OCR Text |
Show Page 6 UTAH FARM BUREAU January 1968 NEWS Search Continues For Better Range Nutrition The valleys, mountains and des- erts of the Intermountain West give rise to millions of 'tons of vegetation. The major portion of the chemical energy stored by plants is converted to high quality, desirable food energy for man. The continuing search for better ways to use this vast resource was the subject of the 36th Faculty Honor Lecture presented at Utah State University Wednesday, Jan. 17. The lecturer was Dr. Lorin E. Harris, professor of nutrition in the Animal Science Department at USU. Each year the Utah State University Faculty Association selects an honor lecturer in the social sciences and humanities and another in the natural sciences. Dr. Harris was selected as the latter this year. For the past 22 years, Dr. Harris has done research on nutrition of range animals in the West. His lecture title was Range trition in an Arid Region." Nu- Whether the world situation is viewed from the most pessimistic or the most optimistic standpoint, it is obvious that any improvement in the efficiency with which rangeland vegetation can be converted to food and fiber for man will be of value to society. Dr. . was presented a Two Star award by Charles B. Shuman, AFBF AFBF the at recent convention. The award recognized the Utah Farm Bureau for achieving president quota in membership and for outstanding achievement in the field of national legislation. Elmo W. Hamilton, UFB president, MY CAPITOL by Rep. Laurence J. Burton A reporter for a Washington newspaper once wrote that Sam Rayburn of Texas, the Speaker of the House, regarded the United States Capitol as his personal property, when this remark reached the speaker he let the reporter know in no uncertain terms that he disapproved of that well-kno- wn statement. days later that same reporter was standing on the House steps chatting with Mr. Sam.' The Speaker looked up at the dome and at the flags rippling in the breeze and said, Just look at my Capitol today. Isn't she A few beautiful?'' I believe we can excuse Mr. Rayburn for thinking of this im- posing building as his Capitol. He had been Speaker longer than anyone who proceeded him, seventeen years. But every citizen must share Speaker Rayburn's feelings that this is my Capitol. This, among all the Federal buildings, is the house of the people. Those of us who serve here, 435 rep- resentatives and 100 senators, owe our presence here to the people. I never cease to respond to the magnificance of this great granite and marble structure as I cross the street from my office to attend a session of the House of Representatives or a committee meeting. Within the 540 rooms of the Capitol events of great importance and small have transpired, decisions have been made which affect the lives of all of us, and of generations to come. Up Mr. Sam's steps have been carried the coffins of four martyred Presidents, Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley and Kennedy. On these same steps one year agoCongressman Adam Clayton Powell held a press conference following the vote of his peers which denied him his seat in the House of Representatives. In what is now Statuary IlaU, the first section of the Capitol to be finished, the 106 man House met from 1807 to 1814 when the Capitol, and most public buildings in Washington were burned by the flag-drap- ed British. Rear Adm. Sir George Cockburn entered the capitol on a dark raining night with British troops who had orders to destroy and lay waste" to ourCapitalCity. A sketch which appeared in a London newspaper shows Cockburn standing on the Speakers chair asking, Shall this harbor of Yankee democracy be burned?" Torches were set to the furnishings and it was the rainstorm which kept the building from being completely destroyed. After the war reconstruction be- gan and the wings were soon added. After the House moved into its present chamber, the former chamber was abandoned to the use of hawkers who sold their farm produce there. In 1857 it became a showcase for statues of noted individuals, and therein now you can see the marble likenesses of statesmany great Americans men, inventors, explorers, heroes and patriots. The Capitol Is a veritable treasure house of art. You can see the work of an Italian political refugee who sought asylum in the only country where one can really be free", he said. Constantino Brum-i- dl spent 25 years of his life painting within the Capitol His greatest legacy to his adopted country is the fresco painting inside the great rotunda dome. Each morning for eleven months, this artist painted lying on his back on a scaffold high above the rotunda floor until the 4,664 square feet of concave surface were completed. Many walls, ceilings and corridors have been adorned with his renaissance style of painting. His life was shortened by a fall he sustained from a scaffold on which he was working. He broke his fall by grabbing onto part of the scaffold but hung there for some min- utes until rescued. It is said that the shock hastened his death. Of great beauty and one of my favorites is the President's room. Brumldi designs cover every inch of the surface of the walls and ceilings with frescos both allegorical and representative. This room, located at the end of the Senate gallery is furnished with leather chairs once used by Lincoln, and the table is said to be the one upon which Lincoln signed Harris pointed out. An arid region is not necessarily an unproductive region. It merely presents a greater chal lenge to human Ingenuity," the lecturer observed. As the world population increas- es, we must find more efficient ways for livestock to utilize poor range forage In order for men to be able to continue eating beefsteak and lamb and drinking milk, he suggested. His recommendations for the rancher. In order to utilize range forage most effectively, included feeding phosphorus, protein or other supplements to cattle and sheep to make up for the nutritive deficiencies of range plants. Another had to do with a scheme for grazing, reseeded range and pasture lands so as to get greatest use while preserving the vigor of plants. The scheme provided for grazing crested or intermediate wheat grass or Russian wild rye from April to December. He reported research showing that reseeding sagebrush land to drought-resista- nt grasses is the best way to Increase cattle production in the Inter mountain West". In future research, better methods to indicate the nutritive status of an animal by making measurements directly on the animal are needed, Dr. Harris said. He also cautioned that the nutritionist cannot ignore the effects of environment on the animal, its nutrient requirements, and its diet. Because ranges have varied environments, specific research must be conducted under controlled environments, he added. Producers Board Members Named On December 7, 1967 a meeting of members of the Salt Lake Pro- ducers Marketing Association was held at Cedar City. This was a meeting for members in Millard, Beaver, Iron and Kane Counties. The purpose of the meeting was to nominate a member to serve on the Board of Directors from that area. Mr. Olaf George of Kanosh was the man nominated. On January 4, 1968, Mr. Lloyd Johnson was nominated to be a member of the same board to serve as a representative of Sanpete, Sevier, Wayne, Piute, Garfield and Kane Counties. Both meetings were very well attended. We congratulate both of these men and we are sure they will be an asset to the Salt Lake Producers Board. the Emancipation Proclamation. Other presidents have signed bills in this room. An antique clock stands in one corner. It is said that this clock once had gold hands, but they were lifted" by a tourist. They have been replaced by Dr. Lorin E. Harris, right, who delivered the Faculty Honor Lecture at Utah State University, studied sheep nutrition in Scotland on a recent six month visit. Here he is shown with a Scottish herdsman and blackfaced Scottish sheep. Profitable memo to our Farm Bureau Friends rather ordinary fixtures. The Capitol has been the scene of sad and tragic happenings. War has been declared there. President John Quincy Adams died there, shots have been fired onto the House floor by agitators from Puerto Rico, Congressmen have engaged in fisticuffs and one member was slain on the steps near the house. A mourning nation has paid final tribute to 15 of its sons, presidents, and war heroes. But every day activities in the Rotunda and hall are not sad. Mostly it is a place of holiday crowds, honeymoon couples and children fascinated by a thousand and one strange new sights. I urge my constituents when they visit me to spend as much time in the Capitol as they can. I like to accompany them when my schedule will allow. I thrill anew each time at the history which has taken place within it; I enjoy seeing again and again, the art that reposes there and I rejoice in the opportunity to be a part of our history as a representative of the people. D When your alfalfa leaves test less than 26 Call protein us COLLECT for a spreading date of . . . Sulfur-Superphospha- te the bonus fertilizer that boosts yields. U $38.75 per ton cash delivered wide, plus small per acre spreading cost. ONLY bulk state C thaws the ice and enters the root zone ready for spring feeding. d Copper strike limits tonnage available. O Call orders collect today to It MINERAL FERTILIZER COMPANY - Midvale, Utah Phone 255-272-1 or 255-650- 5 or contact our local fieldman or dealer in northern Utah coll division office in Collinston, Utah Phone 2 ... 458-372- |