The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-09
FARMERS TOOK
MUCH INTEREST
School of Agriculture and Do
nestle Science Held in Box
Elder County.
Cspecial Correspondenee.l

Tremonton, Dec. 7.-During the past
week the faculty of the state agricul-
tural college has been holding a school
of agriculture and domestic science at
Tremonton, Box Elder county. This is
the first school of the kind ever held
in he state, and the farmers of the
Bear River valley have manifested I'm
usual interest. There are thousands of
acres being planted to fruit trees in
the valley, and fruit growing formed
the principal subject of discussion.
During the forenoon and afternoon
of each day separate sessions were held
for the men and women, and the even
ing session was attended conformity.
and subjects of general interest were
discussed. over 200 men and women,
the leading farmers of the Bear River
valley, were In attendance, from CO.
rhine, Dewey, Collinston. Fielding, Gar
land. Riverside, ElwOod and Tremon-
ton.
The school was held under the au
spices of the Bear River Valley Farm
ers' Protective association, of which
John p. Holmgren is president.
All Enthusiastic.
The Herald correspondent interviewed
a few of those in attendance, and from
them found the following impression
regarding the school. Bishop Richards
of Riverside said: 1.-THE farmers of
Bear River valley who missed this
school will perhaps never realize what
they have missed. The Agricultural
college has been brought to the homes
of the farmers of this valley, and they
are grateful for the opportunities Of
fered them"
T. F. Coombs of Fielding says of the
school; 1.-THE school just held in this
county was an unqualified success
Those in attendance were fully COM
pensated for the time and expense"
John Z. Holmgren Of Bear River City
says: THE farmers school here gave
us valuable information. The results
will be apparent not only to those in
attendance, but to thousands yet I'M
born. The success of similar schools
in Box Elder county is already as
sured"
J. c. WheelOn, engineer of the Gar
land sugar factory at Garland, says:
This school has brought the years
work in the experimental field to the
door of the farmer, and I regard the
results of vastly more benefit than the
work done through the bulletins. There
is no comparison between the two
methods. though the bulletins are, of
course, necessary"
Mrs. J. c. Wheelon spoke just as
enthusiastically regarding the womens
work She said: The work of Miss
Cooper and Miss Love is of great worth
to the mothers and it is only by such
a method could these instructions be
given"
Great Benefit Resulted.
w. II. Rowe of Corinne says: Eve
ry man and woman present received
untold benefit. The instructions given
will result in making farm life prefer
able to city life, and the people of Box
Elder county never before had such
an opportunity"
Alvin NJ. West, a California fruit
grower, has been present at the fifteen
sessions of the school. Regarding the
work OF the school he says: The farm
ers who failed to attend the lectures
lost 800 or more for every dollar they
earned at home"
The sessions closed Friday with adj
dresses by DIR. Widtsoe, president of
the college, and Professor l.. A. Mer
rill. The instructors from the college
who took part in the instructiOnal
work were DR.. Z. D. Ball, Professor W.
w Mclaughlin, Professor r. S. North
rop, Miss Blanche Cooper and Miss Ha-
eel Love. The school was an unquali-
fed success in every particular.