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Show November, 1968 UTAH FARM BUREAU Page NEWS 7 Without Clippers Shearing Sheep Painlessly man from the city, with few a minutes instruction, just took the fleece from a quickly at the demonstration a in sheep of U.S. Department Agricultures Research Center, Beltsvllle, Md. He duplicated a job now performed only by highly skilled sheep without clippers. He shearers merely grabbed a handful of wool at a time, and rolling his wrist along the sheeps skin, he puUed off the fleece without strain on himself, discomfort to the sheep, or wastage of wool. This innovation was made possible by biologist Dr. Ethel H. Dolnick and colleagues in USDAs Agricultural Research Service. The sheep was dosed with an experimental chemical, previously used mainly in cancer therapy. Medical scientists at the National Cancer Institute and the Hazleton Laboratories found that the drug, aimed at stopping cell growth in tumors, also interrupted cell growth in hair roots, causing test subjects, including sheep, to lose A young the stronger, safer, cheaper tire. Tires have changed you've noticed that. Most tires are better than they used to be. But most are more expensive, too. Put a set of tires on anything bigger than a compact and you can usually count on running $200 before you get out of the tire shop. Then you can expect to get from 14,000 to 18,000 miles before it's time to go back for another set. Not the Unico Mark IV. You can put a set of these beauties on an average car for less than $120 and run them up to 40,000 miles. Built of strong polyester cord bodies, these tires use a tough polybutadene rubber that has 31 6 inch more tread than the best of the competition. The Mark IV is a lot stronger than the competition, too. You can count of these babies for strength, too. The tough-minde- d guarantee promises performance from these premium tires. The tire delivers or else. Nobody would write a guarantee like that unless they expected darn few tires to come back for replacement. se nearest Intermountain Farmers plant to qualify That's the reason the Utah Farm Bureau has adopted the Unico Mark IV and its strong, safe, for the low Farm Bureau price which includes mounting and balancing. A man would have to be crazy not to take advantage of a deal like that. Use the program it only makes cents. inexpensive brothers for their tire program. All you need to do is show your Farm Bureau membership card at the their hair or wool temporarily. In sheep, Dr. Dolnick says, the chemical causes a ringlike constriction in each wool fiber beneath the skin surface. The constriction moves up from the bulb of each wool fiber as it grows, and in 6 to 7 days reaches a position just below the skin surface. At that point the fiber breaks easily and the entire fleece can be separated at the skin leaving the sheep completely bare. If the fleece is left on longer than 7 days, the constriction grows out above the skin surface, so that after fleece removal, a short coat of new wool protects the skin, much as in shearing. unlike Chemical defleeclng, and not nicks leave shearing, does has Wool on the skin. cuts grown back normally on sheep chemically defleeced at Beltsvllle, regardless of the Interval allowed between dosing the sheep and removing the wool. Further stun dies are necessary to determine whether this type of defleeclng causes chemical residues in the meat or alters wool growth or quality. The cost of this experimental treatment has not yet been worked out in dollars and cents, but its practical advantage is indicated. Professional sheep shearers wages are several times as high as those paid unspecialized farm workers. Moreover, few trained men at any wage are available at the peak of the spring shear- ing season. Pulling wool is not as unnatural as it sounds. For example, American buffalo lose big clumps of long winter hair each spring; Angora rabbits are conventionally by plucking without chemicals; and most sheepmen know individual cases of partial fleece loss in sheep after severe illness, parasitism, or grazing on shrubs containing chemicals that act like those being tested. de-halr- ed Farm costs reach record high as parity ratio falls to 73 UTAH AGRICULTURAL MARKETING ASSOCIATION Prices paid by farmers rose to an high in October, USDA reported on October 30. The Department said that the index of prices paid by farmers including taxes, interest, and farm wage rates rose three base period during the points to 358 percent of the 1910-1- 4 month ended October 15. This is 14 points higher than a year all-ti- ago. Rules Proposed For States to Select Land As a result of increased prices paid by farmers and the drop in prices received, the parity ratio fell two points to 73. Thu is 50 points below the all-tihigh established in October, me 1946. Many pensions thrown away Senator WASHINGTON, D.C. h) has anFrank E. Moss nounced that the Department of Interior is proposing changes in their regulations to permit western states, for the first time, to select unsurveyed public lands in satisfaction of claims for school grants. Senator Moss said that among the largest school section claims still outstanding are those held in Utah about 200,000 acres. (D.-Uta- rs Until recently, Federal law per- tax-shelter- ed mitted States to select surveyed lands only. The change in the law specifies, however, that lands selected by the States must be surveyed within five years after their selection has been approved by the Secretary of the Interior. Senator Moss said of the proThe Department posed change: of Interior wants to adopt procedures which will meet the State selection needs and at the same - time hold down costs of surveying and processing. tax-exem- An econom- ical system will permit more ra- pid satisfaction of grants, which under law are used by the States for the benefit of their school systems. (Editor's Note: The following article appeared in the Bay City Michigan Times recently. It reports that many people aren't taking advantage of the Keogh Act.) Millions of self employed persons are throwing away pension money because they either are unaware of a federal program or are too disinterested to take advantage of it, according to Washington and banking officials. Latest U.S. Labor Department figures show about 7.2S million self employed persons, S.l million of them nonagricultural workers. Under the Keogh-SmatheAct in force since January 1, 1963, all of them could enjoy the same tax advantages as corporate employees covered retirement or pensions plans. by employer-finance- d But millions of them, probably because they haven't heard about the Act, are missing a chance to build pensions, said a New York banker. To qualify for a Keogh Act Retirement Plan, the only basic requirement is that your income be derived from performances of personal services, i.e. doctors, lawyers, beauticians, plumbers, florists, farmers, artists, cab drivers, free lance writers, and storekeepers. Such a plan offers three major tax advantages: (1) an income tax deduction each year you contribute to the funcf; (2) the priVitegfc Of putting your money in a trust, in which all earnings and realized gains are reinvested for tax-fre- e compounding over a period of years; and (3) a lower tax on money you take out on retirement than on a similar amount set aside without benefit of the Act. Under the Keogh Act you can put 10 percent of your annual earned income, up to $2,500, into a retirement fund and get a tax deduction on every penny. For example, if you make $12,000 per year, you can set aside $1,200 toward retirement and deduct the full amount from your taxable income. A plan can be adopted at any time and retirement money can be drawn at any time between the ages of 59 Vi and 70 Vi, at which time it will be taxable to the extent that it represents your deductible contributions. You also can make withdrawals before reaching 59Vi, without being penalized, but only in the event of disability. There are four ways one can go about setting up a Keogh Act retirement plan: (1) signing up for a special type of annuity contract or retirement income policy with a life insurance company; (2) investing in U.S. treasury retirement income bonds designed for this specific purpose; (3) purchasing mutual fund shares and leaving them in bank custody; and (4) opening one of the several types of trust accounts, tailored to Keogh Act requirement and offered by many banks. Farm Bureaui Mutual Fund , Inc . Senator Moss said that the proNet Asset Values (NAV) For posed amendment to the regulaFethe tions is being published in Week Ending November 6 deral Register. Any comments, NAV Date suggestions or objections to it 30 can be submitted within days Thursday, Oct. 31 $ 3.36 after publication in the Register to the Director, Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior, Washington, D. C. 20240. 1 Friday, November I Monday, November 4 Tuesday, November 5 $13.32 $13.30 Wednesday, November 6 Market closed $13.27 pt full-servi- ce |