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Show EXTENSION SERVICE TO NAME NEW COUNTY AGRICULTURAL AGENT Joseph P. Welch, county agricultural agent of Utah county since 1918, will resign from that position at the end of the expiration of his contract with the extension service of the Utah Agricultural College, June 30. His successor will not be named until after the resignation has taken effect. This announcement was made by Professor William Peterson, Pet-erson, director of the extension service, who-with W. W. Owens, state leader of the county agents, had attended a conference con-ference with the executive committee of the Utah County Farm Bureau Federation at Provo Tuesday. The resignation of Mr. Welch has been in the hands of the U. A. C. officials since last December, when it became evident to Mr. Welch that the desired and necessary harmony for the succes of the work of the extension service did not exist between the farm bureau organization and his office. county agent work he has done since entering the service of the extension ex-tension department twelve years ago." Beforo leaving Provo for Logan Tuesday evening, Professor Peterson,, Peter-son,, in a statement to Hie Herald, declared that it was evident to him that a change in the personnel of tbe extension service office would be necessary in order to make for the best co-operation between the farm bureau organization and the service. "Wp.Jinvei investigated the cha rges made against Mr. Welch by the executive ex-ecutive committee of the country farm bureau and find nothing irregular ir-regular on the part of Mr. Welch," said Professor Peterson. "His record rec-ord is clean and above reproach, as far as we have been able to determine deter-mine In our investigation. "The farmers of the county and even the officials of the farm bureau bur-eau have expressed the highest personal per-sonal regard for Mr. Welch. Even .President S. E. Taylor, of the farm bureau, who as president of the executive,, committee of the organization, organi-zation, made the charges against the county agent, admitted in our conference con-ference that be has always and still has the highest personal regard for him. "Our investigation has brought out nothing derogatory to Mr. Welch, his character or his work. The most serious eburge and apparently appar-ently the only one that has been made against him, is that he has lacked a little in the harmonious cooperation co-operation with the farm bureau as an organization. "However, we have found that he has carried out the program of the extension service. If he has not functioned with the farm bureau, he has done exceptionally well with the individual farmers of the county. "I am strongly of the opinion that if a vote should be taken among the farmers of Utah county for the elimination or the retention of Mr. Welch, the great majority of votes would be in favor of his retention as county agricultural agent. "Mr. Welch is under contract with the extension service for the fiscal year, just as are all of the officers of-ficers and the men employed by that service. That contract will expire one June 30, 1025. "Our investigation shows that if Mr. Welch should remain here, the factions which are now in tbe controversy con-troversy could not be harmonized. Even if the question should be put to vote, as was suggested by someone some-one at tile conference today and he should win out, it would not close up the gap between the factions. "Many words of commendation' to Mr. Welch were spoken by both farmers and officials of the bureau at our conference. This is satisfying satisfy-ing to the extension service department. depart-ment. We feel that while Mr. Welch has been employed as agricultural agri-cultural agent of this county during dur-ing the past seven years, he has been a most dynamic worker. "I doubt very much the ndyisabll-ity ndyisabll-ity of Mr. Welch having to meet the battle of the controversy in tbe organization or-ganization that might arise in years to come. Therefore, the extension service is going to take the time between be-tween now and the end of the fiscal year to make the best possible adjustments ad-justments for Mr. Welch. "It is hoped that conditions will open that will give him something comparable to the service he has given the community the splendid |