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Show Page 2 June 1975 Utah Farm Bureau News meet to feature building leadership skills Mid-Ye- ar Rich county is the site of the 1975 Mid-YeConference for Utah Farm Bureau leaders and members. Sweetwater resort on Bear Lake will open its convention facilities and condominium housing to an expected group of some 200 or more UFBF members for the two-da- y session July 10 and 1 1. Tentative program plans include a second-da- y session sponsored by AFBF on improving leadership skills that in ar Quotes Worth Noting 3 Our Economy in Perspective Our economy is in serious trouble. But KSL believes we should view our problems in perspective. Since 1947, living costs have doubled but weekly earnings have tripled. Average earnings have gone up faster' than prices in 8 of the last h 10 years. And less than of our income goes for food, while some socialist countries spend more than half their pay for food. We have the shortest wprk one-fift- week in history', allowing more leisure time for family, cultural, and religious pursuits. In the early 1900's poverty and disease were widespread in America, and only 2 of every 100 homes had electricity. Today, the average American lives better than kings of centuries past. We have serious economic problems, and we must find solutions. But KSL hopes we will view our problems in perspective. KSL Radio, Salt Lake City t itself would be well worth the trip. But other sessions and the excellent vacation facilities of the Bear Lake area offer more inducement for Farm Bureau families to get away for a long weekend. Led by UFBF vice president Jerold Johnson, discussion of policy issues in small group meetings a yearly feature of the July conference will again kick off policy development procedures for the UFBF. Other possible discussions would focus on often overlooked but vital features of operating a county Farm Bureau, economic services wanted by members, and a motivational talk on leadership. A barbecue and entertainment program is scheduled for Thursday night, July 10. Other recreational activities available are boating, water skiing, camping, fishing and hiking. Several UFBF committees will meet during the two days to discuss the program plans, including Women, Young Farmers and Ranchers, and the policy research committee. Neil Sumsion, UFBF field service director, is in charge of program arrangements, and Jake' Fuhriman is arranging the facilities. OBTAINED A NEW MEMBER? The Sweetwater convention hall offers excellent small- - and rooms for general sessions and discussion groups. large-grou- p meeting These pleasant dining facilities are a highlight of Sweetwater resort, site of the Conference. July 1975 UFBF Mid-Year Schedule set for water pollution hearings in June Utah Farm Bureau Federation director Tom Bingham Eublic policy the dates and places for hearings around Utah on plans for enforcement of water pollution regulations announced by tne Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The hearings are being held so farmers and other interested persons in the various river basins can hear discussion on how the enforcement will affect them. A recent court decision ruled that the EPA does not have the authority to exempt small livestock and poultry operations from the regulations formerly enforced only with bigger opera- tors. June hearings are as follows: June 10 - Sevier River Basin, field, Rich- 1:00 p.m., High School Little Theater. - Virgin River Basin, St. George, 10:00 a.m.. Sun Room, Dixie June College. June 11 17 - Bear River Basin, Logan, .10:00 a.m.. Room 225, Student Union Building, U.S.U. The bakers are rolling in dough Its that time of year again The page 2 story in this issue on the Mid-YeConference signals the beginning of the annual policy development process in Farm Bureau. This means its time for Farm Bureau members to take a close look at current policy positions of their organization. . .survey the present situation regarding the many issues that concern them. . .give serious thought to possible solutions to problems. . .discuss their ideas with their neighbors. . .and be ready to make their input into the process by which FB policies are decided on local, state and national levels. PD is one of the most important activities in which Farm Bureau engages. It is the means by which members speak their opinions and register them in a way that can result in action being taken in accordance with those opinions. If an idea has merit, it can be pressed into fulfillment through the force of organized effort. Police Development by members is the backbone of Farm Bureau. The importance of the individual member in Farm Bureau is highlighted here in a way that no other farm organization can match. Farm Bureau positions are not decided by any heirarchy in the organizational structure. Policies even on the state and national levels gravitate upward from level of individual members. the grass-roo- ts It all starts at the county FB annual meeting where policy positions on local issues are determined and recommendations on state and national issues are formulated. All ideas are refined by open discussion until they represent the majority opinion of those participating. State and national recommendations proceed to the state convention for additional kneading by debate and compromise to reach representative positions. State policies are determined there, and recommendations on national issues go to the American Farm Bureau Federation where the process is repeated. The result is positions that reflect a studied majority view. And each one began with an individual's contribution on the local level. unity comes about when people decide together on a course of action. Members will support policies which they helped develop. Farm Bureau is strengthened in proportion to the number of members taking part. ; The announcement of the beginning of the annual PD season is also an earnest invitation to all members to get involved. Instead of complaining about what they should do to solve your problems, why not change the pronouh from third person (they) to first person (we) and get after it. Farm Bureau provides the vehicle for transmitting your message to the place where it needs to be heard. If. it merits the support of your fellow FB members and prevails, it will move tovvard implementation. Adapted from Texas Agriculture ar Honest-to-goodne- ss Those of you who recall the scare a few months back from bakers that bread prices would reach $1 per loaf because of anticipated strained wheat.supplies might like to know that bread did not come even halfway close to that mark business. and that there apparently is some real dough in the dough-makin- g In a report issued recently by the American Bakers Association, wholesale bakers more than doubled their profit percentage on bread last year at a time when those same bakers were telling us to limit wheat exports because wheat was supposedly scarce. Wheat producers were telling us that there was plenty of grain in storage, and that proved to be accurate. Dough was there all the time. The baking industry in 1974 wholesaled a loaf of white bread for an average 32.1 cents a pound, and their bakers say ihe pretax profit was 1.51 cents a loaf or 4.7 percent of the selling price. Profit was the highest recorded in industry surveys from 1966 through 1974. Since that survey was taken, the price of wheat has dropped significantly without any corresponding drop in retail bread prices. According to the survey, the cost of wheat and all other ingredients in one pound of bread averaged 10.85 cents a loaf in 1974. Producers of farm commodities are not the ones rolling in the dough. The wolf cry about a wheat storage is another lesson on the type of spokesman consumers should listen to. The farmer has by far the best record of predicting crop supplies and market possibilities. They absorb all information available, most information that does not appeal to other consumers. of it production-basin- g Producers production plans are based on information from government and university agricultural specialists, farm organizations, farm broadcasters and rural publications that quote the experts. Next time you want an accurate account of what is hapening with your food supply, listen closely to the man who produces it or to his designated spokesman. He has the reliable record. one-pou- nd py yje porg Iowa Farm Bureau Federation POSTMASTER: Please City, Utah 84102. send Form 3579 to Utah Farm Bureau, 629 East Fourth South, Salt Lake Published each month by the Utah Farm Bureau Federation at Salt Lake City, Utah. Editorial and Business Office, 629 East Fourth South, Salt Lake City, Utah 84102. Subscription price of subscription price: fifty cents per year to members Is included In membership fee. One dollar per year. Non-memb- er Second Class postage paid at Salt Lake City, Utah UTAH FARM BUREAU FEDERATION OFFICIALS Elmo W. Hamilton, Riverton Jerold N. Johnson C. Booth Wallentine Elwood Shaffer President .Vice President Executive Vice President Editor Frank Nishlguchl, Garland; William Holmes, Ogden; Jack Brown, Grants-vlll- e; Edward Boyer, Sprlngvllle; John Lewis, Montlcello; Stuart Johnson, Aurora;-KennetR. Ashby, Delta; Mrs. Paul Turner, Morgan; Robert Johnson, Randqlph. DIRECTORS: h |