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Show I x ANNOUNCEMENT I OF ELECTION OF I : RAYJ. WEST B r Announcement of the election of M Hay B. West, C. E professor of Ag- H rlcultural Enplneerlng at tlio Utah M Agricultural College, as Director of H tli" School or Agricultural Engineer- M Ing has Just been made by President H E. a. Peterson. Professor West is H I u groduato of Cornoll University. His H J practical engineering experience Is H varied and uxtenslve. 111a. special H study qf tlio engineering problems H peculiar to tlio farm nnd the rural B community (Its lilm particularly well H to bead the School of Agricultural En- H gincorlng which emphasizes 'most B tlioso phases of engineering which H liavo to do with tlio development and H growth of our country districts. H In dcllnln,; Agricultural "Engineer- H ing Professor West said: H "Agricultural Engineering Is largely H ( tho adaption of civil, mechanical, and H , architectural engineering to tho pro- B blcms of agriculture. It is truo, how. B over, that new branches of agrlcultur- H ni engineering nro being developed H i and extended, As now generally re- i cognized, agricultural engineering consists of the following seven branches: bran-ches: Irrigation and DraInage, Farm Muchlnory, Hural Archltecturo, Rural Hoods, Ilural Sanitation, Farm Survey ing, Manufacture of Agricultural Products," When asked to explain tho slgnltlc-anco slgnltlc-anco of theso various branches, Pro-fossor Pro-fossor West said: "Our best authorities recognize that an increase in tho area of agricultural agricultur-al land in tho U. S. must como through tho reclamation of now worthless worth-less areas either by Irrigation or by drainage. This quostlon compiled with that of tho economic distribution distribu-tion and uso of Irrigation water, makes this phaso of agricultural engineering en-gineering work of vital importance throughout tho West. Farm surveys which have been mado show that tho farmch's Incomo varies almost directly with tho investment In Farm Machinery. The lnilucuco of tho increasing uso of farm machinery machin-ery on farm labor, has always boon beneficial. It has relieved tho laborer of much drudgery; made his work and his hours of scrvlco shorter, stimulated stim-ulated his mental faculties, given an oqulllbrlm of effort to mind and bod, mado tho laborer more efficient worker, work-er, a broader man and a bettor citizen. citi-zen. It is estimated that tho available avail-able horsepower usod In agriculture Is twenty million horsepower or nearly equal to the power used In the manufacturing manu-facturing and mining Industries combined. com-bined. Tho Importance of this subject Justifies tho careful attention of farmers farm-ers to most economical farm power and tho proper caro of farm machinery. machin-ery. In tho production of livestock and Uvcstock'products tho mechanical and constructional features are Important factors. Tho cfllclency of farm labor depends directly on tho convenience of arrangement and tho character of tho building and equipment, f Livestock Live-stock cannot bo oxpectcd to da well uuloss quartered In comfortablo and sanitary buildings; also tho quality of many of tho livestock products, such as milk, depends directly upon tho sanitation of farm buildings, thus Influencing tho health jt all of tho people Thoro Is also abundance ol ovldcnco to show that, notwithstanding notwithstand-ing tho gonorally favorablo conditions which provall in rural communities conductlvo to good health and longlv-Ity, longlv-Ity, tho health conditions in tho country coun-try nro not as good aB in well regulated regul-ated cities. Ono can sco then tho Importance Im-portance of moro study along tho lines of rural sanitation. Ilural roads arc n vital factor in tho social and economic condition of rami ra-mi llfo, and havo a direct bearing upon up-on tho cost of production and dlstrl button of agricultural products. Tholr Importance aro bolng moro fully ro- I cognized each year. It is estimated that tho annual expenditure for roads will aggregate two hundred million dollars. Positions for Highway engineers en-gineers aro very difficult) fill on account ac-count of lack of trained men for this lino of work. Many of tho manufacturing proccs-, proccs-, scs involved in tho preparing of agrl cultural products for tho .market can not bo separated from tho farm, and must bo carried on in conjunction with tho agricultural work. The manufacture of dairy products, and more recently tho home canning of fruits and vegetables for tho market processes, though removed from tho farm, as for Instance our sugar beet factories, aro yot closely related to agriculture and should bo better understood. un-derstood. All of theso problems of rural llfo demand men trained to solvo them, and to meet this demand of modern agricultural advancement, tho Collogo has organized tho School of Agricultural Agricul-tural Engineering, designed to enable men to solvo all but the most technical techni-cal engineering problems of an entire rural community." i |