The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-02-25
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.oc,,s aud twine and separation q
different fleece
40 was followed by Prof. W. I
c,,,rniI. who talked OF sheep on III
,,,n prof. Carroll recommended
few sheep to be purchased by I'll
,.r,re,s. those few to act in the ca
pn.r, of scayengers, In sense o'
tho ,mal, farm. Prof. Carroll state'
at much OF the material "h'c'
vou.d otherwise go to waste, woui'
n. utilized by few sheep lie rec
,mn,euded the purchase OF pureDreds
only in case the farmer was soihs
into tho breeding business. Graue
stock would be sufficient Tor average
farm conditions In all cases, NO"
ever. he recommended pure Dreu
sire He stated that Central ana
Southern Utah was well adapted TO
the sheep industry Climatic cohui'
tions were sucn as to give the SOUTH
ern breeder Il distinct advantage Ill
the sheep business. The afternoon
was given over to a discussion Oh
hogs to be led by Prof, Carroll and
Prof. Game.
Al three o'clock an interesting
Judging of sheep and swine was heiu
at the fair grounds, at which some
splendid purebred stock was display
ed
AT 7:3O o'clock Prof. Caine gave
lantern lecture on European Lave
Stock" explaining to the farmers the
methods in vogue in England ana
France, especially.
Miss Leah WINS discussed labor
saving devices in the home.
The third day of the Roundup
Horseman's Day, proved to be one
of the most interesting days OF the
school to the farmers present. Prof,
Game and Prof. Carroll of the col
lege faculty gave interesting address
es. The Judging of light and draft
horses and the dissection of horse
at the fair grounds, attracted large
crowd.
The second week of the Farmers
Roundup and Housekeepers' Confer
ence lived up to the best hopes OF |
the committee in charge and the fac
ulty.
Prominent among the discussions
of the second week were those of
Hon. Ben II Eldredgc during Dairy
Day, Monday entitled, Keeping Tai |
ly on the Cows" This subject which |
Is a summary Of many successful
years OF practice in dairying, Is
subject which is contributing large
share towards the agricultural awak-
ening OF Utah.
Hon. Willard Hansen carried
valuable message to Southern Utah
In his subject on Cleaning up the
Dairy aud Clean Food" Mr. Hansen,
always a valient public servant, In
his subject emphasized the necessity |
of cleanliness in this all important !
department
Hon Mathonihah Thomas gave
three talks on agricultural law. es'
pecially dealing with irrigation prac- |
tice and reforms much needed by the !
farmers, A very fluent speaker, Mr.,
Thomas had a large audience during
his three discussions which were no
ted particularly for their eloquence
and keen analysts of the legal situa-
ton.
DR.. +. S. Harris in his discussion
of sugar beets emphasized the neces'
sity of clean culture and careful
cultivation of the soil and a limited
irrigation in order to prevent water
logging.
DR.. H. d. Ball gave valuable d.
rections in regard to handling in
sects of sugar beets, He gave detail
ed instruction about the type of ma
chinery to use and the spray mixture
and time of application. This, with
his subject on Principles of Breed
Ing" comprised two of the most pop.
ular discussions of the entire pro.
gram.
Prof HogensOn's message regard
ing gardening in the state and pota-
to raising was that Utah must quick
iy realize her possibilities as an in.
tensive gardening section in order
10 supply, not only the home, but the
rapidly increasing western and east.
ern market A very popular phase OF
Prof. hogensons work was the
judging which was carried on We'd
nesday afternoon at which time the
Professor selected the choicest grains
from samples submitted. His work
on potatoes was especially popular,
one remarkable statement which he
made being that Utah was adapted to
lead the country in potato produc-