Show AND WEBER COUNTY Twenty Twenty fifth Street Street- Telephone j By The T Telegrams Telegram's Special News Service ARM BUREAU HAS PLAN FOR BETTER POTATO CULT CULTURE a mp aign Against Weeds to Be Inaugurated to Foster Crops r Uy U By The Th Telegrams Telegram Special Neva tM S Service 1 OGDEN Oct 14 At H.-At At a meeting of e Weber County Farm Bureau this it was d determined that the thea a am n pr projects to be considered in con- con with the agricultural college nd d the government shall be drainage destruction of obnoxious eeds reeds and potato culture The he farmers of the section of coun- coun ry mostly concerned already have decided decided de- de tided to establish dr drainage districts In Plain lain City and Hooper and ana estimates have been prepared by eng engl- It is estimated that about 25 acres of water-logged water lands may be bee e in this project Other districts dis- dis undoubtedly will be established ind nd d in the course of the next few tew years all the wet lands of the county will be made productive Dairying will be given marl marked ed atten- atten I Jon and the farmers are determined to Annihilate the Canadian thistle and ther ither obnoxious weeds weede It also is erne con con- dered Imperative to exterminate the blight Work along these lines ines las as been pursued by the bureau and agricultural agent W W. Preston homas hamas tato Culture Improves ft It Is said that potato culture has been improved and that dairy herds r In better condition titan than before Resolutions were passed thanking a a. special pedal committee which represented foe he h Interests of the county respecting 11 he establishing of bf a federal farm loan jank ank Iri Ogden den and offering oftering complete operation lo A resolution that the greatly appreciated the hos- hos uty Ita-uty and kindnesses extended the embers on their trip to counties south Ogden also was as adopted The The farmers are heartily in fa favor of he farm loan bank b system proposed yf hC government and they will take mediate steps steps' to tor organize ors loan asso asso- a ons in the county It is said by resident D. D D. D McKay of ot t the e farm bu bu- bu saji ap au that details of the associations will out by a It Is lanned to divide the county count into about v vo 1 districts bees hees' Report Approved The report of Justice of the Peace Rhees of ot Pleasant View was ap- ap oved He was as appointed to consider tax question of the state His ret re- re ort t rt follows t J have hav given the matter of taxation related rel ted to the agricultural interests the If he state much thought and have f gone gorie over all figures which I 1 to the present time have been able obtain and which would throw light lighton lighton lighton on on the subject the result being that hive have come to the conclusion that th the interests are paying morean more ban an their just share of the taxes Upon his Is fa fact I find that all the interests of lie e state are not taxed on on the same sis Is of value alue I believe that if the Agricultural interests paid taxes one on I e ej 1 same basis as do the mining in- in resta r their taxes would be reduced n seventh ne-seventh seventh less less' lessof of what they are now n support of this belief I Is submit the wing olio illustration I Given The h total assessed valuation of property in Utah for 1915 was OO about third one of this value agricultural or This ives us in round numbers the amount which the ral al interests paid taxes in 1915 The Theoal vial inal power and mining companies fere ere valued at plus 5 as net proceeds of mines making a a. atal tal otal of 15 after deduct deduct- the value alue of the canal and power gives about on the mining Interests paid taxes I ii The agricultural products of the Kate ate for 1915 were valued at fO O. O which gives an assessed value of 62 2 for each of pr products ducts The Mineral products were v valued at 61 1633 which gives an assessed value 1 23 for each of products or ors or's orne ne s 's seventh as much taxable value ac- ac ding to the annual products as the 1 valuation of the agricultural ests according to its annu annual 1 prod prod- I were in m 1915 1815 a about out Sons rons engaged In agriculture In the te e te which at per year wages wage Q Id ld amount to to There ere B about persons engaged in r of mineral products at twice the wage of agricultural or 1200 per year would mount fount to By deducting Rese ese eSe amounts for wages from the anal anal anual an- an ual al products o of these industries re- re we will get the toll following owing Made Annual products of agriculture t ter fter paying wag wages wages s Anat Ania Ana An- An ia at a products of mines after atter paying ages K ge s. s These figures give following comparisons comp The agrI- agrI interests pay taxes on for each of remaining urns turns urns The mining Interests pay taxes 1 1029 of value for each of reining reining re- re ining returns or twelfth one-twelfth asch as asch asch ch taxes according to the remain remain- r F returns as do the agriculturists esc ee figures lack much detail which r m unable to furnish that if it could obtained may change the showing r r. i above given and I J hope all the facts obtained would show less than seems to exist as I hate believe that the farmers are paying elve he times as much taxes according their ability to pay as are the min min- Tr Interests But whether the discrimination ise Ise is re e or less Jess than there are figures frig hi I believe there is no room for forit bt it that a discrimination does exist U that farmers are taxed heavier n many other Interests Now if the thet t that many farmers are paying ch h more than their Just share of the thes s concerns the bureau I would rec- rec lend end that they appoint a legislative mittel and use their Influence to toaI II aI alb alj other bureaus of the state to likewise and that this committee the whole state suggest to our legislature the needs of ot the farm- farm rid of ot the agricultural interests in inand r rat l and to watch all legislation do their utmost to see ee that the Interests of the state get that the prosperity prosperity pros pros- believe I 1 a fair deal for agriculturist i is as im of the prosperitY ofas of the h state the to class In m u It it other as AI that of any |