Show THE MILL CREEK A farmers farmer convention called and conducted by the salt lake county horticultural society was held la in mill mid creek ward house jav jau and 1895 commenced jan vt at 2 p m mr A P dax of sugar house staled the be object ol at the convention and introduced mr heber Be bennion anion ot of so as chair chairman mso mr J M blaber r ot of fast east mill creek anti and mr dan jensen jeneen ot of mill creek were chosed mr goo B bailey of mill creek was waa chosen chaplain and offered prayer prof E 8 richman ohman Bi irom from the agricultural college s at logan was waa introduced and gave much instructive information in reasia to laying out ILI aad ad planting an apple orchard how haw to fertilize firt illse and cultivate cuiLi vate the and aad prune and take care of the trees after planting also alao what kind of appleb and now how many varieties varle to grow to the best beat advantage vantage au meeting to lo 10 a 8 m next day jan 10 a in prayer by tho the ohn plaiD prof delivered a lecture on and storing tte apples for or winter market he counselled counseller coun selled not to irrigate too often of ton i the season nor too late in the tall fall preferred to plant in the tri lar lorm form and keep the soil oil well oulu bated not raise any other kind of crop in the orchard especially after the trees come in bearing he recommended to plant at least two howg row ot of either poplar box older elder or pear tree treed as aa a windbreak wind brcak in places where the can you yon winds age ace hard on the oro harda also alae to put out iu in a MOD glop of at rye in the fall and plow it down in the spring as a green fertilizer prof B R also gave some ome valuable instructions in regard to building an icehouse or cold storage houses bouses to keep fruit in during the winter A vote of thanks thank was tendered the professor prof eager mr dan jensen delivered an interesting lecture and showed the great necessity neo Mity for the be farmers to urbanize nize and incorporate that they may be able to protect themselves I 1 rom combination and trust truet companies and also ako to better their own condition by producing better arti articles clep to receive higher supply bo borne boe e market crowd out some of the foreign products and keep the money at home 2 pm prayer by oba chaplain plain mr B gave a short lecture upon fe eLling and add taking care of milk caws raising railing at aid d curing hay bay also signs of 0 a good milk cow mr dan jensen stated that the future temporal salvation for or the farmer was waa to bring the fruit and dairy industries to a standard recommended the incorporation of creameries crea meries as a great benefit for the farmers and the country also wished to see some more agricultural ri cultural colleges established in utah mr george B bailey spoke a short time upon fruit growing the growing of sugar beets was re commended cow mended by several county inspector cole delivered an interesting lecture upon the fruit do destroy ing insects and how bow to kill them by spray lug be recommended to spray we the trees seven times through the season chairman bennion Benn loo george B wallaces wallace charles stillman and others gave their experience in spraying A unanimous vote was taken from the aae ing eting thus that they were to in favor ort of anti and believed that spraying is of great ben befit to the fruit mr grego green from salt lake City gave some valuable instructions Instruct ioDA as to how to plant irrigate prune and cultivate an n orchard mr A P dix save a lecture upon fruit growing for profit alio abao offered a resolution watch was adopted as follows that the chair appoint a cam cittee of five to investigate thoroughly the d dairy business and devise way a sand and inears tor for establishing a operative cooperative co 00 dairy in such a place as an way may be considered advisable in their immediate locality and report at a meeting of all to be called in the near future to discuss the report the chair appointed the following ent lemen lewen on that aan gentlemen Sent I 1 simen A P dix samuel cornwall 4 B jacobson Jacub son and charles chark stillman convention adjourned sine dhe die that convention was a least fealt for the 4 farmers who attended it asa As a great satisfaction it was noticed that the ibe bishops from big cottonwood Coit onwood south cottonwood granger and mill creek warns attended these meetings meeting aloo representatives trona from sugar house farmers Gra granite Dite hunter hanler and east mill creek wards it is expected that it may be some benefit for that part ol of the country it is to be regretted that the time was too limited and for that reason many inter sting subjects could not hot be touched such as irrigation and many other topics interesting Interest log to the fa farming rifling community it it is therefore desirable chatin abat in the near fa maturean future an other farmers farmen convention be called at another place to benefit those who were not mot able to attend this the officers of the horticultural society of this county will always be willing to sacrifice orifice oa their time and talent for the benefit ot the farmers farmere and our county and it if possible po geible bring agriculture to in utah to a higher standard DAN MILL utah jan 16 1895 |