Salt Lake Tribune | 1915-02-28 | Page 14 | Farmers' Roundup Comes to Close

FARMS' ROUiOUP COM CLOSE Daily Attendance Averages 400 and the Sessions Are Much Enjoyed. Special to The Tribune. DELTA, Feb. 27. The farmers' roundup closed today after a busy week. Owing to the excessive rains and bad roads the attenuanco vras below what was expected. Notwithstanding that, there has been a daily attendance of about 400 during the roundup. The instructions in-structions were largely alons the lines that were most practicable to ine people of this section and included the growing grow-ing of alfalfa and grain crops, the raising rais-ing of cattle, dairying and the marketing, market-ing, of hogs. Delta is becoming the greatest hog producing section in the state and the advancement made along this line in the past year has been wonderful. Considerable Con-siderable attention was given to the growing of sugar beets, which has shown a most remarkable development In the past two years. In 1913 Delta produced one carload of sugar beets; last rear it produced thirty-five carloads." car-loads." and this year an acreage has been contracted for that will insure the production pro-duction of at least 15,000 tons of sugar beets, which will be cared for at the Pavson factory. The " housekeepers conference has 'been a marked success. The women are all enthusiastic over what they have done and the attendance was very large. Too much credit cannot be given the" teaching force and extension division di-vision of the agricultural college. This school occupies a warm place in the hearts of the people and much good can be expected from the work done in the various sections. J. H. ilanderfield. assistant general passenger aeent of the Salt Lake Route, 'was present and warmly welcomed, as no other man has shown a greater interest in-terest in the rapid development of Utah and her resources, and especially this section, than Mr. Mandert'ield.