| Show correspondence RAISING AND SAVING grais GRAIN AND keeping OUT OF DEBT A practical intelligent ii graviner ariner gives jia nurl nuil ghe the Ite stilt of kis ills experience KAYSVILLE nov oth 1885 editor deseret having read in your valuable paper a number of articles on the storing of wheat and the cost of raising the same together with advice to the farmers ot of utah and beng being somewhat ot of a farmer I 1 am unable to agree with so bome me of the tho advice given and statements made in the first place I 1 do not think the reason given by U N V in his hid communication of the and 2nd dinst a sufficient justification flea fi tion for the advice contained in his article of the uit wherein he counseled the farmers not to sell their wheat at present prices to pay debts justly due their creditors As Asa a farmer I 1 am thankful for proper advice but anything savoring of fraud I 1 despise tae great lawgiver nas has said whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you do ye even so unto them and who besides U UN N V can see any propriety in a farmer or any one else withholding the payment of a just debt when he tia lia has nas T the wherewith to pay COST OF RAISING GRAIN the idea that it costs from 1 to leo per bushel to raise wheat in this territory la is sheer nonsense and shows plainly that those who make the assertion dont understand the business and in order ord er to prove my assertion I 1 submit that a crop of over bushels raised by me this year at per bushel at the machine machine measure weighing seventy devent y pounds to the bushel wetted netted me the snug anu little sum after every expense except taxes had been deducted of tg in other words this wheat cost me less than 35 cents per bushel while a similar crop last year cost me 35 33 cents per bushel bur bui liel this wheat mr editor was raised without irrigation and I 1 can produce the figures nece necessary necessary to prove what I 1 have here stated at any time but lest some may say this is not a fair criterion I 1 will v give lve ive a statement of the cost of 0 producing p ra dei del te ten a acres of wheat by irrigation t this h Is sea season on app happening edla edin to have a patch of this size I 1 plowing inz ins 10 acres twice twi cp so 30 oo 00 thirteen ims bushels liels of seed at bog fade 7 so 80 preparing or vitalizing the tile seed 1 00 sowing 1 50 harrowing ilar ILir rowing 5 00 00 4 50 cieu Cleu cleaning ning out water ditches etc ete 4 DO vo cuttina cutting with binder 20 do 00 shocking shochin 2 50 mailing and stacking 1700 17 00 threshing thre Ihre shing 11 one day each ird 16 oo 00 boarding threshers thre thres liers sherb 6 CO taxes bli bil land for two years 6 20 total cost ot of production 00 the of this ten acres was bushels of GO 60 ibs lbs to the bushel after the toll for threshing had bad been paid which at 60 cents per bushel amounts to or a profit of as interest on the land sor dor for two years as this land was summer followed it being a rule of mine mice not to raise grain two years in succession on the same 9 ground ro und and T this his nis piece of land is hardly an average a of our bench land much of it being ige what ts is known as adobe land indeed I 1 have been told some of it is tit or nothing but adobes acobes and does not by any means compare with our rich bottom land I 1 could give kive fl figures ares with similar results on another piece of twenty acres but believe the foregoing is sufficient I 1 do most assuredly cont consider der it to be the tile imperative duty of every latter day saint to STORE UP GRAIN AGAINST abay ADAY A DAY bay UP OF NEED i which will surely come but first let everyman every nan pay his lifs debts dien lien even if he has to sell wheat at W gi cents per ushel la in order to do so 80 I 1 have calef carefully ally ully watched the grain markets of the east for some time past and must confess I 1 cannot see anything 11 to warran barrans such a very beky great beat advance in the price of wheat in utah tah as U N V seems lo 10 expect I 1 mink the gentleman ent leman ieman has lost sight of the one hundred and twenty millions of old wheat on hand in addition to the crop of ika As to farmers KEEPING OUT OF DEBT this they can generally general y do dey if they will and I 1 am satisfied luany many of them do so ind and all should my rule has ever been not to buy anything uuie unie I 1 have the eans means in to pay for it and I 1 would advise my brother farmers to do likewise mils mlis may require some economizing on the part of some but the rule once adopted will wilt work like a charm and I 1 will venture the assertion that the merc mere merchants hauts bauts of utah would hail the day with delight for they in turn could pa v for their merchandise as they bought if thereby availing th some lines of goods of a nice little discount besides doing away with a uncertainty which all must more or less experience when selling goods on credit I 1 am glad to be able tb state that in this neighborhood the best houses and the best furniture are owned by farmers t I 1 shall not be surprised ed if the fa fore r coing oln oin meets with criticism but facts are facts and figures do not lie ile may god speed the day when naught but true intelligence shall guide us in our efforts to benefit each other and when the interest of one vill will be the interest tere of all A far FAn earmer FARMER meio mErt established AT our county friends 4 take a stride ahead alerd in stutters FiLim FILLMORE ore oRB CITY millard county utah nov 4 ika editor deseret nees news A new era in relation to education has dawned upon fillmore since our last quarterly conference august and when the Initia initiatory tory tori steps were nvere taken we have organized AN ACADEMY and got alot it in good running order president board of directors secretary treas treasurer principal teachers and about eighty students since bibee the return of brother alama greenwood from his mission to new zealand the propriety and feasibility of the establishment lishin lish ment ent of such an institution for millard stake and others who might wish to ulve give it their patronage have been agitated by the leading men of this stake and at our last conference the subject was spoken of to apostle J H Smith who gave it his hearty endorsement dor an and d spoke in favor it in our priesthood meetings on the of august the author authorities bishops and leading brethren of the stake met and elected a board of directors affo as follows ira lra N hinckley Hinc klev kiev joseph V robison T C callister 1 D R stevens and J S black C anderson secretary and J L robison llo Ilo bison treasurer at a subset subsequent luent board meeting the proposed high school was named MILLARD STAKE ACADEMY the service of brother alma greenwood as principal was secured and an executive committee was appointed consisting of president ira IN hinckley J V robison and T C callister president taylor was corresponded with who approved of what had been done and encouraged the brethren ti to go ahead with the good work on monday the 2nd and of november the inauguration of the first term of the mallard stake academy took place in the fillmore meeting house on the stand were the officers and teachers of the academy who at the solicitation of the board had bad come to assist ia in the organization of the school on the first seats to the right in the hall were the male students and to the the left the female students and the balance of the room was filled with spectators the following pro gramme was carried out ailed called to order at ato 0 am by president I 1 N hinckley singing by the choir the morning breaks prayer by bishop T C callister singing I 1 by the choir though deepening d ce enl benl g g trials throng your way ay 99 I 1 introductory tr duckory remarks by president hinckley who also presented the board secretary treasurer principal and assistant teacher leacher all of whom j were unanimously sustained by the vote of tb those ose present prof maeser offered the dedicatory prayer prayer aw singing by the choir 0 awake my slumbering minstrel remarks by members of the board president hinckley then formally turned the Aca academy deray over to the principal alma greenwood prof alma greenwood made a few remarks expressing his realization of the tiie great responsibility which had now been placed upon him nim appealed to ane students and all interested to stand by and ind uphold him made also some ex ellent eilent remarks ia in relation to true cd ed uca tion after which he introduced miss aliss lectia curtis as assistant teacher who was sustained by the votes of those thosa present singing by bi the choir and benediction b by y C An anderson anderaon deeson deison A procession then formed and marched in the f following ol lowing order I 1 lo 10 0 the court house the upper story of which had been hired for the academy the lady students led by bishop T C Q callister and miss curtis the gentlemen students led by professors Mae albeser and greenwood Olli officers cers of the tile academy citizens after the students and spectators had been seated and called to order the school was opened with singing and music by the school choir and prayer by J L robison prof maeser then delivered a lengthy discourse giving lying iving much excellent instruction instruction st to ane teachers and students some of whom were moved to tears by the he kind and fatherly manner in which h hs spoke poke 91 President hinckley made a few remarks expressing his joy over what bad been said an and d done this day and declared th the L academy in session prof greenwood gave ave the students some instructions in relation tt TO tue the rules to be observed etc after which intermission for halt half a an a hour was had and in the afternoon the school was graded and classi classified tied and the students assigned their le lessons sous sons etc much gratitude is feit felt coword prof maeser of the B t Y academy for the luter set which he has manifested and the he assistance which be he has rendered in in the establishment of this in institution titu brother greenwood our principal is one of brother blae Alae maeyers sers first students a graduate of the B Y academy and is proved and well known in this locality as as thorough and efficient teacher miss curtis the as sistena teacher is one of brother maeyers normal students and is libil highly illy mily recommended byholm yours respectfully C ANDERSON ANDERS dx secretary MORE ON THE WHEAT 1 QUESTION U N V REPLIES TO THE TWO CO correspondents R OF YESTERDAY SALT LAKE CITY november 11 1885 editor deseret nees news I 1 noticed and read with lut interest erest crest two letters in last evenings issue one by the representation ol 01 the ninety and nine and one written by some person who is somewhat of a larmer 11 both these letters pitch into UN U N V because he advised the farmers to hold on to their wheat for a higher price even at the risk of bringing down the wrath of their creditors upon them now these two gentlemen both evidently interested IN tue THE collection OF DEBTS and perhaps merchants for I 1 suspect your kaysville Kays ville correspondent is one part farmer and forty nine parts merchant are very indignant at my counsel and are evidently very much in favor fa or of the rules of business that require debtors to pay their debts to the merchants just as soon as their is threshed but mr editor let me ask this question supposing the farmers who have hod their wheat and obtained bained the th rise of about 12 cents a bushel I 1 or 25 which has already taken p place lac e had not done so who would have got that increase why the merchant would and it looks as thou though h 1 the he loss of that little profit burnom hurt some e peoples feelings one une f my friends challenges me because I 1 asserted that in the course of a few years the merchant or merchants have accumulated from to while the farmers gained only from 2000 to 1 I can show a great number of instances in fact that lai the he rule anything differing from that is the exception and I 1 ask the farmers to look around them in their settlements and see for themselves but my ray friends have not touched the vital question they have not shown how the farmers can keep out of debt while the present system of things remains great evils need strong remedies the fact exists that the wealth we lith of the territory is flowing into channels which lead to few pockets while the labors of the many go W 0 o them what do the few accomplish in return do they establish fact ries artes cs industrial institutes utes ules or any means of furnishing employment the Is toda to da comparatively empty so far as those things are concerned and TIIE THE RANKS OF THE FARMERS ARE OVERRUN with people who do not properly belong lon ion g there but who fall tall into the pro te t I 1 of that thao business because they cannot find employment at their legitimate labor they must take a little land say 10 or 20 acres or starve and here let me show the fallacy of the merchant farmers position about the cost of raising wheat I 1 dont dispute his position and figures from the merchants standpoint but let us look at it aiom the poor barme farmers rs position ue ad has not the money to pay for the plowing twice at per acre and the bill of i expenses as laid laiu down io so he has to do the work himself now ue ne Is doing it lie he and his family have to live and be clothed his expenses have to be met and woe to 10 him hita if be gappens to have the ulai uial poor mans mana family atille he be i raising the 10 acres of whet t on one years summer fallow or yeara years plowing lii III bushels is the thu amount be he receives for his two work or at the price of wheat when my advice was given 00 but my friends may say ho he need no not t work bark two years for the fhe ten acres acre of wheat let him work elsewhere well WHERE RE CAN ite ife GET get WORK he can get work during harvest during the very time he has to attend to hla bia own crops and he can exchange labor and pet get his threshing done but who will furnish hirn him work during any part of the remainder of tile the year I 1 say sity mr editor that it Is all very well for the merchant farmers to boast of their good carmi farming ng and cheap wheat but the poor man f forced into farming finds that his wheat costs him and aud and he sets gets a bare bale subsistence while tie he raises it the iuli lull price mentioned by the representative of the tho ninety and nine when he said we know that wheat costs from 1 to 1 20 11 your kaysville Kays Kay ville aville correspondent says anything savoring of fraud I 1 despise pise 11 I 1 am glad to hear that because if he should really be a merchant it must be so very refreshing for the happy people residing in his bis neighbor hood to know that everything they buy at his store is exactly what it is represented to be and sold at a reasonable and fair jair profit and as agthe the tho same arne t correspondent expresses a wish that god ina may y speed the day when the interest ot of one shall bd be the interest of all as he despises fraud I 1 expect that he has seen fiu tit to take just so much profits profit from aiom the pockets of his customers as would allow him to grow just as fast and no faster than the poor farmers from whom he be has had bad his trade one of your correspondents says sav a that there is not the necessity for fon excitement on the question that my advice would imply and that I 1 have not taken into account the million millions of bushels left over at the last crop I 1 cannot find any more than 70 million bushels as the surplus after f feeding ceding the people the full fuli harvest year th the thu 0 other therdor correspondent joins issue with nie me for claiming that crop would ann aff affect act th the crop of the world I 1 plead not guilty to the soft impeachment I 1 did not advance adv ance the idea that 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