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Show June, 1970 UTAH FARM BUREAU A FARMERS WIFE The following is written by Mrs. Roger Hueber, secretary of the DeKalb County Farm Bureau Womens Committee in Illinois. She is the wife of a livestock and grain farmer. Here is her explanation of a farmers wife, and as she says, Yes, I'm a farmer's wife and love itH Her day begins with the first peek of dawn and ends when the moon is high in the sky. She's much more comfortable in jeans. They're easier to get over the fence in. She can help sort pigs and cattle, pitch silage, unload bales, feed chickens, drive tractors, and bed sheds. But shell never be an expert at backing up a wagon. She can plow, disk drag, or crimp. She can spread manure, shred stalks, fill a silo, and haul in grain. She can feed three extra men at a moment's notice during harvest and still find time to dash to town for those needed repairs. Shes a wife and mother, mid-wiand errand girl. Shes a homemaker and farmhand, baker, and seamstress. She's a vet, bookkeeper, and secretary. Shes a Sunday School teacher, PTA officer, extension member and choir member. She waves goodbye as the school bus disappears down the road, then mounts the tractor and heads for the field. No one else can remove all those things from her husbands pockets for the wash and still overlook two nails, a ballpoint pen, and that important receipt. She likes the aroma of fresh-bake- d bread, a bouquet of fresh flowers, and the clean smell after a quiet rain. And when he comes in for dinner and nothing has gone right for him she knows hell smile when he gets a piece of four-wheel-ed Flowers on Display At Farmington A glorious Farmington - of view spring flowers now awaits visitors to our Farmington flowdeclared Dr. er field station, Leonard H. Pollard, Utah State "We University horticulturist. especially Invite the public to come and see the really gorgeous display of red, pink, purple and lavender dwarf penstemons now In bloom. Since this Is the largest and most colorful batch of these flowers we ever expect to have, we are providing a special guided tour of the gardens and the plantings at 4 p.m. Monday," he added. He explained that travelers passing by can see these plantings on the west side of highway 89 north of Lagoon. Flower lovers wishing a closer view may enter the field station from highway 106 by turning to the southeast at the junction. Dr. Pollard said other current attractions at the field station are the tall penstemons, various species of lupines and the display gardens created by Otto Relth-ma- n: perennial garden, simulated riverbed garden, a trellis garden growing In a pergola of stone colonnades and a newly created fe Pity the Poor Little Mistreated Consumer They can raise the price of liquor and the only squeal you hear Is from a thirsty public which demands more gin and beer. The same thing with tobacco; they'll pay without a peep, And smoke at least as heavy as they did when it was cheap. You can put a tax on movies; they'll ante up and go. They'll pay a raise with pleasure on things they wear for show, But raise the price of milk! Oh boy! They'll fight with all their breath. They have a growing youngster who is sure to starve to death! They don't ask for bigger wages just to spend it all on milk. They'll show these wicked milkmen their scheming, thieving ilk. They'll march with hoisted banner; they'll cables write, or wire. They'll drag the local dairyman by the whiskers through the mire. They won't mind paying raises on their whiskey, smokes, and silk, But not the slightest fraction will they tolerate on milk. Author unknown (Waikato, New Zealand, Federated Farmers Newsletter Feb. 69) spur-of-the-mom- his favorite pie. She reads the farm magazines so shell know about the newest in herbicides, insecticides, and farm equipment. Shes always there with a listening ear, but leaves the decisionmaking to him. She trusts his judgment. And when her day is all planned and he comes in with How about riding along with me? shes ready to go and leave her plans behind. And in the busiest season shell get so tired that you can hear her whisper, Dear God, its just got to rain. She's Americas greatest career girl. But shes considered an unemployed housewife. She's a farmers wife. Let Thera Be an Ideal Secratary . . . The ideal secretary has been defined many times, but here's how she was described in a U.S. Department of State newsletter: "She should be young enough to start at the lowest salary, but near enough retirement age that no other office will try to take her away; "Able to spell the words I use, but not those of anyone else; "Efficient enough so that she does my work perfectly, but backward enough not to be able to do good work for anyone else; Attractive and cheerful enough to brighten up the office, but not so much that some guy will come along and marry her; "Sensible enough to use good judgment in all her duties, but foolish enough so that if she does marry she chooses a man she has to support and therefore stay on the job.'' Nuggata There once was a farmer named Jed, Who, assessing his failure had said, "Twas the fault of others, (Oh so many others.) Under no circumstances could it be me. I've worked hard and long in the fields. Twas the insects that cut down my yields. And the prices I got for the goods that I bought Were the result of somebodys greed. Though my neighbors done well While Ive gone to hell, Hes cheated, I'm sure youll agree." garden of flowers mingled with cherry wood. Dairy Industry Just imagine an economy living according to these principles Of Region Has ... The Ven Pillars of Economic Wisdom Development Potential "When considering opportuni- ties to provide a more favorable business outlook for the area by Nothing in our material world can come from nowhere or go nowhere, nor can it be free: everything in our economic life has a source, a destination and a cost that must be paid. bringing In new Industry, we ought not to overlook the great potentials for further development of our existing Industries," declared Dr. George E. Stoddard, head, Utah State University Dairy Science De- partment. He referred specifically to the potentials for growth within the dairy Industry of Utah and the Intermountain Region. Currently, there is an ample supply of fluid milk. However, the cheese plants are operating considerably below their capacities and are not able to meet market demands. "The region now has about 500, 000 dairy cows of milking age. These provide an annual farm Income of more than $200, 000, 0C When we consider the Increased value of processing and distribution and the business that Is made for allied Industries , the dairy Industry can be estimated to provide a benefit to the region of more than $500,000,000. "Utah has a prominent place in this regional dairy picture. Gross farm Income from dairy enterprises In Utah amounts to As milk is about $52,000,000. as cheese, Ice processed and sold cream and In other forms, the total value increases to about double Its farm value. Milk and other products are shipped Into the state for processing and many dairy products are shipped to outside markets. Such added business and that which dairying provides for Industries selling feed, supplies and equipment, provide additional income for the state. It is not difficult to defend a total value of the Industry to Utah of more than $100,000,000 annually." Page 5 I I Government is never a source of goods. Everything produced is produced by the people, and everything that government gives to the people, it must first take from the people. The only valuable money that government has to spend is that money taxed or borrowed out of the peoples earnings. When government decides to spend more than it has thus received, that extra unearned money is created out of thin air, through the banks, and, when spent, 'takes on value only by reducing the value of all money, savings and insurance. In our modern exchange economy, all payroll and employment come from customers, and the only worthwhile job security is customer security; if there are no customers, there can be no payroll and no jobs. Customer security can be achieved by the worker only when he cooperates with management in doing the things that win and hold customers. Job security, therefore, s a partnership problem that can be solved only in a spirit of understanding and cooperation. . Because wages are the principal cost of everything, widespread wage increases, without corresponding increases in production, simply increase the cost of everybody's living. greatest good for the greatest number means, in its material sense, the greatest goods Q The for the greatest number which, in turn, means the greatest productivity per worker. productivity is based on three factors: natural resources, whose form, place and 1) condition are changed by the expenditure of 2) human energy (both muscular and mental), with the aid of 3) tools. Q All are the only one of these three factors that man can increase without limit, and tools come into being in a free society only when there is a reward for the temporary self-denithat people must practice in order to channel part of their earnings away from purchases that Q Tools al produce immediate comfort and pleasure, and into new tools of production. Proper payment for the use of tools is essential to their creation. Q3 The productivity of the tools that is, the effi- ciency of the human energy applied in connection with their use-h- as always been highest in a competitive society in which the economic decisions are made by millions of progress- seeking individuals, rather than in a state-plann- ed society in which those decisions are made by a handful of people, reunselfish, singardless of how cere and intelligent those people may be. all-power- ful well-meanin- g, |