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Show August, 1973 ' Utah Farm Bureau News educational material about the advantages of real milk. It looks as though we havaa job to do in teaching consumers about the low fat content of dairy products. FB repeats pesticide essay contest Turn your thermostat up Thermometers or Thermostats -A Matter of Leadership is the theme for Farm Bureau women for 1973. Did you ever think in terms of this theme? In every home, one wall has an instrument which contains two separate dials or meters. One is a thermometer, which measures the room temperature. It tells whether the room is too warm or too cool . . . but the thermometer doesnt do anything about the temperature. The other is a thermostat, and it does something about the room temperature. It gets the message to the heating plant or the cooling plant and takes action, warming the room up or cooling it down. In a nutshell, our theme points out that leadership is the big thing. Many people can see what is wrong with something, but only leaders do something about it. Leaders must be thermostats. Our Mid-YeConference July 0 at B.Y.U. gave us another shot in the arm and made us realize we had better turn our thermostats high and get that thermometer moving to meet our many challenges in agriculture and in the world. Gals, what has your county been doing these past few months since our workshop on our womens projects? About half, though, said adults in their homes were not drinking as much milk as they should. Homemakers thought genuine dairy products are superior to imitations in taste, food value, and absence of harmful additives. Their list of advantages of imitation dairy products included price, calorie count, convenience and keeping characteristics. Were going to do some checking of urban housewives in Utah to see how they compare with the national statistics. In a week or two, material will be coming to you gals in all the counties to help you take surveys in grocery stores, then hand out With national attention focusing on the use of pesticides and their relationship to the environment, this years Utah pesticide essay contest is more timely than ever. All ages of Utah citizens are invited to express their views on the contest Better Environment Through Proper Pesticide Use. A subject: Maximum length for essays in 1000 words. Major purpose of the contest is to remind people of the many benefits man enjoys through the proper use of chemical pest controls. Judging will take place in four age classes: elementary school, junior high school, high school (10th, 11th and 12th grades), and adult. The adult division includes college students in any Utah college or university, who may enter either in county Farm Bureaus and are available from officers there. Each entry should reflect the opinions of the writer. References to other writings may be used to convey basic information. KEEP THE It takes a little muscle And it takes a little grit, GROCERY A little true ambition With a little bit of wit. Its sponsor and supervise the event. They accept the essays as their property and hold rights to reproduce and publish them after entry. Cash awards go to the top three essay writers in each class. First prize is $50, second prize is $25, and third prize is $10. In addition, all winners will be recognized and given their awards at the annual Farm Bureau convention November 28, 1973, at the Hotel Utah in Salt Lake City. Entry in the state contest comes automatically with winning in a county essay contest. Each county Farm Bureau chairman is responsible for seeing that the contest is judged at that level, and for submitting winning essays to the state Farm Bureau office by November 1, 1973. County deadlines are set by the HOW TO Little Things not the biggest things that SHELVES count And make the biggest show. Its the little things that people do That makes this old world go. FULL A little bit of smiling And a little sunny chat, A little bit of courage To a comrade slipping back. Its not the biggest things that count And make the biggest show. Its the little things that people do That makes this old world go. It takes a kindly action And it takes a word of cheer To fill a life with sunshine And to drive away a tear. Its not the biggest things that count And make the biggest show. Its the little things that we may do Of every 20 people In America today, 19 depend on 1 farmer for their food. It's nutritious, tasty food ... and it only costs about 16 cents of dollar. This is a world record, both for low cost and every take-hom- e low number of farmers. the 19 people want that 1 farmer to ke$fp producing food for their grocery shelves, they have to see that he makes a fair living himself. Then they can keep producing the luxuries that give all 20 a pleasant If life. That makes this old world go. - Rachel Van Creme Consumers have a lot of wrong ideas about food. When the USDA surveyed more than 2200 homemakers about the fat content of regular whole milk, 7 out of every 10 thought it contained 20 percent or more fat. The actual figure is about 3.5 percent fat. Many of the women also had a wrong idea about the fat content of ice cream and other dairy products. At the same time, 8 out of 10 consumers said adults should drink at least two glasses of milk a day, the amount USDA recommends. Financial incentive is why that farmer puts in long hours. But today he faces a lot of obstacles to a fair profit: iBans on pesticides Price controls Inflation Fuel shortages Unwanted 'subsidies Export limits Lack of farm labor Other government Restricted predator interference legislation damage control . . . 7 their home county or the county of their college location; farmers; nonfarmers and all other people. The Utah Farm Bureau and Intermountain Farmers Association 19-2- ar Page . It's up to everyone to see that the farmer fias an open market system and a predictable future, so he'll stay on the farm and keep the grocery shelves full. UTAH FARM BUREAU |