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Show FARMERS' ROUNDUP IS BIG SUCCESS Logan, Feb. S. Augmented, crowds of farmers and their wives Interested themselves today in tho proceedings of tho Agricultural collogo roundup and housekeepers conference. This evening 213 farmers had registered for tho short courses the college is offer-lug offer-lug and fortyrthrcc women wero enrolled en-rolled in tho housekeeping classes. This attendance is almost four times as great as that of last car. Tho arrival of Governor William Spry was colebrated today by a parade pa-rade of the entire collogo battalion In full uniform. Tho battalion met tho governor at the train at noon and escorted him to tho college chapel, whore the governor spoke upon tho possibilities of dry farming and irrl. gatlon In Utah. At 5:30 o'clock the governor was entertained at luncheon in the wom-on's wom-on's building at the college by tho young women's domestic science classes class-es under the direction of MIbs Flor ence H. Brown. Goeruor Spry auade the principal nddrebs at the evening session. Ills subject was "Utah s Future." Tho othor address of the ovonlng was given by A. C. Nelson, state superintendent su-perintendent of public instruction. ' His subject was "Our Educational In- . Htitutions." Among the topics of the day discussed dis-cussed by the regular speakers on tho roundup program were: "Growing Potatoes," Po-tatoes," by Prof. J. C. Hogenson; ' "Marketing Types of Potatoes," by Louis F. Boyle; "Intermouutaln Indus- i trial association; "Grasses and Forage For-age Crops," by Prof Lowls A. Merrill; J "Sugar Beet Growing,' by Gcorgo Aus. j tin, superintendent of tho Utah-Idaho 1 Sugar company, and "Breeding Sugar I Beets,' by Dr F. S. Harris. J Demonstrations and addresses to- J morrow will be especially for the J school children. 1 ! nn f |