ON BEHALF OF THE TURKEY industry first family. The picture shows Mrs. Exsen
of the U. S, the National Turkey Federa- hower receiving the bird trom Trevor L.
tion and the Poultrv and E?g National Jones, NTF president, and Herbert Beyers,
Board presented a live, 40-pound broad PENB president (United Press Photo)
breasted white turkey tom to tne nations
Turkey Presentation at White House
Nov. 14 Gets Nationwide Publicity
WASHINGTON, D C
Bunging wide and timely publi
city for turkey in the 48 states,
the Thanksgiving turkey grown
for President and Mrs. Eisenhow
er and family was presented to
the Nation’s First Lady on Thurs
day, Nov 14, at the White House,
by the presidents of the National
Turkey Fedeiation and the Poul
try and Egg National Board.
' As a battery of cameraman re
corded the event for newspapers,
magazines and TV newsreels, Mrs
Eisenhower accepted the turkey
a live, 40-pound, broad bieast
ed white tom from NTF Pres
ident Trevor L Jones, Spring
field, 111., and PENB President
Herbert Beyers, Salt Lake City,
Utah, on behalf of President Eis
enhower.
The presentation was made for
the entire turkey industry of the
United States and took place at
the north portico of the White
House with a delegation of 16
persons from the poultry industry
participating. Arrangements for
the presentation were handled by
PENB
, The turkey handsome and
perfectly trained was grown
on Jones’ farm near Havana, 111
It was transported from that point
to Washington by station wagon,
accompanied by a “standby” of
comparable size and regal bear
ing for use in case of emergency
In presenting the turkey to the
First Lady, Jones paid tribute to
the family life exemplified by the
Eisenhowers A generous and
gracious host, Mrs Eisenhower
allowed the cameramen ample
time to take as many pictures of
the presentation as they wished.
Before taking her leave, she
shook hands with everyone in
the industry delegation
The industry delegation consist
ed of Under Secretary of Agri
culture True D. Morse, Mr and
Mrs Herbert Beyers, Salt Lake
City, Utah, Mr and Mrs Trevor
L. Jones, Springfield, 111, Dr
Clift D Carpenter, piesident of
the Institute of American Poul
try Industries, Chicago, and Mrs
Carpenter, Chester D Housh,
Elkton, Va ; Mr and Mrs Gerald
Bonnett, Havana, 111
Dr M L Scott, Carnell Umver
sity, Ithaca N Y , Alex Gordeuk,
editor of Turkey World; M. C.
Small, executive secretary-trea
surer, National Turkey Federa
tion, Mount Morns, 111, and Mrs.
Small; Lloyd H Geil, general
Poultry and Egg Na
tional Board, Chicago, and Bronte
H. Leicht also of PENB head
quarters.
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On the day following the pres
entation, ready-to cook turkeys
were also presented by NTF and
I'ENB to the families of Vice-
Pi esident Richard Nixon, Secre
tary of Agriculture Ezra T. Ben
son, Under Secretary of Agncul
tme True D. Morse, and Herman
Miller, director of the U. S. De
partment of Agriculture’s poultry
branch
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For the confidence folks have in us.
For our dependable employees. •
For a land of opportunity where a business can succeed on its own merits
For a time and land of peace where families can worship God freely.
For a country where conscience is respected, where churches are
welcomed.
For the many blessings of life, many of which we are probably not even
aware.
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tal harvested acreage in 1958
must be reduced below this
“base” by the number of acres
placed in the Soil Bank
A similar Soil Bank “base” has
been in effect for the Conseiva
tion Reserve since that piogram
was started Farms that already
have a “base” established under
the Conservation Reserve or the
1058 Winter Wheat Acreage Re
serve will use it for participation
in the 1958 Acreage Reserve for
spring-planted crops.
$3,C00 limit. There will be a
limit of $3,000 on the total of
Acreage Reserve payments which
can be made to any one producer,
as required by the controlling leg
islation This limit applies to each
pioducer with regaid to each
faim he operates or in which he
has an interest and share in the
crop.
Total funds available. There is
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a limit of $500,000 000 on total
funds available foi the 1958 Aue
age Reserve piograms—a i educ
tion by Congiess from the $750,-
000 000 available for this part oi
the Soil Bank as provided by the
onginal Act
Commenting on the announce
ment of the 1958 Acioagc Resene
program for spring-planted ciops
Secretary Benson said, “The Acre
age Reserve program is an im
pel tant part of our oveiall eioit
to ieduce burdensome surpluses.
If the Reseive Acieage had been
in production this year, at the
very high 1957 yield averages, it
would have added substantially
to the total supply of several of
our most troublesome basic crons
“Programs to dispose of already
accumulated surpluses ai" being
pushed vigoiously, and success
fully However, widespread paiti
cipation m the Acieage Reserve
will be needed to check the build
up of new surpluses—and msuie
a continued ‘twoway’ attack on
this fundamental problem.
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