Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-12-03
LIVESTOCK ASSOCIATION.
Meets In Fifth Annual Convention
In Studcbaker Theatre, Chicago.

Chicago, Dec. 3.--The fifth annual
convention Of the National Livestock
association began at the Studebaker
theater today with nearly 1000 dele
gates present. II is expected that tile
convention viii be In session until Fri
day. On Wednesday and Thursday
papers on subjects OF interest TO gr8ng-
ers and Others interested In the cattle
business viii be presented by special
lists.
The convention was called 10 order
by President John w. Springer az 1913
O'clock. Mr., Springer said he under
stood there We're twenty governors OF
states In the city and he invited them
on the stage. Gov. Yates Of Illinois was
the only governor present, but Mr..
Springer said that the rest Of the dis
tinguished gentlemen would appear
during the convention. Rev. G, M. Co
burn Of Chicago offered prayer and
Gov, Yates and Or. Howard Taylor,
representing Mayor Harrison welcomed
the delegates on behalf OF the state
and OF the city, II, >, Cowan OF Texas,
responded on behalf OF the cattlemen.
President Springer delivered his am
nual address
The report Of secy Charles Il. Mar
tin, which followed the presidents ad-
dress was devoted to the work accom-
plished during the past year by the dit-
ferent committees and the officers OF
the organization. The membership Is
increasing and the finances more salts
factory than ever before,
The features of the afternoon session
was the address OF Hon, James Wilson,
secretary OF agriculture who spoke Of
MIXED Live Stock Iiusbandry' saying
In part;
"a well arranged system Of rotation
contributes greatly to maintaining the
uniform fertility Of the soil, and also Is
one of the readiest means by which
to get rid of insect pests.
'The department OF agriculture Is
searching the world over for plants that
may be useful In the several states and
territories OF the union, to be used as
features In systems OF rotation Where
q locality becomes addicted to the habit
OF growing one crop year after year
the average soil deteriorates unless fer
tlllzers are applied whether the crop be
cotton or wheat, or whatever Is sold
from the soil
1T Is found profitable In some parts
OF the United States to grow ruta-
begga turnips and feed them to domes-
tic animals. IN other localities the
mangel wurzel Is most In favor. The
cabbage, potatoes and other vegetables
are useful along this line when their
price Is low, The sugar beet has been
tried and gives very satisfactory
tonnage, ! do not think It needs de-
monstraton to show the wisdom Of
growing something Of this kind TO feed
to domestic animals In winter on
the rich soils of the northwest, In both
humid and irrigated localities rotation
can be conveniently praoticed, A crop
of sugar beets can be grown, then ~
crop of corn or oats. or alfalfa to be
fed on the farm; then land can be
seeded down for two or three years
with grasses and legumes for pasture,
In order to restore TO the soil the
humus that was taken away by the
growth OF the previous crops and also
In order to give nature time to prepare
the plant food that was taken by the
beet crop, which Is gross feeder OF
potash and other necessary elements
of plant growth.
THE Departmental agriculture is try
Ing to find markets for the products
of the dairy and for many other things
In foreign countries. Wherever we 60
whether east. west or south we meet
representatives OF European countries
as competitors. who buy the grains of
the northwest and turn them into
dairy products upon which they make
a fine profit in addition 60 maintaining
the fertility Of their soils II Is n
transfer of plant food from our coun-
try to theirs; 1t Is an acknowledgment
that we lack either the skill or the
enterprise TO use our raw material TO
the best advantage. The hastfnipg
poverty of many soils where era ms
are grown for sale admonishes us that
we must stop selling plant food in the
shape OF grains that are raw material