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Show FARMER SMITH QUOTED The Union Pacific System gets out a house organ periodicval called The Pacific Semaphore. In its issue of Nov. 5, Farmer C. L. Smith is quoted as saying: "I reached Delta October 10th and talked on diversified farming, farm-ing, crop rotation, cows, pigs, corn silos. The Delta State Hank on the strength of my suggestions set aside a fund of $3,000 to aid the farmers in buying dairy cows. I found that all those who had been milking cows and feeding pigs wero well pleased with the results. "I found three silos, the only ones in tho valleyj at Oak City. The farms were too large, with not enough man labor to the acre. "Both the soil and climate are well adapted to tho successful growing of thj small grains, clover, and alfalfa seed, root crops, corn and sunflowers for' r.ilage, sugar beets and potatoes. Tho MOST IMPORTANT ELEMENT LACKING IS HUMUS IN THE SOIL. This can bo successfully overcome by proper methods of cultivation, and an intelligent system of crop rotation." rota-tion." Now you see why Smith urges, begs, pleads, cajoles, coaxes and preaches cows, with tho humus from barnyard manure put back Into the soil. He further remarks: , "I preached the gospel of 'Home Making'; that those who had small farms, with diversified crops, cows, pigs, poultry, were happier, healthier more contented, and more prosperous prosper-ous than the average of those with larger farms or with single crops systems. .The home making idea seems to be an important part of the Mormon Creed." And he concludes by saying "Methods of farming are always influenced by public opinion." When that public, opinion crystallizes into small acreage, lots of live stock, varied var-ied crops, . much milking, then we may see Pahvant Valley exactly where Cache and Utah valleys are now PROSPEROUS. This paper 'will continue showing that that policy is for our good. |
