THE ACTION PUBLICATION OF THE MICHIGAN FARM BUREAU , Vol. 48, No. 10 -1919-50 Years of Service to Michigan Farmers-1969- OctobE I

GOOD THINGS TO EAT DO GROW IN MICHIGAN - and right up ELLISGILSON, RETIREDFRUIT GROWER ... and Farm Bureau at the top of the list are the many fruits. Apples ... more than member, Sparta, lived on a centennial farm on Peach Ridge. He 12 million bushels harvested in 1968; cherries, (both red tart and has been an annual participant in the Peach Ridge Apple Smorgas- sweets and leading our nation in production); more than 23,000 bord and this year was more than happy to demonstrate his 100 tons of grapes harvested in 1968; nearly $3 million worth of year old apple corer and peeler to the more than 600 guests that peaches picked from Michigan trees during the past season. Add attended the September 9 event. John Bull homesteaded his farm near Bailey where today stands huge apple storage facilities. His to this bountiful fruit harvest, the pear and prune-plum crop. Take sons and grandsons have taken over the many-faceted operation into consideration the black and red raspberries, the acres of blue- allowing 'Dad' to tend to his personal grape vinyard. Red Tart berries, melons and almost 27 million pounds of strawberries ... cherries are among the "number oneil products in Michigan. Most and figures will prove that it's not only great to live in Michigan, orchardists use mechanical harvesters but the sweets are still hand but exceedingly healthy as well. picked as this young man did in an Empire orchard. Order Your Michigan Farm Bureau Annual Meeting Tickets from YOURCounty Farm Bureau Secretary. Deadline..Oct. 31 Annual Many Bills County Annual School Meeting Signed Meetings Tax Laws IN THIS ISSUE: Page 3 Page 4 Page 12 Page 14 TWO October 1, 1969 ~1CHI~ FARM N~Vts Editorial President's Column 50th ANNUAL MEETING Needed: Farm Program A Quiet Revolution For as long as I can remember we've had one farm program or another, all designed to try and 'Vhen we look at U.S. agriculture over an give the farmer an opportunity to make a hetter extended period, we can see the big picture of Michigan State University living. Each one has fallen far short of the the great changes that have taken place. goal ... in fact government fann programs con- Using 1957-59 as an index base of. 100, stitute one of the greatest obstacles to fanners' output of our fanns and ranches has almost efforts to develop effective production and doubled between 1939 and 1969 ... from 69 marketing programs. to 117. This indicates that the great period of November 10-12, 1969 agricultural output growth was in the period \Ve, in Farm Bureau, vigorously opposed the of years during "'orld '''ar II and after. original enacbnent of the major provisions of the 1965 Act. 'Ve are even more convinced to- In terms of agricultural productivity, (still OFFICIAL NOTICE OF ANNUAL l\1EETING using 1957-59 as the index base of 100) the in- day that the programs authorized by this Act crease was not quite so dramatic, from 73 in The 50th Annual ~feeting of the l\fichigan Fann Bu- are not in the long-time best interests of pro- 1939 to 109 in 1969. reau will be held November 10, 11, and 12, 1969 at Mich- ducers, consumers or taxpayers. "'hat makes the agricultural output and ag- igan State University, East Lansing, Michigan. The meet- Twenty-two members of the U. S. House of ricultural productivity indexes so amazing is ing of the Voting Delegates will convene at 10:00 a.m. Representatives and 20 U. S. Senators have in- the fact that these increases were achieved in ~10nday, November 10, in the Auditorium and will con- troduced legislation with Farm Bureau's recom- the face of declining fann numbers and fewer tinue through November 12. The Annual Banquet will be mendations concerning the costly and ineffec- people on the fanns of the nation. These facts, held in the Civic Center, Lansing, Tuesday evening, No- tive fann program. of course, have been repeated frequently in vember 11. Farm Bureau's proposal calls for enactment recent years, but the amazing changes in agri- The purposes of the meeting include: by Congress of a broad-based program to help culture are most apparent by comparing the individual farmers make needed adjustments, in- span of thirty years. The number of famls (1) Election of l\tembers of the Board of Directors. crease prices, expand markets, cut costs and (including ranches) has declined by more than Odd-numbered Districts will elect Directors for two-year thus provide the basis for increased net fann half ... from 6,535,000 in 1939 to 3,200,000 in terms. Also to be elected for a two-year term will be income. 1969 (approx.). Even more dramatic is the one Director-at-Iarge and one Director representing Fann decline in the number of people working in Bureau "'omen. One Director representing Farm Bureau The Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1969 agriculture ... from 11,978,000 in the 30's to Young Farmers will be elected for a one-year term. would provide for a five-year tr-ansition period only 4,903,000 today, a disappearance of two (2) Reports of officers. during which acreage controls, base acreages, marketing quotas, processing taxes, and direct out of three people working there in 1937. (3) Consideration and action on the recommendations payments for wheat, feed grains and cotton The average size of fanns more than doubled of the Policy Development Committee to determine action would be phased out. It would also provide in the 30 year period. It was about 163 acres policies of l\fichigan Fann Bureau for the coming year. in 1939 and is a little over 360 acres today. government price support loans for wheat, feed 'Yhen labor moves out of an industry there (4) Consideration of proposed amendments to the Bylaws. grains, cotton and soybeans at not more than obviously has to a replacement to account for The President's address will he given Monday morning, 85 per cent of the previous three-year-average continuing output and productivity as is true November 10. The afternoon will be devoted to Com- price beginning with the 1971 crop. in agriculture. This is evidenced in an increase modity Conferences and the Fanll Bureau "'omen's meet- It would prohibit the sale of government fourfold in the use of tractors in the thirty ing. The County President's banquet will be held Monday stocks of farm commodities at less than 150 years ... up from 1,657,000 in 1939 to over evening. The Policy Development Committee (Resolutions) per cent of the current Joan rate plus carrying 5,500,000 in 1969. Irrigation more than doubled will he in Special Session the first day of the Annual charges, except when sales are offset by equiva- in that same period, from 18,116,000 (in 1940) ~feeting ... November 10 ... following the Commodity lent purchases in the open market. to over 38,000,000 acres today. There was like- Conferences. Any ~lichigan Farm Bureau member is wel- The Fann Bureau proposal would authorize wise a similar even-more dramatic increase in come to appear before the Committee on any issue. The commercial fertilizer usage, with 1,178,000 tons the Secretary of Agriculture to offer a special Farm Bureau Young Farmer's banquet will be held Mon- transitional program to any farmer who has had indic.ated in 1940 to over 12,000,000 tons now day evening, November 10, at 6:30 p.m. at Kellogg Center. average gross annual sales of farm products of ... a tenfold increase. The Voting Delegates will again be in session Tuesday not more than $5,000 and off-farm income of It might readily be assumed that on the basis and \Vednesday. of such quiet revolutionary changes in Amer- not more than $2,000 per year for husband and Dan E. Reed, Secretary-Manager wife for the immediate preceding three years. ican agriculture over a period of three decades These farmers would be eligible to receive com- there is not much room left for improvement. pensation for acreage allobnents and base acre- The fact is that hy 1980 agriculture will have ages surrendered to the secretary for permanent to expand its abilities in production and output STATEl\tENT OF OWNERSHIP cancellation; land retirement payments under to feed a national population projected to be MANAGEMENT AND CIRCULATION the Cropland Adjustment Program; retraining 235 million people. This will be done in the (Act of Octoher 23, 1962; Section 4369, Title 39, United States Code) of the grants; adjustment assistance, and loans under face of a continuing increase in the size of l\-HCHIGAN FARM NEWS existing credit programs. fanns and the continuing decline in the number October I, 1969 of workers on those fanns. It will require more FREQL'EXCY OF ISSUE: Monthly I hasten to point out that the transition to the LOCATIOX OF KXOWX OFFICE OF PUBLICATIOX: 109 X. Lafayette St., irrigation and use of increasing volumes of Greenville. ~lichigan, Montcalm County - 48838 market system would be gradual. Substantial LOCATIOX OF THE HEADQUARTERS OR GEXERAL BUSIXESS OFFICES payments would be made during the transition commercial fertilizer. OF THE PURLISHERS: 4000 X. Grand River Avenue, Lansin~, Michi~an The inescapable conclusion is that with fann- PUBLISHER: Michi~an Farm Bureau, 4000 X. Grand River Ave., Lansing, period to help fanners make needed adjust- Michigan 48904 ments. The cost of wheat certificates, for ex- ers soh-ing their price and marketing problems EDITOR: Evan Hale, 4000 X. Grand Rivt'r Ave., Lansing, Michigan 48~)o4 through their own abilities and without outside ~IAXAGIXG EDITOR: Xone ample, to processors would he phased out at interferences, agriculture has prospects for be- OWXER: ~Ikhil!an Fann Bureau. 4000 X. Grand River Ave., Lansin~, Mich. the same rate as payments to farmers. KXO\\"X BOXD HOLDERS, ~IORTGAGEES. AXD OTHER SECURITY coming more prosperous for those able to meet HOLDERS O\\'XIXG OR HOLDlXG 1 PERCEXT OR ~IORE OF TOTAL A~IOUXT OF BO:'\DS, ~IORTGAGES OR OTHER SECURITIES: 1"one The acreage retired from production under the challenge of a continuing quiet revolution. Av~. Xo. Copies Sin~le Issue the Cropland Adjustment Program would be in- Each Issue During Xearest to The change from 1969 to 1980 will be even Past 12 ~Ionths Filinl'( Date creased as existing programs are phased out. more dramatic than the changes listed here; Total Xo. Copit>s Printt>d: (Xt.t prt>ss nm) 'i4 ..'j.'5.'j ,'j.'j.~J6,'j P"id Cir<:lll:1tion 53.338 ,'54,730 Increases in the acreage retired under this pro- and hy the year 2000, changes in agriculture Frt.(. Distrihlltion 647 660 Total :'\0. Copies Distrihuted '54,.'5.'5.'5 ,'i.'5,96.'5 gram would tend to offset reductions in the will be almost beyond our wildest dreams. I I ('crtify that the statements made hy m(' ahm'p. are correct and cornplet('. acreage diverted under annual diversion pro- Are tee preparing ourselves? (Signed) Evan Hall', Editor grams. 'Ve must keep in mind that much of Evan J. Hale the land now heing diverted under the current THE BEST ~. annual retirement program is XOT top quality EQUIPMENT MICHIGAN '.FA~M NEWS land. Also, present programs that dinTt acre- 5AFETY THE ACTION PUBLICATION OF THE MiCHIGAN. FARM BUREAU age on a part-time basis encourage the heavy EVER DEVISED- The ~IICHIGA~ FARM XEWS is DIRECTORS: District 1, Harrv use of fertilizer and other "land suhstitutes" and puhlished monthly, on the first dny, Xye. St. Joseph, R-I; District 2, Dell~ tw the ~Iichi~an Farm Bmeau. at its thus guarantee increased per acre yields. \\'e pilblication office at 109 X. Lafayette 'Prid~eon, Munt.L!OOlery, R-I; Oistrict 3, ~~\\ II ,/ 5trt'et. Greenville, MichiJran. Andrew Jackson. Howell. R-C Dis- feel the retirement of whole farms under an Editorial ~nd ,I!eneral offices at 4000 trict 4. EltonR. Smith. Caledonia,R-l; expanded Cropland Adjustment Program would -../ 1'\orth Grand River Avenue, Lansinll. District 5. David Morris, Grand Led,l!e, " ,/ ~fichi~an 48n04. Post Office Box 960. R-3: District 6. Jack Laurie. Cass 'Citv, be a far more effective means of bringing about Telephone, Lan,'iin}! 485-8121. Exten- R-3; District 7, Kenneth Bull, Baile;" sIon 31i. Subscription price, 50t per R-I; District 8. Harvey LeuenheFJ:(er; needed adjustment in land use. vear. Saginaw, R-B; District 9, Eugene 'Rob'~ . Established January 12. 1923. Sec- At the end of the proposed phase-out of acre- ond Class PostllS!e paid at Grt'enville, erts. Lake City, R-I; D.istrict 10. Michillan. Richard Wieland, 'Ellsworth, R-I; Dis- age allotments, marketing quotas, hase acreages, EDITORIAL: Editor, Evan J. Unle; trict II. Clayton Ford, CornelL A~ociate Editor. Vern ~1. Bullen; Ad- certificates and government payments for feed n>rtisinll :\fanaJtt'r. Carl P. Kentner; DIRECTORS AT LARGE: ""nlter Artist. XOmll1ll Good1in~, Fnlhm, Fr:mkenmllth; ]am('s L. Srt}'r~, grains, wheat and cotton, each producer would Bellevillt:; Calvin Lutz, Kale'\'a .. OFFICERS: Michi,mn Fann Bu- he free to plan his wheat, feed grain, cotton and reau: President. Elton R. Smith. Cale- WO~IE:'

KJaty, Wesley J. Mahaffy and Charter Members Add Prestige- Paul Schroeder; St. Clair: Muriel L. Clyne. William Hildebrand, Michigan Fann Bureau is justly Campbell, C. S. Langdon, Anna Irene Hitchings, Wesley Lede- proud of its charter members. Simcox and Elmer Swigart. hnhr, Katheryn G. Parsons, These members have been an Ingham county: George Frost, George Pohl, Clarence J. Reid, important part of Fann Bureau Edith Rainey, Harold Spink and Howard A. Smith, Sr. and Glenn ... npt only on the county level Clifford Ward.; Ionia: A. J. Cham- Sutton. but at the state and national berlain, C. J. Cook, James Mc- Shiawassee: Philip Holzhauser, levels as well. Dowell, lril Shilton and Mark Sr.; Tuscola: Milton Bender, Ethel As of September 25, nearly 100 Westbrook: Kent: Ellis Peck and Bender. Rudolph C. Humm, Wy- family memberships have been re- Clarence Ulberg; Mason: Emery lie Kird, Mary Alice Lane, Bessie ported as having been Fann Bu- A. Kinney, Sr.; Midland: Simon J. Montei and Adolph Woelfle; Van reau members since its inception Murphy and Claude Oswald; Buren: Zard Bachelder, J. Bernard in 1919. Muskegon: John Bull; Oceana: Begeman, Stanley R. Cornish, Members, under the head-of- Pearl Ackley, Forrest Dunham. Dean L. Foster, John S. Fritz, family names and by county are: George Fleming, Leslie Flood, \Vard Hood, Grace McGowan, Barry: Harry B. Babcock, Ralph Ward Hillihand, Loren Goodrich, Earl Morehouse, Miller Overton, C. Pennock and Fred A. Smith; Bertha Heer, Claus Johnson, Ro- Elizabeth Robinson, Lawrence Berrien: Russell C. File and bert Jones, Roy McCarty and Spencer, Earl A. Thomas, Leua R. Adolph H. Knott; Branch: Otto O. Gerald Rouse; Ottawa: William \Vebster, Lowell A. Williams, Barnes; Calhoun: Seth Berklund. Herter, Alex Kooster and Clar- David Woodman and John G. Charles Crandall, Fred Fase and ence Umlor; Saginaw: Carl F. Woodman. Glen Moore; Charlevoix: Clinton Abraham, Elsa Frahm, Clarence As other names come into the Blanchard and Joseph Leu; Clin- Miller and Martin Winterstein; office, they will be printed in the tow~ lone C. Anderson. James Sanilac: Ward G. Hodge, Lewis November issues of Fann News. FOUR October 1, 1969 MICHtG*~ FARM NE'Ws

Governor Milliken signs 326 Bills! by Robert E. Smith

After one of the longest legis- increased without their knowl- be paid the wages earned and due Bureau fought strenuously a year extend the time that wineries have lative sessions on record, 337 bills edge and when the tax statement at the time of leaving within three ago was again introduced but. re- to apply for tax refunds on wine were passed. Of these, Governor came it was too late to appeal. davs after demand. This should mained in committee. grapes. This is a continuation of Milliken has signed into law 326. Another similar bill passed, re- not create any problem for farm- Two meat inspection bills per- previous years' legislation de- The Governor vetoed 11 bills, quires the State Tax Commission ers, as other existing laws, both taining to the financing of meat signed to help Farm Bureau's plus two other vetoes on line to notify the local unit of any state and federal, have many of inspection and the inspection of grape marketing program. items within a bill, and one bill actions which result in changes the same requirements. meat processors were supported became law without his signature. in assessments. Several workmen's compensa- bv Farm Bureau but remained in OTHER LEGISLATION Farm Bureau works closely Another important bill that tion and minimum wage bills the Appropriations Committee. Legislation passed requiring the with the Legislature, but a great finally passed should help in were introduced, some would Unless these bills or similar legis- reflectorization of license plates. deal of time is also spent in work- proper assessment of farm lands. have created a serious burden on' lation are passed, the entire meat The Farm Bureau \Vomen's Com- ing with various departments of H. 3582, as finally passed, re- farmers. One workmen's compen- inspection program can be taken mittee was active in support of government, such as Agriculture, quires the assessor to cODsider sation bill passed, which was over by the federal government. this legislation as a safety meas- Revenue, Tax Commission, "zoning, existing use, and present merely a rewrite and clarification The three marketing bills which ure. States having refIectorized Health, Labor, etc. Very often, economic income of structures." of jegal language. The bill was were introduced at Farm Bureau's license plates show a considerable there are more issues affecting The land assessment bill, H. 83 pages long, but no specific request - requiring price an- decrease in nighttime accidents. farmers that are of a «regulatory" 2533, which would cut farm land changes of consequence were in- nouncement by processors of This has also proved true with the nature than there are issues of a assessment in half, if zoned ex- volved. fruits and vegetables; the deduc- Farm Bureau-supported slow- «legislative" nature. clusively for agriculture, and pro- Minimum wage legislation, to- tion of marketing fees for market- vide for a three-year rollback at gether with other labor bills, are moving vehicle em!>lem. Statistics ing organizations and a third re- show that accidents involving EDUCATION the time of the sale of the prop- still alive and no doubt will be quiring payment to the producer erty, passed the House by a slim major issues in the session begin- rear-end collision on farm imple- This year's state aid for schools for fruits and vegetables within ments have dropped over 32%. was increased by $89 million, three-vote margin and is still alive ning in January, especially since 60 days' of delivery, are still alive making a total of $847.7 million. in the Senate Taxation Commit- some newspapers have been pub- in committee. H. 3332, requiring Considerable work was done In general, the formula is simple tee. An amendment was placed lishing a series of articles regard- payment for produce within 60 by Farm Bureau in amending bills to previous years; however, it is on it in the House that will re- ing migrant labor. In most cases days, finally passed the House; that define "public waters" and now a two-part formula instead quire considerable work on the these articles have not been ob- however, it ,became an extremely also defining private ponds and of the previous four-part formula. bill in order for It to finally pass. jective, and are often misleading. controversial issue. The Senate the size of dams. As originally Poorer districts will receive more Several undesirable tax bills Some labor legislation that is Committee reported it out, but a written, these pieces of legisla- stayed in committee, including money. still alive would be in the best fight developed on the floor re- tion would have seriously ham- one removing the agricultural interest of all employers. For in- An effort was made to reform garding the type of penalty and pered the water rights of farmers sales tax exemption. This con- stance, one bill would place a financing of education. The it was returned to committee. It and would have placed undue tinues to be a problem, not only three-vear statute of limitations «Spencer Program," supported by is still alive. restrictions on dams used for ir- in the Legislature, but also in the on w'orkmen's compensation. Farm Bureau, came very close to rigation ponds, etc. regulations and interpretations of There is presently no limit. In Farm Bureau successfully op- Farm Bureau's policy as deter- the Revenue Department. Farm other words, an employee claim posed a bill that would have re- The farmers' old friend, the mined by the voting delegates. It Bureau is involved in at least two for injury would have to be made moved the triangular shape re- "Horton Trespass Act" was is still alive in the committee and cases - one which is now before within three years after its occur- stricutions on oleo. The purpose amended extending its provisions .is presently the only comprehen- the Tax Court of Appeals. Should rence. The limitation would not of this Jaw is to make it possible to fishing, snowmobiling and pri- sive program before the Legisla- this case be lost, several items of apply to certain lung diseases or for the consumer to know whether vately-owned, fenced wild lands. ture. he is served butter or oleo. farm equipment would no doubt radiation illnesses. Several amendments were The Legislature returns on Oc- become liable to the sales tax. Other pending legislation At least two resolutions were made to the election laws, many tober 6 to spend full time on edu- All tax exemptions are being would be more restrictive on introduced in the House support- of which attempt to clarify the cational reform, including financ- ing the California grape boycott. scrutinized by the Senate Taxa- wages, hours, workmen's compen- obvious weaknesses of the laws ing. At that time, the Governor's So far, they have remained in tion Committee. Included is the sation, seasonal -worker housing, as shown by the Daylight Saving Education Reform Commission's committee; however, there was exemption on fruit trees, vines, etc. Time recount. Farm Bureau recommendations will be consid- one strong attempt to report them hushes, farm crops such as wheat, mem bers that worked on this proj- ered. Farm Bureau has presented hav, etc. It is claimed that $100 AGRICULTURE out. various materials to the Commis- ect will recall many obvious weak- miilion of valuation is lost due to All of the strictly agricultural The processors lost in their ef- sion based on present policies and nesses. One law will require the this one exemption. The exemp- hills supported by Farm Bureau fort to exempt raw, in-process and is also representing agriculture on Countv Board of Canvassers to tion on farm personal property is passed and have become law. processed farm products from the the 43-member Advisory Com- exami~e and approve ballot boxes also under study. It is claimed These include a substantial in- personal property tax. The bill mittee. used in elections. Another pro- that $450 million of valuation, or creased indemnity for cattle with was returned to committee and vides specific methods of process- There were many education S10-$20 million of tax, is lost in hlberculosis or brucellosis. In the is still alive. This legislation in- ing absent voters' ballots. Other bills. Expansion of Vocational this case and also that another case of tuberculous cattle, the in- directly is in the best interests of bills amended the recount pro- Education was given a boost by $15 million of sales tax is lost due demnity payment was increased agriculture. cedures. For instance, one new permitting Intermediate Districts to the agricultural exemption. for grade animals from $25 up to The expiration date for licens- law provides for an automatic re- to own and operate Vo-Ed facil- Most of the undesirable labor $100 payment over salvage value ing of CA storage for fmits and count in elections where results ities if approved by the constitu- bills either remained in commit- and purebred animals were in- vegetables was changed from vary by 2000 votes or less.. StilI ents districts. Nothing passed the tee, were returned to the com- creased from $50 up to $150 in- August 31 to November 1 of each Legislature on education isrues another law requires the state to mittee or laid on the table until demnity above salvage value. In year. furnish proper devices for locking contrary to Farm Bureau policies. the Legislature 1eturns. H. 2943, the case of Bangs Disease, the Manv important agricultural and sealing ballot boxes. Another which would have increased the indemnity payment was increased research projects supported by important election change re- TAXATION Commission on Agricultural La- from $12.50 up to $50 for a grade Farm Bureau were maintained, quires that any issue on the ~,allo,~ bor from seven to nine members, Some important taxation passed animal and from $25 up to $100 others were added. Such projects must be so worded that a yes in line with Farm Bureau policies. gi.ving complete control to non'" for a purebred animal. Another now include bean plant research, vote is a vote in favor of the H. 2210, requires that notice be farm people - was defeated in bilI would not permit indemnity vegetable and fmit research, pesti- proposition. given to the property owner of the House. on animals brought into the stat~ cide research, mastitis in dairv any assessment increase and it Another new bill that wiII be A bill passed that will affect that have been "exposed to the cattle, beef cattle forage, soft must advise him of the time of farm employers, H. 2297 brings disease." useful to all householders permits white winter wheat, sod produc- the Board of Review meeting, so agricultural, domestic and public the recipient of unsolicited goods Various minor dairy bills passed tion, mechanization of harvesting,. that he has full opportunity to employers under the law requir- - involving licensing of milk fat extending peach tree life, cattle through the mail to conside~ the appeal. The bill had a lot of op- ing the payment of wages at least testers; mles and regulations on and swine infertility and friut and goods as an unconditional gIft or position. An amendment that was every two weeks (e.g. wages container volumes and also on vegetable weather adaptability. mav refuse delivery, but, in any put on at the last minute elim- earned from the first through fif- definit:on of low-fat milk; another This totals $5,344,260. These are ev~nt, is not obliged to rehun inates this requirement if 30% or teenth of the month must be paid redefines low-fat cottage cheese, them and may use or dispose of carried on by the Agricultural more of the property valuations bv the first day of the following eggnog and related foods. Experiment Station, MSU. In ad- them in any way. in the assessing district are in- month). An itemized statement The Apiary Inspection Law was dition, Farm Bureau supported creased. This became Farm Bu- of deductions must also be fur- Several safety bills passed, in- updated on registration provisions. the important appropriations for reau policy through the recom- nished to the employee. The law cluding a requirement of gu~ The pesticide hill to require li- the Agriculhlral Department. mendation of the AIcona County does not apply to workers paid censing of "indoor applicators" training for juveniles before a h- Farm Bureau. In many areas, daily on a piece rate basis. If an Another bill important to Mich- cense is permitted and the re- pased one house and is still alive. igan wineries, and also indirectlv property owners' assessments were employee leaves his job he must Another pesticide bill which Farm quirement of wearing a helmet affecting grape growers, passed t~ on motorcycles. MICHIGAN FAQJx\_NEWS October 1, 1969 FIVE Golden Spotli Pause for Reflections "Been a-fishin' ... Had a good time too ... even caught some Farm 8urea fish in our favorite lake in Can- The Michigan Farm Bureau ada. Fishing can teach some very 'Vomen's StalL Annual meeting in good practices for everyday use. Novem/Jet promises to have many In order to catch fish, one has to highlights ... maybe a few more be persistent and patient. I can't than in previous years ... when think of a single thing we learn the golden spotlight hits this to do, that doesn't require per- active group of ladies as they sistence and patience, can you? observe Michigan Farm Bureau's Being out on a beautiful lake 50th Anniversary. makes one realize more than ever, According to Helen Atwood, how wonderful our "Creator" is. Coordinator, Women's Activities, Your State Farm Bureau Wom- Senator N. Lorraine Beebe, Mich- en's Committee has spent a great igan State Legislature, will be the ~ deal of time in doing some serious keynote speaker at the noon working, not waiting . planning and thinking on ways luncheon to be held in tlie Big 10 that we can be more effective in Room at Kellogg Center Novem- strengthening and reinforcing ac- ber 10. In addition to this high- tion programs in our county Farm light, a State Chairman and Vice- Bureaus. I do hope you wiIl think Chairman will be elected and seriously on the suggestions given adding more golden glamour to you as you consider your pro- this occasion ... a state style grams and projects for the coming review by the ladies will have a year. Stretch your imagination on place of prominence. some new worthwhile project. Months of planning have gone Schools back in session and we into this program. Just as in must be alert in the morning for every other phase of the 50th the young people going to meet Anniversary celebration ... the their buses. Don (our son) is back 'Vomen, as usual, have come at Michigan Tech and Carolin through with many worthwhile (our daughter) and her Mike have parts of this 3-day meeting. returned to Utah State where they In addition to Senator Beebe's are completing their Master's de- address on War On Crime, the grees. It's been a fun and busy current Women's chairman, Mrs. summer! Maxine Top'iff, will give her an- From summer, to fall and now nual report; awards will be pre- a thought for winter! With all sented to county women's com- those zippers «coming up' soon, mittees for outstanding achieve- rub a little soap on them to keep ment over the past year and there them going up smoothly! will be some group singing. Maxine Topliff, (Mrs. Jerold), is com. Doris Wieland of Ellsworth, is a candi- Ann Campau, (Mrs. Francis), is seeking Have a little personality test pleting her first two year term as State date for MFB Women's State Committee the Michigan Farm Bureau Women's for you. Have you noticed any The Sty~e Review ... a result Committee Women's Chairman. She is Vice-chairmanship. Doris is the wife of Committee vice-chairmanship, following unfriendly people lately? If so, of a year long program ... will the only announced candidate for this Richard Wieland, MFB Board of Director up on a recommendation from Evelyn take a long look into the mirror. be put on by county participants. position. Maxine and her husband farm and the mother of four children, two Rogers, Kent County Women's chairman. in Eaton Rapids and also process maple daughters, Kathy ord Suzanne and two Ann is Women's Representative of the Study yourself. Do you see en- These ladies have been partici- syrup. They have tl1ree children . sons, Dan and Lind. Doris has served on Snow Farm Bureau Committee and chair- thusiasm and a look of weIl-being? pating in a needlecraft contest two of them, Carolin and Donald . many local and state Women's Commit- man of District 4 Farm Bureau Women's Try a ready smile. Stand up within their counties, and win- are completing their educational degrees tee~ and is active in 4-H, her school and Committee. She has been active in elec- straight and put a little spring in ning contestants will model their in colleges and Mary Ellen is in high church and a number of conservation tion and iury duties, her church, "-H, her your step. Soon you will notice award-winning clothing. A spe- school. Maxine attended Michigan State study groups. The Wieland:s have a political party and other women's organ- University, taught one year and has held 700 acre dairy farm, in partnership with iza~ions. Ann and her family live on a that everyone is friendly. ~laybe cial display of other needlework leadership positions in her county, dis. Mr. Wieland's brother. dairy farm in Alto and hove 3 children, you just hadn't taken time to will be set up. trict and state Farm Bureau Women's Robert, Susan and John. notice them or yourself. SMILE! Tickets for the luncheon are to activities. She also works with 4-H, East- ern Star and in her church and school. Mrs. Jerold (Maxine) Topliff be obtained from respective COlm- ty Farm Bureau Secretaries. Further and more detailed plans will be announced in the District Meetings November Farm News and Michigan Farm Bureau's 50th through your newsletter. go anyWhere in Michigan Anniversary has been one of the main topics of interest at all Farm Bureau Women's meetings this lor a nickel-a-minule. year. The same subject is sure to Progranrof Work be further discussed at their dis- trict meetings, along with the Michiga71:Farm Bureau Women many other topics on their agenda. have developed a full program of District meetingS' scheduled work for 1970. are: October 2, District 9; Octo- These program recommenda- ber 7, District 7; October 8, Dis- tions are the result. of hours of trict 8; October 9, District 3; planning by the State Women's October 15, District 4; October Committee and promises "to in- 20, District 5; October 21, District volve more Farm Bureau Women 6; October 22, District 10-W; Oc- in County Farm Bureau activities tober 28, District 2 and October to strengthen Farm Bureau as an 30, District 1. organization, and through it, make Leaders in Farm Bureau Wom- a better life morally, socially and en's actiivties have also been economically." named to state committees. Mrs. Recommended are activi ties Margaret Wilke, Lapeer, Mrs. that will include participation in Bessie DeGroot, Bellevue and the membership campaign, com- Mrs. Martha Baker, Merrill, were munity group promotion and de- elected to the State Safety Com- veloping and activating Farm Bu- mittee. Mrs. Margaret Kartes, reau policies. 'Vest Branch. will continue to The Women also hope to be- serve as chairman and Mrs. Alice come active in "local affairs" ... Burandt, St. Joseph, as a commit- such as working with local gov- tee member. ernment officials on such matters Mrs. Leora Smith, Hastings; o For a nickel, . [~ L \'\. ~\ calls dialed direct, as taxes, fire and police protec- Mrs. Claudine Jackson, Howell we'll carry your voice~, . ~_, LJ 'A. ", , and to operator-handled tion, welfare, schools, health and and Mrs. Kartes are members of a long distance ...... ~ ~ calls where Direct Distance safety projects and to study their the State Scholarship committee. o You pay just $2 a month, Dialing is not yet available. Mrs. Smith is the newly elected schools' curriculum. The promo- and from 10 at night till 7 in the morning, o Call our Business Office and ask tion of Michigan's agricultural member. The State Women's you can direct dial calls to anyplace in for Nickel-a-Minute service. It's a nice commodities, it is hoped, will also chairman is an ex-officio memQer. Michigan. For a Nickel-a-Minute. way to get out of town in a hurry. be a F. B. Women's pro;ect and Mrs. Maxine Swindlehurst, ~lt. the promotion of rural-urban ac- pleasant and Mrs. Maud Bristol, o You can call your kids away at tivities was included in this com- Durand, are newly elected mem- school, relatives across the state, or ing year's Program of Work. bers of the State U & I (Under- friends living anywhere in Michigan. standing and Information) com- o Nickel-a-Minute service applies @ Michigan Bell Plans are also being completed for the Washington Legislative mittee. Other members are Mrs. only to station-to-station Seminar, sponsored annuaIIy by Doris Wieland, Ellsworth, chair- Michigan Farm Bureau Women. man; Mrs. Ann Campau, Alto and It is scheduled for March 16-19, the vice-chairman of the State 1970. Women's committee. October 1, 1969 M1t~iGM4I..fARM NEWttI Farm Bureau On Tbe Air Accent Agriculture -

Adrian; Dial 1490 u-- .__..WAD} Albion; Dial 1260 --.u-----..WALM Alma; Dial 1280 --.--..--.....-.WFYC Ann Arbor; Dial 1050 --.---WPAG Battle Creek; Dial 1400 ....\VKFR Battle Creek; Dial 1500 __WVOC Bay City; Dial 1250 ----..uWXOX Benton Harbor; Dial 1060 _._m •• .u . WHFB Big Rapids; Dial 1460 ..WBRN Cadillac; Dial 1370 ------.WWAM 92.9 -_\VW AM.TV Caro; Dial 1360 -----.------.WKYO Charlotte; Dial 1390 ..--....WCER Cheboygan; Dial 1240 WCBY Chicago, DIinois; Dial 720 u..u------u...... _WGN WCCW'S Jerry Meyer Coldwater; Dial 1590 .-----.-WTVB ~ ) Detroit; Dial 950 ------WWJ - .... I Listeners in the Traverse City Dowagiac; Dial 1440 -WDOW GOY. MILLIKEN SIGNED ... a Proclamation Sept. 23 naming October Michigan Cooperative area can catch an abbreviated ver- Month. Looking on were (I. to r.) Alfred Roberts, Gen. Mgr .., Mich. Elevator Excha,nge; MFB Pres- sion of ACCENT AGRICUL- Flint; Dial 910 -...: -- -\VFDF ident Elton Smith; MAFC Chr. Eugene Erskine and l. A. Cheney, Exec. Sec. MAFC. TURE on WCCW's "Community Gaylord; Dial 900 __.__ _.WATC Comment" feature. As we get the Grand Rapids; WCCWs story from Jerry Meyer, Dial 1570 u------.------.-__WFUR early morning man, the double A Tax Reform- Grand Rapids; shortie is neard on Fridays at 6:35 Dial 1410 .--- ._.__... ._WGRD How? What? a.m., 8:35 a.m., 1:35 p.m., and There are two provisions of 10:45 p.m. WCCW opens their Hancock; Dial 920 ------..-..WMPL the "Tax Reform Act of 1969" telephone lines so listeners can Hillsdale; Di~ 1340 ------..WCSR that should be of particular con- The 1969 cherry season is now history I It was, to say the least, comment on what they heard on Holland; Dial 1450 -. ..WHrC a frustrating year for all concerned. cern to farmers: 1. The elimina- the air. Over in Alma, WFYC Houghton Lake; tion of the 7 % Investment Credit; Final deliveries did not come up to earlier expectations. The listeners are tuning in ACCENT Dial 1290 .----.-h...--_h _WHGR and 2. Punitive provision chang- pack figures reflected only 12 million pounds above last year. AGRICULTURE at 6:45 a.m., Ionia; Dial 1430 ------..WION ing the requirements for farm co- Yet the grower price reflected only a small portion of last year's Saturdays. Gary Randall, the sta- Iron River; Dial 1230 _._ _WIKB operative patronage payments. income. tion's program director, says that Ishpeming; Dial 1240 -- WJPD Placing our attention at this This would point up the need to take a careful look at the they have a large country-oriented audience thanks to the work of time on the cooperative patronage problems of the cherry industry to see what might be the solu- Kalamazoo; Dial 1360 h_WKMI payments, the biB requires coop- their farm editor, Gil Thomas, and tion to improve the situation for the future. Kal~azoo; Dial 1420 -- WKPR eratives to increase the percentage that the Farm Bureau radio show Lapeer; Dial 1230 ----- WMPC of patronage aJIowance to be paid The major concern or problem seems to be in the wide fluc- is one more feature their audience in cash from 20 % to 50 %. The tuation of market supply. For example, from 500 million pounds appreciates. Lapeer; Dial 1530 ..... ----_..WTHM increase is to be phased in over in 1964 to less than 180 million pounds in 1967 shows a fluctua- Ludington; Dial 1450 __. WKLA a 10-year period starting in 1970. tion of 200%-3000/0. This compares to apples with only a 5%- Marine City; Dial 1590 __..WSMA The percentage over 20 % that 15 % range in production between short and long crops. Marinette, Wisconsin; must be paid in cash is: 1970- Along with the fluctuation of the market supply and much to Dial 570 .----h :. __... WMAM 3%; 1971-6%; 1972-9%, the chagrin of growers and processors alike, we find the price Menominee; Dial 1340 ..__\VAGN etc. until 1979 and thereafter range to follow the same pattern. Grower price of 4.~ in 1965 when it is 30 % making a total of Midland; Dial 1490 __...... WMDN to 1~ in 1967. Frozen cherries from 10.~ in 1965 to 3~ in 1967. 50 % to be paid in cash. Munising; Dial 1400 ._..WGON The non-cash portion of patron- This infonna tion points out the following major problems: Niles; Dial 1290 ...WNIL (1) Short crops hamper development of new products and ex- age refunds allocated, beginning Owosso; Dial 1080 _.u __WOAP pansion of markets; (2) Large crops reflect low prices. with 1970, must be retired with Rockford; Dial 810 - ..WJPW cash within fifteen years. The fluctuating supply is caused by several factors of which Rogers City; Dial 960 __ WHAK Kenneth Naden, Executive Vice weather seems to be the major point. Spring freezes, winter President of the National Council kill, pollination, wind and disease all contribute to an uneven Saginaw; Dial 1210 _...__ WKNX of Farmer Cooperatives said, supply, plus, most of the tart cherry production is located in : Sandusky; Dial 1560 WMIC "Aside from raising havoc with the lake state area which usually has the same weather condi- Sault Ste. Marie; the financing plans of many small tions throughout Dial 1230 ._._U __h_._WSOO farmer cooperatives, the bill The fluctuating supply reflects an impact on the cherry in- Southfield; Dial 1270 __.__...WXYZ' breaks new ground in permitting dustry because it (1) hampers development and introduction of , Sturgis; Dial 1230 .._. .__WSTR government to set policies that i ordinarilv are entrusted to a new products on a national scale; (2) reduces the number of WFYC Gary Randall Three Rivers; Dial 1510 __WKLM fa-rmer-eiected board of directors." cherry products for sale; (3) causes consumer and institutional Traverse City; L. A. Cheney, Executive Secre- buyers to get out of the buying habit for cherry products; (4) Farm Bureau's weekly radio Dial 1310 ..__.. h.. ..WCCW tary of the Michigan Association restricts promotional activities by retailers, restaurants, etc.; (5) show ACCENT AGRICUL- of Farmer Cooperatives said, "The reduces budget of promotional organizations; (6) limits retail TURE, now on 55 stations arounG October will feature Mary Beck, proposed legislation would seri- shelf space; (7) limits incentive for sufficient processing facil- the state, has an October that one-time candidate for mayor of ously impair the ability of farmers ities; (8) hampers development of foreign markets; and (9) lends should make ipteresting listening Detroit, discussing law and order; for everyone. One show is titled to finance their cooperatives un- to high overhead in short years. These are only a few of the a Cuban telling about life under "The World Of The Supermarket" der present basic cooperative problems caused by fluctuating supply of marketable fruit. Castro; an interesting way to keep structure and philosophy. and highlights shopper attitudes, Since fluctuating supply seems to be the problem, what are unwanted hunters off your land; the question "'\Vhen are groceries, and WJR personality Bud Guest "The financial status of our local the alternatives to reduce the uneven supply? (1) Frost pro- cooperatives would be seriously groceries?", the ups and downs of on the subject of pot-bellied tection with orchard heaters, wind machines, etc. (2) Develop- affected with the tight money sit- food pricing, inflation at the res- stoves. For an interesting Oc- uation. The patronage refunds ment of new varieties or strains that are more resistant to frost taurant, and a look inside the tober on radio, be sure to listen left with cooperativcs provide the or that bloom and ripen over an extended period. (3) Reduce market basket. Other shows in to ACCENT AGRICULTURE. organizations with investment frost damage with protectant sprays, growth regulators, nutri. capital that otherwise would be tional adjustments, etc. (4) Storage, set aside, carry-over from at a crossroads and cannot avoid a decision. Grower leaders difficult to obtain. It would large crops to small crop years by (a) individual processors, believe there is a solution that will be acceptable and in the change member equity to debt growers, or others; (b) by industry wide co-ops or corporations; . best long-run interests of the indusby. status making it more difficult for (c) Marketing order. (5) Diversion to secondary uses or non- The Michigan Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Associa- cooperatives to finance their op- harvest in large crop years. erations. Michigan cooperatives tion Red Tart Cherry Division has taken the initiative to de- would be forced to pay dividends The objectives of the alternatives would be to (1) raise in- velop a program acceptable to the total cherry industry. Chair- and finance its operation as pre- come of growers and processors; (2) assure reasonable return man Rodney Bull of the Michigan Agricultural Cooperative scribed by Congress." on investment, labor and management; (3) facilitate future Marketing Association Red Tart Cherry committee appointed Proposed tax reform legislation growth of the industry; (4) improve the efficiency of processing a sub committee of growers and related industry people beaded provides no added revenue for and marketing; (5) maintain a high degree of individual decision by Pete Morrison to develop a possible solution of stabilizing the federal government. making for growers and processors; and (6) reduce short run the supply of cherries to the market as opposed to stabilizing It is obvious that this unsched- risk by eliminating the wide fluctuation of volume and price. actual production. uled and hasty action by the com- The alternatives can be grouped into two main categories. . The development of a program is intended to improve the mittee to cripple farmer cooper- A. Action to stabilize or manage production mdustry position by implementing an Oiderly marketing pro- atives was engineered by the foes B. Action to stabilize or manage supply available gram in place of the present hap-hazard effort. of farmer cooperatives, including Understanding and participation by all members of the cherry the National Tax Equality Asso- The question is - What is the future of the industry? Which ciation. alternative will growers and processors accept? The industry is industry will surely help in solving the complex problems which face cherry people today. ~HIGAN FAIWA;N~5 October 1, 1969 SEVE~

MORE THAN 35 TONS - of red tart, semi-frozen cherries in 30 # tins, were sold in 7 counties in July as part of a sales pro- motion by MFB. The sale supported the theory that cherries can be sold at the right price .

...... "YOU KNOW ... I'VE NEVER BEEN ON A FARM _" said J. P. McCarthy (left) OVERSEES FARM PROGRAMS - The newly-appointed executive director of the when he talked with Jim Sayre, (right) Wayne County farmer and new Mich- Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Service Programs in Michigan, igan Farm Bureau Board member, on WJR's FOCUS show recently. J. P. found Dorn Diehl, (left) briefs U. S. Senator Robert P. Griffin on farm problems in that Jim is a true 20th Century farmer and top-caliber business man ... as the state. Diehl said inflation and steadily rising farming costs hurt farm any farmer needs to be in this era. families the most.

ONE OF THE BILLSSIGNED - by Gov. William Milliken was of importance to JOHN K BULL(center), 87 years young - begins his 51 st year as a Farm Bureau Michigan wineries and to Farm Bureau grape growers. The bill extends the member in Muskegon county. He gave his check for dues to his son, Kenneth time that wineries have to apply for tax refunds on wine grapes. looking on Bull (right) MFB Board of Directors member. Looking on is Ken's son, Tim, a are MFB legislative counsels, Bob Smith, Dale Sherwin and Leo Bolen, Pres. senior horticulture student at MSU. Mich. Wine Institute and Frank Koval, Exec. Sec. Mich. Wine Inst.

THE PEACH RIDGE FRUIT GROWERS ASSOCIATION - comprised of more than 200 members and their wives were hosts to almost 600 guests at the 20th A COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUE - was installed near the east entrance of the Apple Smorgasbord September 9. Dozens of dishes ... all featuring apples Chicago LaSalle hotel September 10, recognizing the founding of the American in some form ... were served from gay red and white checkered tablecloths Farm Bureau Federation. AFBF President Charles Shuman (left) and Michigan in the storage facility and on the lawn of the Franklin Reister and Sons Farms Farm Bureau President Elton Smith attended the event. in Ottawa county. EIGHT October 1, 1969

work our own way out of our \Vhile these negotiations were • difficulties. taking place, Patch and I hecame • Once back in Lansing, Th.omas most agreeahly acquainted with ~ and I, with the help of GIfford Cohen. lie was a tall, soft-spoken ••••• Patch, Extension Specialist in man, I would judge in his late ~larketing at ~lichigan State Col- thirties. One word would de- lege, worked out a custodian scribe him: hrilJiant. Yet, unlike agreement with the Lansing Na- so many intellectuals, he accom- tional Bank. All returns from modated himself most capably to sales of seed would be turned the practical side of things. He over to Lansing National, w~ich worked his way through the tech- would then pay the other banks nicalities of the loan with meteoric in proportion to the size of their speed. Nor was he without hu- loans to the Bureau. The loans mor. He bore up under our josh- were paid off in full in eighteen ing him that after his well .of months, mainly from insurance choices ran dry, the Michigan commissions. Surety Company would be stand- We had of course slashed ex- ing by, ready to guarantee our -SYNOPSIS- penses at the Bureau. Salaries performanc.'C. Only after Benja- had been cut 10% twice in 1931; min Cohen became one of Presi- CLARK l. BRODY was the first Secretary-Manager of the Michigan Farm Bureau. in 1932 heads of departments dent Roosevelt's brain-trusters did Over a wide span of years he guided the organization through political and were cut another 25%. The Traf- ( truly appreciate the measure of financial crisis, and from a fledgling organization into a powerful giant among fic Department was discontinued the man. and the Farm Bureau News was state Farm Bureaus. His book, \\In the Service of the Farmer" is a warm recount- Late in February, 1933, I went published only once instead of ing of the turbulent times when the Bureau was still trying to find itself - to to Chicago to sign the final papers twice each month. Every em- and collect the advance of $10,- determine members' needs and practical means of meeting those needs. In ployee took on additional respon- 000 from the Farmers Nationa] last month's chapters, Brody told of good times and bad, and the hard choices sibilities as the staff was drastic- Crain Corporation. Governor Wil- allv reduced. Some paydays we between short term gains which could later become "bad long-run economics ... " liam Comstock, newlv installed m~t only half the payroll, paying ("In the Service of the Farmer" Copyright 1959 MSU Press, Excerpts reprinted in office, had just pla~ed a mor- the balance in preferred stock of by permission.) atorium on bank operations the Farm Bureau Services. Com- missions from insurance. sales throughout the state 'in an effort to preclude a general financial tained, their wages might be cut was taken over by the Union alone kept us solvent. State Farm THE DEPRESSION collapse. Banks in Chicago were deeply again and again. But they Guardian Trust Company of De- Mutual was enough impressed by shaky, but still open. I wanted By 1932 the depression had were working at the moment, and troit. our prospects to take over a $25,- taken its toll in every American to convert the check into cash in that was all that mattered. Even ~lr. Charles Bryan came in De- 000 mortgage on the Farm Bu- citv and town, and in nearlv ev- Chicago and then to send the so, it was a distressing thing to ceml"er to Lansing with instruc- reau Building, for the redemption ery home. No day lacked its 'com- $] 0,000 to Lansing by express. have a friend come begging for tions from Guardian Trust to of which we -were being pressed. panies going bankrupt or its bank a job, any kind of job, or for a force the payment of all loans, and Though more than $35,000 on de- The check wa.c; placed in my failures. Businesses that stayed promise of work so he could get none more so than loans to. the posit in banks had been lost to hands on a Thursday, just before open layed off employees right his cTedit extended, or at least Bureau. Accordingly, when our us, at the end of 1932 the net three o'clock, bank closing time. and left. Lined up outside every get a loan to tide him over until first seed note fell due, Bryan re- worth of the Bureau still stood ( rushed out on the narrow side- employment office, vying with something turned up. fused to renew it. Though I as- at $234,000. walk and hurried to the Con- unskilled laborers and even bums sured him that given time the tinental l11inois National Bank, and hoboes for jobs as ditch-dig- Things were as bad on the Bureau would be able to repay where the Michigan State Farm gers, nightwatchmen, janitors, and farm, as many young couples who MONEY NEEDED the loan in full, he remained Bureau maintained a checking ac- messengers, were men who still returned home to live with their But the new vear bode to be parents were to learn. Farm prices adamant. At my persistent urg- eount in connection with its feed dressed like corporation presi- as disastrous as the old. It seemed ing, he agreed to examine the business. I'm afraid I jostled sev- dents, architects, advertising ex- had been halved since 1929; farm that the downward turn of busi- records of the Bureau. Louis eral people rudel¥ on my way to ecutives, and civil engineers. income was only one-third of what ness would never stop. Gifford Thomas, ~Ianager of the Farm the bank. Once a policeman took Those who weren't hired sought it had been three years before. Patch and I went to Chicago to Bureau Services, and I spent sev- me bv the arm to slow me down. out the bread and soup line in- \Vhen creditors began to fore- see Paul Kelly, manager of the eral hours with Brvan. \Ve ham- I slipped through the iron gates stead, which by then was an ugly, close and dispossess the farmer, he seed department of the Farmers mered away at the fact that if of the bank as they were being omnipresent, everyday fact, or lost the one advantage, that of National Grain Corporation, which our assets were liquidated to set- c~osed. J shoved my hand through panhandled, or sold apples along being able to grow his own food, had been established by the De- tle the loan, that Guardian Trust window 37 as it was falling. The the street, or returned to a park that he might have had over city partment of Agriculture to pro- would lose $80,000 to $100,000. teller obligingly raised the win- bench to brood. Life had reduced folk. Resentment grew. Farmers vide farmers with a membership Bryan eventually said he would' dow, and being satisfied that I itself to its most basic element, gathered at auctions of a neigh- on the Chicago Board of Trade. bor's farming equipment and per- go along with us. If anyone at had the authority to endorse the survival. 'Ve desperately needed .funds. sonal possessions and they would the collection window gave us check, he promised to ship the. And the depression was a time \Ve had a market (farmers were hold the bidding down. They any trouble, we were to see -him. ca.c;h by express that night to of indignity and shame. Parents keeping their money in socks) if would bid five cents for a hav Lansing. kept children with shabby clothes Hardly had we finished with we could get hold of some seed. loader, one cent for a set of chair~, at home rather than broadcast Bryan before the ('"entral United The National Grain Corporation The pleasure ( felt at having three cents for a piano, promptly their poverty. Pride also kept Bank of Cleveland sent an over- had seed but few outlets for it. got the money left me during my returning the owner's possessions people from applying for the dole. seer to our warehouse, who was \Ve arranged for the Bureau to walk to the railroad station that to him. As foreclosures increased ~Ioreover, relief was then mainly to be kept there at our expense. be a sales outlet and purchasing evening to catch the sleeper back legislatures enacted emergency distributed by local authorities, Not a single bag of seed was agency for National Grain. The to Lansing. The weather was cold laws postponing payment, but the few of whom were trained for moved without his express per- Bureau would be advanced $10,- and windy, as it can be only in farmer saw his whole world col- such work. They were likely to mission. This made it impossible 000, with which it might meet Chicago. It seemed that the peo- lapsing, and he was close to vio- regard the poor as wards of the for us to assemble orders for de- payrolls. One-third of the com- ple I saw, shivering in whatever lence. He resisted evictions, some- public, as they did chronic drunk- livery, even from seed inventories missions of the Bureau earned clothes thev were wearing, were times by arms, and armed pickets ards and the feeble-minded, and covered bv loans from other would be applied to repayment walking th~ streets because they set up road blocks to stop produce to handle the poor as such. For banks. We'resented this action of of the loan. had no place to go to get warm. from being shipped to market. In as in earlier days in this country, Central United, which a year be- The attorney for the National Those who were hanging around January, 1933, Edward A. O'Neal, when forests were being cleared fore had gone to such pains to Grain CorlX>ration was Benjamin the railroad station to get warm president of the American Farn1 and land broken for the first time solicit a loan which we had. vir- V. Cohen. Patch and I suggested resembled vagrants under the Bureau Federation, warned the - when there was a shortage of tually arranged to make from a the ~lichigan Surety Company of ghostly halfJight and were likely United States Senate, that "un- men and not jobs -- idleness was Lansing bank. Now Central Lansing as guarantor of our per- to be picked up by the police as less something is done for the still considered sinful. An unem- United was our most impatient forn1ance. Cohen insisted~ that a such at the urging of the railroad. American farmer we will have a ployed person was either shiftless and distrustful creditor. surety company from the east be Not that the railroad did not have revolution in the countrYside or not looking hard enough for given the contract. We deferred its problems. The railroad could within less than twelve mo~ths." Thomas and I took a train to work. The moral fiber of men Cleveland to see the panickv to him, but before the company not afford to let the station shelter would be seriously weakened if \Ve were at this time fighting young man who had been a~- of his choice could guarantee the the vagrant part of the population relief was too easily available; our own desperate battles to keep signed to our loan. \Ve elicited bond, it failed. He named a sec- of Chicago. Someone had to they might. then prefer not to the ~fichigan Stace Farm Bureau no information from him other ond company from the east, which house the homeless. Bllt I could work. Relief should be granted alive. In the fall of 1931, to bu\' than that the position of the bank also failed. The third company not help hut he ('oll("('rl1ed wi tII only when all other resources had seed at thirteen dollars a bush~l was inflexible. No lenienev what- of his choice was able to issuc wOlldering who would take on been exhausted, and only after we had obtained large loans from ever was to be shown the i3ureau. the bond. the responsibility. the applicant had been required both the City National Bank and Thomas and I insisted on seeing to reveal most ignominiously the the Capital National Bank in Lan- the boss, who, when he did deign reasons for his needing the dole. sing, the First National of Detroit to see us, greeted us coldly. With- The depression had to reach its and from the Central United Na- out preliminaries, he said that the greatest depths - unemployment tional Bank in Cleveland. Citv bank's position was firm. We had to become long-term as well National closed its doors in D~- hung on. We told him that unless as widespread - before a work- cember, 1931, after deposits in we were allowed to dispose of the ing majority of the populace one year had shrunk from $25 seed through our regular sales out- would concede that there were million to $5 million. The officers lets, the bank would lose at least reasons other than shiftlessness of City National spent the Christ- half its loan and, moreover, that that idled men. Indeed, the naive mas holidays turning its affairs if their custodian would not per- notion that idleness is sinful per over to Capital National. \Vhen mit us to move the seed as orders se has not yet wholly vanished the selling price of seed fell to ('ame in, the seed which was al- from our society. six dollars a bushel retail, Capital ready deteriorating rapidly, would Individuals who were fortunate National got edgy, and no won- become unsalable. Our worries enough to hold onto their jobs der, for our loans from it now would then be his, for the bank felt insecure. They might be let totalled $184,000. In November, not us, would be in the seed busi~ go the next day; if they were re- 1932, Capital National failed. It ness. He then agreed to let us John F. Yaeger B. F. Hennink ~CHIGAN FARM NEWS October 1 1969 ------1 NINE Thc newsboys were crying that Chicago banks would not close, side of the platform and leaned not on the morrow, anyhow. That against a projecting sidewall. eased me. Yet on my getting to His hair was rumpled, as it al- Lansing in the morning, the big ways is in his photographs, a few news was that Chicago banks had strands constantly threatening to not opened. The $10,000 might cascade down over his forehead. be frozen in the Continental Illi- He spoke the language of farm- nois National Bank. I would have ers, informal and rather colloqui- to wait. To my inexpressible com- al, spread with homely imagery. fort the money arrived the next Secretary Wallace temporized day, on a Saturday, in a very tidy, not at all with his audience. He surprisingly small package. I car- maintained that sugar could only ried the package directly to the be grown economically in warmer Rank of Lansing, where James climates, that other crops could Wilford, the executive vice-presi- be grown to better advantage in dent, opened the side door for Michigan, beans for example. me, and put the money in a vault But even so, because of the de- for safe keeping over the week- pression, the present acreage al- end. lotment exceeded the average of the five years preceding 1933. On ~fonday morning, Gilbert He defended sugar imports from r.riswo'd, assistant treasurer of THE 1935 MFB BOARD OF DIRECTORS had their problems ... mostly about money. Mem- Cuba. Diminishing imports would the Bureau, informed me that bers of the Board were, front row, left to right, J. J. Ja~way, Clark l. Brody, W. E. Phillips, hurt the nation because exports enough cash had been collected W. W. Billings, Mrs. Edith Wagar and M. B. MacPherson. Second row, left to right, C. S. Lang- would be diminished bv the same from accounts receivnble to meet don, O. R. Gale, Chas. Woodruff, J. T. Bussey, G. S. Coffman and William Bristow. Back row, amount. More recjpr~cal trade ha 'f the semi-monthly payroll, left ",0 right, H. S. Sanford, Sidney Hodgson, Paul Begick, E. T. leipprandt and Clarence J. Reid. agreements, and ultimately free which is all I had r oected to do international trade, would deter- with the $10,000 ..... ne other half Nor was the' welfare of the mine what each nation could pro- of salaries we would continue to in future years because, though it agriculture at Charlotte, we estab- farmer being overlooked. In ~fay was drawn up as a short term lished .. the Junior Farm Bureau duce most economically, and each pay in preferr~d stock of the Bu- the Agricultural Adjustment Act could supply the other with its reau. Farmers -were keeping their measure to meet the desperate Department for people of 19 to had been passed by Congress. needs. monc\' at home now, in fin cans, needs of the day, our lawmakers 26 years, who are too old for 4-H The first thing to be done was to Chester Gray, legislative coun- l1lattr~sses. and socks, instead of have regarded it as if it were' the Club and vocational work, but reduce production to raise prices, sel of the American Farm Bureau hanking it, and were paying bills ultimate word in agricultural leg- who are likely to be farming their of course. But farm prices not Federation followed Secretary in cash .. (In fact, farmers pre- islation, as if the farmer could own land soon. onlv had to be raised in absolute 'Va 11ace on the program, and he felTed to do anything with their forever rely upon government \Vhen cooperatives in Michi- ten~s; they had to be raised in reflected the sentiments of the money to keep from putting it in supports for his income. It is in- gan found themselves short of proportion to the prices the farm- Michigan State Farm Bureau in banks, as we learned 'ateI' in 1933, deed remarkable that a quarter capital in 1934 and 1935, the er paid for. industrial goods. The of a century later, when the state ~fichigan State Farm Bureau opposing reciprocal trade agree- when the Bureau sold 7 % pre- AAA tried to accomplish this end ments. But in the twenty some ferred stock to finance the build- of the economv is so utterlv dif- turned to the St. Paul Bank for by paying farmers to kill little ferent, that mo'st of the basi~ fea- Cooperatives for aid for them. The vears that followed, the' wheel ing of a bulk petroleum station pigs and cows, to plow under ~vent full circle. The Bureau to- at Eau Claire. Subscriptions rang- tures of the AAA are still in effect. St. Paul Bank was reluctant to land (every third row of cotton) Our farms still over-produce, we day strongly supports reciprocal ing from $100 to 83 ..500 quickly lend the monev unconditionallv. already planted, and to withhold still remunerate farmers for with- trade agreements, and the con- exhausted the issue.) Since we Some cooperati~es had not be~n fields from cultivation. Payment drawing land from cultivation, we sensus is that each agricultural couId remain operative by press- well managed. The Michigan would come from the taxes im- don't yet know what to do with region should grow what it is ing local coops to pay their ac- State Farm Bureau therefore posed on the processing of farm surpluses. It is no exaggeration best suited to grow. If we don't counts in currency, Assistant agreed to supervise the manage- products. The proposed scale of to say that if a farmer is ~ontent buy goods from other nations, Treasmer Gilbert Gris\vold kept ment of each borrowing coopera- payment would bring the greatest to forego using his Initiative and they will lack funds with which the $10,000 in the Farm Bmeau tive; in return, the Bureau de- benefit to farmers who acceded to live on a small income, he can to buy our goods. Again I must vault until the direct emergency manded that the cooperatives to the government's wishes. A exist by not farming his land.- note how bold were the theoriz- arose. In 1934 it was placed in handle only products of the Bu- second part the AAA established That is to say, it will pay him not ing and planning, and how cou- otlr checking account and used to reau. The St. Paul Bank never rescue loans for second mortgages, to engage in any sort of produc- rageous was the activity of the pay current bills. lost a cent on any of these loans. and provided for marketin~ loans tive enterprise. The cooperatives became major government in the thirties. It was ~feanwhi1e an economic revolu- and credits to cooperatives. A Surelv this is a far crv from outlets for Bureau products, while for agriculhJre an era of innova- tion was taking place in the couu- third part of the Act further lib- what th'e men who concei~ed the retaining control of their own tion, and failing innovation, im- try. Prices continued their sick- eralized the monetary policies of AAA had in mind. In the thirties, policies. provisions. As I have said, it met ening decline in the first months the federal government. the needs of the era. Had sound the intent was to restore self-re- In the summer of 1935 a meet- of 1~)33. The value of the dollar Enthusiasm for AAA made spect to men by making it possi- economic adjustments rather than ing of all power companies and political expediency guided suc- as measured against goods climbed speculators active and farm prices ble for them to work. And the farm organizations, as well as and climbed. Hank after bank rose in June and July. But by legislative pussy-footing continues ceeding congresses, today we interested farmers, was called to might not be facing the identical failed and money got scarcer and December a decline set in again. - this, despite the fact that the deal with nlral electrification. A scarcer. ~Iost people attributed The difficultv was that the AAA parts of our agricultural economy, problems of surpluses, price sup- committee, one member of which ports, and subsidies. monev trouble to the mismanage- had been p;ssed too late in the such as livestock, which were al- was Melville B. McPherson of ment 'of the bankers, who, in gen- vear to affect farm prices before lowed to operate without controls Kent County, a Director of the In 1934 and 1935 the Bureau end, were cursed in very round 1934. On the other hand, the or subsidv once the crises past, Michigan State Farm Bureau, was suffered two grievous losses in terms. The Michigan State Farm NRA had taken effect immedi- are the o~ly healthy parts. Had appointed to make recommenda- personnel. M. L. Noon, presi- Bureau, with several other state atelv. The farmer, therefore, was succeeding government planners tions to the Michigan Public Util- dent, died on his fann near Jack- and national or~anizations, went in ; worse position than ever. In shown the imagination in meeting ities Commission. The Commis- son in 1934. In 1935, \Vatson so far as to propose that the November the Michigan State the needs of the time that were sion evenhlally ordered power \V. Billings of Genessee County, control of money and credit be Farm Bureau declared that the shown in 1933, American agricul- companies to construct lines wher- who succeeded Mike as president, placed in government-owned cen~ NRA "has been oppressive, rather ture would not be in its present ever there were five customers also died in office. Perhaps no man is indispensable; certainly tral banks, «which would be op- than helpful." On the state front plight. per mile who would guarantee a erated solek in the interest of the Bureau was meanwhile fight- revenue of $2.50 a month each. the business of the world can and the public,". If more money were ing a sales tax that discriminated BETTER TIMES The power companies deemed must go on without him. But some of us - Mike Noon and not put in circulation to raise unfairly against the farmer. The 1934 and 1935 were years of $150 per mile per year as a rea- 'Vatson Billings, for instance- prices, it appeared that deflation state sales tax was collected on considerable achievement. Ex- sonable rehlm on investment and Sam Kushner, prominent fea- opposition has a livclihood to lose; unanimous approval of the Com- performance at Syracuse Univer- ture writer of the Communists' mittee. The Report said: "The sity, however, the ~Iayor of Syra- he has nothing. Therefore, the \Vest Coast People's \Vorld was NEXT MONTH- gauntlet is down. II is ultimatum evidence shows that the Delano cuse complained that Alinsky's "a close associate and confidant grape strike was of exceptional function in their \ Var On Poverty to workers and growers alike is: of Larry Itliong." Climax surrender, or die! interest to the Communist Party program seemed to be to "train Dolore~' Hl/erta, vice president Communist Group and the Leftists who supported it. agitators" and to teach ~Iarxist Two years ago Chavez envis- of the Chavez Union: She was an Activities \Ve have not said that the strike doctrines of class conflict. I read aged this larger contest. Then he Alinsky trainee. She was chosen was directed bv Communists, but Involvement of the Alinsky's Reville for Radicals. I wrote in Ramparts: 0 "If this spirit, to give the victory speech foJlo\\'- it was turned "into a civil rights saw nothing in the book that grows within the farm labor move- ing the 'Long ~Iarch into Sacra- Catholic Church 'movement' and operated as a would contradict the ~Iayor's an- ment, one da\" we can use the mento. In it she seemed to be- Delano - A Moral cause, not a labor dispute. This alvsis. I saw much that would force that we have to help correct tray a ~Iarxist infection in her own view is amply supported by the c~lToborate it - verv much. In a lot of things that are wrong thinking. Among other things, she Appraisal activity of known members of the my opinion, there is' much about with this society." said: "The difference betwf'en ~HIGAN FA~NeWg \ ELEVEN o

Twenty dedicated Farm Bureau members are serving on the 1969 Michigan Farm Bureau Policy Development committee. Members- at-large include Dean Pridgeon, Rt. 1, Montgomery, Branch county, who serves as chairman; Franklin Schmidt, Coopersville, Ottawa county, vice chairman; Leslie Dowd, Lawrence, Van Buren; Alton Brooks, Onsted, Lenawee; Glenn Hanson, Howell, Livingston and Henry Jennings, Swartz Creek, Genesee. Other members are Kenneth Wadsworth, Deckerville, Sanilac; Robert Eggle, Tustin, Osceola; Dirk Maxwell, Hope, Midland; Don- ald Nugent, Frankfort, Benzie; Donald C. Cordes, Hillman, Mont- morency and Otto Flatt, Engadine, Mac-Luce. Representing the Young Farmers are Lawrence Karsten, Rogers City, Presque Isle; David Diehl, Dansville, Ingham and William Middleton, Oakland county. Farm Bureau Women are represented by Mrs. Charles Leip- prandt, Pigeon, Huron; Mrs. Robert Squanda, Saginaw, Saginaw and Mrs. Rock Ebers, Sparta, Kent county. Other members-at-Iarge are Eugene Roberts, Lake City, Missaukee county and Richard Wieland, Ellsworth, Antrim county. FEEDLOTSFILLEDWITH MICHIGAN GROWN CALVES- (like those shown above), have the po- tential for great expansion. Michigan is a beef-deficit state, exporting considerable amounts of corn yet importing thousands of tons of beef from other states and countries. Rudolph Reinbold, lifetime farmer in the Saginaw Valley, has Michigan Farm Bureau Will joined the staff of Michigan Farm Bureau as a Regional Representa- Conduct Beef-Marketing Study tive in his "beloved valley." Rudy, a cash crop farmer, has been a Production of beef cattle is an need for new marketing services. important part of :Michigan agri- Farm Bureau member since 1942 The committees will survey mem- and has served on many Affiliate culture. Nearly every county in bers to determine the numbers and Service Boards as well as the state has Farm Bureau mem- and types of cattle produced in holding many offices in his local bers who produce feeder calves counties and the names of pro- Farm Bureau. He played semi- or slaughter cattle. The industry ducers. Following the completion professional baseball for 15 years has the potential of expanding of studies in the counties, the and played trumpet and drum in greatly due to the consumer de- committees will recommend to a concert band for 30 years. Mr. mand for beef and the ready the county Farm Bureaus, and in Reinbold replaces Larry DeVuyst availability of grain and forage turn to the Michigan Farm Bu- who is now manager of the MA- throughout the state. This poten- reau, activities needed in beef R. Reinbold CMA Feeder Pig Division. tial is the basis for the recent de- cattle marketing. cision of a meat packing firm to George Good, Livestock Mar- build a large slaughter facility keting Specialist in the Market A few words of apology and explanation are due to MACMA's and feed lot in the state. Development Division, will be Feeder Pig Manager Larry Vuyst. First, Larry does not live in The Michigan Farm Bureau working closely with the county Ithaca, but makes his home at 1585 Thunderbird Drive, Saginaw. Livestock Advisory Committee has GEORGE GOOD ... an Ing- ,committees in the study. County Larry was until recently, the Regional Representative in the Saginaw urged the Michigan Farm Bu- ham County native, has joined beef cattle committees will be Valley and to our latest knowledge, is still living in Saginaw. reau to explore ways that Fann meeting for the first time in Oc- the staff of Market Develop- Bureau can be of service to mem- tober. District or multi-county ment Division as Marketing bers in this changing cattle mar- meetings for county committee- Specialist ... Livestock. keting situation. Cow-calf pro- men will be held in many areas George, a graduate of Kansas Effective August 18, Gregory ducers indicate a need for more in the state. State Univeristy, has a degree J. Sheffield joined Fann Bureau marketing information and for al- The Michigan Farm Bureau in animal science and industry. Services, Inc., as Manager of ternative means of selling feeder Livestock Advisory Committee He is married and has one son. Marketing Services. In this po- calves, particularly on a year- traveled to Illinois last July to sition he has the responsibility for marketing research, public rela- round basis. Cattle feeders indi- confer with officials of the Inter- igan. Only 10% of the calves are cate that they are looking for state Producers Livestock Associa- tions, advertising and company marketed cooperatively through communications. Greg comes to sources of quality calves in quan- tion about their livestock market- feeder cattle sales in northem tity on a year-round basis. ing activities and to view some Farm Bureau Services from the Michigan. Some other native Sander Allen Advertising Com- The Michigan Farm Bureau of their operations. Interstate is calves are marketed cooperatively Board of Directors has decided a Farm Bureau affiliated market- pany, Chicago, where he held the and the rest go through dealers, position of Vice-President and to study the possibility of provid- ing cooperative. Of special inter- auctions, or are purchased direct Creative Director. Prior to that ing feeder calf information and est to the committee were the from producers. A large number marketing services to both cow- contract slaughter cattle market- he was with Agrico Chemical, of feeder cattle are imported into Geigy Agricultural Chemicals and ('alf producers and cattle feeders. ing program and the contract Michigan by cattle feeders on an Allied Chemical Corporation in Every county Farm Bureau has feeder cattle program. order basis and by other 'means. advertising and promotional as- been asked to participate in this The state Livestock advisory Some of the problems in feeder signments. He has his B.S. and state-wide studv. The first step committee has recommended that cattle procurement currently in- Masters degrees in Agriculture for each coope~atin~ county will the Michi~an Fann Bureau pilot clude proper description, a de- from the University of Florida be to appoint a Beef Cattle Mar- test a feeder marketing service if fined-preconditioning program, keting Advisory committee. and worked as a professional En- producer-interest indicates a need. and difficulties in obtaining cattle tomologist for both the University and the State of Florida after The County Farm Bureau beef A feeder cattle listing service is from the west resulting from the graduation. He has operated and still owns a farm in New York state. cattle committee will have the bein~ explored as a possibility. expansion of large commercial Mr. Sheffield's appoinbnent was made by W. N. Guthrie, Services' responsibility of determining the Nearly 100,000 native feeder cat- feed lots, especially in the south- Executive Vice President. extent of producer interest and tle are produced annually in Mich- west area of the United States.

. Larry Ewing is Manager of the Program Development Di- Plant Explosion Neces~itates vision. This includes Farm Bureau Women's activities; Young HERITAGE TOUR Farmer activities; Community Farm Bureau program and spe- cial programs and activities. He will be responsible for develop- Change in Suppl¥ for Feeds South Pacific Holiday ing programs such as Presidents Conference; MFB Institutes; Investigation continues in the reau Services since 1942. He was training conferences; educational activities; staff improvement tragic explosion and fire at the named manager of the Zilwaukee November 1-29, 1969 conferences, etc. Farm Bureau Saginaw Feed Proc- facility in 1966. essing Plant at Zilwaukee. Also killed were Clarence Bul- Michigan Damage, estimated at $500,000 lock, 61, materials handler, and put the Zilwau,kee facility com- Lowell Sabraw, 24. Farm Bureau Chuck Burkett is Manager of the Field Operations Division, including the activities of the Regional Representatives and the pletely out of commission, accord- The injured are James C. Han- AFBF Convention Tour ing to William Guthrie, Executive son, 30, heavy truck driver; Don- Coordinator of County Farm Bureau offices. He will also be Vice President of Farm Bureau aid \Vaugh, 18, and Danial esu- Washington-Richmond- supervising building management at Farm Bureau center and IServices, Inc. Guthrie said that tora, 17. Csutorn is the son of the Williamsburg is Chairman of the MFB 1969 Staff Committee for the Annual Ithenew feed plant at Battle Creek late plant manager. Meeting November 10-12 at Michigan State University. will supply all dealer and farmer The Saginaw plant had been in December 3-", 1969 !requirements in the Northern part operation since 1954 and was of the state until further notice. noted for its huge capacity and Representative }. Irvin~ Whalley, (R), Pennsylvania, has be- Three employees died. Three efficiency in feed production. For Brochure contact come the 43rd member of Conwess to introduce the Agricultural others are recovering from bums Guthrie said the explosion and MICHIGAN FARM BUREAU Adjustment Act of 1969. His bill is H.R. 13550. Whalley, who and injuries as a result of the ex- fire was confined to the 110 foot Tour Service plosion. Alex P. Csutora, manager tall feed processing plant located represents 9 counties in Pennsylvania, is a member of the For- bf the plant, passed away Sep- at the Northeast corner of the P.O. Box 960 ei~ Affairs Committee. The 1969 AAA provides for the type tember 21. The 46 vear old man- Farm Bureau complex near the lansing, Mich. 48904 of government farm programs for wheat feed grains and cotton ager had served with Farm Bu- Saginaw river. recommended by Farm Bureau. TWELVE October 1, 1969

\VORDS OF APPRECIATION by Larry R. Ewin~, Mgr., Program Development Division

Alcona - Oct. 6. Lenawee - Oct. 13, 7:30 p.m., \Vashtenaw - Oct. 8, 7:30 p.m., August 28, 1969 was indeed a Red Letter Day for Mich- igan Fann Bureau. At 11:30 a.m. that day, word was re- Allegan - Oct. 16, 7 p.m., Gris- ~rallison School, Adrian. Farm Council Crounds, Ann ccivcd that Berricn County had increased membership wold Auditorium, potlock din- Livingston - Oct. 2. Arbor. over last year ... meaning that every county Farm Bureau ner, 50th Anniv. cerebration. "'aytle - Oet. 14, 6:30 p.m., 4-H ~fackinac-Luce - Oct. 6. 7:30 had increased membership in 1969. Alpena - Oct. 19. p.m., Garfield Twp. Hall, Eng- Bldg., Fairgrounds, Belleville. Your state president, Elton Smith ... the secretary- .\ntrim - Oct. 8, 8 p.m., Bellaire adine. dinner. 30th Anni\'. pro- "rexford - Oct. 14, 8 p.m., Cad- gram. manager, Dan Reed ... all membcrs of thc Board of Di- High School. illac School. rectors in fact, cveryone with any relationship to Farm Arenac - Oct. 7, 7 p.m., Co. ~facomb - Oct. 15, 7 p.m., Bureau are all mighty proud and we say "Good Job ... Court House, Standish, potluck Emanuel Lutheran School, \\'aldenburg, dinner. 'VeIl Done!!" dinner. 1970 Membership 'Vhat it means is this ... ~1ichigan showed a member- Baraga - Oct. 8, 7:30 p.m., Cov- ~fanistee - Oct. 2, 8 p.m., Farr ship gain in every county and we have 64 Coal Counties!! Center, Onekema. ington Twp. Hall, dinner, 50th "That a way to celebrate our 50th Anniversary! And that's Anni\'. program, prizes. ~Iarquette-Alger-Oct. 1, 8 p.m., Goal Set County leaders participating only part of the story ... Barry - Oct. 14, 7 p.m., Com- Chatham Town Hall, 50th An- Records were smashed in the 1969 Farm Bureau year. ni\'. program, lunch, prizes. in a series of meetings during munity Bldg., Hastings, 50th .August and. September have For the first time in ten years, Mic!ligan reached its AFBF Anniv. celebration. ~(ason - Oct. 15, 8 p.m., Amber set a membership target of membership goal. Sixty-four counties making goal in an Bay - Oct. 9, 8:30 p.m., ~lonitor Twp. Hall, speakers - Robert 55,560 Farm Bmeau members accomplishment never reached before. The increase in Twp. Hall, Bay City. Braden and Robert Smith, cit- for 1970. membership in every county marks the first time that this izenship students. Benzie - Oct. 6, 8 p.m., St. Phil- By averaging the bidssnb- has been done in many years. Maybe the first time ever! mitted by each County Farm lips Episcopal Church (N. of ~Iecosta - Oct. 18, 11 a.m., Stan- And" then there's that horse's tail trophy. \Vith a gain of Bureau, the 1970 goal was de- . Beulah on U.S. 31). wood High School, noon din- over 2,000 members, the trophy has sprouted wings and ner, Dr. LeRoy Augustein, termined. The 485 member wil} fly to Ohio. \Vhile Ohio has gained about 1,400 mem- Berrien - Oct. 15, 8 p.m., Falm speaker. increase over 1969 will be pro- Bureau Center. rated back to each County bers, it just isn't enough to beat Michigan. Menominee - Oct. 10, 8 p.m., Branch - Oct. 13,7:30 p.m., 4-H based on the counties remain- Well, that's a lot of glory, but who does it belong to? Bank of Stephenson, 50th An- Cabin, Fairgrounds, Coldwater. ing potential. To YOU ... our members. Members of the state's largest ni\'. program, lunch prizes. Plans and -preparations are Farm organization! This year every member pitched right Calhoun - Oct. 9, 7 p.m., smor- ~Iidland - Oct. 13. shaping up across the state Jor in and did an excellent job on membership work. Insur- gasbord, entertainment, B. E. an..other successf.ul membership Henry Community Bldg. ~lissaukee - Oct. 7, 8 p.m., Fal- ance agents ... other affiliate company personnel ... mouth School. ; campai~~ .. ' everyone gave a great deal of assistance. This cooper- Cass - Oct. 11, 7:30 p.m., Gre- ation is greatly appreciated. Farm Bureau is stronger gorek ~Iemorial Hall, dinner, ~fonroe - Oct. 1,6:30 p.m., Holy speaker. Ghost Lutheran School, ~Ion- for it. roe. One amazing fact came to light with the close of the Charlevoix - Oct. 1, East Jordan 1969 membership drive. Only 5% of the members failed School. Montcalm - Oct. 8,8 p.m., Cen- tral ~Iontcalm High School. to renew their membership in 1969. This includes deaths, Cheboygan - Oct. 16. moving out of state, leaving the farm and those who were ~fontmorcncy - Oct. 2. Chippewa - Oct. 7. 8 p.m., 4-H disappointed in some way. ~1any voluntary organizations Bldg., Kenross, 50th Anni\'. ~ruskegon - Oct. 9, 7 p.m .. \Volf expect to experience over 10% cancellation. This ac- program, lunch, prizes. Lake Youth Bldg., queen selec- complishment indicates that Farm Bureau members have tion. Clare - Oct. 13, 8 p.m., Hamil- faith in their organization. ton Twp. Hall, citizenship stu- ~ewaygo - Oct. 14, 7:30 p.m. Yes ..... the 50th Year has been a great one. Now its dents. Fremont, Potluck supper, cit- time to start thinking and ~aking plans for the 51st year, Clinton - Oct. 14. izenship students. the 60th year and the 100th year. We promise that as we Delta - Oct. 2, 8 p.m., Rapid ~. ,v. ~fich. - Oct. 9, 7 p.m., step into our second 50 years; - we'll continue the successes River School, 50th Anniv. pro- Twin Lakes 4-H Camp, dinner. enjoyed in 1969. gram, lunch, prizes. Congratulations for a job well done and well see you all Oakland - Oct. 1. Eaton - Oct. 9. at your moment of glory when you are recognized for an Oceana - Oct. 8,7:30 p.m., Con- outstanding job, at the State Annual Meeting ... Novem- Emmet - Oct. 7. gregational Church, Hart, pot- ber 10, 11 and 12. Genesee - Oct. 13. luck supper, citizenship stu- dents. Gladwin - Oct. 14. Michigan !-ivestock Exchange Gratiot - Oct. 8. Ogemaw - Oct. 13. GOOD NEWS FROM THE Hillsdale - Oct. 6, 4-H Bldg., Osceola - Oct. 9, 8 p.m., Lin- COUNTIES ... brings a happy Approves Keogh Plan Fairgrounds, Hillsdale. coln Twp. Hall, citizenship smile to all faces ... especially A Keogh Retirement Plan developed through the facilities of students. to Dan Reed, Chuck Burke" Farm Bureau Insurance Croup was approved by the Michigan Houghton - Oct. .9, 8 p.m., Eld- and lorry Ewing, when they Live Stock Exchange (MLSE) Board on September 6. Some red Lange res., Houghton, 50th Otsego - Oct. 15. learned that Berrien county Aniv. program, lunch, prizes. hod made goal ... making 20,000 MLSE members are eligible for this tax-free retirement Ottawa - Oct. 7, 8 p.m., Allen- plan. Huron - Oct. 2, 6:30 p.m., FB dale Twp. Hall, Anniv. pro- it the first time in the history of ~fLSE is the second leading agricultural organization to adopt Center, Bad A.xe,dinner, speak- gram. MFB that all counties had made er, ~1. J. Buschlen. gain in membership. this unique retireme~t package. ~1ichigan Milk Producers As- Presque Isle - Oct. 8. sociation initiated a membership retirement program last De- Ingham - Oct. 8. cember. Saginaw - Oct. 15, 6:30 p.m., Ionia - Oct. 13, 7 p.m., Rather Blue Cross The Keogh Retirement Plan allows any MLSE member (as a School, Ionia, potluck dinner, Sveden House, Saginaw, din- self-employed person) to set aside 10% of his net farm profit .50th Anniv. program. ner, 50th Anniv. program . Drug Program up to a maximum of $2,500. The amount is tax-deductible as a Iosco - Oct. 14. Sanilac - Oct. 6, 6 p.m., Co. husiness expense. Farm Bureau, Sandusky, din- Iron - Sept. 30, 8 p.m., Crystal ner, queen crowning, citizen- Explained Payments are made directly to the Bank of Lansing on an Falls Twp. Hall, lunch, prizes. ship students. annual or semi-annual basis. Under terms designed by each Isabella - Oct. 2, 7:30 p.m., St. Recently Blue Shield Insurance ~1LSE member, funds may be invested in three ways: Shiawassee - Oct. 7. announced a prepaid prescription Leo's Church, 'Vinn, dinner, 1. Full investment in life insurance and annuity contracts. drug program starting October 1, citizenship students. St. Clair - Oct. 14, 7 p.m., Farm Bureau Insurance Croup will provide the facility 1969. Please Note: This program Jackson - Oct. 7, 7:30, Concord, Goodells Commun ity Bldg., for contract arrangements, guaranteeing the investment. potiuck dinner, citizenship stu- is not being offered at the present speaker. 2. Full investment in a portfolio of selected securities (prin- dents. time to subscribers in the ~Iich- Kalamazoo - Oct. 14, FB Cen- igan Farm Bureau Group. cipally common stocks) through the facilities of the Bank ter, speaker-Dean Pridgeon. St. Joseph - Oct. 13, 7:30 p.m., A study will be made by the of Lansing, with both the risks and pbssibility of reward Kalkaska - Oct. 4, 7:30 p.m., Community Bldg., citizenship that such investments entail. students. ~li('higan Farm Bureau on the Kalkaska High School. advisability of offering this pro- 3. Contributions can be divided. A portion of the funds can Kent - Oct. 6, 7 p.m., dinner at Tuscola - Oct. 11, 7 p.m., ~1il1- gram to Farm Bureau subscribers. he used to purchase guaranteed security of life insurance Schensuls, Eastbrook, Anniv. ington High School, dinner, For good, prepaid health care and annuities, the remainder going into the portfolio of program, queen crowning. speaker, AFBF's Bill Eastman. protection, keep your Blue Cross- selected securities. Blue Shield coverage in force. Lapeer - Oct. 9, 7:30 p.m., La- Yan Buren - Oet. 18, 6:30 p.m., ~fLSE members will be contacted by one of 60 specially peer C e n te r BId g., din ne r , Co. Farm Bureau office, din- RENE'V YOUR FARM BU- tramed Farm Bureau Insurance Croup representatives assigned speaker-Bud Guest. ner. REAU MEMBERSHIP NO'V. to service their organization. R CO Y FARM BUREAU ANNUAL MEETING! tXtCHIGAN FA~ NEWS October 1, 1969 THtRTEEN

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LANSING 4, MICHIGAN FOURTEEN MICHIGAN FARM NEWS DISCUSSION TOPIC Review of School Tax Laws By Gary A. K1einhenn Director, Education ani Research

Michigan farmers probably know as much or more about the tax workings of state and local governments because of their long relationship with the land and the property tax programs. Tax reform is a long, tedious, complex process and major changes will not come overnight. Farm Bureau policy on tax reform can be found in the 1969 Policy Booklet, pages 6, 7, and 8. Other tax reform policies were published in the June Discussion Topic column of the Mich- igan Farm News.

Education is complex. The school "marm" of yes- terday who taught all eight grades in one room has been replaced by an army of teachers which demand more than 75 per cent of the more than 1.2 billion dollar operating budget alone, for the 1967-68 school year (most up-to-date figures available). Local government picked up over half of the tab assessment of all assessed property in the county mining a school districts need is judged bY the for the total (including the operation budget of $1.2 for the purpose of equalizing assessments between amount of the district's tax base per pupil. billion) which stretches upwards to 1.8 billion dol- local townships or cities in the county. It cannot lars in Michigan. The state paid nearly half. About change the assessment of an individual's property School District Gross Deductible 5 per cent of the budget was paid by the federal except as its judgments affect the total assessed Formula SEV Per Pupil Allowance Millage government. value of the township or city. If one can imagine 1.8 billion dollars - it all goes If the taxpayer feels he has been wron~ly assessed a. $12,864.00 or more 408.00 9.00 to support the 521 public high school districts and he has the right to appeal to the local Board of Re- b. $12,864.00 or less 549.50 20.00 126 non-high school districts comprising the 647 view. If satisfaction is not gained from the local school districts in the 83 counties of the state. board, an appeal can be made to the State Tax Com- Four levels of government; federal, state, county mission, by letter stating the objection. The problem is to find how many dollars actually and local school districts, provide funds by several Each taxpayer is able to ascertain whether the go to pay for a pupil's education. This is done by methods of taxation for education. The major sources assessment of his property is or is not approximately multiplying the S.E.V. per pupil by the deductible of state money for schools are: the sales tax, liquor the 50 per cent of the true cash value as printed on millage. The total equals what the district is paying excise tax and cigarette taxes. The local share comes his tax statement by comparing his property to its for each student. This total is subtracted from the mainly from the property tax. market value. Gross Allowance. The remainder is what the state The income tax is used indirectlv and is not a will pay per student for education. major source of revenue. " STATE AND COUNTY RELATIONSHIP For example: If a district's S.E.V. is $20,000 per School taxes are levied for three purposes in main- " The state Tax Commission is basically responsible pupil, and deductible millage is 9 mills then 9 x taining education in the state: (1) Operations - sal- to oversee that uniform assessment is accomplished $20,000 equals $180.00 being paid by the local school aries for all employees, utilities, teaching supplies among all 83 counties of the state in a manner district for each pupil. This figure ($180.00) is then and equipment, furnishings; (2) Buildings and sites similar to the County Equalization Board which subtracted from the Gross Allowance. In this case - property purchases and building construction; (3) determines the State Equalization Valuation (S.E.V.) $408.00. The remainder is $228.00 which becomes Special programs - supplementary funds for inten- within each county. the states commitment to aid a school district for sive programs, Head-Start, Special Education and Vo- each student enrolled in the elementary and second- cational Education, along with many other programs. STATE AID • ary public schools. REVENUE FROM LOCAL SOURCES The state's financial help to school districts, ($672 A criticism of this method of taxation is that it is million 1967-68) nearly half of the total budget for Local financial support for public elementary and unfair to the individual taxpayer because the tax is elementary and secondary public education, is fun- determined on the State Equalized Valuation of an secondary school systems is obtained primarily from neled directly to school districts. State financial as- a single source ... property taxation. Property tax- entire district. Individuals with little income such sistance comes from the School Aid Fund as provided as farmers, retirees and pensioners pay a higher per- ation is dependent upon two factors: (1) Value of for by the 1963 state constitution. property and (2) The rate of taxation or millage. centage of their income in taxes and therefore carry But all money needs may not be met from the a heavier burden in support of government insti~- A maximum of 15 mills can be levied for county, general fund. Special programs may not be backed tions than fellow citizens who have been able to keep township and school purposes without voter approval. 100 per cent. When this occurs local school districts up with the inflationary spiral of the times. A one mill tax rate is equal to one dollar of taxes are forced to borrow money and may later attempt for each $1,000 of assessed property valuation. to raise local millage to make up for the deficit. GRANTS FOR EDUCATION State Equalized Valuation for the purpose of 'Vhere the local government must depend almost property tax is not more than one-half the actual solely on the property tax the state government has State assistance is also given in the form of grants value of your property from which the assessed valu- greater tax resources to utilize for education through to school districts. The state grants authorize spend- ation is determined. the State Aid Fund and the General Fund of Mich- ing of money in specific areas of education for: Unfortunately the 15 mill levy is not enough to igan. school districts experiencing financial hardships; un- adequately support county and township govern- Money for the School Aid Fund is earmarked from derprivileged children programs; to county school ment and public schools combined. Thus the local one-half of the sales tax, cigarette tax and the liquor districts; and grants for employees retirement - one school district must turn to the voters of their district excise tax. For the 1967-68 school year this fund for Detroit employees and another for greater Mich- for any additional millage exceeding the counties 15 provided $387.3 million for elementary and second- igan public employees. mill limit. ary public education. More than 90 per cent of Michigan school districts However, the School Aid Fund does not meet all in 1968-69 were levyin~ voted-operation mill ages in financial needs of public education paid by the state. DISCUSSION TOPIC SUM~1ARY In addition to the School Aid.Fund, dollars from the addition to the original millage allocated to them FOR AUGUST under the 15 mill limitation. state's General Fund are also appropriated by the "legislature to help meet the money needs. The distribution of millage to school districts with- Nearly 4,000 people participated in the 314 com- in a county is the decision of the County Allocation munity discussion groups held for the August topic: COMPUTATION OF STATE AID Board. This board is a representative body of groups The Farmer and His Image. Tabulation of returned which receive allocated money. The sole purpose of Money for schools is a partnership with local, state questionnaires indicate that 187 of the participating this board is to determine the distribution of the 15 and federal government. For our purposes the local groups believe they have a fair to very good image mills. Local school boards submit their budgets to and state government relationship will be discussed. with non-farmers, while 74 believe it to be bad to this board to aid (or make more difficult) its decision. 'Vhat the local school districts spend for education very bad. All agreed that it needs to be improved purposes is determined by (1) State Equalized Valu- through rural-urban meetings, and greater use of ESTABLISffiNG LOCAL TAXES . ation of taxable property, (2) Student population and the mass media. In general, the most positive reports In Michigan the local assessor or township super- (3) Rate of taxation or millage in the local school came from community groups taking active part in visor judges the market value of property for tax district. \Vith these facts the state's decision as to community activities such as Rotary, Kiwanis, Lions, purposes. the amount of money to be distributed to local dis- Jaycees and Chambers of Commerce. The County Board of Supervisors acts as the tricts is adapted to a formula to insure the equaliza- NEXT MO~TH'S TOPIC: Unionization on the County Equalization Board. It reviews the total tion of dollar distribution according to need. Deter- Farm. October 1, 1969

3-BEDROOM, CONTEMPRI SECTIONAL HOMES Agriculture Important to Michigan- Gov. Milliken

Agriculture is immensely im- out enough food and food of the process of doing this, we seem to portant to Michigan, and what right kind, men become weak- have forgotten the blight of hun- .~. ~; Michigan produces is very im- ened, their spirit flags, and their ger in our own land. portant to the rest of our nation. judgment and intellectual capac- Not long after he took office, Most of the country thinks of ity are impaired. Men can never President Nixon directed the Na- Michigan as the capital of the realize their full potential as hu- tion's attention to this tragedy auto industry. man beings and children of their and took vigorous steps to elim- ~~~.'~m Michigan fanners can be proud Creator if they are ill-fed or inate hunger in America. Strong ---~-....~ ~ ~'I ~~~~~:'~'" Jill of the quantities they produce. starving. leadership of the kind he dis- We lead the nation in dry, edible I hope also that you think played is a step toward correcting We believe in: A GOOD HOME FOR GOOD PEOPLE beans, cucumbers for pickles, hot- about hunger in America - the the problem, but the government - AT A PRICE THEY CAN AFFORD TO PAY house rhubarb, blueberries, and fact that millions of Americans cannot do the job alone. The 24' x 44' model for $11,995 (1056 sq. ft.) red, tart cherries. And we are sec- are not getting enough to eat in We must help the hungry peo- The 24' x 52' model for $12,995 (1248 sq. ft.) ond in plums, third in apples and a country which produces more ple of our country, whoever they Approved for city or country - completely furnished sweet corn for the fresh market. food than any other nation in are - not just because it is in our BAKER'S COMMUNITY HOMES 214 W. Pine Street Michigan can also take pride in the world. national interest to do so, but Phone (517) 862-5480 Elsie, Michigan 48831 the quality of its products. Our This is a crime and a tragedy. because of the common ties of apples, our potatoes, our cherries, For years, we have concerned humanity that bind people to- and many other things we grow ourselves with hunger in other gether everywheI:e. We must are known around the countrv lands, shipping millions of tons reach out as one human being, to for their excellence. - of food _abroad. This was right another to help those who cannot None of you needs to be re- and proper; our abundance is so help themselves. \Ve must reach minded how important food is. great that we can well-afford to out, because they are our broth- 'Vithout food, a man dies. With- share it with others. But in the ers, and they need our help.

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. . . and two of Michigan's lead- ing agricultural organizations have them. Michigan Milk Pro- ducers Association pioneered the first statewide retirement plan for their members last December. On September 6, 1969, the Michigan Live Stock Exchange Board approved a similar tax-sheltered member- ship program.

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