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Show Who talked Hard Common Sense to the Farmers and House-Keepers House-Keepers Assembled at the Agricultural College during the two weeks. His talk was full of practical Suggestions for js Utah Building, Two Weeks of Utah Uplift x UJWDE'R DI'RECTO'R L. A. ME'R'RILL. OF EJTTEffSIOSf VIVISIOJV THE A. C. 'ROUJfO-UT AfV COff- FE"REJVCE HAVE HECOME CREAT STATE FACTO'RS x Tho Annual Formcis' Roundup nud Hcusckcepers' Conference of tho Agricultural Agri-cultural College, Is the climax ot tho woik of tho Intension Division. All the spenkcis, charts, equipment and Illustrative tnuteiial used in Institute work wns brought to tho College and placed at tho tlispostl of thoso who hno the Roundup and Conference Confer-ence In charge. ThaLthW feature of the College woik has grown Is shown by n comparison of the' enrollment now with that of a few ycats ago. Mr, Stephen Iloswell of Ncphl, who Is In attendance nt tills Roundup, recalled the time only n few jenrs ago when Mr. Win. A. Reeve of Millard County and hlmrclf were the only mcmbcis registering for the Roundup. Np.v, he is ono out ot 350 in attendance. This increase in enrollment -at tho Collcgo typifies tho Increaco In attendance at-tendance nt tho various Institutes and schools held throughout tho state. I'rof. L. A. Merrill, director ot tho Extension work reports that on n recent re-cent tour through Central and South-en South-en Utah, occupying twenty-three days moro than nineteen thousand men and women wcro brought under tho Inllucnco ct tho Collcgo. Thcso people peo-ple attended fifcm ono to four meetings, meet-ings, viewed tho exhibits nnd took part It tho demonstrations. Two moio paitles leao net week for southeastern Utnh, nnd by tho middle mid-dle of March ovciy county In the stato lll have been visited nnd talks given In practically every town in tho Stale Tho tnlks and demonstrations demonstra-tions arc of n ery practical nature, and Jesuit often in bringing out the experience of many In tho audience. Tho discussions are always legarded as tho most profitable part qf the session, for hero tho man whoso spec lal problem hns not been dwelt upon hns a clinncc to bilng It up. At the Roundup nud Conference nil tho meetings and discussions have been ot a most Informal nature. Tho speaker was frequently interrupted with questions nnd they wcro always satisfactorily answered. It Is doubtful doubt-ful If there has ever been two weeks In this state when so much Information Informa-tion of a practical nature has been disseminated. HmMHQHHHHQ VRESIDEJ1T JOHJt A. W1VTSOE M Of the Utah Agricultural College. The Administration of H the College, under. President Widtsoc, has had one ideal: jH ocrvicc to the People. jH |