Show railroad boosts state resources notification was received at the utah offices of the salt lake route thia this week that the dark clark railroads have employed prof louis A merrill to act in the capac ty of agricultural expert th a new nem departure on the part of the salt lake route brings about a aruch closer on between that company and the state of utah along the lines of development work bince the retirement of prof mer rill from the ex axtens tenson on department of the utah agricultural college there has been a great deal of speculation ai afa to his future field of endeavor and although negotiations between him and the official Ciali of thi bait balt lake route haie hase been carried on for some time no direct inkling of the present outcome has been made pub lie until this official announcement of hia his appo during the sixteen years that professor merrill was identified with the educational institutions of the state he laid a magnificent dounda t on tor for the carrying carryings out of the var ous development ideas in which the salt lake route is particularly in te rested it mas was at nephi on the lines of this railroad that the famous ex pen peri ments in dry farming abed by professor Iro fessor merrill and dr widtsoe first showed the way where by thousands of acres of utah s un productive territory might ie be b t trans rans formed into a great and prolific sec see tion af our western granary much jeal of the development f in led ui ul on bir professor merrills s experiments at nephi has been in territory tributary to the dark clark roads and ea h year yea K professor merrill as head of the ex tension department of the utah ag ri cultural college has been the prom nent factor in the operations of the demonstration trains which the sat salt lake route has hag sent to eveia por t on of its territory |