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Show SMALL FARMERS WILL BENEFIT IN '42 National Defense, conservation of our national resources and additional addi-tional benefits to the small farmer far-mer were emphasized in recommendations recom-mendations made for the 1942 ag-riculurtal ag-riculurtal conservation program at the National AAA conferencs, said Sidney J. Nebeker of Laketown, chairman of the Utah State AAA committee, on his return Friday from the national ctnference in Washington, D. C. The state chairman declared that the conference which was dominated by consideration for the needs of defense gave a practical prac-tical demonstration of the unity j of agriculture. The conference heard addresses by Henry A. Wal- lace, vice president; Cluade R. Wickard, secretary of agriculture; K. M. .Evans, AAA administrator; Robert H. Montgomery, professor cf political economics at the University Uni-versity of Texas and who will visit vis-it Utah June 26 on a speaking tour; and other farm leaders. Present at the conference from Utah were W. W. Owens, assistant assist-ant director of the extension service; ser-vice; A. Golden Kilburn, executive exe-cutive assistant, state AAA; and H. E. Larsen of Corinne, farmer-fieldman farmer-fieldman of the AAA. The conference adopted a num-I num-I ber of resolutions relating to defense, de-fense, including a recommendation that farmers avoid speculative expansion ex-pansion and reduce debts and build up reserves of cash and farm commodities during the present pres-ent period of industrial activity. As measures to prevent inflation, the conference urges higher taxes tax-es on excess profits, incomes, and luxury items and more intense efforts to sell defense bonds and stamps. It also urges that, due to shortage of - farm labor .. in some areas, priority be given to production pro-duction of farm machinery and parts, and that a balance be maintained main-tained between farm and industrial prices.' Recommendations adopted at the conference of interest to Utah farmers include: That the conservation materials and service program through which Utah farmers obtained 22 hundred hund-red tons of phosphate this year be continued in 1942. TVit tVi ontton mattress and comforter programs be continued another year. That the minimum payment of $20 per farm be continued in 1942. That the $15 allowance for tree planting be continued also. That soil-building practices include in-clude an irrigation practice to prevent leaching and erosion through careful control of irrigation irriga-tion water. That marketing quotas be extended ex-tended to potatoes. I That wheat farmers in a referendum refer-endum before May 1, 1942, on marketing mar-keting quotas for 1942 and 1943. That Federal Crop Insurance be extended to tomatoes, apples, and other crops as rapidly as practicable. prac-ticable. That farm storage of wheat and barley be encouraged. That the program be made more flexible to meet defense needs by eliminating general crop payments and providing higher rates for soil-conserving soil-conserving work on cropland over Continued on page fire |