. Vol . .36, o. 12 36th Year Publi h d

FarmDECEMBER 1, 1958

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EDITORIALFull Opportunity jor Farm People

CLARK L. BRODYCounsel on Public Affairs for Michigan Farm Bureau

718 delegates from 70 County Farm Bureausparticipated in the 39th annual meeting of theMichigan Farm Bureau November 11-12. It wasan impressive scene.

The delegates expressed a strong sense of self-reliance when they said:

"We stand for full opportunity for farm peopleto apply their individual initiative and resourceful-ness in meeting the rapid changes in agriculture andrural communities.

"Progrese and a satisfactory standard of livingcannot be attained by resisting inevitable changesin agriculture. Farm people must have freedom of

, choice in making their own decisions to take ad-vantage of new opportunities. We speak as agri-cultural producers, but primarily as citizens. tt '

My mind went back to our first meeting at Mich-igan Agricultural College February 4, 1919. About170 forward-looking farmers from 57 independentCounty Farm Bureaus met while attending FarmersWeek to organize the Michigan Farm Bureau. Wewanted to better co-ordinate county relations andjoin our efforts to improve unsatisfactory condi-tions in agriculture.

In order to keep relationships active throughoutthe year, we adopted articles of association and by-laws federating the County Farm Bureaus into theMichigan Farm Bureau, with annual dues of $50per county. But the new association was not tocontinue long under this rudimentary membershippolicy.

Before the end of the first year, under the leader-ship of the late President Roland Morrill of Berriencounty, Vice-President Ray Potts, now living atMiddleville, Barry county, and Secretary CharlesBingham, deceased, of Oakland county-its firstofficers-the loose federation of counties was trans-formed into a virile farm organization fighting forthe rights of farmers.

By the end of 1919, 22,749 farmers hadenrolled, and by the end of 1920 SecretaryBingham reported that 97,264 had' pledged$10 dues for three years.

This mushroom expansion in a time of fallingprices led to a critical reaction and reorganizationin 1921. Then followed a long period of retrench-ment and consolidation throughout the 1920's. Itwas very difficult to hold sufficient membershipto finance operations and maintain the prestige ofthe organization.

Prices were low and dollars were hard to get.

The Michigan Farm Bureau weathered the world-wide depression of 1929-1933. It rebuilt its mem-bership and reconstructed its program during thelatter part of the 1930 decade. It served its mem-bers tfrough the second World ,War and continuedto grow in strength and influence.

Since 1945 Farm Bureau bas enabled Michiganfarmers to present a united front in meeting post-war adjustments and combatting encroachment ofgovernment in farm affairs. So, for forty yearsfarmers' voluntary efforts have carried the Mich-igan Farm Bureau forward through war and peace,inflation and deflation, prosperity and depression,and the constantly changing conditions since 1919.

The culmination of our endeavors is reflect-ed in the report Executive Secretary J. F.Yaeger made to the 39th annual {meeting:

HFor the tenth consecutive year membership hasshown an increase and reached an all-time high of71,454 ... There are 1,683 Community FarmBureau groups in 70 counties ... New highs inenrollment were achieved in all service-to-memberprograms, including auto insurance, farm liability,fire and life insurance, and Blue Cross.

"Farm Bureau Services, including sixteen branchstores and warehouse points, transacted business

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PRESIDENT HODGE

eCLARK L. BRODY MRS. BELLE S. NEWELL ORVILLE F. WALKER

, oClpresident& Vice-Pr sident of Michigan tJ.--.------:------'President, MFB·YP Farm Bureau; J. . Yaeger Retires

As Executive SecretaryWalter W. Wightma of Fennville was elected

president, and Robert E. Smith of FowlerviUe waselected vice-president of he Michigan Farm Bu-reau on Nov. 19 by the board of directors followingthe 39th annual meeting of the organization.

Mr. Wightman mov p from vice-president.He succeeded Ward G. Hodge of Snover, who waselected president in 1954 and served four terms.

Four changes in the Farm Bureau's top manage-ment staff were announced by its board of direc-tors:

President Wightman operates a300-acre farm at Fennville, Alle-gan county, specializing in fruitand beef cattle. Member ofFarm Bureau for 39 years, hehas been a member of the stateboard of directors since 194,He was elected vice-pre ident in1957. He is a director of Amer-ican Farm Bureau Federation.

Vice-President' RObert Smithis engaged in general farming atFowlerville, Livingston county,specializing in production ofgrain crops and poultry,

Mr. Smith has been active in(Continued on Page 5)

FirsThe fir t covered wagon to

leave Massachusetts for the new-ly formed Northwest Territoryleft Hamilton, Mass., "in 1787.

Wightman an

J. F. Yaeger of East Lansing,who has served as executive sec-retary, treasurer, and generalmanager since 1952, announc d

HARRY FOSTER of Niles R-3 his retirement from those postselected president of Michiga~ and will continue as consultantFarm Bureau Young People at Ion cooperative affairs.the 23rd annual meeting Nov. 8, In this position Mr. Yaegeris the fourth member of his fam- will represent the Michigan Farmily to have that honor. Two Bureau and associated companiesbrothers and his sister are former to regional and national cooper-presidents: John, 1948;Dale 1951; ative organizations.Barbra, 1956.

At the Michigan Farm Bureauannual meeting Nov. 11-12,Harrywas elected to the state board ofdirectors to represent Far Bu-reau Young People. ers Petroleum Coopera~ive, Inc.,. H F t' t d t t a Farm Bureau Service Com-arry os er IS a s u en a paMichigan State. His mother, I . .Mrs. Alma Fo er, is chairman of Norwood D. Eastman of EastDistrict 1Women of the Michigan Lansing, was promoted from as-Farm Bureau. Mrs. Foster, Dale sistant secretary to secretary ofand Harry operate a dairy farm.. the Michigan Farm Bureau.

Leon S. Monroe of East Lan-sing was appointed treasurer.Mr. Monroe continues as comp-troller for Michigan Farm Bu-reau and associated companies.

President Wightman said thene 'fIT appointments were made formore decentralization of man-agement as the Farm Bureau ex-pands in present fields or newones.

Earl E. Huntley of Charlottewas appointed acting executivesecretary and general manager.Mr. Huntley is manager of Farm-

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CLARE CE KING is Coordin-ator of the Family Activities Di-vision of the Michigan Farm Bu-reau, a new Division which in-clude the following depart-ments: Community Farm Bur auPromotion and Training, FarmBureau Young Peopl , Farm Bu-reau Women' Program and Citi-zenship Program, Safety Promo-tion and In urance RelationsProgram.

Mr. King has direct responsi-bility for the Young People's andCommunity Pro mot ion andTraining Programs. He was Co-ordinator of the Farm SupplyRelations,

WALTER SHIELDS is nowCoordinator for Farm Supply Re-lations. That Department hasb en tran ferred to th Com-modity R e 1a t ion s Dwision,headed by Peter Sikkema.

Th- Edi·o 71,904copies of the Michigan FarmNews were mailed to subscribers.

WorkerWho

Tax Report ComingReport of the Legislative Tax

Study Committee headed by Rep.Rollo G. Conlin, Lenawee countyRepublican, may come about Dec.1. Michigan faces an $80 milliondeficit at the end of the fiscal year.

Michigan Farm Bureau Vice-President Robert E, Smith is amember of the Citizens AdvisoryCommittee which has been study-the tax situation and developinging recomendations.

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Bureau and associated FarmBureau service companieswill be in an administrativeboard patterned after thoseused by the State Farm Bu-reaus of Illinois and Iowa.

"The Michigan Farm Bureauwas never stronger in member-ship and progressive manage-ment personnel than it is to-day," Mr. Yaeger said as he re-tired from active management.

"Membership in Farm Bureau,"said Mr. Yaeger, "has reachedan all-time high of 72,000 farmfamilies. They are served byFarm Bureau farm supplies, pe-troleum, automobile, fire andlife insurance companies thatdid $30,000,000 of bu iness thisrear."

State Board of I Directors ames Them to

Severa thou nd F rm Burwill carry the invitation toship to f rmers January 5

The t te go 1 1 72, 87Roll Call worker ill d vot th m

jobs in the coming campaig in 70I-Securing new memb rship •2-Renewing th la t of the 01

Some 1,072 n w m mberships h bsince Au ust 3 J •

More than 28,000 membership hnewed for 1959 as against som 18,000last year.

We urge every member to coop r tnewal-by-mail campaign conduct d iand December. Mail your due to yourFarm Bureau secretary.

Roll Call manager , assistants, and t am r g toOting ready. Roll Call managers hav had a h 01on organization work. Managers and i t ntwere having training schools in Novemb r.ers will have training schools in Dec mbe . oIlCall manager will meet together ag in at Michig nState University the ev ning of Dec mber 29.

Why d people join the Farm Bur u? Bthey receive information on the F rm Burgram, and most important,-th y got personavitation from someone to join.

What MFB Di39th Annua e

bled. They included two dealingwith the State's financial cri is:

I-The d legate tabled forfurther consld ration at th 1950annual meeting the ResolutionsCommitt 'e r commendation thatFarm Bureau upport a tax onpersonal and corporation incomprovided it could be shown th tthe state must have dditionalrevenues.

"The State may have defi itof $80,000,000 by July 1, 1959.Revenue,' for 1958-59ar all' ady.20,000,000 below xp dation'.Th search for new revenu hasstart d. . . and mov should bemad toward trict economi ,"the Resolutions Comrnitt aid.

The propos d r solution urgedthat all income tax rev nu . goto th State's Genera 1 Fund, WIthno ear-marking tor any sp .j 1purpose, except that it should bused to relieve the tax burd non real estate. Stat as 'i itaneewith construction of schools wasuggested.

2. Th delegates tabled a R 0-lutions' Committe' re ornm nda-tion that Farm Bureau supper ta small increase in Iic nse taxon passenger cars to provid a-

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ment of the Michigan Farm

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DIRECTO S BY DISTRICTSI-Max K. Rood Paw Paw, R-12-Blaque Knirk Qulncy, R-.3-All n F. Rush Lak Orfon, R-14-Elton R mtth Caledonia, R-15--Dale Dunckel., ..Wtlltamston, R-16-Ward G. Hodge Snover. R-l7-Thoma. Hahn...... odn Y. R-18-Kenneth John. on Pre land, R-29- 1m r arn r Trav rae City

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DIRECTORS AT LARGEHerb rt Fi r ao-inaw n·6Robert E. mlth Fowlervllle, R-2Walter Ightman F nnville, R-1

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Mrs. Ale Kennedy Po en, R-lR pre. entlng

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BUREAUEditor

• ub crip Ion: 40 c nta a year.

Limited to Farm Bureau Members.The purpose 01 this Associa-

tion sh 1\ be the advancementof our members' interests edu-cationally, legislativ Iy andeconomically.Vol.36 Dec mber 1, 1958 o. 12

•~----yJERRY CORDREY

Coordinator of Organization for Michigan Farm Bureau

ember hip paid for 1959 totals 28,351 of which1,072 ar new. This is approximately 10,000 aheadof one y ar ago.

t percent 0 er goal, and ventover goal in 1958 drive. The 17counties must send 2 people torec ive both a zards.

County Farm Bureaus havejust completed their Board ofDir ctors r -organization, and areplanning th program for 1959.

Many of the newly-appointedCommitte s ill need to sta ttheir ork in D c mber.

Legislative Committees need tog t organized, and set up th 11'telephone grid for action in Janu-ary. In regard to Legislativeactivity, there will be a NationalProgram kick-off meeting 011January 8 and 9 in Chicago.

The purpose of this meeting'ill be to di cuss American Farm

Bureau Federation policy anprobable action.

This will be followed by astate meeting for LegislativeCommittees, County Presidents,and Ci izenship Com mit teeChairmen January 21.

e erica Farm Bra Federation ends its1958 m mbership year on ovember 30. It is about8,000 ahead of last year.

fo 1959 Roll Call for Membership arerapidly materializing into action. Regional trainingm etings ha e been held in all but one Region.

arly every county has Area Men and Captainss I cted. All counties should have workers selectedby D ember 1, 1958. Worker training meetingswin be held during December.

A reminder notice is scheduled to be sent to allunpaid about December 1. A state-wide Kick-offmeeting will be held on December 29 at MichiganState University Union Building. This' meeting isfor ounty Roll Call Managers and wife or hus-band.

Resolutions Committees willwant to set up mechanics formaking groups aware of their re-ponsibility in making recom-

I mendations on policy matters.The membership drive for 1959 Citizenship, and Livestock Com- . .

starts on January 5. Two reports Imitt s. Farm Su~ply CO~litees In31" chedul d the fir t on Janu-. many cou~ties are starting plansary 8 and the'second on January Amerlcan Farm BureauwFI.ed

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e-for a special Farmers Petroleum

13. With the exc Bent start we I ation annual convention Cooperative Direct Distributionpr ently have, our state goal of held December 7-12 at Bost~n, Drive in March.72,387could ea ily be attained by .1,lassachusetts. The ~3 countiesour cond report. tnat. ~ent ov r goal m 1958 are

receiving $75 to help pay the ex-Michigan Farm Bureau Insfi- penses of one person from each

rute is being h ld December 1 county. This is a joint awardand 2 at the Lansing Civic Cen- given by the American Farm Bu-1 r. This me ting is for County reau Federation and Michigan:F.' .ecutive C mrnitt es, new I arm Bur au.Board m mbers, R olutiohs, A second award of 50 goes toLegi Iative, Public Relation, 17 counties which had the high-

Community Group Committeesshould be making plans to getsome new groups started in De-cember and January.

In addition to all of this activ-ity, a series of Farm PolicyWorkshops is being held through-out the state. These are sponsor-ed by your County Exten ionService and staffed by the Mich-igan State University Agricul-tural Economics Department.

These should prove very help-ful in gaining more understand-L11gregarding issues facing fann-ers in the coming year. Checkwith your local Extension Officefor more details.

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Kmo of your home-grown grains in the

r fe d when you combine them with"Pr ci ion ormulated" MILKMAKER. Every100 lb . of Milkmaker 3470 gives your cows 34po d more, of quality proteins. Have your

udal r how you rations u ing Milk-u'lIlike th e money.

• t Pa ! MR. OORHEES

Herbert W. Voorhees, presi-dent of the ew Jersey Farm Bu-reau, told the 39th annual meet-ing of the Michigan Farm Bureau

TOV• 11 that urvival of the fam-ily farm will depend upon farm-er ' cooperative bu ines organi-za .ons getting together intolarge regional bu ines units.

~'Either the farmer developsenough economic muscle throughhis own cooperatives and hisFarm Bureau to get along todayin a tough competitive world ofbig business and big unions, orhe'll be urned into a manageror foreman for future-day, inte-grated food-producing empires."

Farmers cannot improve theirbargaining pow r through affilia-tion .th a labor union, Voorheessaid, referti.D.i to organization ofa ihilk producersgroup in the

frW Ol'k city milk market byt U '0

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This time of the year, when nights are cold and blizzards on theprowl,

I Ii e to sit beside the stove and let Boreas howl,No doubt, it is a selfish thought, unworthy and unkind,And I should concentra.te on the lame and the halt and blind,But I am just a common chap, so foreordained to do wrongThat when the sai ts are organized I shall not quite belong.At ny rate, I like to sit and listen to it sto mAnd feel. for Marthy and myself, that we are safe and warm.

I'm not unmindful all the time of other people's woesThe world is full of sin and shame and hunger, goodness knows,Geed sits in the saddl and his scourge malevolently cracksGrinning at promises unkept and ding ra on tax .But in the welter of it all forgi me' f I seemTo si with Marthy by the stov and watch the kettle steam.Forgive me hile I take my e se b id my faithful wife-A pan of apples on my lap and in my hand a knife.

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So here r sit fhis stormy night and Ie what will betideMy harrass d s ul finds comfort. It is arm and safe inside.r take an apple in my hand an pass my Marthy oneAnd with our trusty. paring . es, as e ha e often done,

e quarter them, we core and pare, e at in comfort true.And when w 're done with n er one, e reach for number two.Though winds and dema ogs may ho I, though taxes bleed me whiter Iike an apple by the fire on a stormy night.

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R. S. Clark (2-4-50)

E T I L

SLOW DOWN FOR CHILDREN o!' the high.way. Every day thousands of little children ~al1~to nd from schoolhouses located on open hl~h-ways-and their parents are constantly worriedabout them.

Whenever you see a small child walking alongthe shoulder of the high ay, sl?w down. Whenyou get within range of the child, you mu t begoing slow enough to stop or dodge should thechild suddenly step out onto the pavemen~ ~l'tart to cross the highway. If no other traffic is

around, pull left so that you are farther awayfrom the child as you go by.

No matter how much safety education a smallchild has in school, or how often it is warned byits parents, it will "day dream" and do thought-less things.

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aggregating $25,000,000, with net earnings of466,790; $443,430 was returned to patrons In

cash or preferred stock.

"$232,000 in cash was returned during the yearto local cooperatives and farmer patron stockholdersin exchange for securities issued to them as patron-age refunds in 1945.

"Farmer Petroleum Cooper tive had a totalsales of $7,100,000, wit net earnings of $486,263.Of these earnings $269,000 have been distributedas patronage refunds to patron stockholders.

,'This Farm Bureau mpany either owns or hasan interest in 300 producing wells in Michigan, Illi-nois and Indiana. The produce about 3,000 bar-rels per day, or about 7570 of the daily needs.

"Farmers Petroleum operative liquid fuel saleswere up 11% in 1958 to ~0,500,OOO gallons ascompared with 36,500,000 gallons in 1957.

"Farm Bureau u at Insurance Company wasorganized in 1949 a a iter of auto insurance.It has expanded to include comprehensive farm andpersonal liability, theft,l truck cargo, all forms offire and wind insurance, and miscellaneous extend-ed coverages for the protection of property . . .The Company has 58,000 automobiles and trucksinsured. for members of the Michigan Earm Bureau.

"Farm Bureau Life I s ranee Company was or-ganized two years after the auto program was start-ed. It is one of the fastest growing life insurancecompanies in Michigan. More than 25,000 policiesin force provide approximately $85,000,000 ofbenefits.

"Growth in numbers of employes is one yardstickby which t e size of erican business is meas-ured. The Farm Bureau Companies and their di-rectly managed affiliated units had 1,009 employeesas of August 31, 1958. This does not includethe insurance agents. tt

From Michigan Driver Education ManualDepartment of Public In truction

~S Tillle We Decide

Secretary Yaeger m de this statement lookinginto the future of farmers and Farm Bureau:

"OnlyIf he owns an controls the agencies thatserve him can the farmer continue to be masterof his own destiny.

"Operating ithin the framework and under theguidance of a general farm organization, the var-ious interests of the farmer can be served best. Hisintere ts include legislation, marketing of farm pro-ducts, financing of operations, medical and healthinsurances, good relationships with other economicgroups.

..It is extremely important that the farmer de-termine what kind of a farm organization he wants.

"Shall his organization have the objective oferving primarily the family operated fa.nil?

f 'T0 what areas shall the organization gi e em-phasis so as to erve him best?

,'Today is the time for making decision In prep-aration for tomorrow' problems. "

Let u hope that e rie ce of the past fortyyears has tempered and matured the Michigan FarmBureau for meeting the greater problem of the fu-ture. May the Ie ons taught by i progr andadversities serve to guide the Fann reeu 88

g forward in the yea to CO

"While the political medicinehas thundered on under the Cap-itol dome, science and technol-ogy, plus producer ingenuity andindustry have continued to drivefarm production records to sue-cessive new records.

"Legislative price-fixing hasstimulated production of somecommodities far beyond the needfor them. It has made produc-tion for the government moredesirable than producing for themarkets.

"I t has lost markets to indus- "If the' producers of farm com-trial substitutes and to foreign modities are to successfully com-competition. pete with the industrial com.

"It has made necessary a' ra-. munity in the exchange of goodstioninz among farmers of the and services, further gains inright to produce, to make their efficiency, lower costs an? big-own decisions of how to manage gel' markets must- be achieved,their own farms. "Yet' today all public expend-,

itures for scientific research 'in .•agriculture and forestry amountsto 'less than $220,000,000annual-ly.

"The present farm, situationpoints up a need of decision forfarmers and for all our people.It is time we decide what kindof economic policy is' {going togovern our economic enterprise.Whether competitive enterpriseis to be competitive or whether

MR. PETERSON it is to be supplanted in incre~s-ing measure by government It-

"Present-day agriculture has I self. •i~erit~d from the 1930's a ~o- "Today's world is 0 n e ofIitical lI~terference on a .massIve change. There is little profitscale WIth farm production and to aariculture or the nation frommarketing. More problems for the °erection of legislative bar-agriculture, for farm people, and ricades against the effect ofthe nation have resulted than change.have been resolved. ----- __ -:-~:--~__=_=o.:....:..___=_~ __ ~ _

"Isn't what we want and needa government that regulates thevarious segments of the economyto see that unfair advantage isnot taken by one group againstanother-a government to act asan umpire, rather than as a par-ticipant in the economic lifestream of the nation?"

"The total expenditure throughthe Department of Agriculturethis fiscal "year will amount to$7,000jOoo,000. As a result weare compelled to short-changethe areas from which the great-est improvement in living levelshave been derived ... scienceand technology and education.

MICHIGAN FARM. NEWS2 December 1, 1958'

.-_ ....._------111.111!'---_ .....__ ...__ ...-.ME y ... ANDThe truckinq industry of Michigan is again work- .ing hand in glove with Santa Claus in an effort toinsure all Christmas gifts arriving at their destina-tions on time ... It's just one of scores of ways'in which trucks serve the people of Michigan.Transporting every~ng you eat, wear, or use,trucks play a vital role in the running Of the home,the operation of business, the provision of roads,public utilities, and facilities for national defense... Trucks set a pattern for safety, too, and theState's thousands of truck drivers, in wishing youand yours a Merry Christmas, pledge to do theirpart to make 1959 a safe and Happy New Year.,

Dr. Ervin L. Peterson, assist-ant secretary of the U. S. De-partment of Agriculture, madethis statement Nov. 10 at Mich-igan State University in speak-ing to 1,500 members of theMichigan Farm Bureau on "WhatAgriculture Needs from Wash-ington."

Dr. Peterson spoke to a jointmeeting of Women of the Mich-igan Farm Bureau and the FarmBureau's state dairy, fruit, live-stock, poultry and vegetablecommittees in advance of the39th annual meeting of the Mich-igan Farm Bureau.

Hpolitic:al price-fixing has fail-ed to generate economic healthfor agriculture," said Dr. Peter-son.

Michigan Trucking AssociatioDFort Shelby Hotel • Detroit

srea¥----------.......;.-.-------------:--~--------;-----------;:'-------:---=-~--:-'---""":"':::-:------:-::::---:---:~--=~----that legislation toThey Outline the

Program for 1959grams is as logical and defen-sible as it is necessary. Cer-tainly no individual farmer isin a position to carryon anyappreciable amount of basic orapplied research.

Agricultural Exten ionWe present the resolutions on state affairs adopt ...ed at the 39th annual meeting of the Michigan FarmBureau at East Lansing, Nov. 11~12, 1958. Theresolutions are Farm Bureau policy and program for1958.

Resolutions were adopted also on national af-fairs. They become recommendations to the Amer ..ican Farm Bureau resolutions committee and to vot ..ing delegates representing Michigan at the AFBFconvention to be held at Boston Dec. 7..11.

The resolutions approved by the AFBF conven-tion become Michigan Farm Bureau's policy on na...tional matters.

We expect that that text of the national resolu-tions will appear in your copy of the Nation's Agri ...culture January 1.

Another section of the ,MFB resolutions dealswith resolutions for the good of the Michigan FarmBureau organization. The News plans to publishthem soon. Here are the resolutions on stateaffairs:

The re ults of research are ofvery little value to farmers un-til they are widely disseminatedthrough such channels as thoseprovided by Extension Special-ists, County Agricultural Agentsand other agricultural extensionwork rs.

We continue to support theExtension Service and favor thenew policy under which theCounty provides one-half of thecost of additional personnel. Farm Bureau solutions Committee HearsBoard of AgricuHure HARLANW~KS~~wq~+-~~----------------~

(left at rostrum), member of our Ithat drains might be classifiedstate resolutions committee, pre- according to their uses, and thatsents a resolution for adoption at j assessments be based on a usethe 39th annual meeting of the determination made by a localMichigan Farm Bureau. Walter board.Wightman, of Fennville, MFBvice - president, presides. Thestate resolutions committee isseated at table before the stage There is a wide difference be-

Michigan Stale for more than to hear the debate and supply tween the property values pera century has trained young peo-'nf t' t d child in the various school dis-

1 f th f f M· hi I orma ion as reques e .p e rom e arms 0 IC igan tricts of our state. To providein the fundamental and scientific I equality of educational oppor-

. aspects of agriculture. Its 4-year club to compel min~rities to sur- tunity for Michigan children,and short courses have pointed render local sovereignty. there must be greater equaliza-multitudes of farm boys and girls tion of funds for the support ofto greater lifetime opportunities. Taxes on Farms the schools.Agricultural research is more im- The recent report on higherport ant than vel' before. Taxes on farm real and per-I Urban industria.l areas gam the education developed under. the

Two of the six members of the' sonal property are reaching lev- tax support of the industrial Vanderwerp Committee of theState Board of Agriculture are els which create serious prob- properties and other revenues Legislature has recommendedelected for six-year terms at each lems in maintaining farm opera- not available to the outlying rur- I plans to provide facilities tobiennial April election. We call tions for many of our Michigan I al districts. Yet many of the meet the growing needs of thethe attention of Michigan farmers farmers. Property taxes also I~orker~ of industry tak~ up res- young people of our State .1.0 the fact that agricultural rep- take a larger percentage of farm Il~en:e in the surrounding rural In this document, known .asresentatives are fast being elim- family income than is paid by I ~str-~ts. T~ere IS a tremendous the Russell Report, communityina ted from the board of control other families. discrepancy ~ the amow:t .of as-I colleges. ~ra offered as a me~of Michigan State University- sessed valuation per pupil in the of providing less costly educationonly one farm-oriented member I~ many cases farmers are various school districts through-« for the first two years of 'train-remains. having to bear the brunt of th 'out the state. There are isolated ing.

tax loads to improve suburban- I islands of wealth, surrounded byized property in~o which our .ex-, d~~erts of poverty. Some 1'1'0-panding populations are moving, VISIon to balance state-aid sup-Valuations on farm land increase I port for schools is needed towhen there is no. r~ prospect II ~ualize these sharp differencesfor suburban platting m the near In the tax base available forfuture and when the farm land school support.should continue to be operated These facts indicate the needas agricultural land. Assessors for a prompt increase in the de-sometimes consider merely th ductible millage factor in thearea of land when assessing school-aid formula. We ask thatfarms as compared to new res- the deductible millage be raisedidential property. I to 4 mill to permit a consequent

Machinery and equipment on increase in the state-aid grossthe farm also gives the farmer allowance.a heavier tax load assess This would help equalize oper-against personal property. The ating funds in areas of smallercombined factors lead to a condi tax base.tion by which many farmers arerequired to hear a disproportion-ate share of the burden of sup-port of schools and local gov rn- Agriculture accounts for $714,-merit operations. 059,000 in cash income in Mich-

We ask that these facts be igan, Agri~usiness, w~ich in-given due consideration in estab- ! eludes farmu;g, occupatIons. re-lishing assessed values and in lated t? farming, and profession-setting any future plans for real I al agricultural occupations, ac-equalization of tax burdens upon counts for. employment of 40%the residents of areas of local Iof our national labor force.government. Vocational agriculture provides

We request that reasonable the training for essential compet-maximum limits on allowable encies in agricultural occupa-millage against property be tions, utilizing the farm heritagemain tained as a part of our and experiences of farm boys.Michigan Constitution. Programs of vocational agricul-

We hold that taxing programs I ture should be expanded through-in Michigan should not be gear out the entire State, includingto levels that force our Michigan the Upper Peninsula and upperfarmers out of the opportunity to part of the Lower Peninsula,continue a profitable farming where rural development is.operation and a reasonable 5 and- needed.ard of living for our farm fam- Continuation and strengthen-ilies. ing of the high school program,

the out of school program, andthe Future Farmers and FutureHomemakers of America pro-gram, are dependent on sufficientfunds. Michigan high schools arefinding it too difficult to operatevocational agricflltural educationwith present available State Electrical Inspectionfunds. This was the dominantfactor in the closing of eight de-partments, and an important fac-tor in the closing of eleven addi-tional departments during thepast two years, and was respon-sible for 52 other departmentspartially curtailing the programduring last year.

The State Board of Agricultureis the governing board of Mich-igan State University. Michiganfarmers have traditionally de-pended upon the Michigan Stateinstitution at East Lansing foreducational and research services.

Deductible Millage

iention must also be given toAgricultural Research crop growing and harvesting

practices, soil management, etc.Accomplishment of these ob-

jectives demands a con inuationand expansion of the program ofagricultural research being con-ducted by the M.S.U. ExperimentStation. We earnestly urge theLegislature to provide the neces-sary funds to enable M.S.U. tocarry on this expanded researchprogram, which we understandwould cost less than 50c percapita for this year.

We request that the Legislaturespecifically earmark the amountwhich it appropriates for agricul-tural research and also for the

We believe that the greatest Extension Service. We wouldhelp to Michigan farmers maybe found through increased re- register a protest against anysearch, particularly in the fields blanket grant of funds which

would leave up to the Stateof developing new uses and mar- Board of Agriculture the alloca-kets for farm products and im- tion thereof among the School ofproving handling methods, pack- Agriculture for academic instruc-aging and distribution so as to tion, the Experiment Station andenhance consumer acceptanceand to 'strengthen our competi- the Extension Service.tive position. We need contin- It should be remembered thatued efforts to develop improved consumers benefit equally withvarieties of fruits and vegetables, farmers from any savings which

.. result from improved methods oiWIth emphasis on market accept- production, processing or mar-ance, disease resistance and stor- keting. Thus, the use of publicing and freezing qualities. At- I funds for financing these pro-

Michigan has not kept pacewith the other states in this Na·tion in the sale of its agricul-tural products. For instance,

.~ from 1940 to 1955 our share ofthe national agricultural marketdeclined from 2.7% to 2.2%,which resulted in reducing' thepotential' income and consequentpurchasing power of Michigan

". farmers by $150,000,000annually.Ways must be found to keep usprofitably competitive with theagricultural producers in otherstates.

Farmers should seek to restoretheir representation on the StateBoard of Agriculture at the com-ing Spring Election.

We need to exert our influenceat County and State conventionsof both political parties nextFebruary, serve as delegateswhenever possible, and vote ourpreference on April 6.

tate Co itution

ocational Agriculture

EqualizingAssessments

Progress in equalizing ass 5S-ments between counties is beinghampered by the use of the rela-tively slow appraisal method bythe State Tax COmmission. Werealize that as long as this meth-od is used, the present staff ofthe State Tax Commission ismoving as rapidly a possible.

But this relatively slow rateof equalization is placing a heavand disproportionate burden iproperty taxes on those' countieswhich have been state equalizedas compared to those which havenot been so equalized. Up tonow the sales ratio method hasbeen used as a secondary tool inthe program of determining val-uation. We believe that morerapid progress could be made ifthe sales ratio method were giv-r first consideration in the pro-

cess and if the apprai al methodwere used only wh e reliablesales ratios w re not readilyobtainable.

nexation Procedure

We urge the adoption of oundmethods which will serve to keepthe work of the State Tax Com-mi sion on a current basi for allcounties of the state.

The tactic being used by someof our larger municipalities toforce the annexation of surround-ing units of local governmentare becoming a threat to therights of free decision by the'people in many of our townshipsand villages.

A cast-in-place concrete silois a permanent, paying inve tmen

We approve our pr ent lawwhich requires a majority votein the area to be annexed inorder to permit such an annexa-tion. W ask that this law becontinued and protected. Wprotest the efforts of some largermunicipaliti to remove the ef-fective voting powers of peoplein are s which they seek to an-n r,

We protest the pr po ed "unitvot "system. This would basethe deci ion for annexation uponthe combin d vote of the totalar -the anne ing municipalityan the loc I unit to be an-ne ed. Sinc vot r v thinlarge city can v stly outnumb rthe voters in the small villagand townships under considera-tion, it is cl ar that an annexa-tion p opo al could be forcedupon ople xin such areas ofsmaller population a ainst theircon nt und e such a "unit ote'pI n.

geB cause of urbanization of

farm areas, a :farmer may findthat his prop ty is included ina drainag district created to

rve hou lng development.The drain may be of little or nou e to the farm, but a 1 rgpart f the cost of th d alnrn :r b assessed aga; t it.

We recommend to our StateLegislators that the State appro-priation of $1,080,000 currentlyprovided for vocational educa-tion, which includes training inagriculture, homemaking, busi-ness, trade and industry, be setat $1,519,356 for the year 1959-60, which would require increas-ing the appropriation by $439,356.

c I 01 of SchoolsWe urge our members to take

an increasing interest in their lo-cal schools, attend school meet-ings and participate in elections.We mu t be willing to serve onschool boards and to take anactive interest in studies ofschool problems.

AnnexatiOns and reorganiza-tion of chool districts are arous-ing consid able controversy andill-will in some communitiesthroughout the State. We insistthat the rights of the people inall districts to come to their ownconclusion regarding these mat-t should be f guarded. Cer-

tainly State-Aid should never beused as a club or bait to forceor bribe the citizens of any dis-ri to b com I t of n.

s&6bl dis rict against their will.'rh or, ill resist an:

E cry dairyman and stock feeder kno 's the value of asilo. And there's no question about the best buildingmaterial for silo -it's economical, durable concrete!

A ca t-in-place concrete ilo i vater-righr, torm-rc-sistant and firesaf . It offer the best possible protectionfor your silage, ke ps it sweet and clean fo the timeyou'll need it mo t, An economical cast-in-place concretesilo can be built quickly using a ariety of con rruccionmethod. Upkeep on a concrete silo i negligible-youcan e rpc t year of dep ndable 10 •.annual- ost ser ice.

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trends which would deprive citi-zens of any district of their rightto exercise a proper degree ofhome rule and local control indetermining what type of schooldistrict they feel is best for themand their children.

We resolve that the power ofthe State Superintendent of Pub-lic Instruction should be limitedto the point that it will not jeop-ardize local control 'of our ele-mentary schools.

MFB Resolutions on State f·fairs will be continued in ouredition for January 1.

Higher Edue lionWarmer

The level of th oceans roseabout 4 inches b tween 1930 and1950. This is attributed to thwarmer climate all ov r theworld.

Maine covers over half the ar a For 19of New England.

Plant rmt)

o • Greater Yield •

• Less Moisture.AUen1ion is called to the need

for additional 4-year college fa-cilities in such areas as most needsuch service to economically pro-vide higher education. We givesupport to this report as an ap-proach to our long-time needsin this field.

• Les Stalk Lodging.

• Extra Profit per ere.

Developed and grown in Mich-

igan for Michigan condition.

See your Farm Bureau de ler

today for the be t v rlety for

your farm.

County Board ofEducation

FOR POULT YWe go on record as favoringretention of the present methodof electing County Board of Edu-cation members and hiring theCounty Sup e I' in ten den t ofSchools.

High Schools

D DE 'Farm BureauServices, Inc.

We support legislation thatwould permit rural elementaryschool districts to consolidateand form a special high schooldistrict, or would permit ruralelementary districts to join orannex .to an existing 12-gradedistrict, said consolidation orannexation to be at the HIGHSCHOOL LEVEL ONLY, thuspermitting the control of theelementary schools to remain inthe districts as presently organ-ized.

School Lunch, ilkWe continue our support for

the School Lunch and SpecialSchool Milk programs. Theseactivities have become a part ofour educational program, arelargely local-supported, and en-courage good eating habits tend-ing to improve the health of ouryoung people.

We sec no need for extend-the compulsory State ElectricalInspection Law to farm build-ings and farm homes. With therequired fees for such inspec-tions placed upon the farm own-er, the fees would add to thepresent cost problem of farmoperation.

We recognize no public hazardin the wiring and electrical in-stallation of farm buildings andequipment. Farms are widelyspaced and give small threat ofspreading fires to other buildings.Where no public hazard existswe see no need for laws whichcompel the services of favoredtechnicians or inspectors whosefee is based upon any sort oflegal .sanction.

We favor the passage of localordinances for electrical inspec-tion where local conditions andthe public safety may justifythem, and where state laws donot now apply.

W6 also urge each farmer tohave inspection of all wiring andto have electrical equipment in-stallations made by a competentlocal electrician in the interest ofthe safety of his own farm andfamily.

.Next to dad, you oct the ~est financial advice from yourProduction Credit man. No doubt dad has the c h toback your major projects or he wouldn't have ncouragedyou to start. Yet this is the 0PP tune time to inv atethe benefits of a PCA loan.

U f ir s

Your local Production Credit A sociation i ownedby your own friends and neighbors. Who could be mornaturally interested, 0 better qualifi d, to giv sound finan-cial guidance to boys and girl in supervis d fann yo lprograms such as 4-H or FF A? Learn abo It th ialPCA way of calculating i t IC t. PC want tmoney, just as it has your parents for over 25 y ar .ade Prac i

Unfair trade practices, such asloss-leader selling and secret re-bates, tend to destroy fair com-petition, and w will supportne ded legislation to preventpract c hich woul der-mine any industry.

We. d not, he ev ,

.........-..e .mittee has decided to d' con'n 1 hu b nds t he Februarv mmeetings, due to lack of offi 1'8. in .With all th good leadershipavailable, we are sure it will beof short duration.

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Clare County. Will Henderson,Clare county clerk, spoke aboutthe Naturalization of Aliens.

Mr . Doepfcr, safety chairman,gave out leaflets on safety forlocal group meeting .. We ale int rested in the Mich-igan Health Conference to beheld April 8 and 9, 1959.

District 7 does not find it con-venient to combine camp withDi trict 8 0 each representativei to ask the women of her groupabout the intere t in having aCamp and r port back at thenext meeting.

Each woman was sked tobring suggestion for future pro-grams. Mrs. Virgil Kistler waselected Clare county chairmanand Mrs. Darlene chenk, eere-tary.

District 10-W·

Kalkaska Co nty. Mrs. Crossis th new hairman and notMrs. Hendricks as formerlystated. Mr. Hendricks recentlyattended the Church-Farm Bu-reau Conference in MadisonWi consin. Thi county al 0 hada large representation at theannual meting.

Manistee County had an active"get out the vote" campaign.Two new officers were elected:Vice-chairman, Mrs. Walter Deis-ing and secretary, Mrs. MarthaLehto.

Missaukee County. Mrs. LeoSundell r porting, we have Mrs.Pauline Lesher as chairman. Thiscounty has activated a greatermembership and better attend-ance campaign.

N rth est Michigan sent alarge delegation to the annualmeeting and voted to continueits Twin Lakes camp and smor-gasbord projects. Camp commit-tee has had one planning meet-ing, headed by Mrs. Loren Black.

Wexford County. Mrs. JuliaDenike will be the new chairmanwith Mrs. Laverne Jacobs, secre-tary. They report nine entries inthe essay contest and purchasedthe book "Your Farm Bureau."

Now just a little something inobservance of National HomeWeek Nov. 24-28.

Houses are built of wood andbrick, of plaster and glass; buthomes are built of love, self-sacrifice and mutual understand-ing.

Mecosta, Co u n t Y Women'Committee has a well roundedprogram planned for the year.For their October meeting threeKent County women, all moth-ers of children afflicted withcy tic fibrosis, spoke on thisdread dise se which affects thelungs and pancreas of youngchildren.

Montcalm County had a speak-er from the Gr enville Daily

ews for their October meeting.Also a speaker on the SupremeCourt for th November meet-ing. The ladies have a birthdayfund which they turn over tothe Home and Training School atMt. Pleasant.

Muskegon County women hadR. W. Schmidt from the Muske-gon county board of education asspeak r in October. Mr. Schmidtgave a thorough explanation ofequalization of taxes. federal andstate aid, s well as the dutiesand res onsibilities of schoolboard officers. The Novembermeeting will be on cancer r -search. I .

Newago County had speakerson education, Leon Dues andGerald Sherman from their coun-ty board of education. The la-dies favor the Ass 0 cia tedCountry Women of' the Worlddelegates being chosen by theState Advisory Council.

Oceana's Chairman, Mrs. John-son, reviewed the history ofFarm Bureau Women in theirCounty, for which they have rea-son to be proud. . The electionin this County was interesting asfive women agreed to be candi-dates for chairman. Such inter-est is bound to bring many ac-complishments.

Mrs. Oliver TompkinsTraverse City R-I

Kindred spirits sometimes popup in funny places. For the pastweek I've been painting rooms,and today on top of a ladder, Ithought of that great man whospent years lying on his backpainting an immortal picture onthe ceiling of a great church inRome. His was a labor of love.I look at mine and wonder whatit is!

But I came down Saturday onthe double. Bruce got his buck,a 7-pointer and we all ran to see.

We have had officers trainingschool and the 14th annual meet-ing since last we sent in news.When we write again, the Boston

erican Farm Bureau conven-bon at Boston will be history.Twenty-seven attended our offi-cers training school in Mantonand it seemed to me a good dealof help was obtained. A bit ofinformation I picked up later:Mrs. Brower who entertained usat the annual meeting with herreadings, won the Farm Bureauspeech contest in '41 and was inChicago competing the day PearlHarbor was bombed.

Benzie County sends the fol-lowing list of officers for the en-suing year. Chairman, Mrs. Wil-liam Morse, Empire; vice-chair-man, Mrs. Emma Kuemin, Em-

Isabella County. Mr. ClarenceKing, guest speaker, spoke ongood citizenship. Mrs. PansyChaffin, newly elected chairman,appoint d committees and calledfor a meeting to make out our1959program.

Midland County. New officerswere elected. Mrs. Osborn Thur-low is chairman. Mr . Fred Hart-man, chairman of the speakersbureau of Midland Associationfor Retarded children, spoke tous. For our Christmas projectthis year we are sending somenew toys and as many used ar-ticles as we care to donate at theDecember meeting. They will besent to the Training Center atMount Pleasant.

District 8 Training School willbe held December 3 at the Cole-man' Methodist Church.

St. Joseph County. Mr. andMrs. Donald Piere of Florencetownship, spo e on the work ofthe Umted Nations at our No-vemb I' meeting. Mrs. Piere in-formed the group of the workof the UNICE~' for the children ofthe world. She spoke concerninghe World Health Organization

which is a part of the U.N. Theheadquarters are in G neva, Italy

here experts direct campaignsto eradicate disease throughoutthe world. They are especialiy at-tempting to stamp out malaria.They hope to end malaria in Haitiby spraying D.D.T. twice a year.Taws, T.B., cholera, and other

diseases are being fought.County Agrtcurtural Agent L.

G. Rathu, vice-chairman ofCROP, explained how CROP

nds surplus food to Korea andsom to Europe. One dollar willsend 192 lbs. of food overseas.

Following a co-operative lunch-on, the business meeting was

called to order by President Mrs.Carl Lewis with 22 memberspresent.

Ottawa County. Miss VirginiaHeft from Consumer MarketingInformation spoke to us at thehome of Mrs. Henry Boone.

There are 9 MSU Marketingpecialist in Michigan. The best

Vlay to get information on foodto the public is through radio,press and T.V. She said that weas producers want our productsto reach consumers in good con-dition. By consumers knowingwhen is the best time to buy andwhen to use products it helpsboth producer and consumer.

Motion was made to changemeeting date in Ottawa countyto 2nd Tuesday instead of 2ndWednesday.

Mrs. Albert Schmiege, ChairmanChesaning R-2

Arenac County Farm BureauWomen's Committee held itsannn»'l rally, with about 65 inattendance. Mrs. Frances Res-tamer was chairman of a mostinteresting program of entertain-ment and information.

Mrs. Marjorie Karker spoke onCitizen hip. The Bay Countygroup won the prize for havingthe largest percentage of groupmembers present.

Bay County. We finished el ct-ing officers and changed ourmeeting date from the firstThursday to the first Tuesday ofevery month. The Cancer Projectwill not be changed. A commit-tee of Mrs. William Bishop, Mrs.L. DeWyse and Mrs. WilliamSchmidt will buy gifts for theCounty Infirmary. The posterproject was tabled until the nextmeeting. We shall entertain our

District 9 Mrs. Vernon Vancel ChairmanEast Jordan R-3

46 Farm Bureau women at-tended our District meeting atEllsworth, Antrim county, Octo-ber 22.

Devotions were given by theRev. Silvers of the Pilgrim Holi-ness Church. Instrumental andvocal music were given by Mr.and Mrs. Neff.

Clarence King of MichiganFarm Bureau presented the longrange planning and financing ofFarm Bureau. A lively discussionfollowed. One young woman saidher Farm Bureau group discuss ..ed the seven things offered byFarm Bureau and decided theywanted all of them and the onlyway to have them was to pay forthem.

Mrs. Karker showed the film,"Battle for Liberty." It comparesour system: of education and thatimposed by the communists.

Farm Bureau Women of Em-met county served a deliciousham dinner to about 25 officersand committee chairmen at ourTraining Day held Nov. 6 atEmmet county's 4-H Center.. Mrs. Marjorie Karker and Ray

Askins, regional representative,were present and conducted amodel. meeting where we learnedproper procedures.

More than 20 women from thedistrict attended the annual FarmBureau Women and CommodityCommittee meeting at East Lan-sing November 10.

Osceola Countv Women's Com-mittee. For Fire PreventionWeek, they had as their speaker,John Orr, fire chief of Evart.

District 8

DI trlct 6Mrs. Allyn (;ordon. Chairman

Croswell R-2

Lapeer County Women's Com-mittee received top award atthe annual meeting of Women ofMichigan Farm Bureau ovem-ber 10, for attendance at ourmeetings the past year.

Forty-one women from LapeerCounty saw Mrs. Kerr Stewardaccept the $10 award from Mrs.Karker for our chairman, Mrs.Irvin Radelt, who could not bepresent. Programs for the com-ing year were given to our mem-bers at our November 21 meet-ing. Past chairmen were honored.

Sanilac County. Alden Orr, ourcounty agricultural agent, show-ed some wonderful pictures ofhis trip to Chile.

The business meeting was con-ducted by Mrs. Allyn Gordon,chairman. There were 32 presentrepresenting 23 groups.

The December 5 meeting willbe a Christmas party. All FarmBureau women are invited. Anice program is being plannedwith Santa Claus paying a visit.Twenty-five cent gifts will be ex-changed.

Tuscol County. At our lastmeeting 27 women present rep-resented 15 Community FarmBureau groups. We voted $50 to-ward the exp nses of one of our-H youths on a Chicago award

trip. Russell Hartzler, state di-rector of CROP, gave an interest-ing talk on "What the People ofMichigan have done throughCROP." He explained the heiferand bull projects and what theymean to people in other coun-tries. Over 500 bulls and heifershave gone overseas.

Barry County. Michigan gov-ernment was discussed by StateRepresentative Carroll Newtonat the October meeting. He quot-ed from a recent publication ofthe Citizens Research Council ofMichigan:

Our state revenues nave in •.crea ed 39% since 1948.

Our state tax revenues haveincreased 46% since 1948.

State expenditures have in-creased 44% since 1948. The 1948dollar is .used because it is notan inflated dollar.

60% of the money collected re-turns for local use.

40% of the money collected re-Van Buren County Women's mains for state use.

Committ e met Nov. 4 at the 119% increase' in our taxeshome of Ruth Dewd for luncheon since 1948.and business meeting. Rev. Ro- 84% increase in our incomebert Gerbold of the Hartford Fed- since 1948.erated Church spoke on the 1200% increase in our businessThanksgiving theme and men- taxes since 1948.tioned that the U.S. is so com- Mr. Newton said we now havemercial minded that we can't 20,000 people in state institutionswait until after Thanksgiving to including the prisons and hospit-

~l:~~a~~~th~iS~~~:c~~~a~~s r:~l~ alsoiz the real meaning of Thanks- Michigan ranks ~th in the U.S.giving. We forget to give thanks on dollar per patient u~ed. forfor the blessings and privileges mental health care. Michiganallow d .' . . rate is $4.3a per day as against

Retiring' Chair~an" LaVada the U.S. average of $3.18.Hoxie thanked us for our help However, Michigan ranks 38thand co-operation during her two in the U.S. on mental health pro-years in office and asked that we gress. This is based on the re-c ntinue in the same manner for cov ry of patients and dischargesthe new chairman, Marie Sallis. from the hospital.

Chairman Sallis appointed the Our educational service is thefollowing committees: Saf ty, state~s largest expenditure. Thi:

ae Labadie; Legislative, allie h~s mcre~sed 230% in 10 yearsWright; Citizenship, Doris Bitely; WIth an increase of 42% in en-

.B.L, Mel a Lafler; Program: rollments.hairman, V ida Morehouse; Barry County schools ha e hadth I unt, uth Dowd, Marie an incr ase in appropriations ofalIi and LaVada Hoxi . Cat r-

ing: Chairman, Neva Boyer.inch, county hairman,

as ladie to h lp again ashairm n of th Roll Call. Wegr d to help. Mrs. Mol' hou ~ill b our county chairman.

rs. itely pre nted a gift toMrs. 0 ie a a mall token ofur appreciation for her 1 ader-hip a chairman for two years.

The Ho Flower Gardene.ace in the Garden

H.L.R.CHAPMAGarden Clubs Lecturer

At this time of the year, thehome gardener should be mak-ing plans regarding the plants hewill grow in his garden duringthe coming year. Several annualsshould be included in his list.

The term annual is applied to aplant which is raised from seed,flowers, produces seed, and dies,all within the same year.

Annual flowering plants arepopular garden flowers becausethey are generally easy to grow,produce their flowers quicklyand their flowers form thebrighest spots in the garden.

Annuals furnish an abun-dance of cut flowers for thehome at times when perenni-als and biennials are notblooming.

Generally speaking there aretwo types of annuals: hardy and Itender. li;.~<:,,~::.w,,::;,:,~,

Some hardy annuals may be I &<:_~V:::d··.r .• ~~,·c::(.:

own outsid in the fall in all butthe colde t sections of th State,or they may b sown in Springas soon as fro t is out of theground.

Tender annuals will not toler-ate freezing and must be sown inflats indoors to produce earlyflowers, or sown outdoors in

pring, as soon as the soil iswarm, lor late flowering.

Moll annuals grow splendidlyin any good garden oil which isfertile and well drained yet doesnot dry out too rapidly. Poorsoils can readily be improved byadding organic matter such asthoroughly decomposed fannyard manure, m~ it well into

e il.I should like te y something

ut a lew 1 ely, e~ grow

annuals seldom seen in the homegarden, but excellent for dry lo-cations.

How often the home gardenerwishes he had something toplant in that dry, sunny, and per-haps too well drained part ofthe garden. A situation oftenoccurs when one wishes to plantflowering plants on banks or onthe top of retaining walls. Thehome gardener need not despairfor there are several annualswhich enjoy growing in such lo-cation.

foliage is beautiful and attrac-tive even before the flowers areproduced. Under ideal conditionsthe plant may grow 30 inchesacross.

Quite often it self-sows its seedand plants will appear year afteryear. The Moss Verbena is nativeto the southern part of SouthAmerica.

Sand Verbena. Another plantsuitable for planting in a dry lo-cation is the Sand Verbena (Ab-ronia urnbellata), native to thePacific coast.

Sand Verbena is a somewhatprostrate plant, never more than8 inches high with pinkish Ver-bena-like flowers which areslightly fragrant. In its home-land this plant is a perennialand is mentioned here becausein Michigan it is treated as anannual.

Seeds may be sown outsideabout the middle of May, but forearlier bloom sow inside March20 and transfer the seedlings totheir permanent place in thegarden when all signs of frosthave pas ed. The husk aroundthe seeds should be peeled offbefore sowing.

Cousin to the Zinnias we allknow so well is Zinnia Linearis,a free flowering, dense, erectbush about 12 inches high. Itproduces its cheerful single, or-ange yellow flowers early in theseason and continues to flower1.i.ntilfrost.

A plant wrongly called Creep-ing Zinnia is in reality Sanvitaliaprocumbens, a very decorativesmall plant about 6 inches high,native ~ Mexico. It producesquantities of all yellow flow-er whJch 101)1 ing even~~ p . ~inthat ~ewhe dry t:'tion inthe garden.

Is ric 7Mrs. Walter Harger, Chairman

Stanwood R-2

MlLCHAPMAN

Verbena is a plant whichreally covers the ground. It islisted in seed catalogue a V -bena erinoides (its correct nameis Verbena laciniata).

Moes Verbena is a muchbranched, low growing annuala t 10 inch iJh and predu-

a mass of lavender coloredflOwers. The mossy, finely cut

ich.:

WHEELER McMILLEN, vice-president of the Farm Journal,said to the Michigan Farm Bu-reau annual meeting November11;

"The thing that has made theUnited States great is individualliberty ... the right to choose.Everybody competes for ourchoice automobiles, clothing, fur-niture, foods.

It's about time that we spendmore on finding ways to sellwhat farmers can produce. Ag-ricultural legislation for 30 yearshasn't worked.

Dupont aloge spends moremoney in finding new salableproducts for Dupont than is donein all agriculture to find newuses and markets.

Industrial research productshave been replacing cotton, wool,leather and so on... We're get-ting out-researched in our ownfield.

Why not more research onwhat can be done with the starchin grain crops? We could knowmore about starch. Observe theproducts the petroleum industrygets from crude oil.

Siale Oorn Grower~For Freedom, 4 10 1

By nearly 4 to 1, Michigancorn producers favored Pro-posal No.1 over Proposal No.2 in the Corn Referendum onNovember 25.

The plan, which won nationalapproval, will permit growersmore freedom in the operationsof their farms by (1) eliminatingacreage allotments on corn (only12% of last year's corn acreagewas in compliance with allot-ments); (2) relating support pricelevels to 3-year average marketprices; and (3) putting corn andother feed grains on the samebasis. .

Farm Bureau supported Pro-posal No.1 as a-move toward theelimination of government con-trols.

that pulls down all at the top andraises the bottom a little. Thisis the direct opposit of the U.S.program of unlimited opportun-ity for its citizens."

Wars Made InMinds of Men

Wars are made in the mindsof men. Mankind in general fears,and consequently hates, the un-known and the strange. We tendto dislike people whose mannersand customs and philosophiesare unknown or strange to us.When we get to know each otherbetter, we learn that all mankindacts and reacts very much thesame. United Nations Education-al, Scientific, and Cultural Organ-ization.

MICHIGAN FARM NEWS4 December 1, 1958

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COG-ks' Delight

Success apron! Everybody lovesthi smart style that protects youso prettily from spots 'n' splashes.For bathing baby, whip up an-other version in thirsty terrycloth. Sew-very-easy!

Printed Pattern 8331: Misses'Sizes Small uo, 12); Medium (1416); Larg (l8, 20). Medium Sizetakes 2-1/8 yards 35-inch.

Senel thirty-five ceDJa in coinsfor this pattern-and 10 cents foreach pattern if you wish 1st-c1assmailing. Send to: Michigan Farm

ews, Pattern Dept., P. O. BOx~ 014 Chelsea Ste. ewYork If, N. Y.

PrW pJe1n1y ame, ~with zone, size and style number.

DR. CLIF'J;ON GANUS, JR.,of Harding College, Arkansas,told the annual meeting of FarmBureau Women, and men at-ending MFB Commodity Confer-ence at Michigan State Univer-sity Nov. 11:

"The cost of socialism in thosecountries of western Europe thathave socialistic government isthat the lot of the common manis poor, indeed.

"The average earning of theindustrial worker in those coun-tries is $100 a month comparedto $300 for U. S. industrial work-ers who work 8 hours a weekless.

"Cost of bread, vegetables,rent, and transportation is lowin those countries is low becauseit is controlled by government.But no housing is being builtPeople live-in crowded conditions.Electric refrigerators, r a d i 0television, and other things wetake for granted are double ortriple our prices.

"It's a different story in WestGermany, the outstanding freeenterprise economy in Europe.Ther ha been tremendous re-covery and business i booming.Profits have been plowed backinto industry. Waies have beenlow, but that is changing.

"Wes rn Germans credit aidf the Uni ta e.nd ~German will to rebuild.

''T e .soci lism is a one cIa s society

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ew ovemCharlotte. ureHerd 01

We sold as a herd 20 Holst incows advertised in Michigan FarmNews for November 1. LloydRo kra , Bath.

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Sold Polled Shorthorn bull andtwo h ifers advertised in F rm

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HUGO E. XlVIUP Regional R resentatiWhen November 15 rolls

around, the Red Coats take overthe Upper Peninsula of Michiganwith the elusive buck becoming

. the central figure.The main discussion topic for'

the month seemed to centeraround this same subject. Yourregional representative was fort-unate in bagging his buck, a 190pound eight pointer, on thesecond day of the season.

A Farm Bureau event of themonth was the victory partyheld by the Mackinac-Luce FarmBureau November 8 at GouldCity.

About 90% of the member-ship attended the party.

~ldon Smith of Fann BureauServices spoke on the Farm Bu-reau organization and the advant-ages the members have in beinga part of it.

Upper Peninsula was repre-sented by 16 members at theMichigan Farm Bureau annualmeeting.

Chippewa County Farm Bureaureceived an award for the great-est increase in the number of com-

Ask your Farm Bureau dealer aboul '~pnity groups and one ~or reach-,mg the 1958 membership goal.

THESE "PREOISION FORMULATED" FEEDS:-) w;:h~:~~tt;~ ~~~n~~-{~~:~~~being the first county in the Up-per Peninsula and state to reachthe 1959 membership goal.

Eino Kaski of Crystal Falls isassisting in organization of IronCounty Farm Bureau, which willbecome the 71it in the state. This.will leave Dickinson, Ontonoganand Gogebic remaining to be or-ganized in the Upper Peninsula.

ImeThe U. S. is about 3,000 miles

wide with four time zones. Can-ada is about 5,000 miles. idewith a 5th time zon , Atlantic,

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MICHIGAN FARMDecember 1, 1958

urJO, urlceysever grew or

finis ed &e ferl"Gordon and Herb Klompa•.••s,

Hudsonville

Gordon Klomparens and his brother Herbsaid that about Farm Bureau's PrecisionFormulated Turkey Feeds. All 10,000birdsowned by the Klomparens are fed on FarmBureau's Hi-Efficiency All-mash Turkey pro-gram. The Bauer branch of Farmers Co-opElevator Co., Hudsonville, keeps the Klom-parens birds on Preclslon-Formulated feeds.

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Hi-Efficiency Turkey Starter Conc. 41°10Hi-Efficiency Turkey Starter w~th NF-180Hi-Efficiency Turkey Balancer 36°10Hi-E~ficiency Turkey Breeder 41°10Hi-Efficiency All Mash Turkey Breeder 17%

Feed the Farm Breau Way ••.• I a,s! All County Farm Bureaus didtheir share to help defeat theconstitutional convention pro-

Stop in and see us at Booth 19 of the' posal. Delta County did an ex-1958 Michigan Turkey Festival; Lansing' eeptionally fine job. On the Fri-

. day and Saturday preceding theCivic Center, December 2 to 4. election workers passed out the

"dollar bill" literature through-out the cities in the area.------~-~-~--~-~-- .

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P. o. Box 960, Lansing, MichiganEaton County Startstong Range Planning

Eaton County's Long RangePlanning Committee has publish-ed a booklet, "Eaton CountyChallenge to Broader Horizons."This presents facts and recom-mendations for improving manyphases of Eaton county life.Some 500 persons representingmany organizations and interestsparticipated.

Three members of Eaton Coun-ty Farm Bureau were lJ'lembersof .the Steering Committee: Ed-ward Miller, Jr., Lansing R-3'chairman; Carson Parr, Charlot~R-1; Lee Clark, Eaton Rapids R-3.

What you say about your Turkey Feedsinterests me.Can you give me more information. Thank you.

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is less than half our regular clas Ifled aclvertl Ing r te.

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At the 39th armual meet·ing of th& Mleh1gaD FUmBureau.. the~ evenmg of 0-vember 11, President WardG. Hodge presented the FarmBureau's 1958 Award forDistinguished Service to Ag-riculture to three persons:

Michigan Farm Bureau will be 2repre ented at ~!le 1958 annualmeeting of the American FarmBureau Fed ration at Boston Dec.7-11 by five voting delegates, sev-eral members of the MFB staff,and probably 75 or more repre-sentatives from County FarmBureaus.

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AUCTIONEERFARM AUCTIO~ SER T CEo or

free con. ultatton contact tan P rk-ins, Auctioneer, 11314 Mlll er Road,Swartz Cr ek, • Itchtgan. Phone IEr-cury 5- 30.4. "No sale too far or toolar e. Bond d and Insured." (Gen-

e County) (10-3t-2 p) 2

BABY CHICKS3Voting delegates from Mich-

igan are President Walter W.Wightman, Vice-President RobertE. Smith, and State DirectorsBlaque Knirk, Ward G. Hodg ,and Herbert Fierkc.

President Wightman will servewith presidents of all State FarmBureaus on the AFBF ResolutionsCommittee.

PER- ICK' L s-horn ChIcks. High-profit • train crossby famous J. . Hansen. Oregon.W r i t e for information. GrahamHatchery, R-3. Bo. 4 0, Benton Har-bor. Michigan. (Berrien County)

(9-10t-25p) 3

MRS. BELLE S. NEWELLof Coldwater, Branch County,was .honored for leadership inFarm Bureau for many years.For her part in establishingFarm Bureau Women's Ac-tivities in 1945-49 when shewas first- state chairman. Forher part in bringing BlueCross to the Farm Bureaumembership on a group basisthrough Branch County FarmBureau's demonstration in1943 that County and Com-munity Farm Bureaus couldmeet the group service re-quirements of Blue Cross.

Meetings for Farm Bureau wo-men, Fann Bureau Young Peopl ,and in the special interest fields of GA. filL1-. 1 TnOUIZED D1~ L-dairy field crops fruits and vege-I EH. s '1' ltl-.. Mus.t J e . old on account

t bl '1' t k' ult 1 d d of own 1" tllness un 1 for no othera es, rves oc ,po ry, an an reason. Loca ted in thriving f.rming,water use, organization, program lndu trial and to.~lrlst ar a. .13,000

d 1 . d for un-to-dar rtxturos, equipmenteve opment, Insurance, an serv- and in . -ntory. 3,:;00 customer pot n-ice cooperatives will be held on I tlal. A good hu: tm-ss opportunity for

M d D b 8 an ablc-h ,di"d middle-aged couple.on ay, ecem er . "rltl' Gamble Stor . Box Ill, • be-General sessions of the annual watrur, - Iich igrm. (Huron OUr;~Y)

12-lt-.,.I») r;meeting will be held December9-10-11. SA

Speakers include Mad arneChiang Kai-Shek, U. S. Senators 1---------'------"7"-:.Goldwater of Arizona, Holland of ~A.llLY rucsr.Florida, and former A.F.B.F. TI:.RIA If-

President Allan Kline.

Voting delegales will considerthe policy recommendations of theAFBF resolutions committee inthe three general sessions makingup the Federation's annual busi-ness meeting.

DAIRY

ORVILLE F. WALKER ofAlba, Antrim county, ashonored for outstanding ser-vices to farmers of north rnMichigan over 30 years afarmer, teacher of vocatio alagriculture, county a '1agent, and soil conservation-ist. For his "Walker Quickie"program for building fertilityin light, sandy soils. The pro-gram was adopted for thatarea by Agricultural Stabil-ization and Soil Conservationcommittee.

"April elections have never 9been more important to farm -------people," said 'lVi.F.B. PresidentWalter Wightman in looking for-ward to the 1959 spring contest.

Board of Agriculture. At stake,in addition to township officialsand State administrative offices,are two of the six seats on theBoard of Agriculture, which con-trols Michigan State University.Only one of the six seats is nowheld by a representative in agri-culture.

Township caucuses will be heldFebruary 14 or 16- township 10primaries February 16; countyconventions on or before Febru-ary 21, and state conventions onor before February 28.

HEHJiJFOllD HI L,4 three y araold, from fine herd, ~horthol'n weigh1,:lOO pounds. • ::100 for a good herd. nil. Bernn rd Cln rk, Kalamazoo H-2,II('higan. Phon 14'iJ'Nlid 52554.

(Kalamazoo onnty) (l1-lt-27p)23

REGISTEHED COR R lED ALEVearling Ham!'! and Ram Lambs forsale. }<)I win Haist, 1120 Halet Road,Ch lsea, R-1, MIchigan. hone'11' nwood 5·7591. (Was h t maw oun-ty) (9-4t-16p) 23

~8 HEmSTbTtflD ca)IUtTToJ AI.l<)F:\VES fOl sn le. l>IW art er J<'pIJ. Hi,'9G9. Lambs ca n be regtst ered. Ag eof ewes one and two YI'arH. JohnLawless, Jr., Vno. H.oc d (1st farm offUS-16, southwest), Portland a-a,Mlchlgu.n. Pho no IHchell 7-2775.(Ionia ounty.) (12-lt-30b) 23

FOR

Every citizen should considerthis election as important as theNovember elections. Plan now totake part in the affairs of yourparty.

(Continued from peqe 1)Farm Bureau for 20 years andhas been a director of the state ELE TrtIC '"ELDERS-20th C n-

. . fi H h I tury Distributor. V lders start aorganization rve years. e as 13(1.50. Tak~ anything of value inserved on many agricultural and trad. Rob rt J. Cole, "Barter Sales"community service committees 11224. outh e nnour Road, Gaines,

• Ilchlga n. Ph ne BR-1 443. (Gen-He represents agriculture on esee 'ounty) (12-tf~25b) 11

the Advisory Committee to the ILO CCESSORIES. WesternLegislative Tax Study Commit- Mlch iga.n farm rs. We can give youtee headed by Repre'sentative prompt I:' rvice on a new silo ~oof or

'lew chute before winter sets m. t.-Rollo G. Conlin. also carry in stock ilo ladders and

- sat ty fill r platforms. In tallattonoptional. Clarence VanStrien, Box 26,Byron Center, • tichigan. (Member ofK nt County Farm Bureau)

(1l-2t-47b)

22 MAPLE SYRUPPRODUCERS

REGTSTl1)HED HOl.STr,)IN BULLS.Dam.' from 400 to 700 lbs. butterfat onH.r.n. test. SIr d hy Pab t and HagApple Blood. Writ'e for bull list. nlck-('l".'on Up' and Downs, Blooming-dale,Michigan. Phone 421' 3. (Van BurenCounty) (10-6t-32p) 23

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F I SALE-U 'ED K1 G Evapot-rtor in good condition. 'ize 36 inchesy 10 f et. EngliHh tin m 'tal. Suit-

ab! for 500 to 700 buckets. U asonor . lling, hav purchased Iargr-r

E ing J<;vaporator. Roy Thomas, ~ or-·nc1 R~3J Mtchtrran. Phone • orenctiJ32. (L -naw unty)

<12-lt-35p) 22

OMPLETfJ M P L}<j SYRUP 31quipment, xc 11 nt condition, con-

slsttng of large, . oJid copper King8vaporator 5/16, King arch, stacks,

11 ~l ctric taker-offer, 5 h?l'~"l K· --r---------'-------- ;ath ring tank, sap r ceiver, 800

ruckats, cov ro', sp.t s, 1 !c•.•, '1~"d.oJ-

meters, scoops, gluH' jUg-H, filteringank lovingly named "HooUnanny. It

.Soe n by appolritm nt. J. H. Vance,.Jers y, • Ilchlgan. T (lphone Tli;-)5491, It ed 'ity. (C see Jla County)

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C&B COIUUJnATliJD Cement Stavellos. No mon y Iown, Eae cre it•ms. Compl e yatema.uc f 'ed-

ing available. ('&13 , Ilo Co mpa ny, 9:18Cochran A v 'ntH 1 ( ha rlot.t , • Jkhlgan.

(12-tr-2:!b) 31

CLARK L. BRODY of Lansing,Ingham county, for his lead-ership in building the Mich-igan Farm Bureau duringhis years as executive secre-tary and general manager,1921-1952. For his work asMichigan Farm Bur e au'ss p 0 k e s m a n to Congress1921-1958.For his services tosince 1921 as a member ofthe State Board of Agricul-ture, the governing body ofthe University.

(Continued from page I.)ditional revenue to improve andmaintain highways. The Com-mittee said the rate was reducedsome ears ago from 50 cents to35 cents per 100 lbs.

3-Eight directers of a stateboard of 16 were elected or re-elected for two year terms:

Dist. 2 - Blaque Knirk ofQuincy, re-elected.

Dist. 4 - Elton R.Caledonia, re-elected.

Dist. 6 -'Ward G. HodgeSnover, re-elected.

Dist. 8 - Kenneth O. Johnsonof Freeland, re-elected.

Dist. 10 - Eugene DeMatio ofWest Branch, elected to succeedAlbert A. Brindley of WestBranch, retired.

Director at Large - Robert E.Smith of Fo lerville, re-elected.

Director at Large - Herb tFierke of Saginaw, elected tosucceed Gleason Halliwill ofGladwin.

Farm Bureau Young PeopleHarry Foster of Nile , Presidentof FBYP, was elected to repre-s nt that group on the MFBboa, d. He ucceeds HilbertSchulze of Pigeon.

Blueberries are most plentifulin the mountains of Washingtonand Oregon. Some patches coverthousands of acres.

FARM FOR SALE

POULTRYEQUIPMENT

13 FARM MACHINERYSALE. One 6,000 egg Bundy

~ncuhator with 2,000 ggs per w ekfat h r. Two 1,000 chick James vay

~lectric Battery Brooders. Jay Black,i2 E. Mills Street, Handusky, Mieh-gan. (Sanilac 'ounty)

cia-n-ssi» 2GA

F R.lHA.·n PO'VEIt BOX heavyduty !I-ton capacity (n .w) m nurespr ad l' attachment. ost 1,500. Bestoffer. Phon ventngs Kalamazoo FI-4-9594. Kenn th Harter, Otsego R-2,Aichiga . (Kalamazoo County) ,

(l2-lt-25p) 13

GOOD l\IANPltI-~ LOAIJI~rt for in-neapolis-Molino l\f()('lpJ Z or Z 'rrac-tor. Please call' or wrlt e giving allnarttoulars. j'.arl A. I 01 , J< IemontH.-3, Michigan. Phon 966W-l Fr -mont. ( .•.Tpway ro County)

02-lt-27b) 3626 PULLETS

Hear SpeakerFrom Ind-a

Broomfield and Rolland FarmBureau heard Mrs. Ernest P.Donald (Shalini) of India speakon "Fanning in India-Her Prob-lems and Needs." India is in afive year program since 1956 tobring more farmers into owner-ship of land, to improve farmcredit service, increase farm pro-duction, improve seeds and fer-tilizers, rural housing, health, andeducation programs.

Follows l00th LineMeridian Highway extendS

from Winnipeg, Canada. to Lardo, Texas, 1769 milee, followingttl m'an Of the

29 SEPTIC TANKS

~n Michipn one 'is' always-within ..85 miles of one of theGreat Lakes.

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ckground Material for Program in December by OUr681 ommunity Farm Bureau Discu sion Groups

DONALD D. KINSEYCoordinator of Education and Re&arch

he State of Michigan i running in the red!epresentative Rollo Conlin, chairman of the House

Committee on General Taxation, cited the 1957d ficit as $57,000,000.

He states that unless business should take a sharpupturn in late 1958, the State can end the yearnear $80,000,000 in debt. The October report ofsales tax receipts did not look promising. It wasmore than $2,000,000 below October 1957. Busi-ness activities taxes are about $5,000,000 belowlast year.

Another thing that complicates the picture forthe State i that If earmarked" fund for state andlocal benefits have more than doubled since 1949.

Everyone is wa ching he tax situation . . . andwondering. New sources of revenue are being ex-amined to find a way to prevent State bankruptcy.

Three Months Tax Study. On our DiscussionTopic ballots of last June, the Community FarmBureaus heavily favored a three months discussionof our tax situation. The first 'approach is to takea look at "Where Michigan Gets Its Money."

We may leave out property taxes generally insuch a question. We will discuss them in January.The State has not collected a general property taxsince 1932. Those taxes go to local governments.Lee 8 try to put some of the State revenues intoproper brackets:

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ale TaxDivide

nd U Taxetax revenues are dropping. Thelast complete yearly records cov-er the fiscal year of 1956-57.For that year, the State collected$328,800,000 in sales and usetaxes. This was 34.7% of allState tax collections.

All of the use taxes go intothe State general furid. About80% of the sale taxes are paidout to school districts and localgovernment units.

Two constitutional amend-ments compel this payment.The Sales Tax Diversion Amend-ment of 1946 and the 1954 revi-sion to it. (The Conklin PlanAmendment) require that two-thirds of the sales tax moneybe returned to schools, plus ashare to local governments.

The result is that the Statekeeps for the General Fund onlyone-sixth of the sales tax col-lections. In spite of this, salestaxes provided the largest rev-enue to the State General Fundin 1956-57, or $123,300,000. Thiswas 24.5% of all collections forthe General Fund.

aleThe sales and use taxes repre-

sent the largest source of rev-enue collected by the State. Thesale tax came into being in 1933and was discussed as a temporaryform of tax at that time. Therate was set at 3% of retailgross sales.

A number of items have beenmade exempt by law-now in-cluding raw materials of produc-tion and machinery used in in-dustry and agriculture.

Th use tax is collected from(a) purchases of goods outside ofMichigan for use within theState, and (b) sales of usedautos, trucks and other usedv hicles within the State.

Actually th use tax may coverthe sale of all used goods. Butit is practically impossible tocover the sales of most us dgoods. With vehicles, a transferof title opens the way to collectthe tax when the sale is made.It is paid when the new title isissued. The rate is also 3%.

Almost everyone shares inpaying the sales tax. Michigancitizens paid $20.29of each $1,000

We have pointed out that sales of income in sales taxes in 1956-

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A we all know, only Mother Nature can bring you anabundance of good crop producing weather in 1959, BUT

arm Bureau c n help you get increased yields and profits

if you u e Farm Bur au High Analysis Plant Food. in 1959.FOLLOW OUR DVICE AND BEAT THE SPRING RUSH.

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our arman ampl

ood dealer now hasanalysis you need.

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in 1958LEADERS of 43 County arm 1:J.

Bureaus received citations from of a "kick-back" from the Fed-Michigan Farm Bureau at the eral government. The money39th annual meeting for surpass- was paid in Federal taxes toing their members?ip goal. in begin with and returns in thethe 19S8 membershIp carnpargn. form of grants. But far less re-Michigan Farm Bureau men:b.er- turns than is paid by Michiganship increased to 71,454 families. people to the Federal govern-The state goal for 1959 is 72,387 ment.families. In 1956-57some $101,800,000of

Federal money was received by57. There are five states in the State. All of this is ear-which citizens paid a higher per- marked for special purposes,centage of income in sales taxes. however. Matching of funds byBut Michigan citizens pay a larg- the State is a usual require-er percentage than those of ment to get it. Uses are subjectneighboring states. A number of to strict regulation.states do not levy a sales taxon food. Nui anceTaxes

Raising the sales tax to 4%would not alone solve the prob- A number of so-called "nuls-lem of the State deficit. The ance taxes" are levied to bringState could still keep only one- some . revenue to the State.ixth of the increased revenues. Sometlme~ people suggest that

51 . these be mcreased to reduce theSome have suggested special I deficit. The percentages of rev-

3% taxes on services - repal.rs, enue are too small, however, tohotel and motel ~ooms, etc. WIth hope for a complete solution inall the money going to the Gen- this direction.eral Fund.

subject to tax became effectivein 1940. There are various ex-emptions, including charitable,r ligious and educational insti-tutions, among others. The rateof tax levy differs so much fordifferent forms of intangibleproperty that the schedule can-not be listed here.

tax rates.

This tax has brought Michiganincreasing revenues. At first theamount was only $3,000,000. Butin 1956-57 it put $23,700,000intothe State General Fund. Thisis 4.7% of the total in this fund.

iscellaneousEach taxpayer is allowed a de-

duction of $20 from the tax. Un-less he owes more than that intax he may disregard it. Thisis not true of general propertytaxes. It gives an advantage tosuch intangible property. Re-

oval of such exemptions wouldbring an added revenue to theState of about $1,300,000.

A danger in raising State taxeson intangible property is thatit is easily movable. A higherrate of tax could cause large-scale movement of such propertyout of the state to areas of lesser

Various other smaller sourcesof revenue bring money into theState General Fund. Taxes, rent-als .and fees from mineral min-ing, oil and gas help a bit. In-heritance and estate taxes yield-ed about $10,000,000in 1957. Num-erous other small taxes and feesare received by the State.

Cash BalancesShow Picture

In 1956-57 the total revenuesfor all purposes collected by the

Alco olic BeveragesThe usinessActivitie Tax The State of Michigan oper-

ates a monopoly over the whole-sale distribution of spiritousliquors and places a special taxupon beer and wine.

The second largest source ofrevenue available strictly forState use is the business activi-ties tax.

It is true that more money is The State liquor monopolycollected in taxes on highway was established in 1932. A mark-f u e 1s (133,400,000) and in up margin of 46% to the cost ofweight taxes for vehicle licenses the liquor is added by ~he State.($66,100,000). But these funds In 1957 the net profit to theare earmarked for roads and State, after operatmg exp~nses,hi h s and a share goes to I amounted to $37,200,000on Iiquorig way '. alonecities and counties for locall In JuI of 1957 a s ecial add-streets and roads. The money y . p .

t be used for general oper- ed tax. of 4% on liquors of highc~o alcoholic content became law.a mg expenses. The money was to go to school

The business activities tax was funds. The same law added 2established by an act of the Leg- cents per package in tax onislature in 1953. In 1956 it cigarettes. This was expected toproved to be a rich source of yield about $7 million in rev-State revenue, netting $ 4,300,000 enue in 1958. But liquor salesor 12.8% of the revenues to the declined 23% in July.General Fund. It has dropped The Liquor Control Commis-somewhat in 1958-59. sion collects taxes on beer and

The tax now levies 6.5 mills wine, but does not distributeon the gross sales of busine s them nor set the prices. Thefirms in Michigan. Some exemp- tax rates are 50c a gallon ontions exist. Unless gross sales wine and $1.25 per barrel onamount to $20,000 or more, no beer. Such taxes brought $7,370,-tax return is filed. For this rea- 000 into State coffers in 1957.son, very few farmers pay thetax . obacco & i arettes

The main protest that busi-nessmen have made about thebusiness activities tax is that itmu t be paid whether a net profitor a loss is realized for the year.If a loss develops, it adds tothe handicap and makes it harderto avoid business failures.

But the same is true of prop-erty taxes, and the business ac-tivities tax does provide a rea-sonably steady source of revenuefor the State.

Cigarettes carry a Federal taxof 8c per pack and a State ofMichigan tax of 5c per pack.Michigan raised the tax from 3ca year ago. These taxes makeup about half the cost of thepackage.

The first cigarette tax was im-posed by the State to pay theVeteran's Bonus of World WarII. In 1956-57 this tax broughtin $27,200,000. But it must beremembered that two-fifths ofthis money is now earmarked forschool aid and does not helpother State operating expenses.

Tobacco, other than cigarettes,is not taxed by the State.

The Cor:porationFranchi Tax

Corporations in Michigan paya privilege fee. It is actually inthe nature of a permit to dobusiness as a corporation. It wasfirst established in 1921-22. Therate was then 3.5 mills.

In 1952 the rate becanne 4mills, levied yearly on the paid-up assets of the corporation.This brought $47,100,000into theState General Fund in 1957-58.This is 9.4% of the General Fundand makes the corporation fran-chise tax the third largest sourceof money going to it.

The tax is p ;d by about 35.000corporations. The Michigan TaxStudy Committee points out that,since the fee has a rather fixedrate, it can create some problemsfor corporations when sales de-cline.

In som ca c it may preventneeded expan ion which wouldcreate new jobs. The fee couldbe made more fIe ible if it wereadjusted to changes in economicactivity. But, again, it i a firmourc of tate rev ue.

Pari- u ual Be tingLegalized betting at r a c e

tracks in Michigan is subject toa special tax. The first law ofthis sort became effective in1933. Rates have been raisedfrom time to time. The presenttax calls for 4% on all moneywagered on harness race and6 % of the bets on running raceswithin city limits. 4% if out-side city limits.

The tax yielded about $7,500,000 in 1957. About a third ofthe money i returned to thecities where the races take placeto be used for streets and traf-fic control improvements. Somegoes for race purses and someis used for county fair improve-ments.

as tltis

to help do it?

TOPIC FOR JANUARY-Whatis true about property taxes in~nchigan?

State amounted to $949,200,000.Of this $502,500,000wa moneygoing to the Gen ral Fund-butmuch of that was earmarked forspecial purpos .

The "Paid Out" figur loomslarger. Between mon y used inState operations and allotted toschools and local governm nts,the cost figure reads $1,020,700,-000.

Farmer 'Tour touro e Still OpenA tour of Europe with other

American farmers is beln. olteredby Am i an Farmers Tours.

The tour is 23 days. DepQrtfrom New York February 8, 1969.Eight European countries: Eng-land, Holland, Belgium, Germany,Austria, Italy, Switzerland, andFrance.

Air transportation across theAtlantic Ocean and back to NewYork. Tour rates include meals,lodging and transportation. $829 'per person.

For information, write NorwoodEastman, Michigan Farm Bureau,P. O. Box 960, Lansing 4, Mich....igan.

To keep go·ng. the Statehas had to tap various avail-able reserves.

The year 1958-59has seen Staterevenues fall off about $20,000,-000 below expectations. Pay-ments to schools and other gov-ernment units are falling behindschedule.

You cannot borrow endless yto meet a deficit. The Consti-tution limits general borrowingto $250,000for general purposes.The State cannot coin money.

Would economies in State pro-grams help? The State is spend-ing at a rate 67% above thatof 1948-in terms of dollars ofconstant value, according to theCitizens Research Council. Thisis spending per capita, and wouldcover an¥ increases in populationthat might cause increased needs.

What measures may Michigantake to get its budget back inbalance? That is the problem.

F rm Bureau ServicesOfficers for 1959

Marten Garn of Charlotte wasre-elected president, and Elton R.Smith of Caledonia was re-electedvice-president of Farm BureauServices at the 29th annual meet-ing at East Lansing November 25.See EDITORIAL on page 1 forsummary of Services' work in '58.

Directors elected: Clyde Breining,Peter H. DeWeerd, Marten Garn,Walter Harger, *Kenneth O. John-son, *Elton R. Smith, *Walter W.Wightman, *Blaque Knirk, *RobertE. Smith. *Representfng Michi-gan Farm Bureau.

Questions1. What suggestions do you

have for putting the State ofMichigan on a sound financialfooting?

. 2. It appears that new Statetaxes to yield considerable andconstant revenues for the StateGeneral Fund will be needed.

(A) Whaf new types oftaxes might be added to dothis?

(B) Are the representtaxes that could be increased

De ert AirThe air over deserts sometimes

contains more moisture than airover the rainiest areas, but thereis nothing to chill the air, there-fore the moisture does not con .•dense.

MICHIGAN FARM NEWS6 December 1, 1958

OLIDAY SEASO approacltes. .We are reminded to express

our sincere gratitude to you for yourfriendship and assistance.

For this, we say "Thank yo !"

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During the past year wehave tried to serve you as best

we know how. We lookforward to serving you even

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igan includes such things asbank d po its, stocks, bond, de-bentures notes and accounts re-ceivable, mortgage and land.contracts, etc. Th ha e valuejust r I t 1 rrop v lu .

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more during the years ahead. We hope thatyou will continue to look to "your own" in-surance company for the protection andservice you desi reo

Your Board of Directors, Officers and staff,and your local Farm Bureau Insurance agentsend to you and your family their Very BestWishes for this coming Holiday Season!

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