Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-01-13 | Page 3 | All Lose When Farmers Suffer Hinckley Says

I ALL LOSE WHEN fARMERS SUfFER HINCKLEY SAYS State Commissioner S Subs Sub Sub- bi b- b s i nuts mils Report Showing Utah Farms to Be Lacking Lack- Lack r ing Capital for Work 1 in In iii M ts blen biennial lal report to Governor 1 R. R t bey wets was sub- sub today Commissioner A. A A. A of the state department of I e says The real teal condition of ot the Industry 1 Is Js' better understood by the nation than ever evel before bE The fact tact that H It is the b basic lc ind industry and that better than oi of ot all the people are engaged appreciated as also the fact t th these lie people are the greatest st pur- pur chas chaset of ot manufactured products of ot any single t group When they cannot ill find d pay pay for tor their purchases bank dwindle n business languishes loE close dose taxes fall tall delinquent 1 foreclosures follow tollow and municipal iu id state and federal funds are J tf the cities become crowded 4 jSn consumers are inand in- in I. I and producers decrease 1 Commissioner Hinckley 7 t The disproportionate relation relation- r. r 1 Between the farm tarm prices es and the prices price's of or other things is seen and recI rec- rec I and It Is la conceded that to toJ t J 1 efly etly safeguard national well being i tie B remedy must be applied Condi- Condi must roust be such that the farmers farmer's J I not riot be driven from the farm centers to share in the I. I re l prosperity there I h T Jh sees light ahead as s it is now I Cring a a. period of her best growth 1910 to 1920 the number of farms I the state Increased per cent n her acres only onty Kave tave been listed as farm lands the same period named farm tarm acreage e increased per cent 0 land in farms Increased 46 2 per pert 1 tt t ti other unimproved lands In farms t. t J easi d per cent In 1920 31 per er pt of ot all farms In Utah were from I o. o acres With the average size I peI eig g 1968 acres Thirty four per perIt It rt t of ot this land was cultivated 1 Att on the thet aver ge farm an f acreage creage of acres and tin eta m- m fJ ved acreage of acres Why ar are I. I It t these acres cres on each farm alm or 66 zig cent of ot the acreage unimproved largely rg ly because of Insufficient capital elop the land or lack ot of workers tb b b help work It j i I 1 Commissioner Hinckley discusses i t he topics which the board deals with i it J te t t Dairying sheep industry beef I le hog industry beekeeping sugar k eats fits ts and alfalfa seed I