Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-05-03 | Page 4 | The Farm's Advantage

THE FARMS FARM'S ADVANTAGE THE TuE farmer may be having a hard time LI these days but the state of Michigan last year had more applications for homestead land than it had had in several years pre pre- Most of the applicants were jobless factory hands jumped at the chance of getting a bit of farm land tax-free tax for five years on which they could raise food for their fam fam- State officials admit that most of these homesteaders will probably return to the factories as soon as good times come back letting their homesteads revert to the state meanwhile however the back to the farm movement is popular This touches on the one great advantage that the farmer has over the city worker Times may be villainously hard and money may be scarce but he can at least feed himself himself himself him him- self and his family while the jobless man inthe inthe in inthe the city has to depend on charity for every bite Being broke on a farm is one degree better than being broke in the city