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Show January, 1966 UTAH FARM Drought Program Secretary of Agriculture Orville L. Freeman offered government-owne- d feed grains to farmers in Utah County, Utah, in which drought in the past several months has reduced feed and forage supplies. Utah County is the fifth county to be designated for the livestock feed program in this State. this season. Under severe drought, flood or similar conditions, the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to make available Commodity Credit Corporation-owne- d feed grains to in affected areas farmers eligible for assistance in the preservation and maintenance of foundation herds and othe eligible livestock. In these circumstances, CCC-own- ed feed grains are offered at reduced prices and in keeping with local support levels for the kinds supplied. The grain, as available, will be offered through the Agricultural and Conservation Stabilization Serve (ASCS) County offices. These offices are charged with responsibility for determining eligibility of producers for assistance. USDA also offered emergency conservation assistance in Washington County, Utah, where farm lands and conservation structures suffered damage because of excessive rainfall and flooding early in Dec. Washington County is the first Utah county to be designated for emergency conservation assistance under the 1967 Agriculture Conservation Program. An allocation of $120,000 of emergency hinds has been made to the Utah State Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation (ASC) The funds will be Committee. administered through the 1967 ACP by the State and CountyCom-mittee- s. ng Page 5 NEWS Time to Evaluate '66 Pest Control Utah County In Cost-shari- BUREAU Effective and timely use of pestwhich keeps you informed as to icides often makes the difference developing insect, pest and weed between profit and loss in many problems, recommended pestifarm operations. Thus, it might cides and pesticide safety prebe well for farmers to take a cautions? Could your county bencareful look at this past years efit from having such a committee? Successful farmers know that problems, suggests Reed S. Roberts, Extension Entomologist, Utah controlling insect pests and weeds State University. Following is an is an essential part of farming, evaluation check list which is Just as much so as any other farm Intended to help the individual operation. farner rate his own control act- ivities. PEST CONTROL CHECK LIST 1. Did you lose more than 10 per cent of any crop this year due to insect pests, mites, rodents or weeds? If so, could you have prevented most of this loss by adand control equate timely & measures? COULD THIS BE YOU? At the beginning of this New Year when we are all making new resolutions, and magazine and insurance salesmen are coming up the lane in their Cadillacs, look out! Salesmanship can be used in many good ways, but it can be deceptive, even to the point of hypnosis by suggestion. Strangers, representing companies unfamiliar to you may have different principles than your home -- town agents. Several of my neighbors and I fell for the line handed us by one salesman, buying policies which sounded like so much better "deal than any local agent could give us. Later we began to hear rumblings and started investigating to find wed bought insurance policies, not really investments as we were led to believe. We went to some local agents to inquire about similar policies with them, only to find we were paying outlandish prices for an insurance policy filled with inapplicable riders. These local boys would write down the figures, premium, cash value, coverage, etc., and sign their names to it, explaining caresalesmen give fully what the different terms mean. The wild figures based on dividends the company might declare, based on what some well-knocompany has done in the past. They wouldnt write these figures down and put a signature on it. Several friends and I went to Topeka and visited with Frank Sullivan, State Insurance Commissioner. He, his attorneys, and office personnel were kind and helpful letting us know they were glad to hear our complaints and answer questions. Upon looking into their files they told us our particular agent was no longer licensed to sell insurance in Kansas. One of his own company papers showed him accepting a trophy for selling $5 million worth of insurance in 1965, "out-of-to- Did insects such as horse flies and mosquitoes reduce milk production or retard gain in weig ht in your livestock this past summer? Could you have prevented this loss? Does your county have an effective mosquito control program? 3. Did you have spray equipment in good working order and recommended pesticides on hand when they were needed? If not, are you now making plans to be ready for the pests when they appear next spring? 4. Does your county have a well organized pest control and pesticide advisory 'committee 2. wn cost could vou Ywoirvev maybe he retired. Every family should have a planned insurance budget and buy in an orderly way, from a local neighbor agent, of a company well established and known to you. Our insurance needs change but we shouldnt salesman sway us to buy policies that dont let the door-to-doDale Bathurst, Talmage - Abilene apply and we dont need. Reflector-Chronicl- e, Kansas. Abilene, or "xholak mscqhht conservation measures to be undertaken in Washington County include restor- ing dykes, irrigation ditches and other irrigation structures, cleaning stream channels, stabilizing stream banks, and relevelling irrigated land. Under ACP the Federal Government shares the cost of conser- vation needed to assure, in the public interest, the wise use, protection, and improvement of soil and water resources on farmlands. conservation asEmergency sistance is in addition to ACP, and can be made available to aid farmers anywhere in the United States when lands are damaged by natural disaster. Annual Meeting In Full Swing Congressman Laurence J. Burton will be the keynote speaker at the Utah County Farm Bureau annual coovention to be held at the Kolob LDS Stake Center in Spring-vlll- e, January 27th. The meeting will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and will include a banquet. The South Box Elder County Farm Bureau will hold their annual meeting on February 2. Morning business meetings will be held at the Tropical Cafe in Brigham City and the banquet will be held at the Corinne War at 7:30 p.m. today's world of frequent claims, it's hard to keep automobile insurance costs low. In order to provide the best In possible service we make every attempt to give a break to the careful, accident-fre- e driver. Still another development in this service is the SCHOLAR'S DISCOUNT". We have found that the High School student who maintains a B average or better is a more careful driver and we will give a discount to those students until they reach age 19. This will replace the driver training discount, which hasn't provided the lower accidentexperience it should. If you have a young driver in your family, see your agent today . about the "SCHOLAR'S DISCOUNT-- utahI Soybean Exports The outlook for soybeans and soybean products indicates that the value of exports in 1966-6- 7 will reach a new record high that will keep them among the nation's top dollar earners a firm member of the billion dollar" club, USDA has predicted. FVRllYl FARM BUREAU uMitance HOME OFFICE uSk wn 6 2 9 EAST 4th SOUTH amvcuii SALT LAKE CITY UTAH |
