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Show THE SAN JUAN RECORD, Thursday, November 13, 1980 - Page 8 Since early September, market reports have included local and other information that they did not previously have on auctions and on supply, demand and movement and volume of commodities. Green Thumb provides market information via TV computer After working on his farm all day, Howard Martin turned on his home television to get the latest prices and trading figures lor grains. Within minutes, he phoned his broker to cancel an order he had made that morning. Market conditions had so I that changed enough really would have regretted not cancelling that large order to sell, he said. For the first time, I realized how important it is to have timely market information and quick access to it. I Howard Martin is a cash grain farmer who has 2,000 acres in Kentucky. Like 199 other farmers from Todd and Shelby counties, he is getting commodity, weather and other information about agriculture every day from a special to his computer system hook-u- p set. home television . The system is caUed Green Thumb after a portable Green Thumb box ( a memory unit) that retrieves data from a puter hook-u- p and TV sets. com- to home telephone The pilot project is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Agricultures Science and Education Administration, the Kentucky Co- operative Extension Service, and the U.S. Department of Commerce National Weather Service. In the system, a farmer using a selected code for the type of information he wants, calls the county extension office and is connected to a there that receives information from a computer at the University of Kentucky College of Agrimicro-comput- er culture. This system is the first project of its kind anywhere in the country and is a unique and val- uable decision-makin- g tool for said Howard Leh-ne- rt of the Science and Education Administraion Extension. He helped conceive the idea and nurtured its development. Day or night, farmers can get information at home from data sources throughout the country, he said. agriculture, According to Lehnert this is more than just a computer dis -semination system for the farm. It is a demonstration of new technology, of electronics that has worked like a charm. It has limitless possibilities for business and commercial use because it is portable and less ex- than other view data systems, he said. The first commodity information in the system was the regional market report from the Chicago Board of Trade and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. pensive The new information is being supplied by the USDAs Agricultural MarketingService. Drawing on its nationwide commodity network system, the marketing agency evenutally will provide farmers using the system with national reports from many other markets. The National Weather Service primarily provides short-terand extended forecasts weather radar maps. m Food Safety and Quality Service has been providing home economics and nutrition information since May. Extensions Green Thumb project is the real wave of technology of the future an extenFor agricul- ture, it will mean more productivity. For farmers, it is the first logical step toward more comprehensive use of other computers that will help farmers and other consumers in their decision making. Utah per capita income low, taxes high says UTA Per capita personal Income in Utah is lower than all but five states while the percent of income taken in state and local taxes is higher than 36 states, according to the Utah Taxpayers Association. In a study of census bureau figures just released, the tax watchdog organization revealed that in 1979, the average Utahns income ranked 45th of the 50 states while the percent of that relatively small amount of income left after state and local In other taxes ranked 14th. is reltax burden Utahs words, our while earnings atively high are relatively low, the UTA said. Utah state and local taxes took 11.19 percent of personal income in 1979 while the national average was 10.64 pecent. Alaska was high, taking 22.69 percent of personal income in state and local taxes while Texas was low, extracting only 10.64 percent of earnings. Only five states Mississippi, Arkansas, Alabama, Maine, and - have lower per capita personal income than Utah yet four of these states (the southSouth Carolina -- tax ones) have rock-botto- m burdens when compared with the rest of the nation. Their small tax burdens help compensate for Not so in Utah, low earnings. ern the Taxpayers Association reported. In 1978 Utah ranked 19th nationally in the amount of state and local tax collections per $1,000 of personal income. The Beehive state has jumped to 13th place in the 1979 figures. Governments in Utah collected $126.65 in taxes for every $1,000 of income in 1978. That figure increased to $128.18 in 1979. Nationally, the figure dropped from $127.53 in 1978 to $120.29 in 1979. Pesticide State The applicant may be specialist. to renew his license at required a need to inis if any time there sure a continuing level of competency and ability to use Desti-cidsafety and properly due to Beckstrand, 1 4-- sion agent said. In order for applicators to use it is Restricted Pesticides to become them for' necessary certified in the proper use of pesticides according to Joseph es and Extension specialists at the University of Kentucky now are providing reports on agricultural economics and occurrence of pests. Local extension offices are preparing information on H and other community activities. The Pesticide applicators must recertify every five years changing technology. The Utah Pesticide ControlAct states that every five years every Commercial, and Private applicator must be recertified before thay can be licensed to purchase restricted pesticides. During the months of November, December, January, and February, recertification classes will be taught by the Extension Service and the Department of Anyone who was Agriculture. certified during the year 1976, Non-Commerc- ial, and required to take one of these courses to become certified. During the past five years, well over have been 600 applicators trained and certified for proper use of res triced pesticides. As a result of attendance at training programs, users of pesticides are far more concerned about personal and worker safety drift, calibration, and potential environmental problems. Applicators have favorably accepted the training that has been provided to date and are now readditional training. questing to Mr. Beckstrand reAccoring V V i certification training will include more detailed training than was initially covered. Anyone desiring further information regarding certification to apply pesticides should contact Mr. Joseph Beckstrand at State Laboratory Building, Salt Lake City, Utah 84114. 533-59- 16, Veteran education checks upped Bigger checks for veterans training under the GI BiU in Colorado, and Utah was one of the provisions of a law to increase veterans benefits signed by the President on October 17. A 10 percent increase in educational aUowances was made possible by the Veterans Reand Education habilitation of 1980. Education checks which were due November 1, will include a 5 percent boost. The balance of the 10 percent hike will be reflected in checks due next Feb- dropped in relation to income. The picture is not favorable, the UTA said. Between fiscal years 1978 and 1979 Utahs per capita taxes have increased more than twice the rate of the nation while our growth in per capita personal income has lagged behind the national average. Utahs state and local taxes per person increased 10.6 percent while the U.S. average increased only 5.2 percent. At the same time, per capita personal income grew 9.0 percent in the Beehive state and 11.7 percent in the nation. or before, will be notified by mail more than the October check. Beginning February 1981, these students will get $342, or a boost of $31 over their October checks. Monthly payments for veterans wiU be increased as follows: Veteran with one dependent $370 to $389 in November and to $407 in February; Veterans with two dependents, from $422 to $443 to $464. For each additional dependent, the extra allowance will rise from $26 to $27 to $29. ruary 1. Payment for training taken after January 1 will include the full 10 percent increase. Single veterans who are full- time students should receive a November check of $327-- $ 16 slfSggBOnau CHICAGO Novembe'r MARKETS Wheat 14-- 16 ROBERT WL MORGAN SPECIAL OF TIIE WEEK $6.25 Beans $28.00 THIS WEEKS on personal income, Utahs state income taxes are Uth highest of the fifty states, property taxes are 25th highest and sales taxes are 8th highest. Based SPECIALS!!! Utahs state and local taxes have been increasing faster than our ability to pay while nationally, state and local taxes have Rebate from Polaroid 24.99 WESTCL0X DROWSE II C0NTAC Cold Capsules 10s Value 2 54 CONTAC 35 ROLL Blanding Dialite Electric Alarm Clock Drowse Buttons Lighted Dial Value 16 79 CITY DRUG HOME CENTER 678-22- 36 , and MANY OTHER SAVINGS!!! BLANDING N. Hwy. 163 Final Price 73 N. Main f 5 Monticello, Utah 1 i |