| Show Utah Bankers Are Planning to Aid farmers An Arm elaborate program for agricultural agricultural agricultural ag ag- ag- ag extension aimed to bring the community banker into closer cooper cooperation tion with the farmer and economic advancement was us us out outlined lined Thursday at a u meeting of tho the agricultural committee of the tho Utah Bankers Banker's association The meeting had unusual importance Importance importance tance In the bankers' bankers plan for as assisting assisting assisting as- as agriculture in that D. D II Otis of tho the agricultural commission of of- tho the American Bankers' Bankers association association association tion and W. W H. H Bridges of l Minden en Nev regional directors of or agricultural agricultural t tural ral activity for Utah Nevada and Arizona met with the tine Utah commit tee toe Time The session resulted In adoption of or ora a concrete program to be bo pursued pursued pur pur- sued by hr bankers d during l in tho the comi coming g year oar At the annual 1 convention of time the Utah Bankers Bankers' association in Richfield Richfield Rich Rich- field last summer sUI the organization Indicated five lines Hues of agricultural activity which by general consensus consensus consensus sus had been selected as most timely timely timely time time- ly In Utah This This list Included boys' boys and girls girls' club work increasing the wool production per flo flock k unit testing cow association work as a means of increasing profits in dairying era eradication of noxious weeds and a pure sire sir campaign With authorization from the state association F. F P. P Champ of or Logan chairman of or tho time bankers' bankers agricultural agricultural agricultural tural committee designated wha whaI I he terms terns key leey bankers In each count county The Tho key banker will work worle with tho the county agricultural agent county fa farm faini m bureau and all others working toward the same samo goal To ro l' l Feature catulo Club Work It was decided at Thursdays Thursday's committee meeting that that boys boys' and girls would bo be designated as the time major statewide projects for the tho coming year The plan is not how how- over it was explained by Mr 11 I Continued ou on Page 8 I Utah Bankers ers Are Planning to Aid farmers Continued from page one Champ to make these projects obligatory obligator obligatory gator on each county c If an any y county deems it advisable to choose choos e some other project as more desirable desirable desirable desir desir- able such a program is permissible What the state bankers' bankers association association association tion has been doing to stimulate interest in interest interest in- in terest in boys' boys and girls' girls club work ork and vocational agricultural work in high schools was reviewed Thursday Thurs Thurs- day D D. D P. P Murray l in charge of club work at the Agricultural College Collego College Col Col- lege lego praised the association for having distributed 2249 achievement achievement achieve ment pins pins' to club workers who completed their club projects last year rear L. L R. R Humpheries s state director di dL rector of vocational agriculture outlined outlined out outlined lined the program for his department department depart depart- ment and cited opportunities where whereby by br bankers could cooperate on Boys llo s 's Mr Humphries reported tha last year ear 1200 high school boys conducted conducted con con- ducted vocational agricultural projects projects projects pro pro- and the return for the entire state was per bo boy How HO the bankers' bankers cooperative program program pro- pro gram giam Is succeeding in Nevada was explained by Mr Bridges and Mr 11 Otis recited the program of the American American American Am Am- Bankers Bankers' association to effect banker farmer sentiments James H H. H Peterson of Richfield president of the state tate association met with the tho agricultural co commit commit- it- it tee Members of the committee attending attending at at- l at-l tending in addition to Chairman I Champ and the representatives of the Uie national organization were Ra Ray P. P Dyreng Manti ManU L. L E. E Ellison Layton Eugene Giles Salt Lake W. W C. C Andrews Nephi and Carl Marcussen secretary of the tho state association tion The Bankers' Bankers association plans to encourage club work and vocational vocation vocation- al agricultural project activity more during the coming year ear Mr Champ r reported porte that a gold a sil ver Yer and a n bronze badge was to be bo warded this year ear to high school students making the b bit best st record record in agricultural project w work rk It t was wasl also s suggested that with agricultural tural activity becoming so import import- important ant In banking fields It would be desirable to devote one complete session at the next ann annual al conven tion iron to agricultural topics Salt Salt Lake Tribune |
