Show American Farmers Prosperous By Ira C. C Tichenor BS LUTE evidence that American farmers as a class are arc experiencing ex cx- ABSOLUTE A a season of prosperity is offered by the th fact that thal applications for loans on farm holdings are decreasing and also that in many districts there is a disposition on the part of farmers who In the past had borrowed mone money to pay off ott their mortgages In ad advance advance nd- nd vance ance of ot the designated date because e of ot the tho receipt r of ot high prices for tor crops Tho The decrease 6 In tho number of ot borrowers and the tendency of or farmers to pa pay oft off their obligations has caused a complaint to be made mad by Eastern Insurance companies companIe with whom farm tarm mortgages mort mort- Investors In Including some big Sag gages I had become n. n strong specialty One of ot the reasons given Iven for tor an Increase in the demand for tor farm tarm mortgages mortgages mort mort- liable than some somo other forms of ot gages es la 18 s that such euch Investments are arc investments to be affected by industrial unrest and for tor th the th same rca reason reMon on It Itis is 18 stated that the demand for tor or farm tarm arm lands land IS Is lIS Increasing with a resultant Increase in- in cr crease creAsa In the price of ot holdings The strength of ot the agricultural Industry aa as a Q whole la Is Indicated by bytho bytho bytho house which handles millions of or dollars dol dollars dol- dol tho report of ot one farm tarm loon loan mortgage lars of or farm loans that it has made only two foreclosures and both duo to deaths during tho past fifteen years jears earlS in Missouri and K Kansas Doubtless s any company dealing in farm tarm mortgages In Utah could present pre pro sent a report equally as favorable or for tor It la Is certain that the of ot this state tate have been prosperous for tor many years cars and that this constantly con con- is lIS increasing As A said Bald before in this column every properly managed farm tann is a n. gold old m mint mine De There Theon la Is no more independent form torm of ot Industry than farming tanning and at the same name time it 18 la becoming one of or tho most profitable The Th time will como come when oven a a ten-acre ten tract of ot tillable land in Utah will mean a little fortune |