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Show COURSE FOR WAT- M ERMASPERS 1 ATSU.C. 1 A special Intensive short courao Bflfl for watci masters will bo given at Bl tho Utah Agricultural Codegi from BB lMmiary 9 to 21, account to an BBa announcement Just mndo 'iv Prof '. BBl W. Israclsen of tho dop;ii-:munt if BBl Itrlgatlon nnd drainage. This course BBl will aim to put tho watcrjiastor U BB cioco touch with tho mojt improved ABJ irrigation practice It will tmuicdlftto- BB ly follow tho big Farmers Hound-Up- ?' BB and Housekeepers Conference vl.l'Tt BB will bo held uT'tho college tram Fob"-1 BB tinry 2 to 7, thus making it pnsalbfu BBl for tho wnturmasters to u'Uml both. BB Tho program, ns being forjiitlated ' BBl vlll include lecturos nnd demonstrn- Bl tions by Professor Isuolsen, head of BJ the department of irrigation an' BB drnluago, Professor L. M. Wlnu . ex BH tension expert in Irrigation, l'rui. BB Rny 11. West, director of tin scho; of ngrlcultural engineering and lie- BH eianlc Aits, Professor Wm. Petorni-i BH load of tho dcparlmont of gooUKy BB and stato geologist, Dr. D. 3. Jiih BH tilugs. In chnrgo of soli survoy, Uta'i BH Experiment station, Dr.,F. S. ITdirlr, BH d'rector of tho Utah, Kxp?rlmor,t stn- BH t.ou, Prof. W. W. Henderson, head iC HB tl o department "of ontomulo,)' ill. HB M C. Merrill, horticulturist, Dr. II. BH II. IliORsard, professor of farm man- BB pgoment, Dr. Qcorgo R. Hill, dlrcc- BB tor of tho school of agrl:ni.'i,:!, BB Prof. cQorgo Stowart, agronomist, Hi Mi. McBrldo, federal export In lirl- Hfl Cntlon and Mr. Fife, assistant In li- HJ ligation. HJ Professor IsraeTseiT'lias Iss'i'l li'ii HJ following statement concoru.'rfi the HJ HJ "Tho watormaster, moro ilmn any HJ other porson, has opportunity to HJ stimulate improvement In Vni','h ir- HJ ligation practice. Water co mrlsstou- HJ oib nnd Irrigation and canal company HJ prcsld7nts and directors also have a HJ gicat lufllucnco on irrlgaton, Pri1- HJ blcms which havo long contioiHeJ HJ water masters, water commlsslonorH, HJ and Irrigation company officers havo' HJ in recent yeuis becomo Increasingly HJ complex. Ab n result, tho number HJ of questions concerning these- prob- Jmfr HJ loins which aro received by tho Agrl- HI cultural College Is rapidly lncreaa- ; lng. It Is ficqueutly very difficult .C'Hl to nnswor clearly theso questlona by 2 lottcr. Moreover .much letter writ, lng is an oxpenstvelmcans of impart?-:. BJ lng Information. TUoa'o' condltlonsw j BJ Iinvo dovolopod u necisalty for spc-'V'yK, BJ clal. Instruction for water masters. ' W&m - Personal convorsation with a great " HJ number of water musters and with HJ presldcntii'nnd boarduf directors of . HJ irrigation companies Ulaajpfurthcr t HJ proved that thcio oxltss a real need KI5J for instruction in irrigation cspcclnl- S ly designed for thoso men. In o- 8?s bponso to thcBo needH on November tifk 30, 1918, tho special courso was an- km nounced and February 10, 1919, "SI Just after tho FarmcrH' Round-Up, Jjfij was selected as tho date for It to bo- , fla gin. The Influenza epidemic during .T the ye3r 1918 mado it necossary to ivi" abandon tho Round-Up, and also tho F special courso for wntormasters. Proa- 3i$L pects for tho year 1920 aro, however, t&W MbT vory favorable Never beforo has 7jSi thoro been grcator public lntorest In ' lirlgatlon, and tho Agricultural Col- gifi i lego has novor boforo beon bcUor , proparod to glvo tho Instruction op which Is so necessary. Tho croatu "tfSk of Irrigation knowledgo will bo glv- ,WJ en In this two weeks' course." '9 -HJ |
