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Show Farm City Festival Added to Co. Fair An added attraction to the Sevier County Fair is the Farm City Festival Thursday (Aug. 6) at the Sevier County Fair, according to Garth Ogden, Farm Bureau President. , Twice during the Thur sday program a bag of groceries will be given away. Contestants must be 18 years or older. There will be no raffle, but participants will have to guess the value of the groceries in the bag and the one coming the closest will be the winner. The first guessing contest will take place at noon and the second at 4 p.m. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the American average family eats about 2.5 tons of food a year; 695 pounds of meat and fish; 598 pounds of fruit; 1,136 pounds of dairy products; 1,154 pounds of vegetables and 592 pounds of grain t An products. ad- ditional 592 pounds of poultry is also added to the list. Over the years variety, quality and labeling formation have been inim- proved. Quantity is about the same. Todays average food bill is only 17 percent of disposable income that is I against 23 percnet in 1951. i This is due to the increacsd wages and benefits today. The statistics reflect the ability of the American farmer to maximize yields with new technology, in- cluding crop chemicals. Without chemical crop protection, annual losses would far exceed the $14 billion now lost to insects, weeds, would supply The and disease. Prices soar; quality and would diminish. development of a typical crop protection chemical takes up to eight years and up to $20 million, exluding production facilities. To stress the importance of scientific crop protection, DuPont is distributing posters featuring articles about crops, farming science etc. A.P.R. finance charges Information concerning farming, the advantages of being a part of the Farm Bureau may be secured through Ogden who is part directly for the balance of your contract Garth of Ideal Dairy, Richfield. A wide display of Farm Bureau pamphlets will be distributed, without cost to all Sevier County Fair participants. Among some of the topics available will be Farm Bureau Insurance, farm procedures, farm implements, etc. What the Farm Bureau has done for the benefit of local farmers is beyond any article such as d this for they work with the state and on purchase of any new Case farm tractor C3 Oaiu37 of cfocrgs WAY hand-in-han- federal government agen- cies on behalf of farmers. Thursday, July 30, 1981 L? EQUIPMENT CO. - Richfield South Hwy. 89 JOOOOBBBBQaOBBODqOBBOOOOOBQBCaqOOBOqOCOOOOOOOOaOOBOCBOBSOOOBaOBBBQl TlippHlit to THE RICHFIELD REAPER, ROOSTER VALLEY SHOPPER, SAUHA SUM Page 5 |