Del Rio News Herald from Del Rio, Texas • Page 25

Ranch Del ftio, NEWS-HERALD, Sunftay, Ate? IW- Uckty COUNTRY Folk Historic old Fort Chadbourne Ranch near Bronte, Texas, will be the setting for the annual Chi-Punch Chianina Stle Friday, April 29. The horre of Maximizer's '81 National Chtmpion and '82 National Western Champion, the Chadbourne Ranch is owned by the Conda Richards family. Named for his grandfather and the founder of the ranch, tie late Conda H. Wylie, Richards has expanded the operations whle at the same time serving Ballinge-'s First National Bank as chairman of the board and president. The ranch has a number of historicil features which make it unique anc 1 fun to visit.

It is the actual site of Fort Chadbourne, one of a number of forts established in frontier Teias to protect pioneers against The ruins are still there. Cowboy movie star Rex Allen's grandfather is buried in the old Fort cemetery. And, speaking of Rex brings up several other notes of interest. Rex is the national chairman for the Cattlemen's Round- Up for Crippled Children. Well, yoi say, "So what?" The Chadbourm Ranch is the birthplace of CRCC.

25 years ago, the late Mr. Wylie cbnated 20 steers to be sold to defray oierationai expenses of the West Texas Rehabilitation Center. It started the whole concept which today is a big annual tradition of WTRC and ranchmen throughout the Southwest. Every fall "a few head of livestock" are cut out of just about every herd from here to yonder and sold in special sales to help Rehab. The different method of funding the center was copyrighted the first year and is now a vital part of fund raising for the handicapped This way, no one receives a bill for the services rendered.

About 10,000 handicapped children and adults are treated on the Rehab campuses of Abilene, San Angelo and Snyder. Some three years ago, Conda Richards put out the word at the ranch through his sons, Brian and Garland, and foreman, Jim Morrow, that in addition to the annual autumn donation to CRCC, he wanted to kickoff each new CRCC year with a special Chianina consignment in the spring ranch sale. Rehab III, A Miss FH2MX Mr. Italy heifer, will be auctioned this Friday with all proceeds donated to CRCC. Other consignments include offerings from 80 lots.

They are 20 fullblood bulls, 20 fullblood heifers, 15 percentage bulls and 25 percentage heifers. See ya at the Chadbourne Ranch this Friday. PIK aids farmers' income DON KENDALL IP Farm Writer WASHIPGTON (AP) A new analysis by the Agriculture Department shovs that federal payment-in- kind benefits will comprise a major portion offarmers' income in 1983. Under he PIK program, farmers can get surplus quantities of wheat, ccrn. sorghum, rice and cotton in rrturn for taking cropland from proluction this year.

In all, have signed up to idle a ncord 82.3 million acres as part of tie Reagan administration's strategy for reducing burdensome surpluses and boost market prices. Althoigh most of the benefits aru expectet to be felt in 1984, department eonomists say that PIK also may detrmine whether net farm income ises modestly from the depressed levels of the last few years. One the major effects of PIK will be to educe farm production expenses- the less land in crops. less seed, ertilizer and fuel will be needed A nev report by the department's Econonic Research Service examine the various components that go int) the national farm income balanic sheet. Casi receipts from the actual sale Bureau fights taxes WASHINGTON (AP) The American Farm Bureau Federation says it is prepared to wage an all-outeffort to head off proposils in Congress that wjuld raise taxes or poSpone scheduled tax breaks.

B. Delano, presideit of the federation, siid he delivered that nressage Wednesday at a White House meetiiv! with presidential idviser Edwin Meese Delano said Farm Bureai members are "well ware of the ap- paren consensus in Washiigton that more taxes are needed" but insisted that "it is not the ccnsensus of the Ameriian people." "Coigress will be from the people on thi; issue very soon and it will be a genuine grasscots response to receit House and Senai' actions sug- gestirg increased taxes to reluce the federal deficis," he said in a statenent. Delino said he told Meest that "farmers are larticularly eon- cernd about proposals to feeze scheduled reforns in the federal estati tax law, which in the has contributed to tht breakup of many famly farms" and efforts to delay the July 1 tax mt. is apparent to graf roots America that Congress lacks the discpline to cut spending and is trying to baltnce the federal budiet on the backs of midile clan, working Antttica," of crops and livestock are expected to decline this year to a range of $134 billion to $138 billion from $144 billion in 1982. Most, perhaps all, of the decline is expected in crop receipts.

Although cash receipts are the major sources of gross farm income, there are others. Here they are as listed in the report: government payments are expected to be $4 billion to $5 billion, up from $3.5 billion in 1982. Those include deficiency payments under the target price formula, plus other federal payments for paid diversion of cropland from production, and payments for grain storage and conservation. value of PIK commodities given to eligible farmers is projected at S4 billion to S6 billion in 1983. None was available last year.

The PIK value is based on the government's price support loan rate Other cash income from custom work, machine hire and farm recreational activities is expected to be $1.5 billion to $2.5 billion, compared to S2.1 billion last year. cash income from all sources is forecast at $145 billion to S149 billion, down from $149.6 billion in 1982. ress (HOK PRIMS IN 1HOUKS In By 2:30 p.m. Out by 7:30 p.m. Same Day In by 9 p.m.

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"The outlook for 1983 indicates a further moderate decline in unit sales, with sales possibly flattening out toward the end of the year." Poor machinery sal since 1979 "reflect low farm incomes, which have led farmers to postpone new purchases," the report said. Last year, sales of farm tractors with 40 or more horsepower dropped 26 percent from the number of units sold in 1981 and were 55 percent below the peak of 1979. Sales of four-wheel- drive tractors in 1982 were 30 percent below 1981 and about 60 percent below the record number of units sold in 1979. Retail sales of two- wheel-drive tractors over 100 horsepower dropped 32 percent from 1981 and were less than half of 1979 sales. The report was included a new issue of Agricultural Outlook by the department's Economic Research Service.

It was written by Paul Andrilenas of the agency. Andrilenas said Monday that in terms of "value of shipments" by manufacturers, a measure used in the trade, farm machinery grew significantly in the late 1970s, from $9.5 billion in 1977 to $9.9 billion in 1978, and then to a record of about $12 billion in 1979. The value of shipments dropped to about $11.8 billion in 1980 and held about steady at that level in 1981, he said. But as the economic situation deteriorated further, farm machinery shipments plunged 30 percent in 1982 to around $8.3 billion, Andrilenas said. Currently, he said, analysts are looking for 1983 shipments to decline possibly by another 5 percent to around $7.9 billion.

Meanwhile, the report said, prices of tractors and self-propelled farm equipment have more than tripled since 1970. The report said that since machinery sales tend to increase when net farm income rises, "the prospect of better farm income in coming years due to reduced- acreage programs holds promise" for the industry coming out of its sales tailspin. to off All 14 Gold and Diamonds. Chains! Charms! Earrings! Rings! Off all our 14K gold chains. Save $19 to $149 Sale 19 97 10 149 50 Find bracelets and necklaces in shimmering sei- pentme.

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