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Show FARMERS IN AUTOS H I! IP THROUGH THE COUNTIES About 150 members of the Weber county farm bureau left on an in-spoction in-spoction trip through Davis, Salt Lake and Utah counties this morning. While the exact number of the excursions was not announced, Moroni Skeen, county commissioner, and a member, said that at least that many members comprised the automobile party which left the city this morning. One automobile auto-mobile party, which Included W. Preston Pres-ton Thomas, the country farm demonstrator, dem-onstrator, left the city at S o'clock. Others in automobiles joined tho excursion ex-cursion at different points in tho route between here and Bountiful, where they were scheduled to arrive at 9:45 o'clock. They departed from that place for Salt Lake shortly before be-fore 11 o'clock. Tho purpose of the trip, Is was announced, an-nounced, was to confer with members of the farm bureaus in these two counties and to compare the work in progress there with tho work being performed in Weber county by the local bureau. But this the members hope to be able to further systematize the work throughout the state and make the work in the three counties a standard for other counties which arc seeking to havo farm bureaus es tablished as a part of the plan that will work for greater development of the farm and farm interests. The trip included a visit to the state prison. Leaving there about noon they will make an inspection of the Guernsey herd of dairy cattle, after af-ter which they will bo served with lunch. After 1 o'clock they will visit the following places in succession: The itinerary while In Provo will be as follows: Provo Knight Woolen mills Arrive Ar-rive S:00; depart 8:30. Inspection State Mental hospital-Arrive hospital-Arrive S:45; depart 9:15. Dairy herd building, farm, Spring-ville Spring-ville Arrive 9:40. Spanish Fork Strawberry canals Arrive 10:00; depart 10:15- Salem Arrive 10:30. Payson Dickson' Hereford farm Arrive 10:40; depart 11:00. Benjamin Via Spanish Fork and Slate road. Provo Lunch Arrive 12:00 m.; depart 1:00 p. m. Lake View Cherryhill dairy Ar. rive 1:20; depart 1:40. Vinyard, barn and herd, Holdeway's ranch Arrive 2:00; depart 2:30. Wells, corn, cows, via Pleasant Grove. American Fork Kirkwood farm Arrive 3:10; depart 3:30. A model place Chipman's corn Arrive 3:40; depart 4:00. Lehi Jordan pumping plant Arrive Ar-rive 4:30; depart 4:45. |