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Show Poo6 UTAH FARM BUREAU February, 1967 NEWS issH Nearly c Perfect" In view St. Louis, Missouri of current supply and demand conditions, Congress should act now to remove production controls on the 1968 crops of wheat and feed grains, Charles B. Shuman, president of the American Farm Bureau Federation, said in addressing an Agribusiness Club luncheon in the Lennox Hotel. One of the latest rationalizations for government intervention in ag- riculture, Shuman said, is Secretary of Agriculture Freeman's as a referee government Hansen, Actuary for Country Mutual Life and Home Office Manager for the Insurance companies, was among those addressing the seminar Feb. 13th. VerNon Farm Bureau leaders attended a seminar on insurance programs currently being offered by Farm Bureau's Insurance affiliates. Country Mutual Life and Utah Farm Bureau Insurance Co. Farm Bureau Worker Dies Bennett Calls For Look at U.S. Imports Sen. Wallace F. declared that Americas farmers and stockmen have become the neglected stepchildren of the Great Society and called for Immediate Congressional hearings aimed at studying the Johnson Administration's agriculture product Import policies. The Utahn who is a ranking Republican on the Senate Finance Committee which handles tariff and import legislation and regulations, made the request of the Committee Chairman, Sen. Russell B. Long, Washington Bennett, R-Ut- ah, D-L- a. Meat, wool and dairy product highs, imports are at all-tiSen Bennett said. Suffering are America's stockmen, woolgrow-er- s, dairymen as well as the many, many industries which must rely on economically healthy farmers and stockmen for their livelihood. The Senator said that lamb producers in the West are losing as much as $4 per animal as a result of oversupply and decreased prices prompted in part by Defense Department purchase of some ten million pounds of foreign lamb for use by U.S. Armed Forces overme seas. He said, Dairy farmers are in an unprecedented price squeeze number causing an to leave the business for other employment. He said, In the long run this can only harm the American consumer who will be forced to pay higher food prices as a result of production cutbacks. He pointed out that there are no wool and lamb Import quotas and that dairy import quotas are constantly being circumvented by foreign countries in such a way to make American regulations almost meaningless. At the present, beef prices are depressed while foreign imports continue to pour into the United States driving American prices even lower, he said. I feel that it's time the State Department stopped dictating what our Agriculture policy will be and and that the American farmer, stockma:., woolgrower and dairyman be given an equal brek, he said. The senator said that in 1966 the U.S. imported 893,934,000 lbs. of beef and veal worth $354, 165,000 A total 240,556,000 lbs. of raw wool, worth $156,681,000 were imported last year and 75,434,000 pounds of lamb, goat and mutton Imports worth $21,415,000 also .were listed. There also were vorth of dairy produc im'366, the Senator said. ports ion I am told that more In zolen goods were import finis! ed im' . United States last year than the total U.S. domestic production of wool, he said, This not only is proving detrimental to the woolgrowing industry, but also to the many wool product ever-increasi- ng $93,-288,0- 00 - L. D. Bardsley, Gunnison, Utah passed away on Feb. 16. Earlier in the week he had suffered a heart attack which he was unable to sur- vive. Of course, I realize we cannot For nearly twenty years Mr. shut off all imports, but what I Bardsley served faithfully as secalso realize is that the West's retary - treasurer of the Sanpete farmers and livestockmen should county Farm Bureau. He became be receiving a fairer shake, he known as a dependable and accurate county officer. In the state of- said. fice it was known that any project for which he was responsible would be completed on time and complete- hr- - Since his retirement as principal of the Gunnison High School Mr. Bardsley has been one of the builders of Farm Bureau in Southern Utah. He often served as a Trouble shooter for our insurance companies and the membership department. Any Farm Bureau member with a problem knew that L.D. would tackle it cheerfully and stay with it until it was solved. Our sympathy is extended to Mrs. Bardsley and members of the famsuggesting that sugar may be a facWe shall all miss tor in the rise of blood lipids ily who survive. know but that all wounds are him, and the increased incidence of corof time with the healed passing the bread and onary heart disease, this may quickly prove hope group was gone. with Mr. Bardsley's family. And black coffee also may become taboo as the result of a survey which showed a positive association between coffee intake and incidence of coronary disease, states the report. The Case of Americas Fast Disappearing Breakfasts Breakfast appears to have all but disappeared from the American scene. A current publication of the Journal of the American Medical Association contained an editorial that amusingly evaluated the changing menu of the day's first meal, breakfast. Before the coming of the diet and heart disease controversy, re- ports the article, breakfast had the honor of being a delightful meal. It Included cereal, toast with butter, eggs, bacon or ham and coffee. Now, this meal has been stripped of its appeal. According to the report, this drastic change began more than a decade ago when the results of several research studies from various countries pointed to the association between fat consumption and mortality from coronary disease. As more information concerning the problem of diet and heart disease was discovered various items were eliminated from the menu. The egg was the first to go, then fatty bacon, and lipid-ladmilk, all because of the as the offending cholesterol, article put it. This left early morning hunger only dry toast and black coffee. But, after the results of a study en concept. This idea gives lip service to a free enterprise - competitive market-orientagriculture, but the that government must argues or arbiter to a as referee stand are justly that sure farmers be food costs consumer or that treated too not are high. Again, it is assumed that the 'the market system is cruel Secrethe as law of the jungle, tary describes it; that the market system being price and profit directed, ignores human needs. In reality the competitive free market is the most nearly perfect mechanism that has been devised to translate human needs into production. Only when politicians move in to interfere with market decisions does me find prolonged shortages or wasteful surpluses of consumer goods. The farm surpluses of the past were, in reality, a creation of fedds eral farm programs. The of agricultural production that stayed with the free market system has never been burdened Shuman with a surplus build-u- p, ed two-thir- said. Conclusion: Breakfast is out, adds the article. Even the morning cigarette burns with a warning signal against coronary problems. So, if the front page and the stock market reports are pulled from the newspaper (emotional stress you know), breakfast becomes a food- less meal. This is nonsense of course. Breakfast should supply 14 to 13 of the days daily requirements of protein, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins and minerals. This means that the first meal of the day should contain a balanced quantity of nutrients. Remember your body has been without food for at least 10 hours and it needs refueling. Clinical studies have shown clearly that the well breakfasted student, laborer or office worker is several times more efficient and productive in comparison to the who's eaten little or person no breakfast. Right to left; Llaine Welch, Christy Clifford, Kathy Clifford, Andrea Peterson. Liane and Andrea are from Hyrum, Ut. Clifford children are from Niles, Michigan. All are grandchildren of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Olsen, Paradise, Utah. Lloyd is V.P. Cache Co. F. B. Parents are Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln Clifford, Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Welch, Mr. and Mrs. Willard Peterson. Til need another 10 tons of hay to tide me over. Long Distance brings quick results! PEOPLE'S COMMITTEE. 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