The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1922-06-02

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state. Utah is q typical example oil
these states When only approximate
iy % per cent of its land area was
layed down In cultlvatable valleys
mother nature decided the agricultural
destiny of the State In no uncertain
terms. Up to the present time PROB
ably not more than one-fourth or the
total tlllable area has been brought
under cultivation. leaving in the neigh
borhood Of $4,000 square miles to be
harvested, If as all, by livestock. Even
when cultivation covers the maximum
estimated area, there Will still be
available, In round numbers, 03,OoU
square miles of browse and native
grasses for the production Of meat and
rool.
This larger area cannot get ava,
from livestock, but the advantages o.
livestock as part of the operations
of the farms of the cultivated area arr
not always fully appreciated The
area now under cultivation ana taai
quite largely to livestock production
Just how many livestock and what
kinds can most profitably be kept on
the cultivated farms of the State Is
= problem largely for the future to
solve. The climatic and soil cond--
lions, size and location of the farm,
shipping facilities. ownership or the
farm, temperament of the owner or
tenant, are all factors, II is fairly
safe to assume, however. that as the
farming area increases and cropping
systems become more stabilized. 1--we
stock will play q larger and larger
part In the profits Of the farming OPP
erations.
Livestock Insure a Fctile Soil.
The fertilit of the farming land Of
any country determines In great
measure tho standard OF civilization
which Is ard can be maintained.
Countries with notably inreftiie SOL
have handicap in the national strug-
gle for existence which is next 70 i'm
possible to overcome.
No generation has a right TO leave
the soil less fertile than they found
1t. No farmer has a right to pass on
to a son a farm in a less fertile condl-
ton than he received 1t. Sol fertility
Is a national asset and those gi9en
stewardship over il should discharge
<xf. n
ner.
II Is possible to main tain a fertile
soil without livestock, but practically.
livestock aid so materially that they
can hardly be omitted from thought
fully planned system or farming.
Livestock Framing Stabilizes Labor
Another great advantage of livestock
on the farm is that they make pos
sible more nearly uniform d'stribu-
ton of labor throughout the year. The
more intelligent and reliable farm help
will be attracted to the permanent,
year-round positions. thus largely ov-
grooming the difficulties of the unre-
liability of labor encountered In other
systems of farming.
On the well regulated livestock farm
there is no perishable crop which on
peril of being a loss of full seasons
work must be harvested and market
ed within a week or two. Neither is
the employment restricted to nor con-
gested into the two comparatively
short seasons of seed-time and harvest
True, there are crops to be seeded and
harvested On the livestock farm, Du;
most of the hay crops need only In
frequent seeding and their harvest,
coming as 1t does between seed-t.me
and harvest Of other crops. provides
contiD aous and profitable summer en-
ployment of farm labor. and relieves
the Otherwise congested seed-tlme and
harvest seasons in proportion TO the
acreage in hay.
The Farm and Family Lsbor.
Another phase of the labor question
which is we'll taken care of on live
stack farms is the labor of the fam
lily Especially can family labor
Nv sich is usually Of different ages and
gre des) be well and prorltably mar
keisd on dairy farms. The boys and |
girls of the family can do much OF the |
work that would otherwise require the |
time OF more expensive man. Driv-
ing the COWS 20 and from pasture. |
looking after poultry and hogs. milking |
and many other things can be done |
as well by the children as by hired
.,elp.
Livestock Yesr-round Employment
A third advantage OF livestock farm
ing is that 1t gives Il q owner or OPP /
orator business which ne can opera e
the year round. 1t wot Id indeed take
a good law or medical practice, or
business. or any bus ness or
profession TO return good profit II
It were open and running for only four
to seven months of the year as is the