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Show URGES FARMERS TG IfiCBSEKUCTS .Bureau Head Sends Instructions Instruc-tions to All County-Organizations. County-Organizations. FOR A DEFINITE PLAN Meeting to Be Held Here in January to Form 1918 Programme. Desiring: to have a good representation here at the farm meeting to be held in January Lo form a definite agricultural programme for 191S, President D. D. McKay Mc-Kay of the Utah state farm bureau has addressed the following letter to the presidents of the various county farm bureaus: Permit me to offer a few suggestions sugges-tions which, I believe, will be of interest in-terest to everv farm bureau member. We are engaged In a terrible war. Our government needs our united support, and I am sure that we all want to do exactly what is best for liie good of our country. Utah farmers farm-ers have responded in the past in a splendid way, and we mean to continue con-tinue to render every possible assistance assist-ance in 191S. In most districts rather definite crops have been grown in the past, and it will be unfortunate if we allow sound farm practice to be badly upset. up-set. More pork and other meat products are wanted. Bread is a crying need. Canned goods are in demand. Sugar is a wartime necessity, and Utah is prepared, as only a few states are prepared, to respond to these demands. de-mands. f Important Problem. Tabor to manage our several crops is e. very important problem. Various ways have been proposed to bring relief. re-lief. Something definite must be done. T am asking each county farm bureau, bu-reau, through its local bureaus, to discuss these problems in detail, and then, through their county organization, organiza-tion, send a representative to a state conference prepared to .loin in a definite defi-nite 1918 programme best calculated to serve our nation. This session will ho held in the Hotel Utah in Salt Tvake. January 15 and 16. The first day will be given over to a discussion of labor, siigar beets and kindred subjects, and the second day I will be devoted to wheat, pork, canning crops, organization and other subjects. sub-jects. President ; K. G. Peterson of the Utah Agricultural college, who is also chairman of the food committee of the state council of defense, la calling a meeting of the county food commlt-i commlt-i eemen, who will probably join our second day discussion. Idaho to Join. . 7 believe that these subjects ought to be discussed to conclusions In each local bureau at the earliest possible date. Mr. McKay has invited IT. W. Hoch-bauin, Hoch-bauin, slate leader of county agents In Idaho, to name a set of representatives to attend. It is suggested to counv organizations that in their local meetings they discuss the various methods for relief on farm labor that have been proposed, which include in-clude Congressman Smith's suggestion of conscripting labor and also furlonghing Fold ie is with farm experience, allowing them to return home during the spring and autumn. Another well -defined plan for relief that came out from different parts of the count it proposed to bring in laborers from China and Mexico in bond, returning them at the close of the war. |