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Show Farmers' Institute B Work. W A bill has recently been in- H troducodinto Congress provid- H ing for an appropriation for tho H Farmers' Institute Work in tho H several states of the Union. Tho H appropriation is contingent up- H on an appropriation from tho H stato. In Utah, Farmers' In- H stitutes have been held during H tho past twelve years, under tho direction of tho Stato Agricul- H turn College, an annual ap-propriatiou ap-propriatiou of $1,500 being a-vailablo a-vailablo for that purpose. Tho last Legislature iucreas-cd iucreas-cd tho amount to$5,000,but this H is a mere trifle compared to tho amount being expended by such H states as Illinois, Iowa, Hobra-ska, Hobra-ska, Indiana, Michigan and othors. Piof. L. A. Merrill, H Director of the Farmers' In-stitutes In-stitutes is enthusiastic over tho passage of tho proposed bill by H Congress, as it would enablo H Utah to keep several men in tho field assisting tho farmer dur- H ing tho ontiro year. During a H groat part of tho year, one man H should visit tho dairy farmers of tho state, giving instructions as to methods of selecting good H profitablo dairy cows, and pro- H per managomont of feeding. H Tho average dairy cow in Utah today is producing 115 pounds H of butter fat por year; this aver-ago aver-ago might be raised to 300 H pounds if the farmers could bo H brought to realize tho import-ance import-ance of eliminating the poor un-profitable un-profitable cow from tho dairy H herd. Similar work could bo H done in behalf of the dry farm- H ing industry, tho horticultural H industry, tho poultry industry H and in fact in ovory lino of agri- H cultural endeavor. H Tho farmers of Utah need H just such individual instructions as would bo possible by tho in- H creased appropriation provided for in the proposod bill and it is , to bo hoped that tho moasuro will become a law. H |