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Show i 'ers iii Till I aiiia hump II H The Farmers' Round-UP and S Housekeepers' Convention which is I being held this week in Mount Pleas- f ant under the direction of John T Caine of the Agricultural College i.- ; one of the most valuable courses ot instruction the farmers of this sec- j tion have received for years. It sur- I passes the one held here last sea-Bon. sea-Bon. The farmers have given a good moral support to the course art1 appreciate ap-preciate the new methods of farming given by the educators. Experienced men in the various lines of farming were here and lec-J lec-J tured to the farmers on subjects , which are of the most vital concern 7 I to the farmer of today. M,! W. H. Olin, Agricultural Commis sioner for the D. & R. G. R. R. of Sa!; Denver spoke of crops, potato grow th ing and marketing farm products, ti. He gave an illustrated lecture Ou D: "Babies on the Farm" and how to Qa Interest children on the farm. I J. C. Weelon, Consulting Engineer t of the Utah-Idaho Sugar Compam ' 11 lectured on Irrigation and Draniagf 'Adt and strongly advocted the draining of water-logged land. He related ex I i ' periences of the farmers of Bear Ri fle: ver valley stating that the cost o: draining their land was from $12 to $15 per acre. In his talk he ad vocalic vocal-ic i ed the economical use of water, stat-f stat-f ling that good crops can Toe grown 'k.l with Q fn 1 nrrp lTlphpQ of wrf)ter. Some farmers have though that it w-as necessary to use 40 or n ore rj' acre inches. He says that he us- od i ing of a large amount of watei er I leaches out he soil fertility and leaves 'l the land in a very poor condition for crop production. George Stewart of the Agricultural Agricul-tural College spoke of Soil Fertility, Rotation of Crops and Sugar Beet I culture. Ben R. Elderedge of the Dairy Di- vision of the U. S. Department of Agriculture compared the dairy business busi-ness of Utah to that of Wisconsin I and Minn. He was very much in favor of getting a good blood among the dairy cattle and feed and care for them well. As the price of feed and land is lower in Utah than in the east it was his opinion that much better profits could be obtained by the farmer here than the eastern man realizes. E. B. Brossar, who has been work-(''- ing along the line of farm manage 1 ment and taking a survey of the re- f cords of several hundred Utah farms, gave a report of the year's business ' of many of the farmers With these Biurveys he was ame w ec ou." of the best methods of farming done In the state. On an average the large farms with deversified business has proven that the best profits are gained gain-ed from the livestock department. From the records it is learned that Utah farmers lead 17 other states In farm management. In all the sections sec-tions where records were taken there were only four places that exceed the Hyde Park section in Cache va-ley. va-ley. The farmers of that valley grow sugar beets, engage in dry farming and dairying. These are the principle prin-ciple factors in the farmer's income. Sanpete valley has the same oppui-tunities oppui-tunities as Cache valley. J. W. Paxman of the Extension Division Di-vision of the College took up the sub-, sub-, ject of Dry Farming treating it along. economical management in the uti- - lizing of horsepower and men by planning a year'ahead. He spoke oi Dry Farming in this section and encouraged en-couraged the farmers to get the land ' under cultivation in this valley. The subject treated by Dr. H. J. Fredrick was the care of livestock so as to prevent disease. He urged the farmers to get a veterinarian in case an animal was diseased and put much emphasis upon care in buying buy-ing animals that may be infected. |