Vol. XX, No. 11 SATURDAY, OVEMBER 7, 1942 20th Year

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BehindtheWheelWith J. P. Yaeger,Director of MembershipRela.tion.

RAPACIOUS?The recent effort by farmers to se-

cure recognition in 'Congress of theirproblems and dwdndling labor supplywhich is threatening ,their part in th..war effort has met with all sorts ofabuse. Typical of that sort of thingwas t.he editorial attack made by tb sAnn Arbor News which called ,thE'farmer leaders "rapacious" and presentation of the problem as "an at-tempt to exploit the nation's pel'il forthe benefit of one group."

A well known radio commentatorcalled the farmer leaders "economictermi tes" and pictured them as bor-ing into the heart of the country.Other radio and news commentatorsjoined in. Farmers and their leaderswere pictured as asking for somethingmore than they deserved wh ile othergroups were lauded as the savioursof 'the country.

ATTACKED BY LABORWrf.ning' in ~he (Labor News, a paper

which claims to have the endorsementof the MichiganFederatfon of La-bor, and publishedat Saginaw, PhilipPearl, AFL com-mentator, on Octo-ber 9 said, "Wherewould America betoday ,if organizedlabor ... had a-dopted the short-sighted ,policies ofthe mrm organiza-tions?"

The Michigan CIO News in its Oc-tober 2, issue quoted The EconomicOutlook "as saying that the "mainsource olr inflationary price rises isin the farm price situation." Theycharge this in the face of the fact thatfarm prices are consideraibly less thanin the first World War, while wagesare generally much higher than attha; time.

In another issue of the same paper,Phillip .Murray, president of the 'CIO,is quoted as saying, "Freezing of wagescannot function and ... labor mustvigorously oppose any such legisla-tion. There is no legislative recordjustifying any such provtsion as inthe case of unregulated farm prices'which have gone beyond parity andtherefore have raised the cost of liv-ing of all the people."

"LET'S BE DECENT "There was one labor group, how-

ever, that gave the farmer a "break".In its otlficial newspaper, "Labor",the railroad labor organizations hadthe following to say about rarmersin an editorial entitled, "Let's Be De-cent With The IFarmers":

"Farmers have received a raw dealfrom the daily press and the radiocommen tators. Of course, there hasbeen an exception here and there, butin the main, the men who are expect-ed to produce the food needed to feedour people, and our allies overseas,have been pictured as a group of gree-dy grafters intent on lining their ownpockets, whatever the effect may beon' their country.

'~In a word, the daily press and theradio commentators have lied aboutthe farmers as venomously as theyhave been lying about organized laborall through this 'war emergency. Itwould 'be impossible for them to .gofarther than that.

DISGRACEFUL SPECTACLE"IAt the same time Congress has

been belabored because it dared con-sider the farmers' side of the case.One highly-emotional columnist suggested that the "weakness" thus dis-played by Congress made a dictator-ship inevitable. Others charged thelawmakers with "cowardice". Alto-gether it was a disgraceful spectacle.

"Now, just what are the facts? Any-one who calmly surveys the situationmust feel that the farmer is facing al' al crisis. 'Conscription and com-paratively high wages paid in war in-dustries have deprived agriculture ofmuch of its manpower. To make upfor this grievous loss, one of twothings must be done.

"The drafted manpower must be re-turned to the farm or the farmer mustbe able to go into the labor marketand promise workers decent wagesand living conditions

"The better way would be to keepskilled farmers on the farms. Itseems silly to draft an experiencedfarmer and ithen raise the price offarm products to make possible thehiring of a less experienced substi·tute.

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URGES. BYR ES TORULE FARMINGWAR INDUST YO'Neal Makes Statement for

Farmer to President'sPrice Control Board

Place of Farm Bure u Meetins, ov.12 and 13

MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE AUDITORIUM and FAIRCHILD THEATRE

On the ProgramPROGRAM

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23rd Annual M•• tin,

Michigan State Farm reau

Pre-convention Meetings

WEDNESDA Y, NOVEMBER 11See page 3 for schedule of pre-convention meetingsin State College buildings.

Annual Meeting

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 129:30 a. m. Annual business meeting of the Michigan State

Farm Bureau con enes at Fairchild theatre, ewAuditorium. Ample parking facilities nearby.

PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS CLARE CE J. REID

SECRETARY'S REPORT _ CLAR ~ L. BRODY

Credentials & Rules Committees Report

12:30 p. m. Adjourn for lunch.

2:00 p. m. Business Session

RESOLUTIONS COMMITTEE REPORTNomination of Directors

Thursday Evening6:30 p, m. 18th annual dinner and old time dancing party of

the Michigan State Farm Bureau at the UnionMemorial Building. Ticket $1.00.

President Clarence J. Reid, presiding

TOASTM ASTER. ROBERT J. BALDWINDirector of Agr'I Extension Work

Michigan State College

ADDRESS CHARLES W. HaLMASecretary, National Co-operative Milk

Producers Federation

FARM BUREAU PARTY

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 139:30 a. m, Farm Bureau business meeting at Fairchild

Theatre.

Consideration of Resolutions

Election of Directors

New Business

Adjournment

Rooms and Dinner TicketsSee complete information on these matters published on page 2.·Make room reservations early as you can for both rooms andtickets for the annual dinner.

U' S. Acts to Defer 3Classes of Farmers

The war Manpower Commission onOctober 27 announced that it hasstarted machinery in motion to holddairy, live stock and poultry farmersand their help in their jobs, provid-ing their farming production is ofsuch volume as to be essential to thewar effort. Local draft boards areinstructed to grant occupation defer-ment to necessary men on "essentialfarms." Deferment will be withdrawnif they leave that 'Work. The armyand navy may not accept enlistmentsor other employers hire such essen-tial farm workers. The recognitionof the farm situation may be laterthan we realize, but it is in linewith recommendations that the FarmBureau bas been making for somemonths. Definitions will be forth-coming on what constitutes an essen-tial farm program. An essentialdairy farm must have at least 12dairy cows, milking or dry, with aminimum annual production of 45,000lbs. of milk, or its equivalent in livestock and poultry. Farms which haveat least 8 cows and a minimum pro-duction of 30,000 lbs, of milk mayqualify as essential if the operatortakes steps to increase dairy, livestock or poultry numbers.

Bureau

CLARK L. BRODYecretaru, Mich. k tate Earm Bureau

Thursday Morning

R. J. B,ALDWI,NDire tor of Eet.cnsicn.

lichigan tate Colt geThursday Evening

n Pre-ConventioF rm ureau Wi I

In 23 YeOctober 26, 1942

Hon. James F. Byrnes, Director,Office of Economic Stabiliiation,THE WHITE HOUSE,Washington, D. C.My dear Director Byrnes:

Pursuant to your request thatBoard members send you suggestionsin advance of our bi-weekly meetings,I submit the following:

Because agriculture has always pro-duced abundantly, the American peo-ple have taken agriculture for grant-ed, and people find it hard to believethat present surpluses may prove in-adequate to meet the situation.

The result has been, in spite of allthe President and the Secretary ofAgriculture have said about foodbeing just as important as munitions,that agriculture has not been lookedupon or treated as a major war in-dustry. It is high time that this sit-tla tion was corrected.

Since the President has given youthe duty and responsibility of carry-ing out a program to stabilize ournational economy, you have it inyour power to do a great deal to rem-edy this injustice. Thirty millionfarm people are looking to you foraction to change fundamental condi-tions that are forcing tens of thous-ands of farmers to go out of businessand other tens of thousands to cur-tail their farm operations.Industrial Wages Call Farm Help

I should like also to point out thatkeeping farm prices at parity cannotpossibly control the inflationary pro-cesses unless labor costs and othercosts of production of industrial goodsare also kept at comparable levels.

Commodity ConferenceLeaders Nov. 11

Below are leaders for the commodity onferences Wednesday afternoon.

ov. 101,preceding the opening of thtate Farm Bureau annual meetinzov. 1.2. ee art.icle Pre-Conventlon

Conferences, page 3. The conferencwill shape resolutions on their com-modities for conslderatlon of theFarm Bureau resolutions committee.The leaders are:

lLive lock & Wool-Don Stark andE. L. ·Benton.

'Sugar Beets, Grain & Beans- . B.Love.

Fruit, Vegetables and Potatoes-Don Hootman and Claude ash.

Poultry & Eggs-D. G. Card andrthur Howland.Fluid Milk and Creamery Produ ts

-A. C. Baltzer and R. V. Gunn.

There is now one standard freightcar axle, which comes in five sizes,compared with 56 different kinds andsizes in use some years ago.

Between 3,000 and 4,000 passengerand freight trains dally enter orleave Chicago, the world's greatestrailroad center.

Seventeen thousand five hundr d m mb rs of th rmBureau in 45 counties, and 139 f rm rs o-op r tiaffiliated with the Farm Bur au, will s nd upw rds of 400voting delegates to the 23rd annual m ting t Mi hi nState College, Thursday and Friday, o. 12 nd 13. IIParm Bureau members are invited to att nd.

The complete program for the annual meting, thpre-convention meetings, and other announc m nts pp rin this edition of the Michigan Farm ew.Pre-Convention Meetings

Tuesday, Nov. 10, the resolutions committe will con-vene at Lansing to draft the resolutions present d by ountyand Community Farm Bureaus, farmers' co-ops, nd oth rfor presentation to the convention Thursday.

The State Farm Bureau board of directors holds its finbusiness session Wednesday and will consider recomm ndtions to the convention.

Seven pre-convention meetings will be h ld Wednes-day, according to the announcements in this pap r. Thmembership relations group of County Farm Bur au officerand county and state membership work rs will discuss theirprogram for 1943 and make recommendations to the onv n-tion; the Associated Women of the Farm Bu eau will holdtheir annual meeting; at five commodity conferences, dir c-tors and managers of state and local farm co-operatives willdiscuss their problems and offer resolutions of Farm Bureaupolicy for their crops to the State Farm Bur au resolutionscommittee.1942 the Farm Bur u's Best Y r

Farm Bureau delegates will meet at the close of a yearthat has be n the b st in the Farm Bur au' 23 ye rs. c..complishments in 1942 include:

(1) The addition of 5,000 families in he membershipcampaign last spring to bring the membership to 17,500 fam-ilies.

(2) All out participation by all Farm Bureau units 'inthe program to produce more of foods desired by the govern-ment for the war effort. As a result the Parm Bureau hasassembled and distributed the largest volume by far of seeds,feeds, fertilizers, and other farm production supplies for nyyear in its history.

(3) The Michigan Farm Bureau has been a leader oncommittees named by national farm organizations and co-op-eratives to represent all farmers at Washington. These com-mittees protected farmers' interests on proper priorities onfarm supplies, adequate truck transportation faciliti s forfarm products and farm supplies, and for inclusion of farmlabor costs in figuring farm parity prices under the anti-infla ...tion act.

(4) The Farm Bureau _brought group hospitalizationservice to its members this year. We are the only farmersenjoying such service in Michigan today. Several thousandFarm Bureau families have the service, and the number is. .mcreasing.

( 5) The Farm Bureau and associated co-op rativesbrought Michigan co-operative law up to date in th 1941legislature. During 1942, educational co-operative clinicsconducted by the Farm Bureau, Michigan Elevator Exchange,and the economics dep' t of Michigan State College led tomany: farm co-ops reorganizing under the new co-operati vlaws to improve their business and financial structures.

(6) The Farm Bureau in 1942 increased the number offarm and other policyholders carrying State Farm MutualAutomobile Insurance to 69,639.

Want 4,500,000 Winter American Farm ureaBroilers from Michigan Annual at Chicago

The U. S. Dep't of Agriculture is The 24th annual meeting of theasking Michigan farmers to produce American /li'arm Bureau Federation4,500,000 chickens this winter, for will be held at Hotel Sherman at Chi.marketing at 3 lb . 'weight or better as cago, December 8.9"'10. It lWill b pre-a mans of increastng the production ceded by the annual meeting of theof meat. These chickens hould be on . ociated Women of th Farm Bur-the market early 'Hough to avoid in eau at the Sherman, tar-ting Dec. G.terference with usual spr ing pur- ,\iichigan expects to be well represent.chases of chicks for egg producing ed.. tock. Certain Michigan hatcherieshave agreed to hatch chicks duringDecember and January, and possiblyin February for this purpose. Countyagr'! agents and Smith-Hughes agr Iteachers have the list of hatcher ie .Orders should reach those ha teh r lebout four weeks in advance of the

date the chicks are wanted so thatthe hatcheries may plan aceordlngly.

EDWARD A. O'NEALPresident, Ame1"ican Farm Bureau.

Th'llrsday Evening

Parity itself automatically rises asthe cost of manufactured goods rises.

Agriculture is facing a desperatesituation with respect to manpower.A survey by the U. S. Department ofAgriculture indicates that 1,500,000worker's have left the farm since thepeginning of the present emergency.Sixty per cent of those leaving havegone to work in industrial plants,fhir ty per cent have been called tothe armed forces through SelectiveService, and ten per cent have volun-teered for military or naval service.if this drain on the farm labor forcecontinues, agriculture will be unableto produce in 1943 the volume of foodand fiber that we must have to supplyour Allies with the food that is ur-gently necessary to sustain them.

I suggest therefore that you takeappropriate steps to secure the co-op-eration of the Selective Service Sys-tem in a program under which thelocal Selective Service boards willgrant occupational deferment to allworkers who qualify as "necessarymen" in agriculture.Farm Price Ceilings &. Farm Labor

To stop the exodus of farm workersto highly-paid jobs in industry, may Icall your attention to the provisionsof the Anti-Inflation Law which be-come effective on October 2, 1942.This law directs the Administrator ofthe Price Control Act, in placing ceil-ings on farm commodities to constderincreases in farm wage rates thathave occurred since January 1, 1941,and also to give adequate weight tothe factor of increased labor costs.

If these provisions of the Anti-In-flation Law are literally interpretedaud fairly applied, farm operators andtcnats will be assured of reasonableprices and income to keep them in ac-tive production; employers will be ina position to pay reasonable wagesfor e perlenced farm help; and wageearners will be protected because the

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OV MB 7, 1942 o. 11

I ders of both parties agree tha thebattl in Congre vcr the ind of ceilir gs to be

applie to farm pric s h much to do with ction re-sults throughout the farming middl west on ovem-h r 3.

Farm vo r I U. S. Senators and anumber of Cong mr th se stat s. They stoodwith the administration and against the farmers in adet rmination not to i clude in tl e anti-inflation bill aprovision including the cost of farm labor in the formulafor figuring Rarity prices for' farm products. The thingd v I p d into a month long fight. It was se tIed by acompromise, but not before the administration had hada bitter battle with farm states members of Congress, the

'rm ur' au, th Grange nd the atio~al Co neil ofFarm rs Co-operatives.

The results of the row with farmers, together withthe changes to be expected in an off year election, wenta long ways towards changing control of the House inCongr ss. ine seats ch nged own rship i the Senate.S veral belong to midw st farm states.

Senator r ntiss M. rown of Michig n led the fightagainst including farm I bor costs in he parity priceformula. He carried but few out s ate counties in thiselection and lost the election.

The Farm Bureau an 1 the G.range were mong thosewho opposed calling of a constitutional conventi n athis time. h y campaig ed vigorously against it. It

was the rural and out-st te vote that defeated the pro~posal.

The Wayne County Home Rule amendment appearsto have lost by a narrow margin. Farm organizationstook no action on this one. It was represented as affect-ing Wayne county only.

Hard work by all farm organizations failed to savethe milk control act. It vas snowed under almost 2 to 1in the referendum. Those who stood to gain by defeatof he bill din a into co sumers' ars th t i is an instru-ment to force high prices for milk. The truth about theact gained more than 270,000 votes for it, but thatwasn't enough. However, we think that the ruralcounties will show strong majorities for the milk mar-keting act, and that may count heavily in favor of suchI gisl tion some time in the futur .

UDr. Eben Mumford left monuments that will live for

a long, long time. Every time a county agriculturalagent starts his work in Michigan it recalls the part Dr.Mumford had in setting up the system here in 1912 andas its I ader for ten years. Whenever an wherever aFa m Bureau meets or carries on a project in Michigan,ther again Dr. Mumford c n be recalled as one of thefounders of the organization. When the MichiganCountry Life Association convenes, I if one will lookback, he will see Dr. Mumford as one of the foundersand as one of the workers throughout the years. This

n mad many contribu ions to the advancement ofMich' g n agriculture as. a way of life during the manyy ars he was among us. .

These words were spoken by Dr. Newell A. McCune,pastor of the People's church at Michigan State College.

h s xpress d the r gar in which Dr. Mumford wash ld by all who knew him.

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Director for MichiganNATIONAL GROUP MEETSAT CHICAGO, DEC. 6

The program for the Eighth AnnualConvention of the Associated Women,to he held Decemb r 6 and 7 in theHotel Sherman, Chicago, has beenbu ilt around the central theme of"Our Faith." In this period of worldconflict, this program has been de-signed to bring the hearts and mindsof farm people ever closer to the spir-itual values Lich underlie the prin-ciples of democracy for which we arefighting.

The Regional Public Speaking Con-tests will be h ld Sunday morning at10: 00 o'clock. A luncheon will bgiven for Voting Delegates at 12: 00noon, at which special guests to thomeeting will J presented, An infor-mal speaking program at the lunch-eon will cover various phases of thewar effort.

The afternoon session on Sundaywill open at 3: 00 o'clock, with thecontest to determine the nationalpublic speaking champion. Highlight01 the session will be the address byGovernor Harold E. Stassen of Minne-sota whose topic is "Faith of ourFathers."

The program continues throughIonday, Dec, 7, and adjourns for the.Ii'.I3.F. sessions starting Dec. 8.One of the major projects of the

Associated Women for the last fewmonths has been a campaign for con-tributions to aid the patient ChineseV opl s. In view of this project, par-ticular. interest will center in the ad-dress at this session of Liang-mo-Liu,representative of United China Relief,who will speak on "China's Struggleand Second 'World War."

Sam MichelsonSam 'Michelson, 35, for the past six

years manager of the Grand Blanc Co-operat.ive IElevator Company, died Oc-tober 211 after a period of ill healthextending for many months, Mr. Mich-elson was long an employe of theGrand Blanc Elev.ator, When FarmBureau IServices, Inc., assumed itsgeneral management, he was promot-ed to manager. He was a very capableyoung man and well liked.

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Harry 'CoombsHarry Coombs, well known to Farm

Bureau audiences in .Miohigan for thepast ,1;5 years died October 19 at hishome rut Crawfordsville, Indiana, Mr.Coombs represented Ithe TennesseeCopper & Chemical Company, manu-Ifacturers of 'Farm Bureau fertilizers.A good live stock and grain farmer inIndiana, Mr. Coombs was a welcomespeaker at Farm 'Bureau and co-opass'n meetings. He was an enthus-iastic member of the Farm 'Bureau' inIndiana. He preached good farm cropproduction practices and 'F1arm Bur-eau with equal fervor and at the sametime. People liked Harry 'Coombs andhe liked people.

Penniesncle Sam wants our pennies. If

very family put as many as 10penni s back into circulation, thezoverurnent could accumulate 1,000tons of vital copper for war produc-tion, according to Mrs. ellie TaylorRoss, director of t.he U. S. Mint.

$-1. 0 up $3.1)0 UI) $' .OU

Garages and all nig-ht parking lot s arc convoi i nt to thesewhich arc ull 10C'lt 11 in the enter of downtown .anslug.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR MAKING RESERVATIONSMake them an soon as posslbte l Vrite dlr cf 'to the hotel of yourchoke for reservations. \Vh n ror-erv lng rooms, indicate .who is tooccupy the r om and for what nights. For exumple, Mr. and Mrs.J. Sm ith. 'Or, Wil liarn Burns & Arthur Town. Give date of arrival.R gister at your hotel immedia tely 011 arrlval or telephone hotel youare in town in order to protect your reser ration. It is best to registerand get your room. '

WEDN ESDAY, November 11-For information regarding rooms, FarmBureau ( inner tickets, etc., call at embership Relations Department,'Stat Farm Bureau, 221 North Cedar. t., Lansing. 'I'elephone 21-27l.THURSDAY, Nov mber 12-FOl' information, room service, dinnertlek ts, tc., call at the desks in lobby of convention hall, Fairchlldt1 eatre, New Auditorium, Michigan State College, E t Lansing.

ROOMS IN PRIVATE RESIDENCESThe Michigan State Farm Bureau has a limited list of private resi-dences in Lansing, and a few in East Lansing, where overnightlodgings can be had. The usual rate is $1.00 per person per night'" here two persons occupy t he room, Single occupancy of a room 'isusually $l,GO per night. Se Membership Relations Dep't, as statedabove,

TICKETS FOR FARM BUREAU'S ANNUAt:. DINNERTo res I've tickets for the annual Farm Bureau dinner and programThursday evening, November 12, please ... nd cash with order forticket reservations at $1.00 per ticket to Membership Relations Dep't,221 North Cedar St., Lansing, ichigan. Or getl tickets soon. afterarrival. No tickets can be held unless paid for.

Beuna Vista Farm Bureau IRe~al! Ski le'd 'HelpFred Miller spoke in behalf of the 8,000 men have beon withdrawn

milk control act at a meeting held from army camps to resume underbefore lection. Hjmry Don and Joe f. . '. , '. ,Altscheffel expluined the war chest urlough then oceupa IOns as nuners,drive, Next meeting will be held at and skille1 help in factOl:ie$, and es-Harding school, Indian town. sential war jndustriesn

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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1942 MICHIGAN FARM NEWS

BEFOREGASRATIONINGCounty Farm Bureaus Are

Setting Up MembershipCampaigns for '43

Critics •WI• rmers

NOW is the time to be planningthe Farm Bureau membership roll callor membership campaign for winteror early spring of 1943. Quite anumber of Michigan County FarmBureaus are setting up their cam-paign organizations and to be readybefore gas rationing starts November22. Others have plans made for anearlier than usual membership rollcall.

The goal for 1943 is 20,000 familiesas paid-up and active members of theMichigan Farm Bureau organizationby April 1, 1943. Following are briefreports from some County Farm Bu-reaus regarding their coming cam-paigns for additional members:District 1-Wesley Hawley, DistrictRepresentative

Benzie, Leelanau & Grand Traversecounties of the Northwestern Mich-igan Farm Bureau will conduct theirmembership roll call campaign theweek of Dec. 7 through CommunityFarm Bureaus. Chairmen are: Gd.Traverse, Wm. W. Goble, TraverseCity; Leelanau, Oscar Shugart, Tra-verse City, Benzie, Jay Robothan,Beulah.

Mason County Farm Bureau's goalfor 1943 is 525 members. It will con-duct the campaign the week of Jan-uary 18.

Antrim, Charlevoix & Kalkaskacounties in Tri-County Farm Bureauhave a goal of 160 members and willconduct their campaign the week ofJanuary H.Dist. 2-Dan Reed, DistrictRepresentative

Newaygo county goal is 375 mem-bers. Campaign the second week inJanuary.

Oceana goal 375. Will emphasizerecent work of the Farm Bureau inbehalf of farmers in the price ceilinglegislation.

Muskegon county is working on itscampaign arrangements.Dist. 4-C. F. Openlander, DistrictRepresentative

Clinton goal for 1943 is 500 fam-ilies, Don Smith of Ovid is campaignmanager.

Gratiot goal 475. Harry Johnsonof St. Louis is campaign manager.

Montcalm goal 175. John Ranger,Sheridan, campaign manager.

Ionia goal 460. Campaign commit-tee, Harold Curtis & Louis Ring.Manager to be named later.Dist. 5-Fred Reimer, DistrictRepresentative

Bay has 3 campaign managers todivide job according to gas rationingconditions. Now organizing townshipcaptains and te 1IlS.

Sagina w .goal 1,400. Township cap-tains being selected.

Huron and Tuscola are working ontheir arrangements.Dist. 7-Eugene Smaltz, DistrictRepresentative

Eaton, Ingham and ShiawasseeCounty Farm Bureaus will take thestory of the Farm Bureau's work in1942 to every farmer.Dist. 10-Everett Young, DistrictRepresentative

Barry goal 465 members. Mrs. War-ren Bolton, Hastings, campaign man-ager.

Branch goal 906 members. GeroHimebaugh, Bronson, membershipchairman.

Calhoun goal 650. Campaign man-ager to be announced later.

Kalamazoo goal 485, Dale Kirkland,Galesburg, campaign manager.Diat. 11-Ray Smalley, DistrictRepresentative

Hillsdale goal 400. Campaign to beoperated by community Farm Bureausand township organizations. Firstcounty wide meeting Nov. 18 atHillsdale 4-H club building. Speaker,Jack Yaeger. Campaign in mid-January.

A 25% increase in membership isthe goal for other counties in thisdistrict: Lenawee, Monroe, Jackson,Washtenaw, Livingston, Oakland, Ma-comb and Wayne.

District 6, central counties of theThumb, and District 9, southwesternMichigan counties, have yet to report.

Danger signals on the homefront-farm auction sales in thefall. Congressional and admini-stration leaders who fought agri-culture's demand for inclusion offarm labor costs in the farm parityprice ceilings under the anti-infla-tion bill, are getting the farmers'answer. It is farm auction notices.They appear as newspaper adver-tisements. Auction bills are tack-ed on buildings, fences, poles,shade trees.

Financially unable to competewith war industries for labor,farmers are adjusting their opera-tions via the auction sale route.

Upper "picture shows farmersstudying offerings. Lower picturewas taken as neighbors, unable tobuy new equipment, competed fora binder at an auction.

-Photos courtesy of

~rges Farming BeKuled War Industry

.(Continued from page one.)limited supply of farm labor willautomatically force farm wages up tocompetrtive levels.Farm Subsidies Are Wrong

With respect to farm price ceilings,it has been suggested that pr ice ceil-ings on certain farm commodities bekept low in order to keep food pricesdown, and that the Government paysubsidies to producers of such com-modities to supplement the price re-ceived in the market place. I am cer-tain that farmers are strongly oppos-ed to such procedure for the reasonthat retail food prices are lower, inrelation to industrial wages, than theyhave been for 30 years.

If the Government undertakes topay subsidies as indicated above, suchsubsidies are in reality subsidies tothe consumer, and yet the public wouldconsider them subsidies to the farmer.If consumers were to become accus-tomed to food prices kept low throughgovernment subsidy during the war,they would be certain to demand con-tinuation of subsidies after the war.It would be hard to resist such de-mand, particularly if wages droppedto lower levels. To inaugurate sucha program now would be to establisha very dangerous precedent. Con-gress has attempted for ten years toassure parity prices to the farmer,and it has been generally agreed thatparity prices are fair prices; and yetnow, when the public is better able topay parity prices for food and fiberthan ever before, the suggestion ismade that farm prices be deliberatelykept below parity in the interest ofthe consuming public. I earnestlyhope that the Government will notembark upon any such program, be-cause it is wrong in principle.Farmers Want Law Applied

It has been suggested also that farmprice ceilings be lowered by the

amount of Soil Conservation payments '=~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~land other government payments on reach commodity. I submit that theAnti-Inflation Law hitherto referredto does not authorize such procedure.but does plainly direct that no ceilingbe imposed on farm commodities orcommodities processed from farmcommodities, which shall return tothe producer less than the parity price0:' such commodity or the highestmarket price of such commodity be-tween January 1, 1942, and September15, 1942, whichever is higher. [atur-ally, farmers believe that the mandateof the law should be fuijy carried out.

In considering the problem of main-taining adequate production on thefarms of this country, we are dealingwith hard economic facts-not withtheory. I submit that in any realisticJapproach to the problem our supremeobiecttve should be to arrive at a pricewhich will secure adequate produc-tion. Farmers are willing to make

any sacrifice required to WIll this warbut if they are denied prices whichwill enable them to secure the laborthat is absolutely essential to ade-Iquate production, then production is'bound to be curtailed. All that farm-ers themselves and their wives andsmall children can do will not beenough-they must have additionallabor if they are to meet their pro-duction goals for 1943.

I offer these suggestions for yourearnest consideration.

Sincerely yours,Edward A. O'Neal, President

American Farm Bureau Federation.

In Australia l1heyCall it Motor Spirits

Bert Baker, a Lansing young mannow with the U. S. forces in Austra-lia, has written home some of his ob-servations on his new surroundings.

"Farmers here plow very shallowbecause of a grass like quack grass.They work their soil well to destroythe grass, then seed. By the timethe grass rallies, the crop has agood start. The soil is very fertile.Cabbage, carrots and fruits grow toenormous size and still retain goodfla vors. There are very few barns inthis vicinity. Grains are stacked.

"Kangaroos are quite plentiful.The army uses kangaroo leather. Itis a fine leather and takes a patentleather shine. Ostrich leather is ofeven finer quality, but it is ratherscarce.

"The greater part of the peopletra vel by train as many of the roadsare unimproved. Automobiles hereare equipped with a charcoal devicethat makes gas for the motor. Gaso-line is used mostly for war purposesand is known as "motor spirits.""Tires are spelled as "tyres", restau-rants are always "tea rooms" andour USO's of the States are "CheerUp Shops."

"American made cars are not asplentiful as foreign makes. Theyare mostly old models, as far backas 1920, and all are in excellent con-dition!

"P ople are friendly and treat uskindly. They realize that in this vastountry with only 7,000,000 people in

it, that more men are needed to de-fend it from invasion."

EASTMAN ACCEPTFARM GROUP'S AICo-op Leaders Will Advise

ODT on Handling FarmTransportation

Chairman Eastman of the Office ofDefense Transportation at Washing-ton has recognized the National Com-mittee on Transportation of the na-tion's farm organizations as an ad-visory group and as spokesman forthe farmer. The recognition wasgiven at a conference October 28 be-tween Chairman Eastman and C. L.Brody, chairman of the committee,and others of the aDT and the farmorganizations committee. Presentrules on farm truck transpoi·tationinclude recommendations and modifi-cations suggested by the farm com-mittee. The committee representsthe Farm Bureau, Grange, FarmersUnion, and several thousand farmco-operatives affiliated with the Na-tional Council of Farmer Co-opera-tives.

Salt For' HensHave you salted the hens this week?

Salt water has been found helpful inpreventing cannibalism. For one day'swatering per week, add salt at therate of one tablespoonful per gallon.

Presidents of theAmerican Farm Bureau

Four men have headed the Ameri-can Farm Bureau Federation since itwas organized in 1920. The nationalpresidents and their terms of office:

1920-22James R. Howard of Iowa. Mr. How-

ard is now living on his farm inIowa, is active as a member, and at-tends the natdonal Farm Bureau con-ventions.

1922-25Oscar E. Bradfute 'Of Ohio. Mr.

Bradfute died several years aftercompleting his work as president of,the Farm Bureau.

1925--31Sam Thompson of Illinois. Mr.

Thompson resigned to take an ap-,pointment to the Federal Farm Board,whIch was succeeded by the Ali. Mr.Thompson is living at his old 'homeat Quincy, Ill. He attended the 1941annual meeting of ,the AFBF.

1931-Edward A. O'Neal of Alabama. Mr.

O'Neal was re-elected for his sixthtwo year term at the 1941 convention.

There are more than 1,500 railroadtunnels in the United States, with atotal length of 320 miles.

MICHIGAN STATE FARM BUREAU ANNUAL MEETING

Pre-Convention M'eetingsAt Michigan Stat~ College. Wednesday, November 11

REGISTRATION & INFORMATION DESKM.S.C. UNION BLDG. LOBBY

This Meeting from 10:00 a. m. to 4:00 p, m,Membership Relations Group Union Bldg., Spartan Room, 4th 11001'

These Meetings from 1:00 p, m. to 4:00 p. m,Associated Women Program Org. Rooms 1 & 2, 3rd floor UnionFruit, Vegetables & Potatoes 19 Forestry Bldg.Grain, Sugar Beets, Beans 202 Psychology Bldg.Live Stock and \Vool.. 112 ew AuditoriumMilk and Creameries 116 1 ew AuditoriumPoultry and Eggs · H8 Agricultural Bldg.

En tel' Room 117

Luncheon for above groups 12: 15 noon, Union Bldg., Ballroom

Beef Cattle FeedingBeef cattle feeding is no get-rich-

quick method of farming, but it isene way to double money if done pro-perly. A carload of feeder calves will,grow into two carloads in about 6 to8 months time,

Modern Canning Plant ComesFrom Simple Beginnings

ot So Long Ago

How long have we employed can-ning as a method for preserving food?

icolas Appert, a confectioner inParis, discovered in 1809 the art of •preserving perishable foods in sealedglass containers. He won a prize of12,000 francs offered by the Frenchgovernment to anyone developing asuccessful method for preserving food.Soon after the publication of Appert'sprinciples, Peter Durand, an English-man, conceived the idea of using tin-coated steel containers instead ofglass. He got a patent on the ideain 1 10. At that time tin cans wereknown as canisters and were usedonly for packing tea. With thesedevelopments it wasn't long betorecanning was on a commercial basis.

Commercial canning came to trueUnited States in 1819. By 1 21 win.iam Underwood of Boston was expo t-ing canned or preserved fruits toSouth America. He is credited withbeing the first to can tomatoes. IS2LacWinslow, a sea captain of Ma! neundertook the canning of sweet cornin 1839 but did not achieve sutttctentsuccess to warrant applying for a, pa-tent until 1 53.

By 1860 commercial canneries werewell establi hed in many parts of theUnited States. Canneries in Califor-nia packed fruit for shipment to east-ern ports by boat. The Civil war andthe needs of the Union armies increas-ed the output of commercially cannedgoods six times.

The first cans were made by hand.An expert tinker could make about60 in a day. In 1847 a machine wasinvented to stamp out can bod' s. otuntil 1885 did the whole can makingprocess become the product of anautomatic machine. Today a singlecan making unit will produce about300 cans a minute.

The first speeding up process incooking of goods already in the cancame in 1 61 when a canner in Balti-more added common salt to water toraise its boiling point. That reducedthe time for cooking. Cooking understeam pressure and at higher temp-eratures for speed was first develop-ed by another generation of the Ap-perts. It came to the United States in1874. Many developments followed inthis field.

Today practically every operationin the modern canning factory is doneby automatic machines, so synchron-ized one with the other, that the can-ning process is continuous. Within anhour from their delivery many pro-ducts have travelled through all theprocesses of the modern cannery andare canned and packed away in thewarehouse.

Most new passenger cars are from75 to 85 feet in length.

The reductions amount to 10% to 50 % of pre-vailing rates on some coverages. Our lower ratesare in accordance with our anticipation of differentdriving conditions under the 35 mile an hour speedlimit and gas rationing.

Wide Use of GasolinPower ••• Proves Big Fac or in

"Harvest Heard RouDThe challenge of producing farmproducts for a world at war hasbeen more than met. This year'sbumper harvest is a tribute to theability and spirit of the men whoare responsible for feeding ournation and its allies.

According to many farmers, thefact that they switched to gasolinepower played an important part inthe successful completion of thistremendous task. An abundance ofgasoline for tractor use-and ashortage of distillate-promptedthousands to switch to gasoline,with the result that great gainswere made in total tractor power.

Where gasoline was used in lowcompression tractors, only a fewsimple engine adjustments wereneeded to get up to 12% morepower. And by changing over tohigh compression when they hadtheir tractors overhauled, manyfarmers found that their tractorsdelivered as much as 30% morepower! This extra power helpedthem cover more acres in less time,produce bigger and more profitablecrops in fewer tractor hours.

Oil is ammunition - use it wisely IBecause it eliminates wastefulcrankcase dilution, gasoline saveslubricating oil-vast quantities ofwhich are needed by the armedforces. Tractor manufacturers rec-ognize the fact that gasoline cutsoil consumption and recommendlonger periods of service between oilchanges when gasoline is used.

Fewer repairs with gasolineGasoline not only delivers morepower and saves oil, but increasesthe life of vital tractor parts. Thisfact was demonstrated again inrecent engineering tests where twoidentical tractors were run for 1384hours in the laboratory and 2064hours in the field -3448 hours total.

DISTillATE

DISTILLATE

At the end of the tests the dis-tillate-burning tractor showed135% more wear on pistons, 112%more wear on crankshaft journalsand 133 % more wear on crank pins.

Aim for greater power in '43Many farmers who ran low com-pression tractors on gasoline in1942 are planning to convert themto high compression when theyare overhauled. Little or no morematerial is required than for anordinary overhaul-and high com-pression gives the full power ofgasoline. If you have a low com-pression tractor that needs an over-haul, be sure to check with yourtractor dealer now r~g rd ing a(change-over" job this fall. Ethyl

Corporation, Chrysler Building,New York City, manu- ~J '0facturer of antiknock ,,,~-, ~'"fluid used by oil com- • I., -: •

. to· •pames Improve gas- tit ~ ~

1· ~''''''' ~o me. •. G'~rIH6 •

State Farm t I

uto Insur n e ~•State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company annou cimmediate reductions in rates effective as of November 1, 1942

We believe that our rate reduction equals or xceeds thsavings to policyholders announced by any oth r company.You now get the most insurance protection at much morereasonable costs in State Farm Mutual, the world's larg stautomobile casualty company.

DRIVE SAFELY and "'(ARRY I~SU~NC~·THAT WILL ;.pROTECT -YOUR INTEREST.S,

STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTO U- __I__ -

Bloomington, IllinoisMICIDGAN STATE FARM BUREA U. State Agent, Lanscing, Michigan

70,000 POLICYHOLDERS IN MICHIGANLOCAL AGENTS IN 350 MICHIGAN COmMU IT

Large Organizatioigbt rs Assures

Community

of Firethe

By D. L. RUNNELL.~'Agr'l EclUo-r of Ora d Rapids Press

The most co-operative town in Am-erica-HamUton-ha the most co-op-erative fire department in the nation.A,ll the qulprn nt is 0 ned and con-troll d by farrnera-e-the Hamilton

arm Bureau. But the equipment ismann d and operated jointly by farm-rs and townspeople.

The Hamilton Farm Bureau firedepartment will answer calls any-where in Hamilton or in the com-munity where the co-operative's 800patron-stockholders own and operatefarms. Day or night there is some-one on duty at the Farm Bureau toreceive fire calls. In the daytime theoffice staff receive the calls andBOunds the alarm; at night the FarmBureau watchman is on the job.

'larrns are sounded by a siren onthe garage and by a uniform signalover the local telephone exchange.

The Farm Bureau fire departmentb almost a many men on it payroll-all volunteer -a many cities100 time larger than the unincorpor-ated village of Hamilton. It boastsone chi and seven asststan ts, and101 f.Iremen. Andrew G. Lohman,Far Bureau manager, said thereare five to eight men for every job80 that if some men are absent therealways will be someone available toman the outfits and direct the fire-.tigbting.Buys Pumper From Holland

Henry Nyenhuis, a grocer, is chief.His seven ssistants are Harold Dan-gremond, Joseph Hagelskamp, RayMaatman, Postmaster Herman Nyhof,

red Johnson, \Edward Miskotlen andJacob Eding.

The equipment is stored in thearm Bureau garage where the co-op-

erative's mechanics keep the motorstuned and ready for action.

Th bIg pumper, purchased fromthe city of Holland for 650, is equip-p d wHh chemical and water tanksto fight small fires, but is capable ofsupplying a large stream of water

Ith plenty or pre sure when thereare big blazes to fight. For villagefires the pumper will be run to thebank of Rabbit river where it willpump water through a pipe to hydr-ants located near the Farm Bureaubuildings. The co-operative operatesa dozen different types of ,plants, rang-ing from ,eed and fertilizer mills topoultry and egg-packing plants. Sixhundred feet of fire hose will take:wat r to any of these structures.

Be ides the pumper the Farm Bur-eau owns a home-made hook-and-lad-del' 'truck equipped with ladders,buckets, chemical tanks and a 600-

allon water tank. Wherever theequipment goes it carries 00 gallonof water. If the blaze cannot be ex-tinguished with chemicals, water im-mediately is available. The driversare all famtliar ith the community

nd know the location of each farmand home

The Farm Bureau has suggestedthe villagers arrange to provide largeunder round reservoirs in differentparts 0 the to n for use in emer-gencies, Most of the business sectionof the mage c' n b reached from theriver or Ithe 'Farm Bureau hydrant.

Farmer-patrons consider the fireequipment one of the best investmentsthe Farm Bu eau ever made. Mostfarmers in the state and nation restuneasily, knowing their propertiesare at .che mercy of fire. 'But in theHamilton section {,ire protection isonly a few minutes aw y dependingon the 1 n th of ru from town tothe farm in response to telephonecalls. The .Farrn Bureau has askedunderwriters to reduce insuranceates on it t ckholders' !prop rttes.

It e pects the equipment to pay forittself many time ov r n lower in-uran r tes nd reduced fire losses.

per cent of the mashrain f d to the layingan 0% of 11 birdsreplaced the tollow-

The fir.e department in Hamilton, All gan county, is farmer-owned, farmer-controlled and farmer-merchantoperated. The Hamilton Farm Bureau, a farmers' co-operative, bought the pumper shown in the upper viewfrom the city of Holland while the hook and ladder truck in the lower picture was built in the Farm Bureaugarage. HE RY YEH IS, grocer, standing on running hoard of pumper, is fire chief. FLOYD KAPER,Farm Bureau garage manager, is at the steering Wheel, while JOH E. ELZI GA, Farm Bureau bookkeeperand assistant manager, is seated be id the driver. Other fir m n on the pumper, left to right, are HENRYVAN DOOR I K, manager of Farm Bur au hardware store; H RVEY SCHIPPER, Farm Bur au bookkeeper;A. G. LOHMA , Farm Bureau manager; HERMA YHOF, po trnaster aud assistant fire chief; HAROLDDANGREMO D, garage owner and assistant fire chief, and FRBD JOHNSON, oil station operator. Thed partment stands ready to answer fire calls anywhere in Hamilton and the area Where the Farm Bureau'sstockholders operate farms.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1942

A -ERIC "s vast minIng resources are be-ing worked to the limit. .But with alltheir production, millions of tons oradditional meta are needed this year tosupply our arsenalS or war. To getthem we mu t d·g into our "mines aboveground." We m st salvage every poundor scrap metal ea find around rhomes, farme, factories and I yards.

Throughout the nation-wide BeD Sys-tem, all sera metal is collected., day byday;, baled and shipped to refineries.There e pert scrap-metal men rtvariou kind of metal .n 0 parat bins.Melted and refined in roaring furnaces,the metal comes out in the form or bare

Producing Enough Milk toFloat U. S. Fleet; Have

Some Problems, Too

Over 250 memb 1'S of the BarryCounty Farm Bureau and the Hast-ing Chamb r of Commerce met to-g ther at the so ond annual rural-urban be nquet, held at the Hastings

del F Hows Hall, [onday evening,ov mber" 2nd.Dean Ern st L. nthony, of the

Hchigan State College school of ag-riculture took issue with the recentharges that the farm r has been ask-

ing for "the last pound of flesh" andthat he is a selfish, greedy, unpatrioticcitizen.Farmer Saying It With Food

D an Anthony said that the pressin reporting the great production ofwar mat rials by industry had over-look d the gigantic production recordsof agrt ulture.

To give the audience a picture ofthe great volume of agricultural com-modities produced last year. Mr. An-thony said American dairy herds gaveenough milk to float the entire UnitedStates fleet; the beef and hog farm-ers produced enough meat to pave anine-lane highway, one inch thick,from New York to Los Angeles;poultrymen contributed enough eggsto reach the moon and back. Lastyear the American farmer increasedhis volume over the year before from10 to 15 per cent.Conditions May Change

Shortage of several food items willbe a reality during the coming year.Because the consumer has read somuch in the papers about the agri-cultural surpluses in the last decade,it is hard for him to understand whythere should be any scarclty now.

Farmers should not be blamed forth shortages in farm labor, machin-ery and fertilizer which may cut theirproduction in some crops considerably,The American people as a wholeshould recognize these difficulties andshould attempt to be helpful in work-ing out posstble solutions. .

Too many urban people with ruralbackgrounds think of agriculture asthey knew it when tney were "backon the farm" 25 to 30 years ago.Farming has become a specializedbusiness with the same problems oflabor, depreciation of equipment, in-terest on investment, and other costs,that the ordinary business man mustconsider, if he is to stay in business.

The average American farmer issomewhat older than he was a fewyears ago due to the movement ofthe rural youth to the cities. Be-cause the Michigan farmer has work-ed 60 hours a week and more, hegets tired and somewhat disillusionedwhen he sees his city friend still .onthe 40-hour week.Farmer and His Organizations

It has been so many times saidthat the farm bloc does not representthe American farmer, but was thetool of powerful groups of lobbyists.Dean Anthony was very emphatic insaying that the Farm Bureau andother farm organizations do repre-sent hundreds of thousands of farm-ers, and that the farm leaders hadbeen attacked so violently becausethey do represent so many farmers.

All that the organized Americanfarmer has been asking for at Wash-ington is parity, simply defined bythe Dean as: "An equal chance withother economic groups". He closed

the address with the app al to theurban group to try to better under-stand the problems of agriculture, togive the farmer cr dit for his pa-triotic effort to feed the world, andto r {rain from calling the Americanfarm l' the modern Shylock.

Those serving on the committeesfor th two groups w re: Stuart

lem nt, Vernon Webster, LeonYoung, and Harold Foster for thFarm Bureau. The Chamber (If Com-merce committee was con P ...•00 ofD rnard P ck, Abe Van Til, Clare

I Ie, and Roman Fel pauch.

of this picture, if we close his factorydown, we h ve de troy d the basicsource four conomy of plenty fromwhich our hope of a distribution ofplenty may come true."

FROM ENGLANDint restingly enough, whileof me rica are fighting for

on ideration of their Pl:ob-lem ,n. " Judson, Brbtish ministerof agriculture, is recognizing the prob-lem as' it per ins to EllgH 11 tillersof the soil. aid he in an address tothe Parliament, "Farmers must see toit that equipment does not rust, thatthe land does not fall back, that thofarmer and his workers earn a r a on-able return for their labor and theirrisk. 'I'lris means that the nationmust be prepared to pay a fair priceto the producer of food. There hasbeen a tendency in recent years prac-tically everywhere to exploit agricul-ture for the ,benefit of industrial andcommercial interests. It is bad econ-omics as well as bad philosophy and'bad ethics."

FOR HOWI FARMHI W

much other machinery; repairs andupkeep on all the ,farm buildings; notto mention labor, fertilizer. threshing,taxes, insurance, interest and manyother items. These had to be paid be-fore the farmer had anything left forhimself.

the present time than they were in1941. October forecasts for 1942 pre-dict a net income of approximately$300 a farm more than in 194;1. Thiswould make a net of about $1505, or$29 a week. This increase is the re~suit of somewhat higher prices, and asestimated 11'2percent higher total pro-duction than in 1941. With less laboravailable it is likely that farmers willvork about 70 hours a week as an av-erage this year, and earn about thesame per hour as in 19<41.

While there has ,been much in thepapers about farm prices, the seriousproblems are, (1) "!How can maxi-mum food produotion be obtained in1943?" and (2) "What prices arenecessary to make it possible to dothe job?" Agricultural production in1942 is likely to exceed all previousrecords. Weather conditions were ex-ceptionally good, resulting in highyields. Large numbers of livestockwere on hand along with plentifulfeed supplies. But demands for foodproducts have 'been so great that thsdomestic supply per capita may bebelow normal.

In 1943 it is quite possible that agri-cultural production will not be solarge. Less farm labor will be avail-able and farmers themselves, who av-erage over 50 years 'Old, may be tiredout from the pace of 70 hours a weekthis year. Farm machinery will bein poorer condition, and coatinuedcrop yields considerably above aver-ag cannot be exp cted. And less milkand eggs may ,be produced if farmerskeep fower cows and hens because ofthe labor shortage. It mu t be re-membered that farm production hasto be planned and merely workingmo e hour on the farm does not nec-essarily m n more good products.That depends upon the acres of cropsplanted and the yields, the number ofcow, sow and hens kept and theirproduction per head. Adequate roo-tfor our armed forces, our Allies andAmerical consumer can only be pro-vided if farmers have the labor, equip-ment, and u plies needed, andreceive uch prices as will make pos-sible full-capacity op ration.

Behind the Wheel(C, ntlnu d from ,,"laze l.)

"The farmer is not re ponslble forthat disturbing situation. Those incharge of the machinery of conscrip-tion should have displayed sounderjudgment.

FACTa CO,...CEALED"But that's water over tbe dam. The

farmer is confronting a condition, nota. theory. The price he receives formost of his crops are 'belo.w "parity"-a fact concealed by most of .the pap-ers. ,Some Qf his crops are abov ~"parity" but, taking it by and large,he is far from being a profiteer.

"Those who handle the farmers'crops are 'the real profiteers. Theyneither sow nor reap, but they pocketthe greater portion of the "consumeradollar". Propagandists of the pressand the radio have nothing to sayabout them.

"There is real danger that thou-sands of farmers will be forced ou t ofbusiness. Th3Jt would 'be a disaster,because while our country can get.along without newspaper columnistsor radio commentators, it can't getalong without the farmer. In fact,the Iboy on the Ifiring line, the farmerand the industrial worker constttutethe INVINlOIiBLE TIRINIT'Y which'will eventually pull Uncle Sam out ofthe slough of despond.

"So "Dhe Labor News refuses to addto the torrent of abuse which has beenrolling over the farmer. We believehe is entitled to a fair return on hislabor. That is rwhat we have asked torother workers. We do not believe thefarmer should be satisfied with Jess."

BUSINESS ATTITUDEBusiness and industry, as far as

we could determine, also took oppos-ing viewpoints on the matter. The Na-tional Manufacturer's Association sid-ed with those opposing the farmers'viewpoint. The National Chamber of'Commerce sided with Ithe farmers. Itsyoung, Il'beral Presiderrt Eric John-son, called his agricultural committeetogether at the time of the legislativebattle in Washington and endorsedthe stand taken by the farm organiza-:ltion leaders.

Liberty Magazine, one of the fewnot to jump on .the farmers, said edi-torially, "H is high time business menof America and wage earners of Am-erica come to a better understandingwith the farmers of America. For ourfarm production is the base of ourgreat economic triangle which must.have equal value on its three sides... If we crowd him (the farmer) out

1943 Dairy ProductionDepends on Farm Help

'Michigan dairy farmers continue to'pour milk into the flow of war mater-ials ,but if the loss O>f help to industryand the armed forces continues, themilking of cows on the average dairyfarm will 'be reduced in 19'43 as muchas 30 per cent from the present level.

Th3Jt is the deduction obtained byEarl 'Weaver and J. G. Hays of theMichigan State College dairy hus-.bandrv depar-tment after a survey of'two 'typical groups of IMichigan dairy-men.

Ten per cent more cows are Ibeingmilked than a year ago. If no morehelp such as hired hands or membersof families leave these farms, about15 per cent more cows rw lll 'be milkedin 1943.

Since Jan. 1, 19,42, about one manto each three' farms has left to enterthe armed forces or to work in indus-try.

DEAD ANIM LSCOST MONEY

COPPER SULPHATENICOTINE SULPHAT~

IN TABLET FORM

Millions of sheep have beentreated this easy and sote way.

The Average in MichiganFrom $23 to $29 Per

Week

How much were the e farm expen-Is ses? This information is not available

for the various states. For the UnitedStates as a whole, however, they av-eraged two-thirds of the total incomein 1941, according to the Departmentof griculture. Farm account recordsin ichigan indicate that' such a per-centage would be about right forMichigan. IOn this basis, the farmer'spay for his labor, manag ment andrisk was about one-third of the totalincome, or $664 for 1941.

The above amount, however, 'Wasfor less than full-time employment, asmany farmers pent some time work-ing ort.ot their farm for pay. orrect-ing for this gives an average incomeof about $805 per full-time farmer forhis labor, management and risk in1941. ot-with-standing this low fig-ure of about $16 a week this was over50 percent higher than the averageof the four years preceding

'Many people attempt to compareearnings of 'farmers with those of cityworkers. This is nearly: impossible todo with any degree of accuracy, as do-ing 50 involves a number of estimatesor adjustments. Farmers get some oftheir living at wholesale prices, rath-er than all at retail, then there aresome things that cost Ifarmers more.

ot only that, but farmers are morethan laborers, they are cap ital ists aswell and have certain ri ks that manyity workers do not have. An attempt

has been made, however, to makesome of these adju tments in the 1941farm earnings.$23 a VVeek in 19411

Getting the farm produce used a"'i rholesale or farm prices would prob-ably mean a saving, or an additionalearning of about 200 per Iarm. Thenthere is the matter of house rent. tpre ent rental rates, housing the ram-'ly cost les in the country. Howmuch is hard to say. Perhaps an-other $200 difference. Adjusting forthe o dHferences would increase thefarmer's net return for his labor,management and risk approximately

400. For 1941, then, thi would be120 , or about $23 a week.

farmers work an averaze ofabout 60 hours a week, they earnedappro. imat Iy 40 cent au hour. Thii • of course, an average figure. Someof the more succe ful farmers woulddo better than this and other wouldnot do as well.$29 a VVeek for 1942

V riou fi r h b n quoted onhow much higher farm incomes are at

Rates Dairy FeedsMichigan dairymen can select

grains on an economy ba is, sincete t indicate pound for pound uchgrains a corn, corn and cob, barley,rye, wheat and oats are about equalin feeding value for dairy cows. Simi-larly high protein supplements verylittle in feeding value. Pound for poundabout the arne value is obtained infeeding dairy cattle soybean oilmeal.soy Ibeans, cottonseed meal, corn glu-ten meal, or lin eed meal. Half asvaluable are cull beans which shouldbe coal' ely ground,

Only one tablet is a dose--WORM-I-CIDE TABLETS cost lessper sheep.

See Drug &. Farm Supply Dealers

By K. T. WRIGHT

Farm Management Section

Michigan State College

Much has been written regardingparity prices for farm products inrecent weeks. There have been vari-ous statements about how much thecost of living rwould rise if farmerswere allowed 112 instead of 100 per-cent of parity prices. Many writershave given Ithe definite idea thatfarmers were more concerned withgetting their share of the nationalincome than they were in makingtheir best contribution toward win-ning of the war. Most of these writ-ers, however, seemed to have littleidea of just how much money farmersare making or the connection betweenfarm prices and needed agriculturalproduction.

How much money do farmers reallymake? There are many difficultie in-volved in answering that question.But an att mpt ha been made tgather together all the informationavailable on income and expenses onMichigan farms so that a general ideacould be gained of average farm earn-ings in this state.$1,992 Average Total Income

Total cash farm incomefarmers in ichigan a reported bythe U. is. Department of griculturewas 308 million dollars for 1941. Howmuch 'was that per farm? ccordingto the 1940 United tate Cen us,there rwere 1 7,5 9 farm in '. Ii hig n.

ssuming the same number in 1941,total co. h income averaged $1,612 perfarm. Farmer 0.1 0 ba ve milk, egg ,meat, vegetable, wood, and the likefrom their farm for their own u e.

ccording to the U.. D .. the e itemshad a rai m value of •..00, farm in19 1 in thi t teo There i al 0 themat'ter of use of the farm home. Farmhomes have an e timated averagevalue of about 11500, nd an annu 1r ntal valu f appro ·imately 150a year. 0, on the ba i of the abovecalculations, there wa abou t 1.992ot 1 in orne per farm in ~Itchtgan

in 1941.Op ra ing Expenses Come Out

But, thi wa n net income!Farmer had many expen e in oper-ating their farm. There were uchthin a fe d for he live t ck; fu I,r pair and up ceep 011 the tractor and

FarmBureau• PLOWS • HARVESTING MACHINERY• HARROWS • TILLAGE TOOLS

They're Getting Harder To Buy-Inspect Your, Equipment Nowl

See YOur Farm Bureau Dealer for Replacement.

• MOU TAl 5 o/1Hded temp metal eoDle in to be reelalmed al theNo•••• SfRell'" and RefinJR«' Co., Western Eleclrie • .,bAdiary.

and billets - aluminum for planes -copper for shells and wire - bronze forthe propellers of fighting ships. In theBell System's assau, Long Island, refin-ery alone, more than forty million poundsor vitally needed non-ferrous metals arreclaimed yearly.

* * *Get in the scrap! Search your premisesfor unused and discarded metal-rubber-raglr-and turn them in to your localsalvage committee or junkman. Yourscrap i8 needed OW.

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SATURDAV, NOVEMBER 7, 1942 • MICHIGAN FARM NEWS

aCongress. letter from Congr essm nEngel said that he tood by the far l-ei S in th ir fight. His action wacommended.SOUTH THORNAPPLE-Barry

We gave 2.00 to the Red Oros tohelp provide overs a kits for our1oys. The use of a Red Cro s bankwas explained and w will ha e onat our meetings in the future. Con-trihutions for the R d Cross will b.welcome.NORTHEAST -Hillsdale

This group went on record a op- Pre. s rel a es tate that trccttvopos d to selling beer and other liquors September 17, farm machinci y ma beill army camps. The s cretary was ld 011lyunder th t rms of a temper-instructed to write letters to this f- ary order is sued by laude R. Wick-fect to Senators Bro nand Vanden- ard, Secretary r \gri ulturo.burg and Representative Paul hater. The regulations provide for the cs-CARRS-Mason

\Ve had a masquerade tabli hing of county rationin com-mittees. Get in touch with your A \ACans Community Hall on Hallo eenChairman for purchase cer ttflcr tesnight to rais enough money to buy

a piano for the hall. Committees and further information.were: Dance-S arle Barnette, Al Fallm ma hin ry and equ,ipment iCorey, Henry Ab 1, Victor ...filler, John cla Hied into th so thr e groups byTyndall. Decorattve-s-Plor nce ew- the temporary plan:man, Eli Tyndall, John Hold n, Em- ....-rlFarmmach in s vitally es eutialma Illler, Le tel' Flank. Refresh- to urrent agricultural ne dsments-e-Pear l Locke, Agatha Barn tte, and which may not be sold byVera Tyndall, Millie Frank, Ila Ab Is, a deal l' unl 5S the farmer 11:1

Leo LaPointe. Advertising-Julie Cos- obtained a purchase certificatsette, P. arl Corey, Joe Co sett, al- flrom his county rationing com-tel' Lock . mittee.SODUS-Berrien B~Farm machin ry and qulpment

Harry Case suggested, that th not in the fir t group j vhlch mayFarm Bureau members help Irs. Ar- e sold UPOll certification hy th .thur Lange pick the rest of their farmer to his d al r 01U't thoapples, as ... r: Lange has be nick all equipm nt is e. s nt ial f r cur-summer, and is still not able to wonk. rent agricultural productionThe men agreed to go thin the n xt needs.two days. C-Items such as some hand tools

The qualifications of Community and the small r horsedrawnFarm Bureau officers were thoroughly equipment which may he solddiscussed. We agreed that they without restriction.should: Attend all the m etings, be Typ s of machinery falling in theinterested in the work, and do their group A-include b et lifters, com-work well. Those that are willing bin s, corn pi kers, disc harrows, f r-to study should be re- lected. tilizer spread rs, grain drills, limSOUTH LINCOLN-Isabella spreader, manure spread rs, mill

We believe that we as f rrners havethe Farm Bureau and other farm cooler, milking mach in s, potato di -

gel'S, and tractors, including gard ngroups known as the Farm Bloc tothank for the r cognition of arm tractors.labor costs in the anti-inflation bill. Group B-Includes most other farmWe .reel that the Farm Bureau has quipment and machin ry.heen more forceful this past year Group C-Hoos, rakes, forks, cyth-than ever before. es, shovels and all hand-operated andEAST L:ELAND-L:.eelanau one and two-her -drawn farm ma-

Five minutes was allotted to Eunice chinery and quipment not in ludedKahrs for l' creation, followed by the in Group A.Action Committee's report. This was Purchasers of Group A equipment,submitted in the form of a discussion, it is said, must turn in replaced equip-led by H. Waterman, with the group ment and agree to rent or loan thedivid d into three parts. After twen- new machinery on sp cified t I'm andty minutes the three groups reported conditions. Applicants refused cer tl-their conclusions. Some of the mem- fication may appeal to the state farmbel'S expressed a liking for this type war board, and if necessary, to theot report from the action committee. secretary of agriculture .CENTRAL HURON-Huron ecretary Wickard said the farm r

The minutes of the last meeting wanting mew rna hinery will he re-was interrupted about half way quired to show that I is PI" nt quip-through by the Huron county surprise ment is inad quate to handl hi pro-"blackout". The half hour was spent J duction, that he cannot me thisin discussion. equipment needs by repairing existingNORT.H HASTINGS-Barry quipment, by purchasing or renting

Motton made by Ray Haywood and used equipment, by cus om work, orseco~ded by Warren Bolton that each other means, to obtain a purchase cer-family pledge to get a new member. tT tCarried. I ICa:e.

. . The farmer must also show thatFor recreatton, Mrs. Haywood trted fatl t hi I' ti '11

some "Common Scents". mpty bot- ai ure . 0 approve IS,app rca I~n w~tles which had contained common result ~n a substantIal. ~'eductlOn ,Inhousehold liquids were passed around ~roductlOn of commodttles essentialto see how many odors we could re- m, the wa,r ef~ort, and that the ma-ogntse. We found that none of us chm~ry WIll ~l~e better than a:erage

were perfect in the "Common cents." service for simtlar equipment m theV ICKSB U RG-Kalamazoo -----------.;---'-------- ..•.....---.,-~,....;...~---"---:-~

Ierr itt Harper suggested that aFarm Bureau Co-op again be broughtup for di cuss ion. Many farmers, eventhose not members of the group, de-sire access to such a store because ofthe reliability of the products.

The chair appointed a committeeto investigate the possibilities of alocal store. During the discussionWalter Weinberg spoke favorablyabout the Three River's Co-op andsuggested that the committee mightlike to learn more about that organ-ization.ARCHIE-Northwest Michigan

The group approved a gift of $5.00to the committee in charge of theChristmas gifts for the boys in ser-vice from the peninsula. Minutes ofth orthwest- Michigan Farm Bur-eau board meeting were read. A let-ter from Ernest MaCarthy recom-mended that we hold extra meetingsthroughout the year and invite inthe Junior Farm Bureau, membersand high school senio 8 in order tohelp keep the J. F. B. functioning.BURLI NGTON-R ICH-Lal'eer

Discussion followed on contents ofthe county secretary's letter. Themeting was aIled to order by thechairman and all members were askedwhat idea they had that would makeour group meetings more interesting.Everyone had the same idea in mind,that we should set a time to start andclose our meetings. They had beencarried on too late, needed more pepand a little more time for recreationand social part in the program.

THE EB. ond. HELP MAKE FARM HISTORY!

Farty County Groups Have2,000 Young People As

Members

By EUGENE ,,1. 8J1.t1LTZ1cmbershilJ R lations & Bduration.

OSH:rEMO COMMUNITY GROUP-Kalamazoo

Kalamazoo county planned a boothfor the county fair showing theamounts and kinds of food used byone person in a year. Stella Buck-bam asked for certain canned fruitsas our part in the display. Thibooth proved very interesting andeducational.CLARKSTON DISCUSSIONFORU M-Oakland

\V sent a r solution to send toReaders' Digest protesting their pub-lishing only one side of the MichiganMilk question. Mr. Beckman andMrs. Stickney drafted the resolution.METAMORA GROUP-Lapeer

We discussed new things in farm-ing under the year's theme, "Agri-cultural Planning in a War Year".

We are on the threshold of newopportunities for feeding the world.Potatoes are being powdered. Theproduct is being talked of in terms01 millions of pounds. Pork and beefare to be processed in similar ways,Transportation without much bulkis the aim. Wha is true of these pro-ducts will also be true of other pro-ducts. We should plan crops andmarketing for a shortage of man-power.IRA-St. Clair

The discussion 1 ad r, Earl Grate,informed us on the stand the variouscontestants for state offices were tak-ing on matters pertaining to agricul-ture. He also read the voting recordof senators and representatives fromthis district on major farm 1 gtsla-tion in the past two years. 'I'he im-portant topics discussed at the meet-ings of the Action Committees werealso presented to the group.SOUTH LINCOLN-Isabella

It was decided to follow the Statetopics for discussion with the follow-ing topics:

1. Milk prices, etc.2. Good soil management.3. Prevention of farm fires.4. Woodlot management and conser-

vation.5. Labor shortage.6. Pooling of machinery

in neighborhood.7. Butter and its substitutes .8. Weed control.9. County Agricultural Fair .

10. Hospitalization.BATAVIA-Brarch

Mr. Bollegraf whomany gave a grand and interestingtalk, using Hitler and Germany as histopic. Mr. Bollegraf then gave a fewwords in appreciation of this country.Questions were asked by all, and an"swered by Mr. Bollegraf.LAPEER-Lapeer

Laurence Leach, Susie and IsabelKraker gave a report on their trip to~Yaldenwoods. They had a grandtime and learned more about farmco-operatives and their work.SOUTHWEST OAKLAND-Oakland

Discussion leader Pittinger out-lined the purposes of discussion andthe duties of the officers of the organ-ization. He said discussion leadersshould seek the wisdom of Solomonand the patience of Job.SOUTH WHEELER-Gratiot

Loyd Hearn, discussion leader, led.a discus ion on the qualifications ofofficers. The group discussed the ideaof having a band.ELBA COMMUNITY-Gratiot

The discussion leader introducedthe matters to be voted on in ovem-bel'. There was much comment onthe Farm Bureau's work on the farmprice ceiling bill at Washington. Onemember said he never had so muchsatisfaction from $5 as his Farm Bur-eau membership is giving him now.WEBSTER COMMUNITY-Washtenaw

This group resolved that farmerscould do with mail delivery every;other day, except at peak seasons such[LSChristmas, for the duration of thewar, if this would effect sufficient sav-ing in tires and gas and relieve somecarriers for defense work.ARCADIA-Lapeer

\Vays and means of insuring thepost war economic safety of farmerswere discussed. Some suggestionswere-to control production, to workshorter hours, put floor under pricecontrol, that a plan be worked outwhereby all farm products would bereleased through a central agency, sothat we may control pric and stopthem from dropping too much afterthe war.

Arcadia group favors a return toslow time.WEST JEFFERSON-Hillsdale

Each member was asked to contactanother person, who did not under-stand the Milk Marketing amendmentand explain the matter in the interestof a "yes" vote. Another motion wasmade that the publicity chairmanwrite letters to the "Letter Box" ofthe Detroit ews and to the "Voice ofthe People" of the Free Press expre -Ing views of the Farm Bureau groupon the milk marketing act referen-dum. Motion carried.SUMMIT·PERE MARQUETTE-Mason

Letters were read from Senatorsrown and Vandenburg replying to

telegrams sent by the group in therecent farm price ceiling fight n

Trifle~ make perfec ion, and p r-fection is no trifle. Michael Angelo. .

The annual convention of the Mich-igan State Junior Farm Bureau, beingheld at Micaigan State College, N0-

vember 7, brings to a close the 7thyear of Junior Farm Bureau. 350young people from 40 counties areto meet at the Music building toreview the past year's work and tolay plans for 1943.

There are many uncertainities be-fore young people on the farms, butthe Junior Farm Bureau looks for-ward with confidence to another year.The young people acknowledge thatto maintain the organization will notbe easy.Active in Senior Groups

The past year has seen notable ac-complishments on the part of theJunior Farm Bureau. Many of theyoung people have assumed consid-erable responsibility in Senior FarmBureau work in membership cam-paigns, Community Farm Bureausand many other activities of theFarm Bureau program.

Many of the Junior Farm Bureauslost as many as half their member-ship to the armed foroes and yet eachcounty organization met these diffi-culties with new members. Time andagain a presjdent would be electedonly to serve a couple of months be- BAYfore being taken into the armed Plans were made recently for our SAGINAWservices. To some extent the average 1 97th . to 100th meetings. The wheat At the Senior Farm Bureau picnicage level of the Junior Farm Bureau committee reported that we had gath- held a year ago, the Saginaw Countyhas dropped. ered $135 in donations Junior Farm Bureau raffled a Hoi-wFar ActJivitles A Stella Schmidt and Bernard Phen- stein calf Which, was won by Betty

rom anuary to pril of this year . D 1 4 H$1 500 d b J . .mger are delegates to our state con- aye, a - member. This year an-, . was earne y umor groups, vention. ot her Holstein calf was won by a

and m Jnly the army was presented " .with a lRed Cross Ambulance. The The. Jumor-Semor box SOCIal was lucky 4-H member, Max Kleinfeld.Junior .Farm Bureau is now engaged set for November 11. Both 4-H members entered their calfin raising funds to purchase a $10000 Al Jrrhnson was re-elected regional at the Saginaw county fair in 1942.War Bond by means of "a bushel of director for the coming year. Joyce Betty Dayle's calf was grand cham-wheat per farmer" campaign. Krabbe of Saginaw will be the repre- pion, and Max Kleinfeld's calf wasCar1l1:ls.' ,I .« sentative of region 10 at the conven- awarded fourth place.

As .part of the Farm Bureau pro- tion Tall Talkers Contest. Along came the wheat drive. The'gram 42 young people .attended the BE RRlEN starter was the Senior Farm BureauMid-West Leadership Training Con- Berrien County Junior Farm Bur- picnic. The Juniors furnished theirference at Madison, Wisconsin, in eau enjoyed a Halloween party Mon- sl.are of entertainment by offering

.July, In spite of the shortage of farm day evening, October 26, at the Ber- excitement when about twelve chick-labor and tbe press of farm .w?rk the rien Center town hall. Games appro- ens were turned loose. Each chickenusual two weeks of. camp training was priate to the occasion were the en. caught was worth a certain amount~ngage~ in with outstanding success. tertainment of the evening. ill war savings stamps. A wild scram-.m additlon four week end or overnight At the h t b . ti ble was entered into by all. The.' . e s or usmess mee mg con-SOhQO~Bwere held wl~h the varrous vention plans were discussed. Ray- truck for wheat filled rapidly, each

. counties being responsible for all the d D Wltt t f th senior member doing his share. The.arrangements of these schools. As is mon . e I gave a rep or 0 e

C t I tt d state council meeting held October 24 quota was not quite reached at thisus omary many young peop e a en - ,. picnic d th t d

ed the ltiil: caW Fa-I'm Bureau Con- at Michigan State College. Norris I an e coun y was canvassevention in Chicago last winter and Young reported upon the activities with the result that the Saginaw Jun-

'will do so again this year. ' regarding the wheat drive. ior Farm Bureau went over theirMany Junior Farm Bureaua :have Officers for the coming years are: quota in a big way. A victory meet-

anticipated the gasoline and tire President, Raymond DeWitt; vice ing was held at the home of Heleneshortage and have reorganized the president, LeRoy -Hetler ; secretary- Ruthig.county' group into community groups, treasurer, June Norris; publicity ST. JOSEPH·so that no one will have to travel chairman, Dorothy Bittner. Outgoing The S1. Joseph County Junior Farm.more than five miles to attend a meet- efflcers are Harold Steinke, Robert Bureau members held a dance inIng. Tillstrom, Betty Young Christner, and Findley recently.Organization Program Flor~nce French. The party was attended by a large

The Michigan State Farm Bureau KALAMAZOO crowd, with visitors from Calhounnow has as part of its program the Kalamazoo County Junior Farm and Kalamazoo counties.Junior Farm Bureau in 40 counties. Bureau's new officers are: President, A district business meeting wasTbere are approximately 2,000 young Robert Brown; vice president, WH-· held, when Robert Smith of Branchpeople who attend the bi-monthly or lard Frost; secretary, 'Margaret county was nominated as regional di-monthly meetings of these county Pease'; treasurer, Clark Mowery; pub- rector, and Charles Pancake of Kala-groups. Each county builds its own licity chairman, Esther Brown. We mazoo, as alternate.

.program, anticipating the needs of .tts are wor'king on the wheat project.membership for the year to come and OCEANAth~ type ~f program that is. best October 13, Ben Hennink and Dan-SUIted for ItS members. In practically iel Reed District Director met withevery county the County Farm Bureau' ,has invited the Junior Farm Bureau the .old and new officers of t.h~ Oceanato have a representative on the Board Jum?r Farm Bureau: Retlrmg pres-

. of Directors that the young people ident; Clinton Hallack; ne:v.president,might have the opportunity of further Henry Fischer, accompamed by Mrs.developing their leadership in Senior Fischer; recreational director, Ger-responsibilities. trude Clark; vice president, Glenn

'I'rommater ; secretary and treasurer,Harryetta Sha..w. Mr. Hennink sug-gested activities for this fall's pro-gram.

Our new officers were installed Oct-ober 15: Miss Lorna Fetters waselected publicity chairman to takethe place of Mercile Brickey, who hasmoved to Muskegon. Miss JuanitaSlocum gave a report on the weekshe spent at Waldenwoods, the StateJunior Farm Bureau camp. The posst-bility of holding a week end camp

, with Mason county was discussed. Thecommittee of Mrs. Henry Fischer, Ce-cil Kerr and Emery Smith, who pre-pared exhibits at the Oceana CountyFair, reported prizes in the amount of$10.30 which is to be used in the StateJunior Farm Bureau bond purchase.

WASHTENAWWe held our first meeting October

13 at which time the county srounwas divided into community groups.These groups are North Lake, AnnArbor, and Saline. President AlbertGall appointed a chairman for eachgroup. They are respectively RobertGilbert, Katrene Boyce and AlbertGall.

On October 22 the Senior FarmBureau bad its annual sweet ciderand doughnut dunking party withthe Junior Farm Bureau members fur-nishing the refreshments and pro-gram. .A.. reading was given by, DonSmith and a musical number was fur-nished by Wilma Weber.

October 27 Katrene Boyce reportedthe Council meeting at Lansing. Dele-gates elected to attend State Juniorconvention Nov. 7 are: KatreneBoyce, Lillian Haas and Ray McCalla.

LIVE .STOCKONE OF NATl N'S~FlRSI5 TIES'Employs Mpre People Than

Any Other; Pirst forFarm Income

figures of the total value of livestock01 livestock products and immediatelyvisualizes the. American farmer get-ting rich off the consumer. This isfar from the truth. In a recent year,the income to Michigan farmers frombeef cattle was 23,190,000, from hogs$15,681,000, from sheep $4,828,000,from wool $1,446,000, a total incomeof $45,145,000, from these animals.

When we divide this sum up amongthe number of farmers engaged intheir production, we find their incomefrom these products was less than$300 per farm. Any large figurewhich you may see on the value of anagricultural product, when brokendown - on a per farm basis, yields toeach producer and his family a rathersmall sum.

Milk Bottle andCans Free dE Tax

'Ilhe ichigan supreme court basruled that the state sales tax boardhas been rong in collecting salestax or use tax on milk cans and milkbottles. The Farm Bureau and othersargued that milk cans were a part ofagricultural production and the in-dustrial processing of milk. Thesales tax board said .no. The courtsaid yes. That's the way it willbe from here on.

Hatcheries Can Meet'43 Dema d for Chicks

;Michtigan's share in 'producing the200 million extra chickens suggestedas an aid in bolstering the nation'smeat supplies can easdly be obtainedfrom the '427 commercial hateheriesin the state, according to Ray Conolly,field manager of the C\1icbigan StatePoultry Improv ment sociation.

The 427 hatcheri can set 14,334,-'100 eggs at a time. ormally the hat-cheries obtain a G4 per cent hatch andutilize the egg setting capacity 2.73times during the season. That resultsin a normal season's run of sltgh tlymore than 25 million Ibaby chicks, ac-cording to 'Conolly's survey.

Reimer and OatsFred Reimer, Farm Bureau repre-

sentative for Saginaw and Bay coun-ties, produced 855 bushels of Huronoats on 100 acres this season. Hecredits the Huron variety of oats,Farm Bureau fertilizer, good land,and himself. He made the decisionsand did the work.

Mecosta County in 1901Fred Harger, supervisor of Farm

Bureau branch stores and .elevators,recalls that in 1901 Mecosta countywas the second potato producing coun-ty in the state. Each year farmersplanted a new piece of ground topotatoes. He recalls some whoppingyields per farm in those days.

1,200 saw mills operate in lch-igan.Telephones are now used for the Railroads in 1942 are turning out

transmission of train orders over 1% tim s as many ton-miles of rrerghtnearly 150,000 miles of railroad while tr ansportatlon service as in the peakthe telegraph 1s used on 83,000 miles. traffic year of the first World War.

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INEXPENSIVE cone ete· prove-ments can work wonders in

helping fanners step up war foodproduction.

What are your needs? Maybeone of the improvements shownhere. Or a new manure pit, dairy

, barn or poulP7 house floor.Firesafe, long-lasting concrete

improvements are easy to build-just a few bags of cement, somesand and gravel or stone.

Concrete farm lobs lequirem;"imum.' ,itical war materialsDo the work yourself or ask yourcement dealer for names of con-crete contractors. We will send freeplan sketches if you will check thecoupon, paste it on a po tcard andmail today.

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BUY WAR SAVINGS STAMPSAND BONDS

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a DoBackground Material for Discussion inBy our Community Farm Bureau

ny }J(J{JBNR A. MAIJTZMcmlJfm,hs'fJ Relations &: Etlucatio n.

Here's the Story of InflationControl in a Nutshell

While inflation is hard to define,we know h'at it mean. -and weknow its after-effects. We know thatif price and wages start increasinglike they do when we have inflation,ome p ople have it easier becaus

they can pay up debts or save money,hut other people cet pinched becausethey may not get their share of theincreased income, but are sure toshare in the iner ased cost 'Of living.

lost important, though, is the ne dfor avoiding such depre: ions as wehad in the early 1930's when the bot-tom went out of ever y'thing. It i ~th is depression - or deflationaryperiod- that makes all of us fear In-flation, since one follows the other assur ly as day follows night

There are two thing that are es-sential to inflation control-properlegislation and co-operation. In somemeasures f control, co-operation isthe only assurance of success, suchas the purchase of war bonds and pay-ing off debts. Others, such as ration-ing, stabilization of wag s and farmprices, increased taxes and price con-trol m asures call for proper legtsla-tion plus co-operatton and understand-ing on the part of the people.

Farm pi ices under the new pricecontrol act provid that price ceil-ings shall be established at parity orthe highest price received by pro-ducers between January 1 and Sep-tember 15, 1942. Consideration must~)e given increased labor or othercosts incurred since January 1. Loanswill be made at the rate of 90 per centof parity.What is Inflation?

A farmer at a discussion meetingat which this topic was discussed, de-fin d it as follows:

"If you were to take your tire tothe garage and start blowing it up,and it k pt getting bigger and biggeruntil it went 'bang', then I guess thatwould be inflation.

Maybe that's th best way it can bedescr-ibed. Ernest Hemingway goesfurther. lIe says:

"The first panacea for a misman-aged nation is inflation of the cur-l' ncy; th second is war. Both bringa t mporary prosperity; both bring ap rmanent ruin. But, both are therefuge of political and economic op-portunists."

That's broader, but about the samething. To most of us who haven'tthe words at our command to xpressexactly what we mean when we sayinflation, it means high prices, a cheapdollar, high costs of living, and, mostof all, trouble.Are We Afraid of Inflation?

Of course we are,-but why?Well in the first place, may'be our

prices don't go up as fast as the pricesof th things we have to buy. Or may-he we'll be one of those unfortunateswho do not get the benefit of the high-er prices but get the full effect of thehigher costs of the things we haveto buy, lik the small farmer, or theproducer of crops that bring relative-ly low prices, such as wheat, corn,cotton, etc.

Of course, there's the other side ofthe picture that we can't ignore whenwe're talking about inflation, andthat's the fact that debts can be paidwith this "cheap" money we have-t hat is, we can pay our debts easieri'f we're getttng two dollars for some-thing that should only bring a dollarbecause the debt dollar remains sta-tionary.

So, maybe this matter of inflationdo sn't scare us 0 much after all.Again, ar we afraid of inflation,v.•••hatever inflation is?Or Is It Deflation?

Maybe the fact that we have an un-e. plainable fear of inflation is due tothe deflation that follows. Maybe it'sth "bang" of the inflated tire thats ares us. Let's just look back intohistory a few years.

Farm rs have learned from bitterexperience that the cost of short-lived11igh prices is many years of 10 ~pi-tc s. Worse yet, the price of thingsfa rmers buy does not follow downnc rly as close as they follow up.

'rhus, farmers, as a group, pay dear-ly for their short and false prosperity.For ampl during the early '30's

ou nownswers may be found in the material for Discussion

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SPEAKING of CHAMPION l?RODUCERS,-

MICHIGAN "ARM NEWS

1941 to 117 billion dollar in 1942.Farm income will have increa ed toapproximately 1 billion dollar in1942. Indu trial laborer' will receivean e timated 70 billion dollar. Witha limited supply of go d I it i appar-ent that the income of all roup mu t

be tabilized in some manner 0 thatour total national income does not be-come so great that our purchasingpower greatly exceed the good andervices available and makes control

of inflation lmpo ilble.It is Plain to be een that Iarmers

with a 15 billion dollar income play animportant part in ere ting a ne d forcontrol. It is al 0 evident that laborwith a 70 billi n dollar income play.a greater role in the inflation control.Just an example. 50 per cent in-crease in farm income would be ap-proximal 1y the same as a 1 per centincrea e in labor income.

The ational War Labor Board hasused what i known 'as the "LittleSteel Formula" in stabilizing wagesThe 'Little te 1 Formula" provid sthat wages shall be adju ted from theJanuary 1, 1942 level 'in the same pro-portion that the cost of living has in-creased since that date. On the aver-age, that means about a 15 percent increase. Violations of this rul-ing have be n quite frequently madeto hold workers on their jobs.7 Fronts in the War on Inflation

There are seven major ways inwhich inflation is being checkedthrough voluntary co-operation andleg! lation. Each of these has a direct bearing on each and every oneof us. They are contained in Presi-dent Roosevelt's addres of April 27,outlining his plans to stablize the co tof living. They are:1. Tax heavily, and in that process

keep personal and corporate prof-its at a reasonable rate, the word'reasonable' being defined at a lowlevel.

2. "Fix ceilings on the prices whichconsumers, retailers, wholesalersand manufacturers pay for thethings they buy; and ceilings onrents for dwellings in all areasaffected by war industries.

3. "Stahilize the remuneration re-ceived by individuals for theirwork.

4. "Stabilize the prices received bygrowers for the products of theirlands.

5. "Encourage all citizens to con-tribu te to the cost of winning thiswar by purchasing War Bonds

prices paid by farmers (includinginterest and taxes) dropped from 160per cent of the base period (1910-14)ftverage in 1930 to 122 per cent in1932 . . . a total drop of 38 points.But, during that same period, pricesreceived by the farmer for his prod-ucts decreased from 126 per cent in1930 to 65 per cent in 1932 ... a drop,01 61 points.

As a matter of fact, in August,11941 for the first time in over 20years prices received by the farmershowed a tendency to average morethan the prices paid by the farmer.(See Professor R. V. Gunn's story,"Are Farm Prices the Reason forRise in Cost of Living" in the Octo-ber issue of the Michigan Farm

ews.)In plain terms, the farmers were

"behind the eight ball" for 20 yearsto pay for the four years of aboveparity prices enjoyed during theWorld War 1.

Vivid memories of the last depres-sion keeps farmers fully aware ofthe dangers of the aftermath of in-flation. The early '30's depression leftan indelible impression through itsforced auction sales, farms' lostthrough mortgage sales, low valuedfarm land, increasing debts and manyother distressing conditions not in-eluded in a "dollars and cents" meas-uring-stick, such as demoralized peo-ple, run down buildings and fences,wasted land, wasted food, low livingstandards, etc.

The number of transfers of farmreal estate, due to financial distress,increased in Michigan from 25 trans-fers per 1,000 farms in 1919 to 217transfers in 1933. Michigan's totalcash farm income dropped from 268million dollars in 1929 to 129 milliondollars in 1932.

Michigan's total farm indebtednessit-creased from an average of 127 mil-lion dollars during the base period(1910-14) to 204 million dollars in1932. This was not a gradual in-Cl ease, however, the peak of Michi-gun's farm indebtedness being reachedin 1923 with 252 million dollars totalat the end of the most prosperous per-iod in America's agriculture. In 1940Michigan's farm indebtedness totalled174 million dollars. Recent surveysby the Farm Management Departmentof the Michigan State College indi-cates that farmers in Michigan arepaying off' their farm indebtednesswith the dollars that are coming morefrequently due to record-breaking pro-duction and more favorable prlces.What Can We Do About Inflation?

As pointed out in Professor R. V.Gunn's folder, "Controlling the Costot Living", the stage is now set forinflation. Prof. Gunn suggests severalthings that must be done if inflationis check d.

He points out that the federal gov-ernment has begun an extensive pro-gram of pr ice corrtrol in an attemptto check the rising prices. Price

owledgebout Inflation?

Groups.}YES NOo 0o 0o 0o 0o 0o 0o 0o 0o 0

Inflation means good times for everybody.2. Farm 1 ar primarily responsible for inflation.

Inflation may be ch ck d by price control.1 • afraid of lnflatton ?an we PI' v nt another depression?h uld farm prices b controlled?hould lndu trial ag rat s be controlled?

I' not pay in their debts.a t, farm prices cannot go above parity.

p c to pay much heavier tao es, incen. thin to do with their profits.

n . r ttend your ommunity Farmion m ttng.)

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control, however, is not deemed thesolution to the problem. Rationingstabilization of wages, stabilization offarm prices, higher taxes, purchas-ing of war bonds and payment ofd bts are other methods of checkingthe inflationary spiral caused by hav-ing a national purchasing powerwhich exceeds the value of the goodsand services available.

We are familiar with most of thesemeasures and can readily recognizethe manner in which they affect us,with perhaps the possible exceptionof price control measures and stabili-zation of prices paid to industrialworkers. These two variable factorshave a v ry direct influence on infla-tion and must be controlled effectivelyif inflation is kept from running ram-pant.What About the Price Control Law?

The original emergency price con-trol act approved by the President onJanuary 30 of this year authorizedceilings on farm prices but at not lessthan 1-10per cent of parity. OPA reg-ulations issued on April 28 exemptedmost raw farm products from any def-inite price ceiling. Only milk andcream, pork, beef, canned, frozen anddried fruits and vegetables were in-cluded. The admtnlstratton, as 'Wellas certain labor and consumer inter-ests, protested the rastr'ictions ,placedupon the lower limits for farm priceceilings, claiming that present andpossible farm prices were Jflajor fact-ors threatening to increase the costof living.

The amended price control act ap-proved on 0 tober 2 removed the l.10per cent of pArity restriction and sub-

tituted 'therefore either 100 per centof p rity or the highest price receivedby producers between January 1 andSeptemlber 15, 1942. On the next day,October 3, new OM regulations wereissued, placing temporary maximumprices on milk products, eggs, poul-try, mutton, white potatoes, canned ci-trous fruits and juices, fresh citrousfruits, flour, onions, dry beans, peasand lentils, corn-mea'! and hominy.The ceiling on prices for those pro-ducts is to be the highest price charg-ed ,by the seller during the period Sep-tember 28 to October 2, 1~42. Theseparticular ceilings are temporary andapply only for a 60-dalY period-untilDecember 1.

It is also to be noticed in this a-mended price control act that the"parity" formula is to remain as be-fore and was not changed to includefarm labor costs as farm organiza-tion and "farm bloc" representativeshad d man ded, The new act, how-ever, does direct that in determiningmaximum prices consideration begiven to increased Iabor or other costsincurred since January 1, 11941. An-other feature of the amended act isthat the Oommodity Credit Corpora-tion is authorized to make loans onbasic commodities at the rate of 90per cent of parity instead of 85 percent as was formerly the situation.Thus, price floors to farmers are auto-matically increased.Stabilization of Wages?

Jndu trial wages are to be controll-ed under the new Of,fice of Economic

tablizati n by the ational Wal'Labor Board. The WlJB is directedby the new price control law to freezevages at the rates prevailing on Sep-tember 15, 1942, unless adjustmentsare nece sary to correct inequa1itiesor to add the effective prosecution ofthe war.

better picture of just how import-ant this matter of controlling wage!';is can be seen by looking at the na-tional income figures for 1942. Ourincome nationally for all groups hasincreased from 92 billion dollars in

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1942 .

the scratch grain and wheat shouldnot comprise more than 40 per cent ofthe rna h.

with their earnings instead of Wheat For Hensusing tho e earn ing to buy arti-cle which are not essential.

G. "Ration all sehttal ommoditiesof which there is a scarcity, sothat they may be distributed fair-ly among COIl umers and 110tmer ly in accordance with finan-cial ahillty to pay high pric s forth m.

7. "'Discourage credit and install-ment buying, and en ourage thepaying off of debts, mortgages andother obligations; for this pro-motes savings, retards excessivebuying and' adds to the amountavailable to the creditors for thepurcha of War Donds."

Means Perservation of the 4Freedoms

Ch eking inflation means checkinganother post-war depres ion.

It means we all may enjoy the fourfr doms for which the nited Na-tions are waging a global war.

1. Freedom of speech.2. Freedom of r Iiglon.3. Fre dom from want.4. Freedom from fear.Inflation can be checked if you and

I do our part in our own homes andfarms.

Every good farmer wars on waste •in fi ld, barn or shop.

eedProteinVitamins, Minerals

How much wheat can a laying henus e in h r daily diet? Increa d useof wheat has followed release of gov-

rnment stor d supplies. ccordmgto Otis h ar, poultry extension sp c-ial i t at M. . C., a hen ought not tog t more than 60 per c nt wheat in

trawb rry plants should be mulch-d before hard freezing weather.

WKAR MONDAY ROUNDTABLEFOR NOVEMBER

TIME 1:00 to 1:30 p. rn,TUNE 870 on your dial

Theme: Anti-Inflation lVIeasures-A study of what causes inflation, theproblems involved and measures forits control.

ovember 2-The President's 7-potnt program for controlling infla-tion.

November 9-Price control as itpertains to commodities and services.

ovember 16-Price control as itpertains to farm prices.

ovember 23-Anti-Inflation meas-ures as they affect wages and salar-ies.

November 30-Taxation and itsability to check inflation.

Feed for PulletsIs Important

Feed prices are high. 'Good pulletsand hens are valuable 'property. Nofeed should be wasted on poor hensor pullets. Especially when poultryis bringing good prices. Feed well and

Ray Conolly, poultry editor of theMichigan Farmer, wrote recently."Egg size is inherited, but feedingplays an important part in egg size,especially the feed used in developingpullets." Don't slight the pullets.

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MICHIG N GROWN TIMOTHY SEED(Timothy bought subject to our test for germination)

nd representative . ample of youreed. 'rake some from each bag.

We will qnot yon on amp], on a cleaned basis or on esti-mated hrink. If you want some of cleaned seed returned foryour 11 e, we'll do that.

FOR BIDS

Let Us Clean Your SeedHAVE YOUR SEED CLEANED NOW ... No seed will be receivedfor cleaning after December 20, 1942, at the Farm Bureau Services'seed cleaning department in Lansing.

SURE KILL Rat and Mouse BaitsWe have two of the greatest rat and mouse getters that have ev~rbeen put on the market.1. If you have cats, dogs or other pets, we advise using ourCO-OP RAT BAIT. Follow directions and you'll get results. Soldin 15c, 25c, 50c and $1.00 size packages.2. If you have no pets, use our KIL-BALM. It is sure death toany rodent or pet that drinks it, and rats and mice fight to consumeit. Sold in two sizes-6 oz. for 50c, 16 oz. for $1.00.

Order Your Hybrid Seed Corn NowYour Farm Bureau Dealer can supply you with the followinghybrid corns:

:MICIIIGAN GRO\VN 24-B, 25-B,36-B, 51-B and M-15, bu .

$750 KINGSCROST

$700 $7~~OHIO GRO\YN K-23, IVI-15,1\1-20, K-24 and VV-17, bu .

Buyat Farm Bu r e e u Stores and (o.op Ass'ns

and all the good roughagethey can eat!

(Don't Forget to Salt Them-Give Them Plenty of WaterJ

MILK MAKERS ..•24 % or 34 % Protein Concentrate

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AVE these vitally needed minerals, such as: manganese, colbalt, copper, Iron, cal-cium and phosphorous added to their formulas.

MILKMAKERS NOW CARRY IRRADIATED YEAST to supply Vitamin-D, the sunshine vitamin.There are 4,000,000 units of Vitamin-D in every pound of Irradiated Yeast.

MILKMAKERS CARRY THE NECESSARY PROTEINS from Linseed Meal, GlutenMeal, Corn Distillers Grains, Cottonseed Meal, Corn Distillers Grains, Cottonseedalso carry cane molasses. This sums up to the fact that MILMAK'ER is the MODERNdairy ration. It should help maintain health, productionare open formula for the dairyman who wants tomoney. Write for our open formula feed booklets.

and profit ... MILKMAKERSknow what he is getting for his

Do You Want Eggs?MERMADE BALA CER 37%

ette $188. 72 Egg Profit in 10 Months!Mrs. J. S. Engle got 12,240 eggs (1020 dozen) from 75 pullets in the last ten months. 163eggs per pullet. The value of the eggs was $ 284.72 subtracting the cost of the feed of$96.00 it gave Mrs. Engle a profit of $188.72 for her labor.

HERE'S THE RATION SHE USED-YOU CAN USE IT TOO!100 Ibs. Farm Bureau MERMADE BALANCER 37%200 Ibs. Ground Barley (use corn if you have it)150 Ibs. Ground Oats100 lbs. Ground Wheat plus 1~ lbs. (1,000 A-400 D)

Fortified Feeding Oil. Oats and barley fed as scratch.

*Write for formulas using MERMADE BALANCER 37% Protein. Our 20% Broiler Ration grows the finest broilers.

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