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Show Psm over IilMlliG GIG Fi Krcr it to ix'iiirsK kitiikh V OF I'-VT KFFOItTS. Knir Miow Will Outdo llio Two KyciIou Undertaking Htookmen K-troKn Rttil Other HIiowlnR Orcnt flVXttrrrst In Dm Kvont. Re 6n had n talk tho past wook H Arthur J Ice, accrctary of tho Hrton Emeo 1-alr association, nntl Kg fcU elicited from that gentle iaVMa It Is a forrsono conclusion thnt K .ndtrUklng for noxt Heptcmbcr IK, Kup( by for tho two previous IKapUln this direction. Prominent VMdmrn. farmer nnd other of the K, counties most directly Interested j fl, ,ttowlng an unuiiunl Intercut and BKtdy r preparing exhlhlta. Hoc-I Hoc-I un' Iee I to correspondence with L Ytrt II Stewart, farm demonstrator IkwU "ro coun"w nJ now Rt I' liEa. They arn to get together In tho HErk and soon will ask In person and PjMKr and othcrwlso for co-opcrn- ra,c(iil cltltena nnd business men. Ha Ihl connection Tho Hun hcro- tVAia tfrti publicity to an article from K rotttelo (Ida ) Tribune, which It uljiti mont approprlato at tills 9Ku nd especially applicable to Car- Hmi nd Kmery counties. "All too K,i," say tho Tribune, "a county Klr 'haws only n collection of agrl- Kltartl products of mediocre quality til of Utile educational valuo. A tet.tr fair should bo a county affair, titild trlnit country people together 1 ttlmuUte Interest In better farm 1st better marketing and better rural nradltlons. Illggest pumpkins, blg- tttt beets, freak, eta, when tho fair U mide a museum, when bucking con imu, roundups, roping contests nnd (ha tike prevail, will not do this. IVm hove no effect upon tho Im- twtment of farming nnd upbuilding ef the country- Buch I the suggestion Unn In a statement on extension iwk riven by (he atatn agricultural eot1e The average country fair attempts im much, also, In the way of giving pruts and premiums. When prlic u offered for nlmost overy kind of top and animal, there la likely to bo i lack of real competition. Premiums fceutd bo restricted to a fuw well ttotn lines. I bono which aecm of rmtttt Importance to tho country tad hii should be encouraged tho mott. Homo linos would bo featured r tpedal premium. Ily thUH con-nntrttlng con-nntrttlng on u few lines, real competition com-petition will be secured nnd tho prize and premiums nvallAblo will go much ftrthtr They will bo really worth trrlBf for Instead of ao many amall rut pr(es, ribbons, or engraved "iard of merit'' may bo given. These mtyitlmulote greater competition and W chtrUhed more than cosh or special prlws. Pairs should feature such clauses It mi desirable to encourage In thn w-nty, especially live utock. Hut In Un live stock classes, emphasis should 'Placed upon type and real worth. "4 not merely upon breeds. We need ttr cows, better steers, better w . belter sheep nnd pigs, not or torletles. ltecorda of production would bn encouraged. The emphasis wild be placed upon what the cow and not upon her family tree. ouch lines of agricultural produe WB I ai corn, seed production, better Pat of market fruit, grain and hay. ?,' .,oU of ,lvo ,0k and poultry would be featured. There Is a ten- w 1lffrnt varieties of fruit and ard-n products, whercaa tetter mur-.11 mur-.11 J x"" wowlnir of only those varl-w varl-w demanded by the market should " 'ncournged, .It1? nou'1 li educational. -Money "a fort are wnated upon exhibits of y qullta, tidies, eta. of tho 187 tiJZ tumv cftkrH ntl l,lt,H' " ml? .omen Hhould be encouraged to e better homea. Therefore ex-h1 ex-h1 "f rnenlences for the farm ""'. i xhlblta that will show how fl health may lm Improtedj how ur bread should be mades methods ( homo canning of meat, fruit and wK "' ft" "hould be encouraged, "not are tho rural schools doing? "oe ,0 a reM ,,. 8Pnoo or '" whool In tho country: What iLi . oola doing to hold the u2i .folka ,n tn" country, to stlm-t. stlm-t. Interest In homekeeplng and Si, Kxhlblu of rural school -", to agriculture and home econ-'. econ-'. In boy and glrU plub work al-,,I al-,,I ' ""Ive a great deal of attention ,h"a wui'ty fair cannot do better , ,0 encourage this eort of work. u K c.nxxMy rlr hv been most lS" '"' 'n featuring some product for e unt- la gottlng known fair ,on or "overnl dayM of the )v J, u" ln tn countlea Potato I)v ",l!,cult D". Apple Day. l'ork i-tJ. ! havo fved to stimulate ,1,'V tott-rest In the fair and adver- torn . county u ft, " cu di rrVB roted pork, baked op-llk.ii op-llk.ii I)0,tte'. blsoulta and tho hw " a rr," or lw priced lun-"on lun-"on on these days. Other fairs hive hr 'urceaa of formers plonlcB, thi pt'0l,I trom the aamo part of fatlon? Rather ftnd have ioWU' A" uch efforta stlmuUte Interest In tho forming nnd country life of that county, make the fair a real country folr, n got together place for rural people. The average cotiniy fair can do much to Increase Interest In letter funning and letter rural life. Thu mero collecting of turnips, kTulns nnd carrots, tho giving of prliea for a fot hog, plates of red apples, and works of art. will not do this. We need real country fairs. I'UOr. H0I1KHT II. CTKWAUT IK IIOO.STINH FOH MCAI. bl.CTIO.N 1'ltICU. June :,--8lnce arriving home from Logun last evening. I am pleased to note so far as I hate bcn able to see In so short a while, that the crop down the valley look as good as they do. Judging from some of the fields of sufrr beets that I have seen, however. I fear some of the farmers far-mers are not cultivating them suffl-clently. suffl-clently. To Insure the best results, sugar beets uhould be cultivated of- t'TiT- .. . . Just us quickly as I possibly can I shall again pass through the whole of Kmery and Curlon counties noting the condition of the crops and follow-Ing follow-Ing up my co-operallvo work. If any questions havo arisen In the minds of any on their crops during my absence, I shall be more then glad to assist In Holvlng them If I con do so, If you will kindly notify me. Also. I would like an exprraslon from all os to whether or not we would like to hold a lar-merfc' lar-merfc' Day In each town again this year To Insure success it l ncc-ja-Jan' for a good crowd to Join In the irli. Ijiat year It was a success In most townswhile t.s ear It ;huM bo an Improvement over last. Ict us all be preporod when the dates are on-nounced on-nounced to join In the trip. Unless e boost lorally for our country we -not .oPo for others on, he out.de to DOOSl lor up. " -- - - mors Day. the county l ' ftlng 1H that la going to aid In .build-ing .build-ing up our country and making our homea better to live in. This is one way t" get the best Idea and method. f Jlltw III I n'u. to learn a lit-tie lit-tie new. about tho Utah gr cultural college, tho grand work which It Is doing, and the trip that the H our two counties. The Utah Agrlcu j-?ural j-?ural college Is doing wnrtuj work for tho people of the state ano Z or the Mat.. This cannot bo fully appreciated unless one makes a Is It to the Institution and """""'t worlc. The Institution might be term-Td term-Td only un lnfa.it Judging from It. youth in years, yet today It Is con.ld-e?ed con.ld-e?ed on. of the leading colleges In the United Btates. .'resident John A. Wliltao. and hta co-' straining every effort to hold the in stltutlnn In high repute, and to serte the people thu be.t they cun. They wish to serve thn people heart and soul. A fair number of students from Carbon and Emery countlea attended tho sgrlcultural college this last season sea-son and several are looked upon as being "A No, 1" students there. Much praise Is due the earnest students of Hmery and Carbon counties. Sixteen members of the extension division recently made a tour through Cache, Iloxeldv.r. W.titr, !als. Halt Lake and Utah countlea and examined many of the big problems of tho state from a practical viewpoint This waa probably one of the beat trips ever made by a body of etate workers In the history of tho state. The county agents have received much benefit from this trip and will be In a post-Hon post-Hon to better omIjU their counties, -arrylng the Information gained directly di-rectly to the people. Heapectfulty yours. HOUKHT II. 8TBWAUT, County Agriculturist of Carbon and Kmery Counties. Agent United mates Department of Agriculture. |