Show J J tiblished Meekly by the Students of the Utah Agricul t lira I College VOLUME IX LOO AX UTAH EIUDAY NUMBER 22 MARCH 17 1011 AGGIES WIN DECISION Aggies Win a Decided Victory Over the U of U Debaters Last Saturday Night in a Most Interesting Debate Last Saturday night the A irie debating team won a two to one decision over the U of V team in one of the must interesting debates ever heard in an intercollegiate league in Utah From the opening speech to the closing rebuttal there was not an unin teresting moment not a moment when the audience was not held A most absorbed enthusiastic crowd attended the debate composed of both students and townspeople and filling the large assembly hall completely The question debated was: Resolved that the Federal Gov eminent should establish a graduated income tax constitutionality conceded The U of II upholding the afwas firmative of the question represented by Mr Fife Mr Gardner and Mr Stokes while the A C upholding the nega tivc was represented by Mr Welch Mr Cornish and Mr Wooley was chairman of the debate and after reading the question to be de- Attorney Crockett bated and reading the instructions to the judges lie introduced Mr Fife as first speaker for the affirmative Mr Fife in a most clear dis cussion defined the question stated the clash of opinion and then gave the propositions upon which the affirmative would base their case — First that the present Federal system of taxation Sewas unsound and unjust cond that the income tax was a injust tax and Third that the come tax was a practicable tax and could be put into successful Mr Fife then went operation on to show that the present tariff was essentially bad and that a different sort of tax was needed Mr Welch was the first speak er for the negative lie accepted in part the definition of the (Continued on page three) SPRING ATHLETICS BASE BALL BEGINS With Most of the Old Men Back and Many New Ones to Pick From— Prospects Are Good Tin baseball season has again emu lound and it is certainly very welcome judging from tie number of men who have made knowm their intention to participate in the game this year We nave a number of men who conn wit’n good reputations and these i:i connection W’itli our last baseball “A” men make an efficient bunch to pick from Gut of last year's team there are eight of the nine men back These eight are Forsey Maugham Woodland Egbert Crookston Lawrence Christensen and Gill We look to Forsey and Christensen to do most of the pitching and it is expected that most of the others will land their old poGood weather has set sitions in and from now on the prospective men can be found out duors doing diligent work The atldei ic editor together with other members of the stall' wishes all sea-nan'- A H Hart ’97 (See Page Six) DR WIDTSOES BOOK ON DRY FARMING recent publication of of small amounts of irrigation President Widtsoe 's book on dry water in the sod and its retention until such ime as it is needed by farming has filled a long-fel- t want on the part of agricultural the growing plantThis may he acinvestigators in the Arid West complished through the methods for a comprehensive treatise on of soil cultivation If the soil is this subject The hook will also be properly prepared to receive the equally welcomed by the actual precipitation which falls upon it it may thus penetrate to great farmers According to I)r Widtsoe over depths in the soil ami then b fifty per cent of the earth's sur pioper methods of cultivation face receives an annual rainfall this water may he retained in the of less than 20 inches and must soil by forming a thick mulch oi therefore be reclaimedif reclaim- earth on the Mirface which pro ed at all by the methods advo- vents the evaporation of the wa cated by Dr Widtsoe in his ter until the time when the water is demanded hv the plant hook The great importance of the The theoretical basis of dry in is thus presented problems discussed by the book farming and its timely appearance are simple yet logical manner The the men success TRACK SEASON Various other important ques-t'rn- s thus manifest Dry farming is derelated to dry farming ar fined as farming under an annual rainfall of 20 inches or less Sue also thoroughly discussed such as eessful dry farming is possible the kind of crops to he grown where the annual rainfall varies upon dry fanning land the ‘nafrom 10 to 20 inches The vari- ture and chemical composition of ous factors which go to make sue dry fanning soils the methods eessful dry farming such as the of maintaining the soil fertility e nature of the soil summer fallow- of dry fanning areas The impor-tnnesoil fertility the of ing depth of plowing time of The is thoroughly discussed plowing and planting etc nr of summer falimportance thoroughly and ably discussed Basin According to Dr Widtsoe tlm lowing in the Great fundamental problems underly- section of the country is on Page Eight) ing (lry farming are the storage cmpli-(Continue- s d Prospects Are Bright in This Activity Also Besides baseball comes track work in the spring and hero all the fellows find a chance to show whether they can go hack to the farm and run fast enough to cliUM down the chickens in the yard or the horses on the range Many start in believing this can he accomplished and think that inside of one month they can run the 100 yard dash in 10 Hat or the mile in 4:4$ And just because at the end of the month quite this goo! they can’t d and bethey feel discouraged However there are some who are worse than the quitters namely thoo who go out only for two or three nights or probably a wick This huimli decides that it’s more fun to “queen” or to loaf on the lawns and hence give up all come “quitters” |