Show t 1 FARM NEWS 1 1040 1916 V-JO V Farm Plan Finn sj Sign UP rn-UP P School Held County and community committeemen committeemen committeemen com- com of or the Garfield County County Coun Coun- ty Agricultural Conservation Association As- As met at Panguitch Monda Monday Monday Mon Mon- da day Tuesday and Wednesday or of Jast last week with State AAA Farmer Farm Farm- er cr Fieldman Morrell Mathews State Committeeman P Pre r e a 1 George and Representatives E. E A A. Shaffer Shaff r and D. D S. S Gibson togo togo to togo go over the provisions of the 1946 Farm Plan in preparation for signing up the farmers and ranchers of Garfield In the 1946 program In commenting commenting- on the program program pro pro- gram Clarence I. I Foy For chairman of Af the count county committee said that this year ear it will be the aim of the committee to obtain maximum max- max conservation of land and water for the funds allocated to the county for carrying out conservation conservation con con- practices Mr Foy pointed out that conservation payments are made to farmers to help them in conserving their land and water resources and that farmers are not being urged to 0 carr carry out practices to earn payments The objective Is conservation con corf- sen not payments he said More Milk Needed 4 The Government wants dairymen dairymen dairy airy men to continue high production of milk and has stated a policy of maintaining the general level of income returns to milk producers producers producers pro pro- during this year at about the same level as in 1945 Stabilization Adminis t r rat a t o 0 r rJohn rJohn rJohn John C. C Collet has advised that the returns will be maintained either by continuation of or the subsidy payments or by increases in price ceilings if the subsidies are removed or reduced He has announced that dairy production payments payments made made directly to producers producers pro pro- d to the line on retail prices will prices will be continued beyond March 31 until at least June 30 with rates for the June April-June period to be announced soon President Truman has asked Congress to authorize the payment payment payment pay pay- ment of food subsidies after June 30 If they are still necessary to prevent runaway inflation Subsidies Sub- Sub sidles on dairy products amounted amount amount- ed to 16 per cent of the total cash income of oC these producers during 1945 with dair dairy production production tion payments alone making up nearl nearly 14 per cent of the Income Drop Crop rop Insurance A Available a Crop Insurance agent Reed Judd and the AAA office In Garfield county are now accepting accepting accept accept- ing applications for 1946 crop insurance Clarence I. I Foy chairman chairman chairman chair chair- man of the AAA committee has Announced Crop insurance guarantees an income for every community aswell as well as as every farmer with insured Insured ed crops Mr Foy pointed out It protects not only the farmers farmer's welfare but also the welfare of or orall all the business people leople whose prosperity depends upon farm farm- ers r Good prices for or crops are not enough Mr Foy said said for they mean nothing to a farmer who has lIas no crop to sell But now with Government help farmers can have the same kind of protection protection protection pro pro- as other businesses businesses- the they can insure their crop in investment investment investment in- in vestment against uncontrollable hazards The average yield for Cor a farm farmis is determined on the tle basis of actual records covering a of years Premiums may be paid in cash or by a note which bears no interest until after harvest Since Federal crop insurance is nonprofit premium rates cover cov coy or er only the losses that ma may occur oc- oc occur occur oc oc- cur plus a small safety reserve Operating expenses are paid bythe by bythe bythe the Government Full information about the 1946 program may may may be obtained from Reed Judd crop insurance agent or at the county AAA office Market More Moro Cattle Secretary of Agriculture Clinton Clinton Clinton Clin Clin- ton I P. P Anderson advises cattle producers that he knows of no plan to raise the ceiling price on cattle and cautions that prices now Jiow may be better than later since a holding back on market- market Ings now may cause future market jams Cattle sold now up up to the capacity of the market will market will bring as good prices pric pric- es as they will later the Secretary Secretary Secretary Secre Secre- tary said In fact if there should be a glut of cattle on the market later on as a result of holding back now now prices might be expected to be lower The Secretary also points out that Animals held on the farm or Inthe in inthe inthe the feed lot are robbing us of feed that wo we are going to need most desperately during the coming coming coming com com- ing months |