| Show FORr THE r OUTLOOK FORTHE FOR THE FARMER Touring the territory covered bythe by bythe bythe the Oregon Short Line President Gray of the Union Pacific found the farmers forcing brighter brighter prospects than at any time In the tha last three fears ears Commenting on his trip he hebald he said bald One of the bright spots In the present depressed condition of ol the farmer Is their prospects for tor a good beet crop and reasonable prices I Iam Iam Iam am pleased to note the decrease In acreage of potatoes which crop has been over-developed over Next year yea we may expect e a decrease In the wheat acreage The farmers are begin begin- beginning beginning ning to learn the necessity of ot diver diver- diversified diversified rifled farming More farmers will go Into the dairy as an adjunct to the farm Poultry raising Is sure to become more popular It will be necessary to reduce the long hauls as far tar as possible In Utah particularly in the tho ter ter- territory centering In Ogden the beet fields are mo most t promising with 1 an net cage greatly enlarged over that of a year ago An who mado ma-do an nn auto anto journey north of hero here extending to tho Bear Dear River dis- dis district dis district reported beet conditions the tho best he had ever fiver ever seen sees and predict- predict n cd ed a crop which would bring pros pros- prosperity to this part ot of o Utah tah As President Gray advises the farmers In the west must make an effort to get away from wheat and potatoes Wheat grows rows wherever lAnd has any fertility Western Western rn ir- ir Ir Irrigated acres should be devoted to crops which cannot be grown everywhere every every- where Potatoes raised In largo large quantities must stand the long Ions haul to the centers of population and that Is I possible only when the eastern east east- eastern eastern ern crop Is a 1 failure At present the tho sugar beet Is la the Utah tanners farmers best crop developed on a large lare scale seals |
