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Show VARIED ACCOMPLISHMENTS NOTED IN COUNTY AGENTS' REPORT 5 tion," according to the reports General dairy improvement work and instruction went on through-' through-' out the entire county. In the 4-H division, 514 girls were enrolled during the year, with 361 actively competing. Twenty communities had 64 4-H clubs. Twenty communities in the county held achievement exhibits with 702 people attending. Three girls were honored with trips to the national 4-H club congress in Chicago. One practical achievement of Utah county 4-H work during the year was the discovery that nine farm families were using polluted pol-luted culinary water, and a correction cor-rection of the situation through the help of the public health department. de-partment. The staff of the Utah county agricultural extension service includes: in-cludes: S. R. Boswell, county agent; Phil Shumway, assistant county agent, livestock; Joe Barlow, assistant county agent, horticulture;' Velyn B. Stevens, home demonstration agent; Jenniev Poulson, assistant home demonstration agent in charge of 4-H clubs. The staff of the county agent's office made a total of 2771 visits to farms and homes of Utah county coun-ty during the year and held 1289 meetings, with a total attendance of 19,342, according to the 1947 ' annual report of the Utah county agricultural extension service, released re-leased by County Agent S. R. Boswell. Bos-well. . The educational program of the department for the year was conducted con-ducted in cooperation with the Utah county farm bureau and its affiliated cooperative organizations. organiza-tions. In the crops division, canning factories reported 1574 acres of tomatoes, 2834 acres of peas, 1342 acres of sweet corn, and the shipping ship-ping in of 7,544,650 tomato plants. Schools for vegetable growers were held in American Fork and Provo. Two soir conservation districts the Nebo and Timpanogos were organized during the year and a program is underway in both districts. Fifty wild flowing wells were closed throughout the county. The farm labor association brought in 230 Mexican nationals to aid with farm work during the spring, summer and fall labor seasons. sea-sons. In the fruit division, 750-visits to orchards were made by agents. Spray experiments conducted in 1946 were utilized to good advantage advan-tage during the year just ending. Seventy - eight separate dairy herds throughout the county were on test during the year. The Dairy Herd Improvement association continued throughout 1947 and is now "in a very favorable condi- |