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Show Page 2 July 1974 Utah Farm Bureau News UTAH FARM BUREAU niMlWS POSTMASTER: Pleas send Foito J57 o Utbh Farm Bureau, East Fourth South, Salt Lake City, Utah MI02 629 at Published each month by the Utah Farm Bureau Federation Business Office, 429 East ilf lake City, Utah. Editorial andM012. Subscription price of Fourth South, San Lake City. Utah, included in member snip fee is members cents yeerto per fifty subscription price: On dollar per year. Non-memb- er the backbone of freedom Agriculture: of In a recent survey consumers in large cities across the nation, most people thought highly of farmers and ranchers. They felt that higher food prices were not the food producers fault. But in answer to one question, a large number of the city dwellers said they felt that farmers are more dependent on government than city people are. They were thinking of subsidies, of course. Des- - A chance to improve self has been a trait of Utahns ever since pioneer days. Even before that, church leaders were teaching the value of continuing education. For years, Utah has led the nation in average years of formal education, and if there were statistics available, she would rank high in home study as well. For a people as committed to leadership and as Utahns are, an unusual opportunity for personal training will be available later this month. It is the Utah Farm Bureau Mid-YeConference. More than just a chance to get away from the farm overnight, and to let someone else handle the chores for a day or two, the Conference is a valuable exchange session with other Farm Bureau workers in the state and with regional and national farm leaders. Those members who feel they will be too busy at that time of year to get away should give thought to attending at least part of the Thursday afternoon and evening and Friday morning sessions. The short break, for those who stay in Provo overnight, will be a refreshing one. But the real value comes in the training, the ideas, the stimulation to do, better on the farm and in Farm Bureau: the lifting of sights, to higher goals and better county programs. Self-improvem- ent self-improvem- ent ar Second Class postage paid pite the fact that farmers who help draw up the policy for Farm Bureau have been saying since 1948 that they dont want subsidies our customers havent really heard that message. But rather than farmers depending on government, it seems more that government depends on farmers. Its the agricultural segment of our nations society that is holding our balance of payments in the black, despite our import of oil, electronic gadgets, and many other industrial and consumer items. Its our farmers who see to it that Americans have the best variety of the best quality of food available anywhere in the world. Its our farmers, speaking through Farm Bureau as 80 percent of them do, who are the backbone of free enterprise and the constitutional system of representative government. The introduction to Farm Bureaus resolutions is a stirring piece of writing, good piece of reading for the Fourth of July. In this month of July, its a good time to renewour committment to freedom, to really pledge allegiance to the flag, in our hearts as well as with our lips. America needs trade reform bill When American diplomats sit down at a table later this year to talk trade with representatives of other nations, hopefully they will have a new tool to help secure a fair agreement. That tool could be a strong Trade Reform Bill that would allow this nation to negotiate agricultural trade at the same time it works out import-expo-rt rules on other products. But the possibility of this legislation being enacted at Salt Lake City, Utah UTAH FARM BUREAU FEDERATION OFFICIALS Elmo W, Hamilton, giyerton Jay Child. Clearfieii C. Booth Wallentine Elwood Shaffer S. President Vic President Executive Vice President . Editor DIRECTORS: Frank Nishiguchi, Garland; William Holmes, Ogden; Jack Brown, Granfsville; Edward Boyer, Springville; John Lewis, Monticello; Jerold Johnson, Aurora; Kenneth R. Ashby, Delta; Mrs. Paul Turner, Morgan; Robert Johnson, Randolph. in time for the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) negotiations lessens every day. Although the House of Representatives has passed a trade reform bill, there is growing concern that the Senate finance committee may not take quick action on it. This act is urgently needed and basically sound, according to president William Kuhfuss of the American Farm Bureau. American agriculture has an important stake in a high level of mutually advantageous world trade. Of real significance is the fact that last year, the United States favorable balance of trade on agriculture exactly equalled her deficit in oil imports. In other words, the American farmer produced enough extra food over this nations needs to pay for her energy imports. It is critical that when our negotiators agree on imports of electronic equipment, machine tools and the other tools of our industry, they can insist on an open route of food and feed exports. Waiting till later to work out the farm product rules seems often to work to the U.S. farmers disadvantage. The Senate finance committee should make an urgent effort to report to the floor a strong trade reform bill, and soon. FACTS ABOUT EMERGENCY POWER UNITS tractor-drive- n and how the alternator can protect you during power failures Ag-Tro- Farmers nic and ranchers with electrical feed- ing, milking, cooling and other equipment know what it means to try to get along without power during a failure. On a dairy farm, for instance, you may lose the milk in the tank. But you also lose production if the cows go very, long past milking time without being milked the stress reduces their output for the rest of the lactation. 55 horsepower or more. Smaller alternators also call for about twice the kilowatt output in horsepower on the tractor. When figuring power needs on the farm, remember that one horsepower output for a motor requires one kilowatt from the power unit. To check your needs, add the motor ratings for your milk cooler, feed pump, conveying and other items. Add the ratequipment ings for the barn lights and other lighting. Figure the power required at the house, if it s located on the farm. Remember that some household appliances can be turned off during feeding and milking operations and other peaks of power demand. horsepower vacuum Some dairymen have suffered thousands of dollars in losses during a prolonged power failure due to ice, high winds, equipment breakdown and other causes. TRACTOR-DRIVE- N AG-TRON- IC ALTERNATORS F.O.B. your farm or ranch. Includes canvas cover. Parts and service available in Salt Lake City. Small engine-drive- n also available. Vacationer units With an Ag-Tron- tractor-drive- n ic alternator place at the main power pole on your farm, all you need to do, in case of a power failure, is throw the master switch to isolate your farm from the lines and connect it to the emergency unit, back your tractor up to the alternator, and connect the power takeoff shaft. You're ready to go back into operation. in The unit (with a surge of will 40 kw) handle the needs rating of most farms. Smaller units are available. The unit requires a tractor rated at about Ag-Tron- ic 27-kilow- att Motors require more power when they start than during normal operation. The higher surge rating of alternators allows for this. Ag-Tron- ic It s too late to plan for an emergency after it happens. Get more facts now about the alternator. Be prepared when the next power failure brings your farming operations to a halt. Ag-Tron- ic For more details, write or phone UTAH FARM BUREAU SERVICE COMPANY 629 East Fourth South Salt Lake City, Utah 84102 Phone (801) 521-36- 90 |