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Show Farm Management Survey Last tali, Ha- olilco of Farm Mnu-ugemeiu, Mnu-ugemeiu, i tilted atntes Department ot Agriculture, niado u farm ninnagu-nieut ninnagu-nieut Buney In tho Utah Luko Valley. 'Uio results ot this survey lmvo been puunsiieu as muictlii in, U. S. Uc-puriniciit Uc-puriniciit oi Agriculture, unu anyono uesiring oopy can gut ouo by writing writ-ing to their Congressman in Washington Wash-ington D. C, giWng tho number or tho bulletin. Thu bulletin presents detailed Information In-formation in regard to the prollts In lutuiing in this section. Every fariu-ur fariu-ur in tins valley should securu u copy and stud It thoroughly. A man will uu gi cany benulltod by It. Farmers who haw received no returns, or small leiuniH, ou certain crops in the past years will read their experiences just ns thoy occuied. Somo men will see their own statement appearing with the stump of government np-pioval np-pioval Ou the '.'' small farms studied, the iiu-iage oi which Hud li 1-- acres in crops, the income u tho tuiinor uve,r. iigtit ?Jsl. iho value or thu work none ou thu tarui was coiiBlUured ns an ixpeuse, and was subtracted from the nu in receipts, along with tlio oiliei .spouses. If this hud not been ,.,..i.. Hi.. Inrin llic'onin Would llllVO none the limn Incbuiu would luivu been $-. this represents tiro umouiit uvuiiuine lor living expenses lr there wcie no nioitgago on which Interest .urn io m palu. The pay reeulved by ihe lanner lor his own work uver-iigml uver-iigml :'W on these small tiirms. This liguie represents the rami Income of ti,.ll, minus thu t per cent Intel est oil the average total capital Invested per furm. On ao larger farms, with tin uverago ur -i'i i-li acres In crops", tho pay ic-jx'lu-d by thu runner tor his own jvork averaged iiiS'J. Thu Income of the lanii uveiuged $117U. Tho farm income, plus tho valuu of 'thu work done by the family, uviraged $1443. 'Iho year l'Jl'J was a good one for apples and a fair one for peuchoB. Iho prollts or Tanning may bo ubovo the average as u result of thnt fact. Accordingly, tho ollco of Farm Management Man-agement has sent an expert in farm economics to muko a new farm survey this lull. Tho expert In question in Mr. L. T. Connor, who Is now ut work making the second survey. Ho has already al-ready secured considerable Information Informa-tion along the lino of ulllclency work. The information gathered by him will bu published by tlio government us soon ns possible, und will bo handled in such u wny thut no man's farm can bo Indentllled. Statements by farmers are considered strictly confidential, and tho data secured Is not open to inspection by state or county olllcera. This Is always true regarding work of tills kind undertaken by tho federal feder-al government. If the farmers In any community In this -section wuut it, Mr. Connor will gladly deliver n lecture on the 1913 survey at a convenient point on an evening ngrfeablo to all concerned, concern-ed, Mr. Connor Is stopping ut the Roberts Hotel lu Provo. |