The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-04

CFrom The Herald's Correspondents.)
Logan, March 3-The State Farmers
Institute opened this morning. with
very meager attendance. The two days
o. the Eisteddfod has seemingly sat
isfied the general appetite for public
instruction and entertainment. This
morning less than 40 people attended
the Institute meeting. but there was
a much larger attendance this after
room, as 10 o'clock was rather early for
people to get into town from the settle
ments.
President ]. NJ. Tanner called the
meeting to order, and Mayor Anthon
Anderson made the opening address.
He welcomed the members of the lnstl-
tUte to the city, and alluded briefly TO
the benefits to be reaped from attend
ing the meetings of the institute. de
was followed by President J. NJ. Tanner
on The Scope and Purpose of the Far
mers' Institute" This. he declared, was
TO bring into closer communion the diff
ferent agricultural interests Of the
state; TO instill feeling of pride into
the hearts of the husbandmen; to edu-
cate them and develop from farmers
Tito agriculturalists. To awaken an in
terest in the perusal of literature deal
ing with their profession, TO make book
farmers % them, because the book
farmer will be the man of the future.
Also to teach the farmer to take an in
terest IL the processes and methods
more, and to cease 10 view their profess
sion from the money-making stand
point entirely, for by doing so the
farmer will soon feel a pride in his
work. ard will assume the position in
the world to which he is entitled This
will never be accomplished in any other
no, Nv obi him n love his
work.
Director Luther Foster delivered an
address upon sheep On the Farm" He
considered Utah peculiarly adapted for
sheep raising upon the farms, and also
dairying. He recommended the keep
ing of a small flock of sheep on all
farms, and presented some estimates
as TO the cost of keeping such fiocks
and the profits to be realized.
At the close of his remarks a general
discussion OF the subject was entered
into by the house; a number of ques-
tons were answered by Professor Fos-
ter
Mr.. Willard Foster, of Collinston, Box
Elder county, was to have lectured
upon The Sheep Industry but
through pressing business he was I'M
able TO attend.
Apropos of the profits to be made
from raising lambs for the market,
President Orson Smith read the follow
ing estimate. made in connection with
a iock of sheep which have been win
tered here by Thomas Smart, jr 1t is
based on results obtained by Mr.. Smart
during the past two or three years. He
purchased 500 ewes last summer. for
$1,000; the hay fed to them cost $500;
bran and shorts, $500; labor in caring
for them, $500, making a total of $1,000
invested. Upon this he expects to
Taa live a & fnlinvvS- There has haHO
increase in his flock of $50 per cent in
the dropping of the lambs lie expects
TO receive for these lambs, in June,
$3.50, or So per head. The wool clip
he places at S5c per head, or $3.50 for the
SEQ head. In September the ewes, then
fattened, can be sold for So per head,
or 81, 400 for the flock. Thus. upon his
investment of $1,000. he realizes $500.
a net profit OF over $4,000. Results
equally as good as this have been OBJ
tanned for the past two years. Mr.
Smart is feeding another herd at
Franklin
AFTERNOON SESSION.
This afternoon there was a much bet
ter attendance. Professor J. A. WiGt-
soc spoke on "Lucern Crop, Growth and
Composition" He gave the results of
tests made at the experiment station in
regard TO cutting and curing. There
was an animated discussion at the
csCse of his remarks.
Professor L. 7. Hedricl1 read a paper.
Spraying For Orchard Pests" He said
failure N Utah was due to lack of al
tention to detail and too many ouack
compositions for spraying.
Bishop @. L. Farrell of Smithfield dis
cussed Dry Farming" After % years
experience he would not engage in any
other sort of farming. He recommend
ed deep blowing, and sUbsoiling. BY
doing so he had raised 10 bushels Of
wheat per acre. also big crops of pota-
toes. and $3.50 worth of mangel wurzel
OF five acres. At the close of each
speech questions were asked and an
sv cred, and general discussion irdulg-
al in