Show it OUR SOIL OUR STRENGTH E By Carl By-Carl Carl Wilker Unit Conservationist Soil Conservation Service Vacation Mr and Mrs Ken Keller are on vacation for a few days They will ViII visit their son in in Iowa Meanwhile Merril Whitlock will keep the Gunnison office I New Girl Mr l and Mrs Guy Bird are the pro proud d parents parents' of a a new nev baby girl Guy is unit conservationist conservationist conservationist conser conser- at the Mt Pleasant office This is the fifth girl for Guy and Louise Gee some people have all ill the luck New Cooperator Ted Cherry of Ephraim is a anew anew L new district cooperator Mr Cherry plans to level approximately approximately 10 10 acres in the Ephraim L Willow Creek area this his fall fail Drainage Construction work was to have b begun gun this week on the o 0 open p pen e r ri drains for Ray Keller D Don o 0 r ri i Barton Darton and Lionel King However However However How How- ever equipment contracted to tc todo todo do the work was capsized while loading and there them wil be a de delay delay delay de- de lay while it is being repaired Clinton Justeson plans plans' to install install in in- in stall a a s section of closed tile Uk drain this fall Wheat Grass Is Really Tall TaU Gordon Van Epps seeded some grass grass plots on the Alonzo Hansen Hansen Hansen Han- Han sen farm northwest of Ephraim in January and April of 1956 Species used were tall wheat wheatgrass wheatgrass grass pubescent wheat grass Mandan wild rye tall fescue Russian wild rye Beyles cross and strain of f tall fescue Farmers planning projects in that area should v visit isit these plots The tall wheat wheatgrass wheatgrass wheatgrass grass this year without irrigation irrigation t tion ion is 6 feet tall Subsoil moisture moisture mois mois- t ture ure checked a few days ago is at 4 to 6 feet Farmers report report- tall all wheat makes good silage when cut at atthe atthe athe t the he right time Did Dil You Know n w There ar are more than than- kinds of soils in this country CS has the responsibility for mapping these soils A Thought Drudgery is as ne necessary necessary essary to call out th the of the mind as as- harrowing harrO ing and planting those of the earth Margaret Fuller |