Show I 1 1 farmers census 1 gets under way in southern utah an important survey on the entire activities of the utah farmers and the tamers of the nation will place in april V max moffit district supervisor of the decennial census announced today 1 I agriculture has been a major problem with our governing bodies for a long time and can only be coped with by honest and accurate answers on the census agricultural questionnaire which will be sent to the farmers prior to april the clue questionnaire question Stion aire alre conaro confronting biting the farmer is designed for his own benefit and cannot be used by any private or taxation group and that is provided by law we urge every farmer to really take time to ta go through his records and fill in exact information on this questionnaire some statistics derived from the 1915 1945 agriculture census showed that more than one third of american farmers are 55 years old and more owner operators average 52 years while tennant farmers average 43 years trends will be brought out by this census include changes Z in the number of farms amount of land devoted to agriculture and value of farm property every farm survey since 1920 has discovered a decrease in the number of farms in the country while the total acreage in farm land has beadily increased accompanying compa nying these trends is the increased use of mechanized equipment however 1920 farm census reported farms valued at sixty six and one third billions while the 1945 census reported the total tota farm values had declined by the farmer must consider the facts agriculture is a major issue with our law makers and almost every 1 plan that effects the business of farming begins with the data our census provides some soma of the vial things to be brought out in the census will be irrigation drainage grazing and soil conservation |