The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-01-27
ATTENDANCE At
ROUNDUP TOPS
ALL RECORDS
More Than 1000 Visitors Ex-
pected; Large Attendance
at First Session Despite
Bad Weather.
PROMINENT SPEAKERS
SCHEDULED TO TALK
Programme Best Ever Ar.
ranged; Governor Spry to
Speak Saturday; Govern
ment Represented.
BY staff Correspondent.

BY staff Correspondent
LOGAN, Jan. 26.-Despite disagree.
able weather the attendance at the OPP
ening sessions Of the Farmers Roundup
and Housekeepers' conference with the
Agricultural college today was the larg.
est on record. It is believed that be-
fore the close 1000 of the statc's most
progressive farmers Will have regis
tered.
The morning hours today were de-
voted to registration and many visitors
spent the time profitably visiting the
various departments of the Agricultural
college, including the college farm. A
conjoint meeting of the farmers and
housekeepcrs in the college chapel at
$3.50 o'clock this afternoon marked
the opening.
The address of welcome was deliv.
cred by DR.. 4. c. Peterson. director of
the extension division, instead Of by
Presiden John A Widtsoe. DR.. Peter
son said the programme this year was
the best that the college had ever been
able to get together
Prominent Speakers.
He called attention TO the numerous
speakers of prominence on the pro-
gramme and announced that il was pos.
sible that L. II. Bailey, director of the
agricultural college of Cornell univer-
sity and undoubtedly the foremost agri.
eulturist in the country, would be in
Logan the last of the week. Governor
Spry will address the farmers Satur-
day and Governor Ammons of Colorado
next Monday.
The response TO the address Of welcome
was delivered by John Reeve OF Hinckley.
chairman OF Aiilard county. lie laid spe
cial emphasis on the newest phase OF agri-
cultural development in the state through
the county demonstration, and told of the
success Of the demonstrators work In his
county.
Dr. r. D. Ball. director OF the Utah
experiment station OF the United States
department OF agriculture, mnde a brief.
informal talk. in which he recalled the
small beginnings which the roundups had
ten or twelve years ago.
Attractive Programme.
Miss Gertrude McCheyne. who Is In
charge OF The housekeepers' conference
programme. told briefly what the house
Keepers would be offered this year. TIE
programme is the most attractive OF the
kind ever prepared. and includes several
speakers OF national prominence In home
economics
Among them Is Miss LENA Bailey of
Washington. d. c.. who addressed the
housekeepers later In the afternoon to-
day. Miss Bailey made a short talk at
the conjoint session, telling OF che i'm
portance OF home economics and touching
upon a few of the problems found In con-
nection with the farm home Al a meet
ing OF the aousekeepers later she went
into the subject IN detail in most Inter
esting discussion.
One of the principal speakers on to-
days programme was o. y. p., sensGn fn o.,
charge OF the boys and girls club work
In the United States under the direction
of the department OF agriculture. He ~
this work and stopped here 10 confer with
Professor ]. C. Hogenson, who Is In
charge OF the work In Utah
In the afternoon Mr.: Benson talked on
Constructive Agriculture, and In the
Boys and Girls for Life
of Farming.
Discussing constructive farming. Mr.
Benson divided farm development Into
three parts First he said there was tho
pioneer farming period. He said In part'
II was bound on the east by hunger
and need on the north by long WIN
ters and short seasons. on the west
by surplus acreage ard on the south
by the coming and going OF the sun.
N WAS in this period that your pio-
peers came into this valley and be-
gan to build this splendid farming
community.
Next in order 10 the Ia nd came great
colleges such the Utah Agricultural
college said the speaker. He said these
colleges represented definite call for
agriculture In the begin
ming he added. the courses In these coll
eyes were a5 per cent academic ana .
Der cent agricultural But now. he said.
he COURSES were swinging over TO the
proper proportion The Hatch bill.
.sta blishing The state experiment stn-
ions was given the last stage In the
development.
Work.
Ho told OF the work being done by the
xpcriment sta tons In carrying on In
estigatiops which tho individual farmer
ould not afford to undertake. lie conf
lImcnted the newspapers and inaga-
ines OF the country for the assistance
hey had given the experiment stations
nd the extension divisions OF agricuI-