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Show April 1975 Page 5 Utah Farm Bureau News opens way Dairy meeting for FB policy fulfillment Date Bateman (far end of table), chairman of the Utah Farm Bureau daily advisory committee, presides at the group's March meeting, one of the first in the new Farm Bureau Center board room. safety cfteck is vital for farm equipment Pre-tri- p By National Safety Council windows of your rig. Check out the windshield wiper if it looks like rain or the roads are sloppy. Check your flashing lights. Also, if you are going on the road when you'll need lights, make sure they are clean and working. Make certain taillights are clearly visible from the rear. Dust olT reflectors, too. Lock the brake pedals together. If the trip is more than a couple of miles, be sure you have a fire extinguisher, emergency tools and flares. To help you see better, clean off your glasses. If its sunny, especially with snow on the ground, wear sunglasses to cut glare. cab-equipp- ed To safely travel on public roads with a slow vehicle, you must see and be seen. Your vehicle width must be kept reasonable to avoid taking an undue share of the road. Hitches and loads must be secure to avoid roadway disaster. You must be sure your rig meets state and local requirements as to lighting, marking, gross vehicle length, width, and driver qualifications. Here are things that should be checked out: Check that all tires are inflated to proper pressure. The tires on heavily loaded wagons or implement carriers should also be checked for faults and be sound enough to reliably handle the A meeting on March 25, 1975, between members of the Utah Farm Bureau dairy advisory committee and the Utah Dairy Commission on UFBF policy regarding the Dairy Commission has cleared the way for fulfilling Farm Bureau policy. Subject of discussion was the following resolution passed by UFBF voting delegates in the November 1974 annual convention: We recommend the law regulating the Utah Dairy Commission be changed to provide the follows: 1. Holding an annual meeting in each of the districts of the state for the purpose of presenting a financial and progress report to the dairymen of the respective districts. 2. Giving the dairymen at this meeting an opportunity to nominate the representatives from their districts to serve on the dairy commission. Concensus of the Dairy Commission directors was that such meetings can be held yearly in the nine districts of the state without chanign the law. Because of the time schedule for nominations to the commissin posts, the meetings are planned for an early 1976 start, with the requested financial re- - Farm bill would be 'tragic mistake Im If Check pressure and inspect tires on wagons and implement carriers before going on the road with heavy loads. load. A blow-oor failure would at in least result an awkward roadway tire change and perhaps loss of control and an accident. veMake sure your hicle emblem is visible to traffic from the rear. Clean it if dirty and replace it if damaged or faded from its original color. Double-chec- k your hitch if you arc towing a wagon or other equipment. Is the hitch pin sound, fully inserted and locked so it can't jar outff Is the hitch set so that total width of the rig is at a minimum? Is a wide implement put in transport mode? Check the load. Is it secure, balanced and won't fall off? Is the weight distributed for best possible vehicle stability? Overloads can spelltrouble; therefore, is the weight of the load within the tractors ability to pull without strain, control and stop (particularly important if youll be going up and down hills)? An unbalanced or load can cause swaying and other control problems. A falling load could mean problems for other vehicles and damage to your cargo. If dirty, clean the windshield and ut slow-movi- ng top-hea- vy the emergency farm bill (H.R. 4296) passes both the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate in a compromise version and is signed by President Ford, it will be a tragic mistake, according to the head of the nations largest farm organization. William J. Kuhfuss, president of the American Farm Bureau Federation, recently pointed out the dangers to farmers and ranchers of the high target prices set forth in the bill, H.R. 4296, which has now passed both the House and Senate in different versions. Compromise action is due to start in early April. Since the bill passed the House 259-16- 2 Farm and the Senate Bureau hopes are not high for effective opposition to the bill, which Kuhfuss predicts might trap farmers into the 57-2- 5, production of sur- 1 ar 1 A Mix-Mi- Y7m MEoLfttn&oPP 77E01O 7PIC721Z dWPtr trot 7VEii'T&?crve. Svnrfi&scrsp, rue T&UtfFOWr-- system... the next move up in a poultry operation. Much of the feeding of both broilers and finished feed bins I to automatic' feeders ll layers, and even turkeys, is automated today. The feed processing and delivery system ' has to keep up with high volume demands and still keep labor costs down. This is one of the reasons why many have found a system ideal. First, it enables them to make their own poul-tryme- n Mix-Mi- ll fresh discharge auger ISV.r ng pluses. Kuhfuss said, This is really a cheap food policy bill. As one Congressman, Rep. James Weaver of Oregon, frankly admitted: - Lock the brakes together for road travel. Uneven braking in a sudden stop could throw you into the ditch. price-depressi- voting for it because it guarantees well get farmers to grow more food and bring prices down.' There is little doubt that the proposed bill would bring a return to the government surpluses of recent years which cost taxpayers $1 million per day in storage costs and $4 billion per year in farm subsidies, but it won't necessarily mean lower retail food prices. Farm Bureau policy, as set by voting members through their delegates, has opposed government food subsidies or compensatory payments since 948. The Senate version of the bill sets the wheat target price at $3.41 per bushel and corn at $2.25, both well above average production costs. The measure also continues nonrecourse loans on crops. These encourage the surbuilding of government-owne- d pluses, with their resulting downward influence on farm prices. Of Utahs four legislators, only Senator Jake Gam voted against the farm bill. Senator Moss and Represen-ative- s McKay and Howe voted for it. port accepted as part of the purpose of the meetings. In discussing nominations for reto the commission, presentatives members pointed out that the state law establishing the group for the purpose of promoting dairy products now allows nominations by petitions signed by 25 or more active dairy producers who live in the district where the election is to be held. Such nominees would be added to the list of three candidates named by the nominating committee as prescribed by law. The names of such nominees named by petition are to be presented to the state commissioner of agriculture no later than May 1 of the year in which the election will be held. The commissioner mails ballots to eligible producers not later than May 15. Districts electing commissioners this year and the counties included are: District - Cache, Rich District 4 - Salt Lake, Davis, Tooele District 7 - Millard, Beaver, Iron, Washington, Kane, Garfield Each year, three districts have elections for the three-yepositions on the commission. Farm Bureau members interested in running for these offices have nearly a month in which to secure 25 signatures on a nominating petition and mail it to the state commissioner of agriculture. feed to their own formulation and keep the quality uniformly high. Second, it enables them to shop petitively for feed grains, concentrates and other ingredients; buy in bulk at the best prices; and take advantage of special purchases. And third, they can process and deliver high volumes of feed, automatically, with very little additional time and labor. CARPENTER FARM EQUIPMENT 330 EAST 6400 SOUTH MURRAY, UTAH PHONE 268-333- 1 84107 |