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Show IRONING OUT PROGRAM ON SPUD GROWING Extension Workers Holding Hold-ing Meetings with Farmers Farm-ers in Various Parts of Utah. Potato marketing agreement meetings under the direction of the extension service were held in Weber and Utah counties Wednesday Wednes-day to acquaint farmers with the provisions of the act as it applies to Utah according to W. W. Owens, assistant director of the Utah State Agricultural college extenson service. These meetings will also be held in 11 other counties beginning June 8. Farmers of Cache and Morgan counties attended potato marketing agreement meeting's; Tuesday night. The proposed agreement agree-ment provides in part for the prohibition pro-hibition of the shipment of cull potatoes defined as not grading at least U. S. No. 2. Under this provision it is possible to modify the quality and size requirements of the cull regulation or to suspend sus-pend it in its entirety in order to meet peculiar local situations. Other provisions are the restrictions restric-tions of and the compulsory n-spection n-spection of all interstate shipments. ship-ments. An official hearing of the agreement will be conducted in Salt Lake Cityj June 17 by the division of marketing. The hearing is open to the public to express approval or suggest changes or modifications. Following is the tentative schedule sched-ule of meetings: June 1, Weber and Utah; June 8, Davis and Beaver; June 9, Iron, Washington and Salt Lake; June 10 Garfield and Box Elder; June 11, Piute and Sevier. |