3-5 yrs of provisions on hand

President Brigham Young said, “we never ought to be without three to five years provisions on hand. But when you see men run to hell to sell a bushel of wheat for sixty cents, instead of laying it up in their granaries for a day of scarcity, you are forced to conclude that they would trade with the very devil, to get his coat and shoes in exchange for their wheat. I hope they will learn wisdom in the future (Journal of Discourses, vol 3, p. 196