fi—Lancaster Farming. Saturday. March 8.1969 1 Farm Bureau Calls Congress To Rescind Grazing Fee Increase A spokesman for the nation’s hugest Rcncial faim loganiza tion called upon Congicss today to rescind the inci eases in pub lic land glazing fees announce in November. 1968 by fiomer Secictary of ARiiculture Oiville L Freeman and former Sccre taiv of the Intenoi Stewait Ud all In a statement prepared for presentation at a hearing con ducted by the Public Lands Sub committee of the Senate Interi or Commute, Lloyd Sommer ville of Grand Junction, Colora do, president of the Colorado IK f- - ‘y: V _ c i^J f^. '** ' * ' * c ’%>*.*« jS* f SB Fjurfield Chemicals Niagara Chemical Division Middlepor. N Y 14103 is a registered trademark of Badtsche Anilln 4e Soda Fabrlk. A G Farm Bui can and member of the board of directors of the American Farm Bureau Federa tion. said the increased fees "will have a serious and ad vcisc impact on the manage ment and development of the public lands and upon the eco nomy of the nation. He said the fee increases should be rescinded until the related studies of the Public Land Law Review Commissioi are available This Commission, established by Congress to make a comprehensive study of pub lic land policy, is scheduled to x -» x y £ x They have it made when you dust them with Polyram Potato Seed Treater at planting time ' Polyram protects against disease. On cut seed, it checks fusanum seed piece decay and black leg. On whole seed, Polyram prevents the spread of - r * t- £«? *t , . *■ .•*'.* »>£«£ * •" ■*•» •*€'l vt > - | * "■ <■ "* **£' £ 4 * ’’.*'** '*'*'* “ ‘ The eyes have if Polyrctiri Seed Treater From the company that bugs the bugs submit its final report by June 30. 1970. "We have confidence in lhis Commission and feel that the action of the Secretaries of In terior and Agriculture in pull ing into effect increased grazing fees on public lands was prema ture,” he said Sommerville said 47,000 graz ing permits are issued to farm eis and ranchers by the two agencies administering national forests and public lands He contended that "competent eco nomists who have examined the grazing fee study data agiee that domestic livestock opera tors on public lands are current ly paying the full value of the forage harvested.” He said that if the higher grazing fees are collected they will: ♦' A seed-borne common scab, keeps it fron\ infecting newly formed tubers. Polyxam isha dust that gives disease"the air,giyes you more potatoes. Keep your eyes on it —Liquidate $343 million of ranchers’ capital assets in per mits outstanding. —Bring economic pressure on small, medium-size, and many large ranchers. —Reduce the capability of ranchers to invest private capi tal and personal incentive in better range management. —Reduce employment * ' n v S. f \X ~ -LT 'f - ,/w \ ~ ? iK ’^Z^' A . * •' ' ” ’ - *"** ■ '■>*% Wx,'" t - ** f r --S'*.. vj. "V , -? V 1 v 'S 4 '' , ' v ■» '* r „ £•* - * "v ■- . r< V>. '■. ~.*a. ; sonnet and funds to OMiMgt lands. To this will be added Increa»> ed fire hazard, poorer range for wildlife, and further decline of water resources, he predicted. Cost of Nuts and Nutmeats If nutmeats cost twice as much per pound as nuts in the shell, they are of equal value, according to Harold E. Neigh, Penn State extension consumer economics specialist. < You’re paying for the convenience of having ready-to-use nutmeats. Two pounds of nuts in the shell usually yield about one pound of nutmeats. Midwest coal beds have pro vided samples of 129 species of tropical trees, shrubs and vines, none of which exist there now-. K*VT* '> 1 V *• 1 T A '' r '' 1 ’ f 4 f 'l. ■» , » _ v * -.ii V.- ; ‘-'i » - 1 'y~ '•* ■v'-'W.'/ 1 ~ * * v -»f" --v i. *C j; v 5 : sr-M •> s* * - r -l v; ■ *’?sA m : ' s-jgm : * - 'V-'' Z-r2s ~ i