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Show POTATO EXPERT TALKS AT THE ROUND-UP Lou D. Sweet of Colorado Gives Some Valuable Pointers to Utah Farmers Lou D. Sweet, Colorado potato export, ex-port, was tho principal speakor at Saturday's session of tho Roundup, whllo Dr. T. D. Beatty, stato health commissioner, was tho speaker at the Housokeopors Conferonco. Satur-day Satur-day evening an alumni ball, arrangod especially for Roundup visitors, was given in tho Thomas Smart Gymnasium Gymnas-ium and was attended by sovoral hundred persons. In his lectures on potato growing, ono in tho afternoon and ono in tho evening, Mr. Sweet gavo Utah farm-, ors valuablo Instructions in thorals- lng, storing, grading, packing and marketing of potatoes. t W. H. Olln, agricultural commlsf slonor of tho Denver & Rio Grandq railroad, also gavo an Interesting adi dross at tho afternoon meeting. Hq sald that tho farmors ot Utah should sell at least 60 per cent of tholr crons in tho form ot livestock, pro duced through feeding from tholr, crops. Ho favored tho growth of sugar beets, fruits, potatoes, grain, alfalfa and grasses. Sixty por cent of thoso products ho said, should he turned off the farm In dairy products pro-ducts and beef cattle. R. An Hartcof of Salt Lako, United Unit-ed States drainage export, lectured .on drahwfeo. Ha advised Utatffarm- era that thero wero largo areas near ,s somo of tho big cities ot tho stato 'j t which could he utilized by reclapa- ji tlon through drainage systems-.'. "vK Ii his address to tho women, Dr. jfl Beatty discussed problems of cloanll- jjr ncss and sanitation and lectured, on. .- Jl' tho eradication of tho house fly. ,e' i V |