The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-04-05
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OPEN To UTAH BOYS
Agricultural College VIII Co
operate With San Francisco
Exposition Management.

Utnh, s Young agriculturalists will
have an opportunity to display tine
products OF their husbandry at the
state fair next October and at the
California expositions next year and
also to win free trips to the big fairs
on the coast. through plan to be
worked out this year by the CalIfornia
oxpositions commission and the Agrl-
cultural college of Utah
The plan provides for two competi-
tions, one among the members OF The
high school agricultural clubs and the
other among the boys and girls agn-
cultural clubs of the state. The frst
prize IN each competition Will 20
cisco and the San Diego eTposltlons
and suitable second and third prizes In
each competition will be gwen.
The competition will be In the grow
ing of fruit, potatoes, wheat, celery,
oats. barley, maize, peas, ulinet, grass
es, buckw6eat and special products;
The exhibits. will be displayed and
President J. G. Mcdonald and Seere-
tary Horace s. Ensign of the state fair
association assured ]. Edward Taylor,
director of horticultural exhibits Tor
the Utah California exposition, yester-
dav that large space for the competi-
tive exhibits would be placed at the
disposal OF the men handling. the COM
petiuoD. The Utah agricultural and nor
ficultural exhibits at the California
uets entered in these competitions.
The agricultural clubs have more
than 2o6O0 boys and girls in their
membership in Utah. There are thirty
two of the high school clubs and sew
eral boys and girls Clubs exist IN ev,
cry county OF the state. The boys and
girls agricultural clubs were organ
lied In Utah more than q year ago as
part of national movement. =,
Their membership consists Of chill
dren less than 16 years old. The hlgh
school agricultural clubs were organ
lied in this state last fall. All high
school students nre eligible to member
ship and others of high school age VINO
have not the opportunity Of attending
high school are eligible to associate
membership, with the privilege of shar-
ing In any competition.
The adoption of this plan to give
the young folks Of Utah an opportu-
nifty to display their skill as agTieul-
turalists before the world and for two
of them to obtain free trips to the
big fairs is the result of the active CO.
operation of President John A. Widt-
soc and his staff with the exposition
commission The field work in the
competitions will be under the general
direction OF DR.. Z. G. Peterson, direc-
tor of the Agricultural college exten-
sion division. A. G.. Darlington of the
A. C. u, president of the High School
Agricultural clubs, will direct the eff
forts Of those organizations, and J. G.
Hogenson, state leader of the Boys
and Girls Agricultural clubs, will di-
rect the work among the younger COM
petitors.
The fact that two of Utah's young
folks won notable recognition and
complimentary trip TO Washington for
their skill along this line is ample evil
dence that young Utah can make a
strong showing ut the big California
expositions. Those who won the ma
tional recognition last year were Merle
Hyer of Lewiston. the champion potato
grower of the United States, and Miss
Hattie Holbrook Of Bountiful. who
won distinction for her accomplishments
in domestic arts.
AS the planting necessary to the
competition must be done in the next
few days, the officers of the Agricul-
ttural college are preparing Instructions
for entrants. which will be forwarded
nation for those who enter the high
through the presidents of the local
clubs. and information regarding the
boys and girls competition will be
given by Professor Hogenson.
F'pptIunnnc Matoofio