Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-12-02
MANY QUERIES 5 MADE
ABOUT FARM LIVING.
Meeting 10 be Held Tomorrow Morn
ing in tile 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 tho presence of the
commission on country life, the agri-
cultural and farming affairs Of the
state.
It is expected that a large attend
ance will be ut the meeting. All hor-
tlcultural and agricultural institutions
of the state will be well represented,
Among those who will be present are
Thomas Judd president Of the state
board of torticultu,e; j. Edward lay
lor, secretary of The board; Fred j.
.Kiesel of Ogden, the prominent adyo-
cate of irrigation; G. j. Adney and w.
4 II. Rowe OF Corinnc; p. y. Dix. from
Davis county, representing the nursery
interests OF tha state; j q. Dufiln of
Provo, president of the State Hortl-
cultural society: all members of the
state board OF horticulture:5 Roy Marsh
OF Kaysvillc, w j. Craig, representing
the canning interests Of the state;
Charles Smith of Gentelville ana NJ. b.,
lSsowles Of Salt Lake city
Among the questions being put before
the people Sc py inc COMMISSION die Lie
following:
s Are tho farm houses in your neigh
borhood as good as they should be
under existing conditions?
Are the schools of your neighborhood
training boys and girls satisfactorily
for life on the farm?
DO the farmers in your neighborhood
get the returns they reasonably should
from the sale of their products?
N1fIty ,l,Tlt-l, nNf
receive from the railroads. highroads.
trolley lines, etc. the service they rea-
sonably should have?
DO the farmers in your neigh bprhood
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
Eanized to promote their mutual buying
and selling interests?
Are renters Of farms In your neigh
horhood making a satisfactory living?
Is Is the supply of farm labor In your
!neighborhood satisfactory?
Are the conditions surrounding hired
labor on the farms in your neighbor-
hood satisfactory to the hired men?
ia5 Have the farmers Id your neighbor-
hood satisfactory facilities for doing
their business in banking. credit, in-
suraflce. ETC.?
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 better,nent 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
Ex perimental station at Nephi Is in
charge of the live stock and farming
interests OF tho state. Representative
shippers of the state and OF the DIFF
fercnt commercial bodies will also be
present.
Z There will be no speech making, but
each member of the meeting who has
to say VIII be allowed to do
50 and to make 1t brief. Sanitation
and other matters will also@be consid
cred.