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Show JOHN A. WIDTSOE DN AGRICULTURE AS A VOCATION The question or Agriculture as a Vocation" was discussed yesterday afternoon in the Tabernacle bv Dr John A. Widtsoe. president of the Utah Agricultural college, before a fair-sized congregation. The lecture was given under the auspices of the Mutual Improvement association boards of the Ogden, Weber and North Weber stake and Dr. Edward I. Rich acted as chairman of the meeting In addition to the lecture, the fol lowing musical numbers were plea-ingly plea-ingly rendered by the Ogdeu Tab-. r-nacle r-nacle choir and soloists, under the airection of Professor Joseph Ballau-tync Ballau-tync : Orjran Prelude Sain F Whilaker "See Now the .Altar" ... . Walter Stephens and Choir "Hark, Hark m soul ' .. Myrtle Balllnger-Hlgley Walter Stephens and Choir "In the Time of Rosea". ... Tabernar le Choir Oman Postlude Sam F Whltaker The invocation was offered by Prea ident Walter P Monson. of the East ern Stater mission of the Mormon church, and Dr Widtsoe was intro duced by Chairman Rich as 'The Sci enllfic orator of the est, who, with his associates had made thousands of blades of grass grow where but one row before ' " The prominent educator preLu ed his main talk with a few remarks on I the general question of vocations, telling of the Importance of an early choice of a vocation being made by a young man and declaring the educational educa-tional movement started by the Y M M I. A of the Mormon church would eventually spread until it filled the! whole world and the result would be. the complete changing of the face of the earth He then took up the question as signed him and -t fed that, while he had never enpaged to an extent in practical fanning, he had passed j almost his entire life studying farm j ing and farmers and that through the schools of agriculture, most of the great Improvements made in farming during the present epoch of' time had been made Agriculture, he said, had never been considered as an art. yet it was fund a-mental a-mental art and not only that, but the fundamental industry, anil the history j of progress in agriculture was the history of progress in civilization. From it. he continued, tin people re-j ceive the necessities of life, food.l i lofhlng and shelter and more than' half of the inhabitants of the earth j are engaged directly or indirectly In it as a vocation If a young man would sneered in life, rr. Widisoe stated, he must have intellectual and spiritual stimulus and health The voeation of agricul-j ture gives all of these. There should be no objection to hard work and the' vocation should not be measured by) mistakes and disappointments, but bj its values and possibilities In considering con-sidering it the young man should ask himself tbe questions: "Does he like It?" "Is he titled for It?" Will his familv be satisfied with It?" 'Will! it provide him with sufficient means for the comforts of life social CDjoy ment and intellectual stimulus?" s to the first question, a vounc man must like the work, whether this feeling y fostered or inherited. If. married, his wife must like the Hf as no man can rise above his home conditions There are many munitions muni-tions to tbe life, the fresh air, the j sunshine, the open count i v. an Ind-i pendence of others, communion with nature and contest, with the nnturai' elements and to these are opposed some hard work, disappointments and enemies it la false however In the ria and ace to -peak of farming as "a like of toil" or of farmers a:-"clod a:-"clod hoppers," as the vocation and those who follow it are taking their places on an equal plane with others A man must have strength, as In ; other vocations and courage, the latter lat-ter bMti particularly necessary ns the remuneration is quite different 'o thai received bv the wage worker as it lacks all regularity. He must know the subject In all Its aspects, the former for-mer conditions, the present conditions, condi-tions, with the advantages civcn DV the stud of It from a scientific and economic standpoint, and he must also realii-.c the great promise In Its future. To find success in it. a man must consider ii from a business standpoint, the name as any other industry Is eonsidered In conclusion Dr idtsoe told of tbe vast area of lands that could be taken up In Utah and the other western west-ern states and advised his hearers to get In touch with the opportunities In 1T. ,, It, Til II. .1 I J ik i vu 1 1 1 1 1 d 1 iiuiBuiif. suinp nidi ii a pei son had a liking for the vocation and was prepared to follow it. that there was none better oo |