. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. ;r&KS5!K!%5^^tJ^K«M«K%%«lWS«K«J«X*l«!«I«; News from Mass, Farm Bureau Why a numbering system for FB members in Massachusetts? This question has been raised, and de- serves an answer. Mostly, it has been done to avoid confusion over similar names and addresses. The number system also makes it easier for us to make FB service programs available only to paid-up members. On that point of paid memberships, we remind you that FB services such as insurance and the weekly newsletter will be CANCELLED as of January 1, 1978 for those who
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. ;r&KS5!K!%5^^tJ^K«M«K%%«lWS«K«J«X*l«!«I«; News from Mass, Farm Bureau Why a numbering system for FB members in Massachusetts? This question has been raised, and de- serves an answer. Mostly, it has been done to avoid confusion over similar names and addresses. The number system also makes it easier for us to make FB service programs available only to paid-up members. On that point of paid memberships, we remind you that FB services such as insurance and the weekly newsletter will be CANCELLED as of January 1, 1978 for those who have not paid their 1978 dues. We suggest you take care of this item, if you have not yet done so. Don't rush to apply to your local conservation commission with an offer to sell development rights on your land. Not yet, anyway. State funds for local purchase won't be available until next July at the earliest. And, the necessary applica- tion procedures will probably take several months to develop. We'll keep you informed of the progress relating to this new state program. Remember, too, that un- der the new law the term "develop- ment rights" is not used. Instead, the term "Agricultural Preservation Restrictions" (APRs) is used. A bill to make farm tractors exempt from the Massachusetts sales tax has been filed in the legislature, according to MFBF Ex- ecutive Secretary Phil Good. The bill, S 1997, is up for action in the near future. You can help by contacting your own local Repre- sentatives and Senators urging their support for the bill. 6 Telegrams and phone calls to your local Representatives and Senators will help most on this particular bill, since Farm Bureau is pressing for speedy action on Beacon Hill. Farm Bureau is opposing big labor's push to rewrite the National Labor Relations Act in Congress. The proposed legislation will give labor bosses more monopoly power, ac- cording to the American Farm Bureau Federation. This bill has alread
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