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Show ' geography, natural resources of Utah, ) history of Utah settlement, land value nod agricultural production, bonu stead lawn and reclamation art In Utah, t'tnh Boils, principles of Irrigu- tion and dry fariulug. Irrigation law, cereal crops and farm crops In Utah, horticultural products, Inttect pest a ad their extermination, plant. disease, animal husbandry, horse breeding, poultry Industry, bee Industry, trana-portutkm trana-portutkm facilities and educational fa- ctjltles. NEW COLLEGE COURSE. A new course Is announced by the Utah Agricultural College which la a departure in educational methods. This is the so-called "Colonist' Course" which will be offered to educate edu-cate those people who are coming Into Utah and who are unfamiliar with the resources and possibilities of the state. It is hoped that many blunder In settlement will be avoided and gteater returns for effort will follow ! as a result of this work. Such a course has never been offered by an educational Institution in America, and: Is offered because the conditions Id the west are peculiar and because o many people who are coming here to settle are unfamiliar with semi-arid conditions. The work will Include a discussion of tbe agricultural and Industrial possibilities pos-sibilities of the state and will be conducted con-ducted entirely by correspondene supplemented, however, probably by personal visit It I thought that the railroad will welcome this course a an aid to the movement which they already have undertaken toward glv-' Ing publicity to the state's resource ; The course wiil last noout six month j and will be handle! by regular aign ' n.ents from the colic faculty.: through government and state bulle-j tins and through citation from texts already published and texts Jn process! of publication bjr the college faculty j The course will Include a!gnnenta la |