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Show Iranian farmers Time Sale! EON come to Cache Valley to learn A U.S. techniques consortium of universities head- quartered at Utah State University in Logan is helping to bring modern farm technology to seven foreign countries. The Consortium for International Development has combined the talents and resources of a number of universities to respond to the needs of foreign governments by providing agricultural-related technical assistance. The corporation is composed of Utah State University, University of California, University of Arizona, Texas Tech, Oregon State, Colorado State, and the University of New Mexico. Negotiations are also underway with the University of Washington and Idaho. Currently the consortium has technicians working in Bolivia, Kenya, Chad, Niger, Upper Volta, Honduras and Iran. The government of Iran, for instance, has contracted with the consortium to provide special training to a ' group of cooperative farm mangers. James H. Wood, a special projects coordinator, recently squired a group of those Iranian farm managers across much of the US showing them American farming practices. non-prof- it Per Bale Check Oer Prices On Sisel And II.S. Wire Bullens Farm Equipment 1407 North Main in Logan In the fifties, said Wood, the present Shah of Iran undertook a land reform in which acreage was divided up and sold to the peasants at fixed rates. Large estates were broken up into very small farms. Wood said not only were the estates broken up, but in order to be fair, the Shah ordered that landowners should each get a representative portion. As a result, the new landowners not only ended up with small tracts, but those tracts might consist of four or five smaller tracts scattered from a hillside pasture to bottom land. As a result, production fell way down," Wood said. The peasants were no better off and were actually worse off in some cases." The solution was the creation of large farm cooperatives in which peasants put their lands in return for a stock issue of paper. The incentive, Wood said, was management and some preferential credit treatment. . t The farm managers are college graduates from upper middle class families hired to operate the large farm cooperatives. But one problem is that often they have little practical experience. The consortium has been hired to provide the practical management experience. The men are more interested in the larger farms," Wood said, "because the coop farms run anywhere from 5,000 to 15, 000 acres." They're vitally interested in mechanized agriculture and modern irrigation techniques," he added. Starting at USU, the farm managers visit a number of state and variety of farm operations. Recently they vistied Box Elder County touring a corn silage operation and a local seed firm. As managers theyre interested in the economic feasibility of various types of farming," Wood noted. What I try to give them. . . is to broaden their horizons in decision making, Wood explained. For instance, standing in a corn field talking to farmer Glen Nielsen of Elwood, Wood and the farmer explained the various decisions that must be made regarding when to harvest the silage and the crop rotation system. The consortium's contract with Iran is up for renewal next March, Wood said. The group is also investigating the possibility of establishing a training center in Iran itself with the Agricultural Bank of Iran. Wood said USU enjoys a popular image in Iran for two reasons. One, parents feel comfortable about sending their young people" to Utah because Mormon beliefs about health and other things is compa table with the Moslem beliefs. Second, USU has developed a long association with Iran dating back to the 1930s. Oil rich, the Shah has "invested a great deal of money back in to the development of Iran," Wood said. 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