Salt Lake Tribune | 1916-05-02 | Page 8 | Jordan High School Boys See Farms Get Practical Agricultural Lessons

Jordan highschool boys see farmsj get practical agricultural lessons TORDAN HIGH SCHOOL agricultural students photographed while visiting dairy farm at the Utah state prison. I , r - i , ' ; Vi ' j i f ' M ' ' 1 ' ix - y, v zi f . ... . - - 1 ' ' " ; ' ' ' A. . - . ...... f -j - ,' - ii-fni'i ni '' r...-.:-,,--.--7.-r--j Best Examples of Rural Management Are Shown on Automobile Tour. SEVENTY-EIGHT members of the Jordaan High School Agricultural club made a tour of inspection yesterday to some of the leading farms of Salt Lake county. They were accompanied and instructed by Professor Profes-sor John T. Caine III of the Utah Agricultural Agri-cultural college, County Agent H.J. Webb and E. W. Stephens of the high school. Much valuable information relative to various types of farming was obtained. The first place visited was the J. R. Allen farm at Draper, where they saw prize Percherons and Cotswold sheep, in addition to unusually well equipped sheep sheds and lambing grounds. The Smith poultry farm, the Winchester farm and the Earl Bennion stock farm were then visited in the order uamed. Methods in poultry management aud hog raising were studied at these places. Stock judging was successfully conducted con-ducted at the Winder Jersey farm, and the bovs were unusually interested in Xebo Girl, the state champion producer. Dairying methods were studied at the Winder farm. The trip ended with a visit to the state prison farm, where, by courtesy of Warden Pratt and Deputy Warden Ure, the.' bovs inspected the state Guernsev herd, and also the unusually fine dairy bam, considered by many to be the best equipped in the state.