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Show 1973 June, Utah Farm Bureau News C Weber Chasing The Wrong Fellow Page Hosts City, Farm Leaders FB Abundance. Wallentine pointed American agriculture is the basic industry and source of .wealth from which all the rest of the great American dream of abundance is created. This nation converts five acres of farm .land per minute to use for highways and homes, the Farm Bureau leader stated. In spite of that, today less .than two million famers feed 207 million Americans - plus millions overseas - - on 300 million acres of farm land. In 1950, 8 million farmers needed 350 million acres to feed only 107 million U.S. residents. Competitive enterprise - - the market system - - is the key to this Weber Countys Farm Bureau leaders made their recent annual out that banquet a dual event. They thanked the farmers - - and their wives - - who have devoted much time to Farm Bureau affairs with a fine meal at the Mansion House in Ogden. Just as important, they made the occasion an opportunity to acquaint many community leaders and with the accomplishments of Agriculture. problems About 100 people enjoyed the evening of good eating and good yD 3 q ? vT 9ni Cfti ft 5 1t MU4 O Farm Bureau REFLECTIONS By Elwood New Era In Shaffer ConsumerFarmer Relations? Signs point to the possibility that America's city dwellers are finally starting to glimpse a very basic fact in their homemaking economics: That what affects a farmer's ability to produce food efficiently affects the consumer's pocketbook. Not that when it costs a farmer more to produce food, he charges more for it. Utah farmers know better than that. If feed grain doubles in price and hay nearly doubles, that doesn't mean the dairyman gets more for his milk. It may mean, though, that enough dairymen get discouraged and sellout to put a crimp in milk production. - And when the supply gets scarce-i- n food or item--thother any price usually goes up, at least to the consumer. So when nearly three out of every four urban no when asked whether they think people say farmers are to blame for food prices, it's a sign of understanding. In a national survey reported elsewhere in ?his issue, other answers also point to what may be a new sympathy for farmers. If a new era in consumer-farme- r relations really is here, it's just in time. Plenty of issues are in the headlines these days that affect farmers' ability to produce food efficiently. If the decision goes against farmers in enough of these affairs, some good Farm Bureau members are going to wonder (if they aren't already) whether the rural way of life is worth the struggle. Take the matter of predator control, for instance. Already sheepmen are getting out of the business because So the coyotes eat using chemical toxicants is a better than the ranchers. In the matter of what is called a fuel shortage, if more Utah farmers experience the limits that a few have felt at this time, crops are going to be more scarce than predicted. fF listening. The crowd included bankers, newsmen, educators, businessmen and other key figures in the Ogden area. Providing the background of farming in Utah and the nation was featured speaker C. Booth vice executive Wallentine, president of the Utah Farm Bureau. His topic was 3 abundance. To gain political freedom, we must first have economic freedom. Receiving a plaque for outstanding service to the Weber County Farm Bureau was Lorin J. Hardy. Master of ceremonies J. The Politics of Harold Buck, Weber County Farm Bureau president (left), gives Lorin J. llardy a plaque for years of distinguished service. Harold Buck, president of the Weber County Farm Bureau, presented the award. Lorin Hardy personifies the industrious, innovative, dedicated farmer that has made this nation one of the best fed in the history of mankind, he said. Universal. Herringbone Stalls Exclusively at IFA e no-n- o. Apple, Peach Growers in Squeeze TYPICAL VIEW of PIPELINE poorly-thought-ou- t, S-R- and stainless steel mangers. ail THIS DIAGRAM SHOWS THE u SPACE-SAVINADVANTAGES OF THE NEW HERRINGBONE PARLOR MILKING-PARL- OR SYSTEM G Features No stooping to milk Milk more cows in less time Lower installation cost Less operating cost Controlled feeding Easy Operation Reduces labor cost Less space required More protection for operator Better cow control Continuous Grade A production One fairly new government agency, the Occupational remember Safety and Health Administration (OSHA-a- nd to lot more in hit you a that term, because it's going coming months) has created a new ruling that may blast the fruit crop like a freeze in June. This ruling, effective in a couple of weeks, limits the reentry of farm workers into an orchard sprayed with certain pest control chemicals. They can't go back in to irrigate, cultivate, or perform other vital tasks within set time periods without wearing protective clothing that is extremely impractical in summer heat. More issues could join this list of obstacles to effective list of potential food scarcity producers and farming-th- is price increasers. We won't get started on DES (stilbestrol), minimum wage laws, and farm labor legislation right now; What this all points up is that narrow-gaug- e limitations on farmers put the squeeze on city folks as well. One encouraging sign is that city folks seem to begin to understand this. That they seem to say: "We know what you're going through. We appreciate the job you're doing." Herringbone Stall showing the rear Positive locking, free action gates. feed dispenser. Simple Extra stalls can be added. Stainless steel sleeves on floor and curb posts. Stainless steel mangers and divider shields. Electric Metered Feeding (Optional). Window sight glass in feed chute. 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