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Show Big Encampment Ready For Opening The program for the sixth annual farmers' encampment to be held on the campus of the Utah Agricultural college July 19 to 22 is practically complete, according to an announcement announce-ment made from the office of the ex-j ex-j tension service, under whose auspices auspi-ces this farm fete is conducted. With an unusual list of speakers, exceptional excep-tional demonstrations, special exhibits, ex-hibits, numerous group games, horse j shoe pitching contests, baseball, push ball, movies, swimming, community I singing and numerous other attrac-' attrac-' tions, and with the special feature of having the entire event filmed by the U. S. department of agriculture for nation-wide distribution, the extension ex-tension service is confident that the sixth encampment will easily surpass sur-pass in attractive; features any of its predecessors. During the encampment the Utah State Farm bureau will conduct twice daily a special leadership training train-ing school in which officers of both the national and state farm bureau organizations will participate. The regular quarterly directors' meeting of the farm bureau will be held on the forenoon of July 22. Representatives Repre-sentatives of the Utah Poultry Producers' Pro-ducers' Co-operative Marketing association as-sociation will be present throughout the encampment to attend the poultry poul-try departmental meetings, held twice daily, at which Dr. Davis of Petaluma, California, will be ' the principal speaker. The Utah Hol-stein-Friesian association will hold a special meeting on the college campus cam-pus Tuesday, July 20th. The entertainment features of this year's encampment promise to be more attractive than those of any other year, since a special effort is being made to provide games, sports, movies and other attractions with an appeal to every member of the farm being made for the great play hour which has been so successful in the past as to- have attracted national attention. at-tention. This event, to be repeated every evening, will: have a prominent promi-nent place in the moving picture" to" be made of the encampment. The extension service is urging farmers to bring .their own camping outfits, if possible. For those who have no camping outfits, tents will be provided at a nominal rental fee. There are only about 150 of these tents, however, and these cannot be expected to go far by way of meeting meet-ing the demand for accommodations. Women and children are also being urged to bring their own bathing suits, if they expect to enjoy the swimming pool in the college gymnasium.. |