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J r a fAI c EGYPTIAN FARMERS VISIT l HOMES IN KAMAS KlIMAS VALLEY KAMAS KAMAS- Eight Egyptian farmers st stayed Thursday night and Friday morn mom Ing with families In Kamas where they studied agricultural tices Uces The group Is touring the United States on the Farmer to Farmer Exchange program sponsored by Farmers and World Affairs Utah Farmers Union under the presidency prest dency of Douglas Simpson made schedule arrangements for the group during their stay in Utah The group expressed their feelings feel ings about the Kamas area and people as being very friendly and hospitable They were Interested In tn breeding of cattle and farm or or- They said there Isn't a great deal of difference in our our country and theirs They have a alot alot alot lot of cattle and raise many of the same crops Of special Interest was the irrigation ir procedures They explained explained ex ex- that a 1 dam Is' Is being built on the Nile NUe River to keep the water from going to the sea From this storage they will be beable beable able to water many acres of I ground I FIFTY CENTS A DAY In an interview with the men they said they have six million I acres of cultivated land and a aI anI another an- an I other 2 million that can be watered wa wa- wa by this new source Their population is thirty million Each farmer owns acres of ground On this ground they have about one thousand people working About 4 servants are in each home Labor LaborIs Is very cheap averaging averaging ing lag 50 cents a It day on the farm farmand farmand farmand and a little more for working Inthe in inthe inthe the home Three members of the group were farmer members of National Assembly These men had to be I elected by at least people Also in the group were one physician cian clan 2 lawyers and the others l were agriculture engineers Mr Ahmed Ehsan a a. poultry I man and dairyman stayed at the home of Mr and Mrs Edwin Ure I I He lie was especially interested In I observing American organizations at work Particularly those within I the agricultural field fjeld and found the f farm rm machinery Interesting I dairy set setups He was also Interested in the inside of the home as well as outside He I wanted to help the people In this I country understand his people and their culture Mr and Mrs Ure said it was wasa a wonderful experience having him as their guest and felt that they had gained more than they were able t to give in return He represented his country in a wonderful won won- way they said Mr Youssef M. M Kolta stayed at atthe atthe atthe the Guy Fitzgerald home He found the poultry farm very in This was the only place he had seen machines to to clean and dry the eggs He was the only Christian of the group the others being Moslems While they were on the plane they were served ham Mr Kolta Kolt jokingly said it was up to him to tell fell them if they were eating pork So Kolta had quite a feast on the ham of the group i Dr Sayed Radwan Naga stayed at i the Gerald Young home homes The Youngs were pleased to have him and gained much from his presence In thelt 1 Tho first night they took him out to the sheep camp where they had sup sup- per He found the machinery In Inthe Inthe Inthe the hayfields the cattle and irrigation irrigation gation very Interesting He is well wen educated and spoke four lang languages langges German French English Eng Eng- fish lish and Egyptian BUFFALO MILK Mr and Mrs MIs Tom Simpson hosted Mr A. A E. E R R. R H. H Mr owns 45 acres lie He was particularly interested in the planting of ot potatoes and in AmerIca Amer Amer- I leas lea's agricultural machinery He lie Heis lieis is b a graduate from the School of Law at the University of Cairo He Ue brought th the Simpsons Simpson's gifts from Egypt They enjoyed him very much and felt it was a fine e education for tor them and their chil dren They found of special Int interest inter inter- r. r est was the fact tact that they do their plowing with oxen and milk mUk I their buffalo Mr Ibrahim I ry stayed with the Marvell sons lIe He has a acre farm He lie is a farm leader and holds a bachelor of science degree In Jn agri culture He Ire serves Jn Sn the National Assembly of or othe the Ills His chief intents are in cattle breeding and the raising of f poultry and of cf corn I I J Mr l and Mrs Glenn Gibbons J I had as their guest Mr Mahoud MahOUt Abdel Baki an agricultural veer peer lIe He was impressed with the cattle on the Gibbons farm He lie I 1 said many things here are simi lar to their country COUl Even Evell the women in his country like to stay slim like lUte the American women he said The Gibbons felt it was wasa a distinct privilege to have him stay tay at their hone y i Mr Hamed A. A Mahoud stayed with Mr and Mrs Douglas Simp son Mr Mahmoud raises I. I both citrus clime and cotton colton on his acre OS-acre Farm fann He lie also produces wheat They are ore the parents of two sons and two daughters He lie holds bachelor of law taw degree from Cairo University and is engaged in the practice of ot or this profession Mr and Mrs Simpson went on to Vernal with the group taking two of their cars to provide tation They took the group to the Flaming Gorge Dam dinosaur dinosaur dino quarries and saw a rodeo cf especially Dec presented for the visit visit- ing Egyptians They stayed Saturday Saturday Sat SAG night in Vernal then went wenton on with the group to Pric Price Mr T T r Mohamed EU EI stayed with Mr and Mrs Dale Leavitt Mr is a farm leader He lie is a graduate of the School where he earned his diploma In agriculture He Ho found the Grey Orey River Lumber Co very interesting The Leavitts like like I the other families were very impressed im Jm pressed and happy to have their guest Mr Harold B B. B Howard of New NewYork NewYork NewYork York was the field guide He toured the United States with the group Mr and Mrs Harry Con over of Ferron exchange farmers farm ers erg to Egypt last year toured through Utah with them |