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Show OFFICIAL FROM INDIA VISITS Utah Considered Headquaters of Ex- pert Knowledge In Dry Farming Last week' tho Agricultural Collego received a visit from n very distinguished distin-guished inmii In tho person of George Keatlngs, dlrectcr of agriculture of Bombay, India, a country of tremeu-dous tremeu-dous agricultural importijiice, having a population of about 150,000,000. Mr. Keatlngs Is 0)11 11 year's leave of absence and Is touring the world, having for his object tho d.scovery of what Is best In tho way of methods, meth-ods, practlea and cops with a vlow of recommending the same for his country as far t3 It Is adapted to them. This Indian official came direct to Utah from New York to look nto the matter of dry farming, as Utah Is considered the headquarters of expert knowledge In dry farming In America. Ameri-ca. If there uas nny doubt about this In tho mind of tue gentleman bo-fore, bo-fore, It was conflrmsd by his reading Dr. Wldtsoo'B book on that subject. A Roundup of Dry Farms After an automobile tr p through' pnrts of Salt Lake county, Mr. Keatlngs- came to Logan where he was met by President Wldtsoe of the Agricultural Ag-ricultural Collego and whisked off In nn automobile for a rouudup of the dry farming situation of Cache and adjjctit counties. Tho gentleman remained a guest of President Wldt-soe's Wldt-soe's several days during which tlmo ho Inspected the Collego buildings, grounds, tho horse and cattlo bortis, poultry houses, the experimental farm and other accessories of the Institution. Institu-tion. Ho was much surprised and pleased with the ndvuncecd status of the agricultural conditions nnd ot the Utnh school. However, he was somewhat In doubt ns to whether tho methods used hero were altogether applicable to tho bo'1 conditions of his country, although al-though there aro vast areas In India with low rainfall ns In Utah. In tho past drought htK caused tremendous suffering from famine In that lnfid. Studying Irrigation and Sugar, Too Other phases of farming that he sought to lennn about were tho sugar industrial and Irrigation. Ho became thoroughly famllr with cond'tlons , hove In every line In which he va3 Interested. Beforo coming to Utnh he visited European countries. Upon lenvlns this stato ho went to California to mako a further study of Irrigation. Ho will return homo by tho westward j route, visiting Hawaii, Japan and Chi- I na. Mr. Keatlngs is accompanied by his wlfo. I |