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Show . ROUND-UP ATTENDED BY EVER INCREASING NUMBERS Sugar Beet Session a Profitable One to '", Both Farmer and Manufacturer. s Women are Coming Much Stronger Than Men. Tuosday, tho second day of tho Farmers and Housekeepers Conven. tlon at the Utah Agricultural College saw at leaBt a fifty percent lncreaso over last year on tho second day. More women than men are registering register-ing and thuy aro coming from all sections sec-tions of Utah anr nearby states. Tho registration-is over the Ave hundred mark. With a program increasing In intorest as the convention progress es, It Is with but a guess that ono can estlmato 'tho probablo numbers who will avail themselves of this great annual Intellectual feast. Sugar Beet Day Sugar beet day on Tuesday, saw farmers from vnrlous sections of tho intermountaln region where tho pro- ductlon of sugar beets forms an Important Im-portant line of Industry. Tho anblect of tills Industry was discussed from both tho farmers and manufacturers point of view. Dr. F. S. Harris of, tho collogo faculty opened tho discussion, discus-sion, taking as his subject tho com morclnl production of sugar beet seed In this stato, giving n brief history of tho lndustr und Its relation to Utah conditions. At n Joint sosalon nt tho college, chnpol with N. C. Hanks, the b:ind man from Hobor City, occupying tho time, was a most interesting session. Ho took as his subject "Somo things wo do not understand." Tho program pro-gram nB published, was carried out In tho afternoon. Prod O. Taylor of Ogden, discussed tho huslness stylo of farming. His, address contained much valuable Information. In-formation. Ho called attention to tho fact that tho sugar factories during dur-ing tho past year In Utah and south ern Idaho had spent upwards of ?",-007,000, ?",-007,000, this immense sum going to the various lines of business endeavor. endeav-or. He Informed those present thnt tho farmorB of Utah nro paid as much for tho cxtractable sugar as nny In tho United States and much more than tho farmers of California, and Colorado? Mr. Taylor's address will undoubtedly do much to establish friendly relations between tho farmers farm-ers and manufacturers. Women's Department In tho women's department, Mrs. Nellie K. Jones, a favorite with at tendants at tho Housekeepers Conference Con-ference conducted an Interesting dmonstrntion and gavo an ab'o lee-turo lee-turo In connection, on "Leftovers." Her lecturo was entirely practical as during its progress she showed what could bo made from loftover eggs, meats, rl6o and milk. Between throe and four hundred women, with many men throughout the nudlenco, attended attend-ed this Ioctilro and demonstration. |