Show uintah county UY farmers urged to create su surplus rp I 1 us BY E PETERSON county agent how ilow many straw and stacks have been burned since the hard winter inter of 1919 and how many hay bay stacks have been used for litter since that time surely enough to feed the livestock of uintah county tor for at least two years it if we did not raise a bit of either for that length of time but here we are one bad year in thirteen every pound of fred fied gone and the people in debt about ODO for the very things we have wasted think what a different story it would have been had we actually learned and put into practice the lesson of economy taught by the din disasters of 19 1919 how quickly we forget whenever I 1 see a anyone burning or wasting mate materials nals nat can cm be used I X think of a worn out statement used by an old pioneer bishop of 0 my childhood days who used to say when he saw any unnecessary waste or extravagance that fellow haa has money to bum but he will rue it some any day while the ash op aps ops a advice did not make a very deep or lasting impression imar assion upon his people it had a wonderful application in bid his own life this bishop owned a field of very poor swampy land which produced nothing but water brass gram but in 1 spite of its poor quality each season when the water had subsided the bishop would harvest his ilis crop of duck grass gram as carefully as af it were the chouest nay hay lie ile was often asked why he took such good care of euch ouch apparently worthless stuff to which he would ai always reply 1 I have learned learnd through many years of experience that about every even seven to ten years something happens and people need this worthless stuff very badly at such times they call it hay and I 1 sell soft out at a handsome profit in 1019 1919 his opportunity came agate again and he fold sold his lare large c ar accumulation of duck grass for 25 per ton sufficient to purchase a beautiful home in the community where he was raised a nice automobile and still have enough to take care of his needs through hs declining years yews many people said hie the bishop surely had a streak of good luck but the bishop had a different interpretation pre tation C can a n V we e take a I 1 1 I son from euch such experiences with the prospects tor for sufficient water this year we ve often hear the aerna remark k that hay and grain will not be worth anything next tall fan so why 0 o to all the trouble ot of rals ine ing it to this statement we can oni only reply that nature has a peculiar method of rewarding the thrifty aad and that the fellow who docs does his honest duty will not regret his efforts regardless Hegard tefie of the price of our products product a it Is criminal to waste any of them everything that can possibly sibly ba be stored or conserved this sear certainly should be token care of surely we cannot coon soon forget the lessons of the past put year yew let us for a moment consider what this year means to us our best itice tell lie us that we have imported more than thau ISO worth at CC livestock feed our own stacks stack wurth another are exhausted tha the losses of livestock due to starvation will reach more than 00 say not nothing litas about the sums spent tor for food which we did not produce the soundness or stability of business is judged by their reserves an institution which haa has net not built up a strong reserve ts is not considered why not use the aam cn alysia on our farms and say the farla that does not have one years supply of hay grain and food is 13 not sound the question that naturally artoes arises is how can we build up this feces aut rep reserve orve of course there Is only one answer do like jumel ful full business institutions have dene conserve everything possible cut the weeds in the comers alone along the ditch banks fence and roadsides cure and stack static them thern the same as hay take care of every bit of crop straw included do not keep too much livestock sell only marketable I 1 product products to meet current expenses and it will not be long until I 1 there will be a reserve built up 0 on n every farm and we will soon won i have a contented happy community |