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Vol. XX, No. 5 SATURDAY, MAY 2, 1942 20th Year

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23/4 OF MICHIGA 'SFIVE MILLI NS L VEIN FOUR COll TIES

Behindt eWheelWith J. P. Yaeger,Director of MembenhfpRelations

Petition to Apportion MightGive These Four Nearly

Half of LegislatureThe Michigan Council for Represen-

tative Government is circulatinga petition for an amendment to thestate constitution.

The amendment would compel animmediate reapportionment of seatsin both houses of the 'legislature,strictly on the Ibasis of population.

That suggests that 'We take a lookat the census for 194~

'Michigan in 1940 had a populationof 5,256,106 in 83 counties, accordingto the census.

Approximately 2%, million personswere a resident of one of four coun-ties:

Wayne .......•........................2,015,623Oakland .................•............ 256,068Kent .......•............................ 246,338Genesee 227,944

There are 100 seats in the house.That would mean that for each 52,561persons there should be a representa-tive district.

That raises the question as to abouthow many seats might an applicationof the 52,561 ratio give the four coun-ties? Forgetting the moiety clausefor a moment, it might be 'like this:

Wayne .....•..................•.....•.•.•.•....38Oakland .................•..............•.........4Kent ...........•....•......•...............•........4Genesee .................................•........4

ENGLA 0R. S. Hudson, British minister of

agriculture, speaking recently toBritain's farmers said:

"You must use every effort to raisemore food, but don't count on any in-crease in the flow of fertilizers or ma-chinery.

"I t is to the farmers that 40,000,000of the people of Great Britain arelooking for a great deal of the where-withal to sustain them in this fightfor their existence.

"Don't be frightened of high costfarming. The market is assured, the

prices are guaran-• teed. The nation

wants all you canproduce and willpay for it. Todaythe farmers or theworld have the pro-ductive capacity,without robbingthe fertility of thesoil, so that noman, woman orchild need go hun-gry. This should

be the aim (after the war) of agricul-tural policy and international co-op-eration.

"H o'Wever, if' it is to be secured,farmers must receive a fair return10'r their labor. Indiscriminate pro-duction, cutthroat competition onlyled to the farmer or the land betngexploited.

"The nation must be prepared topay a fait' p1"ice to the producer 01food.

"There has been a tendency in re-cent years to exploit Agriculture forthe benefit of industrial and com-mercial interests. This was bad ec-onomics as well as bad philosophyand bad ethics. One part of the peo-ple cannot grow richer by exploitingthe others who in turn are buyers oftheir goods."

cO-OP DIRECTORSA democracy just won't succeed un-

less the citizen and his elected leadersassume responsibility for its succeed-ing'. And that means in, peace timesjust as well as in war times.

Neither will a co-operative succeedunless the members and the electedleaders, the board of directors, as-sume their responsibilities. "It can'tall 'be left up to the hired managerand the employees.

Recen tly we heard of another co-op-erative that is in difficulties just be-cause the directors left everything tothe manager and the employees. Thedirectors failed to see that they hadthe' responsibility 'Of checking on thebusiness carefully enough and under-standing the operations' 'Of the co-opto the point where they knew every-thing was going well.

Private business in the communityis pointing to another failure of theCo-operative way. But it wasn't theOo-op that failed, it 'was the peopleuiho tore reseponsible. They failedOo-opemtion never fails, it's the lackof co-operation that causes tauure.

RESPONSIBILITYOne co-operative manager saw this

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50The moiety clause would tend to

reduce those figures. It is a provi-sion in the constitution which statesthat if a county has a moiety or morethan half 't'he ratio of population re-quired for a representative, thatcounty shall have a representativeunder the census of 1940, each countywith 26,281 inhabitants or more wouldbe entitled to a representative.

Counties having less that a moietyof population must be grouped togeth-er in whole or In part until the fullrepresentative ratio is attained be-fore that group 'Of citizens and areais entitled to a representative.

There is no moiety provision toprotect representation in the Senatefor the 1ess populous areas.

Reapportionment of the state legis-lature has become a problem in rela-tionship between the several metro-politan areas and the remainder ofthe ·state. That is discussed editor-ially in this edition. ••

Farm Bureau FightsApportionment Plan

The Michigan State Farm Bureauis one of the first organizations tooppose the constitutional amendmentfor legislative reapportionment pro-posed by the Michigan Council forRepresentative Government.

In announcing its opposition to theCouncil's amendment, the Farm Bur-eau said that it. had abandoned sug-gestions that it bring out an alterna-tive amendment on reapportionmentat this time. dnstead, said the FarmBureau, it will concentrate with oth-ers on the defeat of the Council pro-posal. This is no time for a possibleconfusion of issues.

The Farm Bureau has said that itwill join with all urban and rural in-terests in working ou t a reapportion-ment agreement which could go Ibe-fore the people with substantial sup-port from all groups.

Farm· BureauWould Apply Federal-Justice to Racketeers

Requiring farmers 'Or their employe to become m mbers of aunion of non-agricultural worker. in order to tran port their CODl-

domitie over the public highway. and street or to market theirproducts i a RACKET!

That is what Pre. id nt Edward A. 0' al of the AmericanFarm Bureau Federation told the lIou e Judiciary Subeommitteeeof Congre. s pril 17 at a hearing at which Michigan and otherfarm co-operative leaders teotifi rl r garding th tribut exacted bycertain labor union ..

Pre sident 0' eal aid that the Farm Bur au and farm co-operatives want to ndorse th lIobb s Bill HR 6 72 to r move thee. emption of labor unions from th f d ral anti-rackete rine act.TIl y want to endors th Moron y Bill HR. 6752 to ubject laborunion to the anti-tru t act when they depart from th ir recognizedand ] gitinrate objectives a. labor union ..

"Farmer are particularily alarm-.----------------ed by threats to organize them into shops and convert these organizationslabor unions or Into farm oraaniea- from voluntary groups into bodiestions affiliated 1vith labor unions. which a man is forced to join ...

"As the law stands today, there is "If farmers were to resort to theno limit either upon the unreasonable use of the closed shop, strikes andpurposes to hich such unions may various other . coercive practices of-be put, or upon the coercive devices certain labor groups which I havewhich may be used to accomplish just mentioned, they could quicklythese purposes. starve urban workers and paralyze

"Where unions are well establish- the nation.ed they are u ed to demand closed "We have not used such methods

Earrri Bureau Mel1'1bershipAfter 1942 Roll Call-

BONDS-WHICH?

PRESIDENT ASKSLOWER CEILING FORFARM PRICES

Statement by President Green OrIndicates No Use Por

Lewis Effort

100% of parity.The Farm Bureau has supported

price ceilings for everyone, if priceceilings are the way to avoid inflation.But the Farm Bureau has opposed theidea of price ceilings for some butnot for others. The new order ex-empts labor on the theor y that withprice ceilings established on food andother commodities labor will not askwage increases. 0 answer hag beenprovided if labor does.

April 29 the U.S. Dep't of Agriculturesaid if the 100% parity ceiling were

Retail price ceilings were ordered adopted for farm products these re-April 28, by the federal government ductions from mid-April prices wouldfor the duration for many goods and follow: hogs $13.48 to 10.98 cwt.;services. Farm products named in beef cattle $10.71 to $8.18 cwt.; woolthe first list issued by Leon Hender- 39 to 27c lb.; potatoes $1.16 to $1.07son include beef and pork, milk, bu.sugar, canned fruits and vegetables, April 15 farm prices were averagingbread, coffee, tea, cocoa. Retailers 99% of parity. Parity. is the relationwill receive price ceilings on other of prices received by farmers to thosefood products later. paid for non-farm products.- 'Effective May 18 the highest price -a retailer may charge for items on Loui s J. Taberwhich price controls have been order-ed will be the .highest price he chargedduring March.

Wages of labor have been exemptedfor the presen t, thus re-opening thecontroversy on that subject. Presi-dent Roosevelt has asked Congress toact to apply price ceilings to farmcrops at 100% of parity rather than110% of partty.. the figure set by Con-gress last winter. The President'srequest is opposed by representativesand senators from farm states. TheFarm Bureau opposes it.

The Michigan State Farm Bureaujoined the American Farm BureauApril 28 in urging Senator PrentissM. Brown of the senate committee onagriculture to stand by the law pro-viding that no ceiling shall be placedon a farm -product until the price hasreached 110% of parity.

When the law was adopted, Sec-retary Wickard supported 110%, hold-ing that would assure farmers fullparity. He said if ceilings were ap-plied at 100% of parity, the farmer'average would likely be below parity.The Farm Bureau supported him,holding with Wickard that all thefarmer asked was parity, but no lessthan parity. Wickard is reportednow to favor establishing ceilings at

"The American Federation or Labordoes not and will not organize farm-ers into trade unions. 0 mov inthis direction ha our sympathy orBupport."

PI' sident William Green of the A.F. of L. made this statement atWashington April 25 and announcedthat it would be circulated in pamph-let form throughout rural regions be-ing canvassed by nited Ime Work-ers organizers for the Unit d DairyFarmers and other dairy farmersgroups being organized under direc-tion of John L. Lewis.

ow, if President Green ould getthat message across to num rous in-dividuals and locals in the A. F. 0L. Teamsters Union tha would bemore good news. The Team tel's n-ion stands accused by farmers b forthe House Judiciary Committee inCongress and elsewhere of forcingfarmer and their hired help into theTeamsters Union to purchase theright to deliver farm produce to mar-ket.

Presently the International Councilof the Committee for Industrial Or-ganization should make a statementon its policy toward organizing thefarmer into city trade unions. Here-tofore CIO policy has been not to or-ganize self-employed persons, includ-ing the farmer. John L. Lewis' nit-ed Mine Workers-CIO broke with thispolicy by issuing a charter to theUnited Dairy Farmers. He has prom-ised to organize the 3,500,000 dairyfarmers in the United States.

Opposed to Lewis are all generalfarm organizations and farm co-oper-atives except his United Dairy Fat m-el's and Dairy Farmers Union. Op,posed to Lewis in his new drive forpower is the entire farm pr ss andthe majority of farmer. Quite likelyto be opposed to Lewis' bid for farmpower are many powerful unionsamong the 31 large unions in the CIO.Lewis is on one Side and Phillip [ur-rayon the other in a fight that 110one expects to end in a reconcilia-tion.

Farm Bureau Fights MoveTo Set Ceilings Below

110 Pct. of Parity

Co-operation is as 'luIstlan as theGolden Rule. Co-operation promotespeace. Co-operation means more thanjustice to the farmer. It means jus-tice to laoor, capital, and above all, tothe consuming public. Co-operationpromotes teamwork and understand-ing.-Louis J. Taber, vast master ofthe National Grange.

Members of thfor membership ren wnwFebruary and March. it th

They entered the camp ign ith paid- pa little more than 10,000 famili in 4eau organizations.

They completed the Roll all March by15,494 paid-up memb rship f r thefamily m mberhip th rm uryears.

The membership inworkers enroll d rof the Farm Bureau.How did hey do i ?

They built big ampaign orgtell th Farm Bur u story t la g

If the campaign org nization had b ntension of the campaign period would h ve eers to talk to more farm rs, th incr se n mwould have been larger.

The 1942 Roll Call demonstrated again that success witha Farm Bureau memb rship campaign is measured by thnumber of people who can be reached with th story. It t ka large force of inform d and d t rmin w rk r t d 1.

We had it ag in in 1942More than 2,000 members, or one in very 5 in the 43

County Farm Bureaus took an active part in the oIl Callcampaign. Each County Farm Bureau board of dir ctors ap-pointed a county campaign manag r, publicity dir cto ndother aides. They organiz d the membership workers intotownship teams.

More than 1,000 of he workers account d person lly for5 or more paid-up memberships for 1942,-ren w I or n wmembers. The records show that 1,500 wor r chan award for having called on ten or m r f mili m

ureau membership. ther worker di qu lly v lu blwork in proportion when they sign d 2 or 3 or 4 ou of h7 or 8 families they called upon. Tha '8 h kind of ov r gthat builds Farm Bureau membership.

Allegan ............•....................... 649

i:i::·~·:::::::::::::::.:~::::::::::::::::::::::1,:::Branch ...........•........................ 725Calhoun 573Cass .......•........•......................... 463Clinton 429Eaton .......................................• 325Genesee 305Gratiot 387Hillsdale 326Huron 206

t~~r{I:····:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: i~iJackson 166Kalamazoo 442t:~:~ee....:::::::.::::::::::::::::::::::::::6~~Livingston ...........................•.• 250

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Tells Cong ess

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and do not want to use such methods,as they are repugnant to the idealsof American farmers. The great mas-ses of farmers do not believe in suchmethods. They believe in voluntarytypes of organization.

"Therefore, farmers look to Con-gre s to protect them and consumersagainst all such practices by laborunions or any other groups, whetherin labor, industry, or agriculture. Inorder to help correct this ituation weendorse the objective of the Hobbs billand th Moroney bill."

As Told By Andrew Lohman,Hamilton Farm Bureau

I am manager of the Hamilton(Mchigan) Farm Bureau, a co-opera-tive ass'n of about 9QO memberswhich is engaged in marketing farm-ers' product and buying farm sup-plies ... We handle about 2,000,000worth of business annually. bout$600,000 consists of eoogs received fromour producers. They are. mark tedin Chicago, Detroit, and other citie ,but mostly in D troit.

Since June 1937 we have employedthe federal tate grading service oneggs in Michigan. A federal egggrader is stationed at the HamiltonFarra Bureau. He examines the lotsof eggs graded and packed. He issuesegg grading certificates thereon.These certificates are federal docu-mentary evidence of the quality, con-

dition or grade of eggs packed at ourplant They are receivable in allcourts as prima facie evidence of thetruth of the tatements contained.

\' e have encountered a problem ...in the city of Chicago ... in the ac-tivities of the Egg Inspectors Unionof Chicago, Local 663, affilia.ted withthe Amalgamated Meat Cutters andButchers Workmen 'Of the A. F. of L.Their contract with merchants re-quires that AL'L eggs sold for retaillUST be candled by members of the

egg inspectors union.The add e d e x-

pen e of rehandlingand recandling -bythe union cost ourproducers from 2%to 3 and even 5cen ts a dozen . . .This means that thefederal egg gradescertificate is nulland void when anegg merchant has a

the Egg Handlers Union

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Lohmancontract withof Chicago.

There is now a movement in Detroitby the egg candlers unions there toenforce similar contracts,

If this is legal, why should not apotato inspectors union require the re-sorting of all U. S. grade potatoes? Anapple inspectors union oould compelapple merchants to have their stockapproved by the union, etc.

larg r, r n e -bl d th work ..

mb r hip

SleighsOnly 125 horse-drawn Sleighs and

bobsleds were produced in the UnitedStates in 1939, according to the Cen-sus Bureau. The 1937 production was1,156.

Honor High Counties and Workers I

Two hundred coun ty ampatgnleaders attended the 'State Farm Bur-eau dinner for Roll Call workers atState College the evening of April 10.Honors were awarded to ounty FarmBureaus and individual workers mak-ing the best records.

Berrien County Farm Bureau ledall with 1,363 paid-up members. Sag-inaw was second with 1,062. Branchwith 713 members and Tuscola with582 members tied for the honor or be-ing the county to exceed its member-ship quota the most. Each did 58%more than the quota set.

Robert Koenigsl1of, manager of theBuchanan Co-ops, Inc., in Berriencounty, was high man for 'memb r-ship. He signed 5D families. GeorgePohl of St. lair county, and Forre tKing of Eaton county, tied at 44each.

County campaign managers honor dwith the leading counti s were: AleGale, Berrien county; Mrs. Grace T.Fisher, Saginaw; IMilton Bend 1', Tus-cola; Gero Himebaugh, Branch.

R. C. File of B rr len county washonored as chairman of the CountyFarm Bureau memb rship committee,which led th state for membershipssigned.

State Farm Bureau membership re-lations repr sentatives honored forfirst places taken by their districtswere: Largest number of members,George Schultz, Paw Paw, southwest-rn IMichigan district; Anthony Kre-

iner, -Lap er, northeastern Michigandistrict.

State Farm Bureau directors w rmembers of township m mbershlpteams. Director FOlTe t King wassecond in the state for membershipsigned by one man.

Macomb ...............•.....•..........•. 214Manistee ....................•.........•. 66Mason ....................................•. 450Mecosta ...•.... 160Montcalm ...........•...........•.....• 132Monroe .......................•............ 26Muskegon .......................•........ ~~j~~~~~eOst ·M·i~ii·ig·;~..·:·.~::·.:·.::296Oakland .................................• 137

~!~~:a~v ::::::::::::::::::~::::::::::::::::1,~~~Shiawassee ...........................• 174St. Clair ...•................••........•... 456SL JO$eph .•...........................• 406Tri-Cou.,ty •........................... 62Tuscola .........•.......................... 553Van Buren 632Wastenaw •...............•............. 453

About Labor

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Eighty per cent of our membersship to New York. We truck also toNewark, Boston, Providence, Albany,Rochester, Pittsburgh, etc. From May1 to Nov. 1 we ship from 5 to 65 truck-loads a night. The drivers are eitherthe termer himself or one of his hiredhelp that works for 11 im. the yeararound. They haul produce only.

During July of 1941 our driversstarted complaining of racketeeringand excise charges. Drivers werethreatened with violence and refusalto unload their trucks unless theyjoined Local 202 of the T amstersUnion of New York City.

I took several loads to New York.The first trip I was not molested untilI reached my commlsslon firm. As Istepped from the truck I was askedfor a union card. Not aving anyI was told I could not handle apackage off the truck. I was told Whire union men at $1.35 an hour to unload, or leave. There was nothing todo but comply since we handle perishables. On another occasion it took tenminutes to unload. I paid the hourrate of '$1.35. A union man gets onat the first stop and stays with thedriver until his truck is unloaded.Sometimes this amounts to largesum if the truck should be ti d up atthe market for hours. The unionman's time go on ven though hemay not he doing a tap.

As soon a an interstate truecomes into the market, a potter :Col-

lows him to his destination. The pot-ter points him out to the delegatwho asks for a union card. If noncan be produced, the fe must be paid.It costs the driver if he wishe tojoin, $25 as an initial fend du s of$3 a month.

Statement by E. C. Kimball,California Farmer

A farmer in the Imperial Valley em-ployed a truck driver to haul his hayto a customer dairyman at Hines, Cal.,The teamsters' union declared the hay"hot" because the truck driver was nota union man, When the dairymanfed it to his cows, the labor bosses de-clared that the milk produced was"pot" and subject to union efforts toprevent its being marketed.

Pears stored by termers at 'San Jose,Calif., in a cold storage warehousewere declared "hot" because of a dis-pute between the union and the ware-house.

Farmers of Stanislaw. county dress-ing their own turkeys have been un-able to market them in San Franciscowithout paying the butchers' union afee equal to the butchers' charge fordressing turkeys.

At Fresno, CaL, a union representa-tive told a farm co-operative that thepayment of $15 a month would insurethe products of farmers reaching theass'n without trouble.

Statement of B. E. Johnson,Beverly, N. J., Co-op A 'n

I represent the Co-operative Grow-ers Ass'n of 350 farmer members atBeverly, N. J. Our job for 24 yearshas been selling farm supplies andmarketing produce grown by ourmembers.

S, 221 'orth Ce(Jar St., Lanxlng, ,Uchtgan.Hc) uL:O. '1 1 phone, Lan 'in 21-271.

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Vol o. 5RDAY, MAY 2, 1942

ou cil for Representative Govern-petition for an amendment to the

c mp Ia reapportionment of seatsgislature in accordance with pop-

Michigan tl is has become a pro lem In city andr r lati ons ips.

For that reason the people have turned down everalr ortionm nt amendments during the past ffteen

r whi h filed to represent an agreement betweenan and rur lint r st 0 the now trouble orne e-

.t n f h w to reapportion the legislature.

h roe.

April 4 th ichigan Farm N ws urged farmers notto sign th p iti n. We said, " his mendm nt w srawn with ut any regard for rural Michigan. It

or . ward W. McFarland of Wayne Univer-r .t has aken exception to that statement. He

yi g, "that in the House through the moietyprinciple, rural Michigan is considered. In fact, thehang propos for th constitution is very slight. It

m r ly gives the ' ore populous areas representationr ly } ba is f p I tion, while the less popu-

s h vin moiety are entitled to one repre-for a h sue county. It

Th rural vi wpoint is that the adoption of the amend-ment woul tend to throw practical voting control ofbo h houses of the legislature to a few large cities.

So far s we know, none of the long established farmorganizations, and none of the farm people who are in-t r st d in this subject, were invited to present the view-point of rural Michigan when this amendment was draft-

ut industrial labor union organizations were repre-s nte by 1 eir state leaders.

W f th pi ion that rural ichi gan wi I regardtl e am ndme t ot as an effort to seek a solution to the

ro lem f legislative reapportionment that is reason-a ly at' f ct ry to both city and farm people.

W b Ii ve that farmers will consider the amendmentas another effort to force and to make permanent a legis-lativ pportionm nt that will be wholly satisfactory

gr ups in the cities.

racers a Have ichigan WeMay 28 to June 3 nearly 9,000 retail grocers and meatler will pr nt th ir sixth annual Michigan Pros-

perity week.

Their stores will call special attention to the manyitems that come from Michigan farms. The Michigan

t t arm Bureau and other farm groups are glad to en-dorse such an educational program. Storekeepers hope toplease their city customer and their farm customers andBU liers. a e sure they will.

ot many of us know the high rank Michigan has forfarm production. We are a highly industrialized state.On the other hand, while 2S state outrank us withmore land in farms, Michigan ranks among the first 1 Sf r r f all important crops suited to this eli-m n nd at I

etail dealers in food h ve some ppreciation ofMichi a 's tanding as a source of supply. This is howMichigan ranks with all other states for the production

f i port t it rns f the grocer:1 ch rr! " cucumh rs for plckles, cant loupes,

abbage, to n oes, butter

Abner is gone. Another Hicks Street homeHas sent a time·worn pilgrim on before;

Shown for a space a simple spray of flowersBound with wide crepe beside the old frbnt door.

We both were there the night that Abner passed.I went along to chore around a bit

And Marthy was with Su an at the lastAs neighbors should be when there's need of it.

Folks need to stand together when a friendOf year must say Farewell and go his way.

They ought to say and do as best they canThe l.ittle that there is to do and say,

Til funeral was as plain as Abner as,All Hicks Street went, and all will miss him now.

A long procession trailed the sleek black hearse.And long long thoughts are mine tonight somehow.

Wh n I pass on I know no one will say"The life he lived wa perfect and complete.

He never slipped or stumbled on life's way.H is was a record that is hard to beat."

SATURDAY, MAY 2, 1942

e A • Women

But if some few who knew and loved me wellShall say, "He whistled as he plugged along.

He tried sometime to help when help was due;Tried to forgive the few who did him wrong:"

If some will comfort Marthy on that day,And help her just a bit as she shall need,

Then'shall I sleep in peace, and wait the Trump iThen shall my soul rest comforted indeed.

R. S. Clark315 North Grinnell StreetJackson, Michigan

Club at their January meeting wi hedto expres their deep orrow and toextend their sympathy to the "' atsonfamily at the death of their fath r,Edwin R. Watson. As time pass son, we miss his leadership more and

By KEITll A. TA T Ell, more. He helped tart a sound organ-Membership Relations & Education ization for his community and we

ommunity boundaries are going to hope the work will b carried on asb narrowed by limited transportation H is of great benefit to farmers."and the tire shortage. Community LAPEER-LapeerFarm Bureau groups should be anal- Anthony Kreiner presented a chart-yzing their role in providing facili- ~r to the Lapeer Township Farm Bur-ties for obtaining social, recreational eau group (we are known as Commun-and educational needs. Hav you dis- ;ty Farm Bureau umber 78) signedcussed this in your meetings? by President C. L. Reid and SecretaryBETHANY COMMUNITY FARM C. L. Brody. We are dedicated to theBUREAU-Gratiot cause of organized agriculture for

This group has an excell nt Farm iehtgan. (Groups wishing chartersBureau orchestra. The members have can make application to the tatemade a lovely silk quilt and a cotton Farm Bureau M mbership Relationsquilt and are preparing for a fine pro. department).gram and a drawing at the Bethany REEMAN-NewaygoCommunity Hall. Mr. Peter Sneller reported on priceMAPLE GROVE COMMUNITY FARM of seedling trees by the hundred fromBUREAU-Barry the State, also on prices of trees and

Mrs. Hoffman explained the purpose bushes from various nurseries.of our discussion groups. everal A committee of five will decide thenew members were present. The pro- tree project.posed hospital service was discussed. Mack McKenzie suggested that allOAK RIDGE COMMUNITY GROUP- ,farmers in the Reeman Farm BureauIsabella place their names on their barns us-

1.60 was added to the Red Cross ing uniform letters, size and coloring.Fund. Walter Keller proposed means Ed. Gebben's motion that our namesto bring our new member into the be placed on our barns as a commun-Gommunity Farm Bureau group. ity project was c .rted. Mr. McKen-GARFIELD COMMUNITY GROUP- zie will report the cost of this pro-Newaygo ~ect at the next meeting.

Henry Bode read the resolutions BROOKSIDE-Newaygosent to the state draft board regard- Lester Wilcox reported a proposaling its policy on farm help. Greta from a cold storage locker for acquir-Ensing explained the hospital ser- ing patrons. At the end of 60 days avice plan. $10 prize will be given the Farm Bur-BRIDGEPORT GROUP-Saginaw eau getting the most patron. Wm.

Secretary was asked to write the Speet suggested a box social for theBridgeport and Frankenmuth ews Red Cross.asking them to publish 'I'rfple-A news AMBER-Masonfor farmers. rs. Elon Colburn gave a report onCHI E F-M an istee the scrap book project. Suggested

Victory Gardens were discussed. that each family entertaining thisOur Chairman urged someone to lead group take a snap shot of their home.the 4·H Club. \Ve shall send a letter The picture will be placed in the scrapof thanks to the local newspap rs and book along with the report of themerchants who helped us with our meeting.membership drive. CENTRAL HURO -HuronBROOKSIDE-Newaygo Central Huron Community Farm

Co. Agr'l Agent Clarence Mullett Bureau held the pril meeting in theexplained Farmers' Day, and the Hotel Irwin at Bad Axe with a dinnerevents to be held jointly by farm in celebration of the beginning of thegroups and the remont hamber of 5th year of the organization. It alsoCommerce. We may purchase a us d was a farewell dinner for Carl Rob-movie projector. erts who will be inducted into theALBION-Calhoun army this month.

Mrs. Ralph Clark and frs. Donald CAPAC-St. ClairRadee were appointed to listen in on Adopted Howard Smith's proposalthe round table discu sion over radio that the group devote $10 towardsstation \VKAR each Monday from purchasing equipment for the kitchen1: 00 to 1: 30 during the next month. of the new 4·H building at Goodells.H EM LOCK-Saginaw BU RLINGTON-RICH-Lapeer

Resolution in memory of Edwin R. Recent activiti s and projects ofWatson-"The Hemlock Community this group:

tedoctof the

(2)an eggounty.

(3) I et.ingBureau wom n.

(4) County leader.' III tingLansing.

C) .1 eting•entatives fromBureau roup: in the county in re-gards to the 110 'pita! rv ice plau..11' . Clothi r will r present our groupand g t information ,lIH! r 'port it toour group.

(6) Bang. Te·st is to b

soon in Rich townsh ip.(7) Promote sal of defen

and stamps.( ) Report to sup ITt OJ'S th t Oil I'

group favors the return to the oldtime.

(9) Two interesting film. tellingthe story 01' the "So mdnanee" will b • hown atmeeting.LINCOLN RIVER-Mason

David Esch Is thanked us for ourhelp toward the Junior Farm J ure uAmbulance Fund.HASTINGS-Barry

We adopted Warren Bolton's' pro-po al that we have a pi nie this su n-mer and call it a Farm Bureau I ic-nic rather than Farmers Picnic. Wefavor having central war time re-to red to Barry county.

BLUMFIELD BUENA VISTA-Saginaw

'11'. Dorr sold the lunches for ourbox social. Pro reeds or $H.!)!j werturned over to the Red Cross commit-tee of the Junior Farm Bureau.OREGON-Lapeer

This group will organize a first aidclass. irs. Seelye is to see when itcan be started.WEST ALLEGAN-Allegan

May 12 we 'shall have a. joint meet-(Continued on page five.)

•ertea rm Bureau

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Associated Women's Meeting

Cla •• ifled advertisement are cash with order at the following rates:4 cents per word for one edition. Ad to appear in two 01' more editionstake the rate of 3 cents per word per edition.

BABY CHICKSCHiCKS - MICHIGAN APPROVED

chicks from large typ hens. 'Whlte Leg-horns, 'hite and Barr d Rocks. Getthes better chlcks for more gg~ for de-fense. .(" red and unsexed. rite forpric s, iVlnstrom lIat hery, Box -7,Z eland, {jch. (2-4t-35b)

LIVE STOCK

Photo Cour-tesy Ba ttle Creek Enquirer & NewsMrs. Elsie Mies of Illinois, president of the Associ tted Women of the American Farm Bureau, is shownaddressing 35 Farm Bureau women at Battle Creek, April 24. It was one of six such regional meetings.The meeting was conducted hy Miss Iargaret Deck, with the aid of Mrs. Howard Benham, Mrs. H. B.Hunt and Mrs. A. M. Johnson.

REGISTERED HEREFORD BULLSand h if rs. 'Ie hav a nice selection.Senslbl pri es. A, M. To(ltl ("0., Ien-tha, (14 miles northwe t 01' I"ahtll''''7.oo).

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FOR SALE-REGISTERED GUERN.sey Bull calv s, 1 t 18 months old, Re -ords on dams up to 711 Ill.'. at farmf'rs'prices. Hook, Act'es, Brighton, ,\Jich-igan. f)-2t-2::p)

•••nLEPHONE OPERATORS who have stayed at 'their switchboards through flood or fire know whatit means to face emergencies.

CABLE REPAIRMEN are used to tackling toughand unexpected jobs. They're ready to work nightand day to restore cables to service.

POULTRY SUPPLIESPOULTRY LITTER-USE 8ERVALL-

tazdry for economy.'. Jade from sugarcane. No dURt-no dirt-goes farther-lasts longer. 'WiIl k ep brooder and poul-try how'! floors dr. 100 pound bale::>,,\Jost f d deal rs have it. Ask for de-crtptlve bookl t. Harry D. ates Com-

pan)', Hudson .• 1ichlgan distributor.(2-4t-44p)

POULTRY MEDICATION AT PRICESfarmers eun afford. Proto-s for 0 -ci-uiol'iL' pr vention; Ph nosulphonatpowd I' In mash or drinking' water toPI' •. nt int st.lnal infection; Cold Form-ula for respiratory troubles. vatlabl atleading hatcheries, f ed stores and FarmBur au Set'vi<'es, Inc. a their stores andCO-U})s. "rite (lire t If no deal 'I" in yourcommunity. Holland La horutortes, Inc ..Holland, ,Ii h. rs-ir -4Gb)

SEEDSSPECIAL MUCK LAND SEEDS.

Raised and used by us. ) -llow Den torn, uckla.nd Barley. A. 1. Todd Co.,

Mentha, len. (3-3t-20b)

PL TSMILLIONS CERTIFIED IMPROVED

red, pink Portorl .an potatoes, 1,000 1.50.'I'oma.toes, Sweet and Hot l' pper. l.2i.'abhag 7!Jc. Danl I's, 'fyty, 'eorgia.

FARM MACHI lI'ERYSPREAD MARL AS IT COMES FROM

pit. F'll nk elf Feeding :;pr ader doe.perfe t job on marl. '0 l.elper requlr don back. Worr't clog. BpI' -ads mortons daily-saves wag s 1 man. Fitdump truck like tailgate. Doesn't pre-v nt u e truck for oth r purposes. 'Impl-rugged. Write for atalog. Flink Com-pany, Streator, 111. (8-t!-51b)

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FARM HELP WANTEDWANTED-TO HIRE MARRIED MAN

by month. Tenant hom; will accommo-date small family. R. I~. Be kwith,OVid, len. (3-H)

FARM WORK WANTEDWANTED-MAN AND WIFE TO

-ork on OUI' <lair - farm. House, fll I,milk turntshed, vegetables and fruit.

,. )OJ to h agr d upon, P. C. Cham-berlund, rcadia, .1ani ·tt> Co.,. if'll.

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FOR SALE-HAY PRESSES (1) OHIOn) Sa mlw lch, hoth stand: 1"(1 .Ize. 'tee]fr m mount d on rubb I' and A-I con-ditil n. f). F {( kel, Stockbridge,

1I higan. cs-u-an»

MICHIGAN .ELL construction crews are expe-rienced in repairing pole lines and other telephoneequipment smashed by sleet storms.

FIRE SOMETIMES puts central office equipmentout of commission. Installation crews get the linesworking again quickly.

E~'~"iI""E men and WOl n of thi ompany are

aeeu tomed to } )('1'0" n .ies, For t I'm,

flood and fir are f( that trike withoutarning. Of n ee i. -,our people alway

ar organiz d on an . erg n y ha i .rat er war may hring, the p ri-

nee gained in uch me 'frt'nci h thitel phone army will !)ro ' , in aluahle in

maintaininn thnet' 0 -k,

oUI1[r '8 communication

* * *laterial shortage and uiar conservation

orders make it im pos ible in ome in-tali ce to supply telephone service as in

tIlt! pa t. Wliile every penni sible effortwill be mad> to ati fy public request,, r d mand c rn fit t.

•19 II T o e"KEE, 'fJl IOLUHG"- DIU E AFELYI

SATURDAY, MAY 2. 1942

U t al t3,000,000 Member

The United Mine Workers officiallybegan their drive last we k as < con-clusion to a me Ling in Washington,to enroll 3,000,000 dairy farmers intheir subsidiary union, Unit d DairyFarmm-s.

The dr iv began in the ew Yorkmilk shed. statement i 'sued atheadquarters of the mille union said."We are' not going to burn barns or

shoot cows. That's absurd. The Unit-ed .tine Workers of ,L mer lea never11ave engaged in uch tactics and wedon't plan to start now." .•

Ray Thompson former Michiganman who i headinz the drive madeno l' ply When a 'ked by r porters if"s·uch ta tics" as tipping over milktrucks and a ssaulttng truck driversand fanners would be employed.

INOCULATEALI ..

LEGUMES

fjullock Too Muchfor UDF at Ovid

t a recent meeting of the UnitedDairy Faxmers held at Ovid in Clin-ton county the Unit d Dairy Farmers,an affiliate of the United line Work-ers, adm itt d that their campaign inLapeer county had not been too sue-<: sstul and blamed the Farm Bureauand The Lape l' County Press.

A. M. Bullo k, Shiawassee CountyI Farm Bureau member and form rLa·peer county resident, was in the aud-ience and strongly defended both theFarm Bureau and The County Press.The rcnort is that friends of the FarmBureau out- talked the speaker and noone joined the UDF that evening,

A good crop may consume $10per acre in [itrogen taken freefrom the air if inoculated.Robbed from the land if theseed was not inoculated.

irector of OceanaFarm Bureau Killed

George Foster, a director of theOceana County Farm Bureau for sev-eral years, was killed April 20 on hisfarm when a tractor overturned. Heis survived by Mrs. Foster, four sonsand a daughter.UNICULTURE ---_.---------

costs only 5 to lOc per acre! -Sold by Farm BUI'eau

Stores and cc-op As s'ns

The American Farm Bureau sup-ports and defends the American wayof life.

THIS YEAR PUT IN SOME •••

MINGO SOY l3EANSThey are an early selection from the standard Manchu Soy

Beans used in Michigan. On the trial plots at Michigan StateCollege they were considered as good as Manchus. Theymature about a week earlier which is a good feature forMichigan. They m-ay yield a Iittle more than Manchu, Thisseed is Michigan Town and adapted. Parent stock was certi-fied seed from Ohio.

The is limited!Mingoof Soysupply Beans

Order from Your Farm Bureau Dealer Now

ACT' NOW!Lime-your sour fields now-do your partin our great r production towards all-outwar effort.

FRAN€E A<';STONE hasproduction successfully forfive years.

been aidingover tweny-

Your local AAA Committee or ElevatorCan Supply Your Needs.

THE FRANCE STONE COMPANYMonroe, Michigan

STATE FARM MUTUALPays Man Who PremiumsPays

This mutual company is 20 years old. From. thestart its policy has been to give its policyholders MOREInsurance protection for their money and to REDUCEthe cost. This IS how the Company stood at the closeof 1941:

• State Farm Mutual is now the largest auto-mobile insurance company in the wrold.840,756 policies in force in the United Statesand Canada68,000 policies in Michigan

State Farm Mutual business increased 38 %in 1941

•••• State Farm Mutual led all compani s for pay.

ments made to and in behalf of policyholdersin 1941:

Collision lossc topolicyholders $4,071,000

Property damageto oth rs , $1.883,087

Liability claims paidfor policyholders $4,380,022

The 80 1~ collision insurance pion ered by thi com-pany has ben so satisfactory that It has made us by farth largest carrier of collision insurance. Most of our840,756 policyholders feel they can well afford to carr~it.

This legal reserve company offers coast to coastservice. More than 7,500 agents to service policy-holders. Assets $25,510,220.50 at the close of 1941.For further info mation, see your nearest

MICHIGAN FARM N W

the domineering position it no holds.When will agriculture be led b

Secretary who , ill live, fi ht and diefor a riculture? 'When that day comethe farmer will enjoy th r ward ofhis toil. Until then he must be thank-ful for what he is allowed.

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E t n i nFood Pr

In

When we look about us these daysand see the fields greening so rapid-ly, and the fruit trees covered withtheir pink and white blossoms, andspring bulbs and shrubbery picturesof beauty, we almost forget that there'sanything in the whole wide world todisturb Mother Nature in her springawakening.

How we wish we might enjoy thebeautiful days with the complacencyand the appreciation that we feelshould normally be our privilege!

All of my life I've rebelled some-what against housecleaning interrupt-ing the full enjoyment of spr ing

beauty. I love towatch the dailyc han g e of thewoods and the ra-pid growth of dor-mant flowers, andwatch the robinsand the. bus ywrens, and to hearthe first "springpeeper" and thefirst call of thewhippoorwill. Tomy tbo ink in g

there's .nothing quite so near earth'sheaven as the farm in the spring.

I feel guilty that perhaps I have al-lowed my thoughts to wander awayfrom the big job.

Then again I wonder if it isn't allthe better for us to allow ourselvesall of the enjoyment we can squeeze infrom our flowers and our books andhome surroundings, rather than dwell

, too much on the affairs of the world.There's much been said about the

complacency of the American peopleIbut when one stops to tabulatewhat's being done by all around us,we haven't much to criticize afterall.What About Canning This Year?

I can't help but wonder about somethings. Everyone wants to be loyaland patriotic and saving and genorous, but just what are we going todo now with the fruit crop that wecan naturally expect? On our farm wehave peach trees and plum treesand cherry and pear and apple treesall loaded with blossoms as a fore-warning of an abundant crop, Wehave strawberries, raspberries andblackberries all looking fine. We'vebeen asked to can and can and letnothing go to waste! According to thepresent sugar ration our family willbe granted the privilege of ,buying 15pounds for canning purposes through.out the year!

The only thing now to do is to useour own best judgment in caring forthe fruit as it comes along. I'm mostcertain we"ll appreciate good homecanned fruit when we get it in thefuture.

Maybe you or I could not havehandled this sugar situation any bet.tel' than it has been, but I can't helpbut wish some of us could have hada chance, for it seems foolish to grantthe family who has taken years togrow fruit the same amount of can-ning sugar granted ny other familywho has 'none to can and who natural-ly under the circum tances 'Would buytheir fruit already canned,Frozen Commodities

Years ago .we had a neighbor whowas odd but yet the salt of the earth.He had an old mare who every so of-ten would have a contrary spell and itwas almo t impo sible to get -alongwith her. This man had far morepatience than the average fellow Ibutone day he seemed to have enduredhi limit and he cut a gad and applied•STATE FARM MUTUAL A:UTOMOBILE INSURANCE CO. it. The old mare pulled her earsback and looked almost savage and

Bloomington, Ill. when he noticed it he gave her a finalMichigan State Farm Bureau, State Agent, 221 N. Cedar St., Lansing, Mich. clip aying, "1 ow look plea ant wheth-

er you feel that way or not," muchto the amu ement of the onlookers.

That' what we hould all do about

1M GIVII'~6 1"HEM A. C.LEAQADVANT•••.GE IN THIS WAR-'

/Jvr:. FARMERS MU$T LISTEN1"0THEIR lEAOERS-COOPERATEUNSELFISHLY WITH EACH OTHER.

THEY MUST 1-001< 10 THEIR.MACf.1INERv ANO WORt< HARD&R

OR MV GENEROSITY WILL BE •OF NO AVAIL.

, THE'! MUST REALIZETHE WORLD,5 tJEPENDlN6ON TtlE OR6I1N/lE.OP AMeRICAN FAflMER ~

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Spring is Always aTirrie to be Enjoyed

these "frozen commodities." We mightas well grin while we bear it.

I hear that some of this propogandaabout city folks helping the farmerhas begun to take root around here.It's lamentable what ideas some of

By MRS. EDITH M. WAGA.R them have about farm 'Work: WomenBriar Hill Fa1'1n, Carleton, Monroe Co. think farm work is a lark until they

see just what the farmer ha to doany day! Some boys and girls seemto expect a camp vacation with pay!It's serious business, and hard work,more so this season than ever.

When the reconstruction periodcomes I hope the farm leaders canimpress that American public that theidea that "any fool can farm" shouldnever again be allowed to come to thesurface.Time Deal Comes Home to Roost

There are some things that farmersare experiencing that show what lit-tle consideration the average fellowgives the farmer when changes aremade. For instance, the grocery stor-es now open at 9: 00, the banks at 9: 00and orne of them close at n0011 onSaturday.

Now with this war time in effect, itwould show consideration for thefarmer if he could buy his groceries,do his banking, visit the lbarber, payhis telephone and electric bills and allsuch errands while the dew preventshim from doing th farm work.

There are some things about thisearly time that are amusing. I'veheard more criticism against it fromindustrial workers than I've reallyheard from the farmers. They're morepersistent about it. They all likedit until they found that cars, tiresand gasoline were to be rationed, thenthey began to cry against such earlyrising, so much time after work towhile away and unable to go some-place. such short nights if they waiteduntil dark before going to bed. etc.

But the woman 'Who liked it becausethere was one more hour of sunshinefor her houseplants should take theprize.Fight to Hold Parity Now

We fought over 20 years for parityand now we are facing our biggestbattle in keeping it. When we beginto get anything like a fair price fora commodity we are dubbed inflation-ist. At the same time we see pricesof labor kyrocketing and no mentionmade against it.

The farmer would be satisfied witha very mode t profit to be applied onhis debts or to purchase much neededequipment to operate his farm moreefficiently but he must fight to hisutmost if he gets it.

He does some serious thinking whenhe reads from Congres ional reportsthat the rent paid f r 1700 pieces ofequipment for the government wassaid to be 400,000 more than theiractual value and th t one firm pro-ducing basic magnesium was reportedto stand to make a profit of 42 0 percent.

I was told by one who had author-ative information that a commercialfirm of Detroit converted their plantto war work and had a contract guar-anteeing them a profit after all ex-penses were paid and the plant washoneycombed with exce sive expenses.

Those are orne of the things thatmake farmers do orne serious think-ing while doing their be t under allorts of handicaps to keep the farm

production up for war victory.Labor Got to the Top

We hear and read all sorts of slapsagainst Madam Perkins the e daysand I assure you I hold no brief forher, -but we must all agree she thinksof labor all of the time. She took thejob of ecretary of Labor when mil-lions or laboring men were walkingthe treets penniless and no job insight.

Today American labor is getting thehighest wage ever before heard ofanywhere. Whatever we think of itand how we may consider its effecton the country a a whole in the ru-ture, we must admit labor has gone tothe peak.

If every department of governmenthad been the watch dog of their par-ticular group as they should havebeen, labor never would have reached

II Sprout During GrowingSeason; Hard Seeds

Insure Full Stand

What about hard seeds in alfalfa.red clover. and sweet clover? the Col-lege of Aartculturc at the Univer ityof Wiscon in asked in a special bul-letin in 1940.

Hard eeds, according to the bulle-tin, are live ed which fail to ab orbmoisture and sprout when kept forthe official time of 5 or 6 days in alaboratory under good growing con-ditions. They must be reported onthe test tags used for labeling seedfor sale to farmers. This is a stateand federal regulation. The delay ingermination varies between kinds ofseed, and within the same kind ofseed.Beneficial in Alfalfa Seed

There is less delay in the germ ina-ation of hard seeds in alfalfa, the bul-letin aid. Arter sowing in thepring, some may germinate in two

weeks-others in four to six weeks.U ually all vlll sprout before the endof the growing season.

As much as 30 to 50% of altalfaeed may be hard without a reduc-

tion in the final stand of spring orearly summer sown alfalfa, if the rateof seeding is above 12 lbs. per acre.In fact, if seed i sown properly andnot too deeply, then the moderate de-lays in germination due to hard seedsmay thicken the stand by the endof the season if severe losses haveoccurred previously from frost,drought, insects or other hazard .

Hard alfalfa seeds have an insur-ance value, especially with spring andearly summer sown alfalfa ... It isseldom advisable to scarify alfalfa seedthat is scratch or break the seed coatby a mechanical cratching process.Scarification breaks down the seedcoats and reduces the hard seed con-tent, but seed sb treated does not keepwell after six months of storage.Provide Reserves for Red Clover

Hard seeds in red clover are harderand slower to sprout. They accumu-late in the 'Soil and a reserve of themoften helps to thicken stands thinnedby adverse conditions. Volunteerstands are due to hard seeds.

When 30 to 40% of red clover eedis hard, an increa e in the rate of ow:Ing may be necessary. If the rate ofseeding is more than 8 lbs. per acreand the seeds are not sown too deeply,no increase is needed.Hard Seeds in Sweet Clover

Hard 'Seeds in sweet clover arevery hard. They may live in the soilfor several years without sprouting.They are unde Irable when in lateryears they produce :volunteer plantsof sweet clover in fields of alfalfaand red clover grown for seed, orwhen such plants occur in hay fieldsand mall grains where they interferewith harvest and reduce the quality.

Hard seeds may be very desirablein permanent pastures, where the vol-unteer plants benefit the soil and thepasturage, In unhulled sweet clover.of one-fourth or more of hard seed issown in permanent pastures in latefall or early winter. a high percent-age of hard seeds is very desirable.

'We do not scarify sweet clover inMichigan.Hard Seeds and Seeding Rates

If all the seeds of alfalfa, red clover,01' weet clover could be sown at exact-ly the proper depth, and if conditionswere so ideal that each seed wouldproduce a strong healthy plant, onlytwo pound of seed per acre wouldbe needed, the Wisconsin 'College ofAgriculture said in its bulletin.

Such a low rate is impractical forbroadcast seedings, it continued. Thefield losses from natural hazards areso great a to require an increase offrom 3 to 6 times the theoreticalseeding requirement. Hard seeds donot ordinarily affect practical ratesof seeding for alfalfa and red clover,but may necessitate increase in therate of sowing sweet clover,

Hard seeds are variously delayed ingermination though soil conditionsare very favorable for sprouting.Hard seeds, said the Wisconsin Col-lege of Agriculture, are not bad seedsin the sense that they are diseased orweak. They appear to be a provisionof nature to safeguard the survivalof plants by keeping a reserve of liveseeds in the soil,

Services Sells 20 T ODSof Garden Seeds

The Farm Bureau Services GardenSeed Dept., has done a bigger job, thisyear, than any previous year in itshistory in supplying garden and flow-er seeds. The volume was so muchgreater than anticipated that the de-partment maintained day and nightcrews to keep up wi th flood of orders.

Approximately 9,000 seed orderswere filled. This amounted to nearly20 ton of seeds, and that is a lot ofseed when it is put up in .five and tencent packages.

Michigan hybrid corn ~;creage willdouble in 1942.

Count F I'm Bur au 1 d .1'8 meet-ing at Lansing. rn il 10. took the tol-10 ing actions for County Farm Bur- -...eaus and the Communlty Farm Bur-_-----:-----------::--,eaus in war time:

1. Agreed that the Iirst dutFarm Bureau org-anization Is to sun-port the nation's war program Ioivi tory.

2. Will co-operate to the full lit o .tent with the e tension division ofthe ~Iichtgan tate Coll ge in its foodand other war time programs .

3. amed a standing committee;J. F. Yaeger and Stanley Powell forthe Farm Bureau, and R. J. Bald in.dlrector of e ten ion for J.11higan

tate College, to sugg st such pro-grams for the Farm Bureau for thduration. Tll topics sugg sted by thecommittee will be referred to the om-munity Farm Bureaus before beingscheduled for the year.

4. Voted to di continue as' armeasure the umrner series of distr! tmeetings' for delegates from om-munity Farm Bureaus.

5. Recommend d the formation ofsmaller Community Farm ureau ""groups to reduce travelling distancefor meetings, but final decision willbe left in each in tance to the ountyFarm Bureau and the people of thCommunity Farm Bureau.

Mr. Baldwin said that the . ten-sion service is eeking a leader ineach community for it w r time pro-gram for food production.

Poultry Department

Ind. Farm Bureau Co-op. Ass'n.610 Kentucky Ave.. Indianapolis. InnAll of Us Should Take Time

To Appreciate BeautyAbout Us

u h FarmerElevator a Succ

After 5 years in business the RuthFarmers Elevator, Inc., has one f thebest success stories in its field. Whenthe group started the odds were great-ly against them.

Today they have 508 tockkhold rsand last year they did busines ith902 patrons. They have taken onmany new services. the most rec ntbeing petroleum. They will handleall kinds of fuel and have storagefacilities to stock 5 ,000 gallons. Theiroil department will be operated 011 thesame co-operation principals as theirelevator. There is no pri e cutting.The profits go to the customers whopatronize the organization.

FO POULTRY

HOW TO AKE

THERE i no time this year for tractors to break down.There is no place for tractor engines that waste power

and fuel. Here are three things that will help give you allthe power of your tractor all the time:

1. TUNE·UP your tractor to get full power and best fuel econ-omy. Proper adjustment of carburetor, governor, spark plugs,valves and magneto will do this. See your dealer and send forbooklet below.

2. PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE for all running part, lean stor-age and handling of fuels and lubricant , r gular Iubri ation,regular service attention to air cleaner, oil filter, batt ry, cool-ing system, tire pressures-these are some of the things thatyou must do to get a full day's work every day you need yourtractor. Nearly all tractors need this maintenance program;most require a number of other checks and inspections.

3. HIGH COMPRESSION your pre ent tractor if it needs an over-haul. The high compression overhaul u es little or no morematerial than a regular overhaul and gives you more powerthan your tractor had when new-plus substantial aving intime per acre-and cost per acre-required for every tractoroperation.

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ICHIGAN FAR

as mod rn creation, al '0 a di play offurniture in the process of manu-facture.

Grayling is a leading sports c nter.Hancock is the eat of oumi ollegeand Theological eminary, the onlyFinni rh Lutheran Colleg in m rica.The Quincy mines in this town aredichigan" olde t copper mines till inproduction. Here i operated thelargest mine hoi t in the 'World, cap-able f raising ore from a depth oftwelve thou and feet. /'Holland's Wooden Shoe Factory

wooden 'hoc factory in Hollandi the only one in th United tate.The city is noted for it Tulip Timefe tival, one of the large t events ofits kind in the nation.

A mu eum in Houghton in the up-per penin ula contains one of thelargest collection of minerals and geo-logical material in the country.Houghton Lake in the lower peninsulais •Iich igan' largest inland lake, 16miles 10nO'and 7 miles wide. 1,200 feetabove sea level and 600 feet above thelevel of Lake Michigan.The Mining of Iron

The Pine Mountain 'Ski Iide atIron Mountain i one of the highe tin the world. Ironwood is the metrop-olis of the Gogebic iron range, andhas everal of the world's deepestmine in .the city and vicinity. TheEureka mine is the deepest iron oremine in the Lake Superior district.It is 3,200 feet deep.

The bed of Lake Angeline near Ish-peming was drained in 1894 so thatthe iron ore lying beneath could bemined. It is a spectacular sight.Rope's Gold Mine near here is theonly gold mine in Michigan. Afterhaving produced both gold and silverit was a andoned for many years,

now i reopened and in perationwith modern equipment.

The anci nt copper mines in I iIeRoyale atloual Park are of unknownorigin, perhaps antedating those bet-ter known prehi storic workings inGreat Britain. There are numbed'sopen pit' and this va no doubt theaboriginal trading center for prac-tically all of the copper used ,by theearly merican.

One of the mo st modern tire andrubber plants in the world is locatedat Jackson. Her al 0 i on of thelargest state penal institutions in theworld.

Kalamazoo i one of the importantpaper manutacturIng centers of thenation, with an annual production o~three million ton .

The Chief Wa-Wa-Tam at MackinawCity is th large t ice crusher in theworld. It', ill cut through sixteeninches of lake ice and yet not be morethan fifteen minutes behind schedule.

Man i tee is known as the salt cityand has one of the largest and mostmodern salt plants in the world. TheChittenden ursery, in the 'ManisteeNational Fore t, is the largest nurseryof its kind in the nation.

One of the iron ore docks at !Mar-quette is the largest of its kind.

At one time Menominee was thelargest pine lumber shipping port inthe world. Here is now located thelargest furniture factory in this partof the country.

One of the largest chemical plantsin the 'world is located at ,Midland.

Monroe was the home of GeneralGeo. F. Custer, the great Indian fight-er. The famous Lotus ·Beds near hereare the offspring of lotus brought overfrom Egypt.

The Mount Clemens pottery is one

of th large t in the country. The townof ~lount PI ant i Michigan's lar-g st crude oil pipe line terminal.

Tannery Falls and Munlsmg Fallsin Muni 'ing ar rare e amples ofgrotto formation in sandstone notfound elsewhere.

In 1 Muskegon was known as"The Lumber Queen of the World" cut-ting n arIy a billion board feet thatyear. From 1 5 to 1 7 Oscoda ledthe world in lumber production.

Plymouth is the home of the world'slargest adding machine factory. Italso has one of the largest air-riflepla n t in the na tion.

Limestone quarrying and the largestlimestone crushing plant in the worldare the main industries of RogersCity.

Saginaw has the largest bean eleva-tor in the world, handling eighty mil-lion pounds of beans aunuaily, whichis one third of the nation's crop. ,Sagi-na w also supplies most of the graphiteused in lead pencils. An iron foundryhere is one of the largest of its kJ.ndin the world.

St. Joseph is the county seat ofBerrien county Which is the secondfood producing county in the nation.

The five locks operated at ISaultSte Marie operated free of toll by theUnited Btatee and Canada, constitutethe greatest waterway in the world,passing about 85,00{),000 tons offreight annually, a volume greater byfar than that of Suez and Panamacombined.

The world's leading manufacturersof curtain rods are located at 'Sturgis.Oue of the largest strawberry farmsin the nation is at Three Rivers.More cherries are marketed in Tra-verse City than in any other city inthe country.

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Towel' at the Univer lty of Iichlganin nn Arbor contain one of theth reo largest carillon in the world,with fifty-three bell, ranging inweight from twelve pound to twelvetons. The Ichols Aboretum in thicity is not d for having one of thefour out tanding collections of lilac inthe nation with 140 different vart-ctie , al 0 a gorgeous peony gardenwith 50 varieties.

Battle Creek i the cereal food cen-ter of the world. Bay City has thelargest production of beet sugar ofany city in the world.

The municipal fruit market at Ben-ton Harbor cover . i teen acres andis the nation's largest open ail' whole-sale fruit market.

Beulah is noted for its smelt runand tages an annual smelt festival.Deep Copper Mines

Calumet is in the great copper min-ing country, where some of the minesrange from four to eight thou andfeet in depth, among the deepe t inthe world.

aw du t mountain at Cheyboyganis the largest sa wdust pile in theworld. It i an accumulation of wa tefrom the many lumber mills whichonce lined the 'Chevbovgan river.

Greenfield Village in Dearborn isone of the most unique in the 'world.It consi ts of many hi torical 'build-ing and machines, moved here fromall parts of the United States.

A certain point in Detroit is theonly place where Canada lies directlysouth of the United State, accordingto the international boundary formed,by the Detroit river.

Detroit is the greatest automobilemanufacturing city in the world. Itproduced 85 percent of all pa engel'cars made in the United States.

The Detroit area i also rapidly be-coming one of the great teel centerof the world.Garden Seeds From Detroit

The garden eed hou e of Detroitupply more than half of II the gar-

den eed used in the United tate.Freight carried on hip pa ing

through the Detroit River each yearis everal time. the foreign tonnageof ew York City.

The General Motors Building is thelargest of its kind in the world. TheFi her Building i one of the mo tbeautiful off ic butld ing in theworld. The largest Ma onic Temple inthe world is located ill Detroit.

The first agricultural college in thecountry, opened in 1 57, i the Mich-igan' tate College < t Ea t Lansing.

Rivers in the vicinity of E scanabahave the greate·t concentration ofmelt to be found in the Great Lakes

Region. These oc anic fish were fir tintroduced from Maine in 1912 to pro-vide food for the ebago salmon. ·Thesalmon did not thrive but the meltdid.

Chicken dinn r - have made the Sag-inaw county village of Frank nmuthfamous throughout the tate and outof the tate. The name "Franken-muth Chicken Dinners" may be foundon signs on highways from the ea t tothe west coast. lthough off themain highway, the town serves fivetons of chicken every week end andup to six thousand dinners.Long a Furniture City

The history Grand Rapids as a fur-niture center began shortly before theCivil War and it is now the greatestproducer of and market for furn-iture in the nation. The furnituremuseum here exhibits orne of theworld's fine t period furniture as well

of the most extensive y sterns of stateforests in the nation, largely fromlands reverting to the state.

Lenawee County is the richest agri-cultural county in the tate.World's Largest Limestone Quarry

lpena is the newe·t winter portscenter in Michigan and has one of thelargest municipal kat ing rink' in thetate. Here is the largest limestone

quarry in the world, one mile long, ahalf mile wide, and a hundred and tenfeet deep.

Marion LeRoy Burton Memorial

By FRED E. KUNKEL(A II Rights lor Reproduction Arc Reserved)

ichigan ranks first in the production of cucum rs, mint,hicory, bans and cherries. She is one of the leading states

in th production of apples, pears, peaches and b rries. Po-tatoes, sugar beets, celery and grapes are of first import-anc . Michigan is near the top in dairy and poultry products.Th state is a leader in the bee industry.

Michigan ranks first in the manufacture of utomobil s,automobile wheels and accessories, gas engines, adding ma-chines and furniture. In export trade we rank sixth.

The state ranks second only to Minnesota in the productionof iron ore. It's copper mines, quarries, salt mines and wells,chemical and oil deposists are of great importance.

Michigan has the greatest inland fisheries in the wo ldwit an nnual catch of over forty million pounds from theGr at Lakes.

A reproduction of a massive tron-ti r Iblockhouse ha been built on topof the highe t sand dune in Musk gonState Par , from which fine views ofLake Michigan can be obtained.

Tahquamenon Fall State Park inthe upper penin ula contains falls ofthe same name which are among thelarge t falls east of the ::\fis is ippi.The upper falls have a width of nearly200 feet and a fall of over forty feet.The lower falls consist of a series ofhort drop and rapids.Michigan is rapidly building up one

Rates: erature ff ctLite ·of Your Tires

Ward Semi-PrivateService Room Service

Single subscriber $ .60 $ .75Subscriber and

spouse $1.20 1,50Subscriber, spouse

and all unmarriedchildren to 19years $1.50 1.90

ELIGIBLE MEMBERSHIP(a) Applicant must be a member

in good standing with the Farm Bu-reau.

(b) Applicant mayalone, himself and spouse, or himself,his spouse, and all unmarried childrenfrom birth to nineteen years.

(c) Applicant may enroll adoptedchildren up to nineteen years of agebut not brothers, sisters, fathers, ormothers.

ommunityarm Bureaus started group hos-

pitalization for the families in theirgroups May 1. They include Brook-side 22 families, itka lU, Ashland 12,Garfield 20 families. Dayton, WhiteCloud and Reman ommunity Farm

ureaus e pect to have th ir groupsready by ugust 1.

The hospital ervice plan providesthe member a very substantial por-tion of hospital care in anyone ofmany member hosplt Is in Michigan,The service protects him in otherstates.Benefits:

1. 21 days of hospital care per yearin a semi-private or ward room.

2. 90 additional day car per yearin a semi-private or ward roomat fifty per cent (50%) discountfrom the regular ho pital rates.

3. Meals and dietary service.4. General nursing care.r; Use of the operating room as

often as necessary.6. Anesthesia when administered

by a salaried employee of thehospital.

7. Routine clinical laboratory ser-vice.

8. All ordinary drugs and dress-ings.

9. Maternity service, including useof the delivery room and car«for the mother and child, afterthe mother has been enrolledfor ten consecutive months.

+._-------------Careful About Inflation truck tire at normal load, rolling

along at 35 miles an hour, is gene 1'-

To Keep Tire Heat ating an amount of heat equal to thatDown produced by eleven electric flat irons

going full blast.Unfortunately this heat is generat-

ed in the heart of the carcass, andsince rubber is a poor conductor ofheat it cannot easily get out. Sincethis heat is virtually trapped withinthe tire itself it creates hot spots, thetemperature of which may reach 300to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.

If the tires reach extremely hightemperatures the cords are weakenedto the point where they are no longerable to withstan the combination ofthe bursting pres ure of the confinedair and the train from road impacts.Each cord will gradually pull aparton by one until there are no longersufficient cords left to resist the pres-sure of the confined air and the tirewill blowout.

The best way to keep tire tempera-tures down to a reasonable figure isto be careful about tire inflation. Ifthe tires are properly and sufficientlyinflated the amount of flexing will bereduced and less heat will be gen-erated. Under-inflated tires flex ab-normally which increases the tiretemperatures.Don't Adjust Hot Tire

Many make the mistake of bleedingthe built up air pressure out of hottires. This is the worst thing theycan do.. If a tire starts ou t at 80pounds pressure the friction fromflexing will increase the temperatureof this tire to approximately 168 de-grees and the pre sure will build upto 96% pounds.

This is not an extremely bad operat-ing condition but 'f the operator nowbleeds out this increased air pressureback to 80 pounds the tire will againfl~x and the fricti n from flexing willIncrease the tire temperature to 215degrees. Peculiarly, after bleedingthe air out of the tire, this increasein temperature will again build thepressure back up for a time almost towhere it was. Ob iously the thing todo is to determine .the proper tirepressure cold and leave the tire alone.

lany people know that tires wearmore rapidly when hot than whencold, said Dwight Bargar of the OhioFarm Bureau Co-operative Ass'n,writing in the Ohio Farm Bureau

ews. But, aid Mr. Bargar, few peo-ple realize how much a factor temper-ature is in tire weal'. The fact of thematter is that at 90 degrees a tirewill weal' twice a rapidly as at GOdegrees Fahrenheit.

For example: Taking an arbitraryfigure of 26,000 miles for an a erageet of tires operating under an av r-

age temperature of 70 degree Fahrcn-heit, if we could operate thi set oftires continuously at 40 dezrees un-der the same operating condition', thetread wear would be ill the neigh bor-hood of 38,000 mile'. On the otherhand, if we put this arne set of tiresin exactly the amo service but oper-ate them continuously at a tempera-ture of 90 dgerees we could not real-ize more than 14,000 miles.

Tires which are put on early in thespring are very apt to show all the"ear marks" of fast tread wear byearly fall, due to the fact that run-ning their entire life in warm or hotweather has caused more than a nor-mal rate of "temperature" wear andthey may look like they will soon beworn out. However, in the succeedingcold months during the winter thistread life will correspondingly in-crease and the tire will average ou tproducing its normal tire life.

The exact reverse is true of tiresput on late in the fall or early win-ter.Increases Wear on Fabric

High tire temperatures ar also x-tremely destructive to the fabric andrubber comprising the carcass of thetire, which reduces the tire's resist-ance to blow-outs and bruises.

Tires themselves generate a tre-mendous amount of heat in flexing.It has been estimated that a 36x8

War BondLet' mak every market day a bond

day. 'Let's buy every time we sell.o investment is too small. 0 in-

vestment is too large. Egg money isas important as stock money or cropmoney. Only through buying as wego will we be able to save the largeamount that we must save. The farm-er's dollar may never have the op-portunity to work harder for thiscountry or the farmer.

R.F.D. Started HereThe first rural mail d liv ry in th

United States was in Iichigan and itstarted from Climax in the easternpart of the county. Today there is astone cairn on the main street, mark-ing the starting poin t.

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vin a while the talk comes before theelection. But either we cannot getour point across or folks don't getwhat we're driving at because we'retold that in these few instances di-rectors who violated every co-opera-tive rule in the book were re-elected.

The manager who wrote the CCWas told above has a suggestion tomake. Says he: "1 wish there weresome way in which the stockholdersof a co-operative at an annual meet-ing could be informed about the nomin-ee for directorship ·before they voted. I

omething perhap like a platform, orthat we had a et of co operative rulesthat would be read to the nomineesand each nominee would be askedwh ther or not he would abide bythose rule ."

(Continued from l'age 1.)SO clearly that when he first tookjob he discussed the matter with hidirectors. In a letter to the Educa-tional Department of the Central Co-operative Wholesale which serves

orthern Wisconsin and orthern1ichigan he tells of hi experience

as follows:"I have told my directors that here-

after they would be duty bound to buya1'1their supplies from the co-operativeof which they are directors. If ourservice was not good enough for a di-rector, it was his duty to see to it atboard meetings that it i made atis-factory for him and until then heshould make u e of the unsatisfactoryservice. I also told them that in myopinion a director of a co-operativeoil a sociation (operating a uper-ser-vice station) who did not u e CO-OPoil in his car nor have his car servicedat the CO-OP, was like an Americancitizen sertdin information to anoth-er country or givin comfort to theenemy at the time of war. Well, I al-most got my clock cleaned."

PLATFORM?Thi is a eriou problem, and not

entirely uncommon either. What canbe done about it? How be t can it beremedied? We have attempted fromtime to time to di cu the responsi-bilities of o-operatlve director at an-nual co-operative meeting. . 0 tlywe didn't get the chance until afterthe new directors ere elected. Once

VISIONIt eem also that co-operative lead?

er ought to have a vi ion of the pos-sibilities of' the co-operative a ide fromthat of its just being "another busln-e s". The co-operative way i notjust another business. It's a way oflife, the hope of free people in solvingtheir problems in their own way. theone chance of pulling themselves outof the economic mud by their ownboot strap.

Al Farm 8Ve are happy to announce that all

stockholder of the tica Farm Bu-r au of Iacomb county have join dthe Michigan State Farm Bureau.

Bureau Tells CongressAbout Labor Rackets

(Continued from page one.)ize the dairy plan tsIn the cities; thenyou unionize the milk producers andgive them a card; then you tell thefarmer that since he is a union manhe should not object to having thetruck driver unionized.

You raise the wages of the trucker,you raise the wages of the milk plantemployes, and you take dues awayfrom the farmer and the wage increas-es out of his rnilk check.

Under such a system labor wouldcontrol the farmer who produces ourfood supply, his co-operative or pri-vate plant which processes the f.oodsupply, and finally the means ofbringing that supply from farm to theconsumers market. This is the vic-iousness that should be recognized inthe Lewis move. t

Since Congress has given theseabusive 'pI:actices the right of way,Congress can take them away.

delivery of esss and other products! Wheat Quota Vote May 2for our members. Throughout the United States farm-

After operating satisfactorily for ers voted May 2 in the referendum onseveral years, I decided to raise the establishing wheat marketing quotaspay of two of our drivers who were for the 1942 crop. If the quota car-receiving $36 per week to $40 per ries, penalties will be imposed on'week which is the same pay our head production from acres planted in ex-driver was getting. The head driver cess of .the allotment to each farmer.objected to this. Wheat carryover from 1941 is

In a few days we received a wire 650,000,000 bushels, .nearly twice thefrom the commission firm in Chicago previous record. The spring and

. .. winter crop is likely to be a healthysaying that the union claimed we 793 000 000 1 hIt 1 t U· d. th . I d " )US e s a eas.. mtewere not paying .~ union sea e an States elevator and storage space isthat they were gomg to stop our already 80% full.trucks from being unloaded.

I was ealled to Chicago to straight-en out this matter. The union in-Iorrned me that we had violated thewage and hour act and that we owedthe two employees, involved in thisdispute about $3500. Finally theygave me flguces that the amount was$1,500.

I told them that paying this amountwould be up to our board of directors.The board considered this matter anddecided to discontinue trucking be-cause of the 'hazard, difficulties andthreats to which we had Ibeen subject-ed. We arranged to have this truck-ing done by the Midway Transit Com-pany and interstate commerce carrier.The union then attempted to stop theTransit Company from handling oureggs and celery. Next day, two oftheir representatives called at myoffice and said that they were tyingus up.

I told them that our board had de-cided to discontinue trucking. Theyinformed me that neither the MidwayTransit or anybody else could moveour eggs and celery. We finally s~t-tled by paying $1,000 which we feltwe never owed and which we had noopportunity to have decided ,by court.

Solv , Agr;eultural\Limestone

Michigan Producers ofPULVERIZED LIMESTONE

LI~STONE MEALAvailable At Your Nearest Dealer

Sol\TaySales Corporation7501 W.. Jefferson Ave.

DETROI~, MICH.Statement of Jesse Childs,Washington Hort. Ass'n

I have been a fruit farmer at Don-ald, Wash., for 34 years. I am presi-dent of the Washington State Horti-cultural Ass'n.

We acknowledge the right of laborto organize ... but we are stronglyopposed to la.wlessness, to racketeer-ing, to hot cargo edicts and secondaryboycotts as practiced by some unions.

Dave Beck of Seattle, vice-presidentof the International Teamsters Union,attempted to capture the apple in-dustry of Yakima county by a strikein packing houses and warehouses.The str-ike being ineffective for lackof Iocal support, he imposed a nationalhot cargo and boycott on all Yakimavalley apples and winter pears, wheth-er packed in the struck IJaclcing plantsor on the farm. The boycott lastednealy four mon ths and did incalcul-able harm to farmers of the Yakimavalley.

Andrew Lo man on TruckDeliveries to Chicago

The Hamilton Farm Bureau aboutfour years ago went into the truckingbusiness to facilitate and i1UPl'OVQth

CREDITS ON PURCHASESHelp Pay Farm Bureau Dues!

NOTICE TO MEMBERS: Tehse puru-chases of Farm Bureau brand goods areeligible to Membership Credits when de-clared: Farm Bureau Brand dairy, poul-try and other feeds, seeds, fertilizers;Unico Brands of fence, roofing, petro-leum products, binder twine, paints, in-secticides; Co-op Brands of farm mach-inery and electrical appliances.

MAIL YOUR DEALER SALES SLIPSto the Michigan State Farm Bureau,Membership Dep't, 221 North Cedar se.,Lansing about every three months, andfinally, not less than 20 days before yournew membership year starts. \

BE SURE Farm Bureau Brand, Unfeoand Co-op Brands are entered on theslip, as Farm Bureau Alfalfa, Mermash,Fertilizer, etc., Unico fence, etc., Co-opmachinery, etc.

MEMBERSHIP RELATIONS DEP'Twill issue you a card statement of yourmembership credit, if a membershipcredit is available that year. You maypresent it for credit tv your CountyFarm Bureau Secretary, together withthe ,balance necessary, if any, to com-plete your payment of $5 membershipdues.

$10 annual dues mature life member-ships; $5 annual dues do not, but partici-pate in Membership Credits, which re-duce the amount of dues payable.

Life members receive their Member-ship Credits in cash once a year.

TThe ability and willingness of co-

operatives to fit themselves into theemergency needs will .have a signi-ficant Ibearing on the public's attitudetoward farmer co-operatives in 't'hefuture.-Dr. T. G. IStitts, chief co-op-cratlve research and service divlslou,Farm Credit Administration.

Milk and egg production is up to MICHIGAN STATE FARM BUREAUwar time schedules. Lansing, Michigan

44% for Low Cost Pro •tlonTwo pigs went to market ... Aprotein concentrate and grainLOO 'T THE RESULTS:-

DY was raised on Porkmaker 44%.. AMOS was fed grain only ...

STARTING NO. DAYS POUNDS COST AVERAGE PROFITWEIGHT TO REACH OF OF GAIN

200 Ibs: FEED FEED PEl. DAiY

A y 31 79 561 $11.00 2.14 $5 0AMOS '35 16~ 708 $13.62 1.42 $2.88

A DY gained 1 lb. for every 3.32 lbs of corn, wheat and oats plus Porkmaker44 % protein concentrate.

*AMOS received only corn, oats and wheat until January 26 (76 days) at whichtime he weighted 98 lb. (A DY had Porkmaker added to his ration. He weighed195 lbs. after 7.6 days.)

PORKMAKER 44j~ was then added to AMOS'later) he weighed 200 lbs. and went to market.days on a poorly fed, unthrifty pig-SOME GAl

ration and on March 6 (4 aysThis was a gain of 102 lbs. in 40!

Use open formula Porkmaker for quickest gains at lowest cost andgreatest profit. Write us for booklet telling how to FEE PORK-MAKER 44% protein concentrate.

Farm Bureau Open Formula feedsPORKMAKER MILKMAKERS MERM SHE

-Buy,at Farm Burf'ou Stores and Co-op Ass'ns

SATURDAY, MAV 2, 1942

t faver e e eCOUNCIL

By MISS HARRYETTA SlIAW of Shelby, State Publicity Chairman for the JUNIOR FAR

Juniors Malee Flag for

Saginaw Junior Farm Bureau members made thi American Farm Bureau Federation flagand pre eted it to the Saginaw County Farm Bureau at its annual meeting larch 26. Shown inthe picture are Herebtr Stark (left) of Saginaw, County Farm Bu .eau president, Fred Reimer(center) district representative, and Edward Kluck of Thomas township, Junior Farm Bureaupresident.

Suggest That Each JuniorGroup Purchase $1 00

f War Bond

This information of state-wideterest was developed at the springmeeting of the IState Junior FarmBureau 'Council at State CollegeMarch 28:

'Guerdon Frost, camp chairman, saidthere will 'be 'two camps this year,both at Waldenwoods, August 23-29for students from southern counties,August 31-Sept. 5 for students fromnorthern counties.

The camp theme will suggest theJunior Farm Bureau ,program for theremainder of 1942 and the year 1943,-"A United Front of Agr icul'ture."

The Junior Farm Bureau is consid-ering a state band for its young men,and ·a state orchestra for its youngwomen. In response to requests fromCoun ty Farm Bureaus, emphasis willbe laid on training the young peoplein the art of organizing and directing.bands and orchestras for local corn-munities. 'Such instruction will begiven at the camps this summer.

The council recommended a band of78 pieces, to ,be recruited from bandsthroughout the state. Nick Mussel-man will .be asked to direct. BenHennink will be Ibusiness manager.Francis Pryde of Eaton Rapids ischairman of the state 'band com-mittee.

Junior Farm Bureau members en-joying $100 scholarships from the Am-erican Youth Foundation are: IMar-garet Haas at Michigan Normal atYpsilanti; Esther Brown at WesternState Teachers College, Kalamazoo;Clinton ,stokes at iMichigan State Col-le~e.

Charles Pancake of Kalamazoocounty reppresented Michigan JuniorFarm Bureau at the youth congress ofthe American Country Life Ass'n ,a'tIowa State College in 'February.

It was suggested that each JuniorFarm Bureau raise $100 to buy a warsavings bond.

J. F. Yaeger suggested that JuniorFarm Bureaus write the state policeor state office of civilian defense forinformation or speakers on civiliandefense methods and assist in com-municating that responsibility ,to theresidents of theic communities.

The Council suggested the summermeeting be scheduled for late June.

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WASHTENAW COUNTYHarrison H. Caswell, chairman of

the Washtenaw County Defense Coun-cil, spoke on county defense problemsat our meeting April 7. Robert Gil-bert took charge of the recreation.Warren Finkbeiner, Wilma Webber,and Gertrude Flick furnished music Wh.for dancing. Surplus eat IS

On April 21, Miss Mable Soderholm, Good Pig Feeddietitian at the University Hospital Wheat purchased by Michiganat Anu Arbor spoke to us on "Nutrt- farmers at reduced prices from thetion in Wartime." This meeting open- federal Surplus Commodities Corpor-ed a membership campaign. Warren ation makes a feed more valuableFtnkbeiner and Robert Gilbert are than corn per hundred-weight andChairmen. Margaret Scherdt was in equal to or slightly uperior to Mich·charge of the recreation. I igan-grown 'Wheat.

Livingston County was entertained Tests at Mich! an State Collegeat a roller skating party in Ann Ar- have brought out these results. Onebor onThursday, April 23. The party precaution is recommended. Most ofwas planned by Dorothy Brown and the wheat' old by the government intoMarilyn Burzan. Michigan as livestock feed ha been

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ pring wheat or hard w~~r wheaLThis is somewhat harder than Mich-igan-grown wheat and ought to beground. Coarse grinding gives justa good re uIts a fine grinding.

Pig self-fed on pa ture show theirpreference for the whea over corn bytaking only a little more than half asmuch supplement with ground wheatas did imilar lot of pias fed on

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Activitie ofThe JuniorFazrn 'BureausNORTH & SOUTH LAPEER, We met, March 25 at the BurnsideHigh ,School. A'bout 75 young people'Were present, 18 of whom were fromthe Sanilac County Junior Farm Bur-eau. Clare Martus 'was elected Recrea-tional Leader for North Lapeer JuniorFarm Bureau.WEXFORD COUNTY

Wexford County .Junior Farm Bur-eau sponsored a party for young peo-ple from Colfax township, March 21,at Thomas school. The evening wasspent playing games and dancing.MASON COUNTY

The Mason County Junior FarmBureau met at the Karl and WayneChilberg home in Amber, April 6.Twenty members and four guestswere present.

It was decided to dispose of our sec-ond truck load of paper.

Richard Nelson led in a discussionof farm unions.SOUTHWEST OAKLAND

At our March meeting this groupdiscussed the rights of labor to strikeif producing war material. Strongarguments were put up for both sides,but the majority opinion was thatthose who stopped production of warmaterials should have a place in thearmy.BERRIEN COUNTY

April 6th was Berrien county's an-nual Family Fun Night, at BerrienSprings high school. De Forrest Al-derman gave a very interesting talkon agriculture and the war. The com-mittee in charge was: Arthur Stu-art, Milton Marschke, Harley Marsch-ke, James Wire, Laura Zech and Eve-lyn Zech.

April 20th we had a weiner roastat the home of Robert and KathrynKoenigshof.

May 4th a "Kids' Party" is plannedand will be in charge of Dorothy Bitt-ner (chairman), Jean Bittner, EdnaPrillwitz, Carlton Hewitt and DonFields.

Announces the Semi-FormalParty for Juniors

May 23

On April 8, the College Junior FarmBureau held their first meeting of thespring term. At this time the reignsoE leadership were turned over to thenew officer, Harold Mitchell, ofHolly, president; Avis Stauffer, ofCaledonia, vice president; Bob Manby,of Battle Creek, secretary and treas-urer; Roger Bonine, of Cassopolis,representative to Ag Council, andMargery Frost, of Williamston, pub-licity chairman. Presidents fromneighboring Junior Farm Bureausattended to discuss mutual problems.

On April 22, a meeting was held toformulate plans for the State' semi-formal party May 23. Ray Vasold,chairman, appointed the committees.Guerdon Frost, state camp chairman,presented this year's camp program.Mr. Motts of the economics depart-ment showed some very interestingpictures which he took in the westernstates.

The College Farm Bureau invitesall juniors to State Semi-Formal May23 in the Little Theater of the HomeEconomics Building. Pete Wheelerwill play for dancing, which beginsat 9 p. m. Tickets are $1.00 a coupleand may be had by sending the moneyto Raymond Vasold, A.G.R. House,335 East Grand River, East Lansing.

For each pound of fuel used infreight service in 1941, railroads haul-ed 9.2 tons of freight and equipmentone mile, compared with 6.2 tons in1921.

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BLUMFIELD·BUENA VISTAOur April meeting included a box

social at the Buena Vista town hall forthe Red Cross. Very interesting talkswere given by Clarence Seidel for theFuture Farmers of America, HaroldJervis for the Production CreditAss'n, and Henry Dorr and EmilWieck for the AAA. Next meeting at,Indiantown, Mr. and Mrs. BrunoKrabbe in charge.KENT COUNTY

Hugh Blacklock gave a very sttr-ring talk on "Civilian Defense" at theApril 2 meeting of the Lowell JuniorFarm Bureau. The April 16 meetingwas a roller skating party held at theColiseum in Grand Rapids.CALHOUN COUNTY

West Calhoun Junior Farm Bureaumet at the home of Myron and ClairBishop. Don Shepard of the shortcourse dep't of Michigan State Col-lege spoke and showed short coursepictures. Ray Owen reported on adraft deferment article from theAmerican Farm Bureau FederationNews letter. Everett Young, advisorand district representative for theseniors, was present. Ten guestswere present.

President Myron Bishop has beenchosen to represent the Juniors on theBoard of Directors of the. CalhounCounty Senior Farm Bureau. Thifollows an action taken at the annualmeeting of the senior group thisspring.

Because of the tire situation, onlyone meeting of this Junior Farm Bur-eau will be held each month. May 7we meet at the home of Mr. and Mrs.Ray Owen.

On April 24 Betty Benham, public-jty chairman, and Betty Hiscock, sec-retary, heard Mrs. Elsie W. Mies ofIllinois, president of the 'AssociatedWomen of the American Farm BureauFederation. Farm Bureau women ofBarry, Branch, Calhoun, Kalamazooand 'St. Joseph counties 'Were repre-sented at this meeting. Mrs. Miesdiscussed "The Present Need for theUnited Effort of Farm Families". Fol-lowing her address, slie lead a dis-cussion on what farm wonien of thisarea can do to understand better themodern world and their place in it.

The Kalamazoo Gazette took a pic-ture of Mrs. Mies, Miss MargaretBeck, Calhoun representative of theassociation, and Betty Benham, ap-peared and published it on the firstpage of its Sunday society section.

n y Farm Bure u

Former Editor of This PageWell Travelled Sine

Joining Army

(Censored)Somewhere on the Atlantic

Sometime in MarchDear Junior Farm Bureau Members:

This is the hottest but nicest Marchweather I've ever experienced. If itwere July, it would seem natural. Buteven though it is scorching hot andwe are taking it as easy as we can inthis heat, it is a most pleasant trip.Being perched up here on top of abig box of life preservers on the topdeck of this huge ship, catching thestrong sea breezes that are blowingacross the ocean. and viewing thedeep Iblue water with its white aapas wen as the thousands of leisurely,sun-tanned clad oldiers on the decksbelow, makes a grand setting.

About all I know is that we're some-where on the Atlantic. We sailed fromthe east coast a few day ago. Wemust be in southern waters, becauseit's "awful hot." We're now wear-ing our suntan uniforms in tead ofthe regulation woolen olive drab ones.

Strange as it may seem, I have awest coast address while out of theU.S. When you write to me, pleaseaddress your letters to Pvt. ChesterClark 361290170, fed. Det. 162 Inf.APO 1117, % Postma tel', San Fran-ci co, California.

The Junior Farm Bureau Red CrosAmbulance drive sounds like a verygrand project. I had heard a littleabout it, and wi 11 I were home tohelp on it.

This is just a grand vacation, sail-ing like this. Of course, it's not likea pleasure trip because about 14 areliving in the space one would ordin-arily in peace time, but it's still grandeven if we are omewhere unknownto us. We have nothing to do butread, sleep, watch the ocean etc., andstand in line to eat, wa h, or evenbuy a candy bar. We sleep in bunksdouble decked, triple decked, and evenfour high. I am quartered on the topbunk of three, and am three feet fromthe ceiling of the top deck. Bu t the ehot night we sleep out on deckunder the stars because of the inten eheat in our quarters.

\Ve medics and the headquartersgroup have this top deck to our elves,except during boat drill when the of-ficers and army nurses use it too.Boat drill i a few minut s every daywhen we learn how to as emble tou e the lifeboats properly in ca e ofa ne e ity,

incerely,Che tel' Clark.

Federal Egg Grading atEllsworth, Traverse City

Ell orth Farmers Exchange hasstablished its own truck route to

pick up ggs from East Jordan, BoyneCity, harl voix and Bellaire areasto b graded at the Ell worth egggrading tation.· With thi increa ein bu ines th y ar now ke ping twoF d ral egg graders busy.

The ne T .F <1 ral egg grading sta-tion at the Traver e ity Farmers''o-operative As ocia.tion of Traverse

C'ty is receiving eggs from Frankfortfarmers who ar tru king them th reo

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corn.Wheat seems to " tart" pigs faster

than tho e fed on corn, but the collegetests indicated the young animaltended to go off feed more frequentlyafter . ix or eight weeks. ,For thatreason . om oth r grain hould hefed with the wheat. .

orne protein supplement is recom-m nd d for nul' ing sows and younggrowing pigs. oybean oil meal ortankage is suitable.

mixture uggested by V. A. Free·man of the college staff for weanlingpigs contains 100 pounds groundwheat, 50 pound ground corn, 50pound ground oats, 10 pounds tank-age and 10 pounds soybean 011 meal.

College Spray Bulle inOld home orchard and mall fruit

plant.ings on the average Michiganfarm can be spruced up to add theirhit to family food supplies.

.Hchigan tat College offer exten-t ion folder o. 17, "Spray Programfor Home Orchards and mallFru its."

Copies can be obtained in officesof county agricultural agents or bywr it ing the Bulletin Room, MichiganState College, East Lansing.

JUNIOR RAJ E$1,500 FORCR S A BUL

ill be Presented by StateCouncil at July

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For e rery 3 farm dollars in '(..•.ted in th ountrv ', f't tnrthr ugh the purch a: eo'" ar Bond .. t he Im nH'1' "ill oct f UI

back if he hold. th bond.' 0 full matnr ity. 'I'hi: flcu t..•.

almo: t 3 percent COl1l})Ol nd semi-anuua n, ' .... Th . t" 13011tl'are redeemable for, ' t least th pnreha: e price an ' time a ft I

, i. (v day from date of purchase-a (I'OO( emerg'Pll.' Ie usfor the farmer.

Farm item 'which the farm I' cannot buy today, ue toW, I I reduction, will > on cday be available, and the farmfnmilie: with" ar Bonds "ill h a (' the mone: 101m. thr seitems] cgardles: of what th pric of f'arn prodn e is, thtim .

The govera me t L n. in the money invested in these Bondsto fnrni. h fighting men with the tools of ictory. B buyingthem ·to th limit the merican farm r will share in theVictory c rid , ill also in u e hi 0' rn personal future.

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Activitie of 'Co nity'Farm Bureau

(Continued from page 2)ing with the Junior Farm Bureau.

alter Wightman said the Farm Cr -dit A s'ns are doing a fine job of help-ing some farmers to be self-support-ing and that 80% of these aided aremaking good. "Don't be a 6th column-ist and pread harmful propaganda,thus helping our enemies."SODUS-Berrien

Twenty-five members enjoyed a pot-luck supper at Cowels school April 13.We had as guests 11 Boy Scouts. JohnHandy reported over 60 boys andgirls in the township have agreed tostart gardens. There will be groupmeetings to help get he boys andgirls started with their plans, thenduring the summer there will bemeetings for each school district.Each school district will have a gar.den. tax Bailey, Boy Scont master,spoke aying the troop present hadreceived the highest honors at the

SOUTH CUSTER-MasonHolly Wilson, a member of the

rural field day committee, said aField Day will be held in Ludingtonin May. Thi is to b spon ored part-ly by the Junior Farm Bureau for5th to th grade students inclusive.We voted to contribute $2.00 for rib-bons for the awards. r

BLUMFIELD-BUENA VISTAAt our March 13 meeting we hon-

ored 4·H club members of 1916 whoorganized at Blumfield school. Pres-ent were Mrs. Richard Shartow, Mrs.Ben Kreuger, and orman Walter.Kenneth Osterhout, 4-H club leader,discussed citizenship. Mr. and Mrs.Harold Frahm had charge of thismeeting. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dorrwill direct the next meeting, a boxsocial, with proceeds to go to the RedCross.

There is no finer wa,y of strength-ening our nation than 'by working to-gether. Our farmers, through theirco-operatives, can definitely Ihelp inthe erection of 'sound economic insti-tution , d dicated to the eliminationof costly and wasteful practices and tothe building of stronger and mol' use-ful citizens. IE. B. Johnston, managerof the Central IFarmers Co-opera tv ,Inc., Selma, Ala.

e want to learn some of the many success stories thayou members have achieved with arm Bureau Fe ds.

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2 Price per chick~SECO D CO

MERMASH 16~ OR 20% AS CHICNumber raised to 16weeks of age

and klnd of feed

T ST ER ASH 16% OR 20)1, ELL1 P riod of time covered

2 A ra e numb r of liens

3 Total number of eggs

4 Amount and kind of f dused produced

THIRD CO T 51 Information must come

from cow testing ass'nj' cords

MILKMAKER 24% OR 34% AS A DAIRY FEED. TELL U

I Av rage number of OWS 4 Roughage and grain used

verage milk and bu tel'fat produced

ICost of feed

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P IZE 1st $1PLUS ONE YEAR'8 DUE TO MICHIGA

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Pive dollars will be paiany ommunity Farmmember win fir t prizcontest ..

to th tr a.urer ofBureau having ain any of the three

SEND ENTRIES I THIS CO TEST TO FE D DEPFarm Bureau rvices, Inc., 221 orth d St

Before September 1, 1942

MICHIGAN FARM SATURDAY, MAY 2, 1942

For Bigge and Bett •

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SEE COIf you are planting open pollinated home grown cornbe sure to run a germination test early. Its germi-nation may be too low. Farm Bureau brand seedcorn has a guaranteed, high, vigorous germination.Farm Bureau's open pollinated and hybrid seed cornsmature successfully because they are adapted here.

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Background Material for Discussion in Mayby our 225 Community Farm Bureau Groups

By KEITH A. TANNERMr.mtJersh 'p, Relations & Education

FOREWORD: Recruiting offices,naval po: t rs and flying cadet's qual-ific tion all remind us of the import-anc 0 youth. The tamina and vimand vigor of youth 1 much in de-'Uland in thi war for. urvival. Youngmen are going "all ou t" to meet thechallenges of the day.Does Youth Have Vision and Goals?

The future i al ays a mystery, butit is even more of mystery to youththan to those who have spent morey ars in building up experiences. Inorder to know when on ha arrived,one mu t have a destination; a goalto strive for, or an obje tive in view.

imlessn s is a hief of progress; itis a br ed r of contu ion and insecur-ity.

vi ion into the future based uponf cts, fundamental and good commonlogic is a counteraction to aimless-ne. s and groping. "e all seem to re-spond 1J ·t to those thing we havea part in formulating. Goals basedupon a " It-help" attitude and rea-soned through ,by youth themselv swill usually chaldenge the develop-ment of the individu l.

Let's just take a glan e at the pic-tur facing youth tod y. With popu-lation trends as they are now, theboys and girls in the Junior FarmBur au age group (18 to 28) will,in 12 to 13 yeaTs, hold the majorityvote here in the United IStates. The

Ipreservation of our democracy alsod pends, to a great xtent upon thesam age group.

Yes, t!h fate ot our nation will restin the hands of these youth. Their'swill be the task of taking the offen-'sive in this war, of helping to writethe terms of the peace and then see-ing that the t I'm are properly ad-ministered and carried out in the in-terest of the majority. This is thetremendous task facing our youngpeople, with but 12 to 13 years inwhich to prepare themselves.

(1) Do we and do our young peo-ple realize the seriousness of thischallenge? (2) How can youth betterfit themselves to ake use 'Of the ma-jority vote for the b tterment of theircountry? How can adults help youth?(3) What do you mean by a "selfhelp"program? (4) !Does youth today havemore vision than youth twenty yearsagoSecurity and Per onal Philosophy

contented mind is a means tohappiness. Possibly this philosophyapplies to security, which may rest inthe mind, or in the manner we look atthe problems facing us. Time andagain we see people in the lower in-come groups who seem to feel moresecure than people drawing five timestheir salary. But when we analyzetheir personal philosophy of life, wecan usually detect the reason for theirsecurity.

To often we are inclined to measures curtty in dollars and cents, when at-titude, personal adaptibility and goodcommon sense ar the big contribu-tors to security.

Today our security seems to centeraround "survival"; winning the war;and our contrtbutlon, or lack 'Of con-tribution, to an all-out-effort. Againour personal philo ophy varie , but Iliked the philosophy expressed 'byCarl IF. Taeusch, gr ieultural Econ·omlcs ot the U.S.D. . in his talk,"Chall nges of the Present and Fu-ture", gi n betoi the Fifth AnnualM et1ng of the ichigan CountryLife Association in East Lansing,• arch 28th, 19 2 when h aid:

'11 'have to straighten out ouride s to wha we're fighting for.The other fello I tar ted the fight, notonly with weapons prepared well inadvance, ,but al 0 nd give t re Devilhi due credtt-e-he bas ideas. Hethinks he has b tter blood, comes ofbetter stock, than we; nd that .hirulers know it all". He's done a pretty

ood j b at olvlng ome problem weal 0 fac, for e ample: Unemploy-ment and Inefflciency.

"Som of u. were caught flatfootedas to what ze think about democracy:Is it efficient? Do we h ve it in allthings, ven in go ernment? 'Vhat isit?

"Unless w get straightened out onthese ideas: (1) the value of the in-dividual hum n being, his soul, and(2) Our confidence in the judgment

'0 the common man, as citizen and aspublic admini trator, e are liablnot democracy .......•to los he war".

.11'. Taeu ch nt on to challengethe rou ith the following ques-tion: "Do believe enough inth thtngs w call democracy not

r 1 t fight for them, but al 0 tothat th r done; (1) That therat r of farm hould really own

1 ? h amily hould own its'n m? () h t everyone hould

job and thereby havejob nd th reby havet har in the fruitsunti ? (3) That the

I r th farmers of thelm d t nutrition needs

1 ? ( ) That farm pe pleopportunlt to tudy

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GOLDEN GLOW

And a full line ofEnsilage Corns

arWork Together!

FARM BUREAU

FE TILIZER. When you buy Farm Bureau seed corn be sure toinclude its trusty partner-F arm Bureau BrandFertilizer. Good fertilizer matures corn ten days totwo weeks earlier. besides increasing the yield. FarmBureau Brand Fertilizers use the best ingredientsobtainable. We can supply you with the typeanalysis for your soil needs.

BUY SEEDS AND FERiTILIZERS NO'V . have whatyou want when you want it. You can depend on themfor profit through larger yields and lower productioncosts.

UNICO DUSTS AND INSECTICIDESFarm Bureau insecticides and dusts are available atyour nearest Farm Bureau dealer. Now is the time

to get them.

INCREASE CROP RETURNS WITH UNICO DUSTSCOPPER SULPHATE COPPER LIME INSOLUBLE

COPPER DUSTS

This i the y ar to produce LL YOU CAN. fake sure ofit with Farm Bureau '. Michigan grown or Michigan adapt-ed eel. of high purity and germination. They 'are thetrain and varietie known 1:0 produce top yields of first

quality crop' in Iichican, /CLOVERS SUDAN GRASS FIELD PEAS ROBUST BEANSALFALFAS BROME GRASS BUCKWHEAT MICHELITE BEANS

TI MOTHY SOY BEANS MILLETS RAPE

It Pays to Treat Seed Corn withSEMESAN JR.

Semesan Jr. dust treatment checks seed-bornedisease of seed corn, protects against seed rot andimproves stands. Corn treated has shown 3%bu. gain per acre over untreated. Cost 2% centsper acre and adds 10% to corn yields. 1% oz-packet 15c. Pound can 75c.

SEMIDSAN BEL FOR SEED POT ATOIDSDip treating with Semesan Bel reduces or pre-vents loss from seed-borne scrub and r.hizoctonia.Cost 21c pel' acre. 2 oz. packet 30c.

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asset and the teacher's greatest joy.Our institutions of education have

modified their local point during thelast few years to take into consider-ation the development of the individ-ual; his resourcefulness and per onaladjustability. Developing men andwomen 'who ·can. cope with the com-plexities of the times is beginning tohold the center of the stage in oureducational halls. Citizenship is beingsubstituted for ancient memorycourses, while drab classroom recita-tions are 'being moved to adult envir-onments.

This transformation has taken placein some school systems; others arestill thinking about it. Many havestarted, but declare that the old pupil-to-teacher recitation was a great dealeasier on the Instructor. It is easyfor teachers to forget, that instead ofteaching algebra, biology, or English,they should be teaching boys andgirls. The boy and girl is the mostImportant subject to be dealt within 'the school.

Before we, who are out of school,cri ticize the schools too much, let'stake inventory of our relations withthe schools since we were handedour diplomas and walked through thefront door to face life's problems.

(1) Have we gone back to ourteachers, superintendent, or schoolboard and pointed out ways in whichthe school and its program could havehelped us meet our out-of-school prob-lems more intelligently? Would thisbe a proper approach in Ibuilding aschool to fit the students to meetad ul t responsi bili ties?

(2) Have we counseled with ourschool instructors and tried to givethem a background as to some of theproblems which will be facing theirstudents in the out-of-school world?Should teachers have such informa-tion? Does the classroom provide thet aeher with these experi nces .andoutside contacts?

(3) Have we been thinking of ed-ucation as something that stops assoon as we graduated or have webeen thinking in terms of continuouseducation; helping our school to builda program of evening classes whichwill help us to solve orne or the prob-lems we are actually facing out on thefiring line today?

(4) Teaching boys and girls is a bigjob and keeps the faculty confined tothe classroom. Is It the function oflay groups made up of lay 'People, outfacing life's experiences, to keep oureducational institutions informed asto how they can better serve the peo-ple?

(5) H'Ow can 'Our public schooltrain their students so they can betterface the job of: (a) Changing voca-tion in the face of a national emer-gency; (b) Expressing their point ofview and fighting for what they be-lieve to be right; and (c) Handlingan organization that has somethingto do with policy making.

WKAR MONDAY ROUNDTAB,",EFOR MAY

.TIME-1 :00 to 1:30 P. M.Theme: Our Young P ople and

their ProblemsMay 4-Does outh have Vision

and Goals?May 11 - ecurity and Personal

PhilosophyMay 1 - re the Schools Preparing

Youth for Lifefay 25 - Adjustment Between

Youth and dults

ministration? (5) That the most im-portant single event in the world his-tory is the birth of a healthy child?(6) That the most valuable farm cropis, not beans, or sugar beet, dairyproducts or apple blossoms-but boysand girls, the future cittzen of thecountry?"Adjustment Between Youthand Adults

Luther Burbank once said, "If wepaid no more attention to our plantsthan we 'have our children, we wouldnow be living in a. jungle of weeds."

We, in a democracy, must be ableto adjust 'Ourselves to a multitude ofconditions, because we are the unitsaround which our whole social, econ-omical and political setup should cen-ter. Then parents should be strivingto give their children all the expert-ences possible in adjusting themselvesto the social order in which they willbe living. But do we take the timeand the patience to give John orMary an opportunity to a sume reospon ibilities in all phases of theirhorne ife--do we practice democracyin our homes? If they are not provid-ed an opportunity to participate, canwe expect them to know how, letalone wish to, assume their responsi-bility as a citizen in our democracy?

The home, the school and the vari-ous community organizations providesplendid training schools in the prin-ciples of democracy, if we could onlykeep that philosophy in mind whenmaking our plans. We think a greatdeal of our democracy and of ouryoung people, but too often we havenot been thinking in terms of a prop-er environment for either.

Youth needs an organization suchas the Junior Farm Bureau wherethe rural young people can do thingsfor themselves; even though they mayhave to fumble. It is more importantthat they experience how to thinkthan to be dictated as to what tothink. They ne d mediums throughwhich to gain confidence by workingout.olutions to their own problems;to gain poise through xperiences;and to gain leadership ability byactually practicing leadership traits.Young people are potential citizensgroping for tools and experience withwhich to do th ir work.

'Mr. Taeusch conciuded his remarksat the 'Michigan County Life socla-tlon banquet by saying to parents:

"Young folks are not so sure theywant to stay on the farm. re wegoing to argue with them, or nagthem? Or re we going to make con-ditions such that they will want tostay on the farm? (1) Let them haremother and dad's responsibilities aswell as work? (2) Give them somecows or pigs or a field, and let themhave the money they make? (3) Letthem go with other young folks, orbring them home with them to havea good time? ( 4) Talk th ings overwith them. They're the best cropwe produce: Why not "tend" themand cultivate them?"

ow thinking of our Junior-SeniorFarm Bureau relations: (1) hy iit important to have a member of theJunior Farm Bureau Itting in oncounty Farm Bureau Board meeting ?(2) Is it important that the countySenior 'Farm Bureau and the Juniorsget together and write a definite,clear-out, policy f relationship?Are the Schools PreparingYouth For Life?

chool for centurie have been aninstitution centered around subjectmater Ial. Fact an figure havebeen stre ed. One wa e pected toread and recite and th tea her wathe judge to hen and why. Rote

em r as th student' gr atest

The average load of freight pertrain not only wa grea er in 1941than ever before, but the railroadsmoved this fr ight nearly 1% timesas tast as they did twenty years ago.

FarmBureau's

COPPER SULPHATE ROTENONE

We Can Also Supply Combinations of these Dusts

FLY SPRAY'"

ThisYear

It Guarantees Livestock ComfortFarm Bureau's UNICO FLY SPRAY is a contact spray that isdependable. The basic killing agent is pyrethrum extract. Thespray also contains Lethane to produce a more rapid knockdown.Oil carrier remains on the hair for reasonable length of time to retainthe repelling agents in the spray. Won't taint milk, stain or blisteranimal's skin if used according to directions.

Sold by Farm Bureau Dealer. in Gallon, 2 Gallon and Bulk Lots

with FarmBureau's low cost

UNICO PAINTSFarm home. and buildings mu t take a great deal of. abusefrom broiling, un, driving rain, sleet, heavy frosts. U leOP AI.l T provide a film of protection that stands guardover your property.

They·re very good. Compare the PriceslVARNISHES HOUSE PAINTS FLOOR PAINTSBARN PAINTS WALL PAINTS ENAMELS

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after feed co ts are paid. Thi. is far abovehe average of farm flock but :1\11's.Helen'!Vei of azinaw bought good ehieks-e-

start d and grew them on lermash-andus ed Iermash a. rh laying ration.

Mrs. Weiss said, "We have been using MERMASH asa starting, growing and laying mash exclusively since1931."

o MA ER 44%Wit Home Grown Grains for

Fast, heap Gains •••Ke p pork co t. low when corn price are high with FarmBur au PORK IAI{ER 44% protein. Iak your own pig, tal t r with ;) lb .. crcund yellow corn, 0 lb .. fine groundoat and 35 lb.. P RK I KER 44%.

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with Homeer Grown Gr ins100 b .. of IILK I KE 34% protein and 300 lb .. of farmerainr mak . 400 lb.. of an excellent 16% dairy ration.F d with alfalfa hay. With clover hay, 11, e 200 lb .. ofhome grain. with 100 lb . of cone ntrat .

U e 100 Ibs. of MILKMAKER 24% protein with about200 Ibs. of home grains.

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