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Show Page 5 October, 1966 UTAH FARM BUREAU Official Resigns Job, Blasts Administration Policy USDA prominent official of the Department of Agriculture resigned his post and in true western style, turned and fired a couple of shots at the posse. Frank Le Roux served as general sales manager of the U. S. D. A. Foreign Agriculture Service, from A U.S. Feb. 1961 to Sept. 1966. Le Roux left his $25,040 per year job with the Department and released a 64 page book entitled l(1961 Through 1965 A Farmers Worst Five Years. information released by Mr. Le Roux is timely and worth The book is available study. for $2.00 postage paid from Box S. Arlington Ridge Road, PH Arlington, Virginia 22202. The most Interesting fact is that the charts prepared in the indicate that agripublication culture has been on the down-tren- d 1930. For example, the since producers return on sales is at the lowest level of the century. The information prepared for the book also points out that the national Income has Increased from less than $300 billion in 1950 to . almost $600 billion in 1965 while net farm income stagnates. Mr. Le Roux points out that commodities not under price support programs have increased while those under price support prohave failed to maintain grams themselves since 1960. According to the former Department aide, the period from 1961 to 1965 has been i(The worst five years for the farmer in modern agricultural history. This period has seen the lowest share of gross national product, return on gross sales, return on total capital investment, return on capThe Salt Lake, Summit, Uintah and Duchesne, Wasatch, Daggett Counties, and Joel Barlow, Utah County, will be the horticulturist in that county as well as all to the south. those holding down farmers incomes for Dr Stark will continue as landpolitical gain. scape horticulturist and Mr. The charts are all based on ofBurningham and Mr. Barlow will ficial USDA figures and is adcontinue as county agents in Salt equately footnoted. Must reading Lake and Utah Counties, refor the man in agribusiness. spectively, Dr. Bennett said. Doyle J. Matthews will be chief of the livestock staff and will be specialist in Weber, Davis, Morgan, Cache and Rich counties. Grant Esplln, Beaver County agent, will be the livestock specialist in that county as well as in Iron Changes in assignment for several Utah State University ExKane and Garfield Washington, tension Service specialists were Counties. Clair Acord, Utah announced today by Dr. William County agent, will be the liveH. Bennett, director. stock specialist in Utah County Arvil Stark, Salt Lake City, has and other counties in the southbeen named chief of the horticulern half of the state. ture staff and will serve as Russell Keetch will continue to horticulturist in Davis, Morgan, serve as the state sheep and wool Weber, Box Elder, Cache and Rich specialist and Dr. Don Thomas Counties. Melvin Burningham, Salt as the veterinarian and horse Lake County, will be horticulturist in Jooele, Duties Changed For Specialists exhibit at the Utah State Fair won top honors The main part of the exhibit is a mosaic exhibits. among county made of grains, beans, peas, etc. PARADISE Local FB ital investment per farm, share of the consumer dollar, share of the food dollar, level of parity of Income, return for farmers vs government salaries, return for farming vs all other major business, and the lowest performance on campaign promises. Le Roux concludes by saying that the department is deliberately Farm Loan Demand Rises Farm loan volume continues to rise, according to the annual study on farm finance just completed by the Agricultural Committee of The American Bankers Association. More than 900 agricultural banks participated in the 1966 study, said Theodore D. Brown, chairman of and the Agricultural Committee, president. The Security State Bank, Sterling, Colorado. According to the study, midyear total farm loan volume per bank advanced 7 per cent over last year when banks reported a 13 per cent advance during the 12 month period surveyed. All regions, East, South, West, Plains and the Corn Belt experienced the upward trend, according to Mr. Brown. The increases ranged from a moderate gain of 5 per cent in the South, up to 12 per cent in the West. The Increase in farm loan volume of banks in the Plains and Corn Belt was above the national average. Total deposits per bank increased 8 per cent since mid-196- 5. Slight increases were reported in the Plains and West, compared to a 24 per cent gain in the Corn Belt. FARM BUREAU (fit fbfoufa&ftty A NNM MMIM INSURANCE (10(17(30(33000000 i:0sii $( - iw oh 49$ 41ebi |