Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-12-02
MANY QUERIES MADE
ABOUT FARM LIVING
Meeting to be Held Tomorrow Morn
ing In the Office of Gov
crnor Cutler.

At 10 o'clock tomorrow morning
there will be meeting at the office Of
Gov. Cutler. 1t is for the purpose of
talking over in the presence of the
commission on country life, the agri-
cultural and farming affairs of the
state.
It is expected that large attend
ance will be at the meeting. All hor-
ticultural and agricultural institutions
of the state VIII be well represented
Among those who will be present are
Thomas Judd. president of the state
board of horticultules j. Edward Tay-
lor, secretary of the board; ifrcd j.
Kieyel of Ogden the prominent adyo-
cate of irrigation; C. j. Adney and W.
Fl. Rowe OF Corinne; II. y. DIN, from
< Davis county, representing the nursery
interests of the state: j. G.. Duffin of
4 Provo, president OF the state Horti-
cultural society; all members Of the
state board of horticult,ire;, Roy Marsh
or Kaysviile, w J. Craig, representing
the canning interests OF the state;
Charles Smith of Centervile and NJ. H.,
!. Sowlcs of Salt Lake city
Among the questions being put before
LIE people by lIe4 tiiS VIC
following:
Are tho farm houses in your neigh
borhood as good as they should be
under existing conditions?
Are the schools of your netghbnrhood
training boys and girls satisfactorily
for life on sthe farm?
DO the farmers in your neighborhood
get the returns they reasonably should
from the sale of their products?
az. Tlo tba fr rD,prg SOtiI neigh DDrhOOJl
receive from tho railroads, highroads,
trolley lines, etc. the service they rea-
sonably should have?
a DO the farmers in your ncighborhood
receive from the United States postal
service, rural telephone, etc, the serv-.
ice they reasonably should expect?
Are the farmers and their wives in
your neighborhood satisfactorily or.
ganized to promote their.mutual buying
and selling interests?
Are renters of farms in your neigh
horhood making u satisfactory living?
Is the supply of farm labor in your
neighborhood satisfactory?
Are tho conditions surrounding hired
labor on the farms In your neighbour
hood satisfactory to the hired men?
Have the farmers IN your neighbor-
hood satisfactory facilities for doing
their business in banking. credit. ir
surance, ETC.?
X Are the sanitary conditions OF the
farms in your neighborhood satIsfac-
tory?
DO the farmers and their wives IN
your neighborhood get together for
mutual Improvement, entertainment
and social Intercourse as much as they
should?
What in your Judgment is the most
important single thing TO be done for
the general betterment of country life?
The commission on country life was
recently appointed by President Roose-
Welt for the purpose of investigating
the conditions of the farmers and ru-
raj population all over the United
States.
Prof. L. a. Merrill of the Utah States
Experimental station at Nephi Is In
charge of the live stock and farming
interests OF the state. Representative
shippers of the state and OF the DIFF
fcrcnt commercial bodies Will also be
present.
There will be no speech making, but
each member OF the meeting who has
anything to say VIII be allowed to do
so and to make 1t brief. Sanitation
and other matters viii also%be consid
cred.