C34—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 10,1981
Farm Women Societies to hold convention
HARRISBURG - Farm
Women Societies of Penn
sylvania will meet again for
their annual convention
Monday at the Forum of the
Education Building in
Harrisburg Delegates from
18 counties and 190 societies
will represent the 4112
Pennsylvania farm women
society members
According to Helen Hess,
state farm women society
president from Lancaster
Farmers to get
yearly tax guide
FLEMINGTON, N J -
The Farmer’s Tax Guide, an
annual publication of the
Internal Revenue Service is
being mailed out to farmers
Dairymen and poultrymen,
livestock and grain
producers, vegetable and
fruit growers, and nur
serymen. .will be provided
copies of a booklet which
explains how federal tax
laws apply to farming
The guide gives examples
of typical farming
situations, discusses the
kinds of income to be
reported, and describes the
deductions that are allowed
Sample forms and
schedules are provided, as
well as, examples of how to
fill them out
A key page for most,
whether they make out their
own returns or not, is one
that lists the significant
dates, when certain forms
have to be filed and
payments made
Each year IRS up-dates
this publication with the help
of the Extension Service of
the USD A and of the State
Land Grant Colleges
This year a number of
chapters have been revised
to make the discussion of tax
law more understandable
And, we’re told, a number of
suggestions sent in by
readers have been adopted
Ideas, comments and
recommendations for future
editions are sought'by IRS.
They should be addressed to
1111 Constitution Ave , NW,
Washington, D C 20224
Some of the more im
portant changes to the tax
law that might affect a
farmer’s tax are noted
investment credit, a minor
change; energy investment
credit, business and
residential, providing some
Farmers Union to hold
annual convention
GRANTVILLE - The
ninth annual Pennsylvania
Farmers Union state con
vention is scheduled for
Monday and Tuesday,
January 19 and 20.
The convention will be
held at the Grantville
Holiday Inn, located off Exit
28 of Interstate 81 The
Holiday Inn is the former
Treadway
Among the keynote
speakers at the meeting is
National Farmers Union
President George Stone
Also on the adgenda is
Victor K Ray, vice
president of the National
Farmers Union
The annual banquet will be
held Monday evening from
6:30 to 8.
During the convention,
County, “We are expecting
between 500 and 600 people
It should be a very good
convention, especially with
the speakers we have lined
up We’re all looking for
ward to it.”
The convention will kick
off with a welcome from
Hess and Secretary of
Agriculture Penrose
Hallowell
Following a presentation
of state officers, State Dairy
tax credits: barter income,
requiring market value of
the property or service in
volved milage rate increase
to 20 cents per mile, alcohol
fuel credit, increases in self
employment tax and social
security withholding tax
rate.
Tax filing time reminds us
each year of the importance
of good business records. It
gets down to the matter of
selecting a good system, and
then following through by
using it as routine
Many systems are
available to farmers these
days The Farmer’s Tax
Guide describes and shows
examples of a good ac
counting system The
Rutgers Farm Accounts
system is an excellent one
The book is easy to use and
cost is modest -$l.OO
There are a number of
computerized accounting
systems particularly
designed for farmers
These, and other similar
programs, provide the
farmer not only with ac
counts necessary for IRS
reports, but a great
management tool
They issue periodic
reports during the year that
help a farmer in making his
business decisions The
potential value of these
programs is ex-
traordinary and improving
year by year
Don’t overlook the
professional accountant who
knows the farming business
He or she can provide a
personal touch that indeed
has merit
If you are dissatisfied with
your farm accounting
program, now’s the tune to
consider the options The
choices have never been
better
delegates from across the
state will vote on Farmers
Union policy for the coming
year.
Among the expected topics
will be resolutions con
cerning the proposed Penn
sylvania milk promotion
checkoff, the new farm bill
to be formulated this Spring
in Washington, and a re
affirmation of the group’s
support of 100 percent of
parity for all farm goods
produced
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Princess Cindy Neely will be
on hand to deliver the
presenation which helped
her win her title at the state
dairy contest.
Next will be a small
awards presentation for
safety to various deserving
members and a distribution
of lockets to all farm women
who have reached age 90
The remainder of the
morning and afternoon is
scheduled for business
meetings and guest speakers
to be announced at the
convention
Monday night the farm
women will move to the
Penn Hams Motor Inn for
their traditional banquet
Dr Calvin Wenger,
Lancaster County, will be
delivering the message,
‘From Where I Stand ”
Mane Baughman, farm
women’s first vice president
will act as mistress of
ceremonies for the evening
Tuesday and the final day
for the convention the
meeting will move to the
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day will include election of
two directors and a state
secretary.
Highlight of the two-day
convention will be a display
and judgmg of the state
projects This year the areas
are arts and crafts by
grandchildren of the
members and crocheted
items by members them
selves. Both areas were then
divided into three
categories
In October outside judges
picked the state project
winners for each county. For
the youth project, in Lan
caster County, each society
was allowed to present one
project to the county board
meeting and the executive
board then picked winners
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according to most members,
even the convention is dif
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the founding goal - to foster
love for the farm and rural
life of that day by teaching
the dignity of farming,the
science of working the soil
and the raising of fine
animals - has remained the
same.
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