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Show A Wise Selection. To tho Inter-Mountnln rarmer The professorship of animal husbandry nt tho Agricultural collcgo has been filled by tho election of Prof. II. W. Clark of Minnesota. Mr, Clnrk'o early life was spent on a. lnrgo Btock farm In Minnesota, He finished fin-ished tho agricultural courso In the school of agriculture, und later took out his degrco from the courso In agriculture agricul-ture In tho University of Minnesota. Mr. Clark did special work under Profs. Shaw and Harcker of Minnesota In the study of beefing and dairy breeds of cattle. Por one jcar ho was assistant In agriculture at the North Dakota Agricultural Ag-ricultural college, where he did exceptionally excep-tionally good work. He was In chargo of ono of tho sub-stations In Minnesota during the following year, nnd from there went to Alabama, whero ho has had charge of tho animal Industry work, Including dairying, during tho past four years He Is thoroughly practical In his Ideas, and his sound scientific! training train-ing will cnablo him to do good experimental experi-mental work. President Thach of the Alabama col-lego col-lego w rites of him: "Mr. Clark Is a man of sterling character, and Is In every way trustworthy. Ha Is careful and thorough, and knows his work." It Is Bald of Mr. Clark by one of his colleagues col-leagues In tho Alabama college that "he Is tho most popular man In the Institution, Institu-tion, for tho reason that hj has a way of getting along, not only with tho students, stu-dents, but with tho people with whom ho comes In contact," Recommendations from nil over the United States Indicato that In the selection selec-tion of a successor to Prof Llnfleld a worthy nnd efficient man has been secured. se-cured. Tho board of trustees is to be congratulated on the work of bringing together an Rblc agricultural faculty. Logan, Dec. 20, 1902. A. |