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Show DEMONSTRATIONS AND LECTURES TO FARMERS WILL ALL DE PRACTICAL So' Says Dr. E. G. Peterson, Director in Charge of College Extension Work. All is Ready for Grand Opening of the Round-up on Monday. All is In readiness for tho big Farmers Roundup and Housekeepers Conference which begins next Monday, Mon-day, January 18. According to Dr. E. O. I'otorson, head of tho U. A. C. Extension Division ,tho final arrangements ar-rangements aro now comploto. Tho Roundup this year will bo tho greatest great-est over hold In Utah, In fact, it will bo tho greatest over held nny place; based- on comparativo populations. Inasmuch ns modern agriculture and homo making Is tho thome of thli convention, demonstrations nro to bu mado as practicable) as possible. A modern homo complotely equipped, with tho most convenient furnishing will bo hi perfect working ordors Practical demonstrations concerning tho uso of olectrlctty in tho homo will bo mado. Mothers need not let, babies or small children keep them from tho convention bocauso a nursery nur-sery will bo provided with capablo attendants In charge. Tho babies will bo cared for as well as if they I wero at homo. I Professor LcOrando Humphries of I tho Farm Mechanics department says that all demonstrations of farm nut- chinery will bo decidedly practical this year. .Among tho many Import ant machines that win bo In operation opera-tion Is an apple sorter that will automatically au-tomatically sort ten different sizes of apples. A testing machtno for testing tho tonsil strength of Iron bars and other material will bo In dully operation. Tho working of a dlslufoctor for treating grain will be; shown. Ono of tho most unique demonstrations dem-onstrations will bo that of a country water system, showing how people living awny from cities can economl cally Install this modern convenience. Thoro will bo grinding exhibitions exhibi-tions of grain with both gas and clcc trie power. A pumping exhibition will bo given by a smnlt centrifugal pump that will rnlso water 110 feet high. All types of cream separators will bo in action. In addition to this there will bo on display a mlnlaturo silo and plpos of tho samo material, threshing machines, gas engines o'f nil types, wlro gates for measuring Irrigation water, and all kinds of tho most up to date and modern farm machinery. Meeting In Logan at tho samo tlniq n8 tho Roundup will bo tho ' Stato Road Commission, Stato Dry Fa'fihi' crs Association, State Dairymen's As-, soclatlon, aud tho Utah-Idaho Millers' and Grain Dealers' Association. Tho seventh annual exhibition of tho works of tho Utah artists in painting, sculpture, and crnfts work will bo held in tho Collego studios from January 23 to February 13. During tho Housokcopers' Confer enco rooms showing examples of in tcrlor furnishing and decoration will bo on exhibition at tho Thomas Smart gymnasium. Tho first day of tho Itoundup promises prom-ises to bo ono of tho very best. On this day Mr. L. H. Balloy, of Now York, will deliver two lectures. Mr. Bailey's reputation Is well known. Almost Al-most ovory ono who has over entered a high school or an agricultural col , lego knows of him on account of tho great numbor of toxt, books that ho has wrltton or edited. President WIdtsoo and tho Collego In general can bo well congratulated for obtaining obtain-ing this omlnont authority on agriculture agricul-ture to bo present at this great gathering gath-ering of Utah farmers and homomak-ers homomak-ers and especially uocauso ho will bo present on tho first day and will open tho big convention with ono of his Inspirational talks. |
