Show T EW MEETING A SUCCESS Farmers Institute at St George Largely Attended by Farmers and Fruit Growers Special to The Herald St George Utah Dec 14 Hone One of the most roost satisfactory institute meetings ever held to lit at t George was the one of or last evening at s tI the t e Lyceum eum when Professor L A Merrill and aad J A Wright of the Utah Agricultural college and President Thomas Judd sad nd Vice President B H Bower of the state board of horticulture addressed add a R large audience of the tho farm farmers farmer ers era er stock growers and horticulturists of o this vicinity President Judd opened the meeting with a brief but i very el r earnest talk setting S forth the urgent n need d for progress along ailing the lines of agriculture in inthe Inthe inthe the broadest sense Mr Judd was fol followed followed followed lowed by President E H Snow who vho fully endorsed end r ed the remarks already made and called upon Jill his hearers bearers to put forth very every effort to keep pace with the rapid trend scientific and d Intense e farm farming farming ing In Mr Bower spoke of the importance ef of atthe the farmers following the lines their lo Jo locality locality Is i beet best adapted to and made a good point by comparing the vast ast area of the tite United States where there only ordinary ordinal crops can be grown with the limited scope of o Dixie where w ere the finest of f fruits and v can be produced 1 cei Professor r r Merrill told of the expert experimental experimental mental methods at the state department station lucidly explaining the great practical practical practical value of th the he place to the farmers of pf f Utah He illustrated the causes and results of some same of the t more common diseases of ofU livestock U Ills ide description of or black leg e in 10 cattle and aad the means of prevention being especially plain and easily understood Mr Wright spoke of the general horti horticultural horticultural horticultural cultural resources of ot Washington coun coon county county ty and urged a more general plan of cul cut culture culture ture of early fruits and vegetables to compete with Ith California in the markets After speaking on grape culture in Dixie for tor the purpose of oC wine wino and raisin production Mr Wright concluded by b earnestly recommending that the youth of Utah be given the superior advantages of the practical education edu offered by the agricultural college ge of Utah The gentlemen from th the north will leave tomorrow for Bellevue Cedar C ar Parowan and Beaver Beave where agricultural institute In meetings will be held during next week |