Show f fI I George Merkley Geo Merk Merkey ey Heads Utah Farmers George Merkley 29 year Vernal cattle rancher has been I elected president of the Utah Young Farmers at the an- an annual nua nual I convent ion held last Hd I end in Salt Lake City I 1 l active in till the I hil clia Id or of t Ill he Fa group for ten years brings with wilh him heini the experience of two as local and andone andone one as ah vice president ident A CATTLE rancher since bince high school Mr 11 l said nid the aims of this organization is isto isto to l c agriculture by en- en oung of high j caliber to enter it it I Continued on pa e 8 Geo Merkley Continued from page 1 Guest of the Salt Lake City Convention was Dr Roy noy Lipps chief we western tern agronomist for US Steel Corp who ho stated slated that farmers get three to five dollars In return for every dol dol- dol dollar lar spent on commercial fertl liter Despite the compelling evidence in favor of fertilization tion farmers have not made full use of It he said PRODUCTION Is now becom- becom becomIng becoming Ing a matter of oC world urgency he continued and the next decade will see agriculture locked in batt battle I with famine Shoot for yields he told the rs liS as he noted that the huge US surpluses of ofa ofa a decade ago have have- have dwindled and that there will soon n be in- in incentives incentives to increase production rather than restrain It |