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Show Page 6 Utah Farm Bureau News Famous Convention city by night January A bite at a time By Pamela Turner State Womens Committee Chairman Part of a crowd of 6,000 Farm Bureau members including over 30 Utahns pour out of Convention Hall onto the famed Boardwalk after an AFBF convention evening session. YF&R, Women in joint workshop Young Farmers and Ranchers Committees will be the focal point of a joint workshop in Salt Lake City, March 7 and 8. Opening Thursday afternoon with a combined session, the two groups will break up for the rest of the workshop, with separate programs pinpointing the needs and activities of the two groups. Featured speakers include Claude de St. Pere of the American Farm Bureau staff. Mrs. Paul Turner, Morgan, state women's committee chairman, is in charge of the womens workshop, with LeGrand Jarman of the state Farm Bureau staff as advisor. Young Farmers and Ranchers Committee chairman Robert Johnson of Randolph heads up the YF&R program in cooperation with Jake Fuhriman of the state FB staff. Good news for fruit growers Court kills reentry rule An emergency temporary pesticide standard issued last summer by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to regulate the use of organophosphates has been declared invalid by the U. S. Court of Appeals at New Orleans. William J. Kuhfuss, president of the American Farm Bureau Federation announced the decision at the 55th annual AFBF convention in Atlantic City recently. The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has issued a 21 -- page opinion declaring the standard invalid as a result of a lawsuit filed by the American Farm Bureau Federation and others. The standard, designed to protect farm workers from exposure to residues on foliage of named organophosphorous pesticides, did not use the of such chemicals. But it prohibit fixed the period during which an employee could not enter a sprayed area. The standard applied to the use of the re-ent- , ry iFA pesticide on seven crops: apples, peaches, grapes, oranges, grapefruit, lemons and tobacco. During the period of concern last summer before the courts granted a temporary stay of the regulation, the Utah Farm Bureau held several meetings with fruit growers to explain and discuss the situation. The AFBF had asked the three-judg- e court to stay" and invalidate the OS HA order because it would impose an unjustified hardship and burden of farmer-grower- s. The Court of Appeals stated in its opinion: We find no substantial evidence in the record considered as a whole to support the determination of the Secretary of Labor that emergency temporary standards were necessary.. .There is an abundance of evidence that emergency standards are not necessary. 1 974 How do you eat an elephant? A bite at a time. How do you learn the responsibilities of a state Farm Bureau womens chairman? A bite at a time, but chew very quickly. I feel that q great challenge and many opportunities await me in learning and growing in this position. I sincerely appreciate the confidence you have placed in me by electing me to be your chairman. With your help, I shall endeavor to do my very best in accepting the accompanying responsibilities. I believe one of the very choice benefits of being in Farm Bureau is to learn to know other people and work together to achieve common goals. No man is an island, no man stands alone. We must have concern for others and strive for understanding and empathy in realizing the difficulties facing all of us. While each of us maintains a very unique position, we must be aware of the needs of others, and work together to improve the lot of all. Although we may only move a molehill while the mountain remains standing, the friendship and love for one another which evolve from our efforts are more priceless than all the wealth of the world. I consider this probably the richest reward of working in Farm Bureau. One of the greatest challenges facing us is to tell the story of agriculture to the world. Every industry in the nation could fail, but agriculture must remain in order to sustain life itself. The first concern of settlers in a new community is to find a source of food. Yet with our modern modes of living, many people are so far removed from the basic source of their food supply that they cannot comprehend the processes aa involved in placing food on their table. Even some of our farmers, as evidenced in a meeting of farmers and wives which I recently attended, cannot understand what is happening to the farming industry. Our responsibility is to strive for understanding of the situation ourselves first, then help others to know what a great thing our agricultural industry is. Our lives in farming may. not be the richest monetarily, but physically, emotionally and spiritually, they can be the richest lives on earth. I hope all of us can work together in Farm Bureau to tell our story. Ag yearbook features home Handbook for the Home, the latest Yearbook of Agriculture, is a consumer guidebook assembled in 400 compact, well illustrated pages. It suggests ways that families can live fuller, more secure and more satisfying lives and is centered on the home, whether home is a suburban house, a country place, or city apartment. ' Most of the 1973 Yearbook authors are either with USDA or the State universities and land-gracolleges. Handbook for the Home contains 78 chapters, more than 190 photographs, and is divided into four major sections. Families, the first section of the book, covers such, subjects as home safety, food handling, living costs, money management plans, drug abuse, indoor gardening, and nutrition, recreation. The second and camping section. Dwellings, is devoted to a nt Extraordinary power is delivered to the Secretary of Labor under the emergency provisions of the OS HA. That power should be delicately exercised and only in those emergency situations which require it. The Court further stated that the Secretary of Labor has not followed the requirements of the law that an emergency and grave danger must exist before promulgating an emergency temporary standard. The ultimate picture in this record is one of only a few farm workers made ill by organophosphate residues relative to the mass of agricultural workers in contact with treated foliage. announces reorganization into 8 divisions To meet the supervisory needs of its business, the expanding rapidly I ntermountain Farmers Association has announced sweeping changes in the organizations structure. John A. Roghaar, general manager of IFA, stated that These changes will create efficiencies that will mean greater savings to members. Three former major divisions have been expanded to eight in the January for 3 years, and in the Salt Lake City headquarters office since 1958. Operations, traffic, seed, feed, fertilizers and chemicals, farm supplies, finance, and sales. Jack Loveless, who has served IFA members as general sales manager and supervisor of farm supplies and fertilizer, now holds the newly created position of operations manager. He will supervise the 20 IFA branches and their personnel as well as all new construction and maintenance of facilities. present Loveless has been an IFA employee since' 1938, serving in Paysori for 17' years, as manager of the Ogden branch delivery service. Rex Wood, former manager of the Delta branch, is the new manager of IFAs seed division. The Delta operation has been the largest center for seed cleaning and distribution in the cooperative. The seed division is move. February FOR THE WOMEN aa Leadership training for members of county Farm Bureau Womens and - Present divisions are: Formerly manager of feed procurement and traffic, Virgil White has been named manager of the traffic division. This involves a fleet of 94 vehicles, including 12 tractors and 30 forty-fotrailers that move supplies from the central warehouse in Draper to the 20 branches. White will conduct a program to improve supply schedules and customer ot expected to show possibly the greatest growth in IFA, Roghaar said. Serving in a double capacity will be Robert W. Turley, manager of the Draper mill. He has also been named new manager of the feed division. ' His nfcw d Cities will involve overseeing ' IFAs six feed mills, plus all nutritional programs, procurement and feed sales. New manager of the fertilizer and chemical division is Gary K. Arbon. who has been a product manager in charge of seed, chemical and fertilizer sales. IFA has experienced large sales increases in these departments in recent years and looks for continued rapid growth in the new division. Tyrone Lewis, who has served as manager of the Salt Lake branch and as a product manager, is now manager of the farm supply division. and Procurement, warehousing distribution of farm supplies will be his assignment at the Draper warehouse. IFA treasurer Fred Brunner will continue as head of the finance division. in praising Roghaar announced Brunners work in that position. The job also includes management of the general office personnel in Salt Lake City. One position, that of sales manager, has not yet been filled. Jack Loveless a will continue to handle these responsibilities on a temporary basis. II, his new agricultural yearbook is both eas to read and easy to look at. thanks I to colorful printing. broad range of subjects, such as site selection, financing a home, insurance, legal hurdles, house plans, electricity, water management, climate control, and making housework easier. The third section. Furnishings, discusses the esthetics of color, texture, and design: floor coverings, lighting, portable storage units, appliances, sound systems, and clothing. The final section. Communities, is devoted to how communities can work together to stretch resources. This section furnishes guidelines for community services and health, environmental planning and cultural opportunities. The Yearbook may be purchased for S5.75 from the Superintendent of Documents. U.S. Government Printing Office. D.C. 20402. Washington. Members of Congress number ol copies for free distribution. have-a-limite- d |