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Show FOREMOST AUTHORITY . , ON AGRICULTURE IN U. S. TOURING UTAH Liberty Hyde Bailey of Ithaca, New York ; 'Coming to this State Through Efforts of Agricultural College and Will Talk at Round-up Gatherings. Liberty Hyde Bailey of Ithaca, Now York tho leader of American thought on rural civilization, will arrive In Utah, Friday, January 1G, On Saturday Satur-day tho 16th, bo will go Jto Richfield to address tho housekeepers and farmers far-mers attending tho Bouthern Utah roundup, and conference, Sunday far. Bailey will roturn to Salt Lake City and through tho courtesy of tho Utah Agricultural Cqllege, ho will, address tho M. I. Ai Vocntlonal-'cohvention Jn tho Assembly Hall, Sunday oven, lng. Tho Mutual Improvement As soclatlons aro very fortunato In being be-ing 'abl6 to hear such an "eminent authority au-thority at their convention. On Mon day, January 18, Mr. Bailey will come to Logan nnd at 2:30 p. m. In the largo chapel of tho college will open tho big Farmers' Roundup and Housekeepers Conferonco that will bo In sossion for two weeks. Mr. Bailey Is also scheduled to glvo a lecturo Monday evonlng. It Is gonornlly conceded that L. II. Balluy la tho foremost authority on agriculture In America. This will be his first visit to Utah, although he has passed through tho stato several sever-al times . Mr. Balloy Is a natlvo of Mlchl- tgan. Ho wns born at South Haven March 1G, 1853 and spent his early 'life on tho farm. At tho ago of 24 M ho graduated from tho Michigan Ag- ricultural College. Tho next year he murrlod Annotto Smith of Lansing. Ho received his masters degreo In 188C and L. L. D. in 1907 OS. Mr. Bailey has given partlculur attention at-tention to botany nnd horticultural subjects, nnd to economics of agriculture, agri-culture, to agricultural education nnd general rural questions. Ho hns held Important positions at Harvard University, Michigan Agricultural Agri-cultural Collego, and Cornell Unlvor slty. Sinco 1903 ho has boon director direc-tor of tho collego of agriculture at Cornell. Ho was awardod tho Volt-chlan Volt-chlan medal la 1898 and was chairman chair-man of tho Roosevelt Commission on country life In 1908. Ho is a fel low of tho American Academy of Arts and Sciences; member of tho Amor-lean Amor-lean Philosophical Socloty; member of Society of Horticulture and Morphology Mor-phology and Physiology; and member mem-ber of Society of Horticultural Science. Sci-ence. Mr. Balloy Is tho author of many valuable books, among tho Important Import-ant ones are: Survival of tho Unlike, Un-like, Evolution of Our Natlvo Fruits, Lessons With Plants, Botany, an elementary toxt for schools Bogln-ners Bogln-ners Botany, Principles of Fruit Growing, Principles of Vogotablo Gardening, Plant Breeding, Farm and Garden, Rule Book, Principles of Agriculture, Ag-riculture, Nursery Book, Forcing Dook, Pruning Book, Practical Gar-den Gar-den Book, Tho Nature Btudy Idea, Outlook to Nature, Tho Training of Farmtirs; Manual of Gardening; Tho Stato and tho Farmer; and tho Country Coun-try Life Movement. Ho Is nlso editor of Cyclopedia of American Horticulture, four volumes; Hural Sclenco Series; Garden Craft Sorlcs; Itural Text Book Sorlos; Oy clopedla 'of Agriculture, four volumes; vol-umes; Itural manuals. In addition to this ho quite frequently contributes to technical Journals and popular magazines and is much sought after as a lecturer. To bo ablo to hear a man of Mr. Bailey's standing is a chanco of n Ilfo tlmo. Ho will bo In Logan on tho very first day of tho Roundup. |
