Norwich bulletin., 1921-05-20
Cwrit.ea Specially Tor The Bunetin.)


 i1 S1lt Lake county, Utah. were induc- cl to take an interest ip the question cf how much Cf their livings their farms fur- shed them. Some Of the results from ga summary of seventy of these home budgets are highly suggestive.
 On The sasl lnty farms. for instance it u-5 found that the farm yielded 66 per ca-l ct thl meat used b- the family. That. i- seems Co me, Is a rather credit aaie showing. It indicates a praise E-rt1y f1rssishtedness on the part Of t1. farm managers. It is not probable ---t uany eastern farms could equal The same seventy farms produced 54 cent of the cereals used on them .sl 2- per cent Of the dairy products. Ee re-.F also, are likely to cause Hu- FI-nr.E- by their high hgGrcs. I .-l1- f my Carrs in the eas. tu-n out -Huarte-s 1f --.i Che fo.s- aui cat -' and rg1e-uts consumed on them. .r any uu- specialized iairy fa1 ms r7 .- Ir- cent. Of tIe mil-. butter, a..--.. r.-- called fer OF .hc family.
 r1 te-- ihrss items. Inc showing of
 . managers IS surprisingly -H-. E..-r t-s-- are ro carefully kept .-lra .-- any utv New EnElanu t.-~- -- compare with them. common ob- -r-at.- ----az-s eve-~ strongly that we -r- i- tho same economic class a-- .lH-e westtrlers. go far as meat. cereals and dairy products are concern cd Moreover. .1 rsz0ece Of two Of T. things. al least-uea-s and cereals 4 -.l'- seq how we can reasonably eE- rll- .l equal -ls western ratio.
 While h1-cher's Yaeat i= exorbitantIy -el. r-. .1---uc d5fficui.-- Of securing t-r F---r fresh meat from h.s own fa-- ---r 1s tu make - almost o --r l- Hn...-z choice. He must pay r- without ' sr6uil hs glad to .-r.f f.rr details ol tEis meat business -r r--l reports whether they iivea -efl- H- s-i.ed and cor1ed meats, or ~--- vi E--t any, 0ar- of the time: Once,
 rru % 'rt1orho0d co-opera- '-- manned f1 kee1 down my own ..---.s f1 an almost negligible
 f'.t t-e experiment involved - ..-. CT --z1lariei trouble. a ---a eTu-nal-ura oF diplomatic a-r --d s0ua discri-rina tory This last was sedul0usiy
 -1--r 1z' with whom ".-l- r1r-runi-v t- too ulr-ffu'fy y
 and --e Ec.laus eventually be- wrr r-=-. however. the ease is dif-
 -rr-1 farmers report g2
 .- egg consumption ob- -s- H-Fn rc7-yards. This -' I-- why not loo per .a 1.- a ..-- man." am neither
 lrr..-r work nor even inter-
 .-- .H tl. rv'eU+ Or liking . .... ...- .r.rr- Al they mean to me
 r-. occasional rhlcFen-0ie. .-.- however, Tor g. dozen
 twenty r- thirty Ierh horns
 -Ha John Farmer table
 a7 .r raeaed, from Jan
 ~. December 3l. of each year
 as.~ .l-.-ei bv tHa very sim
 at r.. .Eem down in wa
 0r- e-..a-. W'lvu the g-ir.
 and - f-ea when fife 0r.c'
 .r make saili-~ 0roft tr- .-.- for ST weeks or s7
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 'rr-~ .v along ah-u
 r~ .-rr H u1 liil cloz'
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 from --- Ers carry u'
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 vr.- r comes .- -rait a.'d vegetables
 urf'I t0 ue ab.'
 much .a.tDr showing thaI
 r--r farm h.ua-. Thr
 r. -r- farms produced {,
 ..s Irl.. and -a Itr cent
 lH.- .r1-rusi on them.
 r1 s-ru- un--ss msbly low Ir ta, -i1r,s os fruits. it is easily
 Tor -~o7t ar- New LrGlcn
 --rw -s own strawberries. rasp
 a.l-l.c-r.es. apples. paarr
 -ar-arz aaf tle like. Thes
 -l -u-e Ea-ia.y iu their sea .- .-r afford almost unlimited onD0r F.r ..l-.ag. preserving. jcliyiu. Ff .1- sr-arci.v eatan H7f-z
 -i 1--1rzs are about all w ..-s -a-. 0G-1r'ves. can't see win -.- F7r'1Ei farmer should buy { cent. 0f tHa --r't used on his farr .-I ras only s2 per cent.
 frI when it co mes to vegetables. th
 From au eastern v'ew-poin
 .--r ."-s r-,Islo.e. They rai. .. -l. .r.-. only s3 per cent. of .iei Hr1.-He-. v--rtabl5s- Ths~a is n -r- -e- ro- v'v thc New Engisn e-.r i-.- mise ell she veEataD', .lr.r or can use.
 should rr--Eru-' l't y'u9--that - Eras ..-f c1IiI cn1 would gro .rra-l-1- -.1 beans and bees and cal .--c and cauiiaower and cele-y and COT a1. e-cumhlrs and Iei-uce ani malor .-5 onions and 0a-znips and Dets ar ..rl.-r anf 0uwuF.ee and p0t8to=s ar ~-I-r.- a11 rauhsrb and spinach ar .rra-a arl tomatoes and 'urniqs-4 .r1I say t11t srch a man did1't ne, buy vc-at1b-est
 Wy own farm Is not especially fertil rl- has t any Immunity from ei.he- Fl at- or tho early frost. Yet raj 'se a these vegetables on it. year after yea ui.t rrrFing suc-7zs. .- 's true, but si lon wifh an tals1.g-a rLlles If mo ".ar two or three s0r-s in a 'pta so There isa-t q farm I1 my vicinity whi ert C3 cu.te as well-sOme much tt -. In 90 large Q terri.1-y as Ne ----,-rl covers it may very wall he th e~. localities will report Inability .rra some few of the varieties I ha --ua1 But such exceptions are rare. -'rs -ts-s ou- of ten the assertion tn ...e taaf or the other vegetable ''wol r- -a.hfn' on my farm" win be foui -gestirati0n 10 be due to the farl .-'e .1c.- or interest which prevents h f--- flarnlrF how 10 raise it, or to '-c- cf @-ergv which flinders him frC -ls--r +he- necessary trouble.
 Tor it must De admitted frankly tn -re-. .s n -'know-how' to the raisi c- almost any crop. But there is not .r Inherently more difficult in raisi 1ararus or peas or spinach than raising potatoes. They are not gro' .r exactly the same way, 10 be SUI but t1erl are no more secrets about { --e.roas for one than for the other. of course. if a farmer can make uuch money raising potatoes and co and oats and hay and like field cro trat he can afford to pay seventeen mi olemo1's profits on his vegetables, vi that's another matter. Up my way, don't happen to know any farmer " has attained that nearness to plutocr eT