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Show HILL CALL MEETING OF STATEFARPv1ER3 Seek to Remedy Loss Sustained Sus-tained in Sending Stock East for Finishing. Special to The Tribune. OGDEX, Dec. 16. Holding that Utah farmers are losing thousands of dollars annually by their failure to sell the finished product in the line of livestock, live-stock, D. D. McKay, president of the Utah State Farm bureau, announced at a meeting of the Weber Conntv Farm bureau here today that he will call a state conference of all interests to investigate in-vestigate the subject. According to y Mr. McKay, the subject is one which mutually concerns the farmer, packer, banker and business man. The plan is to encourage the feeding of livestock to tho end that it will be sold on the local market instead of being be-ing shipped to other states for fattening, fatten-ing, and thus finding its way to other markets. The question, according to the state bureau president, is one which involves better fertility of the soil, to the end that it shall not be depleted by continued and increased sugar beet culture. cul-ture. Mr. McKay did not announce a date for the proposed conference. V. P. Thomas, county agricultural agent,' reported that nearly all of the branch associations in the county have been reorganized for the coming year's work, and that all districts will be reorganized re-organized in another week. A special meeting of the bureau was called for next Saturday, when the annual election of officers will be held. The resignation of W. N. Petterson as secretary and treasurer of the central cen-tral bureau was accepted by the directors, direc-tors, and J. J. Andrews, instructor in agriculture at the Ogden high school, was selected to fill the office temporarily. tempo-rarily. It is possible that Mr. Andrews will be elected next Saturday to fill the office for the ensuing year. In connection with the reorganization of branch associations, President McKay urged a campaign for greater membership. member-ship. He reported that the largest memberships mem-berships so far exist in the smaller districts dis-tricts of the county. A protest against the alleged boycott bv Ogden housewives on account of the high price of butter and eggs was urged by some of the directors, but it was decided de-cided to take no action in view of the , fact that the boycott is .aimed at the speculator rather than the farmer. Those favoring the protest pointed out that the increase in cost of dairy products to tho consumer does not measure up with the increase in the price of bay and grain. p As one means of overcoming the difficulty dif-ficulty which has resulted in the boycott, boy-cott, ' Mr. Thomas urged the earliest action by the farm bureau in tho establishment estab-lishment of a public market where the farmer may sell direct to the consumer and thus eliminate the speculator. It was also suggested, without a vote being be-ing taken, that legislation should " be urged controlling the cold storage problem. prob-lem. On a report from the committee of tho state bureau, following a reply from the sugar companies, the sugar beet growers of Weber county will be advised ad-vised by the directors to refrain from signing contracts for 1917. |