Show S 0 oil i I 1 I 1 im conservation w 0 n s e r v a t 10 n 4 news by kenneth williams A new county agricultural agent for emery county has just been an bounced by the extension service at logan he is ray finch of spanish fork utah ray has been a farmer and in vocational agriculture prior to his assignment in emery county I 1 am acquainted with ray and am sure he will be able to help the farmer here he has his feet well on the ground and his farm background will help him to better understand the farm ers present day problems thanksgiving time is upon us a gain each year most of us take time to feast and thank god for seeing us through another year city dudes and country gentlemen alike fill their stomachs to an over capacity in a celebration originally intended as a tribute to the power who is responsible for all things the sad thing is that in our speed up of our every day lives and the urbanization of our society the ma jonty of our people are becoming alien to the good earth that supports them their closest association to the abundance we celebrate is the tin cans on the nearby grocers grocer s shelves seldom if ever do they have the te chance to get out and dirty their hands in the production of food and fiber from the land I 1 feel that by being out of contact continued on page 3 conservation news continued from page 2 with nature these people have lost the real concept of thanksgiving like everything else thanksgiving has become a dollar and cents item for many a good citizen present day records show that only one out of eight americans are now farmers each average farmer then is providing food not only for himself and his family but for seven other faim families lies also he is the guy responsible for pro for their abundance this a appears to me to be quite a ch allange farming today has become a vital and respected occupation this is one time of year when our hats could well be off to these tillers of the land who each year are able to produce an abundance for our nation |