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Show News In Brief Farm census figures reveal tluvt mare than 1,200 Utah farm biys will become 21 years of age in 193i. Several hundred between the ages of 16 and 21 will leave the farm but the greater proportion will remain re-main upon the soil. During the last few years this annual crcp of new farmers has found it difficult to set themselves up to follow their chosen vocation. Conditions have almost put a stop to normal arm purcii !.: by young men. Farming is an occupation in which one usually must assume debt to go into business. With the improved conditions of agricultuie and higher return for farm commodities com-modities however, it is expecte.1 that sans of fanners and tenants who have tlic benefit of ngricultur-'tl ngricultur-'tl train. ns, experience and .. down payment may find it more easily possible to acquir-; land and equipment equip-ment during the current year. During the first five months of 1915 the federally impeded do.m.'-lic do.m.'-lic slaughter cf cattle and calves ir.crpusi a 475,000 over the corresponding corres-ponding period of J935 or 11 tines ;is much ns the increase in imports, rit ceid n;: to thv Sicretnry of Ar.ri-eullure, Ar.ri-eullure, Henry . V.allace. The number of farms In Utah, operated op-erated by tenants increased fn,;n 12 to 15 per cent during the do-pression, do-pression, according to Information supplied by the farm credit ndmin-isuiillon ndmin-isuiillon of Berkeley. Howcvtr lemur. try in this stale is far below tbe r.vcrae of the nation, which sands nt 42 percent. Federal land bank olflclnls nntl-ill'Hte nntl-ill'Hte that the pcrorntnge of tenant ten-ant cwned furnvs will dwreasc In the r.ear future due to the fact Unit more liberal lending policies new are in force few the' purchase '1 in.m lands by tenants. The .'arm nwrlgaiie debt In Utah dropped from $11,000,000 In 130 to 142,000.000 in 193.-). A marked trend toward farm ownership by young farmers ami i tenants is reported by Chiules Parker president of the Federal Land Bank of Berkeley Dunn he eight month! period from Oc-ober Oc-ober I 1935 to Junel. 1938 that bank fmanced the purchase af o5 farm properties for a total amount oi $116,500 in the state of Utah. The percentage of all lani bank and land bank commissioner proceeds pro-ceeds used to purchase farms jr-c-ea-d from 4.6 percent dunn? the ltst six months of 1933 to o.l percent per-cent for the first five mon;hs ol me present year. The fact that the Farm Crew-c Crew-c (f 3935 authorized the use of la d bank commissioner loans ior fa'c-.i purchase has bin a stirnu" iating factor, accorduir to Mr. Parker. Previously commissioner loans were used almost altogether for refinancing existing indebtedness. indebted-ness. Now, land bank and com-uuitciier com-uuitciier loans can provide lunds uc t. three-quarters of the ap-prased ap-prased r.-.in.al value of th3 pro-oer: pro-oer: to be purchased. Manv rains during the past two v eeks have unproved the grazing outlook for' ranges and pastures ir. Utah Summer ranges are excellent excel-lent and although farm pastures have not yet fully recover! from Mav and June drought, they are net depleted. Winter ranges are short but improving. Hay and orain production is ample for average av-erage needs until next .summer. Livestock is in good conditio-i. |