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Show MST IN THE LOGAN MEETINGS Utah Agricultural College, Feb. 10. The total registration to date at the farmers, roundup and housekeepers' housekeep-ers' conference Is 275. The same Interest In-terest which has heen shown throughout through-out the meetings of the preceding davB characterized tho meetings held Friday. At th mnrnlnc SOSBion Of the housekeepers, conference practical work in cooking and serving milk, cheese and eggs was taken under the direction of Miss Leah Ivlns of the extension department. The composition composi-tion of those foods was discussed and then Bcveral dishes of each were prepared pre-pared by tho ladies of tho conference. These dishes Included Ice creams, sherbets, Welsh rarebit, custardts, omolettcp, etc In the afternoon, millinery mil-linery work was tnken up by Miss Coral Kerr, and Miss Leone Cowley conducted demonstrations In paper-bag paper-bag cooking, illustrative of tho efficiency ef-ficiency and practicability of thin method. At tbe farmers' roundup, Hon. C. A. Hickenloopor, Lakoview, Utah, was the first speaker, aud ho discussed tho subject of ".Markets for Utah Fruits." 1 He urged co-operation among the fruitgrowers In the proper picking and - packing of fruit, and advised that tho growers in any one locality make up full carload lots of one arlety rather than several varieties. He stated that the Utah Fruit exchange, although al-though only ono year old. had brought good results, bringing better prices than any private shipper. Ho advised the growers to stand by thl6 exchange, which in a few years can easily equal in efficiency those of surrounding states Hon, J G. Duffin of Clearfield, Utah, took up "Tho Kind and Preparation of Soil for Orchards." Ho advised tho proper analysis of both soil and subsoil sub-soil 'before establishing tho orchard. He then took up soils for different fruits, such as apples, peaches, prunes, wic, ana aiscussen uio preparation or these Including plowing, pulverizing, subsolllng and planting, "Varieties of Apples for Utah" was taken up by Dr. Leon D. Batchelor, professor of horticulture, U. A. C, and ho discussed discus-sed varieties adapted for home, use In tho difforcnt sections of the state. In the afternoon Prof William H. Homer of Pleasant Grove discussed the "Pruning of Apples,'' advising that close attention be paid to roots ns well as the tops of the trees, pointing point-ing out the essential difference between be-tween pruning apple and peach trees, laying special stress on tho propor shaping of the trees before tho bearing bear-ing ago is reached and dealing with the advantages of summer pruning. Dr. B. G. Titus, professor of on-tomology on-tomology U. A. C , Illustrated his remarks re-marks concerning fruit insects with actual specimens and photographs.- He took up Insects affecting tho apple, pear, quinco. Peach and various ber- VtfB r es, laying special strosa upon tho '!lieiif' flat hend apple tree borer, pear slug ffllR San Joso scalo, strawborrv crowi ' lfc borer and strawberry leaf roller, the h JBi1 currant worm aud can borers ul 'Jfi8 stated that It was interesting to note JO? that the alfalfa weevil In the adult "& stago attacks the strawberry fruit. VTO Dr. B. D. Ball, director or the Utah Sfo1 experiment station, took up "Effici- $$&. eiicy in Spraying" and emphasized the IBuS Tiecesslty of proper spraying at' tho Hi His talk w.U be supplemented today aR1, 5chSday,nS donion9ttlons In tne . - This evening Dr. a G. Gowans of JS' Ogden. superintendent of the Utah i-Tn foinf JjSiSlr,aJ Ch01- addeSedU he r joint session of tho farmers' roundup JS&f and housekeepers' conference on ;8e?s 'Home Work for the Boy and Girl." JS?V ollowins his address Prof. D. W ,e& forking office of farm management) 'HP- United States douartuient of agricul Sli' ture. took up probloms In "Farm ?lB2 Management." illustrating his tnlk Mt? with stereoptican views, Wesley I CTE- - King of Salt Lake City delivered aii I iSlfrhs dddress concerning tho "Relation of a 'H'WCffS, tho Farmer to the Business Man." g "43 |