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Show Need For Seed Analysts Urgent Serve a Basic Industry and Train For a Permanent Job jifter The War. Commissioner Tracy R. Welling of the Utah State Department of Agriculture today announced the scheduling of a school for the training of interested young men and young women in the technic of seed testing. The course is scheduled for June 26th to 30th at the State Seed Laboratory, State Capitol Building, Salt Lake City, in cooperation co-operation with the Utah State Agricultural College. The last three days of instruction, laboratory labora-tory and field work will be at the Agronomy Department, Bureau Bu-reau of Plant Industry Building, Logan. Mr. Welling pointed out that there is an acute shortage of trained seed analysts in the nation na-tion at the present time, that young people who are interested in an occupation with good pay and permanent work would do well to investigate the possibilities possibili-ties of seed analyzing as a profession. pro-fession. Anyone with a high school education and interested in Agriculture would have no difficulty in mastering the course offered. Many positions are now available avail-able in Federal and State Seed Laboratories as official seed analysts. ana-lysts. Many positions are going unfilled as commercial seed analysts ana-lysts with the seed industry of the country. It is possible that private instruction in-struction could be arranged for persnos interested in becoming acquainted with seed testing work. Further details can be secured by writing or calling Mr. Victor P. Rasmussen, Supervisor of Seed Improvement for the Utah State Department of Agriculture, 414 State Capitol Building. |