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Show AGRONOMY 11 This Department is Edited by Prof. J. C. Hogenson, of the Agricultural Ag-ricultural College. -i a FARM MACHINERY AT STATE f FAIR. It was very gratifying to sec the finic exhibits and demonstrations made by a number of the implement dealers at the recent State Fair. The Utah Implement ,and Vehicle Co. had a large; number of various kinds of machines ma-chines running at full speed, including includ-ing their celebrated Minneapolis thncshcr, manure spreaders, corn shcl-lers, shcl-lers, fanning mills. They also had a full display of plows, discs cultivators, etc. on exhibition. Their greatest attraction, at-traction, however, was their 40 horsepower horse-power gasoline traction engine which it was cSnimcd can be run much more cheaply than can a steam engine of equal horse-power. The Consolidated1 W. & M. Co. had a full display of the famous J. I. Case machinery, manure spreaders, Bain wagons etc., a very creditable display of modern improved farm machinery. The Scgo Implement and Vehicle Co. had a full display also of manure sproadcrs, wagons, discs, harrows, hay harvesting machinery, etc. The Danielsen Plow Co. had a full line of its plows, harrows and cultivators culti-vators on thta ground with oi genial demonstrator on hand to explain the merits and superiority of their goods. The Fairbanks-Morse & Co.'s exhibit ex-hibit of gasoline engines and scales was well worthy of special mlcntion. Engines of all sizes running, machinery machin-ery of all kinds from a churn to a huge pump lifting an irrigation stream of water 10 feet. It is a shame that .more of the im-. plemcnt housies of the state were not represented. It is one of the very best means of advertising and bringing bring-ing their goods before the people, and ought to be taken advantage of by the dealers, The Grain and Potato Exhibits. It is very much to be regretted that not a single sample of grain exhibited at the fair wasi pure. Every sample of wheat, oats and ibarley contained from two to four varieties. There were in all 13 varieties of wheat, oats and barley on exhibit (exclusive of the Agricultural College exhibit which was not competing). Some sho'wed caflcful grading and fanning, wl He jl still others contained chaff and st.w g as it came from JJie thresher; no attempt at-tempt having been made to grade it 1 at all. The most carefully graded and cleaned wheat was the Dry Farm Fultz , wheat. Much need yet to be loaned 4 before the grain exhibits will come up 1 to the standard that they ought t'. The potato exhibit showed marked improvement. ThcrCj Vvcrc 20 varieties, varie-ties, nearly all. we'l.1 J graded and cleaned. Perhaps Ihc-bcst shaped and i cxhibitablc lot of potatoes was the 20th Century potatoes. The potato that is coming more rapidly into favor, especially in the northern part of the state, is the Early Eureka. This is a white, found potato, pota-to, somewhat flattened and with very shallow eyes. It was introduced into the, sttc and has been grown now for about six years by Mr.' J. F. Harper of SmithfilclkJ. Mr. Harper last year cleared $668 on every acre of land planted to Early Eureka potatoes. Mr. Harper always has his land in the best possible condition, selects his seed potatoes carefully and is a good example of a thrifty, prosperous, up-to-date, progressive farmer." Other farmers please take note and 'sac what can be accomplished and gained when it is properly done. J |