40 BULLETIN 582, U. S. DEPARTMENT OE AGRICULTURE. 
There is small ground for argument on the question of the town 
school as compared with the country school in some cases, nor on the 
question of getting the children to school during the winter. The 
social side of the question is one for the rural sociologist and the 
specialist in rural organization to study. 
The farm-management side of the proposition seems largely un- 
debatable. It seems probable,' however, that the greater oppor- 
tunity more fully to utilize the resources of the farm when it is also 
made the site of the home, would far more than offset the cost of 
keeping a horse with which to send the children to school, and the 
trifling corral rent for stabling the animal while school is in session. 
Indeed, the main need for the horse is in severe winter weather when 
the farm draft is largely idle, and probably no extra horse would be 
required in many cases. The season when the school question is most 
pressing being that when farm work is most slack, little work other 
than hauling manure being done then, would seem to indicate the 
feasibility of the farm operator attending to this chore himself if 
some other arrangement could not be made. 
IMPORTANCE OF RAISING HOME SUPPLIES. 
In regard to more full utilization of the farm resources for direct 
contributions to the family living, considerable still remains to be 
done by many of the operators in this section in common with fully 
as large a percentage of the farmers in other parts of the country. 
This phase of the farm activities is of peculiar importance to Utah 
farmers. A considerable proportion of them depend on a distant 
and uncertain market for the disposal of their products. Good or 
fair prices received for fruit one year may be and often are offset 
by poor prices for one or more years. This condition is likely to 
become increasingly prevalent as the area of fruit at present not 
in bearing reaches maturity, particularly in regions nearer the con- 
suming centers. The farm garden in particular should receive much 
more attention, and the surplus therefrom, as well as surplus fruits, 
should be canned if not adapted to preservation otherwise. Marked 
improvement is discernible in this regard since the start of Boys' 
and Girls' Club TTork in the State. The work of the Agricultural 
College and the county agents along this line should meet with the 
ready cooperation of all the farm operators and their wives. Much 
can be learned, and valuable economies practiced as a result. By | 
more attention to the above points money which otherwise passes over 
the grocery counter will be available for other uses, not the least im- 
portant of which are conveniences for the home, and savings to meet 
the strain of that lean year, which is sure to recur more or less 
frequently. 
