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Show GRADUATE SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE. Hack nt Columbus Ohio, there Is In progress a summer school In agriculture agricul-ture and animal Indjstr) that admits only regular graduates to Its courses and even thej graduates mliet bear ft special recommendation from some agricultural college Utah Is represented repre-sented In the school by Prof L A Merrill, Mer-rill, asronomlst at tho Agricultural College of Utah This State Is fortunate In having imongst the Instructors nt Iti agricultural agricul-tural college a joung and progressive agriculturist who Is disposed to devote the time, money and energy necessary to thus better fit himself to Instruct tha jouth of the Stute lhera are sevent)-one students enrolled en-rolled In tho achonl tome of whom act In tho capaclt) of Instructors In their various specialties The teaching force Is made up of the best men In tho country In the particular lines of Investigation In-vestigation In which the) aro 1ml rested rest-ed The methods results and Import ance of pltnt breeding nnd production, the production nutrition and Judgment of cattle, and the stud) of soils ore the lending topics About one-fouith of the Instructors nre from thc Desart-ment Desart-ment of Agriculture nnd they not only give to the students tho Vults of their Investigation but show apparatus that they use and Illustrate by maps charts nnd lantern slides such objects ns cannot can-not be brought before a class, nnd best of nil, they Indicate what lines of work shnuld be taken up and offer suggestions sugges-tions how to do It In dairying live nnlmals of various breeds arc brought right Into the room and discussed nnd senred by several experts1 at a time Some of these animals are shipped considerable con-siderable distances for this purpose, while others are brought In from neir-by neir-by herds An Important feature nf the schonl Is that It brings together the workers In similar lines nnd given oppnrtunlty for exchange of Ideas and a personal acquaintance thnt had previously been only by reputation, as well as the formation for-mation of new acquaintances The Hchool seems sure In become an Important Im-portant feature of our agricultural ays-tern ays-tern of education nnl too much credit can scarcely be given to the one who first conceived of Its Inception The men hero In attendance will carry to all parts of the country thc fruits of the labors of our best Investigators and In time Impart the practlcnl Ideas to the farming class of their own communities. communi-ties. , |