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Show HUME STUDENTS ITERJIISOfSS U. A. C. Men to Aid Farmers in Agricultural Problems of Federal Project C. Wright and William II. Sutton, students of the Utah Agricultural college, col-lege, have just been appointed as advisors ad-visors on tho Milk river and Sun river riv-er reclamation projects in Montana by A. C. Cooley, in charge of the office of agricultural demonstrations on reclamation rec-lamation service projects of the U. S. department of agriculture with headquarters head-quarters in Salt Lake. Mr. Cooley, who is a graduate of the Utah Agricultural college, and a for-Iraer for-Iraer director of the extension division in New Mexico, spent two days at the college recently conferring with a large number of men in the department depart-ment of irrigation and drainage concerning con-cerning these positions. Mr. Wright and Mr. Sutton will work directly with the farmers on thejr respective projects, pro-jects, advising them as to best irrigation irriga-tion practices. They will be part of a largo corps of workers under Mr. uooiey worKing lor tne development or the arid western areas. The office of which Mr. Cooley Is in charge was created in 1914 after tho U. S. reclamation service became fully convinced that the success of irrigator; ir-rigator; and that if the individual irrigator irri-gator fails the project cannot succeed. Every farmer on the government projects pro-jects now has the advantage of being permitted to present his irrigation problems to men having practical experience ex-perience and scientific training in irrigation irri-gation problems. While Mr. Cooley was at the college looking for men In irrigation, he consented, con-sented, upon the request of Professor O. W. Israelson, in charge of the Irrigation Irri-gation and drainage department, to address a class of advanced students. In speaking to .the class in irrigation, Mr. Cooley emphasized the need of training .men in tho agricultural phases of irrigation with special reference refer-ence to quantities of water best suited to different types of soil and amounts necessary ior umureiii crops, ne aiso called attention especially to tho need of using proper sized streams on porous por-ous up-land soils, and for guarding against unnecessary waste of irrigation irriga-tion water. "Utah," said Mr. Cooley, "is looked to by people outside of the state as being the center of information concerning con-cerning irrigation and drainage problems. prob-lems. The agricultural colleges is therefore destined to become the leading lead-ing institution in the education of men in this very important phase of western agriculture." Mr. Wright and Mr. Sutton left for Salt Lake today to confer with Mr. Cooley and receive detailed instructions instruc-tions concerning the work in Montana which they will begin in a very few days. |