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Show pCAPTURED HIE CROWD Wgral Demonstration i jHtivities to Go Over Ky in "Movies." CORRESPONDENT. ijKfarcl) 20. Greeting by a "Jeasl U000 persons mostly K who were ul the station ifcilng when the train pulled Wfby Governor William Spry jflbjg assemblage, enthuHiastlc Ha evening meetings in the jHgulIding and a monaster pa-,Ebrcd pa-,Ebrcd cattle In the after-EBe after-EBe features of the day spent Hfthe Salt Lnko Route-Utah tBtcoUegc special domonstra-,fKThe domonstra-,fKThe day whs the most Im- MEsurceBSful of the eighteen f far have been passed by 'ration train in carrying a scientific farming to towns Tt Lake Route. fcstration train arrived about this morning. From 8 K' the crowd commenced as-Kit as-Kit 0:30 o'clock, when B. F. camera correspondent of the l-' motion picture company, Bcorrt the events on tlio that arc to tell the whole Klornl celebration, the crowd Hf, and larger until It wan IMbervatJvely that there were IiaCKCU arounu inc. mini mm bture operator, a" spectators were school the llttlo girls in their whlto 'ies and the boys with their Ung faces," carrying ban-&nnants ban-&nnants of their various W a pretty picture. The FflVcr the roofs of the dem-re dem-re and rushed in close to tows of the prize anlnmlsj Brought from the cars for j' :the crowd could be suf-jgd suf-jgd to mako outdoor spcak- Governor William Spry itlic gangplank leading from 'addressed the assemblage. :hat trips such as the Salt and Utah Agricultural coin's coi-n's for the benefit of Utah Ihe best possible means of agriculturists In the most ithods of production. He i'the members of the 6poclal fie success of the trip and ! that he would be able to thcr one just as successful, bvo peoplo might always lo keen Interest that they I of today's entertainment ge of the Provo Commer--thc visitors were formally committee headed by P. G. sldcnt of the club. Other Jie committee were Joseph llliam M. Roylance, Lu ID. d Archie Thurman, prlnci-'rovo prlnci-'rovo high school. Proml-!party Proml-!party which appeared to :governor and members nf ration train were Jesse tie) C. E. Loose, J. W. ies Clovo. JIayor C. F, Commissioner Leroy Dixon, i. County Commissioner C. 7A-.-.0. Smoot. iiire-bred cattlo that caught "crowd when the splendid 'IJcd from their "private" in II, the prize bull welph-jjnus: welph-jjnus: "Bonny Brier," the jnd Hereford steer, and the pcowa seemed to sense the fjthc occasion and they r forth with heads up, as PB; that they wero the cen-Jes. cen-Jes. The Jersey last year lt profit of $01 and the tjbed 12,000 pounds of milk, p eyes of the farmers and irmurs, their sons, the anl- Jjiderful and a spontaneous ! nwhen they appeared. ttd noon most, of the crowd Id appear again at the aft-pcnlng aft-pcnlng meetings, but a nurn-pre nurn-pre enthusiastic stayed and $ the demonstration train id, even during lunch hour, jestloncrs and good listeners. The- experts cheerfully gave tip even their mealtime for this purpose and none came but went away satisfied with the explanations of .the model irrigation projects, benefit of silos and results of method In caring for dairy cattle. Tho afternoon meeting in tho high school was woll attended, especially by high school agricultural students and students from Brlglmm Young college. Tho speakers were Professor U A Merrill, Mer-rill, agricultural export of the Salt Lake Route: Professor John T. Cnine III. Utah Agricultural college; Professor W. Yv. McLaughlin, Irrigation engineer of' tho United States department of agriculture; agri-culture; Ben It. Eldrcdgc. dairy expert of the dairy division of the department of agriculture. Professor McLaughlin was the principal princi-pal speaker, taking up the subjects of the Importance of water measuring, drainage drain-age of alkali land, relation of water to plants use of water and the relation of irrigation to the plant growth. Professor Merrill discussed development of new lands and stated that the best, farmer is not the one who grows the most bushels to the acre, but the farmer who raises the most bushels to the acre-foot of water. wa-ter. Discussing the amount of new land in the state and the opportunity Utah boys have along agricultural lines, Professor Pro-fessor Merrill called attention to the various new irrigation projects. IIo mentioned men-tioned the Delta project, with Its 15,0JO acres, Lynndyl. 30.000 acres; MUford, 12,-000 12,-000 acres; Newcastle. 12,000 acros; Es-calanto Es-calanto valley where It is possible to Irrigate by pumping at. least 1,500.000 acres. Professor John T. Caine Til talked on home markets and Mr. Eldredgo discussed dis-cussed the value of silos to farmers Interested In-terested In dnlrylng. One of the Important events of the day, a parade, which formed after tho meeting at ! o'clock and passed through the principal streets, was witnessed bv all Provo. As ut the morning greeting greet-ing of the train, the school children (Including (In-cluding students of the high school) wore out In force; and, judging from the crowds on tho principal streets, every man. woman and child saw the pageant. The parade consisted principally of purebred pure-bred stock raised In this countv. and included in-cluded the famous exhibit of Smoot Jor- V Inlt-l -.(! M.. .1 ji... -. -j v..... .., mc. iuijiu man imv neaa were comprised In the showing. Tho parade ,was headed by the Provo band. Last evening another Important meeting meet-ing wns held ar tnTrTiigh school building. build-ing. This was even more largelv attended at-tended than the morning meeting, as many farmers from the surrounding country attended. The special train arrived from Spanish Fork and tomorrow morning will proceed pro-ceed to Pleasant Grove, where a day will be spent in a similar manner to that passed here. |