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Show By Robert S. Murdock County Agricultural Agent New Security for Farmers Farm families will face less money problems in old age or in case of the bread-winner's death in the future than they have in the past. A new law brings them under the Federal I Old-Age and Survivors' Insurance, Insur-ance, usually called Social Security. Se-curity. Starting on January 1, 1955, farm operators and employees will contribute a small part of their income toward building a fund that will make such payments pay-ments possible: a farmer dies, leaving a wife and two children. chil-dren. If he has (been averaging $150 a month income, his family fam-ily will get $120 a month. If the farmer has been earning about $250 a month, reaches the age of 65, he and his wife will get $132.80 a month. Besides monthly payments for survivors, they will receive a lump-sum death payment on an insured person ranging from $90'to $225. Farm workers are covered under the new law if they earn as much as $100 from the same farmer. Farm operators earning $400 or more in a year are included. in-cluded. For employees, the employer em-ployer contributes 2 per cent of total wages paid and he withholds with-holds 2 per cent of the worker's pay. This 4 per cent is sent to the Director of Internal Revenue. Reve-nue. Amount paid by self-employed farmers is 3 per cent, which he himself pays to Director of Internal In-ternal Revenue when he pays his income tax, early ia the spring. Since coverage doesn't start until 1955, such farmers will not pay into Social Security Secur-ity until early in 1956. Further information about new farm coverage under Social Security is available from the nearest Social Security office. Social Security cards, which are necessary for all covered agricultural agri-cultural workers, are also available avail-able there. -oOo- Take Care of All Those Ducks Housewives, and hunters, get ready now t,o take care of all those ducks you'll soon be flooded flood-ed with. There are eighty days in the duck-hunting season this year. Daily bag limit nine ducks. That's a possible 720 ducks, not to mention the total legal limit of 480 geese. But even if hubby doesn't bag his limit every day of the season (who does?), proper care for what he does bring home will make for tastier fowl dishes dish-es through the winter. Tips for both field and kitch en are given in a bulletin from the Utah . State Agricultural Colleg-e Extension Service "Wild Ducks and Geese Field to Kitchen Care..." Ask for your free copy at the county Extension Exten-sion office in Roosevelt, Telephone Tele-phone 24 6-J. This publication will tell you how to care for the bird right after shooting it and how to pick, draw, freeze, and even ship it. in case you have city relatives you want to treat to a tender morsel. Safest thing is to get a copy of this bulletin now so when hubby goes into the field for the first time, he won't spoil his game through improper care. |