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Show August 1975 Utah Farm Bureau News Page 7 Fall farm tours will teach vital facts By Pamela Turner State Womens Committee Chairman period? These are some of the facts you can learn from a farm tour, hosted by county Farm Bureau womens committees. During September, Farm Bureau women in each county will organize a tour of non-farpeople to acquaint them with agriculture production. Visits, depending on the locality, might include a dairy farm, produce farm, beef operation, grain and alfalfa farm, and perhaps an implement dealer. The basic purpose is to let others know the investment farmers have in both money and time to provide this nation with foSd and fiber, and the dedication with which they pursue this goal. A true appreciation of firming is difficult to attain. In my early years of marriage, I couldn t understand the constant concern for how the crops were growing home? Did you know that any profit from a radish crop is dependent upon its being completely harvested within a two- - or three-da- y Essay contest will spotlight free enterprise Free enterprise is the theme of a 1975 essay contest being sponsored by the Utah Farm Bureau womens committee and the Intermountain Farmers Association (IFA). Cash prizes totaling $340 will go to the top three state winners in each of four age categories for the best essays of 1,000 words or less on What the American Free Enterprise System Means to Me. Deadline for submitting essays to county Farm Bureaus will be set by the individual counties, but county winners essays in each of the four age classes are due in the state Farm Bureau office by November 1, 1975. Age divisions are these: Class I - Elementary school Class II - Junior high school Class III - 10th, 11th and 12th grade students Class IV - College students and all other adults The essay should be based on the fact that Americas greatness has resulted from the freedoms that we as citizens enjoy, the contest rules point out. One of the greatest of these freedoms is our opportunity to profit from the fruits of our own initiative, to freely compete with each other. State winners in each of the four classes will receive these prizes: First prize, $50; second prize, $25; third prize, $10. Awards to state winners will be made at the Utah Farm Bureau annual convention at the Salt Lake Hilton hotel on November 20. Each county will determine its own prizes for county winners. Jake Fuhriman, womens advisor on the UFBF staff, points out that adult entries have been scarce in past years and encourages all interested adults as well as people of other ages to get full contest details from their county Farm Bureau or the state Farm Bureau at 5600 S. 360 W., Salt Lake City, Utah 84107. -- A fann tour and developing. Then came the day I was assigned to disc the dry farm I was giving piano lessons to pay for. What an experience! I knew that horses bucked, but not tractors! Each time I turned, the front of the tractor rared up. The finaLstraw, though, was when I blithely drove the tractor and disc through a rock patch. As my husband viewed the broken disc, he decided it would be cheaper and faster to do it himself, and I was fired from my one and only job as a tractor operator. But theres no way of measuring the interest and concern I had in that land Id worked. Suddenly I could understand, in a small way, how farmers feel about their land why they stay in farming despite sometimes unpleasant ana difficult circumstances. The reward comes in seeing a crop youve helped nourish mature to m Did you know that the milk you buy in a carton from the store was cooled to 400 within four minutes after it left the cow? Did you know that a new combine used to cut grain or beans about one month annually costs about the price of a $34,000.00 a successful harvest. wont provide an opportunity to participate in actual production, but it will provide some insight into farming which many town dwellers lack. The individual with an investment of only a lunch bucket in his job will be amazed to find farmers invest usually a minimum of $100, (XX) to earn a living. The housewife unhappy at paying 19c per pound of potatoes will be surprised at the number of steps involved in the growing of those apples of the earth, as the French call them. If youre interested either in hosting a fann tour stop or joining a tour to learn more about agriculture, contact your local Farm Bureau womens committee chainnan. No matter which side of the fence youre on fanning or youll enjoy sitting down ana visiting with folks from the other side. non-farmi- ng Beautify your yard and home with ease BREAD DOUGH ARTISTRY The ancient folk art of bread dough creations is a first cousin to the art of ceramics. The basic difference is that you just bake a bread dough mixture (formed into the desired shapes) inside your own kitchen oven at moderate temperatures. The results are durable collector items which fci & will - 1 be great conversation pieces in your home,. The dough given in our instruction sheet is specially formulated for durability. Yet it's made with only flour, salt and water. Every item pictured here can be made using our instructions. 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Then just assemble them with hammer Even if Pattern cost: and nails. $1 .75 SWING INTHE SUMMER BREEZE Ah glider swing is something every member of the family will enjoy. It's a great relaxer after a hard days work. Any amateur can succeed when he uses the pattern.. old-fashion- ed easy-to-follo- w 'Parts may be cut indoors and taken outside for quick, easy assembly. The pattern lists needed materials and gives sample instruction and illustrations. Pattern cost: $1 .00 Use this order form to obtain patterns and instructions. TO: Utah Farm Bureau News 5300 S. 360 W. Pattern Dept. Salt Lake5 City, Utah 84107 Enclosed is $ for the following Quantity Pattern in check or money order Glider Swing Six Planters Bread Dough Creations Cost Total $1.00 $ 1.75 1.75 |