Show JAO LIVESTOCK ILL there thre Is 9 a vilu valuable able e son to all lard county in bulletin no of november 1931 of the utah agri cultural experiment station of the U S A G of logan entitled F pirn fim im lly ily living expenditures being a report on 51 farms in summit coun ty utah u these 51 farms averaged 2520 total cash income in 1930 which is g t a lot more than millard county farms earned and they did not do it on seed either far from it they did it on dairying livestock and dl dt versified farming not a one crop system says this bulletin summit county is in a mountain valley located in the north central part of the state with an elevation of approximately feet it is art an agricultural county where farming Is practiced under irrigation the surrounding mountainous section is used tor for livestock grazing during the summer months the principal crops grown are hay and grain with some potatoes and canning peas due to the high elevations only the small fruits are grown to any extent the U S census reports only 09 farms in this entire county the 51 farms from which this report is taken aver aged acres per farm with a cul P cited at ahei of 73 each the main source of income tor for the farms in this study was DAIRY ING which is the major enterprise on 82 per cent of ohp farms how low aver jever most farms showed Dive isif ic leillon in the type of farming in eluding poultry sheep hogs 1109 beet bittle ind genei gemeni d chop P ion the families averaged six persons that is the parents and tour four chil dren electricity Electric ty furnished the light aik in 96 per cent of the homes and more than three fourths had run ning water in the house the average total cash income for the entire 61 51 farms was 2 cash farm expenses were 1391 leaving a net tor for the family 1129 or pr a month then on top of that the study allows tain farm privileges which the city wage earner does not get of I 1 swelling the effective earnings bt of those dairymen in a cotil ayalla ble for family living of 1659 that is over a month and with all the independence of farm ing no city whistle to yank a fel low out of bed no boss with a bad grouch on to tire fire a worker because the big duffer bad had a hang over from last night and besides lost 65 on the stud game the chronicle has been arguing tor for years in favor ot of livestock dl versified farming dairying and not in favor of the gamble of a strict inq crop system and this bulletin is the ablest it has received tor for years I 1 know many of the farmers per in that county so it was with delight that I 1 read in the bul letin that they did not live in fancy houses but that the average home of of the 51 farmers cost 1494 and furnishings use of automobile chargeable to the family not pure ly the necessities of farm operation was the sum of a year 86 per cent of all families owned automobiles the cost of operation of the auto averaged ag 32 tor for each adult member of the family 11 per cent had furnaces 96 per cent had electricity 56 per cent bad had a tele phone ione 52 pel pei cent had a piano and per cent had a raido so they were nat a pool down trodden far atler mer by a long shot 46 per cen cent t haa a vacuum cleaner 94 per cent a tg v machine and 80 per cei t an e ICA I 1 asher washer I 1 ere is a lesson in all this A grea grei oil one e crop alfalfa seed farmers in milard courty chui coui ty earned in 1930 a good deal less than halt half of what these g 9 hard working energetic dalry ment earned in bleak summit county down in ill N millard 1 feet lower where the frosts are less hurtful some oti er deterred until were our own r men in millard to be earnly g w wl at those diversified crop men got our farmers would think they ver n deed prosperous and the ou oil t es freb a back w v th us prosperity out from 1 behind th cor 0 it Is now slinking behind when our ur acreage is cut do to a point that water duty of average years will cover it and we then I 1 FARM instead of mine our land we w 11 have a good little country not the booming one of 1919 25 but a good steady tine fine agricultural community paying its debts and wo we thy credit send tor for the bulletin and read i 1 closely yourself it Is well bortl and carries a |