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Show COUNTY AGENT REPORTS TRIP TO CONVENIBN Lack of Cooperation of the Farmers Seen as Major Obstacle in Development of Agricultural Industry Utah farmers are, as a general gen-eral rule, much better off than those in the west central states, according to Walter F. Smith, who, with Mrs. Smith, returned Saturday after attending the national na-tional convention of county agents ag-ents in Chicago. The trip was made by auto, and along the way, while going through the states of Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri and Illinois, Il-linois, stops were made at random ran-dom for interviews with farmers. farm-ers. The general attitude of the agriculturists in those states is one of discouragement. Overproduction Over-production of wheat, corn and hogs has been responsible for serious losses-. In many cases the farmers have borrowed and are unable to pay their debts. Taxes are unusually high, ranging rang-ing from $4 to $5 per acre, which is approximately tha same rate paid for rental. The convention was attended by the foremost leaders in business busi-ness and agriculture and important impor-tant discussions of the farmers' problems were given. Mr. Mosier, vice-president of the National Cotton Growers' association, said: "Farmers "have not understood the full meaning of cooperation. Signing the marketing mar-keting contract is merely signing an application to learn how to cooperate. Men actually sign," he said, "because they think they can get more for their produce under any and all circumstances and if the price is not quite what they thought it should be, they are ready to blow up and quit." (Continued on page 4) |