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THE ACTION PUBLICATION OF TNI! MICHI~AN FARM BUREAU , VOL. 59, NO.8, AUGUST 1980

f Board of Trustees gricultural Representation 'Imperative' I AgriPac Endorses Bill Byrum, Tom Reed AgriPac, Michigan Farm Bureau's though several qualified individuals political action arm, has designated 80 with agricultural backgrounds were candidates for political office as nominated. Now, we have the oppor- "Friends of Agriculture." The 45 tunity, as voters, to correct this shock- Republicans and 35 Democrats who - .ing situation," he concluded. will receive AgriPac's support during Bill Byrum operates a cash crop the upcoming election campaign were farm in Ingham County and also has a announced.at a press conference held cow-calf herd and swine operation. :,.--- July 3 on the farm of Larry DeVuyst, He is the immediate past executive Ithaca hog producer who serves as vice president of the Michigan Cat- "::",::chairman of AgriPac. tlemen's Association. In 1978 he was -. ~~ appointed by Secretary of Agriculture ... . Included in the list of 80 "Friends of Agriculture (see center-page spread Bergland to serve on the Minimum . -,~. I for listing and voting records) are two Wage Study Commission established persons seeking their parties' nomina- by the 95fh Congress. tions for the Michigan State University Tom Reed was born and raised on Board of Trustees. Michigan Farm a centennial dairy farm in Jackson Bureau President Elton R. Smith ap- County. He was an MSU Agricultural plauded AgriPac for its endorsement Extension agent for 5112 years, of Bill Byru~ (D-Onondaga) and Tom worked as a crops and livestock Reed (R-DeWitt). specialist for the Michigan Farm Bureau, owned and managed a beef "Michigan State University is the operation in Gratiot County, and is oldest land grant institution in the na- now assistant manager of the Michi- tion and it is imperative to have per- gan Live Stock Exchange. sons with an understanding of our in- In addition to chairman Larry De dustry on the board of trustees. At this Vuyst, AgriPac members include Bob point, MSU is the only land grant in- Lamoreaux, vice chairman, Belding; stitution in the country that does not Myra Hand, Afton; Gordon Porter, have one or more agricultural persons "Quincy; Al Prillwitz, Berrien Springs; on its governing body," Smith said. and Ronald Wood, Scottville. Serving "Michigan's entire agricultural com- as ex-officio members are Albert munity was disappointed when Gov. Almy, secretary, and Robert E. Milliken did not use his recent oppor- Braden, treasurer, both of Michigan tunity to correct that problem, even Farm Bureau.

TOM REED BILL BYRUM New Member-Only Program - See Page 7 PAGE 2 FARM NEWS AUGUST 1980

From the Desk of the President

Now . • . It's OUR Turn First, a word of appreciation to the Even though MSU is the only land grant members of AgriPac for their commitment institution in the nation that does not have and dedication to the task of selecting the one or more agricultural p'ersons on its 1980 "Friends of Agriculture." There were governing board ... even though it has J long hours of study and discussion in- made significant contributions to this state's volved in that decision-making process, economy through agricultural education hours spent away from their .farming busi- and research ... we failed in our efforts to nesses. These personal sacrifices made by convince the governor to fiB a recent / our volunteers who assume leadership vacancy with one of several, highly- roles are never taken for granted. Rather, qualified nominees from our industry. We I they are recognized as THE key to our or- have the opportunity now to solve that ganization's effectiveness. problem and, this time, we must not fail! i The phrase, "Friends of Agriculture," is Through united effort, we can have a pow- not a meaningless title; it is an appropriate erful impact on having both of our "Friends description. The candidates who have of Agriculture" on the MSU Board of Farm Bureau members can have a real been given that designation by AgriPac Trustees. influence at these county and state party have proven that they are, actually, friends The first step in making this happen is to conventions~ They can help select dele- of agriculture. They have helped us; now, assure that they receive their parties' gates or be seated as delegates themselves; it is our turn to help them - through finan- nominations at the state politiCal conven- they can provide the leadership to obtain cial contributions to their campaigns, by tions in August. YOU can have an influ- policy stands and nominate officials favor- educating others about their qualifications, ence on the decision to nominate them. able to agriculture. by using our power in the voting booth. The political process in Michigan pro- This is no time to sit back and "let Among the 80 AgriPac-endorsed candi- vides opportunities for the average citizen George do it" because "George" may not dates are two people deeply involved in to be involved in decisions about party be a farmer or a person who understands agriculture, Tom Reed and Bill Byrum, platforms and nominees for many elected and appreciates agriculture's importance seeking their parties' nominations for the officials. While that process is already and needs. The very fact that there are so Michigan State University Board of underway, there is still need for citizens - many citizens who aren't willing to "get in- Trustees. Michigan's entire agricultural especially farmers - to participate. volved in politics" opens up opportunities community must make a united effort to County political conventions are held in for caring farmers who believe there's more correct the absolutely insupportable situa- August. At those conventions, delegates to good citizenship than voting. tion of not having a single person with an will be elected t'o attend the state conven- Take advantage of these opportunities agricultural background on the governing tions to be held at Cobo Hall in Detroit NOW. Be a friend to our friends. body of our nation's first land grant institu- (Democratic, August 23 and 24; RepubJi:. tion!' can, August 15 and 16). Elton R.-Smith Take Me As I Mean - Not As I Say petunias, I defended my action what I told him was not to play forevermore to be the subject should as a source of Farm Bu- with the simple logic: "But I with the water hose, which he of pointing fingers and reau information. With that thought you said the fish removed before turning the snickers. One of the journalism analysis, if your editors had a weren't supposed to pick petu- faucet on. magazines has a special section security blanket, we'd probably nias!" This "take me as I mean, not highlighting some of the print- be sucking our thumbs behind Now, my grandmother as I say" reasoning might be ac- ed headline fluffs: Panda it. But that wouldn't solve the didn't swear, but I bet those ceptable within family life, but it mating fails; veterinarian takes problem .... were a few Dutch expletives just doesn't make it in business over .... Jesse Owens Dies; At this point, we're not even that preceded - "You must and organization communica- His Feats Live On .... Sharks sure what the problem is - DaNNA take me as I mean - not as I tions. You darn well better stop search for span collapse writing style, topic content, for- say." know what you mean and say victims .... and a few others mat, or just too much competi- Being of Dutch and Finnish With my mother, it was more it in a manner that your audi- that can't be reprinted in a tion. What we do know is that, descent, it's always been easy of an interpretation problem ence knows, too. family publication. for the amount of resources in- for me to relate to the admoni- than a language barrier. She That doesn't always happen, What brought all this to mind vested in this publication, it tion: "Take me as I mean - not used the phrase often to clarify of course, and it's always worse was the result of a recent com- ought to be scoring better with as I say." the bounds of my teen-age in print. While bloopers on ra-. munications study, requested its intended audience. My grandmother used to liberties. For example, I dio and TV fade away, those in by our voting delegates, that We're going to be trying, in warn me, "In the neighbor's learned that her instructions print are captured in black and showed that the Michigan Farm the next few months, to find fish pond, don't put your feet, not to take the car out of the white (and sometimes color) News did not rate as high as it out why it isn't, how it could, or the flower bed, too, and yard did not mean I could use and even if it should. popsickle sticks they don't like up a half-tank of gas going back MICHIGAN FARM NEWS You can help. It is, after all, floating, or pick petunias and forth in the driveway. Or your publication. V.'e'll be do- (lSSN 0026-2161) DIRECTORS: Distrtct 1. Arthur Bailey. ing some personal interviews at either. " that "Don't stay out all night" The Michigan Farm News is published Schoolcraft: District 2. Lowell Elsenmllnn. Why would I want to put the did not mean getting in just be- monthly. on the first dllY.by the Michiglln FlIrm Blissfield; District 3. James Silyre. Belleville: several county fairs throughout Bureau Information lInd Public Relations Divi- District4. Elton R. Smith. Caledonia: District5. flower bed in the fish pond? fore dawn; it meant before sion. Publlclltlon lInd editorial offices at 7373 WillillmSpike. Owosso: District6. Jack Laurie. the state and also running midnight. That, to her, was the West Saginllw Highway. Lansing. Michigan Cass City: District 7. Robert Rider. HlIrt: District some questionnaires in the .... I thought the fish liked my 48909. Post Office Box 30960. telephone. 8. Larry DeVuyst. Ithaca. District 9. Donilid popsickle boats .... Whoever end of night, and I learned that Lansing 517-323-7000. Extension 508. Sub- Nugent. Frankfort: District 10. Richard Wie- Farm News. These will provide scription price. 80 cents per year. Publlclltlon land. Ellsworth; District 11. Herman Robere. you with an opportunity to let heard of fish picking petunias? "but you said" was a poor' de- No 345040. Filyette. She always started out with fense against getting grounded. Established January 13. 1923. Second-class DIRECTORS AT LARGE: Walter Frahm. us know what you'd like your postage paid lit lansing. Michigan and at addi- Frllnkenmuth: Mlchllel Pridgeon. Montgomery: publication to be. Take advan- the where and by the time she Now, it's the third generation tionlll mlliling offices. Robert Rottler. Fremont. got to the whats (there was and I find myself using "Take EDITORIAL: Donna Wilber. Editor: MlIrcia WOMEN OF FARM BUREAU: Vivian tage of these opportunities: be Ditchie. Connie Turbin. Assoclllte Editors. me as I mean - not as I say" Lott. Mason. honest, constructively critical, seldom just one), I wasn't sure OFFICERS: MIChiganFlIrm Bureau: Presi. FARM BUREAU YOUNG FARMERS: with.my 4-year-old grandson. dent. Elton R. Smith. Cilledonla: Vice Presi- L.C. Scramlln. Holly. tough, even. what it was I wasn't supposed dent. JlIck Laurie. Cass City: Admlnlstrlltive POSTMASTER: In using form 3579. mllilto: He couldn't understand my Director. Robert Braden. lansing. Trellsurer And ~ you have any oW, to do, but I knew where not to Michigan Farm News. 7373 West Saglnllw lInd Chief Financial Officer. Max D. Delln: Highway. Lansing. Michiglln 48909. spare pieces of security blan- do it. When she chastised me anger when he turned the out- Secretary. William S. Wilkinson. for bringing her a bouquet of side faucet on full blast, when kets, send those along, too. AUGUST 1980 FARM NEWS PAGE 3 FB Supports Energy Advocacy White House Family Conference 'a Political Plot' Says Delegate

(Editor's Note: S1. Clair County Farm Bureau member Janice Rinke was one of 31 people appointed by Gov. Milli- ken as delegates to the regional White House Conference on Families held in Minneapolis June 19 and 20. Recently, she and Bernadette Rasch, Kent County Farm Bureau member, shared their experiences with the Michigan Farm Bureau Women's Executive Committee. Here, Rinke shares her concerns regarding the possible outcome of the confer- ence with all Farm Bureau members.)

I recently had the opportunity to participate in a fiasco in- appropriately labeled a "White House Conference on Fami- lies." In my opinion, it was a political plot held during an elec- tion year, designed to paint government bureaucratic family programs as "grassroots" oriented - at a $3 million expense to the American taxpayers. I believe the administration wanted the conferences to re- sult in demand for more government services and interven- tion in our private lives. Then they will tell the public: "We are responding to your concerns and genuine needs." Serving as personal representative of MFB President Elton R. Smith. Oaudine Jackson confers with lane If the final report (a compilation of the three national con- Kirkland, president of the AFL-CIO. Also pictured is Scott R. Kingan, executive director of the Michigan Committee for Jobs a~d Energy. ferences - Baltimore, Minneapolis and Los Angeles) is ac- cepted as the true concerns and needs of today's American Over 800 people gathered in and currently a member of the of U.S. energy must be utilized, up programs design~d by families, we'll wind with govern- Chicago June 26 through 29 MFB Consumer Affairs Com- including conservation, coal, and ment professional family sociologists their associates. for the Second Annual Confer- mittee. nuclear and solar. The delegation from Michigan was "packed and stacked. " ence on Energy Advocacy, En- Jackson attended the meet- Through workshops, panel At the April 19 Michigan White House Conference on ergy for the 80s. ing at the invitation of the discussions, exhibits and per- Families meeting, 25 of the 32 elected persons were grass- The diverse group from all Michigan Committee for Jobs sonal contacts, conference par- roots families. Then, on May 27, under pressures from pro- across the nation included and Energy, a labor, business, ticipants increased their under- ERA and pro-abortion groups, our governor appointed 31 leaders from labor, energy pro- energy and agriculture coalition standing of the impact of an en- delegates to "round off and balance the Michigan delegation duction, government, educa- formed to promote. public ergy shortfall on the nation's to insure representation of the diversities of Michigan." Of tion, agriculture and other sec- awareness of the state's energy economic health, standard of the 31 appointed, only I was a true homemaker. All the rest tors of the economy. situation. MFB President Elton living, employment and nation- were professional people, social service or civil servants Michigan Farm Bureau was R, Smith is a member of the al security, coming from 'a heavy concentration of the Detroit and Lan- represented by Claudine Jack- MCJE board. The first conference, held sing areas. son of Howell, former member Among the basic purposes of last February in Washington, In addition to those 30, another 10 were added to the list of the MFB Board of Directors the meeting were the training D. C" drew nearly 900 partici- as "national at large delegates, " also stemming from bureau- of citizen energy volunteers pants interested in energy ad- cratic professions. and to point out that all forms vocacy. The conference's plan was simple: appoint scores of gov- Synfuels Bill ernment employees and social workers to identify the prob- lems, guide and control the conference and come up with Passes Congress solutions of hiring more government employees to cope Michigan Farm Bureau Pres- with "our" problems. ident Elton R. Smith has con- Several times as I sat in my workshop, "Income Securities gratulated President Carter and for Families," and our topic sessions, "Families and Eco- Congress for passage of a syn- nomic Well Being, " I became nauseous over the recommen- thetic fuels bill which will pro- dations being passed. vide $20 billion in loans, grants The recommendation 'I feel was the most warped and er- and price guarantees to com- roneous was No. 24. It received 293 yes votes and 280 no panies that manufacture syn- votes. It read: "Parents should assume the primary responsi- thetic fuels. bility for teaching their children basic moral values and re- "Production agriculture can sponsible conduct. However, we recognize the rights of all meet the alcohol fuel goals set children to equal protection of the law under the Constitu- forth in the synthetic fuels bill, tion of the United States, and their right may supersede the without impairing food supplies right of parents to notification about a minor child's partici- This emblem for the American people or pation in private or governmental social service programs. " feed supplies for livestock," he is important to upon I attended the conference because receiving the ap- said. pointment and seeing the "titles" of the others on the list, I grain farmers The bill sets a goal for synfuel felt I had a mission to carry out. Jfeel it is my God given right ~~'=l~ And to dairy farmers. production equal to 500,000 hog producers. and responsibility as a mother to raise our daughters the way 'f'eRV\(,~ cattle feeders. barrels a day by 1987 and 2 A {armer-oU'nf"d J feel is right, whether it be moral values, religion, education, creCti! otyanlza/lol1 poultry producers. work ethics, responsibility or accountability and free enter- million barrels a day by 1992. It specialty crop gro~rs. calls for promotion of alcohol and just about everyone who makes a living prise. J refuse to let anyone' claim they can do a better job. fanning, output of 60,000 barrels per More bureaucratic intervention into our family or the It stands for an organiZation whose goal has day by 1982, ultimately reach- remained constant for 46 years: to Improve th~ countless other traditional American families that were un- Income and ~lI-tielng of farmers and ranchers. It ing a replacement of 10 per- has stood with them as a dependable source of able to be represented at this conference can only destroy cent of the 'nation's gasoline credit through good times and bad. what it has taken generations to accomplish. If the historic- Whether )'Our main crop Is hogs or grain. milk. consumption by 1990. cat tie or poult ry.or a specialty crop of any kind. classicalfamily is weakened or corrupted, then our hope for Production Credit Association can be a valuable a stable future is extinguished. "The legislation provides the source of credit and services for you. incentives and research long Janice Rinke, St. Clair County needed to direct America to- ward energy independence," Smith said. PAGE 4 FARM NEWS AUGUST 1980

Legislative Executive: More Taxes for Farmers

CAPITOL The Legislature has given fi- al proposal that would permit the as- tourists and out-of-state or non-Michi- n~1approval to put a proposal' sessment of agricultural and forest gan businesses. property on its use rather than market -It is estimated that the average on the ballot. It consists' of a value. This is an Important break- homeowner would have a property tax REPORT constitutional amendment, SJR through as such assessment systems reduction of nearly 40 percent (about "X," and nine billsthat are "tie- have not been able to be used In the $350). This Is Including the use of the By barred. " Together, they would past due to the uniformity clause in the present circuit breaker. However, be- provide: constitution .. cause it is based on a $7,100. assess- -Sales taxes on residential electricity ment exemption, properties in those Robert E. Smith -$7,100 assessment exemption and gas use would be eliminated over a urban areas with' high millage (some (SEV) from property taxes on each five-year period. over 70 mills) tax rates would have a residential and agricultural homestead. -The present $1,500 personal in: larger property tax savings than would Cost will be about $776 million. This properties in rural areas with low mil- will apply only to operational taxes and come tax exemp.tion would be adjusted lage rates. In the case of a farm, the not debt retirement. Another way of annually according to inflation. dollar amount would be the same but MFB Board Reviews figuring it is $7.10 for each operating -Lottery revenues would be ear- marked for the school aid fund. This the percentage would be much lower mill. due to higher total valuations (SEV). -The amount of the SEV exemption means nothing and is only cosmetic, Ballot Tax Proposals would increase each year In relation to but it should eliminate some confusion. Inflation pressures. - Revenue to pay for the property tax The Farm Bureau board op- - Property taxpayers would continue cuts would come from an increase in In the past few months, Michigan citizens have been bombard- to be eligible for the present circuit the sales and use tax rate from 4 per- posed this proposal even ed with publicity on about two dozen so-called tax reform propo- breaker property tax rebate program. cent to 5.5 percent (a 35.7 percent in- though it contains a.Farm Bu- sals. Some of them were petition proposals, others were legisla- The present $1,200 limit would in- crease) and would be earmarked for reau promot~d and supported tive proposals. Most of them required amending the constitution. crease with inflation. property tax relief. The state would re- provision to permit the assess- All were very complicated with many ramifications. -Renters would receive a $140 cred- imburse local government for all or it on their income taxes. This, too, most of the revenue lost due to the ment of agricultural and for- Deadlines are now past; there will be three constitutional tax would increase with inflation. The ini- property tax cuts. Farmers pay more estry property on its use rather amendments and one legislative tax proposal on the November tial cost is approximately $106 million. sales tax than others because building than market value. It would ballot. They are the Tisch Amendment, the Smith-Bullard Unlike other taxpayers, renters receive materials, tile, fences, trucks and pick- increase taxes for most farmers Amendment, the Legislative-Executive Amendment and a legisla- the same tax break regardless of where ups are taxable. because of the 1.5 percent tive proposal to finance prison construction. they live. -The additional sales tax will gener- -Farm Bureau was successful in ad- ate more than $800 million. Of that increase in the sales tax The Michigan Farm Bureau Board of Directors carefully consid- ding an amendment to the constitutlon- amount, $200 million will be paid by rate. ered all four tax proposals at the July 7 and 8 meeting. Following is a brief summary of each proposal and the board's position. Tisch: Tax Cut But 'Totally Irresponsible'

Smith-Bullard: The Tisch proposal will cost Legislature must .provide "comparable -Uniformity of property taxation is the state nearly $2 billion and relief' for renters for these three provi- eliminated between classifications of sions. property. This can lead to a variety of local government will lose Less Local Control, - No new tax can be imposed on the -assessment ratios and tax rates. Minne- about $600 million. The cur- "principal-homestead" of any house- sota, for example, has 54 different tax Higher Future Taxes rent state general fund budget hold. "Principal homestead" Is defined rates. is about $4.6 billion. It would as a home occupied at least 183 days a - Local governments could raise mil- be impossible for the state to year and situated on land "not exceed- lage rates by a vote of the people up to ing one acre in size." New taxes could The Michigan Education As- -Provides for a statewide property absorb the 'additional expense the present constitutional limitation (15 sociation was the main circula- tax on industrial, developmental a'nd be Imposed on other properties. to 18 allocated mills and 50 total mills). commercial property not to exceed without additional taxes which -The effect of the above provisions The state would have to match all tor of this petition. Official re- 30112 additional mills. Total tax rate for are limited by the proposal. would be that the Individual would property taxes dollar for dollar with no ports state that they spent these properties could be 55 mills. It The nearly $2.5 billion of tax have to prove to the assessor his in- control. This means that all the people $59,000 in this effort. (Each could be that the Single Business' Tax cuts would be taxable income come and age by Income tax forms, In the state would pay for the addltion~1 would also be increased. birth certificates, etc., also whether taxes that some areas might vote. MEA local and member was al- for federal income tax. Over located so many petition signa- - Exempts the first $25,000 (annual- they have lived in the home for at least -Requires Legislature to reimburse ly adjusted for inflation) of homesteads $55 million would go to Wash- 183 days. Separate assessments would local government for revenues lost tures.) MEA has announced have to be made for the "principal of retired persons 65 years of age or ington as increased federal in- from low income and senior citizen ex- plans to spend $250,000 to o~er. The state must reimburse local come taxes. Some federal homestead" and additional land over emptions. units for losses. An Interesting inequity the one acre limit. gain passage. Provisions in- matching monies would also be -The state reimbursement would arises: e.g., a 65-year-old with a -Suggests that all property not speci- clude: amount to about $2 billion of the $2.5 $5,000 home and high income could lost. The implications and fically exempt in the proposal be asses- -Cut the present 50 mill constitu- billion as local government would lose get the exemption but a 64-year-old ramifications of the Tisch sed and taxed. Exemptions that would tionallimit to 24112 mills only on home- about $600 million as a result of the with a $50,000 home and low income continue Include personal property steads and resident family owned and Amendment are enormous. rollback to 1978 valuation (SEV) le- would have to pay. This Is a costly pro- used In agricultural operations or farm operated farms. Thirteen mills would The big questions are: Where vels. vision. implements held for resale; household be allocated and 11112 mills could be will the money come from? -The Legislature could not Impose voted. -Contains a provision designed to personal; farm products in warehouses Would there really be local any new tax or Increase the rate or base -The allocated mills are as follows: assure local control of schools, but designated In transit; mechanics tools; and four others. of any existing tax unless approved by county - 7, townships - 2. community strings are usually attached to state control? 60 percent of the voters at a general colleges - I, vocational education - 1, money. -Rollback property tax assessments -Abolish all other exemptions. Pres- -Tax rollback under the Headlee election which Is held once every two special education - 1112, intermediate (SEV) to the 1978 level which becomes ent exempt property that could be tax- Amendment by (agri- years. In other words, 41 percent could school districts - .5; total - 13 mills. class of property the value base. This would be less than able Include Inventories, motor vehi- thwart the will of 59 percent of the -The voters could increase the cultural residential, commercial, etc.). 19 percent of current market value. cles; agricultural trees, shrubs, vines, voters. The question Is how the state millage by one mill for the county, two This could create the problem of nu- -Reduces all property taxes by cut- crops; grain In elevators; private and could reimburse local government for for the township, seven for K-12 school, merous tax rates. ting assessments (SEV) from the pres- commercial forest reserve lands; beet lost property tax renewal if the voters programs, and one and a half for com- -This shift in taxes will increase the ent 50 percent of value to a maximum sugar; properties of 4-H or Girl Scouts personal income tax by at least 1.5 per- turn down a revenue proposal. munity colleges; total - 11112 voted of 25 percent. Would not apply to farm and similar groups; and several others. mills. Total for allocated and voted - cent. As time goes on. this undoubted- property enrolled under P.A. 116 of This provision Is uncleaa; and may take -Prohibits the state from increasing ly will have to be Increased further. It is 24112 mills. 1974 - the Farmland and Open Space a court case to clarify. any existing fee or Imposing any new -This allocation of mills would mean estimated that by the end of the five- Preservation Act - and certain other -Schools and churches with consti- fee without statewide voter approval. a windfall for some units of government year phase-In period for schools property under P.A. 198 of 1974 and tutional exemptions would not be af- However, It appears that local govern- because they presently spend much (1987). the state will need over $4 bil- P .A. 255 of 1978 - Industrial and fected. ment could Impose fees, licenses, less. Other units would be hurt. For ex- lion per year to meet the requirement. Commercial Facilities Tax Abatement -Cuts revenues by $2.5 billion In lo- charges, etc. The Income tax could rise from the Acts - which would continue to be val- cal property taxes. ample. townships are limited to a total -Income tax credits and exemptions present 4.6 percent up to at least 6.6 ued the same as at present. -Requires the state to annually ap- of four mills. Many levy much more could not be reduced without approval percent In 1986-87. The special state- -Non-residents and big business proprlate "state matching money" to than that. In order to survive they of 4/5 of the Legislature. The school wide property tax on businesses would would be the big winners. In many reimburse local government for lost would have to become a charter town- aid formula could not be altered except probably also reach the 30112 mills addi- counties, more than half of all property property taxes excepting those ship or organize as a city. In those by 4/5 vote of the Legislature. cases, the people determine the limit In tional property tax limit to the constitu- is owned by non-residents. It appears amounts required to fund bonded In- tional total of 55 mills and/or an in- -Would damage P.A. 116 as re- the charter. that renters would not receive relief debtedness. duced Incentive to go Into program - Provides more property tax relief to crease In the Single Business Tax. under this provision. -It should be noted that taxes to pay elmplementatlon of the school fi- would lose farmland. urban areas than to rural areas because -Prohibit assessments on residential debts would not be affected. If assess- of higher millage In urban areas. nance provisions could be exceedingly and agricultural property from Increas- ment limits are cut In half then tax rates complex. One reason Is the require- -K-12 school costs. except for seven Ing more than 2 percent per year. for debt payments would have to al- It was the unanimous opin- ment for "equal per pupil state financial mills voted taxes, would be paid entire- Other property Increases would be most be doubled and perhaps tripled or ion of the Michigan Farm Bu- support for all local school districts for ly by the state. This would be phased-in based on the general prlce level. more, depending on the local effect of general operational purposes." reau Board of Directors to over a five-year perlod. The seven mills -Further reduce taxes on "principal the valuation rollback to 1978 SEV. strongly oppose would not be equalized as at present. homesteads" by one half for those with -All local units of government are the Tisch pro- Wealthy areas would have a considera- The Farm Bureau board op- taxable Incomes between $5,000 and limited by law as to how much debt can posal. While it is obviously a ble advantage. poses this proposal. It would S10,500, eliminates property tax for be Incurred. Counties are limited by the tax cut. it is also totally ir- -Voters could approve a local In- undoubtedly result in addition- those with taxable Incomes of less than constitution to 10 percent of the valua- responsible! come tax of up to 1 percent In lieu of $5,000 and exempts homeowners tion. The proposal would cut that In any portion of the seven mills voted tax al taxes income in the future over the age of 62 from paying proper- half and probably create problems for (continued on page 5) for school enrichment. with less local control. ty taxes for school operations. The local government. AUGUST 1980 FARM NEWS PAGES Cooperative Patronage Pays 200 Students Attend Citizenship Seminar Off for 4,700 FPC Members The 17th annual Michigan Farm Bureau Young People's Gasoline at 20 cents a gallon patronage deferred in 1963 $14,999.23 in Saginaw Coun- Citizenship Seminar held at Al- is an almost forgotten bargain and 1964 and earned from ty to a low of $245.89 in AI- bion College June 16 through compared to today's average business done with FPC. cona County. 20 was "one of the best semi- pump price of $1.25 and up, Representatives of Farmers nars we've had," said seminar but member patrons of Farmers Petroleum Cooperative are at- "The excellent participation. coordinator Don Currey. Petroleum Cooperative, fnc.,. tending county Farm Bureau. of all members made this distri- Over 200 Michigan high received a pleasant reminder board of directors' summer bution possible, and is sincerely school juniors and seniors par- recently when approximately meetings to present an en- appreciated by the manage- ticipated in the five-day semi- 4,700 patronage checks total- larged check showing the total ment and staff of Farmers Pe- nar sponsored by county Farm ing $245,888.88 were mailed dollar amount returned to troleu m Cooperative, Inc. ,.. Bureaus and the Michigan to the cooperative's member member patrons in the county. said Max D. Dean, treasurer Farm Bureau. patrons. County total patronage pay- and chief financial officer and Activities included student The payments represented ments range from a high of interim coordinator of FPC. involvement in a mock election process. While some students ran for political offices, others worked as campaign managers Several principles of economics were explained through presenta- and authored catchy campaign tions by Dr. Charles Van Eaton, slogans and posters. The re- head of the division of economics / sults of the general election and business administration at were announced by Lt. Gov. Hillsdale College, Hillsdale, Mich. James Brickley. surer; Paul Dziedzic of Carney, Elected to political offices Menominee County, register of

fA ...M it.. were Mark Landis of Ottawa deeds; and Chris Powell of F8Rmk'1 1( VIt ..... -. ~ ~ureau v ..... " ..,. ". Lake, Monroe County, state Lowell, Ionia County, drain senator; Dennis Wood of M~r- commissioner. FARMERS 'PfTI?OtWM COOPERATIVE. INC. lette, Sanilac County, state Two justices to the state PAY TO THE OI?DER OF ""Y.['l'J~lr representative; Jana Armstead Supreme Court were also ,' .... $ 245 288.88 • MICHIGAN COOPfl

Checks totaling nearly a quarter of a million dollars were recently mailed to 4,700 Farmers Petroleum C0- Vo/versol operative members in 60 Michigan counties. The checks represent patronage disbursements for business done with the cooperative in 1963 and 1964. Max Dean, treasurer and chief financial officer and interim coordinator of Farmers Petroleum Coopera- Replace Old, tive, Inc. President Elton R. Smith and Vice President John Laurie display an enlarged check representing the total patronage returned to cooperative members. Broken Capitol Report Continued Stanchions Improve cow comfort and productivity with modern, Board Reviews Ballot Tax Proposals comfortable tie stalls. Present System are just beginning to take af- income tax of 4.6 percent by The board' pointed out that fect. . one tenth of 1 percent, bringing Michigan's present tax system These and other major tax it up to 4.7 percent, the reve- is considered among the best in system changes are just begin- . n ue to be earmarked for the the nation especially with its ning to be understood. For construction of four prisons in #51 Tie Stall • perfect for the dairyman with a "ability to pay" provisions in- these reasons and others, the the state and the renovation of show quality herd cluding the "circuit breaker" Farm Bureau board feels that others. The tax increase would • variable stall width of 40"-60" that provides tax rebates if the present system should be expire in five years. This will available property tax exceeds 31f2 per- allowed to work and that farm- also be placed on the ballot in cent of household income with ers should take advantage of November for voter decision. a rebate limit of $1,200. the popular P.A. 116 program. In 1978, the voters passed a Farmers can also voluntarily It may be time for a rational proposal demanding that fel- V-Yoke Tie Stall • easily converts stanchions to contract with the state under study of the present tax system ons convicted of certain violent tie stalls P.A. 116 to assure preserva- with all the changes made dur- crimes serve the minimum sen- • cows stay cleaner with less tion of farmland for the con- ing the last few years. (The last tence and prohibit early re- bedding tract period and in return study was more than 20 years leases. Thi? has created a seri- receive tax rebates of all prop- ago in 1958-59.) The voter ous problem that now requires erty taxes in excess of 7 percent should not be subjected to a the building of at least four new of the household income. The hodge-podge of constitutional prisons. If the voters were sin- #27 Comfort Stall average farmer enrolled in tax amendments every election cere in 1978, they should vote • the advantages of a tie stall at a low cost P.A. 116 receives more prop- that are extremely complicated for this proposal in order to pay • cows enjoy great freedom of erfy tax relief now than under and far reaching. It is not possi- for their own demands. movement any of the proposals, including ble to understand all of the The Farm Bureau board vot- Tisch, and there is no loss of ramifications of these proposals ed to support this proposal as local control. in relation to the rest of the being a responsible position, as w.w. MIll Ferm eon.. Fnt Local units of government constitution, especially if more Farm Bureau members strong- Modernize your barn today. ly supported the 1978 propo- FaRm~ are presently guaranteed that than one is approved. Visit your nearest Farm 42 percent of state revenue will sal. BUreaU come to local government and Income Tax Increase Additional information and Bureau Services dealer .. the limitations and millage roll- for Prison Construction examples will appear in the backs of the Headlee Amend- The Legislature has passed a September issue of Michigan ment passed just two years ago bill to increase the present state Farm News. PAGE 6 FARM NEWS AUGUST 1980 Storm Damage Reduces AGRINOMIC Michigan's Tart Cherry UPDATE 180

Report of the Commodity Harvest by 10 Percent Activities & Research Department

Fruit areas in southwest area this year and the second the state. Michigan were among the time that the cou nties had been "It appears that the damage hardest hit by a series of violent declared a disaster ar~a by the was severe enough to warrant thunderstorms and high winds state's governor. federal assistance for individ- that cut across Michigan's Gov. William G. Milliken an- uals, businesses and farms," southern tier of counties on Jl;1- nounced July 17 that he would Milliken said. ly 16. seek appropriate federal disas- Residents in Berrien, Van ter assistance for Michigan Substantial Losses in Buren, Cass, Calhoun and Kal- citizens who' had experienced Tart Cherry Crop amazoo counties suffered dam- property damage in the series According to Steve Psconda, age to buildings, utility service, of severe thunderstorms. assistant statistician at the livestock and crops as a result "It is obvious that thousands Michigan Agricultural Report- of the storm. For many resi- of Michigan citizens suffered ing Service, who surveyed the dents, it was the second major economic loss in the storms storm damage on July 18, the destructive storm to strike the tltat swept the southern part of red tart cherry crop suffered the brunt of the fruit losses. Loss estimates released by the service indicate that 10 per- cent of the state's predicted 175 million pound harvest was destroyed. In addition, 5 per- cent to 10 percent of the bear- ing surface of cherry tree limbs Gale force winds ripping through fruit areas in southwest Michi- were damaged. gan resulted in substantial damage to the red tart cherry crop. Forty percent of the crop had been harvested prior to the storm, but early "We figure the red tart cherry estimates of the damef!e predicted that 30 percent of the crop re- crop (in southern Michigan)' maining in the orchards would not be harvested. was probably about 40 percent {Photo by Benton Harbor Herald.Palladium} harvested when the storm hit. There is at least 30 percent of the remaining crop in the or- lates to best quality cherries on- "We contacted the state chards that won't be harvested ly. Wind whip cherries, still fla- Farm Bureaus and told them we would have to wait a few because of wind whip and limb vorful, but bearing marks or days until the supply/price rub," he'said. bruises, are not as desirable to situation could be determined," Growers estimated that the the consumer and will bring the lower bid," he said. said Bob Eppelheimer, mana- quality of the cherries would ger of MACMA's Direct Mar- start to deteriorate within 48 to Uncertainty in the supply / keting Division. 72 hours and wouldn't be har- price' situation following the "Fortunately for Direct Mar- vested. storm damage in southwest keting sales in Michigan's parti- Herb Teichman, orchard Michigan meant contacting cipating counties, supplies of grower near Eau Claire, re- Farm Bureaus in five states, who participate in Michigan's frozen cherries for the upcom- corded gale force winds of 83 Direct Marketing Program and ing member to member sale miles an hour as the storm were already in inventory and whipped through the farm's or- who had been mailed price. Hard rains in southern Michigan earlier this year demonstrated will not be affected by the chard blocks. quotes for red tart cherry sales the erosion control benefits of crop residues left on the land after storm," Eppelheimer said. planting, according to Soil Conservation Service offidaIs, strong "We were within eight hours to their members this fall. . proponents of the "no-tiU" form of conservation tillage. Where the of completing the cherry har- fields had been clean-tilled before planting, erosion problems were vest. Most of the cherries that easy to locate, they saic;l. Even on short, moderately sloping fields, Your Membership In The were blown off the trees were there were deep rills or small gullies and, at the bottom of the slopes, \ MICHIGAN FARM BUREAU plants were buried or nearly buried with mud. at the edge of the orchard Now Makes Available blocks. The real "loss for our farm will be in production po- tential of those trees that were Institutional blown over or lost limbs," Teichman said. Power outages were suffered Liquid Assets by several packers and freezers Designed to provide daily in the area, but no serious money market income with Two Portfolios: losses in fruit processing were PRIME OBLIGATIONS GOVERNMENT incurred. *9.10% -9.34% Supply/Price Situation • Investment Adviser: THE FIRST NATIONAL "With a '10 percent storm loss BANK OF CHICAGO in the crop and tne existing • Administrator and SALOMON BROTHERS market order to set aside 24 Distributor: percent of the Great Lakes area Fm- more complete informatioo including management fees crop into a reserve pool stor- and e:xpen3es please see the opposite page for the farm needed age, growers ca~ expect some to request the prospectus. Read the prospectus carefully befm-e you invest m- send money. upward pressure in bidding for the best quality red tart cher- .Seven day annualized net investment income yield. computed by dividing the Portfolio's average daily net investment income per unit ries," said Harry A. Foster, for the period ended July 11, 1980 by $1.00 and multiplyin, the result ~ 365. On that date the average portfolio maturities In PrIme and manager, Red Tart Growers' Government were 52 and 77 days respectively. The yields change in Division, Michigan Agricultural response to fluctuations in interest rates on portfolio investments and Evidence of erosion was non-existent in nearby fields with ade- ()perating expenses. For current yield information contact the quate residue protection. SCS agronomist Dwight L. Quisenberry Cooperative Marketing Associ- Michigan National Bank. Trust Department. at 77 Monroe Center. (left) and state conservationist Arthur H. Cratty, study the erosion ation, Inc. P.O. Box 2804. Grand Rapids. Michigan 49501. Principal is not control provided by crop residues left on the land when the Uno-till" Foster said that this combina- insured .. conservation tillage technique is used. Conservation tillage is a soil tion of supply factors means conservation practice that is gaining aCceptance among farmers in Michigan and throughout the nation. More and more farmers are there is no longer a surplus in Salomon Brothers parking their mold board plows in favor of chisel plows, field cultiva- the market. "This alteration in tors and uno-till .. planters. • 'the supply/price situation re- AUGUST 1980 FARM NEWS PAGE 7

Money Market Fund Program for Farm Bureau Members

1. This Money Market Fund Program is available to Members of Michigan 8. Upon receipt of the Member's buy coupon and check or money order, the Farm Bureau (hereinafter referred to as "Members") on the special terms Bank shall invest the funds in the ILA portfolio which the Member has described below. [These special terms have been established by Farm Bureau.] indicated on the coupon. The same conditions outlined in points 6.c. and d. The Program utilizes Institutional Liquid Assets, a Money Market Fund with apply to these additional investments. two separate Portfolios, the Prime Obligation Portfolio and the Government Portfolio. 9. A Member who desires to sell all or any portion of his ILA units must complete one of the sell coupons furnished by the Bank, clearly indicating the 2. Michigan National Bank, Trust Department, Grand Rapids (hereinafter amount to sell, and mail it to the Bank. This is the only method by which the referred to as the "Bank") will act as agent and custodian for Members Bank will sell aMember's units. purchasing and selling ILA units. 10. Upon receipt of the Member's sell coupon, the Bank shall notify ILA of 3. Any Member who is interested in ILA should request an ILA prospectus the sale. from the Bank. The request must be in writing and the prospectus will be mailed directly to the Member by ILA without cost or obligation to the 11. As soon as the Member's order to sell has been processed, ILA shall send Member. the sale proceeds directly to the Member by check.

4. All purchases of ILA units must be in increments of at least $1,000.00, and 12. ILA shall mail monthly statements to each Member who has invested funds sales of ILA units must be in increments of at least $100.00. However, a in ILA. Member may at any time sell all of his ILA units, regardless of the balance in his account. 13. If the Member terminates his membership in Michigan Farm Bureau, the Member must sell all of his ILA units. By participating in the Program the 5. A Member who desires to invest his funds in ILA shall complete the Member irrevocably appoints the Bank and its successor as the Member's application which appears below and shall mail the application, along with a agent to sell the Member's ILA units if and when the Member terminates his check or money order, to the Bank. Membership in Farm Bureau. The Bankwill effect such sale upon notice to it by Farm Bureau of such termination. a. Names must appear on the application just as they appear on membership records. 14. Michigan Farm Bureau reserves the right to terminate this Program upon notice to the Members. If Farm Bureau terminates this Program, the Member b. Where the membership is in the name of a corporation or partnership, must sell all of his ILA units. By participating in the Program the Member the Employer J.D. number must be used on the application inste.ad of a irrevocably appoints the Bank and its successor as the Member's agent to sell Social Security number. the Member's ILA units if and when Farm Bureau terminates this Program. The Bank will effect such sale upon notice to it by Farm Bureau of such termination. 6. Upon receipt of the Member's application and check or money order, the Bank shall: 15. Farm Bureau will receive no compensation or remuneration from anyone in connection with a Member's purchase or sale of ILA units and Farm Bureau a. Confirm that the applicant is a Member; will render no advice concerning ILA or the purchase or sale of ILA units. If a Member has any questions or seeks any information concerning ILA, he should contact the Michigan National Bank, Trust Department, at 77 Monroe b. Mail to the Member a book of buy/sell coupons, which must be used Center, P. O. Box 2804, Grand Rapids, Michigan 4950/. Such Bank is in making future purchases and sales of ILA units; and compensated for its services by Farm Bureau.

c. Invest the funds in the ILA Portfolio which the Member has indicated r------on the application. J APPLICATION J I Money Market Fund Program for Michi~an Farm Bureau Members .eIf the Member has not selected a specific ILA Portfolio, the funds I (Please complete and mail to Michigan National Bank at address listed in point IS aOOn) will be invested in the Government Portfolio; I J Name (as it appears on membership records), _ I d. Investments in ILA become effective only after ILA has received J A.ddress, _ J Federal Funds. Since Memberswill be sending checks and money orders t Cuy _ State _ to the Bank, which the Bank is to first collect in Federal Funds before Zip------transmitting such Funds to ILA, the following special rules shall apply: ~1embership no. Soc. Security no. _

eAll investments which the Bank receives before noon on any business Employer ID Number (if applicable),------day will be wired to ILA on the morning of the third business day PIra.'ie check the appropriate boxes below indicatinR the actions lOU want takm on )'Our behalf. following the day of receipt and shall begin earning interest on that third day; C Purchase $, of Prime Obligation Port folio (include a check or money order)

eAll investments which the Bank receives after noon on any business n Purchase $, of Government Portfolio (include a check or money order) day will be wired to ILA on the morning of the fourth business day o Please send prospectus following the day of receipt and shall begin earning interest on that fourth day; NOTE: Neither this aoolication nor the announcement set forth above constitute a prospectus and should not be considered a substitute for a prospectus. e)LA shall mail a purchase confirmation to the Member. I have carefully read and I fully understand this application and Ihe announcement set fOrlh above. 7. A Member who desires to invest addition'al funds through ILA must complete one of the buy coupons furnished by the Bank and mail it, along with Date _ Signature _ a check or money order, to the Bank. ------.... PAGE 8 FARM NEWS AUGUST 1980

Health Care New Issue of Debentures Available From FPC Premiums for Farmers Petroleum Cooper- be registered in as many as cost to the purchaser; the entire More information and a copy ative, Inc. is offering Selection three names; interest is paid investment draws interest; they of the prospectus. can be ob- Members Rise Maturity Debentures from 81h annually on Sept. 1 (quarterly are backed by Farm Bureau's tained by writing Farmers Pe- percent to 91/2 percent interest interest payments are also organizational know-how;and troleum Cooperative, Inc., Se- Last year, Blue Cross-Blue per annum. available); they can be trans- you will help build more curities Sales Department, Shield rates were reduced for Debenture advantages in- ferred to new owners at any cooperative production and P.O. Box 30960, Lansing, most Farm Bureau members. clude interest starts the day of time without charge; there is no service centers for Michigan Mich. 48909. However, the inflationary trend purchase; the debentures can brokerage fee - no commission farmers. which has affected most consu- mer goods and services during the past year is now also being reflected in the cost of health care services. The result, according to Ro- bert E. Braden, Michigan Farm Bureau administrative director and member of the BC-BS board, willbe an increase in all BC-BS contracts. INVEST $1.00 NOW••• For those members under the Comprehensive Plan, the increase averages about 30 SO profit, when we profit! percent for non-Medicare sub- w.u scribers and 27 percent for Medicare Complementary sub- Invest just $1 in Farm Bureau Services and/or During the past 30 years, Farmers Petroleum scribers. Econo Plan rates were Farmers Petroleum Cooperative common Cooperative has grown to become Michigan's also raised, averaging 16 per- stock*. As a voting member, you become eligi- largest farm petrOleum supply co-op. FPC cent for regular members and ble to share in the cooperative's earnings on a pioneered such items as Agrihol and custom 32 percent for Medicare Com- patronage basis. diesel fuel. FPC's partial ownership of crude oil plementary coverage. Your membership in Farm Bureau Services properties and refinery operations has ensured Several factors were in- and/or Farmers Petroleum Cooperative entitles a more dependable flow of petroleum products volved in the rate change, Bra- you to take an active role in making decisions to the farm. den said, including: the admis- and forming policies of that co-op. As a voting Isn't it time you shared in the benefits of the sion to facilities ratio per 1,000 member, you actually help shape the future. cooperative movement? See your Farm Bureau members is higher for Farm Farm Bureau Services, Michigan's largest farm Services or Farmers Petroleum Cooperative Bureau members than the av- branch manager now. He can sign you up as a erage; use of benefits went up supply al'1dmarketing cooperative, has members throughout Michigan. Farmers have member today. while anticipated income from Remember ... it takes only one dollar. premiums went down; and recognized their cooperative's progressive there was a 34 percent increase growth and potential over the past 50 years. * limited to producers in the cost of hospital care. wtw& lb.- Farm Comes First The average hospital charge per day for Farm Bureau mem- bers, Braden said, is now FaRm~ $285.94, and surgery repre- sented over 30 percent of the total cost for doctor's charges. BUreaU- "These figures illustrate the FARM BUREAU SERVICES. INC FARMERS PETROLEUM effect on rates, but they also point out the need for compre- hensive health care protec- tion," Braden said. "Coverage costs money, but it could be even more expensive if you have no coverage at all. "We recognize that these higher costs will pose a finan- cial hardship for Farm Bureau members, and some may choose to transfer to the lower cost Econo Plan. To accommo- date these changes, a special open period will be held, from

Sept. 1 to Sept. 15," Braden I explained. "The Econo Plan offers good protection but costs less be- cause you pay part of the cost when you use it," he said. For example, the quarterly rate for Econo-semi, full family cover- age, effective Aug. 20, 1980, willbe $179.55, while the high option Comprehensive-semi, full family coverage will be $420.12. Members who wish to change from high option to low option should contact their county Farm Bureau secretary. "To make this change, you must have an active contract," said Braden, "so don't forget to pay your August 20 billing." AUGUST 1980 FARM NEWS PAGE 9 AgriPac Announces 'Friends' Endorsements

Do you know how your congressional represen- tative voted on such key agricultural issues as the Trade Agreements Act of 1979, gasoline rationing, milk price supports and Federal Trade Commission authorization amendments? Or how your state rep- resentative cast his or her vote for wetlands legisla- tion, . MI-OSHA standards for agriculture, land preservation and inventory measures? These and other issues which have come before state and federal lawmaking bodies affect your farming operation and the quality of life for farm and rural families in Michigan. They are important factors to consider before casting your vote in the August primary or November general elections. AgriPac's "Friends of Agriculture" were announced on July 3 at a press conference held on Larry DeVuyst's farm ?ear Michigan Farm Bureau's Political Action Com- Ithaca. Answering questions from the media were (left to right) AI Almy. AgriPac secretary; Larry DeVuyst, AgnPac mittee, AgriPac, has identified 15 issues at the state chairman; MFB President Elton R. Smith; and Robert Braden. committee treasurer. and federal levels as representative of Farm Bu- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 91st Paul B. Henry (R-Grand Rapids) requ's political philosophy and major political aims u.s. 92nd Thomas C. Mathieu (D-Grand Rapids) in 1979-80. Using these issues _as a guide for District Candidate 93rd Drew Allbritten (R-Grand Rapids) evaluation, AgriPac has compiled and reviewed the 2nd Carl Pursell (R-Plymouth) 94th Jelt Sietsema (D-Grand Rapids) voting records of Michigan's incumbent legislators 3rd James Gilmore (R-Kalamazoo) 95th James K. Dressel (R-Holland) and congressmen. Analysis and interviews were 4th David Stockman (R-St. Joseph) 96th Mickey Knight (R-Muskegon) also used in evaluating candidates for special cate- 5th Harold Sawyer (R-Rockford) 97th Edgar Geerlings (R-Norton Shores) gories such as the Michigan State University Board 8th Robert Traxler (D-Bay City) 98th Jeff Dongvillo (D-Scottville) of Trustees, challengers in three U.S. congressional 9th Guy VanderJagt (R-Luther) 99th Donald Van Singel (R-Grant) districts and in two Michigan House districts. 10th Richard Allen (R-Alma) J. Michael Busch (R-Saginaw) Candidates who demonstrated support for agri- 100th 11th Robert Davis (R-Marquette) 101st James A. Barcia (D-Bay City) culture and Farm Bureau policies through their 14th Dennis Hertel (D-Detroit) 102nd Michael Hayes (R-Midland) voting records, regular communications with Farm 19th William Broomfield (R-Birmingham) l03rd Ralph Ostling (R-Roscommon) Bureau leaders and attendance at Farm Bureau l04th Connie Binsfeld (R-Maple City) meetings were selected "Friends of Agriculture" by MICHIGAN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES .105th Tom Alley (D-West Branch) the members of AgriPac. 106th Steve Andrews (R-Wolverine) District Candidate The 45 Republicans and 35 Democrats who will 107th Charles H. Varnum (R-Manistique) receive AgriPac's support during the upcoming 2nd Jack E. Legel (D-Detroit) 108th Dominic J. Jacobetti (D-Negaunee) election campaign were announced in early July. 4th George Cushingberry Jr. (D-Detroit) 109th Jack L. Gingrass (D-Iron Mountain) Among the 80 "Friends of Agriculture" were four 11th Thaddeus C. Stopczynski (D-Detroit) state legislators who, by AgriPac's criteria, had 13th William Bryant Jr. (R-Grosse Pointe) MSU BOARD OF TRUSTEES perfect voting records, said Larry DeVuyst, chair- 16th Matthew McNeely (D-Detroit) man of the Political Action Committee. 17th Frank V. Wierzbicki (D-Detroit) Bill Byrum (D-Onondaga) "Two of these were Republicans; two were Dem- 19th Stanley Stopczynski (D-Detroit) Tom Reed (R-DeWitt) ocrats, and three of the four were from metropoli- 22nd Gary M. Owen (D-Ypsilanti) SPECIAL CATEGORY tan areas ... which proves that you don't have to 23rd Mary Keith Ballantine (R-Jackson) be a 'country boy' to be a friend of agriculture," 28th Thomas J. Anderson (D-Southgate) The following candidates are designated as DeVuyst said. "They illustrated through their votes 31st Lucille H. McCollough (D-Dearborn) "Friends of Agriculture" but due to special circum- that they support our industry and realize a viable 33rd' WilHam R. Keith (D-Garden City) stances explained below have been placed in this agriculture is vital to the state's economy." 34th John Bennett (D-Redford) category. The four legislators with "perfect" voting records 35th Jack E. Kirksey (R-Livonia) .James Gilmore (R-Kalamazoo) is challenging in- were Reps. James Defebaugh (R-Birmingham), 37th Thomas H. Brown (D-Westland) Stanley Stopczynski (D-Detroit), Thaddeus Stop- cumbent Congressman Howard Wolpe (D-Lan- 38th Edward E. Mahalak (D-Romulus) sing) for the 3rd Congressional District seat. czynski (D-Detroit) and Mark Siljander (R-Three 40th James E. Hadden (R-Adrian) Rivers).. 41st Nick Smith (R-Addison) .State Senator Richard Allen (R-Alma) is challeng- When AgriPac was formed in 1978, it was the 42nd Mark Siljander (R-Three Rivers) ing incumbent Congressman Don Albosta (D-5t. first time in the organization's history that Farm 43rd Carl F. Gnodtke (R-Sawyer) Charles) for the 10th Congressional District seat. Bureau actively supported candidates for political 44th Lad S. Stacey (R-Berrien Springs) .State Rep. Dennis Hertel (D-Detroit) is seeking office. In the 1978 elections, AgriPac selected 73 45th Bela E. Kennedy (R-Bangor) election to the 14th Congressional District seat be- candidates as ~'Friends of Agriculture." Of the 73, 47th Robert A. Welborn (R-Kalamazoo) ing vacated by incumbent Lucien N. Nedzi (D-De- 66 were successful in their campaigns. 49th Everitt F. Lincoln (R-Albion) troit). A list of the 1980 "Friends of Agriculture" by 50th Michael J. Griffin (D-Jackson) • Mickey Knight (R-Muskegon) is seeking election U.S. and Michigan House district numbers follows: 51st Frederick Dillingham (R-Fowlerville) to the 96th District state representative seat being 52nd Roy Smith (R-Ypsilanti) vacated by incumbent Barney Hasper (D-Muske- 54th Paul HUlegonds (R-Holland) gon). Based upon the philosophy and stand on 55th Donald H. Gilmer (R-Augusta) issues expressed by Knight, he is designated a 56th Ernest W. Nash (R-Dimondale) "Friend of Agriculture." . Debbie Stabenow (D-Lansing) 58th - Michael Hayes (R-Midland) is seeking election to H. Lynn Jondahl (D-East Lansing) 59th the 102nd District state representative seat being Claude A. Trim (D-Davisburg) 60th vacated by incumbent Louis Cramton (R-Midland). Ruth B. McNamee (R-Birmingham) 63rd Based upon the philosophy and stand on issues ex- Wilbur V. Brotherton (R-Farmington) 64th pressed by Hayes, he is designated a "Friend of Ag- James E. Defebaugh (R-Birmingham) 65th riculture. " 67th Joseph Forbes (D-Oak Park) 70th John T. Kelsey (D-Warren) - Bill Byrum (D-Onondaga) is seeking nomination 74th John M. Maynard (D-S1.Clair Shores) by the Democratic Party as one of its two nominees 78th Larry E. Burkhalter (D-Lapeer) for the Michigan State University Board of Trust- 82nd Bobby D. Crim (D-Davison) ees. Based upon his knowledge of and involvement 83rd Charles L. Mueller (R-Linden) in agriculture, he is designated a "Friend of 84th Loren S. Armbruster (R-Caro Agriculture. " 85th James E. O'Neill Jr. (D-Saginaw) -Tom Reed (R-DeWitt) is seeking nomination by 86th Lewis N. Dodak (D-Montrose) the Republican Party as one of its two nominees for 87th Francis R. Spaniola (D-Corunna) the Michigan State University Board of Trustees. 88th Alan L. Cropsey (R-DeWitt) Based upon his knowledge of and involvement in MFB President Elton R. Smith was interviewed by Larry 89th Gary L. Randall (R-Elwell) agriculture, he is designated a "Friend of Morse. WNEM-TV. Bay Oty. following the AgriPac press Agriculture. " conference. 90th Martin D. Buth (R-Rockford) PAGE 10 FARM NEWS AUGUST 1980 8. H.R. 2626 Hospital Cost Control - Vote KEY VOTES IN MICHIGAN HOUSE ON on substitute amendment to establish a national ISSUES IMPORTANT TO AGRICULTURE AgriPac Looks study commission on hospital costs and to autho- rize funds for state hospital cost control programs. Voters participating in the 1980 elections will Adoption of the substitute killed mandatory federal elect 110 state representatives to serve 2-year controls on hospital revenues. The substitute terms. Following are the voting records on specific at the Issues amendment passed Nov. 15, 1979. Farm Bureau issues for incumbent state representatives during favored a "Y' vote. 1979-80 who have been designated as "Friends of 9. H.R. 2313 Federal Trade Commission Agriculture. " in Agriculture Authorization - Vote on amendment to prohibit the Federal Trade Commission from investigating The specific issues were selected on the basis of or prosecuting antitrust cases against agricultural potential impact on Michigan agriculture. KEY VOTES IN u.S. HOUSE cooperatives or investigating agricultural marketing 1. A.B. 4532 MI-OSHA - Vote on amend orders. Retains USDA authority over cooperatives OF REPRESENTATIVES ment to prohibit MI-OSHA from promulgating agri- and marketing orders. The amendment passed cultural standards that exceed agricultural stan- In the 1980 elections Michigan voters will elect Nov. 27, 1979. Farm Bureau favored a "Y" vote. dards promulgated by the federal OSHA. Wou.ld 19 U.S. representatives for 2-year terms. Following 10. H.R. 3546 FIFRA - Vote on amendment have kept Michigan agriculture on equal competi- are the voting records on selected issues for incum- to allow a one-house congressional veto of any tive basis with farmers in other states. The amend- bent Michigan U.S. representatives who have been EPA regulation regarding pesticides. Provides ment was defeated June 22, 1979. Farm Bureau designated by the MFB AgriPac as "Friends of Agri- means to make EPA regulation of pesticides more 'favored a "Y" vote. responsible. The amendment passed Nov. 28, culture. " 2. H.B. 4807 Grain Dealers - Passage of bill 1979. Farm Bureau favored a "Y' vote. The specific issues were selected on the basis of to strengthen Grain Dealers Act. Would provige degree of major controversy and/or potential im- 11. H.R. 3919 Carry-over Basis - Vote on greater protection to farmers against potentiai pact on agriculture and the nation. motion to instruct House conferees to concur in the losses from elevator bankruptcy. The bill passe£ Senate amendment repealing the carry-over basis Oct. 4, 1979. Farm Bureau favored a "Y" vote. 1. H. Res. 212 and 266 Standby Gas Ra- rule governing the taxation of inherited property. tioning - Adoption of resolutions to approve the Provides for capital gains tax on appreciation of in- 3. H.B. 4878 License Endorsement - Pas- standby gasoline rationing plan. Agricultural needs herited property only while held by the heir. The sage of billexempting drivers of certain vehicles us were not fully met. The resolutions were rejected motion passed Dec. 18, 1979. Farm Bureau fa- ed in agricultural operations from obtaining a spe- May 10, 1979. Farm Bureau favored a "N" vote. vored a "Y" vote. cial driver's license endorsement. Would facilitate 2. H.R. 4537 Trade Agreements Act - Pas- 12. H.R. 2551 Agricultural Land Protection agricultural operations by' maintaining the ability of sage of billto make changes in U.S. law to carry out - Passage of billto establish federal policy concern- multilateral trade negotiations limiting non-tariff ing protection of agricultural land from being used barriers to trade. Opens export markets for U.S. ag- for non-agricultural purposes. Did not require fed- riculture. The bill passed July 11, 1979. Farm eral projects to observe state or local protection of Bureau favored a "Y" vote. agricultural hind. The bill was defeated Feb. 7, 3. H.R. 2444 Education Department - Pas- VOTING RECORD 1980. Farm Bureau favored a "N" vote. sage of bill to establish a separate federal Depart- MICHIGAN HOUSE ment of Education. Adds to the federal bureaucra- 13. H.R. 4119 Federal Crop Insurance - 80th Legislative Session cy. The bill passed July 11, 1979. Farm Bureau Passage of bill to expand operations of the Federal favored a "N" vote. Crop Insurance Corporation into a nationwide, 4. H.R. 3920 Unemployment Compensa- comprehensive all-risk crop insurance program tion For Alien Farmworkers - Vote on passage with government subsidized premiums. Puts gov- of amendment to delete language extending ex- ernment in direct competition with private insur- emption to employers from paying unemployment ance companies providing crop insurance. The bill insurance tax for certain temporary alien farmwork- passed Feb. 13, 1980. Farm Bureau favored a "N" NAME AND DISTRICT 3 4 5 6 ers. Would have increased farm labor costs. The vote. Allbritten(R-Grand Rapids) Y y y Y 14. S. 2269 Economic Emergency Agricul- amendment was defeated July 25, 1979. Farm Alley (D.West Branch) Y N Y ~:t Bureau favored a "N" vote. tural Credit Extension - Adoption of the confer- ence report on the bill to extend through fiscal year Anderson (D-Southgate) n Y y y Y-. 5. H.R. 4034 Hide Exports - Vote on amend- - ment to limit exports of cattle hides. Approval 1981 the economic emergency agricultural loan Andrews (R-Wolverine) y Y N y~ Y - would have meant a legislated export control. The program and to authorize an additional $2 billion Armbruster (R-caro) y y N y Y amendment was defeated Sept. 18, 1979. Farm per year for the loans. Provides additional credit Ballantine (R-Jackson) y y N Y n Bureau favored a UN" vote. source to farmers. The billpassed March 27, 1980. Y 6. H.R. 4167 Milk Price Supports - Passage Farm Bureau favored a "Y" vote. Barcia (D-Bay City) n A y Y of bill to extend the requirement that the price of 15. H.R. 7428 Debt Limit Extension - Vote Bennett (D-Redford) y y y y ~ milk be supported at not less than 80 percent of on motion to refer to the House Rules Committee Binsfeld (R-Maple Oty) y y N y YI the rule providing for House floor consideration of parity. The billpassed Nov. 8, 1979. Farm Bureau y y y y y Y favored a "Y" vote. the billto extend the public debt limit. Pressured the Brotherton (R-F armington) y "'y-.i 7. H.R. 2727 Meat Import Act - Passage of Rules Committee to permit floor consideration of a Brown, Th!Jmas (D-Westland) y y y Y bill to revise the formula for determining annual proposal to disapprove President Carter's oil import Bryant (R-Grosse Pointe) A A Y N y Y- meat import quotas. Replaces procyc1ical formula fee in advance of an appeals court ruling on the fee. Burkhalter (D-Lapeer) Y y y y y Y-. with countercyclical formula. The bill passed Nov. The motion passed May 29, 1980. Farm Bureau A 14, 1979. Farm Bureau favored a "Y" vote. favored a "Y' vote. Busch (R-Saginaw) n A Y N A Buth (R-~ockford) A Y Y N y y- . n y Y y Y y"-1 VOTING RECORD Crim (D-Davison) y Y U.S. HOUSE Cropsey (R-DeWitt) Y Y y N 96th Congress Cushingberry (D-Detroit) A Y Y y Y Y Y KEY: Defebaugh (R-Birmingham) Y Y y N Y y N Y .L Y . Y or y = Yes Dillingham (R-Fowlerville) Y Y ¥ .. Nor n = No Dodak (D-Montrose) Y Y A y Y A = absent or not voting Dongvillo (D-Scottville) Y Y Y y y Y. .. Y (Capital, bold letter is ~ Dressel (R-HoUand) Y Y A N y consistent with Farm Bureau ~ ~ p n y Y A Y y" Cl.l Forbes (D-Oak Park) position.) g F 1 u. cj Geerlings (R-Norton Shores) A Y Y N Y i+Y-~ NAME AND DISTRICT 9 10 11 13 Gilmer (R-Augusta) Y y Y A Y :i~ Y Y Y Y V Broomfield (R-Birmingham) y n n Y Y y N Gingrass (D-Iron Mountain) y ~ y Y Y Y N Y V Davis (R-Marquette) y y y y Y Y Y Gnodtke (R-Sawyer) y A A N Y y"' Pursell (R-Plymouth) y N y y y y y y Griffin(D-Jackson) Y y ..Y • Sawyer (R-Rockford) N y y y ? Y y y y y Hadden (R-Adrian) Y y Y N A N Y Stockman (R-St. Joseph) N N n Y Y y Y y N N ? Henry (R-Grand Raptds) Y Y !' Traxler (D-Bay City) y y N y y Y Y Y y N y y n Hillegonds (R-Holland) Y A Y N Y Y A V VanderJagt (R-Luther) N N ? y Y Y Y y Y y N y Y Y Jacobetti (D-Negaun~) A Y y Y AUGUST 1980 FARM NEWS PAGE 11

certain persons to operate farm vehicles. The bill and possession of grain. Where 'collected it was an being licensed under the Motor Vehicle and Service passed Oct. 17, 1979. Farm Bureau favored a "Y" overhead expense to the elevator reflected in prices Repair Act. Would exempt persons repairing and vote. paid to farmers. The billpassed Feb. 4, 1980: Farm servicing farm equipment thus reducing overhead 4. H.B. 4730 Oil and Gas Severance Tax - Bureau favored a "Y" vote. costs that are passed on to customers. The bill Passage of billto increase oiland gas severance tax 9. H.B. 5236 Farmland and Open Space passed April 22, 1980. Farm Bureau favored a "Y" from 2 percent to 8 percent and earmarking. the in- Preservation Act - Passage Qf billto provide that vote. creased revenue to fund the home heating assist- ifa farmer executed a P.A. 116 agreement by Nov. 13. S.B. 376 P.A. 116 Credits - Passage of ance program. Provides negative incentive for pro- 1, he could apply for a tax credit for the current tax billto require state to pay interest on P.A. 116 ducers of oiland gas. The billpassed Nov. 7, 1979. year and to entitlea farmer to automatic renewal of credits not paid to the farmer within 45 days of sub- Farm Bureau favored a "N" vote. a P.A. 116 agreement ifhe had complied with the mitting their state income tax returns. Would help 5. S.B. 443 Land Inventory - Passage of bill J'equirements of the original agreement. Would solve problem of farmers having to wait several to provide for a land resource and current land use provide assurances to farmers in making P .A. 116 weeks to receive their P.A. 116 credit. The bill iiwentory of allMichigan lands. Would provide cur- decisions. The billpassed Feb. 5, 1980. Farm Bu- passed May 7, 1980. Farm Bureau favored a "Y" rent land use data for use in making land use deci- reau favored a "Y" vote. vote. sions. The billpassed Nov. 27, 1979. Farm Bureau 10. S.B. 782 Uniform Commercial Code - 14. Substitute H.B. 4706 Forest Districts- favored a "Y" vote. Passage of billto eliminate requirement that a loan Passage of billto authorize the creation of forest im- 6. H.B. 4903 Cleaning Agents - Passage of obtained to produce crops be recorded on the deed .provement districtsto improve forest management. billto redefine a "cleaning agent" and allow a high of the property used to grow the crops. Would re- Would provide for loans and cost sharing agree- phosphate content for cleaning agents used in the duce paperwork and remove what many persons ments to participating owners of forest land. The bill dairy industry, restaurants, hospitals, etc. Would renting their land to others considered a lienagainst passed May 7, 1980. Farm Bureau favored a "Y" help the dairy industry meet strictsanitary stan- their property. The billpassed March 25, 1980. vote. dards. The billpassed Nov. 28, 1979. Farm Bu- Farm Bureau favored a "Y" vote. 15. S.B.-29 Electric Utilities- Passage of bill reau favored a "Y" vote. to require the Public Service Commission to re- Pa.ssage of bill 11. H.B. 4968 Pseudorabies - structure rates for electricalutilitiesby establishing a 7. House Substitute for S~B. 3 Wetlands - to strengthen prevention and suppression of pseu- reasonable rate for basic needs and higher rates for Passage of substitute billto establish program for dorabies. Would provide protection to the Michigan additional amounts of electricityconsumed. Would protection of certain wetlands. Exempts agricultural swine industry. The billpassed March 25, 1980. not apply to electricitymeasured by a single meter use of most wetlands. The billpassed Dec. 12, Farm Bureau favored a "Y" vote. for both residential and agriculturalpurposes unless 1979. Farm Bureau favored a "Y" vote. 12. H.B. 5274 Vehicle Repair Facilities- such a customer chose to be included. The bill 8. H.B. 5409 Grain. Tax - Passage of billto Passage of billto exempt mechanics working on passed May 15, 1980. Farm Bureau favored a "Y" repeal tax colleCted from elev~ors for ownership motor vehicles not required to be registered from vote.

] KEY: Y or y = Yes r ~ Nor n = No ;: ~" ,? Did not vote or i; 0en g otherwise make a "E Q" f-. position known. ~ QI ~ 0 S .. ~ if Z Co S '" -; t (Capital, bold letteris $a ~ QI N B E a: a: c: II) < )( :a ~ u ;: 0 II) 8 t:r \0 ::J £? consistent with Farm Bureau ~ en 'tJ e is f-. oS c: I: ~ 0 QI .... CJ la E 'tJ .... position.) 'tJ C c: v 'C ~ la ~ .E = ~ U) c: QI QI ~ .( ! t « ~ C QI 0 a) a: ~ ::J 0':. ~ & .3 0 " a: iii :> <:: 9 13 14 NAME AND DISTRICf 3 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 • • y y Y Y Y Jondahl (D-EastLansing) n Y y Y Y Y Y Y Y y A Y 12 1 y y n Y Y Keith(D-Garden Oty) n y Y A Y Y Y Y Y y Y Y A 11 2 Y- Y Y Y Kelsey(D-Warren) n y y Y Y Y Y Y y Y Y y Y y 13 0 n Y Y Y A Kennedy(R-Bango~ A Y N n y n Y Y- Y Y A Y Y n 10 3 y n Y A A A A Kirksey(R-Uvonia) Y y N y ,Y Y Y A A Y Y Y Y 13 2 y n Y Y Y Y Y legel(D-Detroit) A y A A Y Y A Y y Y y Y Y 9 5 Y A Y Y Y Y Uncoln (R-Albion) Y Y N Y y n Y Y y y y y Y Y 14 0 -y y Y y Y Y Y Mahalak (D-Romulus) n y A Y A Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 11 2 y y y Y Y Y y y A Mathieu (D-Grand Rapids) n Y y y Y y 'y y y y Y 13 0 y Y Y A Y Y Y Maynard (D-St.Clair) Y y Y y Y Y Y y Y Y Y y y 14 0 y A Y Y y y y McCoUough (D-Dearborn) n Y y y y y Y y Y Y Y Y Y 13 0 y Y A Y Y A McNamee (R-Binningham) A Y N Y Y Y y Y y Y y Y Y Y 14 1 y Y Y Y y Y Y McNeely (D-Detrolt) A Y y A A Y Y y Y Y Y Y Y 11 3 y y n Y Y Y MueUer (R-Unden) Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y y y Y Y Y Y 14 1 Y A A A Y Y n Nash (R-Dimondale) Y y N Y Y n Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 14 0 y y Y Y A Y Y A O'NeiU (D-Saginaw) n y Y y Y Y Y y Y Y Y Y Y 13 0 n Y Y Y y Y Y Ostling(R-Roscommon) Y Y N Y Y n Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 14 0 y y Y Y Y Y Y n Owen (0.Ypsilanti) n y Y y Y Y Y Y Y A Y Y Y 12 1 Y Y Y Y y Y Y Randall(R-ElweU) Y y N Y Y n Y Y Y Y Y Y y Y 14 0 n Y Y Y Y Y Y Sietsema(D-Grand Rapids) A Y y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 13 1 n Y Y Y y Y Y Siljander(R-ThreeRivers) Y y N Y Y Y y Y y Y Y Y Y Y 15 0 y Y Y Y Y Y Y Smith,Nick (R-Addison) y Y N' Y y n A Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 12 2 Y Y y Y Y Y Y Smith,Roy (R-Ypsilanti) Y y y Y Y Y Y Y y Y Y Y Y Y 14 0 Y Y Y Y A Y Y SpanJo)a(D-Corunna) Y y y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y y Y 14 0 n Y y Y Y Y Y Stabenow (D-Lansing) n y y Y Y Y Y A Y Y Y Y Y Y 12 1 y n Y Y Y Y Y Y Stacey(R-BerrienSprings) Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y n 14 0 n Y Y Y Y Y Y Stopczynski.S. (D-Detroit) Y y N Y Y y Y Y y Y Y Y Y Y 15 0 y n Y A Y y n Stopczynski.T. (D-Detroit) Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 15 0 Y Y y Y y Y Y Trim (D-Davisburg) Y y y. Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 14 0 y y Y Y Y Y Y Y Van Singe)(R-Grant) y N Y y Y Y Y A A Y Y Y A 11 4 Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Varnum (R-Manistique) Y A A y Y Y n A Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 10 3 n Y Y Y y Y Y Welborn (R-Kalamazoo) Y y A N A A A Y Y A A A Y y Y 8 7 n Y Y Y A Y A Wierzbicki(D-Detroit) n y Y N A A n Y y Y n A A A Y 8 5 PAGE 12 FARM NEWS AUGUST 1980 Crime Prevention: A New Challenge for Farmers Until recently, criminal activi- lion through auto theft and $15 wise secured area. will be located or recovered, number. ty in Michigan was viewed as a million in burglaries. Outside lighting and properly state police officials say. The state police stress the problem particular to the state's Future concern is raised by installed locks on storage However, properly identified importance of recording the metropolitan areas. Farm and the fact that budget cuts for the buildings should be considered equipment can be traced within engine and transmission num- rural families in Michigan's out- Michigan State Police and .Iocal as another deterrent to theft. minutes of discovery using a ber as well as the chassis num- state communities felt insulated government law enforcement Keep in mind that many igni- national computerized network ber. Chassis numbers, they from the losses and threat of agencies may result in cutbacks tion locks in tractors are not listing of stolen equipment. warn, can be easily removed theft and vandalism. in law enforcement personnel, adequate and can be easily by- A booklet made available and other means of identifica- But the statistical reports of travel miles and car mainte- passed. Of course, keys should through the Michigan Rural tion are essential if stolen crime in Michigan reveal quite nance. These budget factors in- not be left overnight in trucks, Crime Prevention Council en- equipment is to be properly a different pattern .... a pat- dicate a decrease in surveil- tractors or automobiles. titled, "Michigan Identification identified. tern that should change atti- lance in rural areas. System Manual," shows the. Photographs of large equip- tudes and crime prevention Increases in rural crime ac- Identification property owner and state po- ment kept as part of the record practices for farm and rural tivity may also be du~ to in- and Reporting lice personnel the proper place- may be helpful to police in re- families throughout Michigan. creased unemployment, eco- Report the theft of. any ment for stamped, personal covering stolen equipment. equipment immediately to identification number on over According to 1979 figures nomic recession, inflation and Petty Crimes - population shifts to rural areas. county or state police officers. _ 80 types of tools, equipment released by the Michigan State' Substantial Losses Police, crime in Michigan's ru- In these times, farmers must Law enforcement officials and supplies. ral areas has increased at a rate assu me more responsibility for will request the following es- The booklet is available at Losses from theft are not of 16 percent compared to a practices which will prevent sential information: vehicle .county and state Farm Bureau confined to farm machinery. reported 8 percent crime in- loss of property or equipment identification number or chassis offices and at Michigan State 'Gasoline, fuel oil, gasohol, al- crease in urban areas during and make it harder for crime to number, engine number, trans- Police posts. cohol and pesticides should al- the same period. be committed. mission number and if avail- Through the Michigan Farm so be secured or locked in stor- Comparisons to the national able, the driver's license num- Bureau Rural Crime Preven- age areas. Fuel and chemical average increase in reported Common Sense ber stamped in permanent ink tion program, farmers can ob- storage tanks should be locked crime of 8 percent, and a 7 per- Crime Prevention in various locations on the tain property identification kits, at the tank rather than at the cent increase in the north cen- Family members and em- equipment. including rubber - marking nozzle. Hose lines can be cut tral region of the United States, ployees should be particularly Property owners who have stamps, ink pads and warning and a few gallons carried away reveal crime prevention as a careful not to leave any equip- participated in the rural crime decals for marking equipment leaving the rest of the tank to challenge for Michigan's rural ment, supplies or tools out in preventioD identification pr.o- and personal property. drain. Farm and rural properties communities that must be met the open where they can easily gram or similar property iden- are also the target for acts of immediately and effectively. be stolen. Whenever possible, tification marking programs will Good Records a Must vandalism and petty thievery. Reported incidents of theft, even during busy times, equip- be able to provide this addi- Farmers are encouraged to Crimes classified as misde- vandalism and other crimes in ment should be returned to tional information to police. keep a record book of all meanors include trespassing; 1978 resulted in over $54 mil- locked storage areas at night. Unless the owner has some equipment serial numbers and petty thievery of fruit or vege- lion in losses for rural residents: Equipment dealers, too, positive means of identifying a description of locations where $21 million due to larceny, should make provisions to lock the, equipment, there is little' equipment has been marked tables from fields, orchards and $250,000 in livestock, $18 mil- machinery in a fenced or other- chance that the stolen property with a personal identification (continued on page 13) "We think they're a fantastic tire. I believe in the Safemark member-only program. The products are superior and it saves us money." Lowell Eisenmann, Lenawee County Farmer

Lowell Eisenmann is a cash crop and beef farmer operating 1,100 acres near Blissfield. Here is what he says about the Safemark program: "Six of our eight farm tractors, our tractor semi, our cars and trucks, are all equipped with Safemark tires, and as soon as the others need tires, they'll be Safemark, too. We're just that happy with them. "We've got our main plow tractor equipped with Safemark radials, which have far superior traction than our pre- vious brand-name deep treads. We plowed with both 20-inch bottom plows with single tires on it, which we couldn't pulling for many years. My son had no $25 to $30 cheaper than some other do before. experience in tractor pulls. There's no tractor batteries. "My son used the rear radials in a trac- question in my mind that it's a super tire! "The Safe mark program can save tor pull, just to see what they would do, "We've also used the Safemark batter- members money. We figure there's and he outpulled another contestant ies and have been very pleased with about a 10 to 15 percent price advan- who had 30-inch tires and had been their performance - and they're about tage to us." You Can Save Money, Too- Contact Your County Farm Bureau Office for Your Nearest Safemark Dealer AUGUST 1980 FARM NEWS PAGE 13 Rural Groups Cooperate in Self Help Programs

(continued from page 12) Project participants are en- couraged to increase their own In addition, crime prevention Farmers are encouraged to fruit stands; and dumping gar- couraged to post specially de- awareness of crime prevention and information projects similar meet with local law enforce- bage or other rubbish without signed "OPERATION EYES" practices, to know their legal to Operation Eyes or the Michi- ment officials to discuss con- permission of the owner. no trespass signs and to report rights and responsibilities and gan Farm Bureau Rural Crime cerns for rural crime prevention The classification of misde- any criminal activity in the area to work with local agencies and Prevention Program can be and the need for enforcement meanor leads to misunder- to law enforcement agencies. citizens' groups to develop a organized in cooperation with to curb local criminal problems. standing of the impact of these Bumper stickers bearing the greater awareness of criminal FFA, women's groups or other Neighboring farm families crimes. Often these acts mean OPERATION EYES symbol, activity in the community. citizens' groups. can work together to watch substantial losses or nuisance to large watchful eyes, also have This awareness is essential in Such groups can pass out lit- each other's property and re- the property owner. been distributed for display on reducing equipment and sup- erature, aid in labeling equip- port any suspicious activity. No Self-Help Crime Prevention vehicles and farm equipment. ply loss on farms and business- ment, inventory and record private citizen should ever at-. Rural.crime prevention is the es, reducing insurance costs Property owners have the re- equipment, post signs and tempt to apprehend criminals, responsibility of residents in the and preventing loss of time in sponsibility to post signs warn- work to increase the pubUc's but should leave enforcement community. Farmers are en- retrieving stolen equipment. ing against trespass, theft or awareness of crime prevention. procedures to police. dumping. Local law enforce- ment officials and county pro- secutors should be notified whenever these crimes occur and the property owner should insist on proper surveillance, enforcement and sentencing in criminal cases. In Kent and Oceana coun- ties, farmers are cooperating in a self-help crime prevention project with the Michigan Rural Crime Prevention Council, the county prosecutor's office, the county sheriff's department and the Michigan Farm Bu- reau. The Cooperative Exten- sion Service and Michigan Agricultural Services Associa- tion are also involved in pro- motion and information efforts. Dubbed Project Eyes, the program is designed to make the public more aware that it is Universal people "bring it all together" for hogmen a criminal offense to trespass on farm property and/or will- Universal people get up mighty early to bring you the Portability - If you retire or relocate, a lodge is easy fully take fruit, vegetables and kind of livestock equipment and buildings you need to move to a different location. livestock. to stay competitive. Wnen it comes to hog or calf buildings, we think the And they bring it all together for you in one neat competition is going to have a very rough time getting package - building, feeders, waterers, ventilation up early enough to give you more value than you can and heating systems. Even a built-in manure pit if you get right now from a Universal lodge! want it. Assembled. Ready to hook up and use. Besides the obvious economic advantage of buying everything from one source, there are others to buying -,-.------Please furnish me complete information on: a Universal Sow, Pig, Hog, or Calf lodge: DPig oSow OHog Dealf Service - One warranty from one manufacturer on lodge Lodge Lodge lodge both building and equipment. Convenience for you. Name Qualih' - Because our lodge structures are factory- Route or Address built, quality of engineering, materials, and construc- Town State tion are easier to maintain. Zip Phone Economy - Quantity materials purchases, year- oStudent around in-factory construction keep costs low. Available through oPlease have representative call with information and prices. Convenience - From loading at our factory to set-up Farm Bureau on your farm generally takes a couple of days. You F..nn Burou 5enfic:es. Bailclin& Department Services dealers. don't deal with contractors for weeks or months. ------7]7] w. ~., lusi... Mic:hipn 48909 Notice Of Availability The Bureau of Maps is again making available a free Index con- taining detailed lists of its Michi- gan Lake & Land Map Inventory. This inventory lists over 3,000 hydrographic inland lake charts, 958 u.s. government topographic land maps, ~nd all ofthe N.O.A.A. Great Lakes and connecting water nautical charts. This index is free by sending a self-addressed busi- ness (No. 10) envelope, with 30 Available through all cents postage affixed to: Bureau of participating Farm Maps. D-30235, Lansing. MI Bureau Services dealers 48909. PAGE 14 FARM NEWS AUGUST 1980 Michigan's Soiland Water Resources to be Inventoried

Soil and water resources in- will record information about Facts about Michigan's soil, the nation's farms, forests and dated in 1967. It will contain formation for a three-year three sample points in each water and related resourceswill range or pasture lands. resource. data similar to that USDA Multi-Resource Inven- . sample unit. Based on their ob- be combined with similar data This study follows the Con- .collected in 1958 and 1967, tory will be collected in 30 servation and conversations collected in the other 49 states servation Needs Inventory and new data that has never Michigan counties this summer with landowners, they will to determine the condition of completed in 1958 and up- been collected before. according to the USDA Soil record information on land Conservation Service in East use, land ownership, crop his- Lansing. Resource data will be tory, conservation treatment gathered in the remaining 53 and factors affecting wind and Michigan counties in 1981 and water erosion. 1982. Information about the soils Michigan counties where soil will be taken from soil surveys. and water resource data will be Counties studied this year gathered in 1980 are Ottawa, have, or will soon have, up-to- THE Ionia, Clinton, Shiawassee, date soil surveys. Soil scientists Genesee, Lapeer, St. Clair, with the Soil Conservation Ser- Macomb, Oakland, Livingston, vice are now making up-to- Ingham, Eaton, Muskegon, date soil surveys for the ran- Montcalm, Gratiot, Sanilac, domly selected 160-acre pri- GEM Wayne, Washtenaw, Jackson, mary sample units in counties Kalamazoo, Mecosta, Midland, without published soil surveys Bay, Huron, Lenawee, Ber- or soil surveys in progress. rien, Osceola, Clare, Gladwin and Arenac. The Multi-Resource Inven- In the next few months, tory is part of the Inventory and USDA Soil Conservation Ser- Monitoring Program that has vice personnel for these coun- become a permanent function ties will be visiting randomly of the USDA Soil Conservation NES selected primary sample units Service as a result of the Re- to gather resource data. They sources Conservation Act.

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o Machine Storage o Garage OGrain Storage o Residential Storage Available through all Farm Bureau Services dealers.- o Fertilizer Storage o Urban Storage o Dairy Building OCommercial Building o Beef Building OOther _ 0 _ VVhere )fx, Farm Comee first o Hog Building 0 _ o Horse Building FaRm~ Name Address Town Zip _ BUreaU FARM BUREAU SERVICES. rNO Phone _ AUGUST 1980 FARM NEWS PAGE 15 St. Clair County Wins State In Memoriam - Margaret Boyne Margaret Boyne, Tuscola County Farm Bureau president from 1978 to 1980, passed away Tuesday, July 15. She Honors for Soil Conservation had been an active member of the county Farm Bureau or- ganization since 1952. In addition to Farm Bureau leadership responsibilities, Top honors have been tatives on an expense-paid va- member. Mrs. Boyne was active in the 4-H program. She served 26 awarded to the St. Clair Coun- cation study tour in Arizona in Leelanau and Tuscola coun- years as a 4-H leader, six years on the county's 4-H Coun- ty Soil Conservation District in December. ties were named "honor dis- cil, eight years as area camp director for Huron, Sanilac and the 33rd annual Goodyear They will be joined by repre- tricts" i~ recognition of their Tuscola counties, and was a member of the state 4-H Coun- conservation awards program. sentatives of 52 other first- continuing achievements in soil cil. Howard Radford of North place districts from throughout conservation. Mrs. Boyne was a fuIl partner in a family owned farrow to Street, chosen as "outstanding the United ,States. The competition is spon- finish purebred hog operation. The family farm is located cooperator" by the winning dis- The Ionia Soil Conservation sored each year to encourage near Marlette. trict, and Gilbert Parks of Ca- District is the runner-up in aggressive, weIl-rounded Soil Tuscola County Farm Bureau vice president, LeRoy pac, member of the SCS diS= Michigan. Its outstanding coop- Conservation District programs Schluckebier of Frankenmuth, will assume duties as presi- trict board and St. Clair County erator is Gordon Walkington, and recognize districts for their dent for the rem.ainder of the 1979-80 term. Farm Bureau, will be represen- 16nia County Farm Bureau accomplishments. SPECIAL SAVINGS BARNYARD AUGUST 4 - 30 Carry Air Tanks BARGAINS H'og Troughs Now $29.95 Where lOOr Farm Comes First Reg. 32.95 FaRm~ BUreaU -10 gallon tank FARM BUREAU SERVJPES. INO -6 inch air hose 10 (Model ST-4) - 200 lb. air gauge Now $18. Reg. $20.00

-14 gauge steel -4 foot length aaa (Model 10) (1' and 2' sizes a/so available)

Save $10.001 Save $25.821

Co-op Air Hog Hay Compressors Panels Feeders 6" I( 8" Mesh

95 4" I( 8" Now $159. Mesh 00 (Model RHFS) Reg. $170. 2" I( 8" Mesh 67 Now $17.95 Now $166. Reg. ,$192.49 _1/2 h.p. Reg. $19.88 .10 gallon tank -8 foot diameter Includes Dial-O-Matic -34" X 16" -easy assembly Control and Air Hose -V4" rod (1 h.p. mode/ a/so available)

Available At These Participating Farm Bureau Services Dealers:

Adrian Lenawee Farm Bureau Oil Co. 517-265-6222 Kent Oty Kent Oty Farm Bureau 616-678-5021 Rothbury Rothbury Hardware & Farm 61~894-8590 BayOty Farm Bureau Services. Inc. 517-893-3577 lakeview Farmers Elevator Co. 517-352-7262 Supply. Inc. Buchanan Buchanan C&op. Inc. 616-675-6823 Marcellus Farm Bureau Services. Inc. 61~5115 Ruth Ruth Farmers Elevator. Inc. 517-864-3760 CarroUton Farm Bureau Services. Inc.! 517-753-3457 Mendon St. Joseph County Farm Bureau 616-4~2385 Schoolcrah Farm Bureau ServIces. Inc. 616-679-4063 Saginaw Supply Center Services ScotMUe Farm Bureau Services. Inc. 61~757-3780 Coldwater Farm Bureau Services. Inc. 517-279-8491 Mt. Pleasant Farm Bureau Services. Inc. 517-773-3670 Snover Snover Co-op Elevator Co. 313-672-9221 Elkton Elkton C&op Farm Produce Co. 517-375-2281 Oxford Oxford Co-op Elevator Co. 313-628-2174 TnM!nle Oty Farm Bureau Services. Inc. 61~94~5836 Hart Farm Bureau Services. Inc. 616-873-2158 Pigeon Cooperative Elevator Co. 517-453-3313 Yale St. Oalr County Farm Bureau 313-387-2202 Herron Wolf Creek Farm Bureau 517-727-2391 Pinconning Farm Bureau Services. Inc. 517-879-3411 ServIces. Inc. Kalamazoo Farm Bureau Services. Inc. 61~381'()596 Remus Farm Bureau Services. Inc. 517-967-3511

Some items may not be stocked at all participating dealers, but are available and may be ordered at the special price during sale period. PAGE 16 FARM NEWS AUGUST 1980

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and Me self. The realization that, "Hey, If you've been working on organization or your own per- I'm really a good person and this formula, you should have sonal life. ' By Judy Kissane what I do is important," means it: PMA - Positive Mental At- 3D + B + P + 51= PMA = SUCCESS 1980 Michigan Farm Bureau that you can be successful whe- titude is the result of 3D Success; we all want it. While Outstanding Young ther you are the corporation (Desire, Determination, Disci- the above formula is not a Farm Woman \.IM&\.- president or an errand boy; pline) + B (Belief) + P (Per- shortcut to success and doesn't whether you own and operate sistence) + 51 (Self Image). If guarantee success, it can help! 800 acres of prime farmland or you're ever going to accom- We do know that applying 3D + B + P + 51= PMA = SUCCESS The fourth factor in our for- are the hired hand who cleans plish anything you must have a "these principles and ideas can Does the above formula look mula for success is 51 - Self Im- the barn. Discovering what is Positive Mental Attitude. improve your chances of suc- like something out of Albert age. To be su"ccessful you must good about you and cultivating cess, whet~er it is in a Farm "Einstein's laboratory? Well, it's remember that what other peo- your strengths builds your Self It is .the quality that brings Bureau membership drive, not. That impressive string of ple think of you isn't as impor- Image and brings you closer to success whether it concerns your farming operation or your numbers and letters represents tant as what you think of your- success. your farm, your Farm Bureau personal life. a formula for success that ev- eryone can use. This formula YOU GET A GOOD DEAL FROM UNCLE JIM O'NEAL was shared by a friend in Al- THIS MAY BE YOUR lAST CHANCE TO BUY THESE GREAT ALBUMS AT THIS lOW PRICE pena, who knows that we all want to be successful and re- cognizes that success is many , things to many people. Record Album S5.98 value- Special-$2.98ea. -8Track Tape $4.98. ea~ My friend is a very successful Send Check or Money Order - No C.O.D's Add $1.50 to Total for Handling & Postage - limited Time Offer man in all areas of his life and I Good onlv in U.S.A. - FREE CATALOG with order - Uncle Jin;1O'Neal, Box A5MMB, Arcadia, Calif. 91006

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Savior Reached Down For Me; Shake Hands 8 TRACK TAPE. MCAT-113 $4.98 Making Believe. With Mother Again; Help Thy Brother; A 8 TRACK TAPE - MCAT-121 $4.98 the only bound set of Michigan Beautiful Life; Stormy Waters; Hold To LORETTA LYNN - HYMNS God's UnChanging Hand; Little Angels In County Maps which clearly de- MCA.5 ALBUM $2.98 KITTY WELLS AND RED FOLEY Heaven. " MCA-B3 ALBUM $2.98 lineates public and private prop- Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven; Where 8 TRACK TAPE - MCAT-137 $4.98 No One Stands Alone: When They Ring Those One By One; Just Call Me Lonesome: A' erty. The book is S8.00 postpaid Golden Bells; Peace In The Valley; If I Could Long As I Live; A Wedding Ring Ago: Mak. WEBB PIERCE - MCA-120 ALBUM $2.$8 Believe; Candy Kisses: You And Me: M.mory Hear My Mother Pray Again; The Thlnd Man; In The Jailhouse Now; Slowly; I Ain't Never: and is available while quantities How Great Thou Art; Old Camp Meetln Of A Love; I'm A Stranger In My Home; I'm Wondering; There Stands The Glass; If The Throwing Rice; No One But You; I'm Count- last from Bureau of Maps, When I Hear My Children Pray; In The Sweet Back Door Could Talk; Tupelo County Jail; Bye And B)'e; Where I Learned To Pray; Ing On You. I Don't Care: Alia My Love; Don't Do It, 8 TRACK TAPE - MCAT-83 $4.98 Drawer 30235, Lansing, MI 48909. I'd Rather Have Jesus. Darlln'; Missing You. 8 TRACK TAPE - MCAT-5 $4.98 8 TRACK TAPE - MCAT-120 $4.98 AUGUST 1980 FARM NEWS PAGE 17 Farm Bureau Insurance Group, Michigan Farm Radio Network Honor 'Farmers of the Week' The Farmer of the Week Aw.ard, sponsored by the Michigan Farm Radio Network and Farm Bureau Insurance Group, recognizes Michigan farmers for their contributions to the agricul- ture industry and the community. Now Available at Farm Bureau Services Stores In addition to recognition from the local news media, award winners receive a plaque and award buckle and belt from the local FBIG agent. The Farmer o~the Week Award recipients for June 1980. were:

Week of June 16 - Wilson C. Lauer, 31, a cash crop farmer from Ithaca. He farms 1,100 acres in part- nership with his father and brother. Lauer is a board member and Sunday School teacher for his church; a mem- ber of the executive board of the Gratiot County Farm Bureau; a mem- ber of the Michigan Farm Bureau Policy Development Committee; treasurer of Michigan Agri Fuels; a member of the advisory board of the B & W Elevator; and past chairman of the Gratiot County. YOURg Farmers chain saws organization.

BILL BUCHNER Week of June 2 - BillBuchner, 36, a dairy farmer from Harrisville who farm.s600 acres in partnership with his brother. They manage a herd of 270 head of registered and grade Holstein cattle. Buchner, a lifelong farmer, is vice president of the Akona County Soil Conservation District; a member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Lincoln and agricultural serves as vice president of the church pumps board; a member of the Akona County Farm Bureau; and a member of the Dairy Herd Improvement Association. He and his wife, Gale, have one child.

EDWARD SHEARER Week of June 23 - Edward Shearer, 35, a Gladwin area dairy farmer who farms 320 acres and milks 35 cows. Shearer serves as a commis- sioner on the Gladwin County Board of Commissioners; received the Gladwin County Soil Conservation District's Farmer of the Year Award in 1979; is a member of the Gladwin County F.arm Bureau and past member of the county Farm Bureau board; is a former mem- ber of the board of review of Grout Township; is a past director on the string trimmers generators County Soil Conservation Board; and GEORGE ERICKSON is a past member of the Farm Bureau Week of June 9 - George Erickson, committee on land use. He and his 50, who runs a 640-acre dairy opera- wife, Nancy, have two children. tion near Whittemore. He is vice presi- INTRODUCTORY SPECIAL dent of the Iosco County Intermediate School District; vice president of the Free carry case with the purchase of a Bay City Local of the Michigan Milk Producers Association; and a member VI Super 2 Chain Saw of the Ogemaw County Farm Bureau, the Iosco County Fair Board and the losco County 4-H Advisory Council. He is past president of the State 4-H Youth Council, past 4-H leader. past Available through all Farm Bureau Services chairman of the Area 15 Horse Coun- cil, past vice president of the Ogemaw dealers, including the following: Soil Conservation District, and past vice president of the Whlttemore- Prescott School Board on which he Bay City Farm Bureau Services. Inc. 577-893-3577 Petosk('y Farmers Petroleum Cooperative Inc. 67t.-347-116O Breckenridge Farmers P('(roleum Cooperali\-e. Ine. 517-841-3575 Pinconning Farm Bureau Services. Ine. 517-879-J417 served over 20 years as a member. Caro Farmers Petroleum Cooperative. Inc. 517-673-7714 R('mus Farm Bureau St'fvices. Inc. 577.967-3511 Erickson and his wife, Betty, have five Carrollton Farm Bureau Services. Inci 577-751-145;- Rothbury Rothbury Hardware & FaT1Tl 676..lJ

The title of a successful Broadway musical per- formed a few years ago was "Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope." We all have days when we feel like that. Right now, most farmers are having a year like that. But, farmers more than anyone else; have to cope. Recently two writers for Drover's Journal de- scribed some of the conditions under which farmers are coping in 1980. They wrote: "Mix six months of depressed commodity prices with several doses of by KEN WILES high interest rates and bake under hot inflation for Manager, Member Relations the remainder of the year." This is the recipe for T()VIC what they call an "agriculture crunch," which is guaranteed to leave a bad taste in any farmer's mouth. Farm problems don't stay on the farm. They al- the .embargo, with repayment when the products should be limited to allow all market forces (both in ways move into town. Just as depressed grain and move in the market. Farm Bureau insisted that our this country and elsewhere) to function. They seek livestock commodity prices force changes in the allies be involved in extending sanctions against the an economic climate that br~ngs the nation's supply cattle and hog business, they also force changes in Soviets because of their invasion of Afghanistan. of money and credit into line -with a supply needed the finance business. Through all this, Farm Bureau members suffered to support real productive economic growth. Everyone is re-evaluating the money market. from a bad case of mixed emotions. They recog- Farmers realize that inflation remains our number Long-term mortgages tied to the prime rate is one nized that when the president of the UniteCl States is one national economic problem. To control infla- idea gaining favor, and the Federal Land Bank now taking action - any action - against Soviet aggres- tion, Congress must be forced to require the federal offers variable interest rate loans. Also, the Federal sion, it is important that all citizens close ranks and government to operate on a balanced budget. Farm Reserve Board recently took action to help relieve support him. At the same time, Farm Bureau mem- Bureau members support a constitutional amend- the rural credit crunch by making up to $3 billion bers are practical people and they know history. ment to do this - and to restrict the spending au- available to member banks for farm and small busi- There is a long U.S. history of boycotts and em- thority of. the federal government to a realistic ness loans. bargoes including embargo laws passed before the. percentage of the Gross National Product. Outside of the automobile and housing indus- War of 1812 between the states and Great Britain. Because farmers do not accept slow downs and tries, no one has been harder hit than agriculture by consider make-work rules and featherbedding'ridic- . Old records show that during the boycott of Bri- inflation and the resulting higher cost of everything ulous, because farmers give more of the'mselves in tish shipping in the early years of our Republic, including money. U.S. News and World Report every way - agriculture continues to be the produc- more than 55,000 American seamen were put out tells of how quickly farmers' troubles move on to tion pacesetter. of work by loss of trade. The market disruption others. April farm prices tumbled 4.5 percent down If farmers were not so good at what they do, preceding the War of 1812 was so severe that in from March and all across the country, the maga- there would be little need to worry about surpluses 1809 alone, 13,000 New Yorkers were sent to zine said, farmers began limiting buying to the and expanded markets. The food would cost two Debtors Prison for bankruptcy. basics of fertilizers, fuel, seed and very little else. or three times as much as it does now and most Sales of tractors were down by almost 20 percent The Soviet embargo has severely affected all of Americans would be farmers. in the first quarter this year, compared to the same American agriculture. American farmers are being U.S. farm productivity has increased 25 percent period a year ago according to the Farm and Indus- hurt. Our long time credibility as a reliable supplier in the past 20 years, with a level of input remaining trial Equipment Institute. Equipment manufacturers of food and fiber has been greatly damaged in inter- about the same. Farm output in 1979 was up 5 per- were so concerned about the depressed prices for national markets. cent from the year before, at a time when gains in hogs, cattle, grains, fiber and the widespread tight- When American farmers are not allowed to com- industrial productivity leveled out or declined. Farm . ness of the money market that they joined in an ap- pete, their "competitive advantage" and production productivity has provided much of the buying po- peal for relief to President Carter. suffers, as other nations are encouraged to expand wer that remains in our politically weakened While farm people appreciate this concern, they production and compete for our markets. The de- dollars. also recognize the danger of crying for "help" from pressed prices for corn, wheat and soy beans will So, obviously, farmers have learned to cope. Washington. Washington help also hurts. remain as long as large tonnages of these commod- They cope with the weather, with the bugs and Many of the cunent price problems were com- ities are held by government. diseases and even to some extent, with Washing- pounded by government interference in the free Because of the obvious damage to both Ameri- ton. enterprise grain marketing system by the admini- can agriculture and this country's economy, and But if farmers are to continue to cope, they need stration's embargo on sales to the Soviet Union in because the embargo has been ineffective, the assurance - assurance that the incentives of the early January. Attempts to correct market interven- American Farm Bureau Federation has called for competitive enterprise, profit and loss system oper- tion usually lead to still more intervention. The an immediate end to. this action. ate freely in rural America, assurance that as they price solution lies in more and better markets, not in Meanwhile, the land diversion program, the cen- work to enhance our competitive position in the expanded government "bail out" programs. ter piece of Farm Bureau's proposal to ease the bur- world markets, there will not be undue federal in- Prior to the embargo, U.S. agriculture had al- den of the embargo, was rejected by the admini- terference with market directed forces. most worked its way out from under most of the stration. As a result, substantial new crop produc- One of the current Farm Bureau policy state- complex and costly farm programs. Agriculture was tion is expected to be added to heavy hold-over ments puts it this way: "A national farm policy car- enjoying an expanding farm trade that produced stocks in a continuation of depressed commodity ried on in this manner will assure a positive future about a fourth of its total income and removed the prices. for America's family farms which are presently une- threat of crop surplus through normal market chan- qualled anywhere in the world in terms of perfor- This being an election year, a flurry of congres- mance and opportunity." nels. sional proposals to help agriculture through further Then came the embargo and suddenly interna- federal involvement in the farming business have (This article is based on remarks by Cecil Miller, tional politics replaced part of the market price. At been proposed. Most popular of these are bills to vice president of the American Farm Bureau Feder. one large elevator exchange, wheat feU 32 cents raise loan rates for the three major crops - com, ation.) per bushel below the price the day before. Com soy beans and wheat. dropped 1~3/4 cents per bushel from the previous Questions for Discussion True, the short term results of higher loan rates day and soy beans were 41 cents per bushel lower as now proposed would increase total net farm 1n- than before the embargo was imposed. It was a 1. What kind of government farm programs, come, but in the long run, the higher loan rates tough way to start off a new decade. if any, should Farm Bureau propose for the When the embargo hit, Farm Bureau was as- would dramatically lower farm income. Loan rates 19805? at the levels proposed would bring the government sured that farmers would be protected from loss 2. How much government management of firmly back into agriculture with production control and would not be alone in making sacrifices. farm commodities do farmers desire in order and storage programs similar to those farmers la- Farm Bureau listed a number of options which to ensure federal support for prices or pro- bored under in the 1950s. experience showed would be helpful in easing the ducer income? The higher support level would set the price of burden of clogged markets. Chief among them was 3. Under what drcumstances should the ex- a request for an acreage diversion program for feed U.S. grain in world markets so much above world market prices that other countries could sell all the ecutive branch be permitted to impose embar- grains and wheat to reduce the 1980 crop size by goes? the 11 million metric tons involved in the em~rgo. grain they wished in the world market. Farm Bureau also asked for low interest loans to Farm Bureau members favor a market-oriented 4. What are farmers in your locality doing to .holders of agricultural commodities not sold due to agriculture. They believe government intervention cope with inflation? AUGUST 1980 FARM NEWS PAGE 19 What's Happening Governor Appoints Apple Growers Shirley M. Pitsch of Rock- erate a ISO-acre fruit farm acre operation involving ap- Statewide Aug. 5 Primary Elections ford and Daryl K. Peterson of devoted primarily to apples. ples, cherries and plums. He Aug. 19 Statewide Policy Hilton Inn Ludington have been reap- Most of their fruit is packed for farms jointly with his father and Development Conference Lansing pointed to the Michigan Apple wholesale marketing. They part-time with his uncle and Aug. 26 District 2 Policy Hillsdale cOunty FB Office Development Meeting 8 p.m. Committee by Gov. William G. also grade and pack fruit for brother. About one-third of the Aug. 28 District 3 Policy Washtenaw County FB Milliken. The appointments are other growers in the area. The crop is marketed fresh and the Development Meeting Office, 8 p.m. subject to Senate confirmation Pitsches are Kent County Farm . remainder is processed. Peter- Aug. 28 District 6 Policy Sanilac County FB Office and expire in 1983. Bureau members. son is Mason County Farm Bu- Development Meeting 8 p.m. Pitsch and her husband op- Peterson manages a 250- reau membership chairman. Farm Bureau Market Place SPECIAL RATE TO FARM BUREAU MEMBERS: One free non-commerciaI25-word ad cents per word one edition, two or more editions, 10 cents per word. Copy deadline: 13th per month per membership, additional words, 10 cents each. Figures such as 12x16 or of month. Mail classified ads to Michigan Farm News, P.O. Box 30960, Lansing, M148909. $12.50 count as one word. NON-MEMBER and ALL COMMERCIAL advertisers: 15 Publisher reserves right to reject any advertising copy submitted.

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FOR SALE: USED STORAGE TANKS, 6000 FOR SALE: 4Ox245 h. steel pole building with GRADE HORSES are real scarce. Buy a purebred FISH FOR POND STOCKING - Hybrid Sun ALL FARMS - need farms for Midwest and inter- to 20,000 gallon capacity. Vertical or horizontal. automatic egg factory equipment. Today would cost Arabian from the Lannens at Fife Lake, MI 49633. fish. Catfish. also Rainbow Trout. Spring Valley national buyers. Top dollar. Details: John Peck. Phone 616-798-1805. (4-6t-15p) $1SO,000 to replace. Will sell for $15,000. Must be Phone 616-369-2271. (6-tf-l9f) Trout Farm. Dexter, Michigan. Phone Four Seasons Realty of Lansing. 517-349-4260. sold and moved to settle estate. Phone 313-426-4772. (4-12t-2Op) (4-tf-l9f) NEW ALL WIRE RABBIT CAGES and equip- 616-389-2274. (8-2t-251) MILKING SHORTHORNS - Young bulls. year- PEACH FARM - 35 acres In Watervliet ment now available. We can build cages to meet lings and calves for sale. Write or visit Stanley M. your needs. Dettmers Bunny Patch, Carson City. MI CHRISTMAS TREES WANTED: We need Township. Arst class site. north slope. Write: Solid BAYLER - New Holland "273. like new. Must Powell and Family. Ingleside Farm. R.R. 2, 3248 Scotch Pine. Douglas Fur. Blue Spruce and While M. Spread. Hartford 49057. or phone Solid-M- 48811. 517-584-3765. (5-tf-25b) sell due to death in family, S3,200.00. Phone Powell Hwy.• Ionia. Michigan 48846. (l2-tf-28f) 517-652.2185. (8-1I-16f) Spruce up to 10 feel. We also need Christmas tree Chateau 616-424-3752. SI52.000.00 firm. plantations to manage and market. Fruithaven (4-tf-251) WANTED: New Idea single row compicker. Phone REGISTERED & GRADE HOLSTEIN BULLS Nursery, Inc.. Route 1. Kaleva, Michigan 49645. 517-523-2803 evenings. Pittsford, Michigan. REAR TRACTOR TIRES: Worn tires could cost for sale. Complete records, Clarkstead Holstein (I-tf-lll) you 5-10 percent more In fuel consumption when 517-349-1918. (4-6t-37p) CROOKE LAKE-DELTON - three bedroom. Farm. 819 Tamarack Road, Pittsford. Michigan. 1112 bath. double wide mobile home. Glassed-in sun plowing. Safe mark has a complete line of tires In Phone 517-567-8626. (2-tf-l9f) FOR SALE: Stormor grain bins. Farm Fans dryers, stock to meet your fall needs. For prices and further' 1000 GUNS IN STOCK. Buy. sell. trade. Long porch. garage. two level lake front lots. Possible guns. pistols. black powaer. bows. 500 GUNS. trade or land contract terms. 616.964-7362. G.T. Tox-o-wlk dryers. Stormor Ezee-dry systems. Information. contact Kevin Kirk, 517-323-7000. ex- FINNISH LANDRACE SHEEP - purebreds Duane Buckner, 11155 Sherman Blvd., Ravenna. (7-2t-25p) Hamilton Distributing Company, Hamilton, MI tension 527. (8-2t-4Ob) and crosses with either Suffolk-Columblan- 49419, phone 616-751-5161. (4-tf-25b) MI49451. Phone 616-853-2527. (l2-1Ot-25p) Targhees-Ramboliett-Montadale. Lee Breasbols. FOR SALE: Richmond-Beautiful three bedroom 9780 Garfield. Freeland. Mich. 48623. Phone LIVESTOCK DON'T DIE WITHOUT A WILLI Legal forrns. ranch on 80 acres of picturesque land. Cattle barn. MANURE PUMPS: pump direct from lagoon to 1-517-695-5692. (7-12t-181) field. utilize traveler or movable guns. Plummer Sup- Instructions: $2.00 (2 for S3.SO!) S5.95 with calving barn. pond and woods. Many extras. 10 per- cent land contract terms. Schweitzer Real Estate. ply. Bradley and U.S. 131 Exit. P.O. Box 177. ARABIANS ALL AGES. for breeding, pleasure or ISO-page lawyer written manual' MARCON: Box FOR SALE: Twenty-three Stanchions. $4.00 Better Homes & Gardens. Call: Carol Kelly. Bradley, MI49311. 616-792-2215. (l0-tf.26b) show. Special discounts for 4-H terrns if desired. "10101-Z: Dallas, Texas 75207. (5-6t-25p) each: twelve Stall cocks. $1.00 each: one Watkins 313-886-4200. (8-lt-36b) Dale Kirklin, phone 616-381-2774. (4-tf-l9f) jet sprayer. $25.00: and one 6" rubber belt. 20 h. WANTED: DUMP HAY RAKES. OR TEETH. TREATED POSTS: 7'. S2.65. Call for pick-up at one way. $20.00. Phillip Millis. 2625 N. M-52. FOR SALE: Vacant land - two lots Upper Penin- our sawmill. 253 Jonesville SI., litchfield. Michigan Also pipe 1 Inch 0.0. 8 fl. long or better and 2 In- REGISTERED SHROPSHIRE SHEEP SINCE Route 3, Williamston. Mich. 48895. Phone sula. city of Manistique. $7SO each or both 49252.517-542-2989. (5-4t-I9p) dian Runner Ducks for sale. Phone 313-727-1431. 1890. Breeding stock for sale at all times. Hewens 517-521-3521. SI300.00. Call 1-313-781-9289 or write M. Dietz. (I2-tf-251) Farm, 7400 Bemis Road. Ypsilanti, Michigan (7-2t-251) 53120 Van Dyke. Utica. Mich. 48087. (8-1t.28p) 48197. Phone 313-482-2658. (5-tf-221) J-E-E-P-S - $19.301 - C-A-R-S - $13.501 - 650.000 ITEMSI - GOVERNMENT FOR SALE: Greyhound thrashing machine; Mc- DUROC BOARS & GILTS and bred gilts. Ag- WESTERN MICHIGAN HORSE RANCH: 10 Cormick Deering grain drill; Thomas grain drill: anti. SURPLUS - MOST COMPREHENSIVE FOR SALE: YORKSHIRE & SPOTTED ser- gressive and productive. Bred gilts are bred to or 40 acres of prime clay loam soil. Newall steel DIRECTORY AVAILABLE TELLS HOW. que Dodge truck: New Idea corn picker: New Idea vlceage boars and open gilts top bloodlines tested at $2500. Magic brand. everyday sale day. Jim 16Oxl00' barn with 12 box stalls. Large indoor exer- WHERE TO BUY - YOUR AREA - $2 - hay loader: Oliver manure spreader: 3 bottom plow. MSU test station. Allregistered stock. Richard Cook. Preuich. 517-467-2874. Route 1. Onsted. Mich. cise arena. Older barn and silo for hay storage. MONEYBACK GUARANTEE - "GOVERN- Phone 517 -883-2088. (7-3t-2Ip-9b) 112 mile east Mulliken. M-43. Phone 517-649-8988. 49265. (8-tf-25f) Custom brick 3 bedroom rancher. with double MENT INFORMATION SERVICES," (l1-tf-251) garage. large family room with beamed ceilings and LETOURNEAU earth scraper, towed 12 cubic DEPARTMENT EG-8. BOX 99249. SAN FOUR REGISTERED MORGANS top blood raised hearth fireplace. Energy efficient insulation. yards - 1952 SN "33941 - good: J. Deere "115 FRANCISCO. CALIFORNIA 94109. DUROC & LANDRACE BOARS & GILTS. lines. 7211 South Stony Creek Road. Monroe, formal dining. superb oak kitchen and close to 17-6t-31p) chuckwagon: and 1970 International stake truck Also crossbred gilts. John Swearingen. 655 Prattville Mich. 48161. Phone 313-242-3983. (8-tf-16f) freeway. One of a kind. with terms. Call Martin 1600 series, 4x4 - 55,000 miles. 313-659-6535. Road. Pittsford. MI 49271. Phone 517-567-8975. Seaver at 616-894-5611. evenings 616-893-0595. (8-1t-251) (3-tf-l9f) POLLED SIMMENTAL - Hereford yearling (8-1t-76b) bulls. performance tested. William Garvey. FOR HOMEMAKERS 80 ACRES OF PARADISE: North of Montague. WHITE 1755 diesel 1975 cab. Low hours, $7,000. QUARTER HORSES - Disposition for 4-H, abili- Charlotte. Mich. Phone 517-543-2983. (8-1t-121) IH 101 combine bean special cab, chopper, extra ty for cattle. conformation for show. Reasonable completely remodeled farm house. 3 to 4 bedrooms. country kitchen. formal dining. new nice. IH 5x16 plow. Phone 313-629-6481. (8-2t-221) prices. Customer satisfaction a priority. Visitors REGISTERED HOLSTEIN BULLS. yearling to PECANS: QUART EACH. HALVES. PIECES. 40x6O' pole barn and nice older barn with silo. 63 welcome. Walton Farms. Rosebush. Phone 18 months. One Conductor son from 22.416 lb. MEAL Three-quart sampler. $9.75. postpaid! acres of clay loam, 10 acres of woods and 7 acres of FOR SALE: Used storage tanks, 6,000 to 20,000 517 -433-2925. (3-tf-24f) dam. Other Virginian. Bootmaker, Apollo, Kingman Hermitage Farms. Box 143-MF, Hermitage. Tenn. gallon capacity. Vertical or horizontal. Phone. pasture land. One of your finer farm and building sons. Also 7 registered heifers due August and 37076. (l-12t-17p) combinations. Frontage on blacktop road near Ex- 616-798-1805. (8-6t-15p) FOR SALE: Landrace boars and gilts. also Duroc September. George Robb. Fowlerville. phone way. priced at SllO.000. Call Ike Hill at boars and gilts. George Carpenter family. 6545 517-223-9462. (8-1t-251) NOWI FROZEN TOMATO SLICESI Enjoy THRESH MACHINE - 22" Case mint condition. Cogswell Rd., Romulus_ MI48174. Phone evenings garden fresh flavor. year around! Complete. easy In- 616-894-5611. evenings 616-894-6187. (8-1t-68b) Also good 8' International grain binder on rubber. structions. $1.00. Hamiltons. Box 652-131. New 313-721-0240. (9-tf-231) 287-ACRE DAIRY FARM. plus 100 leased. SE $1000.00 or best offer takes both. Phone Ulm, Minnesota 56073. (8-lt.2Op) Michigan. Double-3 milking parlor (1979). 8O-stall 616-837-8773 or 531-2840. (8-11-241) MISCELLANEOUS REGISTERED HAMPSHIRE BOARS & barn. 2Ox80 Harvestore. various other buildings: COLDWATER DILLPICKLESI Can In minutes! GILTS for sale. Validated herd, Dale Terry. brick trI-level plus tenant house: turn-key operation. FOR SALE: New Holland flail chopper. 2 years No hot brine. Delicious. crisp. factory secrets! Recipe Palmyra. Michigan. Phone 517-263-5854. FOR SALE: New 29112ft. Shasta trailer. all deluxe Marie Palazini. AFLM. Box 344, Rochester. Mich. old. Model 36. Case 12' hydraulic liftdisc. Judy Mc- (1O-tf-150 model. including 20' awning. t.V_ antenna. Reese S1.00. Hamiltons. Box 652-131. New Ulm. Min- Clure, Millington. Phone 517-795-2103. (8-11-211) nesota 56073. (8-lt-2Op) 48063. 313-652-6535 or 651-8801. (8-1t-37b) hitch & brake control. Can after 5 p.m .. CORRIEDALE SHEEP - Purebred breeding 517-223-9205. (7-tf-251) TO BUY: Barn-cleaner, two hundred foot or longer stock for sale. Paper optional. Waldo F. Dieterlie. SEWING SUPPLIES. PEARL SNAP chain. Phone 906.632-7327. (8-1t-llf) 7285 Textile Road. Saline. MI 48176. Phone WANTED IMMEDIATELY: Jerusalem artichoke FASTENERS. 145 colors and styles. Free catalog. 313-429-7874. (l-tf-l9f) tubers. Wlli pick up at your place and pay S2O.SO Bee Lee Company. Box 20558-MF, Dallas. Texas AgriGroups Abroad FORD JUBILEE TRACTOR. 1,7SO hours. two cash per level bushel. Call Michigan Artichoke 75220. (3-lOt-I9p) row bean puller. heat houser. front dozer blade, ex- REGISTERED ANGUS - Yearling bulls & Growers Association. 517-224-4611. Ask for Jim. 1980-81 Tour tra nice condition. Always kept Inside, $2,500.00. heifers, club calves. Write or call Neona Farm. Neal (7-2t-27b) INTERNATIONAL RECIPE BONANZA 1 Best Phone 517-674-2311. Unionville, Mich. 48767. Felkema. Evart. Michigan 49631. Phone from 11 nations. $3.00. Ten fruit and nut breads. Schedule (8-2t-251) 616-734-2579. (2-tf-l9f) FEED ONE ADULT for $7.06 weekly. Includes S2.00. Free bonuses! Fountain Valley, Dept. 6211. one pound meat daily. choice of eight fresh Box 5608. Security. CO 80931. (7-3t-25p) We specialize in over- FARROWING STALLS - All steel. SI24.20. In- PERFORMANCE TESTED ANGUS. quality vegetables and grains. Free details. Write - D.Y.. cludes feeder-waterer. top rail, rump rail. Weighs registered Angus breeding stock and club calves. P.O. Box 1M-E. Jenison, Mich. 49428. (8-2t-27b) DIET AID - Simple. safe. sure! Two common in- seas tours for people 204 pounds. Free literature. Starr National. 219 Contact Bordner Angus Farms, 68730 County Farm gredients mixed. No hunger! Satisfaction with agricultural interests Main. Cokhester, IL 62326. 309-776-3446. Rd .. Sturgis. Michigan 49091. Phone FOR SALE: Bulb. onion. plant trays stackable. guaranteed. $2.00 Herrington. Drawer (8-lt-23p) 1458-MFN8. Biloxi. Mississippi39533. (8-lt-21p) 616-651-3456. (l2-tf-24f) Wooden and galvanized bottoms. sizes 1112' wide. 3' and backgrounds. Visit long and 4" high. 69 cents each. Utica. Mich. Phone 313-781-9289. (8.11-250 POTATO CHIP COOKIES - Tasty snack made farms, ranches, cities. from your bottom of the bag crumbles, they're FOR SALE: Unpainted barn to be taken down. dellclous! Send $1.00 to Edna. 1725 Townline Turkey Sept. 17 I 1980 36'x54'. Contains over 1000' hand-hewn beams. Road. Bentley. Mich 48613. (8-lt-250 Siding boards up to 18" wide Phone India Oct. 17, 1980 DALE A. DEAN 616-861-5339. (8-11-220 AFRICAN VIOLETS: Leaf cullings and starter plants. Descriptlw price list. 35 cents. Gail's Violets. China (Hong Nov. 1980 FOR SALE: Ford model T frame. $25.00: quantity 1299 W. Taft Road, SI. Johns. Mich 48879. Phone Kong, Singapore, Bangkok) of steel rusty fence posts: and ten gallon milk can. 517-224-8141 or 224-7697 (8-2t-26p) AUCTIONEER- Phone 517-845-3224 after 6 p.m. (8-11-230 Hawaii Late Nov, 1980 REAL ESTATE Africa Late Jan. 1981 FOR SALE: 1975 mini-motor home. sleeps six. HAY & SILAGE South Pacific March 1981 BROKER Good condition: corn and bean planter at 7680 Pierce Road between Hospital and Hackett. (Australia, New Zealand, 33 YEARS AND 4000 Freeland. Mich. Phone 695-9057. (8-1t-250 FOR SALE: 1979 grass hay. SOcents per bale. No rain. Wayne Saunders. East Jordan. Mich.. phone Tahiti) ~ DOGS FOR SALE: Sheltie (miniature colhe) pups 616-547-2187 (7-~t-170 Egypt, Israel, May, 1981 AKC. Good watch dogs. good with children. Shots AUCTIONS IN EXPERIENCE IN MICHIGAN and wormed. Ardyth Schroeder. 7080 Billmyer FOR SALE: High moisture corn stored In a Jordan Hwy.. Tecumseh. Mich. 49286. 517-423-3069. Harvestore silo. Approximately 2.500 bushels. Jerry AND INDIANA. DAIRY CATTLE FARM (8-2t-25f) Hartenburg. 4157 Wa\lerly Road. Eaton Rapids. For further information Mich. 48827. Phone 517-663-3084. (8-11-240 MACHINERY AND REAL ESTATE! WANTED: Farm Bureau members Interested In write: Gordon R. Schlubatis, and willing to work with consumer groups. Contact ALFALFA-BROME HAY. approximately 12.000 AgriGroups Abroad, P.O. Box Phone 61~38S-5958 or 517-279-9748 Larry R. Ewing. Michigan Farm Bureau. P.O. Box square bales. Load from barn storage:4SO per hour 461, Coldwater, Mich. 49036 222 N. MICHIGAN AVE_, COLDWATER, MI49036 30960. Lansing. Michigan 48909: phone 517- Also mukh hay. Richarc!son: Charlevoix. phone 323-7000. extension S07 (8-tf.3Of) 616-547-9061 (8-3t.2Of) PAGE 20 FARM NEWS AUGUST 1980

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