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Show Gathering, in Connection With Housekeepers' Conference, Con-ference, Is Most Successful Suc-cessful Yet Held. MORE THAN THOUSAND PERSONS PARTICIPATE Move Is to Be Made on Richfield Rich-field Tuesday; Session There to Continue ' Until Feb. 21. By Staff Correspondent. LOGAN, Feb. 7. The most successful success-ful roundup in the history of the Agricultural Agri-cultural college closed this afternoon. Between 1200 and 1-100 peoplo have availed thomsclves of the opportunity of hearing an instructive courso of lectures lec-tures on farming and home economics. Many have attended overy session. Notebooks have been numerous at every meeting, and men of years of experienco in farming could always bo seen noting down tho things they heard in order that thoy might take the instructions in-structions homo and put them into practice. prac-tice. Tho roundup uow moves to Richfield, where a similar gathering will bo held beginning next Tuesday and continuing until February 21. On February 23 n similar mooting will open in Cedar City at the brauch agricultural collogo. This will continue until March 7. It is estimated esti-mated by officers of the college extension exten-sion division tbat-'about-'SOOO mon and 1000 to 1200 women will complete the total attendance at tho three rouudups. Plans for Next Year. Next year it is planned to make the roundups oven more important and more attractive. Through a plan tentatively adopted by the conference of westorn agricultural colleges here yesterday, a circuit for roundup speakers will bo established among tho intormouutain colleges. By sharing tho expense and arranging tho dates of lectures consecu-tivoly, consecu-tivoly, it will bo possible to have the foremost agricultural experts in tho world lecture at tho Utah and other western. states' roundups. The meetings j'estcrday were devoted to tho horsemen. Ono of tho most important im-portant actions taken was the appointment appoint-ment of a committee of throe to lobby at tho noxt session of tho legislature for an amendmout to tho state stallion law which will make it more effective. James Bovine of Salt Lako opened a discussion on this subject, in which ho declared that the law was almost a dead letter, and that this was because there was no propor means of enforcement. enforce-ment. Ho said ho believed it ought to bo mado tho duty of tho county sheriffs to cuforco this law. Other Comments Made. Professor John T. Caiuo III, Stato Sonator W. S. Hansen of Collinston and Dr. J.H. Frederick, tho colloge vctet-inarian, vctet-inarian, also commented upon tho law. Professor Cainc said he behoved the ap- E ointment of a coinmitteo as suggested v Mr. Devino was a good thing, but added that much good had already boon accomplished with the present and tho old laws. Dr. Frederick declared that if there wero stallion owners who were disobeying dis-obeying tho law, it was the fault of tho farmors, because thoy had not reported tho casos to tho stato board, of which Dr. Frederick i3 a membor. He said that not a single complaint had como to tho board and that whenever complaints did como thoy would bo investigated and acted upon. A coinmitteo consisting of J. It. Alien of Draper, James Dovino of Salt Lako and Thomas Sinilh of Logan, was appointed ap-pointed to urge tho proper amendment of tho present stallion Jaw before the uext legislature. Stnto Seuator W. S. Hansen pledged his support and assistance assist-ance to tho committoe. J. R. Allen of Draper gavo Eomo interesting in-teresting instruction on tho t( Raising of Draft Horses." Mr. Allen iB a successful horseman and also a promi-nont promi-nont sheepman. During tho course of his remarks ho aitacked tho stand taken bv J. It- Murdock of Hebor City at tho roundup Thursday. ITo said that the Domocrats had not hurt the sheop business and that ho believed the business busi-ness would ho hotter off today if the tariff had been removed five years ago. Ho said he had offered to buy out somo of the complaining sheepmen, but that thoy did not want to sell, llo said that when they did offer to sell it was at a very high price, despito the calamity calam-ity they foresaw. "Anything I've got is for sale if T can get a good enough price," said Mr. Allen. Future of Horses. j C. Y. Cannon, of tho college animal husbandry staff, opened tho morniug session with a lalk on "Tho Future of the Horse." Ho advised tho farmers on the best kinds of animals to raise for tho markets of the future and told what breeds wero best adantod to Utah-Dean Utah-Dean W. L. Oarlylc, ucting prosidont (Continued on Page Throe,) UUP AT L06AN COMES TO A CLOSE (Continued from Pago One.) of tho Univorsity of Idaho, also spoke on tho horso-raislng business. He bandied ban-died general questions of breeding, referring re-ferring especially to draft horses. Tho roundup closed this afternoon with tho judging of horses at the college stock judging pavilion. Mrs. Olive Havens, Miss Gertrudo Mc-Choyiio Mc-Choyiio and Dr. P. R. Merrill of Wolls-villc. Wolls-villc. wore the" speakers at the closing meeting of tne housekeepers' conferonco todny. Mrs. Havens, who is president of tho Homo Industries association, talked on "Beet vs. Cane Sugar," In her discussion Mra. Havens pointed out that boot sugar was superior to cane sugar in some ways and equal, to it in others. She urgod the housewives to patronize homo industries. "Insanitary Habits of Children in Relation to Their Health:" was tho subject sub-ject of a talk by Dr. Merrill. Ho advised ad-vised mothers how to break their children chil-dren of littlo habits that wore dauger-ous. dauger-ous. Miss Gortrudo McChoyne, of tho college col-lege extension division and lecturer on home economics, who has been in charge of tho housekeepers ' conference, talked on "Home Economics Associations in Utah." Miss McCheyno told what had been accomplished by local associations in tho stato and how other associations asso-ciations could bo organized. |