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Show AGRICULTURAL I COLLEGE NEWS Dr. Harris Returns Dr. Frank S. Harris roturncd yes- H tcrdny from the frost bitten region H of northern Utah. Ho brings tho en- H couraglng news that tho frost did not H do so great damaga as was at first reported. Tho localities losing so H much as hnlf'of their crop, ho says H aro very small, whllo other larger H districts received very little damage Had It not been for tho frost, ho H says tho crop yield would havo more than equaled any previous year In quantity. H Chimes Are Here Tho 12000 set of chimes which tho ; classes of 1914-15 presented to tho H college havo arrived, In good condl- ;H tlon. Tholr Installation will tako liiH place lu tho near futuro and towns- JbbbbbI pcoplo may soon havo tho privilege lLLI of hearing some of tho a'rs, which It liaLfl Is said, can bo played on them. H Dr. Evans Begins Campaigns Dr, II. J. Evans Is conducting a calmpalgu among tho farmers of the H stuto In an effort to convince them of H tho dangers liable to result from H alow-'ng certain weeds to get a foot- JbbbV hold lu their localities. Two of theso ObbbbbI pests which havo not done damage ILH so far, but which havo nwful possl- SbLH bllltlcs, nro tho Canada thistle and lLfl ch'cory. Doth theso pests aro grow- JbbbV lug qulto modestly along tho streets lvH of Logan; and both havo been of A-JbbbbI great harm to districts In which thoy V-UH havo gained a start. Dr. Evans !H thinks tho first seeds hnvo got Into ' jH this region during tho last-few years jH In pnekages of Imported crop seeds. lH The thing to do Is to keep them down. Prof. H. J. Webb of tho Extension H Division has shown Logan pcoplo H how this can bo done, having taken a scytho and mowed tho pests from about two miles of canal bank thru tho northoastcru part of town. tH Russian Delegation &Lbbb! A delegation of Russian Agrlcultur- MB Ists aro visiting tho collcgo today IJjbbbb! Thy nro observing also tho expert- flLI mental work bolng carried on In jH Utah's efficient station located at tho Ibbbbbb! collcgo. They oxpect to carry tho bbbbbbV Information gathered, back to their LLbbbI natlvo land for tho purpose of devel- jLLfl oping tho great agricultural posslbll- jH (ties of that region. Ll |