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Show Page 2 September, 1968 UTAH FARM BUREAU FB's 'Platform For America' is Greenbelf Amendment Concerns Whole State "It don't concern you, you're not that far advanced." This rather inelegant expression used to be employed by a high school classmate when he was either incapable of or didn't want to answer a question. It comes to mind in a rather reverse way in thinking about the Green Belt Amendment There is no section of the state about which such a thing could be said. The threat of constantly rising property taxes under the present Supreme Court interpreations of our constitution and the requirement of law which is that all property should be assessed at 30 of "reasonable fair cash value" will sooner or later bring all areas of the state under an impossible tax load. The fact that farm land cannot stand the kind of taxation now being placed on some land and that will ultimately spread out onto all other areas is well understood by the Governor and county assessors throughout the state. The law is not being enforced at present and cannot be or agriculture would be ruined. All that is asked by the Green Belt Amendment is that the Legislature be allowed to act on a matter that is at present frozen in' the constitution denying the lawmaking body the right to deal with it Connecticut has the kind of law we are seeking and some Farm Bureau member recently went to court to force the county assessor to assess their land according to the law rather than on a market value basis. They won the case. In the testimony given by one appraiser stated that if he assessed agricultural land in that particular area according to market value there wouldn't be a farmer left at the end of the year. Every farm organization that we know of is backing the Green Belt Amendment And every farmer should. He should not only vote for the amendment, but he should back the drive to get it adopted by contributing financially. d This is an effort that must have the support by the whole agricultural community. We face the fact that to pass, this amendment must win the support of the urban population. The task of persuading the hundreds of thousands of voters who will make the decision is not easy. Very few of them understand the It will take a lot of newspaper space, teleproblem. vision and radio, and other activity to get the job done. This is one effort that must not fail. Check with your whole-hearte- county Farm Bureauleaderstofindoutwhatyou can do, and dig deeply into your pockets to help win the fight HOLIDAY ON ICE TICKETS Tickets for Holiday on Ice are available in the State Farm Bureau office for 5 p.m. and 8:30 Please use the blank below to order your tickets. They will e d basis. All be reserved on a tickets are priced at $4.00 p.m., Saturday, September 21. first-com- first-serve- UTAH STATE FARM BUREAU 629 East Fourth South Salt Lake City, Utah Please reserve the following tickets for me for Saturday, September 21 at p.m. Holiday on Ice. No Check is enclosed. Name Address 5 p.m 8:30 at $4.00 per ticket. presented to Democrats Moss Office Estimates USDA Budget The offices of Senator Frank has announced E. Moss, S. the U. that Department of Agwill riculture spend approximately $50 million in Utah during fiscal D-Ut- ah 1969. This compares with $49,320,000 spent by the Department in Utah last year. The largest amount comes under the jurisdiction of the Farmers Home Administration, with $12, 760,000. Most of this amount is for operating, farm ownership, and rural housing loans. The Forest Service will spend $11,087,443 wtlh $7,699,143 of that amount going for forest protection and utilization. Another $2,870,300 will be used for forest roads and trails. The Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service will use $6,534,211, and the Soil Conservation Service will have $4,235, 250. Others include Agricultural Research Service, $1,285,000 Extension Service, $518,134; Consumer and Marketing Service, Statistical Reporting $421,465; Economic $105,233; Service, Research Service, $71,000; and the Office of General Counsel, $62,500. STATE FAIR IS HERE ! The State Fair is here. Farm Bureau Day is September 21. Another Talent-Fin- d contest is in the maklug Registrations of county winners are coming in. Counties are urged by Ken Ashby, chair- man of the Young Farmers & Ranchers Committee, to send their registration in as soon as possible after the county contest. This will give time to get all details prepared so the contest can go off without a hitch. The Junior Division, ages up to anJ including 10, begins at 9:30 a.m. Prizes in this division are $7.50, $10.00 and $15.00. The Intermediate Division, ages 11 through 16, begins at 11:15 a.m. Prizes here are $7.50, $10.00 and $15.00 for three top winners. The Senior Division, ages 17 through 30, will start at 1 p.m. There will be five winners. Cash prizes for second through fourth places run $5, $10, $15 and $20. The winner will receive an all- - were presented to members of the Democratic party's platform committee on Friday, August 23, at Chicago by Charles B. Shuman (left), president of the American Farm Bureau Federation. He is shown with Richard Gebhardt, state legislator from Boulder, Colorado, and chairman of the panel which heard the Farm Bureau testimony. The committee was divided into four panels to'bear statements FARM BUREAU'S recommendations on all topics. Farm Bureau's "Platform For America" (see NEWS LETTER, July 29, p. 121 ) was presented to the Republican platform committee by Shuman in July. Now that the platforms of both major parties have been adopted, comparisons of planks on agriculture, trade, fiscal policy, and other major issues will be carried in the NEWS LETTER soon. Make Plans Now for Cruise The Idaho Farm Bureau members are looking forward to a well-attend- ed and successful 50th Annual Meeting of the American Farm Bureau Federation at Kansas But even City in December. before this mark is reached by the organization, are planning and arrangements complete for making the 1969 meeting in Washington, D. C. an important event in the history of half-centu- ry expense paid trip to the annual convention of the American Farm Bureau at Kansas City early in December. Farm Bureau Day at the State Fair is a time when farmers plan to attend and enjoy the fair. The Farm Bureau Talent Find is one of the largest talent contests staged by anyone in the whole state. By the time we count all the participants in all the counties, it runs into a sizeable figure. The quality of talent from Utah always shows up well at the national convention. Farm Bureau leaders are looking forward again this year to taking an outstanding talent number to represent our state in the national convention. Farm Bureau. An early sign-u- p is anticipated for a grand and EXCLUSIVE Caribbean Cruise aboard Americas newest, most Moore hte luxurious liner, SS Brasil. The McCormack floating deluxe hotel will be carrying an exclusively Farm Bureau group to 9 ports of call in the beautiful West Indies. Agricultural visits and sight seeing stops will be made in Kingston, Jumaicu, Aruba, Curacao, Bonaire, Port-O- f -Spain, Trinidad, Barbados, Guadeloupe, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, and San Juan, Puerto Rico. pre-convent- ion Fascinating shore excursions have to give the been arranged on the cruise an opparticipants to enjoy the English portunity Dutch, Danish, French, Spanish and A merlcan cultures to be found on the various island stops. The Caribbean Cruise gets under way at Ft. Lauderdale, Florida on November 21, 1969, and returns to Ft. Lauderdale on December 5th for connections with the special Farm Bureau Train headed for the Nation's Capital and the 51st Annual AFBF Meeting. All details have been arranged. UTAH FARM BUREAU fPl NEWS Published each month by the Utah Farm Bureau Federation at Salt Lake City, Utah. Editorial and Business Office, 629 East Fourth South. Salt Lake City, Utah. POSTMASTER: Please address P.O. Form 3579 to 629 East Fourth South, Salt laike Citv. Utah 84102. Subscription price of twenty-fiv- e cents per year to members is included in membership fee. Entered as second class matter March 24, 1948 at the Post Office at Salt Lake City, Utah under act of March 3. 1879. UTAH FARM BUREAU FEDERATION OFFICIALS Elmo W. Hamilton. Riverton. Utah President S. Jay Child. Clearfield. Utah Vice President Mrs. Willis Whitbeck. Bennion. Utah Chairman. Farm Bureau Women V. Allen Olsen Executive Secretary Kenneth J. Rice Editor . ,df n D ir, " D DIRECTORS .. u ar,on u "nne Thorne t Lake City Salt Lakf C,ty ?a gan Logan DIRECTORS Mrs. Willis Whitbeck, Farm Bureau Woman: Mrs. Paul Nelson, Farm Bureau Women; Ken Ashby, Young Farmers & Ranchers; Frank Harris, Beaver. A. Alton Hoffman. Cache; Lloyd Olsen. Cache; Ferris Allen, North Box Elder; William C. Dause, Carbon: S. Jay Child, Davis; Carl Van Tassell, Duchesne; Kenneth Brasher, Emery; Lowell Henrie, Garfield; Richard Nelson. Iron: Roy Bowles. Juab; Gravdon Robinson. Kane; Thurman Mootlv, Millard; Mark Thackeray. Morgan; Ambrose Dalton. Piute; Roy Hoffman. Rich; Elmo Hamilton, Salt Lake; Arion Erekson, Salt Lake; Elmer Sanders. Salt Lake; Ashton Harris. San Juan; Ixe Barton, Sanpete; Gerald Johnson. Sevier; D. O. Roberts, Summit; Jack Brown. Tooele: Roland Merkley, Uintah; Don T. Allen. Utah; Glade Gillman, Utah; Eldon Money, Utah; Enter Wilson, Wasatch; Don F. Schmutz, Washington; Hugh King. Wayne; William C. Holmes, Weber, Carl Fowers, Weber; Lorin Hardy. Weber; John P. Holmgren. South Box Elder; Rev L. Allred, Utah Horticultural Society; John Roghaar, Intermountain Farmers Assn.; Virgil Peterson. Utah Sugar Beet Growers Assn.; Tom Lowe, Utah Canning Crops Assn.: Joe I. Jacobs. Producers Livestock Marketing Assn.; J. R. Garrett, Norbest Turkey Grwo-er-s Assn.; M. E. Carroll, Country Mutual Life. |