The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-01-26
CONFERENCES COME TO
CLOSE THIS AFTERNOON
Merchants and Bankers Complete Week of Study at
University-Farmers and Housekeepers Will Ad-
journ Following Joint Session Tomorrow.

After a week of study and enter
tainment, the first annual merchants
and bankers institute closed this after
noon with the completion of today's
program, and tomorrow at noon the
farmers and housekeepers' institute
will close after a joint session occupy
ing the entire morning. Late this after
noon the various delegates from ovel
the state began leaving for theil
homes.
In every department the institutes
this year have been successful. lr
the merchants and bankers division
plans have been laid for a greater
meeting next year. One of the re-
suits of the conference was the or
ganization yesterday of the Clearwa-
ter Group of Idaho Bankers.
Valuable information has been dis
tributed to energetic ranchers and
their wives by the experts in the farm
ers' and housekeepers' sections where
a much larger attendance was noted
this year as compared with last
Farmers Discuss Sheep
w. r. Ritch was the principal speak
er this morning at the session of farm
ers. Mr.. Ritch is an Australian and a
man of worldwide fame in the sheep
industry, and especially the wool
phase of that industry, and now con-
nected with the American Wool I'M
provement association with headquar-
ters at Salt Lake City. He spoke to
large and appreciative audience COM
posed largely of men and a few wom-
en- from out-of-town places.
The problem of growing wool has
been illustrated by some who say,
"You can't have wool on the body OF
faces and eyes" This was shown to be
an erroneous idea, for the Australians
are breeding sheep in such a way to
get rid of the wool on the face of the
sheep and still retain the fine quality
of body wool. He not only explained
their methods of crossing to obtain
this result but he also showed how one
may breed or avoid breeding black
sheep.
Dean E. J.. Iddings discussed quite
fully the subject of Flock Management
for the Idaho Farm. He called partic-
uIar attention to the fact that the first
requisite of a good sheep raiser is love
for the livestock business. Having a
love for the business and with very
little expensive equipment one might
go into the sheep business in this
state with expectation of success. He
briefly discussed the necessary shelter
for sheep and the proper feed for the
various seasons of the year, and the
care which is required for the most
profitable returns.
100 Per Cent Profit on Sheep
J.. H. Fish, successful grower of
Pure Bred Oxford sheep, of Spring
Valley. Wash, entered into the discus
sions and among other things said that
he had obtained yearly profit of 100
per cent upon his flock, for the past
five or six years.
Merchants and Bankers
A larger attendance than on any |
previous day made the session of the |
and bankers yesterday af-
iernoon a notable success.
A spirited discussion followed the |
reading by Professor Lewis of paper |
on taxation of banks. Professor
Drucker read paper on business ba-
ometers.
In the after G. P. Mix, president of
the Moscow Chamber of Commerce,
read a paper on the relationship OF
The chamber of commerce to the bus
mess men and the community.
mo municipality, whether it be
arge or small, can thrive unless it
las the support of the country triou-
ary," Mr.. Mix said in the course OF
lis remarks. "The patronage of the
armer is indispensable to the local
merchant. If the farmer buys his sup
)Iies from the catalog houses, the local
merchant will be forced out of BUSH
less, and the banker will be compelled
O become note Shaver" for the
money will be sent out of the coun-
ry.
Likewise, thriving, prosperous
city, having good stores and
,anks, schools churches and beauu-
ul homes, is Indispensable to the farm
r. for without these he would have
10 local markets, his land would de-