The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-26
Logan Lines.

LOGAN. June 25-The benefits of the
practical education given in the agri-
cultural college are becoming more ap-
parent every day. The work turned
out not only is good but as one man
said after listening to some OF the ad-
dresses during commencement eAer-
cises it is good for something. An
other paner delivered upon the same
occasion upon The Publication OF
Our Water Supply" showed how far
from being pure the streams OF water
are that run through our towns ana
the necessity for a broader under
standing OF the benefits of pure water
and the disa strouS disease effects thaI
follow the use of impure water. Again,
another demonstration Of the real prac-
ticability of the learning acquired in
this institution. and one which VIII
benefit at present most Of the people
in northern Utah, is the fact that two
students Of the engineering depart
ment. one Mr.. J. L. Rhead. graduate
and the other Mr.. T. H. Humphreys,
senior, are now measuring the flow of
every stream in Cache Valley. AS
opportunity affords this will be car
ried to ether portions of the state,
and ultimately every irrigator and far
mer will benefit by the practical eX-
periments made by the college in this
direction.
Most of the professors of the college
are away on their vacations, and the
large building presents a lonely ap-
pearance. Only a few remain, the ag-
ricultural draughtsman. chemist and
secretary exercising full sway. 1t is
expected the new president and the
director of the experiment station VIII
arrive soon. The Office Of president OF
the faculty and station director have
ad ond Professor Infn
W. Weston. of Washington. has been
chosen to fill the latter position. Pro-
fessors Mills and Richman, who have
been connected with the college almost
since its beginning. have been notified
that their designations would receive
favorable consideration. and Professor
L, A Merrill. graduate of the coll
lege. has been engaged as assistant
agriculturist. It is SAID that Mr.. Lewis
Cannon. of Salt Lake. will be offered
a chair in the faculty the coming year.
Agreeable to the law passed by the
recent legislature, it is expected that
farmers Institutes will be held during
the season.
Lieutenant Styer has been called to
rejoin his regiment, his four years de-
tail as military instructor having ex-
pired. The lieutenant and his vivacious
wife will be greatly missed from Lo-
cams educational, social, and dramatic
circles. as they have been both great
favorites in all. They will spend
few weeks on their ranch in Idaho be-
fore leaving for the east. The best
wishes Of all who know them accom-
pany them wherever the thread Of des-
tiny may lead them.
The secretary OF the army will de-
tail as Lieutenant Styer's successor.
Lieutenant s. B. Buck, now stationed
at Fort Douglas.
In token of their appreciation of his
services as instructor, the cadets Of the
class of 1896 recently presented to
Lieutenant Styer a beautifully en-
graved gold-headed cane.
Professor Linfield continues active
in the dairy department. He is enthu-
siastic over the prospects for the but
ter ard cheese industry in this state.
In his experience he says he has
never seen a country so perfectly
adapted to the production Of the best
articles in this line, at q minimum
price There are many times the
money in dairy products that there is
in wheat and grain crops, and Profess
sor Linfield is Of the opinion that it
is only q matter of time until butter
and cheese wiz supplant the produc-
ton Of wheat as the leading Industry
of Utah. And when it is remembered
that where there was only one cream
college experiments began, there are
now p dozen. each running to IFS full
capacity and still room for more, it
would seem that the professor had GER
tainly struck the nail pretty squarely
on the head.
Cows themselves are cheap. and the
cost OF feeding and pasturing them in
this STATE is very reasona Bile. There is
any amount of good water and the
climate is nowhere better calculated
to meet the needs of dairynnen than
right here III Utah. While in Salt
Lake city today there is a better mar
ket for butter and cheese than. in the
city of Chicago. Even in Logan the
local diaries were not able to-supply
the demand during the past spring.
and imported cheese by the hundred
was sold. With the present and pros
pective increased demand for these
products as well as the high price al
ways obtainable for beef, it would seem
that the farmer might greatly increase
his income by feeding his surplus
grain to his cows and beeves.
Logan is now at her best The broad
spread of verdure that covers the city