Show CA 1 N ca pi aa F AR ME R S im at tillers of the soil instructed by academy em y experts Prefer sor hogenson explains how to get the best results from arid lands and professor caine tells how horses should be treated no more important ass b 0 of citizens citi aena of eastern utah h held ruth during the last half hal year at of the farmere farmers dinst institutor ut aich met at tho the price school loude last monday to discuss matters appertaining to agriculture and stock raising in this and adjacent counties the two feature features ff of the convention fiere yvere the addresses of professors hog enion enson and caino caine of the agricultural college 11 a both widely known experts who have made painstaking investigations inv estiva of agricultural asri cultural conditions from end to end of the state professor flo hogensen Hogen gensen aen dwelt principally with soil conditions in this particular section pointing out the physical reasons why rast vast anas amas of eastern utah are non productive in the usual acceptance of that term iio ile called attention to the not generally known fact that the aridity of the soil in these cacti uno la awe iu to its lack of N vegetable ble ratter matter lla ila described what he the plant feeding elements of the coil soil and e how these element na ants now lacking could bo be injected is it were wore into the ground making if it fertile and abundantly responsive to the reu yeu informed tillers of the soil the tho proposition of dry farming was as cone cons into at great length and the prof explained greatly to the interest of hie his audit rice the best method of aa owing lacerna lae erne not only for tha the of f securing ring a crop but to inject tho th all necessary vegetable ege table ele cle ment into the soil so aa as to prepare it for the vitalization of other grains later on though it had originally been intend ed that only one session of tho the institute be held the farmers were so much interested in the address of alof hogenson Hogen san that on his goin goinz into tha the minutes minutest of lua his subject this carried the session into the late afternoon and made necessary a session at which professor Pro feasor came caine delivered an I instructive address 0 on 11 live stock the keynote of professor Profess oe caines talk was the general lack of wisdom among farmers in the care and treatment of the horse bip finally the animal which is billed upon to do the heavy farm work lie ile called n to the manner in which these animals arc are usually 11 stuffed with lucerne hay to the exclusion of oats and other grains on which th they thy y would thrive much better and give altogether a better account of themselves if horses are to bo be fed exclusively on hay which the professor emphatically objects to them the should be given timothy instead of scerne which while fattening has tew of we strength giving elements professor caines address was highly interesting entertaining and instructive and at its conclusion the farmers gave both the experts a rousing vote of thanks excellent music for the occasion was furnished by the school orchestra and a selected choins lei lee by mrs airs crocket crochet |