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Show Japanese Farmers in Utah BY JOHN S. H SMITH ARTIST: JON BURTON was eagerly saugbt by buyers d oth~ e At - sent prices hmHbg and plrt many lanth Gw$ hrn Jahmi. 11e. 9F Zorida, tg pmpb out of wp~ ka cmss fhe nation. This Boston, ~ S.~& IWVS. Bath 18pmse an'd keunWiic disaste? plus a drought in San- Cavw$ w- famnerps ro'fted from salt% kd l% p& e Gaunt$ turned the Tapme experience tant mke&. SOW. The. once- thr~ hinJga panesec ommunity ' In 1937 the Jqmnw~~ GroweArass ociatian dispers~ d, leaving local residents with was organized in cwperation with the Sdt memories of '" many queer and appetizing M ebr ~ keragkh ouse of'Smitha nd Hamock, dishes" s e dat s- er picnics hosted by h that first year, ei& t members of the aosaci- the Jmpamm. ation - with 125 acres in cadiflower - m- AEtbaugh drought and depression drove ceived $ 45, M30 as a p u p for their l a b them h Sanpete County, the Japanese ag-rapanes~ E armers who had bought their land ricul€ w& ste hvhere in the state was more fee $ 200 sn a m wipd out their indebtedness fortmate in keeping his farming hothold. with the pr0fi. h & om their mp, All his the Despite WmM War II, relocation [ which Japanese achiewd through their sWI and brought many West Coast Japanese to Utah Iong how bf work in the fields. CauMower and to work on fms as laborers). arid post-and cabbage require cmstant care and water- war adjustments, the communitgF nf h r i - k g and a trained and alert eye to guard can farmem of Japanese descent bas . grown. qainst deslructiv~ pests. Local newspaper They have introduced new and pmfitable rep~ rts that Jnpanese fmmms were making horticultural techniques and have develop& big moneytalddy park of the stmy-- the end improved mi~ tieso f vegetabI~ sa nd fn& result for the nation's dinner tables. The good f0mnb of the Japanese fztmers ~ r~. m ithis presmati~ nb h~~ awnith the urah lasted ady until the Great & pmsion of the . state MstoriEal 23 |
