Show I 1 willard esplin named to replace rep lace Count yAO ht MARKETING A M A TO ta URGE development OF COUNTY R RESOURCES I 1 rii an effort to sil stimulate interest in fit kane bounty 1 the county co anty commissioners have terminated a practice whereby anson 11 calt cali 4 jr county ag agent ent f for r W county served as pit part elqie he county agent tor for kane county willard Ks eg dan instructor in shop and agriculture at the kanab high chool has haj been named to direct th alip promotion loA of truck gardening and other natural resources in this county jr tr at one time katie kana county had a full time county agent but about IP 2 5 the state decided there was asa in agricultural Int interest brest liere here and withdrew their portion of the county agent fund t 11 since silice that time hane county has conto contributed buted annually toward expenses of tile the washl washington agton county count agent for part time services here wh while alte mr call has as willing aided kane county farm ors erp in many respects it la Is difficult and practically impossible for one individual to perfo perform ein all the duties required of a county agent in two counties recently the marketing association a nonprofit non profit group working to promote interest here bere lit in trecle gardening and cooperative 6 marketing by the farmers requested the commissioner to pay this to a local man tor for encouragement of agriculture rather than continue under the former part time county agent plan county commissioners agreed to tills this plan and willard asplin waa was named tor for the position with abo annual remuneration of boob to obtain a county agent for kano kane county alovie alone it was pointed out this week it would be necessary tor the county to pay from 1000 to 1200 annually but it Is thought that it the new plan functions it may b be possible some time in fit the future to make a special mill levy tor for a regular county agent the kane county growing and marketing al la iq functioning at th working to obtain diihr caf 1 bets stud studying yink the agricultural con editions in kane county and helping the members willi wah their problems through efforts of the association two agricultural classes and pro grams are being conducted in tio county free diee of charm charge one at order ville under the direction of wallace grandy and oneat kanab under the direction of willard esplin realizing tha the livestock industry is no loit longer ger the major ln in austry in kane county bount the marketing association seeks to encourage other agricultural pursuits through cooperation of the farmers rex dauer bauer la is president of the association so willard Es esplin plim vice president joseph bolander of Or derville secretary with peri aorl blackburn of Or derville arja batoon of glendale Olen dalo roy robertson of alton and julius 8 dalley dailey of danab kanab as directors persons desiring more information on the association should contact one ot of these men |