Show U Y I I i Y J. J IO 31 Return from Trip to California SALT LAKE CITY CITY- Almost returned on Monday from a day 10 farm and livestock tour of central California enriched with agricultural know know- how liow and yet more appreciative of what they themselves have on their farms Dominant theme of the entire tour however became ln more re evident evi dent dentas as the trip progressed First Security B Bank of Utah had care care- f 4 1 selected ranches s and arid farms where production was high from Stockmen of the O 00 o a I v viii I I 1 o e earea I area participate In eight day farm tour lour cosponsored sponsored by First Security Dank Bank and Western I Livestock Journal Here lIere Utah group check Herefords on San Valley ranch In Califor Califon- nia better management As Dick Crow of Western Livestock Livestock Livestock Live Live- stock Journal pointed out No longer Is farming and ranching primarily a way of life You m L must mast t run your operations operation on a like Ilke basis or you wont won't In be in business long The smaller outfits were more Impressive to the since they hey could best adjust their thinkIng thinking think think- Ing to operations operatIon of their own ow f size Considered b by t the e maJor majority ty of of tour lour members as s th the the b best stop was the Warner Warn r ranch ran h at Hickman 60 miles mUes ii rt Si FranCisco Fran Fran- Cisco The T stockmen l learned here here her t tha tto to c raise ISe beef economically economic ally aUy performance of their stock stockIs Is the prime requisite Dairymen on the tour found by viewing th the fine operations in California CalIfornia Cal Cal- that their own farms at home were Just as good only not co large The stockmen saw grazing land bought for five live cents per acre years ago ago and now valued I at 1000 per acre They saw acres cres and acres of olive groves where re the land price is set at per acre The e found the trip very rewarding from an educational standpoint and t they ey all felt First S Security c Bank and the banks bank s ab able r personnel had the the tour well organized organized organized or or- down to to the small smallest st deI de de- de- de I tail tall I |