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Show The Farmer's Share of Food Costs as marketing. About three -fourths of the rise in retail food costs in 1975 went to the marketing spread and only the remaining fourth found its way back to the farm. Each time food is purchased, remember: The farmer gets less for growing and raising food than those who handle it between be-tween his fields and its retail sale to consumers. For example: A Great Plains wheat farmer who buys a loaf of bread finds the consumer price Is some eight times greater than what he received for the wheat that went into the loaf. Just the labor cost of getting the loaf from the bakery to the retail store is more than he received from the wheat. A Northeast dairy farmer who buys a cone of ice cream finds its cost is some five times greater than what he received re-ceived for the milk. Out of a 25-cent cone, the farmer gets 5 12 cents. In 1960 when a cone was a nickel, the farmer received half. The average share the farmer received from each dollar spent on food in 1975 was 42 cents, with the remainder going to the "marketing spread" the cost added between the farm and the retail point of sale to the consumer. Out of every dollar spent on certain foods, here's how it was divided in 1975: WATERMELON EATING COYOTES Two scientists with the Department of Zoology at the University of Arkansas have found that coyotes and wild dogs may be changing their diets in that state. Stomach samples were taken from coyotes, coyote-dog hybrids and wild dogs between July 1969 and February 1972. Although the study showed these wily animals to be eating less small domestic livestock, poultry still made up 37 percent of the average diet. In descending order, the next most common foods were persimmons (21 percent), rodents (9 percent), song birds (9 percent), insects (9 percent), cattle (8 percent), deer (7 percent), rabbits (6 percent), woodchucks (4 percent), goats (3 percent) and watermelons (3 percent). SUCKER BAIT ' Fishing season is just around the corner and that makes a lot of people happy, including a great many businessmen. The American Fishing Tackle Manufacturers Manu-facturers Association reported that Americans spent more than $5 billion on fishing in 1974. Some 37 million men and women who fish regularly (three or more times a year) spend an average of $7 per day when fishing. Nationwide, the association estimates 60 million Americans take at least one fishing trip a year. Some take as many as 30 trips. Less than ten percent of the money spent is on fishing tackle. The vast majority of capital is paid out for boats, tents, clothing, bait, guides, food, lodging, transportation trans-portation and "miscellaneous." X Cornflakes 90 910 White Bread 12 (Wheat) 88 Canned Corn 14 .86 Frozen Peas 20 80 Margarine 33 67 Potatoes 34 66 Beef 64 36 Eggs 66 34 B E A v E " rTr" Trs r ri fT I CdDoursDirif If 1 I If it I Published at Milford. Utah 847' iT l 226 South Main, Milford, Utah 84751 "Copr." Beaver County News -19" Office Phone 387-2881 v t . SUBSCRIPTION RATES IN ADVANCE 'UrJfcS $6.00 Per Year In Beaver County $7.00 Out of the County MWAL COPY DEADLINES -MONDAY NOON f!- Except 1,en holidays fat, on t,,e firs, threedays of ,e ,eek en ai, Ue.lnes ,, forward one full working day to Saturday noon. 01H Entered In the Miirord Post Office neatr,nn. .. . . ' ' & ce. Ileaxer County, I tah M7D1. Seron(, Cass f &jf , Editor and Publisher N F ,, VVJV ' Business Manager and Co-Publisher bonnt S" felQ Wilson , r$FftiH CORRESPONDENTS: -"7C Milford in Motion 387-2787 South Milford - 387-2612 T x Mir.ersville 386-2161 Meier, Slllins houaC Beaver - 438-2341 D;sGfhs (&6W)) Snake Valley n , ' Osborn XspprX ... j xl , T , Bey WiHiams H5SK Under the Lemon Tree n js -arol S. Lerr.on Sr'i976V I pledge allegiance to the fl ic nf n V for which it stands; one nation under God SXM f America and to the Hepul.llc !. .,, I,,,,,,,, ,,.''''e. Ul'"ty and Justice for all. : I "As resources become scarce, the value of the dollar pyramids. But when no resources are left, the dollar cannot be eaten, will keep no one warm, will not house people or put clothes on their backs, nor will the dollar add much to the country's beauty." Ernest Swift in "Countdown to Survival" From their smaller share of the food dollar, farmers must pay all costs of ' production, meet living expenses and pre pare for the future. I Food prices continued to climb last year, up about 8 12 over 1974. But food remained a consumer bargain, taking only 13J of disposable income for food i eaten at home and a total 17.2, including retaurant meals. How did the farmer fare? Not as well |