Show V ' f "'I W“ -f w w W SWW’PI r - ” Greater Cli Vail ay Edition Tl( Herald Journal Thursday Juno 19 IfSf— I V Fire Losses In Just A Look At A Flock Adds B y Alma Eaplio ting fed for the autpmn Beginning with 12 select regia-tere- d Columbia ewea a retire- ment gift in 1953 my pasture in Nibley on Blacksmith Fork road now contains 46 eyes 75 lambs and 24 yearling ewes: and in the feed lots there are 30 rams get safee-'inf-ls- Farin’ Areas Rise For Year te breed of sheep developed In the United States' The work was tarried on by the animal husbandry ataff of the United States Department of Agriculture at' the aheep breed station located at DuBois Idaho The Columbia breed along with other breeds is occupying the attention of a staff of animal genefloists' So the Columbia aheep and a retired animal husbandry staff member are on a small pasture on the Blacksmith Fork The land was improved with the SOS assistance about seven acres of a Although there was a timer Farm Bureau feels that large 30 pasture purchase It was clearin-- 1 favored farmers when many authorizations (or expenditures ed of trees and underbrush ’and flation because it helped them to lor uroin renewal and public the tree used for revertment on pay off mortgages with cheap housing would appear to be un- the river bank and 20 acres were fhoney conditions are much difleveled and ditched and fenced necessary on the part of the fedferent than in the past Pasture seeding along with alfAccording to the testimony of eral government and would be alfa and barley planting carried Roger Fleming secretary-treasur-" highly inflationary the Cplumbias up to 1959 when the Amelcari Farm Farm Bureau opposes federal all pasture of the 20 acres made Bureau Federation technology is legislation to provide loan or possible the 146 Columbia s in onm assistance to depressed field as observed by the Herald decreasing the importance of v 1r fend as a factor in farm produc- grant areas Journal camera tion Farm Bureau feels that present Does It pay? As a retirement ie says the change from a government spending for agricul- - protect yes! As a complete fm-tur-e librse agriculture to a mechanizcannot dp defended on the j fly living no! It is too limited for ed' one has increased tremend- basis of the results that are being family living too small in acres ously the number of items a obtained This situation can be and animal unitiThe Jjltior firmer has to buy in order to only by the congress as ' qufrements are low and feed present legislation provides little bought is alfalfaybarley and oats produce a crop “Purchased farm production in- leeway for administrative rhang-- 1 --r no processing — the cheapest “ ss economists call them vs lithe fundamentals of national feeds produced TWerity to 25 ' puts I include such1 things as tractors farm programs rams at 1100 15 to 20 surplus fuel repairs and equipment tires commercial fertilizers anti-- biotics and other supplements ini animal feeds Amounting tojnore than half of the farmer’a “pro- these things duetion inputs" - sources- ' ’come " from ' Most-o- f them have to be paid for in a relatively short time and reduce the possibility of paying 'off farm debts with cheap dollars The producer Is put on the spot when the prices of these things go lip because of the increased dependence of farmers on these “ “purchased inputs" By causing farm costs ' to rise more' rapidly than farm prices " Inflation Increases the cost This is squeeze on farmers especially true at the present tlma when agriculture is troubled with surpluses and excessive productive capacity Taxes also add to the bad effects of Inflation on farmers under present conditions slimmer 4 The Columbia' breed of sheep is produced by a system of crossing Lincoln and Ramboulllet sheep — a long wool breed with a fine wool breed Estimated losses of farm property hy fire in 1958 increased $4 million over 1957 according to U5 Department of Agriculture reports received by Utah AgrW cultural Experiment Station JJfce totiTbsa — livestock maektar and crops aa well aa building— was 9156 million in 1958 compared with 3152 million In 1957 Estimated losses In 1955 were 9148 million and figures for earlier years were $131 million in 1950 $94 million In 1945 and $C4 milium in 1940 The rising eoxt of replacing destroyed property has been a factor in the gradually rising annual loss figure according to economists of USRA’S Agricultural Research ServiceAlthough total fire losses increased by nearly 2 Vi per cent the impact on policy holders has tfccn lighter in recent years than it was in the 1940's ind earlier This is borne out by the average loss rafe which was 154 cents per 9100 of fire insurance in 1958 compared with 148 in 1950 171 cents In 1940 and 24J cents in -- well-train- ed Inflationary Conditions Prove Detriment To Farmer In Long Run - er j ' 1930 ' BEGINNING IN 1953 with 12 registered Columbia ewes Alma JSsplin now has 46 ewes 75 lambs and 24 yearling ewes all pas ewes at $50 to $75 dach with 1100 pound has paid for feed and la- I of wool wt'50 cents per bor and for land Improvement pounds The estimated volume of fire and lightning insurance ' carried by approximately 1700 farm mutual Insurance companies rose to $323 billion at tlid end of 1958 Looking at well fed Columbia adds something to the value of up 6 percent from the 1957 fig-u- ra sheep each morning and evening! the undertaking of 8304 billion tured on a small holding along Blacksmith Fork well-fe- d contented flock sylvan setting 'for 'is — a perfect I P During June Dairy Month And Every Day non-far- m -- since farip equipment miist be depredated on a cost rather than basis farmers' 'mi replacement businessmen the share with other problem of holding their capital together in inflstionary periods lie said further that an unbalanced federal budget ii a major factor contributing to the present Inflationary threat “We are concerned" he told the Cohgrcssiori-g- l “'That Congress loinmitiee over the years has committed the federal government to a level of spending that is making it difficult to balance the budget even in a period of rising prosperity and high taxea" He declared that Farm Bureau believes Congress has a responii- ' bilily to rut appropriations below recommendations the President's wherever it can any inFirm Bureau crease in the federal gasoline tax or other federal highway user ex- else taxes Farm Bureau thinks it Is unjustifiable for the federal governrt ment to attempt to finance Yes You- - Are Invited To Drive Out To CACHE MEADOW FARM TODAY'S MILK ' V cpt$ j Wu alr-po- teiminal buildings Arizona University Cow Sets New AT YOUR DOOR TODAY! 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V And Other CACHE MEADOW DAIRY FOODS COME TO YOU Record In Industry u Ini - University of Arizona "cowed" has established a new mark in dairy cattle history as the 1000th registered Holstein to produce 150000 lbs of milk on offiA iui Ini u cial test She is U of A Oneonta Koha 13 years Daisy 2657374 iVG) old and still going strong at the University farm in Tucson-"Daisyliterally breezed Into circle with an offilb 150000 the cial 365 day record of 2Q109 lbs of milk and 680 lbs of butterfat - Then Buy Them At Your Neighborhood Market For Delivery Or Phone 450-- ” The Hqlsiein-Friesia- n ation dniinerica reports W Associ- that this brought her career totals on Herd Improvement Registry test tS 163657 lbs of milk and 5761 lbs of butterfat Fresh again Iasi October she Is currently tacking close to 60 lbs of milk a day to her lifetime record “Daisy" was bred by the Uni- versity and has spent her entire career there She is a daughter of North Star Oflronta 870013 —' a bull bred by W S Moacrip Lake Elmo Minnesota The new "milestone cow" hit: her peak as a seven year old with a 365 day record of 22865 lbs of miik and 795 lbs of butterfat oh ' J rf v three-tim- " By : - Cache Meadow farm i Logan Uf ah i- - TOW--W d gjggj G (3S0!0® W$$s$ milking e Equally-outstandin- Produced and Disfribufed g In appear-- h ance she is'i classified "Very 6nod" — Ihe second highest f designation in the official Hoi-- 1 stein type program In addition “Daisy" is the foundation brood cow of a registered Holstein family made up of six daughters three sons and several good-size- d herds of more remote descendants Her oldest daughter U of A Vidor Onie Hobs 7918212 GP — an 11 year old owned by the University — is also a noted “high mileage" Holstein r Her official production to data In the HIR program totals 137562 lbs of inllk and 4934 lba of but- Urfat vV v I’p |