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Show Page 8 December 1974 Utah Farm Bureau News Utah men build Thousands of Utah families are rediscovering the pleasure of getting . out into the country together and cutting their own Christmas tree at this time of year. Two of the tree farmers making this possible are brothers and partners, Reid and Craig Wayman of Payson jm Utah county. Sales from nine acres of blue spruce and Scotch and ponderosa pine are supplementing the income of Wayman Fruit Farms. But the pleasure the brothers active Farm Bureau members get from seeing the family activity generated is a reward too. The Way mans pondered the possibility of Christmas tree plantings for several years before putting in the enterprise nine years ago. Since the trees require about seven years to ma- FINE CUTLERY AND EXPERT GRINDING L LORENZ Largest Selection of FINE QUALITY STOCKMENS KNIVES 29 E. 4th So., Salt Lake City, 363-2821 Christmas tree sales cut-it-yours- elf ture to a harvesting size, this is only the third year that they have sold trees. Word of mouth has built our business by leaps and bounds comments Reid Wayman. When families come down here, we let them pick and cut their own tree, and the fun they have doing this causes them to tell their friends about iL During the heavy marketing season, which is full swing in early December, hundreds of families show up at the farm west of Payson each week. The Waymans sell two to three thousand trees each year. Parking their cars in a parking area near the trees, customers hop aboard a tractor-draw- n cart designed and built on the farm. It takes them into the tree area, where they sometimes ponder for an hour or more on which tree to cut. Using a saw furnished by the Waymans, they cut their own tree and take it to the edge of the grove. The cart makes regular stops to take the families back to the park- - Gale Anderson and his family watch as their Christmas tree falls to the ground. They drove out from Orem to choose and cut this blue spruce. Timber-r-r- ! ing lot. Coratirolllcd We encourage the families to bring CAGE FEEDING cut-it-yours- elf Systems Reid Wayman tows homemade cart with a happy load of passengers and their Christmas trees. In stock for immediate delivery. . . 15 kilowatt and 18 kilowatt Ag-Tron- ic TRACTOR-DRIVE- N Big Dutchman chain and trough feeding systems give you the bestcontrolled feeding for high density egg production operations. With feed costs continually rising control is essential for feed economy so dont settle for anything less than Big Dutchman. Contact us for additional personalized information on these Big Dutchman feeder benefits. Higher Production Less Waste Spillage Limit Feeding Reduced Operation Cost Lower Mortality Less Equipment Wear a camera, Reid points out. And if its a nice day, we urge them to bring a picnic lunch and eat out in the orchard. What were after is a family outing. With the price of a tree ranging from $1 a foot to a maximum of $7, Christmas tree is inexthe pensive. Many of the trees range up to 10 feet tall. The Waymans have visions of the Pay-so- n area building up to be the cut your own Christmas tree center for Salt Lake and Utah counties. Another Farm Bureau member, Howard Riley, has a similar enterprise at Payson. Production work is not too demanding, the. Waymans say. They prune and shape in August, and fertilize. Although they irrigated the planting for the first seven years, they havent applied water the last two and see no difference in growth. Lying just below West Mountain as the farm does, they envision seeing the entire slope of the mountain planted to Christmas trees someday. They believe the soil will hold sufficient moisture from rain and snow to permit harvesting trees all the way up the hill, perhaps as a community activity. A whole story in itself is the crew of five retarded men who work on the Wayman farm. After patient training, they are capable of doing much of the work in the large orchard and Christmas tree planting. They have worked for the Waymans for six years and have their own living quarters on the farm. The Waymans also hire members of the Kicka-po- o Indian tribe for seasonal work on the place. Its especially fitting, ig these days of lessened family activity, that the Way-ma- n enterprise brings families together in the Christmas season. ALTERNATORS .Now you can have protection from power failure at a low Farm Bureau member price. 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