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Show November 1975 Page 7 Utah Farm Bureau News To enjoy Thanksgiving, count your blessings are healthy, happy and involved in living is one of the choicest assets one can claim. Add to this interesting friends and acquaintances who care about others, and you are numbered among the rich. Family and friends cannot be bought. How fortunate we are to have large quantities of both. The freedom to worship as we please was important to the founders of our nation. In fact, it provided the motivation for many immigrants who choose this land for their home. How blest we are to be able to attend church The second Monday in October and the fourth Thursday in November shared equal billing in my childhood home. We lived in Canada where Thanksgiving is celebrated in October. But my father was a U.S. citizen, so we cooked a turkey in November also. Even more important than the two turkey dinners were the two special days to contemplate the blessings we enjoyed. Thanksgiving continues to be a special day for counting blessings. And my list is long this year. A family who UFBF urges hunters On the afternoon before the opening of Utahs pheasant hunt, the Utah Farm Bureau Federation issued a state-wid- e plea to hunters to stay out of unharvested corn fields. Elmo W. Hamilton, UFBF president, made a statement pointing out that unusually late spring planting had forced farmers to delay harvest as long as possible to allow their corn to mature. He said there were, thousands of acres of unharvested com in Utah. The statement was phoned to radio stations areas of the in major corn-growi- ng i heat, hot water, radio, TV, stereo music, dishwasher, clothes washer and dryer, and a myriad of other appliances designed to make life easier and less in performing menial tasks. One of my childrens story books tells of a young boy aided in escaping from prison in Southern Europe to search for his mother in Denmark. The thing he prized most highly upon his release was a small piece of soap. How much for granted do we take a bar of soap! How grateful I am for an abundant supply of soap in many diversified forms. Probably because of modern-da- y conveniences, we are permitted more time to become involved in worthwhile activities outside our home. Farm Bureau provides opportunity for personal growth while pursuing better conditions for our farming enterprises. A well rounded program for the entire family includes Talent Finds, essay contests, safety programs, marketing associations, insurance programs, legislative work, and a wealth of other ser- making the final payment on the new (old) tractor, having a healthy heifer bom from the best cow, seeing a good bull raised to maturity, or selling the beef cattle without going in the hole. The satisfaction of sitting down to a meal where meat, vegetables, bread, milk and fruit have been produced at home is a treat which few people other than farmers can enjoy. Farming is a unique way of life, but one of the best. . A far cry from yesteryear are the material comforts which we enjoy. A touch of a switch brings into our home vices. time-consumi- ng avoid standing corn state, as well as to state-wid- e newspaTV stations. radio and and pers The Farm Bureau leader said hunters trampling through fields of standing com could cause serious losses to farmers and might create ill feelings between property owners and hunters. Hamilton noted that many farm owners have allowed hunters in their fields in past years and that most farmers try to be cooperative with hunters. However, he said this years late harvest could force some fields to be posted against hunting. Boon tilings from cattle (Praporad by Bm Baal kid may Council ol dia Maal Board) 482 ins, and worship as we believe correct. Its a privilege to be able to teach our children of God and His reality without fear of government intervention. Less than 5 percent of the people of the United States live on farms, and therefore 95 percent of these people will never know the joys of completing the planting, harvesting grain and hay, twin leal Staaka Roaata Ground baa! Ptiarmacautican Rannat Seeing grbwth in the organization and being able to help others with it has given me a real joy a satisfaction that this time I spend outside the home is productive and well used. Farm Bureau is important to me. My list of blessings goes on. Suffice it to say that this Thanksgiving it is longer than ever before, and I am more grateful. Whyrdont you make a list? As my grandmother used to sing to me, Count your many blessings, See what God has done. a Eptawphrin kMutoi Heparin a TSH ACTH variety Meats Llvar Bratna Choiailarot Kidnaya Trip Estrogen Thyroid Eilract Tongua Swaaltnaada Ox Jointa inedible Edible Oleo stock Oleo ml Gelatin Marshmallows Canned meal Candida Natural sausage casings Leather . Sprats Equipment Surgical Sutures Soap Cosmetics Buttons China Photographic him Sindpapei Violin slnngs "Camel han ' Brushes I Erplosives New retirement plan nets big advantage in savings taxed retirement new persons and program for those without a retirement plan in their present job can result in major savings. As introduced in Country Mutual Life advertising in the October 1975 issue of the Utah Farm Bureau News, the Individual Retirement Account (IRA) will accumulate more than $47,000 of extra retirement benefits over a 6 savings account in 30 years. With an IRA plan, a person can invest 15 percent of his income up to a maximum of $1500 a year in one of a number of types of accounts. Country Mutual Lite offers several plans for retirement saving. Under the new law, the money A tax-deferr- self-employ- ed ed when earned; ininvested is not stead, the taxes are deferred until the retirement income is drawn, when most people are in a lower tax bracket. Following is a chart showing the amount accumulated in a IRA account as compared to a savings account. This example assumes that of two taxpayers in the 25 percent income tax bracket, one puts the entire $1500 into IRA; the other pays $375 in income taxes on the $1500 and puts the remaining $1125 in a savings account, at 6 percent interest. All Farm Bureau insurance agents have information on the Individual Retirement Account for interested members. In accordance with the provision of this statute, rates presently authorized by 39 LI. S. 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