The Daily Herald from Provo, Utah • 46

Page 46-THE HERALD, Prove I'tah. Thursday. March 31. 197 Milk Support May Rise Partner in Agriculture- tUWi i- sw: -ia7 -i'V- mer can rarm wire tsssc' smv The foundation of the wyrr I 4 Wit I 11 1 7 modern family families "'iTV Q7 ''-t: Healy said. Both consumers and taxpayers would benefit in the long run, Healy insisted, because a hike in support prices even though it would produce a temporary boost in federal spending would stabilize milk production and price levels.

Eventually, support costs would go down and consumers would be spared the sharp price peaks which have alternated with "valleys" of low farm prices in recent years, the dairy leader argued. WASHINGTON (L'PI) Government spending on milk price supports may rise substantially if Agriculture Secretary Bob Bergland grants dairy farmers the support hike they're asking for on April 1. "But we're not ashamed at all of asking for it," Patrick B. Healy, secretary of the National Milk Producers Federation insisted in an interview. "I think the taxpayer and the consumer will have to go along with this so we can end the tremendous volatility we've had in milk prices since 1972," in its heritage of the past.

I I -A TT NL For the farm wife has ViJV7 -ft fcA i always been at the side of IFA Tire Sale j.f ft4tf "-107 13' i 4r vv, March 31, april 1 2 ONLY AT STORES LISTED BELOW her husband and in his absence in his place. The customary tradition of women of agriculture is well known helping to build homes in the wilderness, breaking the ground, sowing the seed and harvesting the crops while continuing the numerous daily tasks of raising and caring for families. But history is dotted with instances of the efforts of women of agriculture which went well above and beyond even these demanding tasks, according to farm life researchers at Sperry New Holland. It is said the first person to set foot on Plymouth Rock from the Mayflower was a young woman of 19 named Mary Chiltcn. Her father became violently ill just as the ship weighed anchor off Cape Cod and died before its landing.

Leading the way into the new land, this petite Pilgrim tilled the rocky CO-OP MARK 74 Steel Belted Radial with 40,000 mile guarantee with the chicken ranches, which once were a prominent part of the local farm economv. ONCE A FAMILIAR SIGHT in I'tah Valley, the turkey ranch, like the one pictured above, is passing out of existence, along NATION AL FARM family of 1975, Mr. and Mrs. James Ottoman and daughter Dana, of Malin, participate in an nearly a score of different civic activities. $2.06 Exc.

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The 1975 Farm Family of the Year, selected in national competition sponsored by the USDA's Farmers Home Administration and Sperry New Holland, exemplifies this. Together, Mr. and Mrs. James Ottoman, of Malin, have been active in nearly a score of different civic endeavors, while farming 250 acres. Mrs.

Ottoman's civic activities have included PTA president; Girl Scout and 4-H Leader, American Auxiliary President, volunteer for blood banks, cancer and heart fund drives and the United Givers Fund. Thus today and throughout history, the female role the women of agriculture prominently among them deserve the words of an observer from France: "If I were asked to what the singular prosperity and growing strength of the American people aught mainly to be attributed, I shall reply to the superiority of their women." Computer Work Helps Dairy Herds Don't gamble unnecessarily on the future of your dairy herd by using unproven sires, dairymen from Utah County and other coiunties throughout Utah were told at a recent dairy record seminar. The seminar was sponsored by the Utah Dairy Herd Improvement Association at the DHI Computing Center in Provo. Staff members from the center and Utah State University Extension presented information to guide dairymen in their management. Dr.

R. Dean Plowman from Utah State University, area director, Agricultural Research Service, said, "The difference between a good and a bad bull is in the proportion of high producing daughters he has. Dairymen Benefit From DHI Records "There are a lot of cows in Utah that aren't on test that ought to be. By the same token, there are a lot of dairymen who could be doing better if their cows were on test." Dairymen from central Utah counties and from counties throughout the state were told that at a recent Dairy Herd Improvement Association seminar held at the DHI Computing Center in Provo. Dr.

R. Dean Plowman from Utah State University, area director, Agricultural Research Service, was speaking. He commended the DHIA organization and the extension people in Utah for having 43 percent of the cows in Utah on test and encouraged them to get more dairymen involved. He pointed out that nationally the figure is about 31 percent. He said that the cows that aren't on test in the nation are averaging about 9100 pounds of milk production a year compared to about 13,600 for those that are.

Utah cows on test are averaging about 14,000 pounds of milk a year. "Those increases in production for cows managed with the benefit of the DHI test records more than make the difference between profit and loss in the dairy business. Such information says that you ought to tell your neighbors that they too can benefit from testing their cows," Plowman told the dairymen. He also advised the dairymen who are on test to make better use of their records on their own farms in order to make more money in the dairy business. He strongly advisesd doing a better job of identifying cows with their sires and becoming more familiar with the management information a dairyman can get from his DHI computer sheets each month.

intermountain FARMERS STORES 1 If IFA sells it vou can deDend on it. i COLONIAL farm wife combined field work with traditional task of raising children. American Fork. Utah 28 1st West 7561521 Dtlta. Utah 498 Mam 864-2H0 Draper, Utah 1045 12400 Soutn 571 Ephraim.

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and Madam Mary Faree who cultivated 2,500 acres in Pennsylvania. During the Revolution, farm wives in addition to providing food and materials for the military and keeping the family farms going while husbands went off to fight for independence took even more active rolls. Deborah Sampson of Plymouth, Mass. disguised herself as a man and under the name of Robert Shortliffe fought throughout the Revolution. Although wounded twice, her secret remained undisclosed until during a bout with fever her true sex was discovered by a doctor.

Even after recovery, she carried a letter through Redcoat lines to General Washington. Western expansion is filled with the heroics of farm wives as families migrated to tame the wilderness. Rebecca Boone followed her husband, Daniel, into the wilds of Kentucky and the widowed mother of Sam Huston took her nine children into the mountains of Tennessee to homestead a farm and forever shape American history. On both sides of the Civil War, the efforts of farm wives are rooted in history. After the battle of An-tietam, the United States Sanitary Commission, founded and staffed by women (many from farm backgrounds) to oversee the health of Union forces, tended 10.000 sick and wounded, providing their only meals for many days.

Allie McPeek, a widow, lived on a small farm near Jonesboro, Ga. Her home was under fire for days when the Blue and Gray clashed there. She converted her home into a hospital and helped tend the sick and wounded of both armies as th the battle lines constantly changed. Today, the roles of such partners in agricultural progress may have changed somewhat, but their contributions are equally important Farm wives still can by found at their husbands' IF IFA SELLS IT YOU CAN DEPEND ON IT IFA's Ounce of Prevention Better Animal Health and Bigger Crop Yields i Reduce Animal losses Conference Specials soil to eake out an existence for her and her widowed mother. The original male colonists of Jamestown, while cultivating tobacco, complained constantly of the ban by the Virginia Company against bringing women to the colony.

Finally, when the settlers were on the verge of open rebellion and threatening return to England, new company management changed the policy and arranged for the passage of 90 prospective brides. In Haverhill, Mass. a monument stands to honor Hannah Duston. A farm wife, she and her new-born child were among the women and and children taken captive in an Indain raid in which her husband and all other males were killed. After several days of forced march, Hannah led a revolt one night, killed her captors with their own tomahawks and scalped them as a warning to other raiders.

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Shupe, extension veterinarian, Utah State University. He noted that in the United States. Brucellosis is primarily a problem in cattle, and to a lesser extent, in swine Other animal species such as sheep, goats, dogs and some wildlife also may become infected Brucellosis can be transmitted from animals to humans either by physical contact or else by drinking raw milk from infected cows In humans it is usually called undulant nr Malta fever Since the disease is not transmitted from one human to another, prevention of brucellosis in livestock will help eliminate the human health hazard Brucellosis in cattle is a serious and costly disease. Infected cattle may abort and often become problem breeders and may become sterile They generally have a reduction in their milk producing ability. Cattle in infected herds have fewer calves than normal Besides these production losses.

livesUxkmen also have maintenance costs for non-productive cattle Cattle can acquire brucellosis by licking recently-aborted fetuses or the genitals of infected cows or occasionally by eatir.g or drinking contaminated food or water. The infected, pregnant animal is the most common source of infective material which is discharged in great quantity at the time of abortion or calving One cannot tell if a cow is infected by just looking at her. The most obvious signs are abortion, usually in the later part of pregnancy, birth of weak calves, and rttained placentas An infected cow may give birth to a normal calf, however, and still spread brucellosis organisms (bacteria in the fluid that escapes from her uterus With few exceptions, brucellosis is spread from one herd to another by infected or exposed animals. 0' Dw'cnose 0 p'ec no" Soti tp-eoat' o' $29 95 o-d 'ece-e 0 45D0 So f' bog c' joms Tur Bw iae' obso'e F'e Watch 'or Spring GrOnd Opening Soe0 P''(es thr April 14,1977 KFTN the April 8th paper, and lu'en tc roro Apnl 9th for Free G'tti INTERMOUNTAIN FARMERS STORES At PLS IT PlAST IT VA INTAIN I j. Aspen Landscape Nursery twit an For UlaH CM Ct Uia" loa Ula Sen Mj -logan Ulan so Vi Sail lata Clly Utah 'KOO So W-Tmp.

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