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Show EMERY COUNTY MAKES EXCELLENT " SHOWING ATTHE LOGAN ROUNDUP C.rri H.iiilt ii. , TIip Htin I.OGAN, Feb. 1. Alxuit the most unique feature of the roundup round-up being held here Is the morning work being done by the attendants at-tendants in the lalxiratories and class rooms where each does individual indi-vidual work and is free to ask any questions at any time. Here is a list of attendants at each class which shows how opular the work is. Veterinary practices, 109; grain and potato diseases, iV.); automobiles, :!(); poultry, .'(5; blacksmithlng, 20; buttermak-ing, buttermak-ing, 11 ; race betterment, !I0; greenhouse, !!(); methods of teaching home economics, ft!; domestic science and arts, 215; house decoration. decora-tion. IU. Mrs. Ueniietta Calvin of the United States bureau of education Mid the first woman to be appointed by the government to investigate investi-gate the teaching of home economics, was a speaker at the college on Thursday. She emphasized the fact that women spend DO per cent of the income of the family, hencu should have some education educa-tion in home economics. Carl It. Marcusen of Price outlined to the farmer an admirable plan by which country and city banks should accommodate themselves them-selves to the needs of the farmer. According to his idea a bank should furnish reading and writing rooms and market rcxrls for its clients arid should also be headquarters for the county agent. Frank It. Stevens of Salt Iako City told the farmers that before be-fore they could expect credit from banks they must keep their accounts accurately and show the earnings from the farm for a number of years. Any woman whose house plants are not a success should send to the college greenhouse for N. I.. Hansen's bulletin on growing plants. It gives all the necessary information in a compact form mid will be Kent to anvone free of eharire. The state wide exhibit of arts and crafts at the college are attracting at-tracting much attention Among the most remarkable of the exhibits ex-hibits is a silk curtain which was giown, spun and woven in Logan. Also a linen sample which was grown, spun, woven apd worked in Cache Valley. A Norwegian woman is exhibiting several beautiful beauti-ful handwoven rugs, ami there is a great amount of hand made lace and tatting from all parts of the state. Among the ladies who are exhibiting excellent work are Mary Hansen of Emery, Mrs. J. Elmer Sessions of Heber, Mrs. L. A. Oll-phant Oll-phant of Orangeville, and Mrs. Lucy Htiaghln of Tobar, Nov. Ope little girl, Miss Katherine Kofford tf Castle Dale, aged Kl years, lias a fine exhibition of handmade lace, and Miss Kofford took prizes on this work at the recent Cnrlwn-Emery fair at Price. The boys' and girls' clubs sweepstakes champions of the state of Utah, Ray Smith (Sugar House) of Salt Utko City, who cleared two lui nil red twenty-seven dollars from ono acre of strawberries, and Miss Uernlco Roberts of Clearfield, Davis county, who excelled in fruit and vegetable canning, breadmaking and floyyer gardening, garden-ing, are iu attendance at the roundup. |