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Show I I i 1- 1 1FARM I-FARM I FARM - FARM NOTES NOTESi I IBy I ( II ' | By J F . Parrish , , County AgentClothing Agent AgentClothing I IClothing Clothing Second on Farm FamilyBudget Family FamilyBudget FamilyBudget Budget . . Clothing is the second largest largestItem largestitem largestitem I IClothing Item as a rule in m expenditures for forfarmfamJly forfarmfamily forfarm-family forfarm family farm-famJly farm famJly farm-family family - - living recently made byeconmists by byeconmlsts byeconmists econmlsts econmists of the Utah Ut\h Ut h Utsh " \ State- State StateAgri - - Agri- Agri Agricultural Agricultural Agri Agricultural - cultural college and the U S dePrtment de- de department department - - partment P\rtment P rtment ' \ of agriculture How much mucha I muchI a fam f3m tam ly spends spcnds on clothes clothe < \ dependsnot depends dependsnot dependsnot not only on the money aviilable aV\llable aV llable av'ulable avulable ' \ ' but butI butalso butalso also aLo on the ages and occupations of ofthe ofthe ofthe homeI the \ vinous t'irious tirious UIOUS ' members , in the home- home homemaker home-makers home makers - maker s skill shHl in m an remodeling andmending and andi andmending mending , on changes chmges : in m fashion fashionand , and on cisthmg clothmg clcthmg standards in the thelocality thelocality thelocalityRecords thelocality locality Records of clothing expendituresof expenditures of thousands of farm fann families over overa overa a 10-yeai 10 yeai 10-yeal yeal 10-year year - - period show that age isone isone is one of the , I I I I I ! 'in in ' m in the cost of clothing clothing for youngpeople young youngpeople youngpeople people Members of the family intheir in intheIr intheir theIr late teens " and "lnd lnd early twentiesspend twenties twentiesspend twentiesspend spend the most for clothes WJth with WJthgIrls withgirls withgirls gIrls spending somewhat some\hat some hat , \ more thanbeys than thanboys bys boys : Children from 12 to 14 yearsare years are next most expensive expenslve to clothe clotheand , and so on down a decendmg decendrng scaleThe scale scaleThe cale IThe The piccentage plecent3ge peecentage of total clothingexpenditures clothing clothingI clothinge'Cpenditures clothingexpenditures e'Cpenditures eCpenditures expenditures ' for different kinds of ofgarments ofgarments ofgarments garments show typical spendingfacts spendingfacts spending spendingI facts also For all ages , , headwearand headwear headwearI headwearand headwearand and footwear together usually take takenearly takenearly takenearly nearly as much of the clothing clothingmoney clothin clothinmoney clothingmoney g money as outer garments gannents , , including includin includinttomens includingw g ttomens , \ omens ' ' and girls ' dresses dre.sGes dresGes . , coo cooand coats coatsand coatsand and suits swts , , and mens ' coats andsuits and andSUIts andsuits SUIts Growing , , active children fro flom fiom6 m 6 to 14 use me a higher percentage o oclothing of ofclothmg ofclothing f clothmg clothing money for footwear than thanolder thanolder thanolder older and younger members of the thefamily th thfamily thefamily e family Women and girls from 1 1to 15 15to 15to 5 to 29 years ears take a larger proportiofor proportion proportio proportionfor proportionfor n for headwear than other membersThe members membersThe The trend of CYf farm land purchase purchas purchasem purchasin purchasan e m an Utah continues upward , accord- accord accordmg according according - - mg ing to the Federal Land Bank olBerkeley of ofBerkeley o oBerkeley f Berkeley , , reporting reportmg on the nine ninemonth nin ninmonth ninemonth e month period from October I 1 li , 1935 1935to 193 5 to June 30 , , 1936 The land bank and andthe an anthe d the land bank commissioner com commissioner sione.r sioner . havemade have havemade hav havmade e made 70 loans during that time tc to tomake t tmake o make the purchase of farms fanns pos- pos possIble possable pos possible - sible sable in this state The amount amount in- in involved Involved in involved - - volved was approximately $140000 140000 $140000The $140 140 $ 000 000The The 'he he ' ! precentage ofJloans of'loans of loans Jloans -'loans 'loans - ' closed closedu close closeuSQd dosedused d , u uSQd to purchase fanAs fa111 farpit S in the first firs t I ISlX six SlX months of the current currenf f year year ar was increasein 6 was63 3 In order to show the increase in farm fann purchase this be may cam- cam camp'lrcd campared cam-pired cam pired - - p'lrcd plrcd pared ' to 3 % of land bank and . . com com- com- com comnussioner commissioner commissioner - missioner nussioner loans which were Viere used usedfor for that purpose in 193334Program 1933-34 1933 34 193334Program - Program Meets Emergency EmergencyThe ' The fact that the country s sfanners sfarmers fanners farmers nationwide arc are carrying out a nation nation- nationwide nationwide - - wide program aimed at the conser conser- conservation conservation conservation - - I conserI vation of agncultulal agricultulal resources nnd and nndof andof andof of our food and fibre supply is par- par par - - tofarmers tofanners ticularly particularly signiflc-wt signiflc wt slgnific'lnt slgnificlnt significant ' - not cnly only to fanners farmers themselves thems"lves themslves " but also to theman theman the theman man who lives in jn the city , , " said saidSecretary address Secretary Wallace in a recent ad- ad ad - dress ' "This This " is especially true in a ayear ayear ayear year such as this when dry dryeather weather \\eather eather weatheraccompanied \ eatherI eatheraccompanied I accompanied by hot v . winds mds did inestimable in- in inestImable in inestimable - - andfeed estimable damage to the food and feed supply of the nation " I | IIn In spite of this damage d1mage , how ho\\ ho however hoever how- how however \ - _ ever , and because of the agricultur agricultur- agricultural - al consen conservation consertation 3tion program now in efI efIfect ef- ef effeet - - I | Ifect feet fect the nation will w1l1 have more live- live livestock live livestock _ - stock feed this year ) ear than thanould wouldhave \\ould ould would wouldhave \ \ ouldha Istock ha have ve been grov grown groan . n if there had beenno been beenno beenno I no program In the first place , , thE thp1936 > 1936 agricultural conservation conseryation program pro- pro pro program - I proI gram encouraged farmers to sluffland shiftland sluft sluff sluftland land used for the production of ofcrops ofcrops ofcrops crops surplusesinto of which there v . were ere surpluses into the production of soil-conserv soil conserv sOll-conserv- sOll soil-conserv- soilconserving sOllconservmg soilconserving - - - ing mg and soil-building soil building - - grasses andlegumes and andlegumes andlegumes legumes Secondly , when the exls- exls exlstense e e\is-tense e is tense \ , < is- is istense - - - tense of the current drought be- be became became be became - - came evident , , , modifications "ere ere were "eremade weremade " weremade made in the program to encourage the encouragethe planting of more food fod ( ) and feed feedcrops feedcrops crops that are drought-resistant drought resistant drought-resistantThe drought resistantThe droughtresistantThe - The program , , as it is operating now now.clearly nowclearly . , clearly demonstrates that it i idesignated isdesignated is isdesignated s designated to provide for a more moreI mor morepermanently e I permanently abundant production productionof of food and feed Farmers are find find- finding finding finding - 10f production10f ing that it is flexible enough to beadapted be beadapted b adapted to meet emergency situa sltua- sltua sltuaI situations - I tions tfons dons , simultaneously slmultaneomly through pay- pay payments pay payments - - ments , , providing a measure of crou crouincome cro croincome crooincome n income insurance to those who par par- par - ticipate participate Take the bad years with withthe wit witthe withthe h ha the good , and it proves itself itselfstabilizer a astabilizer astabilizer stabilizer of agricultural produc produc- production production - - tion " Agriculture has kept pace with I I degreeI degreeBetween industry to an astonishing degree degreeBetween degreeBetween Between 1910 and 1930 , output pe pelworker per perworker r worker Increased 39 per cent in inmanufacturing lrmanufacturing manufacturing and wind 41 per cent in inagriculture 1 iragriculture agriculture . , In the five fi\e fi e fire \ years be- be between between be between - tween 1922 and 1927 , ono one of th the themost themost ( most remarkable periods In agricul- agricul agricultural agricul-tural agricul tural - - - tural history lustory , agncultural agricultural produc- produc - - - " tfon Hon tion tnceased incensed lnccased27 27 per pcr pcrcentr-while pcrcentr while cent-wJule cent wJule cent ; - - Rhile crop cropacreage acreage cropacreage remained stationary statlonary and 1 . 1wy wy . 1/ 1 1I 1the 1 agriculturedecreased the amount amount-of amount of 'Qf Qf ' " - labor Jabor in m agr1cu agriculture lture lturedecre'lSed I / decre'lSed decrelSed decreased ' . |
