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Show A MODEL FARM IS E LEASED BT THE B II. A, C, & l 1 K I i " ifelfi With plans all complete fur the H leasing of thu Crouqutst fnrm to fB seru ah a practice, farm tor federal ' 1 students in agrlciiltutc, the Utah Ag- -,1 rlcultunU College will become proba- jH bl) the greaten training center for H ngrlcuturlsts under tho federal rehab ll ilitntiou act In tho western United H The college has just leased this H farm of two hundred and nine acres H located In North Logan; Just a mllo IH north of the college campus. Tho H federal government through tho col- H lego, Is bearing all expenses connect- 1 cd with the work. During thu com- ,H Ing kcIihoI year thu government will , H send mneral hundred young men iH wuundod or Injured othcrwlso dur- H lng tho world war to. secure special H rehabilitation work In agriculture. fl Theso young men will come laigely fl fiom tho western stntus. H Tho opportunity presented to give '1 practical training in agriculture un- ilj"t this arrangement, Is unparalleled The federal students will havo n. M their command nil ot the extensive laboratory, class room and farm fa-- J clitics already part of the college. plant and In addition they will bu !1 ablo to secure tho necessary practl- , .Tl cal lnformuttoniwhlch can be obtalu,- ' ' ed best on a going farm. . Tho Cronqulst farm will bo known l during the. continuance of thu rehab- H llltatlon work an tho U, A. C. Cron- . M qulst Practice Farm. - It l probably -a '1 as choice an acreage as exists In west- - H em America, Gently sloping to (ho ' west It affords ideal Irrigation op-' (fll portunlty for alfalfa, sugar beets, po- 1 tatocs, peas, corn, etc. There u M abundant excellent hay land as part l of tho farm, H With the farm will bu maintained M a commercial unit of beef cattle, 100 H hi ad or more, a dulrty herd, hogs and poultry, bees, In addition to which " hoitlcultuial and bush rrult practice 1 will be available for tho men, T!!l tialnlng wll be arnuiged so that tho B men will rotate In groups, from ono M farm cntorpriso to another. Exten- slve instruction Is to bo avalable in H soil tillage for tho dllferent crops, lr- B rigatiou practice, seeding, caro of tho H growing crops, seed selection and B disease treatment, Insect ana disease B control by sptays, rotation and crop H selection, plant breeding, dairy farm practlco, cattlu and hog feeding and jH bleeding, cow testing, tuttet ana jH cheese manufacturing, norso breed B Ing and management and range man- lH ngeinout or cattle. BWI The college has made arrange- .N ments for tho federal government tp fflK purchase, as needed, Improved and Sffijffi modern mtichtiiury fol all processes, SJgJtt nnd nrrnngeiiieuts have been made lHs for the Installation or udeiiuuto fix- tJH tuns such as weirs, flumes, barn 9fl fixtures, hog houses, etc., as those fl may bu needed. BZs Tho farm is to bo run pn a strictly jfflp business basis, tho students being in- EJ coroprnted Into tho operations with- Afij$ out hindrance. It is planned to mako ' iBC 1 he farm a centiu- wneru periodically '53V the moBt sui-cosrul tarmers cH tho tHfi test will met with tho atudents and iEH .llHi-UHs the methods by which thoy 'wM have achieved BUCcess. -.3M The now form wjll be tlto first S9B thing or Its kind attempted tn tho 91 western states. l'$3 |