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Show .. i n i n - iii " jx' ' ij. ii i -j"j-ii.ii,u' 1 j ir'ij t iun I ' .UA 1 ' -' ' " 2 li T-i.-n- i .i j i- i .J,-. i-j i "' ' 'ii i Jinru.ii m 11.M 11 I irrrjiTro-CTI'- j TSic Standard's U. A. C. imreaii II Articles of Interest to Farmers, Housekeepers and Others J j Written for The Standard by Experts at Utah's Noted j i Agricultural College at Logan El .i . lj . i ...,.,..n I nil .ill IT III II I I II P" I BALANCED FARMING-By FARMING-By DR. V. S. HARRIS, Director Experiment Station, U. A. C. During the period of the war, farmers farm-ers were called upon to produce the things that were necessary in the emorsency This often led to unbalanced unbal-anced systems of farming. It became necessary to raise the same crop year aftei year on the same land regaidless of its effect on the soil. It was more important to win the war than to keep the land in good condition. Now that the war is over, however, it is the duty to return to sound systems of farming. Practices that were Justifiable during dur-ing the emergency should no longer be tolerated. The government, doea not longer ask the farmer to sacrifice his own interest by rising any particular particu-lar crop. He is at liberty to farm in the way thai would be most profitable. HcJ is merely given the ever-welcome ad-i vice to save as much as possible and i to produce as efficiently and as cheap j ly as he can. The present call is not1 for any particular crop, but to place the farm on a well-balanced system that will yield the highest profit to the farmer and, at the same time, keep the land in a high state of productivity. productiv-ity. In Ihe past the farmer made large profits from certain products on account ac-count of war prices, but he must not conclude that the same high prices must continue likely they will not. This is a very poor time for speculation specula-tion in farming; the results are too uncertain. It is. a splendid time tho farmer who has been prosperous to set his house in order, to pay his debts, and to put his business on a permanent basis. Never was the outlook out-look better for the farmer who practices prac-tices good standard methods, and never were prospects poorer for tho slip shod farmer. The planning of a definito system of crop rotation, the securing of profit-1 able types of livestock, the purchases I of new machinery, the erection ol needed farm buildings, and the orga-i nization of the fdrm on a more sound business basis; these are among th6 : items that should not engage the attention at-tention of the farmer. He should da everything possible to balance his system of farming so that he can prosper no matter what condition arises. |