Show n s i 0 1 irs e arvi ce holds hold s conference at state college logan utah jan 23 count and home demonstration agan and extension specialists who ire in their annual conference at th utah state agriculture I cole coie n week were given a r ah five program comprised of derr di cussick cussi cn ice we u e and entertainments president elmer tElmer G peler peer on of the college opened the conference by enumerating the problems of extension workers in utah and congratulating members of the staff on their present achievements in the face of so many challenging situations miss madge J reese western states field agent and W A lloyd director of the western section extension service both of washington D C gave several lectures at the meet miss reese estimated that boys and girls were enrolled in 4 H clubs in 1937 ind and this num increased during 1938 she fek the average period of membership in 4 11 club work is two years and our aim should be to lengthen this period in discussing land use planning miss reese declared that women must be allowed to participate on planning committees because the farm woman is the farmers business partner and should be informed on farm farin problems director lloyd pointed out that more than persons are now engaged in extension service work in the united states he encouraged college authorities to offer more training for men and worn wom en denho arho plan to enter the extension field better farming is the basis of sound agriculture director lloyd said ai d new and better farm leadership has influenced the lives of young boys and girls of this country dr R H walker director of the utah agricultural experiment st station ateon in outlining the work of the experiment station emphasized analysis of soll sol in the state vegetable crops investigations and human nutrition studies dr walker stated that in a recent survey almost one third of the tomatoes grown in utah were found to be infected with wilt causing a total loss of annually with of the amount being a direct loss to the farmer director william peterson of the utah extension service enumerated the three general fields in which the extension service operates as education administrative relations with public programs for agriculture and policy formation and program planning on several occasions during the con fience ace director peterson ex U sed the confidence of the administration ration in the county agents and in their programs of work frederick B champ logan banker and president of the college board of trustees emphasized establishment of a savings account and periodically increasing it taking out sufficient life insurance buying and owning of a home as a reliable plan for personal financial security demonstrations were given by R scott zimmerman of the bureau of biological survey A C esplin extension sheep and wool specialist A L stark extension horticulturist dr geo F knowlton experiment station entomologist J whitney floyd extension jlester jw ester er miss buss elna miller autri cast effie S barrows home Alish ings specialist professor W D porter extension editor 1 r A t V W i V ssi kaffl |