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Show DUTCH ENVOY NOW IN UTAH Foreign Government Repreientatlve Studying Agricultural Conditions In Tnli Valley r ' r Last Saturdny O. B. Dussel, agricultural agri-cultural superintendent of a half dozen doz-en of the Dutch West India Islands, began a three or four weeks residence In Logan. Mr. Dussel was met by President John A. Wldtsoe of the U. A. C. and conducted on an Inspection In-spection tour of the college buildings and accessories. Ho whs delighted with what he saw and was very el- fuslvo In expressing his admiration for this country and whnt hag been done here. He showed profound astonishment as-tonishment when told that forty-five '' years ago, this valley was a wl'der- ness of sage brush afnd desolation. ; He considers the change to present conditions nothing short of nutrvel-ous. nutrvel-ous. Ogden canyon which he visited before taking the tran to Logan, he regards as a wonder of wild beauty and scenery. To Study Agriculture i The object of the visit to Utah of this ofTlclal from beyond the "seas Is to ".gather Information about the agricultural ag-ricultural methods In vogue In this state, the crops grown and ho,w to handlo them, Irrigation and kindred I activities. Parts of tho Islands over I which he has Jurisdiction nave a low summer rainfall necessitating Irrigation Irriga-tion cr dry farm treatment. When asked why he chose th's part of the world as ti field for his Investigation lie replied that ho kaew of Dr. Wldtsoe Wldt-soe before he loft Holland for the Islands. "Dr. WldtBoe you know," ha ox- p'alned, '"is known all over the world." After meeting the head of X the A. C. In person. He enthusiastic- ZZf RMy pronounced the latter a very fine and able man. I Will Make An Exhaustive Study I Mr. Dussejl has secured quarters I In Logan and litis arranged for a long I stop. Under tho dlrectloi of Dr. I Wldtsoe ho will mako a detailed and I exhaustive study of scientific farm- I mg as It Is taught at tho big Logan I school and applied in parts nearby I and throughout tho stato. President I Widtsoa will accompany him o trips 1 through districts whero tho "various phases of agricultural business aro I t being practiced. I ' Utah the Mecca For 8tudentt I In Farming I Surely our stato Is becoming the il hiecpa for official representatives qf 'I other ,gvernments and other persons ' I Interested In tho study of up to date I methods and their scientific appltca- I tldi to the various, agricultural pur-, I suTfs For the first of last week I brought a visit from tho Director of Agrlctilturo of Bombay, India,, -and I now the envoyof the West India gov-I gov-I enment honors us with a prolonged I stay. , |