The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1915-10-01
THIS SHOULD BE GOLDEN YEAR FOR
AMERICAN AGRICULTURE.

! believe that the greatest constructive service the
perform this time is to endeayor BY every means
inc nSSs FOR saah ndydSa man woman and child
strying To- practice the virtue Of thFift-James o. Nc
The farmers of the United States are now en-
gagged in harvesting enormous crops-perhaps
the greatest ever produced in this country, gov
eminent forecasts indicating n $4,000, 000, 900
crop yield for 1915, writes T. ID. McGregor IN the
American Bankers Magazine. Big crops and
good prices will quickly make better business for
the railroads, for manufacturers and for whole
sale and retail business generally There ought,
therefore, TO be increased prosperity for all Of u.s.
and that is why both city and country are inter
ested in the crops. Nature has been kind TO us
Should we not be equally kind TO ourselves in the
matter of waste-prevention?
American farmers will burn thousands Of tons
Of straw that, in Europe, warmade thrift would
cause TO be saved for various uses. According
TO one student Of the value Of byproducts, allow
ing cornstalks TO evaporate and decay causes an
annual waste Of 100000, 900. But progressive
farmers are reducing this waste by using silos 10
preserve chopped cornstalks and other fodder
crops. The humble hen Is first aid TO the thrift
of the farmers wife. but the department of ag
riculture estimates annual loss of $40, 100000
from unnecessarily spoiled eggs.
The annual shipment Of potatoes from Maine
is thirty-five thousand cars and II said that the
average waste Is twenty bushels per car, or
total Of 100000 bushels. The yearly waste Of
vegetables OF all kinds Is duplicated by that of
fruit. The government specialists estimate that
home canning on the farm Of what otherwise
would be wasted ought TO save at least 500, 000-
900 annually.
But these are large and general statements
To get right down TO "brass stacks" as they say,
how can the farmer actually save money? He
must not be tight listed or his farm will not be
kept up. He must not be spendthrift or he will
get into difficulties that way. In approaching n
bank for loan the man without bank account
Is handicapped.
The farmer who says, II wish TO buy twenty
steers 10 fatten for market viii you loan me
some money!" will stand good chance of get
ting the loan. II he says, Our best horse died
and we are hard up; the rent Is coming due and
the insurance expires tomorrow; won't you
please loan me $200?" the banker feels very sor-
ny for him. but dislikes 10 risk two hundred per-
fectly good dollars on farmer with such an UNI
promising outlook.
Close cooperation between farmer and banker
ought 10 enable most tenants TO become owners
II they really want 10 own their farms, as they
should Many farmers as well as their wives try
10 save money by doing all the work themselves
and after few years spend more money than
they saved on both hired help and doctors bills
Sometimes they get beyond the doctors help in
carrying out this plan for saving money. Some
people save by not insuring their property and
lose everything when their house or barn burns
Common sense saving Is the thing and IL Is
good for everybody, city dweler and farmer
alike.