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Show I TO ORGANIZE IT THE ANNUAL ..SESSION OF FARM BUREAU I ' The annual meeting of the Weber bounty Farm bureau will bo held to-i to-i morrow, -with sessions at 10 a. m. and at 2 p. m. The women of the county avUI also meet and -will probably dlsr cuss the organization of a bureau similar to the farm bureau. They will meet with Miss Edna Ladwig. county home economics demonstrator, at the ! county court house and the members , of the bureau will meet in the offices in the Utah National Bank building, t Luncheon will be taken at noon by the t visitors at a local restaurant ! Whether the farm bureau members I will sign contracts with the canners for crops, at prices being now con-1 con-1 sidered, is perhaps the most important impor-tant question which will come before I the meeting. The decision of the canners can-ners to contract for staple crops at I prices quoted this morning will either he ratified or rejected at this meet- ing. Some contracts have been signed j by producers and canners but no j member of the farm bureau has done I so. ' The program for the meetings of the bureau follows: , Report of president of bureau, D. I D. McKay, on past and future policies.-I policies.-I Growth of work; an assistant agent; i home demonstrator, club leader, co-'' co-'' operation of county commissioners, and others. Resolutions. Report of secretary of bureau, M. K. Jacobs. Report of committees: Livestock T. E. Powell. Hay, live-, live-, stock, Improvements and marketing. Potatoes C. A. Qrowberg. Account of seed handled, seed treatment, in-I in-I crease acres, returned to county. Drainage J. L. Robson. Canning M. P. Brown. Results on tj selling crops of 1917. Tomato contract, ) prices secured on tomatoes and apri- cots. Status of sale of 1918 crops. ' Recommendations adopted by county jl canning committee. Contract being signed. Sugar Beets J. R. Beus. Recom-I Recom-I mendations for action of bureau. First, i That action of state committees being i sustained; second, kind of contract for this district for 191S; third, action of Weber County Farm bureau should take regarding charges made against farm bureau. Deturns due to organized work M. Returns due to organized work M. K. Jacobs. Membership M. K. Jacobs. Number of members in town. Fees for 1918. Rural Credits D. D. McKay. Coal R. T. Rhees. Report by agent W. P. Thomas. Weeds, test on silage corn, roundup, excursion, grasshoppers, squirrels, emergency report, tabulated report, co-operation and workdohe by others. Election of officers. 12 o'clock .luncheon; talk by R. J. Evans. 2 O'clock Meeting. Unfinished business.' Deeiding on county program of work. Selecting projects for 1918. Deciding on policies for 1918. oo |