Show STATE INSTITUTE opened at provo this morning or WELCOME flavor extends alic freedom of the city director rosters ail dress tha attendance at the firpi meeting of the biage carmera Far mera institute wa it met in the old tabernacle and was called to order by mayor holbrook Hol brooS prof foster and dryan Dry of the tural C we 0 n atteL dince elward was elected and jame clove secretary roe chairman briefly staled the ob ohp institute mavor made a plea ing ad resa of ue felt honored in being present on this very important o aaion he would have been pleased j see mire present at the opening sea won but small re ginnings often end well quito extensive advertisement ibid ben made of the institute through he E and through the churches i it it baa not perhaps dawned on the is the design of the in sand practical werkine will ilus ate to them the good results following follo wini work the legislature quite provided for the aiding ot aesa gath ennys and disseminating the knowledge knowl edHe gained at the experiment stations besides the knowledge thus bained ocal speakers will rive their experience in various pursuits and out of it will grow a system of scientific farmin placing utah in the had the greater part of ocr state tody is not suitable for farming lands are exten Biva and the institute will alo treat on the care of lire stock luthis busy ae this competition it is ne eskary for our to prefect themselves in their van jus pursuits in fion the professors and the toia were warmly welcomed hoo thomas judd of st george not being pr sent N cole of aalt lake to the warm welcome he felt he said on having no previous notification but he felt with the honorable mayor that it was a most oc ciann the small attendance he was probably dua to the bad condition of the counte joaie it was not n pleasure ha had found to travel through mud up to the hahs the f acuity of the agricultural cb ga he said opre cervantes of the pe dla present to aeve facts not theories aaa ibe farmers would surely be b ne cited ihlae present should fellow formers to come and thug in creasa the attendance lither foster then bean work by discuses ini the cof of soil moisture in dry farming he read his address treating treat inu on the caillais circulation of in ibe soil and allu grated bow moisture could beat ba retained tae p res be fine and avoided especially where dry farming ia attempted the evaporation of unplowed cd land it was proven by experiment was sine p aunda per equale foot in the m anth ol 01 may greater than 1 boil fhe plowing bornn a naul h thit retains ach moisture he recommend eltheA cema for farming mulan especially in orchards and gardens small toothed implements are preferable to large loathed tools the surface sho ild be made as even as possible lor the mora surface the greater the evaporation oar loose soil where the capillary borea are large repeated rolling was recommended to make finer as ia proven that where tha noise steps on ahe plowed soil the moja comes to the muriace suri ace railed soil of that kind before seeding is profitable and may ba repeated latar lime gypsum and silta help in rat aming moisture moia ture but they are too expensive for much aae here in utah acie breaking of winds may also assist in retaining the humors certain crops may assist also in increasing the humola store and dry orchards may be made more moist by growing for oe a crop of clover sloughing ploughing hing andr during the spring milage to conserve moisture should be baalu early in the spring as every days dalay means many tons of water wadae tue professors address was aleo re diets arb on he amount of m required in the growth of certain crop and illustrations iram tha latest which are omitted in ft after his paper sayer questions vere asked by the interested farmer the cultivation of corn came in for he pr ettor discussion mr holman of pleasant grove led out with an explanation f how he raised extra iorge crops he followed leyel farming with well soil and avoided ailline hil line pr m that the took a wide range and included harda and alkali soil abo laiter had not been experimented with so much interest was taken in the question that they continued ong after te coon hour |