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Show EXTENSION WORKERS WORK-ERS MAKE PLANS FOR THIS YEAR For four days last week members mem-bers of the Utah Extension service serv-ice staff in conference at the Utah State Agricultural collegs, made plans for the year's program and discussed ways of further improving improv-ing methods of giving assistance to farmers and homemakers of the state. Director William Peterson urged urg-ed a closer contact between tho agents and the farm family. "Some of the best agricultural courses have been taught on the corral fence or in the farm kitchen," he said. "Keep in close touch with the farmers and assist the individual indi-vidual person in solving his problems." prob-lems." Director Peterson further urged urg-ed staff members to study more carefully the things that' are bought from other localities of the country to determine if more of the family needs cannot bo supplied at home. He asked thatj a careful study of the soil be made j and see that it maintains its fertility, fer-tility, if possible. j W. A.' Lloyd, in charge of extension ex-tension work in the . western section, sec-tion, made a plea for the building of a program for young men and women who are not attracted by the 4-H club program at present. He outlined five fields of endeavor which Interest youth, as, personal, person-al, educational, social, economic, and public work. "We must lead the senior group through self-interest into a program pro-gram of their own making," said Mr. Lloyd. He spoke of the changing sentiment with regard to farming, from farming as a business busi-ness only, to that of farming as life. He said that extension is a hill-horse to help the farmers over the hump and the county agents should bind up the wounds of the farmers while the doctors look for a cure. . Other speakers of the conference confer-ence included: Frank B. Stephens, members of the board of trustees; President E. G. Peterson; Commissioner Com-missioner Harden Bennion; Bishop Bish-op Sylvester Q. Cannon; . George I. Reeves and J. C. Hamlin, U. S. bureau and secretary of entomology; entomol-ogy; George F. Stalllngs and Tracy R. Welling, president and secretary respectively of the Utah farm bureau; and R. Scott Zimmerman, Zim-merman, in charge of rodent control con-trol in Utah. In addition college I professors outlined new methods in agriculture and gave valuable I" information to assist the agents in the county programs. |