Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1927-08-04 | Page 4 | When Farm Acreage Falls

WHEN FARM ACREAGE CREAGE FALLS Two million less Jess acres of o corn were ere grown in the United States this is year and less Jess acres of oC all crops are under cultivation this Is year car than thaI ever before The Tho department of oC agriculture says ys that these figures far tar from being discouraging are very ver en en- and would 1 have been even better If Ie acreage under cul- cul cultivation had been decreased by twice acres America has been over over farmed in proportion to her other Jobs Sobs says the he department The exodus from farm tarm rm to place because it was as inevitable that the small farm tarm must go and give way to high high- powered mechanical and scientific farming arming on a large scale Fewer farms mean a living wage wago wager for Cor r the survivors who stick slick to the tho th soil soli 11