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Show Logan Considered As Site For Area Farm Laboratory Possible selection of Logan, Utah, as the site of the western area farm research laboratory sponsored by the U.S.D'.A., or a branch has been the subject of speculation in tuis section since the recent announcement an-nouncement cf Henry A. Wallace, secretary of agriculture, that ' laboratories lab-oratories will be established in four divisions of the United States. The laboratories, to be established in scuuiein, eastern, northern and wes ern a eas, will be for research on new; usas and market outlets for agricultural products. The research re-search duties and the total fund available for laLoratories, $4,000,000 will e divided equally among the four areas. The western area includes Arizona, Ari-zona, Caliitornir Colorado. Idaho, Monta.a, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming. Wy-oming. The central location of Lo-tan Lo-tan for I'.ris area should make it an ideal site for the laboratory. j-.gan has Loen termed with propriety pro-priety "The Agricultural Capital of the lntcrnv.untain West." Since the in.ermour.tam area is also the axis of the 11 western states, with states to the east balancing those to the west, this location might also be called the agricultural center cen-ter of the West. It is true that Utah agricultural activities are net as diversified as' those in other states, but those of Logan are as diversified as those in any other possible site in the area. I vn the western laboratory work will be concentrated on fruits other oth-er than apples, vegetables, Irish I nctatoes. wheat and alfalfa. These are the products of the area in which major surplus problems have occurred and are likely to continue to occur. This research attack will represent but one part of the gov-enment's gov-enment's general program dealing I .with agricultural surpluses. The ether parts of that program are production adjustment through nationwide na-tionwide conservation activi y, expansion ex-pansion in foreign outlets through trade agreements, and quality improvement im-provement of products exported; surplus disposal in the domestic nlarket, including diversion of surplus sur-plus and relief purpo?os and improvement im-provement in imarket.ng methods and practices, Secretary Wallace said. Logan has been investigated as a possible site by leaders making a survey cf the western producing area. i |