Show STUDENT LIFE 34 many of its members elected as possible Dead-lock- s wen numerous and could be broken onlj by “dark horses” entering the race The following officers were elected: President A C Nebeker Vice President John Tuttle Secretary It It West Treasurer Charles Parley Custodian Itichard Bal-lanty- ne It is the policy of the society to have the practical engineers of the State lecture before them during the year and thus keep them acquainted with the principal engineering work of the day That the society will be a success this year is evident for not only are the otticers able leaders but the members themselves are some of the most enthusiastic and energetic students in the college Agricultural Much interest is manifested by visitors to the barm these days in the digestion experiment which is being carried on with sheep The digestibility of beet pulp sugar beet molasses and different cuttings of alfalfa is being determined Cards giving the pedigree date of birth and animals at the barn weights of the pure-bre-d have been placed in the stalls Students in other departments of the College will be welcome at the barns and they will see animals there unequalled in excellence anywhere in the west The of corn recently received from a manufacturing house in Chicago are exhibited in the class room used by the Department of Agronomy Thirty-fiv- e samples are in the collection and they are exceedingly interesting showing as they do the possibilities by-produ- cts of the king of forage crops Members of the Agricultural faculty have been interesting themselves in the work of the Farmer’s Institutes in Cache County during the past few' weeks This duty added to the regular class and Experiment Station work has been rather burdensome to the members of the faculty engaged but the interest manifested at the meetings held is evidence of the fact that this is not the least important branch of instructional work of the department On Monday the 14th inst Director Widtsoe and Professors Merrill Ilutt and Ball left for a ten days Farmer’s Institute trip in the central and southern part of the State Professor Dryden is af present working on a bulletin that will be of great value to poultry men throughout the country Poultry feeding for profit will be discussed and a somewhat new' and unique subject treated viz the raising of pedigreed layers from the greatest egg producing birds Professor Dryden lias obtained some records for egg production that surpass all known records on this continent Professor Ilutt is conducting some interesting experiments to find out the best fall treatment of orchards for this latitude For this purpose the Station orcliard has been divided into three parts one of which received no tillage the second w as roughly ploughed and the third ploughed and irrigated Test borings were made to ascertain the moisture content of the three plats Moisture determinations will also be made in the spring to show the value of each method in conserving soil moisture It is expected that results of considerable value to Utah Horticulture will be obtained from these experiments W'IN'TER IN' AGRICULTURE One very valuable feature of our College work is the winter school in agriculture This is of inestimable value to the farmers who have not had the advantages of a college training Lectures will be given on the underlying principles of practical agriculture including field crops animal husbandry and horticulture It is to be hoped that a large number of farmers will during the winter season come to the College and take advantage of this course After the ball is over After the field is clear What have you done with my eyebrow And w here is the rest of my ear? Teacher: — Bobby what is the largest known diamond? Bobby:— The ace |