Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-11-24

helpless at present 10 chsugu the con
dilions relative to thls liquor ttanie.
List uigut the goOG ntUpie OF hyium
were visited by Prsslteut J. NJ. Tan
net OF the Agricultural .!lt.U, ana
Professor Foster OF tie ESpurlmenl
station established by the govetumehI
on the college grounds. The qsnlle-
men were accompanied by their wlVes.
A fairly gooc audience was assembled
at the ,entranc a to the hall-Btshop
John +. Wrlgut ana Counselor James
Unsworth, together VITA the counselor
to the president OF the stake, :. NJ
MOlen, were present ON tine platform.
President tIanuer. in few ptelimi-
nary temarks, introduced the subject
ject that would be presented during
the evening. He strongly advocated
the orgp nizati1u OF farmers' institutes,
whose object should be 10 create pro-
iessiOpal pride In the farmer. In
other branches thls Idea was worked
upon with successful resulte. The
professional pride OF the artist,
poet, doctor, lawyer, ETC., aided
IN remarkable degree the euecese
that men In those professions
attained, and there were NO reasons
why professionalism among the agrl'
cuituriets OF cur land ishOuld not pro-
mote the successful issue OF their labors.
Without professional spirit men sutter,
aud their hanuicrait Is not respected.
The farmers OF Cache should organize
their Institutes, for with The AgrlcuI-
tural College Close TO their doorr, they
can avail themselves Of the oppUTtun-
tiles offered Tor their bet,ermenl; anu
moro especially the efforts OF tue lex.
"a Ell "a PF.fHRppr
Foster wished to ne IN touch with the
people, 1t would be to their great al
vantage to avail themselves OF the in
formation (which he was more lhan
willing TO give.
The speaker then introduced Mrs.
Foster. the pioiessOI's wife, who read
paper in which she gave a realistic
view OF woman's position in life, Irac.
ing her fight In other states for that
recognition with which fair young
Utah had 30 willingly invested her in
placing the ballot la her hand.
The world must acknowledge that tue
"humRn racs"moans man and woman.
The development OF the mothers OF
men was most vital poirt, and should
be aided by every power. she ap.
pealeu to the audience to educate Their
girls side by side with their boys AT
the Agricultural college. The tread
mill OF life OF the farmers wife Is
hard and matter OF fact but the Rip
Van Wrinkle style OF farming gives
way to the modern farmer, educated to
his profession, and 1t will tighten the
toll OF iRrmers' wives. Women should
study domestic economy, for II Is home
making in all Its minute delails. Elu'
cate your future iatmere' wives, lor II
is just az necessary for method In the
house as in the field to bring euccess.
The lady's address was delivered in n
winning, whOle.souled style, thtt
showed she had the spirit OF her hus.
band's calling. Her remarks were
Interpreted with poetical quotations,
which portrayed the grand ideal with
which she invested the iarmeI's wi
and daughter. Her concluding
sentence was: 1.-THE education of the
girls means the betterment OF the
Stale"
Professor Foster also read his address
In a plain, easy manner, which held
tho attention OF his audience. Expert.
mental stations, h. saiu, hal been run.
nIng IL Germany Tor forty yeArs. In
1875 the nrst station was started in The
UniieJ States. The government had
siutubN lul
stations in every state and territory
except Alaska. There are 81 stations
IN the United States, 81 under govern
mental control aud support, with
view to scientific invesligatior and
experiment IN all things ana subjects
pertaining to and for the aid vi the
agricultural Interests of tnis great
nation. Experiment by the farmer is
TOO expensive, but the government
IL paying out about three-quarters OF
million dollars each year Tor this pur-
pose, and 1880 bulletins were issued
annually by these stations, acquaint.
ing the public with the Results OF the
experiments made; anu IL rested with
the farmers whether they were bene.
fitted or not. Then followed the read.
ing Of the results OF experiments OF
feeding hogs and cattle, Forestry
was touched upon, aud the announce
ment made that 81 900 would be ex-
pended by the government In that line
Tor the benefit OF Utah. The professor,
in his ailusion to the poultry business,
made his hearts, smile aloud, az with y
twinkle In his eye he said snybooy
could raise eggs for s or cents per
dozen, but II took an artist to raise
them ut rs cents per dozen IN mic.
winter. A pressing Invitation was
extended to the farmers of Cache to
visit the station, as 1t was bureau OF
Information and OF practical interest TO
the farmers.
Bishop Wright thanked the visitors
Tor their kind endeavors In behalf OF
the agriculturlsts Of his ward, anu ex,
pressed the hope that the agricultural
Interest Of Cache might be benefited
by the Investigations and experiments
ihct prof Eostar WAS conductinp