Vol. 32, No.4

gaAPRIL 1, 1954 .32nd e r

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We Have Largest Paid-Up Membership inOur History; Second Among States

To Make AFBF GoalNORWOOD EASTMAN

Coordinator of Organization, Michigan Farm Bureau

The Michigan Farm Bureau on March 24 reachedits membership goal of 61,310 fm 1954 with a total of61,318 families as members.

This is the largest paid-up membership in the historyof the Michigan Farm Bureau. Weare moving rapidlytoward our J <156 goal for a membership of 70,000families. ~

Weare second among the 48 state Farm Bureaus toreach our AFBF membership goal for 1954, on theway to membership of 2,000,000 families in theAmerican Farm Bureau. Mississippi and Michigan fin-ished 1st and 2nd in J 954 and 1953. Michigan was firstin 1952.

This performance is a great tribute to the enthusiasmand work of the membership organizations in 63 Mich-igan County Farm Bureaus. We thank them in behalfof all our members.

As in the past a considerable number of new mem-bers and renewals of membership will come duringthe next few months.

Last year our, success in reaching goal February 23brought a movement to have every Michigan CountyFarm 'Bureau reach 100% of its membership goal.

.We carne quite close"to making it.At this time 27 County Farm Bureaus are from 100

to 122 % of their membership goal. All under 100 %are well over 90 % with the exception of ten whichrange from 8 J to 89 % . They need a total of 1810members.

Roll Call managers and wives from the 100 % ofgoal counties will have a victory dinner at MichiganState College the evening of April 2 J • Those reporting100 % by April 9th will be eligible to attend..FOLLOWING is a list of Coun-

ty Farm Bureaus and the num-ber of new members or renewalsthey need to make 100% of theirgoal for 1954:

ALLEGAN. 19,5, Antrim 28,Calhoun 1, Cass 42, Clare 14,Clinton 97, Eaton 49, Emmet 30,Genesee 30, Gratiot 2, Hillsdale98, Ionia 6, Isabella 78, losco 27.

Reported % ofCOUNTY Goal Mar. 25 ,GoalAlcona 339 389 115Allegan 2,033, 1,838 90Alpen.a 575 605 105Antrim .....................• 440 412 93Arenac 379 402 106Barry 1,202 1,227 102Bay .........................•....1,435 1,707 119Benzie 219 242 111Berrien 2,275 2,367 103Branch •.....................1,681 1,816 108Calhoun 1,474 1,473 99Cass 901 859 95Charlevoix 356 322 90Cheboygan 262 309 118Clare 150 136 91Clinton 1,536 1,439 93Eaton 1,388 1,339 96Emmet 2l)1 251 b::JGenesee 1,389 1,359 97Gladwin 366 375 102Gratiot 1,408 1,381 98Hillsdale 1,444 1,346 93Huron 1,865 1,918 103

Ingham 1,088 1,112 101Ionia 1,227 1,221 99Isabella 1,144 1,066 93Iosco 203 176 87Jackson 1,054 ,017 95Kalamazoo 1,152 1,151 99Kalkaska. 76 73 96Kent 1,429 1,367 95Lapeer ............•...........1,540 1,574 101Lenawee 1,482 1,388 93

LiVingston .•..............1,168Macomb ...................•11031Manistee 245Mason 612Mecosta 751Midland 563Missaukee 421Montmorency........ 178Montcalm 993Monroe ................•.....1,152Muskegon 476Newaygo 706N. W. Michigan 1,007Oakland ...........•........1,043Oceana 710Ogemaw 359Osceola 641Otsego ............•......... 115Ottawa 1,437Presque Isle 442Saginaw •...................2,122Sanilac .....................•1,969Shiawassee 1,066St. Clair 1,331

St. Joseph 1,040Tuscola 1,738Van Buren 1, 66Washtenaw _ 1,563Wayne ...............•........ 500Wexford 250

1,431 122973 94213 87544 88762 101495 8435 103202 113964 97

1,219 105476 100581 2

1,025 101989 956~ll 91379 106605 9496 83

1,42 99442 100

2,262 1062,061 104

948 891,273 94

1,148 1101,945 1121, 65 991,621 104

424 4203 81

TOTAL •...............61,310 61,318 100%

10 Ibs. of PorkChops Se r c

Only 10 pounds of a 240-poundpig are center cut pork chops-and that's why one usually paysmore for pork chops than formost other cuts of pork. Theprice of each cut of meat, like

Macomb 58, Manistee 32, Mason68, Midland 69, Montcalm 29,Newaygo 125.

OAKLAND 54, Oceana 58, Os-ceola '36, Otsego 19, Ottawa 9,Shiawassee 118, St. Clair 58, VanBuren 1, Wayne 76, Wexford '47.Total-1810.

ROLL CALL MANAGER I

Archie Cordes, Bart-on CityMilan Levett, 'AlleganAlfred Dove, LachineBruce McElroy. CharlevoixPercy Crawford, TWiningMrs. Barbara Barcroft, HastingsJulius Rabe, PinconningMarion Ny e, BeulahRay DeWitt, BuchananArthur Haggerman, TekonshaWilbur mitih, BurlingtonLee Bakeman, DowagiacJoe Brock, East JordanJack Savella, CheboyganF'rank Humphrey, ClareMiss Ellen J 0 White, St. JohnsRobert Kline, CharlotteMrs. Ben Peters, Carp LakeMrs. W. A. Sobey, FlushingGordon Willford, GladwinMrs, George Davidson, Alma"Villis Hoffman, HudsonJohn Terrill, Sebewaing, andWilliam Harwood, Harbor BeachDale Dunckell, 'VilliamstonMrs. Irma Covert, IoniaMurray Gordon, ColemanArth ur Ropert, HaleMrs. Ruth Day, larks LakeG. T. Blankshine, IattawanJess Atkinson, KalkaskaMrs. T.h lma Heilman, Grand RapidsSam Titus, SilverwoodMrs. Walter Barron, Morenci, andAbraham D. Hunt, Tecums hMrs. Lillian Korraua, Webber-villeTony Rapes, WashingtonCharles Brown, OnekamaMrs. Ruth lagle, ScottvilleClement Bennet, Big RapidsMrs. Roy Varner, MidlandPete H ndrtcks, McBainGordon King, LewistonLee I<'risbie, SydneyWilbur E. Smith, ErieMrs. Waldo Walsworth, HoltonMrs. Clifford Robins, F'rernontJohn Heim, Traver e CityCarlton Crawford, MilfordErnie McCarty, HartDon Win low, '\ e·t BranchElmer McLachlan. EvartIrs. Harry Dreffs, Gaylord

Mrs. Ru' ell Small gao, Hud onville'Erwin Fleming, HawksEdwin Breternitz, Fr elandEldon Winters, andu ky1\11'. Thelma Ans-on, OwossoMrs. Martin Hou ston, Richmond, andMrs. Wilbur Quick, EmmetEd Thompson, ColonClark •Iontagua, aroLynnford Go's, DecaturDon Gill, Yp ilantiWalter scott, RomulusLa Verne Jacob, Manton

the price of just about every-thing else, is determined largelyby how much there is and howmuch people like it. Actually,the 240-pound pig yields onlyabout 100 pounds of the moredesirable and popular cuts ofpork, such as the chops, ham,bacon and roasts.

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REPRESENT ATIVES of Michigan County Farm Bureaus see and hear about new productsdeveloped from U. S. Department of Agricullur e research. Speaker is Charles Figy, assistant toSecretary Benson. The group was in Washington March 8-10 as guests of the American FarmBureau. They were chosen by lot from County Farm Bureaus that made membershipgoal in 1953 in the AFBF march toward 2,000,000 members.

Left to right, seated: Mrs. Earnest Heim, Traverse City: Mrs. Raymond Krull, Three Rivers;Mrs. William Sobey, Flushing. Standing, left to right: Mr. Figy, Dan Reed, MFB staff: Hender--son Graham, Caro: Allan Rush, Romeo; William Richardson, Rives Junction: Vernon Vance,East Jordan: Charles Draper, Fenwick: ScoU Holmes, Nunica: Keith Tanner, MFB staff.

These Bills in Legis atureHave aMeaning fi You

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Two MilkMarketing Proposals WillAffect I alEvery Dair-yrnarij MFB Legislative

Committee Acts on Others Plantti e

STANLEY M. POWELLLegislative Counsel of Michigan Farm Bureau

In a few more days the J 954 legisla ive sessio wibe history. April 9 has been set as the date for ad-journment. If the lawmakers become hopelessly en-snarled in the task of trying to balance the budget orfiguring out how much the recent action of the StateCivil Service Commission in boosting wages for variousstate employees is going to increase the payrolls of thevarious state institutions and agencies, a postponementof adjournment date may be necessary.

As the Senators and Representatives go down thehome stretch there is the usual last-minute tension andconfusion as individual lawmakers and lobbyists strugglefor the passage or defeat of measures in which theyare keenly interested. A large numb of bills havealready been defeated by direct vote or because of theoperation of the various deadlines which were set upto speed the legislative process.

Several of the measures in which Farm Bureau folksare especially interested are hanging fire. Their fatemay be determined even before this report reaches yourmailbox.

The Senate Agriculture Committee on March 23reported favorably and without amendment three im-portant bills, all definitely in line with MFB resolutions.These measures are now on the Senate General Orderscalendar for consideration by the Senate Committee ofthe Whole. If they survive that ordeal they would auto-matically be advanced for Third Reading and finalvote the following day. These measures have previ-ously been approved by the House.

FERTILIZER. The first of these fective lobbyists representingis H-214 which would bring milk bottle interests, some deal-Michigan's commercial fertilizer ers, and unionized milk peddlers.law up to date. It would permit The first of these measures islisting minor and trace elements H-225 which would forbid manu-on the analysis tag along with the facture and sale in Michigan ofcontent of nitrogen, phosphorus super-fortified milk such as hasand potash. Also it makes provis- been put on the market, some ofion for new procedures in the fer- it in brown bottles, during recenttilizer industry such as bulk Ide- months. This is the milk loadedliveries and the growing traffic with numerous vitamins andin liquid or gaseous fertilizers. minerals which is being so em-

This bill is directly in line with phatically condemned by lead-the resolution on this subject ing nutritionist and public healthadopted by the delegates at the authorities.annual convention of the Michi- The bill would permit onlygan Farm Bureau last November. such fortification as is approvedIt appears probable that some by the recognized nutritionists.amendments will be proposed to Four hundred units of Vitaminthe measure by certain Senators, D, the sunshine vitamin, wouldbut it is not anticipated that be permitted per quart of milk.there will be much opposition to It is generally agreed that ourthe bill when it comes up for diet is deficient in that ingredi-final roll call. ent. For skim milk the addition

of 400 units of Vitamin D, 2,000units of Vitamin A and non-fatmilk solids wor-ld be allowed.

This bill is being supported bythe Michigan Farm Bureau, theMichigan State Grange, theMichigan Farmers Union, ~he.Michigan Department of Health,the Michigan State Medical So-

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The Farm Bureau Service.'new fertilizer plant at Kalama-zoo has been mixing fertilizerssince March 8.

Adolph Ecklund, superinten-dent of plant food manufacturingdivision of FBS said the Kala-mazoo plant should be baggingand shipping April 5.

Mr. Ecklund said these analy-ses are being made for spring de-livery starting April 5 to 15, asthe schedule for each analysiswill permit:

PULVERIZED or standard fer-tilizer mix: 0-20-20 and 4-16-16.

GRANULATED: 3-18-9, 4-16-16,5-20-20, 12-12-12.

Pulverized fertilizer is the kindfamiliar to everyone. The ingre-dients are mechanically andchemically mixed cured. screen-ed to the required fineness andbagged.

Granulated fertilizer comesfrom a new process. To the sameraw materials are added otherchemicals. This produces granu-lation in the chemical mixingprocess. The ingredients combinein particles which contain a uni-form amount of all the plantfoods. In the pulverized fertiliz-er, the various chemical ingredi-ents remain as separate particles.

Granulated fertilizer has sev-eral advantages :Mr. Ecklundsaid. The particles include allthe plant food elements in uni-form amounts. The particles arethe same size, which makes forbetter sowing. Granulated fer-tilizer has the highest percent-age of water soluble phosphates.The granulation process insuresmuch better keeping and storagequalities.

Eighty-eight Farm Bureau dele-gates from 6 mid-western mem-bership award winning States-Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Miss-ouri, Iowa and Illinois-got aglimpse the first week in Marchof how "legislative wheels" turnin Washington and a chance totalk over mutual problems withtheir Congressmen.

THE TRIP to the nation's cap-itol was sponsored jointly by therespective State Farm Bureausand the American Farm BureauFederation as an award to thoseStates which last year achievedor exceeded their "Two MillionMembership" quotas.

Each state group spent threedays conferring with the AFBFWashington staff, discussing leg-islative problems with their Con-gressmen, meeting governmentofficials dealing with agricultureand visiting national shrines.

The U. S. Department of Agri-culture showed some new useswhich research has found forfarm products. These includedplastic materials and garmentsmade from inedible fats, textilesmade from corn, varnish manu-factured from potatoes and sev-eral contributions to medicalscience, such as synthetic bloodplasma made from beet and canesugar.

AT a dinner meeting the dele-gates met members of their Con-gressional delegations. The groupsvisited the' capitol to watch Con-gress in session and Congressionalcommittees in action.

The "off-the-record' dinnermeetings were arranged to giveboth Congressmen and Farm Bur-eau members an opportunity fora frank discussion of importantpublic issues now up for consider-ation in Congress in which far-mer I a ~ it I in t.

Speaker at various meetingsincluded Under Secretary ofAgriculture, True D. Morse'Assistant Secretary of Agricul~ture, John H. Davis; AFBF Sec-retary-Treasurer, Roger Fleming;and AFBF Legislative Director,John C. (Jack) Lynn.

Says NeBureau Pro

andSenator George D. Aik n of

the Senate Agricultural Committ , hongress Senate Bill o. 3052. It i

cultural Act of 1954.The bill proposes "to encourag

and free agriculture." Senator ik n told ththat the bill will aid in the ord rly m rk tin ofproducts and will guarantee a high lev I of priport "if farmers will do their part in keeping produin line."

Since flexible price support will becomat the end of 1954 without the passing oflegislation, Senate Bill 3052 does not d Imatter, except in the case of corn.

Mr. Aiken's bill includes recommend tions m dthe Farm Bureau, but it does not provid forimportant Farm Bur u policies on farm price upand adjustment programs. They were adopted tAmerican Farm Bureau convention last De mb r,lowing several months discussion of those m tt rthe entire Farm Bureau membership.

AFBF President Allan B. Kline recommended ch n ein Senate Bill No. 3052 to include the F rm ur urecommendations at a hearing March lOb fore theSenate Committee on Agriculture.

Set-Aside. Senator Aiken's bill provid s f r th"commodity set-side' recommended in janu ry byPresid.ent Eisenhower. About $2Y2 billion worth ofwheat, cotton, dairy products, cottonseed oil nd oth rcommodities would be "set a ide" fro th mr r tnd r it m .President Kline said, "We ha e orne res rv tion

to what can be accomplished by th .propos d om-modity set-asides. We shall support the propo I ifcertain principles will be followed: (a) the "set-a id s"should be handled so as to have as little bad eff ct apossible on current marketings (b) dispo al shouldfollow sound policies on export-import trade, intern _tional affai , and expansion of our markets (c) pur ..pose of the "set-asides" should be the orderly reductionof stocks on hand to more manageable proportions."

MARKETING QUOTAS. Sen- as a conditio~ of eligibility forator Aiken's bill does not make (1) c~nservatlOn payments .ndprovision for 90% parity price (2) price support on crops WhIChsupports on any basic commod- are not under marketing quotas.ity during the first year that mar- "Also, the Secretary is her byketing quotas are in effect for directed to establish on an appro-that commodity after a year in priate geographical basis lists ofwhich they were not in effect. crops which may not b pro-This was the compromise of the duced for direct or indirect sale,AFBF convention of 1953. or may be produced to a limited

President Kline recommended extent, o~ .acres .diverted from ato the Senate Agr'I Committee crop .r~ceIvmg price support. w~ nMarch 10 that section 201 of the C?ndihons are such .that limita-bill be deleted and this substi- tions on the use of diverted acr stution made: are necessary to prevent the pro-

"Not ith t di f h duction of excessive supplies."WI s an ing any 0 t e U d th k t'provisions of the Agr'l Marke _ n er e mar e mg quoting Act of 1949 th I If' programs on wheat and cotton,

, e eve 0 prrce and the acreage allotment onsupport for producers of any corn, producers in 1954 are beingbaSICcommodity, except tobacco d .shall be' 900/< f it th fi 'calle upon to divert 30,000,000

o 0 . pan y e Ir.st acres. These diverted acres areyear that marketing quotas are In t lik It' idl Ieffect for any such commodity no dIe y 0 ::emam 1 e. n-immediate I fol.lowi . '. stea, they are Iikely to be plant-

. y. owing a year, ed to other crops to be harvest dWhIChmarketmg quotas were not di tl b f d t Ii t kin effect on such ditv." irec yore e 0 IV S oc .

commo I y. and peanuts account for slightlyTHE PROPOSED substitution less than 23% of cash farm r ,_

is designed to apply to a situ a- ceipts. Other commodities . c-tion where cotton, wheat, corn, count for the remaining 77 per-peanuts or rice get into a serious cent.surplus position when marketingquotas are not in effect.

It would give producers of thosecommodities an additional yearunder quotas after a year whenquotas were nol in effect to getsupplies in line with demand be-fore flexible supports becameoperative.

This compromise prOVISIOnwould not be applicable in 1955on cotton, wheat and peanutssince they are under marketingquotas in 1954.

DIVERTED ACRES. SenatorAiken's bill contains certain pro-visions for requiring the Secretaryof Agriculture to take action toprevent the use of "divertedacres" from distressing the pro-ducers of other commodities.

President Kline r commendedthat the Senate Agr'l Committeeadd a new section to the bill, afollows:

"Sect. 311.Agriculture is hereby authorizedto require producers to devotea percentage of their r plandto soil building crops or practice

Here are the County FarmBureaus as they stood March 24

JACKSON 37, Kalamazoo 1, in the membership campaign forKalkaska 3, Kent 62, Lenawee 94, W54:

MILK MARKETING. Muchmore con t r 0 v e r s i a I are theother two bills in this groupof three mea ures reported fa-vorably by the Senate Agricul-ture Committee. They both haveto do with milk marketing andare being violently opposed by alarge group of energetic and ef-

Fire InsuranceProgram isDoing Well

The development of a fire in-surance program in the FarmBureau Mutual Insurance Com-pany is very satisfactory.

February 25 fire insurancecommittees from 61 county FarmBureaus met at Lansing. Theyaccepted for their counties thejob of securing at least 5,000charter policy applications andto raise a maximum of $250,000in investment funds to start theproposed fire and windstorminsurance service.

NILE Vermillion, manager ofthe Farm Bureau Mutual, saidMarch 24 that the first 700 reser-vations for charter policies total-led 10,000,000of fire insurancecoverage. The first 273 applica-

FB utnal toPay ~~O~OOODividend

Directors of the Farm BureauMutual Insurance Company havedeclared a dividend amountingto about $50 000 for all automo-bile and farm liability policiesin force Dec. 31, 1949 and con-tinuing in force March 7, 1954.

THERE ARE about 10,000 poli-cyholders in this group. The divi-dend is 10% of the annualpremium, and will be credited tothose policyholders on their firstsix months' renewal premiumoccuring after March 7.

Nile Vermillion, manager ofFarm Bureau Mutual, said thatthe policy of the company is toreturn earnings to the policy-holders as dividends. The divi-derfds will be extended to otherpolicyholders in time in accord-ance with the successful opera-tion of the Company. This is thesecond dividend to policyholders.The first was limited to charterpolicyholders.

AFBF InstituteAugust 15-20

The 1954 American Farm Bur-eau Institute to promote the mem-bership program of the FarmBureau will be held at the Uni-versity of Illinois at Urbana Aug-ust 15 to 20, inclusive.

Purpose ofFarm Bureau

"The purpose of this Associa-tion shall be the advancement ofour members' interests education-ally, legislatively, and economic-ally:'

This sentence is taken from thestatement of purpose when theMichigan Farm Bureau was or-ganized at Michigan State Col-lege, February 4, 1919.

tions for investment totalled$116,000.

The county insurance commit-teemen are now explaining theprogram to Community FarmBureau groups. Mr. Vermillionbelieves that that charter policyreservation goal will be reachedsoon and that the investmentfund will be oversubscribed.

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

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epre entingJUNIOR FARM BUREAU

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uh ('rlptlon: 40 cents a y arLlmlted to Farm Bur au M imh ra,

April 1, 1954 No.4Vol. 32

mmunity Farm BureaMRS. MARJORIE GARDNER

Coordinator of RecordsD ar Community Farm Bureau

Members:At this writing Community

Farm Bureau Groups in the statetotals 1318. This is a net gainof 72 groups plus 5 reorganizedgroups for the y ar to date buttill 1 aves us 289 short of our

mmunity group goal of 1607.nt ounty has organized the

gr at st number of new groupso far with 6 already report din.

Huron county still leads the statein total number of groups with 57.

Th following new groups havebeen organized since the Febru-ary issue of the paper:

Barry ounty- 'e. t Ora ngeville,liR. Homer- Not-ma n, Seer tar)".Berrien Bend of the Riv 1', Mrs,

Rol« rt Ito e; Bacon, Mrs. Alfredlloek.

Hillsdale-'Valton. Irs. Oaie Walton,Monro Chi fs ,Squaw: of outh-

port, • Jr.. Bernard Beaudry; Scofi IdI runblera, I'~dwin J. Stsu ng,

Washtenaw Salin Valley, ~Irs.iartha Zahn : \Vhltmor Lake. Mrs.

Loonn rd Meyer,Wayne..-South Huron. Mrs.

Vtna.

DURING January a series ofdistrict meetings was held on theP.X. (Policy Execution Program).These were followed in all coun-ties by a county-wide meeting

COVEREDWAGONScarr! d tliearly American I'll] rs in earchof new homesteads. Land wascheap, hut market w re few andfar. The cost of moving a ton offl ight averaged about 20¢ a mile.

called for all Minute Men. Insome areas attendance of the Min-ute Men was not as good as itcould be. Because of the in-creased emphasis on the P.X.program, the duties and responsi-bilities of the Minute Men of theCommunity Farm Bureaus are

Sh 1'- very important.Farm Bureau was originally or-

ganized for legislative strength.It is through the MinutEl Men ofthe Community groups that ourvoice i heard. It might be wellto analyze your own CommunityGroup to see whether your Min-ute Man is func ioning efficiently.

frs. In order to help you do this, wenald have listed below the duties and

re ponsibilities of the MinuteMan of a Community Farm Bu-reau:

1. To keep informed 0 mat~tel's of legislative concern toformers and his organization.

(a) by attending such meet-ings as may be called for theMinute Men of his county.

(b) by reading the materialsprovided, also newspapers andmagazines.

(c) by listening to the radio.2. Inform others: .(a) He should report to the

Group each month when calledon by the chairman. (If chairmanfails to call for his report, theMinute Man should ask for timeto make a brief presentation.)

(b) He should take opportun-ities to present information onFarm Bureau programs to otherper ons and groups with whichhe has contact.

3. Act-when action is neces-sary. The Minute Man is the linkconnect' ng the ow r of the FarmBureau rg n'3 t li aoti nprogram of citizenship for andby the members.

4. He should use telephone,personal visits, and such othermeans of contact as may be at hisdisposal to inform people on timeabout needed action.

5. He should not act alone. Heshould be sure that other mem-bers act on the matter also.

Gold Star A ard winners forthe month of December are asfollows: -

ALPENA COUNTY - LongLake Community Farm BureauGroup, Mrs. Gerald Fussey, Sec-retary.

LAPEER-Almont, Mrs. LoganHarris.

NEWAYGO - Brookside, Mrs.Arvid Miller.

SHIAWASSEE -; Bennington,Mrs. Oscar Davis.

Silver Star Awards for themonth of December:

GENESEE - North Genesee,Mrs. Gordon Rockwell, sec'y.Southwest Davison, Mrs. ShirleyRies.

KALAMAZOO-County Center,Mrs. Rupert Smith.

NORTHWEST MICHIGAN -Williamsburg, Mrs. Virginia Cope-land.

OSCEOLA-Up & Coming, Mrs.Elden Meyer.

Gold Star Awards for the monthof January:

ALLEGAN-W. Allegan, Mrs.Richard Tourtellotte, sec'y.

Silver Star Awards for themonth of January:

ALPENA-Herron, Mrs. Dee-I phine Martell, sec'y.

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Shiawassee-Caliwa~see. Mnl. DavidBushm n.

Macomb-Red Run, Miss Gen vlevTheut.

Sanilac-L xington, Russell gan.St. Clair - Belleview, Mrs, Ray

Houston.Tuscola-vV 'lls 30, :\frR. Fr d rick

Brogg; Plone 1', Mrs, lar nc Wild-n r.

Kent-~ ·elson-Spencer, Mrs.man Davi.

Muskegon-Holton Prog resstve, • Irs.Joyce .•Iurphy, temp. "y.

Oce an a-e-W st Gold n, .•.Irs .• laxinFlood.

Ottawa - Delan Y. frs. Charlesmith; ~1ill r, ~Irs. Mildred •ritz.Arenac-Laundrie, Mrs. ...Iargu rite

BJata.Bay-Fraser Cent r, Che. tel' Moe-

zul:ki, t mp, sec'v,Gratiot-Emerson Boosters.

Ern st ),lcKenzi • Jr.Charlevoix-. '·orwood. Mrs. D

Farrell.Mjssaukee-~faple Grove. i\frs. "'m.

We. tmaas ; utcheon, gmmett L wls,Pleasant Point. Mrs. :May DuValL

Alpena- ...~ichoh;()n Hill I, • trs. Har-old Pernie; South Os unek • Rev. AdamGraL

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NIC FARM NEWS

Nature's beauties are abundant and they may be c ught andstored

Through the magic of the camera to capture and record.It is nice that some, with gumption, think it worth their

while to goAnd just bring the world to Hicks Street for us to see and

know.R. S. Clark315 North Grinnell StreetJackson, Michigan

the public to use increasingquantities of milk, because theyare dubious as to the long-timeeffects of drinking freely of milkcontaining so much of these vari-ous vitamins and minerals, milkconsumption might be affectedvery adversely.

If the forces which are battlingso vigorously to kill H-225 fearthey haven't the votes to obtaintheir objective, it is expectedthat they will try to mutilate thebill by a series of weakening andconfusing amendments whicwoul de troy its value. •'

o LL Gmerica grew fa t - and 0 did itth la t centur

, 1ailroad !riculture Houri hed in ra t nei • territory a railroad

id the mean of mo ing the hal' 'e t to di tant mar-e v ource of ra material were di covered-it took

ill' ad t get them' h re they were needed. ew andHer \ a of makina good . r dey eloped-c-the railroadnied the product of growing indu trie to the eager

meri a' railroad are till growing in trengthnil net re rd of effi i ncy in their ervi e.aih a d haul more good , more mile than all

f tr I portation combin d. nd their averagth n that of an oth r form of {Ten ral tran -

hi ailr d r cord i one big assuranceill b tronger more produc-

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MILK DISPENSERS. The thirdof these big three farm bills nowhanging fire is H-249 whichwould permit the use in Michi-

gan of bulk milk dispensers.Throughout the session, theMichigan Farm Bureau has beena leading champion of this legis-lation. The Farm Bureau's posi-tion in this regard was determin-ed by a resolution adopted by thevoting delegates at the state con-vention last November. Behindthis lay resolutions passed by fif-teen County Farm Bureausearlier in the fall and actiontaken at the Dairy CommodityConference held just precedingthe MFB conven ion.

The primary motive of FarmBureau folks in avoring the useof dispensers is to increase milksales. Use of this modern milk-marketing equipment is enthusi-astically favored by the restaur-

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ant and dri e-in operators, as itwould a ist them greatly in heconduct of their business. It istremendously easier 0 servemilk from one five-gallon pro-

<perly-refrfgerated can than fromeighty half-pint bottles or card-board boxes.

U n d 0 u b ted 1y the greatestbeneficiaries of the new systemwould be the consumers whowould receive their milk in amuch colder and more palatablecondition. That would tend tostimulate their purchases of thishealth - giving product whichwould, of course, be a boon todairy farmers.

THE LEGISLATIVE committeeof the board of directors of the

, Michigan Farm Bureau met atLansing March 22 to review thestatus of legislation of interest toFarm Bureau folks. In the eve-ning they attended the legislativesessions and followed develop-ments in the Senate and House.

One of the functions of themeetings of the legislative com-mittee of the board is to considermatters which have come up re-garding which the delegates hadnot gone on record.

Among he pending bills fav-ored by the MFB legislative com-mittee were:

H-343 which would place deal-ers in floricultural products un-der the Michigan CommissionMerchants law;

H-420 which would extend thetime for renewing charters ofnon-profit corporations whichhave become delinquent;

H-16 which would require thatthe rules and regulations adoptedby a health committee of theboard of supervisors or by acounty health unit must be ap-proved by the board of supervis-ors before becoming effective;

H-410 which would regulatemerchandising on the right-of-way of highways so as to pro-mote traffic safety; and

HCR-34 which would providefor the preparation and distribu-tion of an ass sor's manualwhich would help supervisorsmake more uniform and equit-able assessments of real and per-Isonal property.

The committee opposed:H-353 which would allow school I

boards to appeal the equaliza-tions made by the board of su-pervisors and permit the statetax commission to come in andmake the equalization, whichwould then be binding for athree-year period;

S-1130 which would set up astate electrical administrativeboard and provide very rigidcontrols over' electrical installa-tions and wiring; and

S-11S8 which would increasethe maximum legal length oftrucks and truck-trailer combin-ations from 50 to 56 feet.

AGR'L MARKETING. The MFBlegislative committee was pleas-ed at the progress which H-436is making. This is the bill whichwould provide an appropriationof $330,000for research and edu-cational assistance in promotionof improved and more profitablemarketing of Michigan's variousagricultural products. This billhas been endorsed by the MFB

board of directors. As this iswritten, it awaits' a final roll callin the House and it is expectedthat it will be approved thereand go to the Senate for con-sideration.

MSC. The capital outlay ap-propriation contains an item of$850,000 to be used during thecoming year to start constructionof the new Animal IndustriesBuilding at MSC. This is in linewith an MFB resolution.

DRAINAGE. House ConcurrentResolution 21 which provides forrecodification of Michigan's con-fused and confusing drainagelaws has been approved by theHouse and is now being consider-ed by the Committee on SenateBusiness. This is another mea-sure in conformity with an MFBresolution.

been generally successful fromthe rural point of view. A letteror a postcard from you to yourSenator or Representative mightbe the deciding factor in deter-mining success or defeat of apending measure.

Let us each be alert and arti-culate citizens and not just sitback and await developmentsand complain about the outcome.It is a lot more fun and moreprofitable to help make thingscome out our way than to fail toact and then wish we had!

CLASSIFIEDClassified advertisements are cash with order at the followingrates: 8 cents per word for one edition. Ads to appear in twoor more editions take the rate of 6 cents per word edition.These rates based on guarantee of 50,000or more subscribers.They are members of the Michigan Farm Bureau.

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What is done in these conclud-ing days of the current sessionwill determine whether or not itgoes down in history as having

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PLANTS

STRAWBERRY PLA TT S natorDunlap, Giant Robinson. Premier. andTemple: $2.50 per 100, 600 for $8.50.1000 for $15.00.

R PBERRY PLA TB-Sodu8, thelargest and best of all. purple: 25 for$5.00. 50 for 8.00. or $15.00 p - 100.Latham. the best of the l' ds, 25 for$4.00, 50 for. 6.50, or 12.00 p l' 100.One hundred Evergre n. for 10, three-y ar'-old tree: 20 Blu pruc, 40

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rcook'", ocr fs educes ServingsIt is generally known that overcookingroasts amounts to throwing away por-tions. This loss of weight was measuredat Michigan State College. Four sirloinbeef roasts averaging four and a quar-tel" pounds were cut alike. All wereroasted, uncovered, in a 300°F. oven.The roast COOkedrare lost only 7 V2ounces. The roast cooked medium lost121/4 ounces. The well-done roast lost14% ounces. The fourth roast, left inthe oven for one hour after it was welldone, lost 1% pounds! That's an ex-pensive loss.

A Player of Many RolesIn many towns one citizen frequentlyassumes many roles. The manager ofthe general store, for example, mightalso be the mayor, the postmaster andjustice of the peace. Your telephone,too, plays many roles. As a convenienceit saves you time and steps. Then, too,it brings you the pleasure of hear-ing the voices of loved ones whetherthey live nearby or miles away. And itoffers help in an emergency. These aresome of the roles that make your tele-phone one of the biggest bargains In 'your family budget.

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APRIL 1, 1954 MICHIG EWS

o Checi.Youth Groups Will

o Job in AprilThey.Are Well 'Equipped to Spot Dangers

To Life and Limb; Farmers WelcomeInspection and Profit by It.

DICK ROOTField Representative for Michigan Junior Farm Bureau

1z.ooo Michigan farms are to be checked for safetyhazards during the month of April. This number offarms is the goal set by the Michigan Junior FarmBureau Safety Committee and approved by represent-atives from the participating Michigan.. farm youthorganizations. The project is a cooperative state-wideeffort on the part of Junior Farm Bureau, FFA, FHA,4-H Older Youth, and Grange Youth, and is knownas the Michigan Farm Youth Safety Project.

The Michigan Farm Safety Project has been in theprocess of development for over two years. The firststeps toward such a project were taken by the MichiganJunior Farm Bureau Farm Safety Committee headed byDick Arnold of Allegan county.

This committee studied farm accident reports and metwith Dave Steinicke, secretary of Michigan Rural SafetyCouncil, Milon Grinnell, editor of Michigan Farmer, andthe Michigan Rural Safety Council to gain informationon accidents.

Summing up the results of the study the committeefound that each year in the United States approximately17,500 farm people lose their lives and many thousandare injured due to accidents.· Michigan Farm. Bureau Discussion Groups reported1047 farm people had accidents in their areas in 1952.These accidents caused death for 50 f~rm residents,amputations for 49, permanent disabilities for 20, and146 others were reported as only partially recoveredwhen th.e reports were made., The possible large scope of the project promptedJunior Farm Bureau to invite other Michigan farm youthorganizations to participate in the project. Ten countieswere organized to test materials, find better ways ofpresenting and the best means for carrying out theproject ..

Results in the test counties ranged from very goodto no report. The final results of the farm safety project

MR. HARRISON'S bill is calledthe Agricultural Trade Develop-ment Act of 1954. It contains theprinciples of Farm Bureau policiesadopted by the American FarmBureau conventions of 1953 and1954.The Farm Bureau proposedsale of U. S. farm and industrialproducts to other nations to bepaid for in their money.

Foreign currencies received forthe sale of surplus farm com-modities under terms of theHarrison bill will "be used to ex-pand international trade and pro-duction, to buy strategic mate-rials, and to pay U. S. obligationsabroad."

Participating governments willbe asked to give assurances thatthe products paid for with foreigncurrencies will be additional tothe regular U. S. exports to thatnation.

The bill provides that sales

ane MORE CENTS •••IN A "FERTILIZER 'OOLLAR'~

Fertilizer is the biggest bargain on the farm. Of all the commod-ities used in farm production-fertilizer, feed, seed, machinery andso forth-the cost of fertilizer has increased the leastJ

Look at the figures. In average 1910-14 dollars, a ~o"ar spenttoday for fertilizer is worth 68 cents.(Compare this with a feed dollarworth only 44 cents or a machinery dollar that now reteinsbut ene-third of its former purchasing power •.f'

What's more, in the span of the past 18 years~'USDA niporfSthat the average price of fertilizer has increased but 51 percent.During the same years, the costs of other items used J~ farm pr~duction, except seed, have more. than doubled.

Fertilizer, one of the most i,!,portant fadors for lowering 'the'cost of crop produetlcn per acre, is truly~the biggest bargain ~the farm. "" - .

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shall be made through privatetrade channels, and not to disruptworld commodity prices. Saleswould be at the domestic marketprice, or the price at which theCommodity Credit Corporationis offering the products for unre-stricted export sale.

Agricu tural BillBefore Congress

(Continued from Page 1)by bi-partisan action of Con-gress. They are directed towardthe objective of providing rea-sonable price protection for far-mers without going to the ex-treme of government price fixing.

"They are designed to helpfarmers make the adjustmentsthat must be made from time totime to maintain the balance be-tween production and consump-tion that is essential for high perfamily net income. Our recom-mendations are designed to fit aprice support program into afree choice system.

.----------------------~-------_--:...._------------+---------~--....------"""':""~Export 1712 BillionIn Farm Surpluses?

A bill to authorize the sale andexport of up to $1Jh billion worthof farm surpluses in exchangefor foreign currencies has beenintroduced in Congress by Re-presentative Robert Harrison ofNebraska. He is a member of theHouse Agriculture Committee.

is as 'follows:Farms checked 472Hazards found 1400Hazards corrected 883'Number of farmers refusing to cooperate... 88

Approximately 63.7% of all hazards found on farmswere corrected during the two-week period before thesecond check was made.

16.5% of farme~s. contact~d refused to cooperate.Most of this percent was in one county. It is believedthe cause for this situation may have been lack ofproper training meetings for team members.

THE HURON report indicates ing out the projectthat this county carried out the .project on a' larger scale: than DURING' the second and thirdany of the other test counties. weeks of March a series of tellFarmers contacted 315 Junior Farm Bureau DistrictFarms actually checked .:.... 300 meetings were held. The purposeRefused to cooperate 5% 15 of these meetings was to tell theHazards found 744 story of the project and introduceHazards corrected 416 the. material to representativesTeams participating 21 of Junior Farm Bu eau and otherYouth .involved (Appro.)' 100 Michigan Farm outh organiza-

The Elkton Chapter of FFA tions.did an outstanding job in carry- The 'persons attending these

\----------:------------------:....--------=:......:..----~=- District meetings were asked toassume the responsibility of call-ing a county meeting where theFarm Safety material will againbe presented to all organizationson the county level.

THE AGR'L Trade Develop-ment bill could promote someforeign trade like this: Japaoffers one of the best expandingmarkets for U. S. wheat, cotton,soy beans and dried milk. How-ever, Japan's exports of industri-al products are not acceptable inthe United States in sufficientquantities to pay for the farmproducts she could take.

India, for example, may wantJapanese machinery and othermanufactures. Japan wants theU. S. farm products. The pur-chase price in Japanese money isused to pay for building manu-factured goods for India, or othernations in the deal. India andthe other nations pay their debtto Japan by exporting to theUnited States manganese, chrome,mica, or other commodities need-ed by the U. S.

THE NEXT step in the planwill be the organization of teamsto check farms. Each team willbe held responsible for gettingword to the farmer that this teamwill be calling in the near futureto ask permission to check hisfarm for safety hazards.

It has been suggested by theFarm Safety Committee thateach team be comprised of aboutfive young men and youngwomen where possible. Afterthe teams have been grantedpermission to check a farm, theymay start checking for safetyhazards. When a hazard is found,a skull and crossbones tag isplaced in plain view on thehazard and the team's recom-mendations for correcting thehazard are written on the backof the tag.

TEAMS' will be looking forhazards of three main types:outdoor hazards, electrical haz-ards and hazards in the home.Reports rom teams in the testcounties indicated that hazardsranged all the way from unsafebull pens to ungrounded TVantennas.

Each participating team isbeing provided with blank. re-cord forms on which they maykeep an accurate account of allhazards found and recommenda-tions for correcting the hazard.

THE FARM SAFETY COM-MITTEE is suggesting that eachcounty check on an average of300 farms. Distribution of mate-rial has been planned to providefor 30 teams in a county check-ing 10 farms each.

During the forepart of Mayall team records are to be tab-ulated by a county Farm Safetysecretary and submitted to the.Farm Safety Committee for finaltabulation of results on a state-wide basis.

Detroit Edison Company print-ed the needed supply of "Guidesfor Checking Hazards" and Mich-igan Farm Bureau InsuranceCompany provided the balanceof materials needed to carry outthe project.

Overplanted

If you have overplanted andwant to comply with your wheatacreage allotment, you can plowunder the excess acreage forgreen manure, pasture it off orcut it for hay and silage.

School for Co-opManagements

THOMAS NELSON, New Yorkmanagement consultant, willconduct a conference for co-opmanagers and officers April 5-6on the subject "Sound Manage-

.:: "BY ENACTING a program> i'<~ along these lines, the Congress

Ican render a great service to far-mers and the American people.We, therefore, urge your carefuland favorable consideration ofthese proposals.

"We pledge ourselves to con-tinue to work to improve the farmprogram to the end that it makea greater contribution to a pros-perous agriculture and a soundnational economy."

ment for Farmer CooperativeBusinesses." The conference willbe at the MSC Kellogg Centerand is sponsored by the MichiganAss'n of Farmer Cooperatives.

A concrete silo will increasethe cattle capacity of yourfarm, protect you against f edshortages in dry periods andprovide "june pastures" allyear around.

Concrete silos are firesafe,storm-resistant and water-tight. They cost only amoderate sum to build andpractically nothing to main-

rain, our farm e p ri ntells you that oncr t on-srruction ser es far long r.The result: low annual co t.

Why not write today forhelpful, free bookl t gi inconstruction detail on con-crete silos? If you needinformation on other thriftyconcrete improvem nt ,fill in

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Indiana TookMichigan This Year

Michigan Farm Bureau re-gional membership representa-tives will be in Indiana April 23to eat beans while the IndianaFarm Bureau district member-ship men eat steak. The Michiganmen lost a contest to see whichstate would have the highest per-centage of its state membershipgoal by March 15. Michigan was4% behind. Indiana's member-ship goal was 109,000members,Michigan's 61,310. Last yearMichigan won the contest.

DISCUSSION topics will in-clude: (1) What is Modern Man-agement? (2) Need for Continu-ous Development (3) Principles,Tools and Techniques of Plan-ning (4) Principles of Organiza-tion (5) Delegating Responsibili-ties (6) Planning and LeadingProblem-Solving Conferences (7)Developing Subordinates (8) Re-lationship of Manager to Board(9) Board Meetings and Mana-gers' Reports (10) Long RangePlanning.

Mr. Nelson is a partner of themanagement consultant firm,of Rogers, Slade & Hill. He hasadvised some of the nation'slargest industries and severallarge co-op businesses on man-agement problems. In recentyears he has been working withthe Cooperative League of the

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It isn't often you get the chance to make a buy like thisone. Imagine buying barb wire with all of the specificationslisted above for $1.00 less than you would normally give forit. Now's your chance to lay in a supply for further needs. Re-member the sale starts April 12th, don't miss it.

• SAVE. SAVEWhen buying steel fence posts always ask for UNICO STUDT

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UNICO Hing.e-Joint Fence is made with a tightly wrapped [oint which give you f1ibility, yet is firm enough to keep the mesh from sagging under normal usag . If, w nsubjected to unusual stress, the [oints are flexed, you ccn pull up the stay and traighit back into position without loosening it at the ties.

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APRIL I, 19S4MICHIGAN FARM

County FB Directory

sMRS. SHERMAN RICHARDS

HowellChairman of MFB Women for

District 3 and member ofState Advisory Council

This is the third of a series ofarticles in the Michigan Farm

ews to tell you of the programs,projects and other activities ofthe County Farm Bureau Wom-en's Committees.

District No. 3 is composed ofsix counties: Livingston, Macomb,Monroe, Oakland, Washtenawand Wayne. Each county hasparticipated 100% in the stateprojects for the women's com-mittees. Each spring we have ajoint camp at Walden woods withthe Women's Committiees ofdistrict 5. Here the women getbetter acquainted with each otherthrough a planned educationaland recreational program.

The s cretaries of our FarmBureau Women's Committees doa very fine job of reporting theminutes of their meetings to theirdistrict chairman, and as a wholewe have a very fine cooperativedistrict council of which we arevery proud!

MEMBERS of the MuskegonCounty Farm Bureau Women'sCommi tee are shown assemblingthe County Farm Bureau direct-ory. They met in the home ofMrs. Lawrence B. Lee of Casno-via for dinner and work on thedirectory. 'Nearly 500 bookletswere assembled and addressed

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YEA.RS OF TA.BILITYST E GTH and GROWTH

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vingston CountyMrs. Claude Copeland, Chairman

Livingston county Is centrallylocated between Ann Arbor,Lansing, and Flint. Excellentspeakers are always availablefor our programs. Harold Web-ster of the Michigan MentalHealth Society, spoke at one oftheir meetings. A potluck din-ner was enjoyed at a local hall.Each Committeewoman wasasked to sponsor a car to bringin guests. More than 60 womenresponded. This was an out-standing meeting with good group

participation. The questionsthat were asked showed the tre-mendous interest women havein the mental health of theirfamilies.

Mrs. Claude Copeland is coun-ty chairman. For the past 3 yearsthe Livingston County FarmBureau Woman's Committee hashelped the Jr. Farm Bureau puton the Rural-Urban chicken bar-becue. It is held at the beauti-ful lake site farm home of Mr.and Mrs. Edward Fritch. Itcomes at a very busy time for thefarm boys, and most of the girlsare working full-time, so thewomen order and prepare thefood other than the chicken. TheJu iors take over as soon as theycan get there, and do all thebarbecuing, serving, and clean-ing-up. Last year they servedover 300. The women like to beavailable to assist, but keep wellin the background-which is asit should be.

Livingston County meets onceeach month. Most of their meet-ings are held in centrally lo-cated Howell. This year theyare trying out something new

Iand meet once in each quarterof the county, Their first quar-terl meeting proved very suc-cessful.

for mailing.Twelve ladies took part. Mrs.

Waldo Walsworth, manager ofthe county membership cam-paign (standing in the picture),and Mrs. Betty Baerman, Mrs.Harold Allen, Mrs. KennethProctor, Mrs. Arlen Hetzman,Mrs. Carl Anderson, Mrs. Ella

Photo Courte y of Muskegon ChronicleDurham, Mrs. Leon Place, Mrs.George Vance, Mrs. August Res-ka, Mrs. Lawrence B. Lee. Mem-bers of the committee unable tobe present were Mrs. Ivan Purdyand Mrs. Lawrence Obenauf.Mrs. Allen, secretary of the Wo-men's Committee, planned thework.

to the old folks at the CountyInfirmary. At one meeting theyhad a plant and white elephantsale.

Mrs. Maurice Jones, the coun-ty chairman, with her committeeis assisting in the T. B. MobileX-ray Survey being conductedMarch through June. They areendeavoring to have every per-son in Oakland county take ad-vantage of this free X-Ray serv-ice.

acomb County

IMrs. Celestine Young, Chairman

Macomb County Committee-women meet every month withtheir chairman, Mrs. CelestineYoung. They serve roll calldinners and help on roll call.They have collected and sent sev-eral boxes of clothing to Ger-many. At Christmas they made26 dresses f r the Goodfellows

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study and training as long as he is anagent.

That's why we urge you to let himtudy all your insurance needs. Hisuggestions are important to you, and

they are yours without obligation.Your Farm Bureau Insurance Agent

serves you again when you have aclaim. He's :the first person to contactin time of need, or at any time thai youwant information about your protec-tion. He will help speed any service in-volving your Farm Bureau Insurance.

Make your Farm Bureau Insurancegent your advisor. He is a specialisl-

you insuran "service man."

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to be given to the needy. Eachyear they send delegates to theFarm Bureau Women's Camp atTwin Lakes 4-H Camp. Thisyear they will send two dele-gates. At the county fair theyhave a rest and first air tent,which has been enjoyed by manyfor the past several years.

Last year Macomb CountyFarm Bureau gave $105 to theSister Kenny Project, and $100to the Cancer Society. Last fallthree women attended the Con-ference on Cancer at East Lans-ing. They were sponsored by theCancer Society. The Societyhas recently opened a branchoffice in Mt Clemens. Farm Bur-eau women work there severaldays each month.

Wash enaw CountyMrs. Leonard Engel, ChairmanWashtenaw county's new chair-

man is Mrs. Leonard Engel. Theladies voted at their last meetingto meet every other month in-stead of quarterly as in the past.They have an all day meeting,the morning being spent foldingsurgical bandages for the Uni-versity hospital, which is in theircounty. After a potluck dinner,they convene for their businessmeeting and program.

Some of the outscanding speak-ers during the year have been:Mr. L. Naidoo, a student fromDurham, South Africa, who spokeabout the "Economic Problemsin Africa"; Mrs. Marjorie Kar-ker gave a very interesting andinformative talk on "Know yourFarm Bureau"; Mr. Ronald D.Peterson of M. S. C. showedfilms and talked on "SafetyEducation and School Bus Trans-portation"; Mr. L. Swanson show-ed a movie entitled "Your SocialSecurity" and spoke on the far-mers interest in Social Security.

For reveral years Washtenawwomen have sponsored delegatesto the Northwestern MichiganFarm Bureau Women's Camp atTwin Lakes. Each year theyprepare and serve the dinner forthe County Roll Call. The Wash-tenaw ladies are planning aRural-Urban Conference thisyear thus helping to promotebetter understanding between thetown and country folks. Theyalso expect to compete in thespeaking contest this year. thetheme being "Farm BureauBuilds a Better World."

ayne CountyMiss Henrietta Burch, Chairman

Wayne County £:4.uu Dureauwomen met five times a year. Twoof the meetings, one in the springand one in the fall are plannedfor all Farm Bureau women inthe county and their guests. Theyhave as their local projects thisand the past three years, bene-fi for the Wayne County 4-HClub Fair.

In order to raise the moneyfor these projects they soldlunches at two Extension Serviceall day meetings, and served thedinner for the City of WayneRotary-Urban dinner. Theseaffairs served dual purposes.They provided them with thecash they needed to carry out theprojects they had planned for theyear.

More importantly, they pro-vided the women 9f the countyan opportunity to work together,which is so conducive to goodunderstanding. This last wintertwo of the groups in the countysold the lunch at two farm auc-tions and turned the entire pro-ceeds over to the 4-H buildingfund.

Besides .upholding the tradi-tion of the culinary ability of~arm women, they are activeIn roll-call, on county commit-tees, and are intensely interest-e~ in legislation. They are par-ticular ly well pleased with theirwomen's representative, Mrs. La-Vern Sayre, who made the tripto Washington last year and withthe thorough job of reporting andinterpreting of the facts andideas she learned while there.

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Monroe CountyMrs. Paul Vetter, ChairmanMonroe Farm Bureau com-

mittee women meet six times ayear with their chairman, Mrs.Paul Vetter. As a county pro-ject they have purchased twowheel chairs, one for the Mon-roe hospital and the other forthe Mercy Hospital. They alsomake gauze sponges for the Mon-roe hospital.

Some of tne outstanding speak.•ers at the Monroe Women'sMeetings this past year are: Mrs.Hester Barrows, of the JuvenileCourt. She spoke of her workwhich includes juvenile cases,neglected and abandoned chil-dren, adoption, and mentally illchildren. Children on probationalso have to report to her andshe in turn has to call at theirhomes. She also spoke of theneed of homes for the neglectedand abandoned children untilthey can be placed in a board-ing home or other suitable place.

Mrs. Mary Daume, countylibrarian, showed the film "MajorReligions of the World." Mrs.Travis R. Cash of Ann Arborgave a talk on Muscular Dystro-phy.

Monroe Farm Bureau Womenhave raised funds to purchasea bed and mattress for the SisterKenny Treatment Center atFarmington, at a cost of $167.The ladies served roll call "kickoff" dinner, which was a bigsuccess. The proceeds from thiswill go for additional equipmentfor the Sister Kenny Center.

Oaklan CountyMrs. Maurice Jones, ChairmanOakland county women plan

ahead a year for their program.This past year they have enjoy-ed speakers on health sanitation,school bus transportation, com-munism, mental health, and ger-ontology.

The Sister Kenny TreatmentCenter is located in OaklandCounty, so they have polio as aspecial project. Last year theycontributed $450 for specialequipment, $110 for a crib, and$50 for occupational therapy.

Five Oakland women attend-ed Camp Twin Lakes, near Tra-verse City for three days; fourattended district camp at Waldon-woods full-time and seven forthe day.

They held a joint picnic withthe women from Macomb Coun-ty. Thirteen women attended"Canada Day" at the AssociatedCounty Women of the World con-ference in Toronto. They hada winner in the State Speakingcontest last fall. This' year thewomen served the roll call "kick-off" dinner, county board organ-ization, soil conservation, andBlue Cross secretaries.

Instead of the usual gift ex-change among their own wo-men at Christmas, the OaklandCounty ladies brought gifts (notto exceed $1) which were given

CorncobA University of Illinois dairy

specialist points out that if corn-cobs are fed to cattle it is nec-essary to add a supplement, whichraises the cost of the corncobration above that of good hay.

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Shows How 10 Do It --.,Dairymen in 23 states repre-

senting over 60 percent of the na-tion's milk supply have adoptedthe year-around set-aside pro-gram of the American Dairy As-sociation, it was announced byLester J. Will, general manager.

THE 2 CENTS per hundred-weight of milk or one-half centper pound of butterfat set-asidenow will become the official pro-gram policy of the association, ef-fective May 23, 1954.

The 12-month plan was unani-mously adopted by the associa-tion directors at their annualmeeting in Chicago in March,1953.

February 23, 1954,the board ofdirectors of the American DairyAssociation of Ohio, Inc., meetingat Columbus, unanimously adopt-ed the program for Ohio and thuspushed the percentage of milkrepresented in the new plan tothe 63.4per cent mark. The na-

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The new C & B CORRUGATEDcement staves give four pointbearing on each galvanized steelrod because each stave is curvedto the diameter of the silo. C & BCORRUGATED staves are made ofwet-cast, Vibrated Concrete, whichgives them greater strength anddensity • • • when you buy a C & Byou get the finest and most perfectsilo obtainable.

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they have ever had. This in spite _of the fact that tonnage has morethan doubled since 1949. .

. It's been the active support of Farm' Bureau members that hasdone the [ob so thoroughly. We thank them f~~~~

, ~ ~ •• ~~r-.~~~~P"The results "they tell us they have obtained'

C""'; from the use of farm Bureau feeds prove theirjf' <. ) decision to use F.B. feeds was a sma,rt move.~

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,48 % for' cows"":" or Creep-ettes (pellets for

nursing pigs) and Porkmaker 35 Ok for hogs

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little pigs. It's called Forc-ettes.. ,"-_<1. •curs CHICKlOSSES.

100$1'$ EGG PRODUCTION.'

Then there is Hi N-R-G 20 % Chick Starter and the---Hi N·R~G'roilermash that outsells any similar feed. Also your 'Standard of

Value.' Mermash (18 % or 20eyo)' that make egg production profitable.

• dry cow feed---eal! pellets' (or meal)...:-..a complete calf ra.~flon Pork 125 (a fattening concentrate, priced economically) _Bureau Flex 32 Yo, a Urea f ..ed, that is low in cost is winning thoswho want a 32 % dairy feed. '

To keep on leading the par de we need .fl,..I- tr7farm Bureau members who are not, as yet, on ~ 70i•••thel' own farm Bureau feeds, to try them out. \. Fa B ~ea 'The e feeds are built for VALUE.' -USE on,. II(yow farm. ·'~~;';'7?::lW~' E~DS.I\"

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The Farm Bureau says a pricesupport program should be a stop-loss device to prevent a collapsein farm prices. b d I f h f tFarm Bureau members hope Tensions seem to e part-an -parce 0 muc 0 0-

and expect to receive in the mar- day's living. We can't always avoid them, but thereket place much more than 90 % I h lcer busiof parity over long-time averages probably would be a sharp dec ine in t e u cer usmessfor the products of their farms. if more of us learned a few simple ways to deal with

The U. S. Dep't of AgricultureMany more Farm Bureau members became new Blue says that since 1932 there have them.

• been only four years during li d 1 remedies" for relaxation fail.Cross-Blue Shield hospital-surgical-medical insurance which the average price for basic Tension, if not re ieve , usua -I .

b . b d h . havi rt ly will grow from its own mo- Then consult y ur physician.subscribers, and many present su scri ers rna e c anges commodities avmg price suppo f(wheat, corn, cotton, tobacco, rice, mentum. The best antidote for The. troub~e may stem rom a

in their coverage during the re-enrollment period March and peanuts) have averaged high- tension is relaxation. So says Dr. physical disorder or a glandularth th . of non supported Joseph Fetterman in an article in disturbance.

1-15. ~~ops~~uc~~Icf~uits, tr~ck crops, an American Medical Association But for most of us, tension isMore than 40,000 families in Farm Bureau have the vegetables, meat, poultry, eggs. publication. the result of the strain of .daily

. living and some form of SImpleBlue Cross hospital and the Blue Shield medical-surgical Knox Th-nks He points out that there are I relaxation is the answer.benefits through Community and County Farm Bureaus. many roads to relaxation and for

the most part they are "homeBlue Cross paid $2,175,000 to hospitals and doctors utte Sales re~edies:'

in behalf of Farm Bureau member subscribers in 1951 Here are varied methods whichDr. Fetterman recommends:

when we had 32,000 families enrolled. WI-II Muscular ease. Just flop on a .HFull cre'dit for the Farm Bureau's Blue Cross-Blue crease bed or couch. Keep your mus-

Shield enrollment of members should go to the Com- W. D. Knox, editor of Hoard's ~~~dli~Palr~~o~~t~~ clear your Git G' Secretari d C ty F rm Bureau Dairyman, told the recent annualmum y roup ecre arres an oun a Water freafment. Whether it bemeeting of the Mid-West Pro- .1

Secretaries and others who have worked on group and ducers Creameries, Inc., what he a warm tub in your own home orcounty Blue Cross committees" said Austin L. Pino. 'expects from Secretary Benson's a fancy pool at a high-priced re-

, order to reduce price support for sort, warm water is a great re-He is rural enrollment manager for both services. butter from 90 to 75 per cent of laxer. The skin is warmed, mus-

-' it A '1 1 cles are gently massaged and youM P· id h . d h . pan y pri .r. mo sal t e secretanes an ot ers put In many get a sense of well-being and re-h . f k h . . W' h hei FOR EACH decrease in price freshment.ours 0 wor on t e~r own time. It out t en of 10 per cent to the consumer, . .volunteer effort, the Farm Bureau membership could said Mr. Knox, the butter indus- . E~erclse. Som~tImes even t?k-

'.. try can reasonably expect a sales mg It easy doesn t clear the mindnot have Blue Cross-Blue Shield benefits on the group volume increase of 5 to 6 per Iof troubled thoughts and this canplan. It provides more benefits than the individual sub; cent. continue to keep muscles tense.

. . The Mid-West includes 25 co Try any sport you like or plainscrrption. operative creameries in Michi- digging in your garden.More than 1,100 Community Farm Bureau groups gan, Indiana, Ohio, ~llin?is and

. . . . . Tennessee. By resolution It urgedoffer the hospital-surgical-medical benefits to then mem- the U. S. government to reduce itsbers. Nearly 9 out of r0 Community Groups are in s~ocksof b~tter gradually and to

give American consumers anythe plan. Two-thirds of the Michigan Farm Bureau preference.

membership now has protection against great expense OFFICERS re-elected are:in illness or injuries involving hospital care and surgi- President Fred H. Suhre, Colum-

bus, Ind.; Vice-President Fredcalor medical expense in the hospital. Walker of Carson City, Mich.;

ones who are asked by others Sec'y-Treas. Leslie C. Mapp ofFARM BUREAU groups get what the coverage is all about. Dayton, Ohio, E. J. Ryger of

their group hospital insurance ~t They have to know the answers South Bend, Ind., was re-appoint-the sam~ rates. as empl~yes of b~g to a hundred questions. But ed manager and ass't secretary.companies, said Mr. Pino. ThIS that's not all these people do. Elected to the board of direc-ISbecause the. Farm Bureau B~ue It's a big job to get the apPlica-1 tors from Michigan, were: MarkCross secre~anes do the .enr?llmg tions filled out right and make Hebner, Coldwater; R. V. Eir-and. collectmg and provide Infer- sure the applicant is a Farm Bu- schele, Constantine; Percy Pen-mahon.. reau member in good standing so fold, East Jordan; J. Paul Keen-

The Comml;1mty Group Blue he and his family are eligible for ey, Elsie; Vernon Derks, Fremont·Cross-secretaries are usually the Blue Cross-Blue Shield. R. B. McKinley, Grant; J. R. Me-~----~~=~~---~--------------,- { ~~~~~THE WORK 0 the group Blue Walker.en Cross secretaries doesn't stop

with the end of the enroll- Poultry_ ment period, either. They have Almost every laying flock in.• plenty to keep them busy the Michigan could be reduced by

rest of the year too. 10 per cent by good culling with-For example, the Group secre- out hurting production, an M.

taries have to get regular Blue S. C. poultryman asserts.Cross-Blue Shield payments fromyou every three months. Some-times they chase after the folkswho forget to pay. There arerecords to keep all year round,and more questions to answer.

The way to accumulate money easily is through a FIP Savings

Deposit only a few dollars a month, and watch your FIP oun grow IThis IS the unique program for farm families by which he ntir v-

ings plan is protected from the very first d y you begin 0 av. Ayour Farm Bureau Insurance Agent about it. The Iyou won't want to miss.

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Reading and music. Here aretwo relatively inexpensive pathsto relaxation which can transportyou from the troubles andtensions of the day.

Sirlo·n ofas amed

Once upon a time a Britishmonarch being entertained at aroyal banquet expressed hispleasure at the thought of feast-ing on a sizzling steak. He laidhis sword across the dish andwith due pag antry associatedwith the conferring of knight-hood, proclaimed: "In recogni-tion of the service you have ren-dered our appetites, I dub theeSir Loin of Beef." Thus was bornthe name now given to one of themost popular cuts of beef.

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If you consider all of the in-vestment you put into a crop,you can't afford to plant inferiorseed. That's what Michigan StateCollege farm crops specialistsclaim. Fertilizer, plant cultivationand ot er costs are the samewhether you plant good or poorseed.

"How can we be sure, we'regetting good seed?" First, buyfrom a reputable dealer. Muchexcellent seed is being offered byseed companies and is availableto all farmers.

Another good guarantee is tobuy Michigan certified seed.That's the seed which has beeninspected from field to bag bystaff members of the MichiganCrop Improvement Associationand the Michigan FoundationSeed Association or Crop im-provement associations of otherstates.

It's guaranteed for germination,purity, variety, freedom fromweeds other than other cropseeds and can be counted on tohave the quality indicated on thetag.

Last year hail took a tre-mendous toll in Michigan fieldcrops. We paid forIosses in 38Michigan counties where haildamaged crops of our policyholders.

You can never avoid haildamage, but you can avoid fi-nancial loss. We have beenproviding Michigan farmerswith sound, inexpensive hailinsurance on farm and gardencrops for the past 43 years.

Ours is a mutual company,owned and operated by far-mers, for farmers. Our policygives "blanket coverage"-youdo not have to insure each cropseparately. Protect your cropswith Michigan Mutual Hail In-surance. Then whenever itcomes,whenever it strikes, hailcannot cause you financial loss.

Ask your Local Agent orWri'ie for Details. AgentsWanted in Certain Areas. Entertainment. A great relaxer.

You can become so absorbed inYou've reached middle age

a movie, television show, a foot-ball game or other entertainmentthat you haven't got time toworry and tensions often dis-appear like magic.

Hobbies. These are an excellentsubstitute for the person whocannot exercise or indulge inhard physical work. Anythingfrom stamp collecting to ceram-ics will provide happy and relax-ing interludes from the tensionsof daily problems.

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People. Just mingling withother people. Tension increaseswhen you get mired down inyour own thoughts. A night outwith your friends can take yourmind off your own problems andprovides for a healthy exchangeof ideas with others.

Dr. Fetterman says that occa-sionally the tensions spring fromdeeper causes and these "home

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grow soybeans this year shouldtake an early delivery on their Iseed, because good seed is scarce. I- That's advice from Leyton V. I

N elson, extension farm cropsspecialist at Michigan State Col- Ilege. He points out that germi-nation tests for Michigan certifiedsoybean seed are all above 80 Iper cent, generally better than Itests in most states. But the sup- Iply is limited.

He says reports of low germina- Ition in soybean seed are very Icomomn this spring. Last fall's I.dry weather was the cause. I

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The yellow color in beef fat isnot necessarily a sign of poorquality meat. The yellow coloris due to the presence of caro-tene, an important source of vit-amin A. Green pasture grassesand legumes contain a consider-able quantity of carotene. So-called "grass-fed" beef is morecommonly identified by the yel-low fat it yields.

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Fertilizing pasture can doublebeef gains, acording to an ex-periment by the University ofMinnesota with 48 Herefordcalves.

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.•••• "CIRCLES" from 3 packag of MAIL POUCH tobacco. I• A basic difference between the= program of the Farm Bureau for

maintaining farm income andthat of the Farmers Union isshown by the National UnionFarmer for February 1954.

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1306 Community Farm Bur u Discussion Groups

DONALD D. KINSEYCoordinator of Education and Research

(It is usually a puzzle to know wh t references might be givento th folks in our Community Farm Bureaus to aid them in gettingextra information. Most of the sources which might be of helpare not available to folks in rur 1 areas. This month, however,.e are fortunate.

The problem of "diverted acres" is well dealt with in yourMarch issue of the Nation's griculture which comes to everyFarm Bureau member. Please refer to that for added informaiionfor your program.)

Acres on the Side-Track. Billy Renshaw peekedthrough the crack in the barn door and watched theMarch wind sift the snow through the stubble of lastyear's wheat field. Two fields of good wheat he hadcombined,-fifty acres. Then in August the marketingquotas had been voted In. His share had been cut to35 acres. Well, there were 15 acres he'd have to workin somehow. But what to do with them}

Corn} Supplies of corn were nearly to the pointwhere it would be cut the same way. Soybeans} Heraised all of these he thought he should and pricedidn't look right to expand. So Billy stood there for along time, and scratched his head.

Price upport program may solve some problems,but they also bring others with them. When marketingquotas are established they side-track acres that havenormally been going into basic crops. Now a realconundrum faces the farmers of America-what to dowith the side-tracked acres} The fancy term for themis ••diverted acres."

The answer may seem simple. But it isn't. Fromthe viewpoint here at home on the farm it might lookas though the answer is to just put it in to some othercrop. But does that solve the problem, or are weheaded for more trouble when we do this} Let's looka little more closely at the matter.

We can ee that all the acres shunted out of produc-tion on wheat, corn and cotton come into immediatecompetition with all the other crops being produced.When millions of the acres are planted to non-basicrops, the supply of the non-basic crops will be raised

all over the nation, and prices on those products mustf II in the market place.

Production controls on wheat, cotton and corn in1954 will side-track over thirty million acres. Wheatplantings will be reduced almost 1 7 million acres. Cottonplantings will be cut nearly 4 million acres, and cornwill be reduced by 8.2 million acres.

AT THE pre ent time the lawprovides no control over the useof diverted acres. Any farmer,no matter what his crop history,can plant up to 15 acres of con-trolled rops without marketingquotas and without penalties.

Take a look at the cotton south.Cotton farmers with nearly fourmillion acres "on the loose" canput .n their "allowances" of cornand wheat. Even some northern'heat farmers can put in a legal

patch of corn-or vice ersa. Theproduction level is likely to stayup there where marketing quotas NOBODY'S hands are tied withwill be around a long time. regard to the non-basic crops and

the pressure is on! Few farmersIN 1953 small plots of corn are going to sit idle and let those

outside the "commercial" bracket acres just sleep under the summeramounted to 24.6 million acres. sun. They need the income fromMichigan's commercial corn coun- them to maintain operations andti s include only the two southern to make ends meet. So many ofrows. When this amount could those acres will go into market-be planted while few acres were able crops.side-tracked, what will happenwh n 30 million acres are turnedloose from basic crops? Mostlikely some farmers will begin" hopping across the border" to

the extent of their allowable 15acres.

Of course, some of them aregoing to begin to raise soy beans.Some of them may put land intograsses and legumes-and withthe idea of making it payoff theymay go into livestock, dairyingor poultry as a new venture. Notmuch, maybe, but probablyenough to knock prices in, theseareas into a cocked hat. Someof them might try fruit and veg-etables.

TROUBLE POINTS. Marketingquotas may be like the Old Manof the Sea in Sinbad the Sailor.Once we got them onto our

•o cTh s wer chosen by your St te Discussion TopicCommittee from the results of the questionnairr turn d by :the Community Farm Bureaus.

The Future Use and Effect of "Di..erted cres' on the Farm Program.

How Can e Meet the Challengen hip Governments)

J ccidents and Hazards onof ay,

E ten ion Progr m-EmphasisR search and Sales-

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five minutes to speak on the im-portance to everyone of a bloodbank.

He said that he owed his life tosome 36 persons unknown to him.He had had 36 blood transfusionsin Korea. He spoke as the chair-man of a campaign by students todonate several thousand pints ofblood. So far the students hadcontributed more than 2,000pintsof blood, and were offering theirfacilities to anyone in the insur-

There are sixty licensed Iive-stock auctions in Michigan.

ance group who would like totake part.Memorial Bldg.Cold Storage

The total amount 01 aU kindsof meat held in cold storage sel-dom exceeds a 16 to 18-day sup-ply for the nation-or between1 billion and 1 billion, 200 millionpounds.More than 1,000 people came

to the dedication and open houseof the Berrien County JuniorFarm Bureau Youth MemorialBuilding at Youth Fair Groundsat Berrien Springs March 14.

THE PROJECT was started in1943-44.The Juniors began rais-ing funds through auctions, din-ners and barbecues, scrap drives,minstrel and variety shows,square dances and personal do-nations.

The $80,000 building is morethan half paid for. Payment willbe completed through continuedprojects by the Juniors andthrough rentals from Farm Bur-eau offices in the building, andfrom rentals to civic and socialgroups invited to use the facili-ties."WE DEDICATE this Youth Memorial Building as a Memorial to the Youth of Berrien County

who have given their lives for the preservation of American Freedom and Principles during WorldWar II and the Korean Conflict:' Candlelight services marked the dedication March 14 of the$80,000 building. J. Burton Richards. former JrFB leader. passed the light to group presidentsand past presidents of Berrien JrFB. They in turn passed the lighted candles to the audience of300 people. Mr. Warren Newberry. AFBF director of young members' program. gave the dedicationaddress.

normal production now.These solutions are long time

developments. In the meantimewe have our problem with us.Unfortunately, the whole pro-blem has become linked to politi-cal partisanship, when it shouldbe one of the national welfareand the sound future of Ameri-can agriculture.

Questions

1. What use might be made ofdiverted acres that would notthreaten the price and the marketfor non-basic farm products?

2. What limitations, if any, doyou think should be placed 0111acres side-tracked by the pres-ence of marketing quotas?

THE YOUTH Memorial is builtof red brick. The interior wallsare ceramic tile of "eye ease"green and gray. The over-all di-mensions are 82 feet by 132 feet.The building contains an auditor-ium 45 by 87 feet with a seatingcapacity of 300.

The Harry J. Lurkins Memor-ial Room is for conference meet-ings. Other rooms include theFarm Bureau offices, kitchen,storage room, boiler room forsteam heating plant, and restrooms.

with STATE MUTUAL'SIIALL-IN-ONEII Protection Plan

SOLUTIONS to the divertedacre problem are not easy. Dele-gates to the American Farm Bur-eau Federation Convention in1953 asked that the Secretary ofAgriculture be given authorityto control the use of the divertedland. They recommended that helimit the planting of any surpluscrop on diverted acres. If an areahad a shortage of the crop, or ifthe farmer wanted to use thecrop at home no ban would beimposed.

SOIL Fertility Bank. The dele-gates also urged the increasedplanting of soil conserving cropson such land. The stockpiling offertility in the soil as a reservefor national emergencies seemeda better economy move than thestockpiling of unused productswhich spoil and which upset theprice on the market. The dele-gates felt that price supports andagricultural conservation pay-ments should not be made to far-mers who do not practice soil-building methods.

Farm Bureau delegates haveheld the view that marketingquotas would not have becomenecessary under a variable pricesupport program. High rigidsupports encourage overproduc-tion. Plantings are increased totake advantage of the supports.If support levels were reducedas stocks increased, plantingswould be adjusted away to othercrops. A more balanced farmproduction would result. Absenceof surpluses would make market-ing quotas and diverted acres un-necessary.

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Michigan C e r t i fie d SeedGrains are better for you toplant.

Four years ago the Michigan ICrop Improvement Ass'n reor-ganized and made it necessaryfor each MCIA grower to buynew foundation seed each year.

FOUNDATION seed is seedcarrying the highest geneticallines of the original crosses.Foundation seed is repurifiedconstantly for throw back plantsor undesirable plants by roguing.Also the seed itself is constantlyreselected. The selections andcontrols of Foundation Seed areadministered by highly-trainedscientific plant breeders.

What does that mean?A farmer grower cannot re-

certify the grain he produces. Hemust buy new foundation stockfrom the MCIA each year. Thismeans that Michigan certifiedseed is better as most states donot require new foundationstock.

Michigan certified seed is in-spected while it's growing andalso after harvest MCIA makessure that farmers buying certi-fied grains and seeds receiveonly seeds of the highest purityand germination possible.

AN IMPORTANT cog in the so-lution of this problem lies in re-search and study for the improve-ment of markets. Expansion. offoreign trade on a sound basiscan help dispose of the extrastocks on hand. Broadening theindustrial uses for agriculturalproducts-as was done with soybeans-e-x ould help. If researchvere a vigorous on this problem

as it has been in atomic energye might be marketing all our

eef PushesPork Off Throne J

Beef-long the "crown prince"-has finally wrested the throneaway from pork to be<!ome the"king" of meats. Last yearAmericans for the first time'since 1936 consumed more beefthan pork, and they are expectedto maintain beef's rule this yearas cattle continue in more plenti-ful supply than hogs.

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Twenty persons at the FarmBureau fire insurance program

. meeting at Michigan State Col-lege Feb. 25 gave a pint of bloodto the Red Cross before theywent home.

THIS develppment was not onthe program. It came aboutwhen a college student asked for

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