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Show UTAH Page 8 May, 1967 FARM BUREAU NEWS s Burton Hits Meat Imports (Continued from Page 1) an amount equal to the 1963-6- 4 high. If we don't do something now, the American cattle industry will soon be faced with the same bankruptcy prices that plagued it three years ago." "While I can appreciate the fact that it is desirable for this country to maintain a reasonable balance of trade with foreign countries, I fail to see why the Administration seems to feel that American agriculture must continually bear so much of the burden of this trade," Rep. Burton continued. "When dealing with meat Imports, the first concern of the President and his trade people should be the welfare of our domestic meat producers. After that they can worry about the condition of the industry in foreign countries. Too often it appears that the reverse is true." "Since last year," Rep. Burton "the price of catpointed out, tle has declined sharply. Choice steers on the Chicago market in March averaged $24.67 a hundred pounds compared with an average of $29.22 for March last year." Rep. Burton predicted that the decline in prices would continue unless present import policies are changed. "This bill," Mr. Burton said, " would do six things: 'First, it would eliminate the 10 so that imports per cent over-ru- n could not exceed the actual adjusted base quota. 'Second, it would relieve the Secretary of Agriculture of the duty of estimating in advance the level of imports to determine whether they might be greater than the allowable. Instead, the quota would be imposed by the law it- 'Third, the bill would change the period under which total quotas would be based. This bill would use the average of the 5 year period 1958-6- 2 thereby the highest year on eliminating record, 1963, and establish the base at 585,500,000 pounds compared with the 1967 base of 904.6 million. 'Fourth, the bill proposed that quotas be Imposed quarterly' instead of annually at present and thereby smooth out the flow of imports throughout the year and prevent seasonal surges. 'Fifth, the bill would give the executive branch authority to impose quotas on the importation of other meat products if necessary to prevent a damaging flood of other products such as canned and cured beef, fresh lamb and pork not included in quotas under the present law. 'Sixth, the bill provides that offshore purchases of meat by the Department of Defense for the use of our troops abroad or otherwise shall be charged against the quota applicable to such meat." . A.- I .); .); .); s). Can t A ford Insurance While Im Still In College . We Spring Leafhopper Migration Is Light leaf-hopp- 27 parallel. Additional beet leafhoppers are expected to mature since host plants, which remained green despite unseasonably dry, hot weather, revived under recent Similar dry conditions, rains. however, stunted host plants south of the parallel. Movement to cultivated areas is expected to be light to moderate in central Arizona, southeastemCalifornla, and western nevada; moderate to in southern Nevada, heavy southern and eastern Utah, and western Colorado; light to moderate in central Utah; and light in northern Utah. Weather conditions this past fall and winter were unfavorable of preferred for development host plants in the winter breeding areas of the potato psyllld. Oh Yes We Can! With the New Collegian Program from Country Mutual Life! This brand-nepolicy from CML is available to any college senior from the age of 18 to 30 and only college seniors. Payments during .the senior year are low. This is done by financing the first year's premiums through a bank and it has a special 5th year endowment which will pay off the premiums financed the first year. w rock-botto- m includes a Guaranteed Insurability Option, Accidental Death and Waiver of Premium Riders. It Now there's no reason to wait! Phone your local agent of Country Mutual Life. He's in the Yellow Pages. 629 EAST f V fourth from right, is shown with fellow sponsors of legislation to revise the meat quota import system and reduce by more than one-thir- d the amount of beef imports now of The bill the the first under new rules adopted by the House last week was one country. entering which permits several congressmen to join in sponsorship of a single item of legislation. Rep. Burton urged immediate action on the bill to help bolster declining cattle prices. Pictured are, to r, seven of the twelve sponsors of the bill: Rep. Don H. Clausen Rep. James Rep. Sam Steiger A. McClure Reifel V. Ben Smith Rep. Mark Rep. Burton, Rep. Rep. James and Rep. Robert Price Andrews Rep. Laurence J. Burton self. Surveys in the spring breeding grounds indicate light migrations of beet leafhoppers and potato psyllids to cultivated fields this season, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reports. Beet leafhoppers surveys were 30 to February made January 14, 1967, in desert areas of cental Arizona, southeastern California, southern Nevada, and southern Utah by entomologists of USDA's Agricultural Reseach Service and cooperating States. Unseasonably hot and dry weather was responsible for poor host plant er development, which reduced growth. Beet leafhopper movement to cultivated districts of central Arizona, southeastern Calif onria, western Nevada, and central Utah is expected to be light to moderate. Utah Movement to northern to movement should be light. The southern Nevada, southern and eastern Utah, and western Colorado may be moderate to heavy. A followup survey March 20-indicated that an additional buildup of beet leafhoppers can be expected in areas north of the 34o s 4TH SOUTH SALT j niljt-l-UTAH'14102 LAKE CITY, i PHONE 3 6 4 - 6 5 0 9 |