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Show BR. F, S. HARRIS OF I C. BACK FROM CHICAGO Dr F P. Hrtrris, director and agronomist agron-omist of the Utah Agricultural experiment experi-ment station, has just returned from ! Chicago where he was elected presi ileui of Ihe American Society of Ag-. Ag-. ronomy at the annual meeting. The , American Society of Agronomy has an active membership of over five hun jdred of the most eminent agronomists I Of the United States and Canada, as well as a number of foreign countries L The society issues monthl Ihe Jour ! nal of the American Society of Agrono-my, Agrono-my, a scientific periodical devoted to I the publications of the research work i 1 of its members Dr. Harris was vice president last year and has been a I prominent member of a number of committer )g of 1he society for some time. This If, the first time the po-. sltlon of president has been held by a man of the far west. Dr Harris' work at the Utah Agri cultural experiment station has placed I him among the most eminent agricul Itural scientists of the country His ! best known work is on irrigation and alkali, which he recognized as two of I i Utah's biggest problems when h-.-- be j I gan his research work for the experiment exper-iment station. He has made many valu-I valu-I able contributions to the literature on these subjects and at the present time jhe has numerous extensive experiments experi-ments under way in his laborator and in the field. During the last two trr three years he has contributed numerous nu-merous articles to the scientific Joinr nals of the country on these and re lated subjects and is the author btjfc number of experiment station bulletins. bul-letins. He has done much valuable work for the people of irrigated sections sec-tions In determining the most profl table methods and amounts of Irriga tion water for the various field crops, ar well as other work, such as rota tjons. manuring studies, and dry farm- ' . ing. He ia author of a volume on BUgar beet production published by the MacMIllan company in the Rural Scl ence Series, also a book on vocations and is senior author of a textbook on agronomv which is being used by prac tlcally all the high schools of the wesl i "H ern states and a number of the'east ern states While away Dr. Harris was alar made secretary of the experiment eta tion section of the Association of Land Grant calleges. On the return trip from Chicago Dr. Harris spent several sev-eral days visiting a number of the ex : pcriment stations of the middle west Dr. Harris reports the Chicago meet ings as having been very successtul. j nn . |