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square feet and will serve a goodportion of the state's 4O-million-dollar-a-year egg industry withassembly and shipping. Themarketing system for the eggs isunique in the Midwest, in that theproducers will sort, process andpackage eggs themselves. This'kind of system serves to upgradethe economy of rural areas.

The building will be constructedon two and a half acres of ground inKraft Commons a light industrialpark developed by ForemostRealty Company of Grand Rapids.

- The park is one mile south of 28thand 1-96 outside Grand Rapids.

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What Others Think.

"We Take Our farmers for Granted"

Ground breaking ceremonies for the Egg Marketing Division. StilartFarm Bureau Services' new egg Cok, Executive Vice President ofdistribution and' product research the Grand Rapids Chamber ofcenter in Cascade TQwnship of Commerce, also attended, as didKent County were held Friday, Howard Zindel, head of MichiganJune 28. _ ' , State University's Poultry Science

- In a program that included an Department, and L.E. Dawson ofomelet brunch for guests, Elton the MSU Food Science and HumanSmith, Kent County farmer and Nutrition Department. .President of both Michigan Farm The $325,000 complex, to beBureau and Farm Bureau Ser- completed by September, isvices, officially broke ground with designed to replace an egga farm tractor and plow. Other processing plant in Jenison thatFarm Bureau Services officials on burned to, the ground lasthand to witness included Donald R.- December.Armstrong, Executive Vice Located in the- heart ofPresident of the cooperative and Michigan's "egg basket," theClyde Springer, Vice President for distribution center will cover 15,000

.~ ...~_:t:'Young and old alike enjoyed the omelet brunch served guests for the

ground -breaking ceremonies for Farm Bureau Services' new eggdistribution an.!iproduct research center.

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Despite a II of these problems, if Iwere to win the lottery some weekand become independentlywealthy, the thought Occurs thatperhaps the best thing I could dowith all of that money, if there wasany left after all the bills werepaid, wouJd be to buy a farm. Notbecause of any great ability in thatline. or any great desire to work 12

Blue Cross and Blue Shield ratesfor many Michigan Farm Bureausubscriber-members will bereduced effective August 20.. 1974.All subscriber-members havereceived their advance ratenotification indicating the specificrate change applying to them.

Rates for under 65 memberscarrying regular coverage will bereduced. Actual amounts rangefrom a minimum of six percent ona single person deductible contractto a maximum of 10 percent forfull-family coverage. Memberscovered under the MedicareComplementary program willexperience monthly increases offour percent, amounting to 24centsfor individual and 49 'cents for twoperson contracts.

The reduction in rates forregular coverage subscriber-members can be attributed in partto several factors. Included inthese was the acceptance by BlueCross of Michigan of the InsuranceCommissioner's request to reducebase ra tes by eight percent, ef-fective July 1. 1974. This reductionapplies to all Blue Cross groupsrenewing rates after this date untilJune 30, 1975.

The federal government alsoplayed a role with their pricecontrol program which was ineffect until early this year. Healthcare providers were limited toincreasing their charges within anannual fixed percentage level.With hospitals and doctorsrestricted in their charges, thereimbursement to them by BlueCross and Blue Shield was less,thereby having the effect ofholding rates at a lower level.

Finally, the cost of providingcare for subscriber-members inthe Farm Bureau group programwas less than anticipated. Theseestimates are made at thebeginning of a rating period, takinginto consideration several varyingfactors including1he number, typeand cost of services rendered tomembers of the group plan. If this"experience" within the group isgood, it has a favorable affect onrates for Michigan Farm Bureaumembers.

It is interesting to note thatsubscription rates for theMichigan Farm Bureau aresignificantly below the averagerate applicable to all Blue Crossand Blue Shield groups in the state.

B)' DAVE ROOD

There are th"ose who view thearoma of cow manure withdisfavor, and more's the pity forthat.

We were struck wi th thisprofundity recently at a meeting offarIl)ers, where they earnestlydebated the problem of how tobetter tell their story to the 95percent of the populace who don'tknow one end of a cow from theother and are acquainted with thesouth end of a horse going northonly through the people they electto public office.

Somehow it doesn't seem fairthat the people who are involved inproducing the food and fibre for allof us should be caught in a bindP.R.-wise, as they say inWashington. The most logicalexplanation is that they are so busyplowing and planting andcultivating and harvesting andwha tever tha t there is very lit,tletime left for image-polishing,which leaves them at a decideddisadvantage whenever the priceof beans goes up ten cents a poundand the irate consumer startslooking around for someone toblame.

On the few occasions that theyha ve used collective clout andpropelled themselves into the,public eye they haven't alwaysfared too well, as consider thecurrent flap over the milkproducers and their contributionsto gain political favor. It is just asunfair to blame the average dairyfarmer for that flapdoadle as it isto blame the Republican precinctworker for Watergate.

One problem is that we havecome to take our farmers forgranted. When we go into thesupermarket or corner store weautomatically expect to find theshelves stocked with everv kind offood imaginable, at a basic pricethat involves pennies. When it's notthere. or the price goes up. weholler and yell and kick about howthe farmer is getting rich, withoutattaching any blame at all to thetruck driver and the food processor

and the' wholesaler and whoever to 16 hours a day, but ratherelse manages to get thei~ fingers because there is the feeling hereinto the pie in the long trek from that the day is fast approachingfield to marketplace. _ when the farmer will be properly

There i~a lot or shl>tn.inga lx>ut$5 rega rded as the most importantwheat and OO-cent beef without segment of society.equal time and consideration being We are approaching a time ofgiven to the fact that it is costing world food shortage, and athe farmer more and more to premium will be placed on ourproduce these items. The farmer productive land and the people whoisn't going to get rich, for instance, work it, for America and its foad-if it costs him $1.10 to raise $1 producing capabilhies will be theworth of ,soybeans, even if last great hope of a world facingsoybeans are selling at a record starvation. We-have been prodigalhigh price. It doesn't take a college with our land and indifferent to thedegree to figure that one out. people who till it and now a

moment of great truth is upon us -It should also be pointed out, we need them both now more than

somewhere along the line, that the ever before.farmer has other priorities than In the years to come it will be theworrying about the consumer. He farmer who will be the symbol ofhas to face up to adverse weather, the independent and self-sufficientthe cut worm, quack grass, the 'life that we profess to admire; itlack of fertilizer and/or the high will be the farmer and his productsprice of it when he can find some, who will not only continue tothe fuel shortage, interest costs provide us with the necessities ofand the spittle bug, among other life, but will produce the surplusthings, and it takes from 12 to 16 food that will be the medium ofhours during the busy season to exchange in the world marketplacecope with all of these. No wonder of .raw materials.he hasn't got time for public So for those who wrinkle up their -relations. nose as the pungent and heavy

aroma of cow manure wafts theirway, think aga in, take anothersniff, and consider the deepermeaning, as it were. It may smelllike manure to you, but it's reallymilk in the pitcher, beef on thetable, and dollars and cents to the"farmer. When you think of it thatway, the smell is somehowsweeter.

(Reprinted with permission fromthe Escanaba Evening News.)

VOTEAUGUST 6!

It's Your Decision

MICHIGAN FARM NEWS AUGUST 1, 1974

A Moral ResponsibilityI have always been proud of the fine citizenship record of

Farm Bureau members. Traditionally, they have taken theircitizenship responsibilities seriously, to the extent that theyare written into the basic principles of their organization.

"We believe in the representative republic form ofgovernment as provided in our Constitution; in limitationsupon government power; in maintenance of equal op-p<rtunity; in the right of each individual to worship as hechooses; in separation of church and state; and infreedom of speech, press and peaceful assembly.

"Property rights are among the human rights essentialto the preservation of individual freedom.

"Individuals have a moral responsibility to helppreserve freedom for future generations by participatingin public affairs and by helping to elect candidates whoshare their fundamental beliefs and principles."

If there was ever a time when we need to reaffinn thoseprinciples, it is now. Citizens disillusioned by corruption ingovernment, convinced that politics is "dirty business" to beshunned, need our involvement example as never before. Wehave a moral responsibility to actively participate in ourdemocratic political process and to encourage others to dothe same. If we are to remain a government of the people, bythe people, and for the people -- then the people must assumetheir citizens)1ip responsibilities.

To get this important message across, I think we have totake every opportunity to re-define the word "politics."Today it has connotations of evil and, intrigue, colored inshades of Watergate gray. We must remind ourselves andothers that politics is the business of running our govern-ment, concerning OUR human dignity, OUR personalfreedom, and OUR geI]eral welfare. That makes politicsOUR business.

On August 6, at the primary elections, we have some im-portant decisions to make about our business. We will be

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deciding who will run for important offices in November. Wemust not underestimate the vital importance of voting in theprimary. Selecting candidates who are well-qualifiedprecludes the sad situation of having to vote for the "lesser oftwo evils." Having representatives in Lansing andWashington who are aware of issues of concern to agricultureand who sha~ our philosophy is a "must." And the first steptoward tha t goal is at the August 6th primary.

One of the time-worn excuses for not voting is "my littlevote won't matter." It does matter, if you cast it. If you don'~cast it, it also matters, by default. Many Americans dodefault, because of lack of understanding or because of purelaziness. People who are dissatisfied with an elected officialoften "exonerate" themselves by declaring, "Well, I didn'tvote for him." Neither did they vote against him, so they arestill accountable for that official's being in office. Thismatter of accountability needs to be stressed. Until moreAmericans realize that they are accountable for the conditionof their government, we will be plagued with "Watergates."

It is easy to place the blame for any situation on somethingas intangible as "government," whether it's local, state ornational. It relieves us of our responsibility for our actions -or lack of action. We must renrember that gove~nment ismade up of people - people we put there to represent us.

We have the power to change things for me better, if wewill but use that power. Do not think for one moment that you

~and your vote are unimportant. So many times, we driftalong in apathy, passing up chances to help change thingsbecause we think "What can one person do?" Individually,we may ~t be able to rock the world, but multiply our effortsby millions of U.S. citizens, and we can make history.

That fine group of young people at the recent CitizenshipSeminar, during one of their ~vening vesper seryices, showedus -- symbolically - how we can do this. You light one littlecandle, and pass it on ....

Can we, who are charged ~th a "moral responsibility" tohelp preserve freedom for future generations, do any less?

DONNAReprinted from the July, 1964

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merge into the mass of purposefulteens reminded me of a story I'dread about a bank in Arizona thatcontacted the local VocationalRehabilitation Department to fill avacancy in its operations center.The excessive noise of the bank'soperations center made a deafperson the logical choice Jor em-ployment among the machineryand computers that form the heartof a modern banking system. Theventure proved successful, andmore deaf people were hired. Soonhearing and non-hearing em-ployees were working side by side,communjcating easily, thanks to avoluntary sign language coursethat was offered to the non-deafstaff.

It may take a little extra effort,but when the potential of everyproductive segment of the UnitedStates is tapped, the greatAmerican dream of the good lifebecomes more than a promise. Itbecomes a reality for each personand a source of national strength.

Basically, that's what theCitizenship Seminar is all about.Thanks to Bryan and his sponsors,this year's Seminar participantsgot a little something extra-aliving illustration of the stuff thatbuilt this great nation. Call it whatyou will--courage. fortitude, truegri t, guts--it's what Bryan'sgot ....

It was my privilege this year toserve as a counselor at theMichigan' Farm Bureau YoungPeople's Citizenship Seminar atAlbion College. There were 203students enrolled in the Seminarand they were a fantastic group. Toall the handwringers who areconcerned about the future of ournation in the hands of today'syouth, I assure you, we have greatleaders in the making.

No matter what type of con-ference Farm Bureau sponsors, italways seems there are par-ticipants who end up contributingmore than they gain. Everyonegoes home enriched simplybecause their lives have crossedpaths with a person who gavesomething of himself, usuallyunknowingly, that was un-programmed, personal and veryspecial.

To pick out such a key con-tributor from the outstandingyouth who attended the CitizenshipSeminar would seem an impossiblefeat. But I'm sure there would be202 seconds to my motion tonominate Bryan Graham, a per-sonable young man fromCharlevoix County, for the honor.

Bryan was born without anyarms. That could be considered ahandicap, especially at an action-packed conference like theCitizenship Seminar. Note-takingduring lectures by the nation's topresource persons, voting bymachines, recreation that includedgames from chess to volleyball,food fare that ranged frpm campuscafeteria to riverside campfirepicnic. But if you have no arms,you use your feet, right? Right!Which is exactly what Bryan did,with a dexterity that put the rest ofus to shame.

Bryan's presence added an extradimension to this year's seminar.He served as a gentle reminder toall of us that the challenges wemeet in daily living are small in-deed, and that we should use thefaculties our Maker ha~ given us totheir fullest potential.

Seeing Bryan comfortably

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EDITORIAL: Edifors: Ken Wiles andDonna Wilber

O......KERS: Michigan Farm Bureau:President. Elton R. Smith. Caledonia. R-1: Vice President. Dean Pridgeon.l\)ontgomery. R-l: AdministrativeDirector. Robert Braden. Lansing.

DIRECTORS: District 1. ArthurBailey. Schoolcraft: District 2, DeanPridgem. Montgc:mery. R-1: District 3,AndreW Jackson. Howell. R-1; District 4,~~ ~. Smi~. Caledonia. R-1,:District5. WIlham Spike, Owosso. R-3;District 6; Jack Laurie. Cass City. R-3;District 7. Kenneth Bull. Bailey. R-1;District 8. Larry DeVuyst. Ithaca. R-4;District 9. Donakf Nugent, Frankfort. R-1; District 10, Richard Wieland,Ellsworth. R-1; District 11. FranklinSchwiderson. Dafter.

DIRECTORS AT LARGE: WalterFratun. Frankenmuth; James L. Sayre,Belleville: Gerald Elenbaum. Owen-dale.

WOMEN OF FARM BUREAU: Mrs.Richard Wieland. Ellsworth. R-l.

FARM BUREAU YOUNG FA~MERS: Wayne Wood, Marlette.

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everybody maydon't.

organization always saw to it that Ivoted; even told me who to votefor."

Habitual drunk (doing 1-2 fornon~support): "They'd let us offwork in time to make it to the polls,all right. But I'd stop at a buddy'shouse to talk the election over.There'd be a bottle or two around.And somehow, before we con-sidered all the issues and can-didates and decided who'd get ourvote, it was either too late or I wastoo drunk to care any more."

Vote fraud fall-guy (age 72,serving 11/2-2): "Election days wasgravy days for me. I always voted.Got five bucks a ballot. SometimesI made fifty-five, sixty dollars."

As for me--well it's occassionallydifficult to face one's mirror ofpatriotism and like what you see.I'd often sold my vote asirrevocably as the vote fraud fall-guy had.

My sell-out inducement was ahunting or fishing trip, a ladyfriend who liked attention,pressing business of assortedkinds.

Indeed, I've leaped on everylame and selfish excuse in theAmerican voters' book. Butsomeday I'll have a chance toprove my determination neveragain to waste an opportunity tovote. Till then ...

What about yoo?Like many other sheer bl~ssings

of America's the privilege of votingis never completely appreciateduntil it is lost. I know.

Therefore, I agree with theimmigrant who said, "Americansdon't adequately appreciate theirsystem of government becausethey don't understand what itain't. "

However, our Star SpangledBanner waves best when everythreat is intact. Similarly, thegovernment it represents needsevery vote.

But nobody votes in my town.Nobody may.

Itwas November Zl, 1963. Half ofmy town's 4,700 population jam-med the theater. The newsreelshowed the assassination of thePresident of the United States.Many of the townspeople ap-plauded the scene.

Russia? Cuba? Red China?No. My town is in mid-America.

Most of its inhabitants are chronicmisfits. The name of my town isSouthern Michigan Prison.

"He shoulda never been elec-ted," remarked the middle-agedburglar next to me. I knew himwell; he was serving his fifth termhere.

"I take it you voted for Nixon," Isaid.

'''Y ou kiddin? I never voted in mylife. I got sense enough to know nomatter who's elected, the best JohnQ. Public's gonna get is the worstof it. The hell with votin'!"

That's seditious philosophy, isn'tit? "The hell with votin'!" meansdown wi th democracy,_ yourcountry, your government and,therefore, every home (wheregovernment really begins) in theland.

Yet, I've voiced such seditionmyself. Only it came outsomething like this: "Couldn'tmake it to the polls; had otherthings to do on election day."

The reflection' lured me into deepconcern and held me down withthis hard and heavy fact: I wasstripped of my voting privileges formany elections to come. What I feltleft no room for self-esteem.

As the feature movie ran, Iwondered how my fellow inmatesfelt about not being allowed to vote.Later, I questioned nearly 300 ofthem. Almost 90% indicated thatthey couldn't care less. 80 in-dividuals admitted that they nevervoted! (Could the deeds thatlanded us here be germane to suchdisregard for democracy?)

Consider these responses to thequestion: Did you vote regularlywhen you were free?

Gambling syndicate underling(age 33, serving 5-10years): "The

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State Farm TourSet for _Aug. Discussion groups following general sessions provided an opportunity

for self-expression and surfacing ideas of others. Discussion leaderGene Greenawalt, MFB regional representative, held his "TILT"session in the sunshine.

derstanding and appreciation forthe American way of life, oureconomic, social and politicalsystems, and in general, to equipstudents with the knowledge toeffectively fulfill their citizenshipresponsibilities.

local ClVIC clubs and businesses.They will be sharing their ex-periences at the citizenshipseminar with interested groups intheir home communities.

The main objectives of theseminar are to develop an un-

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1964, as a student. Now a candidatefor his party's nomination to theMichigan House of Represen-tatives in the 41st District, Perrintold the students how he hadbenefitted from attending theseminar.

"You will be going home fromthis seminar more informed thanmany of your elders, and evensome party leaders," Perrin toldthe students. He urged them to finda ca nd ida te to work for in theirhome communities. "During thisyear of Watergate, people will belooking at candidates rather thanat party labels," he said.

Most of the students attendingthe seminar were selected by theircounty Farm Bureaus incooperation with their localschools. Their attendance wassponsored by county FarmBureaus and insurance agencies,

the "outside world" with 99 per-cent of eligible residentsregistering to vote, 97% voting inthe primary, and 89% voting in thegeneral election. The studentswere guided in their political ac-tivities by MFB regionalrepresentative from the Thumb,Kenn Wimmer.

Other resource persons on theprogram included Dr. CliftonGanus, president of HardingCollege, Sea rcy , Arkansas; Dr.John Furbay, world traveler andanthropologist; Dr. John Sparks,chairman of the Division ofEconomics and Business Ad-ministration, Hillsdale College;and Art Holst, National FootballLeague official.

A special, unscheduled speakerat the seminar was Arvid Perrin ofHillsdale County, who had at-tended the first MFB YoungPeople's Citizenship Seminar in

June 24-28 was a week filled withpoliticking for residents of 1\vinTowers, County of College. Theentire political process--from voterregistration through circulation ofnominating petitions, cam-paigning, party conventions andrallies, primary and generalelections--was packed into the five-day 1974 Young People'sCitizenship Seminar.

This was the eleventh con-secutive year Michigan FarmBureau has sponsored. theSeminar. but it was a year of some"firsts"--the first time held on thecampus of Albion College, and thefirst time seminar participants hadthe opportunity of using votingmachines in the primary andgeneral elections. The seminarwas attended by 203 students from63 counties.

The seminar community chalkedup a far better voter record than

FORENOON

AFTERNOON

TOUR STOPS

There will be a family interview at each farm. You arewelcome to VISit any farm at any time during the day.

Farm Family Interviews - 2:00 p.m.

@ HARRY BURNS & SONS - Poultryo ARNOLD ZWERK - Cash Crops. Corn

@ ARNOLD KRUMNAUER - Cash Crops. Certified Seeds

(!) GRAHAM BROS. - Dairy

Farm Family Interviews - 10:30 a.m.

<D WALLACE KOEPPEN DOER FER - SWineo ERNIE RICHARDSON - Horseso PAUL FINDLAY - Cash Crops. Buns. Sucar Beets

@ DON DELONG - Dairy

@ NOON LUNCH AND PROGRAM - tl:45.I.OO al Caro Falrcrounds

The talented Top Hats were a popular feature of the 1974 VarietyShow, directed bv the Junior Counselors and starring seminar students.The show receiv~d rave notices from an enthusiastic audience.

The partnership, begun in 1967,carries 75 acres of sugar beets,.340acres of wheat, 75 acres of oats,and ISO acres of dry edible beans.

The Krummnauers are con-sidered outstanding seed growersand processors in a county whichproduces 50 percent of Michigan'scertified seed.

Another afternoon cash cropoperation to be seen is that ofArnold Zwerk and sons Mike andLarry.

The 2,600-acre family operationis comprised of 1,400 acres of corn,700 acres of dry edible beans, 250acres of wheat, and 50 acres ofsoybeans ..

The farm has a 130,000-bushelstorage facility and large capacitygrain dryer.

The Zwerks ha ve adopted anddeveloped several innovativeproduction practices and workclosely with their county extensionoffice to develop hybrids suited tothe farm soil, their productionpractices and the weather.

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They grind and mix about 80 tonsof feed a week and ha ve storage for400 tons of bulk ingredients.

Another afternoon attraction isthe Joe and John Graham, Jr.,dairy operation. The partnership,based on 500 acres, has 140 milkcows serviced by a 13-stall rotaryherring-bone parlor, the only one ofits kind in Michigan.

The herd averages 13,000 poundsof milk and 521 pounds of fat. Thedaily ration is comprised ofhaylage, corn silage and high-moisture corn concentrate mix-ture. A magnetic feeder containinghigh moisture corn and proteinsupplement is accessible to cowsproducing over 50 pounds of milkdaily.

Arnold Krummnauer and hisson, Arnold, Jr., operate 415 acresof cash crops and certified seed.

Michigan farmers will have' theopportunity to visit with managersof eight farming operations in the26th Annual Michigan State FarmTour.

To be held in Tuscola CountyAug. 13, 1974, the tour stops willinclude a horse farm, poultryoperation, swine farm, three cash'crop operations and two moderndairy farms.

The tour is divided in twosegments: four in the morning withfarm family interviews at 10:30 ateach site; the rest at 2 p.m. at eachsite.

A noon luncheon at the Carnfairgrounds will feature aprominent agricultural speaker.

One of the morning stops will beat the Ernie Richardson horsefarm. Richardson and his wife,Maxine, have 30 years' experiencewith horses. They have been attheir present location eight yearsand have between 20 and 30 head.

Richardson raises some grain onhis SO-acre operation which isgeared to horse breeding only, notboarding or lessons. A counterpartis a complete tack shop.

Another morning stop is theswine farm run by Wallace andDave Koeppendoerfer. Based on650 acres, the operation has abuilding capacity to finish 3,500feeder pigs yearly .

The father-son team alsoproduces 90 acres of sugar beets,100 acres of pickling cucumbers,150 acres of navy beans, 200 acresof corn, 20 acres of oats and 90acres of wheat.

The Paul Findly' cash cropoperation covers 1,426 acrescom prised of 400 acres of na vybeans, 365 acres of corn, 160 acresof sugar beets, 170 acres of wheatand 100 acres of barley .

Findlay and his son, Michael, areworking toward an eventualpartnership, sharing in the pur-chase of land and equipment. Oneof the farm highlights is thecustom-built storage for 50,000bushels of grain.

The Don DeLong dairy farm is afive-way, father-son partnershipbased on 240 acres and 500 rented.The team handles 300 head -- 150holsteins, 50 bred heifers and 100young ca ttle.

The new barn, built about a yearago, basically follows the Penn-sylvania plan with four separatedivisions of cattle and wide alleysfor feeding and cleaning.

The 70,000-layer poultryoperation of Harry Burns and Sons,is one of the afternoon attractions.

It's Your DecisionRobert E. Smith

grows 175 acres of corn, 65 ofwheat, 60 of sugarbeets and 50 ofnavy beans.

He graduated from RichmondHigh School in 1932,spent a year atMichigan State University, and in1932started farming at RichmondMich. From 1969to 1972he servedas both a member and chairman ofthe Michigan State ASC Com-mittee.

Mr. Rowley has been a memberof the Macomb County FarmBureau for the past 25 years, andhas served as an officer (or thepast 15. He is also chairman of theFederal Land Bank Association fortwo counties. He has been activewith the 4H Club for more than 12years.

Mr. Rowley is married and hasfive children.

AUGUST 1, 1974

pesticide research, integratedcontrol of fruit pests, calf mor-tality. municipal and agriculturalwastes. a new program for theproduction of tree and nurserystock, and livestock productionresearch that is noncompetitivewith man for protein and energy.

Some of the agriculturalresearch project appropriationshad been either reduced oreliminated in the budget process.

Most outstate legislators deservecommendation for their work inhelping to maintain importantagricultural research programs.

Secretary of Agriculture Earl L.Butz has announced the ap-pointment of W. Arthur Rowley ofRichmond, Mich., to the MichiganState Agricultural Stabilizationand Conservation (ASC) Com-mittee. Mr. Rowley replacesWilliam F. Vanderbeek of Ithaca,Mich.

Other members of the MichiganASC Committee are Walter Wit-tenbach. chairman, ~elding andRobert D. Zeeb, Bath. The ASCcommittee is responsible for stateadministration of federal farmaction programs.

Mr. Rowley, 61 has spent most ofhis life farming. Dairying is hismajor enterprise. and he owns boththe top milker in Macomb Countyand the second highest record cow.He owns 557acres and rents 115. He

<?ov.Milliken_presents a signed copy of H. 6115 to its chief sponsor,Qumcy Hoffman [R-Applegatel. The legislation was passed to providethe Department of Agriculture with the authority to order the disposalof "livestock or livestock products containing any noxious material,contamination, or other condition caused by contaminated feeds orother causes. The Department is also "empowered to select a site forthe disposal with the advice of the Water Resources Commission of theDNR." Rep. Hoffman introduced the emergency legislation.

Gov. Milliken signs into law H. 5782 which exempts boilers used onmint farms from licensing and other costly regulations. This legislationresults from Rep. Stanley Powell and Farm Bureau meeting with mintgrowers. Those looking on include left to right. Rep. Stanley Powell [R-Ionia]; Frank Sipkorsky, Alden Livingston. and Thomas lrrer [all mintgrowers]; and Rep. Douglas Trezise [R-Owosso], co-sponsor of the bill.

w. Arthur Rowley Named

The Extension Service and 4-HClub budget requests were actedupon favorably.

However. several agriculturalresearch items were in trouble.Farm Bureau was among thosewho worked to get the followingresearch items properly funded:bean and beet plants, soft whitewinter wheat. sod, fruit andvegetable research including thedevelopment of new grapevarieties, extended peach treelife, fruit and vegetable weatheradaptability, beef cattle forage,cattle and swine infertility,

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TRANSPORTATION BONDINGThe House has passed H. 5677. It

is expected that the Senate willalso pass the bill, putting a, $1.1billion transportation bondingissue on the ballot in November.

The money will be used over aperiod of years for transportationprograms including urban trans-portation systems, rail systemsthroughout the state, airport im-provements, Great Lakes portimprovement projects, and moneyfor other transportation methods.

Michigan and local governmentswould be able to take advantage ofall federal funding. One dollar ofstate arxllocal matching moneycan generate as much as $4 offederal money.

One issue that will be on theballot for sure is Proposal "A"resulting from legislative action onH.C.R. "LL". This will limit thediversion of gas tax monies forpublic transportation to not morethan 1/18 of the tax.

It will be recalled that of the two-cent increase in the gas tax, one-half cent per gallon was diverted topublic transportation. This moneyhas been used in several citieslarge and small, throughout th~state. Counties also gained ad-ditional monies from the increasedtax.

In addition to limiting thediversion, it would also prohibit theuse of specific taxes on motorvehicles to finance highway en-forcement patrols.

The purpa)e is to assure that thegas tax monies from now on will beused exclusively for highwaypurpa)es.

LEGISLATURE ADJOURNS FORSUMMER

Budgets- In a 22-hour continoussession throughout the day andnight beginning at 10:00 a.m. onFrida)'. July 12. and ending at 8:09<l.m. on Saturday, the Legislaturefin<llly p<lssed the state budget.

The General Fund budget totals$2.858billion, which could result ina deficit of $9.8 million. It has beenleft up to Gov. Milliken to balancethe budget through executivevetoes of individual items.

One reason for the imbalance isthat last minute figures indicatethat expected revenues will be $8.7million less. The budget is 6.3percent more than last year'sappropriation.

The school aid portion of thebudget will be 3.1 percent higherthan a year ago. The ap-propriation, together with specialschool funds, will total $1.29billionfor aid to schools.

One budget bill of importance tofarmers is S. 1132 on highereducation. This bill contains thebudgets of the major universitiesand includes as part of the budgetfor Michigan State Universityappropriations for the CooperativeExtension Service and theAgricultural Experiment Station.It also includes 4-H Club ap-propriations.

REPORT

l. Limitation to Control StateSpending. This drive failed, eventhough it was strongly supportedby many organizations and nearlyhalf of the Legislature.

The petition would have placedon the ballot a constitutionalamendment to limit spending bythe State Legislature.

While the general public seemsto be concerned over the constantlyincreased spending on the part ofstate government, it appears thatfew were willing to circulate orsign petitions to bring this about.

Michigan Farm Bureaudistributed petitions throughoutthe state as did such organizationsas the Michigan State Chamber ofCommerce and local Chambers,the Counties' Association, realestate groups, independentbusinessmen's groups, manytownship groups, homeowners'association, many legislators, andat least seven or more taxpayergroups of one type or another.

The proposal would have limitedstate spending to not exceed 8.3percent of the personal incomewithin Michigan. This would havefrozen spending at approximately-the present level. All sta te andlocal taxes were included in thelimitation.

2 ... Double" Daylight SavingTime. This petition drive alsofailed, even though it was sup-ported by many statewideorganizations. It would haveplaced on the ballot the Question asto whether Michigan should beplaced in the Central Time Zone,thus solving the problems createdby the present "Double" DaylightSaving Time.

Here again, it appears that thegeneral public is not concernedover the time issue.

S. 1253, presently in the Senate,would also put the issue on theballot. However, because theredoes not seem to be a possibility ofa two-thirds vote, Senator Byker(the sponsor) has carried the issueover until the Novemberlegislative session.

:1. Remove Food From SalesTax. The petition drive to force onthe ba 110t the issue of removingsales tax on food and prescriptiondrugs was the only petition drive tobe successful.

It appears that this, if approvedin November, will createmonumental problems. Thepetition did not provide for anyflexibility and would require thatthe tax removal become effectiveJanuary 1, 1975.This could ruin abalanced budget and result in aloss of revenue to schools and otheressential services. The revenueloss per year could amount to wellover $200 million.

The sponsors did not indicatehow the lost revenue might bereplaced. The only practicalmethod would be increasing theincome tax a t least one or morepercent.

It is interesting to note that someof the grou~ that supported thispetition drive also generally soughtother programs that require morestate spending.

In any event, the final decisionwill be up to the voters inNovember.

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YOTER ISSUESThe deadline for petition drives

to put various issues on theNovember ballot is now past. Thefollowing is a summary of some orthose efforts.

Tuesday, August 6, i~ an im-portant decision day for goodcitizens. On that day nominationswill be made for many politicalparty positions to be voted on inNovember. Another importantpurpose of the primary that fewvoters realize is that the control ofthe political parties is alsodetermined by the election ofprecinct delegates. More im-portantly, however, in many areasthat are strongly Democratic orRepublican the vote on August 6will be the final vote as to who willbe elected to the Legislature orother important public positions.

The State Legislature will un-dergo a major change withpredictions that as many as one-half of the 148 lawmakers will bereplaced.

It is claimed by many politicalobservers that the odds arestrongly in fa vor of the Democrats,who already control the House, toalso control the Senate. This mayresult primarily from changes inSenate district lines due to the 1972rea pportionment.

One thing is certain; at least 28legislators will leave office.Twenty-one of these are in the 110-member House where 14 areseeking a different office andothers are retiring. There are atleast seven Senate vacancies.

One Senate seat was eliminatedbecause of redistricting. ThreeSenators are retiring; two areseeking other offices, and onevacancy results from a recentdeath.

Twelve House members arecapdidates for the Senate. AnotherHouse member, James Damman(R-Troy) is seeking the Lt.Governorship and will run withGov. Milliken. Another Housemember from Detroit is runningfor Congress.

Outstate Senators seeking dif-ferent offices include Sen.Ballenger (R-Lansing), Chairmanof the Senate Agriculture Com-mittee, who is running forCongress. Sen. Robert Richardsonis one of 11 seeking two new seatsas a judge in the Third Court ofAppeals District. This districtcovers about 67 Michigan'cotmties.

While many people seem to bedisillusioned by government, it isequally true that many legislatorsare disillusioned and, for thatreason, are retiring. Much of theproblem rests with a negativeattitude that has been conveyed byvarious media. The fact is thatlegislators, with few exceptions,are dedicated, hard working, anddo the best that they can within theframework of a free government.

There will be many new politicalfaces throughout the state trying togain a seat in the Legislature.Decisions made on Tuesday,August 6. will be final in manyareas. It is in those situations thatfailure to vote in the primary willmean throwing away your op-portunity to help determine theperson who will best represent you.

AUGUST 1, 1974

Hob..... E. Smith

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NATIONAL- NOTESAlbert A. Almy

Emergency loans forlivestock Producers

Q: When does the new tax tribunal get underway and, will it make tax appeals easier?A: The new Tribunal for hearing property tax appeals convened the first week of JUly. But

new appeals cases cannot start before September 1, and transferred appeals will be heardafter October 1.There is now a b~cklog of at least 4,000property tax appeals before the StateTax Commission that will be transferred to the Tribunal for hearing.

One of the purp~es of the new Tribunal IS to remove the property tax appeals authontyfrom the State Tax Commission. In the past the Commission, in effect, judged appeals onthe very rules it formulated. ~

The Commission has the power to carry out the constitutional requirements and propertytax laws and also t.oequalize the valuation of each county. Prior to the Tax Tribunal theCommission also sat in judgment of appeals from individual taxpayers, townships and.counties.

Now the Tribunal will act on taxpayers' appeals, and the Tax Commission will have toprove its point the same as the appealing taxpayer. _

Before appealing to the Tribunal, the taxpayer must first protest before t~~ local b~~d ofreview and then may file a written appeal within 30 days after the local deCISionor wlthm 30days after receipt of a bill for a tax he wishes to contest. .

In short the Tribunal acts as a court for any property owner, whether he ISa homeowneror a corp~ration. There is a small claims division fo~ properties assess~ at less than$20,000.Th~ ordinary property owner does not need to hire a .lawyer to have h~scase heard.

The Governor has appointed the Tribunal members accordmg to the law, which states onemust be an assessor, two attorneys, one a real estate representative, and another a certifiedpublic accountant. _ ., ...

The legislation creating the tribunal was passed In the 1973legislative session With FarmBureau support as a result of policy determined by the voting delegates at the MFB annualmeeti~. -

Q: Legislation was enacted in 1972requiring f~rmers and others engaged in activiti~sinvolving earth changes to obtain a permit. When will agriculture be covered by the permitprogram? _ ....

A: The 1972 Legislature enacted the Soil Er~~ilon and Se~l~entatI?n A~t, which w~sdesigned to minimize soil erosion and sedimentation from actIvlti~s which. dISturb the S?11.The legislation was aimed primarily at curbing soil ~rosion and s~(lImentatIon from h.o~s!ngdevelopments, industrial developments, commercial construction and related activIties.However, 'agriculture was specifically covered, too...

Farmers would have had until January 1,1979 to comply With the new law. A permit wouldnot have been required if a farmer has obtained and followed a current conservation p~anfor his farm from the local Soil Conservation District. If'an appr<?ved current ~onservatIonplan were not obtained by January 1, 1979, a farmer would have been reqUlr~ t~ get apermit from a local enforcing agency designated by the County Board of Commissioners.

Since several thousand farms do not have a conservation plan, the Department of-Agriculture estimated an additional appropriation of approximately $1.3 million would benecessary if the Soil Conservation Districts were to prepare necessary plans by January 1,1979. However, the 1974Legislature was reluctant to provide the necessary funds for far-

o mers to comply with the deadline. " ' ...This resulted in legislation being introduced to exempt agrIculture from the So~l~roslOn

and Sedimentation Act. The legislation has been passed and sent to Governor Milliken forhis signature ...

It is expected the Governor will sign the measure and that agriculture wIll be exemptfrom the requiremen.ts of the Act.

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LIVESTOCK LOANS

The tight c~t-price squeezefacing livestock producers hasresulted in legisla tion to authorizegovernment-guaranteed loans toproducers. The Senate has passeda bill to provide an emergency loanprogram for livestock producers.The bill provides that -producerswho could not otherwise get neededcredit could get 90 percentgovernment-guaranteed loans atprevailing interest rates fromprivate lenders .. The guarantees.would be limited to $350,000 perproqucer. Repayment of the loanswould be over a seven-year period.The a"uthority of such guarnateeswould terminate at the end of oneyear unles.~ extended by Congress.

The House 'currently tlas. beforeit a similar bill, which wouldauthorize government guaranteeS .of 80-percent of emergency loansfrom private lenders to livestockproducers who could not otherwiseobtain credit. The guaranteeswould be limited to $350,000 perproducer and the total guaranteescould not exceed $2 billion.Repayment would be over a three-year period, with a p~sible ex-tension of two years. The House billwould also expire at the end of oneyear unless extended by-Congre~.

Farm Bureau recognizes theneed for an adequate supply ofcredit to keep livestock producersoperating. However. Farm Bureauhas warned that care must betaken to avoid making subsidizedcredit available on a' basis thatcould encourage unsound actionssuch as expanded livestockproduction under the currentunfavorable conditions.

FOOD STAMPS

On June 21. the House rejectedan amendement to the Agricultureappropriations bill to deny foodstamp eligibility to strikingworkers. The amendment wasdefeated by a 147-169vote.

Farm Bureau supports the foodstamp program as a means ofassisting th~e families truly inneed. Farm Bureau believesworkers' on strike should"- beineligible to receive food stamps inorder to avoid placing thegovernment on one side of a labordispute.

A similar amendment banningfood stamps to strikers was aIrproved 213-203 by the House lastyear during debate on generalfarm program legislation.However, the food stamp provisionwas removed during Senateconsideration of the bill.

TRANSPORTATION

Several major transportationstrikes have occurred in recentyears, p~ing serious problems inthe movement of agriculturalcommodities. Farm Bureau hasgiven stronger support tolegislation that would provide aneffective means for prompt set-tlement of transportation strikes.

One of the major segments of thetransportation imustry affecting

movement of agricultural com-modities is dock labor. Strikes bydock workers idle railcars movinggrain to ports am ships waiting tocarry the grain to export markets.

While strikes ha ve been com-monplace among dock workers, forthe first time in nearly 30 years, amaster labor contract agreementhas been reached between the dockworkers' union and shippingmanagement without a strike. The~ettlement covers only the EastCoast ports, but is expected to be

•adopted. by the South Atlantic andGulf ports, a Iso.

WIIEATTREATY

'The Senate has taken action tocontinue for one year' 'the 1971International Wheat Agreement.The approval will expire June 30,1975 unless another extension isgranted by Congress. Theagreement prov ides for con-sultation among participatinggovernments on internationalwheat trade matters and forcontinued food aid for developingnations.

A total of 47 nations. includingthe nine nations belonging to theEuropean Common Market, areparties to the agreement. The partof the agreement which pledges anation to provide set levels of foodto developing countries has beensigned by the European Com-munity and eight other nations.The levels range from 1.8 milliontons of food per year from the U.S.to 14,000tons from Finland:

The wheat agreement does notha ve market-sharing or pricingprovisions. which are opposed byFarm Bureau. However, inseparate action, the Senate didapprove a resolution calling on thePresident to seek a conference fornegotia ting wheat prices under theInternational Wheat Agreement.

FEEDLOT STANDARDS

An economic impact studydesigned to measure the c~t of"no-discharge" standards tofeedlots with less than 1,000animalunits has been received by theEnvironmental Protection Agency(EP A). The study was done by aprivate firm in Kansas undercontract to EPA.

Last February, final "no-discharge" standards were an-nounced primarily for thosefeedlots with more than 1,000animal units. The regulationsClearly sta ted tha t an economicanalysis of such standards uponsmaller feedlots would be un-dertaken am regulations coveringsuch feedlots announced at a laterdate.

A definite timetable forpublication of the standardscovering small feedlots has notbeen announced by EPA. However,it is still believed the standards willbe published for public commentthis fall.


Michigan Marketing OutlookDAIRY

Milk prices ha ve dropped -- bothat the retail and farm level. Thereare several factors which haveinteffiified the normal drop incOffiumption at this time of year.The increase in retail price and thedrop in personal dispmable incomehave had a tendency to reduceconsumption of all dairy products.At the present time the cheesesupply is more than adequate tomeet demand, while at the sametime red meat prices have drop-ped. Red meat and cheese competefor the consumers dollar. Cheese isstill a very popular food eventhough consumption appears to beleveling off.

Imports of dairy products havehad a negative effect. Imports in1973were equal to approximately3,886 million pounds of milkequivalent while exports totaled656 million pounds of milkequivalent. Thus the NET importswere equivalent to 2.8 percent ofV.S. milk production. The impactof the imports, coming at a timewhen production was increasing,complicated the over-supply andreducing demand problem.

The general economic picture isrelatively easily stated. The im-pact of the economic situation willbe far reaching and serious. Theresults of a period of rising costs ofproduction and dropping incomemay cause some producers to goout of business and expansion willbe curta iled.

Hopefully by this fall con-sumption will again increase andproduction cmts will stabilize. Thelower retail prices should en-courage greater consumption ofdairy products.

PEARSPear crop is somewhat larger

than last year in Michigan butslightly below as far as initial cropis concerned. West Coast PearAssociation requesting price in-crease this year.

PEACHESA larger peach crop in Michigan

and nationally will be met by aready market. Canned Peachinventory is at a low level. Cannersin California have already agreedto a $30 to $35 price increase overlast year.

Market analysts were suggestingthat soybeans be traded from thelong side. This was due to forecaststhat there would be a smallercarry-over of supplies than hadbeen previously anticipated.Although production forecastshave been revised downward.supplies of oilseeds seem adequateto meet predicted usag~ levels--both domestic and foreign.

In Michigan. soybeans arenearly all planted with reports ofsome dou ble cropping being donein southern counties. Estimatedsoybean planted acreage wasrevised downward to 620,000acresfrom 700,000 planted last year.Soybeaffi continued to make rapid-grQwth. with soys in central-Michigan eight to twelve inchestall.

Many private sources believe theVSDA corn and soybean estimatesare still too high and will be cutfurther when the August I, cropcondition report is released. Withthese uncertainties, it seems thesoybea n ma rket is off on askyrocket again. Yet. no one in thetrade is forecasting soy prices ashigh as the twelve dollar prices of1973.

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Ag .Exports -Vita-I_ to Michigan

ReportBy Greg Sheffield FBSMarketing Manager

supplies of steel and other basicmanufacturing supplies.

FUELThe volume of automotive fuel

sold by Farmers Petroleum hasbeen-greater than last year andonly slightly higher with adequatesupplies on hand. Heating oil fuelsales reflect less demand due tolast winter's conservationmeasures am the mild weather.

AUTOMOTIVEAlthough the industry has been

plagued by shortages, FarmersPetroleum was able to obtain andsell 6.7% more units than last year.They ha ve passenger tires in goodsupply and nearly air sizes.However. farm tires, especiallylarge and slow moving sizes, arestill in poor supply with factorycuring running at capacity. Farmtire tubes are critically short.Battery supplies have held up wellwith good demand. The filtersupply situation has been im-proving but some popular sizes arestill short. The demand for motoroil has been heavy. but all orderswere filled through July. and it'sexpected this supply situation willimprove.

and food processors as- a guest ofthe Michigan- Department ofAgriculture.

The Governor also sa id theMichigan Department ofAgriculture's marketing division iscurrenUy assisting a Michigancorpora tion in negotiating a $20million livestOCk contract withTunisia. The 'contract is expectedto be signed in August, withshipment of cattle to begin nextMay, after facilities have beenconstructed.

Michigan bean companies havethis month been asked to submitquotations on an order for 20,000tons of navy pea beans to beshipped to North Africa andMediterranean countries, he ad-ded.

state, but started catching up inJuly just as some additionalsupplies of anhydrous ammoniawere secured. Dealers and theirfarmer patrons can be com-plimented on their co-operationthrough times that would havebeen much more difficult if theyhad not.

SEEDSAdequate supplies are an-

ticipated for seed wheat. Prices forturf grass seed are substantiallyreduced with new supplies ex-pected to be adequate.

HARDWAREHardware items have been in

great demand with calls for posts,fencing, steel siding and roofing,twine. paint and light machinery,all items being short. FarmBureau dealers have generallybeen able to serve patrons bypassing on their allocationsequitably. Looking to harvest.farmers interested in drying andgrain handling equipment shouldhave their orders in by nowbecause of the back-ordering. Latefall am wmter hardware itemsshould be ordered early. if theItems are not now on hand. sinceindustry is still running behind as

said. "Michigan farm yroducts arefinding expanding markets notonly in the nation, but also over-seas. "

He noted. that about $2 millionworth of the 1973cherry crop wassold to foreign buyers by twoTraverse City companies. withmore than half of that total going toJapan.......Japan, with its dense population

and lack of sufficient land foragriculture, has become an im-portant market for U.S.agriculture, and last year pur-chased more tha n $2 billion worthof American agricultural crops.

Right now, a Japanese buyer, K.Kobayashu of Sumitomo-ShojiAmerican, Inc., is visitingTraverse City canning companies

Supply

FERTILIZERSupplies have been distributed to

fanners in record quantities withsurprisingly few local difficultiesin spite of the very real fertilizershortage. Other parts of thecountr) have not fared well as weha ve with our co-operative system.Corn got off to a slow start in the

The extent of service to farmersperformed by Farm BureauServices is indicated by recordsales in supplies. In the year end-ing June 30, 1974sales of over $225million were achieved with a finalaudit due to the Board of Directorsa t the end of this month.

FEEDSupplies are adequate and

demaoo has been steady for allclasses of livestock. Farm BureauServices' efforts have beendirected toward helpi~g farmersthrough the difficulties caused bythe tanusual accident of a foreignclJemical causing feed con-tamination. The feed plant iscontaminant-free and busy fillingdemaoo for feed. All-conceivablesteps ha ve been taken to preventsuch a ca lami ty from ha ppeningagain.

,The Michigan foreign sales in-

cluded nearly $3 million worth ofred tart and sweet cherries, theGovernor said in a statement madein connection with the NationalCherry Festival in Traverse City.The Governor cancelled plans toaddress a festival reception inTraverse City Friday morning inorder to confer in Lansing onlegislative develop~ents.

"The farmer makes an enor-mous contribution to Michigan'sexpanding economy, II Milliken

Michigan's agricultural exportstotaled $182 million for the 1972-73fiscal year, a $75.4 million t!.lcreaseover the previous 12 months, Gov.William G. Milliken said on July 2.

APPLESMichigan Apple crop is sub-

stantially larger than last year butless than two years ago. Majorprocessing apple producing statesha ve only a slightly larger cropthana year ago. There will be gooddemam for all processing applesthis year.

ASPARAGUSAsparagus harvest is complete.

Production figures indicate that22,284,080 million pounds weredelivered foc processing this yearcompa red to 22,637,918 poundsdelivered last year. Mostprocessors reported that qualitywas considerably better than lastyear.

Vt:GETABLE CROPSVegetable crop acreage will be

larger than last year. Weatherconditions at planting time andha rvest will influence the over-allproduction of vegetables.Vegetables not contracted thisspring should sell at prices at orabove prices listed in contracts.

TART CHERRIESRed Tart Cherry crop expected

to be somewha t below the officialV.S.D.A. estimate. Market pricefor frozen cherries is tight due toincreased cost of sugar, con-tainers, credit and labor. Marketfor canned cherries and pie fill ismuch better due to low inventories.

GRAPEMichigan Grape crop sub-

stantially better than last year.Grower price recommendation willbe announced about mid-August.

PLUMSMichigan Plum crop is sub-

stantially down from last year.Price outlook is very goodreflecting lower plum inventoriesand brisk demand.

SOYBEANSTotal soybean usage for the 1974

soybean crop will be 1.470,000 to1.510.000bushesl according to theUSDA. July 1 report. Theypredicted 1.390,000 to 1,470,000bushels of soys would be produced

. in 1974.Harvested acreage of soys",as projected at 52.5 million acresor four million acres less than 1973.As a result. soybeans traded "upthe limit"" for three days: closingJuly 16at $6.79 per bushel. (Nov. -Chicago)

CUTRINE GRANULAR is alsoavailable to control chara andother bottom-growing algae.

CUTRINE can make the differ-ence in your lake or pond.Don't put up with the odor andscum of algae and its potentialhealth hazard.

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WHeRecanyou 0Foranew

--BUILDInG?Farm Bureau Services, with bl!ilding centers throughout this state, canmake your new building a reality. With the help of our staff agriculturalengineer, we'l assist you with initial planning and design, and pledgequality workmanship. Our completely-trained crews can erect attractive,finished structures on your site. And, for those who prefer, our buildingcenters are stocked for do-it -yourself work. As a cooperative, with skilledpurchasing people, Farm Bureau is able to provide the building servicesyou need.

We build two basic typ_esof stn!ctures: 1) rigid-frame buildings with eithersteel or aluminum siding and roofing, and 2) all-steel buildings, includingthe Quonset 1M line. All structures can be customized to fit your specificneed, whether it be a horse barn, milking parlor, machinery storage,fruit storage or utility building. The versatility, durability and economy ofFarm Bureau Services' buildings make them ideal for many non-farmuses, too.

The Farm Bureau people, backed by years of experience, are readyto go to work for you. So see your local Farm Bureau Services buildingrepresentative today.

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Action ProgramsPAGE 8

Target:MICHIGAN FARM NEWS AUGUST 1, 1974

A group of VIP's. representingFarm Bureau Women in Michigan,met at Farm Bureau Center inLaffiing in mid-June to plan aPr{)gram of Work, based on theconcerns of farm women.

Selected as a theme is "Target:Action Programs" for the 1974-75Farm Bureau Women's plan foractivities. Objectives as deter-mined by these state women'sofficers, district chairmen and vicechairmen are:

T-A-P the reserves within oor-selves to realize our fullestleadership potential.

T-A-P the resources of ourorganization through increasedmember-involvement.

T-A-P the reservoirs of actionprograms to strengthen ourorganization, our commun ities,and our industry.

Legislation, Public Relations,and Safety are the target areasthese leaders selected as theirbiggest concerns and needing theefforts of Farm Bureau Women inMichigan. After analyzing each ofthese areas, they recommendwomen in the counties to especiallyconsider the following activities.

Target: Action Programs in

PUBLIC RELATIONSPRODUCER-CONSUMER

UNDERSTANDING-Promote producer-consumerunderstanding through these ac-tion programs to reach urbanpeople (adults and youngsters)with the story of agriculture:

• Continue and expand theSpeakers' Bureau.

• Conduct com'modi typromotions.

• Farm tours.• Rural-Urban activities ..• Mall Displays, Fair Exhibits,

Window Displays .

MEMBER UNDERSTANDING--Stimulate understanding, support,pride and involvement of FarmBureau members in ourorganization through these actionprograms:

• "This is Farm Bureau" Kits tonew members. (A Welcome-wagontype kit of information about FarmBureau>.• Working with other Farm

Bureau Committees on jointprojects.

Target: Action Programs in

SAFETYPromote safety and health in the

rural communities through actionprograms such as:• Hazard Identification -- Spot

and correct safety hazards on ALLfarms through use of a check-listand "THINK" stickers onhazardous areas of farm buildingsand machinery.• Tractor Lessons for Women--to

learn safety features and be able toreact properly in case of accident.

• First-Aid Kits and First-AidTraining -- Promote First-Aid Kitsto be placed on every farm and inevery farm home in Michigan.Promote first-aid training so oneperson in every farm family isequipped to handle emergencies.• OSHA (Occupational Safety

Health Act) -. Help keep FarmBureau members up-ta-date onOSHA information and regulationsrelated to agriculture.

Target: Action programs in

LEGISLATIONActively participate, year-round

in Farm Bureau legislative ac-tivities through these actionprograms:• Local Issues -- Become involved

in solving community problems,such as land use planning.• Policy Development and Policy

Execution - Contact Congressmenand Legisla tors on issues of con-cern to agriculture; assist in thedevelopment of policy recom-mendations; encourage the ap-pointment of qualified women toPolicy Development andLegislative Committees; continueto sponsor the WashingtonLegislative Seminar; Participatein State Legislative Seminars.• Political Education and

Political Involvement -- Becomeaware and knowledgeableregarding current issues, our stateand national representatives'voting records, and participate inpolitical affairs.

This Program of Work wasdeveloped by the state leadersafter two days of listening toresource people, including, sub-committees of the State Women'sCommittee, and much analyzingand discussing. /

"We know that the womenmembers of Farm Bureau are apotent force in our organizationand their efforts and activities aremost important to a strongorganization to solve the problemsof farmers," said Helen Atwood,manager of Women's Activities.

At a series of multi-countytraining workshops for county andstate Farm Bureau Women'sleaders held in late July, the FarmBureau Wj>men's Program of Workfor 1974:::75was announced anddiscussed. Contact the officers ofCounty Women's Committees orHelen Atwood's office, Women'sDepartment. Michigan FarmBureau, P.O. Box' 960, Lansing,48904, for more details of thisProgram of Work.

Attending the planning meetingon June 12 and 13 were: DorisWieland, State Women's Com-mittee Chairman; ClaudineJackson, State Vice Chairman andChairman of the Program Plan-ning Committee; Jeanne Sparks,Chairman, Betty Rhoda, ViceChairman and Dora Erny, in-coming Vice Cha irman, District 1;Ruth Rigg, Chairman, and Bar-bara Kimerer, Vice Chairman,District 2; Nancy Geiger, Chair-man, Olis Hudson, Vice Chairman,Dist.rict 3; Evelyn Rodgers,ChaIrman, Alyce Heft, ViceChairman, District 4; LindaJennings, Chairman, JaniceMcMichael, Vice Chairman andincoming Chairman, and MyraSpike, incoming Vice ChairmanDistrict 5. '

Also present were Faye Adam,Vice Chairman, District 6; LouiseWagner, Chairman, and JoanAllison, 'incoming Vice Chairman,District 7; Lillian Wonsey,Chairman, District 8; KayWagner, "Vice Chairman, District9; Goldie Chellis, Chairman,District 10-West; Doris Cordes,Chairman, District lo-East; MillieCorey, Chairman. and MvrtleRasner, incoming Chairman,District ll-West; Faye Gribbell,Julia Kronemeyer, Vice Chair-man, District ll-East.

The district chairmen make upthe State Women's Committee, andthe district vice chairmen make upthe Women's State ProgramPlanning Committee.

The public should be conditionedto accept such efforts for gettingI~bor or they may oppose growers'actions.

contact with service clubs andschools who will pass on the wordthat pickers will be needed, hesaid. Early and constant contactwith the Rural Manpower Service,he thinks, would also be advisable.

Then, there is the Septemberschool vacation idea for thosegrowers who wish to work out ~thecomplications with school officials.,

Most of the migrant laborfamilies with children that are inMichigan now will be gone by thetime apples need to be picked.Growers need to convince the otherworkers without small childrenthat it is going to be worthwhile tobe here for apple harvest.

"Growers should publicize thatthey are going to have a good cropand will need pickers."

But to make up the slack in thela bor supply, Buschlen thinksgrowers will have to tap local laborsources. Local advertising and

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Labor Shortage Seenfor State's Appl(! Crop

Michigan apple growers mayhave to watch their crops rot thisseason if they don't take serioussteps now to get hand labor forapple harvest.

M.J. Buschlen, manager of theMichigan Agricultural ServicesAssociation, said the adequatelabor supply in Michigan may bedeceiving growers into thinkinglabor will be plentiful in the fall.But Buschlen sees a very seriousshortage which warrants seriousaction.

..And I don't think it would be toomuch to ask for schools to declarea two week apple picking vacation.A county in the state of Mainedeclares a two week potato harvesteach year."

"We may have to do some ofthese things or we're going to lose acrop," Buschlen said.

"Workers remember last year'sbad harvest and won't be soanxious to come up this year."

This year the apple crop shouldbe..up from last year to bring itclose to a normal harvest. Thehigher price of gas is causingpeople in the South to hesitate tocome up.

The Hastings FF A Chapter was'recently recognized for its outstandingcontributions to the "Building Our American Communities" project.Elton R. Smith, president Michigan Farm Bureau, congratulates JimFrohlick, while Scott Schantz, Mary Arens, Pam Webb, and the chap-ter's advisor George Hubka, look on. The "Building Our AmericanCflmmunities" project is co-sponsored by the Michigan Association ofFF A, Soil Conservation Society of America, and Michigan Farm

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Many community groups open their meetings with singing and the"Up and Atoms" in Tuscola County are no exception. At a recentmeeting their voices blended with that of the host's fox terrier. Whetherit sang alto or bass was not reported.

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The Stevensville Neighbors, Berrien County, had a chance to "walk inthe steps of Marco Polo" as they viewed slides of a member's recent tripthrough the Mediterranean countries.

The ladies of Greenwoods community group, Menominee County, areproud that five of the fourteen ladies from their county at the Women'sDistrict Meeting were from their group.

approximately six weeks prior todeparture. A free color foldergiving all the details is available bywriting Ken Wiles, ManagerMember Relat ions, MichiganFarm Bureau.

The "hot line" phone number for market informationhas been changed to (517) 485-4411.The service, providedby Michigan Elevator Exchange division of Farm BureauServices, operates 24 hours daily to provide callers withgrain and hog futures prices and any changes in farmers'cash prices.

Farmers outside the Lansing area may find it ad-vantageous to call after 5 p.m. when toll rates for direct-dial calls are lower.


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guards, Buckingham Palace andother attractions in one of Europe'smost important cities.

An afternoon departure isscheduled for WednesdayNovember 6 aboard a TWA 7CYl jet.Arrival in London'is the next daywith transfer to the convenientlylocated Park Plaza Hotel. In theafternoon a guided tour is planned.

November 8-13 optional tours areavailable or travelers can sight-seeon their own. November 14,passengers will return to DetroitMetropolitan Airport.

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""Pia n now to take part inMichigan Farm Bureau's tour tohistoric London. November 6-14,1974.

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reservations early. "HOT LINE"Cost for this tour is $305.4~fromDetroit.

Travelers will be able to seeTrafalgar Square, Westminister C HAN G E DAbbey, Big Ben. changing of the

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Gypsy MothsScientists at Michigan State

University, East Lansing, willtrain domestic dogs to detect gypsymoths under terms of acooperative agreement with theU.S. Department of Agriculture(USDA>'

Three pure-bred male GermanShepherd dogs will be trained todetect, by scent, gypsy moth eggmasses, larvae, pupae and livingfema Ie moths.

Gypsy moths are a serious pestof forests, and it is difficult to findall insects that are on campingequipment being moved from aninfected area to an unfested one."Moth sniffing dogs" could be aninvaluable tool in preventing thespread of the pest.

The scientists, led by Dr.William E. Wallner, an en-tomologist at the university, willevalu.ate the factors affecting howeasily the Shepherds can "sniffout" the insect in each of its lifestages.

After training, the dogs' abilityto detect gypsy moths will be fieldtested.

USDA's Agricultural ResearchService (ARS> will provide $5,000for the one-year study.

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In his statement to the FCC,Lodwick noted that it wasunrealistic to expect that cableservice will be made generallyavailable to rural residents in viewof the high cost of cable in-stalla tion.

"We oppose pay television. Wefavor legislation to divest theFederal Communications Com-mission of any power to authorizesuch a system." Lodwick saidquoting Farm Bureau policy ..

"We urge the Federal Com-munications Commission to adoptregulations governing communityantenna systems to ensure thatsuch systems do not impair freeradio and television broadcastservices to rural areas."

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A recent meeting of the Pioneer Community Group, Huron County,turned out to be quite a celebration. Two wedding anniversaries and abirthday were recognized with appropriate cakes and decorations.

Part of the worth of community groups is to provide members anopportunity to act together on local issues and areas of concern. Thisfact was recently demonstrated by the Whitetails, MontmorencyCounty. They delayed their meeting until members of the groups hadhad an opportunitv to meet with township officers regarding theproposed new fire hall.

# # # #Helping to gather up all the old cars in a worthwhile community

project to which the members of the Manton community group, Wex-ford County, have pledged their time and support.

Senior Farm Bureau, St. Clair County, is enjoying increased at-tendance at meetings. Credit must be given to the pioneer -- but young atheart -- members for their regular attendance. Six couples havecelebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary. The ladies also assist inmaking and selling doughnuts at the 4-H fair each year.

Many groups have had or have planned outdoor activities for thesummer months. One of the most fun sounding ones reported to datewas a two-day outing for the newly formed Green Harvesters of MonroeCounty. Eleven of the fourteen members, plus three guests, set up campat a lake and all enjoyed land and water sports plus, of course, plenty offood.

Many of the nation's 10 millionrural Americans today face theprospect of a "partial eclipse" oftheir TV sets, AFBF sourcesreport.

Pay-cable operators want theFederal Communications Com-mission (FCC) to change its rulesand permit movies and sports nowseen on free-TV to be shifted topay-TV.

"What the pay-cablecasterspropose to do will, if successful,have a dramatic impact on most ofthe nation's 66 million televisionhouseholds -- a nd no group wouldreel it more than the country'sfarm and rural families," testifiedVincent T. Wasilewski, presidentof the National Association ofBroadcasters before the FCC.

Wasilewski said that there aremillions still living in remote areastodav who are bevond the reach ofca bIE;TV service~

The American Farm Bureautestified aga inst pay TV at FCC

Did you ever ha ve the pleasure of listening to yourself? The ClearLake group in Mecosta County did and what a surprise! The hostesstaped their recent meeting, unbeknownst to anyone else, and thenplayed it so a II could "enjoy."

OPPOSES PAYTELEVISION

The Atwood Community Group, Antrim County, report a most in-teresting and informative meeting. A member of the Planning Com-mission spoke to them on the solid waste problem and the erosionproblems of their county.


(Editor's Note: The following article by Mr. Morris J.Markovitz, a commodity research analyst for a New Yorkbased brokerage firm, is printed with permission. Theviews expressed in this article are not expressions ofFarm Bureau policy.>

Someday, you will have to retire. How much money willyou need to support a decent standard of living when thattime comes? $7,000 for a single year? $10,OOO?$25,000?$100,OOO?There is no way to know, because there is no wayto know exactly how much inflation th~re will be. But evenwithout exact figures, we can know that it will take manymore dollars to support oneself in the future if inflationcontinues.

A 35-year-old man now earning $20,000a year may need$200,000a year or more by the time he retires. How can hepossibly save that much? Whatever he does save will becontinually eroded by inflation, with the value of hisdollars being stolen away gradually over the years. Andthe word "stolen" is used here in a very literal sense.

Inflation has a tendency to accelerate -- to get worse andworse, and at an ever-rising rate. During the past year orso, inflation has finally reached proportions significantenough for everyone to notice its effects, though fewunderstaoo its cause.

Inflation usually is "explained" in one of the followingways:

(1) Greedy businessmen, unsatisfied with"reasonable" profits, raise prices to line their ownpockets at the expense of consumers. Then laborers haveto ask for higher pay in order to maintain their standard ofliving. Businessmen, in turn, use this increased labor costas a pretext for raising prices once more, and a viciouscycle ensues that results in spiraling inflation.

(2) Greedy labor unions, unsatisfied with "reasonable"pay scales, raise their demands in order to line their ownpockets at the employer's expense. He then raises prices,passing the expense along to the consumer. The con-sumer, noting that his cost of living is increasing, asks formore of a wage increase. Again, the vicious cycle ensues.

These two explanations are similar from an economicpoint of view, but different from a political point of view."Liberal" politicians tend to use the first explanation,laying the blame conveniently at the door of business,whereas "conservatives," just as conveniently, would laythe blame at the door of labor unions. Both explanationsrely upon the same economic argument, and each is asfalse as the other.

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Monetary ManipulationInflation is caused by neither business nor labor. The

real cause is the government's manipulation of themonetary system. If getting a raise were simply a matterof demanding it and going out on strike, then why doesn'tlabor ask for 1000per cent instead of a mere 10 per cent?And if raising prices were simply a matter of thebusinessman's whim, then why doesn't he raise prices by1000per cent instead of a mere 10 per cent? Obviously,these are extremes. But economic principles apply at theextremes as well as in the middle. It should be obviousthat, in these extreme cases, it is definitely not the threatof government action that prevents the increases. Even ifthe government tried to encourage such huge increases,they still could not be adopted. No one would buy theexorbitantly priced goods, so business would fail. No onewould hire the exorbitantly priced labor, so workerswould be unemployed. Yet, even though this principle ofsupply and demand is obvious in the extreme case, mostpeople tend to lose sight of it when only small amounts areinvolved.

In order not to lose sight of it, let us ask: Why wouldn'tpeople buy goods priced 1000 per cent higher? Whywouldn't businessmen hire labor costing 1000 per centmore? The answer is simply that they can't afford it. Theyha ven't got the money.

Now, let's carry this one step further. The same prin-ciple that applied to the extreme case of 1000 per centabove, also applies to the case of 10 per cent, or even thecase of 1 per cent: Consumers can't pay even 1 per centmore for all their purchases unless they have 1 per centmore money. Businessmen can't pay even 1 per cent more

.wages unless they ha ve 1per cent more money.Where does this money come from? The government

prints it on pieces of green paper, calls it "legal tender,"and hands it out by various means until it graduallypermeates the economy. Thus, it can now be deduced thateven the "ridiculous" 1000per cent increases are not soimpossible after all. If the government were to inject 1000per cent more money into the economy, all prices wouldrise about 1000per cent. Wage earners would be getting$50 per hour, and a loaf of bread would cost $5. The onlything that prevents this is the government's decision not toprint that much money. Instead, the government printsonly 5,8, or 10 per cent more money-each year, so pricesrise only about 5, 8, or 10per cent. (Note, however, that a"mere" 8 per cent annual increase amounts to 'Over 1000per cent in 30 years, when compounded.>

What does all this mean for the "typical" consumer? Ingeneral, it means bad things. Inflation hurts wage earn-ers, those with savings, and those on fixed incomes suchas the elderly and the handicapped. Inflation helps thesophisticated borrowers and the politicians. Inflationliterally takes money out of the pockets of some and puts itinto the pockets of others.

Here's how the whole scheme works: By a roundaboutam complicated procedure, the Federal Reserve Bank isallowed, in essence, to print money which it "lends" to thegovernment at interest. (This, by the way, is where mostof the national debt is owed: to the banks.> This moneyconsists of those green "Federal Reserve Notes" thateveryone carries in his wallet. These pieces of pa per usedto be redeemable in silver. Now, all they are is a"promise" - a promise to pay the bearer one dollar. Not

TUVICone dollar in silver or gold. Just one dollar. And what is"one dollar" today? Why, it's another one of those samepieces of pa per! In other words, the money people carry intheir pockets is really nothing more than a promise to givea promise to give a promise ... without ever reallypromising anything at all.

Legal Tender Laws - A Unique PrivilegeHowever, the government has passed a law which gives

a unique privilege to the Federal Reserve Bank (anominally private bank). The "legal tender" law saysthat this bank's notes must be accepted at face value forthe payment of any debts. Creditors are thus forced bylaw to accept payment in such paper dollars irrespectiveof any loss in value on the market. This is very importantbecause it is the key element that makes inflationprofitable for the banks and the government, at almosteveryone else's expense.

A-large part of the newly printed "legal tender" goes tothe government, which then spends it to buy some of thegoods in the economy, leaving fewer goods for the rest ofus. Since the general public still has essentially the sameamount of money it started with, this money is left tochase fewer goods, the result being higher prices.

It all boils down to the law of supply and demand, whicha pplies to money as well as anything else: if there is moremoney around, its value per unit decreases. Inflation isthis increase in the quantity of money, which"depreciates" the value of each dollar. In this way, in-flation amounts, literally, to the theft of the earned valuesof people who save. It is a disguised tax -- it enables thegovernment to take real goods out of the market ap-parently without anyone having to pay. Everyone doespay, but in the form of higher prices instead of an outrighttax. This is particularly convenient because it enables thegovernment to carry out its policies without being subjectto the scrutiny of the citizens. For example, during theViet Nam war, the government had the Federal Reserveprint huge sums of money to pay for men and material tofight the war. The current inflation owes much to theprinting spree of those years. If, instead, the governmenthad taxed us directly, we would have known then howmuch it was costing us and might have reacted much

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sooner. Financing the way by inflation deprived us of thischoice.

Patterson's SchemeAs a matter of interest, central bank inflation was in-

vented under circumstances of war by William Patterson,a canny Scot who founded the first Bank of England in the1690's. Both the bank and the King benefited. The bankmade fortunes in interest collected on money created outof thin air, by permission of the King. The King wasallowed to continue fighting the war. The war had beenvery popular, but people began to lose their enthusiasm astheir pocketbooks were pinched more and more by taxes.Patterson's scheme allowed reduced taxes, so citizensdidn't realize that their money resources were beingdepleted through inflation instead. The King was relievedof the distasteful prospect of having to terminate the war,Patterson reaped immense profits from his cleverscheme, the public was hoodwinked into paying for thewhole thing both in money and blood, and the institution ofcentral banking was invented that would continue tohoodwink people for hundreds of years.

Inflation has always been a problem for countries whosegovernments were allowed to print money without limit.For various reasons, inflation has a strong tendency toaccelerate unless it is stopped altogether. Unfortunately,the usual remedy offered by governments is price con-trols, which cannot work in theory, have never worked inpractice, and are not working today, because they do notattack the real cause of inflation: the wanton printing ofpaper money. Price controls simply create shortages, asis a ttested to by our current economic problems.

One index some economists use to predict forthcominginflation is the Federal Reserve's holdings of governmentbonds. When these increase, it means that the decisionwas made to print more money to "pay" for them, andthat inflation is on the way. The very government officialswho pffie as "inflation fighters" are in fact the people insociety who are most responsible for the inflation in thefirst place.

The only way to end inflation is to end the unlimitedpower to print paper money. Unless the legal tender lawsare abolished, there is slight prospect of a return to thekind of a hard currency traders would choose as amedium of exchange.


Higher Target Prices No Answer, Kuhfuss Says

TOPIC: INFLATION

Discussion Topic Report Sheet

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COMMUNITY FARM BUREAUDiscussion Exercise & Report Sheet

August, 1974

product that make up 60 percent ofthe food dollar so consumers havenot shared to the full extent of thedrop in livestock prices. Retailerscannot do much about the cost offuel. utilities, labor, taxes, ad-vertising and building expenses.Ways must be found to reducemarketing ca:;ts. but this is dif-ficult because labor-managementcontracts discourage innovationsthat could cut labor Caits.

"The fact is that we have a glutof mea t on the market and mustfind ways to move it. Importrestrictions by Japan and Canadaha ve worsened the situation.

"We in Farm Bureau havelaunched a campaign seeking thecooperation of the retail industry tolet consumers know that meatpriceS are down and that now is agood time to buy.

"Unless the livestock market.improves. it will discourageproduction and consumers arelikely to find smaller supplies andhigher prices in the fourth quarterof the year. "

Yes: 53% No: 29% Undecided: 18%

2. In your opinion, are farmers, as a rule, presently attempting tominimize water pollution?

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4. Conclusions: Farmers are becoming very aware of these regulationsand most of them are either complying or making plans to eliminatehazards; formulations of such plans should be done by farmers; mostguidelines have some real hangups; costly regulations will makeproduction most costly; the goals are idealistic-not realistic; animalwaste is clean compared towhat is deposited by some people.


Topic SummaryThe June Discussion Topic on the "Environmental Protection

Agency" caused many to pause and consider briefly the effectsprotecting the environment may have on the entire agricultural in-dustry. Tabulation of the comments submitted by community groupsfollows. Space allows for use of only a few of the conclusions reached.

1. Do you think the target date of 1985 to eliminate the discharge ofpollutants into navigable water is realistic?

trade balance for the first timesince 1970.

"In order to maintain a strongpa:;ition in world markets we needto convince other cOuntries that weare a reliable source of supply.This can't be done if we turn theflow of exports off and on whendomestic prices go abovepolitically-determined levels."

Kuhfuss said farmers andranchers are naturally concernedover the declines in farm pricesover the past four months.

"One of the factors in livestockprice declines," Kuhfuss said,"can be traced back to theretention of wholesale and retailprice ceilings on beef after thecontrols were removed from otherfoods. The disruption of marketwas and is extremely costly toproducers and consumers paidhigher prices."

"Consumers have been requiredto pay added ca:;ts for food becauseof the steady increases in the costsother than the Cait of the farm

3. If effluent guidelines for smaller feedlots should be adopted do you-think it would have adverse effects on the livestock industry in thisstate?

should have taught the governmentinterventionists a lesson Un-fortunately many of those imbuedwith the phila:;ophy of governmentmanagement of the economybelieve price controls would ha veworked if they had been tighter.

"Now we find government in-tervention in agriculture beingadvocated in the form of propa:;alsfor higher target prices, exportcontrols and government-heldcommodity reserves," Kuhfusssaid.

The Federation president saidthat higher target prices would bea step backward toward agovernment-managed agricultureunder which the responsibility fordetermining what is to be producedwould rest with the U.S. Depart-

"ment of Agriculture rather thanthe independent responses of in-dividual farmers to the market.

Under the target price concept ofthe 1973 farm act, the federalgovernment is required to make upthe difference between averagemarket prices and politically-determined target prices. At thepresent time, target prices are

.relatively unimportant becausemarket prices are well above thetarget levels.

"A target price payment on anexport crop," Kuhfuss explained,"among other things is an indirectsubsidy. and strains our traderelations with customer countries.If American agriculture is tomaintain and expand its exportmarket we need to steer clear ofsubsidized exports in order topersuade our trading neighbors toreduce their barriers."

Kuhfuss stressed the need forexport markets as essential to aprosperous agriculture as ourproductive capacity -far exceedsdomestic requirements.

"The need to maintain a highlevel of agriculture exports is evengrea ter now due to the increasedprice of foreign oil. These exportshave been a major factor in im-proving our balance of trade. In1973an agricultural trade surplusof $9.3 billion wiped out a deficit of$7.6billion in nonagricultural tradeand gave this country an overall

"Political determination of priceis no substitute for the marketsystem." Kuhfuss said. "Thedisastrous experience of govern-ment price controls which createdchoas in the livestock market andresulted in higher consumer prices

The Discussion Topic and Report Sheet for the discussion topic onthe oppa:;ite page is furnished for use of community group memberswho may wish to review it prior to their group meetings. If used by aCommunity Group, in lieu of report sheet furnished the DiscussionLeader, please forward answers with minutes to Information &Public Relations Division, Michigan Farm Bureau, P.O. ~ox 960,Lansing, Michigan 48904on or before September 1, 1974.

Mem,bers Entitledto Free Ad

1. Many economists advocate that to bring inflation under control itis necessary to hold down the demand for goods and services and,at the same time, take steps to increase supplies. Do you agreewith this concept? Yes__ No__ Undecided

2. Congress is .under considerable pressure to boost business taxesand cut those of individuals. Do you think a tax cut would add tothe inflation? Yes__ No__ Undecided

3. Do you believe that anyone political party is entirely responsiblefor the inflationary trend since World War II?Yes No Undecided

4. Some economists believe that the expectation that prices may gostill higher are causing consumers, .as well as businessmen, tobelieve it is better to borrow and buy than to save and wait. Do youagree with this theory? Y~ __ No__ Undecided

5. Conclusions:

William J. Kuhfuss, president ofthe American Farm BureauFederation said it would be amistake to seek higher governmentloan rates and target prices as asolution to farm and foodproblems.

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REGISTERED POLLED HEREFORD. BULLS. Excellent yw,. herd bull prospects.

from dams wei&hi~ up to 1500 Ibs. CallBellvoix Ranch. Danel Berg. 616-547-3126.Charlevoix. Mich. (3-tf.~)

MILKI:o-iG SIlORTHOR:o-iS: Young Bu1\s.yearlinas and calves for sale. Write fortabulated pedigrees or better yet. pay us avisit. Starjey M. Powell and Family. InglesideFarm. Route No.2. Box 231. Ionia. Michigan48846. (7-tf-25p-Sb)

FOR SALE - Registered Angus Bulls. (I and 2yrs.) Turk's Ranch. 11447 Wilkinson :Rd ..LennOl. Mich. 48449. (8-It-l7p)

LIVESTOCK

REGISTERED n:RSEY CO\\'. 5 yrs. old.Good producer - family cow. $350 or best offer.Mike Hunter. Phooe (517) 224-2245. (8-lt-19pl

fORRIEDAU: SHEEP - Purebred. Breedingstock f<.. sale. Papers optional. also Suffock -Purebred. Waldo E. Dieterle. 728S T~xtile Rd .• 'Saline. Mich. 48176. PhOle (313) 429-7874.

(8-tf-22p )

FEEDER S.\I.ES at Stockyards. Lincoln.:\lich. 2 p.m. August 15. Sept. 5. Sept. 19. andOct. 3. Calf Sale - for calves only . Oct. 12.Phooe Guy Jo>lin. Residence: (5m 736-8526.Stockyards 151i) 736-8312. (8-2t.25pl

:\lILKI~(; SIIORnIOR~S - Young Bulls.~earlings and calves for sale. Write or visitStanley M PoweU and Family. InglesideFarm. RR2. Box 238. Ionia. Mich. 48846.

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WANTED

WANTt-:D - Old automobiles. liaht trucks.motorcycles. any make or condition.Preferably previous to 1930. Harry Farris. 5563Michael. Bay City. Mich. 481'06 Phone: (5171614-4904. (4-tf.22p )

REGISTERED ARABIA:'\S - Raferro.P\lrebred gelding. Sire: Rafajr. Dam: Be lri no.Beautiful 5 yr. old w-ey. white markings.Professionally trained for competitioo. showand pleasure. Appraised at $2.000. Sacrifice$1250. Also. GaYlllree. half-Arab filly. Sire:Gay Elect. Liver chestnut. white markings.halter trained. ~irited but gentle. Appraised$750. First $475. PhOle (517) 681-3036. GeneGilbert. 9396 Riverside Dr .. St. Louis. Mich.48880. (8-It-SSp)

UOWEl.L Electric Farm Line Motor. 11'2 HP.single phase. 1725 RPM. 14 ft. 4" grain augerwith I~ HP Fairbanks Morse motor. flex spootand hopper. Harold Holz. 4000 E. Cohoctah.Linden Mich. 48451; (517) 546-1338. (8-lt-25p)

FOR SALE - New Rustler Horse trailers andstock trailers in stock at all times. We serviceand install hitches and wire all brands. Phone:Home: 313-437-2437 Bus.: 313-43i-l177. J.W.Bakhaus. South Lym. Michigan. (8-lt-33p)

FOR S,\LE - Two Surge milk buckets and tubto wash buckets in. Lorenzo Mann. 7553 RivesJunctim Road. Jackson. Mich. 493>1. Phone(517) 569-2264. (8-It-23p)

FOR SALE - Combine reel. regular 6 bat. 13'Internatimal - like new - special ends. toq.Plow mulcher. :I~ horse - we11pump - RPM 3450.Model MSCS - Hydro-Lux. Neil Southworth.Mulliken. Mich. 48861 (517) 649-8901. (8-It-25p)

FOR SALE - 1960 Chevy stake truck. 11'2 ton.Grain box - $995. Runs good. Lawrence Pixley.Palmyra. Mich. 49268. Phone (313) 486-3235.

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Used Barn Fans. automatic pwltry feedersand poultry equipment for sale. RobertMortm. 7900 E. Michigan Ave .• Saline.Michigan. Phone 313-429-9747. (8-2t-21p)

FOR SALE - 30 KW ON AN generator. 6cylinder Ford industrial engine. single or threephase. 120 or 240 volts. Presently used ashospital st,and-by power. purchased new in1966. May be seen at Deckervi1le CommunityHo>pital. 3559 Pine St.. Deckerville. Michigan.48427. Tel. 313-376-2835. (8-3H4b)

FOR S.\U: - ~ sets dwble work harness.Halph Belford. 16Ti W German Rd .. R2. BayCity 48706. PhOle (517) 894-4.269. (8-lt-I9p1

FOR S.\LE - John Deere 420 . Crawler with \\.\~TED - Baling Wire for J.D 114 Baler -blade. H~drauhc ('yl & Power take-oCf shaft. am' amount Tom NItzsche. 2088 W Stoll Rd .used less than 000 hrs $3.000. Call (517) 585. Df>Wilt. Mlch 48820. PhOle '517) 485-6645.2251. Brant.411614 (8-lt.25p) (8-lt.~1

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J6uandJ6urSnowmobile... one of the reasons we're in business. That's why Farm Bureau InsuranceGroup Farmowners, Homeowners or Mobile Homeowners policies each provideautomatic liability coverage for your snowmobile at no extra cost ... on or offyour property. Many companies charge up to $34 for liability protection oneach machine. Check the facts now, before you buy a new snowmobile or beforeyou dust off your present machine. And we'll take care of damage to your snow-mobile ... with an Inland Marine policy. Call your local Farm Bureau Insuranceagent. He knows about you and your snowmobile. He probably has one of his own.

AlmUST 1" 1974

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