fi—Lancaster Farming. Saturday. March 8.1969
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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
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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should be rescinded until the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
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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
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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:
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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 <m
ranches and in the rural com
munities of the public land
states.
The Colorado Farm Bureau
president told the hearing that,
as ranchers adjust to increased
costs by withdrawing operations
from thousands of acres of land
which will be increasingly un
profitable as rates increase, an
increasing burden will be plac
ed on public agencies for per-
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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-.
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