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Show MACHINERY EXHIBIT FOR L06AK COLLEGE Big Agricultural Institution Evolves Plan to Aid the Farmers. A unique featnro of agricultural education ed-ucation will be introduced at tho Utah Agricultural collogo next .week. It consists con-sists of an exhibition of farm implements imple-ments and machinery. The entire lower floor of the north wing of the enlarged mechanic arts building, comprising threo largo rooms, has been givon over for this purpose. Tho exhibit is under the immediato direction of Lo Grande Humphroys of tho farm mechanics dopartmont and will bo open to the public every day, except Sundays and legal holidays. Its purpose is to placo within reach of all farmers export information as to points in farm tools and machinery that ought to guide them in making purchasos. That tho entire floor spaco may be utilized to tho host advantage with tho most modern typos available, but few pieces of vory heavy or vory largo ma-chauery ma-chauery will bo givon placo. Howover, one Bteam thrasher, a mammoth tractor, and a largo cang plow already are on tho ground, the J. I. Caso company of Racine, Wis., having goncrously tendered ten-dered the use of theso during tho exhibit. ex-hibit. The tractor fills the double pur- Soso of propelling tho thrashor and rawing a largo gang plow. Other Contributors. Tho I'airbauks-Morso company also is among the contributors, giving the use of scales, stationarj' engines, motors, a hydraulic saw, windmills and a centrl-fical centrl-fical pump. A feature of the Fairbanks-Morse contribution will bo a farm electric lighting system, tho electricity elec-tricity for which is generated by a dynamo run by a "asoliuo engine. The Western Mollne plow peoplo lend plows, harrowB, grain drills, gar-don gar-don soeders and a binder. Local firms are not bohind those of tho east in catchincr the spirit of this enterprise. Tho Consolidated Wagon & Machine company of Salt Lako City and the Sidney Stevens ooncern of Og-den Og-den and other local Arms each will donate do-nate harvesting implements, seeders and various other piocos of agricultural agricul-tural machinery aa soon as tho exhibit opens. Mr. Humphreys feols that the courtesy of these business houses is very commendable, some of them go- Ing to Tflst trouble and. conBidernble oxpenso to accommodate tho college. ITor example, the J. I. Case people shipped their pieces from tho factory and delivered them at tho door of the mechanic arts building at a cost to them of about $300. All give tho use of machinery free of charge. Actual Demonstrations. Actual demonstrations "will be given on the college farm with such of theso implements as it is. practicable so to use, such as tho tractor, plows, harrows, dynamos, motors, etc. In tho caso of all pieces, tho good or bad points of each will bo discussed for the benefit of visiting farmers, with the object in view of educating them as to what they should look for and what they should avoid in buying a piooo of machinery. While this larm implement exhibit will be open to the public throughout tho yeart it of courso will be of great est service during the great agricultural agricul-tural college round-up in January and February, when hundreds of people will flock to Logan to take advantago of tho special courBea and activities agriculturally, agri-culturally, that tho colloge offers to tho public. 'Altogether this state institution institu-tion can be congratulated for being ablo to secure for the benefit of tho tillors of the soil this educative enterprise, enter-prise, and the mechanics arts department depart-ment and Mr. Humphreys Burely morit commendation. |