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<br />."n the other sideo!Aogelstreet,hut' Whoh",,;';orkedasa forker,supplier
<br />. they lead differeritlivesi '. of fai:#goo~andas.",lao$capeart_
<br />"We drive,oldpick,ups,theYdrive ist, sa.i(n!JecOof!ietS:!J,E't;y~en:'oew;
<br />new' .Broncos. and<Blazers;".~.h~' s.a.id. cQmers :an<F farms:. begin" as'- s09n, 'as
<br />"ButI wGuldn'tirade.'!, '. '.. the suhurha.oltes arrive.' . .
<br />. Itoberts' family settled the' area in . . "We're talking,somedefinitelife_
<br />1850. Each'generatiowpassedon.a . style changes,"Stevensonsaid. "It
<br />strongworkietllietJiatshows intJu'ee has become so. very, very tlifficult to'
<br />sons who went,onllfOrmGnmissiorui, . farm, . from, problems getting your ir- '"
<br />Roberts'wife Rutli'said' . ..... ligation Ij'atertoyonrcropsbecause
<br />Roberts gestures !lhtl1esinglecfam- of construction,. you can't.get'the
<br />ily houses acrossthe,stree!: "These spray service to spray becaruie you're
<br />kids don't want to wprk.;Th~y work nextJoasubdivjsion,right to the
<br />four. honrsand' 'it~y. say..they:re . point of taking your big tracto.r.and
<br />tired." . C movmg up and down the'street,Then ....
<br />. .: But like itornot,hesaid; the hous. there are the smells and the noise."
<br />es on theoiher'sideiofothestreefwilL For Richards, the big sign was the ,
<br />be joined. bysimi,larhouses. .. .' '..' "' .count:yc's,new juvenile jail. In'the past,
<br />. 'L",yton lIfayor 'Jerry'Stevenson. a,evelopers' who' wanted to build
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<br />ByT.J. Quinn
<br />T~e Salt.Lake TriIDune
<br />FARMINGTON, utah Flint
<br />Richards resigned last week as presi-
<br />dent'.of the Davis County Farm Bu-.
<br />rean'He is giving up and moving to.
<br />.Tooele, selling the land his aucestor.
<br />settle.d 140:years ago.
<br />'It.is jusUoo hard to run a farm in
<br />Davis County,he said, watching con-
<br />:'.st~.~tion on a new.juyenile jail acro'ss
<br />the streeUrolllhis FarlJlington dairy
<br />.barn, . .
<br />'Ifis lime to go.
<br />/P;:Ki;Itoberts, the new presidenl, .
<br />holes..tosee another farmer leave, .
<br />bu(hedoesn.tVlamel1is old friend
<br />Elint' .
<br />ii"l'hat'sgoingto be. me in a few
<br />):eais,;~~ ;~e :said. ' " '
<br />:paiis County once was covered
<br />witWfarmslike a thick green carpet. . .
<br />Tlli,siis the most fertile ground in the .
<br />statei;farmers and state agricultural.
<br />O(fieio1l! say; but the push of suburbia
<br />is;.e9m1ng too' quickly for. them' to .
<br />haiidJe.
<br />: The. number of harvested acres in
<br />!!j,~!lJJasincteasedin .tlIe 'past 20 .
<br />~~ars,but in Davis that oum~r has'
<br />oeen halved. And even Utahns who
<br />laVe never stepped foot on' a. farm
<br />NiIl be aff\lCted, said CaryPeterson, . .
<br />fu.b'S'",gricultural commissioner.
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<br />The state will lose greenery that
<br />turns. c,arbon': rn~n.o'xid~~' intO" oxygeri,.~
<br />Peterson said. From'an' aesthetic
<br />standpoint,rolIing fields oigteenwiIl '
<br />'be 10sL.Even'finan.cially, Peterson
<br />sald,ttiestateisbetter off with
<br />farms. ' .' ." . . . ..', '.
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<br />'." Agricultural properties pay more:
<br />taxe$ thon they receive in gov.ern,
<br />~ent. sUbsidies,-": he said: '."There:s'. .a'
<br />net loss when webllildhomes.". .'
<br />. ',To the formers, who live In Davis
<br />CQu'!ty,however,there is more 'at
<br />sta~e'AIlthlsigrowth'ts coming at the
<br />expense:Of'whatthey consider a bet.
<br />ter wayofli'fe: . .
<br />. Roberts, a 57'year-old onion and
<br />bean farmer in "\Vest Kaysville, likes
<br />the people who live in the houses jnst
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