Show COUNTY agricultural PLANNING agricultural planning and program building should receive new impetus in the summit morgan district as we realize that we have engral engrained ned within the lives of our families the fundamental concepts necessary for the building ot of line fine living and a high type of rural culture more homes are needed for our young people with an opportunity to make a decent standard of living indebtedness has been increasing and the returns from the farms have not kept pace with the increasing demands of the family in 1940 county planning is bringing folks together to democratically talk over problems and to see it if adjustments just ments can be made to reduce the indebtedness and to live within the income without sacrificing the real values in human living each year the extension agents write a plan of work previous to 0 the development of the years activities the following extracts were taken from the plan of work of the home demonstration agent lor for january 1 1940 to july 1 1940 showing the interrelationship of agricultural and home living problems during the forepart ot of 1940 further effort should be made to bring all organizations and agencies into cooperative relationship in 11 county planning tile the county agricultural planning should be divided into two major divisions to strengthen and reinforce an integrated farm home program 1 conservation of human resources 2 conservation of land and water resources there shall be an agricultural approach to county planning and a family living approach to county planning with both the county a agricultural g ri agent and the home demonstration on agent working cooperatively on both phases but each initiating in the type of program for which he or she Is best trained while giving assistance in the other divisions fach each of these two major divisions should have its own executive leadership As org organizations animations and agencies are further contacted thru county planning EL a more complete inventory ol of resources and practices should be made and careful plans and programs for the future should be worked out the home demonstration program for the summit morgan district must D oe planned with four groups of district leaders Mor morgan gall north summit south summit and park city and cooperative with two agricultural agents and two county planning boards the agricultural committees should bring together all agencies and groups interested in a agricultural development and are concerned primarily with factors that influence the income of the family tie the interest of these groups will include the following phases 1 dairy and dairy products 2 grazing and livestock 3 farm crops 4 irrigation and water resources 5 land use and soil conservation 6 credit ind and farm finance co 7 home food production 8 poultry and poultry products the f family am life and the rural culture committees should correlate the efforts of all agencies and organizations having an interest in the rural home and family living and community development the following phases would come in for consideration of these committees 1 rural community organization 2 family life education and councill counci ling ng 3 family food and nutrition 4 clothing and handicraft 5 family finance management 6 housing and home furnishing 7 health and safety 8 rural hom escape planning 9 recreation and human interests 10 vocational guidance and employment As the county planning ipg committees are now organized in morgan county they are re ready to function in meeting all phases presented both through the agricultural and the family faintly living approach to county planning the committees in summit county are not completely organ organized iced but real progress has been made that will lead to arl an early organization as alar planning effort Is continued planning Is a new function of the agricultural extension service and in utah has become a method by which all types of lems are approached giving consideration to the three phases taking inventory making a plan and deciding on a program to put the plan into action |