Show The theme for talk was the schools of the state and In connection connection tion lon with this was the several veral ex experiment ex- ex stations which the state has provided under the direction of the he Agricultural college of the state state- and due to these experimental stations the science of agriculture t las has s been revolutionized and the practical farmer who relied more moreon on oil lii his muscle muscle- than his brain has been relegated and andin In his stead has come the modern farmer who ts h-ts adopted the most approved methods b b. b bJ scientific farming with the re result result re- re sult suit that agriculture in Utah Is on ona ona ona a high plane Due to the the fact the experiment stations have enabled Utah to make wonderful progress progress In the science of farming and with the Agric Agricultural college overseeing the stations stations' as the fountain head Utah has has' n no oc occasion occasion oc- oc casion to take a Jack back seat when It comes to tilling of the soil and In Inthe Inthe inthe the quality quality- and quantity which the acreage of the state under cultivation tion lon produces ESTABLISHED IN 1903 As I remE remember it was In 1903 that the legislature of the state made the necessary appropriations for the establishment of six experimental expel l- l mental farms In different dry farmIng farming farm- farm ing sections of the state located at different altitudes and upon n soils of ot different texture and character for the purpose of demonstrating by actual experimentation the t Lest st methods of handling the soils and what crops we were re best adapted to dry farming The stations were n n reality schools and while the pupils pupils pupils pu pu- pu- pu pils were w re not ot directly hous housed d and seated In buildings their Instruction instruction tion ion came to them In the way of Jf Bulletins and in meetings and visits by experts SInce the original s x stations were opened and established established others have ha been added As said these experimental stations sta sta- tiona are under the direct control of the Agricultural college which institutIon teaches teaches settlers settlers th the many things they should know lenow regarding farming arming in the arid region HI i tory of the Agricultural college proper has been detailed In these these- stories but in addition to the college At Logan Logan Logan Lo Lo- Lo- Lo gan there Is a branch a at Cedar al Cedar City and to maintain proper balance be between between be- be tween rural and urban life it has I be De been en deemed urgent at present that the state f Utah look well to the Interest t of country districts To this end the branch ranch agricultural college college college col col- col- col lege of Utah Is established In south in-south- south southern em ern Ut Utah h. h TAKEN OVER IN 1913 This Is the slogan of the branch agricultural college which is Is' Is located at Cedar City As I 1 remember the college was established In 1898 as asa asa asa a branch school a branch of the University of Utah and for fifteen years it was managed and controlled as such and iz In hi the year 1913 the legislature changed the normal school into the branch agricultural agri agri- cultural college and d provided that th tho state should maintain the same same under the direction and control and management of f the board o of trustees trustees trustees trus trus- tees of the tho Agricultural college of Utah which was authorized to offer offer offer of of- fer only such courses of study th therein as are permitted by law tobe tobe to tobe be given In the Agricultural college The land upon which the college ege stands was was conveyed to the state unconditionally n The change of the school from a I branch normal to a branch agrIcultural agricultural agricultural tural college was deemed for the best Interests of the state and in order to meet the needs of the country No Normal mal training however remained re an act active ve department In Inthe Inthe inthe the Institution because with Its ru rural rural rural ru- ru ral point of view the school is admirably admirably admirably ad ad- equipped to train teachers fo for service In country and rural schools The institution Is divided into eight branches which represent represent z sent the chief avenues avenues avenues' of activity In southern Utah They are agriculture agriculture agriculture agri agri- culture of course home economics general arts and sciences mechanic arts business and social science English normal training and music mu mu- sic For the school year 1925 1924 the attendance was Observed and Not Noted d. d i io No o one is more foore more interested in settlement set set- work than the representative tive of a collection agency One way of showing your belief In physical culture is to let your wife do doall dall all the work about the house The Tho woman who can can make one dollar do the work of three knows what a well developed figure Is ls' ls J. 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