Show 0 0 FARM FACTS I 1 by S R BOSWELL county agent richfield room 2061 federal I 1 ph phones 0 nes and 1 oo one day last week a group of sevier county farmers were discussing the present plight of the american farmer with respect to prices of farm products etc farmer no one s said id if we had known mown this condit condition ion was com coming ing the year 1929 was the best year in thirty to get out of debt farmer no 2 came back and said 1 I have concluded that this year 1931 is the worst time in thirty years tears to get in debt everyone agrees that to carry all of ones eggs in one basket is dangerous one crop farming js is also dangerous elsewhere in in this paper is is printed an article entitled one crop farming is is a bad practice tice by J C hogensen extension agronomist utah state agricultural college the same is le recommended commended for your best consideration heres a slogan for a progressive farmer winter plans make summer profits planning your work and working your plan adds joy and satisfaction to your work do you know how many acres of land an d are irrigated in sevier county according to the director of census there were in april 1930 acres under the canal in 1920 we were irrigating acres in other words 71 per cent of our poor irrigated lands have been abandoned our farmers are applying the law of diminishing returns to the poor land and are spending their time and money on their best lands this is proper have you arranged for your seed grain this spring if not the county agent is in a position to put you in touch with farmers who have certified seeds for sale sales the question is often asked does it pay to raise wheat on irrigated farms with wheat as low in price as it is this year farmers cannot afford to use high priced water on high priced land to raise cheap wheat would it not be letter better to permit the dry farmer to raise the wheat and the irrigated farmer raise the hay sugar beets barley oats and potatoes A recent announcement from washington D C by the bureau of agricultural economics says 1931 finds farmers faced with the necessity of reducing production costs forced to relatively high level of wages and ch charges argei the bureau reports efforts by farmers to cut costs by using their best lands improved equipment and the most productive stock and best seed and by careful planning of work happiness is the feeling we experience peri peXie ence nce when we are too busy to be miserable thos mason alason ir the sevier county farm buteau bureau recently set a pace in utah for the second time on the percentage of farmers in their organization iza tion the prize of 50 was awarded at the state convention in ogden in january following are the number of members reported by locals venice 28 sigurd 2 monroe 11 elsinore 4 annabella 7 aurora 15 Gle glenwood mood 9 salina 36 richfield 66 central 21 total secretary J L despain reports that some members are sending in their checks by mail this year they are not waiting for someone to ask for their membership in a recent address secretary of agriculture arthur AT hyde recommends that dairymen og organize n for the purpose of maintaining alfair al a fair degree of stability and prosperity in the dairy business there are many dangers ahead ir in dairying the numbers of mill milk cows on farms is 24 per cent larger than a year ago and the number on hand a year ago is above the number normally required for replacement fewer cows have been going to market than in either of the last two years and more beef type cows are being milked with more cows on farms and the numbers still increasing apor more production can be expected in in 1931 what can be done this is puzzling everyone here are a few suggestions 1 cease milking the beef cow 2 cull the low producing dairy cow 3 save only your best dairy heifers heffers hei fers 4 drive oleomargarine out of the country at this time high school students a are re writing essays on the subject why farmers of sevier valley should increase their sugar beet acreage A couple of bulletins in this office have a few suggestions on diversified farmin farming g they are free for the asking the junior contest in sugar beet growing as was fostered last year by the gunnison sugar company compan y has not yet been announced in the papers the decision was reached early in january as follows first prize harold and wayne glenwood 2123 tons per acre second prize theron christensen annabella 2050 tons per acre third prize max alax ogden richfield 1703 tons per acre the contest was decided on the 4 H club and future farmers standards as follows tonnage 60 per cent record book 25 per cent club activities 10 per cent exhibit 5 per cent the cash prizes were 25 15 and 10 for the first time in the history of 4 H club work in sevier we have been favored with an award for outstanding leadership at the state farm bureau convention held in ogden recently ellen of salina was awarded a medal for leadership the medal was presented by the state farm bureau the decision was reached by D P Al murray urray state boys and girls club specialist foll following owing is a quotation from mr murrays Mur rays letter to miss bliss 1 I want to take this opportunity to congratulate you on the splendid work you have done and to ex express press the appreciation of the extension service for your work in helping to make the 4 H club program a success I 1 assure you that your efforts are greatly appreciated by the members of the extension staff of the utah state agricultural college and by the boys and girls with whom you have worked t ir J H payne of glenwood boyd buchanan and J C wall of vf venice mice lamar dastrup of sigurd james brown of monroe directors of sevier dairy association no 1 and the county agent made a trip to beaver recently to study the activities of the beaver dairy association the trip was an interesting and profitable one C J wall and elmer cowley made a trip thursday to beaver and purchased a month old holstein bull calf the bull was grown by a mr air lowe and came from a cow with good type and a high production on the day of our visit she was giving pounds of 4 per cent milk on three bilkings mil kings per day such a cow was netting her owner more than twelve poor cows could do which would you rather milk one good cow or a dozen poor ones if there was some way to induce the rich to spend more money and the poor to save it then all of the political economists would be satisfied another way to solve the unemployment problem would be for the banks to name some more vice presidents indianapolis star |