Show PRACTICAL A al WORK IN THE agricultural department agricultural studies should ment the needs and demands of tho the corn com M questions of practical im inu banco should bo be studied and those questions that are of value and help in improving the condition of the community as a whole ind ad which when solved will aid the individual in being able to succeed in hi hil his work and render to the community more and better ser service service is that for which we should train the student of agriculture as well as those who pursue other studies stud iea agricultural work should be coop co op in its n nature by which the student comes very largely in personal contact with the farmers themselves in their every day work the students should go direct to the holds fields and study the soils the preparation of the seed beds the time for planting the proper culture the proper harvesting hai hat vesting and marketing of crops etc they should go right into the dairy herd and with the assistance si of a pair of scales and a babcock tester find exactly what every cow is doing whether she makes profit profits for the owner or consumes the profits made by the other cows cowa this the carbon county high school is trying to accomplish several experiments are now under way and many more m ore are planned 0 and some few have already matured under the climatic conditions which prevail here it is a question whether dry farming can be practiced or not the one big factor is precipitation no experiments have efa been obtained by any one in this county that give any definite information on this question the agricultural department has seen the ned need of knowin knowing Lr the annual precipitation not only for agricultural purposes alone but from the point of home seekers and settlers who want to know the condition of this region before coming hare to make then homes they must know something of the climate and is one important factor so the department purchased awo wo asin amps and ie Is now at work obtaining obtain rig records which are in duplicate hence avoiding errors as much as possible along with no records of rainfall we find no records of temperature minni mum and maximum andino and no records of 0 clear and cloudy days direction of the winds etc experiment menta along these lines are now being conducted by the department and it is working in connection with the U S weather bureau of salt lake city these theme results when completed will be of wonderful value to the people the department sets up a hot bed each spring and demonstrates to the community at large the value of the same several thousands of plants are started in these hot beds which are later distributed to the people of the community who have garden spots different varieties are handled with the purpose in view of deciding upon the best variety for this section of the country there are several orchards in and around price city several of these are pruned each year by the boys of the department thus making their work practical as us well ell as benefiting the owners the corbon county high school is new now and the surrounding grounds were completely barren until last year when the boys of th agrical tural department planted a lawn which now covers part of the grounds nearest the building the plot is in good condition at the present time considerable work has bar be beun n lone done along the lines of testing the soil by means of test tubes to determine its nature and borings to determine its depth at different places the department further cooper co oper ates with the community eom in holding farmers meetings al at the high school where live discussions arc are carried on pertaining to needs and conditions of this community other work of a practical nature is being carried on and many experiments of different kinds aro are being planned for the future ba M 0 M |