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Vol. XVIII, No. 12 SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7,1940

PresidentBehindtheWheelWith J. P. Yaeger,Director of MembershipRelations

NEBRASKAI attended the annual meeting of

the Nebraska Farm Bureau Federa-tion recently and found the statesomewhat cooler than last summerwhen we attended the annual Mid-west Training School there with thethermometer hovering around the 110degree mark. The hearts of the FarmBureau folks were just as warm thiswinter as they were last summer,however, and although I could staybut one -day, I enjoyed the trip verymuch.

Farmers there have their problems,too. The Farm Bureau leaders tell

me that althoughthe farmers makeup 42% of the pop-ulation of the stateand they receivebut 25'% of the in-come. They pay70 per cent of thetaxes. This coupledwith seven years ofdrough t and cropfailure, has causednearly a half mil-lion farm folks to

leave the state in the past 10 years.The Farm Bureau is starting a fightto get taxes levied more equitably andwanted to know about the spread ofthe Michigan tax base. That was myexcuse for being there.

. VIEW POINTOn the way west, the train was

crowded I sat with 11 years old JackConners of Chicago. He was return-ing home after visiting his nt anduncle, Mr. and Mrs. Ella Miles, nearClio. I asked Jack how he liked thefarm in comparison with Chicago, andhe surprised me by saying that hepreferred the farm very much. Mostyoungsters like the city best butJack expects to be a farmer some day. _ . that is if he doesn't get side-tracked before that and becomes anaviation expert. It's one or the othersaid Jack with farming preferred.

Jack was accompanied by his motherand gJ niffather. Th 1nter had seena calf born on the farm and admittedthat that was a new- experience forhim even though he had lived many along year. You don't see calves bornin the city.

DIVERSI FI EDAlthough I have always thought of

Nebraska as a farming state of cornand wheat, less than half of the 'folksthere live on a farm, I was told. Andit isn't just corn and wheat. Cattlegrazing, is as important a feature aseither crop and in certain areas ofthe state sugar beets, potatoes, beansand even fruit is the main crop.

One thing the folks out there missafter being in Michigan, I was toldby some who had visited our ownstate.vara the trees. The several yearsof drought has killed most of the fewtrees that Nebraska did have, andthey never were Many. Today onecan drive for miles and miles in somesections and never see a tree. Makesthings look kind of bald.

SPEEDComing back, I took the Burlington

Zephyr, that fast, silver train thattravels between Chicago and Denverand averages 70 to 75 miles an hour.I watched the telephone posts snapby l1ke a picket fence and wonderedwhat would happen i we hit anythinggoing at what must have been 100miles an hour on long, straightstretches of track. That train cutsfour hours off the run from Lincoln toChicago and is called' the . SilverStreak by some.

The Diesel motored, oil burning lo-comotive looks quite different fromthe old type of team engine. In frontis the glassed-in compartment wherethe engineer sits. In a crash he'dnever have a chance. It must take alot of confidence in one's fellow work-men to drive 14 cars of people throughthe night at such tremendous spe dsand not falter. And one can't falterif the train is to arrive at Chicago on'time.

I wanted to get back to Michigan tokeep a meeting date and had plannedto take the plane out of Chicago butcouldn't make connections. Thatforced me to stay in Lincoln only oneday in fact I got off the train at 11a. m. and at 11 p. m. was back on theZephyr headed back home. At Chica-go we struck the storm. W-ith planesgrounded, I came the balance of theway on the Grand Trunk. I had start-ed at 4 p. m. on Sunday and was backin Lansing at • p. m. on Tuesdayhaving been on the tratn all that timeexcept for the 12 ho rs at Lincoln.

HONOREDMichigan Farm Bureau leaders are

stepping into the national Farm Bu-reau limelight. Director Coffman ofColdwater is a member of the nationalaairy committee. Andrew Lohman ofHamilton is a member of the nationalpoultry and egg committee; Carl Bus-kirk, newly elected director of theMichigan Farm Bureau, is a memberof the national fruits and vegetablescommittee, and Executive SecretaryC. L. Brody i secretary of the Mid-west AssociaUon of Farm BureauPreRidents and Secretaries.

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They JoinedFann Bureauin Novernbez y

One hundred and ninety-seven fam-ilies joined the Michigan State FarmBureau during November, making atotal of 2,080 families who have beenwelcomed to membership since Janu-ary 1, 1940.

One hundred forty-three of the newmembers live in Allegan county andare members of the Hamilton FarmBureau, which numbers 538 of itsstockholders as members of the FarmBureau. Genesee County Farm Bu-reau enrolled 24 members during No-vember. We list the new membersand their home address:

ALLEGAN COUNTY

ALLEGANL. C. Maentz Raymond RudlenFred Mason Julius SiotmanEd Clark Mrs. R. AlschnerE. A. Davis Oscar AndersonRonald Knoblock Howard GodfreyLeonard Swanty Vern KeelJames Wheatley Gus PersonElmer Larson H. A. SageMrs. Anna Nyhuis Henry Tue ink

EAST SAUGATUCKStephen Bekken Henry Kool

FENNVILLEJames L. Barron C. H. DenglerWinifred Welsh Roy W. KnowlesHarry Gregory Fred MartinP. W. Hogancamp C. B. HoltonH. A. Hutchins

HAMILTONArent! Compagner John RigterinkAnthony Elenbaas George SaleMelvin Lugten Joe Scharf, Sr.-Henry Sal Wm. ScholtenJames Sal Ben SchrotenboerDick Snyder Albert StankeyHenry VanDenBerg H. D. StrabbingDonald VanDoornik Wm. VanderPloegJames Ackerman Alva AshEldon Arndt· George E. BakerJohn Bennink Henry BecksvoortGeorge Brower Justin BultmanJohn DeYoung Wm. DeZwaanGeorge Ende Sarah DykmanLamberg Graveling Agle GlassJohn Haakma "P. L. GriffinJohn Heck Nels O. HansonEarl Hoeve Corney KampkerJoe Jipping Stanley KleinHarvey Johnson Henry KlumperH. R. Johnson Harm Kotman, Jr.Steve Kalmink George LentersErnest Klein Louis LohmanJohn Klein J. Kenneth MartinG. J. Klingenberg Steve MepplinkWm. T. K-rueger Joseph OverbeekHenry A. Lampen Andrew RienstraJames Lampen Henry RoelofsLaVerne Lampen H. M. SiotmanGeo. H. Rigterink George TimmermanGlen Rigterink Herman VolkusHarry Rigterink Henry WassinkMrs. Hattie VanDerPoppenMrs. John VanHeulen

HOLLANDJohn Hirtzer William NyhofHenry Knoll John PoppenJacob DeVries Mrs. Etta SchuitemaGeo. H. Thomas Ben]. TimmermanWilliam Bowerman Henry TopRalph Hoving W. J. VanDerBeltJohn E. Kool Gillis VanDerKampJohn 'A. Broekhuis Ed VanDerKolkAugustine DeWitt- Herbert VeldhuisDorman DeWitt Mrs. G. WoltersJulius Folkert John G. WoltersHarold Haverdink· Tony WoudevykMrs. G. Klienheksel Herman ZoerhoffWillis Kleinheksel Bert BrinkWm. Kleinheksel Albert W. EvansJames Kleis John FairbanksJohn G. Kortering John JacobsGerrit Lenters George PieperHenry G. Lubbers Ben J. SternbergJohn H. Nyhof Henry SternbergWilbert VanAppledornCornelius VanLeeuwen

NEW RICHMONDGeorge Lamoreaux

PLAINWELLE. H. Church

ZEELAND'Laurence Lahuls Lester J. TimmerJohn G. Timmer

MARTINThos. M. Kelsey

I!)ORRJames J. Boseh

SOUTH HAVENDale Mortorff Emery BodfishGuy Lyman Richard BardenR. N. Holman Elmer CarterWm. M. Overhiser

BARRY COU NTYDELTON

Walter Hobbs &. wife

BERRIEN COUNTYSTEVENSVILLE

Otto HogeWATERVLIET

Robert H. Krieger Walter Warako

CASS COUNTYCASSOPOLIS

John C. Kenny Zeata RobertsHoward Powell

GENESEE COUNTYDAVISON

Maurice C. Guile Herbert WigginsFENTON

Sterling TorreyFLINT

George L. Curtis Dave HewittDave Hewitt Raymond L. Muchler

FLUSHINGArthur J. Bailey Herman O. Luce

GAINESJohn Harding Robert C. Pierce

GRANO BLANCLee N. Griggs C. H. ReeceEdgar McNew Wm. H. Schumacher

MONTROSEWm. Godsave

OTISVILLEIra Dickinson

SWARTZ CREEKDell Herman H. A. Alexander'Archie Childs Walter R. BoiatLizzie Carpenter Crapo FarmRoy Sharp

GRATIOT COUNTYWHEELER

Clare Snyder

Annual Meeting Expr seResolutions of Policy;

President Clarenc

The Michigan State Farm Bureau laid ou om rfor 1941 for its officers, directors, employ and m mb rsliiat the 21st annual meeting held at Michig t t olleNovember 14 and 15.

The Farm Bureau re-elected President Clarence J. id.Vice-President Paul Begick, six teran director ndtwo new directors. It re-engaged Clark L. Brody s e cutisecretary and treasurer for his 21st year in that post.Farm }Jureau's board of delegates then laid out cou 0

work for 1941 as set forth in 65 resolutions. M ny of themdirect the organization to continue with projects of month oryears standing. Others represent the st nd of 0 g niz dfarmers on problems of the hour.

Prominent among the statements of policy mFarm Bureau annual meeting were these:

National Defense-This nation should follow polici sthat will keep us out of all foreign wars. The F rm Bureaupledges full support to the defense program, asks th t profi-teering be prevented, and that taxes for defense penditurebe allocated on the basis of ability to p y.

Farm Program-The Michigan Farm Bureau will standby the federal farm program as a means to improve farmprices and income to enable farmers to deal with other groupson a basis of equality. There should be more of farmercontrol and policy making, and farmers should put mo eand more emphasis on their own co-operative program ndlean less on the government.

Co-operative Law-The Farm Bureau, Grange and oth r,co-operatives and the State College were asked to submit tothe 1941 legislature an up to date se of corporation lawsfor co...operatives in Michigan.

Mil,k Marketing Act-The Farm Bureau a ked the 1941legislature to re-enact the milk marketing board law with thesame principles and procedures, but to reduce considerablythe license fees for dealers.

State Aid for Schools-Farm groups and others inter-ested in rural schools should ask legislation requiring theState to pay high school tuition in full up to $90 per pupil.For greater equity and equality of educational opportunity, alarger proportion of State-aid funds should be devoted toequalization and less distributed solely on the basis of schoolcensus.

State Dep't of Agriculture-- The Farm Bureau for thefirst time advocated the principle of a non-partisan state de...partment of agriculture on the ground that the selection ofinspectors and employes on the basis of merit houl produceresults more satisfactory to agriculture than their selectionthrough political patronage.

Rural Telephones-Twenty per cent of farmer havetelephones. The Farm Bureau was instructed to continueits currently successful efforts to make telephone serviceavailable to more farmers at lower initial co t8 nd upoconvenient terms.

Sugar Beets-It was declared that any go ernm pro-gram to influence the price of sugar should see that the pricefor sugar is maintained in a normal balance with prices for allother foods.

l..iquor-uThe use of alcoholic beverages among youthgives us great concern. It is no longer a moral issue. Wurge that our schools take more responsibility in educatingas to its serious effect upon the human body and its dang r tothe safety of the public."

. JACKSON COUNTYJACKSON

Jackson Co. Jr. F. B.

MUSKEGON COUNTYMUSKEGON

Otto Eckerman

MASON COUNTYBRANCH

Joe CossetteFREESOIL

Martin Nelson &. SonLUDINGTON

Einar ChristoffersenJames Anderson &. Son'

SCOTTVILLEEdwin Mohler

NORTHWEST MICHIGAN(Benzie, Leelanau &. Gd. Traverse CO'a.)

WILLIAMSBURGEllendale Farm

OTTAWA COUNTYHOLLAND

G. SchakelaarZEELAND

John WiersmaHUDSONVILLE

Cornie Baareman

OCEANA COUNTYTurn to page two

FARMERSFARM P IeSTEPPED UP

Alfred George

Am. Farm Bureau PresidentSays Farm Program

Needs Revision

Organized farmer want more fortheir products . . • and they wantit now.

So said Edward 0' eal, president ofthe American Far~ Bureau at Chica-go before leaving for the AmericanFarm Bureau couven ion at Baltimore.He was summing up farm sentimentin advance on the onvening of the77th Congress in J uary.

Farmers feel, Mr. O'Neal declared,that the governm t farm program(AAA) "has failed 0 give them fulleconomic parity w'th other groupsand that something should be doneabout it, especially in :view of the factthat a vast majority of farmers havefulfilled their obligations under AAArequirements."

Many farmers realize, he said, "thatit would be extremely difficult, if notimpossible, to prev Il upon congressin 1941 to make another large ap-propriation for cash payments tofarmers, such as ha e been made thelast three years, 212,000,000 in 1938and in 1940 and $2 5,000,000 in 1939,because of the tram ndous appropria-tions that will hav to be made fornational defense."

There appears to be increasingsentiment across the country, Presi-dent 0' eal said, f I' revision of thepresent farm program so as to giveproducers of basic crops higher pricesunder the so-called parity-loan plan.

OLARE OE J. REIDOne good term deserves another

said the board of directors 01' theMichigan State Farm Bureau as theyre-elected Pre Ident Reid for the yearending ov. 14, 1941. ::\11'. Reid turn-ed in an excellent job as pre idingofficer of the 1940 annual meeting.Iul and effective presentation.

"These dark days of war are alsogreat days of opportunity," said Pres-ident Reid in his president's addressto the convention. He said that hebelieves a new era in civilization isbeing born. "The big question beforethe world is what kind of a day willtomorrow be? 'Vill it be a day ofpeace and truth? Will it be a day otequality for agriculture? Will it bea day of economic and social justicefor all? Will it be a day of the Gold-en Rule?"

"If the American people will co-op-erate and stand fast by the demo-cratic principles on which this na-tion was founded, our doctrines ofdemocracy and Christianity will pre-vail an..,dgrow stronger, long after thenames of Hitler, Mussoltui, Francoand Stalin have become legend."

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Mr. George, president of the FarmBureau Services, Inc., since Augustof 1936, died at his home at Buchanan,Sunday, December 2, after a suddenillness. Alfred was at Lansing Fridayand Saturday of that week on FarmBureau Services business and to as-sist in arranging for the annual meet-ing 011 the 19th. The funeral was atBuchanan December 4. Burial was atCassopolis. Officers, directors andmembers of many of Michigan's farmco-operatives attended the services.Mr. George is survived by Mrs. George,one daughter, Miss Margaret Ann, andhis son, Leland.

Alfred George had a leading part inthe development of farmers' co-opera-tlve business for nearly 20 years. Forsome time he was manager of the Cen-tral Farmers Ass'n at Cassopolis. Be-ginning in 1927, he was employed forseveral years by Farm Bureau Serv-ices as traveling salesman in south-western Michigan. In the early '30'she went to Buchanan as manager ofthe co-operative there. He re-organ-ized it as the Buchanan Co-ops, Inc.,and became general manager forBuchanan, Three Oaks Co-ops, Inc.,and Central Farmers Ass'n. Duringthese years he was elected directorand in 1936 as president of the FarmBureau Services.

Mr. H. H. Sapdford, manager of the'Battle Creek Farm Bureau and vice-president of the Services, has succeed-ed Mr. George as president for theterm now ending with the annualmeeting December 19.

Debate Liquor LicensesThe foregoing resolution was adopt-

ed unannnously. T e was much de-bate upon another resolution torecommend that no liquor license begranted to establishments located out-side of incorporated cities and villages.The thing was argued on many pointsof issue, but the final conclusion wasthat it couldn't be settled there andit was tabled.

Overtures from Union LaborThe convention had two friendly

telegrams of greeting from organizedlabor groups with headquarters in De-troit. The delegates were good listen-ers. They took the suggestions forco-operation under advisement, but letit go at that for the present. However,it is not unlikely that the Farm Bu-reau and organized labor will becomebetter acquainted as a result of theovertures.

August Scholle, president of theMichigan State Industrial Union(CIO), eatd in his message to theFarm Bureau at Its annual dinner:

"You can always rely on the un-qualified upport of the member ofthe C. I. O. to assist you in enactmentof any legislation which will be ofbenefit to the farmers of Michigan."

Darrell D. Smith of Detroit, directorof Labor's Non-Partisan Leagu , t le-graphed the convention at its finalsession:

"Organized labor applauds the 8U -cess of farmers in organizing lormutual benefit through economic co-operation. Our organization tendthe principle or co-oper~t1on of indu •trial workers into th legislative anpolitlcal field independent of polttl~lparties.

"It is our hope hat xIssocial problems 111providfor eventual co-operatlon in thibetween t 0 great pillars of socfarmers and labor."

BASS ISOF MICHIGELEVATOR XCH.Lawrence Osme Retires After

Twenty Years ofService Farrn Bureau

Appointment of e.n H. Bass as10ffers Prizemanager of the J higa.n ElevatorExchan~, eff~tlft December 1st, For Song1940, and the acceptance of the res-ignation of Lawrence Osmer as eo. Last summer the board of direct-manager, w~ announced Dee. 4, by 01'8,of the Michigan State Farm Bur-Milt J. Burkholder, president of the eau authorteed a contest to provideBoard of Directors of the Michigan a song to~ the Michigan Farm Bur-Elevator Exchange. Mr. iBurkholder eau and associated organizations.said: The award for an accept ble lpoetll

"Mr. Osmer during the past 20 was to be $35; for an acceptableyears of service has built the Mich- music setting $35. One person couldIgan Elevator Exchange from a small - win both. A number of entrie werestruggl1nc co-operative to one of the received, but in the judgment of thelargest co-operative handlers of grain Farm Bureau they were not accept-and beans in the United Sta.tes, and able. So the contest ha been re-the largest handlers of grain and opened for a period ending Marchbeans in Michigan. 31, 1941.

"Probably no other large grain The words of the song may dealand bean oompany in the United with the beauty: of rural Ilchigan,States is in better position than the the desirability of farm life, etc., butMich1gtan Elevator Exchange Ito these points must be associated withmake this change without Interrupt- the Farm Bureau. The organizationlug their service to their patrons and wants a song that is inspiring andcustomers. Mr. Bass, the new man- has dignity. Competent judg s wUlagel', Stanley Wellman, the grain judge the entries. one will be as-buyer, Major C. S. Benton traffic soclated with the Farm Bureau. De-manager and assistant bean buyer, cision ot the judges is final.Ed Randall COlIl'P tr oller, and Ward The Farm Bureau re erves theKing, manager or the Port Huron right to reject any or all material.Terminal bean processing plant, the Entries should be mailed to thelargest and most modern plAnt of its Music Contest, Michigan State Farmkind in the United States, all with 'Bureau, 221 o. Cedar street., Lan-over 16 years experience with the sing, leh.Michigan Elevator E change. assureour ab1lliy to maintain our high Xm8S Gift '.cle8sestandard of service.

"Our only regret is the loss of theservices of Mr. Osmer, after 20 yearsof hard, efficient, satisfactory ser-vice to the Michigan Elevator Ex-change".

In a lette.r to stockholders of the

I.e Exchange, Mr. Osmer said:oma ounty Farm "My twenty years are completedBureau Annual Meeting and in stepping aside I want to sin-

About 150 attended' the annual cerely 'thank you all for the splendidbusiness and good-will since 1921.meeting and dinner of the Ionia. "My associates a.t Lans1ng and

County Farm Bureau at the Baptist Port ,Huron deserve your full C(H)P-church, Ionia, the evening of Oct. eratlon and I bespeak for them a con.30_ Jack Yaeger spoke. A splendid tinuatlon of your busineas. We haveprogram of entertainment was lPre- had many problems to solve thesesen ted by Farm Bureau members.Seven director were elected: Mark twenty years together and in leavingWestbrook, Stanley Powell, Harold as friends Messrs. Bass, Benton,Curtis, Howard Hile, James Spencer, Wellman, King, Randall and the oth-Lyle Demorest, and Elmond Strong: ers, I want to pay my respects to

The board elected: Mark West- .their integrity and fairness.brook, president, Howard Hile, vice- "The $800 in cash you handed mepresident; Charles Matison, secretary; twenty years ago as working capitalStanley Powell, treasurer. Howard has turned over one hundred andHile w named membership direct- fifty million times.

My sincere respects to the Direct-ors of this Exchange and my bestwishes and good luck to you all."

Prest ent Burkholder announced.that Mr. A. B. Love, marketing spec-ialist at State College, has been loan-ed to the Exchange for six monthsto assist with meetings and otherpublic relations matters tor the nextsix months.

SERVICES ANNUALMEmNG DEC. 19Will be Held at College this

Year in the MusicAuditorium

The annual meeting of Farm BureauServices, Inc., stockholders will beheld at the Music Auditorium at Mich-igan State College, Thursday, Decem-ber 19, starting at 10 a. m. PresidentH. H.Sanf'Ord, Executive SecretaryClark L. Brody and Boyd Rainey wallreport the year's operations. Direc-tors will be elected and considerationgiven to the Services program for1941. John Hannah, secretary of theMichigan State College, has been in-vited to address the afternoon ses-sion.

The Services stockholders includeithe Michigan State Farm Bureau mem-bership and 138 farmers elevators,creameries, merchandise ass'ns, andCounty Farm Bureaus. The Servicesdoes a business of nearly $3,000,000 ayear with Farm Bureau members andpatrons of- stockholder co-operatives.

Officers and directors of stock-holder ass'ns are invited to attend themeeting together with their manager.The business program will be of in-terest to all of them. Th'e group willhave luncheon together at the CollegeUnion at noon.

Farm Bureau Fruit Products Com-pany at 221 orth Cedar Street hasprepared an attractive ChirJlstmasGift Package in Christmas wrap-pings which it will send to any ad-dress in Michigan for $1.25 transpor-tation charges prepaid. Outside thestate at $1.50 prepaid. The contentsof the box as illustrated above areproducts from the Farm Bureau can-ning plants: o. 2 cans of GreatLakes Apple Juice, MontmorencyCherries, Whole Spiced Pears, Flav-orful Blackberries, Glass of Rasp-berry Preserves, and a can of BayCo-op Canneries Tiny Rosebud Beets.Orders and remittance shoal tentto the Farm Bureau Fruit ProductsCompaniY as soon as lPQsslbl Fir&torder was for 45 boxes to a Lansingfirm.

A number 'Of the resolutions adopt-ed by the Farm Bureau at the annualmeeting are commented upon in thisedition of the ews. For those whowould like a complete copy of theresolutions as adopted, we have them.Write Membership Relations De 't.•Michigan State Farm 'Bureau, 221

o. Cedar St., Lansing.

Throughout the world there are788,000 miles of railroad, of whichthirty per cent is in the United States.

Total production of Michigan ironmines from 1848 to 1940 is equival-ent in tonnage to the material ex-cavated when the Panama canal wasbIng dug.

For every pound of fuel used infreight service, the railroads in thefirst eight months of 1940, hauled 8.9tons of freight and equipment onemile,

Iehigan is one of the nation"s~reat agricultural and induHria,l rgiOD8.

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Vol. XVllI SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7,1940 No. 12

eorgAlfred George, President of the Earm Bureau

Services, Inc., was associated with the Farm Bureau formore than 13 years. He acquired responsibilities thatmade the work a major interest in his life. He diedDecember 2 at the age of 48.

We shall miss Mr. George and so will a great manyothers, We liked him for himself, for his ability, andfor his friendly interest im other people. His was anactive interest. He liked young people and expressedit by being helpful to them. He was ambitious forfarmers to succeed, so he worked hard at his communityjob as general manager of the Buchanan Co-ops, nc.,the Three Oaks Co-ops, Inc., and the Central FarmersAss t n at Cassopolis. He thought farmers and their co-operatives could improve on their retail credit relations,so he developed at Buchanan a farmer owned creditunion that handles $100,000 of loans annually to facili ..tate the financing of farm supplies. He was interestedin the success of the Farm Bureau and the Farm BureauServices, Inc. He worked at it and in the course of timewas elected to be a director of the Services. Later hebecame vice-president. He was elected president in 1936.Alfred George liked his fellow man. He liked to workwith him and for him for improvement.

Pro ram a d Farm Co-operativesFarmers have some thinking to do about the future

of the federal farm program and about their co-opera-tives.

In the first place, Governor Townsend of Indiana,and R. W. Blackburn, secretary of the American FarmBureau, told the Michigan State Farm Bureau at itsannual meeting in November that the time is comingwhen the farm program will have to be placed on a self-financing basis if it is to be permanent. That calls fora processing tax or some form of an internal tariff.

Soil conservation and other farm program paymentsare payments from the federal treasury.

In the second place, we must realize that there issome danger that in the course of time a governmentmanaged farm program and its benefit payments mightgradually or even swiftly replace popular farm interestin farmer owned co-operatives.

On this point, Clark L. Brody, executive secretaryof the Michigan State Farm Bureau, had this to say Inhis report to the annual meeting:

"The influence of our federally directed programon the thinking and attitudes of the human beings receiv ..ing their benefits may be of more vital concern to thefarmer and his family in the long run than the currentmaterial advantages. In other words, let us pay moreattention to what direct government aid may do to usa well as to what it may do for us.

"Let us by more and more emphasis on our ownco-operative programs avoid the danger of becoming so'accustomed to leaning on the government that we losethe r of helping ourselves.

., 11 of the organized influence and power thefarmer possesses in the Farm Bureau has been the resultof a low arduous development over the past fifth of ac ntury. It varies directly with the degree to which eachindividual member is imbued with the spirit of ourccomplishments. That is the price that has always had

to be paid for genuine human progress."The preservation and development of the virility

and initi ti e of farmer owned and contro led local,tate, regional and national farm organizations, and the

fe ling of initi ti e and individual responsibility on thert of the farmer himself -these constitute the greatest

a eguards for agriculture and the farm home of thefutur. The e concepts of life should be protected atII 0 t .

are n with three

The Associated omenef the

Farm

mote eo-operatton between the twogroups.

Organ ization for ProducersOne of the best known producer

groups in the state, if not in the en-tire midwest, is that at Hamilton,Michigan. About a year ago I had theprivilege of visiting this plant andtalking with its manager. They havethe consumer's approach to their prob-lems of production. Instead of bally-hooing their products, tre zing outcompetition, limiting their output, andusing other short Ighted productiontechnique with which we are sofamiliar, they work for rigid grading,standardization, an even year roundflow of goods, low costs of distribu-tion and price as a means to an endand not an end in itself. Their suc-cess speaks for itself.

The consumer movement is grow-ing. It is the most logical force wehave to bring about that balance be-tween the producer and the consumerwhere the interests of both ate bestserved.

It is a long forward step to bringabout co-operation not only within thetwo groups but between the twogroups.

Through it we have the riglit tohope that in the not-too-dlstant fu-ture, the leaders of industry, the lead-ers of labor, the leaders of agriculture,and the leaders of government may sitdown together not as isolated pro-ducer groups but as consumers anddiscuss their problems. That theym Y.i achieve abundant Production, 'andabundaht distribution and abundantconsumption. ,

ay we stop squabbling' about whois to have the largest piece of pie, bu tconcentrate on making a bigger pieill which all may share. If this in-separable team of producers and con-sumers is to go forward it must-Isay it must-go ahead together.

Mrs, P ad E. Myu., Director for MichiganAbout 50 attended the mcetiu of lead rs. Thi is s-

the Asso fat d 'Women of til F' rm ociated Wom n. .11'. eikirk re-Bureau at th nion .•Iemorial build- viev red the im ricl- and }10 'tel' COll-ing at Michigan State College, Wed- tests, Irs. W ley Hawley told ofnesdav, ovember 13, ju t preceding -xpertences w ith Iiann Bureau scrapthe annual meeting of the Farm Bur- book,eau. .11'. Mallory Stickn y umma rlzed

After luncheon, there was a hort an article dealing with the ruralprogram to precede the finals of the school system of South Dakota. Shespeaking conte ts and other bustne brought out that their school systemof the afternoon. Mrs. Ray [el- was less trouble me financiallykirk led community singing. Mrs, than ours.Stanley Sherman sang and very well, J. D. Foster ave a detailed ex-indeed. Irs, Chester Shirkey gave planation of group hospital servicetwo of her readings, always god. for the Michigan Hospital Service

Public Speaking Contest organization.Mrs, Carl Bjork of Traverse City Resolutions adopted favored: pro-

was one of five contestants in the motion of the group hospitaltzatlonfinals of the speaking contest on the program for rural people; askingsubject of Producer-Consumer Rela- the schools to emphasfze the bad et-tlons. Wilbur Luick, Gor~on Thom- fects of alcoholic liquors on the hu-as and Thomas Shea of the State man body.College speech department were the The group sent greetings to Mrs.judges. They decided ,that Mrs. Edith Wagar at her home at Carle-Bjork won by a close margin. All of ton. It was the Nrst time in 21 yearsthe orations were excellent and were that Mrs. Wagar had not attendeddelivered with ability. Others in the the annual meeting of the Farm Bur-finals were Mrs. Thor Hagberg of eau. She was unable to come thisLawrence, Mrs. Victor Swanson of year be~use of illness in her family.

ewaygo, Mrs. John Storey of 'Wheel-er, Mrs. Howard Hile of Ionia.

Mrs. Pearl Iyus awarded an As-sociated Women's pin to each con-testant as an emblem of a serviceperformed well. She suggested thateach of them give their oration atCommunity Farm Bureau meetings.Mrs. 'Bjo1'k will represent the Mich-igan State Farm Bureau at the Na-tional speaking contest at the AFBFconvention at Baltimore in early De-cember.

Mrs. Myus suggested that the con-testants in. the speaking contest headlocal clubs to investigate ways andmeans of dmproving producer andconsumer relationships.

60 Song LeadersMrs. William Sherman reported

that among the Community FarmBureaus there are 6Q active song

Represent Michigan atAFBF at Baltimore

Michigan Farm Bureau will berepresented at the annual meeting ofthe American Farm Bureau et Balti-more Dec. 8-13 by President Clar-ence Reid and Mrs. Pearl Myus, statedirector. They are v ting delegates.Others in the Michigan delegationare Clark L. Brody, executive secre-tary; J. F. Yaeger, director ,of mem-bership relations; Ben. Hennink, di-rector of the Junior Farm Bureau;Alfred :Ben:tall, director of lI¥ur-ance ; Dick Anthony,president of theJunior Farm Bureau; Mrs. Carl,Bjork of Traverse City, winner ofthe women's speaking 'Contest inMichigan; Andrew Lohman ofHamilton, member ,of AFBF rpoultrycommittee.

Clem Hicks was bedfast for a month with misery in his joints.Arthritis, so the doctor said, but I perceived the pointsOf good old·fashioned rheumatiz, and so we let it be,-Arthritis to the doctor-but It's rheumatiz to me.Well, as he lay there on his back and hurt day after dayClem wished his corn was shucked and his potatoes stowed away.He wished his work was all caught up instead of way behind,And worry, like a hungry rat, kept gnawing at his mind.The rheumatiz was mighty tough. He felt like one big ache;Nor did he like the lemon juice the doctor made him take;But Clem's got spunk. He set his jaw and took it on the chinTill Old Fifth CohJmn Worry darted boring from within.Then I could see, and Marthy ccjitd, that this just wouldn't doFor Clem was getting mighty g'ant, and Cinthy showed it too.And so the word got noised around and on a certain dateAll Hicks Street came, with seven teams, and turned In Hick's gate.Some went inside and spoke to Clem, where he was flat in bedBut most sailed in and helped split wood and pile it in the shed.They marched on Clem'S potato patch and dug what spuds he had(The spuds turned out almighty poor but Clem was ju t as glad).

Then too, the women came, and brought, and spread a noble spreadWhereof the workers all partook (and Clem had some, in bed).With jokes and various monkeyshines among the younger menA right good meal was had by all-then back to work again.Light work is made by many hands and so it seemed that dayThat shucking corn was merry fun and hauling stalk was play,And when the sun's declining rays shone down along toward nightThe lighted Just a stubble field. The crop was out of ight.The corn was in the bulging crib. The stalks were neatly piledBeside the fence-and you should see how Clem and Clnthy smiled.

WHAT do you see here? Justa lot of railroad coal cars?

Listen-

It is only because railroads pro-vide quick, dependable, cheaptransportation to every corner ofthe land that people can use thisinexpensive fuel, and that manu-facturing and power plants, pro-ducing for our daily needs andfor national defense, can be lo-cated long distances from the coalfields and still be sure of a steadyHow of fuel.

You're looking at the greatestsource of energy in America.

Coal is the No.1 source of powerin the nation's factories.

All this took place some weeks ago. Friend Clem is better now.He gets around a little, and it seems to me somehoWThat I could see recovery start the day we had the bee.Good neighbors are a powerful help, it always seems to me.

P OFJUeER & CON, UMERRELA TlQNSHIP5

Coal is the No.1 source of warmthin the nation's homes.

To meet the nation's needs, rail-roads every day are called upon tohaul enough coal to make a train150 miles long:

Coal gives us iron and steel. Coalgenerates most of the electricityused in this country. And just ahandful of coal contains enoughenergy to pull a ton of freight amile on America's railroads. o other form of transportation

could come close to handling sogreat a job so smoothly or eco-nomically. All by itself the move-ment of the nation's NO.1 fuelfrom mine to consumer would bea notable accomplishment. Butat the same time, the food you eat,the clothes you wear, most of thethings you use every day-andmost of the supplies for the na-tion's factories-Bow with thesame smoothnes -by rail.

MRS. C L BJORKTra.verse Oity, Michigan

First PlaceWomen' Speaking

Co testWith this peech Mrs. Bjorkwon the Michigan Farm BureauWomen's Speaking Contest. Shewas awarded a trip to the Ameri-can Farm Bure u Convention atBaltimore, December 8-13. Shewill represent Michigan in thenational speaki g contest for theAssociated Wo en of the FarmBureau.

Did you know that it takes morethan a million tons a day to supplythe nation's demands for lightand heat and power?

Did you know that the annualvalue of the bituminous and an-thracite coal mined in the UnitedStates exceeds that oj all other mill-erals combined?

Having a business visitor set hisairplane down back of the barn issomething to record. It happened a Ifew -weeks ago to Harry J'Ohnson,president of the Gratiot County Farm

Throughout history e have been life making only 0 e thing or type of Bureau. His visitor was f~hermanproducer-minded. Since the first cave thing. He may spend all his working Edgar, of Ithaca, R. 3: prestdent ofman chased rival hunters from his hours turning out one kind of bolt or l.h~ Emerson ?ommumty Farm Bu-

nut while he is the user of an endless reau of Gratiot county. ShefllIlandomain, we have looked at the eco- ,

variety. For these reasons then as wtnged in to check on arrangementsnomic scene through the eyes or the consumers we have a wider commun- for delegates to the State Farm Bu-producer; we have measured it with 'ity of interests and a more embracing reau annual. meeting.. .the yardstick of production. Sviewpoint. herman IS an enthustast on flyIIIg.

Why is this so? Perhaps because 'We Need Information He and his cousin built t~e o~e seaterthis is a man's world and man has al- . plane. He says that It 1hes veryways been the producer. Be that as Iuch can be gallle~ for the con- well. He taught himself to fly andit may-the fact remains that each sumer through education. ~ am not without the aid of an instructor.producer or group of producers trys on~ of ~hese people who belIeves .edu- Think that one over!to build a Chinese wall of protection cat~on IS a cure-all. But there. IS a It's no passing fancy either, foraround his own field of operation. It crying need for cons~mer education .so Sherman Edgar has been fiying aboutis done in many ways: by raising tha~ we may ~ave tntormed ~nd m- 10 years, in gliders and in airplanes,prices, limiting output, excluding com- telhg~nt expend1t~re. of family mc.ome. and as he puts it, "with not many in-petitors through legislation, creating Keeping the, pubhc III the dar~ IS ~s cidents to report in that time," Oncemonoplies. For each group alone this old as .t~ade Itself. Producers m their he took over the job of locating lostmay seem to be sensible and practical ~dvert1S111g usually p~ay upo~ the cattle for a farmer. On another oc-but many such programs side by side Ignorance or lack of l1~formatlOn of easton, after two ballonists had lostare in their sum total neither practi- the buyer. Let us c.onSlder only one their balloon in a storm ... he foundcalor sensible. example for illustration. it. He didn t say where the balloonists

Imagine with me if you will some Take a handful of ordinary wheat. were when the bag got away ... butarticles of clothing: a lovely evening After it has been puffed, shredded, or that's another story. The balloonistsgown, a suit of woolen underwear, a flattened and put in an attractive box and several helpers hunted for daysyachting cap, a pair of ski boots, a it has undergone a magic change. It without success. The sheriff thoughttrench coat. Each one in itself is can then give him who eats of it the of Sherm Edgar. The next daybeautiful or useful. But get them all skill of a big league ball player, the Sherman started out. Thirty milestogether on one person in a costume energy of an army pilot, and the away he located the collapsed balloonand the effect is ludicrous. beauty of a movie actress. If the in a hay field. Farmers were working

Less for More consuming public could be educated within 10 rods of it. And were theySo it is with producer policies. In to the point where it could spend surprised when he came down and

their total effect they conflict, and wisely and well, Cleenie the plug and showed it to them!cancel each other. Because they are Elsie the cow might be able to leave One thing would make Shermanprotective and not productive they en- the magazines and go back to the happier in his fiylng. That, he said,courage a descending spiral of less pastures where they belong. is to have money enough to buy aand less goods and services with more Organization for Con8umers plane that will carry two. Then hisand more money received for the Education, however, has its limits. wife' could go along.maller quantity. We have the Even though the intelligent spending He has another interest. The Farm

spectacle of tariff barriers between of family income can st etch the con- liul'eau. He said, "If ever there wasstates which protect some groups but sume s' dollar, it cannot get other a need for farm organization, it is to-limit the opportunities of everyone benefits which can only be had through day, I'm glad to elp the Farm Bureauelse. We reduce production to the organized action. Such things as in any way that I can.danger point while one-third the na- standards for all important articles,tion is ill-housed, ill-fed, and ill-clothed. grading of products, testing and ratingBy his protective policies the producer services, lower costs of distribution,figures he will raise his income faster balance between production and con-than the markets can take it from him sumption costs. These can only be hadbut for nine out of ten this is a fallacy. by co-operative organization and forAs a result, Mrs. Grundy has to spend all the reasons mentioned, organtza- Harry Philoher life buying for a five person fam- tion with the consumers approach.ily on a four person budget.' Consumers' co-operat1ves have been

If it be true then that a purely pro- becoming iucreaatngly important with-ducer approach to our producer-con- in the last few years. In these, Inex-sumer relations is hort-stghted and pert consumer buyers get togethernega ive in its total effect, you have and pay their managers and theira right to ask, "What is the solution?" wholesale buyer to do the job fo.I have no infallable panacea, no "good them. And it matters not whether thefor anything that ails you" economic consumer in the co-operat1ve is apill, That would take a more brilliant laborer, a farmer, or a business man.mind than mine. But I would like to All groups can see eye to eye becausepresent for your consideration what I they have a common interest.like to call the consumer approach. We have many examples of sue- Frank GraceIt 011 ists in the .main of two parts, ces rul consumers co-operatives. PORT HURON•.ducation and organization. are all familiar with the farmers' St. Clair Jr. Farm Bureau

We are All Consumers group which hire their own managers,There are 1 any rea ons why the wholesale buyers, and reap the bene-

consumer approach is more sensible. fits through lower prices and dtvi-By their very nature. consumers can dends. In ew York City, we havesee things in larger terms and make the example of a consumers organiaa- TUSCOLA COUNTYcommon cause with a greater number tion which lowered the pr ce of milk Richard Knoll VASSARof peopl . to the consumers without hurting the

It the fit place, everyone all hi I.rice of milk to the producer, b low-life Is a con tuner while only a per- ering the costs of distribution. Work-centag of our p ople for part of their ing' mo tly through local organization'liv . are producer. Sick or well, rich consumers all over the country are h -O' poor. fit or unfit, large or small, ginning to make their needs Ielt, MONTCALM COUNTYall people are users of goods and serv- They are beginning to get much volun- STANTONices, but not all are makers of them. tary co-operation from some of our W. E. RasmussenThen too, each person is a consumer mo t uccessful and progressive pro-of an endless variety of -goods, while ducer co-operatives who ee the value There are approximately 3.000

m nd hi whol product v of th n umer vi w,lloiqt and pro- crosstte per mile..()f railroad t.r ck.

They Joined FarmBureau in ovember

(Continued from page one)HART

SHELBYFox

But without adequate transporta-tion from mines to the rest of thecountry these coals would havelittle value. Few people could en-joy their warmth and comfort-most manufacturing plants wouldhave to be located near the mines.

o wonder thoughtful peoplerecognize the railroads as thenation's o. 1 transportations}' tern-not only .n the volumethey handle, but in the skill withwhich the job is done.

SAGINAW COUNTYBURT

J. PeriardFREELAND

Wilbur GrahamSAGINAW

Emil A. Wegner Bruce McDonnaghSHIAWASSEE COUNTY

BANCROFTMaynard Brownlee

ST. CLAIR COUNTYAVOCA

SEE AMERICA - by Rai'You can take your car along too

OW - TRAVEL 0 CREDITSe. your ticket agent about Grand Circle Tour'

TRI-COUNTY(Antrim, Charlevoix &. Kalkaska

, CHARLEVOIXRichard Dennis, Jr.

IONIA COUNTYLAKE ODESSA

Ford A. GoodemootSUNFIELD

James Spencer

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1940

Michigan Had Four at .County Life ~'n Meet

The Michigan Junior Farm Bureauwas re -esented at the recent annualmeeting of the American CountyLife Association held at Purdue Uni-versity by State President DickAnthony of Ca s county; Robert Gil-bert of Gregory, Washtenaw countypresident; and Arnold Bartlett, Hills-dale county member, were Michigan'sofficial delegates. Miss Lola Dunning,new president of the Kalamazoocounty J. F. B. was present and wasin charge of Friday evening's banquet.

SERVING THE FEED INDUSTRY

.DRIED SKIM MILKDried ButterJDUk

Dried Whe;y.Conden ed ButtersnUB.Gorton·. Cod Liver OilQuotations Made to Elevators

By Wire or Mall. DRY MILK SALES DIVISION

oIi!1tiN Michigan

LOSTPROrlTS

·Calcium deficiency de·stroys profits. Sonever allow.yourself to be without asap ply of pure, clean oyster.sheU, the reliable source of,99% calcium.TlI~big blue pilot wheel on every bag01 Pilot- Brand Oyster Shell is the.symbol ofpurity.

At a" Progressive Dealers Everywhere

EVERY year sees Seideltaking his share of

prizes in our Nation~lEgg-laying Contests. ThISyear he won Arizona.

It takes good breedingplus a strong vital birdto -Ilve and sustain highegg- roduction. That'swhy Seidel and otherleading contest winnersalways feed STONEMo-not only to their layersbut to their growingbirds.

Take a tip from Seidel-Feed STONEMO Gran-ite Grit. Sold on a moneyback guarantee.

Sold by Farm BureauStores &. Co-op Ass'ns

..•SA'l..YOUMUST HAVEBEEN

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I~ - ., •.•••• Although, VITAND may not makeyour chicks feel quite so peppy asthis little fellow, it sure makes fora good 'poultry feed. It is a de-pendable, potent Vitamin A and Dsupplement for Starting, Growing,Laying and Breeding Feeds.

VITANiDVITAMIN A and DOlL

For Poultr¥ and Animal Feeds

contains minimums of 3,000 USPunits of v1tamin A and 400 AOACchick units of vitamin D, 'Per gram.Ask your Farm Bureau dealer forfeeds containing VITAND; If youmix your own feeds, ask for quota-tions on the VITAND 011.

:NAP.lfBOLE, INC.BOONTON, N. J.

T e World Uses Mostof Us Pretty Wei

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By Mrs. Edith M. WagarWe are on the last lap of 1940. It's

approaching the time for inventories,not only for our worldly goods but'of our accomplishments during theyear just slipping away.

No doubt many of us started theyear with good intentions-we meant.to turn over a new leaf-we were go-ing to take it a bit easier and dosome ot the things we had alwayswanted to do but some way or otherwe just never had the time. Wemeant to be a better neighbor-tobe more friendly .

Always a Waiting ListWe meant to do some things within

our own community that we hadlong known should have been donebut no one seemed to be ready to

'Push it and therewere many otherthings that wehad intended todo during theyear. But for somereason a goodlyportion of thesethings are still onthe waiting list ...Doesn't it seemtoo bad that wecan always takethe time to at-tend a friend's ora neighbor's fun-eral but we don't

just seem to get around to it to stopin-as we're going by to say a word ofcheer or to give them a handful offlowers from our 'Own garden thatmeans so much to those who are suf-fering and many times low in spirit?

A Time for Thanksgiving'I'hanksgiv.lng this year meant

more to me than for many years inthe past. I was really thankful thatwe as a nation could be thankful.

We cannot comprehend what it allmeans when we get radio reportssuch 'as we have had, of cities beingbombed and the people fleeing fortheir lives leaving their homes andall that they have, not knowing whatthe future has in store for them inthe way ,of family life or business.

Home, be it ever so humble, shouldmean more to us than it does thesedays. We C31nshare what we have,be -it ever . so little, with the RedCross so as to help care for thosewho thru no desire of their own havebeen forced to accept terrible hard-ships.

Our crops perhaos were not allthat we had hoped tor and the pricesstill are not what we feel they mightbe. 0 doubt the weather hascaught many of us with unhuskedcorn and beans still to be thrashedand beets still to be harvested-yetwith all of the disappointments anddelays we can see something aheadfor each and everyone of us.

We Don't Buy Christmas SpiritPerhaps our Christmas fund has

been cut short and we cannot spendas we had planned, yet there's noneof us but could make the holidayseason merry and happy even with-out .the usual amount or money withwhich to buy.

When we pause long enough inour hollday rush to reaI.ize thatChristmas is in commemoration ofthe birth of the greatest advocate ofpeace, good will, simplicity, love andcharity that the world has everknown, I wonder how we can rec-oncile 'Ourselves to the extravaganthabits far too many have allowedthemselves to acquire.

How much real Christmas sp.iritenters into the fur coat or the dia-mond ring or the radio that willtake all the following year to payfor on the installment plan?

There's many and many a young-ster who is lavished with so manytoys and gadgets all at 'One time thatChristmas is nothing to look forwardto and he grows up to expect whatcannot be afforded.

194() Was a Year!And as we approach the New Year

we can look back on 1940 and Lindthat it wasn't so bad after all, es-pecially here in Michigan. It couldhave been a lot worse. We all knowthat, for we had no great disasters asvisited some 'Other parts of our coun-try and those were not many.

To be sure we had. a general elec-tion but that only added excitmentand entertainment to what might

STOCKMicliir;a~ Live. Stock Bxchange has operated a successful live stockcommission sellIng agency 011 the Detroit and Buffalo markets since 1922.

p ODUCERS

BECAUSEIt maintains a thoroughly trained and experienced personnel.It is represented on every principal market in the United States byProducer owned and operated agencies.It renders better information and market service to its members.It can furnish 4*% money for financing feeding operations.

PLUSf atur s or good practice in the live sto k commission

REMEMBERWhen you patronize the Iichlgan I~i" Stock Exchang you are buildingyour own liv stock mark ting agency,Reports furnlehed Michigan State College Radio Station WKAR for earlymarkets at 6:45 a. m,

MICHIGAN UVESTOCK EXCHANGE Secretary's. O~iceHudson, MichiganFrank Oberst, President; J. H. O'Mealey, Secretary 4. Treasurer;

George J. Boutell, Manager

SHIP YOUR STOCK TO US AT:MichiganLivestock Exch. Producers Co-op Ass'n

Detroit Stockyards East Buffalo, N. Y.

Take an Inventory!Before we put up the 1941 calen-

dar, let's tabulate our actual belong-ings- maybe it will do us all good.Let's be reasonable in our values forwhen we overestimate 'Our worth-we fool nobody but ourselves. Weshould be square with ourself at alltimes for by so doing we will bemore apt to be square with all oth-ers.

After we've' taken this farm in-ventory I'm sure most of us will bemore satisfied with the way the oldworld's using us and we will feel thatwe can pay those Farm Bureau duesand pledge our share to the churchand can participate in community af-fairs. 0 doubt many will feel thatthey can afford a day or so once in a •while to help build up the farm or-ganizations that have been servingthem thru the lean times as well aswhen everything was going good.What a Farm Bureau we might haveif all would do their part in giving oftime and financial support, and someloyal co-operation! Somebody hascarried the load and responsibilitythis far. Who's going to pick it upand carry it on?

We Can Improve ThingsWhat we as farmers do in 1941

will reflect trememdously on howagriculture stands in '51. It's a chal-lenge to all of us to do our utmostas we go along tor success usuallycomes step by step and not at onelong jump.

I wish to take this opportunity tothank you all for the many kind mes-sages we received at Annual Meeting.time. They were all appreciated farmore than you may think. It wasthe first annual meeting that I didnot attend in 21 years but therecomes a ,time to all of us when wemust forego some !Of the accustomedpractices. Don't for a moment thinkI didn't miss the handshake and thecherry how-do-you-do that has al-ways been so generously extended.

o. H. Fleming Was aPioneer Co-operator

Michigan agriculture lost one of itspioneer workers in the farmers' co-operative movement when Mr. O. H.Fleming of Shelby passed away No-vember 1 at his home at Shelby,Oceana county, at the age of 81.

Mr. Fleming was one of those whoorganized the :\1ichigan .State Farm

Bur e a u at theMichigan Agricul-tural College, Feb.4, 1919. He helpedorganize the Shel-by Co-op, Inc. Helocated the site forthe business andwas an officer anddirector for manyyears. As a pro-gressive farmer andoutstanding citizen,he was active inthe County FarmBureau, was chair-

man of the Shelby library board. Hewas a deacon and trustee of the Con-gregational church for 50 years. Hehad been a member for 67 years .

A few years back he attended theAmerican Farm Bureau convention atPasadena, California. His vitality andinterest in far affairs and everythingabout him excited the admiration ofhis younger fellow travelers. He issurvived by Mrs. Fleming, his sonGeorge, who operates the home farm.Also by two daughters Mrs. NewellGale, and Mrs. Wilson Beam.

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Rememlter, concrete i. fire.ale! termiteproof, easy to wo,1e with, low in 'irst cost,need. ItO upleeep, endures for .enerations.

You can do your own concreting-c-or hire 8local concrete contractor. Write us for your freecopy of "Permanent Farm Construction!'

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MICHIGAN FARM NEWS

Christmas gifts like these say Merry Christimas every day throug ou thBureau's Christmas Sa e on electrical appliances offers you handsomemodels f refrigerators, vacuum c eaners, washer and. electric roaster ·chandise which ca ries the regular guarantee. This ale is made nd offknowled e and aid of our dealers everywhere. It' well worth the trip to Lanthese a ings. On refrigerators and range (al 0 on ale) our di tri t rviccall to r -check operation and performance.

A I Prices fob L nsing- Terms CA H

8.8 Cu i FeetC pacity

Every worthy-while feature-automatic lig t, sliding tray,sorting tray, illuminated dialcontrol, two sliding basketsfor bulky fo ds. Keeps allfoods within easy reach!

AJmost an ex a cubic foot ofrefrigerated space without In-creasing a single dimension!Solves the problem of keep-ing tall bottles a finger tips,

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Inventory of What We Have have ?een a monotonous time andafter It was all over and the votes

IS Likely to Make Us counted, didn't we all appreciate

F I B lull!ee etter My greatest regret is. that it's too

bad people and politicians cannot beas sensible and honest and truthfulbefore an election as they are after-ward.

c -Sale Price

6 cu. ft. Super Deluxe boxeswith Hermetic Unit. Were $154.50

6 cu. ft. Super Deluxe boxes withopen unit. Were $149.50 .

6 cu. ft. Deluxe boxes with Her-metic unit. Were $131.50 .

8 $11 .63$112. 4$96.57$ 2.88$78.37

5135.85$144.72!I;101.88

223122

6 cu. ft. Deluxe boxes with openunit. Were $126.50 .

6 cu. ft. Standard boxes. Theyw re $92.50 .

8 cu. ft. Super Deluxe box. Sealedunit.. Was $188.50 .

8 cu. ft. Super Co:d Storage box.Sealed Unit. Were $200.50 .

5 cu. ft. Deluxe box with sealedunit. Were $142.50

.This is a splendid value in a well-arranged 6 cubic foot storage capac-ity electric refrigerator that ismodern to the minute. Built instandard and deluxe styles, withopen or hermetically sealed freezingcompressor units.

c -op as rIt has everything. Takes lbs, dry clothes. High 3 vaneimpeller for most efficient war hing. turdy motor, oiledfor its life-time. Mechanism built for long life and quietoperation. All white, procelain enamel, double walltub maintains constant water temperature.Safety wringer has 2% x 12" $soft cushion rolls. Self-rev- 51 6ersing drain. Was $64.50. •

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This is a Iarg and b auti ully finish d fluor mod IAC superhetrodyne radio. It is a bargain at OUi'Xmas sale price. T n tulle performance. F'ull sizespeak rand re onance chamber for producinga thrilling tone. Equipped '$with Aeroscope and }ijlectl'ostatic 3 300Shield. 'Vas $49.50.

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Th oversize CO-OI) 8 d 1\1 r .frigerator Is that. last. wor d illmod I'll r frig ration for the farmhome. You can sav $46.50!

Factory list price $279.50

~~I~ELlI~T $206.50

00To Farm Bureau Member only

f rFor hr istmas, we offer the Co-opDeluxe 2-~peed vacuum cleaner reg-ular ily priced at 39.95, and $3615our 11 W 1110101' dl iv 11 Handvae, value $16.50 at • • •

This Hand Vacgiven with Co-opVacuum Cleaner

acOur Tank Type Vacwit h attachmentscompares with $77mac h i n e s, Was$44.50. Sale price .....•

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By CLARK L. BRODYE ecutive ecretary and Treasurer

outstanding feature of the year in membershiprelations has been the willing assumption of

g eater responsibility by Community and County FarmB rea organizations and the voluntary enlistment andini iative shown by Farm Bureau members. The sign-ing and maintaining of the membership by the CountyFa m Bureaus together with the taking over of themembership records and collections by the countiesshould lower membership costs. By largely relievingyour state organization of these responsibilities, thenew arrangement will release more of its efforts for con-structive service and attention to the Farm Bureauprogn itself.

Of egu I importance has been the strengthening ofthe County Farm Bureaus themselves by restoring thesevital functions to them. The Community Farm Bu-reaus have been an important factor in these develop-ments. The contacts these local groups provide for themember with the county, state and national Farm Bu-reau organizations and his participation in the programhas developed a membership morale and support thatcould be attained in no other way They have mademembership maintenance and the Farm Bureau pro-gram a community affair. Some Community FarmBureaus have set as their standard a 100 per cent paid-up membership in their group and have become a mosteffective agency to clean up delinquent membershipdues and in enlisting member responsibility. Forty-two new Community Farm Bureaus have been addedsince the last annual meeting or are in the process ofbeing organized, bringing the total number to 197.Through them the members are actively participatingin the Farm Bureau program in monthly meetingsthroughout the year.

These active local units of the Farm Bureau member-ship are revitalizing the County Farm Bureaus andproviding facilities and opportunities for capable, ag..gressive leadership to become effective in the County,State and American Farm Bureaus. These results arebecoming increasingly evident in the County FarmB reaus and are being reflected in a measurable degreein the aggressive and intelligent interest shown in thennual meetings of this board of delegates.

Legislative Minute Men .,---~------------In the way of local support and Services, Inc, turned in an excellent

initiative the Farm Bureau Legislative performance. It increased the farmMinute Men have shown increased supplies business to our membershipactivity as testified by the copies of and others by nearly one- third of atheir letters to Congressmen and million dollars in a year of unusualothers. Their co-operation brought price advances and declines. We be-local and sectional support to the lieve we saved farmers of the stateefforts of your state and American over 500,000 on fertilizers for springFarm Bureaus on such measures as and fall of 1940 by reason of the Farmth wages and hours amendments, Bureau's reduction in fertilizer pricestruth in fabrics, amendments provid- from 3 to $10 a' ton. Our fertilizering for the extension of marketing sales were the largest in 20 years'agr ements to all major farm commod- operations.iti 8, the preservation of the farmer's There were appreciable advantagesvoice in farm credit policies, federal to the membership and other patronsa,ppropriations for surplus commodity on binder twine, feeds, fence, roofing,dispo a1 and for other national farm machinery, insecticides and other sup-projects. plies. The farm machinery project

Junior Farm Bureau was brought to a selr-supporting basis,Th Junior Farm Bureau has as far as direct expenses were con-

nUsted over 2,000 young men and cerned, with an increase in volume ofwom n in preparation for their future $95,000. Improvement in merchandis-responsibilities in organized agri ul- ing and credit practices for the 23ture. One Junior Farm Bureau gradu- local branches and management con-ate is a valuable member of the State tract organizations has improved theirFarm Bureau Board, eleven served as financial position. The progress madedelegates in the annual meeting last with even some of the most difficultyear, three are County Farm Bu- situations indicates that all of the or-reau Presidents, four are County Farm ganizations now being operated underBur au Secretaries, others are co-op- management contracts in co-operationerative employees and insurance with the local boards will be saved foragents, and many others a local their communities.le del'S ar arousing new enthusiasm Commodity Committeesand putting renewed vitality into the In the merchandising field otherFarm Bur au program throughout the important progress has been made instat. 0 other proj ct th Michigan encouraging the participation of stock-

t t Farm Bureau has ever undertak- holder organizations by establishingn bas shown great r promise for the commodity committees of managers

Farm Bur au program than the Junior representing the Farm Bureau Serv-arm Bureau. ices districts of the State as follows:Th continuation of development Feed Seed and Fertilizer Committee

of he Junior Farm Bureau along the Everett H. Collar Coopersvillepr nt sound and a gres ive line, in Alfred Roberts Pigeonclo co-ordination and co-op ration lbert Donaldson Highlandwith the enior Farm Bureau will Roy D. 'Vard Dowagiacproduce a Farm Bureau who e possi- Frank Gilmore Parmabill I s for S rvice and influence in the (F. Moldenhauer Hasl tt lternate)futur will b beyond our most liberal H. C. Johnson : : Lan Ing

p etation . M h' d EI . I'AI ociated Women of th Farm Bureau ac mery an ~ttrlc App lance

Th soelated \Vomen of the Farm . Comml tee .Bur au in Iichigan ar making an M. ~. Twmg Whlte Cloudimportant contribution to our organi- Iartm .Bauer Helmlockza on throu h an in pirational type John Rmke Warrenof ducatlonal and promotional work. . H. Wallace Col~waterTh y ar S ociated Women's Com- Fay West H111~dale

e hav been doing e cellent Walter Harger agmawr on Farm Bureau publicity, pro- Petroleum Committee

m ti u of th Farm Bureau omen's Thomas Berghouse Falmouth21 a lng ont st, pro rams of music C. KisselL cottvilleo ommunit Farm Bur aus, and in Herb. Schall Breckenridgen ur ging a F I'm Bur u adverti - It. Pitcher............................ orth Branch

ing promotion for f I'm products. Earl Huntley Bataviao p kin onte t eouclud d erIe Crandall Howell

r an da nd a the lar ge t in the These committees rlll as i t thet l'y f th vent. The oclated state 0 ice of the Farm Bureau Serv-

, m n ar continuing . h n 1ces in determining merchandi ing andI t nd ont to pr mot In- busine policies. The as umption of

tit n th rm U1' u th ough e the e r ponsibilities i r ulting ini f m rkin 0 th r, I er daption of merchandi ing

F r ur u ervice, Inc. policies to the local need. greater1 u au int r l nd loyalt rally on he

part of the retail co-operative' and acon equent increa e in volume of bu i-ne .

The members and local organiza-tions are the original source ofstrength and Inftuenc for the tate and

merican Farm Bureau. Your Iarg rorganization develop power, influenceand service to the degree that theysecure strength from the local organi-zations and members. Only with ade-quate 10 al interest and support canyour state organization co-ordinate theinterests of all group in the FarmBur au and adapt and enli t their sup-port and influence for the ervice andprotection of all. The year has beenoutstanding in increased local andcounty activity and the voluntary as-sumption of grea ter re ponsibility inmembership maintenanc , legi lationand merchandising.

Farm Bureau Insurance DepartmentThe Iichtgan State Farm Bureau

has as its insurance service to ourmembership and others the tateagency for the State Farm IutualAutomobile Insurance Company, theState Farm Life Company, and theState Farm Fire Company, all ofBloomington, Illinois.

~ t the close of 14 year of work oninsurance, we had in force August 31,1940, a total of 54,569 automobile in-surance policies. We had slightly morethan ,000,000 of life insurance most-ly with farmers. 'Ve concentrate onways and means to encourage and tonabl our members to build a sub-tantial life insurance program for

themselves and their families. LifeInsurance ha ' everything to recom-mend it to the farm family. Fire in-surance is also written by the depart-ment. We are limited to protectedareas.

Farm Bureau members and othershaving our insurance have at theirservice our state office insurance em-ployees, 435 local agents in Michigan,and an adequate automobile claimsservice working out of our principalcities. Our companies operate in 36states and Canada. We offer servicethrough 6,000 agents and 100 claimsoffices. This is indeed a substantialforce for the promotion of Farm Bu-reau organization.Farm Bureau Fruit Products Company

Our Farm Bureau Fruit ProductsCompany performs a canning plantmanagement and sales service forthree co-operative growers organiza-tions. They are: the Oceana FruitGrowers, Inc., the Fruit Co-operativesCanning Company, and the' Bay Co-operative Canneries, Inc. Each or-ganization centers around a canningplant. Oceana's plant is at Hart. FruitCo-operatives' plant is at Coloma, andBay Co-operative Canneries' plant isat Bay City.

These companies are under StateFarm Bureau supervision throughmanagement contracts with the FarmBureau Fruit Products Company. ,Alloperating policies are determined andcontrolled by ,the local boards of di-rectors. This co-ordination of StateFarm Bureau and co-operative canningcompany efforts has made it possiblefor the growers to market their fruitthrough a marketing system they own.In this connection, progress has beenmade by the fruit growers in freeingthemselves from the combination ofpowerful private interests. It still isand will be a hard, uphill battle foryears to come.

However, through their co-operativecanning operations, and with the as-sistance of the Michigan State FarmBureau, organized fruit growers inBay, Berrien, Mason, Oceana and Van-Bureau counties have had an influencefor higher prices to all fruit growers.A conservative estimate of the result-ing increases received by all growersin these counties in the operating ter-ritories of our co-operative canningplants would reach more than a halfmillion dollars.

Mich igan Farm NewsThe Michigan Farm ews is com-

pleting its 18th year. This six-pagemonthly newspaper serves as a bondbetween the members and the FarmBureau organization. It is a clearinghouse for Farm Bureau news andopinion. It services are an import-ant factor in Farm Bureau businessand organization progress. Throughits subscription and advertising reve-nues, the Farm ews is more thanself-supporting. This department op·erates a printing and mailing service,and a general Farm Bureau publicityprogram - all are self-supporting.These ervices are used by the en-tire Farm Bureau organization, includ-ing Community and County Farm Bu-reaus. Also by affiliated commodityexchanges and local co-operatives.Accounting, Tax and Reorganization

ServiceOur accounting, tax and organiza-

tion advisory service during the pastyear has rendered valuable assistanceto local co-operatives on their capitaltock tax, social security tax, unem-

ployment tax, excess profits tax, andfederal income tax problems. Regular-ly, we prepare government reports for24 local co-operative stockholders ofFarm Bureau Services. The legalstatus of many co-operatives has beenimproved by the department, with re-ulting avmgs through exemption

from income tax, etc. Five co-op as-sociations were re-organized this yearto secure exemption from federal in-come taxes.

uch of thi work followed a seriesof co-op clinic meeting held quarterlyfor managers and directors of co-op-eratives. The department collaboratedwith Farm ureau ervlces, Ine., the

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State 011 ge E onomt . D })' rtmentand the Michigan Elevator Exehat..::;In the se meeting. \ T xplained ho ,y

articles of as ociation and by-lawsmu t read to co ply with the pro-visions in tax law for exemption ofco-operative. Th re is much intere tin this work.

The department established duringthe year complete exemption from fed-eral income taxes for the Farm Bu-reau Fruit Products Company. It isconducting a similar study for theMichigan State Farm Bureau.

Under this heading, we can reportthat the Farm Bur au has just securedfrom the State Board of Tax dmin-istration an official release from allsales tax liability involved in the lawsuit for sales tax exemption on farmsupplie , brought in 1934 by the Hch·igan State Farm Bureau, Farm BureauServices, Inc., affiliated commodity ex-changes and 135 farmers' co-operativeassociations.

We estimate that $5,000,000 is a con-servative e timate of the avings toMichigan farmers the past six yearsas the result of the prosecution of thisla w suit and our successful effort tosecure legislation to exempt farm sup-plies for productio purposes hom thesales tax.

Under this heading too, we shouldmention current problems of the Mich-igan State Farm ureau in the fieldof government r gulation and newtaxes. \Ve have total of 250 menand women employees. All are sub-ject to the requir ments of social se-curity taxes, unem loyment compensa-tion tax, wages and hours regulationsand other federal equirements. Eachof these has 11e essitated extensivechanges in payroll records and pro-visions for making reports. These nowrequire a con iderable proportion ofthe time of three responsible em-ployees. ew taxes paid in theseclassifications since 1936 by the Mich-igan State Farm Bureau and its em-ployees total $45,968.05. Not only willpresent taxes continue to increase butgreatly increased income and excessprofits levies for national defense pur-poses may be expected.

Farm Bureau's Relations withOther Groups

We have mutually helpful and har-moniou relationships with the StateGrange, State Association of Farmers'Clubs, and the commodity marketingorganizations. e have through a longperiod of years merged the legislativeand public relations influence and thebuying po:wer of the Michigan farmerwith such national and regional co-operative organizations as the Ameri-can Farm Bureau Federation, ationalCo-operative Council, United Co-opera-tives, Inc. and others. For a compre-hensive list of memberships in othergroups held by the Michigan StateFarm Bureau and subsidiaries, seepage F-12 of our Annual Report.These memberships have been takento promote the interests of our mem-bers.

During the year tne Farm Bureauco-operated with all commodity ex-changes and local co-operatives andthe Michigan State College in sponsor-ing the American Institute of! Co-oper-ation at the college for a week inJuly. As chairman of the organizationcommitt e we co-operated with other:Michigan co-operatives in raising$7,500 to finance the Institute. Theannual American Institute of Co-opera-tion is a remarkable educational op-portuni for everyone interested infarm co-operatives. It was attendedby representatives from 33 tates, aswell as by several hundred from Mich-igan co-operatives.

Present and Future Problemss we face the future it is evident

that financial planning and manage-ment will become tncrea ingly im-portant in the administration of FarmBureau busine s and other projectsin preparation for whatever economicre-adjustment may follow the pres ntnational defense activitie . and di turb-ed world conditions.

With continually inc rea stng socialsecurity, unemployment, income andother taxe , with the growing expenseof records and work required to meetthe more and more exacting require-ment of government, every advant-age will need to be taken of new op-portunities, efficient management andorganization and the maintenance ofthe most competent per onnel obtain-able. The methods of the nineteentwentie and the nineteen thirties willnot suffice.Financial Planning and Management

Decentralization of. financial re pon-,

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i1nlity in the way of aeh local bu i-n 'S proje 't provtding it . own rinancesand the e erci e of intellig nt and ag-gre 'i r con 1'01hy local board ratherthan looking to th tr a sury or the·tat organization i a policy which

your Fa rm Bureau admini tratton Isdoing it: lJ • t to encourage, 1'0, thC011\' r ion of th Farm Bureau Serv-ice' retail branche into locally ownedand incorporated co-op ra tive is animportant factor ill widening the flnan-clal ba: of Farm Bureau bu lness

ctivities and safeguarding it forfuture em rgencie .

Furthermore. the assumption of thisres pon ibility by tho for whom the. ervice is e tablished is re ulting inmol' substautial upport by local pa-trous. Thi I' ult is being atte tedby our experience with th Imlay City,Lapeer, Batavia and Eau IaireBran h reorganized into co-operativestwo or more years ago.

Credit PoliclesCr dit practices between the patron

and the local co-operative on the oneand and between the local and the

",La.te office on the other need exten-sive improvement to protect the finan-cial tructure of our co-operatives,local, regional aud state. The estab-lishment of credit unions and otherftnancing facilities and increased edu-cational work are the remedies.

dditional assistance must be givenlocal co-operatives in removing thecauses of their retail credit problemsin order to improve their credit rela-tions with Farm Bureau Services.

The results of scientific develop-ment in the way of new uses and sub-stitutes for agricultural products areconstantly affecting farm organizationpolicies and the economics of agricul-ture and will need careful watching.Also changes due to new inventionsin the mechanical equipment of thefarm are having their effect and weneed to anticipate their influences asmuch as possible.Farmer Direction for Farm Programs

Comments of our members who areparticipants in the soil conservationprogram indicate that we should workfor a larger measure of local controland influence in the determination ofthe policies followed as well as to thehandling of routine 01' detail mattersby the township and county soil con-servation committees.

Our Community, County and StateFarm Bureaus should make it an es-sential part of their program to stimu-late more active attention on the partof the farmer himself in the way ofbetter attendance and interest in thetownship and county soil conservationmeetings.

As the farmer continues his effortsto secure parity prices and parity In-come, more attention should be givento the manner in which our govern-mental agricultural programs are ad-ministered, particularly with regardto the degree of local initiative andresponsibility required or permitted.

The influence of our federally di-rected program on the thinking andattitudes of the human beings re-ceiving their benefits may be ofmore vital concern to the farmerand his family in the long run thanthe current material advantages.In other words, let us pay. more at-tention to what direct governmentaid may do to us as well as to whatit may do for us. Let us by moreand more emphasis on our own co-operative programs avoid the dan-ger of becoming so accustomed toleaning on the government that welose the art of helping ourselves.Little or nothing will e gained in

the way of permanent and lastingresults if our federal agriculturalpolicies should develop human tend-encies which may eventually rob thefarmer of the very elements that makelife worthwhile. There is no quickand easy road to lasting and worth-while accomplishment. Neither doessuch a course develop either strong in-dividuals or virile farm organizations. I;'\10RE-

All of the organized influence andpower the farmer possesses in theFarm Bureau has been the result ofa slow arduous development overthe past fifth of a century. It variesdirectly with the degree to whicheach individual member is imbuedwith the spirit of our accomplish-ments. That is the price that hasalways had to be paid for genuinehuman progress.The preservation and development of

the virility and initiative of farmer own-ed and controlled, local, state, regionaland national farm organizations, andthe feeling of initiative and individualresponsibility on the part of the farm-er himself,-these constitute the great-est safeguards for agriculture and thefarm horne of the future. These con-cepts of life should be protected atall costs.

Co-operation with Other GroupsLastly, co-operation with groups in

other walks of life in serving our gov-ernment and democracy should con-tinue to receive increased mphasisas a major respon Ibility of the Iich·igan State Farm Bureau. It is fortun-ate indeed in this critical hour in ournation' hi tory that th Farm Bureauand other con tructive farm organlza-tions and co-operative hav mobilizedin a working relationship with otherg 'OUP', ready for action, hundreds ofthousands of farm men and women todo their part in pre erving and pro-tecting th great values that makelife worthwhile.

ConclusionThe summary of events of the last

21 years in the life of th .•.Iichio·an+ _State Farm Bureau show a r cord ofachievern nt such that it i. impo Ibleto imagine how our agriculture couldhave managed without it.

The det rmination of the broadpolicie of the Michigan tate FarmBureau and the selection of th per-sonnet to carry them or t is a seriousrespons ibility for th del gates. Thewi 80m and sincerity of your d lib ra-tion and conclu ions will det rminethe service and pro~)' s made by yourFarm Bureau. Your work h r direct-ly concerns the happine , welfareand opportunities of thousands ofmen, wom n and children on thefarm of. Iichigan.. A human program of this kind de-mand. and deserv the earnest andsincere enli tment of each one of usindividually. othing short of ourbe. t is worthy of the high calling andprivilege of participating in thi meet-ing.

Behindt eW eel

( on tinued from uag one)LIKE FATHER

Tw nty y HI' a 0, Ray Gulliver ofth class of '20, Michigan tate Col-leg (then. Iichigan grt ultm-aj Col-lege) play d in the ollege hand. Thisy ar hi son, Robert, age 1 , is alsoa member of the college band. FatherRay plays the trombone while SonBob plays the clarinet. 11'. Gulliveris th agricultural teacher at EatonRapids.

YOUR BUSINESSIn arc t letter to its owners, the

management of th Ypsilanti FarmBureau Association wrote, "If theCo-op Elevator is just another placeto buy feed or seed and you use itwith- that in mind, then we are afailure. BUT if it means to you aplace of business which you own andwhose prosperity means your pros-perity, then we are a success."

Signed-Frank B. Wilson, Manager.

'Clinton 'County BureauHas Annual Meeting

Clinton County Farm Bureau hadits annual meeting and dinner at theUnited Brethren church, Bengal twp.,Dec. 3. About 100 were present. ArthurGage, sec'y, presented an interesting

report. The Rev. Stratford, pastor ofthe church, and Alfred Bentall, direct-or of the State Farm Bureau insur-ance dep't., were the speakers.

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A NEW note of understanding lias comeinto the American Public's thoughts con-

cerning the railroads.

It is now recoqnized that the cominCJ .ofnew forms of transportation has broughtabout disruption of the normal transporta-tion situation.' These new agencies must beproperly fitted into the nation's distributionsystem if the best interests of the public arefo be served. And certainly that programmust include attention to the present dis-ordered and unfair regulation requirementsunder which the railroads are the worstsuHerers.

Armed willi this new sympathy, the p~lie in recent years has sought to rectify thisinjustice. Congress, in 1935,and the variousstates have passed laws to this end. Thisyear Congress enacted the so-called Trans-portation Act of 1940.

But much additional progress along thisline must be made before the railroads areon a parity with heir competitors. To achieveequality will not harm other forms of trans-portation: is no more than justice requires:and definitely will be in the public interest.

Our members of the Michigan legislatureand our representa·v s in Congress areurged to exercise justice, fai ess and com-mon sense in considering any legislation in-tended to bring equality into our t anspor-tation industry.

The average journey of all railroadpassengers, other than commutation, thanon railroads in 1939 was 84.8 miles, twice as far as formerly before it iscompared with 81.2 miles in 1938. necessary to stop for coal and water.

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By Chester ClarkSome 400 farm young men and w -

men attended the 5th annual JuniorFarm Bureau State Convention h ldat the Fairchild Theatre of the :l W

Auditorium on the Michigan StateCollege campus Saturday, ...ov. 2nd.575 were pre ent at the annual ban-quet in the People's Church in EastLansing in the evening.

Various state committees met pre-vious to the general assembly at 9: 00which started with the seating of theofficial voting delegates--two for eachJunior Farm Bureau. State Vice-President Max Hayward opened theconvention and introduced StatePresident George Baur who in turngave a fine president's address. Fol-lowing his address :Mr. Baur intro-duced the following prominent peo-ple who gave brief talks before theassembly: Dean E. L. Anthony,Dean of Agriculture at M.S.C.; Sec-retary Hannah, secretary of the Col-lege! and Mr. Ralph Tenney, Directorof Short Courses at the College.

Following the addresses, State Di-rector, Ben Hennink, gave his report,and Secretary-Treasurer Ruth Browngave her report.

Upon reconvening the assembly wasshown a movie by the Coca-Cola Com-pany, and also movies taken at J. F.B. summer camps. Following themovies a full afternoon of businessconcerning resolutions, state projects,constitutional amendments, electionof state officers, and other items ofbusiness, was acted upon by the vot-ing delegates. Brief remarks weregiven by Mr. Clark Brody, Secretaryof the Michigan State Farm Bureau,and Mr. E. E. Ungren, editor, of theMichigan Farm News.

At 6: 30 p. m. the group of enthusi-astic youth gathered at the People'sChurch in East Lansing for theirfifth annual banquet. For the most(part, the county groups sat together,and the old and new state officers satat the head table. Hilarious enter-tainment was presented by the FordNovelty Eight Band of Detroit thruthe compliments of Dean and HarrisFord Dealers in East Lansing. Groupsinging was led by Nick Musselman,principal of the Okemos high school,Marjorie Nash of Detroit at thepiano.

Charles Dimmick of St. Josephcounty was toastmaster. Betty Mills,newly elected state secretary-treasur-er presented Mrs. Ben Henn ink witha beautiful bouquet of flowers. A top-notch talker's contest was conductedby Keith Tanner, with eleven contest-ants partioipating. Each contestantin his turn drew a subject from a hatand had one minute's preparation fora one minute talk. A short minuteand a long one. Fdrst vlace lovingcup went to Herbert Schmidt of BayCity, second place to Franots Brydeof Eaton Rapids, and third place toMiss Margaret Douglas of Ithaca.Last feautre of banquet program wasthe in stallation of the new state offi-cers by retiring State Secretary-Treasurer, Ruth Brown.

The entire group promptly movedtrom People's Church to Demonstra-tion Hall for the evening's TrafficParty sponsored by the Calhouncounty J. F. B. with Clarice Baker ofHomer as chairman.

Five Junior Projec sScheduled for 1941

There will be five statewide pro-jects sponsored qy the state organiza-tion for 1940-41 as a result of ac-tions taken at the fifth annual stateconvention at the new auditoriumin East Lansing on November 2nd.

The oldest and most .importantproject is the weekly I leadershiptraining camps which are held inAugust and September each summer.These camps have been held for thepast five years and have grown from76 campers at one camp in 1936 toover 400 campers attending threecamps in 1940.

Several loving cups, placques andother awards have been given to thestate organization by various com-modity group organizations. Winningcounties will be determined accord-ing to how well planned county pro-grams are, types of coun ty projects,activities, etc.

A sports festival to be held nextsummer. The project will probablybe a one-day state-wide affair includ-ing some 30 sports events, for farmpeople of all ages.

The second annual statewide boatexcursion next summer will be againsponsored by Livingston County Jr.Farm Bureau. Last year's excursionwas held on July 15. when 700 fatmfolks were aboard the steamer, Cityof Detroit III for ten hours as it madeits 120th trip up the Detroit riverinto Lake Huron and return.

The only year around project spon-sored by the state organization isthe publication of a Jr. Farm Bureaupage in the Farm

2,000 Young Men and WomenIn 40 Counties Hold

Membership

Dick Anthony of Dowagiac, a youngfarmer working his uncle's farm inCass county, was elected president ofthe Junior Farm Bureau at its stateconvention at State College, Nov. 2.He is the fifth president and succeed-ed George Baur of Bayport, Huroncounty.

Loren Black of Mt. Pleasant waselected state vice-president, Miss Bet-ty Mills of Marshall is the new secre-tary-treasurer. Other state officersfor 1941: Howard Hile of Ionia, statecamp chairman; Chester Clark ofHowell, state publicity chairman.

More than 2,000 young men andwomen on Michigan farms in 40 coun-ties are members. They are betweenthe ages of 17 and 28, single or mar-ried. They want to acquire experi-ence in organization work, generalleadership training, a better knowl-edge of democratic principles, and tofurther a balanced program of men-tal,physical, religious and social de;velopment for themselves as farmpeople.

The Junior Farm Bureau has 12districts, of 3 to 5 counties each. Dis-trict or regional directors elected for1941:District

l-Richard Koeingshof, Buchanan2-Marian Frost, Ful ton3-Alice May Wells, Jonesville4-Kenneth McCurdy, \Voodland5-Howard Hile, Ionia6-Robert Smith, Fowlerville7-Charles Myus, Lapeer8-Merle Wood, ScottVille9-Loren Black, Mt. Pleasant

lo-Herbert Schmidt, Bay Cityll-Carlton Currey, Sebewaing12-Harold Fromholz, Traverse CityThe 5 s-tate offlcers and .12 regional

directors compr-ise the state board,which meets 3 or 4 times a year.Presidents of the county Junior FarmBu eaus, together with the membersof the state board, comprise the statecouncil which meets 3 or 4 times ayear. The first state council meetingfor 1941 is at the state Farm Bureauat Lansing, Jan. 4. Our county presi-dents are:

Allegan-Harley MUlder, HollandBarry-Kenneth McCurdy, WoodlandBay-Robert Ruhatorrer, KawkawlinBerrien-Norris Young, Berrien CenterBranch-e-Oland Eichler, BataviaCalhoun-Russell Vincent, Homer

Calhoun(Battle Creek)-Jim Edgeal, Battle

Creek, R. 7~Hft'ord- Swumer, DowagiacCharlevoix-Freda WHlis, CharlevoixClinton-Russell Bower, DeWittGenesee-Philo Bird, DavisonGratiot-Parks Allen, IthacaGrand 'I'raverse-c-Fra.ncis Brakel, R. 6,

Traverse CityHillsdale-Merritt SheeleY, JoneSVilleHuron (West>-Edward Oeschger, Bay-

pOrtHuron (North)-Cecil Langley, Port

AustinIngham (So.)-Roland Cobb, StockbridgeIngham (M.S.C.)-Raymond Runzel,

Poultr-y Dep't., E. LansingIonia-Wilbur Gierman, PortlandIsabella-Ivan Gillespie, Mt. Pleasant

Jackson-Leigh VanMarter, ParmaKalamazoo-Lola Dunning, 618 Axtel St.,

Kalamazoo .Lapeer (No.)-Clare Martus, Brown CityLapeer (So.)-Harvey Hansen, LapeerI...•enawee--Allen Baker, R. 2, AdrianLiVingston-Robert Munsell, FowlervilleMason-Carl' Chilberg, ScottvilleMidland-Tony Holubik, Freeland.Montcalm (W.)-Herman Rader, R. 2,

Howard CityMontcalm-Robert McCrea, McBridesMuskegon-Paul Baerman, MontagueNewaygo-Lemoine Price, FremontOakland-Robert Howe, HollyOceana-Carl Hill, HartShlawassee--Leon Reimel, LennonSagfnaw-e-Alvin Johnson, R. 2, SaginawSt. J'oseph-e-Owen Custer, Burr OakSt. Clair-Ray Simpson, North StreetTuscola-Henderson Graham, CaroVanBuren-Gerald Lombard, Paw PawWashtenaw-Robert Gilbert, Gregory

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CillGIVE YOURSELF and your co-operativecreamery these Christmas gifts of lastinqvalue. They will increase your profits, andthe eaminqs of the creamery. You sharem th088 earnings.

• Give yourself a Milia or 8 LaetaCream Separa.tor 4Dd do better

• Give the creamery. an additionalpatron, and build the business

• Help increase the creamery's sales01 butter in your neighborbo-od

Our close skimmjnq separators pay forthemselves. theY're" priced low at ourcreameries on an easy pUrchase plan. Morepatrons will increase our volume andlower plant operatinq coats. Sellinqmore butter to ourselves cmd neiqbborshelps improve the marke' for butter.

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Seven County OrganizationsReport to State

Office

Farm Bur au HPie ty to do i 19

( ontinu d from 1 axe one)market milk and cr ainert , pot toe ,poultry and gg " and sugar he ts . .I 11the commodity group cot tog th 1 < tnoon and framed th resolutions on co-operative lav which app ar lse herein the Farm ws.

Th annual report of lark L. Brody,e. ecutive s cr tary and tr asurer, ap-pears on another page. It is a sum-mary or th year's work. This ye; I'

the annual report may be had for t11heads of the State Farm Bureau de-partments w re made a part of th an-nual report for th I' cord. Copies ofth annual r port may be had for theasking. Write to 1\11'. Brody • t theState Farm Bureau.

Els where in the edition ve quotefrom the address given by the Hon.1. Clifford Towns ud, governor of

Indiana, at the Farm Bureau's annualdinner. Also, from the address madeby R. ,V. Blackburn, secretary of theAmerican Farm Bureau, to the boardof delegates.

Election of Dtr ectcrsMichigan State Farmboard of 16 directors.

rves a two year term. Each yearterms expire for half th members ofthe board. ominations ar madusually at 4: 30 o'clock th first dayof the convention, a time fixed by therules committee. The election is ' tfor a certain hour the n xt mornin .At that time the nominations for eachdirectorship are r -opeued and areclosed only by a motion offered fromthe floor and adopted by the delegates.

This year five Farm BUleau direc-tors at large were re-elected. Theyare: Waldo E. Phillips of Decatur,Van Buren county; Mrs. Pearl Myusof Lapeer, Lapeei· county; John Houkof Ludington, Mason county; ClarenceJ. Reid of Avoca, St. lair county;and H. H. Sandford of Battle Creek,Calhoun coun ty.

WASHTENAW COUNTYWashtenaw county's meeting held

at the Dexter Methodist church hallon ovember 5th was one of thebest with 25 being present. AlbertRuhlig of Dexter was in charge ofthe evening's recreation. PresidentRobert Gilbert of Gregory presided.The year's program was adopted. Al-bert Ruhlig was appointed publicttychairman. Reports were given bythe delegates, who attended the FifthAnnual State Convention on ov.2nd. 11'. Ray Smalley of Ypsilanti,Farm [Bureau district representative,commented on the J. F. B. State Con-vention. The last Washtenaw meet-ing of .I. ovember as a Thanksgivingparty on Nov. 26th.IONIA COUNTY

Dorothy Westbrook reports theirannual game supper which was at-tended by about 65 people. MarianCurtis o Lake Odessa was generalchairman, and Bud Spencer of Sun-field was toastmaster. Ben Henninkwas present to give the evening's ad-dress and to show camp movies. TheIonia group is keeping State CampChairman Howard Hile plenty busy.Howard was recently 'elected as oneof the directors of the Ionia countySenior Farm Bureau, a position, alsoheld by Bud Spencer. On top of thatHoward is campaign manager for theIonia J. F. B. membership drive andis a district J. F. B. director.

Mr. and Mrs. Howard Hile recentlyentertained Mr. and Mrs. Ben Hen-.nink, and Mr. and Mrs. CharlesOpenlander at a dinner party.JACKSON COUNTY

Icy roads and a snowstorm didn't,prevent the Jackson county J. F. B.from having their hard-times partyat the Sandstone Townhall on theevening of November 27. It drewsome 50 young men and women. Liv-ingston county members were guests.Games were led by Mr. and Mrs. BenHennink and Chester Clark, afterwhich Jackon's President Leigh Van-Marter introduced Livingston's of-ficers President Robert Munsell,Vice-Pres. Marga et Shaw, Secre-tary-Trea urer Elnora Sharp, andState Publicity Chairman ChesterClark. Cakes, doughnuts, and applecider were awaiting the hungrygroup when they went downstairs.The party was under the direction fLeigh VanMarter, Esther Folks andEverett Lincoln.HILLSDALE COUNTY

Miss Alice May Wells is new direct-or for District 3. Hillsdale's membersat the state convention numbered 18.Kathleen Ryan of Hillsdale and Mar-tin Barnhart of Reading were countydelegates. Alice May Wells and Ar-nold Bartlett served on state commit-.tees, Arnold Bartlett was selected adelegate to the American CountryLife Association meeting at PurdueUniversity ov. 6th and 7th. TheJunior Farm Bureau held a jointmeeting with the Southwest Com-munity group on Nov. 14th with apotluck supper at the close 'Of theevening. We should like more newslike this from other counties.LIVINGSTON COUNTY

The first meeting since the stateconvention was held at the HowellCo-op Building the evening of ov.4th. Plans were made for future meet-ings, and for the ovember issue ofthe Co-operator, Farm Bureau news-paper edited by Clayt'On Klein ofFowlerville. Other recent events forthis group have been the joint meet-ing with Jackson county on ov. 27,a regular meeting at the Howell Co-op Building Dec. 2, and a roller-skat-ing party at Argentine Dec. 4. RobertSmith and Clayton Klein attendedthe councillor's camp at Pine lake,

ov. 24 to 27. Miss Fr es Sharp, a5 ,

CHESTER CJ..-RRK. PLJ8/,..ICITfCllfl,*M/lN -dR, PIII~MFJUI~et9l)

loyal member 'Of the group, recentlyunderwent an appendectomy.CLINTON COUNTY

There has not been a Jr. FarmBureau in Clinton county, but atcamp thi past summer were severalcampers from that count r.

Lawrence S gel' of Bath gives unews about the new Jr. Farm Bureauin Clinton County. Four meetingshave been held, officers elected, dele-gates sent to the tate convention,committees appointed, and othergood times to boot. The membershipis 18, headed by Russell Bower ofDeWitt as president; Charles very,Eagle, as vice president;:Mi PhylliBlough, Grand Ledge, a seer tary-trea urer; and Lawre.nce Seeger aspublicity chairman. The programplanning committee is comprised ofRobert Rowland, • fiss Bet y Row-land, and Charles very. Teil Harteand Lawrence eeger are drawingup a tentative constitution. Mr. Char-les Openlander of Grand Ledge,Farm Bure u representative, hasbeen fostering the group. businessmeeting will be held December 12th,and the next meeting will be a [ewYear's party.WEST MONTCALM

Letter from the Junior Farm Bur-eau of Greenville tell of a meetingheld October 31st. Perry Rossman ofliakeview and Robert Staff of Green-ville attended the tate convention asdelegate. The group met at theMontcalm Grange Hall on Thursdaye ening, 1 ovember 2 tho

Classified advertisements are cash with order at the following rates:4 cents per word for one edition. Ads to appear in two or more editionstake the rate of 3 cents per word per edition.

R SALE-MISCELLANEOUSREGISTERED HEREFORD,and helters. We have a nice selection.Sensible prices. A. M. Todd Co., len-tha. (H miles northwest or 'Kalamazoo).

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MICHIGAN SEPTIC TANK SIPHONand bell as recommended by State Col-lege Agr'} Engineering dep't. Build yourown septic tank and sewage system. In.stall when tank is built. Installation andoperation simple. Di charges automati-cally. Have been sold 16 years. All indally use and giving satisfaction. In-struction with each siphon. Price, de-llvered, $7.60 which Includes sales tax,C. O. D. charges are extra. Farm BureauSupply Store, 728 E. Shiawassee St., Lan-sing. (?-4-tf-60b)

REGISTERED SHROPSHIRE RAMS.~om 60 years of careful breeding.Sensibly priced. Jes e Hewen, psi-lantr, R-l. 5 miles south of YpsilantI.

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MAPLE SYRUP SUPPLIESSAVE TH E WOM EN FOLKSI FARMwomen pump much ot the water used onthe farm. Electricity can save themthat work. Have an ample water sup-ply on tap for small cost. Think of it!A turbine shallow well electric water. ystem for as little a $52.50.

OUR NEW JET WATER SYST.EMSare the latest in pump designs. TOnoise. Place pump in basement or wellpit. For wells up to 80 feet lift. Seeyour Farm Bureau dealer, or write FarmBureau ServIces, Electrical Dep't, 72E. hiawassee se., Lansing. (ll-tf- 4b)

SPECIAL FACTORY

WANTED-BY CAPABLE, MIDDLEaged farm woman, work as ~0~6ekeept;ron farm or in town. Write grvmg' par tt-

1culars and we c n arrang tnt rview,11'. Bertha Lingenfelter, 101 South

_ 011 Ave., • .(12-1 .

ra IeBackground Material for Discussion in Decemberby the 197 Community Farm Bureau

fly KlUTH A. TA HERMemb (ship Relations &: Edu-eation

War and National Defen ear talk fills the air. any people

tate bat It is impossible for a de-mocracy to go 10 war. Emergenciesdemand immediate action; 'Speed Is

senUal and this has meant thedelegation of w r time pOwer to oneindividual. Thus, we are not fol-lowIng the principle of a democracy.

ut the que ions advanced at pres-ent center around the national de-ense problem. Can this emergency

be met through regular channels ordo s more power necessarily need bev sted in (me m n? At the pre sent

e fInd our chi f x cutive withmore power than ly peace timepresid nt in the history of the nit-d Stat s,

Many tate that our pI'esent na-tional defen i an em rgency rna-jor qually a lmpor 11t as ny warcrisis. In order to ac iIi tate thespeed necessar for our protection,we must delegate th 8 powers to alimited few. Democratic practicesare too slow to demand considerationat the resent.

Others tate that the democraticbars should only be let down whenwe are engaged in war. We are nowrn tin a peace time emergency andwar privileges should not be grant-ed to the few. They are of the opin·ion that our AmerIcan democracycan meet and should be allowedto meet the national defense prob-lem.

Financing national defense is n-other problem faced by the demo-cracies as well s the central pow-ers. It is estimated that six nationspent over ifty billIon dollars this

past y ar for arms. Britian has in·creased her spending to twenty bil-lion dollars annually. But in com-paring the United States with Can-ada, we find that even though theUnited States has three times the.population, it is only spending, atthe present time, one-third as much011 her army nd navy. If the Unit-ed States gear her defense spendingwith that of the other countries,

hat will be the reaction of ourpeople to a means of meeting these

pen es?Unlver8al Selective Military Training

We have just changed our histori-cal attitud toward military train-ing and military service. This is theftrst time in our country's historyw have had to a k the Americanpublic to Une itself up voluntarilynd whol he rtedy behind selective

military rviee. There were manyconceptions 'Which had to be brokendown before some or our peopleagr d to conscription. People 'hadto tell thems Ives that a big milt-tary machi ie would not further tas-eI m her; that it would not turnon regiment d puppets and bullles,Facist nd azis tendencies exist inthe soul of people; !people eitherposs ss these tendencies or theydon't. Those 1>08 essing such ten-dencies like fIghting and regimenta-tion and uniforms. Historically

king, a democratically adminis-ter d defense machine for our pro-t etion hould not change this policy.1\1any el that we m y never haveto fight at all, but thl depends uponhow big and how efficient we buildour military machine.

rt r analyzing the 'Ponding sltu-atlon, it s ms that universal sel-

cttv draft is th only really demo-cratic way 10 build up a good de-fen program. But how does a de-

iocracy wish to train boys who arc11t to these peace time camps?

Should they be trained only in mili·ary matt rs or should a portion ofheir time be d voted to vocational

in truction and the teaching of cit-izenship?

The Citizen ArmyThe citizen rmy according to

iany hould be trained in twoih ses: first, defense training, andeeond, civil liCe training. It should

b an educational in stltutlon in atlea t thr re pets; ( 1) to teach the

ltizen army the fundamental of mo-d rn, mechaniz d war - how toh: ndlc modern 'ar machine, with

11 frill, uch a dr s parades, cutto the minimum; and (2) vocational

nd mechanical training should beaught the citizen army 0 it will be

Groupsan asset to him when he returns to Igold. Some say the gold situationcivil life, and (3) the new army resembles a game of marble. Whenshould be instructed in citizenship one of the players has lost all of hiswhich will adjust them to democratic marbles to the other, he has two al-home situation rather than making ternatives; he can borrow from theth m feel as regimented hopefuls. other if the second party is agree-Coupled with the above. they hope able, or he can think up a new gamethat every effort will be made to which does not need marbles. Itraise the citizen army's health aver- looks as though we may be playingage and that instructions in health a new economical game.and sanitation will be featured. Hitler has been using the barterUnited States Hoard of Monetary Gold system for quite some time and it

"There's gold in them thar hills", may be our alternatives to followYes, you are right, it you are refer- uit if we wish that market. 0 mat-ring to Fort Knox, Kentucky and tel' who wins the war, we will etrllvarious other vaults and mints have the gold and the fighting na-around the United States. We're not tions will have spent most of theirto certain just where it's all stored, resources on the war. This againbut we do know that we had about seems to indicate the necessity fortwenty-one billion dollars in gold bartering.this past September, which was stor- Agriculture and Changing Conditionsed and out of the hands of any pr i- The three players on the economicvate citizen. We purchased about stage are labor, industry and agr l-three billion dollars worth of gold culture. Each has its part to playthis past year which gives us more in order that the show may go on.Ilhan seventy percent of the world's But confusion on the economic stagemonetary gold. is witnessed when anyone of the

We have been able to acquire this players tries to steal the show, be-gold because of our gold devaluation cause this usually cannot be accom-step of February 1934 at which time pUshed unless at the expense of thethe United States government stated other two players. The economicthat it would purchase gold, until show should have a three star hill-further notice, at $35.00 an ounce in- ing.stead of t previous, $20.67. Agr iculture has for many years de-

There are those who say that the pended upon foreign markets. Thefurther notice will never come and war has limited these European out-hat we will eventually have ninety. lets until we are practically depend-

nine percent of the world's monetary ent upon domestic market for ourgold. At which time, many are of agricultural products. Large sur-the opinion, the rest of the nations pluses of food and fiber has beenwill repudiate gold as money and piling up to increase the perplexitywill start using something else for of the situation.money, leaving us to hold the bag. It is true that the business' index

is increasing rather rapidly and theBut regardless of all thi , gold is con umer should have more dollars

still a. rare me-tal. It is the ~~IY with which to purchase food. Moremoney that. will bu!. ~ommodltles than he has had for many years. Buteverywhere m the ctvillzed world, the 3 to 6% more food purchased byand practically everybody would rath- the consumer will be greatly overer use gold for money than any other balanced when we consider loss ofsubstance even though England sta~t. foreign exports nd the presence ofed to go off the gold standard m farm SUI pluses1931. Those making a stud! o~ gold, 'Val' hysteria' has made us desirousstate that our real. ~h~'eat hes in the of some of that southern hospitality.fact that our polittctans have com- We have been very eager to gain theplete co~trol ov?r our gold hoar~. recognition of central and SouthThey gamed this control back .lD America. But South America, agri-1933 when gold hoarding was forbid- culturally speaking, raises the same~en and all monetary gold wa~ called products we do. If we wish to ainIll. They will not loosen thetr hold . g

th' ld til bl' .. their favor through trade, we muston. t~ g~ un pu IC opimon recognize their farm products. It isprres em oose. true that we may furnish them with

They have the power to devaluate industrial exports, but what a e wethe gold dollar's value. The politic- going to take in exchange for them?ians clipped the gold dollar's value Thinking in terms of money or goldfrom 100 cents to 59.04 cents, when is rather wishful thinking. If Souththey increased the price of gold from American products are considered,$20.67 to $35.00 n ounce in February what about our agricultural surplus-1934. There is nothing to stop them es?from doing this again if they feel so We have extablished ourselves asinclined. the world's greatest exporter of ar-

If our national debt should in- maments and munitions. Foreigncrease to the point where people be- counties are using their availablegan to talk 100 loudly, the dollar money and exchange cerdit to pur-might again be clipped, possible to chase munition from the United50c gold or less. The profit trom States. They are making their foodthis action could be applied to the and fiber deals with exporters whonational debt. But the blows of this do not have war equipment for saleact would be felt by those holding and have a more convenient creditbank accounts, annuities, life Insur- policy for the purchase of agrtcul-]ance and bonds, and all types of tural commodities. .Many feel that Idebts. These debts would be paya~Ie these agricultural trade 'policies arein less valuable dollars. This would becoming rather well established andlead us into financial and business it will take many years to changechaos, with the possibility of some them,form of dictatorship stepping in to Farmers must be wilUng to meethelp pick up the pieces. the challenges of their own protes-

These folks feel that the 'People slon. Progressive agriculture willshould have a hand in managing only result when the farmers aretheir supply of monetary gold. Some willing to assume responsibility foreven advocate that the people should the solution of their problems, andhave the right to 'hoard gold and that will take the initiative to work to·congress should place gold in cir- gether to voice the opinion of agrt-culation. This would of course get culture - one farmer alone willthe control of the gold out of the never accomplish this.hands of a few. Theodore Roosevelt once said,

The public quite generally is "Much can be done for the farmerwondering how we will be able to by the government, but even moretrade with the Central Axis Powers can be done through co-operationwhen we have most of the world's among the farmers themselves:'

Mrs. George Schultz announced theorganisatten of a Farm BureauChorus and urged members ho areenterested to join-following thisMrs. Thor Hagberg gave us her ora-tion which was to be presented at a

By KEITH A. 'l'AN ER Speakers Contest in Lan ing.Membership Relations and Education Sodus Community Farm Bureau,

Berrien countyThe following activities were tak- motion was made that the Sodus

en from the various Community Farm 'Bureau Booster sponsor aFarm Bureau group f minutes. How Scout Cub-Pack and that $2.00 be at-do some of your group vrojects com- lowed for Den mother fees.pare with these activities? Hastings Community Farm Bureau,Brookside Community Farm Bureau, Barry countyNewaygo county [otion wa made that we have a

We had a general discussion about question box 10 decide the localthe exhibit we won first prize on at topics for discussion in our groups.the Fremont Fair, and how to makeit better another year. South Thornapple Community Farm

Bureau, Barry countyThe motion wa made and support- The secretary was introduced to

ed that we invite the Garfield Com- write Mrs. Shirley Blood of Hastingsmunity Farm Bureau and the newly to get information about the Farmorganized Dayton Community Farm Bureau Scrap Book.Bureau to meet with us at our next Archie Community Farm Bureau,regular meeting on December 12th. Grand Traver e county

te then discussed filling out our The chairman urged all members"Farm to Prosper" blanks. ar- to keep the group active in order togu rit mith and eva Chryster promote legislation of benefit to uswere appointed to write a story to be and urged us to get in touch with

ntered for the group. Senator Brown in regard to hisLawrence Community Farm Bureau, stand on the amendment to the mar-Van Buren county ketIng agre ment.

a Brown told u about the reo- Ea8t Leland Community Farm Bureau,r tlonal work being done through Leel nau countythe Community Councilor for which motion was made and carriedth local group bscribed 6.00. that the chairman appoint a com-The council 1 active and the recre-\ mlttee consisting of three to inves-

tional 'Work I advised with a re- ipte he matter of having a com-i 1 d r 0 u r 1 he wor. mu ty roup cr p book.

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MICHIGAN FARM NEWS SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1940

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Add producing power to corn, oats, and other farmgrains by increasing their protein content and milkmaking ability with Milkmaker 34 % protein concen-trate. For best results we suggest one of the gooddairy rations below;

MILKMAKER 34% Farm GrainsWith Alfalfa Hay 100 lbs. with 300-5001bs .'Yith lover lIay 100 lbs. with 200-3001bs.

With Mixed Hay,. 100 lbs. with 100-175Ibs.win. Timothy Hay 100 Ibs. with 75-125 lbs.

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Produce pork cheaply with Porkmaker 44 % ProteinConcentrate to step up feeding value of home grains.Ten to 171J2 % of Porkmaker 44 in the grain mixtureproduces a ration that makes pork quickly, cheaply andmakes farm grains go farther. Use these formulas:

Pounds of Different Ingredientsto Use

Porkmaker 44 Corn Wheat MiddsPIG STARTER 175 lbs. 425 Ibs. 400 ~bs.PIG GRO'VER 150 Ibs. 600 lbs. 250 lbs.FA T'rENER 100 lbs. 1,000 Ibs.Wheat, Barley. Rye or Oats cCWl....replace some of thecorn and middlings in the starter and grower. .

Kind of RationWanted

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Farm Bureau Mermade Balancer 32<;1c protein is too rich to be fed alone and should be mixed with groundgrains. Mix 200 lbs. of any of the following ground grain mixtures with 100 lbs. of Mermade Balancer tomake a regular laying mash. To be used with 10 lbs. of scratch grains, daily for each 100 hens.

1. 200 lbs. wheat and 100 lbs. corn or barley. 3. 100 lbs. corn, 125 lbs. wheat, 75 lbs. oats.2. 200 lbs. corn and 100 lbs. wheat or barley. . 4. 100 lbs. Wheat, 100 lbs. barley, 100 lbs. corn.

For an all mash laying ration and growing mash, mix 200 lbs. of any of theabove grain mixtures with 100 lbs. of Mermade Balancer.

FE G A MIXI GIFARM BUREAU STORES AND CO-OP ASS 'NS can help you make good, lower costdairy rations and poultry feeds through their grinding and mixing service. You supplythe shelled corn, heavy oats, barley, or wheat and buy from them only such concentratesas Milkmaker 34%, Farm Bureau Poultry Supplement 32 %, or Mermaid Balancer 32 %or mill feeds, cottonseed meal, meat scrops, alfalfa leaf meal, etc. They can mix anyformula you have. They have good standard dairy and poultry formulas to accommo-date the quantity and kinds of home grown grains you have.

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ALCOHOLUN ICO 200 PROOFALCOHOL is treated toprevent rust. Containsa reliable evaporationretardment. Priced low.

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SEND 4 OUNCE representative sample for bid. Take equalamounts from each bag to make representative sample. We furnishseed sample mailing envelope on request.

IT PAYS TO HAVE YOUR SEEDS CLEANED inour modern plant at very reasonable charges for A-1work. Send representative sample, and we willadvise cleaning needed and price. Have your seedcleaned soon. No custom cleaning after December 31.

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