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Show Eia SB S3 iv-"-? vj3 &c5 p Q v ,r 1 Mr. Pleasant is to have an agricultural agri-cultural "Round-up" this year, such as numerous other cities of the state have been having for many years. This city was favored several years ago by having this very desirable and highly beneficial school (for such it is) held within its borders for a i week, but of late years those w ho are responsible for its routine throughout the state have deemed it advisable not to include Mt. Pleasant on its schedule. As is generally known, this "Round-up" is a part of the extension exten-sion work of the Utah Agricultural College of Logan. It is an application applica-tion of (lie idea of taking the school j to the farmer where the farmer 0:111-jiiot 0:111-jiiot go to school. In following out. this idea the Agricultural college, 'sends out a corps of its very best teachers, both men and women, into 'the country districts that they may lecture and demonstrate on the various var-ious subjects in which the men and I women of Utah are so vitally inter-1 inter-1 ested. All needed equipment for demonstration, such as stock, grain and hay samples, farm machinery, household equipment, etc., is carried in several special cars and is used by the teachers. During the visit to thte city this week by Dr. G. E. Petersen, who is at tile Agricultural College Extension work, he was approached by the local High School faculty and urged to include Mt. Pleasant in (his year's "Round-up" itinerary. After some ' discussion he consented to the request, re-quest, and announced that he would proceed with arrangements for holding hold-ing the week's session here some time in December. He promised he would have the session attended by the very best teachers the school has, including the college president himself, him-self, and that no effort would be spared to have the demonstrations and lectures of the very highest standard. stan-dard. This insures an educational week for Mt. Pleasant of inestimable value and will give all Sanpete County Coun-ty people, particularly those interested interest-ed in agricultural topics, an opportunity oppor-tunity for acquiring reliable, information infor-mation on those subjects ruch as most of them have never had before. Necessary preliminary details incident in-cident to the undertaking arc being looked after by the high school faculty, fac-ulty, but a committee is to be selected select-ed representing all elements and interests in-terests of the county which will take active charge of the "Round-up" so far as is necessary locally. The principal prin-cipal duty of this committee will bo to interest residents of this section in the "Round-up" and secure a large attendance. Aside from a fee of $1 there is no expense (o those who enroll. |