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This is the architect's drawing of the new Farm Bureau office building which is to be constructed at 3800North Grand River avenue on US-16 west of Lansing this fall and winter. It is being built by the Farm BureauMutual Insurance Company and the Farm Bureau Life Insurance Company to provide office space for theInsurance companies, the Michigan Farm Bureau, Far Bureau Services, Inc., Farmers Petroleum Co-op-erative. Inc. They have 260 office employes. Edmund J. Meles of Lansing is the architect.

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DAN E. REED

MF 35th AnMee ing OV.Pre-Convention Sessions IncludFarm Bureau, Women of Farm

Five Commodity ConferencThe 35th annual meeting of th board of d leg t s

of the Michigan Farm Bureau will be held at theditorium at Michigan State College, Thursd y ndday, ovember 11 and 12. Members are invited to

tatten629 Voting delegates, representing a m mb r hip of

62,981 families in 63 County Farm Bureaus, willtend the convention. They will act on the r ports ofofficers, recommendations from the state board of di-rectors, and upon the resolutions of program policywhich have come up from the annual meetings of thCounty Farm Bureaus in October.

The state resolutions committee report will presenthe recommendations of the County Farm Bureaus ndother resolutions on subjects of interest to the armBureau membership.

One change at the 3·5th annual meeting will be noannual banquet Thursday evening for delegates andvisitors. This event will be replaced by a Delegates'Dinner ~ which will be limited to the 629 voting del -gates, the state board of directors, and the state resolu-tions committee. Farm Bureau programs and policiewill be discussed at the dinner meeting.

The annual address of Presid ntCarl Buskirk (2) th report ofJ. F. Yaeger, executive secretaryand tr asurer for all Farm Bur-eau companies (3) report of C. L.Brody, executive vice-pr sidentin charge of public ffairs; (4)the report of the resolutions com-mittee (5) election of directors.

The MFB annual meeting willelect eight of a board of directorsof 15 members. Directors areelected for two-year terms. Thenew board will organize by elect-ing a president and vice-presi-dent.

For others attending the con-vention, there will be a FarmBureau Fun-Fest program ofgames, music and other forms ofr creation in another part of theMemorial building starting at8:00 p.m,

The annual business meetingstarts Thursday morning, Nov. 11.Registration of delegates 8:30 to10 a.m. in the basement lobby ofthe Auditorium. Every votingdelegate must see the Credentialscommittee for registration beforegoing into the meeting. The bus-iness session conven s in theAuditorium at 10 a.m.

reau companies decided upon aone-floor office building becausethat is becoming accepted as amodern arrangement for businessoffices where space will permitthat type of construction.

THE FRONT of the buildingwill be tan face brick with Indi-ana limestone trim around theentrance and the windows. Otherwalls will be masonry which willbe tinted tan.

There will be four vestibule en-trance; one at the front, theothers at the sides and rear. En-trance doors will be plate glass,aluminum and steel construction.The front lobby will be panelledmahogany and will nave a slatefloor.

The exterior walls will belargely window space, with alu-minum ventilator saso..type win-dows.

PLANS for the interior pro-vide for accoustical plaster .ceil-ings and asphalt tile floors, Mr.Yaeger said. The floor systemwill permit installation of tele-phone or electrical outlets at any

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Speakers for Farm BureauMR. YAEGER said the newbuilding will consolidate underone roof the office forces of theMichigan Farm Bureau, FarmBureau Services Inc., FarmersPetroleum Cooperative, I n c.,Farm Bureau Mutual InsuranceCompany, Farm Bureau Life In-surance Company. The Farm Bu-reau companies have about 260office employes in Lansing.

"The new office building ispart of a long-range buildingprogram for more efficient oper-ations," Mr. Yeager said. "The-objective is to bring together onone property all offices and ser-vice facilities in the Lansing area.

"FARM BUREAU companieshave outgrown the office build-ings they have occupied at 221North Cedar street since 1921 andat 507 South Grand Avenue inrecent years. For the past 10years we have been renting officespace and have been convertingnearby dwellings into offices tokeep up with the growth of ouroperations."

Mr. Yaeger said the Farm Bu-

CARL E. BUSKIRK, pre ident of the Michigan Farm Breau, was invited by the Farm BureauInsurance Companies, to break ground. for the new Farm Bureau office building. Present for theue:c:asiOD are directors of the Insurance Companies, J. F. Yaeger, executive secretary, and Keith. anner of the MFB staff. In the background may be seen a bit of the roof of the Farm BureauServices main warehouse, which is a one-story building with 44,000 sq. ft. of floor space. The LaD-

ng Branch I y or· f of Ih w eho e.

Business to be ccnsideaedr (1)

CARL E. BUSKIRKPresident, Michigan Farm Bureau

Thursday Morning

J. F. YAEGERExecutive Secretary of MFB

Thu y MorDin

Suggestions toHospitalization Chairmen Monroe-Exeter Farmers, Mrs.

1. Keep the group informed as Elsie Liedel, sec'y; N. Riverto when payments are due. Raisin, Mrs. G. W. Plotner, sec'y.

2. Collect the premiums and Eaton _ S. E. Benton, Mrs.turn over to hospitalization sec- Wendell Frantz, sec'y.retary.

3. Be prepared to answer ques- Macomb--Ridge Runners, Mrstions and secure information re- Grace Leach, sec'y: High Banks,garding hospitalization for the Mrs. Dean Parker, sec'y.group.

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tahU hed January 12, 1921 OFFICERSPr Ident C. E. Bu kirk, Paw p.wV-Pre W. G. Hodge, SnoverExec. V -PI' C. L. Brody, LansingExec. Sec·y J. F. Yaeger, Lan Ing

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Send notic s on Form 3578 andur« toll et'uble coplel< retur-ned underF'orrn 3m to Mlr-h lgan F'arrn .• ewseilftorlal otrll'e, P. O. Box 960, Lana-Ing, Ml htgan,

Einar E. Ungren EditorJames Osborne Associate Editor

PURPOSE OF FARMBUREAU

The purpose of this Associa.tlon shall be the advancementof our members' interests edu-cationally. legi latively, andeconomical/y.

DIRECTORS AT LARGECarl E. Busktrk Paw Paw, R-ZWalter "\"lg ht.mnn Fennville, R-IOJ ason E. H Hi ill Gladwin. R-4

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WOMEN OF FARM BUREAUMrs. rIton Ball __ Albion. R-l

Repr . nttngJUNIOR FARM BUREAU

Vern Thalmann D rrien Center

Limited to Farm Bureau Memb 1'8.

SIJIISI'riptlon: 40 cents a year

Vol. 32 November 1, 1954 No. 11

Community FarmBureaus

WESLEY S. HAWLEYCoordinator of Community Farm Bureaus for MFB

Dear Community Farm Bureau Members:Successful Community Farm Bureau meetings depend on everyone

-members and officers-participating. The officers and members inHuron County certainly realize the importance of this as indicated byth following quotation from their October news letter:

"Some 200 of our community group officers are carrying ontheir meetings this month with more 'zip' and enthusiasm ofmaking their meetings more enthusiastic, more educational,and more enjoyable for all members."

Realizing the importance of the foregoing, we offer the followingkey tips for officers and members that may help to make for moreeffective Community Farm Bureau meetings during 1954-55. All officersof any Community Farm Bureau are important. Each has a definite

part to take in successful ~om,- to Michig~n Farm Bureau so~n the meetings, takin in consider-munity Ii arm Bureau meetings, after meeting and before the lO~h ation the age and liking of theand he needs the cooperatiorn of of the following month. group.th members to be fully success- 2. Cooperate with the chair-Suggestions toful. Discussion Leaders man and plan mixers and ice-

uggestions to Group Chairmen 1. Be prepared for the discus- breakers if desired.1. Be present and conduct all sion and attend the meetings. 3. E~courage everyone present

. 2. Should not lecture, but see I to take part.meetings.2. Follow a pre-arranged plan that members take part in the Suggestions to

for condu ting the meeting which discussion. Publicity Chairmenhas been planned by all of the 3. Asslgn phases of a topic to 1. Keep the Farm Bureau be-officers. members to report on. fore the public.

3. Start meeting on time and 4. Endeavor to prevent ~ny one 2. Use local newspapers,close on scheduled time. member from monopolizing the and other resources.

4. Conduct orderly meetings, discussion. 3. Keep the information limit-keeping the group on the busi- 5. If possible, see that group ed to facts that show the "whoness at hand. comes to a conclusion. where, when, why, and how." ,5. Allow for reasonable discus-sion and put all motions to a votef the members.6. Cooperate fully with all

th r group officers.

Suggestions toWomen's Committees

1. Report to the group on theCounty Women's Farm Bureauactivities.

2. Bring matters of interest tothe attention of the group.

3. Participate the same as allother members in group activi-ties.

4. See that husbands attendthe meetings.

Suggestions to Vice-Chairmen1. Conduct business meeting in

absence of chairman.2. See that all committees work.3. Help the host - checking

seating, lighting, ventilation andloom arrangements.

Suggestions to Secretaries1. Record all business transact-

ed at the meetings, and all mo-tions accurately.

2. Keep up- to-date roll ofmembers.

3. Prepare list of importantmatters of business for the chair-man before each meeting.

4. Read minutes of previousm etings.

5. Attend to communicationsand k ep records of the group.

6. R port minutes of meeting

Suggestions toMembers of the Group

1. Attend the meetings.2. Be willing and ready to par-

ticipate.3. Know your Farm Bureau.4. Cooperate fully with your

officers.5. Tell others about your meet-

ings.The suggestions offered are

only the key ones for successfulCommunity Farm Bureau activ-ities and form a pattern that

Suggestions to Minutemen1. Keep informed on legislative

matters of interest to the group.2. Keep close watch of trends

on issues by reading newspapersand magazines.

3. Keep group posted as to leg-islative developments.

4. Attend all resource meetingson issues and legislation.

Suggestions toRecreation Leaders

1. Plan some fun to spice up

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•More Seed Cleaning NeededWhile 90 % of Michigan farmers usecleaned seed, few pay enough for a thor-ough job, a Michigan State College sur-vey shows. Oat samples taken from 372drill boxes show: Only 69 tJo were clearof noxious weeds and 19% had over 20noxious weed seeds per pound. Only 67 %germinated over 90% in tests and 7 %germinated below 70~. The farmer'ssolution to the problem is to insis on athorough job of seed cleaning and payenough for a good job.

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• Telepllolle Gild TractorDo MallY Jobs

tractor doe 0 many jobs ea By andefficiently, saves a farmer hours. Thesame i true of your telephone. A tele-phone runs errand for you, helps youm ke plans with folks in other commu-nities, ummon help in ca e of fire orother emergency, provide a friendly visitwhen you can't get away. Surely thetelephone is one of the farmer' mostu ful helpers. That's what makes itworth 0 much more than it co ts.

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IN THIS PiCTURE city visitors are seeing Hereford calves at the farm of Kenneth Jenkinsnear Attica. Mrs~ Jenkins is a member of the Lapeer County Farm Bureau public relations com.mittee.The public relations committee

of Lapeer County Farm Bureauawards during September. We had ambnjons this summer for ahope that this report will be bet- real get-together with city folks.ter for October. WHEN the committee began

planning, it agreed that theirprospective guests were in De-troit. That's where Lapeer farm-ers market much of their produc-tion. How to get Detroit people

Deadline Date for Reporting. to come was a problem.The deadline date for reporting Mrs. Logan Harris of Almont,group minutes to the Michigan chairman of the public relationsFarm Bureau is the 10th of the committee, wrote to the Detroitfollowing month after your meet- Board of Commerce. The Boarding is held, This is important us of Commerce offered to helpit helps to keep your group in through its committee on agricul-status and qualified for Blue tural relations. The way wasCross. This is important to 'all open!new secretaries who may not be The Farm Bureau committeefamiliar with this matter. planned a program to include a

.. . • picnic and tours to some of theNovember DISCUSSIon Top I C. far m s representing different

"Th.e J?b ~,f a General Farm Or- types of agriculture.ganization. When the day came, well over

200 folks.. were present. AFarm Bureau family had beenasked to be host to each city fam-ily. I

AFTER picnic dinner at the

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P(,ky HiramOur car is not so new as some, nor do we keep it shined.It bears an old and honored name, like thousands of its kind,But wh~n I guide it down the road I feel no flush of shameFor I account it adequate-a credit to the name.

My driving always gets us home and takes us ?ere and there.Unwrinkled fenders testify that I proceed wIth care.Few serious wrecks have marred our lives when I was at th wheelAnd so I thjnk I have a right to feel the way I feel.

For here jus! recently I learn that drivers with my codeAre stigmatized as dangerous to others on the road •.I read that thirty miles per hour delays the man behind,Inciting him to careless risks and language unrefined.

There ought to be a law, I read. to make me feed the gas."Get with it, Gramps," my critics yell, "and when you're

PASS! .And furthermore, unless your car can crack the sonic barrierYou'd better leave the heap at home and ride a common earrter,'

Now, for the record, may I say that I cannot agree.If someone causes cars to race it can't be laid to me.Nor does my Marthy urge me on to greater feals of speed,But care and caution recommends-e-and I am wont to heed.

That guy behind, in such a sweat. let him control his ire.He isn't on a record run nor going to a fire.That "SO" on the roadside sign is not an average rateAnd if I fall a little short I call it moderate.

Besides, my taxes built these roads before these Jehu ladsWere old enough to own a car or tease one off their dads,And if some Solon sires a law to whip me up in lineI wish to state (and you may quote) he'll get no vote of mine.

County Center park, two long Popp showed them a farmingcaravans of cars started for the operation in which hogs are afarms. major interest.. They visited. the Russel S. At 19, Mr. Popp is a state Star

Evarts orchard at Metamora. Farmer and a member of theThere they saw and heard the Junior Farm Bureau. He worksstory of growing and marketing Mrs. Atcheson's farm and twofruit. . I other pieces of land.

- The farm families describedSEVERAL groups visited with their work and" answered ques- t

Louis and Pete Spencer on tions. The city folks had a lot oftheir dairy farms .near Al- fun and acquired quite an inter-mont. There they saw modern est in modern farming. For theirdairy farming. They saw the farm hosts it was an equally en-cows milked. The attention to joyable day, and one which theyefficiency, comfort, and spic and thought would be well worth re-span cleanliness in the barns im- peating. Perhaps your Countypressed the city people. Farm Bureau would like to do

Some visited the Kenneth J en- such a rural-urban educationalkins .farm near. Attica to see a program some time.farmmg operation where Here- SOME results: The Women'sfor~ catt~e and turkey? are the Club of Detroit would like some-mam busmess. At the NlCk Make-,d k f f 1 Cit the one from Lapeer County Farm

?~tS y arm nlear m ay fl vyge Bureau to come to one of itsVISI ors saw ong rows 0 e - ,t bl' d ti fo city meetings and speak on Farm Bu-a es In pro uc IOn r ,tables and heard that kind of reaTuh· id t f th D t 'i-f' lai d e presi en 0 e e 1'01.•arrnmg exp ame . Federation of Women", Clubs

PART of the caravan visited came to the Lapeer Farm Bureauthe farm of Mrs. Edith C. Atche- tour with her family. She has in-son of Almont. There Ronald (Continued on page 5)

• • • It BEGI S RIGHT AFTER YOU READ THIS,

AND CONTINUES UNTIL AFTER YOU DIE.--

R. S. Clark315 North Grinnell StreetJackson, Michigan

Berrien - Lucky 13, Mrs. Erne ...ryk Molenda, Secretary.

100% Certificate Awards. Some-thing new will be forthcomingin place of the 100% certificateawards in the near future.

The future of the family that will survive you is a part of x;our future..HAVE YOU PROVIDED ENOUGH PROTECTION

• FOR YOUR FUTURE?

• FOR THEIR FUTURE?

OLD AG,

might be followed and enlargedupon.

New Groups and Their Officers.If any of the new groups and

officers have questions or prob-lems concerning conducting suc-cessful Community Farm Bureaumeetings, we suggest you contactyour County Community FarmBureau Committee d they willassist you.

New Groups. Following are list-radio, ed nine new Community Farm

Bureaus so far organized for thecoming year:

Saginaw-Chesaning, Mrs. JayLarner, sec'y.

. ot Forigi Supports

Much to the disappointment ofsupporters of rigid farm pricesupports, Adlai Stevenson toldthe Midwest Democratic farmrally held at Sioux Falls, SouthDakota that high farm price sup-ports are not the answer to thefarm program.

Mr. Stevenson said that theflexible price program wasoriginally a Democratic idea. Itwas part of the 1948 party plat-form, and he hoped flexible sup-ports would work as well as ad-vertised. Mr. Stevenson said alsothat more attention should begiven to cutting farmers' costsinstead of supporting farm prices.

ONE FARM BUREAU INSURANCE AGENT CAN HANDLE THEM ALL.

N. W. Michigan - Ogden burg,Mrs. Bess Tompkins, sec'y.

Alpena - Silver City, ClarenceEdgley} sec'y.

Group Reporting. 1,223 groupshave reported to date for 1954-55.The following counties have allof their group set-up sheets ofofficers reported:

Montmorency, St. Joseph, Gra-tiot, Mecosta, Midland, N ewago,Emmet, Clare, Cheboygan, Huron.

If your group did not elect of-ficers in September, be sure anddo so in October and get yourset-up sheet into the MichiganFarm Bureau office by November1 to keep group status.

Star Awards. There were nog r 0 ups qualifying for star

Sheep PinkeyeSheep pinkeye can be control-

led by an application of chloro-mycetin ointment, M.S.C. scien-tists have discovered.

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Herbert E. Powell, Ionia farm-er prominent in farm affairs,Farm Bureau, Grange, Baptistchurch and public service formany years, passed away at IoniaOctober 26 at the age of 88.

Mr. Powell was a life memberof the Farm Bureau. He was anearly president of Ionia CountyFarm Bureau, and often a dele-gate to the state conventions. Re-cently he was honored for 70years' membership in RonaldGrange and for his work in StateGrange.

He was state representativefrom Ionia county in 1901-04. Hewas one of 70 members of theconstitutional convention whichframed the Michigan constitutionof 1&'09. He was state senatorfrom 1913-16. From 1927 to 1932Mr. Powell served as state com-missioner of agriculture underGovernors Fred W. Green andWilber M. Brucker.

Mr. Powell was a life-long res-ident of Ionia county on the farmwhich has been in the familysince 1842. He retired severalyears ago.

Surviving are a daughter, Mrs.Earle Harrison of Lansing, andtwo sons, Ralph of .Columbus,Ohio, and Stanley, of Ionia, whois legislative counsel for theMichigan Farm Bureau.

Buy Farm Bureau Fec-ds.

Research that's worth$100,000,000 a year

A recent report of the research activities of theAssociation of American Railroads shows thatjust 55 research projects are producing savingsin railroad operating costs of $100,000,000annu-ally. Since most of the projects were started inthe 1940's, savings- accumulated throughouttheir lifetime are estimated at approximately$1,000,000,000.

Savingssuch as these are the best evidenceof thevalueof railroadresearch.Yet, significantas thesesavings are, they represent only a fragment ofthe railroad researchpicture. For the 55 projectsstudied did not include much A.A.R. researchin other fields. Nor was any account taken ofeconomieseffectedby the research of individual-railroads and of railroad equipment and supplymanufacturers.

The combinedefforts of so many have enormouseffect.Research results showup i more efficientlocomotives,in smoother-ridingcars, in strongertrack, in machines that perform maintenancework with dispatch and economy,and in ingeni-ous trafficcontrol devicesthat are helping speedtrains past new milestonesof safety and operat-ing efficiency.

While research has been laying the foundationfor improvements, the investment since WorldWar II of more than $9,000,000,000of railroadmoney has been building up the physical struc-ture of modern railroading. Into this structurethere have goneduring this period almost 20,000new diesel locomotiveunits, 550,000new freightcars, scores of improved yards and terminals,15,000 track-miles of centralized traffic control,and other thousands of milesof strengthened andstraightened track-to mention just some of themany things it takes to run today's railroads attoday's stepped-up pace.

Under the guidance of alert, progressive man-agement, investment has truly teamed up withresearch to produce ever better railroads.

SSOCIAr,oN OF AMERICAN A'LROADSW HINOT N 6, D. C.

eFARM HEWS

J. F. YAEGER. executive secretary of the Farm Bureau Insurance Companies, and directors are sho~n on t~ . sit of fh n.Farm Bureau office building at 3800 North Grand River Avenue (US-16) west of Lansing. Mr. Yaeger IS ~x~lamln~ constru 110

features of the building. In the background is US-16 and the residential area the offices will fac. The buddmg wd1 be b cconsiderably from the highway. The area in front and right and left of the building will be landscaped to add to th p ar nc 0

the offices and to screen the rear parking areas from the highway.

more Assessment Districts as de- standard of living.fined under this law, and tax The highlights of the variousloads were far from being equi- programs that follow are ex-tably distributed. amples of this continuing effort.

In later years. when the 3%sales tax became law, Farm Bur-eau led the fight to free the far-mer from this tax on his suppliesand equipment used in produc-tion. The tax on a $2000 tractorwould amount to $60.00. Nu-merous other examples of similarwork were carried through inthe legislative program.

Farm Supply Examples: SeedProblems-In the days when alf-alfa first began to be used inMichigan on a large scale, thefarmers were having difficulties.The seed would germinate pro-perly and the crop would lookfine until a winter came. Thenit would practically disappear.The reason? Under stimulationof increased demand, seed buyerswere importing seed from anyplace they could get it. Muchcame from South America or thesouthern states, some fromFrance. Seed dealers added alittle native seed and sold it atthe going price at substantialprofits. The farmer paid, but didnot get a crop.

. Farm Bureau delegates askedfor a quality and adapted seedprogram. They asked for legis-lation to protect them againstthis poorly acclimated seed. Theresult was the passage of theSeed-Staining Act. All foreignseed must be stained a certaincolor so that it was easily re-cognized even when mixed withnative seed. Various countrieshad different colors. Canadians ed, which was stained purple,was a hardy seed for the Mich-igan climate.

The quality seed program hasremained through present days.The objectives are to seek seedsof known origin, adapted to ourarea and with high germinationand freedom from impuritiesavailable to Michigan farmers.

These examples demonstratethe philosophy which has guidedFarm Bureau from its beginningsthrough the present day. Theaim is always to serve the farmerand to aid in solving the pro-blems that handicap him in mak-ing a respectable improvement inhis net income, and thus in his

CI eck III

CI-088 CardFor· C verage

One of the big advantages ofBlue Cross-Blue Shield is thewide choice you have in cover-age.

But the very fact that yourchoice can be so varied some-times leads to misunderstandingamong members which couldeasily have been avoided.

FOR EXAMPLE. one BlueCross-Blue Shield member wassure he had picked full familycoverage and semi-private roomaccommodations. But it had beena long time since he had signedup and his memory had played acostly trick on him.

He found out too late-whenhis wife had to go to the hospital-that he had actually signed upfor coverage for himself only,and had picked ward accommo-dations. It s easy to forget ex-actly what coverage you have.So don't trust your memory.

TAKE a couple of minutes to-day to check your Blue Cross-Blue Shield identification card.From it, you can tfll exactlywhat kind of coverage you dohave. Here's how:

I. Find the side of your iden-tification card that has five littleboxes at the top with typed num-bers in them. Then find the boxlabeled "Service."

The number in that box is thekey to the kind of coverage youhave.

2. On the other side of thecard is a table entitled "ServiceCodes." Just locate your servicenumber in this table and it willshow you your coverage.

For example, suppose your ser-vice number is '35." Checkingthe table, you find "35" is underthe vertical heading "hospital-surgical-medical, ward" on theline running across that reads

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While you're improving your farm for• greater production, do the job JOT keeps,

with concrete! Here's a "how to do it"book that will help you build suchessential structures as:

larn Floors Watering TanksFeecling Floors Septic TanksWalks, Runways Home ImprovementsFoundations Manure PitsConcrete Masonry Trench Silos

Construe'ion Hog WallowsCisterns Soil-Saving Dams

Remember, concrete is fire safe, termi te-proof, easy to work with, low in firstcQst, needs little J1pkeep, endures forgeaerations, .

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r:;iiTuNDcEiEiiT'Associiiio';"I/ Michigan is 17th• 2111 Mil:bigu National Tower, Lansing 8, Mich. Michigan .ranks 17th among• Please lend me" Handbook of Concrete• Farm Conetruct ion:" I am especially states for corn acreage. At the: intereated in same time it ranks 10th in amount: produced, according to 1953 fig-• Name ures from the Michigan Depart-; St. or R. No. ment of Agriculture.~ City State' _F

.tarted AfterWorld War 1

DONALD D. KINSEYCoordinator of Education and Research for MFB

This is the first in a series of articles that will appear in theMichigan Farm News during the next few months. It is hopedthat these articles will give the newer members a better under-standing of the purposes and scope of Farm Bureau.

This is not a mere building that stands by the sideof the road. It is more than a building. It is a houseof faith and ambition. Its main walls rise in the heartsand imaginations of men as they rose in the hearts ofthose who set the foundations in the years gone by.Not all of the rooms were built at the same time. Asthe Farm Bureau family grew, new rooms were added.We are going to take a look at the building of thishouse that Farm Bureau built over the years.

At times the younger generation take the house overtheir heads for granted. They often forget the originaltoil, sweat and tears that were blended with the mortarand the tile. They accept the benefits, but sometimesoverlook their own responsibilities for sharing in thecosts of upkeep.

In the early years of the present century there weremany ways in which the world at large was leavingthe farmer behind in its progress. Cities built paved streetsand lighting systems, trolley lines and connecting rail-roads, banks, stores and theatres.. The farmer was thought of as almost belonging to

another world and race. His isolation in the remote~ural area on a dirt road with nothing but slow horse-power often left him in no position to learn the waysof modern business, and no means of joining with hisneighbors to form a business organization of his own.It was often two or three hours "to town."

No radio told him the news, and no snowplows clear-ed' his roads. It was a real treat to get a day at thecrossroads store 0 swap yarns and pick up the news.Individual farmers were not only the butt of many jokesby the "city slicker," but also were subject to his ex-ploitation and his pricing schemes.

merous farmers. For religiousand other reasons, numerous far-mers did not join a secret or-ganization, and thus the Grangewas limited in its capacity to ful-fill the need for a full uni yof thought and effort.

The problems that faced farm-ers immediately following theFirst World War gave momentumto the development of Farm Bur-eau as a farmer's organization.Farm prices were sharply down.Costs were extremely high, andthe squeeze was far more severeat that time than in these early1950's. Farm income was at pov-erty levels. Farmers were be-coming overwhelmed by heavytax burdens on their property.No tax relief was in sight on thelegislative horizon.

In such a squeeze the avenuesof conserving income were care-fully examined by thoughtfulfarmers. Not only was it nec-essary to cut taxes to bring re-lief, but also a need for betterprices on the market was clear-ly evident, Cost of production,too, could be reduced if betterprices and improved quality insupplies were obtained. Perhapssomething could be done aboutsuch problems if the farmers gottogether and pooled their efforts.their resources, and their in-fluence. A general farm organi-zation ought to be a good toolfor the job. This thinking cry-stallized into results.

When he took his produce totown he had to take what hecould get for it within the im-mediate neighborhood. He hadno control of it much beyondhis own granary, "dump box" orfront gate. He had no radionor daily newspaper that wouldtell him whether the price wasfair or foul. He was at themercy of the urban business in-terests. Business monopolies wereat- the peak of their monopolisticpractices, and the rule was the-exploitation of anyone who waseJiploitable. The farmer was.

His standard of living was yearsbehind that found in the largertown and cities. Conveniences inthe home were unknown. Motherslaved to bake over the hot kit-chen range in the swelter ofAugust. Father worked thefield with tools that were primi-tive although he was producingthe nation's food and fibre.

He was a forgotten man po-litically. After 1875 he hadceased being a majority voterin politics. Cities held the or-ganized masses of the popula-tions who were closer to polit-ical propaganda systems and bosscontrol. Farmers were'nt suppos-ed to know much about politicsand government. They discussedpolitics in local stores and meet-ings, but had really little infor-mation about what was going onin the world about them. Notuntil radio and rural free de-livery did this situation change. Thus on February 4. 1919.fifty-

During the nineteenth century seven county groups sent repre-social and economic pressures sentatives to East Lansing to dis-had caused farmers to try to form cuss the formation of a Stateorganizations to protect their in- Farm Bureau. A plan of actionterests. Lack of business "know- and a covenant of agreement washow," inability to compete with drawn up and signed by forty-the business and political in- two of these county groups. Theirterests in power, and a tainting stated aim was "to provide wayswith partisan political align- and means for concerted actionments often resulted in the fail- on agric ltural problems." Onlyure of these 'early organizations. eight days later the national or-

ganization, the American FarmBut all the early efforts to Bureau Federation, was organ-

organize taught important les- ized, including Michigan amongsons. Farmers learned that they twelve states.must unite on a non-partisanba is to be strong enough . Many of the early efforts ofa sound program for agricu~t::; Ffa~m Bu~eau took tdh.e

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They learned that their business ? improvmg cornmo I y mar et-ventures must De backed with mg a;nd farm supply programs.SOUndand adequate f" . As might be expected of a youngmancing as . tl . t k dwell as sound management. They orgaruza ion, some rms a es ~nlearned that they could 'not fight setbacks occurred. The gains,each other in separate commodity Iho~ever, over the yea:s, .so .fargroups and still gain the new eclipse the losses that, in JustIce,advantages and standard of livin they .should be charged up tothat they sought g experience and forgotten. We

It be . should take a brief look herecomes clear that the de- at some of the gains.

velopment of Farm Bureau wasnot a mere accident. It emergedas an .evolution and as a typeof. SOCIal revolution within aclImate of difficulty for the farm-er. Early events and discoverieshelped to make successful are.newedeffort at organization. TheGrange had done much duringthese years to indicate the valueof a general farm organizationtha~ would unite farmers fromva~lOus fields of production.Bel.ng a closed and secret organi-zatIon; however, it eXcluded nu-

Legislative Examples: In theface of initial opposition by Gov-ernor Groesbeck in 1921, theFarm Bureau stood fast to obtainthe passage of the gasoline taxfor the construction and main-tenance of Michigan roads. Not.only did this gas tax put theburden upon those who used theroads, but it also brought reliefto farmers from the heavy taxloads of the Covert Road TaxLaw. Farmers sometimes foundthemselves assessed in two or

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interested women from thegroups. We meet in the homesof the members the first Tuesdayof each month for potluck lunch-eon excepting the busy summermo~ths when we have eveningmeetings.

We are very interested in ourCounty Farm Bureau programnd take an active part. August

is county picnic month and weplan for the coffee, ice creametc. At our county annual meet-ing last year we served a chiliand oyster supper which createdextra interest and brought outa better attendance.

Benzie County has always feltthat good Rural-Urban relationare very important. This lastMarch we served our annualRural-Urban Banquet, - turkeyand all that goes with it. Twohundred came, farmers and theirurban guests. The speaker wasDr. Glenn Taggert, a professorin the Dept. of Rural Sociologyand Anthropology at MichiganState College. This is the 4thAnnual Rural- Urban Banquetthat we have served. It is lookedforward to by everyone.

Our Chairman attends all theDistrict Council Meetings and wehave a fair county representa-tion at our district meetings. Wesent one delegate to the North-west Michigan Twin Lakes Campthis spring and five women at-tended the State Convention inLansing last Novembel'. A reportof the Women's activities isgiven each month at the CountyDirectors Meeting. We alsoparticipate 100% on the Stateprojects.

Weare very polio conscious asBenzie county has been struckquite heavy. We sponsored apolio benefit party in Februarywhich netted $150. A coloredmovie was shown of all the Ben-zie Co. polio patients - somehaving their treatments, theirtherapy and all the different stagesof recovery. At this party wehad a dance and served a lunch-eon. We have contributed from$100 to $150 to the polio drivefor the past several yea s.

For the emergency March ofDimes this September we donatedand served the lunch at a benefitparty and also one of our mem-bers gave us a turkey which weraffled off and this netted atotal of $77 to the fund.

In December last year we hada rummage sale and baked goodssale to raise funds to help our"Christmas family" with cloth-ing, food and small gifts forChristmas. We also packedChristmas boxes for shut-ins andconvalescents.

Mrs. Ruth Hunsberger, ourCounty Home DemonstrationAgent, was a guest at one of ourmeetings and she talked on herjob in the county and told us howwe could use her to advantage.We also had one meeting, veryinteresting and educational onAmericanism, another one onlegislation and resolutions.

Our first Women's Rural-Ur-ban meeting was a dessert lunch-eon October 29th with each FarmBureau lady bringing a cityguest. Speakers included Mrs.Marjorie Karker and Mrs. Ed.Hodgson from Reed City whogave her peech on "My CityFriend and I Live in the SameWorld." She won the state speak-

Mr. William Prichard, a BoyScout leader in Leelanau county,told us about his scouting experi-ences and how to display, respectand handle the American flag.Mrs. Evelyn Heim, who visitedthe A.F.B.F. offices at Washing-ton and saw the sights of the na-tion's capitol, gave us a wonder-ful report. She also attended theentire session of the A.C.W.W. ofthe world at Toronto, Canada,last August. This was most inter-

orthwest Michigan esting. We had two ladies who. attended Canada Day in July.

Mrs. Ellsworth Behne, ChaIrman Mrs. Heim went on a farmer-The Northwest Michigan Wo- owned cooperative tour. We ex-

men's Committee hold meet- pect to hear about it at our Oc-.ings on the 4th Wednesday of I tober meeting. We had a Christ-each month (except July and mas party. The Rev. Donn DatenAugust) 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. A check gave "The Greatest Story Everon roll call shows we have much ITold." Joyce Gore has a lovelybetter attendance when the meet- voice and has favored us manyings are held in a central location times.in Traverse City. I We have gone along with the

Refreshments are served by a state projects 100%. We collectedcommunity group who are host- pennies for friendship. We haveesses. Shortly after each meeting between 10 and 15 pen pals.our secretary writes up a News- IAbout 6 individual groups sentletter and it is sent to each of our parcels to foreign countries and32 women's committee members we wrote for information con-who in turn take it and read it cerning the Korean Children.at their group meetings. I

Annual projects we sponsor in-Some of our women come 50 elude a 3-day camp each year. It

miles to these meetings. To an- takes 25 or more women to servenounce the date a post card is on this committee. The camp di-sent by the secretary to each ric tor reports at our regularcommittee member and it is also meetings. 1954's theme was, "Ourbroadcast over WTCM, "Farm American Heritage-M y Re _and Orchard Time," the Monday sponsibility." The spiritual,and Tuesday before. political, public relations, rural-

Our committee is made up of urban part of this over-all themethe Chairman, 1st Vice-Chair- was taken up by very capableman, 2nd Vice-Chairman, Secre- speakers. Many of you ladiestary, Treasurer, Publicity Chair- have joined us each year and weman and 2 members at large (one hope you enjoyed it.from each County) and the 32 Another project is.our agricul-committee women (one from tural exhibit at the fair. It's funeach community gro p). I ntl good: .rience to compete.

We invite all Farm Bureau wo- This year we lost first place tomen to attend the meetings, not Arcadia. Too many of our groupsjust the committee women. I thought we had the cat in the

We feel all who can, should bag - Northwest congratulatescome and acquaint themselves Arcadia Farm Bureau Fair.with the county program. I

The first 7 named, together Anoth~r project is ou~ cookwith the past chairman, consti- Book (still have some). WIth thetutes our executive board. These proceeds so far we have pur-7 are selected by the women at chased a soundproof curtain tothe September meeting and the be used at the Twin Lake 4-Hchairman appoints the commit-/ camp between the dining andtees in October if possible. They SOCIalroom. It cost us $250.00.are the Legislative Chairman Jr. Drapes have been ordered for theFarm Bureau Chairman, Safety windows so movies can be shownChairman and the fair committee. and to help make the place lookThrough the reports of these more like home. We have madecommittees we are receiving man y 0 the r contributionsWhatever has been made avail- through the years to this camp.able to them from Lansing. We Our moneymaking 'projects forhave operating rules to abide by our work fund have been theand just recently the women's kickoff luncheon in Novembercommittee chairman and the Jr. for the roll call captains. The vic-Farm Bureau chairman have tory banquet in February forbeen received as voting members which we were paid $100.00. Weon the board of directors. give bake sales to help replenish

We own our own song books, our working fund as needed.lace table cloth and silver service.

each year to t e annual meetingin Lansing.

Our legislative chairman keepsus well informed on local, state,and national affairs.

Our safety chairman is doinga fine job of bringing the safetymessage to us each month, em-phasizing the safety measureswe should observe.

Financially we support thestate projects, such as nursesrecruitment, Pennies for Friend-ship, the Sister Kenny Fund, andthe ACWW delegate fund.

Reforestation color transpar-encies have also been securedfor the ACWW film project.

Health Conference and the :F rmBureau Institute in January. Weare a member of the Federationof women's clubs and entertainthem at a potluck luncheon oncea year or so. The women are in-vited and do attend the annualmeeting of Northwest in October.

The board of directors is spon-soring the Jr. Farm Bureau or-ganization in our county and thewomen have shown good interest.They now have r;9 members (areover their 1956 goal).

Northwest holds an annualpicnic each August. It is a fam-ily affair. Eaeh community groupin Leelanau county this year winbe visited by a member of thesoil Conservation program.

I attended all 12 of the boardof directors meetings, all wo-men's committee meetings, 2councils and 2 districts. I heldthree executive board meetings.I visited only one group this pastyear, but through the year allgroups women's committee mem-bers have heard from their chair-men by letters and postcards.Many groups in my 2 countieshold meetings together to betteracquaint themselves (somethingwe need to do more of) and atother times two and three groupsmeet together when a specialspeaker can be obtained.

The Board of Directors edits aCounty Farm Bureau paper oncea month. Our publicity chairmancovers each meeting and reportsthrough this paper. All chairmenhave access to the paper for ar-ticles about meetings and othermatters in this paper each month,which all goes to make interest-ing reading.

We all have made lllanyfriends; in Farm Bureau welearn many things. Our aim is tomake this good organization bet-ter. .

a arallo me to go but little. I amjust as interested as ever in FarmBureau work of all types andenjoy hearing about them.

I urge all of you to vote thisfall, for it seems there are somany things that hinge on it.I am going to vote an absentvoters ticket this fall and willdo so whenever necessary, forin many other countries you can-not vote at all. Bet us count ourblessings as we should.

And contribute to the TorchDrive. It may be your childthat may have polio next yearor yourself that has cancer orsomething worse. We all hopnot, but you will be glad youhelped and glad others did too.

With fondest best WIshes, Iremain.

Mrs. Edith M. Wagar13676 Briar Hill RoadCarleton, Michigan

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Wexford CountyMrs. Floyd Whaley, ChairmanThe Wexford County Farm

Bureau Women's Committee hasgrown. There are now elevengroups, since the first of 1954. .

There have been seven meet-ings held since the October dis-trict meeting with an approxi-mate average attendance of 71%.Our regular meeting date thefirst Tuesday.

We were honored by havingour entrant in the speech contest,Mrs. Lois Hodgson, win firstplace in the finals at the state an-nual meeting in November.

We have held two countywidemeetings in the past six months,one a Christmas party which be-gan with a potluck dinner in con-trast to the usual luncheon servedby the hostess. We had a programon the Christmas theme and anexchange of homemade gifts.

The other was an eveningmeeting for families and friendsat which our guest speaker wasMrs. Hodgson. She and her fam-ily have moved not only out ofour county but out of District 9.

Other nu ers on the programwere a stu y of our insuranceneeds presented by Mr. Lyle Halland a discussion of traffic safetywith a film on same by a StatePolice trooper.

We planned our year's pr gramon the splend d suggestions givenby the State Program Committee.

We have included in our plansrural-urban conferences, the firstof which we have set for October2'1._ . Mrs.. Kar~~.. ~j w'tp -l1.S ~ .

.April to assist In planning forthese.

The committee voted to goalong on all state projects. Pen-nies for Friendship have beenturned in to the county secretary.

Wexford voting delegates are:Mrs. Chas. Gotthard, Mrs. HughButler, Mrs. William Denike, and

Dear Friends:Thanks for the many cards,

letters and telegrams I receivedfor my birthday. It is somethingI'll never forget.

It pleases an old lady to findshe's nol forgoUen by those she'sworked with for so long a time.We did not accomplish so muchin those days of women's activ-ities in the Farm Bureau, for itwas a new venture in a new field.We had to get the Farm Bureaugoing where it .could stand alone,and nothing could shake it offits feet.

And, of course, there was themoney end of it. Money wasscarce and I mean scarce. Nomatter what it could do, we hadto wait until we could afford todo it right.

MRS. EVELYN HElMTraverse City

Chairm n of MFB Women forDistrict 9, and Member of

State Advisory CouncilDistrict 9 of the Michigan

Farm Bureau Women's Commit-t e is located in the Northwestpart of Michigan. It is made upof membership from five coun-ties: Benzie, Manistee, Missaukee,Northwest Michigan and Wex-ford. District 9 was organizedon July 18, 1945, at a meetingh ld at the Park Place Hotel inTrav rse City. The purp se ofthe me ting to form a districtcouncil so that we might workmore closely together.

County Chairman present atthe me ting were: Mrs. PaulEarl, Wexford County; Mrs. Tho-mas Berghouse, Missaukee; Mrs.Earl Smeltzer, Benzie; Mrs. Gil-lette, Manistee; and Mrs. Wm.Hoolihan of Northwest Michigan.Mrs. Hoolihan was elected dis-trict chairman and Mrs. Earl,vice chairman.

Since that time, the Women'sCommittee of District 9 has con-tinued to grow and has accom-plished many things.

Two District Council Meetingsare held each year which arefollowed by the semi-annual dis-trict meetings with the countiestaking turns acting as hostesses.

Major projects of the Districtinclude Rural-Urban Banquets inBenzie county. Health programsin Missaukee county. The Wex-ford county speech contest en-trant was State winner last year.Manistee county carries an ex-cellent program. Northwest Mich-igan has had a Camp projectsince 1945. In August of thatyear the first Camp was heldat Camp Greilick. There were29 ladies present. From that be-ginning has developed a programfamiliar throughout the state.The average attendance is nowfrom 150 to 200 ladies daily.

Speakers have included Mrs.Wager, Mr. Clark Brody, Mr.Keith Tanner, RepresentativeRuth Thompson, Dr. Paul Miller,Mrs. Carpenter and foreign stu-dents and many others.

Mrs. Wager was chosen "queen"of the first Camp. Plans arealready being made for nextyear's Camp.

Following are the reports ofthe County Chairman of District9. Back of them is a fine, co-operative membership who loyal-ly serve, knowing it's the truevalue of Farm Bureau organiza-tion.

went on the Good-Will tour toGermany, showed us her set ofpictures and told us about con-ditions of the American andRussian zones in Germany.

The men were not so keenabout it in those days either, forit would take money that wasactually needed in other places.

I thought it was time to makeroom for the women, so at theannual meeing I said so andmade the motion for a programfor Farm Bureau women's workand for a woman to be in chargefull time. There may have beensome misgivings about it, but itcouldn't fail with careful man-agement.

'It has been a source of realpleasure to me to watch ourwomen's activities grow and thetype of work it performs.

When I read in the MichiganFarm News of all the differenttypes of work women are doingin the counties, I feel that whatI had done was insignificant incomparison, but I guess every-thing must have a beginning nomatter how small it might be.

The one thing to avoid alwaysis a lot of small matters and failto see the large worth whilethings waiting to be done.

I am not well these days andso there are circumstances which

X-Disease BlameNot on Creosote

Creosoted posts, once thoughtto cause X-disease in cattle, havebeen cleared of any blame.

Dr. Frank Thorp, researchpathologist at Michigan StatrCollege's .agricultural experimestation, reveals that studies showno connection between the dis-ease and American creosote.

He explains that the misunder-standing came about when cattlewere in contact with creosote atthe same time they had access tohigh-pressure greases.

The high-pressure greases thatcattle lick off machinery andtractors contained chlorinatednapthalenes-one of the realcauses of X-disease.

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Manistee CountyMrs. George Seheppelman, Chm.

Our committee is made up ofa member from each group. Thismember may choose an alternateto take her place if she is absent.We meet the last Tuesday eve-ning of each month at some mem-ber's home. All Farm Bureauwomen are welcome. Stormshave plagued us at almost everymeeting throughout the pastyear, but a part of us have al-ways gotten there.

We have ptanned programs foreach meeting, on subjects of in-terest to our women. The Boardof Directors sets aside a sum forour use when they make up theiryearly budgets. So we do notconcern ourselves with moneymaking projects, because ourgroups are so widely scatteredover the county. We prefer tohandle the projects on the com-munity group level.

Our Farm Bureau Women arehostesses at meetings called bythe county board, such as PX,PD, and Roll Call. They taketurns alphabetically, by groupnames. In July we hold ourannual picnic in Hopkins Park,in Bear Lake. In December wehave potluck supper to whichour husbands are invited. LastDecember we had for entertain-ment screen slides of beautifulscenery, both local and upperpeninsula.

During the past year our pro-grams have consisted of twoe pecially fi e book reviews, oneon "The Man Called Peter," andthe other on "Grandma Moses"- Two interesting travel talks,one a Trip Around the World bya county lady who sailed fromVictoria to New Zealand to visither son there, and returned byway of England and New York.The other was the story of oneof our members, a German warbride, who returned to Germanylast fall on a visit to her parents.She assured us she much prefersthe United States.

A local doctor has shown us afilm on deafness in children.Another meeting was devoted toOur Flag, its history, etiquetteof, and many of the poems ithas given birth to. Last meetingwas on Perennial Flower Bedsand a flower exchange followed.

The October's meeting is onthe school area Studies, and Nov-ember will be the United Nations.Our county librarian talked onbooks. At an International foodsmeeting we had a sample. Wehave studied improvements in ourschools, and delighted ourselvesanother evening talking overour favorite flowers.

Last May we went to TraverseCity to spend an afternoon in theState Institution for mental ill-nesse and see how they are hand-led and Traverse's facilities forhandling them. She told us theextent of the hospital, 1,000acres,the many buildings, the 3,000patients, really a city in itself.

We were glad, indeed, to seethe many conveniences, the com-forts, and the cleanliness. Ourguide said that really the mostpathetic patients were thosewhose relatives and friends nevervisit or write.

At least two or more of ourmembers have attended eachcouncil and district meeting the

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LAST WINTER the Arcadia Community Farm Bureau group of Lapeer county held theirmonthly meeting at the county hospital. It was learned that the patients would like a televisionset. The word was passed and donations began to come. Twenty-three groups and the womenscommittee donated to the cause. The outcome was not one but three sets. They have been placedin areas so that everyone can watch the progra ms at one time. Pictured above we see Harold'Best, of the Arcadia group, presenting one of the sets to Mr. Nique, superintendent of the hospital,and Mrs. Ralph Hartwig, R. N.

ing Contest last year with thisspeech.

Benzie County women enjoytheir meetings, they enjoy meet-ing together, working togetherand the many friends they make.We always go home from thesemeetings feeling that we havelearned something worthwhileand that we are doing a smallpart in preserving our AmericanWay of Life.

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The women have shown goodinterest at our meetings and in-creased attendance during thepast year. We haven't as yetreached the 90% goal, but aregetting closer right along. Wefollowed the state program forthe most part; it has been a greathelp.

During the past year we saw afilm on the 1st 6 months of the83rd Congress and Mrs. RogerBradly pointed out results ofGerman - American friendships.Marge Karker spoke about thethree phases of Farm Bureau.Mr. William Hooliham discussedthe motorist's financial respon-sibility law. Dr. Beham gave aninteresting and informative talkon the treatment of tuberculosis.

Trooper Halverson of the statepolice spoke on our resolution,"Should ichigan have a speedlaw?" Mrs. William Kleiss, who

Attendance at district meetingshas been very good. N. W. M.was the hostess county to District9's spring meeting. Our publicitychairman reports these meetingsin our county paper. In Octoberwe traveled to Wexford county.We contributed several slides andsawall that District 9 will con-tribute to help make up the Mich-igan film that goes to Europe forthe A.C.W.W.

The chairman, 1st vice-chair-man and secretary attend the twocouncil meetings per year, to-gether with the other 4 countiesand all make plans for the springand fall district meetings anddiscuss our counties' problems,getting opinions and help fromone another.

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The offices will have zonedheating and a complete ventilat-ing system. They will be air con-ditioned in summer through thesame system that heats the build-ing.

THE PLAN for use of the build-ing provides that the executiveoffices for all companies, severalconference rooms, and the boardof directors room shall occupythe front of the building area.Those offices will open into thegeneral office space. The designwill permit expansion of officespace at the sides and rear of thebuilding without disrupting oper-ations.

The building will be set backconsiderably from North GrandRiver avenue and US-16, Mr.Yaeger -said, to provide for land-scaping. Plantings of trees andappropriate shrubbery will bemade far beyond the buildingfrontage on either side and insuch a manner as to screen fromthe -highway the parking areaand service activities at the rearof the building.

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The Michigan delegation wasinvited along with delegationsfrom twelve other Midwesternand far-western states. Pairedwith South Dakota Farm Bureaumembers, the men worked inteams of two in 21 counties.

The average of four new mem-bers per day is a real accomplish-ment considering the distances in

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DR. EARL BUTZ and DR. HOWARD DIESSLINPurdue University, Lafayette, Indiana

The outlook for the American economy beyond 1955is good. There will inevitably be periods of modestadjustment, just as we have been experiencing, but -wemust be prepared to ride them through just as we havethe present readjustment period.

The decline in business activity from the peak levelsof the Korean War period to the present time has turnedout to be one of the mildest on record.'

The shift from a war economy to a semi-peace econo-my has occurred with remarkably little disturbance -much less than we experienced in 1948-49. And ourpoliticians didn't make nearly so much noise about 1949as they have about 1954, but this is an election year!

The scientific and technological advances we will ex-perience in the next decade will be unparalleled in thehistory of America.

The geographic frontier in America is gone. No long-er can a young man "go west" and stake out his claim.But the scientific frontier in America is barely scratched.The scientific frontier has no effective limit. It is limit-ed only by the mind and imagination of man.

If we can keep our economy free and preserve anenviroment in which individual producers and scientistsare free to dream a little about new techniques and newideas,.and to enjoy the fruits of their dreams, we s~allexperience phenomial progress in the next generation.

We live in an era of the most rapid scientific andtechnological change of all time. American agricultureis now feeding our growing population on science and

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technology.

THE CHALLENGE of the nextdecade is unprecedented formen and women of vision andambition. The challenge for the

" ~ARM.ING"will b~ ~ven more. farm equipment industry isbig business than It IS now. It greater than ever before in our

will be still less a "way of life" history.than now. ---''-----'---'---------

Let your mind dream a littleabout the possibilities ahead. Thehistory of man's material stand-ard of living is essentially a his-tory of increased amounts ofenergy under the direction of asingle worker.

WE HAVE increased our totalagricultural output in the lastfour decades by 75 per cent, onroughly the same acreage wehad previously, and with 2,500,-000 fewer farm workers.

Even in the 15 years since thebeginning of World War H, Amer-ican farmers have increased totalproduction by 47%, and with noincrease 'in acres and with 1,750,-000 fewer workers on farms.

IN THE- -SAM~ interval, wehave increased our steer capacitynearly two-fifths, and have dou-bled our electric power product-ion capacity. Surely, a broadbase is laid for a substantial fur-ther rise in living standards forthe average man and woman inAmerica.

An exciting experience lies a-head for those mericans whohave the capacity to dream. TheAmerica we enjoy today wasbuilt by men and women whohad dreams. America will con-tinue to grow in proportion asher citizens dream imaginativelyand constructively.

THE FUTURE is filled with in-teresting challenges. Science willdominate the next century.Brains will replace brawn inAmerican agriculture and in-dustry. Man will direct powerrather than supply it.

Production per man will in-crease. This means still largeragricultural and business unitswith more capital. It means in-creased mechanization. It alsomeans higher standards of livingfor those who produce our foodand fiber.

A CENTURY ago 85% of ourpeople were engaged in agri-culture. Many agricultural op-erations were performed by handor with hand implements.

As a consequence, output per:worker was so low that therewas little surplus food to supportthose who are engaged in non-;e.gricultural occupations.

TODAY less than 15% of ourpopulation is engaged in agri-culture, releasing more than 85%to follow non-agricultural pur-suits and to produce the goodsand services which make life sopleasant for all of us in America.

This transformation has beenmade possible partly becauseeach individual farmer directsso much more power now thanformerly. This is also true inindustry and commerce.

REFLECT_for a moment on thechanges that have occurred with-in your own experience in theamount of horse power controlledby a single worker in agriculture,in industry, or in transportation.

Now let us dream a little! With-in this decade, the nuclear agewas born. Possibilities for newsources of energy stagger the

imagination. New research de-velopments with tremendouspower potentialities occur withamazing rapidty.

SOME scientists now assertthat our known reserves of fis-sionable materials exceed in po-tential power our known re-serves of coal, petroleum, andwater power. Other scientistspredict that within ten years weshall have available in this coun-try as much nuclear energy aswe now have available from ourcoal, our petroleum and ourwater power combined.

Let yourself dream for a mo-,ment in that area! If such pre-dictions are only one-fourth right,it means that in 1964 our wholeeconomy of 1954 will be obsolete.

IT means that the job of con-verting to the new and moreeconomical sources of nuclearenergy will dwarf the automobileboom of the 1920's. It meansstill larger units per worker inindustry and agriculture. Itmeans more capital per plant andper worker.

It means that before you dieyou will buy an automobile withenough power locked in it to lastuntil the bearings wear out. "Im-possible!" some scientists say to-day. Yet we are confident, work-ing as we do with superior young

.brains in one of America's great-est universities, that some youngscientist who does not know thatit is "impossible" will discoverone of these days how to do it.

200 Attend LapeerRural-Urban Outing

(Continued from ~age 2)vited Mrs. Harris to be her guesat a meeting of the Federation.

The YWCA has suggested inviting some Lapeer County FarnBureau women to be their guest:for luncheon at the down-tow.YW in Detroit.

The Detroit Agricultural Club,Civitan Club, Kiwanis, and theDetroit Sportsman's Congress wereinterested in the Lapeer Rural-Urban tour. An exchange ofspeakers could produce good re-sults.

WE ASKED Mrs. Harris to tellus how the Lapeer Rural-Urbantour developed, and how thework was apportioned. Mrs. Har-ris said:

"I presented the proposal fora Rural-Urban tour to the CountyFarm Bureau board in behalf ofour public relations committee.The proposal was accepted, andthe board appointed a specialrural-urban committee as I feltthat the public relations commit-tee could not handle it alone.

"FRANCIS (Pete) Spencer wasnamed chairman. He outlined thetours, chose leaders and got thecars lined up.

"The committee held fourmeetings. Mr. Marlie Drew, MFBdistrict membership representa-tive, met with us at one meeting,and Donald Kinsey of the state

5 amp Out TBTuberculosis, looming as Mich-

igan's costliest public health pro-blem, will again be under firebeginning November 22, whenthe Michigan TB Association andaffiliates launch the 1954 sale ofChristmas Seals.

While rapid strides have been"~IIii1i11"aillliI6IIlIj"IiMl"'''iilmade toward controlling TB, the

disease attacked nearly 30,000Michigan men, women and chil-dren in the past five years -rolling up a toll of 5,643 new TBcases last year alone.

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Edmund J. Meles, Lansing architect, J. F. Yaeger, executivemanager of the Farm Bureau Insurance Companies, were at the site of the new office buildingrecently to observe progress during the first week of construction. To date the ground has beenleveled and preparations are being made to put in the footings for the foundation.

will concentrate some power thatmight favor a group of districts,the Senate, on the other handhas a geographical distributionand would act as a buffer againstsuch att mpts.

DONALD D. KINSEY

and a crew of men to shovel upthe edges by hand. Anoth r crewof men put in th forms for thenew c ment.

Another day, ready-mixed ce-ment was poured from huge ce-ment-mixer trucks. And a fewmen smoothed that out.

A few days later, four men re-moved the forms and a hugedouble scraper smoothed up theshoulder of the road.

Observa ion of5 of Highways

Do taxpayers wonder why itcosts so much to maintain ourhighways? If they could takenote of the equipment and men ittakes just to repair a U. S. High-way, they might understand.

A three-mile stretch of US-10was recently repaired by a con-tractor outfit. Four separategroups of men and equipmentwere employed.

FIRST came a machine topuncture the old cement, andmen to set up road blocks anddirect traffic.

Next day, there was a largesteam shovel to break up the oldcement and load the largerpieces into trucks. This was fol-lowed by a smaller power shovel

Chairman Geo. Fogle, District 5representative, announced thatthe 16 member MFB committeewill meet ovember 4. ThePublic Affairs Division staff isworking to have all county re-solutions indexed and printed foruse by the committee on thatdate.

Note: To County Farm BureauThe MFB resolutions commit- Secretaries-If you have not yet

tee has received copies of resolu- sent your resolutions, please dotions adopted at most County so at once - Special Delivery.Farm Bureau annual meetings Resolutions received so fara~d expects that every county have shown strong sentiment forWIll be acco~n~ed for by Nov- the ,present Farm Bureau pro-ember 1. .ThiS IS the date. set by I gram on national policies, withthe .c~mmIttee as a deadlme. for I a number of counties leaning to-receiving county recommendations, ward no price support program.

Here we see an unidentified customer purchasing a two-quartcontainer of milk from one of the 10 "mechanical cows" located inthe Lansing area. The Dairyland Cooperative Creamery of CarsonCity has made milk available to consumers 24 hours a day by theuse of these new-type machines. Dairyland Co-op manager FredWalker believes Lansing is the first large city in the country tohave this service available in all areas. He also believes that theconvenience and economy will encourage the use of more milk.

Working withthree specialized aren afollowing marketing <11 t ts;

Jack Bittner in soll1 wf: 1erllMichigan-Fruits & V 'I t8 Je s,

Hans Haugard in cenu' ) i h-igan-Poultry MarketitJl fQb-lems.

Clyde Cunningham in theThumb area-Veg table & l'uitMarketing.

It ·is expected that '1 1 iV'(; iockand grain marketing 'I~'Ill illbe working in the Hilisil d n-awee area shortly.

.Reporting for the ~ I 1~1 ntStation, Director TUJ'I{ oU linedsome of the ar as of nr . ~lrchin th general field of f 111 t11' r-keting. Among th stLldi bci ngc nducted are:

.1. The economics of h lJtl1ktank method of coll (til g Yrl i1 .

2. Storage method. r)f Jl~ 11-dling apples, radish :, bub r-ries, lettuce, muskmclujr r Jdc?rrots and onions.

-3. Imp r 0 V e d pte ('peach sand blueb rri

4. Grading, sorting , 11control of farm product ..

5..Factors affecting ]1

of potatoes and potato J'6. Factors affecting 11

retail florist shops.7 Cathode ray tr at n

Iood products. This itluse of high voltages nnrays for the ster-ilizatitm anding of bacteria, molds . I d ion grains and foods.

8. Factors aff cting 1life of dairy products.

9. Utilization of hlumber, such as is prolllaspen and Balm of 011

10. Marketing Michl'wood. This is now <1 2,annual operation in Mi'

Additional staff m tntbeen added to carry Gosearch projects al1(1others which are und 1

This program is in (the policies approv (Bureau members an 1Flarm Bureau supperconsideration by th

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The county recommendationsplace great emphasis on in-creased foreign trade and onmore research in marketing andin new uses of agricultural pro-ducts.

The F. B. State CommodityCommittees will be meeting atLansing on Wednesday, Novem-ber 10, just preceding the M.F.B.annual on November 11-12. Theywill give additional considerationto problems of field crops, poul-try, livestock, dairying and fruits& vegetables. Their recommend-ations will be presented to theresolutions committee at a specialsession Wednesday afternoon.

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Farm Bureau office at anothermeeting. Both were very helpful.

"I acted as secretary for thecommittee. Part of my duties wasto invite the city groups, take thereservations for both city andFarm Bureau people, and handlethe correspondence.

"THE LAPEER CommunityFam Bureau group agreed to setup the tables and chairs at theCounty Center the day before thetour.

"The County Farm Bureau Wo-men's Committee, under leader-ship of Mrs. Orin Taylor, agreed•0 purchase milk and Ice Cl e•.•m,mal-e coffee and tea, set thetables and care for the food as itc me. And, in general, takecnarge of the potluck dinner andcleaning up.

"Mrs. Nick Makedonsky madename tags for everyone, greenhats for the Farm Bureau folksand yellow hats for the cityguests.

"Robert Rees, County FarmBureau president, greeted theguests. Mrs. Clarence Bolanderled the singing of the Doxology asgrace before dinner.

"The farmers whose farmswere visited were most coopera-tive. They really put on a goodshow. They gave interesting talksregarding their farm operations.Everywhere the city and FarmBureau guests were attentive andinterested. They asked manyquestions which were answeredto their satisfaction." Elec Brownlee to

a 'I Co-op oardMaynard Brownlee of Lansing

was elected a director of the Na-tional Cooperatives, Inc., at theannual meeting at Chicago, Sept.22. Mr. Brownlee is manager ofthe Farm Supply Division ofFarm Bureau Services, Inc. Heis one of four directors elected torepresent 10 regional cooperativefarm supply organizations, in-cluding Farm Bureau Services,Inc. Fifteen other regional farm

supply cooperatives in the UnitedStates and two in Canada aremember stockholders of NationalCooperatives.

National is the owner of theUniversal Milking Machine Com-pany at Albert Lea, Minne ota.It does a large business in tire ,batteries and other automotivesupplies under the Co-op label.National Cooperatives, Inc.,moving its headquarters fromChicago to Albert Lea, :Minn.,this month.

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The general offices of the Am-erican Farm Bureau Federationin Chicago were moved October2 from 221 North LaSalle Streetto the Merchandise Mart. Bldg.,Merchandise Mart Plaza, Chi-cago 54.

Carelessness with fire cost 203lives in Michigan last year. One-third of the victims were under5 years old. Buy

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DaIClqrro nd Material for Program in November byCommunity Farm Breau Discussion Group

DONALD D. KINSEYCoordinator of Education and Research for M. F. B.

Topsy. in Uncle Tom's Cabin. when asked wherehe came from. said, HI dunno, I just growed!"

That's all right for Topsy. but it surely does notdescribe Farm Bureau. It's coming was no accident.

aro e out of the necessity for farmers to protect theirinterests. And the toil, sweat and tears put into itsmaking by farmer founders were a measure of its Im-portance to them.

There have been time of great hardship in the his-tory of farming. By 1870, business and industry hadbegun to form "mergers" and create giant monopolies.They began to control prices. charges and profits. Thepopular attitude among these powers was ..the publicbe damned" - and the farmer especially.

At that time it meant little that the farmer producedover 80 % of the new raw wealth of the nation annually.Profit on that wealth was captured by people in controlof transportation, credit. processing and marketing.Farmers learned that to escape from these exploitingtactics they must fight monopolies.

Take early cases. Back in the 1870's railroad mergerscontrolled freight rates. Steel industries took similarsteps to control steel prices. The Iowa farmer foundit cheaper to burn his corn lor fuel than to buy Penn-sylvania coals, - because of shipping costs! Yet thesame corn sold in eastern markets at six and a half timesthe Iowa price - shipping costs I

Steel mills added the freight from Pittsburg to theprice of steel made in Gary, Indiana. - •'Pitts~urgPlus I" W,ithout a large organization at that nme,farmers nevertheless succeeded in beating these "trusts.'Farmers forgot party lines. Their incomes and wel-fare hung in the balance. While the "trusts" had thedollars, the farmers till had the majority of votes!

Farmer action in state after state to bring about pro-per regulation of prices and freight rates laid the founda-tion for the forming of the Interstate Commerce Corn-mission.

1875 marked a change. Farmers crossed the lin~ inthat year to become a minority of our populat~on.Today they stand as less than 1 5 % of our populatIon.Yet they have a greater investment to protect than allother industries combined.

To accomplish such tasks with a minority requir~sa UNITY OF PURPOSE AND ACTION.. ~ sphtminority is a weak minority. But even a minority canbe strong if it is united. Let's take a look:

ples The common purposes mustbe developed by a MAJORITYVOTE. From there on all mem-bers must support the purpose orposition as established-or elsethere can be no unity.

But where do the MINORITmembers fit into such a picture?Are they just pawns of the ma-jority? Not at all.

The position of a member. in anorganization is shifting. While hemay be part of a minority on onematter, he becomes part of amajority on another. He may l?sethe support of the organizationhere, but gain it there on anotherimportant matter.

But when a matter is decided,he goes along with the majorityposition and supports it for thetime being. He may work tochange the majority position orto bring about a compromise onit. But in a democracy the goodcitizen places the interests andlaws of the whole group abovehis own or special group inter-ests.

If such practices are not fol-lowed. there can be no unity.Without them no Democracy andno general farm organization canlong endure.

A general farm organizationcannot be selfish in its aims.Farmers cannot be prosperous inan unsound economy. Their pur-poses and actions should streng-then rather than weaken theeconomy. Thus Farm .Bureaupeople have said in their resolu-tions, "\Ve do not seek advan-tages for ourselves that win w rka hardship on others or the na-tion as a whole."

Minority Handicap Overcome.In 1919 farmers were being op-pressed by heavy road ~axes.Some farms were being confIscat-ed for non-payment of ta?Ces.This was the year that the ~lch-igan Farm Bureau was orgam.zed.Forty-two counties signed articlesof agreement. They went to workquickly.

There was a long and bitterfight to replace property taxesfor roads with a gasoline tax.The battle found Farm Bureauleaders "on the mat" in Gover-nor Groesbeck's office. HIS in-structions were to "layoff" thisgas ta idea. Victory did notcome until 1925 when the Gover-nor began to "see the light."

closer look-In 1952, groupsin the urban areas sought forcontrol of the Legislature. Theyproposed a reapportionment thatwould have placed the control ofboth Houses within four urbancounties of the state. This propos-ed amendment was placed on theballot. It was a threat to the ruralchool program, farm taxation in

general, and fair representationfor rural people.

ut Farm Bureau people hadtrength and unity to meet the

crisis. They had kept informedf de elopm nts through Com-

munit Farm Bureau meetings.They ent out with petitions.Th put their own proposal onh ballot. They rallied support

from m urban groups. Theot rural folks to the polls. TheyI' r red fair balance of repre-

ta ion in the ichigan Senate.nit of organization amongI'm r paid off.

f h r had been only a scat-it i unit d farm organi-in, all ith their own pur-

u h r sults could carcelyhz d. u in ~, labor,nt r t nd man other

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Common Ground. There isan important job for any generalfarm organization in providing acommon ground on which farmcommodity programs can unite. Iffarmer in various productionfields oppose each other, nobodyi going to get very far.

In recognition of this need, TheAmerican Farm Bureau Federa-tion et up Commodity Commit-tees in 1938. They were a ked to

commend resolutions to thep rent bod. These committeeinclude livestock, fruit and ve -etabl ,dair, poultry and fieldr h '1' m mb r n ist

No farm organization has longendured in its work when it hasbecome partisan in politics.Farm Bureau, in spite of accusa-tions, makes its policies by mem-ber decisions. The members ofany party can take part. It worksto put its policies into effect withany Congressman or Legislatorwho will lean an ear-regardlessof party. Its officers are chosenfrom members of both parties.Farm Bureau is strong in theDemocrat south as well as in thebi-partisan north. M. F. B. 35th.

Ed O'Neal, the President of the Annual Meet-.ngAmerican Farm Bureau Federa-tion in 1931-47, left farmers an (Continued from Page 1) (Continued irom Page 1)important message. After the PRE· CONVENTION MEETINGS iment but feel that such changefight over the original price sup- October 30-19th annual meet- might make it more difficult toport program in the Agricultural ing of the Michigan .Junior Farm obtain the drastic revisions whichAct of 1938,Mr. O'Neal said: Bureau at Music Building, Michi- they suggest.

"From this struggle farmers gan State College. Dr. Paul A. ..may wisely take the counsel of Miller, deputy director of exten- No.3 would aufhortse bondmgexperience. Farmers in opposi- sion service at MSC, will speak. of the state. not to exceed $80,-tion have put needed farm pro- November 10 _ 10th annual I000,000, for payment of bonusesgrams in great peril. They must meeting of the Women of Michi- of not to exce.ed $50.0.each to per-unite behind their organizations gan Farm Bureau at the Audi- son~ performing military serviceand spokesmen to make sure that torium at Michigan State College. during the period between Jur:ethe influence of agriculture in Program starts at 10 a.m. About 27, 1950 and De~ember .31, 19~3Washington is not divided, frus- 1200women are expected. Wayne (The Korean Police Action).trated and destroyed." University will present a play, No.4 would amend our Consti-

QUESTIONS "My Name is Legion." tution, which now prohibits allNovember lo-Commodity Day forms of lotteries, to permit the

1. What part should the indi- Conferences for Farm Bureau legislature to "authorize lotteriesvi~ual farmer play in helping to committees representing dairy, to be conducted by and lotterybUll.d a. st;ong general farm or- fruit and vegetables, poultry, tickets sold by non-profit chari-ganizationt ilivestock and wool, and field table organizations, as hereafter

2. What can a general farm or- crop interests. Meetings start at defined by law."ganization do to help farmers of 10:30a. m. at the Union Memorial This has been called thevarious commodity fields wor~ building, third floor. "bingo" amendment. It has beentogether for the common benefit The committees will assist the pointed out that the amendmentof all? Michigan Farm Bureau resolu- in no way limits the type of lot-

3. What are some of the large- tions committee on resolutions in teries which might be legalizedscale jobs in the interests of ag- the fields of those farm com- by the legislature nor does it de-riculture that r e qui r e the modities. fine "non-profit charitable or-strength of a general farm or- ganizations."ganization to do them? Nests

It's easier to provide plenty ofnests, and take a tour aroundthem gathering eggs, than it isclean up broken eggs and washdirty eggs when nests are crowd-ed.

__eDi cussion Topics

These were chosen by your Slate Discussion TopicCommittee from the results of the questionnaire re-turned by the Community Farm Bureau

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/• •rganlza IO~ __None Could HaveSaid It Be er

The St. Johns Methodist cnurchof St. Louis, Missouri, used itschurch, announcements sign tosay this to the people of St. Louis:

"Try as hard to get young peopleto drink milk as the breweriestry to get them to drink beer and.the nation will be healthier."

Nov. The Job of a eneral Farm Organiza-tion

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Horton TrespassLaw States:

The Michigan Game Law Di-gest for 1954 contains this noticeto hunters: "HORTON TRES-PASS LAW: Hunting prohibitedon any farm lands or farm woodlots connected therewith, or with-in enclosed lands of any huntingclub without consent of owner orlessee of such lands. Includesroads or highways in farmingareas."

See page 3 of Michigan FarmNews for October 1 for text ofHorton Trespass Law.

Store flammable fuels outsidethe house.

Dec. State or Local Equalization of Ta'Xes?

Jan. Farmers and the Social Security Pro-gram

Feb. The Uses of Farm Commercial LicensePlates

farmers from different producegroups. Michigan Farm Bureauhas "followed suit" in establish-ing state committees and countycommittees in the same fields.

Non-partisan. Back in the daysof the "New Deal" Farm Bureauwas accused of Democrat partyleanings. It led the fight for theAgricultural Adjustment Act of1933 and 1938. It proposed theestablishment of parity pricefloors. It had Franklin D. Roose-velt as a speaker at its nationalconvention.

Later conflicts arose as to howfar the government should go inits control of agriculture. Farm-ers did not want to lose theirrights to farm as they, ~aw fit.The members protested againstthe effects of rigid high supportsas putting a ceiling on their in-comes. The swing brought accu-sations of "Republicanism."

Ann'l MeetingParki gIllfo mation

For the annual meeting of theMichigan Farm Bureau and ourpre-convention meetings. Thenew parking regulations for theMichigan State College campusapply to visitors as follows:

Parking without Time Limit:1. Parking lot opposite Audi-

torium.2. On streets near Auditorium,

where there are no meters.3. Parking lot opposite Shaw

Hall.4. Parking lot north (in front

of) Macklin Field Stadium formeetings in that general area.

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Buskir GivesSupport toFarm Census

The farm census that is aboutto be taken is a very importantthing to farmers, according toCarl E. Buskirk, president of theMichigan Farm Bureau.

"Michigan has just launched anew program in marketing re-search for the purpose of aidingthe farmers in moving their pro-ducts to market. This program,"said Mr. Burkirk, "must be basedon accurate agricultural informa-tion.

"The agricultural census everyfive years produces informationthat is important to the businessof farming. Many of the pro-grams operated by the countyagricultural agent are keyed. tothe figures in the reports.

"Facts uncovered by the censusare useful to producers and pro-cessors of agricultural products,as well as to those who prepareand manufacture supplies andequipment for the farmer's use.The figures that a farmer givesare pooled with those given byall the others. The informationgiven by any farmer is confiden-tial.

"WheI)ever flood or droughtconditions make it necessary toclassify an area as distressed, theamount of the appropriationneeded to provide loans for farm-ers in such areas is based on thecensus figures. .

"In my opinion these are rea-sons enough to make it importantfor farmers to cooperate in giv-ing the facts for this census sur-vey."

lie SAFE ~1Ie WISE'with FREMONT MUTUAL Protection

Parking with 2·Hour TimeLimit:

1. Circle Drive, or whereverthere are parking meters.

No Parking for Visitors:1. Parking lot -behind Morrill

Hall.2. Parking lot behind Agricul-

tural Building.These lots are reserved for fa-

culty parking only.

Michigan Farm Bureau mem-bers are invited to join a tour tothe American Farm Bureau con-vention Dec. 13-16 at New YorkCity in December.

The tour is by railroad and in-cludes a day and a half in Wash-ington, D. C., and several days inNew York City in the week start-ing Thursday, Dec. 9 and ending,Dec. 16. The tour is an all-ex-pense arrangement for travel,meals and lodgings with the ex-ception of hotel and meals atNew York City.

AT WASHINGTON the partywill stay at the Willard Hotel.There will be a sightseeing tourto Arlington, Alexandria, LeeMansion, and Mt. Vernon. Thisexpense is included in the tourcost. The group will be taken tothe Capitol building Saturdaymorning.

At New York City the groupwill stay at the Hotel McAlpin atBroadway and 34th street.

THE TOUR will be by the Bal-timore & Ohio and New YorkCentral railroad, with Pullmanaccommodations and meals enroute provided. It will start fromDetroit at 6:00 p. m. Dec. 9. Thegroup will leave New/YorkThursday morning, Dec. 16, andwill arrive at Detroit at 10:15p. m. that night. Expenses for thetour will range from $84 to $87per person depending upon Pull-man berth and hotel room ac-commodations at Washington.Hotel and meals expenses at NewYork City will be paid by the in-dividual.

RESERVATIONS for the tourshould be made with Keith Tan-ner, Member Service Division,Michigan Farm Bureau, PO Box960,Lansing, Mich., with check ormoney order for $40 per personto make the reservations. Balanceof the tour cost is due not laterthan Dec. 1. For further informa-tion, write Mr. Tanner.

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ested in the free public medicalforums being conducted over afive weeks period by the InghamCounty Medical Society, the.Community Services Council,Adult Education Center and TheState Journal.

Each week in one of the highschool auditoriums a panel ofdoctors delivers talks and an-swers questions on the topic ofthe evening. The newspaperpublishes in advance a couponto encourage questions for theforum. .The topics by weeks: Oct 21,

Mental Health; Oct 28, Allergiesand Colds; ov. 4, Growing Oldand Arthrit s; Nov. If, Cancer;

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Farm Bureau Member, gave yourDepartment another increase in sales ofFarm Bureau feed. The increase was6 % over the year previous (Sept. -August 1953) . The feed industry forthe country just held their own with theprevious year so you loyal feeders areresponsible for the increase. We thankyou sincerely.

Switch calves at 4- days toLand 0' Lakes

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fJlus/ats, antibiotics, vitamins, trace minerals

GarbagGarbage-cooking has cut down

hog V-E disease enough to proveit's worthwhile to have a law re-quiring it, M.S.C. veterinariansreport.

hen making cream of toma-to soup, be sure that the tomatois added lowly to the milk, NOTthe milk to the tomato. And ithelps to use tomatoes that havebeen thickened, advises RobertaHershey M.S.C exten ion foods

i Ii t at M .. C.221 orth Cedar St.

SOME GOOD ADVICE fOR YOULots of folks are pouring out advice to feeders in view of the extremely low prices for

eggs· broilers and turkeys. Farm Bureau me mbers, in the vast majority, are doing all thiltIs possible tp help keep the profit side up. We talk with many and find out.

1. The egg 'producers are culling severely 4. The aairumen. are 'watching slight increasesbecuu se only a he}l, laying heavily can in price 1 ith. joy but it still takes all out •bring a profit. . procl!t -tion to lower the 1mit cost. A bal-

z. 'I'lie broiler men are easing up on ttie ancett ration, with Farm Bureau Jfilkmakernumbers put in the broiler house. Some or Cattle Supplement .q "%, 'Will help theare skipping the batch that matures at grain do its best.holiday time and would have to compete1cith turkeys. 5. Hog raisers aren't too happy but are teed-

ing 'Well and 'Watching the storm. signalsclosely.2'urkeys are hit hard. These tmn ers 'with

light mortality, early marketetl birds anaa better than average market (not very'many) are less unhappy. Th e old timetis 'watching to see what is best to do in 1935.

6. couie feeders like 4 '% Farm. Bureau Cattle•.UP1Jlement. It does the job well-at areasonable cost per pound of l)rotein.

Farm Bureau Feed Are ade For "Value n U " nYo r Farm. Don' ake Substi u s.

FAR B221 ortb Cedar Street

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Does a milk growingjob because it is milk• • • not a substitute!That's why you can switchcalves at 4 days and sellyour marketable milk!That's why it does not createa surplus milk supply! Andyou can feed Land 0' LakesCalf Milk Replacer for lessthan $1.75 per hundred-weight or less!Follow Land 0' Lakes Calf Program:Start feeding Land 0' Lakes CalfPellets with Calf Milk Replacer at•• days to get calves on dry feedfaster. Discontinue Calf Milk Re-placer at 6 weeks. Ask your dealerfor new Calf Feeding Tablel