| Show THE FARMERS DUTY MOAB grand county utah feb ath 1896 I 1 have r receive d a letter from p a 4 pro teaser lessor lo in regard to ao an article I 1 wrote some time ago for the NEWS and for fear others may baay not understood understand me in the position I 1 took in regard to the for far mere I 1 want to say I 1 am a former farmer if t J am aDy anything thIng as I 1 make my living from the product ot of the soil no oce understands the disadvantages that a farmer is placed in more than 1 1 un on dereta od it particularly since once I 1 lust my health and have to hire all the work dooe done on the be place what I 1 disapproved of was getting up conte contention nuon between different industries Indu all are as necessary as an one part of the body la is to the other and we should move along in harmony I 1 know it the farmers would vote in a body they could carry the elections because there are more farmers farmer if than any othere but I 1 do not think it would be for the good of the country for abow to carry everything dome say that the sheep men have more representation than they are entitled to As a gen eral era thing most of the sheep men are also engaged in farming more or ress lose I 1 do not believe they could legislate to the disadvantage of the former farmer unless they in bored themselves if the farmer suffers buffers all the country la injured the greatest misfortune I 1 bee a la in the former farmer to 1 that be does not put enough value on time you may go anywhere through gli the country towns and you can find farmers sitting around stores or lose lesa worth j places and if there Is a justices trial you will generally find the place crowded not by merchants nor bankers nor professional nor bust busl HOBB ness men meo but mostly far carmera and laborers if the merchant or bunker banker would neglect his hia business he be would not last an aa long as aa the farmer for mj own part I 1 fail to flod and any time of the year when there here is ia not plenty of work on a farm A farmer who is at work or having work done all the year round la in one who does doea not complain of hard times A man should put value ou on time where it passes without his bla ac anything it shoula be looked upon as aa the lose joaa of something of particular value we as aa farmers carmera do not study enough farming la is as aa much a science as any thing there to la and takes study to understand it there la is something to learn beside sowing and reaping we should grow everything we need deed that leoan we can and to have a little of everything t sell hay should be consumed consume Li on OD the farm arm so 80 that the life of the be soil could be replaced we should also strive to 10 raise a better crop each year which can be done it if the right course la Is pursued will someone tell how bow to keep app applean I 1 es so eo that they will be crisp and firm in the 0 H WARNER |
