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Show , v A Farm Demonstrator i For Utah County i t, '; , ( ' People of This Count .Should Oct ;' " lluj nml .Secure Part of Slate 5 ' " ami .Vnllnual Appropriations . l ; for This Purpose. , .f ; ., , fj - Dr. Hobcrt J. Evnns enme Iji from ', Millard county Thursday for a brief I f" vlnlt with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. .; I ' A. J. Evnns. f Dr. Evnns Is In charge of nil the " i , county and district farm demonatra- '. H. tors 'n L'tnh. He Is working under ' ' ( '. the Joint supervision of the general f, ; nml stnto governments, tho U. S. , Agricultural Department nnd tho State ' , , '" Agricultural College, U- 1 . An appropriation of several thou- l'i sand dollars has been made by con- . i Kress and a like amount by tho state &' of Utah to pay for the employment B ; of agrlculturnl experts to work among $ , ', the farmers lit the several counties. " I ? The .counties In, which tho work Is f done 'must help to meet tho expenses ': ' Jointly with tho state nnd national governments. Those experts nro called county " t farm dcmonstratprB. They visit with tho farmers, and besides Imparting i of thclr'own Information, they study : , the rensous for success among the successful farmers and communicate this Information to tho less success- , ful ones. As they visit from farm to farm gathering nnd dispensing Infor- r matlon tho work of tho successful ) ' farmers nets as a levelling of the whole.'niul thus raising the standard of tho whole county. They also hold fanners' nieptlugs nnd help to form if farmers' organizations, and thus bring tho farmer. In closer touch with each r othor. ;. Several of tho counties liavo already "S-4mkcR advantage of HiIb assistance c fronr-tho state nnd nation and Dr. ' " Evans reports thnt while the work is It less than n'ycnr old, It has been pro- J , ductlvo of much good nnd more coun- i" ,, tics are asking that they bo given an 1 opportunity for co-operation. How- ' ever, the first appropriation being f- limited was soop exhausted, so that but a part of tho county applications ' could bo accommodated. I, , Tho doctor draws attention to the " fact that tho Lover bill providing for additional appropriations was this ". "f week passed through one branch of ?' congress, and undoubtedly will pass ri'- tho other brunch. It provides sufil- dent funds to employ sir more dem- ; . onstrntors In Utah. Tho rule fol- . f lowed in tho past by the agricultural -X ; college has bc n to fill tho appllcn- rf . tlons in the order thnt they come in vnr in from 'the different district. Al- LL-. tcaily Wo; .additional counties have fjtSp their applications in, leaving but four ML more available. ,' Utah county should ot onco make IK;.-' application, for one of tho four vacnn- JS&-- , cicj'. It is tho richest agricultural w'i . county in tho state and produces tho BrcyV; greatest variety of crops of any Vgft1 , comity in tho state. There Is no placo HJ whsre a demonstrator could do, more &?&".' effective work. Somo men last year wML "'-" a""0' B0 Der ncro tTOm tne,r ru,L ISsJll'Ui.. ' others operated at a loss. Some men - ? produced a similar profit from grow- 7 ' ni celery, while similar toll in other Wj pces were yielding crops of but a u tenth as valuable. Some dry formers ft harvesting wheat thnt yields fifty R bushels per ncre; others fall to hnr- ?. ' vest any. Somo second stands of ol- ff Ifa are harvested before second : crop has hardly commenced to grow U - Ita other fields. Somo orchardlsts pro- yf ! ' duce a hundred dollars wortlrof beans S i between their trees, whllo others get 0 : no revenuo at all whllo their trees '! aro coming Into bearing, nnd all this i'l rarioty of conditions can bo found In ono llttlo county where the conditions all. over aro practically the same. In tho stock growing lino somo dairy cows aro producing a big profit while i others produco a loss to the owners, and someg rowers of beef cattle gfct ' 25 per cent mort per head on an averago than do their neighbors. i, . Wo know of no moro prontablo way ! 5 . In which tho county could expend say U'v " $1,200 per year than to get in its a :- application at onco for tho privilege ' MiKr -r o' co-operating' on farm demonstra- i :& h l,on Every farmers' organization and ''? commercial club In the county should taend delegates to tho next meeting1 of ,ho county commissioners and ask , them to take tho necessary steps be- fore the new appropriation has been . exhausted. |
