| Show STUDENT LIFE “one way to irrigate” “Say Hiram did you know that some of them horticultural experimenters were talking about crossing the strawberry with the milk- weei so’s to have strawberries and cream r - “No but I read the other day of a bugologist who was trying to with lightnin tross Honey-bee- s could work so at night” they bugs “Pshaw! that’s nothin’” put in the Kansas man “why out in Kansas they plant potatoes and onions in alternate rows and that makes the eyes of the potatoes water so they don’t need no C’ Hollinger 1 57 principles of agricultural science will be overthrown On Feb 1 Prof Hiitt went to Brigham City where in conjunction with members of the state board of horticulture he held meetings with the farmers encouraging them to organize a “Fruit-groweAssociation” for the promotion of the fruit industry in that section Meetings were also held at Willard The benefits from such an organization can scarcely be estimated and the there will surely take up the question rs fruit-growe- rs irrigation” — D The last lesson in Pomology was devoted to practical demonstrations on the methods of grafting A few days prior to this the class dealt with the subject of pruning taking up Prof Hutt’s late bulletin (No 83) and studying it in detail The class in Agricultural Chemistry recently devoted several recitations to Bulletin No 22 of the Bureau of Soils on “The Chemistry of the Soil as Related to Crop Production” This bulletin is written by Prof Whitney and it has been the subject of a great amount of adverse comment in this and forProf Whitney ateign countries tempts to prove that the fertility of the soil will be maintained indefinitely without the addition of fertilizers provided the soil receives good cultivation and a proper rotation of crops If his views are correct some of the most fundamental Engineering Notes Volume XI of the Proceedings of the Society for the Promotion of Engineering is fresh from the press This society composed of America’s foremost engineers held its 1903 meeting at Niagara Falls The meeting lasted for three days Reports of the different committees were heard and papers read by the members prominent among whom were: Arthur Williston Director Department of Science Pratt Institute Francis Caldwell Professsor of Electrical Engineering Ohio State University Wm F Franklin Professor of Physics Lehigh Robert Fletcher Professor of Civil Engineering Dartmouth and H Wade Hibbard Professor of Mechanical Engineering Cornell At a meeting of the Engineering Society January 21 Mr Crawford |
