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Show THE 1921 ROMP IS VERY SUCCESSFUL SUC-CESSFUL 'i i Th Annual Farmers Roundup and Housokoepors Conference at tho Utah Agricultural College which ran from January' 10 t o 16, was a tremendous success. Fully one thousand thou-sand farmers and housewives atten ' od part or all of the sessions while an averago attendance of over 300 in tho women's sessions and over 200 in tho men's sessions was maintained main-tained throughout tho week. Exceptional Interest was shown by tho women in tho -lectures of Dr. Carollno Hcdgcr of Chicago on Child Nutrition and Health. Thg men were very much'lntcrcntcd in tho lectures on cooporatlvo marketing cntcrprlso for farmers delivered by Dr. U. A. McKcrrow ot Minnesota. On Friday, January 14, a hugo assembly as-sembly was held In honor ot Governor Gover-nor Mobey and committees of tho House of Representatives and the Senate who visited the collcgo to take part in tho Roundup and Inspect In-spect tho institution. Governor Ala-bey Ala-bey addressed tho assembly On "What tho Stato Expects of 'the Col-lego Col-lego and tho Rural People." President Presi-dent A. -W. Ivins of tho board of trustees ot th.? college spoko on "Utah, tho Campus of Cho Agrfcul-tural Agrfcul-tural College" ..Other addresses wero delivered by visiting legislators. legisla-tors. Possibly Uio most promising fea-turo fea-turo of tho .whole ..group of meetings was tho physical flonVbnslratlon of tho fact that tho coll ego and tho farmers and housewives aro very closo together, all working In harmony har-mony for tho bettorment ot rural life. Tho collego is expressing accurately ac-curately tho ideas and feelings Of tho rural popuatlon and hey" express ex-press a strong cfestre to support it in its program for farm and Homo 'cnlghtcnfent atid aro willing to follow fol-low its' leadership." ' '"c f0 Dr. R. J. Evons of tho Extension division under w'hoso direction the Roundup was put on, and ttio whole staff of extension workers "who cooperated co-operated with Dr. Evans, ard deserving deserv-ing tho highest praise for tho excellent excel-lent sorlcs ot meetings arranged for and for tho excellent wayin which tho Roundup was conductcW." n |