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Show County Agent's Column FERTILIZER LEGISLATION There has been Introduced into the Senate of the United States, senate bill 882, known as the Hill-Bankhead Hill-Bankhead bill. The purpose of this bill is to protect the fertility of the nation's soils, by producing and distributing fertilizers to a certain number of farmers in each county of the United States. The people who are fostering this bell, say that it is designed to strike at the heart of the problem pro-blem of diminishing soil fertility. This bill is one which the farmers should give intense thought to. It is'nt important what any of us in the agriculture education field think farmers should do about it, but it is of vast importance what the farmers themselves think a-bout a-bout this bill. There is no doubt that the fertility of our soils thru-out thru-out the nation are all declining. The important question is who should pay for the up-keep of this fertility. Should it be paid out of tax funds or should it be paid by the individual owner of the farm? With such a bill, farmers must decide whether they want the Government of the United States to help in the farm business or whether they want private industry indust-ry to do the job. There are argue-ments argue-ments on both sides of this question ques-tion which farmers should become informed on. It might be well for the farmers of Millard county to read the arguments on both sides of the question, published in the November issue of the Utah Farmer. Farm-er. Most trade magazines will have a lot of information both pro and con as to this bill. The purpose of calling this bill to the attention of farm people is to urge that farmers become informed in-formed on important problems pertaining per-taining to their own business "Know the Truth and the Truth , Shall Male You Free." George Whornham, County Agent. MAURINE WHIPPLE SCORES AGAIN "This Is The Place. Utah" a new book, the initial local sales of which has been sponsored by the Z C M I book department and the Ji C. Penny book department is on sale now in Salt Lake City. Written by Maurine Whipple, and best described by the "Retal Bookseller" a nationally circulated trade journal, the publication is briefly told as follows: "A fine study of the Mormon state and it held their annual meeting at the home of Mrs. Delia Nelson. The lessons were given by Maud John- son and Nellie Anderson. Hostesses were Delia Nelson and i Maud Johnson, assisted by Gladys Overson. There were nine mem-i mem-i bers who attended. |