently added Farm Bureau service: Automobile insurance. Mr. Hoiden sppke on "Community Build­ing."

In Casnovia township the follow­ing committee was chosen: Mrs..Er-win Rull, Mrs. Emmil Parteen, C. S. Breeden, Ray Rykert and Charles Lewis. The committee chosen for Ra­venna township was Mrs. Frank Haas, Mrs. Robert Rassmussen, S. J. Link, Tom S. Rogers and Roy Haas.

It pays to use pure-bred dairy sires. South Dakota State college has found that their use on scrub or grade cowa increases production in the first cross about 67 per cent.

CHICKS GIVE TOWN FIRST CLASS P. 0 .

In 13 years the ppet office at Zee-land has jumped from a third to a first-class office.

In 1914 the receipts were about $7,000 while now they have exceeded $40,000. The year 1922 marked the inauguration of city delivery and the business done that year totaled $19,-000. In the past four years the re­ceipts have more than doubled. Last year there was an increase of $6,500 over 1925.

There are very few cities with the population of Zeeland that can boast a- ' f i rs t - lass /pcfetoffice. Residents are enthusiastic about this new evi­dence of Zeeland's prosperity. Fac­tories long idle are beginning opera­tions and most of the hatcheries are increasing their capacities. The chick industry in no small way is responsi­ble for the large volume of postal business done there.

Silage fed to cow8 an hour before milking leaves an odor in the milk. Better feed it after milking, experi­enced dairymen agree.

The cow producing five gallons of milk daily cannot maintain her pro­duction long without some con-

icentrated feed.

F E B R U A R Y 2 5 , 1027 M I C H I G A X. V A R -M B V R K \ r \ K W * THBUm

LEGISLATURE AIMS EFFORTS AT CRIME

WAVEPREVENTION Death Penalty, Longer Terms,

Fewer Paroles Seen

A s Remedies

PASS BAN ON LOBBYISTS

Chicken Thief Bill Passed By House With But One

V o t e To Spare

The House of Represen ta t ives pass­ed the A r m s t r o n g capi ta l p u n i s h m e n t bill F e b . 24 , a f te r a t h r e e h o u r de­bate . The vote w a s 6 0 in favor of t h e bill a n d 3 3 aga ins t i t .

S ta te Capitol, Feb . 24 .—The ora­torical cl imax of the p resen t session of t h e Sta te Legis la ture is expected to be reached this a f t e rnoon when t h e Arms t rong bill, providing capi tal pun i shment by elect rocut ion, comes up for final debate and vote in the House of Represen ta t ives . Seventeen members have notified Speaker Lynn C. Gardner t h a t they in tend to t ake pa r t in t he deba te .

The public hear ing held on this measure yes terday by the Judic iary Commit tee of the Senate was one of the most la rgely a t t e n d e d in State his tory.

The hea r ing began a t 3 :00 o'clock in t he af te rnoon and was not finally ad journed unt i l af ter 1 0 : 0 0 o'clock in the evening.

Highway F u n d s Puzzle While t h e capi ta l pun i shmen t dis­

cussions have occupied the center of the s t age and have beeu most obvious to the on- lookers , a n o t h e r issue of even g rea t e r impor tance has been much discussed by l i t t le groups in b o t h t he Senate and the House . This is the kno t ty problem of h ighway fi­nance and wha t to do abou t the pres­ent gas tax and weight levies.

An inf luent ia l g roup of legislat ive leaders a r e suppor t ing a p rogram which is in complete accord wi th the resolut ion on th i s subject adopted a t t h e recent a n n u a l mee t ing of the Michigan S ta te F a r m Bureau . In brief, t h i s p lan would provide for a 4c gas tax, p e r m a n e n t l icenses for passenger cars and an a n n u a l weight t ax for t r u c k s and buses. A fur ther fea ture of th is plan provides t h a t the count ies should receive a t least e ight mil l ion dol la rs annua l ly of the Sta te h ighway revenue ins tead of six mil­lion dol lars as a t present .

Stop P o u l t r y S tea l ing The bill by Rep . L u t h e r E . Hal l of

Inia , which is des igned to cu rb chick­en th ieves , was fibally passed by the House wi th b u t one vo te to spare , t h e ta l ly being 52 to 37 . Rep . Hal l ' s bill would requ i re t h a t all pu rchase r s of poul t ry fill ou t b l a n k s to be secured from t h e Secre ta ry of S ta te , giving cer ta in specified informat ion .

Lobbyis ts R u l e d O u t Both t h e Senate and the House

acted favorably upon t h e recom­menda t ions of Governor F r e d W. Green a n d have a m e n d e d the i r ru les to forbid any lobbyist to be present on the floor d u r i n g t h e daily session.

Two bills a imed a t lessening Mich­igan ' s c r ime wave were passed unan i ­mously by t h e Senate a t i t s Monday evening session. One of t h e m makes life impr i sonmen t m a n d a t o r y for per­sons convicted of a s sau l t ing a n o t h e r wi th in ten t to rob or s tea l whi le a rm­ed wi th any dange rous weapon. The companion bill would forbid t he par­ole of pr i soners convicted of first degree m u r d e r .

Rep. Snow's resolut ion proposing a const i tu t ional a m e n d m e n t t o em­power t he Legis la tu re t o rev ise Mich­igan ' s tax laws a n d to inc lude a s t a t e income tax in the new sys tem, if they should desi re so to do, h a s been re-referred to the House commi t t ee on genera l t axa t ion upon mot ion of Rep. Snow, who wishes to delay final vote unti l the people back home have had m o r e chance to m a k e the i r desires heard .

Considerable s t i f fening of t h e grades for Michigan apples is pro­posed in a bill in t roduced in t h e House by Rep. L u t h e r E. Hall of Ionia , cha i rman of t he House Com­mi t tee on Hor t i cu l tu re . This bill would mate r i a l ly decrease the toler­ance in the var ious g rades for apples lacking p roper color a n d hav ing o ther defects. Rep . Hall con tends t h a t only by hav ing s t r i c t g r ades a n d consider­ing a t al l t imes the desires of the con-, s u m e r s can Michigan apples compete successfully wi th the careful ly grad-ed-pack of t he western o rchard i s t s .

A proposal t h a t beg inn ing a t the Apri l election in 1929 superv i sors be elected for two-year t e r m s , is em­bodied in t h e cons t i tu t iona l amend­ment in t roduced by Sen. Vincent A. Mart in of F r u i t p o r t .

Chamber of Commerce Purchase Seedlings

The board of d i rec tors of t he South Haven Chamber of Commerce ha^s adopted t h e repor t of i t s ag r i cu l tu ra l commit tee , t h r o u g h C h a i r m a n F r a n k E. Warner , r e commend ing tha t pine t ree seedl ings be purchased by the C h a m b e r of Commerce for free dis­t r ibu t ion to those who would p lant t hem. About 3 5,000 seedl ing pine t r ees will be avai lable by this action, which is t he di rect r e su l t of the work of the extension schools held in the county, where in R. F . Kroodsma , ex­tension special ist in fores t ry , M. S. C , fea tured the possibil i t ies a long refores ta t ion l ines .

NEWTON DEVOTES DAYTO BUREAU

Seventy-Five People Attend Annual Meeting Of

T o w n Bureau

The Newton Township F a r m Bu­reau , of Calhoun county, held a rous­ing a l l -day meet ing a t Stanley Grange Hal l , Feb . 12, a t t ended by seventy-five people. T h e forenoon was devoted to a business session at which the officers of t h e Township F a r m Bureau were chosen and dele­ga tes elected for t he next annua l ,meeting of the Calhoun County F a r m Bureau .

Fol lowing a s u m p t u o u s d inner served by t h e ladies of Stanley Grange , a splendid p rog ram of F a r m B u r e a u speeches and addresses was given with t h e townsh ip F a r m Bu­r e a u pres ident , A lbe r t Hagelshaw, pres id ing . E l m e r E. Ball , secretary of t he County F a r m Bureau , made a clear and convincing explanat ion o : F a r m Bureau au tomobi le insurance and E. C. Sackr ider , Calhoun county club leader , told of t he progress of Boys ' and Gir ls ' Club work in the county and discussed the habi t s and control of t h e European corn bore r

The services of t he Sta te F a r m B u r e a u were out l ined by Stanley M. Powel l , Ass is tan t Secre tary of tha t o rgan iza t ion .

Fo l lowing a shor t recess and mu­sic by the Stanley Grange qua r t e t and a ta lk on t h e beau t ies and possibil­i t ies of N o r t h e r n Michigan, by Niles Hage l shaw, Mr. Powell m a d e a sec­ond add re s s in which he discussed s t a t e a n d na t iona l legislat ive issues a n d the services of t he F a r m Bureau in r e p r e s e n t i n g t h e r u r a l viewpoint a t Landing a n d a t Wash ing ton .

The mee t ing resu l ted in grea t ly in­creas ing t h e enthufciasm a n d loyalty of t h e F a r m Bureau members pres­ent , for the i r o rgan iza t ion , a n d in d e m o n s t r a t i n g to the -non-members who a t t e n d e d t h a t the F a r m Bureau is very much wor th whi le and is achieving va luable resu l t s for farm people .

Co-operation Institute In Chicago This Year

Plans for m a k i n g Chicago the h e a d q u a r t e r s for t h e most signifi­c a n t " g a t h e r i n g in the a n n a l s of Amer ican co-operat ion have beeu laid for a mee t ing of t h e American Ins t i t u t e of Co-operat ion for i ts sum­mer session a t Nor thwes t e rn Uni­vers i ty , J u n e 20 to Ju ly 17, inclu­sive.

" T h e first s u m m e r session was held in 1925 a t t h e Univers i ty of Pennsy lvan ia , at Ph i l ade lph ia ; the second in 1926 a t t he Univers i ty of Minnesota , St. P a u l , Minn.

The in s t i t u t e is a un ique educa­t ional en te rp r i se . In its work it is a combina t ion of high g r ade techni­cal school and a conference body for exchange of pract ical in format ion by leaders and skil led w o r k e r s in the f a rmer s ' co-operat ive business or­gan iza t ions . By d e m o n s t r a t i n g ad­vanced me thods , it seeks to improve the t e ach ing s t a n d a r d s of Amer ican schools a n d colleges wi th respect to th i s phase of Amer ican bus iness . I t also serves to give special technical t r a i n i n g to employees of co-operat ive associa t ions and to persons in tend­ing to m a k e this type of activity the i r life work .

The inv i ta t ion of Nor thwes t e rn Univers i ty has been given the sup­por t of t h e Amer ican F a r m Bureau F e d e r a t i o n , t he Nat iona l Livestock P r o d u c e r s ' Associat ion, t h e Illinois Agr i cu l tu r a l Associat ion and severai of t h e s t rong middle-western s t a t e F a r m B u r e a u s a n d co-operat ive g roups . V J

"Right Now" Righ t now your t ime is not

a s va luab le to you as it will be next sp r ing . W h y not hau l out t h a t corn p l an te r and m a k e a new tongue to replace t h e spl i t and pa tched one? W h y not get those plow s h a r e s sha rpened now and be ready w h e n "plow-t i m e " does come? Now tha>: you come to t h ink of it, t he re a r e a n u m b e r of l 'epair jobs t h a t need to be a t t e n d e d to . R igh t now is t h e t ime to make all necessary r epa i r s on the mach ine ry you will use th is sp r ing and s u m m e r . Any re ­pai rs t h a t need to be ordered can be ordered now. Such or­ders a lways r equ i r e a few days a n d somet imes a week for sh ipmen t . A two weeks ' wait a t th i s t ime of year means noth­ing, bu t a few days ' wa i t next sp r ing may mean the differ­ence between a crop and no crop.

MARKETING ASS'N TO IMPROVE SPUDS

Harvard Organization

Need of Stressing

High Quality

See?

"Qual i ty P o t a t o e s " was the theme of discussion at a recent membersh ip mee t ing of t he H a r w a r d Marke t ing Associat ion a t the Spencer Grange Hal l . C. E. A twa te r , fieldman of the Michigan P o t a t o Growers Exchange , discussed ways and m e a n s of produc­ing a b e t t e r qual i ty po ta to and what t he exchange would do with the lo­cal m a r k e t i n g associat ion in develop­

i n g a qua l i ty b rand . F r a n k Tru l l , of j t h e soils d e p a r t m e n t , of Michigan

Former Michigan Student Emancipator Of The Jews

DR. JOSEPHROSEN,? MICHIGAN RYE MAN,

RECLAIMS STEPPES Welfare Worker In Russia

Helping T o Get Jews Back On Farm

MILLIONS TO BE SAVED

Three Years' Work Has Put

40 ,000 Families On Earning Basis

I t was a miserable Jew tha t b rough t in foreign seed which now is sca t te red over a mill ion and a half fa rming acres of the mid-west . He was a miserable Jew and he brought in th i s seed with t h e evident purpose of hav ing it spread over t he ent i re count ry if possible.

DR. J O S E P H KOKKN Now he is back in Russia , in his

own count ry , and a round him a r e 200,0u0 o thers of his kind, s t rug­gl ing to make a comfor table living on the grea t Russ ian plains .

The seed th is Jew brough t to Michigan from Russ ia was a l i t t le packet of r y e — a b o u t a l i t re , pos­sibly a q u a r t — a n d today, bear ing his name , Rosen rye is acclaimed the best rye in Amer ica and has been awarded h ighes t honors four t imes a t t he In t e rna t i ona l Hay and Grain show.

This Jew, miserable when he left his homeland as an exile, and miser­ably poor when he reached Michi­gan and the Michigan Sta te College, less t h a n two decades ago, no longer is poor or miserable . He is Dr. Joseph Rosen , the emanc ipa to r of t he J ews of Russia , The 200,000 o thers of his k ind now work ing to m a k e a living by t i l l ing t h e soil in s o u t h e r n Rus­sia, have been l i tera l ly saved from a dea th by s ta rva t ion , pr incipal ly t h r o u g h the u n t i r i n g and sincere ef­for ts jOf this one big scholar and worker .

Never Sough t Publ ic i ty No b la r ing publici ty hera lded his

coming to Michigan as a s tuden t of a g r i c u l t u r e ; not much was said when he left. In his g r e a t unde r t ak ing a m o n g his own race , s t a r t i n g single-h a n d e d and wi th compara t ive ly l imit­ed means , he sough t no publicity and received bu t l i t t le . He though t and worked and organized. He or­ganized worke r s to assis t h im in his plan of ge t t ing his people back onto the soil, from whence they h a d ' b e e n dr iven h u n d r e d s of years ago . He

GRAPE MEN AIDED BY GRADING LAWS

New York Shippers Penalized For Poor Showing

On Markets

Figures .a l l in, t he New York grape growers came to the real izat ion tha t Michigan growers have beaten them on the m a r k e t s th is year to the tune of a b o u t $3 per ton and tha t , owing to t h e Michigan g rad ing laws, the Michigan pack has shown super ior .

Th i s s ta te of affairs came some­w h a t as a surpr i se to the Michigan grape m a r k e t e r s as the re has been a cons tant asser t ion on the par t of buy­ers t h a t New York grapes were bet­ter graded and were br ing ing more money than Michigan grapes . The fact seems to be t h a t New York has no g rad ing law, t h a t the i r ma rke t i ng agencies a r e no t using the federal inspection service and t h a t the i r g rapes have gone to m a r k e t th i s fall in such shape t h a t they have been penalized several hundred thousand of dol lars .

UPSKTTIM;

" H a v e you enough money to tip the w a i t e r ? " "Yes , so l i t t le i t ' s enough to upset h i m . "

organized them so t h a t they could work to the best a d v a n t a g e by co­opera t ing with t h e new government. of Russ ia to ob ta in g r a n t s of land.

In t h r e e years of th is work—band­ing t oge the r those who showed a wil­l ingness to m a k e t h e i r living from t h e soil and ge t t i ng t h e Soviet gov­e r n m e n t to set as ide lands for t hem, Dr. Rosen has b r o u g h t back some 40,00'0 families from t h e br ink of th«? grave , so to speak , and they have m a d e a wonderful showing on the s t a r t .

F o r more t h a n a hundred years the J e w s had existed in colonies in Russia , but it was only th rough spe­cial d ispensa t ion t h a t they were per­mi t ted to form colonies for t i l l ing the soil and in th i s they merely ex­isted and persis ted in t h e face of un­told ha rdsh ips a m o n g unfr iendly ne ighbors . |

J e w s F o r m e r l y Pas tor ia l In pas t ages the J e w s were a pas­

tor ia l people and i t was th rough no choice of the i r s t h a t they were dr iv­en from t h e soil a n d forced to scat­te r over the world, hounded and h a u n t e d and with no p e r m a n e n t place of res idence because of the i r var ied channe l s of act ivi ty. F o r the most p a r t they tu rned to t r ad ing , and in Russ ian lands today, it Is found t h a t fully th ree - four ths of t h e J e w s reg­is ter as t r a d e r s in t h e rec lamat ion work u n d e r t a k e n by Dr. Rosen.

A mill ion ac res of fert i le l ands lie open to the se t t le r in Sou the rn Rus­sia and th is the Soviet government gives wi thout cha rge to the t enan t for pe rpe tua l t i l lage .

With 75 per . tent of t he Jewish popula t ion engaged in commerce and wi th t he new gove rnmen t engaged in business and to l e r a t i ng pr iva te t r a d e only insofar as i t fits in between t h e gove rnmen t business and co-opera­t ive t r a d e , t he 'mi l l ions of " l i t t l e J e w s " have been forced into miser­able s t r a i t s ; too poor to move out of t h e count ry and with pract ical ly every o the r coun t ry excluding t h e m from immigra t i on .

I t was in the face of these condi­t ions t h a t Dr. Rosen , then the miser­able J ew t h a t he w a s — a s poor as the poorest of t o d a y — m a d e his way in to America af ter being exiled from Russia , and joined the youth of Mich­igan, a t t e n d i n g Michigan State Col­lege, some 20 years ago.

I t was while he was at Michigan S ta te College t h a t he conceived the idea of in t roduc ing the Russ ian rye into th i s coun t ry ,because , as he said t hen , it seemed to be be t t e r than any rye we then had . He b rough t in th/j l i t t le packet of seed and , th rough ex pe r imen ta l work a t t h e college, suf­ficient seed was avai lable in a few years to supply all who wanted it and the yields per acre v* ere prac t i ­cally double those f r o m . o t h e r , » r > » , I t was this seed t h a t made Michi­gan the biggest rye producing s t a te in t he count ry d u r i n g the war period when rye was subs t i tu ted for wheat to a considerable extent for m a k i n g breadstuff^.

Organ iza t ion Succeeds S t a r t i n g in 1924, on his work of

rehab i l i t a t ion a m o n g the Russ ian Jews by organiz ing them. Dr. Rosen r epor t ed recent ly tha t at t h e close of 1926 they showed, in a prel imin­ary survey or e s t ima te , to have ra is ­ed g ra ins wor th m o r e t h a n the to ta l cost of es tab l i sh ing these 40,000 fam­ilies on thei r l i t t le farms, whi le the va lue of t h e bui ldings , equipment and l ivestock a n d o ther holdings has increased beyond the ac tua l cost be­cause of t he n a t u r a l increase in the he rds , t he n a t u r a l increase in va lue of o rcha rds a n d v ineyards and be­cause of the labor tha t has. been pu t in to the deve lopment projects .

Dr. Rosen, in comment ing upon pa r t of t he work , explains t h a t it has

been t h r o u g h organizat ion and co-op­era t ive effort ent i re ly t h a t his plan has been par t ly real ized. F o r a fam­ily to set t le on t h e heavy plains and a t t e m p t to farm it single handed , with the l imited means of the Rus­sian Jewish family, would have m e a n t fai lure. By organizing in to smal l colonies and co-operat ing in the use of machinery and equipment they have been able to till t he heavy soil a n d accomplish much on the s t a r t .

"They have s t a r t ed with a lmost no funds of the i r own, and have been given some f inancial aid as groups or colonies, from a fund raised p r in ­cipally in th is count ry for this spe­cific work. On the s t a r t it was seen, in a survey cover ing near ly 7,000 families t h a t m a d e application for t a k i n g up lands , t h a t more t han 50 per cent of these families had no money whatever , one-four th had less t h a n $50 and the res t had from $40 to $200 or $300 a t the most . They wefe poor p ioneers , indeed, Dr. Ro­sen explains, bu t they have t a k e n the i r ha rdsh ips wi th a smile of de­t e rmina t i on to succeed, and a n o t h e r 21) ' yea r s will find the Jewish race wi th a different fu ture ahead of them if the t rend of today carr ies on and the Jews r e t u r n to the pastorial, liv­ing of the i r forefa thers .

Much Lund Available Dr. Rosen says the re a re 500,000

acres of fert i le l ands a long the shores of the Azoff sea which has tc be dra ined before using, a mill ion acres in the Cr imea , if action is t ak­en immediate ly , 600,000 acres of t h e Dnieper lowlands t h a t can be ame l -iorized, 300,000 to 400,000 acres of l and in Whi t e Russ ia , considerable land in E u r o p e a n Russia and o the r l ands t h a t can be secured for Jew­ish se t t l emen t as soon as funds a r e avai lable . The re is enough land to set t le 100,000 families, it is shown, bu t t he l imi t ing factor is capi ta l , par t of which , i t is p lanned , is to be set up by r e t u r n paymen t s made on t h e loans or advances appor t ioned in th i s scheme of rehabi l i t a t ion .

These loafis a r e made from t h e gene ra l fund, control led by a com­

mi t tee wi th which Dr. Rosen has worked as leader . The loans a re m a d e to the co-operat ive or g roup and these g roups a n d colonies in tu rn m a k e loans to t he i r m e m b e r s . On the or ig inal loans an - Interest charge of 3 per cent a y e a r is made to be paid a t t he close of t h e harves t year , Oct. 1. In o rde r to1 get s t a r t ed "on a fairly f irm f inancia l basis , ap­pl icants for land g r a n t s t h r o u g h this sys tem have been r e q u i r e d to fur­n i sh abou t $150 for e a c h family. In co-operat ives th i s is no t a lways re­qui red of some famil ies w h e r e t he family has a t r a d e s m a n or c ra f t sman whose skill in his p a r t i c u l a r l ine of work m i g h t be of g r e a t e r va lue to the g roup t h a n the r e q u i r e d * 300 roubles . In such cases, t h e requ i red capi ta l for t he family is u n d e r w r i t ­ten by t h e o the r s of t h e g roup if the family has no funds .

It is an in t e r e s t i ng s tory , t h e s tory of Dr. Rosen ' s work in his home­land, but it is a s tory t h a t cannot be wr i t t en in full for m a n y yea r s . It is today, mere ly a s tory of the s ta r t a n d of the prospec ts in s to re for the next g e n e r a t i o n of his k ind .

If t h e spi r i t of d e t e r m i n a t i o n ; the spir i t of co-opera t ion and of organi ­zat ion car r ied ou t by t h e J e w s of Russ ia could be applied t o the F a r m B u r e a u in all ito endeavors , A m e r !

can a g r i c u l t u r e of t h e next decade would a s sume a decided c h a n g e of aspect in i ts en t i r e ty and a change t h a t would win for it the h ighes t re -

BEST FOR WINTER

w I N T E R has no t e r r o r s for Non-Caking sal t users .

T h e Genuine N - 0 (non-cak ing s a l t )

Is s t r ic t ly non-cak ing a n d prac ­

tically non-freezing.

Non-Caking sal t is packed in ba r re l s , 140 , 100, 70, 50 a n d 25 pound non-swea t ing sacks .

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The Things You Want

When you 've pu t in a lot of t ime a n d money in p repa r ing s tock for m a r k e t , you w a n t to be su re t h a t you ' r e going to g e t the best price t h a t it will b r ing and all t h a t ' s coming to you. You w a n t it to be sold by m e n who have your in te res t s a t h e a r t a n d w a n t to see you ge t al l t h a t you can ge t ou t of your s tock.

T h a t ' s , t h e .policy of the P r o ­duce r s Co-operative Commis­sion Ass 'n a t E a s t Buffalo a n d the Michigan Live Stock Ex­change Commission Merchan ts a t Detroit—-(both co-operat ive m a r k e t i n g offices of the Michi­gan Live Stock Exchange .

S o m e w h e r e near you is a lo­cal sh ipp ing ass 'n of the Michi­g a n Live Stock Exchange. Ship t h r o u g h i t for be t te r service a n d be t t e r r e t u r n s . If you h a v e no local shipping ass 'n wr i t e us for informat ion.

Mich. Livestock Exchange Detro i t , Mich

Producers Co-Op Com. Ass'n E a s t Buffalo , N. Y.

AUCTION SALE Wednesday Noon, March 9

4J/2 Miles W. Main St., Kalamazoo I will sell a t auct ion the following s tock :

25 head of pure-bred Hols te ins 30 head1 of h igh-grade Shropshi re sheep and da i ry equipment

and DeLaval mi lke r . J . Roy B u c k h a m R. 9 , Kalamazoo

^ A3 W more actual lime waft

SOIVAY . \

State College, discussed soil condi­t ions for pota toes , and use of ferti­lizers and green m a n u r e crops. County Agent Vining discussed spray­ing and dus t ing of pota toes and gave the resul t s of d e m o n s t r a t i o n s car r ied on by Michigan S t a t e College dur ing t h e pas t s u m m e r . One h u n d r e d twen­ty-five men and women a t t ended the mee t ing . Sen t imen t was very s t rong to go ahead on a qua l i ty p rog ram for

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Here 's h o w — w h e n you buy lime you arc really buying lime oxide (its

act ive chemical property) , and this is w h a t y o u g e t : For $125.00 yon can buy, on an avenge, deHrered to jwn station, 25 ton* SoWay Pulverized Limestone containing 12 jjj tons of lime oxiie, «r 9 tons Bnrnt Lime containing 71

2 tons lime oxide, or 10 tons Hydrated Lime containing 1% tons lime oxide.

You obtain 66% more actual lime for (your money when you buy Solvay Pulverized Limestone.j Spread Solvay this year—note the bumper crops—and youll spread Solvay every year!

Write for booklet. SOLVAY S.M.K.N r n f i P o l l A T I o . N

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"Success is won by ha rd blows, not by b l o w h a r d s . " — B o s t o n T rans ­cript .

FREIGHT RATES On Farm Commodities

Often ca r ry overcharges . Do you have your bills a u d i t e d ?

THE TRAFFIC SERVICE DEPARTMENT Of the Michigan Sta te F a r m Bureau will check up t h e charges on your freight bills file overcharge c l a ims ; file loss and damage, c la ims; watch all freight r a t e s on you r fa rm produc ts and supplies and be y o u r persona l r epresen ta t ive to the ra i l roads . Claims col­lected a t cost .

Xo Cha rge For Audi t ing

Farm Bureau Traffic Department 221-227 X. Cedar St. Lansing, Mich.

T h e O d d s ARE

All in Favor of Alfalfa Seed

We arc all .sold out of Medium Red

C l o v e r .

D o n ' t t a k e a c h a n c e on I m p o r t e d

C l o v e r . T h e P r i c e of o n e b u s h e l of

c l o v e r wi l l b u y t w o b u s h e l s of c o m m o n

a l f a l f a — o n e a n d a h a l f b u s h e l of

Or f ta r io V a r i e g a t e d a n d m o r e ' t h a n

o n e b u s h e l of G r i m m .

A l l o w u s to q u o t e p r i c e s on y o u r

feed r e q u i r e m e n t s .

Michigan Farm Bureau Seed Service

Lansing, Mich.

"More MilK with More Cow Left at the End of the Year". Milkmakcr , a Pub l i c F o r m u l a J ta t ion,

Bui lds for t h e F u t u r e

The important part that Milkmak-er plays in Michigan dairying is probably best set forth in the claims made by hundreds of Michigan's leading dairymen who have used Milkmakcr continuously for one or more years.

These dairymen tell us that they have secured the following results by the use of Milkmakcr, viz:

J. Cows have kept up in better flesh and better physical condition. 2. Cows have maintained a larger and more even flow of milk. 3. Calves better developed and stronger at birth. 4. Freedom from trouble with cows at calving time; no retained

afterbirth and no udder trouble. The (Strongest advocates of course are those dairymen who have

used Milkmaker continuously since it came on the market in 1922.

BUYING A BETTER HERD These men have realized that in buying and using Milkmaker they

are assuring themselves of a better herd of cows two or three yeara hence.

In buying a bag of dairy feed, you do not buy the feed for the feed itself, but for the ultimate results obtained. The results to be ob­tained are not necessarily determined by the price of the feed. The teal value of the feed is determined by the per cent of digestible protein and digestible nutrients, both of which determine

A common phrase among users of Milkmaker is "More milk with more cow left at the end of the year.''

Ask for booklet on "How to Feed for Economical Milk Produc­tion."

Michigan Farm Bureau Supply Service LANSING, MICHIGAN

ron* M I C H I G A X F A R M B f H E A V X E \V S FEBRUARY 25, 1f>27

ORGANIZE ATTICA TOWNSHIP BUREAU

Men And Women, On Their Own Initiative, Set Up

Local Unit

A live Farm Bureau unit ha« sprung up in Attica township, in La­peer county, and a community organ­ization has been established, unas­sisted by the State Farm Bureau.

A group of real progressive Farm Bureau members in that township de­cided recently that considerably more could be accomplished in their coun ty if they worked more in unison, so the Attica Township Farm Bureau was organized and started out on a tentative year's program on Feb. 10.

Oliver Youngs was elected chair­man of the organization, to head its activities during tho ensuing year, to be assisted by Wellington Dennis, as secretary-treasurer, and an executive committee consisting of Mr. and Mr? William Blackmore, Route 1, Imlay City; Fred Ft. Williams, Route 2, At­tica; Mr. and Mrs. Otto Whitney, Route 1, Attica; Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Cliown, of Attica and Mr. and Mrs. Claude Miller, also of Attica.

Claude Miller and Otto Whitney were picked as members of the town­ship committee on roads. J. L. Payne was chosen township "Minute Man," to work in close touch with the Staf<'-Farm Bureau in legislative matters and other matters of direct concern to both the state organization and the township Farm Bureau.

The organization voted to call its first business meeting on Feb. 24, at which time It was planned to have several speakers assist in laying out a program for the future. Meetings are to be held regularly, every fourth Thursday, following the. meeting on Feb. 24.

Those who assisted in the organ­ization work for Attica township are Otto Whitney, J. L. Payne, Hugh Youngs, Oliver Youngs, Henry Ouck-witz, Fred R. Williams, Fred Neil-son, Fred Youngs, William Black-more and Wellington Dennis, local members, and R. L. Taylor, president of the Lapeer County Farm Bureau; Clinton Smith, Lapeer County Farm Bureau manager and Herman Rater-ing, manager of the Imlay City Co­operative company.

"COME ON, GANG!" The first step in our membership and organization work for l!i27

is a conference of County Farm Bureau representatives at State Farm Bureau headquarters, Wednesday, March 9, at 10 o'clock, Eastern Standard Time.

We are requesting each County Farm Bureau to send one dele­gate to this conference. Preferably, this representative should be the person who is most actively interested in membership work in your county, such as your former campaign manager, president, secretary, or other official or person.

This is to be essentially a working conference through which we hope to assemble all of the good suggestions regarding membership sighing and maintenance from the various counties into a reasonably well defined, workable and, so far as possible, uniform membership maintenance program. It is hoped that this can then be approved by the State Farm Bureau Board of Directors and the various County Farm Bureaus of the state.

The experience of the past two years has stimulated a great deal of thought and developed many new ideas as well as a much better morale in the Farm Bureau membership. While the membership problem is still a hard one and yields very slowly, with the proper co-ordination of all our activities we can make substantial progress this year.

Lucius E. Wilson, who directed the big organization campaign in 30 counties in 19126, will be present to assist with the meeting March 9. A complimentary dinner will be furnished at the Kerns Hotel by the Michigan State Farm Bureau.

The maintenance of the Farm Bureau membership is the founda­tion for all of our other activities, and we will greatly appreciate the co-operation of your County Farm Bureau in making this most important conference a success.

Kindly send us at your earliest convenience the name and address of your representative in order that we may get in touch with him about any further development if necessary.

Mr. Wilson has been engaged to assist with a series of five county booster rallies, on March 7, 8 and 9. The first of these is to be in St. Clair county on the evening of the 7th; the second, in Saginaw county, on the afternoon of March S and in the evening of that date in Shiawassee county and on the afternoon of March 10, in Mt. Calm county and in Eaton county that evening.

Darkey Fed Shotes "Slops F'm Hotel", Not Table Scraps

When Cholera Took All But Three Of His Pigs He

Butchered 'em

Control of Mosaic Is Found For Cucumbers

Cucumber mosaic, a disease pre­valent in practically all cucumber-crowing sections in the Central and Eastern states, can be largely con­trolled by following certain methods outlined by the United States Depart­ment of Agriculture calculated to re­move weeds and other plants on Which the disease lives through the winter.

P O l L T B Y SCHOOLS

Poultry Sohools for Kent county are scheduled for Feb. 22, 23,^24, and 25 and are to be held at Sparta and Cedar Springs on these dates.

INSURANCE AGENTS URGE FARM RELIEF

BY U.S. CONGRESS 400 Delegates Strong For

Program Sponsored By Farm Bureau

Hog cnolera was reported to exist on 46 - premises in Maryland during January against 23 a year ago. Of the primary outbreaks, 25 were due to infected pork in garbage, table scraps, etc. Ten were due to the pur­chase of new stock.

On the premises where hog chol­era was reported to exist during the month, there were 1.403 hogs when the disease started. However, 379 of rbese were dead, and 168 visibly sick before two cases were reported.

A, colored man whose entire herd was suffering from cholera was ask­ed if he had been feeding kitchen scraps. His reply was, "On, no, Boss, but I feeds nice slops from de colo'ed restaurants down de road."

A certain party who owned a nice bunch of hogs heard that hog chol­era was on an adjoining farm, and decided to have his swine treated. When he got home he found that th*> veterinarian had given the "life­time" treatment. In ten days the hogs began to sicken and nine of tbe herd went to the Happy Rooting Grounds as a result of the treatment.

A truck farmer was' the possessor of nine thrifty shoats,» among which cholera appeared. When the first one was taken ill he began to "doctor them." To his disappointment, how­ever, one after another sickened un­til one day the last three refused to eat. Here was where patience ceased to be a virtue, and he promptly dress­ed these three animals for food, as the children just had t to have their meat.

UTILITIES PROVIDE SPEAKER SERVICE

Special Lecture Service Is Made Available To

Local Bureaus

McNARY BILL FAVORED

Flat Tires and Blowouts By MBS. EDITH M. WAGAIl

In these crowded, unsettled times, substitutes for the genuine things of life are in demand everywhere— something that will answer the pur­pose to some degree, yet doea not cost so much money, care or respon­sibility. But try as we may, we have been able to find no substitute for that institution called Home.

Our ideas of home are not all alike, and I fear we, as a nation, as we become more commercialized, have been drifting away from our love and demand of home owner­ship. To be sure, we farm folks still cling to our love for a home of our own; we may be renters at first, but we have as a goal for the future, the hope of owning a piece of land some day, and making a home out of it.

But far too many of our town folks seem willing and satisfied to rent, so as to be free to move when the "fit takes us." And it seems to be an established custom of city folks to have at first a furnished room for light housekeeping, then it furnished apartment in a flat or hotel, with no personal belongings greater than can be carried to the next place in a pillow case.

Home Ownership Wanes In New York City less than 3 per

cent of the inhabitants have any in­terest in home ownership and other industrial cities are fast reaching this mark. Yet wages never were higher nor opportunities greater for those willing to economize and sac­rifice for that most wanted. And what has brought it about?

Is this an age of selfishness and shiftlessness? Are Ave as a nation encouraging irresponsibility a n l spendthrift ways? Are our de­mands more than we can pay for? And are we too eager to forget the thrift and home loving spirit of past generations that we might taste the joys of aristocratic life?

Are we older ones instilling in the minds of the growing generation that pride in home independence so essential to progress. Our very cit­izenship is built upon home and its security, and it is our duty to pro­tect it and improve it as much as possible within our power.

I fear we are apt to hold too lightly our ancestors' idea of self pride; our young people too often feel that if the job is lost or sick­ness comes that there's still a place with Dad, and when their feet are once more under his table, that things are not so worse after all; and Dad has become a little more softened than his father was, and would far rather help the kid out than see him face life's battles when they take on the aspect of self de­ntal and genuine hardship.

But it's those very battles which bring out true worth of the man or woman and the person who is wil­ling to face them even if he fails to pull through in the attempt, is of the kind that America must have, to keep the home loving spirit from the suggestion of encroaching decay.

It is within the memory of many I, when any thought of the In­

firmary or Comity House was looked upoh as an unforgivable disgrace, but I fear that attitude is fast going into decline. They are now looked

Hospitals for the aged and unfortunate.

Home Forum Planned It is with the idea of turning the

spotlight on the American Home that a three-day congress or forum will be held in Des Moines, Iowa, March 8-11. It will be the beginning of a "back to the home" drive and is sponsored by the women of the nation from all walks of life. It grew out of an idea in the mind of a great home lover who knew that the home was the one point of common inter­est of all humanity, and she hoped for more attention to be centered around it.

This home spirit must really per­meate through the* hearts of our women before it again becomes the national thought of our people, and so it is most fitting that our wo­men's clubs and organizations take the initial step to restore those qual­ities that tend to keep life going in the right channels.

Few, perhaps none, of our Michi­gan folks can attend this gathering, but we can be with them in heart and can be thought and energies to a desire for home betterment from the point of financing to the ques­tion of maintaining and with an idea of comfort and health and manage­ment for the best development of family life. And along with family life, I want to briefly mention the need of presemt legislative considera­tion of motherhood.

Our American Family Much concern is given to the

thought of the American family of the future—families are getting smaller and quite often are not at all and many question what the years to come will find as a result, yet America, out of%sixteen countries, stands second high in maternity deaths.

It is a situation that not only alarms our women, but concerns the very future of our nation, and it was with that glaring fact before us that the Sheppard Towner bill became an experimental act four and one-half years ago, and the results have been equal to our most hopeful expecta­tions.

In Michigan alone, timely instruc­tion, advice and help have been giv­en to thousands of women, and babv clinics have been held all over the state—yet the annual cost to the state has been but a trifle more than the cost of one-half mile of hard surfaced road.

How much are the Mothers of Michigan worth to us anyway? Per­haps this high death rate is the re­sult of improper care or wrong liv­ing, perhaps women do not face motherhood in the spirit that her kind once did. or perhaps we art-growing weaker but, whatever the reason, it is high time we discover the real cause and took steps to remedy it, and the knowledge learn­ed will help to train the growing mothers to a better understanding of her own life and the welfare of a family.

This is one of the first requests that Mother has asked of her state for herself, and the greater part of that is with a thought of her daugh­ter in the future, and it is hopeful that the request will be freely grant­ed. The bill has been introduced be­fore this session of the Legislature and is known as Senate Bill No. 55; and is now with the committee on Public Health.

Special Awards Were Made To District Agents In

Big Contest

A special committee of five, com­prising delegates of the state insur­ance agencies of the State Farm Mu­tual Automobile Insurance company, of Bloomington, 111., representing Michigan, Tennessee, Missouri, Min­nesota and Indiana, was appointed at the first convention of agents of this company, in which Michigan was rep­resented, at Bloomington, Feb. 8, and drafted a resolution favoring and urging adoption of the McNary-Haug-en farm relief measure in Congress. This committee was picked from some 400 delegates in attendance at the insurance meeting and its mes­sage telegraphed to representatives and senators in Congress from seven mid-west states, was based upon the stand the Farm Bureau ha3 taken in these states.

Thus this big commercial organ­ization went on record as being in lino with the Farm Bureau forces in seeking national legislation which tends to bring about equality for ag­riculture.

The Michigan agency of the State Farm Mutual Auto Insurance com­pany was represented at this conven­tion by Clark L. Brody, secretary-treasurer and general manager of the Michigan State Farm Bureau; Alfred Bentall, state agency manager; man­agers of each of the company's six districts in Michigan; R. G. Gibbens. A. N. Brown. C. H. Fowler, H. R. Andre, C. M. Kidman and J. Lee Mor-ford and the office secretary of the state agency, Miss Fannie Bailey.

Special awards were made by the parent company to district agents in each state making the best showing of new business since last November. Mr. Fowler, of the third Michigan district, received the first award, Gibbens, the second award and Brown, the third. The agent receiving the first award had written 120 applications during the period of the contest this winter.

From the talks given on the floor of the convention, it was made very evident that the idea of mutual au­tomobile insurance, made reasonable in price by being confined to farm risks only, is growing very rapidly, and that the Farm Bureaus in the several states represented are doing a very valuable service to he farm­ers in their respective states.

Anyone attending this big meeting could not help being impressed with the idea that farniers are coming to the front rapidly in the matter of conducting their own business along many lines in a co-operative way, and that the business of insurance is no exception.

The convention closed with a ban­quet at the Illinois Hotel, given in honor of the seven State Farm Bu­reaus now affiliated with the com­pany.

During the day, delegates visited the big headquarters of the insur­ance company, where about 40 em­ployes are engaged. The headquar­ters of this concern occupy the en­tire second floor of a large office "building in Bloomington. The dele­gates gained first hand knowledge of how the insurance applications and policies are handled.

During the morning and afte neon sessions, different angles of th' automobile insurance business were discussed by E. J. Carmody, adjuster of claims for the company, and its Two attorneys. E. A. Meyers and A. ri. Rust. The secretary's report in­dicated a decided increase in the business of the concern.

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HORTICULTURISTS BUSY FOR SPRING

The grape section of the program for the spring meetings of the^State Horticultural Society includes a meet­ing at Paw Paw High school, March 1.

The program states that George W. Starr, extension specialist in horticul­ture will give a talk on asparagus. This should be of interest in the Paw Paw section. The argument between dusts and liquid sprays on grapes will receive some airing by E. J. Hartsell of Geneva, New York. C. W. Bennett, our own plant pathol­ogist, will take up the "dead arm" of grapes at one-thirty in the after­noon. This will be followed by Dr. Newton L. Partridge who will tell of the factors influencing the sugar con­tent of grapes, which is a very im­portant thing to grape growers at the present time.

Much of interest and of an educa­tional nature is to be obtained from the lectures and addresses made available to local Farm Bureaus and other rural organizations through courtesy of the Michigan gas and electric companies. These big con­cerns have set up a public speaking service which is available to the farmers of the state for merely the asking; reasonable notice (at least 10 days) and some preference of sub­ject to be discussed is all that is necessary. Arrangements can be completed through the managers of local utilities or by communicating direct with the Michigan Committee on Public Utility Information, 212 \\\ Huron street, Ann Arbor.

A number of educational motion pictures are available for schools and organizations that can provide equip­ment and an operator.

Every assistance is given to pro­gram committees of women's clubs

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POULTRY

Many Farmers To Join Ton Litter Pig Clubs

Announcement of the 1927 Ton Litter contest has recently been made and the rules governing it sent out by its Michigan sponsor, Verne A. Freeman, live stock specialist of the Michigan State College.

Under these rules any Michigan farmer is entitled to enter as many litters as he cares to without charge. All who join the club and produce one or more litters weighing a ton or over at six months of age will re ceive a gold medal. Other cash priz­es, put up by packers and breed as­sociations, that are well worth striv­ing for, will be announced later.

Several Cass county hog grower^ have declared their intention of join­ing the 1927 club and more should get in. The value of the work is well established in determining methods of hastening maturity and cutting down production costs. Rules, entry blanks, and other necessary litera­ture can be secured from any county agricultural agent.

American Freight Was 53,000,000 Cars In '26 Railroad freight shipments during

1926 showed a considerable increase in volume over previous years' rec­ords despite the fact that motor truck transportation has become an appreciable factor in this country's transportation system. Figures ob­tained by the Farm Bureau Traffic Department show that a total of 53,-309,644 car loads of freight were handled by the railroads in the Unit­ed States last year.

Up to 1926, a million cars of freight in one week was a record made but once. During 1926 the weekly average, it is seen, was bet­ter than a million cars for the entire 52-week period, a world record for freight movement.

Poultrymen Benefit By Co-operative Marketing

The average price received for eggs by members of the Ohio Poul­try Producers Co-operative Associa­tion has been 1 cent higher than local prices in the four northwestern counties in which the organization operates, and prices paid by local dealers have been higher by eight-tenths of a cent than they would have been withbut the existence of this co-operative selling agency, the Rural Economics Department of Ohio State University has announced following a study of the situation.

Southern Michigan poultrymen. organizing the Wolverine Poultry and Egg Exchange, plan to market through this Ohio organization to obtain advantages of "big market

MICHIGAN ACCREDITED CHICKS. Buy our biff, husky chicks that will make profits for you. S. C. Reds, Barred Rocks, S. C. White Leghorns. 100 per cent delivery guaranteed. Prices upon request. Maple Hill Hatchery, Martin, Mich. 2-25-27

WHITTAKER'S MICHIGAN CERTI-fied Reds, both combs, trapnested, blood-tested, Michigan's greatest color and egg strain. Chicks, eggs, cbckerels. Catalog free. Interlakes Farm, Box B, Lawrence, Mich.

DOWNS STRAIN WHITE LEGHORNS. Bred 20 years for high average egg pro­duction flocks. Strong, livable chicks. 100% live delivery guaranteed. All Mich­igan Accredited. W. A. Downs, Route 1, Romeo, Michigan. 1-28-27

MICHIGAN ACCREDITED CHICKS— Barred Rocks, R. I. Reds, strong husky chicks from bred to lay stock. March de­liveries, $15.00 per 100. Order now. Howe's Accredited Hatchery, Essexville, Mich. 2-25-27-p

DEAN'S MICHIGAN ACCREDITED Chicks White Leghorns, Barred and White Rocks, R. I. Reds, White and S. (\ Wyandottes, Minoreas and Anconas-: Bred, Hatched, Shipped, and Priced Right. Two Hatches weekly after February 15th. Send for price list, etc. Dean Egg Farm and Hatchery, Box F., Birmingham, Mich.

3-25-27-p

500,000 HIGH GRADE HOLLYWOOD Sired White Leghorn Accredited Chicks. Males and females passed and bunded by state poultry association. Sturdy and vigorous heavy producing breeders as­sure chicks of quality and ability. Spe­cial discount now. Catalog free. Wyn-garden Hatchery & Farms, Zeeland, Mich. Box 25. 3-25-b

EGGS, SINGLE COMB REDS. SPLEN-did type, color, layers. Prize winners a t farmers' prices. Six hundred prepaid. Mary Mac Farm, Homer, Mich. 3-26-p

EGGS — SINGLE COMB REDS. Splendid type, color, layers. Prize win­ners at farmers' prices. Six hundred pre­paid. Mary Mae Farm, Homer, Michigan.

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MISCELLANEOUS

SEND US YOUR WOOL AND HAVE a genuine, pure virgin wool batt made. Write for particulars. K. A. Maupin Woolen. Mills, Eaton Rapids, Mich.

REGISTERED AND CERTIFIED SEED CORN. Clement's white cap yellow dent and Duncan's yellow dent. Fire dried on racks, ear tested and germination guaranteed. Also Certified Worthy oats, good seed is scarce, order yours early. Paul Clement, Britton, Michigan. Mem­ber of the Michigan Crop Improvement Association. 2-11-27

FLANSBURGH'S STRAWBERRY Plants. Catalog free, only best varieties, the finest on the market. Premier %l per 100 postpaid. Write for prices on 500 to 5,000 or more ^delivered to your door prepaid. Fresh dug and no delay. Forty years growing strawberries. Home of the Everbearers. All about the new Latham Red Raspberrv. Flansburgh & Son, Route 7, Jackson, Mich. 2-25-27

REGISTERED AND CERTIFIED Pickett yelow dent seed corn, fire dried on racks. Germination guaranteed. Cer­tified Worthy oats grown from certified seed. Certified Robust beans. Good seed is scarce. Write for circular. Faiigrove Associated Seed Growers; W. R. Kirk. Secretary, Fairgrove, Mich. 3-ll-p

FOR SALE OR TRADE lt>0 ACRE farm in Menominee county. M. L. White, Hermansville, Mich. 3-11-27-p

and to association officers arranging convention programs, who must plan their activities several months in ad­vance.

Developments of great interest that concern everyone, are coming to light daily. The manufactured gas in­dustry is providing completely auto­matic, heating systems for the home, while preparing to operate the family refrigerator. Electricity is being sent by super-power transmission systems more than half way across the con­tinent". New uses of heat, light and power in the home, store, factory, hospital, public 'building, highwav and farm are being perfected, mak­ing a most interesting story when told by informed men and women.

Topic Suggestions A few of the many interesting top­

ics upon which speakers may be had to lecture are given here:

Lighting: By arrangement with the Michigan section of the Illumina­ting Engineering Society, talks can be arranged on the fascinating and important subject of lighting. Sev­eral women speakers are available to tell about proper home lighting for illumination and decorativeness. Lighting as applied to the hospital and schoolroom can be discussed. The relation of light to public safety to prevent crime and/accidents, is a recent addition of importance to this program.

Developing new uses for gas; heating of homes; refrigeration, cooking, baking and water heating; incineration of waste.

Development of new uses of elec­tricity: Light and power for the farm; refrigeration; cooking and heating; street and highway light­ing.

Unclean surroundings are de­trimental to the milk flow, for milk absorbs flavors and odors readily.

* * * « No farmer is a good citizen unless

he is actively interested in the wel­fare of his community.

O U T The Farm Bureau Poultry Exchange

Which formerly operated at 2610 Riopelle street, De­troit, has gone out of busi­ness. This business has been taken over by the

Garlock Williams Co., Inc 2463 Riopelle St. Detroit

QUALITY CHICKS At Ordinary Prices

AVIIITE LEGHORN^—BARRKD ROCKS SANILAC COUNTY RHODE ISLAND REDS

Thumb Hatchery, Inc. Sandusky, Michigan

Or John D. Martin, Co. Agr'l Ag't.

crurix £*rie P££M^X -te MICHIGAN ACCREDITED

96 Uncalled Pullets Lay 7611 Eggs From Sept. 1,

1926, to January 1, 1927, writes customer f r o m

Muskegon, Michigan. This is an average of 21 eggs per pullet per month. YOU can do the same with our stoi >k which is the result of H years of breeding for S1ZK, TYPE, WINTER EGGS and HIGH

FLOCK AVERAGE, instead of a few high individuals. We have HOLLYWOOD, TANCRED, and KNGLISH type S. C. White Leghorns, SHEPPARD'S Anconas. Brown Leghorns and Barred Rocks. Hollywood foundation stock from 260-290 egg record; Tancred foundation stock from 250 up egg record stock. Ancona foundation direct from Sheppard. The very best in Brown Leghorns and Barred Rocks. Our chicks are HEALTHY, VIGOROUS, Newton hatched .hicks from free range breed­ers The strongest proof of the quality of our chicks is that \v«j have doubled our hatching capacity over last vear. .With "TOWNLIXE" you also get "PERSONAL SERVICE." LARGE NEW CATALOG FREE.

NOTE THESE LOW PRICES 100 500 100 500

English type S. C W. Leg...$13.00 $60.00 Anconas & Br. Leg $14.00 $65.00 Hollywood or Tancred 15.00 70.00 Barred Rocks 16.00 75.00

ASSOUTEL) OR MIXED CHICKS 10c EACH Chicks shipped postpaid. 100% live delivery guaranteed. Discount on early orders. J. H. GEERLINGS, Mgr. R. F. D. No. 1, Box N Zeeland, Mich.

0^8.000,000 Michigan Accredited

BABYCHICKS 1927

T Michigan accredition provides Competent Inspection of all flocks, hatcheries and chicks for 117 member hatcheries of the Michigan Poultry Improvement Association, furnishing Michigan Accredited or Certified Chicks and Eggs of known high quality. All inspection under supervision of Michigan State College. Accredited Clucks are Irom Inspected flocks, hatched in Inspected Halcheries and carefully culled before shipment.

Certified Chiclts are from Inspected Flocks, sired by 2C0 egg males, hatched in an Inspected- Hatchery and care­fully culled before shipping . it^i

BUY ONLYMICHIG AN ACCREDITED CHICKS TorTuttParticulars and a List of Michigan Accredited Hatcheries Write J-A-HANNAH-Michigan State (bllege Eas t Lansingf *C •«** . «* MichigA.'ro*

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Feeding the Baby Chicks NATURE provides sufficient food for the

first three days, for the chick absorbs the yolk of the egg just before it is hatched. This food is rich in fats and carbohydrates. From the third day to the sixth week, Michigan Chick Starter assists nature by giving the chicks a similar feed that is easily seen, easily digested and nutritious. Michigan Chick Starter is rich in vitamine content, balanced with the necessary cereal and animal proteins to give the highest feeding efficiency. Michigan Chick Starter is not waste material from the mill. I t is based on the latest scientific formula for baby chick feeding. Ask /or a pamphlet of our poultry

feeds containing valuable feeding suggestions.

That One Thing PROTECTION

Is provided in a State Farm Mutual Auto Insurance policy. It gives full coverage insurance at a price you can afford to pay.

State Farm Bureaus of seven states have accepted this form of automobile in­surance because of its low cost to the insured, the equitable terms of settlement of claims and because of the soundness of the principle and the responsibleness of the insuring company.

This Service To farmers of Michigan is available through the

Michigan State Farm Bureau A local agent in your community

221-227 N. Cedar St. Lansing, Mich.