Show W IV owens takes post as director of agriculture for utah taking office as new director of the utah biah state agricultural college efte extension service july 1 was W W owens former assistant director f foi a r agriculture w who h a has been with n extension service toi for 27 years he replaces places le william peterson since 1924 who retires letitea as aa director emeritus emeil director owens was appointed to his position june 18 at a meeting ot of the board of trustees at lasal joining the extension Ext enston service 27 years ago just two years at af tr the national organization was created under the department of agriculture agi culture director owens has been employed la in the service in various vailous capacities continuously since that time director owens was graduated from the in 1916 1016 where he specialized in dairying and dairy manufacturing H he e previously had attended the hersity of utah and taught two years in utah grade schools he also had served two ind and one half years in I 1 a the file swiss german geiman L D S mission field immediately after graduation from college director ewens was extension agent in sevier county after working ft 01 king there one ana one halt half years he was promoted to district agent to work in san pete pele wayne garfield plute and sevier evier counties As the extension work grew gre throughout the state and more agents were added to the starr staff the of at assistant coun ty agent leaded was created at headquarters in logan lorin A merrill men was the first to ill 1 I this new nei fi post and upon his death director owens was offered the job jai and accepted this was in 1019 and a year later he was appointed county agent leader for 12 years lie he throughout the state under this title and thon than in 1923 he became assistant director tor for agriculture e in addition to his work in ali the a extension service director has been active in the L D S church chinch throughout his III life at the arese prese il t time he holds tho the as cache stake pi c ile he also assisted in launching tho the agricultural Agil cultural adjustment administration in this state and during recent lecent years he has been especially interested intel ested in the de elopement elop ment of 0 sugar beet seed as a cash farm crop in northern utah in outlining his policy director owens oens states that he ha will keep informed as to the needs and problems of the rural people of the state through their organizations through meetings and personal contacts out in the counties and through county agents home agents and specialists of who spend a large part pait of 0 theli their ti time me all out t with the people will try to direct the tha efforts of the extension staff toward solution of those problems presented ted by the people will draw heavily upon tue the experiment station the college ana the U S department of agriculture for facts which will be ba helpful in rural homes on farms and ranches lanches will cooperate with other agencies working in the interest of agriculture agil culture will look to the president of the college the board blaid of trustees and the federal extension office tor for guidance on policy |