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Show THE UINTAH BASIN FARMER coupled with thrift, good manageMany people envy them their sup- ment and a liking for the job. The matter posedly high incomes. As a who keeps the even tenor of fact, their incomes do not aver- farmer is not affected by and his of way, age any higher, if as high, as the ll cure-aschemes and incomes of good general farmers in fads, foibles, schemes is at second-clasmatter s Entered as the United States, and this in spite of the success Utah a makes at office Roosevelt, one who the post of the fact that the sections men- the March of of act under the Congress tioned are ideally situated for the game. 3, 1879. production of one specialized crop NOSTRUMS FOR FARMERS Official organ of the The most important factor in Uintah County Farm Bureau farming is labor. Lanu and capital The farmers discontent is the RoosRocsevelt Standard, Office: are important, but labor comes first. darkest cloud on the American horiTelephone 30. evelt, Utah. Few farmers who specialize have zon. At Washington it is said that They are the Administration will give the 50c work the year 'round. Subscription Price, one year of the rest busy at times, and the to preseek farmers anything necessary or loaf must of time necessity .Editor vent a new agricultural revolt. George H. Harrison. off the farm. Thus labor, the jobs The kernel of the trouble lies in Violet Harrison Business Manager most vital item of all, is wasted. low prices brought by farm the Added to this, there is the risk, the It has been estimated products. A BALANCED AGRICULTURE FOR faulty distribution of horse labor, that last years grain brought nearmachinery used for short periods THE UINTAH BASIN ly three quarters of a billion less only, the menace of weeds and in- than the 1924 crop. In diversified farming, not in sect pests, unstable market condiPresident Coolidge is against govthe difficulty of keeping up ernment price-fixin- g tions, seed alfalfa and the Adproduction, specialized the fertility of the land, etc. all will concede only so lies the future of agriculture in the of which suck at the d of ministration much as is required to keep the The comparatively Uintah Basin. specialized farming. West quiet until after the the of seed Middle alfalfa past high price One needs but to imagine an al- next Presidential election. Behind or and the two, consequent year condition or state the possible together Bato come at has the that Washington is the trading prosperity of affairs to get an index of the Into led of devote have the farmers many sin, Presidency. prize most of their time solely to the pro- stability and danger of specialized But apart from politics price-fixin- g duction of seed, and neglect other seed growing in the Basin. If the is unsafe and impracticable. or two for should fail years, crop to or abandon Frank 0. Lowden the most crops, growing them if the price should roP t0 a low altogether. opponent of Mr. Coolidge what would those farmers who for the Presidential nomination in No farming locality can remain level, are depending solely upon their seed permanently prosperous by growing crop do? What would become of 1928, has referred to the British one crop. The history of agriculsystem of rubber control as a methAnd yet both of od of what ture points this out unmistakably. their families? might be done for the or either of these conditions American farmers. The most prosperous and thriving these, s possible. Crop failure is not un The difficulty is that the Stevenagricultural sections in the United known in any county, and overproStates and in Utah diversify and roson rubber plan did not work alduction always results in a lower tate, and religiously shun specialiThe farmer though its mere existance became price for the product. zation. who diversifies does not need to wor- the ocassion of a quarrel between of thousands of farms in ry about these things, for he has the United States and Great Britian. Surveys different parts of the United States several crops, and there is little Rubber prices advanced because deg indicate that the farms likelihood that all will fail, nor is mand outstripped supply. They fell are the general farms, and there any possibility that there will when supply caught up with the demost that the profitable farms have be an overproduction of all. He has mand. some livestock, chiefly dairy cows, his But how are the farmers prices to eggs in several baskets, rather and grow several crops. It is inter- than all of them in one. be kept at prifotable levels? esting to note that the farms that How are the prices of steel rails Alfalfa seed is a good cash crop, pin their faith to one crop, such as and farmer should have at or newspapers or soap or any other fruit, truck garden crops, hay, chick- least every one cash crop. But he should manufactured commodity kept oi. an ens, etc., fail to average as much as even keel? half the labor incomes that the gen- have other crops as well. Wheat is usually a good price in the Basin, The United States Steel Corporaeral farms yield. and is a safe crop to grow. 'A few tion was organized to stabilize steel We hear a great deal about the potatoes would likely pay. Most prices which previously had swung grange growers of California, the farmers neglect the garden, and yet so widely that Andrew Carnegie poultry raisers of Petaluma, the mel- the amount of produce that can be once said steel was either a prince on growers of Rocky Ford, Colorado. grown on a small plot of ground is or a pauper. remarkable. Dried and canned vegAgriculture must develop similar etables are mighty appetizing in the methods. Control of prices must winter, too. A few good cows could come through control of production. be kept by every farmer in the BaThe Basin Pharmacy This does not mean the creation sin. These need not necessarily be of a vast corporate monoply. It does purebreds, but they should be good imply the developments of coopera-iv- e One producers and not boarders. organizations through which the hundred hens or so, and a few hogs farmers themselves may control the would materially add to the farm amount of wheat put on the market, receipts, and they are not a great at any time. JT deal of trouble. Bush fruits and a The government can of course small orchard of two or three stan- - stimulate cooperation, and it should, dard varieties of apples supply much Nothing but trouble for farmers and JT of the fruit needed in .the home. for the nation generally would, how- J No farmer need be afraid of be- ever, result from government priceing called a pro- fixing, direct or disguised. That is vided he uses all of his time to good the patent medicine of politics which Better be aggravates the disease it Is intended advantage on the farm. a and busy all of to cure. the time than have a lot of time to Send us your mail orloaf. The former pays dividends and the latter does not. Besides, farmders Prompt service ing is not a business that lends itand the best price self readily to specialization. It consists essentially of multitudinous Make a garden plan and then foljobs, and of several lines of activity. No man can get rich quick at low it farming. If he is making abnormalSave broomsticks for stakes. You from any certain ly large profits will never have too many of them. him let beware. It is as cercrop tain as taxes that that crop will soon You can start the hardiest seeds be at the foot of the list. The large in the cold frame op the first warm profits will look ,so good to everyA GOOD DRUG STORE thawing day. body else that they will rush in to get a slice and overproduction will Phone 54 Pick out a few novelties In both result. ROOSEVELT, UTAH farming for flowers and vegetables but let the any agricultural locality is Just varletles be your main crops. proved good, ordinary general farming, Established 1924 Published 1st and 15th of Each Month at Roosevelt, Utah. life-bloo- con-spicio- best-payin- so-call- ed i Jack-of-all-trad- es, y jack-of-all-trad- es Gates Tires Cole Batteries RED FRONT GARAGE Authorized DODGE Dealer A good line of Good Used Call or Phone 160 ti c Vernal, Utah C. F. TUCKER - cf Safe-and-sa- wwvwvwwvwwvwwmws ne : rci In Owner i at i hr. ::gjl V. Tha Ur Vernal Cleaning and Tailoring Co. twLa tc.4 like cf 1 EARL J. FREEMAN, Manager PLUSH COATS, t; that VELVETS and and t PLEATED SKIRTS OUR A: Eitm SPECIALTY Post Paid Parcel Ida, One -- J ' k. ha-- us . vclt' Trac MCU' WE WANT COYOTES Write today for Friends price list and see what Jim and Mack have to say about the fur market. CHAS. FRIEND co ml . & CO. Inc. 021 Mazee St., DENVER, COL. xi Bert 'is 02 TI - qultt pulle John sod' as' hi swit ble was Tt ited Mr. ty cf : Home Encourage patron- erati work izing the ones you already have. Ho pmr UINTAH CREAMERY COMPANY C. plant out top t J. Nelson, Mgr. NEOLA Tfc UTAH mean focnC efghti TINGLEY & SONS ter : ECi r. J- -l cew 'BUYERS OF Seed, Wool, Honey, Pelts and all lawfully caught furs. Prt old v: 4 i t; at UTAH P. O. Box 54. MYTON, -:- - fann Hirtt' The Basin Pharmacy a Cars t: c EC.. Ero Wong Sing Mercantile The store with a complete line'of Groceries and Provisions, Dry Goods, Notions, Ladies and Gents Furnisliings, Hoots and Shoes, Furniture, Hardware, Sto ves, Ranges, Harness, and Saddles. You will profit by trading FT. DUCHESNE, UTAH Rl |