Show COUNTY FARMERS INSTITUTE mill creek jan 19 the farmers institute was held under the direction of the salt lake county horticultural society in mill creek and taylorsville Taylors ville ward houses jan 17 and 18 19 1898 director L poster mrs L C poster foster and prof P 13 linfield Lin neld from the agricultural college logan were the principal speakers at the first session held at mill creek jan at 10 a in prof linfield lectured on the private dairy its ita profitable care and management he stated that a dairy farmer fanner should be a gentleman and an intelligent intel legent busness man as well should not keep any other cows than those that would give him from to pounds of butter fat during the year should treat those cows with kindness and use the greatest care possible in tending them this would make the dairy business profitable there is at present a good market for butter and cheese and a great amount of these articles are imported into our state from other places and draw a great deal of money out which should be kept in circulation at home he gave some interesting points in regard to the selections of first class dairy cows and their proper management director poster gave a very interesting paper upon sugar beet culture in utah he declared that according to the analysis of soils and beets from many counties in the state this last year he had discovered that utah his has many advantages over other states in the production of sugar beets he had received communications from froin an eastern firm that gave him authority to state that where beets can be grown successfully and where the farmers are willing to organize companies and put up one third of the capital stock these firms would furnish the two to thirds of the capital in order to build factories he felt that this indue industry should be patronized to the greatest extent as it gave room tor for more mope laborers and left the soil in a better condition for other bropst and gave a good net profit for the grower he gave some valuable instructions in regard to the best methods of raising beets beeta preparing of the soils etc he stated that the government through the est eat pertinent station was waa willing to help the farmers by the way of furnishing seed analyzing soils and giving general instructions how to produce i the crops SECOND SESSION 2 PM mr john boyce from granite gave an instructive lecture on fruit culture in this county he stated that enact on account of our neglect in raising raisin good fruit to supply out our market other counties have to this date been tacking the advantage of us and hold control of our market all classes of aged fruit are in demand except pluma there Is not at present much aw sale i for them but when evva evaporated are in beter bater demand I 1 mrs mra li C foster footer read a pew paper on what to read which was waa very interesting and timely she referred A ia oae the evil practice pracie of reading novels d some other books book these had a tendency to destroy the good morato of otar mu young people recommended ithe reading of good home magI magazines newW tend papers which had a tendency to elevate vote the human mind prof poster footer next lectured upon the benefit of raising poultry and the ad act ence of producing eggs in the winter season the main thing after the selection of a good breed is to start a as early as possible in the season to balse pullets these will generally start to lay in the fall he recommended to keep them th m warm and dry and to scatter the food in some loose straw or chaff so 00 sa aa to keep them working all day in order to find it he also spoke of the great necessity for the farmers to organize and combine themselves into strong organizations for their own protect protection im he next gave a paper upon the subject of crop rotation as applied to utah farm conditions which was very ta in tive in its nature as he showed to the farmers farm era that in order to find out oat the strength in their soil they had to change crops from time to time prof linfield next lectured subject the care of milk on the patin farm no he recommended the gre greatest atoo cleanliness clean line possible and said milk wais waa a product i that is served upon the t table able without being washed this we should al ways remember gave some fine points in regard to the handling of milk and cream and the manufacturing thereof into butter and cheese A good branch of farming whereby labor is increased all the year round THIRD SESSION TUESDAY JAN 18 at the taylorsville Taylors ville 10 a am director foster gave an interesting paper upon dry farming the greatest point is to learn to retain the moisture in the soil he recommended tall fall plowing to a depth of from 10 to 12 inches with the best kind of plow obtainable tai as the secretary and then as early as possible in the spring give it a shallow harrowing and pulverize the me surface as as possible by using a harrow called the acme or other implements doing good work in that direction he also gave some good hints in regard to the caring for an or rc hard ehard stated that lants are like animals in need of constant food so a as to be able to mature best the reason why the apple crop is giving out in utah he thought was because the frees oes were neglected in the way of feeding boeding and cultivating prof linfield lectured upon dairy tanning he said it was the hil hest type of farming as it went into the manufacturing as well as the producing business it also improved the sam farm as nothing of great value to is sold from the farm while in other ways of erml farming by selling fodder products terms same were aran run down he gave figures to 16 show that there was great profit in running even a small datry dairy on the farm he did not go much upon certain breeds of stock but rather upon selection election of the best beat developed milk bow ow as he had found good cows in breeds he did no bof believe cipuch auch in cross breeding the stock gave frome valuable hints in regard to the rearing of calves and heifers heffers hei fers so as to stake make them become good also gave some points in regard to the best nummer bummer and winter feed for cows SESSION 2 P M A very interesting paper prepared bishop heber bennion was read subject fruit on the farm its care culture and profit director foster next gave a paper upon the feeding problems the value tn ft different kinds of food for different purposes for milk cows lucern first crop cp should be cut when it commenced to go into bloom Com Corn fodder makes a good balance ration with abeen while for fattening beef the om should be added in a chopped condition and fed dry beets also make good feed with lucern and cornford der skim milk with lucern and corn is in a good balance ration for hogs hoga and charcoal should be added working horses should have grain teed feed with lucern prof tin binfield field answered some questions in regard to the treatment of aeiry iry cows and other kinds of farming tock in general he gave some valuable points for the establishment of a good food cow pasture by sowing down with ia mixture of 6 to 8 different kinds of clover and grasses as a combination so 0 O that when one kind gives out another will start and thereby keep up un for a longer period and supply better food forthe stock he recommended to teed feed the bran and all chopped grain tn in a dry state the meeting adjourned to meet at riverton Bi verton the next day at 10 a m judging from the good turnout by the farmers said and their wives to these meetings and the many interesting questions asked by them we are pleased to acknowledge that the tanners in this county are on the right road tor for progressing as in no instance have we witnessed a greater interest a bett better er feeling of inquiry and a more progressive spirit manifested than in these four meetings the professors from the college were very much pleased with the proceedings and indeed felt tb give to the people the very best they had and our sincere hope is that these feelings will still increase until we who are taking upon us this noble calling in life will reach to perfection and thereby glorify our state and country there were representative farmers form east mill creek big and south cottonwoods Cotton woods granger hunter west jordan granite sugar house forest dale farmers murray T and mill creek wards present at these meetings J H PARRY president N D JENSEN secretary |