Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-10-04

4; some scientific tests by which the eX-
4 act number of bacteria contained In
1 milk is, ascertained. After the bacteria
has been obtained it is permitted, Il
|develops for "a hours when the count
Is made, nndii the number of bacteria
4 Is found to bio 10000 ior less in a cubic
i centImeter Of milk, ittis pronounced to
be excellent milk. The process may be
4 Witnessed by the general public. and
ISresults will be announced4nt the con
clusIon of each 24-hour test
Among the excellent exhibits in the
manufactures building Is the display OF
the Utah-Idaho Sugar company. Her,
i the various products of the manufuc
tories are, shown from the raw beet Ill
to the highest type of refined sugar.
large framed document is. prominently
shown, being the award of the Column
bian exposition at Chicago to the Utah
Sugar company at Lehi, in which 9S,.
per cent Is scored by the product out OF
a possible 100 points.
! The display of the Superior Baking
| company in the manufactures building
is one of the pretticst and most artistic
in the building. A large confectionery
| ship is the centerpicce of the exhibit.
| The shipfhas been named THE Taft
Fin honor of the president OF the United
States.
| Tho display of the Ogden Packing
company is attracting much attention.
| Tho establishment has * people in ats
employ at Ogden and on Thursday all
these employees will be given a day at
the fair, all their expenses for the day
| being borne by the company. ,ls
The machinery exhibit sisE one of tn g
features ot the fair. The entire south
side of the grounds Is occupied by I'll
kinds and makes Of steam threshlng
machines, pumping outfits, Sc parntors
IFoy, = 1T,
chinery. The blowing ofSwhistles and
buZzing OF machinery is attracting
great crowds NIL day long.
FAIR AS AN EDUCATOR,
Properly studied, the Utah state fair
through the many exhibits and receive
ruch information from them. but II
time IS spent and questions asked
surprising amount of valuable, data can
be gathered by the obscrvant visitor.
The Agricultural college building, for
instance. is n perfect mine OF rare In
formation, and II the farmer or the
housewife spends an hour In the place
good results are bound to follow.
In Il case ut the entrance are shown
on plates all OF the common varieties OF
APPLES grown In Utah, so labeled that
a child could understand the exhibit.
Tho varieties include Jonathan,
" Ia
Winter Pearmin, Winter Banana,
Rhode Island Greenins. Northwestern
,CreeninE, Crimes Golden, Bellhower.
Arkansas Black, Ben Davis. Missouri
$Pippin. Mammoth Black Twig and
5Lawnera
Next to this apple display in the
Agricultural college building Is q case
Containing insects Injurious to agri-
culture, together with bottles contain
ing Insecticides usually used In their
control. Some of the insecticides are
5arsenatc OF lead and Paris green. to he
Used for biting insects; lime sulfate
solution as n winter spray: tobacco
solution MS II summer spray against
soft bodied lice: Bordeaux mixture
and potassium sulfid. n IA
IRRIG ALTON INVESTIGATION.
EG Adjoining tho insect display. are
various wall charts placed by A.5lJ.A
GEnnnp under the direction or Prof. d
W. W. Mclaughlin, a U,.E s. irrga-
lion engineer, These charts are de-
signed TO protrnv the results or r.
2riratiou experiments on peach trees
MI brigham City For instance, most
people make the irrigating bitches
Within a few inches Of the trunk of
tho tree. but these experiments prove
that il 4 broad root system Is desired
the Irrigation burrows must be at
least three to four feet from the base
Of the tree, The 70 ots I hen spread out
In search of the moisture and n fine
healthy plant, Is the result
Another chart shows that the fruit