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Show ffl FARMERS GATHER IN S. L I Annual Convention Starts; Sessions to Continue Three Days SALT LAKE, .Ian. 6 The annual meeting of the Utah State farm bu-j re. hi opened at if o'clock this mornlnr: Jat the 11 it. I rtah, over three hundred delegates from various parts of the State being present. The convention 1 will be in Session today, tomorrow und Saturday, genen I 11" 1 UngS being plan-! ncd lor 10 o'clock and z o clock each luay. Various committees will hoii sessions starting at ao o'clock each evening In rooms of the Joseph .Sioitii 1 Memorial budding. j. Edward Xayior, commercial agent of the bureau, said that, irom Inror-mation Inror-mation at hand, Interest in tho many Important problems to be discussed at iho convention was great Oil over th-state, th-state, and tliut he anticipated the presentation pre-sentation oi the venous BttUjects would be clearly mid forcibly made-While made-While ihe slogan 01 the convention Is 'i '.Square lor the Farmer, " Mr. Taylor saul that tho keynote througiioul the sessions would be "Cooperation,1 "Co-operation,1 not of the kind that computes com-putes results in dollars and cents, but tbo scekir.g of. that spirit 01 mutual helpfulness that seeks to unite every' agency und force with a view to the benefit of nil dircctlv concerned. IMKl.t i ni;s w ILL m i 1 . A meeting of th" board of directors at 9 o'clock preceded tho opening of the convention proper; at lu o'clock. Vice President IJ. Iv Beal was in the chair tins morhlhg, and the program opened with the annual address of the president, i. p. McKay, of rluntsville, I At 11 JO o'clock the delegates meti St the Hotel L'tati for luncheon, when Apostle A tt . ivins. president 01 the board or trustees of the rtah Agricultural Agri-cultural college was to deliver on address ad-dress on "Co-operation." 10.1l.in1 1 1. 1. t'ltOGR ls The committee meetings to be held in the V'arlOUS i'OOine .i the Joseph F Smith memorial building at 7:oi' o cloLk to iight follow 1 Financje 1 ominittee Koom 20, H B, jLcck, cha.riuaii, i f-manclal Policy tor Coming Year," H. IS. Beck. "Commercial "Com-mercial Activities." J. Fdward Taylor. Tay-lor. General discussion. j Legislative committee, room 14 Ed I South wick, chairman. "Income Tax and ihe Farmer' Mr. South wick; i"Grades and Stand.ards lor Farm Products," Prod-ucts," D. F. Smith, manager Growers' .exchange. Salt Lake. Dairy committee, room 17 O- D. Merrcli, c'lali n:a .1. ' .Marketing Conditions Con-ditions a. id 1 rod 11 .-." L. 11. Suit j Lake; "Oanners and Iho Farmer," H L. Heniiigtie . 1... fu.ser Utah Canning company, Ogden. Cereal coi imlttee, John F. P.urton, chairman, room 10 "Marketing Outlook Out-look for Grain Crop,- B, 1. Stack, Ug-den; Ug-den; "Growers' Attitude Toward Grain 1 Crops," A. R. Capener, Garland. I Sugar beet .committee. D. N. Bcal, I chairman, room 33: ""Work Accom-; Accom-; pllshed." James K. Beus, Hooper, 1 "Tho Forest Service uiu! the Stock-lm;in," Stock-lm;in," D. N. Beal, , Ephralm. Sheep and wool committee, J. It. White, chairman, room 21 "Marl;.' t'utlook for Wool and Sheep," Dr. F.I lit. Marshall, secretary National Wool-j growers' association; "Wool Marketing Methods," Clyde v. Lindsay, igden. I Swine committee, A. K. Leo, chair-1 man, room 22 "Producing Fork l"n- dor Utah Conditions," J. Brannan, g-: den Packing conipu-.iy. Ogden; ''Finished ''Fin-ished Pork Versus Feeder Hog," J. AV. ileus, Brlgham City. Irrigation und drainage committee, J. P. Welsh, ohalrman, room 24 "Developing "De-veloping Irrigation by Water Sources." G. F. McGonagle, state engineer. Salt Lake, "Water Conservation by Itei..--cstutlon," C- H. Mors?, district forester, for-ester, United States forest service, Ogden; Og-den; "The Future of Draleage," K. 1-; Caldwell. drainage engineer, Salt Lake. Home section, Mrs. F A. Barnes, presiding, room 11 Ten-iulnutc summaries sum-maries ol" organization and project work in tho following counties: Sajt !uke. Mrs- Mary Hamilton. Davis, Mrs. Kose II. ICnowlton; Weber, Mrs. E. A. Barnes, Suiiiniilt. Mrs. Kli::aheth Stonebreakr-r , Box Elder. Mrs. K V. Call; Millard. Mrs H. G. Ottley. ' Woman's Wo-man's Civic (Voter Association," Mrs. C. H MacMahon and Mrs. George M Burton, Salt Lake A telegram to the bureau from Governor Gov-ernor D. W. Davis ofaldaho oxjiresses his keen regret that the session of the legislature prevents his attending tlx-Utah tlx-Utah meeting. The executive, how- ever, will telegraph his sentiments and the message Will be read at tho sessions ses-sions today. , j. ... r 1 111 1 mil, 1 -r-.umj 1.1 |