Salt Lake Tribune | 1914-02-17 | Page 7 | Interest Growing in Farmers' Roundup in Richfield Housekeepers' Conference Also Attracts Hundreds

INTEREST GROWING IN EARNERS' ROUNDUP IN RICHFIELD HOUSEKEEPERS' CONEERENCE ALSO ATTRACTS HUNDREDS 1 SCENE AT A" MEETING OF THE HOUSEKEEPERS' CONFERENCE. I Problems of Specific Concern to the Dairymen Are Under Un-der Discussion. ' Special to Thc Tribune. RICHFIELD, Feb. 16. More than 700 persons attended the Farmers" Roundup and Housekeepers' conference' con-ference' of thc extension division! of the Agricultural college today. The meetings were devoted to a discussion discus-sion of dairying. Ixirln A. Morrill, farm demonstrator In Sevier county, delivered ono of the principal prin-cipal addresses of the day. He said that Sevier county's greatest opportunity was in tho Introduction of dairying. He quoted statistics showing that a man with from six to twenty good dairy cattle may have a net Income of from a few hundred dollars to more than $2500 per year. Ho emphasized the humanizing humaniz-ing effect the dairying Industry has upon men. "A kind man gets more milk from a dairy cow than a coarso or brutal man," said Demonstrator Merrill. I To emphasized em-phasized the disciplinary effect on children chil-dren of dairying, saying that dairying offered of-fered one of thc best means of rightly rearing a family of boys. Ben R. Eldrcdge advocated open sheds for southern Utah- He said that cows demanded only shelter from wind and wnt si nd exDnnslvc barns were not nec essary. The Eldrcdge system, as the open-shed system has been called, Is used by Its originator in Salt Lake county and he reported It today as being a great preventive of cow diseases. Professor Calne advised ugalnst exorbitant exor-bitant prices for dairy bulls. He advised building up the herd slowly, with SL'OO or 5300 si res to begin with, and said it was not necessary to use pure-bred cows under average conditions, but rather grade cows from pure-bred sires. J E. Dorman is confined to his bed In Salt Lake and was unable to be present. pres-ent. , Ben 13- Eldrcdge, In discussing silos, said that the present price of hay Justified Justi-fied the building of silos. He recommended recom-mended corn silage as a supploment 'to our alfalfa, the t.wo forming nearly a perfect ration. Professor Calne Judged dairy cattle In tho afternoon.