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Show INTEREST GROWING IN L0GiSE51ffi! Registration at the Farmers' Roundup-Housekeepers' Conference Nearly 300. Special to The Tribune. 17TAH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. Feb. !'. The total registration to dale at the farmers' roundup and housekeepers conference is 275. The amc lid crest which has been shown throughout fne meetings of the preceding days characterized charac-terized the meetings held Friday. At the morning session of the housekeepers' house-keepers' conference practical work in cooking ami serving mill;. hectc and I eggs was takn under the -direction of Miss Leah Ivius of the extension department. depart-ment. The composition of these foods was discussed and fnen several dishes of each were prepared bv the ladies of tiie conference. These dishes included Ice creams, sherbets. Welsh rarebit. cne-I cne-I lards, omelettes, etc. In the afternoon. millinery work was taken un by Miss Coryl Kerr, and Miss Leone Cowley conducted con-ducted demonstrations In paper-bag cooking, illustrative of the efficiency nnri practicability of this method. Addresses to Farmers. At the farmers' roundup. Hon. C. A. Hickenlooper. Lakcvicw. Utah, was the first sneaker, and he discussed Ihc sub ject of -Markets for Utah Fruits." He urged co-opera lion among tiie fruitgrowers fruit-growers in the proDcr picking and packing pack-ing of fruit, and advised fnat I lie growers grow-ers in any one locality make up full carload car-load lots of one variety rather than several sev-eral varieties. He stated that the Utah Frull exchange, although only one year old. hud brought, good results, bringing bet lor prices than any private shipper. He advised the growers to stand by this exchange, which in a few rears can casjlv equal in efficiency those of surrounding sta los. Hon. J. G. Duffin of Clearfield. Utah, took un "T.ie Kind and Preparation of Soil for Orchards." He advised thc proper analysis of both soli and subsoil before establishing tho orchard. He then took up soils for different fruits., such as apnlos. peaches, prunes, etc.. and discussed tlic preparation of these. Including plowing, pulverizing, subsolllng and planting. 'Varieties 'Va-rieties of Apples for Utah" was taken up by Dr. Leon D. Bntrbclnr. professor I of horticulture. U. A. C. and he discussed dis-cussed varieties adapted for homo use I as well as for general market use in the j different sections of the stale. Practical Lectures. I In the afternoon Prof. William H. Homer of Pleasant Grove discussed the "Pruning of Apples," advising that close attention be paid to roots as well as the tops of tlic trees, pointing out the essential essen-tial difference between pruning apple and peach trees, laying special stress on Ihc proper shaping of tlic trees before the bearing age Is reached and dealing with the advantages of summer pruning. Dr. E. G. Titus, professor of entomology en-tomology U. A. C. illustrated his remarks concerning fruit insects with actual specimens speci-mens and photographs He look up insects in-sects affecting the apple, pear, quince, peach and various berries, laying special stress upon the flat head apple tree borer, pear slug, Snn Jose scale, strawberry straw-berry crown borer and strawberrv leaf roller, the currant fruit worm and cane borers. He stated that it was Interesting Interest-ing to note that the alfalfa weevil in the adult stage attacks the strawberrv fruit.- Expert on Spraying". Dr. E. D. Ball, director of the Utah experiment station, look up "Efficiency in Spraying" and emphasized the necessity neces-sity of proper spraying at the time when spraying Is most effective. His talk will be supplemented .today by spraying demonstrations dem-onstrations in tlic orchard. i Ilils evening Dr. L. U- Gowuns of Ogden, Og-den, superintendent of the Utah Stale Industrial school, addressed thc joint session ses-sion of tlic farmers' roundup and housekeepers' house-keepers' conference on "Home Work for tho Boy and Girl." ; Following his address Prof. D. W. -Working, office of farm management, United Stales department of agriculture, took up problems In "Farm Management." Manage-ment." Illustrating his talk with sterc-optlcan sterc-optlcan views. Wesley King of Salt lake City delivered an address concerning the "Relation of the Farmer to the Business Man." |