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Show FARMERS OF UTAH DISCUSS PROBLEMS PRESIDENT OF STATE ORGANIZA- TION SEES BEGINNING OF NEW EPOCH OF SERVICE. Bettering of Business. Conditions and Co-operative Movement Discussed at Annual Convention. Substantial Substan-tial Gain In Membership Shown. Salt Lake City. Ten thousand farmers of the state attended the opening session if the niiuunl convention conven-tion or tile Utah State Farm Hureai. on January -'(I, the representatives of the fanners of the stato having BU their motto, "better farming, better business, better living." In the opening day's (IIscunIoiIh place was made for consideration of the work tho bureau has done nnd can do In milking for better farms, In helping help-ing the farmers to better buslno.-s methods, nnd In promoting better homes. Beginning of New Epoch. D. D. McKay of Uuntsvllle, president of the state organization, characterized this convention In his opening address as the "beginning f u new' epoch of service to agriculture. We expect to protect and promote our own business, busi-ness, Improve rural life, and co-operate with nny ngency that tends to the development of thu state, teaches loyalty and supports the law." President K. (I. Peterson of the Utah Agricultural college told the bureau bu-reau members the aim of the county agricultural agents was to co-operato with them,' and assured them that, the. state and the nation will work with them In every possible way toward to-ward n realization of their alms through the Agricultural college and the federal department of agriculture. Dr. Peterson discussed the relationship relation-ship of the county agent to the bureaus bu-reaus and spoke of their mission as one In which the educational element predominates. Mention was made time nnd again by the various speakers of the place of women In the bureau organizations, showing tho general desire of the bureau bu-reau members to glvo the farm home a' greater consideration than ever before. be-fore. Tliu bettering of business conditions for the farmer was discussed by .1. Kd-ward Kd-ward Taylor, commercial ugent, who spoke of the necessity for securing 'or the farm products producer a renter share of the price the con-umer con-umer pays' for that product. L. It. Taylor of Pnysou, secretnry-treasurer secretnry-treasurer of the bureau, made his annual an-nual report, showing substantial galas In membership for the bureau and a betterment of Its lliianclal condition. The question of the relationships between be-tween tho banks and the farmers, with especial attention to thu question of agricultural credits, was discussed by K. L. Van Meter, cashier of the State Hank of Ogilcu. At the second day's session of tho Utah State Farm llureau convention tho farm bureau as a means of extending extend-ing agricultural education In cooperation coopera-tion with the county agents was stressed by the speakers, I). I), Me Kay of Iluntsvllle, president of the bureau spoke of Hie opportunities before be-fore the farm bureau and of Its accomplishments ac-complishments to date. He gave particular par-ticular Importance to the work the bureau bu-reau Is doing In making the homes more uttractive. Other speakers during tho day tnbl of the succes being achieved In the boys' and girls' work In cooperation with the county farm bureaus, and mentioned particularly the value of this work In persuading the young people peo-ple to remain on the farms, He-eleellon of officers, the referring of the farmers contract for sugar beets for signatures ami the passage of resolutions accompanied by much discussion, was the business of tho closing session of the convention, on .laiumry -8. The officer and executive committee commit-tee for tne ensuing year are: I), .. McKay, Iluntsvllle .presment ; Davm N, -t'll. vice president ; l.ee It. Taylor, Payson, secretary; 11, 1'. Heck, Delta, treasurer and Kphrlam llergesen, director di-rector at large, The sugar beet contracts will he distributed dis-tributed among the membership throughout the eleven sugar produe lng counties, so that the growers iuaj have opportunity to make early con-tracts con-tracts with the sugar manufacturers. That t'tnli farmers are entitled ti n Just profit mi tho costs of produe-tlon produe-tlon wns the sense of one resolution adopted by 'the farm bureau. Thr, I'tuh state educational campaign, Feb, (J to 15, was Indorsed In another resolution, reso-lution, Tho membership pledges Itself to lend nil possible co-operation ti the returned soldiers, suitors, marine und nurses. |
