Show MRS HAM fATHER I GEORGE G E GERRARD DIES DIESI I t I George E Gen ard Gerrard father of Mrs J T Hammond a well known farmer and stockman of U Utah ah and Wyoming I died Wednesday m morning at his home in Salt S It Lake folio following ving an nn illness of eleven months i Mr Gerrard was wass born bom in Black Black- burn Blackburn bum Ll Lancashire England and was one sixty one years rears oho old the of last August I I He is survived y his widow Mrs Irs Blanche II n Gerrard 11 d and the follow follow- ing following children Mr 11 Mrs Helma Hammond of Bountiful Mrs Irs Elmer Eimer Smith Boise Idaho Malvern 1 E Gerrard Shelly Glenn Ge Gerard Gerrard ra-d ra Idaho Falls Idaho Mrs Elme Elmer Jenkins Salt Lake Cit City Gilbert anu ans Kenneth Gerrard Salt Lake City Sand and two brothers James Gerrard and J Thomas Ger Ger- Gerrard Gerrard Gerrard rard of Taylorsville lle Funeral services will be held in the Taylorsville ward ward chapel this Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock Bishop Ed- Ed Edward Edward Ed Edward ward 1 M Ashton Ashton of the Yale ward wardwill wardwill wardwill will conduct the i services Interment will be in the T Taylorsville cemetery Profitable Farm Farn Farm I Sear ear Will Help Hel To Sustain Prosperity Agriculture h hs s been fairly profit profit- profitable profitable profitable able this year the improved pur pur- purchasing purchasing pur- pur purchasing chasing power of farmers will do much to uphold general economic well being through the winter wintE the United States Department of Agriculture de cares in its October report on the agricultural sit situation The depart depart- department department department ment points out however that w conservative judgment of the recovery recovery recovery ery of agriculture is warranted farm prosperity can bp bF be as easily rat over overrated overrated overrated ed as depression It is a splendid harvest th tha de- de department department de department says Not bumper yields but production well nell adjusted to reas reas- reas- reas reasonable reasonable reasonable needs The two great money crops cotton and wheat are now along along- where idea can be gain gain- gained gained gained ed of their value Cotton apparent apparent- ly apparently stands to bring its producers an in- in in eme of approximately which is about tike pike ike last year and wheat producers apparently stand to receive about which is also near or slightly below last year year These two leading crops probably index the general genera crop income Agri Agri- Agricultural Agricultural Agricultural cultural income will not be greatly in excess of last y year ar but the point is that this is th the second fairy profit profit- profitable profitable profitable able year The reason eason will go a long longway longway longway way up regional conditions The Corn Com Belt along long longwith with the dairy and diversified East have been slow to feel the stimulating current of re- re revival re revival vival vhal but now the rising prices of hogs and cattle together with a rea- rea reasonably rea reasonably good corn corn crop mean some profit in the coin coca co n belt The slowly ducts plus higher highet potatoes and minor strengthening prices for dairy pro pro- Continued pro on page e 5 I Profitable Farm rm eal Year Will Help To lin in General Pr Continue d il from page 1 cn cash h crops pro rise lise somewhat better bettel income for the ast The whole n agri agricultural cultural map t us slowly emerges from economics shadow Discussing tl ti i Situation b ey key re r re regions gions the muni ment m nt says say s-A s r- r rI n I The East h is busy with silo filling potato di digging rin fruit ruit harvest and fol- fol followed fol followed lowed by late r ins Beans buckwheat and other crops in harvest were dam dam- damaged damaged aged by heavy ains a ins in th north Win Win- Winter Winter ter tr grain rain is mo 1110 needed Th Tb Dairy situatIon is rath r 1 static but improved rather than oth otherwise The south is g gc generally under the ban of dr dry weather Draught and heat have been a real catastrophe strophe in north north- northern northern ern Georgia nd portions of the Carolinas The whole re- re region region re region gion is hard liard hit The cotton crop is spotted but gel orally fairl fairly good o d Picking is well a n ong and ginning has b been cn hea heavy F eel el crops have been licen shortened b by di dm r weather General con conditions ore are f iry irly good except in drou drought ht areas arens The corn bet bel bell hhas the corn har har- harvest harvest vest wel along w v th the crop matured safely ahead of i J ost There is some chaffy chaff corn in an arl as ts hit b by dry weather weather er but the bulk c the crop is apparently apparently good grain The region is busy with the late ha evis and fall work Winter grain rain has been planted favor favor- favorable favorable favorable able conditions The he hog and cattle situation generall general favor optimism The wheat be t t has winter wheat seeding about fini hed Local estinia- estinia estima-es estima es of acreage va y but general indi ind- ind-i- ind indications indications arc are of sot SOl sonae e a Increase over fall Spring wit wh at yields arc are ony only fair but grain is e quality an and prices are ting is practically finish I The general re- re result re result sult suIt of the season s s 's is favor favora a Ie he e to the I regIOn as a whole I The Rang Ranged Range Ci Cc C has the time c cat cat- cattle cat cattle t- t tle tie and sheep m ni to market mark t ti i well along StOl Stoe is moving down do I from the high ran c e to winter p pasti cs il i e es There is a h havy avy a demand for fori i owes Many owe lambs are arc being I taken backon back on ra range go ge and many ninny old owes shipped to f m foft-m m flocks for breed breed- breeders breeders ers Some cattlemen n arc stocking stocking- up whole region is i proving in tone On the Pacific Coast the apple and grape har harve ve s are arc well along Prunes are arc picket Grain is s mostly threshed in the s se uth th tho The department index of the re- re products re-products products is placed at 93 for August the purchasing lower over ower of 30 farm compared with 91 al i i Jul July the five year 14 1909 14 Average o 0 being used a as asa a abase base J |