| Show at experiment STATION advantages offered for obtaining a practical education in conversation with mr W H brown one of the board of trustees oi the utah college and ex Deri ment station we gained soma valuable information in regard to institution which may be of interest lc the an act of congress passed 2 gives every state aud territory having an annually for the purpose of maintaining a department of agricultural research in connection with such college but utah not having an agricultural college was unable to take of this appropriation till in 1888 when the utah legislation appropriated I 1 for the erection of an agricultural college the city of logan cache county donated acres of land for a site and the building waa at once commenced in the again appropriated for a cLenn caI abrat orv for a farm house 1 ajo for laborers cottages and 2500 for stock tools etc these appropriations together with the annually received from tho government baa enabled the board of trustees to complete the south win ef the collece building and make other necessary nece seary improvements prove ments and at present the college will accommodate students A corps of elucie nt teachers have been engaged for the various departments and the institution offers all the advantages of a first class college to our young people who are seeking an education abe course of studies embraces german french elocution grammar rhetoric english literature drawing mathe matics mechanical and civil engineer ine botany chemistry physics physiology geology mi neology zoology en toia political economy civil gov froment frn ment etc there is also a business course and a preparatory department in connection with the collece col leee one ad vantage this institution possesses that should not be losic sight of is the ix station where students can observe the results of scientific ln owl edge practically applied he will have an opportunity of working in wood and iron and other metal with the best tools and under the direction ot practical educated mechanics should he so desire he can study the physiology f plants and di seaBea and the for them the rotation of crops and the best advantages obtained the capacity of now aeda plants and trees for acclimatization in our Teni tory analysis of fertilizers and their deflects on the var boua methods of irrigation etc the agricultural experimental department is in constant communication with eina ilar institutions all over the country and the results obtained at ix taken advantage of by all and the most ad danced knowledge in agriculture arid mechanism id thus available to the student the ladies who may attend have advantages as the domestic arti arc taught by competent lady teachers eliere is no tuition charged except an sd mission fee of 5 and board can ba obtained at a cost of cot more than 3 a week either at the college boarding or from fam aliea there is another feature connected with the institution that is certain to be pro of good to our territory billt ins are every three or oftener giving reports of experiments made with crops treatment and feeding of animals nd all the various opera binns of the experiment station cheso reports will be sent to farr aera if they will forward their names to the dent and we understand the college is desirous de dirous of obtaining of any new vanecy of grain fruit etc or any information that may bo of use in the investigation of the subjects within its tha several experimental stations throughout tho united states are leathering such information and dieserud inatius it through the bulletins before mentioned alius com oilin a vast mount of useful information and alaci ing it before all our citizens engaged in agriculture horticulture etc ane in so far as at present appointed ire jeremiah W sanborn president and of agriculture everett S horticulture and botana william P cutter chemistry A abbie L domestic economy jacob B mechanical engineering henry L eberett Ey erett englise aud modern lan john caine jr preparatory department alonza A mills assistant agriculture mrs sarah goodwin music |
