The Independent-News, Volume 88, Number 16, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 16 April 1964 — Page 3

Group Os 500 Hears NFO Vice President A crowd of around five hunIrcd persons attended the Charcoal Beef-Burger Supper at the Greene T^wp. School on Monday, April 6th, sponsored by the St. Joseph County NFO. Invocation was given by the Rev. Fred Young of the Tabor and Tecgarden EUB Churches. Erhard Pfingsten, vice president of the organization from Sergeant Bluff. lowa, was the principal speaker. The contents of his speech was as follows: What is killing the family size f irm farm prices. Every farmei knows today that he has a sorus problem and is being choked t v present prices. NFO has the medicine for the cure but you have to take it to be cured. Collectively, we in agriculture, owe the largest debt of any single group in history of the world and our ability to repay this debt is the poorest on record. We receive less than 6 per cent on our Investment. Take a look at the agriculture situation. The national income ia the highest on record, in fact, it has trpled while the American farmer has dropped another 5 per cent. Everything we have to purchase has risen. No wonder the economists talk of the farmprice squeeze. Some farmers say they were pretty lucky this year, they did not have to pay any income tax. How mixed up can they get? We have driven 200 thousand farmers off the farm When the Studebaker plant closed its doors, they put 8000 to out of work. In American agriculture we have been closing the same amount of farms in the past ten years and with another 3' 2 million predicted to leave the farm, that would be the same as closing a Studebaker plant every week. Why. when we. as farmers, have the most important industry in this area., do we permit this to happen? We have the product that every man. woman and child needs and wants. Our low prices are also affecting every walk of life that is connected with the nation’s agriculture. Our program Is not one of scarcity. You never made any money when your corn crop failed and the price was high- with nothing to sell. It is when you havo something to sell at cost of

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production plus a fair profit. Mr. Farmer, lets tend to our own business, figure what it cost to produce our product. set a price on t ese pnxlucts and bargain for hat price together. Then and only then will we get somewhere. Join NFO. collectively we can solve our problems, you need us and we need you. TMne in Channel 22 WSBT Sunday. April 19th, at 1:30 for our Mid-West Farm Report. North Liberty Track Team Wins Ist Meet North Liberty's track team opened the .964 season with a dual meet win over Lakeville by a 68-41 score on Thursday of liwit week. With sweeps in three events,, the shot put, 410 yard dash and 880 yard run, the Shamrocks totaled the difference in points. Several of the times were very respectable for an opening meet with others not opening any eyes. The summary: Broad jump: J. Riddle. L; Uambert. NL Hughes. NL; 19'4 V H limp: Tie between Landgreb and Mlekodaj. NL; Naragon, ' L; 5'7” Shot put: Mlekodaj. NL: D Holme. NL: Knepp. NL: 40'11 Pole vault: E. Holmes, NL; J. Riddle, L; Fields, NL; 10'6" 120 y.rd high hurdles: Mumaw, L: McCausland, L; Hurt, NL; :17.7 100 yard dash: Torbenson. L; Davis, NT.: Landgrebe. L; :10 7 Mile run: Wenger. NL; Lappin, NL: Bennett, L: 5:17.8 440 yard run: Holderread. NL; Fields. NL; Roush, NL: :57 7 180 yard low hurdles: Inn.bert, NL; Hurt, NL; McCausland L: :240 220 yard run: Torbenson. L; Mumaw,; L: Cl ingen peel. NL Mumaw L; Clingen: eel, NL; :23 7 Half mile run: Wenger. NL; Baughman, NL; Peddycord. NL; 2:229 ‘ Milo relay: North Liberty. Holderread, Fields, Naragon and Roush 4:083 RBO vard relay: Lakeville. Mumaw. L ndgrebe, McCausland and Torben in. 1:42 2. Final score: North Liberty 68. Lakeville 41. When yearning outstrip earnings. the budget Is all gummed up.

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