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Show Page 8 UTAH FARM BUREAU July 1966 NEWS 50 Ideas (Continued from page 2) Special markets for farms that have been In the same family for 120 years. Write a history of each farm. Put special placards on buildings 120 years old. a pioneer club for' Organize members of families that have been in the county since it was organized. Encourage planting of sego lilies, the state flower, and blue spruce, state tree.Have a pioneer costume dance. Organize a community-wid- e using picnic, pioneer games and pass-time- s; Local stores could set up a Utah products section. special Have a fire-wor- ks display. Have a sesqulcentennial party. Bulld a log cabin, usingploneer Ask a family to live techniques. in a log cabin and live like 7 pioneers (as far as possible), and f report on their experience. Have a public speaking contest on I "120 Years of Utah Progress." Have a square dance in some- j one's barn. Have a display J of. "modern pioneer handicrafts. V Speak up for Utah whenever I and wherever visit. Utah history discussions you En-coura- ge in church meetings. This is the FARM BUCK. It's like no other money in our economy today. Farmers buy at retail and sell at wholesale, which isn't good business. The goods farmers buy go up with increased costs of living, higher wages, etc. The goods farmers sell stay the same year after year, except when they get lower. Farmers manage a large capital investment, larger than many of the businessmen in town and they get a lower return, usually, than if they were to put their money in the bank and let it earn interest Farmers are caught in the inflationary vise. The money they receive for their products will buy less each year, e The squeeze is one of the main concerns of Farm Bureau. Farm costs hit an high this last April while farm prices are now below 80 per cent of parity. Farm Bureau members asked for and got a Farm Bureau buys tires in carload lots at big savings and passes the savings on to you. These tires are top quality we won't apologize a bit for them. And you'll save money with every tire you buy. If you're not one of the lucky people using this program, call your county Farm Bureau presi- e dent today. It will take a little pressure off the squeeze. After all, it only makes cents. all-tim- cost-pric- cost-pric- e1 - I Farm Bureau Mutual Fund, Inc . Net Asset Values (NAV) For Week Ending June 29, 1966 NAV Date $10.72 Thursday, June 23 24 10.74 June Friday, 27 10.67 June Monday, 10.60 Tuesday, June 28 10.48 June 29 Wednesday, Net asset value is quoted daily in the Wall Street Journal and other major newspapers. I (4 Farm Programs Have Not Solved Farm IM BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE. My new cattle feeding operation required a big investment and also T some big borrowing. It'll be some jl time before I'm really independent. : But my business isn't the only thing I think about there's my family Just getting started too. If anything happened to me both my business I : and my family would be hurting. I That's where the "Estate Creator" h" policy from Country Mutual Life comes in. My decreasing term policy gives me $80,000 in initial protection at my age of 28. My monthly payment is only $13.11. Later on when my business is gocan convert part or all ing well m. Problems si The core of what has been the farm problem is a problem of adjusting to change. Agriculture is undergoing a technological revolution that shows no sign of coming to an end. Advancing technology has greatly increased the amount of land, capital, and managerial skill that is needed for a successful farming operation and is continuing to do so. Improvements in farming methods have vastly increased farmers cash outlays for purchased supplies and equipment, and their vulnerability to increases in the prices of such items. The nature of the market is also changing, both in terms of consumer demand for farm products and in terms of the competitive impact of substitute products. called x GOVERNMENT farm -- $ 4 I of my policy to any other policy issued by Country Mutual Life without a medical examination any time the policy is still in force. needed a lot of protection at a 44. low cost and that's what the "Estate Creator" gave me. It's true that Country Mutual Life's policies are o Ati4iT:isi I pro- grams generally have been designed to impede change. This is a defeatist attitude which wastes valuable resources and perpetuates farm problems instead of designed with people in mind! I solving them. The government supply-manageme- nt approach advocated by the present Administration is based on a restrictionist philosophy which was originally adopted under the distressed conditions of the Great Depression. When you look at historic data on crop yields, the distress prices of the depression years, and the relatively limited use of industrially-produce- d substitutes for farm products in that period, it is easy to understand the reasoning which caused the sponsors of early farm programs to emphasize acreage control and price support SX:' FTVRlVl BUREAU n (INSURANCE 0 ei : i i Si MQi iQOfi GEf KDR OQe3G MOo OMMO " r;;; |
