Show THE BUBLEY SPECIAL because ot of a hitch somewhere the ari arrangements for the meeting of the experts with tho the surley burley special and the tanners farmers of 0 brigham city tuesday evening was not ot thoroughly advertised as to where the would be held it IL was generally known as to when the train would arrive but many the thought tight that the meeting would b be e held heid up town and consequently did not go down to the depot there was a good crowd at the lecture train bo however Never and those who attended got some ideas that will be invaluable to her heckla a in their work in the future profitable krofl 1 in n every way if they are put into practice the train besides having the regular cars for lecture purposes baggage and apartments for the convenience con V e ne I 1 no e ot of the experts carried a car of live stock aich included two holstein cows one jersey cow one jersey bull and four hogs of breeds the animals were perfect cyp types es of their class and v were cre the center of attraction lor for some time one of the hogs was so round and uniformly built that a gentleman tle nitin expressed his doubts as to n bother it would be possible to tell which end the squeal came from there was also a car of dry farm exhibits which included all kinds of grain in this car was a stool ot of wheat roots and all which had bad been grown on a dry farm last season the roots measuring over seven eoven feet showing how the fine hair hairline hairlike like feeders make their way down to the mo moisture Iture it required the work of two men six 1 weeks ka bodig to dig up the stool arill ari roots as they had to be very careful not to destroy them in the same car was an ordinary sage bush buah with roots that measured over 16 feet in length showing how that plant goes down foy foe moisture 41 most every kind oi of dry ble ad grasses awaa shown show n proving the theory that d dry ry farming will produce results almost equal and in many cases better than irrigated farming does the lecture car was jammed to its capacity when the time of meeting came and the lectures of the experts were listened to with great attention and interest the talks were liberally punctuated with questions by members of the audience and other lecturers who butted in whenever the occasion permitted and in that manner enlivened what was being said the alist speaker was sir air 0 C gregg superintendent Superintend eat minnesota Alinne sota far iners institutes st anthony park allan and his subject was the dairy cow mr air gregg is a master in ills his line and pointed out the value of keeping a good dairy cow cov also told how to determine the points to look for in selecting that type lie he said a lot ot of good things prof J H Fr arlson ardson professor ot of dairying agricultural college moscow idaho followed mr air gregg continuing along the same line branching onto the subject of the finished product such as butter cheese milk and cream prof den ben R eldredge of the utah Dairy mens association of salt lake city delivered a splendid talk on marketing tho the products of the cow and the profitable cow to keep ile he strongly urged the farmers to test their cows and get rid of the unprofitable ones dean W L carlyle dean of agriculture of the idaho agricultural college Alo moscow scow idaho confined his remarks to the hog bog claiming that aulm 11 93 g his special frie rd whet ho he said opened the eyes of his auditors as he be pointed out the care that oe de given the hog bog and the divid writ 1 l accruing from following the correctly prof L A merrall was expected to say something on dry farming but lie be calil contented tented with offering olT ering side re remarks marks while the other speakers were talking and in asking questions that continued on page live five THE BURLEY SPECIAL continued from first page lead up to a more full explanation 0 the points being made the fact that the lecture was held at the depot was not the worst fea 1 ture but if the fact had been freely advertised there would have been such a crowd that the train would not have been large enough to hold it many of those who attended the lecture nere cre late on account of the misunderstanding as to the place of meeting the visit of the special w was is a toro ugh success nevertheless and in its stop at the various places along the branch line as well is as the main line gave the farmers of the entire valley ample opportunity to hear some of the good things said and carry home with them ideas and suggestions that will be of incalculable value to them |