Salt Lake Telegram | 1942-02-20 | Page 1 | Don't Dig up Lawns for Gardens, Say Farm Experts

Dont Don't Dig Up Lawns For Gardens Say Farm Experts Agricultural I Correlating Committee Advises That Trucks Tractors May Have to Go Tireless Advice to farmers If you have a horse ride it Advice to city dwellers Dont Don't plow up your lawns and flower gardens to grow vegetables These hese points were brought out by speakers Friday at a meeting of the state agricultural agricultural agricultural tural correlating committee meeting in the governors governor's board boardroom boardroom boardroom room at the capitol to discuss agricultural problems relating to the war Dr Arvil Anil L L. Stark extension horticulturist at Utah State Agricultural Agricultural Agricultural Agri Agri- cultural college and chairman of the Victory garden program in Utah said the goal is to increase the number of gardens by in Utah and in the nation Dont Don't Plow Ploy Up Lawns However he said we dont don't want city dwellers plowing up their lawns and flower beds to tomake tomake tomake make roo room for vegetable gardens The lawns and flowers are important important important im im- im- im to morale and furthermore furthermore furthermore further further- more experience during the last war showed amateur gardeners wasted more seeds than they grew vegetables Dr Stark explained the program is designed primarily for farm families most of which do not now do much much-in the way of gardening The horseback riding advice came cam from Stanley J J. J Stephenson state director of rationing boards who declared If If you have a horse you had better ride it and if you have put away your wagon you had better get it out and start using it There is no use kidding ourselves ourselves ourselves our our- selves the rubber just isn't avail avail- able Not Kot All AH Trucks Essential We all recognize transportation of food is a very essential matter but on the other hand operation of trucks by every farmer is not essential There are not going to tobe tobe tobe be enough tires to take care of the full needs of well est well established a b 1 lis i s h e d transportation lines Consequently Consequent Consequent- ly we shall fall far short of providing providing providing pro pro- viding tires for farm trucks The 0 O P A Mr Stephenson said already has issued specific instructions instructions instructions that in cases where farmers have converted farm equipment to Continued on Pale Page Eight Column Eight LAWN GARDENS 1 WARNING GIVEN 1 1 Continued from Page One use rubber tires they will be obliged to run without rubber He also warned that the purchase purchase purchase pur pur- chase of tires supposedly for a a. farm truck with the view of transferring transferring transferring trans trans- ferring them to passenger automobiles automobiles automobiles auto auto- mobiles will result in disqualification tion of the truck for further tires Where horses can be used where regular transportation can be provided where vehicles now used by farmers can be replaced with conveyances without rubber tires then farmers have to get along without tires he declared Selvoy J. J Boyer executive secretary secretary secretary secre secre- tary of the Utah State Farm Bureau Bureau Bureau Bu Bu- Bu- Bu reau federation was another speaker He noted there are enough workmen throughout the country to grow the 1942 1912 crop but that all groups concerned must cooperate to see that workmen workmen workmen work work- men are transported from place to place as they are needed The meeting was presided over overby overby overby by Tracy R R. Welling chairman of the state agricultural committee and chairman of the correlating committee