The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-10-21
Help Build Your
Neighborhcod

IL is well known fact that the
character Of the majority of the farm.
ers in a given section has much to
do with the standing of the whole
neignborhood. A few first class far
mers in a community will do much
in the course of time to create inter-
est in better farming and better liv-
ing There are many instances of
that kind on record. Wonderful pro-
gress has been made in all farming
communities during the past twenty
years, still some sections are as far
ahead of other sections in the way
of taking hold Of new things as some
farmers are ahead of others in the
production Of crops, live stock and
general management of the farm.
1t is the duty of every farmer, at
least he should so consider 1t, not
only to help himself and advance his
own interests, but also to take a
pride in the community in which he
lives. To that and he should do all
within mis- power by precent and ex-
ample and sometimes, perhaps, by
words, to help those of his neighbors
who are slow to adopt modern meth
DDS and see the advantage of certain
improvements If you have found
an Improvement in your dairy to be
profitable, have discovered a high
yielding variety OF corn, or have
learned that by feeding a certain ra-
ton to your cattle or hogs you get
more economical results than before
tell your neighbor about 1t. 1t would
of course, not be good policy to tell
him that he is doing his work wrong
or that he is standing in his own
light in refusing to adopt better me-
thods,, for that would only arouse an
tagonism on his part and then your
influence would be of no value. How
to persuade a man to adopt up to
date methods can not be told on
paper as that will depend upon the
man himself, the conditions under
which the matter is discussed, and
many other factors too numerous to
mention. A knowledge of human ma
ture is required in a case of this
kind.
At first thought you may sarink
from this so called duty of helping
your neighbor get out of the rut and
perhaps conclude that you are too
busy to undertake to convert a stub
born fellow to change his methods.
Perhaps that may be true, still the
fact remains that 1t is to your own
interest to have every man in your
neighborhood prosperous and up to
date in everything he undertakes
The better your neighbors' farms are
cared for and the more prosperous
the farmers, the greater the CONNER
cial value of your land. This has al
ways been the case and probably al
ways win be, because a prosperous,
wide awake neighborhood is worth a
great deal to a newcomer and his
family.
1t is a well known fact that the
farm press has done much toward
helping the progress OF agriculture in
recent years; so much so that in
communities where counts nave been
made II has been found that the most
progressive farmers pay more atten-
ton to agricultural literature than
those who hang back and claim that
they can learn nothing from the prin-
ted page. II every farmer could be
induced to read one or two good farm
papers much more rapid strides
would he made along better farming
lines, but to bring this about is an
exceedingly difficult and almost inn
possible task without the aid of the
farmers themselves. Utah Farmer.