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Show V I I A. C. Expert Gets Federal Job I l! for Research Work I LOGAN, May 27. Professor George i B. Hendricks, director of the school j , of commerce and business admlnlstra- t I ' tion, Utah Agricultural college, has I Just received official appointment as 1 research agent in marketing for Utah, j representing the United States depart I I I mont of agriculture. I Utah has had a field agent in mar- I I V keting in the past but this is the first m . 1 time the state bas been given the ad- Wj j vantage of a research agent. The lm- V 1 ' portance of the work can hardly be j 1 a overestimated inasmuch as marketing 1 i! problems in Utah are still largely un-' I lr. rolved and their solution rests upon If - scientific investigation. j 1 i The object cf the work, as stated ' I by Prof. Hendricks, will be to invest!-1 invest!-1 ' gato the prevailing methods employed j 1 j in the. marketing of Utah farm prod-1 I 1 ucts with the purpose of discovering II 1 what changes and readU3tments can V 1 profitably be made. "A careful study I i of the entire process involved in gct- V ting goods from producer to consumer I will be made with a view of ellmlnat- , ing all waste duo to inefficient meth-IV meth-IV j ods of. handling and transportation," ! II it says Professor Hendricks, "As oppor-I oppor-I Vf. utility presents itself, we will visit the I ti different producing sections of the I state, noting the practices prevailing I In connection with thu marketing ofj I different products. Wo will visit the j 1 markets in the cities and larger vll-j H; lages, noting the possibilities for clim-: clim-: inating wastes. In the case of thoj H; more important agricultural products j , we will trace the products step by atep . Hfi from producer to consumer, noting the Mf possibilities for the introduction of H more efficient methods. All of the In- H formation thus gathered and the con-I H elusions drawn will be published In , H h bulletin form." on |