Show back to the farm by TRACY R n WELLING executive secretary utah state farm bureau federation I 1 I 1 the decline in tho the farm tion ceased in 1930 according to tile the department of agriculture and farm population picked ill up last baa year this Is a significant fact which tends to emphasize the point I 1 have in mind there la Is a prevalent delusion that anyone who cannot make a living at anything else can at least go out and make a living on tho the farm let nic mo state tile ilia promises upon which article Is written people generally gon orally mhd have hava boon been used to emporiums delica delicatessens tessens apartments grand openings etc otc usually go to pieces pitiably on the farin fann As one who lias has spent a short lifetime on tho the farni arm lot me in fit a spirit t 1 ard tims dna lit I 1 I 1 es for tho t rato CId of f alie city bred bide bick to tho tarm farni enthusiast 1 dont go back bacic to tile the farm to rebuild your health or that of your business partner your wita wife long hours houra intense heat strenuous exertion are tile tho forces with which you must contend 2 dont go back to the farm to rest your mind from city worries when you have spent 16 to 20 hours in tile tho field in fit addition to chores chorea before and after and ana several agonizing hours trying to sleep while devising plans to pay the taxes tile tho mortgage anil and the water tent there Is no assurance that your mind will be in any condition to relax 4 1 3 dont go back to th tho tann farni to sooth booth your troubled and excitable feelings you will lose just as HE big a piece of hide when the monkey wrench blips from the rusty bolt and you land with your full force across the sharp edge of tile the plow as 03 choso who now find the farm day full of such common kind 1 4 dont go bock back to uie the farm to elow alow down your speed developed under tinder these modern conditions it if you can got get through a day on the farm and give your attention to the cow with the milk fever the hogs hoga in the neighbors grain field tile the partially broken colt your son Is driving on oil the harrow the tire fire started by the train in the dry grash next to your grain field without traveling in super high youre not even hunink hilli itin and would therefore not succeed in the farming fanning game 5 dont go K bl back to tile tho form farm to apt away anway froin tho the constant need tor for being informed the successful farmer fanner and he ha la Is rare must doliver deliver tile goods daily lie ilo must havo have tile correct solution in mo me chanick chani cs veterinary science angl ne erbig and genetics and it if lie ho has forgotten to take tho the almanac to the field lie ho must manago tile the weather also 6 dont don t go hack back to the farm to build your broken physical being you will ivill breathe the biting adoniz ap aiom weoda weeds and heated j t giali ara in when IL 11 thes you will 10 to lo I 1 B at tile lie last hour stretch before daylight with wet knotted unter your aching and blistered feet which havo have not boon boen out of your boots since Hun sundown dowil tile tho lay day before you will feel the numbness creeping into your swollen leil hands from long hours of exhausting labor in fit tile inrid anuil with dams and fur rows and ditches you will groan with tile the pain in fit your back from tile tho merciless hours ot of shoveling lift lifting ilig ind and walking aneo deep in mud 7 dont go back to the farm farin to rest real your mind and carry out a regular courso course of study on some special subject after you have breathed continuously for days and weeks tile the strangling dust from tho the combine or the harrow or after you have known tho the mental agony of mowing lay hay with a worn whipping thrashing jerking and accompanied by a deafening bolso you aro no fit subject for any nien men tal additions 8 dont go BO back to the tha farni farm to stenly your weakened nerves you must bo be strong physically and mentally to control it team of horses hitched to a combine or harrow or plow when holl hall atones hammer them fiercely its ila your strength on tile the brake or the lines lilies tile the tone toile of your voice your determined gentleness at the bits or your mental and physical agility with tile the knife in extracting tho tangled heaving kicking mass of madness nind nesa that hint protects you from loss and savos a situation M 9 dont KO go back to tile tho farm to give your boys ease and comfort your heart will ache because of tho the tanks tanka you must of Q necessity impose upon tiong long hours lila his little hands cramped over awk ward lilies arnis anus aching breathing dust too thick to bev through tire are by it if you go BO back to tile the farm fann hours with neck and aching back front froni driving a derrick borso know ing that the lie first inattention ot or a i split second that the demon with horns tile hayfork might swoop across lie ho stack and lalni tho the stacker who la Is sweating profusely and spitting hay loaves leaves in ill tin an nt at tempt to conquer another mountain of tiny hay with no time to give att attention to ills his own safety 10 dont go back to the tarin farm to gain there Is a silly billy notion to tho the effect that you yet aro are independent on the farm in 11 this highly specialized industrialized mechanized ago age you aro are in ft a constant swirl ot of dependency do will the gas man arrive on oil time with lie ilia gas for your combine so that you will bo caused no dangerous delay in ill harvesting will the blacksmith have tile the broken part to the derrick mended in time to got get your hay in before tho the approaching pro aching storm strikes will tile tha warehouse man mail forgot to deliver your sticks you need tile next round on oil tile combine will tho the banker give you a few more days tu wring out iut a few moro more dollars to pay tho the interest intel ast on oil your noto note will tile the denier dealer come and your machinery before your harvest can bo be completed which Is ig necessary to ply pay him independent dont don t laugh yourself sick 11 dont go back to the farni farm to eliminate or get away from froin tho the usual chances you are now taking if you have looked into the face of a 0 hall atom approaching like a denion demon to pound your crop into tile the earth it if you yon have fought in tieny frenzy to savo save your earnings front from a range or stubble tire fire it you have searched the sky in vain tor for one single sign of rain lain when your andro crop la is burning brown blown from continued drought dl ought if you havo bavo slaved for a year and when you delivered your crop to tho the dealer ani and had been informed that there was no price then my friend you can speak in your own right of the chances and hazards you havo have faced 12 dont go back to tho the farm farin expecting to develop a nice live istock herd without being aware that the deadly anthrax might reach leach out ond and touch your finest cow or that the brain fever might pick you most willing wheel horse or that cholera might liy lay low tho the best BOW and her litter 13 dont go back to tho the farm expecting that through your exceptional judgment or ability you can manage the farm without intense hardship if you aro are miles allea from the tha nearest water and your well goes cry kf t you are going down the dugway una the brake gives way and you fill find yourself stacked up in the gully with a couple of crippled horses and a wrecked outfit it if a jerk throws sou fou into the whirling machinery of a combine and you como come away with your life but with an all aggregate aggie gate of a square foot of hide rp well there are some things friend you cant arrange in advance or control to your liking when they occur 14 dont don t go back to tile the farm expecting a ufa life free from budden shocks and many bruises when your hiir neighbor runs in and tells you that eliat your chuat field la Is on fire when your our prize horse plants you ion with both feet below the bolt belt when your pet hull bull rakes down a row of tonco fonce with the intent of including you along with tile the otile other inanimate objects when the derrick pole screeches ind breaks and drops at your feet like a meteor j when your grain truck wheel gives WRY and catapults you two hundred feet into the when tile colt gots annoyed and manages to en danglo your outfit whon these things happen remember you aro are strong und and you conio cattle to tile tho fal aarni ill to secure a life of case IG dont go back to tile furm farm expecting to bo be free broo from worries and disappointments you have no right to claim clafin the lionor honor duo a 0 farmer unless tho the calf has snorted separated milk all over your sun lay day stilt or tho the borso has slobbered slob beroa ered green hay and water on your shirt front or you can pull A handfuls hand full of turkey rod or barley beards front from your nock without deep profound ami alid religious profanity ag ag dont agn back to tile the farm thinking you can tako take it easy tor for a while long before dawn your farm farin neighbors begin the day and ir you are aro going to bo be a man deserving or of their friendship and aid and assistance and counsel youve got to burn the sun sunshiny lilno shino iia ab long as a it lasts and midnight oil before and after strong courageous determined men inon and women live on tile the farm and they have no time or pa tronco with those who will not or cannot follow the intense doni demands ands of thrift long hours hardship and other severe exactions of suc coBs fill husbandry you probably have however vory very rood good reasons tor for going back bach to the farm that I 1 thought about and when you RO go I 1 wish you well my only hope Is that you and your family are strong anti anil cour ageous enough to meet and conquer these inevitable hardships back to tile farm farin Is ia being popularized mid and to a strong healthy determined rural stalwart it la is not so damaging but to those less adequately qualified it Is a pitfall when anen you hear hack back to the farm Ton To member that pulpit elegance must be protected this slogan Is the crisis of conversation the climax of debato debate the fools statement par excellence tile the willing conformity to base delusion the slavery to an imaginary mode the meaningless profitless deceptive hack back to the farm the gnarled gilar lel led hands tile the stooping ders derf and d the furro furrowed weI brow of the tiller of the soil soft has been glorified in poetry and prose but friend it acknowledge the truth admit that they are the signs of intense physical exertion and continued mental turmoil turi noll and anxiety |