Show A NE NEW W ERA EPA IS NOW AT HAND another year has swept by and the farmers Fan ners the business men and all are arc stand standing ng on the threshold ot of another year we hope also are facing a n new era one which has the rays raya of a more prosperous light without need ot of mention for or it has been so BO vexatious the agricultural communities especially have tor for the last three years been in the grip ot of discouragement and in many cases despair that has required men and women ot of courage to cope with and loosen today with this wonderful encouraging tall fall ot of snow which whitens the face ace ot of the earth in this part ot of the country we face we hope a new era with a well tempered determination to solve our problems live on and in the future mould a policy that will restore and guarantee forever the sacred basic industry which god gave to adam and his posterity as an eternal inheritance when ho he caused him to walk forth in the garden ot of eden it if we can read the signs aright the success ul era ot of agriculture la Is lust just dawning never in the history ot of the world have the masses so sensibly realized the necessity the world over of 0 a prosperous agriculture because all industries are governed more or less by its success or failure only a few selfish bigots are trying to bring about its downfall or perhaps better speaking prevent its uplift the farmers are gradually becoming better and more completely organized to protect the industry and the ultimate consumer the us biased press Is announcing the producers motto with a weight ot of encouragement coura gement legislation la is being passed that permits the tamers camers to market their farm produce cooperatively that gives them a direct and indirect protection tec tion that makes it possible to store their surplus gives them the necessary credit gives a protection against swindle in weights and measures that provides market reports and many other helps and privileges that never before have the american farmer enjoyed Sea speaking liing ot of box elder county direct this has no doubt been the most successful year in extension service work that we have had and the farm bureau locals who have functioned properly have accomplished bremen douns good dairying and poultry have shown a steady growth each year but have forged ahead with a very pleasing increase this season practically six car loads of dairy cattle and nearly thirty excellent purebred bulls have been distributed besides numerous other pieces of work that have been accomplished to encourage and promote dairying in 1922 the state ot of utah exported approximately seventeen carloads of eggs this year it exported through the utah poultry association over three hundred cars and box elder county produced a good many thousand cases of this total at this writing the definite number Is not known crop rotation work the sheep hog and beet beef cattle work has grown the fruit diseases and insect work and the proper marketing of fruit problems have been dealt with successfully many other pieces of work have been accomplished but space at this time will not permit their enumeration in a few days a complete report ot of the years accomplishments ments in the ite agricultural work will be published although the farmers have a terrible hard discouraging barrier to mount yet we must not give up as the dawn is approaching and with united effort our ideals will be deac reached h and this god given indus industry try will be saved good will and the seasons greetings to all ROBERT H STEWART county agricultural agent agent |