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Show DnsDp By Dr. Doyle tfamly tomsir J. Matthewa Deaa ef Agriculture and Director Utah Agrlcaltaral Experiment SUtioa Utah Mate Unlveralty Anyone who is trying to farm at a level which was a family unit in 1930 is now a hobby" farmer. To live he must derive most of his income from other The largest percent of the nation's farms produce 00 percent of the farm sales. The smallest 61 percent of farms have only 5 percent of farm sales. sources. Tremendous numbers of people compose this part-tim- e or hobby farmer group (nearly SO percent of farm residents have non-faremployment), yet their contribution to the food bosket of die patioa is not very significant 17 or People chooae part-tim- e hobby fanning primarily for its social values. Before that kind of farming could become profitable again and supply die bulk of our nations food, grocery costs would go out of sight, half the nation would be hungry and oir standards of food quality would become a memory. Use care in selecting the variety of alfalfa or corn to plant. Results from variety trials conducted for a number of years over the state by Utah State University Extension Service can help. developed by Dr. Marian D. Pedersen with the Agricultural Since varieties respond differently to conditions at various localities in the state, seek advice from the county extension agent He has in formation on how yarietie have responded in nearby most of the 11 different variety trial locations in the state, Remember that jut because a variety is new or because it has a high sounding sales pitch behind it does not necessarily make it best. locations. Plant specialists at It has not generally done so well the first year. Yet, over a three or four year period, it has exceeded other varieties at USU stress the importance of looking at more than one years results from the variety trials. Growing conditions that vary from one year to the next make a difference in yields of corn silage and alfalfa hay. Also, since alfalfa lasts st least five years, note how well a . favorite variety holds up in production over the period compared to other varieties, : Farmers cant judge well from me season's production, This is . evident in the new alfalfa variety Deseret. It was Times have changed from the For a fanner and his and corn have been designed on a scientific basis with replications to be as accurate as practically possible. The results can help avoid much guess work as varieties are selected that work best for the in- SAVING CENTER 1930's. family today to support themselves from fulltime farming with the same level of sustenance, would require 100 dairy cows or 450 range beef cows or 3,500 range sheep or 600 acres of dryland wheat or 300 broad sows or 50,000 hens or 40 irrigated acres to constitute Most agricultural marketing is antiquated and works to the producers disadvantage. New methods, possibly involving the cooperative are approach, needed. We should see a flurry of research in this area. economic units. GROCERIES DRV GOODS PRODUCE State Utah University primarily serves the family farmer as the basic unit of Agricultural research is shifting its emphasis in response to new situations. It will remain the single best device the family farmer can use to get a handle on his agricultural production. Research attention is focused mainly on enhancing the productivity of economic family farming units. problems. Tests aid fanners in crop selection .' Agricultural research will never neglect ideas far increasing efficiency. But new research demands are for better ways of keeplig the farmer informed of the agricultural scene, especially the market. probably Save Bread with Farmer's jobs are varied Butters each dollar wisely, but putting it in a business that isn't known tor its high rate of return. He's an environmentalist and a conservationist, treating his his land will resources wisely-sstill he productive when the next man is ready for it. ne operates 2.000 acres. His that neighbor farms amount. One has a master's degree. Another's education is based on experience. One is oung. Ilis neighbor is old. One raixes corn in Indiana. Another feeds cattle in Muntana. The American farmer not an easy man to describe and define. Hut. far all their (hey are still' alike. Above all else, they are businessmen. Knowledgeable in the dozen or so areas that it lakes to he a farmer in the 70's. This husincessman is both one-tent-h ... MEAT P.O. Box 310 Morgan, Utah 5 I'll. 829-322- r He's an efficiency expert, always trying to cut his costs and increase his slim margin of profit. . He's an investor handling He's a speculator, gambling on the weather, insects and disease. And hoping the law of supply and demand - his basic will treat him marketing tool favorably in the marketplace. Most of all. he's an optimist that next year has to he belter. management and labor. He's in charge of a physical plant with fixed assets often reaching SKxi.ixin nr more. 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