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Show January 1969 Pa9e 7 UTAH FARM BUREAU NEWS Bennett Protests Grazing Fee Increases , Seeks Public Hearing I Senator Wallace F. Bennett, Dec. 13th strongly protested to the Secretaries of Agriculture and Interior against proposed grazing fee Increases as high as 400 per cent which he said "would have a disastrous effect on the economies of ranchers and their communities throughout Utah and the West. The Utahn also called for public hearings to be held in the western states as well as in Congress and requested the Departments to postpone implementation of the new rates until such hearings were held. "In addition, the public Land Review Commission curLaw rently is studying fees and charges on public lands. The results will be available June 30, 1970, and until that time no new radical fee changes should be made, R-Ut- ah, part of the group attending the 50th annual convention of the Utah Cattlemen's Association. This is Cattlemen Discuss Grazing Fee Hike and Trespass Law Grazing fees and trespass laws were the main subjects of conversation during the 50th annual conversation during the 50th annual convention of the Utah Cattlemen's Association held at the Ramada Inn, Salt Lake City, on December 6 and 7th. C.W. McMillan, executive vice president of the American National Cattlemen's Association, warned cattlemen that if the proposed hike in fees is enacted it will force out of business many of those who were in the audience. A.D. Finaly, retiring' president of the association, urged Utah cattlemen to actively support changes in the trespass laws of Utah, to penalize trespassers with the loss of hunting and or fishing licenses as part of their penalty. He stated that all Utah privately owned lands should be closed to hunting unless otherwise posed, in direct opposition to the law which now reads they are, "Open unless otherwise properly posed.' Dr. Glen L. Taggart, president of Utah State University, pledged the continued support of the college in research into "the relationship of factors which might influence the eating qualities of beef." outlined other departmental work being done at USU which should and will help Utah cattlemen, and said, "I can assure you USU considers itself to be your research and educational arm and to the opportunity welcomes Other convention speakers included State Senator Warren Pugh and Joseph Tudor, public lands counsel from Washington, D.C. More than 60 UFB members attended the AFBF convention in Kansas City lat month. Part of the group is pictured here waiting to board the plane. Management lands over the next 10 years is exorbitant and completely out of line with the results of Federal studies to determine the true economic facts of operating on public lands. In separate letters to Agricultural Sec. Orville Freeman and Interior Sec. Stewart L. Udall, Sen. Bennett said, "If the increased grazing fees go into effect, Utah ranchers would lose about $850,000 in annual net Income. "Since in essence grazing permits are capital assets, the Utah ranchers' capital losses would be about $33 (m) million. In ad- - (Utah Etairymen Rlgjjn 3-St- 7our in ale He serve you. he said. Sen. Bennett explained, "The proposal of these Departments to increase grazing fees by an average 250 per cent on U.S. Forest Service Lands and an average 375 per cent on Bureau of Land Some of the most fea- up-to-d- ate tures in modern dairying will be viewed by Utah Dairymen and their wives participating in an extension tour by bus to dairy farms in Nevada, California and Arizona according to John February 5, IFeb. The first visit is at a 1200 cow dairy farm in Nevada before stop at making the first over-nig- ht Las Vegas. Throughout the week a number of different dairy oper- ations will be viewed. "Traveling by chartered buses we will be able between stops to evaluate and discuss the feasibility for Utah of the various practice J. Barnard, extension dairyman, and facilities that we see. The Utah dairy couples will also have Utah State University. an opportunity to get better acquainted and exchange ideas, He said, "Wherever possible, Bernard said. we are encouraging couples to go. During the tour, attention will It is Important that the dairy wives focus on dairy cattle housing, also .see and understand the changes milking parlors, feeding systems that are taking place in the busmilking practices, automation and iness of operating a dairy farm. mechanization, waste disposal We feel this is an important and systems, raising replacements, rare opportunity to see and eval- market potentials, efficient labor uate some of the things that utilization, farmstead appearances and consumer relations. Extradairymen are doing in other localities to meet the challenge of curricular features of the tour for change that confronts the Industry. interest and relaxation include a show at Las Vegas, visit toDisney-lan- d, By thus broadening their perspectives Utah dairy couples will be smorgasbord at Palm much better prepared to deal with Springs, jaunt into Mexico and visit of Glen Canyon Dam. problems of the future. Reservations for the tour are to Barnard pointed out that this be made with the county extension tour is being arranged through agents by January 10. The agents the USU Conferences and Institmay be contacted for further in utes Division. Buses will begin formation. Some extension agents - - where the county dairy program loading in northern Utah early warrants it - - will be selected Monday morning, February 10, to and will proceed south through the participate in the tour, Barnard tour state picking up the members. indicated. 10-1- ditlon, in the secondary sectors of the economy, community losses could reach $1.7 (m) million annually in Utah. Sen. Bennett said, "I feel that new Administration taking the office in January should have an opportunity to study this suggested Increase which could have a far reaching destructive effect upon the West. Therefore, I strongly urge that any decision on new fee rates be postponed until full public hearings have been conducted in the western states and in Congress to determine what effect the proposal will have on the economies of sheepmen, cattlemen, and the many western communities that depend on livestock production. Irrigation Water Carries Many Plant Nutrients "Why is it that nltrogren and phosphorous are about the only fertilizer we need to apply in Utah? Dr. Paul D. Christensen, FARM BUREAU MUTUAL FUND, INC. Investing in Common Stocks for Long Term Growth For Farm Bureau Robert Turley Robert Turley has been named manager of the Intermountain Farmers Association feed mill operation at Draper, according to John Roghaar, general manager. He succeeds Egill Olafsson, who has been transferred to the general office, 1800 South West Temple, in Salt Lake City, to work on the formulation and pricing of all feeds at all mills operated by the Intermountain Farmers Association operation. Turley joined IFA several months back after working with the Olson Egg Company in the Los Angeles area. He has been doing field service work for IFA. The new IFA feed mill at Draper is one of the most modern and efficient in Utah. It was just completed last spring after a fire which burned down the old mill at Draper., Mail to Members Only Egill Olafsson I YOU BUY DIRECT I FBMF has i no salesmen -- so you pay no commissions qntwffiM3uaaK3BBP I I I gU5n (jpagGgjfiift Scudder Fund Distributors, Inc., 174, Chicago, Illinois 60690 Gentlemen: Please send me a Farm Bureau Mutual Fund Prospectus Lock Box NAME I I ADDRESS t CITY L ex- tension soil scientist with Utah State University, explained that Utah Irrigation waters contain substantial amounts of a number of plant nutrients. These are: potassium, calcium, magnesium, sulfur, boron and chlorine. He said that crops require rather large amounts of potassium. But so far, in all but a few Isolated instances, our soils and waters have supplied these crop needs. "Rivers such as the Jordan, lower Bear River, lower Sevier and some other Utah streams furnish such an abundance of this essential element that farmers using them for Irrigation are not likely to ever have to add potassium to Christensen noted. He added, be"Similarly, cause of the high lime content of our soils and the relatively large amounts of calcium and magnesium in the Irrigation waters, there is little reason to expect that we will ever need to add these elements in fertilizer. Likewise, the sulfur needs of our crops are being satisfied by the sulfur in the water and in the soil. Also, more than adequate amounts of boron and chlorine in our irrigation water indicates little likelihood that deficiencies will ever occur in our crops. In fact, a is not likely problem of excess than one of deficiency. STATE ! |