Show readers forum forti M WHY NOT GROW WHEAT editor roosevelt standard in your october ath bissu issue ayou you quoted a worthy editorial from the new york times regarding the wheat reduction program every farmer farmar should read it that comment and other information not so remote causes me to submit this story regarding wheat and other feed and grains grails produced in the basin this harvest is our first fairly ghori production of wheat oats barley in the bas basin in for perhaps ten years some belie belice e it is over production of the acres of farm land in duchesne and uintah counties that have been cultivated I 1 doubt that our maximum cropped acreage in any one year lias has ever been up to acres for 1938 it is apparent that wo we have less ass than this figure the total being less than acres this total if accepted would allow acres of ha hanest rested cd crops for 1500 farm units in the basin it is a liberal estam estimate ate to say that each of these farms has produced bushels of wheat heat now to show that this amount is not over production I 1 give you the following facts national nationally y we can consume approximately 7 bushels of wheat per capita this is when batter equalization of burch purchasing asing power and distribution is afforded wo V need 10 bushels but as it is we get alon along on just about six bushes not quite one third of th the a people live on farms and the other othar t no o thirds living in urban centers lise iise many substitutes for wheat heat such as rice beans and con in he basin we use only a small amount of substitutes in addition farmers hero here must have cows pigs and chickens all needing wheat nv i neat products it is certain that for the 20 people here ana the estimate is low we need and can well use bushels of khoat we have not produced that amount this year in fact not since 1918 of public schools which shall be open to all children of tile the state stale and be free from sectarian control this mandate given to tile the lag legislature is by the framers of our constitution ution has been restricted lestric ted by subsequent amendments which limit the amount of state aid while our limited state sell school 0 1 I funds have kept state tax levies on tangible property down clown it lias has had three very undesirable results they are 1 it has forced tax rates to high points in nearly all districts 2 it has made it impossible in spite of high local taxes to provide de adequate school standards in many school districts and 3 it has kept nearly all tile the ta tax x burden on tangible property for school support th amendments will opan the way to solve those thesa problems pro bems by using other tym of taxes and an d revenue to build up a now new state stat 0 fund vote yes for amendments one and two and give all children of the state an equal opportunity and a chance to c with those trained in other othe states wheat and flour flotte shipped in from the outside are anoe expensive our welfare demands that we pro duce such commodities as arp are amply sufficient for local requirements if we had bushels of wheat this year we could use it the cows and the poultry would fare better and both pay well on the market returning to the clit editorial orial the choat chaat program is callin calling for drastic reductions in ill our wheat acreage rea for 1939 certainly we should not feel obligated to reduce wheat planting so that a largo large portion of flour and wheat feed shall be trucked in late in 1939 and 1910 1916 on my ranch of acres 11 acres of wheat were harvested this year after paying thresher and hands there were just about bushels the farm will need I 1 bushels 0 or more leaving leavin perhaps 80 for market fedo federal a allowance a set 3 and 3 10 acres as acreage allowed under the fc federal pan for the 1939 9 har harvest ve s t I 1 it t will not support ten tell beope supply their feed and seed demands dorn ands wheat does not make a high yield hero here partly because we are not wheat farmers and then th thre there re is rust smut 00 wo we are obliged to plant over acreage to be safe in having our local needs supplied I 1 write this to help drive away the fear that we inc have too much wheat heat we need more moe storage space we need to import less bread our poultry and cows need more wheat utah lias has only two acres per capita of harvested crops including ng all types where is the utah over supply of wheat com coming from lets have bushels ae 0 M heat next year who dare deny this minimum uncle sati sam will no if we present the facts J P MAY DONT SLEEP WHEN GAS PRESSES HEART if you cant cat or sleep because gas bloats you up try ad gerika one dose usually relieves relieve stomach gas pressing on heart Adl erika cleans out BOTH upper aej lower bowels bluish drug store adv DRUG STORE |