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Show EXPERIMENTS WITH WALNUTS AT A.C. Tho department ot Horticulture ot tho Collego has begun a co-oporative test at Brigbam City to determine tho value of tho English Walnut" trees. It Is known that somo verities ot tho walnut aro as hardy as tho peach treo and will grow nnywhero -where peaches will grow. It is a very profitable pro-fitable crop and forms ono of tbo principal agricultural resources ot Oregon and California. It seems entirely en-tirely probablo that as a result of theso experiments tbo rnlflng of English En-glish walnuts rany becorao a part of tbo business ot tho Stato of Utah, It is thought that theso trees will servo both ns shado trees ns well as to develop tho caluablo walnut and if such can bo demonstrated to bo tho caso tho English walnut troo may bo seen to grace our highways instead ot the poplar as at tho present time, which however beautiful and deslr-ablo deslr-ablo as a shade treo performs no other function. Tho Agricultural Collego begins today to-day tho last lap ot tho year's work which has been so fruitful in a number of ways. Just now tho administration ad-ministration ot tho Collego is busy working out plans for next year and In completing arrangements for the summer school from Juno 10th to July Ju-ly 20th. A fenturo to bo emphasized this year in summer school is tho social so-cial sldo. Considerablo preparation is being mado for excursions and receptions recep-tions ot one kind and another. Tbo-excursions Tbo-excursions will Include visits to all points of interest In tho valloy and surrounding communities, fho nearness near-ness of' tho canyons to tho city and tho proximity ot grept dairy farms and especially tho government and stato Investigations now being conducted con-ducted at Greenville will mako this especially Interesting to students ot Agriculture. Tho classes in Chemis try aro planning a number ot visits to tho leading factories of tbo northern north-ern part ot tho stato, Including the sugar factory, tbo cement factory at Brlgham City and probably also visits to tbo Industries ot minor importance. |