| Show FARM LIFE prof in hi a lecture at the farmers f institute recently held at nephi said we are yet in our agricultural infancy when it comes to malting making the soil feild think of little japan the farmers there get 5 to 25 times as much from an acre as we do out of fifty million acres of land in utah not two acres in every hundred undred li is cultivated Is there room for you here young roan man hunt the world aver over and you will find few better opportunities for farming than exist in utah the farmer who has health and who cant malte make a good living from a farm of 20 acres is not putting intelligence into his farm less stable manure and a heavier application of intelligence is the daulty ya tura tar ie a w willingto ail i fin 4 0 wl ee serve rv e man 3 bu but t t never never yields to ignorance wealth in in farming depends entirely upon how farming is done A man living not far fro from m salt lake city has a six acre cherry orchard last year he took from fromi it tover over worth of cherries after deducting all expenses including his bis own owa wag wages ge 8 he had 2000 left he worked about six weeks ou on the orchard during the year this is pretty good profit is it not A beet farmer averaged 0 this year 25 06 tons per acre on 40 acres he received for the beets after paying all expenses lie he ha had left an old lady who claims to be an ordinary person sold worth of strawberries from an acre this sur summer niner near provo is an acre plot from which was taken this fall 1000 bushels of onions at the present price of per bushel the farmer will get from his acre anere is ia an active old gentleman in utah who believes in dry farn farming iiii he has acres of land which has never re received cel f red water he raised bushels of wheat last year he cleared six six or seven thousand dollars then he be took a trip to california and has since been bothering himself about the best way of investing his money he has finally decided to buy bidy more land another farmer planted ou out t an apple orchard of ten acres a few years ago this thia year tie the orchard came into bearing he 0 sold worth of fruit from it and after paying hit hi asels wages had about 2200 left compare these with wages of the average city worker if he gets 00 60 per month or per year be is ia doing well 1200 per year is exceptionally well ivl the alto man must work almost every day during the year to earn ear n these salaries the farmer who knows know his business scorns ouch nuch salaries salable 5 aal ayl gush w of 0 |
