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Published Monthly

Kline HeadsAFBF Again

Allan B. Kline, of Vinton, Iowa,was elected president of the Am-erican Farm Bureau Federationfor his third two-year term asthe national farm organizationclosed its 33rd annual meeting atChicago Dec. 13.

Romeo E. Short of Brinkley,Arkansas, was re-elected vice-president.

Voting delegates from 46 statesand Puerto Rico also cIectedCharles Marshall, Lincoln, Ne-braska, a new member of theboard of directors from the mid-western region, succeeding Her-man Praeger, Manhattan, Kansas.Carl Buskirk, Michigan president,had considerable support for thisdirectorship.

Re-elected to the board fromthe midwestern region wereHassi! E. Schenck, Indianapolis,Indiana, and H. E. Slusher, Jeff-erson City, Missouri.

30th Year

Seven thousand farm people, including I75 fromMichigan, attended the' 33rd annual meeting of theAmerican Farm Bureau Federation at Chicago Dec. I I.13.

They heard national leaders in the Farm Bureau, inCongress, and in business say that Americans must makea choice between the trend to a welfare state with moreand more of controls, or take steps to preserve the Am-erican tree choice way of life.

AFBF President Allan B. Kline keynoted the open-ing session December II. He said the American peopleare undergoing "a retrial of the principles of liberty andfreedom under law." He urged farmers and others tocontinue the "great American experiment" which hasproved its success, and not to "substitute unlimited' fed-eral auth~rity in the economic field."

Mr. Kline declared that other nations base theirhopes for freedom on America's productive strength.Russia has so far avoided full-scale war because of itsrespect for U. S. productivity.

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While America must assist Europe in appropriateways, Mr. Kline continued, we must avoid taking re-sponsibilities which should rest on the countries involv-ed.

"The 275 million people ofWestern Europe produce only 121billions of dollars worth of goodsannually," he said. "The grossnational product of these coun-tries must be increased, and forit to be increased the incentivesthat bring about expanded pro-duction and enlarged marketsmust be created.

American foreign aid will bemoney down a rat hole unless itis followed up by the exportationof American democracy and Am-erican capitalism, said RobertOliver, former CIO representa-tive now serving as labor adviserto the Economic Cooperation Ad-ministration.

WADE G. McCARGO. chair-man of the executive committeeof the National Retail Dry GoodsAssociation, told the conventionthat if we are to stop this country'sheadlong descent into socialism,Americans must be aroused togreater civic consciousness. Work-ing together to get Americans tovote, he said. "is our sure wayof putting in men who believe inour American way of life."

Dean Warren L. Blizzard ofOklahoma Agricultural Collegeand D. Howard Doane, founder ofthe Doane Agricultural Service,received AFBF awards for dis-tinguished service to Americanagriculture,

A JOINT pre-convention ses-sion of the AFBF and the As-sociated Women heard a discus-sion of communism, socialism andcapitalism by Arthur March, D.B. Varner and D. E. Butz, of the

33rd

FPC OfficersAnd Directors'Re-elected'

Roger Fleming, AFBF secretary-treasurer, told theconvention that 'farmers are ready to encourage citizensto vote and take part in the activities of the political partyof their choice .. '

"This ... is politics in the best s~nse. It is politicsStockholders of Farmers Pe: to the extent that it involves the science and practice of

troleum Co-operative, Inc., re- 0 t h f f I ' -elected their board of directors at g vernmen on t e part 0 a ree peop e. 'the third annua~ ~eeting at Kel- CONGRESSMAN' Albert M + .logg Center, MIchIgan State cOI-1 Cole (Rep'J of I' d' department of agrIcultural ec-I .. ' ~ansas accuse . M' h' Sege, Dec. 19. The. dIre~tors m the administration of ignoring the onomlcs, IC Igan tate College.t~e-elected theIr offIcers. "obvious, direct and intelligent Third Ann I

. 'f/JIJ/II6) HODGE of Snover is ap.proach to the problem of high' uapreSIdent; Carl E. Buskirk of pnces." G~)\'ern~ent can "with-Paw Paw, is vice-president. ou.t shackhng, dIrect controls, •

Directors are: Ward HOdge, brmg about a balance between MFB I t t tCarl Buskirk. Marten Garn of th~ supply of money and the lIS I U eCharlotte, Albert Shellenbarger, thmgs people n~eg:". Ins~ead, he ,Lak.C Odessa; Walter Wightman, charge~" the aammlstra~lOn has J 16 17'MSCFennville; William Bartz, St. cho.s:1J the compl.ex, deVIOUSand all. ""Joseph; Fred King, Blissfield; pohtlCally expedIent. path of ,Thomas Koning, Marne; Glenn cheap money and pnce control." The third Michigan Farm Bu-Pridgeon, Montgomery. SENATOR Harry F. Byrd reau Institute will be held at

The board re-engaged Clark L. (Dem.) of Virginia told the con- Kellogg Center building, Mich-Brody of Lansing as executive vention that "the welfare state .igan State College, January 16-17,secretary and treasurer. J. F .... i$ that state of twilight in for the purpose of aiding FarmYaeger of East Lansing is ass't which the glow of democratic Bureau committees in planningexecutive secretary; G. F. Gris- freedoms is fading beyond the and building a stronger Countywold of East Lansmg is ass't horizon, leaving tis to be swal- Farm Bureau program, accordingtreasurer. Earl Huntley of Char- lowed in the blackness of social- to Keith Tanner, director of fieldlotte is manager. ism, or worse." services for Michigan Farm Bu-

He attacked President Tru- reau.man's program as .containing the THE INSTITUTE provides 10-elements of socialism, citing the cal committee chairmen the op-Brannan plan and socialized port unity to exchange ideas, tomedicine as examples. become better acquainted with'

SENATOR Everett M. Dirksen their duties and responsibilities,(Rep.) of Illinois told the con- and to work with other commit-vention that government controls tee chairmen from other COUIl-are the essence of socialism and ties .warned that the people who want Between 350 and 400 Countyt A' Farm Bureau leaders, represent-o put merJca into a strait- ing county presidents, editors of

jacket are working day andnight to secure more controls. He Farm Bureau papers, and countylashed at moral laxity in Wash- committee chairmen, are plan-ington and hit at go\-'ernment's ning to attend the two-day event.efforts to ':manage public opin- REGISTRATION will be heldion" through a 75 million dollar between 9:00-10:00 a. m. on Jan-propaganda budget." uary 16. The first session will be

held at 10:00 a. m. sharp in themain auditorium. Roger Fleming,secretary-treasurer of the AFBF,Will discuss "The Farm Bureauin Washington" at the eveningdinner meeting of Jan. 16. HarryBryson, director of field services,AFBF, will speak on "Your In-stitute and the Job Ahead" atthe closing session of January 17.

Certificates of participationwill be awarded to those who at-tend 100 per cent all of theirrespective works}lOp sessions.

JrFB Council

Applications for nearly $15,-000,000 of charter policies in theFarm' Bureau Life InsuranceCompany had been received inlate December-, said Nile Vermil-lion, manager of the Company .

FARM BUREAU membersmade reservations for a total of$21,000,000 in charter policies tostart the Company. Up to Decem-ber 15 some 1500 cha~ter policieshad been issued. This work con-tinues.

The Company announced thatthose who made reservations forcharter policy must have theirIapplication in by J'anuary 1.

DECEMBER 27 all the agentsmet at the YMCA in Lansing toget forms and materials for theforms of life insurance to be soldafter Jan. 1. These include ordin-ary life, 20 payment life, and 20year endowment. Double indem-nity, and waiver of premium incase of disability will be avail-able with all policies.

Joseph Navarre, commission-er of the insurance depart-ment of the state of Mich-igan spoke to the agents onthe need iOr life insurance.

AFBFat

Rural HealthConferenceAt Ann Arbor

Dr. Hutzel Metzger Demand ForDr. -Hutzel Metzger, 56, pr:esi-

dent of the St. Paul Bank fdr F P dCo-operatives since 1933, died of arm .ro nctsa heart attack early in Decem-

be~r. Metzger was well known to Heavv in 1952many people In Michigan farm ..co-operatives through their loan Outlooking for 1952, the Bur-operations with the bank. Many eau of Agricultural Economicsof the important farm co-op de- not~s that the nearly unsatisfiedvelopments in Michigan the demand for farm products aspast 15 years were made possi- well as for most other goods andble in part by loans from the St. services will be just as insatiable,Paul Bank. or more so, during the coming

year.Mr. Metzger's knowledge of The Bureau said that the strong

farmer ~o-operation .and }:1isun- demand in prospect for 1952 isderstand~ng of agnculture ~n- based largely on the expectedabled hIm to do. outstandIng {rise in employment and consum-work as a loan offIcer. He was er incomes as defense prepara-born at Athens, Tenn. He join- tions expand.ed the U. S. Department of Ag- Reviewing 1951, BAE said thericulture in 1923 to do service gross nation production the first'work for farmers co-operatives. half of this year was nearly one-

fifth larger than a year ago. "...Consumer expe11tlitures were upabout 10 percent, governmentexpenditures expanded by nearly40 percent, ... business outlaysfor new plants and equip-ment ... up about 42 percent.

Sanilac Guest DaySanilac County Farm Bureau

held a rural-urban guest dayprogram this fall which was at-tended by 200 persons.

Attacked

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ConventionIHIWAE"TIIIIIIII6IllMHTHEBURtlflS.MlITHER? I Life Company' +Controls Road to

Pl"Ogress With Welfare StateCharter Policy

Order Farm ~ureau seeds now;

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Roll C(lll Goes On;36,284 Dec. 19

County Goal D~c~tf~Arcona : 290 291~:Iegan 1.748 I,on

f~~m1/1;~:;;;;,jj ;~!Calhoun I,:!]' 110Charlevoix 2% 2S0Chebo~.gan 208 1'0

i~;~i~-:~:;::••••,~'!Il"I!!HIII~dale 1,210 iSttruron , 1.5.1 1.170ng.ha"\ ~o~ 7~5

loma 1.060 !I;llIsahella 1.006 1>15laseD : 141 143Jackson S;lI ;'lljKalamazoo 1.020 770Ken t 1.04' SiO

t:~~~:ee::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::~:mI'n~Livin~ston 1.117 5:18:\Iacomh 804 3 H:\Ianlstee 155 lIS:\fa~on 50~ 1~.R:\Ieco~ta 646 525:\lId]and ~ 43. 21H:\lI"~aukee :!13 :!!15Montmorency 161 182:\Iontcalm I;SS ~)05:\Ionroe 86] 527:\luskegon 365 :100Xeway~o 525 357!\""" :\I\chhmn (Or. Trav.

& Leelanau) n.Oakland 848Oceana 5S'Ogema", : 2nOsCe()l~l 5~~.Ot~~g() s:;Ottawa l,lliPresque Isle ::80<laglna w 1,835:-lanllac 1,;;9:J!'it. Clair 1.0nSt. Joseph 920~htn'\.assee _ 7!)jTu"cola I,HO"an nUrf"n 1.717'\'ashtenaw 1.136Wa~.ne 326Wexford 213

•ISSATURDAY, JANUARY 5, 1952

AMONG the more kn~ttyproblems which will confront thelawmakers at the 1952 session arethose relating to appropriationsand state finances. The conditionof the state treasury has grownsteadily ",!orse for the past threefiscal years.

In each of those years expendi-tures for. state purposes andamounts returned to local. unitsof government have totaled morethan current revenue. Michigan'sGeneral Fund deficit as of 'June30, 1951, was $40,850,260.

THE STATE feels the effectsof inflationary trends the same asdoes aq individual citizen. TheState Civil, Service Commissionrecently approved a general in-crease in the pay of state em-ployees .. All supplies, equipment,repairs and new construction costmore than they did in morenormal times. Whether the legis-lature can meet essential needswithout raising the rates of someexisting taxes or imposing one ormore taxes remains to be seen.

The Legislature may tackle an-other very controversial issue atthe forthcoming session.' Thatwould be consideration of changesin the constitutional provisionsrelative to legislative apportion-ment. Any amendment whichthey might approve along thisline would have to be submittedto Michigan voters for adoptionor rejection at the' November,1~52 election.

If the Constitution is. not alter-ed this way during the comingyear the lawmakers will be sup-posed to <;arry out a reapportion-ment in 1953 on the basis of the1950 federal census and in accor-dance with the present constitu-tional provisions for districtingHouse and Senate seats.

THE LEGISLATIVE programof the Michigan Farm Bureau wasdetermined by the resolutionsadopted last November by thevoting delegates at the annualconvention of the Michigan FarmBureau.

They were guided in theirthinking by 680 resolutions whichwere sent in to the state head-quarters by 59 of the '61 CountyFarm Bureaus in Michigan.

In view of the seriousness ofmany of the issues which will beconsidered during the 1952 legis-lative session it is fortunate thatthe Michigan Fartn Bureau is bet-ter prepared to serve its membersand -to protect the interests ofagriculture than ever before.

THE PUBLIC Affairs Divisionof the state organization wasstrengthened this past fall withthe addition of Mr. Dan E. Reed,who is serving as assistant legis-lative counsel. He had formerlybeen district membership repre-sentative in seven counties forseveral years. He is well versedin legislative and public affairsmatters and will divide his' timebetw~en Lansing and work withlocal 'Farm Bureau leaders aroundthe state.'

EACH COUNTY Farm Bureauhas a legislative committee antithere is a network of about 1200local leaders now called Minute-men. There is also a legislativecommittee of the Farm BureauWomen in cach county. Manycounty and district meetings ofthese teaders are being arranged.

Thus it is evident that yourstate organization is getting thingsshaped up to render an able legis-lative service in the future. Theeffectiveness of the efforts of yourorganization will depend upon thedegree of co-operation renderedby each person involved ..

Shortages SuggestCare of Machines

A shortage of critical mater-ials brought about by the ex-panded defense program willnot, permit production of asmuch farm machinery as farmswill need: next year. Farmerscan do mueh to help meet thissituation by taking the best pos-sible care of the machinery theyalready have, say U. S. Depart-ment of Agriculture engineers.

THIS YEAR'S farm productioncosts are above those of last year.Next year they probably will gohigher.

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SocialismtoVol. XXX No. I

Demand was also made for a study of means toimprove the accuracy of crop estimates.

Support was pledged to legislation to prbvidemortgage insurance on a sound business basis forthe construction of modern, efficient produce mar-kets to meet an urgent need, paticularly in the caseof fresh fruit.,

On parity, the Farm Bureau opposed anysion of the dual parity provisions containedAgri cultural Act of 1949.

TrendE D I TOR I A L Legislature to

---, , Face BigFarlners Will Speak for Themselves ' • ')

The fundamental issue of who shall speak for lssues In 52farmers was met squarely by voting delegates to the r .",STANLEY M. POWELL33rd annual meeting of the American Farm Bureau For the first time in Michigan's

. history the legislature will hold aat ChIcago December 11-13. regUlar session beginning in Jan-

R II' h d b h U S D' uary of an even-numbered year.eca mg t e protests ma e a out t e .. ep t A t't t' 1 d t• cons 1 u lOna amen menof Agriculture attempting to make farm policy adopted at the April, 1951, election

h h. F '1 FR' I I provides that hereafter the legis-t roug Its amI y arm eVlew ate ast summer, 1ature will h~lq a regular annualthe National Farm Bureau said in a resolution: session beginning on the second

.. Wednesday of each January.The decision of farmers to develop their own

voice for agriculture through Farm Bureaus an<;lother independent farm organizations has not de-terred other groups and individuals from atte!TIpt-ing to speak for agriculture.

"We deplore the efforfs of any administrativeagency of the federal government to attempt to re-place the roles of free and independent farm organi-..,zations in the formation of agricultural policy.

"Neither labor groups, business organizations,religious leaders, nor government employes canproperly or accurately speak for farmers."

AFBF on National Farm Pro.gramthe American Farm Bureau said in a resolution:convention in December made these recommenda-tions with respect to the national farm legislation:

The national farm program is not in need of sub- ,stantial change.

The Farm Bureau favors maintenance of thepresent price-support features of' the AgriculturalAct of I949. It is opposed to any increase. in thelevel of supports as detrimental to the longtimeinterests of agriculture.

Opposition was .voiced to any expansion of thecrop insurance program until it is placed on a soundactuarial basis.

It was recommended that appropriated funds forth~ agricultural conservation program be allocatedon the basis of conservation needs.

Payments for pJactices which have become anormal and accepted part of farming operations ofthe area in which the farm IS located should be dis-continued.

AFBF on Federal GovernmentThe American Farm Bureau at its 33rd annual'

convention spoke for 1,500,000 farm family mem-bers in 47 states when it made these recommenda-tions to Congress and the federal government:

That the federal government reduce expendituresin all departments, including agriculture.

The only exception is in agricultural re~earchwhere an increase was asked to bring up to' schedulea number of long-range research jobs. They're lag-ging for lack of funds.

A r~uction of federal expenditures is needed to.perm~tlbalancing the budget' without additional tax-ation. This is a sound attack on inflation.

"We reaffirm," the delegates said, "our convic-tion rhat price and wage controls are undesirableand contrary to the public interest in the presentemergency.

"Our foremost national policy is to mobilize ourmilitary and economic strength for an indefiniteperiod with the objective of preventing a thirdworld war.

"We will continue to ex~rt every effort to bringabout the earliest possible termination of unsoundcontrols and the adoption of a sound program whichwill really control inflati~n."

In the field of international affairs, 'delegatesemphasized that U.S. aid to foreign countries shouldbe of a nature that helps those n~tions to helpthemselves.

Technical assistance, increased capital invest-ment and trade and other aids aimed at increasing

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PORTLAND CEMEASSOCIATION

Olds Tower Bldg., Lansing 8,A national organilalion to improve and extenuses of portland c.ment and concrele ... Ihscientific research and engineering field

COMPANY

SOIL-CEMENT makes tax-payers' dollars go farther

because about 90 per cent ofthe required material is usual-lynative soil on the site. It'seasy to transform high-II}ajn-tenance cost dirt, gr.avel orstone roads into strong, long-lasting pave~ent ,good f?ryears of all. weather' servicewith soil-cement ..•

The first soil-cemept road,built in 1935, is still givinexcellent Jservice. ~oicement's superior val.ne adurability' for lig~t-triffic p

\iag is thoroughly demstrated and establishedthousands of miles' of supavement now in use.

Buy Farm Bureau seeds.

SATURDAY. JANUARY S. 19q2

that "buying now might proveeconomica1."

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New 1.,6 ••• I,ud Is"lade of all frades"

Michigan Bell has recently put into servicea truck that can dig a hole in the ground,hoist and set a 35-foot telephone pole, pull upold wire, ha,ul tools and materials and do alot of other work, with a 2-man crew. A re-mar!tal)!e piece 01 mechanical engineeringe1lf,cWr&q/. this new truck i.! another exampleof the way we're W'tIrking to speed telephoneservice to rural areas and at the same timeu;p costs down.

IILIPHONE

of these sprays and dusts are be-coming more acute with the ex-pansion' of defense production.

The department also suggested

BILLMICHIGAN

Concentrate spraying gaining favot' ...\ .. '

.with'~ic~an farmers

Using' a s4:0nger spray solution anci applyingcorrespondingly less of it per tree shows advan:'tages in spraying fruit crops. According to theMichigan state College Agricultural Experi-ment station, end results are as effective aswhen more of ordinary mixtures are used. Con-centrate spraying reduces spray Injury to fruitand foliage, cuts amount of spray chemIcals.lost by run-orr. reduces the water needed andtime required tor refilling. On vegetable crops,concentrate spraYing has been limited to con-trol of insects when complete coverage Is notrequired. For further Information. call, writeor visit your County Agricultural Agent.

EDITORIALContinued from Page 1

the economic productivity of foreign nations were

cmph •• ized.

Horse and Buggy Not,So SaleDobbin had 'a poor safety record compared with

modern travel by hi~h powered lautomobiles.

In 1909 we had some 26. million Jtorses aad

mules. During that year 3,850 persons wereI

killed in accidents involving hor~s and horse-drawn_

vehicles. Or 30 fatalities for each 100 million horse

travel miles, according -to the sfati'sticians on that

b" Isu ject. , 'By contrast. the nation's current motor vehiCle

I ....fatality rate is. 7 deaths for each, 100 million miles

of traveL .

Farlners Need OrganizationFarmers are finding themselves squeezed by in-

creasing costs of farming while'their income from

the things they have to sell is' declining., ~rices

received by farmers have. gone down .for_ the' 6th

straight month while producti~n costs are going up.'During the same period;. the parity index' has gone

down 8 per cent from ~ebru~ry. '. I

"Farming is dangerously expo~"if the ~opom.ic

wind blows from the wr:ong' dire~tion," a banker

said recently, .

There never was. a time wken - farmers need to

stick together more .than today. Through tl1eir c'o-

o~eratives and farm organization~ they '~an exercise

some control ov'er the "economic' wind~" Now is

the time to build a stronger Michig~nF arm Bureau.\ .

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said. "On July 6, additional• nitrogen at the rate of 200 pounds

im acre of ammounium. nitratewere side dressed at five- inchesdeep on one side of the corn row,and approximately twelve inchesaway from the plant." This como.pleted the t;-eatment.

"THE COST, of the . fertilizeramounted to about $46 an acre.This was highly profitable!. be~cause one-half of the fertilizeris carried over as plant food andorganic matter residue from thestalks and weeds for the nextseason.

"In addition to the fertilizercostst there was a $38 an acre. 0lf: ",

cost for operation and overhead. ~.~"Yet at $1.50 a bushel of corn, the "'~~ ---,iif"7net profit was $103 an acre. On -.. ';~ .. -,,', The weasel'would be 0 sight eosier to kill if histop of this profit, the soil. was CCl(ltdidn't turn w~ite when lhe snow fties. Naturericher for the next season." gives him protection mode to order. Yo~r Stote

Dr. Scarseth, former head. of Mutuol 0llent Can gi.e you mode. la-old .. protec-, tion against the threat of fire-a policy lhet gives

the 'department of soils and farm yall all the protection you "eed without costly aadcrops, at Purdue University, said lunnecessary ext,as.other seasons' were needed to ~ "" ...

f. h ' Its. State Mutual pollC•.es CO'.r loSS'of form personal,con Irm t e ~me year s resu . '. I onywhere in Michigan. if not housed in a building

The Amen can Farm Research IIIQre ""%<IrdOllS than w. are ellow.d to insure ..•Ass'n is supported mainly by ... ANOTHER STATE MUTUAL fEATURE! .

state units of the Am.erican Fa;m I ~~k your State Mutual agent. or write for details.'Bureau. I .•

Well To Order '52' . '. __ FIRE INSURANCE CO.Insecticides "Now l: '. !02 Chur~h St.

The U. S. Department of Agri- .. w. ~. BURRAS. Pm,d ... H K FISK. S... ",r

culture last mbontthlurgked : farmth-.! _ "Stare Mutual Insuus Every Filtb Farm in Michigan-Ask Y~ur Neighborsers to avert ot enec Sin. e ..... ,1952 supply of insecticides. furtgi- .. 0r'~'''I'for Ar'nts I. $om, CommwUl'"

cides and weed killers by order-. J ~_ ~ _ing them now.'

Shortages of many ingredients

PftODUCERS

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NURSERY STOCK

R S. Clark315 NOrth Grinnell St.Jackson, Michigan

MAPLE SYRUP

Dr. Scarseth said tliat actuallythe new treatment is a combin-'ation of fundamental facts con-cerning- corn stands, mulch ef-fects,' beaavior of chemical fer-tilizer 'elements. weeds, cultiva-tion; . corn roots, moisture, tilthand erosion. These facts had beendeveloped, he said. through yearsof research at state agricultureexperiment stations:

"W£ KNOW that weeds hurtcorn by competition for plant foodnutrients, especially' nitrogen.This can be corrected by thescientific~ use of commercial nit-rogen, balanced' with adequatephosphate and potash ..

"Weeds also hurt corn by shad-ing it.- This can be controlledby knocking the weeds down, butnot killing them and thickeningthe corn stand and increasing its~ate of growth with plimtnutrients so as to cause the comto shade out the weeds."

Only a seedbed is prepared forthe corn, a narrow strip two orthree inches wide. The trash ofthe previous crop is left on -theground to protect the soil. Thetrash, corn stalks and otherresidue usually are cleared andthe field plowed in present farmoperations.

BfiILI.IAXT f:\"erl,..arin!:' >,tl'nw-b(,I'f)'. 7,090 lIuarl" ver aCl"o (II'll I)'wll~. It..d.'lIch ."\"Hbearlng- "Ira ...-berr)' \'01'(' 11.000 quart". (Jompilltecatalog !-'ree. South ~I Ichi ~ anXUnlel")'. nox ii-A. Xew Durralo ...mchlgan. 0 (l-2t.~tib)

TWO XEW I~\.t!rbearln~ "Ira .. -berrl .... tha t t~llt yl.,lued 11,000 alj,ooO quart" per /lcre, f1r,,1 ) ar.Lar~( •• l'onl1J1ete catalo;t l••rt:e. Stronl-el" & Son XUnler)". nox 12j-A. X('WBurralo. ~lIcblgan. (l-2t-27b)

FOUr: SIZES or 1(lnl; EvallOraton<may ,,1111 h~ I\vallable with cop......pan" .. Ask u" ahout English linll'U1". Ullck~t" mu..t ,... order"d nu....to a.~sur~ deliVery. "'rlt ... (01' d -rlpli"" (oleter and prlc"" un "va 1)-

oratol's, bucketJl, can •• ll'la,," hotl~ll.CIIter... th ..rmometers. lalwl" ..nd

• 11 oth ... "u\l1'1Ie" nt:~ded In the pro-.sucllon and marketlng or mal""s)'rup. SUKar llush Suppllell C()Ul-pany. PO nus 110j. Lan"lng, :-OUch.fLucaled oh M-43, \\"1!1l1 ~glnawJ~oad. Just we ..t or Lan,lnlf &ndWaverl>:, gO}~course.) (l-ti.50.)

TUI'lKEY POULTS

RAIS/i: )tA YJo'LQW!:tt T\lrkeyPoult" Cor BIIrll'er l>rotlt~. !kOlloBrea"t Bronze, White l'lOlIa.ndli.Uellsv1U* "'lIltes. Big. V~oroull.Fast-Or .....lng PoulL'l not9d tor out-8tandlnc LlvabUlty. Wonderful ~f ... tqualltl.e, U: S. Ptrtlorum Clean. Free!"rIce LI~t. P'olc!er. Lee H. Janssen.Farm aureau Member. Mlcblgan StateHatcher')'. Corunna. :.t1chll:an.

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Christmas

MICHIGAN FARM NEWS

CLASSIFIED

SILO ROOFS

We try to keep Christmas as ChristmasThe birthday of Jesus, our Lord;

The glad anniversary season• Of joy and .all holy accord.

A day just as sacred as EasterOr Sunday, A day to be good.

A day for devotion and worshipNot merely for presents and food .

I don't mean we keep it with fasting ..I don't mean we're solemn and glum.

He came to bring peace to God's childrenAnd Oh. we are glad He could come!

He came with good will as His message,And glory to God was the song

Of the angelic choir in the heavens..We still don't believe they were wrong.

don't mean that business is evil.But just that it's much over done

We think it was love and not- profi.tThat caused God to send us His Son.

We join in the rush at the dime store,My faithful wife Marthy and 1.

We trim up the tree .for the' grandboys.She feeds them On 'dlrkey and pi~.

But through it we try. to remember' .That Christmas primarily stands

For the birthday of Jesus our SaVior, Who came with no gifts in His hands

But with infinite love arid compassionFor the souls of God's children on earth.

We try to keep Christmas as Christ's day.Remembering Him and His birth.

AGENTS WANTED

Cla,,"'ed advartl .. m.nb ara e.uh w'th ordar at tile ,ollowlnl/rate.: 5 centa p.r word for one edition. Ade to appear In tWII ormore edltiona take the rate of 4 centa per word per edition.

The discovery of a method ofgrowing big crops of corh onworn out land was described tothe American Farm Bureau atits annual meeting by Dr. GeorgeD. Scarseth, director of the Am-erican Farm Research Assn.

THE METHOD discards theusual tillage tools, and leaves thetrash of the previous crop on thefield.

New Idea' Grdws Co.rn'.-- -- - .... -

On Worn Out Soils

DR. SCARSETH said that sinceplowing exposes the soil toerosion, a special machine wasdesigned for the International

GEORGE D. SCARSETH Harvester Company to plant the• .. . /I corn without plowing.

The first expenment .on an On 43 acres 7 miles west ofIndiana farm this year produced Lafayette, Ind., the treatment125,5 bushels to t.he acr~. A year. consisted of applying at the timeago the same field Yielded '251 of the planting of the seed 800bu~hels' an acre.' pounds of high-analysis fertilizer

'''!'he way most' of the 85.000,-\ in a band nine inches deep under000. acres of land planted to corn the seed row. and 300 pounds anis handled with, regard to er9sion acre of the fertilizer. is.a splitand destruction of organic matter band at {he side of the seed.a~d natural.; ft;rtiHty! the corn THIS WAS don with the newSOils of the natIOn Will be grad- .. 'I .

all destroyed'" Dr. "Scarseth machme ~rawn b~ a tractor Inu 'dY . '. one operatIon and In the old cornsal .. / j • stalk stubble .. ' The corn was not

II A WAY' must be found. to' cultivated for four weeks. Bygrow corn at 'the. ino~t ._px:6fit then the w.~eds were \~a~st ~ighwith high' yields and in such a' "but the corn was thrIVing andway that the soil is improved,. not didn't even know the weeds werehurt by the process~ We believe there."the ~'ay has been found," "Two cultivations with a disk-

Com is the raw material of ~ike affair' were used to knockbeef, pork and dairy products. the' weeds down," Dr. Scarseth

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MILKIXG SHOHTHOf:XS-lJ arkr,,(1 v('arllng and hull cah'e!! up to11 .i)ol'lth... sired by ItS! GrandCha.mpl"n. ~rkhi&"an Stale fo'air. 110[".LAXDALfo; ROYAL PHlDi~. Selectvollr sir .. (rom the herd that has ..."ni'r<>mler Ureeder award at Ihl' .\Ilen-IKan Slat. Fltl-r 8 o( the la ..t 9 yea .....ingl.."lde Farm. Stanle)' ll. I"owell,[onl... H-1. lflchlgan. (I-If-SOb)

XOW IS Ole t1nw to «et anA1Ulllinum Dome Silo Iloot for Tour8110. "'"e Install, abo. chute. ladderand bal!k.t plattorm •. Clarence VILlIStrl.n. Phona 3511•• fron C.nter.M1chl~an. (lO-U-%lb)

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STAR AWARDSOctober

Gold Star-Shelby CommunityFarm Bureau, Oceana Coun-ty, Mrs. Fred Kerr, Secre-tary ..

Silver Star-Levering, Emmet,Mrs. Percy Reed. sec'y.

Silver Star-South Arm. Char-levoix, Mrs. George D. Nel-son, sec'y.

o NovemberGold Star-Casnovia, Muske-

gon, Mrs. E. Harry Norris,sec'y.

Silver Star-Crystal Lake,Oceana, Mrs. Helen Gilli-land, sec'y.

Silver Star-Custer, Mason,Mrs. Leslie Conant. sec'y.

COp1munityFarm BureauActivities

MRS. MARJORIE GARDNERDear: Community Farm Bureau

Members:Listed above are the star

award winners for October andNovember. Due to the fact thatlast month's paper was devotedprincipally to roll call, we did notprepare an article on Commun-ity F.arm Bureau.

Representl~JUNIOR .FARM BUREAU

Dale R. Foster NI~. R-:!

OFFICERS~ldenL ..C. E, Bueklrk. Paw PawY-Pre~ ....,"'. "'Iehrman. F.mnvilleExec. Sec.y ........C. L. 8rOO)'. Lansing

DISTRICT DIRECTORSI-Russell E. Hazel_Richland. R-t!-Blaque Knlrk Qulncy. R-t3-Edwanl Frltch Ho "II. R-l4-A. Sh"llenbarger ..L. Odessa. R-t&-:\[arten Garn Charlott •• 1t-5G-\\'ard G. HOOge_ _.8nover. R-t7-Harry Xorri:- C..snovla8-Kenneth Johnson ..P'rHlantl, R-!9-:\1\-11''' HOOgson CadlIla ... R-t

to-james ~(\elock Whltt ..more

DIRECTORS AT LARGECart E. Busklrk Paw Paw. R-I'Walter Wlghtman_ Fennvllle. R.tJohn. Con\"erse Unlon City. R-%

Repre~ntln ..WOMEN OF FARM BUREAU

Mrs. H.. Whittak ..r....:.[etamora. R-t

COMMUNITY groups number1046. To date 1046 set-upsheets ha ve been receivedfrom. Community Farm Bureaugroups giving us their new offi-cers for the next twelve months.Last year at this time we hadapproximately 962 set-up sheetsindicating that we have madeconsiderable progress in this re-gard .this year. However, thereare still 8 groups who have notreported in as yet. They are:

Cheboygan c 0 u n t y-Birch-wood; Weadock. Eaton county-North Benton Doane; Townline.Genesee county-Central Divi-sion. Gratiot county-Seville .Ocea~a county--='Weare. Sanilaccounty-Moore.

If you are a member of one ofthese Community Farm Bureaus,will you please contact your sec-retary and see that we get yournew officers?

For the year to date, we haveadded 9 new Community FarmBureaus and lost 34 from lastyear. We are shooting towardsa goal of 1225 groups for the1952 fiscal year so as to servicemembers who are not now af-filiated with Community FarmBureau and also new memberswritten up during this roll call.

INSTITUTE. January 16 and 17Michigan Farm Bureau will holdits annual institute for countyleaders. There will be a two-daysession devoted to ten differentsegments of the county program.One section will be for Com-munity Farm Bureau committeechairmen. It is- sincerely hopedthat all people asswning this re-sponsibility in their count~s willbe present.

From comments made by FarmBureau leaders who have attend-ed past institutes this is a veryworthwhile meeting. Don Kinsey,director of research and informa-tion, will be in charge of theCommunity Farm Bureau section.

HONORABLE ME NTIONgroups for October and Novem-ber:

Riley Center Community FarmBureau. Clinton County. Mrs .Clarence Light, secretary.

East Orion, Oakland, Mrs. RayAlt, sec'y .

Crystal Lake, Oceana. Mrs.Helen Gilliland, sec'y.

Riley Center, Clinton.Clarence Li«ht. sec'y.

South Center Essex. Clinton.Mrs. Leona Botturn. sec'y.

V a -n tow n. I~am, BruceGranger.

We of the Fann Bureau staffsend our best wishes for the NewYear.

Michigan Fann Bureau

PURPOSE OF FARMBUREAU

The purpose of thia Associa-tion .hall be the advancementof our members' interest. edu.cationally. legislatively, andeconomically.

farm tools of unexcelled quality.Their prices are low. but theycan be even lower with thewholehearted support of allFarm Bureau members.

If your county needs a Co-opFarm Equipment retail branchstore. this is your chance .to seehow the Mt. Pleasant branch isequipped to serve the Farm Bur-eau members of .Isabella county.While you are- attending theevent you can also learn aboutthe National Co-operative Ma-chinery plants and the outstand-ing equipment manufactured inthem.•Fartuers' WeekDairy ProgramAllllollDced

Michigan farmers attending thedairy programs during the Farm-ers' Week at Michigan State Col-lege in late January are going tofind the programs quite changedfrom previous years. "We wantto give our dairymen a chance tofind the answers to the problemsbothering them. That's why we'rehaving a more informal type pro-gram this year," reports Dr .Earl Weaver. head of the depart-ment.

The Monday, January 28 "DairyDay" program is about as usual,with the general session fordairymen in the morning andbreed association meetings in theafternoon and evening. FredIdste, Beloit. Wis., wiII be themain speaker discussing: "WhyPurebred Dairy Cattle." Idsteis secretary of the. Brown SwissBreeders of America and also ofthe Purebred Dairy Cattle As-sociation.

Tuesday through Thursday,January 29 through 31 the morn-ing dairy programs will be heldin the East Concourse beneathMacklin Field Stadium. HereDr. C. F. Huffman of the M.S.C.staff wiII show some of the re-search work being done in dairynutrition and exhibit the ani-mals. He and others will an-swer questions.

Afternoon programs will be atthe new dairy housing researchand demonstration center on thecollege farm, a mile south of themain campus on Forest and Col-lege roads. Farmers wiII visitthe new center and hear discus.sions of the labor saving meth-ods made available. D. L. Mur-ray, extension dairyman, andB. F. Cargill, agricultural engin-eer, will lead the discussion.

The dairy barns and the Mich-igan Artificial Breeding Cooper-ative bull stud wlll be open forinspection.

Save ButterfatMichigan State college dairy

specialists have made a suggest-ion that can mean dollars andcents savings for the state's dairy-men .

They say not to fill milk cansso full that the cream will col-lect on the lid. That results ina loss of butterfat and a lowert~st when the product is sold.

Machinery RepairsMachinery that is repaired dur-

ing the slack season is not so aptto be laid up for repairs duringrush seasons, remind MichicanState Coll.ece ext~nsion special-ists.

~t' 1'WAJr fertnilZer early.

I

~AichiganFarm Newsl!:stabllshed .January I!. In!

F.n1 ..N'd a!l eeeond CWa matt.rJII'1. 12 1923 Ilt the po.otottl~ att .U'<lll~. ~(\chl«an. under the Actr )larcb 3. 1879.

PubllshN! monthly. first Satur-tilY. t. !oil~hilnln Farm Bureau at.t, puohcatl ..n ottl~ nt 114 E. Lov-tI St.• Charlotte. Mkhfgan.

Edltnrlal and g.neral otnces. !!1X. ~th redar St... Utn,.lng. Mlchl-

• POt't Ottl~ Ilox 9CO. Tele-Ii' 1". La.n~in= ~1-~71, Exten8lon I.

&.n<1 noth~"!l on Form 3578 andund..lIvE'rabl" ('(lple~ r"turn~ underF.rm 35;-' to :\f\"hlgan Farm X" ....8eodlt. Mal otn.-e, P. 0, Box 960. Lana-

• :\Ikh'pn.

Officers and members of County Farm Bureaus are + • N ?invited to attend the grand opening celebration of the Not Gellmg ews.new Farm Bureau Services.farm equipment retail branch If you know.of m.eZD:bersfailing

to receive their Mlchtgan Farmat Mt. Pleasant, Thursday, January 24. The event will News,'please send us a postcardbe IId ff' . h I' I h givin'" name postoffice and Ri'lJ

an a ay a air WIt a comp Imentary unc eon at number tog~ther with name 01noon. County Farm Bureau. Thank you.

Michigan Farm News, P. O. Box960 Lansing, Mich.

last longer,cost less!

Mt. Pleasant Co-operative Elevator Company is

holding its annual "Co-op Day" in conju~ction with the

grand opening of the new Farm Bureau farm machinery

branch. A complete line of Farm Bureau supplies and

commodities as well the full line of Co-op farm machin-

ery will be on display throughout the day.

J. F. Yaeger, general manager of Farm Bureau Ser-

vices, Inc., and A. M. \Varren, general sales manager of

~ational Farm Machinery Co-operative, Inc., will be the

principal speakers.Tne Farmer's investment in

farm machinery and equipmenton high producing farms todayequals approximately the valueL his land.

:Jp-keep and replacement costs0" farm equipment is one of hisla-gd annual expenditures.

With nearly six million farm-ers depending on only a fewmanufacturers for power equip-ment. the development of a co-'lperative farm equipment manu-~actur:ng program is of vital im-JX;rtance.

II t:":inar Ungren ..- . .Editor

I Harold Weinman _.Associate Editor

I t.lml'f'd ro Farm Bureau Members..

I ~,I '" "'I-'tl"n: .0 "..nt" a )'l'I\r.

Vol. XXX January 5. 1952 No.1

'l\1Iachinery Open Houseat 1\1It.Pleasant, J~n. 24

J. F. YAEGER

The succ&!ssf~l operation of afarm machinery manufacturingprogram requires the support ofeven' farmer. To produce highqua!ity equipment at lowestcosts. it is necessary to have a:arge manufacturing volume.

~ichigan farmers have joinedwith farmers from all over thelinited States in developing amachinery program. They arep:-oducing for themselves Co-op

look at these advantages of K.lama.zoo Glazed Building Tile - the idealm.4.t~'al for storace buildings anddalr, barns.

• Per a ..ant 'II' .ether ploof walls.

• ~ ,~ • ., ..... .,ure rasistettca.

• Great r'gidity aad load.beeriat .r...elt..• lo ...."pl .. p, plus Ie ... depreciotion.

• Or"~'",,1 cost .....ch low. t~.a otlwr!)opelof .n....rated well construction.

Investigate Kalamazoo GI.zed BuUd.in! T Ie foe y<*r storage buitdincs,Nens, milk houw, IIOS or polIhrybou~ ... yOll'1I be ..... 1 ahftd.

~,_&saom.~1~ MABKOt4 $T .. tcALAMAZOO. M1CH.

TWO

THREE

to you

1951

Bureau

Localities

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happens

No Corn Acreage orAllotment Quotas

The U. S. Department of Agri-culture has announced there willbe no marketing quotas and nGacreage allotments. on the 1952crops of corn and rice.

The department stated that thesupply of each of these commodi-ties is below the quantity whichwould require 'marketing quotasunder provisions of the Agricul-tural Act of 1938, as amended.

on the basis of information inthe prospectus, and by a li-censed salesman. Inquiries maybe directed to Farmers PetroleumCo-operative. 221 No. Cedar, POBox 960, Lansing, Mich.

Some

FOR

for

it may save you HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS.

Does your present insurance adequatelyprotect yo~r farm products, livestock, toolsand machInery used on your farm? Fre-mont Mutual knows these items are ofvital importance ... and insures you for100% of their actual sound value.' Theseitems, plus others, are termed "BarnPersonal Property," and are insured asone blanket item. This means none areoverlooked-just another example of Fre-mont Mutual's broad protection policy.See your local agent today.

It may save your life.

Make sure that it is stored well awav fromall buildings. Do not allow kerosene orga.sol.ine to. be, used near a fire of any des-cnptIOn. Don t allow smoking around thesefuels .•

INSURANCEAUTOMOBILE

Than Necessary

Check Your InsuranceSEND FOR INFORMATIVE FOLDER

"Are you fully protec~ed?"

see

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Your Protection Under Fremont'sliberal Policy

Your Gasoline and Kerosene

Farmers Petroieum Co-opera-tive is offering investors $150,000in 5% ten year debentures.

The funds are for FPC workingcapital which was reduced inthe purchase of one-half interestin 136 oil wells in Illinois. FPC'sshare of the oil is about 1200barrels daily.

The debentures are sold only

FPC Offers5% IllvestmentDebentures

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new your present automobile insurance.Learn what we have have to offer

You Can Save Ml!neyl

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Nat'} COUllcilFarID C~-opsMeets JaIl. 14

LeavesMatted leaves left on

established lawn willthe grass.

THIS is clean-up time-timeto clean out the hazards around~h~ farmstead which might causeInjury, loss of time or evendisaster. '

Representatives of the Mich-igan Farm Bureau, the MichiganAssociation of Farmer Coopera-tives, and Michigan State Col-lege will attend the 23rd annualmeeting of the National Councilof Farmer Cooperatives sched-uled at the Edgewater Beachhotel in Chicago January 14-17.

Speakers scheduled to appearinclude Charles E. Wilson, dir-ector of.. mobilization, and Chal'-les F. Brannan, ~ecretary of ag-riculture.

Committees that are the foun-dation of the National Council'sprogram will meet during themorning • sessions. Michiganmen are members of these com-mittees: W. Victor Bielinsk~,management personnel rela-tions; C. L. Brody, marketingand foreign trade; L. S. Mon-roe, accounting and business ad-Iministration; B. A. Rainey, farmsupply and service: E. F. Stef-fen, law and executive transpor-tation; J. F. Yaeger. state coun-cils: and Everett Young, publicrelations and infirmation.

Those to attend from Michi-gan include: Waldo E. Phillips,Chairman, MAFC: J. F. Yaeger.~si~!ant. executive secretary: j.~, A. Rau;ey. E;; ,F. Ste~fen, !'1-ay- •nard Brownlee, 1... S. Monroe,W. V. Bielinski, B. P. Pattison,Farm Bureau Services; L .• \V.Morley, Michigan Milk Produc-ers Association; and ClarencePrentice, Michigan State Co:-lege .

Are

Co-op ClilllcSeries Set ForJan. & Feb.J") j ,I

BloatOne of the best ways to handle

the bloat problem with dairycows on pasture is to provide arack of dry hay or straw for theanimals. If placed near the wat-ering or resting place, MichiganState College dairymen saycows will consume the haywhich need n(,t be fJf best quality.

,'1\. series of 15 Co-op Clinics,jointly spollsored by MichiganState College and the Michigan.Ass<;,ciation of ,Farm~r Cooper-ati1)E!s, will be held throughout~\~higan in January and Febru-ary.': The .clinics are held for co-

operatj\'e managers and "directorsand county agricultural agents.They will be conducted as opendiscussions of subjects of currentinterest to the group.

The following topics have been"selected for consideration at thelocal meetings: Financing of co-operatives, operating. problemsand responsibilities of co-op di-rectors, and changes in the rev-enue code affecting cooperatives.At the Upper Peninsula clinics,R. T. Hal.twig, extension service,Marquette, will present his viewson how to make annual meet-ings more effective.

Arthur Howland, AgriculturalEconomics Department, MSC, andEverett Young, Michigan Asso-ciation of Farmer Cooperatives,are in charge of the series. Themeetings are scheduled as fol-low&:,January 18-Escanaba, 21-Iron

River. 22-Haneock, 23-SaultStc. MUl'ie.

February 4 (noon)-Coldwater,(night)-St. Joseph, 5 (noon)-Grand Rapids. (hight)-Lansing,6- Ypsilanti, 7 (noon)-Bad Axe.(night)-Lapeer, 8-S1. Louis, 11(noon)-Boyne City, (night)-Traverse City, 12-Big Rapids.

MICHIGAN FARM NEWS

Farmers

Cool PromptlyHard cooked eggs for salads

and cold plates should be cooledpromptly to prevent over-cook-ing and to help prevent the darkring that sometimes 'appearsaround the yolk. •

For

Miss Sushela Lingaiah of India,a student at Michigan State Col-lege; has been one of the recip-ients of the Foreign StudentScholarship Fund, which hasbeen carrie~ on by the ~i'1higanFarm Bureau Women for the pasttwo years. Miss Ling<l:ia\l is astudent in home. economics.

Recently Miss Lingaiah return-ed the iP1oney, which had beengiven hel'-by.the Michigan-FarmBureau Women saying she wasnow able t'o care for herself andfelt that the money should beturned back so it would be avail-able for some other student inneed of it.

Miss Lingaiah is going back toher home in lndia and establishthe Bangalore College for women.'We wish her much success in hernew undertaking.

.A DEPENDENT can have agross income up to $600 (previ-ously $500) and still be claimed

I as an exemption.The increases in income taxes

provided for the Revenue Act of1950 took effect late in that year,but apply to the entire year 1951.Thus the taxes on 1951 incomesare higher'th:;m those on 1950 in-comes .. The Revenue Act of1951 further increased the incometax rates.

IF YOUR business year startsJanuary I, you hav~two choicesin filing returns. Either/file yourreturn and pay the tax 2Phor be-fore January 31, _1952; ,Hf,Jile anestimate of your tax 'and payt~is amount by JanU(i~~)9." thenhie your retl,lrn and.\ ,pay anybalance due by. March 15. r:

Since the new tax bin \vasn'tpassed by C'ongress until October20, the new b'ulle'tins were notavailable at press time. How~ver,they should be available at yourcounty agent's office soon. Stopin and ask for "Farmer's 1951Income Tax" bulletin. It will beIa big help to you.

MFB WomellAid Students

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Children need constant safetyreminders. Caution them abouttraffic hazards when they leavefor school.

MastitisGood milking practices help

prevent mastitis, MSC ext"ensiondairyn~n remind farmc[s.

Poultry HealthThe condition of your poultry

house this fall and winter is go-ing to have a lot to do with thehealth of your poultry flock.,

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DELIVERY. NOWAvailable Through Your Local

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Be Confident of the Best ChanceFor An Abundant Crop

Spring may stilI be several months off but it's not tooearly to plan your spring needs. l\Iany farmers are droppingby their Farm Bureau Seed Dealer and talking ove]' theirspring plans. Many of them have placed their orders so asto be sure of having the right varieties on hand. ready to startplanting as soon as the weather is right. I

Seed is a smaIl item 1n the total cost of producing a crop,and the difference in cost between the best seed and ordinaryseed is smaller still. Yet these few pennies might mean the'difference between success and failure at han'est time. Makevour investment in land, fertilizer and work pay its bestdividend by using the very best seed.

Abundant Yields Meanllncreased ProfifsGet lfealthy stands this year- by planting quality, adapted

Farm Blu'eau guaranteed seeds from your local Farm BureauDealer. They are tested for purity and high germination-we do not handle seedp of questionable origin. They arevQur best insurance against poor seed disappointment.

Choose From -These Farm Bureau Adapted-tr SeedsALFALFAS RED CLOVERS

Certified Ranger MammothNorthwest Grimm June.

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Canadian SWEET CLOVERSNorthwest Variegated LADINO (certified)

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Remember -It p.ays To Plant Farm Bureau Seeds!Now's The Time To Order You~ Spring Needs From

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221 N. Cedar Street Lansing, Michigan, Seed Dep't

SATURDAY. JANUARY S. 1952

Take Delivery Of Farm BureauFertilizers Now!

~Vise farmers, in these days of shortages, are order-mg their critical supplies weIl in advance. Fertilizerthis year is one of the very critical items-supply islimited, ingredients short, demand high. Farmerswho wait until spring to take out their hi-analvsisfertilizer are apt to lose out. •

Your C~nceJ to.<Save •••

To be certain. you had better get YOUI' spring supplyof Farm Bureau Fertilizers t~day. Fertilizer is one ofyour best buys-;-returning $4 for every $1 you invest.Farm Bureau hi-analysis fertilizers provide moreplant food with lesS"weight at lower cost.

Don't Wait and Be Sorry - BE WISE &

ChangesN-o-t-ic-e-t-o-C-o-m-m-u-ni-ty--L-ig-h-ts-.-----+ ~axes Higher But +Jum.ol-s T"'al~~ Co-op Institute ofD.'scussr'onLeaders Extra yard lights and flood 1 1952 In Michigan

lights on barns will improve your S R Ie if G. P t\FBF Members of the Executive Com-chore efficiency around the feed- t ·lots this winter. 0me . e le zven ar In .. ~ii~eeA~~ri~~~ Pr~~i~~t~n ;:rf ~~~-----------Children operation in Michigan will at-

It's income tax tim~ again. But just don't sit down ConVclltl.On tend a special program session- sponsored by the Institute in Chi-

and fill out your tax forms the same way you did last I .cago January 14.

O F B Forty-six Michigan Junior The Michigan spokesmen willyear, advises the h.io arm ureau. News, because th~re Farm Bureau members attended present to the American Institutehave been some changes made. the National Rural Youth Con- of Co-operation their recommen-

ference at Chicago, December 9- dations and suggestions for theCongress passed a new tax act on October 20, 1951. 12. It was part of the American planning and promotion of the

B I d d . Farm Bureau Federation conven- 1952 Institute which will be heldoi e own, it amounts to this: taxes are ,higher. Hon. 347. Junior delegates on the campus of Michigan State

Changes affect you as a farmer mainly if you have sold came from. 28 states. College August 11-14.Members of this committee in-

farm animals or changed your farm residence. DOROTHY TABERSKI. our elude: Chairman Clarence Pren-

If ld -' . state's representative to the Na- tice, Arthur Howland, and T. K.you so or exchanged your residence during 1951 tiona 1 Rural Youth Committee, Cowden, agricultural economics,

at a gain and, within. one year after (or before) the sale, was in charge of registration. MSC; and J. F. Yaeger and Ever-. Sunday evening our group con- ett Young, Michigan Association

you purchased and occupied another residence, none of ducted the vesper service. Vern of Farmer Co-operatives.the gain is. taxable if the cost of the new residence equals Thalmann of Berrien was chair-

man. He was assisted by Bettyor exceeds the sale price of the old residence. Jone Pidd of Washtenaw county,

Bob Harrison of Barry, VernIf your farm, of which your principal residence is a Hodge of Ingham, Lois Taylor of

part, is sold aNd another residence is purchased, as part Isabella, and Keith Lamkin of~ Emmet.

of another farm or otherwise, this applies to the allo- The National Rural Youth Tal-d.l '1 h f h ent Find was also part of thecate sa e ana pure ase prices 0 t e residences involved. Sunday evening program. This israxpayers are allowesJ, under certain circumstances, a program staged for the enter-

tainment of tne various confer-to consider sales of draft, breeding, and dairy animals as ences at the AFBF convention.

sales of capital assets. Sales of this kind are reported AM.I!cdhr~!I~OY of WaSthtt~naw wShasI Iban s represen a Ive. e

on Schedule 0 (File with Form 1040) rather .than on was received well and sang againF 1040F ..:J' I 50 oJ" f 'h . Ion Monday for the entertainmentorm " ana, In most cases, on y ,~(.) q ,t" e gam of the large organization confer-from such sales is taxable. ence.

T~E REVEN E 1950, sales of poultry cannot be - MONDAY was education day. ct f t U . Actb of. 1~51 considered as sales qf ~'Wital as- 'fpr the Juniors. Warren Newber-

prOVI es,_ or ax years egm~mg sets. ~\J" \ ny, national rural chairman fromafter December 31, 1~50, that I! a Except that the animals must Oklahoma, gave his annual ad-sal~ of a. draft, breedI?g, or dairy have been owned for only "longer dress. Several states showedammal_ IS to i?e conSIdered as a than six months" instead of "12 slides of one phase of their rural~ale. Of"a c.apltal as~t, the fOl~ months OJ; longer," the a150ve youth activity. Michigan showedo~l~hlequ~re~~nts mt~t be :;et. method of reporting sales of draft, slides on public relations. Paul

. d fe amtmla mtu1s2 aveth een breeding, and dairy animals an- Leipprandt of Huron and. Mich-owne or a eas mon s...... J' P .d .

2. The animal musf have been Pbhe~ t<;>all "open" taxable years IgfaGn t~mto~ drehsl ent DfICh~Rooth ld f d ft b d' d . egmnmg after December 31 0 ra 10 l:a C arge 0 t IS part

e. or ra , ree I~g, o~ aIry 1950. ' of the program.purp0.ses, and n<,>tpnmanly for The national rural youth talksale m the <;>rdmary course of "OPEN" YEARS include: . meet preliminaries were heldthe farm busmess. I 1. All returns for the taxable Monday afternoon. Four regional

.THESE NEW requirements re- years 1948 (until March 15, 1953), winners were picked. Erma Lul-place all previous rulings of the 1949, and 1950. ham of Lenawee representedBureau of Internal Revenue con- 2: Any year with respect to Michigan well, but. had the mis-cerning treatment". of sales of whIch a co?sen~ a~reement .(on fortune to be disqualified forlivestock as sales of capital as- Form 872) IS still In forc~ speaking past the time limit. Re-sets. The new act also states 3. Any year for which any ad- gional winners were from Westspecificially that, for tax years ?itional tax has be'en paid ~it~ .Virginia, Oklahoma, Idaho, andbeginning after December 31, m the past two years, prOVIded Ohio. The final winner was Miss

. the taxpayer files a claim for re- Marvella Hearn of Oklahoma.fund (on Form 843) within two The Juniors heard Presidentyears from the date of. I?aym~n\ _Al~an Kli~e's addre~;!, "Who Shall

THIS MEANS that a farmet ,Speak fO! Farmer:;. They alsoh " . lheard AFBF Secretarv Rogerw 0 reported as ordmary mcome FI . d l' h' - 1

in any "open" year the gain from emmg e IveJ;" IS annua re-. : sale of anim~ls. (that ,wo~ldl u?d~r .~~:: _ •

. the new Act :be conSIdered artlie OUR young people heard suchsale of a capItal asset) may make outstanding national leaders asan . amended return an~ file a Congressmen Clair Engle AlbertclaIm (on ~orm 843) for refund. Cole, Everett Dicksen, and Sena-: In. reportmg f~rm ,expenses, tor Harry Byrd; E9A Labor Ad-Itemize wages paId farm help visor Robert Oliver and Presi-(i?cluding the I-H~ per cert dent Wade McCarg~ of the Na-WIthheld) and the I-Ph per cent tional Small Businessmen's As-tax paid by the employer, speci.- sociatio~.fied a~, "social security' tax '..?tI Michigan Juniors m-ade theirwages. final appearance in the program

when the state champion Ber-rien square dance team perform-ed for the entire convention Wed-nesday evening. Four teams wereinvited to dance. Others werefrom Tennessee, Illinois, and In-diana.

Farm Bureau DealerFarm Bureau

221 North Cedar St.

TAKE

Income

If you are a Community FarmBureau discussion leader andh.ave not been receiving discus-SIon materials it is because yourname is not on the mailing list.Any omission here is uninten-tional. ElIch month material issent out to discussion leaders.

.. We hope they will find it helpful.If you are not receiving this

materi~l, please send (1) yourname and address, (2) the nameof your Community Farm Bureau.and (.3) the name of the formeediscussion leader to the MichiganFarm Bureau, Dept. of Member-ship Relations. We shall be gladto make the necessary correc-tions.

You get a discount on every ton of Farm Bureau ferti-lizer paip for and delivered to your farm duringJanuary, February and MarcIl. The sooner you take

- delivery the greater your discoullt.

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INDIANA

Lansing 4, Mich.

Woody Gwin

Columbus - form.,,' Mar'''''', All' ••Crawfordsville - lo"ne,.' C_. Cry. ,"c.Middlebury - Mldd'ebury Coop. Cry. C••Orleon,-'roduu,.' Dairy AUI. As,'".IlIc.lichmond - Sp"lIlI Gran DaIrY

ILLINOISPona - Equlty-l1nlo" Cry. & "odllCe c•.Paris - Equity-Un/a" Cry. & ',oduce Ca.

TENNESSEEGallatin - Sumn., Co. Coop. Cry. A,,' ••Murfreesboro -=. Ruth.rlord Count,

Cooperalir. Creom..." 'nc,Nolensville - No'."syllle Caoperall ••

Creomery Association,' Inc.

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SATURDAY. JANUARY 5. 1952

lVlemners

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Services,. Inc.N. Ceda( St.

Here is the same, tasty farm-fresh Valley Lea BuH.r.you have been buying these many years, attired in a,.smart new c~rton of attractive yellow background

with red and blue lettering ..• deliciously fine Valley

Lea Butter is a nutritious, natura/'vitamin-rich"produd

processed by your nearby member-creamery of The

Mid-West Group ••• watch for it!

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MICHIGANCarson Clly - Dal,y/and Coop. Cry. Co.Coldwat.r - Co/dwol.' Dalr., Co.Constantine - Con,'onlln. Coop. Cty. Co.Ea.1 Jordan - Jorda" Va"ey Coop. C'y.Elsi. - Eisi. Cooperative Creamery Co.ff.mont - Fremon' Coop. Cry. Co.Grant - Gtan' Cooperative C,eomery Co.Mon'gomer( - r,;...$'ol. Coop. Au"n.Nashville - Farme" Coop. Cry. Au'n.St. Louis - SI. Louis Coop. !=ry.Co.

OHIODaylon - Miami Va"ey Mil. Produce.. '

AssociationGreen.ille-Mlaml Valley Mi'k 'roducers'

Auociollon ...Springfteld-MlamlVolley Milk P:oducers'

Anociotion J

Wlt.n you motif., mille or cr.am t"rough a m.mb.r-creome,y 01 Th. Mld-W ... GtOttP.reu ,.e.lv., at tlm. 01 !h/pmenl, rlt. hlgh.s, posslbl. ,e'urn _ and, In addU/on • .".a proportional, I~a'e 0# optlating savings Irom fh. enU'e bulin.sa. '

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Congratulatiolls

Name of Emergency

Department

What About The Future?

Feed

Your Feed Department IS proud of the job you have done so efficiently yearafter year. You have built, and are building, a better couritry for yourneighbo;s-his neighbors al!d yourself and your loved ones.

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To .Farm Bureau

You have practically guaranteed that A Happy New Year will come insofaras a fair'l'deal to agricultl].re is concerned.

That your personal happiness, health and _contentment may grow day byday, during all of )952, is our sincere wish.

Bob Addy

Your Farm Bureau Feed Department hopes You had a Merry Christmas andextends best ~ishes for a Happy New Vear.

A Merry Christmas always comes to folks who love to, see the smile on a.child's face when "Santa Claus" remembers him-and it comes to the many

hundreds of you who so unselfishly used your time and spirit and wisdomin asking neighbors to join the Farm Bureau ..

Farm .Bureau

counties in each of the groupingsbased on their 1952 membershipgoals as follows:

UP TO 300. 1st place-Mont-morency, 113%; 2nd-Iosco, 96%.

301-700. Alpena, 98%; Missau-.kee, 85%.

701-1051. St. Joseph, 85%; Kentand North-West Michigan, 80%.

1051-1400. Bay, 81%; Ionia,80%.

1401 AND UP. Branch 97%;Clinton, 93%: .

•InAsI~ed

has won any of the top threeplaces.

The winners this year are per-mitted to keep the awards per-manently.

CASH WARDS. The cash wardsthis year are given to the firstand second place County FarmBureaus reporting the highestpercentage of their membershipgoal by midnight of December10. First prize of $40 and secondyrize' of $20 are awarded' to the

NFMC Sells Plant,Buys Test Farm.

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The sale of its million dqllar Shelbyville, Indiana, farmmachinery plant and the purchase of an 80-acre testfarm near its _Bellevue, Ohio, plant was. announcedrecently by, National Farm ~achinery Co-operative, Inc.

Farm Bu'reau Services, Inc." a substantial stock-holder of the machinery co-operative, confirmed the saleto consolidate their operations pointing out that futureproduction of National Farm Machinery Co-operativewill be conducted entirely from its large Bellevue, Ohio,plant. This plant is being enlarged sufficiently to off-set 'the Shelbyville production. The Pittsburg PlateGlass Company is ~he purchaser of the Indiana Fac'ilities.

An 80-acre farm located four miles south of theMachinery Co-operative's Bellevue f~ctory has beenpurchased for the purpose of ~ield testing Co-op BlackHawk farm implements. The farm, with the exception, Iof a small'stand of timber, is tillable and is particularlywell suited to testing because of its wide variety of soilconditions, company -officials said.

A committee of NFMC directors 'and officials hasbeen appointed for the administration of the farm andits development as a proving ground and testing site.

The widely-known Co-~p Black Hawk line of farmmachinery and equipment is distribut~d by Farm BureauServices, Inc. through its local associations and dealers.- --- +,------------FD WlennlJ. • Though onlr an extremelysmall

I D ~.rsIn amount of boron is required fornormal plant development, that

F T amount of boron is just as Import.aI-Dl 0 ant rf0J: good growth as are :nitrogen,phosphorus, potassium, and other

Prospel'. Ilut_rie_p_ts. -;---

Get your fertilizer early.

Members of rural communityorganizations, including FarmBureaus, of Mason, Muskegon,Newaygo, Oceana, .and OttawaCounties gathered in MuskegonDec. 27 for the annual Round-Upclimaxing the 1951 West MichiganFarm-to-Prosper Contest.

In keeping with tradition.Governor 'Williams presentedawards to winning organizations.The Round-Up was held in Mus-kegon Senior High School.

AMONG THE winning organi-zations Ransacker CommunityFarm Bureau placed first inOceana county. Crystal LakeCommunity Farm Bureau placedsecond, and Newfield Commun~ity Farm Bureau third.

In Muskegon county, CasnoviaCommunity Farm Bureau placedfourth. In Newaygo CountyBrookside Community Farm Bu-reau placed fourth. In Masoncounty Riverton CommunityFarm Bureau placed second andSummit-Pere Marquette 'Com-munity Farm Bureau fourth. InOttawa county Curry CommunityFarm Bureau placed fifth.

In the judging/for Sweepstakesprize, Ransacker placed second,losing out to Beach Parent-Teacher Association of MuskegonCounty.

DAN REED. assistant legis-lative counsel, represented Mich-igan Farm Bureau, in absencefrom the state of Clark L. Brody,executive secretary.

Other leaders of Michiganrural life were present.

The Farm-to-Pros~er Contestis a movement carrieo on amongrural community organizationsfor advancement of WesternMichIgan rural community lifethrough stimulus of friendly riv-alry. It has been conducted since1940.

•ISMICHIGAN FARM NEWS

DAN E. REED"'"The 1100 members of the'Mich-

igan Farm Bureau legislativeteam who have been selected bytheir Community Farm Bureausas Action Committeemen, nowhave a new title.

MillutclnellPrepare ForSession of '52'

ALCONA again this year is awinner of the medium-sized,chrome-plated "cow hell" award,having reported a 96% of theirgoal at the end ofAhe second dayof the campaign. Last year AkonaCounty won the small bell award,however, the previous year theywon the medium-sized one.

Branch County Farm Bureaureported in the third highest per-centage of their goal with 92%obtained at the end of the secondday of the campaign. Branch willreceive the small "cow bell"award. This is the first time inthe three year history of theaward that a southern county

FOR MANY years they havereceived the "Minuteman" letteron legislation from the office ofMichigan Farm Bureau's legis-lative counsel, Stanley M. Powell.The former Action Committee-men will now take the name ofMinutemen.

The work of the Minutemenwill be correlated in the coun-ties by a legislative committee,appointed J>y the County FarmBureau board of directors. Thecommittee wiil work closely withthe district representatives.

AS COUNTY Farm Bureau leg-islative committees are appoint-ed, it is expected that they willfit into the pattern of other como'mittees appointed by the countyboard of directors, such as mem-bersttip, Community Farm Bu-reau, farm supply and resolutions:committees.

A network of telephone con-tacts will be set up in each coun-ty so that the thinking of FarmBureau members can be quicklyreflected in contacts with legis-lators and officials.

It is expected that the legis-lative committee will also makeplans for meeting with legislatorsand other well-informed leaders.It will 'arrange for groups to visitthe legislature while it is insession. It will also supervise thegenefal legislative program with-in County Farm Bureau activities,in line with policies which havebeen set forth in resolutions.

AN UNUSUALLY large num-ber of interim committees havebeen working since the adjourn-ment of the last' regular session.These committees will have re-ports to present early in the leg-islative schedule.

Many bills have been preparedand are now ready for intrc;>duc-tion when the legislature con-venes. It has been estimatedthat as many as 200 bills may beintroduced in the first few daysof the session.

In order to be effective in rep-resenting Farm Bureau view-points, county legislative com-mittees are meeting by districtsto complete plans for action. Sev-eral districts have already met.Other dates scheduled are:

Jan. 2-District 5. Eveningmeeting at Michigan Farm Bu-reau, 221 North Cedar Street,Lansing.'

Jan. 3-District 10, East. Even-ing meeting at place to be an-nounced locally.

Jan. 4-District 10, West. Even-ing meeting 'at place to be an-nounced locally.

Jan. 7-District 8. Afternoonmeeting at Midland CommunityBuilding at Midland.

Jan. 7-District 9~ Eveningmeeting at Mesick high school.

Jan. lO-District 4. Eveningmeeting at Caledonia FarmersElevator.

GALVANIZED products, wirefencing, roofing, sheet metal sid-ing, pipe, aluminum roofing, sid- ~ing, "will be the most difficult Ito obtain." Structural steel willbe strictly regulated, but nails

Low Cost Labor will probably be in ample supply,.. and so should lumber, but ply-

An electriC motor 1S probably wood '''may get increasinglyone of the cheapest hired hands Iscarce."on a farm, say Michigan State _COllege agricultural engineers. Get your fertilizer early.

Power

Lansing, Michigan

"THERE ARE those who wouldlike to keep agriculture in itspresent price relationships andforce us to take federal subsidiesin lieu of prices," Mr. Kline de-clared. "This is hardly the wayfor the American people to befed. It is certainly not the way tocapitalize on our traditional suc-cesses."

+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ernment it6elf to take over the M-- W B II } K REMEMBER? "I have been reading the Dec-functions of price Down this ontm' ornncy ;ns e or n~ns Several months ago we had an ember edition of the Michrgan,road are price fixing, rationing, • ~ &t c,,~r interesting personal experiences Farm News containing the an-black markets. subsidies, and the article on early days in Gratiot nual repor~ of Farm Bureau,almost insuperable political J'ob For the third straight rear, b FB

M county y member E. W. Services. I wish to congratu-.which would follow ii we inflate ontmorency County Farm Bu-h th I Redman, 88, now living at late Farm Bureau members onIunder price controls and then reau as won e arge "cow ,

b II" a\vard f t' th Brookside Farms, 19 Connewan- the1'r success. Co-operation a-Itry to get out of that strait- e or repor 109 ejacket." highest pen;entage of th,eir 1952 ta Road, Pittsburgh RFD-9, mong farmers in establishing I

membership goal by midnight of Penn. Mr. Redman wrote us in their own factories will saveAMENDMENTS to the Defense the second day of the state-wide late December: I them millions of dollars."

Production Act of 1950, Mr. Kline roll call for membership cam- I 1

said, pro\'ided the means to paign. Montmorency reported inbring a,.h0 u t nationalization 110% of their goal at the end ofthrough maximum federal con- the second day.trois over the economy.

"The pattern is not accidental,"he declared, "and it does not gothe way I think we ought to go.

It goes the other way. What Ithink we ought to do is to decidein this emergency to have theminimum controls necessary tomeet the emergency."

EI. Exch. BuysBean Storage

The Michigan Elevator Ex-change, grain and bean market-ing agency owned by 135 localco-operative elevators in lowerMichigan, has greatly expandedits bean storage facilities.

It has bought 10 concrete silosnear Marysville, nine miles southof Port Huron, and a warehousefor the storage of bagged beans.

The silos, of concrete stoneconstruction, have a combinedcapacity of 350,000 bushels of bulkbeans. They are approved forthe storage of beans under thegovernment price support pro-gram.

The silos were used originallyfor the storage of magnesiumchloride by the Dow ChemicalCompany in the processing ofmagnesium in the government-built plant near Marysville.

The warehouse was a formerbus garage now converted toflat storage of bagged beans.- These two 'additional storages

will give the Michigan ElevatorExchange a total storage capacityof 893,000 bushels of beans in andnear Port Huron.

THE RESOLUTION committeeof each County Farm Bureau willcontinue to function in the build-ing of policy, making its report

Ladino .clover with tall fescue to the members at the countyhas produced larger beef and annual meeting or a special meet-lamb gains than' any other Ie-I ing, held for the purpose.gume-grass mixture in tests at The legislature will conveneIllinois' Dixon Springs Experi- January 9, 1952 in its second reg-ment Station. ular session as provided by the

constitutional amendment adopt-ed in 1951.

As the present Legislature isalready organized, with commit-tees appointed and officers select-ed, it is expected that the 1952session will move rapidly.

AT LAST CHECK. we werespending $8,550,000,000 a year foralcoholic beverages and $8,000,-000,000 for milk and dairy pro-ducts.

for a Chartertheir applica-

Federal

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PRICE CONTROLS. Mr. Klinesaid, interfere with production,waste manpower. lead to blackmarkets and disrespect for law.

"That kind of preparation fordefense," he declared, "is notvery good. What we need isproduction. The way to get itis our way. It is dramaticallysuperior to this other thing.

Refuting extravagant claimsabout high farm income, Mr.Kline cited figures from the de-

take the responsibility for their Ipartment of agri~ultur,e showinglieve that we can or will try to that net farm Income droppec:!actions. That must remain theirs." 25.6 per .cent betwee~ 1947 and

1950, wh11e personal lOcome forthe population as 'a whole wentup 17.7 per cent, and wages andsalaries rose 19.5 per cent.

Gross farm income during the'same period declined only 4.5per ,ceIlt, while the net dropped25.6 per cent, reflecting the risein farm operating costs.

PRESIDENT KLINE said thatthe Russian dictatorship so farhas failed to launch a full-scalewar against the United States,not for moral reasons, but be-cause of fear of our productivestrength.

ALLAN B. KLINEPres .• American Farm BureauMR. KLINE warned against

deserting the incentive systemand taking the other road.

"No single thing goes so farin that direction, as for the gov-

There Is An AgentIn Year County

NOTICE!

F 1RJI

All persons who are eli2iblePolicy should be sure to havetion in before January 1, 1952e

.,507 South Grand Ave.

FOU~

Unlimited[(line Tells AFBFWhat's ,Going .On

FARM BUREAU LIFE INSURANCE COMPANYOF MICHIGAN

President Allan B. Kline of the American FarmBureau Federation told the organization's 33rd annual,meeting at Chicago December) ) :

"We are being urgEd in the name of 'emergency' todesert the proven success of the great American experi-ment. and to substitute unlimited federal authority in theeconomic field."

Americans. Mr. Kline said, are being asked to "for-sake the methods of proven success and to substitutemethods which have so far produced only failure bycomparison. Let us not forget that we seek not only toavert the holocaust of a Third World War, but to preservethe American way."

Our majop defenses, Mr. Kline said, are militarystrength and productive capacity. Military requirementsare reasonably well understood, yet they are subject tomany qualifications. "There is no question whatever butthat we might overarm for the purpose of avoiding warand get into it that way.

"THE SECOND DEFENSE isthe extraordinary capacity of theGnited States to produce. Thestruggle for freedom in the worldis conditioned on how well theGnite::l States does in the UnitedStates. There is neither the wiilnor the strength in any othercountry in the world nor in all theother countries put together tooppose that which threatensfreedom. except as the free na-tions appraise the strength ofthe United States."

Our foreign policy. too, ispart of our defense, Mr. Klinepointed out. \Ve are interestedin the prosperity. strength andmorale of our friends abroad. andwe seek to develop trade withthem on a long-time basis ofmutual benefit.

"OUR AIM must be to assist inappropriate ways, but to re-member that these nations, too,are self-respecting and that theyhave the right to decide abouttheir own affairs.

"We should avoid like theplague taking responsibility onourselves which can only be suc-cessfully managed by the citizensot tne countnes Involved. ::'elf-reliance must be theirs. Theirpolitical. economic and social in-stitutions are theirs.

"Progres.:; can only be perman-ent. or meaningful if- it becomespart of those institutions. It will,in the long run. prove a disastrousmistake for other nations to be-

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Inc.I ield Promotion,Sales and Credit

Dollar Volume of Patrons' PurchasesHUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS$3,750~3,500$3,250$3,000$2,750

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JEDDIE STALEY, Manager

The fiscal year just completed was another successful

one in the growth of the Farmers Petroleum Coopera-

tive, Inc.

At the close of the fiscal year, Farmers Petroleum

Cooperative was supervising the operations of five as-

sociations under management contract agreement. The

five associations under supervision of Farmers Petroleum

Cooperative distributed to farmer patrons a total volume

of 5,099,718 gallons compared to 4,179,942 gallons the

year before. This is an increase of 919,776 gallons or

a 22 % average increase per association.

Marshall Farm Bureau Oil Company, located in Cal-

houn County, made the largest saving for its farmer

patrons. They have a four-truck opera,tion with each

truck distrib~ting an average of 334,849 gallons. Their

total d'ollar volume was $284,500.46 for the year and

made a saving of $13,914.51 for farmer patrons, which

is 4.9%.WITH THE increase in volume, I 1. Middleton Farmers ElevatOl

we have increased facilities at Co.the. bulk plants. Some of the 2. Caro Farmers CooperatiVEmajor changes are: . Elevator Co.

1. The 800 gallon deliverytanks have been replaced by 1,000 3. Eaton Farm Bureau Co-op.,gallon tanks. Inc.

2. New trucks have been put 4. Moline Coopel'ative Millingin operation where volume war- Co.ranted it. Some of the promotional work

3. Dual meter system has been I which followed the construc-installed in all trucks at Mar. tion of the bulk plants was car-shall Farm Bureau Oil Company. ried on by individual contact

Financially, the bulk plants I 'Nor'~ with the patrons in thehave experienced one of their imm~diate trading area.better years in volume and netmargins. '1 . IN EI.TON county, 31 commun-

ity groups wcre contacted andA C C 0 U N T S RECEIVABLE the cooperative petroleum pro-

present the most serious problcm gram was explained. In Tuscolawe have today. We do not have county the promotional work wasthe capital necessary to finaI:ce carried on at district meetings.~ large a~c~unts receivable. It A survey is in progress in AI-lS very dIfficult fo~' a mana[er pena county as interest has beenor tank wagon serviceman to go sho',vn tov:ard a coopera~ive bulkto one of the owners of the as- plant.sociation and sav "You can no ,longer have credit." Unless the PROMOTIONAL work aroundstockholders and patrons grasp already established bulK plantsthis situation, it will certainly I has met with much success thetake away the effectiveness of managers report. The work isa cooperative and eventuall.)' carried on by meeting with thebring about a complete break-I community groups in the par-down of the association. ticular county and ah;o by con-

Extended credit will damage' ducting district meetings through-the buying power of the coopera- out .the trading area .. We aretive, taking away: the advantages looking. forward to domg so~ethat otherwise they might re- I prom~tlOnal ,:,ork the comIngceive. It behooves all of us em-I year m counties where- they doployees, stockholders and pa'trons not have a cooperative petroleumto understand why we can't Ipl'ogram.carry extended accounts receiv- -F--.--T-----------able and to pass the reaso.ns on to I rUlt reesour neighbor .. Micnigan State College exten-

.. N . sian horticulturists recommend, FIELD PROMO.TIO IS a n.ew protecting young fruit tree~ fromdepartmen~ put mto operatIOn damage by mice by spreadingthiS .past fiscal year. It had. a poison bait in early winter.very successful one. The obJec-tive of this department is to in- I E Pd'crease the volume of Farmers gg ro ucbonPetroleum Cooperative, Inc., by Nearly half of all the eggs pro-doing promotional work around duced in the world are laid byalready established bulk plants, hens in the United States. Forand the establishing of new dis- the last 6 years, the average Am-tribution points. Four new dis- erican has been eating eggs at thetrii:lution points were constructed rate of more than one a day.and put into operation this pastfiscal year. They are: Buy Farm Bureau Seeds.

Cooperati ve,ADVERTISEMENT

included in the purchase.In .December of 1950 PFC bought 18 well-; in Midland and ROliCorr IT.IJO (l'Ullt ,MKh-

igan, with a production of 200 barrels daily, One vi thl> first r,b}ecllve ,rf JI'I~ when w..organized three years ago was to acquire a p_-oductlOn of ('rude 01 that wo d upp y halfof its daily requirements.

THE BUSINESS has shown asubstantial increase each year.Today half ~f the crude oil need-ed by FPC comes from wells itowns. The company looks for-ward to owning producing wellsto supply 75% or more of thecrude oil required for the busi-ness.

The volume of FPC's gasolineand fuel oil business calls for2800 barrels of crude oil daily.The Co-operative ~ets about. 1200barrel~ daily from its half-inter'est in 136 wells in Illinois. An-other 200 barrels daily comesfrom 18 wells it owns in Midlandand Roscommon counties inMichigan.

Other drivers in order of "lengthof their serVice are Glenn Fender,Russell Spear, Jim VanAtten,Ernest Lohman, Lyle Wheelock,Raymond Knavel, Russell Burk-hart and Adolph Lemke.

This past year these men havedriven .approximately one-halfmillion miles and have establish-ed a safety record that is secondto none. The putstanding serv-ice record of the Farmers Petro-leum Cooperative can be attri-buted largely to the performanceof these transport drivers.

Petroleum

an adequate supply of petroleumproducts from their co-operatives.

FOR SEVERAL years afterWorld War II there were greatshortages of gasoline and fueloil. Farm co-operatives found itimpossiblp. to secure their fullrequirements. They decided thatthey should begin to acquiretheir own sources of crude oil:

In Michigan 47 co-op petroleumdealers and 1500 farmers sub-scribed $400,000 to start FarmersPetroleum Cd-operative, Thenew company began by buyingthe petroleum business andpetroleum distribution facilitiesof Farm Bureau' Services, Inc.FPC started business January I,1949.

Transport Fleet .Moves' Liq'uid F'l.elsROBERT BRUEGGER. Manager

With the increase in volumeof sale~, your Farmers PetroleumCooperative is realizing today the'lOoansportation Department hasdone a remarkable job in keepingthe liquid fuels moving from the

; refineries to the local associa-tions.

This has been done with a min-imum freight rate which has notbeen increased despite the risingcosts of. operation. This pastyear the transport fleet handled:ipproximately 95% of the liquidfuel volume.

19511950

MICHIGAN FARM UEWS

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and accounting, and legal.Mr. Griswold of finance, Lee

Monroe, comptroller and his staff,and Ed Steffen of .the legal dep'tare a very important part of thePetroleum Cooperative operation.

Lee and Ed Steffen have con-tributed a very substantialamount of time and effort to theinvestigations and negotiationswhich were carried on during theyear.

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In October, 1951 Farmers Petroleum Co-operative, Inc., completed purchase of a one-half interest in 136 producing oil wells located in central Illinois. FPC invested about$2,500,000. Its share of the oil production is about 1200 barrels daily. The photo showsthree wells, each pumping 'from a different pool. The well at the left draws oil from 900feet, the middle well from 2200 feet, and the wen at the right from 1200 feet. In the back-ground is one of several batteries of storage tanks, together with a separator and heat treater

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FPC was organized underAny patrop purchqsing CO- Farm Bureau leadership May 12,

OR petroleum products may be- 1948 to assure Michigan farmers

Oil Producing Properties Guarantee Source of Supply for FPC. 1

ADVERTISEMENT

THROUGH allocations, short-T,ODAY this organization is op- ages, etc., the order and billing

erating three 7,600 gallon trans- department with the ex..cellentports, one 9,000 galion transport cooperation of the locals has com"and one 10,000 gallon transport. pleted a very successful year.These trucks are kept running 24 This i~ the first year in whichhours a day and are assisted by the bilTing, etc., was handled bytwo 4,500 gallon transports which this office and a record of 6,300are used only when it is deemed orders were processed during thenecessary through some unfor- 12 months.seen incident.

Ralph Miller has done an ex- It has proved to be a very effi-cellent job in keeping this equip- cient operation and a great dealment rolling and in first class of the credit can go to the twocondition. responsible employees, Edith

WE HAVE h~d 100% support YOU CAN be assured that Sangree and Opal Radford. Wefrom' these divisions and depart- those of us who have responsibili- THE DRIVING personnel is are all. hoping that in the futurements of the Michigan Farm Bu- ties in connection with the direc- headed by John Jansen and Jim months we can improve andreau and Farm Bureau Services, tion or operations of FPC will Fox whom we are very proud make the coming year more of aInc.; sales promotion, publicity, continue to do our best. r to have had in our organization success than any we have en-personnel, finance, comptroller I (Continued on page 6) for such a long period of time. joyed.

fine job. One thing for sure,we all know a great deal moreabout the oil business than wedid a year ago.

Maynard Brownlee, director ofdistribution for Farm BureauServices, and his st'aff have donetheir usual goo~ job in the field.1\s you know, they maintain thecontact with the local associationsfor FPC just as they do for Serv-ices.

SATURDAY. JANUARY 5. 1952

CLAUDE RJ.SEY. ManagerThis department Qf Farmers Petroleu~ . Cooperative

d ked increase this year over last due to the factshowe a mar .. d f II" th

f 'the local outlets partIcipate U:li In e pro-that more 0grum4 ~

RE AND TUBE VOLUME has been continuing to irowTI "scare buying" after the ~art of the Korean

even .though th~n off Hamilton Farm Bureau led the wayeo.nfhct has w~ of 405 tires. Farmers Elevator of Hudson-w.lth purchase ith 335 tires. Unico Service Station of t:\lleganville was next w W d I 000 more tires than durmg thepurchas.ed 243. e move ,

'od last year.same pen has held firm with a 100/0 increase

9ur battery ~olu~~n and Hudsonville tied for the yearover last year. ami. s each with 211. Unico Service Sta-in purchases of batte~le 'd 98 As you will note these threetion of Allegan f~~c a~~e thre~ in tires and batteries.outlets run one, sent time is in short supply, 'but our

Lead at. thel PCre rativE:s, Inc., has been able to makesupplier, NatlOna oope. d' t shipments so far.Imme 18 e 00' INCREASE in volume over last year

WE HAD A 4 10 rtment This takes in a number of!n the. misc~lla~eol~s ~:~~ equip~ent, truck tanks, farm tanks,Items Includmg u g~ns gas pumps, etc.spark plugs, grease ,

Annual Report. of FarmersFuel, Sales Exceed "Farmers' Money Secures Supply of Crude Oil23,000,000 Gallons

Tires and BatteryBus'il1ess Illt;reases

EARL HUNTLEY. ManagerReport to Farmers Petroleum Cooperative Annual

M~eting at Michigan State Col1ege~ December 19. 1951

It was a great year for the co-operative petroleum pro-~• gram in Michigan. The dollar volume of Farmers

~'Petrole~m Cooperative was about $3,750,000. This is~an increase of 22 % over the previous year, and is three

times larger than it was in 1946.Liquid fuels make up the major portion of our volume,

which reached an all-time high of more than 23,000,000gallons. We had an increase of I 6 % over the previous

year.

Motor oil volume was down from 226,000 gallons to

207,000 gallons at the wholesale level. One reason ./

for this. is reduction of inventories at the local assocl- FARMERS Petroleum C;o-oper- J, F. YAEGER. assistant execu- op's account since September 1st. ply, but offers the possibilities of

dative, Inc. took its first major tive secretary of FPC, handing a In, line with the geologist's fore- additional savings to the farmer-ations and the well known fact that mo ern tractors are step thl's veal' towards fulfillIng check in the amount of 2 million cast, upon which the purchase h

J owners. However, these purc.,as-not' using the amount of oil per gallon of gasoline that the purpose for which it was dollars to Forrest H. Lindsey, was based, the production from es took a substantial amount of

organized. The oil co-operative manager of the National Associat- these wells is running about 1250was used by the old timers. at the beginning of ,the year ed Petroleum Co., in settlement barrels per day. Arrangements money and in order for FPC to

Nevertheless"there are too many of our patrons who ~~f~a~~~at~Jhi~enG1~~~~~inga~~ ~:a~~:c~~~c~~.~~h %~~h~~;ce t~~ ~~~r~~i~~u~:d~/Ot~ t~: ~~:;:S:~d:;:~7e~~ ~veo:~~n7t~a~~:~duPot ;i~are n~t familiar with our lube oil program. 1 make this Roscommon counties at a cost the conference room of the First in Michigan refineries. This can rectors has authorized the sale

of nearly a half million dollars. National Ba-nk in Chicago are, on be done very easily by commonstatement in all sincerity because any farmer who has This fall FPC purchased a one- the left: Ward Hodge of Snover, carrier pipe lines. IThe finished of a limited amount of additional

, 1 d d' f h 11 t 1 half interest in 136 produ.cing president of FP.C; and, on the products will be distributed securities. It directed manage-a comp ete un erstan 109 0 t e over-a pe ro eum pro- wells located in Il"finois at a cost right, Dr. Hutzel Metger, presi- through local co-operative outlets. ment to take all the steps neces-gram must on the basis of sound 'judgment be a one of 21h million dollars.' This put dent of the St. Paul Bank for to their farmer patrons. sary to make them available forh d d'" t the company in position of own- Co-operatives. Qale. Indl'cations are that theyun re percen er. ing or controlling approximately THE COMPANY'S securing ~

200 000 d Th' 0 t f't d'l THE 135 WELLS have been these sources of crude not only will be ready shortly after theGrease volume totaled over , poun s. IS 6 per cen 0 I S cru e 01 re- I

producing for the Petroleum Co- assures a more dependable sup- first of December.P

quirements ..- represen~ a small increase over the year before, rog-) -~--~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~._-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-

ress in the tire, battery and miscellaneous program is FOR YEAR. ENDING AUGUS1 31(overed in this report by.Claude Rasey who has direct ~ C p' d' $A2 000. D'. ·d dch'rge of that department. Ii., in Mkhigan. Th.,e wel" pro. FP.. ai '7 .'~ .. In IVI en. s

THE PERSONNEL you have duce less than 10% of the present /engaged to operate your coopera- day requirements of FPC, but it ..tive is very quality minded. let everyone know that Michigan Farmers Petroleum co-opera-/ come a stockholaer. in FarmersThose of us in petroleum main- farmers are in the oil business. tive, Inc., paid investors and Petroleum Co-operative and thustain. a very close check on qual- It opened several new avenues I' 'bl f t't not only of the products. we stockholder patrons dividends b~come e Igl e or p.a ronage re-I y, of approach in negotiating for r'

are supplying but also what is supplies .. totaling $92,000 for'the year end- funds as earned. If intl1rested, tellbeing offered by the industry. The cost of these wells exceed- ing August 31, 1951.. your _local tank wagon driver

The program which we main- ed $400,000. From the. contacts FPC paid a dividend of 5% on that you would likt (0 become atain takes considerable money and experl"ence gained in this k $22 t kh Id . FPCand time but based on actual operation, we have continued to its class A common stoc. ,- s oc 0 er In .I b t h k whO h w ha 000 was distributed last month Th' d ' . th ha ora ory c ec s IC e ve explore all possibilities of im- e proce ure IS e purc asehad during the year, the quality . th l' t e to 1854 investors. They are farm- of $50 or more of class A commonof the fuels and lubricants which provIng e supp y pl~ ur . ,

, ers, co-operative 011 companies, stock of FPC and one share ofare being supplied by your petro. YOU WILL recall the recent an- co-operative' farm supply com-leum cooperative rate as No.1: nouncement that FPC has pur- Class' C common voting stock at

h If . t t' 136 panies, and other dealers. $1 Th t k' Id I th• SPECIFICATIONS on these chased a one- a In eres m ... e s oc IS so on y on eproducing oil wells located in FPC PAID a patronage divi- basis of the information contain-

materials fluctuate. I don't wish Illinois. They cost us nearly $2,- dend of 2% to stockholder ed in the stock prospectus andto imply that we are always at 500,000. This production was patrons. A total of $70,000 was by a licensed salesman.the top, but over the year we purchased effective September I, distributed in December.

'were up there more than any 1951 and had no relationship toother 'one supplier. last year's operations, but it will. Xhe first responsibility of every cl!rtainly be a factor from here

employee in this cooperativepetroleum program is to supply onThrOugh their local assoqiationsthe co-op member and patron and FPC, co-op members nowwith a quality product and ade- own or control over 50% of theirquate service at the lowest possi- daily requirements of petroleumble final cost. In my opinion, products. The crude which wethey are do'ing a good job. are producing tod~y would have

WE MUST not forget that the been ample to meet the total re-growth of Farmers Petroleum CO- quirements of the co-ops back inoperative is the result of addi- 1946 during the petroleum. short-tional activities around the local age. It is well above the 1,000associations. It is through the barrels per day goal which wasefforts of th~ people who are out set for FPC originally .on the firing line that the pro- WE SHOULD attempt to owngram wiII continue to improve approximately 75% of our dailyand expand. requirements. Taking our rap-

In line with the increase in idly expanding distribution pro-volume enjoyed by Farmers gram into consideration and a1-Petroleum Cooperative, most of lowing for the decline in our pres-the ¥lcal associations had a very ent production, it's quite obvioussuccessful year with substantial that the iob is not completed.gains in volume and margins ac- However,' the progress to date iscordingly. encouraging.

EIGHT of the local associations Most of you are prObably ac-delivered over 1,000,000 gallons of quainted with -the personnel inliquid fuels during the yea:-. the FPC office. In my opinion,Berrien County Farm Bureau all they are going all out to make

. Company was No. 1 in liquid this organization a success. Thefuels with over 2,500,000 gallons. department heads have preparedWashtenaw Farmers Oil Com- brief reports on the activitiespany was in second place with for which they are primarily re-very close to 2,000,000 gallons. sDonsible. Actually in a com-Many of the locals materially p"aratively small organization suchincreased their volume. as this, they are called upon to

One of the most important rea- serve in many capacities. I havesons for organizing Farmers Pe- always found them ready andt"oleum Co-bperative as a separ- willing to step in and do their,;te corporation was to gain flex i- best.bility in seekiI1:~ an assured sou.rce I YOUR OFFICERS and board ofof supply. Durmg the y~ar.a m;~~- directors have had to make somestone ~as been passe In IS very important decisions duringconnectIon. the year. They have spent many

IN DECEMBER of 1950, 18 pro- hours investigating, studying andducing oil wells were purchas~d considering the various proposalsby FPC. The wells are I?cated In which have been submitted. InRoscommon and Gladwm coun- my opinion, they have done a.

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What Should Be Done About Farm Credit •InSATURDAY, JANUARY 5, 1952

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It is a mighty machine with amazing fanning capac-

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gas or deisel engine. New sliding spur gear transmis-

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new comforts and conveniences; push button starter,

handy grouped controls, comfortable, adjustable seat.

Al~o available: independent pulley drive, separatecontrol li've power take-off; powerful hydraulic liftsystem.

business. mus: be f?unded on a IAnnual Hepol'l of Farmerssound fmanclal polley. p . let'\ elro euOl , o-ol'era Ive

Questions for Conclusions! (cont, from page 5)1. Is .the credi.t policy needed wish to re-emphasize the

for agriculture different than the fact that the directors, man-credit policy required by other agers and personnel around thebranches of our economy? If so, local associations are responsiblehow? for; the rapid growth of this or-

2. Would it be sound to ask for ganization. Their efforts in ac-rather unlimited expansion of quainting more. and more farm-credit for agriculture in times of ers of the secunty and opport~n-. fl r t . t ? ities for additional savings whichIn a Ion or uncer am .y. are apparent in this type of

3. How can farmers Insure f~r program will maintain and accel-themselves the guarantee of fair erate the cooperative petroleuminterest rates on farm loans? program in the future.

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Here's a Iow-cost. sturdy tillage1001••• built for years of depend.able service. The Co-op BlackHawk Spike Tooth Harrow helpspulverize and finn the soil for atutished seed bed ..

IMPROVEDCO-OP BLACK HAWK

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associations have been using carein helping the farmer to evaluatethe business wisdom of assum-ing indebtedness on the farm.

This, from the standpoint ofthe farmer, and in 'the face ofthe temptations of inflationeryeasy money, is a distinct serviceboth to the farmer and to th~national economy. ~

The' control of farm credit byfarmers, their associations, andall concerned is a vital factor inthe future soundness of agricul-ture and the nation. i'iny sound

YOUR HELP IS NEEDED

Farm Epuipment Department

The successful operation of a farmmachinery manufacturing program re-quires the support of every farmer. Toproduce high quality equipment atlowest cost, it is necessary to have alarge manufacturing volume.

That's where you come in. The re-placement and maintenance of yourfarm equipment is one of your largestexpenditures. Co-op farm tools nowoffer you unexcelled quality. Theprices are low but you can help tomake them lower through your support.

You can make your own NationalFarm Machinery Co-operative one ofthe "big three" by using Co-op equip-ment. In this way you can also injectat manufacturing level keeh competi-tion into an industry in which youinvest a large part of your farm in-come. Make Co-op your "buy" word.

neW'features, convenience, value!

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ONE has to gauge his risks insuch times as these, In times ofuncertainty as to the future offarm prices -and high operatingcosts care is needed in assum-ing debt. The farmer's credit

The Co-op Black Hawk Spring Har-row is a real money-saving value.A highly practical tool for manyprofitable practices-such as pre.paring seed beds. controllingweeds. cultivating meadows. or.chords. pastures and renovatinqold alfalfa stands.

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FARM BUREAU SERVICES, INC.

Now all the Federal LandBanks and their National FarmLoan Associations are farmer-owned co-operatives, In the U,S, 93% of the stock in the Pro-duction Credit Association hasbecome farmer-owned stock.Supervisoty direction of theseorganizations is carried on bythe ]<'arm Credit Administrationat Washington, D. C.

FARMER ownership in theProduction Credit Associationhas progressed rapidly in the last5 years. In Michigan, farmers

.~ cO-OP Blalk Hawk( 2-Row Drill Planter

T.he proof ~f .the p.udding i~ in the eating: Farmers ~~v? learned th at problems can 'be solved when they work together. They 'know thatthere-IS strength 111 unity, DUrlng,the past Illl1e years, MichIgan farmers have helped develop through National Farm Machi!lery Co-operativea manufacturing program that now leads the industry wittv a very complete line of quality farm equipment.

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"THE FEDERAL L1md Bankhad been formed in 1917. Con-gress'passed the Farm Credit Actin 1933 which made it possibleto continue the development ofco-operative farm credit associa-tions.

The Federal Land Banks de-veloped local associations calledNational Farm Loan Associa-tions. The ProC;uction CreditAssociations came into being asco-operative credit organizationsfor farmers.

WHEN SUCH a drain on in-come is required to maintain farmoperations, an added drain offarm debt can be ruinous. Theneed to calculate this added loadinto the cost picture is. mademore pressing ..

Inflationary land values onfarms leads to the temptation tospeculate in farm land by bothfarmers and non-farmers, Farmland has been near peak prices.Sharp increases in land pricesmay force dangerously high debto~ land 'bought by farmers atsuch prices.

It is not to the future welfareof agriculture that such specula-tion be allowed to spread, 'inpractice. The land must be keptproductive. Speculation oftenputs it out of production, ormines is fertility, because thespeculator 'either does not farmit, or else feels the need to cashcrop it so h~avi1y that it is se-verely abused.

AGRICUL TURE loses as a re-sult of such practices. The youngfarmer finds it more impossibleto face the increased indebted-ness required to buy a farm.Values on farm land must bekept in balance with farm pur-chasing power.

A SOUND Basis of Farm Cre-dit. If farm financing rests onmaintaining a more delicatebalance between incomes andcosts than ever, farm loans mustbe adjusted to the probablegains and ability to pay.

Interest rates must not be solow as to over-encourage the Itemptation to take on debt, norso high as to overburden the bor-rower with costs that spell ruinwhen he needs the money tokeep production going.

Previous to the developmentof Farm Credit Associations, in-terest rates to farmers were of-ten excessive. Farmers had be-gun to organize credit associa-tions prior to the depressionyears. The loss of farm capital,however, puts a damper on this

Inflation Controls and the FarmCredit Problem.

Farm Accidents, Highway Acci-dents, and Insurance Rates to theFarmer.

DONALD D. KINSEYDirector of Research and Education

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Discussion TopicsThey were chosen by your State Discussion Topic

Committee from results of tDe Questionnairesreturned by the Community Groups,.

Be sure to read your discussion topic article on Ihiapage of the Michigan Farm News each month. Atteiutyour Community Group Meetingsl

Comnl~ty Farm BureauDiscussion Topic for January'

Background Material for Program this Month byOur Community Farm Bureau Discussion Groups

Farming is a business. If it is to be a successfulbusiness, problems of credit and finance roust be under-stood. The individual business man must see his opera-tions in the light of national conditions. -

Wisdom dictates that credit be restrjcted in times ofgrowing inflation. Expanding credit creates m~e'y, andinflation is created because there is already too muchmoney in ~he market for the goods and services ~vailable.

Controlled credit is a balance wheel of business. It mayaid in mafntaining the production of goods and servicesneeded to counteract inflation. So the wise use of creditin the right places and in essential amounts can be anti-inflationary.

Inflation as we have seen it in the years from 1947 to1951- has not necessarily meant increasing prosperity forthe farmer. From J 947 to J 950 farmers' net dollar in-comes d.ropped 26%. The farmer's purchasing power de-clined 28%.

In 195 J, prices paid for items used'in farm family liv-,ing are at an all time high. While the realized net incomeof farmers in J 95 J is J 8 % higher than in 1950, abouthalf of the increase is offset by higher costs of living andoperating.

Farm production costs continued to rise during 195 J.They average about 12 % above 1950, their previoushigh record. Predictions call for a further climb in farmcosts of about 5 % in the year ahead.

Yet, let us consider .• The picture -is not all black forthe farmer. The past ten years have seen marked im-provements in t}1eoperating plants on the farm. Machin-ery and power equipment has been strongly expanded.Farm buildings have been replaced, repaired, remodelledat a new high rate in the last five years.

Cash expenses were 73% of thecash receipts!

THE YEAR of 1946 saw farmdebt decrease to its lowest pointil\, history Since then it has in-creased, however, until it is 1.2tim~s as. great as in 1940. Thisis because the farmer is stillexpanding his operations for pro-duction.

Well, there are the gains andthe losses. ;r'he question is, whatkind of a program of farm creditwould be sound for the future'?Should farmers ask for easy-bought money? Or should farmcredit be restricted and controll-ed along with other forms ofcredit to keep inflation in check?

WE MIGHT consider whetheran over-expansion of credit couldspell disaster for the farmer. Ifwe faced a period of falling farmprices it could. During the per-iod between the two wcltld warstwo million farmers lost theirfarms through foreclosure.Thousands of them suffered han-dicaps as a result of assumingheavy debts based on high pro-perty values. It takes more re-serves to protect a larger invest-ment.

Farm costs, in any recession,drop more slowly than farm in-comes. Cornell University studiesof 14 farms over a .w year per-iod showed that in 1907 the totalaverage capital investment 011

one of these farms was $6,466.Cash expenses amounted to 35 %of the cash receipts. In 1947,the same farms had an averagecapital investment of $22,502.

AT PRESENT prices the value~f the farm plants in the U. :S.is two times as much as it wasin 1940, In terms of 1940 pricesthey are worth one and one-te~th times the value of thatyear.

In addition to this. farm peo-ple increased their financial as-sets 4.4 times in the 10 year

. period. Yet, with advancingprices, these assets would buyonly 1 =}4 times as much as themoney farmers owned in 1940.Prosperity is always related to themarket value of a dollar at anygiven 'time.

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