Show STUDENT LIFE Americans when faintly from far away in the rear a sound was borne on the wind to the waiting soldiers Could it be or were they dreaming? they asked themselves’ Yes there it was again louder and clearer this time above the cracking of the enemy’s rifles and the dull roar of the cannon It was the sweetest sound ever borne to the ears of the soldiers for it w?as the clear metallic note of a bugle giving commands to the reinforcements that were coming up at a “double quick” with a new supply of ammunition The soldiers of the outpost with one accord grasped their hats add gave three rousing American cheers The advancing Spanish army heard the cheering and divining its cause hesitated— and were lost The reinforcements swung into the trenches and the volleys of the rang out on the night air The Spanish rapidly retreated and in a few minutes the battle was over Where a short time before this awful conflict had raged all was silent except for the groans of the wounded and dying The fury of the storm abated and the typhoon passed on to the other side of the island and so on to the ocean In a few hours the sun rose brightly and all nature seemed as smiling as it had the day before Oh but what a mockery It was to the living as they gazed on the faces of their fallen comrades who lay cold and stiff in pools of blood and water In a short time the dead and wounded were removed to Camp Dewey and nothing remained but the scarred bark of the trees and the shattered walls ofan old monastery nearby to show that anything unusual had occurred there the night before It S ’0: Krag-Jorgcnse- ns Special Training Owing to the fact that the great majority of farmers in Utah today are practicing almost the same methods in operating their farms as their fathers did the farming industry so important in this state is suffering Altogether too many farmers are practicing general farming and attempting to cover the whole field of agriculture instead of selecting 45 some one branch of the industry and making a specialty of it By special farming we mean the raising of such crops as will aid directlj7 in furnishing a ‘ finished product for the market For instance a dairy farmer might make a specialty of the production of milk and butter and raise a proper rotation of alfalfa corn grasses and such other forage as may be necessary for the proper support of the animals The great difficulty is that the general farmer attempts too much He raises grain potatoes hogs sheep horses cattle chickens all kinds of fruits in fact everything that will grow in his section of the country This was all right when there were no railroads or when the country was new and the people did not know what crops could be successfully grown and had to experiment in order to find out Competition is so keen in all branches of industry that the profit margins are usually narrow7 The price of production must be kept down in order to allow the profits as wide a margin as is necessary to operate the business without loss A specialist reduces the cost of production in several ways lie becomes an expert in his particular line and applies his energy with more certainty and force He has less capital invested in machinery and the extras which each line requires therefore ' his capital is more available He can better afford to buy for Cash those things which he does not raise than to run the risk of raising them at a loss or at the expense of some other crop An important matter in connection w ith the profit of a crop is the marketing Though it is just as important as the raising it is a matter which is greatly neglected A person must study his market and the things which control it It is not possible to do this where you have a number of crops to the same advantage as when you have one Marketing requires time and the more crops you have the more time will be spent in marketing How much easier it is for the specialist to do his marketing He has the advantage of quality as his crop has reached a higher degree of excellence and is in demand on the market |