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Show A PROSPEROUS FARM itfwWDQl IB ill iii it Jbi Taking thg D. & R. G. train out of Salt Lake City the other day and going down through Utah Valley, the editor counted eighty-eight silos from his side of the train. That Is what makes for prosperity diversified diversi-fied crops, rotation, livestock, milk cows and silos. On a farm, the first thing that should go up Is the barn; a good, substantial barn we have one such on the Island Farm and another on E. A. Brush's. The success of a farm lies largely in its barn. After the barn and silo, then a hoiuc,. A prominent speaker before a Delta audience not long ago said: "Don't use my name as authority for it, but induce your people to quit staking all on a seed crop; It's too dangerous. The safe, sure, steady stea-dy income from livestock aud milk comes makes a community; seed alone will not." And we will with pleasure spread that good gospel as far as our paper Is read. Beets, hay, a little seed, and a lot of cows THAT FOR DELTA. It is interesting to note that of the twenty-nine counties of Utah, those counties which rank the highest In percentage of silos, milk cows and livestock, are the ones which owe least on unpaid taxes. In a recent lompilation, brought down to Feb. 21, Millard County was behind 20.53 per cent in her taxes; that is, one-fifth one-fifth of all our taxes due for 1920 were not paid. Only Ave counties were worse In delinquency than we. But those counties whore silos are abundant showed Davis county only 1.48 per cent, Cache county J. 64 per cent, Sanpete county 2.32 per eent, Morgan county 3.64 per cent, Weber 3.87 and Utah 4.19 per cent. This is the strongest endorsement for the silo, cows and livestock that we can speak; those people who take a monthly pay chock out of a milk pall find means to pay their taxes. The seed or grain farmeri only have a pay day once a year, and taxes are let slide very largely. Prosperity follows a milk pall. Utah proves it so. |