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Show CcolISsto tre livestogkmen Value c-f the improvement or range and forage conditions to the livestock industry and the need for watershed protection were emphasized in adtl-Leses adtl-Leses made at the third bennial field day, which opened Tuesday at tha Great Basin experiment station, located lo-cated near Hphraim. Activities wero under ihe direction of G. L. Forsling, in charge of the station. A caravan of automobiles carrying 150 stockmen, state and federal work ers and others interested in the work left Ephraim, Tuesday morning for the ?.periment station, where the conference was held. The importance of adequate feed for the spring and fall ranges to take care of livestock before summer ranges aire ready and after irrigated fields are left, was stressed by Ccn-grssiman Ccn-grssiman Don B. Colton in his talk. Among the visitors Tuesday were Congressman Colton, H. W. Harvey, 1. resident, and James Hooper, secretary, secre-tary, of the Utah State Woolgrowers' association; J. N. Mc Farland, president presid-ent of the Utah Cattle and Horuse-growers' Horuse-growers' association; Dan Jorgensen of Salina, J. C. Miller, president of ihe Manti Woolgrowers' association; David N. Beal, president of the Utah State Farm bureau; William Bailey of Nephi, Director William Peterson of the U. A. C. experiment station, District Forester R. H. Rutledge of Odgen, W. R.'Chapline and R. R. Hill of the forest service office in Washington, Wash-ington, D. C; members of the Ephraim Eph-raim irrigation board, and forest service representatives from Utah, Monitaiia and Colorado. Wednesday morning State Senator W. D. Candland, County Commissioner Commission-er John Gundersou, and Burke Mc Arthair, Publisher of the Pyramid, of Mt. Pleasant arrived at the Great Basin and attended the morniii,g meeting. Senator Candland took part in the discussions. It was the wUh of the livestock men present to have the federal government supervise the srazlnr, area of the public domain. |