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Show March, 1967 UTAH FARM BUREAU Page 4 NEWS Most Important Export Is Technology has other The most important food product that other nations of the world could receive from the United States is food technology, a Utah State University professor be- lieves. The professor, Dr. D. K. is a native of the country Sal-unk- he, that needs the import most sorely. He has returned to Utah State after six months sabbatical leave, during Farm Bureau bought the lunch for the legislature Feb. 25th. tured are some of the Republican members of the House of which he visited India and Asian nations, as well as spending a majority of the time in Europe. Dr. Salunkhe is chairman of an Interdepartmental curriculum in food science and technology at Utah State. He has been a pioneer researcher in techniques of food preservation. The greatest disappointment of my trip was to find that my Pic- native country own been so slow in progress of agricultural Dr. Salunkhe development, de- clared. blamed the bureaucratic He of the nation for administration an agricultural debacle in which 70 per cent of the nation's population is still engaged in agriculture but the country still has to depend on charity of other nations. If the of the paper ideas were Implemented government with energetic action, including adaption of American agricultural know-ho- w to suit India's needs, the nation could feed Itself and even be able to support double its present population, he believes. America's exports of food to help avert starvation in India are at best short-teraids. The and technology of proscience ducing and preserving food are the over-ridineeds of India, and these are what the nation needs to Import from America, he said. Dr. Salunkhe said he offered while there, to spend a year in his native land without pay to help effect food production reforms. He came to the United States 18 years ago, earned his doctor's degree at Michigan State and joined the USU faculty in 1954. During the major part of his leave, Dr. Salunkhe visited major food science research institutes in Europe, studying organization and administration of their programs and conferring with leadSome have been ing scientists. his correspondents for a number of years, and some have been his graduate students at Utah State. He attended international meetings in Italy, West Germany and Poland. He also visited Switzerland, England, Holland, East Germany, Russia, France, Thailand and Japan. Europe's food science program is highly basic, existing mainly in chemistry and engineering. The application of basic food science to the food industry is the area in which the United States is much ahead of other nations. This is the area in which the United States can make its greatest contribution to Europe's food Dr. Salunkhe stated. Industry, m ng Some of the Democratic members of House of Representatives joying a Farm Bureau provided lunch. en- Head Table at the Women's Workshop banquet. Left is Barbara Whitbeck, U.F.B. Women's Chairman, Roxie Nelson, U.F.B. Women's Vice Chairman, Elmo W. Hamilton, U.F.B. President, LaRue Hamilton, S.L. Co. Women's Chairman; Elda Hillyard, U.F.B. Women's Director; Edis Taggart, American Dairy Association; LeGrand Jarman, U.F.B. Women's Staff Representative. "Heres Your Ears" say the crowd at tertained by Disneyland performer. S.L. County meeting, being en- More Republicans having lunch with Farm Bureau. The Utah Senate finished their lunch so quickly that we weren't able to get pictures. Soil Conservation These talented acrobatic dancers pleased the S.L. County F. B. group. There are 2.5 (m) million acres of range and pasture land in proper use in Utah, according to Soil Conservation Service standards, Sen. Wallace F. Bennett, was informed. The Soil Conservation Service Is the technical soil and water conservation agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Congress has given the Service the responsibility for developing and carrying out a national program of conservation and development for land, water and vegetative resources on R-U- tah Part of the crowd at the S. L County Annual meeting Feb. 25. the privately owned lands of the Sen. Bennett explained. nation, Lee Tiny" Fugal a former Utah Talent Find winner and summer en- tertainer at Disneyland, kept the S.L meeting chuckling. Pres, and Mrs. Elmo W. Hamilton received a standing ovation from the S.L Co. F.B. members at their annual meeting. This efficient LD.S. ward organization served the large Salt Lake County meeting in highly efficient style. There are more than 12,000 Soil Conservation District Cooperators in Utah. More than 9,000 land owners have received technical assistance. A recent survey indicated a minimum of 13 additional. man-yea- rs assistance is needed by the Service in Utah to handle the backlog of requests for assistance, the Senator said. A total of 5,860 acres of privately-owned land in the state has been converted to recreation areas, and 9,963 acres are being used for wildlife area development, Sen. Bennett stated. A total of 134, 300 acres show good irrigation water management, the Service told Sen. Bennett. Water control structures in use in Utah at the end of 1966 totaled 18,000 and 11,400 acres of land have been leveled for irrigation. The Service, in cooperation with the Utah Water and Power Board, has provided 90 per cent of the needed technical assistance on more than 200 Water and Power Board projects completed in Utah. |