Show director peterson reports extension service convention william peterson 9 1 director of the utah state agricultural college extension service re gently returned from the regional conference of extension workers in 11 western states at zephyr point on lake tahoe nevada where problems of rural interest were considered si since the conference was divided into three parts administrative tra tive clothing and horticulture director was accompanied by miss susie sanford clothing specialist and arvil L stark horticulturist for utah in 1937 a composed of director F A an anderson erson of colorado and B H crocheron croch Croe heron 7 director for california an and ey director peterson was appointed to prepare and present a report on agriculture ri and home economics in the 11 western states state this was done and at the lake tahoe convention the report was reviewed this report centered around the efforts of the extension service service in in reaching th the farm population of the region A review of the personnel conducting extension work was made as was a report of how well the information the workers have to offer is reaching the farm people the conclusion was reached that more work must be done for our farmers and especially in boys and girls club work A method of approach was devised which called for the development of a plan of work that will aid in solving the problems of farm people this plan I 1 is to be correlated with the eff efforts orts of existing government agena agencies es thit that are operating in the agricultural field director peterson reviewed the physical measurements of the region including topography climate population livestock irrigation reclamation indian lands and national parks he stated that the western region comprises comprised approximately 40 per cent of the total area of the united states ten of the 11 states were represented new medicos cos director be ing detained because of illness |