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Show CflOPERiTION OF FARMERS URGED Hard Surface vs. Dirt Roads Stirs Animated Discussion Dis-cussion SALT LAKE. Jan. S. Co-operation I m 'its different phase of vital co"c,cnrin. o agrlculturo. was the principal heme ror discussion ai the seas a of the I Stale Farm Bureau con-v. con-v. n.loa held at lh- Hotel Pun v.-sier-dav This- wa i ho subject omphJ-I omphJ-I sited at tho noon luncheon by W. vv. 1 Armstrong, president of the National j 1'oppcr bank. . -1 In lost night's committee meetings Of the eleven different sect ions Into 'which the malor work of the farm bureau is divided the need ot cooperation co-operation in the individual branches of agriculture was emphasized in tne detailed discussion of current problems. prob-lems. . M K Y M'l U-In U-In opening the morning session. President D. d McKay of Huntannlle culled the attentior nf the convention to tho recognition now accorded women wo-men by the state bureau and spoke of the eight counties where women B auxiliaries are- Id full operation. Professor Pro-fessor George B. Hendricks of the I'tah Agricultural college paid a trl-lnit" trl-lnit" to the eo-op.i atlon shown by the wr.m. n of the state In the movement low a id better home conditions on the ! farm RS urged the keeping of the farm homo budgets in order lo pro- I mote efficiency of expenditures in the home. Dr. Frank S Harris, director of the Ftah experimental station, emphasized empha-sized the need for research into meth ods of bettering farm conditions ana told of the value irrihe farmers of the extension work being done, urging a broadening of the scope and Influence Influ-ence of such undertakings. Miss Charlotte Char-lotte Dancy of the extension division of the college spoke on health subjects- A sympathetic and interesting address ad-dress by Governor Mabey. who spoke from the viewpoint of farmer, banker and state executive, opened the afternoon after-noon session of the bureau. After expressing his pleasure In seeing the farmers of I tab strengthen their organization or-ganization to secure not only their benefit, but in the Interest of the whole -tale, Mr. .Maboy said that it had been his observation that the products prod-ucts of the farmer were the last lo advance In price when the war was on and the tlrst to decline after lhe conflict was over. Dr. E G Peterson, president of the Utah Afrlcultural college, Logan, discussed dis-cussed the "Future of Agriculture," a subject that the speaker said he was by no means qualified to treat, inasmuch inas-much as no one knew anything about what the future of agrlcultu.. would be like and that predictions were rather rath-er out of place. Following the addressby Dr. Peterson Peter-son came the most lively part of the afternoons work President HcKaj called attention 10 the fact that at the session of Thursday afternoon former Governor Spry had discussed one phase of the road building Issue and he desired lo extend opportunity for presentation of another view. holds FOR DIR1 KO IDS. M. M Steele, road supervisor of Millard county, took the floor to explain ex-plain that, In his opinion, the state could not afford to neglect its dirt and gravel loads and devote all Us onergles and cash to the building of bard-surfaced highways. He pointed out that the graded dirt road could be constructed ai an expense of from $2 to MOO per mile and was available avail-able for service nearly all the year; the graveled road cost from J5oi)0 to $10.uu0 per mile and its upkeep was comparatively small." while the hard-surfaced hard-surfaced road cost from J30.000 to 140,000 per mile and tho interest on j the Investment would pay for the cost and upkeep of many miles of dirt roads. Animated discussion followed, in the course of which it was brought out thai the. majority of the farmers were heartily in favor of the h ud -surfaced roads. It being the experience of the agriculturists, as O. P. Burgeson of Cache county said, thin the har,-sur-faced roads were worth while all the y.-ar round, while ihe gravel and din roads were useless at the season of ,l" rear when lhe crous must be moved. President McKay asked tho indulgence indulg-ence of the convention to put in a me nara -surfaced roads 1 fl declared that If tho farmers "t ihe state kept book;! in anv i.i. ner rommensuni With tho "volume of their, buslr.ou , .vould bo qutcklv I M,mMfraUd concrete or bltullthic road- rfc.. hv far h I economical w he the saving of ttms and energy in the transportation of commodities uas compute.! D. D McKay, president of the bu-T bu-T -'- m night toJd the members of the sim ep U u0, t.ommltt,.,. j he results achieved in his district by the pest eradlcators. who w-r after the coyotes and other animals ol prey had proved beyond all doubt their ee" onomie necessity to the sheepman Iteoresentatives of the State H0..1 CUUural society voted unanimou"" their meeting to join with the litah Stats Parm Bureau as a coaimtttSfof that organization. Under ihl ,, agent rnZr horticulturists, the BM 1 u ' tin tho tain the entity of SrJSSSl ot the farm bureaT U 0 comme gg ORAJJOl s ,,,,, euuallzation appeared ? b.ard of ........ .,nf j,., 1 t,,.n . - m- of the proposed tax "ha Le MJKM,on be presented to he Zm. h W,M ' ts t legiila2re.C05in "?'on opinion 'hat the lnron!, ,Pre!wd ored apparently by many '.. fav" . would be pLSd V " f'irni-years f'irni-years until necessuTr T ,for tw he state conatiK ffi1" to the' farrn,' MSSS ' ' and rorn-- alfalfa seed XlTSSSKV of the rsan. explained ,ne creation lo the c ""fs ,,f that I Charles Tyng spoke 0n w,UU,t' anJ s market rneihod Th Wai"uaing committee noard Stephen HU,r bcet rector and tCs m , ff 've. dl- tduho su,u ""''f'he Ftah. market outlook tSTLfW on the Skinner nf the r,, ' Joseph F. Uureau. spoke of SS K-'rn production. coats of sugar |