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Show Aarch, 1969 UTAH FARM BUREAU De St. Paer Laments Growing USDA At Utah County Farm Bureau Meet Sevier County Pays Honor to Claude de St. Paer, American Farm Bureau Federation Assistant Director of Program Development and Director of the National Food Conference told more than 200 members attending the Utah County Farm Bureau annual convention and banquet, February 13th that: (1) Farming is one of the larg Willis Whitbeck, Chairman of the est businesses in the world. A total of $128 billion Utah Farm Bureau Womens Com(2) Pioneer Members dollars Is generated annually by farmers who are fewer in number than the population of California. (3) There are strong forces who would like to make farming a public utility and do away with the free enterprise system which has made American farmers the best in the world. He noted that it was only 10 years ago. that we had our first jet airline passengers and were within sight of landing now men on the moon. Agriculture has also made rapid strides to improve methods in the past 10 years. One farmer can today produce enough to feed 40 people. He observed that the future holds such things as 300 bushel wheat and 150 bushel corn crops. Mr. de St. Paer deplored the fact that there is one federal ag- 1 ricultural employee for every 14 He warned that agrifarmers. culture is paying the price for the top heavy USDA staffing. Mrs. Gladys Smith assisted by four members of her staff presented a dress revue which included hair styles and accessories to the ladles of the organization. Mrs. Vesta Boyer gave a report of the AFBF convention and Mr. 1 v i ' Page NEWS mittee spoke on ways women can become actively involved in legislation and how vital it is that they do so. Mrs. Georgia Hansen was in charge of the activities for the ladies which included a flower arrangement contest. Mrs. Linda Bartholomew won the best design award, Mrs. Mary Boyer, the most original; and Mrs. Louene Whiting the special occasion design. Pioneer members honored at Sevier County meeting were left to right: Wallace Sorensen, Richfield; Charles J. Wall, Venill; Sidney Petersen, Richmond. Eldon Money, Utah County Farm Bureau President was master of ceremonies and Mayor Tim Moran welcomed the guests. MANUFACTURING MILK: USDA and the Department of Health, Education and Welfare will work together to develop proposed standards for manufacturing milk. Secretary of Agriculture Clifford M. Hardin and Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare Robert H. Finch have announced. The proposed standards will seek to eliminate current duplication in the field and will be for state, adoption and enforcement, they said. Utah Farm Bureau president Elmo Hamilton speaking at the Sevier County annual meeting. f : i Vv il injer 0- . t I -- tlwa by Tom Christensen Utah Farm Bureau President, Elmo Hamilton was the featured speaker at the annual Sevier C ounty Farm Bureau Banquet held Jan. 27th at Aurora. He made some very timely statements regarding some of the legislation being proposed by Utah legislators during this session presently under way at the state capitol. Most of the legislation he discussed was some that people in agriculture be concerned about. He briefly the continual has had even with the people in agriculture getting less each year. Entertainment was provided by the talent find winners which were selected last fall during the annual contest during the Sevier County Fair. Miss Mary Beth Wingate, Monroe rendered a piano solo selection. Miss Burns and Miss Mortenson, Salina did a vocal duet and dance number. Three members were recognized during the evening and were awarded a Farm Bureau Pin. For the Recognition they had to have been a Farm Bureau member prior to 1924, a member today, and be in attendance at the Banquet that evening. Wallace Sorensen, Richfield was one of the original tencharter members when the organization was first chartered in 1917 (52 years ago). Sidney Peterson, Redmond and Charles J. Wall, Venice also qualified for recognition. There are about a dozen other men living in the county who were members in the beginning as well as today. Special guest was Lee Barton of Mantl, President of the Utah Wool Growers Assn, and member of UFB Board from District 6. Sevier County President Jerold Johnson conducted the banquet proceedings that saw about 200 members and their wives in attendance. Grazing Fees To Stay at Higher Schedule si H 7 tiusa-- - Secretary of Agriculture Clifford M. Hardin has announced that the Forest Service will proceed with grazing permit billings using the higher grazing fees set out in regulations published by the Department January 14, 19G9. The higher fees apply to the Western . u "fclvO'w. Dl taU J (XM-'kUjf National Forests. The new fees are based upon to Uv from a 1966 Westernwide Livestock Grazing Survey that set out to determine fair market value for grazing. The Secretary observed that he is supporting the recommendation made to him by Forest Service Chief Edward P. Cliff that the new fee schedule should be put into effect for the 1969 grazing data UsTcf tiujo A31 GvJh tUxV-- 3 I J!JLfl clr PA season. Secretary Hardin acknowledged that the Congressional hearings are scheduled on grazing fees by av.(L tJcUj cJLc&sx. J-- ynicJL. (XA-- VXx-X- l. symnl , Committees in both the House and the Senate. He stated that the Department of Agriculture welcomes these hearings and believes that the action being taken to put the new schedule into effect does not infringe on the freedom of Congress to legislate on the subject. Secretary Hardin added that there are at least two sets of circumstances that justify special consideration. The first is conForest tinuing the long-standi- ng Service practice of issuing nocharge permits for small numbers of non commercial livestock used by resident farmers and ranchers for domestic purposes. The second is adequate recognition of the prob- lems of small operators in areas where opportunities are exincomes for limited. tremely low-inco- off-ran- ch i me |