| Show THE 11 IN VILLAGES great ny r oriner benefit of 1 tio usand ol of dollah Bol lai worth 0 or and timo time 1 ix X in traveling to firms and bach to town lue ifie utah plan of congregating the farmers in villages while the farm lands were wera located loc cited at a lias has boan been I 1 ten in magazines maes slid aud talked about by public sp speakers speak eliken ero from ocean to ocean and the pioneers have re received dived much mach praise tor for their wisdom la adopting the plan in an early day when dangers were many and social privileges low few when the settlers in almost any valley could be counted on the fingers it wits was undoubtedly wise and beneficial for the few families to dwell in small communities rather than to be scattered a mile or more apart on the farms but the stan stanlet tet that justified the village tillage plan in dnn a no longer exist and the village plan ot of living tor for farmers fai ers la is a great detriment today as it was a henoult at the time the country was settled laj small hamlets ol of exio have hare become in many instances populous no towns and thoro there are practically no farm buildings to be seen in abo agricultural valleys hundreds of thousands ol of dollars worth ot of time and energy are anul annually tall expended in hauling the farm produce to the home estead in the vil village laie chere the miah cows cowa are kept hopt in cramped quarters and the farm hornes are stabled on too town lot there thousands of tons of I 1 manure is ie ur cumulated and scarcely any ol of it ever finds its may v ay to the field it IB 1 not nn an uncommon eight to see town corrals with manure three leet feet deop deep and still piling up the roost most of ct tho the farm arm machinery being rather unhandy to transport la Is left out in the field us as it is not convenient to haul baul headers and binders and mowers over ditched and along alone narrow roads irom from the farm arm to the village there being few or no elledg chedd on the barme the imp implements lemento and machinery are exposed to the weather from one season to the next the loss and depreciation ol of larm farm machinery irom from ouch each exposure is more in dollars and cents vent each year than the actual use amounts to because of of liviston ll li vision ferk fences ces there IB a generally an unequal sharing jr IE the fall and winter pasturage but the greatest evil of the plan we believe is the total absence of the farm home feature the farmhouse and Lit litchon chort beardon fe ardon the orL orchard diard and the pasture the lawn and groves in trout front or at the side the harlis hams and gianones gra nones and sheds ill all that g va ca to make the typical farm home is lacking the young folks do not learn to lo 10 e the f irm tor they uever see it e except to put in long lou hours of hard work in haying and harvesting the village homes are arc as much alike and too often serve only as aa a alme for the young people to eat and sleep chere is not that quiet reflective tive air that is 18 found in the well appointed farm home altogether we believe that the younger class clasa of utah farmers would find it immensely to ti their beir advantage to settle olin the acres they intend to cultivate and there build farm farin homes and rear their famales amid the beauties of a farm well ti tilled ailed aud and with the manifold blessings that jannol come to a farmerr lar far merb family in a village deseret parmer |
