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Show UTAH ESTABLISHES NEW RECORD, Salt l-ako City, Dec. 22. Information Infor-mation has been rocolvcd ul stnto lieadiiiarterH of the Utah stnto Farm lluroau In this city that lUtih has established n now natlonnl record re-cord In tho farm bureau movoment. This has been accomplished, according to a i-epnrt from tho American Farm llurcau Federation, by tho organlza. lion and oiKsrntlon of momborlili campaigns in six countlos nt the sanio time. In a letter from Charles R. 'Gunnels, director of organization for tho natlonnl organization, It Is pointed out that herotoforo no state has found It posslblo to conduct moro thnn four county campaigns nt ono tlmo nnd In most Instances tho" work is confined to n slnglo county. This has bocn mado' posslblo by tho callbor of fnrmorfl found In Utnh who are capablo ot sorvlng ns team lenders lend-ers In tho solicitation work and In noting ns speakers nt campaign meetings, meet-ings, according to a roport Bubmltlod to tho Btato executive commltteo by O. E. Wolcott, national orgnnlzor for tho American Tarm lluroau Fororatl-on, Fororatl-on, who Is directing tho campaigns. Working In tho six counties whero campaigns nro now going on . nro forty-thrco toam leadoro nnd hIx spenkors with nn avorago of ten meeting being hold every night, according ac-cording to Mr. Wolcott. "This Is tho first stato that I havo visited In which thoro has been available avail-able such a large number of men of siifllclont callbor to carry on ho organization or-ganization work In thin wny," said tho national orgnnlzor nt it recent mooting of tho stato farm bureau ox-ccutlvo ox-ccutlvo hoard. "Tho widespread Interest In-terest of tho farmors of Utnh In the farm bureau movement has iv this posslblo and I seriously question whether another stato In tho Union would lie ublo to make such a. showing. show-ing. In addition to tho Intense intorest which I havo found In Iho farm bureau bu-reau movement nnd also duo to tho fact that Utah la ono ot tho pioneer farm buroau state, I bellevo much c. dlt for tho capable work ot tho latgo number ot men now ongagod In the i campaign may bo given to tho church I work In which many of them take part.' Cooperative effort is typical ot this state, It Iiub been a part ot tho ututo'ti history from tho first pIoucui'H crossed the plains and it lu tho lus. son tuught through thu success ot this brutiierly undeavor thut will uolvo iiiuuy or the problems of ugrlculturu UiioiibIi tltu chuuuolx ot farm buiuuu organizations. "in Wow of thu fact that II has buoii pusslblu for mo to fully organ- Izo six county campulgns and hutu them in full operation within forty days nftor my arrlvnl in tho statu la a uhowlng of which Utah farmors may Lo proud. During that tlmo i hao hold moiu than 1-5 meetings ot local ! burcaUB, conducted six schools ot Instruction for team loadors and held prollnilnnry campalgu conferences with soornl board directors. "Tho Interest displayed by the farmers far-mers of this Btato In tho farm buroau moNoment us a whole and practlcul-arly practlcul-arly In ttho thrco year program means that Utah Is determined to plnco Itself on n financial basis and In a position of sublllty thnt will pro-euro pro-euro representation In n national way on theso problems most Import- t, Jl lilll li i.AJ.li lJ..I,A.Lllt I t, 1 li,J.t.t : nut to the agricultural Interests ot the state. It means that UVih will be ful ly represented n n national organization organiza-tion nowi comprlslns 1,300.000 mom- bom and which Is expected to double ' that memborohlp by 1923." I Mr. Wolcott was ono of tho men who 'perfected organization ot tho Illinois Agricultural association with a total membership of 110,000 farmors this1 year. . Even with nn extonslvo move- ment of tills sort, ho told tho directors ut no tlmo woro campaigns going on in moro Hum four counties for tho reason that sufficient farmor talent for tho , work was not available. Following tho Illinois campaign the national orgnnlzor or-gnnlzor directed work In tho states of Rhode Island nnd Connecticut, whero It was soldom tha moro than ono coun. ' ty cnmpnlng was attempted at a tlmo A total of ten states ace now on tho , waiting list of tho American Farm Tlurenti Federation for organizer to curry on membership campaigns, ac- H cording to report. H |