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1 lif Virginia Bankf A -omaC'ci -mi it.. Federal Re,-, -r; - Bar-: of * ?■ s:him! had long realized .« i n the i-mployment of a Far:-: Pep i ■ *-td a five an«l the establishment of *» Farm Department by county 4• i. The fir>t sue h department m F, Fifth Federal Revi ve Di. : /. • n . ill ■ the T i! i“. ;i Mi- . . \:.d \ t» oii.i W»' i Virginia. NoCk Cat o Vi.- and South Carolina a j . fo::.. PM! By iMd oniv •' • : * ■ ' • had established Fai D-* i* * si ioeiii I * • ny t.hi.s pern i of • . r ■ . ./ "i of »li( First N r: )e. t! 3a::': '« ranmdle (tad berotio* arir1 o’ iie- important chaiem* ;• ig> :ei.J t* e tb it were taking phf' * They i..*i»fvi-d that this dynamic sttoaFon v laid continue. and that .succ»\v;fui »ninar:: was becoming more md > - a complex business They zed that their role m properly »-g,‘plying their customer^ with t ;n iihoral riedit was becoming more • olt-v and required the employ * id of a person with a knowledge •i P.1 economics of agpcultur* o . I ‘s the practical aspects tf they v • I to . ■? VC the t)r I of F. bt-nk and their farm customers. Alter a number of years of con deration, tin* Board of Director .-v * i Mist. authorized the employment •' farm representative whose duty . .to establish and head j Farm . • sky D e p a r tmcnt John H \ 'Her, a resident of Cumberland County, was employed Since Mr. \ ,.ener was reared on i farm. » radonr-*d from VPf :n agricultural •cooomics, had a numbm of years vimmfence in the fertilizer industry >od in teaching vocational agricul Foe, the officials believe 1 he could )"*’!di*! an invaluable service to the Ko k as well as the community l p »!! employ meet, Varner vis god banks in the state which had * 4,m departments He was then i• .ctieci in the various i••partmerits

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