Vol. 35. No. 8

EDITORIALAUGUST 1. 1957

Women oj the Farm BureauCLABK L. BBObY

Counsel for Public Affairs for Michigan Farm Bureau

i'The Farm Bureau organization that we buildand everything that it accompUs.hes means some-thing for OUr families and our homes. Farm Bu-reau Community Groups will never do their bestuntil Farm Bureau women share the responsi-bility.

"We need the closest cooperatiotL •• of ourmen and women and even the youngsters to doour beld-and nothing short of our best should beour aim."

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This statement by Mrs. Edith Wagar at the eighthannual meeting of the Michigan State Farm Bureauin February, J 926, expressed the basic purpose ofthe Women of the Michigan Fann Bureau.

"Nothing short of our best" has been the ideal ofFarm Bureau women in their efforts to help buildthe Michigan Farm Btireau. In 1957 our Women'sDepartment is one of the most effective and influ-ential elements in the Farm Bureau program.

Farm women began to tab part in Michigan -Farm Bureau affairs in 1921.

Mrs. Edith Wagar of Carleton of Monroe countywas elected a director of the Michigan Farm Bu-reau at the annual meeting in February, 192 J.

For more than thirty years, Mrs. Wagar rendered.great service in arousing the interest of farm womenin the Farm Bureau through meetings about the stateand her articles in the Michigan Farm News.

It became evident in the mid-t920' s if we were tobuild the organization and maintain an adequatemembership program, the wives as well as the hus-bands must be encouraged to enlist in Farm Bureauwork.

Women proved to be very effective Farm.Bureau membership solicitors in 1925 and1926 ..

They aided materially in establishing the use ofvoluntary teams of local people instead of hiredmembership solicitors as had been the practice since1919.

Women's influence began to be manifest in theMichigan Farm Bureau annual meetings by an in...creasing number of women voting delegates. Thisled to their appointment to important committees.At the tenth annual 'meeting in 1928 President M.L. Noon appointed a Credentials Committee con-sisting entirely of women.

For the next sixteen year~) under the. leadershipof three Home and Community- Chairmen, Mrs.Pearl Myus of Lapeer county, Mrs. Ray Neikirk ofGratiot county. and Mrs. Belle Newell of Branchcounty, the participation of women was encouragedand continued to increase in Farm Bureau affairs.

This led to the organization of the MichiganBranch of the Associated Women of the AmericanFarm Bureau Federation February 12, 1944. Theaction was recognized by this action of the Mich...igan Farm Bureau Board of Directors:

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It is hereby requested that the Michigan StateFarm Bureau es.tablish an Associated. Women'sCouncil composed of one representative from eachmembership district in the state to serve in anadvisory capacity to the Miehigan AssociatedWomen.

Upon the recommendation of Assistant Secretary]. F. Yaeger, Mrs. Marjorie Karker of the Member ...ship staff, was appointed Coordinator of Farm Bu-reau Woments Activities March I. 1945. TheHome & Community Dep't was changed to FarmBureau Women.

Mrs. Karker came to the work well qualified.For some years she had worked with the CountyFarm Bureau secretaries keeping the membershiprecords of the County and State Farm Bureaus inadjustment, and promoting understanding betweencounty and state offices. '

Having grown up on a farm. she has a first-handknowledge of and adaptability to her work withFarm Bureau women. Her unfailing industry anddevotion to the interests of farm women have beena most important factor in the progress of FarmBureau Women and the advancement of the Mich-igan Farm Bureau.

Since 1950 underChairmen Mr . M

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Portico overPLYMOUTH ROCK is a big +---------------~---- ___:_-------granite ~oulder and bearsthe inscription 1620. Itmarks the exact spot thePilgrims landed from theMa.yflower .

The rock has nor been un-disturbed in more than threecenturies. 114 years afterthe landing .. in 1774, therock split in two 8$ pa-triots in the period beforethe Revolutionary War at-tempted to raise it for a con-secration to liberty. A partwas removed to the townsquare in Plymouth.

Another 60 years passed.July 4, 1834, the section ofrock was placed in PilgrimHall.

In 1880 :the part of therock was restored to its orig-inal position. The porticopictured was completed in1920.by the Colonial Damesof America to commem-orate the 300th anniversaryof the landing of the Pil-grims.

Plymouth mitte

Ther h s b n on id r bi publicitstudie of ta conditions which are beingthe ta ation committe of the Senat andi also a committe del ing into man ph

Ipublic school sy tern.

A c~ntinuing t~dy of higher ed cation in ~ichi an,

Iincluding community colleges, ha th tt ntiogroup of Senators and Representatives, Oth r r

An over-all ~verage increase of. J.2c: i? combined Blue +S-----p-h-S-o-a-r-d---' veloping th codification of all of Michig n's I wCross-Blue Shield rates to meet rrsmg costs. and a broad Praise Lyman Seiler ing with highways.extension of out-patient benefits have been approved as Upon ULe retrrernen of Lyman Problems of the dairy indu try will be udied," . bi .. b SIC .. Seiler of Leonida ~R-1 as generalfair and reasona e y tate nsurance omrmssioner agentin St, .Ioseph countyfor the various plans which have been proposed for improvir

Joseph A avarre. , r.~~mt~ur~ouu~~;ur;~~~c~,:a:,; conditions in this fi ld. Three Repres ntativ s will 0 •

The Blue C~oss-~lue Shield ann~un~ed that the ne~ iboard of direcior' adoptedthis sider th drainage laws and problems of water r~sour "rates and benefits Willbecome effective In October, 1951, r"':.~~t'::t~~IYb~ardof directorsI A joint commit~~e o~ Senators and pr .s .nta 1 WIll

William S. McNary, Blue Cross executive vice-presi- of St. J? eph County Farm BlJ- prepar a recodification of the laws pertammg to OWC h d id reau desire to expre s to Lymandent, said that at the end of ay Blue ross a pal Seiler our grateful appreciation J ships.

out $ J ,800,000 more than recei red in subscriber income for many years o~hone t, sincere Th S t '11 onsider the use of trading taand devoted er Ice to our mem- ree ena ors WI c .

so far in 1957. bel' hip, and to the Michigan by retail merchants and will investigate the op r uoThe ne out-patient benefits are aimed at cutting down ~~~:nB~re~u\ ~~~~e~shI~o~r~~~: various trading tamp plans. Fi e Repr sent tiv h

exp nsive hospita bed-patient care for people able to elude your \ YOlk a G n ral been as i ne to re ie th la srI ting -moti at-visit the hospital for services. 1hey will also cover the A~.';~ know you will always ed crim s.kinds of surgery that can be done in the hospital's out- render the same service you ha e Th I f of the 46 interi committ. ,. j given so generou ly to our organ- I ese are on y a ew .patient department or the doctor s office. ization. . now at work. Legislators receive no xtra pay fo t e

+ "We ext nd our incere best I ' . dations will be t dJay Ketchum. exec~tive vi~e I wi hes to you, that y u may n- added duti . 1heir recommen ations WI pr s .presiden! of Blue S¥eld, ~ald AT 10 joy manyyearsof m mber a soc- t th I958 session of the Michigan L gi lature and WIllBlue Shield or doctor s services F iation with u and our Ol'oan-I 0 e " '11b' d d th tout-patient benefits have been . ization." probably result in bills which wt e intro uce aextended to cover all surgery ,performed in the hospital out- C 1 C -I I time. .. .patient department or the doc- e oun YA omam·Sees It is important that the committees be provid witltor's office. Previously, coverage Mee ug. ep • . hi h b h . d _for out-patient surgery had been County Farm Bureau Reso- proper information on w IC to as t elf recomm nlimited to accident treatment and • lutions committe ' and Commod- tiapproximately 20 specific sur- ity. committe~. w ill .meet in a Ions.gical procedures. sen s of meeting duru~g August Northw t; 30th Dist. 10-vV;Sept. You 0 I

' Th Mi hi . Farm Bureau and September. Resolutions com- 4th C t 1 . 5tl D' t 10 E' 6th F B a Young PeopleMr. McNary said the new Blue e c igan . . mittees v rill exchange idea -.and n ra . 1 1'. -, arm u e uCrosshospitalout-patientdepart- r0u::

gpe~h~~..a":"~;::f~:f:t,~,~~make recommendationsas to ~hU~b/;t~;~t~."; ,s:k~~t~i:;,e;t~~~5~~:~;.fn ';b~:;~:';ze~fc~~~~

me!!-tbenefl~s include-s-on an o~t-, o'o'e~te at the Ionia Free Fair, what i sue Count' Farm Burea~~ I en ra , , ties.patient basls-us~ of operating Ir J t 5-10 M' Sandra Murton may want to act on at the r j - 69 192and other surgical treatment i CI~gUts . t IShS b selected' October annual meeting. Com- Th. I ue ,

di ti d . I In on coun y as een ',. TI' h ber f '. frooms; all me rca IOns, ressings, .erv and D 1 C ramer of mOdit.y committe sWIll diSCUS I us t num er 0 copies 0etc.; anesthesia services and sup- as manag r,~~ a aaeSi~ant man- the dairy situation. . the Michigan Farm ~ews mailedplies; all drugs and laboratory Mec,ota cou v Dates for regional meting: to m mbers of the Michigan Farmexaminations directly related to agel. .. . Aug. 28th East Central; 29th B 'eau August 1.the reason for care; physical The cafetena WIll be servmgtherapy treatment and oxygen full course meals at reasonableand other gas therapy. rate. and will tr~ to have the

He said the new out-patient be t food on the fair grounds.benefits were developed after The proceed from thi project I

more than two years of careful are for the education programsstudy and were in response to a for the Farm Bureau Young Peo-growing public demand. ple. Approximately 15 t? 20 vol-

"They will extend protection in unteer young people Will worka broad area of out-patient care each day at the fair.not previously covered by Blue If you vi it the Ionia Free Fair,Cross-Blue Shield and represent why not pay the Farm Bureauadditional coverage our members Young People a isit and enjoy ahave clearly indicated they want." good meal?

McNary added that the adds- . .tion of out-patient benefits is all MId West Camp. Many Mich-experiment. They are being add- igan Far~ Bureau Young PeoJ?leed in the form of "liberalization are planning to attend the Mid-riders" to subscriber contracts West Farm Bureau Young Peo-and will automatically cover all ple's camp August 30 throughregular members beginning in September 1. The camp this yearOctober. wil be held at the American Bap-

"With little previous experi- tist -:'-ssembly G~een Lake, WIS-ence in this new field of out- consm. Travel WIllbe by bus.patient coverage," Mc ary said, The theme of the camp will be"we just don't know at this time 'Freedom." The camp is carriedhow much-c-it any-they WIll on a a discussion type program.add to the total cost of care." Last year Michigan had almo t

"We believe that their addi- 100young people at Mid-Westtional cost will be more than off- Camp. Theyexp ct to do at lea tset by a decline in the use of that well this year.expensive hospital bed for am- Robert Van Wert, 2nd Vicebulatory and minor surgical President of Michigan Farm Bu-cases." eau Young People, is Vice Presi-

dent of the Mid-West Farm Bu-eau Young People's Camp.

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Hodge esResolutionsCommittee

President Ward G. Hodge hasappointed the resolutions com-mittee for the 38th annual meet-ing of the Michigan Farm Bureauat Michigan State UniversityNovember 12 and 13.

In August the committee willbegin work through such sub-committees as National and Inter-national Affairs, State Affairs,Education, Highways, Conser-vation, By-Laws and InternalAffairs, etc.

County Farm Bureaus holdtheir annual meetings in October.Their resolutions on county, stateand national matters are recom-mendations to the State Reso-lutions committee. Members ofthe state Resolutions Committeeare:

Communi y roThere arc now 1,646 Commun-

ity Farm Bureau groups in Mich-igan.

Waer ove

He was oustanding forhis development of theCommunity Farm Bureauprogram.

•From MembershipDistricts:

I-Clarence Stover, BerrienSprings R-l.

2-Max Pal'ks, Bronson R-3.3-Miss Henrietta Burch, 4365~

Joy Road, Plymouth R-1.4-Ed Robinette, 3142 4-Mile

Road, Grand Rapid R-4.,N. E.5-Stanley Perkins, Swartz

Creek R-46-Fred Bach, Akron R-l. .7-Austin Greenhoe, Crystal R-

1.8-Albert Adamski (Chairman),

Standish R-l.9-Hal'old Vanderheide, Mc-

Brain R-l.IO-Frank wm, Posen R-l.11-Whitford Armstrong, Daf-

ter R-l.

ureauThe Michigan Farm Bureau lost

a loved leader of grea promi ewhen Keith A. Tanner of Okemodied at Henry Ford Hos pital atDetroit Jul 20 at the age of 46.

Mr. Tanner was manager ofoperations for Farm Bur au Ser-vices, Inc., the state-wide farmsupplies rvice for Farm Bureau,He was a former manag r of theMichigan Farm Bureau's mem-bership work. He had been em-ployed by Farm Bureau since1939.

From Nominations byFarm Bureau Women

Mrs. Kenneth Corey Stephen-sen n-i.

Mrs. Allen Lahr, Charlotte R-6.Third member to be announced

later.Cour Action Permits'Grade ' ale ow

An inj uncti n is ued la t w ekby Judge Dale Souter in KentCounty I' trains the MichiganDepartment of Agriculture fromdelaying the st rt of the "GradeAn milk progr am in the low rp ninsula.

The 1957 Legi lature passed amea ur with immediate effect topo: tpone the effectiv date ofthe "Grade AU pro ram in thelower peninsulr un il J nua 1,19:>8.

ThGrund aptds S\ to declare cla "N' nco titutlcnal because it

.d no & pl e u 1 1 J I p1lrthe stat .

At- Large From Michigan FarmBurea.u Board of Directors

Dale Dunckel, Williamston R-3.Allen F. Rush, Lake Orion R-2.Robert E. Smith, Fowlerville

R-l, Vice-Chairman.

From Farm BureauYoung People

Riel ard Arnold, Plainw 11R-l.

ry 12, 1923.

EInar E. Ungren

PURPOSE OF FARM

BUREAU

The purpose of this Associa-tion shall be the advancementof our members' interests edu-cationally, legislatively andeconomically.

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Comm nltyure

nt w. G. Hodge, Snover'.-l'r Blaqu Knirlt, Quin y

Exec, s c'y J. l'~. Yaeger, Lansing

It pres nt.ingWOMEN OF FARM BUREAU

Ir: . a rIton Hall Albion, R-l

R pr, ntingFARM BUREAU YOUNG PEOPLERichard rnold Plainw 11, R-1

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CLARE L. McGH NCoordinator of Community Farm Bureau for MFB

Why have community groups in Farm Bur u? What i youranswer to this question? Would it be in order to get orne ierviceprogram, get to know my n ighbor , have a ocial ti ?

Or is it to learn about my organization, help to make my or-ganization more effective, an opportunity to ex PI' _ s my opinion,help form a policy lhat will put m organization on record forwhat is right, etc.?

What is your answer?

Farm Bur au is the largest and I about them? f

~ost . influ ntia.l farm organiza- This is one of the opportunitiestion m the United States today. your Community Farm Bur auHow long will it stay in the en- I offers you.viable position? There are thosewho would like to se Farm Bu-reau in a le ser position.

GOLD STAR AWARDJune

Alpena County, Silver

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fordurinFree Q;mSearcy,Dates 31' :

August 5th, Southwest region;7th Southeast; 8th Thumb; 19th

entral: 21st West Central; 22 and23rd wo me rings in North a t;28th East C ntral: 29th orth-w st.

WESLEY S. HAWLEYCoordinator for U.P.

The Mackinac-Luce Farm Bu-r au Advisory committee willhold it next me ting August 5 atthe Robert Elsner home near

.Engadine. Mr. Elsner and Mrs.Bud Schaefer, chairman andsecretary, will report their trip tothe Farm Bureau headquarters inLansing.

The committee will make finalplans for organizing communitygroups and the County Farm Bu-reau. It is hoped that they canstart organizing the groups in lateAugust and in S pt.

Th y plan to organize theCounty Farm Bureau in midOctob r and end a delegate trthe Michigan Farm Bureau con- ~vention in ovember.

The summer ill trict meeting,wa h ld in a s ries of threem etings, One was held in Kin-ross, Chippewa county, one in

in P lkie in Baraga county and onein Escanaba for Delta and Meno-

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minee counties.

It's nice in the cool of the eveningTo fish in your favorife spot

When a rUle cool bre ze rna es a rippleAnd the air is no long r so of.

With everything peaceful and qu"et,And with quiet and peace in your soul

Till yo feel not' a shade of resentmentWhen a dragon-fly lights on yo r pole.

The bark of a dog in the distance,The whoop of a bittern nearby:

The dusk creeping down from the wood-Ier,The sun slipping down in the sky,

All add to the hour of enchantment.What more could a fisherman wish?

Though he knows, w'th that fly on his bobberHe is not going to catch any fish.

Some fisherman fish for the quarryB many, I'm sure, are content

To bask in the soul-soothing quietAnd call it an evening well spent.

The pace of our civihaationSubsides to soft magic they find

When a dragon. fly sits on the bobberAnd nothing encumbers the mind.

WHh his sleek netted wings iridescentAnd his needle -like body all bright,

How lighUy, how brightly he pe ches,How instantly flicks into £1' ght.

He may be a bird of ill omen:He brings me no fishes 10 fry

But he's welcome to sif on my bobberIn peace, between water and sky.

R. S. Clark315 North Grinnell StreetJackson, Michigan

Ammonia Fertilizereeds elp for JobSome farmers are not getting

the crop response from anhydrousammonia that they did when theyfirst started using it.

J. F. Davis, oil scientist atMichigan State University, saidcrop yields may be high tempor-arily because of the reserve fer-tility that has been building upover the year, but unless extraphosphorus and potassium areused with the extra nitrogen, re-sponse to anhydrous ammonia or

Classified AdsPut yourself in the reader's

place. He wants an accurate andcomplete description of what youadvertise. A description thatmakes him want it. Quote a priceYour price may be most attrac-tive and the one thing that stirshim to action. He has to know itsometime, so why not tell himno v·?

any high rate of nitrogen fer-tilizer may not be as great as itwas at first.

So $ dJerry ordrey, coordinator ofmembership, met with the execu-tive and member hip committees,Clare McGhan, coordinator ofCommunity Groups, with thosecommittees, Dan Reed, associatelegislative counsel, met with the-resolutions committees. The com-mittees will probably meet againin August.

Crops are pretty good so farthis year here in the U.P. and theharvest i well under way in mostareas.

The Upper Peninsula seemsmore beautiful thi summer than Grand Pia 0ever to us. . . d d d. .. My second lassifie a sol

Farm B~reau IS growing in th I the Steinway grand piano in July.Upper Peninsula. Cash buyer carne 150 miles for it.

Very satisfactory. Mrs. G. C.It i far easier to form good Graham, 452 South Main t.,

habits than reform bad ones. Adrian.

sue SoldBuyer from Fremont came 165

miles for the Martins silo I ad-vertised in the July 1MichiganFarm News. Good advertising andsmall co t! Brawn Sproul, 10684Lis Road, Belleville.

Excelent .Results were excellent from ad-

vertising our Polled Shorthornyearling bulls in July 1 MichiganFarm News. Ray and RobertPeter , El ie.

C It·vatorSold -row cultivator to first

and only inquiry. Am well satis-fied. James G. Brand, Dimondale.

ilk CoolerAd in your July 1 issue sold the

four can milk cooler. Mrs. GeorgeParker,4540 Geddes Road, AnnArbor.

Quick Sa eSaw filer and setter advertised

in July 1 edition was sold beforewe got our copy of the paper. Iwas surprised and pleased. Her-bert Richardson, Marion R-2.

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This tractor-plow combination builds half a mile of telephone line in an hour

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11Telephone Laboratories created thiss cial "telephone plow" and the s~lwire it uses. Tough-coated waterproof wirei au omatically fed through the plow bladeinto the bottom of a 24-inch furrow whichthe plow digs as it goes.

The plow and the wire were created bytelephone scientists to bring telephoneservice to outlying farms fast and econom-

ically. This invention is another exampleof how telephone people are always work..ing together to bring people together.

Telephone people know that the farmer'stelephone is one of his most importantpieces of equipment_ With it he runserrands, orders feed and supplies, keeps intouch with family and friends-all with-out taking time away from his farm.

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cce 10 ez ~ an h pr P r ypth kind of fire e. pected shouldbe placed in convenient locationsin all fir danger area -thebarn, machine shed, and neartorage tank of gasoline and

kerosene.The most reliable extinguishers

are those approved by nationallyrecognized t sting laboratories.

All extingui: hers should bechecked regula ly and rechargedas n cessary in accordance withmanufacturer' in truction.

2. Teach everyone who worksand lives on your farm how touse the extinguisher .

3. Water. Garden hose spray rsand wat r buckets ar effectiveas fire extingui hers and shouldbe sp tt d in handy places in andaround building .

4. Ladders to reach the highestroof tops and windows should be

FARM NEWSAugust 1, 1957

5. For field fires, be ready withpump tanks or spray rs, fire)swatters, brooms and burlap bagsand wat r f. I' them.

N tice to Member .hipAnd to Secretari

Regarding delivery of Michi-gan Farm News:

We shall appreciate postcardor other notice that any mem.bel' is not receiving his paper.

Please report any irre~ularityin delivery, such as duplicatecopies, wrong RFD, error inname, etc. We do our best toha e everything right, but wemiss sometimes. We need andappreciate help.-Micbigan FarmNews.

MICHIGAN2

L s IFIED ADClassified advertisements are cash with order at fhe foIlo"Ningrates: 10 cents per word for one edition. Ads to appear in twoor more editions take the rate of 8 cents per word edition.These rates based on guarantee of 65,000 or more subscribers.

SPECIAL RATE to Farm Bureau members. 25 words for$1 for each edition. Extra words 5c each per edition. (Figureslike $12.50 or 1328 cou~t a.s one word.)

FOR SALE FARM MACHINERYLIVESTOCK,UR HOLSTEL·' MILY! Herd

averag s 1956-1 ,219 Ibs. Milk-669IbR. Fat. ~'et'd a herd sire? A son ofthe gr at 1\'is Burke Icleal-30 da.ug h ;t 'rH 15.H lbs, of J.\Ii1k-3.7 percent,5 2 Ibs. Fat. For quality udder', highproductlort, type, investigat. C. \V.Balsam, Questov I' F a I' m, 7<105Stearns Road, Ottawa Lak R-2,.\fichig-an. (:\lonr (} County) PhoneWhit ford 75F7. ( -It-40p)

AUTO::.\IATIC DEFROSTER ror re- POTATO llAH.\'ES'I:r:;n.. Digs andfrigerators. Housewives, convert your loads in wagon bulk. Can be operatedPI' ~ent tefrigerator to a modern by one man. $2,300. AIHo, John Bean~elf-defrOHting model. Our automatic grader, ~~OO. \\ ilfred :\lalburg, ~7,251defrosting unit with genuine Tele- -2~ ,\file Road, Uttca, J.\llchlgan.chron timing will do away with that (Macomb County) ( -2t-25p)messy defrosting job. J'ust plug theunit in between the refrigerator and FOR SALE- .~. D. 6 Internationalelectric current outl t, No tools Trat.:k mYlJe Diesel Traetor. In veryneeded. Jnd rwrit rs Laboratories good ondttion. Can be tried out to

pproved. Sent on seven day free purchaser's sat lsract.ion. Priced totrial. Close-out price $4.95 postpaid. sell at $8,750. C. A. Glad den, 515Builder' Service ornpa.ny, Duane Clark Avenue, OWOHf.:O, .\1ichigan.Hainey, Goodrich, .\lichigan. (Gene- Phone Saratoga. 3-2788. (8-lt-25p)

calves can be Heen at Olivet or s e County). (8-2t-60p) ---- ~- ,Mar-shall Stockyards. Stealy CattleCo. ern Stealy, member Calhoun' SILO. STA~DL ·0, S::.\lITHCounty F'arrn Bureau. (8-12t-28p) l\llCXT stave sllo, 12x35, used OH~' J .e w Ca se Ba.lcrs, at huge Raving-s.

, YNLr. ::.\Ir~. Jean Clothier, Marlette John 1) 'ere P'l'O Corn Binder on rub-MILKL 0 SHORTHORITS. Regi's- I R-l, Mich iga n. (Tm;cola County) 3 bz;I'. Howard rrotovator, Case Stalk

tered bull calves up to breeding age. miles west of l\Iarlt'tte, Ph miles Shredder, l<;-Z r-edtt Terms. AllDehorned. ,Ve were premier eXhibi-, north on Clothier Hoad. (8-lt-25p) eEru ipu,ent guaranteed. Hough ten &tor at 1956 ~Iichigan State Fair. " Son. J. 1.' Case & Fe rz uson Dealer,Stanley M. Powell, Ingleside Farm, TIP TOP O.TIO~ TOPPER and Rochester, Michigan. (8-lt-43p)Ionia R-1, Michigan. (4-tf-25b) Sorter. Like new, $50. And hand__________ ...i' tools, including Cultivator ~3 each, FOH, SALE--BEAN PULLER. New,

STONY ACRES YORKSHIRES for J.\lultchers $4:. "mall Planter, Jr., hand used very little. Fits on any Johnsale. Several fall boars and 30 head of Fertilizer Drill, never used, $15. 6- Deere Cultivator. Cost $130. Will sellgilts, bred for farrowing in July or roll OI'n Husk~r, good condrtion, for ~j5, Louis 'I'erAv st, Allegan R-4,August. They are similar breeding as $200. D, E. hiler, Bowes Road, Michrga.n. Ph0!lC 712F31. (8-lt-25p) ,the Grand Champion Pen of Barrows Lowell R-2, Mich lg'an. (Ionia Coun- ---- - ...---- -- -and the Reserve Grand Champion ty) (S-lt-25p) FOOT 1948 :MASSEY -HARRIScarcass at the Farmers Week Show a Combine fGl: sale. Used only 3 sea-Michigan State University in F'ebr-u- FOIl SALF.r-Molded Plvwood 12 ft. sons. In good condition. Grain andary 1957. Price $75 and up. Spring pig's "Yellow Jacket" Speed Boat. "11er- beans. $300. Bertha Vermeersch,available at $30 and up. Marten Garn cury" Ia.rk 20 motor. Steering wheel Unionville R-3, ::\1ichigan (Tuscola& Sons, Charlotte R-5, Michigan. and all controls. Used two seasons. County) Phone Orange 4-8726 orPhone 287J or 287Wl. (5-tf-25&30b) Complete $450. Leslie Harris, Adrian OR 4-239~. '(8-lt-b)

R-4, 1Iichigan. Phone 5-2332. ------ ~(8-lt-25p) HUNTING and FISHING

REPAIR SERVICE I, 100 ACRBS in KalkaRka county. In---------------- ,center or good hunting area, lake

EJSPERT ~V REPAIRS at prices I fishing and trout streams. 60 acresconststent WIth the farmer's income. cleared. No buildings. ""~ill sell ail orServing the area around Three Oaks I part. One mile off black top, 10 milesand Sawyer, Michigan. .Ioseph De-I to Kalkasl .•a, 31/? miles off Trunk LineBiak, Oakfield Television' Sales, Three 72. Close to timber along Little Man-Oaks, 1\Iichi~an. Phone Three Oaks, I}(;"( .e rtvcr. Short distance to' 1>ridge7411. (Farm Bureau member.) lover Little l\lanistee, day's fiS.'hing by

(7-2t-27p) boat down Little ::\Ianistee to Manis-tee river. Kenneth Garner, Kalkaska

RESORT PROPERTY R-I, 1!~ichigan (7-lt-70pr)

SILOS

REGISTERED HEREFORD, year-ling Bulls and Heifers for sale. Theresult of 15 years' breeding. Pricesreasonable. ;H. M. Randall, Tekonsha,Michigan. Telephone, 104. (CalhounCounty) (7-2t-20p)

LANDRACE REGISTERED BOARS12 weeks old. Out of litter of H. Litterweight 498 lbs. at 5tl days. Great-grandson of boar of the year in 1955,W T •~orse, ring Haakon. Reason-able price. Vaccinated. Larry Ter-Av st. Allegan R-4, :'Iichig~n. Phone712F31. cs-u-ss»

fARM FOR SALE

LA~ ·DRACE HOGSfor Hale. Gilts br to imported boar. T'WO LOG COTTAGES with l,OO()PIgs of all ages. Vill ship waanttngs. feet of water front. Located on SugarEd Gardner, Cassopolis R-2, Micni- Island at Sault Ste. Marie. $4,500.00gan. Phone Htclcory 5-2590. (S-lt-25p) each. Eldon Zeiter, 1821 Gibbs Road

_ Albion, :Michigan. (7-2t-25p)

SILOS . . . Proven financing planoffers three years to pay, with nodown payment. Famous C&B corru-g-ated Cement Stave Construction is25% stronger . . . scientific designmeans big storag e Sf) vlngs. Also auto-matic silo unloader- and bunk feederfor fast, efficient, low cost stock feed~ing. 'Yhy wait when you can haveyour C&B rected now on easy install-ment purchase plan. Write today toC&B Silo ce., Dept. C, 141 39thStreet, S.W .• Grapd Rapids 8, Mich.,or C&B sno Co., Df'pt. C, 938 NorthCecnr an Ave., Charlotte, :\Iich.

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OJ.-E ROA~ POLLED SHORT-,HOR::"l Bull for sale. Reg l ·ter d. Ser-viceable age, Lynnwood breeding.Wendell Holden, Charlotte, ~'Iichigan.

(8-lt-16p)

SEPTIC TANKSSEPTIC TAJ.JKS, Cesspools, toilets

cleaned, de?dorized without digging,pumping. CIrcular free. Solvex, Mon-ticello 11, Iowa. (5-4t-14p)FARM EQUIPMENT

JOB OPPORTUNITIESBULK MILK TASK BAROAL T!00 Calion Urrico Bulk, l\lllk Tank,

new, never out of crate, for sale at avery substantial discount. 1"u1l rae-tory guarantee. Ordered ror customerwho couldn't wait for delivery. Ifyou need a bulk tank Iike tms, in-vestigate! Ron 'chunk, dealer, Clare,Mich igan. (Clare County). Phone6 6W3. (8-lt-4flp)

6 FT. BRUSS'\'ICK DISC Harrow,$100. Deering J.\1owing .:\'1.achine $60.Doth are in good co ndi tton and arc;ood buys. Alb rt H. Johnson, 3974.reiger Road, Ida, l\Iichigan. Phonexndr ws fl-9223. (:\lonroe County)

(ll-lt-25p)

FARM BUREAU Companies at: :Lansing have job opportunities avan-able from time to time. With 300employes in the Lansing area, we're Ialways glad to talk with people. Pres- ----------------errtly we are interested in stenog'raph- 12u ACRf3; ARM. 100 acres till-ers, secretaries, typists. High school able. 15 acres hardwood timber, 9graduates with a good scholastic ~'00,n and bath brick house. 40x96recor~ may write: Personnel Dept, tarn, 10x33 cement ~i1(), other out-Mtchtga n Farm Bureau, P, O. Box buildings. School bus, mail route and960, 4000 North Grand River Ave. mille route. Best of sc.I in MasonL~nsing, Michigan. Phone IvaIlllo~ county for wheat, oats, corn, and7-n911, Ext, 204. (5-tf-25&35b) hay. One-half mile off US-31, be-

tween Scottville and Manistee. Canbe bought with or without stock andequipment. 25 head of Guernseycattle, two tr-actors, for(;i/je harvester,combine, and other tools. All for$;)0,000. MHo Colburn, Free Soil,Michigan. (7-tf-25&52b)--,---------

80 ACRES in Alpena County. 4bedroom modern house. Large barnwith lights and W&t-:;r. 50 'acres clear.30 acres hardwoods. Good hardwoodloam. $10,nuU: Ma.rv in 'I'or sch, LachineR-I, ~liC'higan. 1 mile north of Wel-Iing1.on hall. Or phone Cedar 94581Flint, ~Iichigan. (8-2t-41p)

GIFTSSTAT. 'Ll!JSS STEEL Wash tank,

_0 gallon wat r neater .'40j SterlingIIilicer $25; De.La.val _\lilk r, pumpota.rv, $20; abo one-half horsepower]]foctl'ie .\1otur . 30. R. L. Beckwith,,656 Sou h pton Hoad, Ovid R-2,,Jh:hig-an. Tt·] phon 3075 Laingsburg.Clinton ountv) (8-lt-2:>p)

DIAL-A-:UATIC' Adding Machtns.$~.OO, Postpaid. Picture and dcscrip-~;.rm on request. ~l-LEES GIFTS, Box6,tl2(::.\1), San Antonio, Texas.

{7-2t-16p)

TRUCKSSA Y E YO n r:TLOADL TG TDrE!

,tit your hauling on a production lfl53 Fortn STAK.BJ TRUCK,iasts hy unloading hydraulic-ally with M.P.S.C. license for hauling all fannth n wHIt' H HYDRAULIC produc, Iivestock, lumber and Ce-.:fOIST. Th hard labor of uHinQ" a ment blocks. harles A. Raymer-

t» 7Sfl4 Di k.erso n Ave., P.O. Box 75' IOSCO COUNTY, Between )\'ationalhovel Is elfmi na.ted when you dump Salem, ::.\lichigan. (\\'ashtenaw Coun~ City arid Turner. 40 acres; 25 tillableieattv ,.~nd .!fici\'n~l.y, with one of ty ). (7-3t-22) rest WOOdA, pasture and river. OldheAt::, h htw I..,h~ hoists. The _~A RSII 1) home in good condition. Immediatea:OlST (av ra rrng only 213 11>s.) 1954 CHF;VUOLl.jT TRU K 6 possession. John F. Bekem ier, 4019.IV ~ you 1. HH op ratm~ COHt by cylinder, dual whe Is, shor-t \~bee} Gallagher Street, Sagin ••.w, J.\lichigan.,e~rng do\\n, the ex ce: S ta.xa~l baA. with two, peed axle. Completely I (8-2t-31p)velp;ht of ~ our tru. k. HARSH equrpp d for spreading liquid fertilizer,I0l •.TS :o~e to ~'ou In 3.2 ~odels I with 500 gallon (capacity 2112 tons) 85 ACRE F:AR~. Modern 3-bed':or t ruck s, plck-ups and tra~lers. '.fhe tan. k, two Krause pumps and ?4 it room house WIth Da.th. 'rhermopaneow 'o:'t, of .th~~e ~Ydral~1J' .bOl~ts boom. Cheal). W • picture window. Living' room 18 x 14.av ramng .,32R .• ,2, Iur-Iud ing t'X('IHe 0 Tm S~:\IT TRt\TLER' C•.trpe ting. Full set of huildings. Ap-ax) 1H ranged to fit within your ." •••.. -. ~ WIth dual pIe orchard On 1-18 north of Glad-udg'et. F'or inC:0rmation. of nearest J ~'hef'~~o~n(~ au" bJ'ak~?, equipp d with win County AI1;ert Erdman, Glad-

Iea lr-r-s and pr-rc s, writ YA. ~'S fwo , .-gallon. tanks, reel nd hose win Rot te 5 Iich isra n Phone GA 6-YF.LDT. '(;, Di.·trihutor _ HAlt,'H or llqmd fertl!Jzl:'r •. 01' With pump n G. (7-2t-33p) 0 ' 1

IYDn "{'LIC H(H,'TS, 121)15 Ball and. motor f~r. fuel 011 and ga ·olin .'oad, rtica, :\fichigan .. 'E'V DEAL- In good condItIOn. Chf'ap...n. WJ<;LCO~ IE. (S-2t-25&J 03b) RAG LOADER One Us d King--- --- ---I \\~:Vl'('b?g" load 'I' with electric motor.

AGENTS WANTED Cheap. EIA.\nLTO~ T FAIUI BUREAU('()OPI~HATJVE, LTe., Hamilton,-------,---------1 :\Jichignn. (Allegan County), ( -It-l1)

Rr~ ~PARB-TI.:fE 10reeting- Card Ind mft Shop at home. Show friend PULLETSampleR of our new 1957 Chril'ltmasmd 11 Occasion Greeting Cards

an(l Gifts. Take thpir orders and earnto 100% profit. 0 ex>pf'ri nce ne-ce~<Jary. Costs nothing 10 tTY. Writetoday or sampl s on approval. R galGre tings, Dep't 44, F rndale, Iich-19an. (7-4t-52h)

130 ACHE DAIRY FARM at ByronCe;nt r. Two sets of buildin{5s, GradeA milk market. Clay loam soil, 27stanchions and cups. One miJl'l tochurches, high school, Chlistianschool, and new 4-lane expres::>wayto Gmnd Rapids. \'tritc! ClarenceVan Strien. TIo.' 26. Byron 'enter,:\Jichig-an (Kent County,), (8-2t.-42b)

25 AC'RE8 r,nUIT &. POULTRYfarm. 9 room hOl1fo\e. Barn, garage, 3chicken ('oops. 10 acres good appleorchard. Near school. O~le-half mileRouth of Bangor. W. V. Shinn, BangorU-1, ~Iichlgan. (Van Buren County)

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230 ACRE FARM all tillable- ex-c pt 4 acres of wood lot, 5 bedroomhom;e, flIll basement, completelymodE-rn. Two (2) C3.r garage andworkshop. Bas ment harn, 5 tx120f et, two (2) cem nt stave silos, 45stanchion!'. Milk house, bulk cooler,Grade A Milk. Chicken coop. Corncribs. Gianary in barn. 3 miles to Mt.PINl.Sant. School bu~. -·olle"'e. DairY11 I'd of Regi.'tf'red HolRtein~ also tor~al(>. Farm $250 ppr acre, write orphone owner, Gerald J. Cotter, Rout~J.-0. 2, ~ ft. Pleasant, ..lichig-an. Phone38-301 or 26-751. (IsaheJIe. County)

(8-2t-81b)

300 En U. 8. RO.P. Sir d Ghost-1 y Leghorn Pullets, and 250 Egg andup .S.R. .P. HiI'd Whit H.ocks,Hom layin, others starting. Price.2.00 each. Will d Jivp.r sizable ord rsup to 100 milfoH.• IacPb r 'on Hatch-ery, Ionia, .:.\Iichigan. Phone 1774.

(8-2t-36p)

DIRKSB LEGHOR_~. 4 weeks,older started and baby pull t sp cial-1~ts. Tro k d liv Ties, large orders.Pure Darby strain~unequall d re·cords. Among top profit makers ran-dom teRt . 265 e gs per hen guaran-teed period 18 months. Other liberalguarant s. Hatching y ar around.Fr e cage layer booklet. 32-pagecatalog. Iso agents for HawkinsPoultry Floor, ~Torthco V ntilatlonand KitMn Poultry Equipment. Visit-or8 welcome to Ollr large windowl 88poultry homes on 1-21 betweenZeeland and Holland. DJr.k e LegborpFarm, Eo 1 9~I, Z eland, Michigan.______ __(6-tf-25&54b)

SPECIAL ITALIA.o n desi n and color for your Pur~ apl Syrup Gift Sa} s. 36 mbina-tion' of siz 8 and color" \Vri e forcompl te description and price:.Sugar Bush Suppli s Company, P. O.Box 1107, Lan,'ing, Michiga.n. .

. (8-2t-2Sh)------------In your journey through life it

pays to remember that the sideshows make the most noise.

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DITO I L(CoDilDu.ed!rom 1)

ty, the work and influence of the Farm BureauWomen has grown constantly to constitute a vitalpart of the whole Farm Bureau program.

Farm Bureau Women' 8 prograltl is guidedby a State Advisory Council elect by W0-

men's Committees in each Membership Dis.trict.

In support of the State Advisory Council of theFarm Bureau Women, each of the 1,646 Commun-ity Farm Bureaus has a Women·s Committee mem..ber, Some counties have as high as 40 women'scommittee members.

Recently I enjoyed the privilege of witnessing thesemi...annual meeting of the Women's AdvisoryCouncil of the Michigan Farm Bureau. I was im-pressed with the competent and businesslike mannerin which State Chairman Mrs. Ball conducted theproceedings.

Discussions were held to the subject in hand anddisposed of by motions that clearly implemented thedecisions reached.

The Farm Bureau Women's Advisory Counciltakes an active interest in such matters as schoolproblems, programs for safety; Civilian Defense;child welfare, including help for retarded children;work of the United Nations; Michigan's water ~e-sources; farm marketing problems; legal matters,such as the need for wills, etc.; young people;health projects, including social hygiene, mentalhealth, child guidance clinics, problems of the aging,and distribution of health cards.

Farm Bureau Women through. their health pro-gram favor county nurses. They aid in buildingand furnishing hospitals. They are active in behalfof cancer clinics, polio prevention, and blood banks.

They have just completed a state-wide story ofMichigan farming and farm life in color slides forthe London office of the Associated Country Wo-men of the World.

The efforts of 69,000 Farm Bureau Womenare directed to programs for better rural living.

Not the least of their many values is their influ-ence on men's opinions and decisions!

They contribute a refinement that inspires theMichigan Farm Bureau to stand for the highest

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F UREAD SERVICES, I C.SEED DEPARTMENT

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oung PeoCOO eratioe

on 0-n titute

L A CHENEY People, and the 4-H Clubs.Michigan young people partici-

pating in the program will beAnita Dietz from Williamston, re-presenting Farm Bureau YoungPeople, Arden Ford of Palmyraand Gary Fulmer of Yale, repre-senting Future Farmers ofAmerica.

Judy Balsam of Ottawa Lakewill be presented. with $50 fromthe Am ican Institute of Co-operation for being the Michigan4-H aw rd winner fOl'outstandingwork in cooperative activities.

Other young people attending -------.---..,..---the conference are:

Future Farmer representatives:Gary Wille, St. Charles; LarryDarling, Owosso; Gary Shower.man, Williamston; Richard Mal-son, Onsted; and John Scheurer,Ionia.

The 29th anual summer confer-Ed Longnecker, extension spe- ence of the American Institute of

cialist in soil science at Michigan Cooperation will be held on theState University, says if you plan campus of the Colorado Stateon applying lime to some of your University, Fort Collins, Colo-fields, there are several things to rado, 1957.consider. The theme of the meeting is,

All are important for "Cooperatives in Our Big Busi-good results ness Economy." Approximately

• 3,000 cooperative Ieaders, includ-Fir~ since lime is rather slow ing 1,000 rural youth delegates

acting, there is a distinct advan- from all parts of the country, aretage in getting it on well in ad- expected to attend.vance of a high lime requirement Michi. Assoc·a1i f Fcrop gan 1 on 0 arm-

. er Cooperatives and local co-In ~he case of alfalfa.or clover operatives throughout the state

-whi~h are b?th. hIgh lime will sponsor 20 youth delegatesn~cesslty crops, It might be ap- representing the Future Farmersplied at least 1, 2, or. even 3 yeats of America Farm Bureau Youngm advance of seedling, ' _

Second, there are only a Mail Couponlimited number of lime vendorsin Michigan. The big rush forliming is usually in the spring- For Freeso it is smart to plan far aheadon your crop rotations in rela-tion to liming. S -I T B

Longnecker says that an old 01 est agsmeadow about to be broken upis a good place to consider lim- M. J. BUSCHLENing. After the hay is off, the FB Services Fertilizer De~'tsoil can be tested to determinethe lime 'reqUirements.

Then.. While the field is still insod, is a good time to get on itwith the heavy liming trucks.Don't wait until spring when theground will be wet and so~.

Longnecker says that the fed·eral government, through theU.S. Department of Agriculture,subsidizes liming practices bypaying one-half or more of thecost of the lime.

AU you need to do is test thesoil and plan your needs. Thenyou can apply to the AgriculturalStabilization and Conservationoffice for approval of the request.

You may order the lime fromany vendor you wish. Planning FARM BUREAU SERVICES, Inc.far in advance will payoff with Fertilizez Dep't 1- 51less wasted time and trouble.

Earl Hunl1ey, manager ofFarmers Petroleum Cooperative,Inc., will be on the program todiscuss transport deliveries offuel from terminals to farms.

At Denver on the return tripthe Michigan youth group willtour the plant of the WesternStates Bean Cooperative. It pack-ages western varieties of beansand pees that are sold und thebrand name of Casserole. Mich-igan varieties of beans pack-

4-H representatives are TerryH e a I y, East Jordan; DonAardema, Central Lake; TerryHughes, Paw Paw; Joyce Orcutt,Millersburg; Harvey Miller, At-lanta; Gloria Wanke, Cheboygan;and Marlene Seiwert; Herron.

Farm Bureau Young People:Joyce Phillips, DeWitt; Harry

5th AnnualDairy Springer Sal

Wedneeday, August 7, 1 p. m,WEST BRANCH

At Hereford Sale Yards

70 HEADLarge Close-up HeifersFew Cows with RecordsMOSTLY HOLSTEINS

BANG'S TESTEDConsigned by Breeder

Terms· Caeh

WEST BRANCH DAIRY CATTLESALES CO·OP, INC.

Olen Casey - AuctioneerOne of the best ways to in-

crease the yield of the next cashcrop is to apply fertilizer afterthe hay cr .

This helps pasture in the feIi.too,

It pays to determine the fertili-zer analysis you should use andthe amount per acre through asoil test.

Certified

SEW EATMa4.lthe coupon below for free

Farm Bureau Soil Sample Bag .You'll need 1 bag for each flatfield. 5 ba,e-s each rolling field.Have your fields soil-tested atone of 52 County Soil Test Labor-atories. Apply fertilizer on thebasis of need for the crop.

ith certified seed wheat from the Farm

Bureau, you are assured of the best quality

seed for the highest yield per acre. We rec-

ommend certified seed from these varieties.

GENESEE-WhiteYORKWIN-White

CORNELL 595-WhiteSENECA-Red

P. '0. Box 960, Lansing, Mich.Please send - Soil Sample

Bags. Other Certified Seed GrainsBALBOA RYE HUDSON BARLEY

PearsThis year's pear crop in Mich-

igan should be back to aboutaverage after an excellent harvestlast season. Name Also Alfalfas, Clovers, Grasses for Fall SeedingsPeaches

The Midwest peach crop will bebelow average this year whilenational output will be up slight-ly, reports John Ferris, farmeconomist at Michigan State Uni-versity.

Or er now from your Farm Bureau. ealerStreet No. & RFD

Post Office

Talk: success-and successbound to come your way.Buy Farm Bureau Feed.

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Now is-the best time to get acYou'll b

e soil tes ingt •rowing money a g

Your lein eeds a definite•sty

•Ie •test will tell you iust thedealer's st cks

na y •I •e e ouare complete •• hime as 500

and •give him your r

After you get the r ults ofyour soil tests ••• don't overlookthe money-saving features of

FARM BUREAU

Bulk Fertilizer• NO BAGS TO HANDLE• NO BAG TO BUR• BULK SAVES TI E

A k your dealer about his bulkpreadin facUltie!

or

---· ••PASTE COUPON ON BACK OF POSTCARD AND MAIL TODAY-- _

PORTLAND CEMENT S OCIATIO ~A national orlaOlzation tolrtllJroveandextendtft,us of portland cement and coner • throug

2108 Michigan National Tower, Lansing , Mich. scIentific resea1th and eng Ina field work;

Please send booklets, distribute onlyin U.S. and Canada, (list subiect): NtI1Nc _

St. or R. NQ_. ___..-

Post Of!ice·- --'State' _

IT YOUR SUPPO T YOU F R BUREAU HA ET THE PACE I

• DOUBLE. SC EE I G •• provides a more uniform sized pelle.

• GMI•.••.•,•.••T 0 ••• granulated fertilizer is worth more beeavailable in proper proportions.

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• HIGH A ALYSIS ••• gives more plant food than low nalyei, hu prov nga defini e savinge.

WITH YOUR CO TI UED UPPORT FARM BUREAU WILLTHE PACE I MICHIGA

FERTILIZE EPAFA BUREAU SE VICES, I C.

Lapeer County Farm BureauWomen will be very busy in Mrs. Martin Stockmeyer, Chmn, Mrs.September. They are hosts for Reese R.lthe District 6 fall camp at th,

hairman of the vening, Ed-WId mp rt, FBYP memb r,introduc d Mr. John Walt 1',

ch rman of the Farm BureauWomen, and presented a menu

laekboar d to be us d in postingmenu when serving dinners atth Youth M morial Building.

Mr. i on, hom economi tof th t. Jo ph Di trict DairyCoun il, po on "A Guide ToGo d Eating". v ryone shouldat thr ood m al a day, p c-

ially good ub tantial breakfa t.

C County Women's Com-mitt m ton Jun 2 at the homeof Mrs. Lewis Playford' with 11groups represented. It was re-ported that a total of 290 w scolI cted for the el vator for theCoun y Infirmary. The air boothwas dis cus d in d tail and it wasd cid d to k p the booth openvel' Sunday.

Kal mazoo County Women m tat Pick rel Lake July 1st with22 roups l' pr sented for a pot-luck dinner and me ting. ThRev. Gorge Stanford, pastor ofthe Vicksburg Methodist Church,spoke on "Problems of the RuralChurch". R v. Stanford gave ex-peri nce in various churches asweI as oth I' problem confro t-Ing the small church. It waagr ed that the church is the mostimportant institution as a com-mon me ting ground for ruraland urban people.

V n Buren. Twenty - foUrgroup w re repr sented at thehome of Mrs. Joe Stan! y July 2for the monthly Worn n's metingof the VanBuren County Women.All groups were invited to have abooth at the VanBuren CountyFair and it was d cided to furnish$50 for air pr miums. Mr . VidaMorehou wa appoint d on thefinance committee for the "NewFarm Bureau Building". The Wo-rn n decided to sponsor a youth to"L ader hip Training camp" andeach lady to ubmit a name. Mrs.Labodie, safety chairman, re-minded the group of the warningwhich appears on every spraymaterial package. Mrs. Dowd e-ported on the camp she attended

us on "Tax nd Equaliz ion" atour July meeting.

'l1sdale County. Mrs. achgave an inter ting report fromMichigan Blue Print for Rur 1Living. Mrs. Snyd r and MI'.Ame r ported an interestingtim at the Trav rse City Camp.

The Fair Committee reportthat this y ar the Farm Bureauexhibit will be in the merchanttent instead of an individual tent.Weare planning to sell apronand bak d goods as in pr viousyears.

Jackson County. Rural UrbanDay, June 11,we entertained theWomen of the Greater Jack onA ociation. Th meeting wash ld in n w Northwe t school. Ad liciou planned ham dinner wass rved to about 125 p rson .. Mrs.Ruth Ball, our state chairman,wa a guest. Arlo Wasson of the

arm rs Petroleum Companypresented his Magic Barrel petro-leum talk. Jackson County mapswer given as favors.

For our July meeting we had apicnic dinner at the Veterans ofForeign Wars Home at EatonRapids. It was founded in 1925 toprovide a home for widows, sonsand daughters of deceased or dis-abled V.F.W. members. It hasgrown from a single farm houseand the farm buildings to nearly50 units, including a modern hos-pital, community center day nur-S ry, guest lodge, Memory Chapel,clothing and grocery store. Thereis a 50 acre campus, with nearly600 acr s of fertile farm, dairyand orchard land.

The 27 houses nutlt by thesev ral Stat s, are the homes forabout 250 children. Each househas a house mother. During the32 year, more than 400 havegraduated from high school. All

ildren attend the Eaton Rapidschools. Over 150 served in World

War II and the Korean War. Flor-ence Choate, Reporter.

Len w County Women'sCommittee heard Dr. WilliamCulter from University Ho pitalspeak on diseases of the eye. MissJanice Munk, our County DairyPrincess, told of her experience inthe county and state competition.

the or anization structure of thewomen's committee and its activ-ities.

Genesee women heard a finereport by the four delegates sentto Twin Lakes camp in June. Mr..Walter Mitchell reported on thetalk on "Home" as based on fourpillars, Love, Thrift, Truth anGod. When a family work andplays and worships together itcan be expected to stay tog theras a family unit.

Mrs. Walter Mitchell waschosen to represent Geneseecounty in th Dist ict conte t tosend one representative to theAFBF convention held at Chicagoin December.

Eaton County. William Kim-ball, assi tant county agriculturalagent, reported on the importanceof the long range studies in thecounty to find the needs of ruralpeople and the best ways ofgiving assistance.

A survey was made of 53 aver-age families in the 4 townshipssurrounding the county seat.These families were between theages of 40 and 60 and operated atleast 100 acres of general typfarming. Farm Bureau womenhave been asked to have a mem-ber on the committee.

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ric 6Mrs. M. O. Hitchings. Ch irman

North Street

Huron County Farm BureauWomen enjoyed a picnic t the4-H Club Building in June. Mrs.M. O. Hitchings, District 6 chair-man, spoke on the Heritage ofthe Farm Women of Michigan.

Mrs. Ed Oeschger and Mrs,Bruce Crumback are co-chair-men.

D ridMrs. John C. Watlingl Chairman

Bathl R-1

Clinton County Farm Bureauwomen met at St. Johns city parkJuly 2. Mr. Gerald Shepard, Bathtownship supervisor, spoke on theduties of a township supervisorand as a member of th CountyBoard of Supervisors. We havebeen having county officers asguest speakers to explain theirwork.

Ingham. County committee wo-men enjoyed a picnic dinner andbusiness meeting at the home oftheir chairman, Mrs. Chellis Hall.

Mrs. John C. Watling, District5 chairman, gave a short talk on

Mrs. Leta Sanford, ChairmanAllen R-I

Cal h 0 un County Women'sCommitt e held a picnic at Park-hurst Park, Coldwater. Theyvisited the Coldwater State Homeand Training School for mentallyretarded children and took gifts.

Senator Joe Smeekens talked to

pecial Offer to FARM BUREAU MEMBERS

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Please send your classified before August 20 for our September edition.Extra words over 25 at 5 cents each. Figures like $12.50 or 1238, ect.,count as one word. Some of our classifications:

BARN EQUIPMENTBULBF RM FOR SALE

FARM EQUIPMENTFARM MACHINERYFIELD EEDS

LIVESTOCKNURSERY STOCKPLANTS

POULTRYSWA SFOR SALE

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for our GardensorlH. L. R. CHAPMAN

Garden Clubs Lecturer, Those who wish to grow thislovely thing should plant it in fullsun in a well drained, but some-what poor soil. They will be re-warded by its masses of luxuriantfine foliage and early flowers ofdaffodil yellow.

Memorial Rose. Quite often thehome gardener wants informationon plants suitable for trailingover the face of a wall or forplanting on slopes where the soilwashes away and nothing wantsto grow.

For these situations the homegardener might plant The Mem-orial Rose, Rosa wichuraiana,which acts somewhat as a creeperwith glossy, small, almost ever-green foliage, and small whitefragrant flowers.

For those who like color,plant Rosa rygosa hugosa.

Max Graf. One very lovelything is the hybrid Max Graf,which has large single shiningpink flowers and handsome foli-age.

and experience in storing andshipping plan s properly packedcan be considered reliable.

When is the best time to plantroses? Roses can be planted ineither fall or spring. The majorityof rose plants are dug in the nur-sery during the fall months.

I suggest that the plantsbe planted in home gar-dens as soon as possibleafter they are dug up inthe nursery. '

Plants are never happy whentheir roots are out of soil. Somany things can happen to them.

Roses should be planted in apreviously prepared location assoon as possible after arrival.Roses will grow in good gardenloam providing it has sufficientdrainage.

Roses like plenty of sunshineand detest being crowded in withother plants. Although the rose isa gross feeder and likes plenty offarm yard manure when estab-lished, it is advisable not to over-do this with newly planted plants.

When planting, dig thehole much wider and deep-er than the root area.

At the bottom of the hole placea layer of old cow manure. Thencoverwith six inches of soil and

I make firm. This will be beneficialto the plant when it has de-veloped a new root system, andmade strong growth.

Place enough soil in the hole SOthat it supports the center root atthe proper depth for planting.The other roots should be spread

lout in their normal position and ·soil added and worked in with thefingers. When the hole is two-thirds filled tread the soil downfirmly around the roots. Next fillthe hole with water. When thishas drained away the remainingsoil should be placed in the hole.

Fall plantings. For roses plant-ed in the fall it is advisable tomound soil up around thebranches for winter protection.Do this at the time of planting. Nopruning of the top branches willbe necessary. This will have beendone by the grower. The follow-ing spring the canes must bepruned to encourage propergrowth and flowers.

In ancient times the rose wathe Flow I' of Lo e and togetherwith the lily formed the bridalbouquet of the ancients.

The rose i al 0 one of the flow-ers dedicated to the Virgin andgave its name to the Rosary.

Up to 600 B. C. the rose wasknown as the King of Flowers. Itwas Sappho, the Greek poetess,who in her writings at this periodchose to call the rose The Queenof Flowers.

These ancient people knew noth-ing about the lovely rose hybridswe grow in our gardens today.They knew only the wild or rosespecies native to their particularland, and perhaps a few roseplants brought in from neighbor-ing countries.

We should grow more ofthe old world rose speciesin our gardens today.

One in particular is the HugoRose, Rosa hugonis, native to themountains of western China. It isnamed for Hugo Scallen, a Welchpriest who sent a collection ofdried plants to' the Briti hMuseum from China.

When the dried specimens weresorted a package of dried rosehips was noticed. These were for-warded to Kew Botanic Gardenswhere the seeds were removedand sown.

After a long period of waitingthe seeds germinated, the plantsgrew and flowered.

Baptist camp at Lapeer Septem-ber 17 and 18. Plans were madeat the District 6 Advisory Coun-cil Meeting in Marlette on July23.

Lapeer women have made astudy of the Hoover Report anddid a broadcast from their localstation on it. They work closelywith their local hospital andcounty convalescent hospital. Mrs.Ken Jenkins is chairman.

Sanilac County. Mrs. NoraGordon of Croswell will be thenew chairman of District 6. Shewill be a sisted by Mrs. BruceRuggles of Tuscola county asvice-chairman.

Mrs. Gordon did a fine job forher county on the membershipdrive and won honors or San-ilac county.

St. Clair Women's Committeehad a picnic in June. They vis-ited the State Training Schoolat Lapeer during the afternoon.Mrs. Howard McPherson, who ischairman of the St. Clair Coun-ty Committee for Retarded Chil-dren, spoke. We are eager tolearn what is being done to aidretarded children.

Mrs. George Meharg was chair-man of the event.

Tuscola Women's Committeemet at the 4-H Club BuildingJune 28. They voted to send adelegate to the National FarmBureau convention at Chicago inDecember.

They also decided to pay $2.50to each woman who attends fallcamp in Lapeer county. Thisshould be helpful in. encouragingmore to attend. Mrs. EdwardGolding is chairman.

MICHIGAN4

FARM NEWSAugust 1, 1957

that a tent, cots and other cherry-picking equipment di appearedlast night.

Kalkaska C 0 u n t y Women'sCommittee. Mrs. Boursaw and Ispent a delightful evening July 9at the home of Mrs. S. Ryckman,program- planning.

August 17, the Farm Bureauwill have its annual picnic in con-junction with the 4-H'ers. Theyplan to make an intensive studyof their community needs nextyear. "Let's find out" seems 'toqualify as their the~e.

Manistee County. Mr. Hahnfilled in for Ward Cooper whohad injured his back. The FarmBureau story was reviewed withspecial emphasis on seed qualityand the commodity program.

Missaukee Couniy women with35 in attendance have recentlytoured the Dow Chemical plant atMidland.

Northwest Michigan, after com-pleting a very successful campand smorgasbord, discontinuedmeetings July and August.I know the mailman, like the

rest of us, has more than he cando with this influx of resortersand laborers, so I shall assumeletters and papers sometimes getlost.

But let's plan to maintain ourrecord of best attendance-Co.chairmen, vice-chairmen andsecretaries, August 22 at the Dis-trict advisory council meeting.Where? Watch the mail!

One of the loveliest of all roses,the Hugo Rose, had made its bowinto Western Europe. It was in-troduced into the United Statesin 1908.The plants are availablefrom rose nurseries everywhere.

The Hugo Rose can often beseen in parks and large gardensbut seldom in the small homegarden. This plant producesstrong growth about 6 ft. long,the outer ones arching over toform a graceful bush.

MR. CHAPMAN

Flowers are produced inqu~ntity along much of themany growths, transform-ing the whole plant into amass of soft yellow.

Cultivation of Roses. I want tosay something about the culti-vation of the rose plant. For thoseexpecting to make rose plantingsthis fall it is important that theplants be obtained from a recog-nized reliable source.

Any nursery which grows its" own stock, and has the equipment

rc H IG A G RIC U L T U R A L,N

District 8 s rid 10-EVernon Kingsbury, Chmn.

Alpena R-IThe busy time of summer has

not stopped the women of theDistrict from working on theirprograms.

A 4-H recognition dinner forlocal leaders was also served bythe ladies. Eighty 4- H leaders at-tended. The ladies have touredseveral of the local industries.Lieutenant Cosgrove of the Mich-igan State Police spoke to themon Traffic Safety.

losco County women heardRussel Rollins, commissioner ofschools for Iosco county, speak onGoals in Education. We had a finespeaker on libraries.

A tour is planned for August toAlpena where the women willvisit various parks.

Bay County Women's Com-mittee met at the home of Mrs.George Whitney on Garfield Roadin May. Plans were completed forthe -delivery of useful articlescollected such as clothing, books,magazines, sewing materials,purses, hats, eye glass frames, etc.for the patients at Traverse StateHospital.

in PremiumsClare County Women are plan-ning a booklet containing the pro-gram calendar for next year andgiving one to each committee wo-man. .

rs. Katherine Freeman, Clarecounty nurse, gave a very infor-mative talk on "Hepatitis" at theJuly meeting. Plans were madefor a tour soon of station WWTVCadillac.

Entre 5 Close August 9Make your arrangements NOW to be among thosefrom your community to exhibit in the greatest and

, I most glamorous fair of them all. The thousands ofagricu tural attractions and achievements annually provethat Michigan is a GREAT State.

Montmorency C 0 u n t y. TheRev. Arthur Austin of AtlantaFull Gospel church spoke on civildefense. A report was given bythe two women who attendedTwin Lakes camp.

Ogemaw County women spon-sored a young person to YoungPeoples Camp at St. Marys Lake.Mrs. Virginia Selesky R.N., fromthe Tolfree Memorial Hospital,gave the women an outline of thework in the hospital. DorothyLickfeldt and D. Nelson gave areport on new legislation and thebills signed into law by GovernorWilliams.

Presqu Isle County. RogerFoerch gave some very interestingstatistics on accidents in ruralareas. A very interesting film wasalso shown. Rin Tin Tin, Lt. Rip Master~ and Rusty: Leo Carillo: Movieland Animal Stars:

.Jerry Lippiaft and Racing Mules: Jinks Hoagland and WhUe Horse Troupe: 3Stock Car Races: Canadian Hell Driv rs,

Gratiot County Women's Com-mittee recently purchased a dic-tionary for use in the countyFarm Bureau office. A committeewas appointed to arrange the

omen's Committee annual Aug-ust tour.

Isabella Women had a movieon "Michigan" in honor of Mich-igan week. This was shown byRev. Tabor of Shepherd. TheJune meeting was held at Cold-water 4-H Camp. After their busi-ness meeting, the ladies cleanedthe camp for District 8 camp onJune 19 and 20.

Saginaw County Women votedto have a historian. Mrs. RuthGoodman was appointed. All thecommittee chairmen gave reportsat the May and June meeting.Plans were made for the women'sannual picnic in July and a tourof Dow Gardens in August.

Premium books have been distributed. Ifyou did not get a copy, write to the Directorof Agricultural Exhibits, Michigan StateFair, Detroit 3, Michigan.

'SPECIAL ATTRACTION - - FA M fU FR ucsIn the Coliseum September 3, 4 and 5 evenings, JohnMerrifield, M. C., Albert Kessler and John Rooker, Ring-masters: Square Dancing, Kiltie Band, Mounted PoliceDrills, Auctioneering and Hog Calling Contests, Parade ofChampions, Dressage. FREE!

ACTION PACKED GRANDSTA D

District lG-WA GREAT COLISEUM PROGRAMMrs. Hiram Brock, Chairman

East .Jordan B-2Highways throughout our part

of the state are humming withvacationers.

ew officers for t Districtelected at the spring meeting atOtsego are: Chairman, Mrs. Ver-non Vance, Antrim county; vice-chairman, Mrs. Albert Lenk, Che-boygan county. Congratulations,and to th ladies of the Districtfor choosing you!

Antrim County. In May Dr.Fisher, county superintendent ofschools, discussed matters of the1955 school code that are of in-terest to 4th class school districts,and other echool matters eon-fronting the count1 nd state.

Dis r c Georgia Gibbs, Guy Mitchell, Eydie Gonnel JohmU. Ray, FoDtane Sisters, Bill Haleyand His Comets, Billy Ward d his Dominoes, Jerry Murad's Harmonica •• The Hill-toppers, Tyrones, Rhythm Kings, Samm

Mrs. Oliver Tompkinsl ChairmanTraverse City R.l

Look like 3 strikes and out forme. Ist, I didn't receive my Julyi ue of the Farm News so I don'tknow how we're doing. 2nd, twocounties did not report. 3rd, Ihaven't got it traight yet wherethe District advi ory meeting is tobe and I did want to announce itin this issu .

Keep August 22nd open andthere will be a letter in the mailSOon with all the deteils.

meone ought to promote acourse in oPtimism. The hiredman ju t came in and announced

lor;10 us fun-Packed Day:

• 8thruELDON McLACHLANDir. of Air'l Exhibits I DONALD L. WANSON

Oeneral ManagerET

(Continued from Page 3)

standards in farm living... ext to God, we are indebted to women,

first for life itself, and then for making itworth while.' '-Bovee.

.•. .,

tJl Jieighbors ~.~Mine~ Marion S. Ho te~r'One recent afternoon I lived

through twenty minutes thatcouldn't have been better if Ihad planned them myself.

Arthur Ho ton was playing ahi-fi recording of bird songs forsome children on the lawn of acountry church. When he playedthe call of the cardinal, severalredbirds answered from the tree-tops aero s the road, and one ofth m even circled in the air aboveus, looking for the bird whosevoice he heard on the record.

Next, two sharp- yed childrenspied a tiny bird's nest in a low-growing evergreen. It c ntaineda newly hatched baby bird, onethat was just coming out of itsegg, and one egg as yet unhatch-ed.

Since I'm not much of a bird-watcher myself, this was a newthrill for me, and I think the chil-dren also, sensed the marvel ofthe miracle of life.

To Preventa~ ·ge totored W eat

Harv~st and store clean wheat.With the new federal grain stand-ards in effect, this is the advice ofLey ton Nelson, extension special-ist with the farm crops depart-ment at Michigan State Univer-sity.

Nelson says the prtncipal. causesof contamination in .. Michiganwheat are:

Later the same day, we noticedlittle wagon-wheel designs onsome pieces of crushed stone inthe driveway. I told them the de-signs were fossils, but I didn'tknow whether they were cross-sections of a prehistoric worm orslices of an antediluvian reed.One of the boys said, "I guess ifwe could ask a professor, he couldtell you what they were."

This reminded me that as acitizen of Michigan, I am entitledto the educational services of thestate. So I mailed one of the rocksto the Department of Paleon-tology of the University of Mich-igan, with a stamped self-ad-dressed envelope.

In a few days. I received a notesaying that my speciman was afossil coral (Lithostration proli-ferum Hall) preserved in Bayportlimestone of the Mississippianperiod, which was laid down per-haps 300~000,000years ago.

effect. Tolerances' were thenquite liberal, except for mercury.No mercury-treated grain at allmay be sold for food puposes.Therefore, the .only alternative isthat all grain handlers must learnto use good housekeeping meth-ods. They are:

Store dry grain in rodent-proofstorage.

Inspect it for insects regularly.

00 not mix, it with treatedseed wheat.

Before harvest, Michigan wheatis all clean. After harvest .it muststill be clean to be sold as a foodgrain! .

Animals, such as rats, mice and Young People'birds. Farm Bureau Young Peoples

Camp is just completed. AboutWeevils and other insects. eighty were in attendance forChemicals residues _ that is: entire camp.

harvested wheat treated with a ---------:--poisonous seed treatment mater-ial.

Some Michigan wheat was con-fiscated' even before 'the newfederal regulations went into

HazardAs a tractor's speed is increased

from 3 to 6 miles per hour, thehazard of its tipping 'over is fourtimes as great.

ere's a Farm Bureau "Special"u ca 't afford to miss ! !

4-PO NT "MOTTO"

(

75*per spool

WHI~E STOCKS

LAST!

Beat he Price Rise -, uy ow!You read about the increase in steel costs. Barbwire has gone up approximately 40c a spool.Your Farm Bureau dealer is offering barb atno increase in price while his present stockslast. Motto barb has twice the zinc coatingper sq. ft. that ordinary barb has. Compareits spool weight of 44 Ibs. with other wire of87 lbs. Buy now and save money on this

quality wire.

Far.Ie I .parlmenl

I

*Price applicable ~o most F. B. Steel Dealers in Michilan

PETER J. SIKKECoordinate of Commodity R lations f MF

Earmers complain more about pri thetheir products than any other topic, and n thHowever, they should realize that the are indoselves for their lack of ability to bargain eff

Often farmers will compare th ir ability to bwith that of a labor union ot a large manufindustry such as the automobile manufactur r.

Unfortunately, the very na ure of agri ult rlend itself to the techniques used by Ibor or in u rv.Automobile manufacturers can and do ontrol produc-tion. Labor can stop production.,

History has shown us that this This is the timcannot work in agriculture. In should rally round the organ-spite of all the various quota sys- ization with confid nee anterns that the Government has port.initiated fr0!U tjme to time to In many industri s. su h as thcurb production, it has constantly h . d t the e are not. d c erry In us ry, rincrease . enough farmer c operati ly-

Controlled production in ag- owned processing plants so thatriculture does not work. Weare production can be divert d todistinguished from labor in that them. This is a luxury f rrnerswe have too much invested in our seldom hav .production to be able to withhold It points out that v luntaryit from the market for any length efforts on the part of th pro-of time. It boils down to the fact ducer to follow suggestions ofthat farmers must develop their their own association are n ededown typ.s of bargaining pro- to establish the organization, sograms. . the producers' bargaining po ition

in the future is cur.

FO

Oppor unityRAY BOHNSACK, center, of Elevator Career Day pres~ntati.on

Farm Bureau Services, counsels at Michigan State Universitywith high school graduates, June 27 by the Elevator a~dsenior and junior students about Farm Supply Short Course Dep t.the job opportunities for TRAIN· Applications are being ta~en f?rED MEN in the farmers elevator the 2-year course opening Inand farm supply store field. 45 September.youths attended the 6th annual

I would like to sugg st to ourmembers that as they becomemore interested in this type of

It payS ••• bfi d Wheat

HIGH GEU .FORMVA lETAF EDO

yo ricdealer about thwhea var •

r •

Invit Young enTo Elevator Career

Michigan's feed and grain in-dustry was host to 45 interestedyoung men with farm back-grounds on June 27th at MichiganState University. Each year theMichigan elevator trade goes allout to attract talented farm youthfor key positions in country ele-vators.

Michigan State University hasgraduated over 100 young menfrom this course and has 19 youngmen presently enrolled. They arenow working in country elevatorsin an on-the-job phase of thecourse.

About 30 young men are ex-pected to enroll for the 18 monthshort course September 26th.Additional information can be se-cured by writing to GeorgeGreenleaf, Coordinator of theElevator and Farm Supply ShortCourse, Short Course Depart-ment, Michigan State University.

There's a Right PaintFor Every Home Job

There's nothing like bright sun- turpentine b fore painting.shine to highlight faded walls and For other rooms, you may wantdingy corners. Most of us know ..that a quick cure is a fresh paint to try a rubber base pamt. whi.chjob. . is also washable and IS easily

But in our enthusiasm to start applied. This gives it a distinctwielding a paint brush, .we advantage over standard flat wallshouldn't buy just any pamt. paints which do not have a roughThere's a right paint for almost washable surface.any job you're planning, accord-ing to home economists at Mich-igan State University.

To begin with, there is no all-Turkey and Poultry purpose paint. For example,Sausage Legalized paints vary greatly in their wash-

ability. Generally speaking, theManufacture and sale of turkey higher the gloss, the more wash-

sausage and poultry sausage in able the paint.Michigan has been made legal bythe Legislature. The bill was al- Full gloss or semi-gloss paint ismost adopted in the regular ses- a wise choice for such places assion, but lost by a few votes in the kitchen, bathroom, laundrythe Senate. and playroom where the walls, Farm Bureau spokesmen made are likely to get soiled. Soiled

a full explanation of the bill to spots and grease can readily beindividual Senators and why it is removed from gloss paint with aso important to the poultry in- damp cloth and mild soaps.dustry. June 27 when the Leg- Because gloss paint can beislature finished its business, the scrubbed, many homemakers areSenate reconsidered its vote and now using it instead of paper foradopted the Sausage bill. Gover- cupboard shelves and bureaunor Williams signed it. The law is drawers. But here's a word ofeffective ~ept. 27. I caution before applying paint to

drawer interiors. Paint will notdry on a waxed surface. And

MICHIGAN FARM NEWS since some furniture manufac-turers wax drawer interiors, be

5 sure to wash these surfaces with

Bargaining cooperatives are aproven technique. They depend,

Rubber base paints have cer- however, on the willingness oftain limitations. While their use the producers to stick with theiris often suggested for woodwork, organization during the period ofyou may find that enamels on trial and error. This is often thewoodwork are more satisfactory time when the bargaining cooper-and will always give the best atives are first organized andservice. -their problems are the greate t.

So before you stock up for If bargaining cooperatives werepainting, it's a good idea to. co~- to have the support of the pro-sider how and where the paint IS cessor from the outset, their pro-to be used. blems would not be as great.

History has shown that, in gen-eral" the processor does not seemto realize the benefits that theseassociations hold, not only forproducers, but for them. Theystabilize the particular industryinvolved.

5

Right Now InFarm Bureau

District Midyear Meeungs forExecutive, Membership, Com-munit Group, Resolution andPublic Relation Committees .areover. During these periods when the

Membership Committees are in 'processors not only fail to co-the process of selecting county operate with the bargaining as-Roll Call Managers. Prospect sociation, but actively worklists are being made in most against them, confusion reigns.counties. Producers should realize that this

is the very time when their lackThere's no use hurrying if you of confidence within th ir organ-

are headed in the wrong direction. ization means defeat.August 1, 1957

n get i Ie

BUREAU WAY·

oonstra, manager of the

o Itry Farm, has been get-

i g 7 % pr duction fr m his 11,000

r. ay

a mo

layers for t e last 14 mo s.

Ray Boonstra set-

ting in another bas-

ket of eggs for cool.

ing.

Partial view of the Patmos laying house. Brand new,

this house is one of the most modem in Michigan.

70% production for 14 months in a flock of 11,000 birdsis a record not to be overlooked! Mr. Ray Boonstra, man ..ager of the Patmos Poultry Farm, Jamestown, Mich., getsthat production on Farm Bureau Mermash 20% and home-grown grains, coupled with good management practices.For 5 years the Patmos Poultry Farm has n one of theleaders and for 5 years Farm Bureau "Open Formula" Feedshave helped them. maintain that leadership. There isn·t areason in the world .why you can't do the same. YourFarm Bureau Feed Dealer wants to show you how . . .let him!

Farm Bureau Mermuh is an "0~

Formula," pr~:a. egg prod • It COIl-

tains M.V.P. with

and has a ~anced mineral oonteDt.

Feed it with your home-gmwn gralna

and get the most valu for youz feed

dollar. IT'S ENERGIZED!

• 'RIIIII" •••••MM

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FEED DEltA TMENT Farm Bureau Services, Inc. Lansin

aa August 1, 1957 MICHIQAN FARM NEWS ed ral d for come back only as a fraction of Da ry Springer Ie

-IGfh ys the dollar. W t B ~1.. 7D T cia 11 .J"~ 1 d t "1:1.1 sh. ran"'l, ug.bOy a roaos eao Y\ a -In fact, as Michigan t s highway traffic has een grow- With the increasing "pinch" on. I ington, And almost every aspecting, the pport of highways has trended more to in- local taxes for roads, many states of public life is getting tied to the

and local interests have been Federal apron strings.creasing the money for roads that carry the heavier traf- clamoring for more Federal

by fie loads. Some roads in Michigan carry less than 50 money to help out the situation.People easily forget that this puts

Gr u • cars a day. Others carry over 100,000 cars a day. into the hands of the Federal gov-ernment a reason for taking overRoads and highways are financed. mainly out of taxes the taxing powers which the

paid by the highway users. A heavily used road returns states hav held in the past.

1 d h d From 1955 to 1956, the Federala high rate of revenue in gaso ine an weig t taxes, an government trebled the amountother fees. A lightly traveled road cannot pay for its of its highway budget. The view

taken is that many roads handleown cost of upkeep in terms of these revenues. interstate traffic and are arteries

This policy, based on the amount of use, has some in the defense system. Highwaysshould be of uniform high

sense to it. More heavily traveled roads need stronger quality, as approved by the na-surfaces. They must move large volumes of traffic tional government, it is said.

quickly and safely. Without adequate roads, congestions Opponents of this view pointout that the sources of taxable

and delays become frequent. revenue should be left to theare not up to par. They are usually too narrow . . states and not taken away from

f Th f I drai d L~ ted It is recognized however, that If we allocated road them.to sa. ey 0 ten ac amage, an are ooetruc ' ld b I J.Y tr and brush. Blacktopping is often laid without ,funds strictly by traffic loads, some road~ wou e e.•t co~Jhebe F~:J:~t~ :~:~~;e~

b h . t t high (without the means of support. Some adjustments must Michigan would have an extraa pr r se, 0 t at rna n en nee S 8 are .be made in the distribution of road funds, so that rural $500million for roads in 10 years.

ey goT' rural citizens ask. "How I bi d d k t As it is now, the Federal.. . people have passa e roa s to town an mar eo _. government provides less thaneffo t 1S P t nt trun line d 19 . t ti sand 110% of Michigan·s road funds. To

10 I r ,,, All Michigan road building pro- a~ % was given 0 Cl 1 meet the costs, the Federal gov-r: behind sehedul Dur villages. till' t f ~1grams are ~l e. - Wh the et so' f.' tax became E7nrq.en ral.se ax s on UaS.authorities i g World War U and Korean en - => f hari tires, trucks, trailers and buses.

ar the road program was neg- 6c in 1955.a new p an 0 s armg'Yh the lected and fell far behind. Fol- de eloped. The added I1fzcwas In he futurel about 12%

lowing these war periods traffic placed in a special fund-The of the cost of owning andloads mer sed at a tremendous Michigan Highway Co truction operating a oar will be inr te, Fund. From thi fund the state Feder taxes.

way have Attention often has to be aiven took 75%; 16.60/.went to counties,d t:r ·tt d vi11n When the Federal governmentor tw ve yea s. to critical and dangerous points and 8.5% to ci es an 1 sages. .

makes a grant to the state" certain A man has no reason to claim-~-.--,,..----.,..------':"'-----'---------""'-'- in the road system where high The combined res It 0 this strings are also tied to it. Thed 1 This he is self-made just because hisaccident rates eve op, may sharing meant that the state held money must be matched. dollar

d h - . mistakes are.mean some neglect of roo s av- about 50% of all use ~ taxes, the for dollar. This puts pressure on -'--_~ _ing light traffic. counties got 33% and cities and the state tax systems.

Another "'dela~' cause in the villages were given 17%. Federal standards required ofroad problem is the matter of in- During the last two or three the states have raised the costs ortlated costs. Road construction years, however. the Federal road construction. These stan-and maintenance costs have sky- government has been expanding dards ' require the fixing of allrocketed so that they have out- its grants to states for highway wage and hour rates on road con-run the money collected in taxes. purposes. Extra money expected struction. This adds to the cost ofThe value of the road construe- from this source caused the 195'1 contracts made by the states. Ittion dollar dropped from 61.3c in Legislature to readjust the shares. takes away the state's right to1946to 50.2c in 1954.Controls and The new law calls for 47% of control its own contracts and thestandards demanded by the Fed- all funds to be kept by the state; free use of the state revenues forera! highway support program 35% will go to counties, and 18% highways.have affected these costs, as we to cities and villages.shall show later. a Bureau PositionIt takes only a little figuring tf

see that a bit less than 9% of the On Financing Roadsroad funds in Michigan that come Farm Bur e a u delegates

lin

from these sources will go to sup- their resolutions, have asked thatport local county roads. road taxation and financing pro-

This is so because the counties grams be left to the states and notmay use only one-fourth of their be taken over by the Federalfunds on local roads. By law sev- government. We would be betterenty-frve percent mu t go to the Ioff to pay our own way on .roads.county primary road system. A dollar sent to Washington

6

4 omm nity Farm

d ?IDONALD D. Ie Y

Coord'n or of Education nd!lese ch

gravro

aws ca e , r . ,rai I henings happ many rural ople who Ii e on

or dir roads wonder hat c n be done tim ..til

Such a que tion i fair. Genera Iy speaking, local ruralro d

ncrea in Localuppo or 0 ds?

Most states, including Mich-igan, are not collecting enoughmoney to build the highwaysneeded to carry their growingtraffic. With highway user taxesand fee short of these needs.highway engineers are sayingthat more money from local taxeswill be needed for local roads.

This 6 0 U n d s like theshade of the old road tax onreal estate coming back tohaunt us.

Albion Ele~. Co.Allegan Farmers Co-op sn.

ad Axe-Farmers Elev. &Produce Co.

Bangor Fruit Growers xch,Barryton Co-op Assn.Battle Creek lfarm BureauBauer-Hudsonville Farmers

Co~opBay City-Farm Bureau Ser-

vtcesBeulah-The Benzie Co.Btenheim- al m Co-op Co.Blissfield Co-op Co.Bronson Oo-op Co.Buchanan CO-OPl:l, Inc.Burnips-S lem Co-op Co.Burr Oak Co-op Co.Byron Center Co-op Co.Caledonia Farmers El v, o.Caro Farm rs Co-op El v, Co.Cass CitY-Farm Produce Co.Cassopolis--0ass Co-op, Inc.Centrevi lie-Three Rtver Co-

op, Ino,Charlevoix o-op Co.Charlotte-Eaton Farm Bu-

r au Co-opChesaning Farmer-s Co-op, Inc.Coldwater Co-op Co.Coleman-FarlU Bureau lUlev.

Co.Colllng- nionville MillIn.... C .Constantine 0-01'. Inc.

Some change in the law re-lating to the distribution of fundshave had a bearing on this mat-ter. Before 1951llttle state moneywent to cities and villages, and alarger share was given for countyand local roads.

The Legislature reclassifiedroads in 1951,taking into accountthe amount of use-the trafficloads. The result of this changemeant that 75% of county fundshad to be used on trunkline high-ways in rural areas, and 70% ofthe money for citie and villagesmust be used on "throughstreets."

Cities and villages came in fora share of the highway funds a-mounting to 19% of the state re-venues.

This put the "squeeee" on localroads and streets. That is why theengineers say that some moneyfrom local taxes will be requiredif local roads and streets are to bekept in condition. Th? problem ismade more acute by the fact thatmost local governments are levy-ing beyond the 15 mill limit. Theschool program absorbs it all andmore. •

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V'ertllesMichigan highway engineers

estimate that the state will haveto spend over $7.5 billion by 1975to put her roads and highways in-to condition to handle trafficloads safely. They point to thefact that our losses from highwayaccidents now cost Michigan peo-ple $270 million a year, plus theloss of life and injuries to people.

Taxes collected from Michiganhighway users in 1954 amountedto 144,892,000. Federal grantswere $14,168.000.Local taxes paid$43,715,000toward roads, and thestate borrowed $19,408,000. YetMichigan spent $242 million onroads in 1954-nearly $22 millionmore than revenues and borrow-ing .

The enginee s point out that itwould take a gasoline tax of 15.2cents per gallon to pay for high-ways needed and planned by 1975.This was figured at the 1954 rateof Federal support for highwaysfor Michigan.

2 Million Bushelsallya ·c Dumping Facilitiesnd Federal Warehousese

Contro of Temper-nd Humid-ty

We may not be happy with theprospects for road taxes in Mich-igan in future years. But there isno promise that calling upon theFederal government will do thejob as cheaply or as well as thepeople of the state can do it them-selves.

us-on1. Road users pay the lion's

share of the highway taxes. So alarger share of the money forroads goes to highways that carryheavy traffic loads. Would youagree with such a policy?

2. Traffic engineers say thatmore of the money for the sup-port of local roads and streets willhave to come from local taxation.What sources of revenue can localgovernments use to increase theirfunds for road purposes? I

3. Would the people of Mich-igan gain or lose by calling for anincreased program of highway .support from the Federal govern-ment? I

IDoesnt HappenPlanting muskmelons and

cucumbers near each other willnot produce a cucumber flavoredmuskmelon. I

The fifth annual dairy springersale will be held at the WestBranch Hereford Yards on Wed-nesday, August 7 at 1:00 p.m.Seventy head of well grown, close

up springers have been consignedby producers in an eight countyarea. All are Holsteins with anexception of two reg' teredB own Swiss heifers. Only a f wcows with records are of eel.Glen Casey of Williamston isauctioneer.

Your mammoth grain terminalsymbol of co tinuing growthachievemen -a useful, working monu-ment to t e confidence in your ownabilities and prod~ctivlty - the resultof ,over 36 years of working togetherin a cooperative effort where farm-ers get more return for their grainthrough their own c~-op,elevators.

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Co.Falmouth Co-op Co.Fowler-Farmers Co-op Elev.

Co. of FowlerFowlerville Co-op Co.Fremont Co-op Produce Co.Grand Blanc Co-op Elev.Grand Ledge Produce Co.Grand Rapids-Farm Bureau

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Servic sN ashville Co-op Elev. Assn,New Haven Farmers Elev.Ogden-Blissfield Co-op Co.Ottawa Lake Co-op Elev.Ottawa Lak.o-Michigan Elev.

Exch.Oxford Co-op Elev.Parma - Fanners Co-op of.

Pa.rmaPigeon-Co-op lev. Co.Pinconni,g-lt'a.rm Bureau Ser-

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vic~s~ent City Farm ur au .Kinde-~'armers Co-op Grall~

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Scrvi sTrufant Farm Bur auUnion City-Coldwater Co-op

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