Show r SHOWN IN I NSE 50 SPECIAL w. w of- of DISPLAYS INSTRUCTIVE fin INTERESTING LECTURES IS AND 4 BY SPECIAL SPECIALISTS mS TO IS POINT AND FARMERS NEARLY r VERY fERT RY SOUTHERN UTAH TOWN F i lN IN ATTEN ATTENDANCE tot o mt Iut week we made the statement second Intall in inin t Iron County a stands tall tab Inn in the thea production of alfalfa much broader have a j. j We now meat to make Utah produces te half of this commodity In the sited States and that of a superior 11 As AI J proof of this the statements Ode ade by the men who were with the i tab lib Seed train exhibit of last Sat Sat- d by 7 1 Is ample evidence After the visitors from all parts this tills end of the state had viewed e various exhibits in the two cars carse e lecturers held forth for an hour terracing mating between the two cars carsch carsch carslick lick ch were filled to overflowing wing so 10 soi soto i to rive give all a chance to hear as uch oca as possible Each speaker was wal owed but butten ten minutes and were pounced by Chairman W. W J. J Mar a of ol the Agricultural Department t the tie U U. P P. System of Omaha The made the statement ment that ill train was sponsored by bl the Pacific and supported d' d by the at Washington D. D C C. C Cot 1 the tile U. U A. A C. C at Logan Mr Kr E. E E. E Smith recently of beige beige- io nude made the statement that of e farming districts of Utah irlie in is alfalfa alone over four aired red thousand housand acres and that we two twenty million five hunted hun hun- ted thousand pounds of seed over alt If oY Of the total produced in the nIt shed d States States and the heaviest seed urn as it averaged Ibs lbs per perelL elL el Mr Hr D. D C C. spoke on the then thea nin n a question as regards the wel- wel it of Utah in its production and id particular stress on the fact of peat great amounts lost in having so soy nay y different classes of grain This ThisIe late to Ie produces approximately tely seven lion on bushels of wheat and we lose losem losea m In five to ten per cent either cither in outs into or seeds and other ways so the last year we lost one hundred red redd ad d twenty five thousand dollars in In fling Ding mixed wheat alone J J. J T. T IlO ensen spoke very fordy ford I 7 y yon on the manner of taking of of lot of these losses by diversified wing minK and planting good seed to tin gin with and told of measures to ke to prevent the greater loss by little Me care in seed selection and the ting sting of the seed before planting well wll as aa seeing to it that the ground lu in wp rood good od clean condition before How treat seed in order to eliminate condition that so many farmers re in this section He gave several th that t are inexpensive e and at sane me time practical that evel every might use to good advantage Mr H H. H J J. J Webb WeLb JJ formerly of St. St gee rge Utah but now now State Seed f for the state was the next er on the question of Seed cation Figured at a nominal to Ie of ot only 5 per cent lou loss Utah lee annually The actu actu- lose lOBI w exceeds 8 per cent The Tha speak advocated located planting only the very seed w obtainable as it is very e to plant screenings and exI exa ex- ex ong I a rood good crop as a result 0 O. O H. H J Fitzgerald of the Suit Salt Lake On oa gave eave a n very cordial to the people o this section to tend d the be Livestock show scheduled L held In m Salt Sl t Lake City in the theof r future lIr C c. c J. J who ho of the u U. A. A ined detailed at length the losses insects by n Utah In the minute bugs r. r So Injurious to th the alth alt aU lead d o oI this It e section n i In that we Challis annually over 00 from fly alone In aps One of the strongest nest points aU all the 7 1 Pro Prof discussion n was made M M M. M S. S o 0 of f i Winder along long the theu Ie kment ment operation co-operation u e lie repeated a ament at t rear ear When hen made by Sec Secy y Jardine he Con COngress said eald Dont exa ex ex- ness a f to make any radical efforts effort In helping the farmers when the real issue is 3 in ia your own hand handa- handa That of co Quoted from the net results attained by the Utah Poultry Association In fa which they out of poultry r products this state stati over two million dollars New York alona alone will take ever every egg erg that Utah produces of a milk white shell sheU as they prefer them to any to be obtained on the open market What we need in this section is organization and that is the one thing we lack materially If we had It we could then compete Inthe in inthe inthe the open markets and get the top prices for tor our products But as it is we now have just what the buyers are pleased to offer and watch the theother theother theother other fellow walk off oft with the cream of everything be it alfalfa seed poultry products beet beer cattle or practically practically any other commodity A good seed warehouse with a first class date cle cleaning ning apparatus will cost coat only some two to two and a half hall thousand dollars and we can then say sayto t td to the buyers We will sell seU you such and such a quality of seed for this or that certain figure and if you want it for that well and good an and ani If not well we'll send a man to the eastern markets I and sell seU direct to the retailers retail retail- ers and wholesale men who will pay us instead of keeping fat so many middlemen This would hold good Inan in an any other line as well as for alfalfa seed The Seed Special engendered more interest among the farmers than anthine anything anything any any- thing thine that has happened in Cedar for fora a long time It was estimated that more than 1000 people from various towns bowns of Southern Utah inspected the seed exhibits and that more than farmers heard the lectures |