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Show WORE PROFITS FOR FARMER IS SLOCAN "Increase the farmer's income" is to be one of the slogans of the Logan ! roundup January 20-30, according to - Dr. E. G. Peterson, who has charge of 1 this big meeting of farmers and their wives. "There are three possible ways that this may be accomplished," said Dr. Peterson, "and we have arranged to j ( have each of these divisions treated by j experts. There are (1) by means of j reorganization of the business end of j farming; (2) by cutting the cost of pro- j Auction; (3) by keeping modern systems ' f farm accounts by means of which the ! f-.mermaybe able to . tell at a mo-j ment's notice which part of his business is making money for him." Making farming a business may be j accomplished by following the discover- ; ies made in the ledger. That is, if it is i found that the livestock end of the busi-! ness is bringing in more profits than j that madi from the immediate sale of the products of the soil then the busi-1 nesa farmer buys up more stock and ells less raw products. On the other i hand, the ledger may show that the L farmer gained by using more hired help; that is, for every additional hired man the farm is brought a certain profit. But there must be a place where an additional ad-ditional man would fail to produce even his own wage. Not every farmer knows just which one of his men this is. Methods of determining all this will be dealt with by Professor Parley Peterson Peter-son of the Utah Agricultural College School of Commerce. According to Dr. Peterson, the cost of production can be cut in a number of ways and each of thee will be pointed out by an expert. One of the most im-por.ant im-por.ant of these is by economy in labor. The use of modern machinery will also be determined and its relation to the cutting of the cost of production pointed point-ed out. By-products have received very little attention, according to those who have studied the marketing conditions on western farms. There are thousands of these on every farm and in every department de-partment of the farm. These will be ! called to the attention of the farmers j and their means of utilizing them will be clearly shown. The subjects will all be handled by j experts and authorities. C. E. Bassett ! of the United States department of j agriculture will discuss markets, he be-jing be-jing a member , of the department's bureau of markets. D. A. Brodie of the same d.-partment and the bureau of farm management will have in charge the subject of farm organization. C. B. Smith, in charge of demonstrations in the west and northwest, will point out the necessityof proper organization and manipulation of the farm. Other experts will discuss related subjects at every meeting. "Mor-profits for the farmer" will be the slogan for the first three days of the big conference. |