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Show Full week of activity to observe Agriculture Week atB.Y.u. m ....... '..tl i iHontifi. ivities. as woll i II You can't keep 'em down on the farm during Agriculture Week March 24-31 at Brigham Young University. They'll be all over campus. Displays, contests, special events and a symposium will complement comple-ment the week's theme, "Agriculture: Everybody's Every-body's Business." And in the middle of all the university activities, some 800 Utah Future Farms of America will be holding their state convention. con-vention. "The week will give agriculture students a chance to communicate with the rest of the university," univer-sity," siad Dr. Max V, Wallentine, associate dean of the College of Biological and Agricultural Agricult-ural Sciences. "It's to give the students in agriculture a chance to tell their story the way they will need to when they get out on the iob." The week's activities and displays will deal with all facets of agriculture-soil, agriculture-soil, plants, animals, machinery, products and sconomics. They will be climaxed by the symposium, symposi-um, sponsored by the Ezra Taft Benson Agriculture Agricul-ture and Food Institute. A number of experts in different dif-ferent fields will speak at sessions from 9 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. Thursday (Mar. 30). The symposium will be followed at 6 p.m. by an awards banquet. Dr John C. Malecheck, professor of range science at Utah State University, will talk about "Animal Production on Range-lands" Range-lands" at 9 a.m. At 10, Dr. C. O. Chichester, vice president of the Nutrition Foundation in New York City, will speak on "Nutritional Technology". Techno-logy". At 11 a.m. Dr. Parker F. Pratt, professor of soil science at the University of California, Riverside, will talk about "Environmental Effects of Agricultural Production-The Production-The Nitrogen Dilemma." He is also president of the Soil Science Society of America. Roland M. Cannon, president of U & I Inc., will speak at 1 p.m. His lecture is titled: "Just Whose Business is Agriculture?" Agri-culture?" At 2 D.m., David H. Stroud, president presi-dent of the National Live-" stock and Meat Board, Chicago, will speak on "Nutrition 1894-The New Order and Its Implications for Animal Agriculture." The symposium will be in the Varsity Theater of the Wilkinson Center and is open to the public. There is no charge. Some of the week's displays dis-plays are scheduled Tues. through Fri. (Mar. 28-31). These include a display on home spinning and weaving weav-ing (11 a.m.-l p.m.); Oink and Squealer, the talking frozen pigs (11 a.m.-l p.m.); the baby animal petting booth (10 a.m. -2 p.m.); and the Supermarket Computer Game (11 a.m. -2 p.m.) in which participants can assume the role of supermarket super-market manager and learn whether they would be successful. Tues. and Wed. only, there will be displays on soil, water, seeds, weed control, fertilizers, drip irrigation systems (that can be used by home gardeners as well as farmers), farm-ers), and grain crops of the world. Thurs. and Fri., the displays will focus on . fruits and vegestables, gardening, making a compost com-post pile, and making corsages (2-4 p.m. only). The week's activities also will include a number of contests open to all students. These are: -Livestock Judging, 3 p.m. Friday (Mar. 24), Animal Science Laboratory Labora-tory (2230 N. Canyon Road, Provo); -Dairy Cattle Judging, 10 a.m. Saturday (March 25), BYU farm (800 East 8800 South, southeast of Spanish Fork); -Poultry Judging, 2:30 p.m. Monday (March 27), Poultry Laboratory (across the street from the Animal Science Laboratory); -Meats contest (Contestants (Con-testants will evaluate the quality of meats), 4 p.m. Monday, Animal Science Laboratory; Pre-Vet demonstration demonstra-tion (for those interested in veterinary science), noon Tuesday (March 28) in the mall between the Martin Building and the Clyde Building; A Ladies lamb lead . class, 11:30 a.m. Wed-: nesday (March 29), West Patio of the Wilkinson Center; -"Little International" fitting and showing (Contestants (Con-testants will groom and show animals as they would in competition for prizes, noon Wednesday, West Patio of the Wilkinson Wilkin-son Center; Cow-milking contest, 1 p.m. Wednesday, West Patio; -Range plant identification identifi-cation contest, Step-down Lounge, Wilkinson Center, 10 a.m. Tuesday and 4 p.m. Wednesday. Those wishing to enter the livestock contests can do so at the Animal Science Department office, 375 Widtsoe Building Build-ing or can call BYU ext. 4294. Those interested in the plant identification contest can enter at the office of the Botany and Range Science Department, Depart-ment, 401 Widtsoe, Building, Build-ing, or call ext. 2582. Scholarships and awards will be given to outstanding students at the Thursday night banquet. ban-quet. There will also be a five-screen, multi-medial show after the banquet. Produced by Stauffer Chemical Company, it deals , with the farmer's "Utilization and management manage-ment of our national soil resource," said Dr. Laren R. Robison, chairman of the Department of Agronomy Agro-nomy and Horticulture, ture. Tickets for the banquet are $4 and may be obtained obtain-ed at the college offices, 301 Widtsoe Building. The Utah FFA convention conven-tion will take place Tues. and Wed. (March 28-29) in the Wilkinson Center. The Future Farmers will be displaying their skills in different leadership act- ivities, as well as lean,- J new ones. The ors! Uon's national Ken Johnson tSn&Sjf doches, Texas, will s'fl and top organs with scholarshin. ?! awards. H'. |