Show U. U B. B I. I C. C MOST U UNIQUE IQUE MEETING G IX WEST EST From The Official Recoil U. U S. S Department of or Agriculture One of the most un unique que farmers farmer meetings held in tho the West Yest perhaps the entire co country i iI Is the Basin Basill Basin Ba Ba- Ba- Ba sin sill Industrial Convention which takes place annually in the Uintah basin bas in Utah The basin the tho leadIng le leadIng lead lead- dIng d- d Ing alfalfa seek see producing region region of ot tho the w west t. t is 18 some miles mUes east o of Salt Lake and Is Ss shut in by the Rocky mountains on the east the Uintah mountains on the no north th and the Wasatch mountains mountain'S on the west It ItIs ItIs Itis Is an isolated valley with the nearest nearest nearest near near- est some miles distant dIstall t. t To re retch reach ch the Uhe basin great expanses of ot desert must be traveled Some 2000 2000 2000 2 farmers live livo livo in the basin Each year for the last several years this farmers' farmers meeting has las been at Fort Font Duchesne ne anti and been attended not only omy by the farmers of the val val- vaIle valley le ley but also alEO by to 5 IndIans s Pram the adjacent Ute Ute reservation Tills year yar It was Vias h. h lucId held ld August 10 S and the att attendance approximated ted The Ind Indians ans had had- hadan an encampment encamp encamp- ment fluent on a river bank and the white farmers occupied part of oC the parade ground of old Fort Duchesne The convention is divided Into de departments departments de- de e. e S of oC forestry livestock ll field craps foods and nutrition h home me management clothing poultry and antI landscape e gardening The Tille cooperative cooperative tive the eX service ice of r Utah Agricultural Agricultural Agri Agri- cultural College participates in me the conference and a detailed l instruction program o-gr o ml is is' carriEd out in iii two hour 2 periods each da day Two general assembly assembly assembly as as- periods ads are aro helot held each cla day at 1 which distinguished P pe persons OIlS ons speak A j poc t committee is b In a charge of the convention con I ISomo Sonic Some of the tIle group are arc archeld jle hell held J In 1 U the e fort buildings but J bt nary many Y of or them m aro aio in the open under the trees surrounding the parade ground Secretary Jardine had e expected expected- to attend the tho convention this HIls year but found it Impossible OS ble to be there and n 1 W. W A. A IJo Lloyd 1 office odice of or Coop Cooperative Extension work in charge of extension exten slim sion for the western states stares took tool his hig place on the tIle program Mr rr Lloyd d spoke on the subject subject- The llO farmer of or to-mor to to In addition to the forms farms of or recreation atlon usual at such Buell meetings tbs meeting meet had the additional interesting interesting interesting interest interest- ing features of ot an Indian parade each day and an all exhibition of tribal dances each evening given by the tho Indians from the Ute Reservation Others Other on the Uie program aside asMo from Mr rr Ito Lloyd d were C C. C L. L Forsling di director dl 41 rector of the Great Basin Station Ephraim Utah I K C. C Ikeler dean dean Alma a C. C Esplin George Stewart Stewart Stew Stew- art Mi Mrs s. s Sa Sadie He O. O Norris Mrs Effie Ethic Effies s S. S Barrows Afton ACton Odell Emil EmU Ilan- Ilan lr l- l r seu sen and anil P. P V V. Cordon Cardon of or Utah Agricultural Agricultural Ag Ag- College and and- i R. R H. H R Rutledge Rutledge Rut Rut- tl t- t l ledge ge and anti L. L F F. Watts of olf flue tho Inter Inter- district hist of tho the Forest Ser Ser- j r- r ice fee The Governor of ot Utah mah G. G H. H r. r Dern er l and n others oilier of c Jn in inthe the state spoke ct at the general assem assem- assem blies f 1 I I fr |