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Show Farm Machinery Repair Program Plans Underway Full cooperation of Smith-Hughes teachers and the use of all vocational agricultural facilities in the state were pledged to the farm machinery repair program Friday by Mark Nichols, director of Vocational Vo-cational Agriculture for Utah, in an official letter to the Utah USDA Farm Defense board. Mr. Nichols placed 53 vocational agricultural mechanic shops throughout the state at the disposal dis-posal of the board. Immediate action was taken on this matter with plans being mode for students stu-dents or the farmers themselves to utilize these facilities for farm (Continue on Page Four) HERE'S MORE ABOUT FARM MACHINERY REPAIR PROGRAM UNDERWAY (Continued From Page One) machinery repairs in the next few months. "Farm mechanics instruction has been given in most of the high schools for many years in connection with the vocational agricultural ag-ricultural classes," Mr. Nichols stated. "During 1940, twenty-five farm machinery courses were conducted con-ducted in seventeen high school centers for adult farmers during the winter months." Members of the hoard feel that this program has laid an excellent ground work for the impending repair campaign. cam-paign. Sidney J. Nebeker of Laketown, chairman of the Utah USDA Farm Defense board anounced that a state survey is being made of farm and commercial repair shops. This survey is being activated through the personnel of the various var-ious county boards in the state and through the help of farmer cooperators who are being asked to report available faculties in their vicinity. "To facilitiate the work, "Mr. Nebeker said, "we are asking that all farmers make an immediate check on their farm machinery. Such a check-up should be made in order that each farmer may be (able to report the type and number num-ber of replacement parts he needs, the amount of repairs to be made on his machinery during the corning winter months,, and the available extra parts he may have on hand which will be willing wil-ling to exchange with other farmers far-mers for parts filling his own needs. "The importance of making immediate im-mediate order of replacement parts for farm machinery cannot be stressed too much at this time," Mr. Nebeker further stated. "The impact of war will cause an even greater scarcity of metals and we have already been told that priorities may have to be obtained ob-tained on all our orders for ad-' iitional parts. However, the Uni- ted States department of At? "culture has sured us that evl erj thing pos wil ev to secure the necessary deJZe 5 if the orders are placed early " S |